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Lord Howe Island Stick Insect
The Lord Howe Island Stick Insect, Dryococelus australis, was driven to the brink of extinction by Black Rats in the early twentieth century. However, in 2001 it was rediscovered on Balls Pyramid, a rat-free volcanic outcrop 23 km off the coast of Lord Howe Island.
The seas around Balls Pyramid are too rough to land a boat. However, a rescue team leapt ashore in 2003 and brought two breeding pairs of Lord Howe Island Stick Insects back to mainland Australia.
At the time of their rediscovery, very little was known about Lord Howe Island Stick Insects. Melbourne Zoo plays a important role in the captive breeding of this Critically Endangered species.
Adult Lord Howe Island Stick Insects are wingless and nocturnal, feeding only on one species of shrub. The one remaining population only has 20-30 individuals.
Melbourne Zoo staff continue to conduct intensive research into stick insect diet, behaviour and biology, as well as maintaining the largest captive breeding program for this species.
Our key aims for the recovery of this species are to:
- Maintain an insurance population in captivity
- Increase community awareness of the plight of the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect and raise community support for its conservation
- Supplement wild populations through captive breeding for reintroduction. The ultimate aim is to reintroduce free-ranging Lord Howe Island Stick Insects onto Lord Howe Island, but rats will first have to be eradicated from the island
Distribution Map
Plans and publications
- Download a comprehensive overview of what Zoos Victoria is doing to save the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect (631 KB)
- DSEWPC (2010). Dryococelus australis in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Canberra.
- DECC (2008) Lord Howe Island Biodiversity Management Plan. Department of Environment and Climate Change, NSW.
- Melbourne Zoo bred 1300 Lord Howe Island Stick Insects in the past 12 months
- Eggs of the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect incubate for 6½ months before hatching
- Balls Pyramid, home to the last wild population of Lord Howe Island Stick Insects, is also the tallest sea stack in the world
- Werribee Open Range Zoo
- Healesville Sanctuary
- Melbourne Zoo

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Toñampadi, Ecuador - It is a January morning in this remote Waodani village in the equatorial rainforest. Word on the sweltering dirt streets is that the man called Kimo and his wife, Dawa, have arrived by canoe for the big weekend conferencia remembering the 50th anniversary of the killing here of Jim Elliot and four other American missionaries. Paa, a short and animated ball of energy with wide duck feet, is motioning wildly because his old friend Kimo is coming and has killed a tapir en route to the village.
Paa hopes they can share this fresh treat with their visitors tonight. Once abundant, these animals-the largest in the Ecuadorian rainforest-are numbering fewer as sedentary lifestyles, forced on Kimo and Paa's people by their newfound need to be within shouting distance of an airstrip, mean they hunt in a smaller area and quickly exhaust surrounding game supplies. The piquianani, or old ones, know their way of life is changing.
Paa waves excitedly to the cowodi, or foreigners, intending his gestures to communicate what his words cannot: Follow me to Kimo. He trudges off toward the Curaray River, leading an entourage of jungle missionaries, village children, and two elderly men for whom this moment has incalculably special meaning. Paa crosses the grassy airstrip that his people both bless and curse.
Before there was an airstrip, belching volcanic peaks that tower like fortress sentinels cut off the Waodani (also called Waorani) from the rest of the world. The airstrip was the entryway for medicine, the savior of their bodies, and for missionaries who introduced them to Waengongi-God, the savior of their souls. Now it also conveys cowodi influences that promote alcoholism, promiscuity, and materialism.
Paa heads down a narrow path near a house made of chainsaw-cut palm boards. He breaks into an ear-to-ear smile as Kimo comes to hug him. Among the crowd, the two octogenarians wait anxiously, also smiling. They are Bert Elliot and Ken Fleming, brothers of Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, two of the five "Palm Beach missionaries" whom Kimo and Paa's people speared to death to start the first chapter in the famous tale of evangelical martyrdom half a century ago. Kimo, who has been searching the crowd for their faces, sees them and maneuvers his aging body over for a warm embrace.
Fifty years earlier and less than a mile away, bold Jim Elliot and deep-thinking Pete Fleming, along with pilot Nate Saint, Ed McCully, and Roger Youderian, also were warmly greeted by Waodani tribesmen on "Friendly Friday." But two days later, Kimo and five other spearmen hurled lances at the missionaries, leaving the slain bodies to rot in the shallow Curaray River.
A Los Angeles Times headline from 1956 tersely reported the news: "Savages kill five missionaries." Reporters, emphasizing the five men's bravery and the determination of their wives and sisters, adopted "Auca," a Quichua word for "savage," to describe Paa and Kimo's people.
Even though Jim Elliot had described himself and the four others as "a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt Somebody," they were lionized after their deaths, and many Americans peered at Life's double-page photo spreads of the missionaries' widows and orphans juxtaposed against shots of nameless, near-naked "savages," as the captions read. But when Paa looks at those pictures today, he smiles and lists them by name-this one is Nenkiwi, that one is Dayumae.
The Waodani always had names, but they didn't have some other things, such as a concept of time. Before contact, older Waodani estimated age based on natural occurrences and momentous events like volcanic eruptions or major raids. Kimo is probably nearing 70, and despite his khakis, ball cap, and T-shirt, he-like many of the older ones-has retained his rough looks. Big gums flash a mostly toothless smile, but the rest of his physiognomy betrays his ancestors' rigidity: a heavy-set brow and tired, serious eyes. Kimo has "hard life" written all over him.
The Waodani especially did not have peace. "I've killed many," Kimo says. The actual number is probably in the dozens, but the Waodani simply lump all numbers larger than three together as "many." His visage is tough, but he says God has tamed his soul: "We were seen back then as savages. The devil blinded us. We were always killing. . . . I can't explain how different I feel now." On Sunday, Kimo would help baptize 10 young Waodani Christians in the same waters where he once killed.
