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BNP Paribas economists noted that October's 32% decline in the Northeast was likely a result of Hurricane Sandy's disruptions at the end of the month, and offset by a 62% jump in sales in the Midwest, as the South and the West experienced smaller movements in the month.
"The Census report collects data for new single-family houses, but does not capture the recent strength in rental demand, most of which is reflected in a boost in multifamily construction activity," they said. "Slower progress in the single- family sector than in the multifamily sector is consistent with much of the pick-up in residential demand being driven by investors rather than owner-occupiers. Nonetheless, we expect new single-family housing demand to continue its modest upward trend throughout the next year, driven by record-high affordability."
The FTSE 100 in London closed up 0.06% on Wednesday, while the DAX in Germany added 0.15% despite uncertainties over the U.S. fiscal cliff and debt ceiling and skepticism about Greece's debt deal.The European markets cut some of their losses as the trading session progressed after a decent Italian debt auction and the European Commission gave the green light on the restructuring of four Spanish banks, paving the way to their ability to tap into funds from the European Stability Mechanism. Japan's Nikkei average settled lower by 1.22% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index finished off by 0.62% as worries persisted that a fall by the U.S. over the fiscal cliff could help tip the world economy into a recession. Gold for December delivery was off $25.80 to settle at $1,716.50 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, while January crude oil contracts were off 69 cents to close at $86.49 a barrel. The benchmark 10-year Treasury rose 3/32 to dilute the yield to 1.630%. The dollar lost 0.05%, according to the
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Shiseido Eyelash Curler Reviews
AmazingFor me, Shiseido and Shu are incomparable because of their shape difference. Shiseido's flatter shape is the closest thing to a perfect fit for my smaller Asian eyes, while giving my short lashes a long-lasting sky-high curl (a term I didn't understand until I encountered this curler). In contrast, my lashes would not fit in the Shu's rounder curve. I paid $20 CAD for this curler, which I do think...read more is really steep for an eyelash curler. But I would definitely repurchase if I had to, since it gives me the best fit of all the curlers I've ever seen or tried, from both high-end and drugstore brands. (I'm not really expecting to replace this any time soon, though; it seems fairly sturdy.) My only qualms with this curler are really minor. I was unable to find the usual silver one - whose colour I prefer - and ended up purchasing the gunmetal one. This gunmetal curler feels slightly heavier than the other curlers I've tried before. I get good results with this but I still have to heat it with my blowdryer. My lashes are super straight & this is the only way I can keep the curl. The reason I gave it a 4 is simply because it's not quite curved enough for the shape of my eyes. I've bene using it since last spring & will likely start looking for a new one soon. Would I recommend it? Yes. It's a very well made tool with good quality pads. Really nice if it fits your eye shape. This is way better than the drugstore curler I used to use. I purchased it because the Sephora salesperson said that it was like a cheaper version of the famous Shu curler. I've never used that one, but have always been happy with my Shiseido one. It fits my eye and gives me a good curl that holds well. I'm happy with it. When it needs to be replaced, I may try the Shu one, but would also be happy to repurchase it. After reading many great reviews, I finally purchased this lash curler. The only lash curler that i have ever pocessed is from Revlon and I have adjusted my technics so I could actually achieve a rather satisfying job with it. The first time I got hold of the curler itself, it feels light and flexible, in fact, it even feels a bit too loose for my liking. it is actually faltter than Revlon and the first time i used it, it pinched my eyelid because I was not carefully enough. It fits better with my eyes but I am use to really push it and then squeeze hard. After a few tries, I think you need to use the correct technic and curl all the way up in order to get the best result. The first time I tried it, my lash folded upward in almost a 90 degree staight angle which was not pretty at all. But now, with less pressure and carefully move up the lashes, I actually can have curly lash that shoot up to my eyebrows. For something that works this well, $20 is a reasonable price to me and I am looking forward to purchase it again. — 2 years, 10 months agomihshelle | 165 reviews
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OrdinaryLike the Shu Uemera curler, it works like most other lash curlers and if I'm not careful it will pinch my skin. — 5 years, 8 months agoSubCulture | 319 reviews
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K.A. use to use this before he got his own line!!Honest truth!! No pinch! Best on the market!! — 6 years, 9 months ago
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Wide eyed and bushy tailed!This is one of the best curler I have ever used it is so simple and non-pinching. They also sell the replacement rubber pieces. — 6 years, 5 months ago
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Not all eyelash curlers are created equalWho knew an eyelash curler could make such a difference? Before I bought this, I'd been muddling through with my cheap-o Cover Girl curler, assuming that kinks in lashes were just a part of life. They aren't! Shiseido's thoughtfully designed curler works instantly--just squeeze and release--to give me a wide-eye look. — 6 years agoteshie | 396 reviews
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i finally have curly eyelashes!for years, i've made unsuccessful attempts to make my long and straight asian eyelashes curl, using various "curling mascaras" and eyelash curlers. i always tried drugstore brand curlers, thinking there couldn't be that much difference from the pricier brands since they looked the same, right? WRONG. why did it take me so long to invest in the shisheido curler? after being convinced by all the gl...read moreowing reviews here, i finally splurged and was it worth it! the curler curves perfectly to my eyelid so i catch all my lashes without pinching; a few firm squeezes down the length of my lashes produces the natural eye-opening curl i've wanted for oh so long! no funny crimps, no strange 90-degree angled lashes. just a long lasting curl, good on its own for a natural look and perfect for acheiving those vavavavoom lashes with mascara! LOVE this product. — 3 years, 10 months agojenstar313 | 101 reviews
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Well worth the costDon't spend five bucks on a curler that won't reach every lash, pinch your eyelid, or fall apart after only a couple months of use. This eyelash curler is nothing short of amazing. It gets even the smallest lashes in the corners of your eyes without any pinching, pulling or tugging. It never fails to get in close to deliver great curl and lift for lashes. It's also easy to clean and replace the pads. — 3 years, 8 months agoradar626 | 322 reviews
