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|Virginia survives to defeat BC in 5 sets
|Boston College
|VOLLEYBALL: Miami Highlights
|Virginia falls to Miami 3-1 in an early Sunday contest
|VOLLEYBALL - Megan Wilson, Astrophysics major.
|Women's volleyball player, Megan Wilson balances athletics, and a challenging major.
|VOLLEYBALL - Virginia vs. Clemson Highlights
|The Cavaliers sweep the Tigers at Mem Gym.
|ORANGE & BLUE: Jennifer Wineholt
|The sophomore stops by the studio to talk all things Virginia volleyball prior to a big ACC weekend in Memorial Gym.
|CUE: Volleyball - Set to Begin
|Get to know Aaron Smith, the newly named Head Coach of the Virginia Cavaliers.
|CUE: Volleyball - Lexi Riccolo
|The Chasing Uncompromised Excellence feature on the Senior who is making the most of every opportunity UVA has to offer.
|VOLLEYBALL: Virginia Highlights vs. Clemson
|Virginia defeats Clemson at home in three straight sets.
|VOLLEYBALL: Virginia Highlights vs. Duke
|Virginia narrowly falls to Duke at home in a grueling five sets.
|CUE: Volleyball - Court of Law
|The Chasing Uncompromised Excellence feature on Seniors Jasmine Burton and Haley Kole as they pursue academic excellence by taking on a Pre-Law track.
|VOLLEYBALL: Virginia Highlights vs. Wake Forest
|Virginia falls to Wake Forest at home in four sets.
|Wake Forest
|VOLLEYBALL: Virginia Highlights vs George Washington
|Virginia wins their second match of the 2016 Cavalier Classic against George Washington.
|George Washington
|CUE: Volleyball - Anna Walsh
|The Chasing Uncompromised Excellence special feature on the 3-time ACC Freshman of the Week.
|CUE: Volleyball - Pitt Baseline Pass
|The Chasing Uncompromised Excellence special feature on the big victory over Pitt.
|UVA VOLLEYBALL: Virginia vs. Virginia Tech Highlights
|Virginia scores the first Commonwealth Clash point of the season with a home win against Virginia Tech in front of a great crowd at Memorial Gym.
|Virginia Tech
|UVA VOLLEYBALL: VT Postgame
|Head Coach Dennis Hohenshelt & Freshman Anna Walsh recap the home win over Virginia Tech.
|Virginia Tech
|UVA VOLLEYBALL: Virginia vs. Pittsburgh Highlights
|Virginia defeats Pittsburgh at home in four sets.
|UVA VOLLEYBALL: Pitt Postgame
|Coach Hohenshelt & Senior Kayla Sears recap the win over Pitt. Sears tied a UVA record with 9 service aces.
|CUE: Volleyball - "New Digs"
|The Chasing Uncompromised Excellence feature on Virginia Volleyball and the improvements made to their home court.
|CUE: National Girls and Women in Sports Day - Meghan O'Leary
|The CUE feature on the former Cavalier volleyball and softball athlete turned world-class rower.
|CUE: VOLLEYBALL - Karlie Suber
|The CUE feature on the sophomore kinesiology major and her special friendship with University of Richmond student Cole Sydnor.
|CUE: VOLLEYBALL - Virginia Tech
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|MUST SEE MONDAY: Oct. 13, 2014
|The top three plays of the week in Cavalier Athletics during the week of Oct. 13, 2014.
|MUST SEE MONDAY: Sept. 29, 2014
|The top three plays of the past week in Cavalier athletics for Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, including plays from men's soccer, volleyball, and football.
|CUE: Volleyball - Liberty
|The Chasing Uncompromised Excellence feature on Virginia's mid-week matchup with Liberty.
|CUE: Volleyball - Season Preview
|Chasing Uncompromised Excellence takes a look at the 2014 Virginia volleyball team.
|CUE: Volleyball - Spring Practice
|The Chasing Uncompromised Excellence feature on Volleyball's spring practice.
|Volleyball - Virginia Tech
|Coach Dennis Hohenshelt recaps the big 3-1 victory over the Hokies at Memorial Gymnasium.
|Virginia Tech
|CUE: Volleyball - ACC Update
|Head Coach Dennis Hohenshelt discusses the teams recent 4 match win streak.
|Volleyball Highlights - BC
|Virginia wins a thrilling match over BC, 3-2 at Mem Gym.
|Boston College Eagles
|CUE: Volleyball - ACC Preparations
|The Chasing Uncompromised Excellence story on the volleyball team as they prepare for ACC play.
|CUE: Volleyball - Opening Weekend
|Chasing Uncompromised Excellence goes behind the scenes for the season's opening weekend.
|Volleyball - 2013 Season Preview
|Coach Hohenshelt talks about his team's upcoming season.
|Volleyball - Jefferson Cup
|Go inside the huddle with head coach Dennis Hohenshelt as he is mic'd up for the Jefferson Cup.
|Jefferson Cup
|Volleyball - Orange and Blue Scrimmage
|Get ready for the first home volleyball match on August 31st with sights and sounds from the Orange and Blue scrimmage.
|Volleyball - Spring Practice All-Access
|New coach Dennis Hohenshelt is mic'd up as we go behind the scenes for the start of spring practice.
|Volleyball Highlights - Wake Forest
|Virginia records an ACC win at Memorial Gym, 3-1.
|Volleyball Feature - Sarah Kirkwood
|When one lists the accomplishments of volleyball player Sarah Kirkwood, make sure there is alot of ink in your pen.
|Softball/Volleyball Feature - Meghan O'Leary
|Meghan O'Leary - Jefferson Scholar, double major, community volunteer and two sport athlete - defines the busy lifestyle.
|Volleyball Feature - Sarah Kirkwood
|First Team Academic All-American volleyball star Sarah Kirkwood is the true definition of a student athlete.
|Volleyball Highlights - Wake Forest
|Women's Volleyball defeats Wake Forest at home.
|Wake Forest
|Volleyball Highlights - Virginia Tech
|Virginia Defeats Virginia Tech 3-0 to go up 0.5-0 in the Commonwealth Challenge.
|Virginia Tech
|Volleyball - Sarah Kirkwood Feature
|Sophomore Hitter Sarah Kirkwood is profiled.
|Volleyball Highlights - Virginia Tech
|Volleyball Defeats Virginia Tech 2-1 to Sweep Season Series.
|Virginia Tech
|Volleyball Highlights - Virginia Tech
|Women's Volleyball rises to meet the Commonwealth Challenge by defeating Virginia Tech.
|Virginia Tech
|Volleyball Highlights - Florida State
|Virginia Volleyball improves to 7-4, 2-0 ACC with 3-1 victory over Florida State
|Volleyball - Facility Tour
|A.J. Cushman takes you on a tour of the UVA Volleyball facilities.
|Volleyball Highlights - VCU
|Volleyball ups their record to 5-2 with a 3-0 sweep of VCU.
|Volleyball Highlights - Miami
|UVA rallies from down 2-0 to knock off ACC leading Miami, 3-2.
|Volleyball Highlights - Virginia Tech
|Virginia handles Virginia Tech to begin 1-0 in the ACC.
|Virginia Tech
|Volleyball Highlights - N.C. State
|Rachel Gray records 34 assists as Virginia dominates N.C. State, 3-0.
|N.C. State
|Volleyball - Ticket Delivery
|Volleyball players personally deliver fans their season tickets in the Charlottesville area.
|Volleyball Highlights - Virginia Tech
|Volleyball loses a hard-fought match to Virginia Tech, 3-2.
|Virginia Tech
|Volleyball Highlights - Florida State
|The volleyball team earns a win against #25 Florida State, its first win against ranked opposition since 1996.


