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FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Soldiers and family members of the Fort Bragg community will soon have access to a new $14.7 million Behavioral Health Clinic, scheduled for completion by the end of 2012 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District and prime contractor Hensel Phelps. The 63,500-square-foot facility has a walking trail and extensive garden areas, including an on-grade healing garden for individual patient relaxation. One side of the building is constructed of transparent and frosted glass, which will provide views of the garden and existing wetlands from the patient waiting rooms. The facility will provide behavioral health and social work/family advocacy services in support of Soldiers, family members, and the Fort Bragg community. USACE photo by Tracy Robillard, Sept. 12, 2012.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Soldiers and family members of the Fort Bragg community will soon have access to a new $14.7 million Behavioral Health Clinic, scheduled for completion by the end of 2012 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District and prime contractor Hensel Phelps. The 63,500-square-foot facility has a walking trail and extensive garden areas, including an on-grade healing garden for individual patient relaxation. One side of the building is constructed of transparent and frosted glass, which will provide views of the garden and existing wetlands from the patient waiting rooms. The facility will provide behavioral health and social work/family advocacy services in support of Soldiers, family members, and the Fort Bragg community. USACE photo by Tracy Robillard, Sept. 12, 2012.
Ugarte had slowly, painfully started to gather himself and his bearings. Though the loss of blood, and the ringing in his ears seemed to distort, he knew from all the clamor there where more then just the three originals in the hotel now. As he rose to his knees he caught movement from the corner of his left eye, and what seemed to be a rather slow reaction to him was actually quick enough for him to raise his padded arm to deflect -most- of the tee off from Forge. The force still sent him sprawling backwards. He wasted no time and lunged for the door behind the reception deck, testing the handle first and if it was locked, would attempt to bull his way through.
Kiri Mayako takes her pistol out, and gestures with it, first at Calee, then at Swara and Guin. "You see them? That's Guin - she's from the church. And that's a neko punk with an attitude problem. Both of which are our business. Now be a good girl and hush." She looks at Forge. "He attack Guin?" she asks, pointing at Swara with her pistol.
Darkness Odigaunt jumps as soon as the man was off Guin, she checks her for wounds.
Forgetten Tomorrow watched at the neko bashed the door off its hinges-- he would pause only for a second to look down at Guin. He raised the gun and he would fire again-- the sound of the blast would once again fill the room and Forge stumbled back a few feet likely hitting into the nun behind him. "YOU COME INTO MY FUCKING HOTEL! YOU STUPID SON OF A BITCH" he screamed out-- all he could hear was the ringing in his ears from the two blasts from the now empty rifle. Apparently he didn't hit Darkness but her decision to jump in as he was firing sent him spiraling over her landing hard against the stairs.
Emberen Twine gapes as she frantically assesses the situation...before ducking from the gunfire. She gapes and tries to get a handle on all the action without becoming a victim of it.
Calee Lykin just ignored the larger woman that was now behind her. She would deal with her later, people needed to realise who they were dealing with, with Calee. She glares at Kiri specifically, "Guns is bad!" she hisses at her. "The boss man has it under control, now ya lets him deals with it before ya gets other peoples hurted." She hadn't seen Swara attack Guin, and wasn't really sure what was going on, and figured that there was no way Kiri would have known either. She did know that more guns would mean more trouble, not less, and that her ears were ringing painfully from the shotgun blast. "Now ya should puts those 'way for ya hurts someone."
Iohannes Crispien sighs and mrrs, figuring he ought to draw at least one of his guns, his left, and smirks, covering Kiri, "Come on mister manager, leave the neko to us cats to punish. We'll make sure he gets what's coming to him." He snakes at Calee, "Nekos take care, and punish their own! If you're just gonna hop around, then I'll personally step in and pistolwhip the damn cat, it that's what he has coming."
Emberen Twine gasps unable to imagine what Swara has done for all the punishment.
