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University of Chicago Divinity School Posts Four New Faculty Postions09/14/2010
The University of Chicago Divinity School has posted four job searches they are currently conducting: Social Scientific Study of Religion, History of Religions, Religious Ethics, and Islamic Studies. The link is on the website http://www.sssrweb.org, but you can see all four by following this link also: https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/search/SearchResults_css.jsp
Alumna Marie Fonrose, PhD '03 Releases Children's Book on the Haiti Quake Experience09/14/2010
Alumna Marie Fonrose, PhD '03 Releases Children's Book on the Haiti Quake Trant Senk Segond/Thirty-five Seconds Trant Senk Segond/Thirty-five seconds is a unique children's book, written in Haitian Creole and English, about two Haitian boys' experience with the January 12 earthquake that killed both of their parents leaving them in an orphanage. The book features full-color...
Alumnus Jean Millay, PhD '78 Edits New Book Release on Parapsychology09/14/2010
Alumnus Jean Millay, PhD '78 Edits New Book Release Radiant Minds: Scientists Explore the Dimensions of Consciousness This is an update of the Parapsychology Research Group anthology of 1993, SILVER THREADS: 25 Years of Parapsycholoogy Research The new book has articles by 55 scientists and psychics from many disciplines. It is available on Amazon.com Jean Millay, PhD, 1978
Full-Time Faculty Postion Open in Department of Psychology at Sonoma State University in CA09/14/2010
Full-Time Faculty Postion Open in Developmental or Cognitive Psychology at Sonoma State University in CA Starting Fall Semester 2011-2012 Contact: Gerryann Olson, PhD Chair, Department of Psychology Sonoma State University 1801 E.Cotati Ave. Rohnert Park, CA 94928 email@example.com fax: 707-664-3113 Direct questions regarding the application process to: firstname.lastname@example.com Reference...
Saybrook Alumnus Royal Alsup, PhD '75 Presents Paper at International Conference on Shamanism, Healing, and Transformation08/27/2010
Saybrook Alumnus Royal E. Alsup, Ph.D. '75 is presenting a paper The Mask of Evil: The Dark Side of Shamanism at the 27th International Conference on Shamanism, Healing and Transformation Wisdom of Our Ancestors-Bridge to The Future Santa Sabina Retreat Center San Rafael, California Saturday, September 4, - 9:00 AM to Monday, September 6, 4:00 PM Labor Day Weekend - 2010 Saybrook faculty...
Saybrook Alumna Margo Maine, PhD '85 Publishes New Book on the Treatment of Eating Disorders08/27/2010
Treatment of Eating Disorders: Bridging the Research-Practice Gap Margo Maine Available at www.Amazon.com From Alumna Margo Maine, PhD '85: Dear Friends - The book that has been my "extra" project of the last 2 years was just released. It is an edited volume and a great contribution to the field as my co-editors and the writers are dedicated and innovative experts and leaders in the field...
Faculty Fellowships Available at the Stanford Humanities Center08/24/2010
Announcement of Faculty Fellowships at the Stanford Humanities Center External Faculty Fellowships The Stanford Humanities Center invites applications for 2011-12 academic-year residential fellowships. The Humanities Center is a multidisciplinary research institute located at the heart of Stanford University. Since its founding in 1980, the Center has provided a collegial environment for...
Saybrook Assistant Professorship Open in Peace and Conflict Studies08/24/2010
Faculty of Graduate Studies Assistant Professor (Peace and Conflict Studies) The Faculty of Graduate Studies invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor position in the Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) program, with a starting date of July 1, 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter. The Program is particularly interested in a candidate whose scholarship...
How to help schools help creative kids08/23/2010
There are a lot of things kids can do to get in trouble in school, and being more creative than the test they're taking may be near the top of the list.
Overwhelmed teachers say they're having trouble finding the time to work with creative students, and an increasingly tight regimen of standardized tests means that creativity is often punished on report cards.
That's having an impact: according to a recent Newsweek cover story, America's intelligence test scores are going steadily up, while our scores in creativity are going steadily down.
That's dangerous in several ways, the first of which is that it doesn't necessarily mean we're getting any smarter. As the magazine notes, intelligence test scores tend to suffer from inflation as new generations get more used to taking the tests – it's called the "Flynn Effect," and it means increases in intelligence scores aren't always increases in intelligence.
Theoretically, creativity tests should suffer from the same problem of false inflation – which makes the recent drop in creativity scores all the more disturbing.
How disturbing? Newsweek calls it a "Crisis in creativity," and points out that in a global economy based on innovation, a loss in creativity is an economic disaster waiting to happen.
The health care system's blind spots make it hard to die08/23/2010
When we get sick ... really, really sick ... all we want to do is get better, right?
Hospitals certainly think so. But, as a recent article on hospice care in the New Yorker points out, they're often wrong.
"People have concerns besides simply prolonging their lives," notes writer Atul Gawande:
"Surveys of patients with terminal illness find that their top priorities include, in addition to avoiding suffering, being with family, having the touch of others, being mentally aware, and not becoming a burden to others. Our system of technological medical care has utterly failed to meet these needs, and the cost of this failure is measured in far more than dollars. The hard question we face, then, is not how we can afford this system's expense. It is how we can build a health-care system that will actually help dying patients achieve what's most important to them at the end of their lives."
When it comes to the people it serves, our health care system has a lot of blind spots, says DR. Leila Kozak, and often we're most blind to the idea that not everything has a technical fix. "This is a huge problem," she says. "Most people end up dying without the comfort care and psychosocial-spiritual support they need. Ask physicians themselves, ask the nurses, they'll tell you that the system isn't working."


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Poetics is an interdisciplinary journal of theoretical and empirical research on culture, the media and the arts. Particularly welcome are papers that make an original contribution to the major disciplines - sociology, psychology, media and communication studies, and economics - within which promising lines of research on culture, media and the arts have been developed.
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A handful of runners from the Okanagan are gearing up for the Boston Marathon. Six Kelowna runners are leaving this week for Monday's race in Boston, including 74-year-old Liz Borrett. Rebecca joined Liz for a training run this week.


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Lafayette vs. Lehigh
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Lafayette 11-4 in the second half on its way to a 14-8 win in
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Three different players scored for each team in the opening quarter. The Leopards led for most of the quarter thanks to Ted Blackburn and Matt Prevost who scored in the first four minutes. Their tallies surrounded a goal by Lehigh's Andrew Lucas. Lehigh took a 3-2 lead on goals by David Cohen (2:08) and Tim Butler (2:30), but Lafayette's Tim Derosier closed out the quarter with a goal at 2:08 to tie the game.
Lafayette had the only offense in the second quarter as Prevost (6:24) and Tyler Mullin (18.2) hit the back of the net to give Lafayette a 5-3 halftime lead.
Lehigh (4-5, 2-1) opened the second half with five straight goals, two by Lucas, two by Tony Lowe and one from Jeff Doran to seize an 8-5 lead. The Leopards' Mike Fiorillo closed out the quarter with a pair of goals that cut the Lehigh lead to 8-7.
