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A low-key comedy-drama art film leads new movies on DVD and Blu-ray this week.
Now that June is over and July is upon us, it's as good a time as any for a halfway-through-2015 movie review. By my count, some 140 new titles have made stops at Salt Lake theaters so far this year.
A new CBS miniseries from the producers of "The Bible" arrives on DVD this week.
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"Ted 2" might be considered something of a disappointment for people who really enjoyed the first one. This sequel doesn't nearly reach the hilarious heights of the original and instead is satiated with a by-the-numbers script.
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Liberty County native and musician Dakota Woods will play at 6 p.m. Sunday at Johnny Harris Restaurant on Victory Drive in Savannah as part of the Savannah Songwriter Series.
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"TERMINATOR GENISYS" — 2 1/2 stars — Jai Courtney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, J.K. Simmons; PG-13 (sci-fi violence, partial nudity, language); in general release
"Inside Out" was released recently to the critical accolades and audience adoration reminiscent of Pixar's early days. Some critics said it was without question the best thing Pixar has ever released and went as far as to call "Inside Out" the studio's masterpiece.
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Kite Movements in the Florida Keys
Funding for Swallow-tailed Kite monitoring during the fall of 2014 was made possible through a gift by Juan Valadez and Laura Roselione. THANK YOU!
Four kite species have been documented from the Florida Keys Hawkwatch count site at Curry Hammock State Park since monitoring started in 1999. These include the Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis), the Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis), and recently for the first time – the White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus). However, the beauty and grace emblematic of kites is perhaps best encapsulated in the Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus), an imperiled species that continues capturing our imagination – serving as symbol for wildlife management and conservation agencies throughout the state of Florida – and one that regularly graces the skies of the Florida Keys during fall migration.
- Florida Keys Hawkwatch – Curry Hammock State Park
- Count Site Species Average (1999 – 2013): 18
- Highest Seasonal Count pre-2014 (1999 – 2013): 62 (2008)
- 2014 Total: 256
- Sept. 2-14, 2014: 190
- Sept. 15 – Oct. 14, 2014: 66
- Preseason tally (August 2014) – Middle Keys: 37
All Swallow-tailed Kites breeding in the U.S. are migratory and leave the North American continent during the fall season. Their migratory movements start early compared to other diurnal raptors, and the species is already on the move southward by mid-July.
Few North American hawk migration count sites – like the Florida Keys Hawkwatch – are geographically positioned to allow for the monitoring of Swallow-tailed Kites during the fall. The breeding range of the species (Elanoides forficatus – subspecies forficatus) in the U.S. is now limited to southeastern states, primarily Florida and including portions of coastal Georgia and South Carolina, southern Alabama and Mississippi, and restricted areas in Louisiana and Texas. Despite their breeding throughout much of Florida, population trend assessments are limited by a lack of demographic data.
Unfortunately, the southeast also suffers from a low density of count sites for migratory birds of prey. According to HawkCount.org, the states of Georgia and Louisiana have no reporting, active or existing raptor migration counts. While the state of South Carolina has five registered count sites, none have a history of reporting any Swallow-tailed Kites during migration. The same can be said for two count sites registered for Alabama. In Texas it is a different story. The Smith Point count site overlooking Galveston Bay averages about 83 Swallow-tailed Kites per year over a period of 18 seasons, with as many as 202 kites counted during a single season (2008). Curiously, the Corpus Christi count site averages similarly over 18 seasons, with an average of 82 Swallow-tails per year, and a seasonal high of 349 (2008). The only other fall migration site in Texas reporting in HawkCount – Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park – has recorded the species on only three seasons out of 15, with no more than five in 2002. It is important to note that both the Smith Point and Corpus Christi sites start monitoring for raptors in August, and that traditionally, counts in the Florida Keys have not started until September 15, well past the expected peak dates for kites.
As can be seen from the chart above, both of these Texas count sites experience their peak passage dates for the species during roughly the third week of August. With Florida supporting an estimated 60% or more of the entire U.S. population (about 2500 to 4500 individuals at the end of breeding season), the count site in the Keys could expect to detect substantial flights of Swallow-tails starting early August.
While our project has understood that our traditional mid-September start date has resulted in lost opportunities for the monitoring of kites, we have been limited by challenges associated with an expansion of the count season.
The Difference that Two Additional Weeks Can Make
For the fall of 2014, our project made an effort to start the monitoring season significantly earlier than the traditional Sept. 15 start date. In addition to commencing monitoring at Curry Hammock with a full count team on Sept. 2 of this year, pre-season counting efforts were also carried out throughout the Middle Keys, from Long Key to Big Pine Key with the purpose of fine-tuning possible detection locations for greater numbers of Swallow-tailed Kites. The result from 10 days of counting during August 14-31 was 37 detected kites. While several of those birds were observed from various locations in northern Big Pine Key, many of the birds were detected within close proximity to Marathon, or near the hawkwatch count site at Curry Hammock, supporting the concept of adhering to a single site despite the potential for alternate detection locations.
