The kitchen at 15 Sandwell Close, Wishart.The buyers of the 15 Sandwell Close home were a young Chinese family.Mr Comino also said baby boomersin the area were helping sales along.“There’s a lot of baby boomers looking to upsize or downsize and want to stay in the area,” he said.“They’re cashed up and ready to move which is a recipe for success.”Video Player is loading.Play VideoPlayNext playlist itemMuteCurrent Time 0:00/Duration 3:17Loaded: 0%Stream Type LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time -3:17 Playback Rate1xChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedQuality Levels576p576p480p480p256p256p228p228pAutoA, selectedAudio Tracken (Main), selectedFullscreenThis is a modal window.Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window.This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.Close Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.PlayMuteCurrent Time 0:00/Duration 0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time -0:00 Playback Rate1xFullscreenMichelle Hele’s May market wrap03:17 Inside the home at 15 Sandwell Close. The agent said the auction was an example of Chinese buyers starting to move closer to the city.“It’s becoming the new Sunnybank because the younger Chinese don’t necessarily want to live there but want to be close by and are getting better real estate for the same price,” he said.“A lot of elderly Chinese are also downsizing and purchasing a nice lowset in the area.“They are also looking to buy to get their grandkids in the school catchment.” The backyard has a resort-style pool.LJ Hooker Sunnybank Hills lead agent Kosma Comino said the 15 Sandwell Close home had about 150 groups through over four weeks of inspections, and 10 registered bidders at auction.“It was crazy, the best atmosphere,” Mr Comino said.“The bidding went psycho straight away and there were over 100 people who turned out to see how the auction played out.”Mr Comino said the market was continuing to adjust but there was still great interest in high-end homes.“The home is in the Sovereign Gardens estate which has a very low turnover, so when something goes on the market, it’s quite popular,” he said.More from newsCrowd expected as mega estate goes under the hammer7 Aug 2020Hard work, resourcefulness and $17k bring old Ipswich home back to life20 Apr 2020 The home at 15 Sandwell Close, Wishart, sold under the hammer for $1.255m.A Wishart home in a tightly held estate has under the hammer sold for $1,255,000 at a highly contested auction. read more

NZ Herald 19 January 2012Sophisticated growing techniques have led to super-strength strains of cannabis, with some of the most potent dope coming from Northland, says a senior drugs investigator. However, a drug foundation spokesman says it is difficult to draw conclusions on whether the increased strength has led to greater problems with cannabis. A project involving the police and Environmental Science and Research (ESR) found THC levels (the primary intoxicant in cannabis) was now more than four times stronger than it was when ESR last tested in 1996.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10779518 read more

Share Tweet 46 Views   no discussions Share Share Food & DiningLifestyle Cream Cheese Ice Cream by: – August 8, 2011 This incredibly rich, creamy ice cream tastes just like classic New York cheesecake. A touch of lemon zest and fresh lemon juice add lovely, subtle flavor and tang.Take care when shredding the lemon peel to avoid the white pith that lies below the yellow zest. Serve this sinful ice cream with fruit, berries, or anything you might pile atop cheesecake. Or keep it simple and enjoy it straight-up. It’s so rich and delicious, it doesn’t need any embellishment.Ingredients:5 cups half-and-half or light cream2-1/2 cups sugar4 beaten eggs3 8-ounce packages cream cheese or reduced-fat cream cheese (Neufchatel), softened1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel2 tablespoons lemon juice2 teaspoons vanillaFresh blueberries, nectarines, and/or dark cherries (optional)Directions1.In a large saucepan combine 3 cups of the half-and-half or light cream, the sugar, and eggs. Cook and stir over medium heat just until boiling. In a large mixing bowl beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth; gradually beat in hot mixture. Cover and chill thoroughly.2.Stir in remaining half-and-half, lemon peel, lemon juice, and vanilla. Freeze in a 4- or 5-quart ice cream freezer according to the directions. Ripen 4 hours. Garnish each serving with choice of fresh fruit, if desired. Makes about 3 quarts (24 servings).Receipe Source: Better Homes and Gardens Sharing is caring! read more

The young Brazilian found it tough going attempting to stem the flow of attacks and was eventually booked for a foul on Mesut Ozil just before the break. At the time it seemed likely Rafael would be replaced pretty quickly, but instead the United boss kept faith with the 22-year-old and his reward came in the form of a far more disciplined second-half performance. “Rafael had an horrendous first half,” said Ferguson. “He was impetuous. He tried to win the war right away, diving in at players, but he settled down in the second half. His game calmed down and he had absolutely no problems. That is a measure of the success he has had this year. He has matured terrifically well.” There is no doubt Rafael has cemented his status as United’s first-choice right-back this term, but that may not mean he keeps his place for Monday’s FA Cup fifth-round clash with Reading. For Ferguson is acutely aware he made a number of people quite unhappy with his team selection in midweek. And he is eager to ensure none of them feel left out, knowing they will all be required if United are even to get close to emulating their historic 1999 treble feat. “We have a stronger squad now,” said Ferguson. “When we went to the (Champions League) final, (Roy) Keane and (Paul) Scholes were suspended but Henning Berg was the only injury. “I still had to pull in a player (Jonathan Greening) who had only played once or twice in the first team. “He got a medal for being on the bench. That gives you an idea of the strength of the squad.” Paul Scholes has definitely been ruled out as he tries to find a solution to a knee injury that has kept him on the sidelines since the fourth-round victory over Fulham three weeks ago. Sir Alex Ferguson believes full-back Rafael showed an example of his growing maturity by the way he recovered from an awful first half against Real Madrid on Wednesday. Press Association read more

