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Kills 2100 endangered Houbara Bustards in Pakistan
The hunting season is over and the royalty has departed, leaving behind only outrage. While petitions have been filed in court against the hunting of the endangered Houbara Bustard, believed to be an aphrodisiac by some, it is the turn of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to lodge a strong protest.
Central Information Secretary PTI, Shireen Mazari, on Tuesday expressed shock at a report [published in Dawn] on Arab royalty indiscriminately hunting down the endangered Houbara Bustard in Pakistan.
Special permits
The report "Visit of Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud regarding hunting of Houbara Bustard" prepared by Divisional Forest Officer of the Balochistan Forest and Wildlife Department, Chagai at Dalbandin, states the Prince hunted for 21 days — from January 11 to January 31, 2014 — and hunted 1,977 birds, while other members of his party hunted an additional 123 birds, bringing the total Houbara Bustard toll to 2,100.
Ms. Mazari pointed out that hunting the internationally protected bird was banned in Pakistan but the federal government issued special permits to royalty from the Gulf states.
Permits, which are person specific and could not be used by anyone else, allow the holders to hunt up to 100 Houbara Bustards in 10 days in the area allocated, excluding reserved and protected areas, she said.
However, the Prince hunted the protected birds in the reserves and protected areas as the report dated February 4, 2014 said.
During the 21-day safari, he hunted the birds for 15 days in the reserved and protected areas and poached birds in other areas for six days.
'Complicity exposed'
The report gives details of where the hunting took place and how many bustards were killed. She said this report is a damning expose of the government's complicity in breaking its own and international laws relating to endangered species.
She demanded the government end these violations of laws by Gulf Royals and ensure that laws relating to protected species are enforced.
She also called for transparency in the issue of licences for legally permitted hunting so that the Houbara Bustard is not made extinct simply to pander to Royal or any other hunter.
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Facebook Story: Took two weeks to create and now celebrating 5 years journey
Facebook is celebrating its 5'th birthday and still the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg feels that there he is not finished yet. The remarkable journey of Facebook started from a pet college project in a dorm room and rise has been regarded as 150 million users.
24-year-old Mr. Zuckerberg said, "The culture of the internet has also changed pretty dramatically over the past five years. As we celebrate Facebook's 5th birthday, we continue to work hard to evolve Facebook and make it as simple as possible to communicate with and understand the people and entities that matter to you," .
Here is the full interview of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg talks to BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones in October 2008 where he has explained why the revenue is so important for Facebook and what the future plans for this huge community.
Interview with Mr Zuckerberg, founder Facebook
Here are some important facts and numbers related to Facebook,
- Mr Zuckerberg was just 24 when he created Facebook
- Took 2 weeks to create the website and community called Facebook
- 150 million users worldwide compared to 130 million users of MySpace
- Launched in 2004 as a college project from Harvard dorm room
- At the end of 2005, Facebook hit the UK and today the site is translated across 35 languages with another 60 in development.
- Everyday more than 15 million users update their status
- More than 70% of users are outside the United States
- The average user has 120 friends on the site
- Within 24 hours, 1,200 Harvard students had signed up in 2004
Many many returns of the day Facebook, you really deserve accolades from all of us as we are thankful to you for connecting us with our old friends. cheers.
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Getting your Water Resi Going
For people that keep a small personal grow, the choice to either hand-water or setup a more sophisticated watering system can be a difficult one. Is the time and expense of setup and materials worth the payoff? It can be! This article will show you how to get going with the "Mandro" method… Man powered hydro.
What is the Mandro Method?
The mandro method is simple… it merges two aspects of the two most common watering techniques, hand-watering and hydroponics. Because a hydro system is constantly flushing water through the plants, it needs a reservoir to act as a constant water source. In a true hand-watering setup, water is transported to the plants via a container and applied manually. The Mandro method uses the best of both worlds, allowing you to keep plenty of well-prepared water (we'll get into that later) on hand for lots of watering. There are two key benefits:
To get the most from your plants, you should give them what they want when they want it, nothing less, nothing more. Having a reservoir of properly PH'd, nutrified, warmed, and aerated water on hand ensures that your plants will get the same thing everytime you water… same temperature, same PH, same nutrients (unless it's time to change them).
It's easier! Watering is a chore when done the traditional way, this will put watering at your fingertips and make your nightlies a snap.
Awesome! How do I start?
You will need the following things:
1. 22 Gallon Trash Can
2. $60 1200 gal/hour sump pump.
3. Hi-quality gardening hose (approx 20′ is good)
4. Hi-quality watering wand with hand valve (to turn your water on/off at the wand)
5. Water heater (for fish tanks or from your local grow store)
6. Water aerator (for fish tanks or from your local grow store)
7. A No-Kink for your hose… it's a spring that keeps the part of the hose near the wand from kinking and cutting of your water supply.
Step 1 – install your water heater
Most in-water heaters have suction pads on the sides. Use these to squarely attach your heating wand to the side of the trash can, about 2/3rds of the way down, oriented vertically. Make sure no metal is touching the plastic of the water reservoir. At very high temperatures this can melt your resi and cause problems (aka flooding). Plug your heater into a constant power source.
Step 2 – fill your resi
Put your water reservoir (the trash can) where you want it to stay, cuz it's heavy once it's full of water – and very awkward to move. Fill it to the top, about an inch to spare.
Step 3 – install your aerator.
This is easy… plug it into a constant power source and turn it in, then dunk it on in there. It should rest at the bottom of the trash can, so the air travels through all the water.
Step 4 – install your sump pump.
