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I live on a beautiful homestead and had have free-ranging Bantam chickens and guineas for years. As expected, predators occasionally kill a chicken but the birth ratio has been much higher than the deaths…. Until this spring.
A hawk or pair of hawks have begun targeting our Bantams. Repeatedly we have seen a hawk swoop down and take off with a half grown chick. Some of our hens have lost their entire brood to the hawks. Today I witnessed a hawk attacking a full grown hen. Yelling, I ran towards the hawk and it flew away empty taloned. The whole flock is very nervous. All morning my chickens have been constantly sounding the hawk alarm call and the chickens stay in hiding under the house and in sheds. They now live in constant fear of death from the sky. I would appreciate advice on what can I do to discourage visits from hawks. Is shooting the hawks the only option? I know the hawks probably have their own offspring to feed. I admire their hunting skills and know they are an important part of the food chain. I would freely give them all the mice and wild rabbits they could catch, but I don't enjoy losing dozens of my chickens to them. |
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- Posted by velvet_sparrow z10 So. Calif. (My Page) on Sat, May 31, 08 at 17:09
Don't shoot the hawks, they are only doing what comes naturally. If you continue to supply a free and easy food supply, why shouldn't they eat them? You need to protect your chickens better with an enclosure, then after a while the hawks will move on when the food supply is cut off. Your chickens must be constantly terrified, and I'll bet you've seen a drastic reduction in their egg production because of this. :( Velvet ~:> |
- Posted by critterkeeper (My Page) on Sun, Jun 1, 08 at 7:28
It is illegal to shoot birds of prey but your frustration is warranted. I also have a problem with predators from the sky as well as the typical ground variety, raccoon, foxes, possums and coyotes. I was forced to pen my chickens who had previously free-ranged. I'm afraid it's the only sure way to protect them. My barred owls hang around hoping for a misstep. They've even perched on my fence ouside the kitchen window looking for some tasty snack. No mice at my house or in my feed shed! I also keep my bird feeders full year round which also provides a food source for them from time to time. Nature can be cruel. |
We lost a few beloved hens to an enormous Bald Eagle before our rooster came of age and we expanded their pen to include forest cover. The rooster is always alert to movement in the sky (while the hens are busy scratching, pecking, and dirt bathing). He will herd the hens into the woods or coop at the least sign of danger (even an airplane) and keep them there as long as necessary. It has been a year now and though we often notice eagles and hawks circling overhead, they have never gotten one of our hens. Truly amazing! Our present rooster is a standard Delaware breed, but we have had other breeds over the years (including banty) that took their job just as seriously. Can you employ the services of a rooster or two? The only other approach I know of is to provide an enclosed pen with wire roof. |
At what age is it safe to the the chickens free range outside their fenced yard? Mine are approximately 10-12 weeks of age. I want to let them run in the yard/on the property, but am afraid I will have to chase them to get them in at night, or they will simply wander off and not return. The fenced area is getting too small for them. I am getting ready to move them into a bigger coop and yard. They go into their little coop at night right now on their own, but they are fenced in.... Also I have 4 mallards and 2 pekings, I have a creek near the fowl yard, will the ducks return or will they just sail on away? I have hawks too, I don't know if it will be any worse if they are loose. I have read about getting the bird netting over the yard and will probably order that, but I wanted them to run freely during the day as much as possible. I hate the idea of them being penned in all the time, I have no close neigbors, so there is nobody to bother. Please let me know what you all think... I am new to chicken ownership...lol, thanks! |
I agree,,you need a safer place for your hens..otherwise you will lose your whole flock :( I also had to redo a higher fence ect because of predators,,but that's what you get in the country and especially with keeping animals. we need to be the higher power sometimes and protect our animals from a certain death. |
- Posted by davidsonsfalconry (My Page) on Sun, Feb 15, 09 at 17:21
yes please don't shoot the hawk its against the law if you get a few great horned owl statues this should stop them as one of the only few predators that hawks have |
- Posted by brendan_of_bonsai 4b AK (My Page) on Sun, Feb 15, 09 at 19:21
Do not shoot hawks. That is not an option. If the pigeon fanciers who have been killing raptors for the last few years keep doing it I would imagine that conversationalist hunters are going to declare open season on all pigeons even those in cages, that is not an issue we want associated with chickens. |
We free range most of our birds, waterfowl mainly, some chickens. Over the years we've always lost many to hawks, coyotes, & foxes. We really had a hard time keeping the females alive, as when they nested, they'd stay with the nest & become dinner (we assume, as it was always the females disappearing). We freerange the birds mainly for bug control. The killing sprees stopped cold when we bought our first livestock dog. She took to the birds naturally, with limited training. Now they (we bought more) patrol and keep everything at bay. They protect the pastures, barn, and house. The first trained the rest. Good fencing is needed. Just having a few birds may not warrant the sole expense of a livestock dog for some people, but if you forego a house dog when the time is right, and get a livestock dog, it can protect where it is needed, and earn his keep by zero loss. We have a dual purpose male Pyr, and contrary to what one reads on the "official" websites, they can be trained as dual purpose, it just takes a little longer. Be sure to get one raised with livestock & fowl, because mama dog would have given the basic fowl training (a bird guardian can be hard to train). I suggest this because today the issue is a hawk, tomorrow it may be a fox, possum, or raccoon. Brush won't help much with those predators. Alternatively, unless you can lose a bird or 2 or 3 every once in a while, I'd suggest not freeranging, and build a coop. Cement floor, solid walls, and a wired door & window or two. Make a 2nd set of outside doors/windows solid for nightime/winter closure. Just be sure to use 2 kinds of wires, the hardwire cloth and the stronger 1x2 wire overlapping for the summertime/daytime door/windows. Works like a charm for a coop. |
