Deputy Robert Carrillo distributes a hand washing kit to Gabrielle Rowe at an encampments in Lancaster, April 28, 2020. The Los Angeles County strategic COVID-response outreach collaboration in SPA 1 includes Department of Health Services funded Multidisciplinary Teams, LAHSA’s Homeless Engagement Team, Department of Mental Health HOME Team, LA Sheriff Department HOST, and Department of Public Health. The team will prioritize encampments, provide increased wellness checks and soon offer COVID testing. (Photo Credit: Los Angeles County)

In the emergence room, tours of newly distributed Mediterranean Fruitflies are labeled by day, as it takes 5-7 days for them emerge as adults from the pupae casing, inside the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) Sarasota Sterile Insect Rearing Facility, April 17, 2019, in Sarasota, Fla., where they process 100,000,000 flies a week.

Plant Protection and Quarantine releases sterile adult Medflies over the highest-risk urban areas of the state (approximately 633 square miles) in Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Broward Counties. The target release rate is 125,000 flies/square mile/week. One-hundred million irradiated pupae are received weekly from Guatemala, eclosed at the Sterile Insect Release Facility (SIRF), and released by airplane from an altitude of 1600-2000 feet. These pupae are temperature-sensitive lethal (tsl) strain, rendering the flies released 99.8% male.

New Sterile Insect Release Facility in Sarasota, FL: This facility supports the Medfly Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) Preventive Release Program (PRP), and is the work unit for 24 personnel. The Sarasota PRP was initiated in 2002 in an old ice cream factory, but due to the need to replace the existing aging SIRF, solicitations for a new facility (~30,000 square feet) began in spring 2015 and a lease was awarded in fall 2015 for a new facility located north of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. Ground-breaking for this facility took place in November 2016 and USDA accepted the building on July 23, 2018. This is the first time a facility like this has been built in the continental U.S. The objective is to facilitate and improve efficiency and effectiveness of the program for years to come.

USDA Photo by Preston Keres

From the best on-site signage at the Lowry Pueblo National Historic Landmark, one of publicly-accessible distributed sites of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument:

FOOTPRINTS

The Great Sage Plain, extending from southwest Colorado into southeast Utah, is covered with ancient villages, and was the most densely settled region of the Ancestral Puebloan world between AD 500 and 1300. More than just islands of architecture, these ancient places existed as single-family farms and field houses, check dams, reservoirs, great kivas, cliff dwellings, shrines, sacred springs, ancient roads, villages, clay sources, kilns, stone quarries, hunting stations, agricultural fields, rock paintings and petroglyphs, and towers. Many of these places appear today as subtle mounds of rubble, but have great value to Native Americans, scientists, and the public. In June 2000, 164,000 acres of public land in the Great Sage Plain was designated as Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. Twenty-four native tribes claim cultural affiliation with Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. Along with generations of farming and ranching families, they continue to have traditional and modern relationships with this landscape.

“I think Pueblo people all had the same idea, the same way of doing things. They all grind their own corn. They plant much the same way and their lifestyle is also the same, including caring for children and the elders, passing on their values.” Esther Martinez, San Juan Pueblo

“Hopi people consider [these places] to be the footprints or *kiikiqo* of our ancestor. We do not consider our ancestral sites to be abandoned. After centuries of migrations, our ancestors, *Hisatsinom*, People of Long Ago, left their ancient villages to complete their migrations by arriving at *Tuuwanasavi*, the Center of the Universe, in fulfillment of a covenant with *Ma’saw*, the Earth Guardian.”

Wayne Taylor, Jr., Hopi Tribe Chairman, in a letter to Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton, July 24, 2002

Shot by "The Daredevil" at the 2007 SEMA show

Artwork distributed by North American Aviation's public relations department. My dad worked for NAA at the time at LAX.

Distributing POM devices at Menlo School. Photo by Pete Zivkov.

Distributed by Bert Knechtel, Sauble Beach, ON. Published by Peterborough Post Card Co., Peterborough, ON.

#OnceUponATime

In spring 2013 I organized #SpaceBembel, a #SpaceSocial where a group of #SpaceTweeps got together again to share some space fun in Frankfurt.

As one of my mottos is "no #SpaceTweetup without a proper badge" I designed one and distributed it to all participants.

What I had started back then became kind of a tradition in the meantime:

Inspired by several #Space- and #ScienceTweetups I painted logos for every event I attended,

got them printed on badges for all, as well as thank-you posters, t-shirts, etc. as memento of our shared adventures.

And 2013 has been quite a ride :-)

#SpaceBembel *

#ASE26 *

#BuraMooN 1 & 2 * #SpaceKoelschX * #CERNTweetup * #ItIsStonehengeReunionOClock * #ScienceTweetup

And 2014 is also amazing already:

I already created designs for #SpaceFestVI and #AlexTweetup taking place in May

and @SpaceUpUK in July 2014.

I am very much looking forward to sharing these events with so many friends from all over the world.

More to come ;-)

www.flickr.com/photos/spaceholix/collections/721576354819...

So #AlexTweetup is about our trip to Baikonur shared by 16 dedicated #SpaceTweeps and two #SpaceMascots named #PinkLittleDragon and @CamillaSpace.

All of us will share this unique adventure of witnessing the Soyuz launch of our German astronaut Alexander Gerst ( #FF @Astro_Alex ) to #ISS on 28. May 2014 via Twitter, Facebook and other social media channels.

Here is the collection of my brainstorming and the design process as well as many pictures of the past 5 years, from the day at #TdLR09, where we "met" Alexander Gerst and the other #shenanigans for the very first (but not the last) time, shortly after their assignments for a trip to #ISS.

Oh yes, there was a time before twitter and other social media ;-)

www.flickr.com/photos/spaceholix/sets/72157644182872632/

My latest design features the #NebraSkydisk - one of the most beautiful and most fascinating archeological and astronomical artefacts ever found - until today.

This is the oldest-known illustration of our cosmos so far, with an estimated age of 3600 years (!!!), the earliest known diagram of the heavens, which makes it one or may be THE most important archaeological discovery of the twenty-first century.

It was discovered by treasure hunters on July 4th 1999 near the city of Nebra in Germany and since then fascinates not only the experts as its history is really exciting from then till now.

www.dailymotion.com/video/x1a45jq_the-nebra-sky-disc-anci...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebra_sky_disk

www.bibliotecapleyades.net/arqueologia/nebra_disk.htm

I fell in love with this beauty as soon as I saw it the very first time several years ago.

And I always wanted to paint it one day!

So what better match could there be than combining this masterpiece -created by stargazers thousands of years ago, who loved observing (and already started understanding) our night sky- with two fantastic #SpaceEvents in May 2014.

#SpaceFestVI in Pasadena ( www.spacefest.info/VI/brochure.html ), THE #SpaceEvent of the year, where many astronauts of the dawning of space exploration did reunite and inspire all of us

and then -end of May- our #AlexTweetup - where we celebrate the launch of @esa astronaut Alexander Gerst, whose mission name is #TheBlueDot (!!!).

Both events bring people together (again), who travel all around the world to share their love of space and our beautiful blue marble …

And I am really honored that sharing my badges and designs with so many #SpaceTweeps AND astronauts of the very first era of space exploration until today made so many people smile again. And these smiles seem to be contagious ;-D

I cannot really explain it, there simply is this very special close link between us.

NOTE:

#NebraSkyDisk is under the copyright of the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt

- Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte -

www.lda-lsa.de/en/nebra_sky_disc/

As my design project is an artistic realization for two private travel groups, I was kindly given official permission to integrate the #NebraSkydisk in my artworks here.

