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Imperial College released their staff survey results earlier this month. The survey, which was last carried out in 2014, asks staff members their opinions on a broad number of topics, including their faculty, College leadership, and whether they think the survey results will be acted upon.
College and Faculty Leadership
Out of all sections of the survey, leadership – both of Faculties and of College as a whole – scored lowest among staff.
Fewer than half of those surveyed felt there was effective leadership from Faculty heads, or had a clear understanding of the purpose of their Faculty. Staff in the Faculty of Natural Sciences were the least likely to know the objectives of their Faculty, with only 37% of staff feeling they understood them.
In terms of overall leadership, only 40% of staff felt that the College leaders showed effective leadership, and 45% felt they provided a clear direction for the College’s future.
One of the questions eliciting the lowest scores asked whether changes made are made for the better, with only 34% of staff agreeing. The Departments of Aeronautics, Computing, and Physics were the least likely to agree, with less than a quarter of staff feeling that changes were an improvement. Staff in the Faculties of Medicine and Natural Science, and in the Union, were also unlikely to think changes made things better. Somewhat surprisingly, the overall response of 34% still places Imperial second out of the ten universities used as a benchmark.
It could be argued that a contributor to this divide between College leadership and staff is the result of issues with communications: only 45% of staff agreed that the communications received helped them understand College-level decisions, while just over half felt sufficiently involved in decisions impacting their role.
One of the areas of College’s strategy that the survey reflected poorly upon was the ‘Imperial Expectations’ – seven statements the College claims “show how we respect and support each other in achieving personal goals and the College’s strategic objectives”. Examples include “champion a positive approach to change and opportunity” and “deliver positive outcomes”.
Overall, only 37% of staff thought that these were useful to their role at Imperial, with a large number of staff having no opinion at all. Staff members working more closely to the central faculty (e.g. those working in Campus Services) were more likely to find Imperial Expectations useful, while departmental staff generally had a poor opinion of them: in the Mathematics department only 22% of staff thought ‘Imperial Expectations’ were useful.
Departments and Collaboration
The survey showed departmental staff were satisfied with their work, and had good perceptions of the College: over 90% of staff surveyed felt that they had good relationships with their colleagues, and that they were trusted to organise their own workload. The vast majority also knew what was expected of them in their role. Safety was singled out as an area Imperial did particularly well in, with the majority feeling their department ensured they were safe in the workplace.
The majority of staff felt proud to work for the College, and 80% felt a sense of personal accomplishment.
However, while the data seem to show that people were generally satisfied with their departments, they revealed that few staff thought that there was enough collaboration. Only 34% of staff agreed that there was ‘effective collaboration between Departments that work within my Faculty’. Of the four main Faculties, the Faculty of Natural Sciences scored the worst on this question, with only 30% of staff seeing evidence of effective collaboration.
“In the Department of Aeronautics, only a third of staff thought action would be taken after the survey”
Within departments, there was evidence of increased collaboration, with 56% agreeing there was effective collaboration between teams within a department. However, some sectors scored poorly, with the Departments of Aeronautical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and the Centre for Environmental Policy all reporting scores of under 50%.
A number of departments did particularly poorly in the survey: the Department of Aeronautics, in particular, stood out for its low scores, with 53 out of 58 questions garnering a below-average response.
Aeronautics staff were among those to have the worst opinion of their own Departments, their Faculty, and senior leadership as a whole. Fewer than half the staff surveyed felt that they had enough resources to do their job, while only 29% felt that their contributions to the College were valued and recognised.
The Department of Computing also scored poorly, with 50 questions below the Imperial average. It was the department with the least positive opinions of College senior leadership, and staff were among those least likely to feel valued at College: only 37% felt that their pay was fair, and under half thought that their contributions were valued. A number of staff felt Imperial did not care about their welfare, with only 31% agreeing that the College cared about their health and wellbeing. The results obtained from Imperial College Union staff, half of whom completed the survey, seemed to reveal a sense of feeling under-recognised, with only 39% feeling that their work was recognised as a contribution to College. Union staff also had among the lowest opinions of the College senior leadership.
In a statement to Felix, a Union representative stated that while the Union participates in the survey, “it is important to note that we are an independently-led organisation distinct from College, with our own strategic plan, management structure and Board of Trustees,” which “explains why they are less likely to consider themselves to be contributing to College’s strategy.”
The representative reported that the Union runs their own staff satisfaction survey every year, which found that 96% felt they understood the Union’s values, and 93% felt proud to work for ICU. They also pointed out that “regarding questions that are applicable to both College and ICU staff members, we are proud of our results (and) our scores are consistently at least 10% higher than College overall in some areas.
“Women working in the Life Science Department, in particular, were less satisfied with College leadership and line management, and were less clear about their department’s goals.”
Other departments that did not feel a strong sense of belonging to the College included the Departments of Medicine and Life Sciences, with a minority of staff feeling a sense of belonging. In both these departments, less than half the staff felt they had enough resources to complete their work, and they scored poorly in their opinions of their respective Faculties. Women working in the Life Science Department, in particular, were less satisfied with College leadership and line management, and were less clear about their department’s goals. For some departments, the survey reflected well – the Grantham Institute, Imperial’s research hub for climate change and the environment, scored particularly highly across a number of questions. The Dyson School for Design Engineering and the Department of Earth Science Engineering also tended to score highly.
All departments have now completed ‘Action Plans’ to address the results of the survey. Among the lowest scoring departments, there is an emphasis on increasing communication within departments and with College leadership. The Departments of Aeronautical Engineering and Medicine both suggest increasing staff input on their Management Committees, while the Department of Computing states it will “provide forums for discussion on a termly basis”. Harassment and bullying will also be addressed, with an emphasis on “Active Bystander” training and encouraging staff to feel confident in expressing concerns.
A College representative told Felix: “the College level results and action plan are being discussed this Friday at Provost’s Board – one of the College’s most senior management boards – with updates to the community through Staff Briefing later this term.”
However, among the departments scoring lowest in the survey, there seemed to be a general feeling that things would stay the same. Overall, 53% of staff felt that action would be taken following the survey; however, in the Department of Aeronautics and the Union, only a third of staff surveyed felt confident that things would change, and fewer than half those surveyed in the Departments of Medicine and Computing had faith that action would be taken.
Bullying, Harassment, and Equality
One of the most sensitive questions in the survey asked respondents whether they had experienced bullying or harassment during the last twelve months at Imperial. Overall, only 81% of staff were able to deny they had experienced any such harassment or bullying, which places Imperial 15th out of 18 in a benchmark comparison with other universities surveyed.
This is an increase on the last two iterations of the survey: in 2014, when asked about harassment or bullying, 86% of staff were able to confirm they had experienced neither within the last three years. Several departments scored concerningly high on the question: in the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, the Centre for Environmental Policy, and the Dyson School of Design Engineering, 14% of staff said that they had been bullied or harassed within the last year. For the Department of Earth Science and Engineering, and College’s ICT department, the proportion was 13%. In the majority of cases, the bullying or harassment appears to have been carried out by a colleague, the individual’s line manager, or another manager within their department.
“In the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, the Centre for Environmental Policy, and the Dyson School of Design Engineering, 14% of staff said that they had been bullied or harassed within the last year”
College policy states “harassment, bullying, and/or victimisation is unacceptable,” and says “line managers have an obligation to tackle harassment”.
Another possibly controversial question asked respondents whether they believed ‘career progression is fair within Imperial (regardless of ethnic background, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or age)’. In total, 58% of staff agreed that career progression was fair, but some departments reported lower scores: less than half of ICT staff, and 52% of staff in the Department of Bioengineering, ESE, and Dyson School, felt progression was fair.
Women were less likely than men to feel career progression was fair, and were less likely to know what career progression opportunities were available. Imperial College was also a founder member of the Athena SWAN Charter, which was established to “encourage and recognise commitment to advancing the careers of women in STEM employment”. On their website, Imperial make it clear that, as a public body, they have a legal duty to ensure they take appropriate action to “advance quality of opportunity” for all staff.
The numbers reflect a decline since the last survey, which asked whether staff feel they had the opportunity for progression regardless of age, gender etc. In the last iteration, 85% of staff agreed that they had fair opportunities for career progression, against a UK average of 63%.
A College representative emphasised that while “The Staff Survey is an important tool to hear the views of colleagues across our campuses”, that it “also allows us to benchmark ourselves against similar institutions.” Imperial did well compared to UK university benchmark measurements, with 14 questions five percentage points or more above the benchmark, and only one question below. However, a number of scores have decreased since the last survey: out of the 20 questions that could be compared to the 2014 survey, only one had increased, and ten had lower scores.
In a statement, a College representative said: “The talents of Imperial’s staff community are our greatest strength, and central to the College’s mission. We know that if we are to continue to attract and retain the very best staff, we must provide a supportive working environment. The College Strategy makes clear how we do that.“While we’re pleased to see that 87% of staff are proud to work at Imperial, and to have outperformed the sector generally, it’s clear that there is more still to do, and we are determined to continue to improve.”