- Posted by ewesfullchicks TX (My Page) on Sun, Feb 15, 09 at 21:35
I'm sorry for your losses - it's heartbreaking. I have a lot of chickens (at one time - 1,000 + - now about 750). Obviously, predators are a huge concern. I have lots of bunch grass on my property. Although I hate it, I keep stands of it, for the chickens to hide under for protection against arial predators. I have the majority of my flock within portable electric netting, which keeps out dogs/coyotes/raccoons, etc. INSIDE that fence, I have Great Pyrs to protect the chickens. However, these have been raised from birth to protect chickens. Mine are lousy with sheep (which I also have). I've seen my male drive off a hawk attack while I was in the shelter area collecting eggs. The hawk stopped in mid-descent. Truly amazing. HOWEVER.....I still sustain losses from Great Horned Owls. My theory is that as they fly silently, the dogs don't notice. They swoop down, and just eat the bird's head or part of the head - maybe the dogs interrupt? I've noticed that the losses usually occur during moonlit nights. It's bright enough for the hens to walk out to the water area away from their shelter, and I think the owls take advantage. I'm in the process of building a much bigger, more secure shelter area, and will put the water up close to the hoop house. Together with the dogs, I'm hoping that this will decrease attacks (just 2-3/month). For your birds....I'd consider planting shrubs/long grasses, overhead enclosure, etc. to stop them getting picked off one-by-one AND a suitable dog, in the unlikely event you can find one. Best of luck! |
- Posted by Metro(email@example.com) onWed, Feb 2, 11 at 18:17
Get a dog... |
We had an Australian Sheperd that protected our chickens when we lived in Ill. He also kept the ground hog population under control! But NOTHING got near our livestock or chicks! And this was without training...it was just natural for him. |
- Posted by bulldinkie pa (My Page) on Thu, Feb 17, 11 at 15:10
Fence them in I use to let my chickens out every day till neighbors dogs killed all 2xs .no more. |
- Posted by velvet_sparrow z10 So. Calif. (My Page) on Sun, Feb 20, 11 at 16:10
Why are people suddenly dredging up and responding to threads that are years old lately...? Just curious, I keep seeing this. It's like a zombie attack. ^.^ Velvet ~:> |
- Posted by bulldinkie pa (My Page) on Sat, Feb 26, 11 at 22:43
What are you talking about people are giving you good advice I dont see anybody attacking you??? |
- Posted by oregonwoodsmoke 5 OR Sunset 1A (My Page) on Sun, Feb 27, 11 at 20:24
It keeps coming up because every year someone has a problem with how to protect their chickens. |
- Posted by velvet_sparrow z10 So. Calif. (My Page) on Mon, Feb 28, 11 at 5:49
bulldinkie, that was a joke, hon. :) Attack of the dead threads! I didn't say anyone was attacking ME. I just noticed lately that really old threads are being dredged up and answered, even though the questions are at least a year old and have been resolved already... Just mildy curious is all, it's been fooling some people who aren't looking at the date the questions were asked, I guess. This one, for example, had two years between the last post in 2009 and an answer in 2011. Just wondered if anyone else had noticed it...*shrug* Velvet ~:> |
- Posted by Jerry NW Penn(firstname.lastname@example.com) onFri, Jul 22, 11 at 11:51
YEP!YEP!YEP! You are right! The dead thread lives! You newbies are reaching out for help and old timers sharing new and old tricks. That's the way it is supposed to be-help one another...we mostly due it for the fun of it but times are tough and times will get tougher so backyard flocks poking up all over is a reflection of the times. So we will try to leave a blanket of help here that will repeat some of what is above and newer techniques to try.. I am not a pro but I have had great success or just dam* lucky you be the judge! 26 years and I never lost a chicken to a predator until this week..lost the whole flock except for one and now she is named Lucky. Three things went wrong, 1. more than person was putting the birds to bed 2. as a result the coop door was not closed 3. the fence was left off around the coop and you could call this #4 we brought the dogs in that night to get them out of the heat(90 degrees and 85-90% humidity at night) and BAMM-in came one opportunistic coon. We were sick of course..:( Mistakes happen and sometimes you get lucky, but not this time..The dogs are our back up if we for get something. Here are the items we have in place.. During the day we have three dogs, a Great Dane, Great Dane/lab mix, and an Australian Shepard who are very well trained in the natural way of Alpha order(natures pack order as mentioned above). They protect against all four leggers, including the neighbors dogs. Danes are used to hunt hogs and their technique is to grab around the neck and pin them down so one time of this and the dogs never come back after I release them upon command(heck I wouldn't either!). Cats for the rats and mice...yes they sleep beside/with and walk around with them-they could careless about chicken. Now for the assassins of the sky we have Guineas air alarms..nothing escapes them, it only takes one and they all start going off. Due to the exited sound you have 400 pounds of dog coming for back up...so a 30 pound feather ball(99%) heads off empty. Did have a Turkey Vulture(1%) fail to recognize the situation and be came the main course himself. Guineas are great for ticks and snake control and are self sufficient on feeding themselves until winter comes. Raise them with a batch of chicks and they will treat them as one of their own. I wouldn't put Guineas in as adults or introduce them into an established flock..chickens are the problem because they have a peaking order. |
- Posted by chickenprotector1998 none (My Page) on Thu, Jan 19, 12 at 19:20
me and my family put up a giant bird netting that protects our chickens from hawks and other predictors. we also had set up an electric fence. then we bought a small airsoft gun so if a chicken gets out and the hawk goes after it than we can scare it with a small plastic bb that goes 300 fps and it doesn't hurt the hawk, just scares it. than we put up cement barriers that stop ground predators. |