Hence I have to emphasize that my artwork may ONLY be shared as per following license:

CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 DE

creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/de/

I herewith explicitly send my thanks to the

STATE OFFICE FOR HERITAGE MANAGEMENT AND ARCHAEOLOGY

- THE STATE MUSEUM OF PREHISTORY IN HALLE / GERMANY -

and - as asked for - I will gladly send pictures of my design as well as badges and photos of #SpaceFestVI in Pasadena and #AlexTweetup in Baikonur to the Museum for its collection / exhibition.

It is my pleasure to share the #NebraSkydisk far beyond the borders of Germany - especially during events, which only can take place, because some people started documenting their night-sky-observations thousands of years ago.

#SpaceholixThenAndNow ;-)

Covered below is an overview of all the details embodied in my #AlexTweetup mission logo

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#AlexTweetup

- Facebook group for all #SpaceTweeps interested in the trip to the launch of Alexander Gerst on 28. May 2014

www.facebook.com/groups/AlexanderTweetup/

Baikonur * May 26th - 30th 2014

- Travel period for #AlexTweetup in Baikonur

www.dlr.de/dlr/presse/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10308/471...

BLUE DOT

- Mission name of Alexander Gerst

blogs.esa.int/alexander-gerst/

XL

- Mission no. 40 - in roman numerals

THEN + NOW

- Connection between space exploration THEN #NebraSkydisk (dated about 3.600 years ago in Germany) and NOW (#BlueDot mission of German astronaut Alexander Gerst)

WISEMAN * GERST * SURAJEW

- names of the international crew of mission no. 40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_40

SHAPING THE FUTURE ...

Mission theme of Alexander Gerst's mission #BlueDot

www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astronauts/A...

... IN LEO

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit

- Abbreviation LEO #LowEarthOrbit - the home of #ISS

CONSTELLATIONS:

LEO

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_(constellation)

- reflecting LowEarthOrbit - the orbit of #ISS

DRACO

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(constellation)

- representing #DRAGON - the partially reusable spacecraft developed by @SpaceX, which has docked to #ISS already several times and will deliver cargo regularly.

We enjoyed seeing the capsule used during the maiden flight in Florida at SpaceX Launch Control Center during an event before the #NASATweetup for #STS135

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(rocket_engine)

- also representing #PinkLittleDragon - the travel buddy of #The2AndAHalfSpaceTweeps @LightspeedLeo @4tuneQkie and @travelholic ( avoving @Spaceholix ) and our #SpaceMascot.

This #VIP #VeryInspiringPinkLittleDragon is traveling all around the world with us and he already has attended several great #SpaceTweetup and #ScienceTweetup events organized by @NASA @DLR_de @ESA @CERN @Helmholtz_de as well as #ASE26 #SpaceFestV and #SpaceFestVI

and he has already met many of the most inspiring #SpaceExplorers and #Astronauts from the #Mercury and #Apollo era - till today, as well as #scientists @MeteoriteMen #CometHunters ...

SWAN

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus

- representing the footprint / autograph of our dear friend and great #SpaceMascot and #VIP #VeryIntelligentPoultry:

@CamillaSpace is encouraging not only children of all ages to ask questions about the Sun and space and she was planned to be part of this mission accompanying NASA astronaut @astro_reid on his trip to #ISS.

Her footprint is heading from the Swiss flag (home country of Camilla's "executive secretary" Romeo Durscher ( about.me/romeoch ) to the US flag via #ISS

about.me/camillacorona

www.wired.com/2012/11/camilla-nasa-rubber-chicken/

XXVIII

V

MMXIV

- 28. 05. 2014 = launch date of mission 40 in roman numerals stylised in shape of ISS

* “ @ “ AND “ # “

- reflecting the tools of the peer-to-peer connection of astronauts @Astro_Alex and @astro_reid and many others with #SpaceTweeps and future space enthusiasts, who will further spread news about the adventures all around the world via social media channels, e.g. @twitter, Facebook, Google+ and others.

16 FLAGS

www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/par...

- representing all current international partners and participants cooperating on #ISS – the most ambitious international collaboration ever

which -in my eyes- really would be worthy of the nobel peace prize www.spacesafetymagazine.com/iss-nobel-peace-prize/

Between the flags I left additional room for more countries to join that global project in the near future.

Especially in difficult political times like today this cooperation hopefully will enable our world to grow together more closely step by step.

Now we are looking forward to this trip and are curious how everything will work out.

This definitely is a very adventurous trip and if someone had told me 5 years ago, when we met that guy in blue for the very first time that we would be going to KAZAKHSTAN half a decade later to see HIS launch, I would NEVER EVER have believed it.

It seems our lives as #Spaceholix have many surprises in store for us ;-)

If YOU want to know more about all this, just follow the hashtag of our group:

#AlexTweetup

;-)

The largest school district in Iowa is not going to finish the year in the classroom but through distance learning. A big first step is making sure students have access to technology at home. I dropped by North and Roosevelt high schools as laptops were being distributed to high school seniors in need.

Leaflet distributed by MITTELDEUTSCHES BRAUNKOHLEN -SYNDIKAT 1932 G.m.b.H. A Solid Fuel Water Heater using

'Braunkohlen' briquettes. 'Brown Coal' is Lignite, which is not exactly peat, not exactly coal, but somewhere in between.

Flyer distributed around the electorate of Bruce in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs. The seat has been fairly safe for Labor since a redistribution in 1996 saw it included parts of Dandenong that were previously in the electorate of Holt. Prior to that it was a Liberal electorate centred around Glen Waverley. The Labor member since 1996 has been Alan Griffin who is retiring at the 2016 election. Notably the early days saw a staffer in the office named Daniel Andrews who would win the 2014 Victorian Election to become Premier.

The 2013 Election saw Labor retain the seat with a wafer thin margin of 1.8%. The Liberal Party put resources into the electorate following a brief surge in polling to Malcolm Turnbull following the leadership spill in September 2015. Polling before the July 2 election date has the two major parties close with the incumbent Coalition possibly 'sandbagging' enough marginal seats to hold on to power.

More recently Labor were hoping for gains in Victoria which may have been hampered by issues with the Andrews Victorian Government.

Thank you to Vax80 for the flyers.

The Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation is widely distributed in many western American states. The unit consists of fluvial (river/floodplain) and lacustrine (lake) deposits. Dinosaur bones and dinosaur tracks are moderately common in Morrison Formation sediments. Exceptionally dinosaur-rich localities include Como Bluff in Wyoming, Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, Dinosaur Ridge in Colorado, and the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry in Utah (seen here).

---------------------------------------------

From signage:

More than a hundred years ago, local cowboys and shepherds discovered large black bones. These were clearly not the bones of their livestock.

University of Utah geologists investigated the area in 1928 and 1929 and unearthed about 500 bones. In 1939, paleontologists from Princeton University started a three-year excavation of the quarry to provide bones for its museum exhibits.

Cleveland-Lloyd is Not a Person

W. Lee Stokes grew up in the nearby town of Cleveland. His family and others ran cattle in the area and knew of the dinosaur bones. While attending Princeton University in New Jersey, Stokes told his geology professors about the bones.

A crew from Princeton, including Stokes, excavated at the quarry from 1939-1941. Impressed by the results from the previous two years, Malcolm Lloyd, a lawyer in Philadelphia and fellow Princeton graduate, donated $10,000 to fund the 1941 excavation.

The quarry takes its name from Stokes' hometown of Cleveland, and Lloyd, a major financial supporter.

Educational and Research Opportunities

In 1960, the University of Utah began excavation in cooperation with several universities and museums. Institutions all over the world helped to fund the work and, in return, they received displays of dinosaurs found at the quarry.

Much of the work was done by paleontologist Jim Madsen under the direction of W. Lee Stokes, then professor of geology at the University of Utah.

In 2001, the University of Utah returned to investigate the deposit. The excavation tools were virtually unchanged from earlier projects, but the research focus has shifted.