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For the longest time, there has been nothing but bad news coming from Greece: An economy in complete shambles, high unemployment, drastic tax hikes and cutbacks in social services, unrest in the streets, a society at the brink of collapse. And yet it is precisely in this region where people seem to live longer, healthier lives than about anywhere else on the planet. What's their secret?
Based on years of research, Dan Buettner, best-selling author of "The Blue Zones: Lessons in Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest" (National Geographic Society, 2008), and two of his colleagues found that the inhabitants of the Greek island of Ikaria were reaching the age of 90 at two and a half times the rate Americans do.
"Ikarian men in particular are nearly four times as likely as their American counterparts to reach 90, often in better health. But more than that, they were also living about 8 to 10 years longer before succumbing to cancers and cardiovascular disease, and they suffered less depression and about a quarter the rate of dementia." By contrast, Buettner says, almost half of American seniors show signs of Alzheimer's by the age of 85.
Despite of its remoteness and rugged, mountainous landscape, the island has been known for centuries for its health-promoting climate and soothing hot springs. A slow-pace, leisurely lifestyle is still prevalent among the people here who savor tasty meals and long afternoon naps. Time seems to stand still – most villagers don't even wear watches.
Many of the young people who once left the island in search of better paying jobs in the cities have returned, disillusioned with their fading prospects. Because of high unemployment rates, some have no choice but to move back in with parents and grandparents, but others see the lifestyle of their forbearers as a viable alternative.
Besides tourism, small-scale agriculture is the only industry on Ikaria. When it comes to food supply, most families are self-sufficient. Gardening and tending to livestock fills the day that starts late in the morning and ends with dining and socializing with family, neighbors and friends.
The latter is as crucial as the diet the Ikarians adhere to. The social structures might turn out to be even more important, says Buettner. The cultural attitude that honors and celebrates old age keeps seniors more engaged in their communities. Studies have shown that the concept of retirement, common in industrialized countries, actually reduces life expectancy. Such "artificial punctuations" in life, as he calls it, deprive retirees unnecessarily of a sense of purpose and meaningful existence.
Another puzzling phenomenon is that Ikarians also live longer than other islanders in the region who share a comparable environment. Obviously it's not one specific thing that sets these people apart, says Buettner, but rather a host of "subtly powerful, mutually enhancing and pervasive factors are at work" such as a healthy diet, sufficient sleep, lack of stress and time pressure, daily physical activity through walking and manual labor, and being part of a functional community. In other words, it's the high quality of life that results in the extraordinary longevity.
Obviously, not everyone can move to an idyllic island and grow vegetables, milk goats, bake bread and snooze the afternoon away. But what we all can do is to stop once in a while and consider whether our days really have to be as hectic and exhausting as they often are. Perhaps we would be better off if we took regularly inventory and separated what's necessary from what just crept in on us.
We don't have to aim at living forever. Longevity itself doesn't have to be the primary goal. Being around a few years longer is not worth the effort if we're only getting more of the same. A better quality of life, on the other hand, is something we can always strive for at any time and anywhere.
Timi Gustafson R.D. is a registered dietitian, newspaper columnist, blogger and author of the book "The Healthy Diner – How to Eat Right and Still Have Fun"®, which is available on her blog, "Food and Health with Timi Gustafson R.D.", and at amazon.com. You can follow Timi on Twitter and on Facebook.

