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September 2007 Whale Sightings
September 30, 2007
Jason of the Victoria Clipper called to report a pod of
off Pt. No Point, Kitsap Peninsula, heading south at
7 pm
- at least a dozen orcas, several breaches observed.
We had just arrived at a rental house on west Whidbey, at N. Bush Pt, & were preparing for a party, when Bob Sines looked out the window & saw
at about
4:45 pm
! We were all excited, grabbed binoculars & the scope, & watched as they passed by, fairly close to the Whidbey side, heading south. Howie saw J1 & ID'd a few other J pod whales - how cool they came to join our party - and even more fun that they returned this morning - see above report!
Susan Berta & Howard Garrett, Orca Network, WhidbeyIsland
The Orca Network hotline received a call this morning at
11:09 am
, from Wayne Blicha reporting a pod of 4
, no males, 14 nautical miles NW of
Morro Bay, CA
, between Santa Barbara & Monterey, at 35 26.55 N 121 8.75 W. They were seeing bits of whatever the whales were feeding on come to the surface, & the orcas were throwing them around - looked like marine mammal bits not fish....sounds like a pod of
September 29, 2007
The pod of
reported between Port Townsend & Whidbey Island on Saturday have been confirmed Transients by the Center for Whale Reserach, based on photos taken by Orca Network.
While I can't say anything with any certainty, the last picture of the bull has a very T44 look about him. That eyepatch makes me "all but positive" that they are transients.
Dave Ellifrit, Center for Whale Research
T's alright.
Ken Balcomb, Center for Whale Research
I had a call that
were spotted up north at the coal docks coming down at
4 pm
. Maybe only part of them went west earlier today????
John Boyd, San Juan Island
The Orca Network hotline received a call from Brad West at
10:30 am
, reporting a pod of
off North Beach, just N of the Port Townsend Fairgrounds. They were in the kelp beds, heading into Admiralty Inlet. He saw 1 male, and a female with a calf, a total of at least 6 orcas.
10:43 am
, the Orca Network hotline received a call from Bernard Pranger of Port Townsend, reporting the pod of
, off North Beach, NW of Pt. Townsend - he also saw 1 male, and estimated possibly 9 whales total, heading into Admiralty Inlet.
We went to Ft. Casey State Park to find the
, and at about
11:45 am
saw them, still NW of Pt. Wilson. They remained in that general area until 12:20 pm, sometimes in two groups, then grouping into 1 group, with a total of 7 orcas (1 male, 5 females & 1 calf). At 12:20 pm, they headed SE past the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, mid-channel, at a pretty fast pace. At 12:55 pm they were between Keystone & Ft. Flagler State Park, still heading SE.
Susan Berta & Howard Garrett, Orca Network, Whidbey Island
Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research relayed reports of
J, K & L pods
heading west out the Strait this
September 28, 2007
Senior staff-member Dave Ellifrit was aboard to assist the scientists with the identification of individual Southern Resident Killer whales being sampled. The breath samples will be analyzed to determine the health of individual whales sampled. Members of
J, K & L pods
were observed.
Center for Whale Research website.
I am a novice at this, but this
, west of Salt Creek Park and very close to shore, I spotted an
spouting and playing in the shallow water. It only "rolled" once, but I could see a pretty tall dorsal fin and a long black back. It was very exciting. I only saw the one animal, and it didn't stay up long at all. If there was any specific movement that the whale was making, it would seem to have been toward the east.Hope this is helpful!
Julia Stratton
Jim Maya called this evening to report
J pod
at the south tip of Henry Island, heading north at
6 pm
. He heard reports of K's & some L pod whales on the west side of San Juan this afternoon.
J's & K's
making calls,
9:55 am
. I hear all three pods are out spread from False Bay to Kellett.
John Boyd, San Juan Island
Jeff Hogan called at
9:50 am
to say he was hearing
J pod
plus other calls off west San Juan Island on the Orcasound hydrophones.
I tuned in & listened to them for awhile as well - it was great! sb
September 27, 2007
Killer whales
were seen off of Cape Flattery. One was an adult male, two females, and one younger individual. Photos were taken and sent to the Center for Whale Research.
Jon Scordino, Marine Mammal Biologist, Makah Tribal Council
Astrid van Ginneken was aboard. Members of
L pod
were observed.
Center for Whale Research.
Tracy from Beam Reach called this morning to report they had heard reports of [
] both off Pt. Roberts and off SW San Juan Island this
We received a short email from Tammy Immer reporting "1 Whale sighted from Lummi Island heading towards Clark Island. I could not get a good look but the Whale surfaced quite a bit." We have emailed to see if she was able to ID the species & will send more info. as we get it.
September 26, 2007
We live in Port Angeles and have been watching a small
about 23' in the Salt Creek area here... he or she is beautiful and feeding well as much as we can see. We saw him about 4 days ago and before that about a week as well as the day after the killing in Neah Bay. Thanks
Sandy & John, Port Angeles
J's, K's and L's
come in from the ocean actively catching salmon. Staff of the Center for Whale Research and the University of Washington continued fecal sampling, with members of K and L- pod. The whales were first reported heading east near Race Rocks, British Columbia. The whales were encountered as they crossed Haro Strait approaching the west side of San Juan Island at
2:36 p.m
. Several hours were spent with the whales as they slowly foraged north through Haro Strait. Several salmon kills were observed, numerous scales were sampled, and two poops were collected during the encounter. The encounter ended at 6:34 p.m. as members of J, K and some members of L-pod continued northward towards the Fraser River.
Center for Whale Research
Tracy from Beam Reach called this
to report a
(J, K & L pods) off Lime Kiln, San Juan Island.
The [
] came in from the west and hit the west side of the island at about
2:30 pm
. Initially, some went north and some went south.
Js and Ks
went north first, although J27 went north with some L pod whales. At this point the whales were spread from Eagle to above Andrews Bay, mostly traveling and foraging in small groups. Then lots of L pod whales decided to go north also. There were some surface vocals (my favorite) from L pod whales at Land Bank. At around
4:45 pm
, the last group that I saw to go north was a great L pod nursery group It had lots of calves and juveniles. As I watched, the nursery group kept changing in size from what appeared to be about 5 to 6 whales up to more than 15 at some surfacings, and then smaller groups again. The two youngest calves, L109 and L110 appeared to be joined by a calf from last year. The calves were quite energetic, with lots of tail slapping, porpoising and some breaching, and lots of rolling over each other. As the group approached Lime Kiln going north, the whales turned in unison on the surface, headed south still on the surface, and broke into smaller groups of about 5 or more whales. Then at least seven to eight of the whales appeared to be logging on the surface headed south, in two separate groups. Suddenly two juveniles began porpoising south. The rest of the whales continued to log on the surface for about a minute or two, still pointed south. Then they turned north and continued north. I thought this was unusual, to leave the juveniles by themselves, but later learned that a group of L pod whales had remained south. There must have been some strong communication going on between the whales at Eagle and those at Lime Kiln. Great September whales.
Sharon Grace, San Juan Island
September 25, 2007
Mark Mallard tells a story of many
south of Victoria. In the
he had included T12A, T46B and T46B1 near William Head and Pedder Bay. They were feasting on common murres! After
he was with the T41's, T109's (with calf), and the T46's - possibly up to 18 transients altogether. These last whales went on in to Victoria Harbor by
., while the first group headed south fast, toward Dungeness.
September 24, 2007
We heard reports of
spotted well west of Race Rocks coming eastbound, and were sorely tempted to head over there. Then we got several calls from another boat saying he had several
whales near Middle Bank and Dall's as well. We had not one or two, but
5 minke whales
actively feeding near Middle Bank. It was so still and calm, we were able to shut down completely and just listen to the minke's as they attacked baitball after baitball. The birds would school the fish, and make a racket doing it. Then you'd see several minke's surface heading for the baitball. Then WHAM--the birds would go flying into the air and the minke got a huge mouthful of baitfish. This is the best minke encounter I've ever had, and several times we saw minke's swimming high speed on their sides through the fish--it was so cool. Dozens of Dalls Porpoise were also feeding in the area, and we saw a new baby hybrid calf! We ended our trip at Whale Rocks, where we watched 49 Steller Sea lions settling down for the evening.
John Boyd (JB), Marine Naturalist, Western Prince, Friday Harbor
Mark Mallard had transients south of Victoria.
September 23, 2007
Today I went out at
. Same
K's and L's
were seen off Hanna Heights travelling north. Then we got word of
J's and L2's
coming back down and all pods met up north of Kellet Bluff off Henry Island forming Superpod!! There were a whole bunch of tail slapping, some breaches, spyhops. Then on the
trip we met up with the same whales again at Andrews Bay. Still a few breaches but mostly just slowly moving south. They were very spread out in small groups. L41, Mega passed by several times and also L pod's newest member L110 came over and took a peek at us alongside it's mom. And just before leaving.. K21, Cappuchino cruised by.
- Ly, orcageek and grateful friend of Prince Of Whales.
Capt. Jim Maya tells us that
J's and the L2's
CWR ID Guide
, bottom page, for the L2's) came down Boundary Pass and Haro Strait and met up with K's and the rest of L's just off the west side of Henry Island (west of San Juan Is.) just after noon. They played for about an hour in roughly the same place under beautiful September skies. Then they all turned south along San Juan Island and by 4 PM they were spread out foraging off Lime Kiln Lighthouse.
Turn on your hydrophone to OrcaSound!
are singing up a storm as they go by heading North. Heard
were up near Boundary coming down---sounds like we may have a super pod in the making! Will let you know more later today. I LOVE September whales!
John Boyd (JB)
September 22, 2007
On the
trip we caught up with
K's and the rest of L pod
north of Constance Bank. It was rough out on the water and the whales were fastly moving east. I only got a possible ID on L73, Flash.
