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Over the years, owls have represented wisdom, carried omens and even become popular accessories to the more recent hipster movement. Without all the symbolism, however, owls can hold their own because they are, well … seriously cool.
According to Audubon Sanctuary Manager Kyle Simpson, Tennessee is home to four species of owls: the great horned owl, the barred owl, the Eastern screech owl and the barn owl. "The rotating head is awesome, but the thing that's the most interesting to me about owls is their ears are offset," says Simpson. "I think it gives them a better ability to triangulate where things are."
The great horned owl, known for its ear tufts and yellow eyes, can often be heard in areas of Chattanooga establishing its territory in December and January. Distinguished by its unique low-pitched five to six note call, the great horned owl is the largest owl that nests in Tennessee, according to tnwatchablewildlife.org.
"Great horned owls oftentimes nest in abandoned nests other birds have left behind—mostly larger birds like herons," says Simpson.
ENGINEERED FOR THE NIGHT:A few of the traits that make owls successful predators
Though they are nocturnal, owls can see during the daytime—they can just see extremely well at night.
Owls hear similarly to the way that humans hear, they are just much more sensitive to certain frequencies.
The great horned owl can't move its eyes, but it can swivel its head more than 180 degrees to look in any direction.
The great horned owl has special feathers that make its flight nearly soundless.
To hear the calls and hoots of these owls, visit http://www.allaboutbirds.org.
Pay a visit to www.chattanoogaaudubon.org to find out information on monthly owl prowls.


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Sometimes I accuse my cats of turning off the heat, like if it's super cold? But I want you to know that I do not ACTUALLY believe that my cats have turned off the heat. Because first of all, I don't think they're capable of, like, understanding how that would even work, even if they were physically capable of doing it, which they're not, because they're very small and they don't have hands and also I don't think there even ARE any controls for the heat inside my apartment where anybody could get at them, much less a cat. Plus, why would they want to? They would prefer to be warm, too!
Also, sometimes I ask who is the potato. It's Erwin. Sometimes I ask him why, but no one knows the answer to that.
No one.
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City residents interested in serving on the Fond du Lac City Council for a one-year term are being asked to submit an application.
Former City Council President Jim Sabel resigned in March due to ongoing health concerns. There is one year remaining of his two-year term.
Council decided Wednesday night to accept applications through Friday, May 10. The following week, council members will interview applicants and select a new member. The person selected ...


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Looking for any sort of purple things you may have for sale. Rebel's new color is purple and now I'm going to have to get a whole bunch of new stuff.
So far, I've managed to find the following -
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Apple snags top spot in ABI's Ultrabook assessment
updated 07:57 pm EST, Tue November 13, 2012
Lenovo, Samsung take next two spots
ABI Research released its newest Ultrabook Competitive Assessment today, with Apple snagging the top spot in ABI's assessment, well ahead of Lenovo and Samsung, which placed second and third respectively. The Assessment gauges innovation and implementation in the ultraportable segment, and Apple scored an 84.7 out of a possible 100 by ABI's measure. Lenovo and Samsung had respective scores of 77.5 and 74.4.
The Assessment measures a vendor's market presence, global reach and strategy, product portfolio, strategic partners, and market support functions for the Implementation metric. For Innovation, ABI looks at the form factor, performance, features, product portfolio, price, and portability of a vendor's offerings.
ABI credited Apple's dominant position with regard to global presence and market strategy for its MacBook Air line as a prime factor for its high ranking. Samsung placed second in its marketing activities, followed by Lenovo.
Analysts at ABI noted that the ultraportable segment has yet to truly take off, a position borne out in segment's struggling sales record. Ultraportable manufacturers have been largely unable as yet to develop marketing schemes that generate interest or to hit a price point that would truly drive adoption. Industry observers have, consequently, continually downgraded their outlooks for the segment, though it is generally believed that ultraportable shipments will rise in the coming year.


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McKeesport linebacker takes over leadership duties
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Hodari Christian has a lot of work to do in the next few months.
Not only is the McKeesport senior linebacker readying himself for the Tigers' final preseason scrimmage Friday against Penn Hills, but he is preparing himself for a busy final semester so he can leave school early and accept early admission to West Virginia.
"I feel real good about that because now I can just focus on my upcoming senior season and play the best I can when it comes," Christian said.
"It's not going to be that hard because I'm just going to double up for the first two (quarters) to finish in December and leave in January."
Christian will be the second McKeesport linebacker in as many years to head to a Division I school, following in the footsteps of Illinois rising freshman T.J. Neal. Playing with another top prospect helped him learn what he needed to do, both in sifting through his college choices and picking the right school to what he had to do to help the Tigers become a contender in the new nine-team Quad East Conference.
"I really learned leadership and things like that and just picking a school that was right for me," Christian said. "He was the leader of the defense and, so far in camp, I'm the leader of the defense."
And the young McKeesport defense will need a leader. The Tigers lost several key starters to graduation and are attempting to rebuild with some inexperienced underclassmen.
Perhaps the one advantage they have going into this season is they will be quite prepared for their first two opponents, as they will have seen two similar teams in the preseason.
"Central Catholic is more of a two-back, pro-style offense and Penn Hills likes to spread you out, and for us it gives us the sense of defending two different styles of offense. And in Week 1, Hempfield runs a similar offense to Penn Hills and Central is kind of like Woodland Hills," McKeesport coach Jim Ward said. "I enjoy our scrimmages, and I think it prepares us well for the season."
Which is what makes Christian's leadership ability all the more important as he cultivates the maturation process of the team's defense. The Tigers were solid throughout most of the 2011 season but were gashed for 80 points in their final two games, a 38-0 home loss to Gateway and a 42-7 defeat at Erie McDowell in the opening round of the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs. Conversely, McKeesport allowed only 51 points (10.2 points per game) in its other five conference matchups.
Putting those two games in the past and establishing a new identity were two priorities for the team in training camp.
"You've got to assess your talent and find out who the kids are and what they do best and put that within your scheme," Ward said. "You look at the things you did well last year, you look at things you didn't do well, you add a few things and tweak a few things and do things based on what your talent is."
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United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
1a.Objectives (from AD-416)
1. Determine whether high fat diet induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is a promoting factor in hepatic carcinogenesis.
