• microstructural evolution depends only on the real topology of the grains and not on any kind of geometric simplification.
Computer simulation has the advantage of allowing the user to visualize graphically the procedures, even dynamically and in three dimensions.
Single-phase alloy grain growth simulation was carried out by calculating the free energy of each atom in the lattice (with its present crystallographic orientation) and comparing this value to another one calculated with a different random orientation. When the resulting free energy is lower or equal to the initial value, the new orientation replaces the former. The measure of time is the Monte Carlo Step (MCS), which involves a series of trials throughout the lattice. A very close relationship between experimental and theoretical values for the grain growth exponent (n) was observed.
Grain size is a very important characteristic for evaluating the properties of the materials, especially when we need to balance different ones. It is, in fact, one of the most important issues in the control of microstructure1. As a result, this phenomenon is exhaustively studied in Metallurgy.
Usually this kind of study is made through careful analysis and comparison of microstructures, often with the help of image analysis software. Recently, as the processing power of computers increased a new and promising approach has been made possible: computer simulation of grain growth.
Srolovitz et al.2,3 proposed the most widely known and employed theory for computer modeling and simulation of grain growth, using the Monte Carlo method. There is a very interesting relationship between the conceptual basis of the Monte Carlo method and the physical characteristics of grain growth. As far as both rely very much on statistics and randomness, the method seems to represent the phenomenon very well.
where an are the angles between boundaries and gn-m are the specific surface energies. In a single-phase alloy, considering a 2D simplified anisotropic structure, the equilibrium angle is 120°.
where is the grain diameter, t is the time and k is a constant that varies exponentially with temperature. The maximum value of the exponent n (rarely observed experimentally) is 0.50.
Computer simulation of grain growth plays an important role in understanding it. The goal is not simply to confirm the conventional theory, but to investigate new issues.
The concept behind the Monte Carlo method in grain growth simulation is both simple and fascinating: its only basis is the thermodynamic of atomic interactions. There are no other experimental or theoretical inferences, nor mathematical approximations.
The first step is to represent the material as a 2D or 3D matrix, in which each site corresponds to a surface or volume element. The content of each element represents its crystallographic orientation. Contiguous regions (containing the same "number") represent the grains as shown in Fig. 1. The grain boundaries are fictitious surfaces that separate volumes with different orientations.
a) Calculation of the free energy of an element of the matrix (Gi) with its present crystallographic orientation (Qi) based on its neighborhood.
b) Random choice of a new crystallographic orientation for that element (Qf).
c) New calculation of the free energy of the same element (Gf), but with the new crystallographic orientation (Qf).
d) Comparison of the two values (Gf-Gi). The orientation that minimizes the energy is chosen.
These four steps are repeated millions of times in random positions of the matrix. The overall result is a microscopic simulation of the free energy decay in the system, which is actually the main impelling force for grain growth. Figures 2 and 3 show schematically the four main steps applied to one element of the matrix. Figure 4 shows an example of energy calculation at a stable triple point where any reorientation attempt would lead to the same free energy value.
where C is the boundary mobility.
At first sight, the algorithm describes accurately the physical phenomena. Nevertheless, some authors noticed problems: nucleation of an "artificial" grain inside others (which does not occur experimentally) and values of n below 0.50 (the theoretical value of the grain growth exponent). Radhakrishnan e Zacharia6 proposed a new algorithm that would at one time eliminate artificial nucleation, raise the value of n and decrease significantly the computing time required for the simulation.
The new algorithm proposes that the new orientation to be "evaluated" in each matrix element would no more be chosen among all the possible ones (Q-1), but only among those that surround each element. In other words, if an element has in its surroundings grains with orientations 3, 6, 13 and 15, the new one will be chosen only among these four values.
This was the algorithm used in our experiments, also called "cellular automata".
The software was developed using a C++ compiler. The program was executed in a Pentium-Pro 233 MHz machine with 128 MB of RAM. The machine showed up to be very satisfactory in terms of speed and reliability for 2D simulations.
The visualization of the matrix was carried out through conventional image processing software. The 3D visualization (which is still being improved) was done in a Silicon Graphics workstation running the AVS visualization package.
The experiments took place in a 200 x 200 matrix. The dimensional evolution of the grains was measured by evaluating the total amount of interface in the system. In Fig. 5 we can observe the microstructure after some simulation steps.
The first important issue to be analyzed is the geometry (square or triangular) of the matrix to be used. Srolovitz et al.1 analyzed this problem and reached the conclusion that the results were equivalent, provided higher temperatures were used in the simulations with square matrix. This is due to the fact that in this kind of discretization, a perfect 120° angle between boundaries in not possible. In the triangular lattice, the temperature can be set to T = 0 as its geometric nature can represent with more accuracy the triple points and grain boundaries. Temperature, in all these Monte Carlo simulations, is not directly related to "real" temperature. It is just a correction factor for the different characteristics of the lattices. Some authors introduced "real" temperature gradients in the simulation model by changing boundary mobility along the matrix7.
The second important issue is the maximum number of possible orientations (Q). The first experiments by Srolovitz et al.2 employed values from 4 to 64, while Radhakrishnan6 proposed N2, where N is the dimension of the matrix (in a 200 x 200 matrix, Q = 2002 = 40,000), as to avoid artificial grain coalescence. We ran nine series of simulations, with values of Q from 8 to 30,000. The results are shown in Fig. 6. It is clearly noticeable that the value of Q alters the kinetics of grain growth. For the lowest value (8) the grain growth exponent is the highest (0.54), probably due to artificial grain coalescence. However, much higher Q values (256, 512, 1024, 30000) did not improve significantly the results, which were very similar to those obtained in the simulations with Q = 64 or Q = 128. Srolovitz et al.2 performed a similar experiment and concluded that for Q > 30 the simulation becomes Q-independent. Based on these results a Q value of 128 was chosen for the subsequent experiments.
After these initial experiments, we proceeded to grain growth investigation itself. The conventional algorithm proposes that the new orientation should be chosen at random among all possible orientations (Q-1). Experiments obtained with this algorithm2,3,6 reached values for the grain growth exponent n still far from the theoretical value (0.50). Radhakrishnan demonstrated that the kinetics of the conventional method would lead to a significantly slower microstructural evolution, and proposed a new one, which is widely employed nowadays.
To investigate this issue, we ran two series of simulations, with the old and new algorithm. Fig. 7 shows the results. There was a clear difference between the two simulations, both in the growth kinetics and the final microstructure. Using the old algorithm, we reached values for n within the 0.35 - 0.39 range. Employing the new algorithm, the values were in the 0.48 - 0.51 range, much closer to the theoretical 0.50.
After averaging a series of simulations with the new algorithm, in a square matrix of 200 x 200, the value of 0.509 was reached. We also proceeded a careful statistical analysis of the local slopes of the grain growth curve. As expected, the histogram shown in Fig. 8 revealed that most of the local slopes were within the 0.40 - 0.60 range. As the simulations relies very much on random numbers, it is not surprising that there are negative slopes (-0.60) as well as much higher ones (+1.60). The average, however, was very close to what was expected (0.50).
In the log x log scale of the graph in Fig. 9 it is possible to notice the linear behavior of the average curve. In very long simulations (> 50,000 MCS) we noticed that the system reaches stability, with a very small number of grains. Reaching a sufficiently large size, their growth slows down, as most of the boundaries become flat (in a square matrix). The values of n found in the simulation are in very good agreement with the experiments of various authors, as Srolovitz et al.2,3, Zacaria6 and Mehnert8,9. That demon-world problems, as the microstructure evolution during the welding process10 and grain growth pinning in advanced materials.
The computational simulation demonstrated that the grain growth phenomenon, although complex, could be modeled in a very elementary way. The correct value of n, found in our experiments, indicate that there is a very close relationship between the model and the theoretical description of grain growth.
7. Miodownik, M.A. Sandia National Labs, personal communication, 1998.
10. Fye, Richard. Sandia National Labs, personal communication, 1998.


