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Don't Know Much About Indians (but i let non-indians speak for them anyways) [Point]
by Guest Contributor Gyasi Ross
Like any ethnic identity discourse, the "Native" conversation is complicated and convoluted. Yet, in the twin pursuit(s) of political correctness and genuine good intentions, most people make good-faith efforts to trudge through the discourse in a respectful manner.
We do the best that we can.
Unfortunately, the singular exception to those good-faith efforts is for the Native people of this continent. When Native people are the topic of discussion, we don't "do the best we can." Instead, non-Native people assume that they inherently know about Native people, without listening to the Native voices themselves.
Since the beginning of Native/non-Native interactions, non-Natives have had a racist, dehumanizing and insulting pattern of propping up—irrespective of Native people's wishes—completely inadequate, improper and many times, illegal leadership to speak on Native people's behalf. The historical record shows that the leadership that non-Natives (typically the United States government, but also representatives from Dutch, French, British and Spanish invaders as well) typically employed to speak on behalf of their individual Nations were individuals that were not appointed by their Nation. Instead, the invaders/colonizing forces identified and empowered individuals to speak simply because they said what the non-Natives wanted to say, typically in direct opposition to what the majority of Native people actually wanted. Native people protested, but to little avail, as those colonizers needed a justification to achieve their goals—usually the taking of millions of acres of land and resources from Native people—and their propped-up leaders helped accomplish that task. Those "Native leaders" told the narrative that the colonizers wanted to hear, without any approval or consensus from the people that they supposedly represented.
Non-Natives appointed shills, frauds, and hucksters that had zero credibility amongst Native people.
It actually made sense—the European colonizers' interests was in direct opposition to Native people's interests; we were their "enemies." Therefore, in a perceived zero-sum game, enemies do horrible things to accomplish their goals.
Non-Native people's pattern of propping-up false leaders continues today. Unfortunately, it's not only the "enemy" that does it anymore.
Indeed, because of a shameful lack of knowledge about Native people, liberals, progressives, racial commentators and educated folk—precisely the people one might reasonably expect to actually do some research to understand Native people better—sometimes do exactly the same thing, as displayed at the recent W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Second Annual America Healing Conference.
And that's actually kinda worse than when the enemy does it.
Ok, but first, before tackling that discussion head-on, I want to throw a couple absurd scenarios in your direction.
1) In the early 1990s, there was a terrible hip- hop group called the "Young Black Teenagers." The group, YBT, was comprised100% of white boys with dreads that spoke in every single ebonics/hood/ghetto stereotypical slang possible to man and wore gold teeth. Those ground-breaking wiggers, as indicated by the name, purported to be black. True story—do a youtube search. Comical, but true.
2) In 2012, a slick-haired, terminally uncallous-handed presidential candidate named Mitt Romney tried very hard to shake off his image as the poster child for all things wealthy, privileged, and white; he wanted to court voters not already within the Republican wheelhouse. Therefore, in a stretch of reasoning to top all stretches of reasoning, his handlers floated the idea that he would be the first "Mexican" presidential candidate because one of his equally white ancestors moved to Mexico to continue to practice polygamy. Hence, "Mexican." Yeah, I know; ridiculous.
Ethnic identity is complicated and convoluted. Yet, both of these examples were obviously of unworthy people attempting to carry the "ethnic champion/ spokesperson" mantle for the black and Latino ethnic groups. In fact, the idea of either of these—the white Young Black Teenagers or white, super-privileged Mitt Romney—being a spokesperson for ethnically black or Latino people is facially (and racially) ridiculous. Moreover, those who see themselves as being on the forefront of promoting a respectful racial discourse, such as Racialicious and or the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's, would never allow these non-worthy ethnic champions to speak for black or Latino people, no matter the complicated/convoluted nature of ethnic identity discussions generally.
It would be disrespectful for them to do that. Obviously.
Yet two champions of racial equity, W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Racialicious reporting from the Racial Equity conference, do not show the same respect for the Native ethnic discourse. They're not alone—nobody else does either. It's typical.
See, a woman that looked phenotypically black spoke on behalf of Native people at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Second Annual America Healing Conference. No big deal—there are plenty of Native people who are mixed with black, white and every other ethnicity. Still, she claimed to be a member of a Tribe that is not federally recognized, nor is there much of a historical record of such a Tribe's existence.
Still, despite her lack of Native credentials, the W.K Kellogg Foundation and Racialicious treated her speech as if she was a worthy speaker for Native people. Now, when a phenotypically black woman claims to come from a Tribe that hardly anybody (including other Natives) even seems to know about, purports to speak for Native people, it should raise some initial questions in people's minds about her legitimacy as a spokesperson. It should raise some questions just like it would raise questions if she were phenotypically white or phenotypically Asian and spoke as a representative of Native people. Although "looks" aren't the only criteria to be able to speak for Native people, someone that looks distinctively like a member of another ethnic group should still raise some reasonable questions.
Native people do, after all, have criteria. We are not an all-inclusive club that only requires a few feathers and/or a cool sounding "Indian Name" for membership.
Some of those questions might look like this: "Is she a member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe?" Being a member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe is definitely not the only criteria for authenticity, but it holds a certain level of presumptive validity. In this case, the answer is a resounding "no," and in fact, the Tribe she purports barely anyone has ever heard of before. Importantly, that question might lead to another reasonable question such as, "If he or she is not a member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe, do other Native people recognize that purported Native person as a leader or spokesperson (or even a Native)?"
