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Volume 8, Issue 6
June 30 – Animal Approval Forms are Due in the Extension Office
July 4 – Independence Day – Extension Office Closed
July 9-11- 4-H Making Sense of Science Camp-Pleasant Point
July 16-18- 4-H Making Sense of Science Camp- Jonesport
July 18-21- Maine 4-H Days at Windsor Fairgrounds
August 29-September 2- Blue Hill Fair
October 5- Perry Harvest Fair
Several youth from Washington County attended 4-H @ UMaine on May 17th and 18th. Here is what 12 year old Schylar Dempsey, a first timer, had to say:
"I liked going to 4-H @UMaine. I liked the forestry activity because I learned a lot about different types of trees that grow in Maine. It was interesting.
I liked the GIS wildfire behavior because we got to track animals, which was really cool. I also liked the physics road show because it was fun to watch and learn the different things we could do in that class, and how it all worked. I think this one was my best workshops.
Even the Rec. Center was fun. I would like to go again next year."
Welcome to our newly enrolled volunteers:
Welcome to Amanda Hardaswick, leader of a newly forming 4-H Shooting Sports club!
Welcome to Todd Smith, leader of a newly forming 4-H Shooting Sports club!
Welcome to Jasmine Hammond, leader of a newly forming 4-H Shooting Sports club!
Welcome to Brian Carlton, project leader in our 4-H Shooting Sports program!
A 4-H Super Sitter Course is in the works! Please be watching your emails for updates, or feel free to call the office to get on a notification list.
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is pleased to announce openings in 4-H Summer Day Camp Programs that will be held in July. We presently have openings in the Making Sense of Science Camp scheduled for July 9-11 in Pleasant Point and July 16-18 in Jonesport. These camps are for youth ages 6-9. The camps cost $20 for the three-day program. For more information or to register, please contact the University of Maine Cooperative Extension office at 255-3345 or toll free at 1-800-287-1542.
Reminder – Maine 4-H Days is July 19, 20, and 21. The deadline to register and pay the early fee is July 1st!
For more information please visit the website.
Ella Lewis School – Grades 4th through 8th took their vermiculture learning a step further this month and all made "vermicondos" – worm homes that fit into a tennis ball can! The students are keeping track of this experiment in their gardening journals. They are recording their observations and tweaking their worm habitat based on what they see. Next month, three 4th grade students will be taking all they have learned about vermiculture and sharing it with the first grade class with some hands on activities using their class worm bin and vermicondos, a great service-learning project for them! And check out this great May Basket the upper grades made for Mother's Day gifts – made with chicken wire and moss, a beautiful strawberry plant to hang promises a sweet treat for mom later this summer.
Trenton Elementary School – Trenton Elementary School finished their afterschool program year on May 23rd – and what a great 4-H year they had! With lots of great learning in composting, recycling and gardening, and – of course – lots of time to just have fun and play – they are ready for a relaxing summer! Here are some pictures of the origami newspaper pots they made using the worm castings they harvested from their vermiculture bins to plant pumpkins. Also, Ms. Vicki did a great project on making bird feeders out of recycled soda bottles. I hope to see the pumpkins and the bird feeders at the Blue Hill Fair this year!
Morning Song School Cooperative – Morning Song 6th graders closed out their year of Science Class by participating in the National Youth Science Day "Wired for Wind" experiment. Over three classes, the class teams developed wind turbine prototypes, experimented with blade pitch and design refinement to maximize electricity produced, and also worked to locate ideal wind farm locations in Maine, taking in to account factors of wind speed, transmission lines, population density and endangered species. The two sites finally chosen were near Fort Kent and Eastport. Great scientists at work!
Downeast Home School Cooperative – This month the K – 2nd graders took the "Incredible Journey" of a water droplet. We explored the different ways that water travels through our world from solid to liquid to gas, learned how precious a resource drinkable wa- ter really is, and made some great bracelets that tracked our water journey as well.
1. Registration Now for Maine 4-H Days! – Maine 4-H Days will take place July 18 – 21, 2013 at the Windsor Fairgrounds, and the registration materials will be available online in May. As always, workshops are assigned on a first come, first serve basis, so be sure to register early. If you do not have online access, please contact your local county office for paper copies of the forms.
We are in need of volunteers willing to help with all aspects of the event. Last year, Maine 4-H Days brought almost 500 individuals to the Windsor Fairgrounds, and we are preparing for even greater numbers for 2013. Volunteers are needed for: presenter assistance, office/ registration help, being crafty in the Creativity Area, set-up, cleanup, and more. We request that one member of each group sign up for a minimum of one volunteer shift.
Along with many of your favorite returning workshops (Archery, ATV Certification, Modular Origami, Shades of Creativity, Blacksmithing, etc.), there are a ton of awesome new workshops this year: Decorating a 4-H Birthday Cake, Milk Science, Duct Tape Projects, Exploration of an Owl's Diet, and so much more! The State 4-H Dairy Show will also be held during 4-H Days. All of the workshops, and their descriptions, will be posted on the Maine 4-H Days web page.
If you are interested in volunteering in any capacity, please contact Jessy Brainerd at firstname.lastname@example.com or 581-3877.
2. Celebrating 100 Years of 4-H in Maine – 2013 marks the 100th birthday of 4-H in Maine, and we want YOU to celebrate with us!
Check with your local county office to find activities in your neck of the wood, and plan on coming to the party at Maine 4-H Days this year; there will be cake, ice cream, a chance to look back on all that we've accomplished, as well as a chance to look forward and see what's in the works!
Please check out our special Celebrating 100 Years website. We are also encouraging all of you to consider giving financially to the 4-H Foundation as we work to raise $100,000 in 2013 to support the 4-H program.
Happy 100 years Maine 4-H, and here's to many more!
3. State 4-H Dairy Program Dates – Please hold the following dates for your participation in the State 4-H Dairy Programs:
- Intent to Participate Form due May 1, 2013 for 4-H Dairy Team to Eastern States. – Fitting Competition – July 20, 5:00 pm at the Windsor Fairgrounds. - Maine State 4-H Dairy Show – July 21, 9:00 am at the Windsor Fairgrounds. The Dairy Packet is available on the 4-H Dairy web page.
Forms are on the 4-H Dairy web page.
4. Eastern States Exposition, New England Center Program – Calling all 4-H youth, ages 11 and up, along with volunteers who have an interest in showcasing the many interests and talents of Maine 4-H… we want you! Join the group of dedicated performers and demonstrators as we share our love for 4-H with the fairgoers at The Big E in West Springfield, MA, the 3rd weekend in September. It's an experience you will not soon forget.
Maine 4-H participates with displays and demonstrations in the New England Center, which also houses creative arts competitions, and daily stage performances. Working in teams of two at stations called "pods", youth demonstrate 4-H projects this year will be focused on Robotics and Engineering. Youth also have the opportunity to participate in stage performances, which consist of planned presentations using costumes and other props, as needed. All projects and demonstrations will be centered on a science theme. Please call the UMaine Cooperative Extension Office in Oxford County at 743.6329 or 800.287.1482 (in Maine) for specific details and for the team application. Space is limited, and will be filled on a first- come, first served basis. Sign up now as a small group with other teens. Students will stay in the dorm; meals and transportation will be provided. 4-Hers participating in the New England Center Program are eligible to apply for the Morris Scholarship.
5. 2013 Morris Scholarship for Eastern States Participants – This is the year that Maine has the opportunity to select an Eastern States Exposition participant to receive a $500 scholarship towards continuing his or her education beyond high school. Application deadline is August 5. To find if you qualify and for information on how to apply for this scholarship, look online or inquire at your local County Extension Office.