In the decisive fourth quarter, Lehigh converted on two extra-man opportunities and outscored Lafayette 6-1. Lowe had three goals and Lucas two for the Mountain Hawks in the session. Lucas finished the game with five goals, to Lowe's four and Cohen ended with six points (2g, 4a). Pat Lennon's fifth goal of the season was the lone Lafayette tally in the fourth quarter.
Lafayette's Mike Neary made 15 saves in goal. Russell Kushner and Thomas Ellis each played a half in goal for Lehigh. Kushner made six saves. Prevost led the way for Lafayette in his second game back from injury, scoring two goals and adding an assist.


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It's been a few busy weeks, as you might have seen in our dev-branch on github. We've just finalized the 2.1 release of AIRKinect, with the big new feature being OpenNI support on the windows platform.
We've worked on merging the native code base of both windows and osx to one project. This should make it easier for us to line up the features between the windows & osx native code: new features / bugfixes should be deployed faster in the future
These are some of the key points in this release:
- OpenNI support on windows. You can choose to use the MS SDK or OpenNI for you AIRKinect projects on the windows platform.
- General bugfixes: fixed some issues with wrong joint mapping & data corruption.
- Multithreading: We've integrated boost threading on the windows platform too now, the kinect device now runs in a seperate thread in windows too.
- Support for alternative depth camera's using OpenNI (ex: Asus Xtion Pro) on both windows and mac.
- Support for settings the camera angle & near mode when you use the MS SDK version.
if(device.capabilities.hasCameraElevationSupport) { device.cameraElevationAngle.value = 27; //value between -27 & 27 }
var settings:KinectSettings = new KinectSettings(); if(device.capabilities.hasNearModeSupport) { settings.depthEnableNearMode = true; }
Using nearmode, you will not have skeleton tracking, only user tracking. This is a limitation of the MS SDK.
There's one catch: we had to create separate ane files: if you want to use the ms sdk driver on windows, you will use airkinect-2-core-mssdk, in the case of openni you will use airkinect-2-core-openni. On osx
it doesn't matter which ane you use, they both have the OSX version compiled.
Same as before:
- You can find the core library (with the ane) and the documentation at http://as3nui.github.com/airkinect-2-core/
- The examples are at https://github.com/AS3NUI/airkinect-2-examples
- You can report bugs in the ane on https://github.com/AS3NUI/airkinect-2-core/issues
- You can report
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Anything new related to gestures?
Nice news Thanks! Now we can get Joint Rotations with OpenNI on Windows?
Thanks ! I was waiting for joint rotation on Windows. But with the new version airkinect-2-core-openni.ane, Kinect.isSupported() return false. I've installed NITE, OpenNI, sensor and Sensor Kinect. Is there any conflict with Kinect Windows SDK ?
Thanks! xD
Guys, you are just amazing!
I was trying to set the device.cameraElevationAngle.value = 25 but there was an error "access of possibly undefined property value through a reference with static type int". i tried setting the value direct by using device.cameraElevationAngle = 25 and the program does not run either.
the boolean (device.capabilities.hasCameraElevationSupport) returned true
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Main Thread (Suspended: ArgumentError: Error #3500: The extension context does not have a method with the name applicationStartup.)
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Yep getting the same here.
I downloaded the OpenNI 32 bit installers, installed, uninstalled, reinstalled, and I still get "Error #3500: The extension context does not have a method with the name applicationStartup."
Note, if I try to run any of the OpenNI Samples I get the error that the program can't run because the OpenNI.dll is missing.
Burned some hours on this. Anyone have any helpul ideas? Thanks.
PS I made sure the Kinect was using the OpenNI drivers in Device Manager.
You know what? Forget I said anything. I restarted my system and it works now.
hi~Can u develop a extended as "airkinect-1-extended" to support airkinect 2.I can't use cursor.Be course it's different types!plz..email to me..thx!!
I cant new Cursor() too,It dosent work!
LoL!..I found it!
I think u are so great!
are the hand raise and wave gestures going to be added in the future?
Can we use other depthCamera with this great Framework like panasonic d-imager ?
kinect sdk 1.5 issued. Expecting kinect sdk 1.5's ane is Announced.
Thanks by this extension, is awesome!
Error "The extension context does not have a method with the name applicationStartup." on dev branch. windows7x64, ms kinect sdk 1.5.
On master branch everything is ok.
I'm on mac, counter this problem too.
The kinect camera is not delivered yet, I'll wait the kinect devices for test.Maybe the problem will gone.
same with me. latest MS SDK 1.5 and dev-branch –>
Error "The extension context does not have a method with the name applicationStartup."
switching to the master branch –> everything works fine
But I want to explore the nearFieldMode and therefore I guess I need the dev-branch
pls help
dev branch on git: "updated MSSDK to 1.5 – added joint orientation support to MSSDK", is joint orientation supposed to work with MSSDK 1.5 now ? i can't get it to work.
Works like a charm !! Just exchanged the ANE and all Demos work fine …
Thank you guys
Me too, I used MSSDK 1.5, overwritten the ane files and the swc with the new one and joint orientation support is still disabled…any clues anyone?
I'm currently using windows 7 64-bit if that helps…
Hello, I have error with export project to AIR package in Flash Builder 4.6, It shows
"Native extensions are being used in the project but are not supported by the AIR package type. Runtime issues can occur."
How to resolve it?
I had the same issue but finally I exported a "Signed native installer" in Flash Builder 4.6. I have now a .dmg installer and it is working perfect.
Any time frame for finger tracking?
Is there any release of extended classes and examples planned for airkinect2? If so when is it going to be published?
This is very nice wouter, thanks for your work !
I'm the developper of BiKinect/MappInect (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzGRSQz6V_k) and i'm seriously thinking to port the whole development in AS3.
Your library is what made my take this decision, and i've a question about the OpenNI implementation (since i want it to still be openSource AND cross-platform)and multi-camera support : Your demo shows in the capabilities that there is no support for multi-camera : is it because i have only one camera connected (i will test with two soon), or is it because you're implementation of OpenNI doesn't support multicamera (the latest simple-openni supports multicam so i guess OpenNI has this capability) ?
Again, thanks for your work and motivation !
PS : i'm working on FlashDevelop and if you're interested, i can provide a template with ane file copied and uncompressed so people can download a "ready-to-code" project.
I've been trying to put the examples to work with no success.
flex simples can't locate the examples folder( com.as3nui.nativeExtensions.air.kinect.examples) it simply detects till com.as3nui.nativeExtensions.air.kinect and inside it I have Kinect, KinectSettings, constants, data, events, frameworks and namespaces noting else.
this is very weird.. what am I doing wrong?
Hello, your articles here AIRKinect 2.1: OpenNI on windows | as3NUI to write well, thanks for sharing!
may i have some example of using nearmode?
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Ongoing repeat tasks
Is it possible to set start and end times.
I have ongoing long tasks that I would like to be able to tick off daily to say I have done some. But still have it set to repeat months later.
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At the present time, it is not possible to set Start and End times for Tasks.
