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- From Pokémon:
- Gary Oak in the first season. He's a Jerkass antagonist to Ash for absolutely no reason, and continually antagonizes him in ways that never add anything to the story. In his defense, the anime was originally only going to last through this first season before the franchise became such a phenomenon, and the original ending had Ash vs. Gary as the final battle, so had that happened, his previous antagonism would have actually been building the rivalry up so that the story's climax was more satisfying. Incidentally, this ends up happening in the Johto season, but by that time, he had already lost most of his Jerkass tendencies.
- The Team Rocket trio sometimes fall into this, particularly in Hoenn and Sinnoh. While they often help pivot the plot (or accidentally solve it) through their schemes, sometimes they only show up to keep up appearances, with Ash's team treating them as little more than nuisances to their own situations. Later seasons try to downplay this by omitting them from the occasional episode where their presence is unnecessary.
- Code Geass has Mao, who merely serves to distract Lelouch from the real antagonist, his sister Cornelia, for a few episodes, and to provide a bit of exposition (even in this he doesn't actually explain anything himself, but his actions cause others to explain things). In this case, Tropes Are Not Bad, especially as Mao became an Ensemble Darkhorse.
- In the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, there was Devack, one of the Dark Signers; while most members of this group had extensive backgrounds, motivations, and some sort of connection to the heroes, Devack had none whatsoever in all three areas. He was a Card-Carrying Villain who seemed to despise the Signers for no known reason. (The Yu-Gi-Oh! 10th Anniversary Animation Book explains that Devack was originally intended to be from a demon worshipping cult and was sacrificed to the Earthbound Gods, but then reborn as a Dark Signer.)
- Tokyo Godfathers features a sequence based on real life where some random ruffians attack Gin for no reason at all. It has absolutely nothing to do with the plot and yet they end up more hated than the plot-relevant Anti-Villain.
- Part 3 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has a large amount of mercenaries hired by the Big Bad DIO. Most of them have no narrative importance other than slowing the heroes down on their journey. Tropes Are Not Bad, as these fights allow the heroes to show off the more creative uses of their seemingly straightforward abilities. Later parts also have a few such enemies, but they make up the minority of encounters.
Films — Animation
- Although he's a very memorable character, the plot of The Nightmare Before Christmas happens without Oogie Boogie, and the Final Battle happens after the climax as a way of tying off loose ends rather than causing any resolution or character development (specifically, a need for Jack to visibly demonstrate his repentance for ruining Christmas to Santa Claus). Tellingly, in the original poem (found on the blu-ray narrated by Christopher Lee), Oogie Boogie doesn't appear at all despite the movie following the rest of the poem. However, Oogie does fill the Plot Hole regarding Santa's whereabouts during the climax. Averted in the prequel and sequel video games, where his origins and taking revenge on Santa and Jack (respectively) are the basis of the plot.
- Mor'du in Brave is only tangentially related to the main plot of the film. He's just a bear, who likes to eat things... like a bear.
- In Monsters University, the main conflict was not dependent on the members of Roar Omega Roar being jerks to Oozma Kappa. They could have been the nicest rival frat ever and the plot still would have happened, given that the story was hinging on Mike's desire to prove himself and his tension with Sulley.
- The closest Madagascar has to a villain are the fossa — but they are a menace that hardly appears. The major conflict is both the protagonists being stranded in a strange place, and the sole carnivore of them becoming hungry.
- Clayton from Tarzan is the leader of the poachers and the greatest threat to the gorillas and Tarzan. However, he doesn't show up until the second half of the film, not even having an effect on the first half, with the main conflict being with Tarzan trying to deal with the fact that he is different from the gorillas.
- Prince Hans from Frozen is largely indirect from the conflict with the eternal winter, taking advantage of a situation instead of causing it, with his main purpose being someone for Anna to protect Elsa from and perform an Act of True Love. A strange example, as there is a reason for Hans existing (to inadvertently start off the conflict by trying to take the throne), but not much reason for him being a villain besides being part of the moral about true love.
- The Sword in the Stone has Mad Madame Mim, who has been described as filler for a good reason. She does spice things up and provides an entertaining battle, but most of the film could have happened without her, as it is about Merlin giving Arthur life-lessons.
- Apart from briefly hindering the protagonists' attempts to return to the present, the villains from Dino Time are largely incidental to the plot.
- Alice in Wonderland: There's not much of a plot to begin with, but the Queen of Hearts appears during the last twenty minutes of the film, after Alice has been through all sorts of wacky adventures and wishes to return home. She does make her wish that more than even, though...
- Unlike Shere Khan, who causes the plot of The Jungle Book with his mere existence, Kaa is nothing more than another obstacle who reminds that danger always lurks in the jungle.
- The Elm-Chanted Forest has an Evil Overlord with a whole army at his disposal and yet there is also a race of intelligent and chauvinistic mushrooms who appear out of nowhere and do not do much other than capture and delay the protagonist, make the film even trippier than it was, and provide for a unique case of Wacky Wayside Tribe.
- Despite causing the revolution and being responsible for Anya's amnesia, Rasputin in Anastasia zigzags essentially with this for the rest of the film. The focus instead falls on Anya learning how to act like a princess and rediscovering her past. The protagonists aren't even aware of Rasputin until the climax.
- Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure: Hoo boy. There's both Greedy and King Koo Koo and his minions.
- Ice Age: Not in the first movie, but both Ice Age 2: The Meltdown and Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs feature dinosaur predators who stalk the main characters incidentally and just represent a more dangerous obstacle.
- Thunderclap and his gang in The Good Dinosaur exist mainly to act like jerks, accidentally bring Arlo to Butch, and to enrage Arlo by trying to eat Spike. Narratively speaking, Arlo could've met Butch and returned home without them.
- Bela from Hotel Transylvania 2. He enters the narrative in the third act alongside Vlad, and does nothing but hang around seething with fanatical, murderous loathing for humans while his boss Vlad actually interacts with the main characters. Bela eventually, and with very little in the way of a trigger, calls in an army of his brethren just so there can be a climactic final battle.
Films — Live Action
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: The whole Pelegosto tribe eating people alive sequence qualifies; they've got absolutely nothing to do with Davy Jones or the East India Trading Company, and they never appear again once Jack and company escape their island. The Prison Dog is left stranded on the island, however, and is last seen being chased into the distance by the entire tribe... only to somehow appear unscathed in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, apparently with the help of "sea turtles."
- In the movie Fired Up, the stereotypical evil cheerleader captain of the Opposing Sports Team is introduced as a big villain... and does nothing in her five minutes total screen time other than badmouth the good team a couple of times and have sex with the female lead's Jerkass boyfriend (who the audience knows is sleeping around, so this role could be filled by any random girl).
- The rival climatologist team in Twister is entirely redundant and has no useful role in the story.
- The film Recipe for a Perfect Christmas had an office rival for the heroine who did not directly harm the heroine at all but still gets a verbal slapdown for offering her own ideas to the boss while the heroine has been suspended from her job.
- Humma Kavula from the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie. Oh yes. He's given little backstory, his motives are only hinted at, and seems to exist only to push for the inclusion of the MacGuffin used to save the day at the end. No doubt if sequels were made he'd have a larger role, but sequels seem unlikely at this point. And the most aggravating point is that the movie already had villains! Do the Vogons chasing Zaphod for kidnapping the President (himself) and stealing a ship not count?
- Gigantic is an indie romantic comedy. Not exactly a genre needing a villain, yet for some reason it has a strange homeless man who attacks the male lead at random intervals for basically no reason whatsoever. One of the more bizarre examples, as there is not even a token attempt to shoehorn him into the plot, he's just there.
