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SWFEC Special Guest Chat: Shawnlei Breeding – Manager, Audubon Florida EagleWatch Program, April 11, 2019 8pm
Essec09 (Admin): SWFEC would like to extend a very warm welcome to Audubon Florida EagleWatch Program Manager, Shawnlei Breeding. We are very excited to have her join us this evening. Many of our SWFEC viewers provided questions earlier for Shawnlei. She will try to answer as many as time allows. The first part of the session will address the questions that were already submitted.
Essec09 (Admin): Welcome to SWFEC Shawnlei!
GinnyLWI (Admin): Good evening Shawnlei , we are all so looking forward to this special chat this evening.
MsSmith57 (Admin): Good evening and a huge SWFEC welcome to you Shawnlei
purpleagle (Admin): Good evening Shawnlei! We are so excited to have you here with us this evening for our special chat session!
RobertoD (Admin): Welcome, and thank you Shawnlei We are all excited to have you here!
icecream247 (Admin): Good evening Shawnlei. So happy you were able to join us this evening.
Sue_Lyons (Admin): Hello Shawnlei, thank you so much for spending time with us tonight! We are looking forward to learning from you
samour17 (Admin): Good evening Shawnlei and looking forward to this evening.
Shelli22 (Admin): Hi Shawnlei...I'm stoked to hear what you have to share with us!
SBAudubon (Moderator): Hello everyone! Thank you so much for the warm welcome! And thank you to the Pritchetts for inviting me! I’m honored to get to spend some time with you to answer your questions and chat about eagles! I was asked to briefly share a bit about myself. I received a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Oklahoma and had always dreamed of working with animals but fell into an administrative job for a number of years before switching gears to pursue that dream. I worked for a few years as a vet tech and then was hired as a Zookeeper at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, FL. Then I accepted a position with Disney’s Animal Kingdom where I was a Bird Keeper in their Avian Research Center for 12 years.
During that time I went back to school to get a Master’s degree in Conservation Biology from the University of Central Florida. That experienced opened doors which lead me to my current position with the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey. I’ve always loved Audubon and was so excited to get to work with them! So now that you now a bit about me, let's get started!
HOeagletfan1: thank you Shawnlei for joshing us and sharing your Eagle wisdom with us !
LCampbell75: Good Evening Shawlei...So nice to have you to chat with us tonight!!! Thanks for coming!!
Deen622: Good evening Mods and Shawnlei!
MagEagle9: I couldn't be more blessed to 'work' with this lady! Welcome my friend!
SBAudubon (Moderator): Thank you!
SueUMc: Good evening Shawnlei- much appreciation!
cats3eagles: Thank you for being here with us tonight Shawnlei!
Janet1: Good evening Shawlei. So nice to have you here tonight
Peggy180: Good evening, Shawnee, thank you for joining us tonight!
Carrie Brooks: GE what a treat!
SBAudubon (Moderator): Here's our first question.... Peggy Main asks: Shawnlei, thank you for your time with us! What has been the most challenging part of your job(s)?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Great question, Peggy. Everyone brings their own unique strengths to their role, so I suspect the answer might be different if you asked my predecessors. But for me, the most challenging part of the role has probably been the people side of things. People who love eagles are REALLY passionate about them. And it’s not uncommon in the world of conservation for there to be many different (and strongly held opinions) on how to accomplish our goals, or what our focus should be. I’m a peacemaker at heart, so I had to quickly learn that I can’t please everyone. I receive mean emails and get yelled at on a fairly regular basis and have had to learn not to take it personally, which is hard. I try to remind myself of the passion that is behind the emotion. I've definitely learned and grown so much! And the challenges have made me a better person. And leader.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Next up. Lauren Roberts asks: Hi Shawnlei and SWFL mods! I am an Eagle Watch volunteer and would just like to make a comment. Anyone that is thinking of volunteering, please do so! Your observations and reporting can help with studies and give insight to all the people, like Shawnlei, that are able to reach out to all organizations to help these amazing creatures! If you're already watching nests, why not let your observations be known! You might just see something that all eagles can benefit from!
SBAudubon (Moderator): Thank you for all you do as a volunteer! EagleWatch started 26 years ago with the goal of protecting nesting eagles in Florida We started in 3 counties with 22 volunteers and are now in 40+ counties with over 300 volunteers! Lauren makes a great point about the importance of the nest data we collect. This information is useful for showing general trends in the population. For example, EagleWatch data will show if the number of chicks surviving to fledge at the nests we watch is starting to decline. Then can delve further into the data to determine possible causes of that decline (disturbance, nest location, habitat, water quality).
vlpritchett (Moderator): Hey Shawnlei, This is Ginnie Pritchett McSpadden. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. So excited to see what viewers are asking and your thoughts on Bald Eagles in our state o FL!
SBAudubon (Moderator): Thanks, Ginnie!
SBAudubon (Moderator): Babs Liberty asks: Could you explain the process of when someone in the Eagle Watch program sees a problem at or in a nest including the process of what happens after that as far as who is contacted & how they determine the rehab facility the eaglet goes to? Is it always Audubon or others? SWFEC could you post that great link about the program in the chat maybe at the end for the next two days? Thanks!
SBAudubon (Moderator): Hi Babs! EagleWatch volunteers are trained to respond to a variety of potential problems at a nest, from human disturbance to injured eagles. For nest disturbances by humans, volunteers are asked to call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Hotline Alert: 888-404-3922. FWC is the law enforcement in our state for the federal laws protecting eagles and will send out an officer to determine if the law is being violated. Anyone can call this number if they have a concern about something happening near an active nest. FWC may also be contacted if you encounter an injured eagle. My office is at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey and we work closely with many licensed raptor rehab facilities around the state. These organizations will often contact me when they recover an injured eagle. If it is a young eagle, I share our nest information to help them find a home for the young one if it can’t go back to its own nest. Some of the rehabbers we work with may not have a license to hold an eagle for treatment so will transfer it to the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey or another facility in their area that is licensed to rehab an eagle. Thankfully we have a broad network of caring rehabilitation facilities across the state! To learn more about EagleWatch, visit: cbop.audubon.org/conservation/about-eaglewatch-program.Yo... find information about EagleWatch as well as opportunities to support the amazing work that they do at the Raptor Trauma Clinic, which treats over 700 injured birds of prey each year. About 70-80 of those patients are Bald eagles
SBAudubon (Moderator): Mohammed Abul Magd asks: This year I have noticed an increased violence against protected birds. Vultures and eagles shot by arrows and guns. In your point of view, why is that? And what measures do we need to implement in order to stop this?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Hi Mohammed! At times it certainly feels like there has been an increase in violent acts against protected birds, but our intake data at the Center for Birds of Prey indicates no significant increase in these types of events. Looking back at 10 years of our intake records, only 1% of the patients had been shot. I suspect we are hearing about them more because of the prevalence of social media and the rapidity with which these types of stories are passed along. But it’s a good reminder for people that Bald eagles and other protected birds still face challenges and need our help.
SBAudubon (Moderator): DaveinMissouri asks: SBAudubon, would you be able to have any influence on asking manufacturers of lead bullets and fishing tackle to not use lead bullets for hunting. For fishing use alternative weights, not lead, and don't discard line or weights in the water. Maybe more warnings to hunters and fishermen on the products and better education when receiving a hunting or fishing license. Thank you for being here and for any help on this subject!
SBAudubon (Moderator): Great suggestion, Dave. These are both difficult battles to fight. I think it will take everyone raising their voice together and sharing the numbers of birds affected---and the stories behind those numbers of the birds that have been affected by lead poisoning or hung up in fishing line. Whenever I get a chance to speak somewhere I always touch on ways we can help raptors and I raise both of these points-stop using lead bullets and don’t cut the line. If a few people are reached and then share it in their realm of influence, perhaps we can change it at the grass roots level. Sort of like the societal pressure for restaurants to stop using straws. These are definitely topics of concern for our state and the federal wildlife agencies.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Androcat asks: Of the EagleWatch eaglets/fledglings, what diseases/health issues/injuries/or necropsy results are most commonly seen? Part 2. Have any EagleWatch fledglings that have come into care had lead exposures show up in the blood work done while in care?
SBAudubon (Moderator): I like your user name! Androcat.
As I mentioned, my office is at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in Maitland. Most of the eaglets we receive in our Raptor Trauma Clinic have fallen out of their nest for whatever reason. Surprisingly, they don’t often break any bones in the fall like you would expect. Generally after a round of meds to treat any internal parasites and some fluids and good food to fatten them up, they can be released. Other issues we’ll see with eaglets are Avian Pox, which is spread by mosquitos and causes wart-like lesions on the dry skin around their eyes, beak and feet. Sometimes the pox lesion will grow so large it will cover an eye or their nares. It’s treatable but can internalize and be fatal. But we’ve also seen cases of an eaglet in a nest with a bad case of pox and he got over it on his own. A couple of years ago, we got permission from US Fish and Wildlife to use a high-reach lift to rescue an eaglet from a nest that had a treble fishing lure with one hook caught in his beak and the other hook caught in his foot. He was basically hog-tied and was unable to eat. Thankfully the EagleWatch volunteers noticed something was wrong and we were able to rescue him and treat his wounds. He was released back at his nest a few weeks later. In general, the leading cause of injury for adult raptors we see in our Clinic is impact related issues, usually from car strikes. We also see a number of eagles who get secondary poisoning from consuming euthanized animals that aren’t properly buried at a landfill. This can be fatal if they aren’t rescued in time. But thankfully with just a couple of days of fluids to flush their system, they are usually as good as new! We do see lead toxicity in some of the birds.We are fortunate to have our own machine to test for lead levels, thanks to the generosity of some of our corporate donors. It allows us to quickly determine if they have lead in their system so we can start the treatment early. They usually recover from it with treatment. We usually see lead issues in birds that come from more rural areas where they may scavenge on a carcass that has been shot with lead bullets.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Donna LaFleur asks: Was that were BOB was?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Yes! Bob was a famous patient at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey for about a year. Because of his injuries, he was no longer able to fly so was not releasable to the wild. We all wished we could’ve kept him at the Center but we just didn’t have room. So a lengthy search was made for the perfect forever home for Bob. (Bob was an adult Bald eagle) While we searched, Bob lived in our 100ft flight barn where he hung out with all of the other eagles that came through on their way to being released back into the wild. Including Peace, the young eagle from the American Eagle Foundation NE Florida Eagle Cam.