Per David Trey, "Unfortunately, it's not possible to add start and end dates for tasks, but you can use labels to keep track of when a task should start and due dates showing when a task should end (for example - type @22/3 within the task name). This way you can search for labels with a certain date. Alternatively, you could set a reminder for the start date." Please see the question at [http://todoist.com/Support/showQuestion/4324/] for a further discussion of the question, as well as two open requests.
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This cuddly bear will keep your little angel company wherever he goes! Pattern originally appeared in HAIN's 2008 Fall Newsletter.
Yarn needle
Not needed.
This is kinda cute :P It's eyes are a little far apart I think, but other than that... It looks like Winnie-the-Poo.
this bear is so cute I would love to make it but the pattern link wont open,,,,
http://crochetkitten.com/files/Oct_2008_1_.pdf does not contain Ta-Tas Bear pattern, how can i get it?
Wher or how do I download the pattern for this Ta-Tas Bear?
is this pattern still available? How do we get it?
how do i get it
This a really cute bear. I will love to make it
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LONDON—Michael Phelps made history Tuesday night. It was hard to know whether to cheer or cry.
He won his 19th medal, becoming arguably the greatest Olympian ever. We'll get into that debate in a minute. But the way Phelps got there reminded us even the greatest Olympic gods are mortal.
Before winning gold in the 200-freestyle relay, Phelps finished second in the 200-meter butterfly.
That's his favorite race. The one he first swam as a 15-year-old in Sydney. The one he won in Athens and Beijing.
No man had ever won an individual swimming race in three straight Olympics. Phelps led for approximately 198 of the 200 meters. Then South Africa's Chad le Clos stole his gold.
"I can't believe it," le Clos said. "I can't believe it."
He sounded almost apologetic. Nobody used to do that to Michael Phelps.
Seeing him in the London pool has been sort of like watching Paul McCartney at the Opening Ceremony. He's still as big a legend as legend's get, but he can't quite hit the high notes.
That became obvious when he finished fourth in last Saturday's 400 IM. If any race would bring back the old Phelps, it would have been the one Tuesday night.
A silver medal is nothing to be ashamed of. But when you already have 14 golds scattered around your house back home, you're held to an unfair standard.
Make that 15 golds.
Phelps got it in the 200-freestyle. He usually swims the first leg but was switched to anchor. It was the coaching staff's way of honoring Phelps, and he wasn't about to blow the moment.
"I wanted a big lead," Phelps said. "I told the guys, 'Get me a big lead.' "
The 10 meters they gave him was more than enough. As the crowd stood and roared him to the finish, a special feeling rippled through the Aquatics Centre.
When Phelps touched the wall, he broke the record held by Russian gymnast Larissa Latynina. She won 18 medals from 1956-64, then she coached the Soviet team to 10 more golds.
She told Yahoo! the coaching medals keep her above Phelps on Mount Olympus.
"Do I think I am still the greatest Olympian?" Latynina said. "Why yes, but that is my opinion."
She's certainly entitled to it, but this is like arguing whether the Beatles or Rolling Stones were the greatest band ever. It's largely a matter of taste, not math.
In many cases, swimmers and gymnasts have won a lot of medals simply because they could. Their sports afford so many more chances than most others.
There was no way Jesse Owens could have won eight gold medals in Berlin, or Carl Lewis could retire with 20 medals. Greatness must be measured in brilliance and longevity.
That certainly doesn't eliminate Phelps. Think about it.
He's been to four Olympics.
He's climbed the medal podium 19 times.
He's heard the "Star-Spangled Banner" played 15 times.
He has more medals than 158 countries that are competing in London.
Those accomplishments are why le Clos wasn't quite sure how to react Tuesday night.
"Michael is my hero," he said.
We can debate whether he is the greatest Olympian ever. But he is unquestionably the most decorated Olympian ever. In this argument, it doesn't matter if Phelps can't hit the high notes like once did.
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4 Dems Vie to Succeed Holt in Congress
The opportunity to run for Congress doesn't come around often, so when Rep. Rush Holt surprised New Jersey's 12th District by announcing he would not seek re-election after 15 years, four fellow Democrats jumped at the chance.
The winner of the June 3 Democratic primary will almost certainly be the next congressional representative in the reliably Democratic district that stretches from Trenton to Plainfield and includes portions of Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset and Union counties. Physician Alieta Eck is running unopposed in the Republican primary.
The Democratic field consists of three veteran state legislators, each with the support of his or her home county, and a scientist whose career path mimics Holt's. Holt, one of a few scientists serving in Congress, has stayed neutral in the race.
A Monmouth University poll released last week showed a tight race between Sen. Linda Greenstein of Middlesex County and Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman of Mercer County, with Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula of Somerset County in third and Princeton University scientist Andrew Zwicker trailing. About one-third of voters were undecided. Union County could be the lynchpin in the race.
While running for state Assembly, Greenstein participated in an experimental "clean elections" campaign in which candidates had to raise $10 donations from 800 people in order to qualify for public funding. She remains a proponent of public financing for elections, which she says would limit the influence of big money and party bosses. A former lawyer, Greenstein is sensitive to what she calls the "hyper-partisanism" pervading Washington, and says her independent voice would aid in the fight for living wages, pay equity and more food and chemical safety protections for consumers.
Watson Coleman would be the first African-American woman in New Jersey's delegation, continuing a tradition of firsts begun by her father, the late John S. Watson, who was the first African-American in the country to chair a state legislative budget committee. Watson-Coleman says an elevation to Congress is an opportunity to continue the family tradition of public service.
A state legislator for 16 years, she cares about ensuring voting rights and bail reform and says one need not be a scientist to understand the importance of funding research for alternate fuels and technologies to reverse the impact of climate change.
Chivukula is an electrical engineer who grew up in India and was drawn into local politics by organizing support for hate crimes legislation after a gang attacked members of the Asian-American community. Initially discouraged from running because of his uncommon last name (pronounced shih-vuh-KOOL'-uh), the would-be candidate told his critic to remember it this way: "Drive a Chevy, drink a cola."
Chivukula believes it's important to send someone to Washington who understands science and technology and can make informed decisions about clean energy, technology jobs and research funding. He wants young immigrants to have the same opportunities to achieve their dreams as he had, and says the government must give people who have known no country other than the U.S. a path to citizenship.
Zwicker, who is making his first bid for public office, says the Democratic Party has ignored him since he entered the race to succeed Holt, a mentor and fellow scientist. His grass-roots campaign is aided by technology and volunteer Princeton students.
In a career that has paralleled Holt's, Zwicker runs the science education program that Holt began at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. He called Holt an example of "what happens when someone uses evidence and facts to influence policy," and says Washington would benefit from having more critical thinkers in office. He would like to change the fact that no scientists sit on the House science, space and technology committee, where funding decisions are made on cancer research and alternate fuels development, among other things.
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Born: March 22, 1985
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 235
Throws: Right-handed
Drafted: 2nd round, 2006
School: San Diego St.
Justin is one of those players that really benefited from playing summer ball in the Cape Cod league. After spending his first 2 seasons at Bethel College (Indiana), Masterson found a connection to his team on the Cape (Wareham). Pitching as a fill in at the beginning, he was kept on the team as the team's closer once the other pitchers arrived.
