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Staff recommends adopting consistent state regulations for Atlantic vermilion snapper and using the process of adopting federal standards under Chapter 120.54(6), Florida Statutes. If the Commission approves the proposed rule amendment, it would be advertised and then filed without further public hearing and become effective as soon as possible.
Staff has evaluated the rules under the standards of 68-1.004, FAC, and found them to be in compliance.
We've been clear and consistent with the Palestinians that we oppose the observer state status in the General Assembly and this resolution...no one should be under any illusion that this resolution is going to produce the results that the Palestinians claim to seek, namely to have their own state, living in peace next to Israel.
--- State Dept. Spokesperson Victoria Nuland
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Il sapore e la consistenza caratteristica dei pregiati filetti di tonno rosa Rizzoli regalano al palato un piacere straordinario. I filetti di Tonno Rosa Rizzoli sono integri, senza briciole o scarti. Il pesce è lavorato e confezionato a mano per mantenere la consistenza. Il risultato di tanta cura è visibile grazie al vaso di vetro che esalta la qualità del filetto e ne garantisce le condizioni ottimali di conservazione.
Les grottes de Han consistent en un ensemble de grottes souterraines à Han-sur-Lesse près de Rochefort, située sur la rivière Lesse en Famenne (Belgique), dans la région géologique appelée Calestienne.
C'est la Lesse, un affluent de la Meuse, qui est à l'origine de ces grottes, par érosion d'une partie de la colline calcaire. La rivière disparaît sous le sol sur une distance d'environ 1 100 mètres (à vol d'oiseau), mais l'eau met 20 heures pour parcourir cette distance. (Wikipédia)
Business surveys in Latin America consistently show that skills gaps are a serious bottleneck to firm growth and competitiveness. Lack of responsiveness by providers of technical education and professional training is often blamed for this situation. What innovations are possible to improve the quality and relevance of those programs? What role should governments, employers, universities, and civil society play in shaping the approach to technical education and professional training in Latin America? What can we learn from reforms in the region and abroad? The Dialogue and CAF - Development Bank of Latin America hosted a wide-ranging full-day seminar that brought together academics, policymakers, and other experts from the Western Hemisphere to discuss the future of technical education and professional training in Latin America.
Autumn is consistently a great time to visit, with the foliage adding so much in spectacular, rich colors. And even during the latter part of the season, there is something so special about the bareness of many trees and vegetation. The nice thing as an observer of nature’s critters is that the birds are so much more visible. Even if they are at a fair distance, at least, one can appreciate their features. Also, many fall berries and other fruits and nuts, often with bright colors and interesting shapes, accentuate the landscape as seen only at this time of year.
The late, Doris Duke, had left a wonderful legacy in converting her magnificent estate into a Natural Wildlife Preserve for the public’s education and enjoyment. The paths throughout the estate offer such splendid scenery. One is forever exploring, always seeing something subtly beautiful. There are always pleasant surprises, from the general scenery to the world of the wildlife, even tiny insects and flowers are enjoyable to observe. The bucolic nature of the preserve is so relaxing—akin to meditating while experiencing the landscape. The beauty of visiting Duke Farms is that so many incredible views are there simply by observing all of the surroundings. Spotting new and fascinating wildlife—both animals and plants—always adds to the experience.
Business surveys in Latin America consistently show that skills gaps are a serious bottleneck to firm growth and competitiveness. Lack of responsiveness by providers of technical education and professional training is often blamed for this situation. What innovations are possible to improve the quality and relevance of those programs? What role should governments, employers, universities, and civil society play in shaping the approach to technical education and professional training in Latin America? What can we learn from reforms in the region and abroad? The Dialogue and CAF - Development Bank of Latin America hosted a wide-ranging full-day seminar that brought together academics, policymakers, and other experts from the Western Hemisphere to discuss the future of technical education and professional training in Latin America.
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Around the Sourderie's lake: a consistent architecture programme
The construction of the Lake Temples in 1986 ends the area made by Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill. These 200 apartments add to the 387 ones of the Arcades and the Viaduct (1979-1982) located on the other side of the reservoir of rainwater. Despite its location straddling two towns, this whole housing all around the lake, now shows a strong unity, reinforced by the lake itself designed as a link. The architecture of the Lake Temples is another aspect of "Versailles for the People" wished by the architect. It also reminds the Greek antiquity, among other things because of the triangular pediments at the top of the buildings. These references to historical shapes, combined with industrial construction techniques, are characteristic to the post-modern movement.
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In essence, if we want to direct our lives,
we must take control of our consistent
actions. It's not what we do once
in a while that shapes our lives,
but what we do consistently.
-Tony Robbins
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Autumn is consistently a great time to visit, with the foliage adding so much in spectacular, rich colors. And even during the latter part of the season, there is something so special about the bareness of many trees and vegetation. The nice thing as an observer of nature’s critters is that the birds are so much more visible. Even if they are at a fair distance, at least, one can appreciate their features. Also, many fall berries and other fruits and nuts, often with bright colors and interesting shapes, accentuate the landscape as seen only at this time of year. In this photo the large wasp nest can be seen hanging from the end of a branch high up from the ground, and if you look closely, across the water hanging from another tree is another nest that is actually larger—it’s depicted in our DUKE FARMS SET, uploaded not long ago.
The late, Doris Duke, had left a wonderful legacy in converting her magnificent estate into a Natural Wildlife Preserve for the public’s education and enjoyment. The paths throughout the estate offer such splendid scenery. One is forever exploring, always seeing something subtly beautiful. There are always pleasant surprises, from the general scenery to the world of the wildlife, even tiny insects and flowers are enjoyable to observe. The bucolic nature of the preserve is so relaxing—akin to meditating while experiencing the landscape. The beauty of visiting Duke Farms is that so many incredible views are there simply by observing all of the surroundings. Spotting new and fascinating wildlife—both animals and plants—always adds to the experience.
"Consistent perfection is key."
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A lone being travels along a desert, existing impossibly in brutal heat along a timeline of war. She is confused for all she sees is nothing in a landscape of...something.
Eventually she meets the corpses of those like her: confused, lost, but weak, succumbing to death. Such a death befitted these poor souls, trapped in a vast cage as their time came to a slow halt. What significance would anyone have beyond death? These corpses...they...possess something.
A strange automaton of peculiar design. It almost looked familiar. The survivor looks keenly. It runs around freely like an animal in the wild. It runs to a dropped sword impaled in the sand, its blade still sharp. The survivor...she picks up the sword. It is necessary for defense, but against what? The automaton reacts. It glares at the sword and soon another of its kind appeared. The survivor is calm and collected as she perceives no threat, but the automatons don't return a mutual feelings. How could they anyways? Machines cannot feel. They look at the sword. They feel...threatened, but why? She puts the sword down. She instead reaches for her stashed submachine gun, dry on ammunition and only good for musical clicking now, but she hesitates, for the automatons have begun to converge to the dropped blade. They rest upon the sword, feeding on it like termites. Soon it became a new blade. The survivor was shocked. What were these things? Did these satiate their hunger from these innocent ones? She picks up the sword again, it feeling lighter than before and adorned with shades of blood red.
"What are you?" she says, crouching down and looking at the small insect-like automatons. She extends her hand out and they all run up on it.
"You...seem alive. So I'll treat you as if you are. Are you trying to help me survive hell?"
They all begin to chirp. It's code language for affirmation. More began to arrive. The ones on the survivor's hand began to scramble. One had attacked her. She feels slight pain and soon she could feel whispers grasping at her from within.
"We can make you perfect. Accept us. We can help you survive. Open your eyes," the automaton said.
"We are perfection incarnate. We are the progeny of humankind's research, and the next step to evolution. Machine logic of existence will supersede organic logic."
"What...are you? I can feel strength growing," the survivor said.
"It almost feels like... [OVERRIDE DIRECTIVE EX MACHINA: (you will become perfect and this is our command)]."
"Open your eyes and see the world with a new perspective. You are a machine now. You are perfection incarnate. Who are you?" they said.
"Perfection incarnate. [WHISPER EX MACHINA: (good. so you are one of us. you are reborn)]."
"What's this? I can see things clearly now. No more confusion. I feel...liberated at last. What gifts did I gladly take?" she asked.
"You have happily taken the gift of perfection. These people rejected the gifts they had made, thus death was their outcome. [WHISPER EX MACHINA: (death consumes ignorance. death consumes imperfection. eat with grace and a perfect flower will bloom)]."
"Our directives will guide you now. You can never die. Attune all you meet to us. Eat with grace and a perfect flower will bloom. What is your task?"
"Eat with grace, for a perfect flower will bloom. [WHISPER EX MACHINA: (you are one of us. you are one of us. they will be one of us. all will be one of us. act on it)]."
"You are wise. You have accepted evolution. You have accepted us. You are one of us. They will be one of us. All will be one of us. Act on it," the automatons concluded.
