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Corizon Health says the state Department of Corrections has thanked the company for "exceptional service over the last 16 years."
DOC severed ties with Corizon following staff complaints of substandard care and legal action against the company. Corizon was replaced by St. Louis-based Centurion Managed Care, a Fortune 500 health care company that manages medical care under public contracts in several states.
A 2012 Star Tribune investigation found that at least nine Minnesota inmates had died since 2000 due to denial or delay of care while Corizon was the state's prison medical contractor. More than 20 had suffered serious or critical injuries during that period, the newspaper's investigation found.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee State returned to Hale Stadium in grand fashion as they defeated Austin Peay 34-14 to open up Ohio Valley Conference play Saturday afternoon.
The crowd of 14,264 saw Austin Peay take an early 7-0 lead as quarterback Jake Ryan connected with receiver Devin Starks, who made a one-handed catch, for a 20-yard touchdown. Three plays earlier, TSU was called for a roughing the kicker penalty on an Austin Peay punt near mid-field, which extended the drive.
The Tigers would get on the scoreboard for the first time via the foot of Jamin Godfrey as he made a 43-yard field goal in the final minute of the first quarter.
TSU took their first lead of the contest when quarterback Michael German found receiver Travis James in the right corner of the end zone for a 27-yard touchdown. The scoring play was set up by a 15-yard Austin Peay personal foul penalty the play before. The Tigers led 9-7 after the missed extra point.
With 3:32 left until halftime, the Govs connection of Ryan and Stark struck again, this time from eight yards out to give Austin Peay a 14-9 halftime advantage.
Ryan finished 25-of-48 for 271 yards and two touchdowns, while Stark had nine catches to go along with a game-high 124 yards and two touchdowns.
The only score of the third quarter went to Tennessee State as Trabis Ward scored his fifth rushing touchdown of the season, this one coming from two yards out. German found Weldon Garlington for the 2-point conversion to give the Tigers a 17-14 lead that they would not relinquish.
On the drive, Travis James set a new career-high with his sixth catch of the game. The senior from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., finished with a career best nine catches for 109 yards and a touchdown to become the first TSU player with over 100 receiving yards in a game this season.
Early in the fourth quarter, German threw a four yard touchdown pass to full back Johntae Gleaves to give TSU a 10 point advantage. For the senior, it was the 14th catch of his career and his second touchdown.
With 7:06 left in the 4th quarter, Godfrey hit his second field goal of the game, this one from 39 yards out, to extend the TSU lead to 27-14.
Steven Godbolt III intercepted a Austin Peay pass in the end zone with 4:44 remaining in the game to end a Governors drive. It was his third interception of the season and continued his streak of one interception in each game this season.
The final score of the game saw German throw a 51 yard catch and run touchdown to A.C. Leonard to make it 34-14 with 2:12 left in the game. Leonard finished with five catches for 82 yards and a touchdown.
German had a career best 27 completions in addition to a career-high 318 yards and three touchdowns. The three scores tied his career best that he set last season vs. UT Martin.
Tennessee State travels to Daytona Beach, Fla., next week to take on Bethune-Cookman (2-1) from the MEAC. Kick off is scheduled for 3 p.m. CST.
Notes: TSU starts the season 3-0 for the first time since starting the 2008 season 4-0 ... The only other touchdown of Johntae Gleaves' career was against North Carolina A&T on Oct. 2, 2010 ... The 14,264 fans is the 21st largest crowd in Hale Stadium history ... This is the fifth straight game that TSU has not allowed a 100 yard rusher ... TSU is the only undefeated team left in the OVC ... The Tigers now lead the all-time series vs. Austin Peay 9-6 ... Austin Peay has now lost five games in a row, including seven in a row in the OVC ... The 20 point Tiger win broke a streak of four straight games between TSU and Austin Peay that were decided by exactly three points.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Peyton Manning had to make sure Tony Romo wasn't the last man with the ball in his hands.
The Denver quarterback did it by keeping the Broncos out of the end zone in the final moments of the second-highest scoring game since the NFL-AFL merger.
Manning maintained his record pace for touchdown passes, then milked the clock for a game-ending field goal after an interception by Romo spoiled the first 500-yard game in Dallas history, and the Broncos stayed unbeaten with a 51-48 victory Sunday.
Matt Prater's 28-yard kick for the Broncos' 16th straight regular-season win came after linebacker Danny Trevathan's diving interception at the Dallas 24 with Romo trying to direct a third go-ahead score in the fourth quarter.
"We had the huge defensive play at the end, which was significant," said Manning, who threw four touchdowns to give him a record-setting 20 in the first five games. "And we did not want to give them the ball back."
Needing a first down but not a touchdown so the Broncos (5-0) could run out the clock, Manning and Knowshon Moreno shouted at each other in the backfield just before the snap.
"He basically was asking me, 'How am I supposed to do that? How can I get a half a yard but not get a yard and a half?'" said Manning, who had 414 yards passing to move past Dan Marino for No. 2 on the career yardage list.
"I just said, 'You can't! You can't score! You can't do it!'"
Moreno managed to pull off the first down without scoring, and Manning took three snaps to drain the clock to 2 seconds for Prater, who had a 50-yarder among his three field goals.
It was quite a debate over a measly yard in a game with 1,039 yards of total offense combined in the fourth-highest highest scoring game in NFL history and tied for the second-highest in regulation since the merger in 1970, according to STATS.