admin Latest Posts Bio House fire in Winter Harbor – October 27, 2014 Hancock County Court News Nov. 3 thorugh Dec. 11 – January 22, 2015 State budget vs. job creation – January 22, 2015 BAR HARBOR — Sixty middle school basketball players from eight teams stormed onto the court at Mount Desert Island High School Sunday accompanied by “Jesus Christ Superstar” performed by a miniature version of the high school pep band. Camden Fernald of the Nothing but Nerds team, gives a member of the Mount Desert Island High School faculty team the “evil eye” offensive move during the Nothing But Nets fund-raiser basketball tournament on March 8. The fund-raiser, sponsored by the MDIHS National Honor Society, was part of a worldwide campaign to provide bed nets to millions of Africans who are at risk of contracting malaria.—JEFF WALLSThe players showed off their hoops skills and helped raise $1,500 as part of “Nothing But Nets,” a fund-raiser sponsored by the MDIHS National Honor Society (NHS) as part of a worldwide campaign to provide potentially lifesaving bed nets to millions of Africans who are at high risk of contracting malaria. Each of the eight teams – four each for the fifth-and-sixth-grade division, and seventh-and-eighth-grades – was guaranteed two games, and was coached by an adult and a member of NHS. The day kicked off with the fifth-and-sixth-grade division, which featured a coaching match-up between current MDI High girls’ varsity basketball coach Brent Barker against his father, the legendary Burt Barker. The younger Barker and his MDI Islanders prevailed over the MDI Trojans 33-9. The Islanders were able to ride their momentum into the fifth and sixth-grade championship, where they defeated the MDI Mariners, coached by Kirk Lurvey and Elizabeth Sargeant, 39-17. This is placeholder textThis is placeholder textThe seventh-and-eighth-grade division showcased the skills of The MDI Wave, coached by Pam Bush and Jeff Servetas, which captured the championship by defeating the MDI Explorers behind 20 points from Jon Phelps. Evan Leff had a valiant effort in defeat for the Explorers, scoring 27 points. The MDI Blizzard and the MDI Storm faced off in the consolation game, with the Blizzard hammering out a 47-31 victory. The games were not limited to middle-schoolers, as members of the NHS, in team called Nothing But Nerdz, faced off against selected members of the faculty in what announcer Steven Palazola referred to as “the most highly anticipated sporting event of the decade.” In a physical and intense battle, the teachers were able to pull off a 55-35 victory. “It was fun, but our teachers are really good basketball players and kind of mean,” said Uriah Hallet, a point guard for the Nerdz.The tournament is one of the largest service projects that the NHS takes on every year and the group’s facilitator, Bo Greene, was proud of the way her students came together to “plan, coordinate and execute such a huge undertaking.” She said that many different kids had various jobs, and it was the culmination of those jobs being performed effectively that led to a successful tournament.Thanks to “Nothing But Nets,” the NHS will be able send at least 150 nets to Africa. “We live in a culture that doesn’t demand that much of teenagers, compared to other parts of the world, and I love that NHS challenges kids to think about things beyond their immediate surroundings,” said Ms. Green. “These kids are such givers and I feel so lucky to work with them.”Peter Logue, a member of the Trojan Advance staff, is a member of NHS.For complete story see the March 12, 2009 edition of the Mount Desert Islander. Latest posts by admin (see all) read more

Update on the latest in sports: GOLF-SOUTH KOREA-WOMENPark Hyun-kyung wins Korean title in return to live golfSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a return to official live tournament golf after the coronavirus epidimic, Park Hyun-kung shot a final-round 67 Sunday to win the Korean Ladies Professional Golf tournament by one stroke.Park had a four-round total of 17-under 271 on the Lakewood Country Club course.Bae Seon-woo (68) and Lim Hee-jeong (71), who led by three strokes after the third round, were tied for second. Associated Press Share This StoryFacebookTwitteremailPrintLinkedinRedditVIRUS OUTBREAK-SPORTSAP Exclusive: MLB projects $640K per game loss with no fansUNDATED (AP) — Major League Baseball owners have made their pitch as they try to convince players to accept less pay due to the coronavirus pandemic. In other NFL news:— Redskins receiver Cody Latimer is facing five charges, including felony illegal discharge of a firearm, following his arrest in a Denver suburb Saturday morning. The Douglas County sheriff’s office says deputies arrested the 27-year-old after responding to a report of shots fired inside an apartment in Englewood, Colorado. Deputies say they found three individuals in the apartment, one with minor injuries unrelated to a gunshot. Latimer came to the Redskins from the Giants after starting 10 of his 15 games last season, catching 24 passes for 300 yards and two touchdowns.— The Rams have re-signed defensive end Morgan Fox and released defensive tackle Tanzel Smart. The team didn’t disclose the terms of its new deal with Fox, who has been a depth contributor on the Rams’ defensive line since 2016. He signed with Los Angeles as an undrafted free agent out of Colorado State-Pueblo.— Former Chicago Bears CEO Michael McCaskey has died after a lengthy battle with cancer at 76, according to the team. McCaskey assumed operational control of the franchise in 1983 as president and CEO following the death of George Halas, a founding father of the NFL and the franchise. Michael McCaskey became chairman in 1999 and remained in that role until George McCaskey took over in 2011.