EPA says toxicology tests after distressing March event detected fenitrothion – which is currently under review – in all dead birds
A common agricultural pesticide caused the mass deaths of 200 little corellas across Newcastle in March, the New South Wales environment watchdog has confirmed
The Environment Protection Authority said toxicology tests had detected the presence of barley grain and the pesticide fenitrothion in all the deceased birds
Fenitrothion is a pesticide commonly used in agriculture to control insect pests
An EPA spokesperson said the regulator was continuing its investigation and urged “anyone with information about the deaths or possible pesticide misuse” to come forward
“The EPA has been conducting a thorough investigation and will continue looking into all lines of enquiry,” they said
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In March, volunteers described “extremely confronting” scenes in suburbs including Hamilton
Lambton and near the University of Newcastle
Vets and volunteer wildlife carers said they did everything they could to rescue surviving
Most of the birds were little corellas but several sulphur crested cockatoos were also affected
the EPA’s executive director of regulatory operations
said at the time it was a distressing situation
with affected birds exhibiting symptoms such as bleeding
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) is currently reviewing the regulation and use of fenitrothion
In a government notice last year
the APVMA said it was “not satisfied” that current use instructions for fenitrothion products would protect non-target species
The notice said fenitrothion was toxic to birds and use of it on a range of crops and some fruit and vegetables “in accordance with currently approved instructions posed an unacceptable risk to birds.”
the negligent use of pesticides that harms non-target animals or plants can attract penalties of up to $500,000 for individuals and $2m for corporations
The EPA spokesperson said anyone with information about the deaths or possible pesticide misuse should contact the EPA on 131 555
Link IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardPhiladelphia Ballet premieres Angel Corella’s ‘Boléro’ in the director’s new choreographer eraFollowing a run of Corella’s "Swan Lake," Philadelphia Ballet returned to the Academy of Music Thursday night for another black-and-white program
Following a run of artistic director Angel Corella’s Swan Lake earlier this month
Philadelphia Ballet returned to the Academy of Music Thursday night for another black-and-white program
The works were partly chosen to celebrate Corella’s 10 years directing the company
was one of the first choreographers to choose him for a cherished role in a ballet called Clear
» READ MORE: The eight dance performances this spring that you shouldn’t miss
Performed in flowing white costumes by Holly Hynes
performed in the pit by Yen Yu Chen and Martha Koeneman
Audience members who showed up early were treated to an extra concert
» READ MORE: Philadelphia Ballet turns 60, with Angel Corella completing a decade at its helm
The work was performed primarily by the principal dancers (including So Jung Shin
who was promoted so recently that the program still had her as a first soloist)
The movement flows with the costumes — perhaps like through water — although the wide-legged pants made some transitions between flat and pointe look clunky
Zecheng Liang’s high-flying solo was exhilarating
but it was the complicated duets performed with seemingly little effort that were the most impressive
Ducker’s Dance Card was a black-and-white piece
a ballroom ballet performed in black dresses and suits with tails
Set to Philadelphia composer (and Pulitzer Prize winner) Jennifer Higdon’s “Dance Card for String Orchestra,” it was stylish and energetic
The black costumes against a dark backdrop did not offer enough contrast to comfortably view the movement
Photos from 2021 show much clearer lighting in the video production
Corella created ballets from the ground up and realized he was a choreographer
the Spaniard said Boléro kept popping up in his playlists
Maurice Ravel’s Boléro is a notoriously difficult piece of music to choreograph
danced in strappy black leotards with a lot of skin showing
It builds not with emotion but in numbers and movement
starting with a solo and ending with the stage nearly vibrating with dancers
The building happens slower than the music demands
and some of the more technically challenging sections (especially with smaller numbers of dancers) were not clean enough Thursday night
with contrasting arm movements and clean lines
It was a dramatic way to punctuate Corella’s choreography era and a fun way to close out a program
but it would be great to see again in future seasons
Philadelphia Ballet in “Boléro,” “Water Dances,” and “Dance Card.” 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. $25-$255.25. 215-893-1999 or ensembleartsphilly.org
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Many ascidian (sea squirt) species are common members of fouling communities
particularly on floating substrates such as docks and pilings and through maritime transport
marinas in Southern California have been regularly monitored for introduced species due to their proximity to the international shipping terminals in Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors
we report on the first record in the eastern Pacific of an ascidian in the family Corellidae (O
found at the Newmarks Yacht Centre in Los Angeles Harbor
This study further highlights the importance of continuously monitoring harbors and marinas to detect the early arrival of new non-native species
we report on the first record in the eastern Pacific of an ascidian in the family Corellidae found at the Newmarks Yacht Centre in Los Angeles Harbor
We provide a detailed description of the morphology of the species as well as its genetic barcode
while collecting ascidians for a taxonomy workshop at Newmarks Yacht Centre in Wilmington
many individuals of a solitary phlebobranch ascidian with a distinctive bright pink body were noticed
These individuals were identified as Corella sp
based on the position of the gut to the right of the branchial sac
Ten individuals were relaxed in menthol for several hours
six individuals were preserved in 10% buffered formalin in seawater for later morphological examination
and four were preserved in 95% ethanol for later sequencing of a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (mtCOI) gene
The amplification protocol for 18S1F/18S5R and 18SA2/18S9R was 95°C for 3 minutes
The amplification protocol for 18S3F/18SBi was 95°C for 3 minutes
PCR products were cleaned and sequenced in both directions using the Sanger method at Eurofins Genomics (Louisville
Forward and reverse COI and 18S rDNA sequences were edited and combined into consensus sequences using Codon Code Aligner (CodonCode Corporation)
Maximum likelihood analysis included 1000 bootstrap replicates
Our 18S sequences were aligned with the three Corella spp
sequences available on GenBank: Corella eumyota (FM244846)
Alignment ends were trimmed to equal length
and the number of substitutions between sequences enumerated
Animals attach to the substrate by the posterior half of the ventral and right sides
resulting in a prone or prostrate orientation with both the oral and atrial siphons pointing away from the substrate
The tunic is colorless and translucent both in life and preservation
Note how tunic extends past well beyond the margins of the body especially on the ventral and posterior edges
(B) Left side of body out of tunic showing mantle musculature and pigmentation
(C) Right side of body out of tunic showing mantle musculature and pigmentation and location of the digestive system and gonads
(D) Oral siphon showing pigmented ocelli and circular muscles
There are eight easily visible lobes on the oral siphon and six subtle lobes on the atrial siphon
The oral tentacles are unbranched, thin, often curled, and look like human eyelashes. They are slightly wider at the base than at the tips. There are 19-28 oral tentacles on the left side of the body and 19-35 on the right side. There are at least three orders, with shorter tentacles sometimes distal to longer tentacles (Figure 2A)
Tissue has been stained with hematoxylin to increase contrast
(B) Dorsal languets in a line along dorsal edge of the branchial sac
(C) Variation in longitudinal vessels and papillae on the branchial sac from fully connected longitudinal vessels to separated t-shaped papillae