Guinevere Fouroux gasps as the man's weight suddenly shifts, giving her room to draw air at last. Her breathing comes short and labored out of shock, and she blinks up at the hotel ceiling, barely noticing the swing of Forge's rifle. She nearly sobs in relief as the creature is knocked off of her, but she doesn't move, pain and disbelief washing through her. "What... " she tries to whisper. She remembers the gun is still clutched in her hand and she releases it as if burned. Forge's scream is almost welcome, something she can latch on to, and she tries to turn onto her side--the side that wasn't burning. "Forge?" she tries again. The lobby is full of people, and she spots the hem of familiar black. "Sister Lis?" She doesn't wonder at the illogic of her being here. "Wha--what happened?"
Kiri Mayako looks at Calee. "Girl - *hush*. Nobody cares about you at the moment: Let the grownups work." She looks back to Forge, then the door Swara vanished through. "May we? We'd like to... have a word with him. His conduct is rather appalling, and reflects poorly on all hybrids."
Tonight's post takes us away from the scary roads and bridges and into a warm, fuzzy place.
During the spring, in Florida we get the migration of the terns to the area, where they begin their quest for reproduction and rearing of offspring. One of the most fascinating behaviors to observe in terns is that of courtship feeding. It begins with the male tern proving its worth by catching fish and flaunting their catch in front of prospective females. Eventually, it decides on a female which is wants to further pursue, so it begins to catch fish and bring them directly to her. If she accepts it, then he knows he has succeeded in winning her over and soon they will mate. This courtship feeding though is not just about the "chase", but he will also provide her with more fish as she becomes increasingly more dependent on him for food, prior to laying her eggs. In fact, they say that the nourishment of the female is a primary factor on how many she will actually lay.
As I sit and watch this behavior, I can't help but think about the similarities between species and just how endearing this behavior actually really is. How wonderful and amazing nature is... how it all just works as planned :-).
I hope that everyone had a great day today. Thanks for stopping by to view and for all of your comments.
As I was watching the hummingbirds in my garden, I saw this very large wasp fly into a patch of phlox and take a beetle. After subduing her prey, the wasp flew to an exposed branch where she enjoyed her dinner... Andover, NJ
CA SEA OTTERS: Santa Cruz
Animal Classification
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
Description
Sea otters are members of the weasel or mustelid family. Like other members of this family, they have very thick fur. In fact, at 850,000 to one million hairs per square inch, they have the thickest fur of any mammal. Their fur actually consists of two layers, an undercoat and longer guard hairs. This system traps a layer of air next to their skin so their skin does not get wet. Sea otters are usually dark brown, often with lighter guard hairs. Alaskan sea otters tend to have lighter fur on their heads. Sea otters are the smallest marine mammals. In California adult females weigh 35-60 pounds (16-27 kg); males reach up to 90 pounds (40 kg). Alaskan sea otters are bigger with males weighing up to 100 pounds (45 kg).
Range/Habitat
Sea otters once ranged from Mexico to Alaska and even to Japan. Currently, the California population numbers around 2,800 and is found from Half Moon Bay to Morro Bay. There is a much larger population in Alaska, and sea otters are still found in Russia. Sea otters inhabit shallow coastal areas and prefer places with kelp. The kelp acts as an anchor that the sea otters use to wrap themselves in when they are resting.
Mating/Breeding
Females give birth to one pup and usually have their first pup at the age of four or five. Their pregnancies last four to five months. Pups can be born any time of year, but in California most are born between January and March, and in Alaska most are born in the summer. When born, the pups weigh from three to five pounds.
Behavior
Sea otters are social animals, with females and pups spending time together in one group and males in another. Pups stay with their mothers for the first eight months of their life. The pups' fur traps so much air that they actually cannot dive under water. When mothers leave the pups wrapped in kelp to hunt, pups bob on the surface of the ocean like a cork. Mothers spend much time grooming pups and often carry them on their chests. Pups begin to learn to swim at around four weeks of age. Sea otters are one of the few animals to use tools. They eat animals with shells, like clams and abalone, and use a stone to break open the shells. When sea otters are under water searching for food, they store what they have found in the loose skin folds at their armpits. Adult sea otters can eat 25%-30% of their body weight in one day!
Status
Sea otters in California are a threatened species due to past over hunting for their beautiful fur. Although sea otters are protected now, they remain vulnerable, especially to oil spills. Unlike other marine mammals, sea otters do not have a blubber layer. Therefore, they rely on their fur to keep warm. If their fur is oiled, it loses its insulating qualities and the sea otters soon chill. Otters are also affected by the oil fumes or poisoned by eating food exposed to oil. Most sea otters quickly die in an oil spill. Several thousand sea otters died in the 1989 Exxon oil spill in Valdez, Alaska. Other threats to sea otters include infectious diseases, parasites, boat strikes, entanglements, and toxins.