After spending the night around Bryce Canyon, we hit the road again to our next destination: Antelope Canyon. This was the one location that I insisted we visit when we planned for this road trip. I was convinced after seeing so many incredible pictures to go see these beautiful slot canyons for myself.
MAJOR TIP: Antelope Canyon is not part of the State National Park system. The only way to see the Upper and Lower Antelope Canyons is through a tour. I have provided the tours that we went on at the bottom. However, there are more tour companies available. Book in advance to guarantee a spot when you arrive (dependent on weather conditions).
Why do you have to go through a tour, you ask? Well, these slot canyons are located right on Navajo land. They have been a very sacred part of their culture and still are. It is gracious of the Navajo to share the beauty and spirituality of Antelope Canyon with the public. Our tour guide grew up with these canyons in his backyard and he reminisced with us on what a large part of his childhood these canyons were before they were opened to tourists.
From outside the canyon, it does not seem like much. Below is Rattlesnake Canyon where there is a much wider "slot" that lets in plenty of light, unlike the Upper and Lower Antelope Canyons. You can already see how rainfall and flash floods created these canyons from the ripples formed by the erosion of sandstone.
Completely out of place, the Salt River Project-Navajo Generating Station (a nuclear plant) can be seen in the background before entering Lower Antelope Canyon. It's a shame that it exists on the same site as these beautiful canyons.
I must warn that rainfall and flash floods regularly occur during the summer. When we first arrived in Page, Arizona, no one was allowed to enter Lower Antelope Canyon due to a flash flood that occurred the night before. The tour companies do a sweep of the slot canyons, cleaning any debris and making sure there are no hazards, before letting any tourists in.
We had perused through plenty of pictures before arriving, but we were completely awestruck with the real deal.
It's sooo crazy to know that these canyons were carved out by rainfall and flash floods! For some context, we were walking in between these narrow canyon walls, sometimes squeezing ourselves through the cracks.
Lower Antelope Canyon has much more light than Upper Antelope Canyon, which allows for better photography without a tripod. It is also more inexpensive than going to the Upper Antelope Canyon tours. However, the upper canyon still offers beautiful views with lovely contrasts between highlights and shadows as you walk through.
This canyon lets light leak in slowly and is more infamous for the beams of light that occur in the morning. We did not catch this when we were there, but hope you are able to on your own trip!
I am still awestruck looking back at these photos.
You can see both lower and upper canyons (and more) in just one day. There are plenty of places to eat in Page, AZ, but there is not much else to do after viewing the canyons unlike Bryce Canyon. For more activities, you can venture out to Horseshoe Bend, Glen Canyon Dam or Lake Powell. We were a bit delayed in our trip due to the weather conditions that closed the lower canyon. However, we only needed to account for a few hours in the morning to see and fit in Lower Antelope Canyon before heading out to our next stop.
All in all, Antelope Canyon was the absolute highlight of our road trip. If you plan on doing a similar trip, this is an absolute necessary stop!
Note: The locals warned us that plugging in an address will lead you to the wrong destination, so use the GPS coordinates.
I agree with Tuwie! These photos are seriously amazing!!!


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Pier Carlo Padoan, nascut  Pietro Carlo Padoan (Roma, 19 de gener de 1950) és un economista i polític italià.

Biografia
Director Executiu per Itàlia del Fons Monetari Internacional del 2001 al 2005 –(amb la responsabilitat sobre Grècia, Portugal, San Marino, Albània i Timor Oriental), ha estat anomenat vicesecretari general adjunto de l'OCDE l'1 de juny de 2007, convertint-se en cap d'economia l'1 de desembre en 2009. Des del 21 de febrer de 2014 és el Ministre d'Economia i Hisenda del Govern Renzi.

Graduat a Roma, va participar de jove amb articles de pensament keynesià en la revista Crítica marxista. En particular, els anys setanta va prendre part al debat econòmic de l'esquerra, on apareix influït per la tesi de l'economista polonès Michał Kalecki. Més tard va anar com a professor a la Universitat de Roma La Sapienza, al College of Europe de Bruges i a Varsòvia, la Universitat Lliure de Brussel·les, la Universitat d'Urbino, i la Universitat de Tòquio.

Ministre d'Economia

El 21 de febrer de 2014 va ser escollit per Matteo Renzi per ocupar el lloc de Ministre d'Economia del seu govern. Es trobava en aquest moment del nomenament a Sydney i al no poder arribar a temps per al seu jurament el 22 de febrer junt amb els altres ministres,  ho va fer el següent dilluns 24 de febrer de 2014.

Honors
 Grand oficial de l'Orde al Mèrit de la República Italiana Roma, 29 de novembre de 2011. Per iniciativa del President de la República Italiana.