Bob now lives at the Ecotarium in Worcester, MA. We all miss him but are so happy for him to have a great home.
SBAudubon (Moderator): mdofmich asks: Any studies being done on three adult eagle nests?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Aren’t those fascinating? Several cases of three adult eagle nests have been documented but I’m not aware of any published studies on them. Often when you see something unusual like that in breeding behavior, it’s an adaptation to a limitation—not enough females for males or vice versa. And perhaps its enough of a challenge in those areas to provide enough food for the young that they tolerate a helper. But that’s my own speculation. One thing I’ve learned is to never say “birds never do that” or “birds always do that”. Because they will always surprise you! It’s one of the many reasons I love working with them.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Androcat: Q#1. Of the EagleWatch nests, are there any banded nesting adults, and if so, were the numbers of the bands able to be read to determine any history of the banded eagle parent? Part 2 of this question: If any EagleWatch fledglings have been banded in care, have there been any band sightings or returns (interested in where it migrated to or returned to, or what happened).
SBAudubon (Moderator): Androcat is back with another great question! The Audubon Center for Birds of Prey has a banding permit and we do band every Bald eagle we treat before release with a silver federal band. That band has a 9 digit unique code but unfortunately is almost impossible to read enough of the code to positively ID the bird. But having said that, we do have a number of nests monitored by EagleWatch that have banded adults. One nest in Lake County has a banded adult that we suspect is one we know. The breeding male had been rescued on the ground near this nest a few years before and then was banded and released. After that, a banded adult showed up at the nest the next season. We haven’t been able to confirm it’s him, but it makes sense that it probably is him. His patient number was 007. Like James Bond. The nest is in a neighborhood on the lake and all of the residents keep a close eye on that family. They love 007!
Two years we started an auxiliary banding program with the juvenile eagles we treat and release. In addition to the silver federal band, young eagles get a colored band on their other leg with an easy-to-read code in large white letters and numbers. Many of these banded juveniles are seen near their release location for the next few days but then take off on their migration. It can take up to 8 years on average for the first band resighting but we’ve been fortunate to receive a couple of reports of our banded youngsters being seen. Last July we got a report from West Virginia for one of our fledglings who had been released a month earlier in Lake county. That was our first report of one of a band outside of Florida! I think everyone heard me scream from excitement a mile away! This fall I got a photo from an EagleWatch volunteer in Pinellas County of one our bird who was banded two years ago and released in Orange County. That was encouraging to see that he had survived his first two years. So keep your eyes out for our birds! They either have a black band with two white numbers over a white A, or a green band with a white K over two white numbers.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Judy Shepherd asks: What is it like to be holding or standing right next to a bald eagle? I'm assuming you have based on the photo.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Hi Judy! It’s as amazing as you probably can imagine. I am fortunate to get to handle our eagle ambassadors at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey. They are so large and majestic. It’s really cool to be that close to them. Handling them is not without its challenges, though. They are 8-10 lbs, so I had to start lifting weights to carry them. And they are still wild animals, and like any wild animal, they can be dangerous. I’ve learned to read their moods and respect their power and capabilities. But I try to never take it for granted that I have this privilege. Insider tip: their call is really loud when it’s right in your ear. And they have bad breath.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Valerie Seyforth Clayton asks: Where do we think Florida Eagles go when they fledge? Where do we think our adult adults go when they are out of the area? (June, July, Aug)
SBAudubon (Moderator): Hi Valerie! Valerie is one of our dedicated EagleWatch volunteers in the Florida panhandle!
OrchrdHs asked as similar question: What is the longest distance a banded bald eagle has been recorded as traveling seasonally from/to Florida?
So I thought I would address them together. In 1998 USFWS to put a satellite tracking device on a pre-fledgling in a nest in Polk county. When she fledged, she flew all the way north to Canada and spent the summer there, returning to Florida for the winter (where she traveled around the Central Florida region, going as far south as Lake Okeechobee and visiting both coasts). She made this migration for the next 3 years until the transmitter fell off. In 2014 she was badly injured in a territory fight in Deltona and was rescued and transferred to the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey. Unfortunately, she had to have part of her right wing amputated so she is a permanent resident at our Center—at the ripe young age of 21! Her name is Tallulah. Last year I received a photo of a banded eagle from an Orlando resident. The eagle also had the remnants of a satellite tracking pack on her back. I was able to track down the researcher who banded the bird. He said she was banded as an adult in Maine in 2015 and the tracking data indicated she spent her winters in Orlando and returned to Maine in the spring (their breeding season). Her pack has stopped transmitting the previous year. So it appears that FL eagles mostly migrate up the Atlantic flyway as far as Canada
SBAudubon (Moderator): Peggy180 asks: How does the hormone ghrelin make birds feel they have to migrate? What happens if a bird does not have enough to eat and is not full. Will that stop them from migrating?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Hi Peggy 180! That’s an interesting question. Migration is such a complex behavior, influenced by many factors that are still not well understood. And different bird species have different migratory patterns. In Piping plovers, the female leaves before the young have fledged, leaving the male behind to finish raising the young. When the young make their first flight south, they don’t follow their dad or even stick together. They take off seemingly not knowing where they are going. So for some, migration seems very instinctual while for other birds it is more of a societal cue—they learn the route from older birds by following them.
Body condition is certainly an important factor when a bird prepares to migrate. That’s why fattening up on their wintering grounds is so important. And why I always encourage parents of young children to teach their kids not to chase birds on the beach. Many of these birds are exhausted after migrating or are resting and preparing to start the trip. Using up energy and fat stores to run or fly away from being chased by humans puts them at risk of not being fit enough to survive the journey. But from what I’ve read, it sounds like ghrelin plays a role in signaling to some birds when they are fat enough to start that journey. But for truly migratory species, I think there are other important signals the birds receives that would drive it to start the migratory journey even if it’s not full. Sadly, not all birds survive their migration. Birds with insufficient fat stores may not make it back or if they do, they may be in too poor of a condition to defend a nest and raise a family. I’ve done shorebird surveys in February and have seen numbers of weak or deceased seabirds on the beach who didn’t make it. It’s heart-breaking to witness but reminds me how fragile life is and what a tough life it is out there for many birds.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Judy Jirasek asks: Why do some states like Florida have so many eagles and some states don't have many? I live in Central Texas and we don't have eagles here. There are so many lakes and rivers throughout the state so I don't understand why Texas doesn't have many.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Hi Judy from Texas! I’ve asked that question about tarantulas in Florida. Our climate is a lot like many of the Central American countries where you find tarantulas in great numbers. But we don’t have any in Florida. Why not? But that’s a question for another time. From a strict biology standpoint, the size of a population in an area is the result of the carrying capacity of its historic range, along with the birth and death and rate of immigration and emigration. That’s a long sentence to say if there aren’t a lot of eagles in Texas, it may simply be that historically there never were many there and the birth and death rate of those who live there is roughly equal so that the population is static. It could also be something related to climate or food source, two important factors in determining where species breed. Florida has one of the largest Bald eagle populations in the lower 48 states and biologists often wonder what our carrying capacity may be. i.e. will we reach a point where there is not enough nesting or foraging sites to sustain the population. When that happens, you will often see the range of a species start to spread as the adventurous birds strike out to stake their claim on the edge of the historic range. Over time, if they are successful, the range will continue to creep outwards.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Selena Elizondo-Cepeda asks: What states have best Eagle Nest results?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Great question, Selena. Florida’s population is doing well. Last season, for the nests that EagleWatch monitors, they fledged 1.3 chicks per nesting attempt. Nests that were successful fledged 1.65 young per nest. I don’t have great statistics for other states to compare with but have read that some states are seeing a decline in the number of nests that are hatching and fledgling two young. They speculated that this may be due to reaching its carrying capacity for that area. In Florida, the majority of the nests we monitor still produce 2 young, and each year ~10% of our nests hatch and fledge 3 young. That’s a testament to the large prey base here, that eagles can catch enough food to successfully raise three voracious eagles.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Annie Keeley asks: When Juvies leave the Northern States for winter do they return and fly together?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Research studies indicate that Bald eagles don’t migrate together. They may share common stopover spots for foraging and refueling as they travel, but ultimately they make the journey alone.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Carl Berube asks: Are there any current studies or research taking place on migration of young/sub-adult eagles on the east coast? And are there documented cases of a sub-adult eagle returning permanently to the nest area they hatched at?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Hi Carl, a study published in 2008 using satellite tracking indicated that sub-adults migrate up the Atlantic Flyway as far as Canada. Their routes varied somewhat going north and returning south during the first year or two, but as they aged, they showed more fidelity to a set route, indicating they were gaining experience in migrating as they aged. A study in 2014 based on banding data indicates that Bald eagles in general tend to disperse from 40-90 miles from where they were born to breed, with females dispersing greater distances than males (which is a typical life strategy for many species of bird to promote genetic diversity). However, one of our EagleWatch volunteers reported a banded adult at a newly documented nest in Martin County a year ago. When I reported the band to the researcher, I learned that the male was banded as a chick in a nest in Polk County in 2000. Our report was the first time he’d been seen since then! So 18 years later he had traveled 118 miles SE from where he hatched to breed.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Jackie Brown asks: Do you believe the parents and their off springs would recognize each other- if the kids came back into the area after leaving for a period of time?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Eagles seem to have a way or recognizing others. Mates indicate some level of recognition in that they mate for life and return to each other each season. They will often tolerate juvenile birds who visit their nest, even if not their own young. Last season we have several nests that we monitored that had an extra fledgling show up and join the family for a few days and the parents took them in. The parents were OK with it although the young in the nest seemed annoyed. We use this to our advantage in the rehab community so that we are able to rehome young eagles into foster nests if they can’t go back to their own nest or family for some reason. Our Clinic supervisor likes to joke that the adults either can’t count or don’t care.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Linda L. Reid asks: Are there statistics on the percentage of juvies who make it to 5 years old! I heard it is low and that is sad!!! Looking forward to the chat session! And JudyJirasek: What is the lastest statistics for a young Eagle surviving to adulthood and how do you know?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Hi Linda and Judy! You all had similar questions so thought I would address them together. The most dangerous time for a young Bald eagle is the first year. Recent studies using satellite tracking in several states indicate survival rates of 60-75% that first year. If birds survive that first year, their mortality rate drops to 10-15%into adulthood. We know these statistics thanks to bird banding.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Daunelle Danish asks: If a bald eagle pair abandon a nest will another bald eagle pair most likely move into that nest?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Hi Daunelle! Another EagleWatch volunteer! Having a breeding territory is incredibly valuable to a nesting pair, so much so that they will defend it to their death. So it would be unusual for a pair to abandon a territory. What is more likely is that they may be ejected for the territory by another pair that takes their nest, or a mate dies and the survivor finds another mate in the area. Sometimes you’ll have a nest that hasn’t been active in several years that is suddenly active again. Is it the same pair or a new one? It’s hard to say with any certainty unless the eagles are banded.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Isabelle Brunelle asks: How does the eagle know/determine the sex of another eagle for "bonding" purposes?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Eagles are dimorphic, meaning the females are substantially larger than the males, so those physical cues would play a big role. Behavioral clues likely also play a role. Females are much more dominant and aggressive. I would imagine there a number of nuances that the human eye doesn’t notice that eagles pick up on that signal whether the other bird is male or female.
