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- 2005 National Gang Threat Assessment
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), 2005. This report provides a national and regional picture of the threat posed by gangs to enable Federal, State, and local policymakers and law enforcement agency administrators to understand the dimensions of the national gang problem and assist them in formulating policy and allocating resources. Includes regional trends as well as sections for community response to gangs, and gangs' involvement with terrorist organizations. (NCJ 209594)
- Causes and Correlates of Delinquency Program
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), April 1999. The purpose of this project is to determine how youth delinquency problems develop within the context of their community, family, and peers.
- Early Precursors of Gang Membership: A Study of Seattle Youth
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), December 2001. The Seattle Social Development Project is a longitudinal study of youth living in high-crime neighborhoods and the predictors that lead to participation in gangs. (NCJ 190106)
- Effect of Juvenile Justice System Processing on Subsequent Delinquent and Criminal Behavior: A Cross-National Study
National Institute of Justice (NIJ), October 2003. This study examined similarities and differences in juvenile justice systems at two sites in different countries (Denver, Colorado and Bremen, Germany) to determine the effects of distinct features of these systems on subsequent delinquency. In this way, the study might provide information about successful juvenile justice system practices. The project involved samples of high-risk subjects at the two sites.
- Evaluating G.R.E.A.T.: A School-Based Gang Prevention Program
National Institute of Justice (NIJ), June 2004. The results of a 5-year study of the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program reveal that the program has modest positive effects on adolescent attitudes and delinquency risk factors but no effects on their involvement in gangs and actual delinquent behaviors. (NCJ 198604)
- Evaluation of CeaseFire-Chicago
National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Northwestern University, May 2008. findings of an evaluation of CeaseFire, a Chicagobased violence prevention program that was active in numerous sites in Illinois. The program is administered by the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention (CPVP), which is located at the University of Illinois School of Public Health. The evaluation focused on program development and implementation, and on its impact on clients and the community. It was conducted independently by a team from Northwestern Universitys Institute for Policy Research. The evaluation was funded by the National Institute of Justice.
- Gang Activity in Orange County, California: Final Report to the National Institute of Justice
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), February 2000. Report on a study conducted by the University of California, Irvine, at the request of the Orange County Chiefs' and Sheriff's Association (OCCSA) to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of OCCSA's community-based, multi-agency efforts to address gang violence and to help develop strategies to prevent and control illegal gang activity. Also evaluated was the OCCSA's Gang Incident Tracking System. (NCJ 181424)
- Gang Structures, Crime Patterns, and Police Responses
National Institute of Justice (NIJ), June 2001. This report provides data on how street gang crime patterns related to common patterns of street gang structure provide focused, data-based guidelines for gang intervention and control. (NCJ 188511)
- Gang Structures, Crime Patterns, and Police Responses: A Summary Report
National Institute of Justice (NIJ), June 2001. Provides data on how street gang crime patterns related to common patterns of street gang structure provide focused, data-based guidelines for gang intervention and control. (NCJ 188510)
- Gun Use by Male Juveniles: Research and Prevention
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), July 2001. This bulletin draws on data from OJJDP's Rochester Youth Development Study to examine patterns of gun ownership and gun carrying among adolescents. Also addresses the interrelationship between gangs and guns and describes efforts to reduce the illegal carrying of guns by youth. (NCJ 188992)
- Highlights of the 1999 National Youth Gang Survey
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), November 2000. This fifth annual gang survey conducted by the National Youth Gang Center indicates that 3,911 jurisdictions in the Untied States experienced gang activity in 1999, a 19 percent decline from the high of 4,824 in 1996. (NCJ 185315)
- Highlights of the 2000 National Youth Gang Survey
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), February 2002. This report summarizes the methodology and findings of the 2000 National Youth Gang Survey, which solicited information on youth gangs from 1,216 police departments serving all larger cities, 661 suburban county police and sheriff's departments, a randomly selected sample of 398 police departments serving cities with populations between 2,500 and 24,999, and a randomly selected sample of rural county police and sheriff's departments. (NCJ 193445)
- Highlights of the 2001 National Youth Gang Survey
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), April 2003. This seventh annual survey conducted by the National Youth Gang Center showed that an estimated 3,000 jurisdictions across the United States experienced gang activity in 2001. (NCJ 200139)
- Highlights of the 2002 National Youth Gang Survey
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), April 2004. This is the eighth annual survey conducted by the National Youth Gang Center. The report provides preliminary evidence that the overall number of jurisdictions experiencing gang problems in a given year may be stabilizing. (NCJ 204957)
- Highlights of the 2002-2003 National Youth Gang Surveys
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), June 2005. This report presents highlights of the 2002-2003 National Youth Gang Surveys, which solicited information from police departments on gangs in their jurisdictions. Of the 2,405 law enforcement agencies that received questionnaires, 95 percent responded to the 2002 and/or 2003 survey (1,524 responded in both survey years; the remaining 5 percent did not respond in either survey year). (NCJ 210490)
- Highlights of the 2004 National Youth Gang Survey
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), April 2006. This fact sheet presents the main findings from the 2004 National Youth Gang Survey (NYGS). The findings indicated that 29 percent of county and city law enforcement jurisdictions that were surveyed experienced youth gang problems during 2004. Breaking this figure down by type of area revealed that 82 percent of larger cities, 42 percent of suburban counties, 27 percent of smaller cities, and 14 percent of rural counties reported youth gang problems. (NCJ 214253)
- Highlights of the 2007 National Youth Gang Survey
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS), April 2009. Since 1995, the NYGC has conducted a systematic survey of law enforcement agencies across the United States regarding the presence and characteristics of local gang problems. The nationally representative sample was selected in 2002 and includes the following agencies: all police departments that serve cities with populations of 50,000 or more (n=624, larger cities); all suburban county police and sheriffs departments (n=739, suburban counties); a randomly selected sample of police departments that serve cities with populations between 2,500 and 49,999 (n=694, smaller cities); and a randomly selected sample of rural county police and sheriffs departments (n=492, rural counties). The findings show that in 2007 an estimated 3,550 jurisdictions served by city and county law enforcement agencies experienced gang problems and an estimated 788,000 gang members and 27,000 gangs were active in the United States. Other details regarding youth gangs are provided. Data collected using a survey defining youth gangs as a group of youth or young adults in your jurisdiction that you or other responsible persons in your agency or community are willing to identify as a gang; motorcycle gangs, hate or ideology groups, prison gangs, and exclusively adult gangs were excluded from the survey. Tables and figure (NCJ 225185)
- National Evaluation of the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program, Final Report
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), September 2002. A report on the multiyear, multifaceted evaluation of one school-based gang-prevention program, the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program, in which uniformed law enforcement officers teach a 9-week curriculum to middle school students. (NCJ 196447)
- National Gang Crime Research Center
National Gang Crime Research Center (NGCRC), n.d. The NGCRC conducts research on gangs and gang members, disseminates information through publications and reports, and provides training and consulting services.