Also easy… take the sump pump out of the box. Screw one end of your gardening hose onto the mount on the pump. Holding your power cord and hose in one hand, sink your sump pump down to the bottom of the resi, letting it come to rest flat on the floor of your trash can, not touching your water heater. Plug your pump into a switched power source, so you can turn it on/off easily for watering time! A power strip with an on/off switch is fine.
Step 5 – attach your wand.
Screw your wand onto the remaining end of the garden hose. Voila! You now have a 2-valve automated watering system for soil containers, aka a Mandro System! To use, make sure your valve on your wand is in the off position, turn on your pump switch, and now you have an interruptable flow of water at your wand just like you would if you had it attached to your household plumbing.
Step 6 – refilling your resi
The whole point of a reservoir is convenience and consistency of quality, so make sure you set yourself up to easily refill your resi when needed. Also make sure to schedule your refills so that the new water has time to heat and aerate before being applied to your plants. If you forget to fill it, then realize you need to water, and fill it in a rush (especially during cold weather) you'll shock your plants and set them back, which you want to avoid.
So That's It!
You are now all set to enjoy the convenience and quality of the Mandro method. For more information on what to do with your newly-handy stash of super awesome gueriilla water, check out our next two entries, where we discuss the benefits of using soil and go into the murky depths of what exactly makes up good water.
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text: Report Abuse Home > Poetry > Haiku > Big Boys Do Cry Big Boys Do Cry By Mckay, Somewhere, VA More by this author Momma always says, "Big boys don't cry." But I've seen my Papa cry too. « Previous article More by this author Next article » Join the Discussion Login This article has 22 comments. Post your own now! Report abuse Krasota said... Jul. 22, 2013 at 8:41 pm WILL SOMEONE TELL THIS TO MY BOYFRIEND? Thank you for writing this, I do believe I'll send him this link XD It's true, real men do cry when they need to. It's not good to keep emotions all pent-up only to dispose of them through anger (or in some cases, violent videogames XD). My dad cried when his dad passed. It's completely normal and society frowns on it. Which is stupid. So yeah, nice job bro! Huge fan here :D Mckay replied... Jul. 23, 2013 at 5:37 pm *Krasota's boyfriend, "BOYS DO CRY!"* Thanks. And you're right. Storing emotions doesn't do you any good. I know from real experience. Thank you! Reply Back to top « Previous 1 2 Email me when someone replies Share on Facebook


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Album Rating: 3.92013 needs to slow down. I cannot keep up with all of this stuff.
Digging: Bjork - Vulnicura
idk why you guys don't just round up. great review though
Album Rating: 4.0ROUND UP TO 5! Great review, man. (:
Album Rating: 3.02013 needs to slow down. I cannot keep up with all of this stuff.[2] idk why you guys don't just round up. Because we can.
Oh come on guys 2013 hasn't been THAT amazing the new immolation is fairly disappointing for example
Oh come on guys 2013 hasn't been THAT amazing
bad habit of mine I tend to give high ratings to stuff I like on the first few listens and then forget about it
yeah I don't do that. When I go on people's profiles and they've given four 4s/4.5s in the past three days I always wonder how they can listen to that much music, enjoy so much of it and have enough time to actually give so many repeat listens to these supposed near classics
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I envy everyone else's ability to love all the music that comes to me. At this rate my average is gonna fall below 3
Album Rating: 4.5'It should come as no surprise that Nightmare Ending was intended to be the follow up to his opus, Copia' That explains a lot Nice review
Digging: The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
great review but you've tempered my expectations despite a pretty high score, man
Album Rating: 4.0my new sleeping/relaxing album, so so good nice review
this is a nice release, much better than that turd similes
Hotel compositor de la leche ácido láctico neutro es mejor que el síndrome del intestino irritable
Album Rating: 3.0I'm guessing this is very good for anyone who likes this sort of thing but I'm not a huge fan of background music. "2013 needs to slow down. I cannot keep up with all of this stuff." Kind of feeling that way myself right now.
Digging: Free - Fire and Water
Album Rating: 3.5will probably be good will check naw
eluvium was and still is a classic sputnik rec
Album Rating: 3.0this has been getting a lot of good reception. #2 of 2013 on RYM as of now, and eluvium's highest-rated album by far. though i guess that will come down as more people have time with it and more people rate it.
Album Rating: 2.5this is like an average version of Johann Johannsson
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"suprisingly good. the frosting is unnecessary unless you love super sweet things. the cake is really moist. i reduced the sugar to 2 cups, and did half white / half brown. the best part of this cake is watching people be scared of cake with tomatoes to being wowed by how yummy it is. """
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The first stages of planning have begun for building a new teaching hospital and trauma center in the region.
State Rep. Charlie Brown, D-Gary, secured about $3 million in the state budget last year to go toward architecture and engineering plans for the facility. He has been meeting with a local task force to talk about building a new hospital at Gary's South Gleason Park Golf Course, across the street from Indiana University Northwest's medical school.
"This will be a magnet in getting the best and brightest research doctors here," Brown said. "Even though the facility will be located in Gary, this is for all of Northwest Indiana."
The task force -- composed of about 20 community members from unions, the Gary City Council, the religious community and Methodist Hospitals -- hopes Methodist Hospitals will be the occupant of the new facility once it is built.
The cost of the new facility and trauma center is estimated to be about a $500 million, Brown said, with funding expected to come from the state and federal government. Brown has proposed replacing Gary's two lakefront riverboats with a land-based casino near the Borman Expressway to generate gaming tax revenue to build the hospital.
Brown said he would like to see the first construction shovel in the ground in 2011.
Pat Bankston, assistant dean and director of the IU Northwest's School of Medicine, said the facility would offer trauma and unique specialty care, in addition to helping the school's teaching program.