- SF Debris found the Duras sisters to be this in Star Trek: Generations, arguing that if you gave their dialogue to any other villain, you'd have the same effect, as he demonstrated by reading their lines as a Dalek, a Cylon, and Londo Mollari, and later using Admiral Piett's death from Return of the Jedi to stand in for their own.
- American Mary has Ruby's husband as a minor villain — so minor, in fact, that he isn't even named. He appears in literally two scenes, and his only role in the plot was killing Mary at the end, and even then, it comes off as a Diabolus ex Machina to keep Mary from being a Karma Houdini.
- Cobra Commander only appears in G.I. Joe: Retaliation to have him escape from prison, killing the warden in the process, and pulling off a Villain Exit Stage Left in the climax to set up a Sequel Hook.
- Azog the Defiler in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Yes, he did kill protagonist Thorin's grandpa, and the two have shown enmity towards each other, but the main plot isn't about it — it's about a group of dwarves trying to retake their old city of Erebor from a dragon. In the original novel, he's only briefly mentioned, but his inclusion in the movies helped pad the film adaptation into a trilogy.
- The title antagonist in Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a downplayed example. The "conspiracy thriller" half of the plot would work just as well if you swapped him with any other ultra-competent assassin - being brainwashed, he's not in a position to do much beyond follow orders. Cap's own emotional arc is another matter.
- Harry Potter:
- Draco Malfoy is this most of the time in the early books, where he spends his time being Harry's Jerkass nemesis at Hogwarts, and serve as a Red Herring while his father takes on plot-relevant villainy stuff. He only really starts to dovetail with the actual villains in book 5, and even that was a role that wasn't needed for the book, especially since he at last got a true plot-relevant role in the following book.
- Dolores Umbridge is largely just there to give the main characters something to keep them busy during most of Book 5. She has no relevance to the book's climax, which is a fight in the Ministry of Magic and an explanation of why Voldemort wanted Harry dead in the first place. The only important role she provided was The Reveal that it was actually her that sent the Dementors after Harry early in the book, not Voldemort or Fudge as the reader likely suspected.
- Umbridge is actually this from the perspective of the Order of the Phoenix members. She's not related to the war they are fighting, but just as vile as the opposition. And she at least is a major character in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The subplots of the other books bring the characters in conflict with much less significant characters, like Gilderoy Lockhart who was a fraud, the monstrous spider Aragog, and the odious Rita Skeeter.
- Cribbins in the Discworld novel Making Money, an old partner of Moist's who's out for revenge. Barely affects the main plot at all, turns up after the climax only to dispose of himself painfully.
- Akivasha in Conan the Barbarian book The Hour of the Dragon is a vampiress encountered by Conan while exploring the Stygian tombs in search of the Heart of Ahriman. While a very sinister foe that makes for a memorable encounter, she has no relation to the plot or with the main villains, Conan chooses to flee rather than fight her, and she never appears again in the story, making her one appearance a Big Lipped Alligator Moment.
Live-Action TV
- The insane simulant in the Red Dwarf episode "Justice": Aside from providing an excuse for reaching the space station, he had no purpose other than to tack on an (admittedly funny) action sequence after the plot proper was resolved. Need to get the crew in a Wild West simulation? Simulant. Need a reason to get Rimmer on his own planet for 600 years? Simulant. Need a way to introduce a drugged-up twin brother of Kryten? Simulant. The only Simulant that appears that is directly related to the plot of the episode is The Inquisitor, and really, he might as well not be one, as his motivation isn't the killing of humans, but replacing them in history with those who in his opinion deserve life more.
- Kamen Rider Den-O worked well as an ensemble Monster of the Week show, and then basically fell apart at the very end, when they tried to introduce a primary antagonist. Not helped by the villain's motivation being rather obtuse up through the end of the series.
- The Jabberwock in the 1985 Irwin Allen version of Alice in Wonderland is an unnecessary addition to the "Through the Looking Glass" portion of the film. In the original book, the Jabberwock never appeared outside the poem "Jabberwocky". Irwin Allen, however, believed the story needed an equivalent to the Boogeyman, so he made the Jabberwock appear and scare Alice when she reads the poem, and then turn up again twice later (once at the end of the Humpty Dumpty scene, the second during the climax). But really it contributes nothing to the story, aside from allowing the producers to put in a climax somewhat more comprehensible than the book's rather bewildering finale.
- The smilers, from an episode of Doctor Who called "The Beast Below", don't appear to do anything of note except look a bit grumpy. They're eerie enough, fitting three faces on a two-sided head, and they appear in some very creepy scenes, but it's never clear whether they're actually causing trouble or they just happen to be there at the time. The closest they come to participating in the plot is marking a child's homework in the cold opening.
Video Games
- Midboss from Disgaea: Hour of Darkness: Laharl even named him Midboss because he was a seemingly unimportant villain, and he continually returns to antagonize Laharl's troupe for no apparent real reason. Subverted when it's revealed that he was helping the seraph's Batman Gambit by monitoring Laharl and co. to make sure everything was going according to plan.
- In the Spider-Man games, Shocker qualifies. Almost every other villain has an important role in the story to some extent. Shocker is just there to get his ass whupped and not make a single contribution to the story.
- Batman: Arkham Series:
- Batman: Arkham Asylum has Bane: he shows up once to fight Batman and gets taken down immediately, unlike the other villains who all come back at least once. His indirect role in the plot, however, is much greater: Joker plans to use a derivative of the Venom formula in his blood to make rampaging monsters out of all of Gotham.
- Hugo Strange in Batman: Arkham City. We briefly see him at the beginning of the game, and then he spends most of the game on the top of Wonder Tower and is only heard through the intercom. Near the end of the game, Batman climbs the tower, takes out his guards, and faces Strange, who is killed almost instantly by Ra's Al Ghul. While the unlockable stories set before the game make him a bit more important, he could have been replaced by Quincy Sharp without much rewriting.
- Two-Face in the same game. He is seen once in the main game. With the Catwoman story DLC, twice. The only part he serves in the story is capturing Catwoman for a while so Batman can save her.
- Mad Hatter has no actual bearing on the plot, yet his side-quest shows up by actually making you believe the plot is solved. All other sidequest villains, like Deadshot or Hush, don't even bother pretending to belong to the plot. To be fair, they can be mostly ignored. But if it's the first time you're playing the game, ignoring Mad Hatter is really hard to do.
- Riddler, just like in the first game, doesn't actually contribute to the plot, but, again, he certainly doesn't like being ignored, so there's no chance not to run into his sidequest.
- Only two of the eight assassins in Batman: Arkham Origins directly impact the plot — Bane and Firefly. Another two — Shiva and Deadshot only show up in sidequests. The other four just show up to serve as a boss fight while Batman's trying to do something else. Two of the latter six do indirectly impact things, however — Electrocutioner's gloves become a very useful tool for Batman after his death, and Shiva provides some futureshadowing for the first two Arkham games.
- Mad Hatter is, once again, irrelevant to the plot, but you get an "invitation" to his sidequest as soon as you finish a story mission.
- Most of the villains in LEGO Batman 2 don't do anything, although most of the Batman villains do at least show up to be beaten up in the first few levels. Overlaps with The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, considering there's at least two dozen of them.
- Final Fantasy:
- While Final Fantasy VI has quite a few boss fights that have little relevance to the plot, the most obvious is recurring boss Ultros, the wisecracking octopus. His first boss battle takes place at the end of a river level, so it makes a little bit of sense, but you fight him three more times over the course of the game with less and less relevance to the plot in each fight.
