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In September, TMA sent HHSC officials a 35-page letter opposing the rules, which make every Medicaid billing error a possible target for fraud-and-abuse prosecution.
"TMA strongly opposes the proposed rules because they expand OIG's authority, minimize the rights of physicians and other providers, and have a tenor that implies a presumption of wrongdoing," John Holcomb, MD, chair of TMA's Select Committee on Medicaid, CHIP and the Uninsured, wrote. Without due process protections and other important changes in the rules as proposed, he wrote, "the pervasive fear among physicians that they will be incorrectly accused of fraud, waste, or abuse, or denied meaningful recourse in a fraud investigation will continue to contribute to the decline in physician participation in Medicaid."
Dr. Holcomb objected to the proposed rules repealing current language that not all actions resulting in overpayment to a provider are necessarily fraudulent. He asked HHSC to retain that language and reiterate in the new rules that some overpayments are the result of mistakes, not fraud. HHSC responded that the "definitions provided in these rules clearly define the types of violations that may occur, and the rules outline the violations that may or may not include fraud. OIG is aware that various factors can contribute to overpayments and that it may or may not constitute fraud, and does not feel reiteration is necessary."
TMA opposes health care fraud and supports fair processes designed to prevent and detect actual fraud, said Darren Whitehurst, TMA's vice president of advocacy. He said TMA will evaluate its options for asking the legislature to make sure the state conducts fair fraud and abuse investigations and gives appropriate due process protections to physicians and other health care professionals accused of fraud, waste, or abuse. Additionally, TMA will convene a Physicians Medicaid Congress at its fall conference in Austin to discuss ways to attract more physicians to participate in the program and to alleviate physicians' fears of the OIG.
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Studio 20M2 homestay with separate entrance , on the first and last floor, in a quiet green courtyard , fully equipped with kitchenette , double bed, bathroom, WIFi , wired internet and TV. Bed linen, bath towels and hair dryer are provided .
For the discount of keys, do not worry you because we live close by.
Situated on the first floor, does not suit to the people with reduced mobility.
living area , 2 steps of the Republic of The Father - chair , Parc des Buttes Chaumont, the Canal St Martin ... 2 minutes walk from bus , metro and bus.
This year DISNEY Paris celebrates its 25 years, we are in 55 minutes of Disney Paris in subway + RER A (REGIONAL EXPRESS NETWORK) .
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We would be enchanted to welcome you at our home(with us) in Paris, the magic city.
HusreglerDo not smoke in the studio.
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On our first ever trip to Europe we were very fortunate to encounter the charming apartment of Lionel and Sandrine. Set in a pretty little courtyard off the street, it was easy to get to by train from the airport and is in a charming neighborhood just a couple subway stops from the Seine. Our hosts were the very essence of welcome and despite our lack of French, the laughing pantomime on both sides got us all the info we needed to make our stay in Paris a real treat. P.S. Nous sommes heureux de vous avoir apprécié le fromage. Meilleurs voeux Dave et Jenn
The perfect apartment for some days in Paris. Connection to the Métro is perfect and there are many restaurants and bars in the lively neigbourhood. Lionel was a very nice and reliable host.
The one room apartment from Lionel is very nice. We felt so good and it made our stay in Paris so comfortable. We loved the apartment which is in the middle of the beautiful Belleville neighborhood. We would definately suggest you to go to his apartment and discover Paris.
We had a very nice stay at this appartment. Lionel was a very kind host and everything was there. It was positive that it was very quiet at night because the appartment is situated within a courtyard. With the metro around the corner, you are fast at any place of Paris.
Beautiful apartment! Just like the photos! The hosts are very lovely and helpful. The apartment is in a great location, only 6 stops on the metro to Chatelet (city area) and the metro is very close by. Also two supermarkets are just around the corner. If you want the real Paris experience stay here with the locals!!!! We will definitely come back!
This little appartement in a romantic backyard is a treasure.We enjoyed the quiet nights and the breakfast downstairs outside in the backyard. Room and bathroom were clean, the bed comfortable and the welcome was very friendly. We came by car and it was no problem to stop direct in front of the house, to bring the baggage to the appartement. At next morning we found a parking-garage only a few hundred meter away.
Belleville is an international part of the town, has an interesting market and a very beautiful park. Two Metro-Stations are nearby.
A perfect appartement for two. it's clean and everything you need is there and it has a very nice personal touch . The courtyard makes it so nice... even in winter time and it makes you forget that you are in a big city. The metro is very close by just as shops and cafes are. The best hosts you can wish for, very open and if you need any thing just ask. We had a perfect christmas! Thank you Lionel and Sandrine.
We had a really nice time in this beautiful small studio in Paris. The hosts are very friendly ands open, and the quiet and green backcourt might even make you forgetting about being downtown in Paris. But, once you step outside the door, you are in the coeur of Belleville and really close to all important spots in the french capital.
Studio très bien placé (350 m du métro Belleville et 150 m pour la station de vélos), donnant sur une petite cours très calme la nuit.
Bien que nous ne l'ayons presque pas utilisée, la petite cuisine est complète et pratique pour les personnes souhaitant déjeuner dans le studio.
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When it Comes to Mopar Muscle – It's All About the Alphabet
Road Runner, Charger, Dart, Challenger and 'Cuda – these names and many more are legends in the American muscle car world. With good reason: Mopar in the '60s and '70s contributed more to the Super Car movement than arguably any other manufacturer. The sheer number of performance models produced through the Dodge, Plymouth, and Chrysler divisions was phenomenal, and of course is one of the main reasons that Mopars have proven to have such an enduring legacy over the years. Popular they may be, but certainly with so many different models it can get a bit confusing trying to determine which nameplate belongs to which platform family, and therefore shares a number of parts and accessories. Not to worry – we're here to help.
The first step in learning about Mopar muscle is as simple as learning your ABEs.
A-Body The A-body line of compact cars actually debuted in 1960, just before the muscle car madness began in earnest. The Valiant and Lancer got things rolling in '60 with slant-6 power, but it was the introduction of the first 273 cubic-inch V8 into the A-body in 1964 that caused performance fans to take notice of the cars. The transfer of the Dart name from the B-platform and the introduction of the Plymouth Barracuda nameplate, along with a high-compression, 4-bbl version of the 273 really got A-body performance headed in the right direction.
