Podcasts about egrets

Today's poem is Egrets, While War by Tishani Doshi. The Slowdown is currently taking a break. We'll be back soon with new episodes from a new host. This week, we're revisiting some favorites from Major Jackson's time as host. Today's episode was originally released on May 8, 2024. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today's compelling poem honors the ancient and indomitable essence of human beings who continue on even in the face of tragedy, who crossover into the perfect fullness of their truth and emotions.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

In this short and cute episode Cyntia discuss a little bit about Regret !?and stuff we used to do when we were "younger" Thanks for the love and support xoxo - Las chingonas

Standing over three-feet tall, Great Egrets have elegant white feathers and long slender necks. During the breeding season, both males and females grow long frilly feathers called aigrettes. Great Egrets were nearly hunted to extinction for their luxurious plumes in the late 1800s, until conservationists banded together to outlaw their killing.This episode is dedicated to Adrienne Ottenberg and Bob Hartman, with love from BirdNote supporter Jane Curley.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible. 

In this episode of The Poetry Exchange, poet Nick Makoha talks with us about the poem that has been a friend to him: 'White Egrets (I)' by Derek Walcott.Nick actually joined us back in 2017 at Pushkin House, London, and we are delighted to be sharing this conversation with you now. It is very special to hear Fiona in this conversation, with all her usual warmth and brilliance.Nick Makoha's latest collection 'The New Carthaginians' is published this month from Allen Lane - you can order/buy your copy here.The event for 'On the Brink of Touch' by Fiona Bennett is on 26th February at The Bedford in Balham, London, and live streamed. We'd love for you to join us, and you can book your places here!Dr Nick Makoha is a Ugandan poet. His new collection is The New Carthaginians published by Penguin UK. Winner of the 2021 Ivan Juritz Prize and the Poetry London Prize. In 2017, Nick's debut collection, Kingdom of Gravity, was shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection and was one of the Guardian's best books of the year. He was the ICA 2023 Writer-in-Residence. He was the 2019 Writer-in-Residence for The Wordsworth Trust and Wasafiri. A Cave Canem Graduate Fellow and Complete Works alumnus. He won the 2015 Brunel African Poetry Prize and the 2016 Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady Prize for his pamphlet Resurrection Man. His play The Dark—produced by Fuel Theatre and directed by JMK award-winner Roy Alexander—was on a national tour in 2019. It was shortlisted for the 2019 Alfred Fagon Award and won the 2021 Columbia International Play Reading prize. His poems have appeared in the Cambridge Review, the New York Times, Poetry Review, Poetry Wales, Rialto, Poetry London, TriQuarterly Review, 5 Dials, Boston Review, Callaloo Birmingham Lit Journal and Wasafiri.*********White EgretsBy Derek Walcott I The chessmen are as rigid on their chessboard as those life-sized terra-cotta warriors whose vowsto their emperor with bridle, shield and swordwere sworn by a chorus that has lost its voice;no echo in that astonishing excavation.Each soldier gave an oath, each gave his wordto die for his emperor, his clan, his nation,to become a chess soldier, breathlessly erectin shade or crossing sunlight, without hours – from clay to clay and odourlessly strict.If vows were visible they might see oursas changeless chessmen in the changing lighton the lawn outside where bannered breakers tossand palms gust with music that is time's above the chessmen's silence. Motion brings loss.A sable blackbird twitters in the limes. From White Egrets by Derek Walcott, Faber & Faber 2010. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Although cattle egrets are in the same genus as herons, they have a much different diet than their fish-eating relatives.

Are you familiar with cattle egrets? Host Amanda McNulty explains how to identify them on this episode of "Making It Grow."

Cattle egrets are fairly new to the U.S. Host Amanda McNulty explains how and when they arrived in our country.

Today's poem is Egrets, While War by Tishani Doshi.The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today's compelling poem honors the ancient and indomitable essence of human beings who continue on even in the face of tragedy, who crossover into the perfect fullness of their truth and emotions.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

For over two decades presenter and wildlife expert Philippa Forrester has lived in a house with a river flowing through the garden. It's home to an abundance of species including Kingfisher, Mink and Egrets, and it's been the backdrop to a remarkable period of time when Philippa helped raise two orphaned otter cubs ready to be released back into the wild.In this programme Philippa tells some of the stories of this river, and remembers how whole trees and even a car have come floating past after particularly heavy rains. She talks about how the river changes in the seasons, but also how she's seen legions of Signal Crayfish marching down after the sluice gate has been opened. Philippa drops down to Keynsham to speak to Simon Hunter about what can be done to help tackle this invasive species, and Ben Potterton from The Otter Trust pops over to the house to talk about those enigmatic and elusive carnivores.Presenter: Philippa Forrester Guest: Ben Potterton, The Otter Trust Guest: Simon Hunter, Bristol Avon Rivers TrustProducer: Toby Field for BBC Audio Bristol

A splendid Thursday crossword by Michael Schlossberg -- and somehow "splendid" and "Michael Scholossburg" seem to appear together quite frequently, this being his 7th NYTimes crossword since 2020. The theme was a rebus with a twist, and if that sounds intriguing, wait 'til you hear the details. Ah, but you don't need to wait, you can download and listen up right now.Today's crossword? We have the whole solution right here, courtesy of xwordinfo.comContact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

Episode: 2574 Houston's herons — especially the lovely snowy egret.  Today, herons and egrets.

A variety of bird life is under the spotlight with Chris and Matthew this week.

Today's poem is Egrets (in memory of Barry Lopez) by Ralph Black.

Milestone episode 150! Lenny Lashley was kind enough to come back and talk about his new album 5 Great Egrets, available now! Hit the links below to snag an exclusive copy.  OmertaRevHqCortexSocial Media:BandcampInstagramJoin the Get-punk Record club today.

Inspired by Casey Neistat, Tom Kelly video podcasts while biking on the Eastern Trail between Scarborough and Gorham, Maine. Tom shares a vivid nightmare and awaits results on a nasal medical test! Plus . . . birds in the marsh.

oof i’m so pooped from the moving and the heat and just the general everything of it all. but i’m especially looking forward to those two things being finished. it will be nice to be done and to do more resting and to not be so sweaty. i want to lay in one place and i want to be cold and dry. however, yah yah yah, i am going to miss air conditioning for real but oh well. i’ll adapt eh?DOWNLOAD/STREAM RECORDINGsubscribe to the podcast here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/5432fun00:00 (intro by omar)00:20 The Smarthearts “Only a Name” On the Line02:13 Quality Cable “Cavalcade” Paper View06:54 Operator Music Band “Squaresoft” Squaresoft / Cowboys10:40 Adelyn Rose “Power Ballad” Ordinary Fantasy13:25 Chuck Cleaver “Devil May Care” Send Aid15:40 Warm Bodies “Time Slip’s Kiss” UFO EXTREMO’s18:39 Plateau Below “Yellow Belly” Sun Don’t Shine So Bright20:23 Max Nordile “show biz” HAIR CLINIC25:19 129,600 “techi” Live in Missoula27:20 Long Hots “Nickel & Dime” Nickel & Dime30:41 Second Still “Special No One” Violet Phase33:41 Vacation “Captain Unsensible” Zen Quality Seed Crystal36:26 NEUTRALS “Comin Up Roses” Kebab Disco39:16 Brave Radar “Land Art” Dynamos40:05 No Age “Boy Void” Weirdo Rippers41:51 Egrets on Ergot “tartarica barometz” TRANSCEND EFFIGIES46:34 Dust from 1000 yrs “fools dance” born to itch49:48 Ylayali “coin pocket” caterpillar graveyard54:13 Olden Yolk “Blue Paradigm” Living Theatre

