Some male hummingbirds are developing weaponised bills, making them less efficient feeders but more ferocious fighters.
Why are hummingbirds evolving new bills?
Hummingbirds' bills and tongues have been exquisitely honed by evolution to feed on the nectar inside tropical South America's slender flowers.
But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, has spotted an adaptation emerging among some male hummingbirds.
A growing population appears to be evolving weaponised bills - beaks that are straighter and have teeth - making them less efficient feeders but more ferocious fighters.
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"Looking at these bizarre bill tips, you would never expect that they're from a hummingbird or that they would be useful to squeeze the tongue," added Dr Rico-Guevara.
In some species of hummingbird, the females have curved bills which can easily slip inside the curved bells of flowers, but the males' beaks are straighter and better for poking - forcing them to feed on different flowers.
"It is all about feeding efficiency in flowers versus proficiency in fighting," Dr Rico-Guevara said.
The scientists acknowledged that hummingbirds have long been known as fierce fighters, with a reputation for attacking hawks, owls and other birds they perceive as a threat - but these fights happen so fast that scientists haven't been able to see the actual outcome.
"Because it happens so fast and they fly away, you can't track them," Dr Rico-Guevara said.
"But also, people haven't actually looked at the details of the beaks. We are making connections between how feisty they are, the beak morphology behind that and what that implies for their competitiveness."
After more than a decade of observing hummingbirds, Dr Rico-Guevara is publishing a paper explaining how the shape of their bills affect their feeding and fighting strategies in the journal Integrative Organismal Biology.
According to the research, the evolution of these extraordinary bills in tropical hummingbirds appears to be driven by increased competition - with up to five times more hummingbird species in every tropical habitat than there are elsewhere in the Americas.
"We have discovered that these traits may be related to a different kind of strategy: Instead of feeding on a particular flower shape very well, some birds try to exclude everybody from a patch of flowers, even though they can't feed as well on them as hummingbirds without bill weapons," Dr Rico-Guevara said.
"If you are good enough at keeping your competitors away, then it doesn't matter how well you use the resources in the flowers you are defending, you have them all to yourself."
And not all of the fighting hummingbirds use bills to protect their feeding spots, with others using them to out-fence rivals for the attention of females at gathering places called leks.
"A lek is like a singles bar, a place where many males get together and sing, sing, sing all the time," Dr Rico-Guevara explained.
"The females go to these small spaces in the forest and pick a male to mate with. If you can get a seat at that bar, it is going to give you the opportunity to reproduce.
"So they don't fight for access to resources, like in the territorial species, but they actually fight for an opportunity to reproduce. And in the brief moments when there is no fighting, they go to feed on different flowers."


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Sibiu Travel Guide, Romania
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Sibiu Travel Guide – The City in the Heart of Romania
Sibiu, one of the most visited cities in Romania, is located in the Cibin Depression, close to the geographical center of Romania, 136 miles away from the capital city, Bucharest and 156 miles from Timisoara. As the most important cultural and religious centers in Romania, Sibiu is also worldwide known for being the European Capital of Culture in 2007.
As the main goal of each travel guide is to expose the city as a touring destination, Sibiu and its surroundings offer plenty of attractions and any of its visitors might be surprisingly delighted of what is to be seen and explored in the area.
Sibiu Travel Guide – The Impressive City of Transylvania
As the former capital city of Principality of Transylvania, between the years of 1692 – 1791, the city of Sibiu still preserves many of the medieval fortifications and buildings as well as its fortified churches as valuable proofs that the city used to be the most important Transylvanian centers of the principality.
Today, with a population of about 154,548 inhabitants, Sibiu is also one of the most important cultural and industrial cities in Romania. Located on the banks of Cibin River, the city still preserves the medieval atmosphere and the peculiar charm of a Transylvanian Saxon city.
The purpose of this Sibiu Travel Guide is to demonstrate that choosing Sibiu as a perfect tourist destination can't be done at random, but for its incredible opportunities to show its worth to have been chosen for its fabulous historical buildings, historical goals in its past, and the abundance of diversified museum institutions which house incredible collections of art, archaeology, anthropology and history exhibits, some real proofs of a beautiful culture.
Sibiu is known as being a compact city with quite short distances between its important sites and its extremities, so visiting the city on foot is rather recommendable to be able to admire its beautiful local architecture. There is also local public transportation which consists of a few trolleybus lines and many bus routes both into the city and its surroundings and the adjoining villages as well. Cab taxi services are also available.
Historically, Sibiu is known as a powerful Middle Age fortified city and it still preserves some of its former defense walls as well as 9 of its 39 defense towers, which offer a charming medieval atmosphere of the city while wandering through its narrow streets lined on both sides by impressive old buildings. A quite stroll across its Large Square reminds the times when it was used as the main square of the city, and it still is. The Small Square impresses its passers-by with its medieval beauty and it is considered the most attractive site in Sibiu.
