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Al Batt of rural Hartland, Minnesota is a writer, speaker, storyteller and humorist. Al, who was born and raised on a farm near Hartland, lives with his wife Gail. Al writes four weekly humor and nature columns for many newspapers, and does a regular radio show about nature on a number of radio stations. He writes a number of popular cartoon strips that are syndicated nationally and has written jokes for a former President of the United States. He has written for a number of magazines and books, including the Chicken Soup For the Soul series. He is a contributing author of the book, Minnesota Bird Watching.
Listen to stories from a man of whom the President of the United States once said, "Who?" Find a tee-hee's nest with a ha-ha's egg in it as you listen to Al Batt's talk. You will learn why Al has never been asked to bring the potato salad to the Association of Normal People's Picnic. Some people claim that Al is a storyteller from Minnesota, but he's just a guy who loves birds.
As a full professor of Wildlife Biology and Director of the Avian Science and Conservation Centre of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Dr. David Bird has published more than 175 scientific papers on birds of prey, and has supervised more than 40 graduate students. He has written and/or edited several books, the most recent being Birds of Canada and The Bird Almanac: A Guide to Essential Facts and Figures on the World's Birds. He is a past-president of the Raptor Research Foundation Inc. and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists, an elected Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union, a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Birding Association, and an elected member representing Canada on the prestigious International Ornithological Committee. Besides his innumerable public lectures and radio and television appearances, Dr. Bird has been a columnist on bird behavior for Bird Watcher's Digest magazine and its newsletter, Backyard Birds Newsletter, for a dozen years.
Are birds really "bird-brains"? Do they taste "good"? Can eagles really see farther than humans? Why are most owls as blind as we are on a dark night? How does a kestrel use ultraviolet light to catch mice? Which birds smell the best?
These are just some of the questions that Dr. David Bird will answer in his humorous but educational slide show on the sensory ecology of birds. Remove those beautiful coats of feathers and you'll discover that birds have some of the most incredible physical and physiological adaptations to keep them in tune with their environment and with each other. You'll never look at birds in the same way again!
Kevin J. Cook is a naturalist/writer/tour leader who lives in Colorado. He has been the author of "The Bird Watcher's Question Box" column in Bird Watcher's Digest for many years.
Kevin Cook loves to answer questions about birds and nature. But he's not known for simply offering up a standard short answereven if it's to a question he's been asked hundreds of times. Instead he enjoys exploring the inter-connectedness of nature and applying the things he discovers to the answers he provides. For this session, we encourage you to bring your nature questions to Kevin and listen to how he answers them. Just don't be surprised if he sends you off on an exploration of your own.
Chief Conservation Officer, New Jersey Audubon Society and Director Cape May Bird Observatory
When he was seven years old, Pete Dunne was presented with two instruments that would define his life. One was a pair of binoculars; the other a booka book about birds. One brought intimacy; the other understanding and through them the woodlands behind his suburban home became a portal that opened a world of discovery and wonders.
Now 59, Vice President of the New Jersey Audubon Society and Director of the Society's Cape May Bird Observatory, Pete Dunne uses his talents and energy to make the natural world real for others. Through books like Prairie Spring, Bayshore Summer, Pete Dunne on Bird Watching, The Wind Masters, Hawks In Flight, The Feather Quest, and Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion; regular columns that have appeared in Birding, Winging It, Bird Watcher's Digest, Wild Bird, Birder's World, American Birds, Living Bird, the "New Jersey Sunday Section," the New York Times and frequent speaking engagements in the United States, Canada and abroad, he weaves information, insight ad even fantasy into a net that captures minds and hearts. When not working, writing, traveling, or birding Dunne spends his time with wife Linda in the riverside village of Mauricetown, NJ.
He was an old man, who birded alone, and he had gone 84 days, now, without finding a good bird. And then he saw the strange dark-backed plover. "He can't be that good," the old man thought, but the bird WAS that good...and it is what happens next in this bird-watching parody of Hemingway's classic story, that will keep you engaged, keep you guessing and then, make you ponder the future of birding and two of its core provisions. A birder's skill and a birder's word. Following, Pete will read from and offer background insights into his newest book: ARCTIC AUTUMN--A Journey to a Season's Edge.
Mark S. Garland runs his own company, Garland Cunningham LLC, organizing and running a variety of nature-oriented tours, workshops, classes, and lectures for organizations and individuals. Birds are the primary focus of most programs. Mark is based in Cape May, NJ, where he leads workshops for the Cape May Bird Observatory, field trips for the Audubon Naturalist Society, and courses for the Road Scholar program of Elderhostel. He has led more than 200 tours to locations throughout the US, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Tanzania, and other countries. He has written hundreds of articles and one book, Watching Nature: A Mid-Atlantic Natural History. He regularly provides nature commentaries for the Metro Connection radio program on WAMU, public radio in Washington, DC. He has twice captained winning teams in the World Series of Birding. He holds BS and MS degrees from the University of Maryland. Visit his website at www.mgnature.com.
The word ecotourism describes nature-based tourism that benefits environmental protection. When the resources of a region have greater economic value intact, by attracting tourist dollars, than the potential value of the harvested resources, environmental protection makes economic and moral sense. Traveling birders are among the most consistent and important ecotourists. Vicariously visit parts of the world where traveling birders are having a huge positive impact on the environment, and see many of the birds that lure travelers from around the globe. Examples range from Costa Rica to East Africa and many parts of the USA.
President, American Birding Association
Jeffrey A. Gordon is an author, tour leader, photographer, lecturer, and ecotourism consultant who lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Well-known on the birding festival circuit for his entertaining programs and expert field-trip leading skills, Jeff now serves as the president of the American Birding Association. He was a primary contributor to the video podcasts which accompanied the new Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of North America.
In recent years The American Birding Association has experienced many changes. As the newly elected president of the ABA, Jeffrey A. Gordon is eager to attract new members to the organization, as well as bringing back former members to the ABA fold. His talk will discuss the new direction for the ABA and why birders everywhere have reason to be excited about the new ABA.
Bird Artist/Photographer, Owner of The Wildlife Gallery in Bolinas, CA.
Keith Hansen is a wildlife artist who specializes in the imaginative and accurate portrayal of birds. Coming from a large family of artists and naturalists, Keith began birding in the 6th grade. Following his older brother through the woods of Maryland, a single cedar waxwing changed his life forever. He began to illustrate birds in 1976 and has not looked back, (unless there was a bird behind him). He has illustrated 13 books, innumerable birding articles, logos, and even a 128-foot long mural. He and his wife Patricia operate Sacred Monkey Tours, a tour company specializing in nature and cultural trips to the Central American tropics.
The name of the game is a year of birding without the use of any motorized transportation. That is to say that you can count species you find while on foot, bike, canoe, hang glider, surfboard, roller blades, and/or pogo stick. You may not count species seen while driving a car, motorcycle, motorized yacht, jet ski, jet boots, or space shuttle. The end results are that you stay fit, cover your local patch, as well as, travel to distant spots that are reachable without adding to your carbon footprint. Keith will also include images from the book that he is currently illustrating: Birds of the Sierra.
