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Q: Textbox values sorting I have two groups of textboxes, A and B and these are created dynamically.
My program should work like this: 1. A textboxes have corresponding B textboxes. 2. Then, B textboxes should be sorted by their values in ascending order. 3. Based on that order, the A textboxes' values will be sorted also.
Input:

Output:

Please help me. Thanks!

A: This can be achieved relatively easily with LINQ which provides an OrderBy method for sorting, and a Zip method for aligning the As with the Bs.
Assuming TextBox arrays inputAs, inputBs, outputAs and outputBs:
Private Sub Sort_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Sort.Click
    ' Zip A and B inputs and extract values
    Dim inputs =
        inputAs.Zip(inputBs,
                    Function(a, b) New With {.A = CInt(a.Text), .B = CInt(b.Text)})

    ' Sort values by B
    Dim values = inputs.OrderBy(Function(item) item.B).ToArray()

    ' Set outputs with sorted input values
    For i = 0 To values.Length - 1
        outputAs(i).Text = values(i).A.ToString()
        outputBs(i).Text = values(i).B.ToString()
    Next
End Sub

To sort with the labels too, the B values can be sorted along with their corresponding ordinals, and then the ordinals used to copy from the input controls to the output controls:
Private Sub Sort_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) _
    Handles Sort.Click
    ' Map Bs to collection of ordinals and values
    ' Then order by values
    Dim items =
        InputBs _
            .Select(Function(control, i) _
                    New With _
                    {.Ordinal = i,
                     .Value = CInt(control.Text)}) _
            .OrderBy(Function(item) item.Value) _
            .ToArray()

    ' Set outputs with sorted input values
    For i = 0 To items.Length - 1
        Dim j = items(i).Ordinal
        OutputAs(j).Text = InputAs(i).Text
        OutputBs(j).Text = InputBs(i).Text
        OutputLabels(j).Text = InputLabels(i).Text
    Next
End Sub

A: Try Like This
First Create Array Variable and Pass the A Texbox Value's, And create another array variable and pass B Textbox Value's. After that doing like this
 Dim xaTexBoxValue() As Integer = {5, 6, 4, 2} // A Text Box Values
        Dim xBTextBoxValue() As Integer = {10, 3, 23, 50} // B Text Box Values
        Dim xTemp As Integer = 0

        For xi As Integer = 0 To xaTexBoxValue.Count - 1

            For xj As Integer = xi + 1 To xaTexBoxValue.Count - 1

                If xaTexBoxValue(xj) < xaTexBoxValue(xi) Then
                    xTemp = xaTexBoxValue(xi)
                    xaTexBoxValue(xi) = xaTexBoxValue(xj)
                    xaTexBoxValue(xj) = xTemp

                    xTemp = xBTextBoxValue(xi)
                    xBTextBoxValue(xi) = xBTextBoxValue(xj)
                    xBTextBoxValue(xj) = xTemp

                End If

            Next

        Next

After this function pass this value to textbox's


WILDLIFE authorities in Thailand were preparing to press charges against the infamous "Tiger Temple" in Kanchanaburi Friday as more endangered animal products were found at the controversial tourist attraction.
After yesterday's gruesome discovery of 40 dead tiger cubs in the temple kitchen's freezers, more reports of tiger products and illegally obtained animals have been surfacing as authorities continue transporting 137 tigers to state-owned breeding centers in the Ratchaburi province.
Most recently, Richart Miyer, reporter and anchor at Krungthap Turakij TV, reported that authorities found a number of tiger cubs "pickled" in labelled jars.
Miyer said the temple will be "charged with possession of protected animals without permission".
Al Jazeera's senior correspondent, Wayne Hay, also posted a photograph on Twitter of tiger skins and amulets found in a truck that was stopped on its way out of the temple grounds.
According to The Gulf Today, the truck was driven by a monk, who was intercepted by the wildlife authorities. The discovery of the skins will further fuel accusations that the temple willingly participated in illegal trade for profit.
Separately, Edwin Wiek of the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT) reported the discovery of illegally obtained hornbills and a lion found on the temple grounds during the relocation.
As the findings become more and more incriminating, there appears to be little room for the monks and temple administration to escape the law.
The temple operators have always denied any allegations of trafficking, illegal breeding, and mistreatment of the animals, which critics say they have used as "cash cows" to rip off ignorant tourists.
The site was previously a popular tourist attraction, as visitors were able to get up close with the tigers, which appeared to roam around freely, and pose for photographs with the animals.


that Penn alumni wrote, produced and directed several movies in the theaters this season? The Mighty Macs, tells the story of tiny Immaculata College winning the inaugural women's NCAA basketball tournament in 1972. It was written/directed/produced by former Penn Football player Tim Chambers, C'85, and also produced by former Penn Basketball star Vince Curran, ENG'92, W'92. The Muppets, the first Muppets movie in several years, finds the Muppets fighting to save their theater. Todd Lieberman, C'95, and a Mask & Wig alumnus, is a producer on the film. Mike Karz, C'89, W'89, and Class of 1989 president, produced New Year's Eve , that shows how the lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve. It opens today.


Dolce & Gabbana is synonymous with couture fashion -- and now makeup. Scorching hot Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson will be the face of the new collection. The 24-year-old blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty channels the infamous Marilyn Monroe for this D&G eye shadow ad.
The products are set to launch this spring with prices ranging from $20 for nail lacquer to $59 for powder foundation.


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Robert Henryson (Middle Scots: Robert Henrysoun) was a poet who flourished in Scotland in the period c. 1460–1500. Counted among the Scots makars, he lived in the royal burgh of Dunfermline and is a distinctive voice in the Northern Renaissance at a time when the culture was on a cusp between medieval and renaissance sensibilities. Little is known of his life, but evidence suggests that he was a teacher who had training in law and the humanities, that he had a connection with Dunfermline Abbey and that he may also have been associated for a period with Glasgow University. His poetry was composed in Middle Scots at a time when this was the state language. His writing consists mainly of narrative works. His surviving body of work amounts to almost 5000 lines.

Works

Henryson's surviving canon consists of three long poems and around twelve miscellaneous short works in various genres. The longest poem is his Morall Fabillis, a tight, intricately structured set of thirteen fable stories in a cycle that runs just short of 3000 lines. Two other long works survive, both a little over 600 lines each. One is The Tale of Orpheus and Erudices his Quene, his dynamic and inventive version of the Orpheus story. The other is his Testament of Cresseid, a tale of moral and psychological subtlety in a tragic mode founded upon the literary conceit of "completing" Criseyde's story-arc from Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. Emily Wingfield has explored its significance in relation to the deployment of the Trojan Legend in political discourse between England and Scotland.

The range of Henryson's shorter works includes Robene and Makyne, a pastourelle on a theme of love, as well as a bawdy passage of comic flyting which targets the medical practises of his day, a highly crafted and compressed poem of Marian devotion, some allegorical works, some philosophical meditations, and a prayer against the pest. As with his longer works, his outward themes often carry important subtexts.

Constructing a sure chronology for Henryson's writings is not possible, but his Orpheus story may have been written earlier in his career, during his time in Glasgow, since one of its principal sources was contained in the university library. Internal evidence has been used to suggest that the Morall Fabillis were composed during the 1480s.

Biographical inferences

There is no record of when or where Henryson was born or educated. The earliest found unconfirmed reference to him occurs on 10 September 1462, when a man of his name with license to teach is on record as having taken a post in the recently founded University of Glasgow. If this was the poet, as is usually assumed, then the citation indicates that he had completed studies in both arts and canon law.

Almost all early references to Henryson firmly associate his name with Dunfermline. He probably had some attachment to the city's Benedictine abbey, the burial place for many of the kingdom's monarchs and an important centre for pilgrimage close to a major ferry-crossing en route to St Andrews. Direct unconfirmed evidence for this connection occurs in 1478 when his name appears as a witness on abbey charters. If this was the poet, then it would establish that one of his functions was as notary for the abbey, an institution which possessed and managed a vast portfolio of territory across Scotland.