6. Beef Heifer Project – The New England Galloway Group is announcing their annual Heifer Project, which places a Belted Galloway heifer calf with a deserving youth recipient to allow for a hands-on education in beef cattle rearing and showmanship and to develop a love of the breed. The youth selected to receive a heifer is expected to return the first heifer calf back to the program so it will continue each year. If you are interested in applying for this program, you can download the application at; the application deadline is December 31, 2013.
7. UMaine 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Training Weekend – The annual 4-H Shooting Sports Workshop will be held June 14-16, 2013 at the Bryant Pond 4-H Camp in Oxford County. This weekend training will certify you as a State of Maine 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor in the Rifle, Shotgun, Archery or the Hunting/Wildlife discipline. (One discipline of your choice) Weekend includes meals and lodging at Bryant Pond's beautiful Lakeside Lodge. For more information please go to the website: , or contact Scott Olsen at firstname.lastname@example.com or 665.2068.
8. 4-H Market Lamb Tagging for Windsor & Fryeburg Fairs – Intent to Participate Forms for the 4-H Market Lamb classes at Windsor and Fryeburg Fairs must have been submitted by May 1. June tagging sites will be posted on the 4-H Sheep Project web page.
Donna Flint will be doing the tagging, and will provide the approval forms. If you have any questions, you can call her at 324-2814, or 800-287-1535, or contact her via email at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
9. Congratulations to National 4-H Trip Delegates! – 4-H members from around the state have been selected to represent Maine at upcoming national 4-H trips. Maine 4-H is proud to be represented at National 4-H Congress, held in Atlanta, Georgia in November, by Grace B., Ellie P., Charlene L., and Samantha S. We are also excited to have Maine delegates Kristin B., Cassidy L., Nicole S., and Natalie H. at National 4-H Conference, held in Washington DC in April of 2014. Congratulations delegates for a job well done!
10. Poultry Seminar in Buxton – Aubuchon Hardware 400 Narragansett Trail, Buxton, ME in conjunction with Purina Animal Nutrition is holding a Poultry seminar at their store on June 8, 2013 at 2:00pm. This will be an educational seminar for 4-Hers and adults. Learn more about Nutrition and care of poultry with Diane Salge from Purina Animal Nutrition.
11. Maine Fair Season Insurance – Maine fair season will soon be upon us! Most Maine fairs now require proof of insurance in order to exhibit livestock at their fairs. Proof of insurance usually is requested for individuals including the exhibitor (4-H member), owner of the animal, and anyone who may be responsible for maintaining the animal at the event (ex. parents or volunteers).
Some fairs no longer allow homeowner insurance policies. Please check your specific fair to see what they accept. Most fairs do accept the MALE Insurance. Below is the information for the MALE insurance.
Maine Association of Livestock Exhibitors (MALE) annual membership renewal is in June. Last year's membership ends on June 30. A benefit of being a member of this association includes liability insurance at specific events, including Maine fairs. Please refer to the events that it does cover for the state. Also, as a clarification, as of 7/1/2011, this insurance is a display and exhibitors policy; therefore the following activities are not covered: equine racing, trotting, barrel racing, steeple chase, rodeos, and team penning. Any and all ox, steer, pony and horse rides, wagon, sleigh, and hay rides and dog and sheep dog activities. More information is available at the following website.
12. Spaghetti Dinner & Fundraiser Celebrates 100 Years of 4-H in Maine- The Knox-Lincoln 4-H Leaders' Association is hosting a Spaghetti Dinner & Fundraiser at Union Fairgrounds in Union, Maine on Saturday, June 15, 6:00-8:00 pm. This dinner will celebrate 100 Years of 4-H in Maine, as well as raise funds for 4-H in Knox and Lincoln Counties. 4-H alumni members and leaders are encouraged to attend and possibly share memories of their time with 4-H. Cost is donation of your choice. For more information contact Cindy Rogers at 207.832.0343, firstname.lastname@example.com.
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HOUSTON (AP) - Sean Kilpatrick had 17 points as Cincinnati withstood a Houston rally in the second half to pull out a 61-60 win Tuesday night for their seventh straight win.
Jermaine Sanders added 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting, and Titus Rubles chipped in seven points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Bearcats (14-2, 3-0 American), which shot 37 percent from the field and 53 percent from the free throw line.
Brandon Morris led Houston (10-6, 2-1) with 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting from behind the arc. Jherrod Stiggers had 11 off the bench, and TaShawn Thomas added 10 points and nine rebounds for Houston, which saw its three-game winning streak snapped.
Kevin Johnson hit two free throws with 11 seconds to go to push the lead to four.
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Virginia Science and Engineering Fair at ODU April 6-7
Up to 300 of the state's smartest high school students will visit the Old Dominion University campus on Friday and Saturday, April 6-7, to compete in the Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair (VSSEF).
The competition is based on the quality of projects done by students, the results of which are presented through exhibits at the fair. These projects are judged by scientists and engineers, with awards being presented to winners in 18 categories. The judges also select finalists to represent the commonwealth at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).
Christopher Osgood, associate dean of the ODU College of Sciences, is director of the fair. He said the fair has three purposes: to stimulate in young people an active interest in science and engineering; to provide an educational experience through the work of the students being exposed to the judges and to the public; and to give public recognition to talented students.
All phases of the event will be held at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. ODU's College of Sciences, Batten College of Engineering and Technology and College of Health Sciences will have information booths and offer tours for fair participants, their families and guests. Guided campus events will be at the Pretlow Planetarium, Kaplan Orchid Conservatory, and science and engineering labs.
Registration, exhibit set-up and a pizza dinner for the students and their families will be on Friday evening beginning at 6 p.m. Judging will be Saturday morning and exhibits will be open for public viewing from 2-3:30 p.m. The awards ceremony will be from 4-6 p.m. on Saturday.
Science and engineering fairs are structured on a hierarchical system with winners of local fairs representing their schools at regional fairs. Regional winners are eligible to compete in the state fair. Virginia's regional fairs are in: Arlington, Ashburn, Charlottesville, Dublin, Fairfax, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, Manassas, Richmond, Roanoke and Norfolk. The Tidewater regional fair in Norfolk was held March 10 at ODU.
The VSSEF finalists and their projects will go to the Intel ISEF with all expenses paid. More than 1,000 students will participate in the 2012 international fair in Pittsburgh, May 13-18.
For more information, visit http://vssef.odu.edu/ or contact Osgood at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Perfect timing for Elway's return
The timing of legendary QB John Elway's return to Denver couldn't have worked out better for either side.
Dolphins contingent reportedly meets with Harbaugh
A contingent from the Miami Dolphins reportedly flew to the Bay Area on Wednesday evening to meet with Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh, just hours after he had conducted a lengthy interview with the 49ers.
Elway faces tough challenge with Broncos
John Elway's first move as football czar in Denver might be his most important. He has to find a coach, and there's little time to dilly-dally around.
Broncos place Elway in charge of football operations
The Broncos made it official Wednesday, announcing the hiring of Hall of Fame QB John Elway as the team's new executive vice president of football operations.
Broncos, Browns to interview Falcons OC Mularkey
The Broncos and Browns will interview Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey this week for their vacant head-coaching positions.
First 20 picks in NFL draft order established
The 20 teams that did not make the playoffs can not look forward to where they will select in April's draft.
Mathews emerges in Chargers win
Ryan Mathews and Nate Kaeding led the San Diego Chargers to a 33-28 win at Denver on Sunday, handing the Broncos their franchise-record 12th loss.