"Our intent for the long term, and we're not talking in the next few years, is to facilitate a residency program in Northwest Indiana at all of the hospitals, including the new hospital that may come about from this project," Bankston said.
IU's medical school is not in an exclusive agreement with Methodist Hospitals, Bankston said, and whether the school will be directly affiliated with the new facility -- the way the University of Chicago is with the University of Chicago Medical Center -- has not yet been discussed.
"We're an equal opportunity medical school willing to help with any hospital that is interested in moving forward and working with us to increase the quality care and participate in our teaching program," he said.
Bankston said the new hospital would offer specialty care that would complement, not compete with, other local hospitals, as well as treat underserved populations.
With a national shortage of doctors, Brown said a new teaching hospital also might help keep medical students in the area serving the community after they graduate.
"We should have a hospital where they can train," Brown said. "And then they have more of a reason to stay in the area."
Methodist Hospitals is committed to the project and to serving patients who need emergency trauma care, CEO Ian McFadden said.
"With support from our state and local leaders, and most importantly, the significant financial support that will be needed, this initiative will be a reality in the future," he said.
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Mix: 5G scratching, Consumer experience, Darth Jobs
Consumer Reports claims that the screen on the new fifth-generation iPod is just as prone to scratching as the iPod nano. "Our tests of the new 30GB model did turn up some drawbacks. Among them is a durability problem that arose with some of the Nanos: a scratch-prone screen. In an informal test, we found the screen on the new iPod softer than the one on previous high-capacity iPods; we could easily scratch it with fingernails."
Commenting on the new iPod and ABC-iTunes deal, BusinessWeek's Stephen Wildstrom says that Apple stays ahead of the competition because of its focus on consumers. "Apple's products and services are designed with the single overarching concern of delivering a great consumer experience… Apple has again done consumers a service by playing the trailblazer, persuading a top-tier studio to provide good content despite its fears of piracy and disruption to its distribution model."
Forbes has created a Steve Jobs/Darth Vader mask that you can download and print out. "Steve Jobs was the chosen one who promised to make things right in the computing world. But as time passed, his hunger for power took over, leading him to sue hapless bloggers and embrace dark arts, like digital-rights management."
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Strange, my 3G iPod had scratches on it. Must have been a fluke.
Posted by eV on October 29, 2005 at 3:20 PM (CDT)
I got a PSP screen guard and cut it in half for protection. The width fits perfect.
Posted by MaverickC17 on October 29, 2005 at 4:54 PM (CDT)
I've owned a 2G and 3G iPod up until now. Both have suffered from minor, but acceptable surface scratching over the years. One was stored in a leather wallet case, the other in a rubber skin case. I've just bought my new 5G iPod (30gb in white) and have kept the protective film on the front until my invisibleSHIELD arrives. I've used iS screen protectors on all of my PDA's and smartphones and have been really amazed by the resilience of their protective film technology - I'm more than happy to trust my little iPod with their technology. Okay, it's $25, but having handed over my hard earned cash for the new iPod (which has become a great travel companion over the year) ... I think it's a worthwhile investment.
Posted by Tegne on October 29, 2005 at 10:16 PM (CDT)
The bottom line is that this is an expensive, PORTABLE device…To have to be as careful as some of you suggest is absurd considering the life an ipod is meant to live…I have both a photo ipod and a mini…the mini does not scratch even close to as easily…very acceptable…the photo needs to be protected in an unreasonable manner for a portable device…and from looking at the display models at the apple store it is clear that the new ipod is at least 100% more prone to scratching than any other (except maybe the nano)...take a look at dispaly models of competing devices at compusa for example and notice a serious lack of debilitating scratches…But be serious this is a device meant to be used on the go and it is clearly not designed in such a way…
Posted by DJ on October 30, 2005 at 5:52 PM (CST)
I've had mine for a week and it's already scratched to hell. And no, I'm not putting it in a bag of sand and rocks as some of you clowns may suggest.
Bottom line is this is unacceptable and I'll be going back to Iriver for my MP3 player needs.
Screw apple.
Posted by David on October 30, 2005 at 7:24 PM (CST)
DJ, my sentiments exactly. Portable MP3 players and kid glove treatment aren't a natural mix.
Posted by flatline response on October 30, 2005 at 7:45 PM (CST)
Last I heard people is that bands don't actually have to sign on the dotted line if they don't want to. There are plenty of bands out there that are independent of record labels and own their own music. Don't blame record labels for being greedy. When a label signs a new band it takes on massive risk. It pays ther bands, organises their promotion and cover all costs associated with putting these peoples music on the shelves. If the band flops they lose their investment and the band has lost nothing. So when the band is successful the record companies are more than entitled to reap rewards because it was their risk that put the band in that position. If artists complain about their cut then they are more than welcome to go independent and use their own money in production.
The ITMS is a wonderful result for the music industry. Everyone wins.
Posted by WEBBO on October 30, 2005 at 11:46 PM (CST)
Appleinsider.com has reported that Apple is willing to replace any Fifth-Generation iPods that have problems that were previously classified as abuse. See the article here: http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1344 Personally, I haven't had any problems with my 60GB white, though I did have serious issues with my black 2GB Nano and was able to get it replaced by calling Applecare and complaining.
Posted by Mike Fisher on October 31, 2005 at 12:53 AM (CST)
I have a 5G iPod and I don't have any scratches using the provided Apple cover. I have also added a Palm screen guard protection for the screen, so it's not prone to scratches anymore.
I believe the black iPod is the problem. With the black one, you see every detail and every scratch, with the white one, it's not that obvious.
Anyway, maybe some iPods have a problem with their plastic, but the majority are OK. Older iPods were "fragile" also. Silicon covers are the best to avoid problems anyway !