The almost universal references to Henryson as schoolmaster are usually taken to mean that he taught in and had some duty to run the grammar school for Dunfermline's abbatial burgh. A partial picture of what this meant in practice may be derived from a confirmatio of 1468 which granted provision to build a "suitable" house for the habitation of a "priest" (as master of grammar) and "scholars" in Dunfermline, including "poor scholars being taught free of charge".

Dunfermline, as a royal burgh with capital status, was routinely visited by the court with residences directly linked to the abbey complex. There is no record of Henryson as a court poet, but the close proximity makes acquaintance with the royal household likely. He was active during the reigns of James III and James IV, both of whom had strong interests in literature.

According to the poet William Dunbar, Henryson died in Dunfermline. An apocryphal story by the English poet Francis Kynaston in the early 17th century refers to the flux as the cause of death, but this has not been established. The year of death also is unknown, although c.1498-9, a time of plague in the burgh, has been tentatively suggested. However, Dunbar gives the terminus ad quem in a couplet (usually considered to have been composed c.1505) which simply states that Death in Dunfermelyne ...hes done roune (has whispered in private)with Maister Robert Henrysoun.
(William Dunbar, Lament for the Makaris, lines 81–2)

Almost nothing else is known of Henryson outside of his surviving writing. It is not known if he originated from Dunfermline and a suggestion that he may have been linked to the Fife branch of the Clan Henderson is not possible to verify, although his name is certainly of that ilk.

General style

Henryson generally wrote in a first-person voice using a familiar tone that quickly brings the reader into his confidence and gives a notable impression of authentic personality and beliefs. The writing stays rooted in daily life and continues to feel grounded even when the themes are metaphysical or elements are fantastic. His language is a supple, flowing and concise Scots that clearly shows he knew Latin, while scenes are usually given a deftly evocative Scottish setting which can only have come from close connection and observation. This detailed, intimate and realistic approach, at times, strongly suggests matters of personal experience and attitudes to actual contemporary events, yet the specifics remain elusive in ways that tantalise readers and critics. Some of this sense of intrigue may be in part accidental, but it is also heightened by his cannily controlled application of a philosophy of fiction, a frequently self-proclaimed feature of the work.

No concrete details of his life can be directly inferred from his works, but there are some passages of self-reflection that appear to contain autobiographical implications, particularly in the opening stanzas of his Testament of Cresseid.

Henryson's Scots

Henryson wrote using the Scots language of the 15th century. This was in an age when the use of vernacular languages for literature in many parts of Europe was increasingly taking the place of Latin, the long-established lingua franca across the continent.

Extant poems

All known and extant writings attributed to Robert Henryson are listed here. In addition, the scholar Matthew P McDiarmid identified from an index a lost poem by Henryson which began: On fut by Forth as I couth found (not listed below).

Long works

 The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian (See below for list of individual fables in the cycle) The Tale of Orpheus and Erudices his Quene The Testament of CresseidShort works

 Robene and Makyne Sum Practysis of Medecyne The Annuciation Ane Prayer for the Pest The Garment of Gud Ladeis The Bludy Serk The Thre Deid-Pollis Against Hasty Credence The Abbay Walk The Praise of Age The Ressoning Betwix Aige and Yowth The Ressoning Betwix Deth and ManIndividual fables

Seven of the stories in Henryson's cycle are Aesopian fables derived from elegiac Romulus texts, while the other six (given in italics) are Reynardian in genre. The three titles given with bold numbers provide evidence for the integral unity of the overall structure.

 01 The Cock and the Jasp
 02 The Twa Mice
 03 The Cock and the Fox 04 The Confession of the Tod 05 The Trial of the Tod 06 The Sheep and the Dog
 07 The Lion and the Mouse
 08 The Preaching of the Swallow
 09 The Fox the Wolf and the Cadger 10 The Fox the Wolf and the Husbandman 11 The Wolf and the Wether 12 The Wolf and the Lamb
 13 The Paddock and the Mouse

Bibliography
 Gray, Douglas (1979), Robert Henryson, E.J. Brill,
 Barron, W.R.J. (ed.) (1981), Robert Henryson: Selected Poems, Carcanet New Press
 McDiarmid, Matthew P. (1981), Robert Henryson, Scottish Academic Press,
 Fox, Denton (ed.) (1981), The Poems of Robert Henryson, Clarendon Press,
 David Murison (ed.) (1989), Selected Poems by Robert Henryson, The Saltire Society,
 Fleming, Morna (ed.) (2003), The Flouer o Makarheid, The Robert Henryson Society, Dunfermline
 Wingfield, Emily (2014), The Trojan Legend in Medieval Scottish Literature, D.S. Brewer,

See also
Scotland's Education Act of 1496
Scotland in the Late Middle Ages
Scotsoun

Notes and references

External links

Dunfermline's Carnegie Public Lending Library has a special Henryson collection which can be consulted by appointment.
Britain in Print has an online audio recording of Henryson's The Testament of Cresseid'' read by Colin Donati and Dr Morna Fleming among its resources.
Robert Henryson Society homepage
The Chepman & Myllar Prints digital edition at the National Library of Scotland contains the following works by Henryson:
The Praise of Age
Orpheus and Eurydice
The Want of Wise Men

More information can also be found at
Robert L. Kindrick, 'The Morall Fabillis: Introduction"
Writers' Museum in Edinburgh commemorates Robert Henryson in its Makars' Court in Lady Stair's Close. Selections for Makars' Court are made by The Writers' Museum, The Saltire Society and The Scottish Poetry Library.

Scottish Renaissance writers
Middle Scots poets
Scots Makars
1420s births
1500s deaths

Fabulists
Lallans poets
Scottish educators
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People associated with Fife
People associated with the University of Glasgow
People from Dunfermline
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
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Judge rules against group that sued Irvine synagogue over ritual chicken slaughter
Chickens that were to be used in a Jewish ritual are seen in Los Angeles in 2013.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
By Louis SahagúnStaff Writer
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against an Irvine synagogue by a group seeking to protect poultry.
The suit alleged that accepting donations to slaughter chickens as part of the ancient Yom Kippur atonement rite known as Kaparot constitutes an unfair business practice.
United Poultry Concerns, a nonprofit dedicated to the respectful treatment of domestic fowl, argued that Chabad of Irvine charges "a fee of $27 to kill and dispose of each chicken."
The cost of each chicken is $2, it said, thus providing the synagogue with a $25 profit.
But Judge Andre Birotte Jr. wrote in his decision Friday that "Chabad of Irvine does not participate nor compete as a business in the commercial market by performing a religious atonement ritual that involves donations."
"We hope this victory will encourage everyone to live in peace and tolerance of everyone's religious beliefs," Rabbi Alter Tenenbaum of Chabad of Irvine said in a statement.
"We're appealing Judge Birotte's ruling," Bryan Pease, an attorney representing United Poultry Concerns, said Tuesday.
Pease also is representing a nonprofit called Animal Protection and Rescue League in a lawsuit filed against Chabad of Irvine in Orange County Superior Court.
That case, which is set to go to trial June 19, alleges violations of state animal cruelty, environmental and sanitation laws.
To read the article in Spanish, click here
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Louis Sahagún is a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times. He covers issues ranging from religion, culture and the environment to crime, politics and water. He was on the team of L.A. Times writers that earned the Pulitzer Prize in public service for a series on Latinos in Southern California and the team that was a finalist in 2015 for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news. He is a CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California board member, and author of the book, "Master of the Mysteries: the Life of Manly Palmer Hall."