Brett Harper, son of Charley and Edie Harper, was born in 1953 in Cincinnati. He grew up in Ohio before departing to earn his English degree from Brown University. He worked in agency and corporate advertising, art, and publishing until 1995, when he came back to Ohio to run the family studio. Today he is studio director and executor of the Charley and Edie Harper estates, living half the year in Lebanon, Ohio, and the other half on St. Simon's Island, Georgia, with his wife Sandy.
In this presentation Brett will share the unique perspectives of his artist parents, with a particular focus on his father's amazing work and legacy in the world of art and illustration. Charley Harper claimed to be the only wildlife artist who "had never been compared to Audubon." Charley's art distilled the subject to its most basic form but with great style and a heavy dose of humor and whimsy.
Alvaro Jaramillo was born in Chile but began birding in Toronto, Canada, where he lived as a youth. He was trained in ecology and evolution with a particular interest in bird behavior. Research forays and backpacking trips introduced Alvaro to the riches of the Neotropics, where he has traveled extensively. He is the author of the Birds of Chile, an authoritative yet portable field guide to Chile's birds. Alvaro writes the Identify Yourself column in Bird Watcher's Digest. Among various projects he is currently finishing part of the sparrow chapter for the Handbook of Birds of the World, and is writing a photo guide to the birds and wildlife of Patagonia. He runs the birding and nature tour company Alvaro's Adventures, where the focus is to have fun, learn a thing or two, and truly enjoy nature. Alvaro lives with his family in Half Moon Bay, California.
Most bird identification lectures focus on field marks, and the specifics of separating Species A from Species B. Few ask exactly how we identify birds. What is our brain going through in order to do this? How does our brain get tripped up during bird identification? Have you ever encountered the "leaf bird" the "branch bird" or, worst of all, "the plastic bag snowy owl?" Why do experts identify birds almost without thinking, while the rest of us need to struggle? Are they different from the rest of us, or are there tricks?
The truth is that bird identification is pretty tricky stuff, but our brains are wired to shortcut much of the thinking involved in doing itthe trick is training yourself to do it like a pro. That is the aim of this presentation: a lighthearted but informative explanation of how the heck the pros do it.
(Affiliation: Alvaro's Adventures, Birding and Nature Tours)
Kenn and Kimberly "banded" each other in 2005 on the roof of a hotel in the Rio Grande Valley, and then celebrated by going birding! These two "lovebirds" love birds, and have devoted their lives to promoting bird conservation. A lifelong naturalist, Kenn pursued one of the first really big big years while still a teenager, as chronicled in his cult-classic book Kingbird Highway. Much of his focus now is on the Kaufman Field Guide series, including guides to North American birds, butterflies, mammals, insects, and the brand-new Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding. Kimberly spends most of her time promoting research, education, and bird conservation through the Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO), where she is the executive director. She is also currently the president of the board of the Visitors Bureau for Ottawa County, the county in which the MBS is being held. The Kaufmans' blog, Birding with Kenn and Kimberly, shares their adventures as they travel the world and explore their own backyard in a perpetual quest for birding excitement. Even their cat gets into the act! Kirby (aka Kitty Meow-Meow Head) maintains the Cats Belong Indoors Facebook page, as a self-described "advo-cat" for keeping cats indoors.
Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman are thrilled to welcome you to northwest Ohio, the place they choose to call home. In this lively presentation, Team Kaufman will share some of the birds, people, places, and things that make northwest Ohio a great place to live, work, and GO BIRDING! They will also share some insight into some of the ways that YOU are supporting bird conservation - simply by being here to celebrate the Midwest Birding Symposium.
Ben Lizdas is the sales manager for Eagle Optics.
Ben Lizdas answers loads of questions each day from bird watchers looking to purchase the right binocular or spotting scope. This experience, along with his many appearances at birding and nature festivals across North America, makes Ben uniquely suited to offer solid advice on optics for bird watchers. Bring your optics questions along and Ben will answer them.
Jim works for the Ohio Division of Wildlife, and prior to that, he was a botanist with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. He was inaugural president of the Ohio Ornithological Society, and was the 2009 recipient of the Ludlow Griscom award, given annually by the American Birding Association to individuals who have made significant regional contributions to ornithology. He is author of Birds of Ohio; Great Lakes Nature Guide; and Wild Ohio: The Best of Our Natural Heritage. The latter won the 2010 Ohioana Book award. Jim writes a column, Nature, for the Columbus Dispatch, and is at work on a book about the warblers of eastern North America. He lives in Columbus, Ohio and regularly updates his Ohio Birds and Biodiversity Blog: jimmccormac.blogspot.com.
Birds dont operate in a vacuum. It takes plants, insects, mammals and more to stoke their fires. The intricacies of ecology that cascade up to a gorgeous yellow-throated vireo or fiercely predatory short-eared owl are often so incredible it verges on fantasy. Knowledge of these relationships fuels the imagination and adds wonder to even the common. Learning bird ID and names is great, but its just the beginning learning what makes birds tick opens an entirely new dimension.
Greg Miller has been birding for about 50 years and has birded in all 50 states. He was formerly on the board of directors for Southern Maryland Audubon Society and for the Ohio Ornithological Society.
In 1998 Greg did a Big Year in an effort to see as many species of birds as possible in one calendar year. Greg and two other birders broke the 700-species mark in 1998. The individual stories of the three birders were documented in Mark Obmascik's 2004 book, The Big Year. The book made the USA Today's Best Books of 2004, and was a New York Times Best Seller.
The Big Year has been made into a feature-length film, starring Jack Black, Steve Martin, Angelica Huston, and Owen Wilson. Filming was completed in the summer of 2010 and the birding community is eagerly awaiting news of the film's official release date.
The Midwest Birding Symposium is hoping to offer a preview/extended trailer of this film during the 2011 MBS. Details will be posted on the MBS website soon.
Greg Miller not only did a Big Year in 1998 (seeing more than 700 species!) he also was written about in a book called The Big Year AND his experiences are being made into a film, titled The Big Year. Greg served as a birding advisor to the film and spent a lot of time on the set, hanging out with the movie stars. His talk will cover his Big Year birding adventures from 1998 as well as his experience with the film.
Michael O'Brien is an artist, author, and VENT tour leader living in Cape May, New Jersey. He has a passionate interest in bird sounds and field identification, and a serious addiction to migration and nocturnal birding. When not traveling, Michael serves as an Associate Naturalist for Cape May Bird Observatory, for whom he conducts numerous birding workshops. He is co-author of The Shorebird Guide and Flight Calls of Migratory Birds, and his illustrations can be seen in the newest National Geographic and Peterson field guides.
When autumn winds blow from the north, the nighttime sky can be filled with high-pitched seeps, zips, dzrrts, and tsews of migrating birds. Attempting to identify these sounds is one of those esoteric, fringe elements of birding that most bird watchers all but ignore. However, this fringe is gaining popularity as identification criteria become more clearly understood. This program will provide tips on how to listen to nocturnal flight calls and learn to identify some of the more frequently heard species.
