![]() ![]() As the silverback of the clan, Digit fought ferociously to protect them and was stabbed five times with spears. On New Year's Eve in 1977, Dian's favourite gorilla named Digit and his group were attacked by six poachers and their dogs. Scientist Dian Fossey established the Karisoke Research Centre in Rwanda in 1967 to research and protect endangered mountain gorillas. Others however, displayed a beautiful, hopeful side to humanity by donating over £237,000 to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. Naturally, these people paid off their debts and bought houses and cars. This forced stock prices to increase significantly, and many regular people profited.Ī lot of the investors who benefited from this explosive event were everyday people. Some members on r/wallstreetbets followed the rise and fall of Gamestop's stocks and on the 22 January, orchestrated a short squeeze. This raises the price of the overall stock, forcing other investors to buy back their shares to avoid the same fate. Investors borrow shares and sell them immediately with the intention of buying them back at a cheaper rate when the value decreases, thereby making a profit.Ī short squeeze is when the value of said shares increase drastically and the sellers are forced to buy them back at a loss, to avoid a greater loss. Short selling is a tactic used by some investors as a way of making money. We thank these new donors for their contributions to the success of our mission - because in saving gorillas, we save the planet.' 'We rely on individual donors who give to us year after year because they know we can be relied upon to be careful stewards of their donations, no matter how large or small. But the critical science and protection work that we do is actually a long-term investment in the future of our planet and its people. 'As an organization, we are known for our work to protect wild gorillas and their forest home on a daily basis. 'The Fossey Fund has spent more than 50 years working to protect endangered wild gorillas, and we’ve helped pull them back from the brink of extinction. In just one weekend, they donated more than $200,000, primarily through our symbolic gorilla adoption program. The Dian Fossey Fund says, 'We are surprised, thrilled and appreciative of the grassroots donations that have come our way thanks to a group of investors on Reddit. Some winners displayed a beautiful, hopeful side to humanity by donating over £200,000 to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. She called him her “beloved Digit.Following the recent 'short squeeze' orchestrated by a group of people on Reddit, many regular people profited from cheap Gamestop shares. Fossey described Digit as playful and curious as a youngster, as well as gentle and trusting even as he grew into a large silverback. He belonged to one of the groups she decided to “habituate” to her presence and she ended up forming a special bond with him, giving him the name Digit when she noticed that one of his fingers was injured. Available Gorilla Nose Prints: Digit, Poppy, Pasika, Macibiri, Titus, Maggieĭian Fossey first saw Digit in 1967 when he was just a few years old.Each bowl features the nose print of one our historic gorillas.Our hand woven bowls are crafted from natural sisal fibers threaded over a core of locally-gathered forest grasses.Originally only offered at our new campus in Rwanda, you can now purchase these bowls online for a limited time! Even Dian Fossey used this identification method and drew nose prints for the gorillas she watched.Įach bowl is handcrafted in Rwanda by local artisans through our partnership with Azizi Life. In fact, mountain gorilla nose prints are one of the best ways for humans to learn and identify individuals in the field. While all individuals in every gorilla subspecies may have unique nose prints, they are the most distinct in mountain gorillas. Just like human fingerprints, mountain gorilla noses are distinct.
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![]() What I find useful about the Kebonnixs 12 is that it leverages recorded temperature changes several times each second to predict climate trends and adjust its heating system accordingly so that developing eggs aren't subject to radical temperature fluctuations from inside the unit. Like several others on the list, this one also provides a built-in candler to check on the status of developing embryos. Newly added this year is the Harris Nurture Right 360, which is preprogrammed to deactivate its automatic turning system three days before the scheduled hatching date. The compact size of the Magicfly Mini, Brinsea Mini II Advance, and Yosoo Mini make them ideal choices for classrooms, the first of which delivers automatic temperature control and turning functionality for up to 12 eggs. Therefore, I consider these machines as useful for both farming and teaching purposes. I wouldn't have appreciated the development of a fertilized chicken egg until I watched the embryos develop from inside the incubator in our classroom. As a young kid, I also thought of eggs as something I'd normally see poached or scrambled on a plate and placed on the breakfast room table for consumption. This device always fascinated me because I was accustomed to associating hatching eggs with a mother hen. I also remember my teacher placing a rather large egg incubator on her desk with a capacity for around 20 chicken eggs. Along with learning about the planets and how spaceships work, I recall having many opportunities to babysit various animals throughout the year, including a garter snake, mice, a cat, and of course my own dogs. 