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At Aragon, three penalty points were awarded: One for Alessandro Tonucci in Moto3, for staying on the line during qualifying, and one for Sandro Cortese for the incident in the Moto2 race, when he touched Alex De Angelis, causing the Italian to crash.
The most discussed penalty was of course the one issued for Marc Marquez, who was penalized for the touch on Dani Pedrosa, which severed the cable to Pedrosa's rear-wheel speed sensor, confusing the electronics and causing the unlucky Pedrosa to be ejected from his Repsol Honda.


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- India v Australia, 1st Test, Chennai, 5th day
India romp to win over Australia
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An Indian victory that seemed imminent minutes after tea on day four was eventually completed by Sachin Tendulkar, 40 minutes before lunch on day five. Australia's resistance over that period arrived too late to change the result, but in it may be found the clues to a tighter contest when the second match begins in Hyderabad on Saturday.
MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Virat Kohli and Tendulkar were the pivotal contributors to India's 1-0 series lead, showing greater discipline and awareness of the sort of cricket best played on the MA Chidambaram Stadium's clay court. Save for Michael Clarke's first-day century and James Pattinson's fiery pace, it was not until Moises Henriques stood up with the bat in the second innings that the tourists showed evidence of catching up.
A target of only 50 to win was reached with the help of some Tendulkar fireworks - towering sixes from his first two deliveries against Nathan Lyon - but Pattinson again bowled well to the openers and Lyon showed far greater consistency of line and control of length than he had managed while being taken for 3 for 215 in the first innings.
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- India's eight-wicket win is their 13th in Chennai. It is their most successful venue followed by Delhi, where they have 11 wins.
- India have now won three of their last four Tests against Australia in Chennai (draw in 2004). The last defeat for India against Australia in Chennai came in 1969.
- This is only the third time that Indian spinners have picked up all 20 wickets to fall in the match. The previous instance was against New Zealand in Auckland in 1976. Pakistan have done so twice and England once (Old Trafford 1956 when Jim Laker picked up 19 for 90).
- The win is India's best-ever against Australia in terms of wickets. Overall, they have won eight times chasing (seven at home).
- With the win, MS Dhoni now moves level with Sourav Ganguly on the list of Indian captains with the most Test wins. His win-loss ratio (1.75) is also slightly superior to Ganguly's 1.61.
- The 66-run stand between Moises Henriques and Nathan Lyon is the second-highest last-wicket stand for Australia against India. The highest is 77 between Allan Border and Dave Gilbert in Melbourne in 1985.
India were left with some questions about their opening pair, M Vijay and Virender Sehwag doing little in either innings, and they may also wonder about subtracting another seam bowler from their XI should the Hyderabad surface be anything like this one. Australia have found a steady batting hand in Henriques, but much of their display in this match will be the cause of serious introspection.
Henriques and Lyon had put on 66 for Australia's last wicket, a defiant gesture after the earlier batsmen had failed to stand their ground. Henriques' unbeaten innings completed a fine double for the debutant, who has surely made his place safe for the second Test.
Ultimately it was Ravindra Jadeja who ended the stand after 25 minutes on the final morning, switching from over to around the wicket against Lyon and coaxing an inside edge onto pad that was snapped up by short leg.
Pattinson's first ball of the innings was a snorter, pitched short and seaming back sharply at Vijay, though it angled away from Matthew Wade and flew away for four byes. The ball kept Vijay thinking, and after depositing Lyon for one straight six, he fell when an indecisive drive was well taken by Henriques at a shortish mid-off.
In the next over Cheteshwar Pujara offered a sharp chance when padding up to Lyon, the ball striking pad and glove but eluding Wade, who was unable to adjust to the ball's shifting trajectory. Sehwag sliced a brace of boundaries over the slips cordon from Pattinson, and when Peter Siddle replaced him he drove sweetly down the ground.
Lyon, meanwhile, showed some evidence of improvement in his bowling. He twirled down far fewer deliveries that could be tucked around the corner behind square leg, and the better line forced some impatient premeditated strokes from Pujara. It also undid Sehwag when he snicked to Clarke at slip. This little joust was ultimately immaterial to the result, sealed as it was by Tendulkar's sixes, but demonstrated that Lyon was learning.
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The ability to recover from attacks takes on greater importance in the new reality of cyber war
Because of its very nature, critical infrastructure should be resilient. It should be able to withstand disastrous events, mitigate their impact, fail gracefully and recover quickly. But in a new era in which cyber war is a reality, resiliency is becoming a strategic necessity.
"The critical infrastructure is in play," Black Hat founder Jeff Moss said in opening the annual Black Hat Federal cybersecurity conference last week. "If your assets are in play, you'd better be able to respond and recover faster."
What put these assets into play — or at least gave notice of the fact — was the Stuxnet worm, which Moss called "the topic that won't die." It was publicly revealed in July and since found to be a targeted attack against a specific process control system. It is widely believed to have been intended to disrupt Iran's uranium enrichment program, which it might well have done, but 60,000 other infections have been identified around the world.
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Stuxnet is merely one example of a new reality, Moss said.
"I don't believe this is the first one," he said of the worm that appears to cross the line between cyber and kinetic warfare. "I believe it's the first public one. This is the new normal. This is the new world we will be living in."
Moss, best known as the founder of the Black Hat and DEF CON hacker conferences, also is a security consultant and a member of the president's Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Just what Stuxnet is and how good it is still is being debated. As one Black Hat Federal presenter, Tom Parker, director of security consulting services at Securicon, pointed out, "the fact that we are talking about it now shows that the developers failed to some extent." It apparently was never intended to circulate in the wild where it could be captured and analyzed.
However, it is sophisticated. Who made it is not known, but the consensus of analysts is that it was the work of a team with considerable resources. The effort would be measured in man-years. It required access to expensive and regulated hardware as a test bed, and apparently took advantage of detailed intelligence about its target. It was not done on the cheap.