(D) Spiral stigmata consisting of a single stigmatal opening spiraling either clockwise or counterclockwise
(A) Dissected stomach showing typhlosolis and oblique folds from the inside
as seen through the body wall on the right side
Note the numerous testes lobes covering the intestine
Note the ovaries covering the inside of the gut loop and the branches of the spermiduct converging into a single duct in the center of the gut loop
The oviduct was not visible in these animals
One thousand bootstrap replicates were run using the tamura-nei nucleotide substitution model plus gamma distributed rates
All nodes with greater than 50% bootstrap support are labeled
The sequence generated in the present study is highlighted in bold
2 sequences were obtained (GenBank Accession numbers PQ787777-PQ787778): NYC3 and NYC4
These two sequences had 100% query cover and 99.79% identity along that alignment (951 bp)
NYC4 18S (PQ787778) was identical along the entire alignment with the C
japonica 18S sequence previously published in GenBank (AF165822)
with both varying only a single base substitution (99.7% identity) from the NYC3 18S sequence (PQ787777)
inflata 18S (AY903930) averaged 93.2% and 97.1% identity with NYC4 (PQ787778)
Comparison of diagnostic characters between Corella spp
japonica biological cycles and continue to monitor its presence in Californian harbors and marinas
Early detection of spread beyond the species entry point will allow for a quick response and the development of an efficient management strategy as necessary
The authors confirm that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article and its supplementary materials
COI and 18S rDNA sequences are available on GenBank
The authors would like to thank the staff at Newmarks Yacht Centre for allowing us access to their docks and G
Rocha for providing access to the Herdman 1882 description of Corella japonica
The authors would also like to thank two anonymous reviewers for their comments which strengthened this paper
characterized the morphology of the samples
photographed the samples after preservation
and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript
All authors read and approved the final manuscript
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Sonia Reyes Corella embraces her ASU roots after tracing her lineage to a Mexican pioneer who helped university's founding
ASU alumna Sonia Reyes Corella (far right) and her children (from left) David Callahan and Danielle Corella can trace their family history to Mexican pioneer Manuela Sánchez Sotelo
Editor’s note: This story is featured in the 2024 year in review
It took Sonia Reyes Corella more than 40 years to discover she is a descendant of a Mexican pioneer — a woman who contributed to the founding of Arizona State University
But it didn’t take long after that to realize how similar they are
and I’m wondering why I’ve never heard of this woman,” Reyes Corella said
is an ASU alumna who has mentored several ASU students and volunteered at ASU’s Hispanic Convocation ceremonies.
Now, she's hoping to establish a Los Diablos alumni chapter scholarship in honor of her third great-grandmother
Manuela Sánchez Sotelo is known as the “Mexican Mother of Tempe.” Born in Tubac
a prominent landowner and an ambassador of sorts to Mexican families who settled in the Tempe area
Her path to Tempe started when her husband, Tiburcio Sotelo, and two sons left the Tubac area for irrigation work in the Phoenix area
Tiburcio Sotelo soon bought a small share in the Tempe Irrigating Canal Company for $200
money which he used to purchase 160 acres of land located on the southeast corner of present-day Rural Road and east University Drive
one son drowned on his horse in the Salt River
and the other son was killed by members of an Apache tribe while carrying mail along a Tucson–Maricopa route
Sánchez Sotelo decided to come to Tempe anyway and settle her remaining nine children on her husband’s newly purchased land.
She welcomed Mexican families and farmers into the community that is now Tempe by giving them seeds to grow their own crops
She was a shareholder in the Tempe Irrigating Canal Company
becoming one of the few Mexican women in the Salt River Valley to hold water rights to her property
She also was a staunch supporter of education
the bill establishing the Arizona Territorial Normal School — now known as ASU — was passed
historian and ASU Professor Emeritus Christine Marin
Sánchez Sotelo contributed to a $500 donation for her neighbors George and Martha Wilson
in exchange for 20 acres of their land to be used to build the school
her two granddaughters — Anna Manuela Miller and Clara Maria Miller — were among the first Mexican American ASU alumni
“Manuela’s story of strength and power still resonates today,” Marin said
“She is the manifestation of everything that is Latino
ASU has become that standard bearer of higher education for all.”
Reyes Corella had no knowledge of this history or her connection to it until her uncle
pulled out a scrapbook about 10 years ago and told her about Manuela
The two women's lives are strikingly parallel: single mothers
education supporters and both persevered under painful circumstances
“It kind of makes you stand up a little taller and pull your shoulders back,” Reyes Corella said
After receiving a scholarship to study engineering in 1987
Just over six years later, she graduated from ASU with a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the College of Engineering and Science (now the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering)
she earned a master's degree with a focus in industrial engineering
Her education opened doors normally closed to Latinas in the engineering field
she worked at Intel as a supervisor in the early semiconductor production years.
Reyes Corella’s children also succeeded at ASU. Her daughter, Danielle Corella, 36, is an opera singer and professor who studied music at ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts in 2006. Her son, David Callahan, 26, graduated in 2019 from The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and is a psychotherapist practicing in Seattle
While Reyes Corella says she received little to no mentorship during her studies at ASU
the efforts to recruit Latino students and provide resources for them have strengthened throughout the years
Sonia Reyes Corella talks about her connection to Manuela Sanchez Sotelo on an episode of “La Platica.”
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Hispanic/Latino enrollment at ASU has increased by 130% in the past decade. The university is designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution by the Department of Education
a distinction reserved for colleges and universities where over 25% of undergraduates identify as Hispanic/Latino
“ASU has made significant strides over the past decades to enroll more students from Hispanic backgrounds and support them toward their goal of earning a college degree,” said Nancy Gonzales
executive vice president and university provost
the story of Manuela Sánchez Sotelo shows that the contributions that the Hispanic community has made to ASU have been part of the ASU story since our founding
as a first-generation college graduate from ASU and as a Latina myself
I recognize that my own ASU journey was impacted by Manuela Sánchez Sotelo
It brings me great pride to honor her legacy by advancing our ASU Charter commitment of expanding access to all deserving and qualified students
Now that she’s uncovered her rich family roots
Reyes Corella hopes her third great-grandmother’s story inspires other students to dream big and get their education
A lot of people think going to ASU is for rich people or Anglos or that they’re going to feel out of place
but we’ve been here from the beginning,” Reyes Corella said
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Hunter Wildlife Rescue started receiving numerous reports of sick and dead birds on Monday
centred on the suburbs Hamilton and Carrington
The NSW Environment Protection Authority said it was interrogating pesticide misuse as the possible cause of the “serious incident”
based on its observations and advice from local veterinarians
said it was a distressing situation with affected birds exhibiting symptoms such as bleeding
is completely unacceptable and carries heavy penalties,” he said
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Kate Randolph, the acting president of Hunter Wildlife Rescue, described the incident as “extremely confronting” and said volunteers and local vets were doing everything they could to rescue surviving, severely sick birds.
