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By Tommy Andres, CNN
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(CNN) – Graham Rogers unsheathes a long, thick knife from his waist.
[4:30] "This is a very special knife because this has got an engraving of Daniel Boone on it, who's the great Kentucky outdoorsman and the settler of Kentucky, so we really hope that's going to buoy us to success today."
Rogers is wearing a beige fishing shirt and green pants tucked into tall rubber boots. He sports a pencil thin mustache and round, tortoise shell sunglasses that make him look like Howard Hughes on safari. He and his friend Blake Freeman are about to start law school, but before they dive into the books, they're diving into the bush. They have driven down to southern Florida from Kentucky to join the nearly 1,000 people who have signed up for the first annual Python Challenge.
Native to southern Asia, Burmese pythons have found their way into the Florida Everglades. The invasive species is wreaking havoc on the ecosystem, eating everything from raccoons to deer. The problem has forced the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) to get creative, and now they're offering anyone interested the chance to hunt down the mammoth snakes for a $25 registration fee and a half-hour online course.
"Isn't that ridiculous?"
Dave Leibman of Weston, Florida has spent his free time hunting Burmese pythons for years. In fact all his friends call him "Python Dave." He captures the snakes alive and turns them into the FWC to be euthanized. He thinks the snakes deserve to be killed humanely and doubts the Python Challenge is the way to do that:
[6:47] "The state has to do what the state has to do. They want to try and protect our ecosystem. This is what they came up with. I'm sure they could've come up with something better, but so be it."
The hunters have their work cut out for them. The FWC says there are tens of thousands of the snakes in the Everglades. Rogers admits he and Freeman are scared, but says they will hunt through the night until they get one:
[5:17] "We've got to kill a snake. We've got too much riding on this. Too many friends, too many people are going to call us amateur hunters if we don't kill a snake."
The month-long Python Challenge kicked off January 12 and runs until February 10.
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I would rather hunt for a dear that eats snake. OK already said enough here.
Eat the snake then hunt the deer.
Electronically tag rabbits & set them free in the everglades.
The snakes will eat the rabbits.
Then track the tags that are now in the snakes.
use the army, navy and mexican drug cartels to go in there with weapons and kill all the bad snakes. then when they have kill off all the snakes allow a route for drugs to the cartels to use, the army can train there, and the navy can stay on allert for other invasive species like elepghants, alliens, and sea monsters.
we should run canals that flow from fort myers to miami, bringing water from the gulf into the everglades where all the Bp Oil can kill off the snakes and other wildlife in the area. once all the animals are dead then we can dry out the everglades, into a dessert like places, flood if from lake okkechobee and grow millions of acres of shirmp farms, that will be realeased into the gulf to start a huge fish kill that will contaminate the entire world.
we should burn down the everglades from one point to the other, the deer will flee into cities and towns where they can easily be shoot, killed or hunted. and the everglades will be ready for "re-appointment of natural resourses". no more snakes or alligators, just fresh oranges and sugercane ot charge the cars of the future, that will prevent this horrible event from happening in other parts of the world
the solution is simple. build homes, parks, and shoping centers in places where snakes could live, then they will die off along with the rest of the animals getting in the way of human progress. It worked great for miami and naples, lets see what we can do about the everglades, indian reservations and other undeveloped places.
python: meet the mongoose ...
Mongooses mostly feed on insects, crabs, earthworms, lizards, snakes, birds, and rodents. However, they also eat eggs and carrion.
"Snake, the other other white meat"
The cost may be a tad high to to the labor intensive part, but there are a lot of people in jail that could either collect snakes or serve as bait for the snakes.
I would rather hunt a snake eating deer.
.....no....I wouldn't hunt it, but if you live in the U.S. where almost every species is "fair game", then good luck keeping the thing alive. Heck, they have a hard enough time not hunting EACH OTHER, let alone something that could "make em' feel more like a man".
Gotta love the stupid, love you sam!
Can't we just reprogram the Roomba. (Put on Python Elimination Mode).
Yes I would I'd have no problem. A deer that is eaten by a snake was caught by surprise. It's not like athe deer couldn't out runs snake. Other humans have created this mess it's the job of other humans to clean it up. There isn't a season for invasive species. Florida has nice warm weather as well so while you hunt the snakes you get fresh aire that's a bonus.
Snakes are slow movers. Just take a machete and whack off their head any time you see a python...Burmese or African rock . It;s that simple. The bounty idea seems best to me. Like they said it worked on wolves why not snakes ? With so few killed as of now only gos to show that it should be open season all the time ! Eat the snake and sell the skin 🙂 It worked on gators didn't it ?
No, I'm too timid, but please, please do so if you like. They do not belong in our ecosystem and are destroying the natural habitat and need to be removed immediately.
Just put a stop to the import of the snakes, outlaw ownership, (neuter zoo snakes somehow), place a bounty on any python/boa brought in and enterprising people will do the rest. Case in point: the wolf. A bounty alone almost eradicated it.
It is already illegal to bring in invasive animals that are not indigenous to the US (except zoo's). If we are unable to control the pythons that are already we are going to have the same problem we are now with the Asian carp (flying fish) that devastates eco-system and everything in its path because it too has no natural predators except humans.
Not saying I have an answer but if we can address potential problems before they become one we might be better off. Get rid of the pythons now through hunts, programs and we may be able to keep them at a manageable number.
Proactive instead of reactive. People made a buck or so off of selling the things as pets. America just goes right in head first with out even considering the consequences.
Lest get some northern hunters joining the fight and them how it's done. Our southern boys seem to be in over there heads.
No prob hunting a snake capable of eating a whitetail just need my trusty Randall and Strider
Are burmese pythons still imported?
No. People are breeding them. (Stupid.) They are breeding naturally in the Everglades, and are moving up thru Florida. The winter cold kills them further north.
This is a pest that can be eliminated via the market place. Google python skin boots. Designers are getting up to $2500 a pair. Some of those big snakes can produce 10 pair. Snake meat contains roughly 93 calories per 100g (3.5 oz) of raw meat. This is roughly half the calories and one third the amount of fat of a similar amount of sirloin beef steak. Time for some of the trendy restaurants in Miami to do their part for the environment... and turn a tidy profit. Some enterprising chef ought to be able to come up with a recipe that they can charge $50 or more a plate for. Since the pythons are Burmese.. maybe an Asian/Florida fusion cuisine?? Stir fry with some ginger, soy sauce and veggies?
You make a good point: My Granddad told me the story about the Carrier Pidgin, they were so numerous that they were a problem, they had a big pick nik in Washing DC and Carrier Pidgin was the main course, after that people everywhere started eating them, wasn't too long they were extinct.
This action will be a drop into a bucket. These reptiles multiply by the millions every year. One of these days, Florida will have a big problem with these reptiles.
Now, Hunting a deer eating snake would be the only reason I say anyone has the complete right to own – carry and use an AR-15. To kill something that big would take at least 2 full clips
AR15s take magazines.
Only if it takes you "2 full clips" to get ONE clean shot to the head, which is all it will really take to kill these shakes. Hunting them with assault rifles makes chicken hunters feel more like "a warrior" which they are not.
Shotgun; A shotgun would probably be best.
One shot from a 7.62x54R will kill them.
Someone is going to die doing this. Especially if they are alone doing this.
Where are pro-life people?