Paleontologists now understand that bones alone don't tell the whole story. All details found within the deposit, including geology, vertical and horizontal bone placement, and orientation, are studied.

Quarry Characteristics

- Dense concentrations of bones

- Disarticulated skeletons (bones are scattered)

- Most bones in good condition

- Some bones have tooth marks or breaks

- Some bones crushed (or trampled)

- Both large and small bones present (smaller bones didn't wash away)

- Horizontal orientation of bones

- Bone layers indicate multiple events

- Majority of dinosaurs juvenile

- Sediments fine-grained (mudstone or clay)

- Bone layer relatively thin

- High ratio of carnivores to herbivores

More than 75% of the animals found here are carnivorous. Scientists estimate that only five to ten percent of modern animals are predators. That is about the ratio found at other fossil quarries. Something unusual happened here.

Allosaurus is one of the best known dinosaurs and the most common predatory dinosaur of the Late Jurassic. One of its distinguishing characteristics is the presence of a small bony crest just above and forward of each massive eye. Many of the specimens from the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry are from juvenile and adolescent allosaurs.

Ceratosaurus

Also possessing small horns above the eyes, Ceratosaurus is best known by the presence of a horn on its nose. It is unlikely that this horn was used as a weapon, but was more likely used for species recognition or mating display.

Torvosaurus

Remains of Torvosaurus have been found in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming. It was a powerfully built flesh eater with huge teeth and savage claws.

Stokesosaurus clevelandi was named in honor of W. Lee Stokes and the quarry where it was first discovered. This uncommon carnivorous dinosaur had a shorter snout, but longer legs, than Allosaurus.

Marshosaurus

Found in Utah and Colorado, Marshosaurus was named for 19th century paleontologist Othneil Charles Marsh. Smaller than Allosaurus and known only from incomplete fossil material, this animal is distinguished from other dinosaurs by its hip bones.

Crocodilia

Although related, crocodilians are not dinosaurs. This group of "living fossils" evolved in the Late Triassic and remains largely unchanged today.

Glytops

Another "living fossil", turtles have changed little in the past 200 million years. Only the genus of turtle, Glyptops, has been discovered at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry.

Barosaurus is a rare dinosaur with a neck that was over 30 feet long. Its neck was even longer than its cousin Diplodocus. However, its tail was relatively short and its limbs were stocky.

Camarasaurus is one of the most common and best studied of the long-necked dinosaurs. Its head was large and box-like and its neck was shorter and thicker than other similar-sized long-necked dinosaurs.

Stegosaurus is one of only a few plated dinosaurs that are found in western North America. Triangular plates were arranged along its back, and its tail was armed with four long spikes The large plates may have helped the animal to regulate body temperature and may have made it look larger to potential predators.

Camptosaurus

Found in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and England, Camptosaurus had five finger and a snout that ended in a horny beak. While it may have grazed on four legs, the short forelimbs suggest that it walked on only its hindlimbs.

---------------------------------------------

Stratigraphy: Morrison Formation, Upper Jurassic

Locality: Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Emery County, Utah, USA

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See info. at:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_National_Monument

The Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation is widely distributed in many western American states. The unit consists of fluvial (river/floodplain) and lacustrine (lake) deposits. Dinosaur bones and dinosaur tracks are moderately common in Morrison Formation sediments. Exceptionally dinosaur-rich localities include Como Bluff in Wyoming, Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, Dinosaur Ridge in Colorado, and the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry in Utah (seen here).

---------------------------------------------

From signage:

More than a hundred years ago, local cowboys and shepherds discovered large black bones. These were clearly not the bones of their livestock.

University of Utah geologists investigated the area in 1928 and 1929 and unearthed about 500 bones. In 1939, paleontologists from Princeton University started a three-year excavation of the quarry to provide bones for its museum exhibits.

Cleveland-Lloyd is Not a Person

W. Lee Stokes grew up in the nearby town of Cleveland. His family and others ran cattle in the area and knew of the dinosaur bones. While attending Princeton University in New Jersey, Stokes told his geology professors about the bones.

A crew from Princeton, including Stokes, excavated at the quarry from 1939-1941. Impressed by the results from the previous two years, Malcolm Lloyd, a lawyer in Philadelphia and fellow Princeton graduate, donated $10,000 to fund the 1941 excavation.

The quarry takes its name from Stokes' hometown of Cleveland, and Lloyd, a major financial supporter.

Educational and Research Opportunities

In 1960, the University of Utah began excavation in cooperation with several universities and museums. Institutions all over the world helped to fund the work and, in return, they received displays of dinosaurs found at the quarry.

Much of the work was done by paleontologist Jim Madsen under the direction of W. Lee Stokes, then professor of geology at the University of Utah.

In 2001, the University of Utah returned to investigate the deposit. The excavation tools were virtually unchanged from earlier projects, but the research focus has shifted.

Paleontologists now understand that bones alone don't tell the whole story. All details found within the deposit, including geology, vertical and horizontal bone placement, and orientation, are studied.

Quarry Characteristics

- Dense concentrations of bones

- Disarticulated skeletons (bones are scattered)

- Most bones in good condition

- Some bones have tooth marks or breaks

- Some bones crushed (or trampled)

- Both large and small bones present (smaller bones didn't wash away)

- Horizontal orientation of bones

- Bone layers indicate multiple events

- Majority of dinosaurs juvenile

- Sediments fine-grained (mudstone or clay)

- Bone layer relatively thin

- High ratio of carnivores to herbivores

More than 75% of the animals found here are carnivorous. Scientists estimate that only five to ten percent of modern animals are predators. That is about the ratio found at other fossil quarries. Something unusual happened here.

Allosaurus is one of the best known dinosaurs and the most common predatory dinosaur of the Late Jurassic. One of its distinguishing characteristics is the presence of a small bony crest just above and forward of each massive eye. Many of the specimens from the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry are from juvenile and adolescent allosaurs.

Ceratosaurus

Also possessing small horns above the eyes, Ceratosaurus is best known by the presence of a horn on its nose. It is unlikely that this horn was used as a weapon, but was more likely used for species recognition or mating display.

Torvosaurus

Remains of Torvosaurus have been found in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming. It was a powerfully built flesh eater with huge teeth and savage claws.

Stokesosaurus clevelandi was named in honor of W. Lee Stokes and the quarry where it was first discovered. This uncommon carnivorous dinosaur had a shorter snout, but longer legs, than Allosaurus.

Marshosaurus

Found in Utah and Colorado, Marshosaurus was named for 19th century paleontologist Othneil Charles Marsh. Smaller than Allosaurus and known only from incomplete fossil material, this animal is distinguished from other dinosaurs by its hip bones.

Crocodilia

Although related, crocodilians are not dinosaurs. This group of "living fossils" evolved in the Late Triassic and remains largely unchanged today.

Glytops

Another "living fossil", turtles have changed little in the past 200 million years. Only the genus of turtle, Glyptops, has been discovered at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry.

Barosaurus is a rare dinosaur with a neck that was over 30 feet long. Its neck was even longer than its cousin Diplodocus. However, its tail was relatively short and its limbs were stocky.

Camarasaurus is one of the most common and best studied of the long-necked dinosaurs. Its head was large and box-like and its neck was shorter and thicker than other similar-sized long-necked dinosaurs.

Stegosaurus is one of only a few plated dinosaurs that are found in western North America. Triangular plates were arranged along its back, and its tail was armed with four long spikes The large plates may have helped the animal to regulate body temperature and may have made it look larger to potential predators.

Camptosaurus

Found in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and England, Camptosaurus had five finger and a snout that ended in a horny beak. While it may have grazed on four legs, the short forelimbs suggest that it walked on only its hindlimbs.