Randolph said affected birds involved large numbers of corellas
as well as a few sulphur-crested cockatoos
Volunteer Kerry Walker said Hunter Wildlife Rescue started receiving numerous reports of sick and dead birds on Monday morning
centred on the suburbs of Hamilton and Carrington
bird deaths had now been reported across multiple Newcastle suburbs
corellas often flocked together in their hundreds in Carrington
the suburb where the highest density of reports were coming from
“They’re usually feeding on the open grass
They love to play around all the boats at the marina
and they’ll perch on the masts and play with all the gear
View image in fullscreenCorellas often flocked together in their hundreds in Carrington, the Newcastle suburb where the highest density of reports were coming from. Photograph: Hunter Wildlife RescueSome birds were still alive, she said, but clearly unwell. “When you approach them they can’t fly, they can barely move.
“They try to spread their wings, and they just literally topple forward.”
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More severe cases were drooling or had bloody diarrhoea. It was distressing for volunteers, she said.
Dr Tania Bishop, a vet with wildlife rescue group Wires, said poisoning was a likely explanation, although whenever a group of animals died, authorities would also be checking for potential diseases and biosecurity risks such as avian influenza.
whether malicious or caused by contamination
But Bishop said there had been a particularly high number of mass wildlife poisonings in the greater Sydney area during the past year
Bishop said the results of toxicology studies identifying potential poisons or toxins could take weeks
She said the incident was a reminder that feeding birds came with risks
which made them more vulnerable to deliberate poisoning
The EPA had already collected samples for testing and was seeking further assistance from the public
“Anyone who thinks they may have information on how the birds have died or on potential pesticides misuse is strongly encouraged to call the EPA on 131 555,” Gordon said
Link IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardPhiladelphia Ballet shines in Angel Corella’s ‘Swan Lake’The prince stumbled
but it made the performance all the more special
Seeing a quick fix in a ballet is like collecting rare stamps
That’s what happened in the third act when Philadelphia Ballet opened Swan Lake
was dancing his variation when his legs seemed not to be working as usual
He skipped or watered down some steps and stumbled at the end
so the drama of the story spilled into real life
» READ MORE: Philadelphia Ballet’s 2025-26 season will include a new ‘Romeo & Juliet’ and a horror ballet
Baca could return to do his turns and to partner Sydney Dolan
who was dancing the dual role of Odette (the white swan) and Odile (the black swan)
fellow principal dancers performing the roles of the Neapolitans
Liang was scheduled to perform as Prince Siegfried on Friday night and Roxander during the Saturday matinee
Once it was clear Baca was not seriously injured
this became a treat for audience members in the know
Seeing a quick fix in a ballet is like collecting rare stamps: It’s a performance to enjoy and remember
» READ MORE: Meet Pennsylvania Ballet rising star Sydney Dolan
Swan Lake is one of the most beloved ballets and it’s easy to see why
presenting row after row of crisp costumes and even crisper lines of synchronized dancing
not ready to settle down with the princesses from many lands his mother presented
under a curse that renders her a swan by night
and when the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart (Arian Molina Soca) sees that Odette
Dolan, who played the dual role of Odette and Odile, joined the second company, then called Pennsylvania Ballet II, at 15 and has grown more assured and lovely over the years
Her swan arms were liquid in the movements and her feet were beautifully arched
All of her movements were solid and believable
She could work more on the acting in the Odile role
Her version is more a puppet of Von Rothbart rather than being evil or devious as some dancers present her
But her Odile should be distinctly different from the sweet
» READ MORE: This Philadelphia institution opened a dance store to fill a void
There is much good dancing throughout the ballet and most of the principal dancers performed on opening night
A person less used to ballet might be confused by the number of divertissements
which are dances that break out of the narrative and do little to move the story along
Corella’s Swan Lake makes the company shine and is a very enjoyable time at the theater
Philadelphia Ballet in “Swan Lake.” Through March 16, Academy of Music. $25-$265.25. 215-893-1999 or ensembleartsphilly.org
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Link IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardPhiladelphia Ballet turns 60
with Angel Corella completing a decade at its helmMuch has changed in the past decade
When Philadelphia Ballet opens its season on Friday with artistic director Angel Corella’s Le Corsaire
it will not just be a curtain raiser for the new season
but will also be the company’s 60th anniversary and Corella’s 10th year as artistic director
who is from Spain and had an illustrious career as a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre and starred with companies all over the world before retiring from the stage
“They really flew,” he said of the years. “I could think like a few days ago it was when I arrived, and a lot has changed since then
But I think that this year sort of represents the past
and the future of who we are and where the company is heading.”
» READ MORE: Pennsylvania Ballet's long line back to Balanchine
which was called Pennsylvania Ballet from its debut in 1963 until 2021
“Philadelphia has an international recognition,” Corella said at the time. “It’s got such a power that we wanted to feel even more attached to the city.”
The company’s founder, Barbara Weisberger, who died in 2020 at age 94
played a critical role in shaping ballet in America
Weisberger was George Balanchine’s first child student and was inspired to establish her own company as part of Balanchine’s broader vision to spread ballet across the U.S
He supported her efforts by offering ballets free of charge and sending dancers to help launch her fledgling troupe
the company was known as a “Balanchine company.”
The next year, he took on Le Corsaire
“It’s really important to keep doing the classics
keep continuing our heritage of Balanchine,” Corella said
“And keep every time that we put something on stage
and keep developing and bringing new audiences to the to the theater.”
But that also means keeping up with the times
What he felt was acceptable in 2017 might need a refresh in 2024
the female protagonist in most versions of Le Corsaire is an enslaved woman
“There’s a lot of controversy about the selling and the trading of the slaves,” Corella said
it is history and it’s a story that unfortunately did happen
and in some places and unfortunately still happens
But the last time [audiences were] a little bit sensitive to that
it is a love story and the woman has free will
“I also tried to make it as lighthearted as possible
It should be about the dancing and about pirates
but it shouldn’t be so intense and so deep.”
The anniversary season will also include Corella’s Swan Lake
“I didn’t want to make it selfish and be about me
I sort of wanted to put ballets together that I was kind of popular for,” he said
He danced in versions of Le Corsaire and Swan Lake that were broadcast on PBS
He is also planning to create a new La Sylphide and a Bolero ballet and is hiring Houston Ballet artistic director Stanton Welch to choreograph a new work
which will include highlights from many of the company’s favorite works
A larger company will make performing easier, he said, as will the long-awaited expansion of their studios
it’s going to be difficult to [implement all my other goals],” Corella said
“but I’m already planning to when the building is finished
to how it’s going to look with the repertoire.”