Sibiu Travel Guide – A City of Large Open Air Leisure Places
Those who are fond of silent strolls along open air alleys or to spend their time outdoors, Sibiu is the best choice for such things. The city offers diversified possibilities for spending one's leisure time.
Interested in jogging or long walks admiring the scenery around? The Dumbrava Forest makes it! One of the most beautiful places in Sibiu, Dumbrava Forest offers splendid scenery for enjoying some time breathing the fresh air while walking through its shadowed path or having a glass of refreshing drink at the restaurant terrace there. A large Zoo housing an impressive number of various wild animals extends itself over such a wide area so it may take you hours to see all the species.
The Sub Arini Park also provides great opportunities for relaxing and outdoor activities as well. The popular Bicycle Path crosses the park leading to the Municipal Stadium stretching over more than 3 km. Bikers of all ages have their daily rides along the path.
The most exciting part of the day shall be the 30 minutes trip on the tourist tram, which has its route going through a very splendid natural landscape including in its 22 km long sites as Dumbrava Forest, The Zoo, The Village Museum and Rasinari. The tram consists of an engine carriage and a restaurant carriage, and it can also be rented by large groups but no more than 50.
Sibiu lies near the Paltinis Resort, which is one of the most popular winter resorts in the area and it is also close to the Fagaras Mountains, the best mountain trekking destination in Romania.
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More memories from Mazzy
I can remember clearly that there was a bus stop near the corner and a phone box but I don't think we ever went beyond this on our leg-stretches.
These walks must have been a trying matter for my parents because we always had to make sure that there was a large enough gap in the traffic for two excitable puppies to walk along the stretches with no pavement.
Long after my grandparents moved to Bristol, while I was away at university, my mother revisited Oldton. She reported back that it was strange to look out over what were once uninterrupted fields and see the lines of motorway lighting that had sprouted up in the middle distance.
January 20, 2004 in Emails, Image, Photos, Text | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
The fate of the village green
Dear Tim,
This morning I borrowed some books from Southend Library. As I was checking them out, the librarian told me that, for every four books I borrowed, I was entitled to one additional loan, which he would select from a pile of books on a trolley behind the counter.
This is part of an initiative by the local council to encourage a diversity of reading interests. Apparently some sections of Southend library (such as Biology and Poetry) haven't been reaching their reader targets, so now there is a drive to increase the popularity of these under-read subjects.
The title of the book that I was given was:
"Till Birnam wood do come to Dunsinane"
The migration of village greens in rural England.
It was written in 1913 by two elderly sisters - Elizabeth & Rosemary Church.
I have mentioned the book here, because I think that it may help to explain the confusion over Oldton's location.
In the past it was common for the name of a village, to apply, not to the village itself, but to the green at its heart, or occasionally to the tree in the centre of the green.
For example, if a traveller asked for directions to the nearest inn, he might be told that he would find it in the village at Melmerby, meaning that the inn was among the buildings in the vicinity of the green of Melmerby.
A common punishment for a village that had angered the Crown, was to have its green levelled and then ploughed, thus removing the name of the village by proxy.
After a period of time, during which the inhabitants of the village would serve a penance, the village would be granted a new name by the reigning King or Queen. At this juncture, permission was usually granted to restore the green, although always in reduced circumstances. Generally a reinstated green was limited to a small area of grassland and on the condition that: "No flower shall grow there, nor any tree spread its roots."
The punishment of levelling and ploughing caused more than just humiliation. It could also lead to severe economic hardship. Servants of the crown were not permitted to stop-over in unnamed villages and the inns were only permitted to accept foot traffic and were forbidden to stable horses or coaches. Nameless villages often had problems trading their produce in nearby towns and were generally shunned by their neighbours.
Queen Elizabeth I, took the idea of levelling and ploughing a step further. She ransomed village greens and later used them as a currency to show her favour.
Instead of destroying the greens of villages that had angered her, she had the turf dug up, the trees uprooted from the ground, while still alive, and the whole lot transported, by cart or by river, to her patchwork gardens, located on what is now Mitcham Common in South London. According to the Church sisters, you could still see evidence of the patchwork gardens on the common when they were young girls.
However, the patchwork gardens were only a temporary home; eventually the greens were either restored to their original villages or they were given to another village as a reward for service or loyalty.
In the latter case, the village would either take the name of its new green or combine it with their existing name. A good example is the village of Colton Ashby in Essex which possesses two greens, one of which was removed from the village of Ashby in Devon, after the local farmers refused to pay their taxes.
Undoubtedly this renaming caused terrible confusion. Villages who had their greens taken away, and had been renamed, would often still be known locally by their traditional names. Villages, who had received new greens as a favour from the crown, often had two names, which were used interchangeably.
In 1889, following a national census, it was decided that every human habitation above the size of a hamlet would be given an official name that would be used in local and national records from then on. During the naming ceremonies, that took place up and down the country, villages generally had their traditional names reinstated.
It is possible that the village of your birth may have been known locally as Oldton, but officially it may have another name that appears on maps and in the records of the local authority.