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What If the Fantasy of Love Is All That You Can Have?
Be careful not to confuse true impossibility with fear of the possible.
Posted September 28, 2018
In my last post, I offered a positive message regarding the importance of trying to make your dreams real rather than resting satisfied with the dream itself. There, I said that dreams may be safe while real life is messy, but we must have actual experiences to appreciate life, and the risk inherent in taking chances—especially romantic chances—is an intrinsic part of life's experience.
The first reader to leave a comment on that post, Phillyosopher, made an excellent point:
We don’t live in a vacuum. We have responsibilities and obligations. Commitments that prevent us from exploring our desires. So, we retreat to fantasy as a salve. At least, our attention is momentarily suspended and we experience the feeling, however fleeting.
Phillyosopher is absolutely right: My earlier advice to try to make your dreams real was too simplistic, failing to recognize that, in many cases, circumstances make this very difficult if not impossible.
Consider the anecdote from Joan Crawford's biography that inspired my last post: She decided not to pursue marriage to Clark Gable because she wanted to relish the perfection of the dream instead. However, she and Gable were also married at the time; this did not prevent them from having an affair, of course, but it may have influenced their decision not to marry, given that they would both need to divorce first. This is mere speculation on my part, but the practical difficulties with divorcing and remarrying, significant but not insurmountable, may have led Crawford to rationalize the choice by claiming the fantasy was more satisfying.
Certainly, as Phillyosopher says, there can be severe limitations on how much or how far we can pursue our dreams. Sometimes a bad relationship situation cannot be escaped, for any number of reasons—there are often many other important values to consider—leaving the promise of a better love out of reach. In cases such as these, the only respite from daily misery may be the delight one can claim from fantasy, and people in such situations should embrace that fantasy as much as they can.
I suspect there are many cases, though, in which we use circumstances to excuse our reluctance to take the chances that our true happiness and fulfillment demands. We fall back on practical difficulties or inflated moral issues to cover up our fears, saying "I can't take the risk," when what we mean is, "I won't take the risk."
And that brings us back to main point of the original post, which I'll amend here (inspired by Phillyosopher's comment). Fantasy is not enough if you have the opportunity to get the real thing. But we must also be careful not to confuse fear of taking a chance, on the one hand, with the lack of a chance to take, on the other. Out of respect for those who truly cannot pursue their dreams, those of us who can should be honest with ourselves about why we don't—and take that chance if we can.

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“Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail” — Henry L. Stimson, United States Secretary of State
In a world where GMail reads your email to serve you ads and the NSA’s information vacuum cleaner seems to be sucking up anything in sight it’s hard to believe many modern messaging apps are largely immune from such snooping.
When the national security apparatus of the West was blindsided by the terror attacks in Paris last November they blamed Telegram, a messaging app with end-to-end encryption. David Cameron briefly proposed legally forcing messaging apps to add a backdoor for law enforcement, but quickly withdrew the proposal.
But end-to-end encryption isn’t some arcane piece of technology only used by criminals and hackers.
You use it everyday.
You are actually using James-Bond-worthy spy tech as you ask a friend a quick question via iMessage, chat with colleagues via Whatsapp, or Catch up with family via Facetime.
How secure are these apps really?
How do they actually work?
The story of a message
Turns out your message to a friend goes through quite a journey. Sophisticated math algorithms package and then repackage it. It’s whisked through air, wires, and fiber. Then it’s reconstructed on your friends phone.
The math is computer code and math that makes this work is very sophisticated, but they do the same job that physical security devices like locks, keys, and seals have done for millennia.
Let me tell you the story of a simple message.
After you hit send
Imagine Bob is sending a message to Alice. He types in “Hey Alice!” and hits send. What happens?
Before the message ever leaves Bob’s phone and takes to the airwaves to find the nearest cell tower it goes through a packaging process.
Step 1: Lock box
After Bob hits send the message “Hey Alice” starts down an assembly line.
Step one is to put the message in a lock box. The box contains the message and without the key the message can’t be read. iMessage creates a brand new lock and key for every message.
The actual technology here is called a symmetric encryption algorithm. This process encodes the message in such a way that only a person with the proper key can read it. To anyone without the key it’s unintelligible gibberish. It’s symmetric because, the same key or password is used both to encrypt and decrypt the message.
iMessage picks a new random key for each message. The key is picked randomly from a set of more than a trillion-trillion-trillion possible keys.
That’s a lot of possibilities.
With the best super computers in the world trying billions of keys per second it would still take millions of years to find the right key. If you can keep the key safe, then there’s no way anyone can get to your message.
But how can the key be kept safe?
Step 2: Key box
If the key and the box are sent together anyone listening between Bob and Alice can just use the key to open the box and see the message. The key has to get to Alice if she’s going to read the message, but the key itself need to be protected or all the effort to create a new random key is in vane.
Protecting the key requires another lock.
A different kind of lock this time.
This new kind of lock starts unlocked. It can be, “click”, locked securely by anyone even if they don’t have the key. That ability to lock without the key is what makes it special.
This special kind of lock is called asymmetric encryption*, because a different information is used to lock than to unlock.
Alice’s special lock & key
When Alice first got her phone and started using iMessage her phone created a new random lock and key.
The key never left Alice’s phone
The lock was sent to Apple’s Directory Service.
Anyone who wants to send a message to Alice can ask for Alice’s Phones special lock and secure a message so only her phone can open it.
So, Bob downloads the special green lock for Alice’s phone. He locks away the key for Alice’s message in the box. Now the key is safe and Alice’s message is safe. Only with the green key on Alice’s phone can the message be revealed.
Awesome! Problem solved.
Why so complicated?
But wait, why not just use asymmetric encryption for the first box and avoid this added complexity?
Turns out, symmetric encryption is much more efficient than asymmetric encryption in terms of processing & battery power, especially for large messages like pictures & audio. So symmetric encryption is used for the big box, containing the message, and asymmetric encryption is used for the little box, containing the key to the big one.
Step 3: Sealed box
One last step before sending the message on it’s way to Alice.
Before the key box and the lock box are sent, they’re packaged inside a larger box, sealed with a private seal from Bob’s Phone.
This seal allows Alice to be confident that the message really came from Bob. Anyone can send a message claiming to be Bob, but this seal let’s Alice’s phone double check the message.
How does this work?
A public lock
It’s the exact inverse of step 2.
The public lock in step 2 could only be opened with a private key. Here, there’s a public picture of the seal on Bob’s phone. Anyone can tell if Bob’s phone was really the one who sealed the box, but like the private key in step 2, only Bob’s phone can create the seal. This is asymmetric encryption used in reverse.
Just like the king
This is exactly the way the royal seal of the King of England worked 500 years ago, if you think about it.
Everyone knew what the Kings seal looked like, but only the king had the stamp. It was both personally risky and technically difficult to forge the Royal seal.
Off it goes
And that’s it. The package is ready to ship.
Bob’s phone sends the package into the network. Based on the label, “To: Alice”, Apple’s Cloud finds Alice and delivers the package.
Neither Apple, nor the phone company need to see inside the package. In fact they couldn’t even if they wanted to. They just use the label, with the To & From on it to make the delivery.
When Alice gets the message, her phone does the reverse of the three steps above.
- First it checks the seal, against Bob’s seal from the Apple Cloud making sure it’s really from Bob.
- Then, it unlocks the key box using Alice’s private key.
- Lastly, using the key it finds there to unlock and reveal the message.
That’s it. It’s as simple as that.
Now you understand some of the most sophisticated encryption tech in common use today. Congratulations!
This process means these messages, much more so than email or regular text messages, are secure against whoever might be eavesdropping in the middle – corporations, governments and hackers.
It’s sophisticated computer code, but provides the same kind of security people has sought ever since the invention of the envelop.
One last thing:
How does it work when the message is sent to multiple people?
What if Alice has a Macbook where the message is also delivered?
When you send a message using iMessage a separate version of the message is sent to each user and each device that user owns running iMessage. Every device has it’s own private key, so every device gets it’s own version created specifically for it.
*Note: Asymmetric Encryption is also very commonly called public-key cryptography where the “lock that anyone can use” is called a public key and the key that opens it is called a private key, however this is awkward with my analogy. If I ever rewrite this post that analogy will change :).
Joe Filcik is a technologist looking for enchanting technology used for good @WonderNFear. His other interests include podcasts/audiobooks, economics, UX, and faith. His day job is as a Program Manager at Microsoft. Follow him on Twitter @JFilcik.