- National Gang Threat Assessment 2009
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC), February 2009. According to the 2009 National Gang Threat Assessment released by the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) and the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), approximately one million gang members belonging to more than 20,000 gangs were criminally active in the U.S. as of September 2008. The assessment was developed through analysis of available federal, state, and local law enforcement information; 2008 NDIC National Drug Threat Survey (NDTS) data; and verified open source information.
- National Institute of Justice 2002 Annual Report
National Institute of Justice (NIJ), 2002. Highlights NIJ's research and development activities during fiscal year 2002 in such areas as terrorism, violence against women and family violence, science and technology, and community safety. Details NIJ's increased commitment to program evaluation and describes how new-look print and electronic products and electronic-based dissemination will make policy relevant research more readily available to policymakers and practitioners. Also contains financial and web data and lists of awards, conferences, and products. (NCJ 200338)
- National Youth Gang Survey, 1999-2001
National Institute of Justice (NIJ), National Youth Gang Center (NYGC), July 2006. This report provides the results of the 1999, 2000, and 2001 National Youth Gang Survey as well as the preliminary results from the 2002 survey. Overall, the findings reveal the significant variability in the characteristics and behaviors of gangs across the Nation, indicating that communities should comprehensively assess their local gang problem before developing prevention programming. Communities are urged to adopt the Comprehensive Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Model, which identifies the most promising strategies for reducing gang problems. (NCJ 209392)
- OJJDP News @ a Glance: New Program Supports Community Anti-gang Efforts
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), September 2003. The Gang Reduction Program (GRP), a priority of the OJJDP, is underway in four pilot sites and has a clear goal: reducing youth gang crime and violence in targeted neighborhoods by helping communities take an integrated approach to applying proven practices in primary and secondary prevention, intervention, suppression, and reentry. (NCJ 201826)
- Preventing Adolescent Gang Involvement
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), September 2000. This publication offers a solid foundation on which to build a comprehensive strategy to prevent youth gang involvement, examining the youth gang problem within the larger context of juvenile violence. Describes key characteristics of youth gangs, and the risk factors for gang membership, including individual and family demographics, personal attributes, and peer group, school, and community factors. (NCJ 182210)
- Preventing Violence the Problem-Solving Way
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), April 1999. This bulletin describes the specific interpersonal cognitive problem-solving skills that relate to high-risk behaviors and their use by "Raising a Thinking Child," a primary prevention program for children ages 4 to 7 and their parents. By teaching their children to think first and to think constructively, parents can contribute to preventing violence the problem-solving way. (NCJ 172847)
- Regional Information Sharing Systems ATIX (RISS ATIX)
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), n.d. RISS ATIX participants include executives and officials from governmental and nongovernmental entities. Participants are designated into a specific group based on their role regarding the prevention, response, mitigation, and recovery efforts of terrorism and disasters. Each group is referred to as an ATIX community. ATIX communities include local, county, state, tribal, and federal government; law enforcement; emergency management; disaster relief; utilities; and, among others, the chemical, transportation, and telecommunication industries.
- Responding to Gangs: Evaluation and Research
National Institute of Justice (NIJ), July 2002. A collection of papers representative of the National Institute of Justice's portfolio of gang-related research. Ten chapters present different aspects of gang problems and research. (NCJ 190351)
- Strategies to Address Gang Crime: A Guidebook for Local Law Enforcement
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), April 2008. To assist law enforcement and parents in identifying and addressing gang crime, the COPS Office has developed a variety of tools and resources including Strategies to Address Gang Crime: A Guidebook for Local Law Enforcement. Author Scott H. Decker, PhD provides information about developing and enhancing local law enforcement responses to gangs in their jurisdictions. The focus of the guidebook is on the use of problem-solving strategies to help agencies select the interventions most appropriate for their jurisdictions. In particular, the guidebook describes the SARA model (Scanning, Analysis, Response and Assessment), a strategic problem-solving process with which local law enforcement is familiar and can apply to its local gang problem. This is the must-have resource to help law enforcement understanding the factors that contribute to their gang problem and select appropriate responses.
- The Growth of Youth Gang Problems in the United States: 197098
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), April 2001. Provides information on statistical trends in the development of youth gang problems during the last 3 decades of the 20th century.
- The Stop Snitching Phenomenon: Breaking the Code of Silence
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), April 2009. The threatening nature of the stop snitching message intimidates witnesses and erodes trust between communities and police by undermining police efforts to involve communities in preventing and combating crime. This also threatens police agencies own ability to prevent and solve crime because it impedes investigations, arrests, and convictions, and could severely erode the criminal justice system. This report addresses the problem and includes case studies documenting successful law enforcement and community approaches that have been implemented.
- Violence by Gang Members, 1993-2003
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), June 2005. This report provides estimates of the number and rate of violent crimes committed by offenders that victims perceived to be members of gangs based on the National Crime Victimization Survey data. It also presents information on demographic characteristics of the victims of violence by gang members such as race, age, and gender, and characteristics of the incident such as police notification and number of offenders. (NCJ 208875)
- Violent Crime Impact Teams (VCIT): Focus on Partnerships
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), April 2006. This COPS Innovation document provides background information on the Violent Crime Impact Team initiative and highlights the importance of partnerships as an essential component of its success. Through informational interviews with ATF supervisors in 12 sites, the reader will learn how existing relationships with other agencies and communities were strengthened and new, solid relationships were formed.
