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There are many things that you should know about the thyroid anatomy. It plays a vital role in the regulation of hormones in the body. At the earliest history of man's quest in understanding the human body, the thyroid elicits a great deal of curiosity among scientists. The interest on the thyroid structure is first sparked in the Medieval Medical School of Salerno where a Salernitian surgeon made a text about the pharmacological and surgical cures for the thyroid gland. While some of it is not medically accurate, part of the study is carried out to be medically sound.
Overview of the Thyroid AnatomyCredit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyroid
The thyroid gland is found at the anterior aspect of the neck, deep in the platysma and other neck muscles. Thyroid is the one of the largest gland of the body and it is highly vascularized composing of many arteries and veins. The spinal landmark of the thyroid gland is between at the fifth cervical vertebra and the first thoracic vertebra. The following are the main functions of the thyroid anatomy.
- Regulates body heat
- Regulates body energy use
- Regulates interaction of hormones
- Synthesize proteins
General Characteristics of the Thyroid AnatomyCredit: http://www.fpnotebook.com/endo/exam/thyrdantmy.htm
The thyroid gland is composed of two lobes connected by a structure known as the isthmus overlying anteriorly at the 2nd to 4th tracheal rings resembling an "H" shape. The thyroid anatomy is surrounded by a thin capsule. The capsule formed septae that divides the thyroid into lobules. The whole thyroid structure is supported by a dense connective tissue to the cricoid cartilage and the upper portion of the tracheal rings. The lobules of the thyroid are made up of follicles which is the basic unit of the thyroid. The follicles are surrounded by a layer of epithelium which contains iodothyroglobulin. The thyroid hormones are produced with the iodothyroglobulin as a precursor.
Blood Supply of the ThyroidCredit: http://www.nicolewolfart.com/portfolio/Illustration/Color/Thyroid.html
Almost all hormone-secreting organs are highly vascularized. The primary blood supply sources of anatomy of the thyroid are the upper and lower thyroid arteries which run along the fibrous capsule and the tracheal layer. The origin of the upper thyroid artery branches from the carotid artery. The lower thyroid artery originated from the subclavian artery.
Deoxygenated blood will drain at the three main veins of the thyroid gland. The venous plexus funnels the blood from the anterior aspect of the thyroid. The three veins are named as the inferior, medial, and superior thyroid veins.
Diseases of the Thyroid GlandCredit: http://www.learnerhelp.com/hyperthyroidism.html
Thyroid disorders could be caused by a number of causative factors. It could be genetic, congenital anomaly or an effect of the environment. Almost all thyroid disorders could give rise to goiter. The most common disorders of the thyroid gland are hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and cancer.
Summary of Anatomy of the Thyroid Gland
Thyroid anatomy is very important for the body to maintain homeostasis. It is located at the anterior aspect of the trachea and from there performs its functions.
The blood supply of the thyroid originated from the carotid artery and the subclavian artery. All the structures of the thyroid anatomy are working together to provide equilibrium for the body.


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Just filed my article about Walmart's sustainability goals (and how it affects the chemical supply chain). Check that out on ICIS Chemical Business' May 10 issue. Now back to blogging!
I'm pretty sure there are plenty of green news out there trying to position themselves for Earth Day's 40th anniversary. I'll be busy scanning my Google reader and unread green emails for the weekend. But in the meantime, I saw this video tweeted by the American Chemical Society and really love the simple chemistry explanation behind bioplastics especially polylactic acid.
This could be a fantastic material to share for teaching purposes. Enjoy!

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Brexit Lawyer
- Recruiter
- States of Guernsey
- Location
- Guernsey
- Salary
- £Competitive
- Posted
- 20 Feb 2018
- Closes
- 19 Mar 2018
- Practice area
- Competition/EU, Public law
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Public sector/Charities
- Hours
- Full time
- Contract type
- Locum/Contract
States of Guernsey
Brexit Lawyer (2 year fixed-term contract)
We have a unique and interesting role for a qualified Lawyer to provide legal advice concerning all domestic, constitutional, international, administrative and public law issues facing the Bailiwick governments and authorities in respect of Brexit, and additionally matters relating to the constitutional relationship of the islands and the UK and the EU;
Among the issues that will fall within the scope of this role will be membership of the World Trade Organisation or other post-Brexit trading partnerships; immigration; customs and trade; transport; agriculture and fisheries; health and safety; the impact on financial services; the effect of existing EU law applicable to the Bailiwick by virtue of Protocol 3 to the Treaty of Accession and otherwise; and the implementation of the UK transitional and exit arrangements with effect from Brexit day (the 29th March, 2019).
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We will support a housing permit to allow you to work and live in Guernsey for the length of the contract.
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Last year Meek Mill landed himself in prison during a pivotal time in his career. At the time of his incarceration, Meek had a huge buzz and a highly anticipated album scheduled to release. Since then, the Philly native's buzz has simmered down a bit and we still have yet to hear his Dreams Worth More Than Money album. However, Meek refuses to make this year anything less than spectacular.
So far this year Meek has released two hot freestyles and today he drops the video to "B-Boy" which features Big Sean and ASAP Ferg. The collaboration is most definitely dope, with all three artists carrying their own over the fiery beat. Let's hope that Meek can find his way back to the forefront of Hip Hop and that this is a sign of what is to come.
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A little girl was sitting next to a man on an airplane headed for Japan, it was going to be a long trip, so the man decided to strike up a conversation to help the time pass by.
"Hey little girl want to chat?"
The little girl responded: "About what?"
The man replied: "I don't know, let's talk about how there is no God, heaven nor hell and no life after death?"
The little girl responded:
"Why is it that a Deer, Cow and Horse eat the same things, but a Deer poops droplets and a Cow poops patties and a Horse big piles of poo?"