Native leadership is a small circle, and when very few (or none) of those leaders know about a purported fellow leader, one might be inclined to be suspicious about letting that person speak for Native people assuming they value an honest Native discourse, as they value other honesty in other ethnic discussions. An additional question they might ask is, "If they do not meet those above criteria for authenticity, is there any indication that they might be a person that is not, in fact, a worthy spokesperson for Native people (like Young Black Teenagers are not for black folks and/or Mitt Romney is not for Latino people)?" If they asked that simple series of questions, they'd likely find that she is not the best spokesperson for Native people.
To wit, the idea of her—a purported member of a Southeastern tribe—wearing a headdress, a Plains Indian custom, might say, "She doesn't seem to know a lot about Southeastern people. Perhaps I'll look for someone more universally accepted as a Native leader/spokesperson."
But those questions weren't asked. Not even by our friends at Racialicious and W.K. Kellogg Foundation—experts in ethnic discourse.
I've been writing about ethnic identity, especially as it pertains to Native people, for quite some time. I have a book entitled "The Thing About Skins" coming out which has a substantial amount of its pages dedicated to that discussion; it's a complicated matter. Still, it behooves all of us—the experts at Racialicious and W.K. Kellogg, non-Native academics, Native academics, Native people—to expect the same level of learned and respectful conversation about Native ethnic identity as about all other ethnic groups. In short, it is just as important that the experts at Racialicious and W.K. Kellogg (and other expert groups as well) practice the same amount of due diligence regarding those who purport to be spokespeople for Native people as they do for other ethnic groups.
It only seems fair, right?
Gyasi Ross is a member of the Blackfeet Nation, and his family also comes from the Suquamish Nation; his Blackfoot name is "Oonikoomsika." He is an attorney, a writer and a lecturer. He writes for Indian Country Today Media Network in a column called "The Thing About Skins"; he also wrote a book called "Don't Know Much About Indians (but i wrote a book about us anyways)" available at www.dkmai.com and downloadable from Barnes and Noble and Amazon as ebook. Finally, he has a book entitled "The Thing About Skins" coming out in the summer of 2012 on Cut Bank Creek Press
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http://twitter.com/mcclearysarah Sarah
I've been watching videos of interviews with Queen Chief Warhorse. She comes across dismissive of actual federally recognized tribes. She regularly says she's done a lot of historical and genealogical research but unfortunately the specifics are not shared.
Her story has changed over time, back in 2002 she said her heritage was Cherokee from an ancestor named Andrew Green who came to Louisana from Georgie.
I think it would be fine for her to form a heritage interest group, to research, and encourage pride in heritage. But calling her group a Tribe (one that rightfully should be in nation to nation negotiations with the USA) is really problematic.
A con artist could form a group, be a charismatic leader, tell folks that they are chosen members, get grants and funding based on their declared identity, collect social security numbers of members, insist that questions are attacks ……………… this does happen from time to time so I believe it is wise to freely discuss, research, and observe. Questions and discussion don't have be viewed as attacks.
http://twitter.com/Shaina_Shainala Shaina
Dear Mr. Ross, I very much appreciate your perspective. I too think it's important to do due diligence when attempting to identify someone to act as a spokesperson for a far from monolithic ethnicity. I do wonder however, as the grandaughter of a biracial (Choctaw and Black) woman who was raised in isolation during the last decades of the 1800s in the bayous of Louisiana, whether there is a mechanism for the many people of mixed indigenous and "other" ancestry who wish to connect with lost parts of their cultural history racial identity to find a place within Native circles (not as the self-appointed spokespeople of Native peoples of this continent, but rather as cousins and allies in struggle for recognition and equality). As a person of multiracial heritage, the stories of my father's people (from Russia) and my mother's people (from Louisiana and the Dominican Republic) form the fabric of a rich identity which I wish to explain and preserve for coming generations, without venturing into the territory of insulting misappropriations of another's identity. I had the good fortune to know my grandmother until she passed away when I was 10 years old, and I grew up fascinated by her stories of the bayou, of her Choctaw mother who chose to marry a former slave and live in some isolation from her people.
I presume that Chief Warhorse probably heard similar stories about a Native ancestor or two and hungered for a way to connect with that lost identity. Quite obviously she created an identity of her own, seeking to honor this family mythology in a way that unfortunately harkins back to stereotypes of Native people andexoticization of their customs. Should she be put forth as a spokesperson for Native people in the Americas. Obviously not. But I'd venture to say that comparing her to Mitt Romney or the young black teens is a bit unfair.
Joe Downs
Gyasi, I laughed outloud when you came to the part that liberals and "friends" of the Indian often are worse than the enemy. It is so true and so sad as to be hysterical.
Regarding Romney….besides the crossing of the European made border that divides Mexico's and the USA's natives artificially (there are substantial Native and Euro accounts of vast trade networks that connected our people)….Romney and other Mormons have added a Native American legacy to their creation story that is playing out in very negative ways in Mexico. The lost tribes of Israel became divided in their devotion to god and of course…the sinners became blackened as a punishment. The Nephites (ancestors of the Mormons) built all the pyramid and mound societies of North and South America but were laid waste by the darker Lamanites (Native people). These descendants, called Latter Day Saints , now hold out an olive branch to tribes of the U.S. Great Basin tribes and to Mexicans as an offer to the economic benefits of being white while it really is a surreptitious way to CO_OPT WHOLE CULTURES!!!!!!!!!You are right….Native identity is complicated to be sure. In the USA, tribes are mixed but culturally Native and in Latin America, they are less mixed but culturally European (spanish).
So sad.