- Youth Gang Bibliography
National Youth Gang Center (NYGC), February 2001. A 110-page bibliography of gang literature that includes citations for over 2,000 books, journal articles, and manuscripts.
- Youth Gangs: An Overview
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), August 1998. This OJJDP bulletin looks at the history of youth gangs and their demographic characteristics and assesses the scope of the youth gang problem, including gang problems in juvenile detention and correctional facilities. States that successful gang intervention and suppression must build on services already in place in our communities to develop a comprehensive approach that will enhance the capacity of the juvenile justice system. (NCJ 167249)


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When you stay at Houston Marriott Airport at George Bush Intercontinental in Houston, you'll be near the airport and convenient to Houston Police Department Museum.
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Make yourself at home in one of the 565 air-conditioned guestrooms. High-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge) is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as complimentary weekday newspapers and coffee/tea makers.
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Twenty miles from downtown Houston, the Houston Marriott Airport at George Bush Intercontinental is the only lodging connected to the IAH airport terminals by an underground tram. Deerbrook Mall shopping center lies 6 miles east of the airport. The hotel provides 39 meeting rooms and a number of business services, which include wireless Internet access in the lobby (surcharge) and a 24-hour self-service business center with three computers with high-speed Internet access as well (surcharge).
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The charges relate to atrocities committed during the 1977-78 "Red Terror" period when tens of thousands of people were killed or disappeared in Mengistu's bid to turn Ethiopia into a Soviet-style workers' state.
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While you are getting ready for Halloween and All Souls Day, take some time to laugh (or cry) over the three videos I've selected from the numerous Occupation videos. Let me know by your comment which of the three you believe is the funniest of the lot.
So many stories, so little time when you actually have a life
OWS protester Scott "F*** The Corps" Olsen, who has rapidly risen to become the Cindy Sheehan of OWS, has been outed as a member of IVAW and the owner of the blog 'I Hate The Marine Corps'. Awesome representative of the dysfunction of #OWS, keep 'em coming!
A picture of main stream America? USA News reports of violence and assaults occurring among the protesters in Zuccotti Park.
So, is this what they meant by 'normalizing' OWS? A 23 year old woman and #OWS protester, Justina Jenson, has been charged with felony prostitution of 16 year old whom she met at a New Hampshire Occupation.
Beat It! Madison, Wisconsin city officials have revoked Occupation Madison's permit due to numerous complaints of public masturbation. How else are the oppressed 99%ers going to let off steam?
Marilyn Manson and Halloween – like peanut butter and jelly.
Happy Halloween, Peeps!
Early this morning I participated in my first ever Boot Camp fitness workout. Eight hardy souls met at Lloyd Hall at 6 am to start their day with an hour of cardio and strength training, but mostly we ran. I'm signing up for the five week course that spans November into December.
For those considering joining a 'boot camp' fitness group, let me share my thoughts on Day 1 of Boot Camp:
Before considering any type of workout, please see your primary care physician to discuss your state of health and the exercise options available.
A year ago, I joined a most excellent book club that meets monthly to discuss books that tilt toward a political nature – both left and right. We meet in the club room of a cigar store, enjoying cigars and brandy. Every now and then we are treated to French Absinthe. As I am the only non-smoker of the club, I pass on the cigars, but enjoy participating in the lively discussions. I find it is a privilege to be including among the members of this bookclub, as they are all knowledgeable and seasoned by life.
This month we are discussing 'The Forgotten Man' authored by Amity Shlaes.
Amity Shlaes revisits the late 20′s and early 30′s to investigate the net effect of Roosevelt's 'New Deal' on the lives and fortunes of average Americans.
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Amity Shlaes takes us back to show us how the roots of our disillusionment can be found in a single election year, 1936. In that year, Franklin Roosevelt systematically established the modern political constituency, from unions to artists, to senior citizens. Roosevelt's solution was to spend for these groups, so extensively that federal spending that year outpaced state and local spending, for the first time ever in peacetime. The consequence was the Roosevelt landslide of 1936 –but also the modern entitlement trap. Roosevelt often spoke of the Forgotten Man, the man "at the bottom of the economic pyramid." Yet, Miss Shlaes shows, his New Deal created a new forgotten man, the man who subsidizes the funding of other constituencies — and who haunts politics in all developed nations today.
I have given Occupy Philly a fair assessment on this blog based on my observations. Yet, their actions speak plainly for them on this latest event:
15 Occupy Philly Protesters Arrested
Philadelphia police Sunday arrested 15 people associated with Occupy Philadelphia for blocking Eighth Street near Race Street, just outside police headquarters.
The sit-in began about 17 hours earlier as a protest march against police brutality nationwide.
What are your thoughts on this latest action by the Philly Occupiers?
What a crazy twisting road this has been so far.
Due to a ankle injury in July, my participation in the 2011 Philadelphia Marathon is relegated to sideline cheerleading.
Today, following a good four mile run, I am officially back on the road to the Philly 2012 Marathon. The ankle felt fine and I'm past ready to run.
Running is just one facet of my training. I've signed up for a three day a week boot camp and joined a nutrition group at work. The race schedule will be exactly the same as this year, minus the mud run, of course. I'm actually looking forward to the journey of training with Team Philly for the 2012 Broad Street Run and Philly Marathon.
In short, I will be running my butkiss off chasing my 26.2 dream and loving every minute of it.
Remember – It is not 26.2 miles, it is ONE mile run 26 times.
There comes a time in every bloggers life when they realize the need to step away from the desktop/laptop/iPad and seek additional knowledge and network with gurus they have been following online in person. Attending a conference is an efficient way to learn new skills and meet subject matter experts in areas where you seek to learn more. In today's tough economic environment, it is important to consider the type of conference you would like to attend, but also which will give you the most return on your investment.