Thomas Hobbes' description of life in nature as "nasty, brutish and short" was not, of course, a description of the Waodani, but they were the most violent people on record, once boasting a homicide rate of more than 60 percent and viewing a 25-year-old as remarkably long-lived.
Jim Yost, a Christian anthropologist who lived with the Waodani for more than a decade, sees their hairpin conversion as incredible, but it happened: Moved by the forgiveness offered by Elisabeth Elliot (wife of Jim Elliot) and Rachel Saint (sister of Nate Saint), who moved into the village of their loved ones' murderers, some of the Waodani listened to the story of God's Son speared for their sake, and were changed.
That vertical learning curve, however, makes integration and identity a work in progress. Although popular accounts make Waodani territory sound like the Bible Belt of the Amazon, missionaries estimate that only 25 percent of the tribe is Christian.
Over the past half-century some Waodani have seamlessly mixed outside cultures with their traditions, but Kimo's mixed appearance is as scrambled as an Analytic Cubist painting. Gone are the kumi, or traditional G-string, and the annatto-seed face dye. If some earlobes have holes stretched the size of golf balls, they are the only tangible proof of long-abandoned earplugs.
In this unraveling culture, the younger generation shows the most dramatic physical change. In Toñampadi, teenagers sport chili-bowl haircuts or wear Nike and Tommy Hilfiger-two hot sellers in the mannequined shop windows of Puyo, the cosmopolitan provincial capital that, for many Waodani, is the only contact with the outside world.
Old tribal songs, composed of three musical notes and lyrically repetitious, now embarrass young Waodani, who get doses of Western music from Green Day and Christina Aguilera.
Many older Waodani saw God as the liberator from fear and killing. Many among the new generation, hardly knowing either, see the secular outside world as the liberator from denigration and unimportance-to them, from being Waodani.
The Waodani once killed out of fear or, to use the words of Dyuwi, one of the original killers, "because that is what the Waodani did," he said. "We lived in the ways of our grandparents." Dyuwi remembers how his father taught him the way to spear by taking him to the Napo River and impaling someone in front of him.
Today, these stories are almost mythology to the younger generation. Little children play spearing games like American boys play cowboys and Indians. Nonetheless, violence still exists in the culture-only its genesis is now less a product of tribal custom than the result of lowered inhibitions.
Just ask Kimo. He couldn't retell the Palm Beach story as well as he had hoped. As Dyuwi recalled it with expert Waodani stoicism, Kimo could not get his mind off his sister. In August, two drunken men dragged her to this same river, the Curaray, hacked her body to pieces with machetes, and spread around the parts like the old ones used to do after a raid.
What befell Omaenae, a Tzapino pastor, is even more tragic. Among the Waodani one group, the Tagaeidi, still lives in pagan isolation, its members holed up deep in the jungle following a raid in 1968. Living in the old ways, Tagaeidi frequently kill wayward oil-company employees combing the area for reserves. When Omaenae was a child, the Tagaeidi raided his village and orphaned him-by Waodani custom, that act would require him to take vengeance when he came of age. He did not take it, however, converting to Christianity and preaching instead.
A year and a half ago, Omaenae attended a village fiesta with traditional banana drink. In a nod to the universality of male machismo, Waodani men at parties prove themselves by chugging this thick, mashed glop in gourd-sized cups, often consuming several quarts within hours. Unknown to Omaenae, a local troublemaker named Babae added some of the outsiders' hard liquor. Innocent but copious chugging left Omaenae, who had never tasted alcohol, very drunk. The men began to recall the terrible slayings the Tagaeidi had carried out.
Inebriated and fuming with ire, Omaenae and several men grabbed spears-precision-sharpened chonta palm measuring 8 feet, notched at the tip's end. After canoeing downriver, the enraged group attacked in a drunken stupor, indiscriminately killing 17 of the Tagaeidi, mostly women and children. Omaenae's actions were more than just a horrible sin committed by the village pastor. He had put his family and friends in imminent danger. The Tagaeidi had 17 murders to repay, and the spearing would not be selective. The villagers ostracized Omaenae.
During the conference's Saturday night session, Omaenae appeared on the stage after a trilingual version of "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus." Village pastors and ne anani, or elders, assembled behind him. Omaenae, formerly an admired spiritual leader, spoke somberly as he did something no Waodani had ever done: ask publicly for forgiveness and reconciliation in a culture with no word for "forgive" and no way to say "I am sorry."
As Omaenae somehow found the right words, the Waodani seemed to understand them. The others laid hands on him and prayed. They surrounded him like the arc of a curved shield. They pledged protection and promised clemency-an act the slain missionaries' families later said speaks more about the work of God in this tribe than a library's worth of books and articles has in 50 years.
Though the precariousness of teetering in a cultural no-man's land has persuaded the Waodani to begin learning the outsiders' way of life, basic concepts like church and a system of elders or deacons remain foreign to them. Mr. Yost says this is because the family is the only natural social institution among the Waodani. "The church is an artificial setting," he says. "At first the services were to keep them from spearing or being speared."
The Waodani are also having difficulty with representative democracy. Those elected to represent the tribe leave the villages for four-year terms in Puyo, where ineptness and habitual corruption in Ecuadorian politics often necessitate their removal after a year or two. With a yearly budget of only $100,000, the Waodani government has managed to accumulate $40,000 in debt.
The Waodani's selection of oil-company liaisons, who hold clout because the companies' paychecks represent a sizeable chunk of the Waodani economy, has also troubled aid workers. Miriam Gebb, a community-health nurse who has helped the Waodani for a decade, has seen the oil-company spots go to unqualified youth seemingly disinterested in tribal well-being: "They put the immature Waodani into these leadership positions because they speak good Spanish and they can communicate with the oil companies." Companies, she notes, offer modern occupational incentives such as health benefits, and screen Rambo to attract a young crowd.