On the one hand, this is alarming: We don't know who made Stuxnet and nobody wants them crafting another worm to attack us. But on the other hand, there is some comfort here, not only in the fallibility of the developers but also in the apparent complexity and expense of the attack. Nobody pretends to know what Stuxnet cost to develop, but it was not a trivial exercise, and the attackers will have to consider the return on investment before unleashing it.
That is where resiliency comes in.
Hardening the country's power grid or the control systems for critical utilities and services to the point that they are invulnerable to attack would be cost-prohibitive, if it were possible at all. But having the ability to mitigate the impact of an attack, fail gracefully and recover quickly — that is, being resilient — could be effective, because launching a Stuxnet-like attack might make little economic sense for the attackers.
The country's critical infrastructure is far from what it should be, but past failures, such as the massive Northeast Blackout of 2003 that affected about 55 million people from the Hudson Bay to the Chesapeake show, that we can recover from catastrophic failures without catastrophic damage. Improving the infrastructure's ability to defend against and respond to such failures will be an important strategic deterrence to attack.
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When you scrape the reporter-speak away from Mr. Jackson's story, his reportage of Mr Moss' thesis is a reflection of an emerging world view shared by a number of influential cyber practitioners. At a Commerce Department cyber forum last fall, DHS cyber security head Phil Reitinger posited a 21st Century in which cyber threats are the new norm, because as Mr. Moss observes, most critical infrastructures are cyber-dependent. "Bad guys"--those who seek to disrupt, those who see political advantage, those who seek to steal (following the Willie Sutton theory--go where the money is)will attack critical infrastructures, and use the cyber channel as the vector of attack. It is ubiquitous, it is available, and it is vulnerable. So, as Deputy Under Secretary Reitinger observed, DONT expect our need for cyber defense to go away, because cyber attack against CI will become as pervasive as bank robbery and retail robbery today. And major insults/attacks which can disrupt sectors, cities or nations will increasingly be vectors of ideological expression by terrorists, and nation state acts "ad bellum" or even outright warfare. It should come as no surprise, since it has been observed for some time; but what will surprise many citizens, especially in the U.S. and our peer "cyber intense" economies is why, in the face of all this knowledge about cyber indeed being the vector of choice, we are so slow in developing effective defense, global norms of behavior and remedies and strategies to identify, disable and punish cyber misdeeds from ALL sources. This was the subject of the 2d annual NATO Cyber Center of Excellence Conference in June 2010 in Tallinn Estonia, and a theme of a major National Academy study in 2009...Yet here we are in 2011, knowing both who the bad guys are and how they are likely to come at us, essentially unprepared both as critical sectors and in the aggregate, as a nation....If a "bad thing" happens, and lives are lost and our economy is disrupted for months, or years, there will be plenty of blame to go around.Rather than continuing the folly of $100 billion investment in rooting out A-Q in caves, maybe 10% of that per year put in to real cyber defense R&D would be money well spent...it would represent a 5-fold increase in current cyber defense R&D spending. Not a sermon, just a thought.
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Japan Earthquake: Basic facts, resources on quakes, tsunamis
Here are facts and Web sites that teachers and parents can use to educate themselves and young people about Japan's devastating earthquake and the powerful tsunamis it unleashed in the Pacific Ocean:
The U.S. Geological Survey has a lot of good information for people of all ages here and a site for kids, here.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has one on tsunamis here.
Here is some information on plate tectonics, the theory that continents, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes are created when vast geological plates in the Earth's outer layer move and collide.
Here is another website on the subject, and one more as well.
Tsunami comes from the Japanese word for harbor wave. They are not huge waves that ride on top of the surface of the ocean (as I mistakenly used to think when I was a kid and called them tidal waves).
They are, rather, huge waves created by some undersea disturbance--an earthquake or volcanic eruption--that travel in all directions from the point of that disturbance. The principle is the same as the ripples you see if you throw a rock into water.
But these waves can travel in the open water as fast as 450 miles per hour. As they approach the shoreline, where the waters are much less deep, the ocean bottom pushes them up to a great height, sometimes as high as 100 feet.
It has long been said that the state at the highest risk of a tsunami is Hawaii. Hawaii is struck about once a year, with a particularly damaging one every seven years.
According to FEMA, Alaska is also at high risk, and the states of California, Oregon and Washington are hit with a damaging tsunami about every 18 years.
In January 2010 a powerful earthquake struck Haiti; it measured 7.0 on the Richter scale, one way that scientists measure quakes, and left more than 200,000 people dead. A Chilean earthquake a month later rated as an 8.8 on the Richter scale. Today's in Japan was measured at 8.9.
What do those rankings really mean? To understand how earthquakes are rated, go to this Scholastic Web site. There you will learn about how the measuring scale for earthquakes works. Here are some comparisons, according to Scholastic:
9.0 — Causes complete devastation and large-scale loss of life.
8.0 — Very few buildings stay up. Bridges fall down. Underground pipes burst. Railroad rails bend. Large rocks move. Smaller objects are tossed into the air. Some objects are swallowed up by the earth.
7.0 — It is hard to keep your balance. The ground cracks. Roads shake. Weak buildings fall down. Other buildings are badly damaged.
6.0 — Pictures can fall off walls. Furniture moves. In some buildings, walls may crack.
5.0 — If you are in a car, it may rock. Glasses and dishes may rattle. Windows may break.
Are recent earthquakes connected, even if they aren't on the same geographical plates? According to National Geographic, there is a theory that says it is possible. Read about it here.
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Utah Arts & Museums announces a call for proposals for exhibitions in 2014 in the Rio and Alice galleries. The deadline for proposals is October 1, 2013.
The Rio and Alice galleries were created as a service to Utah artists. They provide free venues for emerging and established artists to collaborate on exhibits and engage the community through art-making and dialogue. Both galleries participate in the monthly Salt Lake Gallery Stroll and host public receptions on Gallery Stroll evenings.
We welcome proposals from artists, arts organizations and independent curators. These include small group shows of two to eight artists or larger curated/juried exhibits. All media are accepted and all work must be original — no reproductions. The visual arts committee will review and select proposals for the galleries. Quality, completion and clarity of the proposal — as well as media, reach and content submitted — will all be considered.
