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Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is closer to getting a brand new radio communication system, but it's a change that won't come cheap.
Monday morning, the fiscal board gave the department the green light to not only replace their current radio system. They've hired an engineer and legal consultant to assist with the new system.
The current system, called Desert Sky, was implemented less than three years ago at a cost of $42 million. From the beginning, there have been complaints that Desert Sky was unreliable.
After deciding to replace Desert Sky, the department said they need outside consultants to help find that new system, because they don't understand much of the sophisticated technology available to them.
"All the back-end stuff...we don't understand that technology," said Joseph Lombardo, Assistant Sheriff with Metro. "So, we're going to need a consultant group to help walk us through that."
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So yesterday I had my first official lesson on our church organ. It is a tracker organ — all mechanical connections from the keys to the various pipes. Two manuals, I think 16 stops? and oh, two and a half octaves of pedals?
Our former organist retired last November, and starting in the new year we have Cindy Boener playing once a month. On the off weeks, I have been leading hymns on hammered dulcimer or guitar (with Michael Wraight) when I've been able. Cindy agreed to teach me organ, got me started with some beginning tips and a book and shoes to borrow — one needs a flexible thin sole and a substantial heel. I have exercises, a hymn, and a prelude to be working on. It is very challenging — it has been a long time since I have played any kind of keyboard, and the church organ literature is pretty different from anything else I have played, and there are new techniques, and so on.
Take a look at this historic picture of our organ; you can also see a bit of it in this recent picture from our last summer's Vacation Bible School.
I am still around. I have been playing very little, and so I forget to update this blog, plus there isn't much dulcimer-related to say in an update!
A semi-local friend recently invited a few players from around to jam at his house one Saturday, and Amy and I enjoyed the time very much. I hope he does it again.
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Amy has learned the first verse of this carol, and she's heard me sing two other verses as well. She recognizes it when she hears it on CDs or the radio, too.
O Come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lowly exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
It's an Advent carol; Advent is the season of the church year in which we contemplate the promise of Messiah's coming.
I've been participating in a Bible study group that has been reading Isaiah this year. It's one of my favorite books. There's so much in it — a call to abandon the idolatry of trusting in anything other than God, to practice justice and righteousness, and a warning that exile waits if the people continue unrepentant. Even then God is still bent on redemption — he will destroy those who have tried to destroy his people, and he will bring the people back from exile and deliver them from idolatry and unrighteousness.
And how?
Through a child — a little branch from the old stump of David's dynasty — one who will suffer while serving his people — one on whom all our iniquity will be laid, by whose stripes we will be healed.
What child is this?
Emmanuel means, "God with us" — ordinarily it's enough to just say it means God will not abandon his people but remain with and for them, but God does one better and literally — in the flesh — comes to be with us.
If you celebrate, Merry Christmas to you!
Whether you do or do not celebrate, may I invite you to consider again who this Jesus is, and whether or not he might have something to say about your exile.
To go or not to go
On October 2, there's going to be a concert. I'm not sure if I'm going or not.
Because this is a concert I might have been part of.
And I just might be immature enough not to be able to handle being there very well.
I once offered to another musician that if he ever wanted some dulcimer on any of his stuff, I'd be pleased to play. He mentioned this dulcimer player who would be in the area this fall, and would I be interested in doing a show with them. I found this idea rather intimidating — as I tend to find lots of things — and said so but also said yes, please count me in and let me know what happens.
Nothing for weeks.
Then an announcement from the dulcimer player: here's the concert date, and I'd love to do a workshop, would you pass the word to your dulcimer club, thanks.
I guess I'm not going to be in the show.
Is it because I admitted being intimdated, and they figured they didn't want to work with someone who is that easily scared?
Is it because they don't like the way I think, the things I believe, or other aspects of my personality?
Is it because they don't think my music is up to par?
Is it because they just wanted to keep things simple and not get involved in something new?
Then I get the official email "poster" for the event, with all the details. It'll be mainly the dulcimer player, who also sings and plays flute and guitar, and also the other musician will do a set, and then — then there will be "jamming and singing."
If I go, do I stay for the jam? Can I join in the jam without feeling defensively self-promotional and competitive?
Not knowing how they feel about me and my music creates all this anxiety and uncertainty; I have no idea how to behave, how to think, what attitude or expectations to have, if I decide to go.
Will I ever grow up?
Comfortable in your own skin
Going to the Upper Potomac Dulcimer Festival each fall is a good strong blow to my ego mixed with some encouragement and flattery. It's good for me, but also very unsettling, and it takes some time to metabolize.
To start with, here's some of the encouraging things:
* At the great weekly jam at O'Hurley's General Store, the bass player requested my original tune "Third Street Market." I first played this tune for this jam session two festivals ago, and it's amazing to me that they remember it and like it enough to ask for it. National hammered dulcimer champion Mark Wade, who was to my left, even commented that it was a nice tune.
* Paul Oorts, an amazing musician (who happens to be married to Karen Ashbrook, one of the country's premier dulcimists), agreed to accompany me on my tune "Fallen" for the Friday open mic, along with my friend Rick Davis. Rick played the psaltery part I'd written and played for my Christmas CD, and Paul just made something up based on the chords and the melody — rich and deep and incredibly well-suited to the tune. Also, Karen, and Maggie Sansone, and a few other folks commented positively on the piece afterwards.
