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wandering around the pinnacle, we found we could go even higher. the steps led to a sort of back entrance to these strangers' lives, betwixt which we sat and mulled and set up the hot dog stand before packing up and leaving, never to find that place again.
Aerial lab aboard a Guadalcanal based U.S. Marine Corps plane. Corp. Donald W. Schewmaker is inspecting a finished negative. He has donned his oxygen mask due to a climb to a higher altitude. Location: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. . Date: July 13, 1943. Taken by: MHQ. NARA Ref #: 80-G-42232
Governor Kay Ivey gave remarks to Higher Education Day lunch on the South Lawn of the State Capitol Thursday April 13, 2023 in Montgomery, Ala. (Governor’s Office /Hal Yeager)
Dean's Honored Graduate 2012, Photo by Alex Wang
Karen Gustafsson is a Dean’s Honored Graduate in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences. Karen is graduating with departmental honors in Human Development and Family Sciences, and is being recognized for her research described in her undergraduate thesis, “Men’s Sexual Behaviors Predict Cortisol Responses to a Passionate Love Prime,” performed under the supervision of Professor Timothy Loving.
Karen’s thesis explored the physiological and psychological consequences of falling in love. Physiologically, falling in love is associated with higher chronic and acute levels of cortisol, one of the body’s primary stress hormones. These higher levels of cortisol may be indicative of euphoric stress, a nonspecific stress reaction that occurs in response to a positive situation. Psychologically, falling in love is closely associated with sexual desire. Writes Professor Loving, “Karen reasoned that because men tend to equate love with physical intimacy, that they would show strong signs of physiological arousal (i.e., cortisol reactivity) when asked to reflect on falling in love with their current partners…to the extent that they engage in physical intimacy with their partners…As a result, the work has important implications for how love and sexual desire are associated with arousal in men, but not women. Moreover, to this point most of the research on passion, or falling in love, had relied on female samples… Importantly, Karen independently developed the hypotheses for the study.”
Throughout her undergraduate career, Karen has shown the independent drive to do original inquiry and research. Writes Professor Loving, who taught Karen in a large introductory course, “Karen approached me late in the spring 2009 about volunteering in my lab. Normally, I’m very hesitant to take volunteers, particularly those without any research experience, but something about Karen’s drive and passion convinced me to take a chance.”
Karen worked for a year with Professor Loving and Professor David Buss, learning the skills of interacting with study participants as well as collecting, transcribing, and coding data. As Professor Loving describes, “I had no hesitations when Karen asked if I would serve as her honors thesis supervisor beginning the spring 2011 semester. She had some loose ideas about what she wanted to research, so I gave her several articles to read over a weekend, thinking that they might spur a few concrete ideas. Sure enough, she e-mailed me on Monday morning to set up a time to meet – her e-mail included a brief literature review and a theoretically derived hypothesis that built off of two separate lines of research!”
An accomplished classical and bluegrass violinist, Karen will be recording an instrumental album in Sweden this summer. In the coming year, she will be teaching in New Delhi, India, at the Bhatti Mines School through the support of the Austin-based Amala Foundation. In the following year, she hopes to apply to PhD programs in either Human Development and Family Sciences or Clinical Psychology.
The purpose of this inquiry is to consider the funding of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Wales, the financial impact of the Welsh Government’s tuition fee grant policy on HEIs and students in Wales, and whether the Welsh Government is delivering value for money in this area.
The new part time Higher Education funding policy does not come into effect until 2014 and therefore this enquiry focuses on full time Higher Education funding.
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Diben yr ymchwiliad hwn yw rhoi ystyriaeth i gyllido Sefydliadau Addysg Uwch yng Nghymru, i effaith ariannol polisi grant ffioedd dysgu Llywodraeth Cymru ar sefydliadau addysg uwch a myfyrwyr yng Nghymru, a gofyn, i ba raddau y mae Llywodraeth Cymru’n darparu gwerth am arian yn y maes hwn.
Nid yw’r polisi cyllido Addysg Uwch rhan-amser yn dod i rym tan 2014, ac felly mae’r ymchwiliad hwn yn canolbwyntio ar gyllido Addysg Uwch amser llawn.
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Catching thermals, nineteen hang gliders soar higher and higher before heading to Brasilia, 73 km away as the crow flies.