Posted by Steph on October 31, 2005 at 8:33 AM (CST)
I agree completely with 'DJ' and 'flatline response'. Portable device should be more resistant than normal electronic device (its not Saint Graal, its just an MP3 player!).
So I should spend money for an iPod, money for wall charger (not included in any standard package), money for decent pair of erabuds and now money for a case (not so orrible like one included with 5G) to protect screen from scratches. Sorry too many moneies for a device with a so scratch-prone screen.
I'll wait buy an iPod with screen from Apple, until they do screen more resistant.
Posted by Akira on October 31, 2005 at 8:35 AM (CST)
For xmas' sakes, there is plenty of anecdotal testimonials out there to support the position that the new ipods have a problem with their cases and screens. A fiver says that before Jan 2006 comes Apple agrees to change the formula in its plastic to address this problem.
Posted by CHV on October 31, 2005 at 1:51 PM (CST)
the screen is made of the same stuff as the old iPods but there clear layer is thicker on the nano and 5G iPod, so scratches show easier…
Posted by l337 h4X0r on November 1, 2005 at 11:21 PM (CST)
I am very disapointed with the Ipod 5G I have a black one and it is less that a week old and scrached badly. I have been carrying it in a case but it doesn't help it is scrached all to pieces. i paid 400 dollars for a piece of junk. i bought it for the purpose of watching movies but there is no way that can be done with this amount of scratches. I am very unhappy, I have a 1st gen. that is 4 years old and it looks alot better than this one
Posted by CRAIG on December 20, 2005 at 8:33 AM (CST)
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Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts began as a high school. Built in 1929, the town's first steel-beamed building was filled with bright young minds for more than half a century. But when the school outgrew its building, it moved, and set the stage for for the structure's second life. Emerson Umbrella's group of founding volunteers created a community-arts center that saved the building from demolition while also sticking to its original spirit, ensuring it be used for education. Today, owned by the town and managed by Emerson Umbrella, the center hosts studio space for more than 50 artists, workshops and classes for kids and grown-ups, a performance space for arts events of all disciplines, and just as many standardized biology tests.
Baby goats and calves lounge on straw in a petting zoo while wolves and black bears frolic just yards away. It's not a radical experiment in natural selection, though; it's just part of the varied attractions at Charmingfare Farm. After taking in the entire zoo?from pigs to camels?guests can avail themselves of such diversions as trail rides atop one of the farm's friendly horses. Horse-drawn hayrides and sleigh ride socials culminate in a stop at a roaring bonfire where guests can cook all the hotdogs and 'smores they've captured in the wild.
Despite its name, The Childrens Museum of New Hampshire isn't just for children. The mission statement of this non-profit organization centers on "family learning"?that is, creating exhibits that engage both kids and adults in problem-solving activities inspired by the real world.
Established: 1976
Staff Size: 25?50 people
Pro Tip: Allow at least 2?3 hours, but don't try to do everything on your first visit.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Parking: Parking lot
Most Popular Attraction/Offering: 125+ exhibits, it's hard to pick one
Recommended Age Group: All Ages
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The Montshire is a 100-acre science center delighting visitors of all ages with diverse exhibits and programs.
Apart from your business's main attraction, do you offer any "hidden" services or activities that visitors are always delighted to learn about?
Andy's Place is a special area for children five and under and the museum store is full of carefully selected gifts, books, puzzles, and toys.
Established: Before 1950
Staff Size: 2?10 people
Average Duration of Services: 30?60 minutes
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Parking: Free street parking
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In his lifetime, William Lord amassed something of a treasure horde, including artwork, furniture, and articles of business. When he died in 1873, he left behind a fortune considered the greatest in Kennebunk, including several pieces of real estate. In 1936, Lord's old general store building came into the possession of his great-granddaughter, Edith Cleaves Barry. She decided to use the building as a museum, exploring the area's history through the lens of her family's story and possessions. The museum quickly grew to occupy other nearby buildings, all dating from between 1810 and 1860, and their architectural elements and antiques became the centerpiece of Brick Store Museum.
Today, the museum houses exhibits in six galleries spread throughout the buildings. Many of the exhibits feature interactive elements, and all tell the story of regional history, whether through photography, artwork, artifacts, or ghosts who can talk.
Gundalow Company likens its namesake to the tractor-trailer rigs of today. Flat-bottomed cargo barges with a single mast, gundalows once sailed down shallow rivers, carrying fish, lumber, bricks, and coal to towns in the Piscataqua region. The company's mission is to preserve the history of this ship and the maritime life it once facilitated. They are aided in this mission by two vessels. The Captain Edward H. Adams is a historically accurate replica of the Fanny M., the last commercial gundalow. It was helmed by Captain Adams, who was also known for gathering awareness for the health of the Great Bay Estuary. Visitors can hop aboard this permanently docked ship and participate in an array of hands-on educational programs. The Piscataqua, on the other hand, offers on-the-go lessons, as it is US Coast Guard–certified and available for public and private sails. During two-hour tours, passengers travel along six inland rivers, picnicking, helping the crew pull up lobster traps, or searching the water's surface for a third eye in their reflections.