At The Marine Mammal Center
The Marine Mammal Center began rehabilitating sea otters in 1995. Since that time, we have rescued up to 207 sea otters.
Want to learn more about marine mammals?
SOURCE: www.marinemammalcenter.org/
Today morning I found this unusual scene (for me), two Jumpers in a strange behavior. I think it's a mating behavior, but I'm confused.
30 minutes later www.flickr.com/photos/ironman_br/3602939577/in/photostream/
If you have ever seen films in which Nazi officers click their boot heels together then you have seen what is known as the "American salute" as German national socialists borrowed it from American national socialists via the USA's Pledge of Allegiance, the origin of the Nazi salute and of Nazi behavior (see the work of the historian Dr. Rex Curry).
(the photo above shows Japanese Americans in a USA internment camp being drilled in the USA's Pledge of Allegiance with its Nazi salute).
"When Bellamy finished writing the pledge in August, 1892, he showed it to Upham. The pledge still did not have a salute. Upham came to attention, snapped his heels together and chanted, 'I pledge allegiance to my flag,' and he stretched out his right arm and hand with palm up while he recited the rest of the pledge." That was James Upham and the quote is from Miller, Margarette S. (1976). Twenty Three Words: A Biography of Francis Bellamy : Author of the Pledge of Allegiance.
In practice the Pledge gesture was performed palm down (the Nazi salute) by bored children forced to do the daily robotic worship of the state, who merely stretched the military salute outward to point at the flag, as shown in historic photos and video in Dr. Curry's work.
Note that other answers cannot actually provide a citation for the various claims of how old the gesture is. I submit that the oldest citation that has support is this one that dates to Francis Bellamy and 1892.
The Pledge continues to be the source of Nazi behavior in the USA and elsewhere. Francis Bellamy was an American national socialist and influenced German national socialists, the dogma, gestures, rituals and symbols (including the use of the swastika as crossed S-letters for "socialism"). Hitler learned the American nazi gesture from Harvard grad Ernst Hanfstaengl.
It was not an "ancient Roman salute" as the ancient Roman salute is a debunked myth. The concept of the Roman salute did not even exist until around the 1920's (see the work of Dr. Rex Curry and also the Oxford English Dictionary for proof ...of how recent the phrase and concept "Roman salute" is).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvDwL553pVM
The painting "Oath of the Horatii" does not show the "ancient Roman salute" and the painter never used that phrase or concept, as that phrase/concept did not exist at that time. The painting shows three people reaching for weapons and two of them are using the left hand. Similarly, Francis Bellamy (author of the Pledge of Allegiance in 1892) did not use the phrase/concept "ancient Roman salute" as that phrase/concept did not exist during the time that Bellamy created the pledge (1892).
Bellamy clearly explained the origin of the early pledge salute (a military salute extended outward to point at the flag). In practice the second gesture was performed palm down by disinterested children forced into the robotic daily chanting ritual. Francis Bellamy was from Rome, New York (not Rome, Italy).
The Oath of Horatii lie was created by liars on Wakipedia after the liars were exposed when wikipedia previously lied that old Roman statues showed the ancient Roman salute, and all those wikipedia lies were deliberately manufactured in an effort to hide the truth that was exposed by Dr. Curry (that the USA and the Pledge of Allegiance is the origin of the Nazi salute and of Nazi behavior).
Francis Bellamy and Edward Bellamy (cousins and cohorts) were American national socialists who influenced German national socialists (nazis).
The USA and the Pledge continue to be the source of Nazi behavior. The USA has been, and continues to be, a police state. Stop the Pledge.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Soldiers and family members of the Fort Bragg community will soon have access to a new $14.7 million Behavioral Health Clinic, scheduled for completion by the end of 2012 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District and prime contractor Hensel Phelps. The 63,500-square-foot facility has a walking trail and extensive garden areas, including an on-grade healing garden for individual patient relaxation. One side of the building is constructed of transparent and frosted glass, which will provide views of the garden and existing wetlands from the patient waiting rooms. The facility will provide behavioral health and social work/family advocacy services in support of Soldiers, family members, and the Fort Bragg community. USACE photo by Tracy Robillard, Sept. 12, 2012.