Chris and Emily sit down for a good old fashioned book chat. There's no interview this episode, just us. Emily is reading an advance copy of Elizabeth Strout's forthcoming novel, LUCY BY THE SEA (9/20/2022), and Katherine May's memoir, THE ELECTRICITY OF EVERY LIVING THING: ONE WOMAN'S WALK WITH ASPERGER'S. Chris is deep into MANSFIELD PARK by Jane Austen (#AustenInAugustRBR) and getting back into THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS by Isabel Wilkerson. We've read some good stuff since our last episode! THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (issue 4) by Sarah Gailey, THE WOMAN COULD FLY by Megan Giddings, A LOST LADY by Willa Cather (for the Mookse and The Gripes Podcast summer book club), THE MANY DAUGHTERS OF AFONG MAY by Jamie Ford, and NATURE'S BEST HOPE: A NEW APPROACH TO CONSERVATION THAT STARTS IN YOUR YARD by Douglas W. Tallamy. Emily headed north to Maine for a two-day event with Katherine May and Elissa Altman at The Barn Swallow Book Shop in Rockport. Chris braked hard for a historic marker in Newport, New Hampshire honoring editor, writer, and women's rights advocate Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1788-1879). She also attended an online event hosted by Bank Square Books/Savoy Bookshop & Cafe with Dr. Mark Haper, author of CHILL: THE COLD WATER CURE. We also had a Biblio Adventure together to see the movie adaptation of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING. We gave it two thumbs/paws up! We love marshland and all the critters therein except mosquitos and flies which were noticeably absent from the movie. But as conservationist Douglas Tallamy explains, bugs are an integral part of our survival on earth so we will work on our attitudes towards insects. Tallamy writes in NATURE'S BEST HOPE: “As insane as our war against insects may seem, and as effective as it has been, I am nevertheless optimistic that we can form a new relationship with insects and treat them like the good fairies they are. Why am I willing to put a smiley face on this? Two reasons: First, our response to insects is, in part, an oversimplified, innate reaction to things that hurt or annoy us now and in our distant past. If bees sting and mosquitoes bite, it is easy to group all small flying things into one category we label enemy. But we now have knowledge on our side, and with that, we have the capacity to be a bit more discriminating. We can easily learn to distinguish the good from the bad, the helpful from the irritating. By numbers, nearly all insects are harmless and beneficial, and we can learn to appreciate rather than kill the insects that we rely on just as easily as we can learn that dogs, through genetically identical to wolves, can be our loving pets rather than our predators. I am also confident that we can form a new relationship with insects, because we have done it many times before with other creatures. Whales still swim in the sea because we have learned to value the earth's largest species as majestic living beings instead of as mere providers of lamp oil. Wolfes hunt in Yellowstone again because we now know they are essential to the long-term persistence of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Puffins, auklets, and murres have returned to many Aleutian Islands because we have decided not to let the rats we introduced to those islands eat their brains as they sleep. Fish breed again in the ocean sea kelp beds off California because we now prefer that our sea otters keep sea urchins in check rather than become our fur coats. Egrets fly once more over the Everglades because we value their showy feathers more in flight than on ladies' hats. And we are well on our way to forming a new relationship with bees, even though they sting, because we have finally realized we cannot exist without their pollination services. These and many more examples of how we have come to appreciate rather than destroy nature have convinced me that we can also learn to share the earth with the most essential of all creatures, the little insect fairies at our feet” (127-128). To see all of the books and events mentioned in this episode, check out the show notes at: https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2022/episode162

Ray Dalio, the billionaire hedge fund manager and founder of Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world, talks about his life, work and opinions on the financial markets. In this episode, Ray Dalio discusses his experience working in the African elephant population in Bophuthatswana, and the lessons he learned about animal conservation.

Join us for a discussion with Dr. Clay Green from Texas State about reddish egrets.  We talk about their natural history, the phenomenon of different color morphs within the same species of bird, and much more. Email us at wildpodcast@tamuk.edu For more information: https://www.bio.txstate.edu/about/Faculty---Staff/faculty/Clay-Green.html https://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/media/talk-wild-side-podcast https://www.rotarycc.com/harvey-weil/

Hot-button gaming smack takes a bit of a cold (war) shower this episode, given the very real ripples being felt through the gaming world by the invasion of Ukraine. But some silly business remains, such as MOAR Switch 4k/Pro rumors that simply will not die, and we're ready for pizza with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles after the announcement of the Cowabunga Collection. We also discuss dream gaming franchise crossovers, and of course, what we're playing right now as GameAgentET digs deep on the pros and cons of the new Taito Egret II Mini arcade cabinet, and Six Button Samurai waxes poetic about his ongoing rediscovery of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night thanks to the PSX core on the MiSTer. Enjoy this miserable pile of secrets on the latest episode of Oh God It Hz!https://linktr.ee/ohgodithzwww.RuminationsRadioNetwork.comwww.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetworkTwitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsNMusic and Production by Mitch Proctor for Area 42 Studios and SoundAudio Engineered by Dean Delp for Area 42 Studios and Sound https://twitter.com/DeanDelpVOhttps://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Today's poem is Egrets by Kevin Young.

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Cumberland Island – Snowy Egrets are featured on the U.S. Mint Commemorative Quarter for Georgia. The island is a gem of an island, located on the coast of Georgia. It is home to many birds, however one has the elegance and beauty to capture a spot on a U.S. Mint Quarter. Basking in the sunshine … The post Episode 21 – Cumberland Island – Snowy Egrets appeared first on Travel With Annita.

Today we dive into the episode Tiff of the Titans, which marks the first chronological appearance of Giiiiiiiizmoduck! We also see the return of the ever-sneaky Steelbeak and his master puppeteering skills. Also how do y'all feel about Darkwing Duck being voiced by Danny DeVito? Because that's a subject we cover too....... because why not. We're all about the important discussions here on Sleepless in St. Canard.    Do you want YOUR letter read on the podcast? Want to send us questions, feedback, and other fun stuff? E-mail us at sleepless.stcanard@gmail.com! Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/canardpod   Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sleepless.stcanard    Site: http://www.sleepless-stcanard.com   SOUND EFFECTS: Intro from Darkwing Duck Outro: https://youtu.be/zoyloKayJng 

As I said when I introduced the last episode, I'll be away for another week taking great care of myself. It feels so good to follow my own counsel and my time will be well spent and revitalizing.  So, here's a re-broadcast of an earlier episode entitled, Watching Egrets. In it, we'll watch a flight of white birds as it crosses a line of dark clouds in the distance, and we'll notice the peace that comes as we become still enough to take in what we're seeing. I'll be back next week with a new episode. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this one. I'll see you soon. 

On this episode we chat with the multi-talented Crow Jane. Known for her work with LA-based bands Egrets on Ergot, Prissy Whip, and her part in the long-running punk act The Deadbeats, Crow Jane is a makeup artist by day and seasoned rockstar by night. She has worked on major motion pictures and several TV shows such as the Mayans MC and has been recording and performing with bands for most of her adult life. In addition to singing and/or playing guitar in several noise or punk rock bands, Crow Jane recently released a solo record via Kitten Robot Records. Check out her latest single 'Delusion' from her Master Dolorosa album. For more about Crow Jane: Website YouTube Spotify Intro Music: Bionic as Hell by Skunk Manhattan Outro Music: Delusion by Crow Jane For more great guests SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, FOLLOW Thanks for listening!