(Affiliation: Victor Emanuel Nature Tours www.ventbird.com)
Wyatt is from Avon, Ohio. His interest in birding was sparked on a visit to Sandy Ridge in North Ridgeville, Ohio in 2007. One of his favorite birds is the fascinating Greater Prairie-Chicken. Wyatt enjoys all aspects of nature. He is a member of the OYBC's Youth Advisory Panel. At the 2010 Shreve Migration Sensation, Wyatt and Sarah Winnicki gave a presentation to young people called Birding Basics 101. Besides birding, Wyatt also enjoys playing the violin, swimming, playing football, fishing, hunting, and traveling.
Sarah is from Medina, Ohio. She has been bird watching for as long as she can remember, but she never really got obsessed until the first OYBC January Gull Walk. Since then, she has traveled across the U.S. in search of birds, including a trip throughout the West that included a day spent falling in love with California Condors at Grand Canyon National Park. More recently she has been trying to extend the joy of birding to others in her area through her work at the county parks and societies such as Envirothon. In October 2009, her article Diary of a Young Birder was published in the American Birding Associations Newsletter Winging It. Besides birding she also enjoys Academic Challenge, art, band, and volunteer work. Sarah is a member of the OYBC's Youth Advisory Panel. Sarah presented at the 2009 OYBC conference about the California Condors. She also presented at the 2010 Shreve Migration Sensation festival and at a Kelleys Island Audubon Society meeting.
Join student leaders of the Ohio Young Birders Club, Sarah Winnicki and Wyatt Miller, as they present this lively, informative, and interactive program covering all the tips you need to get the entire family out birding. Sarah and Wyatt will cover the basics of choosing optics field guides that will work for all ages; where, when, and how to look for birds; and also provide the youth perspective insight into why they believe birding is the PERFECT family activity!
Nicole Perretta has been birding and bird calling for 30 years. She can imitate 158 bird calls and has performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Nicole teaches bird calling workshops throughout the western United States, has worked professionally as an aviculturist, and is a bird illustrator. Her work has been published in a variety of books and ornithological journals.
In this workshop we will learn the tools of imitating birds vocally so you can interact with wild birds and enhance your bird watching experience. We will discuss where and when to use calls and which calls get the best responses. You will be stretching your vocal chords beyond their normal limits, so bring drinking water and laughter.
Diane Porter, along with her husband Michael Porter, runs the very popular website birdwatching.com. Diane describes herself as crazy about birds and birding. And when she's not watching birds, she likes to nudge other people along to start watching birds too. She believes it's a good thing. For the people. For the birds. For the planet. In addition to birdwatching.com, the Porters have written for a variety of bird publications, and regularly contribute optics articles and field tests for Bird Watcher's Digest. Diane is a passionate backyard bird watcher and takes great pleasure in closely observing the birds around the Porters' rural Iowa home.
No room in your budget or schedule to take off for Belize? Well, peak birding experiences await you in your local area and even in your own back yard. Study the year-round life cycle of your resident birds, become aware of the seasonal changes in birds' appearance and behavior, and enjoy the local tides of migration. Learn how to start seeing your bird neighbors as individuals, each with its own personality and habits. Beyond merely identifying bird songs, begin to understand what your birds are saying. Contribute to the scientific record, in the tradition of Margaret Morse Nice, who studied song sparrows near her home. Become the world's greatest bird expert on your own spot on Earth. Deep-birding expands your vision and make your everyday observations profound and fun.
Marie Read is an acclaimed wildlife photographer from near Ithaca, New York, who specializes in birds and bird behavior. Her numerous photo credits include Bird Watcher's Digest, Living Bird, Birds & Blooms, Nature's Best, National Wildlife, Ranger Rick, and National Geographic as well as many other magazines, calendars, and books worldwide. During her 25-year photography career, she's traveled to Australia, East Africa, and Central America in search of subjects, but has taken many of her most memorable and beautiful images in her own backyard.
She is the author of many articles and photo essays about birds and bird photography, as well as two books Secret Lives of Common Birds: Enjoying Bird Behavior Through the Seasons, and Common Birds & Their Songs (with Lang Elliott).
Follow Marie (by the way, her first name is pronounced MAH-ree, not mah-REE) as she takes you on a journey inside the lives of many of North America's most photogenic birds. She'll tell you the inside story of HOW she captured her stunning images. She also shares images from her latest photo projects, and offers a wealth of tips everyone can use to improve their own bird photography.
Bonus workshop: MBS registrants attending Marie's program will have the opportunity to sign up for a field workshop with her on Saturday morning.
What happens when it is no longer just species or unique habitats, but environmental conservation itself that is endangered? This is the concern raised by award-winning ornithologist and author, John C. Robinson. In this presentation based on his latest book and years of interactions with environmental educators from around the world, Robinson explains why minority involvement in environmental issues will become ever more vital to long-term conservation efforts and the preservation of our natural resources. In particular, he will identify the top barriers environmental educators and ambassadors of nature face when attempting to connect inner city and minority youth or young adults to bird watching or the exploration of nature. Robinson has worked as a wildlife biologist and professional ornithologist for over 30 years, including stints with the USDA and US Fish & Wildlife Service. He is the author of numerous books, including Common Birds of Mount Diablo, Secret of the Snow Leopard, and the comprehensive North American Bird Reference Book CD-ROM.
Bridget Stutchbury was born in Montreal and raised in Toronto. She completed her M.Sc. at Queen's University and her Ph.D. at Yale, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Institution. She is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Ecology and Conservation Biology at York University, Toronto. Since the 1980s, she has studied the behavior, ecology, and conservation of migratory birds. She is author of the books Silence of the Songbirds (2007) and The Private Lives of Birds (2010).
Bridget Stutchbury will speak about her recent book, The Private Lives of Birds, and will explain why some birds readily divorce their partners, why females sneak copulations with neighboring males, and why mothers sometimes desert their babies. She will reveal her latest research that uses geolocators to track individual wood thrushes and purple martins as they migrate to Central and South America for the winter.
(Affiliation: Dept. of Biology, York University)
Bill Thompson, III has been called The Pied Piper of Birdingtake a field trip with BT3 and you'll know why. As the editor of Bird Watcher's Digest, the popular bimonthly magazine that has been published by his family since 1978, he has helped to inform and entertain hundreds of thousands of bird watchers during his four decades of birding. Bill is the author of numerous books, the most recent of which is Hummingbirds & Butterflies, which he co-authored with his co-presenter, Connie Toops.
Author and nature photographer Connie Toops has been designing backyard wildlife habitats for two decades. There's a rumor Bird Watcher's Digest editor Bill Thompson III was born with binoculars in hand. Thompson & Toops teamed up to produce the new Bird Watcher's Digest/Peterson Field Guide Backyard Birding Guide: Attracting Hummingbirds and Butterflies (Houghton-Mifflin, April 2011). They offer a lighthearted tag-team presentation to answer questions about luring these fascinating creatures into your backyard.
Connie Toops is an accomplished nature writer and photographer with more than three decades of experience documenting natural history subjects. She is the author and principal photographer of nine books, including Hummingbirds: Jewels in Flight, Bluebirds Forever, Great Smoky Mountains, and Florida Everglades. One of Connie's essays appears in the popular Houghton Mifflin book, Good Birders Don't Wear White: 50 Tips from North America's Top Birders.