Yeah, Velvet, I noticed it was an old thread too, but I wanted to read it and see what others were doing. I had a rash of hawk attacks this year and lost three good hens in one month. My solution was to build a new enclosure that has a chicken wire roof. It's a grand structure and the perimeter is smaller than the old pen, but at least the chickens will be safer. And yes, after a predator attack egg production falls to 0 for about a week. In the Spring it's snakes, so the new enclosure has a cinder block foundation and hardware cloth to the 4.5 foot level. In summer it was racoons and 'possums so the walls are 12' high. In late summer it was the hawks so the chicken wire extends all the way over the top. Trees have been cut away from the perimeter so tree-climbing snakes won't be able to get in above the hardware cloth. Small openings between the wooden structure above and the cinder block foundation are filled with expanding foam. And finally, just to be on the safe side, the chickens are still locked into the coop as soon as they go to roost at night. My girls are safe now, I hope. Cheryl |
- Posted by grullablue 5 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 6, 12 at 21:03
I feel guilty for keeping my chickens contained, but with a lot of predators out here, I figured it was the only way. They have a large insulated coop, and a fenced in outdoor enclosure, the top is fenced as well. My neighbors also have chickens, and have, through time, lost two whole flocks, mostly to hawks. Each time they'd get new chickens, they kept a rooster too, but both roosters ended up chasing their kids, so each rooster was either given away or eaten. They never had a problem when they had a rooster...I've never had one, so I don't know, but they swear by protecting their flock with a roo...from past experiences. After all, their roosters would attack anything that moved! |
Roosters don't help. I lost one yesterday. Have not free ranged my flock yet but have wanted to. Well the roosters have been a nuisance so we thought we would try with them first. After only 1 day we came home and caught the hawk in the act of eating one of the roosters. The other was hiding in a flower pot! That hawk is one bad bird!We currently have 2 baby ducks and 5 baby guineas that we were hoping to free range. Thinking about a border collie maybe. Will the hawk kill the guineas too? Guess a meal is a meal. |
- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ%3A Sunset 13 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 20, 12 at 14:05
Look into chicken tractors, or put a "chicken moat" around your yard. And if you want to "free range" your birds, make sure the chickens have plenty of cover to duck into. |
- Posted by another_buffalo 6 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 24, 12 at 0:02
If a predator takes one of the extra roosters, that is one hen that is not lost....... But they do not offer protection. The dogs do that well, even against birds. They even chase away the crows. I was giving a farm tour one day to homeschoolers - about 60 folks total. An airplane flew low over the group and the dogs chased the airplane away. :) The visitors really got a kick out of that. It makes you wonder what the dogs would do if they ever actually caught a truck or airplane. |
- Posted by swampmama3 none (My Page) on Tue, Apr 9, 13 at 15:10
I, too, have found that roosters don't prevent hawk losses. They do provide warning and let me know when everybody is upset about a hawk, but they don't absolutely stop the kills. I've gone into the chicken pen three times in the last few months to see a hawk fly away from a hen it had just killed. Roosters were standing around sounding the warning, but not actually stopping the attack. And these are mean roosters. I have to carry a stick into the pen to gather eggs and feed/water. Apparently they are more afraid of a hawk than a 150lb human. And, there isn't anything wrong with a 'dead' thread being revived. Its better for noobs to do a search and read what is already there on the topic than to constantly post new threads on the same topic that everyone gets tired of answering. |
- Posted by Popeyesmom none (My Page) on Mon, Apr 29, 13 at 10:25
Hi! I am new to owning chicks and a runner duckling. I have three 3 week old chicks and one 3 week old runner duck. I was doing a search for help on preventing hawk attacks and found this. :) |
- Posted by buckeye_state none (My Page) on Fri, Oct 18, 13 at 16:09
Thanks for all the great advice. First loss of the flock today - rather unexpected! - and it was great to find so much helpful info. |
Those who say a rooster won't stop hawk attacks either don't have the right breed, or else didn't raise them to be flock protectors. I've had Sussex, RIR, Easter egger, and Brown leghorn roosters, and by far the leghorns are the best of their kind for repelling hawk attacks. Their reputation has only been beaten by either Black Australorp or Buff orpington roosters. |
Thanks to all that have shared over the past. My 10 chicks just started laying about 3 weeks ago. When they began laying, they became much more more brave about ranging out in the open and have been roaming our 3 acres like never before. Up to the point of laying, they stayed within 25 yards of the coop and always under the trees. I witnessed the first hawk attack yesterday. One of the hens had wandered off down near the wooded creek area and a broad-shouldered hawk hit her twice as she skedaddled for the coop with me hollern' and shouting the whole time. All the others ran for the shrubs around the house. Fortunately, she just lost a good size clump of feathers. I'd seen another hawk doing reconnaissance a couple of months back and had strung two lines with some streamers from our 2nd story deck to near the coop about 10-20ft off the ground. Think I will add a couple of more today to other points at the edge of the woods to increase the coverage and maybe add an owl decoy. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Chicks of Catawba County
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For at least 43 years, personal adornment has been deemed constitutionally protected free speech. It goes back to when the U.S. Supreme Court concluded you could wear a black armband to school to protest the Vietnam War and the principal couldn't stop you.