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Breaking the cycle of disadvantage for indigenous youth.
My name is Pauline Fell, I am a 22 year old aboriginal from a small town in the centre of New South Wales called Lake Cargelligo.
Our population is about two thousand.
I was born here and have lived here all my life.
I feel that the youth in our area are very disadvantaged because suitable entertainment of any kind is non-existent.
Also there is limited education and employment, especially for aboriginal people.
I feel that there is a great need for a number of organisations for them.
One would be a youth centre with reliable adults that the kids look up to and know, not just the police running the centre.
Also a movie cinema would be great for something to do.
I also think that the kids need to be given an opportunity to travel to other places which is very difficult from our isolated position.
These kids should get a chance to see bigger places with better prospects such as jobs and education instead of getting caught up in the cycle of small town life.
Maybe with a lot of encouragement from the parents these disadvantaged kids might get to make a break away from their own area and have a go at making something of themselves.
For those who choose to go away, they probably need a member of the community to be there living with them and help them and support them.
There should be a three months trial to really give it a go and if they feel that they can't cope they can return home to their families and at least they've had that experience.
Most kids turn to drugs and alcohol because there's nothing to do.
Then people wonder why kids hang out on the streets late at night.
Most people think that these kids are uncontrollable and never give them a go again, but really they just need a helping hand.
Sending young kids to detention centres isn't the answer because they go in, they get out and before long they're back in again.
Often they end up in jail at a young age.
Kids get used to the lifestyle here and they can't cope with the outside world.
This is one of our biggest issues facing our local community.
This is supposed to be our future generation but we can't just talk about it; we have to get serious and act on these problems.


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Bombardier has opened its tenth regional support office outside North America at the TAG Farnborough Airport terminal.
The Farnborough regional support office (RSO) is located with the Bombardier business aircraft international sales office, alongside the company’s Authorised Service Facility, TAG Farnborough Engineering.
It will anchor regional support capabilities for the growing number of Bombardier business aircraft customers in Europe, with Farnborough being selected over Luton due to the higher level of flight traffic there.
The office will also help coordinate efforts of the company’s mobile response team, which is based throughout Europe.
“Centralizing our technical expertise and operations support in Farnborough will significantly bolster our response times for our European customer base,” said Andy Nureddin, vice president for customer services and support at Bombardier Business Aircraft.
Bombardier’s regional support office strategy responds to the growing international business aircraft market and customer requirements. The aircraft manufacturer is set to open three new RSOs in Mexico, Moscow and South Africa.
Gary Martin, vice president of customer services at Bombardier stated that the firm are increasing their servicing programmes around the world as “a more global presence fuels value-added business in the lucrative parts, training, and maintenance market.”
The growth in the number of Bombardier’s regional support offices will support its smart services sales contracts, which charges a monthly fee for aircraft based on flight hours.
Servitisation in the sector is proving profitable, while taking on a proportion of the risks from the airlines. However, sales contracts such as this means that aircraft problems will result in a loss of income, fuelling the need for Bombardier to ramp up its service support.
Eric Martel, president of customer services at Bombardier, commented: “We need to deliver parts quicker to allow airlines to focus on their core business.”
Bombardier announced that Candian airline Jazz Aviation, which operates flights on behalf of Air Canada, has enrolled on its Q400 Smart Parts cost protection programme, which manages operational and parts maintenance costs.
The nine-year agreement will be tailored to the airline’s need for its fleet of Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners.
“Today more than ever airlines need full control over their operational budgets,” said Mr Martin.
“The Smart Parts programme gives us a leg up by allowing us to introduce a new aircraft type to our fleet without the typical capital outlay for spare parts inventory acquisition and warehousing,” said Richard Steer, vice president for maintenance and engineering at Jazz.
“We will be able to predict our component manufacturing costs per flight hour over the next nine years.”

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The start of a four-game road trip began for the Canadiens on Thursday night against the second-best team in the entire league this season, the Hurricanes in Carolina.
Montreal was expected to have a hard time. The Canadiens kept it competitive for two periods, but then faltered in the third, allowing four in a 6-2 Hurricanes win.
The Hurricanes did a good job of handling the Canadiens first period surge, trailing only 1-0. Montreal got out to a terrific start against a club they weren’t supposed to compete against at all.
Michael Pezzetta opened the scoring by batting his own breakaway shot out of the air. Rafael Harvey-Pinard also had a terrific chance from the crease area.
Nick Suzuki also had an opportunity flying down the left wing. It was hard to tell who were the Stanley Cup favourites and who was heading for the draft lottery.
By the third period, though, the game had gone according to form. Montreal did have some strong moments. Second period, it was Suzuki leading a 2-on-1 rush with a well-intentioned pass to Josh Anderson, but he couldn’t complete the play.
The Suzuki line was, once again, the best on the night.
Rafael Harvey-Pinard stayed hot. What a story he continues to write this season. It’s remarkable. Harvey-Pinard scored on the power play for his seventh goal in 11 games. He has nine points in those 11 games.
It’s an extremely small sample, and there is no way that Harvey-Pinard can keep this up, but it’s the best points-per-game total on the entire club. The rookie has the seventh best goals total in the entire league in the last month. It is stunning and everyone keeps waiting for it to end, but Harvey-Pinard keeps on scoring.
The local hero deserves a spot on the roster next October.
The Canadiens continue to play surprisingly good hockey. After three straight wins, the second-best team in hockey, Carolina, broke the streak, but Montreal still competed. They gave Carolina a scare for two periods.
Martin St. Louis has this team playing some serious hockey. There are no miracles this season, but the building blocks have been impressive in all aspects. In a rebuild, this is the goal — to improve, to find some pieces for long-term success.
This is a good season for the organization — many players showing they got game, and the head coach showing he knows how to teach it.
It went sour in the final 20, and it was a particularly difficult night for the partnership of Jonathan Kovacevic and Chris Wideman, but for 40, it was uplifting to see such a good team managing only a 2-2 scoreline against the Canadiens.
The Canadiens have a lot of players injured. Add Kirby Dach out with an illness in this one. That they held Carolina for 40 minutes is impressive, though the 41-23 shot total in the end does show there is still a lot of work to do in this rebuild.
It has been a most unusual season. One batch of Canadiens fans has been thrilled with the development of five rookie defenders, the emergence of a 21 year-old centre and a back-up goalie who might just be a number one. A second batch of fans has been disconsolate that all of this emerging talent is leading to winning too many games.
It actually is impossible to have it both ways. Samuel Montembeault can’t prove that he might just be better than expected without stealing games with that .930 save percentage for a dozen.
Kirby Dach can’t be that player showing his pedigree putting in a breakout season without actually scoring the odd goal that leads to a win.
The biggest story is the defenders numbering five rookies who not only aren’t getting a lot of difficult lessons in this first try at the NHL level, but are excelling and improving game to game.
That is fantastic for the fans, but Team Tank feels that a generational player like Connor Bedard is slipping through their fingers. If not Bedard, then a top-five pick is getting more iffy, if the club keeps winning games.
Fear not, Team Tank. It’s going to get a lot harder down the stretch for Montreal. San Jose, Arizona, and Vancouver are not out of reach, allowing the club to enter the lottery in the fourth draft position.
The Canadiens have 28 games remaining this season and 19 are against competition that is presently in a playoff spot as the top-16 in the league. Of the nine that remain against non-playoff teams currently, two are against the Panthers, so a loss for either club is a win-win for Team Tank. This is because Montreal owns Frorida’s first-round draft pick.
The Canadiens are playing terrific clubs in Carolina two more times after this one Thursday night, Boston two more times, Toronto twice more, New Jersey twice more and the Rangers as well. They also have a west coast road trip with some hard travel involved.
The Canadiens have the most difficult strength of schedule in the entire league for the rest of the season. The three clubs that Team Tank wants Montreal to catch (reverse catch, in truth), San Jose, Vancouver and Arizona, all have among the easiest schedules.
It will be fascinating. It is not just about getting Connor Bedard. It is about drafting one of the top six who it says here are Bedard, Adam Fantilli, Matei Michkov, Leo Carlsson, Zach Benson, and Will Smith.
If the Canadiens acquire anyone of these six, they will have a franchise player on their roster. And if it doesn’t work out, the upside is that this season’s Montreal players can beat terrific hockey teams, and also seven through 10 in the draft are strong players as well.
Andrew Kristall is a star who just came back from injury to notch four goals in the WHL, and Ryan Leonard for the USDP is having an outstanding second half of the season. Both would be outstanding picks.
The Canadiens are going to get a terrific player. That’s a guarantee.
Brian Wilde, a Montreal-based sports writer, brings you Call of the Wilde on globalnews.ca after each Canadiens game.