However, the difference was most evident at our count site once full-day (8 hours minimum) operations commenced on September 2. The earlier two weeks of counting allowed us to detect 256 Swallow-tailed Kites (6-10% of the U.S. population), increasing our count 1300% above our site's average.
As the project proceeds with plans for future seasons, we are encouraged by our efforts from 2014, reassured that counts from August through mid-September should render more kite detections. We will continue working on expanding our count period to include a time-frame better suited for the monitoring of Swallow-tailed Kites.
- Florida Keys Hawkwatch – Curry Hammock State Park
- Count Site Species Average (1999 – 2013): 40
- Highest Seasonal Count pre-2014 (1999 – 2013): 99 (2012)
- 2014 Total: 128
- Sept. 2-14, 2014: 15
- Sept. 15 – Oct. 14, 2014: 113
Although our count site does not experience the number of Mississippi Kites seen in Texas and Central America, it is one of the few sites in North America that documents consistent numbers of the species during the fall. To illustrate the point, most hawk migration counts in the southeast average under two Mississippi Kites each fall season. A notable exception may be Congaree Bluffs in South Carolina, which averages about 15 birds a year, with as many as 76 kites documented in a single season (2003). When you consider the Mid-Atlantic region, no hawkwatch averages more than 2 kites a year according to data submitted via HawkCount.org.
With an average of 40 or more detections, and as many as 128 Mississippi Kites tallied during a single fall season, the Florida Keys Hawkwatch remains the highest count for the species in the eastern U.S.
With an earlier start to the season during 2014, we were able to add 15 birds that would have otherwise been missed during our traditional dates, increasing our highest count by about 30%. Future plans for the lengthening of the season by adding count days during the first half of September – and potentially August – could result in increased opportunities for the detection of migratory Mississippi Kites.
- Florida Keys Hawkwatch – Curry Hammock State Park
- Total: 1 (Oct. 17, 2014)
There has only been one White-tailed Kite documented as part of raptor migration counts in the Keys since standardized efforts started in the late 1980s. While the species breeds irregularly in the Southern Everglades, appearing to prefer the area surrounding Taylor Slough, Chekika and the adjacent agricultural areas in Homestead and Florida City, it is not a common species and little is understood about its life history and population status.
On 10/17/14 at roughly 11 am, the first and only White-tailed Kite detected as part of this project was observed flying southwestward over the Keys land chain. The species has been reported from Monroe County (Florida Keys) in the past, but to our knowledge, this is the only documented record (photo of the described individual above, taken by Kerry Ross).
Although the species tends to remains a year-round resident through much of its breeding range in North America, during nonbreeding season some birds may disperse and this may result in vagrancy and/or range expansion. Little is known about the Florida populations, whether the kites are migratory and/or nomadic.
In North America, the species may be currently experiencing its greatest distribution after a period of expansion. While populations are most concentrated in California, it was nearly extirpated from that state by the 1930s, and extinction had been predicted for the continent around that time.
In Florida, some of the oldest reports (1870s – 1890s) describe birds in the southern Gulf coast, from the area in current-day Naples down through Cape Sable. There are very few modern-day records of the species in that part of Florida. By the 1930s it was thought to be on the verge of extinction in the state, and it wasn't until the 1980s that the species became established once again in South Florida.
- Florida Keys Hawkwatch – Curry Hammock State Park
- Total: 1 (Sept. 28, 2007)
Only one Snail Kite has been documented from Curry Hammock State Park during migratory raptor counts. Although the species is found from southern Mexico to Argentina, in the U.S. it is limited to restricted portions of Florida, where it is a year-round resident. The species – listed as Endangered in the state and federal registers – is considered nonmigratory, but may respond to habitat changes by engaging in dispersal or seminomadic movements. There is currently no evidence to indicate that Snail Kites regularly fly between Florida and Cuba. However, the species is a common to rare year-round resident throughout much of Cuba.
During September 28, 2007, counters John Van Dort and Cole Wild observed the bird captured in the photograph shown above at roughly 2:10 pm. It is no surprise that this raptor caused initial confusion. The Florida Keys hold very little habitat suitable for Snail Kites, which prefer to forage over freshwater patches in search of their preferred food – snails of the genus Pomacea. While reports from the Everglades include brackish tracts from Paurotis Pond to Flamingo, the species is virtually undocumented in the Florida Keys.
For more information about the status and movements of Snail Kites, Swallow-tailed Kites and other bird species found in Florida, visit the Avian Research and Conservation Institute's website.