Referències

Ministres italians
Alumnes de la Universitat de Roma La Sapienza
Orde al Mèrit de la República Italiana
Professors de la Universitat d'Urbino
Professors de la Universitat La Sapienza
Professors de la Universitat de Tòquio
Polítics de Roma
Naixements del 1950

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/*!
    An application that load different interfaces using the partial feature.
    All partials are represented as the same generic struct.

    Requires the following features: `cargo run --example partials_generic_d --features "listbox frame combobox"`
*/

extern crate native_windows_gui as nwg;
extern crate native_windows_derive as nwd;

use std::fmt::Display;
use std::cell::RefCell;

use nwd::{NwgUi, NwgPartial};
use nwg::NativeUi;

#[derive(NwgUi)]
pub struct PartialGenericDemo<T1: Display + Default + 'static, T2, T3>
    where T2: Display + Default + 'static,
          T3: Display + Default + 'static {
    #[nwg_control(size: (500, 200), position: (300, 300), title: "Many generic UI", flags: "WINDOW|VISIBLE")]
    #[nwg_events(OnWindowClose: [PartialGenericDemo::exit])]
    window: nwg::Window,

    #[nwg_control(collection: vec![data.f1_ui.title, data.f2_ui.title, data.f3_ui.title], size: (180, 180), position: (10, 10))]
    #[nwg_events(OnListBoxSelect: [PartialGenericDemo::change_interface])]
    menu: nwg::ListBox<&'static str>,

    #[nwg_control(size: (290, 180), position: (200, 10))]
    frame1: nwg::Frame,

    #[nwg_control(size: (290, 180), position: (200, 10), flags: "BORDER")]
    frame2: nwg::Frame,

    #[nwg_control(size: (290, 180), position: (200, 10), flags: "BORDER")]
    frame3: nwg::Frame,

    #[nwg_partial(parent: frame1)]
    #[nwg_events((save_btn, OnButtonClick): [PartialGenericDemo::show(SELF, CTRL)])]
    f1_ui: GenericFrameUi<T1>,

    #[nwg_partial(parent: frame2)]
    #[nwg_events((save_btn, OnButtonClick): [PartialGenericDemo::show(SELF, CTRL)])]
    f2_ui: GenericFrameUi<T2>,

    #[nwg_partial(parent: frame3)]
    #[nwg_events((save_btn, OnButtonClick): [PartialGenericDemo::show(SELF, CTRL)])]
    f3_ui: GenericFrameUi<T3>,
}

impl<T1, T2, T3> PartialGenericDemo<T1, T2, T3>
    where T1: Display + Default,
          T2: Display + Default,
          T3: Display + Default {
    fn change_interface(&self) {
        let frames = [&self.frame1, &self.frame2, &self.frame3];
        frames.iter().for_each(|f| f.set_visible(false));

        let selected_frame = match self.menu.selection() {
            Some(x) => frames[x],
            None => frames[0],
        };
        selected_frame.set_visible(true);
    }

    fn show<T: Display + Default>(&self, frame: &GenericFrameUi<T>) {
        let message = match frame.combobox.selection() {
            Some(v) => format!("'{}' is our choice from '{}' frame", frame.combobox.collection()[v], frame.title),
            None => "Please choose something".to_owned(),
        };
        nwg::simple_message("Show message", &message);
    }

    fn exit(&self) {
        nwg::stop_thread_dispatch();
    }
}

#[derive(NwgPartial)]
pub struct GenericFrameUi<T: Display + Default + 'static> {
    title: &'static str,

    #[nwg_control(size: (270, 40), position: (10, 10), text: data.text)]
    l: nwg::Label,
    text: &'static str,

    #[nwg_control(collection: data.combo_items.borrow_mut().take().unwrap_or_default(), selected_index: Some(0), size: (270, 40), position: (10, 60))]
    combobox: nwg::ComboBox<T>,
    combo_items: RefCell<Option<Vec<T>>>,

    #[nwg_control(text: "Show", size: (270, 40), position: (10, 110))]
    save_btn: nwg::Button,
}

fn main() {
    nwg::init().expect("Failed to init Native Windows GUI");
    nwg::Font::set_global_family("Segoe UI").expect("Failed to set default font");

    let demo = PartialGenericDemo {
        window: Default::default(),
        menu: Default::default(),
        frame1: Default::default(),
        frame2: Default::default(),
        frame3: Default::default(),
        f1_ui: GenericFrameUi {
            title: "Numbers",
            text: "i32 numbers",
            combo_items: Some(vec![1, 2, 3]).into(),
            l: Default::default(),
            combobox: Default::default(),
            save_btn: Default::default(),
        },
        f2_ui: GenericFrameUi {
            title: "Strings",
            text: "Static strings",
            combo_items: Some(vec!["String 1", "String 2", "String 3"]).into(),
            l: Default::default(),
            combobox: Default::default(),
            save_btn: Default::default(),
        },
        f3_ui: GenericFrameUi {
            title: "Booleans",
            text: "Bool values",
            combo_items: Some(vec![true, false, false]).into(),
            l: Default::default(),
            combobox: Default::default(),
            save_btn: Default::default(),
        },
    };

    let _ui = PartialGenericDemo::build_ui(demo).expect("Failed to build UI");

    nwg::dispatch_thread_events();
}

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Your money will earn interest and dividends as you're investing in mutual funds through your savings plan. If you begin saving while you're a young adult, your interest and investment earnings will grow considerably in the years while you're still working, especially if your employer matches your contributions. Your Joliet financial advisor can elaborate on the tax implications of withdrawing early from these funds.
As you fulfill the financial obligations of parenthood in your 30s and 40s, your Joliet financial advisor will help you stay focused on your plans for the future. The cost of living for retirees has grown in recent years. Health-care inflation has made it difficult for older adults in IL to manage their basic expenses while covering their medical needs.
When you're no longer covered by your employer's insurance, you may need supplemental insurance for procedures or exams that Medicare doesn't cover. You'll also need adequate life insurance to provide for your spouse or other beneficiaries in case of your death. Securing permanent life insurance with a fixed-rate premium in your younger years allows you to avoid the possibility that your rates might increase when you're a senior citizen.
The goals you set for your senior years when you were in your 30s may change by the time you're ready to stop working. When you work with a Joliet financial advisor, you can stay on course with your life plan. If you map your course carefully with a Joliet financial advisor, the setbacks, windfalls or detours along the way won't harm your fundamental objective of living a financially independent life as an older adult.