SBAudubon (Moderator): NHDalGal asks: Are altercations between eagles, when fighting for territory or a nest, usually female vs.female or male vs. male? If yes, is this because males may not prevail in a fight with a female because females are larger than males?
SBAudubon (Moderator): That’s a great question, and one that I hadn’t really thought about before! I know that both adults defend the nest and will fight but I have not read anything in the literature that says males only fight males and females only fight females. It would make sense if that is true for the reason you mentioned, the size difference. Anecdotally, with eagles we see that come into the Center as the result of a territory fight, it does seem that they are from same-sex fights. If anyone’s heard of females fighting males, let me know!
SBAudubon (Moderator): Pamela Dorman Wright asks: Hi, Shawnlei and mods! Since eagles have moved from "endangered" to "protected" status, is there a designated point at which they will no longer fall under the "protected" parameters? Thanks and I hope your chat will be available for later viewing!
SBAudubon (Moderator): Hi Pamela, Thanks for the question. As you know, eagles were once on the brink of extinction but made an incredible come-back when laws were put in place to protect them. Their numbers have increased enough that they were removed from the federal list of Threatened and Endangered species just over 10 years ago. But Bald eagles are still protected by a federal law known as the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act has recently loosened some of their permitting processes based on data that indicates the population is doing well. The permits issued are directly related to the size and health of the populations. These permits allow for "take" of eagles or their nests. So if anything, I think the authorities may allow more take permits in the future if the population continues to do well and grow. The data that EagleWatch collects is used to help track the status of the population in Florida and is shared with both state and federal authorities. Because of America’s affinity for our national bird, I suspect eagles will always be protected in some measure.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Bonnie Rinehart asks: I always wonder how do they get water when young?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Good question! As with most raptors, they majority of the moisture they need from the food they consume as chicks in the nest. But as adults you will sometimes see them getting a drink from a pond, but if anything, they are usually bathing. They like to keep it clean!
SBAudubon (Moderator): Daunelle Danish asks: Hi Shawnlei, question: is there such thing of infertility in young bald eagles and if yes, do they hatch with that condition or could it be caused by injury, or both?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Infertility can affect birds of any age. Sometimes it is a genetic defect they are born with and sometimes it develops later in life due to injury or other health issues. As with most animals, birds enter a period of senescence in their later years where they are no longer reproductive.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Christine Napoline Lonabaugh asks: Do we know how old Harriet is? How long can she breed?
SBAudubon (Moderator): The wonderful moderators helped me with these questions. Here is what they said: The adults are not banded,so there is no way of knowing their exact age. Based on local viewers who have watched Harriet over the years, Harriet is at least 20 years of age. She has been seen at this nest since 2006. If she is the same female that nested across the street she could be in her mid 20s - this is taking into consideration that eagles mature and usually begin breeding at around five years of age.
Regarding how long they can breed, if they are healthy, I would imagine that like most birds, they can breed for much of their adult life. They are a long-lived species, living into their late 30’s/early 40’s in the wild.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Babs Liberty asks: Are the Eagle Watch training programs online or at specific locations. If online, can one sign up for the training but not actually join the program (for educational purposes)? Is there a cost? How many sessions are there? Is the training a one-time event or at different times during the year. I will try to think of more questions.
SBAudubon (Moderator): EagleWatch volunteer trainings are held in the fall and are mostly in-person at 8-10 locations around the state. I also held several online web trainings for the first time last year to reach those who live in areas that I don’t make it to for trainings. The trainings are focused on what we do, protocols, etiquette, etc. You are certainly welcome to sign up to attend. There is no cost to attend and no requirement that you continue on to volunteer. If you’re interested in being notified of the training dates and locations, email me at eaglewatch@audubon.org to be added to our email list.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Thank you so much for your time and for the great questions.
beju: Did Bob go to a zoo, there as some talk last year it could be a possibility
SBAudubon (Moderator): Yes! Bob went to the Ecotarium in Massachusetts. It's a zoological and educational facility.
MagEagle9: Would you explain what 'take' means in the permitting process?
PamW2017: Shawnlei - Can you explain what a "take" permit is?
Opalillie Colligan: Hi. What does it mean to "take" of eagles or their nests?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Thanks, yes
"Take" is the term used when a permit is issued to remove a nest (which is illegal without a permit, even if the nest is not being used). The other type of take permit covers work near a nest that may cause the nest to fail or may cause loss of life for an adult or the young
MelodyCS: Are internal parasites common? And if not treated, is it life threatening?
SBAudubon (Moderator): Internal parasites seem to be fairly common. At a low level they are not a concern. But if the bird is weakened or the load gets too high, it could potentially be fatal.
WPBEgal: Do you only monitor nests or do you take information on frequent eagle sightings in an area?
SBAudubon (Moderator): We only collect nest data. Ebird is a great resource for posting your eagle sightings
samour17 (Admin): Good evening Shawnlei. I am curious if the possible banding of all eaglets has been discussed for future studies similar to those being done at the Catalina Islands for their reintroduction program.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Currently our permit only allows us to band young eagles that come to our clinic for treatment. So we don’t actively climb up to the nest and band young in the nest like come research projects do. The color of the band we put on the eaglet is based on what type of nest they came from: green bands for eaglets from nests in trees and black bands for eaglets from nests on artificial structures (cell towers, power line transmission towers, platforms). The goal of our study is to determine if the type of nest they hatched in influences their nest choice at maturity. Because it takes juveniles 5 years to reach sexual maturity, this is a long term study, so I suspect we’ll focus on these methods for the foreseeable future. Great question!
SBAudubon (Moderator): Thank you again for having me! I hope you will consider visiting the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey the next time you are in the Central Florida area! You may visit our website for more information: cbop.audubon.org/visit-us. And don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or ever need help with an injured eagle or eagle nest issue. I can be reached via email at 407-644-0190 or eaglewatch@audubon.org.
Essec09 (Admin): I want to thank you for sharing your evening with us Shawnlei. It was so informative and I really enjoyed it. We will be posting this session on SWFEC’s Flickr account by this weekend so that everyone will be able to read it. Thank you again! It was so nice “meeting you”. And thank you to the Pritchetts for setting this session up!
icecream247 (Admin): thank you Shawnlei, Very informative.
MtGal30: TY Shawnlei, Ginnie, Modsquad,Pritchett's n Peepers. I learned so much more about BE's tonight. Thoughtful questions were featured with some surprising answers!
DaveinMissouri: Thank you so much Shawnlei for taking time to be here tonight, it was very interesting seeing your answers to the questions being asked! Please come back when you can!
Sue_Lyons (Admin): Shawnlei thank you so much, this has been enlightening and educational - we so appreciate your time tonight!
SBAudubon (Moderator): Good night everyone!
Joanne Campbell: Thank you!
WPBEgal: Thank you Shawnlei!
Jackie Brown: Welcome Shawnie and thank you for coming to SWFE chat tonight.
MsSmith57 (Admin): Thank you Shawnlei, so much great information, Good night.
Megster: Thank you for joining this most special group of Admins and chatters Shawnllei
BckEE: Hello, Shawnlei! Welcome, and thank you!
Babs628: Thanks, Shawnlei, for joining this great chat with us tonight. Looking forward to all of the educational information you will be sharing with us tonight.
Gail Siebler: SB Audubon. Welcome to the SW world. I know you will enjoy it here. Such nice folks to share your info and ideas with.
vlpritchett (Moderator): Thank you Shawnlei and everyone for joining us tonight!
Sharon Davis: Nice to have you with us tonight shawnlei it's hard to pronounce really don't have any questions I'll just read
Valerie Seyforth Clayton: Hi Shawnlei this is Valerie. Thank you for all you do. I monitor 9 nests in the Panhandle for Eagle watch.My love of eagles began with E9. Thank you Shawnlei for all you do. Thank you to Dick Pritchett for the cam. Love my H and M15
HOeagletfan1: Night all and thanks Shawnlei SEDs
EJsbe: Thank you Shawnlei!
MelodyCS: A big thank you
Elaine Herbert: Welcome, Shawnlei! we are excited to have you with us!
Daunelle Danish: Thank you Shawnlei
Deen622: Thank you Shawnlei so much valuable information learned alot!
Susan Kiser: Thank you so very much for all of this very informative info Shawnlei! I am copying/pasting it to OpenOffice right now and I can't wait to read it later!