* When Dan Landrum found me to talk about what we should do in his morning class (since I was the only one who'd signed up, and since we needed to find a location for it), he mentioned that he had been looking forward to meeting me, apparently because he'd read some of my comments on EverythingDulcimer.com or the hammered dulcimer email list.
* Joanie, who directs the festival, seemed to make a point of letting me know that she liked having me there, that I was helpful and worked hard, and that she intended to have me teach again.
Then there were the ego blows:
* Friday afternoon Rick and I were in charge of leading a slow jam. There were more people there than I'd expected, and I wasn't sure what Rick expected or planned or what everyone else expected. I didn't feel very helpful.
* Kitty, a woman who has studied with Ken Kolodner, mistakenly asked me for a private lesson on chords and backup, thinking I might have something to show her from a different perspective or something. I had very little idea what to do, since she already knew so much of what I usually teach about such things, not to mention all the other stuff she already knew. I felt my limits as a teacher, not only in material but in how to present it usefully.
* I participated in a regular jam after the open mic, and while at first I knew some of the tunes or could follow the chords of unfamiliar ones, it got to a point where I didn't know any of the tunes and couldn't hear anything but a constant A chord. All the tunes sounded alike to me, and I couldn't even tell if I was playing things that sounded okay with them or not. I also got a little bored — perhaps a defense against feeling incompetent.
* Most of all, I heard so much fabulous music and saw and heard amazing technique and expression — particularly Christie Burns' ease with syncopation, and everyone's ease and grace in general — far beyond what I think I can do.
This sort of thing is unsettling for two main reasons:
First, because it is difficult to integrate. How can it be that I have enough skill or giftedness to provoke compliments and interest, and also enough inadequacy to feel like a failure at some of the same things? To be complimented for AND incompetent in expressiveness, composing, arranging, rhythm, teaching, helpfulness with jams?
I am tempted to think that only one is possible — either I'm nothing or I'm all that. I am also tempted to believe what people tell me about myself, as if I don't know who I am. And so I seem to waffle between heights of arrogance and ambition on the one hand, or depths of insecurity and failure on the other. Any appearance of humility I might have is likely to be motivated by fear: fear of my own arrogance, fear of being exposed as less than people think or expect of me. It gets to the point sometimes where my attempts to deflect compliments look more arrogant than if I simply accepted them.
For example, in his afternoon class, whenever Dan started a topic we had discussed in our one-on-one morning class, he mentioned my name very casually — "as I told Marcy earlier…" Perhaps no one else even noticed, but I felt embarrassingly in a spotlight while also feeling flattered by the attention: it aggravated both my sense of grandeur and my sense of inadequacy — and my sense that neither one needs aggravating.
Dan seems to have something that I envy whenever I see it: being comfortable in his own skin. Perhaps he also sometimes has temptations to arrogance or insecurity or to depend on what other people think of him, but I didn't see it like I see it in myself. He seems to know who he is, what his gifts are, what he lacks, and is at peace with it all.
The other reason this experience is unsettling is that it is potentially divisive. Ambition has a history of breaking up marriages, and this festival tends to fan the flames of my ambition. Plus there are the things I love about the festival that my husband would not enjoy. He doesn't like dulcimer music, or Thai food, and perhaps he and the friends I have there would not enjoy one another. I find it disturbing that I love this trip without him so much, and I wish I knew how we could be that exciting for one another.


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Gail Carriger created a fascinating steampunk vision of Victorian England in her "intoxicatingly witty" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut novel Soulless—the first in the best-selling Parasol Protectorate series. Changeless is the second in the series and finds Alexia Tarabotti, now the Lady Woolsey, quite put out after her werewolf husband goes missing. So, armed with her trusty parasol, Alexia boards a dirigible and heads for Scotland to find him.
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With a new parasol in hand, Alexia sets her sights on a hefty, new task: Train her husband, and the pack, to heel. Alexia takes on this task with the help of her most trustworthy companion, Ivy, and one of her petty and self-involved sisters. In this installment, we learn more about the influence of preternaturals; Professor Lyall continues to suffer in silence, and Major Channing Channing of the Chesterfield Channings makes quite an impression. While I know cliffhangers are frustrating, the cliffhanger in Changeless does not detract from the fact that this is a wonderful book and a phenomenal series. But to truly enjoy this series, it is important to read or listen to the books in order. So, catch-up, because Heartless, the fourth book, is coming out on July 1, 2011. As always, Emily Gray is brilliant!
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Yes, I would listen again. Alexia is straight forward and amusing at the same time. The character development of all the characters is well thought out and most of them are extremely unexpected.
Alexia is my favorite character in these books. As a pragmatic woman, who speaks her mind is extremely entertaining. Her attitude toward the acceptable and social status expected in the class conscious England of the late 1800 is refreshing and laugh out loud in it's boldness.
All scenes in which Alexia swings her parasol rate high on my list. When she first meets the BUR head investigator makes you laugh out loud. And in the humor and craziness around her, there are also touching scenes, like when Alexia helps an old vampire watch a sunset unharmed.
I read while I drive. I didn't want to reach my destination as I wanted to hear what happened next.
The entire changeless series is delightful. I would recommend you listen to all of them in order, and be prepared to laugh out loud.
"A Paranormal Amelia Peabody!"
