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SPARTA, NJ - Setting off the holiday spirit, the Lake Mohawk German Christmas Market treated residents of Sparta, and visitors, to a much needed healing after Hurricane Sandy.
Pleasantly held at the historic boardwalk located in the Bavarian-Styled Lake Mohawk Plaza, vendors gathered on Saturday, December 1, and Sunday, December 2, to showcase goods and services, while Christmas carols, such as Alvin and the Chipmunks' "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)", and other favorites, played over large speakers, that could be heard even out in the outlying parking areas.
Having originated in Germany, Christmas Markets date back to the late Middle Ages. The opening of the Christmas Market, or "Weihnachtsmarkt," is celebrated with food, drink, and seasonal items.
Despite the cold weather visitors mingled both outdoors and in the Lake Mohawk Clubhouse, to the sights, sounds, and smells of a holiday festive atmosphere, with an ambiance all its own. Freshly popped kettle corn, Glühwein (a hot German mulled spiced wine), gingerbread, and sizzling German sausages, were on the list of "must tries." And who could resist a cup of hand-warming hot chocolate?
The German village themed event marks its origins among the many German immigrants that settled and influenced the area. They brought the tradition of celebrating the "Advent" or arrival of "das Christkind" (Christ Child) on His "official" birthday, December 25.
Even Pets were not left out of the festivities. Bonnie Bitondo, owner of Maxwell & Molly's Closet Pet Boutique offered for sale a "Doggy Advent Calendar." Bitondo described it as the perfect way for dogs to celebrate, and the calendar is stuffed with tasty treats to count down the days, in paws, of course.
Bitondo commented, "Pets are elevated to family members," and certainly her tables reflected that, with doggie bandanas, "Bone Appetite" gift sets, and even gifts for feline friends.
Bitondo was pleased with her experiences at the Christmas Market. She said the foot traffic throughout the weekend was plentiful, and steady, and she met visitors from as far away as Bergen County.
"It's a great way to kick off the holiday season," she said. "When you think of what people have been through since the beginning of the month, it's nice to start to celebrate."
Of the organizers, and the event itself, Bitondo, who has had a booth there in previous years, added, "They've worked really hard to create new things; they keep improving their formula each year. There are so many volunteers. They have a great skeletal crew at all levels. It's a very lovely venue. You feel very supported. It's well worth it."
A nice addition this year was a children's wooden-horse carousel. Located in the White Deer Plaza near the St. Moritz Grill & Bar.
Karin Meyer, an original founding member of the German Christmas Market was born in Germany and came to Sparta in 1969. Inspired to bring a taste of German culture with her, in 2001 she and several volunteers started the first Christmas Market.
Meyer proudly stated that they wanted to, "Get the community together just like in Germany and do a little shopping for Christmas".
They are now in their 11th year and the Market has become a Sussex Country local tradition.
For the past 11 years, the Christmas Market has given $110,000 to local charities such as the United Way of Sussex County, Domestic Abuse Services Inc (DASI) of Newton, and the German Language Departments of the Sparta School Districts (scholarship).
Over the years, local merchants have also warmed to the concept, and have continued to support the festivities as a way to reach local customers.
Vendor Leigh and Mark Pecoriello, a husband and wife team who recently closed their brick and mortar storefront, Mother Moon Baby Boutique, were thrilled to see a lot of customers. They said they appreciate venues like the Lake Mohawk German Christmas Market, and hope to inform their customers that they still are doing business in an online format through their website.
Their clever slogan, "Stylish baby gifts for the Ultra Chic Mom" will keep customers coming back for more. They specialize in children's murals, hand-painted furniture, and locally handmade items.
Sara Megletti of PB&J Stores offers fine clothing, handbags, and accessories. One of the more interesting products they had for sale were touch screen gloves, for use with touch screen devices. Megletti said that she initially started selling at shows, like the Lake Mohawk German Christmas Market, and has now opened up her own storefront in Newton. Remembering the name PB&J is easy, and Megletti, and her husband, Jim, coined the name after their favorite comfort food, which they felt reflected the ease of shopping at their store.
Garden of Life Yoga & Massage Center was also there, with a variety of gift items from their retail store. The store's corner of the market was packed with customers by their table making purchases.
Sparta photographer Daniel Baumgartner of 35mmphotos showcased his creative photography. Deborah Dewey, a company representative, stated that they were proud to announce that one of Baumgartner's photos was chosen as the cover for the local Lake Mohawk Papoose Magazine. In addition, the publication of their 2013 Lake Mohawk Calendar is available for sale on their website.
The first time at this venue, the Candy Apple Shoppe sales people were ecstatic, as crowds flocked to their array of hand-created candy apples.
"We did wonderful! We will be back next year", Lauren Brophy, one of the owners, emphasized.
Participating vendors and groups were: Mohawk Gardens, Freehand wood Carvings, Kiwanis- Bell Ringing, Coupons for the Community, Cabin Creations by Marina, Boy Scouts Troop #82, Northeast Kettle Korn, Oaks Barrels, Sunrise Mountain Soap, Between Friends Antiques, Crazy Crocheted Fashions/More, Werner's Carvings, South Side Silk Road Teas, Second Hand Mittens, Santa Hut, Alpine Confection, Lake Mohawk CC, Stroopies, CCG Collections, Candy Apple Shoppe, Sunflower Trading Co., Alstede Farms, The Market Place, Committee Hut, Augustin's Waffles, DJ Hut, Lake Mohawk Country Club Brau Tent, Cupola & Weather Vanes, Fudgie Wudgie Fudge, Farm at Rainbow's End, K of C Squires, German Language School of Morris County, High Point Harmonizers, Pope John Jazz Ensemble, Hilltop Country Day School, Children's Choir of Sussex County, Biryukov Academy, Sparta High School (SHS) Choirs, Vernon High School Quartets, Harmony in Motion, Morning Door, Zephyr Vocal Ensemble, SMS German Students, Maria Jesus Valdes, German Language School, Jacqueline Kroschell, SHS German Students, SHS Saxophone Ensemble, SHS Brass Quintet, Pope John Chorus, Bill Wright & The Broken Hand Man Band, SCARC Choir, Lenape Valley German Club, Everything Home Made, Barbara's Butter Crunch, Bacon Bites, JD Gourmet, Knights of Columbus, New American Bakery, Apple Ridge Farm, Gifts Galore, Lafayette Clayworks, Kim O'Hara Clay Designs, E. Christopher & Sons, Gratkowski Original Art, Nancy's Handbags, Liza J. Smith-Simpson Art, Lorraine Blackmore, Chocolaterie, PatriPet, Garden of Life Massage & Yoga Center, Jersey Handbags & Accessories, Puppy Dog Tails, Astrid's Artscapes, Gifts Galore, Rimi Studios, Toni Chaplin (artist), JoLi Crafts, Back to Wood, Mohawk Photos, The Jeweled PussyCat, Frogmore, Mother Moon Baby Boutique, Curly Girlie Designs, Katy Keen Beach Booty, Classic Goggles, Inc., Committee Hut, Carey Lane Accents, and Maxwell & Molly's Pet Boutique.
Corporate Sponsors for the event were Bayer HealthCare (Consumer Care), and Eastern Propane. Platinum Sponsor was Grego Landscaping. Gold Sponsors were Roseann Aliano, Advantage Signs, Bernard Hefele Attorney at Law, Karin Meyer (Realtor), Lake Mohawk Beach 4, Randolph Auto Repair, Sussex Bank, Weichert Realtors, and Environmental & Biological Scientists at Rutgers University Horticultural/Teaching Greenhouse. And Silver Sponsors were: Dr. Stephen Candio, DDS, Dr. Frank Kane, Family Schludner, First Hope Bank, Golden Castle Jewelers, Il Porto, Lenard Vance (Plaza Barber Shop), Prism Placement Services, Sparta Discount Tire, Ultima Hair Design, and Dean Reinauer and Tom Murray.
Click here for the Annual Lake Mohawk Christmas Market's website.
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The Villager was voted one of New York States best community weekly newspapers, winning 10 New York Press Association awards, including three first-place awards, in NYPAs 2003 Better Newspaper Contest. The awards were announced last weekend at the associations annual convention in Saratoga Springs.
One hundred ninety-three newspapers submitted entries in the contest, judged this year by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association.
Im enormously proud of our entire staff and contributors for their dedication to strong community journalism, from editorial to design to community service, said Villager publisher John Sutter. The Villagers sister newspapers, Downtown Express and Gay City News, also had strong showings, with Gay City News winning nine awards and the Downtown Express five.