The next big change came in 1967 when the venerable 383-inch big-block V8 became available in the A-body line, thanks in no small part to famous Mopar performance dealer "Mr. Norm" building a prototype and showing it off to the factory boys in Detroit. Before the '67 model year was out, the 383 was a factory-offered option. In 1968, things really took off. First, the famous 340-inch LA small block was introduced. The 340 was designed from the outset as a performance engine, and when installed in the lightweight Darts and Barracudas
B-Body The mid-size B-body was Mother Mopar's main player in the muscle car arena. The highly versatile platform debuted in 1962 with the Dart (which became an A-body in subsequent years), Polara, Savoy, Belvedere and Fury (later a C-body). Lots of models and lots of options were the hallmarks of the B-body run.
1965 saw the Satellite name hit the market as the highest trim level Belvedere offering from Plymouth, and the revival of the Coronet name for Dodge. Engine options for the early B-bodys ranged from the standard 273-inch V8 up the 426 Wedge, and included virtually every V8 offered by Mopar at the time.
A special run of Coronets and 440s known as the A990 cars were built in 1965 for use in sanctioned drag racing. Just over 100 A990 cars were built, and featured among other exotica the 426-inch Hemi engine. While these were fantastic performance cars, they were not intended for street use and really weren't available to the average car buyer.
From a street performance standpoint, things really took off in 1966. The muscle car wars were red hot by this time, with all the Detroit manufacturers building serious engines and installing them in intermediate chassis. Two big things happened in the B-body world for '66. The first was the introduction of the Dodge Charger – a car that would become a Mopar icon in the coming years. The other big new was the availability of the Street Hemi – a 425-horse production version of the limited-availability 426 Race Hemi of '64-65. The Hemi was available across the Dodge and Plymouth B-body line in '66, supposedly even making it onto a few 4-door versions.
In 1967 the Coronet R/T was born, as was the GTX on the Plymouth side. These cars were the top B-body performance options from Mopar, with both sporting standard 440-inch, 375-horse big blocks. Of course, for a few extra bucks, Mopar would gladly install a 426 Hemi in either car for you.
The B-body platform got a redesign in 1968, with sleek new sheetmetal and yet more performance choices. During the course of the muscle car's development in the marketplace prices and number of options had steadily risen the last few years. Plymouth decided to offer a version a low-price performance package on the Belvedere line that included a standard 383-inch engine, but didn't include a host of other options unless the buyer specified them. They also named this value-priced muscle car after the popular Road Runner cartoon character. The Road Runner package proved to be very popular, and would become an icon in the muscle car world. The Road Runner was so well-received, Dodge got into the low-price muscle game a bit later with their Super Bee package on the Coronet. The Super Bee had the same philosophy as the Road Runner – standard big-block power, cool name and a low price of entry.
Along with the other B-bodies, the Charger got new sheetmetal in 1968 that set the standard for combining fantastic style with great performance. Many consider the 1968-70 Chargers to be the high-water mark for Mopar muscle car design.In fact, all the 1968-70 B-bodies have proven to be the most popular intermediates wearing a Pentastar logo. The Super Car era in Detroit was in full swing, and each of the Big Three were trying to outdo one another with special models, colors, drivetrains and anything else they could think of to grab market share.
Factory involvement in sanctioned racing was seen as a great way to show off performance engineering – the old Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday philosophy was in high gear. Mopar released a number of special models intended for use on the racetrack, or to homologate special equipment for use by race teams. The most famous of these has to be the 1969 Charger Daytona and 1970 Superbird wing cars. The designs were optimized for use on the high-banked superspeedways such as Daytona and Talladega, and featured sleek noses, flush rear windows and high-mounted rear wings to cheat the wind. The cars were so successful on track that ultimately the sanctioning bodies legislated them out of existence through ever-tightening rules.
1971 saw yet another redesign for the B-body. For '71, many of the drivetrain options remained from the earlier generation, but the overall shape of the car was sleeker and the interiors were more refined. As the B-body progressed through the end of this generation, we saw the big blocks and Hemis get dropped due to increasing emissions regulations, insurance costs and rising fuel prices. Of course, these things killed off the muscle cars from every manufacturer with very few exceptions. There's no doubt, though, that the venerable B-body Mopar was a major player during the era.
E-Body The Mopar E-body series had a brief but brilliant stay on the landscape. The classic E-body series was built from 1970-74, and was Mopar's entry into the very hot pony car market segment. Pony cars were typically 2-door coupes and convertibles that were a bit smaller and more sporty than the traditional intermediate platforms. The Dodge Challenger and Plymouth Barracuda were slightly larger than the Mopar A-bodies and slightly smaller than the B-bodies, and offered the same basic powertrain choices as the B-body series. In fact, much of the 1971-later B-bodies share some chassis components with the E-bodies.
Although the Challenger and 'Cuda weren't around long, they certainly made their mark on the muscle car world. Engine options for 1970 ranged from frugal 318s to hot rod 340s (with three 2-bbl carburetion on the T/A Challenger and AAR Cuda versions) and included the 383, 440 and 426 Hemi big blocks. Body styles were 2-door coupe and convertible, with combinations like the '70 and '71 Hemi convertibles being among the most rare and collectible muscle cars on the planet. Inside, the E-bodies featured bucket seats, cool gauges and consoles, all the stuff the serious performance enthusiast could want.
After 1972 the E-body fell victim to the same pressures that ended other muscle car runs. The emissions/insurance/fuel crisis triumvirate meant the end of the big-block cars, and even the over-achieving 340 went by the wayside. Even though the 1973-74 models didn't have the performance of the earlier cars, they still had the inherent Challenger/Barracuda good looks and remained a popular choice among buyers.


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One week after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, PBS continues its participation in the national conversation begun in Friday's PBS Newshour coverage by bringing together its news and public affairs teams in a joint effort to analyze and illuminate the issues. After Newtown airs Friday, Dec. 21 at 9/8 pm on KET.
After Newtown will address access to guns and the politics of gun laws, mental illness in young adults, the science of detecting violent impulses, and how communities react to unspeakable tragedy and begin to heal. The question of how to respond to this tragedy faces all of us: government at all levels, educators and mental health professionals, the media and individual Americans.
The broadcast will be anchored by Gwen Ifill and will include a number of key studio interviews as well as a conversation with regular contributors to Washington Week.