"Our program is unique in that not only do we display the work of Utah artists, we provide professional development and assistance to artists for curation, coordination, artist statements and exhibit installation," noted Utah Arts & Museums Director Lynnette Hiskey. "Providing these services from start to finish is an invaluable service to Utah artists."
Exhibitions have been a program of the state since 1899. Utah Arts & Museums will have exhibited the work of more than 170 Utah artists in 2013 as a part of this program. To submit a proposal for exhibition, visit http://visualartsutah.org/ and download guidelines in the Galleries section.


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As he prepares to go for a win in the Tour de France's opening stage, we catch up with the fastest man on two wheels to talk gadgets and bike tech
"My gears change electronically, but the most important thing for me is that you can have two different places to change gear. I have shifters on the brake levers like normal, but I also have satellite shifters on the handlebars. That means I don't have to change my body shape to change gear when I'm sprinting."
"I don't wear a heart-rate monitor; I concentrate on power output. I have stress gauges built into the cranks and a wireless SRM PowerMeter so you get a very accurate reading of how many watts you're putting out through the whole pedal revolution – which is as good for holding you back as it is for making you do more."
"Normal handlebars are hollow but mine have a metal cross-brace built into the top part of the tube, and the stem is really beefy. They're not the lightest, but I pull on them a lot during the sprint, so they have to be able to withstand that and not flex. Most of the other riders in the peloton use them now."
"During a sprint, I'll be going 75-80kph but for most of the race we average 45-50. We'll often hit 100kph on a downhill. That little voice in your head that says: 'maybe I should ease off a bit' – I don't really have that. The top speed I've been clocked at in a race is just under 130kph – that's breaking the speed limit on a motorway."
Tech in cycling
"As in Formula 1, there are limits to what you can do. It's meant to level the playing field, but it really restricts the progression of bike technology. There have been bikes with weird shapes and other novel ideas that were outlawed. Some of them worked, some didn't, but I'd like a bit of leeway for manufacturers to experiment."
His favourite gadgets
"We spend 200 days a year in hotels and a lot of time travelling, so gaming on my Vita or iPad is a big part of my downtime. I think driving games can actually help with racing as a lot of the same skills apply – judging speed and distance, and spatial awareness. I want to get a simulator that'll work with my PS3, although I haven't got space at the moment. Gaming does take energy out of you though, so I'd be lost without my Kindle."
Mark is riding for the OPQS Team in the 2013 Tour de France, which begins today. Follow him on Twitter: @MarkCavendish
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The Conversation reports:
Scientists today said they were appalled and disappointed by Greenpeace protesters who whippersnippered a genetically modified wheat crop being grown as part of a CSIRO trial.
The trial crop was part of an investigation into altering wheat carbohydrate content to reduce glycaemic response and improve metabolic health. Planting began in 2009.
Greenpeace's justification?
"GM has never been proven safe to eat and once released in open experiments, it will contaminate. This is about the protection of our health, the protection of our environment and the protection of our daily bread."
How are scientists supposed to discover whether it is safe to eat if you destroy experiments that would address that question?
Update: John Quiggin "It will be a long time before Greenpeace can regain my support, if they ever do."
Update 2: Christopher Preston:
There is no evidence to support the claims of hazard about this trial made by Greenpeace.
I am left with the view that the destruction of this trial was unnecessary and wanton. That's why the destruction of this trial has left me completely appalled.


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Author Robert Fraga's methodic compilation of personal accounts in "The Greening of OZ" has produced the most complete volume to date of the May 4, 2007 tornado and the small town rebuilding in its wake.
Author Robert Fraga's methodic compilation of personal accounts in "The Greening of OZ" has produced the most complete volume to date of the May 4, 2007 tornado and the small town rebuilding in its wake.
From the first page, Fraga sets a theme that runs clear through to page 226. With hours and hours of interview material, that was probably scraping the surface of a tragedy that affected tens of thousands of people, Fraga has chosen to pluck out many of the most important bits.
Paragraphs, sometimes a half-page long and sometimes only a few sentences, are all separated by a single line. These chunks of stories and analysis are apart almost to say 'there is much more to this, but for the sake of time and space, we must move on.'
Perhaps Fraga was saying, 'here are enough pieces of the puzzle for you to see what it is, but it is in no way complete.'
Or perhaps he needed to fill extra pages.
Fraga throws us in the emotional deep end with heart wrenching personal accounts taken from the survivors of the EF5 tornado that destroyed 95 percent of the buildings in Greensburg Kansas.
With a number of books about Greensburg having been published since the tornado, he finds a way to revisit previously published stories and presents them in riveting detail.
The story of Megan Gardiner, a local waitress whose precious lock box, containing a mere $1,000 is merely a plot device in her tale of panic amidst exploding windows and torrential tornado winds.
Fraga is able to expand upon a previously published story by Gardiner in the Twisted Tales book, a compilation of submitted stories by tornado survivors.
While Gardiner's Twisted Tales entry is powerful, Fraga is able to frame the story with new detailed insight.
Gardiner's written account is much more personal when it is revealed her friend had told her it would get "so still and quiet" before a tornado, having experienced one herself a few years earlier. "I knew this was it," wrote Gardiner.
Throughout the book, Fraga dishes mountains of details from a pre-tornado secret Greensburg "boys club" called the Rat Pack, to the relationships between government offices and non-profit entities in the weeks, months and years following the tornado.
The rebuilding process and all of its failures and successes in the second half of the book is by far the most fascinating.
The chapter entitled "Aftermath of Compromise" is a stark reality check to some readers, who may see Greensburg as an eco-utopia.
The only fault I found in this book was Fraga himself.
Often interrupting powerful passages with his overbearing personal style, his transition from writing books like "Calculus Problems for a New Century" and " War Stories from Applied Math" to the non-fiction novella is still a work in progress.
Reading some pages felt like work. Trudging through classic literature references and graduate school vocabulary, I was taken out of some passages by the sheer heaviness of Fraga's footprint. He is clearly a learned man, but this book shows that he still needs to find the easy and fluid voice needed to scribe a paperback.