Competing in the largest circulation division, The Villager, based on points in editorial categories, placed fifth overall among the states community weeklies. It was the third year in a row The Villager was in the top 10. The Villager took top honors in the state in 2001, based largely on its 9/11 coverage. This year The Villager was the number-one community weekly in New York City.
The newspaper won first place for Editorial Page, which includes editorials, columns, letters, editorial cartoons and other artwork. The judge for this category was especially impressed by Jerry Tallmers column on his experience as a New York Post reporter on the day John F. Kennedy died, as well as The Villagers editorials on the late Tony Dapolito, the Hudson River Park and P.S. 42s fight to keep a window from being blocked by a new apartment building.
This wins first place on the strength of Tallmers JFK column writing and good, local issue editorials, the judge wrote.
The Villager did especially well in photography categories. East Village war photographer Q. Sakamaki blew away the competition, winning two first-place awards, in the Spot News Photos category, for his photos of the conflict in Liberia; and in the Picture Story category, for his photographs of the new security wall in the West Bank.
Fine work by a photojournalist this work is a great gift to readers, the judge in the Spot New Photos category said of Sakamakis gripping Liberia photos.
Clearly the best quality, the judge said of his West Bank photos. The photographers style really stands out. Photographer shows understanding of subjects.
The Villager won second place for coverage of Local Government, based on submissions including Lincoln Andersons reporting on conflict of interest allegations over Pier 40s redevelopment process and the resignation of Robert Balachandran as president of the Hudson River Park Trust following community opposition to an ice-skating rink planned in the park; Albert Amateaus reporting on the proposal to replace cabaret licenses with new nightlife licenses; and Jessica Mintzs article on a raucous Community Board 3 hearing on proposed low-income housing on the Seward Park Urban Renewal Site.
The Villager seems to go all out to cover its territory, the judge for this subject wrote, however, adding, I thought the coverage seemed (of local government at least) to focus a bit much on the controversy and the drama.
(Clearly, the judge in this category has not spent much time in Greenwich Village or on the Lower East Side.)
The newspaper received a second-place award for staff reporting and photography on the blackout in August.
Comprehensive coverage of blackout. Informative package of stories, the judge noted.
The Villager also won second place for Obituaries. The submission included Albert Amateaus obituary on Emeline Paige, the former Villager editor who penned the Scoopys column for many years, and Andersons obituary on former Bleecker St. heavyweight boxer turned amputee, T-shirt vendor, Jimmy Gambino.
Wonderful life stories of fascinating people, highly researched and fluidly written, the judge wrote.
Villager photographer Lorenzo Ciniglio won second place for Spot News Photos for his shot of police being jostled and having their hats knocked off while trying to control a Chinatown bank panic on Canal St. in April.
Said the judge, Photographer takes the viewer inside the action well done in the midst of chaos.
The Villager took third place in the prestigious General Excellence category, which evaluates the entire paper, from articles and overall content, to design and advertising.
Intensely local providing good service to readers good use of subheads clean typography nice photos, the judge said.
The paper scored a third-place award in the prestigious Photographic Excellence category, largely based on photos on the March 22 anti-Iraq war march that ended in Washington Sq., where protesters clashed with police. The protest photos were taken by Talisman Brolin, Federico Savini, Elisabeth Robert and Brett C Vermilyea.
The March 26th edition carried this entry, the judge commented. Photo originality and quality were strong. Really liked the protest photos.
The Villager also received a first-place award for Best Special Section Cover for the papers 70th anniversary special section, which was designed by Vermilyea, the papers art and production director.
The layout of the content is good. I like the organization of the pics in the 0 [in the 70], the judge said.
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Jack Klugman has passed away at the age of 90.
The actor reportedly died peacefully at his home in California with his wife Peggy at his side, his attorney announced on Monday (December 24), according to ABC News.
Jack is best known for his roles as Felix Unger's sloppy roommate Oscar Madison in the hit television series The Odd Couple, his starring role in Quincy, M.E., and for the part as Juror #5 in 12 Angry Men.
Klugman is survived by his sons, David and Adam, and two grandchildren.
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Neotoma magister
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Neotoma magister Baird, 1858
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|Neotoma magister previously was regarded as a subspecies of Neotoma floridana. Evidence from analyses of variation in mtDNA, allozymes, and morphology indicates that N. magister is a highly distinct lineage (Hayes and Harrison 1992, Hayes and Richmond 1993, Edwards and Bradley 2001). Baker et al. (2003) and Musser and Carleton (in Wilson and Reeder 2005) recognized N. magister and N. floridana as distinct species. Baker et al. (2003) used the name "Appalachian Woodrat."
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Near Threatened ver 3.1
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|Date Assessed:
|Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Hammerson, G., Whittaker, J.C. & Norris, S.J.)
|Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Chanson, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Listed as Near Threatened, although it has a large range, it is a microhabitat specialist being dependent on rocky areas for its habitat, and it has experienced declines in many parts of its range with a significant percentage of its historical range no longer occupied. This decline is close to 30% making it close to qualifying for Vulnerable under criterion A2c. The cause(s) of the decline are not well understood.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The species' range extends from western Connecticut (formerly (not mapped here)), southeastern New York (virtually extirpated (not mapped here)), northern New Jersey, and northern Pennsylvania southwestward through western Maryland, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and northern and western Virginia (from the Blue Ridge westward) to northeastern Alabama (observed in several cave systems) and northwestern North Carolina (Hall 1981), with isolated populations north of the Ohio River in southern Ohio (where recent surveys failed to locate this species and so are not mapped here; W. Peneston pers. comm., cited by Mengak 2002) and southern Indiana (Whitaker and Hamilton 1998). Although Hall (1981) showed N. magister in the northwestern corner of Georgia, the Tennessee River is generally accepted as the southern range limit.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:United States
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|The total adult population size is unknown but likely is much larger than 10,000. Populations are localized and generally quite small (less than ten), apparently exhibiting a typical metapopulation structure. For example, in Pennsylvania the Allegheny woodrat population consists of 78 disjunct metapopulations (Butchkoski 2004). This species is represented by a very large number of occurrences or subpopulations (probably more than 200). The number of occurrences or subpopulations with good viability probably is substantially smaller than the total number of extant occurrences.
Populations in the northeastern United States have declined, while those in the southern portion of the range appear to have remained relatively stable. However, woodrats appear to be rare in Tennessee (Kennedy and Harvey 2001), and few specimens have been reported from Alabama, where present status is poorly known.
The species has disappeared from Connecticut, New York, most of eastern Pennsylvania, and all but one site in New Jersey. This decline has apparently been occurring for many years. Early sources (e.g., Newcombe 1930) remarked on the woodrat's decreasing range and abundance, and the most recent reports from Connecticut date from the 1930s (Goodwin 1935). Such a decline might be expected in the wake of human settlement, but in recent decades woodrat decline has been dramatic in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Apparent extirpation has occurred in at least 100 sites in northern Virginia (Buhlmann pers. comm., 1992).
Since the late 1960s woodrats in Pennsylvania have disappeared from sites where they once occurred, particularly in eastern and northwestern Pennsylvania; surveys of more than 360 sites from which woodrats have been reported yielded 20 metapopulations, but five of these metapopulation areas no longer support woodrats, and seven of them have fewer active colonies than in the past (C. Fergus, no date; www.pgc.state.pa.us, accessed April 2006). The species has disappeared from the southeastern portion of Pennsylvania and has declined in much of the rest of the state; at present, populations exist throughout much of Pennsylvania's south-central and southwestern counties, with a few remnant populations in eastern counties; mapped distribution indicates that the species no longer occurs in roughly half of the historically occupied range (Pennsylvania Game Commission website, woodrat information last updated in 2006).
In New Jersey, several populations have been extirpated for at least 20 years; the single known remaining population has been relatively stable in recent years, based on trapping results in 1999-2001 (New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife).
Woodrats were documented throughout their historical range in southeastern New York as recently as the mid-1960s, when they appeared to occupy all available habitat; those populations were extirpated by 1987; currently, the only woodrats in the state are immigrants that occasionally occupy a small patch of habitat on the New York-New Jersey border (this is the northern extreme of the habitat for the last remaining New Jersey woodrat population) (New York State Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, 2005 revised draft). Reintroductions attempted in the early 1990s were unsuccessful.
This species may be represented by only one population in Ohio, or possibly it is extirpated; recent surveys failed to locate woodrats there (W. Peneston pers. comm., cited by Mengak 2002).
In Maryland, woodrat populations have been in decline for over two decades and continue to decline (Dan Feller, Maryland Natural Heritage Program pers. comm., cited by New York State Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, 2005 draft).