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I live in the Armory Park downtown neighborhood of Tucson and have a north facing patio area with two ~8x8x10 triangular planting areas that get very little sun (at this time of year they get no direct sun). The two sides of each planting area are the walls of the house and a porch, the third border is a concrete/brick patio. I am able to amend the soil easily and irrigation is in place but currently capped. Whatever I plant I'd like to survive the winter (zone 8). I dont mind wrapping for the winter if necessary. I had originally wanted to plant a small patio tree perhaps with some potted tropicals/annuals underneath but I think the sunless issue might prevent this. I am thinking of possibly banana plants?? Shade tolerant species of bamboo? Ferns maybe? What other ideas might you have? These areas will be closely viewed when sitting in the patio with glass of wine in hand. thank you |
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You might want to look into Bird of Paradise which can grow quite large, albiet "slowly". If it reaches for sunshine it might disappoint you as a centerpiece. These are related to banana plants. You can plant some gardenia. but 8x8x10 is a large area to be shaded, so it will probably get some summer sun. Unless this area is COVERED you should think about summer sun. Norther exposure doesn't equate to shade in my home. If it is UNCOVERED and will get some hardcore sun during the summer, any shade plants are out. Ferns will get toasted. Which is why I suggested Bird of Paradise. A centerpiece would like great in that type of area, with some shade lovers underneath. Personally, if MY area fit the bill, I'd LOVE to plant a couple Japanese Maple. Ideally, we would have a spot like yours which gets direct sun during the winter and very little during the summer. That would be so nice. Good luck. |
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Estimation of soil erosion on cultivated fields on the hilly Meghalaya Plateau, North-East India
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The estimation of soil erosion rates in complex subtropical agricultural systems of hilly environment is difficult and most of the traditional methods have serious limitations. The 137Cs technique allows to obtain relatively quickly retrospective medium term soil erosion results. The objective of this study was using 137Cs approach to quantify soil loss under agricultural system which develops under growing human pressure on the hilly terrain of the Meghalaya Plateau. The measured values of caesium inventory for all sampling points are between 2% and 63% of the reference value of caesium inventory. The estimated annual soil loss for sampling points located on the slope are between 29 and 79 Mg·ha−1·yr−1 in the case of an improved mass balance model. It means that soil erosion in this manually tilled agricultural area cannot be neglected.
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- Title
- Estimation of soil erosion on cultivated fields on the hilly Meghalaya Plateau, North-East India
- Journal
Volume 38, Issue 1 , pp 77-84
- Cover Date
- 2011-03-01
- 10.2478/s13386-011-0008-7
- Print ISSN
- 1733-8387
- Online ISSN
- 1897-1695
- Publisher
- SP Versita
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Soil erosion
- Cs-137
- mathematical models
- Meghalaya Plateau
- India
- Authors
- Grzegorz J. Poręba (1)
- Paweł Prokop (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Radioisotopes (GADAM Centre of Excellence), Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland
- 2. Department of Geomorphology and Hydrology, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Jana 22, 31-018, Krakow, Poland


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The company also posted a net loss that more than doubled in the fourth quarter of 2013 from the previous year, from $2.615 billion to $6.451 billion.
Vale did, however, report record production of iron ore, copper ore, copper, gold and coal.
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In December, Vale announced it planned to cut investments for the third year in a row, down to $14.8 billion in 2014. - Sapa-AFP
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3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time when she which travaileth shall have brought forth: and the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. | 3 Therefore Israel will be abandoned until the time when she who is in labor gives birth and the rest of his brothers return to join the Israelites. |
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Jones says another woman charged in connection with the killings, Monifa Denise Sanford, has made similar statements.
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Jones says police recovered two knives from the home after responding there on Friday.
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At 8 pm, the Queen of the North departed Prince Rupert, British Columbia, near the southern tip of the Alaska Panhandle, on its regularly scheduled service to Port Hardy at the northern end of Vancouver Island. The route, which weaves past deep fjords and islands draped in rain forest, is popular with cruise ships plying the Inside Passage; in summer, the Queen typically made the 15-hour trip as a day liner fully booked with 700 passengers and crew, but in the off-season it sailed at night. On this rainy evening it carried 42 crew members and 59 passengers, mostly locals from isolated coastal communities. For them, the much-loved 37-year-old car and passenger ferry was a vital link to the outside world.
Just after midnight Leanne Duncan stepped out onto the starboard deck for a cigarette. She was heading home to her native village of Klemtu after a shopping trip in Prince Rupert with her teenage daughter, Sandra. A frequent Queen of the North traveler, Duncan knew the route well: At this point in the 280-mile trip, the ferry emerged from long, straight Grenville Channel and entered 3-mile-wide Wright Sound. The flashing beacon of Sainty Point Light, off the port bow, signaled the bridge crew--fourth officer Karl Lilgert and quartermaster Karen Bricker--to make a slight course correction to port to avoid Gil Island, which juts into the sound.
A few minutes later, however, Duncan was alarmed to see trees looming out of the darkness on the starboard side. She rushed inside to ask a purser if everything was all right. "Just fine," he assured her.
At the same time, Graham Clarke was relaxing in his cabin on the boat deck. President of a marine ferries company, Clarke had toured the ship a few hours earlier and inspected its two MAN V16 diesel engines. With a length of 410 ft. and a gross tonnage of 8889, the Queen of the North was the fifth largest member of the BC Ferry Services' 36-vessel fleet and flagship of its remote northern routes. Clarke was onboard with an eye to purchasing the seagoing ship for conversion into a floating fishing camp.
With a loud crash, the Queen lurched violently. A suitcase flew off Clarke's workspace; the contents of his desk hit the deck. Screeching, the ferry ground to a halt. Then--silence.After Duncan's exchange with the purser, she had started to head back outside. But now she raced to her cabin to find her daughter.
In the crew quarters below the car deck, water rushed in from two starboard gashes. Boulders flew into one cabin, shattering a bulkhead; the force of incoming water threw a seaman into the adjoining cabin. Elsewhere, terrified crew members were up to their waists in water in the time it took them to scramble from their bunks. One was trapped in her rapidly flooding room until she was able to shove aside a locker knocked over by the impact.