After getting recognized as the 11th best prospect on the Cape, Justin pitched his third year at San Diego St. An honorable mention all-Mountain West Conference selection, Masterson went 4-2 with a 4.72 earned run average in league play, and an overall record of 6-7 with one save and a 4.81 ERA. He struck out 108 batters in 166 innings.
Though he started 16 of his 17 at San Diego St., and will continue pitching as a starter in the minors, Justin currently projects as a right-handed bullpen arm. Known as someone with good work ethic, a future major league starter isn't out of the equation, but the lack of a consistent 2nd and 3rd pitch has him still in the 'raw' category.
Amazingly, Justin just learned his 2 best pitches last summer, thanks to Wareham pitching coach Ryan Beggs. His 2 seam fastball (low 90s) has above average movement into the right-handed hitters and his slider (mid 80s) has good, late diagonal movement. He also throws a change, mostly to left-handed hitters.
Since he pitched a pretty full season at San Diego St., Justin will be kept to short 2 inning outings at short-season Lowell this summer.
Good interview with Justin Masterson
Masterson profile at Sox Prospects
2005 top 30 Cape Cod league prospects
11. Justin Masterson, rhp, Wareham (San Diego State)
Unknown before this summer, Masterson quickly gained notoriety with his 6-foot-6, 235-pound build, a 93-94 mph fastball that sinks and a hard slider. He pitched his way into the early rounds of the 2006 draft and a transfer from Bethel (Ind.) to San Diego State.
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Sarothrura ayresihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T22692245A49328471.en
|Scientific Name:
|Sarothrura ayresi
|Species Authority:
|(Gurney, 1877)
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International.
|Identification information:
|14 cm. Tiny rail. Adult male has chestnut head. Both sexes have black-barred chestnut tail and white wing-patches (very obvious in flight, not visible at rest). Similar spp. No other flufftail Sarothrura has white wing-patches. Female paler below than other female flufftails Voice Was believed to make a soft, double-noted hooting, but it has been proposed that these calls may in fact refer to nocturnal calls of Grey Crowned-crane Balearica regulorum. Hints Best chance of seeing this secretive bird is during the wet season in upland marshes in central South Africa and Ethiopia.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Critically Endangered C2a(i) ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|BirdLife International
|Butchart, S.
|Ash, J., Dowsett, R., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Drummond, M., Kariuki Ndang'ang'a, P., Leonard, P., Robertson, P., Shimelis, A., Taylor, P., Wondafrash, M., Tarboton, W., Madden, S., Gebreselassie, G., Gerrans, C., Pretorius, R., Lawlor, R. J., Nel, O., Abebe, Y., Ewnetu, M. & Anderson, T.
|Benstead, P., Ekstrom, J., Evans, M., Pilgrim, J., Shutes, S., Symes, A. & Taylor, J.
This elusive species has been uplisted to Critically Endangered as its population is now thought to be very small, and is believed to be undergoing a very rapid continuing decline in extent, area, and habitat quality, owing to the high rate of loss and degradation of its preferred habitat, seasonal marshland. Populations in both Ethiopia and South Africa are now thought to be extremely small, and it remains uncertain whether the species migrates between the two countries.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
Sarothrura ayresi occurs in Ethiopia (three known sites in the central highlands, the only known breeding area for this species) (Taylor and van Perlo 1998, Taylor 1998, 1999), Zimbabwe (one record in 1988 [Hustler and Irwin 1995], two records in the 1970s [Taylor and van Perlo 1998], and a possible breeding record in the 1950s [Taylor and van Perlo 1998, Taylor 1999]), and South Africa (ten sites in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga [De Smidt 2003]). Claimed records from Zambia and Rwanda are unproven (Taylor and van Perlo 1998, F. Dowsett-Lemaire and R. J. Dowsett in litt. 1999, P. Leonard in litt. 1999). In South Africa, the total population was estimated to be 235 birds by Taylor and van Perlo (1998), but the Area of Occupancy has since been estimated at 3.92km2 in South Africa (72 ha suitable habitat at Middlepunt and 320 ha at Wakkerstroom, the only two recently reliable sites; H. Smit-Robinson in litt. 2013), and due to low confidence in past estimates and continued threats to the species and its habitat over the past 10 years, the regional population in South Africa is thought to be fewer than 50 birds (H. Smit-Robinson in litt. 2013, Evans 2013).
In the Ethiopian highlands, 10-15 pairs bred at Sululta in the late 1990s (Atkinson et al. 1996a, Anon. 1997c, J. S. Ash in litt. 1999) and c.200 pairs were discovered at a new breeding site (Berga floodplain) in 1997 (Anon. 1997c, A. Shimelis in litt. 1998, M. Wondafrash in litt. 2007). In 2005, a small breeding population was discovered at Bilacha in Ethiopia (M. Wondafrash in litt. 2007), with three adults recorded initially in July, followed by the location of three eggs in August and 19 nests in September (Anon. 2006). However, surveys at Bilacha and Weserbi since 2007 have found no evidence of breeding at either site. Bilacha in particular is highly overgrazed, with one bird seen in 2010 the only recent record, and Weserbi is thought to support a maximum of 1-2 pairs (Y. D. Abebe in litt. 2013). At Berga, the average number of birds flushed annually since 2007 was just four, and two days of intensive searching in August 2013 located only 12 individuals in suitable habitat now limited to c.300 ha (Y. D. Abebe and G. Gebreselassie in litt. 2013). Although there are many wetlands in the Ethiopian highlands similar in altitude and vegetation to Berga, almost all have become unsuitable owing to overgrazing, and monitoring of wetlands in the vicinity of Berga and Woserbi has failed to produce any records (Y. D. Abebe and G. Gebreselassie in litt. 2013). The Area of Occupancy is estimated at just 5.5 km2 at the three Ethiopian breeding sites in 2013 (based on 150 ha of suitable habitat at Weserbi, 100 ha at Bilacha, and 300 ha at Berga; H. Smit-Robinson in litt. 2013), and searches of apparently similar sites nearby have failed to find the species (Y. D. Abebe and G. Gebreselassie in litt. 2013).
Whether a single population migrates between Ethiopia and South Africa, or each country hosts its own subpopulation, is still not known (Taylor and van Perlo 1998, Barnes 2000), although observations from a breeding site in Ethiopia discovered in 2005 show that birds continue to breed into the dry season and may remain in Ethiopia after breeding, rather than migrate (A. Tefera per Anon. 2006). Suggestions that the non-breeding grounds for the Ethiopian population could be within south-west Ethiopia have not been subtantiated; seven days of intensive surveys in the Kaffa area in April 2013 found no evidence of the species at seven major wetlands (M. Ewnetu in litt. 2013).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Ethiopia; South Africa; Zimbabwe
|Continuing decline in area of occupancy (AOO):
|Extreme fluctuations in area of occupancy (AOO):
|Estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) - km2:
|Continuing decline in extent of occurrence (EOO):
|Extreme fluctuations in extent of occurrence (EOO):
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|Continuing decline in number of locations:
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|The population in South Africa was previously estimated to be 235 birds, with at least a further 210-215 pairs in Ethiopia (A. Shimelis in litt. 1998), i.e. probably 700 mature individuals in total. The species can only be reliably surveyed in the breeding season, but surveys risk disturbing nesting and thus have been avoided in the past (Y. D. Adebe in litt. 2013). Nevertheless, the lack of recent records and tiny area of remaining habitat suggest that the total population is now almost certainly fewer than 250 mature individuals, with both the Ethiopian and South African populations numbering fewer than 50 mature individuals each (Y. Adebe, M. Ewnetu, G. Gebreselassie and H. Smit-Robinson in litt. 2013).