A very disappointing article/argument from an author whose work I usually enjoy reading because he challenges the safety blankets that we Native people often retreat to. The presumptuous (assuming the organizers did not consider issues of authenticity) and passive-agressive (throwing into the mix phenotype and federal status and then taking it back) tone of this article was jarring. I personally feel that we as Native people need to sincerely acknowledge that none of us as a singular person or a tribe/nation is an arbiter of authenticity. We often criticize non-Natives for essentializing us, but we too often do it to ourselves to our own detriment. We have a multitude of perspectives, phenotypes, political statuses, histories, and "traditions". We say that Native identity is not a club, but we often treat it as such, like there is a some sort of universal litmus test that will completely affirm or deny membership. Perhaps Chief Warhorse's message, which the author does not elucidate, resonated with some Native and non-Native people. And to be clear, please don't box me in as some sort of Chief Warhorse apologist or critic. I don't know her, never heard of her before these series of articles, but I'm okay with not knowing. (Yes, sometimes it's okay to just not know!) If I ever do have the chance of meeting her or someone belonging to her tribe, we can at that time have a discussion about her tribal identity.
Perhaps I'm being a bit unfair to the author as he may not directly be guilty of all of the above, but I feel as though the crux of his argument feeds into an unhealthy obsession some Native (and non-Native) folks have with exposing so-called "frauds". -
Gyasi Ross
Thank you all for the comments, even the anonymous ones . I appreciate you participating in this discussion. Also, big thanks to Latoya and to Racialicious for engaging this head-on; it would have been easy to simply place all culpability for excusing this silliness on the Kellogg Foundation, but they didn't. Thank you.
http://twitter.com/watchinginkdry Dr Skylaser
I agree that there are some troubling things about this piece, but I would like to hear more from Mr. Ross on what specifically he thinks should have happened that didn't, both on the part of the Kellogg Foundation and on the part of Racialicious, particularly since it seems he misunderstood the role of Racialicious in this conference thing.
When did "wigger" become an acceptable term to use? You set up an argument, and then nullify it. Why mention this woman's phenotypical looks at all if it doesn't matter in the assessment of her authenticity? You try to downplay that her blackness should make us "suspicious," but that's exactly what you mean. Why not just say it? I think maybe you should examine some of your own internalization of dominating ideas of race and heritage before you write article accusing others of a lack of respect. Seriously, you lost me at WIGGER.
Gyasi Ross
Thank you, Dr–that's a very fair and important question. Ultimately, the question should be "What, prophylacticly, should the Kellogg Foundation and Racialicious have done, and in the future, what should they do to ensure that they do not get hucksters pretending to be Native speaking for Native people?"
For the Foundation:
1) Stop being white supremacists and assuming that you are the arbiter of who is Native. WE determine that. Not you. Elizabeth Warren, Ward Churchill. Queen Warhorse. Lt. Aldo Raines. (for you folks that say that this episode arose because "she's black," simply look at the way Indian Country reacted to the white Ward Churchill faking his Native bonafides and becoming a "spokesman for Indian people"–we chased him out too. Do some research before you speak about things you don't know about).
2) Actually vet the speakers; that is, show Native people the same respect and due diligence that you do Black folks, white folks, Latinos, Asians, etc. Native people are not the local all-inclusive Water Buffalo lodge where one merely needs to give themselves a cool "Indian name" and wear some pseudo-pan-Indian fashion. We have criteria, and will not be silent, obviously, when gatekeepers attempt to tell us who our people are. To hearken back to the Mitt Romney/YBT example, those people would obviously not suffice as speakers for the communities that they emulate. Well, we have some standards as well.
3) (This actually goes for both the Foundation AND Racialicious) Consult with consortia of tribes and do a bit of research; don't assume that you know everything about Natives–obviously you don't. When someone mentions that perhaps this person is not a legitimate speaker for Native people, do not get defensive and say that they've been vetted. No they have not. Or at least not properly. A simple google search of this particular huckster reveals that there are myriad concerns about her authenticity as a Native person.
4) Assume that Tribes are 100% empowered and self-determinant about defining ourselves–we do not need anybody else's approval. This is the classic white liberal fallacy, to assume that we are this fuzzy group of people that accept everybody as long as they want to "get into touch with their Indian side." Nonsense. You've watched too many Brady Bunch episodes. We are not the Boy Scouts, and our culture and inclusion into our culture will not be reduced to simple fashion accessories–this is white supremacy at its most malicious, to say that we do not even have authority to determine who "we" are.
For Racialicious:
1) Don't become defensive when someone points out a potential huckster (as you did)–use that as a learning opportunity to do some research.
2) When that research turns up that the person probably IS a huckster, acknowledge it and move on. Don't defend hucksterism against Native people–it will cause you to lose credibility.
Fair list, Dr?
"Curious if anyone here angry at Gyasi's post is also running to webpages defending Elizabeth Warren"
What an incredibly silly false dichotomy. Frauds are frauds.
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Iron Dome was first fielded in 2011 after Israel's government decided against a more exotic missile defense system that used lasers. But now, defence firms say that so-called directed energy technology is still progressing and soon these silent weapons could be ready for their big test.
One of the main players is US defence giant Lockheed Martin. Less than a week after the ceasefire, the company revealed that it was working on a new laser system, called Area Defense Anti-Munitions (Adam), designed to shoot down similar projectiles. It says it has even conducted a test of the system, which uses a solid-state fibre laser, to destroy small-caliber rockets from 1.2 miles (2km) away.
Although it put out a press release, Lockheed is keeping a close hold on its technology and the company declined interviews about the ground-based weapon. "We have demonstrated that the commercial 10-kilowatt laser, when focused by our innovative beam control software, has sufficient power to negate the close-in threats…," Lynn Fisher, a Lockheed spokeswoman told BBC Future. "At this time, 10 kilowatts is the highest single-mode power available in a commercial laser with sufficient beam quality for this application."
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Lex enim solus.