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Coshocton Grain Receives Federal Loan for Soybean Plant
The soybean processing plant project of Coshocton Grain Company is receiving a boost from federal funding, reports the Coshocton Tribune.
It was announced Tuesday that the United States Department of Agriculture has awarded a $2 million no interest loan to Ohio's Coshocton Grain Company for construction of a facility that will sell products to area livestock and biodiesel producers.
Funding is part of the USDA's Rural Development program. It's the second time Coshocton Grain has received a loan from the program, the first was in 2013 for a grain elevator in Illinois.
The facility expects to purchase grain from 900 local farmers in 22 Ohio counties.

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Since 2006, the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District has worked to protect Napa County's natural areas and watersheds, expand healthy forest programs to reduce wildfire risk, and provide educational opportunities for all of our students - all without a formal mechanism for funding and with an extremely modest budget.
We and all my colleagues on the Board of Directors of the Open Space District are unanimous in agreeing we need to do more, much more, to protect the critical watersheds and other open space lands that are at risk of development.
It is gratifying to see that our unanimous and united support for Measure K has been supported throughout our communities and has been endorsed by almost every elected official at the city county, state and federal levels, as well as business owners, community organizations, and an incredible list of our local community leaders and residents.
While the district has been widely recognized and applauded for doing an excellent job with limited resources, the reality is that we are at capacity and need to increase these resources in order to protect Napa County before it's too late.
Measure K represents an opportunity for us all to come together as a community and further the preservation of our watersheds, wildlife habitats, and open spaces. Passing Measure K will let us protect more than 20,000 acres of land, reduce the impacts of wildfires, provide educational opportunities to all Napa County students, and to continue to make these open space properties accessible and available to all residents.
Please join our community leaders, businesses, organizations, and fellow residents and vote 'yes' on Measure K to protect Napa County for the future.
Brent Randol and Dave Finigan
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Integrating Cover Crops into Strip-Till Cropping Systems in a Semi-Arid Environment
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Integration of strip tillage and cover cropping has potential to improve soil tilth and reduce input costs of cropping systems in south Texas. Quantification of effects on crop yield and soil properties are necessary in this region. The objective of this experiment was to assess the effects of integrated strip tillage and cool-season legume cover cropping in a continuous cotton (Gossypium hirsutum ‘DP 0935’)-sorghum (Sorghum bicolor ‘GA 3696’) rotation with limited irrigation in Beeville, TX, and an irrigated cotton-corn (Zea mays ‘GA 3696’) rotation establishment year in Uvalde, TX. Trials were planted in a randomized complete block design with split-split plots. The main effect was row crop, with split-plots strip-tilled into the residue of four legume species (Medicago polymorpha ‘Armadillo’; M. minima ‘Devine’; M. lupulina ‘BEEBLK’; or Trifolium hirtum ‘Hykon’), or control (plow-tilled/winter fallow). At the Beeville site, the split-split plot treatment was cutting and removal of the cover crops from half of each plot. Herbage mass of the cover crops was not different (P > 0.20) between species at Beeville in either year. There were no interactions (P > 0.41) between cover crop/tillage and cutting regime for cotton and sorghum yields in either year. In the establishment year, cutting regime tended to reduce (P > 0.10) sorghum yield. In Year 2, no differences in cotton (P > 0.56) or sorghum (P > 0.15) yield occurred among treatments. In Uvalde, Armadillo had greater (P = 0.003) herbage mass in Year 2. Cover crop treatments did not affect (P > 0.22) target crop yields, although, in Year 2, treatments with cover crops cut and removed had increased (P = 0.08) cotton yield and boll count (P = 07). Changes in soil nutrient status in response to cover cropping were not consistent. Initial results indicate that integrated strip tillage and cover cropping will not negatively affect yields in southern Texas, but additional years of replication are necessary to evaluate potential improvements in soil tilth.
Noland, Reagan Lee (2014). Integrating Cover Crops into Strip-Till Cropping Systems in a Semi-Arid Environment. Master's thesis, Texas A & M University. Available electronically from


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The couplet reads: Guihua wuxian yue, huaman ziran qiu; and may be translated as: 'Osmanthus grows notwithstanding the moon; when heavy with blossoms, Autumn will naturally arrive'.
This same couplet, comprising five characters per line, is recorded on a lime-green-ground famille rose bowl with a Yongzheng mark in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, included in the Special Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Enamelled Porcelains of the Imperial Ateliers, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 12.
The calligraphic style of the brushstrokes carved on the present vase is closely related to those written on the bowl, suggesting the ease in which styles and motifs were transferred between different media in the Palace workshops, and were continued to the Qianlong period.
Although this decorative treatment does appear on glass snuff bottles, such as the example carved with the couplet: 'The finger of Heaven's majesty makes a clean sweep of evil influence', illustrated by H. Moss, V. Graham and K. Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, vol. II, New York, 1993, no. 375; it is highly unusual to find poems carved on overlay work of larger items such as the present vase.