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From dreaded chore to enjoyable stepI wish I had discovered this eyelash curler years ago! I tried several of the iconic cult favorites over the years and eventually gave up on ever finding a curler that would allow me to curl ALL my lashes at the base at the same time, instead of missing some lashes or, worse yet, crimping them on the diagonal (ugh!). A few weeks ago I finally decided that I was going to try one last time to find ...read morea curler that didn't make me dread curling my lashes and that left them evenly curved (with staying power). I decided that the problem with all the curlers I had tried over the years was that they were too deeply curved for the shape of my eye. So although my eyes don't look even vaguely Asian, I decided to try the top-rated curler for Asian lashes, which was wider and had a shallower curvature than the others I had tried. Eureka!!! This curler is by far the best $19 I've ever spent on a makeup tool, and I expect it to last for many, many years, which makes it a great value. Now I actually look forward to curling my lashes when I'm doing my makeup! No struggling, no repeated crimpings because the first one only got the base of PART of my lashes. My eyes look bigger and brighter, and it's much easier to keep my lashes separated when I apply mascara. If your eyelash curler isn't giving you the results you're looking for, definitely try one with a different curvature. You won't believe the difference it makes! — 3 years, 10 months agoJewelrydesigner | 65 reviews
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My one and onlyI've been using this one for years. Works perfectly, and doesn't tug or beat your eyelashes up. My lashes look great, even without mascara. Doesn't make that weird kink or bend in the eyelashes that some curlers leave you with. The curl is soft and dramatic and elegant. This is a really high quality tool, as you'd expect from Shiseido. I think the general consensus in the beauty industry for the b...read moreest eyelash curlers are of course the legenedary Shu Uemura curlers and this lovely one from Shiseido! I've tried other eyelash curlers from time to time and there really is no other. — 6 years, 5 months agoModernDayWriter | 205 reviews
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The BestFor years I passed by Shiseido Eyelash Curler to ones that were less expensive. I looked at the overall design and thought, "How could Shiseido be better than Maybelline?" Conspicious consumption got the better of me, and I broke down and bought Shiseido. I was a fool for not succumbing earlier. This is the best eyelash curler that I have ever owned. No pinching, great curling, and easy to use. — 6 years, 5 months agogirlwomanbeautybrainsblog | 232 reviews
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Volkswagen Golf TDi – Minor Paint Correction. w/interior & engine bay
Booked as a Christmas present for a family member, the Golf was put through a two day Minor Paint Correction Detail, with added interior and engine bay treatments.
• 303 AeroSpace Protectant
• 3M Glass Cleaner
• AutoSmart Tardis
• AutoSmart G101
• AutoSmart Hazsafe
• AMDetails Bubbles
• AMDetails Wheels
• Bilt Hamber Auto-Clay
• Collinite 915 Marque d'elegance wax
• Jeffs Werkstat Prime
• Meguiars Super Degreaser
• Menzerna 203s
• Menzerna 85RD 3.02
• Poorboys Blackhole
• Scholl Concepts S17+
• Wolfs Chemicals Decon Gel
• Wolfs Chemicals Tyre and trim dressing
• Zaino Z6
Initial inspection on arrival:
Usual wash sequence carried out. Wheels, arches and engine bay first.
Wolfs' Decon Gel lifting iron contaminants from the rims:
After the pre-soak, two bucket wash etc, AutoSmart Tardis was used to dissolve some chunky tar deposits.
Next decontamination stage, the clay bar.
Lots of sap and fallout on the horizontal panels of this car (roof, bonnet etc)
Once inside and blown dry, time to dress the engine bay.
As I begin to assess the paintwork, the first thing I notice is the dull, crazed headlights. (Strange, never seen this happen to a mkv Golf before)
After a brief discussion with the owner before leaving the car with me, I understood that at somepoint, the driver's side had been resprayed (vehicle had been keyed if I remember correctly)
As I begin to inspect the O/S, my worst nightmares were revealed…
Unfinished DA sanding marks, everywhere. This was a VW main dealer 'repair', too.
Lovely masking mark just behind the door handle:
Even under the strip light, you can see the white 'haze' caused by the mass amount of pigtails. (DA sanding marks)
To make matters worse, I had to deal with two or three huge chunks of lacquer peel, too:
Shocking! The trouble is, these marks are quite bad! We're only booked for a Minor Paint Correction Detail; working to a budget. To finish and restore the paintwork to how it should have been left in the first place, we'd been looking at an easy 20+ hour Major Correction.
The rest of the car covered in the usual swirls and blemishes:
Starting high, the roof, A-C pillars and wing mirrors were fairly easy to tackle.
Moving down the O/S. Wing, Before/After:
Tidying things up quite nicely.
For the first of the DA marks, I upped my polish & pad combo to give more bite.
An initial cutting stage followed by a refining stage. Results:
Better. But it requires a lot more work.
O/S/R door before/after:
Lower sections:
Boot lid:
50/50 on bonnet:
Bonnet fini:
Giving the headlights a once over to remove the surface hazing:
N/S/R quarter, before/after:
Overall, it's coming up quite nicely. Big shame about the patchy bodyshop marks.
Paintwork glazed, waxed with Collinite 915 and finally wiped down before collection.
Interior tackled. Glass cleaned throughout with Dealer stickers being removed.


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Ever since Hollywood action heroes began flying on steel cables strung between cliffs, buildings and trees, zip lines have captured the imagination of the everyday person. The true birthplace of zip-line tourism, however, rests with the rainforest canopies of Costa Rica. It was here that zip-line excursions took hold, and then spread worldwide, offering an ideal "high thrill-to-skill" activity for almost anyone with an adventurous spirit and average fitness capabilities. How-To Guide The zip-line industry is growing rapidly, and keeping …
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which discusses (ordinary) differential cohomology refinements of generalized (Eilenberg-Steenrod) cohomology and uses it to study quadratic refinements (via characteristic cohomology classes) of intersection pairing in ordinary cohomology. Mathematically this refines the construction of Theta characteristics to ordinary differential cohomology and to higher intermediate Jacobians. Physically it is motivated from and related to self-dual higher gauge theory (see there for more) appearing in string theory and the corresponding quantum anomalies. In particular it makes rigorous the construction (Witten 96) of the partition function of the self-dual B-field in the 6d (2,0)-superconformal QFT on the worldvolume of the M5-brane.
The article introduces a systematic general definition for the refinement of any generalized (Eilenberg-Steenrod) cohomology theory to differential cohomology (the context for higher gauge fields in physics) in terms of differential function complexes. In this construction continuous classifying maps from a smooth manifold into a spectrum representing the given cohomology are equipped with smooth differential forms that have under the de Rham theorem the same class in real cohomology as the pullback along the classifying map of a collection of given real cocycles on the spectrum.
