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A complete explanation of the diversity of animal colour patterns requires an understanding of both the developmental mechanisms generating them and their adaptive value. However, only two previous studies, which involved computer-generated evolving prey, have attempted to make this link. This study examines variation in the camouflage patterns displayed on the flanks of many felids. After controlling for the effects of shared ancestry using a fully resolved molecular phylogeny, this study shows how phenotypes from plausible felid coat pattern generation mechanisms relate to ecology. We found that likelihood of patterning and pattern attributes, such as complexity and irregularity, were related to felids' habitats, arboreality and nocturnality. Our analysis also indicates that disruptive selection is a likely explanation for the prevalence of melanistic forms in Felidae. Furthermore, we show that there is little phylogenetic signal in the visual appearance of felid patterning, indicating that camouflage adapts to ecology over relatively short time scales. Our method could be applied to any taxon with colour patterns that can reasonably be matched to reaction–diffusion and similar models, where the kinetics of the reaction between two or more initially randomly dispersed morphogens determines the outcome of pattern development.
1. Introduction
The patterns displayed on the flanks of felids are intriguing in their variety. Previous studies of the adaptive function of cat coat patterns have indicated that they are likely to be for camouflage rather than communication or physiological reasons [1,2]. The primary hunting strategy of felids is to stalk prey until they are close enough to capture them with a pounce or quick rush [3,4]. As hunts are more successful when an attack is initiated from shorter distances [5,6], cats benefit from remaining undetected for as long as possible and camouflage helps achieve this. Many smaller cats are also likely to be camouflaged for protection from predation [7].
Two studies have previously examined felid patterning using the comparative method. Ortolani & Caro [1] used a concentrated changes test [8] to find a significant association in felids between losing spotted coats and absence from forested environments. Across all carnivores, this association between spots and forested habitats approached significance and spots were significantly associated with arboreality. Similarly, Ortolani [2] found support for dark spots on carnivores being associated with closed habitats, arboreal locomotion and preying on ungulates. In the study of Ortolani & Caro [1], there was no association between vertically striped coats and utilization of grassland habitats in either felids or all carnivores. There was some support for vertical stripes emerging in species using grasslands and terrestrial locomotion when examining all carnivores in the more extensive dataset used by Ortolani [2], perhaps due to greater statistical power, as well as for an association between dark horizontal stripes and arboreal locomotion. Overall, their results supported the hypothesis that felid flank patterns evolve to match the visual appearance of the background.
Ortolani & Caro [1] were aware that their method of subjective classification of patterning as either uniform, spotted, horizontally or vertically striped may have masked important variety in felid patterning (so reducing statistical power). Twenty-two of 32 felids were classed as spotted, six as uniform, two as horizontally striped and two as vertically striped. Classifying patterns into broad categories was a necessity in an expansive study that examined all carnivores. In this study, we develop a parametric classification method that describes detailed differences in the visual appearance of markings displayed by, for example, jaguars Panthera onca, clouded leopards Neofelis nebulosa and serval Caracal serval—three species with very different appearances that were all classed as spotted under previous classification schemes [1,2].
Increasingly, studies of animal patterning have used image processing techniques such as Fourier analysis [9], wavelet analysis [10], edge detection [11], and combinations of these and similar techniques [12] to obtain statistics that quantify aspects of patterning. However, such methods rely on obtaining standardized and calibrated images [13]. With often rare, secretive and exotic animals as our subject, we utilized the large corpus of images available on the Internet. Such images vary in many ways (including scale, viewpoint, lighting conditions, and camera hardware and set-up) and may contain features such as occlusions and shadows, the effects of which are very difficult to discount using image processing techniques. Human observers, however, find it very easy to ignore task-irrelevant information. Although human judgements may be unsuitable for colour analysis (since colour perception varies strongly between species), the fundamentals of shape and pattern perception are likely to be similar for humans and felids' predators and prey [14,15].
The method used in this study is inspired by reaction–diffusion theories of biological pattern formation. Although the mechanism of felid pattern development is not yet known [16,17], reaction–diffusion models represent a good candidate [18,19] and, crucially for our goal of parametric pattern description, can form patterns very similar to those observed in felids and many other taxa [18–21]. Previously, only Bond and Kamil [22,23] have linked the utility of different camouflage patterns to developmental mechanisms that can generate pattern variety. They used a genetic algorithm to evolve patterns on reproducing populations of artificial 'moths' under predation by blue jays. Linking development, mechanism, function and phylogeny offers a complete explanation of pattern variety [24]. It is also important as developmental mechanisms may constrain the range of pattern phenotypes.
The reaction–diffusion patterns can be manipulated along several dimensions that together can be thought of as comprising felid 'camouflage space' (figure 1). Human observers classified standard examples of felid flank patterns to the closest matching comparison pattern in this multidimensional space. The values of variables in the underlying equation that generated the chosen pattern and distribution of observers' classification decisions parameterize the important properties of each standard image. The five dimensions can be conceptualized as: (i) patterned versus plain, (ii) pattern irregularity, (iii) pattern complexity, (iv) pattern element size and (v) the anisotropy (directionality) of pattern elements. These measures were then tested for relationships with ecological variables that have previously been proposed to drive the evolution of pattern phenotypes, including habitat, locomotion, activity time, social systems, prey size, body size and weight. We also collected information on the prevalence of melanism in each species to test predictions made by alternative theories for the prevalence of melanistic polymorphs in some species of Felidae. Disruptive selection can cause polymorphism when extreme morphs gain benefits. This is more likely in species with broad ecological niches, as variable environments offer more opportunities that unusual morphs could potentially exploit [25]. Apostatic selection, where unusual variants benefit because they are less familiar to predators and prey, would be the likely mechanism if melanism were more common in diurnal species, when visual search images would be of greater importance.
2. Material and methods
(a) Image acquisition and selection
We collected images of 35 species of Felidae from the Internet. The search was conducted using Google Image Search and various wildlife photography resources such as Arkive (www.arkive.com) using scientific and all common names as search terms. Initially all available non-duplicate images that could be reliably identified as containing an example of a specific non-domestic felid species were collected. From each species's image corpus the six 'best' images were selected: better images contained the subject posing in profile with the side of the animal in full view, free from distortions and occlusions. They were also in focus and taken in natural lighting conditions and dry weather. Images with a large number of pixels were preferred. In a very few instances, particularly for very rare or otherwise difficult to photograph cats, such as those living in rainforests, we were unable to obtain six images without making some concessions to quality. However, in no instance was the shape or size of any coat pattern elements unclear, although colour balance, saturation and contrast all may have had some effect on the visual perception of any pattern. By avoiding photographs taken in the same image set, we reduced the chances that an individual animal was represented more than once. In species with pattern polymorphism no attempt was made to select photos with particular variants, but images of melanistic individuals were excluded. We only used images of adult individuals, although it should be noted that a number of species such as puma Puma concolor, lion Panthera leo and cheetah Acinonyx jubatus undergo ontogenetic change in patterning that may well be adaptive.
To obtain approximately orientation-invariant images of the body patterns, we took rectangular crops from the selected images using the base of the neck and tail as the x-axis start and end points, with the length of the y-axis being specified by the distance to the highest part of the underside (which was typically just behind the front legs). Bilinear interpolation was used to rotate the off-cardinal crop area to cardinal axes. Crops were then resized to 228 × 128 pixels to obtain approximately scale-invariant standard images of each species. An example of the images and crops for a single species are available in the electronic supplementary material. All image processing was done using Matlab R2009b with the Image Processing Toolbox (The Mathworks Inc., MA, USA).
(b) Reaction–diffusion pattern creation
The patterns were created according to the equations described by Bard & Lauder [26] and Lauder [27], which were able to generate the range of patterns we were interested in. Full details are given in the electronic supplementary material. Simple patterns were created with all parameters fixed except the diffusion speed of one of the two morphogens (Db). Lower diffusion rates create patterns with more irregular pattern elements; higher values create patterns with more regular spots.