FKH Crew on the Traveling Trinovid Blog
Our very talented 2014 Florida Keys Hawkwatch team – and their thoughts on Leica Sport Optics – were recently featured in the Traveling Trinovid Blog. Click the image or link below for the full story:
READ MORE on the Traveling Trinovid Blog…
Bahama Swallows Over the Hawkwatch!
At least 3 Bahama Swallows (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis) were seen this afternoon (October 26) at Curry Hammock State Park – with the first bird – an adult – detected at roughly 2:30 pm. Photographs of individual juvenile and adult birds were captured from the Florida Keys Hawkwatch deck. The birds were seen feeding in relative association with other swallow species, including Barn, Northern Rough-winged and Cliff. One Cave Swallow was also seen this day. Above, an adult photographed by Kerry Ross.
We continued seeing the Bahama Swallows foraging over the adjacent campgrounds well past 4:30 pm. Photo of a juvenile above by Alexander Harper.
From October 20 through the 24th, we experienced much rain and wind associated with a tropical depression brewing in the Gulf of Mexico – see the "Huge Passerine Movement" blog entry for more information. While we were experiencing large daily flights of swallows earlier in the fall, these have greatly diminished as the season has progressed. During this recent tropical depression, we struggled to tally a combined number of swallows in the three digits. After the rain dissipated and clear weather associated with winds out of the north dominated the skies, more swallows certainly pushed through. By contrast, on October 25 we counted 783 swallows, and today Oct. 26 we counted 513. Above, photo of an adult Bahama Swallow by Kerry Ross.
It must be noted that the Bahama Swallows from Curry Hammock were not isolated occurrences. On this day, the species was also observed and documented from Cape Florida (Key Biscayne) at around midday. Additionally, a Bahama Swallow was reported from Long Key State Park on Oct. 25 – 11 miles northeast of Curry Hammock. The photo above, and the 3 below were taken by Kerry Ross at Curry Hammock.
The Bahama Swallow is endemic to the Bahamas and it is common on Andros, Abaco and Grand Bahama. It is considered a very rare visitor to South Florida, with under 10 documented records prior to these occurrences. All the prior records took place before 1993.
Huge Passerine Movement!
From October 20 – 24, we counted 10,311 passerines migrating over the Keys!
During this period, the Florida Keys were pounded with a tremendous amount of rain and wind associated with a low pressure system that gained strength in the Gulf of Mexico and pushed continuous thunderstorms, showers and strong gusts into our area.
We continued conducting our morning transect counts at Long Key, even during periods of heavy rain, often experiencing persistent movements of birds along the coast.
On October 24 alone, we counted a total of 4,948 passerines, 4,623 of which were warblers! While it may have been remarkable to have experienced over 200 Black-throated Blue Warblers that morning – which we did – a greater surprise was that a vagrant Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) was found along the beach at Long Key!
We are grateful that many people spend time in our area on the lookout for birds. Had Jennifer Burris not alerted us and park staff of this unusual occurrence, this wheatear may have gone unnoticed.
Surprises in the Long Key Hammocks
Believe it or not, elevation plays a huge role in the type and occurrence of habitats in southern Florida and the Florida Keys. In the interior of South Florida, for example, the highest points are pine or oak dominated woodlands. Drop three or four feet in elevation, and you'll be in a cypress dome or wet marl prairie (the latter being true Everglades). The mangrove forests that line the coast are yet another patent habitat associated with the region. Yet there is another important but lesser-known ecosystem in extreme South Florida and the Florida Keys that recalls more of a West Indian influence: tropical hardwood hammocks.
A hammock in this use of the word describes a dense hardwood stand of trees bordered by a wetland. And a tropical hardwood hammock, more specifically, is a forest comprised of tree species such as Gumbo Limbo, Poisonwood, Blolly, Wild Dilly, and Pigeon Plum, among others. In the Keys, it is often the habitat just inland from the mangroves of the coastline and estuaries.
If you visit Cuba, Hispaniola, The Bahamas, and even coastal Yucatan Peninsula, you'll see that the flora of the tropical hardwood hammocks of extreme peninsular Florida and the Keys are more similar to the Caribbean than to the flora of other parts of temperate Florida. This is also apparent in the relationship between the bird species. For example, "specialties" of the Keys such as the White-crowned Pigeon, Mangrove Cuckoo and Black-whiskered Vireo are best found in the dense hammocks of the Keys. If you were to visit Cuba or the Bahamas, you would see these species breeding and foraging in nearly the same tree species.