Reports: Elway to be named Broncos executive VP
The Broncos have reached an agreement with their two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback, John Elway, to be the team's executive vice president effective this week, according to multiple reports.
Tebow brings new excitement to Broncos
The extreme enthusiasm of the fans at Invesco Field at Mile High was a clear indication they were happy to see rookie QB Tim Tebow under center, but we hear that excitement extends beyond the spectators.
Broncos sign DT Leonard after placing LB Robinson on I.R.
The Broncos have signed DT Louis Leonard to fill the roster spot vacated by LB Lee Robinson, who was placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury.
Tebow leads Broncos back in 24-23 win
Tim Tebow rallied the Broncos past the Texans 24-23 when he scored on a 6-yard scramble with three minutes left in his first home start Sunday, capping a comeback from a 17-point halftime deficit.
Broncos place PK Prater on I.R.
The Broncos placed PK Matt Prater on injured reserve Thursday and activated OL Jeff Byers to the active roster from the practice squad.
Broncos QB Orton unhappy with being replaced
A rib injury kept Broncos QB Kyle Orton out of action in Week 15, but the veteran signalcaller was healthy enough to start the final two games of the season, the way we hear it.
Dumervil facing charges for stadium incident
Injured Broncos OLB Elvis Dumervil is facing disturbing the peace and assault charges, according to the Denver Post and KDVR-Channel 31 in Denver.
Broncos place Larsen on I.R., promote OG Daniels
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"Grudge Match" is about a boxing match 30 years in the making between old rivals -- "The Kid" and "Razor" -- long after both men retired.
The two were supposed to fight their third fight but Razor retired the night before the match, thus ending both of their careers. The third fight takes place after what was a joking conversation that turned into something more serious.
I went into this film with little expectation. The supporting actors are what really pulled the movie together, with great performances from Kevin Hart, Kim Basinger and Jon Bernthal. If you don't mind Sylvester Stallone's awkward attempts at facial expressions, then you might enjoy this popcorn flick.
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Michael Moore, the U.S. Attorney for Middle Georgia walked into a packed room Thursday and delivered the words the family of Kendrick Johnson have been waiting for.
"I am of the opinion that a sufficient basis exists for my office to conduct a formal review of the facts and the investigation surrounding the death of Kendrick Johnson," said Moore.
The announcement came after months of controversy surrounding Johnson's death. The Lowndes County High School student was found rolled up in a gym mat at the school in January. The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office ruled the death an accident, after a Georgia Bureau of Investigation autopsy determined Johnson suffocated inside the mat, which was sitting upright. But Johnson's family says a second investigation and autopsy performed by a private pathologist determined the 17 year-old died from blunt force trauma to the right side of his neck. After reviewing the evidence from both investigations, Moore says there are several questions that need to be answered.
"What was the cause of Mr. Johnson's death? Second, was Mr. Johnson's death the result of a crime and third, if Mr. Johnson's death was the result of a crime, who committed that crime and fourth, if a crime was committed who has the jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute those responsible." Moore said.
Moore did not take questions after the news conference. It is not clear if the federal investigation will include looking into what happened to Johnson's organs. When his body was exhumed for a second autopsy, it was discovered his organs were missing and replaced by newspaper.
On Wednesday a southern Georgia judge ordered authorities to release all surveillance video that investigators reviewed.
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24 Apr 2014:
Browning of Congo Rainforest
Is Depicted in NASA Satellite Data
Persistent drought has taken a major toll on Africa's Congo rainforest, with large-scale browning intensifying and affecting a growing portion of the forest over the past decade, an analysis of
NASA satellite data shows
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Browning of Congo rainforest
browning trend significantly dwarfed smaller areas of "greening" — a satellite-derived indicator of forest health — during April, May, and June each year from 2000 to 2012, according to research published in
. The browning of Congo's rainforest is significant, researchers said, because most climate models forecast that tropical forests may face increasing stress and rainfall shortages in a warmer and drier 21st century. A continued drying trend might alter the composition and structure of the Congo rainforest, affecting its biodiversity and carbon storage, according to the study. "Recent climate anomalies as a result of climate change and warming of the Atlantic Ocean have created severe droughts in the tropics, causing major impacts on forests," a NASA researcher said.
08 Apr 2014:
'Living Fences' Dramatically
Cut Livestock and Lion Killings in Tanzania
A novel, low-tech idea is helping Tanzania's lion population rebound: So-called "living fences" — which enclose livestock and are constructed of actively growing trees and chain-link fencing — have cut lion
A Masai villager installs a living fence.
attacks and retaliatory killings by more than 85 percent in the areas they've been installed,
the Guardian reports
. Traditionally, the Masai have built livestock enclosures out of thorny acacia trees, but those fences are relatively fragile. Chain-link fencing alone is more durable, but leopards and small lions can scale the fences, and hyenas can tunnel in below. By interweaving actively growing African myrrh trees with the chain link fencing, the Masai have created a barrier that lions can't climb over, and their root systems prevent predators from digging under the fence. Because livestock predation has been cut, communities that had been killing six or seven lions annually now kill, on average, less than one, leading to a rebound in lion populations.
07 Feb 2014:
Chimpanzee 'Mega-Culture'
Documented in Remote Forest in Congo
Researchers have documented a huge population of chimpanzees in the Democratic Republic of Congo — a community of perhaps tens of thousands of individuals with its own unique customs and behaviors, the
. The so-called "mega-culture," which spans 50,000 square kilometers of virtually untouched
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Chimps are thriving in a remote Congo forest.
forest, is thought to be the largest population of chimps in Africa and one of the last remaining continuous populations of chimpanzees in the wild,
the scientists report
in the journal
Biological Conservation
. The researchers first reported on this community in 2007, but their new survey includes detailed videos of the thriving population and its unique behaviors, which include feasting on leopards, using tools to harvest giant African snails and swarming insects, and building ground nests far more frequently than other chimps. While the find is heartening in terms of chimpanzee conservation, the researchers and wildlife advocates fear the population could be decimated by habitat loss and poachers, who stand to make huge profits in the bushmeat trade.
06 Feb 2014:
Maps Show Tropical Corridors
Important to Wildlife As Climate Changes
new set of maps
highlights the importance of habitat corridors in helping wildlife deal with the effects of climate change and deforestation. The series of maps shows more than
16,000 habitat corridors
— swaths of
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land that connect forests or protected areas and allow animals to move between them — in tropical regions of Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America. High-resolution data on biodiversity, endemism, and vegetation density allowed the researchers, led by Patrick Jantz of the Woods Hole Research Center, to determine which corridors are most important for maintaining biodiversity under changing climate conditions. The maps also highlight which corridors are most important for sequestering carbon and averting carbon emissions associated with deforestation. Researchers hope the findings will help guide wildlife protection plans and serve as a framework prioritizing the conservation of habitat corridors.
17 Jan 2014:
More Than 1,000 Rhinos
Poached in 2013, South African Officials Say
More than 1,000 rhinos were illegally killed in South Africa last year, a record total and an increase of more than 50 percent from 2012,
South African officials say
. South Africa is home to nearly all of the
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world's 20,000 rhinos, which are
targeted by poachers
because their horns are highly valued and believed to contain medicinal properties. Although those claims are scientifically unfounded, demand from increasingly wealthy consumers in China and Vietnam has driven the price of rhino horns to over $65,000 per kilogram — more valuable than gold, platinum, or cocaine. South Africa has tried to stem the crisis by
training park rangers to use arms, drones, and helicopters
, but those anti-poaching efforts have shown limited success. Rhino poachings in 2012 also increased by 50 percent over 2011 totals, and 37 have been poached so far in 2014, officials report. Most of the killings are taking place in South Africa's Kruger National Park, where 606 rhinos were killed last year and 425 in 2012.