2. Determine whether dietary lycopene will protect against high fat diet promoted liver cancer development.
1b.Approach (from AD-416)
We will use both high fat diet-induced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) rats and genetically-induced obese mice with injections of liver-specific carcinogen,diethylnitrosamine, followed by treatment with tomato extract or lycopene for both short and long durations. We will focus on the role of the stress-activated protein c-Jun-NH2-kinase (JNK) signaling, a key component mediating the high fat-induced oxidative stress and inflammatory processes, in response to tomato extract and lycopene supplementation on both cell proliferation/apoptosis, inflammation and premalignant and malignant lesions in obesity related hepatic tumorigenesis. Wewill complement animal study with cell culture studies (e.g., use siRNA silencing of JNK) using human hepatocyte lines and liver cancer cells to facilitate mechanistic studies to determine the contribution of the JNK signaling pathway to lycopene action. Since adiposity contributes to the increased incidence and/or death from liver cancer, we will examine metabolic alteration, including insulin resistance,and pro-inflammatory signaling in intra-abdominal fat tissue and its potential contribution to hepatic carcinogenesis. Once we establish that there is an association between metabolic alteration and hepatic carcinogenesis, we will examine insulin and insulin growth factors (IGF-I/IGF-II) signaling cascades and address their differential activation in NASH and its related hepatic carcinogenesis, as well as potential actions of tomato extract and lycopene prevention against the onset of high fat diet/obesity-related liver disease.
3.Progress Report
For publications related to this project, see parent project #1950-51000-074-00D.
A High-fat Diet May Promote Liver Cancer One of the consequences of the current obesity epidemic is increased rates of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a chronic liver disease in adults and children. This ultimately leads to cirrhosis and end-stage liver disease, such as liver cancer. The increasing incidence of liver cancer in the United States has paralleled the epidemic of obesity. Several large population studies have revealed that obese people have a higher risk of incidence or mortality of liver cancer, however, there is still a need for data on the relationship between inflamed liver, and liver cancer. ARS-funded researchers from Tufts University in Boston, MA were the first to use an animal model to demonstrate that a high-fat diet induced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) promotes liver cancer development. This animal study will provide the foundation to develop effective dietary components for the prevention of obesity/NASH related liver disease including cancer.


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Collaboration between the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois Natural History Surveys, and the City of Chicago has resulted in a substantial priority project list for the GLRI. Priority projects will help create jobs, as well as improve conditions and provide for more research and information. Projects have been selected according to the GLRI priority focus areas set forth�
Five focus areas have been determined as the top priorities for which initiative action is necessary:
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Respirator Fit Testing Requirements
and Procedures
When OSHA's revised Respiratory Protection Standard, 29 CFR 1910.134, became effective on April 8, 1998, it provided employers with an all-inclusive reference source for fit testing guidelines. Before its revision, the standard made reference to testing a respirator's "face-piece-to-face seal," but provided no additional guidance on how to perform the test. The standard now specifies what needs fit testing, the kinds of fit tests allowed, the procedures for conducting them and how frequently fit tests must be performed.
What's Covered
29 CFR 1910.134(f) states, "Before an employee may be required to use any respirator with a negative or positive pressure tight-fitting facepiece, the employee must be fit tested with the same make, model, style and size of respirator that will be used." This statement is noteworthy because it mandates that tight-fitting positive pressure facepieces such as those used in PAPRs and airline respirators be fit tested. The statement also does not exclude disposable particulate respirators from fit testing. See Quick Tips #318: Quantitative Fit Testing.
Two methods are acceptable for fit testing a tight-fitting positive pressure mask:
- The mask can be converted into a negative pressure respirator and equipped with filters appropriate to the fit test protocol being followed, or
- An identical negative pressure respirator can be used as a surrogate for fit testing as long as it has the same sealing surfaces as the positive pressure respirator.
Fit Testing Procedures
Within the standard, employers are provided the option of conducting either a quantitative or qualitative fit test. The individual performing the fit test procedure requires no special certification. However, the individual must be able to prepare the test solutions, calibrate the equipment and perform the tests properly, recognize invalid tests, and ensure that test equipment is in proper working order. The ability to calculate fit factors is also a requirement for the individual administering a quantitative fit test (QNFT).
As defined in the standard, a QNFT means "an assessment of the adequacy of respirator fit by numerically measuring the amount of leakage into the respirator." A QNFT is necessary for respirators that must achieve a fit factor of greater than 10.
A QNFT uses an instrument to take a sample from within the wearer's breathing zone while the respirator is being worn. In addition to the instrument, a challenge agent and a probed respirator (or probed adapter for a standard respirator) are necessary to perform a QNFT. A QNFT is more precise than a qualitative fit test; it's also less commonly performed because of the complexity of the procedure and the prohibitive cost of the analyzation instrument. The protocol for a QNFT is detailed in Appendix A, subpart C to 29 CFR 1910.134.
The standard defines a qualitative fit test (QLFT) as "a pass/fail fit test to assess the adequacy of respirator fit that relies on the individual's response to the test agent." A QLFT, according to 29 CFR 1910.134(f)(6), "may only be used to fit test negative pressure air-purifying respirators that must achieve a fit factor of 100 or less."
The downside to a QLFT is that it relies upon the subjective response of the individual being tested, so that reproducibility and accuracy may vary. The upside is that a QLFT is simpler to perform than a QNFT; the necessary testing equipment is also more accessible and economical.
Within appendix A of the standard, the following four acceptable QLFT protocols are defined: Isoamyl Acetate (more commonly known as banana oil), Saccharin Solution Aerosol, Bitrex™ Solution Aerosol, and Irritant Smoke (Stannic Chloride).
The test method performed will dictate the type of air-purifying element that's used on the facepiece. The isoamyl acetate QLFT requires respirators equipped with organic vapor cartridges. Both the saccharin and bitrex™ QLFT require respirators equipped with particulate filters (either 95, 99 or 100 series filters are acceptable). To perform the irritant smoke test, the respirator needs to be equipped with either a P100 series particulate filter or HEPA filter.
It's important to note that when performing the irritant smoke test, no form of enclosure or hood for the test subject is to be used. The other QLFTs all require the use of an enclosure. Complete instructions for all QLFTs are detailed within appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.134.
Three Approved Methods for QNFT
- Generated Aerosol Booth System QNFT uses an aerosol mixture (commonly corn oil) administered in a test chamber or booth. The subject stands inside the booth or chamber and performs a series of exercises as the instrument samples how much challenge agent leaks into the respirator. This system is not widely used due to the high maintenance required to clean the equipment and the relatively large size of the system.