Gail Carriger has created a wholly enjoyable series! Alexia and her whole cast of friends are very entertaining. I am an Amelia Peabody fan and, after reading Soulless, have concluded the Alexia and Amelia are definitely cut from the same, very proper, English cloth! Alexia just has the added twist of battling supernatural creatures along with her mysteries. :) I HIGHLY recommend this whole series! Emily Gray does a fantastic job of portraying the characters. This is a wonderful listen!
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"Not as good as the first..."
If you enjoyed the first book and are interested in the characters, give this book a chance. Don't expect it to be as gripping and enjoyable as the first book, though. I'll definitely be reading the third book in the series because Carriger was smart enough to end this one with a surprise and a shock.
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"I LOVE this series!"
Yes. This series has vampires, werewolf, and more. It is a great Steampunk novel. Steampunk is a genre of fiction where steam power, spring gadgets and modern marvels of the 20th century are thrown back to Victorian aesthetics. Technology in a Neo-Victorian setting.
The characters, dialogue and the relationships between the characters.
All the momentss between Alexia and her husband
"Ah the ending...."
The book was fine and enjoyable until the very end.
I really didn't get why a major character went off the handle. I mean isn't it obvious why and how could he be so horrible to Alexia? For me the mystery seemed so obvious and I think a lot of reader would agree with me. I have to read the next book to see if my guess is right or not. He must have been devastated but his action seems a bit harsh!
Ending aside, I enjoyed the story and had fun. I do hope hewill grovel real well in the next novel.
"A dirigible ride to Scotland and a kerfluffle"
Changeless is the second book in the Parasol Protectorate series. While I enjoyed it well enough, I felt it was a weak follow up to the first book Soulless. There just wasn't the same amount of oomph for me, probably because the mystery in this one didn't track as well as the first one did. It was more round about I guess.Even tho Alexia is now married to Lord Maccon there is still plenty of fun tension and antics between the two of them. We get to see much more of the silly Miss Ivy Hisselpenny and quite a bit of Alexia's half sister Felicity as the three of them are setting off for Scotland. Which just so happens to be where Lord Maccon is from (and his former pack and only remaining relative) and where the trail leads as far as this books current mystery. The mystery being the odd stripping of the supernatural state from all of the supernatural community making them for all purposes human and mortal once again.
The highlights of this installment for me were the dirigible ride, the kerfluffle between Ivy and Felicity over Lord Maccon's clavager Tunstall, and the introduction of the cross dressing inventor character Madame Lefoux. Oh yes and a big and tumultuous surprise at the end of the book. But other then that I felt the mystery weak and the culprit much too obvious. But overall still loads of fun. I'm obviously already half way done with the next book while writing this review and thankfully it's a much stronger book.
I'm the managing editor of the Fantasy Literature blog. Life's too short to read bad books!
"Another silly romp"
Another silly romp in Carriger's paranormal Victorian world. These aren't working for me quite as well as they did for Ruth (fellow reviewer at Fantasy Literature) — enough of the plot and dialogue is unlikely enough that it feels manufactured for laughs and quirkiness. I'm having trouble getting beyond that, but readers who are more willing to go along with the premise will surely enjoy it more. I think Carriger gets all these elements just right in her FINISHING SCHOOL series.
"Great book!"
I hated the end of this book. Don't get me wrong, I understand why it happened, given the time when this book took place and all but still, it sucked. The writing was great and all, but I hate it when great couples fight. I will be purchasing the next in the series for sure! The story is an interesting one. I enjoy learning more and more about Alexia's father. Emily Gray is great, as usual- she does both male and female voices and multiple accents wonderfully!
"Not much plot, even less of it is fun"
I enjoyed the first book but had avoided the second due to hearing from friends that it wasn't as good. I got this on sale and it was worth the sale price I guess but I am glad I didn't waste a credit. Some interesting characters and ideas but mainly wasted. The start is slow, the middle is awkward and the end is just bad.
The narrator couldn't do a Scotch accent to save her life, oddly her female was worse than her male, which for a story where multiple characters are Scottish you think that would have been a priority.
Clearly Gail is trying to world build but it may help if she had more plot and less side characters. Also, she had mechanical descriptions that went on longer than any author besides Clancy I have ever seen. Add the newly wed snuggliness and this didn't leave much room for plot, most of which was guessable. Mysteries based on characters not speaking to each other always seem lazy to me.
Not the worst book but if you are picky enough to read comment sections than I would pick a different book.
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Nelly compares Miley Cyrus with Madonna
Rapper Nelly has called pop singer Miley Cyrus the new Madonna, insisting she knows how to use controversy to boost her career.
The 38-year-old believes that Cyrus, 20, can reach the pop icon status.
"Miley's a great talent. She's young and ambitious and wants to do it her way. Madonna did it her way, and she became one of the greatest female entertainers of all time," dailystar.co.uk quoted Nelly as saying.
"Madonna grew up in the age of no social media. She wasn't under the type of scrutiny Miley's under. When you're 20 years old and you've been under a machine your whole life and been told what to do, when you get to a certain age you're like: 'I want to do it my way.'
"Whatever mistakes she makes she's gonna have to deal with them. She understands that. You have to stay in people's faces now. You have to be seen all the time, making headlines," he added.