15 Jan 2014:
West African Lions Are
Critically Close to Extinction, Study Says
West African lions are close to extinction, and vulnerable populations could be wiped out in the next five to 10 years, according to
new research
led by the wild cat conservation group Panthera. West African lions, which are genetically distinct from other African lions, once numbered in the tens of thousands. Now the
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Male West African lion
population has been reduced to around 400 individuals spread across 17 countries, largely due to habitat loss, a shortage of prey, and poaching, according to the
study published in PLOS ONE
. Of the remaining lions, only about 250 are mature enough to reproduce, but in many cases those individuals are spread too far apart to breed. West African lions are now present in only 1.1 percent of their original habitat and should be considered "critically endangered," according to the study. Running low on habitat and prey, the lions sometimes kill livestock. Villagers then kill the lions in revenge. "It's become very complicated for this carnivore at the top of the food chain to find enough space and food to survive," one scientist told Reuters.
02 Dec 2013:
Poachers Killed 22,000
Elephants in Africa Last Year, Group Says
Poachers slaughtered 22,000 elephants in 27 African countries last year,
according to a new report
. Officials with The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and two conservation groups said that 15,000 elephant
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deaths from poaching were officially reported in Africa and that another 7,000 deaths went unreported. Although that number is a slight decrease from the 2011 estimate of 25,000 poaching deaths, CITES officials warn that poaching rates are far too high and could soon lead to local extinctions. Africa, which is currently home to roughly 500,000 elephants, could lose a fifth of its elephant population over the next 10 years, CITES says. "The estimated poaching rate of 7.4 percent in 2012 remains at an unsustainably high level, as it exceeds natural population growth rates (usually no more than 5 percent)," the report says.
14 Nov 2013:
U.S. Crushes Six Tons
Of Illegally Trafficked Elephant Ivory
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
destroyed six tons of elephant ivory
today that field agents seized over the past 25 years. The U.S. Ivory Crush event, which took place in Denver, Colorado,
marked the first time
the FWS has destroyed large quantities of ivory. The move was an attempt to send a clear message that the U.S. will not tolerate illegal ivory trafficking and the toll it's taking on elephant populations in Africa and Asia, the FWS said. Seized ivory is usually kept as evidence for prosecuting traffickers, then later used for education and training, but the FWS had accumulated far more ivory than it needs. The ivory that was crushed included full tusks, carved tusks, jewelry, carvings, and other objects, and came from at least 2,000 poached elephants, the FWS estimates.
16 Oct 2013:
Climate-Driven Disasters To Keep
Impoverished Populations Poor, Study Says
Extreme weather events driven by climate change will exacerbate poverty in regions where people are already among the world's poorest,
according to a study
by the U.K.'s Overseas Development Institute. Where disasters
Floods in Mozambique
such as drought are common, those events are the leading cause of poverty, the authors say, rather than poor health or societal factors. Across the globe, up to 325 million people will be living in countries that face natural hazard risks by 2030, the report says; in sub-Saharan Africa alone, 118 million people in poverty will face extreme events.
To brace against the effects of disasters
, aid money should be spent on reducing those risks, rather than only on humanitarian relief after an extreme event, the authors argue. Currently, money tends to flow to a region after a disaster instead of before, when it could be used for prevention. "If the international community are serious about ending extreme poverty, they need to get serious about reducing disaster risk for the poorest people," the institute's Tom Mitchell told the BBC.
01 Oct 2013:
Small Rainforest Predators
Are Photographed and Studied in Gabon
The west African country of Gabon is known for its gorillas, elephants, and other large animal species, but a
recent study
has shed light on little-known rainforest predators that could face increasing pressure from the
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Laila Bahaa-el-din
African civet
bushmeat trade. Using camera traps, bushmeat surveys, and DNA analyses, researchers from Panthera, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and other groups completed the first-ever survey of 12 small carnivore species throughout the country. The study found two species — the common slender mongoose and the Cameroon cusimanse — that hadn't been found in Gabon before, and it documented an extended range for the Egyptian mongoose. "It appears that these species are widespread and not currently threatened, but the proximity of many small carnivores to human settlements and the growing bushmeat trade could potentially impact these populations," said Wildlife Conservation Society researcher Fiona Maisels, who co-authored the study. "These new findings will help inform future management."
26 Sep 2013:
Major Initiative Announced
To Help Curb Elephant Poaching in Africa
The Clinton Global Initiative and 16 conservation organizations have announced that they are
investing $80 million
over three years to stem the epidemic of elephant poaching in Africa, which has surged recently due to increasing demand for ivory in Asia. The Partnership to Save Africa's Elephants, which includes the governments of seven African nations, will fund programs that scale up anti-poaching enforcement, combat trafficking at ports and markets with more enforcement and harsher penalties, and curb the demand for illegal ivory with ad campaigns aimed at consumers in China, Vietnam, and other nations. "We cannot hope to reverse the dramatic decline in elephant populations without addressing all three parts of the problem," said Patrick Bergin, CEO of the African Wildlife Foundation.
25 Sep 2013:
More Than 80 Elephants Dead
From Cyanide Poisoning in Zimbabwe Park
Poachers poisoned watering holes with cyanide in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park,
killing 81 elephants
in the latest wave of slayings to supply the trade in illegal ivory. The cyanide, poured into remote watering
Hwange National Park
holes in the park, also killed smaller animals and vultures that ate the poisoned carcasses. Park rangers arrested nine alleged poachers after following them to a cache of ivory tusks hidden in the park. The elephant death toll of 81 includes 41 carcasses found earlier this month following another cyanide poisoning incident in Hwange park. Zimbabwe's new environment minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, has pledged to make jail penalties for poachers harsher.
Elephant and rhino poaching in Africa
has accelerated in recent years due to increasing Asian demand for ivory and rhino horn, which is used in traditional medicines, even though it has no proven medicinal properties. Officials estimate tens of thousands of elephants are being slaughtered each year in the worst wave of poaching in decades.
25 Jul 2013:
Mapping of Oil Palm Genome
Could Boost Productivity of Key Crop
Scientists say they have identified the gene responsible for the yield of oil palm crops, a discovery that could boost the productivity of the world's top source of
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Malaysian Palm Oil Board
Two varieties of palm oil fruit.
vegetable oil and help reduce the size of oil palm plantations in the world's tropical regions. Writing
in the journal
, Malaysian and U.S. researchers describe the mapping of the genome of the oil palm, whose products are used in everything from food to cosmetics to biofuels. According to the scientists, the so-called "shell gene" controls "how the thickness of its shell
correlates to fruit size and oil yield
." The fruit of the African palm oil tree
comes in three varieties
: a thick-shelled dura, a shell-less pisifera, and a thin-shelled tenera, which produces a greater oil yield. According to scientists, the shell gene plays a key role in a mutation that produces the more commercially productive tenera variety.