Last Friday was the first tournament of the season for the Panel Built softball team. While they came up short in the two games they played, the general consensus is: they put forth a great effort and had fun doing it!
The bats came alive for PBI in that game, where AJ Shook (Steel Line) and Beau Ballard (Install) both hit a home run to clear the bases.
Although they played well, the game was lost in heartbreaking fashion 13-12. The next PBI softball game will be May 29th at Meeks Park in Blairsville, GA.


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Importance of Social Media Services for IT Professionals
The explosion of social media has impacted many markets and media channels, including traditional media outlets, communication, news distribution, business networking, sales and marketing. Facebook is the leader among social media applications and caters largely to personal communication requirements although business pages and selling are also well enabled. Twitter is widely used by celebrities and prominent personalities to communicate with their fans, also by professionals to tap news sources. Pinterest is largely popular with businesses. LinkedIn is one social network which is popular for business networking. Let us look some of the aspects which make social media services important for businesses and IT professionals.
One of the most important capabilities offered by social media is business networking. This is particularly true of a social network like LinkedIn. There are several ways in which LinkedIn enables business networking.
LinkedIn profiles enable you to get information about a professional's career path, skills and work experience. This kind of profile information can be very useful for hiring purposes. HR professionals can look at the respective profiles and very quickly see if there could be fitment of the respective individual for positions they are looking to staff. Profile information is also valuable for other professionals to plan their career and get to know the kind of certifications that are valued by companies.
LinkedIn also has a portal for posting and responding to job listings. This is one of the largest and most popular job portals on the internet. The application process is streamlined as it is linked with the applicant profiles, although there is an option for attaching your CV too.
By way of allowing connections to be created, LinkedIn permits you to form connections with influencers, high performing professionals and thought leaders. Your professional connections enable you to connect people to others with specific requirements and also refer people to internships, job openings and other professional opportunities.
One more powerful feature of LinkedIn is in the professional groups it allows you to form. Group creation is free and basically allows you to add unlimited number of members. These groups host very informative discussions related to areas that the group permits. There are also job boards specific to the groups where you can post jobs in the area of interest to the group and respond to postings.
Twitter is one of the top resources where you can monitor news feeds from all types of traditional media organizations, companies, businesses and individuals. Twitter is probably the best place for you to see all the news related to the IT sector. For instance, as an IT professional, some of the sites that are of use to you could be ZDnet, WSJ, Codeacademy, Sun's Java site and Microsoft Technet. You can easily follow the Twitter handles for all these sites. When you do that, you are able to get information about all the latest patches, technologies, white papers, technical articles and software releases in one place.
If you are an analyst or thought leader, Twitter is a place like no other. It provides you an online space where you can publish high quality content on an individual basis and build a following. You can also publish links to the latest white papers and articles that you found interesting. Just like LinkedIn, Twitter also provides you a platform for professional networking.
WhatsApp is a great tool because it permits messaging and calls on a free basis. For many requirements such as maintaining the equivalent of mailing lists, WhatsApp is the perfect solution. For instance, if you are working in the resourcing department of a company, WhatsApp gives you the ability to publish your number to a portal or site and get subscribed opt ins from other resourcing professionals for the C2C requirements you publish on a periodic basis.
At first glance, Pinterest would not seem to be a social media outlet of interest to IT professionals. But with its tile based, picture based design, Pinterest offers some interesting possibilities to IT professionals. One way in which the tile based design can be tapped is when you are looking to publish picture links to white papers, articles and downloads. The use of picture links allows you to provide links in a manner that is more accessible by the target audience.
Snapchat is an emerging application which could be of great use to technically oriented IT professionals. With its ability to send picture messages and text messages, Snapchat gives developers the ability to quickly exchange screenshots of code and application being worked upon. This is more relevant in a group hacking and coding context seen in startups where fairly medium sized groups work on the same code and machine at the same time. Snapchat scores in such contexts since it makes collaboration easy from your smartphones.
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Handcarved linoleum blocks. Each piece was printed by hand while enjoying beer and pizza.
The recession has left people in the cold once again this year so we wanted to send out our warmest wishes to our clients. Newspaper is a great item to start a fire with at home, but we wanted everyone, even those without fireplaces to feel the warmth of the season. We block printed by hand a large flame made up of holiday wishes on over 600 newspapers. We then stuffed them in block printed envelopes and sent them on their way to spread some holiday cheer.
Three printing blocks were produced, one for an envelope and two for the newspaper all of which were cut from lino block. The newspapers were randomly selected without discretion (despite some awkward headlines!). Everyone in our office had a hand in cutting out the design and amazingly only one designer was harmed in the process, he will be fine.