Perhaps the fine green that we see in the photograph originated from another village called Oldton, and was transplanted to your village by Royal favour. In the naming of Britain ceremonies of 1889, it is possible that your childhood village might have officially reverted to its original name. Meanwhile the village that had once been Oldton, before its green was taken away, may well have been formally re-christened as Oldton once more.
As a young boy, you recall Oldton – the local name for the village – a name that brought to mind a service done to the Crown that was recognised and rewarded. However your Oldton might have only ever existed on a royal whim - A whim that was swept away by the political machinery of a democratic government.
I may well be wrong. The history of our country often appears implausible and convoluted. Who knows? Maybe there is another equally convincing explanation as to why you can no longer locate the place of your birth.
Jonathan Kepple
January 17, 2004 in Postings, Text | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Owl Town
Last Thursday an American fighter pilot accidentally dropped a bomb on Yorkshire. In the crater thus created in a farmer's field an old name stone for the farm was revealed. Initial examination reveals it's probably 12th Century. The field is known as Owlcotes but the stone carving read "Old Ton". Our word Owl can be traced back to the Middle English "oule" which and of course Ton means Farm, so Old Ton (or Owl Farm) could be in Yorkshire, where there are lots of abandoned villages let alone disappearing towns.... I've driven through North Yorkshire a lot and that picture of the triangular green looks disturbingly familiar.
There was also a settlement called Old Ton in the 13th century in Allendale near Hexham in Northumberland...
Oulton, Suffolk
I now have a feeling Oldton is the old name for Oulton which is in Suffolk - not far from Lowestoft - in fact now part of it.
Are you aware of any Suffolk connections - maybe you feel a twang when by the sea - many Oulton men were sailors - sailing out of Lowestoft - perhaps some of the Wrights of Oulton were not only farmers but sailors.
They would sit on the bench on that little green in your picture and tell tales of the sea - later sing songs, sea shanties in the pub.
Do you know any sea shanties Tim? Anyone else?
January 13, 2004 in Drawings, Image, Postings, Text | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Beech trees
Found this image on a Web site: http://www.uberfish.freeserve.co.uk/SideFish/HTML%20imagemap%20prototype/beech.htm
It reminded me of standing in the garden in Oldton under the beech tree.
January 11, 2004 in Image, Photos | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
The Lamberte Shield
Here is the shield of Lamberte of Oldton. Perhaps you are related to him. His shield has sheep on it - so a connection with farming.
Alongside the coat of arms was written this: "This coate sometimes borne by Lambarte of Oldton." - so sometimes it must have been borne by someone else - I wonder who?
The only coat of arms I ever wore was on my school blazer and it read 'Non Nobis' - I was taunted by boys from other schools about this and quickly learned all the quiet but longer ways home.
The sign on the green is very similar to a sign I've seen - it might even read:
'Lambertes Of Oldton - Antiques & Pine Furniture'
The kind of place one finds oneself going into on a Sunday afternoon after lunch in the country.
I believe Oldton to be one of those villages that only actually exist for most of us at the weekend.
Paul T Conneally
Education & Regional Director World Haiku Club
Director Haikumania Project
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January 10, 2004 in Drawings, Image | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Imaginary dog
Is this one of the imaginary dogs of Oldton that Mazzy mentioned?
An email from Mazzy
Your new project is a remarkable coincidence. I have never before heard from anyone who remembers Oldton. In fact, over the years I've begun to doubt my own memories of the place.
I never lived there myself but my grandparents had a house on the outskirts of the village at some point in the 1970's. The road was called Matthews Lane, I think, or something like that. Strangely, I have no memory of the house itself but a very vivid recollection of taking my imaginary dogs for a walk to the end of the road so that they could get some exercise while we were visiting and, presumably, so that they could do what little dogs need to (even imaginary ones). I can remember clearly that there was a bus stop near the corner and a phone box but I don't think we ever went beyond this on our leg-stretches. Since we arrived and left by car I never formed any other picture of the village itself and don't recognise the scene in your photograph at all.
These walks must have been a trying matter for my parents because we always had to make sure that there was a large enough gap in the traffic for two excitable corgis to walk along the stretches with no pavement. Long after my grandparents moved to Bristol, while I was away at university, my mother
revisted Oldton. She reported back that it was strange to look out over what were once uninterrupted fields and see the lines of motorway lighting that had sprouted up in the middle distance.
I've also been looking to see if there's any evidence of former Oldton residents. I wondered whether John Oldton might be a colourful part of the village's early history?
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdannear/firstfam/garrett/garrett.htm
http://www.watkins.org.au/archives/states/maryland.shtml
Good luck with your work to uncover more information about Oldton. As there don't seem to be any contemporary references to the place I can only suppose that it's had some sort of makeover and been renamed.
January 05, 2004 in Emails, Text | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
My first Oldton picture
Attached is the only picture of Oldton, my childhood town, that I have found so far. It is the only evidence I have that Oldton ever existed, that my childhood existed, that my family ever existed as a family.