The same goes for migrating passerines. During the fall at Long Key State Park, where there are a few parcels of hardwood hammocks, we see some of the highest numbers of migrants using the hammocks to rest and forage. The fruiting trees and shrubs have proven to be extremely important, perhaps even vital to large numbers of migrating thrushes, vireos and flycatchers. American Redstarts, Worm-eating, Black-and-white, and Black-throated Blue Warblers are among several species of warblers that can often be found deep in the interior of a hammock's middle and upper stories, while Ovenbirds, Swainson's and Kentucky Warblers comb the ground level where there is often very little sunlight penetration. Common Nighthawks and Chuck-will's-widows seem to rely heavily on this habitat for roosting during migration.
Along with a menagerie of breeding and migrating species, there have been several that were certainly not expected. Within the state park just in the second half of September of this year, this habitat has accommodated three exceptional vagrants: Key West Quail-Dove (9/27/14), Yellow-green Vireo (9/24/14), and Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (9/17/14). The quail-dove and the flycatcher frequented the Golden Orb Trail, while the vireo was located in a nearby restricted area where the Florida Keys Hawkwatch team has been granted permission to survey.
As touched upon before, the botanical composition of a hardwood hammock in the Keys is nearly a mirror image of those found elsewhere in the West Indies. If you were to examine and compare the North American bird species that winter in hardwood hammocks in Cuba and the Yucatan, you'd also see that there is a lot in common with extreme southern Florida and the Keys (i.e. the Black-throated Blue Warbler). Similarities in climate between the Keys and the West Indies help explain how this is possible, but here is some literal food for thought: birds are often vehicles for transporting seeds and berries to foreign locations. It is likely that the strong-flying and exploratory White-crowned Pigeons helped aid the colonization of many of the plants found in the Keys. Fruit ingested by a pigeon gorging in a hardwood hammock in Cuba might have come out the other end in the Keys after a hop over the Straits of Florida, an easy flight for a pigeon. Or maybe the secretive and unforthcoming Key West Quail-Dove, which historically may have bred in the Keys, also played a role?
However, there is no denying the threats to such a unique and spatially restricted habitat. In the Keys and coastal South Florida, any dry land is prime real estate for humans. Much of the developed areas of the Keys were historically hammocks, and tracts of this West Indian habitat are now more-or-less restricted to protected areas. Human encroachment has fragmented this highly valuable habitat up and down the Keys, but the hardwoods of Long Key State Park are still very much for the birds.
Great 2014 Count So Far!
We are having a great start to the 2014 raptor count this season! We will be at Curry Hammock State Park daily through November 2nd of this year. Please come visit us. Below are our numbers to date. While we've had a fantastic season for Ospreys, and Peregrine Falcons are keeping up with expected numbers, October 5 gave us an excellent push of Sharp-shinned Hawks – 512, Cooper's Hawks – 125, and American Kestrels – 513! The 199 Peregrine Falcons counted that day were not so bad either!
The Best Osprey Migration in The Keys!
New FKH records broken this season for migratory Ospreys:
- Highest seasonal count: 2949 (and 31 days to go)
- Highest single day count: 394 (Sept. 25, 2014)
- Highest hourly count: 301 (15:00-16:00 hr, Sept. 25, 2014)
- Four of the top six all-season highest day counts:
- #1 – 394 (Sept. 25); #3 – 316 (Oct. 1); #5 – 240 (Sept 13); #6 – 229 (Oct. 2)
As of today, we are at a 79% increase for Ospreys over our previous seasonal max (fall of 2002), 163% over our all-season Osprey average, and 93% over 2013's count for that species!
However, it is important to keep in mind that this year we started counting from the Curry Hammock site 13 days earlier than most seasons. Our typical project start date is September 15, but in order to expand opportunities for the monitoring of migratory kites and songbirds, we started on the second of the month. Only during 1996-97 have standardized counts for migratory raptors taken place before September 15. This year, we counted 771 Ospreys during that period.
If we were to consider only the remaining 2178 Ospreys – counted from September 15 through Oct 2 of this year – this season would still be the highest count for the species in project history, at 32% over the prior seasonal max (2002), 94% higher than average, and 42% over last year's count.
301 Ospreys in 1 Hour!
On September 25 of this season, we experienced a spectacular flight of 301 "southbound" Ospreys during the final hour of count, starting at roughly 15:00 hr. As can be seen from the chart above, no more than 35 Ospreys had been counted in a single hour prior to 14:00, and a total of 93 had been tallied up to that point. While the winds had ranged from 3 to 12 km/h out of the ENE for most of the day, a sudden squall line pushed by a shift of 15-21 km/h winds out of the east crossed over Little Crawl Key at around 15:50, accompanied by dense and low cloud cover, and hard pelting rain.
Rain continued for nearly an hour. What followed was a low flying "mat" of back-to-back Ospreys in slow flight over the trajectory of the Keys' island chain, towards the SSW. At times, dozens of Ospreys could be seen simultaneously. SW and away from our count site, the horizon was dotted with them; at one point I counted about 35 Ospreys in a single binocular view. By the time that hour was over, we had tallied 301, bringing our day's total for that species to 394, and shattering the previous single-day high count of 340 from 2003!