Heading down Via Diacceto in Siena, towards Siena Cathedral. Having left Piazza Indipendenza. On the guided walking tour of Siena.
In the middle of this road is a viewpoint on a bridge.
Via Fontebranda goes under the bridge.
The Viewpoint from the bridge.
bell tower of Siena Cathedral.
Siena Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Siena) is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.
Previously the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Siena, from the 15th century the Archdiocese of Siena, it is now that of the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino.
The cathedral itself was originally designed and completed between 1215 and 1263 on the site of an earlier structure. It has the form of a Latin cross with a slightly projecting transept, a dome and a bell tower. The dome rises from a hexagonal base with supporting columns. The lantern atop the dome was added by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The nave is separated from the two aisles by semicircular arches. The exterior and interior are constructed of white and greenish-black marble in alternating stripes, with addition of red marble on the façade. Black and white are the symbolic colors of Siena, etiologically linked to black and white horses of the legendary city's founders, Senius and Aschius.
The façade of Siena Cathedral is one of the most fascinating in all of Italy and certainly one of the most impressive features in Siena. Each of the cardinal points (west, east, north, and south) has their own distinct work; by far the most impressive of these is the west façade. Acting as the main entryway to the Duomo proper, it boasts three portals (see Portal (architecture)); the central one is capped by a bronze-work sun.
Built in two stages and combining elements of French Gothic, Tuscan Romanesque architecture, and Classical architecture, the west façade is a beautiful example of Sienanise workmanship. Work began on the lower part around 1284. Built using polychrome marble, the work was overseen by Giovanni Pisano whose work on the Duomo’s façade and pulpit was influenced by his father Nicola Pisano.
The lower portion of the façade is designed from Giovanni's original plans. Built in Tuscan Romanesque style it emphasizes a horizontal unity of the area around the portals at the expense of the vertical bay divisions. The three portals, surmounted by lunettes, are based on Giovanni Pisano’s original designs, as are much of the sculpture and orientation surrounding the entrances. The areas around and above the doors, as well as the columns between the portals, are richly decorated with acanthus scrolls, allegorical figures and biblical scenes.
Giovanni Pisano was able to oversee his work until about 1296 when he abruptly left Siena, reportedly over creative differences with the Opera del Duomo, the group that oversaw the construction and maintenance of the Siena cathedrals. Pisano's work on the lower façade was continued under the direction of Camaino di Crescentino, but a number of changes were made to the original plan. These included raising the façade due to the raising of the nave of the church and the instillation of a larger rose window based on designs by Duccio di Buoninsegna and commissioned by the city of Siena. Work on the west façade came to an abrupt end in 1317 when the Opera del Duomo redirected all efforts to the east façade.
Upper façade
There is debate as to when work on the upper façade was completed. Most scholars agree that it was finished sometime between 1360 and 1370, though when it began again is not known. The work continued to use Pisano's plans for the façade with some adaptations under the direction of Giovanni di Cecco. Di Cecco preferred more elaborate designs, most likely inspired by the Orvieto Cathedral. The façade needed to be much higher than foreseen as the nave had, once again, been raised.
The changes were probably needed to accommodate the raised nave and di Cecco's more elaborate design scheme, heavily influenced by French Gothic architecture, caused the apparent division of the upper portion of the cathedral. Most noticeably the pinnacles of the upper portion do not continue from the columns flanking the central portal as they normally would in such cathedrals. Instead they are substantially offset, resulting in a vertical discontinuity which is uncommon cathedrals of the time as it can lead to structural weakness. To adjust for this imbalance, the towers on each side of the cathedral were opened by adding windows, reducing the weight they needed to support. The upper portion also features heavy Gothic decoration, a marked contrast to the simple geometric designed common to Tuscan Romanesque architecture.
Façade sculpture
While most of the sculpture decorating the lower level of the lavish façade was sculpted by Giovanni Pisano and assistant depicting prophets, philosophers and apostles, the more Gothic statuary adorning the upper portion—including the half-length statues of the patriarchs in the niches around the rose window—are works of later, unattributed, sculptors. Almost all the statuary adorning the cathedral today are copies. The originals are kept in the Crypt of the Statues in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.