I've cobbled together a list organized into three popular categories – Tech, Political and Blogging While Female.
A trio of contenders for Bob Casey, Jr's Senate seat have announced their intentions for election. Two Republicans and one conservative leaning Democrat have pitched their hats into the ring.
Steve Welch - businessman who failed to capture the GOP nomination for Congressional district 7. Over the past decade he has repeatedly switched party registrations, giving fuzzy reasons for each switch.
Brian Kelly - Democrat who has earned the endorsement of the Independence Hall Teaparty Association. I know very well what life is like as a conservative Democrat in Pennsylvania.
Tim Burns - GOP nominated candidate who failed to overcome the Democrat challenger to fill Congressional District 12, the seat made available by the timely death of John Murtha. Not a surprising defeat to those who know the history of GOP candidates for that congressional seat.
It looks like I'm going to have to stock up on Tums with this fielding of candidates hoping to topple Bob Casey, jr during the upcoming election season.
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America's foremost humorist and social pundit, Garrison Keillor takes his skits and monologues across the country in his popular radio show, A Prairie Home Companion. American Masters trails this yarn-smith and his crew of actors and musicians as they spin stories and song into American gold in Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes.
Through the course of a year, an intimate lens captures Keillor on- and off- stage as he mingles fact and fiction to create America's collective hometown, Lake Wobegon, on a radio program that carries bona-fide nostalgia. The result is a fascinating inside look at the enigmatic raconteur and how the imaginary world he created became a real place in America.


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Lightning Storm Super Soaker carries the largest water drum yet
Hasbro's really done it this time. After rebooting the Super Soaker franchise with Nerf looks last year and dropping the pump action in favor of battery-powered water spraying fun, the toy company's going bigger. The Lightning Storm is the largest battery-powered Super Soaker to date and it packs a wet wallop.
The battery-powered Thunderstorm was a sweet Super Soaker pistol and the Nerf Hydro Cannon (pumping) could shoot a 19 ounce blast of water up to 35-feet, but both look like kiddy toys compared to the Lightning Storm.
The newest Super Soaker might not shoot as far — only 25 feet — but it does have a water drum that can hold 37-ounces of frigid water to annihilate your friends with — or you know, act as an imaginative wake up call for your sleepy kids. Both work.
You'll notice that it's not just the huge drum that attracts attention, but there's also a detachable stock and blast shield. While I didn't get to handle the Lightning Storm with any water in it, the water blaster does feel unbalanced if you take the stock off. The weight seems to dip towards the front of the Super Soaker without it.
Best of all, all of last year's Thunderstorm magazine clips are compatible, so you can still arm yourself when you're out of water.
The water blaster will cost $25 when it arrives this spring. Get ready to get soaked without all the arm fatigue, and don't forget to buy some AA batteries. You'll need four of them to get this guy's gears going.
(Editior's note: There seems to be some confusion that the Lightning Storm is the largest capacity Super Soaker ever made. It's not. I do want to clarify that the story states the Lightning Storm has the largest water drum to date on a battery-powered Super Soaker. -Raymond)
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Hollywood! Adapt This: INFAMOUS
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This week in adaptation news saw the Captain Planet and the Planeteers live-action movie get a boost by landing at Sony, the 1990 cult film Jacob's Ladder is getting a remake and Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx will reteam for an adaptation of S. Craig Zahler's crime novel, Mean Business on North Ganson Street. Books, films and TV shows continue to be a rich source of material to mine for adaptations and video games are gaining some ground. Today, we'll tackle a game franchise that's been around since 2009 and is set to release its third installment on the PlayStation 4, but has yet to see a movie adaptation. Hit the jump for more. Hollywood! Adapt this: inFamous.


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GAO-14-283: Published: Feb 12, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 12, 2014.
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What GAO Found
The Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) fiscal year 2013 information technology (IT) expenditure plan satisfied the two sets of statutory conditions contained in the appropriations act. Regarding the first set of conditions, the plan identified for each project the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered, mission benefits, life-cycle costs, and key milestones. For example, for the Federal Housing Administration Transformation's Portfolio Evaluation Tool project, the plan identified functional capabilities such as the ability to produce on-demand reports to assess financial impacts and risks. The plan also satisfied the second set of conditions by demonstrating that each project was in compliance with HUD's enterprise architecture, was being managed in accordance with applicable life-cycle policies and guidance, conformed to capital planning and investment control requirements, and was supported by an adequately staffed project office. For instance, it included assessments demonstrating how projects conformed to requirements for planning and controlling investments. By satisfying these conditions, the plan should better inform the decision making of HUD's appropriations committees on current modernization projects.
GAO made two observations regarding the fiscal year 2013 expenditure plan. First, the plan outlined IT management controls, but did not describe progress toward institutionalizing these controls. A federal agency's ability to successfully modernize its IT environment depends on implementing key controls for managing projects, which include enterprise architecture, project life-cycle management, and human capital planning. Further, establishing a means for evaluating progress in institutionalizing these controls can enable effective oversight. While the plan outlined management controls the department developed in 2010 and how they are to be used, it did not provide a means for evaluating progress by describing the extent to which the controls had been established or commit to time lines and activities needed to institutionalize them. Second, while the plan included details on individual projects, it did not describe HUD's overall approach for its modernization efforts. Effective modernization planning includes defining the scope of the effort, an implementation strategy, and a schedule, as well as establishing results-oriented goals and measures. For individual projects requesting fiscal year 2013 funding, the plan included details regarding scope, strategy, and schedule. However, the plan lacked a similar discussion regarding the department's overall approach for modernization efforts. Specifically, the plan did not discuss the scope, implementation strategy, or schedule for HUD's modernization efforts or related projects beyond fiscal year 2013 funding. Further, the plan did not provide goals or measures for gauging the progress of the modernization efforts.
