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Should Canada geese be killed off instead of mute swans? DNR, readers weigh in

GRAND RAPIDS, MI ? To MLive readers, Barry County officials who recently approved plans to eradicate its mute swan population are targeting the wrong fowl.

Instead, another bird considered by many to be as much, if not more, of a nuisance as the swans should be killed off: the widespread Canada goose.

"The Canada geese are more of a problem," reader Paul Schramm commented on The Grand Rapids Press's Facebook page. "Parasites and filthy."

Others seemed to agree, saying the large birds congregate and leave parks and private property covered in feces.

"Canada geese seem to be the bigger problem," reader aktow said. "They are everywhere now and are pretty destructive. I guess this is where we leave it to the experts."

The conversation started after news Barry County would, over the course of five years, work with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to eradicate mute swans.

Wildlife officials said the swans are an invasive species not native to Michigan, whose seemingly insatiable appetites can deprive other wildlife of food and harm ecosystems.

They also can be aggressive toward other creatures and even humans, DNR waterfowl expert Barb Avers said.

Unlike the swans, Canada geese actually are native to Michigan, Avers said. What's more, more than 60,000 waterfowl hunters in the state help keep their numbers in check.

Canada geese may be hunted at various times between late summer and winter, and their are daily bag limits.

"We try to balance that with trying to have as few nuisance complaints as possible," Avers said. "I look at them as completely separate" from mute swans.

Still, the geese are a pervasive presence throughout Michigan. There are more than 300,000 in the state, up from an estimated 9,000 in 1970, according to the DNR.

Though not as aggressive as mute swans, Canada geese are known to leave feces buildup in their wake.

This can be unsightly on lawns, and even elevate bacteria levels in waterways. High concentrations of bacteria from goose droppings have even forced beach closures.

Earlier this year, a Grand Rapids resident petitioned the city to evict Canada geese from the city's Riverside Park because of feces buildup.

"It is a serious issue," Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell said during the City Connection TV program in April, according to citizen news website The Rapidian, "and I want to treat it seriously."

Canada geese also have a habit of choosing "inappropriate" nesting spots, like bushes near buildings, according to the DNR. They also tend to be aggressive while nesting.

The birds also are known to damage agriculture. The DNR proposes control methods like hunting, using scare devices or dogs to scare the geese away, among others.

Overall, though, the species "aren't having this type of wetland vegetation impact" like the swans, Avers said.

Read more about Michigan's Canada goose problems here, and weigh in on the Barry County swan cull here.

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Resume Site Looks Like Google Search Results Page

Finding a job is not easy ? especially in the competitive post-college market. So what is the best way for an aspiring copywriter to get noticed by potential employers? Chris Liu transformed his resume into a Google search results page which includes his bio resume, social media channels and educational background. Not missing a beat and identically mimicking Google?s layout which cleverly he calls ?Liugle?. A creative, stand-out resume website, yet Google might have its own concerns with copyright infringement.

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No full House: Absences abound on Texas road vote

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? Gov. Rick Perry isn't letting lawmakers leave until they deliver more spending for congested Texas highways so drivers can get where they're going.

But there's one growing problem: simply getting lawmakers to the Capitol to vote.

When the Texas House failed to approve spending an extra $900 million a year to ease traffic-choked and crumbling highways, missing from the make-or-break vote were 23 lawmakers, some of whose absences remained unexplained Tuesday.

The bill ? the only order of business left for the Legislature ? fell short by 16 votes Monday. The result Tuesday was an immediate third session ordered by Perry, who called the failure of a transportation funding bill "unacceptable."

Some lawmakers believe the bill would have prevailed in a full chamber ? thereby averting yet another special session, each of which costs the state roughly $800,000.

Republican House Speaker Joe Straus said filling chairs won't get easier as the Legislature drags into an eighth month.

Without enough lawmakers present to deliver a two-thirds majority, the House can't approve a plan to send voters a November referendum for more transportation spending.

"It is clear as you get deeper into the summer that to have 150 members here is not going to happen," Straus said. "There's several members who have family illnesses that they're attending to. There's members whose families are going back to school shortly. There's a lot of reasons why members who are part-time legislators can't be here every day so it's going to be tough to pass something that requires a hard 100 votes."

