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Before the pandemic, the local groups of VG organized in-person meetings and events.
Photo: Venezolanas Globales
A Global Network For and By Venezuelan Women
The network Venezolanas Globales is bringing together Venezuelan migrant women, all over the world
Alejandra Márquez Janse October 12, 2020
When María Corina Muskus Toro and Yenni Peña created a Facebook group in 2018 to connect with other Venezuelan women abroad, they didn't know it would grow into a global web connecting more than two thousand of them.
Venezolanas Globales (VG) is now a network that provides resources and support for women of the Venezuelan diaspora in about 13 cities around the world. They hold local meetups, workshops on entrepreneurship and leadership, and provide information through online group chats, social media, a blog, and a website.
"There weren't any similar initiatives," said Muskus, director and co-founder. "There were many initiatives focused on Venezuelans in different cities or countries but this is the first initiative that unites Venezuelan women."
Muskus, a feminist and human rights defender, moved to Mexico City after living a few years in Washington, D.C., where she obtained a master's degree in Gender and Human Rights from the American University. She had a group of women in D.C. and craved to have something similar in her new city. She began to connect with some women she knew and, inspired by a similar network called Atlas Network, she and Peña eventually created an informal but private Facebook group where Venezuelan migrant women shared recommendations, contacts, and tips to adapt to their new countries.
VG now connects women in New York, Miami, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Lima, Quito, Madrid, London, Paris, and others.
They also developed an ambassador program that localizes the network's efforts. A selected group of women leads the way in each city, planning workshops, in-person meetings and managing group chats.
Paola Albornoz is a content coordinator for VG and one of those ambassadors in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a journalist and feminist, she joined the network in 2019 and was chosen as an ambassador when the program started. She stresses the importance of groups such as this to find one's ground when migrating.
"This group is born from a need to strengthen contacts towards someone who can recommend you a job, to find economic stability, or to build bridges for you with the health system and different things that come up in daily life and that, being away from your nucleus, you don't have first hand," she says.
Through VG, both Muskus and Albornoz have witnessed the characteristics, changes and challenges of Venezuelan migrant women.
Muskus says they comprise a high-skilled diaspora. Many women who have joined the network have a master's degree and some even doctorates. She has also noticed their interests and needs vary depending on the city where they moved. For example, many who migrated to London have spent years there now, and mostly moved for academic or professional reasons. In contrast, migration to Colombia is more recent and mostly due to the complex humanitarian crisis that Venezuela is facing.
The transformation of their thinking and the drive to improve are also palpable.
"We're not the same ones we were in Venezuela."
"We're not the same ones we were in Venezuela," Muskus says. According to her, being exposed to different customs, languages, and people in their new countries has led the women to expand their knowledge and opinions about themselves and the world. They are also a "community thirsty of connecting." They are ambitious to learn skills and tips from each other; eager to get new professional skills that can help them land jobs or even start their own businesses in their new homes.
Albornoz adds that the women are not only constantly learning, but also eager to share the knowledge with the others.
"Wherever one places a flag for Venezuelan women, she opens a path for the rest."
Fighting Discrimination Abroad
Albornoz and Muskus haven't been blind to the discrimination that these women have often faced. The two of them, along with the other women, have learned how machismo is prevalent in different places but manifests in different forms. In Perú and Colombia, for example, gender-based discrimination and xenophobia have been prominent, to the point where, last year, they didn't even hold public events in Lima for fear of problems. In Mexico, they live weary of the rate of femicides that has skyrocketed since 2015.
However, migrating has given these women an awareness of how they were also victims in Venezuela, Albornoz and Muskus say. By discussing their experiences abroad and reflecting on their years in Venezuela, they have realized that our culture has subtle ways to show its gender bias.
According to Muskus, members of VG started to take matters into their own hands. Some in Colombia work in NGOs or human rights organizations, focusing on women's issues. She and a group of women in Mexico also participated in this year's Women's Day march on March 8th. She had attended before with a group of women from Mexico and other countries, but this was the first time she attended only with Venezuelans.
They also turn to their meetings, group chats and workshops to educate themselves about what happens in their countries, learn about issues related to feminism and the LGBTQ+ community, discuss their experiences, and understand how to identify discrimination and micromachismo (subtle discrimination against women that can sometimes go unnoticed).
Quarantine Heightens Connectivity
With the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020, VG took its regular meetings and workshops to Zoom and Instagram. They grew the content of their blog (with the dedication of Albornoz, Muskus points out) and social media presence. They started Instagram lives and takeovers in which members shared tips on anything from makeup to how to deal with migratory grief.
The virtual novelty also allowed for more connection between the local groups. Now, it's not just the women in Buenos Aires networking with each other. It's them meeting those in Mexico or the United States just as easy. Muskus and Albornoz say this has made VG feel more like a global community.
Passing the Knowledge Along
Muskus and Albornoz shared with us at Caracas Chronicles some of their advice for those women who are starting their careers and lives abroad:
Open up. You leave your home country with social norms and stereotypes. You need to be flexible to understanding the new cultures and people you will encounter abroad.
Strengthen your confidence. As a Venezuelan woman, your professional and personal experiences are valuable to your new country.
Don't give up. Looking for a job in a foreign market is difficult, but you never know when that offer or opportunity will arrive.
Be resilient. We have it hard when it comes to gender-based discrimination or xenophobia, but you need to understand that everything is temporary and new opportunities will come.
Stay in touch with your networks. Groups related to your career, women, or your new country are fundamental to finding your footing in your new home and making your immigration experience easier.
Keep in mind your value as a person. You may think that, as an immigrant, your worth as a professional or community member must be kept in your luggage or back in Venezuela. You are an immigrant, Albornoz says, but you're working, paying taxes, and trying to get your immigration documents. You are an important part of your new community.
These tips highlight the goals of VG: to give visibility and support to Venezuelan women abroad through sorority, and to provide a space where members can recognize their potential and become an inspiration for others.
Any women interested in joining the network can do so through their website.
Venezuelan Migrants Women
Alejandra Márquez Janse
Journalism at Florida International University. Social media and news monitoring at Caracas Chronicles and Cinco8.


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Dusan Jovcic for Netokracija: How our little board game studio grabbed attention at the 2021 Essen Spiel
The Essen Spiel 2021 board game fair had 93,600 visitors and 623 exhibitors from 42 countries - who would say board games are so popular? From a Serbian point of view, we are used to talking about it as a hobby of a small group of people who do not really understand them the best.
Over 93,000 visitors, fans of board games and everything geeky paraded through the eight halls of the fairgrounds in the German city of Essen. Although we were constantly amazed by the number of people and the crowd, more experienced visitors claim (which will be officially announced later) that this is the thinnest attendance since they have been coming to the fair, and some were there for the tenth time. What was noticeable was that Halls 4 and 8 were completely closed, while Halls 6 and 7 were operating at a reduced capacity.
Unlike previous years where there were very big crowds, this year both creators and publishers had more time to dedicate to each other and realize potential collaborations based on better conversations. This was especially important to us since we were at the fair for the first time and we wanted as many people as possible to see the Final Challenge game and hear about Kerber Games.
However, Halls 1, 2 and 3, in which the most important names in this industry were exhibited, especially as far as Germany is concerned, kept the old splendor and impressiveness of fairs from the past. Czech Games Edition, Hans im Glück, Kosmos, Pegasus, Goliath, AEG, Iello, Piatnik, Matagot, Gigamic animated a large number of people at once on their huge stands, showing projects that are in focus and selling games. At certain points, it was physically impossible to pass some of the stands, because the crowd was too big.
In addition to the world's most famous publishers, medium-sized publishers, who are just breaking into this interesting market, also presented themselves. Publishers like Jumbo Games, Falomir Juego, Bragelonne Games, Blackrock Games, Hydra Games, Lyfestyle Games, Taverna Ludica Games. There were also publishers from Belgium, Italy, France and Russia.