Since 1978 Connie's articles and photos have appeared in dozens of conservation-oriented magazines. Her stock photography has graced trade and textbooks, advertising, annual reports, calendars, cards, and museum exhibits. Connie writes and provides photos for several birding magazines and travels the country speaking on birding, wildlife gardening, and nature photography subjects.
Connie is also a skilled naturalist. Before beginning her career in photojournalism, she worked at Colonial, Rocky Mountain, Shenandoah, Everglades, and Crater Lake National Parks. Her husband Pat was a career park ranger for 28 years. Connie and Pat landscaped several former suburban yards to attract backyard wildlife so she could photograph birds, butterflies, and other wild creatures in natural settings. In 2002 the Toops moved to Lost Cove Farm, a 128-acre mountainside in western North Carolina, where they grow much of their own food and invite wildlife into their big backyard.
Author and nature photographer Connie Toops has been designing backyard wildlife habitats for two decades. There's a rumor that Bird Watcher's Digest editor Bill Thompson, III, was born with binoculars in hand. Thompson & Toops teamed up to produce the new Bird Watcher's Digest/Peterson Field Guide Backyard Birding Guide: Attracting Hummingbirds and Butterflies (Houghton-Mifflin, April 2011). They offer a lighthearted tag-team presentation to answer questions about luring these fascinating creatures into your backyard.
Louise Zemaitis is an artist, naturalist, and leader for Victor Emanuel Nature Tours. She lives in Cape May, New Jersey, where she is a popular field trip leader teaching birding workshops as an Associate Naturalist with New Jersey Audubon's Cape May Bird Observatory. She also enjoys leading birding groups and lecturing at birding festivals, and is known for her enthusiasm for all natural history subjects. Louise and her husband, Michael O'Brien, have been guiding young birders at birding events and conferences for many years. In addition to leading, Louise is coordinator of the Monarch Monitoring Project in Cape May, compiler of the Cape May Christmas Bird Count, and member of the Cape May Artists' Cooperative. An honors graduate of Temple University's Tyler School of Art, she enjoys working as a freelance artist, and her illustrations have been widely published.
Birding can become a lifelong pursuit. One can easily focus on the finer points of identification or the quest for life birds without seeing the big picture. In this presentation, Louise will talk about birds within their natural habitats, shared with other organisms. Learning more about the context within which we see birds will heighten one's awareness of how birds live and improve birding skills.
Julie Zickefoose is an artist, naturalist, and writer who specializes in natural history. Her writing is based on keen observation of animal and human behavior, and she likes to interweave solid natural history information with larger philosophical themes to challenge and inspire the reader. Julie contributes three-minute natural history commentaries to National Public Radio's All Things Considered. She illustrates her books and magazine articles with her own sketches and watercolor paintings. Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. She lives at Indigo Hill, an 80-acre wildlife sanctuary in Appalachian Ohio with her husband Bill Thompson, III, their children Phoebe and Liam, and their dog Chet Baker.
Theodore Roosevelt said that to truly know someone, you had to share a tent with them. If Julie Zickefoose can claim nothing else, she is intimately familiar with a number of different species of birds. In many cases, this is because she has cared for them when they are orphaned or injured. Her upcoming book, "The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds" is an illuminated memoir of a lifetime spent living with, healing and nurturing birds. In this illustrated talk, she'll share the experience of being a mother to hummingbirds, chimney swifts, waxwings and bluebirds, among many others. The job is not in high demandthe dawn-to-dusk hours and monotony, with feedings every half-hourrule out many applicants. But the rewards are rich. The reward is in understanding how a bird thinks, how it develops, and how it might react to any given situation. It's an understanding so deep that it goes beyond words. That empathy with wild birds is her pay for a job very few choose to take on. That, and the stories that come out of the experiencestories begging to be shared.


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Welcome to the Top 12 performance show! We have switched up the partners again and the dancers are ready to give it their all for your votes Canada. Leah hits the stage and introduces our judges for the evening. Jean-Marc Genereux, Tre Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Luther Brown and the hottest tamale of them all, Mary Murphy. Leah reminds us all of Season 4 auditions starting right away so if you're interested, start practising. Okay, lets begin. First up, Janick and Denys.
They are paired up for the Paso Doble with Natalli and Francis from Season 1 of the show. With Denys being in his genre, he helped out Janick a lot. So lets see if it paid off. The stage is COVERED in rose petals and Janick's dress is gorgeous and Denys is the ultimate matador. They both have fire in their eyes as they move across the floor in their first sequence. Denys does a jump to the front I could have lived without, but they carry on and end in a great left with Janick upside down. Practise made perfecrt.
Here's what the judges said: Mary said it was terrific, strong and dramatic. Luther said Denys is the strongest male ballroom dancer he's seen on the show and is so proud of Janick. Blake says Denys is his favorite and Janick is also one of his favorites as well. Tre said hands down excellent and great way to start the show. Jean-Marc thanks the choreographers and is so happy with the performance.
Here's what I think: Denys is one of the strongest males on the show I agree and Janick is a beast. I think this was a great start to the show and these two will be safe for sure.
Last night was epic! If you didn't watch the Britney Glee episode, you don't know what you're missing (or maybe you do and you're just purposefully being that person that doesn't want to do something because everyone else is). Regardless, it was a success. I was laughing my ass off AND I was blown away by Heather Morris who was KILLING IT in her Britney Spears routines. Heather Morris was one of the top trending topics on Twitter in the United States and WORLDWIDE and in the United States last night. That episode has brought her career to a whole new level & I wouldn't be surprised if SNL came knocking on her door next. Imagine being her, dancing to Britney (with Britney on set), in Britney's costumes, seducing John Stamos in a chaise. I mean, really?! Does it get better?
In comparison to the Lady Gaga and Madonna themed Glee episodes, Britney proved Stronger in terms of getting more viewers to tune in. I enjoyed the episode much more than the Gaga/Madonna ones, but I will admit that it did help that Britney did make some cameos in the episode, whereas Madonna and Gaga did not.
New York recording artist, Chase (otherwise known as Michael Chase DiMartino) has just informed me that he's released another delicious song/video called "Hard Candy". The song us just as catchy as the last one I told you about, "Nasty Habit," but the sexuality and hotness factor went through the roof with this video. Actually, there's two videos – a part one and two. If you read my last post, you may remember that Michael Chase DiMartino is also a Sign Language interpreter. He started making videos on YouTube, remaking hit songs like Bad Romance, etc., but in sign language. Then, he went onto creating his own. With the release of this video, Chase has discussed a little about his sexuality. He starts off by saying:
"Gay? Who me? Not such a big issue to me. I don't believe music has a gender. It has no sex. The art of music does not differentiate between its gay or straight counterparts. For myself, I identify as gay only because it seems to be the most …easily explained, and also, more readily accepted. But if I were to break it down, I would say this: 'I truly believe myself to love a person for who they are. Gender unattached. I believe that if the right female came along, I could fall in love (and have, with women in the past). But as it stands right now, I am in love with one who happens to be a male.' "
Good grief. The 22 year old is my favorite Jersey Shore girl, but I really don't think she needs a BOOK DEAL! Seriously? Jersey Shore's Snooki (AKA Nicole Polizzi). The novel will be called "A Shore Thing," and it will be published by Gallery Books in January 2011.