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Destinations in Poland:
The opportunity to look at dead bodies has made Body World the largest travelling attraction on the planet. And at the world headquarters, the macabre goes to the next level.
More than 3,000 photographs of Hollywood stars, including never-before-seen-prints of Marilyn Monroe, have found a new home in Poland's fourth largest city.
Linked to Krakow by a portion of the Amber Trail Greenway, Tyniec's limestone cliffs, dense woodland and millennia-old abbey comprise one of Eastern Europe's most overlooked villages.
Despite being a prime Polish winter sports location with a rich Highlander culture, the low-key town of Zakopane remains gloriously off most international skiers' radars.
In this province filled with medieval castles and dense forest, it's easy to imagine Hansel and Gretel skipping past the gingerbread houses, leaving a trail of breadcrumbs behind them.
With surveys repeatedly suggesting that travellers see the French as impolite and unwelcoming, we see if the stereotype is really true.
At the Chapel of the Blessed Kinga, built to honor the patron saint of Polish miners, everything is carved out of salt, including the walls, floor, statues – even the chandeliers.
From Canada's Yukon wilderness to the mountaintops of India, these unconventional holiday destinations will lead you off the beaten path and onto an adventure all your own.
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A project manager sits down at his computer at 9 a.m., logs into a Web site, and types in his company's bid for electrical construction services. Over the next hour, he watches the price for work continue to drop on his computer screen. He meets with his team to see if it's possible to submit a lower bid without sacrificing profitability. After submitting his drop-dead bid, he sees the number plunge


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Son of Entertainment Publications founders makes $11.3 million offer to buy company assets
The son of the founders of Troy-based Entertainment Publications LLC has emerged as a potential buyer of the company's major assets almost two weeks after its current private equity fund owner filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition.
Lowell Potiker of HSP-EPI Acquisition LLC has bid $11.3 million to buy the coupon book company's customer list, records, information, files, data, advertising and promotional materials, its intellectual property and all other major assets, according to the bankruptcy petition filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
Trustee: Company could be rekindled
The company lists $13.8 million in assets and $52.1 million in liabilities, according to the bankruptcy petition for liquidation.
Potiker intends to continue Entertainment Publication's operations and hire back a to-be-determined number of employees, Charles Forman, bankruptcy trustee for the Entertainment Publication estate, said in a statement.
The publisher of the ubiquitous white coupon book sold mostly through fundraisers in more than 150 cities filed for bankruptcy liquidation March 12 and laid off more than 667 employees in North America. Of those, 225 were in Troy, according to the WARN notice filed with Michigan.
Potiker is the son of Hughes and Sheila Potiker, who founded the company in 1962 as Sports Unlimited, selling 8,000 coupon books in the Detroit area, according to the company's online history. It took the Entertainment name two years later.
As part of the sale process, Forman will solicit competing offers to maximize the company's value for its creditors, he said.
Entertainment has generated $6.28 million in revenue so far in 2013, according to the bankruptcy petition. In 2012, it generated $95.29 million.
Stormy ownership transitions
The company has gone through a number of ownership changes, the most recent being Indianapolis-based MH Equity Investors buying the company in 2008 from New York-based IAC/InterActive Corp. — in a deal MH Equity said was worth $135 million in cash and tax benefits.
The Indianapolis Business Journal reported earlier this month that MH Equity paid $36 million in cash for Entertainment Publications.
In March 2011, the company rebranded itself as Entertainment Promotions LLC, under which it has been doing business since.
The Potiker family owned and operated Entertainment for more than three decades before selling the company in 1992 to CUC International.
Other corporations to own the company include The Carlyle Group (1999) and IAC (2003).
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The bankruptcy filing and asset offer also come on the heels of a fallout between MH Equity Investors' principals, John Menard, founder of the Menard's home improvement chain, and his longtime friend and former business partner, Steve Hilbert.
Hilbert was removed earlier this month from control of the private equity fund.
Menard wanted Hilbert out because MH Equity Investors' investments have lost 70 percent of their value, according to a lawsuit filed in November in Wisconsin by Merchant Capital and Menard Inc., the Indianapolis Business Journal reported.
MH Equity Investors spent $495 million to buy or invest in eight companies, including Entertainment Publications. Those investments have lost $344 million of their value since the fund was founded in 2005, the business newspaper reported the lawsuit as saying.
Hilbert countersued to retain control — and lost — and has claimed in court filings that only one company has lost money.
In early 2012, Hilbert asked Menard to open a $20 million line of credit for Entertainment Publications because of cash-flow problems, the paper reported.
Menard Inc. and Merchant Capital took over oversight of Entertainment Publications leading up to the bankruptcy and operations being halted.


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With the release of "Lawless" last weekend, my thoughts turned to crime in movies and movie criminals. Crime, and criminal activity, are fertile ground for fiction. Every year, scores of movies about crimes are released; bank heists and organized crime and hitmen and terrorists… grand theft auto, you name it.
It's been the focus of some of the greatest movies of all time. "The Godfather". "On the Waterfront". "Chinatown". "The Maltese Falcon". "Bonnie and Clyde". "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". I could go on and on, there's certainly no shortage of them.
Perhaps it's the thrill of living vicariously through these people with no regard for rules. Perhaps its the fact that there's action and drama inherent in breaking the law. Whatever it is, it's a subject that Hollywood loves to crank out, and audiences eat it up.
Who's your favorite movie criminal? Tony Montana? Auric Goldfinger? Henry Hill? Doesn't have to be a gangster, Lester Burnham was a blackmailer, a drug user… Hell, Jeff Spicoli was a criminal, technically. Listen, this is a WIDE open field. Tons of choices to be had, and a fun couple of days of movie discussion ahead as we talk about crime in movies and movie criminals!
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Must read: How the SEALs got Bin Laden
posted at 8:07 pm on August 1, 2011 by Allahpundit
An instant classic from the New Yorker, far too valuable to be buried in a Headlines item this morning. Take 10 minutes to wash down the bitterness of the debt-ceiling fiasco with a moment of true American greatness.