Complex patterns were created following the cascade method described by Turk [20]. This involves fixing morphogen concentrations of the simple patterns in areas where patterning has already formed and then resuming the reaction–diffusion process. New pattern elements form around the existing pattern elements.
The comparison patterns presented to observers consisted of the concentration of chemical b at each point in the 288 × 128 pixel central area displayed as a greyscale image after being scaled by subtracting the minimum concentration then dividing by the maximum concentration.
(c) Classification task
The classification task was programmed in Matlab on a PC, using Matlab's GUI programming tools. Observers were able to interactively select, display and manipulate the reaction–diffusion comparison patterns until they confirmed that they were satisfied they had achieved a good match with the standard image pattern. Full details and screenshots of the classification utility are available in the electronic supplementary material and the utility is available on request from the corresponding author.
(d) Observers and classification procedure
Five observers performed the classification task: one was an author (W.L.A.) and four were naive observers. All had normal or corrected-to-normal visual acuity. They were instructed to match the visual appearance of any patterning on the standard image to the comparison pattern as closely as possible within a reasonable period of time, ignoring incidental features such as occlusions or shadows. An experimenter then demonstrated how to manipulate the comparison pattern and showed them the range of patterns available to them.
(e) Collection and coding of felid trait information
Data were collected independently of previous comparative studies of felid coloration. Principle sources of information included the works of Kitchener [28], Nowack [29], Macdonald [30] and Sunquist & Sunquist [31]. On the few occasions where information from different sources conflicted, an additional independent source was consulted for verification. When this was not possible, the most recent information was used. How traits were coded depended on the precision of information available. For example, our locomotion trait would ideally be the percentage of activity time each cat spent in trees, but these data were unavailable. The precision of available data enabled us to place each species in one of five ordered categories: terrestrial; terrestrial and occasionally arboreal; terrestrial and arboreal; arboreal and occasionally terrestrial; and arboreal. Similarly, activity time was coded as: nocturnal; mainly nocturnal and/or crepuscular; no activity time preference; mainly diurnal; and diurnal. Body length and weight were coded as the mean of the minimum and maximum values published by Sunquist & Sunquist [31]. We used the information in Meachen-Samuels & Van ValkenBurgh [32] to classify each species's prey size as small, medium or large. The information in the works of Sunquist & Sunquist [31] and Robinson [33] enabled us to identify whether melanism was common, rare or absent in each species. Sociability was recorded as a binary trait with species known (at least in some instances) to live in pairs or any greater level of intraspecific non-reproductive interaction being classed as sociable.
Each species was coded as being absent (0), sometimes present (0.5) or preferentially present (1) in several habitat categories: boreal and coniferous forest; temperate forest; tropical forest; riparian zones (together classed as closed environments); grasslands and plains; desert and semi-desert; and mountainous and rocky regions (classed as open environments). To account for the greater importance of the properties of habitat-to-habitat specialists (e.g. Andean mountain cats Leopardus jacobita) than more generalist cats (e.g. puma Puma concolor), these scores were then normalized by the sum of all habitat scores for each species. Thus, the coding of a cat found in only one habitat would remain unchanged as it should be strongly adapted to this habitat type, while the normalized score would be lower for a cat found in the same habitat and also several others. The amount each score had to be normalized by also gives an index of how habitat specialist or generalist each cat is. We do not know whether generalist cats are adapted to one of their several habitats in particular, or whether patterning reflects a compromise camouflage solution to all the habitats each is found in [34]. We also created a summary variable to capture each species's overall preference for open or closed environments by dividing the sum of open habitat scores by the sum of all habitat scores. The classifications of ecological variables are available as electronic supplementary material and were broadly comparable to Ortolani & Caro [1] and Ortolani [2], with a few minor differences probably caused by the different coding schemes and recent insights into felid ecology.
(f) Statistical methods
Probability of patterning and probability of complex patterning were the fraction of all comparison patterns for each species classified by all observers as patterned and complexly patterned, respectively. The diffusion speed of morphogen b (Db) and the x- and y-axis stretch for each species were recorded as the median value of all patterned classifications. The x-axis stretch was then adjusted to compensate for distortions introduced if the original image was stretched to present it at the fixed aspect ratio. Pattern anisotropy was taken as the x-axis stretch divided by y-axis stretch, logged. Pattern elements were assumed to be elliptical when calculating their area relative to body size from the x- and y-axis stretch. A species's pattern size in absolute terms was calculated by multiplying the x- and y-axis stretch by the size ratio between the species and the smallest felid (the rusty-spotted cat Prionailurus rubiginosus) before calculating the ellipse area.
As all the variables collected were continuous or quasi-continuous, we used a generalized least-squares approach for the comparative analysis [35]. We estimated lambda (λ), a measure of the phylogenetic signal present in the residuals of each comparison [36,37], and used it to adjust shared branch lengths appropriately before using linear regression to test each relationship of interest. The analysis was performed using the pglmEstLambda function in the R implementation of CAIC [38–40] (https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/caic/). We used the molecular phylogeny reported by Johnson et al. [41] and updated in the works of Driscoll et al. [42] and Werdelin et al. [43], as it is fully resolved with high support and includes branch length information.
3. Results
Classification was highly consistent, with intraclass correlation coefficients [44] of the observers' judgements ranging from 0.94 to 0.98 for each of the measures. The scores of W.L.A. were well clustered with those of the other (naive) judges. Single classifications by single observers (resulting in 0.03 or 0.97 probability of patterning for Pallas's cat Otocolobus manul, and marbled cat Pardofelis marmorata) were considered as mistakes and removed from the analysis. Nine of the 35 cats were always classified as plain, 16 as always being patterned and 10 showed some variability, mainly relating to pattern polymorphism. Four of the patterned cats were always judged to have complex patterns, with eight other species occasionally being classed as complex (figure 2; electronic supplementary material). The 10 per cent of jaguarundi Puma yagouarundi images classified as patterned were found to be outliers in pattern space (see electronic supplementary material), showing a fine-grained low-contrast pattern, clearly an attempt by observers to capture the texture of reflected light off textured dark fur. As this texture may well be non-incidental, we saw no reason to exclude these results from analysis of patterning of any kind, although as the mechanism creating this pattern is clearly not the same as for other examples we excluded the jaguarundi from analysis of the particular kind of pattern.
Patterning of any kind was associated with closed environments (n = 35, λ < 0.01, r2 = 0.12, β = −0.28, t = 2.09, p = 0.045). Cats found in the open were more likely to be plain, especially those found in mountainous regions (n = 35, λ < 0.01, r2 = 0.12, β = −0.16, t = 2.13, p = 0.04). The particular kind of pattern was important too: looking at the species that were classified as being at least sometimes patterned, cats with stronger preferences for tropical forest habitat exhibited more irregular patterns (n = 25, λ < 0.01, r2 = 0.18, β = −0.13, t = 2.26, p = 0.034). This may be the case for closed environments in general (n = 25, λ < 0.01, r2 = 0.27, β = 0.13, t = 2.05, p = 0.051). Complex patterns were predicted by preference for closed environments (n = 25, λ < 0.01, r2 = 0.18, β = −0.36, t = 2.21, p = 0.037), and tropical habitats in particular (n = 25, λ < 0.01, r2 = 0.21, β = 0.33, t = 2.37, p = 0.026). There was also a suggestion that patterned cats found on grasslands and plains were likely to have simple patterns (n = 25, λ < 0.01, r2 = 0.15, β = −0.19, t = 2.04, p = 0.052).