Philadelphia Ballet in “Le Corsaire.” Oct. 18-26, Academy of Music. $28-$242. 215-893-1999 or ensembleartsphilly.org
Philadelphia Ballet 60th anniversary gala performance. Oct. 25, Academy of Music. $10-$160. 215-893-1999 or ensembleartsphilly.org
Link IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardBeauty and problems persist in Philadelphia Ballet’s ‘Le Corsaire’Artistic director Angel Corella said he was going to remove slavery from the revival of his 2017 ballet
It would help to show the changes but then tell about them
Philadelphia Ballet opened its 60th season Friday night at the Academy of Music with the revival of artistic director Angel Corella’s Le Corsaire
He based the steps on the Marius Petipa classic
having danced variations all over the world
he had distinct preferences he wanted to include
One thing he didn’t change in 2017 was the central story that most ballet companies continue to incorporate
the pirate captain and Medora’s romantic interest
“The last time, [audiences were] a little bit sensitive to that,” Corella said last month
» READ MORE: Can ballet evolve past its problematic plotlines?
First the good: The dancing was top-notch across the board
was that almost supernaturally buoyant ballerina artists aim to be
so quick and precise she seemed to be floating across the stage
It was ballet magic creating that lightness
Nor did she seem to need assistance from Arian Molina Soca
Their partnering was about beautiful dancing rather than necessary support
Corella’s influence was strong in his variation
full of impressive jumps and turns that seemed to go on impossibly long
But this was one of the roles that made me question whether the slavery angle had changed
Is it enough to write in program notes that Ali is a “faithful servant” rather than an enslaved man now
when he is still bowing low to the ground and nothing noticeable has changed on stage
» READ MORE: Corella aims to erase stereotypes from his otherwise familiar ‘La Bayadère’
Medora was previously described as an enslaved woman
and the story is now about her free will and love
She casts off the idea of an arranged marriage to an old pasha in favor of Conrad
This is a case where showing would’ve gone a lot further than telling
and So Jung Shin) were all excellent and entertaining
showing variety in personality and dance styles
But “odalisque” also means enslaved or harem woman and their bikini-topped tutus don’t help change that idea
» READ MORE: Corella’s ‘Bayadère’ for Pennsylvania Ballet has merit, but stereotypes persist
which Philadelphia Ballet recently purchased rather than renting
This would have been a good time to make some changes
especially the lavender tutu (also two-pieced) that Medora wears in Act 2 and the intricate carpets hanging off the buildings
But do they and the harem pants come anywhere close to reality
But the ballet classics were made long before the internet
White men created worlds based on their fairy tale ideas of what real but distant lands must be like
We know better in 2024 and we have people from those countries who live in or visit our community who can be hurt by harmful stereotypes
Philadelphia Ballet in “Le Corsaire.” Through Oct. 26, Academy of Music. $28-$242. 215-893-1999 or ensembleartsphilly.org
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Angel Corella was appointed artistic director of Philadelphia Ballet
the company has built a reputation for combining classical ballet tradition with innovative contemporary performances
Angel takes a moment to reflect on his journey with the company
Debra Danese: Congratulations on your 10th anniversary with the company
What have been some of the highlights for you
Angel Corella: One of the biggest highlights has been bringing incredible choreographers to create new works for the company
We’ve also had the privilege of performing pieces by world-renowned choreographers like Christopher Wheeldon
Taking the company on tour to different cities and countries has been an amazing experience
as well as creating numerous full-length ballets for the company
it’s been particularly rewarding to see the start of construction on our new building
a significant milestone for Philadelphia Ballet
which has been described as a full-circle moment for you
Could you elaborate on what this means to you personally and professionally
AC: The role of Ali in La Corsaire was made famous by ballet legends like Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov
Having the honor of dancing that role after them was a defining moment in my career
to see that history continue with the incredible dancers of Philadelphia Ballet is deeply meaningful to me
DD: What criteria do you use when selecting the programs for a season
AC: There are many factors that go into deciding a season
as well as the availability of choreographers
Equally important is choosing a repertoire that showcases both the technique and artistry of our dancers
My goal is always to create an exciting program that will make the audience eager to come to the theater
DD: What excites you about the next 10 years
AC: I’m incredibly excited about this season’s repertoire
as well as the special gala we have planned for October 25th
It’s a remarkable time as we celebrate not only the start of work on our new state of the art Center for Dance but also 60 years of this incredible organization
DD: What are some of your favorite spots in Philadelphia to spend time at when you’re not working
AC: I love walking around Rittenhouse Square and having lunch at Parc
I also enjoy exploring the charming streets of Old City and shopping at Damari
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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The man who died after a truck and motorcycle collided has been identified
in critical condition near 1700 S State Street just before 6:15 p.m
investigators with the Salt Lake City Police Department determined Corella was traveling south on his motorcycle and crashed with the pickup
which was turning left from State Street to westbound 1700 South
The driver of the truck cooperated with the investigation
The police department said this crash could have been avoided
This crash marks the second traffic-related fatality in Salt Lake City for 2025
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Agriculture Victoria is investigating the apparent poisoning deaths of dozens of birds
An Agriculture Victoria spokesperson said the Conservation Regulator was assisting with the investigation
“An investigation is underway to find the cause of death of over 50 Corellas at the Wimmera River,” they said
“It was reported to Agriculture Victoria by the Horsham Rural City Council.”Article continues below
Corellas are protected under the Wildlife Act 1975
and there are significant penalties for hunting
Horsham Rural City Council reported the discovery of the dead birds to Agriculture Victoria on Tuesday last week
Teams have also removed grain suspected to be poisoned
using vacuum cleaners in grassed areas and covering larger patches to prevent further harm to wildlife
Samples of the grain have been sent for testing to determine the type of poison used
People who find dead birds are asked to not touch or move them
and report clusters of five or more dead or sick birds or wildlife to the Department of Energy
Environment and Climate Action by calling 136 186
Council to request WIFT removal from mining licence area
General Michael Erik Kurilla landed in Israel for a meeting with the IDF Chief of the General Staff
Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi | Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit
When General Michael Kurilla arrives in Israel
it's clear to everyone that the situation is far from simple
has proven himself a true friend and vital asset to Israel over the past year
He was among the first to arrive and understand the broader strategic implications of the Oct
when it seemed that Israel's future hung in the balance
he recommended US President Joe Biden to deploy aircraft carriers and strike units
which spread a regional defense network around Israel during its darkest hour
He was also here for the preparations and coordination in building the regional coalition ahead of Iran's on April 14
when for the first time in the history of the conflict
Iran fired hundreds of missiles and drones toward Israel
immediately after the elimination of Ismail Haniyeh on Iranian soil
in preparation for what in hindsight turned out to be the IDF's preparations for entering Lebanon
General Kurilla then met with IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and visited the Northern Command's operations center
where Major General Ori Gordin presented the IDF's operational plans for Lebanon
against the backdrop of tense anticipation for Israel's response to Iran's latest ballistic missile attack
was laconic in describing the purpose of the visit
The IDF Spokesperson used the standard wording
saying that "General Michael Erik Kurilla conducted a situation assessment with the Chief of Staff," and reported that "the General's visit dealt with the security issues on the agenda
with emphasis on Iran and the northern front," and that "the IDF will continue to deepen its connection with the US military out of commitment to strengthening regional stability and coordination between the armies."