Many of the pro (human) lifers, including myself also believe Genesis 1: 26-28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Then what do you "pro" (human) lifers do with Exodus 21:22, which states, "If men quarrel, and one strike a woman with child, and she miscarry indeed, but live herself: he shall be answerable for so much damage as the woman's husband shall require, and as arbiters shall award. " If seems here that the product of the pregnancy is "property" and not "life" or else the penalty would have been death, and not a fine.
If there ever was any 'word' of 'god', the men writing it down reworded it to suit and reward themselves. God should have done the writing herself if she wanted it done right. It's pretty obvious that dominion over others of any kind has been greatly abused, perhaps even leading to the destruction of the planet.
I'm real scared of God. She's black & really mad at us.
They are smart enough to know the difference between a human being and a snake.
I'm SHOCKED.... that someone other than me knows who Daniel Boone is!
Was, not is. He's dead, you know.
Would you hunt a deer-eating snake? <~~ Why would a deer eat a snake?
HA! that's actually how I read it which made me click on the article. DUH!
That would be one badass deer, I think I would leave it alone.
You read it right, Bambi "can and will eat a snake" but we remember her as Elaine Bobbit. WTF pretty funny "DUH"
I'm actually a direct descendent of Daniel Boone...
And I bet they dont fight much after they just swallowed a deer.
Dont be such a pussy. Snakes are no problem so long as they are not poisonous. Just chop off their head and they wont put up much fight after that.
When o'bammy takes our guns, we won't be able to hunt anything.
sept yo mama!!
If you were a real man, you'd bow hunt.
Exactly. Anyone with a zeroed rifle can make a shot at 100+ yards.
Jesus, even you know that Obama won't take away your regular hunting rifles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hunt? Don't you mean kill anything?
PETA and the other bleeding idiots need not open their traps. THese snakes are destroying the Everglades. And while they're at it , there are some primates that need removing as well. Do the bounty thing like they do for Pike Minnow. 10 dollars per snake plus 5 buck a foot.....
Bleeding idiots? Those are the worst kind. Put on a got-dam bandaid already, you bleeding idiot!
These pythons would have never been kept as pets (and subsequently released) if PETA had their way. I'm no fan of PETA...but seriously...
How to get rid of pythons: Convince Asians that python is better than rhino horn and tiger whiskers combined to raise their 'spirits'.
What do you have against the perfectly natural fungus that causes white-nose syndrome?
I'm all for killing these predators. They have killed one child and countless pets. I have killed 2 in my yard in central Florida, one ate one of my chickens. Kill them all! You don't have to pay me to do it.
Fact: No human has EVER been attacked by a Burmese Python in Florida! And "countless pets"? Never heard of any and if there were, you certainly would've heard about it!
Just because you haven"t heard it does not mean it did not happen. It happened.
And just because YOU said it happened, doesn't mean it did! Could an ocassional pet fall prey? Sure, but "countless"? I don't think so! "Countless" means too many to count! Have any links, sources? Didn't think so!
let the snakes eat them hunters. slowly sneek up on them hunters and sqweese the life out of them. this are the cristian gods will
teach the python to eat marsh grass ...besides.snakes makes a great rubber so you can have safe sex in the glades.
The hides look nice. Are pythons good to eat?
Python's are good to eat. However, the ones in Florida have extremely high levels of mercury due to pollution from coal plants and smelters. The mercury level is about 3 times higher than the level found in the alligators. Don't know why these snakes are getting so much more mercury than the other stuff in the area.
That's ok flu shots have 150 times as much mercury as is deemed safe by the EPA and everyone loves flu shots. 3 times is nothin
Ha, it's 3 times the ammount found in the alligators, not 3 times the "safe" level of mercury. The alligators have alot of mercury also. For some reason though, the pythons seem to be a major mercury sink.
Multi dose vials do contain Thimersol, which has a small amount of mercury. Single dose vials contain no Thimersol. Don't know the EPA limits, or the amount of meecury in a single flu shot dispensed from a multidose vial. Do know EPA is continual environmental exposure, not single dose. Thimersol is used as a preservative in many medicines and has been for a long time. Just ask for single dose vial when getting the shot.
Coal plants? smelters? what are you talking about in Florida?
No the coal plants and smelters kick the mercury up into the atmosphere and it comes down in the rain. The coal plants and smelters don't have to be in your back yard for their pollution to affect you.
Here is an article on the subject if you are interested.
First let's stop the useless insults. All rednecks are not fat (Larry the Cable Guy). The other half are skinny (Willie Nelson).
Some rednecks have PhD's.
I grew up in Brooklyn, NY and now live in Florida. Not every Brooklynite goes "Yo fuhgeddaboutit."
I used to be a cop in NY. I found it more fun and exciting hunting humans who had guns. I got shot once. I shot 3 others.
Sorry, but blowing away a python would not turn me on.
Most of the people who are hunters are just doing what humans started doing a few hundred thousand years ago.
What bothers me about some people who "hate violence" is the hypocrisy of going to see Steven Seagal snap someone's neck or Stallone machine gun a boatload of people.
We should all be realistic about our humanity. Here is my vision for settling "Who has the right view of society."
Monday, Tuesdays and Wednesday we all go to Disney and ride a little boat and sing "It's a small world after all."
Thursday, Friday and Saturday we play Rambo.
I don't hunt humans any more. But I found a legal, and profitable way of killing my fellow human beings. I day trade at Puretick dot com every day. I try to take away some poor slobs savings for his/her kid's college.
Ur killing me 'ski, lol.
It's taken 1,000 participants the past two weeks to kill thirty snakes. High end estimate of the snake population is 100,000. So, getting out my calculator, here's what I've come up with:
– Percentage of snakes killed: .03%
– Number of snakes remaining: 99,970
– Amount of time remaining to kill all the snakes: 126 years (assuming no more reproduction, but we all know they're jumping each other's reptillian bones even as we speak)
– It takes 2 weeks for 33 people to kill one snake
– Assuming an average length of six feet, it takes 2 weeks for 1 person to kill 2 inches worth of snake
I'd say the snakes are winning so far...
The best way to get rid of the pythons is to sell the meat. Certain ethnic groups will pay high prices for pythons meat. I never got to taste it when I lived in Borneo because it sold out too fast.
Most intelligent post on here! Good work Mick, but I've heard numbers up to 300,000! Run those numbers if you have time! It's really comical! I've had several friends go down to the Everglades searching for "wild" Burmese before this hunt was organized! Most spent almost a week down there and exactly 0 were found!
Obviously, this is not the best way to get rid of the pythons. FWC deserves props for creative thinking. These things are a horrific environmental disaster, and the FWC doesn't have the resources to do it themselves. Hopefully they will come up with a more effective solution and can get the funding.
ok ok lets cool off here .i understand both sides views.this should be left to trained wild life officials .these hunts will always bring out the im daniel boone im going to kill something nut.they are doing so much damage to the everglades something has to be done.the truth is every scientist says its imposible to completly get rid of all tha snakes so at this piont it just keeping thier numbers under control.......all i can say to to the red neck hunters is be carefull and tread lightly in tha everglades it is a wonderfull place dont do more damage in the name of this hunt
humans that drive hummers are punks. shok valley wannabe
any time that I hunt in the everglades in the tall grass I always use a very large knife. Once you or any one else shoots a gun every living thing is gone for hours and you might as well just go back to your camp and rest, you also only hunt at dark just after the sun goes down because the snakes and other animals don't come out in the heat much.
The sound of guns wouldn't scare a snake...they're deaf.