- Seymour Guado in Final Fantasy X becomes this after his plans get thwarted at Bevelle, only appearing to challenge the party in impossible attempts to take back Yuna so that he can become the next Sin. His main claim is showing up as That One Boss in one such appearance, but not even the characters take him all that seriously by the end when they run into him yet again after already making it impossible for his scheme to succeed anyway.
- Paper Mario
- Paper Mario 64 has Jr. Troopa. He fights you in the prologue because you intrude on his turf, then shows up in nearly every chapter after that trying to get revenge. He has nothing to do with Bowser or the Star Spirits, he just can't let it go that you beat him.
- In a way, Bowser ends up in this role for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. His entire story arc basically comes from the fact that somebody else usurped his role of Big Bad for the game and Bowser's desperate attempts to make himself relevant to the plot. Aside from serving as a boss fight when he finally manages to meet Mario at the end of the game, he's around as a comic relief role.
- Bowser Jr., carries on the tradition in Paper Mario: Sticker Star where he spends his first two appearances attacking Mario to force him to hand over his rare stickers. He only becomes relevant when he uses an airship (implied to have been given to him by Bowser) to prevent Mario from reaching Bowser's Sky Castle in his final appearance.
- Spelunker HD has the black Spelunker, who steals items you wanted and occasionally makes you run away from a bomb. He does nothing to further the "plot," which is just to explore a dungeon, and you don't even contribute to his defeat.
- Halo
- The Covenant remnant in Halo 4 do nothing important in the main plot aside from being obstacles. The real threat comes from the Sealed Evil in a Can, the Ur-Didact, who doesn't appear until the third level of the game.
- The same thing applies to the Covies in Halo 5: Guardians (hell, their leader is killed off at the end of the very first level), though they do have a little more importance in the Sanghelios sections.
Web Original
- Funny Business has two sets of these, since the main conflict isn't with any of the villains, but rather the main character's extreme self-loathing as a result of her powers. Isabella serves as the Alpha Bitch who harasses and bullies Jeanette, but can't actually make her feel any worse. Later, a group of Moral Guardians is convinced that Jeanette is a witch and a threat to society, but the only thing they accomplish is getting her family to move to where they live at the start of the story.
Western Animation
- The main antagonists, Duchess and Terrence, from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, were important in the pilot and pretty well ignored since. The show never really needed bad guys, and when it did, it could usually be better performed by Bloo, the resident Jerkass.
- The Christmas Special Christopher the Christmas Tree has a scene where a fox and weasel show up for no reason other than to lend the end of the special a little suspense by planting the idea that Christopher will be chopped down for firewood, rather than picked to be a Christmas tree.
- Transfer (and his boss, Sullivan) in Around the World with Willy Fog: Transfer sets up a lot of obstacles for the heroes, yes, but in the original book those obstacles arose just fine without anybody trying to sabotage the trip.
- Parodied in the American Dad! episode "Don't Look a Smith Horse in the Mouth", where Roger is riding Stan in a horse race (Stan's mind is temporarily in a horse's body). Roger mentions his regret that he doesn't have a rival to race against and make it more exciting, so when Stan points out that it isn't too late, Roger deliberately picks a fight with another jockey just to create a rival.
- Young Justice, most of the members of The Light serve no real purpose that couldn't have been filled out by their henchmen. Queen Bee and Ra's Al Ghul do little more than give orders to henchmen, the Brain is only active for one episode, Ocean Master never does anything is replaced with Black Manta in Season 2, who to his credit did have a significant role in the plot, after a incident that led to him being "disgraced" that the show never gave any details about. Even the group's de facto leader Vandal Savage did little for most of the series besides provide exposition until the finale where he and Klarion hijacked the World World and delivered it to Darksied.
- Peyo's original comic book version of The Smurfs story "The Astrosmurf" had No Antagonist; the cartoon adaptation, however, put Gargamel in it for some scenes, trailing the Smurfs with a crystal ball to give an added risk of Dreamy Smurf catching onto the plan; he was driven away quickly, and really wasn't necessary for the story as a whole.
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero: Rippen is this in "The Ripple Effect". His goal in that episode is to convince the cutelings to move to a planet named Ploopiter and he's not responsible for the catastrophe that made them need to move from their home planet in the first place. Penn is the one who caused the trouble.
- Teen Titans Go! reduces Slade to this as a joke, not even letting him do anything villainous on-screen.


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text: News Cora Evans, sainthood candidate from the South Bay Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)By Mark Emmons | Bay Area News GroupSeptember 24, 2013 at 7:14 pm Name: Cora Evans Life: Born in 1904 and died March 30, 1957. Evans wrote of mystical visions in which she asserted that Jesus and many Catholic saints appeared to her during deep states of prayer and that she visited heaven and purgatory among other places. She spent the end of her life in Boulder Creek and is buried at Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. Sainthood: The process is long, complicated and involves profound spiritual faith. Evans took the first step when the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints formally opened an investigation into her life in 2012, giving her the designation Servant of God. If the Vatican determines she lived a life of heroic virtue, she will receive the title of Venerable. If a miracle is verified and credited to Evans, she will be declared Blessed. A second miracle then must occur for her canonization. Miracles: Catholics believe that only God can perform miracles, but that saints can intercede on behalf of those who pray to them — in effect putting in a good word so their requests are heard. Sainthood and California: There are only 12 saints who were either U.S.-born or did their good works in America. But none are from California. Junipero Serra, the Franciscan friar who founded nine of California's 21 missions and died in 1784, is one step from sainthood. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1988. Another Servant of God is Franciscan missionary Magin Catala, who served at Santa Clara Mission and died in 1830. New saints: The Vatican is expected to announce this month the dates of the canonization ceremony for popes John Paul II and John XXIII. The reigning pontiff, Pope Francis, waived the requirement of a second miracle for John XXIII, who is credited for helping liberalize the church in the 1960s. Meanwhile the canonization of John Paul II, who died in 2005, is the fastest on record. The reason for saints: "If there is somebody who can show us the way and help us along in our lives, that's what saints are all about," said the Rev. Joseph Grimaldi. "It's about somebody giving us the incentive to live our lives better and be good people. If they inspire us to be better people and live a more holy life, how wonderful would that be?"


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London, Dec 18: Lord's Cricket Ground in London has been proposed as the venue for the ICC World Cup final when the tournament is staged in England and Wales in 2019 - and will also host the ICC Women's World Cup final in 2017.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will also recommend to ICC that the semi-finals in the 2019 World Cup should be allocated to Old Trafford, Manchester and Warwickshire's home of Edgbaston, with the opening game being staged at The Oval, the cricket board said in a statement.
Lord's staged the first three World Cup finals in 1975, 1979 and 1983. The West Indies won the first two finals - their only World Cup successes - while India recorded the first of their two World Cup triumphs in 1983.
In 1999 Australia won the first of their three consecutive World Cups in the fourth final to be staged at Lord's.
Giles Clarke, the ECB chairman, said: "The ICC Cricket World Cup attracts television audiences which have the potential to outstrip all other major international sporting events. As chairman of the ICC's Financial and Commercial Affairs Committee I know that we are anticipating a global television audience of more than two billion for the final.
"ECB is extremely proud to be staging the tournament which follows the Olympics and the Rugby World Cup in the list of truly global events being held in this country. Multi-cultural Britain ensures that all the teams competing in the ICC Cricket World Cup will have generous support in all the games they play in what promises to be a global celebration of cricket."
ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said: "The ECB has a long-standing reputation for its ability to host world-class events and the ICC is delighted that the ECB is hosting three global events between 2017 and 2019, each at quality venues".
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Tube drivers will get a cash bonus of up to £1,200 for working during the Olympic Games, it was revealed today.
The ground-breaking deal means unions will not disrupt the three-week Games by staging any walk-outs - but the move sparked outrage as transport chiefs were accused of offering a "bribe" simply for drivers to do their job.
The deal eclipses the £500 bonus being paid to Network Rail main line staff during the Games.
Conservative MP Matthew Hancock said: "It's outrageous, holding people to ransom. People should not have to be bribed just to do their job.
"The Olympics should be a celebration for London - not a chance for the travelling public to be ripped off."
Tory MP Richard Bacon, who sits on the Commons public accounts committee, said: "Tube drivers are not badly paid and they should not need extra money just to do their job."
All 2,300 drivers on the Tube, who earn a basic salary of £42,750, will receive a flat-rate £500 bonus. But complex confidential agreements seen by the Evening Standard - including special rates for the Olympics opening ceremony and overtime paid at £32 an hour - mean drivers will receive more than double that.
The deal also covers the Paralympics. Negotiators knew they had to agree a good bonus deal to ensure the success of the Games.
A senior source connected with the negotiations said: "The drivers could have demanded fur coats for the wives or football season tickets for the men if they wanted. It's an amazing deal - but one which the Tube had to do. There was no alternative."
A spokesman for the negotiating team at Aslef, the train drivers' union, said: "This is a great settlement and will ensure the successful deliverance of train services during the Olympics."
Tube managing director Mike Brown said: "London Underground is committed to ensuring that the train service we provide contributes to the successful operation of the Games and I am pleased that we and the unions have been able to engage in constructive dialogue to reach this agreement."
Sources told the Standard that every driver will get a minimum of £800 because of the way overtime and shift changes are calculated.
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Moses Malone, NBA's 'Chairman of the Boards' dead at 60
(Reuters) - Basketball legend Moses Malone, a three-time most valuable player for the National Basketball Association, died early Sunday in Virgnia at age 60, authorities said.
Malone was found unresponsive Sunday in the Norfolk Waterside Marriott hotel in Norfolk, Va., according to a statement from Norfolk police. He was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later, police said.
The cause of his death has not been determined, police said. League officials declined to comment further.
Malone was in Norfolk for a charity golf event planned for Sunday.
Malone spent much of his professional career with the Houston Rockets and the Philadelphia 76ers, according to his biography on the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Boards," he averaged more than 20 points per game for eleven straight seasons and was named the NBA's most valuable player in 1979, 1982, 1983, the biography said.
"Even more than his prodigious talent, we will miss his friendship, his generosity, his exuberant personality, and the extraordinary work ethic he brought to the game throughout his 21-year pro career," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement.
The 76ers expressed grief for their former player in a statement on Sunday.
"It is difficult to express what his contributions to this organization - both as a friend and player - have meant to us, the city of Philadelphia and his faithful fans," the statement said. Continued...


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From 21.2.2017 to 18.06.2017
The 'Keith Haring. About Art' exhibition at Palazzo Reale, from 21st February to 18th June 2017, presents 110 works, many of them monumental size, some of them unpublished or never before exhibited in Italy.
The American artist's works are juxtaposed with those of authors from different periods who inspired or influenced Haring in his artistic evolution; his unique style is a synthesis of elements ranging from the classical tradition, tribal and ethnographic art, Gothic to cartoonist art, contemporary languages and excursions into the future with the use of computer graphics in some of his latest experiments. Amongst these are those created by twentieth- century artists such as Jackson Pollock, Jean Dubuffet and Paul Klee but also casts of the Trajan's Column, masks from Pacific cultures, paintings from the Italian Renaissance and so on.
Haring was intent on rediscovering art as a testimony of an inner truth that places man and his social and individual status at its core. It is in this belief that Haring's true greatness lies, it initiated and developed his celebrated commitment as an artist-activist and affirmed his strong singularity compared to his contemporaries.
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In an effort to curb traffic accidents, which typically increase with longer nights, New York is launching a 'dusk and darkness' ad campaign.
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Philadelphia's Washington Avenue experienced 915 car crashes between 2010 and 2013. The city wants to minimize risk in its redesign, but lacks the space to install every suggested improvement.
Our brains simply tune out anything that might suggest that our behavior is in some way complicit in our problems. Scott Doyon zeros in on the obvious, but often overlooked, problems with our auto-oriented culture.
With many states witnessing a rise in pedestrian fatalities, David M Nelson asks: "Where is the public outcry to improve safety?" With pedestrians often blamed for such incidents, he argues new laws dealing with pedestrian-vehicle crashes are needed.
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New stats showing an increase in pedestrian deaths from automobile accidents have brought attention to urban design issues. But the Wall St. Journal's automotive critic places the blame squarely on the pedestrians themselves.


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According to the American Heart Association, coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States, causing about 1.5 million heart attacks each year.
Now, research shows us that yoga and meditation both reduce blood pressure, lower the pulse rate, improve the elasticity of the arteries, regulate heart rhythm and increase the heart's stroke volume.
In today's society, stress plays a major role in heart disease. When stressed, your heart rate and blood pressure rise, which in turn, releases stress hormones. These stress hormones can cause damage to the heart and blood vessels, especially during prolonged or repeated exposures.
Enter Yoga
Yoga is widely known for its ability to reduce stress and promote a calm, relaxed state. This state reduces the stress hormone levels, decreases the heart rate and lowers the blood pressure. All of these benefits control and prevent heart disease.
Breathing influences the rhythm of the heart through inner connections in the central nervous system. Slow, deep breaths are at the core of hatha yoga, and are called pranayama (yogic breathing exercises). It is this lengthening of the breath that slows the heart rate and regulates the heart rhythm. The blood becomes oxygenated and feelings of calm and well-being are induced in your body.
Because of these positive effects on the human body, specific types of yoga postures can be used to control and prevent heart disease:
- Upper back-bending poses open the chest to improve heart function and respiration.
- Side-bending poses open the energy channels of the liver, gallbladder and heart to help remove physical and energetic blockages in the heart and chest.
- Spine lengthening poses promote good posture to reduce compression on the heart and lungs and to facilitate proper functioning of the heart.
- Shavasana (corpse or resting pose) is deeply calming and has been shown to reduce high blood pressure in just a few weeks.
- Inversions help rest the heart muscle and improve blood circulation. Note: Inversions are contraindicated with un-medicated high blood pressure.
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Findings now show that you can reduce blood pressure, pulse and overall risk of heart disease by simply practicing yoga at least three times a week.
As for meditation, it is well-known for its ability to calm the mind and reduce stress. It can also reduce heart-harmful emotions, such as anxiety, hostility and hopelessness.
Studies show that a daily meditation practice can reduce the amount of fatty deposits in your arteries, as well as lower blood pressure.
Try yoga; do it for your heart.
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Whether pushing through chest high west coast salal, swarmed by clouds of mosquitoes on the high arctic tundra, or 30' under on a single breath - it's all in an effort to bring awareness to the countless disappearing species and fragile ecosystems facing destruction. Here's a handful of photographs that best reflect my work over the past few years. From spawning sockeye salmon, to breaching humpback whales, or not so small endangered salamanders, my photography is driven by those outside the charismatic spotlight.