- Ly, orcageek and grateful friend of Prince Of Whales.
K's & L's
showed up today on the west side of San Juan Island. I wasn't out today, but did manage to see a few whales from shore while running back and forth to town!
John Boyd (JB)
LOTS of
. I understand it is
from Jim Maya, who was out there with them just below the inn when I called him this
. They were spread out and "foraging".
Helen King, Innkeeper
Highland Inn of San Juan Island
While visiting a friend on North Bluff Rd, I heard two definite blows. This was around
. They sounded close to the Whidbey side-We looked but never saw anyone.
Kathy Fritts
This is In regard to David Day's inquiry regarding possible whale blow sounds he heard on Thursday night. There have been a couple of
in Saratoga Passage, in our vicinity, for the last
seven to ten days
. I have had a couple of visuals and heard several aural contacts on quiet nights during that time. On the visuals, they were near shore at the mooring buoy line on one occasion and about a quarter mile offshore on the other. Both times they were heading southeast towards Cama Point which is about a mile away from us. One seems to be much larger than its companion.
Manaco Beach
Camano Island
From our house just south of Mabana on Camano, I also saw/heard something large and breathing about the same time. We had just gotten home shortly before
and I glanced out our window. The water was glassy calm and the light was such that I could see a "rough spot" out on Saratoga passage. It was not wind touching down, as there was no wind. I looked again with the binocs and saw it was a large school of fish with fins breaking the glassy water. My guess is adult salmon, but they could possibly have been dogfish, but I don't think dogfish would have been in such a large school. As I continued to watch, it looked like a school of small black and white dolphin/porpoise were feeding on the fish. I had also been hearing breathing. I scanned further north on Saratoga Passage and noted at least 3 more "rough spots". While I was scanning one of these "rough spots"( I'm assuming another school of fish), suddenly 2 very large dark shapes came up to the surface in the middle of the school. They did not have noticeable fins on their backs, and they did not appear to roll, but came straight up, then sunk back down. They definitely were not Orca. The grey whales are not around this time of year, and they would not be eating fish anyway, so I ruled them out, but that was the thought that came to mind because of the size. I'm not familiar with the minke so can't compare. I'd love to know what I saw!
Barbara Brock
Mabana, Camano Island
September 21, 2007
On the
trip with POW we got a report of
west of San Juan Island. We caught up with
J's and L2's
off Hannah Heights. It was great seeing the two brothers L78, Gaia and L88, Wavewalker travelling together. J's were once again extremely vocal, but this time I actually got to see them too! Then on the
OM trip we headed out straight to San Juan. This time there were some breaches and cartwheels while the whales were southbound. On our way back I got to see a
I missed in the morning. There were 2-3 of them at Hein Bank. Then further west we spotted some Dall's Porpoises. Back home I turned on the hydrophone and between
7.45pm and 9.30pm
the whales were still highly vocal switching on and off between OrcaSound and Lime Kiln.
happy Ly.
Jeff Hogan called in with logs of reports.
J's and L2's
headed north along San Juan at
, turned south about
, and back north by
were around making quite the racket I hear on the hydrophones. Rumor that they went north.
John Boyd (JB)
September 20, 2007
Jeff Hogan called in with logs of reports.
J's and L's
were along the west side of San Juan most of Thursday, ending up on Hein Bank (south of San Juan Is.) in the evening.
September 19, 2007
Jeff Hogan called in with logs of reports.
were reported inbound between Sooke, BC and Race Rocks Weds.
Did anyone else hear/see anything large and beathing in Saratoga passage Thursday nite?? I thought I'd heard a blow about 6ish as I was walking the dog down to the beach - but passed it off as someone dropping a sheet of plywood in their driveway over on the Camano side, then at 7:30 on the dot; and big "blow", I looked up and saw a 50 to 60 foot "disturbance" off of Eastpoint as if a gray or something equally as large had just plowed the surface. Raced into the house & grabbed the camera; set it on "night mode" - and waited - 15 - 20 minutes - nothing. Has anyone else seen/heard anything out there tonite?
David Day
Fox Spit Rd.
Whidbey Island
are still around Chito Point - seven miles west of Sekiu. A research vessel took photos a few days ago.
Pat Ness
Chito Beach Resort
September 18, 2007
Dave Sexton reported a single male
Shelter Cove CA
, just south of Eureka, 1/4 - 1/2 mile from shore.
September 17, 2007
Jim Maya called at
with a report of 5
moving at a relaxed pace northward out of Active Pass. Also, a humpback was cruising today south of Sooke, BC, and Steller sea lions have made their appearance in Speiden Channel, north of San Juan Island, and at Whale Rock, near Cattle Pass on the Southern tip of San Juan Island, as well as all around Race Rocks and elsewhere south of Victoria.
September 16, 2007
On the
trip on Saturday we saw
J pod
in action and also a
and Stellar sea lions and more.
Anne Pryich
Just after 12:00, south of Hannah Heights -- [
] were right there! When we got out on the water, we had two groupings of whales, one near the False Bay area, and the second group out near Salmon Bank. But before we could get out there, we had a really nice viewing of a Puffin at the bottom of San Juan Channel. Followed shortly thereafter by a loon. In the still water near Salmon Bank marker, we shut down to watch the whales that were passing about 200 yards to our stern. Just a few whales here and there at the start. We were hearing
J-Pod & L-Pod
calls as they echoed off of the island and back towards us. Soon we noticed that whales were slowly gathering in one spot. Soon our dribs and drabs became 8, then over a dozen whales. They began logging on the surface for minutes at a time. Resting behavior was the appearance on the surface, but the hydrophone told another story as the vocalizations became louder and louder. Soon we were also hearing vocalizations above the surface!!! Then a lot of rolling around, pushing, and spyhopping. One whale made a "raspberry" sound above surface followed by what sounded like "la la la la la" (at least to me), and another huge spyhop. Then the whales turned south and we saw L67 Splash with a very attentive J27 Blackberry slowly closing in on her. She would log at the surface and as he came close, she would make a squeal above surface and then dive down. L88 Wavewalker was also getting into the "action" with an unidentified female. The best part of the whole experience---all the action was happening in one location with all the boats being very respectful and keeping their distances.
John Boyd (JB)
Marine Naturalist, Western Prince
Friday Harbor
UPDATE: The unidentified female I stated in my report is now known---I just looked at my pictures and noticed the "beauty marks" in the eye patches and the bump on the saddle patch. None other than one of my favorites--J22 OREO!
September 15, 2007
I went out on the Western Prince II, the undisputed stars of our tour were none other than the magnificent and handsome
, whom we saw south west of Cattle Point Lighthouse. We saw
J pod
in its entirety as well as the
most of whom were engaged in some mighty good romping, treating us to breaches, pec slaps, spy hops and vigorous lob tailing. The wild grace of these animals had each and every one of us aboard in a state of rapt wonderment. We hardly dared to breath or blink. At one point, I believe a
was spotted and observed, but by that time I only had eyes for the whales. Firstly, was the unmistakable and stately, marcelled dorsal fin of J1 (Ruffles). The anticipation of where we'd see his proud and powerful fin, break the surface and shark through the water was half the thrill. I also saw L78 (Gaia) and J2 (Granny) swimming together quite playfully. At one point, L78 was swimming on his side quite close to J2 as was clear by the fact that his dorsal fin was moving parallel to the water's surface in lieu of perpendicular. It makes me giddy to think that perhaps these two are in the thick of a romance of some sort perhaps not unlike that between K21 (Cappuccino) and L2 (Grace) as appears on the Orca Network website photo- documented by Chantelle Tucker. Excitingly, as we were revving up to head back to the docks, Captain Ivan pointed out J16 (Slick) and her offspring including J33 (Keet), J36 (Alki) and precious J42, swimming in a tight formation off our stern with the exception of J26 (Mike) who was a short distance away from his subgroup but still traveling abreast. I was able to (at long last!) get a really good look at J42 as she was practically jumping out of the water in an effort to take a nice deep breadth. The naturalists on board (thank you Monica and Chris!) taught us that calves will do this in order to avoid getting water in their lungs as they take a breadth. In evidence was J42's splotchy skin described as normal and seen in a photo on the Center For Whale Research's website.
M. Jill Swanson, ACS/PSC: Media Chair
J Pod, and L2's
were spread out foraging between Hein Bank - Romeo.Alpha Marker all
. A couple of
were smelt but not seen in the area as well.
Brenden- SEAFUN SAFARIS
Wake up calls from Lime Kiln! At
I heard some soft far-away calls. Definately J's. I know part of L's were with them yesterday, but I didn't hear them this morning. They started foraging around 8.37am until a plane flew by and the clicking stopped. At 8.43am they resumed their soft whistles.
A happy Ly, Orca enthousiast
There have been
- still out there at
- two humpbacks have gone back and forth from Shipwreck point to the west of us, to the feeding spot to the east of Chito Point. We've had whales during this week also, however, I didn't identify which kind.
Pat Ness, Chito Beach Resort, west of Seiku
September 14, 2007
I was on a private boat tour and we sailed down Haro Strait to the south end of San Juan Island, with the end of the ebbing tide. As we rounded Edwards Point, we could see countless boats. I then saw fins about a mile to the east of us, heading west. North of Pile Point at about
, we were treated to the sight of the unmistakable dorsal fin of
, Ruffles, by himself, in the lead of
heading toward Lime Kiln Point. J- Pod seemed to be in small family groups, in a fairly slow traveling mode. I did deploy my hydrophone and hearing vocalizations was ice cream on the cake! After J-Pod passed, we started seeing small groups of
L- Pod
, I was able to ID J-57, Faith. They seemed to be in more of a foraging mode, as the small groups made directional changes and tacked back & forth to the shore & out. We even heard echolocation clicks on the hydrophone from L-Pod!! Eventually, L-57 turned around and headed back east, toward the other L-Pod groups. As some L-Pod groups foraged in False & Kanaka Bay, near shore, it looked like there was a playful group of juveniles just ahead of some adults, as they started spy hopping, breaching, cartwheeling, head standing, and a few tail slaps! Meanwhile, J-Pod had turned and headed south & west. It was now about
, J-Pod was miles to the SW of us, L- pod was east of us spread from False Bay to offshore. We headed north, elated to have seen and heard close to 60 killer whales!