It is time to start viewing tattoos as black armbands. Really permanent armbands.
Mesa, which may be setting records for being on the losing end of court fights over constitutionally protected rights, violated the First Amendment rights of a couple who sought to open a tattoo parlor near Mesa's Dobson Ranch, according to the Arizona Supreme Court.
The unanimous decision on Friday appears to be the first time any state Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of tattoos.
In rendering its decision, the Arizona high court effectively told Mesa it cannot arbitrarily deny a tattoo parlor a license just because members of the City Council dislike tattoo parlors, which appears to have been the council's rationale for refusing the license in March 2009.
On a 6-1 vote, the council refused to give tattoo artists Ryan and Laetitia Coleman a "council use permit," an operating license based on subjective criteria such as whether the council felt the business was appropriate for the area.
Such "unfettered subjectivity" (as Goldwater Institute attorney Clint Bolick described it) became the foundation for the First Amendment challenge. By making the permitting process so headbangingly arbitrary, the Mesa council could offer the court no rational argument for the denial.
As the high court made clear, our Constitution doesn't allow government to apply its laws capriciously.
The decision certainly does not mean tattoo parlors should be allowed to open anyplace they want. Mesa still retains a right to create zoning. It simply has to explain more coherently what its zoning criteria are.
As a rule, any judgment of the court that expands free speech is a positive development. Yes, even if that speech is expressed in a manner many find distasteful. Or foolish. Do those buff 20-somethings tatting up today have any idea how silly their ink-speech will look in a couple of decades? Just asking.
Mesa's track record in high-profile constitutional battles is not impressive.
Less than a decade ago, the city lost a notorious eminent-domain case involving a brake-repair shop the council wanted to oust in favor of a new hardware store. At the time, the Bailey's Brake Shop case constituted a huge win for personal-property rights.
Now, the city's fight with the Colemans has developed into a landmark moment for the tattoo industry, which now can boast legal precedent defining its exotic product as one enjoying constitutional protections.
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The Department of Defense's (DOD) preliminary cost estimate for its current realignment plan is not reliable, because it is missing costs and is based on limited data. According to DOD officials, DOD has not yet been able to put together a more reliable cost estimate because it will not have specific detailed information on the plan's requirements until the completion of environmental analyses and host nation negotiations. Currently, DOD estimates that it would cost approximately $12.1 billion to implement its realignment plan--not including the Australia segment of the realignment. Still, GAO found that DOD did not include some up-front practices that could have provided a more reliable estimate that are not dependent on the completion of the environmental analyses and host nation negotiations. Specifically, DOD omitted any costs associated with mobility support, a critical component of the implementation, from its cost estimate. Furthermore, although DOD based its cost estimate on several assumptions, there was no evidence DOD conducted analysis needed to determine the reliability of those assumptions. Without a reliable estimate, DOD will not be able to provide Congress and other stakeholders with the information Congress needs to make informed decisions regarding the realignment.
DOD has not developed an integrated master plan for its current realignment plan, and it has not developed a strategy to support the development and oversight of the Japanese construction projects associated with other realignment initiatives. DOD has taken initial steps to develop an integrated scheduling document based on currently known data, but indicated that specific requirements, schedules, and costs cannot be formalized in an integrated master plan until several studies and host nation negotiations are completed, which will take several years. Developing a master plan could enhance the management of the realignment by creating a systematic approach to planning, scheduling, and execution. In addition, DOD has not developed a strategy that identifies the resources needed to support the development of and oversight for these projects. According to best practices, a strategy identifies goals and resources and supports the implementation of a program. Without the information contained in an integrated master plan and a construction support strategy, Congress will be unable to make informed decisions about the order in which it needs to provide funding to support the realignment.
DOD has taken some steps to plan for the sustainment of U.S. forces on Okinawa and Guam, but it has yet to fully identify sustainment needs and costs for both locations during this period. At several installations on Okinawa, some of the infrastructure has severely deteriorated. DOD facilities planning guidance calls for updated facility master plans that capture requirements and propose solutions. On Guam, DOD has been maintaining an inventory of unoccupied family housing that could potentially be used for Marines relocating to Guam. However, DOD has not determined all the costs and benefits of maintaining this housing or the Marines' potential housing requirements--information needed to perform an economic analysis. Without an estimate of the sustainment requirements for Okinawa, the costs for maintaining housing, and the potential Marine requirements for housing on Guam, DOD will be unable to make informed decisions on whether continued investment in sustaining these facilities is warranted.