Are you like the opportunistic Cattle Egrets who take advantage of the situations around them? Take advantage of your blessings today! Music: Summer Days by Roa https://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-summer-days Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/3wiksi3J_KI

I hope I’m another year wiser! I reminisce about grandpa. Why I love egrets so much! And the possibility of a new kitten. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tracie-west/message

Lots of new and exciting stuff to talk about! email: impeckablebirdingpodcast@gmail.com instagram: @impeckablecast

sent $$$ this week to Harm Reduction Services.hrssac.org“Our Mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of people affected by drug use in Sacramento and surrounding areas, to increase access to health care, empower people to protect themselves, and educate each other to reduce harm in our communities.Harm Reduction is grounded in justice and human rights - it focuses on positive change and on working with people without judgment, or discrimination. It is the belief that making practical, safer, and realistic steps towards reducing one’s harm will create long term positive change in individuals. The primary goal of harm reduction is to reduce the negative effects that may be experienced with substance use while not challenging a person’s right to use substances. The secondary goal is to provide people with resources when they do decide they would like to stop using substances. The underlying principle behind harm reduction is that the use of drugs does not mean people forfeit their human rights.”DOWNLOAD RECORDINGsubscribe to the podcast here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/5432fun(intro by omar)UV-TV “You’re High” GLASSRob Magill “The American Race Mystery” A Direct ThreatWeed Hounds “Oxalis” Double LifeLaffing Gas “Television” Laffing GasRebecca Schiffman “Fireflies” Upside Down LacrimosaBad History Month “A Warm Recollection” Dead And Loving ItChud “Walking Clouds” The Man Behind The MenergyTeenage Halloween “Jerk” Eternal RoastCrystal Eyes “Already Gone” The Female ImaginationCandace “Horizons” Horizons b/w GreysThe Cowboys “I Spy” Vol. 3Mark E. Deutsch “Protocol for C'lapse” Found VoiceNo Home “Who Cares, The State Wants Me Dead Anyway” Self PreservationGel “Medication & You” Demo 2No Sister “Romantic Notion” The Second FloorMorning TV “Sun’s Rising” SunWeeping Icon “Inauguration” Eyeball UnderSea Moss “Wanna Sea a Trick?” Bread BoredPatsy “Count it on Down” LA WomenSquirrel Flower “Conditions” Contact SportsOnsind “Grieving Kind” We Wilt, We BloomGus “Just Foolin’” It’s…Gus!Cabbage “So Hard” Crab BagZula “Unmistakable” 6 PassesChoir Boy “Sunday Light” Sunday LightDrahla “Silk Spirit” Third Article EPWHIMM “Town Hall” A Stare AjarFurnsss “Do What I Want” FurnsssLumpy & The Dumpers “Hair on the Inside” Those Pickled FuckersJust Blankets “Longshore Drift” Like VelcroAshby and the Oceanns “Ode To Boy” Future SummersPleasure Systems “Crumbs” Antumbra PullBugg “Caveman” BuggEgrets on Ergot “Wrapped” Surfeit of Gemutlichit foot, it ears “humor me” teeterYANKEE BLUFF “Waking Up” 3 EpsSo Many Wizards “Just Poison” Heavy Vision

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The Road More Scenic Roads are often used as a powerful metaphor for our life's journey. M Scott Peck wrote the famous, “The Road Less Travelled.” Robert Frost wrote a favourite poem of mine, “The Road Not Taken.” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44272/the-road-not-taken But I've chosen a different road that I'd like to share with you. It's the longer way to go, which I call, “The Road More Scenic.” I can share more with you if you watch the short 4 minute relaxation video I recorded. https://youtu.be/E6OIAUSZkVM On business that took me to Woodfalls in the New Forest last week, I deliberately took the Scenic Route allowing me the joy of the Avenue of Beech Trees at Moor Crichel (twice) as well as part of the Avenue of Beech Trees at Badbury Rings (twice though not shown on the video.) I suspect 25 minutes was added to my journey (with Lady Penelope riding shotgun). In return for that investment, my spirit and soul were fed, and my body too with a picnic in the car in the pouring rain outside St James' Church, Alderholt... magic (thought sad that St James is no longer, "Open for Prayer.") Other high points include the Pyramid of Moss and Brick near Hale Park House - I have no idea what this fascinating construction is for. Perhaps you can guess if you watch the video. Breamore Mill - stunningly squatting beside the River Avon and astride the mill race. The lit Christmas Tree was a nice touch too. The Tree of Life and Hope at Wimborne St Giles (my title... they may just call it, "Bob," or, "Uncle.") Ten thousand Snowdrops and enough Mistletoe to bruise your lips for a Century. I've never seen so much Mistletoe. En passant, spotting of the ruined Knowlton Church and the Philosopher's Tower (also not featured), Dorset landmarks dipped in history. To conclude, the Norman bridge at White Mill, over the River Stour, which is likely to be the oldest bridge in Dorset. On this day, the Stour swollen by so many showers… a raging, rushing, river commuting to the sea. Then there were Egrets. Egrets? I've had a few... My point? Enjoy the journey... the destination may be a bit grim and final. On our route we were overtaken several times by drivers clearly in more of a hurry... but for what? Press Pause and enjoy the journey. Now, it's your turn. What treasures do you delight in when you go out of your way to take The Road More Scenic? [And if you fancy another uplifting bonus, check out this gorgeous song by Darrell Scott, “And The River Is Me.” https://youtu.be/ZieYi8t_m3M ] I look forward to reading about your treasures. Thank You! If you'd like to say, "Thank You!" and fund the increased production of resources like this, you can support my work here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lexmckee

Birds (including Western Gulls, like this one) and people share San Diego Bay -- a deep-water port, navy ships, pleasure boats, and salt-evaporation ponds. Even so, it’s one of the best bird habitats on the West Coast. Western Sandpipers probe the mud for worms and snails. Egrets stalk the shoreline

Our birder Alain Clavette reached John Brzorad him in North Carolina a couple of weeks ago. This week Alain asked whether egrets that overshoot their colonies and end up in New Brunswick might establish nests here.