The man looked at her surprised at how intelligent she was and replied:
"I have no idea?"
To which the little girl responded:
"Do you really think you are qualified to talk about God, heaven, hell and life after death when you don't know shit!!!"
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Harvey Weinstein isn't the only Hollywood mogul that a struggling actor allegedly tried to extort by threatening to kill the target's family members — new reports say Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh was another target. Kavanaugh, who has produced movies including "The Fighter" and "Limitless," was allegedly sent an "extortion notice" last month from actor Vivek Shah, 25, demanding $11.3 million. A new affidavit filed last week claims Shah wrote to each victim: "If you follow the instructions, then you can take this notice lightly. If you don't, then expect at least one person dead in the next one year. It could either be [first names of close relatives], or any other close relative." Shah allegedly targeted seven wealthy people in a scheme that sought more than $122 million in payments. He is accused of demanding $4 million from Weinstein, $34 million from NHL Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula, $16 million from Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky, $13 million from coal magnate Christopher Cline and $35 million from oil heiress Dannine Avara. Shah was arrested on Aug. 10, just days before he was scheduled for training in handgun shooting in LA. Prosecutors are asking that Shah remain in detention because he may be a flight risk. A Relativity spokesman declined to comment.
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In Beverly Hills, rhinoplasty revision is a delicate surgical procedure that is offered by board certified plastic surgeons, Richard W. Fleming, M.D., F.A.C.S. and Toby G. Mayer, M.D., F.A.C.S., at The Beverly Hills Institute of Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery. Both surgeons have many years' experience helping rhinoplasty revision Beverly Hills patients achieve the elegant, proportionate nasal contours they desire. Their reputation as some of the best Beverly Hills rhinoplasty revision surgeons attracts numerous patients every year.
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Join Us for Bible Study
Tuesday evening Bible Study has taken a short break, but will resume on Tuesday, June 23 at 6:30 pm in the library.
We will be reading and studying First and Second Corinthians. These are fascinating looks at the issues of faith and practice facing the early church and the way St. Paul dealt with them. We will be discussing Baptism, Holy Communion, how to treat fellow believers, sharing our gifts with God and other areas of faith that still apply today. Please join us for a lively and thoughtful discussion led by Pastor Stan.


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An air conditioning system is a necessity in your home or business when you are in Singapore, because the heat can be brutal. By providing you with fresh, cool air, you can be more comfortable inside your home.
After purchasing a new air conditioning system, it might work for many months. However, six months after you have purchased a new system, it may no longer cool effectively. If you notice a change in your air conditioning system, it requires immediate maintenance by an aircon service company.
Although an older system is unlikely to function as effectively as a new system, this does not mean you cannot continue to use it to cool your home. To help extend the life of your unit, you must have new and recurring problems fixed promptly, in addition to routine maintenance.
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This excellent reputation was built through 25 years of experience and service. They are now in their silver year of aircon maintenance, repair and chemical cleaning services throughout the country. Having a strong client base and continuing their expansion of services shows they have great quality and a solid reputation.
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The National Calendar
Code4 developed this innovative calendaring system which enables community groups to contribute to the site via a deceptively simple event registration form. The site now operates on a semi-autonomous basis and has grown to become the first point of reference for media and event organisers Australia wide. Planning a national event yourself? Use The National Calendar to ensure it doesn't clash with another event and then have it listed here free!
What are you doing this weekend?
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This guy broke out of prison an hour away from me this weekend. If you see him, call the cops. You're looking for a pretty generic looking guy named Andrew John Wood, who killed a man in the 80s.
Here's an article detailing the very not daring jailbreak. Note the line about how the prison's perimeter is "not directly controlled by guards" or something. This makes me wonder why more people like Andrew John Wood don't escape. But jailbreaks are actually pretty rare in Canada, which is why this makes the news — and the Weather Station.


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The legendary cry of the tobacco auctioneer ― largely silenced since the quota buyout of 2004 ― is beginning to be heard once again in the leaf-producing states.
Auctions have regained a place in marketing of the crop.
That was clear on the last Tuesday in October, when a total of 265,000 pounds of flue-cured and a little burley moved into the trade in an auction held in the Old Belt Tobacco Sales warehouse in Rural Hall, N.C.
The average price was just under $2.02 per pound, very competitive with contract delivery stations. Many of the lots brought $2.20 a pound, also very high, and there were substantially no rejections of bids by farmers.
This was the third year that Old Belt Tobacco Sales has conducted auctions in Rural Hall, 10 miles north of Winston-Salem.
In 2010, the warehouse sold five million pounds, then 2.5 million pounds in 2011, when Hurricane Irene reduced the tobacco available.
"Much of what we sell is contract tobacco that didn't meet company quality standards or crop throw, or in excess of the contract," said White. But he also sells any premium tobacco brought to him, and plenty was brought in 2012.
The first auction this year took place on Aug. 28, and White planned to keep selling as long as there was a need. The great majority of what had been sold through October was flue-cured but some burley had been marketed.
Rural Hall wasn't the only market to have an auction for flue-cured in 2012. In Danville, Va., the Piedmont Warehouse operated a conventional auction this past season.
Jim Eggleston, one of the partners running the auction, said in October that sales this season went very well. "We got prices comparable to contract prices, and some grades brought higher than contract prices," he says. "There was a lot of demand."
For Piedmont Warehouse, also, this was the third year of auctions, said Eggleston. "There has definitely been some dissatisfaction with contracting in this area."
Much of the tobacco at both warehouses was excess production by farmers who because of better-than-expected yields produced more leaf than needed to fulfill a conventional contract.
Still more of it was tobacco that had been contracted, but then either didn't meet the company's quality standard or wasn't valued high enough to satisfy the grower.