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capitol, outside -- thousands gathered to rally in support or against the same-sex marriage bill. By the end of the day, some were also protesting the actions of lawmakers. KITV4's Paul Drewes explains as we continue our team coverage. any nats from Cam's pkg Early in the day, supporters of the same-sex bill took their message to the state capitol grounds. 28:31- 28:52 KRISTINA SWITZER, AIEA, supports same sex marriage. "EVERYONE DESERVES TO BE LOVED , TO LOVE EACH OTHER AND NOT HAVE ANYONE TELL THEM THEY CAN'T GET MARRIED" That small gathering was followed by a huge rally against same- sex marriage. nat of anti-same sex rally Thousands of residents and members of churches pushed for lawmakers to let people vote over this hotly contested issue. randy@1:15-1:25 "let the people decide. we don't want it to be decided by 77 people in the leg. We want it to go to vote." Not only were there passionate pleas and calls for action, the afternoon rally also included a drive to reach voters. eva@8:42-8:51 "the purpose is to get everyone in the community who care about families to get involved in the legislature moving forward. This is a spring board for family issues." Same-sex marriage has been a controversial issue, and mid-day action by Senate Judiciary Chair Clayton Hee added to the controversy. pastor ron@3:46-3:57 "clayton hee comes back in and says because of the number of people if you're not here in 15 minutes you are not going to be able to testify" Residents already had their testimony time cut from 2 minutes to one. But the sudden deadline left many who had submitted statements on- line unable to speak their mind over same-sex marriage. colette 5:39-5:48 "I drove a half an hour to get here, I parked two miles away. It took me half an hour to walk to the building, and I was turned away" wailana@8:19 "its not democratic and it is basically saying my voice doesn't count. You weren't here in 15 minutes so you are not important" Residents weren't the only ones frustrated over the speed this issue is going through the legislature. marcus@10:08-10:19 it underscores the problem of rushing this issue into a special session not affording a full vetting and community participation and dialogue you should have on something this emotional. Right now, inside the Senate committee is listening to the final group who signed up to testify. Afterwards, members are expected to vote on the bill. Now because of the huge numbers of residents testifying today -- the House committees who will hear the bill -- will assign registration numbers to those who submit their testimony and wish to speak at the Thursday hearing. For more instructions on signing up -- head to KITV.com. Reporting live at the State Capitol, Paul Drewes KITV 4 news. And be sure to stay with KITV-4 for continuing
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The Atlanta Silverbacks professional soccer team announced on Tuesday its 2008 schedule, which features four games on the Fox Soccer Channel.The four games on FSC are April 25 vs. the Montreal Impact, May 2 vs. the Seattle Sounders, May 16 vs. the Minnesota Thunder and June 6 vs. the Puerto Rico Islanders. The May 2 game against Seattle is a rematch of the 2007 USL First Division championship game, won by the Sounders. Atlanta's remaining games are available for online viewing via USL Live and its partnership with Play On!, a division of Turner Broadcasting. The Silverbacks will play 15 home games at Re/Max Greater Atlanta Stadium between the April 19 opener against the Carolina RailHawks and the Aug. 30 matchup with the Rochester Raging Rhinos. SideBar: Soccer Atlanta Silverbacks 2008 home schedule (all games played at Re/Max Greater Atlanta Stadium) April 19 Carolina Railhawks April 25 Montreal Impact May 2 Seattle Sounders May 16 Minnesota Thunder May 31 Carolina Railhawks June 6 Puerto Rico Islanders June 21 Puerto Rico Islanders June 28 Portland Timbers July 3 Minnesota Thunder July 18 Portland Timbers Aug. 1 Charleston Battery Aug. 5 Vancouver Whitecaps Aug. 8 Miami FC Aug. 16 Charleston Battery Aug. 30 Rochester Raging Rhinos
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The muscular dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders for which there are now emerging therapies. Despite these advances, there are only a few small molecules that can modify muscle disease. Zebrafish represent an excellent model in which to test for small molecules that can alter disease progression in a live organism. Our laboratory and collaborators have some excellent fish models of the human muscular dystrophies. Each fish has clear muscle phenotype due to a gene mutation in a muscle membrane protein, a muscle extracellular matrix and a muscle intracellular protein. 1) Sapje and sapje-like fish are the model fish of DMD with a mutation in the dystrophin gene 2) Dystroglycan deficient fish are a model fish for dystroglynopathies. Dystroglycan is a muscle membrane protein consisting of α- and β-dystroglycan, which interacts with dystrophin and extracellular laminin 3) Laminin α2 mutant fish are a model fish for congenital muscular dystrophy 1A (MDC1A). The laminin α2 gene is expressed in the basement membrane of skeletal muscle and has been shown to bind to α-dystroglycan. We have already successfully screened three libraries using two DMD model fish, sapje and sapje-like fish. Through this chemical screen, we have identified 14 candidates chemicals that demonstrated an ability to partly restore muscle to normal. The goal of this proposal is to test these potentially therapeutic small molecules already approved for use in humans to determine if any can ameliorate muscle degeneration in zebrafish models of human muscular dystrophy. We will also use each two additional model zebrafish to look for new small molecules which might be corrective.