For a maybe streamlined discussion of this construction of differential cohomology see at differential cohomology hexagon the section Hopkins-Singer coefficients.
The connecton of this work to the physics of the electromagnetic field and of higher gauge field in string theory was later furher advertized in
To this date generalized differential cohomology theories keep being studied mostly with motivation from string theory, but the work of Hopkins and Singer has put this subject on solid mathematical ground, and an independent mathematical field of differential cohomology is developing since then. See the list of references at differential cohomology – References and at differential cohomology hexagon – References .


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International students at Montana State University, as well as local organizations, will set up stations offering children's activities from around the globe, including interactive activities, crafts, dancing, music, shows and much more.
"This event offers a wonderful chance for the children of Bozeman to actively engage with MSU's international students," said Debra DeBode, of MSU's Office of International Programs.
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Definitions for dragon tree
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dragon tree, Dracaena draco(noun)
tall tree of the Canary Islands; source of dragon's blood
dragon tree(Noun)
any of several trees, of the genus Dracaena, having a thick trunk, sword-shaped leaves and orange fruit, especially Dracaena draco from the Canary Islands - the source of dragon's blood
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN—Rotarians were in for quite the surprise at the Wakefield Rotary Club's weekly luncheon last Thursday when a group of colorful and outspoken characters came walking into the room. Preston is a well-dressed loner. Lucy speaks her mind and knows she is beautiful. Trekkie monster loves, well, pornography. All of these characters are puppets from Avenue Q, the latest production by the Courthouse Center for the Arts.
The production, written by American playwright Jeff Whitty and first shown in New York City, has won four Tony Awards in previous years, including one for Best Musical. The Courthouse Center for the Arts' show is the first in Rhode Island.
"We wanted to be the first in Rhode Island to do it," said Richard Ericson, Executive Director at CCA. "When I saw it seven years ago, I thought that I was going to die from laughing so hard."
Although Ericson does not want to give away too much information about the plot of Avenue Q, he hopes that the audience can connect in an engaging and hilarious way with its topic matter.
"I think it can relieve the winter doldrums, and people identify with it so much," said Ericson. "The show deals with all our current thinking, such as the economy or people working together trying to get Congress to do something."
"It is about all of us," he added.
The actors in the show have gone through a rigorous rehearsal process in order to bring their puppeteering craft to the stage. CCA has brought the puppet coach from Avenue Q's New York productions to work with the actors as they handle puppets for the first time.
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I just put a new fuel pump on my car.but when I go to start my car it still hasitate to start up.what could b wrong with it? my mechanic told me it could be some kind of security system once I putI put the key in the ignition wait until the security lights go off and start it up.is that true?
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what is the fuel preesure and does it bleed off fast after eng is turned off. could be fuel pressure reg issue
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has mechanic checked ignition system? had simular problem, turn out to be alternator. review when last tuned up. could be a fuel issue also.
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Okay thanks guy's. I just bought the car last week and having trouble with it already. I don't know when was the last time it had a tune-up.I thought if it was alternator that my lights Will b dull?
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10 Pairs of Cars Separated at Birth
Lots of cars share components. But for these ostensibly different cars, the differences are only skin-deep. Underneath the sheet metal, they're alike.
By Phil Berg
Saab 9-7x / Chevrolet Trailblazer
Business students the world over will be discussing the death of Saab, an innovator in safety, emissions, performance, and style. One of the lessons they'll learn will come from the failed rebadging of the grossly overweight, low-tech truck-based Chevrolet Trailblazer as a Saab. It was a feeble attempt to upgrade the interior materials and differentiate the Saab 9-7x from the Chevy, GMC Envoy, Oldsmobile Bravada, Buick Ranier, and Isuzu Ascender rebadgings of exactly the same truck. It did not impress or fool buyers.


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In 1967, Penny Chenery was a suburban Denver housewife when she assumed control of her dying father's Virginia-based horse farm. ''I was so ready for something more than wife and mother,'' says Chenery, now 88. ''I just galloped right into it.''
Four decades later, so did Hollywood, adapting Chenery's unlikely story into Secretariat. Starring Diane Lane as the titular Thoroughbred's tenacious owner, the movie chronicles the rise of the Triple Crown winner, as well as Chenery's triumph over the macho world of horse racing. ''I thought, 'I'll show them what a housewife can do!' '' she says. ''And I had a ball.''
Chenery knew that Secretariat would take some liberties such as omitting her other champion horse, Riva Ridge, who won the Kentucky Derby in 1972. ''There wouldn't be the climax of winning the Derby if I had already done it,'' she laughs.
But the movie doesn't shortchange Chenery (who appears in a cameo as a member of the Belmont audience). ''With one hand she's raising four children, and with the other she's saving her dad's business and attempting greatness,'' says Lane. ''Emotionally, it was a full meal to play her.'' As for Lane's portrayal, Chenery can only offer praise: ''I like her character better than I like me!''


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Wellsville residents who live near Third and Main streets might hear loud noises Sunday morning, but they shouldn't be alarmed. It's just the latest addition to the Wellsville Baptist Church's worship service. The contemporary, come-as-you-are service starts at 9:45 Sunday, with doors opening at 9:15 a.m.
The service is meant to provide people with an alternative to the traditional worship service, Dennis Kichler, the church's youth director, said. "Connect," which is the name of the service, will be packed with music from a live band, videos and the word of God, he said.
"It's real hot contemporary," Kichler said. "What you hear on K-LOVE [radio] now is what it will be like."
The atmosphere for the service, which will be in the church's gym, is expected to be relaxed, so people will feel comfortable just walking in, Kichler said. People can wear their blue jeans, have some coffee and doughnuts and hear the word of God, he added.
"The biggest thing, versus the old, traditional church is the relaxed atmosphere," Kichler said, adding his belief is that the message is what's sacred; the method is not.
The service, which is in addition to the church's two other services, targets anyone from 16 years old to 40, Kichler said, but everyone is welcome — no matter what age bracket they fit in. The sermons will vary, Dr. Tom Swafford, the church's lead pastor, said, but this Sunday's service will discuss how Christ rescues his followers.
"I like the format of the service," Swafford, lead pastor for three and a half years, said. "I think it's going to be good. I feel good about the service, and I like the format of this service."
With more churches making the transition to the alternative-format service, Kichler said, it is important to offer people options when worshipping God. The gym even will be equipped with wireless Internet access so people can look up Bible verses on their tablets or phones.