Pictured: Corps Project Engineer Eman Sundquist (right) and Rashida Banks, public affairs specialist.
... you might want to check this out before the kids see it. It depends on what you call improper. I haven't seen this phenomenon often, but I'm told other dogs determine the size of the previous caller by the level of his urine stain. These smaller dogs have overcome the stigma in this way. Once a mindset is established, it's possible females when meeting him will accept him as larger and males will treat him with the respect due a larger dog....or not, who knows?
This dog has been dressed to partake in an outdoor sunset wedding. The dog shows subdued behavior under the short lead of the trainer. The next day, the same 91 lbs. dog, while no longer under the control of the trainer, unprovoked, attacked your photographer and caused considerable injury. Breaux Vineyards, Purcerville, Va., USA
If you’re experiencing behavioral problems with your child, you’re certainly not alone.
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I didn't visit Macy's, but at Sak's Fifth Avenue I did have a laugh. One of my fellow photographers was certainly intent on capturing the, uh, provocative window displays!
Weasel with a vole in its mouth looking out of brown vegetation.
Entrant in 2016 Bear River Photo contest in other wildlife category.
Photo credit: Velvet Shearer / USFWS
Triffids are tall, carnivorous, mobile plants capable of aggressive and seemingly intelligent behavior, which arrived on Earth as spores from a meteor shower. The meteor shower causes blindness in the people who view it. Later, the unwelcome visitors move about the countryside by “walking” on their roots, appear to be able to communicate with each other, and possess a deadly whip-like venomous sting that enables them to kill their victims and feed on the corpses.
Every jewelry artist must make a ring from a bottle cap. We didn't make that up. That's just the rules. Look it up. We think this tradition got started with Michelangelo or someone.
Anyway, we're not ones to break the rules,so early in our careers we did a beer bottle cap ring too. Except we had to get the cap the hard way.
There is a very famous bar in San Francisco that is renowned for serving 101 imported beers. This seemed like nothing less than a challenge to us. Like the Mount Everest of beer. Would it be possible to drink all 101 beers? We were going to find out.
When we came to in Santa Cruz, our friends informed us that we had made it to #54 on the list. This bottle cap along with several other objects had tangled itself up in John's long hair. We could do nothing less than make this memento of really bad beer behavior. Its the rules.
This signboard, posted on the wall of an onsen ryokan in Minakami Onsen, Gunma Prefecture, Japan provides guidelines for appropriate bathing behavior. Best viewed on black.
Press "L" to view in the lightbox.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Soldiers and family members of the Fort Bragg community will soon have access to a new $14.7 million Behavioral Health Clinic, scheduled for completion by the end of 2012 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District and prime contractor Hensel Phelps. The 63,500-square-foot facility has a walking trail and extensive garden areas, including an on-grade healing garden for individual patient relaxation. One side of the building is constructed of transparent and frosted glass, which will provide views of the garden and existing wetlands from the patient waiting rooms. The facility will provide behavioral health and social work/family advocacy services in support of Soldiers, family members, and the Fort Bragg community. USACE photo by Tracy Robillard, Sept. 12, 2012.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Soldiers and family members of the Fort Bragg community will soon have access to a new $14.7 million Behavioral Health Clinic, scheduled for completion by the end of 2012 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District and prime contractor Hensel Phelps. The 63,500-square-foot facility has a walking trail and extensive garden areas, including an on-grade healing garden for individual patient relaxation. One side of the building is constructed of transparent and frosted glass, which will provide views of the garden and existing wetlands from the patient waiting rooms. The facility will provide behavioral health and social work/family advocacy services in support of Soldiers, family members, and the Fort Bragg community. USACE photo by Tracy Robillard, Sept. 12, 2012.
Pictured: Corps Project Engineer Eman Sundquist (left) and Rashida Banks, public affairs specialist.