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One of Japanas favourite comfort foods, the onigiri or rice ball is quick and easy to put together, nutritious, low in fat and most importantly, tasty! Popular among both adults and children alike, onigiri can be filled, mixed or wrapped with almost any ingredient, moulded big or small, and formed into balls, triangles, rectangles, squares or any other shape you fancy! With this collection of 50 recipes, discover the endless variety of onigiri that you can create with just a few simple ingredients today! Includes a step-by-step guide to cooking perfect rice for onigiri Features new and creative ideas for onigiri as well as traditional onigiri well-loved in Japan for centuries Recipes are easy-to-follow and require only a few simple steps to make, ideal for beginners as well as busy home cooks Sanae Inada was born in Kobe where she learnt to appreciate the use of seasonal fresh ingredients to prepare simple but tasty dishes. An avid home cook and baker, Sanae trained in macrobiotics and believes that we can achieve physical and emotional wellness through a well-balanced diet that is high in fibre and low in fat. Her training is evident in this collection of recipes for onigiri, where she has introduced a wide variety of recipes for enjoyment and nutritionThere is a variety of cute cut-outs to create many faces easily using nori sheets. Ia#39; ve used linguine to attach the ears to these niko niko onigiri. The linguine will soften and ... Arrange the eyes, nose and mouth of the bear on the larger rice ball .
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Given a choice, I would prefer very much to work in the City proper than Canary Wharf, not least that the Wharf area reminded me of a more staid Raffles Place back home. I'm sure you would agree that the Square Mile comes up tops when it comes to dining choices. That's especially true when it comes to the Bishopgate area.
Over at Bishopgate, you have choices ranging from small Japanese outfit like Tsuru to traditional English like St John Bread and Wine and steak houses such as Hawksmoor. One particular restaurant cafe that I normally frequent is Market Coffee House.
Market Coffee House, which sits in the intersection of Brushfield Street and Crispin Street used to be more of a coffee place than a proper sit down restaurant. Customers looking for a cuppa would queue up at the counter to place their orders, very much like Starbucks et al. Recently, Market Café has upped its game and converted itself into a full service restaurant.
We dropped by the other day for a quick dinner. In the absence of burgers on the menu (at least I didn't see one), I opted for the salt beef sandwich (£10). While it tipped towards the pricey side, the salt beef was rather substantial and packed a mouthful.
A notice stuck on Market Coffee House's entrance caught Wife's attention - "6 oyster fritters!" and she ordered just that. We were amazed at how small the dish was. Half a dozen of oyster fritters were stacked on top of one another on a small plate, which was too small even for a tapas. The presentation could be less stark. At £12 per portion, surely Market Coffee House could throw in some salad leaves?
That said, those oyster fritters were soft, light and lemony. An absolute delight in the dead of winter. This would be a great finger food accompanied by a pint or two.
Market Coffee House took on a different setting as the day drew dark. The cosy setting complemented by the dim lighting and heavy wooden interior gave it a comfy feeling that we could all afford when the temperature dipped across London. Perfect if you are looking for a quiet dinner for two.
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Market Coffee House review Spitalfields Brushfield Street - cosy English cafe restaurant
8 comments:
This cafe has a great atmosphere however its very expensive for what you get.
there are better places around - for the same money you can get better food and service at st johns,
- January 11, 2011
- C K said...
It can get quite pricey at Market Coffee House. However, I am under the impression that St John is a bit more expensive, no?
Also, the service at St John is really a hit and miss. The last time when I was there, the service could be better.
Any other restaurants in the area that you would recommend?
- January 12, 2011
- TomEats said...
St John's is a bit of a different kettle of fish as well...
Anyway beautiful evocative pictures!
- January 18, 2011
- C K said...
While I wouldn't hesitate to bring a less adventurous diner to Market Coffee House (prices aside), St John's is an acquired taste really.
- January 18, 2011
- Swedish Meatball said...
While I've walked past this place so many times I've never actually been inside. Looks nice and cosy, thanks for the review!
- January 19, 2011
- C K said...
@Swedish Meatballs,
No prob, thanks for stopping by! Do try out the oyster fritters when you are there
- January 27, 2011
I love this place, i dont think it's pricey compared to places like St Johns and Galvins. I have never had a disapointing meal there before and the staff are always pleasant and helpful. The best day to go for dinner is monday because they now have great live music. Also i love going for afternoon tea, those little cakes are to die for!
- February 27, 2011
- C K said...
Like Tom pointed out earlier, Market Coffee House isn't exactly the same league as St John either, isn't it? :)
While I welcome the change in menu and all but there's now one less 'cheap eats' in the area during weekday lunches.
- February 27, 2011


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Add your app details to the external API app key management system
Create a developer account on the API's website. This will allow you to be able to get a developer key and track details about the API usage from your application.
Go to Slack API Page. Feel free to browser the API information and available methods. When you are ready to start setting up your app on Slack, click Go to Slack.
If you already have a team you can use as a development sandbox, log in to that team by providing the team domain name and clicking Continue to provide your credentials (Option #1 in the image below). Once you are logged in, continue on to Step 11 in this tutorial.
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It's time for another Tuesday's Tip – a blogging prompt suggested by members of Geneabloggers.
So you want to make a digital scrapbook (or maybe even a traditional paper scrapbook) of your ancestors. The problem is that you don't have any photographs of some of them. One solution is to include tombstone photographs with your journaling. It's not as morbid as it might sound at first. Here's a page I made for my 3rd great grandparents Issac Youngblood and Sarah Whitesides. They are buried in the cemetery at Brownback's Reformed (now UCC) Church in Spring City, Chester County, Pennsylvania. As you might be able to tell, their tombstones are pretty worn and may not be legible at all in a few more years. So this could really be a nice way to preserve them for future generations.
Credits: the tombstone photograph as well as the church/cemetery photograph were taken by me a few years ago. The scrapkit is one of my own.


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By Susan Cooper Eastman
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Now that the father of 17-year-old Jordan Davis has buried his son, he is turning his grief and anger over the high school student's shooting death into a crusade against guns and Florida's controversial Stand Your Ground law.