Species' behaviour also predicted aspects of patterning. The more time cats spent in trees, the more likely they were to be patterned (n = 35, λ = 0.70, r2 = 0.17, β = 0.94, t = 2.63, p = 0.013), especially with irregular (n = 25, λ < 0.01, r2 = 0.20, β = −0.14, t = −2.40, p = 0.025) and complex patterns (n = 25, λ < 0.01, r2 = 0.18, β = 0.35, t = −2.21, p = 0.037). These relationships may reflect the greater incidence of arboreal locomotion in more densely vegetated habitats (r2 = 0.44, p = 0.0002), though perhaps arboreal forest habitats have particularly variable texture compared with terrestrial forest habitats. More nocturnal activity patterns were unrelated to the likelihood of a species being patterned (n = 35, λ = 0.82, r2 = 0.03, β = −0.35, t = −1.00, p = 0.322) but, among patterned cats, those with irregular patterns were more likely to be more active at night (n = 25, λ < 0.01, r2 = 0.20, β = 0.42, t = 2.40, p = 0.024).
We found no evidence of pattern anisotropy in horizontal or vertical orientations, or the size of pattern elements relative to body size or in absolute terms, being associated with any particular habitats or behaviours. Nor was prey size associated with any particular aspect of patterning, and there was no evidence for a relationship between the sociability of cats and any of the pattern measures, consistent with our assumption that the flank markings of cats are not related to social signalling.
Examining estimates of λ for each character (table 1) and tracing patterning over the phylogeny (figure 2) indicates that patterning emerges or disappears frequently. The same is true of the irregularity of patterning and, to a lesser extent, the complexity of patterning (which is concentrated in the big cat, bay cat and ocelot lineages). This indicates that many aspects of patterning in Felidae are evolutionarily labile. Similarly, λ does not differ significantly from 0 for all habitat traits, suggesting that felids have radiated rapidly to fill new and diverse niches. Activity time and locomotion are more conservative and, as previous studies have shown, λ reliably characterized traits known to be conserved along phylogenies such as body length and weight [37].
We found good support for disruptive selection explaining the prevalence of melanism in felids; melanism was more common in cats with stronger preferences for temperate forests (n = 35, λ = 0.58, r2 = 0.35, β = 0.26, t = 4.22, p < 0.0001), which seasonally vary, but no other habitats; it was also more prevalent in more habitat generalist cats (n = 35, λ = 0.34, r2 = 0.24, β = −0.26, t = 3.20, p = 0.003). We also constructed measures that captured species' flexibility in activity time, locomotion strategy and lighting environment from the absolute value of species' scores subtracted from the category median (diurnal and nocturnal activity time, terrestrial and arboreal locomotion, and the lighting environment score when preference for open and closed environments was equal). Melanism was more common when cats were diurnally and nocturnally active rather than diurnal or nocturnal (n = 35, λ = 0.04, r2 = 0.25, β = −0.79, t = 3.29, p < 0.0001), and when they used terrestrial and arboreal locomotion rather than one locale (n = 35, λ = 0.28, r2 = 0.19, β = −0.78, t = 2.80, p < 0.008). However, there was no evidence that melanism was more prevalent in cats that used both open and closed environments rather than just one or the other (n = 35, λ < 0.01, r2 = 0.04, β = −0.10, t = 1.22, p = 0.23). The apostatic selection hypothesis was poorly supported; it predicts none of the relationships mentioned and there is little support for a relationship between melanism and diurnal activity when visual novelty should be more advantageous (n = 35, λ = 0.66, r2 = 0.07, β = 0.61, t = 1.58, p = 0.12).
4. Discussion
These findings support the hypothesis that felid flank patterns function as background matching camouflage. Evolution has generally paired plain cats with relatively uniformly coloured, textured and illuminated environments, and patterned cats with environments 'full of trees and bushes and stripy, speckly, patchy-blatchy shadows' [45]. It is also likely that the particular pattern generally evolves to resemble the size, shape and variability of pattern elements in the background [46]. Cats using closed environments and arboreal locomotion are more likely to have complex patterns than those that use open habitats and terrestrial locomotion. Especially irregular patterns have evolved on more nocturnal hunters, those found in tropical forests and those that hunt in trees. Although we have not quantified the visual appearance of the background in this study, it is reasonable to assume that closed environments, especially tropical forests and arboreal habitats, have a more irregular and complex texture than open environments owing to the structure of the elements they contain, their configuration and density, and how they interact with light and cast shadows [46].
Like Ortolani & Caro [1], we found no support for the proposition that vertical stripes are associated with grasslands: only the tiger was classified as having vertically elongated patterns and it is not strongly associated with this habitat. While tigers may be very well camouflaged, and their habitats may have more spectral power at vertical orientations [9], this raises the question of why vertical stripes are not more common in felids and other mammalian taxa.
We observed strong associations which suggest that disruptive selection is the mechanism accounting for the prevalence of melanistic forms in some cats but not others. It is unclear how melanistic forms might use their environments differently from standard morphs although they would be expected to be found at the extremes (for example having especially nocturnal activity patterns or living in particularly dense forest).
Plotting species' positions in camouflage space shows that some cats are intriguing camouflage outliers. Cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus, servals Caracal serval and black-footed cats Felis nigripes appear to have evolved or retained spotted patterns despite a strong preference for open habitats. Furthermore, their sister taxa are generally plain and prefer more closed environments. There are also a number of cats who have plain coats despite preferences for closed environments, more extreme examples being the bay cat Pardofelis badia and flat-headed cat Prionailurus planiceps. The habitats and behaviour of these cats would have to be compared with closely related, classically camouflaged species in greater detail to understand these apparent deviations from the norm. Plain and patterned cats could be using different microhabitats within the rather broad categories defined in this study. Plain and patterned solutions may have a different camouflage function (e.g. background matching versus disruptive camouflage [47]). Alternatively, plain and patterned camouflage solutions may be similarly effective in some instances or have costs unrelated to camouflage so that no selection pressure away from a particular phenotype is exerted. Some species may simply retain sub-optimal solutions because of a genetic or developmental constraint, although given the evidence that felid patterning is highly labile this seems unlikely. Finally, a recent habitat or pattern shift could account for mismatches: previously effective camouflage patterns can become conspicuous and distinctive recognition cues, while unfamiliar phenotypes may benefit from poorer predator and prey recognition [48]. However, without independent palaeontological evidence, this should be dismissed as an ad hoc argument.
Overall the classification method we developed has captured the essence of the visual appearance of cats' patterning very well (figure 2). The main problems with the classifications stem from the limited availability of high-quality images. The background literature suggests our image corpus has captured intricate aspects of pattern variation within and between species successfully—for example, the levels of pattern variation within the lynx lineage, with Canadian lynx Lynx canadensis being least patterned and Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus most highly patterned [31]. However, the low levels of patterning in lynx and Canadian lynx may be accounted for by patterning being less visible in winter owing to overgrowth by winter pelage (snow cover could be seen in two of the photos of lynx and three of Canadian lynx, but none of Iberian lynx). Other samples may be less representative of the population, although the only example of a clearly unrepresentative sample we could identify was the Asian golden cat Pardofelis temminckii, which is known to often be patterned in the north of its range [31]; its classification as plain reflects bias created by the image selection method. However, classified as plain, it opposes the overall trends reported and so does not affect the reliability of the significant findings obtained. Wildcats Felis silvestris and Andean mountain cats Leopardus jacobita often have indistinct markings that were present in some of the standard images, but evidently observers generally considered these too low a contrast to be meaningful patterns; this may not be the case for other organisms' vision. This effect may also have been involved in classification of some of the other cats that show variation in patterning, such as the lynxes, rusty-spotted cat Prionailurus rubiginosus, pampas cat Leopardus colocolo, kodkod Leopardus guigna and sand cat Felis margarita. The classification of wildcats as being plain may also indicate bias in the image sample away from the European wildcat subspecies Felis silvestris silvestris, which anecdotal evidence suggests is generally more strongly patterned than its African (Felis silvestris lybica and Felis silvestris cafra) and Asian (Felis silvestris ornata and Felis silvestris bieti) counterparts.