And you think a gun will not produce any sort of vibration that a snake won't pick up on?
Yup, they are, but they do feel virbrations, so walk softly. It sad they must be killed, but to protect or Florida wildlife it's a must. I hope they are killed humanly and don't suffer.
"Native to southern Asia, Burmese pythons have found their way into the Florida Everglades."
No, they haven't "found their way". Idiotic HUMANS put them there.
nope, not me, I'll leave it to the experts
I would, but I would have to have back-up just in case the snake clamped a hold on me.
Feed a poor man and you take care of him for one meal, but teach him to hunt deer killing snakes and you feed him and his whole family forever.
I would hunt this snake with my AR-15 that I renamed "Piers" because it chatters endlessly and repeatedly, is very dangerous, and needs strong hands to guide it.
I am calling for tougher federal laws regulating these large capacity snakes. There is no reason they should exist in our society. I say enough is enough!
Wow! A guy whose spent most of his life out in the wild, I bet! One who thinks that all you have to do to solve ANY problem is to make a "Federal Regulation!" Ridiculous
Why do you need an AR-15 to hunt snakes? Where's the challenge in that? Spray and pray? I say you need a howitzer. One shell kills many.
That sounds like a description of my pecker....
It is not the fault of these beautiful creatures that they find themselves in the Everglades. Yep, that;s right; another man-created problem that nature has again to pay for. They just have to be killed, right? Kill it...kill it!!! The mentality of a Neanderthal. Captured alive ( not hard to do if you know a few simple things ), they could be housed and taken care of by thousands of people like. Pay me, state of Florida and I'll see to it they are not harmed and at the same time, allowed to live as all creatures, great and small were born to. What threat to humans do they pose? You morons that participate in this 'hunt' are nothing more than rednecks. Let's see how tough you are given the opportunity to snag 18-foot, highly venomous cobras, eh? Florida has too many retired yankees living in it with far too much money that have convinced a corrupt government there is only one way. Brutality and mindlessness as is typical of man. May God have mercy upon your sick souls.
Killing is the only solution.
Killing is the only option? Do you mean for Spanchasm or the snakes? I could go either way.
Please go back under your rock.
When a python eats your baby maybe you will think differently.
you are confused, a dingo ate the baby:)
You are dangerously misinformed and deranged.
I agree with you about the d#*n Yankees , but not the other snakes known as pythons.
let the hunt continue
I find that comment very disrespectful. You have no idea how a Neanderthal thought or acted. The best knowledge you have is a guess. Also, people kill things. Period. We are animals, we are hunters. It is healthy, what is unhealthy is the fact that you abhor any killing. Go eat your Big Mac and sit on your high horse you sad industry slave.
No real animal lover would have these creatures or any other creature housed in a tiny cage, out of it's natural environment to begin with. And now that they are out of control in a position to ruin the environment for many, many other species, the only solution it to eradicte them. Maybe you and the rest of the fools who believe reptiles make great pets will think twice the next time you consider having one for no reason other than to fulfill some need to be different.
Aww, save the poor pythons . . . what about the rabbits they will be fed? Aren't they God's creatures too? Cobras don't grow to 18 feet either. You don't appear to know your subject that well.
king cobras can get 18 feet, but that was probably the largest one ever.
A King Cobra can grow to a length of 18 ft. It's the largest venomous snake in the world! Apparently, YOU don't know YOUR subject that well!
Please post your address so they can send you the snakes first.
I love snakes, and think it's a shame they have to be killed. It's not their fault, but I'm not sure there are many options because of the size of them. We can't even find decent homes for children, for snakes it's even more difficult. Yes, the red necks will go after any thing...I'm not sure they can all read either.
We have lost one child to these snakes, how many more should die for these precious snakes?
actual real question: Did a python from the wild kill a child in Florida or are you referring to a "pet" that escaped from it's enclosure and killed a child in that house. I haven't heard of a python attack in the wilderness (in the U.S.), although I realize it could happen. Parents who keep large constrictors are asking for trouble, but I like to think that's just Darwin keeping it real.
Apples and oranges oldbones! Of course, nobody wants to see anybody, let alone a child, get killed, but we're talking about wild Burmese Pythons in the Everglades, and your talking about an unfortunate incident involving a "pet" and a very irresponsible pet owner! Do you know how many dogs and horses kill people/children in a years time in FLA? Of course you don't, cause they're not "snakes"! BTW, there's alligators in the Everglades too and they wouldn't think twice about taking down a child!
The snakes have never been said to be a threat to humans. They are killing the native wildlife at a rapid rate. They are an invasive species. So you can capture all the nearly 100,000 snakes and they will never escape from any of the captors to invade the wild again....right.
There was an episode of Cops where a Florida cop gets a call about a huge snake in somebody's front yard. The cop shows up, and finds a 20 foot long snake in a front yard. The cop picks up the head of the snake, and I swear he had to use two hands just to hold the head. He says "Oh this has to be somebody's pet". So he got some help, and they managed to get that snake stuffed into a huge duffle bag. Then this guy drives up and says "Oh, you found another one" referring to the snake. The cop says "What do you mean another one?". The guy then says "Yeah, somebody let a pair of these loose a long time ago, and these huge things have been turning up around here ever since.". You could see the blood drain out of the the cops face as he says "You mean I just stuffed a wild python into a duffle bag?
And then he turned his tighty whities into frowny brownies
Please for the love of god , ban snake hunts before someone gets hurt.
The snakes should be an open season hunt. Here in missouri we have a kill on site for feral hogs.
hogs = bacon, all kinds of yummy stuff. I'm not much of a gun lover but I'd go for this...
Feral hogs are inedible. They are loaded with parasites and disease organisms. They are a horrific nuisance, just like the pythons are beginning to be.
I wonder what the Python's hide is worth. In the Southwest, Rattlesnakes are hunted, caught and sold live by the pound. Many experienced hunters earn hundreds of dollars for an afternoons work/play. However, I doubt a bunch of inexperienced people traipsing around in the wild is going to yield much of anything except subjecting themselves to the dangers present in those types of areas. Poisonous insects, snakes and the physical hazards of rough terrain shouldn't be taken lightly. Healthy critters are quite difficult to locate and apprehend, It takes someone experienced with their terrain, habits, mannerisms and way of life to find and catch them consistently.
Citation please? Here in Utah, killing or capturing almost any snake, including rattlesnakes, is against the law. They keep the rodent population down and help to support a healthy ecosystem. In Florida, they're hunting them to protect the environment. Hunting vipers in the Southwest would be hurting the environment. What are you thinking?
hear hear
The "let's kill it" people don't get it. In most cases predators keep down the Infestation or populations of other species. A perfect balance until humans interfere. Bats are a good example. They kill millions of insects, but now because of the White-Nose Syndrome millions are dying. So unless we find a cure, we will soon be over run by insects – not good for farmers. Without farms you know where that will leave the rest of us...
Thank God for Google. I can go straight to the story. I don't have to download a megabytes of ads and wait 3 minutes for a video to show me 2 minutes of commercials I don't care about
Did you say Florida? Gen Allen would like to email these snakes and any socialites. That is what commanders do in Afghanistan.
Any of us reptile people could have told them that this was a waste of time. But I'd have loved to been able to go look for snakes i the Everglades 😦 There's some awesome critters down there!
Used to be a lot more neat critters down there but the invasive snakes have decimited them. Idiot.