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|標題:||The slim mute crickets, Euscyrtinae (Orthoptera: Grylloidea; Gryllidae; Euscyrtinae) of Taiwan with three new species and lectotype designations of three of Shiraki's species||作者:||Yang, J.T.
|關鍵字:||Euscyrtinae;new species;lectotype;emendation;dorsal gland;Taiwan||Project:||Zootaxa||期刊/報告no：:||Zootaxa, Issue 3226, Page(s) 1-45.||摘要:||
Three genera and five species of Taiwanese Euscyrtinae possess developed tegmina but produce no sound at all. In this paper, we report on 10 species in 3 genera including 3 new species, i.e., Beybienkoana splendida n. sp., B. luteola n. sp. and B. gregaria n. sp. Lectotypes of three Shiraki's species, i.e., Euscyrtus japonicus Shiraki 1930, Beybienkoana formosana (Shiraki, 1930) and Beybienkoana karnyi (Shiraki, 1930) are designated. The types are deposited in the collection of Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University. In addition, Euscyrtus japonicus Shiraki, 1930 and Patiscus malayanus Chopard, 1969, are recorded are recorded from Taiwan for the first time. The morphology, including the ultra fine structure of metanotal gland, and ecology, including habitats and host plants, are applied in the taxonomy of this subfamily. The structure of the metanotal gland is described in detail using the Scanning Electronic Microscope. In this paper some taxonomic characters are used for the first time in this group. The definition of Euscyrtinae emended with the structure of metanotal glands presented as new character for subfamily definition. A key to genera and to species of Euscyrtinae from Taiwan provided in this paper as well.
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SS Westfalen (1905)
Westfalen in 1933
|Namesake:||The Province of Westphalia in Germany|
|Builder:||Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde, Germany|
|Launched:||14 November 1905|
|Fate:||Sunk, probably by naval mine, on 7 September 1944|
|Length:||124.8 m (409 ft 5 in) o/a|
|Beam:||16.06 m (52 ft 8 in)|
|Draught:||8.52 m (27 ft 11 in)|
|Speed:||12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)|
|Armament:||2 × 20 mm AA guns (wartime)|
|Aircraft carried:||1 × Dornier Wal or Do 18|
|Aviation facilities:||Crane and catapult for flying boats|
In the early 1930s Westfalen was converted into a seaplane tender to serve as a weather reporting and refueling station for Dornier Wal flying boats of Deutsche Luft Hansa carrying mail across the Atlantic between Europe and South America. The conversion of the Westfalen consisted of a large retractable stern mounted canvas drag apron for the flying boat to taxi on (i.e. for use in heavy seas and so the ship did not have to come to dead stop), cranes to lift the flying boats out of the water to be refueled and serviced, and a large compressed air catapult for launching the aircraft. When in operation, Westfalen cruised 900 miles in the middle of the South Atlantic between Bathhurst, Gambia (now Banjul) and Pernambuco, Brazil. The first test trans-Atlantic flights by Lufthansa Wals began in 1933 and the first commercial mail flights in 1934.
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During World War II, the ship was used for transport between Germany and German-occupied Norway. On 28 July 1943, Westfalen sailed from Bodø under escort of the vorpostenboot V 5717 Fritz Homann for a port to the south. On 7 September 1944 the ship sank off Marstrand, after hitting a naval mine. Seventy-eight people aboard survived, but most of the locked-up Norwegian prisoners-of-war were casualties, including Petter Moen, Reidar Olaf Østlid and Sverre Lid. SS-Sturmscharführer Wilhelm Heinze also died.
- "Westfalen (5602787)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 2 June 2012. (subscription required (. ))
- "Floating Airport Ready For Atlantic Flyers" Popular Science, March 1933
- Westfalen seaplane tender
- "First Tranatlantic air line", February 1933, Popular Science
- Hjeltnes, Guri (1995). "Westfalen, D/S and S". In Dahl, Hans Fredrik Ansgar Sorlie. Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45. Oslo: Cappelen. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
- "WBS 3/FRITZ HOMANN" (in German). Historisches Marinearchiv. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- "Steamer Is Floating Airport For Flying Boats" May 1933 Popular Mechanics
- SS Westfalen (+1944) Wreck site

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Supporters say bill would be easier to pass without constitutional amendments
ATLANTA — Supporters of legalized sports betting in Georgia say they may have found a workaround to get it passed this session.
Casino gambling and horse racing failed in part because they required changes to state constitutions.
Constitutional amendments require a two-thirds majority in the legislature. Then, voters across the state will have to approve it.
Supporters, however, say they don’t think sports betting needs a constitutional amendment and can become law with a majority in the House and Senate and the governor’s signature.
Because Georgia voters approved the state lottery a generation ago, supporters believe they can attach sports betting to the Georgia Lottery, which funds the state’s HOPE scholarship and Pre-K programs.
“We need to tax it, we need to regulate it, we need to run it through a lottery,” said state Rep. Ron Stephens (R-Savannah).
That would simplify matters and make it easier to pass the legislature this year, he added.
Gambling features heavily in advertising on sports programming. Gambling giant Bally’s gets the name of the cable channel that airs Atlanta Braves games.
Sports betting gained some traction last year — the state Senate passed it — but arguments against it by lobbyists like Mike Griffin helped dampen it.
“You can’t even watch golf right now if they don’t want you to gamble. It’s an industry based on people losing,” Mike Griffin of the Georgia Baptist Missions Council said in 2022.
However, Georgians are betting on sports on international sites anyway, Stephens said. He said the proceeds should stay in Georgia.
“Another way to look at it is, you’re sending your HOPE and Pre-K money to the Caribbean,” he said.
If the sports book passes this session, the lawsuits could challenge it — a judge could decide whether a shortcut to circumvent the constitutional amendment is legal, Stephens said.

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Because of the many different governance structures and issues in each utility, water system assessments are needed as the next step to protect water sources in the Okanagan Basin, according to the source protection officer for Interior Health.
Ivor Norlin was addressing a standing-room-only crowd at the three-day One Watershed—One Water conference in Kelowna on Tuesday, along with senior drinking water officer Mike Adams, on source protection and the future of safe, clean, reliable tap water in the Okanagan Valley.
One of the biggest issues in the Okanagan Basin is source protection of drinking water, stated Anna Warwick Sears, executive director of the Okanagan Basin Water Board, in introducing the pair.
Before embarking on their joint talk, they emphasized that the views they were expressing were personal and not necessarily those of Interior Health.
Adams said the multiple barrier approach to protecting water at its source is the best way to deal with the many issues in the valley, but he admitted: “It’s not clear to us what constitutes protection of drinking water.”
In the Okanagan, we have multi-use watersheds and multi-agency governance of water utilities, he noted. As well, many water systems were built for irrigation of crops, and they’re now being used for providing domestic water as well.
There’s increased public expectations and rapid population growth in the valley.
However, safeguards include the use of qualified water system operators, monitoring, research, policy and public awareness and involvement.
Norlin noted that increased activity in a watershed equals increased risk to water, whether that’s logging, range use, mining or recreational activities.
In this province there is the whole spectrum of watershed protection, with some managed exclusively for drinking water, but he said that won’t be happening elsewhere in B.C.
With a population of 300,000 in the Okanagan, 100,000 of those in Kelowna, it helps that the watersheds are relatively undeveloped and primarily Crown-owned, he said.
But with so many water systems operating independently there needs to be more coordination.
In response to a question from Lake Country Mayor James Baker, Norlin admitted that personally he would like to see the Crown maintaining ownership of lands around upland reservoir lakes rather than see that property sold to private interests.
“It’s not a good situation, and we’re open to making it better,” he said. “We protect people, not water,” he said of Interior Health.
There’s been considerable controversy in recent years over the provincial government’s plans to sell the recreational, leased lots on many upland reservoir lakes instead of continuing to lease them.
Okanagan water purveyors claim they have concerns about future quantity of water available for use as well as the quality if the waterfront lands are in private hands.
The conference continues Wednesday and Thursday at the Capri Hotel.


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The Art of Forgetting:Rider by Joanne Hall
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Gifted and cursed with a unique memory, the foundling son of a notorious traitor, Rhodri joins an elite cavalry unit stationed in the harbour town of Northpoint. His training reveals his talents and brings him friendship, love and loss, and sexual awakening; struggling with his memories of his father who once ruled there, he begins to discover a sense of belonging.