We have known for some time that many Ospreys don't follow the island chain as they migrate southward, but rather cross over any point of the Keys from the Florida mainland as they continue directly over the water towards Cuba. It is therefore assumed that we miss many of those Ospreys if we are too far to detect their brief crossing over the islands. You may read more about this phenomenon on our post from September 22, 2013 – Ospreys On The Move.
In the case of the Sept. 25, 2014 event, the sudden shift and increased speed of winds accompanied by the squall line must have pushed birds towards the Middle Keys. These were Ospreys that would have been flying east of us over the water and in direction towards the Caribbean, but were forced westward by weather.
Above are maps from 2012 that illustrate the perceived flights of Ospreys as viewed from the FKH count site at Little Crawl Key, which appear to continue directly over water in general direction towards Cuba.
Ospreys tracked by R. Bierregaard, Jr. (above) at the UNC-Charlotte Biology Dept. with the use of satellite transmitters demonstrated a direct southward flight in some Ospreys as they left the peninsula, flew over Florida Bay, bypassed the Keys and crossed over the Straits towards Cuba. You can read more about the work at http://www.bioweb.uncc.edu/bierregaard/ospreys.htm.
For more information on the Sept. 25 flight and on this season's Osprey migration visit the following links:
Osprey Surge by Limeybirder
240 Ospreys – FKH post from 9/13/14


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Utah State football mailbag Connor Williams, secondary issues and more
This week we're going to try a new feature - a mailbag answering readers' most pressing questions on the Utah State football team. We've got a few questions over the weekend that I'm going to launch into right now.
If you want to send in future questions for the Monday mailbag, you can tweet at me at @kylegoon or e-mail me at email@example.com. I'll be looking for your questions from after the Weber State game until Matt Well's weekly press conference on Mondays around noon.
Let's jump in:
hey Kyle, 4 the mailbag, when will Connor [Williams] be back? - @bwheel82
Matt Wells said this morning he sat Connor Williams, one of the team's starting defensive ends, on Saturday more as a precaution and to give his foot injury time to rest. He added it's likely he'll be out against Weber State as well, and perhaps return for USC.
In the meantime, Wells was very happy with the play of at least two of the guys who have gotten more reps as a result of Williams' absence. Paul Piukala and Ricky Ali'ifua got big shouts out from Wells, along with tackle A.J. Pataiali'i.
Said Wells: "Those three guys really set the tone. Those three guys were a huge part of the reason Zach and Jake played so well. When you're playing an option offense, you have got to play really, really well at inside linebacker. And to do that, you've got to have defensive linemen who have gap control and can eat up two offensive linemen at the same time. Those three guys stood out to me on tape. They played with tremendous effort, especially backside effort."
That being said, Williams is a leader on the line and a solid player. The Aggies will welcome him back eventually, but they won't need him against Weber State. Wells has been very concious about injury prevention, people inside the program have said, and he won't rush guys back.
What needs to be done to fix the problems in the secondary? - @BradenGreen1
One of the first questions Wells fielded today was about the secondary, and if the first two games are any indication, he'll be talking about it for a while. The Aggies have been breakdown and penalty-prone: Two pass interference calls and a defensive holding call helped Air Force score a first-half touchdown. Zach Vigil said after the game it was unacceptable.
That's a team attitude as well. The penalties and coverage breakdowns won't get the job done against some of the tougher passing teams Utah State faces this year. Against USC, BYU, Boise State or Wyoming, some of the coverage miscues could really add up to big yards like they did against Utah.
Air Force's drops were a big saving grace for the Aggies. Wells said he thought some of the defensive backs were caught up by the Falcons' play action, which is a big component of their offense. Utah State will sometimes have some penalties for aggression as well, and Wells said he could "live with them a bit more," but the Aggies have to be a little more savvy when the ball is in the air.
Said Wells: "They've got to shadow them, they've got to lock them down. They're going to be confident and physical at the point of attack. You've got to understand when the ball's in the air, how to play it and when to play it. I'm certain that we'll get it cleaned up and it will be fine at some point in the year."
You can bet Kendrick Shaver is working with his corners a bit more on making a play on the ball at the right time and making sure they spot it and know where it's going. Contact will happen, but it has to be smarter.
As long as I'm being even-handed, it deserves mentioning that the secondary played a great game against the run, and Tay Glover-Wright had some big pass break-ups, including one in the end zone.