Why GAO Did This Study
DOD has stated that it intends to rebalance its defense posture toward the Asia-Pacific region. Japan hosts the largest U.S. forward-operating presence in this region; the majority of the U.S. forces in Japan are located in Okinawa. The United States and Japan planned to reduce the U.S. military presence on Okinawa by relocating approximately 9,000 Marines. DOD had originally planned to move the Marines only to Guam, but revised its plans in 2012 to include other locations in the Pacific. Congressional committees have directed GAO to examine DOD's initiatives in the Pacific, focusing on planning and costs. This report discusses the extent to which DOD has (1) developed a comprehensive cost estimate for the realignment of Marines, (2) planned for and synchronized other movements to coincide with the realignment, and (3) identified plans to sustain the force until all initiatives are implemented. To address these objectives, GAO reviewed relevant policies and procedures, reviewed and analyzed cost documents related to the realignment initiatives, interviewed DOD officials, and conducted site visits at U.S. military installations in the Pacific.
What GAO Recommends
GAO recommends that DOD develop more reliable cost estimates and an integrated master plan for the realignment of Marines, develop a mechanism to share annual updates on the status of each, and identify sustainment requirements for affected facilities until realignment initiatives are complete. DOD generally agreed with GAO's recommendations.
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Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Open
Comments: DOD broke out this recommendation into 2 parts and partially concurred with the first part and concurred with the second. The Department is currently in the process of responding to the legislative requirements contained in Section 2832 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which also requires an assessment of the necessary strategic and logistical resources required for distributed laydown. When the Department has identified a preferred option for mobility support, the current cost estimate can be updated to include assumptions and parameters. However, comprehensive estimates for mobility support will not be available until completion of the required environmental planning documents. The Department plans to identify and incorporate comprehensive cost estimates as they become available upon completion of necessary environmental planning documents, to include the seven cost components identified for inclusion.
Recommendation: To provide DOD and Congress with more reliable information to inform investment decisions associated with the realignment of Marines and U.S. military posture in the Pacific, the Secretary of Defense should update the current cost estimate to include additional estimates for mobility support, and additional analysis that would quantify the risk impacts and parameters to account for its various assumptions changing. Furthermore, as appropriate environmental analyses and host nation negotiations are completed, update the estimate with comprehensive cost estimates (as identifiable) that factor in and include the following seven cost components associated with the current realignment plan: (1) Guam Physical Layout and Requirements; (2) Housing Requirements on Guam; (3) Requirements to Upgrade Utilities and Infrastructure on Guam; (4) Joint Training Range Complex Requirements including associated environmental mitigation in the Northern Marianas; (5) Marine Corps Requirements for Australia; (6) Marine Corps Requirements for Hawaii and Other U.S. Locations; (7) Mobility requirements to support the current realignment plan to conduct routine operations, training, and any contingency situations.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
Status: Open
Comments: DOD concurred with this recommendation and stated that The Department of the Navy regularly provides updates on the status of initiatives to the congressional committees and updates will continue through the completion of the master planning process for each location.
Recommendation: To provide DOD and Congress with sufficient information to make informed decisions about the sequencing of projects supporting the realignment of Marines and the interdependent projects on Okinawa and about the timing for the funding needed to simultaneously support these projects and those already planned on mainland Japan, the Secretary of Defense should, as the master planning process continues over the next several years, require the Secretary of the Navy to develop annual updates on the status of planning efforts for appropriate congressional committees until such time as master plans are completed for each geographic segment of the realignment. These updates should include, but not be limited to, providing congressional committees with up-to-date information on the status of initiatives, identified requirements and time frames, and any updated cost information linked to specific facilities or projects.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
Status: Open
Comments: DOD partially concurred with this recommendation saying that the The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages the design and construction process for posture-related initiatives in Iwakuni and Okinawa and will have to coordinate with appropriate military service officials to develop a strategy to identify how this process should be handled moving forward; however, this effort necessarily relies upon a detailed master plan, that has been coordinated with U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ), the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Installations-Pacific, and Headquarters (HQ), USMC, to identify necessary resources to support any surge in construction.
Recommendation: To provide DOD and Congress with sufficient information to make informed decisions about the sequencing of projects supporting the realignment of Marines and the interdependent projects on Okinawa and about the timing for the funding needed to simultaneously support these projects and those already planned on mainland Japan, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Secretary of the Army to require the Army Corps of Engineers to coordinate with appropriate military service officials involved in the planning and management of Defense Policy Review Initiative (DPRI) projects in Japan, including U.S. Forces-Japan, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, and Marine Corps Headquarters, to develop a strategy to identify how the design and construction process of DPRI projects should be handled moving forward and the necessary resources needed to support any surge in construction associated with posture-related initiatives in both Iwakuni and Okinawa.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
Status: Open
Comments: DOD concurred with this recommendation and stated that once the new April 2013 bilateral Okinawa Consolidation Plan (OCP) was signed/published by the United States and Japan (with completion date goals for each phase of the land returns), much of the uncertainty that previously existed for a general OCP time line was removed, allowing the development of more detailed installation master plans for each camp.