In summary, this study shows that, in general, detailed aspects of felid's flank patterns have evolved to match visual properties of the environments they inhabit and their behaviour within those environments, in order to achieve camouflage supporting the analyses (based on subjective categorical classifications) of Ortolani and Caro [1] and Ortolani [2]. A few species have patterns that general trends do not predict, and these merit further investigation. The major advance reported here is the demonstration that evolved traits (pattern, habitat and behavioural) can be linked to a mathematical model of pattern development. We suggest that future comparative studies of animal coloration should also be linked to specific models of development, as these constrain the variety of pattern expressions as well as affording a parametric basis for analysis. Mathematical models of pattern development have been applied to other taxa with interesting patterning, such as snakes [49] and fish [18], and future studies could go on to link these with ecology. Considerable effort has been directed towards understanding the function and utility of different camouflage patterns in recent years [50]. A challenge for the future, which has begun to be tackled here and elsewhere [1,2,51–53], is to understand when and where particular camouflage solutions and other coloration patterns are employed.
We thank Tilo Burghardt, Mike Chantler, Patrick Green, Daniel Osorio and Gavin Thomas for helpful advice at various stages of this project, and Tim Caro and two other anonymous referees for their comments. The research was supported by the BBSRC.
- Received August 12, 2010.
- Accepted September 20, 2010.
- This Journal is © 2010 The Royal Society


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This site is a work-in-progress of the ancestry of both my parents. Surnames are Eason, Irwin, Ewin, and Bell in Australia and County Tyrone, Ireland; Goode and Miles in Australia and Northamptonshire; Oates and Pascoe in Australia and Cornwall; Stewart, Love, Simpson, and Thomson in Australia and Scotland; Lowe and Craig in New Zealand; and Riley, Andrews, Whippy, O'Connor, Brown, and Simpson in Fiji.
I've realised that if I wait until my research is finished before I put it on the web it will never get there, so I've gone with what I have, mistakes and all, and I will keep fixing it as I go. Any corrections would be welcome!
I would like to thank the following people who have helped me with information: Larraine Abbey, Joe Andrews, Stein Andrews, Marion Batchelor, Irene Bell, PJS Boaden, Jennifer Brooks, Judith Anne Brunskill, Margaret Burns, Talai Burness, Graham Campbell, Anne Chambers, Jean Chambers, Russell Cooper, Narelle Corbett, Orlin Craig, Mareta Davila, Gillian Eason, William Eason ("Uncle Bill"), Leigh Evans, Steven Evans, Karla Eyre, Larraine (Ewin) Abbey, Russ Ewin, Emma Field, Michael Flynn, Norm Flynn, Geoffrey Goode, Helen Harman, Dianne Marie Hoger, Deborah Horrocks, Terry Riley Hulme, Betty Hunt, Lena Irvine, Raewyn Irwin, Jackie Jensen, Olwen Jonklaas, Terri Keck, Alicia-may Laaman, Sharyn Lamont, Christine Liava'a, Yola Macken, John Francis MacKenny, Martha Martin, Brad McKenzie, Greig Melrose, Graeme Moad, Fran Morton, Courtney Oates, Ken Oates, Paul Padley, Rae Paine, Richard Parata, Wayne Parker, Jo Parsons, Melanie Pascoe, June Paterson, Florence Petersen, Gretel Pickering, Winston Kitchener Powell, Graham Ralph, Mireya Ranger, Lady Jessie Richmond, Adi Milian Riley, Diane Riley, Everett Riley, Lavenia [Riley], Tulia Riley, Julie Ruzsicska, Nigel and Vinita Sharma, Jenny Shea, Milford Southon, Lisa Steedman, Dulcie (O'Connor) Stewart, Gail Stewart, Ken Sutherland, Margaret Taylor, Mary Taylor, Elizabeth Nicholls Walling, Peter Webster, Michael Whippy, Paul B Whippy, Tui Benau Whippy, and Judy Woodley. Please forgive me if I have corresponded with you and your name is not on this list.
Any errors are entirely my own responsibility.
I have much more information on my direct ancestors and some of their descendants than is available here, so please contact me if you find someone you know.


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Have you heard of augmented reality? This new technology will have a profound impact on businesses. Keep reading to learn why…
Like social media, augmented reality is a fairly new technology that is still being developed into tools that add some use or productivity to our lives.
At this early stage, it is often found in games, but businesses are slowly adopting the technology and experimenting with it.
If you're unaware of augmented reality, the basic definition is that it adds something to, improves, or heightens, reality.
Here's a cool augmented reality video to check out.
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By ROBBIE NEISWANGER
FAYETTEVILLE — Mississippi State coach Rick Ray is well aware of the challenge his team faces in Bud Walton Arena tonight.
The reality: It's the same challenge the Bulldogs face every night.
Undermanned Mississippi State has seven healthy scholarship players available as Ray navigates his first Southeastern Conference season. Injuries hit his team in the offseason and have continued during the regular season, leaving Mississippi State with a distinct disadvantage every time it steps on the court.
"Everybody I talked to says it's a unique situation," Ray said about the Bulldogs' roster problems. "There is nobody that can draw on any experience."
Ray will bring his thin roster to Fayetteville, where Mississippi State (7-9, 2-2 in SEC) will face an Arkansas (11-6, 2-2 in SEC) team eager to bounce back from last Saturday's loss at Ole Miss. Arkansas coach Mike Anderson's team prides itself on depth and a roster capable of wearing down opponents with pressure, which should come in handy tonight against the Bulldogs.
State leans on a thin rotation in which seven players log more than 22 minutes a night. Regular foul trouble for the frontcourt hasn't helped the situation. Neither has a backcourt that has struggled to deal with pressure most of the season.
So it's no surprise Arkansas eyes an opportunity to overwhelm the Bulldogs.
"Obviously, we want to push the tempo and get into their bench," said Arkansas guard Kikko Haydar, who was named a team captain along with Marshawn Powell this week. "We want to make it tough for however many guys that play significant minutes to play those significant minutes. But that's what we try to do on any team."
Arkansas enters tonight's game leading the SEC in forced turnovers (17.6) and is third in steals (9.3) a game. It will face a Bulldogs' lineup that averages an SEC-high 17.2 turnovers a game and recently had 21 in a 75-43 loss to Alabama.
Ray was asked how Mississippi State can prepare for Arkansas' pressure defense and said it's impossible with the low roster numbers. Ray said his team must be patient tonight, though, concentrating on ball security above everything else.
"We have to make sure we break the press and not turn the ball over," Ray said. "That's got to be our biggest concern, not turning the ball over and then get in our halfcourt offense and just play from there. But if we are worrying about trying to break the press and go score, then we are going to have problems because that's what we tried to do against Alabama and that was a big struggle for us."
There's no doubt it's an advantage for Arkansas. But Anderson stressed that nothing is automatic for his team, which is coming off a 76-64 loss at Ole Miss last Saturday.
The Razorbacks faced a team with limited numbers to open conference play earlier this month. But it didn't matter in an embarrassing 69-51 loss at Texas A&M.
So Anderson, instead, said Arkansas must concentrate on consistency in several areas tonight. One of the most notable is cleaning up sloppy play at Ole Miss, where the Razorbacks turned the ball over 19 times en route to another road loss.
"The thing I'm looking for our team is to see if we can bounce back from a tough loss at Ole Miss and play some good basketball and clean up another area," Anderson said. "It's amazing. We clean up one area in terms of defending and rebounding, then we didn't take care of the ball. We didn't value the basketball. That's what really cost us in the Ole Miss game. So we want to make sure we clean up that and get better."
Arkansas and Mississippi State have played twice each season since the Razorbacks joined the SEC in 1992. But tonight's game will be the only one this season under the SEC's new 18-game schedule. The Bulldogs have dominated the series lately, too, winning seven of the previous nine games against the Razorbacks.