Why photograph an animal against a solid background? Personality. Away from its natural environment and isolated, putting you face to face with an individual. It's no longer part of a population, it's not hidden in an ecosystem and he or she becomes unique. Be it a sea star, a penguin or a dog, their persona shines through. This particular toad had quite the attitude - sitting up tall with arms outstretched, showing off how tough she is. It's really quite amazing how individuals of the same species can have such different behaviour.
EXIF 1-250sec f/16.0 ISO 200 100mm August 16th 2015 20:31 Lac Maskinongé. Quebec.
Resembling the truffula trees of Dr Seuss, arctic cotton grass (Eriophorum callitrix) adds beauty and contrast to the often bare tundra. Easily one of the most important plants in Inuit culture, the arctic cotton grass has many interesting uses. As candle wick: the fluffy white cotton is collected, dried and rolled to use in a traditional seal fat stone lamp called a qulliq. Large clumps of arctic cotton were once used as diapers for infants. Photographed in mid-August, the arctic cotton here have been baked by the sun and their pom pom like cotton has been carried off by the wind.
EXIF 1/800sec f/8.0 ISO 1000 34mm August 2nd 2012 2 Cambridge Bay, NU.
In temperatures of -60˚C it's not only the human body that has troubles operating. Plastic and metal become brittle and snap easily. Batteries a significantly impacted by the cold and lose their charge very quickly. Modern LCD or liquid crystal screens are just that - liquid and don't fare too well in cold temperatures. This Panasonic AF101 worked surprisingly well in temperatures close to -70˚C with wind chill. Even more impressive when considering that in an unfortunate series of events, the camera, in its bag, was left for two night on the frozen sea ice in the middle of nowhere.
EXIF 1/250sec f/2.8 ISO 800 24mm February 15th 2013 14:58 Gjoa Haven, NU.
A female Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) laying at the entrance of her den under the midnight sun. Arctic fox are the smallest canid in Canada and typically only measure 75 to 115 centimetres in length - their bushy tail is upto 35 percent of that length. They have the warmest pelt of any Arctic mammal and can endure temperatures as cold as -50˚C before their metabolism needs to increase in order to provide warmth. The female shown in this photo lay at the entrance of her den while awaiting the return of her two kits and was very comfortable with my presence.
EXIF 1/200sec f/2.8 ISO 2000 150mm August 3rd 2012 00:13 Cambridge Bay, NU.
North America's largest mammal may appear to be nothing more than gigantic lumbering cows as they calmly graze and meander across open plains, but if needed they can effortlessly outrun a person and reach speeds of sixty-five kilometres per hour. Attempts to domesticate bison in the early 20th century had little success and they were described as having "wild and ungovernable tempers". An 800 kilogram bison can launch itself two metres vertically. In Yellowstone National Park between 1980 and 1999 more than three times as many people were injured by bison than both black and brown bears combined – the former coming into contact with seventy-nine people. Though ultimately bison are a prey species and when faced with fight or flight – it's as if they magically sprout wings.
EXIF 1/320sec f/5.6 ISO 500 215mm July 6th 2015 20:58 Grasslands National Park, SK
The federal Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife (COSEWIC) declared the burrowing owl endangered in 1995 and shortly after a national recovery team was formed. The recovery team's goal is to increase the Canadian burrowing owl population to a sustainable number. However, after many years the team hasn't been able to pinpoint the main causes of the crashing owl population. The owls are incredibly difficult to study. They only live an average of 3 to 4 years and don't always return to the same burrow to nest - making it nearly impossible to follow an individual over its lifespan. Until very recently, satellite tracking tags were too heavy for a burrowing owl averaging 155 grams. While there may not be a definitive answer as to why these owls are disappearing so quickly, there certainly are more than a few reasons we already know of and can do something about. To learn more visit neilfisher.com/blog/burrowingowls/
EXIF 1/640sec f/8.0 ISO 640 400mm May 26th 2015 17:40 Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan.
A caribou skill lies on the soft Arctic tundra. Caribou embark on one of the largest animal migrations on earth every year, when the snow begins to fall they head south. They'll travel more than 2,600 kilometres every year, following traditional routes. Caribou use their hooves to dig through the soft tundra in search of food, typically munching on moss, lichens, grass, mushrooms, and other soft plants in the tundra. Interestingly, Caribou have scent glands on their ankles that are used to alert other animals of danger. When threatened a caribou will rear up on its hind legs to release the scent alerting other animals of danger.
EXIF 1/200sec f/2.8 ISO 2000 27mm August 3rd 2012 23:11 Cambridge Bay, NU.
Cox Bay located on the west coast of Vancouver Island only minutes from Pacific Rim National Park. It's a popular location for surfers and holds numerous comfy resorts with beachfront access. Whether you're there for the frigid waves or just spending some quality time on the beach, Cox Bay is the perfect hidden spot for watching the sun fall behind the curvature of the earth.
EXIF 1/250sec f/8.0 ISO 200 28mm February 20th 2010 17:30 Cox Bay, BC.
The Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) is easily identified by the rooster tail it creates while swimming along the water surface at speeds up to 55 kilometres per hour. Growing to lengths of 2.4 metres and weighing up to 220 kilograms the Dall's porpoise has a lifespan of roughly 13 years. They feed upon small schooling fish, cephalopods and deep water fish - feeding usually takes place at night as their prey comes closer towards the surface. Hybridization between Dall's porpoise and harbour porpoise has been well documented in the North Pacific. These hybrids typically hold the body shape, size and behavioural characteristics of the Dall's porpoise, but their colouration is more like that of the harbour porpoise.
EXIF 1/80sec f/5.0 ISO 100 70mm September 13th 2007 13:27 Telegraph Cove, BC.
Prior to the near extinction of bison, these hawks often constructed their nest from bison bones and wool. Despite my experience capturing this photo, these hawks are typically very secretive and wary of people. They'll improvise while nesting and use power poles, farm buildings, abandoned farm machinery, haystacks as well as trees, cliffs and the ground. For an hour, with stomach flat to the ground, I crawl towards the unalarmed young bird. Inch by inch, until i'm within only a few feet of the hawk. Not wanting to stress the massive bird, I snap a handful of photos and proceed to back away as slowly as I approached. Never have I been so close to such a magnificent wild bird of prey and it's an experience I'll forever appreciate.
EXIF 1/1250 sec f/4.0 ISO 400 200mm July 21st 2015 12:42 Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan.
It's not just a photo of the northern lights, is a photo of the northern lights taken on a parcel of land soaked in blood and history. Fish Creek, Saskatchewan is roughly 100 kilometres north of Saskatoon and is well known for the Battle of Touronds Coulée - fought way back on April 24th, 1885. The Métis under the command of Gabriel Dumont, Cree, and Dakota First Nations handed the advancing North West Field Force a crushing defeat. However, their victory only delayed the Canadian military's advance on Batoche. Two weeks after the battle at Fish Creek the North West Field Force, led by Frederick Middleton, captured the small town of Batoche and the following month Louis Riel surrendered. The church in Fish Creek was initially constructed in 1901, reduced to ashes in 1920 and the current structure was built the same year.
EXIF 30.0sec f/2.8 ISO 800 16mm April 16th 2015 01:31 Fish Creek, Saskatchewan.
A green sea anemone fluoresces using a combination of blue light and a yellow filter. An excitation filter is placed over a flash fired off camera at full power, and a yellow filter is attached to a macro lens to reveal the fluorescent algae living within the anemone. Thanks goes out to Charles Mazel at NightSea.com for the excitation filter.
EXIF 1/100sec f/13.0 ISO 200 100mm September 4th 2013 10:34 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, BC.