Anything you can tell me about this photo will be of use: consider the green, the trees, the street furniture, the architecture, the cars...
Loria Schleiff on graveyard
Stelle Courney on Another red car
peter on Aliens & parasites
andrew crosby on Bonfire Night
christine - south africa on Ilkley Moor
matthew on memories of my Oldton
Andrew on Red Renault 5
Andrew on Another red car
timw on Leaving Oldton
timw on Toxoplasma gondii


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An Open Letter to President Obama from Michael Moore
Do you really want to be the new "war president"? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple.
Tuesday, December 1,2009 16:42
by Michael Moore ICH&Ikhwanweb
Dear President Obama,
Do you really want to be the new "war president"? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple. And with that you will do the worst possible thing you could do -- destroy the hopes and dreams so many millions have placed in you. With just one speech tomorrow night you will turn a multitude of young people who were the backbone of your campaign into disillusioned cynics. You will teach them what they've always heard is true -- that all politicians are alike. I simply can't believe you're about to do what they say you are going to do. Please say it isn't so.
It is not your job to do what the generals tell you to do. We are a civilian-run government. WE tell the Joint Chiefs what to do, not the other way around. That's the way General Washington insisted it must be. That's what President Truman told General MacArthur when MacArthur wanted to invade China. "You're fired!," said Truman, and that was that. And you should have fired Gen. McChrystal when he went to the press to preempt you, telling the press what YOU had to do. Let me be blunt: We love our kids in the armed services, but we f*#&in' hate these generals, from Westmoreland in Vietnam to, yes, even Colin Powell for lying to the UN with his made-up drawings of WMD (he has since sought redemption).
So now you feel backed into a corner. 30 years ago this past Thursday (Thanksgiving) the Soviet generals had a cool idea -- "Let's invade Afghanistan!" Well, that turned out to be the final nail in the USSR coffin.
There's a reason they don't call Afghanistan the "Garden State" (though they probably should, seeing how the corrupt President Karzai, whom we back, has his brother in the heroin trade raising poppies). Afghanistan's nickname is the "Graveyard of Empires." If you don't believe it, give the British a call. I'd have you call Genghis Khan but I lost his number. I do have Gorbachev's number though. It's + 41 22 789 1662. I'm sure he could give you an earful about the historic blunder you're about to commit.
With our economic collapse still in full swing and our precious young men and women being sacrificed on the altar of arrogance and greed, the breakdown of this great civilization we call America will head, full throttle, into oblivion if you become the "war president." Empires never think the end is near, until the end is here. Empires think that more evil will force the heathens to toe the line -- and yet it never works. The heathens usually tear them to shreds.
Choose carefully, President Obama. You of all people know that it doesn't have to be this way. You still have a few hours to listen to your heart, and your own clear thinking. You know that nothing good can come from sending more troops halfway around the world to a place neither you nor they understand, to achieve an objective that neither you nor they understand, in a country that does not want us there. You can feel it in your bones.
I know you know that there are LESS than a hundred al-Qaeda left in Afghanistan! A hundred thousand troops trying to crush a hundred guys living in caves? Are you serious? Have you drunk Bush's Kool-Aid? I refuse to believe it.
Your potential decision to expand the war (while saying that you're doing it so you can "end the war") will do more to set your legacy in stone than any of the great things you've said and done in your first year. One more throwing a bone from you to the Republicans and the coalition of the hopeful and the hopeless may be gone -- and this nation will be back in the hands of the haters quicker than you can shout "tea bag!"
Choose carefully, Mr. President. Your corporate backers are going to abandon you as soon as it is clear you are a one-term president and that the nation will be safely back in the hands of the usual idiots who do their bidding. That could be Wednesday morning.
We the people still love you. We the people still have a sliver of hope. But we the people can't take it anymore. We can't take your caving in, over and over, when we elected you by a big, wide margin of millions to get in there and get the job done. What part of "landslide victory" don't you understand?
Don't be deceived into thinking that sending a few more troops into Afghanistan will make a difference, or earn you the respect of the haters. They will not stop until this country is torn asunder and every last dollar is extracted from the poor and soon-to-be poor. You could send a million troops over there and the crazy Right still wouldn't be happy. You would still be the victim of their incessant venom on hate radio and television because no matter what you do, you can't change the one thing about yourself that sends them over the edge.
The haters were not the ones who elected you, and they can't be won over by abandoning the rest of us.
President Obama, it's time to come home. Ask your neighbors in Chicago and the parents of the young men and women doing the fighting and dying if they want more billions and more troops sent to Afghanistan. Do you think they will say, "No, we don't need health care, we don't need jobs, we don't need homes. You go on ahead, Mr. President, and send our wealth and our sons and daughters overseas, 'cause we don't need them, either."
What would Martin Luther King, Jr. do? What would your grandmother do? Not send more poor people to kill other poor people who pose no threat to them, that's what they'd do. Not spend billions and trillions to wage war while American children are sleeping on the streets and standing in bread lines.