Five decks above, Clarke forced himself to stay calm as he put on shoes and a parka. He knew the crew would soon give the order to abandon ship. "The lights went out within moments," he says, "so I knew the engine room was flooding." Exiting his cabin, he moved along the companionways, banging on doors to wake up other passengers. Alarm bells sounded, and loudspeaker announcements directed the passengers to the lifeboats on deck seven.
Reece had just fired up his 21-ft. aluminum powerboat, Miss Ardell, and set off with seven other craft toward open water when he heard his mother's voice on the marine radio. "Leanne and Sandra are on the ship," she told him. He had forgotten that his niece and her daughter were traveling on the Queen. He revved his 250-hp engine and sped into the darkness.
In Victoria, the province's capital, at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, the Rescue Coordination Centre scanned for ships in the vicinity of the Queen. They were lucky. The Canadian Coast Guard's light icebreaker Sir Wilfrid Laurier was just 18 miles--or 90 minutes--to the north, at Barnard Harbour. While pulling up anchor, the icebreaker dispatched the Laurier 1, a rigid-hull inflatable boat. Its twin 150-hp outboard engines can generate a top speed of 45 knots, which meant the rescue craft could reach the scene in 45 minutes.
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With the ship listing heavily to starboard, the crew directed confused passengers, some in pajamas, to the lifeboats. One woman, unaware of the collision, complained, "What a silly time to hold a fire drill!" Clarke recalls: "It was surreal, with the stark emergency lighting and the passengers in stunned silence, walking around barefoot in the rain."In orderly fashion, the passengers descended Jacob's ladders into two wooden lifeboats and three inflatable rafts. Clarke boarded the last raft. Ten feet down, it stopped with a jerk. Fearful they would free-fall 55 ft. to the water below or smash against the hull, Clarke carefully moved to another seat to shift weight away from the vessel. A few seconds later, the lines began spooling through the pulleys, and the raft continued its descent.
Once the lifeboats were in the water, the captain ordered a crew member in each to do a head count. After several recounts, the totals were inconsistent. Nevertheless, the lifeboats motored to stand off 500 ft. from the Queen. Rain soaked the shivering crew and passengers, who huddled together as they bobbed in the dark in icy 3-ft. seas.
Seven minutes after leaving Hartley Bay, Reece saw a foggy, glowing light through the rain. "Even from that distance I could see the ferry was listing badly," he says. "It looked eerie. She was so familiar to us, and there she was--crippled on the rocks." Then he spotted the lifeboats rafted together, surrounded by ship debris. He approached slowly, shouting for his niece. At the third raft, she returned his call. Crowding Duncan, her daughter and six other people onto his boat, Reece roared back to Hartley Bay. The community's fire chief, Edward Robinson, circled the ferry with his speedboat, keeping 20 ft. away, shining his searchlight into the windows and across the deck as he looked for survivors. "Being so close to the ship was sad and scary at the same time," Robinson says. He saw no one.
1. On car ferries, don't stay in your vehicle; go to a passenger lounge to hear the safety briefings and warnings that commercial vessel operators are required to provide passengers before departure.
2. Know where life jackets are stored, including a couple of backup locations. Ensure the life-jacket sizes fit you and your family.
3. Make a few practice runs to the lifeboat deck to confirm the most efficient route.
The Laurier 1 arrived to assist the fishing boats shuttling passengers and crew to Hartley Bay. Shortly after, the Sir Wilfrid Laurier inched through oil-slicked waters littered with life jackets and debris. The crew on deck manned searchlights and launched flares throughout the night, but no bodies were found. After helping gather up the lifeboats, an exhausted Clarke boarded the icebreaker at 4 am.Meanwhile, in Hartley Bay, villagers met rescued passengers and crew on the beach and escorted them to the nursing station and community hall, where they were served hot drinks and food. With relief, Reece's wife, Betsy, greeted Duncan and her daughter. After changing into warm clothes, they and a handful of others shuffled along the village boardwalks to the homes of friends and relatives.
Shortly before dawn, when the Laurier arrived in Hartley Bay, Clarke helped the Coast Guard escort survivors onto the icebreaker and conduct repeated head counts. But there was confusion about the manifest: Catching a ferry is much like boarding a bus--not all travelers' names are recorded. That afternoon, BC Ferries announced that passengers Gerald Foisy and Shirley Rosette of 100 Mile House, British Columbia, were missing. As the Laurier sailed to Prince Rupert, a Department of National Defense fixed-wing Buffalo aircraft and two Cormorant helicopters scrambled from Vancouver Island's Canadian Forces Base Comox and searched for the couple throughout the day. By the time the Laurier docked in Prince Rupert at 4:15 pm, they were presumed dead.
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The Queen sits at a depth of 1398 ft., upright and intact, on a sandy seabed. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) conducted two unmanned dive operations to the wreck. The second, on June 15, 2006, lowered an ROV (remotely operated vehicle) outfitted with a $2 chipping hammer to smash the windshield on the bridge. "We didn't bother to take just the hard drive," says Ken Potter, manager of Head Office Marine Investigation Operations for the TSB. "We had the submersible pry the entire computer off the bulkhead and bring it to the surface." They recovered the electronic chart system, GPS and automated identification system. They also searched unsuccessfully for the ship's logbooks and examined the wreck for hull and structural damage.Nearly two years later, the TSB released its Marine Investigation Report, which blamed the sinking on human error. The bridge crew "did not adhere to sound watch-keeping practices and failed to detect the vessel's improper course." Lilgert and Bricker had recently ended a romantic relationship, and this was their first night shift together since the split. During the 14 minutes the ship sailed off course and struck Gil Rock near Gil Island, the report said they were having a "personal conversation." (In March 2007, after BC Ferries investigators pinned the cause of the sinking on human error, both were fired.) On the day the TSB report was released, Lilgert issued his first statement since the accident: "I continue to grieve for the missing persons and would with all my heart exchange my life for theirs." Bricker has remained silent.