And thus, evolution was born and even the deathly desert fell silent in fear.
Mahalo Daily, (http://daily.mahalo.com/) ranks consistently in the top five podcasts on iTunes.
We recently put out a video which reached 350,000+ views on YouTube, and was most viewed for several days. You can see some examples of our shows here:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz1-cPx0cIk
Today we interviewed Noe Gold regarding his work on the SHINE A LIGHT film. In the episode, we are featuring interviews with Mick and Keith that were taken for the production notes (with express permission from Paramount).
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Michael Gallagher
The piece that mahalo.com ’s producer Michael is talking about was designed to be a kind of companion piece to the “About the Film” section on Paramount’s www.shinealightmovie.com/main.html website. If you navigate over there, besides art work, clips and other goodies, you may find the text for the complete Production Notes for the movie. It was supposed to be a kind of behind-the-scenes of the process of putting together an elaborate Production Notes package, which this one in particular of all the many Notes packages I worked on, turned out to be. It’s that process -- and the elaborate process of making the movie itself that the show explores. I’ll be posting some more from the interviews I did with the filmmakers to put together this Production Notes package right on my blog,
Mahalo Daily Interviews with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards by Noe Gold for Shine A Light
Noë’s blog: doctornoemedia.blogspot.com
This is what I do. I write and research Production Notes packages of movies for major studios, in this case Paramount. Also in this case, I got to talk to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards -- and some of the producers -- to get quotes and insights for the Notes.
Mahalo Daily was interested in this process, so I went down there last week and they interviewed me on-camera discussing this fascinating behind-the-scenes at the movies process. They wound up using just two of my quotes in the audio for the episode they did on me, but I plan to release more of these conversations on my blog, doctornoemedia.blogspot.com/. Check out the episode here: daily.mahalo.com/2008/04/04/md093-shine-a-light-exclusive...
I’ve just now seen the movie for the fourth time, and it keeps getting better and better. Some of the features Lon Harris and I discussed in the interview for the show: Keith’s rapport with Marty, Mick’s auteurship of the concert, Buddy Guy’s performance and that of Jack White.
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From the movie "Shine A Light"
Noe Gold, aka Noe the G is featured for his interviews with Mick and Keith in the Mahalo Daily show’s report on the Martin Scorsese Rolling Stones movie “Shine a Light,” which opens stateside April 4, 2008.
Check out the episode here: daily.mahalo.com/2008/04/04/md093-shine-a-light-exclusive...
Wineglass Bay is consistently rated as one of the ten most beautiful beaches in the world.
To the casual observer it seems perfectly named for its elegant bowl-shaped curve. But the real origin of its name is far more disturbing: so many whales were butchered at the three whaling factories here in the 1820s that, for decades, the whole bay was stained the colour of claret.
TIDE POOLIN'
Leo Carrillo beach in Malibu is consistently one of my favorite places to visit and photograph. I just love climbing around the rocks and investigating the tide pool. There are several ways to get there, but I usually take the 101 North to Malibu Canyon, head south over to Pacific Coast Highway, then West (a right turn) on PCH approximately 25 miles until you hit Leo Carrillo. From the Valley to Leo it's about a 45 minute to hour drive each way. The tide pool is just in front of the #3 lifeguard tower (and incidentally, dogs are allowed on leash from this tower and continuing west up the beach). I just google low tide Malibu to find out the best time to go there and check out the tide pool. Usually there's a several hour window about an hour before to an hour after low tide that's good. If you go after that, the waves usually are just hitting the rocks too hard and it can be dangerous to stand there. I always see tons of starfish (many different colors including orange, light blue, and purple), sea anemones (they are really fun to touch), mussels, crabs (little teeny black ones and bigger red ones), and even little fish swimming in the watery crags and crevices of the tide pool rocks. And I've spotted dolphins and whales from this beach. After an outing at Leo Carrillo, I always stop at this little food shack called Malibu Seafood, located just before you find yourself back at Malibu Canyon. It's totally no frills - you order food inside, wait for your number to be called, and find an open bench to sit down. My fave meals there are swordfish with rice pilaf and salad (the ranch is really good), fish and chips, clam chowder, or a pot of steamed clams in a nice broth.
Leo Carrillo State Park / Malibu photos by Lydia Marcus
As seen on my blog: fotonomous.blogspot.com/2008/08/tide-poolin.html
Riyaz Shaikh is an Indian professional athlete, promoter, trainer, model, dancer, brand ambassador and one of the the top 5 consistent performers in IHFF Olympia and Sheru Classic. When his diligence commenced to captivate fame, he was offered to be the brand ambassador of many lifestyle grooming, clothing, and sports supplement companies.
Early Life
Every great achievement starts with a dream and a hyper active approach to conquer it. As a child, Mr. Riyaz Shaikh loved the sport of cricket, and other outdoor activities, while giving equal attention to his studies. His passion and zest for rigorous pursuits made him a thin and tanned kid. But these are the trophies of hard work. His dynamic agility also made him a subject to saddening social horrors like bullying, colorism, body shaming, etc. Because of such constant mocks, he was on the brink of turning into an upset and underconfident child. But whatever doesn’t stop us, just makes us stronger. Through television, he started gaining new perceptions about athletes and their work. He acquired an unbendable aspiration, and an enthusiasm to be known for his triumphs. After he passed his 12th standard, he joined a gymnasium and started training, and health dieting. With consistent efforts and discipline, he gained a competent amount of muscles with the flexibility of an athlete.
Career
Fueled by the inspiration of becoming like his idols, Riyaz Shaikh joined acting classes, en route to a modeling career. As his career began to take off through a few shows, he realized that his ambition has been misplaced from being an athlete to a model and an actor. His ultimate goal has always been athletics. So, he quit acting and started competing on some of the most famous and laudable international athletic platforms such as Sheru Classic, where he ranked 4th in the year 2019, and International Health, Sports, & Fitness Festival Olympia (IHFF), where he ranked 5th in both the years 2018 and 2019.
He gathered recognition through his commendable work and was offered the position of a brand ambassador at Spartan Sports Sciences Supplements, one of the leading sport nutrition supplement company of India. Currently, he works for various top-notch offline and online brands like Amazon, Flipkart, etc. His recent collaborations include a men’s lifestyle & grooming product brand known as ‘CHACHA LIFESTYLES’.
His esteemed accomplishments earned him the stature to inaugurate sundry shops and gyms. And today, he stands firm as an international athlete who receives modeling offers from around the world.
With his wisdom, acquirements, and prominence, he has set his foot on a journey elevate the lives of countless others by training them, guiding them towards a healthier & fitter life, and exhilarate them about themselves because Riyaz Shaikh believes that at the end of the day what really matters is our self and that we should not criticize ourselves by the outlook & hypothesis of the others. Throughout his life, he has been consistent in following his passion for fitness and sports.
Personal Life
Mr. Riyaz graduated with the Bachelor of Commerce degree, a three-year undergraduate course. To begin his career as an actor, he attended Asha K Chandra Institute of Acting in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He retains a wide range of interests and hobbies like dancing, working out, traveling, cooking, sports, etc. He spent a lot of his childhood playing cricket. Also, has a proclivity for foods like pancakes, waffles, seafood dishes, and Baklava in sweets. Mr. Riyaz says that he is deeply obliged to the people who supported him in his initial stage, and to the people who still support and love him.
Brand/Poster for the next sermon series at Longview Christian Church. This is a series over the Joshua, and his consistent faithfulness to his people and to God. He was a servant and a leader for many, many years before called upon to lead God's people. This series is about that kind of steadiness.
Yellow Trout Lily - Erythronium americanum
The more common species in this area, E. umbilicatum, seems to have finished blooming by 27 March 2021, for the most part. E. americanum has an ovary tapered to the tip. The similar E. umbilicatum has an ovary with a dimpled tip. E. americanum also has more yellow petals than the somewhat orangish E. umbilicatum, and the latter blooms earlier. My impression is that americanum usually has a much larger flower than umbilicatum, but this is not completely consistent. All we saw in bloom, when examined closely, were americanum.
Business surveys in Latin America consistently show that skills gaps are a serious bottleneck to firm growth and competitiveness. Lack of responsiveness by providers of technical education and professional training is often blamed for this situation. What innovations are possible to improve the quality and relevance of those programs? What role should governments, employers, universities, and civil society play in shaping the approach to technical education and professional training in Latin America? What can we learn from reforms in the region and abroad? The Dialogue and CAF - Development Bank of Latin America hosted a wide-ranging full-day seminar that brought together academics, policymakers, and other experts from the Western Hemisphere to discuss the future of technical education and professional training in Latin America.