In the early 1980s, extant populations in Indiana were reported from 20 sites (18 bluffs, two caves) adjacent to the Ohio River; in 1991-1992, live trapping surveys at 17 sites yielded a total of 101 woodrats at 12 (11 bluffs, one cave) of the 17 sites (Johnson 2002). Abundance in Indiana appears to have declined in recent decades. Population density for six sites in Indiana averaged 27.5/km of cliff habitat during the early 1980s (Cudmore 1985). During the 1990s density averaged about 11 individuals/km at 12 Indiana sites (Johnson et al. 1997).
Woodrat populations in the core of the range in West Virginia (Castleberry 2000), Virginia (Mengak 2000), and Kentucky (Thomas 1998) currently appear to be secure.
Cudmore (1983) estimated population densities of 8.3 to 71.9 woodrats per 1,000 m of cliff along the Ohio River in Indiana. According to Burt and Grossenheider (1976), populations of 5-8 adults per hectare are probably high.
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|Typical habitat is rocky cliffs and talus slopes. These woodrats make midden mounds and stick piles among rocks, but secluded nest sites generally are not within stick houses (see Hayes and Harrison 1992).
Throughout its range, this species is associated with extensive rocky areas such as outcrops, cliffs, talus slopes with boulders and crevices, and caves. It occasionally uses abandoned buildings but generally avoids humans. It generally occurs at higher elevations (to about 1,000 m) and is rarely found in lowlands or open areas. Because it is a habitat specialist, geographic range portrayals grossly exaggerate its true distribution. For example, the global range map shows approximately 40% of the land surface of Pennsylvania as included in Allegheny woodrat distribution, when in fact the Pennsylvania surface rock habitat currently occupied by woodrats covers less than one percent (0.77%) of the state (Hassinger pers. comm.).
In southern New York, New Jersey, and adjacent Pennsylvania, woodrat habitat "consists of extensive boulder fields at the base of ridges with rock outcrops. These talus slopes consist of large boulders (10-20 ft. [3-6 m] across) piled in several layers. Neotoma lives among the cave like spaces formed by the piled boulders" (Sciascia 1990).
Referring to the mountainous area of Pennsylvania, Merritt (1987) wrote, "limestone caves, rocky cliffs and accumulations of residual sandstone boulders marked by deep crevices with underground galleries represent favored habitat." Hall (1985) pointed out that good habitat is found "specifically at water gaps where cliff faces and boulder piles are usually abundant." Unpublished data from Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventories (eastern and western offices) make frequent references to woodrat occurrences in sandstone, limestone, or shale outcrops and cliffs, usually with crevices or abundant boulders; also solution caves and abandoned limestone quarries and mines. Associated forest is varied, including cove hardwoods, hemlock-birch, oak-pine, and various combinations of oaks, maples, hickories, beech, and yellow poplar (tulip-tree). Grape, mountain laurel, rhododendron and ferns are frequently mentioned.
In West Virginia, woodrats are common in caves, rock shelters, outcrops with deep crevices, and riverbanks with an abundance of sandstone rocks and boulders.
"In Maryland, this species is found predominately in cliffs, caves and rocky areas in the three western-most counties, and along cliffs of the Potomac River to the vicinity of Washington, D.C." (Feldhammer et al. 1984). In western Maryland "Pottsville Sandstone outcrops [provide] massive, blocky boulders and extensive cliffs with numerous crevices and miniature cave-like situations" (Thompson 1984).
In Indiana, extant populations are restricted primarily to south-facing limestone bluffs on the Ohio River, where there are den sites in the rock and dense red-cedar (Cudmore 1983, Scott Johnson pers. comm.).
In Kentucky, "cliffs with deep crevices, caves, or large boulders piled in such a way as to form numerous retreats and shelters are favored" (Barbour and Davis 1974). In Tennessee, "rocky cliffs, caves and fissures or tumbled boulders on the sides of mountains are the preferred habitat" (Hamilton 1943), and in North Carolina it is "rocky places and abandoned buildings at elevations above 3,000 ft (900 m)" (Adams 1987). Castleberry et al. (2001) suggest that forest clearcutting has minimal impact on woodrat movements, home range, and habitat use, as long as sufficient intact forest is retained adjacent to colonies. They mention, however, that harvesting methods that selectively remove important mast-producing tree species may represent the greatest threat from forest management.
A large house of sticks, leaves, and miscellaneous debris is built, usually within a cave, crevice, or other well-protected place. This may be a mound like a muskrat house (typical construction in the range of other subspecies), but is more often open, giving the impression of a large bird's nest (Poole 1940). Outside diameter is about 35-60 cm (Patterson 1933) and the inner cavity is about 12 cm across (Poole 1940). The nest is lined with shredded bark of grape, red cedar, hemlock, or basswood, grass, fur, rootlets, and sometimes feathers (Poole 1940, Merritt 1987).
Woodrats are basically solitary and unsociable, frequently fighting one another. Each lives alone in its house, except when breeding and raising young. Poole (1949) found "a great deal of individuality" in temperament, behaviour, food preferences, etc., among his captive Allegheny woodrats. When upset, woodrats may chatter their teeth or stomp their hind feet (Wiley 1980).
Near the nests are found piles of sticks and trash called middens. Part of the materials found in woodrat houses and middens appears to be cached food in the form of nuts, seeds, berries, cuttings of vegetation, and mushrooms. But there may also be miscellaneous bits of trash, including rags, bits of metal, bones, pieces of glass, paper, etc. Newcombe (1930) and Poole (1940) compiled lists of such materials. The function of this compulsive collecting is unknown.
Though solitary and territorial, woodrats most often occur in clusters due to patchiness of the rock outcrop, talus, and cave habitat, and conform to the concept of a metapopulation (Hassinger et al. 1996). Home ranges are small, 0.26-0.6 ha (Wright and Hall 1996); usually less than about 90 m across (Burt and Grossenheider 1976). Poole (1940) reported movements of 183 m and 92 m by two woodrats in Pennsylvania. Foraging movements, while often focused within rock habitat, may extend beyond the protection of rocks up to 160 m from the den site (Wright and Hall 1996). Den shifts tend be less than 100 m with a median of 40 m (Wright 1998), and woodrats, particularly females, often live their entire lives in the same outcrop (Feller, pers. obs., 1998). There are reports of large unidirectional movements of displaced woodrats, e.g., 1 km and 4 km (McGowan 1993), as well as naturally dispersing individuals, 0.3-1 km (McGowan 1993), 1 km (Feller, pers. obs., 1995), and up to 6 km (Wright pers. comm., 1998). While woodrats can travel long distances between patches, as distances increase, the chance of successful emigration between patches is likely to decrease, particularly in the absence of protective rock crevices. Barriers to dispersal are not clearly known, as woodrats have been documented to traverse seemingly inhospitable terrain, including roads, small streams, and small fields, though movements are largely within rock habitat (Feller, pers. obs.; Mengak pers. comm., 1998; Wright pers. comm., 1998). However, woodrats display unwary behaviour when crossing roads (Feller, pers. obs.), and road kills have been documented (Feller, pers. obs., 1993; McGowan 1993).
Predators include owls, skunks, weasels, foxes, raccoons, bobcats and large snakes. Humans have been killing woodrats for thousands of years - first for food, and much later out of prejudice, because of a resemblance to European rats.
White-footed mice compete with woodrats for food (Rainey 1956), and in Indiana, opossums, raccoons and turkey vultures may compete for den sites (Cudmore 1983). Woodrats support many ecto- and endoparasites, including fleas, ticks, mites, chiggers, botflies, nematodes, and tapeworms (Cudmore 1985). Bubonic plague (Schwartz and Schwartz 1959) and rabies (Dowda et al. 1981) have been reported in wild woodrats. Woodrats are primarily vegetarian, and food preferences vary widely among individuals. Leaves, twigs, fruits, and seeds of many plants are eaten. They are primarily nocturnal.
|Major Threat(s):
Possibly widespread deforestation and habitat fragmentation contributed to the initial decline of the species, isolating populations and eliminating dispersal and travel corridors (Sciascia pers. comm., 1994). Deforestation and associated reduction/elimination of food resources currently may be a threat to some local woodrat populations. Causes of the continuing decline are not yet fully understood, but some hypotheses have been offered. Probably the explanation lies in a combination of these and other factors that may differ locally in importance (Linzey 1990).