Trend Justification: This species's population is suspected to be decreasing very rapidly in line with levels of disturbance, habitat loss and degradation in Ethiopia and South Africa (Atkinson et al. 1996a, Taylor and van Perlo 1998, P.B. Taylor in litt. 1999, De Smidt and Evans 2003, Taylor and Grundling 2003, M. Drummond in litt. 2005, Y. Adebe, M. Ewnetu, G. Gebreselassie and H. Smit-Robinson in litt. 2013).
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|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
Behaviour The movements of this species are not fully understood. Lack of subspeciation has been interpreted to imply that the birds migrate between the two range areas (del Hoyo et al. 1996, Taylor and van Perlo 1998), and this is supported by the fact that breeding has not been observed in South Africa where it is considered by many to be a non-breeding summer visitor (Urban et al. 2005). However the fact that there are overlaps in occurrence has prompted suggestions that strict migration is unlikely (Taylor and van Perlo 1998). One suggestion is that long-distance dispersal occurs when numbers are high (del Hoyo et al. 1996, Taylor and van Perlo 1998), with local movements being predominant at other times. In Ethiopia birds that breed in the central highlands in June-September may move to lower-level habitats during the non-breeding season when the highland areas becomes unsuitable (del Hoyo et al. 1996, Taylor and van Perlo 1998). In South Africa the species is thought to be nomadic, moving in search of its transient habitat (del Hoyo et al. 1996, Anon. 1997c, J. S. Ash in litt. 1999). Birds in Ethiopia are present between June and October (J. S. Ash in litt. 1999), while non-breeding birds in South Africa are present from November to March (P. B. Taylor in litt. 1999), with a few records in May, August and September (Urban et al. 2005). Breeding occurs in July-August (Taylor et al. 2004). Breeding birds occur at a density of 2-4 pairs per hectare (Taylor and van Perlo 1998). Non-breeding birds occur in loose associations (Taylor and van Perlo 1998).
Habitat Breeding The species breeds in high-altitude seasonal marshes (between 2,200 and 2,600 m) with dense, rapidly growing vegetation dominated by sedges, grasses and forbs (Taylor 1996, Taylor and van Perlo 1998). It occurs here when vegetation has reached 20-40 cm in height and the ground has not yet become entirely flooded (Taylor et al. 2004). Very soon after hatching, it appears to move its chicks to areas of denser vegetation where the ground is more deeply and continuously flooded (Taylor et al. 2004). The species may have specific microhabitat requirements that have not yet been established. Non-breeding In South Africa it inhabits moist to flooded peat-based habitats (Urban et al. 2005) (mostly at 1,100-1,900 m) where vegetation is dense and dominated by sedges (Carex species) (Urban et al. 2005), although it is occasionally found in pure stands of Bulrush and reeds (Urban et al. 2005). It forages in mud at the edges of reed beds, in shallow water, in floating mats of aquatic vegetation and occasionally on dry ground (Urban et al. 2005). Of the 10 important sites for the species in South Africa, 9 are within the Eastern Uplands, Great Escarpment Mountains and Highveld peatland ecoregions, emphasising the importance of peat-based habitats (Taylor and Grundling 2003). In 2002, a new site was discovered in northern coastal KwaZulu-Natal following speculation that the species no longer occurred in coastal areas (Taylor and Grundling 2003).
Diet It feeds on seeds and vegetation (De Smidt 2003) as well as insects, spiders, earthworms, small frogs and small fish (Urban et al. 2005). The stomach contents of a deceased chick included coleoptera (Dystiscidae) imagines, Diptera larvae (Tipulidae and Tabanidae), and the remains of small crustaceans. Breeding site Nests found in Ethiopia are described as a ball of woven live sedge, Eleocharis or Cyperus, and other plant stems and vegetation, with clutches of 4-6 eggs (Allan et al. 2006, Taylor et al. 2004). Observations at a nest found in August 1999 resulted in an estimated incubation period of 15-16 days.
|Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:
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|Full Migrant
|Major Threat(s):
Seasonal marshes are threatened by drainage (for cultivation and forestry), flooding by dams, catchment erosion, water abstraction, human disturbance, too-frequent burning, and excessive trampling and grazing by livestock and cutting of marsh vegetation for fodder (Atkinson et al. 1996a, Taylor and van Perlo 1998, P. B. Taylor in litt. 1999). Observations in Ethiopia suggest that it moves its chicks very soon after hatching to areas of denser vegetation and deeper flooding before the vegetation at nest sites has grown enough for cutting by local people (Taylor et al. 2004). Grasses and sedges are cut for the culturally important Ethiopian coffee ceremony (De Smidt 2003). In Ethiopia, a serious problem is the rapid growth in the numbers of livestock at around 2.4% per annum, and the resultant grazing of breeding habitat to a very short sward length (M Drummond in litt. 2005).
Bilacha wetland has already been largely converted into agriculture, settlement and grazing land. Suitable habitat at Weserbi wetland has been reduced to almost zero and housing is spreading close to the remaining small patch of wet grassland (M. Ewnetu in litt. 2013). Even the remaining site at Berga is highly threatened as habitat degradation and destruction continue unchecked despite attempts to improve the conservation status of the area. In addition to the existing overgrazing, trampling and grass cutting, local people are encroaching further down to the wetland, converting grassland for susbsistence agriculture and dividing up small plots of land for grazing. Suitable habitat here has already been reduced from c.400 ha to only 200 ha (M. Ewnetu in litt. 2013).