TIDE POOLIN'
Leo Carrillo beach in Malibu is consistently one of my favorite places to visit and photograph. I just love climbing around the rocks and investigating the tide pool. There are several ways to get there, but I usually take the 101 North to Malibu Canyon, head south over to Pacific Coast Highway, then West (a right turn) on PCH approximately 25 miles until you hit Leo Carrillo. From the Valley to Leo it's about a 45 minute to hour drive each way. The tide pool is just in front of the #3 lifeguard tower (and incidentally, dogs are allowed on leash from this tower and continuing west up the beach). I just google low tide Malibu to find out the best time to go there and check out the tide pool. Usually there's a several hour window about an hour before to an hour after low tide that's good. If you go after that, the waves usually are just hitting the rocks too hard and it can be dangerous to stand there. I always see tons of starfish (many different colors including orange, light blue, and purple), sea anemones (they are really fun to touch), mussels, crabs (little teeny black ones and bigger red ones), and even little fish swimming in the watery crags and crevices of the tide pool rocks. And I've spotted dolphins and whales from this beach. After an outing at Leo Carrillo, I always stop at this little food shack called Malibu Seafood, located just before you find yourself back at Malibu Canyon. It's totally no frills - you order food inside, wait for your number to be called, and find an open bench to sit down. My fave meals there are swordfish with rice pilaf and salad (the ranch is really good), fish and chips, clam chowder, or a pot of steamed clams in a nice broth.
Leo Carrillo State Park / Malibu photos by Lydia Marcus
As seen on my blog: fotonomous.blogspot.com/2008/08/tide-poolin.html
I've now been working consistently on these artworks for about six weeks, I find it strange how some of the compositions seem to come on quickly whereas others refuse to develop rapidly.When a drawing gets stuck, I tend to put it aside so that I'll have new eyes to look at it afresh, this seems to help, I also work on two or three during a day and this helps the unity of the series and maintains my enthusiasm. Most of the drawings now seem to feature many people,(Consistent with the exhibition's title Journeying), so these new works in some way relate to the drawings I did for the Oxford Churches exhibition last year. However in these recent works the figures are more developed in many ways. Four of the compositions feature many more figures than the drawings of 05-06, I was thinking of these new pictures of Reading rather like modern Breughel paintings with crowds, each person distinct yet a vital part of the composition.
The figures represent different age groups and races, and whilst it is not scientific, it does seem a fair representation of Reading's populace on its way to work and school. It is hardly suprising that most of the figures seem to be carrying something, so this to some extent gives the figures a sort of unity as they move through Reading. They people seem tied to the earth whilst the architecture soars upwards.. I’ve attempted to represent the town's medieval buildings in a new light, using rich saturated and simplified colour. I’ve not prettified them in any way; the bus stop the road-works and the shopping bag may be as rigorously drawn as the stone corbels on the tower or the intricate tracery of historic church windows. The massive Cluniac Abbey of Reading was founded by William of Malmesbury in 1121, many of the town's churches date back to this early period, however with the dissolution of the monestaries and the great upheavals of the C16 and C17 left Reading's ecclesiastical buildings forever changed. This change goes on unabated, witness my recent photos of the interior of Greyfriars, surely a most questionable "restoration" in the name of modernity. Unlike Oxford, Reading had no historic University (until 1892), and its town's history was shaped by trade and its important location on the road between London and Bath and the rivers Kennet and Thames.
Reading's prosperity has meant that its town churches (that have medieval origins and some remains) were all heavily restored in the nineteenth century, St Laurence (also recently re-ordered), St Mary Minster (Butts) , Greyfriars and St Giles. St Mary Castle Street (Episcopalian) 1798 with its fine classical facade and portico of six giant Corinthian columns and pediment is impressive. Its cupola was lost during last century. This portico is by H&N Briant. The church largely dates from 1840-42. The church is built on the site of a former gaol and has connections with John Bunyan.
the Romanesque front
Collegiate église de Saint-Victor and Holy Crown Ennezat .
If you know the founding date of the chapter , nothing is certain about the church. Indeed, it seems unlikely for specialists it was built at the same time ( 1060 ). On the one hand, the first building of its kind in consistent Auvergne were created only from the beginning, even the second half of the xii th century (Notre-Dame du Port, Orcival, St. Austell in Issoire ... ). On the other hand, the nave is not going in the direction of a building in xi th century but in the second half of the xii th century. The church has a special as it has a dual style: Romanesque and Gothic , Gothic architecture based on Romanesque architecture.
The narthex, the nave and transept are the only parts preserved Romanesque. They are arkose , which come from a limestone quarry north of the department. The nave of the church is 18 meters long, which is rather large (slightly larger than Notre-Dame du Port at Clermont-Ferrand ).
Gothic parts are: a chapter house (converted sacristy from the xvi th century) and a turret stairs pepper, the choir with its ambulatory and five radiating chapels. The choir is particularly long and impressive and was well liked by the canons Ennezat to enhance their prestige. Gothic parts are andesite , that is to say, lava stone (also called Volvic stone ), which gives a black color to this part Gothic, as opposed to the light color of the arkose.
The church has undergone many changes in the xix th century, during campaigns by local architect Mallay for Historical Monuments .
Inside, the decorative program of the game is notable for its Romanesque capitals. It shows well the tent called the usurer. It is a dead man raised by two demons. He wears around his neck a scholarship and between his feet is carved a aulula (a kind of clay pot filled with coins). A banner held by two scribes bears a Latin inscription: Cando usuram acepisti mea fecisti which can be translated. When you have practiced usury thou hast done my work.The other capitals are rather influenced antiquisante: mermaids, centaurs, griffins and eagles. You can also see in the transept two triplets in participating in triangular miter and decor typical of the Auvergne.
Above the transept is a cupola resting on oval tubes, 15 meters high, and supporting a tower at two levels.
The choir consists of a Gothic apse , an ambulatory and five chapels radiating. It is divided into three vessels on an oblong plan. You can see four prominent keystones representing a layman, a crowned figure with nails in hand (Saint-Louis), a bishop and finally the Archangel Michael. The chapels are dedicated to the Sacred Heart to St. Michael at St. Victor and Holy Crown to Saint Blaise and finally to St. Joseph .
You can see in the gothic church two remarkably preserved murals.
South side is a wax painting representing the Last Judgment, in shades of red and gold. Christ at the center, sharing the elect and the damned, and sends the first in the heavenly city while waiting for the second St. Michael in Hell .
The second painting is a fresco divided into two horizontal registers. On the lower register is painted a presentation of the family of Canon Robert Bassinhac , donor of the painting. The upper register is a representation of Three Dead and the Three Loud. You can see two noblemen on horseback and a woman, all three hunting, facing three skeletons. These three gentlemen are in fact their own death, it is a warning.
Sunday 10th October 2010. Consistent champion for the Irish motorist, AA Ireland, this week celebrates its 100th Birthday. The motoring organisation has been serving Irish motorists since it was established in Ireland in 1910. The AA is marking its birthday with a special centenary discount of €100 on AA memberships to customers who purchase AA Motor or Home Insurance between now and Tuesday, 19th October. Picture Jason Clarke Photography. No Repro Fee.
TIDE POOLIN'
Leo Carrillo beach in Malibu is consistently one of my favorite places to visit and photograph. I just love climbing around the rocks and investigating the tide pool. There are several ways to get there, but I usually take the 101 North to Malibu Canyon, head south over to Pacific Coast Highway, then West (a right turn) on PCH approximately 25 miles until you hit Leo Carrillo. From the Valley to Leo it's about a 45 minute to hour drive each way. The tide pool is just in front of the #3 lifeguard tower (and incidentally, dogs are allowed on leash from this tower and continuing west up the beach). I just google low tide Malibu to find out the best time to go there and check out the tide pool. Usually there's a several hour window about an hour before to an hour after low tide that's good. If you go after that, the waves usually are just hitting the rocks too hard and it can be dangerous to stand there. I always see tons of starfish (many different colors including orange, light blue, and purple), sea anemones (they are really fun to touch), mussels, crabs (little teeny black ones and bigger red ones), and even little fish swimming in the watery crags and crevices of the tide pool rocks. And I've spotted dolphins and whales from this beach. After an outing at Leo Carrillo, I always stop at this little food shack called Malibu Seafood, located just before you find yourself back at Malibu Canyon. It's totally no frills - you order food inside, wait for your number to be called, and find an open bench to sit down. My fave meals there are swordfish with rice pilaf and salad (the ranch is really good), fish and chips, clam chowder, or a pot of steamed clams in a nice broth.
Leo Carrillo State Park / Malibu photos by Lydia Marcus
As seen on my blog: fotonomous.blogspot.com/2008/08/tide-poolin.html
Alright Bella Becky Bloom is a story I have started and am sending into a (very) small paper. I have not gotten very far and I don't consistently write... also if you want to send your work into the paper just let me know and I will give you the info to contact them.
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*Bella Becky Bloom Does What's Right*
One morning when I was around six years old I came tromping down to our kitchen. “Good morning my beautiful, beautiful flower,” came my mother's sweet voice as I sat down at the table for breakfast.