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The Wonder Woman 1/6 Scale Figure uses the Gal Gadot Wonder Woman sculpt, again updated with a comic deco. The figure includes moveable eyes, multiple swap out lower jaws, an assortment of interchangeable hands, an EMP rifle, a grapnel gun, a sticky bomb gun, Batarangs, mini mines, and a diorama display with swirling bats and a bat symbol. The figure stands just over 12.5″ tall, with 32 points of articulation. The Batman 1/6 Scale Figure is based on The Dark Knight Trilogy Batman, but includes a blue and gray deco to pay homage to Batman’s classic look. ![]() Each figure features a sculpt from a DC movie, but with a color scheme modeled after a classic comic look. The figures will be available in select markets. They have updated with photos and details for their WB 100 – Batman Hot Toys Exclusive 1/6th Scale Figure, and the WB 100 – Wonder Woman Hot Toys Exclusive 1/6th Scale Figure. 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As one of the iconic bat gadgets, the technologically advanced Batmobile is a heavily armored tactical assault vehicle in Batman’s arsenal.īased on Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy, COMICAVE™ and Hot Toys present the super-vehicle Batmobile as a stunning sixth scale collectible vehicle that can be paired with a Batman figure to recreate more breathtaking scenes! ![]() Whether it's the TLX series, their Handcrafted series or their classic Western boots, Tony Lama will not disappoint. Not to mention the selection of men's boots and women's boots is outstanding. This construction and quality makes Tony Lama the most recognized western boots in the world. With over 100 steps to producing every pair of boots, today's Tony Lama's incorporate the same craftsmanship combined with modern comfort and durability technologies. The 12' Kapono boot from the Signature Series features an exotic Belly Caiman foot and a smooth leather shaft accented with a refined diamond-stitch band. 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When Tony Lama passed away in 1974, his family continued the tradition of quality and handcraftsmanship, making Tony Lama Boots a true American success story. This is when Tony Lama Boots was born in the 1930's Tony Lama began distributing boots in Western Wear stores and by 1961, Tony Lama Boots was producing over 750 boots a day. He produced the best fitting, most comfortable boots around. After his term, he moved to the nearby town of El Paso and setup his first boot shop. Tony Lama was a cobbler for soldiers stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. Those were the humble beginnings of a legendary bootmaking career. How does the sizing compare to other companies Runs small or runs big Fancy2189 3 yr. I have never owned a pair of Tony Lamas boots before and I wanted to see if anybody has owned a pair of their boots specifically a pair of caimans. ![]() He studied under his uncle as a boy in Syracuse, New York where he learned the boot trade. 16 16 comments Best Add a Comment Hansonzg 3 yr. 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The Athletic skinny is made with a little more room at the thigh so you have a comfortable fit, and if you want an on-trend look, the stacked skinny jean uses a longer inseam to create a stacked look at the ankle. ![]() They’re skinny through the thigh, knee and leg opening to create a slimming effect everywhere you go. The original skinny jean isn’t too tight and fits just right for your everyday outfits. Whatever look you’re going for, make it better with AE skinny jeans. Try a black Athletic fit skinny jean for a style that’s always on, or try a colored cropped skinny jean to add a pop of color to your day. The cropped skinny jean has a slightly shorter inseam, and the Athletic skinny offers more room at the thigh. Try out the OG skinny jean in a light wash for a throwback vibe, or try something new with the stacked skinny jean in a black wash with ripped knees and frayed hems. 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Everyone is welcome to attend as a guest! ![]() Monthly meetings generally the second Tues of each month unless we have an event planned. Oakie Wine Club - EST Jan 2016 at The Brew Shop. Tickets are on sale NOW!