The Associated Press reached out to every House member absent for Monday's vote. At least three lawmakers were dealing with sensitive personal issues: Democrat Marisa Marquez was mourning the weekend death of her chief of staff, and Democrat Terry Canales was in a California hospital with his son. Republican John Zerwas was at a hospital with his wife.

Aides to other House members would not comment on their bosses' whereabouts and took messages that were not returned.

Republican state Rep. Lyle Larson, one of only a handful of lawmakers who showed up for work Tuesday, said the bill's prospects in a full House on Monday would have been strong because some members likely would have switched votes if the bill was on the brink of passage.

"We would've got real close," Larson said.

Some lawmakers were unapologetic for not being at their desks.

"We're supposed to be a part-time Legislature. They've held us there captive," said Rep. Jessica Farrar, who was among 14 Democrats absent for the vote. "They had us there for abortion. I really just think it's failed leadership. It should have been taken care of a long time ago."

Farrar said she missed the afternoon vote because she was studying for the bar exam. By the evening, the former House Democratic leader said she decided she was still not ready to take it.

Farrar said she would not have supported the bill if present, further dooming its chances anyway.

In the Senate, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst blasted the House for their thin ranks.

"I'm really shocked that so many people who have been elected take off when they need to be here," Dewhurst said.

He then added: "These members have responsibility to show up and do the work they were elected for or resign."

Justin Rodriguez, a first-term Democrat from San Antonio, also missed the vote. Brian Hodgdon, his chief of staff, would not reveal where Rodriguez was other than to say that he was among nine lawmakers Monday whose absences were recorded as excused.

There is a low threshold for being granted an excused absence in the House. The explanations in the official journal are vague and typically chalked up to "important business in the district."

The House needed two-thirds of the chamber to support the would-be constitutional amendment. The vote came after a week of talks between the House and Senate, and was freighted with the hopes of finally sending lawmakers home after seven months.

Among the Democrats not present was Trey Martinez Fischer, who was at the White House for a conference on voting rights. Ruth McClendon, who sits on the House Transportation Committee, was speaking at the Southern Legislative Conference in Alabama, said Janis Reinken, her chief of staff. Rene Oliveria was sick in Brownsville, said spokesman Anthony Gray.

Other Democrats missing were Rafael Anchia, Garnet Coleman, Helen Giddings, Sylvester Turner, Joe Farias and Joe Deshotel.

Republicans not present were Pat Fallon, Jim Keffer, Chris Paddie, Diane Patrick and Allan Ritter. Republicans Matt Krause and Stefani Carter said they were temporarily out of the chamber but would have voted no.

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Source: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/texas/article/No-full-House-Absences-abound-on-Texas-road-vote-4697195.php

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Myanmar at the crossroads: Conservationists see opportunities and challenges in biodiversity hotspot

Public release date: 30-Jul-2013
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Wildlife Conservation Society study finds impending economic growth and climate change impacts require long-term adaptation efforts to conserve Myanmar's unique biodiversity

Long isolated by economic and political sanctions, Myanmar returns to the international community amid high expectations and challenges associated with protecting the country's great natural wealth from the impacts of economic growth and climate change.

In a new study, scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society have examined the implications of economic development and climatic changes on conserving Myanmar's biodiversity and provide recommendations for conservation planning within a context of a changing climate by strengthening the protected area system and engaging in ecosystem-based adaptation strategies.

The paper appears in the latest edition of AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment. The authors include: Madhu Rao, Saw Htun, Steven G. Platt, Rob J. Tizard, Colin M. Poole, Than Myint, and James E.M. Watson of the Wildlife Conservation Society.

"For many years, Myanmar's isolation has served to protect the biodiversity which has disappeared from many other regions in Southeast Asia," said Wildlife Conservation Society's Dr. Madhu Rao, lead author of the study. "Things are now changing rapidly for Myanmar, which will soon experience increasing economic growth and the myriad cascading effects of climate change on its forests and coastlines. The opportunity to protect the country's natural heritage with a strategic and multi-faceted approach is now."

Unlike many other countries in the region, Myanmar still contains high levels of biodiversity along with vast swaths of natural forests. The country contains a wide assemblage of habitats including lowland tropical forests and mangrove ecosystems that are increasingly degraded and depleted elsewhere in the region. Myanmar also contains a number of species found nowhere else on Earth, such as white-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae), Myanmar snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri), Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota), and Burmese roof turtle (Batagur trivittata). In all, Myanmar is home to 233 globally threatened species, including 37 critically endangered and 65 endangered species.