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DURBAN – The driver of a large horse and trailer averted disaster in peak-hour traffic yesterday, avoiding commuters, taxis and cars by swinging into a petrol station under renovation, injuring three people.
The drama happened in Chris Ntuli Road, Berea – just off the N3 freeway.
Rescue Care paramedic Rowan Scandroglio said after the driver lost control of the large truck, he turned into the garage, which was being refurbished.
"The driver knocked one petrol attendant and two construction workers before coming to a stop," he said.
A hazardous materials official said a "diesel bowser" was knocked over.
The driver of a large horse and trailer averted disaster in peak-hour traffic, avoiding commuters, taxis and cars by swinging into a petrol station.
According to a bystander, the driver did not sustain any injuries. He said after the driver saw several taxis parked on the right side of the road, he tried to dodge them by turning into the garage.
"The driver only saw two cars at the garage and thought it would be better to cause damage to property than to kill people," he said.
The truck was towed out of the garage.
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Am Fam Physician. 2001 Mar 1;63(5):967-968.
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rapidly progressive soft tissue infection requiring prompt diagnosis and surgical treatment. The differentiation of NF from nonnecrotizing (non-NF) fasciitis, such as cellulitis or abscess, may be difficult. The "hard" clinical signs usually associated with NF, including hemodynamic instability, crepitance, skin necrosis, bullae and gas on radiograph, often are not present in patients with NF. Magnetic resonance imaging and frozen-section tissue biopsy can be helpful but may not be readily available for rapid diagnosis.
Wall and associates studied the use of an elevated white blood cell (WBC) count (greater than 15,400 per mm3 [15.4 × 109 per L]) or a serum sodium level less than 135 mEq per L (135 mmol per L) as a predictive model to distinguish between NF and non-NF patients. A retrospective record review of 31 patients discharged from the hospital with a diagnosis of NF and 328 discharged with a diagnosis of non-NF included the admission WBC count and the serum sodium concentration (corrected if hyperglycemia was present). The NF patients had a significantly lower mean admission systolic blood pressure and a higher mean admission respiratory rate. On physical examination, NF patients significantly more often exhibited tense edema, bullae, purplish skin discoloration, and sensory or motor deficit. Skin necrosis or gas on plain radiography was not found significantly more often among the NF patients. No patient was reported to have crepitance.
This model was positive in 90 percent of NF patients and 24 percent of non-NF patients. This finding represents a sensitivity of 90 percent and a specificity of 76 percent. The positive predictive value was 26 percent, and the negative predictive value was 99 percent.
The authors conclude that a predictive model based on a WBC count greater than 15,400 per mm3 and a serum sodium level less than 135 mEq per L is useful in distinguishing NF from non-NF. Less than one half of the NF patients demonstrated hard clinical signs, and none had crepitance. A model that assists the clinician when these signs are not present will encourage accurate diagnosis of NF, resulting in faster initiation of treatment. More significantly, because of the high negative predictive value of the model, patients without hard clinical signs and a negative model result are unlikely to have NF.
Wall DB, et al. A simple model to help distinguish necrotizing fasciitis from nonnecrotizing soft tissue infection. J Am Coll Surg. September 2000;191:227–31.


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Förrådsfyndarna (originaltitel: Storage Hunters) är en reality tv-serie som skapades i USA som handlar om förrådsauktioner och fick så stor publik i Storbritannien att det skapades en brittisk version efter det att den amerikanska lades ner.
Programmet sändes även på nyzeeländska TV3 och repriser går på svenska TV10.

Referenser

Amerikanska TV-serier från 2010-talet
TV-seriestarter 2011
TV-seriestarter 2014
Engelskspråkiga TV-serier


Patricia is Agent .38! This time the situation will become dangerous for her.
The fiancé from Patricia has to die. And he will die with a bunch of shoots.
A punter will pay for his sins.
This site is for entertainment purpose only. We shot only with blank bullets. Nobody will be harmed.


Dr. Rogers began working in his new role in January.
transplantation and cancer care," Dr. Rogers said.
health of neighboring communities on the South Side.
center at UCM can better serve the local community.
will be key to stemming the gun violence epidemic.


I look at it this way. The risk in farming is so immense that premiums to insure crops are higher than any farmer could pay alone. That's why the government stepped in during the 1990s to build a viable crop insurance program, partially discounting the premiums to encourage greater participation. Consumers are paying part of that discount that figures out to be about two cents a meal. What do we get out of it? The peace of mind that comes from stocked grocery shelves.
Texas experienced the most devastating one-year drought on record during 2011. If not for crop insurance, many Texas farmers would have failed or suffered crippling losses. Multiply Texas' experience nationwide during the drought disaster of 2012 and you see why crop insurance is necessary for food security.
The purpose of crop insurance is not to make farmers whole. What it does, in case of disaster, is provide money so farmers can afford the huge input costs to put seed in the ground the next year. Because most carry crop insurance—despite back-to-back years of poor harvest because of weather disasters—farmers remained on the land. Most American food, thanks to crop insurance, is still planted here, not in Europe, Canada, Australia or South America.
A debate is currently raging in the U.S. House over a new farm bill. Although much of it centers on domestic food programs which make up 85 percent of the farm bill budget, attempts are being made to dismantle the crop insurance program.
If our country's goal is to keep U.S. agriculture viable, these farm policy critics are wrong.
Two cents per meal. Six cents per day. Forty-two cents per week. It's not a handout to farmers. It's an investment in our families and our future.
Well done, Mike! I wholeheartedly agree.
If we don't keep farmers & ranchers on the land there won't be food for food stamps to purchase!