But this concise report hides a great drama behind it
Kurilla arrived in Israel to coordinate the response to the Iranian attack
which included nearly 200 ballistic missiles and caused greater damage compared to the April 14 attack
there was a significant increase in the level of accuracy
with missiles landing near sensitive sites
General Kurilla's mission was even more sensitive and complex than previous rounds of consultations
the American position has been to do everything possible to prevent the expansion of the war in Gaza
This has caused severe friction with the administration surrounding a series of vital actions in Gaza
through demands for massive humanitarian aid
to the fierce debates over entering Rafah and later entering Lebanon
This is despite the vital need to clear the villages of southern Lebanon of Hezbollah forces
to allow the Israeli residents of the north to safely return to their homes
Israel is also operating in Lebanon and is determined to respond forcefully to the ballistic missile attack
The White House agrees that a response must come
but strongly opposes hitting Iran's nuclear or oil facilities
A senior State Department official told CNN this week that Israel has not promised the Biden administration that striking Iranian nuclear facilities is off the table
adding that "we hope and expect to see some wisdom in addition to strength
but there are no guarantees." According to the senior official
"The US has been working for almost a year to prevent the conflict from turning into a larger war
In terms of the possible implications of attacking Iranian oil facilities
The fear of a global economic crisis and a spike in oil prices a month before the presidential elections is the White House's number one nightmare these days
"Israel hasn't decided what to do about the attack yet." According to him
I would think about an alternative to attacking oil facilities
Israel will not make a decision immediately
The main thing right now is to avoid a full-scale war
This is now the main role of General Kurilla
who has already proven himself as a first-rate soldier and diplomat
in mobilizing a regional and international coalition to halt the Iranian attack in April
Saudi Arabia and Jordan then worked together with countries like Britain and France to intercept the missile attack on Israel
he is reminiscent of General Norman Schwarzkopf
fondly remembered from the First Gulf War; he too headed the US Central Command
he was successful in commanding the international coalition forces during the war against Iraq in 1991
the mission that will induct him into the hall of fame of American commanders who influenced history
He participated in the American invasion of Panama in the First Gulf War and also spent time in Bosnia and Afghanistan
His first acquaintance with the Middle East was during the First Gulf War
a combat correspondent who accompanied Kurilla and his team in Mosul
described him in an in-depth article as a revered commander with high military and human standards
also knew how to create a good atmosphere and good relations with the Iraqi authorities
not only to feel the pulse but also to build relationships
during a tour in the narrow alleys of Mosul
his force encountered a car with three al-Qaida terrorists
but continued to manage the battle and shout orders while lying in the alley
Kurilla was evacuated by reinforcements that arrived on the scene and transferred to the hospital
Not far from him laid the wounded terrorist who had shot him
who just two weeks earlier had been released from Abu Ghraib prison in what's known as the revolving door method
What mainly concerned him was that the command might call his wife Paige and alarm her unnecessarily
So he asked for a mobile phone to tell her himself that it was just a superficial wound
If any of this reminds you of a familiar reality in another country where General Kurilla has been spending extra hours in the past year
in which Kurilla learned first-hand about the Middle Eastern reality
certainly helps him understand the challenges facing his current interlocutors in the Kirya (IDF headquarters)
Mosul may have helped Kurilla understand what Defense Minister Yoav Gallant
and the commanders in the field are facing
But this was not enough to bridge the policy gaps between Jerusalem and Washington regarding humanitarian aid in Gaza
the Americans' distrust of the IDF's ability to produce an orderly evacuation of the Gaza population
the war in Gaza has led Israel in recent months to deal with much more complex scenarios with strategic implications far beyond its borders
These are scenarios that the Americans wanted to avoid from the outset
They include opening a wide northern front and uncontrolled deterioration into a regional war
one that requires a revered commander who will deal with much more than the micro-management of a field encounter
And General Kurilla has certainly proven that he has what it takes
he has grown in CENTCOM and reached the position of Chief of Staff
he was chosen by President Biden to take his place
he is responsible for 21 countries in an area stretching from Israel to Pakistan including 600 million people
He spends about half his time at the command headquarters in Tampa
The rest of the time he moves from country to country in his command area
In a congressional hearing ahead of his appointment to the position
Kurilla warned that Iran's military capabilities "are expanding rapidly," in ways that threaten US military bases in the region
The Islamic Republic with its "malign behavior," he said
is the number one destabilizing factor in the Middle East
He warned that Iran and its militia network "exploit instability across the region," and that Iran's goal is to remove American forces from the region
Although Tehran has refrained from escalating to a large conflict
the risk of miscalculation "remains high," the senior general clarified
Despite his clear positions regarding Iran
Kurilla expressed implicit support for renewing the nuclear deal during the hearing
"I support any enforceable agreement that will limit Tehran's ability to obtain a nuclear weapon," he said
he acknowledged that Tehran might use the funds released to it as a result of the sanctions relief to support its proxy forces and produce terrorism beyond its borders
Kurilla returned for another congressional hearing
where he said that Iran remains the main destabilizing factor in the region
we identify rapid progress in Iranian military capability," he said
noting that Iran of 2023 has exponential military capability compared to its capabilities five years ago
Kurilla listed five main points: Iran holds the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the Middle East
with thousands of ballistic missiles and cruise missiles; it also holds the largest and strongest UAV force in the region; Iran's huge proxy forces
spread instability throughout the region and threaten our regional partners; Iran continues to enrich and stockpile uranium far above what is needed for commercial use
and it can enrich uranium much faster than it could even two years ago; and a nuclear-armed Iran would change the Middle East overnight
"Our partners are our nation's comparative advantage over competitors like China and Russia," he said
"While we nurture deep and ongoing partnerships that can serve as a defense against threats in the region while deterring Iran from its most destructive behavior
China sees its partners only as customers." He concluded: "Deterring Iran
If in Mosul Kurilla proved his capabilities as an operative
in his role as CENTCOM commander he took his education as an aeronautical engineer and his personal and interpersonal skills as a manager of large systems and as a diplomat
to weave the quiet regional alliance created under his command between Israel and Egypt
Some of these quiet moves were revealed during Knesset Member Benny Gantz's visit to Bahrain during his tenure as Defense Minister
but one can certainly be impressed by the good and close relationships that have developed between him and the security leadership of Israel
through observing the abundance of photographs even in the era of the previous Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi
and later under the command of Herzi Halevi
including from the last briefing in the Northern Command's operations center
one cannot help but notice the seriousness but also the ease and friendship reflected in the body language of Kurilla and the IDF's top brass
the main contribution of the senior American general to its security is what is called in professional ranks "Kurilla's umbrella," which Israeli citizens were exposed to its enormous advantages first in April
and now during Iran's ballistic missiles attack on the eve of Rosh Hashanah
Kurilla's main contribution as head of CENTCOM is in harnessing technologies and operational capabilities to build a command that maximizes the most sophisticated tools available to it
Leading this technological effort is a young and brilliant woman that Kurilla insisted on bringing to CENTCOM
Skylar Moore serves as CENTCOM's Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Moore taught at a women's boarding school in Kabul
Moore was a senior advisor to the Senate Armed Services Committee
where she dealt with issues such as technology legislation
she made it to Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 list
This is the talented individual that Kurilla insisted on bringing to CENTCOM
The result is the magnificent collaboration of the coalition formed under his command
which includes the most advanced US systems with satellite assistance
and which together with European powers and countries in the region joined twice in a magnificent concert of action to defend the territory of Israel
Now the third time is approaching when Israel may need CENTCOM's capabilities to give Iran a decisive response to its latest attack
but this week it made it clear that its part will only be in defense
and that it opposes attacking Iranian nuclear or oil facilities
This war game holds enormous risks for both Israel and Iran
could be considered a failed attack that could accelerate the Iranian nuclear program
or retroactively create a reality that would lead to some kind of economic agreement between the US and Iran in exchange for "Iranian technological restraint."