Three large mosaics on the gables of the façade were made in Venice in 1878. The large central mosaic, the Coronation of the Virgin, is the work of Luigi Mussini. The smaller mosaics on each side, Nativity of Jesus and Presentation of Mary in the Temple, were made by Alessandro Franchi.
The bronze central door is a recent addition to the cathedral, replacing the original wooden one. The large door, known as the Porta della Riconoscenza, was commissioned in 1946 near the end of the German occupation of Siena. Sculpted by Vico Consorti and cast by Enrico Manfrini, the scenes on the door represent the Glorification of the Virgin, Siena’s patron saint.
On the left corner pier of the façade is a 14th-century inscription marking the grave of Giovanni Pisano. Next to the façade stands a column with a statue of the Contrade Lupa, a wolf breast-feeding Romulus and Remus. According to local legend Senius and Aschius, sons of Remus and founders of Siena, left Rome with the statue, stolen from the Temple of Apollo in Rome.
My interpretation of Jackie Wilson's hit, (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher.
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ODC: nightshift
We're a bit behind our US friends, but collectors in Canada should be finally getting their Cartoon April sets from EB Games, as I did this past week.
At least there's no chaotic car chases involved with tracking ours down.
So, basically to refresh your memory, NECA has been on a tear this past few years with TMNT stuff, and while Super 7 is doing some higher end things, your mid level collector figure is your NECA release. Unlike the Movie figures, the cartoon ones are two packs, which is great and annoying, depending on the mix you get.
April O'Neil is, in the cartoon, one of the few humans that befriend the Turtles. Always dressed in her yellow jump suit, this intrepid reporter follows her intuition (and the Turtles) to be the first on the scene.
Her box mate is a battle damaged Foot Soldier, so a variant of the standard soldier that has come with the Turtles in the past, and continue to come with them for those who like their heroes to have someone to beat the crap out of.
The short and long of it is.. well it's a NECA figure. Which means with expectations set to around Marvel Legends level, you're getting a pretty decent release. Generally speaking, you get better paint apps on this line than Legends, character centric sculpts, double jointed knees AND elbows. Gotta watch out for those joints though.. some need the good old hot water bath before using them for the first time so you don't break it.
I'm just going to get the Foot Soldier out of the way first. It's nice, it has better range of motion than Shredder, and it's utterly not my thing. There are some neat, if bizarrely assorted, accessories. There are six addtional hands with the soldier to hold weapons (Shuriken, two types of laser rifles, communicator with Bebop on it) and then there are the two little figures.
I cannot for the life of me figure out what the blue one is, but the red one I certainly can. The little alien came from the episode where Shredder puts alien eggs on the Turtles pizzas, and they hatch when microwaved, and revert when electrocuted.
Classic. Plot.
April is the reason I bought the set.. and the Foot Soldier is the reason why I avoided the Casey Jones set. The first female entry into the TMNT lineup (and my first female NECA figure), April generally looks the part. Pretty curvy, if I'm being completely honest, which isn't a bad thing, decent detailing on the outfit, the one big flaw is of course her head.
You really don't get a sense of it until you hold it in your hand and compare it to other figures of the same size. It's like someone turned on Big Head Mode.
The eyes are also off compared to her cartoon look, which is weird given how everything up to this point has been bang on.. well not so sure about Bebop, but I'll give him as pass as he wears his glassed normally anyway.
April has been given a small assortment of Channel 6 relevant items, which include a video camera, a remote microphone, and a spool tape recorder with wired in microphone. Furthermore, April of course has her Turtle communicator, and hands for holding the aforementioned items.
Unlike Shredder or Foot Soldier, April doesn't have a waist joint, and instead has a mid torso ball joint, which I guess was done to keep the body lines smooth. Again, I guess, I have no idea. I do know it would have been nice to have both on any figure. Oterhwise, you have ankles, double jointed knees, ball jointed hips which permits some twist, standard shoulders, double jointed elbows with some forearm pivot, wrists via the hand connections, and a ball jointed head.
Her lower torso is made of a softer plastic,, which serves as a covering for the hip joints, but also gets in the way of range of motion like a solid plastic skirt would. Overall, I'd have to say that April as the posing capabilities generally on par with a Figma, but with better knees and elbows.
Paint and build quality, as stated, are at the expected level of quality.