"I'm praying for 100 people to show up Sunday," Kichler said.


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Tangy dijon mustard, fresh thyme, pine nuts and lemon transform boring broccoli in this recipe that will satisfy even picky eaters.
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1. Arrange broccoli in a steamer. Steam, covered, 4 minutes or until crisp-tender. Place broccoli in a large bowl.
2. Combine minced shallots, olive oil, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, and chopped fresh thyme in a bowl; stir with a whisk. Add broccoli and pine nuts to oil mixture; toss.
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By Prof. Wani Tombe
Official death squads (ODS) are invariably, the characteristics of those human societies, in which, their mode of governance is riddled with unconstitutionalism to the extent that, the peoples are no more the sovereign. These are societies in which, the rulers behave as if they own the territorial states which they rule, and in which, these rulers are the law of the land. The rulers depend entirely on these ODS, to control the thinking and external conduct of the populace. In such societies, the notion and practice of freedom of expression is always zero. The ODS are thus made up of those human persons who in all human societies continue to prey on innocent citizens, to satisfy their murderous urges, without any regard to the nature of hurt and harm that their evil acts contribute to the moral; social; religious; and psychological; destruction of their nation.
There are many voices in South Sudan, which point to the fact that, the orgy of extrajudicial killings in Juba for example, and other major towns in South Sudan, is perpetrated by ODS belonging to various organised forces of the Republic of South Sudan (RoSS). The Minister of Interior, and others in the RoSS are quoted as admitting to the fact that, these ODS are real and they do exist in the RoSS. What does this mean? What does it mean when government ministers admit that, they have lost control of the situation, in which, the forces that they are supposed to control are now out of their control, and are being controlled by other vested interests in government, and these interests include the selected and indiscriminate killing of women, men, and children.
Are we not then, correct in concluding that, here in the RoSS, we are being led by a group of people who have lost the control of the situation? Are we not also correct to conclude that, we are being ruled by ministers who lack the moral capacities to confront their inner selves, in terms of their gross failures? These ministers have the fiduciary duties to protect us from comprehensive harm, however, here they are, complaining to us that, the policemen, and soldiers, that they were supposed to control, on our behalf, are now runaway forces. What are we supposed to do? We the ordinary citizens of the RoSS; we who are deprived of all means of checking the conducts of these ministers? We do not want violence in our society. How on earth are we supposed to remove such useless ministers from their redundant positions, and allocate these positions to some other sons and daughters of South Sudan, who can protect us?
If government ministers, publicly let-out utterances that, there are ODS operating freely in South Sudan, and if these ODS are the same people who attempted to murder some SPLA senior generals, in Juba, can these ministers guarantee their own safety in such an environment which is devoid of reasonable security? Just how can government ministers in such a situation walk with their heads high among the peoples whom they lead? Or is it the case that, the opinion of the common woman and man, in the streets of South Sudan, does not matter to these omnipotent ministers of the government of South Sudan? Why do these government ministers, think that, the rest of us, in South Sudan, are happy, and ready, to share the RoSS, with them, as corpses, in the graveyards of South Sudan? Or is it that, those who disappear, as a result of the activities of the ODS, have no graves, in public graveyards, because, they are buried, somewhere, secret, in Juba, and elsewhere in South Sudan?
I am repeating my request here again that, the security agents in the RoSS, must be made up of all the tribal, ethnic and other communities in the RoSS. There are enough pieces of evidence, which indicate that, most of these crimes of murders, and extrajudicial killings and rape and such like, in Juba, for example, are committed by ODS, composed of single tribes in the RoSS. We in the RoSS must not turn a blind eye to our reality on the ground. We know that our society is extremely primordial and tribal society. We know that the modern structures of governance within the government of South Sudan are being superimposed on tribal socio-cultural infrastructures. We must proactively device ways and means of neutralising these dangerous tribal formations so that, peace prevails in entire South Sudan. We cannot strive to build a modern multicultural and multi-tribal State, on the graves of other sons and daughters of South Sudan, just because, they belong to some smaller and militarily powerless tribes.
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The government of South Sudan must by all means reconstitute all security and intelligence institutions in South Sudan, with the sole intention of protecting the interests of all the peoples of South Sudan, and not only the interests of the ruling elites in South Sudan. It is now obvious that, some of the ruling elites in South Sudan, including governments in various States of South Sudan, have turned into rivals as regards the peoples of South Sudan. The mindless murders of innocent peoples in Wau, is a clear demonstration of the fact that, the rulers have misunderstood the reason why they are there in the first place. The incident like that in Wau, cannot just be brushed aside, as a commonplace incident, that occurred because there have been a simple misunderstanding, between the peoples, and the government there. It cannot also just be brushed aside, as an incident incited by those who want to create some instability in that state.
The government of South Sudan must not encourage the peoples therein, to resort to other means of protecting themselves against their own government. The government in South Sudan must not always find causes for public misfeasance, in tribal variables. Instead of admitting their own constitutional mistakes, some of the government people in Wau, are presenting the end nasty results of the Wau incident, as tribal conflict, between the Dinka and the Fartit tribes. This is wrong. This is culpable. This is immoral, and it is evil. Why do others in government want to survive behind tribal infernos in South Sudan? Why do many others in government of South Sudan, want to consolidate their powers base behind tribal carnage and massacres?
The incident that happened in Wau, during the last few weeks, and which produced some dangerous socio-political and security problems, must be seen within the framework of our peoples, having fallen victims, to conducts and intentions, of very sick members of the ODS, within the failed, and failing security agencies in South Sudan. The perpetrators of this heinous crime ought to be seen as criminals, within the society of South Sudan, and they ought to be subjected to all our criminal laws, if there are any, appropriate for such crimes in our society. It is also worth mentioning that, such heinous crimes threaten the very existence of the RoSS, albeit that, the rulers in various states of South Sudan, appear oblivious to the creeping danger. The time has come for us in South Sudan, to tell our government that, we cannot go on like this. It is unfair for us to be bothering as to whether, we shall live to see the next day, in South Sudan, just because, our security agencies, have developed insatiable appetite, for our innocent blood. That is, we as women, men and children of South Sudan. Why should the security agencies declare war on us the poor downtrodden others in south Sudan?