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Asian paradise flycatcher
|Asian paradise flycatcher
|Adult male in Sri Lanka
|Female in Sri Lanka
|Scientific classification
|T. paradisi
|Binomial name
|Terpsiphone paradisi
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Tchitrea paradisi
The Asian paradise flycatcher, recently renamed as the Indian paradise flycatcher(Terpsiphone paradisi), is a medium-sized passerine bird native to Asia that is widely distributed. As the global population is considered stable, it has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2004.[1] Today, 14 subspecies are recognised, inhabiting Central to South and Southeast Asia.[2]
Males have elongated central tail feathers, and a black and rufous plumage in some populations, while others have white plumage. Females are short-tailed with rufous wings and a black head.[3] Asian paradise flycatchers feed on insects, which they capture in the air often below a densely canopied tree.
In his description of 1758, Carl von Linné nominated the species Corvus paradisi.[4] Paradise-flycatchers used to be classified with the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but are now placed in the family Monarchidae together with monarch flycatchers.[5][6]
The 2015 Taxonomic Reclassification of Indian Species[edit]
The species in South Asia (Afghanistan to Bangladesh, including Sri Lanka) is now called Indian Paradise-Flycatcher with the same scientific name (Terpsiphone paradisi) as the parent species. Recently, a new sub-species has been added to the parent species Terpsiphone paradisi. Bird taxonomists have segregated the sub-species found in the Nicobars and has rechristened it as "Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher" and assigned it new scientific name "Terpsiphone affinis nicobarica". [7]
Adult Asian paradise flycatchers are 19–22 cm (7.5–8.7 in) long. Their heads are glossy black with a black crown and crest, their black bill round and sturdy, their eyes black. Female are rufous on the back with a greyish throat and underparts. Their wings are 86–92 mm (3.4–3.6 in) long. Young males look very much like females but have a black throat and blue-ringed eyes. As adults they develop up to 24 cm (9.4 in) long tail feathers with two central tail feathers growing up to 30 cm (12 in) long drooping streamers.
Young males are rufous and have short tails. They acquire long tails in their second or third year. Adult males are either predominantly bright rufous above or predominantly white. Some specimens show some degree of intermediacy between rufous and white. Long-tailed rufous birds are generally devoid of shaft streaks on the wing and tail feathers, while in white birds the shaft streaks, and sometimes the edges of the wing and tail feathers are black.[3]
In the early 1960s, 680 long-tailed males were examined that are contained in collections of the British Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum, Peabody Museum, Carnegie Museum, American Museum of Natural History, United States National Museum and Royal Ontario Museum. The specimens came from almost the entire range of the species, though some areas were poorly represented. The relative frequency of the rufous and white plumage types varies geographically. Rufous birds are rare in the extreme southeastern part of the species' range. Throughout the Indian area and, to a lesser extent, in China, asymmetrically patterned intermediates occur. Intermediates are rare or absent throughout the rest of the range of the species. In general, long-tailed males are[3]
- predominantly rufous with some white in wings and tail — collected in Turkestan, Kashmir, northern India, Punjab, Maharashtra, Sikkim and in Sri Lanka;
- predominantly rufous with some white in wings — collected in Iran, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Punjab, Kashmir, northern and central India, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Bihar, Nepal;
- predominantly rufous with some white in tail — collected in Punjab, northern and central India, Kolkata, Sri Lanka and in the Upper Yangtse Valley in China;
- predominantly white with some rufous in tail and wings — collected in Kashmir, Maharashtra, Sichuan and North China;
- predominantly white with some rufous in tail — collected in Maharashtra and Fuzhou, China;
- predominantly white with back partly rufous — collected in Punjab and Chennai;
- predominantly white with wings and tail irregularly blotched and washed with rufous in places — in the extreme southeastern edge of the range of the species : Alor Island and Sumba;
- moulting from rufous into white plumage — collected in North Bihar.
Possible interpretations of this phenomenon are : males may be polymorphic for rufous and white plumage colour; rufous birds may be sub-adults; and there may even be two sympatric species distinguishable only in the male.[3]
Habitat and distribution[edit]
Asian paradise flycatchers inhabit thick forests and well-wooded habitats from Central Asia to northeast China, all over India and Sri Lanka to the Malay Archipelago on the islands of Sumba and Alor.[2] They are vagrant in Korea and Maldives, and regionally extinct in Singapore.[1]
They are migratory and spend the winter season in tropical Asia. There are resident populations in southern India and Sri Lanka, hence both visiting migrants and the locally breeding subspecies occur in these areas in winter.[8][9]
According to Linné's first description Asian paradise flycatchers were only distributed in India.[4] Later ornithologists observed this spectacular bird in other Asian countries, and based on differences in plumage of males described several subspecies, of which the following 14 are recognized today:[2]
- T. p. paradisi (Linnaeus, 1758) breeds in central and southern India, central Bangladesh and south-western Myanmar; populations occurring in Sri Lanka in the winter season are non-breeding.[10]
- T. p. leucogaster (Swainson, 1838) breeds in the western Tian Shan, in Afghanistan, in the north of Pakistan, in northwestern and central India, in Nepal's western and central regions; populations occurring in the east of Pakistan and in the south of India migrate towards the foothills of the Himalayas in spring for breeding.[10]
- T. p. affinis (Blyth, 1846) inhabits Malaysia and Sumatra.
- T. p. incei (Gould, 1852) breeds in eastern, northeastern and central China, in the Russian Far East and in the north of Korea; populations occurring in Southeast Asia are non-breeding.
- T. p. insularis (Salvadori, 1887) inhabits the island Nias off the western coast of Sumatra.
- T. p. nicobarica (Oates, 1890) inhabits the Nicobar Islands.