It included last season's 79-59 loss at Mississippi State in the regular season finale.
At that point, Arkansas was feeling plenty of fatigue from a season in which it was undermanned because of injuries and departures. Anderson said Mississippi State's situation is a little different, but understands what Ray is experiencing.
"It's kind of a tough situation, tough spot, and you've just got to manage it the best you can," Anderson said. "Because at this point in time, we still have 14 conference games, plus the tournament. So you try to keep those guys as fresh as you can."
But the Razorbacks won't be shy about trying to take advantage of Mississippi State and its thin bench when the teams play tonight.
"Not to say it's going to be an easy game because it's definitely not going to be, but we are just going to try and play hard and the way we play up and down hopefully we will be able to wear them down a little bit," forward Hunter Mickelson said.
Mississippi State (7-9, 2-2 in SEC) at Arkansas (11-6, 2-2 in SEC)
When: 8 p.m.
Where: Bud Walton Arena
Radio: Razorback Sports Network
Satellite: Sirus 135, XM 200
Series: Arkansas leads 28-25
Last Meeting: MSU 79, Arkansas 59 on 3/3/12
Coaches: Arkansas — Mike Anderson (29-20 in second season); Mississippi State — Rick Ray (7-9 in first season)
Projected Lineups: Arkansas — F Hunter Mickelson (6-10, So., 7.2 ppg), F Marshawn Powell (6-7, Jr. 15.2 ppg), G Rickey Scott (6-3, Jr., 4.9 ppg), G Fred Gulley (6-2, Jr., 1.6 ppg), G BJ Young (6-3, So., 17.2 ppg); Mississippi State – F Gavin Ware (6-9, Fr., 8.0 ppg), F Colin Borchert (6-8, Jr., 6.8 ppg), G Craig Sword (6-3, Fr., 9.6 ppg), G Trivante Bloodman (6-0, So., 5.9 ppg), G Jalen Steele (6-3, Jr., 11.1 ppg)


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Petite Fleur Font by Wiescher Design
Petite Fleur is a combination of very beautiful, very old French, engraved, flowery embellishments and the Capitals of my redesigned Royal Romain (Romain du Roi), the exclusive font of King Louis XIV.
It is best used as initials only, but can be mixed with Royal Romain. On the keys for ≥ and ≤ I designed two filler embellishments and the ciphers 0-9 are embellished as well.
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Extraordinary Bodies: Photographs from the Mütter Museum
November 9 - December 15, 2006
Heart, 1994 - Olivia Parker
Photographers and medicine are no strangers. The visual representation of anatomy and pathology as viewed by the camera dates back to the early history of photography when doctors and scientists created anatomical atlases and documented disease and trauma. Photographs also allowed physicians to keep exact visual records of cases long after patients died.
The historical bond between photographers and medicine carries forward to the present day with Extraordinary Bodies: Photographs from the Mütter Museum, an exhibition that represents more than a decade of work by contemporary photographers. For some, the medical manipulation of the body—an act that amounts to the isolation of a part from the whole—becomes a visual metaphor for the human condition. Other artists juxtapose real or artificial body parts and the public and private spaces of the museum itself.
Human Head Prepared by Batson, 2000
- Rosamond Purcell
The exhibition includes images from the museum's renowned historical photography collection alongside contemporary images that extend the boundaries of traditional photographic subject matter. These works find beauty not in conventional forms, but in internal marvels and the enigma of those whose bodies—deformed, broken and disfigured—have suffered physical abnormality, trauma, or destructive disease.
The Mütter Museum, one of the last medical museums from the nineteenth century, comprises a sublime anatomical and pathological collection that originated with Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter, a professor of surgery who collected unique specimens and models for teaching purposes. Under the care of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, to which Dr. Mütter offered his collection in 1856, the Mütter Museum has grown and survived where others did not. According to Malcolm Jones, the collection "teaches how indelibly strange life can be, how unpredictable and various. The photographs, sometimes ghastly, sometimes heartbreaking, are mysterious and mesmerizing, and [the images] revise and enlarge our idea of what it is to be human."
Prosthetic Leg in Hallway, 2000
Max Aguilera-Hellweg
Artists in the exhibition
- Shelby Lee Adams
- Max Aguilera-Hellweg
- Gwen Akin and Allan Ludwig
- Candace diCarlo
- Dale Gunnoe
- Steven Katzman
- Mark Kessell
- Scott Lindgren
- Olivia Parker
- Rosamond Purcell
- Richard Ross
- Ariel Ruiz i Altaba
- Harvey Stein
- Arne Svenson
- William Wegman
- Joel-Peter Witkin
Curated by Laura Lindgren, the exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions (CATE), Los Angeles, California.


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Now HERE'S something that looks like fun!
That's Meredith Ochs, Sirius radio DJ, in the middle of the photograph below, between Bryan "The Don" Martin on the left and Ryan "Rhino" Templeton on the right - just two of the famous "Chrome Shop Mafia" staffers that'll be giving Meredith a ride in style to the Mid-America Trucking Show this year.
Meredith - co-host with the esteemed "Chris T." of the Freewheelin' satellite radio show broadcast on Sirius Road Dog Trucking Radio channel 147 - is riding shotgun with the Mafia from Joplin, Missouri to the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, broadcasting all the way.
The Chrome Shop Mafia (as if you didn't know) is one of the biggest and baddest trucking reality cable TV shows and they do a weekly guest segment on Freewheelin' Thursdays from 12 noon to 1 pm eastern standard time.
Now, to call Meredith and Chris T.'s live three-hour talk show on Sirius 147 "high energy" is kinda like calling a tornado a strong gust of wind. It definitely wakes you up (far more than my own appearance on the same channel from 6 am to 7 am every Monday morning, let me tell you). They cover the news and pop culture topics, along with celebrity guests, every weekdays from 11 am to 3 pm eastern.
So if you're coming west to east for Mid America, you might just see Meredith, the Mafia, and probably a lot of other fans rolling along in one big convoy. Tell them I said "hi" if you do.


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Freddie Mercury, Lemmy from Motorhead and Many More Get the Mustache Eyebrow Treatment
Freddie Mercury of Queen and Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead are among the celebrities to endure (or benefit from, depending on your perspective) the "Mustache Eyebrow" treatment from the FW.
What's the Mustache Eyebrow treatment, you ask? Well, it is as simple as it sounds; take a photograph of a mustached celebrity, flip that crumb collector over on its backside, and affix it over the person's peepers to create bold new eyebrows.
This daring digital facial adornment follows closely on the heels of such photographic series as Hot Chicks with No Eyebrows and Celebs with No Eyebrows. The treatment makes a dramatic difference on departed Queen frontman Mercury -- as you can see from the picture above, he's almost hard to recognize.
Lemmy, on the other hand, has a one-of-a-kind face that's weathered far worse than even the most powerful version of Photoshop can dish out. Heck, it might even take his Motorhead bandmates a few days to notice anything's new! Be sure to check out the FW's complete gallery of Celebrity Mustache Eyebrows to see how big-time stars Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Justin Bieber look with extra facial hair!


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April 15, 2013 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Breast Pump Order
SUBJECT 2: Breastfeeding Plan (Spanish)
SUBJECT 3: WIC Services to Local WIC Provider Employees and Relatives of Employees
SUBJECT 4: Income Guidelines
SUBJECT 5: FFY 2014 LAP Training Registration
Breast Pump Order: Medela is planning to ship the available breast pumps on April 22, 2013. Some items will be backordered until mid-May. Please remember that the following procedure must be followed in order to verify receipt of shipment for payment and to send the required WIC tags.
- Immediately upon receipt of shipment, please locate the packing slip and verify that your agency received the products and quantities stated.
- Sign the packing slip to verify the order is correct.