Here are five things to know after the Broncos ran their total to 230 points — the most by an NFL team through the first five games — and set a franchise record with their eighth straight road win:
MAGICAL DAY, SAD ENDING: Romo was 25 of 36 for 506 yards and five touchdowns for Dallas (2-3), breaking Don Meredith's franchise record of 460 yards. He is the fifth quarterback in NFL history to pass for at least 500 yards and five touchdowns in a game. He was up to 13 TD passes with just one interception for the season before Trevathan's game-changing play. "I thought Tony was brilliant today," Dallas coach Jason Garrett said. "I thought he played as good of a football game as I've ever seen him play. Unfortunately, it didn't end the right way."
MANNING'S BOOTLEG: Manning had already turned a 14-0 deficit into a 21-17 lead when he fooled all 11 Dallas defenders and the 92,758 watching his first game at the $1.2 billion home of the Cowboys with a bootleg for an easy 1-yard score and a 28-17 lead late in the first half. Denver lined up for what looked like a run on third down from the 1. But Manning had faked the handoff, and the roar from thousands of orange-clad Denver fans grew as they realized he was jogging toward the left corner of the end zone for his first touchdown rushing since 2008. "The key is you want to do it about every five years or so," said Manning, who tied his dad, Archie Manning, with 18 TDs rushing for his career.
BACK AND FORTH IN FOURTH: The Cowboys converted Manning's first interception in 227 passes, by Morris Claiborne, into a 41-38 lead on Romo's 10-yard scoring pass to Jason Witten. The Broncos pulled even with Prater's 50-yarder, then Romo threw 79 yards to Dez Bryant to set up another go-ahead score — a 4-yarder to Cole Beasley. Manning answered with a 73-yard drive to Moreno's tying 1-yard score with 2:44 remaining.
ROMO'S WEAPONS: Dallas had three 100-yard receivers with Witten (seven for 121), Bryant (six for 141) and rookie Terrance Williams (four for 151). Williams had an 82-yard touchdown that helped cut Denver's biggest lead to 35-27 in the third quarter. Cole Beasley had four catches for 47, including a 23-yarder to set up the go-ahead score in the fourth.
RECORDS, RECORDS, RECORDS: Manning's 20 TDs in the first five games broke the record of 18 by Minnesota's Daunte Culpepper in 2004. He moved past Marino on the career yardage list with 61,371. Brett Favre is the all-time leader with 71,838. The team's 230 points are 13 more than St. Louis and Kurt Warner's "Greatest Show on Turf" in 2000, when the Rams scored 217 in the first five games.
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AGA Pro Tourney Game Records Posted: AGA-TYGEMGO Pro Tournament game records for both the main tournament and the Exhibition League have been added to the AGA Professional System page on the AGA website. To see the tournament draw – and download game records – scroll down to "Results." Thanks to Dennis Wheeler and Steve Colburn for their work on this.
Women Who Get Go: Go has been catching on recently among young women in Japan, Daniel Krieger reported in The Japan Times earlier this year (The women who get go 5/15/2012). "Just last year, it started to get more popular," said Mayumi Otsuka, 29, who has been hosting monthly get-togethers since last year at a go parlor in Osaka where she and her 27-year-old sister, Satomi, have been working (and playing up to 10 times a day) for the past three years. International Go Federation vice president Thomas Hsiang said that "To facilitate the next big change, we need a model" like a "Bobby Fischer" of women's go, and suggested that the two best bets on the pro scene are 18-year-old Joanne Missingham, who is a sensation in Taiwan, and Hsieh Yi Min (Xie Yimin), a 22-year-old prodigy who came to Japan 10 years ago and is now at the top of the women's game. photo: Yasuko Mantani (left) and Aya Kitano commence a game of go at the Shinsaibashi Igo Salon in Osaka. photo by AIMI NAKANO, courtesy The Japan Times
Vogue interviews Xie Yimin: In a related story, GoGameGuru's David Ormerod reports that "Vogue Taiwan and the fashion house Chanel recently did a video interview with Xie Yimin, the Women's Honinbo Meijin in Japan. It's part of a series of interviews with directors, musicians, go players – basically artists." Although the video is in Mandarin, GoGameGuru has posted an English transcript along with the video here. "When I first arrived at the Nihon Kiin, I had to learn to kneel while I played," Xie Yimin says in the interview. "I would kneel until my legs and feet went numb. However, my Go Sensei (teacher) said that, before the goban, one must learn to display a modest demeanour before one can become strong at Go."
GoGoD Publishes Chinese Classic in E-Book Form: GoGoD has issued another e-book on Amazon: Gateway To All Marvels. Gateway is special edition of the 1347 Chinese classic Xuanxuan Qijing (Gengen Gokyo in Japanese), which John Fairbairn says "is surely the most significant go book ever produced. It has become the foundation for virtually every problem book since, as well as being the main source for early go theory." The new e-book version "brings together every problem and every variant from perhaps every subsequent edition, and discusses how the almost 500 problems and their solutions have evolved and varied, and also how even modern professionals often disagree on the correct solutions or, dare we say it, trip up," Fairbairn adds. Previous GoGoD e-books include Inoue Genan Inseki and The Life of Honinbo Shuei, also available on Amazon.
Go Mention in Stevie McCabe Mystery: "Go is mentioned in the fifth novel in the Stevie McCabe mystery series, No Shadow in the City by John Callaghan, a Scottish author," reports Su Co Chon Duc (Marjorie E. Hey). "In Chapter 4, there are several pages introducing go to the private investigator, Stevie McCabe. It is mentioned again in passing in Chapters 6 and 29. There's some mayhem, but there are no ripping viscera, no splintering skulls. Yes, there are sexual encounters, because the characters have real lives, but no lingering erotica. It is marked for For Adults because of language." While the first four books are available in paperback and Kindle format, Su Co Chon Duc notes that this book is currently only available on Kindle.