---------------------------------------------

Stratigraphy: Morrison Formation, Upper Jurassic

Locality: Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Emery County, Utah, USA

---------------------------------------------

See info. at:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_National_Monument

The largest school district in Iowa is not going to finish the year in the classroom but through distance learning. A big first step is making sure students have access to technology at home. I dropped by North and Roosevelt high schools as laptops were being distributed to high school seniors in need.

Freightliner M2-106

SIN India led a 4-member delegation of Indian manufacturing experts from the IITs and IISc to the UK 16-19 June 2014. Pictured, the delegation with minister Vince Cable. Follow us on Twitter @UKinIndia.

Doorsnede van het bovendeel van de 4 weg selector. De boring is voorzien van een 5mm gat overeenkomstig de Nema stappen motor.

Great Moments in Early American Motoring

HARRY ANDERSON

Esso/Exxon produced and distributed them at their service stations, along with road maps (remember them?). Well, if you ever saw or owned one of these calendars, you probably had no idea that it would become a collector's item. And you may not have known the name or reputation of the artist behind them. His name was Harry Anderson.

Born in 1906 Chicago to Swedish parents. Harry enjoyed a stable family life and showed early proficiency in mathematics. A math major at the University of Illinois, Harry took a painting class as a breather from the challenging major course requirements. Here he discovered his talent and love for drawing, and his path changed direction. He enrolled at the Syracuse (NY) School of Art in 1927 and graduated with honors in 1931. His "mid-course correction" changed forever his career and his life. Though it took more than a year during the Depression Era to make his first magazine illustration sale, he eventually became one of America's foremost illustrators. By 1937 he began work on a national advertising campaign for Sealed Power Piston Rings; by the late 1930's and 1940'; Harry had established himself as a much sought-after illustrator for the major magazines of the day, including Collier's, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook and The Saturday Evening Post, among others. He married Ruth Huebel in 1941 and enjoyed a long and successful career illustrating for many religious publishing houses, often accepting only minimum wage for these latter efforts.

Harry's art earned many accolades during his lifetime, including the prestigious New York An Directors Club Award, membership in the National Academy of Design, and induction into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame.

In the Sixties he began painting calendars for Esso (now Exxon Oil Company), creating beautiful images of American landmarks and featuring the classic cars of the era. Called "Great Moments in American History" and "Great Moments in Early American Motoring," these paintings are shining examples of what Harry Anderson was capable of, at a time in his life when many of his generation were in toned retirement. Only Norman Rockwell and Harry Anderson were still supporting themselves as artist/ illustrators into their older age, and both artists' work reflected their high morals and fine characters.

Enjoy these early advertising images and calendar illustrations—they are outstanding and just a small sample of Harry's body of work. Harry Anderson died in 1996 at age ninety; the last of a generation of illustrators from the Golden Age of magazine illustration. His work is still circulated and loved today, especially by a new generation of young readers and artists.

Thursday, 2 April 2015: Chumling (2385 m) to Chhokang Paro (3030 m)

A mega day taking the high route via Chumchet, Yarcho, Gompa Goan, Lari and Puh, distributing LED solar lights carried by porter Henry, before dropping down to the Sardi Khola / Syar Khola / Tsum Chu at Domje and climbing back up to Chhokang Paro where we were met by Namgyal’s mum, bringing tea and snacks to help us on the final mile or so to their home.

En route, lots of Tibetan tea, tsampa, rice and veg; offers of arak and chang; ~2000m ascent… visits to homes, schools, a monastery and a nunnery, high in the mountains of Upper Tsum Valley.

Wonderful.

Map from Günter Seyfferth’s Die Berge des Himalaya (The mountains of Himalaya).

Read more about my Tsum Valley trek with Val Pitkethly.

DSC08147

The Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation is widely distributed in many western American states. The unit consists of fluvial (river/floodplain) and lacustrine (lake) deposits. Dinosaur bones and dinosaur tracks are moderately common in Morrison Formation sediments. Exceptionally dinosaur-rich localities include Como Bluff in Wyoming, Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, Dinosaur Ridge in Colorado, and the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry in Utah (seen here).

---------------------------------------------

From signage:

More than a hundred years ago, local cowboys and shepherds discovered large black bones. These were clearly not the bones of their livestock.

University of Utah geologists investigated the area in 1928 and 1929 and unearthed about 500 bones. In 1939, paleontologists from Princeton University started a three-year excavation of the quarry to provide bones for its museum exhibits.

Cleveland-Lloyd is Not a Person

W. Lee Stokes grew up in the nearby town of Cleveland. His family and others ran cattle in the area and knew of the dinosaur bones. While attending Princeton University in New Jersey, Stokes told his geology professors about the bones.

A crew from Princeton, including Stokes, excavated at the quarry from 1939-1941. Impressed by the results from the previous two years, Malcolm Lloyd, a lawyer in Philadelphia and fellow Princeton graduate, donated $10,000 to fund the 1941 excavation.

The quarry takes its name from Stokes' hometown of Cleveland, and Lloyd, a major financial supporter.

Educational and Research Opportunities

In 1960, the University of Utah began excavation in cooperation with several universities and museums. Institutions all over the world helped to fund the work and, in return, they received displays of dinosaurs found at the quarry.

Much of the work was done by paleontologist Jim Madsen under the direction of W. Lee Stokes, then professor of geology at the University of Utah.

In 2001, the University of Utah returned to investigate the deposit. The excavation tools were virtually unchanged from earlier projects, but the research focus has shifted.

Paleontologists now understand that bones alone don't tell the whole story. All details found within the deposit, including geology, vertical and horizontal bone placement, and orientation, are studied.

Quarry Characteristics

- Dense concentrations of bones

- Disarticulated skeletons (bones are scattered)

- Most bones in good condition

- Some bones have tooth marks or breaks

- Some bones crushed (or trampled)

- Both large and small bones present (smaller bones didn't wash away)

- Horizontal orientation of bones

- Bone layers indicate multiple events

- Majority of dinosaurs juvenile

- Sediments fine-grained (mudstone or clay)

- Bone layer relatively thin

- High ratio of carnivores to herbivores

More than 75% of the animals found here are carnivorous. Scientists estimate that only five to ten percent of modern animals are predators. That is about the ratio found at other fossil quarries. Something unusual happened here.

Allosaurus is one of the best known dinosaurs and the most common predatory dinosaur of the Late Jurassic. One of its distinguishing characteristics is the presence of a small bony crest just above and forward of each massive eye. Many of the specimens from the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry are from juvenile and adolescent allosaurs.

Ceratosaurus

Also possessing small horns above the eyes, Ceratosaurus is best known by the presence of a horn on its nose. It is unlikely that this horn was used as a weapon, but was more likely used for species recognition or mating display.

Torvosaurus

Remains of Torvosaurus have been found in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming. It was a powerfully built flesh eater with huge teeth and savage claws.

Stokesosaurus clevelandi was named in honor of W. Lee Stokes and the quarry where it was first discovered. This uncommon carnivorous dinosaur had a shorter snout, but longer legs, than Allosaurus.

Marshosaurus

Found in Utah and Colorado, Marshosaurus was named for 19th century paleontologist Othneil Charles Marsh. Smaller than Allosaurus and known only from incomplete fossil material, this animal is distinguished from other dinosaurs by its hip bones.

Crocodilia

Although related, crocodilians are not dinosaurs. This group of "living fossils" evolved in the Late Triassic and remains largely unchanged today.

Glytops

Another "living fossil", turtles have changed little in the past 200 million years. Only the genus of turtle, Glyptops, has been discovered at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry.

Barosaurus is a rare dinosaur with a neck that was over 30 feet long. Its neck was even longer than its cousin Diplodocus. However, its tail was relatively short and its limbs were stocky.