The peatlands of South Africa are threatened by cultivation, afforestation, grazing, water abstraction, horticulture, peat fires, draining, headcut and donga erosion, siltation, fences and developments such as roads and dams (Taylor and Grundling 2003). The construction of the Braamhoek pumped storage scheme at Bedford Chatsworth marsh in eastern Free State, South Africa, may have caused disturbance and damage to habitat (De Smidt 2003). The primary current threat in South Africa is development pressure from the mining industry (H. Smit-Robinson in litt. 2013).
|Conservation Actions:
Conservation Actions Underway
CMS Appendix I and II. Some South African sites have some legal protection, and at least four sites are protected by the landowners (Barnes 2000). At the largest Ethiopian breeding population, the vegetation is not cut for fodder until October-November (M. Wondafrash in litt. 2007), thus giving the birds time to breed without disturbance (Anon. 1997c). In South Africa, the Middelpunt Wetland Association was formed in 1994 with the main objective of conserving the species (De Smidt 2003, M Drummond in litt. 2005). One of the Ethiopian sites, Berga, is on a state-run dairy farm, and formerly so was Weserbi. The farm at Weserbi has been privatised, but the marsh still remains under the control of the central Dairy Farm Enterprise based in Addis Ababa (M. Wondafrash in litt. 2007). There is a Site Support Group at Berga, formed by the Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (De Smidt 2003). In 2003, a partnership was formed to mitigate the effects of the Braamhoek pumped storage scheme. In June 2003, a national Species Action Planning stakeholder workshop was held in Wakkerstrom, South Africa, to assess the threats facing the species in this country, and concluded with the agreement that a South African White-winged Flufftail Action Group be established (De Smidt 2003). An International Species Action Plan was published in 2008 (Sande et al. 2008). A proposal was put forward in 2006 to initiate a captive breeding programme in August that year, based in Pretoria Zoo, and using eggs taken from Berga marsh, Ethiopia (Tarboton and Wondafrash in prep.). The aim would be to study the species's life history and behaviour (Tarboton and Wondafrash in prep.). However, there were concerns that the programme should be carried out in Ethiopia, where it is known to breed, and that releasing birds into its non-breeding range could result in hybridisation with similar species (P.K. Ndang'ang'a in litt. 2006). The captive breeding programme is not currently going ahead (M. Wondafrash in litt. 2007). Conservation Actions Proposed
Maintain and restore suitable habitat at breeding areas in Ethiopia through sustainable use under community-based conservation programmes (Atkinson et al. 1996a, Taylor and van Perlo 1998). Protect additional sites in South Africa (Barnes 2000). Continue surveys in Ethiopia and southern Africa to better define its range, population, seasonal movements and habitat requirements (Atkinson et al. 1996a, A. Shimelis in litt. 1998, Barnes 2000). Locate new breeding sites (Taylor et al. 2004, M Drummond in litt. 2005). Rehabilitate degraded wetlands (Taylor et al. 2004). Conduct research to determine the extent of the species's dependency on mire habitat in South Africa (Taylor and Grundling 2003). Ensure integrity of known and suspected sites in South Africa by 2008 (De Smidt 2003). Reduce disturbance at eight sites in South Africa by 2008 (De Smidt 2003). Confirm that the species migrates between Ethiopia and South Africa (De Smidt 2003). Determine and record its principal calls for field studies (De Smidt 2003).
Allan, D. G.; McInnes, A. M.; Wondafrash, M. 2006. White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi in Ethiopia: notes on habitat, densities, morphometrics, nests and eggs, and associated waterbirds. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 13: 28-36.
Anon. 1997. White-winged Flufftail sightings. World Birdwatch 19(4): 2.
Anon. 1999. White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi).
Anon. 2006. Local group discovers new flufftail site. Africa - Birds & Birding 11: 10.
Anon. 2006. New flufftail site discovered. World Birdwatch 28(1): 10.
Atkinson, P.; Robertson, P.; Dellelegn, Y.; Wondafrash, M.; Atkins, J. 1996. The recent rediscovery of White-winged Flufftails in Ethiopia. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 3(1): 34-36.
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Collar, N. J.; Stuart, S. N. 1985. Threatened birds of Africa and related islands: the ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book. International Council for Bird Preservation, and International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Cambridge, U.K.
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Sande, E.; Ndang'ang'a, P. K.; Wakelin, J.; Wondafrash, M;, Drummond, M;, Dereliev, S. (compilers). 2008. International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi). CMS; AEWA, Bonn, Germany.
Tarboton, W.; Wondafrash, M. in prep. Project proposal to establish a captive-breeding population of the White-winged Flufftail.
Taylor, B. 1998. Rails: a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.
Taylor, B. 1999. First White-winged Flufftail nest found. World Birdwatch 21(4): 3.
Taylor, B.; Wondafrash, M.; Demek, Y. 2004. The nest, eggs and chicks of the White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 124: 233-238.
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Kicks (song)
|Single by Paul Revere & the Raiders
|from the album Midnight Ride
|"Shake It Up" (Non-Lp track)
|February 28, 1966[1]
|7" single
|Pop rock, garage rock, protopunk[2]
|Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
|Terry Melcher
|Paul Revere & the Raiders singles chronology
"Kicks" is a song by American rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil wrote the song for The Animals, but the band's lead singer Eric Burdon turned it down.[3] Instead, Paul Revere & The Raiders recorded and released it as a single in 1966. The single was a number one hit in Canada, and reached number four in the United States. "Kicks" was included on the band's fifth album, Midnight Ride, released in May 1966. A live version of the song was recorded on the band's 1996 Greatest Hits Live compilation album.
Considered one of the earliest anti-drug pop songs, "Kicks" was composed and released during an era in which pro-hippie, pro-experimentation, and other counterculture themes were gaining popularity on U.S. FM radio stations.[4] The song's message was consequently perceived as outdated by the emerging youth counterculture, as popular artists ranging from The Beatles to Jefferson Airplane had written songs whose themes sharply contrasted that of "Kicks."[4] However, the song has received generally positive reviews by music critics in the decades since its release.[5][6][7] In 2004, "Kicks" was ranked number 400 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Background and composition[edit]
After the Animals had chart success with the 1965 single "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," producer Terry Melcher asked the song's writers, Mann and Weil, to compose a similar song for Paul Revere & the Raiders.[1][8] The result was "Kicks," a song originally offered to the Animals, but turned down by lead singer Eric Burdon.[3] Mann and Weil wrote the song as a warning to a friend about the dangers of drug use.[8][9] The lyrics consist of a narrator telling a girl that drug use causes addiction and that soft drugs can lead to the use of hard drugs.[4] Musically, the song's lead guitar lines recall the Beatles, while its bass figures are similar to those popularized by The Byrds.[9] The song contains closer harmonies and a more euphonious melodic arrangement than the band's previous single, "Just Like Me".[10] Lead singer Mark Lindsay's R&B vocal style, combined with the song's guitar and organ instrumentation, is reminiscent of British bands such as The Kinks and The Yardbirds.[11]
Release and reception[edit]
A sample of "Kicks" from Paul Revere & the Raiders' 1966 album, Midnight Ride. This sample illustrates the song shifting from the first chorus to the second verse.