- Ambient Aerosol QNFT instruments measure aerosol concentrations inside and outside the test respirator and compute the fit factor. The challenge agents used in this test includes ambient microscopic dust in the air and other aerosols. Ambient aerosol fit testers use a technology referred to as condensation nuclei counting (CNC) or condensation particle counting (CPC). These testers use laser technology to count particles. The respirator used in the test is equipped with P100 (HEPA) filters that prevent the ambient particles from passing into the respirator. Accessories are also available to conduct a QNFT on lower class filters, such as the 95 class filters, commonly found in disposable filtering facepiece respirators. One of the more common ambient aerosol fit testers is the TSI Portacount.
- Controlled Negative Pressure (CNP) QNFT involves the instrument pulling affixed vacuum on the respirator and the instrument measuring the airflow, or leak rate, needed to maintain the vacuum. There are two drawbacks to this type of testing: 1) the subject must hold their breath and remain motionless during the measurement, and 2) CNP testing cannot be performed with filtering facepiece respirators.
Advantages of QNFT vs. QLFT
There are several advantages to QNFT:
- QNFT is an objective test and eliminates the subjectivity of a persons sense of smell, taste and sensitivity to challenge agents.
- QNFT is suitable for determining higher levels of fit that may be required for full-face, gas masks, or other respirators.
- QNFT provides faster, more precise and hard copy documentation of the instrument results.
- QNFT eliminates the chances of deception often found in QLFT.
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) states, "The employer shall ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator is fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter." In addition, fit testing must be repeated "whenever the employee reports, or the employer, PLHCP (physician or other licensed healthcare professional), supervisor, or program administrator makes visual observations of changes in the employee's physical condition that could affect respirator fit. Such conditions include, but are not limited to, facial scarring, dental changes, cosmetic surgery, or an obvious change in body weight."
Also, an employee who's passed a fit test but later finds the fit of the respirator unacceptable must be given a reasonable opportunity to select a new facepiece and be retested.
Record Keeping
The employer is responsible for recording the results of fit testing. As stated under 29 CFR 1910.134(m)(2), the following information must be recorded: The name of the employee; the type of test performed (QLFT or QNFT); specific respirator tested; date of the test; and the results of the test. This information must be retained until the next fit test is administered.
Fit Checking
Fit testing should not be confused with a respirator fit check. A fit check, or "user seal check" as it's referred to in appendix B to 29 CFR 1910.134, should be performed each time a tight-fitting respirator is donned to ensure there's an adequate seal. The appendix provides guidelines for performing positive- and negative-pressure fit checks but states, "User seal checks are not substitutes for QLFTs or QNFTs."
29 CFR 1910.134, Respiratory Protection Standard
(Rev. 5/2014)
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On the surface, it might seem that the recent WikiLeaks scandal, which involved classified military documents on the Afghanistan war being posted online, serves as an argument against a pending federal "shield law" protecting reporters from being forced to reveal confidential sources. But this incident illustrates why action by Congress to strengthen journalists' legal options is more urgent than ever to help preserve and strengthen a free, vibrant press.
And that's why the Senate should act soon to pass a federal shield law that's been in the works for six years.
Shield laws might sound like an "inside baseball" topic that only journalists should care about. But they matter to all of us.
They help journalists cover real-life stories that Americans need to know about:
A member of Congress getting tangled up with lobbyists.
A bank playing fast and loose with mortgages.
A mayor putting people on the payroll who don't belong there.
A factory cutting corners on safety.
A prosecutor violating ethical limits in pursuing a case.
These are stories that help you decide how you vote, how you spend, how you live.
Shield laws can help ensure that the information you need will get out to you - that reporters can't be intimidated or harassed into keeping the truth under wraps.
They also can help ensure that these stories will be handled responsibly, within the confines of what's legal and ethical.
A law with well-defined protections for legitimate news-gathering would clarify who is covered when, where, why and for what - the classic five "Ws" of journalism.
By serving as a check on those who would use their power to control information, it would enhance First Amendment protections for all of us.
The bipartisan bill in the Senate, S. 448, offers perhaps the best hope in years for a solution all sides can accept. The Free Flow of Information Act would let a reporter, subpoenaed to testify about sources to whom they have promised anonymity, ask a federal judge to quash the subpoena. The judge would decide by balancing the public's right to know with a litigant's need to know the identity of a source, according to certain, well-defined standards.
A majority of states have such laws, but legal standards, strength and scope differ among them. The resulting patchwork of protections doesn't serve anybody well, particularly when it comes to major stories of national import.
A federal shield law could serve to bring state laws more into alignment, and it would ensure uniform procedures and standards among different federal jurisdictions.
Different types of cases would have different levels of protection, however, with cases of national security giving judges the greatest option to compel a reporter to identify a source.
But the law's thrust would be to protect the disclosure of vital information that some in positions of power, whatever their motivations, do not want the public to know.
One example: David Ashenfelter of the Detroit Free Press reported that a federal prosecutor was being investigated for possible misconduct during a terrorism trial. A subpoena issued to learn Ashenfelter's confidential sources has been hanging over his head for three years.
Sometimes, such litigation against a reporter sends a message to other journalists, and the threat of pressure to reveal sources can be chilling. Shield laws offer some welcome protection from pressure to suppress legitimate news reporting.
But what about WikiLeaks, in which a website disclosed 75,000 classified documents on Afghanistan that, among other consequences, identified individuals there and put them at grave risk of retaliation?
Paul J. Boyle, senior vice president of the Newspaper Association of America, argues that the bill, if passed, would make a WikiLeaks less likely to happen again, not more. The reason: The increasing use of subpoenas against reporters in recent years - and the resulting intimidation - has given leakers more incentive to supply materials to a fringe entity, instead of traditional news organizations governed by deeply ingrained professional and ethical standards, not to mention news judgment. Such organizations would have handled the Afghanistan information more responsibly.
So the specter of more WikiLeaks could help break the impasse Congress has found itself in over journalist protections. Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., are drafting an amendment to specify that the bill's protections do not apply to such sites that do not engage in legitimate news-gathering activities. On Wednesday, Schumer said senators want to "remove even a scintilla of doubt" that a shield law would not protect a WikiLeaks from prosecution.