Another interesting model we noticed is that several smaller publishers from individual countries come together, share the costs and perform together at Essen Spiel, as a group of publishers. A great example of this is the team from the Norwegian Tabletop Game Publishers Association.
Essen Sipel is an ideal opportunity to promote your game, so it should be used to the maximum
Last but not least, we come to indie publishers - small studios that come from different countries of the world and promote their games, projects that are on Kickstarter or will be launched through some kind of crowdfunding. Here it is possible to see prototypes of games in various stages of development, test completely new concepts and find yourself holding your head and shouting "how did I not think of this?". Among the publishers of this size were us, Kerber Games. The main job that awaits a small publisher comes down to two things:
Animate as many people as possible to sit at your stand and try the game you see for the first time in your life.
Have as many meetings as possible with potential partners that will prepare you for the future and push your business a step further.
The first one is achieved by drawing attention to yourself, we handed out flyers, walked around and talked to people, sold branded masks and shared stickers with art from our game. Depending on the possibilities and the type of game they promote, we have seen various promotional approaches. Cosplay, free alcohol and QR codes on everything you can imagine. One team stamped people on the forehead with their QR codes. Branded bags and folders were distributed so that as many people as possible could see and remember your name.
We were branded from head to toe, and David estimated that our colors would stand out from the predominant black, which happened (everyone thought there were fifteen of us at the fair, even if there were only four of us)!
In addition to publishers, there are companies engaged in the production of games, the production of various game accessories, as well as the delivery of games, their employees run around and make agreements with both small and large publishers. It is very important to open conversations with all of them, in order to get the latest estimates about the cost of production and sending your game.
In addition to selling and testing games, we noticed that there are a large number of individuals who come to the fair with the aim of presenting their prototypes to major publishers and thus trying to sell their idea. Some publishers have admitted to us that they get over 4,000 different ideas for games during the year, a good part of which reaches Essen Spiel.
As for the organization of the event itself, everything is classically German. Signposts are everywhere, everything is logical, arranged and clean. In Germany, the vaccination certificate system has been valid for some time, which you show, put on a mask and your path is clear. For our conditions, however, transportation, accommodation, participation fee and even life in Germany are quite expensive.
After Essen, you realize how to grow from a small publisher to a big one
However, due to the opportunities for cooperation that are provided, the proximity and accessibility of relevant players from the board game industry and the number of users with whom you can test your game or games, we think that going to Essen is worth it!
After the fair, we gained new experience and insight into the industry - we saw what the stands of big and small "players" look like, what is similar and what is different. We managed to look at the fair as a whole from different angles: as fans of social games, we had the opportunity to enjoy the atmosphere of the fair and play games that are not yet available to the wider market.
On the other hand, as creators, we had the opportunity to be inspired by a bunch of phenomenal examples of visual solutions, new mechanics, disassembly of boxes, cards and live miniatures in one place; as entrepreneurs to make contact with relevant publishers, distributors and manufacturers for the purpose of potential cooperation. As people, to gain new acquaintances, hear other people's opinions and exchange experiences.
This helped us, in the end, to position ourselves in that microcosm. To make it easier to imagine where Kerber Games is in the near and distant future. How to get bigger from a small publisher and how to go from a simpler game to the next, more complex, project.
*The original text was featured on the Netokracija portal.
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30-Year Mortgage Rates in U.S. Fall from a Two-Year High
U.S. mortgage rates fell, reducing borrowing costs for homebuyers after the 30-year average jumped to a two-year high last week.
The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage dropped to 4.37 percent in the week ended today from 4.51 percent, which was the highest since July 2011, McLean, Virginia-based Freddie Mac said in a statement. The average 15-year rate slipped to 3.41 percent from 3.53 percent.
Rates are adjusting after spiking over expectations that the Federal Reserve will scale back bond purchases as the economy returns to health. While the 30-year average has climbed from a near-record low of 3.35 percent in early May, the higher rates probably won't slow the U.S. housing rebound, according to Frank Nothaft, chief economist at Freddie Mac.


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3 - The State of the World's Biodiversity
By Stuart L. Pimm, Peter H. Raven
Edited by Partha Dasgupta, University of Cambridge, Peter Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden, Anna McIvor, University of Cambridge
Book: Biological Extinction
Print publication: 05 September 2019, pp 80-112
In this chapter, we ask several simple questions. How many species are there, both named and unnamed? How fast are species now going extinct? How fast do species go extinct normally? And how fast do they diversify and thus might be able to recover from the current massive losses? Finally, where are extinctions concentrated, and how can we use this information to prevent extinctions?
This deceptively simple question has a rich – and even theological – pedigree. Westwood (1833) speculated 'On the probable number of species of insects in the Creation'.
Mapping and exploring the distribution of the Vulnerable grey-winged cotinga Tijuca condita
Maria Alice S. Alves, Stuart L. Pimm, Alline Storni, Marcos A. Raposo, M. de L. Brooke, Grant Harris, Andy Foster, Clinton N. Jenkins
The grey-winged cotinga Tijuca condita was first described in 1980 from an old specimen, misidentified as a congener. Field observations came later, from two remote, high-elevation forests in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Both involved only a few pairs of birds at best, making this species one of the least known in the world. Accurately defining the locations this species inhabits is an obvious prerequisite for designing conservation strategies to protect it. Using remotely sensed data on elevation and forest cover we mapped this species' habitat and predicted six more sites where it may occur. Field surveys confirmed two of them, doubling the known range of the species. The two easternmost predicted sites did not contain the species but these areas have less annual rainfall than other sites, which may explain the absences. This research serves as an important guide to conservation actions, for it uncovered biologically important areas for this species that had been previously overlooked. It has also measured the remaining habitat of the species so that any future losses can be detected.
Imagine immortal elephants
Stuart L. Pimm
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2008, p. 2
Rules of habitat use by elephants Loxodonta africana in southern Africa: insights for regional management
Grant M. Harris, Gareth J. Russell, Rudi I. van Aarde, Stuart L. Pimm
Managers in southern Africa are concerned that continually increasing elephant populations will degrade ecosystems. Culling, translocation and birth control are flawed solutions. An alternative is providing elephants more space but this hinges on identifying landscape preferences. We examined two diverse ecosystems and uncovered similarities in elephant habitat use, expressing these as 'rules'. We considered arid Etosha National Park, (Namibia) and the tropical woodlands of Tembe Elephant Park (South Africa) and Maputo Elephant Reserve (Mozambique). Landscape data consisted of vegetation types, distances from water and settlements. To surmount issues of scale and availability we incorporated elephant movements as a function that declined as distance from an elephant's location increased. This presumes that elephants optimize trade-offs between benefiting from high-quality resources and costs to find them. Under a likelihood-based approach we determined the important variables and shapes of their relationships to evaluate and compare models separated by gender, season and location. After considering elephants' preferences for areas nearby, habitat use usually increased with proximity to water in all locations. Elephants sought places with high proportions of vegetation, especially when neighbouring areas had low vegetative cover. Lastly, elephants avoided human settlements (when present), and cows more so than bulls. In caricature, elephants preferred to move little, drink easily, eat well, and avoid people. If one makes more areas available, elephants will probably favour areas near water with high vegetative cover (of many different types) and away from people. Managers can oblige elephants' preferences by supplying them. If so, they should anticipate higher impacts to neighbouring vegetation.