— Former NFL studio host Phyllis George has died at 70 following a long fight with a blood disorder. The 1971 Miss America became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS’s “The NFL Today.” George got into television in 1974 at CBS on “Candid Camera” and joined Brent Musburger and Irv Cross in 1975 on “The NFL Today.” May 17, 2020 Owners voted Monday to propose salaries be based on a 50-50 split of revenue, a framework players say is tantamount to the kind of salary cap they’ll never accept. Teams gave the players’ association their virus-testing plan Friday and have waited to make their economic proposal.Meanwhile, MLB has created a 67-page draft of its proposed 2020 Operations Manual, which has been obtained by The Associated Press and was first reported by The Athletic.Among the routine changes include players possibly arriving in uniform and being discouraged to take showers at ballparks. Team personnel will be banned from eating at restaurants on road trips, and mascots like the Phillie Phanatic and Mr. Met would be prohibited from the ballparks. The traditional exchange of lineup cards would be eliminated, along with high-fives, fist bumps, bat boys and bat girls.Spitting is prohibited along with water jugs and the use of saunas, steam rooms, pools and cryotherapy chambers. Hitting in indoor cages is discouraged, batting gloves encouraged.Batting practice pitchers are to wear masks, dugout telephones disinfected after each use. Players may not touch their face to give signs, and they’re not allowed to lick their fingers. Teams are encouraged to hold meetings outdoors, players spread apart. NASCAR-BOWMAN EXTENSIONAlex Bowman signs 1-year extension with Hendrick MotorsportsCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Alex Bowman has signed a one-year contract extension to remain with Hendrick Motorsports through 2021.The announcement Saturday came the day before NASCAR resumes its season at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. Bowman goes into the event already qualified for the playoffs as winner at California on March 1, two weeks before the season was suspended by the coronavirus pandemic.Bowman is fourth in the Cup standings and in his third full season driving the No. 88 for Hendrick. Teams will be allowed to have 50 players each under the plan, with the number active for each game still be negotiated.In other developments related to the coronavirus pandemic:— Former Washington Redskins star Dexter Manley is hospitalized and receiving oxygen to treat breathing issues related to the coronavirus. Two of his children told The Washington Post the 61-year-old Manley was hospitalized Friday in the Washington area. Daughter Dalis Manley said the former defensive end tested positive for the coronavirus May 2 and has steadily run a temperature between 101 and 104 degrees. Manley helped Washington win two Super Bowl titles in nine seasons with the team.— The 145th Preakness Stakes has been rescheduled for Oct. 3. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan disclosed the new date for the Preakness on NBC, which also had a hand in the decision because it televises the race. Saturday’s announcement was delivered less than hour before the original post time for the Triple Crown race.— Live golf returns to television Sunday with a four-man charity Skins game at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Florida, to benefit coronavirus relief. There won’t be any caddies, so Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson against Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff will be carrying their own bags. The only rake will be carried by a rules official. Another rules official will be the only person to handle the flagstick, if necessary. It will be the first live action on TV since the opening round of The Players Championship on March 12. — New York will allow horse racing tracks and Watkins Glen International car track to reopen with the easing of the coronavirus outbreak. But Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Saturday was quick to add a caveat: “No crowds. No fans.” At his daily briefing, the Democrat says he could envision a return of Major League Baseball in New York, also without fans, adding: “If it works economically, that would be great.”— Germany’s Bundesliga (BOON’-dehsh-lee-guh) resumed its soccer season Saturday after a two-month break caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Borussia Dortmund defeated Schalke 4-0 in the first Ruhr derby (DAHR’-bee) to be played in an empty stadium. Also, Hertha Berlin won 3-0 at Hoffenheim, Freiburg drew at Leipzig 1-1, Paderborn drew at Fortuna Düsseldorf 0-0, and Wolfsburg won 2-1 at Augsburg. They were the first games to be played in the league since March 11.— Russia has relaxed border restrictions for athletes and coaches in a move that will help soccer to restart in the country next month. Since March, Russia has barred most foreign arrivals in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Now the government says athletes and coaches will be allowed in if they have a contract with a Russian sports team or organization. They will have to spend 14 days in isolation on arrival and will be observed by doctors.— The head of the World Health Organization said Saturday it will not be easy to make next year’s Tokyo Olympics a safe global gathering after the pandemic. The WHO’s director general called for “national unity and global solidarity” to fight the coronavirus outbreak ahead of the Olympics. The Summer Games were postponed this year and should bring athletes from more than 200 countries to Japan. The opening ceremony is now due on July 23, 2021.NFL-NEWS Giants cornerback sought by police turns himself inUNDATED (AP) — New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker has turned himself in to police in Broward County, Florida.Baker has been charged with four counts of armed robbery with a firearm and four counts of aggravated assault with a firearm. His lawyer, Bradford Cohen, says he has affidavits that will prove Baker’s innocence.Baker had been sought by police since Thursday, along with Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar. Warrants were issued for both men after multiple witnesses accused them of an armed robbery at a party Wednesday night in Miramar, Florida.Dunbar had not surrendered to police as of Saturday afternoon. The tournament was played without fans and with players using hand sanitizers and following social-distancing rules. Caddies wore masks and players were allowed to play without them.On Sunday, when players finished their rounds, most gave each other fist or elbow pumps instead of the usual hugs or handshakes.,Tampa Bay Lightning advance to face Dallas Stars in Stanley Cup finals, beating New York Islanders 2-1 in OT in Game 6 MLB has told players their prorated salaries would contribute to an average loss of $640,000 for each game over an 82-game season in empty ballparks. That’s according to a presentation from the commissioner’s office to the union that was obtained by The Associated Press.The 12-page document was dated May 12 and paints a grim picture of a $10 billion industry shuttered by the pandemic. It was an initial step in negotiations aimed at starting the delayed season around the Fourth of July.Some players have publicly balked at the notion of less pay, and the union has called for more transparency in baseball’s financial records.Teams say the proposed method of salvaging a season delayed by the coronavirus pandemic would still cause a $4 billion loss and would give major league players 89% of revenue. The Yankees would have the highest loss at $312 million.Teams contend they lose more money with each additional game played. The players’ union, however, believes clubs would lose less money with more games. In addition, many teams and/or their owners have stakes in their regional sports network that would benefit from additional games. read more