The authors conducted their analysis of Myanmar's environmental threats with an examination of relevant peer-reviewed and gray literature sources. Within a context of weak environmental safeguards and low investment in conservation, rapid economic development is expected to have negative implications for already threatened biodiversity and natural resource-dependent communities. Climate change will further exacerbate prevailing threats given Myanmar's high vulnerability. The effects of climate change, the authors assert, will directly impact wildlife species through loss of suitable habitat and changes in ecosystem function. Climate change will also impact local communities, and affect their reliance on terrestrial, freshwater, and marine resources.

"The threat of climate change implies the need to embrace ecosystem-based strategies that will enable people to be resilient and allow species to survive. With sensible planning, the people of Myanmar can aim to protect the key ecological services that will provide an important buffer for the likely effects of climate change that are already occurring," said Dr. James Watson, WCS's Climate Change Program Director and a co-author on the study.

Recommendations presented in the paper include a planned expansion in the existing protected area network to capture underrepresented ecosystems and climatic refugia while ensuring functional connectivity for species in the context of climate change. The authors recommend the development and implementation of strict regulatory frameworks to mitigate potential negative impacts of large-scale infrastructure development projects on biodiversity.

"Leaders of the Myanmar government have a chance to transform their country into a model for sustainable development," said Joe Walston, Executive Director of WCS's Asia Program. "Saving Myanmar's natural wonders for posterity will rely on filling knowledge gaps and correctly anticipating the responses of environment and people in a changing world."

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Wildlife Conservation Society study finds impending economic growth and climate change impacts require long-term adaptation efforts to conserve Myanmar's unique biodiversity

Long isolated by economic and political sanctions, Myanmar returns to the international community amid high expectations and challenges associated with protecting the country's great natural wealth from the impacts of economic growth and climate change.

In a new study, scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society have examined the implications of economic development and climatic changes on conserving Myanmar's biodiversity and provide recommendations for conservation planning within a context of a changing climate by strengthening the protected area system and engaging in ecosystem-based adaptation strategies.

The paper appears in the latest edition of AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment. The authors include: Madhu Rao, Saw Htun, Steven G. Platt, Rob J. Tizard, Colin M. Poole, Than Myint, and James E.M. Watson of the Wildlife Conservation Society.

"For many years, Myanmar's isolation has served to protect the biodiversity which has disappeared from many other regions in Southeast Asia," said Wildlife Conservation Society's Dr. Madhu Rao, lead author of the study. "Things are now changing rapidly for Myanmar, which will soon experience increasing economic growth and the myriad cascading effects of climate change on its forests and coastlines. The opportunity to protect the country's natural heritage with a strategic and multi-faceted approach is now."

Unlike many other countries in the region, Myanmar still contains high levels of biodiversity along with vast swaths of natural forests. The country contains a wide assemblage of habitats including lowland tropical forests and mangrove ecosystems that are increasingly degraded and depleted elsewhere in the region. Myanmar also contains a number of species found nowhere else on Earth, such as white-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae), Myanmar snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri), Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota), and Burmese roof turtle (Batagur trivittata). In all, Myanmar is home to 233 globally threatened species, including 37 critically endangered and 65 endangered species.

The authors conducted their analysis of Myanmar's environmental threats with an examination of relevant peer-reviewed and gray literature sources. Within a context of weak environmental safeguards and low investment in conservation, rapid economic development is expected to have negative implications for already threatened biodiversity and natural resource-dependent communities. Climate change will further exacerbate prevailing threats given Myanmar's high vulnerability. The effects of climate change, the authors assert, will directly impact wildlife species through loss of suitable habitat and changes in ecosystem function. Climate change will also impact local communities, and affect their reliance on terrestrial, freshwater, and marine resources.

"The threat of climate change implies the need to embrace ecosystem-based strategies that will enable people to be resilient and allow species to survive. With sensible planning, the people of Myanmar can aim to protect the key ecological services that will provide an important buffer for the likely effects of climate change that are already occurring," said Dr. James Watson, WCS's Climate Change Program Director and a co-author on the study.