Ms. Gebb worries that the younger generation, naïve and embarrassed by the old ways, is diving into the dumpsters of modern civilization. Once-forbidden divorce is now acceptable, and Ms. Gebb suspects some Waodani have contracted venereal diseases.
Lloyd Rogers, who runs Ecuador for Christ, an organization responsible for 12 Christian schools scattered throughout the 21 Waodani villages, worries about alcoholism and loose lifestyles corrupting younger Waodani who see God's message as something for the older generation and sensory overload as the message for them. "It hurts my heart to go to Puyo and see young Waodani walking drunk down the street," Mr. Rogers said. "It's hard for those of us who've been working closely with them to see them getting caught up in all that."
As the courage of the five missionaries 50 years ago radically changed life here, so may the faith of men like Oma, the Tiwaeno pastor and brother of Toñae, the first Waodani martyr and the town's namesake. Oma says he is willing to go to the Tagaeidi and let them kill him in revenge, if God so leads him. And some children of those converted nearly a half-century ago are faithful: Oma's congenial son Kawitipa is working successfully with some of Toñampadi's youth.
Other signs are also hopeful. As Steve Twinem, a missionary in Peru who traveled in for the conference, walked the tire-worn airstrip not long after arriving in Toñampadi, several young Waodani boys tagged alongside to welcome him. In Spanish, they asked him if he had heard the story of the Waodani.
"I told them that I guess I had heard part of it but I wanted them to tell it to me," he says, adding how he expected to hear some ancient Waodani mythology or some legends from the tribe's hunter-gatherer past. Instead, the children started with the story of five missionaries who died on a beach. For them, this was the beginning of the Waodani story.
"MAF pilot Nate Saint was my earliest and I think only childhood hero. 'Operation Auca' was a secret and we knew nothing while it was taking place. However, I remember vividly as a 9-year-old boy sitting on my parents' bed, listening to radio reports directly from the Amazon region as the search party went into Waodani territory to find out what had happened to the men. I shall never forget hearing those radio reports as one by one the men were found martyred. Two of the actual spears used to kill the men were left at our home in Quito for safekeeping.
"I remember the utter shock among the missionary community, the tears, the grief. . . . Deep within, I felt God was going to honor their effort in some way. In spite of the grief, we expected Him to act."
-Chuck Howard, field director of HCJB Radio in Ecuador
"When Dayumae and Rachel [Saint, sister of Nate Saint] came to Tiwaeno, I accepted Jesus. We were always killing, but I feel so different now."
-Kimo (one of the original Palm Beach killers)
When I came back with Rachel, we brought gifts and made them clothes. . . . But what we really wanted was to share God with them. Many wanted to continue to spear. It was hard. We had to go house to house and tell people about God, but slowly they believed."
-Dayumae, woman who befriended Rachel Saint and Elisabeth Elliot, later becoming the first Waodani Christian
"The death of the five missionaries opened a door, and the work of the women who followed them is what gives you [the Waodani] the Word. . . . This Word is like a sword that can penetrate right through the body to the soul. A spear cannot penetrate where the Word of God penetrates."
-Bert Elliot (Jim Elliot's brother and a missionary in Peru for 56 years)
"I used to live in the jungle in the old ways, and the way God touched my life was through those five missionaries."
-Paa (one of the older Waodani men, lives in Toñampadi)
"I've been praying for you [the Waodani] for more than 50 years because before my brother came to you, he prayed for you and so I prayed for you as well. Can you imagine what it's like for me to see more than 200 people meeting together here around God?"
-Ken Fleming (Pete Fleming's brother who was a missionary to the Zulu people in Africa)
"Fifty years ago, coming up . . . the Curaray, I have to be honest with you, I had a lot of fear. But now sensing the liberty and the peace is such a contrast. . . .
"John was right in his epistle when he said, 'Love drives out fear.'"
-Don Johnson, missionary who was part of rescue team sent in to find the five men
"Go ahead and kill me. I will go immediately to be with Jesus who died on the cross and was speared."
-last words of Toñae, the first Waodani martyr


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BEIJING: The authorities in China say two after-shocks have destroyed more than four hundred and twenty thousand houses. At least sixty people were injured, some critically. Earlier, eighty thousand people were evacuated from their homes in Sichuan province because of fears of a large dam formed by earthquake debris could burst and flood the nearby villages. Meanwhile, twenty-three people have been killed due to torrential rain in southern China.
ISLAMABAD: United States Senator Russ Feingold visited several areas of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) here today to witness first hand the life people are leading more than two-and-a-half years after the devastating 2005 earthquake. "The people of the United States fully understand the suffering and hardship that the people of the earthquake-hit areas of AJK have endured," Senator Feingold said while observing the current status of the development and rehabilitation work undertaken by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and partners. "We are pleased to work together with the members of these communities to restore life to normal and build a even better future." Read the rest of this entry »
ISLAMABAD: A C-130 loaded with medicines and medical equipments along with twenty-eight doctors and para-medics left for China this morning. Minister for Information Sherry Rehman saw off the plane along with the Chinese Ambassador here. This was fourth relief consignment of the earthquake victims for China. Pakistan has already sent twenty-one thousand tents and other relief goods for the victims. Talking to media Sherry Rehman said Pakistan stands with the people and government of China in this difficult time and would provide all possible support to China to overcome the crisis. The Chinese Ambassador in his remarks expressed gratitude to the Pakistan Government for its timely help for the earthquake victims and appreciated Pakistan's good will gesture to help China in this difficult time.