The TSB report also notes that "the navigation equipment was not set up to take full advantage of the available safety features." Crew had dimmed radar monitors to improve their night vision. An alarm system that warned if the ship was too close to shore was also switched off, which was routine on this route. (Otherwise, it would have sounded continuously through narrow Grenville Channel.)The TSB also found that some crew members had observed marijuana use by off-duty crew.
The report made few safety recommendations. In fact, BC Ferries believes that the report didn't go far enough in recommending mandatory drug and alcohol testing--standard procedure on comparable U.S. services, such as the Washington State Ferries. BC Ferries has independently instituted drug and alcohol testing after any incident.
The company is installing Rutter voyage data recorders in its entire fleet, the largest voluntary outfitting of VDRs to date. VDRs are similar to airline "black boxes"--pressure-resistant, watertight capsules that record trip data. BC Ferries has also updated the passenger reservation system for its northern fleet. All manifests on these routes must now include passenger names.
The Queen of the North was the first vessel in the fleet to sink since service began in 1960. "BC Ferries has an excellent safety record, running these routes largely without incident for decades," says Professor Warren Gill, a transportation expert at Vancouver's Simon Fraser University. "It's tragic, but sometimes accidents just happen."
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From a life raft bobbing in choppy seas, passenger Graham Clarke photographed the car and passenger ferry Queen of the North shortly before it sank off the British Columbia coast. (Photograph by Graham Clarke)


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Moms operated on before pregnancy had thinner children, study found
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Obese mothers have children who are likely to be obese, but a new study concludes that weight-loss surgery can break the cycle.
Researchers found that women who had weight-loss surgery before becoming pregnant had children who were less likely to be heavy when compared with siblings who were born before the weight-loss surgery.
The study findings show the importance of the intrauterine environment, which seems to trump even genes and the environment in which the child is raised.
Results of the study will be published in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Obesity is on the rise and can lead to insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease and pregnancy complications. It is a major contributor to causes of death in industrialized nations. Previous studies of obese pregnant women have shown that obesity and its related health problems can be passed on to children, which indicates that the intrauterine environment may determine whether a child is destined for obesity.
"Our study confirms previous research showing that the intrauterine environment may be more important than genes and the postnatal environment when it comes to the association between maternal obesity and childhood obesity," study co-author Dr. John Kral, of the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, said in a news release from the Endocrine Society. "Any medical or surgical treatment to reduce obesity and existing metabolic disorders before pregnancy can be an investment in the life of future offspring."
The new study focused on women who underwent a weight-loss procedure called biliopancreatic diversion before becoming pregnant. The procedure alters digestion by making the stomach smaller and directing food to bypass part of the small intes
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Your kids like Swedish fish, the Swedish Chef, and Swedish meatballs. Time to help them graduate to a beautiful set of Swedish alphabet blocks. Our Swedish language set includes letters, numbers, and animal pictures.
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ESS is pleased to announce that John Farnsworth has been promoted to Senior Lecturer.
Well known for his habit of beginning every class with a poem, John inspires, engages, and motivates students to reflect upon their place in the world, while also working closely with students to improve the quality of their writing.
John's recent scholarship includes an ecocritical analysis of Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire published in the journal Interdisciplinary Literary Studies. John also co-authored in the Journal of Natural History Education and Experience a 2013 paper about the pedagogies he employes in the Natural History of Baja program. In addition, he currently has a book in progress, entitled Writing Baja.
John brings exuberant energy to our campus community through his annual kayak expedition off the coast of Baja, his leadership of the CyPhi Residential Learning Community, and his work to promote sustainability across the University curriculum.
Congratulations, John, on this well-deserved promotion!
The ESS Department is pleased to announce the opening of a new campus facility for Geographic Information Systems teaching and research. Geographic Information Systems, or GIS software allows users to create maps, generate and overlay different kinds of spatial data, and analyze spatial patterns. GIS is used in fields ranging from anthropology to public health, sociology, marketing, and environmental studies and sciences.
Our new 16-seat GIS computer lab featuring ArcGIS 10 software is located on the second floor of Varsi Hall and is available to SCU faculty, staff, and students wanting to use GIS in their research and teaching. Please contact the firstname.lastname@example.com for scheduling and access.
The ESS Department is pleased to announce that Dr. Iris Stewart-Frey has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. During her time here at SCU Iris was awarded a major grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency and she authored a substantial number of papers in some of the top journals of her field, including the Journal of Geophysical Research, Water Resources Research, Journal of American Water Resources Association, and Climatic Change. Iris uses a combination of climate models and spatial analysis to understand how a warming global climate will affect the timing and amount of the water supply in the western US. Recently she has expanded the scope of her work to investigate effects on water quality. Her work has been highly influential in the climate science and hydrology communities.
In addition, Iris is an excellent teacher both in and out of the classroom. Her courses provide ES majors with in-depth training in earth science, water resources, and GIS, and she has collaborated extensively with undergraduate students.
We look forward to many more years of Iris' excellence in both teaching and scholarship. Congratulations, Iris!
ESS assistant professor Chris Bacon recently co-edited a special issue of the journal Ecology and Society. The issue, entitled "A Socioecological Analysis of Diversified Farming Systems," features a meta-analysis assessing ecosystem services to and from diversified farming systems, as well as an article co-authored by Chris discussing the social dimensions of diversified farming systems.
The full special issue is available here: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/issues/view.php?sf=71
The Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences is pleased to welcome Noreen Golden as our new Senior Administrative Assistant. Noreen is new not only to our department but also the SCU community.