This definition could be tricky, however, and should by no means be allowed to become a federal determination of who is a journalist and who isn't. As we've seen with the development of online and alternative media, such definitions are not immutable. Could a law passed by Congress be flexible enough to adjust to changing realities in journalism?
The proposed shield law isn't about letting reporters violate privacy, security and ethical standards with impunity. It is about defining a careful balance of rights - and about giving judges the tools to ensure that balance.
And in our increasingly complex, litigious society, it is about recognizing the vital importance of a strong, honest, free press capable of laying out the facts in the public interest.
We urge our senators to support it.


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Nate Novosel averages 12 points for UR, while his sister Natalie averages 14.6 points for Notre Dame.
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Nate and Natalie Novosel weren't separated at birth, but they were born two minutes apart. And boy, are they alike.
Nate is the second-leading basketball scorer at a prestigious university. His team hopes to play in the NCAA Tournament next month.
Natalie is the second-leading scorer at a prestigious university. Her team is definitely headed to NCAAs. ...


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Pinnate-leaved Eremophila (Eremophila pinnatifida ms) Interim Recovery Plan 2002-2007
Interim recovery plan no. 124
>Gillian Stack and Andrew Brown
Department of Conservation and Land Management, WA, 2003
2. Recovery objective and criteria
The objective of this Interim Recovery Plan is to abate identified threats and maintain or enhance in situ populations to ensure the long-term preservation of the species in the wild.
Criteria for success: The number of individuals within populations and/or the number of populations have increased by 10% or more.
Criteria for failure: The number of individuals within populations and/or the number of populations have decreased by 10% or more.
3. Recovery actions
Existing recovery actions
All land managers have been notified of the location and threatened status of the species. The notification details the Declared Threatened status of Eremophila pinnatifida ms and the legal responsibility to protect it.
Declared Rare Flora (DRF) markers were installed at Populations 2, 3 and 4. These serve to alert people working in the vicinity to the presence of DRF, and the need to avoid work that may damage it in that area. Awareness of the significance of these markers is being promoted to relevant bodies such as Shires, MRWA and the Bush Fires Board by the distribution of dashboard stickers and posters that illustrate DRF markers, inform of their purpose and provide a contact telephone number if such a marker is encountered.
Approximately 1300 seeds (from almost 3500 fruits) are stored in the Department's TFSC. Collections were made in 1997 from Population 1a, and in 1998 and 2000 from Population 3. Staff of the TFSC tested the viability of seed soon after collection and again after one year in storage. The initial germination rate of E. pinnatifida ms seed ranged from nil to 82%, and after one year in storage the germination rate ranged from nil to 62% (unpublished data A. Cochrane ¹ ).
¹ Anne Cochrane, Manager, the Department's Threatened Flora Seed Centre
The Botanic Garden and Parks Authority (BGPA) currently have 13 plants of E. pinnatifida ms from five clones, grown from material collected in 1998. The species has been difficult to propagate by striking cuttings, but they have had better success grafting onto Myoporum rootstock, although there has been limited work using cuttings (personal communication A. Shade ² ). Three plants were grown from cuttings taken in 1997, but these all died in 2002. This lifespan is not considered surprising, as Eremophilas do not tend to do well in containers, which these plants were restricted to. It is intended that some of the existing plants will be planted into either an Eremophila bed or a Declared Rare Flora garden being established at BGPA.
The BGPA also has several clones of E. pinnatifida ms stored as tissue culture.
Weed control was commenced at Populations 1 and 2 in September 1998.
Major road construction work has occurred near Population 2. Main Roads Western Australia (MRWA) installed a fence around the population before roadworks commenced. The road work was completed in 2002 without damage to the plants.
Staff from the Department's Merredin District met a representative of MRWA in 2000 to assess the extent of erosion at Population 3 and discuss possibilities for amelioration. One option considered was the filling of the gully with rubble, but it is considered that in addition to considerable ongoing expense, the risk of damaging the plants during this work is very high. These plants are estimated to be seven years old, and have an expected lifespan of approximately ten years. Most occur near the private property fenceline and, although threatened by erosion, are likely to survive long enough to produce seed for one or two more years before reaching senescence. Hence, rather than risk damaging mature fruiting plants, it is recommended that resources be focused towards disturbance trials, to take place 'downstream' from the eroded area in the hope of stimulating germination of seed that may have washed down.
A double-sided information sheet was produced in 2002, and includes a description of the plant, its habitat, threats, recovery actions and photos. This will be distributed to community members through local libraries, wildflower shows and Regional Herbaria.
Staff from the Department's Merredin District regularly monitor all populations of this species.
The Merredin District Threatened Flora Recovery Team (MDTFRT) is overseeing the implementation of this IRP and will include information on progress in its annual report to the Department's Corporate Executive and funding bodies.
Future recovery actions
- 1. Coordinate recovery actions
- 2. Undertake weed control
- 3. Stimulate germination of soil-stored seed
- 4. Achieve long-term protection of habitat
- 5. Establish nature reserve
- 6. Collect seed and cutting material
- 7. Conduct further surveys
- 8. Monitor populations
- 9. Develop and implement a fire management strategy
- 10. Obtain biological and ecological information
- 11. Start the translocation process
- 12. Promote awareness
- 13. Review the need for a full Recovery Plan
Where populations occur on lands other than those managed by the Department, permission has been or will be sought from appropriate land managers prior to recovery actions being undertaken.
1. Coordinate recovery actions
The Merredin District Threatened Flora Recovery Team (MDTFRT) will coordinate recovery actions for Eremophila pinnatifida ms and other Declared Rare flora in the region. They will include information on progress in their annual report to the Department's Corporate Executive and funding bodies.
Action: Coordinate recovery actions
Responsibility: The Department (Merredin District) through the MDTFRT
Cost: $400 per year
2. Undertake weed control
A weed control program is required as the habitat of Populations 1 and 2 are badly infested by weeds. They impact on Eremophila pinnatifida ms by competing for resources, degrading habitat, exacerbating grazing pressure, and increasing the risk and severity of fire. Weed control will be undertaken in consultation with the land managers. This will be by hand weeding or localised application of herbicide during the appropriate season to minimise the effect of herbicide on the species and the surrounding native vegetation. All applications of weed control will be followed by a report on the method, timing and success of the treatment against weeds, and the effect on E. pinnatifida ms and associated native plant species.