Destined for auction
But a small portion was tobacco that was destined for the auction from the time it was planted. That usually occurred when a farmer got a contract, but it wasn't enough to cover the tobacco he wanted to plant.
White told of one man who farms close to Rural Hall who had gotten a contract for his whole crop this year. But to fulfill it, he was going to have to carry his leaf 65 miles to Danville, Va.
He decided to try Old Belt Warehouse instead. He sold some there, liked the price and treatment he got, he ended up selling 100 percent at the auction.
"His average price was well above the contract price," White said.
Burley growers have access to auctions sales this season as well. At least three warehouses were expected to conduct auctions ― they are in Mount Sterling, Lexington and Danville, all in Kentucky. Some others may be organized in smaller markets.
Farmers Tobacco Warehouse of Danville held its first auction of the year on Nov. 5, and it was a tremendous success.
"We sold 195,000 pounds for $1.98 a pound at our opening sale," said owner Jerry Rankin. "It was as good a floor of tobacco as you could possibly want to see. The color was excellent, and the quality and texture were very good."
Buyers competed for the lots they wanted, and farmers showed their satisfaction by not turning tags. Burley sales for this crop will last well into 2013, and both Rankin and White plan to auction again in 2013-14.
Conventional auctions still have a small but loyal following among burley growers, like Kentuckian Scott Travis. He never felt really comfortable about the contracting system, so this year, for the first time since contracting began, he is selling 100 percent of his production at auction.
"My trust of the people running the Danville auction is the big reason I sell there," said Travis, who farms in Cox's Creek, Ky., near Louisville.
"To me, it seems like a good alternative to contracting."
Most farmers need a contract to get financing to produce their crop, he said. "But smaller farmers like me can get by without one, so I would say the auction system has a place serving the smaller farmer."
Auctions offer an additional advantage to smaller burley growers, said Travis.
"We can sell there in either large or small bales," he said.
"For us, it's cheaper to produce small bales. I have a large baler, but the stripping with it is somewhat hindered because of the space available."
The room he has it in was built for a small baler.
"It hasn't retrofitted to the large baler very well. If I had to go back to large bales, I would have to make changes to the stripping room or build another one."


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Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake
Put cake mix, pudding mix, cinnamon, nutmeg, poppy seed, oil and warm water in large mixing bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Put in greased and sugared bundt pan and bake at 350 degrees about 45 min. or until done. Let cake cool in pan for 10 min. Remove cake from pan, invert and immediately drizzle with glaze; made by mixing together 1 cup powdered sugar and enough lemon juice to make a thin glaze.
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Painted Rock Estate Winery Ltd. is proud to sponsor the following organizations and the good works they do.
Taste BC presented by Liberty Wines benefiting BC Children's Hospital Oak Tree Clinic
Vancouver Symphony Ball in support of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bacchanalia Gala Dinner and Auction benefiting the Vancouver International Wine Festival, Bard on the Beach
Black Tie Bingo in support of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra
Canadian Culinary Championships, Gold Medal Plates benefiting Canada's Olympic and Paralympic Athletes
Cycling BC Gala: An Evening of Champions
Dish n' Dazzle in support of the BC Hospitality Foundation
Earth Wind Fire in support of the Nature Trust of BC
South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation in support of the Patient Care Tower at Penticton Regional Hospital
Taste the World in support of the Lao Friends Hospital for Children and Medical Action clinics.
The Concert I Never Gave… (Except for like 2000 times in my bedroom) by Eric McCormack in support of the Western Region for Prostate Cancer Canada
The Crystal Ball benefiting BC Children's Hospital Foundation
The Rare Disease Foundation of BC
The Passions Gala on behalf of the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation
The Radcliffe Foundation
Heart of Gold Gala benefiting the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation
Dice & Ice Benefit benefiting the Canucks for Kids Foundation
This is One Night in Monte Carlo benefiting the The Variety Children's Charity


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About Morris-Sockle
Morris – Sockle is a well-established, respected Thurston County law firm managed by partners Frank Morris and Jeanne Sockle. The firm was founded by Frank Morris in 1986. We are dedicated to providing premium quality legal representation in the most cost-effective and time-efficient manner possible.
Morris – Sockle has a reputation for resolving cases in a skilled and aggressive manner that provides the best possible results for our clients. We pride ourselves on really listening to the concerns and needs of our clients. We work together with our clients to structure a plan for pursuing their case and a strategy for accomplishing mutually agreed upon goals. We then use our team's extensive civil litigation experience and skills to attain the desired results. We understand our clients are frequently dealing with a great deal of stress and frustration. We strive to minimize that distress and provide a quality client experience as well as superior results.
Frank Morris and Jeanne Sockle have over six decades (60 years) of combined experience in handling complex case negotiation, litigation, and trial work. We are committed to client advocacy. Additionally, we have built a solid team of well-qualified attorneys and staff that all work together to provide the best results for our clients. Our legal expertise is bolstered by our strong real estate and business development and management experience.
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A Perspective of Fire
Father, let us never forget Your presence & the wrath we have been rescued from through Jesus. Let us remember the consequence of hell that we once deserved, and the weight of our sin that He bore on the cross. May we walk in repentance, and also walk in joy, liberated from death and from ourselves. Your grace is greater than all our sin, Your love is deeper than the pit we were rescued from. May we praise Your Name forever, remembering Your holiness, mercy & grace with deep appreciation, thanksgiving & celebration! You are our joy! Amen!
Hebrews 12:12-29
12 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. 14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; 16 that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. 17 For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.
18 For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest 19 and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. 20 For they could not endure the order that was given, "If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned." 21 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I tremble with fear."