Abundance, distribution and conservation of Rio Branco Antbird Cercomacra carbonaria and Hoary-throated Spinetail Synallaxis kollari
Mariana M. Vale, J. Bruce Bell, Maria Alice S. Alves, Stuart L. Pimm
Journal: Bird Conservation International / Volume 17 / Issue 3 / September 2007
Print publication: September 2007
Cercomacra carbonaria and Synallaxis kollari are passerine birds endemic to the gallery forests of Roraima state in northernmost Brazil and adjacent Guyana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species lists both as Vulnerable but they have been removed from Brazil's list of threatened species because of data deficiency. They are poorly known, reflecting both Roraima state's distance from Brazil's main population centres and the inaccessibility of their habitat. In 2004 and 2005, we conducted bird surveys along the major rivers that provided previous sightings, and expanded records from only a handful to several dozens. We found C. carbonaria at 29% of the points surveyed, and estimated its local population density at approximately 80 individuals km−2 and total population size to exceed 15,000 individuals. The species has 723 km2 of available habitat, 8% of which is inside conservation units. We found S. kollari at 44% of the points surveyed, and estimated its local population density as approximately 60 individuals km−2, with an estimated total population size exceeding 5,000 individuals. It has 206 km2 of available habitat, none of which is inside conservation units. We recommend that C. carbonaria be down-listed on the IUCN Red List to the Near Threatened category, and that S. kollari be listed as Endangered. Both species live in areas vulnerable to habitat loss. We also recommend that both species re-enter the Brazilian list of threatened species and highlight the importance of indigenous reserves to their conservation.
Cercomacra carbonaria e Synallaxis kollari são aves passeriformes das matas de galeria do Estado de Roraima em sua parte mais ao norte do Brasil e da Guiana adjacente. Ambas as espécies são catalogadas como "Vulneráveis" pela lista vermelha de espécies ameaçadas da IUCN, mas foram excluídas da lista de espécies ameaçadas do Brasil devido è insuficiência de dados. Estas espécies são pouco conhecidas, refletindo tanto a distância do Estado de Roraima dos principais centros urbanos quanto a inacessibilidade do seu hábitat. Em 2004 e 2005, realizamos censos de aves anteriormente avistadas ao longo de rios maiores, aumentando assim os registros de apenas alguns poucos números para diversas dezenas. Encontramos C. carbonaria em 29% dos pontos amostrados e estimamos sua densidade local em ∼80 indivíduos km−2 e o tamanho populacional total em mais de 15.000 indivíduos. A espécie possui 723 km2 de habitat disponível, 8% do qual está incluído em unidades de conservação. Encontramos S. kollari em 44% dos pontos amostrados e estimamos sua densidade populacional local em ∼60 indivíduos km−2, com uma estimativa de tamanho populacional total em mais de 5,000 indivíduos. Esta espécie tem 206 km2 de habitat disponível, nenhum dos quais incluído em unidades de conservação. Recomendamos que C. carbonaria seja rebaixada para a categoria 'Quase Ameaçada' e S. kollari categorizada como 'Ameaçada' na lista vermelha da IUCN. Ambas as espécies vivem em áreas vulneráveis em relação è perda de seu hábitat. Recomendamos, também, que ambas as espécies sejam re-incluídas na lista de espécies ameaçadas do Brasil, destacando a importância das reservas indígenas para a sua conservação.
Why sparrow distributions do not match model predictions
Clinton N. Jenkins, Robert D. Powell, Oron L. Bass Jr., Stuart L. Pimm
Journal: Animal Conservation forum / Volume 6 / Issue 1 / February 2003
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 February 2003, pp. 39-46
A companion paper in this issue describes the mapping of Cape Sable seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis) habitat using satellite imagery. In general, those maps are correct. However, testing against an independent survey of the sparrow population does identify errors. Those errors fall into two categories, model errors and bird errors. The model errors result from genuine problems with the model. More interesting for conservation are the bird errors, which are more numerous. They are of two types. (1) Commission errors: some suitable habitat does not contain birds. These are areas where prior events have depleted sparrow numbers, but because the sparrows do not disperse long distances, they cannot occupy it quickly. (2) Omission errors: some birds remain in unsuitable habitat that was formerly suitable. This results from the sparrow's very high site fidelity. Often, they will not leave an area even when it is no longer suitable. The consequences of these bird errors are that some habitat and some birds are not contributing to the species' survival. Thus, an estimate of only the amount of habitat or only the sparrow population may present an overly optimistic view of the sparrow's plight.
Demonstrating the destruction of the habitat of the Cape Sable seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis)
The Cape Sable seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis) is Federally protected under the Endangered Species Act of the United States of America. This legislation prohibits direct or indirect take - the killing or harming - of the protected species. In 1993 and 1995, the opening of floodgates into Everglades National Park during the normal dry season resulted in a direct take of the sparrow. The argument was also made that there was indirect take through destruction of the habitat upon which the sparrow depends. Using a combination of fieldwork and satellite image analysis, we show that the floods did damage to the habitat of the sparrow. Moreover, they did so for a period longer than the actual flooding, further increasing the sparrow's extinction risk. Recovery of the sparrow population to pre-flood levels will require an adequate and stable amount of habitat. We now have a technique for monitoring that habitat and ensuring that poor water management does not threaten it. More broadly, this technique has the potential for monitoring the habitat of many other species and avoiding another situation such as the sparrow faces.
The effect of hydrological patterns and breeding-season flooding on the numbers and distribution of wading birds in Everglades National Park
Gareth J. Russell, Oron L. Bass, Stuart L. Pimm
Journal: Animal Conservation forum / Volume 5 / Issue 3 / August 2002
Field ecologists in Everglades National Park know that the dynamics of water flow affect the breeding success of wading birds. A number of recent studies have suggested foraging success as the primary causal link. Data on the number and location of foraging birds are available from the Systematic Reconnaissance Flights, monthly aerial surveys of wading birds and surface water condition. A set of regression models were developed that predict the number of foraging birds observed in the Park at the beginning of May, a crucial period in the breeding season of almost all wading birds in this area. Predictor variables were obtained by converting the observations of surface water condition into three indexes that describe (1) the amount of surface water in the Park in January (near the beginning of the 'dry' season), (2) the rate at which it dries over the subsequent months, and (3) the amount of disruption to that drying process. An information-theoretic measure, ICOMP(IFIM), was used to choose on the basis of parsimony between the large set of possible models that incorporate these predictors. Most species were best predicted by the same few models, and the fitted model parameters were also similar, indicating that the same pattern of surface water dynamics was optimal for most species. The optimal pattern was: intermediate water levels at the beginning of the dry season, a rapid rate of drying, and no disruption in the drying process. A number of disruptions in drying since 1985 have been the result of releases of water from the flow-control structures at the northern boundary of Everglades National Park. Reducing or eliminating these unnatural hydrological events should help wading bird populations to increase.
The implications of Cape Sable seaside sparrow demography for Everglades restoration
Julie L. Lockwood, Katherine H. Fenn, Jeffery M. Caudill, David Okines, Oron L. Bass Jr., Jeffery R. Duncan, Stuart L. Pimm
The Cape Sable seaside sparrow is a Federally listed endangered species endemic to south Florida's Everglades. It nests near the ground in seasonally dry prairies. Consequently, the timing and depth of seasonal water flows determine its fate. With water management plans the central focus of Everglades' restoration schemes, the demography of this bird becomes central to hydrologic planning. In order to understand how its demography influences restoration options, we calculated survivorship, fecundity and dispersal within three of the sparrow's six populations. Nearly 40% of adult sparrows die from year to year. Sparrows can produce up to four broods per breeding season, and typically produce two (March to August). Females lay an average of three eggs per nest, two of which usually hatch. The success of these nests varies among populations such that nests in population E are more than four times as likely to fledge young as nests within population A. Nest success within population B is 26% early in the breeding season, but drops to 9% after the onset of summer rains in early June. Nests are built 16 to 21 cm from the soil surface making them vulnerable to water depths that exceed these values. Based on observations of marked individuals, sparrows generally remain within a 1 km area centred on their breeding grounds. We have never observed immigration between populations. A simple demographic model demonstrates that breeding success and duration appear to constrain sparrow population growth more than other demographic parameters. Maintaining suitable breeding conditions restricts water management options to those that will restore hydrological conditions to their original patterns.