As God loving peoples, we ought to pray to God Almighty, to deliver us from this ordeal that we have brought upon ourselves, by making such ruthless others as our rulers. We must pray for collective patience so that, we do not become chaotic in what we think and do. The mindlessness in what took place in Wau should be treated as an incident that has taken place, within the framework of socio-religious, legal, moral, and cultural vacuum and deviancy. However, the promoters and perpetrators of this sinful act want all of us to read into this crime, many racial, tribal, or ethnic factors. It is sad that this heinous crime took place, and that such innocent citizens have died and suffered such violations and deprivations of lives. I am compelled to say a word or two regarding this issue because, while a crime has been committed, others have succeeded in making it a politically motivated crime. They have also succeeded, in their intention, of undermining the tribal and racial integrity of these victims. However, unknown to these criminals, they have also succeeded in undermining the integrity and dignity of the peoples of South Sudan as a whole.
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The perpetrators of this crime, as a matter of fact, emanates from the very South Sudan. This is a political crime, committed against the peoples of South Sudan. This is what one would like to contribute to, in the debate about this wrongful act, committed against these innocent people. I strongly believe that, some other political, religious, civic, and other societal leaders, should be held responsible for the crimes committed by these criminals, because, these criminals acted as agents of these so-called leaders. It is very right, to blame the so-called leaders and such like, for this particular incident, because, it is a very reasonable and honest thing to do, in the current circumstances, where political, and other wisdoms, are ubiquitously missing. Yes, we need human wisdom to resolve these intricate issues, in order to restore social harmony, and positive reciprocity, within the population of Wau town. We have to know that, such criminals can always commit such crimes again, geographical location notwithstanding, and those who want to undergrow this issue, from its politically motivated crime, to another dimension, should be careful, and they should put the safety of the whole South Sudan into consideration, including the safety of the entire peoples of South Sudan, who continue to be victims of these lowly criminals, in the form of police and other ODS.
I can also reiterate that, these criminals did commit this crime, to express some indignant political opinion, against their victims in particular, and against peace and security of the entire peoples of South Sudan in general. Such ODS are all over the RoSS, and innocent citizens of the RoSS, continue to suffer and die from their heinous acts whether be they in Wau, Juba or Malakal. These factual issues of tribalism and ethnicity are our curses in South Sudan. We in South Sudan, have lost the moral and intellectual capacities, to celebrate the positive glories of multiculturalism, just in the same fashions, that, other dysfunctional societies, have failed to celebrate the same, to their own detriment. Into the same abyss shall we fall, unless we refrain from following such paths?
We, in South Sudan; live in a state of nature. This is a country, and a land, whereby, the right to life; is, but, a distant remote moral echoes, of forlorn cries, of women, children, and men, trapped in make-believe modern State, saturated in fratricidal, infanticide, matricidal, and patricidal cultures; where, the silence of a grave, seems more benign, than the cruelty of life on it. We are hopeless and helpless humans, used to histories of hurts and cruelties. Is it too much to ask; or say that, what we need in South Sudan, are very stringent penal laws, regarding these kinds of crimes committed against us, by our own sons and daughters, whom we have armed to protect us, but, in their power stupor, have turned the barrels of these guns on us, and our souls are being harvested by the same guns, that we bought with our own blood, we the innocent citizens of South Sudan in Juba, Wau, and Malakal.
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We also need some objective approach to such issues when they do occur in our society. It is very easy to become very emotional over such issues and begin to search for solutions to such problems within the framework of some realms outside of the legal framework and this can in many a situation result in bad developments as happened in some distant countries, such as Rwanda. One is not suggesting that, people must not be emotionally involved in such issues. Surely, the parents and relatives of these martyrs in Wau, are emotionally involved in such difficult and criminal events in which their love ones have become the innocent victims of human rights. It is also true that, some of the members of the public can become emotionally involved. However, we have to reign on our nerves and emotions when dealing with situations as in Wau so that, society can be protected from emotional reactions to such dangerous occurrences.
We have to continue to demand for criminal laws that shall protect our innocent citizens from such human savages in our society. We have to demand that, our legislative institutions ought to work hard in the process of production of legal instruments that shall allow our innocent citizens to live in peace and safety in our society without the fear and danger of murderous molestation by such criminals. One can also say that, even with such legal instruments in place, there shall continue to be some of these human criminals in circulation and we shall continue to suffer these types of hurt and harm through our beloved innocent citizens who shall continue to become victims of ODS as members of human.
I think that, whenever we are confronted by such evil acts of other human persons in our society, we need to adopt some reasonable methods of solving the problem so that we do not rekindle other dormant and volatile situations that can always lead to some social and political unrest in the country. We have to live with the fact that, in our country, we shall continue to have sick members of our society from all tribes and cultural backgrounds given the multicultural nature of our country. This is not going to be the last time such innocent and loving citizens going to suffer in the hands of criminals like the ones, the subject of this opinion. Society must now learn some approaches how to protect our innocent citizens from such people notwithstanding some legal instruments that shall be put in place for the purposes of this kind of protection of our society through our innocent citizens.
We must also learn how to use some political language for mainly political issues if we can, and we ought to be able to have such kind of ability. This is very crucial if we are not to be engaged in matches of accusations and counter accusations as regards some of the people in our society whom we think ought to have the responsibility to protect our innocent citizens from such dangerous ODS in our society. We have to recognize that, in all human societies, leaders cannot patrol all human conducts that are a result of bent morals as regards some societal members. As for these ODS in our society, there is no way we are going to eliminate them short of depriving them of their lives which is also another violation of their rights to their lives.
Our best bid is to produce legal instruments that protect our innocent citizens against such dangerous people in South Sudan. ODS are like human persons with propensities to murder others. Society does not want murderers, but it cannot kill them all because society continues to produce some new murderers, and so is the case with the ODS in South Sudan.
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SAINT JOHN – Ryan Tesink has already accomplished a lot in his Quebec Major Junior Hockey League career.
The feisty forward helped his hometown Saint John Sea Dogs win the President's Cup and Memorial Cup to cap a remarkable rookie season in 2010-11. He followed that by playing a key role for Saint John in its second straight league title last year.
All that championship experience makes him a valuable veteran as the Sea Dogs work through a transition year. So far, so good.
The Port City squad won eight of its first 15 games, thanks in large part to Tesink's point-per-game average during that span. But the 19-year-old gets noticed for more than his numbers.