Parasitism by the raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) has been identified as a significant cause of mortality and a probable major factor in the decline in several states (McGowan 1993; Hicks pers. comm., 1994; Johnson et al. 1997; LoGiudice 2000). Although rarely fatal to raccoons, infestation may cause cerebrospinal nematodiasis in other species and has caused declines in some populations (Kazacos 1983). New York released and monitored woodrats in formerly occupied areas and all the animals died (50 total, including the released adults and their progeny); 11 of the 13 recovered carcasses were infected by the roundworms (McGowan 1993; Hicks pers. comm., 1994). Stone observed that woodrat decline in New York coincided with a marked increase in raccoon numbers (Linzey 1990). Hayes (unpublished research proposal) suggested that woodrats may be especially vulnerable for two reasons: 1) among other novel items, woodrats are known to carry back to their nests the faeces of other animals, which might include raccoon scats contaminated with B. procyonis eggs, and 2) a "relatively long generation time increases the probability that individuals will become infested prior to reproduction." Both of these reasons recently have been documented (McGowan pers. comm., 1994). Additionally, McGowan (pers. comm., 1994) found that woodrats may colonize areas where an infected woodrat has recently died, thus perhaps maintaining spread of the parasite.
Hall (1988) noticed a correlation between the spread of the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) and loss of woodrats in Pennsylvania. "There is a possibility that acorns make up a significant part of the food supply of the species in Pennsylvania. Acorns may be important as a winter food source since they can be stored for long periods of time. Studies conducted by the Pennsylvania Game Commission show that acorn production drops to zero for several years following defoliation. Gypsy moth infestation has resulted in considerable mortality of oaks, especially along the poorer soils of rocky ridge tops. These are the areas where many rocky sites are found, which are ideal woodrat habitats." In support of his argument, Hall noted that at three other sites where woodrats survived, other winter food sources were available.
In a similar theory, McGowan (pers. comm., 1994) speculated that the 1930-1940s permanent loss of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) may be a factor. This chestnut was extremely hardy and a bountiful producer of mast, and its previous distribution essentially mirrors the historic distribution of the woodrat. Loss of this stable and predictable food source may have led to the continuing woodrat population decline.
Nawrot and Klimstra (1976) argued that the disappearance of a similar species, N. floridiana illinoensis, was likely due to two unusually severe winters. "Despite a tolerance of Neotoma to many environmental conditions, severe winter weather appears to be a major factor in sudden woodrat population declines. Fitch and Rainy (1956) recorded a drastic decline in Neotoma floridianaabundance in Kansas after two winters of below-average temperatures and prolonged snow and ice cover. Significantly, this decimated population was unable to make substantial gains and continued to decline gradually for several years." Weather also has been proposed as a factor in Neotoma magister decline, a view that is supported by the fact that the decline has been in the northern part of the range. Records in Pennsylvania and West Virginia over the past thirty years indicate "below normal" temperatures in critical months accompanying the observed shrinkage in range (Linzey pers. comm., 1994).
In some areas, including caves popular with spelunkers, human disturbance has been implicated in the disappearance of woodrat populations (e.g., Kirkland 1986). These woodrats do seem to avoid areas of human habitation or heavy human use, but many sites where they have disappeared are remote and rarely visited by people.
Habitat is generally inaccessible and undesirable for development, but strip mining of coal and limestone is a potential threat in many areas. Monty and Feldhamer (2002) stated that increased predation by great horned owls has been proposed as a threat, but owl predation seems highly unlikely as a reason for the decline. Populations often are small and isolated, hence highly susceptible to extirpation (Mengak pers. comm., 1994).
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Management guidelines resulting in the protection of Allegheny woodrat habitats are needed throughout the range. In particular, attention needs to be given to maintaining dispersal corridors among isolated populations. Continuing research on causes of the decline is also needed.
Examples of protected occurrences include those in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Falls Ridge (a TNC preserve in Virginia), and the Deam Nature Preserve in Indiana. Many populations receive fairly good de facto protection in numerous areas with inaccessible cliffs and caves. Many additional occurrences are in state game areas and national forests and parks; these may afford some protection.
Rangewide surveys are needed to better determine status and trends. Areas with woodrats should be protected from excessive human traffic. Mining and logging operations should not be permitted in areas with woodrat populations.
|Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Hammerson, G., Whittaker, J.C. & Norris, S.J.). 2008. Neotoma magister. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T14581A4446084. . Downloaded on 22 September 2018.
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Music has the power to unite communities. It brings us together in celebration, comforts us in loss, and surrounds us with joy.
Each year fourth-of-July concerts downtown and at Blossom Music Center celebrate our nation's founding, and holiday concerts each December bring together family and friends in the spirit of the season. When the community celebrated Cleveland's Bicentennial and the opening of a new baseball stadium, The Cleveland Orchestra was there. Together, the Orchestra and the community commemorated the fallen and saluted first responders in the Concert for 9/11 on Public Square. And our recently launched "At Home"neighborhood residency program immerses the entire Orchestra in the Cleveland community, neighborhood by neighborhood, for a variety of activities — making connections, making friends, and making music, together.Serving the community forms the core of The Cleveland Orchestra's mission today and is the foundation of our vision for the future as we approach The Cleveland Orchestra's centennial in 2018 and look to the years beyond. While we proudly carry Cleveland's name around the world, our most important work is here at home.
Each summer, The Cleveland Orchestra, with the support of a host of community partners, presents a free concert of patriotic favorites and popular classical repertoire in downtown Cleveland. An annual tradition since 1990, the Public Square concert attracts up to 80,000 people to downtown Cleveland and ends with a spectacular display of fireworks set against the Cleveland skyline.
To learn more about our Public Square concerts, click here.
Each January, The Cleveland Orchestra commemorates Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday with a free community concert. First performed in 1980, this concert features The Cleveland Orchestra, a community chorus of volunteer singers, and a winner of the national Sphinx competition for Black and Latino string players. Classical music, gospel, and spirituals mix together to affirm Dr. King's dream of justice and a fair society of all. A highlight of the concert each year is the presentation of the MLK Jr. Community Service Awards by The Cleveland Orchestra in cooperation with the City of Cleveland and the Greater Cleveland Partnership. These awards, begun in 2002, recognize an adult, a youth and a business/organization that exemplifies the spirit and ideals of Dr. King.
The celebration continues on Martin Luther King Day, with a free community open house in Severance Hall honoring the life, leadership, and vision of Dr. King.
To learn more about our MLK Jr. Celebration Concert and Open House, click here.
The Cleveland Orchestra's "At Home" neighborhood residency program was inaugurated during in May 2013 with a week of performances and events in Cleveland's Gordon Square Arts District, presented in partnership with businesses, community groups, and local organizations.
The goals of the Neighborhood Residency program include working with local partners to bring increased visibility and vibrancy to greater Cleveland's neighborhoods, offering more people the opportunity to experience performances by the Orchestra and its musicians, and to collaborate with local community partners around arts and cultural activities.
To learn more about our Neighborhood Residency program, click here.
The Cleveland Orchestra goes on the road to meet the greater Ohio community through annual orchestral concerts in venues in Akron and Oberlin. In addition, many of the Orchestra's education programs have homes in the community, including: Music Study Groups meet weekly in selected libraries and community centers on Cleveland's east and west sides for in-depth explorations of the Orchestra's music. Learn more. Learning Through Music (LTM) partner schools throughout the greater Cleveland area use music and the arts to support the general classroom curriculum and meet state standards. Learn more. Musical Rainbows on the Road in venues throughout the community help The Cleveland Orchestra introduce very young children to the instruments of the orchestra and complement our Musical Rainbow series in Severance Hall.
PNC Grow Up Great Musical Neighborhoods programs in select Cleveland pre-k classrooms uses music to teach important school-readiness skills and immerses young children in the joy of music and music-making. Learn more.


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Asuka Kasen telling Claude to use himself as bait to draw some Colombian Cartel gangsters, charged by Catalina with murdering him, and take them to Pike Creek to meet some of her men.
|Asuka Kasen
|Columbian Cartel death squads
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Bait is a mission in Grand Theft Auto III given to protagonist Claude by Asuka Kasen from a Panlantic Construction Company construction site in Fort Staunton, Staunton Island, Liberty City.
Asuka after catching Miguel in the construction site is torturing him in order to get more information about Catalina's plans against Claude. She informs him about Catalina bidding three death squads around Liberty City to kill Claude. He's forced to search around Shoreside Vale for each of the death squads and lead them to a trap set by Asuka in Pike Creek. Claude lures all three of the death squads into the trap and Asuka's men kills all the Colombian Cartel members, foiling Catalina's plans.
(In the construction site, Claude, Miguel, Asuka.)