Caroline Armon, Naturalist by sea and land, San Juan Island and San Ignacio Lagoon, Mexico
There have been
4:00 pm until dark
Pat Ness, Chito Beach Resort, west of Seiku
September 11, 2007
sighting was on the RV Wecoma at
GMT as the ship was conducting a magnetics and multibeam survey off the coast of Oregon. The ship at the time was about an hour and a half to 2 hour steam from
Newport, OR
(close to the coast, northwest of port). Two individuals were sighted traveling at a moderate pace off the port bow. The two orcas surfaced almost synchronously at least three to four times and swam generally at a heading of 285 deg relative to the ship as the vessel passed. The CPA of the animals was approximately 250-300 meters. Pacific white sided dolphins, Dall's porpoise, and Humpback whales were also sighted in the area during the same day.
Howard Goldstein, forwarded by Brad Hanson, NOAA Fisheries:
off False Bay in the early
, we had at least six and possibly seven sightings of
- 1 near Salmon Bank, 2-3 off Hein Bank, 1 north of Port Angeles, 1 east of Protection Island (a very small individual), and 1 NW of Protection Island. We were able to obtain ID photos of at least three of these that we'll be passing on to the minke whale project.
Robin Baird & Brad Hanson
At Lime Kiln Lighthouse from
we had members from
all three pods
head north, then turn and go back south close to shore. There were several very unique observations, including a whale spyhopping with its mouth open and "gargling" water and a beautiful mother-calf double breach (probably Samish J14 and Suttles J4). Some other individuals spotted include K21 with K40; L7, L53, and L57 with the J2s; the K12 family group being quite playful and rolling around on the surface; and pretty much all of J-Pod.
Monika Wieland, Marine Naturalist and Wildlife Photographer
Started with an unexpected sighting of whales around
by a friend of mine of a "lot of whales" near Sucia & Patos. Then word came around at 11:30 AM that
all three pods
were heading west past Race Rocks. I looked out the window and noticed the tide was really down, so that could only mean a strong flood. I kept telling people, "the whales are going to turn around, trust me." And wouldn't you know it, they did! We encountered the whales off the Victoria waterfront, with whales spread out in many smaller groups. We moved east away from the other boats and just waited to see if the whales would continue towards San Juan. And we had a lovely viewing of K-Pod: K7 Lummi, K11 Georgia, K37 Rainshadow, K21 Cappucino, K26 Lobo, K40 Raggedy were all swimming in a very nice group. The rest of the K's were just behind them, and J's and L's were in the rear. We watched the whales move right along the current rips seeking out salmon, and were befuddled for a moment by a larger male orca that showed up behind us. Why it was none other than L87 Onyx. Man is he growing up into a big whale! Lots of rolling around in the currents, some spyhopping, but alas no vocals. But it was good that they returned after only a few hours away instead of leaving for days and days. Last I heard, L's were still on the south end of San Juan and J's & K's were rumored to be heading north.
John Boyd (JB), Marine Naturalist, Western Prince, Friday Harbor
September 10, 2007
Southern residents
up off Pt. Roberts
Robin Baird and Brad Hanson
Jim Maya called at
6:35 pm
to report
J, K & most of L pods
7 miles due north of Patos Island, possibly getting ready to head down toward Lummi Island & Rosario Strait. He reported lots of socializing and recreational sexual activity amongst a beautiful sunset.
At approximately
there were numerous
passing Point Roberts heading towards East Point. Probably Js and Ks and maybe Ls. They were moving slowly and doing some foraging. Very spread out for complete IDs.
Peter Hamilton, Lifeforce Foundation
We had
J's, K's, and most of the L's
coming down from the Fraser River Buffet, and we caught up with them just east of Point Roberts. For nearly an hour, we were shut down and just drifting as whales came by in groups of 3-4. As they passed by, the whales vocalized loudly and often. It was not quiet underwater the entire time we were on scene. First by was K7 Lummi, followed by K38 and K21 Cappucino and K40 Raggedy. We could get an idea of who was coming by just by listening to the hydrophone---first were kitten calls of K's, then the bird-like calls of L's. Sure enough, along came L57 Faith, and others.
John Boyd (JB), Marine Naturalist, Western Prince, Friday Harbor
September 9, 2007
Center for Whale Research senior staff-member Dave Ellifrit began an encounter at
2:30 pm
with members of
off Kellett Bluff, Henry Island. The whales were traveling northbound, with groups and individuals spread out over several miles. The whales continued north into Swanson Channel, where Dave left them at
3:58 pm
and returned to Snug Harbor.
Center for Whale Research
We were over on the west side of San Juan Island and as you know so were many
Dr. John H. Brunke, P.E.
Dave Ellifrit of the Center for Whale Research was able to ID the pod of
reported off Lopez Island & Anacortes as: "T124D, T90 and possible T100. These three groups would add up to nine."
about 2 miles off shore of San Juan Island, we had a superpod. You can see a mating sequence here. K21 (Cappuccino) lifts L2's (Grace) belly out of the water with his pectoral fin then he lays on his side and then she rolls over on her side as he rolls under the surface and we don't see him, one can only assume what is going on. After this, they go on their way breaching. There was a third individual on scene with them L88 (not seen in the composite) - an offspring of L2.
Chantelle Tucker @ Prince of Whales Ocean Magic
This evening (
) we had members of
all three pods
traveling in close groups up Boundary Pass and into the Strait of Georgia. We left them 2 miles North of East Point pointed for Point Roberts.
Brenden/ Seafun Safaris
We discovered
all 3 pods
of Southern Residents arrived on the west side of San Juan Island early this morning right off the Salmon Bank marker. We did confirm that L41 Mega was traveling near L67 Splash, and also saw J27 Blackberry. By the time our afternoon trip came around, the lead whales of J & K Pods were just passing the Turn Point Lighthouse still heading north. And for only the second time in 11 years of watching SRKW's, I saw a female (ID unknown) come to the surface about 1/4 mile from our boat, and do what I can only describe as "high speed tailslaps." Not one or two or three, but 12-15 in quick whacks, as fast as you can clap your hands. The last time I saw this was when J2 Granny did it about 5 years ago, and we noticed J1 turn around immediately and return to mom's side. This time the nearest whale began breaching repeatedly. We did have quite the mix of whales with J's confirmed, K's passing off in the distance, and nice passes with L57 Faith and J1 Ruffles. The "old fella" was taking his sweet time working a current line, as he went maybe 100 yards in a 10 minute period. We left the whales near the Pender Bluffs, and they were undecided as to which way they wanted to go.
John Boyd (JB), Marine Naturalist, Western Prince, Friday Harbor
We saw many
off and around Lime Kiln, San Juan island in different locations in the area, for about an hour and a half in the
early afternoon
. Saw behaviors like spy-hopping and tail slapping. We also saw a mother and young calf fairly close. Puzzled by one solitary whale we saw several times. A transient? For quite a while he/ she was travelling horizontally just below the surface with his /her dorsal fin exposed.
Erica Rayner- Horn, Whidbey island
We got a distant view of some
as our ferry approached the Anacortes dock. About
there were a handful of orcas travelling rapidly NE from the area off Washington Park toward the area due north of the Anacortes ferry dock.
Tom Reeve, Lopez Island
were seen at the south end of Lopez Island yesterday, around
. We caught up with them near Lopez as they headed towards Fidalgo Island. We stayed with them for over an hour, then they headed north towards Bellingham Bay. I estimated 10 all together, but couldn't figure out who they were. There was a calf with them, beyond the pink stage.
Jill Hein, Coupeville
I heard a few
calls on OrcaSound's Lime Kiln hydrophone at
4:45 pm
& a few more on the OrcaSound hydrophone, a bit further north on W. San Juan Island, at
Susan Berta, Orca Network
9:20 am
a tight group of 7 or 8
went past the south end of Lopez from west to east very fast. Another two or three orcas were separate but following the same travel pattern.
Sally Reeve, Lopez Island
September 8, 2007
There was a whale, probably a humpback (?), who swam into Vaughn Bay, and then out toward Rocky Bay, near the north end of Case Inlet, southern Puget Sound. We saw the whale blow a couple of times, and his back came out of the water a couple of other times. Gordon Dona saw him closest, and thought it was a humpback. The spout was more like a spray, looking like a symmetrical tree. There was no dorsal fin (
this sounds more like a gray whale than a humpback ?- sb
). The whale was inside Vaughn Bay at about 5 pm, and left about 630 pm. The last sighting was of the whale rounding the northern point outside Vaughn Bay, and heading north.
Paul J. Kellogg
We received a call from Davis Hyslop, who was on the Sidney-Anacortes 6 pm ferry, about 30 minutes from leaving the dock he said 2
surfaced immediately in front of the bow of the ferry, about 10 yards in front of it, heading north. He was concerned because of the speed of the ferry & the close distance of the whales. He said he heard a noise on the port side of the ferry, & went to the back to watch for the whales. He said he saw one surface after the ferry had passed by, but not the other, though he watched for quite awhile. If anyone else was on that same ferry, or observed this, please send any further details you might have.