My favorite part? The SEALs' Pakistani-American translator, "Ahmed," posing as a local cop and shooing Bin Laden's neighbors away as they came by to ask what the ruckus was about. The moment of truth:
Three SEALs shuttled past Khalid's body and blew open another metal cage, which obstructed the staircase leading to the third floor. Bounding up the unlit stairs, they scanned the railed landing. On the top stair, the lead SEAL swivelled right; with his night-vision goggles, he discerned that a tall, rangy man with a fist-length beard was peeking out from behind a bedroom door, ten feet away. The SEAL instantly sensed that it was Crankshaft. (The counterterrorism official asserts that the SEAL first saw bin Laden on the landing, and fired but missed.)
The Americans hurried toward the bedroom door. The first SEAL pushed it open. Two of bin Laden's wives had placed themselves in front of him. Amal al-Fatah, bin Laden's fifth wife, was screaming in Arabic. She motioned as if she were going to charge; the SEAL lowered his sights and shot her once, in the calf. Fearing that one or both women were wearing suicide jackets, he stepped forward, wrapped them in a bear hug, and drove them aside. He would almost certainly have been killed had they blown themselves up, but by blanketing them he would have absorbed some of the blast and potentially saved the two SEALs behind him. In the end, neither woman was wearing an explosive vest.
A second SEAL stepped into the room and trained the infrared laser of his M4 on bin Laden's chest. The Al Qaeda chief, who was wearing a tan shalwar kameez and a prayer cap on his head, froze; he was unarmed. "There was never any question of detaining or capturing him—it wasn't a split-second decision. No one wanted detainees," the special-operations officer told me. (The Administration maintains that had bin Laden immediately surrendered he could have been taken alive.) Nine years, seven months, and twenty days after September 11th, an American was a trigger pull from ending bin Laden's life. The first round, a 5.56-mm. bullet, struck bin Laden in the chest. As he fell backward, the SEAL fired a second round into his head, just above his left eye. On his radio, he reported, "For God and country—Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo." After a pause, he added, "Geronimo E.K.I.A."—"enemy killed in action."
That boldfaced part is the newsiest bit from the piece — that they never really had any intention of capturing him, notwithstanding the intel value of interrogation. They must have figured, correctly, that there was plenty of intel to be had elsewhere in the house and on his hard drives, enough so that they weren't going to bother dealing with the endless migraines of housing him and trying him. In that sense, the raid is a nifty microcosm of Obama's drone-dependent terror strategy: Better to neutralize these guys on the spot and forfeit any organizational info they might have than capture them and fumble with the political hot potato of detention. Besides, even though they suspected that the house wasn't wired — the presence of children reportedly led the SEALs to believe OBL had let down his guard, although I'm not sure why — there was no telling what might happen once they were in front of him. How do you take a chance when you're on his turf and he's been anticipating this moment for almost 10 years?
Fun fact: Before the raid, some CIA analysts studying the compound thought the odds of Bin Laden being there were as low as 40 percent. Gutsy call!
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Sawatch Range > Point 13,545 & Twining Peak/"Blue Peak" > Climber's Log
Point 13,545 & Twining Peak/"Blue Peak" Climber's Log
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|Twining Peak only
|An early mountain I walked up even before I knew I had to climb mountains. No problem even for a neophyte. If you are at Independence Pass, just take an hour to wander over to this summit.
|Posted Jan 21, 2017 11:17 pm
|Matt Lemke
|From Independence Pass
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2011
|A moderately cloudy day but the clouds were puffy and the sun poked through every once in awhile. Easy hike up the snow free ridge and then a nice run down the west slopes on firm snow and was able to get back to my car right before it started raining. Feet got really wet in the swamps though!
|Posted Jan 12, 2016 7:40 pm
|Indy Pass
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2014
|On week-long trip to Sawatch with wife. Given forecast, we wanted a quicker one - so I tagged Pt 13,500 and Twining, and she just tagged Pt 13,500. (Haven't done Pt 13,545 yet.)
|Posted Sep 6, 2014 8:59 pm
|13500 & Twining
Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2014
|We hiked 13500 & Twining from Independence Pass. We shared the mountains with several skiers.
|Posted Jun 8, 2014 12:54 pm
|Summit Ski
Date Climbed: May 26, 2014
|Had a blast skinning out from Independence Pass, and skiing Blue Peak along with UN 13,545'. We started skinning at 6:30 from the Pass and arrived at the hairpin turn (on the Twin Lakes side) by noon.
|Posted May 26, 2014 11:28 pm
|South Ridge (Indy Pass)
Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2013
|Again, in succession with Point 13,500 AFTER a loop of Igloo, Mountain Boy & Point 12,569 to the south. Long day but at least the weather held.
|Posted Jul 16, 2013 8:56 pm
|Indy Pass
Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2012
|PT 13500 and Twining via Independence Pass. Not only is the pass still open (11/4/12), but these peaks are essentially bone dry. You could probably climb both without ever stepping on snow, but the most direct route will have you pass over a few strips of 2" deep here and there.
|Posted Nov 4, 2012 3:54 pm
|From Independence Pass
Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2011
|Hiked up from the pass to Point 13500 then north to Twining (both summits). Admired the headwaters of the Roaring Fork and surrounding mountains. 25mph winds. Cut back straight to the pass from the col.
|Posted Sep 6, 2011 1:00 am
|Route Climbed: Via Independence Pass
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2010
|My friend was supposed to accompany me, but witnessing a death on the Maroon Bells the day before had him ready to head back to Denver, don't blame him!
|Posted Jan 15, 2011 12:16 am
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2009
|Easy hike from the pass with great views of the region. Loved it!
|Posted Aug 13, 2009 12:16 pm
|From Independence
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2008
|Great little afternoon hike. Hiked over 13,500 enroute. Awesome views back into Hunter Fryingpan.
|Posted Sep 10, 2008 9:27 pm
|Short day in an interesting area of the Sawatch
Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2006
|Twining & UN 13500 make for a nice mellow, short hike from Indpendence Pass. A great choice if you've just exhauted yourself in the Elks the day before and are heading back to the front range.
|Posted Sep 10, 2008 1:48 pm
|Eric Holle
|it's worth it in the end...
Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2007
|I enjoyed one of the most beautiful sunsets from the summit of Twinning peak at the end of an exciting day of climbing. Busted out the hike from Independece pass over Pt 13,500 to Twinning half an hour before the sun set, making the hike out in dusk/moonlight. Earlier that afternoon I hiked Bull Mtn over to S Elbert from Echo Creek. A couple of Dale's Pale Ale's taste pretty good at the end of such an amazing day!
|Posted Aug 27, 2007 11:16 pm
|low-key day
Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2007
|enjoyed an easier day with jamie climbing point 13,500 and twining from independence pass. was pleasantly surprised with how beautiful the area is.
|Posted Jul 16, 2007 10:37 pm
|Nothing Beats Riding in June
Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2007
|Pretty righteous ascent. Definitely leaves more to be desired from the surrounding area.
|Posted Jun 20, 2007 7:25 pm
|via Independence Pass
Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2007
|Climbed Twining Peak with PT 13500 via Independence Pass. Great quick little climb to two high summits! I think RT was not even 2 1/2 hrs.
|Posted Jun 11, 2007 10:07 am
|Sunset Snowboarding
Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2007
|Che Wentz and I started at 3:30 PM from the pass just afte a little storm. We summited the sub peak and then Twining or Blue Peak as I've heard it called. We sunk into some waist deep muddy slosh holes a few times on the way back but it was well worth the swim! Nice mellow-surfy-sunset-turns back to the lot...
|Posted Jun 5, 2007 6:27 pm
|From Independance Pass
Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2006
|For some reason, I had a hair up my butt to go to Aspen for breakfast. On the way home, I took a few hours to ascend this delightful (and quick) mountain. Good weather and no body else on the mountain!
|Posted Aug 9, 2006 8:18 pm
|Route Climbed: Garratt/Martin Route
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2006
|This was my second attempt to climb Twining. It helped that the weather was clear this time around! Short and sweet, simple climb from Independence Pass. Nice views from the top.
|Posted Jul 25, 2006 10:31 pm
|from Independence Pass
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2006
|We hiked from Independence Pass up UN 13,500 as described in ColoradoScott's trip report. The views are incredible: the entire Elk range is visible to the west, and more rare views of the west sides of Elbert and Massive to the east. A pretty waterfall on the lower-western slopes on the way down highlighted hike/scramble down. We climbed on the Fourth of July and saw ZERO people after leaving Independence Pass behind.
Twining has a "double summit" that is visible from UN 13,500. The first summit is just a hike, class 2 or 2+. The other (higher) summit is about 100 feet east, and the ridge between them is "airy" - a little exposed - and getting to the summit requires maybe one easy class 3 move, but not in an exposed point.
This page really needs to be reorganized: Twining Peak is a separate bicentennial peak, and point 13,545, whether or not it's the most interesting route, is only a route, and it's not a hiking route. The route from Independence Pass is the natural hiking route, and there are really two routes, the southwest slopes and the continental divide ridge over UN 13500.
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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by skipaway, Apr 14, 2013.
Hopes Anne Frank would have been a Belieber
Way to think about yourself, Justin
This was on the CNN news scroll. It was so dumb but I had to laugh since it was so extreme in its inappropriateness I will give the kid a break since he grew up in his own disneyworld but I hope he gets himself educated now.
he's such a tool i'm surprised it wasn't worse
Not so sure on the "grew up" part, there. Seems like he has a lot of growing up left to do.
It's really all about him, not Anne Frank.
and not that poor capuchin monkey
Free the monkey!!!
Last comment posted on that article:
Meh, Anne Frank was wrong. Some people really are just assholes.
By the way, who was it on here recently who was saying what a great PR team Justin Bieber had? Scarlet for them.
Consider what happened to Anne and her family.
Well, given the number of his fans that tweeted they didn't know who Anne Frank was, perhaps it'll cause some of them to read out her.
Maybe inside his head that was a way of saying he admires her to the point that he likes to think that she would have admired him back? Just being devil's advocate here... or maybe he has just drunk his own koolaid a little bit too much, either way I think he meant it has a compliment he just doesn't have the maturity to see that it was a situation where he should have kept his own world out of it.
We can only hope!
This would have been hilarious if it were an Onion headline, but unfortunately Bieber is that much of an idiot.
Well honestly, is anyone REALLY surprised by this? It's not worth getting upset over, considering that a good portion of his fan base would have the exact same lack of perspective on the gravity of the subject of WWII & the causes of the Holocaust. Most of them have little to no personal connection to it, so it is of lesser importance to them in terms of learning about it. I'm close to it, as I am Jewish, the granddaughter of a WWII vet, & my mother's entire family outside of her, her parents & sister were in occupied Norway, & it wasn't until 1945 that they had any news from them.
FYI - there is considerable outcry locally about a writing assignment asking students at an Albany NY high school to write a persuasive essay from the POV of the Nazis. I don't what the fuss is about that, either, considering that neither the students nor most of the people clutching their pearls over it have the requisite knowledge base to articulate in a scholarly manner what was in the minds of the people responsible for the rise of Nazism. One student who was interviewed said it would have made more sense to write from the Jewish POV - which illustrates whole point of the assignment IMO.
Best part about the OP's link was getting to read this:
i always have thought he was a jerk. This is another proof of it.
I bet you JB won't be changing the monkey's diaper for the rest of that monkey's life, assuming he even keeps the monkey after it reaches puberty. I've seen utube videos of people and their pet monkeys. They can be cute when young but can grow up to be quite nasty, especially for people that don't have the time or the inclination to devote to the monkeys' needs. It's like having a child that never grows up and can never be potty trained. Ewwww.
Just like Justin Bieber
At least this headline wasn't about beating anybody up?
I had heard that the assignment was to write from the Nazi point of view as to why Jews were evil ... not on anything else.
I never knew that Anne wanted to skate!
I vaguely know who Bieber is and wouldn't even recognize him or any of his songs, so I could hardly be more neutral towards him; this exactly how I interpreted his comment. I thought he had said something a lot worse than that when I saw some headlines about him making a comment about Anne Frank.
Of course he isn't mature yet, he's just 19 and I would guess that his occupation may very well make him mature in an uneven way (in other words, I'm not sure what he is doing is the most healthy way to grow up).
Thank you so much for the link..........as well as your entire post. I really appreciated reading the article.
So, could it have been a ... joke?
Justin Bieber has a lot of growing up to do. His legion of fans need to learn about Anne Frank & the Holocaust. Karina, thanks so much for the links!
A joke as in it didn't happen but the media reported it?
Or a joke as in a joking comment- in which case, to me, that is just as sickening as if he really meant it. I'm not sure the sign in at that house is the best place for a joke.