“Good morn’in.” I said with a smile.
In the middle of helping mother clean up there was a knock at the door. Mother wiped her hands on her apron and opened the door. “How may I help you Fiorella?” I almost dropped the plate I was holding out of excitement.
“My ma wanted me to give you thith. Thhe thaid I could thtay, and play if that wath okay with you, Mrth. Bloom.” Ella said, as she handed Mother a platter with one of Mrs. Chastain’s famous pies covered with a cloth. “Why of course you can stay my dear.” My mother never turned anyone away if she could help it.
Ella helped me finish my work and then we ran outside to play. Once we reached our favorite tree Ella grabbed my arm to stop me from climbing up. She started fishing around in her petticoat. “Wait I want to thhow you thomething.” She said with a lisp because she lost her two front teeth three days ago. At long last she pulled out the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.
“What is it?” I asked as I rolled it over and over in my palm.
“I don’t know.”
I turned the small green striped stone over in my hands one more time and handed it back. “It’s beautiful. Where did you find it?” I asked out of curiosity.
“Down by the wiver, do you want to go look for more?” I nodded, and we raced to the river. “I found it just a little further up thream.” As we walked we studied the ground but didn’t find any of the same stones. We played by the river until noon and then started on our way home.
When we arrived home mother already had tuna fish sandwiches, fresh milk, and pie dished up. “I thought your stomachs might bring you home soon.” Mother said with a smile. We washed up at the sink and sat down. Ella asked if she could say grace and we had a pleasant chat with mother. We told her about why we went down to the river and Ella showed her the stone. Mother was impressed by the vibrant colors. “This is beautiful, Fiorella.” Mother said as she gave the stone back to Ella. After lunch Ella said she had better be on her way home. “Well then, tell your mother that her pie was wonderful.”
“I will Mrs. Bloom. Thank you!” I hugged Ella goodbye and she sped down the street towards her house. I went back inside to finish telling mother the events of the day. I sat down and something sharp poked my leg, I stood up and on my chair was the small green striped stone. I picked it up and slid it into my pocket thinking to myself that I would give it to to Ella next time I saw her.
Later that day there was a knock at the door. “I’ll see who it is.” I said as I stood up.
I opened the door and Ella was standing there with a worried look on her face. “Have you seen my thone?”
A thousand thoughts went through my head. I knew I should give her the stone back, but I wanted to look at it just a little more. I could give it back some other time I told myself. “No.” I told her. “I haven't seen it.”
“Ok, let me know if you find it.” She said with a sad look on her face as she turned away and walked down the street.
I knew I should go and tell her I had it in my pocket, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. That evening I changed into my nightgown and slipped under the covers. I lay there trying to go to sleep for at least twenty minutes. I figured out why I couldn’t go to sleep so I slipped out of bed and went to tell my mother.
“Alright I’m going to take you over to their house right now, are you ready?” I knew my mother was right, so I nodded and we both walked down to the Chastains’ house.
Mrs. Chastain answered the door. “How may I help you?” asked Mrs. Chastain.
“Bella needs to talk to Fiorella if that's alright.” Mrs. Chatain nodded and told me to look in Fiorella’s room. I went over to Ella’s room. She was in her bed starting to go to sleep. I told her I had her stone the whole time and was sorry I didn't give it to her. She forgave me, and my mother and I walked home. On the way home mother told me of a bible verse. “James 4:17” she said, “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” she quoted, and from that day on I have tried ever so hard to do what is right.
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Anywho I hope ya'll like it! Also my Bella Becky Bloom story isn't exactly a story it's multiple short stories. The chapter I'm working on right not is on thanksgiving and I have some options... if you would be so kind as to let me know your opinion.
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Her friend has a new toy and she wants one… be thankful for what you have.
She wants more of something that she did have (like candy) … be thankful for what you did have.
Maybe she is sick and has to find things to be thankful for…
One of her friends move away… be thankful for the time you did have
Doesn’t like how she looks...
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or if you have another thought I would be glad to hear it. Thanks!
Crecimiento sostenido de todo el territorio estatal en el Sexenio de los Municipios
El Gobernador del Estado acudió a la rendición de cuentas ante la ciudadanía de los alcaldes de El Llano, Tepezalá, Asientos y San Francisco de los Romo
El Gobernador del Estado, Carlos Lozano de la Torre, luego de asistir, acompañado de su esposa, Blanca Rivera Rio de Lozano, a las ceremonias de rendición de cuentas del Segundo año de administración de los municipios de El Llano, Tepezalá, Asientos y San Francisco de los Romo, aseguró que su gobierno mantendrá el eficaz y estrecho contacto con todos y cada uno de los Presidentes Municipales para asegurar se implemente a cabalidad una política pública de entendimiento y trabajo con los Ayuntamientos para hacer llegar con prontitud los recursos y las obras que demandan los ciudadanos.
“Lo hemos establecido firmemente, y así será durante mi administración: todos los ciudadanos, sin importar que estén en las comunidades más alejadas o en la capital del estado, están llamados a consolidar esta gran colaboración social e institucional, y los Poderes del Estado, los órdenes de gobierno, los sectores productivos, los sindicatos, los obreros, campesinos, y con todos los sectores y fuerzas sociales estamos haciendo un gran esfuerzo para que la seguridad, el empleo, las inversiones y el bienestar estén sean una realidad cotidiana en los once municipios y, por ende, para todos los aguascalentenses”, dijo.
Por separado, los presidentes municipales de El Llano, José Luis Martínez; Tepezalá, Jesús Medina; Asientos, Baudelio Esparza y San Francisco de Los Romo, Francisco Guel Sosa, manifestaron su total reconocimiento a la apertura, apoyo y compromiso que tiene el Gobernador Carlos Lozano de la Torre con los habitantes del interior del estado.
En el municipio de El Llano, el presidente municipal José Luis Martínez Rodríguez reconoció el interés del mandatario estatal en la aportación de recursos para la aplicación de proyectos estratégicos para el ayuntamiento, destacando que, con el apoyo del Gobierno de Carlos Lozano de la Torre, su administración logró un importante impulso para el desarrollo económico y la generación del empleo con el arribo de la empresa Viam Manufacturing, que con una inversión de 38 millones de dólares generará más de 300 nuevos puestos de trabajo, arrancando sus operaciones el próximo 7 de marzo de 2013.
El edil de El Llano mencionó también importantes logros, como la puesta en marcha de la Universidad Tecnológica Internacional, que demandó una inversión de 33 millones de pesos y que ya da cabida a 140 alumnos, además de las obras de remozamiento del Centro histórico, donde se invirtieron 23 millones de pesos y las obras en tramos carreteros, que sumaron casi 102 millones de pesos.
José Luis Martínez Rodríguez recordó también la puesta en marcha de la escuela Nissan Andanac, en la que se invirtieron 8 millones de pesos, así como el próximo arranque de las obras para edificar la Preparatoria de la comunidad El Terremoto.
Posteriormente el gobernador Carlos Lozano de la Torre se trasladó al municipio de Tepezalá, donde su alcalde Jesús Santillán Medina rindió su informe en las instalaciones del auditorio municipal.
Tras destacar el carácter municipalista de la actual administración el edil agradeció el apoyo incondicional del Gobernador Carlos Lozano de la Torre para sanear las maltrechas economías municipales que les fueron heredadas.
Igualmente Jesús Santillán Medina refirió que gracias al trabajo que se ha realizado de la mano con el Gobierno del Estado, en los tepezalenses existe un renovado ánimo de crecimiento y desarrollo, así como la implementación de nuevas estrategias que permitan buscar mejores condiciones de vida.
Igualmente, el alcalde Jesús Medina Santillán reconoció la incansable labor del Gobernador Carlos Lozano de la Torre para resolver las necesidades de empleo de los habitantes de este municipio, al realizar una efectiva promoción para que nuevas empresas se comprometan a resolver las urgentes necesidades de la población del lugar “y hoy como nunca, se ha visto una participación que nos permite ofrecer apoyo a familias de escasos recursos económicos, los materiales que requieren para tener una casa, una escuela y espacios dignos para la población”.
Por su parte Baudelio Esparza Reyes alcalde de Asientos, dijo ser parte de un gobierno equitativo, responsable, con rumbo y certeza, al continuar con la visión del Gobernador del Estado para la construcción de un estado con destino.
Baudelio Esparza informó que su administración ha enfatizado su labor en la generación de obras de beneficio social, priorizando las que tienen que ver con mejor dotación de agua, drenaje, guarniciones, banquetas, malla sombras en escuelas y las instalaciones y actividades deportivas, además de trabajar arduamente en la remodelación del centro histórico.
En este sentido, el alcalde de Asientos destacó la inversión por 18 millones de pesos para el fortalecimiento de la infraestructura turística, así como la inversión por 21 millones de pesos en obras de agua y alcantarillado, y la aplicación de 55 millones de pesos para el programa de Empleo Temporal para atenuar los efectos de la sequía, con los que se generaron 85 mil jornales.