"Captured alive ( not hard to do if you know a few simple things ), they could be housed and taken care of by thousands of people like me." It's people like you who released the snakes and created the problem in the first place.
thats like erin burnett characteristics. that she learned from her mama
This seems likely to be more harmful than helpful. A bunch of amateurs out there trampling the place and probably leaving a bunch of trash behind seems unlikely to help the ecosystem much. And if I was out there I would be less worried about the snakes than about getting shot by a drunk snake hunter.
A lot of people don't understand what you have just written. This is exactly why I don't let people hunt on my land.I would not leave trash on my land so why do other people think it is ok for them to do it?
please dont genralize, true sportsmen dont leave trash, we actually leave it cleaner than we found it
Agreed, it sucks that more hikers aren't also hunters because habitual hikers land husbandry is generally amazing! I am currently on a hunting hiatus, but I still walk off the trails with a plastic bag full of OTHER peoples trash.... Sickens me that people do that. (Barring organics of course. Apple cores, peels ect.)
I've killed several large and angry rattlesnakes that were in or around my home and could not be safely relocated. The thing about snakes is they keep moving even when you chop the head off. The head can still bite (a big deal with vipers, less so with constrictors...although they can still give you a good nip and give you an infection), and the body can still coil. I wonder how many "let's go shoort stuff" knuckleheads are going to get themselves wrapped up in dying pythons. It's kind of a comforting thought. I like snakes, and I mourn the ones I have to destroy.
Its really sick to see a group of fat southern rednecks with rifles hunting down such a magnificent animal! I like snakes, esp the large constrictors. I understand this has to be done in order to save the native wildlife, but cannot help imagining what it would be like if the snakes hunted us down instead. After all, aren't humans the species that destroys the balance in nature more than any other? Lets not show snake skins on CNN, and dead pythons! I'd like to see one of those overfed Southerners instead in the snake's belly!
Exactly. Well said. You summed it up perfectly. Should be a job for local government not hillbillies on a killing spree.
We have lost one child to these snakes, how many more should die for these precious snakes?
Thank you for exemplifying the snootiness that permeates from the coasts in regards to "fly over country." Would you prefer that many indigenous species are rendered extinct, or would you prefer the "fat rednecks" save them by killing the pythons? I am from Los Angeles as well, but sheesh, get off your elitis high horse
so as a snake lover you don't mind the fact that the eco system in the florida everglades is being destroyed by the owners of these invasive snakes. its o.k. with you that the population of native animals are being made extict by these snakes. the truth is that there should be a total ban of the import of all snakes, lizards etc. into this country . if you are a lover of wildlife you should be concerned that these reptiles are being abandoned by their owners . leave the snakes in their natural enviroment if you love them.
Waiting to see how many of 'them guys' shoot each other.
Honest question: once you catch it and kill it, can you eat it? What do they taste like?
From the rules for the hunt: "Pythons removed from Everglades National Park tested high in mercury levels- too high for human consumption. While it is not a violation of state rule to eat python meat, FWC cautions that the Florida Department of Health nor the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have stated that the meat is safe to eat."
Makes you wonder about the Everglades.... WTF are the snakes eating that is doing that to them? Also, any wonder them guys are so crazy down there?
OK so let me get this straight – the mercury level is too high for human consumption but it's safe to eat?
I'm no expert hunter, but I think that trapping might produce a better result. If I'm not mistaken this snake is a nocturnal hunter, all the pictures I've seen of these snake hunters are in daylight
You can't fire a gun at night, so the hunting is being done just before sunrise and just after sunset. For someone with no large-snake experience, a gun is the preferred weapon...but they do allow other methods, and you can hunt at night.
You are wrong, I have several guns and they will all fire at night.
Who cares if it's humane? Blast the snake into it's next life and leave it at that. I'd want to use a double barrel 12 gauge.
I hear a banjo playing.
I hear a washing machine going. Next sound!
Feral cats do more damage to the ecosystem than any burmese python or other exotic, except maybe nile monitors.
Holding a dead cat is not going to look near as cool as a stretched out python in the photograph afterward.
What??? You must live under a rock. In Florida we love the rat eaters (rats carry the plague you know and we have had 2 cases in the past year).
What does that have to do with me living under a rock? And by the way, the underside of my rock happens to be very comfortable and roomy.
Not true, man is the worst offender to the ecosystem. I have seen more dead birds from being hit by cars or flying into windows than what feral cats do. The statistic on how much one cat can kill was calculated by taking what one particular cat in Great Britian killed and then multipling by all cats. Most feral cat colonies live at starvation level and are usually around a food source (restaurant dumpsters). In the case of Florida the roaming feral cats have probably been eaten by these snakes.
Ok killjoy koko....we'll give you $1 a human hide of someone who is not native to this terrain
Feral cats are generally closer to a native feline species than the Pythons are to the everglades. There are also much larger predators that would eat cats in the Everglades.
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Ok – So we have Florida going after the Burmese because of the Invasive Species reasoning, and I am completely down with that. Those things are nasty if in a good mood.
Can we get Cats added to the next hunt? I only ask because it was Europeans who brought them to the US, so technically, they are an invasive species. 10 cents a hide would be a fair price, and no shooting anything with a collar. With all the ferals that are running around, it would help the homeless out. They have plenty of time and know how to get some good profits.
No law against shooting feral cats anyways... However, they do keep the european rat population down....
As a retired paleontologist I can tell you the house cat evolved here in the USA. They are native.
Their DNA indicates that their origin is the fertile crescent......Egypt and Mesapotamia
I'm not usually a big fan of hunting but in this case it is definitely necessary. These snakes don't belong there and need to be removed. This is turning into an eco-disaster. I'm skeptical that the hunt will make much of a dent in the population but something needs to be done and what other solution is there?
Hi, I grew up in North Central Florida and caught snakes all the time as a kid. We would easily catch 100 snakes a year, including coral snakes, rattle snakes, pigmy rattle snakes, as well as rat snakes, black snakes, water snakes, etc. Never was bitten by a poisonous snake, but was bit in total at least 100 times from non poisonous snakes in my lifetime. I also owned a pet reticulated python that grew to 24 feet long and just under 200 lbs. It was dog tame and was a great pet for 20 years. Being around big pythons I can confirm how strong they are and there were a few times that cleaning her cage that I would wonder "what if" she decided to turn on me... could I survive an attack. My gut says yes, but remember this was a tame snake and I would argue that wild snakes should have more experience and more of an aggressive disposition. With 2 people you would simply grab the tail and unwind the snake to remove it.... if she coiled on you and trapped your arms I could see how a solo person could be killed (squeezed until your blood pressure caused a heart attack, or if you were in the water it could drown you quite easily). FL now has a law that you have to chip your big snakes and have a permit....so when I had this snake, that was not required.... but I have to agree that it is a wise move by the state of FL. As someone who loves snakes, it does bother me they are killing them, but I also understand they are not native to FL and thus they are changing/damaging local wildlife that normally would not have this new predator in the food chain. I can appreciate both sides of the debate. I guess I don't think they are going to catch/kill more than 2% of the total python snake population and I would argue more local snakes are likely to be killed in the effort. That being said, I have no good ideas on what could be done otherwise to stop the spread of snakes in south Florida... I think they are here to stay.... Just saying.
Eww-www, snakes terrify me. I used to watch my mom (this was during the dinosaur area) kill rattlers in West Texas when they came anywhere close to the house. I think if I lived in Florida, you would make a wonderful neighbor in case one of those creepy crawlies came round.