HUD officials stated that they did not view the plan as a mechanism for evaluating progress; rather, they were focused on satisfying the statutory conditions and considered modernization priorities insignificantly changed. However, without a means to evaluate progress toward institutionalizing management controls and an articulated approach for its overall modernization efforts, the department may lack reasonable assurance that projects planned or under way will be completed successfully and its ability to effectively manage improvements to its current IT environment may be limited.
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HUD relies extensively on IT to administer its community and housing programs. However, because HUD's IT environment has not effectively supported these programs, the department has been working to modernize its infrastructure and systems and implement management controls to overcome shortcomings in its capabilities. To facilitate oversight of these efforts, Congress set limitations on HUD's modernization funding. Specifically, the fiscal year 2013 appropriations act carried forward requirements for HUD to submit an expenditure plan that satisfied two sets of statutory conditions and was reviewed by GAO before all of the agency's modernization funding could be released. For fiscal year 2013, HUD submitted a plan that sought to obligate $24.2 million for 16 projects.
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Given the importance of managing and modernizing HUD's IT environment, GAO is recommending that the Secretary of HUD direct the Chief Information Officer to (1) establish a means for evaluating progress toward institutionalizing management controls and (2) define its overall modernization approach to effectively oversee the efforts. In written comments on a draft of this report, HUD concurred with GAO's recommendations.
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Status: Open
Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Recommendation: To ensure effective management and modernization of HUD's IT environment, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development should direct the department's Chief Information Officer to establish a means for evaluating progress toward institutionalizing management controls and commit to time lines for activities and next steps.
Agency Affected: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Status: Open
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Recommendation: To ensure effective management and modernization of HUD's IT environment, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development should direct the department's Chief Information Officer to define the scope, implementation strategy, and schedule of its overall modernization approach, with related goals and measures for effectively overseeing the effort.
Agency Affected: Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Federal Retirement Processing:Applying Information Technology Acquisition Best Practices Could Help OPM Overcome a Long History of Unsuccessful Modernization EffortsGAO-15-277T: Published: Dec 10, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 10, 2014.
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Federal Software Licenses:Most Agencies Have Reported Planned Actions to Address Our Prior Recommendations on Software License ManagementGAO-14-835R: Published: Sep 23, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 23, 2014.
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Information Technology:Reform Initiatives Can Help Improve Efficiency and EffectivenessGAO-14-671T: Published: Jun 10, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 10, 2014.
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Federal Software Licenses:Better Management Needed to Achieve Significant Savings Government-WideGAO-14-413: Published: May 22, 2014. Publicly Released: May 22, 2014.
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Information Technology:Implementing Best Practices and Reform Initiatives Can Help Improve the Management of InvestmentsGAO-14-596T: Published: May 8, 2014. Publicly Released: May 8, 2014.
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As someone who grew up in Australia, celebrating Halloween was something completely foreign to me until I moved to Canada in 2000. Of course, being a teacher at the elementary school level, the subject of Halloween is not easily avoided -- my students start thinking about their costumes weeks before the big day! The topic does provide me, as a French teacher, with authentic context in which to teach vocabulary that's important to my students (i.e. the characters they dress as and the candy they prefer!) so it's win-win for me -- kids getting excited about learning new vocabulary? Every teacher's dream!
Once the school day is over, I head home to hand out candy at my own house. In a neighbourhood with a large population of families with small children you'd be silly to not take part in the fun on Halloween evening -- it's a great way to get to know your neighbours and also it's a lot of fun to see what all the kids are dressed up as. My first few years in Canada, we handed out candy but stayed in the house, waiting for the doorbell to ring. But after a few years of doing that, we decided we might as well head out to our front porch and stay there, complete with dinner, drinks, candy and a handful of friends who live in condos where there isn't any trick or treating. And so was born, the Halloween Porch Party!
Are you looking for a new Halloween tradition? Don't have kids of your own to go trick or treating with? Want to enjoy the fun of Halloween night from the comfort of your own porch?
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1. The treats. If you have enough will power to buy the treats earlier rather than later, you'll get a better selection. I've been known to be schlepping around the neighbourhood shops at 5 pm on Halloween night but often by then, stores are sold out or won't have the treats you want. It's a good idea to buy treats with the "nut free" symbol on it -- the safe choice for all kids.
Depending on how you want to handle any leftover treats, plan accordingly. If you're okay with a few leftovers (i.e. you haven't already been eating treat-sized candy for weeks!) make sure it's candy you enjoy. If you don't want to end up eating treat-sized candy until Christmas, buy stuff you won't eat then take them into your workplace and share them with your co-workers. Of course, the best way to avoid leftovers is to buy the right amount of treats -- if you're unsure, ask neighbours how many they typically hand out on Halloween.
If you're inviting friends over to join the Porch Party, have them buy some treats to hand out as well. Make sure they buy something different so you have a good selection.
2. The clothes. Some Halloween evenings are pretty chilly, especially after the sun goes down, so make sure you are dressed properly. It's a nice touch to provide comfortable cushions and blankets for your porch party guests too!
3. The food! This, for me, is right up there with organising the candy properly on Halloween night. I rarely make it home before 5 pm and often, many of the younger kids have already started trick or treating so there's no time to prep dinner.
It makes so much sense to take the time the night before to prepare a hearty dish that's easy to pop in the oven when you get home and serve family style on the porch. Here are some great make-ahead ideas from the Philly Canada and the Real Women of Philadelphia Recipe Gallery:
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April 7, 2009
With fewer than 90 days remaining before Tennessee's judicial selection star chamber expires, legislators are beavering away on a reform package that can win enough votes to save the state's "merit" selection system. The Tennessee Journal reports that House Republican Joe McCord is pushing legislation that would reduce the influence of legal special interest groups when it comes to picking members of the judicial selection commission. As Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey has pointed out, "by law" at least 75 percent of the commissioners who decide who will control one-third of Tennessee's state government are hand-picked by special interests like the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association. Under Rep. McCord's bill, the House and Senate speakers would no longer be bound to pick from a list of special interest favorites.
Rep. McCord's bill is a step in the right direction. The Nashville Post is reporting that Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey will be presenting another step of his own when he introduces legislation this week that would create a gubernatorial appointment and retention election system.