Those are the words scratched above the building of Culper HQ.
So, here's our plot:
There is a world beyond ours. It's called Sorcia. Sorcia is a land filled with strange things such as magic and monsters.
Occasionally, portals open up between our worlds. As such, they are not separate.
The Culper Agency was founded in 1775 as a spy ring, but was re-purposed as a sort of response team to Sorcian threats.
Shortly after WW2, the United States Government had managed to turn a few small pieces of Sorcia into US territories-all done in secret, mind you. The Culper Agency has jurisdiction to enforce the law here.
Recently, a cult called the Black Talon has been selling 'heroin' to some folk. In fact, the Heroin is spiked with Enthogen which gives folks magical powers, or causes other magical effects. Occasionally possession, for example.
The Culper Agency is now sending a team to investigate it.
Will you join them?
Some concepts to understand:
The AfterLife: Heaven and Hell are real places that people technically could travel to from Sorcia. However, little is known about these places. Anyone who's traveled to hell and back committed suicide or is catatonic-ally insane. Anyone who goes to heaven never wants to come back. As such, these areas are very much off-limits.
Magic exists, and usually works by giving people psionic powers such as elemental magic or telekinesis.
'Metamorphisis': As a Sorcian creature becomes more 'strong', they occasionally develo new features. For example, a Medusa like creature will Metamorphisize into a lamia and then a draconian creature.
Technology: The Culper Agency has advanced technology to be sure. Namely
here's a list of Races:
-Humans (Homo Sapiens): Natives to Earth, obviously. Not much to be said about them. Some have started immigrating into Sorcia, those blessed with the knowledge of their existance. And of course, the Culper Agency itself makes sure humans are involved.
-Sprites (Sorcia Celestia): The most common Sorcian race, they have wings and halos. Evil Angels are often reffered to as 'demons', while good ones are referred to as 'angels'. It is believed that they might be formed from human souls that don't live for very long (ie, they die as infants or before they're born). As they metamorphisize, they get more wings or bigger, better wings.
-Succubi (Sorcia Androgynia): An all female race with horns and a pointed tail. The bane of Men everywhere. Mating with one causes a narcotic effect, like a drug. It also causes some pretty nasty side effects, similar to drug use. In worst case scenarios, it can lead to...unpleasant results. For starters, they can impregnate men, and occasionally they'll change their victims into Succcubi themselves. They are legally not allowed to...well, exist. However, magic can transform them into members of another race, so that's their escape route if they want to live in legitimate society.
-Dryads (Sorcia Florias): Plant spirits. They have green skin, pointed ears, and plants for hair. They can control plant growth. They are attracted to plant life, and like to live in forests. As they Metamorphisize, they get taller and more plant like. Most Un-metaed Dryads are only a foot tall or so. Fully Meta-ed ones are as tall as trees.
-Gorginoids (Sorcia Heppetta): People who have reptillian features. As they Meta, they go to being gorgons to lamias to draconian creatures. They are occasionally able to breathe fire.
-Ungolates (Sorcia Ungolis): They look like a person from the upper torso and above, but beneath that they have features similar to a hooved mammal. They go from Satyrs to centaurs to pegasus like centaurs. Some of them have horns of various sorts, also.
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Given the blinding pace of change in the tech market, there were many channel blunders this year that have forever altered the indirect channel sales landscape. But none, in my opinion, was more damaging than Microsoft's decision not to leverage the channel to sell its new Surface Tablet.
The irony here is that Microsoft's Surface effort has been flummoxed by Apple envy. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted as much in an interview with CRN earlier this year when he asserted that Microsoft would leave no "stone unturned" in its innovation battle with Apple. At the same time, Ballmer told CRN that if Microsoft partners want to buy Surface, they can buy it from Microsoft.com.
It's a classic case of a copy-cat CEO and a company in the midst of an identity crisis. Microsoft is not Apple. I know Apple, Mr. Ballmer, and Microsoft is no Apple. Instead of leading with Microsoft's top-down advantage in the business market, its monopoly position and huge installed base in the business-productivity software market with Office and Windows, Ballmer decided to take a bottom-up approach, battling Apple on its own high ground -- the consumer market. First off, get real.
No one -- and I do mean no one -- is a better consumer product and marketing company than Apple. The iPad is unassailable in the consumer market. Surface is like a 50-year-old dad trying to be cool with a comb-over hairdo. And, remember, Microsoft is two-and-a-half years late getting into the tablet game. Surface is simply the classic case of a product that needs to be sold. That's right, it needs someone to sell it. What a concept! Apple stores fulfill demand for a consumer product. Surface is a product that is begging to be sold into the business market where IT professionals are dying to put the lid on the BYOD (bring your own device) to work phenomenon with a business-approved tablet that has all the security of a laptop or a desktop. The ultimate irony: Microsoft has a robust, fully baked channel acting as trusted advisers to millions of businesses who are anxious for a secure business tablet.
Given the right strategy, Surface would have been a monster hit for Microsoft. Instead, Microsoft's Apple envy is sinking Surface faster than a two-ton anchor. Detwiler Fenton & Co., a Boston-based brokerage, surveyed the damage earlier this month reporting that Microsoft sold just 500,000 to 600,000 Surface tablets in the current quarter. Compare that to Apple, which is expected to ship 24 million to 26 million iPads in the current quarter. "Regarding (Surface) RT, lack of distribution is killing the product," said the Detwiler Fenton advisory.