Miguel: Oooh!
Asuka Kasen: Miguel seems to think I'm mistreating him. Still, he's revealed the extent to which Catalina fears your quest for revenge. She has three death squads dotted around Liberty, whose sole job is to hunt you down. Act as the bait, and get the death squads to follow you to Pike Creek where some of my men will be waiting for them.
(Asuka hits Miguel on the head two times.)
Miguel: Aaaah, aah!
The reward for completing this mission is $35,000. The mission Espresso-2-Go! is also unlocked after completing this mission.
- The Sentinels driven by the Cartel squads are dent proof, so they will take no damage from ramming and will not catch fire if flipped over. However, this special property cannot be saved in the player's garage. The Sentinels are otherwise vulnerable to bullets, flames and explosions.
- Asuka mentions that there are "three death squads dotted around Liberty", but all of them are on Shoreside Vale.
- The Colombians must be lured into the trap. If the player kills them or destroys their cars when not in the trap, the mission fails.
- The Yakuza gangsters can be killed during or after this mission without any consequences.
- The Yakuzas can attack Claude or even themselves.
Claude driving in Shoreside Vale, about to attract the attention of one of Catalina's death squads.
Claude about to attract the attention of a second of Catalina's death squads.
Claude shooting the Colombian Cartel death squads car, as a Yakuza gangster waits for them to leave their car.
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A nice irony to start the week. I'm trying to update my email address, but when I make the changes to the new email field and press send, it tells me that I have an invalid email password. I'm sure my pwd is correct, but when I request my pwd be sent to me, I get the message that my email address is wrong. Likewise when I try to contact an administrator, I don't get off first base because my pwd is wrong. Obviously I should have done all this before I cancelled my old email account, but it's no good being wise after the event. What can I do?


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Sandra Sherard, 64 - February 22, 2012
Sandra Kay Sherard, 64, of Gothenburg passed away Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at the Gothenburg Memorial Hospital.
Services will be conducted at the American Lutheran Church of Gothenburg on Saturday, March 3, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Matthew Groenke officiating.
Sherard was born Feb. 19, 1948, in Grand Island at St. Francis Hospital to Frank (Bud) and Dolores (Hadenfeldt) Williams.
She was baptized as an infant at the Zion Lutheran Church of North Shelton, and confirmed in 1962 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Shelton.
Sherard was a graduate of Shelton Public School in 1966, and a graduate of the Grand Island School of Business.
On July 21, 1973, she was united in marriage to Robert L. Sherard at St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
She was employed with Peterson & Peterson Freight Co., and later at the Grand Island Collection Agency. When she and her husband moved to Gothenburg, she was employed with the Gothenburg Memorial Hospital until retiring in 2004.
Sherard was proceeded in death by: her father, Frank in 1972; son-in-law, Dwayne Morrison.
Survivors include: her husband, Bob; two daughters—Tracy (Randy) Underwood of North Platte, and Kim Morrison of Gothenburg; a son, Robert, Jr. (Judy) of North Platte; her mother, Dolores Williams of Shelton; Susanne Carlson and Sheila Williams, both of Grand Island, and Stephanie (Steven) Haase of Norfolk; eight grandchildren—Taylor, Logan, Stone and Austin Underwood, Scott, Emily and Jacob Morrison, and step-granddaughter, Jordan Olnhausen; step-grandchild, Katie (John) Underwood-Wilson; great-granddaughter, Ireland Wilson.
Memorials are suggested to the American Lutheran Church of Gothenburg.
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Teams running for the position of Governor and Lt. Governor were present yesterday at the candidates forum held at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium, hosted by the students of Nu'uuli VocTech High School Senior Class and National Technical Honor Society.
The forum included a session with candidates running in the 2012 election for Congressional Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, which took place after the gubernatorial session.
Gubernatorial teams included: Le'i and Afoa, Sandra and Save, Lolo and Lemanu, and Savusa and Salu. Missing from the line-up was the gubernatorial team of Faoa and Taufete'e, who wrote in reply to Nu'uuli VocTech's invitation that Faoa is currently off-island and the team was therefore unable to participate. They were not present either at the Fagaitua High School forum held earlier in the month.
Those running for the Congressional Delegate seat on hand yesterday were: Rosie Fuala'au Tago Lancaster, incumbent Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin, and Aumua Amata. Candidate Lancaster declared her candidacy after the forum, yesterday.
Seizing a golden opportunity to register voters young and old, the Election Office staff set up a table and camera with their official computers at the Lee Auditorium yesterday, where eligible residents were able to register to vote before and after the forum.
Format for the forum was each candidate/ team got a chance to answer students' questions during the nearly 5- hour forum. Samoa News will publish details of the forum in Wednesday's paper.


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The network said Monday that Stewart, CeeLo Green, Lady Antebellum, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. will take the stage on upcoming episodes of the hit singing contest.
Stewart and Green are set to sing on the May 8 episode of "The Voice." Lady Antebellum, Thicke, Williams and T.I will perform May 14.
All of the artists have new material to showcase, including upcoming albums from Stewart, Green and Lady Antebellum. Thicke, Williams and T.I. collaborated on Thicke's latest single, "Blurred Lines." Williams has a single out, "Get Lucky," while T.I. has the album "Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head."
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|2010-04-15, 18:05
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As for Kikaijima...
|2010-04-15, 18:05
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Put it bluntly, judging by Zen's words, this means: Mindless Medaka with no personality = Perses mode Medaka, the rampaging beast.
Good find, Lummie, I'm doubting the chairman is aware of that
|2010-04-15, 18:56
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Spoiler for From normal to abnormal:
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|2010-04-15, 19:16
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Abnormality has next to nothing to do with training. If you could just train to be an abnormal, you wouldn't need the Flask Plan to begin with.
Koga shouldn't be mentioned, because she was turned into a cyborg. Naze has two abnormals for siblings, so I"m doubtful that she really did anything special. If anything, I think her abnormality might have just taken its timing blooming, like Maguro's. Or that instead of turning on all at once, it slowly came on in stages, so she went from Normal to Special to Abnormal. There's also the fact that her Stoicness (that's totally not a word) was called abnormal at some point, so I'm really hesitant to say that she was ever a normal.
The Flask Plan isn't about making a training program for people to become Abnormals, it's about making a drug that will turn anyone into an Abnormal. No training necessary.
|2010-04-15, 19:25
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Sorry, I meant that abnormal capabilities are improved through intense training, hence why Kikaijima's voice pitch is so loud and strong. You can say all the students are abnormal in fact. Why? Isn't it obvious? It's a student academy were all them are AB bloodtype.
I'm also beggining to believe that there're are two types of abnormals.Those who improve their capabilities through hard training, and those whose abnormality is even beyond abnormal, or to put it bluntly, through cheating, like Koga's case.
To sum it up:
Common abnormality: Superhuman strenght (for example).
Abnormality that goes beyond abnormal: Gravity (Flask Plan).
|2010-04-15, 22:03
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Because her strength comes from her personality, I guess. I find that a bit hard swallow myself, but we'll see where it leads.
As for training in everything, I don't think the reason Medaka exceeds at everything is because she actually trains in everything. If you look back on the chapters, it's noted how she's good at anything she tries without needing much effort-- like making her calligraphy teachers retire in elementary school or becoming a red belt by middle school. Conversely, Zenkichi has to train really hard to get good at that stuff, and just to keep up with Medaka, but he's still nowhere near her level.
It was stated already that abnormals excel at one thing, specials are pretty good at everything, and the only thing that really makes people normal is the ability to get discouraged and lose heart (if you buy Maguro's explanation as to why Zenkichi is normal anyway).
BTW, good luck finding raws again. Looks like raw-paradise has shut down.
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|2010-04-16, 07:00
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Bad news what happened with raw-paradise, though it's not the first time they have to stay away for a while and change the name of the web, they did that once.
Meanwhile you can use mangahelpers. It's no wonder raw-paradise was found, how the hell they had the guts to leave watermarks on the scans, seriously...?