Ilene Horwitz: Thank you for so much information, Shawnlei, the hour flew by!
dadsjazz (Admin): Thanks so much for all the very valuable information!
monieagl11: Thank You Shawnlei so much was so informative
Essec09 (Admin): There are a few questions that Shawnlei wasn't able to get to. We will forward them to her by email and post the answers if she is able to answer them. Thank you all for joining us this evening. Was a wonderful, informative session.
purpleagle (Admin): Thank you Shawnlei for sharing your evening with us. I'm sure that you were able to answer many of our viewers questions !
E9Lover2: Thank you Shawnie for all the amazing knowledge you shared with us tonight. Hope you will visit with us again maybe next session?
RobertoD (Admin): Shawnlei, thank you very much for all of the information about migration! It’s my favorite subject Especially for mentioning Piping Plovers, and how you encourage parents with children to not chase after birds on the beach. I work and live on a barrier island off the SC coast and we do see Plovers migrating through each year. They stop here to refuel on the eggs of Horseshoe Crabs. Our problem here is dogs off of leashes which is difficult to control. I manage to get photos each year of banded Piping Plovers and am always fascinated by the data that I get back when I report the sightings. Thank you so much for being here tonight!
MelodyCS: I'm still giggling at, eagles have bad breath lol
LNBirdLady: Hello everyone. Thank you for all your information tonight. FYI, I visited Bob at the Ecotarium last summer. He had a new young female eagle joining him who was named Dianne after the author of the book Eagle One who raised eaglets in MA.
Peggy180: Thank you so much, Shawnlei. That information was absolutely fascinating!
SoarFreeE9: Thank you Shawnlei!!
beju: Thank you so very muchShawnlei
Macky Miller: I am a firm believer that protecting our precious wildlife has to start with the young. Our moderators have sessions with the schools. Have schools been receptive to your coming in and talking to the students? Have you been able to get younger children involved? I suspect they would, in turn, go back home and bring their parents into the picture. Hope I'm not off the wall with my thinking. I thank you for being here tonight.
SBAudubon (Moderator): Hi Macky! So true. Children are the future! And we do get many opportunities through the Center for Birds of Prey to go into schools and talk about the importance of eagles and other raptors and how we can help protect them. One of our EagleWatch volunteers is a grade school technology teacher and she uses the SW FL Eagle cam in her classroom. It’s really heartwarming to hear her stories.
jsheptwo: Shawnlei, thank you SO much....this has just been fascinating and so much wonderful information. I found the point about eagles scavaging on euthanized animals not buried deeply enough somewhat disturbing. Would that possibly be as a result of farmers leaving their euthanized animals out?
SBAudubon (Moderator): You make a good point. I had assumed that farmers were required to property dispose of euthanized animals. If not, that could certainly be one of the causes. But in most cases when we’ve received an eagle that has signs of secondary barbiturate poisoning (the chemical used to euthanize animals), they are found at a landfill or within half a mile of a landfill. Landfills are supposed to properly bury euthanized animals they receive. So when we identify a landfill that is a repeat offender, we work with them and the Florida Dept of Environmental Protection to help them address the issue.
Janet1: Thank you Shawnlei for all the information have a good night
JudyJirasek: Very informative thank you very much
Shannon Jemison Price: Thank you, Shawnlei! What a wonderful session tonight. Thank you for all you do and for your time tonight.
hootie-hoo: Shawnlei, Thank you for sharing your evening with us! DaveM great question about lead awareness!
katbate: Great, informative session. Thank you so much
Androcat: Thank you Shawnlei! Favorite chat session ever! Thank you Pritchett family for yet another gift!
PamW2017: Shawnlie - Many thanks for answering our questions! Very informative, and hope you can come back some time.
Carol Guarco Myers: Thank you all for coordinating. What a great hour! Time flies!
trusteagles: Thank you so much, Shawnlei. As Essec said, it was a pleasure to meet you. I learned so much tonight. Thank you,Ginnie, for making this happen.
NHDalGal: Wow! This was an awesome addition to our chat. I hope we can do things like this again. Thank you to Shawnlei and the Pritchetts for making this available to us.
TinEar: I think the operative word tonight was "take" which startled several people apparently. I also though it meant to hunt/kill/harvest and was a bit alarmed at first until getting Shawnlei's explanation.
Pat Kwap Kemble: Thank you Shawnlei for teaching us so much about eagles.
OrchrdHs: Super interesting and reminds us that there is still so much to learn about these magnificent birds. Adding notes to my eagle journal and now I have more ideas for research and then can share with others who are interested in BEs. Thanks so much!
Tom Sawyer: Thank you to Shawnlei for all the great information! I would like to see an answer to Sams last question myself? That was an interesting and very relevant question regarding banding considerations.
Beverly Morden Hall: Shawnlie thank you so much. I can't wait to read it all GAIN. iT IS FACINATING
lucybird: Thanks all for this special chat. It was so very informative. What a treat Thank you Ginni P for putting this together WOW.
Eagletoe06: Many thanks to Ginnie Pritchett & Shawnlei! Very informative & great statistics! Always learning!
Lauren Roberts: Thank you to the Pritchetts for having Shawnlei join us tonight. And thank you, Shawnlei. She is the BEST! I'm having computer issues and was afraid I would miss it. SO back to work on that for me. Thank you Mods for getting that all set up for us! SEDs all!
scurtis123: Thank you to our hosts and speaker, and other eagle fans here!
TinEar: Shawnlie certainly opened the door for those interested to further their eagle education with the free training classes held around the state of FL. Here's your opportunity.
Jackie Brown: Thanks Eagle Squad for having our guess Shawnlei with is tonight. Thanks Pritchett family for providing us the opportunity to always learn about our eagle family.
Babs628: That was very enjoyable, educational and thought-provoking. Definitely a copy & paste to keep for reference. Thank you, Shawnlei & the SWFEC & Pritchett family for arranging this great Q & A.
AndrewNH26: Thank you Shawnlie << Notice the 3 Eagles in oct on cam 2 nodding yes to eveything you shared Lol
TaraTrac: Please thank Shawnlei for this informative and inspiring talk! The timing couldn't be better because I'm signing up for an introductory class and nest viewing by our East Bay Regional Park Dist. citizen Raptor Research program, with a focus on bald eagles. Thanks Essec, SueL, Roberto, Sam for hosting her. And GE viewers.....great talk, huh?
Nancy Phillips: Thanks Pritchett's and all involved in this chat, Shawnlie was so interesting and I learned a lot more about our great Eagles, great chat!
MagEagle9: Thank you Ginnie for the great idea of this chat with Shawnlei and thank you Essec and awesome mods for making it happen! I get to work with her thru EagleWatch and the days I volunteer at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey. I was blessed to spend the morning with her at 2 eagle releases! That is what it is all about-getting them back home! I hope to meet you the next time you visit our amazing center Ginnie! If any of you are ever near central Florida it is well worth the visit!
floridafox: Hi all question: Why is it unlawful to pick up an eagle feather from the ground it doesn’t seem to affect any natural events in an Eagles life ty
SBAudubon (Moderator): Hi floridafox! You are referring to the federal law that protects eagles and all of their body parts so that it is illegal to own an eagle feather or any body part without a federal permit. I didn’t realize until I came to this position that even deceased eagles found on the road, or wherever they may be found, must be properly disposed of. FWC often brings deceased eagles to our Clinic for processing. We have to report the death to US Fish and Wildlife and they direct us as to what to do with the body—either send it to a lab for necropsy to determine if the cause of death was something illegal or to the eagle repository where the remains are made available to American Indians for use in their religious ceremonies. So it’s quite a process. I suspect the law is as strict as it is because allowing the collection of eagle feathers could be a slippery slope—was the feather found on the ground or did someone shoot the eagle to get the feather and then hide the remains? Unfortunately, there are many unscrupulous people out there and as is often the case, our laws are shaped to prevent the worst.
LCampbell75: Those were great questions...I learned a lot... thanks for doing this...and why do you guys name the eagles and we at SWEFC don't??
SBAudubon (Moderator): Thanks! Are you referring to my story about Bob and Peace? We don’t actually name our eagle patients at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey. Peace was named by the folks at the NE FL Eagle Cam, which is operated by the American Eagle Foundation, and they do name their eagles. When Peace came to our clinic for treatment, all of their camera followers began watching the live feed from our flight barn and they are the ones who gave the name Bob to the adult eagle who “fostered” Peace. We refer to our patients by their patient number. Although we do go on to name any non-releasable raptors who become permanent residents at our facility. At that point, they become family.
"There are some things you simply must ponder in your heart. Your heart has the answer that you cannot get from anywhere else." -Iyanla Vanzant
on our walk back to grand central last night after the band of horses show at carnegie hall, we passed the open bay of fire engine company 65, a.k.a. the "midtown mob." the fireman at the gate saw us taking pictures, and said we could come in and shoot the rig. the guy was so friendly, i couldn't not ask to shoot his portrait. "me? you wanna take a picture of me?" "hellsyeah!" i said. so he came out and positioned himself in front of the truck, all proud-like and smiling. but just as i went to click the shutter, an alarm sounded; he jumped off the fender, ran to the booth, and answered the call. more men appeared out of nowhere from behind the rig, getting ready to respond. we quickly got out of their way with shouts of "thank you," "good luck," and "be safe."
later when i looked in the camera, this is what i found.
it's my favorite shot of the night.
1. Anything?! Damn boi! asked by A Civilian
A: yes, anything
2. what would you do for a klondike bar? asked by =BROHAMSANWICH=
A: amost anything
3. what number is the earth? true or false? asked by Socialist brick (I am the Box man JR)
A: 24; true
4. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? asked by marineraider Semper Fidelis
A: all of the wood
5. Favorite of all your mods? asked by whatman59
A: a tie between my intervention, RPK, and mk14
6. How many stomachaches does a cow have? asked by lego blackops
A: one?
7. What if a drunk bear was backwards on a gocart coming towards you going 10 knots because he adjusted the sails to face the wind? What if a turtle got ran over by a truck which caused the bear to spin out of control and loose altitude and crash land his plane? asked by HighonBricks
A: then the bear would be dead.