All of us that voted and prayed for you and cried the night of your victory have endured an Orwellian hell of eight years of crimes committed in our name: torture, rendition, suspension of the bill of rights, invading nations who had not attacked us, blowing up neighborhoods that Saddam "might" be in (but never was), slaughtering wedding parties in Afghanistan. We watched as hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians were slaughtered and tens of thousands of our brave young men and women were killed, maimed, or endured mental anguish -- the full terror of which we scarcely know.
When we elected you we didn't expect miracles. We didn't even expect much change. But we expected some. We thought you would stop the madness. Stop the killing. Stop the insane idea that men with guns can reorganize a nation that doesn't even function as a nation and never, ever has.
Stop, stop, stop! For the sake of the lives of young Americans and Afghan civilians, stop. For the sake of your presidency, hope, and the future of our nation, stop. For God's sake, stop.
Tonight we still have hope.
Tomorrow, we shall see. The ball is in your court. You DON'T have to do this. You can be a profile in courage. You can be your mother's son.
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From "It Was a Miracle!" Ensign, Nov. 1977, 11–13.
From cover to cover, the Book of Mormon is a revelation, an inspired translation, the work of God and not of any man.
… How can critics [then] say that Joseph Smith, in his youth, was so scholarly that he could or would deliberately take passages from the Bible and skillfully make it appear that they were part of the Book of Mormon manuscript?
His mother said that at that early point in his life he had not yet even read through the Bible. Then how could he select carefully chosen passages and work them into the Book of Mormon so appropriately and skillfully?
Not having read through the Bible in his early years, he had no adequate knowledge with which to do such an editing job even if he had been adept at writing or editing, neither of which skills he possessed that early in life.
Read, for example, some of the Savior's beautiful sermons in that book. Note that the Lord quotes Bible prophets. Are we to say that the unlearned Joseph Smith had the audacity or the skill to rewrite the Savior's sermons and insert [Bible] passages in them, thinking to improve on what Jesus said?
From cover to cover the Book of Mormon is a revelation, an inspired translation, the work of God and not of any man. From cover to cover it is true.


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Somalia's Shabaab claim Kampala bombings
Monday July 12 2010
MOGADISHU, July 12, 2010
Somalia's Al-Qaeda-inspired Shabaab rebels claimed responsibility Monday for bombings in Kampala that killed 74 people as they watched the World Cup final, in the region's worst attacks in 12 years.
The twin attacks in the Ugandan capital dampened Africa's post World Cup euphoria, drew a barrage of global condemnation and marked an unprecedented internationalisation of Somalia's two-decade-old civil war.
"We are behind the attack because we are at war with them," Ali Mohamoud Rage, the Shabaab group's top spokesman told reporters in Mogadishu.
The movement's top leader had warned in an audio message earlier this month that Uganda would face retaliation for contributing to an African Union force supporting the western-backed Somali transitional government.
Explosions ripped through a sports bar and an Ethiopian restaurant in Kampala where people had gathered to watch the football World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands.
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"The latest official count is 74 confirmed dead," Fred Opolot, a Ugandan government spokesman, told AFP.
Dozens of people were also wounded in the attacks that rattled Kampala days before it was due to host the African Union heads of state summit.
Opolot said police were trying to determine if suicide bombers carried out the attacks.
"While there is evidence to suggest that there were suicide bombers, at the same time it is thought that the bombs were under some chairs," he told reporters.
They were the deadliest attacks in the region since 1998 bombings against the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
A US embassy spokeswoman confirmed one American was among the dead and an AFP correspondent saw at least three wounded US citizens at the city's main Mulago hospital.
Suspicion immediately fell on the Shabaab, whose overall leader Mohamed Abdi Godane had warned in an audio message earlier this month that Uganda and Burundi would be targeted.
The two countries provide troops to the African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM) which is fighting daily battles against the Shabaab in Mogadishu in a desperate effort to prop up the government.
The Shabaab accuse AMISOM of killing civilians during its operations around the tiny perimeter housing President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's embattled administration.
"We will continue the attacks if they continue to kill our people," Rage said. "This was a defensive measure against the Ugandans who came to our country and killed our people. This was retaliation for their actions."
The Ugandans were the first to deploy to Somalia in early 2007 and form the backbone of AMISOM, which is the last rampart preventing the Shabaab from claiming complete control of Mogadishu.
Ugandan officials insisted Monday that the July 19-27 African Union summit would go ahead as planned and that troops would not be withdrawn from Mogadishu.
The Kampala bombings were the deadliest in Shabaab's history and the first attacks they have perpetrated outside Somalia.
In Kampala, medics and officials were still trying to establish the nationalities of those killed in the bombings while friends and relatives separated by the blasts were looking for their loved ones in hospitals.
"We just wanted to watch the World Cup. Unfortunately we went to the Ethiopian Village," said Chris Sledge, an 18-year-old US national who suffered serious injuries to his legs and a bruised eye.
"I feel OK. I'm going to need surgery," he said.