The Wisconsin volleyball team has been almost unbeatable at home this year, and will look to continue its dominance in the Field House while hosting Northwestern and Illinois this weekend.”It’s really one of our goals just to win our matches at home and take advantage of our home crowd,” head coach Pete Waite said. “Obviously for the Big Ten race and the NCAA pairings, these are big matches for us. We are taking these [matches] very seriously.” Coming off wins at both Michigan and Michigan State last weekend, the Badgers are currently riding a five-match winning steak. The key to the Badgers’ play over their streak has been a balanced attack, hitting over .300 as a team in four of the last five matches. “They have really changed their attitude,” Waite said. “They are more confident on the court, more aggressive in everything they are doing. [Junior setter Jackie Simpson] has sped up the offense and really opened up her hitters more than she [had] in the first month of the season. She is doing that because the back-row players are passing and defending really well.”Friday night, Wisconsin will face a surging Northwestern team. The Wildcats have won three straight and moved into a tie for fifth place in the Big Ten with Ohio State. The team brings in a balanced attack, with five players averaging over two kills per game, and junior outside-hitter Lindsay Anderson averaging 3.58 kills per game.”Northwestern has a real balanced attack,” Waite said. “They are the kind of team where if they light it up and they can get going, they can go on some good streaks. They are right in the middle of the pack in the Big Ten right now. That’s obviously a dangerous type of team.”In Saturday night’s matchup, Wisconsin will face a team that is heading in the complete opposite direction of Northwestern in Illinois. After starting the year 12-5, the Illini have lost five of their last seven games to fall into a tie for eighth place in the conference. Illinois is lead by sophomore outside-hitter Kayani Turner, who is second in the Big Ten with 4.73 kills per game, and middle-blocker Vicki Brown.”Illinois [has] Turner on the outside who has been doing really well,” Waite said. “Brown’s a very quick player. There where times when we were down in Illinois, where she was hitting over the top of our block and scoring, so we know she is capable of doing some great things.”Even though the Illini have been struggling of late, they are still fighting for their playoff lives.”Both Illinois and Northwestern are teams that are fighting to have a shot at a NCAA bid,” Waite said. “If they get a couple of good wins under their belts in the next couple of weeks in Big Ten play that can really make the difference to them and turn their season around. We know they are coming in with that attitude, and we have to step up our game and play a good weekend.”If the Badgers are going to avoid a letdown this weekend, Waite said the key is to maintain the momentum they have been able to build during their winning streak.”I think we have to continue the pace of play we’ve had since the Penn State-Ohio State weekend,” Waite said. “We did a nice job last weekend on the road in Michigan-Michigan State.”The team is really focused in all the meetings and in all the practices,” he added. “They are excited about the last stretch of the season here.” read more

Offense: C+Without Melvin Gordon or Corey Clement in the backfield during the scored portion of the spring game, Wisconsin’s offense was average at best. Still, the Cardinal offense, under the command of redshirt junior and junior college transfer Tanner McEvoy, did show some big play potential.During the unscored first half, McEvoy hurled a 27-yard touchdown to senior wide receiver Kenzel Doe to the back right corner of the endzone. The undersized Doe made a nice adjustment to the ball and separated from coverage to make the grab and showed some potential as a reliable receiver come next fall. Then, during the scored third and fourth quarters, McEvoy showed the ability to make throws on the run while also using his feet to escape trouble and had a long run of 11 yards. In the first offensive series for the Cardinal, McEvoy made another downfield throw, this time to Jazz Peavy for a gain of 30.With all the injuries at wide receiver, Peavy has stepped up this spring and could very well have a regular spot in the offense come next fall. In what little time Gordon did see during the afternoon, he looked just as crisp and effective as last fall.Defense: B+Overall, the defense for both the Cardinal and White was fairly stout. Although the White team gave up six points to the Cardinal after two strong drives led by Tanner McEvoy, they ultimately got off the field, holding the Cardinal on third down and forcing them to kick two field goals. It was an impressive feat for the White team that was composed of primarily second and third string players, to go up against an offense without Joel Stave, Gordon or Clement, but albeit the first team offense.The Cardinal defense (first team defense) has been working all throughout spring practices to find an identity as it replaces eight starters from last season. The defensive line, led by Warren Herring, looked strong and filled with depth. Up and comers Alec James, Arthur Goldberg and Chikwe Obasih have all impressed in spring on the line as well. The linebackers found their way through the offensive line to stop running backs in the backfield, led by Joe Schobert, Marcus Trotter and Derek Landisch. The defensive backs returned the most experience from last season, and looked the part Saturday. Sojourn Shelton broke up two passes on Saturday, and Darius Hillary anchored the other cornerback position, while they both allowed few receiving yards to a hurt wide receiver group. Nickel back Devin Gaulden forced a fumble on quarterback D.J. Gillins as well that was recovered by the defense.Special Teams: C-One of the Badgers’ weakest positions last season was kicker. This year, junior Jack Russell and sophomore Andrew Endicott have been battling it out in spring practices to get a leg up on the competition that will continue throughout fall practices. Neither did anything to separate themselves at the position Saturday in the controlled scrimmage or the two 15-minute quarters of true scoring.Throughout the whole day, Russell was 2-for-4 on field goals, converting form 