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This is an easy-peasy mulligatawny. Delicious as a soup served with some toast or as a dinner time meal or over a bed of rice and garnished with cilantro.
I was originally inspired to make this recipe for the blog spoonforkbacon.com but adapted the recipe and shaved some calories by not cooking the veggies in butter or oil, but just throwing them in the slow cooker and letting them infuse with fellow spices and flavors overnight. I'm also trying to steer clear of baking and cooking over the stove during this already horribly humid summer, so it was doubly rewarding to make this meal in a slow cooker! Slow cookers are great for that reason in the summer, and I would have no doubt that this would take great served cool on a hot summer day.
I'm really happy with how this came out. Vegan, low cal, gluten free, dairy free, and full of veggies, some fruit and spices, it's easy to make, inexpensive, and tastes delicious. Directions are here too, but really all you do is chop everything up, put it in the slow cooker, put it on low, sleep, and wake up to delicious food. Amazing, right?
- Prep time: 30 minutes
- Cook time: 8-10 hours or overnight (on low) or 3-4 hours (on high)
- Nutritional information: 264 calories per serving (without rice) More here.
You'll need:
- 1 leek, chopped
- 2 whole carrots, peeled and sliced
- 2 small apples, peeled, cored, and diced
- 1 green chili pepper, seeds removed, chopped
- 1/2 C dry red lentils
- 85 g coconut cream dissolved in 1 C water, or 1 C of coconut milk
- 3 C chicken stock
- 1 T freshly minced ginger
- 1 T curry
- 1 t turmeric
- 2 t Garam Masala
- 1 t cumin
- 1 t sugar
- dash of cinnamon
- dash of cardamom
- salt and pepper
- OPTIONAL: Raisins and cilantro to garnish
1. Chop up all the vegetables you will be using, and place them in the slow cooker.
2. Pour coconut milk and chicken stock on top.
3. Add spices and stir.
4. Set on low overnight or about 8 hours, or high for 3-4 hours.
5. Turn off slow cooker. Allow to cool.
6. Cream ingredients in food processor or using immersion blender.
7. Serve as soup, or over rice to make a hearty meal.
OPTIONAL: Garnish with cilantro and raisins.
Makes 4 generous 1-cup servings
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As with most everything, the earlier you start your planning, the less stressed you will be when the time comes to act. As soon as you realize that you are considering graduate school for research, start a list of possible labs you may want to work in. This list should include: possible mentors, the universities and departments they are affiliated with, the topics they study, and the techniques they use. Later, as you start to narrow your list, you may also want to include information such as: where the school is located, financial support offered, the minimum GPAs required, test scores required, courses required and application due dates.
For many of us scientific researchers, the realization that we wanted to pursue research as a career came from the inspiration we got from discovering a particular study or scientific story. The source of your inspiration is a great place to start. Look up the study that inspired you and other similar studies by some of the same authors. Often, the head of the research lab (called the Principal Investigator or P.I.) is the last author listed in the research paper. The paper should also mention what university and department each author is affiliated with. Now, armed with names of researchers and schools, start web-surfing and filling in the details on your list. If you find other interesting papers, researchers, or schools, allow yourself to follow the leads and add to your list. Keep an open mind during this stage: Most researchers study a range of research topics that they often list on university-affiliated or personal websites; If you are interested in animal behavior, you could pursue a degree in Animal Behavior, Biology, Zoology, Ecology Evolution and Behavior, Psychology or even Neuroscience; And try not to eliminate any programs based on geography unless you know in your heart that if it were the only program to accept you that you still would not go. By the end of this process, if you have a list of 15-20 possible labs to apply to, you should be in good shape.
Once you have a list of possible labs, it is time to narrow down your list to the 6-12 labs you will actually apply to. Here are some factors to consider:
1. The most important factor in graduate student success is whether you can work well with your advisor. Some labs will list current or past lab members on their webpages. If you can find email addresses, email some lab members to get their opinion of the P.I.'s abilities as a mentor. You can also ask faculty members at your university or use social media sites such as Facebook or LinkedIn to find out if any of the potential advisors you are interested in has a reputation.
2. Look up each researcher's publications and webpages to get a sense of that person's past and present research topics. Obviously, it is important to find a research topic that can keep you interested for the 4-8 years that it will take you to complete your degree. If you are considering a career in academia, it is also important to consider the techniques that you may learn from a lab. Unfortunately, animal behavior research techniques alone are not very marketable to research labs looking for a Postdoc or Research Scientist, in part because it is hard to obtain grants for studying animal behavior alone. A combination of animal behavior techniques with techniques in physiology, ecology, or evolution will make you much more employable when you complete your degree.
3. The rank or reputation of the school may contribute to your marketability when you complete your degree. There are some reputable graduate program rankings, such as U.S. News and World Report's annual ranking of schools. Their ranking of graduate programs in biology can be found here. You can also get a sense of a school's reputation by the number of publications from faculty in the program in a given year. Again, faculty at your current school and social media sites can be helpful with this insight as well.
4. Most graduate programs in animal behavior offer financial support in the form of teaching assistantships (T.A.s) and research assistantships (R.A.s) that cover tuition, healthcare, and provide a stipend. However, the availability, pay, and time commitment of these positions are not always equal. Contact the departments you are interested in to find out what kind of financial support they provide to their graduate students and how reliably available the positions are.
5. The location of the school may be important to you, as you will live in this place for the 4-8 years that it takes you to complete your degree. However, you won't get out much once you start your program, so it really doesn't matter where you are anyway.
6. If you are concerned about your GPA, GRE scores, or lack of coursework, you can sometimes find minimum requirements for a program on their website. You can also call departments and ask.
Good luck and have fun with your list!
And for more advice on applying to graduate programs, go here.