We had the pleasure of interviewing CrowJane over Zoom video! Mater Dolorosa, “Our Lady Of Sorrows”, the incarnation of Mary pierced through the heart with seven swords, is a fitting title and matron for the solo debut of CrowJane. LA Punk Legend Paul Roessler (Screamers, Nina Hagen, 45 Grave, Deadbeats), after becoming close friends with CrowJane while recording her band Egrets On Ergot, could see that she was in the grips of the kind of crushing woe that’s so often the seed of hard-won transformation. Suspecting the rewards that awaited if she would risk shining a light on her own murk, Roessler took matters into his own hands, and all but locked her in his studio, Kitten Robot. Surrounding her with every available musical instrument, a pen and some paper, he compelled her to face the rawness of loss, abuse, and addiction.   When the palette of existing tones were no longer a match for the depths they plumbed, they were forced to coax new sounds out of impromptu homemade instruments - metal bed frames, kitty litter, crumpling foil, containers of water and whatever else was around. Together they hacked through tangles of psychic resistance and dredged toxic marshes for sunken personal horrors. One by one, using fresh alchemy invented on the cuff, they opened old wounds and from them extracted Mater Dolorosa’s 10 eerie pearls. The path they carved together led through a twisted maze, the obstacles so frequently daunting that the project took years. During that time CrowJane helped bring Egrets on Ergot local acclaim, became “Sally” and “Nurse Heather” in the twisted cabaret of The Deadbeats and, most recently, the unhinged front woman of quizzical LA sonic terrorists, Prissy Whip, whose Swallow LP Roessler also recorded and mixed. Using music and a deepening connection to life’s unseen component CrowJane has spent the last several years building and rebuilding better versions of herself from the ash of shed skins. The 10 songs on Mater Dolorosa almost perfectly mirror and chronicle this long ascent towards wholeness. Coming from a visual art background of surrealism and horror, she has simultaneously built a career as a professional horror effects makeup artist. This unlikely background helped foster an outsider musical sensibility that is perfectly balanced by an encyclopedic knowledge of the byways and back roads of punk and death rock, both historic and in LA’s contemporary underground music scene, of which her bands have been an integral component for the past 10 years. As a part of these utterly distinct and uncompromising bands she has developed a reputation for shattering expectations, both in her choice of collaborators and her contributions to the collaboration. Although this pedigree informs the haunting tracks on this solo debut, those familiar with her explosive and provocative live performances will likely be blindsided by the soft vulnerability and nakedness of Mater Dolorosa, the arrangements of which allow her no place to hide and nothing left to do but forgive the past.Check out her video for debut single "Terminal Secrets" for a taster: We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com.www.BringinitBackwards.comAmerican Songwriter Podcast Network#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod  #foryou #foryoupage #stayhome #togetherathome #zoom #aspn #americansongwriter #americansongwriterpodcastnetwork​​Listen & Subscribe to BiBFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! 