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Updated data demonstrate Roche's Alecensa increases overall survival rate for people with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer
ALEX study is the first global phase III study to show a clinically meaningful benefit in overall survival at five years (62.5% with Alecensa), compared with crizotinib (45.5%)
Data confirm longer-term efficacy of Alecensa, both in patients with or without central nervous system metastases at baseline
Basel, 29 May 2020 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today presented updated data from the pivotal phase III ALEX study, showing an increased five-year survival rate with Alecensa® (alectinib), compared with crizotinib, in people living with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). These data confirm the longer-term efficacy of Alecensa already demonstrated across three phase III clinical trials. Full findings were presented at the ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Programme, on 29 May 2020.
"These data further support Alecensa as the standard of care for people with metastatic ALK-positive NSCLC," said Levi Garraway, M.D., Ph.D., Roche's Chief Medical Officer and Head of Global Product Development. "Importantly, these data show clinically meaningful benefit in people with or without central nervous system (CNS) metastases. These data, and our work in lung cancer more broadly, demonstrate our continued commitment to improving outcomes for people with this disease."
The updated results from the ALEX study show a five-year survival rate of 62.5% (95% CI: 54.3-70.8) in the Alecensa treatment group, versus 45.5% (95% CI: 33.6-57.4) with crizotinib.1 Despite longer median treatment duration, the safety profile of Alecensa remains favourable and consistent with previous data, with no new safety signals identified.1 The overall survival (OS) data, which are not yet mature, show a benefit in patients with CNS metastases at baseline (42% reduction in the risk of death versus crizotinib (95% CI: 0.34-1.00)), as well as in those without CNS metastases at baseline (24% reduction in the risk of death versus crizotinib (95% CI: 0.45-1.26)).1 These data follow on from the final, mature progression-free survival data from the ALEX study, presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress in September 2019, which demonstrated a reduced risk of disease worsening or death by 57% (hazard ratio=0.43, 95% CI: 0.32–0.58) with Alecensa, versus crizotinib, in ALK-positive NSCLC.2 The updated data confirm the superior efficacy and tolerability of Alecensa in comparison to crizotinib.
Approximately 85% of lung cancer cases are NSCLC and, of these people, about 5% are ALK-positive.3,4 ALK-positive NSCLC is caused by a gene fusion or rearrangement that overactivates the ALK protein, driving cancer cell growth and survival.5 The disease often affects those who least expect it; 50% of patients are younger than 50 years and approximately 70% have never smoked.6,7,8
About the ALEX study9
ALEX (NCT02075840/B028984) is a randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase III study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Alecensa versus crizotinib in treatment-naïve patients with ALK-positive NSCLC whose tumours were characterised as ALK-positive by the VENTANA ALK (D5F3) CDx Assay, a companion immunohistochemistry (IHC) test developed by Roche Tissue Diagnostics. Patients were randomised (1:1) to receive either Alecensa or crizotinib. The primary endpoint of the ALEX study was progression-free survival (PFS) as assessed by the investigator, and secondary endpoints included: Independent Review Committee (IRC)-assessed PFS, time to CNS progression, objective response rate (ORR), duration of response (DOR) and OS. The multicentre study was conducted in 303 people across 161 sites in 31 countries. OS data continue to be considered immature.
About Alecensa
Alecensa (RG7853/AF-802/RO5424802/CH5424802) is a highly selective, CNS active, oral medicine created at Chugai Kamakura Research Laboratories and is being developed for people with NSCLC whose tumours are identified as ALK-positive.10 ALK-positive NSCLC is often found in younger people who have a light or non-smoking history.6,7,8 It is almost always found in people with a specific type of NSCLC called adenocarcinoma.11 Alecensa is now approved in 88 countries as an initial (first-line) treatment for ALK-positive, metastatic NSCLC, including in the US, Europe, Japan and China.10
About Roche in lung cancer
Lung cancer is a major area of focus and investment for Roche, and we are committed to developing new approaches, medicines and tests that can help people with this deadly disease. Our goal is to provide an effective treatment option for every person diagnosed with lung cancer. We currently have five approved medicines to treat certain kinds of lung cancer and more than ten medicines being developed to target the most common genetic drivers of lung cancer or to boost the immune system to combat the disease.
About Roche
Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people's lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible.
Roche is the world's largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management.
Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. More than thirty medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Moreover, for the eleventh consecutive year, Roche has been recognised as one of the most sustainable companies in the Pharmaceuticals Industry by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
The Roche Group, headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, is active in over 100 countries and in 2019 employed about 98,000 people worldwide. In 2019, Roche invested CHF 11.7 billion in R&D and posted sales of CHF 61.5 billion. Genentech, in the United States, is a wholly owned member of the Roche Group. Roche is the majority shareholder in Chugai Pharmaceutical, Japan. For more information, please visit www.roche.com.
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[1] Peters et al. Updated overall survival (OS) and safety data from the randomized, phase III ALEX study of alectinib (ALC) versus crizotinib (CRZ) in untreated advanced ALK+ NSCLC. Presented at: ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program; 2020 May 29. Abstract #9518.
[2] Mok et al. Final PFS, updated OS and safety data from the randomised, phase III ALEX study of alectinib (ALC) versus crizotinib (CRZ) in untreated advanced ALK+ NSCLC. Presented at: ESMO Congress 2019 Sept 25 – Oct 01; Barcelona, Spain. Abstract #1484PD.
[3] American Cancer Society. What Is Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer? [Internet; cited April 2020]. Available from: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/non-small-cell-lung-cancer/about/what-is-non-small-cell-lung-cancer.html.
[4] Karachaliou N et al. Profile of alectinib for the treatment of ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): patient selection and perspectives. Onco Targets Ther. 2019;12:4567-4575.
[5] Mazza and Dazzi. Targeting ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer–novel inhibitors beyond crizotinib. Cancer Rep Rev. 2018;2(6):1-9.
[6] Melosky B et al. Canadian consensus: inhibition of ALK-positive tumours in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Curr Oncol 2016;23(3):196–200.
[7] Tao H et al. Analysis of clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase‐positive and surgically resected lung adenocarcinoma Thorac Cancer 2017;8(1):8–15.
[8] Kayaniyil et al. Treatment patterns and survival in patients with ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer: a Canadian retrospective study. Curr Oncol. 2016;23(6):e589–e597.
[9] ClinicalTrials.gov. A Study Comparing Alectinib With Crizotinib in Treatment-Naive Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase-Positive Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Participants (ALEX) [Internet; cited April 2020]. Available from: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02075840?term=NCT02075840&draw=2&rank=1.
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These '420 Games' Athletes Want to Change the Perception of Weed
Runners take off in a 4.2-mile run, part of the 420 Games, an effort to stop the stigmatization of cannabis use through athletic events, at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 15, 2015.
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August 16, 2015 12:51 PM EDT
Participants in this year's 420 Games in San Francisco rose bright and early Saturday morning for a 4.2-mile run—but some toked up first.
High performance athletes don't sound like the typical marijuana users, and that's the point.
The race and accompanying events were planned to change perceptions of marijuana and the people who consume it. Even as legal barriers to marijuana use continue to fall, stigma surrounding its use remain pervasive, according to the Games' website.
"The 420 Games participants are not 'stoners,'" said Jim McAlpine, the event's founder on its website. "The 420 Games are sporting events, NOT 'smoke ins'."
Among the participants at the games were retired athletes who said that marijuana has helped them cope with painful injuries.
"There is a lot of wear and tear playing football and fighting professionally," Kyle Kingsbury, a retired mixed martial arts fighter, told the San Fransisco Chronicle "But pain management is something everyone in the world has to deal with, not just me."
Write to Justin Worland at justin.worland@time.com.
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7 things I've learned as a climate activist
Chris Saltmarsh 19 September 2021 7 things I've learned as a climate activist2021-09-19T11:30:30+01:00 Comment, Culture, Social Movements No Comment