BEIJING: A Pakistani medical team of 28 doctors and paramedics, equipped with a mobile field hospital, will arrive today in Lanzhou, Gansu province to assist quake relief efforts. "Among the 28 medical professionals are orthopedic surgeons and paramedical staff. The team is very well equipped and trained in relief efforts," Salik Khan, charge d'affaires of the Pakistani Embassy, said at a press briefing yesterday. Meanwhile, the Embassy of Pakistan is organizing a Fundraiser Bazaar for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake, which will be held at the embassy on Saturday. All monies collected at the event will go to the quake relief fund, Khan said. Read the rest of this entry »
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has expressed confidence that despite challenges Earthquake Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Authority (ERRA) would be able to meet the targets for early completion of rehabilitation & reconstruction work. The Prime Minister expressed these views during his meeting with the Deputy Chairman ERRA, Lt. General Akram Sajjad at the Prime Minister's House this morning during which he presented annual progress report of ERRA for the year 2007.
He said that in order to speed up the reconstruction and rehabilitation work in the earthquake affected areas, he had given a commitment to the affectees during his visit to the affected areas that despite his busy schedule he would hold a monthly meeting of ERRA Council to personally review the progress of work. The challenges arising out of socio-economic factors he said would be overcome with appropriate measures and commitment. Read the rest of this entry »
ISLAMABAD: The death toll from the recent devastating earthquake in China has now risen to over sixty-five thousand. Officials' sources in Beijing said the death toll could surpass eighty thousand as twenty-three thousand people are still missing. About three hundred thousand homes were destroyed in a powerful aftershock that hit Sichuan Province two weeks ago.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A strong earthquake has shaken Colombia's capital, killing three people and injuring eight. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 5.6-magnitude quake started around 2:20 p.m. Saturday (1900 GMT) afternoon and lasted for 40 seconds. The quake was centered about 33 miles (54 kilometers) southeast of Bogota. Colombian Interior Minister Carlos Holguin confirmed that three people were killed and eight injured. Phone systems were down briefly. US NEWS
JAMMU: A mild tremor was felt in Bhaderwah belt of Doda district in the wee hours on Wednesday. The tremor shook Bhaderawah town at 0513 hours (local time) and lasted for around 4-5 seconds, the meteorological department said. No loss of life or damage to property was reported in the area. This is the third mild tremor in Bhaderwah belt this year. The region earlier experienced tremors on February 13 and April 7.
ISLAMABAD: President of the Pakistan Muslim League, Chaudhry Shujat Hussain has sent the PML Secretary General, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, to China with a consignment of medicines for the victims of the recent earthquake. Senator Mushahid Hussain will also be carrying a special message of solidarity from the PML to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
It may be added that both the PML leaders, Chaudhry Shujat Hussain and Senator Mushahid Hussain visited the Chinese Embassy on May 13 to express their condolences to the Ambassador of China. The Pakistan Muslim League is the first political party of Pakistan to take such an initiative which is an expression of the close relations between the PML and the Communist Party of China. During his stay in Beijing, Senator Mushahid Hussain will also be holding discussions with the Communist Party.-SANA
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has expressed grief and sorrow over the devastation that took place in China due to recent earthquake. Speaking with the Chinese Ambassador and Staff at the Chinese Embassy here on Thursday, he said Pakistani government and people share this great loss with sorrow with the people of China to whom Pakistan enjoys excellent relations.
He said China is time tested friend and friendship with it is corner stone of Pakistan's foreign policy.He said Pakistan values its ties with Chinese government and people and people of Pakistan and government stand by the Chinese government and people in this difficult time. The Prime Minister assured China that Pakistan would extend all possible help which it can do to recover this loss. He also expressed solidarity with the Chinese people and hoped they would overcome this tragic phase shortly.
The Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhao Hui thanked the Prime Minister for visiting Chinese Embassy and sharing the feeling of sorrow with the Chinese people in this difficult time. He said Friends in need are friend indeed. He thanked Pakistani brethren and appreciated the government for their support in this difficult time.


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MONTEREY, Calif. – Students from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, California made a big splash at the Korean annual video contest at their school on Oct. 4. They created their own version of "Oppan Gangnam Style" in Korean – about student life at DLIFLC, complete with students and Korean instructors dancing to the tunes of PSY's video which has gone viral.
The video, called Homework Korean Style, was produced and edited by Air Force Maj. Marcos Baca, while the performers in the video are Baca's classmates, instructors and even the school dean.
While it was initially planned as a depiction of how difficult life is as a Korean language student at the Institute, the work eventually turned out to be an entertainment video that won 3rd place in the contest, mainly owing to the factthe first two awards were given to those whose videos presented more language and less polished cinematic value.
"Initially we were going to make an exaggerated account about how miserable our lives at DLI were while we were learning Korean: no social life, no sleep, more homework than any mere mortal could ever accomplish in a given day," explained Baca. "However, when the camera started rolling, we began to experience an unexplained increase in morale. We smiled for the first time in months, and we started actually looking forward to each day."
The Korean language program at DLIFLC is 64 weeks long. Students are in class five days a week, six to seven hours per day, with two to three hours of homework each night. The lessons move at lightning speed, and the pressure is immense, with some equating the program to "intellectual Ranger School." Baca stated, "it's like running a marathon at a sprint pace."
"As much fun as it was, don't let the video fool you–we didn't get to spend class time making this. All of our filming was done after hours and on weekends over the course of about a month. The time spent to film, edit, and record the audio for this mainly came out of our sleeping hours," said Baca.
At the time of this writing, the video has thus far received nearly, 10,000 hits on YouTube and has been posted separately on the Pentagon Channel and the Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS). To view the video please click here or visit DLIFLC on Facebook.