The lush green color you see in the Sacramento Valley during summer is from a half-million acres of young rice fields. Those fields are not only beautiful to see, their ecosystem is impressive in its abundance and diversity. “Rice ecosystems are fascinating marshes maintained by human beings,” said naturalist, artist and educator John Muir Laws. “Many of the birds have adopted these. You look at them – there’s shallow water and green plants growing out of them. That’s a great place to find food. That’s a great place to nest.” Laws has made several treks to rice country, including with nature journalists, whose artwork chronicling their natural surroundings with enthusiasm, love and creativity. His new book with Emilie Lygren, “How to Teach Nature Journaling: Curiosity, Wonder, Attention,” is another in a long line of informative and inspiring books about our natural world. Nearly 230 wildlife species depend on Sacramento Valley rice fields for their habitat, and early summer is a critical time for many. Shorebirds such as American Avocets and Black-necked Stilts are nesting and raising their next generation, as they have for generations. Additionally, White-faced Ibis, Egrets, Herons and many other birds are frequently seen and well-fed. Seeing wildlife is a daily occurrence for rice grower Hans Herkert in Colusa County.  “It may be my favorite part of rice farming is the synergy between the rice farmers and wildlife,” he remarked. His two and a half-year-old daughter, Harper, occasionally joins him in the field and is an expert spotter of Snowy Egrets among the rice plants. Greg Yarris is Science Coordinator for the Central Valley Joint Venture, a partnership of 19 organizations and agencies to improve bird habitat throughout the Central Valley.   As a biologist, he has a great appreciation for what rice fields provide for wildlife. “When I see rice fields, I think of birds being fed, especially during the winter. But I also see an extensive breeding ground during the spring and summer. The beauty of rice fields is it provides year-round habitat. During the fall and winter, we get millions of ducks and geese that come down from the north, and during the spring and summer we have local Mallards, Cinnamon Teal and Gadwall that will make this home.” Yarris said rice is so valuable to wildlife that, in the Joint Venture’s implementation plan, they have a goal to maintain at least 350,000 acres of shallow-flooded rice fields during the fall and winter.  Since the vast majority of California’s original wetlands are gone, he said the value of rice fields to our environment is significant. “For us to replace the value of rice with comparable natural wetlands would be extremely difficult and not cost effective,” he said. There are several programs working to help rice growers maintain or enhance wildlife habitat, including the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, BirdReturns, Bid4Birds and a complementary program with wheat growers. Here’s a quick look at some of the wonderful wildlife found in rice fields during summertime Here’s a link to much more information on wildlife in Sacramento Valley rice fields.  Episode Transcript John Muir Laws: Rice ecosystems are fascinating marshes maintained by human beings. Many of the birds have adopted these. You look at them. There's shallow water and green plants growing out of them. That's a great place to find food. That's a great place to nest. Jim Morris: Naturalist, artist, and educator John Muir Laws is passionate about rice farming in the Sacramento Valley. It provides food and a resting place for millions of birds. This time of the year, shorebirds nest and raise their next generation. Come along as we venture to the thriving ecosystem found in California rice fields. Jim Morris: Welcome to Ingrained, the California rice podcast. I'm your host, Jim Morris, grateful to have worked for 30 years with farmers and ranchers. It's summer, and one of my favorite times of the year in the Sacramento Valley. You have the rice fields with a lot of color and plenty of wildlife getting food and rest. Here's more from John Muir Laws on two of the most common and beautiful shorebirds you can find in rice fields right now. John Muir Laws: The black-necked stilt is a beautiful critter you can find in the rice fields. Bold, contrasting black and white body and incredibly long, bright red legs. And they will hunt by carefully stepping through shallow water and pecking at whatever little crustaceans or other small animals they can see in front of them. So, very, very small food types, so a long, thin, very precise bill. John Muir Laws: American avocets have a beautiful orange head, soft orange color, and a contrasting black and white body. If you look carefully, you'll notice that their bill is not straight, but it curves up slightly at the tip. And what they'll do is they hunt by touch. So, they'll lower their head to the water surface and move it rapidly back and forth, side to side, side to side, side to side. And where they bump into a small crustacean floating in the water, gobble, gobble, gobble, they nibble it up and then go on to the next one. So, you'll see them doing this touch feeding as they slowly move forward through the water, their head going back and forth, back and forth in front of them. Jim Morris: I'm in Colusa County at Hans Herkert's rice fields. It's such a peaceful environment out here, Hans. A little breezy today, but very nice. How has this year gone so far? Hans Herkert: Yeah, good morning, Jim. It's gone really well so far. It's been an early season. In fact, this is the earliest season in my short tenure. I believe we've just finished planting my eighth rice crop. Started planting in late April and finished on the 21st of May this year. Jim Morris: So, we're about a third of the way through the growing season, roughly, and that'll be a fall harvest. What are some of the things you see in these rice fields besides the plants themselves? Hans Herkert: Lots of wildlife year-round. This time of year, we're seeing a lot of killdeer on the rollovers on the levees. They prefer that habitat. We're some avocets in the fields, some shorebirds, and some ducks, and ducklings this time of year as they're being weaned up. Jim Morris: This is all compatible, right? You can grow a crop and also help the environment too? Hans Herkert: Absolutely. I think it may be my favorite part of rice farming is the synergy between the rice farmers and the wildlife. Jim Morris: There are conservation programs that help this whole cause. What are some of those that you know and have participated in, and how helpful are they? Hans Herkert: They've been very helpful. I've participated in a few, Jim. My first involvement was with a program called BirdReturns, and I've also been involved with a program through the Natural Resources Conservation Service. And now, for the first time this year, a great program through the California Rice Commission, Bid4Birds. All three of those programs have been helpful to me as a beginning farmer and helpful to the environment and to the wildlife species that really are thriving out here. Hans Herkert: I think I could probably say that if those programs didn't exist, wildlife would still flourish in rice fields. But my opinion of these programs are that they enable growers to enact practices, extend some of the practices that they're already doing, and enact some new practices on their operations, provide some funds to make it feasible. There's a certain cost to managing, and pumping water, and maintaining that shallow level of water on the field. And so, if we can manage water earlier in the season and later in the season, on those shoulders of the wildlife season in both the winter time and spring time, that's really what these programs are enabling us to do. Jim Morris: I think it's wonderful to see the nests and to see generation after generation of wildlife out here. Do you have some favorite birds or ones that you see more often out here? Hans Herkert: I definitely have a few favorites. Great-blue herons are the big ones, and they're fun to watch. I've got a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Harper, and she enjoys coming out here. I tell you, she can spot a snowy egret every bit as good as any three-year-old I know. She's really up to speed on her bird identification, and it's fun to watch her. We have a lot of bitterns, and they're not flashy birds, but I tend to like their personality. The American bittern is another favorite of mine. Jim Morris: And they're looking at you like, "You don't really see me. You just think you do." Yeah, they're wonderful birds. And I love them too. You mentioned your daughter, and I want to talk a little bit about family. Your dad, Bob, left quite a legacy in California rice. One of the things that comes to my mind is when he brought author, Marc Reisner out to rice country, Marc was not keen on growing rice in California, and after Bob and others visited with him and showed him the rice fields, Marc Reisner thought completely differently and became a real advocate for growing rice. So, tell me about your dad's legacy and how it may impact your daily work here on the farm. Hans Herkert: It impacts me greatly. He left such a substantial mark on the rice industry and as on me, as his son, and he instilled his passion for rice farming, the rice industry and how it not only co-exists, but really thrives with wildlife species in the Sacramento Valley as well. And so, the Marc Reisner story is such a great story, and it's been remembered over the years for a great reason. And I remember being eight or nine years old with both my dad and Marc Reisner driving around the Valley, looking at rice farms and looking at birds. And that's a memory that I'll carry forever. And it seems as though it's made an impact on our industry and rightfully so. I think that the California rice industry has been creating so many benefits, environmental benefits and industrial benefits to the California and the Sacramento Valley that it really just needs to be communicated and learned about. That's definitely part of my dad's legacy. Jim Morris: I'm also visiting with Greg Yarris, Science Coordinator for the Central Valley Joint Venture. And let's start with the joint venture. What is this effort all about? Greg Yarris: Well, the Central Valley Joint Venture is a partnership of 19 organizations and agencies that was originally formed in 1988 to improve bird habitat throughout the Central Valley. It initially started as a waterfowl plan focused entirely on ducks and geese, but in the mid 2000s, it expanded its views to try and include other birds such as shorebirds, waterbirds, and landbirds. Jim Morris: As a biologist, when you're here looking at these rice fields, what goes through your mind when you see this environment? Greg Yarris: When I see rice fields, I think of birds being fed, especially during the winter, but I also see an extensive breeding ground during the spring and summer. The beauty of rice fields is it provides year-round habitat. During the fall and winter, we get millions of ducks and geese that come down from the North. And during the spring and summer, we have local mallards, cinnamon teal, and gadwall that will make this home. Greg Yarris: The flooding of it coincides with the nesting season of our locally-nesting ducks. But what we are lacking are upland nesting areas. So, there's a couple of programs that our partners have employed to try and improve the upland nesting conditions. One is the Regional Conservation Partnership Program that the California Rice Commission and other partners are working on in cooperation with the Natural Resource Conservation Service. And that will provide thousands of acres of planted nesting cover during the spring and summer to provide that upland habitat for nesting ducks. Another program is a delayed harvest of wheat fields that the California Waterfowl Association has been working on. And what that will do is pay an incentive to farmers who delay the harvesting of their wheat fields to ensure that the duck nests hatch and the ducklings make it to wetlands before the harvest occurs. Jim Morris: When you say upland, can you just explain from a layperson's term, what that means? Greg Yarris: Basically means areas that are not flooded. Traditionally, the Central Valley was a large expanse, combination of wetlands, and uplands, and riparian zones. So, a lot of that has been replaced, but we currently have fewer and fewer upland areas that are maintained as habitat. Jim Morris: Speaking of historic California and how things have changed, we have lost well over 90 percent of our traditional wetlands. How important are the rice fields, not only now, but moving forward? Because I would assume a lot of those traditional wetlands aren't just going to magically come back. Greg Yarris: We have lost, as you stated, over 90 percent of our wetlands, but fortunately, rice fields have replaced what used to be wetlands and provide a lot of the same habitat. They feed ducks during the fall and winter, and geese and shorebirds as well. And they do provide that spring, summer breeding habitat. So, it really is a year-round benefit having rice here in the Valley. Jim Morris: The joint venture itself is a grouping of individuals and organizations to try to make a difference with our environment. How important is that cooperative work between the growers, state and federal government, conservation groups to maintain and enhance what we're seeing here in California rice country? Greg Yarris: It's extremely important. In fact, in our implementation plan, we have a goal to maintain at least 350,000 acres of rice flooded during the fall and winter. It's been challenging to try to maintain the current level of flooded rice here in the Valley, primarily because of cost of water, the availability of water, the recent drought that we had, and also, some of the groundwater laws that have been enacted recently. So, the joint venture has worked with other partners to incentivize flooding of rice, especially during the times when we need it most and where we need it most. Greg Yarris: Some examples of that are the California Winter Rice Habitat and Center program by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, BirdReturns from the Nature Conservancy, and also the Bid4Birds program that the California Ricelands Waterbird Foundation has recently created. Those are all great methods to try and maintain that level of flooded rice that we have here in the Valley. We also have a goal to provide 50,000 acres of upland nesting habitat on fallow rice fields, primarily using cover crops to enhance not only the soil, but also provide that upland habitat for nesting birds. Jim Morris: We've had another dry year in California, so water use is something that's on people's minds. When you look at California agriculture and you assess the value of a crop, how important is it to look at the environmental benefits for rice, not only just the value of rice as a food crop? Greg Yarris: Well, I think it's extremely important. Rice does provide other value to the environment, especially for ducks, and geese, and shorebirds. So, maintaining that crop both during the spring and summer for breeding birds, but also having that grain there in the fall and winter when these fields get flooded is extremely important. For us to replace the value of rice with comparable natural wetlands would be extremely difficult and not cost-effective. Jim Morris: Rice fields benefit many wildlife species year-round, and hopefully those contributions will continue for generations to come. That will wrap up this episode. Thank you to John Muir Laws who does a lot of fantastic work with enthusiastic nature journalists. And he has several excellent books, including his most recent, “How to Teach Nature Journaling: Curiosity, Wonder, Attention”. Go to johnmuirlaws.com to get your copy. And check out his events page. He's doing a lot of Zoom meetings to provide joy and a creative spark to those at home during this time of COVID-19. John Muir Laws: Nature journaling is a great way to help yourself get more out of any chance that you get to go outside and look and explore in a natural place. The process of nature journaling helps you slow down, and concentrate, and focus. You'll get so much more out of each observation that you make. You're going to find that there are lots of things, even in your refrigerator or the weeds between your house and your neighbor's house, that can provide opportunities for exploration and discovery. Jim Morris: Also, big thanks to Hans Herkert and Greg Yarris for their time and passion. You can go to podcast.calrice.org to find out more and listen to additional episodes. We would love to hear your feedback. Thanks for listening.