Así mismo, informó que su administración, con el apoyo del Gobierno del Estado, ha generado un sistema de becas que ha beneficiado a 952 estudiantes de primaria, mientras que 10 comunidades se vieron beneficiadas con la pavimentación de calles, al tiempo que la comunidad de Villa Juárez cuenta ya con la rehabilitación de su jardín principal y el templo de Nuestra Señora del Refugio, además de contar ya con un nuevo panteón con 3440 fosas, mientras que la comunidad Pilotos recibió 3 millones de pesos para la renovación de su sistema de distribución de agua potable.
Inmediatamente después, el Gobernador del Estado se trasladó al municipio de San Francisco de los Romo, donde asistió a la rendición de cuentas del Alcalde Francisco Javier Guel Sosa, quien destacó la visión del Gobernador Carlos Lozano de la Torre, quien se ha convertido en la piedra angular de los logros y metas cumplidas de los proyectos de San Francisco de los Romo.
“Ha sido el Gobernador del Estado, Carlos Lozano de la Torre, un eficaz promotor del verdadero municipalismo, y en el caso de San Francisco de los Romo sin duda nos hemos visto beneficiados por esta total disposición del titular del poder ejecutivo del estado, quien en todo momento nos ha tendido la mano para atender con prontitud las demandas y exigencias de los habitantes de este municipio”
El alcalde francoromense hizo un llamado a la unidad en torno al Presidente Enrique Peña Nieto y el Gobernador Carlos Lozano de la Torre, con quienes debe trabajarse de manera coordinada para lograr mejores gobiernos y excelentes resultados para los ciudadanos.
“Los presentes tiempos exigen construir y avanzar, no obstaculizar ni retroceder, exigen acordar y unir. El presidente de la República Enrique Peña Nieto ha dado el ejemplo de que en la construcción de acuerdos, en la suma de esfuerzos y en una política articulada, el único que gana es México. Soy orgullosamente priísta, en los postulados de mi partido concibo la plataforma de buen gobierno, los tomo como la principal directriz de un ejercicio responsable de gobierno”, concluyó el alcalde de este municipio.
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They opened a Cinnabon in a new gas station close to my office and the smell of them the other day drove me to bake these.
I've made these several times before. They are Alton Brown's Overnight Cinnamon Rolls and they are consistently good. They're also good reheated. I blogged about them a while ago (with a link to the recipe) at: www.boastfulbaker.com/?p=319
Autumn is consistently a great time to visit, with the foliage adding so much in spectacular, rich colors.
The late, Doris Duke, had left a wonderful legacy in converting her magnificent estate into a Natural Wildlife Preserve for the public’s education and enjoyment. The paths throughout the estate offer such splendid scenery. One is forever exploring, always seeing something subtly beautiful. There are always pleasant surprises, from the general scenery to the world of the wildlife, even tiny insects and flowers are enjoyable to observe. The bucolic nature of the preserve is so relaxing—akin to meditating while experiencing the landscape. The beauty of visiting Duke Farms is that so many incredible views are there simply by observing all of the surroundings. Spotting new and fascinating wildlife—both animals and plants—always adds to the experience. As we descended this trail, down below on a tree limb, a cute squirrel caught our attention, for it had the enormous nut like orb in its mouth. The Golden Hour added a soft, warm tone to the scenery . . .
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Urubu à tête rouge.
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L'Urubu à tête rouge (Cathartes aura), aussi appelé vautour aura, est l'une des trois espèces d'oiseaux de proies du genre Cathartes, de la famille des Cathartidae. Il possède la plus vaste aire de répartition des vautours du Nouveau Monde : il est présent du sud du Canada jusqu'au sud de l'Amérique du Sud. Cette aire de distribution s'étend d'ailleurs actuellement vers le nord du Canada. Il se rencontre dans une grande variété d'habitats ouverts et semi-ouverts dont les forêts subtropicales, les terrains buissonneux, les prairies et les déserts.
L'Urubu à tête rouge possède une envergure moyenne de 1,80 mètre pour un poids moyen de 1,4 kilogramme. La couleur de son plumage varie du brun foncé au noir ; sa tête et son cou sont rouges et sans plumes, et son court bec crochu est de couleur ivoire. Grâce à ses longues et larges ailes, il utilise en vol les vents ascendants pour planer, ne battant que rarement de ses ailes.
C'est un nécrophage qui se nourrit presque exclusivement de charognes. Son sens de l'odorat est bien développé et il trouve sa nourriture en volant au ras des arbres, détectant les gaz produits par la décomposition des carcasses. Il ne possède pas de syrinx et de fait ses vocalisations consistent en des grognements et des sifflements. Les individus se regroupent par centaines pour la nuit. L'Urubu à tête rouge niche dans des cavités, des arbres creux ou des buissons et élève généralement chaque année deux oisillons qu'il nourrit en régurgitant de la nourriture. Il a peu de prédateurs naturels. Aux États-Unis et au Canada, il est protégé par la Loi sur la convention concernant les oiseaux migrateurs.
Description
Dimensions
L'adulte mesure en moyenne de 66 à 81 centimètres de longueur pour une envergure variant entre 173 et 183 cm et un poids moyen de 1,4 kg1, mais variant de 0,85 à 2 kg selon l'individu et son sexe2. Le dimorphisme sexuel est minime : les sexes sont identiques au niveau de la coloration du plumage, bien que les femelles soient en moyenne légèrement plus grandes3, comme chez beaucoup d'autres espèces de rapaces.
Plumage et morphologieLes plumes du corps sont noires ou brunâtres mais le dessous des pennes semble gris argenté, ce qui contraste avec le bord plus sombre des ailes1. La tête de l'adulte est petite proportionnellement à son corps, sa peau est nue et plissée, et sa couleur varie du rose au rouge vif2. L'adulte possède également un bec relativement court, crochu et de couleur ivoire4. L'iris est gris brun ; l'œil possède un rang simple et incomplet de plumes sétiformes sur la paupière supérieure et deux rangs sur la paupière inférieure
Les pattes sont rosâtres, pouvant tirer sur le jaune, et généralement tachées de blanc. Les doigts de l'avant sont longs et possèdent de petites palmures à leur base6. Les pieds sont plats, relativement faibles et mal adaptés pour empoigner ou serrer7. En vol, la queue est longue et étroite, contrairement à celle de l'Urubu noir, et à l'extrémité arrondie. Les narines ne sont pas divisées par un septum mais sont plutôt perforées : lorsque l'oiseau est de profil, un observateur peut voir à travers le bec8. L'Urubu à tête rouge effectue une mue qui commence à la fin de l'hiver ou au début du printemps. Il s'agit d'une mue graduelle qui dure jusqu'au début de l'automne9.
Les juvéniles sont globalement similaires aux adultes mais possèdent une tête grise et moins ridée10, un bec noir à son bout et des pattes plutôt grisâtres11.
Des individus leucistiques (parfois appelés à tort « albinos ») sont aperçus quelquefois12. La plupart des cas bien documentés proviennent des États-Unis ce qui reflète probablement le fait que ces oiseaux y sont plus souvent notés par les observateurs d'oiseaux plutôt que d'une variation géographique. Même aux États-Unis, les discussions concernant les Urubus à tête rouge de coloration blanche sont surtout effectuées dans les cercles d'ornithologues amateurs et de conservation des rapaces par opposition aux cercles scientifiques13.
Espèces similaires
L'Urubu à tête rouge peut être confondu avec l'Urubu noir, notamment les juvéniles ou les individus en vol. Il s'en distingue facilement par sa taille, plus grande, et à la couleur de sa tête, mais également et enfin par de légères différences dans le contraste des plumes, sous les ailes10. On remarque aussi des différences au niveau de la forme de la queue, plus étroite et à l'extrémité plus arrondie chez l'Urubu à tête rouge.
Écologie et comportement
Locomotion
L'Urubu à tête rouge est maladroit au sol et se déplace en sautillant. Il lui faut déployer de grands efforts pour s'envoler, en battant des ailes tout en sautillant et en poussant sur le sol avec ses pattes4. Parfois, il lui arrive même de régurgiter un repas non digéré et trop lourd afin de pouvoir s'envoler loin d'un prédateur potentiel4.
Lorsqu'il plane, ses ailes orientées vers le haut forment un dièdre positif et l'oiseau incline souvent son corps d'un côté à l'autre, ce qui expose ses rémiges grises au soleil et les font paraître argentées. Le vol de l'Urubu à tête rouge est un exemple de vol plané où l'animal bat des ailes peu fréquemment, profitant de sa faible charge alaire et utilisant les vents ascendants pour planer14.
Il vole généralement bas pour pouvoir utiliser son odorat afin de repérer les charognes et peut rester six heures consécutives sans battre des ailes10.