And don't panic, this happened once and will happen sometime again in the future, but nothing will change.
|2010-04-16, 07:29
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also, is almost a year since this manga start, i'm with KLG in this one, in the beginning of the manga if someone told me that this will be something like "kongou banchou" + "x-men" + "tits", how would belive that after just 10 chapters?
but i do like some stuff from the current idea of the manga, how abnormality is changed by the personality, the felling of loneliness of some of the abnormals (Takachiho, Munakata, Miyakonojou, maybe medaka) but with the difference that is not product of the discrimination agains abnormals.
|2010-04-16, 08:19
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So, the only place where the feeling of loneliness comes in is if their abnormality isolates them in some way, which seems to be the case. Hard Wrapping can't be touched, Last Carpet has to keep himself away from people because he wants to kill them, Naze hates her own abilities, so she purposely isolates herself as well, Koga has no interest in "normal" people, Unzen hates everyone and thinks the worst of them, etc. Not sure what King's beef is... maybe he's just too damn arrogant and I'm also not sure what it is that makes Medaka feel lonely. At first I thought it might be because she's so good at anything, no one would want to compete with her, but that isn't the case as Nabeshima seems quite willing.
I guess it's some food for thought. Personally, I think I'd rather have the focus off of Medaka and on the other characters like it is now, and judging from the rating, the Jump readers feel the same. Whenever the focus is on her, it drops to the bottom, but seems to leap out when someone else takes over.
|2010-04-16, 09:29
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But that's neither here nor there, translation for 45 is out.
Spoiler for Medaka 45:
|2010-04-16, 10:22
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|2010-04-16, 10:22
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I figure we might see him strapped to one of their examination tables soon.
|2010-04-16, 10:25
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I think Zen is abnormal who is equal to Medaka because there is no way that he can finnish same training like Medaka and still hold also having to be with Medaka childhood friend since he was two years old I got to say that normal person would not last one minute with Medaka so think Zen is like what principal said that he just wolf in sheep clothes and also I think that Medaka is key ofhis abnormal power just read one-shot where Zen is in judo fight with some giant and his knocking down so many times and still holds after his permission for Medaka he busted the giant. Think he is one of few that can withstand Shiranui big mouth.
One last thing he as sence of charisma that can get even wanted man to be friend and also being childhood friend of Medaka show that he is not typical normal guy.
|2010-04-16, 22:22
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In regards to this manga's first 10 chapters or so, people do need to remember that this is shounen. Mangaka often use those first few episodic chapters to build their story's framework before jumping right into the plot. This has gone on for years even before any of the current manga in WSJ were running.
Look at Part 1 Dragonball. No way from its first 10 chapters would you expect it to become as fast paced and over powered as it did in Part 2 with Frieza and Cell etc.
Yu Yu Hakusho's first two volumes are another example since Yusuke was hardly doing any kind of fighting at all in those. He was just a ghost trying to get his body back by doing good deeds. Hell, Medaka Box had more fighting than early Yu Yu Hakusho and look at what the latter became. Everything after volume 2 were tournament arcs or fighting to stop an evil plot.
Of course one of the more recent examples is Reborn. It went through at least 60 chapters before it shifted into a battle manga from a gag manga.
So at least in terms of WSJ, I don't think Medaka intending to be a battle manga from the start is all that surprising when I re-read the first volume and a half of chapters. There were hints along the way and yes even battles. I think the transition could have been done better but I believe it worked out well enough since the current arc is the most I have been excited about a manga in terms of doing things in different and abnormal(couldn't help myself) ways.
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w00t, ch. 45. That was awesome again. This current arc is really exciting. Haha, Unzen is still definately my favourite character, although I could do without him being soft on Zen. His bratty 'lead character in a drama' aura is coming through in full force.
Shiranui summoning everybody via twitter: LOL, brilliant. Man, Zen voiced my thoughts exactly though about the reinforcements being a bunch of cripples. Everyone being injured except of Onigase--lol, the fools. Btw, Onigase was super moe this time too.
Heh, actually, thinking about it, can you even measure the amount of awesome that was in this chapter? Nabeshima's cheap 'warp' plan being foiled, and being called out on it--that was gold. Unzen's sister making undecipherable boob jokes--awesomeness must run in the family. Unzen living like a king 'cause he thought he'd managed to dump all the work in Medaka--brilliant, and that also ties into Miyakanoujou's statement that he'd thought Medaka would crush everything in her path down to him. I also figure Unzen's ability to work the elevator is a result of his mathematical abnormality--with the Plus Six showing up, everything seems to be coming together.
Plus Six themselves are looking to be plenty interesting characters. The guy everybody's calling a Zen-lookalike seems to have a frivoulously strong code of honour/loyalty. Bubblegum, boobs, and overalls girl is hot, and the too-much-hair lady amuses me with her non-sequitor identity crisis. The guy with the pixelated face seems to have some awesome convoluted robotic/logical dialogue, and the tiny-glasses chibi-girl really stands out as the single cute one out of the lot. The only character I'm not really feeling is the uptight megane-prettyboy, and at 5/6 when we've pretty much only even seen their introductions, that's pretty impressive. I can't wait to see how all this plays out.
Anyway, the thing this chapter's really made clear to me is (again) that the scanlated chapters are much more satisfying than people's raw impressions. So I'll just have to end on a note of thanks for the scanlators, and also mention that I hope we catch up with the raws soon!
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Biden, during visit, praises Portsmouth shipyard's role in national securityBy MIKE LAWRENCE
Union Leader Correspondent
September 03. 2014 3:02PM
KITTERY, MAINE — Vice President Joe Biden spoke emphatically about revitalizing the middle class, promoting American job growth and safeguarding America's dominant military role in the world Wednesday at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, where he said work to repair and modernize nuclear submarines is "an absolutely vital arm of our nuclear triad."
"You're the reason America is the most dominant force in the world," Biden told hundreds of workers packed into the shipyard's Building 92. "You keep America safe. It's as simple as that."
A shipyard electrical engineer in the crowd said welding and component fitting work usually take place in the massive shop building, which was overflowing with spectators, media and security personnel during Biden's lengthy remarks.
The vice president touted the shipyard's role as a "centerpiece of our country's defense for more than 200 years," and the current support it provides to the Navy's "72-strong submarine force."
"Simple fact - you are simply the best in the world. In the world," Biden told the workers.
At one point early in his remarks, Biden grinned while disparaging the notion that the federal government would even consider closing or reducing staff at the shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
He said apprenticeship and training programs at the facility are a model for private enterprises and for America's path to revitalizing the middle class. He said that while the national GDP has shown significant growth since 2001, middle class wages rose only 14 cents in that time.
"That's no way to grow America, man," Biden said. "That's no way to restore the middle class."
Biden began his remarks by condemning the actions of the Islamic militants who released a video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff.
"Because of the barbaric acts of ISIL, (Sotloff) was taken from us," Biden said. "He put his life on the line as a journalist to tell the story of the Syrian people."
Biden added that America will not be intimidated by the beheading, which follows the similar killing of New Hampshire native James Foley, a journalist for GlobalPost.
"They somehow think it's going to lessen U.S. resolve," Biden said. "If they think the American people are going to be intimidated, they don't know us very well."
He said America "came back from 9/11" and "came back Boston Strong," and vowed to bring Foley and Sotloff's killers to justice.
"We will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice," Biden said, his voice rising and echoing in the massive naval facility. "Because hell is where they will reside. "
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H., and U.S. Reps. Michael Michaud and Chellie Pingree, both Democrats from Maine, were on hand Wednesday and spoke before Biden, praising the shipyard's role in the regional economy and in national security.
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From the Newsroom: Augustana Grad Takes New Role at The Washington Post
Kaeti Hinck, a 2007 Augustana graduate who recently assumed a new role with The Washington Post. We caught up with Hinck, a journalism and religion major originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to learn more about her career and her Augustana experiences.
Augustana Sophomore Earns SMART Scholarship Through Department of Defense
Sophomore Abby Martin has been awarded a Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship through the Department of Defense (DoD).
King, Rieger Named 2016 Augie Pride Award Recipients
Libby King and Brian Rieger received Augie Pride awards at the Augustana Service Awards Presentation and Celebration on Wednesday, April 27.
$1 Million Gift Will Support New Student Activities Center, Froiland Science Complex, Endowment
As early planning continues for Augustana's new Student Activities Center, University officials have announced the receipt of a $1 million gift from Dr. Fred Milanovich, a cousin of the late Augustana basketball legend Sam Milanovich '73.
VIKINGS WIN! Women's Golf, Tennis Teams Take Home NSIC Titles
It was a huge weekend in Viking athletics – the women's golf team and the women's tennis team both took home NSIC championships!
Six AU Students Named 2016-17 Christopherson Scholars
Six Augustana students have been awarded Fred C. and J. Marie Christopherson Scholarships for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Strandjord Named 2015-16 Faculty Recognition Award Recipient
Dr. Andrew Strandjord, assistant professor of chemistry, is the recipient of the 2015-16 Augustana Student Association (ASA) Faculty Recognition Award. The award recognizes outstanding teaching and contributions to the Augustana Community by a faculty member.