Beyond eight forms of rarity: which species are threatened and which will be next?
Lisa L. Manne, Stuart L. Pimm
We tabulate three measures of rarity: local abundance, breeding range size and elevational extent for the passerine birds of the New World. We determine what fraction of species is threatened with extinction within the combinations of these three measures. Species with smaller ranges, lower abundances and narrower elevational bands suffer higher levels of threat across lowland, montane and island species. For a given range size, lowland species suffer higher levels of threat than island or montane species. (This is counter to the intuition that island species — and those isolated on mountain tops — might be ecologically naïve.) When all three factors are considered together, there is only a slight tendency for lowland species to be disproportionately more threatened. Simply, island and montane species tend to be relatively common within their restricted ranges and their increased abundance reduces their likelihood of being threatened. Elevation is a consistent but relatively unimportant factor in determining threat; abundance and range size are much more important, and have an interactive effect on threatened status. We calculate the number of humans with which each species shares its breeding range, and find that this number does not aid in predicting threat status.
13 - When does restoration succeed?
By Julie L. Lockwood, Stuart L. Pimm
Edited by Evan Weiher, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Paul Keddy, Southeastern Louisiana University
Book: Ecological Assembly Rules
Print publication: 17 June 1999, pp 363-392
How effective have efforts been to restore nature? Has anyone ever successfully restored a degraded site, species for species, or function for function? We attempt to answer these key questions of restoration ecology by reviewing 87 published studies. We also try to relate our results to ecological theory, which may strike the reader as overly ambitious. Our ambition stems from prior experience of assembling other scattered and highly subjective descriptions of nature – food webs. On reading these early compilations, many field workers felt (correctly) that they could collect much better data. As a consequence, the quality and quantity of new studies improved (Pimm et al., 1991) and served to refine food web theory considerably.
Obviously, all restoration ecologists wish for more and better data. It is hoped our ideas will suggest specific choices from the bewildering array of observations for them to report. The ecological theories presented here will surely need improvement; indeed, it may be necessary to abandon them completely. Theories improve most when confronted with data, even data as ill-defined as subjective accounts of restoration's successes and failures.
The simplest division in the expressed goals of restoration is between function and structure. By 'function' we mean ecosystem processes, such as primary productivity, water purification, soil erosion, and the loss or retention of nutrients. By 'structure' we mean measures of species composition. These measures range from a complete list of an area's original inhabitants, to such qualitative terms as 'wildlife habitat'.
Managing the elephants of Kruger National Park
Ian Whyte, Rudi van Aarde, Stuart L. Pimm
Journal: Animal Conservation forum / Volume 1 / Issue 2 / May 1998
The elephant population in Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa, is growing rapidly. To prevent damage to the Park's ecosystems, the management has culled about 7% of the population annually. Such culls are very controversial. At first glance, contraceptives seem an attractive alternative means of control. We examine contraception as a management option, review the relevant aspects of elephant reproduction, physiology and demography and conclude that this optimism is probably misplaced. First, contraceptives have a wide range of physiological and behavioural side-effects that may prove to be damaging to the individual female and those around her. Second, the elephants in the Park have near-maximal growth rates with inter-calving intervals of less than four years. To achieve zero population growth, about three-quarters of the adult female elephants would need to be on contraceptives. There are no simple alternatives. The smallest numerical target for controlling population numbers is to kill or sterilize females about to become pregnant for the first time. Such a solution is unlikely to appease those who consider killing elephants to be unethical. It may, however, be the one closest to the natural patterns of elephant mortality.
Population dynamics of the endangered Cape Sable seaside-sparrow
John L. Curnutt, Audrey L. Mayer, Thomas M. Brooks, Lisa Manne, Oron L. Bass , D. Martin Fleming, M. Philip Nott, Stuart L. Pimm
The Cape Sable seaside-sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis) has disappeared from its only known breeding areas episodically since its discovery early this century. Systematic surveys across its range in the southern Everglades find the sparrow's range to be fragmented into six subpopulations. The sparrow population decreased by 58% between 1992 and 1995, with the near extinction of the western half of the population and the temporary local extinction of some eastern populations. Other similar grassland sparrows have populations that vary considerably from year to year. Yet the decline in the western subpopulation and the local extinction of some of the peripheral populations cannot be explained by natural variability alone. Hurricane Andrew passed over several subpopulations prior to the particularly poor year of 1993. However, the geographical and temporal patterns of subpopulation decline are not consistent with what would be expected following a hurricane. Frequent fires prevent successful breeding as does flooding during the breeding season. Better management can prevent frequent fires and episodic flooding. However, the long-term survival of the sparrow depends on managing the unanticipated risks that attend its small, fragmented population.
Water levels, rapid vegetational changes, and the endangered Cape Sable seaside-sparrow
M. Philip Nott, Oron L. Bass , D. Martin Fleming, Stephen E. Killeffer, Nancy Fraley, Lisa Manne, John L. Curnutt, Thomas M. Brooks, Robert Powell, Stuart L. Pimm
The legally endangered Cape Sable seaside-sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis) is restricted to short-hydroperiod, marl prairies within Florida's Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. Marl prairies are typified by dense, mixed stands of graminoid species usually below 1 m in height, naturally inundated by freshwater for 3–7 months annually. Water levels affect the birds directly, by flooding their nests, and indirectly by altering the habitat on which they depend. Managed redistribution of water flows flooded nearly half of the sparrow's geographical range during several consecutive breeding seasons starting in 1993. Furthermore, these high water levels rapidly changed plant communities, so jeopardizing the sparrow's survival by reducing the availability of nesting habitat.


Тема: Кіноіднустрія. Мета: •	формувати навички вживання нових лексичних одиниць; вдосконалю¬вати навички читання, аудіювання й усного монологічного мовлення; •	роз¬вивати пізнавальні інтереси учнів; •	виховувати правильне ставлення до мис¬тецтва, а також загальну культуру учнів. Обладнання: картки для роботи в парах.
виховувати правильне ставлення до мистецтва, а також загальну культуру учнів.
Can you guess what is the theme of our lesson today?
4. Let me start our lesson with the poem of Unknown Author.
As you guess today we are going to speak about cinema. During the lesson we'll learn how to give opinions about the films, practice listening and speaking, develop writing skills.
1) Let`s remember what kind of films do you know?
Take your sheets of paper№1 and on the Word cloud try to find kinds of films.
2) Now, let`s revise adjectives that can help us to describe the film, you can find these words on the Word cloud. The pupils who are sitting right from me will describe COMEDY, the pupils who are sitting left will describe DETECTIVE. On your tables you have sheet of paper, write on them adjectives and 1 pupil of the group should go to the blackboard and present it.
3) You have sheets of paper №3 where is a brief summary of a movie . Your task to combine the title of the film and its summary and present it to the class.
This is an action film starring Tobey Maguire. He plays a superhero who has to stop the evil genius Dr. Octopus. Unfortunately, his real life problems as college student Peter Parker cause him to temporarily give up being the superhero.
When a criminal maniac, Sirius Black, escapes from prison, Harry Potter, who is played by Daniel Radcliffe, has to be careful. It turns out that Sirius is not who he seems.
In this romance, Kate Winslet plays an upper class woman who falls in love with a poor artist. The story takes place aboard a ship that is struck by an iceberg and sunk. In the end, Kate Winslet's character, Rose, survives but the poor artist, who is played by Leonardo DiCaprio, dies.
This is a sci-fi thriller starring Keanu Reeves. His character, Neo, is a computer hacker who discovers that life on earth is a fa ade created by intelligent machines that use humans to generate energy.