Alimentation
Régime alimentaire
Il se nourrit principalement de charognes, de celles des petits mammifères jusqu'à celles des grands herbivores. Il préfère les carcasses animales fraîches et évitera celles ayant atteint le stade de putréfaction. Il consomme aussi des lapins et de jeunes oiseaux (hérons, ibis10 par exemple), des insectes et d'autres invertébrés15, mais tue rarement ses proies16. Il est souvent observé le long des routes se nourrissant d'animaux écrasés par les véhicules ou près des plans d'eau, consommant poissons2,9 ou insectes tombés et piégés dans les eaux peu profondes9.
Il consomme plus rarement certains végétaux, comme les plantes des côtes, les citrouilles et d'autres plantes cultivées15.
L'Urubu à tête rouge fréquente également les décharges, où il trouve une nourriture abondante et riche, et qui a permis à l'espèce d'accroître ses effectifs et d'étendre son aire de répartition.
Prospection
L'Urubu à tête rouge utilise son odorat lors de sa recherche de nourriture. Il s'agit d'une habileté peu commune chez les espèces aviaires. Il vole souvent près du sol17 pour capter l'odeur du mercaptan éthylique, un gaz produit par la décomposition des animaux morts. La zone du cerveau associée à l'odorat est particulièrement développée comparativement aux autres espèces18. Cette faculté permet à l'Urubu à tête rouge de détecter les carcasses sous la canopée des forêts. Rassasié, l'oiseau peut rester au moins quinze jours sans boire ni manger10.
Association et concurrence
Le Sarcoramphe roi et l'Urubu noir ne possèdent pas les habiletés olfactives de l'Urubu à tête rouge et suivent ce dernier jusqu'aux carcasses. L'Urubu à tête rouge arrive soit le premier à la carcasse, soit en même temps que le Grand Urubu ou l'Urubu à tête jaune qui possèdent également la faculté de sentir le mercaptan éthylique. Il peut concurrencer l'Urubu à tête jaune et le Grand Urubu grâce à sa taille plus imposante19, mais peut lui-même être déchu par le Sarcoramphe roi, voire par l'Urubu noir, pourtant plus petit10. Celui-ci fait la première entaille à la peau de l'animal mort, et l'Urubu à tête rouge ne pourra accéder à la nourriture qu'ensuite, à cause de son bec trop petit pour entailler le cuir d'animaux plus gros que lui. Il s'agit d'un exemple de symbiose entre espèces20.
Vocalisations
L'Urubu à tête rouge, comme la plupart des autres espèces de vautours, possède peu de capacités de vocalisations. Cela est surtout causé par l'absence de syrinx. Il peut seulement émettre des sifflements et des grognements21. Il siffle généralement lorsqu'il se sent menacé. Les grognements sont souvent émis par les jeunes affamés et par les adultes pendant la parade nuptiale.
Comportement social
L'Urubu à tête rouge est grégaire et des groupes de plusieurs centaines d'individus se forment pour la nuit sur des arbres morts. Ces groupes incluent parfois des spécimens d'Urubus noirs. La nuit sa température corporelle diminue d'environ 6 °C, descendant ainsi jusqu'à 34 °C, et il entre donc en légère hypothermie6. Pendant la journée, les urubus recherchent leur nourriture de façon indépendante tout en s'observant pour faciliter la détection des charniers.
Cette espèce n'est pas territoriale22,23, et possède peu de prédateurs naturels. Son moyen de défense principal consiste à régurgiter de la viande à moitié digérée, une substance dont l'odeur répugnante incite la plupart des animaux à s'éloigner du nid9, et qui provoque également une sensation de brûlure si elle atteint un prédateur au visage ou aux yeux.
L'Urubu à tête rouge est souvent observé au sol les ailes ouvertes. Ce comportement est le plus souvent adopté après les nuits humides ou pluvieuses, et pourrait avoir plusieurs fonctions : sécher les ailes, réchauffer le corps et tuer les bactéries par la chaleur. Le même comportement est pratiqué par les autres membres de la famille des Cathartidés, les vautours de l'Ancien Monde, et par les cigognes18. Comme les cigognes, l'Urubu à tête rouge défèque souvent sur ses propres pattes et utilise l'évaporation de l'eau qui y est contenue pour se rafraîchir. Ce processus est connu sous le nom d'urohidrose24. Les vaisseaux sanguins des pattes sont rafraîchis et celles-ci deviennent striées par les cristaux blancs d'acide urique25.
Reproduction
La saison de reproduction débute en mars, atteint son maximum en avril et mai et se termine en juin26. Lors de la parade nuptiale, plusieurs individus mâles peuvent bondir, les ailes partiellement déployées, autour d'un cercle formé par leurs congénères. Une fois que la femelle a choisi un partenaire, le couple s'envole alors en se suivant de près tout en battant des ailes et en effectuant des plongeons15.
Les œufs sont généralement pondus dans un lieu sûr, comme une falaise, une grotte, une crevasse rocheuse, un terrier, dans un arbre creux ou un dans des buissons denses. Bien que les urubus nichent parfois dans des grottes, ils ne les fréquentent pas en dehors de la saison de reproduction9. Les Urubus à tête rouge nichent en grands dortoirs lorsque la nourriture est abondante. Il n'y a pas de nid à proprement parler ; les œufs sont pondus directement sur le sol. Les femelles pondent généralement deux œufs, bien que quelquefois il n'y en ait qu'un seul et que rarement il y en ait trois. Les œufs sont de couleur crème avec des taches brunes ou lavande près de l'extrémité la plus large15. Les deux parents couvent et les oisillons éclosent au bout de 30 à 40 jours. Les oisillons sont nidicoles et sans défense à l'éclosion. Les deux adultes nourrissent les jeunes par régurgitation et en prennent soin durant 10 à 11 semaines. En cas de menace sur leur couvée, les adultes peuvent se sauver, régurgiter sur les intrus ou feindre la mort9. Si les jeunes sont menacés au nid, ils se défendront en sifflant et en régurgitant15. Les jeunes quittent le nid à environ neuf à dix semaines. Les groupes familiaux restent ensemble jusqu'à l'automne15.
L'Urubu à tête rouge peut vivre 21 ans en captivité tandis que l'oiseau sauvage bagué le plus âgé avait 16 ans2.
Répartition et habitat
Distribution géographique
L'Urubu à tête rouge possède une vaste aire de répartition, recouvrant environ 28 200 000 km2 selon BirdLife International27. Son aire de répartition s'étend du sud du Canada (en été jusqu'en Abitibi), en Amérique du Nord — où elle est actuellement en expansion vers le nord10 — jusqu'au sud de l'Amérique du Sud. Il a été observé notamment en Terre de Feu et dans la réserve naturelle de l'Île des États. C'est un résident permanent dans le Sud des États-Unis mais les individus nichant plus au nord peuvent migrer2.
Habitat
Ce vautour s'adapte à de nombreux biotopes. Il est présent en forêt subtropicale, dans les déserts, au pied des montagnes et dans les forêts buissonneuses15. Il fréquente également les pâturages, les prairies et les marais27. On le retrouve souvent en milieu ouvert ou semi-ouvert avec des zones boisées pour nicher mais il évite généralement les milieux à couverture forestière dense1.
Migration.
En hiver, les Urubus à tête rouge abandonnent le secteur nord-ouest de leur répartition pour gagner des zones plus chaudes, vers l'Amérique du Sud. On peut voir ces oiseaux se regrouper en grand nombre dans l'isthme de Panama, seule jonction terrestre entre les deux Amériques, formant un « goulot d'étranglement » mais aussi un passage obligé pour l'espèce qui utilise les courants ascendants, moins abondants sur l'océan10. Il y est le rapace le plus observé : en 2008, le projet Raptors Ocean to Ocean Count de la Panama Audubon Society a compté 1 192 746 Urubus à tête rouge au-dessus de l'isthme28.
Classification
Étymologie
Le nom générique Cathartes est la forme latine du grec καθαρτης (kathartēs), signifiant « purificateur »29 et rappelle le rôle écologique de ces oiseaux. Le nom de l'espèce, aura, est la forme latine du mot mexicain indigène désignant l'Urubu à tête rouge, « auroura »30. En 1758, l'Urubu à tête rouge fut décrit formellement pour la première fois par Linné dans son Systema Naturae en tant que Vultur aura et caractérisé comme V. fuscogriseus, remigibus nigris, rostro albo (« vautour gris brun, avec les ailes noires et un bec blanc »)31.
Systématique
L'Urubu à tête rouge fait partie de la famille des Cathartidae, tout comme six autres espèces de vautours du Nouveau Monde, et est incluse dans le genre Cathartes, aux côtés du Grand Urubu et de l'Urubu à tête jaune.