41 and 30 yards, while missing from 44 and 36 yards out. The 44-yard miss fell short and about 10 yards to the left of the uprights.Endicott was 1-for-2 on the day, converting from 36 yards and missing from 44 yards.Both will face added competition in the fall when 3-star kicker prospect Rafael Gaglianone joins the program as a freshman from Chattanooga, Tenn.There were no punts, kick-offs, kick returns or punt returns in either portion of Saturday’s scrimmage.Coaching: BIt’s hard to give a true grade to the coaching staff for the afternoon considering the coaches were strewn about the field and behind the huddles resembling a grade school football setup. With that being said, the best decision of the day was to hold out Gordon and Clement from the second half of the game where tackling was allowed. It would make no sense to jeopardize Wisconsin’s two biggest assets in a throwaway setting. And with a fair amount of players already nursing injuries this spring, there was no point in risking adding more names to that list. As far as play calling was concerned in the game, both sides were very conservative in running anything even close to risky during the game as to avoid giving next season’s opponents anything to scout off with the game being aired on BTN. In fact most of the plays on offense were rather bland with a majority of the runs on offense coming between the tackles. Doe did take an end around. Besides that and the long throw to Peavy early on in the second half, there wasn’t much cause for excitement for the fans in attendance. read more

Popular in the CommunitySponsoredSponsoredOrangutan found tortured and decapitated prompts Indonesia probeEMGIES17 Jan, 2018We will never know the full extent of what this poor Orangutan went through before he died, the same must be done to this evil perpetrator(s) they don’t deserve the air that they breathe this has truly upset me and I wonder for the future for these wonderful creatures. So called ‘Mankind’ has a lot to answer for we are the only ones ruining this world I prefer animals to humans any day of the week.What makes community ecotourism succeed? In Madagascar, location, location, locationScissors1dOther countries should also learn and try to incorporateWhy you should care about the current wave of mass extinctions (commentary)Processor1 DecAfter all, there is no infinite anything in the whole galaxy!Infinite stupidity, right here on earth.The wildlife trade threatens people and animals alike (commentary)Anchor3dUnfortunately I feel The Chinese have no compassion for any living animal. They are a cruel country that as we knowneatbeverything that moves and do not humanily kill these poor animals and insects. They have no health and safety on their markets and they then contract these diseases. Maybe its karma maybe they should look at the way they live and stop using animals for all there so called remedies. DisgustingConservationists welcome China’s wildlife trade banThobolo27 JanChina has consistently been the worlds worst, “ Face of Evil “ in regards our planets flora and fauna survival. In some ways, this is nature trying to fight back. This ban is great, but the rest of the world just cannot allow it to be temporary, because history has demonstrated that once this coronavirus passes, they will in all likelihood, simply revert to been the planets worst Ecco Terrorists. Let’s simply not allow this to happen! How and why they have been able to degrade this planets iconic species, rape the planets rivers, oceans and forests, with apparent impunity, is just mind boggling! Please no more.Probing rural poachers in Africa: Why do they poach?Carrot3dOne day I feel like animals will be more scarce, and I agree with one of my friends, they said that poaching will take over the world, but I also hope notUpset about Amazon fires last year? Focus on deforestation this year (commentary)Bullhorn4dLies and more leisSponsoredSponsoredCoke is again the biggest culprit behind plastic waste in the PhilippinesGrapes7 NovOnce again the article blames companies for the actions of individuals. It is individuals that buy these products, it is individuals that dispose of them improperly. If we want to change it, we have to change, not just create bad guys to blame.Brazilian response to Bolsonaro policies and Amazon fires growsCar4 SepThank you for this excellent report. I feel overwhelmed by the ecocidal intent of the Bolsonaro government in the name of ‘developing’ their ‘God-given’ resources.U.S. allocates first of $30M in grants for forest conservation in SumatraPlanet4dcarrot hella thick ;)Melting Arctic sea ice may be altering winds, weather at equator: studyleftylarry30 JanThe Arctic sea ice seems to be recovering this winter as per the last 10-12 years, good news.Malaysia has the world’s highest deforestation rate, reveals Google forest mapBone27 Sep, 2018Who you’re trying to fool with selective data revelation?You can’t hide the truth if you show historical deforestation for all countries, especially in Europe from 1800s to this day. WorldBank has a good wholesome data on this.Mass tree planting along India’s Cauvery River has scientists worriedSurendra Nekkanti23 JanHi Mongabay. Good effort trying to be objective in this article. I would like to give a constructive feedback which could help in clearing things up.1. It is mentioned that planting trees in village common lands will have negative affects socially and ecologically. There is no need to even have to agree or disagree with it, because, you also mentioned the fact that Cauvery Calling aims to plant trees only in the private lands of the farmers. So, plantation in the common lands doesn’t come into the picture.2.I don’t see that the ecologists are totally against this project, but just they they have some concerns, mainly in terms of what species of trees will be planted. And because there was no direct communication between the ecologists and Isha Foundation, it was not possible for them to address the concerns. As you seem to have spoken with an Isha spokesperson, if you could connect the concerned parties, it would be great, because I see that the ecologists are genuinely interested in making sure things are done the right way.May we all come together and make things happen.Rare Amazon bush dogs caught on camera in BoliviaCarrot1 Feba very good iniciative to be fallowed by the ranchers all overSponsored Article published by Erik Hoffner Animals, Archive, Camera Trapping, Conservation, Critically Endangered Species, Endangered Species, Environment, Interns, Mammals, Monkeys, Primates, Research, Wildlife, Wildlife Conservation In 2014, biologists discovered a population of critically endangered dryas monkeys (Cercopithecus dryas) living 400 kilometers (250 miles) south of their only known range in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Multi-level camera traps revealed that these stealthy monkeys are more common — and a lot weirder — than previously thought. They digest young leaves, snuggle up in impenetrable vine thickets, and sometimes boast an outrageous blue behind.In 2019, the IUCN downgraded their conservation status to endangered, and scientists are predicting a potentially positive future for the dryas. On a July day in 2014, biologists Henri Silegowa and Jean Pierre Kapale were buying rice in Bafundo, a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, when they noticed a dead monkey about to be cooked as bushmeat. In seven years of surveying the region’s primates, neither they nor their colleagues at the Lukuru Foundation’s TL2 Project had laid eyes on a monkey like this.