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OKLAHOMA CITY – EMBARK announced that its properties will be tobacco-free beginning August 1. The policy includes all tobacco products: cigarettes, vaping or e-cigarette devices and chewing tobacco. Tobacco will be prohibited at all of EMBARK's transit stops, shelters, parking facilities, ferry landings, transit facilities and vehicles.
"We are committed to health – for our employees, our customers and our community," says Jason Ferbrache, EMBARK administrator. "We realize that some of our employees and riders will need help to reduce and hopefully quit using tobacco products, so we've partnered with several organizations to offer additional resources and help."
EMBARK is hosting a free, public health fair on July 14 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the downtown transit station, 420 N.W. 5th. By partnering with the State Health Department, the City County Health Department, TSET and other healthcare providers employees and riders can gain access to free tools to help quit tobacco. TSET offers free text and email support, phone and web coaching, patches, gum or lozenges and more.
"The COTPA Board is upholding a healthy standard set by the City of Oklahoma City earlier this year when all of our facilities went tobacco free," says Oklahoma City Manager Jim Couch. "The annual healthcare costs directly related to the health effects of smoking amount to $1.62 billion in Oklahoma. Our success in stopping unnecessary suffering, illness and disease due to tobacco is tied to effective policy and programs. Eliminating tobacco in the workplace and protecting others from secondhand smoke are key to a healthier community."
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EMBARK is the business unit of the Central Oklahoma Transportation & Parking Authority (COTPA) – a public trust administered by the City of Oklahoma City. EMBARK is responsible for providing safe, efficient and convenient public transportation and downtown parking solutions to the greater Oklahoma City area.
COTPA is celebrating 50 years of leadership in providing public transit and downtown parking services to Oklahoma's capital city.
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From the Boston Globe, November 5, 2011
NEARLY A WEEK after the Great October Snowstorm, thousands were still without power yesterday. Many blame the utilities for delays in restoring the juice, while the utilities argue that trees in full leaf caused unusually high damage.
The real problem, however, is the failure of the utilities to implement the maintenance and system upgrades that would have limited the damage in the first place. That failure includes insufficient preventive maintenance such as trimming branches and replacing old utility poles. It also includes failure to upgrade the grid to be more resilient so that local outages don't cascade into massive failures like the great Northeast blackout of 2003.


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Blue Skies Tomorrow ~ Reviewed
Monday, August 22, 2011
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In a time of peril, can they find the courage to confront their fears and embrace a love that lasts?
When her husband becomes a casualty of the war in the Pacific, Helen Carlisle throws herself into volunteering for the war effort to conceal her feelings. But keeping up appearances as the grieving widow of a hometown hero is taking its toll. Soon something is going to give.
Lt. Raymond Novak prefers the pulpit to the cockpit. His stateside job training B-17 pilots allows him the luxury of a personal life--and a convenient excuse to ignore his deepest fear. When the beautiful Helen catches his eye and captures his heart, he is determined to win her hand.
But when Ray and Helen are called upon to step out in faith and put their reputations and their lives on the line, can they meet the challenges that face them? And can their young love survive until blue skies return?
Filled with drama, daring, and all the romance of the WWII era, Blue Skies Tomorrow is the captivating final book in the popular Wings of Glory series.
My Thoughts: Sarah sure knows how to close a series!!!! Helen's husband Jim died in action, she is home caring for their son Jay-Jay and helping with the war effort. Lt. Raymond Novack is home training pilots. He'd much rather be preaching. The two find that they have an attraction that goes back to their school days. Problem is that Jim's folks aren't too happy with Helen dating, they think she should still be mourning Jim even though it's been two years. And that is just the beginning of their trials. I've read all of the books to this series and loved them! This can very easily stand alone! With Labor Day coming up, grab this and stick it in your bag, you don't want to miss this one!
"Available August 2011 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group."
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Has your baby bunny gone from cute to crazy? Nice to Naughty? Litter box habits gone awry? Is he looking for hubba hubba in all the wrong places? Is she gettin' bossy, grunting and lunging? If so, it sounds like you may have a bunny that's reaching sexual maturity, (3–6 months). This is when hormones begin to signal rabbits to mate, mark and protect their territory, causing a whole host of challenging behaviors including, (but not limited to), destructive behaviors, mounting, aggression, and loss of litter box habits.
For rabbits outside, this may not be such a big deal, but as more and more bunnies become House Rabbits, these behaviors can be extremely challenging.
Not every bunny will react this way, but for the ones that do, it can be a problem. I hear this over and over again, and it's one of the reasons people surrender their rabbits to shelters. This doesn't have to happen.
So what's the solution?
First - Make sure the behavior isn't due to a medical issue. Urinary tract infections, illnesses, and pain related problems can also cause some of these behaviors. If you suspect these behaviors may be due to a medical problem, schedule a vet appointment with a Rabbit-Savvy Vet.
Second - Get your Bunny Spay/Neutered by a Rabbit-Savvy Vet, check out the HRS Veterinarian Section.
A few good reasons to Spay/Neuter your Bunny
Steps to Spay and Neuter
It's VERY important that you find a rabbit-savvy veterinarian. This cannot be stressed enough. A vet who is an expert in Cats and Dogs may not necessarily be an expert with Rabbits. Vets that know how to spay a bunny have been through the additional training. How rabbits react to anesthesia, certain meds and treatments is unique to rabbits. Even pre-surgery instructions differ (eg: Rabbits should never be fasted). One of the best resources about how to find a rabbit savvy vet is from the HRS Veterinarian Section.
So you decided to get your bunny neutered but the surgery is at least a month away. What do you do in the meantime?
Temporary Solutions (Until your bunny is ready to be neutered/spayed)
Try and have patience while you wait for the surgery date. After surgery, it can take about month for the hormones to die down and for your bunny to be back on "better" behavior. (Note: male bunnies may have viable sperm for a month after surgery so don't allow any unspayed female bunnies for at least a month.) I know it's frustrating but you're not the only one going through it. Check out our Forum Behavior Section to see how others are handling it.