Agree. Generations of teenagers who have learned about Anne Frank and read her diary have connected with her in their own ways, and I think Justin is no different. Here's what he actually said:
The CNN article equates this with the idea of Anne Frank becoming a "devoted fan" and one of the "adolescent and teen girls obsessed" with him. But from what I've read and seen in the past, Justin appreciates his fans very deeply and thinks that as a group they are great people - and therefore, he thinks Anne would have fit right in. He might have even been saying that he hoped he was as worthy of her admiration as she is of his.
Might have been me around the time someone was accusing him of fathering their child and we had a thread about it. His management, legal and PR teams would have had a lot of involvement in deciding how to address the accusation, what course to take, developing statements, preparing him for interviews and monitoring the situation as it developed.
The PR team would have little to do with this though - sure they've trained him and counseled him quite a bit over the years, and might have even planned this visit to get some good press, but what he said in this case comes from him, and my bet is the PR team had no problem with it. PR people know that you can never win 100% approval because there will always be people who are against you no matter what you do. The only concern is when that percentage of those against starts to erode the percentage that is in favour - and in the case of politics, the all important middle ground - the people on the fence who could be swayed either way. For Justin, given that the people in favour - who likely found his comments touching and inspiring because they already like him - number in the tens of millions, and given that at this point the strategy would be to win over new fans musically, not personally, stories like this have little impact.
I personally cannot wait until the names Bieber, Kardashian, Kanye, and others are nothing but a distant bad memory. Still, JB is a very popular celebrity whose visit to the Anne Frank museum has made big news. There's more good in this than bad.
I meant as in maybe he was saying it with a wink.
And I think, from what I read of Anne, she wouldn't have wanted people to be all glum and solemn visiting her house. She wasn't like that when she was in the house herself in a much worse situation than most of us are in. Her friends and family said she liked to tell and hear jokes. So I think she would be more amused by Justin's comment than by yours that someone cracking a joke in her museum was sickening. I think the person who said this:
got it right. And I think Jenny has a point too when she says:
But I'm still not listening to his music!
I think all this is much ado about nothing. Bieber meant no disrespect I am sure, however, if it gets a few more people reading up on Anne Frank, WW2 and the holocaust, then something good would have come out of all this.


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Dinner with Mei-Ling: Celtics Game Night
Playmate Mei-Ling dishes out the best finger foods to eat while watching the Celtics game.
As many of you know, I have two loves: food and the Boston Celtics! And during the basketball season, they go hand in hand in my house. There is nothing better than eating delicious food and watching the Cs kick some ass on the court. I'm going to share some of my favorite finger foods that are sure to have your friends coming back for more.
One of my all-time favorites is wings, fried of course! There is something about a crunchy fried bird that tastes oh-so-good. To start, I let my wings marinate in buttermilk mixed with a few drops of Texas Pete to get that extra-spicy kick. For the breading, I use Panko breadcrumbs mixed with flour, garlic powder, salt and pepper. I know it sounds easy, but the simplest recipe is sometimes the best. I have a deep fryer at home, but if you don't, please be careful! Deep frying at home can be really dangerous.
What kind of party would it be if it didn't have any Asian flavor? I'd say boring! I make a mean ground pork Rangoon that's always a hit with my friends. It's a fried finger food (similar to a fried wonton) filled with ground pork and seasoned with fresh garlic, fresh ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce, minced yellow onion, salt and pepper. Let your guests know Asian persuasion gave you the recipe!
Foil-wrapped roasted potatoes on the grill are a good starch to throw in the mix too. For flavor, season potatoes with olive oil, fresh rosemary, fresh garlic, salt and pepper. Let them cook over the grill and serve with toothpicks so your hands don't get messy. Potatoes are my weakness…Gosh, I love them!
Now I don't know about you, but I love tuna. When I'm whipping up a smorgasbord for the game, mini tuna cakes are a necessity for me. Mine are rich, salty, crunchy and have a nice sweetness to them. It takes about two cans of tuna (I use solid white), onion, bell pepper, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, eggs, mayonnaise, a splash of lemon juice, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper, and cracker crumbs to mold the cake together. Throw all the ingredients in a bowl, form the cakes, dust with flour and fry away. If I know you're having tuna cakes at your party, I'm there!
When all else fails, you can never go wrong with a burger bar. A mini-burger bar, that is! Gather all your favorite toppings as well as things you may not have tried before to mix things up. Some of my must-haves are guacamole, caramelized onions, sautéed mushrooms, watercress, banana peppers, tomatoes and goat cheese. My mouth is watering just thinking about it! The bar will give your guests a build-it-yourself experience. It's fun, it's easy, and it's not just your typical cheeseburger!
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a 308/260/243/7mm08 and so on are better for any kind of long range work on mid to large sized game.
the 7.62x39 don't seem to gain a lot from longer barrels, a 16" is plenty for all the x39 has. good for mid-ranges shots on deer , and cheap to shoot.
the 6.5 grendel is a better at long range on mid sized game than the 7.62x39 and will fit in the ar-15 lower.
any of them can take a deer so it is a size,weight and expense trade off. pick the one that comes closest to whats needed.


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It's almost cliché to use the phrase "testament to the human spirit".
So many movies attempt to inspire, be uplifting, speak to the potential and courage of the human being.
Due to today being the anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, I struggled to find an appropriate topic. I knew that I didn't want to focus on the tragedy, although I did consider briefly just stepping out of the confine of movies and discussing that day directly. When I thought about the films associated with the tragedy, however, the "Human Spirit" element came into focus. Even though that day was incredibly tragic, there was also an incredible demonstration of bravery, courage, and compassion during and following the events.
So what movies best illustrate the power of the human spirit for you? Are there any films you find inspirational? It can be sports films, if you like. "Rocky", "Rudy", "Breaking Away", all great examples. "Apollo 13" perhaps. Maybe in honor of the Chicago Teacher's Strike, you'd like to pick a classroom movie "Stand and Deliver", or "Lean on Me". It can be anything… "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Pursuit of Happyness". The world has no shortage of movies that inspire.
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Is it just me, or does time seem to get exponentially faster the grayer the hair gets? Another year has apparently zoomed past us, and we can all spend the few weeks getting sunburned, eating and drinking too much, and risking life and limb on roads packed with motorists on a mission. Nek minnit, it'll be Christmas again.