26 Jun 2013:
Exposure to Lead Costs
Developing Nations $1 Trillion Annually
The exposure of children to toxic lead, and the subsequent declines in IQ and earning potential,
costs the developing world nearly $1 trillion annually
, according to a new report. Based on the average lead levels in children under the age of 5, researchers from New York University found that Africa suffers the greatest costs from lead exposure, losing an estimated $137.7 billion annually, or about 4 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP). In Latin America, the costs are about $142.3 billion, the study found, while in Asian nations the costs are about $699.9 billion. By comparison, the annual costs in the U.S. and Europe, where exposure to lead has decreased significantly in recent decades, are about $50 billion and $55 billion, respectively. The report said
lead consumption has increased worldwide
since the early 1970s, largely because of rising demand for lead batteries. The study was
published in
Environmental Health Perspectives
20 Jun 2013:
Global Reports Underline
Threats to Planet's Bird Species
New global research underlines the rising threats facing the world's bird species, with three reports providing evidence that climate change, overfishing, and unsustainable agriculture are taking a heavy toll on
Puffins along the Maine coast.
avian populations worldwide. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) reports that numbers of some migratory bird populations in Maine — including Arctic terns and puffins —
have plummeted in recent years
because their food supplies are disappearing as a result of commercial fishing and the shifting of fish to cooler waters, which is making it more difficult for some birds to feed their young. In a separate study, scientists predict that rising sea levels
will devastate habitat for some migratory shore birds
in the coming decades. Higher sea levels, the study predicts, will flood 23 percent to 40 percent of the intertidal habitats for several shorebird species, triggering population declines of as much as 70 percent. Overall, one in eight bird species globally
is at risk of extinction
, according to a new report by
BirdLife International
13 Jun 2013:
Population Could Be 11 Billion
By End of the Century, UN Report Says
A new
United Nations report
projects that the world population
could reach nearly 11 billion by 2100
, about 8 percent more than predicted just two years ago. The projected increase largely stems from the fact that the fertility rate in Africa has declined more slowly than expected, with demographers now forecasting that the number of people on the continent could nearly quadruple this century, from from about 1.1 billion today to about 4.2 billion. "The fertility decline in Africa has slowed down or stalled to a larger extent than we previously predicted, and as a result the African population will go up," said Adrian Raftery, a professor of statistics and sociology at the University of Washington, who helped develop the statistical method used in the report. The total world population passed 7 billion in 2011. According to the new report, 8 of the top 10 increases in national populations by 2100 will occur in Africa, led by Nigeria, where the number of people is expected to jump from 184 million to 914 million.
28 May 2013:
Electricity Availability Growth
Must Double to Achieve Global Access
The rate of expansion of access to electricity
will have to double over the next 17 years
if the world's population is to achieve 100 percent access to modern energy, a new report says. While about 1.7 billion people became connected to electricity sources worldwide between 1990 and 2010, that increase barely outpaced population growth during that period, according to Sustainable Energy for All, a group lead by the World Bank and the United Nations. More than 1.2 billion people still do not have access to electricity, and 2.8 billion still rely on burning wood or other biomass for household fuel, a source of pollution that causes about 4 million premature deaths annually. Achieving universal access to modern energy will require investments of $45 billion annually, which is five times the current levels. If combined with an expansion of renewable energy sources and improved efficiencies, however, achieving this growth in energy access would increase CO2 emissions by less than 1 percent, the report says.
Interview: For Solar Sisters,
Off-Grid Electricity is Power
For Katherine Lucey, the lack of electricity in many parts of the developing world is not just an economic issue, it is a gender issue. A former investment banker,
Solar Sister
Mother in Uganda with a solar lamp.
Lucey is the founder and CEO of
Solar Sister
, a nonprofit that uses a market-based approach to provide solar power to communities in sub-Saharan Africa through a network of women entrepreneurs. Access to energy is critical to alleviating poverty, and women must be at the heart of any solution, says Lacey, since they are the family's "energy managers," responsible for cooking and heating needs. In an interview with
Yale Environment 360
, Lucey explains how Solar Sister's operations rely on selling inexpensive solar energy systems to households to power lamps and recharge cell phones. Since 2010, Solar Sister has created a network of 401 businesswomen in three countries that has provided electricity to 54,000 people. Lucey says the model can be rapidly expanded and can transform lives. "We've got to find a way to tap into market resources and let people in their own communities solve their own problems," she says.
Read the interview
25 Apr 2013:
Metal Demand Could Increase
Nine-Fold as Developing Economies Grow
Global demand for metals
could increase nine-fold in the coming years
as the world's developing economies continue to grow, a trend that could have profound negative environmental impacts, a new UN report says. As populations in these countries continue to adopt modern technologies, and nations increasingly construct metal-intensive renewable energy projects, the need for raw metal materials will likely be three to nine times larger than the current global demand,
said Achim Steiner
, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). While the current demand is typically met by mining for more metals, large-scale mining operations can have adverse environmental consequences, and the supply of some rare earth metals is running low. Saying that there is an urgent need for a more sophisticated approach to recycling the planet's increasingly sophisticated products,
the UN suggested
that mining companies be enlisted to help sort out valuable metals when the products reach the end of their usefulness.
10 Apr 2013:
New Satellite-Based System Will
Track Illegal Deforestation in Real Time
A coalition of organizations has unveiled a digital tool its developers say will help governments, environmental groups, and local communities monitor illegal logging in the world's forest regions in close to real time. Using satellite technology, data sharing, and a global network of local contributors, the so-called Global Forest Watch 2.0 system will enable users to
track forest loss that has occurred within the last 30 days
and allow local forest managers to upload geo-referenced photographs to support data on deforestation. Developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and other contributors — including Google, the University of Maryland, and the United Nations Environment Program — the technology was unveiled this week at a UN forum on forests and
will be available next month
. WRI hopes the system will allow government leaders and companies to make
more timely forest management decisions
05 Apr 2013:
South Africa Game Reserve
Poisons Rhino Horns to Halt Poachers
Officials at a private game reserve in South Africa say they have injected into the horns of more than 100 rhinos
a parasiticide that will make humans sick if they ingest the horns
. As the rhinos' death toll
continues to escalate in South Africa
, where nearly 700 animals were
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Injured rhino in South Africa
poached last year to supply a growing black market for their horns, officials say bold action was necessary. "Despite all the interventions by police, the body count has continued to climb," Andrew Parker, chief executive of the Sabi Sand Wildtuin Association, a group of private landowners, told the
. "Everything we've tried has not been working and for poachers it has become a low-risk, high-reward ratio." The group is trying to increase that risk by injecting a mix of parasiticides and pink dye into the horns of tranquilized rhinos. The poison is not lethal to humans, Parker said, but anyone who consumes it will be extremely ill.
Demand for rhino horns in Southeast Asia
, where the horns are believed to have healing powers, has triggered a surge in the killing of rhinos.
05 Mar 2013:
African Forest Elephant
Populations Fell 62 Percent in a Decade
Populations of forest elephants in central Africa
plummeted by more than 60 percent from 2002 to 2011
, with dwindling habitat and an acceleration in poaching driving the elephants toward extinction, according to a
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new study. An international team of 60 scientists found that while elephants historically ranged across a 772,000-square-mile region in Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and the Republic of Congo, they now exist in just 25 percent of that area, said John Hart, scientific director for the Lukuru Foundation and co-author of the study
published in the journal
PLoS ONE
. The decade-long survey, which involved the work of many local conservation staff members who walked more than 8,000 miles conducting censuses, is the largest ever conducted on forest elephants. According to the survey, the remaining 100,000 forest elephants are increasingly scarce in regions with high human populations, heavy poaching, and weak governance.
06 Feb 2013:
More than 11,000 Elephants
Killed In Gabon Park Since 2004, Study Says
Poachers have
slaughtered more than 11,000 elephants in Gabon's Minkebe National Park
rainforest since 2004, according to a new study by Gabon's government and two leading conservation groups. The study said that in the past 9 years, two-thirds of the forest elephants in Minkebe — about 11,100 animals — have been killed by poachers for their tusks. The study comes as
tens of thousands of African elephants are being killed annually
to feed a growing demand for ivory jewelry and ornamental items in a fast-growing Asian economy. Gabon said that many of the poachers are infiltrating Minkebe park from Cameroon and that the forest elephants' harder and straighter tusks are coveted by poachers and dealers.