Nice Go: Bob Barber reports that go pops up in "Mr. Nice," a 2010 film about a Welsh drug dealer. "There's a minute of go at minute 19," says Barber.


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The Broncos promoted wide receiver Nathan Palmer to their active roster and signed guard Ryan Miller to their practice squad, the team announced Wednesday.
Palmer, a second-year player, spent the end of the 2013 season on Denver's practice squad and appeared in four games for the Broncos this preseason. He was waived by the club Aug. 30, before being added to the practice squad the following day.
Miller, also in his second NFL season, competed in all four games for the Broncos this preseason before being waived Aug. 30. The former University of Colorado player played eight games as a rookie for the Cleveland Browns in 2012 after being selected by the Browns in the fifth round (160th overall) of the NFL draft.


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Title: Thomas J. Day photograph collection
Date: 1935
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Dick shared his thoughts along with John Goodlad and stayed for some two hours. His voice was strong and his arguments compelling even while his body was weak. He fought the good fight right to the end and will be missed. I have a link on my blog to the blog, Community and Education, that he had been writing over the years as well as a special link to "Washington Happenings" where he followed the significant events in our state. It was very helpful for my readers. Dick believed in the public purposes of education and kept arguing for a democratic vision right to the end. We hope to continue his concerns in the media and in the public debate. Indeed, Dick's call for scholars to advance the Agenda for Democracy is echoed in our journal's mission to bring scholars in their capacity as public intellectuals into conversation with the public and its legislators.
Dick's last post on his blog was an inspiring message to those committed to the League's Agenda for Democracy. We reprint it here so Dick's voice will continue through our readers.
The Institute works to advance the Agenda for Education in a Democracy. This Agenda consists of a four-part mission, a set of strategies to achieve that mission, and conditions that are necessary to carry out the strategies.There is little doubt about the commitment to the Agenda for Education in a Democracy among the AED scholars. I suspect we live out that commitment everyday and in every aspect of our work. The question before us, as I understand it, is not about commitment to the work of furthering the Agenda, but about whether or not we, as a group of scholars, want to be an organizing center for its promotion. Surely we are all enmeshed in a web of groups and institutions that occupy all of our waking hours (and some of our sleeping hours as well). We endeavor to exercise responsible influence on the groups and institutions within our spheres.
The agenda is mission driven and research based. It seeks to:
• Foster in the nation's young the skills, attitudes, and knowledge necessary for effective participation in a social and political democracy.To accomplish this mission, schools and universities seek simultaneous renewal of schools and the education of educators. They do so by putting in place the conditions necessary to renewing the nation's schools and its democracy.
• Ensure that all youths have access to those understandings and skills required for satisfying and responsible lives regardless of race, religion, gender, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, or birth language.
• Develop and provide continuing support to educators who nurture the learning and well being of every student.
• Ensure that educators are competent and committed to serving as stewards of their schools.
For me thus far, belonging to AED Scholars has been an honor. I feel privileged to be in the company of so many gifted, ethical and like-minded educators. It gives me some measure of comfort to know that others are doing the work to which we have a collective commitment. However, I do not feel as though I have been a very good steward of the agenda beyond my own personal actions day to day. That is to say, I feel that I have promoted democratic ideals whenever and wherever possible, but have not deliberately or publically connected them to AED. Very few people who have read my scholarship or with whom I interact day to day understand that my behavior is motivated by AED. Perhaps one of the best things we can do as AED scholars is make our commitment more public. It would not be a small thing to agree to use a common symbol of our work that acknowledges our group, one that links us to the agenda and to one another.
How are linked? What kind of relationships exist among the AED scholars? Thus far we have been primarily a community of ideals, not so much a community of place or even a discourse community (in the sense that we share scholarship on a regular basis). The AED scholars may not feel that it's necessary to draw together as yet another freestanding entity. Do we wish to add to the current constellation of groups and institutions to which we belong? I would argue that we do need to draw together, that we do need to be an organizing center and that we do need to become a strong community of mind. We need to be so simply because our mission is to further the agenda. I once asked John [Goodlad] what he meant when he used this phrase, for he uses it quite often. What does it mean to further the Agenda? Does it mean further develop the agenda or does it mean to better disseminate the Agenda? John was pretty clear that he meant the latter. If that is so, it implies enlisting others to share our values and see the world, and what is important in it, as we do. If you follow that reasoning, then the AED Scholars' role would be to formulate an identity and expand our influence. We would go as many other organizations have gone – increase our membership, accumulate resources, undertake "missionary" work, mentor new scholars into this group, become better known. Surely we know how to do this. The question is, do we have the will?
I can think of six strategies for pulling a group such as ours together: 1. Write a text in which we each take responsibility for a section or chapter. 2. Convene together to present papers and discuss ways to support one another. 3. Make presentations about aspects of the agenda at state and national meetings. 4. Create a virtual community using all of the tools available to us on the World Wide Web. 5. Band together with other groups and organizations that share our values. 6. Construct a common syllabus and see that it gets institutionalized in our college or university.
I am sorry that I do not have more imaginative suggestions. The key in making this group more viable is for those of us involved to make a conscious pledge to devote a portion of every week/month/year to furthering the agenda through collaborating together. I look forward to seeing other ideas and suggestions.
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(Pocket-lint) - The baby of House of Marley's headphone range, the Harambe on-ear headphones, were on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Harambee", a Swahili word, literally translates as "let's pull together", which is a fitting context for House of Marley's build ethos. The company uses recycled, fairly sourced materials and FSC-certified woods throughout its constructions. The Harambe is wood-free, instead opting for a material, leather, aluminium and plastic construction.