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Although researchers of language and communication have become increasingly interested in both embodiment and conflict in recent years
little is known about how elementary students use embodied actions modeled by their teachers as they engage in peer conflicts
focusing on the “quiet coyote” gesture and the “open hand prone” gesture
two emblems commonly used as classroom management strategies in elementary grades
Building on work in language socialization
I propose what I call a gestural socialization perspective for analyzing the nuanced ways the US second-grade children in this study use and socialize one another to use these gestures
multimodal discourse analysis centering on a multiracial group of girls reveals how students' gesture practices draw on their teacher's gestural socialization practices while also diverging from them
These aspects of the participants' appropriations of the “open hand prone” and “quiet coyote” emblems
together with their use of gestural innovations
allow them to take more oppositional stances than those made relevant by the teacher's practices
students take a hands-on approach to starting
and closing peer disputes on their own terms
the study highlights how participants' handling of disputes often subverted a local emphasis on conflict avoidance
and appropriateness and the developmentalist
and standard language ideologies underpinning these norms
The paper closes with a discussion of implications for research and pedagogy
emphasizing the importance of closely attending to the multimodal
and culturally situated nature of conflicts among children and people of all ages
oversimplify the ways (children's) disputes sequentially unfold in particular contexts
The next section situates these contributions within relevant literature and then presents the gestural socialization perspective that guides the study
By contrast with dominant views of children as unruly and incapable of handling conflict
research from various discourse analytic perspectives has painted a more complex picture of children's conflictual interactions
focusing particularly on interactional studies of younger children's multimodal practices in peer conflicts in school settings
I then discuss the theoretical framework for the study in more detail
friendly relationships valued in much of Russian society
the nuances of the embodied actions of children are particularly subject to being overlooked
Much as these authors focus on children's use of recurrent gestures as a way of understanding how they learned to deal with conflicts
the present analysis focuses on emblems recurrently used in the participants' classroom so as to better understand how they learned to engage in peer conflicts
Such gestural moves of disalignment are relevant to the present analysis
which builds on these studies of OHP and on the peer conflict studies discussed above by analyzing participants' multimodal stance-taking practices through the gestural socialization framework that will be discussed in the following section
I turn now to an overview of the ethnographic and discourse analytic approaches to data generation and analysis that guided this study
a middle-class English–Spanish bilingual White woman from the U.S.
ages 7–8 years) at Beachside Elementary School
Beachside is located in a suburban area near a mid-sized California city and serves a racially and linguistically diverse student body
During the 2014–15 school year (the year I generated data for this study)
Room Z roughly reflected the linguistic and ethnoracial demographics of the school as a whole: With regard to language status
nine of Room Z's 21 students were English learners; and with regard to ethnoracial categories
was a well-liked middle-class White woman with over a decade of teaching experience
Such flattening of experience was likewise present in CCSS-era Room Z
Martin's socialization of “academic” communication and conflict negotiation practices
discussed in more detail in the Results section
As is typically the case in ethnographic participant observation, my role in Room Z was a hybrid one. Ms. Martin and her students knew me as one of several adult classroom volunteers (often referred to as “teachers” by Ms. Martin) and also as a researcher interested in academic language, the focus of the larger study for which the data analyzed here were generated (see, e.g., Corella, 2020, 2022)
I engaged in ethnographic participant observation 2–4 days per week throughout the year during language arts and math activities
and at times during other activities (e.g.
Martin with academic tasks and social interactions
while simultaneously generating fieldnotes
collecting copies of student work and other classroom texts
and audio- and video-recording approximately 300 h of classroom interactions and ethnographic interviews
These audio and video recordings—the primary data source for this analysis—were collected through an HD camcorder and a set of two digital audio recorders equipped with lapel microphones worn by two students per day; the day's focal students were chosen based on their own requests to wear the microphones
including the relationships between gestures and peer conflicts in Room Z
It should be noted that despite the focus on female-identified students across the examples
my analytic focus is not on gender-specific practices or norms
a point on which I elaborate in the Discussion section
composed of at least two sequential actions or oppositional stances by two or more parties” (p
I continued deductively coding for OHP and coyote
adding inductive sub-codes capturing more specific observations about particular embodied actions (e.g.
“OHP in peer's face”
and participants' assessments of others' actions (e.g.