18 Jan 2013:
In Kenya Reserves, Poaching
Is Leading Cause of Death for Elephants
A 14-year study of elephants in northern Kenya has found that the animals are
now more likely to die at the hands of human poachers
than of natural causes. When researchers began tracking 934 individual elephants at
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African savanna elephant
two adjacent reserves, Samburu and Buffalo Springs, in 1997, elephant populations were growing and illegal killing was rare, with perhaps one animal killed per year, according to George Wittemyer, a Colorado State University wildlife biologist and lead author of the study
published in
PLoS ONE
. But that started to change over the last decade, particularly for older elephants, which have larger tusks. In 2000, there were 38 male elephants over the age of 30 in their study population; by 2011, the number had dropped to 12. By that time, 56 percent of all elephants found dead had been poached. The
long-term slaughter
also altered the demographics of the population. While males accounted for 42 percent of the population in 1997, their numbers dropped to 32 percent by 2011. Ten of the family groups being tracked effectively "disappeared."
Interview: Perils and Rewards
Of Protecting Congo's Gorillas
It is difficult to imagine a more dangerous place to be a conservationist than the Democratic Republic of Congo, which for decades has been ravaged by war and civil
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Emmanuel de Merode
strife that has left several million people dead. But it is against this backdrop that Emmanuel de Merode has waged a five-year struggle to protect Congo's Virunga National Park, the oldest national park in Africa and home to one of the last sizeable populations of mountain gorillas. De Merode is the chief warden of Virunga, a UNESCO World Heritage site that encompasses nearly 2 million acres of forests, mountains, savannahs, and iconic wildlife. Since 1996, more than 150 Virunga park rangers have been killed in the line of duty, with two murdered last October. In an interview with
Yale Environment 360
, de Merode discusses the challenges of protecting the mountain gorillas in a war-torn nation, the remarkable survival of the gorillas amid this strife, and how restoring order inside Virunga National Park could play a role in bringing peace to Congo.
Read the interview
05 Dec 2012:
African Lion Populations
Plummet as Habitat Disappears, Study Says
More than two-thirds of Africa's lions have disappeared over the last 50 years as the continent's once-vast savannah regions have been lost to human
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A lion in South Africa
development, a new study has found. Using high-resolution satellite images from Google Earth and human population data, Duke University researchers calculated that
about 75 percent of the original savannah has been lost since 1960
, driven by land-use changes and deforestation. On the entire continent, they found, there are now just 67 remaining pockets of savannah suitable for lion habitat; only 10 of those areas would be considered lion "strongholds." Overall, lion populations have dropped from 100,000 to roughly 32,000 in just five decades, according to the study
published in the journal
Biodiversity and Conservation
. Continued habitat loss projected over the coming decades could put these populations at increased risk, the study said.
03 Dec 2012:
An Advocate's Novel Campaign
To Call Attention to Rhino Slaughter
A South African artist has launched an unorthodox campaign to call attention to the mounting slaughter of rhinoceroses — by sending toenail clippings to the
Sending toenails to Chinese Embassy
Chinese embassy. Frustrated that petitions and other protests have done little to curb the poaching of rhinos for their horns, Mark Wilby decided to target the illegal markt in Asia, where the horns are believed to have healing properties. Rhino horns are composed largely of keratin, a protein also found in human nails and hair. Wilby, who is encouraging others to also send nails to the embassy address in Pretoria, concedes the protest is "disrespectful," but says he wants to put pressure on the Chinese government in hopes that it can help stop the killing of Africa's rhinos. According to reports,
nearly 600 rhinos have been killed illegally
so far this year in South Africa alone. "I'm sending this to the Chinese Embassy in South Africa not because I'm blaming the Chinese government or the Chinese people," he said in
a video posted on YouTube
. "I just don't know who else to appeal to."
21 Nov 2012:
Solar-Equipped 'iShacks' Offer
Cheap, Sustainable Housing in South Africa
South African researchers say they have developed a low-cost and sustainable housing alternative to the flimsy corrugated iron shacks found in the country's growing settlements. Developed by an interdisciplinary
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An iShack
at Stellenbosch University's TsamaHUB center
, the so-called iShack is insulated with inexpensive, natural materials such as mud and cardboard boxes and has a sloped roof for harvesting rainwater. A photovoltaic cell on the roof provides the energy for motion-sensitive exterior lighting, interior lighting, and a cellphone charger. So far, a mother and her three children
are living in a prototype iShack
in Ekanini, an informal settlement of 8,000 residents in Cape Town that lacks access to electricity and an adequate water supply. Project developers also taught six residents in the community how to install and maintain the solar power system in hopes they can use the skills for future entrepreneurial ventures. Researchers look to apply the iShack's design to upgrade settlements in other regions.
09 Nov 2012:
U.S. Pledges Stronger Role
in Stemming Global Trade in Wildlife
The Obama Administration has vowed renewed commitments
to help stem the international trade in wildlife
, including the use of U.S. intelligence agencies to track poaching of elephants, rhinos, and other
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African savanna elephant bull.
animals in Africa and Asia. Speaking to a group of conservationists and diplomatic leaders on Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said an expanding middle class worldwide has spawned a booming demand for rare species and animal parts that is being supplied by increasingly violent organized gangs and corrupt officials who terrorize communities and overwhelm local law enforcement. In addition to decimating the natural world, Clinton said, this booming trade has dire economic impacts and poses a growing threat to the security of nations worldwide, including U.S. interests. In a series of initiatives, the U.S. will bolster intelligence efforts to track poaching and assess its security impacts and work with other nations to expand and strengthen law enforcement.
16 Oct 2012:
Online Atlas Illustrates
Critical Areas for World's Seabirds
A new online atlas provides the first global inventory of ocean sites critical to the world's seabirds, a free digital resource that its creators hope will help guide protective policies and the creation of conservation areas globally. The site (
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Atlas of critical seabird areas
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are particularly vulnerable to threats
because of the great distances they travel across international waters, many conservation groups have cited a lack of data as a reason for inaction in protecting these areas, Ben Lascelles of BirdLife International
told Reuters
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So everyone in the DCU is insane because Superman screwed with their lives to protect his identity, but now there's no clear definition of good and evil so he continues to go through the paces solely to entertain himself?
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We ate at dining rooms, buffet, food was good, and LeBistro (twice), Brazillian Grill, Teppanyaki. All worth the up-charges.
We enjoyed the pool deck,outdoor cooking, and entertainment. Saw the comedy show, hypnotist, both were good.
1st port: Cartagena, Colombia. We chose the Chiva Party Bus & had a blast.
2nd Aruba: De Palm Island Snorkel, which was the best snorkling, food good, property nice. Kids were all at the water slides. Loved the banaboat ride (free), except the Capt of the boat broke by $750.00 glasses, so get someone to hold yours for you.
3rd Curacao: Took the discover curacao excursion: First stop was full of history, and unfortunately vendors trying to sell you junk from China, very annoying, but just say NO, Hato Caves were interesting, but very steep stairs to climb, and hot in the caves.
4th port was St. Maarten: got off early & did some shopping then took the Afternoon Beach Bash DON'T TAKE this excursion. It was wall to wall beach lounge chairs 6 rows deep to the water. Waves to big to swim, & you had to walk a ways to the "reserved chairs" and "free" watered down rum punch. Snack bar there for $60.00, 1 burger-fries, 2 chicken wraps & fries, no drinks. Way to expensive.