The best solution: restore democratic judicial elections as called for in Tennessee's Constitution.
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February 8, 2007
We welcomed the newest member of our group - Raimonda Margioni!
Aleph Version 18
Rich announced that UF is expected to upgrade the first or second weekends in July (6-8, 13-15). The system will be down possibly into the following Monday. Although the testing has indicated that FCLA could upgrade as many as three libraries per week, the plan is to upgrade one library per week - Phase I libraries in July and Phase II libraries in August.
By the end of February, UF should have available an editable test client containing the full database. The test client data was captured in December 2006, and FCLA is in the process of reviewing the data and preparing the tables. One to two weeks before the upgrade, FCLA will probably freeze the tables and not allow changes. When asked if FCLA is testing the job routines and the print daemon, Rich said he would check. Doug mentioned that Daniel is looking at spine labelling.
Betsy reported that a group of CatMet managers and trainers plus Cecilia and Jean met February 6 to review the training documentation provided by Ex Libris and FCLA. Some of the PowerPoint presentations are geared to staff unfamiliar with Aleph. Out of the collection of training resources, those highlighting the changes in effect with version 16 seem the most relevant. Naomi, Jackie Brown, and Betsy are going to create a combined list of cataloging-related changes from the What's New in Version 16, 17, and 18 documents. In addition, Jackie will review Ex Libris' resources and pull out helpful information, such as a list of keyboard shortcuts. There are plans to reinstitute cataloging liaisons to specific areas as was done with the migration from NOTIS to Aleph (4/21/04 Cataloging Trainers Group Minutes: Liaison Role section) Jan voiced support for having one liaison assigned per unit, as opposed to multiple liaisons assigned to each unit based on particular functions (e.g., holdings, items). Other than these activities, the group is waiting to test functionality and workflow in an editable client.
Steve explained that AcqLic has no specific activities to report about version 18 training at this point. In response to Barbara's request that collection managers be kept in mind when training is developed, Michele indicated this would definitely be the case. She pointed out that AcqLic held training sessions for collection managers when the library migrated from NOTIS to Aleph.
Per Cathy, Preservation has looked at some of the documentation and the demo/dev clients.
Rich commented that the Permissions Module has been somewhat improved since version 15.5, but not substantially. An example is that after the upgrade, it will be possible to associate userids with a name and expiration date.
Rich reminded the group that FCLA is interested in hearing from us about training needs. In addition, Michele mentioned that a soon-to-be formed unit within AcqLic, the Technical Support Unit, will include a new position of Technical Support and Instructional Librarian, who will have responsibility for developing training resources.
The general consensus is that the upgrade should not pose significant challenges for staff and is expected to provide much needed improvements. Rich does not expect that a significant data review will be needed. The primary focus will be on testing functionality (e.g., macros). FLCA's client-focussed listservs (e.g., CATCLIENT) provide an opportunity for exchange among the SUL. Some of the lists are more active than others at this stage. Ex Libris will be providing a checklist with post-upgrade instructions.
Material Type
At the Print Media and Management Committee (PMMC) January meeting, questions about the Item Record Material Type were raised. Cathy suggested that it might be useful to have a policy document specifying when to use the BOOK, ISSUE, and ISSBD material types. (Currently, there is also a fourth, ILL ORDER PROJECT.) The group agreed, and Bobby and Raimonda, PMMC co-chairs, agreed to draft the document. Doug volunteered to provide assistance, if needed, for application of the BOOK material type.
Authorities update
Betsy reported that the TSPC Authorities Subcommittee, in collaboration with FCLA, has decided to implement a change in authority loading that should speed up the loading process. The current estimate is that it will take approximately one year to finish updating the name authority file - a much shortened prediction than was reported at the last meeting.
Cecilia voiced her frustration with the lack of progress loading MESH headings. This led to a larger discussion about whether increased staffing at FCLA would enable them to complete loads and other projects more expeditiously. Rich and others encouraged TSPC, now under Cecilia's leadership, to discuss this issue and petition for additional staffing if necessary.
Doug inquired if differences among Smathers, HSCL, and Law cataloging regarding the use of set records vs. analytics should necessitate a special procedure. The group did not believe so and agreed that the holdings records should provide an adequate means of indicating varying call numbers, etc.
Doug also expressed concern about the growing number of personal copy records for course reserve and the resulting cluttering of the catalog. Catalogers have been told not to edit or overlay the personal copy records. CatMet would prefer to overlay personal copy records when a copies are added to the collection. Matthew and Doug will follow up with Access Services staff to resolve this situation.
NOTIS use
Cathy reported that PMMC members are anxious about NOTIS going away because a number of them continue to use it for a variety of tasks. Others made similar comments about staff in their areas, prompting Michele to recommend that the group document the ways NOTIS is being used. While FCLA's Aleph ARROW reports will enable us to access much data, it may be possible to expand what these ARROW reports cover and/or augment them in some way. Cecilia pointed out that staff often consult non-standard data, which may be difficult for FCLA to include in ARROW reports.
Steve's observation is that staff are using NOTIS less and less over time, and Rich commented that UF has been fortunate to have access to NOTIS for so long because of being the first institution to migrate to Aleph. Jan emphasized the importance of listening to the needs of frontline staff.
Michele indicated there have been exploratory discussions at UF about making a copy of the NOTIS data. However, Michele believes it is FCLA's responsibility to address any valid needs for NOTIS data. For example, Rich said that FCLA is committed to making bill and fine information accessible. Rich also pointed out that if UF creates a copy, it will have to develop some type of interface staff can easily access, which may prove to be difficult.
The group agreed on the following action items:
- Michele will investigate if CSUL has addressed this issue.
- Cathy and Bobby will ask PMMC to provide information about their frequency of use.
- Cecilia will propose to TSPC that it discuss NOTIS use and whether the Aleph ARROW reports sufficiently cover the need among SUL.
- Betsy will send a message to the Aleph Catalogers list asking in what way and how frequently catalogers are using NOTIS.