Five Inducted into French National Honor Society
Five Augustana students were inducted into the University's Mu Alpha chapter of Pi Delta Phi, the national French Honor Society, on Wednesday, March 9.
Augustana Public Relations Students Win Classics Award
Augustana PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America) students won their seventh Classics Award at the annual Classics Award banquet of the Minnesota PRSA (Public Relations Society of America) on Thursday, April 14.
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Isaac path: Isaac weakens, but flooding, rescues continue
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Isaac soaked Louisiana for yet another day and pushed more water into neighborhoods all around the city, flooding homes and forcing last-minute evacuations and rescues. New Orleans itself was spared, thanks in large part to a levee system built after Katrina.
As the storm slogged its way across the state and windy conditions calmed, the extent of some of the damage became clear. Hundreds of homes, perhaps more, were underwater, thousands of people were staying at shelters and half of the state was without power. About 500 people had to be rescued by boat or high-water vehicles, and at least two people were killed.
And the damage may not be done. Waters continued to rise and a dam at a lake near the Louisiana-Mississippi border was under a lot of pressure and power lines and trees were felled as Isaac moved into Arkansas.
Farther south, evacuations were ordered in a lot of places ahead of the storm, but Isaac's unpredictable, meandering path and the amount of rain - as much as 16 inches in some places - caught many off guard.
"I was blindsided, nobody expected this," said Richard Musatchia, who left his home in LaPlace, northwest of the city.
Musatchia said 5 feet of water filled his home before a neighbor passed by with a boat and evacuated him and his 6-year-old boxer, Renny.
He piled two suitcases, a backpack and a few smaller bags onto the boat and said that's all he has left. He left a brand-new Cadillac and a Harley-Davidson behind.
"People have their generators, because they thought the power would go out, but no one expected the water," he said.
Others trickled into a parking lot of the New Wine Christian Fellowship church, delivered by National Guard vehicles, school buses and pickup trucks.
Daphine and David Newman fled their newly decorate home with two trash bags of clothing. They have lived in their subdivision since 1992, and they never had water in their home from previous storms, including Katrina. The comparison was common one since Isaac hit on the seventh anniversary of the devastating 2005 storm, though the differences were stark.
Katrina was more powerful, a Category 3 at landfall, while Isaac was a Category 1 at its peak. Isaac wobbled around; Katrina barreled into the state and quickly moved through.
David Newman was frustrated the government spent billions reinforcing levees for New Orleans and Jefferson Parish after Katrina and now he had the water.
"The water's got to go somewhere," he said. "It's going to find the weakest link, and with the wind directions, we was ground zero."
As officials called for impromptu evacuations, a debate started about whether anyone was to blame.
Jefferson Parish Council president Chris Roberts said forecasters at the National Hurricane Center needed a new way of measuring the danger. Many second-guessed evacuation orders, he said.
"The risk that a public official has is, people say, 'Aw, it's a Category 1 storm and you guys are out there calling for mandatory evacuations,'" Roberts said.
Hundreds of people in lower Jefferson chose to ride out the storm - and many of them had to be rescued, he said.
Eric Blake, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, said although Isaac's cone shifted west as it zigzagged toward the Gulf Coast, forecasters accurately predicted its path, intensity and rainfall. He did say the storm crept ashore somewhat slower than anticipated.
Blake also said local officials and residents shouldn't use Katrina as a guide for what areas were at the greatest risk of flooding during Isaac.
"Every hurricane is different," Blake said. "If you're trying to use the last hurricane to gauge your storm surge risk, it's very dangerous."
Along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans, officials sent scores of buses and dozens of high-water vehicles to help evacuate about 3,000 people as rising waters lapped against houses and left cars stranded. Floodwaters rose waist-high in some neighborhoods, and the Louisiana National Guard was working with sheriff's deputies to rescue people stranded in their homes.
A Coast Guard helicopter hoisted a couple and their dogs early Thursday from a home in LaPlace, between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, after storm surge poured into their neighborhood and local authorities called for help. The couple was taken to New Orleans and reported in good condition.
"The husband and wife and their two dogs were in an area where a lot of houses washed away," said Lt. Cmdr. Jorge Porto. "They used a flashlight inside the house as a signaling device, which made all the difference in locating them effectively."
To the east, evacuations were ordered in a sparsely-populated area as a lake dam threatened to break near the Mississippi-Louisiana border. Officials in Tangipahoa Parish, La., feared the water it would pour into the already swollen river would flood low-lying areas downstream. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said officials there would release water at the dam.
A tow truck driver was killed Thursday morning when a tree fell on his truck in Picayune, Miss., just across the state line from Louisiana. In Vermilion Parish, a 36-year-old man died after falling 18 feet from a tree while helping friends move a vehicle ahead of the storm. Deputies did not know why he climbed the tree.
President Barack Obama declared federal emergencies in Louisiana and Mississippi late Wednesday, allowing federal aid to be freed up for affected areas.
In southeast Arkansas, winds gusted to more than 40 mph and heavy rainfall fell, knocking down trees and power lines in Chicot County. The small farming town of Eudora lost power. In neighboring Ashley County, a handful of dead trees were scattered across roadways, according to County Judge Emory Austin, who said he was worried about flooding.
"We need the rain, I just don't need a lot," Austin said.
Isaac arrived seven years after Hurricane Katrina and passed slightly to the west of New Orleans, where the city's fortified levee system easily handled the assault.
"Unfortunately, that's not been the case for low-lying areas outside the federal system, in particular lower Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes," said Louisiana Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu. "Hurricane Isaac has reinforced for us once again just how vulnerable these critical areas are. We must re-engage the Corps of Engineers on this."
In Plaquemines Parish, a sparsely populated area south of the city that is outside the federal levee system, dozens of people were stranded in flooded coastal areas and had to be rescued. The storm pushed water over an 18-mile levee and put so much pressure on it that authorities planned to intentionally puncture the floodwall Thursday to relieve the strain.
Louisiana's Public Service Commission said 901,000 homes and businesses around the state - about 47 percent of all customers - were without power Thursday. Utility company Entergy said that included about 157,000 in New Orleans.
Officials rushed to evacuate more than 100 nursing home residents Wednesday from Plaquemines Parish, an area with a reputation for residents hunkering down to weather storms and perhaps the hardest hit by Isaac. In this hardscrabble, mostly rural parish, even the sick and elderly are hardened storm veterans.
"I don't think we had to evacuate to begin with," said Romaine Dahl, 59, as he sat in a wheelchair. "The weather was a hell of a lot worse last night than it is now. And I got an idea that after all this is said and done they're going to say everything is over with, go on back home."
Isaac's maximum sustained winds had decreased to 40 mph, and the National Hurricane Center said it was expected to become a tropical depression by Thursday night, meaning its top sustained winds would drop below 39 mph. The storm's center was on track to cross Arkansas on Friday and southern Missouri on Friday night, spreading rain as it goes.
Forecasters expected Isaac to move farther inland over the next several days, dumping rain on drought-stricken states across the nation's midsection before finally breaking up over the weekend.
Isaac came ashore late Tuesday as a Category 1 hurricane, with 80 mph winds near the mouth of the Mississippi River. It drove a wall of water nearly 11 feet high inland.


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Biology Practice Test 4
Question: 1
Which of the following statements is false with respect to class Monocotyledoneae?
- Grass is an example of class Monocotyledonae.
- Embryo has one cotyledon
- Monocotyledons have a single cotyledon
- Vascular cambium usually absent
- Monocotyledons generally have reticulate venation
Correct Answer: E. Monocotyledons generally have reticulate venation
Monocotyledons generally have parallel venation. In parallel venation, the veins are present parallel to each other. Reticulate venation is a characteristic of dicot plant where the veins emerge from different parts of the main vein.
Question: 2
Heart develops from
- Lateral plate mesoderm
- Intermediate mesoderm
- Ectoderm
- Endoderm
- Paraxial mesoderm
Correct Answer: A. Lateral plate mesoderm
Lateral plate mesoderm is found at the periphery of the embryo. The circulatory system develops from the lateral plate mesoderm. Intermediate mesoderm develops into kidneys and gonads. Cartilage, skeletal muscles etc. develop from paraxial mesoderm.
Question: 3
Which of the following is/are the characteristics of euglenoids?
- Autotrophic
- Heterotrophic
- Presence of pellicle
- Presence of flagella
- All the above
Correct Answer: E. All the above
Euglenoids are the protists which come under the group flagellates. They live in both fresh water and marine environment. They contain pellicle, a protein rich membrane which helps them in flexibility. They are mixotrophic which means that they are photosynthetic in the presence of sunlight and heterotrophic when they lack sunlight.