Curling is a game requiring hand/eye co-ordination – a game of skill, strategy and luck but above all, it is a game of fun. It is a game that can be played by both males and females from the age of 8 to 88. It can be recreational or competitive, depending on how much time you have to devote to the sport.
Curling is played on a sheet of ice by sliding rocks from one end to a target, called the house, at the far end. When each team has taken its turn, an end has been played. The teams turn around and deliver the rocks back – and keep doing this until many ends have been played. The number of ends varies depending upon the amount of available time and the level of competition – most games last either 8 or 10 ends and between 2 and 2 1/2 hours. Each player, beginning with the Lead, delivers two rocks in each end. Alternately, until all 16 rocks have been delivered, 8 by each team.
The house has four different sized circles – the 12′ circle, the 8′ circle, the 4′ circle and the button, which is the small circle in the middle. Sometimes the house is also called the rings. In order to score points, your rocks must be all the way in or just touching the house, which is called biting. Rocks that go over the back line are removed from play as are rocks that don't go over the hog line.
Curling rocks don't travel in straight lines, but curl or bend as they travel down the ice. In order to make the rocks curl in the right direction, you must put a turn on the rock, either a clockwise turn or a counterclockwise turn. When the Skip indicates where the rock you are about to deliver is to go, he/she will also indicate which turn you must put on the rock. The Skip will also indicate to you how hard you are to throw the rock. You may be asked for takeout weight in order to remove an opposition rock or rocks or for draw weight if the Skip wants you to put the rock gently into a particular spot.
Brushers may only brush their own rock until it reaches the far tee line. After the tee line only one brusher may brush the rock. The other team's Skip may brush your rock after it reaches the far tee line because he or she is trying to brush it out of play.
The Rules Curling for General Play document (as published by the Canadian Curling Association [CCA]).
Every curling game begins with a hearty handshake of friendship and goodwill to both team mates and opponents.
Be on time. Seven other people will be depending on you.
Clean your shoes before stepping onto the ice. Clean your brush regularly during the game. It is everyones responsibility to keep the sheet of ice clean. However, you may not remove any foreign object from beneath a moving stone or from one that has come to rest.
Be ready to throw your stone immediately after your opponent's stone has been delivered. Make sure that you have cleaned your stone first.
In no way should you disturb a player in the hack or during delivery or until he or she watches the stone come to a stop. You should stand still on the sideline and between the hog lines when your opponent is delivering a stone.
Sweepers should be on the sidelines, alert and ready to sweep immediately, if called upon. They should stay with the stone all the way to the house, sweeping or not.
Congratulate opposing players, as well as members of your own rink, when they have made a good shot. Never, by word or deed, be guilty of any action that would embarrass a player who has missed a shot.
Every curling game ends with a hearty handshake of friendship and goodwill to both team mates and opponents.
Sliders are slippery. Ice is slippery.
Step on the ice with your gripper foot.
Never step onto the ice with your slider foot.
Step off the ice with your slider foot.
Never step off the ice with your gripper foot.
Your slider foot should be: LAST ON, FIRST OFF.
Curling has become a popular winter sport among Canadians of all ages. But like all sports played on ice, the risk of falls is increased.
Curling sheets are always busy with activity: rocks being delivered, sweepers following rocks, people walking back and forth. Before you step onto the ice take a look around and take note of the sheets being used and the experience and potential injury risks presented by the other players.
Falls often happen when a curler is stepping on or off the ice. Always step on the ice with your gripper foot first; never step on with your slider foot first. When you step off the ice, always step off with your slider foot first. Hold onto the boards or use your broom or brush for better balance.
Ice conditions can change from one day to the next. Note how slippery the ice is when you first step on, and use extra caution if necessary.
Keep an eye out for stray rocks, and prevent rocks from going onto another sheet.
Keep your feet on the ice. Walk or slide; never hop or run.
Clothing should be warm, comfortable and allow movement. Thin gloves may help to prevent blisters while sweeping.
Make sure that your shoes provide good traction on ice. Be sure that your slider and gripper or shoes are clean and dry before stepping on the ice.
You can use your broom or brush to help keep your balance and avoid falls, both when you're getting on and off the ice and while playing.
Use your broom or brush to stop the rocks. A rock can have more momentum than you may realize, and if you use your hand to stop it, your fingers can be pinched between it and another rock. If you use your foot to stop a fast moving rock, you can lose your balance and fall.
Curling courses and clinics will help you learn how to enjoy the game to the fullest and teach you the skills needed to avoid slips and falls.
If you're new at curling, take some time to get used to standing and moving on the ice. Don't get overconfident, and remember that some patches of ice may be more hazardous than others.
If you're sweeping and are having trouble keeping up with a fast shot, stop and let it go. With practice, you'll learn to keep up with faster shots without risking a fall.
Keep focused on the game. Things can happen very quickly in curling, and your fellow curlers will appreciate you being "in" the game.
Standard rocks weigh 42 pounds and add strain to your back, legs, knees, arm and shoulder when thrown. If you already have an injury, or if it throwing the rock becomes painful, don't play.
Illness and alcohol can affect your balance and the effects will be much more noticeable on the slippery ice. You should avoid playing if your balance is impaired in any way.
A stone thrown with sufficient momentum to reach the back rings. The portion of the 12 foot ring behind the tee line and in the proximity of the centre line.
The line that runs across the sheet of ice tangent to the back of the 12 foot ring at the centre line.
A stone that just touches the outer edge of the 12 foot circle and is a potential point.
The strategy by which a team deliberately blanks an end for the purpose of retaining last rock advantage.
A curling competition comprised of a number of different events usually played over a weekend.
A slang term for the curling stone.
The Brier is the Canadian Men's Curling Championship.
A type of device used to sweep the ice in the path of the stone and may be manufactured with straw or synthetic fibers.
A type of device used to sweep the ice in the path of the stone and may be manufactured with hog's hair, horse hair or synthetic fibres.
The act of moving the brush back and forth across the ice in front of a moving stone.
A lightweight takeout thrown with sufficient momentum to reach the back board at the distant end.
A stone in motion touched by a member of either team, or any part of their equipment.
A bonspiel in which the prizes consist of cash awards.
To hit only a small portion of a stone.
To hit a small portion of a stone and roll the delivered stone to another position.
To lightly sweep or brush in front of a stone to remove any debris.
A stone that is released with little or no rotation of the handle.
A takeout shot that removes two of the opponent's stones at one time.
The momentum required for a stone to reach the house or circles at the distant end.
A portion of a curling game that is completed when each team has thrown eight stones and the score has been decided. A game consists of a specific number of ends, usually 8 or 10.
Ice conditions that require very little momentum to produce the required weight.
The substitute or alternate player on a team.
A stone that is released with poor technique which causes it to be wide of the skip's broom.
A precise draw weight shot in which the delivered stone comes to rest directly up against a stationary stone.
A stone thrown with sufficient weight to reach the 12 foot circle in front of the T line and at the proximity of the centre line.
Ice that has layer of frost on the surface usually caused by excess humidity.
A stone that is placed in a position so that it may protect or potentially protect another stone.
The foot-hold at each end of the ice from which the stone is delivered.
A light weight takeout delivered with enough momentum for it to reach the hack at the distant end.
A bristle from a brush.
The crest that is given to a team to signify winning a provincial/territorial championship which leads to a national championship.
A stone delivered with more momentum weight than was actually required.
Slow ice. When ice conditions are such that more than the normal amount of momentum is required to produce the desired weight.
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A takeout. Removal of a stone from the playing area by hitting it with another stone.
A line 10 meters from the hack at each end of the ice. A stone, to be in play, must completely cross the hog line at the distant end.
A command given to the sweepers to sweep vigorously.
In the playing of a takeout or draw shot it is the distance between the skip's broom and the target stone or target area, determined by the amount of curl and weight anticipated.
The rotation applied to the handle of a stone that causes to turn and curl in a clockwise direction for a right handed curler.
A stone delivered between the skip's broom and the intended target stone or target area.
The style of play that has many stones in play.
Fast ice. When ice conditions are such that less than the normal amount of momentum is required to produce the desired weight.
The first player on a team to deliver a pair of stones for his team in each end.
A stone delivered with less than the weight required to successfully complete the desired shot.
A stone that does not maintain the rotation imparted at release.
A stone delivered off the intended line of delivery which is determined by the skip's broom.
The umpire or referee responsible for ensuring the game is played according to the rules.
The rotation applied to the handle of a stone that causes to turn and curl in a counter- clockwise direction for a right handed curler.
A take out shot that removes a stone from play and the delivered stone also rolls out of play.
The momentum required on a take out shot to remove a stone from play and also roll the delivered stone out of play.
An opening between two stones that is just large enough to allow passage of another stone.
The skill by which the skip anticipates the amount a stone will curl relative to the weight required.
The circles towards which play is directed.
A team. Also the building in which the game is played.
Small dips or hollows in the ice that restrict the stone from curling in its intended path.
The curler who delivers the second pair of stones for his team in each end.
At any time during an end, the stone which is closest to the button.
The player who determines the strategy, reads the ice and directs play for his team. Generally the skip delivers the last pair of stones for his team in each end.
Heavy ice. Ice that requires more momentum than normal to produce the required amount of weight.
An alternate player or substitute.
A stone that is released so that it rotates many times as it travels down the sheet.
A stone that raises another stone into the rings and rolls in itself.
A stone that is released without any rotation applied to the handle at release.
The action of moving a broom or brush back and forth in the path of a moving stone.
Ice conditions which cause the stone to curl a greater distance than normal.
The line that passes through the centre of the house that runs at right angles to the centre line.
The third player on a team to throw two stones in each end. Generally this player acts as the skip when the skip is delivering his stones and assists with shot selection decisions.
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A stone which, at release, is directed toward the target or target area and not directly at the skip's broom.
The momentum imparted to a curling stone in delivery.
To hit a small portion of a stone and roll the delivered stone to another location.
A stone that is delivered to the opposite side of the broom than the target stone or target area.
A shot that accidentally wicks off a stone in front of the house.