Recommendation: To aid DOD and Congress in obtaining sufficient information to make prudent investment decisions for the sustainment of U.S. forces on Okinawa and Guam while implementing the planned movements associated with the realignment of Marines and the consolidation efforts on Okinawa, the Secretary of Defense should direct the appropriate service officials to update Okinawa installation master plans to include sustainment requirements and the costs to sustain the U.S. presence on Okinawa until the Marine realignment and Okinawa consolidation efforts are completed. At a minimum, these plans should identify both short-term needs and long-term needs to account for the uncertainty regarding the time needed to implement the realignment and consolidation initiatives on Okinawa.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
Status: Open
Comments: DOD concurred with this recommendation and stated that the Department will direct U.S. Pacific Command and HQ U.S. Marine Corps to provide current Future Years Defense Plans (FYDP) and long-range Okinawa master schedule and unit movement updates to HQ U.S. Air Force, and to provide future updates as plans are reviewed and revised by U.S. Forces Japan and U.S. Marine Corps. Updates will include the demographics of Marine Corps families required to be housed on Okinawa during the future phases of the realignment initiatives.
Recommendation: To aid DOD and Congress in obtaining sufficient information to make prudent investment decisions for the sustainment of U.S. forces on Okinawa and Guam while implementing the planned movements associated with the realignment of Marines and the consolidation efforts on Okinawa, the Secretary of Defense should direct appropriate service officials to provide, as they become available, annual master schedule and unit movement updates associated with the realignment initiatives on Okinawa to the appropriate Air Force officials. These updates should include any updated housing requirements such as the demographics of Marine families required to be housed on Okinawa during the future phases of the realignment initiatives on Okinawa, thus allowing the appropriate Air Force officials to perform up-to-date assessments and develop housing investment strategies reflecting the updated schedule and housing requirements.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
Status: Open
Comments: DOD concurred with this recommendation. It stated that the Navy is conducting a housing market analysis to establish a baseline for long-term military family housing requirements on Guam, including families associated with incoming Marines. Additionally, the strategy to address military housing requirements on the island will be further informed by final cantonment decisions, following completion of environmental planning documents. Once the baseline requirements are established, the Department of the Navy will conduct a cost/benefit analysis for addressing the new requirement related to the Marine Corps realignment that compares initial renovation with replacement investment costs, as well as recurring costs over the life of the assets. The recurring costs include the cost of operating and maintaining units (occupied or unoccupied). This analysis will allow the Navy to determine whether it is more cost-effective to retain and repair existing housing on the island versus construction of replacement or additional housing.
Recommendation: To aid DOD and Congress in obtaining sufficient information to make prudent investment decisions for the sustainment of U.S. forces on Okinawa and Guam while implementing the planned movements associated with the realignment of Marines and the consolidation efforts on Okinawa, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Secretary of the Navy to conduct an economic analysis to include assessing the costs of maintaining vacant housing on Guam to arrive at an informed decision weighing the cost of maintaining or renovating this housing versus the construction of new facilities to support the requirements for the Marine Corps realignment to Guam.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
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Sixteen Jewish boys found a new religion in the Bible Belt: football and friendship. It's now become the 50th annual Christmas Classic.
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The fundamental attribution error leads us to interpret the behavior of others as reflecting something inherent about those people, more than is warranted. However, the language we use plays a role in that judgment as well. Our labels often describe who people are instead of what they're doing, e.g. pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, or drivers. Each one of those terms gives us a category to which those people belong, making it easier to attribute their actions as reflecting some property of members of that category. That, in turn, makes it more difficult to progress towards a multimodal and sustainable transportation system.
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I'm writing this post to inform you that I'll no longer be the editor of Getting Blanked. I'm not going too far away. In fact, I'll still be making contributions to these pages and taking my seat in the podcast studio to talk about baseball whenever the opportunity arises. However, I'll be extending my focus to things beyond baseball for the next little while, writing in a format that's not quite blogging, not quite journalism, not quite reporting and hopefully, not quite like any sportswriting before.
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For the past 4 years, I've had a front row seat in shaping the future of transportation and personal mobility by helping a small start up called Project Better Place, grow from 7 employees in one market in 2007 to nearly 600 employees in seven markets globally.
My first start up, the Berkeley Stanford Cleantech Conference, co-founded in 2007, has been a successful platform for engineering, policy and business students to transition their careers into the Clean Tech industry. US secretary of energy Steven Chu gave the keynote address at our 7th conference in April 2011.
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Bookend Trust (UTAS Foundation)- Australia-Thailand Environmental Learning Exchange
This project is a pilot environmental and cultural learning exchange between the students of Monsaengdao Ecological School, Chiang Rai, Northern Thailand and high school students from Tasmania Australia. The project aims to share environmental knowledge, practical skills and cultural understanding between students and environmental education teachers from each country. The project is due for completion by June 2013 with a full acquittal report submitted to the Institute by July 2013.


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W. Basketball – Tournament Recap: Day Four
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Day four at the NJCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament established which teams would finish among top eight in the country for 2014, including the title game match up.
Game 18: The defending national champion Louisburg Hurricanes season came to an end despite a tournament best 35-point effort by Kiara Rawls. Lake Michigan rallied from a four-point halftime deficit to post an 86-76 victory, and advance to the 7th/8th place game on Saturday. Five Red Hawks finished in double figures, led by Lexi Hobb's 22-point game. Hobbs was 6 of 9 from the field, with a trey, and hit 9 of 13 from the line. She also had a game-high nine rebounds. DaYanna Styles flirted with a triple-double, finishing with 17 points, eight assists and seven boards.