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Editor's Pick: The BodyHoliday LeSport, St. Lucia
This resort is like a "choose your own rejuvenation" adventure. With water sports, archery, tai chi, and more, it's hard not to find an activity that meets your fitness needs. Still not enough? Add BodyAware to your itinerary — it's the resort's holistic program that helps you tone and lose weight through nutrition, exercise, and healthy living changes you can take back to the States. Between that and the extensive spa treatment list, we bet you come back feeling refreshed and looking even better than you did before the wedding!
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Chiva-Som International Health Resort, Thailand
Referred to as the "Haven of Life," Chiva-Som is secluded in the city of Hua Hin on the Gulf of Thailand. With only 58 rooms, guests can get personalized treatment from physiotherapists, holistic health pros, and personal trainers for the full mind, body, spirit experience. Two classes that immediately pop off the schedule are Thai Boxing on the beach and Gyrokinesis, a combination of yoga, dance, tai chi, and gymnastics.
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The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, Hawaii
Eco-lovers will drool over Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ambassadors of the Environment program, which offers excursions through the rain forest, snorkeling along the coral reef, and other adventures through the ecosystem led by expert naturalists. If you don't want to venture too far, practice yoga with an ocean view or get a golf lesson at Kapalua Golf Academy, one of the island's top teaching centers.
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Echo Valley Ranch & Spa, Canada
You'll feel good booking this trip to British Columbia. Echo Valley Ranch practices zero-waste in food and materials, uses water sourced from natural springs on site, and provides guests with reusable metal water bottles to reduce plastic throughout the property. Voted 2012 Traveler's Choice by tripadvisor.com, your day could consist from anything from horse riding to fly fishing, hiking, and even gold panning.
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2041 International Antarctic Expedition, Antarctica
Honeymoon doesn't have to be synonymous with beach. Hop a flight to Ushuaia, Argentina, before boating through the Drake Passage to explore the Antarctic Peninsula. You'll trek across landmarks worthy of a National Geographic cover while seeing wildlife, glaciers, and more that will make for great stories for years to come.
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Editor's Pick: Las Ventanas al Paraíso, Mexico
Tennis! Horses! Tequila lessons! This Los Cabos resort has a little bit of everything. Spend your days yachting, surfing, or on a desert excursion...and your nights wining, dining, and dancing. Newlyweds can also enjoy romantic perks like an aphrodisiac dinner menu, salsa lessons, or an ATV ride through the Baja desert.
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Golden Door Spa, California
Whether you're hiking the 20 miles of trails, joining in on a group class, or practicing your balance, flexibility, and conditioning in the Kiatsu water therapy pools, Golden Door's Escondido location will help you tone your body and soul. With specialized programs that home in on your inner focus, this is one vacation where you'll leave feeling good from the inside out.
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Extraordinary Journeys, South Africa
Camping might not sound like the ideal honeymoon, but when your tent is in a safari camp overlooking the Great Rift Valley, it starts to sound a bit more appealing. Kayak through the South African Cape Peninsula or off the coast of Kenya while mingling with the area's local villagers. Make sure your camera is charged!
Get more information at extraordinaryjourneys.net
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Turtle Inn, Placencia, Belize
Your local shore won't look the same after you spend a few days on these sandy white beaches. Water lovers can scout out the Belize Barrier Reef and Silk Cayes while those who prefer dry land can spend time in the Chiquibul Forest bird-watching endangered scarlet macaws.
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Copperhood Retreat & Spa, New York
City dwellers can retreat to Shandaken to detox and decompress after a particularly hectic wedding season. Take advantage of Copperhood's extensive weight-loss programs, which include a vegan raw menu, or just enjoy the classic spa experience and unwind (and drink wine).
Get more information at copperhood.com
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Sandals Island Routes Caribbean Adventure Tours, Jamaica
Wander off the beaten path by dune buggy, mountain bike, or catamaran to get an exclusive look at what the Caribbean is all about. This particular tour in Negril includes cliff diving, dolphin swimming, an off-road safari, and much more.
Get more information and other Sandals locations at sandals.com
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Editor's Pick: Young Island Resort, St. Vincent
You won't find any kitschy tourist attractions here. Located in the Grenadines, the resort is the only thing on the island, making it feel like you're on a hidden getaway. Private cottages come with an open-air garden shower and a secluded patio. Keep yourself busy by checking out breathtaking waterfalls or hiking to the top of La Soufrière, an active volcano that last erupted in 1979. Bonus for movie buffs: You can go to one of the bays where Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed!
Get more information at youngisland.com
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Red Mountain Resort, Utah
Indecisive about what to embark on first? Ask the resort's Adventure Concierge, available daily from noon to 7 p.m. No matter what you decide to do, save some room to check out Snow Canyon State Park, home to 7,000 acres of red canyons and cliffs, lava caves, and two volcanic cones.
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Green Island Resort, Australia
This destination gives you the chance to actually live on one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, as it's located on the Great Barrier Reef in Tropical North Queensland. Extremely eco-sensitive to guests and the surrounding areas, diving, snorkeling, and self-guided rain forest tours will let you see all aspects of the island.
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Editor's Pick: W Vieques Retreat & Spa, Puerto Rico
If you're looking for a mix of relaxed, secluded luxury with plenty of opportunity for outdoor adventure, this is the place for you. They even have a honeymoon registry to let your wedding guests know what's on your honeymoon wish list: an oceanfront room; a romantic couples massage on the beach; fun, fit activities like snorkeling, sailing, fishing, and horseback riding. Absolute must-do: Take a nighttime kayak tour of the breathtaking bioluminescent bay, which glows with every paddle dip.
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Jenny Lake Lodge, Wyoming
For mountain lover newlyweds, there's no better place to honeymoon. In the only 4-diamond eco-resort in Grand Teton National Park, you'll wake up to breathtaking mountains — and possibly an elk or two! Spend your days hiking, horseback riding, or shopping in the town of Jackson before turning in for the night at your rustic cabin. And get ready to eat! The lodge serves up gourmet five-course dinners with a rotating menu every night.
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NVIDIA's 1.4 Billion Transistor GPU: GT200 Arrives as the GeForce GTX 280 & 260by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on June 16, 2008 9:00 AM EST
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Building NVIDIA's GT200
Here's a Streaming Processor, NVIDIA calls it an SP:
NVIDIA calls an individual SP a single processing core, which is actually true. It is a fully pipelined, single-issue, in-order microprocessor complete with two ALUs and a FPU. An SP doesn't have any cache, so it's not particularly great at anything other than cranking through tons of mathematical operations. Since an SP spends most of its time working on pixel or vertex data, the fact that it doesn't have a cache doesn't really matter. Aside from name similarities, one NVIDIA SP is a lot like a very simplified version of a SPE in the Cell microprocessor (or maybe the SPE is like a really simple version of one of NVIDIA's SMs, which we'll get to in a minute). While a single SPE in Cell has seven execution units, a single NVIDIA SP only has three.
By itself a SP is fairly useless, but NVIDIA builds GPUs and if you add up enough of these little monsters you can start to get something productive given that graphics rendering is a highly parallelizable task.
Here's a Streaming Multiprocessor, which NVIDIA abbreviates as SM:
A SM is an array of SPs, eight to be specific, along with two more processors called Special Function Units (SFUs). Each SFU has four FP multiply units which are used for transcendental operations (e.g. sin, cosin) and interpolation, the latter being used in some of the calculations for things like anisotropic texture filtering. Although NVIDIA isn't specific in saying so, we assume that each SFU is also a fully pipelined, single-issue, in-order microprocessor. There's a MT issue unit that dispatches instructions to all of the SPs and SFUs in the group.
In addition to the processor cores in a SM, there's a very small instruction cache, a read only data cache and a 16KB read/write shared memory. These cache sizes are kept purposefully small because unlike a conventional desktop microprocessor, the datasets we're trying to cache here are small. Each SP ends up working on an individual pixel and despite the move to 32-bit floating point values, there's only so much data associated with a single pixel. The 16KB memory is akin to Cell's local stores in that it's not a cache, but a software-managed data store so that latency is always predictable. With this many cores in a single SM, control and predictability and very important to making the whole thing work efficiently.
Take one more step back and you've got a Texture/Processor Cluster (TPC):
The G80/G92 TPC (left) vs. the GT200 TPC (right)
NVIDIA purposefully designed its GPU architecture to be modular, so a single TPC can be made up of any number of SMs. In the G80 architecture it was made up of two SMs but with the GT200 architecture it now has three SMs.
The components of the TPC however haven't changed; a TPC is made up of SMs, some control logic and a texture block. Remember that a SM is a total of 8 SPs and 2 SFUs, so that brings the total up to 24 SPs and 6 SFUs (must...not...type...STFU) per cluster in GT200 (up from 16 SPs and 4 SFUs in G80). The texture block includes texture addressing and filtering logic as well as a L1 texture cache.
The modular theme continues with the Streaming Processor Array (SPA) that is composed of a number of TPCs:
The GT200 SPA, that's 240 SPs in there if you want to count them
In G80 the SPA was made up of 8 TPCs, but with GT200 we've moved up to 10. Note that each TPC now has 3 SMs vs. 2, so the overall processing power of GT200 has increased by 87.5% over G80.
And here's G80/G92, only 128 SPs thanks to two SMs per TPC and 8 TPCs
At the front end of the GPU we've got schedulers and control logic to distribute workloads to the entire array of processing cores. At the other end we've got L2 texture caches and rasterization processors that handle final filtering and output of data to the frame buffer.
The culmination of all of this is that the new GT200 GPU, the heart of the GeForce GTX 280 and 260, features 240 SPs, 160KB of local memory, an even smaller amount of cache and is built on TSMC's 65nm process using 1.4 billion transistors.
1.4 Billion Transistors. It wants vertex data. Really bad.
754 Million Transistors
There are more transistors in this chip than there are people in China, and it's the largest, most compute-dense chip we've ever reviewed.
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tkrushing - Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - linkSay what you want about this guy but this is partially true which is why AMD/ATI is in the position they have been. They are slowly climbing out of that hole they've been in though. Would have been nice to see 4870x2 hit the market first. As we know competition = less prices for everyone! Reply
hk690 - Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - link
I would love to kick you hard in the face, breaking it. Then I'd cut your stomach open with a chainsaw, exposing your intestines. Then I'd cut your windpipe in two with a boxcutter. Then I'd tie you to the back of a pickup truck, and drag you, until your useless fucking corpse was torn to a million fucking useless, bloody, and gory pieces.
Hopefully you'll get what's coming to you. Fucking bitch
I wish you a truly painful, bloody, gory and agonizing death, cunt
7Enigma - Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - linkAnand, I'm all for free speech and such, but this guy is going a bit far. I read these articles at work frequently and once the dreaded C-word is used I'm paranoid I'm being watched. Reply
Mr Roboto - Thursday, June 19, 2008 - linkI thought those comments would be deleted already. I'm sure no one cares if they are. I don't know what that person is so mad about . Reply
hk690 - Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - link
Die painfully okay? Prefearbly by getting crushed to death in a garbage compactor, by getting your face cut to ribbons with a pocketknife, your head cracked open with a baseball bat, your stomach sliced open and your entrails spilled out, and your eyeballs ripped out of their sockets. Fucking bitch
Mr Roboto - Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - linkOuch.. Looks like you hit a nerve with AMD\ATI's marketing team! Reply
bobsmith1492 - Monday, June 16, 2008 - linkThe main benefit from the 280 is the reduced power at idle! If I read the graph right, at idle the 9800 takes ~150W more than the 280 while at idle. Since that's where computers spend the majority of their time, depending on how much you game, that can be a significant cost. Reply
kilkennycat - Monday, June 16, 2008 - linkMaybe you should look at the GT200 series from the point of view of nvidia's GPGPU customers - the academic researchers, technology companies requiring fast number-cruching available on the desktop, the professionals in graphics-effects and computer animation - not necessarily real-time, but as quick as possible... The CUDA-using crew. The Tesla initative. This is an explosively-expanding and highly profitable business for nVidia - far more profitable per unit than any home desktop graphics application. An in-depth analysis by Anandtech of what the GT200 architecture brings to these markets over and above the current G8xx/G9xx architecture would be highly appreciated. I have a very strong suspicion that sales of the GT2xx series to the (ultra-rich) home user who has to have the latest and greatest graphics card is just another way of paying the development bills and not the true focus for this particular architecture or product line.
nVidia is strongly rumored to be working on the true 2nd-gen Dx10.x product family, to be introduced early next year. Considering the size of the GTX280 silicon, I would expect them to transition the 65nm GTX280 GPU to either TSMC's 45nm or 55nm process before the end of 2008 to prove out the process with this size of device, then in 2009 introduce their true 2nd-gen GPU/GPGPU family on this latter process. A variant on the Intel "tic-toc" process strategy. Reply
strikeback03 - Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - linkBut look at the primary audience of this site. Whatever nvidia's intentions are for the GT280, I'm guessing more people here are interested in gaming than in subsidizing research. Reply
Wirmish - Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - link"...requiring fast number-cruching available on the desktop..."
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Being a new parent comes in many shapes and sizes. You may have been present since baby's first breath, or you might be welcoming an older child into your life. No matter when or how you became a parent, one thing is true: becoming a parent changes your life — and it will keep on changing it.
There are so many changes that come with parenting. Some changes might be expected, such as feeling overjoyed to experience life through a whole new perspective. Other changes might catch you off guard. Maybe you feel unsettled if you are joining an existing family unit. Perhaps you are questioning your own changing identity, just as you are helping your baby or child build theirs.
Even experienced parents know that change is always a part of parenting. From diapers to driving, from play-dates to puberty, your child will go through a million changes right in front of your eyes. While you will be hyper-focused on how their changing worlds affect them, there's another important person to keep in mind — you.
Adjusting to parenthood
There are so many wonderful things that can come with the role of parent, but it probably won't be easy, and will definitely take some adjusting to. That's OK – it's all part of the job. But there are things you can do to stay energized and ready to handle the ever-changing demands of parenthood: starting with coping skills, self-compassion, and building your emotional strength.
Find your support system. A new parent can be overwhelmed by emotions. There is so much change happening so quickly. It's easy to get overloaded. Having someone to talk to, lean on, or spend time with can help you let emotions out, gain perspective, and de-stress.