Camarasaurus is one of the most common and best studied of the long-necked dinosaurs. Its head was large and box-like and its neck was shorter and thicker than other similar-sized long-necked dinosaurs.

Stegosaurus is one of only a few plated dinosaurs that are found in western North America. Triangular plates were arranged along its back, and its tail was armed with four long spikes The large plates may have helped the animal to regulate body temperature and may have made it look larger to potential predators.

Camptosaurus

Found in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and England, Camptosaurus had five finger and a snout that ended in a horny beak. While it may have grazed on four legs, the short forelimbs suggest that it walked on only its hindlimbs.

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Stratigraphy: Morrison Formation, Upper Jurassic

Locality: Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Emery County, Utah, USA

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See info. at:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_National_Monument

MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick J. Foye, Sally Librera, Senior Vice President of Subways, Tim Minton, Communications Director and Stations Chief David Santoro ride the 4,6,7 and E trains and buses in Queens and Manhattan on Thursday, July 23, 2020 as part of the Mask Force, distributing free face masks to transit customers.

Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit

Distributed Programming the Google Way

Google is known to operate one of the largest civilian computing infrastructures. These hardware resources are managed by a vast collection of software frameworks and tools, which form the basis for highly parallelized, reliable, low-latency, high-throughput applications. They also provide useful programming abstractions that speed up development and debugging. Some parts of this infrastructure, such as MapReduce, GFS, Sawzall, Chubby, Protocol Buffers, are available as open source projects or published in academic papers, while others are proprietary. Rather than dive into the dark corners of each of these tools, this talk tries to distill key design themes and patterns, which enable these unique capabilities, and can be re-used in other contexts.

Presentations: Hooking Stuff Together - Programming the Cloud

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About YOW! Australia 2010

The YOW! 2010 Australia Software Developer Conference is a unique opportunity for you to listen to and talk with international software experts in a relaxed setting.

website: YOW! 2010 Melbourne

venue: Jasper Hotel, Melbourne

Workers begin installing the first rooftop solar systems for Arizona Public Service’s Community Power Project in Flagstaff. These photos follow the process from securing the first standoffs to installing the photovoltaic panels. The innovative pilot project will essentially create an interconnected renewable energy power plant in a section of Flagstaff using solar systems APS installs, owns and maintains on customer rooftops, at no upfront cost to the customer. It also allows APS to study the effects of a high concentration of distributed energy on the grid, helping to optimize the grid for a sustainable future. Find more at aps.com/communitypower.

Photos Courtesy of PSP/FSU

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Loved ones recall slain trooper

Buzz up! By Michael Hasch, TRIBUNE-REVIEW

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Cpl. Joseph Pokorny was many things -- a fearless policeman, an avid hunter, a private person who would give a friend the shirt off his back -- but most of all, he was a devoted father.

"He cared for his kids more than anything in the world," said his brother, Frank Pokorny, wiping tears from his eyes Monday outside his family's home in Beaver County.

Pokorny, 45, of Moon, a 22-year state police veteran, was shot and killed while making a traffic stop early yesterday near the Rosslyn Farms on-ramp to the Parkway West in Carnegie.

"He was a dedicated trooper and devoted father to his two children," said Robinson District Judge Carla Swearingen, one of the small but trusted circle of people Pokorny called friends.

Pokorny opted to work a steady midnight shift so he could be home during the day with his son, Joseph, 17, known as Jake, and daughter, Alexandre, 15, known as Ali.

"If he gave you his word, he stood by it. His biggest priority was his children. Everybody that knew him liked him," said Swearingen.

Pokorny was nearly 6 feet tall and 200 pounds, but he was small in childhood and learned at an early age how to defend himself from larger bullies, Frank Pokorny said.

"He was extremely fearless. He didn't take anything from anybody. He was a very hard-nosed person," his brother said.

Joseph Pokorny received a letter of commendation for bravery after an incident on July 8 when state police began chasing a man suspected of drunken driving and pulling a gun on a trooper.

When troopers tried to end the high-speed chase by putting spike strips on the Beaver Valley Expressway, the motorist turned around and began driving the wrong way.

When Pokorny saw the motorist trying to ram the side of a police car, he steered his cruiser into the path of the speeding car, hitting it head-on in a fiery collision.

"He saved one of our guys by taking on the other guy head-on," said state police Cpl. Kenneth Yuhas, one of several troopers offering condolences and support yesterday to Pokorny's parents, Florence and Joseph R. Pokorny, in Center Township.

"He actually put his life on the line by ramming the vehicle and stopping (it)," said Col. Jeffrey Miller, the head of the state police. "He was a very aggressive and conscientious corporal, always out there backing up the troops."

Pokorny, who joined the state police in 1983 after graduation from Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., spent much of his career working dangerous undercover narcotics and vice details, his brother said.

In 1990, he joined the state police Tactical Narcotics Team based in Greensburg, Westmoreland County.

"He would never tell me stories about it except that it was scary and it was ugly," Frank Pokorny said. "(Other troopers) tell me he was always the first one through the front door with the battering ram."

Tom Alexander, who was Pokorny's football coach at Center Area High School, remembers "Joey" as a student who gave his all on the football field and in the classroom.

"Joey was one of those kids who played hard. He chose a rough career. He was a good student," Alexander said.

Pokorny's smile is what impressed state police Cpl. David Bova. "The thing I'll miss the most is his laugh and his big smile," Bova said.

"He was a great kid, a great adult who was fun-loving in high school but took his job seriously," said Anthony Mendicino, principal of Center Area High School, where Pokorny graduated in 1978.

Frank Pokorny said his brother did not decide to pursue a career in law enforcement until his last semester in school.

Following his promotion to corporal in September 2000, Joseph Pokorny served at various stations --including Belle Vernon, Fayette County -- until January 2003 when he became the vice supervisor for Troop B headquarters in Washington County.

Pokorny, who also is survived by a sister, Laura Hill, of Center, became a patrol supervisor in Moon in July 2004, but refused to be tied to a desk reading reports.

"He was, like, caffeinated. He was high-speed. He would go out and get the job done. He was not a slug," said Trooper Robin Mungo, a state police spokeswoman.

"He always wanted to be out on the road with the guys," Yuhas said.

But Frank Pokorny said his brother was "a very private" man.

"He certainly was not a mixer. He had a very small circle of friends. He was very guarded until you earned his trust and respect. Then he'd give you the shirt off his back," Frank Pokorny said.

"He was like a brother to me," said Ronald Evans, who often went hunting with the Pokorny brothers. "He was a great guy, the best. You knew you could count on him."

Crystal Hoffman, who lives near Joseph Pokorny's home in the Sharon Hill Manor neighborhood of Moon, said she regularly returned Pokorny's golden retriever when it broke free of its tether and ended up at her home.

"I didn't know Joe well, but he seemed to have a very a good sense of humor. He seemed like the kind of guy who really enjoyed life," Hoffman said.

The Pokorny brothers were avid hunters who made a number of trips together to hunt elk out West.

They last saw each other last week when Joseph Pokorny visited his brother's home in Hanover, Beaver County.

"He went out in the back woods to go hunting. He was an incredible woodsman. When he came back, he said he saw a buck but didn't shoot it. He smiled and said, 'I didn't want to.'"

Frank Pokorny, known as "Fearless Frank" for his special teams play for the Steelers in 1985 and '86, made no effort to hide his pain and tears.

"He was my older brother. I loved and miss everything about him."

www.thepittsburghchannel.com/video/5556050/index.html

www.odmp.org/officer/18074-corporal-joseph-raymond-pokorn....

Operated by: Chisago Lakes Distributing Co.

Unit Number: 450 (trailer 30)

Tractor: International 4300

Trailer: Eagle?