22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. 26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens." 27 This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
God has given us so many visuals over the course of human history to help us understand and cope with the concept of Him & His holiness. He has taken every effort to help us hear, see & understand His nature, His righteousness, His wrath & His justice. And the wonder of it all is that He didn't just tell us made up stories, but that He actually has done these things, in close proximity to humankind so that we can see and feel and hear and experience Him & His presence.
Hopefully, we have all had opportunities to be in places and experience times where we know we have been in the presence of God. And while there may not have been a burning mountain top to commemorate the experience, His whisper & still small voice of direction & discernment can be just as revalatory, just as powerful as His large displays of power & majesty.
It is very important that we do not forget those moments where He has spoken to us, that they do not become pieces of history, stories to recall in conversations alone. But we need to live in that remembrance. That is why God's children have repeated these accounts daily & weekly for millennia, to keep them fresh upon our hearts. God gives us these moments, locked in present memory so we never forget the burning mountain top where the Law was given and so we do not forget the bloodied mountain top where grace was poured out on the cross.
Through these remembrances, we find ourselves inexorably intertwined with the tapestry of His story, woven into a living memory of Him. We see Mt Sinai & we see Mt Zion and we remember them in our own hearts, as if we were there. This is our heritage. This is our faith. We live in a perspective of fire & blood so that we may also live with a perspective of hope, wisdom & mercy given so richly for us who are not worthy of such affection. Living in the rhythms of this grace helps us, reminds us to speak the same mercy, love, grace and wisdom over those who stand apart from Him. This perspective draws our hearts in as living memorials to His faithfulness & righteousness.
Memorials are meant to be revisited, experienced and shown off. These memorials are our doorway to celebration, thanksgiving & mission. Every tribe, every tongue, every nation gathered in celebration, sharing in the abundant love of Christ, equals at the foot of the cross, in life, in faith & in mission to those who have not yet seen, to those who have not yet heard. We are celebrants of hope, living memorials of His loving-kindness.
Father, let us never forget Your presence & the wrath we have been rescued from through Jesus. Let us remember the consequence of hell that we once deserved, and the weight of our sin that He bore on the cross. May we walk in repentance, and also walk in joy, liberated from death and from ourselves. Your grace is greater than all our sin, Your love is deeper than the pit we were rescued from. May we praise Your Name forever, remembering Your holiness, mercy & grace with deep appreciation, thanksgiving & celebration! You are our joy! Amen!


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He Was A Conservative, Not A Radical
by Wayne Blank
An even greater irony of that though is that Jesus Christ was in fact an "ultra-conservative," or even "ultra-orthodox," when it came to the Holy Scriptures, and His absolutely-perfect adherence to them, and yet He is regarded, by millions of Jews and Christian-professing people alike, as someone who rejected it all and started a new religion called Christianity. Nothing could be farther from the Truth.
"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil"
Jesus Christ was no radical. He was in fact far more conservative than those who were viewed as the religious conservatives of His day - the people who had Him killed because He taught the Truth. Jesus of Nazareth didn't come to do away with the religion of His own people. He came to fulfill what they were all waiting for.
"Think not that I am come to destroy the Law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the Law [see The Decalogue], till all be fulfilled."
Jesus Christ was a very conservative Jew, racially and religiously, throughout His entire human lifetime (the photograph shows what remains of the Synagogue at Capernaum that Jesus attended i.e. Luke 4:31-32), although the Truth that He spoke was not always welcomed.
"And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all."
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The purpose of our grassroots organization, Gardeners for Regional Organic Wellbeing (GROW!) is to support a local and regional food security system and to advocate for agricultural practices that enhance the ecological independence and economic sustainability of Boundary County. Our goal is to create a self-sufficient, food independent community.
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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A FlyBook - 1997
Everyone knows the song about the old lady who swallowed a fly, a spider, a bird, and even worse, but who's ever seen what's going on inside the old lady's stomach? With this inventive die-cut artwork, Simms Tabak gives us a rollicking, eye-popping version of the well-loved poem.
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I love Simms Taback! He stays true to the traditional song in which there is talk of her dying. The books is perhaps not for the squeamish, fearful, or gentler folks among us, but Taback handles it artfully and humorously with added rhyming text throughout that questions the woman's choices and with a clear moral at the end. Of course, the moral of the story is: Don't eat a horse!
Very cute illustrations accompany this familiar childhood song. The best part though are the side comments made by the animals the old lady has swallowed.
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Why so many U.S. students aren't learning math
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'Bending the curve' on climate change
Renowned atmospheric scientist V. Ramanathan of UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains how the state of California and the UC system together can lead the charge through the Carbon Neutrality Initiative and 'bend the curve' in global warming.
A 'parking lot pitch' to the Pope
Last year, UC San Diego's V. 'Ram' Ramanathan had an audience with Pope Francis in the parking lot of the Vatican. Ramanathan, who serves on the prestigious Pontifical Academy of Sciences panel, delivered what he calls a 'parking lot pitch' to the leader of the Catholic Church. Here, Ramanathan describes this moment and how it may have influenced the Pope's subsequent position on the matter.
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Now the route for the proposed railway halt construction at Nawada of Biraul-Sakri rail line has become clear . People struggled for seven years for the halts .But they did not succeed in it , then regionalists have started working on their level . After the completion of the construction work , railway will start stoppage of trains .
On the basis of the assurances given by the DRM and the agreed consent, people have taken this step from their level. Krishna Nand Jha , president of Jagdamba Halt Construction Struggle Committee and Ram Kumar Jha Babloo , secretary and member of Zila Parishad laid the foundation .