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by Michelle Simmons
April 3, 2012
At about the midpoint of the half-mile gravel driveway to the home of Nancy Wottrich '78 and husband Bruce McNaught, you begin to understand why, 10 years ago, they moved from bustling Bucks County, Pa., to the wilds of northern Pennsylvania. As you crest a rolling cornfield, twin shimmering ponds appear below you. Beyond, woodlands rise and dip, and rise again into the horizon. Tucked between field and pond is Wottrich's solar home, its southwest-facing wall offering a daily, stunning view of the Endless Mountains Region."We came to find solitude," says Wottrich, who co-owns M&W Environmental Consulting Services with McNaught. "When we first moved here, one of the things that I cherished about this place was that I could go out at night, and I could not hear any human sounds. Even during the day, you go out and you hear birds. In the summer, you hear frogs. The stars are incredible."Last summer, Wottrich and McNaught awoke to the sound of tractor-trailers rumbling in the field behind their house. "Right here next to us, they were developing a helicopter pad and staging area for seismic testing," says Naughton. For weeks Wottrich's family endured helicopters thundering overhead and explosions thumping underground. The boom that is Marcellus Shale gas drilling had landed in their backyard.
"The whole gas thing started in earnest in 2009," says Wottrich. A psychology major at Dickinson, Wottrich found her niche in teaching, later combining her love of nature with education and earning an M.S.T. in environmental studies at Antioch University. She's become well-known in her community for her natural-history workshops and publications such as the Birder's Guide to Susquehanna County. Wottrich explains the arrival of gas-and-oil companies eager to tap into the largest natural-gas development region in the United States. Thanks to two relatively new technologies—horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking")—drillers can now extract the tightly trapped gas in the 54,000-square mile Marcellus Shale region.But fracking has proven controversial. The process requires millions of gallons of water drawn from local streams mixed with sand and a proprietary chemical cocktail to force fractures in rock nearly a mile below the surface. The process also produces flowback water, a briny soup stored on site and then transported to a treatment plant. The possibility of waterway spills or groundwater contamination worries citizens and environmentalists alike. Not only are a significant number of drilling sites located in rural areas, but they also happen to be surrounded by the headwaters of major rivers and watersheds such as the Susquehanna, the Delaware and the Allegheny."You're sitting on needles all the time, wondering when your own water is going to go bad," says Wottrich. She points to nearby Dimock, a small town at the center of the fracking debate and the subject of the divisive film Gasland, which featured footage of residents setting their tap water on fire. Eleven families are part of a lawsuit against Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., claiming that their wells are contaminated despite Cabot's tests to the contrary. In January, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed to investigate.
Meanwhile, many residents and organizations aren't waiting for government or industry. "So many people want to take science into their own hands," says Candie Wilderman, Walter E. Beach Distinguished Chair in Sustainability Studies, professor of environmental science and founder and science director of Dickinson's Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM). "There's a trust gap between residents and the state agencies and industry."In 2010, in response to community calls for help, ALLARM developed a water-monitoring protocol for volunteers interested in tracking potential contamination. Developed by Wilderman, ALLARM assistant director Jinnie Monismith and Dickinson students, the protocol teaches volunteers how to detect contamination in small streams by monitoring chemical, physical and visual indicators. Volunteers also send samples to ALLARM for quality control and baseline analysis of barium and strontium, two chemicals that may signal contamination.So far, ALLARM has held a total of 30 workshops—in Pennsylvania, New York and West Virginia. "We've done training for school teachers," explains Katie Tomsho '12, an environmental-studies major who began working with ALLARM her sophomore year. "We worked with watershed groups and with PASA [Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture]." The conservation organization Trout Unlimited also partnered with ALLARM to provide training for its Pennsylvania membership.The workshops are valuable for everyone—no matter where they stand on the drilling debate, says Leah Smith, member services manager for PASA. "Our membership has a range of opinions and experiences," she explains. "The biggest concern is that things are happening in a safe way, that people have some sense of control and understanding." Smith adds that one PASA member went on to train her Boy Scout troop."To be the most effective, you can't be biased one way or the other," says Tom Carugati '11, a political-science and French double major who worked for ALLARM and is now with the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. "One of the things I enjoyed the most was empowering communities and individuals with scientific knowledge. It's a bottom-up approach. It's interacting with the community, informing them about policies and issues from a science background."Last year, ALLARM received a $185,000 grant from the Colcom Foundation in Pittsburgh to expand workshops to western Pennsylvania. The grant helps fund not only the workshops but the monitoring equipment as well. Each kit costs about $140, a significant expenditure for smaller volunteer-based organizations.The drilling boom has elicited a need for information like nothing the 25-year-old organization has experienced, says ALLARM director Julie Vastine '03. "We've had a shift in priorities," she says. "We go where the need is." Because the protocol requires extensive hands-on training and follow-up support, Vastine is hiring more students and adding a third full-time staff member to the team this year.Vastine notes that the key to ALLARM's ability to provide assistance is its network of partnerships, such as the Sierra Club, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, the Mountain Watershed Association and the West Virginia Water Research Institute. "We're thankful for the widespread acceptance of our work, our great network of partners and the ability to disseminate resources to communities that need them," she says.
Once a week, Wottrich and her son Evan visit a section of Snake Creek about three miles from their house and follow the protocol she learned at an ALLARM workshop last spring hosted by the E.L. Rose Conservancy. "We're looking for total dissolved solids and conductivity as indicators of frack fluid in the water," she explains. "It's also based against the flow rate of the stream."It's a long-term commitment. Should Wottrich discover anything unusual, she'll have the data to back up her findings. Although the drilling issue has become personal for her, she does her best to remain objective—she's a scientist, or a natural historian, at heart. "I recognize that there are benefits from gas drilling for local communities and the country, but at what cost to the environment and our health?" Wottrich asks with a rueful smile. "There's all this gas under us, and industry is telling us that they'll be here for the next 50 years. So what's the rush? Let's do this responsibly. Let's make sure that they're using the highest level of environmentally sound technology that exists. Let's work together."