- T. p. sumbaensis (Meyer, 1894) inhabits the Lesser Sunda Island Sumba.
- T. p. floris (Büttikofer, 1894) inhabits the Lesser Sunda Islands Sumbawa, Flores, Lomblen and Alor Island.
- T. p. procera (Richmond, 1903) inhabits the island Simeuluë northwest off the coast of Sumatra.
- T. p. ceylonensis (Zarudny & Harms, 1912) inhabits Sri Lanka.
- T. p. borneensis (Hartert, 1916) inhabits Borneo.
- T. p. saturatior (Salomonsen, 1933) breeds in the eastern parts of Nepal and northeastern India, in eastern Bangladesh and northern Myanmar; populations occurring in Malaysia migrate northward for breeding.[10]
- T. p. burmae (Salomonsen, 1933) inhabits the central region of Myanmar.
- T. p. indochinensis (Salomonsen, 1933) inhabits the eastern regions of Myanmar, Yunnan in the south of China, migrates through Thailand and Indochina to Malaysia, Sumatra and the neighboring islands.
Ecology and behaviour[edit]
Asian paradise flycatchers are noisy birds uttering sharp skreek calls. They have short legs and sit very upright whilst perched prominently, like a shrike. They are insectivorous and hunt in flight in the understorey. In the afternoons they dive from perches to bathe in small pools of water.
The breeding season lasts from May to July.[11] Being socially monogamous both male and female take part in nest-building, incubation, brooding and feeding of the young. The incubation period lasts 14 to 16 days and the nestling period 9 to 12 days.[12] Three or four eggs are laid in a neat cup nest made with twigs and spider webs on the end of a low branch.[10] The nest is sometimes built in the vicinity of a breeding pair of drongos, which keep predators away. Chicks hatch in about 21 to 23 days.[13] A case of interspecific feeding has been noted with paradise flycatcher chicks fed by Oriental white-eyes.[14]
Selected photos[edit]
Adult male in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Female in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Asian paradise flycatcher in Chandigarh, India
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- ^ a b c BirdLife International (2012). "Terpsiphone paradisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- ^ a b c Coates, B., Dutson, G., Filardi, C., Clement, P., Gregory, P., Moeliker, K. (2007). "Family Monarchidae (Monarch-flycatchers)". In del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Christie, D. A. Handbook of the Birds of the World – Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. pp. 244–295. ISBN 84-96553-06-X.
- ^ a b c d Owen, D. F. (1963). "The rufous and white forms of an Asiatic paradise flycatcher, Terpsiphone paradisi" (PDF). Ardea 51: 230–236.
- ^ a b Linnæus, C. (1758). Caroli Linnæi Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ, Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii
- ^ Pasquet, É.; Cibois, A.; Baillon, F., Érard, C. (2002). "What are African monarchs (Aves, Passeriformes)? A phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial genes". Comptes Rendus Biologies 325 (2): 107–118. doi:10.1016/S1631-0691(02)01409-9. PMID 11980172.
- ^ Lei Xin, Lian Zhen-Min, Lei Fu-Min, Yin Zuo-Hua, Zhao Hong-Feng (2007). "Phylogeny of some Muscicapinae birds based on cyt b mitochondrial gene sequences". Acta Zoologica Sinica 53 (1): 95.
- ^ "2015 taxonomy update for Indian birds". eBirdIndia. 2015.
- ^ Whistler, H. (1933). "The migration of the Paradise Flycatcher, (Tchitrea paradisi)". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 36 (2): 498–499.
- ^ Bates, R.S.P. (1932). "Migration of the Paradise Flycatcher Tchitrea paradisi". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 35 (4): 896–897.
- ^ a b c d Rasmussen, P.C, Anderton, J.C. (2005). Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Vol.2. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions. pp. 332–333.
- ^ Hume, A.O. (1890). The nests and eggs of Indian birds. Volume 2. R. H. Porter, London. pp. 22–26.
- ^ Mizuta, Taku; Satoshi Yamagishi (1998). "Breeding biology of monogamous Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi (Aves: Monarchinae): A special reference to colour dimorphism and exaggerated long tails in male" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46 (1): 101–112.
- ^ Rashid, SMA; Khan, A.; Ahmed, R. (1989). "Some observations on the breeding of Paradise Flycatcher, Terpsiphone paradisi (Linnaeus) (Monarchinae)". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 86 (1): 103–105.
- ^ Tehsin, R.H.; Tehsin, H. (1998). "White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosa) feeding the chicks of Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 95 (2): 348.
Further reading[edit]
- Lewis, W.A.S. (1942) The Indian Paradise Flycatcher Tchitrea paradisi paradisi (Linn.). Some notes on a colony breeding near Calcutta. Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society 17 (1): 1–8.
- Inglis, C.M. (1942) The Indian Paradise Flycatcher Tchitrea paradisi paradisi (Linn.). Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society 17 (2): 50–52.
- Salomonsen, F. (1933). "Revision of the group Tchitrea affinis Blyth.". Ibis 75 (4): 730–745. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1933.tb03360.x.


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The Albany Democrat-Herald reported Friday that 43-year-old Alex Cuberto Jiminez was lodged at the Linn County Jail on a felony parole violation.
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Once you get good enough, you can take on the evil Master Herder, who has put Gerdy's father under a sleeping spell. Beating the Master awakens him and ends the game.