- Fax the signed packing slip to Laura Weiler at the state WIC office at 573-526-1470. WIC tags will be mailed upon receipt of your packing slip.
- If your agency did not receive what was stated on the packing slip, please contact the state WIC office immediately.
If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Mertzlufft at email@example.com or by telephone at 573-526-4792.
2. Breastfeeding Plan (Spanish): The handout titled "Breastfeeding Plan" is now available in Spanish (attached). It can also be downloaded from the WIC website at http://health.mo.gov/living/families/wic/wiclwp/publications.php. If you have any questions about breastfeeding literature, please contact Kathy Mertzlufft at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 573-526-4792. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
3. WIC Services to Local WIC Provider Employees and Relatives of Employees:
WOM ER#1.07000 states, "The local WIC provider (LWP) shall assure that program standards are upheld when WIC services are provided to local WIC provider (LWP) employees, their relatives, and their close friends." The LWP must ensure that food instruments are appropriately issued. An employee who is a WIC participant, the relative of a WIC participant or close friend of a WIC participant must not issue or print food instruments for themselves, their close friends or a relative. The LWP must ensure they have appropriate personnel to allow someone other than the participating employee to perform these functions to comply with policy or must contact the state WIC office to ensure appropriate controls are established. If you have questions, please contact Betty Cassidy at firstname.lastname@example.com for call 800-392-8209.
4. Income Guidelines: In the WIC Updates of April 1, 2013, we sent information on the new income guidelines, effective April 1, 2013 - March 31, 2014. These guidelines have been approved by USDA and are now final. We will send the laminated cards in the next few weeks, after they have been printed. If you have questions, please contact Mark Davis at email@example.com or Debby Hanlon at firstname.lastname@example.com or 800-392-8209.
5. FFY 2014 LAP Training Registration: Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2014 WIC Local Agency Plan (LAP) training will be conducted at the Department's ITSD Training Room, 920 Wildwood Dr., Jefferson City on June 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2013. This year's training is optional, but is strongly recommended for new LAP users. The training registration form is available at http://health.mo.gov/living/families/wic/wiclwp/training-wic_lap.php and must be submitted by May 31, 2013. Webinars will also be available prior to the on-site training. Please check future WIC Updates for information on the availability of these webinars.If you have any questions regarding the LAP training, please contact Debby Hanlon at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling 573-751-6196.
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I need to recreate the size variation table from this magento site but in WordPress/Woocommerce [login to view URL] Preferably using an existing plugin instead of custom development. Let me know if you have any questions.
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We have a file - i need that file in another Size. The new Size is 76 x 187 mm We need that very fast!
BW logo ne...to be designed. with the following specifications: (1) The draft logo with low resolution, size and imperfect edge are provided as a JPEG image. (2) The logo should be in TIFF format with separate layers and transparent background. (3) Resolution 300 dpi (4) Size 2030x2030 (5) Time to complete: 3 days from the date of award of the project
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Require 2D Autocad Drawing measuring no more than 200 x 200 mm. The goal is to determine the maximum size Automobile that will fit in the garage. This task should take no more than 1 to 2 hours in billable time. 1 hour if your fast. 2 hours if your slow. Project due ASAP. This is a very fast and easy project if you know Autocad. Sale is 1 to 1
Use an exisiting photograph and add some copy to it so it can be printed in A2 size. Very simple job, needs to be produced quickly too
Dear Tensorflow expert, I want to reduce the size of the model that is generated from the inception-V3. Google had given steps to do this, however there are small errors while executing it with bazel. I am new to bazel. I am following the method given in this link. [login to view URL] If you prior experience in
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Make formatting in attached word document (OSHMS) to match attached (TEMPLATE). Also try to reduce size of document without loosing quality. Need this completed AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I'm having trouble changing the size of a png file When I change the size, the image gets very blurry Size wanted: 940x135px
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...flexibly pull data from FB marketing API. In particular, I want to scaleably download target audience size estimates for prospective campaigns. I dont want to actually launch a campaign, I just want to know what Facebook thinks is the estimated audience size if I zoom in on a set of individual characteristics (e.g. age, gender, place of residence, interests
Design an A4 size flyer. I need it in CDR, also make sure you have experience in printing colours. Task is urgent. I have attached sample files. And, it's for a cloud accounting software and it's mobile app. File 1: How I want it. File 2 : Our actual website from where you can take colours and images.
I need some graphic design.
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Shopify Text Colour and Size Change on product pages, as attached require text to be reduced in size and colour to match the same grey
I want a general benchmark program in PYTHON that calculates the time of compression and comparing the size of the file before and after compression. The compression algorithm to be used is Zstandard and can be tested on any random file. You can find the details in "[login to view URL]".
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Hi my name is Clement, I'm looking for a designer to help design street and urban wear targeted to plus size men. I'm a plus guy myself and I've always admired fashionable wear but fashion wear was not made for guys like myself and other's. Think Gucci, LV, Off white, Supreme etc but for Big Men. Let me know if you're interested.
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Go Hawks!
The photos here show off all of the tonal colors that will coordinate with Go Hawks. I photographed a different skein every time, so you can see the variations you can expect in this colorway.
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Q: When do I start my aeration system? In the Spring? Do we start it slowly?
-Jerome of Brashear, TX
A: Ideally, your aeration system should run all year long. By running it all year long, this will prevent possible winter fish kills. But if you shut your aeration system down in the winter for recreational purposes, you will want to start it back up when the ice starts melting off your pond. I would highly suggest starting the aeration system slowly, similar to when you first installed the system. Follow the instructions below:
• Turn system on and operate for 30 minutes
• Turn system off for the rest of the day
• Restart the system the next day and operate for 1 hour
• Turn system off for the rest of the day
• Each day, double the operating time from the previous day until system is running non-stop. This should take 7 days.
Re-introducing the aeration system slowly will allow the water to mix and not shock the fish.
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Sophie's pumpkin muffins
Sophie's pumpkin muffins
1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 12-cup muffin pan or line with paper liners.
In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix, pumpkin puree, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves until smooth. Spoon equal amounts of batter into the prepared muffin cups.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of one comes out clean.


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The sp_GetAllSQLMediaTypes stored procedure lists the names of all the available media (i.e., drives) and their types (e.g., hard disk, tape, floppy, CD-ROM) on a SQL Server machine. As Listing 1 shows, sp_GetAllSQLMediaTypes uses a relatively unknown extended procedure called xp_availableMedia. After GetAllSQLMediaTypes runs xp_availableMedia, sp_GetAllSQLMediaTypes fills a temporary table with the results. It then decodes the media type values into meaningful terms based on the information under Media Type Constants (SQLDMO_MEDIA_TYPE) in SQL Server Books Online (BOL).
To use sp_GetAllSQLMediaTypes, you run the code
USE master GO EXEC GetAllSQLMediaTypes
I wrote and tested sp_GetAllSQLMediaTypes on a Windows XP machine running SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Figure 1 shows the results when I ran it on my machine.
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BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Stephen King and his wife have agreed to pay $3 million to overhaul their century-old hometown library in Maine, as long as $6 million is raised from other sources.
Tabitha King, the author's wife, serves on the building committee of the Bangor Public Library, which is planning a $9 million modernization. She's also a former longtime board member.
One of the library's most pressing needs is a new roof to protect its collection, described as the biggest in northern New England. The library's copper roof was installed in 1912, when the library was built, and library officials say it's beyond repair.
The Bangor Daily News, which first reported the Kings' matching grant, says residents will vote in June whether to borrow $3 million for the roof repair.


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SEATTLE (AP) — The fate of the mammoth tusk found at a construction site in downtown Seattle this week was entirely up to the landowner, a national expert said Thursday.
Washington state has no laws governing finds of this type. And Jack Horner of the Museum of the Rockies and Montana State University said that is true anywhere in the United States.