"The first goal is to get Stand Your Ground repealed because that law emboldens people to carry firearms and to use them if somebody looks at them sideways," Ron Davis said.
His son, an unarmed black teenager whose story has parallels with that of Trayvon Martin, another Florida teenager shot and killed by a man arguing self-defense, was gunned down on November 23 by a white man when a dispute over rap music in the parking lot of a Jacksonville gas station turned deadly.
"I shouldn't be able to end your life, end the life of your children, end the life of your family members, just because I misinterpret your actions," said Davis, a Jacksonville resident and retiree from Delta Airlines.
Michael Dunn, a 45-year-old software developer, has pleaded not guilty to a second-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of Davis. He told police he fired in self-defense after arguing with him and three other youths in a sport utility vehicle over their loud music.
His attorney, Robin Lemonidis, has not said Dunn will invoke the Stand Your Ground law in his defense. But she said in media interviews that he "acted responsibly" and fired out of fear for his life when someone in the SUV brandished a shotgun and threatened him. No shotgun, or other weapon, was found, authorities say.
The Stand Your Ground law says it is legal for people to defend themselves if they "reasonably believe" someone will hurt them.
Davis told his son's classmates and friends during a meeting on Wednesday at Jacksonville's Wolfson High School that he would begin his campaign with a candlelight vigil for Jordan Davis on December 15.
Wearing a white shirt with his son's picture on the front and the words, "Kill Guns, Not Kids," Davis said he wanted to show the students how he planned to cope with his grief to show them how they could deal with theirs.
"Kids, especially kids, want to lash out," he said. "I want to tell them, 'Look, if anybody is going to lash out, it's going to be me. I'm the parent. ... If I'm not lashing out, take direction from me.'"
He has started a Facebook page, "R.I.P Jordan Davis." It now has 40,000 members and the number has been growing rapidly.
"This is going to be a long fight, and I'm in it for the long haul," Davis said.
The Stand Your Ground law was intended to make communities safer by allowing people to fight back against criminals and anyone thought seeking to do them bodily harm.
A report by the Tampa Bay Times in October 2010 showed the annual number of justifiable homicides in Florida had tripled in the five years the law had been in place.
But widespread opposition to the law did not emerge until the shooting of Martin last February by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman, whom police initially declined to arrest, will stand trial next June for murder. He said he shot Martin in self-defense during a struggle.
In response to protests, Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott promised in March to re-examine Stand Your Ground. His 19-member task force issued its report just 10 days before Davis was killed, affirming a citizen's right to use deadly force in self-defense.
"This barbaric law has got to be repealed," said Jacksonville pastor R.L. Gundy, president of the state chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference civil rights group. "We don't need gunslingers anymore in this country. This isn't the Wild West where everybody packed a gun to protect his family."
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The Amicus Brief in Comer v Murphy Oil supports plaintiffs in one of the three major civil damage cases arising from Hurricane Katrina. The two other cases were centered on New Orleans. Comer et al are Mississippi coastal residents who were wiped out by the storm. They claim damages from the major carbon emitting industries of the US for their contributions to climate change which, they allege, in turn aggravated climate change and the severity of the storm. The amicus brief, to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal in New Orleans, supports the plaintiff's right to bring such an action and prove their case, i.e. their "standing to sue".


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Montville day care destroyed by fire was in foreclosure proceedings
Montville - Court records show the owner of an Oakdale day care center that went up in flames Monday was deep in debt and is scheduled to lose the building during a January foreclosure sale.
The license to operate the Creative Care Day Care Center at 1127 Old Colchester Road was also inactive as of Wednesday. It's unclear if the business was currently still in operation; it was unoccupied when the 5:40 p.m. fire began. The blaze set off an automatic fire alarm.
No cause of the fire has been released, but Fire Marshal Raymond Occhialini said it started outside the building in the area of the front door of the 2,450-square-foot structure. The location of the origin of the fire raised suspicions it may have been intentionally set, Occhialini said.
"Usually, say, with an outside fire at a hotel, it could have started because someone was smoking and threw their cigarette in a mulch pile or something," he said. "But outside the building, there was no mulch, just grass and sidewalk, and nobody smokes."
Occhialini called in the state police, who used an accelerant-detecting K-9 during an origin-and-cause search of the fire scene. Results of that search have yet to be released, and no cause has been announced. State police say the fire remains under investigation.
Wendy Summers opened the business in February 2003. Online records show she once ran a day care out of her Partridge Hollow home. Her husband, Joseph Summers, once served as an assistant building official for the town of Montville.
Neither could be reached for comment Wednesday.
Occhialini said there were three children enrolled at the Old Colchester Road day care when he did an inspection this summer. According to online records, a license granted to the business in November 2003 said it served children who ranged in age from 6 weeks to 12 years, with a maximum capacity of 44. There is no date specified for when the license went inactive or was withdrawn.
The license's most recent activity was an unannounced inspection on May 31.
Records show the Summers family lost a home to foreclosure in August and owe several thousand of dollars in property taxes.
The day care building and property, with a fair market value of $290,000, is scheduled for a Jan. 26 foreclosure sale. The original foreclosure complaint was filed in April 2011. The most recent action on the complaint was Monday.
Hours later, the building caught fire and became "a total loss," Oakdale Fire Chief Gary Murphy said.


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Working on his own or on assignment for top publications, Sean Hemmerle focuses principally on architecture and urban landscapes in crisp, color photographs. He approaches these manmade structures and settlements with a keen eye for their distinctive formal qualities, as well as for the stories they convey about the people who have used, abandoned, or, sometimes, fought bitterly over them. He has captured war-affected Middle Eastern cities, luxury corporate headquarters in American cities, the changing face of Shanghai, and journalists at work in newsrooms. Hemmerle's photographs provide a remarkably palpable sense of place; in one understated series, he shot isolated basketball nets in North America, Europe, and the Middle East, each set into markedly different surroundings, and altered by the affects of time.