The nonlinear nature of the task allows players to explore sprawling ecosystems alive with butterflies and hand-drawn shadows. The cinematic richness looks so much like cel animation, it succeeds as a playable cartoon.
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- The pain may have begun suddenly
- It tends to develop after you have been aware of feeling unwell or having other symptoms of vaginal bleeding and pain
It is caused by internal bleeding irritating the diaphragm (the muscle in your chest which helps you to breathe) when you breathe in and out. Shoulder tip pain is exactly where it says – not the neck or the back but the tip of your shoulder. If you look to the left over your shoulder and then cast your eyes down, the tip of your shoulder is where your shoulder ends and your arm starts.
Shoulders cause pain when we are stressed because we hold ourselves more rigidly and muscles in the back and neck go in to spasm – this is not shoulder tip pain; Shoulder tip pain is very distinctive. You know when you have it because it is a very 'weird' pain you have probably never experienced before.
If you take two paracetamol, which are known to be safe in pregnancy providing you have taken this medicine in the past without problems, apply a cold pack to your shoulder for 10 minutes and 30 minutes later your shoulder pain has eased, that is unlikely to be ectopic related shoulder pain. However, if in any doubt consult your doctor about it.
- Bladder or Bowel Problems
Bladder or Bowel Problems
- Diarrhoea
- Pain when you have your bowels open (go for a poo)
- Pain when you pass water (have a wee)
Some pain and a change in your normal bladder and bowel pattern are features of a normal pregnancy for some women. All the same, if you present at your GP or hospital Pregnancy Unit with such symptoms, it would be reasonable to have an early pregnancy assessment.
- Collapse
- Feeling light-headed or faint, or actually fainting
- Often accompanied by sickness and looking pale
- Increasing pulse rate or falling blood pressure may also be present
- Pregnancy Test
Pregnancy Test
This may be positive but not always. Specialised hCG blood tests performed by your doctor are sometimes required to confirm this. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) is a hormone produced by a fertilised egg after conception.
- Abnormal bleeding
Abnormal bleeding
- Bleeding is often dark and 'prune juice' like (i.e. a brownish colour)
- Some women do report spotting and bleeding of redder blood
If you don't know whether you are pregnant but find yourself having an unusual period, it may be due to a number of causes, one of which might be an ectopic pregnancy, particularly if you have had a coil (IUCD) fitted. If your bleeding is heavier or lighter than usual and prolonged or if, unlike your normal monthly period, this bleeding is slight, dark and watery, you should tell your doctor as soon as possible.
You should be aware of any change in the bleeding you are experiencing. If it becomes very heavy, causing you to soak a pad in less than an hour, or if you soak a pad in two hours with this level of flow continuing for more than 4 hours, you should have this checked out.
Bleeding in early pregnancy is thought to occur in about 30% of all pregnancies, of which only 1 to 2% will be ectopic.
- A missed or late period
A missed or late period
If you have missed one or more periods, the most likely reason is that you have a normal pregnancy. However, the fact that you may experience normal pregnancy symptoms, such as nausea, painful breasts or a swollen abdomen but no bleeding, does not completely rule out an ectopic pregnancy.
Deciding whether your symptoms are getting worse
Trying to decide whether your symptoms are getting worse can be really tricky but, as a general rule, if you aren't sure something is wrong then you are probably OK to wait for half an hour and continue to make your own assessment. The difficulty is, often when we feel worried about our pregnancy, when no one can be precise about a diagnosis and there isn't a doctor on hand to ask, stress can, naturally, cause us to become very concerned and confused.
Probably the single most useful thing to do if you aren't sure if things are getting worse is to take yourself in to a quiet space, sit or lie and relax by breathing in deeply and out again in the same way, two or three times with your eyes shut and then ask yourself the question, "right here, right now, do I feel OK?" If the reply you get back is "yes I am OK" or "mmm I am not sure" then you should give yourself half an hour of relaxation and quiet time, take paracetamol for the pain as directed on the packet unless your doctor has given you reasons of why you cannot take paracetamol, and then reassess yourself in half an hour.
When considering pain, it can be helpful to give yourself a pain scale, with zero being no pain at all and ten being the worst pain you have ever had in your life multiplied by ten. One way to test the pain would be to take two paracetamol, as directed on the pack, then rescore the pain about 45 minutes later. If the pain has eased at all, then it's unlikely that the pain you have is related to a deteriorating ectopic pregnancy. It doesn't necessarily mean that you don't have an ectopic pregnancy though, just that it is more likely to be stable.


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In Hong Kong and Macao
Hounded by powerful enemies, Rizal was forced to leave his country for a second time in February 1888. He was then a full- grown man of 27 years of age, a practicing physician, and a recognized man-of-letters. The first time he went aboard in June 1882, he was a mere lad of 21, a youthful student in search of wisdom in the Old World, a romantic idealist with beautiful dreams of emancipating his people from bondage by the magic power of his pen. Times had changed. Rizal at 27 was an embittered victim of human iniquities, a disillusioned dreamer, a flustrated reformer.
The Trip to Hong Kong. On February 3, 1888, after a short stay of six months in his beloved Calamba, Rizal left Manila for Hong Kong on board the Zafiro. He was sick and sad during the crossing of the choppy China Sea. He did not get off his ship when it made brief stopover at Amoy on February 7. for three reasons: (1) he was not feeling well, (2) it was raining hard, and (3) he heard that the city was dirty. He arrived in Hong Kong on February 8.