Smaller animals have been almost entirely eliminated, some of those populations are down more than 90%, Pythons are being found in swimming pools and inside homes. Family pets and small children are easy targets for these snakes. Organized hunts for these invasive species are long over due.
Deep fried python, yum!
Yay, mercury poisoning....
Exactly what small animals are you referring too? Do you have any specifics or are you just spewing out bogus media/political info you read about? Again, are BP native? No! Do they belong in FLA? No! But they eat the same endangered/non-endangered species that your native alligators eat! This whole story has been completely sensationalized and overblown! The final numbers on Feb. 10th will prove that! (that's if they don't lie about those too) BTW, American Alligators greatly outnumber BP in the Everglades and will gladly grab a small unsupervised child if given the chance!
hey marlena, wake up !!! They do not belong here .... what part of that don't YOU understand???
They wipe out creatures that do belong here....If you do not understand the situation perhaps it
is better to say nothing...you know, keep your mouth shut
@Marlena: I think your ignorant yourself... you realize that this continent does not naturally have pythons, that these are introduced invasive animals. That these animals are destroying the natural balance in the Everglades. As an example... eating the deer, that the endangered Florida Panther feed upon, lowering their numbers. If left unchecked, could breed their way all the way up to the Carolinas, and possibly further. They could destroy natural habitat and balance, and possibly endanger our native species....
It will be amazing if there isn't a problem with someone getting killed by a snake... because they are letting a lot of amateurs go out to try to kill the snakes. Yes, more professionals may have been hard to find but they probably know the danger they are really dealing with.
Actually there are a lot of qualifications before being allowed to go python hunting. There are permits and training and rules to keep people safe and on target.
I think the pythons should hunt those ignorant rednecks instead of deer
You're an idiot. Invasive species were brought in by fools like you and now the ecosystems have paid the price.
Please don't reproduce. We have more than enough of people like you to deal with as we struggle to protect our natural resources.
Don't blame her, the racist trolls union requires at least one post per article.
Most of these parents came from hurricane Charley when a zoo and several pet stores were destroyed and the animals got out.
I've heard that before from "reputable" sources, but the pythons were already in the 'glades and breeding before 2004 (hurricane charley). Let go because they got too big or owners got bored with them.
Youse must be from New Jersey.
I think a keyboard in the hands of an elitist will produce predictable results
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Doesn't this just give us all a warm fuzzy about national security?
As Edward Snowden prepares to defend himself in a worldwide webinar Thursday, the Justice Department is accusing the private contractor that vetted him and thousands of other intelligence workers of bilking U.S. taxpayers out of tens of millions of dollars by conducting phony background checks.
USIS, the giant private contractor that conducted the background checks of both Snowden and Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis, is accused in a Justice Department lawsuit filed Wednesday night of conducting 665,000 fake background checks between 2008 and 2012.
"USIS management devised and executed a scheme to deliberately circumvent contractually required quality reviews of completed background investigations in order to increase the company's revenues and profits," said the Justice Department in its complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Alabama.
According to the indictment, 40% of all background check reports from USIS were fraudulent. First big surprise: We've either replaced or added more than 1.66 million people in the federal government who need security clearances over the four-plus years of this date range (March 2008 to September 2012). Why? That sounds like we have a pretty bad turnover problem, or have expanded classified access (and activities) significantly in that period, even though we were already dialing down the war in Iraq at the beginning of that period.
Second: The government apparently never thought to spot-check performance of the contractor who determined who got access to our nation's most sensitive information. The DoJ searched their e-mail and found plenty of indications of fraud; employees bragged about "dumping" or "flushing" cases so that they could clear their desks. USIS even had a computer program to assist in the effort called Blue Zone. It's been more than 25 years since I worked for a government contractor, but I recall a much more robust effort in place to audit workplaces and make sure work was (a) getting done, and (b) charged properly. Even routine spot checks should have found some fraud if it occurred in 40% of all cases — meaning we could have found out before Snowden took a powder and Ansari shot up the Washington Navy Yard.
Someone was asleep at the switch … most likely, several someones.
Finally, this leaves us with a big question: Who else has access to sensitive materials that poses a threat to our national security? If we had 665,000 background checks blown off, I'm guessing the answer is more than one or two. Assuming the DoJ can prove its case, some USIS executives had better be doing hard time soon, and the federal government had better get cracking on re-checking its employees hired or promoted during that period of time. And maybe Congress will want to look into why we needed so many background checks in that short period of time, too.


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March 7th, 2013
"Incident Respons in a Cyberwar context and Responsible Disclosure"
This chaptermeeting will be about Incident respons in a cyberwar context and responsible disclosure.
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Incident Respons in a Cyberwar context
Cyber Warfare is the new buzz in the IT security. However, is War to compare with today's interconnected world? Are breaches in Integrity, Continuity and Exclusivity similar to an attack on a state?
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In this presentation we explain what the background was behind our request to CPB to perform research of the Diagnostics for U case. We discuss recent incidents in healthcare (Henk Krol, the Groene Land Hospital), and the effects of the announcement for the companies involved. We will also discuss the practice of Responsible Disclosure (the initiatives of the NCSC and others) and the arise of Responsible Disclosure (Leak October and other hacks) and how companies can ensure that information is sufficiently protected against privacy leaks using data identification and classification.
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I think it's safe to say now that the countersurge has begun.
A U.S. general on Friday said suicide attacks and car bombings soared 30 percent since the start of a security crackdown in Iraq last month, and that insurgents had used a child in a second suicide attack last week…
According to the general, a teenage boy was used in a suicide bombing in Haditha on March 21.
Barbero said Iraqi police were pursuing a suspicious vehicle. As the police drove past a 12- to 14-year-old boy on a bicycle, a bomb in the teenager's backpack detonated, killing him instantly, he said.
All eyes are on Sadr City to see if all the bombings have made the fat man hungry for revenge. He issued a statement today that was read after prayers in Kufa calling for a nationwide protest on April 9th, the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad:
"You, oppressed people of Iraq, let the entire world hear your voice that you reject occupation, destruction and terrorism," he said in calling for the April 9 demonstration.
"Fly Iraqi flags atop homes, apartment buildings and government departments to show the sovereignty and independence of Iraq, and that you reject the presence of American flags and those of other nations occupying our beloved Iraq. Keep them there until they leave our land," he said.
He issued a similar statement on March 16th that brought the Shiites in Sadr City out into the streets. I take it as a sign that he's going to continue to lie low and operate through political measures like demonstrations. But maybe that's naive in light of what the WashTimes is reporting today about JAM starting to reappear on the streets of Sadr City. And not just any JAM either:
Shi'ite militiamen, who melted away from Baghdad when U.S. and Iraqi troops began their security crackdown seven weeks ago, are rolling back into the city with fresh Iranian training, Iraqi and other officials said.
It is not clear whether the radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is in control of the newly trained group, which some Iraqis describe as a "secret army" trained and equipped by Iran…
Videotapes and other evidence of Iranian propaganda have been found on people recently detained in Sadr City, said a member of one of the multiple Iraqi and U.S. security forces trying to return security to Baghdad…
"This is a special group, used for special operations, not controlled by Muqtada al-Sadr. This is a secret army," said the Iraqi, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals. "They work for Iranian intelligence. They have good weapons, good salary."