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Born to a Christian family in recently converted Bohemia. Eastern Rite priest c.1003. Monk in the area of modern Hungary. Hermit. Returned to Bohemia in 1029 where he lived as a hermit in the Sazava Valley. His reputation for holiness attracted the attention of the locals and then of Duke Oldrich. With the duke's support he founded an Eastern Rite monastery under the Benedictine and Basilian Rules, and served the rest of his life as its first abbot; the house survived over 700 years. Reported miracle worker and healer. Legend says that Procopius once hitched the devil to a plow and forced the otherwise useless creature to plow a trench along a river bank.
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Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron | |
Great Blue Heron in Richardson Bay, California | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Pelecaniformes |
Family: | Ardeidae |
Genus: | Ardea |
Species: | A. herodias |
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Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 |
Breeding range Year-round range Wintering range Present during migration |
The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North America and Central America as well as the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to Europe, with records from Spain, the Azores, England and the Netherlands. An all-white population found only in the Caribbean and southern Florida was once treated as a separate species and known as the Great White Heron.
The Great Blue Heron was one of the many species originally described by Carolus Linnaeus in his 18th century work, Systema Naturae.[2]
The Great Blue Heron is replaced in the Old World by the very similar Grey Heron, which differs in being somewhat smaller (90–98 cm (35–39 in)), with a pale gray neck and legs, lacking the browner colors that Great Blue Heron has there. It forms a superspecies with this and also with the Cocoi Heron from South America, which differs in having more extensive black on the head, and a white breast and neck.
There are five subspecies:[3]
- Ardea herodias herodias Linnaeus, 1758. Most of North America, except as below.
- Ardea herodias fannini Chapman, 1901. The Pacific Northwest from southern Alaska south to Washington; coastal.
- Ardea herodias wardi Ridgway, 1882. Kansas and Oklahoma to northern Florida. Sightings in southeastern Georgia have occurred.
- Ardea herodias occidentalis Audubon, 1835. Southern Florida, Caribbean islands. Formerly known as a separate species, the Great White Heron.
- Ardea herodias cognata Bangs, 1903. Galápagos Islands.
It is the largest North American heron and, among all extant herons, it is surpassed only by the Goliath Heron and the White-bellied Heron. It has head-to-tail length of 91–137 cm (36–54 in), a wingspan of 167–201 cm (66–79 in), a height of 115–138 cm (45–54 in), and a weight of 2.1–3.6 kg (4.6–7.9 lb).[4][5][6] Notable features include slaty flight feathers, red-brown thighs, and a paired red-brown and black stripe up the flanks; the neck is rusty-gray, with black and white streaking down the front; the head is paler, with a nearly white face, and a pair of black plumes running from just above the eye to the back of the head. The feathers on the lower neck are long and plume-like; it also has plumes on the lower back at the start of the breeding season. The bill is dull yellowish, becoming orange briefly at the start of the breeding season, and the lower legs gray, also becoming orangey at the start of the breeding season. Immature birds are duller in color, with a dull blackish-gray crown, and the flank pattern only weakly defined; they have no plumes, and the bill is dull gray-yellow.[3][7][8] Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 43–49.2 cm (17–19.4 in), the tail is 15.2–19.5 cm (6.0–7.7 in), the culmen is 12.3–15.2 cm (4.8–6.0 in) and the tarsus is 15.7–21 cm (6.2–8.3 in).[9][10]
The heron stride is around 22 cm (8.7 in), almost in a straight line. Two of the three front toes are generally closer together. In a track the front toes as well as the back often show the small talons.[11]
The subspecies differ only slightly in size and plumage tone, with the exception of subspecies occidentalis, which as well as normal colored birds, also has a distinct white morph, known as the Great White Heron (not to be confused with the Great Egret, for which "Great White Heron" was once a common name). It is found only in south Florida and some parts of the Caribbean. The Great White Heron differs from other Great Blues in bill morphology, head plume length, and in having a total lack of pigment in its plumage. This is mainly found near salt water, and was long thought to be a separate species. Birds intermediate between the normal morph and the white morph are known as Würdemann's Heron; these birds resemble a "normal" Great Blue with a white head.
The theory that Great White Heron may be a separate species (A. occidentalis) from Great Blue Heron has again been given some support by David Sibley.[12]
The call is a harsh croak. The heron is most vocal during the breeding season, but will call occasionally at any time of the year in territorial disputes or if disturbed.
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. Nonvocal sounds include a loud bill snap, which males use to attract a female or to defend a nest site and which females use in response to bachelor males or within breeding pairs.[13] The bill snap may be analogous the territorial song of passerines.[13] Bill clappering, the rapid chattering of the tips of the bill, is very common between paired herons.[13]
Similar species[edit]
The "Great White Heron" could be confused with Great Egret but is larger, with yellow legs as opposed to the Great Egret's black legs. The Reddish Egret and Little Blue Heron could be mistaken for the Great Blue Heron, but are much smaller, and lack white on the head and yellow in the bill. In the southern reaches of its range, the Great Blue sometimes overlaps in range with the closely related and similarly sized Cocoi Heron. The Cocoi is distinguished by a striking white neck and solid black crown, but the duller juveniles are more easily confused. More superficially similar is the slightly smaller Grey Heron, which may sometimes vagrate to the Northern coasts of North America. The Grey (which occupies the same ecological niche in Eurasia as the Great Blue Heron) has very similar plumage but has a solidly soft-gray neck. Erroneously, the Great Blue Heron is sometimes referred to as a "crane".