- Steve will check with Acquisitions staff.
Betsy stressed the need for larger monitors, particularly with the pending upgrade to Aleph version 18. She offered to e-mail the group information from the ALEPH-NA listserv re. monitor size as well as check to see if CCLA and FCLA have posted recommended specifications.
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Medications called biologic response modifiers have given new hope to people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the doctors who treat them. Until the late '90s, people with RA looked at a future of pain, lost function, and eventual disability. Biologics have changed that outlook.
Many people now live with significantly less pain and more function, but may worry about side effects. Here's a look at the risks and benefits of biologics.
Ed Clough's story demonstrates how biologics have changed the RA picture. He was first diagnosed in the early '90s and advised to take ibuprofen for pain. "It didn't do much," he says.
Then, for no apparent reason, his RA went into remission. A few years later, it came back with a vengeance. "The pain in my fingers and wrists got so bad I couldn't button my shirt or lift a gallon of milk without dropping it," he says. "Things I never used to think about."
The return of Clough's RA coincided with the FDA's 1998 approval of the first two biologic agents on the U.S. market. The drugs were so new that Clough's doctor had to put him on a special list to qualify for the treatment. "Within weeks of the first injection, I could manage everyday activities again," Clough says. "I played golf without pain for the first time in years."
Biologics are a class of drug that target specific parts of the immune system. With RA, the immune system goes into overdrive and attacks healthy cells. So bringing the immune system under control is key to managing the disease.
This approach is not new, exactly. Some disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) that have been around for decades. But many work by suppressing the whole immune system, rather than specific parts of it.
"Biologics are the first agents developed specifically with RA in mind," says Theodore R. Fields, MD, clinical director of the Early Arthritis Initiative at the Hospital for Special Surgery. "Some were originally developed as chemo drugs, others to treat tuberculosis. The new agents target specific chemicals in the immune system so you see more benefits without as much collateral damage."
"Biologics have elevated the goals of treatment," says Arthur Kavanaugh, MD, professor of clinical medicine in the Rheumatology Division at the University of California, San Diego. "We're treating the disease earlier and more aggressively with much higher expectations for patient outcomes."
Researchers now recognize that the first year is a critical time to treat RA. Often much of the bone and joint damage occurs early, within a few weeks of onset. Biologics do not reverse existing damage, but can protect the joints against continued damage and have been shown to slow the progression of the disease. They are considered a possible treatment for patients who have uncontrolled RA despite the use of DMARDs.
The most serious risk of taking biologics is infection. A suppressed immune system doesn't go after viruses, bacteria, or other intruders as well. So people who take biologics are more susceptible to infections, including pneumonia and some food-borne illnesses. People with serious or active infections such as tuberculosis should not take biologics. Other precautions should be taken in those with heart failure or problems of the nervous system such as multiple sclerosis as biologics may exacerbate these conditions.
Injection site reactions can occur around the site where biologics are injected or infused. The area around injection sites sometimes become red, bruised, and painful, and you may need time off the biologic until the infection clears up.
Infusion reactions can be more serious, causing chest pain, difficult breathing, and hives, among other things. For this reason, infusions are always done at a medical facility where they can be closely monitored.
A small number of biologics have the potential for more serious side effects. Some are only recommended when other biologics have failed.
Because each drug has its own set of potential side effects, you should talk about them with your doctor.
Unfortunately, every treatment carries risk, no matter what the condition. Patients and doctors need to weigh the side effects of available treatments against what could happen with no treatment. Though many people with RA experience periods of remission, the disease often becomes active again.
Without treatment, RA reduces life quality and expectancy for most people. As RA progresses, it destroys cartilage and bone within the joint, then moves to the surrounding muscles, ligaments, and tendons.
For people with uncontrolled RA, fatigue, pain, and disability become a way of life. One study found a higher than normal rate of depression in people with RA, particularly those with poorly managed disease. People who had RA and who suffered from depression were more than twice as likely to die as RA patients without depression symptoms.
Chronic inflammation can damage other organs in the body as well. RA doubles the risk for heart disease. Approximately 30%-60% of people with RA develop anemia. In rare cases, RA can lead to tissue damage, nerve damage, and eye problems.
As relative newcomers to the RA treatment scene, biologics come with many questions that have not yet been answered. For instance, what biologics work best for which person? Do biologics work better when used in combination with other drugs?
Though questions remain, biologics are part of a trend of significant improvements in RA treatment. The shift from "wait and see" to early, aggressive treatment has had a big impact on people's lives. Review of a database of more than 3,000 people with RA found that the average level of disability has declined 40% since 1977 at a steady rate of about 2% each year.
"It's better to have RA in 2010 than any time in the past thanks to advances in treatment," Elena M. Massarotti, MD, at Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Rheumatology in Boston, tells WebMD. "I expect we'll be even further along at this time next year."


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Developer intentionally went after 'higher-end mix'
Wohl Investment Co., a property redevelopment firm, has for the past 15 years acquired various shopping malls and plazas along 17th Street in Costa Mesa, remodeling them and signing eclectic and unique tenants, while mostly eschewing big chain stores.
1998: 17th Street Promenade (250-298 E. 17th St.)
2001: Newport 17th Street Plaza (101-105 E. 17th St.)
2002: Westport Plaza 1 (369 E. 17th St.)
2005: Westport Plaza 2 (369 E. 17th St.)
2006: Former Marie Callender's building, now Pitfire Artisan Pizza (353 E. 17th St.)
There appears to be little academic and/or anthropological research devoted to the hipster, but that has not prevented the masses from trying to define the oft-discussed social caste.
Urban Dictionary – a website chock full of user-generated humorous definitions of slang terms – has no fewer than 395 definitions for "hipster."
"Definitions are too mainstream" for hipsters, reads one, probably the most concise and, ironically, accurate of the bunch.
Hipsters are a subculture, says another definition, of people in their 20s and 30s who value independent thinking, progressive politics, creativity and art.