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In March 1966, "Kicks" entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 62.[12] The song peaked at number four in May,[13] and spent 14 weeks on the chart.[14] Within two months of its release, the single had sold 500,000 copies.[15] It was the highest-charting U.S. hit to that date for Paul Revere & the Raiders, later eclipsed only by 1971's "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)," which peaked at number one.[16] "Kicks" became the band's first Canadian number one single when it topped the Canadian Singles Chart in May 1966.[17]
The song is considered the first with an anti-drug message to become a U.S. hit single.[4][18] With the passage of the Communications Act of 1934, the Federal Communications Commission was chartered to monitor the radio and TV industries, meaning broadcasts were subject to censorship.[19] Some censors, based on the song title alone, mistakenly believed "Kicks" to glorify drug use.[19] Despite the song's commercial success, its lyrics were soon perceived as outdated[10] by young people, as they increasingly experimented with marijuana and LSD.[4] Meanwhile, songs emerged from popular artists who praised, sometimes cryptically and sometimes overtly, the use of psychedelic drugs.[4] These acts included the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and the Byrds.[4] The messages contained within hit songs such as "White Rabbit," "Along Comes Mary" and "Eight Miles High" were antithetical to that of "Kicks," which contributed to a perception by members of the burgeoning youth counterculture that Paul Revere & the Raiders were part of the Establishment.[4] Singer–songwriter David Crosby, then a member of the Byrds, was upset with the success of the song, particularly as it came just after his group's "Eight Miles High" had been boycotted by many U.S. radio stations.[20] Crosby described "Kicks" as "a dumb anti-drug song" that took "a falsely adopted stance. With 'Eight Miles High,' we were talking about something very near and dear to our hearts."[20]
On the other hand, Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson singled out "Kicks" as one his favorites of Terry Melcher's works.[21] Music critic Chris Brown of Crawdaddy! praised the song's vocal, saying "the use of harmony is well-timed and wonderfully executed; and the power in the vocal as the last word of each verse stretches into the chorus is undoubtedly what sells the song."[5] Bruce Eder of AllMusic called it "a great song that managed to be cool and anti-drug."[6] In his 2009 book, Everybody Must Get Stoned, author R. U. Sirius named "Kicks" the number one rock song against drugs.[7] Sirius said, "With clear and concise lyrics by the famous Mann-Weil songwriting team, there's no cheese on rock's first anti-drug platter."[7] The song was ranked number 400 on Rolling Stones 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[1] The song placed 36th on Paste Magazines 2014 list of the "50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time".[22]
Other versions[edit]
Paul Revere & the Raiders performed a live version of "Kicks" on the band's 1996 Greatest Hits Live compilation.[23] Lindsay, with the Mark Lewis Trio, re-recorded the song on the 1990 album Looking for Shelter.[24] A live version appears on his 1999 album Legends Live: Mark Lindsay & Friends.[25] Former bass guitarist Phil Volk, with his band Fang & the Gang, performed the song on the 2005 tribute album Fang Reveres the Raiders.[26] Mann and Weil revisited the song in their 2004 Off Broadway revue They Wrote That? The Songs of Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil.[27]
Singer-songwriter Del Shannon recorded a cover of "Kicks" on his 1966 album This Is My Bag.[28] Surf rock group The Challengers covered the song on their album California Kicks, also released in 1966.[29] The Leathercoated Minds, a studio band featuring J. J. Cale on guitar and production, performed the song on their 1968 album A Trip Down the Sunset Strip.[30] Psychedelic rock band Nazz covered the song on their final album Nazz III.[31] In 1974, John Mellencamp was signed to MCA Records after Mellencamp recorded a demo on which he performed the song.[32] Rock band Earth Quake recorded a version of the song on their 1977 album Levelled.[33] Leif Garrett covered "Kicks" on his 1979 album Same Goes for You.[34] Naz Nomad and the Nightmares, a side project featuring members of punk band The Damned, covered the song on their 1984 album Give Daddy the Knife Cindy.[35] The Monkees included their version of the song on their 1986 greatest hits compilation Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees.[36] Rock band The Flamin' Groovies released "Kicks" as a single from their 1986 album One Night Stand.[37] In 1999, jazz guitarist Mimi Fox released the album Kicks, on which her rendition of the song appears.[38] Garage rock band The Gants added a version of the song on their 2000 greatest hits album I Wonder.[39] Everclear covered the song on their 2008 album The Vegas Years.[40]
Track listing[edit]
- 7" Vinyl
- "Kicks" (Mann, Weil) – 2:26
- "Shake It Up" (Lindsay, Revere) – 3:59
- Drake Levin - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Mark Lindsay - lead vocals
- Terry Melcher - producer
- Paul Revere - organ, backing vocals
- Hal Blaine - drums
- Phil Volk - bass guitar, backing vocals
Chart performance[edit]
|Chart (1966)
|Canadian Singles Chart[17]
|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart[16]
|U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Singles Chart[41]
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- ^ a b Dominic, Serene (2000-03-09). "Phoenix Music - Paul Revere & the Raiders". Phoenix New Times (New Times Media). Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Perone, James E. (2004). Music of the Counterculture Era (1st ed.). Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. pp. 113–4, 117–8. ISBN 978-0-313-32689-9.
- ^ a b Brown, Chris (March 1966). "Record Reviews". Crawdaddy! 1 (3): 16–17.
- ^ a b "Paul Revere & the Raiders - Biography". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ a b c Sirius, R.U. (2009). Everybody Must Get Stoned. New York: Citadel Press (Kensington Books). p. 118. ISBN 978-0-8065-3073-4.
- ^ a b "'Kicks' by Paul Revere and the Raiders". Songfacts. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ a b Whitcomb, Ian (1983). Rock Odyssey: A Musician's Chronicle of the Sixties (1st ed.). Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday (Random House). p. 277. ISBN 978-0-385-15705-6.
- ^ a b Campbell, Al. "Review - 'Kicks' - Paul Revere & the Raiders". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ Schinder, Scott; Schwartz, Andy (2007). Icons of Rock: An Encyclopedia of the Legends Who Changed Music Forever (1st ed.). Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. p. 261. ISBN 978-0-313-33846-5.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 78 (13): 20. 1966-03-26. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 78 (20): 22. 1966-05-14. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 78 (25): 18. 1966-06-18. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "Revere and Raiders in Hot (Records) Gallop". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 78 (19): 56. 1966-06-18. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
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- ^ a b "RPM 100". RPM (RPM Music Publications Ltd.) 5 (10). 1966-05-02. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ Wadhams, Wayne (2001). Inside the Hits: The Seduction of a Rock and Roll Generation (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Berklee Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-634-01430-7.
- ^ a b Blecha, Peter (2004). Taboo Tunes: A History of Banned Bands and Censored Songs. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 32, 73. ISBN 978-0-87930-792-9.
- ^ a b Zimmer, Dave; Diltz, Henry (2008). Crosby, Stills & Nash: The Biography (3rd ed.). New York: Da Capo Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-306-81615-4.
- ^ "Producer Terry Melcher Dies". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 116 (49): 8. 2004-12-04. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ Stiernberg, Bonnie (2014-08-27). "The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- ^ "Overview - Greatest Hits Live - Paul Revere & the Raiders". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Overview - Looking for Shelter - Mark Lindsay & the Michael Lewis Trio". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Overview - Legends Live: Mark Lindsay & Friends - Various Artists". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Overview - Fang Reveres the Raiders - Fang & the Gang". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ Bessman, Jim (2004-02-28). "They Wrote That? We Loved It". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 116 (9): 56. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Overview - This Is My Bag - Del Shannon". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Overview - California Kicks - The Challengers". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Overview - A Trip Down the Sunset Strip - The Leathercoated Minds". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Overview - Nazz III - The Nazz". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "VH1 - John Mellencamp". VH1 (MTV Networks). Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ Worbois, Jim. "Overview - Levelled - Earth Quake". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Overview - Same Goes for You - Leif Garrett". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Overview - Give Daddy the Knife Cindy - Naz Nomad and the Nightmares". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Reviews - Albums". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 98 (29): 74. 1986-07-19. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "AIM Records". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 98 (46): 56. 1986-11-15. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "Overview - Kicks - Mimi Fox". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Overview - I Wonder - The Gants". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Review - 'The Vegas Years' - Everclear". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 5/07/66". Cashbox Magazine, Inc. Retrieved 2009-09-06.