The editor-in-chief of Gallery Books asks, "Who better than Snooki to write a fun, sexy novel about a single girl looking for love on the Jersey Shore?"
And there you have it: The scandalous, slutty, shorty from the shore is going to be an author. I'm sure all those real authors out there are thrilled to welcome her to the book club.
Lucasfilm announced today that all six of the Star Wars movies will be returning to theaters to follow the trend in 3-D films. The first film to hit the screen will be Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, which will be released sometime in 2012. Wowsa, this is gonna take forever to get through all six of them.
The conversion to 3-D is being handled by an outside company, headed by visual effects supervisor John Knoll. He informed Variety, "Having seen a lot of stereo material, I have very strong opinions about what I like and don't like about stereo. It's not going to look like [conversions] we've seen in the past."
The video for Shakira's "Loca" was just released today, and it is hot, hot, hot. In the sexy city of Barcelona, Spain, the Columbian superstar shakes her hips & roller skates all around town among fans, even ending up in a water fountain, in her guerilla style video. The video was directed by Jaume de Laiguana, who also directed her "No" and "Gypsy" vids.
A shirtless Dizzee Rascal (Rapper who has four #1 singles in his home, the UK) puts on his own spin as he raps in the video on the beach.
A source told The Daily Star that, "The lyrics of Loca are about Shakira being crazy so she wanted a video that really showed her personality". You may have heard that last month Shakira was fined by Spanish authorities for dancing in the fountain without a permit.
At last, the heavily promoted Britney Spears finally aired last night. So how was it? "Ooops, they did it again", Ryan Murphy delivered another entertaining episode. It wasn't as good as last week, but I enjoyed it. Not sure if it was because of the storyline or just my tremendous LOVE for Brittany S. Pierce. While the artist-centric episodes are fun to watch, I much prefer the episodes where the performances are based on different musical acts.
Besides Miss Britney Spears making three surprise cameos throughout the episode, the show featured the debut of John Stamos as Emma's new hotto dentist boyfriend and the return of Will's ex-wife, Terri. Stamos is 47-years-old, but still as tasty as ever. That salt-n-pepper thing really works for him.
The episode titled "Britney/Brittany" also marked the singing debut of Heather Morris' Brittany. Considering she's a dancer first, her voice wasn't bad. Definitely at the same level as other noted dancers who later became singers, like Paula Abdul and Jennifer Lopez. Glad to see the producers finally dedicate an entire episode on Brittany. Once again, she was on fire with her signature random one-liners.
Britney Spears even tweeted while watching the episode. I've placed a few of her tweets after each performance. The rest of her comments can be found at the end of the post.
DAY-UM, Heather Morris (Brittany) has a smokin' body. And don't even get me started on her dancing. Glee's Brittany can dance circles around the other Britney. PS. How lucky was she to straddle John Stamos during her routine. This is the first time we've heard Heather sing and she surprised me. She's actually not half bad. Probably auto-tuned to death, not much different from Miss Spears herself.
Britney's tweet: "Slave: Oh…My…God…!"
Britney's tweet: "I know how hard it is to dance with that snake! Nice job…."
Michale Buble does Justin Bieber. No, not that way. Get your mind out of the gutters. The Canadian crooner pays homage, slash pokes fun of the Canadian tween sensation. Bieber isn't the only one, Buble impersonates for his "Hollywood" music video. Clint Eastwood, James Dean and other Hollywood stereotypes are other personas Buble takes on.
"The video is about celebrity culture, people's dreams about fame and what can go with it,… You can see what fun I had playing the characters." – Michael Buble
The track is not as catchy as his "Haven't Met You Yet" single or video, but it's still very peppy. "Hollywood" is making a decent showing on the Billboard charts, especially the AC one. Buble is his usual charming self in the video, and it's great to see his comedic side. His Bieber costume is pretty bang on. Thanks for giving me an idea for a Halloween costume this year.


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I'm seeing conflicting information on Verizon's website. One place says that Comedy Central is not included with the non-sports Select package and another place says Comedy Central IS included.Can anyone confirm (possibly someone with the package) that it really is or is not included? I'm not trusting the website at this point. Robert
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National Athletic Goods is based and manufactured in Vancouver BC, and have established themselves as a premium sportswear brand inspirited by vintage American athletic wear during the 1930's to the 60's.
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A Kind of Guise was founded in 2009 in Munich Germany, and their first collection was actually a small range of bags, that they hand crafted using vintage leathers they found from an old medicine ball manufacturer in Germany.
New York based Ovadia & Sons knows exactly how to create a menswear line with just the right amount of refinement.
Axs Folk Technology makes a favourite transitional item of ours, with the Wideneck Anorak currently available in a black leopard custom print.
The Highland Pant by Engineered Garments is one of my favourite pant options for this season.
Best Made Co.'s in-house line, Seamless & Steadfast, have created a couple of tall enamel tumblers that hold approximately 1 pint– for those among us who love a good camp mug.
Founder and designer Ben Masters of Scout Seattle has been pretty busy over the summer months.
Wool socks. A pair of high quality and expertly made wool socks should never be underestimated, in fact I'd buy two pairs.
Save Khaki United is an American-made men's lifestyle brand consisting of contemporary American sportswear with a focus on wardrobe basics.
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September 6th marked the launch of a new outerwear line at Filson with designer Nigel Cabourn at the helm of the design.
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How important political power is to the ordinary black person?
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Climate change predictions have been wrong for decades because they are not based on science but on government sponsored "research."
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Let's update college indoctrination done in the name of education.
Cancer of Multiculturalism
President Obama's vision is that of a man brainwashed through an academic vision of multiculturalism, in which American exceptionalism has no place.
Shame: How America's Past Sins Have Polarized Our Country
Liberals believe that black people's fate is determined by the beneficence of white people and government programs.
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Knowing results alone cannot establish whether there is fairness or justice.
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The best that politicians can do is to give parents and children who are serious about education a mechanism to opt out of rotten schools. That option is something the education establishment fights tooth and nail against.
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This year's congressional efforts to reduce corporate income tax will create great opportunities for demagogues.
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Leftists and progressives believe that the U.S. should become more like Europe. They praise Europe's massive welfare state, socialized medicine and stifling economic regulation and accept its unwillingness to defend itself against barbarism.
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"Whether one is a conservative or a radical, a protectionist or a free trader, a cosmopolitan or a nationalist, a churchman or a heathen, it is useful to know the causes and consequences of economic phenomena."
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Changes include a plan that would dismantle the agency in the hopes of injecting both improved care and increased choices for veterans.
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Despite a slight upturn in lending, some say UAE banks are still reluctant to grant personal loans. But others believe that consumers are the wary ones.