Throughout the animal kingdom there are a variety of animals that have bizarre methods of deterring predators: squid eject clouds of ink, skunks exude clouds of stank, and sea cucumbers eviscerate their internal organs. But even stranger is the defense mechanism of the greater short-horned lizard. No bigger than the palm of your hand, this miniature dinosaur lives in Canada's very own Jurassic park. Sadly, just like the dinosaurs 65 million years before it, extinction is a real possibility for the greater short-horned lizard.
EXIF 1/200sec f/16.0 ISO 200 100mm May 7th 2015 17:16 Grasslands National Park, SK.
During the summer of 2015, Northern Saskatchewan saw 532 wildfires burn a staggering 700,991 hectares. An estimated 13,000 people were displaced and relocated to evacuation shelters further south in the province. Often overlooked, was the impact these fires had on the native wildlife. Lola, a great horned owl, was found in distress by a La Ronge area resident and turned over to provincial conservation officers. She had suffered burn damage to the majority of her wing feathers – leaving her flightless and unable to find prey.
The Wild and Exotic Animal Medicine Society (WEAMS) is a non-profit organization operated by student volunteers at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and has been caring for Lola since mid-July. She is expected to make a complete recovery and weather permitting, will be released as soon as her damaged feathers molt – which will likely be the spring of 2016.
EXIF 1/100sec f/9.0 ISO 200 100mm December 4th 2015 17:34 Western College Of Veterinary Medicine, SK.
In southwestern Saskatchewan is a massive beach, so beautiful that it doesn't need an ocean. The Great Sandhills is a protected area and home to one of the biggest active sand dunes in Canada. They're also habitat for over 150 bird species, plenty of native plants and many unique mammals - like the Ord's kangaroo rat.
EXIF 1/160sec f/8.0 ISO 100 35mm September 28th 2016 16:52 Great Sandhills, Saskatchewan.
Sunset during low tide at Green Point in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. Barnacles and mussels battle for turf, while ochre stars prey upon those with a loose grip. The tide begins to crawl towards the forest and regain its hold on the beach. Green sea anemones wait patiently for the returning nutrient rich Pacific Ocean. The last of the sun's rays reach across the wet sand drenching the shore in a warm orange hue.
EXIF 1/15sec f/8.0 ISO 100 16mm September 5th 2013 19:15 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, BC.
A mound of bull kelp washed ashore comes to rest inside a deep hole, carved into the rock by centuries of endless crashing surf. The suns rays are reflected off the mirror like wet sand illuminating the rock ceiling above. Mussels encrust the ring of rocks around the entrance. The endless sound of water drops falling from the ceiling to the sand below is only briefly audible between crashing waves outside.
EXIF 1.0sec f/4.5 ISO 200 16mm September 5th 2013 19:23 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, BC.
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is often called a cosmopolitan species as they are found in almost all of the world's oceans. This photo was taken on the west coast of Vancouver Island in Barkley Sound. The number of Humpbacks in the north Pacific has seen a remarkable recovery over the past 40 years. They were hunted commercially until 1966 at which point it was estimated that fewer than 1400 remained. However, today the Humpbacks of the north Pacific number upwards of 20,000. Every year the Humpbacks make a monumental migration from Hawaii, Mexico, and Southern Asia to feeding areas in the north, California, Alaska, British Columbia and Russia. Canadian Pacific Biological Station cataloged this individual whale as BCX0047. This number may appear completely random; however, it contains some interesting information. Following the BC is an X, Y or Z, corresponding to the amount of white on the flukes and a number to identify the individual. BCX##'s contain approximately 0-20% white, BCY##'s have approximately 20-60% white, and BCZ##'s have approximately 60-100% white.
EXIF 1/2000sec f/6.3 ISO 400 150mm August 24th 2005 12:44 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, BC.
The northern leopard frog was once the most abundant and widespread frog species in North America. However, through a combination of ecological factors, such as pollution, deforestation, water acidity, and collection for educational dissections and their tasty legs - the Canadian prairie population of northern leopard frog is listed as "threatened" by COSEWIC. Further west the Rocky Mountain population of northern leopard frogs isn't doing any better and is listed as "endangered". It's not easy being green and a simple way to help the northern leopard frog is to use natural, chemical free methods of pest and weed control - it's also better for us in the long run. They feed upon anything that fits in their mouth and sit perfectly still waiting to ambush any meal that crosses their path. Common prey items include beetles, ants, flies, worms, smaller frogs, and occasionally a bird or two.
EXIF 1/320sec f/4.0 ISO 100 100mm May 25th 2015 16:15 Chief Whitecap Park, SK
South of Wakaw Lake, Saskatchewan, is the hamlet of Lepine - it's believed to have been named after Ambroise Lepine, who was one of Louis Riel's lieutenants throughout the Red River Rebellion. In 1931 the Canadian National Railway laid a line between Melfort and Aberdeen and it was around the same time that these two elevators were constructed. The elevators remained operational until the mid 1970's and have since sat unoccupied, slowly deteriorating in a fruitless battle against the elements.
EXIF 30sec f/2.8 ISO 800 16mm February 8th 12:36am 2016
Completed in November 1939 by the Guinness family (of Irish beer fame), the bridge was later sold to the province in 1963. In 1986 the Guinness family, as a gift to Vancouver, installed decorative lights on the cross making it a distinct night time landmark. These massive 100-watt mercury vapour bulbs were replaced in 2009 with LED lights reducing the bridges' power consumption by 90%. The bridge spans 473 metres and stands 111 metres tall.
EXIF 30.0sec f/10.0 ISO 50 16mm August 4th 2014 21:23 West Vancouver, BC.
A long summer day draws to an end as the sun sets behind the horizon. The encroaching tides leave a thin skin of water atop the fine sand and perfectly mirrors the sun drenched clouds high above. The Long Beach Unit of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is backed by the rugged Vancouver Island Range and faces the gigantic Pacific Ocean, its cold and damp marine climate creates an abundance of life on shore and in the ocean. The kilometres of sandy beach draw over 600,000 visitors annually and with stunning sunsets like this it's not difficult to see why.
EXIF 1/8sec f/8.0 ISO 100 16mm August 5th 203 19:59 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, BC
Upon first glance this unusual raptor may be mistaken for an owl as its facial disk does give it a very owl-like appearance, but the northern harrier is most certainly a hawk. The disk functions in just the same manner as that of an owl's – with stiff facial feathers directing sound towards their ears. Unlike other hawks, the northern harrier relies heavily on its sense of hearing to locate prey.
The Wild and Exotic Animal Medicine Society (WEAMS) is a non-profit organization operated by student volunteers at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) Veterinary Medical Centre. This northern harrier, named Bolt, has been under the care of the WCVM since September 13th, 2015 when she was discovered in a field with a broken radius. Her rehabilitation is ongoing and she will be released pending a clean bill of health.
EXIF 1/100sec f/9.0 ISO 200 100mm December 4th 2015 18:09 Western College Of Veterinary Medicine, SK.
Growing to lengths of 35cm the Pacific Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus) is the largest salamander in British Columbia. The larvae are completely aquatic and can reach 12-13cm in length. Some larvae, known as Neotenes, develop reproductive maturity yet retain larval physiology and also grow to 35cm in size and remain totally aquatic. Adults are primarily terrestrial foragers, and will prey upon anything it can overpower and fit in its mouth – anything from beetles, spiders, and slugs to shrews, mice, and even other salamanders. In British Columbia the pacific giant salamander faces extensive habitat loss due to timber harvesting and development. The salamander larvae require cold shaded streams with un-silted pools to develop. Even the cleanest logging practices or any disturbance can cause turbidity in the water making it unsuitable for the larvae. Once fully developed adults don't disperse far from where they're born, making the recovery of this species even more challenging.