The group's objectives are not clear, but the Iraqi said he thought the goal was to exacerbate simmering strife between Sunnis and Shi'ites…
U.S. forces are encouraging Iraqi security forces — some of whom have personal ties to the neighborhood and are followers of Sheik al-Sadr — to take the lead in the area as they go on joint foot patrols and visit with families on the outskirts of the area.
Needless to say, this is neither the first report of JAM reappearing in Baghdad nor the first reference to Iranian-trained "rogue" Mahdi Army militiamen that we've encountered lately; the latter were the focus of that bombshell story the AP dropped a week ago. Like the WashTimes article says, the question remains whether they really are a splinter group or whether Sadr's working hand in hand with Iran now a la Nasrallah and Hezbollah. There's no good reason for him not to be working with Iran: however nationalist he might be, he knows SCIRI's militia, the Badr Brigades, is close to Tehran and stands to benefit from their largesse to his detriment after the U.S. leaves and Iraq enters Iran's orbit fully. Giving the mullahs a piece of his action gives him more leverage in Baghdad in return. His problem is that it's hard to imagine two Hezbollahs existing side by side in the same country, which means eventually Tehran's either going to choose of its own accord or tensions between SCIRI and the Sadrists will force them into doing so.
Interesting related tidbit: we caught a guy today in Sadr City wanted for trafficking in EFPs. Not only is that further evidence of Iranian influence inside the neighborhood (given the alleged Iranian pedigree of the device), but it corroborates the report last week about the EFP network we busted led by Sadr's former deputy. As you'll recall, he's accused of being the leader of the "rogue" Mahdi Army wing that's training in Iran. Some of the intel we got from the bust must be starting to pay off.


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With player numbers dropping and the recent revelation that 85 percent stop playing after the first day, a shadow hangs over the once ridiculously profitable social gaming scene. Speaking today at App Conference in San Jose, Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello said that the decline of social gaming is overplayed; it's not dying, it's evolving.
All Things Digital reports that EA's head honcho was optimistic on the outlook for social gaming, saying "the companies that are now suffering will have another day."
It's not social gaming as a whole that's dying. It's the form of social gaming that so many more traditional gamers found so abhorrent—begging friends for objects in order to build other virtual objects, making progression so difficult and time-consuming that spending real cash is almost the only option available. That aspect of social games is dying.
There are some lessons that all game makers can take away from the current challenges of social gaming. First and foremost, Riccitiello said, "consumers won't pay for crap."
Great gaming, he said, starts with truly good entertainment, not viral marketing involving spamming your friends to get a shovel.
Free-to-play browser-based and mobile games don't have to be incredibly frustrating, insultingly basic experiences. Look at Robot Rising from Tencent Boston. It's a rewarding traditional gaming experience, and it's social.
Riccitiello singled out a pair of "truly excellent" free-to-play games, my beloved Dragonvale and EA's own The Simpson's Tapped Out. Both are games that deliver compelling (sometimes diabolical) reasons to keep playing and sporadically paying, with friend interaction limited to little more than visiting your neighbors to say hi. That's where the new social gaming is starting from. It should be interesting to see where it goes from there.
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Another awesome dad doing something awesome for his kid. Ars Technica covers a gamer father who's been playing Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker with his daughter. Because she's not yet old enough to read, he's been narrating aloud, carefully changing Link's gender by swapping pronouns and titles, in order to facilitate his daughter's immersion in the game. But that was tedious and imperfect, so he grabbed the Gamecube rom image and hacked it.
To make this process smoother, Hoye eventually decided to hack away at the actual text of the story, producing a female-oriented version by altering the game's data files. According to his blog post on the project, Hoye took a GameCube disk image (.GCM) of Wind Waker and dug into it with a hex editor. He changed all story text and dialogue by hand, then tested his work by playing the game file in the Dolphin GameCube emulator.
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I wonder if these authorities have played "Mario and Sonic at the Olympics" and see what "Dr Eggman" (who comes complete with faux-german accent) does on the podium when he wins a gold medal!
Prosecutors in Nuremberg have decided not to take action against an artist who created a series of gnomes giving the Nazi salute, despite German laws which apparently prohibit even garden ornaments giving it a bit of the old Sieg Heil. Ottmar Hörl's Nazi gnomes. Pic: Werner Scheuermann Things got a bit sticky for Ottmar Hörl …
As someone of Jewish decent, I'm really quite disturbed by the German government's apparent fear of any reference to the country's past. I understand they may still have a problem with neo-Nazi groups and they feel that this is the way to control them, but I'm not so sure.
When a government bans public reference to something that's been a major part of history, the natural human reaction is to ask, "What have they to hide". I'm sure it's laws like this that actually fuel the nutcase holocaust deniers etc.
It is a bit tricky for the German authorities; German law forbids the possession of Nazi artifacts, anything with Nazi symbols, etc. It is also illegal to make a Nazi salute or to deny the Holocaust. The legislation intends to prevent the promotion of fascist ideology.
It is therefore a bit tricky when someone suggests that their use of any of these things is artisitic and/or satirical - they have to decide if that is really the case or whether they are dealing with a closet Nazi. It is not a trivial issue - there has been a surge in popularity of the extreme right in eastern Germany where there has been high unemployment and a largely politically naive population.
The German artist would be well aware of the issues that his "work" would generate. I can't think of any Germans I know that would buy anything like this - I suspect the only purchasers would buy such things for the wrong reasons.
Anonymous: I live in Germany and don't fancy a visit from the NPD.
This forum is not the right place to get into deeper philosophical debates, but let me just say this: the fundamental concept of freedom includes that freedom is limited where it violates the rights of others. Therefore a society may well choose to forbid actions when the sole intent of such actions is such violations. If you want to live in a libertarian society, move to Somalia.
On the contrary, it is my experience that much of Europe is getting a lot of things better than your average Sun-reading Brit, who's brainwashed into thinking Europe==bad and always ends up barking up the wrong tree, viz. the ID card debate: as if it mattered whether you had to carry a piece of plastic when there are all sorts of databases (eg., council tax, income tax, phone, passports, credit cards, shop cards) that contain your data which may be connected and trawled by the government or police at their leisure (s.28 of the DPA: I don't think such blanket exemptions exist on "the continent").
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Well, even in satire this has repercussions. I'm a fan of free speech and all that so the issue is tricky. The problem if you ban almost every mention of something, but allow one thing through in Jest, then the Joke becomes the symbol your trying to suppress. In nazi germany he would have been a political prisoner, but now what is stopping private neo nazi supporters for displaying this in their yard for all to see. Through history many groups have taken racial and derogatory slurs as offical identifiers of their people while under oppression.
A ban like this needs to be absolute or nothing at all.
@Indianna Jones - The swastikas are generally removed from comics/toys/computer games but not the movies.
They do get rather 'Germanic' about the rules - although it's actually an allied occupation law.
Even postage stamps in collections or railway tickets/timetables from that era have little black circles over the swastika when displayed in museums, and the tails markings of German aircraft are normally painted out.
Just think for a moment if Nazi Gnome (TM) had been in the garden of some English type person, annexing the begonia's, in our leafy suburbs
The PCSO would have a) Demanded their papers, b) Had them shot.
At least Deutsche Plod, recognised that on balance taking the piss is not the same as promoting, even if the local governments attitude to free speech isn't that different in certain respects to what was enforced in 1939
You should have said 'As an ignorant person of Jewish decent...'.