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azdailysun.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-falls-to-his->>> Thoughts and prayers go out for Joshua Riggs, his family and loved ones. 32 years young, died at the forks on Monday...
Oh no! I'm so sorry. My deepest condolences to his family and friends.
what is there to be said? We should consider ourselves lucky to leave this world in an instant, if the time comes. i know the sadness of losing friends while climbing and losing loved ones that did not climb. The loss is heavy and weights on those of us still here. the better moment comes when we are freed from the weight of loss and let the memory of those we loved carry us to new forms of abandonment. Live with them in your heart and you will never be sad again. look for them when you need them, they'll be there. support is invaluable to survivors. do not abandon Joshua Riggs' family or group of friends. if you knew them, they need you now.yes, my prayers go out to him and his family. Be strong, be together. heal, grow, go forward into the unknown together.
Horrible news. So very sad to hear this.
Terrible news ... so sorry to hear of this. Be careful folks.
Terrible news! RIP Josh. Nice words Jeff. Here is another report with a picture of Josh. abc4
Sad news. My thoughts to his family and friends. I assume we do not not what happened yet? Stay sharp everyone.
Such bad news, RIP and condolences to family and friends.
Josh was truly an awesome guy, climbed w him last year at The Creek. So sad. My thoughts are with his girlfriend and family, we will miss you Rasta Josh. Hopefully we can get some more info on what happened.
He will most definitely be missed well outside of the Moab climbing community. He shared his rope with me just a month or so ago at Wall St. Rest in Peace, brother.
Very sorry to hear this. I hope friends and family are helping his girlfriend. The trauma of seeing him die must be horrific. The mistakes in our sport are surprisingly few but so dangerous and final when they happen.
Very sorry to hear this news. My heart goes out to Josh's loved ones.
Josh was a great guy. Thanks for all the good times and for helping me out when I needed it. Sorry that you had to leave us so soon...you will be missed.
I am very sorry to hear about this. My sincere condolences to family, friends and girlfriend. Doen anyone know any details concerning what happened?
rip, may have climbed with him at wall st a month or so ago as well. Shared ropes, good sense of humor, nice guy. Regardless, best wishes to his family and gf.
...any word on the details of how this happened?
I heard from the folks at Pagan that he missed the rope setting up his belay device for rappel and fell from the top. Simple as that, so sad.
That's such a bummer. I've never roped up with the guy but many of us partook the feast he cooked up in a fire pit last thanksgiving at the creek. He'll be sorely missed. Speaking of rappel fuck up, I nearly died in Zion over this thanksgiving if not for a carabiner randomly hooking onto the belay device carabiner. It was sobering to hang 2 ft below my belay device and realizing what had just happened. Be careful out there...
This is so sad.... my condolences to his Family and Friends.
One of my biggest fears has always been botching the cleaning/rappelling process and a.) stranding myself or b.) dropping myself... Sorry this happened. Keep sharp everybody.
Josh was a really good friend of mine. I lived with him when I moved to Moab last March. He allowed me to live in his driveway and use his house, and was never anything less than completely generous and open. We had tons of fun in the time I knew him. He was incredibly handy and skilled at a huge variety of things, from welding to mechanic work. He was incredibly talented. Some of our friends went down to Flagstaff to get his girlfriend the next day, and brought her back to Moab, where she is now. A donation jar has been set up at Pagan, and the money is going to be used to bring his parents out to Moab for a memorial service, and to create a lasting memorial somewhere in the desert for him.Any amount is appreciated. Theres also been a suggestion of donating some money to The Friends of Indian Creek in his honor.


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After Asher Susser, an Israeli scholar and one of his country's foremost experts on Middle Eastern affairs, gave a talk in Oslo a few years ago, an audience member asked him a question: How soon, once a Palestinian state is created, will Israel and Palestine unite to form one country? "Twenty-four hours!" Susser said he replied. "Twenty-four hours after Norway and Sweden unite into one Scandinavian state!"
Susser, with whom I spoke recently in London, told the story to illustrate the fact that, as he said, "people value their ethnic and national identities much more than many wish to believe. Norway and Sweden are similar and friendly societies, but a merger would be unthinkable. Why assume it would be different with us?" (Norway, once united with Sweden under a Swedish king, achieved full independence in 1905.)
His central thesis, which he says will be revealed once more in all its dreary inevitability when President Barack Obama meets Israeli and Palestinian leaders next month, is that there is no hope of a successful negotiation between Israelis and Palestinians. Structurally, psychologically, culturally, politically, they cannot agree. So better not to try.
This is not, he insists, a message of despair. Nor is it a reformulation of the view on the right – of politicians like Naftali Bennett of HaBayit HaYehudi ("Jewish Home"), who didn't achieve an expected breakthrough in the elections late last month; nor Avigdor Lieberman, the former foreign minister and leader of Yisrael Beiteinu ("Israel, Our Home"), who had to stand down from his office because of an impending trial for fraud and breach of trust. They don't believe Israel should allow a Palestinian state to emerge. Susser believes such an emergence is imperative for Israel's survival.
Israelis know that optimistic projects have come to naught and always will. There are two fundamental issues that bedevil everything: the right of return and the status of the Palestinians who remain in Israel and are Israeli citizens. Both stem from 1948, when Israel defeated a coalition of Arab armies and annexed large parts of Palestine that had been allotted, under a United Nations plan, to the Palestinians. The Israeli victory was followed by the expulsion of many of the Palestinians in the area, mainly to Jordan, but many others stayed. The right of return for the majority who left and who are mainly in Jordan would destroy Israel's status as a Jewish state. Palestinians would become a majority, the Jewishness of the state would be gone – and, most Israelis believe, so would its democracy. "Who would protect the Jews then? Look at the fate of the Christians in the Middle East", says Susser.


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Robert S. Mueller III, who was director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 12 years before stepping down in September, is joining the law firm WilmerHale as a partner.
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James B. Comey is likely to spend the next year dealing with the impact of the automatic budget cuts, according to current and former senior F.B.I. officials.
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James B. Comey has been lauded for resisting pressure to rubber-stamp a surveillance program that he and others at the Justice Department believed violated the law.
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Obama to Pick Bush-Era Justice Dept. Official to Lead F.B.I.
James B. Comey, a senior Justice Department official under President George W. Bush, would replace Robert S. Mueller III when he leaves the job on Sept. 3.
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F.B.I. Director Warns Against Dismantling Surveillance Program
Robert Mueller III told the Senate Judiciary Committee that investigators would be slowed in seeking to prevent terrorist attacks.
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James B. Comey earned a reputation for independence after leading an internal revolt in the administration of George W. Bush over the legality of its warrantless wiretapping program.
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University of Maine political scientist Mark Brewer discussed election results in a Channel 5 (WABI) TV report, saying that following the re-election of Democratic President Barack Obama, Republicans will need to decide what the future of their party is going to look like. Brewer also said the election demonstrated that non-white and young voters shouldn't be overlooked during campaigns.
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Analysis of Hydrodynamic Plain Journal Bearing
Ravindra Mane[1], Sandeep soni[1]
[1]Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India
This paper presents the 3D model of hydrodynamic plain journal bearing using COMSOL Multiphysics®. Using 3D Model, pressure distribution in plain journal bearing is obtained by steady state analysis of plain journal bearing. Generalized Reynolds equation is used for analyzing hydrodynamic journal bearing by COMSOL Multiphysics® as well as by analytical method by applying Sommerfeld boundary ...