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€65m, €75m & €80m offer tabled for Manchester United target
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Angel di Maria saga is taking all sorts of nasty twists and turns. And we must say, newspapers in Spain are probably getting it all wrong. The situation as we understand is simple. Well, not that simple.
Paris Saint Germain are leading the race to sign Di Maria.
According to both Marca & AS (past one week) the Parisiens are ready to offer €65m, €75m & €80m for his services.
In reality, they will struggle to pay that sum, simply because it would violate FFP regulations.
Only alternative is, they need to sell Edinson Cavani, who is a reported target of Manchester United.
Le 10 Sport claim PSG would only sell Cavani for €80m, which I don't think United will ever pay.
Manchester United are also interested in Di Maria. In case PSG fail to wrap up the deal, Louis van Gaal will likely to make a move. That's what Spanish press claim. Again, highly unlikely United will match that amount.
Now, Marca reporting today that PSG are hell-bent in signing Angel di Maria and could be willing to offer up to €80m to secure his signature. Di Maria's potential sale would break Real Madrid's highest sale record; however, coach Carlo Ancelotti wants to keep the Argentine in the squad but the club and player have different ideas.
Ancelotti says all he knows is that, like every other player, Di Maria must present himself at Madrid's training ground on August 5, and he considers him as key to his plans for next season.
Marca further claim, United have almost completed the signing of Cavani (what? are you kidding us?) which will give PSG the flexibility to sign Di Maria. Now, really we are getting sick of this saga!


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For years, the residence qualification for citizenship in Australia was a total of 5 years out of 8. Then, reflecting a quaint policy of harnessing ethnic votes, including offering some ethnic empowerment, the qualifying period began to be reduced. One government reduced this period to 3 years. The other government educed this period to 2. Just like competition in the retail sector.
Reducing the waiting period for permanent residents to apply for Australian citizenship from 5 years out of 8 to 3, and then to 2, may not have captured the ethnic vote. The reality is that immigrant voters engaged in business tended to vote conservative; the workers generally voted labour. However, this diminution of the value of citizenship allowed those with criminal intent to keep their heads down during this period. With citizenship, they could not be deported.
Prime Minister Howard's 4-year residence requirement was a pragmatic solution. Was lawful temporary residence included in the qualifying period? Currently, a total of 4 years' residence, with a minimum of 1 year's permanent residence is required. As a consequence, now there is a perception that a 1-year residence as a permanent resident should be enough, even without any prior temporary residence. What are the risks for the nation?
Dual citizenship (introduced for political purposes) had already diminished the value of our citizenship. Australian citizens can now fight for their country of origin, if they have dual citizenship.
To re-clad citizenship, which requires a commitment to the nation, it is surely desirable that 4 years of permanent residence be a primary requirement. A secondary requirement is that those seeking our citizenship should demonstrate clearly that they wish to integrate into the nation. What is unfair about these requirements?
(I was the Head of the Citizenship Branch in the then Department of Immigration & Ethnic Affairs, whose expert team conducted the first ever review of our Citizenship Act – in the early 1980s. It was my recommendation, which was accepted by the government, that no one should govern, administer, or fight for the nation without Australian citizenship.
For years, the Australian media has tended to follow any new developments in American media. For example, way back in the 1960s, when some radio advertisers in the USA began to shout their messages, Australia followed. Until recently, a particular presenter on Australian tv shouted his wares as if he had to rush off to void something.
Then, more recently, tv news readers on the national broadcaster and on the multicultural channel (part subsidised) began to interview reporters during the news broadcast. Unlike the olden days, when the speech sounds were (sort-of) British, the accents heard in recent decades were those of educated readers speaking Australian English.
Now, there has developed a new trend. Increasingly, some presenters and reporters are attempting to speak American English. I set out below a letter I wrote for publication in my local newspaper; it did not see the light of day.
It is fascinating to hear some Aussie newsreaders and reporters on ABC tv and SBS tv attempting to speak American English. They do this by accenting the first syllable; for example, Sah-hara (the desert), dough-nation, dee-fence. Increasingly, we also hear nairies and tawries, like ordi-nairy and terri-tawry.
In view of the probable isolation of Australia on the edge of Asia, when mother hen progressively gathers the chicks wandering about on their own up north, as well as for a desirable shift in Australia away from policies based on welfare to individual enterprise and effort, and for us not having to pay for our military equipment, I have recommended in my book 'Musings at death's door: an ancient bicultural Asian-Australian ponders about Australian society' that Australia should seek to become the next state of the USA.
Although my adopted nation (of which I have reason to be proud) is clearly a satrapy of the US hegemonic empire, rushing off to back the USA in any conflagration commenced by it, our media and politicos pretend that we a middle power. That we may be as well, but we cannot be an Asian nation.
I find it fascinating to hear how some readers and reporters try to emphasise that first syllable in what apparently is the way Americans speak. However, some words, like 'missils' (for missiles), pose no difficulty.
How do our school children cope with this dual approach to speech, with their teachers speaking Aussie English and tv offering American English?
'There are 195 sovereign states in the world as of July 9, 2011, reports One World Nations Online, when South Sudan became an independent state. Before that, the last changes occurred with the end of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2006 and the two nations emerged as independent states.
When did citizenship become a right?
For many years, Australian citizenship was available to permanent residents only after a residence of 5 years out of 8. Choosing or accepting the citizenship of another nation led to the loss of Australian citizenship. That is, since citizenship required a commitment to the nation, its institutions, social mores, and cultural values, dual citizenship was not possible.
Then, in a competition for what was erroneously perceived as ethnic votes, one government reduced the waiting period to 3. Soon, the government of the opposing political colour reduced this period to 2! This was not only cheapening the value of citizenship, but also permitted those of a criminal intent to keep their heads down for 2 years before continuing on their chosen path – but as Australian citizens. They could not be deported.
Citizenship could be denied for security reasons; or because of a criminal record. Citizenship could be cancelled were it to be proven that the application for citizenship had contained a lie. Any child born in Australia did not qualify for citizenship when the parents were not permanent residents. That did not prevent some temporary-resident women giving birth in Australia, and claiming a right to stay.
Strangely, there is currently a provision for a temporary-resident child to apply for citizenship after reaching 10 years of age.
Worse still, a conservative government introduced the right to dual citizenship – apparently for political reasons; this effectively made an Australian passport only a document of identity. As well, an Australian citizen is now able to fight for the nation of his ancestors without been seen as a mercenary.
Then, there is no way that nations bound by the Napoleonic Code on citizenship will not apply that code. Under that Code, the descendants of a national person remain citizens of the nation of the parent (or other ancestors), no matter where these descendants now live, and their associated citizenship rights. China is a relevant example for Australians who had migrated from that nation.
Relatively recently, a Prime Minister and a State Premier together ended the prevailing emphasis on retention of ethnic cultures, and some ethnic empowerment, both embodied in multiculturalism policy, in favour of a shared citizenship; and the integration of imported ethnic communities into the national ethos.
Currently, there is a proposal to strengthen national identity through ensuring that citizenship is granted only to those permanent residents who accept Australia's values, who seek to integrate into the nation culturally, and who will not be a burden on the taxpayer. Obviously, these should have been, and should be, priority requirements for acceptance for residence.
Permanent residence for 4 years to qualify for citizenship, and the denial of citizenship to the children of non-residents, will presumably remain core features of a tighter policy.
Citizenship is not a right. It needs to be earned. As the nation's borders are strengthened, internal cohesion, through commitment to the nation, and what it stands for, needs to be enhanced.