It's been another suitably exciting year in the car world, with some of the most respected marques marking their territory in what is shaping up to be the ultimate alternative fuel grudge match. Ferrari, Porsche and Mercedes-Benz all showed what can be achieved in terms of performance while still giving the planet a cuddle - the next-gen Enzo, the awe-inspiring 918 and the Electric Drive AMG SLS, with enough power to shift continents, are all going to change the way the world at large judges hybrids.
Despite the fact that for most of my life I've dined heartily on petrol and there was a time when the mere mention of hybrids and electrics would send me into a disbelieving rant.
But I can't help but be excited about where this technology is leading. The early hybrids have been and gone, the cars are getting better, the bugs being worked out and they're now actually quite good to drive.
The clincher for mass-market adoption is when the quality and price of a hybrid are the same as a similar petrol-powered machine. Until that happens, it will be early adopters and environmentally aware people, such as our hemp-wearing friends down the hall at Element magazine, who lead the alternative fuel charge.
Realistically, the day is coming when the petrol-drinking internal combustion engine is a goner. Sad, but unfortunately true. It won't happen overnight, but then again, it won't be long before it's next Christmas.
Take care over the holiday break - drive carefully and watch out for idiots and those over-zealous bounty hunters in blue hats. Driven will be back on January 12.


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To protect wildlife, barriers to information flow between science and policy will have to be made more permeable
Anna Lena Phillips
The border between the United States and Mexico traverses nearly 2,000 miles. A barrier that could eventually span its entire length has been under construction since its authorization by the U.S. Congress in 2005. Aaron Flesch, a Ph.D. student at the University of Montana in Missoula, is the lead author of a recent study on the wall's possible effects on animal populations. "The last thing that border wall's going to keep out is people," he says. "The first thing's wildlife."
The study, published in Conservation Biology's early online view in June, used data from studies of ferruginous pygmy owls (Glaucidium brasilianum) and of desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis mexicana) to try to assess how the two species would react to the barrier. "The Department of Homeland Security really needs to understand quantitatively and precisely what these different structures are going to do to animal movements," Flesch says.
But that's easier said than done. "Because of the speed at which the border fence project was funded and started," notes Clinton Epps, a biologist at Oregon State University and another of the study's five coauthors, "we really were not able to do a classic sort of pre-post field observation study." Epps had made a model based on data from GIS mapping and DNA collected from bighorn sheep dung in 27 distinct California populations. To attempt to predict how the sheep move between populations and interbreed, the authors applied this gene-flow model to data that coauthor James Cain, a biologist at Texas A&M University–Commerce, collected on populations in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. When they simulated a barrier across the study area, the analysis suggested that an impermeable fence would interrupt all of the corridors sheep are likely to use to move between populations along the border.
One might imagine that the owls would have it easier. "Everybody thinks that a bird is going to fly over a wall," says Flesch. "But it's not always the case." Flesch studied pygmy owls in northern Sonora, monitoring their flight and dispersal behavior. He found that owls avoided big vegetation gaps, and juvenile owls had lower colonization success in more-disturbed landscapes. Only 23 percent of owl flights were more than four meters high—the approximate height of border fences. All this could significantly lower the chances that owls would move across the border. The success of populations in Arizona, which are at endangered levels, could depend on the owls' ability to do so. Indeed, Flesch says, "Both species' persistence in the region very likely depends upon transboundary movements."
Matt Clark of Defenders of Wildlife rounded out the study team. Clark helped craft suggestions for mitigation, which include introducing fence gaps in locations where sheep are likely to cross, and designing fences that small animals like owls can move through. The best scenario, the study suggests, would be the use of high-tech solutions, including motion sensors and infrared cameras, rather than physical barriers.
But the legislation surrounding these efforts is more convoluted than the horns of an entire herd of bighorn sheep. Under a provision of the Real ID Act of 2005, the Department of Homeland Security has waived some laws that protect sensitive species and wildlife refuges. DHS has drafted an agreement for monitoring the situation with the Department of the Interior, but as of September, it is in legislative limbo.
Meanwhile, work on the wall continues, and scientists, advocates and concerned government officials continue to try to understand what its effects will be and how to best mitigate them. "As most people realize, international boundaries are not biological boundaries, they're just political boundaries," says Flesch. "And, you know, wildlife don't know the difference."—Anna Lena Phillips
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Seal and Heidi Klum Spend The Weekend Shuttling Their Kids Around Town. Can You Relate?
Karate classes, ballet lessons and an ice cream break — the large Klum/Samuel brood spent a hectic day in Los Angeles driving back and forth from one activity to another!
Karate lessons! Dance lessons! Does that sound like a typical weekend for you, HollyMoms? Super couple Seal and Heidi Klum had a hectic weekend as they ferried three of their four children around Los Angeles so the little ones could partake in some fun activities. With Seal driving the minivan, Leni, 6, and Henry, 5, spent Sunday (December 12) eating ice cream at the Los Angeles outdoor mall The Grove before attending a karate class. Later, Leni rocked a tutu at ballet class. And 1-year-old Lou was also along for the ride, but obviously too young to join her older siblings.
Check out our story about how thankful Heidi is for her husband and kids!
Leni's active lifestyle is something mom Heidi, 37, is well used to. "She's in swimming lessons, she wants to play tennis with me, she wants to jump around, pick flowers," Heidi said of her daughter a couple years ago. "She wants to be occupied all the time!"
Rumor has it that Seal, 47, and Heidi have also purchased a new dream house in Brentwood, not too far from where Reese Witherspoon and Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner live. The eight bedroom, 12,300-square foot home reportedly sold for "well above the asking price," according to a real estate agent. Congratulations on the new digs, Seal and Heidi!
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Look at this season for comparison, 161 running plays to 95 passing plays.
They are a run heavy team because they can afford to be. If they are playing from behind, which is very rare, they become a pass heavy team. The stats are all there for you to see.
Also vs. the Saints in the post season. Very pass heavy that game despite being ahead early. 42 passes to like 20 runs.


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Fast forward a few years an we are in the age of information and youtube. I finally had a way to learn so I watched as many videos as I could, downloaded the sewing machine manual and taught myself to sew. With this skill I could do my dream of making a quilt. I choose to make a gift for my best friend as an xmas gift of a purple quilt as that is her fav color.