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Which month do you plant a Gaillardia?
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How long does Gaillardia take to grow?
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While Gaillardia is drought-tolerant, it still requires consistent watering during its initial growth stage. Once established, it can tolerate periods of dryness.
How much Gaillardia seed is required per acre?
For Gaillardia cultivation, a seeding rate of 2 to 2.5 kilograms per hectare (or about 0.8 to 1 kilogram per acre) is typically recommended. This may vary based on the specific variety and desired planting density.
How much Gaillardia can be produced from one acre by planting a Gaillardia?
The expected yield of Gaillardia per acre can vary depending on the specific growing conditions and cultivation practices but generally ranges from 15 to 35 tonnes per hectare (or about 6 to 14 tonnes per acre).
How much do Gaillardia seeds cost?
On average, a packet of Gaillardia seeds can range between 300 to 500 rupees. The cost of Gaillardia seeds may vary based on factors such as the seed supplier, seed quality, and seed quantity.
What is the height of the Gaillardia plant?
Gaillardia plants typically grow to a height of about 2 feet and produce vibrant, daisy-like flowers that bloom in a variety of colors, including red, yellow, and orange.


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visual artist, author of book and press illustrations, posters, murals and installations. She has collaborated with Wydawnictwo Dwie Siostry publishing house, Tygodnik Powszechny, Krytyka Polityczna, MaleMEN, Znak, and Charaktery. Her works were featured in numerous projects and exhibitions (including in Warsaw, Paris, Venice, Krakow, Padua, Berlin, and London). She graduated philosophy from the University of Gdańsk; she studied graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in the city. Author of Miłość Asteników, a blog with illustrated excerpts from literary works. Editor of the Przekrój quarterly.


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The scene is something out of "Mad Max"; this must be what America was like 150 years ago. I have a front row seat to an industrial revolution. The highway is torn beyond repair by the overloaded 18-wheelers. In some places, Highway 108 is nothing but a mudhole. There isn't a road, per se, just a space with no buildings. Where there is road, clouds of coal dust float and dance a foot above it. The grime sticks to everything. Trucks stretch for 20 kilometers, then 40. Then 60 kilometers of trucks, lined up, two wide in some places, bumper-to-bumper.
The drivers pull into oncoming traffic without hesitation; this stretch of highway isn't notorious as one of the most dangerous roads in the world for nothing. Soon the traffic grinds to a halt in both directions. With the headlights blinding us, Singing Songs tries to slip past two parked trucks blocking the road. There is barely enough room for our Jeep. We are in the mountains, on a curve, with no guardrail. He climbs out to look at the sheer cliff, then back in the Jeep to make his way forward. Half the right-side tires are hanging off the road. Somehow, we make it. That dance repeats itself a half-dozen times. We move kilometer by slow kilometer into the belly of the beast.
Black-smeared faces poke out into the glare of headlights, then disappear back into the shadows. Men sleep beneath parked trucks. Others squat in the swirling clouds of coal dust to slurp down noodles, to nurse a warm beer. Their eyes are wide in the halogen glow. They are thin, with hollow cheeks and hacking coughs. Finally, worn out, we sleep for a few hours in a ragged roadside motel. The next morning, we wake to find the trucks still backed up, stretched in both directions as far as we can see.
Xin Zhou gold mine, 529 kilometers from Beijing
This area is off-limits to the public and, especially, to foreigners. Only a local contact and some luck can get you past the guards. It's a Chinese government gold mine, and narrow-gauge railroad tracks take men down and bring rocks up. A decrepit dormitory is home to many miners and their families, some for longer than a decade. They congregate in the fly-infested courtyard, washing clothes with powdered soap, drinking tea.
An old man named Yan, with thin fingers and a thinner physique, speaks for the group. They are all excited about the start of the Olympics. The government is shutting down this mine for three weeks during the Games. The miners will get a vacation.
So you can watch on television?
The old man and the other miners laugh.
No, he explains, shaking his head. This is such dangerous work, the state doesn't want to risk a catastrophic accident resulting in bad press. Mining in China — for gold, coal, iron and anything else that can be forcibly extracted from the Earth — can be fatal. A miner a day dies in these parts.
Payouts to the families of killed miners are factored into budgets, and those payments keep the salaries of the workers low. Competition for jobs — a dangerous job is better than no job — drives those salaries even lower. When Yan first came here 15 years ago, he made about $1,300 a month. Now, it takes him three months to earn that much, working 12 hours a day, seven days a week. He is being left behind. And not just left behind by the far-off fantasy world of Beijing. Left behind in this courtyard.


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Eyeglass Case and Lens Cloth - Maria Sibylla Merian
- Eyeglass Case with Lens Cloth featuring illustrations by Maria Sibylla Merian.
- Fabric covered hard case
- Case measures 6.3 inches x 1.6 inches x 2.5 inches
- Lens cloth measures 6.9 inches x 4.9 inches
- Item #: 12550
In the 17th century, when insects were called beasts of the devil, and women were virtually excluded from the field of science, a young German woman named Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) dedicated her life to the study and depiction of the metamorphosis of insects. A botanical & natural history illustrator, she was the first to record metamorphosis, illustrating the life cycles of 186 insect species.


It’s hard to believe, Lindy in the Park has been going strong for 13 years now. Starting at 11am, on Sunday, August 16, 2009, a special anniversary edition of the event will celebrate more than a decade of free swing dancing in Golden Gate Park. Not only will dancers and spectators enjoy extended music and dancing hours (until at least 3pm), but will also gather for a tasty potluck picnic.
Lindy in the Park is the longest-running regular lindy hop dance event known to the San Francisco Bay Area – ever since August 18, 1996. Starting out with 13 participants equipped with a single boom box, the event has now grown to entertain between 100 and 200 dancers each week. Lindy in the Park will take place at the south sidewalk area located along John F. Kennedy Drive (between the de Young Museum and the north entrance to the Music Concourse).