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J. Crompton[1], S. Yushanov[1], K. Koppenhoefer[1]
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The Mie solution to the scattering of electromagnetic waves by spherical particles has been examined using COMSOL Multiphysics®. The results assume elastic scattering only and do not include Brillouin or Raman scattering. The nature of the interaction has been considered for materials with three different properties: metallic, magnetic and dielectric. The solutions provide details of the ...
Simulation of Optical Properties of the Si/SiO2/Al Interface at the Rear of Industrially Fabricated Si Solar Cells
Y. Yang[1], and P. Altermatt[1,2]
[1]Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH), Emmerthal, Germany
[2]Dep. Solar Energy Research, Inst. Solid-State Physics, Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany
The specular and diffuse reflection properties of sunlight at the rear surface of silicon solar cells with various degrees of roughness are computed by solving the Maxwell and material equations in two dimensions, using the COMSOL RF Module. The model is tested on planar Si/SiO2/air interfaces and planar Si/SiO2/Al interfaces. The simulations show that for wavelengths of 800 nm, (i) maximum ...
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Structural topology optimization is an important research topic to improve the performance of the mechanical design. We show how to use COMSOL as an integration environment to implement structural topology optimization using the density method and the level set method.
A Multiphase Porous Medium Transport Model with Distributed Sublimation Front to Simulate Vacuum Freeze Drying
A. Warning[1], J. M. R. Arquiza[1], A. K. Datta[1]
[1]Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
A continuum, porous medium formulation with non-equilibrium sublimation was developed and validated for freeze drying without and with uniform microwave volumetric heating. The model incorporates the effect of Knudsen flow at low pressure and low permeability freeze drying. The distributed, non-equilibrium sublimation demonstrated that the sublimation front is a sharp boundary for high ice ...
Effect of Geometry of the Grooves on the Mixing of Fluids in Micro Mixer Channel
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[1]Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
Understanding the flow fields at the micro-scale is a key to develop methods of successfully mixing fluids for micro-scale applications. This paper investigates flow characteristics and mixing of three different geometries in micro-channel. A Circular groove micro mixer has been designed and simulated. One such channel is shown in Figure1. The geometry of the channels taken was rectangular with a ...
Flow Analysis and Optimization of a Hierarchical Plate Heat Exchanger for an Adsorption Heat Pump
E. Tempfli[1], F.P. Schmidt[1]
[1]Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fluid Machinery (FSM), Karlsruhe, Germany
The paper investigates the hydrodynamic performance of a hierarchical parallel channel network for the objective of optimal thermal coupling to heat released in the adsorption processes, as in adsorption heat pumps. More specifically, the uniformity of the fluid flow over the network is improved by optimizing the topology of the manifold channels of the two hierarchical levels. For this purpose a ...
Dynamics of Rotors on Hydrodynamic Bearings
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[1]Mitsubishi Turbocharger & Engine Europe, Almere, The Netherlands
This study presents a rotordynamic analysis of a rotor on hydrodynamic bearings using COMSOL Multiphysics®. In this paper, the complexity of the model is gradually increased. Starting point of the analysis is the modal analysis of the rotor in free-free conditions. A Reynolds model is set up to predict the film pressure distribution under shaft loading. Due to the cross coupling terms of the ...
Design and Simulation of Unimorph Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting System
E. Varadarajan[1], M. Bhanusri[2],
[1]Research and Innovation Centre (RIC), IITM Research Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
[2]Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
In this paper we made an attempt to maximize the power output in the different piezoelectric materials in a unimorph cantilever beam configuration. In this research, a macro scale unimorph piezoelectric power generator prototypes consists of an active piezoelectric layer, stainless steel substrate and titanium proof mass was designed for frequencies 60 Hz - 200 Hz. An analytical model of a micro ...
Evaluation of Tensile Modulus of Carbon Nanotube Bundle Based Composite with Interface Using Finite Element Method
M. S. Islam, F. O. Riktan, S. C. Chowdhury, M. M. R. Chowdhury, and S. Ahmed
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) have remarkable mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. The properties of CNTs depend on atomic arrangement (how the sheets of graphite are rolled), the diameter and length of the tubes and morphology of nanostructure. In this paper effective elastic properties of CNT based polymer composites are evaluated using a square Representative Volume Element (RVE) in ...


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Whereas Patricia Martinez and Lisa Golden have been married since 2004 and have been denied rights as a married couple, we petition, Maggie Brooks, Monroe County Executive, to recognize this marriage. The case, Martinez v. County of Monroe, was filed in 2005 in State Supreme Court on behalf of Patricia Martinez, an employee of Monroe Community College in Rochester, seeking health care benefits for her female partner. One February 1, 2008, the New York appellate court ruled that marriages of same same-sex couples entered into outside of New York must be recognized in this state. The ruling was a 5-0 decision in favor of Ms. Martinez. Currently Ms. Brooks is using our tax dollars to appeal and delay the court's decision. We call upon our elected official, Ms. Brooks, to obey the decision.
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This Mission style outside wall lamp offers great looks, plus the convenience of a built-in motion detector and dusk-to-dawn sensor. A handy security feature around garages and patios, the motion sensor has a 150 degree, 30 foot range. The design also comes with the Dual Brite two-level lighting feature, which brightens the light output from the light when motion is detected.
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I purchased two (2) of these lamps for my deck/walkway area. I wanted motion sensors on them and these lamps have the least objectionable sensor mechanics I've seen. The motion sensor/dawn-to-desk feature is adjustable - which is a great feature, The only negitive is: the advertized field-of-motion range is significatly less then the real range. On both of my lamps, I get about 95-100 degrees of sencing, not the 150 degrees advertized.
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1. Strip Lighting. By lining the shelf with strips of LED lighting, you can turn a bookshelf into a visual showpiece of the room. Colored lights will make it even more interesting to look at.
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For those familiar with Exodus history.. the 2005 chapter in the never-ending Exodus saga finds the band without singer "Zetro" Souza, drummer Tom Hunting and long time guitarist Rick Hunolt. This means 60% of the band that recorded "Tempo of the Damned" and toured on 2004 is gone.
I own a couple of audio bootlegs of the band playing European festivals on 2004 and to say they kicked butt is an understatement, so, I was kind of apprehensive about this album, not because of Zetro leaving but because the only remaining Exodus member is Gary Holt… and then there was one..
I've never been a fan of Zetro'a singing. I believe if the band had picked a different singer after Paul Baloff left the band, their fate would have been different, so the burning question here is: is new singer Rob Dukes a hope for all those who couldn't stand Zetro's singing?
Well, Maybe.
In the album opener Raze Mr. Dukes sounds like a genetically engineered version of Zetro and Baloff singing..
Things get a little more interesting in the following song, the awesome 8+ minute long Deathamphetamine.
In some parts of the next tune "Karma's Messenger" you can hear Mr. Dukes real voice coming out, and it (thankfully) doesn't sound like Bon Scott. In "Now Thy Death Day Come" Dukes does his best Tom Araya.. a welcome change in singing styles.
Does "Shovel Headed Kill Machine" sound like the old Exodus?
Not exactly.. to me it sounds like an improved version, with a better singer and with Paul Bostaph's amazing drumming (Dave Lombardo's replacement in Slayer) how can anything go wrong?
Regardless of whether this album sounds like vintage Exodus (which it mostly does) or not. SHKM is a truly awesome, pounding and intense thrash record, that gets better each time you listen to it..
It may not be as good as Bonded by Blood, but then again, very few albums can top Exodus' crushing debut..
After listening to this album back-to-back against Exodus' "Tempo of The Damned" and most of the top Metal albums released in 2005, i can truly say that Shovel-headed Kill Machine is a near metal masterpiece! This album in my book is one of the best releases of 2005!