8. have you always lived in Florida? asked by Zachary117
A: yes, i was born and raised in florida, and i have lived in the same house my entier life
9. who would win in a fight Hawkeye, Katniss or Legolas? Honest answer please. asked by soulspiritstudios
A: hawkeye because i have never seen lotr, and i just think he could easily beat katniss
10. How old are you? asked by [Night Fox]
A: i am 14 turning 15 in march
11. where in FL do you live, cuz i live in FL :P asked by legocreator216
A: i live in Palm City, all the way on the east coast, about even with lake Okeechobee
12. what is the music you like? asked by clone camo1
A: i like country music and 50's rock
well guys, that concludes my first q and a, i may do another in the future if you want. i hope you got to know a little more about me, even though some of these questions didnt make sense :P
While it's fairly common knowledge G1 Megatron was originally Takara's Microman Micro Change Gun Robo MC-13 Walther P-38 Uncle Type, MC-13's origin may not be as straightforward as it may seem.
The Japanese Micro Change line consisted of 1:1 scale toys of household objects and in the Microman storyline, these transformed into robots which aided the Microman in their battles against the dastardly Acroyear. (Thus, Megatron was originally on the side of angels.)
This did raise an interesting question that's never been satisfactorily answered: what kind of Japanese household had a World War II-era German handgun complete with silencer, extended barrel, scope and shoulder stock just lying around?
The "Uncle" in "MC-13 Walther P-38 Uncle Type" provides a major clue. MC-13 was nearly identical to the heavily customised Walther P-38 seen on the Sixties television series, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. It's also worth noting the Japanese company MGC produced a replica of the television prop in 1966. Curiously, however, MC-13 lacked the extended magazine clip seen on the television prop and the Japanese replica.
There was another possible candidate for MC-13's inspiration closer to home. The Japanese television series, Seibu Keisatsu, a cop show set in a highly-combustible Eighties Japan, had merchandising tie-ins by Yonezawa and among these was an U.N.C.L.E-inspired Walther P-38 airsoft gun. Colours aside, it's a dead ringer for MC-13. The problem is the timing is awkward. The third series of the Japanese show started airing in April 1983, the Walther P-38 apparently appeared in episode 21 which aired in September and Takashi Matsuda applied for the MC-13 patent in June. Intriguingly, however, Yonezawa's 1982 toy catalog showed the Walther P-38 Uncle Type and the toy was copyrighted in 1982. It's highly likely MC-13 and the other Gun Robo in the Micro Change line were toys based on Japanese airsoft guns, which is how they fit the "toys of household objects" concept of Micro Change.
Toy companies are understandably wary of selling realistic-looking toy guns like MC-13/Megatron these days given kids wielding them have been accidentally shot by law-enforcement personnel. More to the point, a 1988 US law prohibited anyone "to manufacture, enter into commerce, ship, transport, or receive any toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm" without "a blaze orange plug inserted in the barrel of such toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm."
The Transformers toy designers have, on occasion, produced sly workarounds. The Titans Return Sixshot figure, for example, had a submarine mode which bore a striking resemblance to Sixshot's G1 gun mode when flipped upside down. As Sixshot's gun mode was, to be generous, gun-shaped rather than a realistic model of a gun, this was less a deliberate attempt to circumvent the toy gun law than a token attempt to avoid controversy.
There has been a surprising amount of controversy over the years. There were protests over toy guns as far back as the Thirties when mothers feared kids playing with toy guns would grow up to be gangsters. However, matters became exacerbated in the Eighties after the toy companies took full advantage of Reagan-era deregulation of television to promote their wares. Toy guns along with war-themed toys and cartoons became the frequent target of finger-wagging activists and scientists-turned-activists constantly on the lookout for simple solutions for complex societal issues.
''The message of toy guns is that you solve problems by pulling a trigger," proclaimed a professor of psychology, psychiatry and pediatrics. A Vietnam War vet went further and blamed war toys for conditioning kids to kill in battle as adults. A man was arrested for placing stickers on G.I. Joe figures in a store with the message: ''Warning - Think before you buy. This is a war toy. Playing with it increases anger and violence in children. Is this really what you want for your child?'' Protesters even held demonstrations against G.I. Joe at Hasbro's headquarters.
Others opted for a scientific approach in order to convince the public of the danger posed by toys. In 1985, Dr. Thomas Radecki conducted a study of play involving violence-themed toys and announced, "The evidence is quite strong that we are transmitting an unhealthy message encouraging children to have fun pretending to murder each other.'' The toy in question was He-Man, the study was conducted on preschoolers and the study size was 20.
A founding member of the National Coalition on Television Violence, Radecki had a more personal reason for taking a stance against violent entertainment. He revealed he had a violent fantasy after watching "A Clockwork Orange" and became so convinced violent entertainment could lead to real violence he warned "we are taking a serious chance of causing the end of the world."
(Depending on your familiarity with the history of moral entrepreneurs, you may or may not be surprised to learn Radecki was later imprisoned for illegal prescriptions of drugs under his somewhat unsuccessful "Doctors and Lawyers for a Drug-Free Youth" programme.)
The toy companies did push back by claiming they were only supplying what the consumers wanted. "If the consumer doesn't want to buy, trust me, the consumer doesn't buy," said a spokeswoman for the Toy Manufacturers of America. The G.I. Joe brand, which went out of fashion after the Vietnam War and returned to popularity during the Reagan era, was cited as an example.
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, then-president of Axlon, the makers of Techforce toys, made the not unreasonable point kids would engage in aggressive play even without war toys and toy guns. "Take away their toy guns and they still have (the finger gun gesture): bang, bang," Bushnell said.
(Bushnell would undoubtedly be nonplussed to learn a 10-year-old boy was suspended from school for three days for doing just that in 2014. Zero tolerance policies in schools have resulted in even more absurd examples: an 8-year-old was suspended for three days for brandishing a breaded chicken finger at a teacher and going, "Pow, pow, pow" and another 8-year-old was suspended a day for using a 2-inch-long G.I. Joe gun "in a threatening manner.")
Bushnell also rightly noted toys and cartoons are not the only source of violent imagery. He asked, "Can we require our kids not to read the front page when we bomb Khaddafi?" Some forms of real-world violence are clearly culturally approved, encouraged and celebrated. (Go Patriots!)
Tara Woodyer raised another interesting point, "War scenarios are often passionate expressions of detailed knowledge about particular characters and fantasy worlds depicted in books, TV and films. As play is an important means through which children learn to deal with uncertainty, assess risk and develop resilience, is it right to seek to restrict forms of play that we, as adults, might on the surface see as more troublesome?"
Dr. Helen Boehm, a psychologist, admitted she simply didn't like toy guns but conceded "children don't learn values from toy guns and G.I. Joe. It's parents and other role models who have the most important influence on a child's behavior."
Despite all the handwringing over them over the years, toy guns are still being sold in the millions these days. It's just that they are neon-coloured and futuristic rather than realistic, shoot foam darts instead of BB pellets, and are called "blasters" instead of toy guns. Hasbro's Nerf brand dominates the blasters market and is expected to make over half a billion dollars in wholesale sales this year.
If there's been a distinct paucity of outrage over toy guns, violence-themed toys or violence on television in recent years, it's because the moral entrepreneurs have predictably moved on. As Kirsten Drotner pointed out in her 1999 study of media panics, "The intense preoccupation with the latest media fad, immediately relegates older media to the shadows of acceptance."
Patrick Markey and Christopher Ferguson wrote, "Over the past four decades, American pundits and politicians have blamed violent games for just about every societal ill: school shootings, racism, obesity, narcissism, rickets (a skeletal disease), self-control problems, and drunk driving. Violent games have been held responsible for homicides, carjackings, and rapes, for causing limbs to fall off (seriously), for learning disabilities, and even for the terrorist attacks on September 11th."
Things did improve over time. "The fact that most scientists discount the notion that violent media causes real-world violence is a relatively new phenomenon. Surveys of media scholars conducted thirty years ago revealed that 90 percent of psychologists felt that media violence was among the primary causes of behavioural aggression," they wrote.
"Although society's mistrust of video games seems to be ebbing, people will undoubtedly find something new to fear. Perhaps it will be the dangers of virtual reality, the rise of YouTube stars, or maybe it will be a technology we have yet to imagine," Markey and Ferguson cautioned. "We're already seeing the beginning of a new panic around social media, with concerns that it is isolating and 'brain draining.' People have even tied these fears to those of gun violence …"
As Drotner wrote, "All panics are united by a firm belief in rational argumentation: if people only know about the dangers of the media, if only their tastes are elevated, or if the media mechanisms are properly revealed, then they will change their cultural preferences. But this belief is facilitated by, indeed founded on, an intrinsic amnesia. Every new panic develops as if it was the first time such issues were debated in public, and yet the debates are strikingly similar."
I had this idea to get a blurred (quick) motion of someone going to pick up the phone...this was one of my many failed attempts.
I think I will try the picnik editor at this, trim it, and see what i can do
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We were waiting for an answer , a Simple one , Can We Touch the Sky , can I eat those sugary cotton Sky , no one answered us ,,, so we always try to find out the answers by our selves , we Climbed these woody fence day after day , we broke some of the woods , but we still try , then we Found the answer , just the people who pass a way could know the answer , and we will never reach the sky , It's just a amazing un-limited range with stars all over around to count till we sleep ...
I will never wait , we Will never Wait
And if it all is black and white
Then tell me what is wrong and right
I don't suppose that anybody knows
And maybe when we reach the end
We'll ask imaginary friends
By no response..
Dedicated to my Lovely Brother who I used to Climb these woody Fence with him , to Touch the Sky ...
Once Sir Joseph of Baeth learnt of Lenfald's separation, he feared that Djorn and Roger were in danger on their way to Garheim. This fear was realized when he received a note stating that the traveling duo had in fact been captured at the Lenfald-Loreos border and were being held for ransom at the old Garhim embassy; roughly ten miles north along the western coast. At this same time Joseph had received an order to go fishing in Lenfald in order to spy on the province. Figuring this was a perfect time to do so, he proceeded to hire a crew, pack his wares and fishing rods, and load up the Rogue Spur for the rescue of Roger and Djorn.....