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Two dogs, two cats and a chicken round out the top five in the 2018 Pet Rich List, a Forbes-like ranking of the wealthiest pets, compiled by insurance comparison site, comparethemarket.com.
A German Shepherd named Gunther IV is worth $375 million, thanks to an inheritance.
American Grumpy Cat made his No. 2 $100 million fortune through merchandising, sponsorship and media appearances.
And Lucky Gigoo, a hen from the U.K., ranks fifth with a $15 million inheritance from a publisher whose eccentricity was fully realized only upon his death.
The family of late Australian conservationist and "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin are following in his footsteps with a new television show dedicated to their wildlife conservation work.
"Crikey! It's the Irwins" will follow Irwin's wife Terri and their two children, Bindi and Robert, looking after animals at their Australia Zoo in Queensland as well as heading out on various expeditions.
Irwin, who was watched by audiences around the world in his popular television programs, died in 2006 after a stingray's serrated barb pierced his heart while filming off Australia's northern Great Barrier Reef.
"We are continuing on in dad's footsteps and everything that we do today at Australia Zoo and with our Wildlife Warriors work is exactly what he started," Bindi Irwin said of the family's conservation organization in an interview for Reuters.
"In the show we'll have some amazing moments of reflecting on what he used to do, from feeding crocodiles to cuddling koalas. and then you'll see us doing the exact same things making sure that everything he loved the most carries on into the future."
Bindi Irwin, who has previously had her own television show, will be seen working at the zoo's wildlife hospital. Her brother said the family also takes trips abroad.
"Also we traveled to so many different places all over the globe," Robert Irwin said.
"We'll take you to Africa. We'll take you to the Great Barrier Reef. We'll take you up north to remote northern Queensland where we do our crocodile research. It's all about wildlife, it's all about conservation and fun as a family."
Bob Barker has been hospitalized, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The 94-year-old former host of The Price is Right and friend of Talkin’ Pets and animals everywhere was taken to the hospital after emergency medical personnel were called to his Hollywood home around 1 p.m. on Monday.
The Los Angeles Fire Department would not confirm Barker was the patient, only that a 94-year-old patient from an address believed to be his was taken to the hospital with "non-life threatening" injuries.
No additional information was released.
Pennsylvania's governor has signed legislation empowering law enforcement to help dogs and cats left unattended in cars.
“A few months ago, we celebrated the one-year anniversary of the first significant strengthening of Pennsylvania’s animal protection statutes in nearly 30 years with the enactment of Act 10 of 2017, which included Libre’s Law,” said Gov. Tom Wolf.
“Today, I am proud to sign this bill and build on the progress we have made for animals in the commonwealth. Thank you to the advocates and legislators who made this possible.”
The law adds vehicle entry to an existing law that allows officers to enter a property to provide care or impound an animal believed to be a victim of neglect or living below minimum care standards.
This new law raises awareness of the dangers of leaving pets in parked cars and empowers law enforcement to make decisions on behalf of an animal’s welfare by:
- Allowing a police office, humane officer, animal control officer or other public safety professionals to remove a dog or cat from an unattended motor vehicle if they believe the dog or cat is in imminent danger or harm after a reasonable search for the operator of the vehicle.
- Protecting a police officer, humane officer or public safety professional who removes a dog or cat from an unattended vehicle from liability for any damages.
- Requiring that an officer who removes a dog or cat from an unattended vehicle must leave a conspicuous note for the owner stating the officer’s information and the information for where to pick up the pet.
- Updating the definition of neglect, prohibiting the confinement of a dog or cat in an unattended motor vehicle in a manner that would endanger the health and well-being of the animal.
When Hurricane Florence struck the Southeast U.S. last month, in addition to devastating homes and communities, it also flooded industrial farms. News reports showed the tragic images of these facilities flooded to roof-level, and the public watched in horror as 4.1 million chickens and 5,500 pigs were left to drown inside. The fragility of factory farming has never been so obvious, and it has never been more urgent for us to change how farm animals are treated in this country.
On industrial farms, tens of thousands of dairy cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys are caged, crated or otherwise closely confined in windowless sheds. On farms of this magnitude there is virtually no ability to move or evacuate the animals, nor for animals to escape on their own in the event of a flood or other emergency. Yet many of these farms are located directly in flood zones.
The federal PETS Act, which passed after Hurricane Katrina, protects household pets and service animals during disasters by requiring local agencies to have disaster evacuation and response plans in place. Other facilities that keep, breed or exhibit large numbers of animals—including commercial-scale puppy breeders, research labs and most zoos—must be licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and apply the animal-care standards mandated by the Animal Welfare Act. While there’s been legislation introduced in Congress to require those facilities to have disaster plans in place, animals on factory farms have no protections and are particularly at risk.
In addition to unimaginable animal suffering, disaster-affected industrial farming operations create environmental and health catastrophes. The overwhelming concentration of animals creates an equally overwhelming concentration of animal waste, often held in open-air “lagoons,” many of which overflowed during Florence. This sent massive quantities of fecal matter, antibiotics, infectious bacteria and toxic chemicals pouring into the flood waters and blanketing the region.
While we cannot predict when the next storm will come, we can be certain there will be more and that the dangers will only increase in future disasters, as climate change is expected to produce more frequent and more intense hurricanes. We can already see the effects with Hurricane Michael, which barreled down shortly after Florence and threatened dairy and poultry operations with power outages and flooding. It is still too early to evaluate the damage Michael left in its wake.
Before you and your furry friend venture out into the yard or the neighborhood this fall, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) wants to make sure you familiarize yourself with these plants so you can best keep your pets safe.
Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale), also known as the Meadow Saffron, is a perennial that blooms in the fall. This is not to be confused with the spring crocus (Crocus sp.) that blooms in the spring and is non-toxic. Autumn crocus can be extremely toxic to dogs and cats and pet parents should be on high alert for this plant. Problems from ingestion may consist of vomiting and diarrhea, weakness, a decrease in production of the cells responsible for immunity, carrying oxygen and blood clotting, multi-organ failure and even death.
Chrysanthemums, also known as mums or daisies, are a popular fall flower and come in various colors. Chrysanthemums are considered a mild to moderately toxic plant for pets. Depending on how much your cat or dog eats, symptoms associated with ingestion can consist of vomiting, diarrhea, drooling and wobbliness.
During fall, certain trees drop leaves, fruits and seeds onto the ground, creating a smorgasbord opportunity for our four-legged friends.
Apples, including crabapples, contain cyanide in all parts of the plant except the fruit flesh. Cyanide affects the enzymes responsible for oxygen transport and prevents cells from using the oxygen in the blood stream—making fallen apples a dangerous snack for pets. Signs of a cyanide toxicity include dilated pupils, difficulty breathing, bright red gum color, shock and death. However, cyanide toxicity is rare in dogs and cats because the whole seeds or pit must be masticated and the leaves must be wilting or stressed for the cyanide to be released. Dogs and cats will often develop signs of stomach upset, such as vomiting and diarrhea if they ingest parts of an apple. Fruit left on the ground to spoil and ferment can also pose a risk for alcohol toxicity if consumed.
Oak trees shed leaves and acorn seeds during the fall season. Acorns are also commonly used in fall decorations and contain high concentration of tannins. Tannins can be irritating to a pet’s digestive system, so vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal discomfort can develop with one-time exposures. Kidney damage has also been reported in grazing animals such as cows and horses, but it’s rare for dogs and cats, because they generally don’t eat enough acorns to cause long-term damage.
Red maple trees make for a stunning fall display, but horse lovers should beware! Red maples contain a toxin that causes a breakdown of the red blood cells that leads to anemia. Horses can exhibit signs of weakness, pale gum color and elevated heart rates if they’ve ingested red maple leaves. Thankfully, red maples are considered nontoxic to dogs and cats, and just slight stomach upset is possible if the leaves are ingested.
Toxic molds can grow on fruits, seeds and grains, and even small ingestions can cause significant side effects to the nervous system in pets. In addition, large ingestions of leaves, seeds or corn cobs can become lodged in the intestinal tract and cause a blockage. This Fall do your best to keep your pets safe. __________________________________________________________________
Four beautiful kittens were found close to death after being callously dumped in a bin bag. Fortunately they were discovered in the nick of time and are now being nursed back to health at Raystede Centre For Animal Welfare in Lewes.
The tiny five-week-old kittens were found inside the bin bag which had been dumped in Abbots Wood, East Sussex. Luckily for the kittens, an inquisitive dog enjoying his early walk ventured into the undergrowth and sniffed out the bag.
The kittens would not have survived for much longer had the dog not intervened. All the kittens were then rushed to Raystede and it proved to be not a moment too soon.
The four ginger and white kittens have been named Chester, Ivy, Ash and Rowan. When they arrived at Raystede, Chester, who is the smallest of the litter, was motionless and appeared to be dead.
But on closer inspection he was taking extremely shallow breaths and fighting desperately for his life. All of the kittens were suffering terribly from hypothermia and dehydration. They were also malnourished, infested with fleas and riddled with internal parasites.
Immediately all four were given fluids via a drip and placed on heat pads. Chester was kept under surveillance to ensure his condition didn’t deteriorate. With plenty of tender loving care from the cattery team along with veterinary care administered from the onsite vet, all the kittens pulled through.
They have all received vitamin injections and are eating well. The kittens are gaining weight and getting stronger by the day. Each of the kittens has been treated for fleas and other parasites so they are far more comfortable and their skin and coat is looking better.
Chester still has some ongoing health issue so the Raystede team are keeping a close eye on him but he is happy and he and his siblings all love being given their special vitamin paste which is helping them receive all the nutrients that they were lacking upon arrival.
All the kittens will stay at Raystede until they are strong and confident enough to be rehomed. They will be vaccinated and neutered when they are old enough.
Sadly, it seems dumping kittens is still something that is becoming an ever more regular occurrence. Raystede relies totally on donations to give all the cats and kittens they receive the best possible care. The Raystede team are not sure how much Chester’s ongoing health issues will cost, but much-needed donations ensure they can keep treating not only him but more kittens in the future.
For further information on these kittens and more visit www.raystede.org.
Every pet owner has a story of something their dog or cat ate that they shouldn’t have. But in certain cases, the item can be deadly because of its size or ingredients.
Take senior dog Ruby, who we met at Urban Animal in downtown Seattle. Owner Kary Schott checked off the long list of random items Ruby had ingested over the years.
“A bikini, socks, underwear, bras, sometimes all of those things at once. In the beginning of this year, there were two surgeries within three months of each other.” Ruby’s most recent surgery was to remove a sweatshirt.
Veterinarian Cherri Trusheime says dogs like Ruby aren’t so uncommon. “I’ve seen a dog, a good-sized dog, eat an entire comforter.” Often, it will take an x-ray to figure out what the dog got into. She showed KIRO 7 one x-ray in which you can see the outline of a plastic King Kong toy that a dog swallowed whole. Trusheime has also seen broken off bully sticks lodged in an esophagus and tags, meant for the collar, ending up in the stomach.
All those dogs recovered after surgery, but there are other cases when certain foods can also come with higher risk. While chocolate is considered one of the most common foods to avoid, Dr. Trusheime says it’s the darker chocolate that’s the problem, including baker’s chocolate. Other potential toxins include Xylitol, an artificial sweetener found in gum and grapes or raisins, which are only toxic to certain breeds of dogs. Common pharmaceuticals like ibuprofen can also be dangerous as well as mood-altering drugs. Pet owners don’t always want to admit their dog got into their stash of marijuana or edibles.
“They (the dogs) just kind of are out of it, then they startle very quickly,” says Dr. Trusheime. She tells us that THC just doesn’t agree with animals. “I've never seen a dog that I think enjoyed being high on marijuana. I think they are incredibly freaked out.” It’s not common for THC to be life-threatening, unless its ingested in large quantities.
Accidental ingestions can be expensive for pet owners, from medication to surgery, with costs ranging anywhere from $800 to $5,000. Take one of Dr. Trusheime’s most memorable cases: A dog that swallowed five whole rubber duckies. The boxer took them from its owner’s craft project. “The dog went into the room where the rubber duckies were, and they were completely gone.”
As for Ruby, she’s still working on keeping her paws off the wrong stuff. Kary says “It kinda goes in streaks. I think it’s anxiety related.” That’s why Kari has put her on a kind of puppy-prozac which has helped.
Dr. Trusheime says dogs who aren't getting enough activity and have too much energy are more prone to get into trouble. She also tells us catching the accidental ingestion quickly is key. After a couple days, the item could become catastrophic to the animal’s health.
Bears love honey, that smooth, sticky, golden treat that Winnie-The-Pooh was always giddy over.
So it’s no surprise that a black bear got into some at a local bee company, but what is surprising, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) is that the culprit made repeat visits.
“Pretty crazy, never ever thought we would have had a bear here,” said The Heritage Bee Co.’s co-owner Debbie Gray.
The bee company is located south of Base Borden in Mulmur Township.
Night surveillance video shows a black bear rummaging through boxes of honey flats before making off with the liquid gold, and doing some damage in his travels.
“We’ve lost a lot of beekeeping equipment, honey frames, and half our heritage chicken flock,” said Gray.
The MNRF took the step of installing a bear trap loaded with honey, marshmallows and vanilla extract. They say if they catch the furry felon they will relocate him to a new home much further north.
It’s believed they are dealing with a juvenile male and the ministry says there's no way to know if the bear will return, and notes it’s getting close to the time that bears go into hibernation.
A New Castle mom is fighting the city to keep her 160 pound pot-bellied pig. Farm animals are not allowed within city limits, according to city code, but Joy Burke said the 10-month-old pig named Dazie is her emotional support animal.
Burke has had her pig for about a year and said it's never been a problem until someone complained to animal control. She claims Dazie helps her with anxiety and panic attacks.
"It takes my mind off of what is wrong with me with what is wrong with her because she gets upset when I am upset," said Burke.
Burke got her in February when Dazie was just 15 pounds. The family said she acts more like a dog.
"She is the biggest part of the family," said Burke. "I just love her so much. I can’t see being without her."
According to current city code, it is illegal to own, board, keep or maintain pigs within the legal boundaries of the city. Exemptions to the provisions may be issued by the Board of Public Works and Safety and people which such exemptions must submit to the Board a written application.
There is a scheduled hearing in November with the city to determine if Burke can keep her pig within city limits. Burke has filled out paperwork to request exemption to the provision.
"We are going to abide by our ordinances and just go from there," said Mayor Greg York.
Mayor York said they will be looking for legal documentation from a doctor.
"All we are asking for is that a doctor would have moral standards behind it, that it feasibly is healthy for a pig to live in a house with a human," he said.
Burke does have a letter signed by a licensed clinical social worker, or LCSW, that diagnoses her and authorizes an emotional support animal. It does not say what that animal should or should not be.
According to a state law that took effect July 1, an individual who moves from another state may provide documentation from a social worker.
"I really think it is none of nobody’s business what kind of animal I have," said Burke.