“We were inside the fenced compound of a local woman, buying rice for our patrol teams, when I saw this tiny monkey hanging off the side of the kitchen. I’d never seen anything like it, and the woman said she did not know its name,” Silegowa recalls.The specimen was a small female, the size of a housecat. Her black face was cushioned in lushrusset fur and haloed by a white diadem. She had a pale blue rump. The hunter, when Silegowa tracked him down, called the monkey inoko. He’d traded the carcass for a few measures of rice.John Hart, scientific director of the TL2 Project, described her as “beautiful,” a “miniscule little animal.”Henri Silegowa and Jean Pierre Kapale noticed this mysterious monkey hanging in Bafundo, a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In seven years of studying the region’s primates, they’d never seen anything like it. Image courtesy of Henri Silegowa.At first, Silegowa and Hart thought the monkey might be new to science.“I checked our field guides, and couldn’t find anything that matched the photo we had of the inoko,” Silegowa says.  “There was not a single monkey in the field guide with that black face rimmed by orange, and with blue buttocks.”Hoping for more information, the TL2 Project posted a photo of the mystery monkey on its blog. Comments trickled in from researchers as far away as Japan and the U.S., identifying it as the dryas monkey (Cercopithecus dryas), the smallest member of the genus of monkeys known as guenons. The species was first described in 1932 by a German zoologist, Ernst Schwarz, but it was only known from a tiny patch of forest in the Wamba-Kokolopori region, nearly 400 kilometers (250 miles) to the northwest. Not surprisingly, at the time, the IUCN classified the species as critically endangered.The revelation struck Silegowa as a “big surprise.”“We knew we had found something special,” he says.So how did this little dryas monkey end up hanging as bushmeat in Bafundo?Bafundo sits in the Congo Basin, the world’s second-largest tropical rainforest, on the border of Lomami National Park. The region is a sparsely populated wilderness known as TL2 for the three rivers — Tshuapa, Lomami and Lualaba — that drain it toward Africa’s center.The TL2 Project, founded in 2007, has discovered biological riches here including bonobos (Pan paniscus), the striped giraffe-like animal known as the okapi (Okapia johnstoni), and around 700 African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis). In 2012, the team even stumbled upon a species of monkey unknown to science, which they named lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis).The mysterious monkey’s black face was encircled by a white diadem and wrapped in lush russet fur. Image courtesy of Henri Silegowa.When the bushmeat dryas appeared, the researchers had trouble believing this forest held yet another surprise for them.“At seven years in, they get this animal showing up dead in a village that they had no idea was there!” says Daniel Alempijevic, a graduate student at Florida Atlantic University who works with the TL2 Project. “The big surprise was, how has this [monkey species] been going under the radar for so long now?”Camera trap missionAlempijevic came in to tackle that question by setting up dozens of “multi-strata” camera traps in Lomami National Park and its buffer zone. Nobody knew where to look for the dryas, so he and his mentor, Kate Detwiler, an anthropologist at Florida Atlantic University, decided to place cameras on the ground, in the understory, and up in the canopy, sometimes at a dizzying 30 meters (100 feet) high.In the first month, not one of his cameras caught a dryas, but in the second round his persistence was rewarded with a few tantalizing seconds of video.“That first time we got one on a camera, I was just thrilled,” Alempijevic says. “After that, they just started trickling in. Now, it’s actually not an irregular sighting in the understory. It’s one of the more common monkeys we’re getting in that stratum.”A camera trap video shows a group of dryas monkeys moving through the rainforest’s dense understory in their careful, quiet manner. Video courtesy of Daniel Alempijevic/Primatology Lab/Florida Atlantic University and Ephrem Mpaka/TL2 Inoko Project/Frankfurt Zoological Society.This young dryas monkey posed for a minute-long video selfie. Video courtesy of Daniel Alempijevic/Primatology Lab/Florida Atlantic University and Ephrem Mpaka/TL2 Inoko Project/Frankfurt Zoological Society.An innovative strategy of placing camera traps at multiple levels in the forest has earned researchers an hour-and-a-half of footage of the elusive dryas monkey. This video collage includes the highlights. Video courtesy of Daniel Alempijevic/Primatology Lab/Florida Atlantic University, Ephrem Mpaka and Koko Bisimwa/TL2 Inoko Project/Frankfurt Zoological Society.Camera trap results show that dryas monkeys rarely venture up to the canopy, and the cameras have yet to catch them on the ground. Their preferred habitats are dense, swampy vine thickets in the understory, especially gaps where an old tree has fallen and dragged its tangle of woody lianas and skin-ripping rattans down with it.“It is a really difficult environment to penetrate,” Alempijevic says. “Total bushwhacking to get in. Lots of spines. I’m still pulling rattan spines out of my skin from a year ago!”This might explain how dryas monkeys have evaded human notice for so long. But now, thanks to the cameras, scientists have accumulated a total of an hour-and-a-half of footage.“We’re seeing so much more on the cameras than we could ever see with our eyes,” Alempijevic says.Portrait of a monkeyResearchers are piecing together a portrait of the dryas monkey as a master of stealth with a taste for leaves and an outrageous blue butt. Unlike other guenons, which make exuberant leaps and booming calls, dryas move silently. They whisper, murmur, chuckle and chirp.