Orcas can be pretty quick & stealthy, so it's very possible they dove under, but the 2nd orca didn't come up for awhile - but we thought it important to get this info. out there in case anyone else witnessed this or has further info. sb.
We received a call from Pat Ness at Chito Beach Resort, but instead of her usual cheery humpback and gray whale reports, she relayed the news that Makah Tribal members had shot a
Resident Gray
whale about 12 miles west of Seiku, in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
September 6, 2007
Seemed like all of
Js, Ks and Ls
were in. We had a bit of foraging from J-pod
in the day (and collected two prey samples), but most of the rest of the day the whales spent socializing. Our "fluke- print" follows were quite productive for collecting fecal samples, a total of 12 throughout the day (most from Ls). We left the whales yesterday evening south of Salmon Bank, spread out over at least 4-6 miles, most of them heading south.
Robin Baird, Cascadia Research & Brad Hanson, NOAA/NWFSC
whale ~
4:40 pm
between Ebey's Landing and Pt. Partridge (W Whidbey Isl) moving north out ~ a mile.
Al Luneman, Coupeville
Pat Ness of Chito Beach Resort called at
11 am
to report the mom & calf
from the past two days (see report below) are still off Chito Pt, and this morning they are joined by a 3rd, & possibly a 4th humpback! They are immediately north of Chito Pt (w. of Seiku, Olympic Peninsula), in the fog...
September 5, 2007
actively foraging and playful off west side of San Juan,
1:10 - 5:09 pm
Center for Whale Research
7:00pm - 9:00 pm
, two
immediately north of Chito Point, circling off the kelp bed. Appeared to be one large whale, underside of tail/flukes was mostly white, and one very small whale with a solid black tail/flukes......mother & calf?
Pat Ness, Chito Beach Resort
September 4, 2007
At about
, we were privileged to observe
transient orcas
in the wild, always a remarkable experience. We caught up with the T-19's and the T-100's in Trincomali Channel, between Saltspring and Galiano Islands, just above Active Pass. As the BC ferries steamed past, the T-19's began lunging, a harbor seal in their midst, joined by the T-100's as they made the kill under water. Afterwards, they were slowly traveling south along Prevost Island, all of them breaching and socializing. One passenger called it "celebrating"--and I would have to agree.
Shann Weston, marine naturalist, The Western Prince, San Juan Island
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
circling in the feeding spot east of Chito Point , outside of and in the kelp bed.
Pat Ness, Chito Beach Resort
We then ventured out to see
coming across Haro. The whales seemed so peaceful and relaxed. The decrease in numbers of boats was a nice change. We watched a group of six to eight whales slowly make their way towards San Juan. They did some great spyhops, lots of tactile behavior, lifting each other up, tail slaps, and a few breaches. The lighting was incredible as the sun made its way through the hazy fog. We had some great vocalizations as well. I am really looking forward to the rest of September.
Alison Engle, Naturalist, Western Prince
We saw a blow in Liberty Bay about
this evening just off of Keyport! (Kitsap Peninsula/Poulsbo area) I called everyone to port and sure enough, two more blows were witnessed by all hands! This was a
small, solitary, dark whale with no noticeable dorsal and no tail display on diving - Minke?
(we were far enough past and going in opposite directions that it might have had a dorsal fin that we couldn't see. Three of us have a lot of sea time and a fair amount of whale experience, and I'm willing to bet that it wasn't a grey). Capt Steve saw what he thought was a small whale in approximately the same location last week from the flying bridge but no one else witnessed it then, and haven't heard any other reports.
Pamela, Pacific Voyages LLC
September 3, 2007
observed actively foraging salmon in the Strait of Juan de Fuca,
4:23 - 6:45 pm
. Salmon scales were collected from this encounter and analysis will be determined this Fall.
Center for Whale Research
2:18 pm
, 3 miles south east of Port Angeles, 9
killer whales thought to be T090 T090B, T124, T124D, T124E, T100, T100B, T100C, T100D were making an underwater kill on unidentified prey. All kinds of behavior, tail slapping fluking, head stands, spyhops, zig zagging and lunging. Thank you Jared Towers for the identification.
Chantelle Tucker @ Prince of Whales Ocean Magic
Slow cruise by about 15
going from east to west along the south end of Lopez.
Sally Reeve, Lopez Island
At Lincoln Park about
3:00 p.m.
I saw the backs of 3
traveling south. They were taking it easy, obviously feeding in the channel between the park and Vashon Island.
Sue Oliver
September 2, 2007
forages northbound in Haro Strait as staff continue scat collection,
10:40 am - 3:20 pm
Center for Whale Research
My husband saw a
gray whale
feeding in shallow water in Crescent Bay near Port Angeles.
Brian & Sharon Holland, Port Angeles, WA
I saw five or six
in the
very close to the east shore of Saanich Inlet, just north of Coles Bay and Dyer Rocks. It looked like one older male (very tall slender dorsal fin which wobbled quite noticeably). Two small whales, one sticking very close to the side of the adult, calf -like behaviour. And some grey saddle patches. ...
Susan, in North Saanich
I saw one
whale, about 50 feet off the east shore of Maury Island, just north of Point Robinson (So of Seattle) traveling South along the shoreline, about
3 p.m.
It came to the surface a couple of times, then flipped its tail in the air and was gone.
Pam McAllister
There is a
out there at this minute.....
6:00 pm
, feeding in the 'spot' immediately east of Chito Point. He has circled deep into the kelp beds also, and has been out there most of the day.
Pat Ness, Chito Beach Resort (seven miles west of Sekiu)
Orcas visit Bellingham Bay
A pod of
swim in Bellingham Bay near Lummi Island Sunday afternoon. A rare spectacle in this area, the transient pod was seen swimming in and out of Bellingham Bay all afternoon. According to John Pedlow, seeing the Orcas was a rare spectacle in this area. The whales approached within fifty feet of his boat. Onlookers reported seeing the whales hunt and catch a harbor seal near Eliza Island. As opposed to resident pods, transient Orcas' diets consist almost exclusively of marine animals rather than fish. Because transient Orcas travel on extremely unpredictable routes, they are difficult to track and study.
On the Island Caper we had such an amazing time with the
orcas. Regarding how late they were in the bay: I was out in my kayak today and had a conversation with another kayaker. He told me that he was sailing with friends yesterday when they encountered the transients, including the large male (T-20?) near Eliza Island at around
. That would seem to coincide with our sighting them a bit later and farther north on our return trip. He told me that he and his friends kept the group under observation until almost
, when it got too dark to do so any longer. He said that the orcas had by then rounded Portage Island and were heading north in Hale Passage.
Brian Wall
We were leaving Bellingham Bay for our whale watching tour on the M/V Island Caper, when we encountered dorsal fins in Bellingham Bay. Just before Carter Point we ran across
. I counted 11 and the M/V Mystic Sea who were way off of out starboard said they saw 18 to 20. The only positive ID was T20. The rest were females, juveniles, and a "pinkie". They headed into Bellingham Bay to within one mile off of the cement plant. They were breaching, tail lobbing, cartwheeling, and generally just cavorting around like residents. I watched two juveniles porpoise and then dive on a small flock of common murres. Then a dead murre floated by the boat. They spent the entire day in the bay from
10:45 to 18:45
, when we had to go back.
Victoria Souze, Naturalist, Island Mariner Cruises
When going out with Island Mariner, we were amazed to see a group of
headed toward Bellingham Bay (spotted off of Chuckanut Bay). Our vessel turned and followed them, only to observe them for a little over 3 hours. The captain had called another whale watch vessel (based in Anacortes), and they came to Bellingham to enjoy this incredible event. There were an estimate of
30 orcas
(Please check with the naturalist for Island Mariner for more specifics) , but I believe one of the Transients was T20. There were a number of juveniles and also a "pinky". They were exhibiting a number of activities, including: breaching, tail slapping, pec slapping, and rolling on their backs. At times, several animals split from the group and were investigating different areas of the bay. There was even a group that headed toward the old cement plant, venturing into about 60 feet of water. At this point, they were only several miles from the mouth of the Nooksack River! The naturalist stated that orcas were not spotted in the bay since 1952, so this was highly unusual. After the 3 hours of observation, the Mariner went out to do some sightseeing at the other islands. We returned to Bellingham Bay about two hours later to find the Transients still there. Their activity was slowed considerably from earlier, as they were slowly swimming around, heading south and west out of the bay. The naturalist surmised that they had feasted quite well (there are/were many Harbor seals in the bay), and were going into a sleeping mode. We did not witness any seal tossing, but did see on several instances an orca break into a dive. There were a lot of pleasure craft on the water, and unfortunately there were instances of the boats coming too close to the whales. I would like to say that they were ignorant of the rules that pertain to prudent whale watching, but when you see 2 whale watch boats in the vicinity, going very close to both does not make sense.
Cathy Barron
J Pod
at Monarch Head, Saturna Island, in the evening with the light as it's very best. We left them at
still going northeast.
Capt. Jim Maya, Maya's Charters, San Juan Island
September 1, 2007
CWR staff continue efforts to collect scat from
in Haro Strait,
12:57 - 5:45 pm
Center for Whale Research
feeding outside the kelp bed - going back and forth, from west to east to west to east, out of my range of vision, continually
during the last four days - 8/28- 9/1
. At one point Friday afternoon (8/31) , there were two
on the west of Chito Point, and two Humpbacks in the feeding spot on the east, for hours at a time. When I've been gone, or working, guests have continued to report seeing whales, with sightings at all times of the day, during the last two weeks, however, could not identify if they were Grays or Humpbacks.