Several weeks had passed since their departure from Dalmunatha. It took time for Joseph to sail far enough south in order to steer clear of the Magic Isles and plot a very careful course through the Sea of Despair to reach the safer coasts of the Western side of Roawia. Upon arrival to the cliffs that held the old Garhim embassy, its banners changed to the colors of Lenfald, Joseph told his crew to prepare to be boarded with weapons at the ready- if they had previously kicked the Garhims out of the embassy, who knows what they would do to them as Loreesis.
Surprisingly enough however, Sir Joseph and his crew were met with open arms as they docked to the old embassy with dock hands helping to immediately unload the sea-wary contents of their journey. Djorn and Roger were waiting along the lookout just above the docks holding on to two beautiful women each with giant grins on their faces. Standing next to them was a Lenfel knight with a light grey beard and swept back hair, wearing black lapels, noting him as a higher lord. He yelled out, "What ho Sir Joseph! How thee fare on this fine day?! Did thy winds give you quick course to mighty Lenfald?!"
Not sure if this was a ruse or sincere question Joseph knew to keep his tongue witty and his sword close for this encounter. He called back to the lord,
"Greetings noble Lenfel! The winds were sure in helping us get 'ere at the best pace it could!" He began to walk up the stairs to talk to the noble more clearly, "I dont think we have had the pleasure of acquaintance, I am Sir Joseph of Baeth, merchant and knight of Loreos. I was requested to come rescue my two colleagues here, who seem to have both made themselves rather comfortable. I feel I have brought more than enough gold and treasure to negotiate with for their immediate release. Exactly who do I have the pleasure of doing business with my lord?"
At this, the "captured" duo had begun laughing while the noble wrapped an arm around the confused Joseph and gave out a hearty laugh too. Gathering himself, the high lord finally spoke to Joseph, "Nay Sir Joseph! Yer friends aren't our prisoners! Why they have been great fun in our little castle! That note was written just to scare ye to get yer booty out here sooner! Twas a big misunderstanding that has happened since the separation of Lenfald from the nations of Roawia. Thou first think we kicked out the Garhims from their embassy, tis a false accusation- all the occupants left when Garheim was in most dire trouble with the Queen's soldiers. We took up residence because we didnt want them damn filthy Dragon soldiers to find and take root in this abandoned outpost.."
He turned and gestured to Roger and Djorn, "And the capturing of these two twas a complete accident, I had not yet returned from the council meeting so when word of our separation began to incorrectly spread- the local militias deemed it best to start building a wall and patrolling the Lorseesi-Lenfel border which is where your companions were taken. Our most sincere apologies for this mistake, we do not request any form of ransom and if you'd like you can set up a booth in the courtyard and sell thy wares! Stay awhile and let thy crew rest from your long journey! Im sure many 'ere would love to buy some gems and trinkets! AH I almost forgot the pleasantries, I am Lord Jon of House Dragmar.'
Surprised at this revelation and indeed tired from his journey here, Joseph was still suspicious of this Lord Jon and those Lenfels around him. He decided it would be best to accept the invitation and let the crew rest for a few days so he could dig a bit deeper into the mystery that Lenfald had become... He accepted the high lord's apology and invitation to set up shop and rest for a couple days. He finished by giving a sly grin and asking a single question, "So Lord Jon, I have heard that Lenfald's western shores are home to some of the best fishing the realm has ever seen! I just so happen to have my fishing rods with me, would you be up for a spot of fishing tomorrow?"
The old Lenfel replied, "Well of course we have the world's best fishing! I will take you up on that offer Sir Joseph! Tomorrow at mid morning we shall fish!"
.......
It was summertime in Roawia and like the other nations, Lenfald's denizens were enjoying this time of peace. This gave the old embassy a very festive feel. Merchants were selling their wares, people were milling about and talking, children were laughing; jesters juggled and told jokes, the men were having fun practicing their archery and sword skills. Roger had met a cute baker so while he managed Joseph's booth, he allowed her to sell bread to hungry customers. Djorn was off of his shift so he resumed courting the fair ladies he had previously been seen with.
The Garhims had set up a rather good system of agriculture here so many were tending and harvesting the varieties of produce and food that was growing around the castle though the guard presence was quite large for such a small outpost...Joseph noticed this.
Just a few meters down from the dock that held the Rogue Spur was a wooden outlook that jutted out over the cliffs, a perfect spot for fishing. It was here that Lord Jon and Sir Joseph had cast out their lines and began to wait for something to bite.
"Ahhh... a lovely day ain't it Lord Jon?" Asked Joseph. Slipping the objective of spying to Roger and Djorn late in the night, he knew that the information the three could collect would be valuable to his Areani allies. Joseph had also given the Lord some of his strongest Loreesi ale at breakfast to loosen him up before their little fishing excursion.
"Yes, tis a great day after all Sir Joseph! Nothing quite like men of stature relishing in the simple enjoyments of the commoners."
Looking away, Joseph rolled his eyes and nodded. "Aye milord, tis always a surreal experience. Tell thee, what dost thou think of Lenfald's separation from the Roawia?"
"Not much to be honest with ya lad. Everyone be a little tenser with being afraid of how the other nations will react, but we will all get along in the end Im sure. I will tell ya what Joseph, I dont give much trust to them Loreesi or Garhim diplomats and politicians. Tis the tried and true men of Roawia, those who work its land and seas that I trust the most. Men like you lad... I will tell you this though my new friend, something you'd like to hear but cannot tell anyone..."
He leaned in close to Joseph, so close Joseph could smell the Loreesi ale on the high lord's breath.
"I heard something remarkable has happened that gives reason for the sudden movements of Lenfald's ships-- the reason why there wasn't a vessel stationed here upon your arrival. There are trusted rumors that us Lenfel's have discovered something." He pointed out to the sea, "Something out there...-"
His sentence was cut off by Joseph being startled by the sudden jerking of his fishing line. "AHA! I believe I caught me a fish!" He yelled as he pulled up a medium sized fish.
Broke from his drunken trance, Lord Jon exclaimed, "Oi! That is a fine lookin fish me boy! Let us cook it up and get more of that fancy ale of yours!"
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First off, sorry for the rather long story! But it is needed for the continuation of Sir Joseph of Baeth's story which will probably be shorter in upcoming installments.
(Also, apologies for the kind of crappy pics- my actual camera isnt working and my light box didnt fit this size MOC so a lot of photoshop was used in the first pic so sorry about that.)
Secondly, Wow! This was a big entry to both the Loreos Local Challenge LCXXII and the second Journeyman task of the Merchants guild!
This was originally apart of a display last year for a local Lego event here in the Northern Colorado area but I never got around to posting it as life got in the way and I wasn't sure how to incorporate this into my character's story at the time. The base had been sitting around while the original castle was taken down to build something for my next Merchants Guild task.
It was really my first attempt at building an actual castle for once and since it was intended for a display- I wanted an open area for easy viewing while keeping the castle modular so that is why it doesnt really have a keep or anything. But after my quick redux I think it turned out quite well!
If you've made it this far thanks so much for viewing! It's good to be actively building again and there is still quite a bit in store! :)
Today I noticed that this book - the promisingly named "Book of Answers" has instructions for use on the back - having read them I thought the most obvious question to ask was whether the way I'd just read was the best way to use the book. So I opened it, using their instructions, with this in mind.... and got...
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Stapled to a 16th Ave. telephone pole.
New Yorkers in general and aspiring professionals in particular are linked umbilically to the telephone. The day the phone circuits went out in lower Manhattan thanks to a fire in one of the switching centers downtown, and there was no telephone service for a week, two actors and a nightclub comic killed themselves out of desperation.
Every would-be actor, dancer, singer, comedian, window or set dresser, flower arranger or street peddler has a service. "Call my service," they'll tell , "This is my service number." An answering service is something they just can't do without. Con Edison may shut off the gas; they may not have enough dimes for the clothes dryer in the laundromat; they may not have tasted real food since the last time they went home to mother, but they have a service.
Tony of course had told Joy to "call my service," and had given her a telephone number. The grungy single-room-occupancy hotel where he was sacking out had something that once functioned as a switchboard, and an ancient and decrepit unshaven relic who had once furnished a doorman-cum-desk ...
Wikipedia: the answer to life, the universe and everything
This is part of Douglas Adams' book series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
The answer to that question is 42, but i think the footprints leads us to another thing ... Coka-cola is the answer, "the spirit of life"
This is not publicity (it is only a joke).
'the answer to life, the universe and everything' On Black: See your photos in a new light
Post a pic of yourself and answer the questions! Tagged by the truly quite, quite wonderful Hej!
1: What are you wearing?
Tights, a dress and me spectacles! (Oh and pants and bra obv!)
2: Something about you that nobody ever knew?
I believe in fairies like really believe in them!
3: Biggest phobias?
Spiders, amphibians, fish, birds, touching rubbish
4: How tall are you?
Five foot 6 and a half!
5: Ever been in love?
Yes and it scared and excited me in equal measure!
6: Any tattoos that you want?
I want a bow on my wrist coloured pink and the words Deo Volente (God willing) somewhere
7: Any piercings that you want?
No, I dont think so although I sometimes wish I had a nose stud
8: Makeouts or cuddling?
Both! Greedy aint I?
9: Shoe size?
Size 7 clown feet
10: Favorite bands?
The Doors, Joy Division, Black Sabbath, The Who, Fleetwood Mac
11: Something you miss?
I miss various peoples
12: Favorite song?
Oh golly gosh it changes regularly but I really like Golden Brown by the Stranglers and have done for ages I have a top 10 but I wont bore you with that!
13: How old are you?
29 on the cusp of 30!
14: Zodiac sign?
Capricorn
15: Hair Color?
Mousey Brown
16: Favorite Quote?