“In all our camera trap videos of this thing, we don’t have them making any calls we could use to locate them. That adds to their cryptic nature,” Hart says.Think of the dryas as that annoying little sister who wins every game of hide-and-seek by contorting herself into a nook where nobody would think to look, then stays hidden for hours after the game has ended to make sure she’s won.Hart describes the most recent encounter with this “hunker-down monkey,” in March 2019. The TL2 Project patrol came upon a single monkey on the forest floor. It vanished in a blur, then “snuggled right up into the vine thicket,” becoming an invisible furball. No running away. No alarm calls.“We spent over half an hour there, but the monkey would not move,” recalls Aimedo Onale, a member of the patrol. “We knew where it was, but we could not see it. Finally, I asked the machete man to climb nearby and shake the lianas to get the monkey to move, so we could get a photo.”After 30 minutes of searching a vine thicket, Onale and his patrol team finally earned this snapshot of a dryas monkey in their March 2019 encounter. Image courtesy of Terese Hart via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).The patrollers had never seen this kind of monkey before. They were deep in Lomami National Park, far from any previous sightings, but photos confirmed it was an adult male dryas, once again popping up in an unexpected place.That night, Onale sent a satellite message out to the TL2 Project team. It said simply, “Inoko ino” — dryas is here.The dryas monkey is a master of avoiding human notice, but don’t let that fool you into thinking it has a drab fashion sense.“When you get it in front of you, the coloration is just unbelievable. There’s no monkey that’s so vividly colored,” Hart says.The backside of a mature male dazzles like Fourth of July fireworks. A large patch of bare skin gleams aquamarine under the tail, extending to the testicles. Above that, a smaller patch of cherry-red skin highlights the anus. This colorful display is encircled by a ring of bright white fur, contrasting nicely with the monkey’s black limbs.Hart recalls the first male dryas he saw.“It was breathtaking. There was nothing like it in the field guides. The field guides remind me of those renaissance statues that someone subsequently had to come and put the fig leaf over. This thing is just — you can’t miss it!”When Daniel Alempijevic started researching dryas monkeys in 2016, he needed to ask local communities to report sightings of the species, but he had no photos of it alive, and he didn’t want people getting the idea that he wanted dead specimens. So he sketched this image of a dryas based on bushmeat. Image courtesy of Daniel Alempijevic.Not all males have the brilliant blue backside and testes. It might be age-related, hormonally induced, or a signal of health or status within the group.The monkey’s diet was another surprise for researchers. Alempijevic calls it “really strange.” Dryas eat insects, terrestrial mushrooms, and the green inner bark of lianas, but their favorite food appears to be young leaves, an infamously difficult food to digest.“They’re eating a lot of herbaceous material, which is unusual for a small monkey,” Alempijevic says.Some animals have evolved adaptations for digesting leaves, such as the goat’s four stomachs or the leafcutter ant’s fungus gardens. Some large primates, like colobus and proboscis monkeys, eat leaves too, but small monkeys usually rely on energy-dense foods like fruits and insects. Just how the dryas extracts energy from its leafy diet remains a mystery.A positive future?In January 2019, the IUCN downgraded the dryas monkey’s conservation status from critically endangered to endangered. Theworldwide population is still extremely small, totaling 100 to 250 adults by IUCN estimates, but Hart predicts the number will rise. Neither habitat loss nor hunting poses an existential threat at this time.“[The dryas monkey] can’t make it in an oil palm plantation as far as we know, but it’s able to sneak around and do pretty well in vine thickets on the edges of little towns,” Hart says.The first male dryas monkey found by the TL2 Project was killed by a hunter and laid out on a mongongo leaf, showing off its bright blue behind. Image courtesy of Daniel Alempijevic.Dryas prefer forest disturbed by wind storms, floods and elephants. That evolutionary preference is now working to their advantage, as humans dot the landscape with abandoned gardens and fallow fields.“We’re actually finding more dryas monkeys around the edges of these abandoned gardens than we are within the national park in protected sites,” Alempijevic says.As for hunting, dryas avoid snares by staying off the ground, and they evade hunters’ notice with their small size and cryptic behavior.“They don’t seem to be a target for hunters. If a hunter opportunistically has a chance, they will kill one, but they’re not seeking them out like the larger-bodied primates,” Alempijevic says.Hart says he hopes more scientists will search for dryas, now that they know how to look for it with camera traps, and work to conservethe pockets of forest where it lives. The goal, he says, is to protect the habitat of these quiet, colorful monkeys, “so they can continue to hunker down and do their thing.”A rare photo of two dryas monkeys “hunkering down” outside Bafundo village in 2016. The IUCN downgraded the species’ conservation status from critically endangered to endangered after a population was discovered in Lomami National Park. Image courtesy of Pablo Ayali. read more