Pat Ness, Chito Beach Resort (seven miles west of Sekiu)
I was trolling for salmon at the southwest corner of the "Rock Pile" about 8 miles off shore (out of Lapush due west) at about
9:40 a.m.
we noticed some small fins comming out of the water, about 20 yards to starboard of our boat. We idled down to about 1 knot to maintain steering. We counted the fins and we counted 4 or 5, then they started came out of the water (sometimes 2 or 3 at a time. whole body flops) and they were
young orca whales
(seemed real young to me). We pulled up the fishing gear and stopped the boat. They got within about 10 yards of my boat still jumping and disappearing and more jumping. What we didn't see was the adults coming from Port until
one "gigantic Male"
came out of the water about 15 yards from the boat. That got our attention! We counted 9 to 11 fins in the adult pod, however, we could have counted some twice or missed some too. The adults were about 50 yards from their kid's, both the adults and kid's were comming out of the water and then diving back down, at one time the kid's were lined up in formation chasing something towards our boat, then they dove down under the boat and came up about 50 yards to port. An adult whale (fin had to be over 6 plus feet in height, I'm 6' 1" and it was taller than me) came right up the port side of our boat (within spitting distance) cut in front of it and seemed to have moved us a little bit. It was like he/she was scratching their back. They ate and played for about 40 minutes. The adult group headed west and got a couple hundred yards from the kid's. The kid's were still close to us, and the adults must have made a call becuse the kid's took off in a hurry to catch up with them. It was all over by 10:30 a.m. and they were out of sight in a hurry. Needless to say, that salmon fishing got real slow in that spot. I don't know what pod it was. They all looked healthy, no scars or dings. The kids were different sizes, one was the runt (considerably smaller then the others). I can't say how many males, except one for sure (we got a close up of him). I didn't get any pictures. This was my first time fishing this area. It was a once in a lifetime experience, that I will never forget. [update] We did not see any seals, porpoises, or sea lions out on the "Rock Pile" off LaPush, WA. I am positive the young whales were orca's and not porpoises. They were swimming in front of the adult pod. I did not see any of them eating, but we were fishing for salmon and "marking" them on the sonar about 20 to 35 feet deep. When the orcas showed up the sonar went crazy marking fish. The fish showed up as big ball on the sonar screen. The adult group was circling as if they were rounding up salmon, and while you could see 3 big fins circling, one would come out of the water (whole body and smiling) in the middle of the circle, the 3 fins you could see would disappear for just a few minutes and then reappear circling. I don't know if it was the same three fins or different ones. The younger group was doing the same thing about 20 yards to the north, except there was only four of them.
Joseph Bilyeu
Members of
hanging out at Eagle Point. As we came towards Eagle Point, J27 Blackberry made his way over to us, and every time we tried to back out of his way, he would adjust his course like a homing pigeon and slowly passed our stern. We were also able to ID J26 Mike, J28 Polaris, J16 Slick, J1 Ruffles, and what appeared to be the J22 clan (Oreo, Doublestuff, and Cookie).
John Boyd (JB), Marine Naturalist, Western Prince, Friday Harbor
here on the west side of San Juan Island late
. I heard blowing and smacking the water sounds and then watched for about 30 min. and they cruised by spread out. There were lots of whale watch boats and private boats keeping a respectful distance off shore with motors shut down drifting. The whales were headed north towards the Lighthouse. Big fins and smaller ones, but I don't know what pod. They must have gone by Limekiln Lighthouse about 5 PM.
Helen King, The Highland Inn of San Juan Island
whale in Admiralty Inlet between Port Townsend and Keystone, as seen from Point Wilson. It was feeding, and has been present in this location for at least a week.
Andrew Reding
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A Brief History of the Hoosier Environmental Council
A small cadre of volunteer leaders used annual conservation strategy meetings convened by legendary conservationist and Congressman Jim Jontz as a springboard to form the Hoosier Environmental Council. HEC was envisioned as a federation of local and statewide environmental groups, with professional staff who would focus on the council's role as a watchdog of Indiana's environmental regulatory agencies, and as a facilitator for communication and coordination among its member groups. As HEC grew and evolved, it expanded its advocacy and grassroots organizing efforts, and led a series of high profile statewide environmental campaigns. A door to door canvass, started in the late 1980's, helped HEC broaden its membership and reach Hoosiers one on one with educational materials and action messages. Our canvass operated from HEC offices in Indianapolis, South Bend, and later Michigan City.
HEC's first major statewide campaign expanded a grassroots effort already underway at the time the council was formed. In response to a national directive to increase commodity production on public lands, the U.S. Forest Service sought to triple timber harvesting on Indiana's Hoosier National Forest (HNF). Several HEC leaders, who were veterans of a just-concluded wilderness campaign – that resulted in establishment of the Charles Deam Wilderness area in 1982 – came together to challenge the Forest Service's proposed management plan that called for widespread clearcutting and oil and gas extraction throughout the forest. At that time, "global warming" was not yet a part of the national vernacular, and the Forest Service actually used a predicted cooling climate as one justification for its plan to greatly increase logging on the HNF. After an eight year campaign that eventually gained the support of then Gov. Bayh and eleven of Indiana's twelve member congressional delegation, the Forest Service reversed direction and adopted in its 1991 forest management plan virtually every component of the Conservationists' Alternative Forest Plan formulated by HEC and its allies.
HEC followed up its success on the Hoosier National Forest plan with other successful campaigns to protect Indiana's natural spaces. We were a leading advocate for the passage of the Indiana Heritage Trust, first proposed by Governor Bayh at HEC's 1990 Annual Congress. Adopted by the Indiana General Assembly in 1992, the Heritage Trust is Indiana's leading public lands acquisition program, protecting over 50,000 acres since 1992. HEC also provided valuable support to the Indiana Dunes Coalition, which convinced Congress in 1992 to add 1,100 acres of dunes and wetlands to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
HEC helped a local coalition –Patoka River Individuals Defending the Environment — bring statewide recognition to the Patoka River, supporting a campaign to create Indiana's second national wildlife refuge along the river's bottomlands, oxbows and wetlands. Established in 1994, the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge will eventually protect over 22,000 acres in Pike and Gibson counties. HEC continues today to support land acquisition funding for the refuge.
Congress' passage of the Base Realignment and Closure Act in 1988 resulted in the closure of several military facilities in Indiana, an opportunity which HEC capitalized on to expand our state's public lands acreage. In Indianapolis, HEC worked with local conservationists to swiftly build a case for protection of the high quality forest habitats at Fort Benjamin Harrison on the city's northeast side. The community readily agreed with this idea, and at Gov. Bayh's request, in 1996 the U.S. Army transferred these lands to Indiana for the new Ft. Harrison State Park. In southeast Indiana, it took longer for the Army to eventually conclude that a new national wildlife refuge was the best outcome for the closed Jefferson Proving Ground north of Madison. HEC's seven year campaign, in partnership with Save the Valley and the Indiana Wildlife Federation, resulted in establishment, in 2000, of the Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge on 50,000 acres at the former munitions testing facility. A virtual treasure house of natural diversity, Big Oaks is the largest national wildlife refuge in the lower Midwest.
In the early 1990's, HEC turned its attention to the proposed Interstate 69 extension from Indianapolis to Evansville due to its expected dramatic environmental impact on the forests and wildlife habitats of southern Indiana. A series of studies had dismissed the idea for a southwest Indiana interstate, including the Donahue study in 1990. Yet highway proponents were not deterred, and convinced Gov. Bayh to revive the idea. Planning resumed for a Bloomington to Evansville interstate, which later evolved into an Indianapolis to Evansville route. HEC and its allies realized that to effectively counter pro-highway sentiment, it needed to launch a campaign in support of an alternative to the state's preferred new-terrain alternative. The campaign for the I-70/U.S. 41 alternative, in partnership with Citizens for Appropriate Rural Roads and the Environmental Law and Policy Center, produced an outpouring of public support for this cheaper, less environmentally-damaging alternative. During the public comment period on the highway's draft environmental impact statement, nearly 17,000 letters and postcards, and over 138,000 petition signers supported either the I-70/U.S. 41 alternative or not building a new highway at all. The I-70/U.S. 41 alternative was also recognized as the environmentally preferable highway route by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. EPA, and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Nevertheless, HEC's campaign and the overwhelming public sentiment could not dissuade then Gov. Frank O'Bannon from approving the new-terrain I-69 route in 2003. Even then, the project would have languished had not the Daniels Administration generated new road construction dollars by leasing the Indiana Toll Road. It is ironic that a conservative governor with a strong reputation as a fiscal hawk decided to support a costly and destructive public works project when a cheaper and practical alternative was readily available.
Protecting nature was not the only topic on HEC's agenda during these years. The council led a multi-year campaign to strengthen state standards to protect our lakes and rivers. In the late 1980's the newly-created Indiana Department of Environmental Management launched an effort to update the state's water quality standards, required by the federal Clean Water Act. These critically-important public health safeguards govern what level of a particular pollutant, such as suspended solids or bacteria, is allowable in Indiana's surface waters. HEC helped organize a statewide coalition which succeeded in improving the final standards that were adopted in 1989 by the Indiana Water Pollution Control Board. The effort overcame strong opposition from Indiana's regulated industries.
HEC pursued a sustained groundwater protection effort during the 1990s and into the new century, which included our campaign for stronger standards governing the disposal of coal combustion wastes. Commonly known as coal ash, these wastes are the byproduct of burning coal in power plants and industrial boilers. After a decade of limited success in convincing Indiana authorities to make state coal ash disposal standards at least as protective as those regulating household trash, HEC led an effort to bring national attention to the serious environmental threats from coal ash contamination. We also helped residents of the Town of Pines, near Michigan City, bring badly needed EPA attention to the severe coal ash contamination in their community. In response to the request of HEC and other groups, Congressman Nick Rahall of West Virginia sponsored a bill directing the National Research Council to study the environmental risks of coal ash disposal. The research council concluded in their 2006 study that federal standards were needed. In 2010, the U.S. EPA finally proposed long overdue national disposal rules. Today HEC continues to promote adoption of these rules, working with a broad national coalition of environmentalists, scientists, and public health professionals.