"Americans like their private land," said Horner, one of the nation's most famous paleontologists. Americans don't like to pass laws putting restrictions on owners of private land, even to protect history, he said.
The landowner decided to donate the tusk to the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington, just as Horner hoped would happen.
It's a relatively rare find and should be preserved for educational reasons, so children will know mammoth elephants once lived in Seattle, he said.
"A lot of times, people think these things are worth a lot of money," Horner said. Their true value is educational, not what someone can sell a tusk for on eBay, he said.
As paleontologists and graduate students began carefully digging away the dirt around the tusk on Thursday afternoon, Julie Stein, executive director of the museum, said AMLI Residential has been wonderful to work with.
Scott Koppelman, senior vice president of AMLI Residential, said that after contractors found the fossil buried about 25-to-30 feet below street level, the company turned quickly to the Burke museum for assistance.
Company officials' first response when they heard of the find was to think of the community benefit, Koppelman said.
"The excavation will cause us some construction delay. But the scientific and educational benefits of this discovery clearly outweigh the costs and delay. This is an exciting discovery for our local Northwest history," Koppelman said.
Mammoth elephants lived all over the United States and Europe in ancient times, but finding a tusk or any part of those animals is rare, Horner and other experts said.
"We don't find them every year or even every five years," he said. In most cases, artifacts found at construction sites are destroyed by a big machine before anyone even notices them, Horner said.
Allyson Brooks, the Washington state preservation officer, said the situation would be different if construction workers had found human remains or other items or archaeological value because Washington state has laws for those situations.
With paleontological finds, the landowner can do whatever he or she wants — sell it, destroy it, donate it or ignore it, Brooks said.
In 2004, Washington state halted construction on a section of a major bridge project, on which $58 million had already been spent, at the request of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe after remains of an ancient Indian village and burial ground were discovered.
Discoveries of animal remains from the Ice Age are less common than human remains in western Washington. Preservation of bone and tusks depends on the environmental conditions, such as the water table, the acidity of the soil and how deeply the object was buried, Brooks said.
"A lot of time, teeth preserve better than other bones," she said, likening tusks to teeth. Teeth and tusks are what she and the scientists she works with consider "biological rock," Brooks said.
The last big find of an ancient animal of this sort in western Washington happened in 1977, when a Mastodon tusk was found near Sequim, Wash., on the Olympic Peninsula.
Mammoths and Mastodons are related and probably roamed the Earth around the same time. Both were very large and hairy. Mammoths and modern-day elephants are members of the same biological family.
Scientists at the Burke believe this tusk came from a Columbian mammoth, which is the Washington state fossil. The tusk, which could be as large as 8 feet long, is expected to be the largest and most intact mammoth tusk ever found in the Seattle area.
Gov. Jay Inslee did not wish to comment on the tusk discovery, but a member of his team had something to say.
"This has turned every adult in Seattle back into a 10-year-old," said the governor's spokeswoman, Jaime Smith.
AP report Phuong Le contributed to this story.
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If it feels like the stars of "Jersey Shore" make club appearances in Chicago all the time, that's because they do. Ronnie Magro appeared at 8fifty8 nightclub in the West Loop last month after appearing at Manor in River North in February. Vinny Guadagnino appeared at Enclave in February after appearing at Republic in Old Town in September 2010. And on Friday, Pauly DelVecchio (aka Pauly D) will DJ at Enclave for the second time in eight months.
I'm not complaining. I'm the same guy who watches the MTV reality show every week (for work-related reasons, of course …) and have interviewed nearly every member of the cast (twice, in Vinny's case). And because of this, I often am asked which cast member was my favorite to interview. Here's my list:
7. Ronnie Magro: To be fair, I didn't actually speak to Ronnie. No, I waited hours at Manor only to hear later from the club staff that he wouldn't be doing interviews. I would be miffed if it wasn't for the fact that Ronnie introduced me to the term "smush."
6. Sammi Giancola: The self-proclaimed "sweetest b---- you'll ever meet" wasn't as bratty as you'd expect when she hosted an OK! Magazine party at Vertigo Sky Lounge in the Dana Hotel in Sept. 2010, but she was the one cast member whose publicist made a request before the interview: No questions about her relationship with Ronnie. That would be like the rep for the Baha Men saying "No questions about 'Who Let the Dogs Out?'"
5. Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi: This appearance at Manor in February 2010 was before Snooki became a household name, but it was clear she already had the confidence of a star when we spoke. "I did Leno (recently) — it was my third time doing it," Snooki said. "It was another day for me, like, 'I'm going to Leno, whatever.'" I saw Snooki's more relatable side after we took a photo together. She asked to see the photo immediately, like many of my female friends often do, and summed up the picture with one word: "Cute."
4. Vinny Guadagnino: Vinny was serious and focused on his career the first time I interviewed him, in a hotel lobby in February 2010. The second time, at Enclave, he seemed more Hollywood (he was sporting sunglasses and a scarf indoors) but also also more loose. And when I hinted that he had changed the most of all the cast members, he laughed and took it in stride. "I started this when I was 21 years old," Vinny said. "Naturally, there is going to be some change. I'm definitely more confident, but I'm not cocky. I still get scared talking to girls."
3. Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino: Remember when Mike was the star of the show? It was his catchphrases — not Pauly D's — that "Jersey Shore" fans were quoting. And in case anyone thinks his material was planned ahead of time, he demonstrated his spontaneity when I asked him at Lumen in the West Loop in February 2010 if Ronnie and Sammi's on-again-off-again relationship would ruin the show. "I run that house," Sorrentino said. "(Ronnie and Sammi) are the cartoon section. I'm the front page."
2. Jenni "JWOWW" Farley: Due to some miscommunication, JWOWW thought she was done with interviews by the time I was brought over to her VIP table at the now closed RiNo in January 2010. Rather than roll her eyes or decline, as some celebs would, she offered me a drink and was friendly, talkative and didn't hide how excited she was about the show's success. When I asked what the best part about her newfound fame was, she responded: "Celebs coming up to us. Leonardo DiCaprio came up to us and said 'GTL for life.'"
1. Pauly "Pauly D" DelVecchio: OK, so I'm biased because he's my favorite cast member on the show. But just like on the show, Pauly D is funny and outgoing in person. After a line of attractive women waiting to meet him screamed his name at Enclave, Pauly D nudged me with his elbow. "Life sucks, huh?" he said, smiling.
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I replaced a 9 yr old 10 SEER 5 ton Carrier system with a Carrier 5 ton 14 SEER Puron system that was installed on June 24 2004. The compressor was a 38ESG060 and the coil was a CK3B-A060. From what I can tell the installers did a great job. They ran nitrogen through the lines and really did a clean professional looking job.
I was thinking about buying the 10 year parts and labor warranty from Carrier. The installer seems to only want to push his warranty, he doesn't even want to quote the Carrier warranty. I prefer a manufacturer backed warranty.
Carrier says I can buy it only from their distributors.
Any thoughts on how to proceed? I think I need to purchase it before June 24th 2005. If it's not too expensive it should provide piece of mind at the very least.


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Toronto Blue Jays bats unload on Boston Red Sox in 14-1 rout
BOSTON — Shortly before game time, the Toronto Blue Jays announced they acquired a right-handed bat they had long sought. Then their left-handed batters went out and celebrated against a left-handed pitcher.
And on a night when he hardly needed it, R.A. Dickey finally got some run support.
OK, massive run support. As in a nine-run sixth inning that firmed up a 14-1 win over the Red Sox and inspired repeated boos and catcalls from the Fenway faithful.
Melky Cabrera drove in five runs with two homers, one from each side of the plate. The second one cleared the Green Monster and put a bull's eye on the windshield of an SUV. Cabrera is batting .425 with three homers, 13 RBIs and six multi-hit games since the all-star break.