France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner described the attacks as "barbaric" while British Foreign Secretary William Hague said he was "deeply shocked" by news of the blasts, adding they were "cowardly attacks during an event that was widely seen as a celebration of African unity."
US President Barack Obama "is deeply saddened by the loss of life resulting from these deplorable and cowardly attacks," US National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer said.
The United States was in contact with its embassy in Kampala and the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding Uganda's requests for assistance, a US official said.
Interpol said it was sending a team to Uganda.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni condemned the attack and vowed to pursue the culprits.
"People who are watching football are not people who should be targeted," Museveni said when he visited the Kampala Rugby Club bar, which along with an Ethiopian restaurant located some four kilometres (2.4 miles) away, were hit.
"We should go for them because they are very irresponsible, backward and cowardly," he added at the scene where some survivors said two blasts went off.


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You can have beer with your pizza or, thanks to Palermo's, IN your pizza.
Palermo's brews up a quartet of pizzas with Leinie's beer-infused crusts
Milwaukee's Screamin' Sicilian Pizza Co. (aka Palermo's) and Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company have joined forces to create a line of frozen pizzas dubbed 'Za Brewski.
By Bobby Tanzilo Senior Editor/Writer Published Jul 27, 2020 at 12:01 PM
Why have beer with your pizza when you can have beer in your pizza?
Milwaukee's Screamin' Sicilian Pizza Co. (aka Palermo's) and Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company have joined forces to create a line of frozen pizzas dubbed 'Za Brewski.
The same pizza company that recently brought you Johnsonville brat pizza now has four pies that use a crust baked with Leinenkugel's Original, an American Pilsner brewed with pale malts and cluster hops.
The crust is available on these flavor combos:
Philly Cheesesteak: Leinenkugel's Original Beer-Infused Crust, Beer Cheese Sauce, Whole Milk Mozzarella, Steak Strips, Green Bell Peppers and Caramelized Onions, Parmesan and Romano
Pepperoni: Leinenkugel's Original Beer-Infused Crust, Beer Cheese Sauce, Whole Milk Mozzarella, Pepperoni, Diced Provolone, Parmesan and Romano
Hot Italian Sausage & Pepperoni: Leinenkugel's Original Beer-Infused Crust, Beer Cheese Sauce, Whole Milk Mozzarella, Sliced Hot Italian Sausage, Sliced Pepperoni, Parmesan and Romano
BBQ Meatball: Leinenkugel's Original Beer-Infused Crust, Beer BBQ Sauce, Whole Milk Mozzarella, Beer Glazed Mini Meatballs, Roasted Red Onions, Parmesan and Romano
It seems a shame that there's not a Johnsonville brat version, too. But, hey, there's time.
The pizzas are available at the places you usually find Screamin' Sicilians, including Piggly Wiggly, Woodman's, Jewel, Sendik's, Festival Foods, Harris Teeter, Hy-Vee, Price Chopper Midwest, Berkots, Caputo's, Sunset Foods, Butera, SVT, and Kroger (aka Pick 'n Save and Metro Market).
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Bobby Tanzilo Senior Editor/Writer @BobbyOnMKEcom
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He can be heard weekly on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories.
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Kelsie Figgins – Profile
Thanks, Veronica Gizuk • Feb 23, 2021 – Gatetowire.ca
Twenty-four-year-old Kelsie Figgins was born and raised in Charles Town, West Virginia. She has been around racing since a young age. Kelsie is the daughter of multiple graded stakes-winning trainer Ollie Figgins III. "Horses are my whole life, and I would not have it any other way," said Figgins.
Kelsie grew up in the show ring with her sisters riding the families' numerous ottbs that they retrained to become hunter/jumpers. When Kelsie wasn't showing or in school, she spent her spare time following her father around at the track, learning every aspect of racing that she could. Kelsie received her exercise rider's license in high school and began riding at the track regularly. After graduating high school, Kelsie became the assistant trainer for her father. She was the assistant for six years and travelled all over with the horses. Kelsie recently decided to take an assistant job with a smaller trainer Manolo Mangual at Charles Town to focus on her passion for rehoming ottbs.
Over the past year, Kelsie and sister Emilie started their own business called Figgins Off Track Thoroughbreds. Since starting up in June, the two have successfully rehomed 13 thoroughbreds. "We know how important aftercare is for our horses who give us their all on the track," said Figgins. The two also take part in the Retired Racehorse Project. This year they will be taking three horses. Emilie's entry is Arcaro by Tapit, and Kelise's entries are King of Blues by Luftikus, and I Need You by Denis of Cork. Kelsie's entries are two West Virginia breds that she got from trainers at Charles Town. "This industry has a lot to it, and I am glad to be involved in so many ways," said Figgins.
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In a recent case, the First Circuit Court of Appeals determined that Standard Insurance Company acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it denied an environmental attorney with severe depression Long-Term disability insurance benefits.