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Uh-oh, Justin Bieber Is Trying to Fight the Black Keys
On Sunday night, Black Keys drummer and occasional shit-talker Patrick Carney told TMZ that Justin Bieber didn't deserve any Grammys. His thoughts: "Grammys are for like music, not for money ... and he's making a lot of money. He should be happy." Guess who's not happy, at least with that quote. Justin Bieber, who tweeted: "the black key drummer should be slapped around haha." Okay, someone put Bieber on social-media time-out.


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By Margaret Chadbourn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday pardoned a pair of turkeys - Cobbler and Gobbler - quipping that the two birds deserved a second chance, an old adage he said he could not agree with more following his re-election.
"They say life is all about second chances," Obama said. "And this November, I couldn't agree more."
With his daughters Malia and Sasha by his side in the Rose Garden, Obama joked about the "highly competitive" social media campaign organized by the White House to decide which bird would be named the National Thanksgiving Turkey this year.
"The American people have spoken! And these birds are moving forward," Obama said to audience laughter, as Cobbler gobbled from the stage.
For the first time, the White House held an online contest for the U.S. public to decide which bird would get the title, a twist on the traditional Thanksgiving event.
The decision was between Cobbler and Gobbler, born on the same day and raised on a farm in Rockingham County, Virginia.
Obama announced that Cobbler beat his competitor, though both escape the chopping block: the turkeys will retire to the historic home of George Washington at Mount Vernon Estate in Alexandria, Virginia.
"Because of your votes, the only Cobbler anyone's eating this Thanksgiving will come with a side of ice cream," he said.
Gobbler will serve as this year's alternate National Turkey.
"From here, these two lucky birds will be swept up in a whirlwind of fame and fortune," Obama said.
After the joking and heavy poultry punditry, Obama wished American families a safe and healthy holiday. He spoke about the devastation in the Northeast from superstorm Sandy, and thanked U.S. military armed forces.
The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals on Tuesday asked for the White House to end the Thanksgiving pardoning tradition. PETA wrote that the ceremony "makes light of the mass slaughter of some 46 million gentle, intelligent birds."
In 1947, President Harry Truman was the first recipient of a bird gifted by America's turkey farmers. The tradition was continued, but in 1963, President John Kennedy decided to send his gift back to the farm where it came from.
President George H.W. Bush became the first to officially offer a turkey pardon at the White House in 1989.
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Downeast Outfitters Warehouse Sale
• 21 October 2008
I love J.Crew styling...but not so much their prices. Today, I found the best of both worlds...J.Crew clothing for cheap, cheap, cheap. Is your heart racing yet?
Downeast Outfitters is hosting a Warehouse Sale at Thanksgiving Point {in the barn} this week and is offering up hundreds of boxes of J.Crew samples and overstocks. We're talking swimsuits for $5, heavy coats for $15, and these cute galoshes for $10.
Wednesday - 10 a.m. until 10 p.m.
Thursday- 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. (an additional 20% will apply to your purchase on Thursday!)
If the following applies to you, I'd head down there asap:
* you wear a size 7 in women's shoes
* you have a little girl age 4 or 5
* your husband wears a size medium shirt
P.S. There are no fitting rooms available (just a full-length mirror) so wear a fitted top to make trying things on a little easier and more accurate.
13 comments:
- Gretchen said...
Awesome, thanks for posting about this. I'm going to try and make it down there tomorrow.
- October 21, 2008 at 9:29 PM
- emily said...
you are my new best friend.
do they do this every year? it would've been nice to know about this when i was still living in draper. ugh.
- October 21, 2008 at 9:35 PM
- Christy said...
ALL of those sizes apply to my family. Alas, I live in Nebraska.
- October 22, 2008 at 7:08 AM
- Sam and Josh said...
I was so glad to see you. With my three little ones I didn't get to see everything, so with the extra 20 I might just stop back on Thursay, why not.
- October 22, 2008 at 7:46 AM
- jordan said...
oh. my favorite downeast sale ever was a jcrew one in college.
I seriously just looked at fares to fly out for the day.
I'm so sad I can't go.
- October 22, 2008 at 7:46 AM
- Laurie said...
thanks for the tip!
- October 22, 2008 at 8:24 AM
- Alexis said...
Thank you so much for sharing this exciting news!!! I have mentioned your blog and this post on my blog- which I hope you don't mind. Again, thank you so much for letting us all know about this amazing event. :)
- October 22, 2008 at 2:36 PM
- .caroline armelle. said...
oh man. i was just near there today, i wish i knew about it then.
i think i'll have to hit it up tomorrow. thanks for the tip!
- October 22, 2008 at 7:07 PM
- Georgia said...
You've definitely got my bargain-shopper genes! ;-)
- October 22, 2008 at 11:14 PM
- liz stanley said...
thank you for posting this! my sister in law jordan of your heart out gave me the tip from your blog and i dropped everything and headed out there. i think i might have even seen you there?
- October 23, 2008 at 8:34 PM
- liz stanley said...
i meant jordan from oh happy day. oh man i'm sleepy
- October 23, 2008 at 10:57 PM
They are having a Mini Warehouse sale at the Provo Outfitters location 2255 n University Parkway.
Lots of boxes to look through.
I got a 150.00 sweater for 15.00!!
It end on Sat the 22nd.
- November 18, 2008 at 9:47 PM
- Miss-tearious said...
Would you possibly know if they are having another warehouse sale this year? I LOVED all the great deals I got last year! I just need some more undershirts!
- September 29, 2009 at 4:08 PM


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LG decants burgundy red Chocolate phone
LG is preparing a fourth version of its KG800 Chocolate slider phone. Joining the original black handset and the pink and white models the company unveiled last July is a "wine red" varietal. With its burgundy styling, it's undoubtedly aimed at the commmunications connoisseur. It's due to go on sale in South Korea this month, but should be made available globally in due course, LG indicated. ®
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana woman wants a judge to let her keep on displaying her roof-mounted holiday lights that give an extended middle finger to her neighbors.
U.S. District Judge James Brady was hearing testimony Monday about whether Sarah Childs should be granted a preliminary injunction barring the city of Denham Springs and police from requiring her to remove the display.