February 24, 2010 4:11 by Aarti Nagraj
Earlier this month, the UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan bin Nasser al-Suwaidi confirmed that banks operating in the Emirates currently had no capital problems. "The liquidity is good," he said, adding that if the need arose, the central bank would consider further measures.
So since they have adequate liquidity, should banks take the onus, and increase lending to consumers in order to improve the economy? As some experts at the Abu Dhabi Economic Forum commented, should they not shoulder more social responsibility, and be willing to take more risks?
They might, if they had adequate demand, according to Mohamed Jaber, vice president at Morgan Stanley. Speaking at the forum, he said that while it's easy to say that banks are not lending, the problem is also from the demand side, as many consumers have been spooked by the crisis, and are not interested in taking loans. It is essential to look at both the demand and supply sides, he said.
Do you think the balance between supply and demand will be spurred by consumers, or by the banks? Have you been thinking about taking any loans recently? If yes, did you find it very hard to obtain credit from banks here?
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Postpartum depression (PPD), also called postnatal depression, is a type of clinical depression which can affect women after childbirth. Symptoms may include sadness, low energy, changes in sleeping and eating patterns, reduced desire for sex, crying episodes, anxiety, and irritability. While many women experience self-limited, mild symptoms postpartum, postpartum depression should be suspected when symptoms are severe and have lasted over two weeks.
Although a number of risk factors have been identified, the causes of PPD are not well understood. Hormonal change is hypothesized to contribute as one cause of postpartum depression. The emotional effects of postpartum depression can include sleep deprivation, anxiety about parenthood and caring for an infant, identity crisis, a feeling of loss of control over life, and lack of support from a romantic or sexual partner."[1] Many women recover with treatment such as a support group, counseling, or medication.[2][3]
Studies report prevalence rates among women from 5% to 25%, but methodological differences among the studies make the actual prevalence rate unclear. Among men, in particular new fathers, the incidence of postpartum depression has been estimated to be between 1% and 25.5%.[4]
Symptoms of PPD can occur any time in the first year postpartum.[5] These symptoms include, but are not limited to:
Postpartum depression usually begins between two weeks to a month after delivery.[7] Recent studies have shown that fifty percent of postpartum depressive episodes actually begin prior to delivery.[8] Therefore, in the DSM-5, postpartum depression is diagnosed under "depressive disorder with peripartum onset", in which "peripartum onset" is defined as anytime either during pregnancy or within the four weeks following delivery. PPD may last several months or even a year.[9] Postpartum depression can also occur in women who have suffered a miscarriage.[10]
Postpartum depression can interfere with normal maternal-infant bonding and adversely affect child development. Postpartum depression may lead mothers to be inconsistent with childcare.[11] Children of mothers with PPD have been found to have higher rates of emotional problems, behavioral problems, psychiatric diagnoses (such as oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder, and hyperactivity.[12][13] Infanticide during postpartum depression is a very rare event. It is more likely to occur in mothers experiencing postpartum psychosis or in women with a history of previous psychiatric hospital admissions.[14]
The cause of PPD is not well understood. Hormonal changes, genetics, and major life events have been hypothesized as potential causes.
Evidence suggests that hormonal changes may play a role. Hormones which have been studied include estrogen, progesterone, thyroid hormone, testosterone, corticotropin releasing hormone, and cortisol.[15] One study has shown that women with a history of postpartum depression have a higher likelihood of depression when quickly tapered off supra-therapeutic levels of estrogen and progesterone, than women without a history of postpartum depression.[16] Additionally, in 2009, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, reported the levels of placental corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) during the 25th week of pregnancy may help predict a woman's chance of developing postpartum depression.[17] Nevertheless, fathers, who are not undergoing profound hormonal changes, can also suffer postpartum depression.[18] The etiology may be distinct in males.
Profound lifestyle changes that are brought about by caring for the infant are also frequently hypothesized to cause PPD. However, little evidence supports this hypothesis. Mothers who have had several previous children without suffering PPD can nonetheless suffer it with their latest child.[19] Additionally, most women experience profound lifestyle changes with their first pregnancy, yet most do not suffer PPD.[citation needed]
While the causes of PPD are not understood, a number of factors have been suggested to increase the risk:
Of these risk factors, formula-feeding, a history of depression, and cigarette smoking have been shown to have additive effects.[21]
These above factors are known to correlate with PPD. This correlation does not mean these factors are causal. Rather, they might both be caused by some third factor. Contrastingly, some factors almost certainly attribute to the cause of postpartum depression, such as lack of social support.[24]
Not surprisingly, women with fewer resources indicate a higher level of postpartum depression and stress than those women with more financial resources. Rates of PPD have been shown to decrease as income increases.[25] Women with fewer resources may be more likely to have an unintended or unwanted pregnancy, increasing risk of PPD. Single mothers of low income may have fewer resources to which they have access while transitioning into motherhood.
Studies have also shown a correlation between a mother's race and postpartum depression. For race, African American mothers have been shown to have the highest risk of PPD at 25%, while Asians had the lowest at 11.5%, after controlling for social factors such as age, income, education, marital status, and baby's health were controlled. The PPD rates for American Indians, Caucasian and Hispanic women fell in between.[25]
Sexual orientation[26] has also been studied as a risk factor for PPD. In a 2007 study conducted by Ross and colleagues, lesbian and bisexual mothers were tested for PPD and then compared with a heterosexual sample. It was found that lesbian and bisexual biological mothers had significantly higher Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale scores than heterosexual women in the sample.[26] These higher rates of PPD in lesbian/bisexual mothers may reflect less social support, particularly from their families of origin and additional stress due to homophobic discrimination in society.[27]
A meta-analysis reviewing research on the association of violence and postpartum depression showed that violence against women increases the incidence of postpartum depression.[28] About one-third of women throughout the world will experience physical and/or sexual violence at some point in their lives.[29] Violence against women occurs in conflict, post-conflict, and non-conflict areas.[29] It is important to note that the research reviewed only looked at violence experienced by women from male perpetrators, but did not consider violence inflicted on men or women by women. Further, violence against women was defined as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to women".[28] Psychological and cultural factors associated with increased incidence of postpartum depression include family history of depression, stressful life events during early puberty or pregnancy, anxiety or depression during pregnancy, and low social support.[26][28] Violence against women is a chronic stressor, so depression may occur when someone is no longer able to respond to the violence.[28]
Research suggests that PPD is a functional component of human reproductive decision-making, supporting the notion that PPD allows mothers to decline investment in their offspring when resources are limited.[30]
Human infants require an extraordinary degree of care. Lack of support and insufficient investment from fathers and/or other family members increase the costs that are borne by mothers, whereas infant health problems reduce the evolutionary benefits to be gained.[30] If ancestral mothers did not receive enough support from fathers or other family members, they may not have been able to afford to raise the new infant without harming any existing children, or damaging their own health (nursing depletes mothers' nutritional stores, placing the health of poorly nourished women in jeopardy).