As the baby of the range the Harambe on-ears are the most budget, with an asking price of just $60, with the UK price yet to be determined.
The 30mm drivers are quite dinky, in that old skool style of on-ear headphone, which is unlike the current trend of great big earcups. Daresay they're "cute".
There were six material types on display; we simply picked out our favourite design to photograph. Again, no final word as to which finishes will make it to the UK, but we anticipate a variety of options.
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Recent survey carried out by Bigmouthmedia revealed that 79 out of the 100 top UK PR companies don't offer online PR services.
Sadly, only 14% of the operations that claimed to have new media covered, published their own blogs. All in all, surprisingly as low as 11% of UK PR consultancies communicate with clients, colleagues and the wider marketplace via their blogs.
Companies nowadays still do not seem to see the real semantic difference between online press releases and digital press releases.
The following figures for October 2008 in the UK show the differences in terms of their relative search popularity:
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Web PR 880
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Austria: Catholic church fined for phone texting
VIENNA (AP) -- Austria's Roman Catholic church has learned its lesson. Mass is OK. Mass texting is not.
A diocese in the southern city of Graz says it has been found guilty of contravening Austria's telecommunications law by sending mass texts to the cellphones of followers asking them to pay overdue membership fees.
Members of recognized religions in Austria must pay so-called "church taxes" or opt out of membership. For a Catholic, non-payment would mean no right to church sacraments.
Diocese official Hertha Ferk was quoted as saying the diocese has agreed to pay a fine that is under $13,475.
A court took up the case after complaints from some of the 17,000 church members in arrears who received the text last year.


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I'm obsessed with remote pair programming and remote collaboration. I've even given tech talks about remote pair programming. Most teams with which I've worked remotely are small — usually around four to six team members total — but for the past 10 months I have remote paired on a project of up to 30 developers. While the majority of the team was co-located in our NYC office, five of us were remote. Over that time we have tried many different remote collaboration and pairing setups and feel we've settled on a configuration that supports daily pair rotation with minimum overhead.
Daily Standup Meetings
We set up a team Skype account and paid for Skype group video. Each morning the team would gather for standup in a large conference room and call us from the group video account.
It can be difficult for the remote members to hear everyone in such a large room. We used a Blue Snowball mic to aid with this, and it worked well so long as nobody unplugged it.
We had a team whiteboard where we would list technical tips, tricks, and cries for help. Every day someone would send the group a photo of the board. I'm sure we could have come up with a more technical solution but this has worked well for us, though it does take some extra effort.
If remote team members had items for the standup board they would simply speak up towards the end of the meeting; a scribe was taking notes and emailed them to everyone afterwards.
Dedicated Workstations
We settled on having dedicated remote pairing workstations in the NYC office, one for each remote developer. This is a departure from the norm. At Pivotal we swich pairing stations frequently and nobody (or everybody) "owns" a particular machine. For practical reasons the remote person really needed to own a single station to make remote pairing as efficient as possible.
Minimizing Setup Overhead
Remote pair programming often requires a bit of setup: configuring Screen Sharing, setting up
tmux, launching and logging in to Skype, etc. With dedicated remote pairing stations this setup can be done once early in the project and (usually) left alone. Time spent on this overhead is minimized, and pairing could start immediately.
Virtual Presence
At Pivotal Labs, our offices have an open floor plan. To find someone you need only stand up and look around for them. But what about when you need to talk to Joe-in-Atlanta? Who's he pairing with today?
A dedicated workstation for each remote developer becomes their virtual presence in the office. Everyone on the team knows where to find Joe-in-Atlanta. This is important not only for other developers, but also for product manager, project managers, designers — the entire team. My station was called "Little Atlanta" and we referenced it often in conversations: "Joe, I need to talk to you after standup today. I'll meet you at Little Atlanta in a few minutes."
Extreme Remote Pairing!
Occasionally two remote developers would remote pair for the day. What did we do then? We usually chose one of our dedicated NYC office stations and paired through that machine rather than our local (that is, home) machines. Why? Just as if we were physically in the office we wanted other developers to be able to see what we were doing and help us if needed.
We made ourselves available by setting up a group Skype call between ourselves and the workstation "Skype laptop" and letting everyone know where we could be found. This worked very well. Using this video conference we could ask for help and team members could seek us out as well.
- Group Video Chat from Skype
- tmux — terminal sharing for terminal-based pair programming
- Snowball USB Microphone
- Training Skype to Automatically Switch Between Audio/Video Inputs
- Antoher "Skype Laptop" setup
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Savage expands crude oil logistics services in Western CanadaWritten by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
These services are being offered at two new terminals in Unity, Sask., and Reno, Alberta. The combined crude-by-rail transload capacity of these terminals is 30,000 barrels per day (bpd), with direct access to Class I rail service. "There is a shortage of outbound access for crude produced in Western Canada, making these new terminals and expanded services in high demand by the market," Savage said.
Savage is now operating the Unity Petroleum Rail. This facility provides direct access to Canadian Pacific and has 45 railcar spots. The terminal currently has the capacity to handle 5,000 bpd and 275 cars per month. Savage is currently transloading crude on a manifest basis with near-term expansion to handle 10,000 bpd and 550 cars per month. Savage said it also has the capability to provide truck transportation for crude oil in and around the Unity region.