Vehicle Type: Beverage delivery truck

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Seen here parked outside Cub Foods in West Saint Paul, MN while making a delivery

The money soup kitchen

The largest school district in Iowa is not going to finish the year in the classroom but through distance learning. A big first step is making sure students have access to technology at home. I dropped by North and Roosevelt high schools as laptops were being distributed to high school seniors in need.

Distributed Programming the Google Way

Google is known to operate one of the largest civilian computing infrastructures. These hardware resources are managed by a vast collection of software frameworks and tools, which form the basis for highly parallelized, reliable, low-latency, high-throughput applications. They also provide useful programming abstractions that speed up development and debugging. Some parts of this infrastructure, such as MapReduce, GFS, Sawzall, Chubby, Protocol Buffers, are available as open source projects or published in academic papers, while others are proprietary. Rather than dive into the dark corners of each of these tools, this talk tries to distill key design themes and patterns, which enable these unique capabilities, and can be re-used in other contexts.

Presentations: Hooking Stuff Together - Programming the Cloud

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About YOW! Australia 2010

The YOW! 2010 Australia Software Developer Conference is a unique opportunity for you to listen to and talk with international software experts in a relaxed setting.

website: YOW! 2010 Melbourne

venue: Jasper Hotel, Melbourne

IOM distributes shelter kits to Haiyan survivors in San Jose in Tacloban last 21 December. © IOM 2013 (Photo by Daryl Dano)

UNICEF and Partners took to the streets of Conakry today to combat the Ebola outbreak with information on how to keep families safe and to prevent the spread we distributed soap and chlorine.

He was distributing flyers to promote sales at Toy Realm @ Bugis Cube, North Bridge Road.

IOM distributed Emergency Shelter materials, cash assistance for relief items and dignity kits to more than 1,500 households in Adadle Woreda, Ethiopia in February 2018 including solar lamps for women aged 12–4, which were first introduced through a collaboration between IOM and Little Sun GmbH in early 2017. Photo: IOM

A Mbot, the three-wheeled Robot used at the University of Michigan to teach AI and programing, sits atop a box in Peter Gaskell’s lab in the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. This Mbot was used as part of the Distributed Teaching Collaborative Summer Session. The box the robot is sitting on serves as a safety measure while being programed. From this position, even if accidentally activated, the Mbot cannot start driving itself.

Participants from Berea College, Howard University, Kennesaw State University, and Morehouse College spent the final week of June at the University of Michigan College of Engineering Robotics Department participating in the Distributed Teaching Collaborative Summer Session.. The program, which began with the new Robotics 101 course in Fall 2020 being remotely taught to Morehouse and Spelman College students, enables instructors from different institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), to benefit from open-source resources available for new course development at R1 institutions. This collaboration provides students from HBCUs and MSIs with access to cutting-edge robotics education and helps promote equity in STEM fields.

In March of this year Robotics PhD student Jana Pavlasek and Professor Chad Jenkins were awarded the Claudia Joan Alexander Trailblazer Award for their work developing the new course for undergraduate students, Rob 102: Introduction to AI and Programming. Their commitment to creating opportunity in AI and Robotics continues to extend beyond the University of Michigan. In Fall 2023, Robotics 102 will be offered in this collaborative distributed format to the partner schools. This initiative will help to provide equitable opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds to learn and grow in the field of robotics.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

BLACK KITE :

The Black Kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. Unlike others of the group, they are opportunistic hunters and are more likely to scavenge. They spend a lot of time soaring and gliding in thermals in search of food. Their angled wing and distinctive forked tail make them easy to identify. This kite is widely distributed through the temperate and tropical parts of Eurasia and parts of Australasia and Oceania, with the temperate region populations tending to be migratory. Several subspecies are recognized and formerly had their own English names. The European populations are small, but the South Asian population is very large.

 Description

The Black Kite can be distinguished from the Red Kite by its slightly smaller size, less forked tail, visible in flight and generally dark plumage without any rufous. The sexes are alike. The upper plumage is brown but the head and neck tend to be paler. The patch behind the eye appears darker. The outer flight feathers are black and the feathers have dark cross bars and are mottled at the base. The lower parts of the body are pale brown, becoming lighter towards the chin. The body feathers have dark shafts giving it a streaked appearance. The cere and gape are yellow but the bill is black (unlike in the Yellow-billed Kite). The legs are yellow and the claws are black. They have a distinctive shrill whistle followed by a rapid whinnying call.

 Distribution

The species is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. The temperate populations of this kite tend to be migratory while the tropical ones are resident. European and central Asian birds (subspecies M. m. milvus and Black-eared Kite M. m. lineatus, respectively) are migratory, moving to the tropics in winter, but races in warmer regions such as the Indian M. m. govinda(Pariah Kite), or the Australasian M. m. affinis (Fork-tailed Kite), are resident. In some areas such as in the United Kingdom, the Black Kite occurs only as a wanderer on migration. These birds are usually of the nominate race, but in November 2006 a juvenile of the eastern lineatus, not previously recorded in western Europe, was found in Lincolnshire.

The species is not found in the Indonesian archipelago between the South East Asian mainland and the Wallace Line. Vagrants, most likely of the Black-eared Kite, on occasion range far into the Pacific, out to the Hawaiian islands.

In India, the population of M. m. govinda is particularly large especially in areas of high human population. Here the birds avoid heavily forested regions. A survey in 1967 in the 150 square kilometres of the city of New Delhi produced an estimate of about 2200 pairs or roughly 15 per square kilometer.

 Food and Foraging

Black Kites are most often seen gliding and soaring on thermals as they search for food. The flight is buoyant and the bird glides with ease, changing directions easily. They will swoop down with their legs lowered to snatch small live prey, fish, household refuse and carrion, for which behaviour they are known in British military slang as the shite-hawk. They are opportunist hunters and have been known to take birds, bats and rodents.[ They are attracted to smoke and fires, where they seek escaping prey. This behaviour has led to Australian native beliefs that kites spread fires by picking up burning twigs and dropping them on dry grass. The Indian populations are well adapted to living in cities and are found in densely populated areas. Large numbers may be seen soaring in thermals over cities. In some places they will readily swoop and snatch food held by humans. Black Kites in Spain prey on nestling waterfowl especially during summer to feed their young. Predation of nests of other pairs of Black Kites has also been noted. Kites have also been seen to tear and carry away the nests of Baya Weavers in an attempt to obtain eggs or chicks.

 Flocking and roosting

In winter, kites form large communal roosts. Flocks may fly about before settling at the roost. When migrating, the Black Kite has a greater propensity to form large flocks than other migratory raptors, particularly prior to making a crossing across water. In India, the subspecies govindashows large seasonal fluctuations with the highest numbers seen from July to October, after the Monsoons, and it has been suggested that they make local movements in response to high rainfall.

 Breeding

The breeding season of Black Kites in India begins in winter, the young birds fledging before the monsoons. The nest is a rough platform of twigs and rags placed in a tree. Nest sites may be reused in subsequent years. European birds breed in summer. Birds in the Italian Alps tended to build their nest close to water in steep cliffs or tall trees. Nest orientation may be related to wind and rainfall. The nests may sometimes be decorated with bright materials such as white plastic and a study in Spain suggests that they may have a role in signalling to keep away other kites. After pairing, the male frequently copulates with the female. Unguarded females may be approached by other males, and extra pair copulations are frequent. Males returning from a foraging trip will frequently copulate on return, as this increases the chances of his sperm fertilizing the eggs rather than a different male. Both the male and female take part in nest building, incubation and care of chicks. The typical clutch size is 2 or sometimes 3 eggs. The incubation period varies from 30–34 days. Chicks of the Indian population stayed at the nest for nearly two months. Chicks hatched later in European populations appeared to fledge faster. The care of young by the parents also rapidly decreased with the need for adults to migrate. Siblings show aggression to each other and often the weaker chick may be killed, but parent birds were found to preferentially feed the smaller chicks in experimentally altered nests. Newly hatched young have down (prepennae) which are sepia on the back and black around the eye and buff on the head, neck and underparts. This is replaced by brownish gray second down (preplumulae). After 9 to 12 days the second down appears on the whole body except the top of the head. Body feathers begin to appear after 18 to 22 days. The feathers on the head become noticeable from the 24th to 29th day. The nestlings initially feed on food fallen at the bottom of the nest and begin to tear flesh after 33–39 days. They are able to stand on their legs after 17–19 days and begin flapping their wings after 27–31 days. After 50 days they begin to move to branches next to the nest. Birds are able to breed after their second year. Parent birds guard their nest and will dive aggressively at intruders. Humans who intrude the nest appear to be recognized by birds and singled out for dive attacks.