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The Daily Northwestern • March 1, 2012 • https://dailynorthwestern.com/2012/03/01/campus/campusarchived/medill-senior-looks-forward-to-her-fourth-year-of-northwestern-dance-marathon/
Medill senior looks forward to her fourth year of Northwestern Dance Marathon
Stephanie Haines and Stephanie Haines
Update: Block Ten, the Final Block
As Ranjani headed to dance her last three hours for DM, she said she feels a little emotional.
"This whole experience has been life-changing," Ranjani said. "I can't believe it is ending so soon."
Ranjani said during the previous blocks it was difficult because the dancers' meals were not served on time. She said it was hard to fill that time with dancing.
In the ninth block, members from the B+ Foundation gave speeches, and Ranjani said its poignance contributed to her emotional state. She said she thinks this last block will contain just as much emotion as the ninth.
Ranjani said she is excited to see "everyone come together" in block ten. She also said she looks forward to the reveal of the total amount of money raised.
As the dancers charged into the tent for their final three hours, Ranjani exuded the same persistent energy she kept up throughout the entire 27 hours thus far.
"This all has been great," she said.
Update: Block Six
Just a little more than halfway through the 30 hours, Ranjani said she feels great.
Although she described herself as "a little incoherent" after dancing all night, she said she was excited for an upcoming interview with all of this year's 120 Hour Club members.
"Sorry I can't talk so well right now," she said.
She said that in the hour before, the DM Committee served breakfast to the participants, and they got to sit down for 15 minutes. Ranjani said the 15 minutes were "amazing."
"I'm still going," she said.
Update: Block One
After nearly three hours of dancing, Ranjani said, "I am doing great, and I'm still really energetic."
She said the key is to not look at the clock and think only about having a good time.
One thing that helped keep her going, she said, was the fact that the B+ Foundation paired a "B+ hero," or a child battling cancer, with each team.
"It's only been an hour, and I've already gotten to meet the Zeta B+ hero, " Ranjani said. "It was amazing just to be dancing with our hero and giving him a good time."
Meet Ranjani Chakraborty
This weekend, Medill senior Ranjani Chakraborty will join Northwestern's Dance Marathon's 120 Hour Club, the small group of dancers who have participated in DM for four years.
Chakraborty estimated she is one of about 30 dancers in the club. She said she is sad that this year's round is her last.
"I can't use words to describe it," Chakraborty said. "The energy around you is insane."
Chakraborty said she first got involved with DM her freshman year when her whole Elder Residence Hall floor decided to participate. She said although she did not know what she was getting into by dancing for 30 hours, she absolutely fell in love with the process, and she decided to participate each year after that.
"She's a very strong-headed person when she puts her mind to it," said Meera Chakraborty, her mother. "The standard quo is not her way to go. She always does something different. She likes helping charity as well as doing something she likes, which is dance, and that's why she's done it for four years."
Ranjani said she loves participating with her close group of friends, and she appreciates the support from her friends who do not participate. This year, she requested Red Mango from her friend Michael Cousin, a McCormick senior and a 2010 DM participant.
"I don't understand how anyone could have that much energy," Cousin said. "I think she will be having a blast the whole time."
One of her favorite parts of the DM experience is getting to meet the people for whom DM raises money, Ranjani said. She described listening to the "heart-wrenching" speeches of children fighting diseases as a powerful motivating factor.
"You realize everything you have done is worth it," Ranjani said.
Although Ranjani cannot choose one specific memorable DM moment, she said she really appreciates bonding with more than 1000 other students she does not know very well because in the end they become one team. She said she thinks that although NU is a very philanthropic-oriented school, the many different philanthropies from the Greek system or other programs can fragment the team effort.