Distribution and habitat[edit]
The Great Blue Heron is found throughout most of North America, as far north as Alaska and the southern Canadian provinces. The range extends south through Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean to South America. Birds east of the Rocky Mountains in the northern part of their range are migratory and winter in Central America or northern South America. From the southern United States southwards, and on the Pacific coast, they are year-round residents.[3] However their hardiness is such that individuals often remain through cold northern winters, as well.
The Great Blue Heron can adapt to almost any wetland habitat in its range. They may be found in numbers in fresh and saltwater marshes, mangrove swamps, flooded meadows, lake edges, or shorelines. They are quite adaptable and may be seen in heavily developed areas as long as they hold bodies of water bearing fish. Great Blue Herons rarely venture far from bodies of water but are occasionally seen flying over upland areas. They usually nest in trees or bushes near water's edge, often on island (which minimizes the potential for predation) or partially isolated spots.[14]
It has been recorded as a vagrant in England,[15] Greenland, Hawaii, and the Azores.[3]
The primary food for Great Blue Heron is small fish, though it is also known to opportunistically feed on a wide range of shrimp, crabs, aquatic insects, rodents and other small mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and small birds. Herons locate their food by sight and usually swallow it whole. Herons have been known to choke on prey that is too large.[16] It is generally a solitary feeder. Individuals usually forage while standing in water but will also feed in fields or drop from the air, or a perch, into water. Mice are occasionally predated in upland areas far from the species typical aquatic environment.[14] Occasionally loose feeding flocks form and may be beneficial since they are able to locate schools of fish more easily.[14] As large wading birds, Great Blue Herons are capable of feeding in deeper waters and thus are able to harvest from niche areas not open to most other heron species.
Typically, the Great Blue Heron feeds in shallow waters, usually less than 50 cm (20 in) deep,[14] or at the water's edge during both the night and the day, but especially around dawn and dusk. The most commonly employed hunting technique of the species is wading slowly with its long legs through shallow water and quickly spearing fish or frogs with its long, sharp bill. Although usually ponderous in movements, the Great Blue Heron is surprisingly adaptable in its fishing methods. Feeding behaviors variably have consisted of standing in one place, probing, pecking, walking at slow speeds, moving quickly, flying short distances and alighting, hovering over water and picking up prey, diving headfirst into the water, alighting on water feet-first, jumping from perches feet-first, and swimming or floating on the surface of the water.[14]
This species usually breeds in colonies, in trees close to lakes or other wetlands. Usually colonies include only Great Blue Herons though sometimes they nest alongside other species of herons. These groups are called heronry (a more specific term than "rookery"). The size of these colonies may be large, ranging between 5–500 nests per colony, with an average of approximately 160 nests per colony. Heronry are usually relatively close, usually within 4 to 5 km (2.5 to 3.1 mi), to ideal feeding spots.[14] Although nests are often reused for many years and herons are socially monogamous within a single breeding season, individuals usually choose new mates each year.[13] Males arrive at colonies first and settle on nests, where they court females; most males choose a different nest each year.[13]
Great Blue Herons build a bulky stick nest, and the female lays three to six pale blue eggs. One brood is raised each year. If the nest is abandoned or destroyed, the female may lay a replacement clutch. Reproduction is negatively affected by human disturbance, particularly during the beginning of nesting. Repeated human intrusion into nesting areas often results in nest failure, with abandonment of eggs or chicks.
Eggs are usually laid at 2 day intervals, incubated for around 27 days and hatch asynchronously over a period of several days.[13] Eggs are usually about 63 mm by 46 mm and weigh about 70 grams.[13] Males incubate for about 10.5 hours of each day while females usually incubate for the remainder of each day and the night, with eggs left without incubation for about 6 minutes of each hour.[13] The first chick to hatch usually becomes more experienced in food handling and aggressive interactions with siblings, and so often grows more quickly than the other chicks. Predators of eggs and nestlings include turkey vultures, several corvids, hawks, bears and raccoons, the latter two also potential predators of adults. Adult herons, due to their size, have few natural predators, but can be taken by American Alligators, American Crocodiles, Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles and, less frequently, Great Horned Owls and Red-tailed Hawks. When predation on an adult or chick occurs at a breeding colony, the colony can be abandoned by the other birds, but this does not always occur.[17]
Both parents feed the young at the nest by regurgitating food. Parent birds have been shown to consume up to four times as much food when they are feeding young chicks (about 4300 kJ/day) than when laying or incubating eggs (about 1200 kJ/day).[13] After about 55 days at the northern edge of the range (Alberta) and 80 days at the southern edge of the range (California), young herons take their first flight.[13] They will return to the nest to be fed for about another 3 weeks, following adults back from foraging grounds.[13] Young herons are not as successful as adults, as strike rates are similar but capture rates about half that of adults during the first 2 months post-fledging.[13]
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John James Audubon illustrates the Great Blue Heron in Birds of America, Second Edition (published, London 1827–38) as Plate 161. The image was engraved and colored by Robert Havell's, London workshops. The original watercolor by Audubon was purchased by the New-York Historical Society where it remains to this day (January 2009).
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- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Ardea herodias". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Linnaeus, C (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. (in Latin). Holmiae. (Laurentii Salvii). p. 105.
- ^ a b c d del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Sargatal, J., eds. (1992). Handbook of the Birds of the World Vol. 1. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN 84-87334-10-5.
- ^ del Hoyo, J; Elliot, A; Sargatal, J (1996). Handbook of the Birds of the World 3. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-87334-20-2.
- ^ Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- ^ Great Blue Herons, Great Blue Heron Pictures, Great Blue Heron Facts – National Geographic. Animals.nationalgeographic.com (2012-12-13). Retrieved on 2012-12-19.