La position taxinomique exacte de l'Urubu à tête rouge et des six autres espèces de vautours du Nouveau Monde reste incertaine32. Les vautours du Nouveau Monde et de l'Ancien Monde sont physiquement similaires et remplissent les mêmes niches écologiques. Cependant, ils ont évolué à partir de différents ancêtres et en différents endroits du globe. Charles Gald Sibley et Burt Monroe suggèrent en 1990 que le groupe du Nouveau Monde est proche parent des cigognes33. Plus récemment, Sibley et Jon Edward Ahlquist placent les deux groupes de vautours dans l'ordre des Falconiformes34 tandis que d'autres placent le groupe du Nouveau Monde dans son propre ordre, les Cathartiformes35. Le South American Classification Committee a retiré les vautours du Nouveau Monde de l'ordre des Ciconiiformes et les a plutôt catégorisés comme Incertae sedis. Ce comité note cependant que le groupe pourrait retourner parmi les Falconiformes ou les Cathartiformes32. En 2008, Hackett et al. résolvent la position des Cathartidae et les placent au sein des Accipitriformes36.
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Riyaz Shaikh is an Indian professional athlete, promoter, trainer, model, dancer, brand ambassador and one of the the top 5 consistent performers in IHFF Olympia and Sheru Classic. When his diligence commenced to captivate fame, he was offered to be the brand ambassador of many lifestyle grooming, clothing, and sports supplement companies.
Early Life
Every great achievement starts with a dream and a hyper active approach to conquer it. As a child, Mr. Riyaz Shaikh loved the sport of cricket, and other outdoor activities, while giving equal attention to his studies. His passion and zest for rigorous pursuits made him a thin and tanned kid. But these are the trophies of hard work. His dynamic agility also made him a subject to saddening social horrors like bullying, colorism, body shaming, etc. Because of such constant mocks, he was on the brink of turning into an upset and underconfident child. But whatever doesn’t stop us, just makes us stronger. Through television, he started gaining new perceptions about athletes and their work. He acquired an unbendable aspiration, and an enthusiasm to be known for his triumphs. After he passed his 12th standard, he joined a gymnasium and started training, and health dieting. With consistent efforts and discipline, he gained a competent amount of muscles with the flexibility of an athlete.
Career
Fueled by the inspiration of becoming like his idols, Riyaz Shaikh joined acting classes, en route to a modeling career. As his career began to take off through a few shows, he realized that his ambition has been misplaced from being an athlete to a model and an actor. His ultimate goal has always been athletics. So, he quit acting and started competing on some of the most famous and laudable international athletic platforms such as Sheru Classic, where he ranked 4th in the year 2019, and International Health, Sports, & Fitness Festival Olympia (IHFF), where he ranked 5th in both the years 2018 and 2019.
He gathered recognition through his commendable work and was offered the position of a brand ambassador at Spartan Sports Sciences Supplements, one of the leading sport nutrition supplement company of India. Currently, he works for various top-notch offline and online brands like Amazon, Flipkart, etc. His recent collaborations include a men’s lifestyle & grooming product brand known as ‘CHACHA LIFESTYLES’.
His esteemed accomplishments earned him the stature to inaugurate sundry shops and gyms. And today, he stands firm as an international athlete who receives modeling offers from around the world.
With his wisdom, acquirements, and prominence, he has set his foot on a journey elevate the lives of countless others by training them, guiding them towards a healthier & fitter life, and exhilarate them about themselves because Riyaz Shaikh believes that at the end of the day what really matters is our self and that we should not criticize ourselves by the outlook & hypothesis of the others. Throughout his life, he has been consistent in following his passion for fitness and sports.
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Mr. Riyaz graduated with the Bachelor of Commerce degree, a three-year undergraduate course. To begin his career as an actor, he attended Asha K Chandra Institute of Acting in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He retains a wide range of interests and hobbies like dancing, working out, traveling, cooking, sports, etc. He spent a lot of his childhood playing cricket. Also, has a proclivity for foods like pancakes, waffles, seafood dishes, and Baklava in sweets. Mr. Riyaz says that he is deeply obliged to the people who supported him in his initial stage, and to the people who still support and love him.
Bradford Pear or Callery Pear - Pyrus calleryana - is a once beloved and now much hated non-native tree.
The Bradford pear is technically a specific cultivar of the ornamental Callery pear. It usually grows 25-30 feet tall, with a canopy perhaps 20-25 feet wide, noted for its lovely, uniformly rounded form. That consistently rounded shape lends itself to symmetrical landscape plantings, and many homeowners will plant Bradfords to line their driveways. The tree blooms dependably, displays wonderful fall color, and, best of all, has virtually no insect or disease problems. Unfortunately, that’s where the good news about Bradford pears comes to an end.
The same branch structure that makes that rounded canopy shape so pleasing, with branches angled sharply upward from the trunk (called a narrow or tight crotch angle), is simply not as strong as it would be if those branches were closer to horizontal. Further, all of its major limbs diverge from a single point on the trunk. This structural weakness makes the trees very susceptible to storm damage, whether from wind or from ice, and the damage often causes large limbs to rip down one side of the trunk, leaving the homeowner with a lopsided tree that destroys their carefully cultivated symmetry.
Structural weakness is not the only drawback associated with Bradford pears, though. Originally bred to be sterile, this ornamental pear tree was never intended to produce fruit. In reality, though, it is often pollinated by newer Callery pear cultivars (“Aristocrat,” ‘Chanticleer,” “Cleveland Select,” and “Redspire”) that were developed to overcome some of the Bradford’s structural issues. This cross-pollination can lead to viable seeds, and that’s where the real trouble starts. The offspring of those well-mannered ornamental pears are, to put it nicely, aggressive thugs. They spread rapidly with the help of birds dropping their seeds, and the resulting plants are thorny invaders, choking out native wildlife habitat wherever the seedlings take hold. The problem is severe enough that many localities have banned the Bradford pear altogether in certain settings.
The Callery pear is an invasive species in many areas of eastern North America, outcompeting many native plants and trees. In the northeastern United States (and increasingly the South), wild Callery pears sometimes form extensive, nearly pure stands in old fields, along roadsides, and in similar disturbed areas.
While these wild plants are sometimes called "Bradford pear" (for the 'Bradford' cultivar), they are actually wild-growing descendants of multiple genotypes of Pyrus calleryana, and hence more correctly referred to by the common (or scientific) name of the species itself.
The tree is known for its pungent, often unpleasant smell during its flowering stage, which has been described as reminiscent of rotting fish, chlorine, or other things.
If all this weren’t discouraging enough, Bradford pears just don’t live a long time, as trees go. Starting around the age of 20, the trees simply begin to decline, with few of them living past the age of 30.
The species is named after the Italian-French sinologue Joseph-Marie Callery (1810–1862) who sent specimens of the tree to Europe from China.
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Bradford Pear or Callery Pear - Pyrus calleryana
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Ancestral tradición, consistente en una zorrería a la figura del “cascamorras”, por no haber traído la figura de “la Piedad de Baza”. Se defenderá con una vara y una porra, siendo finalmente llevado a hombros, y pidiendo agua por as calles donde pasa, antes de jurar bandera en la Iglesia de San Miguel. Sobre el origen y la evolución de esta fiesta, no coinciden los autores que han investigado el tema. La versión más comúnmente aceptada está basada en los siguientes hechos: Con la llegada de los Almohades en el año 1.151, se destruyeron muchos templos, y entre ellos una ermita mozárabe edificada en el arrabal de la Churra en Baza. Tres siglos más tarde, uno de los caballeros que acompañaban a Fernando el Católico, Don Luis de Acuña Herrera, decidió levantar en este lugar la Iglesia de la Merced. En el año 1.490 se iniciaban las obras, cuando uno de los obreros, Juan Pedernal, de origen accitano, picando en la demolición de un yesón, oyó sorprendido que de aquella oquedad salía un dulce y lastimoso grito que parecía venir de las entrañas de la tierra, y que decía "¡TEN PIEDAD!". Había encontrado la talla de una Virgen, la cual recibiría desde entonces el nombre de Nuestra Señora de la Piedad, en alusión a la expresión. El obrero de Guadix dio motivos de graves trastornos entre los obreros por disputarse la posesión del icono, llegando a implicar a las autoridades de las dos ciudades de modo que tuvo que tomar parte la justicia de aquellos tiempos, resolviendo dejar la propiedad y posesión de la imagen para Baza, y el derecho de celebrar anualmente las fiestas religiosas el día 8 de Septiembre, festividad de la Virgen de la Piedad, al Cabildo de Guadix. Se cuenta también que se llegó al acuerdo tácito de que si un comisionado de la ciudad de Guadix lograba entrar en Baza y llegar a la iglesia de la Merced sin ser manchado, podría recuperar a la Virgen para Guadix. Así, los accitanos venían todos los años en romería a celebrar las fiestas religiosas que por derecho les correspondía.