ĬLUBS We founded these two great clubs out of our shop! ![]() Their mission "is to provide an outdoor oriented, safe haven where ALL persons may come to retreat, reflect, have FUN and gain knowledge and skills which will nurture their lives, their love of God and one another." Check out their website for more information at. They host camps for people of all ages with mental and physical disabilities. All proceeds from this event will go to this great place and Make Promises Happen. In addition to homebrewers we will have several local craft breweries in attendance. We will be in south Guthrie at Central Oklahoma Camp & Conference Center showing off our homebrewed creations and YOU are invited to attend. **We offer gift certificates in any amount**Ĭheck out our new event on April 30, 2022 called HOPPY CAMPER Homebrew Showcase. The last ten years have been a wild ride and I'm happy to have shared it with all of YOU! Cheers to many more years of helping homebrewers in Oklahoma! ~ ❤️ Gail I know there are a lot of choices out there and I sincerely thank you for shopping LOCAL! We are happy to give friendly, knowledgeable service and timely support to our customers here. Thank you everyone for your continued support and friendship. ![]() We rented the space next door and installed an industrial kitchen with triple sinks, a ventilation hood, large stainless table and many stools for classes and meetings. In July of 2015 we moved to our new expanded location at 2916 N Penn Ave (just 1/2 mile south of our old location). Thank you for supporting our small local business. *THIS IS OUR 26th YEAR!* We have been locally owned and operated since 1995!! Sorry for the inconvenience until we get this problem solved. Even if you get an automated response that your order has been received, please call the shop to confirm at 40. **NOTE: We are having some technical problems with our website ordering system. HOURS: Mon - Fri 10:30 am - 5:30 pm Saturday 11 am - 4 pm The Brew Shop Return Policy: - Ingredients are not returnable - sorry no exceptions - Other new unused merchandise is returnable with receipt (25% restocking fee will apply) - No returns on gift certificates HOMEBREWING BEER, WINE & CIDER IS A GREAT HOBBY.one you get to DRINK! We give friendly, personal and knowledgeable service. We also stock cheesemaking kits and vinegar mothers as well as Kombucha making supplies. We have many different types of kits (beer, wine and cider) as well as a wide variety of grains, malt extracts, yeast, hops and other ingredients. We have the equipment, ingredients and supplies to ensure your brewing success. We've been in business since 1995 - this is our 26th year! We cater to all experience levels from the beginner who wants to get started in making their own hand-crafted beers and wines to the experienced brew masters experimenting with their own styles. The Brew Shop is Oklahoma City's oldest (and only) premier retailer of home brewing and wine making supplies. This notice pertains to original content created by me in whatever form it's presented. Note: to those who may click on “like”, or rate the post if you do not hear from me, know that I am sincerely appreciative, and I thank you for noticing what I do. If you wish to know more, please read below.Ībout awards: Blogger Awards About “likes”: Of “Likes”, Subscriptions, and Stuff Should you still nominate me, I will suspect you pulled my name at random, and that you are not, in fact, a reader of my blog. I appreciate the intent behind it, but I prefer a comment thanking me for turning you away from a life of crime, religion, or making you a better person in some other way. I will decline blogger-to-blogger awards. Please, if you are considering bestowing me recognition beyond commenting below, refrain from doing so. Could be they also torture small mammals. ![]() ![]() Note: if you are not reading this blog post at, know that it has been copied without permission, and likely is being used by someone with nefarious intention, like attracting you to a malware-infested website. If you click on the doodle, and nothing happens, this is the link it’s supposed to go to. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o o o o o o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A Tasty TreatĪstute persons might have noticed these doodles, and correctly surmised they hold some significance for me, and perhaps for humanity at large. Part Two will show some of the other available presets. The video shows a little better how they differ from each other. These are five of the sixteen presets available, roughly one from each of the named groupings. Also, remember that you can modify the settings for these, and create your own variations. I won’t name all these effects because they will not mean squat to anyone other than those who have Topaz, and they already know what they are. I figure the familiarity will allow readers to concentrate on the effect as opposed to the photo itself. Yup you’ve just seen this in a previous post (like, the last post). There are 16 presets in this group, but I’m only going to show 5 since some are pretty close to the others. This particular group is part of the presets that come standard with the software. can’t remember if this is a guy, a girl, or a generic name that they use. This first post deals with presets named BuzSim. I say ‘one click’ to differentiate them from what you can modify on your own, either starting with a given preset, or starting from scratch (although starting from a given preset is easier). ![]() I wanted to show some of the ‘one click’ presets available to users. I mentioned Topaz Simplify 4 in some of my posts. Write a brief description of what the preset can achieve and indicate which Plug-in (Adjust, Simplify, Denoise3, Clean, DeJPG, etc) is for.Photography, Fiction, Travel, and Opinions. ![]() Now, to submit your preset, please create a image showing before and after. That’s