I liked seeing more running backs featured against AF, especially from [Robert] Marshall - will he continue to get more touches? - @JnelAgs
Yes. Wells said it was one of the team's goals was to get more backs involved against Air Force, and the result was good. The three most-used backs, Joe Hill, Joey DeMartino and Robert Marshall, combined for 123 yards and two rushing touchdowns. Hill and DeMartino split a lot of time early, while Marshall got most of his looks after the Aggies had built a lead.
It seems clearer that Utah State is comfortable with a committee approach to running back, that Hill won't necessarily carry as much as Kerwynn Williams. Hill still is looking for a big, big run on the ground, but also showed his receiving talent with his end zone grab Saturday. DeMartino is more of a between-the-tackles type who led the group in yards per carry (4.1) while Marshall seems to want to run over people.
Said Wells: "Really proud of [Joey DeMartino] from an unselfish standpoint. He was very productive, he ran behind his pads a couple times. You really saw what he could do I was very proud of Robert. He came in on some two-back stuff and ran downhill. He did a nice job on the perimeter block a little bit. And then I thought Joe played a very solid game. Not very flashy but a solid game. He had a great catch in the end zone."
Depending on if the Aggies can build up a big lead early, expect to see Kelvin Lee as well. He played a few snaps at the end of the game and got 19 yards. Rashad Hall might be the next guy off the bench if Wells chooses to dig that deep.
This past off-season's recruiting class was maybe the most heralded in recent memory. What info do you have on two of the biggest gets - Marwin Evans and Ronald Butler? I didn't notice Butler playing at all until Air Force and apparently Marwin Evans switched positions to safety. - Dallin Watts
Butler obviously made a splash Saturday catching a touchdown. He should be involved in the offense after having a few really good days in fall camp, but it might be on more spread-out sets. Evans hasn't really made a big impact yet, but having just switched positions, he's needed depth at the safety spot.
Wells mentioned several other members of the signing class he thought were doing well: Bill Vavau played about 30 snaps, he estimated, at both tackle and guard. He seems to be arguably the top back-up along with redshirt freshman Jake Simonich. Jeremy Morris did give up a touchdown late against Air Force, long after the game was decided, but Wells said he's liked the JuCo transfer's effort on special teams so far. Ali'ifua has been solid in his D-line reps, as we covered earlier.
Wells also has been extremely happy with kickoff specialist Jake Thompson, a Logan native who recovered from a knee injury as a senior and has turned out to be a coup in the class. At one-time under consideration for a high school All-American spot as a kicker, Thompson booted eight of his nine kickoffs out of the end zone last weekend.
Said Wells: "One that's stands out to me is the dadgum kicker. Jake Thompson has been really solid and really, really good in two games. He's a weapon."
Others that might have been considered, such as Hayden Weichers, Kennedy Williams and Braelon Roberts, haven't been out and could redshirt unless we see them play against Weber. It speaks a lot to Utah State's veteran depth at this point: If you don't need to burn the redshirt year, why do it?
That'll do it for the mailbag. Stay tuned to the Tribune and the Aggieville blog for more Utah State coverage.
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Arthur N. Bowman was born May 5, 1918 in Orangeburg, SC and passed away December 1, 2008 in Bremerton, WA. Arthur served in the U.S. Army during WWII and will be interned at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, WA.
At the age of 15, Arthur moved to Brooklyn, NY where he lived until 2006 when he moved to the Bremerton. Arthur is a Lifetime member of Disabled American Veterans and loved spending time with his loved ones and going for walks. Arthur loved Major League Baseball and was a die-hard Yankees and Mets fan.
Arthur is survived by his life partner of 60 years, Luvenia Johnson; sons, Leon (Rita) Hampton-El of NY and Gregory Hampton-EL of WA; daughters, Michelle Bennett of NY and Diane West of WA; grandchildren, Glenn West Jr., LaShawn Hampton-El, Tanya (Dan) Inman and Tennille (Jamar) Pettis; one great-grandchild, Nina-Simone Pettis. Arthur is also survived by former son-in-law, Glenn E. West Sr.; and a host of friends at the Vintage Apts in Bremerton.
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Recently widowed Adela Shelly finds herself being seduced by the suave Guy Littleton, a visitor to her elegant Pacific house. When Guy's acid-tongued wife Melissa decides to fly in to see off the competition, she hasn't considered that Adela's best friend might also be falling for her husband's charms! As tensions begin to erupt, so does the volcano, with explosive consequences…
Never performed in the author's lifetime, this is the first major production of a work which gives a fascinating insight into the glamorous and scandalous Caribbean lifestyle that Coward himself enjoyed.
Jenny Seagrove's illustrious career has included starring roles in television classics from Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance to Judge John Deed; Films such as Local Hero and Don't Go Breaking My Heart, and over a dozen West End successes, most recently in The Country Girl opposite Martin Shaw. Also starring Dawn Steele who has recently completed three series of ITV's Wild at Heart and starred in the hit BBC drama Monarch of the Glen and Jason Durr who is of course well known for his seven years as the star of ITV's Heartbeat, and more recently Above Suspicion.