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Steve and Kelly try to get back to normal oafter some recent chaos only to find themselves sitting with the Neighborhood Association. ALL CHAOS breaks loose as the discussion moves to the blaming the Government for the egret population in the neighborhood and reminding everyone that it is a federal offense to touch a mailbox.Nothing Lasts for Three Hours (00:58)Neighborhood Association (1:31)WOW Conference - Women of Worthiness (6:09)The Londoner Pub - Colleyville, Texas (12:58)The Invisible Man (16:12)Kelly Shares Coffee With the Pool Guy? (24:21)After 39 Episodes, We Have a Style (27:56)The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (38:41)The Big Finish - Old People (52:30)

Keith Urban notches his 40th Country Airplay Top 10 hit with "We Were." Preshias Harris has all the notes from Music City, including the incredible touring success of Chris Stapleton. Florida State will take two quarterbacks into the game against No. 2 Clemson. This week's ACC Report also includes audio from Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett and FSU hoops coach Leonard Hamilton. Plus, great egrets are an imposing fixture in large parts of the South.

Keith Urban notches his 40th Country Airplay Top 10 hit with "We Were." Preshias Harris has all the notes from Music City, including the incredible touring success of Chris Stapleton. Florida State will take two quarterbacks into the game against No. 2 Clemson. This week's ACC Report also includes audio from Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett and FSU hoops coach Leonard Hamilton. Plus, great egrets are an imposing fixture in large parts of the South.

In this Visit the Zoo Episode 082 we take a look at Herons and Egrets. We also hear two news article about the animal world and hear quotes about animals. Our main podcast website is at (https://www.frederickfichman.com) . We’ve also just created a landing page for our soon-to-be-released subscription and content rich website Animals Central at (https://www.animalscentral.net) . Go to that page to see all of the animal audio, video, text, books, and articles coming soon. We will let you know when we go LIVE. Check out all things “Visit the Zoo” including eBooks on (https://www.Audible.com) , and DVD on Amazon…for bulk or wholesale at Allied Vaughn and Midwest Tape. Introduction will be given for the new ZooZwear apparel merchandise website (https://www.zoozwear.com) , now open for business at two new apparel stores: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Fjfichman/portfolio (https://www.redbubble.com/people/Fjfichman/portfolio) . The new sites feature ZooZwear merchandise of “Visit the Zoo” graphic design and photograph imprint apparel. A special introduction will be presented for a brand new line of Tshirts for the Top 25 Dog Breeds, The Top 10 Cat Breeds, and Wildlife photos and artwork just added to our merchandise stores. DID YOU KNOW, besides being able to listen to the Visit the Zoo Podcast here on (https://www.zooanimals.info) , iTunes, Spotify, and 15+ podcast directories you can listen on Amazon Alexa and Echo. Just invoke or speak: “Alexa, play Animals Podcast” and that’s it. You will hear the latest episode, no problem. Support this podcast

This month, local nature correspondent Rupert Evershed tells the story of the return of the egrets and suggests a visit to Heron Watch, which can now be joined at Verulamium Lake every weekend from 11am to 3pm until 12 May.

This month, local nature correspondent Rupert Evershed tells the story of the return of the egrets and suggests a visit to Heron Watch, which can now be joined at Verulamium Lake every weekend from 11am to 3pm until 12 May.

Guests Ryan Darcey & Aaron Whiting, production scheduling, Resident Evil 2 Remake, FROM Software's Shadow Tower

  San Antonio Express-News reporter Liz Teitz has details on three eggs found in a nest at Elmendorf Lake that have halted plans by the city and Joint Base San Antonio to remove cattle egrets identified as a risk factor for aircraft using nearby military runways. Find more details at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Egg-discovery-scrambles-San-Antonio-s-plan-to-13644008.php?utm_campaign=podcast

Back for 2019, nested prefabs, Unity updates, Resident Evil 2 Remake

This week Crow Jane talks Egrets on Ergot and Prissy Whip and Kim Coletta stops by to give us a Jawbox reunion update. All this plus Saucey and Odell talk about the Southern Maryland music scene of the 90s and what may just be a documentary about that scene in the works.

Special guest Paul Ehreth, GOTY, milestone post-mortems & planning.

Bite Me – A Texas Saltwater Fishing Podcast #9 - How cold weather changes approach. What autumn means to bait selection. What depth is the right depth? Don't forget egrets! And what terns, seagulls and pelicans really tell us. Your one cast? The next best thing to being on the water is listening to the Bite Me podcast. Hosted by longtime Texas saltwater fishing legends John Lopez and Capt. Scott Null, it offers the best in Texas inshore and offshore insight.

Brainy thing:   14:25            Behind the Redwood Curtain  25:16   What We’re Learning from our Knitting Margaret is playing around with Embellishing Birds from Arne’s and Carlos’ book Field Guide to Knitted Birds. arne and carlos  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scnTbAFiwtc embellish   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zcc5JhkT5Q Judy’s magic cast on  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhBIS0AhhQY Catherine is continuing her adventure with knitted beads and lace with Knitting Boo’s Heaven Scene shawl.  https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/heaven-scent   Brainy Thing: Contrary to some beliefs, we have lot of evidence — hard evidence— that knitting and other handcrafts, particularly for charity — helps people’s health in many ways:  reduces stress, reduces blood pressures, reduces depression and many other issues.     www.knitforpeace.org.uk/   Behind the Redwood Curtain Catherine appreciates the Egret rookery on Indian Island (Duluwat for the Wiyots) https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/the-egrets-of-indian-island/Content?oid=2132126     Podcast Facebook:  Also, join our Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/Teachingyourbraintoknitpodcast/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel Ravelry Group  http://www.ravelry.com/groups/teaching-your-brain-to-knit website https://teachingyourbraintoknit.com/ for show notes, photos of our knitting and crochet projects, Behind the Redwood Curtain places and things and anything else we decide to post. Instagram:   Margaret Kelso for Margaret and MagicWombat1 for Catherine     Today on Teaching Your Brain to Knit we outline the bounty of hard scientific evidence of the benefits of knitting listed in The Knit for Peace Report plus the added benefits of knitting for Charity;  Catherine continues her adventures in Lace and bead knitting;  Margaret plays with embellishing knitted birds;  and Catherine shares the story of the egret rookery on Indian Island or Duluwat Island in Eureka.            

Tim & Ryan are joined by team members Deidre Miles and Laura Rickheim to discuss the lessons learned from Dave Ramsey’s Entreleadership One-Day Event in Nashville. We also discuss unique hiring techniques, the Golden Rule, Egrets, and Ryan’s breath.

Click here to download Dr. Jerry Jackson is a legend in ornithology, for his life-long fascination with the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. I met him on a windy even in Lakes Park, Fort Myers for a chat about the birds of Southwest Florida. Interview with Dr. Jerome Jackson, a noted ornithologist based in Florida.  And we are talking about Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary near Naples, Florida.  Located in the heart of the Everglades ecosystem of Southwest Florida, Corkscrew swamp is home to raptors, barred owls, songbirds—there were a ton of Northern Cardinals and Carolina Wrens when I visited in April.   And then there are waders—Spoonbills, Egrets, Herons, and most iconically, the Wood Stork.  Corkscrew is famous for that.  The website corkscrew.audobon.org has a list of all the birds along with some informational nuggets. Wetlands are different from other water bodies (lakes or rivers) and land forms in two ways.  Their water level should not exceed six meters according to the Ramsar Convention and the type of aquatic plants as Dr. Jackson said.  Wetlands need to have standing water for long enough to nourish aquatic plants.  The Ramsar site at ramsar.org lists wetlands in a variety of neat ways: you can see how many each country has.  The US has 36 and India has 26. Listen to the episode where Dr. Jackson gives fascinating and humorous descriptions of wetlands, biodiversity, and adaptations of Anhingas, Loggerhead Shrikes, Swallow-tailed Kites and Woodpeckers. Dr. Jackson is the author of the book, In Search of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, found here.