EXIF 1/125sec f/16.0 ISO 100 100mm August 19th 2012 Chilliwack, BC.
Pacific Tailed Frog (Ascaphus truei). Although it may look like metamorphous leftovers - the tail is actually the manly bits, a 'copulatpry organ', that's used to fertilize a female's eggs internally. If the tailed frog reproduced using typical frog external fertilization, the fast moving water that they lay their eggs in would quickly wash away the male's sperm, leaving most eggs unfertilized. So the tailed frog's little tail may look unevolved or like a piece of tadpole after thought, but it's actually a habitat specific piece of anatomy.
EXIF 1/160sec f/22.0 ISO 400 100mm March 29th 2013 13:50 Squamish, BC.
Pacific White-sided Dolphins, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens. There was a time along the British Columbia coast where a sight like this would have been considered very rare, but only know about this from excavating First Nation middens that are roughly 2000 year old. It was only recently in the 1980�s when the Pacific white-sided dolphins began inhabiting the inshore waters of the BC coast. Now the Pacific white-sided dolphin is a common sight along the BC coast, sometimes congregating in groups as large as 1000 individuals. This photo was taken in Nodales Channel, just outside Thurston Bay Marine Provincial Park.
EXIF 1/1600sec f/5.6 ISO 400 230mm October 5th 2012 9:10 Thurston Bay Marine Provincial Park, BC.
Crawling through the snow, pushing the camera and tripod ahead foot by foot, while constantly watching the herd makes for slow going. After roughly an hour of crawling, the adrenaline wears off and Mr. Bladder begins begging for attention. An anatomical gender advantage comes to the rescue and a casual roll and momentary pause solves the issue. Stomach pressed to the knee deep snow, and with wind chill the temperature is approaching -30°C. Now within a hundred metres, every unintentional noise interrupts chewing and raises a head or two. It's been roughly two hours in this prone position and it soon becomes obvious the game of hide and seek is over. You're being stared down by a 800 kilogram bison whose horns measure over a foot in length. He is no more than forty metres directly in front of you – and there are fifty or so of his best buds with him too. Who wouldn't want to simply lay here for as long as possible and enjoy the majesty of these massive animals?
EXIF 1/800sec f/6.3 ISO 400 400mm January 12th 2015 13:10 Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan.
Point Atkinson Lighthouse, located in lighthouse park of West Vancouver. Way back in 1792 Captain George Vancouver charted the area and named the headland, Point Atkinson. The original lighthouse was constructed in 1874, which was later replaced by the existing in 1910. When the existing structure was built in 1910 it used a vaporized oil lamp and a Fresnel lens, which was turned by a clock mechanism driven by a 200lb weight. This 200lb weighted mechanism needed to be wound every 2 ½ hours. Later in 1960, an electric light bulb replaced the oil lap and Fresnel lens. In 1994 the federal government of designated the lighthouse a National Historical site. Today the lighthouse is far from its original design, it now uses a very high intensity automated solar-powered light.
EXIF 13.0sec f/9.0 ISO 100 16mm August 5th 2014 21:18 Point Atkinson, BC.
A very close look at a purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) looks very much like a pin cushion and feel much the same. Amongst the long purple spines of the urchin are retractable tube feet and small pincers, called pedicellariae. Centered on the underside of the urchin are five toothlike plates, called Aristotle's lantern, and surround the urchins mouth. It can use its teeth to bore holes in rocks, creating a hideaway of sorts - though sometimes an urchin may grow too large for the hole its dug and become stuck for life.
EXIF 1/13sec f/8.0 ISO 200 50mm July 25th 2006 9:32 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, BC.
The red octopus (Octopus rubescens) is the most common species of octopus inhabiting shallow waters on the west coast of North America, though they are able to reach depths of 300 metres. They're found from the Gulf of California, north to the Gulf of Alaska. They're often confused with juvenile giant pacific octopus in their Northern range, as their coloration is strikingly similar. However the red octopus only grows to a length of 50 centimetres, and weighs on average 125 grams. They feed on a wide variety of prey items including, gastropods, bivalves, crabs, and barnacles.
EXIF 1/15sec f/4.0 ISO 200 50mm January 1st 2006 13:47 Ucluelet Mini Aquarium, BC.
Bison have dynamic social groupings that change with the seasons. Bulls are found with a small number of other bulls or are often completely solitary. They only join larger herds of cows and young sexually immature males during breeding season in the summer. I watched this bull graze along the top of this ridge for over an hour. On occasion he would rest and seemingly gaze out over the valley below him. They're such massive and powerful animals that dwarf even the landscape they inhabit and yet I find them so peaceful to watch.
EXIF 1/1600sec f/8.0 ISO 400 400mm March 20th 2016 17:07 Grasslands National Park, SK.
Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), live for an average of 4 – 5 years and at the end of their life they return to the river or stream they hatched in to spawn. When spawning the sockeye's colouration becomes a strong red and males develop a hooked jaw and humped back. The Adams River sockeye run, the largest salmon run in North America, today and in the past, faces countless threats to their existence. 1913 saw a rockslide at Hell's Gate caused by railway construction. The slide completely blocked the river; luckily with rising water narrow channels opened allowing upstream access for the spawning sockeye. The years following saw the construction of a dam in the upper Adams River. From time to time, the dam released large amounts of water to push felled timber logs downriver. These logs would speed downriver scouring and gouging the river bottom, unearthing and killing many salmon eggs. Between the controlled floods, water levels would drop so low; the riverbed would dry, exposing and killing millions of salmon eggs. Fortunately the log runs stopped in 1922 and by the mid 1930's an agreement between Canada and United States secured salmon stocks and their spawning grounds. Today the sockeye are threatened no longer in their spawning beds, but rather when entering the open ocean. 90% of sampled juvenile sockeye salmon outmigrating from the Fraser River were infected with one or more sea lice.
EXIF 1/100sec f/8.0 ISO 800 16mm October 15th 2010 12:46 Adams River, BC.
Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus), (also known as Northern Sea Lions) announce their presence, while sharing their haul out with a few seemingly dwarfed California Sea Lions. The Broken Island Group located in Barkley Sound, just south of Uculet, provides a resting area for hundreds of migrating Steller and California Sea Lions. Males are significantly larger than females, weighting in at around 1100kg in the peak of their mating rut; females usually only reach an average of 300kg in weight. This photo is taken between Batley and Wouwer Islands, two of the most westerly islands of the Broken Group. The Steller's population has been unexplainably declining over a massive part of their range in Alaska. Since 1970 over 70% of the Alaskan population has disappeared, as a result they have been listed under the American Endangered Species Act.
EXIF 1/1000 f/8.0 ISO 400 200mm August 3rd 2010 13:29 Barkley Sound, BC.
As the sun crawls above the horizon Mount Peever is slowly painted with a great orange hue. The perfectly clear water of Isaac reveal the millions of smooth pebbles that line the shore. The warm lake water mixing with the cool morning air create an eerie mist that creeps across the surface. Mount Peever has an elevation of roughly 1838 metres.
EXIF 0.4sec f/9.0 ISO 50 21mm September 14th 2014 7:07 Bowron Lake Provincial Park, BC.