Recommendations presented in the paper include a planned expansion in the existing protected area network to capture underrepresented ecosystems and climatic refugia while ensuring functional connectivity for species in the context of climate change. The authors recommend the development and implementation of strict regulatory frameworks to mitigate potential negative impacts of large-scale infrastructure development projects on biodiversity.

"Leaders of the Myanmar government have a chance to transform their country into a model for sustainable development," said Joe Walston, Executive Director of WCS's Asia Program. "Saving Myanmar's natural wonders for posterity will rely on filling knowledge gaps and correctly anticipating the responses of environment and people in a changing world."

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The study was made possible by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and other generous supporters.

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Republican donors call on Congress to act on immigration fix

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 100 U.S. Republican donors and fundraisers called on conservatives in Congress to back an overhaul of the nation's immigration system, including supporting "legal status" for those in the United States illegally, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.

The Republicans, including former President George W. Bush's aide Karl Rove, told lawmakers in a letter that refusing to reform the immigration system amounted to "de facto amnesty," the newspaper said.

"Standing in the way of reform ensures that we perpetuate a broken system that stifles our economy, leave millions of people living in American unaccounted for, maintain a porous border, and risk a long-lasting perception that Republicans would rather see nothing done than pass needed reform," they said in the letter, a copy of which was posted on the newspaper's website.

"That is not the path for the Republican Party."

The effort was shepherded by former Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, who also served under Bush, and included a variety of political donors and fundraisers who offered three mandates that should be included in final legislation:

"To fix our immigration system we need meaningful reforms that will (1) secure our borders, (2) provide a legal way for U.S.-based companies to hire the workers they need while making it impossible to hire workers here illegally, and (3) take control of our undocumented immigration problem by providing a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants who pay penalties and back taxes, pass criminal background checks, and go to the back of the line," the donors wrote.

Lawmakers are trying to work out a solution to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, including a plan to address the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally.

The Senate passed a sweeping reform bill in June, but House Republicans are deeply divided over the issue and have no clear strategy or timeline for passing their own legislation that could eventually be merged with the Senate bill.

White House spokesman Jay Carney has said he expects Congress will pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation that President Barack Obama will sign into law.

(Reporting by Susan Heavey; editing by Christopher Wilson)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/republican-donors-call-congress-act-immigration-fix-125957449.html

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Wave of car bombings target Iraqi Shi'ites, killing 55

By Kareem Raheem

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Seventeen car bombs exploded in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 55 people in predominantly Shi'ite areas in some of the deadliest violence since Sunni insurgents including al Qaeda stepped up attacks this year.

Police and medical sources said the attacks, which appeared to be coordinated, were concentrated on towns and cities in Iraq's predominantly Shi'ite south, and districts of the capital where Shi'ites reside.

The car bomb attacks in busy streets and crowded markets underscore deteriorating security in Iraq, where nearly 4,000 people have been killed since the start of the year, according to violence monitoring group Iraq Body Count.

The violence has raised fears of a return to full-blown conflict in a country where Kurds, majority Shi'ite and minority Sunni Muslims have yet to find a stable way of sharing power.

At least 10 people were killed when two car bombs blew up near a bus station in the city of Kut, 150 km (95 miles) southeast of the capital, police said.

Four more were killed in a blast in the town of Mahmoudiya, about 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, and two bombs in Samawa, further south, killed two.

The rest of the bombings took place in regions of Baghdad, in Sadr city, Habibiya, Hurriya, Bayaa, Ur, Shurta, Kadhimiya, Risala, Tobchi and Abu Dsheer neighborhoods.

In July, more than 810 people were killed in militant attacks.

Iraqi forces patrolling alone since U.S.-led troops left in 2011 are struggling to contain a resurgent al Qaeda, which has been regrouping and striking with a ferocity not seen in years.

Sectarian tensions across the region have been inflamed by the civil war in neighboring Syria, which has drawn Shi'ites and Sunnis from Iraq and beyond into battle on opposite sides.

(Reporting by Kareem Raheem in Baghdad, Aref Mohammed in Basra and Jaafar al-Taie in Kut; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Elizabeth Piper)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/eight-car-bombs-kill-26-across-baghdad-police-061653841.html

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