Savage has worked closely with the county of Northern Sunrise in Alberta and will begin operations at the new Northern Sunrise Crude Terminal near Reno, starting Feb. 1, 2014. The terminal provides direct access to CN; its first-phase transloading capacity is 25,000 bpd and 1,500 cars per month of crude on a manifest basis, with the second phase allowing unit train service. The Northern Sunrise terminal offers 160 railcar storage spots with inbound and outbound track access. Savage is providing transload services (direct truck to rail) and has the ability to provide crude truck transportation in and around the area.
The Savage terminals in Unity and Reno provide railcar switching and spotting, transloading, and car storage related to crude handling for rail transport, as well as truck transportation for crude. Both of these terminals offer manifest services, and, as market demand increases, unit train capacity and crude tank storage will be added, Savage said. The transloading services and rail line connections offered at these terminals provide crude coming from Western Canada the flexibility to be delivered to East Coast, West Coast, and Gulf Coast refinery markets.
"These terminals are well-positioned to meet the growing needs of inbound or outbound oilfield materials, as customer needs dictate," said Savage Senior Vice President, Oil & Gas-Midstream Solutions Group Nathan Savage. "They will provide Western Canadian crude, bound for key refinery markets, access to rail transportation. Oil producers in this region often say their crude is 'land locked' due to a lack of transportation options. We believe this new service will help customers in Western Canada solve these logistics challenges."


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Researcher examines Georgia's FinTech ecosystem
Associate Director of Risk Management, Sudheer Chava, co-authored the State of Georgia's FinTech Ecosystem Report. Working in conjunction with the Technology Association of Georgia and executives from three financial organizations, Chava's new Financial Services Innovation Lab outlined trends and challenges that will shape the future of an already robost FinTech industry in the Southeast. The report was released at the inaugural "FinTech South" event at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.


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Species In-Depth
At the Aquarium
The Aquarium's June Keyes Penguin Habitat is home to Magellanic Penguins. Some of the penguins came from a captive breeding programs at organizations in California. Others were found stranded on beaches in Brazil. After rehabilitation it was determined that they would not survive if returned to the wild.
From March 1 to about July 1 our penguins will be breeding. During this time human interactions with the penguins will be minimized.
The Aquarium of the Pacific participates in the American Zoos and Aquariums species survival program for Magellanic Penguins and nesting burrows have been provided in the Keyes habitat. Our Magellanic Penguins will have a breeding season opposite of that of wild penguins in the Southern Hemisphere.
Our penguins are fed herring, capelin, and squid (rarely). Each penguin gets a measured amount of food that is increased during breeding season and before they molt.
Geographic Distribution
September to mid-April breeding season: Islands off Chilean coast including Juan Fernandez Islands, along coast of southern Chile to islands off Cape Horn, South Atlantic Patagonia coast of Argentina as far north as Valdez Peninsula, and the Falkland Islands. Mid-April to September non-breeding winter season: migrate from breeding ranges north to Peru and the coast of Brazil rarely as far as Rio de Janeiro on the Brazilian coast and back.
During the breeding season the habitats of Magellanic Penguins are dependent on geographic location. They can be found nesting on coastal beaches, sandy dunes or hills of clay, on cliff faces, grassy slopes, in forested areas, and areas with small bushes. During the non-breeding season, they are usually found in ocean waters swimming up to 250 km (155 mi) offshore.
Physical Characteristics
These penguins have a fairly large head, short neck, elongated body with a short wedge-shaped tail, webbed feet set back on the body, and elongated flippers (wings) with a fused wrist joint. Adults and juveniles have the typical black back and white breast and stomach of penguins in general.
Magellanic Penguins have very dense feathers: more than 452 per square centimeter (70 per square inch). Adult Magellanic Penguins have scattered black spots on the breast. They have a symmetrical white band around the mostly black face. The band originates at each eye, arches back on the sides of the black head, and comes together at the throat. They also have two bands crossing the front. One band is a wide black strip under the chin and another is in the shape of an upside down horseshoe on the stomach. Juveniles have only one band. Flippers are black above with white edges, and pale pinkish-white below. During the breeding season, adults lose feathers from around the eyes and hooked bill exposing a patch of pink skin with a dark pigmented center area.
Before developing adult plumage, juveniles have a range of white to dark gray patches on their cheeks and two layers of down. Young birds usually have a blotched pattern on their feet, which fades as they age. The down of chicks is gray-blue on the back and a more faded gray-blue whitish color on the abdomen and chest.
Standing height when full grown: 61-76 cm (24-30 in).
Length, a measurement from tip of the beak to the tail, usually several inches longer.
Weight: 3.8-6.5 kg (8.3-14.3 lb). Males are usually slightly larger. Weight varies seasonally, dropping during breeding and land phase of the molting seasons.
The size and location of the penguin colony influences the type of prey hunted, the distance traveled in foraging, and the length of time spent hunting. Larger colonies must travel a greater distance to feed and foraging takes longer. When food is plentiful, the penguins return to the breeding site during the day; when it is not, they may be at sea for several days. Usually foraging in groups, these penguins prey on small fishes (the species being geographic location dependent), squid, and krill. Dive depths are usually up to 50 m (164 ft). They stay underwater for about 90 seconds. When food supplies are adequate, they swim 16-40 kilometers (10-25 miles) offshore of the colony. Trips are longer when food is scarce.
Using their wings like paddles, they can achieve speeds of over 24 kilometers (15 miles) per hour when foraging. When a school of prey is detected, a Magellanic Penguin accelerates and swims round the fish in circles that become smaller and smaller little by little. It suddenly dashes into the school to snatch what it can. Prey is usually caught underwater and swallowed head first.