Author: BB
Categories: Bunny Gone Nutty?
Tags: Spay/Neuter, Destructive, Dig, Chew, Aggression


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Woking is a large town in Surrey a few miles from London, where the Jackman Nursery was established in 1810. The Jackmans, fathers and sons, continued the nursery over five generations, ending in 1967. Of course, the world favorite, Clematis Jackmanii is their crowning achievement, but the family must have known a very beautiful belle who lived in their old hometown in Victorian times!
Belle of Woking is a type 2 Clematis. Clematis in this group produce flowers from both the prior year's growth and the current seasons. The best time to prune them is in early spring.
Growing Clematis: If you're already a clematis grower, you know all this. But if you're not, here's all you need to know.
First of all, there are several kinds of clematis, but most people want to grow the large-flowered types. For some info on the others, go to the bottom of this page.
Basic Requirements: First of all, clematis vines always want their roots shaded, and the plant growing up into full sun. That means you can put some shallow-rooted groundcover around the roots, or simply some mulch--just something to keep the hot sun off the root run, and promote moisture retention in that spot. But be sure your vine grows into plenty of sunlight, which promotes heavy flowering.
Soil is important. Clematis do best in neutral or slightly alkaline soils, but they are somewhat adaptable. If you have very acid soil, try to add some calcium when you plant. Also, be sure to dig the hole deep. Remember you're planning to have this plant in place for decades.
Where to plant is important. These incredible vines are some of the most beautiful flowering plants, and we've all seen them blooming lavishly on fences, porches and trellises. They're not really hard to grow, and they get larger and stronger every year. Sometimes they take their time getting going, so be patient. It usually takes about two years for a newly-planted vine to come into its own. The large-flowered types are hardy into the very cold north, so almost everyone can use them. Be sure to place yours so it has something to climb---fence, trellis, or post.
Winter and spring care are important. In very cold places (like Vermont, where I grew them for years), the winter kills the whole vine right down to the dirt. They actually disappear. Then in the spring, they are somewhat slow to emerge, so you must protect the spot, and watch for the shoots. Once they pop up, they grow fast, but beware--they are brittle! If you happen to break off the young spring shoots, it sets the vine back terribly, so its important to watch and care for the new shoots until they really get going up your post or trellis.
Once that happens, it helps to gently guide the vining shoots as they find their way upward. You can actually arrange your vine as it grows, but again, be gentle; the stems remain brittle. Soon you'll see buds, and then suddenly one day, they begin to open. Most popular clematis varieties open incredibly large flowers, often as large as 5 to 8 across. They face the sunniest side of your trellis, and well, just take a look at the photo (That's Clematis Nelly Moser vining up a lamp post.). Nothing makes a lovelier display.
Bloom Season: In Vermont, most large-flowered clematis bloom from early July all summer long into September. But the varieties vary; check the individual information on each clematis page. Always deadhead the flowers as they fade, and you'll have a magnificent display for months.
Other types: The wild North American clematis, commonly called Virgins Bower has small white flowers that cover the large vine. The Montana types have smaller flowers than the large-flowered ones, but they create a much larger mass of vine. Montana clematis are wonderful for covering a roof or large area of fence. Unfortunately, both Virgins Bower and Montana clematis are limited to central and southern zones, not hardy in the far north like the large-flowered favorites.
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Portland State University (PSU) serves as a center of opportunity for over 27,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Located in Portland, Oregon, one of the nation's most livable cities, the University's innovative approach to education combines academic rigor in the classroom with field-based experiences through internships and classroom projects with community partners. The University's 49-acre downtown campus exhibits PortlandState's commitment to sustainability with green buildings, while many of the 125 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees incorporate sustainability into the curriculum. PSU's motto, "Let Knowledge Serve the City," inspires the teaching and research of an accomplished faculty whose work and students span the globe.


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Point your browser to the Zend Server Download Page (http://www.zend.com/en/products/server/downloads) - make sure the "Linux" option is selected.
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Following a Lancet Infectious Diseases report of the spread of a new drug-resistant superbug spreading from south Asia, news agencies have reported "panic" over the germs' possible consequences.
Writing in the Guardian, for example, editor and columnist Sarah Boseley said:
"The era of antibiotics is coming to a close. In just a couple of generations, what once appeared to be miracle medicines have been beaten into ineffectiveness by the bacteria they were designed to knock out."
The effectiveness of antibiotics depends on how antibiotics are used — how well drug use is managed in clinical practice and outside of it. But some 70 percent of American antibiotics — tens of millions of pounds of drugs each year — is used in animal feed.
According to Time Magazine:
"The European Union banned routine use of antibiotics in animal feed years ago because of evidence about its drug-resistance consequences for humans. Now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is recommending the same for the U.S. as well, for the same reason. But for now the practice continues."
Time Magazine August 16, 2010
The Lancet Infectious Diseases September 2010: 10(9);597 – 602
The Guardian August 12, 2010
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Antibiotic-resistant diseases have grown exponentially in recent years — a direct result of the vast overuse of antibiotics in both the medical system and conventional livestock farming.
Antibiotic-resistant infections now claim more lives each year than the "modern plague" of AIDS, and cost the American health care system some $20 billion a year! According to a study published in October, 2007 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, there were close to 100,000 cases of invasive MRSA infections in the United States in 2005, which lead to more than 18,600 deaths. Meanwhile, HIV/AIDS killed 17,000 people that same year…
In essence, in the war of antibiotics versus bacteria, the bacteria are clearly winning — and this is a frightening prospect. As much as I stress that antibiotic use needs to be minimized, this is one class of drugs that I would not want to fall off the radar.