Whether it's standing up for teammates or taking physical punishment to make a play, Tesink is clearly one of the league's heart-and-soul players. He's hoping his efforts lead to signing an NHL contract in the near future with the St. Louis Blues, who drafted him in 2011.
"Every shift is important,'' Tesink said. "Just going out there and working, no matter who you're playing with, you have to compete every shift. That's what scouts and teams want to see in their players.
"I think I've had a great year so far putting up points and creating opportunities when we need them and playing every sort of role I need to. I think I've been pretty successful so far.''
Tesink is part of a St. Louis draft class that also includes Moncton Wildcats forwards Dmitri Jaskin (19 points in his first 16 games) and Yannick Veilleux (12 points in his first 15 games), whose efforts helped Shawinigan win the 2012 Memorial Cup.
"St. Louis is really good at keeping in touch,'' Tesink said. "Tim Taylor (player development director) always stays in touch and calls once a week to see how things are going.
"I think it helps me having (Saint John-based Blues scout) Blair Nicholson here as well. I think he's at every home game and I talk to him.
"It's definitely a good feeling knowing there are people in the building every night there to watch you. It makes you work a lot harder.''
Tesink's trademark intensity doesn't just benefit his own cause. His aggressive approach has rubbed off on rookie forwards Marcus Cuomo and Noah Zilbert, two of Saint John's most intense forecheckers.
"I think me working hard every shift shows the younger guys that you can't take a night off in this league,'' Tesink said. "You can't take shifts off because it'll cost you. I think the kids are learning pretty quick and doing a great job.''
Looking back, Tesink feels breaking into the QMJHL with such a talented team helped him realize what it would take to be successful. Teammates in his rookie season included big-time point producers Jonathan Huberdeau, Zack Phillips, Michael Kirkpatrick and Stanislav Galiev. Three of those four players are bona fide NHL prospects and Kirkpatrick is a key player for St. Francis Xavier University.
"Especially with these kids, they have a lot more opportunity on this team than (young) guys in the past,'' Tesink said. "I think they're taking advantage of it and some of them are getting chances on the power play and moving up in the lineup.
"The kids have really been working hard and I think the vets have done a great job. We're not as good as past years, but I think we've proven that teams can't take nights off against us. I think we've had a good start.''
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It's one of the nation's most important (and underappreciated) estuaries, even if it's often treated like an open sewer. Now an unusual coalition of advocates from labor, industry, and the environment is breathing new life into Long Island Sound.
By Jesse Greenspan
On a humid morning in late July, Nancy Seligson piloted her 17-foot motorboat slowly out of a tidal inlet and into Larchmont Harbor near the western end of Long Island Sound—a 110-mile long, 1,320-square-mile estuary sprawling along the coasts of Connecticut, Long Island, Westchester County, and New York City. As Seligson navigated the murky waters, a great blue heron flew out of the reeds, followed closely by an equally graceful great egret. Farther out in the harbor, two American oystercatchers perched on a barnacle-covered rock, their long orange beaks pointing toward New York City, a few miles to the west.
Once she was by the last of the moored boats, Seligson, a councilwoman for the town of Mamaroneck, New York, who also co-chairs the Long Island Sound Citizens Advisory Committee, picked up speed and began to point out the sites. There was Huckleberry Island, one of the largest heron rookeries in the New York tri-state area; Davids Island, a 78-acre former military fort that has eluded numerous attempts at development; and Execution Rock, where the British allegedly dispatched prisoners during the Revolutionary War by tying them up and letting the incoming tide drown them. As cormorants dove around the boat looking for fish, Seligson drank in the salty air. "We live in an incredibly developed area," she said, "but when you come out here it lets your soul soar a little. The air is different out here."
After an hour, clouds began to gather, and Seligson headed home, docking moments before the skies opened up for the second time that morning. For Seligson and the other 28 million people who live within 50 miles of the sound, the rain meant they might not be able to go swimming, whether or not the sun came out later. The sound may look clean, but many of the 105 sewage-treatment plants that line its shores leak raw sewage and other pathogens into the estuary. In New York City and parts of Connecticut, even small amounts of rain can cause a plant's sewage to overflow, raising bacteria levels and making it dangerous to swim or eat shellfish.
These pollutants also complicate matters for the 120 or so species of fish and the more than 400 species of birds living in or around the sound for at least part of the year. Migrating shorebirds stop over; lobsters congregate here, at the southern end of their inshore range; sea turtles visit in summer to feed on shellfish and crustaceans. "It's a mixing area where you get freshwater, marine, and anadromous species, and there aren't too many places on the globe where that happens," says Penny Howell, a fisheries biologist with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.
For humans, meanwhile, it's one of the most heavily used estuaries in the United States, pumping at least $5 billion into the region's economy every year through power generation, recreation, commercial fishing, and shipping. But unlike, say, Chesapeake Bay, restoring Long Island Sound has yet to attract widespread popular support. One reason, perhaps, is that the public has access to less than 20 percent of the sound—and much less in highly developed areas. Even some public beaches are prohibitively expensive for out-of-towners. "It's hard to get people to care about something if they don't know they can go there," Seligson says. "I tell them that it's the most important estuary in the country and that it's used in every possible fashion."
Long Island Sound, though, does have its share of dedicated champions. In the early 1990s a coalition of environmental, industry, and labor representatives formed a campaign to reduce pollutants and restore the sound's habitat. The unusual alliance caught the attention of Congress. Since then tenacious civic advocacy has combined with federal efforts to help reverse the sound's ecological decline.
But the battle must be waged on multiple fronts, and progress can be maddeningly slow. New threats from the energy industry and a mysterious environmental fungus could undermine the hard work. Meanwhile, time is running out for the wildlife that relies on the sound for survival.
Pollution in Long Island Sound dates back to the early 1600s, when the colonists cleared the area of trees. By the 1820s hat factories on the Housatonic and Still rivers were dumping mercury into the water, contaminating the sound's fish. Conditions continued to deteriorate throughout the 20th century, though it wasn't until 1987 that people realized the extent of the damage. That year hypoxia, a lack of dissolved oxygen in the water, killed large numbers of fish. By the summer of 1989 oxygen levels in about 330 square miles of the sound had fallen to less than 3 parts oxygen per million parts water, the threshold at which most life can survive. Researchers soon discovered that sewage-treatment plants were releasing 36,500 tons of nitrogen into the sound each year, spurring a growth in marine plants, which used up the oxygen as they decomposed and sank to the bottom. "When you have big, vast dead areas of the sound, that cuts the middle out of the food chain," says Patrick Comins, director of bird conservation for Audubon Connecticut.