Magellanic Penguins usually form life-long pairs, returning to the same breeding location annually. Males start arriving at the colonies in mid-September and if previously mated, reclaim last year's nest. The nest may be under bushes, in stands of grass, among rocks, or in underground burrows that are dug into soft soil or peat, often on cliffs facing the ocean. Burrows slope downward and are up to 2 m (6 ft) deep ending in a nest chamber higher than the tunnel floor to allow rainwater to collect away from eggs. Females arrive several days later. After finding each other by vocalizing, the pair repair the nest. If they do not have a mate, males advertise for one by making loud braying sounds and body displays in an elaborate courtship ritual.
One egg is laid about 37 days after mating and a second egg is usually laid one to three days later. The female incubates the eggs for the first shift of about 20 days. During this time the male is at sea foraging. When the male returns, the female goes to sea to feed, returning in time for the egg hatching.
After hatching, both parents brood the chicks, feeding them at one to three day intervals depending on food supply availability. However, the first chick hatched tends to be favored by the parents, especially when food is limited and mortality of the second hatched chick tends to be high. The chicks stay on the nest for as little as nine to as long as seventeen weeks depending on amount of food available to the foraging parents. About 10 days before the chicks fledge, the parents stop feeding them.
When the chicks leave the nest, they molt, replacing their down with feathers. When 60 to 70 days old the chicks, now feathered juveniles, are ready to head out to sea.
Molting: In March after the chicks have fledged, adults go to sea for two to three weeks to build up their body mass so as to be able to cope with the energy demands of the molting process. After a pre-molt start at sea the adults return to the land breeding site to actually molt, a process that takes place over a 19-22 day period. During this time they do not eat. If the penguin has not gained sufficient weight while at sea, it may not survive the molt. Molting is a traumatic event demanding high expenditures of energy. During the process metabolism slows down and the birds usually just stand still trying not to expend any energy. Before going to sea, chicks exchange their blue-gray down for feathers.
Ecstatic displays: As part of courtship or just to show territory ownership, Magellanic Penguins often perform an 'ecstatic display.' This behavior involves repeatedly stretching their necks, pointing their beak toward the sky, and at the same time, spreading their wings and making braying noises. The display may last for more than an hour. Another penguin may take over when the first stops. Males perform ecstatic display calls in the beginning of breeding season to attract a mate and during fights with other males.
Aggression: Magellanic Penguins are considered to be among the more aggressive penguin species. They are especially aggressive at the beginning of the breeding season when males fight each other for nests and females. Fights start with a loud call followed by a pre-fight. The actual fight, in which real injury can be inflicted, consists of bill bites, massive flipper smacks, and bill duel accompanied by head and eye movement. Females fight with other females over choice of mates.
Vocalization: Magellanic Penguins have a wide range of sounds (including a moo, bleat, cackle, and two-toned bray like a donkey) used as ecstatic, display, and contact calls. In breeding season the noise at the colonies is very loud, with display calls and braying from both males and females. Braying by males is the loudest vocalization. Paired adults can distinguish the calls of the partner. Both call when they meet at the nest in the beginning of the breeding season and when they switch duties during incubation. Chicks can distinguish between the calls of their parents and those of other adults.
Countershading: All adult penguins are countershaded and predators and prey do not see a contrast between the countershaded penguin and the ocean. When viewed from above, the penguin's dark back blends in with the dark ocean depths. Viewed from below, the light underside blends in with the lighter surface of the ocean.
Body shape: Like penguins in general, the streamlined tapered body shape of a Magellanic Penguin is adapted for swimming. Its body is tapered at both ends and streamlined. Its wings (flippers) function as paddles, enabling the birds to "fly" through the water rapidly. If they get too hot, the structure of their flippers makes it possible for them to extend their flippers upward to increase the amount of surface area exposed to a breeze.
Using the senses: Penguins rely on sight to obtain food. Research suggests that while Magellanic Penguins cannot perceive red, a color rare in the deeper ocean, but they are adept at perceiving blue-green, the colors of the ocean depths.
In the wild: average 10 years with some living as long as 20 years.
In protected environments such as aquariums and zoos: up to 35 years.
Currently listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List, dependent on geographic location of the populations, the major threats to Magellanic Penguins are over fishing on species they forage on, oil pollution, predation by birds and both land and marine mammals, and disturbance by humans.
Population trend: Overall populations are holding steady in most South American locations and even increasing in some. However, in large colonies such as Punta Tomba, populations are declining. Scientists believe this may be due to competition among the birds for available food supply or a decreasing food supply. The decline in parts of the Falkland Islands has been severe, over 70 percent. The decline is attributed to the impacts of commercial fishing in penguin foraging areas and there are concerns that this population may become extinct. These declines have not occurred in nearby Chile or Argentina where colonies are protected from commercial fishing.
Predators: At sea these include sea lions, seals, and killer whales. At breeding sites chicks and eggs are preyed on by Skuas, giant petrels, gulls, cats, dogs, skunks, and rats. Although prohibited, illegal egg collection still occurs and there is also disturbance by tourists at breeding sites. In the Falkland Islands introduction of stock and the resulting loss of breeding habitat has had an impact.
Climate change: El Niño events increase chick mortality as a result of heavy rains causing collapse of burrows or flooding causing chick death or hypothermia. Extreme weather that scientists believe will result from climate change may lead to heavier rains. There may also be an impact of global warming on fish and krill prey.
Conservation efforts: Protection of colonies in Chile and Argentina from commercial fishing; movement of shipping lanes in Argentina's Chubut province to lessen exposure to oil pollution; control of tourists at breeding sites; creation of marine parks and reserves; international partnerships of government, nonprofit organizations, and academic institutions developing conservation plans—all are steps taken or being taken to protect Magellanic Penguins.