The claimant was an equity partner in a law firm in Maine for almost three decades. In August of 2011, the claimant became a non-equity partner handling environmental law cases. Towards the end of 2011, the claimant was diagnosed with severe major depressive disorder with suicidal ideation, resulting in impairments in memory and concentration. The claimant continued to work until the end of January of 2012, at which point she filed her claim for disability benefits under her Long-Term disability policy issued by Standard Insurance Company. Rather than considering the claimant's Own Occupation as an environmental attorney, Standard Insurance Company considered the duties of a generic attorney found in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles ("DOT"). Based on this, Standard Insurance Company determined that the claimant was not Totally Disabled under the policy. The claimant filed an administrative appeal with Standard Insurance Company, but Standard Insurance Company refused to overturn its denial of benefits.
The claimant filed suit under the pseudonym, Jane Doe. The district court ruled for Standard Insurance Company, finding that the denial was reasonable. Accordingly, Jane Doe appealed to the First Circuit Court of Appeals.
The First Circuit found that Standard Insurance Company's reliance on the DOT description of a generic attorney, rather than Jane Doe's actual occupational duties as an environmental attorney was arbitrary and capricious. Accordingly, the First Circuit overturned the district court's decision and awarded Jane Doe her Long-Term Disability benefits.
5We agree with Doe that Standard's reliance on the DOT description of a generic "lawyer," rather than a job description that fully and accurately encompassed the material duties of Doe's specialized area of legal practice, rendered Standard's decision arbitrary and capricious. The Plan defines the key inquiry as whether Doe was disabled from performing the material duties of her Own Occupation, and so "a reasoned determination of the existence of disability vel non required], inter alia, a review of the material duties of [Doe's] particular position."
Doe v. Standard Ins. Co., No. 16-2085, 2017 WL 1101609, at *4 (1st Cir. Mar. 24, 2017)
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Nebraska Lifts Alcohol Ban at State Parks
By: Woodall's Campground Magazine|Published on: Sep 23, 2010|Categories: Industry News| 0 comments
Alcohol hasn't been allowed in Nebraska state parks for 15 years, but that's changing. Starting Jan. 1, alcohol will be allowed in some state parks. Wednesday Gov. Dave Heineman made it official, KHAS-TV, Hastings, Neb., reported.
While some are praising the decision, other Nebraskans and vocal groups like Project Extra Mile said it's a policy that puts Nebraska families and children at risk.
The new measure excludes state wildlife management areas and Lake McConaughy.
It was actually rowdy parties and violence at the lake that led to the ban in the first place.
Now that drinking is allowed at other parks, some are worried that those same problems will arise once again.
While many head to the campgrounds in the summer, the Thomases camp out all year round.
"The openness, the freedom, the fresh air, the sunshine – my camper is my home," said camper Larry Thomas.
And that home may be disrupted. In May, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission overturned the alcohol ban. It is a decision upheld by Heineman on Wednesday.
But some are afraid that drinking will get out of hand.
"A lot of them come out here they're drunk when they get here and we have a lot of trouble with that," said Mormon Island watchman Bill Tjaden.
"My concern is the fact that somebody will come into the park and then we if we ask them to leave that we'll be taking a gentleman that drank and put him on the highway to send him home," said Thomas.
Water safety is another concern for campers. They say mixing alcohol with activities like fishing or boating is never a good idea.
"That should be a no, no because you hear about people that have drowned and they find alcohol in them. If you're gonna drink, drink on land," Gary Hager said.
Under the new measure, alcohol may not be consumed on beaches, roadways or lots. There's also no drinking past 10 p.m. and no kegs will be allowed.
"Alcohol is a legal product and citizens have an obligation to drink responsibly," said Heineman.
And if they don't, local law enforcement will step in.
"If we get calls for service, we handle calls for service whether they're at a state park or anywhere else so I don't anticipate that it'll cause us any additional stress," said Lt. Bill Keeling.
But it may be more stressful for some regulars at the campgrounds.
"No reservations, they'll be able to drink out in the open and all we can do as park people is ask them to be quiet or drink responsibly," Thomas said.
So that everybody can enjoy the peace and quietness of the campgrounds.
The Game and Parks Commission has the authority to ban alcohol at any state park where drinking gets out of hand.


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Posted in 42 (Two of Cups), numerology, Pam Matranga, path of destiny / how you learn what you are here to learn (sum of all of the letters), tagged District attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Galveston County Texas, Houston Press, James Gist, Lawsuit, Matranga, Paula Deen, Texas on May 8, 2012|
The lawsuit reads like the script for a sexual harassment in the workplace video, but a former Texas deputy said the unwanted sexual advances from his female constable went too far.
Galveston County Constable Pam Matranga made lewd and suggestive advances to Deputy James Gist, including forcing his head into her breasts on two occasions, according to his complaint.
"[Matranga] lifted her blouse and pulled it down over Plaintiff's head. [She] pressed her breasts against the head of Plaintiff," said the lawsuit, which was filed in District Court in Galveston County earlier this month and posted on Houston Press.
The suit details an alleged history of lewd behavior Gist said he suffered in the workplace
Matranga declined to discuss the allegations levied against her in the lawsuit.