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Festival Notebook - 24 February 2012
Chris Sleep and Will Lattimore have their third batch of horses to follow ahead of the Festival.
Festival Notebook
by Chris Sleep and Will Lattimore
You'll find plenty of analysis of the leading contenders for the feature races at the Cheltenham Festival elsewhere on our MEGAsite, but in our Festival Notebook we're aiming to highlight those horses that have gone under the radar so far for the big races and those that are being targeted at the races outside of the Grade 1s at the big meeting. This section will be updated every week in the run up to the Festival to build up into an index of horses to watch out for at the big meeting.
DE BOITRON ATR Tracker
Trained by Ferdy Murphy | Submitted by Chris Sleep
Grand Annual Chase
This horse went into many notebooks when third at Musselburgh last time behind Tara Royal. That was a promising run and he was doing all his best work late on. His target is likely to be the Grand Annual, which he finished fourth in 12 months ago off a mark of 137. His trainer Ferdy Murphy is excellent at lining horses up for Festival Handicaps and this one is well worth an investment at around the 16-1 mark.
HUNT BALL ATR Tracker
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Any Festival Handicap
He has been enjoying a tremendous season winning 5 of his last 6 races and that winning spree started off a mark of 69 Folkestone. He is a rapidly improving horse who stayed on well to defeat Flaming Gorge by 2 1/4 lengths at Wincanton last time out off a mark of 117. Following that fifth win of the season he has been raised to a mark of 127. Despite rocketing up in the weights he may still not be high enough to get a run at Cheltenham but if he did get into a race he will be a danger to all. It's also worth baring in mind connections performed a similar feat with Holmwood Legend 12months ago.
NEW YEAR'S EVE ATR Tracker
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Champion Bumper
A very well bred horse who is related to Midnight Game (one of the favourites for the Supreme Novices' Hurdle) and West With The Wind (Grade 3 winner over fences). Unbeaten in two starts he showed a good turn of foot to score in a steadily run race at Ludlow before following up in equally impressive style at Market Rasen. Although his overall level of form is not as good as some of the market leaders for the Champion Bumper he has been visually impressive and there is every chance he can outrun his double figure odds on the big day at Cheltenham for his capable trainer John Ferguson.
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It will be difficult for connections to choose which race he will go for, personally I would prefer him to line-up in the Ryanair . This son of Beneficial was third to Captain Chris in last year`s Arkle, the question mark on everyone`s mind going into that race was the quicker ground, he handle it well but 2 miles on good ground wouldn`t have suited.
At this stage you would have to say a small field will contest the Champion Chase and without a doubt he would need the likes of Sizing Europe and Big Zeb to run way below-par to have any chance of winning and has only place prospects, whereas the Ryanair is wide-open and the 2m4f trip will be more to his liking. I`m not worried that he will be making his seasonal debut he has won going fresh in the past and is another to keep in the notebook.
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Pertemps Final
A winner of a Pertemps Qualifier at Warwick in early January where he was completing a hat-trick having won back to back handicaps at Huntingdon and Uttoxeter. He possibly found the very heavy ground at Haydock against him in Graded company at Haydock when last seen. He has a mark of 138 ( scored off 101 in his first handicap) which will ensure he gets a run in the Pertemps and being a lightly raced sort he could improve again and run a big race on better ground for his shrewd trainer.


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Biomedical Interventions: Injection Safety
World Health Organization Best Practices for Injections and Related Procedures Toolkit
This toolkit was designed to meet the training and daily practice needs of all health care workers, specifically those who give injections, draw blood, or manage medical waste, as well as administrators and infection control policymakers. It covers all types of needle injections, phlebotomy, and lancet procedures. The format, with many summary tables, step-by-step practice guides, checklists, and copious illustrations, makes the standard precautions information accessible and easy to follow. In addition to information on injection safety, there is a chapter on occupational risks and management of blood-borne pathogens, including guidance on the post-exposure management of HIV and hepatitis B and C. The content can be easily reproduced as posters, flash cards, and spreadsheets for use in training and education.
The Joint WHO-ILO-UNAIDS Policy Guidelines on Improving Health Workers' Access to HIV & TB Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support Services: A Guidance Note
The 14 interrelated guidelines described in this guidance note are presented as a package and comprise national policies covering rights, legislation, and social protection; workplace policies, programs, and training; and policies covering budget, monitoring, and evaluation. They are aimed at policymakers in labor, health, and national HIV policy, and at health care workers in both the public and private sectors and their professional associations and unions. The workplace guidelines include education of health care workers on infection control and HIV prevention. Primary prevention of exposure to blood-borne pathogens is one of the main priorities of the guidelines.