Action: Undertake weed control
Responsibility: The Department (Merredin District) through the MDTFRT, relevant land managers
Cost: $1,200 per year
3. Stimulate germination of soil-stored seed
Eremophila pinnatifida ms appears to be a disturbance opportunist with a relatively short lifespan (approximately 10 years). Its seeds are contained in extremely hard fruits and it is likely that soil-stored seed is able to remain viable for a long period. An attempt to stimulate germination of soil-stored seed will be made in areas where plants previously occurred (Population 1a and in the near vicinity of Populations 2 and 3) by undertaking fire, smoke treatment and soil disturbance trials. This will be conducted in conjunction with weed control so that any E. pinnatifida ms germinants are not overwhelmed by competition. The results of trials will be monitored regularly and a report prepared on the method, timing and success of the treatment.
Action: Stimulate germination of soil-stored seed
Responsibility: The Department (Merredin District) through the MDTFRT
Cost: $4,600 in second and fifth year and $1,000 in third and fourth years
4. Achieve long-term protection of habitat
Staff from the Department's Merredin District will continue liaison with land managers and landowners to ensure that populations are not accidentally damaged or destroyed. In addition, the existing negotiations to secure the area of Population 1b as a nature reserve will continue.
Action: Achieve long-term protection of habitat
Responsibility: The Department (Merredin District) through the MDTFRT
Cost: $1,000 per year
5. Establish nature reserve
If negotiations are successful (see 4 above) the nature reserve will need appropriate signage, rubbish removed and steps taken to restrict access to only a few tracks.
Action: Establish nature reserve
Responsibility: The Department (Merredin District) through the MDTFRT
Cost: $4 500 if land becomes a nature reserve
6. Collect seed and cutting material
Preservation of germplasm is essential to guard against extinction if wild populations are lost. Such collections are also needed to propagate plants for translocations. Some seed has been collected from Populations 1a and 3 but further collections are required from all populations. At this time cuttings will also be obtained to extend the genetic diversity available in the living collection at the BGPA.
Action: Collect seed and cutting material
Responsibility: The Department (TFSC, Merredin District) through the MDTFRT
Cost: $3,600 in first and second years and $1,000 in subsequent years
7. Conduct further surveys
Further surveys by Departmental staff and community volunteers will be conducted during the flowering period of the species (September-January).
Action: Conduct further surveys
Responsibility: The Department (Merredin District) through the MDTFRT
Cost: $1,800 per year
8. Monitor populations
Annual monitoring of factors such as habitat degradation (including weed invasion, plant diseases and salinity), population stability (expansion or decline), pollination activity, seed production, recruitment, longevity and predation is essential.
Action: Monitor populations
Responsibility: The Department (Merredin District) through the MDTFRT
Cost: $600 per year
9. Develop and implement a fire management strategy
Little is known about the effects of fire on this species. It is thought that it requires occasional fire for recruitment from soil-stored seed, but frequent fires may prevent the accumulation of sufficient soil-stored seed for recruitment to occur. Fire also promotes the introduction and proliferation of weed species. Fire should therefore be prevented from occurring in the area of populations, except where it is being used experimentally as a recovery tool. A fire management strategy will be developed to determine fire control measures and fire frequency.
Action: Develop and implement a fire management strategy
Responsibility: The Department (Merredin District), relevant land managers through the MDTFRT
Cost: $1,700 in second year and $600 in subsequent years
10. Obtain biological and ecological information
Improved knowledge of the biology and ecology of Eremophila pinnatifida ms will provide a better scientific basis for its management in the wild. An understanding of the following is particularly necessary for effective management:
- Soil seed bank dynamics and the role of various disturbances (including fire), weed competition, rainfall and grazing in germination and recruitment.
- The pollination biology of the species.
- The requirements of pollinators.
- The reproductive strategies, phenology and seasonal growth of the species.
- The population genetic structure, levels of genetic diversity and minimum viable population size.
Action: Obtain biological and ecological information
Responsibility: The Department (Science Division, Merredin District) through the MDTFRT
Cost: $20,900 per year in second, third and fourth years
11. Start the translocation process
As the number of extant plants is low and populations are not secure from threats a translocation proposal will be developed and suitable translocation sites selected. This will be coordinated by the MDTFRT. Information on the translocation of threatened plants and animals in the wild is provided in the Department's Policy Statement No. 29 Translocation of Threatened Flora and Fauna. All translocation proposals require endorsement by the Department's Director of Nature Conservation.
Action: Start the translocation process
Responsibility: The Department (Science Division, Merredin District) through the MDTFRT
Cost: $4,000 in fourth year
12. Promote awareness
The importance of biodiversity conservation and the need for the long-term protection of wild populations of this species will be promoted to the community through poster displays and the local print and electronic media. Formal links with local naturalist groups and interested individuals will also be encouraged.
A reply paid postal drop illustrating E. pinnatifida ms and describing its distinctive features and habitat will be produced and distributed by the Department's Merredin District office to residents of Shires containing possible habitat of the species. Postal drops aim to stimulate interest, provide information about threatened species and provide a name and number to contact if new populations are found by members of the community.
Action: Promote awareness
Responsibility: The Department (Merredin District) through the MDTFRT
Cost: $1,100 in first year, $700 in subsequent years
13. Review the need for a full Recovery Plan
At the end of the fourth year of the five-year term of this Interim Recovery Plan, if the taxon is still ranked as Critically Endangered, the need for a full Recovery Plan or a review of this IRP will be assessed and a plan prepared if necessary.
Action: Review the need for further recovery actions and/or a full Recovery Plan
Responsibility: The Department (WATSCU, Merredin District) through the MDTFRT
Cost: $20,300 in the fifth year (if full Recovery Plan is required)


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Venture capital invested in cleantech companies dropped a substantial 25% in the second quarter (Q2) from Q2 2011, and declined 14% from the first quarter of 2012, according to Cleantech Group.
$1.6 billion less poured into companies worldwide than in Q1, in just 155 deals, compared to 197 in Q1.
92 of the 155 deals in Q2 went to companies that previously received backing, as venture capitalists continued to avoid risky startups and bolster existing portfolio companies.
"Despite headwinds facing the sector and global economic instability, we continue to observe top tier funds such as Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, NEA, and others actively investing into cleantech," says Sheeraz Haji, CEO of Cleantech Group. "While some may be ducking 'cleantech' as a label in North America, growth in technologies addressing resource and energy challenges remains strong and both corporate and investor interest remains high."