"Unfortunately Mr. Gist is allowed to say and do whatever he wants and I stand by a higher standard," she told ABCNews.com, adding that she was not allowed to make any further comments.
When asked if she liked to joke around in the office, Matranga said, "Yes."
Fed up with his boss, who he claims once said she wanted to perform at "chunky chicks night" at a local strip club and then gyrated in his face, Gist decided to take action. The deputy set up a recording device on his desk.
On Oct. 26, 2011, Gist said he was once again forced under Matranga's shirt and pushed into her breasts. He yelled at her to stop while the device may have picked up the incident on his desk, according to the court documents.
Matranga found out about the device and filed a complaint with the Galveston County District Attorney's Office. Gist alleged the constable, who said she has a "clean" record in her 19 years of service, deleted evidence on the recorder.
Five days later, Gist was suspended and ultimately resigned from his position as a deputy.
The Galveston County District Attorney's office is reviewing Matranga's complaint against Gist allegedly bugging the office to determine if it "warrants criminal charges," said Kevin Petroff, assistant district attorney.
Gist also filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He was unable to be reached for comment.
The two-term constable faces competition for her job in the May 29 Republican primary.
from: http://abcnews.go.com/US/galveston-county-constable-pam-matranga-accused-sexual-harassment/story?id=16304189#.T6mW7etSQ3M
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Q: GCC 5.4 compiler not recognizing included MOC files during build (Qt5, Ubuntu 16.04) I have Qt 5.6.2 installed on Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit). My project build is successful except for my compiler (GCC 5.4) giving me this error over and over again:
fatal error: No such file or directory
... #include "some_cpp_file.moc"

The file exists in the output directory by the time this error is thrown, and Qt5 moc's the files with no error. It is interesting to note that this error only happens with the source .cpp files I am moc'ing. When I explicitly specify the output directory in the build script (Jamroot), the build is successful - however, this is impractical for the amount of projects that I need to build.
This project built successfully on Ubuntu 14.04 with Qt 4.8. I have installed Qt5 from the .run file they provide and also built the binaries from scratch, but no luck. The build system I am using is Boost.Build (b2) which I also use on Ubuntu 14.04 with Qt4.8 with no issues, a.k.a. I use the Jamroot file to control the build and not a CMake or qmake file.
How can I make the gcc compiler look in the output directory (bin/gcc-5.4/release/...) without explicitly telling it to look there? Is there some flag I need to add?
Thank you very much for your help in advance. :-)
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Q: which vectors are perpendicular to each other? which vectors are perpendicular to each other?
$\vec a = (1, -2, 3)$, $\vec b = (5, 4, 1)$, $\vec c = (1, 0, -5)$
Do i just take the dot product of 2 of them. If the dot product they are at $90^\circ$? But how do i know if there perpendicular?

A: This is a numerical answer since explanatory answers have already been given.
$\vec a = (1,-2,3)$ and $\vec b=(5,4,1)$ are perpendicular (orthogonal)
$\vec b = (5,4,1)$ and $\vec c=(1,0,-5)$ are also perpendicular.
Why?
$$\vec a\cdot \vec b=\begin{bmatrix}1\\-2\\3\end{bmatrix}\cdot\begin{bmatrix}5\\4\\1\end{bmatrix}=1\cdot 5-2\cdot 4+3\cdot 1=5-8+3=0$$
$$\vec b\cdot \vec c=\begin{bmatrix}5\\4\\1\end{bmatrix}\cdot\begin{bmatrix}1\\0\\-5\end{bmatrix}=5\cdot 1+4\cdot 0+1\cdot -5=5-0-5=0$$
This is because their scalar products are both zero.

A: Two vectors are perpendicular if the angle between them is $\frac{\pi}{2}$, i.e., if the dot product is $0$. This follows from the fact that for two vectors $\vec{v}, \vec{w}$, we have $\vec{v}\cdot\vec{w} = |\vec{v}||\vec{w}|\cos(\theta)$, where $\theta$ is the angle between $\vec{v}$ and $\vec{w}$.

A: If the dot product two vectors is $0$, they are orthogonal; in other words, they are perpendicular.
The dot product between two vectors $\vec u, \vec v$ is given by $\vec{u}\cdot\vec{v} = |\vec{u}||\vec{v}|\cos(\theta)$, so $$\vec u \cdot \vec v = 0 \implies \cos \theta  = 0 \implies \theta = \pi/2 \;\;(90^\circ).$$
(Recall:  two vectors that are orthogonal (perpendicular) form a right angle $\theta = \pi/2 = 90^\circ$.)
Algebraic definition would be $\vec{u}\cdot\vec{v} = \sum_{i=1}^n\: a_i b_i.$

A: To know the vectors that are perpendicular or orthogonal to each other, the following must be taken into consideration:

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*the scalar (dot) product between the two considered vectors must be zero $(0)$.

*the angle between the two considered vectors must be $90^{\circ}$.


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