[West] Germany has, since not very long after the end of WWII, taught the truth in it's schools about what the Nazis did, about 6 million murdered Jews, and the other forgotten 6 million: mixed communists, gays, Roma, persons with disabilities, others.
What Germany also did was ban the Nazi party, and it's iconography. The salute is a bit of Nazi iconography, yes?
I recommend you pick up some books and read the history of West Germany from the period 1945 to, say, unification with East Germany. Then you will be less ignorant.
Please keep in mind that this is a relic of the post-war Germany mindset; the Stazi were pretty keen in stomping out as much as possible the "embarrassing" spectacle of Germany's recent history, in order to satisfy their then-current Allied watchers. (Including Russia--to be honest, I never liked the Wall that much, it caused a lot of internal problems long after West Germany got its act together.)
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It's probably nothing, but Utah's Dugway Proving Ground — where the Army tests biological weapon defense systems — is on lockdown and no one can leave. "We are working [...] to resolve a serious concern within the Test Area." (Updated)
Via ksl.com, a statement from Dugway Proving Ground:
Wednesday, "during a routine inventory of sensitive material in the chemical laboratory, Dugway officials discovered a discrepancy between the records and the agent on-hand. As a precaution, the commander immediately locked down the installation and began efforts to identify the cause of the discrepancy.
Inventories showed a discrepancy of less than 1 ml (less than one-fourth of a teaspoon) of VX "nerve agent."
The vial with 1 ml was located at 3 a.m. All personnel are uninjured and safe. The public is safe as well.
VX is an amber colored, odorless, tasteless oily liquid that does not evaporate easily unless temperatures are high. It evaporates very slowly, almost like motor oil. People can be exposed through skin contact (the most toxic way), eye contact or inhalation. It affects the body's ability to carry messages through the nerves."
Don't worry — they just misplaced a little VX for a while, that's all.


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While Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park is not technically part of campus, its proximity and history blur the distinction. This beautiful, three-story Victorian brick home was built by Chico founder John Bidwell and his wife, Annie, in 1868. They donated eight acres of their cherry orchard for a North State college in 1887. Guests at the mansion included Susan B. Anthony, President Rutherford B. Hayes, General William T. Sherman, and John Muir.
Chico State is one of the few campuses anywhere that has a creek running right through its core. Enjoy the view every time you cross one of the nine footbridges that span Big Chico Creek as it flows from the Sierra Nevada foothills through Bidwell Park and downtown Chico to the campus, eventually making its way to the Sacramento River.
The 800-acre Paul L. Byrne Agricultural Teaching and Research Center, commonly called the University Farm, includes a meats lab, mechanics lab, and the beef, sheep, swine, and organic dairy units, in addition to fields and orchards. The greenhouse and rose gardens are available for public viewing, and the farm hosts many local schoolchildren and FFA and 4-H events each year.
The LEED Gold-certified Gateway Science Museum building was itself designed as an exhibit, with landscaping that represents North State ecosystems and floor mosaics evoking the Sacramento River and its tributaries. Its angled dome echoes the area's dormant volcanoes. Inside, the museum features interactive exhibits that explore the natural world of the North State and beyond.
Completed in 1972, the 62,401-square-foot life sciences building has three stories of faculty offices, classrooms, lecture rooms, and laboratories. A temperature-controlled herbarium ensures that plant specimens can be dried and mounted for further study. The building is named Vesta Holt Hall in honor of the distinguished professor of biology.
"Today Decides Tomorrow" reads the inscription above the central arch leading into the entrance of the Romanesque-style administration building. Kendall Hall sits on the site of the original Chico Normal School, which was built in 1889. It is part of the "campus trinity"—a trio of Chester Cole-designed buildings that make up the historic campus core. In 1964, a spiral staircase was added under the dome of the rotunda.
This beautiful Romanesque structure is the second building in the historic "campus trinity." It's also a great place to see a show. Featuring a proscenium arch over the stage opening and a removable orchestra pit, Laxson is a showcase venue for the Chico Performances program, which presents professional artists as well as student and community shows.
Trinity Hall was completed in 1933; it was one of three buildings designed to replace the Normal School building that burned down in 1927. It houses faculty offices and an art gallery. The carillon in the bell tower chimes on the hour and half hour. If you walk behind Trinity, you can stop and smell the roses in the garden donated by George F. Petersen, son of John Bidwell's groundskeeper.
Meriam Library serves students most days from 7:30 a.m. to 11:45 p.m., with extended hours for studying. The fourth floor provides collaborative working spaces with movable furniture, whiteboards, and tables with integrated displays for laptops. You'll also find computer labs, a curriculum collection for future teachers, historical photographs and maps, a substantial reference collection, and more.
In these labs and classrooms, students are paving the way in engineering and emerging technology—from designing and programming computer animations, mobile apps, and space rovers to constructing bridges, buildings, and water systems using sustainable manufacturing processes.
The three theatres in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) host performances in music, theatre, and dance put on by our talented students. You will also find students here recording music in the professional studio, playing in practice rooms, rehearsing for productions, building sets, and designing and sewing costumes—in addition to attending classes.
This courtyard building houses student service programs in a warm, light-filled environment. Here are all things related to registration, admissions, Wildcat ID cards, parking permits, advising, tutoring, counseling services, and more. Rated LEED Silver, the building meets the University's sustainability goals while reflecting the architectural tradition of the campus.
The Sutter Hall residential complex opened in fall 2010 and received LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. It occupies 111,000 square feet and contains 232 student rooms, a dining center, and a programming center. The attractive and colorful dining center, with four unique stations, won the National Association of College and University Food Service's Silver Plate Award.
The former "Free Speech Area" has always reflected the times. During the Vietnam War, it was an area for debate. In the early '70s, it was an entertainment venue. The 1988–89 school year saw cardboard-box sleep-in rallies to bring attention to the plight of the homeless. After 9/11, almost 2,000 people gathered for a memorial. Today, Trinity Commons is still being used for political speech, performances, and student group tabling.
The WREC has three basketball courts, an indoor track, four group exercise rooms, a pool and hot tub, and a three-story climbing wall and bouldering area. It is also used by many student sports clubs. The building is rated LEED Gold sustainable features, and its stunning architecture has won it praise from the Chico community.
This is the home of the Department of Kinesiology. Yolo Hall contains an exercise physiology lab to evaluate human performance and a biomechanics lab for 3-D analysis of motion. Yolo also houses the Autism Clinic, which serves North State families. The clinic gives Chico State students hands-on experience in helping children with autism by focusing on sensory and motor skills.


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When we make our communities more bicycle friendly, we make them better places to live. People on bikes tend to be an indicator of livable and economically healthy communities. Places where you see lots of people on bikes tend to be great places to live, work, visit and do business. Even though bicycling is such a simple, low-cost solution to so many modern problems, finding the political will and funds to construct a new trail, paint a bike lane or just put up a sign can be a real challenge. Given those challenges, we often get asked, "How can I get a bike lane (or trail) on my street (or in my community)?"
Before we get into the hows or action plans, let's make sure we are all using the same terms:
- Bike Route: A bike route is merely a street that has been designated with signage or pavement markings as having conditions good for cycling. It may have low speeds and low traffic volumes, paved shoulders or travel lanes wide enough for a bike and car to travel safely side by side.