When used properly, in the correct contexts and with responsibility, antibiotics can and do save lives that are threatened by bacterial infections. But they will only remain effective if urgent changes are made to curb the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and disease … and this will only happen with a serious reduction in their use now.
A Growing Number of Dangerous Bacteria are Impervious to Antibiotics
Why are some news agencies spreading "panic" that the end of antibiotics is here?
Because they literally are becoming increasingly ineffective with each passing day.
Here is a list of various bacteria that are already resistant to many commonly prescribed antibiotics:
Acinetobacter: A bacteria found in soil and water that often causes infections in seriously ill hospital patients.
Anthrax: Spread by infected animals or potentially bioterrorist weapons.
Gonorrhea: A sexually transmitted disease.
Group B streptococcus: A common bacteria in newborns, the elderly and adults with other illnesses.
Klebsiella pneumonia: A bacteria that can lead to pneumonia, bloodstream infections, wound and surgical site infections and meningitis.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): A superbug that can be so difficult to treat, it can easily progress from a superficial skin infection to a life-threatening infection in your bones, joints, bloodstream, heart valves, lungs, or surgical wounds.
Neisseria meningitides: One of the leading causes of bacterial meningitis in children and young adults.
Shigella: An infectious disease caused by Shigella bacteria.
Streptococcus pneumoniae: A leading cause of pneumonia, bacteremia, sinusitis, and acute otitis media (AOM).
Tuberculosis (TB): Both "multi-drug resistant" and "extensively drug-resistant" forms of TB are now being seen.
Typhoid fever: A life-threatening illness caused by the Salmonella Typhi bacteria.
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE): Infection with the enteroccocci bacteria that often occurs in hospitals and is resistant to vancomycin, an antibiotic.
Vancomycin-Intermediate/Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VISA/VRSA): Various strains of staph bacteria that are resistant to vancomycin.
You can see from this list that antibiotic resistance is not isolated to a few obscure bacteria. It is a very real, and growing, problem.
What is Spurring the Rise in Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs?
It's easy to think that one more round of antibiotics won't hurt. In fact, many believe it's absolutely necessary for nearly all infections. But the knee-jerk decision to ask your doctor for antibiotics for every minor infection, cold or cough adds to the toll these drugs exact on public health, and it's a significant one.
Further, according to one meta-analysis, the health risk from over-use of antibiotics is also a very personal one, as opposed to simply raising the occurrence of antibiotic resistance in the general population over time.
Whenever you use an antibiotic, you're increasing your susceptibility to developing infections with resistance to that antibiotic — and you can become the carrier of this resistant bug, and spread it to others.
Naturally, this issue needs to be addressed on a large scale by doctors and hospitals addressing their prescribing practices, but I urge you to also take personal responsibility and evaluate your own use of antibiotics, and avoid taking them — or giving them to your children — unless absolutely necessary.
An Even Bigger Threat may be in Your Diet
Even if you haven't taken an antibiotic in 20 years, you could still be exposed to these drugs.
In the foods you eat.
Agricultural antibiotic uses account for about 70 percent of all antibiotic use in the United States, so it's a MAJOR source of human antibiotic consumption.
Animals receiving antibiotics in their feed gain 4 percent to 5 percent more body weight than animals that do not receive antibiotics, but the price is high for you, the end consumer, because this practice also creates the perfect conditions for antibiotic resistance to flourish.
In fact, both MRSA and ESBL (enzymes produced by certain types of bacteria that render the bacteria resistant to antibiotics) are being traced back to animals raised for food production, especially pigs.
Another heavily tainted meat product you should stay away from is conventionally raised chicken.
Mounting evidence suggests the poultry industry's use of antibiotics induces antibiotic resistance among food-borne bacteria that prey on humans. One such antibiotic-resistant strain is Campylobacter, a pathogen common to chicken products.
Conventional factory farm raised chicken products are actually up to 460 times more likely to carry antibiotic-resistant strains than organic, chicken products, which are antibiotic-free.
So, please, understand that any time I discuss meat consumption, it is with the explicit understanding that I only recommend humanely raised, organically farmed livestock that have roamed free, feeding on their natural food source, without any use of the antibiotics and other growth-promoting drugs typically used in conventional farming.
Most often you will be able to find this type of healthier meat from a local farmer, farmer's market, or CSA program.
But, the ramifications of using antibiotics in agriculture don't end with your meat choices.
Antibiotics also filter down through the food chain in unsuspected ways. Studies have shown, for instance, that food crops like lettuce and potatoes will accumulate antibiotics from soil covered with antibiotic-containing manure.
This also has implications for those of you who are trying to avoid antibiotics by buying organic, as organic farmers are allowed to use manure from factory farms, which will invariably contain antibiotics. Your best bet is to talk to your local organic farmer and find out where he gets his manure from. Ideally, he would use manure from organically-raised livestock.
Can YOU Help Stop Antibiotic Resistance?
You can help yourself and your community by only purchasing antibiotic-free meats and other foods, and using antibiotics only when absolutely necessary. This is an important step that I urge everyone to take, even though ultimately the problem of antibiotic-resistance needs to be stemmed on a nationwide level.
Denmark, for example, stopped the widespread use of antibiotics in their pork industry 12 years ago. After they implemented the ban on antibiotics, a Danish study confirmed that it had drastically reduced antibiotic-resistant bacteria in animals and food.
The European Union also banned the routine use of antibiotics in animal feed over concerns of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In the United States, however, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) only got around to making this recommendation a couple of months ago.
The FDA has just recommended that livestock farmers no longer use antibiotics routinely for growth promotion and limit their use to disease prevention only. This would be a very positive first step … but before a final guideline is made, the FDA is awaiting comments from livestock producers, drug makers and others in the industry.