One of HEC's landmark legal victories was a product of our coal ash campaign. In late 2002, HEC sought legal review of IDEM's renewal of a coal ash landfill permit for the Clifty Creek power plant near Madison. The power plant owner, Indiana Kentucky Electric Company, challenged HEC's standing to bring this case. In 2005, and for a second time in 2012, the Indiana Supreme Court upheld an Indiana Court of Appeals decision that established the doctrine of associational standing under Indiana law. Associational standing refers to the right of membership organizations to represent their members in legal actions.
While much of HEC's energies over our first twenty five were focused on the protection of nature and our waterways, the condition of Indiana's air did not go unwatched. In 2004, HEC coordinated a statewide campaign with public health professionals and environmental groups to petition the state for controls on power plant mercury emissions. HEC's petition was considered, but ultimately rejected by the Indiana Air Pollution Board; however, the same standard was adopted by the U.S. EPA in December 2011.
Under new leadership in 2007, and in the backdrop of an economic recession and a more conservative political environment, HEC substantially increased its focus on policy priorities that could mean significantly more jobs for Hoosiers while substantially reducing the state's persistently large environmental footprint. HEC's energies became focused on three core initiatives during this period: clean energy, sustainable agriculture, and 21st century transportation. Invariably, HEC worked in coordination with both traditional allies, while building new relationships with green-minded businesses, public health groups, and philosophically more conservative policymakers. Successes in this most recent era of HEC's history include the enactment of new clean energy incentives for both large and small-scale renewable energy, the development of an unprecedented statewide coalition for mass transit, and the adoption of stronger safeguards from factory farm pollution.
While HEC during this most recent era emphasized a pro-active, long-term policy agenda, the organization recognized the critical need to assist communities hurting from pollution and ecological damage. HEC expanded its efforts to help people harmed by new terrain I-69 highway construction and coal mining. And to permanently increase its capacity to provide local assistance, HEC merged, for the first time in its history, with another environmental organization, the Northwest Indiana-based LEAF, which had been focused on providing pro bono assistance to victims of pollution. The combined organization, known as HEC, now has two in-house attorneys who have helped HEC launch new community assistance initiatives related to factory farms and industrial pollution. HEC's strengthened legal capacity led to a major victory protecting Lake Michigan from industrial waste, a Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that protects small farmers from factory farm pollution, and the rare granting of class action status to a community long afflicted with toxic air pollution.
As HEC enters its fourth decade, in a scenario of yet greater anti-regulatory sentiment and an economy still struggling, HEC has sought to find the right balance between advancing a long-term, pro-jobs, pro-environmental policy agenda with the urgency to safeguard the health and environment of Hoosiers in the present.

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The Future of Vaping: The Role of Big Pharma and Big Tobacco
Aside from the government – who stand to lose a lot of money in tobacco tax revenue from the rise in vaping – the two other main stakeholders are Big Tobacco and Big Pharma, the manufacturers of the deadly product we're all trying to avoid and the ineffective medications people use to avoid it, respectively.
Tobacco companies have almost all gotten in on the action, putting out their own "cigalike" products, but pharmaceutical companies have thus far said that they're "not going to play." However, things could change in the future, especially if regulators decide to do both of these groups of companies a favor by crippling the competition.
The Future of Vaping: Table of Contents
Home: The Future of Vaping
Part 1: Why do people hate vaping? Will attitudes ever change?
Part 2: How regulations will affect vaping?
Part 3: The role of Big Pharma and Big Tobacco? (you are here)
Part 4: How it will affect smokers and vapers?
Part 5: Can we change this, or is it too late?
Big Tobacco: Why Cigalikes?
Tobacco companies are already invested in the e-cigarette industry – although not by much – but the most striking element of their involvement so far is how they've stuck to the cigarette-like aesthetic by putting out "cigalike" devices that almost no regular vapers use but that capture a substantial portion of first-timers. The question is: why have they stuck so steadfastly to these ineffective devices? Will they ever move to "open-system" devices?
Nick (Grimm Green):
Of course not. Tobacco is their bread and butter. They don't make money from e-cigs. I believe that the big tobacco e-cigs are simply a "hey us too" situation so when they look back they can say 'well we tried, but people would rather smoke our cigarettes, we can't help that.'
Stefan Didak:
The real question is whether they would be selling cigalikes at all after the competition has been removed, considering that tobacco companies really like their positions with the combustible tobacco products they sell. Not all of these big tobacco companies are the same. Some like the higher profit margins they get from cigalikes compared to those from cigarettes, but others appear to use their vapor products as sacrificial pawns on the business chessboard.
I think they've stuck with the closed system cigalike approach for many reasons:
1) They have a lot of money invested in it already and, if they're not very serious about the vapor products market, why invest more?
2) Some got into it only after vapor products started to threaten their profits, and as a means to get a seat at the many legislative tables out there.
3) Cigalikes resonate a little better with smokers because of the form factor and thus may be an easier sell to current smokers than some of the more advanced vapor products (which to most smokers look strange and silly).
Steve K.:
As much as I love a good conspiracy, there's a pretty basic explanation here. Big Tobacco are old-line companies. Those types of companies are beyond conservative and are slow to embrace innovation. There are focus groups and meetings, and meetings about focus groups, and so on. By the time they got a product out the door, they were a couple years behind. Vaping in particular moves very fast and they just can't keep up.
Some may move to open systems, but without competition I doubt we'd see the startling innovation we have so far. Any big company is going to put in the least effort they can to produce the most profit. Unless the survivors start competing between each other, don't expect much here.
John Manzione:
Cigalikes are what is most familiar to the tobacco company and smokers. It's easy to substitute a cigarette for a cigalike. Try telling a smoker of Marlboro to try a DNA40 box mod and a Kanger Subtank. Ain't going to happen on a large scale.
Meg (VapeMeStoopid):
I think they push cigalikes for a variety of reasons. The first one being the knowledge that many cigalikes are ineffective. Most vapers upgrade to better kits that deliver vapor and nicotine more effectively, but tobacco companies know if vapers don't move to a better kit, they will ultimately end up back on cigarettes. Tobacco companies are also the main lobbyists behind strict restrictions on open vapor products and pushing for taxes on e-cigs.
Big Pharma: Will They Ever Get Involved?
For pharmaceutical companies, the issue becomes whether they'll ever put out their own e-cigarette. With their own selection of nicotine-based products on offer and the veneer of reliability that comes from medical approval, do they really have any motivation to get involved at all? Even when the competition is decimated, will we ever see a Big Pharma e-cigarette?
Meg (VapeMeStoopid):
They'd be silly no to get into it, especially if they are about health and not profit. There is plenty of evidence to show e-cigs are doing what NRT never could. Then again, a medical e-cig will probably be just like a cigalike, and the cycle will be repeated endlessly. Smoke, get an NRT ecig, find out it doesn't work, go back to smoking. Tobacco gets its profits, orgs get their funding, Big Pharma makes a profit. Everyone is happy except the smoker.
Nick (Grimm Green):
I truly and honestly doubt it. I'm sure their e-cig would be just horrible. Possibly more horrible than the cig-alike devices we have on the market now.
Stefan Didak:
In a way they already have with some of the nicotine inhalers like Nicotrol, but those are quite different from the vapor producing products we know. I have a feeling they are not interested in going that route, and that's solely based on their fierce opposition to vapor products in general.
John Manzione:
I have no idea. If I had to guess I'd say no, they won't enter the market with their own vape products, unless they release a 'step-down' cig-a-like program like they did with nicotine patches. Maybe then, but it depends on the technology and the future mindset of the public.
Steve K.:
I want to say there's already an approved device in the UK, but it was developed in partnership with BAT. I would expect Pharma to get in on it. Expect something like a cigalike but more boring. Pharma products have to deliver the same dose with each use, so chances are it would be overly complex and expensive.
Conclusion: "Any big company is going to put in the least effort they can to produce the most profit."
Big Tobacco may have their "toe dipped in the water," so to speak, but whether we'll see any innovation from them is very doubtful indeed, and pharmaceutical companies really seem quite happy to live with the diminishing profits from their smoking cessation products and make the bulk of their money elsewhere. As Steve K. argues, they're more interested in making a quick and easy profit than getting seriously involved with vaping as we know it.


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Pangasinan, the 3rd biggest province in the whole Philippine archipelago, got its name from salt or asin in the vernacular. Pangasinan literally means "where salt or asin is made." In fact the salt based concoction called "bagoong," a favorite fish paste or fish sauce among many Asians, has become one of Pangasinan's regular export items through the years.
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The Provincial Capitol Building and Parks, Lingayen
Here lies the historic Provincial Capitol building, fronting the historic Lingayen Gulf, where Mac Arthur's liberation forces landed at the tail end of WWII for the liberation of Luzon. Built in 1918 and designed by eminent American Architect Ralph H. Doane, it has been identified as one of the eight architectural treasures of the Philippines by NCCA and the Filipino Heritage Festival Inc.
The beaches along Lingayen Gulf
Part of Pangasinan's 160 kilometers of coastline offers a variety of moods and features from public beaches of San Fabian to resort owned beach areas of Labrador. Take your pick depending on your preference or budget.
The beaches of Western Pangasinan
If your perfect beach has white sand and less tourist traffic, then the gorgeous beaches of Anda, Bolinao, Bani, Burgos and Dasol are your picks. Accesible by good roads, fine white sands, deserted islands inspire more than the usual activities with deep sea fishing, kayaking, snorkeling and diving.