Leading investment sectors continue to be solar, transportation and energy efficiency.
The most active firms were Draper Fisher Jurvetson (and DFJ Global Network), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and VantagePoint Capital Partners.
Regionally speaking, North America drew 81% of the venture capital ($1.31 billion, off 8%), with companies in California, Massachusetts and Texas claiming the most money.
Europe and Israel were each the focus of 15% of the activity ($237 million each), while innovators in Asia Pacific received 4% ($63 million).
There were 9 IPOs - all in China- raising $1.79 billion. In North America, three companies withdrew IPOs because of unfavorable market conditions: BrightSource Energy, Enerkem and Luca Technologies.
Solar, Transportation Vie For First Place
Solar captured the most funding ($253 million), but much less than the $329 million in Q1, followed by transportation ($252 million), energy efficiency ($243 million) and water ($135 million).
Energy efficiency startups got the most deals (35), following by solar (22). Water companies generated 17 deals.
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The move, part of the agency's Plan for Transformation, will initially require residents to work at least 15 hours a week or face possible eviction.
The CHA Board of Commissioners has never before made employment a requirement for public housing occupants. It did so as part of revisions for the transformation plan's 10th year, which will govern how the agency operates during 2009.
Claudice Ware, president of the local advisory council at the Ida B. Wells complex, says she thinks the work requirements are a good thing, but the lagging economy might make them difficult in practice.
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Of the 4,000 families currently engaged with the six FamilyWorks service providers, only 205 people have completed job readiness programs, and 306 have been placed in employment in 2008, says Linda Kaiser, executive vice president of resident services at CHA.
"Honestly, these numbers aren't where I'd like them to be, but I think with CHA's help, we can get them there," Kaiser said at a recent Tenant Services Committee meeting.
The plan creates exceptions for those who unable to work due to circumstances such as disability, child care obligations or victims of domestic violence situations.
In addition to lack of training opportunities, limited transportation options to and from public housing could also make it difficult for some residents to find work. Claudice Ware says she often finds the transit system to be inadequate.
"I've traveled North, South, East and West, and transportation service here is a zero," she says, "If you cannot get somewhere on time, it makes it difficult."
Robin Snyderman, housing expert at the Metropolitan Planning Council, says transportation is critical component to the success of the Plan for Transformation.
"Transit is among the most important investments you can bring to a neighborhood, but it doesn't happen at the snap of the finger," Snyderman says.
The Metropolitan Planning Council, a non-profit which advises the CHA on public housing issues, has held several community forums to get input from residents on transportation issues. The last of these events will be held in December, after which the Council will present their findings to the city of Chicago Department of Planning.
CHA approved the initial Plan for Transformation in 2000 as a systematic effort to revitalize public housing in Chicago through the demolition and rehabilitation and rebuilding of public housing units. The plan is set to extend through 2018. The Year 10 plan was presented to the public in August.


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Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bucking the Sarge. 2004. 259 pp. $6.99. Wendy Lamb. 385-32307-7. Ages 13 & Up.
Luther T. Farrell is different from a lot of teens in Flint, Michigan. For starters, he is working on his third first place medal in the High School science fair, hoping to beat his crush Shayla yet again. He also has a drivers license that says he's eighteen, and he gets to drive and $80,000 van. But the biggest difference in Luther T. Farrell's life is his mother, or the Sarge, who expects Luther to work full-time running her men's group home and helping out with her other nefarious business interests in exchange for contributions to his education fund - which Luther figures should have at least $90,000 for him to put to use to his education to become the world's most famous philosopher. As much as the Sarge wants him to take over her business, Luther can't bring himself to kick out tenants or condone the exorbitant interest rates on her "friendly neighbor loans." When Luther betrays the Sarge's business interests, it becomes Luther's turn to take control of his life and buck the Sarge's expectations - if he can escape alive. A vivid portrait of life in a city gripped by poverty and exploitation. Curtis brings a refreshing and unique voice of an African American teen who is highly intelligent, hardworking, and attuned to the immorality of the world he is trapped in. Reader's will cheer for this underdog as he finally gains the courage to outwit his dictatorial mother. Highly recommended. Ages 13 & Up.
I knew that Christopher Paul Curtis was one of my favorite historical fiction writers, but boy, he can hold his own with contemporary fiction. Luther T. Farrell has one of the freshest 15-year-old voices I've read in a long time, and the story of how he outsmarts his mom (the Sarge) is both hilarious and heart-rending.
RGG: Curtis targets the young adult audience with this new novel, but unsuccessfully. Convoluted and boring. Some references to male adolescent sexuality.
Boy taking care of mother's group home; science project on lead paint; mother kicks him out
In this ALA Best Book for YA winner of 2005, Christopher Paul Curtis once again provides the reader with a very likable host of characters. Curtis' trademark is to portray serious subjects with poignant humor, and this book follows that standard.
Unlike his other books, Curtis does not delve into historical content. In this modern day story Luther T. Farrell has some problems. First and foremost his mother, nicknamed by him as "The Sarge" is an angry, mean spirited greedy woman. Her tough as nails hallmark to fame is that she is the proud owner of a series of slum housing projects. Also, in addition to being a slum land lady, she also runs a nursing home and scams the poor with her loan sharking schemes.
If there is a person to be bought, The Sarge has the cash and the means to do it. If there is a family in her project that cannot pay the rent, the Sarge will happily have her goon throw them out in the street. Using her middle school aged son Luther, aka Sparky as her servant, she forces him manage the nursing home.
Sparky is intelligent and quick witted and was to get the heck out of Flint, Michigan as fast as he can.
While I laughed when reading this well written book, in the end, it fell flat and wasn't up to the standard I've come to appreciate in this wonderful author.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0440413311, Mass Market Paperback)Fifteen-year-old wannabe philosopher Luther T. Farrell knows a few things about life. He knows the Sarge (his rich, shrewd, slumlord mom) is tougher than nails and that he better not cross her. He knows his chances of using Chauncey, the ancient condom in his wallet, are slim to none. And, he knows that despite his goal to attend Harvard, he may end up stuck in Flint, Michigan, cleaning toilets in his mom's loathsome empire. Luther spends much of his time helping the Sarge run "Happy Neighbor Group Homes" around the city, including shaving and bathing elderly men and driving residents around with an illegal license. In spare moments he tries to win first place in the science fair at school and hang out with his best friend Sparky, all the while fantasizing mightily about his one true love, the beautiful Shayla.