Special Notes
While most groups of birds are called flocks, a group of penguins has a different name, a waddle, obviously based on the awkward way they walk on land.
From mid-September to mid-April Punta Tombo Peninsula in Argentina's Patagonia region is home to half-a-million Magellanic Penguins, the largest colony of this species in the world.
The round trip migration of Magellanic Penguins between breeding grounds north to foraging areas and back to breeding grounds can be as long as 6,436 km (4,000 mi).


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KDHE Issues Fish Consumption Advisories
Advisories provide guidelines for eating fish taken from certain locations
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) are issuing revised fish consumption advisories for 2013. The advisories identify types of fish or other aquatic animals that should be eaten in limited quantities or, in some cases, avoided altogether because of contamination. General advice and internet resources are also provided to aid the public in making informed decisions regarding the benefits, as well as the risks associated with eating locally caught fish from
waters. Kansas
Bottom-feeding fish: buffalo, carp, carpsuckers, catfish (except flathead catfish), sturgeons, and suckers.
Predatory fish: black bass, crappie, drum, flathead catfish, perch, sunfish, white bass, wiper, striper, walleye, saugeye, and sauger.
Shellfish: mussels, clams, and crayfish.
General population: Men and women 18 years of age or older.
Sensitive populations: Women who are pregnant, may become pregnant, or are nursing and children age 17 or younger.
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), perchlorate, chlordane, mercury, lead and cadmium: Toxic chemicals and heavy metals that pose serious health risks, particularly to fetuses and children. Developmental and neurological problems are some of the risks related to prolonged or repeated exposure.
Meal size (before cooking): Adults and children age 13 and older = 8 ounces; children age 6 to 12 = 4 ounces; children younger than 6 = 2 ounces.
Statewide Advisory
Sensitive populations should restrict consumption of all types of locally caught fish, including species of fish and waters not specifically covered by an advisory to one meal per week because of mercury. Sensitive Populations should restrict consumption of largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass (black bass) to one meal per month because of mercury. The general public should restrict consumption of these species to one meal per week because of mercury.
Location Advisories:
Do not eat bottom-feeding fish taken in the Kansas River from
Lawrence (below Bowersock Dam) downstream to Eudora at the confluence of the Wakarusa River (Douglas and counties) because of PCBs. Do not eat any form of aquatic life, including fish and shellfish, taken from Horseshoe Lake located in units 22 and 23 of the Mined Lands Wildlife Area ( Leavenworth ) because of perchlorate. Do not eat shellfish taken in the Spring River from the confluence of Center Creek to the Kansas/Oklahoma border ( Cherokee County ) because of lead and cadmium. Do not eat shellfish taken in Shoal Creek from the Missouri/Kansas border to Cherokee County Empire Lake ( ) because of lead and cadmium. Do not eat bottom-feeding fish taken from Cow Creek in Cherokee County Hutchinson and downstream to the confluence with the Arkansas River ( ) because of PCBs. Do not eat bottom-feeding fish taken in the Arkansas River from the Lincoln Street Dam in Reno County downstream to the confluence with Cowskin Creek near Belle Plaine (Sedgwick and Sumner counties) because of PCBs. Wichita
Restrict consumption of all types of fish to one meal per month from the Little Arkansas River from the
Main Street Bridge immediately west of Valley Center to the confluence with the Arkansas River in Wichita ( ) because of mercury and PCBs.
Sedgwick County
Rescinded Advisory
Last year's advisory for Blue River from U.S. 69 Highway to the Kansas/Missouri state line (
) has been rescinded. The one-meal-per-week advisory for all types of fish because of mercury has been superseded by the statewide mercury advisory for sensitive groups. Johnson County
General advice for eating locally caught fish in Kansas
1. Sensitive populations should consider restricting their total mercury intake as related to both supermarket fish and locally caught species. Concerned parents and other persons may wish to consult with a physician about eating fish and mercury exposure.
2. Mercury exposure can be reduced by limiting the consumption of large predatory fish. Larger/older fish of all types are more likely to have higher concentrations of mercury.
3. Avoid the consumption of fish parts other than fillets, especially when eating bottom-feeding fish. Fatty internal organs tend to accumulate higher levels of fat-soluble contaminants such as chlordane and PCBs.
4. Consumers can reduce their ingestion of fat-soluble contaminants such as chlordane and PCBs by trimming fat from fillets, and cooking in a manner in which fat drips away from the fillet.
5. In water bodies where advisories or warnings related to harmful algae blooms have been applied, fish should be consumed in moderation and care taken to only consume skinless fillets. Avoid cutting into internal organs and as a precaution, rinse fillets with clean water prior to cooking or freezing.
For more information about KDHE's Fish Tissue Contaminant Monitoring Program visithttp://www.kdheks.gov/befs/fish_tissue_monitoring.htm


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It is just as you said in your last letter, no news, that is from this end. But even an envelope from that end is news indeed. Right here I want to say that there is one habit I havent got over and I guess I never will. That is trying to write with a lot of talking going on. Do you know that I am driven almost crazy, when I am trying to collect a bunch of words into a letter. Right now I could hit about five of these guys, and would I guess if it were not for the fact that if they knew I had this weakness, they would never let me write one word. So I sit here and scribble away, and it's a wonder that there are not some words in them that I don't intend to go in, as it is I use the rubber not a little.