- Bike Lane: A bike lane is a street with painted white lines and symbols denoting a bicycle-only travel lane installed next to parked cars or next to the curb where there is no on-street parking. Bike lanes are typically 4ft-6ft wide, motor vehicle travel lanes are 10ft-12ft wide, and parking lanes are 7ft-9ft wide. So the minimum typical urban cross section needed for a bike lane to fit on a typical urban two-way street is (11+8+5) x 2 = 48 feet.
- Protected Bike Lane: A protected bike land is an on-street lane for bicycles separated from the motor vehicle travel lane in some manner, typically with a buffer zone, a buffer zone with flexible bollards, a raised curb or even a motor vehicle parking lane. Buffer zones are typically 2ft-4ft wide, so protected bike lanes generally cannot be installed on streets narrower than 52ft wide. Protected bike lanes have proven extremely effective at getting more people riding in urban areas with heavy traffic.
- Bike Trail: A bike trail is a path completely separated from the roadway. A side path can be located in the sidewalk area, but most often trails are located in empty right of way, such as former railroad corridors. Trails are most often built as multi-use paths and can be paved or crushed limestone. The minimum width for a multi-use trail is 10ft, plus a 3ft graded shoulder.
- MTB Trail: An MTB trail is made of dirt or other natural substance, most often designed to be used by mountain bikes for recreation, but it can sometimes serve as a transportation route.
- Bikeway: This is a generic term that can apply to any of the facilities above.
How to Get Bike Facilities Installed
First, look online or call your public works department or a locally elected representative to see whether your community has a bike plan. Many plans include maps or project schedules. Your community may already be planning on improving the street or building the trail you are interested in. If your community does not have a bike plan, consider recommending one to your elected representative.
Wisconsin's Complete Streets law, or Tran 75, no longer exists however most communities still want roads that provide accommodations for people walking and riding bicycles. The easiest and most cost-effective way to improve a street for bicycling is during a resurfacing or reconstruction project. It is much less expensive to get bike lanes and signs added as part of a larger project than to retrofit to an existing road. Planning and designs for road projects often begin as many as six years before construction. Most communities have long-range paving plan schedules, which can be reviewed to see if a road you are concerned about is due for construction and will include bike lanes.
Most trails and other stand-alone bikeway projects have been built using state or federal transportation grants from the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) (formerly knows as Transportation Enhancements (TE)), Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ), Recreational Trails or Stewardship programs. These application cycles and eligibility criteria for these grants vary, and only governmental bodies can apply for them.
While these grant programs are still options for municipalities looking to fund bicycle projects, the 2012 federal transportation bill gutted these programs and funding levels have continued to decline, so seeking future federal funding for bicycling and walking projects will be much more difficult to get. Given the current climate, it may be more fruitful for local municipalities to fund their own projects with local dollars.
Getting Started
Since virtually all bike lanes and trails are constructed on public streets or within the publicly owned right of way, with public money, the process to get a bike lane or trail constructed involves a public process. We have outlined a typical scenario below:
- A group of people get an idea for a bike project, and they organize themselves into some sort of action committee or task.
- Group takes the idea for the project to their elected officials.
- Elected officials agree the project is worthwhile and develop a plan and initial cost estimates (including possible grant sources) for any real estate acquisition, engineering and construction.
- Municipality approves the plan and applies for a grant to do the project.
- Assuming the grant is actually approved, the municipality works with Wisconsin Department of Transportation to refine the plans and estimates, approve a bid package, and negotiate and award a construction contract. The process from grant application to project construction takes a minimum of two years, often four to six years, and sometimes longer. Such are speeds at which the wheels of bureaucracy spin.


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Lawmakers seek to make cellphone use while driving a primary offense
Measure has bipartisan support
There's a new push in Annapolis to make using a cellphone while driving a primary traffic offense, meaning police can pull motorists over if they see a phone in their hand behind the wheel.
Under legislation introduced Tuesday, violators are assessed a point against their license and a $500 fine.
The legislation is personal for a number of lawmakers.
"Because of the fact that I am putting two young girls on the road eventually ... I want to make sure there's every protection while they're out there and that they concentrate on driving the vehicle," House Speaker Michael Busch said.
According to a recent University of Maryland study, 6.2 percent of Maryland motorists -- about 41,000 people -- drive while using a cellphone, and current phones on the market allow people to do more than just talk.
"Now we can e-mail. We can tweet. We can text. We can see that somebody just sent us a picture," said Delegate Maggie McIntosh, D-Chairman of Environmental Matters Committee.
"Think about it. When you make a cellphone call, it requires both visual, auditory, cognitive as well as manual functions of the individual," said John Kuo, the Motor Vehicle Administration administrator. "Driving is a full-time job."
The new legislation mirrors the one that banned texting while driving.
"Personally, I think we did it 'bass-ackwards' because as long as we let people have a cellphone in their hand, they are going to try and do that quick text," said Delegate James Malone, D-Vice Chairman Environmental Matters Committee.
The measure has bipartisan support, 11 News reporter David Collins said. The House is expected to pass it, but it is one vote shy of getting out of a Senate committee, and they are still working on shoring up votes on the Senate floor.
"There's no device in the world that causes more inattention," said Sen. James Roby, D-Howard County.
"This legislation will reduce the number of victims that come to the emergency rooms, trauma centers and Shock Trauma from accidents that could have been preventable," said Delegate Dr. Dan Morhaim, D-Baltimore County.
The bill gives judges the discretion to dismiss a case if a first offender proves they've taken steps to get a hands-free device. The bill sponsor said he's scheduled face-to-face meetings with Senate opponents next week.


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Chris Altice and Christian Garzone from PBS' CARRIER – Plus, our Nicholas Sparks Book Contest Winners – Join Us 9/9 9pmET
Tuesday 9 September 08 – CARRIER | PBS Special | Chris Altice and Christian Garzone –
The PBS Special CARRIER evokes many different reactions depending on who you ask. Some loved the series, some not so much. No matter which side of the fence you fall on, our listeners keep telling us it's the closest view we as spouses will ever get to what it's like living on an aircraft carrier. Just like any good evening drama, CARRIER had it share of dramatic story lines. We were introduced to young Sailors, who quickly became fan favorites. When we began the search on which crew members to invite to the show, our two guests tonight were tops on the list. Tonight we welcome Chris Altice, who we watched on the flight deck in his red shirt loading ordinance. We got to know this young father-to-be and rooted for him during his agonizing girlfriend experience.
Second, we welcome the humorous Christian Garzone. His homemade videos with side-kick Phil gave us a unique insight into their world inside the ship. Christian was a breath of fresh air during series and was the 1st person our fans requested.
We'll hear from both Chris and Christian on what it was like on board during the filming, their thoughts on how well or truthful the series depicts Navy life on board a Carrier, what they are doing now and much more.
We are also announcing the winners to our *Nights in Rodanthe* by Nicholas Sparks Book Contest!
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Chris Altice served for three-and-a-half years in the Navy as an E-3/aviation ordnanceman, which was his position during the deployment featured in CARRIER. He separated from the Navy in September 2006 and is currently working and planning to attend college full-time. He was born in West Virginia and resides in Virginia, where he grew up.
Christian Garzone has served in the Navy for four years. During the deployment featured in CARRIER, he served as an undesignated airman working in Air Department/V-2 Division. He continues to serve in the Navy; his current position is petty officer third class, mass communications specialist (aviation warfare specialist) based out of Japan. He grew up in upstate New York.
Look for a Part 2 featuring more crew members from the hit PBS series CARRIER.