Hundred Islands
Alaminos City, is one of the most favorite destinations up north, and the setting of popular water recreational such as diving, snorkeling, kayaking or just plain basking under the sun in an islandof your choosing. There are available tour packages to suit any budget, or if your feel just like driving to Alaminos City, drop by at the City Tourism Office for assistance or for more information. (image source)
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Cacupangan, Binmatya, Villacorta and Nalsoc Caves
Mabini, Infanta and Bani, feature undamaged specimens of stalagmites and stalactites. There are caves ideal for hardcore spelunkers and some perfect for beginners. Ask locals for a cave guide.
Bird Watching
In Bani and Alaminos City, commune with nature and watch different species of birds both local and migratory, on their undisturbed ecosystem. Local bird watching guides are available in Bani.
Our Lady of Manaoag Shrine
An apparition and many miracles made our Lady of Manaoag a famous destination for thousands of Catholic devotees from all over the world.
Redeemer's Cross Bani
For the faithful and nature enthusiasts, climb hills set with Stations of the Cross. At the bottom, nature's reward with the balmy waters of the South China Sea at Surip Beach. Want some more inspiration? Hike right back up the cross site and watch a perfect sunset.
Bolinao Museum
Open to the public from Monday to Friday with its nature dioramas and laymans lesson on native flora and fauna. See one of the important cultural properties of the Philippines, the Bolinao skull with gold peggings on its teeth, ancient burial jars, Stone Age tools and mammoth fossils that where excavated fromm a 14th to 15th century burial site in Bolinao.
Cape Bolinao Lighthouse
This lighthouse was built by the Americans in 1903 and is the second tallest in the country. Climbing atop it, one gets a spectacular 360 degree view of the South China Sea. (image source)


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The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hand down a decision in May for a Texas law (HB2) that restricts the number of abortion clinics operating within the state.
Among other things, HB2 requires that abortion clinics meet ambulatory standards for surgical centers in order for these facilities to stay open.
Today, just eight abortion clinics are open in the Lone Star state.
Texas isn't alone when it comes to restrictive abortion laws. Since 2010, nearly 290 laws that impose restrictions on abortion access have been approved.
Abortion rights advocates say these laws are causing more women to self-abort unwanted pregnancies. However, hard data on the topic is challenging to find. Few studies about self-induced abortions exist.
Read More: Options for Unplanned Pregnancies »
Trying to Spot a Trend
A recent New York Times op-ed column took to the Internet to look for trends.
Using Google search data, the author detailed a correlation between a rise in Internet searches on self-abortion and an increase in laws across the U.S. that limit women's access to abortion clinics.
"It's not surprising," Liza Fuentes, MPH, senior project manager at Ibis Reproductive Health, told Healthline. "Women still need abortion care."
According to abortion rights advocates and healthcare providers, women who live in regions with restricted access to abortions — which includes waiting periods, parental consent, and mandatory ultrasounds — take terminating pregnancies into their own hands.
The methods range from driving across state lines to find a clinic that will provide an abortion or purchasing the FDA-approved abortion pill from the black market. Others use herbal tonics to end a pregnancy, while a small percentage relies on potentially dangerous physical tactics.
Google search data appear to mirror these methods.
According to the Times column, there were 700,000 Google searches related to self-abortion in 2015. Nearly one-fourth of the searches related to obtaining abortion pills through unofficial channels, such as "buy abortion pills online."
Nearly 120,000 searches were seeking information on how to have a miscarriage, and some 4,000 were looking for directions on coat hanger abortions.
The report also illustrated trends related to regional access. Mississippi, a state with only one abortion clinic, saw the highest rate of searches for self-abortion.
Read More: Is Long-Term Birth Control the Best Way to Reduce Pregnancies? »
Surgery vs. Medicine
The Supreme Court ruling in the 1973 case Roe vs. Wade made abortion legal in the U.S.
Today there are two legal methods for women in the U.S. to receive an abortion — surgical or medical.
In recent years the use of medical abortions has increased.
Mifepristone, also known as RU486, was approved by the FDA in 2000, and is recommended for use within "49 days of the start of a woman's last menstrual cycle." The drug is only available in doctors' offices, clinics, or hospitals.
Misoprostol came on the market in 1973 and is FDA approved to treat ulcers through a prescription. However, its alternative usage includes labor induction and abortion.
Taken together mifepristone and misoprostol provide a 95 percent success rate in terminating a pregnancy. They may also be used separately with a lower success rate.
In 2001 just 6 percent of all eligible abortions were the result of using mifepristone, according to a report by Gynuity Health Projects. By 2015, the drug accounted for nearly 30 percent of all eligible abortions.
"The pill has been a revolution," Dr. Beverly Winikoff, MPH, president of Gynuity Health Projects and professor of clinical population and family health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, told Healthline.
However, misoprostol is by far is the most preferred method of women who decide to self-abort, according to a 2015 report by the Texas Evaluation Project.
The researchers surveyed women in a clinic about their history with self-abortion and whether they knew a friend who had tried misoprostol.
"[O]nly 13 percent of respondents in this survey said they'd heard of [misprostol]. However, it was the most commonly reported method among women who reported knowing someone who had attempted self-induction," the report stated.
The report also revealed that, "22 percent of the women said that they, their best friends (including suspecting their best friends), or someone else they know, had ever attempted abortion self-induction."
Researchers estimated that anywhere from 100,000 to 250,000 women living in Texas are choosing to self-abort.
Read More: Free Birth Control and Sex Education Slash Rate of Teen Pregnancy and Abortion »
Finding a Way
Researchers also concluded that misoprostol's popularity is due to the close proximity of Texas to Mexico. In that country, the medicine is available in some pharmacies. They concluded that women were crossing the border to get the drug.
Winikoff said women who don't have easy access to Mexico rely on online pharmacies or even the black market to get what they need.
"If [a woman] buys from the black market, she may get a sugar pill, and not good instruction, and access to a place if there are complications," she said. "You go to a clinic, you get good instruction."
The FDA states on its website that women should not attempt to buy abortion drugs on the Internet "because you will bypass important safeguards designed to protect your health."
Despite the availability of medicine, some women who decide on self-abortion still turn to so-called ancient remedies, according to Fuentes. Herbal teas or tonics made of parsley or caffeine are some examples, she said. However, they don't work.
A small percentage of women employ methods such as using a coat hanger or getting punched in the stomach, according to Winikoff. But this applies mostly to women who are marginalized, she noted.
Health risks with self-abortion include severe bleeding and infection. In rare cases it can lead to sterility and death.
The FDA has received reports that some women have died from sepsis after medical abortion. However, the website doesn't list any numbers nor does it differentiate between doctor-supervised or self-abortion.
"In a clinic with a doctor, 99 percent of the time, it works without any problems," Winikoff said. "If it doesn't, you go back to the clinic."
Women who self-abort don't have ready medical expertise and support should something go wrong. "Many people will show up in an emergency room," she added.
Fuentes added these women likely end up getting a surgical abortion, which is what they were trying to avoid.
In some cases a woman may end up carrying a baby to term. But the data surrounding that outcome are hard to come by, she noted.
"The research is just now emerging," Fuentes said. "Most women end up getting to a clinic. However, we don't know how many carry to term."
Read More: Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on Women's Health Issues »
State-by-State Disparity
The Guttmacher Institute considers 27 states hostile toward abortion rights, while 10 are considered friendly.
The disparity among states plays a big role in how women access abortions, according to Winikoff.
Both she and Fuentes said that for decades women have been going to other states to access abortions, which the Times column didn't account for.
For example, "Pennsylvania has some bad [abortion] laws, but a lot of the population is close to New Jersey which has easy [abortion] access laws," Winikoff said.
She and other experts said that some women simply cross a state line to access medical treatment or medication needed for an abortion.
"In Texas, that is not true," Winikoff said. "Those people are isolated for services and have bad [abortion] laws. These people really need the Internet to tell them what to do."
Fuentes added the Times column makes it clear that there is a real need for women to have legal, unobstructed "access to high quality care, with patient centered outcomes," she said. "And this includes people being able to choose."


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text: How is a real change possible given that our so-called "representative" government is bought out?. If you use marijuana for recreation or medicine and you don't demand re-legalization of cannabis use and sales to all adults you are a hypocrite!. Hey I know we have elected politicians that use pot regularly and cops that smoke a joint then see a person with a toker and frisk and bust that person. It's all under the rug out of sight. Why can't we all just stand up and demand re-legalization. Go to your party caucus. Ask candidates directly how they stand on Re-legalization, if they favor prohibition tell them they wont get your vote. Write, E-mail or call your state and national party chairs tell them you wont vote for any candidates that don't promise to support re-legalization. We don't need hypocrites like Brown in California or cannabiphobic's like gov. Gregoire in Washington state. Washington's legislature could have avoided the sales tax or cut issue's that are going on in special session now if they had passed HB 1177 and its companion SB 5615 but they "snuffed" the bills that would have saved millions in law enforcement costs; instead they passed several law enforcement measures that added to the deficit. So now we tax payers are stuck with cuts in eduction and human services or more sales taxes. I 1068 will leave re-legalization up to the Washington Voters And legislation will be on California ballots this November. Excellent but we need to take it farther we need to make shure we have a Cannabis friendly Representative government.


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African Missionaries
12/22/2010 | Share this article: View CommentsBy Zack Brown ~
I am an American college student. When I was 21 years old I had an existential crisis and decided to drop everything I was doing and follow my life-long dream of going to Africa.
