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It appears that a trend is developing in aviculture, which I find both frightening and disheartening. As the popularity of cockatoos continues to increase, these birds are being bred in increasingly greater numbers each year, particularly the Moluccan, the Umbrella, the Goffin's, and some of the Sulphur-crested species. At the same time, the number of mature cockatoos offered for sale daily in newspapers throughout the country is staggering.
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Deborah, I think on of the biggest contributing factors to this rising agression is the fact that more and more Parrot mills are breeding Cockatoos and none of them actually hand raise/feed their young, as a result no human imprinting/bonding because this takes time and to parrot mills time is money!! This means the bird is bird bonded first human second. Second factor is abuse and neglect. As the person who is owned by two cockatoos one a Umbrella and one goffin both 8 years+ from old school breeder and as a result they are the most loveable birds we have rescued and because they are cockatoos I will not rehome them.
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My 21 year old male umbrella cockatoo does not live in a cage. He is free flight in the "bird" room that we designed when we built the house. It opens to an outside . s. steel flight for warm weather. There is a old cage in the room that he plays on and I place large boxes on top of for him to shredd (we call the boxes his "house"). He lives with two greenwinged Macaws. He has broken my toe, put stitches in my husbands face, and bitten every human that has ever held him. He loves my husband and lets him do anything with him (he only bit him in the face because he wanted to get me and Sterling would not let his foot go to do it). This bird has bitten me so many times that you would not believe. The last time he almost got my jugular vein in my neck and that was it – he was actually going to kill me. He has flown straight for the face with beak open. He stalks me on the floor and tries to get the back of my ankle(which he has done more than once). I hand fed Dax for over a whole year, because he refused to wein. I use to handle him all the time. I still preen him and pet his head and try to love him – I just cannot let him on me especially my hands or shoulder. It is so trying at times. I do put him in the old cage if anyone else is in the room, for their protection. I have been so good and kind to this bird. I am 60 years old and am confident he will never find a home after I am not able to take care of him. My son has agreed to take the other birds, but refuses to deal with this character.


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We sent our daughter this year as well as last year hoping that attractive experiences of CLAC would be the confidence and assets of her. She is now full of satisfaction having so many friends all over the world!!.
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This was my third year at CLAC and I absolutely loved it. I have made new friends from all over the globe. At CLAC we learn English while having fun. CLAC friends are friends forever and I can not wait to come back next year.
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Acer 5517 laptop
Radeon HD 3200
Linux Mint 8
Cairo-Dock 2.2.0-4
I have a black box around my dock. The box is the there if I open the GLX-Dock or Cairo-Dock options. I have compiz running. My windows wobble...
What do I do to remove the box?
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|Matthieu Baerts (matttbe) said :
I think it's due to your drivers => http://
So there is two solutions:
* Don't use the OpenGL backend
* Try to use the latest version of ATI drivers (but I think it's maybe better to upgrade your distribution...)
|Robert Finley (finley-rob) said :
Thank you! For all the google searching I, did I never did end up at the Cairo-Dock site. I feel pretty dumb. I'm pretty new at this linux thing, and people like you are helping me get better at finding answers.
Cairo-Dock is working beautifully now. Thanks again for your time.
Can you help with this problem?
Provide an answer of your own, or ask Robert Finley for more information if necessary.