"I think the all-star break did him some good, four days off to rest, because's he's out there (in the lineup) every day," manager John Gibbons said. "He was tiring down, as were a lot of them. From the looks of it right now, I think the all-star break did us all some good."
Boston beat the Jays by the same score at Rogers Centre last week before dropping three straight.
With Dickey dealing and the offence humming, the Jays continued to do exactly what their situation called for after the all-star break. Beating up on Boston was a priority and they have now done that four times in the past week. Their record since the break is 8-3.
Dickey allowed a run on three hits and piled up 10 strikeouts in seven innings, deftly changing speeds on his knuckleball. And in that sixth-inning eruption, the Jays' five left-handed batters went 4-for-5 with two doubles and three walks against lefty reliever Felix Doubront.
The win lifted Toronto within 2½ games of the first-place Baltimore Orioles, who did not play Monday.
The Jays led 4-0 against starter Clay Buchholz entering the sixth. They sent 13 batters to the plate, collecting eight hits and three walks. Ryan Goins drove in two runs in that inning, one on a double, another on a fielder's choice. Earlier, he had singled home two runs on his way to a four-hit night.
Danny Valencia, the right-handed hitter acquired from Kansas City earlier in the day, would surely have pinch-hit for a left-handed somebody in that inning were he in attendance. But that parade of lefty hitters did fine against Doubront.
Over his previous eight starts, the Jays had scored a total of 16 runs in support of Dickey. He went 2-6 in those games, winning 3-0 over the Angels and beating Boston 6-4 last week at home.
This time, Dickey was dominant. His "hard" knuckleball has been erratic at times this season, forcing him to focus on changing speeds, but he was able to command a variety of velocities against the Red Sox.
A classic example came in the fourth inning. Slugger David Ortiz swung and missed three knuckleballs clocked at 78, 63 and 80 mph.
Eight of Dickey's 10 whiffs came on swinging strikes.
He said he thought two runs would have been enough. "I had that kind of knuckleball tonight," he said.
"I'll take that (run support) every time, that's for sure," he added. "I kind of wish they could divide them up over like three starts. That was fun."
Cabrera hit his first homer, a two-run shot, batting left-handed in the first. Batting right-handed in the sixth, he sent a Doubront pitch over the Green Monster and into a windshield for a three-run blast.
Goins, sent to the minors in late April because he was batting .150, is now 9-for-27 since his return to the majors a week ago.
Before the break, catcher Josh Thole said, Toronto's offence failed to support consistently strong work from the rotation. Thole and Dickey both observed that the team is winning now, even in the absence of three injured regulars, because it is executing the fundamentals.
"I think (Monday's game) was kind of a microcosm of what we've done successfully after the break," Dickey said. "You're called on to advance runners with a bunt; you get that done. You're called on to get a guy in from third base with less than you outs; you hit a fly ball; the fly ball scores a run. You're doing the things that make good baseball players good baseball players, and we're doing it fairly consistently."
Almost lost in all the scoring were a key sacrifice bunt by Thole that set up Goins' two-run single in the fourth and a sac fly by Jose Reyes that extended the lead in the sixth. And nearly all of the Jays' hits were struck with authority as they took advantage of Buchholz and Doubront, two struggling pitchers.
Valencia is scheduled to arrive for Tuesday's game, which also means one of those recent arrivals that Cabrera mentioned will be leaving. Dan Johnson, who had a couple of big hits against the Yankees on the weekend, may draw the short straw.
Asked about the addition of Valencia, Dickey replied: "We're looking for pieces to the puzzle. That's what we all are; we're pieces in a puzzle and we're trying to fit it all together. Hopefully, (Valencia is) a good piece. No one guy in here is going to make us (reach the playoffs). It's got to be all of us. So whatever asset he brings to the table, hopefully, he brings it consistently and we can get a lot of worth out of it."


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National Fish and Wildlife Conservation Congress
The first ever National Fish and Wildlife Conservation Congress was held May 27th to 31st, 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This Congress provided a unique opportunity for the local, state, provincial and federal levels of government, NGOs, First Nations, Inuit, academia, scientists, fish and wildlife biologists, media and the general public to come together and discuss the challenges facing the fish and wildlife populations in both Canada and the United States, and to develop recommendations for future action. Although much of the focus was on Canadian issues, the Congress was both sponsored and attended by a significant number of key American conservation partners and delegates, who participated in deliberations within a continental framework.
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Liv Tyler: 'I Got Really Into Working' with Grandmother Dorothea
Liv Tyler bundles up and flashes a smile while going for a stroll on Sunday (December 15) in the West Village neighborhood of New York City.
The 36-year-old actress and her grandmother Dorothea Johnson recently opened up about why they decided to work together on their new book "Modern Manners: Tools to Take You to the Top."
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"I felt there was a great need among young professionals. I see so many faux pas they're making in the business arena," Dorothea told W Magazine. "And Liv was going to write the forward and then she got so excited and involved."
"I got really into it!," Liv continued. "And naturally this thing started to evolve that had to do with the fact that she was my grandmother and I was her granddaughter and this sort of generational dynamic that we had."


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By Craig Cmehil
Select the best Intel Nuc for use with SAP HANA, express edition
The Intel® NUC is a small form factor PC that packs an amazing amount of power into a small box. Intel® re-imagines the desktop experience through their line of NUC systems designed to fit your every need. Especially when we consider our addition of the SAP HANA, express edition.
This guide will help you decide on the best possible system for your desired SAP HANA, express edition.
Graphic from Intel®
To begin the process you might think the best idea would be to start with deciding which NUC to purchase, however you need first decide which type of operating system you will use; which will determine which download of
express you will need.
From this point you will need to decide between the
server or
full system. The difference between the two choices boil down to which type of development you would like to do and this will directly impact your choice of NUC you ultimately decide to purchase.
To make your decision you will need to first register and get the download manager.
Note: You will be directed to a download link for Windows, Linux or Other version
Once you have the
Download Manager of your choice you can execute it.
Note: You will need Java JRE 8 in order to execute the
Download Manager
At this point you will need to finally make your choice on which flavor you want to have.
The difference between these two choices directly effects both what you can do immediately out of the box as well as what type of NUC you will need to be most effective as you begin down the path to SAP HANA development.
Both options provide a multitude of examples and areas to explore, therefore it boils down now to whether you wish to explore the Node.js development environment referred to as
XSA or the data modeling and SQL environments. With the
XSA option it is recommended to have at least 16 to 32 GB of memory, while the
Server Only option will be fine with 8 to 16 GB.
So while you begin your download you can then jump over and make your decision about which Intel® NUC, although this guide talks about this processing taking 10 minutes it does not include the fact that the download is dependent upon your internet connection speeds. So take your time deciding before you purchase.
Experience has told us already that the Intel® Core™
i5 processors work, however the Intel® Core™
i7 processors give the best experience. So if you are inclined narrow your search to those.
The following should provide some guidance, keep in mind this is based on development scenarios only.
The ultimate solution, the best choice based on current experiences is the Intel® NUC SKU (Intel® NUC Kit
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Tory Acheson seeks 700th career coaching victory
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tech softball team will head to Louisville this weekend to play four games, hoping to hand head coach Tory Acheson his 700th career coaching victory. The Golden Eagle coach earned his 699th win last weekend, but the next three games were cancelled at the Frost Classic in Chattanooga.
Tech opens the weekend with a game against Ohio at 9 a.m. Saturday, then faces No. 20 Louisville at 1 p.m. On Sunday, the Golden Eagles are scheduled to play Michigan at 1 p.m., followed by another clash with the host Cardinals. Tech heads to the tournametn with a 6-10 overall record.
The Ohio Bobcats come to the tournament with a 7-6 overall record, while Michigan is 13-5 and Louisville is 14-2. The game with Ohio will be the first meeting between the two teams, Tech is 0-1 against Michigan and 1-3 against Louisville.
Softball team plays four games at Louisville Tournament this weekend
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