Game 19: The second game of the day saw another outstanding individual effort as Kankakee's Sarafina Handy poured in 35 points to match Kiara Rawls of Louisburg JCCC Gymnasium record in tournament play. However, like Rawls, it wasn't enough to propel her team to a win. Kishwaukee took control early, building a 19-point halftime lead, then cruised to the 92-74 win. Five Kougars finished in double figures, led by Ashanti David and Catie Cox with 21 and 20 points respectively. Cox also had 11 rebounds.
Game 20: Chesapeake was able to hold off a late second rally by Cincinnati State to advance to the 5th/6th place game. Darla Simmons and Ashley Pegram led the Skipjacks scoring 27 and 25 points, powering their team to a 93-84 victory. Paige Jones and Joy Watson also finished in double figures with 11 and 10 points. Phylicia Johnson led the Surge with 20 points.
Game 21: Highland earned its shot at a national title by downing St. Clair County, 69-64 in the first semifinal of the evening. Ryann Bowser and Julia Alves led the Scotties offense, finishing with 23 and 17 points. They were also strong on the glass. Alves had nine rebounds, Bowser had eight, and five steals. Sheya Deans and Ta'Kira Height scored 40 of their teams 64 points, each pouring in 20 points.
Game 22: Mesa dominated the second half of action, and knocked off No. 1 ranked and No. 1 seed North Iowa Area, 73-58 in the second semifinal game. This is the second straight year Mesa has made it to the championship game. The Thunderbirds lost last year to Louisburg. Peace Amukamara continued to dazzle the crowd, producing one of the best efforts in national tournament history, finishing with a triple double of 23 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists. Chelsey Jacox and Lateeka Thompson led NIACC with 21 and 19 points.


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I'm ready to plant my "Cole" crops, as in Elliot Colemans winter greens! I picked up the lucky seven and am ready to plant.
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This instructable will take you through the steps I had to go through to discover the pinout on my keypads, and how I hooked it up to my Raspberry Pi. I'll include the code I'm currently using to "drive" my keypad, and then offer some "next step" type insights into what can be done better, and what could be done next.
Finally, this instructable will really be a sub-instructable that will be part of something I'm calling Voiceberry Pi.
Step 1: Taking a look at what you've got
So, I took a look at the back, saw that there were 10 wires, and three "jumpers" on the outside, but no other indication of how things were wired on the inside. So, I took out the five screws, and looked at the actual circuit board to trace the leads.
Step 2: Tracing the leads
Pins are either rows or columns. Rows cover two or more buttons horizontally, and columns cover one or more buttons vertically (even though one key could be a row or a column). Results of tracing are as follows:
Rows: 1,2,3, and 9
Columns: 4,5,6,7,8, and 10
Button- Row - Col
1 - 1 - 5
2 - 1 - 6
3 - 1 - 7
4 - 2 - 5
5 - 2- 6
6 - 2 - 7
7 - 4 - 5
8 - 4 - 6
9 - 3 - 7
0 - 4 - 7
* - 9 - 8
# - 9 - 10
I haven't tried it yet, but it seems that this could allow one to suspend execution until a key was pressed.
My idea for the keyboard is, combine it with a two line display and a wifi adapter and hook up a set of speakers. I'd write a program to load and shuffle music from my DLNA server and put the whole thing in the kitchen. I could also get it to pull and play NPR for me.
#2, Maybe some computer shortcuts.
#3, I bet you could control something like your house's lighting and electrical outlets somehow.
The possibilities are endless. The sky's the limit and all those metaphors.


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Senator Art Eggleton is calling on the public to pressure politicians to deal with the issues of poverty and income inequality.
Responding to a question from Mayor Rick Goldring on what will it take to tackle these issues, the Liberal senator said the answer is political will.
In the case of income inequality, he noted in 1980 the average CEO of a corporation made 40 times more than the average Canadian salary. Today, a CEO makes 189 times more than the average Canadian salary.
"Political will will only come about when people demand of their elected representatives such actions in these areas," Eggleton said at an Inspire Burlington event Monday night.
"Unfortunately, when it comes to election time and polling companies call around and see what the major issues are, issues like poverty don't make it to the top of the list. They don't even make it to the top three or five. And as a result, they are not really talked about in the election campaign or the TV debates. We've got to raise up these issues."
He noted that income inequality, which United States President Barack Obama has called the defining issue of the time, reaches out to a broader population than just poverty.
"Poverty, I am afraid, is a tough sell," the former Liberal cabinet minister and Toronto mayor said. "I think our future level of prosperity depends on us addressing our current level of poverty, but I think in the income inequality context we are able to reach out to a much larger part of the population, who see the unfairness in the way we are going and the danger in the way we are going, both to our social fabric and the vigour of our economy."
More than 100 people attended the event, which was held at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre and hosted by Goldring. It was the eighth Inspire Burlington affair in the last two years — four more are planned for 2013 — and Eggleton's address was called The Great Divergence: Rising Income Inequality in Canada.
Eggleton, in Hamilton recently meeting with its poverty roundtable, is co-chair of the All-Party Anti-Poverty caucus. He is also co-chair of the Liberal Social and Economic Policy Caucus.