I showed my Mom and she was just blown away by the job I did on it. For days she was bragging on me and just floored at what I accomplished. She than said that my other crafting anyone can do, but Quilting was something you had to be talented at. Here is the good part. Finally she says to me, " I don't know why I couldn't believe that you would be so good at that, you do take after me" I just had to laugh. She has now taken credit for my abilities.
My original post was showing the table topper that she made me so I could have my sewing machine flush with the table to hold the quilt. After she made that she decided to come help me clean out and organize my spare room into a quilting/crafting studio. My husband and I own a small condo which is pretty much a glorified apartment so the rooms are smallish and there isn't space for storing things like if we had a garage, basement, or attic. Everything just gets piled high in the spare room so you can barely move or walk in except to throw more junk in there.
Her initial aim was just to get me a space to sew so I could move out of the living room with all my quilting items. While discussing it with her before we began working I told her about this thread and all the awesome Quilting spaces that the members here have. I showed her photos and told her that these were my dream rooms that maybe someday I could have one too. The response to that has me in state of disbelief. Someone please pinch me lol.
My husband just got a credit card to Home Depot, as we were planning on buying my Mother some woodworking tools for Christmas and had wanted to get her better than just the cheapest ones. ( we feel that you need to have the best tools you can afford for any project) My husband handed over the credit card and told us to buy what we needed. With an aside that it didn't mean the sky was the limit lol.
My Mom used inspiration from so many of the board members posts and off we went. We spent most of the day yesterday putting together the cube systems for the wall to wall storage. We also got a hanging workshop light to put over my work areas so I can see well with a natural light light bulb. I Also got an interesting large slippery piece of building material to put on the sewing tables so the quilt can slide as I sew it.
I owe not only a huge thanks to my Mother and Husband but to all the Quilters here on the boards. We aren't finished yet but I can show a few photos of the space and our work in progress.
Starting behind the door and working my way around (please keep in mind its a mess as its a work in progress. Once we finish I'll post final photos:


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Rebecca Sloan Slotnick
Brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) have long been considered the "bad boys and girls of the avian world," says Cornell University doctoral student Mark Hauber. Cowbirds are brood parasites: They lay their eggs in other birds' nests, leaving the hosts responsible for feeding and nurturing their young, often to the disadvantage of a host bird's own offspring.
However despicable, cowbirds' parasitic behavior inspires many interesting questions. How, for one, does a cowbird chick know that it is a cowbird? The nestlings are fostered by unrelated parents, whether sparrows or warblers, and it isn't until five or six weeks of age, when they have become fully independent of their host parents, that the juveniles seek out other cowbirds. Recognition of one's own species might be a genetically determined trait, or perhaps it also involves learning. The fledgling cowbirds' unusual situation, Hauber and his colleagues thought, might offer a chance to answer this question.
So it was that Hauber, along with his advisor, behavioral ecologist Paul Sherman, and Dóra Paprika of Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University in Hungary, began painting young cowbirds.
In a set of creative experiments, the scientists dyed the feathers of 14 nestlings over a three-year period, using a nontoxic, permanent, black Sharpie pen. The gray-streaked feathers of the control nestlings remained unchanged. (To control for nonvisual variables related to the painting, such as scent and texture, the undersides of their wings were painted.) The nestlings were removed from the nests of song sparrows and eastern phoebes shortly after hatching and reared separately in visual isolation from all birds.
Just before molting (at approximately two months of age), the nestlings were introduced to two adult female cowbirds, one painted and one normal. These encounters were the young cowbirds' first visual exposure to other birds. Females were chosen because their plumage is most similar to that of pre-molt juveniles. The team noticed that as the trials progressed, the cowbird nestlings' behavior became more and more "birdlike." And they found that, as the birds became more social, the painted young cowbirds approached the painted adults with significantly more frequency than they approached the nonpainted birds. The young nestlings, that is, tended to choose as social partners those birds most similar to themselves in appearance.
What this means, Hauber says, is that the young cowbirds incorporated the wing-feather modification into what he calls their "recognition template." In other words, the cowbird nestlings demonstrated the ability to inspect themselves, memorize certain characteristics and seek out individuals exhibiting those same characteristics to be social partners. Hauber and his colleagues consider this study, published in late 2000 in Animal Cognition, to be "the first evidence of self-referent phenotype matching through experimental manipulation of a recognition cue."
Phenotype matching is the process by which individuals inspect certain characteristics of their relatives or social partners and use those characteristics as a recognition guide when encountering unknown individuals. The idea that members of a given species might recognize each other by inspecting themselves (self-referent phenotype matching) was dubbed the "armpit effect" by Oxford biologist Richard Dawkins in 1982. Dawkins thought that if individuals were given the wrong cue (say, by a foster mother or host nestling), they might inspect themselves, and in people, the closest analogy would involve sniffing our armpits to determine our own smell.
The first conclusive evidence of the armpit effect was provided in April of 2000 by Jill Mateo and Robert Johnston at Cornell. By cross-fostering golden hamsters, they concluded that the hamsters were able to recognize family members they had never met by sniffing them and comparing the unfamiliar animal's odor with their own. A shared genetic composition should be reflected in a related hamster's odors, the scientists reasoned. What their results didn't show, however, was whether the hamster's familial recognition had any kind of learned component or was largely genetically determined. Uncovering a learning mechanism requires trying to "fool" an individual by experimentally manipulating its phenotype and documenting any resulting recognition errors, say Hauber and Sherman.
Hence the painted cowbirds. And the next step, according to Hauber, is to consider other aspects of self-referent phenotype matching. He is investigating whether vocal cues might provide another characteristic pertinent to conspecific recognition. Perhaps the juvenile cowbirds listen, hear a cowbird-specific call, approach and then visually discriminate in order to identify conspecific social partners.
Finding birds of one's feather doesn't necessarily require any psychological awareness on the part of the cowbird. Nevertheless, learning is a key part of the process. Undoubtedly, says Hauber, both the armpit effect and genetic determination are at work as a fledgling cowbird begins its search for conspecific companions.
The juvenile cowbirds are not unlike the ugly duckling from Hans Christian Andersen's tale. As Andersen says, "to be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg." Alas, no matter how one paints a cowbird, it will never be a swan.—Rebecca Sloan Slotnick
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