Readers will be moved as Luther, a thoroughly decent if sometimes naive boy, rails against his mother's cold, ruthless notions of what it takes to get ahead in the world. Up-to-the-minute slang and pop culture references will resonate with teen readers, as will the funny, first-person narrative; crisp, often hilarious dialogue; and wonderfully vivid characters. Christopher Paul Curtis, winner of the Newbery Medal for Bud Not Buddy tells a warm, witty, heart wrenching story where the good guy gets his due. (Ages 12 and older) --Karin Snelson
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- Serves: 4
- Start to Finish: 30 minutes
- Prep: 15 minutes
- Cook: 15 minutes
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- 58mg Sodium
- 26g Carbs
- 3g Fiber
- 11g Fat
- 2g Saturated Fat
- 22g Protein
- 2 teaspoons olive oil, divided
- 4 3-ounce salmon fillets
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon minced shallots
- 1 1/2 cups sliced mushrooms
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 cups cooked brown rice
- 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
1. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle salmon fillets lightly with salt and pepper to taste. Add salmon to the skillet and sear for about 5 minutes on each side, or until cooked through. Remove salmon to a large plate and cover with foil to keep warm.
2. Add remaining 1 teaspoon oil to the skillet. Add shallots and sauté for 1 minute. Place mushrooms in the skillet in a single layer and sauté for 2 minutes without stirring. Stir and cook 2 minutes more. Add spinach and cook for 30 seconds, or until wilted. Remove the skillet from the heat and stir in lemon zest and juice.
3. Mix together brown rice and sesame seeds. Spoon rice onto individual plates and top with mushroom-spinach mixture. Arrange 1 salmon fillet atop each bed of rice.
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Destined at birth for a career in music, Fiora Contino started music lessons while still very young. She found great inspiration from her father, Ferruccio Corradetti who was for many years principal baritone at leading opera houses throughout Europe and South America and a personal friend and colleague of such luminaries as Toscanini, Puccini, Mascagni and Leoncavallo. Throughout her childhood she was continually exposed to a wealth of music and surrounded by exceptional musicians.
She completed an undergraduate degree at Oberlin College in piano performance. Two years of study with Nadia Boulanger preceded her work at Indiana University where she earned both a master's degree and a doctorate in opera conducting within two years. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated her unique ability to fashion a successful academic career while developing superior professional credentials.
Today, her knowledge of repertoire and material found within different genres is comprehensive. Her interests are wide ranging from chant to grand opera; from early Baroque orchestral music to the music of Beethoven and Berlioz; from Mahler and Prokofiev to Stravinsky and Xenakis; from choral music of the Renaissance to the major choral works of J.S. Bach, Brahms, and Verdi; from the operas of Monteverdi to those of Puccini.
Dr. Contino has conducted some of the nation's finest orchestras from Alaska to New York City's Lincoln Center. She conducted many staged opera performances at the Ambler Festival with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
For the performance of Madama Butterfly in which Dorothy Kirsten sang the title role, James Felton of the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote
. . . last night's production at the festival was magnificent, moving and of the very first order.
. . . Fiora Contino towered over everything as the conductor and music director. She held everything together, including members of the Pittsburgh Symphony in the pit and the humming chorus stationed in the wings, with a baton that was sharp and in clear control of a magnificently coordinated performance. Her presence would do honor to any opera house in the world.
She combined her professional conducting career with a love of teaching at the university level. She chaired the Choral Department at Indiana University, and in collaboration with Julius Herford established the graduate program in choral conducting which had a strong component of orchestral direction. She was a principal conductor of the IU opera and symphonic program. She interrupted her tenure there to conduct the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra for six months at the invitation of Leonard Slatkin. She later accepted a position as the director of opera and choral activities at the Peabody Conservatory and also conducted the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra during her tenure. She was Director of the Choral Institute at the celebrated Aspen Music Festival for twelve seasons and later headed the Music Department at the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Contino was artistic director and conductor of Opera Illinois for twenty years elevating the organization to one of the most successful regional opera companies in the nation. She was invited to conduct the concert performance for the centennial celebration of Mascagni's Iris at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in 1998 and returned in successive seasons.
The New York Times hailed Grattacielo's production of Iris.
Tonight the Teatro Grattacielo gave a concert performance of Mascagni's Iris in Alice Tully Hall in New York. The singing varied from fine to variable, but the heroine of the evening was the conductor, Fiora Contino.
Tempi were spacious rather than propulsive (generally not my taste, but fine here and never a problem for the singers). What stunned was that the transitions between tempi were so carefully calibrated as to be seamless, and there was never an impression of slowness or sluggishness. The orchestra played with the sound she gave it, a warm, bottom-heavy balance that we associate more with some European orchestras than with the characteristic American brilliance.
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This is a book that tells the story of a woman, Fiora Contino, who came out of an illustrious operatic family to achieve musical and theatrical wonders on the stages of Central U.S.A.
Knowledgeable opera lovers will admire the wealth of detail provided by Joan Whittemore—in days gone by we would have called it the inside story—as to the way Madame Contino built an ordinary regional opera company in Peoria, Illinois into the celebrated Opera Illinois. Brava, Joan. Brava, Fiora.
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Amyris Falls to Record Low on Earnings Miss: San Francisco Mover
Amyris Inc., the U.S. biotechnology company 21 percent-owned by Total SA, reached a record low after reporting a fourth-quarter loss that surpassed analysts' estimates and JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut its price target by two-thirds.
Amyris fell 11 percent to $5.73 at the close in New York, the lowest since the company began trading in September 2010.
The company, based in Emeryville, California, posted a net loss of $59.4 million, or $1.30 a share, it said in a statement yesterday. Analysts had expected a loss of 80 cents, the average of 7 estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
The company incurred "substantial production costs" during the fourth quarter that will fall as the company increases its output, Chief Financial Officer Jeryl Hilleman said yesterday in a conference call.
That growth is coming slower than expected, Jeffrey Zekauskas, an analyst with JPMorgan Chase in New York, wrote in a research note today. He cut his December 2012 price target for the shares to $6 from $19.