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A general meeting was held on the proposed site on Sunday in the light of talks with DRM on August 9 . The agreement was read in it and it was told to the people . According to the talks with DRM that members of the struggle committee have to arrange soil filling, access path, shed construction, drinking water and lighting with public support at the proposed site. As soon as the ticket is available, the train will be ordered to be stopped. The delegation agreed on assurance .
Process of Halt construction at a glance
- December 08 , 2008 – Railway Minister assured halt construction
- December 12 , 2010- Strike for Halt construction
- February 11 , 2012 – Demonstration in East Central Railway Headquarters Hajipur
- December 15 , 2012- Strike at Darbhanga station
- March 06 , 2013 – Strike in front of DRM office
- October 18 , 2013- Rail Roko movement till 36 hours
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Driving Lessons and You
Learning to drive a car
Here in the UK, there are usually a couple of reasons why you would choose to use a professional instructor for your driving lessons when preparing for the practical car test instead of going it alone with a friend or family member in a private car.
The first reason might be that you don't have a friend or family member with a car who has the time or patience to add you to their insurance and then accompany you as a provisional licence holder for the duration it will take to train you to the level required to be able to pass the test.
The second reason might be that you are not sure if your dad, mum, or friend has sufficient knowledge or ability to actually prepare you for the dsa test. While they might have passed their practical car test 3 years ago, the standards could have changed, and even if they haven't how much will they remember of what their driving instructor taught them all those years ago. Most importantly, will they be able to actually pass the test today if they went for it? If not, what business do they have teaching you how to drive, because you will still need a DSA ADI to get you up to the correct standard that will guarantee a pass.
The third reason why you might choose driving lessons with a qualified instructor in the UK, is probably because you want to do things the right way, and realised that this is the best way to prepare for the practical car test, especially since the ADI will have been trained to the DSA standard, can pass the current 'L' test and would have the latest up to date knowledge on what it takes to pass including how the examiners at the local test centre mark candidates.
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You need to make the right choice when selecting a driving instructor who will not only teach you to drive a car, but will get you to the standard that will enable you to pass the test and hopefully at your first attempt. The first thing you therefore need to do is make sure that your driving lessons are provided by a current DSA approved instructor (ADI), and you can do that by checking their green registration badge.
Don't make the mistake many UK learner drivers do by just going for cheap driving lessons, opting to use the person offering the lowest priced tuition, after all they will teach me how to drive and I'd be able to pass the driving test once I know how to control a car, can move from A to B, and have learnt the DSA required maneuvers! You couldn't be far from being wrong. If your instructor does not have a current green ADI badge, don't use them, no matter how cheap they might be, you are not only risking wasting money on lessons, but could be breaking the law and putting your life in danger if you are driving a pooly maintained car.
If you don't use a honest, knowledgeable instructor for your driving lessons, not only could you end up spending more in the long wrong getting to the standard required for the test, you might need many attempts to pass and get the full British licence. Many learner drivers would say they know if their instructor is giving them sub-standard service durring lessons, but in actual fact they haven't got a clue. Some of these people having been doing this for many years, and know how to get the most out of the cheap prices they are offering you.
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To get the best out of your driving lessons, ask friends or family for recommendations, but this is only the first step. Having checked they are legally operating, using the DSA learners record, to make sure that all tuition covers the core skills required, don't be afraid to ask questions, especially about why you should do things a particular way, don't just accept because I say so, or you won't pass the test if you do it differently. There should be a reason, and any good instructor will be able to tell you why.
Don't tolerate sub-standard service, if your instructor is always late for lessons, you need to change instructors, nor should you accept shouting, sexual harrasment or racial comments. You are paying for a service, and if you don't like what you get, go somewhere else, don't allow the fear of finding someone else keep you enslaved to the wrong person.
At the end of each driving lesson, you should be able to pinpoint what you learnt, be it a new test maneuver, overcome a recoccuring driving fault, or built up confidence in driving on a dual carriage at 70mph.
Don't waste you money going on a joy ride with an instructor in the name of driving lessons, make sure you choose the right person who will teach you the right skills and develop driving habits that are at the dsa standard, giving you the best chance of impressing the examiner, earning you a pass and ontaining that full UK driving licence.


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ISRN Ecology
Volume 2011, Article ID 297684, 10 pages
Habitat and Landscape Suitability as Indicators of Bird Abundance in Created and Restored Wetlands
1Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, East Falmouth, MA 02536, USA
2Department of Biological & Allied Health Sciences, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH 45810, USA
3McPhail Center for Environmental Studies, Denison University, Granville, OH 43023, USA
Received 6 June 2011; Accepted 14 July 2011
Academic Editor: A. Ridley
Copyright © 2011 Jordan W. Mora et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
We used aerial photography, field measurements, and bird surveys to evaluate 7 Ohio mitigation wetlands for their capacity to support avian guilds at both local and landscape scales. At the local scale, we assessed each wetland with habitat suitability indices (HSI) for eight wetland-dependent bird species as indicators for four guilds: wading, diving, dabbling, and emergent dependent. We characterized landscapes within 2.5 km of each wetland by measuring the buffer width, road density, connectedness, and anthropogenic land development. The changes in landscape variables over time were determined by comparison of aerial photos taken near the time of wetland construction and near the time of this study. Bird abundance data were poorly correlated with HSI scores but were well described with logistic models of buffer width, wetland area, and road density. Our results suggest that landscape variables are better predictors of bird abundance than HSI scores for these guilds in these wetlands.