Base paint can be a bit on the rough side, details overall are fine, and the black lines can either be a bit sloppy or in some instances, be completely off the intended mark.
Parts assemble as expected, and the finishes on the plastic pass the "I can run my finger across it" test. There were no issues with misaligned limbs, so standing wasn't an issue. As always, warm up the joints first. As stated above, warming up the joints before breaking it in will possibly save you from having to bang your head on the wall because you broke it.
So in the end, comical noggin aside, April is a solid entry into the line, and gives me another interesting figure to randomly throw into my photo shoots, especially if I find weapons that actually fit in her hand. Colours are pretty accurate to my eyes, and more importantly, work well with the others in the series. Posing options are no less varied than the other entries.
Next up on the Turtles hit list? Metalhead, which based on the delay for April is probably at least two weeks out. But hey, it gets here when it gets here... it's not like we have to put any money down.
Until then, this is Collectors Haven, Channel 6 news, signing off.
Texas A&M University
Williams Administration Building
“Other people may be there to help us, teach us, guide us along our path, but the lesson to be learned is always ours."
screens with desks on wheels positioned in front of each, in room 4.02 of the Marie Reay Teaching Centre at the Australian National University in Canberra. This arrangement allows each group of six students to share a screen, without messy cables across the floor, or fixed desks. Fo0r discussion see " How to Blend and Flip a Course for a Flatpack Classroom": blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2019/03/how-to-blend-an...
Amir Jahangir, CEO SAMAA TV presenting a shield to Dr. Sohail Naqvi, Executive Director, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
“The Higher Education Commission and SAMAA TV has taken a landmark initiative in promoting the Industry-Academia Linkage network model, which is highly required for the future quality work force development in Pakistan. Such initiatives will strongly benefit the business communities in tapping the knowledge being produced in the academia and support the economic growth of our nation”-Mr. Qamar-Uz-Zaman Kaira, Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting
The University of Limerick (UL) is a university in the city of Limerick. It was established in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick and became a university by statute in 1989 in accordance with the University of Limerick Act 1989.The university was the first university established since the foundation of the State in 1922, followed later the same day by the establishment of Dublin City University.
The university is located along the River Shannon, on a 137.5 hectares (340 acres) campus comprising 46 hectares (110 acres) on the north bank and 91.5 hectares (226 acres) on the south bank, 5 km from Limerick city centre.
Sawcut Gorge is spectacular! the chasm is 50m deep, 50m high and at times only 2m wide.
New Zealand finest slot canyon. Surprisingly, this slot canyon was featured on i-Site’s 2010 brochure cover (but without identifying it as Sawcut Gorge—most of NZ’s i-Sites had no idea how to “put you there”). The “Sawcut” itself is a short and narrow slot-canyon passage where Isolation Creek has eroded through a 50m-high wall of limestone, leaving a unique slot that’s higher than it is long. Sawcut Gorge is as impressive as the famed slots of Utah’s canyon country.
How to get there:
Turn off State Highway 1, 35 km south of Blenheim or 72 km north of Kaikoura, into the Waima/Ure Valley and follow the 12km gravel road up to its end at Blue Mountain Station. A tiny carpark bay is available just before the homestead.
From the road end to:
– Scenic Reserve Boundary – 45 min
– Sawcut Gorge – 1 hr
– Isolation Creek Hut – 2 hr
The route is easy, with splendid limestone gorges and formations.
The Isolated Hill Scenic Reserve in South Marlborough gives access to contrasting scenery, rare plant communities and fascinating geology.
Three hours of walking - return - and wet feet is a small price to pay for a journey into the hill's spectacular Sawcut Gorge.
There are orange markers from the first stream crossing to guide you, but there is no track as such, as you are walking mainly in the rocky river bed, crossing the stream many times.
Because of this, do not attempt this walk during or after heavy rain, as rising rivers and falling rocks present serious hazards.
Varied vegetation, from beech forest to tussock grasslands, while plants cling tenaciously to the steep rock walls.
Stands of kowhai, distinctive Marlborough rock daisy and beautiful native pink-flowering broom are among the many interesting and rare plants in the area.
Much of the rock here is stark white limestone, interspersed with grey wedges of argillite, sandstone and mudstone. Several pools along Isolated Creek smell distinctly of sulphur.