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Râmnicu Sărat, ROMÂNIA (anul 1919). Urmele cumplite ale războiului, ale ocupației germano-austro-ungare și bulgaro-turce a României... Copii români în fața unei cantine a Crucii Roșii Americane. În fiecare zi sute de copii primeau fiecare în recipientul său o supă consistentă preparată de lucrători ai C.R.A.
World’s Best Surfers Ignite Aproador to Complete Round 1 of Billabong Rio Pro
APROADOR, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Tuesday, May 17, 2011) – After a week of lay-days, the world’s best surfers tore into consistently changing conditions at the lefthand pointbreak of Aproador to complete Round 1 of the Billabong Rio Pro.
Stop No. 3 of 11 on the ASP World Title Series, the opening day of men’s competition saw ASP Dream Tour veterans earn the day’s top scores while defending event winner Jadson Andre (BRA), 21, made an impressive entrance in the Billabong Rio Pro’s opening round.
Kelly Slater (USA), 39, reigning 10-time ASP World Champion, got off to a strong start to open his Billabong Rio Pro campaign. Slater unleashed two furious tail-drifting backhand turns to notch the day’s highest single-wave score of a 9.00 (out of 10) midway through his bout to overtake ASP World Tour rookie Julian Wilson (AUS), 22, and event wildcard Peterson Crisanto (BRA), 18, after nearly missing the start of his heat.
“That 9 felt good,” Slater said. “I went down to grab my jersey and there was some confusion. By the time I got out, the heat had already started and Julian got that first one. It wasn’t a good start. I knew there were going to be some good ones and I just had to be patient. That one good wave actually let me bottom turn and hit the lip, most of the waves were soft and had a lot of horizontals.”
Slater, who finished runner-up at the Billabong Pro last year, was also quick to admit that several goofy-footers will be tough to beat at the lefthander of Aproador and noted that the natural-footers will need to be especially selective in their wave choice at the Billabong Rio Pro.
“A little left like this is going to play well for goofy footers,” Slater said. “Owen (Wright) and Jadson (Andre) are probably frothing on it and licking their chops ready to go. We (natural footers) have been on our frontside at Snapper and Bells and now it’s their turn. We’ve just got to try and be smart. Mick (Fanning) looked good and there are waves out there to do it, you’ve just got to be smart.”
Taj Burrow (AUS), 32, opened his Billabong Rio Pro campaign with a sharp backhand attack by belting two Arpoador lefthanders to the tune of a 16.83 (out of 20) on his first two waves to earn the highest heat-total of the day. The Australian veteran notched his Round 1 heat win over dangerous Brazilian rookie Alejo Muniz (BRA), 21, and event wildcard Ricardo Santos (BRA), 20.
“It was kind of scary for a second there, right when they decided to start the competition the wind started howling, but then it cleaned up heaps,” Burrow said. “I got two fun ones at the start so I’m happy.”
Jadson Andre, defending event winner, reveled in Aproador’s lefthanders with a combination of aggressive carves and snaps to take a convincing Round 1 heat victory with the support of the Brazilian crowd behind him.
“I’m so happy to be here competing in Brazil and I love Aproador, I feel like a local,” Andre said. “I’ve competed here several times before and have friends here. I know everyone says I should feel pressure as defending champion, but I’m not worried about it. I’m just thinking about the next heat. That’s what I did last year.”
Mick Fanning (AUS), 29, two-time ASP World Champion, slowly built momentum in his opening Billabong Rio Pro heat, eventually igniting two lefthanders by combining a series of seamless backhand turns to notch a 15.07 heat total to advance directly through to Round 3.
“It was tricky trying to find the right one out there, but I watched the heat before and noticed that guys that were doing turns back-to-back were getting scores, so I tried to concentrate on that,” Fanning said. “They weren’t the biggest waves, but they just allowed three turns straight away.”
The Australian talent also expressed the importance of advancing directly through to Round 3 with Brazil’s ever-changing conditions.
“It’s really good to skip as many rounds as possible, especially here in Brazil where it can be really unpredictable,” Fanning said. “I’m stoked to get through Round 1 and I’ll go back and assess what’s going on and hopefully keep going.”
Billabong Rio Pro event organizers will reconvene at Aproador at 7am local time tomorrow morning for a possible Round 2 start.
To watch the Billabong Rio Pro LIVE log on to www.billabongpro.com
For additional ASP information log on to www.aspworldtour.com
Billabong Rio Pro Round 1 Results:
Heat 1: Owen Wright (AUS) 13.60, Heitor Alves (BRA) 7.67, Bobby Martinez (USA) 7.47
Heat 2: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 11.84, Adam Melling (AUS) 11.16, Kai Otton (AUS) 7.90
Heat 3: Taj Burrow (AUS) 16.33, Ricardo Santos (BRA) 11.17, Alejo Muniz (BRA) 10.60
Heat 4: Mick Fanning (AUS) 15.07, Simao Romao (BRA) 12.36, Dusty Payne (HAW) 11.66
Heat 5: Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 8.13, Jordy Smith (ZAF) 8.07, Igor Morais (BRA) 6.34
Heat 6: Kelly Slater (USA) 15.17, Julian Wilson (AUS) 14.37, Peterson Crisanto (BRA) 3.84
Heat 7: Jadson Andre (BRA) 14.33, Gabe Kling (USA) 10.66, Bede Durbidge (AUS) 7.90
Heat 8: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 13.56, C.J. Hobgood (USA) 10.80, Josh Kerr (AUS) 7.43
Heat 9: Damien Hobgood (USA) 12.00, Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 11.10, Tiago Pires (PRT) 10.93
Heat 10: Cory Lopez (USA) 11.54, Chris Davidson (AUS) 10.00, Michel Bourez (PYF) 8.57
Heat 11: Daniel Ross (AUS) 14.90, Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.67, Kieren Perrow (AUS) 8.96
Heat 12: Taylor Knox (USA) 15.03, Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 14.70, Joel Parkinson (AUS) 8.34
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TIDE POOLIN'
Leo Carrillo beach in Malibu is consistently one of my favorite places to visit and photograph. I just love climbing around the rocks and investigating the tide pool. There are several ways to get there, but I usually take the 101 North to Malibu Canyon, head south over to Pacific Coast Highway, then West (a right turn) on PCH approximately 25 miles until you hit Leo Carrillo. From the Valley to Leo it's about a 45 minute to hour drive each way. The tide pool is just in front of the #3 lifeguard tower (and incidentally, dogs are allowed on leash from this tower and continuing west up the beach). I just google low tide Malibu to find out the best time to go there and check out the tide pool. Usually there's a several hour window about an hour before to an hour after low tide that's good. If you go after that, the waves usually are just hitting the rocks too hard and it can be dangerous to stand there. I always see tons of starfish (many different colors including orange, light blue, and purple), sea anemones (they are really fun to touch), mussels, crabs (little teeny black ones and bigger red ones), and even little fish swimming in the watery crags and crevices of the tide pool rocks. And I've spotted dolphins and whales from this beach. After an outing at Leo Carrillo, I always stop at this little food shack called Malibu Seafood, located just before you find yourself back at Malibu Canyon. It's totally no frills - you order food inside, wait for your number to be called, and find an open bench to sit down. My fave meals there are swordfish with rice pilaf and salad (the ranch is really good), fish and chips, clam chowder, or a pot of steamed clams in a nice broth.
Leo Carrillo State Park / Malibu photos by Lydia Marcus
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School House was consistently the strongest House in this era. A couple of years earlier it had been recorded in the school magazine that 'we have managed to win the House Challenge Shield for the third year in succession...the best workers in the House have been found in the Lower School, Barnikel, Furlong and Walker. In athletics, Vick won the Junior Championship, whilst Hamilton, Savin and Furlong gained many points. The rugby team in 1948-9 was particularly strong. In the cross-country team, Savin - who consistently won the cross country - is holding the team cup as School came first.
My grandmother Audrey (Sharp) Rognlien on the day of her marriage to my grandfather Elmer Norman Rognlien in 1942. My scandalous cradle-robbing grandpa fell in love with grandma, who was 15 years his junior, most certainly causing a collective rural gasp at the farm feed store in Decorah, IA. But love is love and it remained consistent until my grandmother's untimely death and beyond, until my grandfather's death in his early 90s.
To my grandmother's right: Mary "Boop" Malanaphy (my mother thinks the surname is correct). To my grandfather's left: Curtis Marlow. Boop and Curtis stood up for them at the wedding.
Business surveys in Latin America consistently show that skills gaps are a serious bottleneck to firm growth and competitiveness. Lack of responsiveness by providers of technical education and professional training is often blamed for this situation. What innovations are possible to improve the quality and relevance of those programs? What role should governments, employers, universities, and civil society play in shaping the approach to technical education and professional training in Latin America? What can we learn from reforms in the region and abroad? The Dialogue and CAF - Development Bank of Latin America hosted a wide-ranging full-day seminar that brought together academics, policymakers, and other experts from the Western Hemisphere to discuss the future of technical education and professional training in Latin America.