After much deliberation and contemplation I organized a trip to Kenya where I could use my skills to teach English at a school. I made arrangements with a school: Filadelfia School for the Destitute and Orphaned. After a day or two or getting acclimated to a new culture, it was time to dive in. Suddenly I was the teacher of 55 first graders. I relished in the chance and by the end of my three months there I had grown close to every one and loved Kenya.
This school compound was founded and supported by Danish Christian missionaries. I myself am an atheist, but I didn't see a problem. After all, I was teaching English and there was no need for my beliefs to be brought up or for me to try to 'indoctrinate' any one else; just stick to the English.
Over my three month time there, I wasn't the only white foreigner on the compound. People would come and go, some to teach, some to help in one way or another. I was, however, the only non-missionary.
By the end of my time in Kenya, I learned a lot. A lot about myself, a lot about the world, a better grasp on what I wanted in life, etc. I also learned that missionaries are one of the most contemptible people out there.
"Are you a Christian?" he asked. Uh-oh I thought. But I wasn't going to lie. "No" I said simply. He gritted his teeth "Then what are you doing here?" he asked with a tone of anger in his voice. I knew I was in a potentially troublesome situation so I tried to keep it simple. "Teaching" I responded. He stood up and sighed "Why would you be in this country if you weren't a Christian!" and walked off. Their entire mission there is to turn on as many people to Christ as they can. A mission like this can't help but show ugliness. It started one day when my students had been pretty good and I thought they might like to hear some songs from my country. One of the missionaries on the compound had a guitar and since I play a little bit, I went to ask if I might borrow it for an hour or so. I explained the situation to him; that my students had quickly got through today's assignments and behaved very well (as anyone in charge of 50 some 5-6 year olds will tell you is a rarity demanding reward) and that I might borrow his guitar for about an hour to see if they'd like some songs. "What kind of songs were you going to sing?" he asked. I hadn't really thought of it, "I dunno" I said "some old folk or blues songs. Some old love tunes. Just something nice they might like to hear from my country."
"Were you going to sing any Christian songs?"
Of course I wasn't going to sing any Christian songs as I wasn't a Christian but I respectfully said "Oh, I don't know. I hadn't thought about it. I guess I don't know any."
He told me he didn't want the kids passing his guitar round and "grubbing it up". I assured him I wouldn't pass the guitar around, but it was no dice. Instead I sung some songs with the kids without a guitar and we all shared some songs and went out to play soccer. So much for charity.
The incident I'll never forget happened outside the compound. The head Danish honchos had come down around Christmas time to see how things were going. I had ran into one outside and we talked for a moment. He asked me how I liked it here in country and I told him I loved it, as I did. I asked him and he said that he couldn't wait to return home. "It smells here" he said. "Are you a Christian?" he asked. Uh-oh I thought. But I wasn't going to lie. "No" I said simply. He gritted his teeth "Then what are you doing here?" he asked with a tone of anger in his voice. I knew I was in a potentially troublesome situation so I tried to keep it simple. "Teaching" I responded. He stood up and sighed "Why would you be in this country if you weren't a Christian!" and walked off.
This missionary found Kenya so disgusting that he was only here because he thought that he was getting his ticket to heaven. I can't lie and say I didn't go for myself, but I loved every minute. I learned so much! I have a dozen more stories about the lack or morals exhibited by missionaries during my time in Kenya, some worse than others, but I think it's all summed up in the last story. Every missionary I met didn't seem to enjoy it there, didn't want to be there.
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text: Stevie Fitz has had a passion for music since he can remember. From an early age, he was blessed with the ability to appreciate the many different varieties of music available to the ear. He would listen and appreciate a tune for what it was no matter the genre, a policy he still adopts to this day.Stevie feels that his two music-loving sisters were a huge influence during his upbringing, exposing him to the sounds of The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Joan Armatrading and The Cure (to name just a few). He can still hear Radio One's Mark Goodyear resonating from their bedroom, counting down the Top 40 singles on a Sunday afternoon when Mark first began hosting the infamous show. And it was during this time that Stevie started to focus on one particular sound from all of the different sounds in the music he had been exposed to, the electronic sound of the synthesizer. Bands such as Depeche Mode, A-Ha, Gary Numan, Japan, The Thompson Twins, Tears for Fears, Visage and Eurhythmics gracing the airwaves with their big electronic synth sounds were music to his ears.Whilst at secondary school he began to show his musical flare, mastering the trombone and having a play with keyboards and drums whenever he got the chance. But it was when Stevie left school, he found the road to electronic heaven in the form of local nightspot The Inn on the Park (affectionately known as "The Pav") that regularly played host to Sasha, Paul Oakenfold, Parkes & Wilson and John Kelly who graced the turntables of the 1500 capacity club during the early 90s.Mesmerized by the mixing talents of these DJs and the music they were playing, he invested in a pair of 1200s spending all of his spare time improving his DJing skills. It was not long before he was playing in various clubs around the island, including Raffles Dance City and The Venue, warming up for various guest DJ's including Mike Cosford, Tom Wainwright and Trevor Rockliffe. A trip to Thailand at the end of 1996 for three months saw him land a residency at "Sante Fe" on the beautiful island of Koh Samui, playing four times a week to a full house which in turn led to a guest slots at the Backyard Club and infamous Full Moon Parties on Koh Phangan.Already, the idea of producing tunes was firmly embedded in his mind and it was not long after returning from Thailand he began investing in equipment for his home based studio. Stevie soon began composing music and learning the various ins and outs of music production.In November 2001, he secured his first exclusive licencing agreement with Japanese publishers Toryumon under the alias B.O.L.T. He went on to secure many more licencing agreements with Toryumon under various solo and collaborative aliases including Tech House Project, The Loop Rebels, Ear 4 Vision, Stefano Kerami and C.O.U. Muzik, all of which had music licenced for either digital download, ringtones, website promotion or corporateadvert ising.The collaboration with long time friends Sasha Le Monnier and James Leaman who make up the C.O.U. Muzik collective have also had signings with top digital labels Source of Gravity Digital, Gravitation, Bellarine, Ascension, Pangea, LuPS, Nightshade Music, Segment Records, Uxmal Records and Fiberlineaudio with remix work coming their way from various DJ/producers including Matt Rowan, Jeff Devas, Sean McClellan (KVK), Tim Mills, Darin Epsilon, Matias Popoff, Native, Jacco @ Work, Nosmo v Kris B, Maxi Valvona, The Chrono Logic and Lemonchill.As well as this, he continues to have success in his own right with original releases on the mighty Rebeat, InsomniaFM Abstracts, USB Digital, USB X-Files Records, LuPS, Fever Sound Records, Endemic Digital, Planet Ghost Music, Ear Time Records and Xport Music together with remixes for Stan Kolev, H@K, Simon Firth, Hibrid, Adamzmix, The High Rollers, Ivo Nikolov & Kris V, George Goldman & Vivian Lady and DJ Denise & Loryn already under his ever growing belt.


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iTunes Allowances Program to bid adieu as of May 25/
Apple says you can no longer set up iTunes Allowances — which let parents set up monthly credit for their kids to spend on App Store and iTunes Store purchases — and the iTunes Allowances will vanish into the void on May 25.
After that date, any unused allowance credit will remain in the recipient's account until it's used. Apple says that, to manage iTunes purchases made by your family, use Family Sharing. To send gifts to family and friends, use iTunes Gifts.


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AGAD is an integrated solutions provider offering local and overseas recruitment consultancy services. We provide temporary and permanent local and overseas recruitment solutions to our clients. We invest careful consideration in the selection of people, and value them as the most important assets of the company. We have in our databank a huge numbers of resumes.
We have assembled a unique team of highly skilled and dedicated recruiters. While we all have diverse personalities, as a group we are energized by the legal industry, passionate about staffing, and committed to the success of our clients and candidates.
Our mission: is to exceed the ever-changing needs of our clients, candidates, and employees.
Our vision: is to provide the highest quality recruitment solutions to our clients.
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Recruitment: We deliver targeted personnel to our clients so that they are most suited for the job intended.
We provide our clients with the qualified calibres needed within two weeks of the request date and after receipt of the job description for each vacant position.
Visa Processing: We provide visa assistance services to its clients, starting from signing the job offer and contract and until the candidate arrives to work location.
We help our candidates in attesting their documents; guide them to do their medical check up if required.
We also provide family mobilization and assist the candidate's family in processing their documents.
Payroll & Outsourcing: We offer a complete payroll & outsourcing Services, delivering an accurate and efficient service to our clients.
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Life is just not about indulging in and losing yourself in daily activities, work or responsibilities. If that happens you will be so tuck up in it that, a time comes you really do wonder, what you were you thinking? what led you to do this to yourself? and you are left miserable.
Try to figure out who you really are, what is your purpose your goal in life, what things you love doing, what motivates you, mobilizes you, what are the things that make you bounce.
You will find yourself once you go through the closet of thinking of who you really are. you will see how that changes your life forever.
The same rut of life will bore you out one day, and you will be a mechanical piece going through different doors. In order to accomplish your dreams it is a necessary thing to get to know yourself , your aspirations and following your dream. You will come to now latter on what you have being missing all the while.
When you take on the journey to find yourself you will be analyzing yourself too, what you are, what roles you are playing in life, what things matters to you most, what makes you tick, what are your eating habits, how you respond to fears, and accomplishments, what are your limits and which defense mechanisms you use. It will develop an insight in yourself, thus making you free from things that don't matter much, that don't lead you to your destiny. Leaving you more connected with your real self, you will find the center of everything within you.
Take some time out for yourself, find a place that keeps you calm, where you can relax without interruptions or demands, and dive deep in yourself. Self discovery is the perfect thing that you can do for yourself, it will enrich your life, making you plunge into positivity.
"I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want." – Mark Twain.
"Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery." – Matthew Arnold.
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." – Aristotle.