Limestone in general supports plants and associated animals that are restricted to limestone areas and under threat from grazing and/or competition with introduced species.
The belt of limestone that extends from the coast near Ward, south through the Clarence Valley between the Seaward Kaikoura and Inland Kaikoura Ranges is particularly rich in rare and threatened species.
From Isolated Hill southwards there are scattered records for 26 species that range from naturally uncommon to nationally critical in their population status.
I visited Bishop over the weekend with Pinakin, to whom I am grateful for driving me in and out.
The higher elevations have pretty good fall colours right now, though the lower elevations are still green.
01 IT AINT HARD (YOU WISH)
02 I JUST PRETEND (I'M NOT GAY)
03 AUTOMATIC (BOWELL) MOTION
04 I'M GOING HOMO NOW
05 THEY WALK AWAY
06 NEED TO SHITE
07 JAGGED TURDS
08 TRY SLOWING DOWN
09 POTENTIALLY
10 SOMEONE THERE
11 WHY DON'T YOU PROVE IT
12 YOU'VE DRIFTED FART
13 SONG FOR THE AUTUMN
14 NOTHING YOU CAN SAY
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Henry Lyman Saÿen (1875-1918) was an American artist and scientist. This incredibly talented artist created beautiful cubist and fauvist artworks. His paintings incorporated “cubist compositions" and those from other modernist art movements.
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The Otago Infantry Regiment suffered a higher proportion of casualties than any other military unit at Passchendaele.
These are the surviviors of Walter Parker's company on the 20th. October 1917. The next day he himself was killed.
On the back of this photo there are a lot of notes about his pay, and some rapidly scribbled notes that I can't decipher. What I can read says:
From Walter to mother with best wishes
This is the six of my mates that we have left from Trentham
4th. Oct. 1917 killed at Passch 3590
Monday 21st.
" Many valuable weeks of the 1917 summer were wasted and when Field-Marshal Haig started his great offensive from the Ypres Salient on 31 July autumn rains had begun. Hope of strategic objectives faded; but successes in late September and early October made him try to win the rest of the Passchendaele ridge for his winter line. The New Zealand Division had been training since the end of August to overcome the numerous concrete “pillboxes” in this sector. The first objective of the Division was the Gravenstafel Spur, attacked before dawn on 4 October, as part of a major advance. The 1st and 4th Brigades forestalled a heavy German counter-attack, and the supporting artillery barrage inflicted frightful slaughter on the waiting Germans. Crossing this scene of carnage, the 1st and 4th Brigades gained their objectives after a hard fight, inflicting exceptionally heavy loss on the enemy and capturing much equipment. For such a resounding success the 1,700 New Zealand casualties, though a sad loss, did not in current terms seem excessive. But heavy rain turned the countryside into a bog and tragedy lay ahead.
A British attack on the ninth on Bellevue Spur and part of the main Passchendaele ridge gained a little ground at prohibitive cost. Heavy swathes of barbed wire still girdled the hillside, however, and belated and meagre heavy artillery made no impression on them, nor on the many pillboxes beyond. New Zealand gunners slaved to breaking point to get only a few guns and howitzers forward, but stable platforms and accurate fire were unattainable. The 2nd and 3rd Brigades – the latter weary from heavy work in the salient – nevertheless renewed the attack early on the twelfth.
There was little to encourage the men as they waited overnight in a morass under steady rain. Shelled in their assembly area, some were shelled again by their own guns when the thin barrage opened at 5.25 a.m., and then they led off into a deluge of small-arms fire, speckled with geyser-like eruptions as shells exploded in the mud. Worst of all was the wire, covered with deadly fire, its few gaps deliberate deathtraps. Some men tried to crawl under it, some threw themselves at it, two got right through and were killed in the act of hurling grenades at the loopholes of the nearest pillbox. The left gained 500 yards of slippery slope, the centre 200 heartbreaking yards, the right nothing until the 80-odd occupants of two blockhouses and a trench used up all their ammunition. Then they were captured, blockhouses and all, by two brave and skilful men, sole survivors of two Otago platoons.
The cost of these small gains, 640 dead and 2,100 wounded, made the Passchendaele mud in New Zealand eyes rich soil indeed and what the wounded suffered in drenching rain is another chapter of horrors. For the first time the Division had failed in a major operation; but what New Zealander can look back in memory or imagination on those dogged thrusts, time and again, by the Otago and Canterbury Battalions and the Rifles across the boggy flat and up the bullet-swept slopes of Bellevue Spur, without being stirred by their resolution in the face of hopeless odds.