The ESS departmental office will typically be open Monday through Friday 8am-noon and 1-5pm.
Please stop by the second floor of Varsi Hall to welcome Noreen!
It's always been a bit of a puzzle—why do some species that get introduced outside their native areas become terrible invasive pests, while others either die out or poke along without bothering anyone? Recent research by ESS professor Virginia Matzek has helped shed more light on this question.
One longstanding theory about plant invaders is that they have greater plasticity than non-invaders. Plasticity is the ability to react to local conditions with different appearances or behaviors—for instance, the way a houseplant deprived of light will stretch out longer stems and make fewer leaves than well-lit plants. If invasive species are more inherently flexible in how they react to climate, for instance, they may be able to invade a wider area than less plastic species.
Matzek grew ten species of pines in the greenhouse—five that were known to be invasive on at least two continents, and five that had been widely introduced around the world but had never shown invasive characteristics. By altering nitrogen availability to the two groups, she could see how plant traits like photosynthetic capacity and water-use efficiency reacted to high or low levels of resource availability.
Matzek found that invaders were not more plastic for any of the 17 traits she measured. Instead, invaders seemed to succeed by simply being better than non-invaders at a number of essential plant functions, including producing more leaves and more efficiently using nutrients for photosynthesis.
Many studies have compared plasticity in invader and non-invader groups, but this study was a step forward because all the species were closely related, so differences between the invasive and non-invasive species are likely to be essential to their invasiveness. The paper, "Trait values, not trait plasticity, best explain invasive species' performance in a changing environment," was published in PLOS One and can be read here.
Efforts to protect nature and prevent extinction of plants and animals have traditionally focused on fencing nature off from people. But as the human population climbs toward 9 billion or more, Peter Kareiva and Michelle Marvier of SCU's Dept of ESS argue that conservationists must pursue strategies that simultaneously protect nature and meet basic human needs.
The full article was published this month in the journal Bioscience and is available via JSTOR.
In the era of molecular biology, some might think of collegiate courses in natural history as being a bit "old school," a return to Victorian times when naturalists such as Charles Darwin ruled the roost. Nothing could be further from the truth according to SCU scholars John Farnsworth and Christopher Beatty, who just published a paper in the Journal of Natural History Education and Experience.
Beatty and Farnsworth have both been associated with SCU Studies Abroad in Baja, the former teaching ENVS 144, Baja Natural History, and the latter teaching ENVS 142, Writing Natural History. They see a key linkage between their courses as the development of powers of observation, especially in the process where observations lead to identification which in turn leads to description. They write, "Adeptness in description links directly to the ability to observe, and we find this prerequisite lacking among some of our students when they enter the program."
The Baja program, now in its sixth year under Farnsworth's direction, has emerged as a national model of how writing pedagogy can combine with experiential education in natural history to create a program that engages students uniquely. The program has become so popular in recent years that it is now limited to juniors and seniors majoring in environmental science, biology, or environmental studies. The program website can be found here.
According to Farnsworth and Beatty, the key to the program's success has been in how it utilizes a journaling process to organize field notes. During the field portion of the class, students are required to keep more than mere species lists, making observations about behaviors and the habitats in which they discover organisms. The students are assigned writing prompts for each class, and are instructed to spend at least two hours each day working on their field notes.
The paper, titled: "The Journal's the Thing: Teaching Natural History and Nature Writing in Baja California Sur" is available via the Natural History Network website.
New analysis on the intersection of politics and nature was released today in the latest issue of the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. The authors, Michelle Marvier of Santa Clara University and Hazel Wong of The Nature Conservancy, drew from national public opinion surveys from last eight years.
The work may provide insight to the coming elections on November 6, when more than 60 conservation-related state initiatives will be decided by voters across the country.
Their analysis highlights several findings:
"These studies reveal that Americans care deeply about the outdoors, and the benefits that nature provides us," said co-author Hazel Wong. "Our elected officials around the country should be aware that it's in their interest to be responsive to nature's strong, bipartisan constituency."
Michelle Marvier commented, "It's time for conservationists to quit preaching only to the choir. Protecting nature for its own sake is all well and good, but to regain broad public support we need to emphasize and demonstrate that protecting nature is in the best interest of people."
The paper's abstract can be accessed here.
Recent ESS graduate, Ian Dougherty worked this past summer with Dr. Chris Bacon on food security and sustainable livelihoods research in northern Nicaragua. Dr. Bacon used support from a Center for Science and Technology Studies grant for frugal innovation to bring Ian to Nicaragua. Ian worked with a local fair trade cooperative and an international non-profit organization to set-up a pilot project using cell phones to monitor transactions among several community-based grain and seed banks. The goals are to reduce seasonal hunger, empower farmers and conserve biodiversity. Upon his return from Nicaragua, NBC Bay Area interviewed Ian about his experience. Check out the video of the NBC interview.


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When roller reefing used to be more common - funny how things have come full circle, isn''t it!? - it was normal to find a Boom Claw on a boat''s boom. This is an almost-complete ring, usually cast of aluminum, that was open at the top perhaps 2" (allowing the hoist of the sail). The two ends of the Claw, one on each side of the sail, had plastic rollers. As one rolled in a reef, the boom would rotate inside the Claw. The base of the Claw could therefore be attached wherever you found it suitable, usually to the base of the mast but also taken to the side deck when needed. The Claw always remained on the boom, even when the sail was furled.
You might find it quite easy to locate a Boom Claw in one of the consignment or used boat gear shops in the U.S. but I don''t know if you have easy access to them. Perhaps a friend in the States can seek one out for you? (Sailorman in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Bacon''s in Annapolis, MD, Minney''s in Newport Beach(?), CA are all examples).
Good luck with the new boat!
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