1. Introduction
Habitat for wetland-dependent species in the United States has declined in quality and quantity over a long history of wetland drainage, filling, and impairment [1, 2]. Recently, national policies of mandatory mitigation have slowed the rate of wetland loss [2], and for the period of 1998–2004 Dahl [3] estimated a net gain in total wetland area for the first time. Through wetland creation and restoration the United States has thus achieved and exceeded the goal of no-net-loss, but there continue to be questions about the ecological effectiveness of mitigation wetlands [4]. In particular, the capacity of created and restored wetlands to support diverse biota is inconsistent. Many variables can influence the establishment of a diverse community or certain desirable species, and it is now clear that biotic restoration is dependent not only on characteristics of the constructed ecosystem but also on its placement within the landscape [5, 6]. The relative importance of local and landscape factors remains a central question in restoration ecology.
Created and restored wetlands are typically designed for the establishment of appropriate biotic communities and abiotic conditions within the zone of inundation. These local attributes are planned according to prescribed performance criteria (e.g., diversity of the native plant community, basin depth, or hydrologic regime) and for the ecosystem services they provide (e.g., flood retention capacity, habitat provision). For example, local attributes are important in the restoration or creation of wetland-dependent bird habitat. Fairbairn and Dinsmore [7] found coverage of emergent vegetation, total wetland area, and perimeter-to-area ratio to be predictive of bird community diversity in prairie pothole wetlands. Other studies [8–10] have shown correlation of local wetland characteristics with the occurrence of particular bird species, which are used as indicators of habitat quality. Habitat suitability models have been used in species-based ecosystem evaluation and management at the local scale [11, 12].
Of course, local attributes occur within a landscape matrix, and the landscape is a critical factor in wetland restoration or creation for avian habitat. Numerous studies provide evidence that landscape attributes like road density [13], proximity to other ecosystems [7, 14], and anthropogenic development [15] affect local bird diversity. In general wetland bird diversity has been shown to decrease in response to increased road density, habitat fragmentation and isolation, and anthropogenic land use in the landscape [13, 16, 17]. And, as with local attributes, landscape factors have been associated with the presence of particular bird species [18, 19].
The establishment of a suitable habitat for indicator bird species or for general avian diversity are noble goals of wetland creation and restoration. However, analysis of habitat suitability for bird guilds may provide a better assessment of the wetland's capacity to support a functional community [20, 21]. Guilds offer certain advantages over the use of single species or general diversity in ecosystem assessment, including the ability to analyze the viability of functional niches [21]. A variety of bird guilds have been used in the analysis of wetland habitat quality including those based on specialist-to-generalist gradient [22], response to landscape disturbance [23], migratory status [24], habitat preference [25], and feeding preference [26]. Verner [27] proposed the use of bird guilds defined according to zones of habitat as an indicator of an ecosystem's capacity to support wildlife. This approach may be particularly useful in the evaluation of mitigation wetlands, as it would allow for a direct assessment of the efficacy of wetland design.
In this study, we use physical aspects of restored and created wetlands as predictors of structural suitability for eight bird species in four habitat-zone guilds: wading, diving, dabbling, and emergent dependent. We assess the extent to which the construction of suitable local habitat characteristics corresponds with the actual abundance of birds from the respective guilds. We also analyze the relative effectiveness of structural wetland attributes and landscape factors in the prediction of avian guild presence in restored and constructed wetlands.
2. Methods
We studied local attributes, landscape attributes, and bird abundance in seven active mitigation bank wetlands in Ohio, USA (Figure 1). In 2006 these wetlands ranged from one to thirteen years since construction ( years, ), with the oldest constructed in 1993 and the youngest in 2005. The wetland mitigation bank objectives and site plans were obtained from the Army Corps Districts of Huntington and Buffalo. To facilitate spatial analyses, we obtained aerial photographs of each wetland and its surrounding landscape. Each wetland was visited once between early June and late September of 2006 for verification of aerial photograph analyses and for measurement of local attributes. Wetlands were visited on two additional occasions in 2006 and 2007 for avian survey.
Analysis of habitat at the local scale included a bird habitat field survey. Eight waterbird species were chosen as proxies to represent four guilds: two wading species, the great blue heron (Ardea herodias), and great egret (Ardea alba); two diving species, the lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) and American coot (Fulica americana); two dabbling ducks, the blue-winged teal (Anas discors) and wood duck (Aix sponsa); and two emergent-dependent bird species, the marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) and red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). These species were selected according to their primary feeding and nesting guild, their geographic range, and the availability of a US Fish and Wildlife Service Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model for each (corresponding references given Table 6). The HSI scores are based on a zero-to-one scale in which a score of one indicates ideal habitat and zero indicates an absence of suitable habitat. In order to complete the Habitat Suitability Indices for each guild, several field measurements were required including the cover, growth form, and height of dominant vegetation, average water depth, degree of vegetation interspersion, average water depth under emergent herbaceous and woody vegetation, emergent plant identification, as well as buffer width and the capacity for foraging and nesting in the regional proximity of the wetland (Table 6). HSI scores were averaged for each guild as an estimate of guild suitability in each wetland.
A United States Geological Survey (USGS) Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle (DOQ) from a time prior to or shortly after the construction of each mitigation bank (1988–2001) was obtained for each site through the online database TerraServer. We digitized these "early" landscape photographs to a radius 2.5 km from the center of each wetland complex using Global Mapper v. 7 (Global Mapper Software, LLC). Land uses were organized into four categories: agriculture, residential/urban, natural area (wooded, grassland, wetland), and open water. "Recent" (January 2004 to July 2006) aerial photographs were obtained for each site through TerraServer or from MetroFlyer Aerial and Architectural Photography (Table 1) and georectified with Global Mapper v.7. For each wetland, we digitized the surrounding landscape within a radius of 2.5 km on a recent photograph using the same categories as the DOQ. A second recent photograph of higher resolution was used to digitize basin and buffer features. The early and recent aerial photographs used for landscape analyses differed in age by y (). As adjusted for wetland area, these photographs were compared to determine the rate of residential development and road density in the landscape surrounding the wetland, and the connectedness of the wetland with other natural areas.