The steady drain of men while units only held the line was less spectacular, though it made up half the losses of the Division. Here, before withdrawing from the front, 400 more men were lost in the 4th Brigade alone."
.... and then
Scheduled Ancient Monument - Higher Mill
District: Rossendale
Name: Higher Mill, Helmshore.
Description: Wool finishing mill, built in 1789. Working mill museum.
The mill is a blanket finishing mill, built in 1789 of stone with stone slates and driven by a water wheel. It was built by the Turners. The present waterwheel was erected in about 1830 and survives at the east end, although it ceased working in 1954. The mill is now a museum and has been fully renovated by the trustees of Higher Mill and Lancs C.C.. The ground floor ceiling has been reinforced with steel girders, but the mill is otherwise largely unaltered from the original 18th century building.
The mill ceased to work commercially in 1967, and in the period 1954 -67 was powered by electricity, although the waterwheel was not removed. All the machinery is renovated and operative, powered by the waterwheel and makes an impressive display.
The machinery - The mill has two water wheels prior to the installation of the present one in the middle of the last century. The sites of the two relatively narrow wheels can be picked out by the arches in the mill's northern wall, which are now filled with masonry. The present backshot wheel incorporated two rim gear drives and could develop up to about 37kw (50bhp). Other machinery includes fulling stocks, a wetting out machine, rotary milling machines, a flock shaker, scouring machine, mangle, tenter frame, teasel raising gig, cloth folding and other examples of 19th century machinery, but not original to this complex. The mill is now a museum.
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Kraansaasvoel
(Gyps coprotheres)
The Cape griffon or Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres), also known as Kolbe's vulture, is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae. It is endemic to southern Africa, and is found mainly in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana and in some parts of northern Namibia. It nests on cliffs and lays one egg per year. Since 2015, it has been classified as Endangered.
This large vulture is of a creamy-buff colour, with contrasting dark flight- and tail-feathers. The adult is paler than the juvenile, and its underwing coverts can appear almost white at a distance. The head and neck are near-naked. The eyes are yellowish and the bill is black bill. Juveniles and immatures are generally darker and more streaked, with brown to orange eyes and red neck.
The average length of adult birds is about 96–115 cm (38–45 in) with a wingspan of 2.26–2.6 m (7.4–8.5 ft) and a body weight of 7–11 kg (15–24 lb). The two prominent bare skin patches at the base of the neck, also found in the white-backed vulture, are thought to be temperature sensors and used for detecting the presence of thermals. The species is among the largest raptors in Africa, next to the lappet-faced vulture. After the Himalayan griffon vulture and the cinereous vulture, the Cape vulture is the third largest Old World vulture.
The Cape vulture occurs in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Formerly it could also be found in Namibia and Swaziland. Vagrants are occasionally recorded from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.
The species usually breeds and roosts on cliff faces in or near mountains, from where it can fly long distances in search of the large animal carcasses on which it specializes. Tracked specimens in Namibia were found to have home ranges 11,800 - 22,500 km2 in extent.
In the Eastern Cape of South Africa, Cape Vultures were more likely to occupy cliff nest sites on ledges with a smaller depth and at a higher elevation, surrounded by conspecifics.
The Cape vulture has been declining steadily since at least the 1980s, when it was first categorized as Threatened. Between 1992 and 2007 the species declined by 60-70%[6] in South Africa alone. It was later upgraded to Vulnerable and, in 2015, to Endangered. As of 2013, estimates of total population size assume about 4,700 pairs or 9,400 mature individuals.
The species is considered to be impacted by a large number of threats. A decrease in the amount of large carrion (particularly during nesting), poisoning (targeted or inadvertent), electrocution or collision with cables on electricity pylons (the most common cause of death in ringed birds), loss of foraging habitat, and unsustainable harvesting for traditional uses are thought to be the most important factors. A source of poisoning specific to many vultures, including the Cape vulture, is the drug diclofenac and related compounds, which is used to treat arthritis in cattle, and which leads to kidney failure in vultures who consume carcasses of treated cattle.
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