I have been active in the climate justice movement for almost seven years to the day. I was part of environmental campaigns at college, but it really started for me in September 2014. As an 18-year-old I joined the fossil fuel divestment campaign in my first week at university. The rest, as they say, is history.
We won that divestment campaign. I went on to support students across the country to run their own working for People & Planet. I've taken direct-action against coal mines and been arrested protesting fracking sites with Reclaim the Power. I've worked for NGOs targeting financial institutions. I've supported school strikes for climate and attended Extinction Rebellion protests. In 2019, I co-founded Labour for a Green New Deal to push the Labour Party further and build stronger links between climate campaigns and trade unions.
When I was asked to write a book about climate justice (Burnt: Fighting for Climate Justice is out on 20 September with Pluto Press), I was excited to share my experiences in the climate movement and my reflections on where we've succeeded as well as failed. Here are seven headlines:
It's all about capitalism
Most people you meet in the climate movement are anti-capitalists, at least to some extent. There's a commonly held acceptance that our current economic system is failing when it comes to climate breakdown. Too often, though, this analysis is whispered quietly or simply set aside when it comes to climate organising. Many prefer to speak of 'growth' or 'extractivism' as the problem without mentioning on the capitalist system of which they are symptoms. If we are to be serious about rapid decarbonisation and climate justice, we must be uncompromising in assigning blame to capitalism. If we do not, then we are stuck with inadequate solutions and an anti-humanist environmentalism which lets the ruling class off the hook by blaming humanity in general.
Justice is key
The phrase 'climate justice' is thrown around a lot these days. Increasingly it is used by the biggest NGOs and even some political parties. It is important, though, that we don't let the concept be watered down into just another slogan. Fundamentally, climate injustice is the unfair distribution of climate impacts so that those who have contributed least experience them most harshly, while those who've contributed most continue to profit. Justice, then, means rebalancing power relations so this inequality is eliminated and repairing for the loss and harms already experienced. It should also be a positive vision of shared prosperity implied by these transformations.
NGOs won't save us
I've worked for environmental NGOs and in collaboration with many more. They are usually staffed by committed activists giving their lives to the climate movement. However, we need a stronger accounting of the role that NGOs play in our movement including their limitations. The likes of Greenpeace, WWF and Friends of the Earth dominate our movement despite the limits to the action they take and the political vision they advance. They're often reliant on funding from conservative donor bases or philanthropic capital. Ideologically, their liberalism crowds out bolder socialist solutions. Organisationally, they are structured as corporations and tend to spend more money on expensive legal challenges and lobbying Westminster than building grassroots power. NGOs have a role to play, but they cannot effectively lead a movement for climate justice.
Direct action doesn't get the goods on its own
There's a popular slogan: "direct-action gets the goods". But does it? My involvement in direct-action campaigns has caused me to question it, not as a potentially effective tactic, but as the panacea many see it as. Campaigns of direct-action against fossil fuel projects require huge reserves of human capacity or risk burning out the few activists willing to put their bodies on the line. When successful, they may temporarily halt one specific extraction site or delay the expansion of the industry. But for every fracking site stopped, dozens more projects pop up around the world unopposed. It's like the climate movement is stuck putting out fires while the fossil fuel industry has an infinite supply of matches and kerosene to set more alight. Direct-action must come with an associated political strategy and be deployed as one element of a genuinely mass movement.
We can't go beyond politics
Extinction Rebellion achieved what so many in the climate movement had failed to, by mobilising a base of people previously inactive. XR's approach of leaning into a 'doomer' eco-pessimism along with its 'beyond politics' mantra appealed to so many of its activists. We should learn from that, while also recognising that those factors are also XR's primary limitations. 'Beyond politics' only gets you so far with a crisis which requires a transformation of the entire economy. Politics is about power: who has it, how they use it and to what ends. We need a political climate movement with a vision for the world we want to see and prepared to leverage state power to end fossil fuel extraction with a centrally planned transition.
We need solidarity with trade unions
The relationship between the labour movement and environmentalists is often fraught. Trade unionists say that climate activists neglect workers' rights and security. Climate activists respond with patronising remarks like "there are no jobs on a dead planet". Differences over Heathrow expansion has been one flashpoint for division in the UK. In this instance, the climate movement failed to build solidarity and develop an alternative industrial plan with unions. Instead, it has too often blamed unions themselves as if they were capitalist corporations. Fortunately, this division isn't shared by all trade unionists and environmentalists and it need not exist at all. Workers will experience climate impacts as severely as anyone. Trade unions and environmentalists can unify by identifying that capitalism is at the root of both exploitation of workers and despoliation of natures. By building solidarity, we can begin to synthesise our movements to become stronger together.
Too many crises go to waste
We are living in a century now destined to be defined by crisis. Considering the subject of our activism, I've found the climate movement surprisingly inept at responding to moments of crisis. We let devastating extreme weather events go by without attempting to mobilise on mass in response. During the pandemic, the insurgent climate movement retreated and made only tame demands to 'build back better'. There was no serious effort to force the government's hand on committing to a serious green recovery from lockdown. The Black Lives Matter uprisings, on the other hand, demonstrated how to mobilise powerfully despite social adversity. As crises of weather, food and public health become more frequent and severe, our movement must be prepared to use them as flashpoints to build, demonstrate and exercise our collective power.
Chris Saltmarsh's book, Burnt: Fighting for Climate Justice is out on 20 September with Pluto Press.
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· Over 30 sites currently under review.
· Offers out on 14 sites, valued at over £22m.
· Total of £20m in land deals for 2015.
· Average of 1.44 acres per site.
· Existing Turnkey developments proceeding for Only Care, CIC, Black Country Housing and Care Concern.
· Deal agreed for 4 Turnkey developments with Country Court Care.
· Turnkey sales range from £90k - £120k per bed.
· Sites secured for extra care development.
As well as this, we have recently completed on a site in Andover and will be completing on a site in Cheshire before Christmas.
This all bodes well for an encouraging 2016, and we will be continuing to aim high by constantly being on the look out for new sites.
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The East Side Access project is one of the largest infrastructure projects ever undertaken in New York City. The tunnel begins at Sunnyside Yard in Queens and heads west below the East River through the 63rd Street Tunnel, then curves South under Park Avenue and concludes underneath Grand Central Terminal. Two parallel tunnels were bored along this subterranean eight mile trek. The new LIRR terminal is located 14 stories below the streets of New York City and connected to the existing Grand Central Terminal through a network of 22 elevators and 47 escalators. The new LIRR station includes two parallel caverns (East and West); each housing four tracks. The initial contract was completed by Dragados USA and included the initial excavation of the project which used Tunnel Boring Machines as well as drilling and blasting. The second major contract (CM007) was won by Tutor Perini to complete the fit out of the project. This contract essentially turns the excavations into a three-level terminal with operational rail tunnels.
McNary Bergeron was hired by Tutor Perini to perform a redesign of the Smoke Exhaust Plenum located at the top of the Terminal Caverns. The Exhaust Plenum is the main ventilation system in the caverns and is designed to mitigate smoke in the event of a fire within the cavern. This value engineering redesign helped expedite the construction schedule of the plenum as well as lower construction costs. The scope included design of the plenum components as well as erection procedures and lifting/handling frames for the assembled precast members. The plenum was designed as 30 ft. precast wall sections with inspection catwalks cantilevered off the side for overhead inspection of the rail tracks. The wall panels were suspended from the cast in place concrete arch at the top of the cavern and connected with hollow core plank near the bottom of the walls.