"Amyris is having difficulties reaching satisfactory production yields at its contract manufacturers, which is leading to uncertainty over the magnitude and timing of scale-up at its Brazilian facilities," Zekauskas said.
He expects the company to sell this quarter about 1 million liters (264,000 gallons) of its main product, farnesene, a hydrocarbon that can be processed into fuels or specialty chemicals. "Amyris retreated from its goals of selling roughly 9 million liters of product in 2011," Zekauskas said.
Amyris has produced 1.3 million liters of farnesene to date, including 565,000 liters in the fourth quarter and 717,000 liters in 2011, Chief Executive Officer John Melo said on the call.
Delayed Expansion
Amyris is delaying an expansion project in Spain to focus on completing only one new plant this year, in Brazil. The company processes plant sugars, mainly sugar cane, into farnesene.
The company's three contract manufacturing sites are currently producing at about half of their available capacity, Melo said.
"Our focus is now on maintaining yield at scale," Melo said. "These are the challenges of large scale fermentation."
High-Value Products
Amyris expects to generate $1 billion in annual revenue by 2016 by targeting the $10 billion market for specialty chemicals that can be made from farnesene, Melo said. Squalane, a cosmetic ingredient the company is developing, has sold for as much as $30 a liter, Hilleman said.
"We are focusing our resources on high-value renewable chemicals, polymers and plastic additives, flavors and fragrances, cosmetics, and home and personal care markets," Melo said.
Lower-value products with larger markets, including diesel and lubricants, will be produced primarily with joint venture partners Total and Cosan SA Industria e Comercio, Melo said.
Revenue for the fourth quarter climbed 40 percent to $41.5 million from a year ago, according to the statement.
Future expansion projects will be funded in part with proceeds from an $83.7 million private placement of stock and notes completed yesterday and loans from Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social, the Brazilian Development Bank, Hilleman said.
Amyris expects to receive about $70 million from its production partners this year to fund administrative expenses and further research and development, including work on diesel and jet fuel for Total and isoprene for the tiremaker Michelin & Cie., Melo said.


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In this post, we're going to show you how Google's current handling of DMCA notices serves to bolster Internet piracy, thus making rights-owned content significantly easier for freeloaders to find. That may sound counter-intuitive, but we assure you that you'll be shaking your head in disbelief shortly.
First, did you know that Google makes every DMCA notice sent to them publicly-available? Google does so by sending the notices to an organization called Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, who, in turn, posts them on their Website. It works like this:
1. A link is found in Google that leads to infringing content.
2. A take-down request (also know as a "DMCA notice") is then sent to Google to ask that they remove the link from their index, thus preventing would-be freeloaders from finding it and downloading whatever resides there.
3. Google then sends that request to Chilling Effects, where its contents are then made public for all to see: who made the request, when it was made, what was requested for removal, etc.
Now, here's where things get truly ridiculous. Google indexes content from the Chilling Effects Website…including the contents of DMCA requests. So, in effect, Google essentially re-indexes links that they remove. And to top it off, Google lets searchers know when they've searched for a term that's had a link removed from the results, then Google links straight to the DMCA request that contains the removed result, effectively negating the removal of the link from their index in the first place. Here's what that looks like:
The result of all of the aforementioned is that all the URLs that Google is asked to remove are not only re-indexed, but also kept in nice, tidy lists that are made public and presented in relevant search results. This essentially gives freeloaders a one-stop shop to nothing but relevant, variably-working links — all without having to sift through search results.
But enough talk. Let's show you what everything we've mentioned actually looks like from the perspective of freeloaders looking to exploit this system (or simply utilize it, depending on how you view it). With one simple Google search query, an individual can search the Chilling Effects site for whatever they're interested in finding:
Adobe Photoshop? Absolutely:
"Game of Thrones" episodes? You know it:
Battlefield 3 for Xbox 360? Sure thing:
To add insult to injury, Google safe-houses the Chilling Effects Website, effectively shielding it from take-down notices and inadvertently seeing to it that freeloaders can easily find valid links to what they're searching for. Since many of the DMCA notices publicized on Chilling Effects contain valid links to copyrighted content, there have been DMCA notices sent to Google to remove publicly-visible DMCA notices from Chilling Effects…but guess what? Google refuses to remove those results. We know this because of Google's extensively-detailed "Transparency Report" Website, where one can look-up countless metrics related to DMCA notices sent to Google, such as the number of notices that have been sent to them pertaining to a specific URL, like chillingeffects.org.
When delving through all of the DMCA notices sent to Google that contain links to Chilling Effects (many notices have URLs from numerous Websites, not just one, like chillingeffects.org), you quickly find that they take no action on them, as denoted in their "URLs from this domain not removed" section:
As for the first result in that list, where there is currently nothing notated, that's because it's pending (in this case, waiting to not be removed):
Google may mean well, but there's clearly a problem with this line of thinking. If the intention of a DMCA request to Google is to ensure that one cannot find their way to certain content via a certain link, then the utilization of Google to find that link shouldn't be feasible in any capacity. And to top it off, many anti-piracy outfits don't want their paying clients to catch-on to this, because blasting automated DMCA notices to Google is BIG business (as of the date of this posting, nearly 25 million URLs have been requested for removal this month alone), and how would clients feel if they knew their money was being completely wasted in this manner?
It's time for Google to reconsider their public treatment of DMCA notices. That, or awareness needs to occur on a significant scale that lets rights-holders know how ineffective DMCA notices to Google actually are — and, in some cases, how they may actually serve to make content even easier to find than if the links had remained buried in the first place.


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I got to Hack a Day again. Thank you Hack a Day. This time I prepared more than last time. I had about 20 PCBs in stock and not very buggy webshop. But like wow, I didn't expect to get so much headache. Like the shipping: Different from Hong Kong where they can ship for free (or almost), it costs 3.5€ to send the cheapest package from Estonia to Unites States. Like.. wow. And sourcing of components. I didn't have enough batteries nor holders, so I had to source them locally, and the price difference is about 5 times. Oh the component sourcing fun. Asides of that I have been soldering couple of hours every day since the first orders and try to send out first batch tomorrow.
And did you know that to sell stuff you need:
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- BIG stock of everything with long shipping time (PCBs from China)
- Free money for parts
- Envelopes
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- Bubble wrap!
- Zip lock bags
- And if you want to enjoy it - workers
But it is nice. After couple of days the madness will be over and I am smarter. Thank you all for support.


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