Hipsters can be seen donning vintage and thrift store-inspired clothes and sporting androgynous hairstyles such as side-swept bangs and shag cuts, all while playing guitar and stroking thick beards. Flannel shirts, skinny jeans and thick-rimmed glasses are common attire.
Flannel shirts, skinny jeans, edgy hairstyles and obsessions with craft-like, locally sourced, naturally produced products have proliferated along East 17th Street in Costa Mesa in recent years.
These are the markings of a hipster haven – a style that manifests itself in one-of-a-kind restaurants with vegetarian and handmade foods, artisanal wine shops, specialty meat stores and boutiques packed with unique products.
The one-mile stretch of mostly strip malls used to be home to chain eateries, old local institutions and national brands, but now it's in the midst of transformation, say shop owners and the developer leading much of the area's renaissance.
To be sure, 17th Street will never be Costa Mesa's version of Brooklyn's Williamsburg, a well-documented New York City neighborhood considered the epicenter of hipster culture. That's because not only are Costa Mesa and Brooklyn utterly different, but two other shopping centers – The Camp at Bristol and Baker streets, and South Coast Collection near I-405 and Harbor Boulevard – are already vying for that honor.
Rather, 17th Street is becoming a mecca for young families looking to escape the tech-infused drudgery of the 21st century, at least according to Sidecar Doughnuts co-owner Chi-Lin Pendergrast. Sidecar opened in April and boasts doughnuts made of natural ingredients and no preservatives – a back-to-the-land, homemade vibe.
"It just seems like a natural desire for something slower and authentic and personable, and when you have chains you go further and further away from personable," Pendergrast said. "We want to live in a place where you can shop for unique things, handmade things, and when you do that, you slow down a bit."
The transformation of 17th Street into a hip boulevard grew over time. As indie shops started opening there, others were tempted to join them, coalescing into a trend. Developers intentionally sought the indie businesses, such as Avanti, a cafe that opened on 17th Street nearly nine years ago.
Avanti co-owner Mark Cleveland said the concentration of hip businesses lures more customers. He dismissed concerns that some older tenants might get pushed out.
"We feel like it's good for all of us because these particular malls end up like a dining destination," he said. "You can show up and decide what you want to eat then. Once you come to 17th Street, you can cruise the boulevard and decide where you want to go."
Avanti serves vegetarian food sourced from local farms, though Cleveland says most of his customers are not full-time vegetarians.
Jan's Health Bar had its eye on 17th Street for its second location – the health food eatery started in Huntington Beach in 1968 – for the same reasons. The variety of exercise gyms, shopping boutiques and unique eateries draws repeat customers to the street.
"They don't want to eat at the same place everyday, they don't want to work out at the same place every day, but they don't want the chains," said Jan's Health Bar owner Poppy Holguin, who purchased the eatery from Jan herself in 2010.
Many business owners view the transformation of 17th Street as a sort of spontaneous cultural upwelling. But the selection of tenants and a redesign of several shopping centers by Peter Desforges at Wohl Investment Co. played a key role.
In the past 15 years, he's been redeveloping parts of 17th Street. Desforges, president of Wohl, a redevelopment company, sought tenants he felt fit the eclectic bill, eschewing chain stores.
"There's a Subway and a Domino's on every corner," Desforges said. "The higher-end mix just attracts a higher-end customer to the center and there's a real synergy that goes on with that."
Desforges believes the geographic location of 17th Street is just right between Newport Heights, Eastside Costa Mesa and even the Balboa Peninsula. Those areas have dense housing with what Desforges describes as "extremely good demographics, 360 degrees around 17th Street."
Even Desforges is hesitant to label the wave of new restaurants and shops swamping this neighborhood as "hipster," sticking more to businesslike buzzwords such as "unique," "synergy" and "quality product."
But does that unmask him as a hipster himself? Doesn't every hipster deny that they're actually, deep down, a hipster?
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Climate change could drive the Iberian lynx ‒ the world's most threatened cat - to extinction within 50 years, despite substantial ongoing conservation efforts, a new international study has found.
Published today in Nature Climate Change, the research team says the impact of climate change must be incorporated in strategies to reintroduce the Iberian lynx to new habitats if the species is to be saved.
"We show that climate change could lead to a rapid and severe decrease in lynx abundance in coming decades, and probably lead to its extinction in the wild within 50 years," says lead author Dr Damien Fordham, from the University of Adelaide's Environment Institute. "Current management efforts could be futile if they don't take into account the combined effects of climate change, land use and prey abundance on population dynamics of the Iberian lynx."
The Iberian lynx is the world's most endangered cat species, with only an estimated 250 individuals surviving in the wild. Recent declines have been associated with sharp regional reductions in the abundance of its main prey, the European rabbit. Only two Iberian lynx populations persist in the wild compared with nine in the 1990s.
Over 90 million has been spent since 1994 to try and save the species, mainly through habitat management, reduction of destructive human activity and, more recently, reintroducing the lynx into suitable areas where they have lived in recent history.
Although there is evidence that lynx numbers have increased in the last ten years in response to intensive management, this study warns that the ongoing conservation strategies could buy just a few decades before the species goes extinct. This study is the most comprehensive conservation-management model yet developed of the effects of climate change on a predator and its prey.
CSIC researcher at the Doñana Biological Station in Seville, Dr Alejandro Rodríguez, says: "Habitat in the south-west of the Iberian Peninsula, where the two existing populations of lynx persist, is most likely to be inhospitable to lynx by the middle of this century." Current reintroduction plans are targeting the south of Spain and Portugal but survival of the species in the long term may require higher latitude and higher altitude regions on the Iberian Peninsula.
"That the numbers of Iberian lynx are currently increasing suggests that intensive management of habitat and rabbit populations have worked as effective short-term conservation strategies, but small population size means that the species is still threatened and susceptible to future population declines," says Professor Barry Brook, Chair of Climate Science at the University of Adelaide. "This means that the species is extremely vulnerable to shifts in habitat quality or to changes in the abundance of their rabbit prey due to climate change."
The researchers say climate-change-informed decisions should be a common part of conservation practice.