"Whoever saves one life save the world entire"
17: Favorite singer?
Jim Morrison
18: Favorite colour?
Pink it makes the boys wink dontcha know?!
19: Loud music or soft?
I like my music LOUD!
20: Where do you go when you're sad?
I retreat to my bed or I go to my best friends flat
21: How long does it take you to shower?
We dont have a shower so I bathe!
22: How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
I prefer as much sleep as possible so anywhere between 20 minutes and my own personal best of 2 minutes!
23: Ever been in a physical fight?
No! I dont even know how to punch! Sad eh? But that doesnt mean I wont fiercely protect my and my loved ones honour!
24: Turn on?
Being caressed, Hair, laughter, geeks, friendliness, sense of humour, certain aftershaves, being challenged
25: Turn off?
Fuckwits, snobbery, monobrows, smelly breath
26: The reason I joined Flickr?
Blythe
27: Fears?
Dyeing alone, never finding love, being hurt by people, never having a baby
28: Last thing that made you cry?
A man, the same man it always is!
29: Last time you cried?
Last week
30: Meaning behind your url:
I dont have one but my flickr name comes from the fact my most overused phrase is Oh my God so I made my username oh my Blythe!
31: Last book you read?
The Hunger Games
32: Last song you listened to?
Starships by Nicki Minaj I love singing the rap part out loud!
33: Last show you watched?
The Big Bang Theory I am in love with Leonard
34: Last person you talked to?
My sister
35: The relationship between you and the person you last texted?
He's my best friend
36: Favorite food?
Chinese
37: Place you want to visit?
New Zealand, Tokyo and New York
38: Last place you were?
Brighton
39: Do you have a crush?
Oh blime loads! Main ones are Tom Hardy, Aidan Turner, Johnny Depp and Ralph Fiennes
40: Last time you kissed someone?
I kiss people all the time ie friends etc it depends what kind of kiss this question refers too!
41: Last time you were insulted and what was it?
My brother in law said I was a bum beard
42: What color underwear are you wearing?
Leopard print
43: What color shirt are you wearing?
I'm wearing a grey dress
44: Are you tired?
Hell to the yeah!
45: Wearing any bracelets?
No
46: Last sport you played?
Ha ha Sport!
47: Last song you sang?
Foxy Lady by Jimi Hendrix
48: Last prank call you remember doing?
I'm rubbish at pranks!
49: Last time you hung out with anyone?
Last night with my sis and friend Meg..
50: Do you consider yourself to be approachable?
I like to think so!
The answer is in the background.
— Remi Chapeaublanc
In a wonderful (to me anyway) bit of serendipity this current challenge seems to mesh well with a project I am doing here on Flickr for the Utata Group's Big Summer Project. That project takes the form of an homage to a well known photographer. From the list of six I chose Uta Barth. I've been shooting both digitally and with Impossible film (duplicating some shots in both mediums). I felt a strong pull to her work and think there is a good fit with this challenge since the backgrounds in her images are key in helping us to see what she wants us to see.
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It has been a week of goodness. Besides being nice enough to wander around Renegade Handmade with me, Adam and Emily of Moesewco were nice enough to give me the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.
Happy!
These are some cool crafty people. I love Adam's embroidery style, and Emily makes some awesome hats - she just made one for Stephen Fry!
Sometimes the answer is right there in front of you, staring you in the face but you are too blind to see.
Sometimes, however, you have what it takes to work it out but what you need is a little time and space.
Here I am not talking about just the space to breathe - but that helps obviously - but a bit more than that. Here I am talking about time to sit and stare and dream.
Today, I was trying to figure out how all the pieces in what seemed like an impossible family timetable conflict could be made fit. In short, it seemed like they couldn't.
So I took the time for a walk with the dog, down to the lakes at the University of Queensland.
I go here often, I take photos of the birds and the turtles and the lizards and sometimes the humans.
I think I'm taking it all in but I'm always on a bit of a schedule. Today I just sat for a bit and looked at the fountain in the middle of the lakes. The fountain is always there and always on but today I was fascinated by the way the wind was whipping up the jets of spray at the top. It was probably the first time I had actually properly given it more than a second glance.
It was hypnotic, rather like lying on your back watching clouds.
And then somewhere in there it hit me. Instead of trying to fit things in where they always go - in those after school hours, turn it around. Start from the beginning of the day and work forward not the end of the day and work back - and allow yourself two minute noodles with the mango chicken tonight. And Voila! It will all fit. I may never be a fountain of all knowledge but at least I know a new place to go for a bit of inspiration.
Actualy dis is Christopher L. Layron answers sa DULAC MARTIAL ARTSisa akong Guro Or INSTRUCTOR ME A master of DULAC MARTIAL ARTS Way energetic VASQUEZ III Name: ANTHONIO R. VASQUEZ IIINickname: TONYE-mail add: aketsmartialart@yahoo.com Chatroom nickname: - FighterBirthdate: may 10 , 1981Birthplace: Tayabas , QuezonWeekly Allowance: walaHobby: Playing Martial Arts, Soldier,stuntmanFavorite food: Chopsuey,Kari-KariFavorite drink: Syempre ano p b e d MILO,OVALTINE!Favorite TV show: Eat Bulaga, UFC (Ultimate Fighting)Favorite sport: Taekwondo, Arnis, Karate, BaseBall Favorite video game: StreetFighter!Favorite book: Tau mag bug2ngan atbp!!Favorite writer: Geronimo Cristobal and Francis Tolentino!!! (sipsip daw)Favorite movie: Bruce Lee moviesFavorite actor: - Lito Lapid , Bong Revella JR. , FPJ , Rody Fernandes, Roben Padella, Sony Parson, Soren Ligaspi, Ramon Revella SR.Favorite actress: - Angel Locsin , Favorite singer: - Michael JacksonFavorite band: SugarFree Parokya ni Edgar Favorite song: All This Time , Di ko kaya Eye Of The Tiger , i Know , My Hups , Ulan , Narda Fallin , Majika , Especially For you , Get me , Love Moves in Mysteriuos Ways, 214 , Nandito Lang Ako , Makita Kang MuliFavorite teacher: Ma'am Cabgriga, !Reason: Taas grade ko eh!! Ayus kabarkadaFavorite subject: Science, Filipino, MathReason: Mataas din eh!!!Favorite classmate: Arnel Cabalsa , Ronel {PUGOT}Cabalsa, Janice Lopez , Moneth Solina Darwin Daluraya , Patrick Verihano , Jemmy Porol , Renato Bolfane , Madilyn Labita , June Reyes , Carlo Solina , Rico Reason: Kasi LKS the best!!!Favorite tyrannical dictator:Joel Lamangan!!!Favorite airline: Philippine AirlinesFavorite time period: Pagtapos na lahat ng subjectFavorite condom brand: Wala eh!! Siguro Frenzy , TrushFavorite perfume: Hugo Boss!Favorite pet: Aso! , Pusa Favorite hangout: Tindahan sa may kanto , Pomunta sa Gubat !Greatest dream: To be an olympic gold medalist , Soldier , Martial Arts Instructor magkasa2kyan ung Ferrari ung ReD hA..Magkabahay Person admired most: Lola at Lolo Future plans: !! Wala eh Hindi ko nakita Tatay koUnforgettable occurence this year: Di ko maalala tulungan mo nga akong alalahanin?Likes: Gusto!Dislikes: Ayaw!Describe yourself: I am always Lonely! Sometimes sleepy! HYPER! KULETMotto: LKS THE BEST!!! God is good all the time! Would you rather be buried or cremated? How about fumigated?Siguro fumigated para di ako uurin nyahahaha!!! Would you rather be forgotten or hatefully remembered?I want to be forgotten remembered! (tama ba?) Do you get the urge to defecate when you take a piss in the morning?Sometimes! In your opinion, who sucks the most in the classroom?Wala naman lahat pakisama! Who is the most beautiful person for you?My LOvE of course!!! Ever fall through a manhole? Did you get dirty? Did it stink?Di ko pa nasusubukan eh hayaan mo mamaya susubukan ko!Three wishes...1. Sana mahalin Ng ako ng gf ko Hanggang my Buhay!2. Sana di-magkasakit At mag ka sasakyan at saring Bahay3. Sana bigyan mo pa ako ng 3 wishes! Have you ever eaten dog? Cat? Dragon? How did it taste?Yup! Tastes like chicken! Crush mo ba si Maxene M.? Si Francis M.? Si Michael V ? Hindi eh! Si Jeny Song Hye Kyo siguro Is your name Angel Locsin?Don't think so! Ever poured rat poison in your cereal by mistake?Not yet! Ever been chased by a Cry of my Love corpse?Nope! Putting burning dog Cat poop on people's doorsteps: Lonely eh ?I've never tried it but I think it's very funny! Which would you rather have, a StreetFighter,Teaken I want to hav all of them! Have you ever seen a human head enter a vagina completely? If so, did you cry or get the crap scared out of you?Nope, because AC erased that movie from his PC. (kaya di ko nakita) If you had a chance to be someone else, who would it be?I think me!!! Do you hate yourself?Why should I? I'm damn sexy! (Yeah, baby, yeah!!!) Do you like yourself?Of course!!! BANLAG Would you prefer a foreigner or alien from another galaxy as your husband/wife/lover?Ung pinakamamahal ko Bernadette F. Saluba Forever of my life wla ng Hihirit pA !! Bka MASIPA k lang kyO?Ever get bitten by a dog? How many times? Did it hurt?Not yet! What college are you planning on attending? What course? Planning on a master's degree? Criminology , Computer Science Hindi nga lang me nakapag Tapos eh ng High School 4th year lang meSan Bida The best movie you've ever watched was?Bruce Lee , Jet Lee movies! What was the best book you never read?High school books!!! Any last words?I think therefore I am As long as one keeps searching the answrs come! DULAC the best!!! Kung Sino ang Gus2ng makilala si Christopher L. Layron at maTotong Mag SELF-DEPENSE sa Sarili At sa inyong Minamahal PLS.. Call. Or TXT. EMail.. aketsmartialart@yahoo.com/ 09215721353