A number of western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) search of food along the broken surf. They one of the most abundant shorebirds in North American though have a fairly constrained breeding range in western Alaska. Both parents incubate a clutch of, on average four eggs, for 21 days. Young are tended to by males, until they're able to fly at roughly 19 days of age. When not breeding the western sandpiper searches shorelines for small crustaceans, mollusks, marine worms and other marine invertebrates.
EXIF 1/5000sec f/2.8 ISO 400 200mm September 2nd 2013 19:38 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, BC.
This soaking wet immature bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) sat very relaxed on its perch for quite some time. This photo was taken using a focal length of 200mm and isn't cropped, which should give some understanding of how relaxed this bird was.
EXIF 1/320sec f/2.8 ISO 800 200mm September 16th 2013 14:21 Bowron Lake Provincial Park, BC.
"I shall be telling this with a sigh. Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference". - Robert Frost
Of course there are occasions when the road less travelled is less travelled for a reason. While exploring Grasslands National Park I was confronted by this menacing storm and promptly decided to not continue down this road.
EXIF 0.5sec f/9.0 ISO 50 16mm July 30th 2016 17:53 Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan.
In early spring, just after the snow melts, male sharp-tailed grouse take to the dance floor in effort to secure breeding rights. Their early morning dance consists of rapidly stomping their feet, rattling their tail feathers and spinning in circles . A distinctive noise created when dancing is a emitted when stamping their feet 20 times per second and is usually accompanied by a very distinct "cooing" call. The most dominant male waits in the center of the dance floor, known as a lek. Females will copulate only with the winning male and then leave to raise their young alone.
EXIF 1/1250sec f/7.1 ISO 1600 400mm May 8th 2016 6:46 Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan.
As if the intense yellow of blooming canola fields wasn't impressive enough, the added contrast of the approaching ominous storm clouds certainly made this a roadside photo too great to pass up. Somewhere between Rosetown and Swift Current along highway 4, numerous storm cells made their way across the sky, dragging their shadows along the landscape below. Canada produces on average 17 tonnes of canola annually, with Saskatchewan contributing around 47%. Canola has many end uses, such as fuel, ink for printing, fertilizer, high-protein livestock feed, and of course salad dressing.
EXIF 1/160sec f/8.0 ISO 400 70mm July 12th 2015 20:25 Stewart Valley, Saskatchewan.
Be it a lifetime of deer or elk walking the same route, a dried creek bed, or even a fallen tree - sometime the best paths in life are the ones placed there by Mother Nature. Sometimes they're only a few feet in length, others are more than a kilometre - either way, these paths offer a perspective typically unseen, challenges typically not encountered, and a sense of connectedness typically not experienced.
EXIF 0.8sec f/11.0 ISO 100 16mm April 20th 2013 12:16 Squamish, BC.
My footage has been seen around the world and has been aired on major news networks, from CBC and Global in Canada, ABC and NBC in the United States, SF Television in Switzerland, and Fance5. I've worked with numerous camera platforms, not limited to the big Sony F65, Panasonic VariCam, and Canon C300mkII.
Born on the west coast of British Columbia and immersed in marine biology through numerous years of employment with the Vancouver Aquarium, my imagery aims to bring awareness to the forms of life that are rapidly being pushed aside. Canada is home to countless diverse and rich ecosystems, but the impact we're having on these shared environments has meant many species of plants and animals are disappearing at alarming rates. By capturing a vanishing landscape or fleeting species and sharing their story, I hope to spark interest from other individuals.
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Grasslands National Park sits along the United States border in southwestern Saskatchewan, roughly four hundred kilometres south of Saskatoon. The nine hundred square kilometre park is divided in two sections. The east block is filled with all sorts of fun, such as rattlesnakes, lightning sparked grass fires, black widow spiders, quicksand and a campsite. The badlands of the east block are considered the richest deposit of dinosaur fossils in the country. The west block has the same snakes, spiders and fires, plus it has bison - just under four hundred of them. The park is also home to a few endangered species, like the black-footed ferret, eastern yellow-bellied racer, greater short-horned lizard, shape-tailed grouse and the burrowing owl. In terms of Canadian national parks, this one is still in its infancy, as it was only officially proclaimed a national park in 2001 and the bison of the west block are even younger.
The plains bison of Grasslands National Park were introduced to their current digs in May 2006, after spending the winter in a small paddock in order to acclimatize to their new environment. The initial 72 very young bison came from Elk Island National Park in Alberta. For those unfamiliar with Elk Island, the bison there have been the "seed source" for most bison populations in Canada since 1967. What makes the plains bison of Elk Island special is what they're missing - particularly disease and unwanted cattle and wood bison genes. The healthy herd multiplies quickly and with only a 136 square kilometre habitat, the population must be controlled, and translocating animals to create new herds elsewhere is the best option.
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On October 24th 2013 staff from the Vancouver Aquarium, along with members from Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Parks Canada, entered Barkley Sound in search of sea lions entangled in marine debris. On that day, for the first time in Canada, two sea lions were successfully tranquilized and freed from the garbage around their necks.
A marriage of patience and technology results in amazing footage of baby burrowing owls. Captured with a focal length of 16mm, this video gives you an in your face perspective from the front door of the burrow. It's eight minutes in length, but these owlets are so incredibly adorable you'll wish it was longer. EXIF 1/60sec f/14.0 ISO400 16mm 18:43 June 23rd 2015
We're taught the basics of owl behaviour at a young age: they're nocturnal, constantly ask "who?" and are incapable of sharing tootsie pops. However, burrowing owls aren't like most owls. These owls use daylight for hunting big juicy ground dwelling insects. Their vocalizations aren't typical halloween hoots, rather they're high pitched hisses or coos. One particular hiss emulates a rattlesnake rattling in an attempt to deter predators. Finally, where other owls live and nest in trees, the burrowing owl chooses open prairies and treeless grasslands – and in Canada there aren't many of these grassland ecosystems remaining. Over the past three decades more than 90% of the Canadian burrowing owl population have vanished. Fewer than 800 breeding pairs remain across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia.
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On July 10th 2014 a male false killer whale calf was found stranded on Chesterman Beach, just south of Tofino. A team from the Vancouver Aquarium rescued the calf and brought him to the aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre where multiple diagnostic procedures where conducted. As of September 2014 the calf, named Chester, is continuing to receive around the clock care.
In early spring, just after the snow melts, male sharp-tailed grouse take to the dance floor in effort to secure breeding rights. Their early morning dance consists of rapidly stomping their feet, rattling their tail feathers and spinning in circles . A distinctive noise created when dancing is a emitted when stamping their feet 20 times per second and is usually accompanied by a very distinct "cooing" call. The most dominant male waits in the center of the dance floor, known as a lek. Females will copulate only with the winning male and then leave to raise their young alone.
On March 26th 2013, a male adult harbour porpoise was found stranded in Saanich Inlet. He was rescued by Cetus Research and Conservation Society and brought to the Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. The porpoise, named Levi, under went multiple diagnostic procedures and required round the clock care. After six months Levi showed significant improvement and was able to catch live prey. On September 10th 2013, Levi was taken by boat back to Saanich Inlet were he was released.
Images ©Neil Fisher 2016
Winter's grip takes hold after spending an afternoon photographing the aurora borealis in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut.
Photo by Bill Willams EXIF 1/30sec f/2.8 ISO3200 56mm February 19th 2013 Gjoa Haven, Nunavut.
Working with Imaq, a male beluga whale who resided at the Vancouver Aquarium until April 2011, when he was moved to Sea World San Antonio, TX.
Photo by Ale de Vries EXIF 1/500sec f/4.0 ISO200 200mm June 1st 2008 Vancouver Aquarium, BC.


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