Find time for yourself. Self-care is vital to your health and well-being. Self-care doesn't have to be a spa day or a whole afternoon on the golf course. It might mean carving out 30 minutes (or even less to start) while the baby is asleep to do some simple meditation exercises, or to just sit in the quiet and take a few deep breaths. Even carving out a few moments for yourself with nothing to do but breathe can help reduce stress and boost your energy for the rest of the day.
Give yourself a little love. Being a parent is a very gratifying job, but not an easy one. Sometimes it will feel perfect, other times it will feel far from it. When things aren't perfect or don't go as planned, go easy on yourself. Self-compassion, or treating yourself with kindness, can help you handle the less-than-perfect moments with resilience and optimism.
Imagine this: you wanted a picture-perfect first birthday party for your baby, but nothing turned out as planned. The baby was fussy, you dropped the cake, and you cried or lost your temper in front of family and friends. Instead of thinking you ruined the day, practice self-compassion. Remind yourself that it's OK. No one is perfect, and no one expects you to be either. A baby can be fussy, and a cake can be dropped. It's not a reflection of your parenting. The celebration was never about the cake anyway — it was about celebrating your first year with this new family member, which is an accomplishment a dropped cake can't hold a candle to.
When you let yourself off the hook from feelings of guilt, inadequacy, or shame, you open up space to feel better about yourself, and to focus on the good. It's important that as a parent, you give yourself the space to make mistakes and fall a little short without beating yourself up. Rather than getting stuck on the mistakes of the best, think "What did I learn from that?" … and then move forward. With practice, you may find you're able to adapt to changes more easily, and stay more optimistic in the face of future challenges.
Tame the chaos. Chaos seems to accompany family life. Suddenly, your routine includes taking care of someone else's needs — and those needs can be demanding. You're giving your child a home, but you're also giving them space in your thoughts and emotions.
You might not be able to change demands on your time or personal space. But you can create some space in your mind that is just for you. Mindfulness is a mind-body practice where you try to be fully present and aware in the moment. You pay careful attention to your thoughts, feelings, your body and your environment. You accept feelings and sensations as they come to you without judging them. You focus on the present without pulling in worries about your past or future. Mindfulness can be a valuable practice that can help you build emotional strength.
Mindfulness can help handle the stress of parenting in unique ways.
- Recognize your emotions. You can learn to embrace your emotions without always acting on them. For example, your toddler might be pushing all the right buttons to get under your skin. While you may be ready to shout "No means no!", mindfulness might help you gain some control. When you can recognize and name how you're feeling, it gives you some control back over that emotion — rather than reacting to the frustration that's bubbling up inside you, you can see it, name it, and set it aside. Not only will this help keep already challenging situations calm, it also helps model positive self-control for their emotions.
- Learn to listen. Listening is another important component of mindfulness. Especially as a new parent, listening is vitally important to establishing open and authentic communication with your baby or child. With mindful listening, you turn off your inner dialogue, tune out external distractions like TV or the smartphone, and focus with intention on your child in the present moment.
If you feel that you are still carrying frustration or another feeling with you from earlier, recognize it, name it, and re-focus on the present. If you find yourself worrying about what to get for dinner or whether you need to buy more dog food, recognize it, name it, and re-focus on the present. When you begin to mindfully listen, you can really foster deep, strong bonds by increasing empathy for your child and awareness of their needs.
- Practice gratitude. Becoming a new parent introduces you to emotions you may not have known previously. It's easy to feel gratitude for the joyful, happy times you experience. But what about the mind-numbing, dull moments you experience as a parent? The 3 am infant feeding. Tossing a toy back and forth with your child again and again and again and again. Feeling exhausted and emotionally spent. How do you feel gratitude when these moments aren't exactly joyful? Mindfulness can help you shift your outlook in small but meaningful ways.
When you feel calm and present, you can find ways to be grateful. Take that 3 am feeding time for your baby — you might realize it's an amazing time to focus on your baby without distraction, perhaps the only time you get all day to do so. What about when your toddler wants your undivided attention? It can be a space to appreciate the joy and learning your child is experiencing through repetition. Feeling exhausted? That's normal. But if you can find ways to feel gratitude, you might say, "I know it's hard to get up at 3 am, but I love that special time with my baby." It can give you strength to get through the rest of your day, and all of the days yet to come.
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New York, January 17, 2014--Pakistani authorities must conduct an efficient and thorough investigation into today's attack on an Express TV van in which three media workers were killed and a cameraman injured, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. This is the third attack in six months on the Express Media Group.
"We condemn this latest attack on the Express Media Group in Karachi," said CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Bob Dietz. "The inability or unwillingness of authorities to bring perpetrators to justice for the prior attacks on Express illustrates how actors in Pakistan are emboldened to repeat violence against media outlets and bolster this pattern of impunity."
Four gunmen on two motorcycles opened fire on the channel's van, which was stationed in the North Nazimabad suburb of Karachi, according to news reports and Kamal Siddiqi, editor of the English-language paper The Express Tribune. A technician, identified in reports only as Waqas; a driver, identified only as Khalid; and an unidentified guard were taken to a local hospital to be treated for their gunshot wounds, but were pronounced dead, the reports said.
A cameraman identified only as Mehtab was also injured in the attack, the reports said. The extent of his injuries was not clear, but he was in stable condition, according to Siddiqui and news reports.
Express Media Group includes The Express Tribune, as well as the Express TV news channel and the Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Express. Siddiqi told CPJ that he could not point to any specific reports that could have led to the attack. The outlets report critically on politics, crime, and international affairs, and have periodically received threats.
Siddiqi told CPJ that Ehsanullah Ehsan, former spokesman for the Taliban, contacted the station immediately after the attack and said the group claimed responsibility. Reutersreported that a regional spokesman of the Taliban called them and claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Taliban had also rushed to claim responsibility for the 2012 murder of Mukarram Khan Aatif, but local journalists soon cast doubt on their claim. Journalists in Pakistan are targeted not only by militants, criminals, and warlords, but also by political parties, the military, and intelligence operatives.
In August, four unidentified gunmen shot at the media company's newspaper and TV office in Karachi. Siddiqi told CPJ at the time that two staff members sustained minor injuries in the attack. In December, unidentified gunmen opened fire on the offices. Two guards were wounded. No one has been brought to justice in the attacks.
Police are conducting an investigation into today's attack, which comes as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered law enforcement in Karachi to continue to arrest individuals identified as criminals for their alleged involvement in murder, abductions, and terrorism.
Pakistan is one of the deadliest in the world for the press, according to CPJ research. Pakistan has also been one of the world's worst nations in combating deadly anti-press violence, CPJ's Impunity Index shows.
- For more data and analysis, visit CPJ's Pakistan page.
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By Kristen Fischer
It's going to be back-to-school time soon, but will children go into the classrooms?
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) thinks so, but only as long as safety measures are in place.
Keeping Schools Safe
What will safer schools look like?