Android was the star of this year’s Google I/O. With Google+ but a distant memory, Google announced how Android would take over our watches, our cars, our homes and even our cardboard boxes.
The demos showed off new Android features, but Google Search was a key part of the underlying technology. Search is still very relevant in an increasingly mobile world.
Deep links are appearing in search
After a quiet beta period, Google announced that deep links in search would be available to all partners. Its easy to enable— just submit a sitemap to Google that lists a matching app deep link for each of your web pages. When Android users see pages from your site in search results, they’ll have the option to open that page up directly in your app if they have it installed.
Okay, so what? People who don’t have your app don’t see anything and neither do those pesky iOS users (full disclosure: I use an iPhone).
Here’s where it gets interesting. Google’s crawler actually emulates requests to these deep links and parses the responses returned. This means, at some point, they won’t need the sitemap. Googlebot will be able to parse app content directly. This makes “pages” of your mobile app equivalent to standard web pages, PDFs, images, videos or anything else that Google Search currently indexes.
What we’re currently calling “deep links” will start to be treated like regular links. And those users who don’t have your app installed? This is a new opportunity to advertise to them.
Automatically unbundling app content
Google also announced the “Recents” feature in Android: the ability to switch between multiple sub-sections of the same app at the OS level (for example, switching between tabs in a browser application or chats in a messaging app). It’s a small feature in itself, but hints at something bigger.
By making it easier to directly access individual portions of an app, Google is unlocking app content in the same way they unlocked web content. There was a time when the homepage was the only way to navigate through a site.
This takes the trend of app unbundling to its logical extreme. Instead of unbundling specific features of an app, what if every screen within an app was directly accessible and searchable? This makes it easier for users to find what they’re looking for and easier for Google to tailor ads to the content.
No matter which side you’re on in the native apps vs. HTML debate, it’s undeniable that native apps currently house a wealth of content. And the Play Store and the App Store are the current kingmakers for app discovery.
But as search becomes more capable of unlocking content within apps, native app content will be accessible via Google just like everything else.


One other layover from the COVID pandemic goes away, with Fb saying that Group Rooms will quickly be removed as an option within the app.
As you possibly can see on this notification (shared by social media knowledgeable Matt Navarra), Fb is now informing group admins that Rooms in Fb teams will likely be gone as of subsequent month.
Group rooms, which enabled customers to create video chats with as much as 50 members, had been first launched in April 2020, giving individuals a approach to join amid the increasing COVID lockdowns.
Tapping into the rise of Zoom, Meta sought to offer its personal, in-stream engagement instruments. Meta then expanded the choice to audio rooms in 2021, on the again of the Clubhouse-led social audio wave.
However now, neither model is seeing a lot utilization, so Fb’s opted to take away group rooms totally, following on from the broader scaling again of its in-stream connective instruments.
It’s truly an attention-grabbing reminder of social media traits previous. Rooms, which Fb launched to a lot hype, did appear to have potential as a invaluable approach to meet up with pals within the app. Clearly, extra so once you couldn’t try this in particular person, however even past COVID, there did appear to be a market match for the choice.
Audio rooms had been shorter-lived, however as a lo-fi connective device for teams, it did appear to be it may be a great way to reinforce group engagement, and get extra individuals extra aligned to their communities.
Evidently, that hasn’t been the case. And relatively than proceed allocate assets to help video chats, Meta’s transferring on, seemingly a part of its broader cost-cutting measures in its “year of efficiency”.
So, in case you used rooms in teams, they’ll quickly be no extra, although as Meta notes, you’ll nonetheless be capable of host video chats by way of video calls. So not a serious impression, however a noteworthy change nonetheless.


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