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The Short-list of 11th Kandinsky Prize includes 9 finalists. Each of the nominations — «Project of the Year», «Young artist. Project of the Year» and «Scholarly work. History and theory of contemporary art» —presented by three finalists.
The finalists were selected by the International Jury (in nominations «Project of the Year», «Young Artist, Project of the Year») and the Jury (in nomination «Scholarly work. History and Theory of Contemporary Art») from 30 nominees, which were presented by 15 art projects in the nomination «Project year», by 10 art projects in the nomination «Young Artist. Project of the Year» and by 5 research works in the nomination «Scholarly work. History and theory of contemporary art».
The status of the finalists in accordance with the regulations of the Kandinsky Prize in each nomination is acquired by three authors, whose works gained the highest rating by voting results. The voting results were counted on September 13, 2017. The control of the compliance of voting procedures with the rules of the Kandinsky Prize on the day of vote counting was carried out by EY. The 11th Kandinsky Prize members of Jury are presented on official website.
The 11th Kandinsky Prize winners will be announced on December 2017. The final voting of the International Jury and the Jury of the scientific nomination are held no earlier than two hours before the announcement of the winners.


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Fantasy Grounds is a hybrid application which allows you to play games and create your own games. It facilitates this play and provides some optional add-on Adventure modules which can be loaded and played with very little preparation. Each game will require a GameMaster (GM) and one or more players. Games may be played in a session as short as a few hours or continued with multiple sessions over a series of days, weeks, months or years. A GM will typically install the application and choose their game-system of choice, which we refer to as a Ruleset. Fantasy Grounds comes pre-loaded with Rulesets supporting compatible play for Dungeons & Dragons (R) 3.5, Dungeons & Dragons (R) 4E and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (R). Additional Rulesets are available for free and for purchase from our Workshop. Both the 3.5E and PFRPG rulesets are good places to start for new GMs and for people new to Fantasy Grounds. These Rulesets come pre-loaded with some basic Library modules full of abilities, spells, monsters and items that have been marked as Open Gaming Content (OGC) by their respective copyright holders. Additional rulesets, such as that for Call of Cthulhu or Savage Worlds are fully licensed versions and contain otherwise closed and proprietary content that we've licensed from those publishers.
For players, Fantasy Grounds will allow you to connect to a game being hosted by a GM and control one or more characters within the game. You will be able to update and maintain your character sheet, much like you would in a face-to-face RPG game, but with some degree of automation and support for dragging and dropping abilities and items from the Library modules (for rulesets which support them.) Whenever a GM shares a map image, you will be able to move a token representing your character and initiate attack rolls against enemies visible on those maps when it is your turn. You will be interacting within the GM's game session with other players and every action you take will be communicated to the GM and connected players along with any chat messages you enter into the chat window. At the conclusion of the GM's game session, you will log out and your character sheet and progress will be saved to the GM's session. When you meet back up and a pre-scheduled time with the GM for the next session, you will be able to continue where you left off. Scheduling of future game sessions is handled outside of Fantasy Grounds via email communication, the Fantasy Grounds forums and Game Calendar, Steam discussions or through whatever source the GM defines. SmiteWorks hopes to improve the match-making features at a later date.
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Environment | Endangered Species & Wildlife News
New Report Underscores Importance of Wildlife Migration Corridors
UT Pitches In to Help with Wildlife Migration
Study Locates Fences in SW MT for Sake of Migrating Wildlife
Fight over CA Black Bear Hunt Heats Up This Week
Pronghorn make their way across the desert toward the mountains of Northern Nevada. (Cynthia/Adobestock)
According to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, the state's Wildlife Migration Initiative has tracked almost 10,000 animals. (Utah DWR)
Lowering top wires on fencing to 40 inches or lower decreases the chances of animals becoming entangled as they jump over. (F&J McGinn/Adobe Stock)
Last April the California Fish and Game Commission rejected a petition from the Humane Society to eliminate the state's bear hunt altogether. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife)
A report out today calls on western states to do more to protect wildlife migration corridors.
The migration routes are critical to animals such as pronghorn and mule deer, which travel between their summer habitat in the mountains of Northern Nevada to the surrounding lowlands.
Report co-author Matt Skroch is program director for U.S. Public Lands and Rivers Conservation with the Pew Charitable Trusts.
"These animals migrate into warmer valleys that have less snowpack where they can still access forage and overwinter," said Skroch. "If they can't journey along these migration routes, in many cases, the populations decline."
He added that wildlife supports tens of thousands of jobs in the multibillion-dollar outdoor recreation industry throughout the West.
Last year Gov. Steve Sisolak issued an executive order requiring the Nevada Department of Wildlife to create a Wildlife Corridor Connectivity Plan and work with the Department of Transportation to incorporate wildlife concerns as the agency builds and repairs roads.
Christi Cabrera-Georgeson, deputy director of the Nevada Conservation League, noted that five thousand animals die each year in wildlife-vehicle collisions in Nevada.
"According to the Department of Transportation, there have been more than 500 reported wildlife-vehicle collisions each year," said Cabrera-Georgeson. "That costs the state about $20 million annually. So this just shows why we really need to be taking action."
The new bipartisan infrastructure bill provides $350 million over the next five years to construct more wildlife bridges and underpasses to allow animals to migrate freely.
Madeleine West, director of the Public Lands Center for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, said the state can make good use of the funds.
"It's voluntary fence removal," said West, "and providing incentives to private landowners to retrofit fences so that animals don't get trapped, or building wildlife crossings."
The report also encourages more cooperation between city, county, state, tribal and federal authorities to ensure that new developments, industry and solar arrays do not interfere with wildlife migration.
Support for this reporting was provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Disclosure: The Pew Charitable Trusts - Environmental Group contributes to our fund for reporting on Endangered Species & Wildlife, Environment, Public Lands/Wilderness. If you would like to help support news in the public interest, click here.