The analysis presented in the next section shows how all these aspects of students' practices were central to their socialization to and through the use of gestures for handling peer conflict in Room Z
I present analyses of several interactions in which Brooklyn and her peers socialized one another to use OHP and coyote
as resources for taking a range of affective and deontic stances central to instigating
I begin with a sketch of the teacher's gestural socialization practices related to the two emblems
briefly situating them within the local ethnographic and broader sociocultural context
I then present an in-depth interactional analysis of how Brooklyn and her peers appropriated these gestures for their own purposes
reanalyzing their meanings and forms in ways that shaped and were shaped by their conflicts with one another
(A) The “give me five” OHP gesture and (B) the “quiet coyote” gesture as socialized by the teacher
students often used the two gestures in ways that pushed back against these ideologies of containment
and standard language by creating space for a wider range of evaluations and stances than those made relevant by the teacher's OHP and coyote practices
One indication of both gestures' utility
and salience in Room Z's communicative ecology is their prevalence
I identified 79 tokens of OHP and 30 tokens of quiet coyote produced by students in peer interactions
meaning that on average within the data sampled
one of the two gestures was visible on camera about every 8 min in the classroom
45 tokens (about 57%) occurred in moments of peer conflict
16 tokens (about 53%) occurred in moments of conflict
as became especially clear in moments in which students produced verbal assessments alongside OHP gestures
These verbal assessments included characterizations of peers' behavior as “rude” (as in Example 3 below)
as violating norms not related to academic communication practices (as in Examples 1 and 3)
or as not worth listening to (as in Example 2)
The below examples also highlight other ways students' gestural socialization practices departed from Ms
including with regard to uses of gestural space
and metapragmatic commentary on gestures and stances
all of these aspects of the students' semiotic practices point to the strategic ways they used and socialized one another to use OHP and quiet coyote—as well as other gestures not modeled by Ms
Martin—as resources for co-constructing a range of stances
and investing to varying degrees in these stances
The first example demonstrates how students agentively used OHP and quiet coyote, as well as metagestures and other gestures, to covertly carry out conflicts by conducting them largely in the embodied mode rather than the verbal mode (see also LeMaster, 2020)
This example occurs as the class is about to begin a daily routine involving recording the temperature
Some students have already taken seats on the classroom area rug
which has thick black lines dividing it into 20 squares
each of which was typically occupied by one Room Z student—a material affordance sometimes used by Ms
Martin as a means of socializing students into practices for mitigating or avoiding conflicts
at the beginning of a 3-month period marked by near-daily conflict between Brooklyn
Martin had suggested semi-permanently assigning the four girls rug squares located at a distance from one another by putting tape with each of their names on particular squares
this formal seating assignment system was never actually implemented
Martin instead deciding to leave it to the four students to ensure they kept their distance from one another or otherwise avoided further conflictual interactions with one another
exemplifying how the students had reanalyzed the form and pragmatic meaning of the coyote gesture as a resource for handling conflict
Brooklyn releases the fingers forming the “snout” of the coyote gesture such that her coyote transforms into an OHP; meanwhile
Martin's practices as a resource for negatively assessing others' actions
Brooklyn's shift from a coyote into an OHP can be seen as upgrading her disalignment to a more deontically authoritative
and the coyote–OHP sequence as a whole is relatively marked and thus emphatic
(A) Brooklyn (left) directs a coyote gesture at Noelle (right) while Noelle directs an OHP at her
and Noelle (right) begin a three-way OHP standoff; Sabrina's and Noelle's OHPs are directed toward Brooklyn
and Brooklyn's OHP is directed at the other two students
Example 1: “Order in the court!”
and the two also differ in that Brooklyn uses her metagesture not only to indicate her own OHP but also to point to Noelle and Brooklyn in a rapid sequence in which she first claps her OHP hand
then gestures in a wide arc toward her two peers
“this OHP applies to both of you”
this novel multimodal directive is met with a partial de-escalation in that Noelle and Sabrina release their OHPs (lines 11
Brooklyn does not visibly respond to Madison's and Paula's moves to mitigate the conflict
instead positioning herself as holding onto the conflict by holding her OHP
She does eventually release her OHP when Sabrina verbally evaluates it as unwarranted and looks away from her (lines 17
but she keeps hold of her negative evaluation of Sabrina's actions
verbally rebuking Sabrina about her choice of seat (line 20) and appealing to Ms
In response to being positioned as violating a rule by sitting where she is “not allowed” to sit (likely a reference to the aforementioned adults' rules for the four girls)
Sabrina takes a stance of epistemic authority
positioning herself as more knowledgeable about the specificities of the rules than Brooklyn by using temporal markers (“before”
“right now”) to signal she has registered rule changes that now permit her to sit near Brooklyn but not play with her (lines 25–28)
Brooklyn remains invested in her oppositional stance and in the conversation
prosodically emphasizing the word “sit” as she counters that Sabrina is not allowed to sit or play with her (line 29)
Although this accusation sequence ends at line 29
as evidenced by the fact that Brooklyn performs several more OHP and coyote gestures toward Sabrina in the 10 min following Example 1 and by the fact that 2 weeks later
Brooklyn and Sabrina once again have a dispute about seating
Example 2: “Talk to the hand!”
but with the person who is being discussed (i.e.
Although Brooklyn might have ignored Eric's question or otherwise refused to continue the dispute
implicitly aligning with Eric's stance on the dispute's relevance by answering him (“no”
line 8) and then by offering further details that position Sabrina as the instigator who “just took” the spot Brooklyn was about to take (lines 10
Sabrina's own brief account—uttered with lower volume than Brooklyn's—is that she did not realize Brooklyn was going to sit down (lines 15
By claiming more turns at talk than Sabrina
producing her utterances with higher volume
and negatively evaluating Sabrina's actions through her verbal accusations
and glances at Sabrina (lines 10–13)
Brooklyn takes comparatively high-investment stances that help position her as the aggrieved party
Brooklyn's verbal actions intensify and support an OHP gesture already in progress
Less than a second after producing this verbal utterance
Eric physically and figuratively pivots in this stance-taking act by swinging his OHP palm from Noelle toward Brooklyn (line 24)
thereby ultimately disaligning with both Brooklyn and Noelle through his multimodal directive to close a conversation that he himself re-opened
and the students drop the remaining OHPs and their revisitation of the dispute
This sudden ceding of their local moral order to hers underlines how OHP often had a more overtly conflictual meaning in peer-only interactions compared with interactions in her presence
background) turns toward Sabrina (left) as she performs an OHP-like gesture within a perimeter gesture
The ambiguity of this OHP–perimeter gestural hybrid is an affordance that helps Brooklyn position herself as grasping the relevant academic content while simultaneously and surreptitiously disaligning with Sabrina by reconfiguring the normative meanings of the teacher's OHP practices
Since Sabrina's gaze is directed toward her own lap at this point
it is unclear whether she would have treated the gesture as an OHP had she seen it
as with many embodied and linguistic aspects of the exchange in Example 2
highlights the ways students could gesture simultaneously toward academic concepts and peer interactions
a complexity captured by the final example as well
Example 3: “You can't do that back!”