- ^ Sibley, D. (2000). The Sibley Guide to Birds. National Audubon Society ISBN 0-679-45122-6
- ^ Dickinson, M. B. et al., eds. (1999). Field Guide to the Birds of North America. National Geographic ISBN 0-7922-7451-2.
- ^ Blake, Emmett Reid (1977). Manual of Neotropical Birds, Volume 1. University Of Chicago Press, ISBN 978-0-226-05641-8
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Volume 42.
- ^ Murie & Elbroch, Peterson Field Guide to Animal Tracks, pg. 334 (2005)
- ^ Sibley, D. A. "Great White" Heron – not just a colour morph (retrieved 2009-01-24)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Butler RW. The Great Blue Heron. In Birds of North America (ed: Poole and Gill), No. 25
- ^ a b c d e f Short, Henry L. and Cooper, Robert J. (1985). Habitat suitability index models Great blue heron. Biological report 82(10.99). Washington, DC : Western Energy and Land Use Team, Division of Biological Services, Research and Development, Fish and Wildlife Service
- ^ "Heron in UK, 3K miles off target. Thesun.co.uk (2007-12-11). Retrieved on 2012-12-19.
- ^ "Hinterland Who's Who – Great Blue Heron". Canadian Wildlife Service. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- ^ Naumann, Robert. (2000-05-16) Animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Retrieved on 2012-12-19.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ardea herodias. |
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- Audubon's Great Blue Heron – Close-ups from Plate 161, Birds of America
- Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
- Great Blue Heron Species Account – Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Great Blue Heron videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
- Great Blue Heron photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)


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I was a little skeptical at first about a peppermint cake. But it was quick and easy, and not chocolate, which I am allergic to, so I decided to give it a try. I'm very glad I did! This was very easy to make, and oh so yummy! I crushed up candy canes instead of mints, and omg, I loved it! I will be making this again! It's really good!
I have made this a few times. I have used green instead of red and it looks fine both ways.
Made this for our ladies Christmas luncheon at church. They loved it, even though my top stuck some. That's what I get for not reading the reviews first. But I will definitely make it again, and grease and flour my pan more. If you use 20 pieces of peppermint Starlight candies the amount comes out perfect.
I tried to make this cake twice and both times it stuck to the bundt pan and was ruined - so I thought! Instead I made a Peppermint Trifle out of the two cakes! I broke up the cakes and alternated layers of cake and Cool Whip in a large clear bowl. It was an awesome Christmas treat. I'm making it again this year - It was a big hit!
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it seems that they like CLEAN graphics like Virtua tennis and Ridge Racers.
Well atleast six out of the eight was ps3,thats really good news considering xbox360 has a year start...
they had to throw 360 a few or risk looking bias
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Well Imo Lost planet was the best game there, Nice graphics and Gameplay. TGS Aint Exactly Microsoft's Show, They'll be saving the big guns for X06 This Coming week. Anyway PS3's Games have made a heck of an improvement, Shame about the few Delays though.
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HS and Fatal Inertia suffered because of it though...
I think they were only using the games that were playable.
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The Tokyo Game Show is the first time we were able to get a solid impression of what finished products are really going to look like on the PS3. Most PS3 game demos were running right off of debug units, rather than development kits as they have been throughout the last year or so. And what we saw was incredibly impressive.
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Yep "the most advanced graphics ever displayed on a console system".
It's like the fact that the media is finally saying what we always new to be true (PS3 more powerful with superior graphics) has caused some people to go into meltdown.
This is only the beginning...
Was this supposed to be in order?
If so, I would make some revisions but the games listed seem alright.
There were so many games I honestly can't remember what was shown at TGS anyway lol
I been knew this since the PS3 games looked on par with 360 games at E3.Originally Posted by Rubbernek
However, I also want the media to recognize what the Cell is doing. Have you guys seen MotorStorm? The physics are realistic as hell, the hit detection is very accurate, and the particle effects are just Formula 1 has unbelievably pretty(words cannot describe) graphics, it has accurate hit detection and crashes as well as top notch physics, Resistance has smart ass A.I, beautiful smooth as butter animations, crazy fire effects and particle effects(saw it on a HDTV on gametrailers), White Knight which has the most realistic animations on any console, Lair(saw the trailer that had good quality) that has big arse textures(but needs to work on the lighting thoigh) I could go on.
I do not want to compare to the 360 because it might turn into a flameware(oh, I could get those graphics on the 360, the 360 can easily achieve that, etc.), but what the PS3 is showing is really boggling my mind, and I have not seen any other console achieve what the PS3 is doing now(IMO). Before TGS, I was a little worried, and thought the PS3 was only slightly better than the 360 graphically and CPU wise(animations, physics, A.I, hit detection, etc.), but TGS completely blew me away. Even some sites are claiming the PS3 is something else.
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First of all, it's just their opinion. They have a right to it, y'know.Originally Posted by Pumpkin Head
Secondly, I don't know if I could have put it at number 8, but I do agree that it it wasn't the most impressive game there. But that is expected if this game is the least to be completed compared to the number of others they compared it to. So it shouldn't be surprising if it is lacking anything.
And lastly, visuals never tell the complete story. Technically, I thought this game was one of, if not, the most impressive title there as far as complexity in gameplay. And usually, that's what counts in the end. So to each his or her's own.
We all know the PS3 is the more powerful system, and after seeing the videos I don't think it's wrong to say that the PS3 is the more impressive out of the two. The 360 still has some cool games, but after seeing the gameplay videos, it's just astonishing how much better the PS3 looks with its launch titles. I can't imagine what games a year or two from now will look like.
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