 Mortality factors

Black-eared Kites in Japan were found to accumulate nearly 70% of mercury accumulated from polluted food in the feathers, thus excreting it in the moult process. Black Kites often perch on electric wires and are frequent victims of electrocution. Their habit of swooping to pick up dead rodents or other roadkill leads to collisions with vehicles. Instances of mass poisoning as a result of feeding on poisoned voles in agricultural fields have been noted. They are also a major nuisance at some airports, where their size makes them a significant birdstrike hazard.

Like most bird species, they have parasites, several species of endoparasitic trematodes are known and some Digenea species that are transmitted via fishes.

Birds with abnormal development of a secondary upper mandible have been recorded in govindaand lineatus.

PHOTOGRAPHY : KAUSHIK SINGHA ROY

Distributed Programming the Google Way

Google is known to operate one of the largest civilian computing infrastructures. These hardware resources are managed by a vast collection of software frameworks and tools, which form the basis for highly parallelized, reliable, low-latency, high-throughput applications. They also provide useful programming abstractions that speed up development and debugging. Some parts of this infrastructure, such as MapReduce, GFS, Sawzall, Chubby, Protocol Buffers, are available as open source projects or published in academic papers, while others are proprietary. Rather than dive into the dark corners of each of these tools, this talk tries to distill key design themes and patterns, which enable these unique capabilities, and can be re-used in other contexts.

Presentations: Hooking Stuff Together - Programming the Cloud

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About YOW! Australia 2010

The YOW! 2010 Australia Software Developer Conference is a unique opportunity for you to listen to and talk with international software experts in a relaxed setting.

website: YOW! 2010 Melbourne

venue: Jasper Hotel, Melbourne

Buddies going to work, with a smile in their faces. They carry leaflets to distribute to others in the streets and parks. Nice disposition for a tiring job in a cold winter morning.

Better viewed large for details

I shot this one from my balcony....they were at the corner and I am three floors up, half block away.

Curious George 4: The Runaway Monkey will become a 4th film releasing on March 22, 2021.

Distributed by: Universal Pictures, & 20th Century Fox.

Production Companies: Williams Street, & Universal Feature Animation.

Directed & Written by: Jimmy Fallon.

Rated: G.

Running time: 478 Minutes.

- Voice Cast -

Steve Carell as Curious George.

Will Ferrell as Ted Shackleford (The Man in the Yellow Hat).

Jason Lee as Maxwell.

David Cross as Ian/Junior Bloomsberry.

Dana Snyder as Police Officer #1.

Carey Means as Police Officer #2/Frylock.

Dave Willis as Police Officer #3/Christopher Lambert/Carl Brutananadilewski/Meatwad.

George Lowe as Police Officer #4/Squidward Tentacles.

Patton Oswalt as Ezekial/SpongeBob SquarePants.

Max Charles as Troy Dunlop/Patrick Star.

Tara Strong as Daphne Shackleford.

Jeremy Jordan as Gerald Shackleford.

Kath Soucie as Johnny Bloomsberry.

Justin Bieber as Himself.

Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Samantha.

Emil Gelato as Mimi.

Matt Lauer as The Reporter

Greg Page as Squanto

Irene Bedard as Tara

Nicki Bryar as Maggie Dunlop (only seen in the beginning before her death being hit by a train after rescuing George from getting his leg stuck).

Alec Baldwin as Mr. Bloomsberry.

Rino Romano as The Narrator.

- Summary -

George runs away from Chicago after Ted sent him to bed early without dinner as his punishment so Ted later teams up with Maxwell and Ian and Tara and along with his children Daphne Troy and Gerald to find George.

- Production -

This film will begin filming on January 18, 2021-February 27, 2021.

Note for this film:

Justin Bieber will be forced at legal point to spend a week dressed in a pelican constume filming scenes for Curious George 4: The Runaway Monkey.

Note for this film:

Junior will get thrown in prison at the beginning of this film for killing Maggie and framing George for the damage at the bloomsberry museum (as seen from the 2006 original film) and also Johnny Bloomsberry will be Junior's replacement by living with his temporary father Mr. Bloomsberry.

- Commentary Cast -

Justin Bieber who protrays as himself in this film has spoken critically and called it "the worst unpleasant experience i've ever had now in my personal life".

The Postcard

A postally unused postcard that was published and distributed by Sigal Brothers of Windsor, Ontario. The Plastichrome Series card was produced by Colourpicture Publishers Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts.

On the divided back of the card is printed:

"Bob-Lo Island Park.

Amherstburg, Ontario,

Canada.

(18 miles west of Detroit,

Michigan and Windsor,

Canada).

An enjoyable two mile

train ride, for young and

old, to explore Bob-Lo

Island's beauty".

Bob-Lo Island Amusement Park

Bob-Lo Island Amusement Park is an abandoned amusement park which operated from 1898 until its closure on the 30th. September 1993. Its amusement rides were sold in 1994.

The park was located on Bois Blanc Island, Ontario. It lies just above the mouth of the Detroit River. The people of Detroit, Michigan, characterized it as the city's Coney Island.

Bob-Lo Island's Attractions

Signature Attractions

Bob-Lo Island's signature attractions were The Nightmare, Falling Star, Wild Mouse, Sky Streak, and Screamer rides. There was also a Ferris wheel, a zoo, and a carousel.

The Scenic Railroad

To move visitors around the island, the park constructed a small railroad which is shown in the photograph.

The Dance Hall

Henry Ford financed a dance hall that was rumored to have been designed and built by the famed Detroit architect Albert Kahn, but was later determined to have been designed by John Scott.

The dance hall was the second largest in the world, holding 5,000 dancers at full capacity. It featured one of the world's largest orchestrions from the Welte company: a 16 foot tall, 14 foot wide, self-playing Wotan-model orchestrion with 419 pipes and a percussion section.

Bob-Lo's Scootaboats

Boblo's Scootaboats, which were very similar to Bumper Cars, were a popular ride. The boats operated by drawing power from an overhead electric grid, unlike the Bumper Boats in use today.

Beginning in 1952, Joe Short, a man of diminutive physical stature, was employed as 'Captain Bob-Lo', and traveled on the boats entertaining passengers of all ages. He wore a variety of colorful clothing, including a large hat with 'Captain Bob-Lo' on the peak, and was typically equipped with binoculars, ostensibly for navigation purposes.

Joe previously worked for Ringling Brothers Circus, and captivated children with adventurous tales and knock-knock jokes until his retirement in 1974, at the age of 90. After the boats docked at night back in Detroit, Mr. Short continued entertaining at the local bars and taverns which he frequented.

Bob-Lo Boats

Bois Blanc Island is a five-minute ferry ride from Amherstburg, Ontario, and 18 miles from Detroit. For more than 85 years, the Bob-Lo Island Amusement Park was famous for being served by the Steamer Ste. Claire and the Steamer Columbia. They were excursion boats that could hold about 2,500 passengers each.

The Bob-Lo boats were sold in November 1991. Other smaller ferries served the park from Amherstburg and Gibraltar, Michigan, which were located closer to the park on the Detroit River.