This is a comedy starring Jim Carrey. When a light falls from the sky, Carrey's character Truman begins to suspect that something is wrong with the world. He goes on to discover that his whole life is being filmed as a show for others to watch.
Listen to a review of a film, then note down who people below are.
Do you agree with this words?
1) What's one of your favorite movies?
2) What kind of movie is it? Who's in it? Who directed it? Why do you like it?
3) When did it come out? Where was it filmed?
4) How many times have you seen it?
5) Would you recommend it? Why?
It's definitely worth being watched. — Его определено стоит посмотреть.
Your task to combine the title of the film and its summary and present it to the class.
There will be beauty(краса) in the person.
There will be order(порядок) in the nation(в суспільстві).
There will be peace( мир) in the world.


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Facebook sticks by Gawker attack funder Peter Thiel
June 3rd, 2016 by Mark Daly in Industry News No Comments »
Facebook has chosen to keep the billionaire who helped fund a sex tape legal case against Gawker Media on its board of directors.
The social network's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg confirmed the decision to retain Peter Thiel during her appearance at the Code Conference.
Mr Thiel has said he wants to challenge Gawker's "bullying" behaviour.
But he has been criticised for using his wealth to try and silence part of the media.
That poses a potential issue for Facebook at a time when it is trying to convince parts of the industry to host articles on its platform, provide it with exclusive video content and allow the tech firm to sell advertising on their behalf.
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Image caption Sheryl Sandberg said Peter Thiel's strong views helped serve Facebook's interests
"Peter did what he did on his own, not as a Facebook board member," Ms Sandberg told attendees at the California event.
"We have very independent board members with very independent thoughts that they share publicly. Those strong people make really good board members because they have strong views and they're not afraid to think differently than other people, which has served Facebook well."
But one expert questioned whether the decision to keep on Mr Thiel – who was one of Facebook's early investors – was sustainable in the long-term.
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Image caption Gawker continues to publish its news and gossip sites but faces an uncertain future
"Facebook has always fundamentally seen itself as a technology company, but is now having to deal with the public position – and also the ethics and responsibilities – of being a publisher," media consultant Steve Hewlett told the BBC.
"Imagine that this person were sitting on the board of The Times or the BBC – that would look like an obvious conflict of interest. You can't have a billionaire sitting on a publisher's board who is suing other people for publishing things.
"So, if you think of Facebook as being a publisher, this is plainly problematic."
'Philanthropic' attack
The clash between Gawker and Mr Thiel dates back to 2007, when the media firm published an article headlined: "Peter Thiel is totally gay people".
Last week, the venture capitalist revealed to the New York Times that he had subsequently funded a team of lawyers to find and help "victims" of other Gawker articles sue the firm – an act he described as "philanthropic".
Image caption Gawker faces several defamation-related cases following the Hulk Hogan verdict
One case resulted in a jury ordering Gawker to pay Hulk Hogan $140m (£97m) after it decided the publication of a sex tape featuring the ex-professional wrestler amounted to an invasion of privacy.
Gawker is appealing against the ruling, which threatens its future.
The publisher has also challenged Mr Thiel's involvement and questioned his continued role at the social network.
"As a Facebook board member, how have your own views on politics and news influenced your contribution to corporate decisions?" asked Gawker's founder Nick Denton in an open letter.
'Seeking revenge'
Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post newspaper, was critical of Mr Thiel earlier in the week during his own appearance at the Code Conference.
"I don't think a billionaire should be able to fund a lawsuit to kill Gawker," he said.
"Seek revenge and you dig two graves. One for yourself."
Image caption Jeff Bezos has warned that Mr Thiel's actions could backfire
Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg rebuked one of its other directors, Marc Andreessen, earlier in the year for criticising India's action against the firm's Free Basics scheme.
But Ms Sandberg said the circumstances involving Mr Thiel were different.
"[In the earlier case] it almost felt like he was speaking for Facebook," she explained.
Even so, one company watcher suggested Ms Sandberg's comments were unlikely to end the matter.
"Media critics clearly see Thiel's actions as a threat to free speech, if not the entire news business," said Graham Lovelace from Lovelace Consulting.
"Some are trying to bring Facebook into that, because of its record in championing free expression.
"It highlights the debate around Facebook's identity as it continues to grow."
Shareholders in the social network have an opportunity to question its decision at its annual stockholder meeting on 20 June.
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Thanks to a Tacoma man and Toys for Kids, dozens of volunteers went shopping for more than 250 chronically ill children and their families last night.
John Winskill, a Tacoma dentist, started Toys for Kids in partnership with Mary Bridge Children's Hospital more than 28 years ago.
"We've all taken our kids to the hospital or the doctor. Imagine it unraveling, imagine the worse scenario continuing to play out," said Winskill. "These are families that deserve a break."
His now 29-year-old son has been on life support since he was 3 months old. Winskill wanted to ensure families with severely chronically ill children are able to enjoy the holidays.
He works with Mary Bridge Children's Hospital to identify families with critically ill children cared for in their homes.
"I can't tell you how many times I've received cards from people saying that they're just getting ready to tell their kids that they're wasn't going to be any Santa Claus this year, only to receive a call from Mary Bridge saying all of these presents are here for them," he said.
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The Farmers Market Nutrition Coupon Program is an initiative of the BC Association of Farmers Markets, sponsored by the BC Government's Ministry of Health. Thanks to the generous funding received from Whole Foods Market, the Vancouver Fresh to Families project started in 2015. This partnership between Vancouver Farmers Markets, Mount Pleasant Family Centre's Circles of Care and Connection program, MOSAIC, VCH Healthiest Babies Possible Program, and Public Health Dietitians has the goal to secure funding to expand the current number of families receiving the nutrition coupons in Vancouver. While supporting local farming (every dollar spent goes back to farmers), the Coupon Program enables lower-income BC families to purchase locally grown, fresh food.


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Black Woman, Handcuffed And Upside Down In Police Car, Screams 'I Can't Breathe,' Bodycam Footage Shows
KEY POINTS Shataeah Kelly was arrested for disorderly conduct on Aug.27, 2019 Bodycam footage released Tuesday showed her begging for help while hogtied in a patrol car Following the incident, the officer was terminated but he has appealed his firing. Bodycam footage of a Black woman begging for help after being […]
Shataeah Kelly was arrested for disorderly conduct on Aug.27, 2019
Bodycam footage released Tuesday showed her begging for help while hogtied in a patrol car
Following the incident, the officer was terminated but he has appealed his firing.
Bodycam footage of a Black woman begging for help after being hogtied and left in the back of an Aurora, Colo., police cruiser for over 20 minutes was released Tuesday.
The woman, identified as Shataeah Kelly, was arrested for disorderly conduct on Aug. 27, 2019. Aurora police officer Levi Huffine handcuffed her and put her in the backseat of the patrol car. When she started sliding around in the backseat in order to escape, the officer pulled her out, hogtied her and placed her back in the backseat. During the 20-minute drive to the jail, Kelly begged for help.
Bodycam footage showed the woman lying in the back of the cruiser. "You're going to make me ride the whole way like this?" Kelly asks the officer and moments later, she slips heads-first onto the floorboard with her legs in the air. She then screams for help and says, "Officer, I can't breathe, I can't breathe. Please help me, please, please help me. Please, officer. Officer, please lift me up."
Shortly before arriving at the jail, she says, "How many times do I have to beg you master? Master, I'll be good." At the jail, a female detention officer opens the vehicle door and says, "Honey, why are you head down like that?"
After being removed from the car, Kelly looks at Huffine and says, "Look at my face. You couldn't lift me up?"
Following the incident, the officer was terminated. However, he has appealed his firing. A written decision is expected sometime this month.
During a City of Aurora Civil Service Commission hearing Tuesday, the bodycam footage was released.
Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson testified and said, "If that doesn't upset you watching that video, if that doesn't make you sick, watching that video, I don't know. He's lucky she did not die in the back seat of that car, because he would be, in my opinion, in an orange jump suit right now."
"As an African-American female that she denigrates herself to the point that, where she is so asking for help that she doesn't know what to do, that she actually calls him master — that to me is disgusting," Wilson added, KDVR reported.
After watching the video, Kelly said, "I was just crying. I mean, bawling tears like if somebody had just died. I am so numb inside. It feels like I'm actually dead, you know what I mean? Because (of) the pain that I felt watching the video."
Representational image. Photo: Photo by Pixabay (CC0)
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" It was first conceived and coined by American columnist Dan Savage and his readers in an effort to publicly shame the former Republic senator Rick Santorum for the anti-gay remarks he made during an interview with the Associated Press in April 2003. Rick Santorum and the other candidates do not. HH: Before I close up today's show, though, I wanted to go back to former United States Senator Rick Santorum, candidate for president, and ask him, what you just said about President Obama and Europe, do you believe the prohibitive favorite to be the nominee of the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, shares that worldview?. Jim Bob Duggar, the family patriarch, campaigned with the former Pennsylvania senator today at a pizza parlor in Boone "asking Christians in America to get behind Santorum. Among politicians of national stature today, there is perhaps none more respected as a principled conservative than Rick Santorum. Jan 4, 2012. Former Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum (PA) has long positioned himself as a champion of family values, so one might think he would be the strongest advocate for children who. "While many of the current GOP candidates are solid contenders and worthy of consideration, CP-USA recognizes that Mr. Washington, Jan. Rick Santorum joined me today to discuss next week's Iowa Caucuses: Audio: 01-25hhs-santorum Transcript: HH: It's Hugh Hewitt, joined now by former United States senator, Rick Santorum, who makes number 146 since the first Republican presidential debate, the Fox News debate in August, I have done 146 interviews with would-be GOP nominees. Rick Santorum & fam marched straight to the front lines of the War on Chick-fil-A today, to stand arms-linked with thefast food chicken diabetes company that hates gay people. Rick Santorum, an aggressive advocate for conservative family values, will launch a second bid for president on Wednesday, a spokesman said. Last October, Rick Santorum gave an interview with an Evangelical blog called Caffeinated Thoughts, in which he said contraception is "not okay," and that this would be a public policy issue he would tackle as President. May 27, 2015 · Rick Santorum, an aggressive advocate for conservative family values, will launch a second bid for president on Wednesday, a spokesman said. We are Americans, and Rick Santorum is an American leader, and we are in his plans. Those are some messed up family values. He puts importance on Santorum's family values, which he said means he has good character and without that, everything else about a person becomes questionable. Rick Santorum. His campaign strongly emphasises his traditional family values and his. "family values" means Santorum's strong stance on religion and abortion - in. In American Patriots, Rick Santorum shares the true-life accounts of 25 unsung heroic men and women from the Revolutionary War era. He and his wife, a longtime neonatal nurse, have seven children together. The Santorum campaign is dubbing the trip the "Courage to Fight for American Values Tour. Rick championed the bill to end partial birth abortion in America. Santorum best articulates the. NOM's "Values Bus" tour ought to be interesting in a nauseatingly sort of way. An aggressive advocate for conservative family values, 57-year-old Republican Rick Santorum is announcing his presidential intentions on Wednesday in a campaign that will test his clout in a. That means taking our values and the teachings of our Church with us into the voting booth Please, Catholics, register to vote Republican by March 26 and vote for Rick Santorum on April 24. Santorum grew up in a Roman Catholic family, the middle of three children. According to the Special Counsel's report (released this week), Doug Hampton called Santorum for personal advice on his wife's extramarital affair with Ensign. He recently released a tax plan he plans to implement in his first 100 days that would triple the personal deduction for children and eliminate the marriage tax penalty throughout the tax code. Rick Santorum and Foster Friess with Max Mogren. Beginning in January, the Duggars began traveling with Santorum around Iowa and South Carolina to ask "families, Christians all over America to get behind Rick Santorum for the next president of the United States"; to "get the word out… that this is the family-values candidate," as Jim Bob said, prior to a Greenville Chick-fil-A. Event is complimentary but RSVP is required. Santorum has been a leader in trying to stop genocide in. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a piece of coal. This morning Rick Santorum sent out this email of his big announcement The Patriot Voices. Rick Santorum must be stopped. Santorum also ran in 2012 and won 10 states in the primaries, which tells us much more about the GOP electorate than it does about Santorum himself. Rick Santorum ended his bid for the White House Wednesday and said he will support Florida Sen. Of all the candidates left in the republican race, Santorum is the least polished and most immature one. "I am supporting Rick Santorum for President because of his stance on issues that attack vital Christian values our country was founded upon: no abortion, upholding traditional marriage, defending religious freedom, no euthanasia," said. Santorum first entered the national spotlight after making a name for himself as a social conservative crusader. Rick Santorum Drops Out Of Presidential Race After Poor Iowa Caucus Numbers. Rick Santorum. Santorum has been married to the same woman since 1990 -- which definitely works in his favor because if there's anyone who values the institution of marriage more than the socially conservative former Senator, it's the car insurance carriers who believe that wedded folks tend to drive more. He argues that liberal social policies have devastated. "This is the right place and right time, and I've jumped in with both feet," Santorum said of the new job opportunity. Rick Santorum to Join FRC Action's Tony Perkins for Charleston Values Voter Rally ***Media Advisory*** CHARLESTON, S. If they are like former Senator and current presidential candidate Rick Santorum, the answer is easy: and organization heads who are "carrying the case for life" and traditional family values. It Takes a Family, by Rick Santorum (April 30, 2006) , dated 2006-04, excerpts by Rick Santorum and others, Tired of media reports of fundraising and poll results instead of policy issues? At OnTheIssues. Senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum, now serving as CEO of Christian movie company EchoLight Studios. Cathio provides Catholic organizations with a payments platform that aligns with Catholic values and provides tools to increase donations and connect with. Donald Trump is set to give the keynote address at extreme right-wing anti-LGBT Family Research Council's Values Voter Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel tonight in Washington, D. They cannot imagine how the former Massachusetts governor is within a whisker of losing the GOP nomination to Rick. Speaking at the Values Voter Summit this past week in Washington, D. Rick Santorum will take another run at the White House. It Takes a Family is a 2005 book by then Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. Rick Santorum, a native of Pennsylvania, was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in 2012. That's fine; in fact, it was predictable. " Right now there are 1475 young children who may never see their parents again, because the Trump administration has ripped them away from their parents' arms Cuomo refuses to. Rick Santorum's greatest hits: Fiery defender of 'traditional values' enters Republicans' 2016 race. He was their kind of candidate ("Rick Santorum has the family values that we hold dear in our hearts"), and they were his kind of family. The Family Research Council hosted their annual Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC, ahead of the 2016 elections. But America, too, has a role to play. Santorum is a fiery defender of "traditional values" who has denounced gay civil rights, feuded with Stranger editorial director Dan Savage, and warned that America is losing its moral direction. They share our values about faith and family. Just so you don't have to, I actually read Rick Santorum's entire new book, It Takes a Family. The Family Research Council hosted their annual Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC, ahead of the 2016 elections. "Rick Santorum was a sitting senator who, in re-election, lost by 19 points," Donald Trump, a Mitt Romney supporter, said recently. Santorum is being labeled as a nut case because of his comments. MORAN: Nearby, his wife Karen wept. Ron Paul, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum Finish On Top in Values Voter Summit Straw Poll News provided by Family Research Council Action. Without the church and the family, there is no conservative movement. Santorum is a very busy and committed man these days — serving as CEO of a faith-based movie company 'Faith, Family & Freedom Films. Rick Santorum For President? Comments; Conservatives are gathered this weekend in DC at the Family Research Council's Values Voter Summit to kvetch about Obama, liberals and the homosexual. (CNN) - Rick Santorum is upping the ante in Iowa with a new "Pop Up Video" TV commercial stressing his family values and highlighting the praise of high profile social conservatives. Santorum best articulates the. In the past, he has been the recipient of eight (8) Awards in various categories and/or the subject of five (5) opinion pieces. He is a strong fiscal and social conservative who stands on principles above politics. Rick Santorum ended his bid for the White House Wednesday and said he will support Florida Sen. RICK SANTORUM: We got together and we brought Gabriel home with us to bury him. Rick Santorum suffered from the re-tread phenomenon. NOM's "Values Bus" tour ought to be interesting in a nauseatingly sort of way. MASON CITY | Former Pennsylvania U. Rick Santorum is an unfailing fiscal and social conservative who is the next target for destruction by the media and the left. [ValuesVotersSummit. They share our values about faith and family. " He also gestures in other directions often. An aggressive advocate for conservative family values, 57-year-old Republican Rick Santorum is announcing his presidential intentions on Wednesday in a campaign that will test his clout in a. Santorum vows to fight for 'the American worker' Rick Santorum, an aggressive advocate for conservative family values, will launch a second bid for president. May 21, 2015 Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum speaks at the Southern. Just so you don't have to, I actually read Rick Santorum's entire new book, It Takes a Family. I know of no call by Rick Santorum to ban contraception nationwide if he becomes president. True, since Tuesday, when Santorum garnered the coveted endorsement of Bob Vander Plaats, president and CEO of The Family Leader (as well as that of Bob Hurley, head of Iowa Family Policy) Rick's Iowa numbers have doubled from five to ten percent, but he'll need a bigger bump than that to win here. Father, husband a champion for life. WASHINGTON (AP) - Rick Santorum, an aggressive advocate for conservative family values, will launch a second bid for president on Wednesday, a spokesman said. Before Donald Trump successfully mobilized millions of blue collar Americans with his campaign to reclaim America, Rick Santorum was trying to convince his fellow Republicans that it was time to return to the party's original values: the values of "blue collar conservatives. Rick Santorum  Verified account but no one trusts you Rick, you puppet. While other candidates also. "When you have a law that says, as the [Supreme Court] said, that marriage has nothing to do with children anymore, then what you're gonna have, is you're not gonna a society encouraging the behavior that is in the best interest of children and the future of society," said Santorum. Rick Santorum doesn't just talk about family values, he lives them. Richard John "Rick" Santorum was born in Winchester, Virginia on May 10, 1958. 313-314, Jul 4, 2005 Church scandals caused by "right to privacy lifestyle". CNN's Rick Santorum says Trump lies consistently about a lot of things so it doesn't matter if he lies about Russia. Rick Santorum's Anal Sex Problem Why Rick "Man on Dog" Santorum can't beat his Google troubles. Conservative culture warrior Rick Santorum launched a 2016 White Rick Santorum announces second White House run. Santorum is a fiery defender of "traditional values" who has denounced gay civil rights, feuded with Stranger editorial director Dan Savage, and warned that America is losing its moral direction. The former Pennsylvania senator exceeded. He is 100% pro-life and pro-family. , former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum thought it was time to further constrict the conservative movement. Heckling the Rosary. Kathleen Parker | Posted: Sep 29, 2006 12:01 AM of some in the abstinence-only, family-values crowd. Wisconsin Soldier Army veteran, married to Army veteran, parent of soldier, participating in the process of self-government and public policy making so that America will continue to be a land of individual liberty, respect for family integrity, public and private virtue, and private enterprise. Rick Santorum had only been in the senate for a few weeks when Bob Kerrey, then Senator from Nebraska, pegged him. The two-term senator was there to promote his newly released book, It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common. Value Voters Turn to Rick Santorum by Guest Author • February 10, 2012 • 0 Comments The attacks on America's core values are surging–and the value voters are turning to the Republican candidate who's defending them, Rick Santorum. Join the Conversation Send your thoughts and. Rick Santorum to Join FRC Action's Tony Perkins for Charleston Values Voter Rally ***Media Advisory*** CHARLESTON, S. Heading into Super Tuesday, today, (March 6), Santorum is urging home-schoolers to organize rallies, to post favorable features on social media and to ring doorbells on his behalf. " It was first conceived and coined by American columnist Dan Savage and his readers in an effort to publicly shame the former Republic senator Rick Santorum for the anti-gay remarks he made during an interview with the Associated Press in April 2003. Abbott received endorsements from Senator Santorum and Patriot Voices PAC, Texas Right to Life, Texas Alliance for Life, Life PAC, Concerned Women for America PAC, The Heidi Group and Texans for Life Coalition. "I thought, 'Wow. Rick Santorum doesn't just talk about family values, he lives them. "family values" means Santorum's strong stance on religion and abortion - in. He won Iowa through hard work and competent campaign management. The former Pennsylvania senator exceeded the political world's expectations by scoring a second-place finish in the race for the Republican presidential nomination four years ago. WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Santorum, an aggressive advocate for conservative family values, will launch a second bid for president on Wednesday, a spokesman said. The Santorum family has and propelled many parents of disabled children to go meet and support Santorum. Santorum said society now, specifically with younger generations, is the least religious group in American history, which has led to a "subtle and corrosive attack" on family values and conservative standards. CNN Contributor. It will mark the fourth time Trump has addressed the group. Santorum grew up in a Roman Catholic family, the middle of three children. As Santorum climbs aboard the Values Bus this week in conjunction with the National Organization for Marriage, Family Research Council Action's Faith. (Reuters)Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said he was "sickened" by revelations of molestation by the eldest son of the Duggars, the Christian family that features in television hit "19 Kids and Counting" and helped the conservative in his last campaign. " the strongest candidate who will stand up for conservative. For more information on our Real Family Values series, visit our Rick Santorum declared Researcher with the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative at the Center for American Progress. However, this book describes a virtue which many have lost: the role of the family in America. The summit is usually held in September or October of each year. -Rick Santorum Rick Santorum Doesn't Understand Federalism: "I'm a very strong supporter of the 10th amendment … but the idea that the only things that the states are prevented from doing are only things specifically established in the Constitution is wrong. "Rick Santorum, 'It Takes a Family'". Representative and Senator Rick Santorum discussed the degradation of "traditional American values. In It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good, Santorum articulates the humane vision that he believes must inform public policy if it is to be effective and just. Thank God they do. Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum reflected on family and why he believes he was labeled the "extremist" candidate in the GOP race. Santorum, who famously said that sanctioning homosexuality would lead to beastiality and bigamy, will use his Iowa Keystone Political Action Committee to help family-values candidates in the state. The radical feminists succeeded in undermining the traditional family and convincing women that professional accomplishments are the key to happiness. The 2012 and prospective 2016 presidential candidate was attending the South Carolina National Security Action Summit last week. Santorum's unabashed call to the family-values crowd, bringing divisive, supposedly passe issues like abortion and gay marriage front and center, was an important reminder: The Tea Party may be new. White House candidate Rick Santorum on Saturday questioned President Barack Obama's Christian values and attacked GOP rival Mitt Romney's Olympics leadership as he courted tea party activists and. Recently, he announced plans to run for the Republican candidate for President of the United States in the 2012 election. Faith & Values Rick Santorum, in new role at studio, vows faith-based movies will 'rival Hollywood' family films across all releasing platforms. He stands strong for freedom, business growth, job creation, reduced. Former Pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum openly criticized libertarians in his speech to the audience, saying that "economic conservatism — libertarian types can say, oh, well, we don't want to talk about the social issues. Rick Santorum doesn't believe in Free Trade, Individualism, or Peace. Rick Santorum Declares Calling Trump's