it, the preset will be saved to your computer. Then just open your favorite Topaz plug-in, click on the “preset” button (located at the lower left corner) and click on “Import from Internet” a new windows will open where you should copy the internet link you see in the page. To retrieve a preset, open your internet browser and go to There are some presets already there and I hope that with your help and submissions we can create a state of the art library so everybody can benefit from it. Now, you can retrieve the presets via the plug-in itself. ) have the pleasure to announce that the Topaz preset page is up and running with the latest Topaz technology. ) in collaboration with the Topaz Software Flickr group ( “He loved his students and they loved him back,” his parents wrote. He spent last fall as a teaching assistant in a Harvard Law justice course, meeting with his dozen students on Zoom and “finding what was precious in their work and teasing it out.” “Above all, he began to follow his own piercing moral and intellectual insights looking for answers to problems of injustice, poverty and war.” ![]() “He hated cliques and social snobbery, never had a negative word for anyone but tyrants and despots, and opposed all malicious gossip,” the post said. 30, 1995, the middle child was “a daring outspoken defender of all outcasts and kids in trouble” who spent hours in high school tutoring his peers. “making mischief, kicking the soccer ball in the goal, acting out scenes from To Kill A Mockingbird with his little sister in his father’s constitutional law class.”īorn Jan. The eulogy described Thomas’ youth in Takoma Park, Md. “On the last hellish brutal day of that godawful miserable year of 2020, when hundreds of thousands of Americans and millions of people all over the world died alone in bed in the darkness from an invisible killer disease ravaging their bodies and minds, we also lost our dear, dear, beloved son, Hannah and Tabitha’s beloved irreplaceable brother, a radiant light in this broken world.” The moving post detailed how Thomas began grappling with depression in his 20s, and how the illness was “a kind of relentless torture in the brain for him.”ĭespite a large support network of relatives, friends and doctors “the pain became overwhelming and unyielding and unbearable at last for our dear boy.” “Tommy Raskin had a perfect heart, a perfect soul, a riotously outrageous and relentless sense of humor, and a dazzling radiant mind,” his parents wrote. Known to loved ones as “Tommy,” the second-year student at Harvard Law School was remembered as an animal lover and passionate vegan devoted to helping others. “Please look after each other, the animals, and the global poor for me,” said the note, signed: “All my love, Tommy.” ![]() ![]() My illness won today,” his parents said in a Medium post. In a note left for his family on New Year’s Eve, the day he died, Thomas Bloom Raskin wrote “Please forgive me. Jamie Raskin and his wife Sarah on Monday published a heart-wrenching tribute to their late son, confirming that the 25-year-old took his own life last week after a long battle with depression. Influencer dies at Chinese weight loss camp trying to lose 200 pounds Son of NFL great, ex-college football player dead at 28Ģ-time Oscar winner-turned-UK politician dead at 87Īrkansas football recruit dead at 18 after ATV crash Also, remove the battery compartment shell to hold down the pairing button. If your remote has colorful A and B buttons, it's the Roku Game Remote.Īgain, if these remotes aren't working, trying new batteries might fix it. Nothing can be blocking the IR receiver on its front. This is a Roku remote you need to point directly at your Roku device. If your Roku remote doesn't have a voice button, it's the Roku Simple Remote. Trying new batteries is often a way to make this remote work, and it also has the pairing button under the battery door shell. Its pairing button is on its back.ĭoes your Roku remote have a button with a microphone icon or a magnifying glass icon? If so, that's a Roku Voice Remote. It doesn't require any special treatment, other than recharging via USB. How to identify your Roku remoteįiguring out which Roku remote you have can help you know how to better use it, but that can be tricky - unless you have this simple guide.ĭoes your Roku remote have a USB port on the bottom for charging, and not use batteries? If so, that's the Roku Voice Remote Pro. The Roku Voice Remote Pro doesn't have a battery compartment, so its pairing button is found on the bottom of the back of the remote. It's found under the battery compartment on most Roku remotes. ![]() While there is no 'reset' button on a Roku remote, there is a pairing button. Then, if you have a Roku Express, make sure it's visible, as it needs to have a clear line of sight from the remote. So, as we've mentioned, make sure your batteries are aligned properly, and that there's no debris blocking the path. Roku remotes often unpair from their devices because of issues with power, Wi-Fi networks or random inexplicable glitches. Wi-Fi strength is a big reason why remote pairing sometimes fails, but your connection will persist, even after you bring the Roku back to the original network.
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