During his stay in Hong Kong, a British colony, Rizal wrote a letter to Blumentritt, dated February 16, 1888, expressing his bitterness.
In Hong Kong, Rizal stayed at Victoria Hotel. He was welcomed by the Filipino residents, including Jose Maria Basa, Balbino Mauricio, and Manuel Yriarte, (son of Francisco Yriarte, alcalde mayor of Laguna).
A Spaniard, Jose Sainz de Varanda, who was a former secretary of Governor General Terrero, shadowed Rizal's movement in Hong Kong. It is believed that he was commissioned by the Spanish authorities to spy on Rizal.
Hong Kong, wrote Rizal to Blumentritt on February 16, 1888, is a small, but very clean city. Many Portuguese, Hindus, English, Chinese, and Jews live in it. There are some Filipinos, the majority of whom being those who had been exiled to the Marianas Islands in 1872. They are poor, gentle, and timid. Formerly they were rich mechanics,...


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cockroach curry
taking out leftovers
buffet style
cockroach curry
cockroach curry
taking out leftovers
buffet style
A naked bulb illuminates
An empty stoop.
A knock in the night
Summons dwellers to the door.
A wanderer delivered to the steps
Begs a few dollars and
A listening ear.
Leaning in the doorway
Hoping for entrance out of the
Alcohol fresh on his breath
As he enunciates his woes.
Content with just enough
To buy a ride
He turns disappearing
Back into the night.
The front door closes
Leaving only
A naked bulb again illuminating
An empty stoop.
by Maggie
from his mouth,
cigarette dangling,
poverty-stricken homelessness
I have been unavoidably consumed the last few years with personal strife. Well, that is not exactly accurate. The struggles of loved ones have risen before me and I have helped them. Through illnesses, hospice in our home and their passings, I have also inherited debts and monstrous hoarding homes, plus never ending legal obligations.
It all seems to swirl and darken my views of life and the future.
One thing I have done for a diversion is to drive by my folks old house and take a peek because it has become an interesting, if sometimes admittedly aggravating, side show. At first it angered me…the wanton letting the property go. Now I care less. I just shake my head and wonder.
I snapped some pictures and shook my head in wonder, again. A few roses poked through with color against the tall brown grass and sowed wild flowers. I looked down at my odometer for some reason….
As I sat in my rig pondering the possible karma, the over grown yard and in a mental zone, a little, old lady bundled up against the sunshine (floppy hat, sunglasses, long sleeve shirt, light gloves) walked by. I stared at her. Did I know her? I took a chance…'Mary Lou?' She stopped and turned and a smile emerged. We conversed about my mom. About the old hoarding house. About the new look…the over grown look. She sighed, chuckled, said some kind remarks about the new owners as she shook her head. She was kind and not sweating the big stuff nor the small stuff. I left her not caring about the tall grass. I had received a nice touch of kindness and an example of positivity.
I drove down the road toward a location where I had placed my outer most 'epic sale' sign. There was a man, on a bicycle, slowly following a little boy on a small bicycle. I looked at them but thought nothing of it. I drove ahead and took down the first of many signs for the garage sale we had just had this past weekend. I drove ahead and there was the man and young boy again.
This time when I glanced at them, he looked at me and I recognized a man I had not seen in quite a few years. I had known him via the fly fishing world. His life and mine had pulled us both out of that arena into the obligations of life. I met his sweet son. Remarked that he was probably going to be in kindergarten soon. Where upon I asked where? The man remarked "Well right here" pointing to the school we were stopped in front of. Oblivious, I had not noticed the grade school. My grade school, where I attended classes in the 1950's.
All the above happened in the span of maybe twenty minutes. From the first photograph of the tall grass to gazing at the playground where I was taken by the image of pretty girls as a little boy. It was a swirl of bliss. It was so positive and a perfect coming together of events. I was elated.
I said my goodbyes and drove to where my next sign was placed. It was not there.
Seated in the shade was a group of men…transients. I noticed my sign in their midst, converted into a beggar's tool. As the karma flowed, the man said "Are you looking for your 'epic sale' sign. I said I was. He didn't answer back. I had recently noticed that some of the signs were disappearing or torn down. I had been aggravated by this to no end. I envisioned coming upon someone doing this and altering their physical configuration. But, here I was faced with one of my sign's alterations. I was not intimidated nor flummoxed. Instead I reached into my pocket and pulled out some cash and said go buy some real food. The three men stood up and approached me and shook my hand.
I departed and continued on taking down my garage sale signs. That perfect little karma vortex didn't just brush across my tired brain. It stopped me, held me in place and purposely penetrated my awareness. Devine Intervention? Cosmic forces? Whatever the cause, it was not random.
Growling with emptiness their
stomachs are burning with weakness
they are hungry.
Staring at their un-easiness
their bulging bellies retrieving us
it seems so defeat less
they say.
This hunger; this depleted health
melting on the meek
starving, incomplete.
The wealthy turn their heads
stuffing their mouths with the dead
homeless and poor, alone they are
writhing in pain.
Fulfilling the stomach on greed
is disastrous, when hunger seems
so vast, so immediate and
where's the shame?
All of this world's bounty wasted
on the meaningless — the insane.
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