Article published by Mike Gaworecki Popular in the CommunitySponsoredSponsoredOrangutan found tortured and decapitated prompts Indonesia probeEMGIES17 Jan, 2018We will never know the full extent of what this poor Orangutan went through before he died, the same must be done to this evil perpetrator(s) they don’t deserve the air that they breathe this has truly upset me and I wonder for the future for these wonderful creatures. So called ‘Mankind’ has a lot to answer for we are the only ones ruining this world I prefer animals to humans any day of the week.What makes community ecotourism succeed? In Madagascar, location, location, locationScissors1dOther countries should also learn and try to incorporateWhy you should care about the current wave of mass extinctions (commentary)Processor1 DecAfter all, there is no infinite anything in the whole galaxy!Infinite stupidity, right here on earth.The wildlife trade threatens people and animals alike (commentary)Anchor3dUnfortunately I feel The Chinese have no compassion for any living animal. They are a cruel country that as we knowneatbeverything that moves and do not humanily kill these poor animals and insects. They have no health and safety on their markets and they then contract these diseases. Maybe its karma maybe they should look at the way they live and stop using animals for all there so called remedies. DisgustingConservationists welcome China’s wildlife trade banThobolo27 JanChina has consistently been the worlds worst, “ Face of Evil “ in regards our planets flora and fauna survival. In some ways, this is nature trying to fight back. This ban is great, but the rest of the world just cannot allow it to be temporary, because history has demonstrated that once this coronavirus passes, they will in all likelihood, simply revert to been the planets worst Ecco Terrorists. Let’s simply not allow this to happen! How and why they have been able to degrade this planets iconic species, rape the planets rivers, oceans and forests, with apparent impunity, is just mind boggling! Please no more.Probing rural poachers in Africa: Why do they poach?Carrot3dOne day I feel like animals will be more scarce, and I agree with one of my friends, they said that poaching will take over the world, but I also hope notUpset about Amazon fires last year? Focus on deforestation this year (commentary)Bullhorn4dLies and more leisSponsoredSponsoredCoke is again the biggest culprit behind plastic waste in the PhilippinesGrapes7 NovOnce again the article blames companies for the actions of individuals. It is individuals that buy these products, it is individuals that dispose of them improperly. If we want to change it, we have to change, not just create bad guys to blame.Brazilian response to Bolsonaro policies and Amazon fires growsCar4 SepThank you for this excellent report. I feel overwhelmed by the ecocidal intent of the Bolsonaro government in the name of ‘developing’ their ‘God-given’ resources.U.S. allocates first of $30M in grants for forest conservation in SumatraPlanet4dcarrot hella thick ;)Melting Arctic sea ice may be altering winds, weather at equator: studyleftylarry30 JanThe Arctic sea ice seems to be recovering this winter as per the last 10-12 years, good news.Malaysia has the world’s highest deforestation rate, reveals Google forest mapBone27 Sep, 2018Who you’re trying to fool with selective data revelation?You can’t hide the truth if you show historical deforestation for all countries, especially in Europe from 1800s to this day. WorldBank has a good wholesome data on this.Mass tree planting along India’s Cauvery River has scientists worriedSurendra Nekkanti23 JanHi Mongabay. Good effort trying to be objective in this article. I would like to give a constructive feedback which could help in clearing things up.1. It is mentioned that planting trees in village common lands will have negative affects socially and ecologically. There is no need to even have to agree or disagree with it, because, you also mentioned the fact that Cauvery Calling aims to plant trees only in the private lands of the farmers. So, plantation in the common lands doesn’t come into the picture.2.I don’t see that the ecologists are totally against this project, but just they they have some concerns, mainly in terms of what species of trees will be planted. And because there was no direct communication between the ecologists and Isha Foundation, it was not possible for them to address the concerns. As you seem to have spoken with an Isha spokesperson, if you could connect the concerned parties, it would be great, because I see that the ecologists are genuinely interested in making sure things are done the right way.May we all come together and make things happen.Rare Amazon bush dogs caught on camera in BoliviaCarrot1 Feba very good iniciative to be fallowed by the ranchers all overSponsored On today’s episode, we speak with Damian Aspinall, chairman of the Aspinall Foundation, a UK charity that works to conserve endangered animals and return them to the wild.Back in June of this year we welcomed Jim Breheny onto the Mongabay Newscast. Breheny is director of the Bronx Zoo in New York City, and he told me that zoos not only preserve species for the future but support field work to protect species in the wild, as well, and for that reason are vital to wildlife conservation today.Aspinall does not agree that zoos are important for conservation of wild species. In fact, he argues that keeping animals in captivity in zoos is cruel, inhumane — and unnecessary. He appears on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast to discuss why he is calling for all zoos around the world to be closed down within the next 30 years, and how he says the work of preserving rare and endangered species could be better accomplished by in situ conservation interventions. On today’s episode, we speak with Damian Aspinall, chairman of the Aspinall Foundation, a UK charity that works to conserve endangered animals and return them to the wild.Listen here: Back in June of this year we welcomed Jim Breheny onto the Mongabay Newscast. Breheny is director of the Bronx Zoo in New York City and one of the stars of the Animal Planet TV show The Zoo. He and I discussed the evolution of zoos and aquariums that he’s witnessed over his 40-plus-year career. He told me that zoos not only preserve species for the future but support field work to protect species in the wild, as well, and for that reason are vital to wildlife conservation today.Our guest today, Damian Aspinall, does not agree that zoos are important for conservation of wild species. In fact, he argues that keeping animals in captivity in zoos is cruel, inhumane — and unnecessary.Aspinall appears on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast to discuss why he is calling for all zoos around the world to be closed down within the next 30 years, and how he says the work of preserving rare and endangered species could be better accomplished by in situ conservation interventions.Here’s this episode’s top news:Controversial dam gets green light to flood a Philippine protected areaEmperor penguins could disappear by 2100 if nations don’t cap emissionsThere’s a new fin whale subspecies in the North PacificWould you like to hear how Mongabay grew out of its founder’s childhood adventures in rainforests and a fascination with frogs? Or how a Mongabay editor reacted to meeting one of the world’s last Bornean rhinos? We now offer Insider Content that delivers behind-the-scenes reporting and stories like these from our team. 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