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Is the Commercialization of Waterfowl Good for Duck Hunting?
Many outfitters create crucial habitat for ducks and geese. But the general commercialization of waterfowling is putting the squeeze on freelance hunters
By Joe Genzel, John Pollmann | Updated Jan 4, 2022 10:41 PM
Are there too many waterfowl outfitters? Some hunters think so. Joe Genzel
Grant Doyle has hunted ducks and geese in central Kansas for over a quarter-century, and he's developed a very personal understanding of the phrase "the way things used to be."
Duck and goose hunters are no strangers to change. Birds shift migration patterns, populations rise and fall with the unpredictability of available water in the Prairie Pothole Region, and the way we hunt has changed too. But the brand of change that has Doyle longing for the "good ol' days" is different.
"The hunting here has changed so fundamentally from even just five or six years ago," says Doyle. "There is so much competition for places to hunt. Commercial operations are paying guys to be out scouting every morning and every night, so as soon as a duck or goose sets as much as a foot down on a field, there are three trucks there calling the landowner offering money in order to lock up the field for [their] clients. It has changed the game, and I don't think it is ever going back to the way things used to be."
Outfitters Are Having a Definite Impact on How Freelancers Hunt
Central Kansas isn't the only location that has seen a surge in outfitters. Oklahoma private land is locked up tighter than a flock of juvie snow geese, and it's near impossible to get access anymore by knocking on a farmer's door unless you have a wad of cash in hand. As for Missouri, Nebraska, the Dakotas? More outfitters seem to be popping up and running large groups of clients after ducks and geese day after day. The impact on freelance hunters in the area takes its toll. What's more, the birds feel the pressure, too.
"If we think of how waterfowl react to hunter disturbance, or pressure, on the first day of the season compared to even just the second or third day of the season, we can get an idea of how this disturbance impacts their behavior. They may have bird brains, but they don't like getting shot," says Tom Bidrowski, Migratory Game Bird Program Manager for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
Not all pressure is created equally, Bidrowski adds. The time of the year, quality of habitat, the condition and experience of the birds, and the number of hunters providing the disturbance all factor into the response displayed by waterfowl.
"This is especially true for birds that are further along in their migration," he said. "If they cannot rest or feed undisturbed, they are going to move on, or they will seek more secluded habitats that are inaccessible by hunters where they will build energy stores necessary for migration and then they'll move out of the area. Or in the case of a wintering mallard population here in Kansas, the birds will shift to roosting out in the middle of a large reservoir and then feed at night. It's a survival mechanism."
While waterfowl have the ability to move on to greener pastures and escape the pressure, freelance hunters—constrained by time and money—often do not. Working within a limited area becomes even more difficult when outfitters lease or purchase ground that was once an option for hunting.
"I can't compete with what the outfitters are paying to grab land, so I've stopped doing a lot of the kind of hunting I used to do," says Doyle, a waterfowl taxidermist and decoy maker. "I primarily hunt public ground, where the pressure can still be insane, so I've had to really change when I hunt and the types of birds that I target."
And in some cases, outfitters are purchasing ground to develop into the kind of food and water resources needed to draw birds into an area.
Missouri is a prime example of this. Commercial and private clubs, particularly in the north-central part of the state, have covered thousands of acres with flooded corn, moist soil units, and other prime duck real estate. The Missouri Department of Conservation has also dedicated serious dollars to creating and enhancing public wetlands. All of this farming has resulted in attracting more ducks to the state. In fact, Missouri is the only state in the Mississippi Flyway that has increased its long-term average of ducks killed since 1999. Every other state is either holding steady or trending down in the average number of ducks killed per year.
But when outfitters create better habitat for birds, it also leaves a lot of other hunters on the outside looking in (or at least that's the perception).
"There's definitely a divide between public-land or freelance hunters that used to get on the properties now held by private-land hunters," said a Missouri waterfowl manager, who asked to remain anonymous because of his ties to the hunting industry. "Public guys are jealous that the private guys are shooting all the ducks they once had access to. But in certain parts of this state, the investment private landowners have made in waterfowl habitat is what brings so many ducks here.
"The smart hunters who don't have the money to buy land, buddy up with the private-land guys, and work with them to improve their properties so they can get on a few good hunts each fall. The rest just bitch about how the rich hunters are hoarding all the ducks."
The Pay-to-Hunt Model
Outfitters often run big spreads on private property. Joe Genzel
Central Kansas is home to a pair of significant historical stopping points for migrating waterfowl: Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area, which is managed by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Quivira National Wildlife Refuge. Combined, the two parcels of ground provide more than 20,000 acres of wetlands used by hundreds of thousands of migrating ducks and geese, which feed in surrounding fields of harvested small grains, corn, and winter wheat.
In the past decade, the hunting opportunities in this region have found their way into the national spotlight due to magazine articles, outdoor TV shows, and social media. All of this has helped Kansas become a go-to destination for hunters from around the country. Which means there's money to be made there.
"The commercial hunting business has grown dramatically over the past decade, and I don't think that it is going away. I do think that it is a change that has altered the entire culture of hunting," says Mike Miller, Information and Education Section Chief with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. "We now have a customer base out there willing to pay to access quality habitat to hunt waterfowl, or to hunt deer, or to hunt upland birds, or whatever, and it has changed things on the Kansas landscape, in terms of hunting."
Kansas hunters are not alone. Throughout the four major waterfowl migration flyways—Atlantic, Mississippi, Central and Pacific—duck and goose hunters are coming face-to-face with the reality of a changing cultural landscape, one in which they need to adapt their strategies for harvesting waterfowl, lower their expectations for what it means to have a "successful" day, or start to pay to play.
"This isn't a new challenge for waterfowl hunters; it's that commercial hunting is now chipping away at hunting cultures in new places," explains John Cooper, a veteran waterfowl hunter, former U.S. Fish and Wildlife law enforcement officer with boots-on-the-ground experience across the flyways, and former secretary of the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks.
For example, hunting in Illinois looks much different today than it did 40 years ago. Back then, there was plenty of access to the Illinois River, which was a major flyway for migrating ducks and geese. Now, most all of that access is gone due to private clubs and outfitters purchasing or leasing the land. It also dropped the quality of duck and goose hunting in the state outside the levees of those clubs.
Overhunting also played a role in the fall off of Illinois waterfowl hunting. Southern Illinois was once the mecca for Canada goose hunting. Towns like Cairo boomed with outfitters and hunters. But after decades of goose killing, the birds stopped coming. There are no notable populations of honkers in that part of the state anymore. You can argue that the degradation of Illinois River waterfowl habitat caused the change, but hunting pressure—i.e. too many outfitters running too many clients every day of the season—shares that blame as well.
"Illinois is a perfect example of how this story typically unfolds," said Cooper. "At one point, Illinois really had a variety of opportunities for hunters along the Illinois River or down by Cairo. The clubs and commercial operations were not all that prevalent. They were there, but there were still a lot of places where freelance hunters could find access up until the 1970s and early '80s. Then the shift began, and private clubs and commercial operations became very good at leasing areas used by waterfowl for roosting and feeding. The opportunities shrunk and became controlled by the people who could make money off of it."
The Impact of Hunting Pressure
Many waterfowlers are willing to pay for a day of hunting in a pit blind. Joe Genzel
The loss of access to private ground isn't the only issue when considering the impact that commercial waterfowl hunting operations are having on hunting opportunities. There is also the significance of hunting pressure and what, if any, connections can be made between changes in bird behavior and the success (or lack thereof) freelance hunters are having in areas that have been inundated with outfitters.
There are few states that feature more pay-to-play operations than Arkansas. Luke Naylor, Waterfowl Program Coordinator for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says that there is no definitive study on hunting pressure and the impact on bird behavior, bird distribution, or hunting success.
Those links that waterfowl managers can make are largely based on anecdotal evidence: waterfowl feeding in different fields from day-to-day instead of establishing a pattern; birds skirting the edges of decoy spreads, flaring off spinning-wing decoys or otherwise not committing; waterfowl becoming non-responsive to calling; and ducks and geese going to a nocturnal feeding schedule are all behaviors that hunters ascribe to too much pressure.
"It is a part of waterfowl hunting that is so hard to study, but our aerial surveys do provide us with some unique observations," says Naylor. "What we're finding is that it doesn't take long for ducks to discover how to adapt to pressure and survive."
Over the last several years, Naylor says aerial surveys conducted shortly after the start of the season show ducks consistently shifting to areas where there is absolutely no sign of hunting activity. That behavior is only going to increase as more hunters come to an area where waterfowl are prevalent. The more human impact on the landscape, the more wary ducks become.
"[Ducks] are not sitting in a rice field with a pit blind sunken in the levee, or one with ATV tracks running all around it," he says. "Instead, you'll find them in some oddly-shaped field bottom that is flooded and full of weeds. Ducks are finding those places where they can stay away from pressure and make do with the food resources at hand."
It Takes Money to Manage Waterfowl Habitat
Well-funded outfitters can afford to lease or buy property in order to create refuges for their birds. Joe Genzel
Hunting clubs and outfitters are aware of this duck behavior, Naylor says, and managing hunting pressure and providing sanctuaries that are not hunted has become essential to influencing where birds feel comfortable and thus want to spend more time.
So has providing high-energy food resources through the managed flooding of moist-soil crops, like smartweed and millet, or by flooding un-harvested crops like corn—a practice that has drawn the ire of hunters who believe that ducks are changing their habits in response to availability of large amounts of food.
"We do not have any evidence that these areas of flooded standing corn are changing large-scale patterns of duck migration," says Naylor. "It gets more complicated when you talk about things at the local level. When you have an abundance of high-energy food resources combined with limited hunting pressure, there may be some impact on duck distribution. That's not meant as criticism, because we are trying to provide the same high-level food resources and rest areas on our state properties."
Hunters who do not have access to privately-managed properties do want to level the playing field on public ground, but that takes money.
"Money," says Kyle Spragens, Waterfowl Section Manager for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. "It costs a lot of money to actually manage habitat for waterfowl."
In Washington, state funds generated through license fees are dedicated to improve wetlands for waterfowl, Spragens explains, but those funds have been static for over a decade. The cost of fuel for tractors, seed, and labor have not remained flat. That means the state is spending the same amount of money, but getting fewer acres of habitat in return.
"Some commercial guiding outfit or high-end private duck club investing tens of thousands of dollars [or more] to put water and food on the ground has a big leg up on what we can provide," says Spragens. "We keep looking for ways to bridge that, but I don't think that's going to solve things. Based on the prices people are willing to pay for access, there is a really high demand for that kind of hunting."
The Outfitter's Perspective
Outfitter Tony Vandemore of Habitat Flats has been improving waterfowl habitat for more than a decade. Under Armour
From the windows along the south wall of Habitat Flats' main lodge, clients can watch the daily movements of the thousands of ducks and geese that stop annually in this part of Missouri on their trip from the Canadian prairies and the Dakotas to points south. Lodge co-owner Tony Vandemore and a team of guides have developed the surrounding acres into pristine puddle duck habitat. Many of his neighbors in Sumner, Missouri, are implementing intense habitat management as well. These efforts have created some of the best duck hunting in the Mississippi flyway during certain times of the season.
Videos of Vandemore working on the property frequently appear on social media platforms. From building blinds to planting corn that will eventually be flooded to attract thousands of mallards, the year-round effort that goes into creating and managing habitat is as much a part of the Habitat Flats brand as the hunting.
"Habitat Flats started out as a sketch on a napkin. A lot of hard work took that dream and made it a reality," says Vandemore. "And that hard work continues every off-season in order to create hunting opportunities in the fall. Nothing has been handed to us."
The result is two lodges (one just outside Sumner, the other near the Grand Pass Conservation Area) brimming with clients who pay nearly $3,000 for a three-day, three-night stay. When your clients are paying that amount of money, there's pressure to be successful, which Habitat Flats has done for more than a decade. That success has created an even greater demand, leading the outfit to expand its habitat footprint, which puts even more attention on Habitat Flats. It's a focal point of frustration for hunters both in the state and further down the flyway, who think that the habitat work Vandemore and the other owners have done to attract ducks is short-stopping birds.
At the end of the day, Vandemore says, Habitat Flats is providing a service for hunters because they have the financial means to do so, but their intent isn't to make the duck hunting worse for the folks around them.
"Our clients tend to be people who don't have time to freelance and look around for a hunt on their own," says Vandemore. "Or they don't have time to manage a lease of their own, or those who don't want to leave their house at two in the morning to stand in line for a draw at a public hunting area only to get left out and not have a place to hunt. They have limited days to hunt, and they want to make them count."
The Freelance Duck Hunter's Perspective
It can be a lot of effort to find access to ducks as a freelance hunter. Joe Genzel
There are few locations across the flyways that remain a secret if ducks are abundant. Oklahoma is a prime example. Thirty years ago a local duck hunter could door knock for access and hunt ponds for puddle ducks or setup on Canada geese in a peanut field. That no longer exists because word got out about the fantastic hunting there. Now there are well-funded outfitters who compete with one another for fields, driving the price so high that local hunters are priced out.
"I know some guys that just stopped duck hunting, because they were sick of fighting for the places they grew up hunting," says an Oklahoma native who lost access to nearly all the ground he hunted as a kid, and asked not to be named. "It's a shitty deal for those of us who are from here, but how can you blame a farmer for taking $1,000 per day from an outfitter? You can't."
The real problem for most freelance hunters is there are simply too many outfitters doing a poor job of trying to emulate what Vandemore has created in Missouri. They are selling hunts but they aren't doing the work to create the habitat that attracts ducks. Habitat Flats has improved habitat exponentially, which ultimately, benefits the ducks most of all. Too many outfitters are just paying for access to harvested fields, running as many clients as they can, putting money in their pocket, and not giving anything back to the ducks or to the local area, says the Oklahoma freelancer.
"It's the wild West out here," he says. "Guys fighting over fields, just so they can say they killed a pile of geese. It's ruined waterfowling for a lot of folks here. I don't blame any one person for causing this. It's just a bad situation and it's not good for duck hunting."
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Freelance or Pay to Hunt?
Grant Doyle is a Kanas duck hunter and taxidermist. Grant Doyle
Back in Great Bend, Kansas, Doyle is teaching a hunting and safety certification course to young hunters. Graduates of the class are sent off with knowledge on gun safety and hunting ethics. Doyle holds hope that they can all find a place to hunt. Ironically, their parents may choose to hire Doyle's brother, who has started guiding hunters in the region.
"I give him crap about it all the time," says Doyle. "He tells me that he's doing it to make connections to landowners and make some money so that he can afford a place for his own kids to go some day. That's his choice, I guess."
It's a choice all waterfowl hunters must face sooner or later. They have to weigh the cost of paying an outfitter, gate fees, or leases against the frustration they will face trying to ask permission on a field or compete for ducks in a crowded public marsh. The first option is expensive, the second costs you time, and possibly your sanity. It's not an easy predicament to navigate, particularly if you're an average weekend hunter looking for a good shoot. It's also making enjoying a morning of duck hunting more and more difficult, which is worrisome for the future of waterfowling. After all, how long is a hunter with poor access and few ducks going to stick with this sport?
Joe Genzel
Joe Genzel is a senior editor at Outdoor Life. Genzel grew up chasing mallards and Canada geese in the Illinois River Valley. But since the only thing left to hunt in Illinois besides whitetails are grays and foxtails, he now spends most of the fall and winter searching for oak and black walnut trees, and walking behind a crazy Russian squirrel dog named Vladimir.