In a JAMA article published last month, Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, a pediatrician and professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, outlined suggestions — many of which are similar to AAP's.

Remote learning protocols must stay in place, especially as some schools stagger home and in-building learning. If another shutdown needs to occur, children will rely on distance learning completely, so it must be easy to switch to, he said.

He suggested giving parents a daily checklist to document their child's health. Kids should be screened quickly on arrival and be given hygiene supplies. Maintenance staff should use appropriate PPE and have regular cleaning schedules. A notification system should be in place if a case is identified, Sharfstein recommended.

Erika Martin, PhD, an associate professor of public administration and policy at University at Albany, said nutrition assistance and health services should be included. She called for tutoring programs with virtual options as well as technology access.

Supporting Staff
Teachers and staff will be affected by safeguarding measures, noted Rachel Widome, PhD, an associate professor of epidemiology and community health at University of Minnesota.

"In order for all of the in-school precautions to work well, we'll be asking a lot of teachers and staff," Widome told Healthline. In addition to their usual workload, they'll now be asked to monitor mask-wearing, ensure children are keeping distance, and be aware of any symptoms.

Along with Sharfstein, Widome called for an increase in financial support. More employees will likely be required so teachers and staff members can keep up with the added demands.

Should Kids Go Back?
While these guidelines may help get some schools to reopen, many people don't think children should go back to school over fears they could contract the disease and spread it to other vulnerable family members like grandparents, infant siblings, or their parents.

In a Pediatrics commentary, Dr. William V. Raszka, Jr., an infectious disease specialist at The University of Vermont Medical Center, argued that schools should open because school-aged children are far less important drivers of COVID-19 than adults.

But he says the risk and benefit is not equal among all students ages 5 to 18.

"Elementary schools are arguably higher priority for face-to-face schooling, since younger children are at lower risk for infection and transmission, and since parental supervision of younger children's distance learning may be particularly challenging," added Sorensen, who penned a June article in JAMA with reopening tips. "That means middle and high schools are more likely to emphasize distance learning."

Specific student populations, such as special education students and students with disabilities, would also benefit greatly from more time spent in face-to-face environments, Sorensen said.

What Parents Can Do
Parents should ask for and receive frequent updates from schools about plans for the fall. They should also be informed about plans if and when COVID infections are identified, Sharfstein said.

"I'd like to see parents investing now, during the summer, in doing things that can slow and stop the spread of the virus in their communities," Widome said.

"Now is a good time for kids to practice wearing masks and get used to them as they may be wearing them for longer stretches if school starts up in person," Widome suggested.

She recommends parents try different mask designs and materials to see what children are more comfortable wearing.

"If you are using cloth face coverings, it's good to have extras on hand," Widome added.

Parents should model healthy behavior at home and while out in public — another thing that could affect how well children adapt to reopening practices, Sorensen said.

"Children may want to know more about face coverings," added Lee Scott, chairwoman of the Educational Advisory Board at The Goddard School. "Dramatic play, such as creating or wearing a face covering, may help some children adjust to this concept." Schools can also show children photos of what faculty members look like in their masks so the students are familiar with that appearance.

Johns Hopkins University recently released its eSchool+ Initiative, a slew of resources surrounding education during the pandemic. These include a checklist for administrators, report on ethical considerations, and a tracker of state and local reopening plans.

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Over 300 groups on Monday urged Senate leadership to reject a bill currently under consideration that would incentivize communities to sell off their public water supplies to private companies for pennies on the dollar.

Water in Illinois is overwhelmingly public. Why is Tammy Duckworth sponsoring a bill that aims to change that? https://t.co/1V36Kkd99s
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Jennifer Esposito, a star of the hit TV series Blue Bloods, is in the midst of her own drama with employer CBS – and at the center of the dispute is her continuing struggle to control celiac disease.
CBS has put the actress and her character detective Jackie Curatola on a leave of absence. In a statement to the TV website Deadline.com on October 20, 2012, CBS Studios said: "Jennifer has informed us that she is only available to work on a very limited part-time schedule. As a result, she's unable to perform the demands of her role and we regretfully had to put her character on a leave of absence."
Esposito took to Twitter, accusing the network of "shameful behavior", saying that: "CBS put me on unpaid leave and has blocked me from working anywhere else after my doc said 'you needed a reduced schedule due to celiac'. CBS didn't listen to my doc and I collapsed on set. Which everyone saw!"
She further says that once she was cleared to return to work, "CBS implied that I was not truly ill and this was a scheme to get a raise!"
Esposito has been a vocal advocate of celiac disease awareness, speaking out about the many years it took her to get diagnosed and the struggles she had faced before going gluten-free with extreme fatigue, gastrointestinal distress and hair loss.
In reply to some critical comments on one article about the dispute with CBS, Esposito elaborated on her current celiac-related health issues: "I can work on a limited schedule due to the vitamin IVs I need three times a week because I don't absorb [nutrients and], due to the exhaustion from that as well."
Esposito blogs at the site Jennifersway.org, where she shares advice and recipes.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Ivette Ros carries her 9-millimeter handgun almost everywhere, saying it makes her feel safe. Then she brought it to her job at Wells Fargo, where she worked as a branch manager, and it got her fired.
So Ros is suing the bank, saying it violated her constitutional rights and other protections afforded under Florida law. The bank, which bans employees from carrying guns on company premises, replied in a court filing that only the government, not a private employer, can be sued over alleged constitutional violations. The case in Florida is unfolding as part of a bigger debate on how far the rights of gun owners extend into the workplace.
Wells Fargo & Co. /zigman2/quotes/203790192/composite WFC +3.12% bans employees from bringing guns into work except in very limited cases, such as when employees are granted permission by a chief security officer at the bank. Says the bank: "Possessing firearms and weapons on company premises or at company-sponsored events is dangerous to team members and is strictly prohibited."
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Says Ros: "Excuse me for saying so, but I feel like I was screwed."
Wells Fargo declined to comment on the specifics of Ros' case. According to Ros, it happened like this: She had been working for about a year as a branch manager in Oldsmar, a suburb of Tampa. Sometimes she'd bring her gun with her, but leave it locked in the glove box of her Dodge Charger. Other times she'd bring it inside the bank, either strapped in a holster or tucked inside her purse.
To Ros, it seemed natural. She has a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Her father, a hunter, taught her how to shoot when she was a child. Ros said she's never drawn a gun on anyone but likes knowing it's an option — particularly in a bank, which could be vulnerable to robbery.
"I don't want to be made out to be some tomb raider," said Ros, 37 and a single mom of three. "I am a woman who would like to have an opportunity to protect herself."
She added: "I am a single mom, I'm fairly attractive, sometimes I get unwanted advances. I just want to know that if I was ever up against any man — this isn't about going out blazing, this is about being able to defend myself if I ever have to."
Things started to unravel around July. Wells Fargo's corporate security received a complaint that Ros was bringing a gun to work. So corporate security came to her branch and asked her if she had a gun in her car and if she'd ever brought it inside the building. She said yes. The following week, she was fired.
Ros said she never displayed the gun at work and isn't sure how the bank knew about it – though she had told her boss that she had a concealed-weapons permit, she said.
"They overreacted," said Ros' lawyer, Noel Flasterstein. "Because they're probably anti-gun. Who knows?"
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If the case proceeds, it will set up a divisive debate on the intent of Florida law, where the legal system is concerned both with keeping workplaces safe and with not stepping too far into the governance of private employers.
The Florida constitution does encapsulate the right to bear arms "under the lawful authority of the state." But Wells Fargo said in a court filing that it can't be sued for violating constitutional rights because it's not a government entity. Besides, Florida is a right-to-work state, which means companies have a great deal of leeway to fire workers for pretty much any reason — though Flasterstein argues that those rights don't extend to firing someone for exercising their constitutional rights.