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Carbon dynamics in a model grassland with functionally different soil communities
Article first published online: 19 MAY 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01268.x
Functional Ecology
Volume 21, Issue 4, pages 690–697, August 2007
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BRADFORD, M. A., TORDOFF, G. M., BLACK, H. I. J., COOK, R., EGGERS, T., GARNETT, M. H., GRAYSTON, S. J., HUTCHESON, K. A., INESON, P., NEWINGTON, J. E., OSTLE, N., SLEEP, D., STOTT, A. and JONES, T. H. (2007), Carbon dynamics in a model grassland with functionally different soil communities. Functional Ecology, 21: 690–697. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01268.x
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- Article first published online: 19 MAY 2007
- Received 5 June 2006; revised 15 August 2006; revised 26 February 2007; accepted 1 March 2007 Editor: David Whitehead
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- decomposition;
- functional diversity;
- rhizodeposition;
- soil fauna
- 1Impacts of environmental changes on carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems are typically correlated with shifts in the composition, biomass and activity of soil faunal communities. Given the role of soil fauna in decomposition, shifts in soil faunal communities may further modify the carbon dynamics of a perturbed system.
- 2To test this possibility, we manipulated soil community composition in model grassland ecosystems and used a 13CO2-tracer to follow the assimilation, retention and pathways of recent, photosynthetically fixed carbon. The community treatments formed a nested hierarchy of functional complexity: (1) microbiota only; (2) microbiota and mesofauna; (3) microbiota, mesofauna and macrofauna.
- 3These treatments significantly affected the rate of decline in 13C-label respiration rate and the amount of 13C-label retained by the communities: while the rate of decline in 13C-label respiration rate was greatest in the microbiota treatment, the treatment with both micro- and mesofauna retained less 13C-label than either the more functionally complex or simple treatments. The presence of macrofauna altered the utilization of 13C-label by Collembola and Enchytraeidae: they decreased the mass of 13C-label utilized by Collembola and increased that utilized by Enchytraeidae.
- 4Our results suggest that soil community composition may play a key role in regulating the dynamics of recent, photosynthetically fixed carbon.


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As the NHL prepares to award the Stanley Cup to the winner of the Detroit Red Wings/Pittsburgh Penguins series, ICE will be working closely with the NHL to patrol the Detroit area in search of counterfeiters selling "knock-off" merchandise and any other unauthorized use of trademarks owned by the NHL or participating institutions.
This type of counterfeiting is typically seen during high-profile sporting events like the Stanley Cup playoffs, the NHL All-Star Game, and the NHL Winter Classic. Exactly six months ago, on Jan.1, during the NHL Winter Classic in Chicago, thousands of counterfeit products, including T-shirts, hats, and sweatshirts with pirated trademarks, were confiscated.
Since 1993, the NHL - through its membership in the Coalition to Advance the Protection of Sports logos (CAPS) - has been involved in the seizure of more than 9 million pieces of counterfeit merchandise featuring the logos of various professional sports leagues and teams, colleges and universities. The seizures are valued at more than $329 million.
"The enforcement of America's counterfeiting laws is about protecting the rights of those who play by the rules and keeping sub-par and unsafe merchandise off our streets and illicit funds out of the hands of organized criminal groups here and abroad," said Brian Moskowitz, special agent in charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in Detroit. "Major events such as the Stanley Cup Finals provide a great forum for us to educate the public about the hidden and often misunderstood dangers of intellectual property rights crimes."
"The better a team performs on the ice, the more appealing its name and logo become among fans and counterfeiters alike," said Tom Prochnow, NHL Enterprises group vice president, legal and business affairs. "Fans may think they're purchasing a T-shirt or jersey in support of their favorite team but, in reality, they're only supporting counterfeiters."
"We want our fans to understand that you get what you pay for when it comes to counterfeits," added Prochnow. "A counterfeit T-shirt is not a keepsake if it contains a typo or shrinks three sizes when you put it in the laundry."
Counterfeiting or intellectual property rights (IPR ) violations involve the illegal use of trademarks, trade names and copyrights. It is estimated that U.S. industries alone lose $200 to $250 billion to counterfeiting annually.
As the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, ICE plays a leading role in targeting criminal organizations responsible for manufacturing, smuggling, and distributing counterfeit products. ICE and the NHL are committed to protecting legitimate businesses involved in the manufacturing, importation and distribution of licensed commodities from unscrupulous counterfeiters.
In pursuit of this goal, law enforcement in Detroit is soliciting the assistance of legitimate NHL sponsors, licensees, manufacturers, importers and retailers of authorized NHL merchandise, as well as the general public, to identify, interdict and enforce our nation's IPR laws.
Anyone with information related to counterfeit NHL merchandise is encouraged to contact law enforcement. ICE's 24-hour toll-free hotline takes tips at (866) DHS-2ICE.
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April 18, 2006
DELAWARE, Ohio — Congressman Paul E. Gillmor, a 1961 Ohio Wesleyan graduate, will ring the closing bell for the NASDAQ MarketPlace at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.Congressman Gillmor (R-Old Fort) is serving his ninth term in the United States House of Representatives representing the people of the Fifth Congressional District in Ohio.Currently, Gillmor serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce where he serves as chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. The full committee has jurisdiction in the areas of energy, the environment, telecommunications, broadcasting, the Internet, healthcare, consumer protection and trade.Gillmor is also a member of the House Committee on Financial Services, which is responsible for banking issues, insurance, international monetary policy, capital markets and investment, government sponsored enterprises, and public and private housing. On the Financial Services Committee, Gillmor is assigned to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises as well as the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions.He is chairman of the Economic and Security Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, a position to which he was unanimously elected by representatives of the 19 NATO member countries.Prior to his election to Congress, Mr. Gillmor served in the Ohio Senate for twenty-two years. As a State Senator, he was unanimously elected Republican leader five times, and he served as President of the Senate for three General Assemblies.In addition to earning his B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan, Congressman Gillmor received his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School.
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Long Island Aquariums
Do underwater exhibits excite and inspire you? Would you like to learn more about the seemingly endless oceans that surround us, and make up the majority of this planet? If you love aquatic life, then make sure to check out one of Long Island's aquariums. Featuring sea life that is local and native to the waters surrounding Long Island, as well as exotic fish, crustaceans, and aquatic mammals from different areas around the globe, aquariums are great way to learn more about the ocean, and the animals that inhabit it. From self-guided tours, to school programs and special exhibits, aquariums offer many different educational programs that sea lovers and animal lovers young and old can enjoy.
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Tuesday 3PM to 9PM
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Victims stay in abusive relationships for many reasons. They do not stay because they "want to be abused." Fear is a major factor. The victim may fear:
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