Fearing that Louisiana's snowy egret was on the verge of extinction, Edward Ned McIlhenny founded the Bird City wildfowl refuge on Avery Island in 1895.

The ASMR talk show hosted by Adam Papagan. This week,  musician Crow Jane of Egrets on Ergot and The Deadbeats discusses sci-fi, birds, and singing the blues. Watch Wednesdays 10:05PM pst at Dromebox.com Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ai92I1SvymJ9Urg08CDeQ adampapagan@gmail.com

This is Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.Chinese scientist Yuan Longping is leading a research team to cultivate new strains of high yield "sea rice".The research team plans to spend three years developing a breed that can withstand water with a salinity of up to 0.8 percent, and with a yield of 450 kilograms per hectare. Yuan is a renowned scientist known for his research and development of hybrid rice. China has around 700 million hectares of saline-alkaline soil. Yuan said it will be of great significance to convert the soil into arable land by developing sea rice with a high salinity tolerance.More than half of the world&`&s population relies on rice as staple food, while the proportion is over 60 percent in China.If China uses 70 million hectares of land to grow sea rice, it could produce an extra 30 billion kilograms of rice a year, enough to feed an extra 80 million people.Sea rice is found in saline-alkaline soil at the junctures where rivers join the sea. Sea rice is resistant to pests and diseases, and does not need fertilizer to grow. Currently, the most advanced sea-rice breed in China can only be grown in water with a salinity less than 0.3 percent.A sea-rice research center, with Yuan as the chief scientist, has been set up in Shandong Province. With dozens of breeds brought in from worldwide, the researchers will use gene sequencing technology to cultivate new strains of sea rice.Over the decades, Yuan and his team have worked on new approaches to significantly increase rice yields.This is Special English.More of the world is getting into the spirit of China&`&s biggest holiday, the Lunar New Year. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, falls on January 28th this year, and the celebration lasts around two weeks. China&`&s Ministry of Culture, in cooperation with local Chinese cultural organizations, will present around 2,000 cultural events for the holiday across the world.The ministry says a variety of activities, including performance shows and shopping events, will serve as the flagship of China&`&s cultural relations with other countries.Since 2001, the ministry has been organizing shows overseas during the Spring Festival period. In 2009, the ministry launched the more comprehensive "Happy Spring Festival" program to offer a greater diversity of celebrations.In 2010, the program saw 65 events in 40 countries. It further expanded last year to include 2,000 events in more than 400 cities across the world, and more than 200 million people joined in the events worldwide. The ministry says this year&`&s program will essentially match that scale.The Spring Festival is one of the major holidays for 10 other countries, including Canada, Malaysia and Mauritius. The ministry says different activities are held in different countries.You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing.A new study has found that pregnancy affects not only a woman&`&s body, but also changes parts of her brain too.When researchers compared brain scans of women before and after pregnancy, they spotted some differences in 11 locations in the brain. They also found hints that the alterations help women prepare for motherhood.For example, they might help a mother understand the needs of her infant. The women were also given memory tests, and they showed no signs of decline.Neuroscientists at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain presented the results in a paper released by the journal Nature Neuroscience.The study included data on 25 Spanish women scanned before and after their first pregnancies, along with 20 women who didn&`&t get pregnant during the study. The brain changes in the pregnancy group emerged from comparisons of the two groups.The results were consistent. A computer program can tell which women get pregnant just by looking at results of the MRI scans.The changes, first documented an average of 10 weeks after giving birth, were mostly still present two years after childbirth. That&`&s based on a follow-up with 11 study participants.Scientists say the brain is being shaped all the time, and hormones are part of the whole orchestra of processes that change the brain structurally.This is Special English.A link between human exposure to aluminum and Alzheimer&`&s disease has been suspected for over half a century and recent research may confirm that the metal does play a role in causing this devastating brain disease.Chris Exley, a professor in bioinorganic chemistry at Keele University in Britain, revealed the new findings from his latest study on medical-blogging website The Hippocratic Post.Many scientists say aluminum cannot be blamed for causing Alzheimer&`&s disease because there is not enough evidence. However, Exley said the latest research from his group makes the link even more compelling. He added that the findings are unequivocal in their confirmation of a role for aluminum in some if not all causes of Alzheimer&`&s disease.Scientists have known for some time that individuals who developed Alzheimer&`&s disease in their late sixties and older have accumulated more aluminum in their brain tissue than individuals of the same age without the disease.Exley&`&s research shows that Alzheimer&`&s disease has a much earlier age of onset in individuals who have been exposed to unusually high levels of aluminum in their daily lives.As aluminum is widely used in people&`&s daily lives, Exley suggests that people should take all possible precautions to reduce the accumulation of aluminum in their brain tissue and start to do this as soon as possible. This is Special English.British scientists say the belief that humans may have inherited kindness from its close relative the chimpanzee is wrong. Instead, the new study found that unlike humans, chimpanzees are entirely "selfish creatures" who act in their own interests, turning conceived wisdom on its head.The team includes academics from the universities of Manchester, Birmingham, and St Andrews, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. The researchers say humans were unlikely to have inherited the trait of kindness from their primate cousins.They found that chimpanzees are unlikely to take an interest in each other unless there is an anticipated benefit.They said in the journal Nature Communications that previous research implying helpful behavior in chimps was likely to be a by-product of the way the experiments were designed.The team worked with a group of 16 chimpanzees at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, in Uganda.Using two ingenious experiments, the team discovered chimpanzees were no more likely to help feed each other as they were to block access to a box of peanuts.One of the principle investigators, Dr. Keith Jensen from the University of Manchester, said the evolution of social behavior and what drives individuals to act altruistically, is an important and active area of debate.You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. You can access the program by logging on to newsplusradio.cn. You can also find us on our Apple Podcast. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let us know by e-mailing us at mansuyingyu@cri.com.cn. That&`&s mansuyingyu@cri.com.cn. Now the news continues.A new scientific report has found that man-made climate change played some role in two dozen extreme weather events in 2015 but not in several other weird weather instances around the world.An annual report released by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that climate change was a factor in 24 of 30 strange weather events. They include 11 cases of high heat, as well as unusual winter sunshine in the United Kingdom, Alaskan wildfires and odd "sunny day" flooding in Miami.The study documented climate change-caused weather in many parts of the world including Alaska, the southeastern United States, Europe, China and Africa.Stephanie Herring, co-editor of the report, said weather has to be measurable, but in many cases, the scientists could not detect climate change&`&s effects. Herring highlighted the Miami flooding in September 2015. Because of rising sea levels and sinking land, extremely high tides flooded the streets with 22 inches of water.She said it is just remarkable because there were no clouds in the sky before the event occurred, and this type of flooding is clearly becoming more frequent.This is Special English.Scientists have used a laser to tickle atoms of antimatter and make them shine, a key step towards answering one of the great riddles of the universe.Theory predicts that the Big Bang produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter. Since they cancel each other out, scientists have been trying to find out why a relatively small amount of matter remained, allowing the stars, planets and ultimately life to come about, and antimatter vanished.It took researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, decades to work out how to create an antimatter version of the most basic atom, hydrogen, and trap it for long enough to perform tests.In a paper published online by the journal Nature, they reported the first cautious result from an experiment with anti-hydrogen. It turns out that when it&`&s stimulated with a laser, anti-hydrogen appears to produce light on the same ultraviolet frequency as its nemesis in the world of matter, hydrogen.A physicist who wasn&`&t involved in the study said scientists had been eagerly awaiting the results of the CERN experiment for years, and successfully discovering a difference between matter and antimatter would be worthy of a Nobel Prize.You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing.Volunteers of the Bird Watchers Association in Zhuhai in Guangdong Province have found a black-faced spoonbill inhabiting and foraging at a forest area of the city. Zhuhai is located along the East Asia-Australia route of bird migration, one of the top eight such routes around the globe. The city attracts a large number of migratory birds in early winter every year. Egrets, teals, and sandpipers are often seen flying in flocks at Qi&`&ao Mangrove Forest, which has a favorable ecological environment.The black-faced spoonbill gets its name from its flat spoon-like beak. It is also called the black-faced angel or dancer because of its elegant posture. The species is one of the most endangered in the world.The newly established Zhuhai Bird Watchers Association was invited to take part in the worldwide survey of the bird. Members of the association spotted a young black-faced spoonbill at Qi&`&ao Mangrove Forest, the first time such a sighting has been made in the city.Experts predict that more of the bird and other species are likely to be found this winter in the same area. This is Special English.A new study shows that non-lethal methods of predator control can be highly effective in protecting livestock from predators and in turn, saving predators from people.The study has been published in the Wildlife Society Bulletin. It addresses the issue that top predators such as wolves, bears, lions and tigers have declined dramatically around the world over the past century and one major driver of these declines is retaliatory killing by people following predator attacks on domestic livestock.The researchers examined 66 published, peer-reviewed research papers that measured how four categories of lethal and non-lethal mitigation techniques influenced attacks on livestock. They found that the most consistently effective tools were guard dogs, electric fencing, shock collar, and removal of predators, which includes both killing and relocation to other places.(全文见周六微信。)