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Conservation and Environment in Peru: Monthly Updates
Monthly Update - November 2008
As we draw towards the end of another great year at Taricaya it would be understandable if we were to ease our foot of the pedal thinking in a well earned break and recharging the batteries for 2009. Nonetheless, we have been working as hard as ever and I can report on yet another fantastic set of achievements over the last few weeks. As usual my problem is where to begin! With return visits from Mauricio Ugarte and Hugo Zamora we have been making great progress in our biodiversity studies; a live satellite feed by NHK to Japan has put us on the map in Asia; an invite to the Palma Real Community anniversary; and co-hosting the first course on animal management to be given in Puerto Maldonado have all kept us incredibly busy.
I always get excited when we welcome back old friends from the Arequipa Museum of Natural History as it means that our biodiversity investigations will leap forward once again and this month was no exception. In any field of biology, be it snakes or birds, bats or butterflies, the taxonomy is always changing and it was heartbreaking as we had to reassess our bird list and reduce it from 387 species to 380 upon Mauricio's arrival. This was due to new studies that have joined some species into just one, or other studies that now consider former species, sub-species. In short it made our target of a 400 species total for November that much harder to attain. Determined not to be beaten we started to hang our mist nets in zones of the reserve where we had yet to complete much research and amazingly on the final afternoon we caught species number 400 for the Taricaya Reserve. New discoveries included: the Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris), the Pheasant Cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus), the Tawny-bellied Screech Owl (Otus watsonii) and the Elegant Woodcreeper (Xiphoryincus elegans). We are pushing ever closer to the world record for species in an area smaller than 500 hectares and we already have the highest recorded diversity of birds for the Bajo Madre de Dios region (Puerto Maldonado to Bolivia). I have also collected photos of over 200 species found in the reserve and so we are closing in on another goal in the publication of a photo guide to the Birds of Taricaya/SE Peru.
Mauricio was not the only one making headway this month as Hugo Zamora returned to study our numerous bat species. Many of you will recall that Hugo found 28 species on his first visit earlier this year and we were all excited about what his second visit would bring. The weather was not kind to Hugo and many a volunteer would return soaking wet with little to show for hours in the forest but the spirit of Taricaya is never one of surrender and as the rains started to ease off Hugo started to find some very fascinating results. Not only was he surprised once again by the quantity of bats we have around the reserve he was also able to identify six new species for the reserve including the Spear-nosed Long-tongued Bat (Lonchophylla tomasi), the White-lined Fruit Bat (Platyrrhinus infuscus) and the Hairy-nosed Bat (Mimon crenulatum). This brings our current total to 34 species and I look forward to Hugo's return next year and increasing our list further.
All our findings from the diversity studies are now also published on the Taricaya website in the projects section so if you wish to find out more about our birds, bats, butterflies, reptiles and much more you can just click and see it all.
I mentioned last month the arrival of NHK for a live feed production to Japan and on 8th November at seven in the morning the programme went on air. After a week of preparatory work it all came together on the day and the hour of live television went very smoothly. Some of the volunteers appeared in the program working at the pilot farm and the whole operation was exciting for us all. A kind gesture from NHK was a donation for our projects with social benefits and this enabled us to visit Palma Real on their anniversary and present them with a new peki-peki motor for the school boat and an amplifier for school events. These prizes were in recognition of their hard work during the turtle repopulation project and tied in perfectly with the concept of conservation that the Japanese film company wished to portray. I wish to thank everyone who has been involved in this process as it has been a long journey to get the Ese'eja natives on board and working with us. The presentation of these awards on their anniversary will have a huge impact on our project success in the future and our next initiative is a manageable reforestation project with Brazil nut trees within the confines of the community.
It is unusual to reach this stage of an update without some new information on the animal rescue centre and this month I have some great news here also. In conjunction with Amazon Shelter, Taricaya co-hosted a brand new initiative in Puerto Maldonado. Edward Diaz (Amazon Shelter) and I gave a course on Management and Maintenance of Animals in Captivity. With the support of INRENA (government agency) we gave a series of presentations in the auditorium of the local university and then a practical course the following day in El Jaguar, Puerto Maldonado's zoo. The idea behind this was the ever increasing number of animal rescue centres/zoos and an apparent lack of experience in their management. It was a great success and several volunteers decided to assist in addition to local biologists and students. The event was split into animal groups: mammals, birds and reptiles. With course participants asked to select which field they were more interested in for the practical part of the course. Edward and I would get them to help us capture the animals, check their health and take biometric data for future use. The idea of creating a network with the current rescue centres will make our work much easier as we will be able to share expertise and interchange residents should one centre be better developed to deal with certain species. These initiatives are all new and it is an exciting time for us all as we try new ideas and attempt to get the government to become more dynamic in both their attitude and administration.
Next month I will look back on another great year at the lodge and the hard work continues with volunteer numbers still high..
Stuart Timson
Conservation Director
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