The Dreadful Toll of Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions - and What We Can Do About It The Pew Charitable Trusts 10/4/22
EXECUTIVE ORDER 2021-18: CREATING THE NEVADA HABITAT CONSERVATION FRAMEWORK Nevada Governor's Office 8/23/21
Two state agencies have teamed up to make safer wildlife migration a priority in Utah.
The Utah Wildlife Migration Initiative relies heavily on GPS tracking data received from mammals, birds and fish, which gives coordinators a good picture of where animals are spending time, the routes they take, and areas where safe migration routes are needed.
It is a joint project of the state's Division of Wildlife Resources and Department of Transportation.
Blair Stringham, wildlife migration initiative coordinator for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, said they have now completed more than a hundred projects, and for them to be effective, they have to align with animals' tendencies and behaviors.
"Some of the really cool things we have done though, we've been able to install overpasses, which are essentially bridges going over roadways so animals can move back and forth," Stringham explained. "They've been really successful, with a lot of different animal species."
Stringham pointed out they have also been able to install underpasses, as well as fencing projects to keep wildlife off roads. They have even found ways to help fish move from one stretch of river to other tributaries if they were cut off by roadways.
Stringham emphasized helping animals migrate can save their lives in the process. Even so, about 4,900 deer were killed last year due to vehicle collisions. Stringham acknowledged many people do not realize the material damage which results from these accidents can add up quickly. He added keeping wildlife off the roads keeps people safer, too, and the evidence shows the projects are helping.
"We tend to see a huge improvement in the number of collisions with wildlife when we do these kinds of projects," Stringham observed. "We've seen anywhere from 75% to 90% success on most of these."
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources recently released an app, called the "Utah Roadkill Reporter." It allows anyone to report animals killed on the road as they come across them. Stringham stated it helps contractors locate and remove carcasses, and the data is also used to plan future projects to help prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions.
Wildlife Migration Initiative Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 2023
Roadkill reporter Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 2023
Migrating wildlife can struggle with the extensive fencing throughout the West, and a new study is filling in the gaps on where these fences are in southwest Montana.
Simon Buzzard, senior coordinator of wildlife connectivity for the National Wildlife Federation and the report's lead author, said the variety of wildlife in the region is extensive, from large mammals such as pronghorn, mule deer and grizzly bears, to ground-nesting birds such as sage grouse.
"This host of species that migrate between public lands and private lands, across elevation changes and across state borders; we don't know how fences are impacting those movements," Buzzard pointed out. "That's why it's important to create this data."
Fences are designed to contain livestock movement on working lands but can entangle other species moving through the region. Buzzard noted more wildlife friendly fencing designs can help migrating animals better navigate fenced areas. He added hard-to-navigate fencing is an issue not just on private lands but public lands as well.
The preference is for fencing to be no higher than 40 inches, and for bottom wires to be at least 18 inches off the ground.
"To allow for sensitive species like pronghorn to go under but also for juveniles of other species," Buzzard emphasized. "Juvenile elk, juvenile moose, black bears. A lot of these large-bodied mammals still prefer to go under fences than to go over them."
Buzzard's study found only 3% of sampled fences in Beaverhead and Madison counties had bottom wires 18 inches or higher and only 6% had top wires of 40 inches or lower.
He noted financing is available for landowners to convert existing fencing into wildlife-friendly fencing, especially if a lot of big game species move across their lands.
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Report Univ. of Mont. 11/25/2022
A controversial proposal to let individual hunters kill two bears per season instead of one is on the agenda at a meeting of the California Fish and Game Commission's Wildlife Resources Committee tomorrow and Thursday. The state allows hunters as a group to kill 1,700 hundred black bears per year, and 1,300 were taken in 2022.
Judie Mancuso, founder and president of the group Social Compassion in Legislation, opposes hunting.
"From an ethical and moral standpoint, we absolutely shouldn't be hunting bears," Mancuso said. "This is purely a trophy sport. It's not about being overrun with bears."
Both conservationists and the pro-hunting advocacy group Howl for Wildlife are rallying members to weigh in at the meeting. Hunters have submitted a petition to authorize a second bear tag for the Fall hunt and to allow tags to be resold if they are not used within the season, which starts in August with two weeks of archery hunting and then transitions to rifle hunting through late December.
The Wildlife committee will also take comment on the development of a new bear management plan, which was last updated in 1998. Mancuso wants the hunt to be stopped until the new bear-management plan is approved.
"We don't want to be killing any bears because this management plan hasn't been completed," she said. "And the department has no idea how many bears we even have in the state. "
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife's 2020 bear take report estimated the population to be about 15,000 animals in the official hunting grounds. And bear tags are big business. In 2020, California sold 30,000 tags and raised more than $1.5-million for wildlife management and conservation.
Bear Hunt meeting CA Fish and Game Jan 2023
Agenda California Fish and Game Commission Wildlife Resources Committee 1/9/2023
2020 Black Bear Take CA Natural Resources Agency 2020
Hunters Petition CA Wildlife and Fisheries dept. 12/15/2022
Petition Humane Society 2022
Researchers followed all 26 elk herds that call the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem home, tapping data from 1,088 GPS-collared elk. (Adobe Stock)
Third of Yellowstone Elk Habitat Not Protected from Development
Some 80% of lobster in the U.S. come from Maine's adjacent waters while the lobster industry is estimated to create over 35,000 jobs in addition to state licensed lobstermen, lobster dealers and processors, and seasonal restaurant workers. (Adobe Stock)
U of Maine Lobster Study Aims to Protect State's Vital Fishing Industry
The Department of Natural Resources estimates Wisconsin's wolf population to be around one thousand. (Adobe Stock)
Public Comments Urged for WI Wolf Management Plan
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee established the Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery Task Force in 2018. (Scott Bufkin/Adobe Stock)
Ships Slow Down for Puget 'Quiet Sound' Program to Aid Orcas


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