From the aerial photograph analyses we computed five landscape variables: average buffer width, connectedness, road density, rate of residential development, and landscape development index. Buffer width was defined as the average distance from the edge of the wetland to the nearest anthropogenic land use (e.g., farm, road, or residential area) in each of the four cardinal directions. Following Findlay and Houlahan [17] we determined road density by dividing the total length of road within the 2.5 km radius by the area within the radius, including the wetland itself. We did not differentiate roads by type or traffic load. We measured connectedness as the ratio of area in a conterminous polygon of natural area (e.g., forest, wetland, grassland, and open water) around and including the wetland to total area in a 2.5 km radius from the center of the wetland after Whited et al. [13]. Using the early and recent aerial photographs the change in connectedness and road density per year were determined by dividing the early to recent difference by the number of years elapsed. We used the Landscape Development index (LDI) of Brown and Vivas [37] as adapted to Ohio by Mack [28] to evaluate the landscape in a 1 km radius from each wetland. The LDI is a weighted average of coefficients that rank various land use classes from one (natural system) to ten (highly modified urban environment) to quantify the anthropogenic stress in the wetland landscape.
Each wetland was surveyed for birds on two occasions, once in summer 2006 and once in summer 2007. Birds were surveyed with the round count method [38], in which the wetland is circumnavigated by the surveyor. Each survey took place on a single day, beginning one half hour before sunrise and continuing until circumnavigation was complete; survey effort was thus related to wetland area. We categorized bird abundance according to habitat preferences for nesting and foraging according to Ehrlich et al. [39]. Wetland-dependent birds were classified by dependence on mud flats and shallow emergent zones (wading birds), deep open water (diving birds), shallow open water (dabbling birds), and emergent vegetation (emergent-dependent birds). Bird species without a clear wetland association were not considered in this study.
We tested mean HSI statistics for similarity among the eight waterbird species with one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA; SPSS 15.0). Significant differences among mean HSI scores were determined with Tukey's pairwise comparisons. The significance of difference between the mean area of natural, agricultural, open water, and residential/urban land in early and recent landscape surrounding each wetland was determined with paired t-tests. We also compared the early and recent buffer width, connectedness, road density, and LDI with paired t-tests. Pearson's r was used to describe correlations among bird survey data, HSI variables, landscape variables, and wetland age. We used curve fitting analyses to determine appropriate data transformation for linear regression. Significant predictors were transformed according to the logistic equation , where is the curve's upper boundary value, and are regression coefficients, and x is the predictor value. Significance for all tests was evaluated at ; marginal significance is noted for correlation and regression models at .
3. Results
The wetlands considered in this study encompass 536 ha, with a mean (±SE) area of ha. Upland buffer between the wetland and the nearest anthropogenic land use averaged m. Based on our analyses of early aerial photographs, the wetlands were constructed in landscapes (2.5 km radius) that are primarily agriculture () and natural (; predominantly wooded) land use, with of the surrounding landscape in open water and % in residential or urban development. The land area surrounding the mitigation bank wetlands in natural use (), agriculture (), and open water () were statistically unchanged from early to recent photograph while land area in residential or urban development increased by an average of ha, from in the early photograph to in the recent photograph ().
Mean Habitat Suitability Index values differ significantly among waterbird species () and among wetlands (; Table 2). Across all wetlands, habitat suitability was higher for wading () and diving () guilds than for dabbling () and emergent dependent (), though the difference was not statistically significant (). Connectedness to natural areas in the landscapes surrounding the wetlands in this study ranged from moderate connectedness to relative isolation (Table 3). The average connectedness at the time of this study was , an increase from the early photographs (). Road density at the time of this study ( m/ha) had not changed significantly since wetland construction (). The slight increase in residential development from early to recent photographs corresponds with an average annual increase of ha/yr in residential or urban area in the landscape within a 2.5 km radius of these wetlands. The Land Use Development Index (determined for a 1 km radius from each wetland) ranged from 1.9 to 3.8 for these landscapes, with a mean of .
Thirty-five wetland-dependent bird species were represented by 1437 individuals in the seven wetlands surveyed (Table 7). Emergent-dependent birds were the most abundant (618), followed by dabbling (589), diving (157), and wading birds (73). Bird abundance by wetland ranged widely, from 444 at Slate Run to 17 at Castalia Quarry. Abundances of the eight representative species in this study were poorly correlated with the corresponding HSI at these seven wetlands. With the exception of blue-winged teal (), no species HSI correlation value exceeded 0.35 and no guild suitability score exceeded 0.44. Landscape variables were more strongly correlated with bird abundances than HSI values (Table 4). For all four guilds, buffer width was positively correlated with abundance (Table 4). For dabbling and wading birds, total wetland area was positively correlated with abundance while road density and LDI were negatively correlated (Table 4). Wetland age was not significantly correlated with the abundance of birds in any category. The relationships of predictor variables with guild abundance were nonlinear and best described with logistic models. Regression model parameters for significant predictors are given in Table 5. Buffer width, wetland area, and road density were the only significant predictors of bird abundance for any guild.