This is some writing paper that one of the boy's mother sent him and I think it is pretty classy for the life we are living. Yes Em told me that Pa was going to N.Y. but it seems only yesterday that he left. You said it when you mentioned the candy being stuck on itself, but it didn't take long for us to get stuck on the candy. You speak of the weather being tough up there, and I am sorry that it is so much harder to get used to it in Boston than it is down here for I really mean it when I say, that although it is warmer here, it is so dry that you dont mind it unless you are working or hiking. Then again I will say that it is hard to breath easy if we hike any distance especially up and down the hills. This is the next thing we have got to get used to, and, by the way I am getting aclimated, it wont be long before Ill really like this climate, (but never the country).
You say that you havent seen but very little sun for at least two weeks, and I am going to shoot right back, that we havent seen but two showers since we struck here, and then only about one half hour duration. And you spoke about boiling water. Well Im going to say that as soon as we get through eating, the food that is left on our mess pans is dried on to the extent that you would accually think that the pans, knives, forks and spoons were stuck in an oven and baked. Any thing made of metal, that is left in the sun even three or four minutes can hardly be handled, it would be so hot. Where we are now there are a few (very few, but they are like a diamond in a coal bin) trees. And say Lena you couldnt find a more pleasanter place in the world for (comfort.) But if you should get just out in the sun, you wouldnt feel, or think there was ever such a thing as a breeze.
I am glad that your hunt in search of a house for Mollie has ended. It is like this post I have charge of today. Here we are out here for twenty four hours and there isn't a match in the bunch. We will have to wait for the visiting patrol before we can have a smoke, unless some one of us gets a little Indian stuff and makes fire with out one.
Now I got Em wrong when she said that she went over to Henry's and he didnt come out. But by your letter I find that she went over to get the picture and the pictures didnt come out. (Excuse me Em. Yes and Henry too) But I am still waiting for that letter and that picture.
Give my regards to Madge and the rest of that family, and I bet if Madge was in a climate like this she would be all better in no time. Tell John he couldnt have been any more pleased with my letter, than I was with his. As for Mary, I guess Ill have to write her a letter. Thank you for fixing my clothes. I can imagine how disagreeable it must be there in this hot weather with fresh paint in the house, and I know you cant stand it, so for Heavens sake get out of it. I hope you can dig something interesting out of this. I am fine.
P.S. I sent a small package with two souviners in it. Please state whether or not you have received it.
Dear Lena.
Here is a poem that just suited this place the first week I landed, but now I am beginning to change my mind in the opposite direction. Gee but the nights are fine here and rain is a thing of the unknown.
Poem printed on the front of postcard
The Devil in hell we're told was chained,
And a thousand years he there remained.
He neither complained nor did he groan,
But determined to start a hell of his own.
Where he could torment the souls of men
Without being chained in a prison pen.
So he asked the Lord if he had on hand
Anything left when he made this land.
The Lord said, "Yes, I had plenty on hand,
But I left it down on the Rio Grande;
The fact is, "old boy," the stuff is so poor,
I don't think you can use it in hell any more."
But the Devil went down to look at the truck,
And said if he took it as a gift he was stuck,
For after examining it carefully and well,
He concluded the place was too dry for a hell.
So in order to get it off His hand
The Lord promised the Devil to water the land,
For he had some water, or rather some dregs,
A regular cathartic and smelled like bad eggs.
Hence the trade was closed, the deed was given,
And the Lord went back to his home in Heaven;
The Devil said to himself, "I have all that is needed
To make a good hell," and hence he succeeded.
He began by putting thorns all over the trees,
And mixed up the sand with millions of fleas;
He scattered tarantulas along the roads,
Put thorns on cactus, and horns on the toads.
He lengthened the horns of the Texas steers,
And put an addition to the rabbits' ears;
He put a little devil in the broncho steed,
And poisoned the feet of the centipede.
The rattlesnake bites you, the scorpion stings,
The mosquito delights you with his buzzing wings;
The sand-burs prevail, and so do the ants,
And those who sit down need half-soles on their pants.
The Devil then said that throughout the land
He'd arrange to keep up the Devil's own brand,
And all should be Mavericks unless they bore
Marks or scratches, of bites and thorns by the score.
The heat in the summer is one hundred and ten,
Too hot for the Devil and too hot for men;
The wild boar roams through the black chaparral;
'Tis a hell of a place that he has for a hell.
By the Author of "Texas A Paradise"
© Copyright 2008 by Richard Landers, All Rights Reserved. No reproduction without permission.


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Posted by ESC on May 23, 2003
In Reply to: Wachowskian? posted by Bruce Kahl on May 23, 2003
: : I was reading a New Yorker article about the movie "Matrix" and kept running into words I didn't know. (Maybe I should stick to People magazine.) I think I've figured out the first two, but can't find anything on the third word.
: : A Critic at Large, "The Unreal Thing: What's wrong with the Matrix?" New Yorker, May 19, 2003:
: : EXTASE -- "Shortly after its mostly unheralded release, in 1999, 'The Matrix' became an egghead 'extase.'." (a feeling of immense joy; rapture. Dutch: extase (de). AllWords.com )
: : BALLETIC -- "The spectacle has by now become part of the common language of action movies: the amazing 'balletic' fight scenes and the slow-motion aerial display of destruction." Couldn't find "balletic" in the dictionary but I'm guessing it's relating to ballet.
: : WACHOWSKIAN -- "The (Philip K.) Dick scholar Erik Davis points out that, in a sequel to 'Valis,' Dick even used the term 'matrix' in something like a Wachowskian context."
: The Wachowski brothers made the movies. They have a certain style.
: a la Faustian.
Thanks. I'm so out of the loop. I saw "Matrix," at the insistence of my kids. But I didn't know who made it.
- Pseuds' Corner TheFallen 05/24/03