Childs says she put up the roof message in November because she believed a neighbor stole her dog. She says police threatened her with fines and arrest because of the lights. She and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana sued the city and police.
Lawyers for Denham Springs and police say officials didn't threaten Childs. They also argue the display isn't protected speech under the constitution.


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Melrose's Smock Finished In 27th Place
Melrose native Amanda Smock finished 27th in the London Summer Olympic qualification round and she does not advance to the next round. Smock is the lone American that qualified for the triple-jump at the Summer games.
Things to watch for at the Olympics today in men's and women's semifinals in tennis, women's soccer with the United States playing New Zealand, the US women's basketball team will play the Czech Republic and Michael Phelps goes for his 21st career medal in the 100 fly finals.


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RoseCity Software discontinued marketing and supporting the Courier e-mail client in April, 2009. If you are seeking technical assistance, we suggest you visit the Yahoo Courier User Support Forum for assistance.
Courier is no longer available for download from Rose City Software. We gave away free registrations for almost three years as a public service. We have not made any profit with Courier in more than 5 years. It seems most people these days are content to either use Outlook, or to use something like gmail or hotmail.
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U.S. Government Budget Deficit Sharply Lower over Last 7 Months
Higher Taxes, Improving Economy Cited in Boosting Federal Revenues
WASHINGTON—The U.S. budget deficit fell sharply in the first seven months of the government's fiscal year as higher taxes and a slowly improving economy boosted federal revenues.
The U.S. government's deficit from October through April totaled $306.41 billion, down 37% from the same period a year earlier, the Treasury Department said Monday. The 2014 federal fiscal year started on Oct. 1.


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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Friday after the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week, offsetting a somber economic forecast by the European Central Bank for a bleak year ahead in the region.
The U.S. Labor Department said Thursday that applications dropped 25,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 370,000, a level consistent with modest hiring. The number of people continuing to receive unemployment aid also fell.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose 0.1 percent to 9,554.09. South Korea's Kospi added 0.4 percent to 1,958.13. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 1 percent to 4,552.40. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.2 percent to 22,299.21.
On Thursday, the European Central Bank said that the economies of 17 countries that use the euro will contract next year. The central bank stopped short of offering new measures to boost growth and left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low.
The combined economy of the euro countries is in a recession after a massive debt crisis followed by government spending cuts and tax hikes that have hurt growth.
"Although the ECB left policy rates unchanged the post ECB meeting press conference effectively opened the door to a rate cut in Q1 next year following sharp downward revisions to growth projections and well below target inflation projected over the medium term," said analysts at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong.
Benchmark oil for January delivery was up 16 cents to $86.42 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.62, or 1.8 percent, to finish at $86.26 per barrel in New York on Thursday.
In currencies, the euro rose to $1.2969 from $1.2963 late Thursday in New York. The dollar rose to 82.47 yen from 82.36 yen.
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Recycling doesn't merit class time
Last Updated on Monday, 12 December 2011 16:37 Written by Neil A. Davis, Gothenburg Thursday, 17 November 2011 14:47
Recycling makes sense (11-02 article), but should it be a function of education? I think of how good intentions became the Environmental Protection Agency. Sure, it's quite a stretch between those two points. What started out as an agency that gave us cleaner air and water, now has far reaching powers into almost every aspect of our lives.
Over 17,000 socialists, Leninists and general nanny busybodies, along with five people in black robes, have decided that the gas which supports plant life and in turn all living creatures, is a pollutant. They believe this gives them the power to literally control the air that we breathe. One of their latest attempts, was to force dust regulations on farmers.
I see merit in the school recycling project as it pertains to acquiring organizational and business skills, etc. Students sitting around, peeling labels off of plastic bottles (?)—not so much. Property taxpayers can tell me it's none of my business. I just think it's a distraction from more important learning experiences.
Our educators and students do deserve congratulations. Recent articles in The Times show how our students exceed state graduation and (on most levels) testing rates. Unfortunately, this is not the case nationwide (a much lower graduation rate around 70%).
A report issued by America's Promise Alliance, found that "...only about half (53%) of all young people in the nation's 50 largest cities are graduating from high school on time." Reports show that one third of those who do graduate (most with a GPA above 3.0) need to take remedial (developmental) classes, mostly math and English, before entering college. If they enroll in an "elite" university, they have a good chance of being indoctrinated by leftwing, Marxist, America-hating professors like Obama's buddy, Bill "the bomber" Ayers.
I looked at the results of a study claiming, college makes students more liberal, but not smarter about civics. I also looked at an online civics test. Not surprisingly, comments I read on liberal blogs, denied the major bias of professors in academia (re-writing history). Only a few were honest enough to admit that the study wasn't slamming liberalism and that more than likely, conservatives didn't score any higher on the tests.
In my mind, diminished study of history has damaged the country. If you don't know history, you don't know the sacrifices that were made and therefore take for granted what made this country the greatest experiment in the history of the planet. Don't expect a sudden outbreak of patriotism on campus.
The president received applause and cheering for his speech at Columbia University. Oh wait, that wasn't our president. That was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, who calls for the destruction of Israel and thinks that the United States is the "great Satan." When our president speaks to college students, he tells them Wall Street stands in the way of their education. Voila! Occupy Wall Street, gives us an ongoing look at the idiocy of socialism on parade.
Neil A. Davis, Gothenburg


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This newsletter contains information about work on competition law and policy in the Asia-Pacific region that is taking place within the framework of the OECD-Korea Policy Centre Competition Programme.
This 2018 OECD Guide provides a comprehensive overview of the competition laws and practices of 22 selected jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region.
These ready-made tables and charts provide for snapshot of aid (Official Development Assistance) for all DAC Members as well as recipient countries and territories. Summary reports by regions (Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Oceania) and the world are also available.
The OECD/Korea Policy Centre fosters the exchange of technical information and policy experiences relating to the Asia Pacific region in areas such as health statistics, pension reforms and social policy and expenditure.