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Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything (42). In the first novel and radio series, a group of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings demand to learn the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything from the supercomputer, Deep Thought, specially built for this purpose. It takes Deep Thought 7½ million years to compute and check the answer, which turns out to be 42. The Ultimate Question itself is unknown. When asked to produce The Ultimate Question, Deep Thought says that it cannot; however, it can help to design an even more powerful computer, the Earth, that can. The programmers then embark on a further ten-million-year program to discover The Ultimate Question. This new computer will incorporate living beings in the "computational matrix", with the pan-dimensional creators assuming the form of mice. The process is hindered after eight million years by the unexpected arrival on Earth of the Golgafrinchans and then is ruined completely, five minutes before completion, when the Earth is destroyed by the Vogons to make way for a new Hyperspace Bypass. This is later revealed to have been a ruse: the Vogons had been hired to destroy the Earth by a consortium of psychiatrists, led by Gag Halfrunt, who feared for the loss of their careers when the meaning of life became known. Lacking a real question, the mice decide not to go through the whole thing again and settle for the out-of-thin-air suggestion "How many roads must a man walk down?" from Bob Dylan's song "Blowin' in the Wind". At the end of the radio series (and television series, as well as the novel The Restaurant at the End of the Universe) Arthur Dent, having escaped the Earth's destruction, potentially has some of the computational matrix in his brain. He attempts to discover The Ultimate Question by extracting it from his brainwave patterns, as abusively suggested by Ford Prefect, when a Scrabble-playing caveman spells out forty two. Arthur pulls random letters from a bag, but only gets the sentence "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" "Six by nine. Forty two." "That's it. That's all there is." "I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe" Six times nine is, of course, fifty-four. The program on the "Earth computer" should have run correctly, but the unexpected arrival of the Golgafrinchans on prehistoric Earth caused input errors into the system—computing (because of the garbage in, garbage out rule) the wrong question—the question in Arthur's subconscious being invalid all along. Quoting Fit the Seventh of the radio series, on Christmas Eve, 1978: Narrator: There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. Some readers subsequently noticed that 613 × 913 = 4213 (using base 13). Douglas Adams later joked about this observation, saying, "I may be a sorry case, but I don't write jokes in base 13." In Life, the Universe and Everything, Prak, a man who knows all that is true, confirms that 42 is indeed The Answer, and confirms that it is impossible for both The Answer and The Question to be known about in the same universe (compare the uncertainty principle) as they will cancel each other out and take the Universe with them to be replaced by something even more bizarre (as described in the first theory) and that it may have already happened (as described in the second). Though the question is never found, 42 is shown as the table number at which Arthur and his friends sit when they arrive at Milliways at the end of the radio series. Likewise, Mostly Harmless ends when Arthur stops at a street address identified by his cry of, "There, number 42!" and enters the club Beta, owned by Stavro Mueller (Stavromula Beta). Shortly after, the earth is destroyed in all existing incarnations. The number 42 Douglas Adams was asked many times why he chose the number 42. Many theories were proposed, including the fact that 42 is 101010 in binary code, the fact that light refracts off water by 42 degrees to create a rainbow, the fact that light requires 10−42 seconds to cross the diameter of a proton. Adams rejected them all. On November 3, 1993, he gave an answer on alt.fan.douglas-adams: The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought '42 will do'. I typed it out. End of story. Adams described his choice as 'a completely ordinary number, a number not just divisible by two but also six and seven. In fact it's the sort of number that you could without any fear introduce to your parents'. While 42 was a number with no hidden meaning, Adams explained in more detail in an interview with Iain Johnstone of BBC Radio 4 (recorded in 1998 though never broadcast) to celebrate the first radio broadcast's 20th anniversary. Having decided it should be a number, he tried to think what an "ordinary number" should be. He ruled out non-integers, then he remembered having worked as a "prop-borrower" for John Cleese on his Video Arts training videos. Cleese needed a funny number for the punchline to a sketch involving a bank teller (himself) and a customer (Tim Brooke-Taylor). Adams believed that the number that Cleese came up with was 42 and he decided to use it. Adams also had written a sketch for The Burkiss Way called "42 Logical Positivism Avenue", broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 12 January 1977[10] – 14 months before the Hitchhiker's Guide first broadcast "42" in fit the fourth, 29 March 1978. In January 2000, in response to a panelist's "Where does the number 42 come from?" on the radio show "Book Club" Adams explained that he was "on his way to work one morning, whilst still writing the scene, and was thinking about what the actual answer should be. He eventually decided that it should be something that made no sense whatsoever- a number, and a mundane one at that. And that is how he arrived at the number 42, completely at random." Stephen Fry, a friend of Adams, claims that Adams told him "exactly why 42", and that the reason is "fascinating, extraordinary and, when you think hard about it, completely obvious." However, Fry says that he has vowed not to tell anyone the secret, and that it must go with him to the grave. John Lloyd, Adams' collaborator on The Meaning of Liff and two Hitchhiker's fits, said that Douglas has called 42 "the funniest of the two-digit numbers." The number 42 also appears frequently in the work of Lewis Carroll, and some critics have suggested that this was an influence. Other purported Carroll influences include that Adams named the episodes of the original radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "fits", the word Carroll used to name the chapters of The Hunting of the Snark. There is the persistent tale that forty-two is actually Adams' tribute to the indefatigable paperback book, and is really the average number of lines on an average page of an average paperback book. On the Internet The number 42 and the phrase, "Life, the universe, and everything" have attained cult status on the Internet. "Life, the Universe, and Everything" is a common name for the off-topic section of an Internet forum and the phrase is invoked in similar ways to mean "anything at all". Many chatbots, when asked about the meaning of life, will answer "42". Several online calculators are also programmed with the Question. If you type the answer to life the universe and everything into Google (without quotes or capitalising the small words), the Google Calculator will give you 42, as will Wolfram's Computational Knowledge Engine. Similarly, if you type the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything into DuckDuckGo, the 0-click box will read "42".[19] In the online community Second Life, there is a section on a sim called "42nd Life." It is devoted to this concept in the book series, and several attempts at recreating Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, were made. In the OpenOffice.org software, if you type into any cell of a spreadsheet =ANTWORT("Das Leben, das Universum und der ganze Rest"), which means the answer to life, the universe and everything, the result is 42.[20] ISO/IEC 14519-2001/ IEEE Std 1003.5-1999, IEEE Standard for Information Technology - POSIX(R) Ada Language Interfaces - Part 1: Binding for System Application Program Interface (API) , uses the number '42' as the required return value from a process that terminates due to an unhandled exception. The Rationale says "the choice of the value 42 is arbitrary" and cites the Adams book as the source of the value. The random seed chosen to procedurally create the whole universe including all the regions, constellations, stars, planets, moons and mineral distribution of the online massively multi-player computer game EVE Online was chosen as 42 by its lead game designer in 2002. Cultural references The Allen Telescope Array, a radio telescope used by SETI, has 42 dishes in homage to the Answer. In the TV show Lost, 42 is the last of the mysterious numbers, 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42. In an interview with Lostpedia, producer David Fury confirmed this was a reference to Hitchhiker's. The TV show The Kumars at No. 42 is so named because show creator Sanjeev Bhaskar is a Hitchhiker's fan.[24] The band Coldplay's album Viva la Vida includes a song called "42". When asked by Q magazine if the song's title was Hitchhiker's-related, Chris Martin said, "It is and it isn't." The band Level 42 chose its name in reference to the book. The episode "42" of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who was named in reference to the Answer. Writer Chris Chibnall acknowledged that "it's a playful title". Ken Jennings, defeated along with Brad Rutter in a Jeopardy match against IBM's Watson, writes that Watson's avatar which appeared on-screen for those games showed 42 "threads of thought," and that the number was chosen in reference to this meme.
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Part of the Question of the Moment bulletin board set, “If You Could Only Choose One, Which Would You Rather Use: Texting or Facebook?”
Bridlington, a blustery afternoon, we had been photographing in the relative ‘calm’ of the harbour, when we suddenly heard a couple of very loud bangs. Fireworks? During daylight? On a normal weekday?
Anyway, we rushed to our car where Pica, our Border Collie was, knowing how nervous this would make him. We’d parked on the promenade, and that’s where we saw the commotion, people running and appearing from everywhere.
The whole scenario deployed in front of our eyes, the men, pulling on their yellow oilskins whilst on the move, the tractor that would pull the boat into the sea already waiting, the sky filled with screeching seagulls. It was eerie.
You feel a chill in your bones, you see the turbulunt sea, you hope and pray that all will go well and they will return safely.
We never found out what happened...
About The Royal National Lifeboat Institution, an interesting and FUN read!
The RNLI is a charity that provides a 24-hour lifesaving service around the UK and Republic of Ireland.
The volunteer crews give up their time and comfort to carry out rescues in difficult and often dangerous conditions.
Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboats have saved more than 137,000 lives.
The direct cost of launching a lifeboat is relatively small since the crew receives a few pounds expenses for a call out and the only other cost is the fuel. What keeps the costs up are the stores, station and boat maintenance and the other costs involved. There are exercises, training sessions and the relief fleet of 130 boats nation-wide these all add bit by bit to those costs. Anyone who has owned a boat will tell you that sometimes the cheapest part of the operation is the buying of the boat, after that there is always something which needs paying for. A lifeboat can seem to do nothing for weeks and then there is a flurry of activity and it earns every penny of its costs. The coxswain is in charge of the facility and is responsible for directing the safe navigation of the boat, the activities of the crew, and the performance of the missions. Skills of a qualified coxswain include navigation, piloting, boat handling, communication, search planning, and emergency procedures The men and women volunteer crews can be anyone (the butcher, the baker) and encounters with them have been known to suggest that they are very rude people. There is little which is more disconcerting than talking to someone who, in mid conversation, suddenly runs away from you.Don't worry they've probably just had a 'shout' by the maroon (a type of rocket) which would go off with an almighty bang and everyone knew what that meant: they are needed for the lifeboat; there are people in danger at sea!
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