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Pekingese are very small dogs which have a long, soft, and straight coat that feels furry. The dog looks like a miniature dog-lion with a mane. Pekingese tend to shed a lot more hair than usual because they have so much of it! They can come in a wide variety of colours including gold, red, sable, cream, white, and tan.
This breed can grow up to 25 cm tall and they can weigh as little as 6 kg. Pekingese can live up to 15 years.
Because they are so small, Pekingese are known as companion dogs and don't require a lot of exercise. They have a laid back nature and don't really like going out and about, especially because they are so small. They love being held but are not the best dog for people with allergies.
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Pekingese are known as being brave, confident, and tough creatures. This may be because their lineage dates back to more than 2000 years and they may possibly believe they are more superior to other dogs.
Putting this aside, this breed is loving and very affectionate. They are usually very loyal and protective of their family.
Pekingese are easy to train and rewards are usually recommended in the training process. They don't like to explore on their own and like familiar surroundings. Smaller toddlers are not recommended to play with Pekingese because toddlers can be rough and this breed can't handle that because of their fragile, small bodies.
Pekingese usually like the company of other Pekingese dogs but can adapt to other dog breeds if they are raised from a young age together.
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Pekingese have a very interesting story to tell. The breed originated in China and they are one of the oldest surviving breeds in history. Centuries went by where the only people allowed ownership of this breed were people from the Chinese Imperial Palace.
The city of Beijing was originally named Peking after this dog breed, and Pekingese lived in China for more than 2000 years.
The Opium War in 1860 saw the British invading the city of Peking and the Chinese Imperial Palace. After troops entered the building, the owner of five Pekingese dogs committed suicide to avoid being caught. This was the beginning of the Pekingese breed moving to England and beyond.
The first Pekingese was registered in the American Kennel Club in 1906.
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Consensus in Group Decision Making and Social Networks
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The consensus reaching process is the most important step in a group decision making scenario. This step is most frequently identified as a process consisting of some discussion rounds in which several decision makers, ...
An attitudinal consensus degree to control feedback mechanism in group decision making with different adjustment cost
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This article aims to study the influence of the group attitude on the consensus reaching process in group decision making (GDM). To do that, the attitudinal consensus index (ACI) is defined to aggregate individual consensus ...
An attitudinal trust recommendation mechanism to balance consensus and harmony in group decision making
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This article puts forward a trust based framework for building a recommendation mechanism for consensus in group decision making with interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy information. To do that, it first presents an ...


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NYX Interactive is a game developer who has gained a reputation through their diverse products for the online gambling industry. Their portfolio of offerings includes different products such as NYX online slots, bingo, lotteries, and others. Their speciality lies in offering not only gaming software but also in designing gaming platform technology. The company has a large presence today and has also taken over NextGen Gaming as well as Sheriff Gaming brands. Many well-established portals carry a large number of their products such as Vera & John, Mr Green, Leo Vegas, and others.
The company started in the year 2006, and in 2010 it was owned by NYX Gaming Group. The range of products that the company offers is known to promote several features. For innovative aspects as well as for supporting responsible gambling the developer has won accolades as well. These include a title like Electronic Gaming Reviews award received by NYX Interactive in 2013. Today most of their games in the different portals are supported by lucrative bonuses and rewards that ensure that players find them interesting and entertaining. The company has offices in London, Sydney and Las Vegas. Their focus is on Swedish games, and they have also designed a unique lottery system. The company is registered and licensed by Malta gaming authorities.
The slots designed by this developer not only look into the entertainment aspects for players but to ensure that responsible gambling practices are executed by the portals that host their titles.
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Many of NYX slots online for free come with the option to try them out of cost. When you come across the latest releases of the company you will be encouraged to try them for fun. This can be done by wagering free money that the casino portals offer. By wagering on the lines, choosing different playing combinations, you will understand how the games work and estimate win possibilities. Many portals offer welcome bonuses that are generous and can be used even without making a deposit to try the games first. Once you gain some wins, you will want to withdraw the same. This can be done by registering for a real account and adhering to the wagering conditions set down by the site.