For mothers suffering inadequate social support or other costly and stressful circumstances, negative emotions directed towards a new infant could serve an important evolved function by causing the mother to reduce her investment in an unaffordable infant, thereby reducing her costs. Numerous studies support the correlation between postpartum depression and lack of social support or other childcare stressors.[20][30] Kruckman, using observations from anthropological field work, suggests that supportive rituals and knowledge, if projected to the mother in a meaningful and sincere fashion, can affect the hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenal function and the production of endocrine signal molecules, and reduce the expression of anxiety or panic in postpartum women.[31][32]
Mothers with postpartum depression can unconsciously exhibit fewer positive emotions and more negative emotions toward their children, are less responsive and less sensitive to infant cues, less emotionally available, have a less successful maternal role attainment, and have infants that are less securely attached; and in more extreme cases, some women may have thoughts of harming their children.[20][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] In other words, most mothers with PPD are suffering some kind of cost, like inadequate social support, and consequently are mothering less.[improper synthesis?]
In this view, mothers with PPD do not have a mental illness, but instead cannot afford to take care of the new infant without more social support, more resources, etc. Treatment should therefore focus on helping mothers get what they need.[30][42]
The common term, postpartum depression, no longer exists as a diagnosis in the DSM-4, nor the DSM-5. In the DSM-5, postpartum depression would be diagnosed as a "depressive disorder with peripartum onset". Peripartum onset is defined as starting anytime during pregnancy or within the four weeks following delivery. There is no longer a distinction made between depressive episodes that occur during pregnancy or those that occur after delivery.[43] Nevertheless, the majority of experts continue to diagnose postpartum depression as depression with onset anytime within the first year after delivery.[22]
The criteria required for the diagnosis of postpartum depression are the same as those required to make a diagnosis of non-childbirth related major depression or minor depression. The criteria include at least five of the following nine symptoms, within a two week period:[43]
Postpartum blues is a transient postpartum mood disorder characterized by milder depressive symptoms than postpartum depression. Symptoms resolve within two weeks.[44]
Postpartum psychosis is a separate mental health disorder which is sometimes erroneously referred to as postpartum depression. It is less common than PPD, and it involves the onset of psychotic symptoms that may include thought disturbances, hallucinations, delusions and/or disorganised speech or behaviour. The prevalence of postpartum psychosis in the general population is 1–2 per 1,000 childbirths. However, the rate is 100 times higher in women with bipolar disorder or a previous history of postpartum psychosis. Bipolar disorder and, to a lesser extent, schizophrenia, have elevated prevalences in postpartum psychosis.[45] Previous research looked at the relationship between childbirth and postpartum psychosis. Using data on 54,000 births over a 12-year period, researchers found that psychiatric admissions were seven times more likely in the first 30 days after childbirth than in the pre-pregnancy period. Additionally, among women who developed postpartum psychosis after childbirth, 72%–80% had bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder and 12% had schizophrenia. Indicators of a possible bipolar diagnosis include a history of missed or misdiagnosed mood episodes, any previous mania or hypomania, and a family history of bipolar disorder or postpartum psychosis.[45]
Treatment for postnatal psychosis is essential; it will not go away without medical attention.[5]
In the US, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists suggests healthcare providers consider depression screening for perinatal women.[46] Additionally, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends pediatricians screen mothers for PPD at 1-month, 2-month and 4-month visits.[47] However, many providers do not consistently provide screening and appropriate follow-up.[46] For example, in Canada, Alberta is the only province with universal PPD screening. This screening is carried out by Public Health nurses with the baby's immunization schedule.
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, a standardised self-reported questionnaire, may be used to identify women who have postpartum depression.[48] If the new mother scores 13 or more, she likely has PPD and further assessment should follow.[48]
A 2013 Cochrane review found evidence that psychosocial or psychological intervention after childbirth helped reduce the risk of postnatal depression.[49][50] These interventions included home visits, telephone-based peer support, and interpersonal psychotherapy.[49]
A major part of prevention is being informed about the risk factors, and the medical community can play a key role in identifying and treating postpartum depression. Women should be screened by their physician to determine their risk for acquiring postpartum depression. Also, proper exercise and nutrition appear to play a role in preventing postpartum, and depressed mood in general.
A variety of treatment options exist for PPD, and treatment may include a combination of therapies. If the cause of PPD can be identified, treatment should be aimed accordingly. If a woman with PPD does not feel she is being taken seriously, or is being recommended a treatment plan with which she is not comfortable, she may wish to seek a second opinion.[5]
Both individual social and psychological interventions appear effective in the treatment of PPD.[51] Other forms of therapy, such as group therapy and home visits, are also effective treatments.[5] Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy has been developed and tested, and has shown promising results with lower negative parenting behavior scores in those who participated. It is unclear if acupuncture, massage, bright lights, or taking omega-3 fatty acids are useful.[52] .
There is evidence which suggests that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are effective treatment for PPD.[53] However, the quality of the evidence is low given it is based on very few studies and patients. It remains unclear which antidepressants are most effective for treatment of PPD, and for whom antidepressants would be a better option than non-pharmacotherapy.[53] A recent study has found that adding sertraline, a specific SSRI, to psychotherapy does not appear to confer an additional benefit.[54]
Postpartum depression is found across the globe, with rates varying from 11% to 42%.[55]
According to the National Institutes of Mental Health, studies show that the childbearing years are when a woman is most likely to experience depression in her lifetime. Approximately 15% of all women will experience postpartum depression following the birth of a child.[56]
In the past, developmentalists have underestimated the importance of a father's interactions with the child in early development.[12] However, researchers have recently found that father involvement in early life has significant effects on subsequent child development. These studies include infants' exposure to paternal depression and its repercussions on the child's development.[57]
Research on postpartum depression have mostly focused on mothers, but studies have shown that fathers also pose a risk of experiencing postpartum depression, though a lower prevalence than in mothers.[57] Compared to mothers, fathers face lower levels of anxiety towards fatherhood and typically take part less in direct care for the child, reducing their susceptibility to PPD.[58] In addition, researchers have depicted a positive correlation between maternal postnatal depression and paternal depression, most likely due to factors such as marital satisfaction, a strong predictor for PPD.[57] Some studies propose that maternal depression plays a causal role in the development of postnatal depression in fathers.[57]
Furthermore, the prevalence of PPD in fathers inversely correlates with socioeconomic status, in which the PPD in fathers increased as socioeconomic status declined.[58] Similarly, unemployed fathers also demonstrated greater vulnerability to developing PPD.[58]
Several negative development outcomes in children have been associated with paternal depression. In a cross-sectional study, pre-school children, three to five years of age, who faced paternal depression as infants developed increased behavioral problems relating to conduct and hyperactivity.[12] In other words, paternal depression in early life places the child at a higher risk for developing behavioral issues, especially in early childhood.[57] The results of the study also indicated a higher incidence of behavioral problems, as a result of paternal postpartum depression, in boys than in girls.[12] Generally, boys more sensitively responded to the father's parenting, explaining the increased tendency of the boys to develop behavioral issues.[12]
The study proposes several explanations for the development of behavioral issues. Similar to maternal depression, fathers experiencing depression find it more difficult to care for their children and to fulfill their roles and responsibilities in the family. As a result, early interaction between the father and the child may decrease.[12] Also, indirect causes of depression, such as marital stress and tension, could also be a factor in the increase in behavior problems.[12]
Prevention and treatment for parental postnatal depression follow the same guidelines as in maternal depression. Awareness through consulting services by doctors and nurses of postpartum depression, baby care, and the attachment and relationship between the parents and the child will provide fathers with the necessary information to avoid depression.[58]
Malay culture holds a belief in Hantu Meroyan; a spirit that resides in the placenta and amniotic fluid[citation needed]. When this spirit is unsatisfied and venting resentment, it causes the mother to experience frequent crying, loss of appetite, and trouble sleeping, known collectively as "sakit meroyan". The mother can be cured with the help of a shaman, who performs a séance to force the spirits to leave.[59] Some cultures believe that the symptoms of postpartum depression or similar illnesses can be avoided through protective rituals in the period after birth. Chinese women participate in a ritual that is known as "doing the month" in which they spend the first 30 days after giving birth resting in bed, while the mother or mother-in-law takes care of domestic duties and childcare. In addition, the new mother is not allowed to bathe, wash her hair, leave the house, or be blown by the wind.[60]


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The Owen County grand jury recently handed down the following indictments:
l Eric M. Stivers, 37, on the charges of first-degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, operating motor vehicle while license suspended, failure of owner to maintain required insurance, improper registration plate, no Kentucky registration receipt, failure to wear seatbelt .