You can expect there will be a lot of kicking and screaming in vehement opposition. After all, antibiotics for livestock use are big business; remember, it constitutes about 70 percent of ALL antibiotic use in the US!
They couldn't replace that market with human consumers even if they tried, so while I remain optimistic that one day the U.S. will ban this extremely dangerous overuse of antibiotics in agriculture, I expect it will be a long and bumpy road in the process.
For this reason, it's up to each and every one of us to do our part to be a force for change. You take a stand against antibiotic overuse every time you avoid using an antibiotic for a minor infection, and every time you opt to buy antibiotic-free, organically raised meat.


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Love Valley WMA covers 7,746 acres of south central and eastern Love County, located just east of Interstate 35.
Post oak-blackjack timber dominates the uplands with bottom land hardwoods occurring next to the Red River. Native grasslands comprised of little bluestem and Indian grass dominate the upland openings.
WMA Driving Directions:
Tuck's Ferry portion – From Marietta: 3 miles south on U.S. Hwy 77, 7 miles east on Love Valley Rd. Addington Bend portion – From Marietta: 7 miles south on U.S. Hwy 77, 3 miles east on Addington Bend Rd (E2190).
Brown's Spring portion – From U.S. Interstate 35: Exit 1, turn east to 2nd stop light, 1/3 mile south on Brown's Spring Rd.
Game Species of Interest:
Quail: Bobwhite quail are present in low numbers.
Deer: White-tailed deer are present in good numbers but are highly sought after.
Turkey: Rio Grande turkeys are present in fair numbers but are highly sought after.
Rabbit: Both cottontails and swamp rabbits are very common.
Furbearers: Coyote, bobcat, and raccoon are available.
Dove: Doves are usually present on the many agricultural fields in Addington Bend.
Waterfowl: Ducks are usually present in good numbers near the confluence of the Red River and Lake Texoma.
Squirrel: A very good population of fox squirrel exists.
Nongame Species of Interest:
Bald Eagle: Eagles winter on the Love Valley WMA.
Least Interior Terns: Least Interior Terns nest on the sandbars of Red River each summer.
Description of Fish and Wildlife Management Practices:
Large agricultural fields are present throughout the WMA. Extensive mudflats along the Red River arm of Lake Texoma are seeded annually to enhance waterfowl habitat.
Camping and Facilities:
Several undesignated primitive camping areas are offered on the area, while both lodging and restaurants are available in Marietta and Ardmore. The Love County Chamber of Commerce can be reached at (580) 276-3102.
Fishing Opportunities:
Fishing opportunities exist at Lake Texoma, famous for stripers, catfish, crappie, and bass.
Love Valley WMA Map - best general purpose map, pdf format (8.5x11)
Map Regulations: Seasons on public lands section of hunting regulations
Area map courtesy of US Army Corp of Engineers


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Seeking info./connections re: Green Russell Smith b. 1844 GA, and his wife, Mollie E. (Brown) and family. They were in Mineola and Golden, Wood County, TX beginning about 1870. Green was a County Commissioner and lived in the Bellefonte Community. His daughters married into the Davenport, Wood, Russell, & Bullard families.
This query was originally posted on the Wood County (TX) Genealogy research page on Facebook. You can reply there or here as a comment below.
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More than ever, Andy Murray is feeling right at home in a place, and at a tennis tournament, where he is embraced like nowhere else.
And why shouldn't Wimbledon embrace him?
He won last year, after 77 years between male British singles titles at Wimbledon. Fred Perry did it in 1936 and finally, along came Murray.
He has yet to lose a set, and Monday's 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) mastery of a big-serving South African Kevin Anderson in the fourth round only served to further British frenzy over the chances for a repeat.
The third-seeded Murray had 41 winners, 11 aces — surprisingly, two more than his Anderson — and induced 19 break points from his opponent. The four he converted were all he needed to roll into the quarterfinals.
The match was stopped after about 90 minutes as rain began for the second time in the day. There is a roof over Center Court, and only Center Court. So while other matches were suspended for the day, Murray and Anderson came back out and Anderson stepped up his game.
"I still played pretty well under the roof," Murray said, "but I was just a little more tentative."
Roof or no roof, Anderson said he has a real appreciation for Murray's skill.
"I feel he neutralizes my biggest strengths a lot better than most people," Anderson said, meaning Murray returns his serve well.
In other notable matches, Alize Cornet of France, who beat top-seeded Serena Williams on Saturday in the biggest upset of the tournament so far, was ousted in the fourth round by Eugenie Bouchard of Canada, 7-6 (5), 7-5.
"I'm proud that I really fought to the end," Bouchard said. "She's a good fighter. We were just battling."
Bouchard is seeded 13th, Cornet 25th.
Sabine Lisicki and Ana Ivanovic, the latter a former French Open champion, battled for three sets and the German, Lisicki, won out over the Serbian, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, in a third-round match held over because of rain.
Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, who won a Wimbledon title in 2011 and is seeded sixth, advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Peng Shuai of China, 6-3, 6-2. But fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland lost her fourth-round match, upset by No. 22 Ekaterina Makarova of Russia, 6-3, 6-0.
Fifth-seeded Maria Sharapova's scheduled fourth-round match was postponed a day because of the rain.
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic's fourth-rounder on Center Court was the only match that stretched into the evening, as rain washed out the side court play. Under the roof, Djokovic dismissed dangerous Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, whom he had played 17 times previously, winning 12.
Victory No. 13 for the Serbian star was by 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (5), with match point in the tiebreaker coming on Djokovic's spectacular cross-court backhand passing shot that caught the sideline.
Also advancing on the men's side was Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland, who beat Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4, in the third round and set up a match with Spain's hard-serving Feliciano Lopez, who survived a slugfest to defeat the last surviving U.S. man, John Isner, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3), 7-5.