Although the amount of nitrogen coming from sewage-treatment plants declined nearly 25 percent between 1994 and 2004, hypoxia remains a problem and reached near-record levels in 2003. Increased runoff from farms, lawns, and roads sends billions of gallons of contaminated water into the sound each year, say environmental advocates. Illegal connections to the sanitary sewer system and overworked septic systems also play a part.
Thanks to this toxic brew, nearly half of the sound's water is in poor or fair condition, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and certain species have crashed. In 1999, for example, high water temperatures and hypoxia left lobsters vulnerable to parasitic amoebae that decimated what was once a $40 million industry.
Today the lobster population continues to decline, and the number of full-time lobstermen in Connecticut has plummeted from a few hundred to about 40. "Most of these guys are hanging on by a thread," says Nick Crismale, president of the Connecticut Commercial Lobstermen's Association.
A new proposal by Broadwater Energy threatens the few lobstermen left. The company wants to build a natural gas storage facility—eight stories tall, 1,200 feet long, and 180 feet wide—that would float on the sound about 10 miles off eastern Long Island. Because a no-trespassing zone of more than a square mile would surround the structure, Crismale says the facility would put 30 percent to 40 percent of his traps off-limits. "I understand Long Island and New York need energy, but to put me out of business?"
Dozens of environmental and civic groups have joined the opposition, insisting the structure would be both a giant eyesore and susceptible to spills, explosions, and leaks. The project would also include some 22 miles of undersea pipeline with potentially adverse consequences for the sound's floor.
In much shallower water, a mysterious disease is killing marsh plants by rotting their roots, especially around tidal creeks. Though many factors might be contributing to the dieback, one hypothesis is that environmental stresses are making the plants vulnerable to a fungus, possibly brought over from Africa by the wind. "In Connecticut we've had scientists looking at marshes for dozens of years, and we've never seen this kind of thing before," says Ron Rozsa, a coastal ecologist for the Connecticut DEP.
Development, which has already destroyed one-third of the sound's tidal marshes, can also disrupt the flow of water and alter food sources, making the remaining habitat functionally useless for a range of species, including the saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow.
For most of the past half-century Long Island Sound has suffered from beach closings, contaminated shellfish beds, and floating debris. Despite the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, Congress recognized that more had to be done, and in 1985 it created the Long Island Sound Study, a cooperative effort led by the EPA, to address the sound's problems. In 1994, with the support of the states of New York and Connecticut, local and national environmental groups, various municipal representatives, sportfishing organizations, and marina owners, the EPA adopted a management plan that called for a 58.5 percent reduction in nitrogen by 2014. Theoretically, this will keep oxygen levels high enough to support life. The guidelines also called for minimizing beach closures, restoring at least 2,000 acres of coastal habitat and 100 miles of river habitat, and increasing public access to the sound.
Another milestone occurred in 1990 when David Miller (until recently Audubon New York's executive director) launched his Listen to the Sound campaign. At that time environmentalists were pushing for pollution reductions. In response to this demand, the state proposed a nitrogen cap, which many labor unions originally opposed because they feared it would mean a building moratorium in Westchester County. On a frigid winter day in 1992 about 1,200 Teamsters protested outside a meeting of sound supporters. But Miller had met with some of the labor leaders beforehand and pointed out that modernizing sewage-treatment plants would create large-scale construction projects. Then, at the rally, he spoke about finding "a marriage of ideas." The environmentalists, who hoped to improve the sound's water quality, and the construction industry, which later calculated that 50,000 new jobs would be created for every billion dollars spent, had reached common ground.
Within six months the Clean Water/Jobs Coalition, as the group called itself, was lobbying in Washington. "The legislators, when they see the coalition we've built together—labor, environmentalists, industry—they're quite impressed, and they respond," says Ross Pepe, president of the Construction Industry Council of Westchester and Hudson Valley. "Individually, none of us would be able to marshal the type of support we've been able to get."
The Clean Water/Jobs Coalition reversed decades of discord between parties that often found themselves on opposite sides of an environmental issue. "Some [congressmen] said, 'We're going to meet with you just to make sure you're really in the same room asking for the same thing,' " recalls Miller. Adds Jim Melius, the administrator of the New York State Laborers' Tri-Fund, "It's very rare that construction organizations and labor unions and environmental organizations meet with politicians together. Usually it's shouting and screaming, appointments a half-hour apart for opposite reasons."
Originally the coalition and its allies pushed for a bill to fund new sewage-treatment plants nationwide. When that was unsuccessful, it narrowed its focus to the sound. Congress rewarded its efforts in 2000 by passing the Long Island Sound Restoration Act, which authorized $40 million a year to improve water quality. Although the actual level of funding—an average of $5 million to $7 million a year—has never come close to that, it has augmented the hundreds of millions of dollars the states and municipalities were already spending. Environmentalists are hoping the act will be the catalyst to move the other projects forward. Though the federal government has provided only about 5 percent of the hundreds of millions of dollars that have recently been poured into upgrading sewage-treatment plants, that money has been important to smaller communities, which can't afford the improvements on their own.
Not only are new sewage-treatment plants less likely to overflow, but the most modern ones can remove up to 90 percent of the nitrogen that would otherwise enter the sound. And more upgrades are on the way. Last year New York City, the main contributor of nitrogen to the sound, settled a lawsuit with New York State by agreeing to spend at least $700 million to improve its sewage-treatment facilities. Though the lobster and winter flounder populations are still at or near record lows, many other species, including striped bass, have recovered to historically high levels.
In 2000 the second Listen to the Sound campaign aimed to build support for the Long Island Sound Stewardship Act. This bill, sponsored by all four senators and 31 of the 34 members of the House of Representatives from Connecticut and New York, passed last September and authorized $25 million a year to protect coastal habitat and improve public access. "The development of properties in and around the sound has proceeded at such a rapid pace in recent years," says former Representative Rob Simmons (R-CT), who worked to ensure the bill's passing. "It's incredibly important that we try to secure properties for future generations."