Immigration Policies Racist 'Ridiculous'. " He insisted that's how we must be today as society tries to influence our values. Rick Santorum was born May 10, 1958, in Winchester, Va. Rick Santorum brought his family values message to Mason City on Wednesday, saying the Republican Party needs to refocus if it expects to. TLC's 19 Kids and Counting, the family that has never heard the phrase "pull it out" endorsed Rick Santorum at a rally in Polk City, Iowa. While the prospect of having a President Santorum was shudder-inducing, you just kept coming up with just the silliest, most stereotypically clueless nonsense. Rick Santorum  Verified account but no one trusts you Rick, you puppet. Thank you, Rick, for honoring me with these kind words and for your strong vote of confidence! "Angela Paxton is a strong, passionate advocate for conservative values, and she will have a powerful impact in the Texas Senate. "Every life matters," he declared, shortly after introducing his youngest daughter, Bella, to the crowd. Jan 09, 2012 · But according to Rick Santorum, you would be wrong. Santorum went on to explain that the bully pulpit is the most powerful tool a President can use, and he would utilize it to talk about the power of family values. Rick now reaches millions of viewers regularly as a Senior Political Commentator on CNN. The wife of fiercely pro-life presidential hopeful Rick Santorum had a six-year love affair with an abortion doctor, 40 years her senior - who, incredibly, delivered her as a baby - it has emerged. Discover Rick Santorum famous and rare quotes. However, this book describes a virtue which many have lost: the role of the family in America. Rick Santorum writes that fixing our immigration crisis begins with accountability: Governments in the Northern Triangle have to do more to fight the underlying systemic problems that are driving mass migration and caravans. He began by telling the story of his family's start in the United States. The fact that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is a "good family man" is why he has gained traction recently with voters, according to radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh. Santorum believes in a lot of backasswards things. The judgmental family values crowd believes liberals have it backward: Tough times don't make it harder to get and stay married; when we fail to. org, you can see the view of every candidate on every issue. Rick Santorum emerged out of seemingly nowhere to become Mitt Romney's main challenger and the runner-up in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Santorum is known as perhaps the truest of true believers in the Republican race, putting family values (of the conservative variety) and his Catholic faith (of the conservative variety. 2016 - Like former Gov. Santorum touted abstinence and the traditional family at the Des Moines Christian School, focusing on culture instead of the economy. Santorum's new favorite talking point, which he trotted out at the coffee shop, the Faith & Family event and in the debate, is theology disguised as social policy. Santorum ran in 2012, mounting a campaign based on family and working class values. 20 in Des Moines, Iowa. ILR School senior lecturer Sam Nelson, director of the Cornell Forensics Society, moderated the debate. Rick Santorum Former U. Santorum graduated high school and went on to attend The Pennsylvania State University. Presidential Election , [3] and was previously a candidate for the 2012 Spanish Inquisition Republican. Rick Santorum, noted champion of family values,. Rick Santorum, R-PA, speaks during the Presidential Family Forum, Friday, Nov. Santorum ends Iowa bid with plea for return to traditional family values This article is more than 7 years old Rick Santorum appeals to Christian evangelicals ahead of caucus, arguing that. Rick Santorum was born in Winchester on Saturday, May 10, 1958. According to the Special Counsel's report (released this week), Doug Hampton called Santorum for personal advice on his wife's extramarital affair with Ensign. Rick Santorum criticized President Obama's view of America in a speech emphasizing his own social conservatism. MASON CITY | Former Pennsylvania U. What's more, Santorum faces a phalanx of conservative senators —Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz—who will challenge him on the right. – Rick Santorum What makes America great was a government that was founded to be limited to doing one thing. He stands strong for freedom, business growth, job creation, reduced. Rick Santorum's new gig: CEO of a. Really GOP? Get Off Santorum's Back For Spending Time with His Daughter. The best place to start with Santorum's economic policy is with his own family. Rick Santorum has been strong on his values and positions throughout his life. Why not go after the leader in the Polls?. Other speakers. Santorum's Surge: It's All in the Family Values. He is committed to securing the border. Santorum, on the other hand, appeals to social and Christian hardliners who share his unwavering emphasis on family and conservative values and long for an ideologically pure right-wing nominee. Photo courtesy. Event is complimentary but RSVP is required. Rick is a good friend who remains an important national voice for conservative principles. Rick Santorum, R-PA, speaks during the Presidential Family Forum, Friday, Nov. Yep, faith and family; if you're not a devout religionist you can't love your family. Thank God they do. While other candidates also. "All the people in America that have conservative family values have to get behind Rick Santorum for President," said speaking for all elite reality. In an video interview, Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, affirmed that the single most-destructive force facing our nation today is the breakdown of the American Family. Rick Santorum joined me today to discuss next week's Iowa Caucuses: Audio: 01-25hhs-santorum Transcript: HH: It's Hugh Hewitt, joined now by former United States senator, Rick Santorum, who makes number 146 since the first Republican presidential debate, the Fox News debate in August, I have done 146 interviews with would-be GOP nominees. Values Voter Summit was created in 2006 to provide a forum to help inform and mobilize citizens across America to preserve the bedrock values of traditional marriage, religious liberty, sanctity of life and limited government that make our nation strong. " Without these he said, "there is no future for our country". WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum, an aggressive advocate for conservative family values, will launch a second bid for president on Wednesday, a spokesman said. Family Values Senator Rick Santorum Covered For John Ensign Rick Santorum alerted Sen. " The Republican Party is at war with itself. Santorum, the conservative, pro-life Republican from Pennsylvania, is up for reelection in one of the most closely watched Senate races of 2006. Porter clearly wished to align himself with the extreme views set forth in that text, which included criticizing marriage equality, disparaging same-sex couples and their families, and blaming "the influence of radical feminism" for women finding it "more socially affirming to. Last October, Rick Santorum gave an interview with an Evangelical blog called Caffeinated Thoughts, in which he said contraception is "not okay," and that this would be a public policy issue he would tackle as President. But at age 45, the young senator not be old enough. Kathleen Parker | Posted: Sep 29, 2006 12:01 AM of some in the abstinence-only, family-values crowd. — GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, campaigning under the banner "faith, family and freedom," has made his life story central to his political identity. Rick Santorum makes one more stop in Muscatine before Iowa caucus The latest polls show Mitt Romney with a commanding lead in Iowa but climbing the polls is Senator Santorum. " the strongest candidate who will stand up for conservative. And as a result of this election we now need to engage with even more energy and commitment not just in politics but in our daily lives to ensure that the values upon which our country has prospered will continue. Both are past winners of the Iowa Republican caucuses. Former Pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum openly criticized libertarians in his speech to the audience, saying that "economic conservatism — libertarian types can say, oh, well, we don't want to talk about the social issues. Santorum, who has cultivated an image as a clean-cut social conservative trumpeting family values, nominated Sandusky for a "Congressional Angels in Adoption Award," after Sandusky had already been accused of at least five cases of child molestation. But America, too, has a role to play. WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum, an aggressive advocate for conservative family values, will launch a second bid for president on Wednesday, a spokesman said. Rick Santorum touts family values in final pre-caucus. Santorum is arguably the staunchest conservative in the race, with strong conservative values across the board. Rick Santorum is one of the candidates who most fully embraces the family values rhetoric, and when he was in the running for his various positions, he frequently used it. Pennsylvania senator from 1995 to 2007 who was. Many conservative Republicans such as former U. In June, 2012 Rick Santorum launched Patriot Voices, a grassroots and online community of Americans committed to promoting faith, family, freedom and opportunity. Read More: Donald Trump Rick Santorum. Santorum: "It's not like he's doing something out of character with the. Rick Santorum said that a ban on pornography was 'one of only a few things I see eye to eye on with the Taliban'? and local groups, including Morality in Media, Family Research Council, Focus.