4. Discussion
In this study we attempt to discern attributes of mitigation wetlands that are useful predictors of bird abundance. At the local scale, characteristics of created and restored wetlands such as water depth, hydrologic regime, substrate, and vegetation form, cover, and interspersion are ostensibly all design criteria. These characteristics are also components of the Habitat Suitability Indices for bird species in this study (Table 6). We test the use of HSI scores as predictors of bird abundance and find them to be ineffective. Though all eight species occurred in at least one wetland in the study, only the abundance of the blue-winged teal was predicted reasonably well by HSI scores (). The blue-winged teal HSI, more than any other HSI used in this study, is strongly predicated on landscape attributes such as regional wetland density, proximity, and area. The generally poor correlation of the other HSI scores with bird abundance suggests that the design of created and restored wetlands to local HSI specifications is alone insufficient to attract and support particular bird species. This may be a result of imperfect indices [40–43] or confounding factors of landscape, stress, and disturbance. Similarly, our proxy for guild suitability was an unsatisfactory predictor of actual guild abundance. Other researchers [23, 44] have provided evidence of general response in bird guilds to changing environmental conditions. It may be that habitat-zone guild suitability is an application for which HSI is not well suited, or it may be that the suitability of local conditions for particular guilds were overwhelmed by landscape factors in these wetlands.
While the predictive power of our study is limited by sample size, the data suggest that landscape-level variables are better predictors of avian abundance than HSI scores. The best predictors of bird abundance in this study were wetland area and buffer width. Larger wetlands support greater numbers of dabbling and wading birds—an effect that might be expected according to the theory of island biogeography [45]. Other authors have found the total wetland area to be a significant predictor of bird species richness and density [7, 17]. Our regression results indicate that some Ohio mitigation bank wetlands are large enough to support substantial populations of dabbling and wading birds, though area appears to be a limiting factor for wetlands smaller than 25 ha. The influence of buffer width has routinely been cited for its role in nutrient dynamics in wetlands [46] and its importance for herptile populations [47, 48], though its effects on bird populations are not as well studied. According to Semlitsch and Jensen [49], numerous studies have recommended a terrestrial buffer width of 30 to 60 m as a means of protecting the wetland from landscape stressors. By this standard, the wetlands in our study are well buffered, with a mean width of over 250 m. Regression models in this study show a potential beneficial effect of buffer width up to 1000 m for diving and dabbling birds and up to 2000 m for emergent-dependent birds.
In the wetlands we surveyed, road density and LDI had a weak negative relationship with bird abundance. Findlay and Houlahan [17] indicated that road density is negatively correlated with wetland bird species richness in Ontario. While they find the greatest road density effect at a radius of 500 m, the effect is significant to 2000 m and corresponds with a 14% decline in wetland bird species richness for each 2 m/ha increase in paved road surface. Our regression model for wading birds predicts a 40% loss of abundance for each 2 m/ha increase in road density. The average road density for wetlands in our study, m/ha, is well above the level at which Findlay and Houlahan [17] noted this effect, suggesting that road density is likely a stress on these wetlands. Anthropogenic stressors are embedded in Mack's [28] LDI for Ohio. Mack [28] found a strong positive correlation of the LDI with the Vegetation Index of Biotic Integrity (VIBI; [50]) for Ohio wetlands, indicating that landscape-level anthropogenic stress is associated with the wetland plant community. For our indicators of the avian community, LDI was a significant predictor for the abundance of only the wading guild.
Our results do not show a strong relationship of bird abundance with the degree of connectedness with adjacent natural areas. The findings of Whited et al. [13] imply that the positive correlation between natural area connectedness and waterbird species richness is strongest at the 2.5 km interval. At this spatial scale, increases in connectedness were positively associated with the number of waterbird species present in the wetland. In theory, connectedness of natural areas decreases the impact of surrounding land use stresses, such as non-point source pollution or invasive species, by minimizing the length of the perimeter in proportion to the core habitat and reducing the edge effect [13]. Connectedness also increases habitat patch diversity and allows for dispersion among local, native populations within the connected natural area [13]. It may be that the species in our study are not particularly sensitive to connectedness, or the influence of connectedness on bird abundance may be masked by wetland area, buffer width, and landscape stressors.
Given these results on habitat characteristics, landscape features, and bird abundance, we can comment on the capacity of the wetlands in our study to support wetland-dependent bird species. Bird abundance is associated with wetland area, buffer width, and landscape stress to a greater degree than it is associated with local attributes. Some restored or created wetlands, including some in this study, are large, well-buffered ecosystems that have been placed in relatively low-stress environments. Others, however, provide avian habitat that may be limited by the wetland's configuration or placement within the landscape. Local wetland characteristics that are critical for breeding and survivorship—such as vegetation cover, interspersion, foraging habitat, and nesting sites—are likely to mature and improve as the restored and created wetlands age, but anthropogenic encroachment in the landscape, even at the relatively slow rate of development we note in this study, is likely to become more stressful over time. For this reason, construction of large, well-buffered wetlands in carefully selected locations is a critical consideration in the effort to maximize the functional replacement of avian habitat in restored and created wetlands.
We thank Melissa Kennedy, Jenna Lawson, Alexander Mora, Chelsea Mora, and Jessica Piispanen for their field assistance. This research was funded by the Anderson Scholarship Endowment of Denison University, the Denison University Research Foundation, and the Ohio Biological Survey.
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From Deutsche Welle TV, here is a video of cartoonist Flix (Felix Görmann), who is drawing a "personal portrait" graphic novel about the Berlin Wall and the divided Germany.
FLIX studied at the School of Visual Arts in Saarbrücken Saar and the Escola Massana in Barcelona. In addition to his regular newspaper series "Verflix," he is also know for several graphic novels published by Carlsen, including "Sag Was" (SAY SOMETHING), "a love story semi-autobiographical, about the beginning and end of a great love" and "Mädchen."
I posted about Flix in August. Now, below, is the same video, but it's been translated. I am thankful for this, since I only speak "restaurant German" and know how to ask for beer from the tap and where the men's room is.
There are some good shots of Flix drawing and inking, and stay in there for the entire 4 plus minutes to see more of his clear line style. Very appealing. There is also a simply animated sequence. Glad to see the translation and I hope we'll be able to buy the book here.
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