To see the practical effects, it's worth visiting the Great Meadows Unit of Connecticut's Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge, where heavy machinery was used last spring to dig tidal pans and creeks on dozens of acres, and to remove barriers to tidal flow. Just a few months later an area once overloaded with phragmites and other invasive species gave way to cordgrass and other native plants. Least sandpipers chased one another along the exposed flats, while ospreys and northern harriers soared overhead.
Patrick Comins of Audubon Connecticut, and Sara Williams, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, know this area better than just about anyone. In late July they braved hordes of mosquitoes and 95-degree temperatures to inspect the site. The unit itself, roughly half the size of Central Park, includes an extensive salt marsh and coastal scrub habitat with more than 270 bird species. "It's this remnant habitat island," says Comins. "Any birds in the area generally find themselves coming to the refuge."
Much of the surrounding area, however, is unprotected. Nearby Pleasure Beach and Long Beach—which together make up one of Connecticut's longest barrier beaches—are currently owned by the towns of Bridgeport and Stratford. A line of mostly abandoned cottages dots the mile-and-a-half walk to the end of the beach, where the remnants of an old amusement park still stand. Wrecked cars rust in the overgrown grasses, which are slowly reclaiming what was once roads and parking lots. Somehow wildlife has made a comeback here. Piping plovers and least terns nest on the beach, northern harriers hunt over the marsh and dunes, and ospreys perch on utility poles. The Fish and Wildlife Service is trying to purchase the sites before the towns sell them to developers. "Just about every parcel the service acquires these days has structures on it," says Williams. She likes to imagine that one day an interpretive center and a pier will replace the detritus there now. Adds Comins: "It's a thriving ecosystem as is. The only issue is how to restore human access to it in a way the people won't love it to death."
For Comins and other advocates, the marsh's resurrection as wildlife habitat gives them confidence about the waterway's future—especially if funding continues. They note that swimming, fishing, sailing, and birdwatching is better than it has been for years, and that the new sewage-treatment plants should further improve water quality. At the same time, they realize the job has just begun. "We're not at the point where it's too late," Comins says. "It's just going to take a groundswell of political and public will."
To learn about Audubon's Long Island Sound campaign, go to http://audubonaction.org/audubon/home.html. Urge your federal legislators to fully fund the Long Island Sound Restoration Act and the Long Island Sound Stewardship Act. To see how your individual actions—eliminating or reducing your use of toxic chemicals in your house or yard, for example—can benefit the sound, go to http://www.audubon.org/bird/at_home.
Bellwether Bird
At the East River Marsh in Guilford, Connecticut, a sea of cordgrass stretches out over several hundred acres adjacent to Long Island Sound. This is prime habitat for a small brown bird with a streaked breast, gray ear patch, and ocher-yellow face that breeds only along the Atlantic Coast from Maine to North Carolina. "The saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow is probably the single species that Long Island Sound is most important for," says Chris Elphick, a professor of conservation biology at the University of Connecticut. He has studied the East River Marsh since 2002 and has determined that about 1,000 saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrows live there, with thousands more at similar sites along the Connecticut coast.
Nonetheless, BirdLife International believes the species is facing an even higher risk of extinction than the federally threatened piping plover and has identified it as one of the highest priorities for bird conservation in North America. The species' global population, half of which lives in southern New England, is estimated to be about 100,000, and it may be declining. "It's a very rough approximation," Elphick says. "There are no numbers, and that's one of the problems. Salt-marsh species are just not monitored." The sparrow, which spends most of its time on the ground in search of food, is one of only two bird species (the seaside sparrow is the other one) in the world found exclusively in coastal marshes. But many of these marshes have been destroyed outright, while others have been drained, diked, and diverted to the point at which cordgrass—which the sparrow depends on for nesting—no longer grows. Instead, phragmites, an invasive reed that can grow higher than the tallest person, has taken over, obliterating habitat.
Although development has been reduced in Atlantic coastal marshes, thanks to the Clean Water Act and other protective laws, rising sea level now poses the most serious threat. The birds nest only in the high marsh that floods twice a month during spring tides. Since they have a 24- to 26-day nesting cycle, the reproductive window of opportunity is quite small, and already about one-third of nests are washed away during high tide, according to Elphick's study. "A change in flooding height of just a few centimeters could be enough to wipe them out," he says.
"Along with polar bears, the saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow may be ground zero for species at risk from climate change," adds Patrick Comins, Audubon Connecticut's director of bird conservation. As pressure on the sparrow mounts, East River Marsh and Long Island Sound's other large tidal marshes remain more crucial than ever.—J.G.
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The health of Long Island Sound is crucial to the future of the saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow.


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Harper Seven Beckham isn't even a month old yet, but she's already the toast of the blogosphere thanks to the adorable photos mum Victoria likes to share online. And now she's released perhaps the cutest photograph yet, a Twitpic of the baby snuggling with her soccer-star father, David.
"I took this beautiful picture and wanted to share it with you, baby Harper cuddling Daddy! x VB," Victoria, 37, wrote via Twitter on Sunday morning. It's easy to see why the adorable snapshot already has more than 435 comments, since the photo shows 4-week-old Harper looking straight at the camera, while David, 36, looks dashing as always.
"Thought you'd like to see another picture of little Harper, I'm such a proud dad," David
The Beckhams welcomed baby Harper to their Los Angeles-based clan on July 10, and ever since the proud parents have publicly expressed their joy through photos and status updates on Facebook and Twitter.
On July 17, little Harper's 1-week birthday, David debuted an awwww-worthy photo of his two girls sleeping, with a follow-up of David and his daughter appearing the following day.
Apparently, being camera ready is in the Beckham genes. In addition to her gorgeous parents, Harper has three equally photogenic older brothers: Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, 8, and Cruz, 6.


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- July 18, 2012 - 10:45
YAY Scott Andrews will no longer be my MP!
- July 18, 2012 - 10:43
Great! Now every French-y in Ottawa will have a feild day. The riding of "Bay D'Espoir - Central - Notre Dame." The last part, Notre Dame is good as people know how to say that in English, but, D'Espoir?
- Anon
- July 18, 2012 - 10:18
No because Harper is a goon.
- P F Murphy
- July 18, 2012 - 07:31
"the redistribution coincides with the census"? I thought all data gathering like a census taking and such had been banned by Harper because he wants to run Canada on the ideas inside his head and doesn't need any factual information to conflict with those ideas.
- Ballyclatters
- July 18, 2012 - 08:35
Can you resist ANY opportunity to attack Harper, regardless of how unrelated?