The SS Ste. Claire was engulfed in an accidental fire while docked on the Detroit River on the 6th. July 2018. The fire could not be contained, and destroyed the historic mahogany woodwork and upper decks. The boat co-owner Ron Katto commented:

"Yeah, she's 110 years old, but she's

well-built and she survived. We are

at the point in restoration to where

it was a steel skeleton structure

ready to be rebuilt."

Two years later, very little had been done.

Bob-Lo Excursion Co. v. Michigan (1948)

The State of Michigan brought a racial discrimination case against the operators of the ferry service. After Michigan found Bob-Lo guilty and fined the company, Bob-Lo filed a lawsuit against the state. The case reached the U.S. Supreme Court and resulted in a notable 1948 decision construing the scope of the commerce clause.

In June 1945, Sarah Elizabeth Ray and 12 other female workers involved in the war effort (and referred to as "girls" during the legal proceedings) took part in a sponsored trip to Bob-Lo Island.

Ray was removed from the boat because she was not white, enforced according to a Bob-Lo company policy excluding so-called 'zoot-suiters', the rowdyish, the rough, and the boisterous, and it also adopted the policy of excluding colored.

The Michigan Supreme Court fined the company $25 for the discrimination they presented towards Sarah Ray.

The company had claimed that it could exclude her because it was a private concern operating in another country, and that neither Michigan nor any other state had authority to regulate commerce with Canada (a foreign country).

However the United States Supreme Court affirmed the Michigan Supreme Court ruling which had upheld the jurisdiction of the state's anti-discrimination provisions and found against the company.

...if you want us passing the ship!

If you are in a much smaller boat, the waves made by the ship are a real challenge. But we did it finally :-)

MTA employees are receiving N95 masks and other PPE and supplies at work locations throughout the service region.

Photo: Patrick Cashin / MTA New York City Transit

Iqra Award Distribution Ceremony held for position holders of Chitral

CHITRAL: Iqra Awards from Qari Faizullah Chitral were distributed

among the position holders students of Chitral in annual examination

of metric (Secondary school certificate). A simple but prompt function

was held at Government Centennial Model High School. District

Coordination Officer Rahmatullah Wazir was chief guest on the occasion

while the ceremony was presided over by Mulvi Abudl Rahman Amir JUI

and former MPA Chitral. Three position holders were students of

private schools while there was no student from government boys

schools which show negligence of teachers of government schools. First

Award was given to Tosif Ahamd son of Qazi Sharif Ahmad of Broze

Public School Broze who secured 895 marks with 40000 cash prize.

Second award was given to Nighat Tariq daughter of Tariq Mahmood of

Muslim Model School Chitral who secured 882 marks who was given second

award and 30000 cash prize while third award was given Ihtishamul Haq

son of Asmat Wali of Orien School Booni who obtained 860 marks who was

given third award with 20000 cash prize While in government side firs

award was given to Ayesha Sultana daughter of Sultan Shah a student of

Government Girls high school Moldeh who obtained 827 marks in metric

examination who was given first award with cash prize of 40000 rupees,

second award was given to Hina Ghani daughter of Ghaniur Rehman of

Government girls high school Moldeh with cash prize of 30000 who

secured 818 marks while third award was honor to Saima Qayum daughter

of Qayum Khan of the same school who obtained 811 marks with cash

prize of rupees 20000. Special award was given to Dr. Akbar Shah

surgeon at Khayat Teaching hospital Peshawar who rendering meritorious

services to Chitrali patients at KTH Peshawar. An other special award

was given to Ataullah student of Frontier Corps Public School Drosh

who stood first in Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary

Education. AS well as special award was also given to Mrs Saliha Bebi

Head Mistress of Government girls high school Moldeh because three

positions were obtained by her school students.

Addressing on the occasion DCO Chitral and EDO Elementary and

Secondary Education Chitral Siraj Muhammad Khan stressed on students

to read with great zeal and zest and try of their best to show

Excellency position in their examinations. EDO expressed his concerned

over that Education department took some stern steps against

defaulter teachers for their reform but they were supporting by some

politicians and influential persons of Chitral. He lamented over

cheating ratio and emphasized on student to never try of cheating

because there is quantity education but very poor position of quality

education in Chitral. He also pointed out that a student of private

school stood first but his father is a teacher in government school

its mean that his father have no trust on government schools so that

why he enrolled his son in a private school. A large number of

students, teachesr and people belonging to all walks of life

participated in Qari Faizullah Award cum Iqra award distribution

ceremony.

G.H. Farooqi C/O Manager bank Islami Main branch Chitral Pakistan

phone No 0943-320737, 0943-316052, 0943-414418 , 03025989602,

03337069572, 03159698446, 03469002167

email: gulhamad@gmail.com

Shikar of the Shikra... through the bramble, the thorns, the tangled brush, sweat pouring and making every scratch sting... for this!

The shikra (Accipiter badius) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found widely distributed in Asia and Africa where it is also called the little banded goshawk. The African forms may represent a separate species but have usually been considered as subspecies of the shikra. The shikra is very similar in appearance to other sparrowhawk species including the Chinese goshawk and Eurasian sparrowhawk. They have a sharp two note call and have the typical flap and glide flight. Their calls are imitated by drongos and the common hawk-cuckoo resembles it in plumage.

The shikra is a small raptor (26–30 cm long) and like most other Accipiter hawks, this species has short rounded wings and a narrow and somewhat long tail. Adults are whitish on the underside with fine rufous bars while the upperparts are grey. The lower belly is less barred and the thighs are whitish. Males have a red iris while the females have a less red (yellowish orange) iris and brownish upperparts apart from heavier barring on the underparts. The females are slightly larger. The mesial stripe on the throat is dark but narrow. In flight the male seen from below shows a light wing lining (underwing coverts) and has blackish wing tips. When seen from above the tail bands are faintly marked on the lateral tail feathers and not as strongly marked as in the Eurasian sparrowhawk. The central tail feathers are unbanded and only have a dark terminal band. Juveniles have dark streaks and spots on the upper breast and the wing is narrowly barred while the tail has dark but narrow bands. A post juvenile transitional plumage is found with very strong barring on the contour feathers of the underside. The call is pee-wee, the first note being higher and the second being longer. In flight the calls are shorter and sharper kik-ki ... kik-ki. The Chinese sparrowhawk is somewhat similar in appearance but has swollen bright orange ceres and yellow legs with the wing tips entirely black.

The shikra is found in a range of habitats including forests, farmland and urban areas. They are usually seen singly or in pairs. The flight is typical with flaps and glides. During the breeding season pairs will soar on thermals and stoop at each other. Their flight usually draws alarms among smaller birds and squirrels. They feed on rodents (including Meriones hurrianae), squirrels, small birds, small reptiles (mainly lizards but sometimes small snakes) and insects. Small birds usually dive through foliage to avoid a shikra and a Small Blue Kingfisher has been observed diving into water to escape. Babblers have been observed to rally together to drive away a shikra. They will descend to the ground to feast on emerging winged termites, hunt at dusk for small bats (such as Cynopterus sphinx) and in rare instances they may even resort to feed on carrion. In one instance a male was found feeding on a dead chick at the nest. Their calls are mimicked by drongos and this behaviour is thought to aid in stealing food by alarming other birds that the drongos associate with.

The breeding season in India is in summer from March to June. The nest is a platform similar to that of crows lined with grass. Both sexes help build the nest, twigs being carried in their feet. Like crows, they may also make use of metal wires. The usual clutch is 3 to 4 eggs (when eggs are removed they lay replacements and one observer noted that they could lay as many as 7 in a season) which are pale bluish grey stippled on the broad end in black. The incubation period is 18 to 21 days.

Distributing gift for the kids.