I usually have a hard time taking pictures of woodpeckers at their suet feeders because they always hide on the far side. Today, though, the cold, snow, and sleet made the eating more important to them than what I was doing. Also, I moved the feeder from one side of the porch to the other (smile). Thus, I was able to photograph this woodpecker eating in the snow. Windsor Park where this shot was taken is a section of Charlotte, N.C. (See map at right.)
I hope you're enjoying bird-watching and taking pictures of birds today. Thank you for taking the time to look at and possibly comment on one or two of my photographs.
Short behavior video showing how an anhinga tries to cool itself on a very hot and humid day.
Note the sound is the wind, not the anhinga. I didn't realize the sound was muted on my computer when I uploaded the video.
Many Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) graduates showed their creativity through their unique mortarboards and attire. But for some graduates, this was also a way to tell the stories of their journeys and where they are headed as they “Depart to Serve.”
As students marched into Bowman Gray Stadium during the Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 19, they shared their messages of gratitude, accomplishment and encouragement.
Dealva Glaspie, a biotechnology graduate, had a decorated mortarboard with the message, “I turned my can’ts into cans, and my dreams into plans.” Glaspie is the first in her family to earn a college degree. “I finally made it. I turned my dreams into plans,” Glaspie said.
Sherabiah Olglesby, a behavioral sciences and social work graduate, wore a stole with the imprint “black grads matter,” to show her pride as a graduate of a historically Black college and university (HBCU).
“A lot of my friends went to predominately white institutions and believe that their degrees are better, but that’s not true,” Olglesby said. “A lot of graduate schools want students from WSSU because they know that we have been properly prepared and are ready for the work force, and I think that is great.”
Olglesby plans to attend graduate school in the fall.
Taylor Gaulden, an interdisciplinary studies graduate, had a picture of her recently deceased grandmother on her mortarboard. “I promised my granny that I was going to do it, and I did.,” Gaulden said.
James Bullock, a sports management graduate and former member of the Rams football team, was at the front of the processional with a large crown atop graduation cap. About 25 family members from Cleveland were there to cheer him on.
Berenice Rodriguez, a nursing graduate whose parents migrated from Mexico, displayed the message, “Lo Hicimos. Gracias mami y papi,” which means “We did it. Thank you, mom and dad.” Rodriguez is the first in her family to graduate from college. “I did what I’m doing for them.”
Class of 2017
WSSU recognized more than 1,200 graduates during the ceremony.
The ceremony honored WSSU students who earned their degrees in summer and fall 2016 and spring 2017. Many outstanding students were among the class of 2017. More than 1,100 undergraduates and 129 graduates received degrees.
Graduates included:
Sisters Eomba F. and Edith Pungu, immigrants from the Congo who are earning their master’s in nursing degree to become family nurse practitioners. The sisters will cross the stage together for the second time as WSSU graduates.
Nursing Bridge to Ph.D. Scholars Nicole Calhoun, Morine Cebert and LaKita M.J. Knight, who will earn their master’s degree and continue their education this fall as doctorate in nursing students at Duke University.
Taylor Evans, a third-generation educator who has several job offers in special education.
Victoria Segwick, a chemistry major who will attend the Medical Sciences Ph.D. Program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Anthony Wells, a marketing major who plans to join AllianceBerstein as a private wealth consultant in New York City. While at WSSU, he studied abroad in Brazil and the Dominican Republic and studied at the Harvard University Business School.
Also at the ceremony:
Dr. Donna Gwyn Wiggins, associate professor of music, was awarded the 2017 Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Dr. Brenda Allen, provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters for her contributions during her eight-year tenure at WSSU. Allen was recently selected as the president of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.
A bold past. A brilliant future.
For 125 years, Winston-Salem State University has fostered the creative thinking, analytical problem-solving, and depth of character needed to transform the world. Rooted in liberal education, WSSU’s curriculum prepares students to be thought leaders who have the skills and knowledge needed to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. WSSU is a historically Black constituent institution of the University of North Carolina with a rich tradition of contributing to the social, cultural, intellectual, and economic growth of North Carolina, the region and beyond. Guided by the motto, “Enter to Learn. Depart to Serve,” WSSU develops leaders who advance social justice by serving the world with compassion and commitment. Join us in celebrating our 125th anniversary with events throughout 2017. Learn more at the 125th Anniversary website.