Do No Harm: Injection Safety in the Context of Infection Prevention and Control, Participants' Manual
This training participants' manual was developed for use in Tanzania and provides users with a detailed reference source for injection safety theory and practice. It was developed for training of health care workers to improve injection safety through behavior change, supply management, and safe handling of health care waste. There are chapters on communication about injection safety and preventing infection as well as the practicalities of safe injection. Although some of the information is specific to Tanzania, most of the contents of the manual have wider applicability. Training evaluation tools and a detailed glossary are included in the manual.
Evaluation of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization's Injection Safety Support
This report commissioned by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) examines its injection safety support program, which gave commodity and cash aid to 58 national immunization programs over a three-year period. The report found that once GAVI support for injection safety ended, all countries receiving commodities were able to replace and sustain the supply of auto-disable syringes and safety boxes, and those receiving cash also continued to use these safe injection tools. The GAVI project also had a broader positive impact on injection safety due to raised awareness of injection safety, but increased demand did not result in reduced prices for auto-disable syringes.
Do No Harm: Injection Safety in the Context of Infection Prevention and Control, Training Tools and Job Aids
Written as a companion document to Do No Harm: Injection Safety in the Context of Infection Prevention and Control: Training of Trainers Facilitation Guide, this book brings together materials that have already been used in World Health Organization programs in Africa. It comprises injection safety training activities, lesson plans, teaching materials, and job aids. There are practical exercises for training activities aimed at changing behavior, such as practicing injection safety, encouraging patients to accept oral medication, and overcoming fear of reporting needle-stick injuries. There is an extensive collection of handouts for use on the job or in training sessions, as well as job aids such as checklists and posters.
Revised Injection Assessment Tool (Tool C – Revised)
Tool C is used for the assessment of injection safety, phlebotomy, lancet procedures, intravenous injections, and infusions. This tool is standardized, simple enough to be used by trained field workers, and flexible enough to be implemented in a range of different facilities including outpatient departments, immunization programs, laboratories, and blood transfusion services. Tool C provides procedural guidelines for sampling, data collection, data entry, and analysis and reporting. There are tables that can be used to record indicators of risk to patients, providers, and the community. The tool also includes a proposed schedule for facility assessments and a data collection instrument.
Do No Harm (Kenya): Injection Safety in the Context of Infection Prevention and Control, Training of Trainers Facilitation Guide
Written as a companion document to Do No Harm: Injection Safety in the Context of Infection Prevention and Control: Training Tools and Job Aids, this guide can be used by managers, policymakers, and health care workers responsible for injection safety to plan in-service training for operational level staff. There is a chapter on facilitation, which outlines the basic skills of effective adult training, as well as lesson planning and selection of teaching methods and materials. There are sample schedules for training modules on infection prevention, safe injection practices, and management of both supplies and waste. Case studies are used where appropriate to encourage group work and problem solving.
Sharps Injuries: Assessing the Burden of Disease from Sharps Injuries to Health-Care Workers at National and Local Levels
This guide can be used to conduct a study into the burden of disease associated with sharps injuries, notably infection with HIV and hepatitis B and C. The guide can help to specifically target protection measures by assessing the number of such infections attributable to sharps injuries and how many infections could be avoided with the use of post-exposure prophylaxis. There is a completed example of an assessment using the guide. Tables provide estimates of hepatitis and HIV prevalence, sharps injuries, and hepatitis B vaccination coverage in the World Health Organization (WHO) regions, but the latest data used are from 2001. The WHO aide-memoire for health care worker safety is also included.
Making Medical Injections Safer Supervision Checklist for Hospital and Lower-Level Facilities
Health care workers can use this set of Excel spreadsheets to observe injection practices and assess safety. There are six versions in all: four for use on a computer and two that can be used in hard copy. There are versions covering selected aspects of injection safety and versions using the full set of 36 questions and observations. All can be used as a checklist for hospitals and other health care facilities. There are questions designed to elicit information from health facility directors, injection providers, and medical waste handlers; recommended observations include storage, injection administration, and waste management facilities.
Guiding Principles to Ensure Injection Device Security
This two-page document from the World Health Organization (WHO) describes the background to injection safety, including the extent of unnecessary and unsafe injections worldwide, particularly in developing and transitional countries. It describes the range of sterile, single-use injection devices available and spells out WHO's policy on injection safety practices. WHO urges the phasing out of reusable injection devices and calls for single-use devices and safety boxes for disposal to be provided whenever injectable products are supplied. The document directs readers to the WHO's injection safety website, www.injectionsafety.org, where there are tools for assessment planning, implementation, and evaluation of injection safety policies.


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