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YolanDa Brown: Work harder and better days will surely come
YolanDa Brown loves Jazz and is out to change the way people view Jazz in the UK. She would like to see all love and enjoy Jazz as she does. This young and charming musician has already won Mobo Awards twice for Best Jazz.
She is now touring the UK promoting her debut album "April Showers May Flowers". This is a beautifully sculpted record that touches lightly on Jazz and Soul and R&B, each track bestowed with the kind of lyrical insight – on love and life – that suggests its author is something of a poet, too.
YolanDa has a very chilled out vibe and a voice that has been compared to SADE. She is however known as Britain's Premier Saxophonist, and has broken all boundaries in much the same way as classical crossover musicians such as Jamie Cullum have done.
YolanDa who is a self-taught musician has played with many famous musicians including Alexander O'Neal, Mica Paris, The Temptations, Soweto Kinch and Jools Holland.
After obtaining a first and a Master's Degree, YolanDa enrolled for PhD but her love for music has made her suspend her studies for now. She has however promised to return and complete her PhD studies one day.
YolanDa is a patron for the Mayor of London's fund for Young Musicians. She has been to Buckingham Palace and met the Queen, in addition to doing a private concert for the Russian President. Here's an exclusive interview she granted The AfroNews.
YolanDa, you have won two Mobo Awards for Best Jazz. That's a great achievement for such a young musician. What's the secret of your success?
Thanks, I don't think it's a big secret but the main thing is to go out and get it. We didn't wait for promoters to book me in the early days but instead decided to garner an audience and following ourselves. This involved releasing EPs, self-promoting solo concerts in fantastic venues around London, including IndigO2, Under the Bridge and HMV Apollo!
How has winning Mobo Awards changed your life?
Winning the MOBOs personally gave me the confidence to continue doing what I do – being me and playing the music I like to make. It let me know that there are people out there that want to hear what I'm doing and share time with me at concerts. As a recording and performing artist that's the main thing you want.
The title of your new album is "April Showers May Flowers". Quite poetic, why did you choose this title?
"April Showers May Flowers" illustrates a journey. Everyone in life has to work through something at one time or another, from the young school child to the millionaire entrepreneur. These times I call April Showers, but if you can believe there will be better days and push through the harder times then the blessings and successes – May Flowers will surely come. When in those April Showers… think of the May Flowers that are on their way!
What should those who haven't listened to the LP expect?
For my debut project I wanted to share with the listeners what they would get if they came to a YolanDa Brown concert. The album takes you through a range of genres and feelings including Jazz, Swing, Reggae, Classical and Ballads. I have grown up listening to such a mix of genres that it is a challenge to play in just one so there is something for everyone.
Generally, what message or messages do you try to pass across through your music?
My main message would be "Be yourself and go out and do it". It is great to receive messages and feedback that a listener has been inspired or motivated after being at a show or hearing the album and it warms my heart to know the message is coming across.
What are some of the challenges you are facing as a musician in the UK?
I think the main challenge is being an independent artist in some respects. On one hand it is great that I have the creative liberty and control of what my brand and project can do. On the other hand it is difficult to compete with the grand machine of the major labels and mainstream network. It is not impossible but you have to push even harder to be heard amongst the giants! It is also very rewarding to have had an independent release with such a great reception in the mainstream.
I know you have a special mission to change the way people view Jazz Music. Now, how do the people view it?
Jazz has a very unique view here in the UK. Some see it as a genre for the elite; others see it as a genre that is past. But in fact Jazz has a heavy foundation in all of the music we hear today and when presented well can be enjoyed by all. It is important to share with listeners live music that has soul and meaning. Music based in improvisation and "of the moment" performances can be enjoyed by all.
How would you like them to view Jazz Music?
I think it is important to explore the roots of Jazz music but also to take it forward to present day. Jazz works so well with other genres that today Jazz is not just traditional but can have influences of Hip Hop, AfroBeat, Reggae and Soul. This new movement is very popular and can be explored even more by the current generation.
You have an exceptional voice, making many compare you to SADE. How do you take care of your voice?
Thanks! Using my voice is still quite a new experience as I had always seen myself as a saxophonist. But while writing the album and putting a lot of my melodies to words it was the perfect opportunity to learn more about my voice. The main way to look after your voice is to be sensitive to it. Know when you are feeling a strain and keep it warmed up, no cold drinks and honey is great on cold nights!
Why did you decide to become a musician?
Music has always been a part of me. I didn't know I was going to be a musician but having played musical instruments from the age of six and picking up the saxophone at 13, I find making music very therapeutic. You can say what you mean without having to use words and it is a universal language. Being able to communicate with any audience and share what I feel is a great honour! Having put my PhD on hold to follow music it is a great honour to be able to play music for a living.
What are your future projects YolanDa?
At the moment we are touring and I am really enjoying sharing the album live around the world! I am working a lot in young education and bringing live music to the younger generations and of course working on the next album!
Any advice to young people who would like to become musicians?
If you want to become a musician… be one! It is so much easier to get yourself noticed. Communicate with people now with social networking, create a profile and share it with the world. Play gigs, go to jam sessions, don't wait in your room and expect anyone to find you! Build a supportive team around you, parents, friends, musicians, etc. Also, don't be afraid to grow on the stage. There are amazing musicians out there but if you have your unique stand point and are willing to grow as you go then your audience and career will grow with you. All the Best!
YolanDa will be performing at the Glasgow Jazz Festival on 28th June 2012 and at the Boisdale, Canary Wharf, London on 14th July 2012.
YOLANDA BROWN'S LINK AND CONTACT
http://www.yolandabrown.co.uk
Email: Management@yolandabrown.co.uk
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