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The evaluation found that UNDP contributions have been important in terms of responding to national priorities and government needs. During the period covered by the evaluation, UNDP technical support to the government strengthened institutional development and enhanced policy formulation.
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The evaluation found that UNDP has made important contributions, helping the Government coordinate development assistance and integrate poverty reduction into its national development plan, strengthen local governance.
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The Office of Development Effectiveness (ODE) case study series: "Effective development approaches" to influence, inform and improve understanding of what works, and why.
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Component Two (MDI 2) focused on the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), strengthening its capacity as the national public broadcaster through its pre existing relationship with the ABC.
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The independent review of the PNG-Australia Development Cooperation Treaty was jointly commissioned by the PNG and Australian Governments. The review is a demonstration of the Australian and Papua New Guinean Governments' strong commitment to improving the effectiveness of the aid program in PNG
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Ourebia ourebi
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Ourebia ourebi (Zimmermann, 1783)
|Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:
Common Name(s):
Antilope ourebi Zimmermann, 1783
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Numerous subspecies of the Oribi have been described but most of these reflect individual variation and have little or no validity. Haggard's Oribi (O. o. haggardi) of eastern coastal Kenya and adjacent Somalia is a geographically isolated subspecies which is well differentiated in size and colour from other Oribi. Another distinctive subspecies from East Africa, the Kenya Oribi (O. o. keniae) from the lower slopes of Mount Kenya, is now apparently extinct.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group
|Hoffmann, M. & Mallon, D.
The total population is estimated at ca. 750,000, 50% of which are in protected areas and stable in many of them, while populations outside protected areas are gradually declining. If current trends continue, some of the Oribi's marginal populations (and possible subspecies) may face eventual extinction. However, the species' overall conservation status should remain satisfactory as long as it continues to exist in healthy, stable populations in a large number of protected areas and hunting zones and in some other areas with low densities of settlement.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The Oribi has a patchy distribution ranging from Senegal to Ethiopia and Eritrea and south through eastern Africa to Angola and the Eastern Cape of South Africa (East 1999, Brashares and Arcese 2013). It still occurs widely within its former distribution but its populations are becoming increasingly fragmented as it is gradually eliminated from moderately to densely settled areas. They are probably extinct in Burundi (East 1999).
Haggard's Oribi is entirely isolated from other forms in and occurs in coastal Kenya to southern Somalia (Hillman et al. 1998, East 1999).
The Kenya Oribi formerly occurred on the lower slopes of Mount Kenya but is now extinct (Hillman et al. 1998, East 1999).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Possibly extinct:Burundi
Regionally extinct:Tunisia
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
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|Oribi are locally common in suitable habitats at densities of 2-10 animals/km², but have been recorded at densities up to 45 animals/km² in exceptionally productive tropical grasslands and treeless floodplains (Brashares and Arcese 2013, and references therein). Densities estimated from ground counts range from 0.1-0.4/km² in areas where it is uncommon or depleted (East 1999).
East (1999) produced a total population estimate of 750,000. Population trend is stable in many protected areas but decreasing in some others which receive minimal or no protection. Outside protected areas, population trend is gradually downwards in many parts of the Oribi's range as human populations increase and settlement expands, although its populations are stable in some thinly settled, unprotected regions where hunting pressures are relatively low.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Oribi inhabit savanna woodlands, floodplains and other open grasslands, from around sea level to about 2,000 m asl. They reach their highest density on floodplains and moist tropical grasslands, especially in association with large grazers.
|Generation Length (years):
|Use and Trade:
|For information on use and trade, see under Threats.
|Major Threat(s):
|It has been eliminated from substantial parts of its former range by the spread of agricultural settlement, livestock and increased hunting for meat. In the Comoé N.P. in Côte d'Ivoire, Oribi experienced a decline of around 92% between 1978 and 1998 primarily due to poaching (Fischer and Linsenmair 2001). It nevertheless shows considerable resilience to hunting in some parts of its range, although generally not to the extent of highly resilient species such as Bushbuck and Grey Duiker. Its populations are becoming increasingly fragmented as it is gradually eliminated from moderately to densely settled areas (Brashares and Arces 2013).
|Conservation Actions:
Its distribution and abundance are increasingly centred on protected areas (about half the total population occurs in and around protected areas) and some other areas where human population densities are very low, such as Niokolo-Koba (Senegal), Comoe (Ivory Coast), Arly-Singou and Nazinga (Burkina Faso), Mole and Bui (Ghana), Pendjari (Benin), eastern Salamat (Chad), Bouba Ndjida, Benoue, Faro and adjoining hunting zones (Cameroon), Manovo-Gounda-St. Floris, and adjoining hunting zones (Central African Republic), Garamba, Upemba and Kundelungu (Congo-Kinshasa), Omo (Ethiopia), Murchison Falls, Lake Mburo and Kidepo Valley (Uganda), Masai Mara and Ruma (Kenya), Serengeti (Tanzania), Kafue, Bangweulu and Liuwa Plain (Zambia) and Golden Gate Highlands N.P. (South Africa). Surveys in the dry season in South Sudan have shown Oribis to be surviving in much reduced numbers in Boma and Southern National Parks (Fay et al. 2007).
Haggard's Oribi occurs in Boni and Dodori National Reserves in Kenya, but there is no recent information available on its status.
|IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group. 2016. Ourebia ourebi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T15730A50192202. . Downloaded on 23 September 2018.
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Tagged: Alice Cooper
February 4th in history:
The Electoral College met for the first time to choose a U.S. president on February 4th, 1789. Electors unanimously chose the man whose face is on the dollar bill, George Washington.
You can probably find the faces of many friends on the Facebook website, which was founded on this date in 2004. Mark Zuckerberg started the social web page while still a student at Harvard, and it was originally meant to be used only by other Harvard students.
You may not know her face, but Janet Waldo was a familiar voice in the cartoon world and February 4th was her birthday. Waldo's most famous characters include Judy Jetson and Penelope Pitstop, but she also played Alice in an animated version of "Alice in Wonderland."
It's also the birthday for a famous "Alice": rock star Alice Cooper, born Vincent Furnier on February 4th, 1948.