Eggleton said there is the growing gap between the rich and the poor, but he also noted "that it became quite evident it was really between the rich and the rest." He said four per cent of the population controls 67 per cent of the wealth of the country. He said some economists have compared the situation to the 1920s and even the Gilded Age.
Eggleton said the situation has come about because of globalization, the rise of temporary/part-time work, the loss of blue-collar jobs and the decline of union membership. He said the gap has increased partly because of "boutique" tax credits that can't be accessed by lower income people and corporate boards giving out "obscene" compensations to executives.
He said some solutions could be income tax reform, more investment in post-secondary education for under represented groups, social assistance reform and investing in affordable housing and early learning and child care.
Eggleton noted concerns about income inequality also come from the conservative side of politics, such as Mark Cameron, a senior policy adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, columnist David Frum and columnists in the Economist magazine. He noted it has also been highlighted by such groups as the International Monetary Fund, the Conference Board of Canada and the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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There will be a brand new Wellness Incentive program for the 2015 year. Please check back in 2015 for more information.
All Loyola University Chicago employees who participate in the Loyola Advantage Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) PPO Health Plan are eligible for a $100 cash wellness reward. In order to be eligible for the cash reward, you have to complete the TWO wellness initiatives listed below.
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No form of proof will be needed for the Biometric Screenings or Health Risk Assessments as they will be provided by BCBS. Biometric Screenings received in November 2013 and February 2014 will count towards the 2014 Wellness Incentive Program, no exceptions. Health Risk Assessments can be accessed via BCBSIL Well on Target Wellness Website.
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UPDATED 6:23 PM CDT May 21, 2014Video TranscriptUP FOR THIS YEAR'S "OMAHA GIVES" EVENT.. THE 24 HOURS OF PHILANTHROPY KICKED OFF AT MIDNIGHT.. AND WITH JUST UNDER SIX-HOURS LEFT - YOU'VE ALREADY HELPED RAISE NEARLY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR HUNDREDS OF METRO GROUPS. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S MELISSA FRY IS WATCHING THE MONEY ROLL IN.. SHE JOINS US LIVE. I'M HERE AT INCOMMON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - ONE OF THE NON-PROFITS PARTICIPATING AND CELEBRATING ALMOST 15-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DONATIONS. INCOMMON WORKS THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY - JUST SOME OF THE LIVES CHANGED WITH YOUR DONATIONS TDOAY. SCROLL THROUGH THE OMAHA GIVES WEBSITE.. AND YOU'LL RECOGNIZE MANY OF THE 570 NON-PROFITS. OTHER GROUPS LIKE MERRYMAKERS AREN'T AS WELL KNOWN....(NATS: SINGING) THEY BRING SMILES TO SENIORS - THROUGH MUSIC.(tom kerr/merrymakers: "ppl will hear a song, a melody, a tune and suddenly it takes them back to a time and a memory that's very pleasant, very positive") BUT IT COST THEM 25-HUNDRED DOLLARS..TO PAY PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS TO ONE CENTER FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. (tom kerr/merrymakers: "They get up, they dance, they sing, they smile. They interact") THE BENEFITS ARE IMMEASURABLE..(tom kerr/merrymakers: "we've had two years that suddenly are up and singing") BUT IT'S NOT EASY FOR CHARITIES TO COME UP WITH CASH. IN DUNDEE.. THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE - AT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN. WHAT'S GROWN IS ABOUT THREE-THOUSAND POUNDS IN THE LAST FIVE-YEARS. AND THIS YEAR..CHARITIES IN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY ARE 4 paws dog rescue: "we have about 35 dogs that we're caring for") PROMISE 4 PAWS DOG RESCUE TAKES IN OLD DOGS.(cathy graeve/promies 4 paws dog rescue: "our vet bills are astronomical. we've probably spent almost 12k so far this year") IT HOPES TO BUILD A NEW SANCTUARY IN MISSOURI VALLEY.(cathy graeve/promies 4 paws dog rescue: "it'll be just like a retirement center it's where they'll come and that's where they'll stay") THE CONVERTED HOUSE WILL HAVE COUCHES.. DOGGIE DOORS AND A FENCED IN YARD. BUT FOR NOW..VOLUNTEERS TAKE IN THE DOGS NO ONE ELSE WANTS .. AND SHELTERS CAN'T KEEP.(cathy graeve/promies 4 paws dog rescue: "we're with them, so that they don't die in the shelter. It's kind of our thing") IF YOU STILL WANT TO DONATE TO A SPECIFIC CAUSE - WE'VE MADE IT EASY.. CHECK OUT THE LINK TO OMAHA GIVES 24 .. IT'S RIGHT AT THE TOP OF KETV DOT COM. UNDERWAY
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> I discovered that ppp-2.4.4 set a default route without a gateway. It is > totally fine from IP routing point of view (the simple fact that route > is through the point-to-point link is enough to know the next hop), > except that openswan's %defaultroute need a default gateway in order to > work. > > I'm about to apply a patch that would reverse to the old way of setting > the default route. > Any objections? Why not? Such routes work perfectly here. I also use them for my PPTP tunnel: route add -net 220.127.116.11/24 dev ppp1 Works perfectly! I think it simply means: take all IP-packets with destination 188.8.131.52/24 and send them out through interface ppp1. We know such routes from local network-interfaces. Actually, i also always thought, that i must specify a gateway. But it seems, i was wrong.
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