Delving deeper into the caverns beneath Bloodmarch Hill, the party encounters a very different kind of danger. Will the pursuit of their quarry continue, or will they succumb to a fate worse than death? Become a supporter of the podcast at our Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/glasscannon You can help us unlock goals for the future while unlocking fun GCP exclusive rewards for yourself!

Delving deeper into the caverns beneath Bloodmarch Hill, the party encounters a very different kind of danger. Will the pursuit of their quarry continue, or will they succumb to a fate worse than death? Become a supporter of the podcast at our Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/glasscannon You can help us unlock goals for the future while unlocking fun GCP exclusive rewards for yourself!

Scientists, with the help of students across NC, launch first radio tracking program of egrets to study behavior and habitat, and better protect the birds.

Scientists, with the help of students across NC, launch first radio tracking program of egrets to study behavior and habitat, and better protect the birds.

To have the patience of an egret. That would be something. To stand on one spiney leg for hours at a time, waiting for the perfect shrimp or crab to wander by and then to strike with long, pointed beak at incredible speed. Egrets, like ducks and geese, need wetlands to survive. But unlike waterfowl, whose flocks can number into the thousands, Egrets perfer to be alone. To add to the mystery, Egrets spend much of their time in two worlds. They love the delicate balance of a salt marsh with it's fresh and salt water, and dine on the same seafood that we do - shrimp, crab and fish. Egrets were nearly hunted to extinction at the turn of the century for their beautiful plumage. They are now protected and their numbers have recovered. The next time you go to the beach, wander into the tidal flats. If you see a majestic white bird, about three feet tall, standing impossibly still and starring intensely into the water, count yourself as lucky. You've just encountered the magical Egret. Thank you to the wonderful musicians and natural sound artists who contributed to this episode: David Arkenstone's "Yosemite" and "The Spirit of Olympia," Wayne Gratz "Ocala," Peter Buffet "Yonnondio," and "Nota Bene" from Imagine Records. Natural sounds from Lang Elliot and Dan Gibson.

  Rare Frequency Podcast 46: The Overlooked One 1 Sam Prekop, "Knitting Needles (excerpt)" Old Punch Card (Thrill Jockey) CD 2010 Time: 00:00-1:48 2 Franck Vigroux, "Judas" Camera Police (D’Autres Cordes) CD 2010 Time: 1:49-5:14 3 Can’t, "My Apologies Can Only Be Insincere" Puerto Rican Boom Car (IRFP) CD 2000 Time: 5:15-10:08 4 Akira Rabelais, "As Fingers Trace Around the Rim of a Colorless Sky" Caduceus (Samadhi Sound) CD 2010 Time: 10:09-17:23 5 Mike Shiflet, "Llanos" Llanos (Self-released) CD 2010 Time: 17:55-23:17 6 Toshimaru Nakamura, "Nimb Number 44" EGrets (Samadhi Sound) CD 2010 Time: 23:17-32:03 7 Alvin Lucier, "Spherics" Sferics / Music For Solo Performer (Lovely) CD 2010 Time: 32:04-40:10 8 Joji Yuasa, "Nadja, Twinkling In Stars, Part 11" Obscure Tape Music Of Japan Vol.12: Miniatures Of Concrete Works (Edition Omega Point) CD 2010 Time: 40:56-42:13 7 Philip Jeck, "Ark" An Ark for the Listener (Touch) CD 2010 Time: 42:13-46:10 7 Senking, "V8" Pong (Raster-Noton) CD 2010 Time: 46:10-51:02 7 Sigurd Berge, "Eg Beisla Min Støvel" Early Electronic Works (Prisma) CD 2010 Time: 52:08-57:45

  Rare Frequency Podcast 45: The Enigmatic One 1 Camille Sauvage, "Knockin’ Bells" 7 Drums Concerto (Crea Sound) LP 197? Time: 00:00-3:16 2 Max Goldt, "Die Beatles in New York" Nirgendwo Fichtenkreuzschnäbel (Funfundviersig) CD 1993 Time: 3:16-6:33 3 Linda Aubry Bullock, "Line’s Dead" Ray of Dark (Sedimental) CD 2010 Time: 6:34-16:04 4 K11, "70 KHz - 10 p.m." Metaphonic Portrait 1230 A.D. (Actual Noise) CD 2010 Time: 16:43-23:42 5 Pan Sonic, "Corona" Gravitoni (Blast First Petite) CD 2010 Time: 23:41-28:10 6 Toshimaru Nakamura, "Nimb Number 43 " eGrets (Samadhi Sound) CD 2010 Time: 28:11-35:09 7 Astral Social Club, "Free Wheels" Happy Horse (Happy Prince) CD 2010 Time: 35:50-41:13 8 George “Tautu” Archer , "Ama Ama" Unheard Ofs and Forgotten Abouts (Tompkins Square) CD 2010 Time: 41:14-43:57 9 Poratz, "Turntable" Beat (Electroton) miniCD 2010 Time: 43:57-47:20 10 O’lyn Callahan, "2001 - A Space Odyssey" O’Lyn at the Yamaha E5AR (Yamaha) LP 1973 Time: 47:19-53:33 11 Grant Moros, "The Eye of Providence" Mysteries (Fonetap) CD 2010 Time: 54:39

Beautiful birds that are fun and easy to watch, these familiar waders are great for beginning birdwatchers.

Episode #3: WetlandGeese and Thrushes and Egrets and Frogs. Our trip to a nearby wetland.Music in the ep:Swiss Quality People - Noen