A tie-breaking vote approved an ordinance that raises the county's insurance license fee by two percent at the Owen County Fiscal Court's March 10 meeting.
The ordinance sets the fee at 7.5 percent, the rate the fee was set at when originally approved in 1990.
The original ordinance had been amended twice under two different administrations, once to 6.5 and again to 5.5 percent.
A quick reaction by the Owen County Sheriff's Department led to the arrest of two men only shortly after they allegedly robbed People's Bank Friday.
The incident occurred at the 101 N. Main St. location at approximately 2:20 p.m. Friday.
Peoples Bank & Trust Company President Todd Marston said a white male entered the bank with a demand letter, which was given to one of the bank's tellers.
The Owen County School Board's newest member may have only attended his first meeting, but serving the school district seems to be in his blood.
With the swearing in of Craig Bowling, the school board gained it's third generation of Bowling members. Craig's father, Stuart, served for 18 years. His grandfather, Dr. Maurice Bowling whom Bowling middle school is named for served approximately 16 years.
"I believe my father started in 1969 and served until his death in 1985," Stuart Bowling said.
The first phase of the $900,000 water main replacement project is expected to continue through May 29.
Kentucky American Water Manager of External and Governmental Affairs said the project was delayed following inclement weather in February.
The first phase is replacing water mains along South Main Street.
Lancho said the first phase will likely take the longest.
Following its completion, the second phase will go from Seminary to Blanton Street.
During one of the worst snow emergencies faced by Owen County in recent years, one of Owenton's crucial emergency vehicles sat useless at the side of the road 50 miles away in Burlington, Ky.
Owenton City Clerk Laura Aldridge was given permission by Owenton Mayor David "Milkweed" Wotier to take one of the cities two Humvees to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Hebron, Ky. to pick up her son and his girlfriend.
While on her way to the airport, the Humvee ran out of gas in Burlington and had to be towed back to Owenton.
Jonesville's newest chicken farm, Egg Innovations, grew in population with the arrival of 25,000 chickens over the last couple of weeks.
The free range chickens will seek the pastures around May 1, after a brief period of getting use to the nesting and roosting areas in the over 500 foot long barn.
After the peak laying of 98 percent, the workers will collect approximately 19,000 eggs a day.
Local residents will not be able to get the all-organic eggs on site, but they will be sold at local Kroger stores in Kentucky.
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The challenges of responding to these types of changing patterns — not just in Yosemite but across all public lands — are myriad and daunting. One key is to find existing areas in the landscape, such as regions with consistent water resources and biodiversity, that offer benefits across species. Toward that end, Stock, Monahan and other scientists are studying ways to identify and promote "refugia," which are naturally occurring landscape features that protect or promote not just one but a range of plant and animal species that might be endangered by rising temperature trends, water scarcity or some other stressor.
Land managers could take action to improve refugia for the benefit of target species, such as limiting non-native species to reduce competition for food. They will also study elevation and latitude, as new research shows that due to climate change and habitat loss, up to one-quarter of the total area of the U.S. National Park System is vulnerable to vegetation shifting up slope and northward.
Unfortunately, park managers lack a clear strategy to lessen harm from another change afoot in Yosemite: melting glaciers. Park geologist Greg Stock (Sarah's husband) says the two remaining glaciers in the park are less than half the size they were back in 1883, the date of their earliest detailed records. One of the two glaciers, the Lyell, has been losing so much ice each year that it no longer moves downhill. The rapidity with which the Lyell is shrinking is important because the glacier contributes to the Tuolumne River headwaters during summer months, well after other sources in the headwaters grow dry.
"In dry years like this, there is very little water in the Tuolumne River except for at the edge of the glacier — it is a reliable source of water," Greg Stock explained. It's not just wildlife that relies on those headwaters during late summer months. The flow is also important to the many backpackers who trek into Yosemite's famous Tuolumne Meadows.
"We're attributing the melting glaciers primarily to warming summertime temperatures," he said. Based on climate models, he thinks both of Yosemite's remaining glaciers could disappear within 50 years.
Yosemite National Park is celebrating its 150th birthday this year. On its 200th birthday, the Half Dome and El Capitan peaks — features formed, Stock noted, by glaciers — will still make Yosemite a majestic, awe-inspiring valley. But the toll another half-century of extreme heat and diminishing snowpacks could take on the park's ecosystems is unknown.
Both Sarah and Greg Stock field more climate-related questions from the visitors to the park today, compared with when they started working here eight years ago.
"Sometimes people say, 'Well, yeah, the glaciers are retreating. So what? They grow and shrink with time naturally,'" said Greg Stock. "And that is true, of course. There are no longer 2,000 feet of [glacial] ice in Yosemite Valley. But those cycles of advance and retreat, in that past, had been driven by a certain set of things. We've added [greenhouse gas emissions, chiefly carbon dioxide] to that. There is not a big leap of logic to connect the higher CO2 in our atmosphere with the shrinking of these glaciers."
Impacts such as owl-habitat loss or fluctuating songbird populations are likely hard for park visitors to internalize, but melting glaciers — even though they're far in the backcountry and invisible to most visitors — is something visitors respond to viscerally.
Sarah Stock said talking to park visitors about climate is important, even when debates emerge. "Each person can have their own interpretation, but mine is based on what we're seeing with data. The data are right," she said with a smile.


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That's what day it is! Cooper and the flock wish all the pets out there a day filled with treats, toys and love.(I couldn't decide which photo to use, she's just so darn cute.)
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This Yuma hotel offers free Wi-Fi and laundry facilities. Make the most of your trip, whether for business or pleasure, by taking some time to relax as you will find a spa tub on offer. Be sure to leave some room for your swimsuit as this hotel features a seasonal outdoor pool, a nice way to unwind. Multilingual staff at the 24-hour front desk can provide express check-out.
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