Question: 4
Which of the following reactions block polyspermy?
- Capacitation
- Spermatogenesis
- Acrosome reaction
- Cortical reaction
- Fertilization
Correct Answer: D. Cortical reaction
Cortical reaction can be defined as the reaction of egg cell to fertilization which results in the change of cell membrane. The cortical reaction is exocytosis of eggs' cortical granules. The calcium signal activates the egg to undergo cortical reaction. Cortical reaction prevents other sperms from entering the egg.
Question: 5
Which of the following develops from ectoderm?
- Liver
- Pancreas
- Kidney
- Stomach
- Brain
Correct Answer: E. Brain
Liver, pancreas and stomach develop from endoderm. Kidney develops from intermediate mesoderm. Brain develops from the neural tube of the ectoderm. Ectoderm generates the outer layer of the embryo. The ectoderm develops into the surface ectoderm, neural crest and neural tube.
Question: 6
To which of the following do ES cells belong?
- Pluripotent
- Oligopotent
- Multipotent
- Totipotent
- None of the above
Correct Answer: A. Pluripotent
ES cells or embryonic stem cells can develop into any of the cells belonging to the three germ layers. So they are pluripotent stem cells. ES cells will not develop extraembryonic cells. The differentiation of ES cells to different cells depends on specific factors.
Question: 7
Presence of metameric segmentation is the characteristic of phylum
- Protista
- Porifera
- Cnidaria
- Annelida
- Platyhelminthes
Correct Answer: D. Annelida
Metameric segmentation is the division of body into a number of similar segments. Metameric segmentation is generally exhibited by phylum Annelida and phylum Arthropoda.
Question: 8
A process by which an egg undergoes a series of rapid cell divisions without cell growth or gene expression is called
- Apoptosis
- Acrosome reaction
- Cortical reaction
- Cleavage
- None of the above
Correct Answer: D. Cleavage
Cleavage is a series of rapid cell divisions without cell growth or gene expression. The organisms are formed by growth and development of these cells. The different cells formed from cleavage are called as blastomere. The compact mass of blastomere is called morula.
Question: 9
Which of the following is mixotropic?
- Yeast
- Dinoflagellates
- Amoeba
- Mushroom
- Blue- green algae
Correct Answer: B. Dinoflagellates
A mixotroph is an organism that can utilize different forms of energy. Dinoflagellates are flagellated mixotropic protists. They combine photosynthesis with ingestion of prey. Yeast, amoeba and mushroom are heterotrophic. Blue- green algae is autotrophic.
Question: 10
Lung is a derivative of ________ germ layer.
- Surface ectodermal
- Neuroectodermal
- Mesodermal
- Endodermal
- Both A and C
Correct Answer: D. Endodermal
During embryo development, the germ layers ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm are differentiated from blastula in a process called gastrulation. Later organogenesis takes place from those germ layers. Lung is one of the foregut derivatives of endoderm.
Question: 11
The passage of materials between the nucleus and the cytosol takes place through
- Vesicle
- Nuclear pore
- Nucleosome
- Cajal body
- Nuclear speckle
Correct Answer: B. Nuclear pore
Nuclear pores are small perforations on the nuclear envelope that allow ransportation of substances across the nucleus and cytoplasm. Cajal body and nuclear speckle are small subnuclear organelles. Nucleosome is a chromosomal structure containing histones in DNA. Vesicles present in cytoplasm transport substances from one part of a cell to another part.
Question: 12
The state of a neuron which inhibits the generation of action potential is said to be
- Depolarized
- Repolarized
- Hyperpolarized
- Resting potential
- A, B and D
Correct Answer: C. Hyperpolarized.
Resting potential is the state of a neuron which is not under any stimulus. The normal resting potential of human nerves is -70 mV. When a neuron receives stimulus, the cell's interior will be depolarized with influx of Na+ ions which will result in action potential. Immediately after the generation of action potential the cell is hyperpolarized; that makes the cell more negative and keeps the neuron in a refractory period so that the next action potential cannot generate. Next is the repolarization i.e. neuron will come to its original resting state.
Question: 13
The word 'arthropod' means
- Jointed feet
- Jointed head
- Presence of eight legs
- Segmented body
- Bilateral symmetry
Correct Answer: A. Jointed feet
The word arthropod in Greek means jointed feet. Presence of jointed feet is the characteristic feature of arthropods.
Question: 14
Which of the following is included in aphotic zone?
- Bathypelagic
- Abyssopelgic
- Mesopelagic
- Hadopelagic
- All of the above
Correct Answer: E. All of the above
All the above mentioned zones are devoid or have little light and are called aphotic zones. Aphotic zone is the epipelagic zone. Very few organisms live in the hadopelagic (deepest) zone.
Question: 15
Engrailed proteins are
- Tethering proteins
- Transcription factors
- Ubiquitins
- Signaling molecules
- Carrier proteins
Correct Answer: B. Transcription factors
Engrailed proteins are transcription factors which play a major role in brain development in many species. They determine the midbrain/hindbrain border and aid in neuronal axon guidance.


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Well, before I begin this entry, let me just say in my defense that I just couldn't resist. Our publication's long time managing editor, Marilyn Wilson, just retired after over two DECADES editing and untangling the (at times!!) garbled prose of hacks like myself. Now, she made me PROMISE not to write about what she and her husband Nick plan to do with their retirement ... ah, but Marilyn, I had my fingers crossed behind my back when I promised! And as you well know, that cancels out said promise!!!
(Let it be known, too, that Marilyn has a degree is child psychology ... quite germane to a career spent dealing with microscopic juvenile minds like mine!!)
Marilyn and Nick are - as we speak - heading out to traverse this great country of ours by mobile home. Specifically, pulling a house trailer with a big Ford F-350. The first stop on Marilyn and Nick's nationwide tour is the sunny state of Florida (and oh how we are envious!) But then any number of destinations may follow next: Civil war battlefields, the Grand Canyon; the St. Louis Arch; the brew pubs of Indianapolis (Well ... maybe not those. But I'd sure like to visit them!)
(Marilyn will be driving a Ford F-350 like this one cross country over the next few months)
At our Fleet of the Year awards dinner recently, we talked about Marilyn's upcoming adventures on the roads and H. Craig Jackson, a vice president of sales with Con-way Freight, noted that the F-350 is no little pickup. "That's a real truck, now!" he remarked. "That's got some serious power!" All the more fitting for a (now former) trucking editor to be tooling around in, I say.
(That's Jackson in the middle accepting the 2007 For-Hire Fleet of the Year award for Con-way Freight)
So, to you Marilyn: I wish you the best of luck, the best weather, the best food, the best of everything. It's going to be so different around here now with you gone - though we can't wait to hear about your tales from the road. I've personally treasured getting to know you over the past eight years I've been at FleetOwner (and has it really been that long??!!). Have a great time - we're going to miss you!


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WFP, the Haitian government and food experts from NGOs have just completed a comprehensive assessment which confirms the scale of the ongoing food needs in Haiti two months after the earthquake. The survey will shape policies to rebuild food security in the months ahead.
PORT-AU-PRINCE -- The Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA) looked at how people in areas affected by the earthquake – stretching across much of the southern area of Haiti – have been feeding their families since the quake struck. Not surprisingly, more than half of the people surveyed don't have enough to eat or aren't able to eat the right kinds of food to get the nutrients they need.
Most people have lost their jobs or other sources of income. Even those with some money find the basic foods in the marketplaces are often too expensive, because prices have gone up since the earthquake.
Damage to infrastructure means that even if some farmers are still producing food, this produce doesn't reach the markets. This state of food insecurity is the reality for nearly three quarters of the people living in the settlements that sprang up after the quake.
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To help these people, WFP is distributing rations of rice, beans, flour, oil and salt to 2 million people who have lost their homes.
But in the long-term, investment in agriculture and human capital is needed for Haiti's food security, the assessment finds. From April, WFP and the Haitian government will be implementing a range of food-and-cash-for-work projects.
Haitians will be offered jobs on projects that will help build the long-term food security of their country – for example building agricultural infrastructure like irrigation systems, or environmental management like planting trees to keep top-soil in place during the rainy season.
Workers will be paid with a combination of food and cash, to cover families' immediate food requirements, while at the same time giving people some purchasing power to bring local markets back to life. WFP transports seeds and tools on behalf of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). These will be essential to ensure that farmers do not miss the planting season and that there is indeed a harvest in June.