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Insurance plays an important role in personal injury cases. Large companies often have multiple policies with different types of coverage, including "excess coverage" that takes effect when the primary policy has paid out its limits.
The Tenth Circuit recently decided whether excess insurers were responsible for defending and indemnifying a distributor of products containing asbestos when the primary insurer was insolvent. The plaintiff in Canal Insurance Company v. Montello, Inc. had distributed a drilling mud viscofier that contained asbestos from 1966 to 1985. The distributor had been sued by people who had alleged they were injured by exposure to asbestos.
Montello had a primary insurance policy with The Home Insurance Company
from 1975 to 1984. That insurer was declared insolvent in 2003. It had
not paid any personal injury claims on behalf of the plaintiff at that time.
Canal Insurance Company subsequently filed a declaratory judgment action, claiming that it did not have a duty to defend or indemnify Montello in personal injury cases. Montello filed counterclaims for a declaratory judgment and breach of contract against Canal, and it also filed third-party complaints against Continental Casualty Company and Houston General Insurance Company.
The district court found that neither Canal nor Houston General was obligated to "drop down" and provide a defense or indemnity. The district court also found that Montello had not provided sufficient evidence to establish the terms of the policies with Continental. Neither party had a copy of the Continental policies, and Montello attempted to establish the terms through secondary evidence. Montello appealed.
Montello relied on language in the introductory clause to the coverage section of the Canal policy. The language stated that Canal would indemnify Montello "for all sums which the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages and expenses…." Montello argued that it had already incurred expenses and could become legally liable for damages. The circuit court found that the policy was triggered by an "occurrence," and the primary insurer's insolvency did not count as an occurrence under the contract.
The circuit court next looked to the excess clause. The court found that excess coverage is triggered when the primary insurance limits have been reduced by a "payment of loss." The language of the policy states that the company is liable for the net loss arising from an occurrence in excess of "the amounts of the applicable limits of liability of the underlying insurance . . . less the amount, if any by which any aggregate limit of such insurance has been reduced by payment of loss." The excess insurance also applies to any excess over the retained limit when the "underlying insurance is inapplicable to the occurrence…."
Montello argued that the underlying policy was not "applicable" because of the insurer's insolvency. Montello relied on a Massachusetts case in which the court held that the excess policy dropped down when the underlying policy was not collectible without fault on the part of the insured. In that case, however, the court had found ambiguity in the language. Here, the circuit court found no ambiguity. The circuit court also noted that the policies here did not have the same language. Furthermore, that case is a minority view.
Montello also argued that the excess insurer must drop down because there was not any language in the policy that said it would not do so. The circuit court rejected this argument.
The circuit court then looked at the umbrella clause in the Canal policy. Under the terms of the policy, the umbrella coverage only applies when the primary insurance is inapplicable to the occurrence. In this case, the primary policy would have covered asbestos claims. The court found that the primary policy was applicable, and the umbrella coverage was therefore not triggered.
The court next reviewed the "other insurance" clause, which stated that the insurance under the policy is excess "over any other valid and collectible insurance available to the insured…." Montello argued that the primary insurance was not "valid and collectible." The circuit court noted that this language appeared in the "other insurance" clause, which is not intended to expand liability.
In considering the duty to defend, the court noted that excess insurers are generally not required to defend just because the primary insurer cannot do so. It pointed out that excess insurers have low premiums because the duty to defend lies with the primary insurer except when the loss is not covered by the primary policy. The circuit court found the policy language to clearly require a defense only when the primary insurer had satisfied its obligations.
The court did not examine the specific language of the Houston General policy, but instead, it stated that its holdings as to the Canal policy also applied to the Houston General policy.
The circuit court also agreed with the district court that Montello had not presented sufficient evidence of the terms of the lost Continental policy. Montello had presented expert testimony and submitted form policies to the state Board of Insurance Commissioners. The insurance company had multiple policy forms in use at the time, however, and neither of these forms of evidence was able to provide the terms of the policy in question.
Ultimately, none of the insurers, in this case, were required to drop down and defend or indemnify Montello. Since their duties under the policies would not be triggered until there is a "payment of loss," there was no case or controversy before the court, and the district court properly dismissed the action. The 10th Circuit affirmed the district court's decision.
Insurance companies, just like the businesses they insure, sometimes become insolvent. Mesothelioma victims suffer when neither the responsible party nor its insurer is able to cover the loss. It is therefore important to identify all potential defendants. Our experienced mesothelioma attorneys can investigate cases to identify all of the possible responsible parties.
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Additional Resources:
Canal Insurance Company v. Montello, Inc., November 27, 2015, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
More Blog Entries:
Jury Awards $1.42 Million to Widow in Mesothelioma Lawsuit, August 4, 2015, Mesothelioma Lawyer Blog


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Jim Pirages to Present Employment Law Update at Rockford SHRM
NIU - Rockford
8500 E State St
Rockford, IL
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP partner Jim Pirages will present "2015 Legal Update at the Rockford Area Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) meeting. This presentation will focus on new statutory and regulatory developments affecting employers (both State and Federal) including the NLRB's new election rules and its recent decision on employee access to email systems for union organizing; Illinois and Federal provisions on pregnancy discrimination (and the obligation to provide a reasonable accommodation to pregnant employees); recent revisions to the Illinois Dept. of Labor's regulations under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act; and similar topics.
For more information or to register for this event, please visit the Rockford Area SHRM website.