In Example 3, what begins as a complaint about Natalie's verbal actions (lines 1, 2) quickly comes to encompass Natalie's and Elena's embodied actions (lines 11, 14, 24) as well, with new conflicts emerging (see also Burdelski, 2020a) as the stance objects of the three students' negative evaluations shift and accumulate throughout the interaction
The first stance object constructed as worthy of negative assessment is Natalie's verbal behavior
Even though both Natalie and Elena had been talking prior to line 1
and even though neither of them had been speaking particularly loudly
Natalie is the one with whom Brooklyn initially disaligns by verbally soliciting her attention (line 1) and then directing a coyote gesture at her while frowning and saying “shh!” (line 2)
After holding the coyote gesture for about 5 s
Brooklyn transforms it into an OHP by releasing the fingers forming the coyote's “snout” to perform OHP (lines 2
this coyote–OHP sequence conveys intensification and
together with Brooklyn's frown and verbal imperatives
constitutes a multimodal directive for silence
is met by a change in her peers' gestural stances as Elena and Natalie release their OHPs (lines 20
Brooklyn's framing of her peers' responsive OHPs as illegal is also belied by her own use of OHP as an oppositional response to others' OHPs on multiple other occasions (including in Examples 1 and 2 above)
Perhaps bolstered by the fact that a “teacher” has authorized the use of OHP for disaffiliating with “rude” peers
Brooklyn soon returns to performing OHPs toward her peers (lines 33–37)
shifting her gaze between them and her poem
Brooklyn's OHP beginning in line 33 is the longest OHP phrase in the data analyzed; it lasts ~2 min
extending the conflict and marking her high level of investment in disaligning with Natalie and Elena
at the same time as one of her hands handles the conflict by holding OHP
Brooklyn's other hand handles her classwork by filling out her worksheet
allowing her to take an overall stance that treats the peer conflict and the academic task as equally relevant to the ongoing activity
This paper has investigated how second-grade students used two emblems, OHP and quiet coyote, along with other semiotic resources, to navigate peer conflicts. Through the lens of the gestural socialization perspective described here, I have presented an interactional analysis of students' socialization to and through (Schieffelin and Ochs, 1986) multimodal practices for handling disputes
The analysis highlights both the centrality and the flexibility of the two focal gestures for taking a wider range of stances than those socialized by the teacher's gestural socialization practices
Students often used OHP and coyote not only to pre-empt or mitigate distractions
and to do so in their own ways—especially to instigate (Examples 1 and 3)
and 3) their own conflicts and to monitor and assess others' conflicts (Example 2)
Likewise salient within students' conflicts were other embodied resources
including spontaneously created iconic gestures (e.g.
Example 1; the “perimeter” gesture
Example 2) and gestures indexical of raced and gendered personae (e.g.
finger wag” and “hair twirl” gestures in Example 3)
Another important resource for navigating disputes was metapragmatic commentary of various types
verbal directives accompanying emblems (Examples 1
and verbal references to (presumed or proposed) gestural norms (Example 3)
these resources often served to heighten students' investment in their deontic and oppositional stances
but they also sometimes worked to mitigate them (as in the “hair twirl” in Example 3) and to mediate others' conflicts (as in the “gavel” gesture in Example 1)
the analysis presented here paints a more complex and interactionally situated picture of these young participants' actions
both of these gestures allowed students to visually mark the omnirelevance of (potential) peer conflict without verbally disrupting concurrent academic activities
Given the paucity of research on the role of conventionalized gestures in classroom peer conflicts
future research on students' gestural socialization of these and other embodied resources would shed light on how such affordances of emblems and other gestures shape disputes in other ethnographic settings
Such work might also examine gestural socialization practices in other settings and would thus be useful for further developing the gestural socialization perspective proposed here
she often positioned herself as complying with adults' rules and academic norms
as made especially evident when she verbally solicited adults' attention or gesturally positioned peers as violating (proposed or presumed) rules
By refusing to take their teacher's hands-off approach to conflict and instead persisting in holding onto their OHPs
and the conflicts shaping and shaped by them
Brooklyn and many of her peers subtly pushed back against the logics of efficiency
and standard language emphasized by the CCSS and dominant US culture
many of Brooklyn's and her peers' gestural socialization practices demonstrate how young people can handle academic and social activities simultaneously—a view that is easy to miss without close attention to the nuances of conflict participants' co-constructed multimodal stances
This inseparability of students' social and school lives
epitomized by the peer conflicts that overworked educators may understandably want students to leave on the playground
highlights the importance of anchoring pedagogical approaches to conflict in close observations of children's practices
and it also raises fundamental questions about how people are—and can be—socialized to perceive and achieve conflict in different sociocultural settings
Such questions go hand in hand with examining the sociocultural
and economic conditions that are necessary for supporting lifelong socialization into stances that allow people to engage with all the complex challenges and possibilities of conflict—an especially urgent issue in an era of mounting global tensions and crises
The datasets presented in this article are not readily available because participants did not give consent to share the data. Requests to access the datasets should be directed to MC, bWVnaGFuLmNvcmVsbGFAdWJjLmNh
The studies involving humans were approved by UC Santa Barbara Human Subjects Committee
The studies were conducted in accordance with the local legislation and institutional requirements
Written informed consent for participation in this study was provided by the participants' legal guardians/next of kin
and all the students in Room Z for their participation in the study and all they have taught me
Special thanks go to Jessica Goldstein for anonymizing the images of participants by producing all the line drawings featured in the paper
I would also like to thank Steven Talmy for very helpful feedback on an earlier draft of this paper and the reviewers and editor for all their insights and assistance
I am grateful to research assistants Desiree Basl
and Alex Rubio for their help with logging and coding the data for the larger study
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1. Throughout this paper
I use pseudonyms to obscure participants' identities
2. To protect these participants' identities
I regrettably cannot further specify their ethnoracial or linguistic backgrounds
Other participants' ethnoracial identities are described where doing so does not pose a risk of identification
3. As one reviewer points out
considering OHP's widespread use in other settings and its association with negativity
a question arises about whether students' OHP practices were mobilized from Ms
conclusively determining whether and to what extent students' OHPs were shaped by their teacher's is difficult
OHP tended to be used by students without accompanying speech
students' verbal contextualizations of OHP echoed Ms
using the same emic labels for the gesture; accounting for OHPs to substitute teachers)
The connection between OHP and quiet coyote (a gesture specific to classroom settings)
as exemplified by the innovative coyote–OHP sequences discussed below
likewise highlights the relationship between students' OHPs and Room Z routines
Also important is the prevalence and relatively unmarked status of the gesture in a variety of peer interactions (both collaborative and conflictual)
none of this means that OHP practices in the broader culture did not serve as a resource for students' interactions—indeed
Martin's “give me five” label for the gesture directly indexed gesture practices in other settings—but simply that the teacher's gestural socialization practices also clearly shaped the ways students used and reanalyzed the gesture
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The study of animal behaviour and cognition would not be complete without investigations of wild
free-ranging individuals in their natural environment
direct observations of species living in dense habitats can be challenging
leading many studies to focus on attracting target species to pre-selected
researchers have rarely applied this approach to studying wild psittacines – an avian group of high scientific interest due to their advanced cognitive skills and conservation threats
We developed hoistable feeding platforms and tested their suitability for reliably attracting groups of wild Tanimbar corellas (hereafter: Goffins)
opportunistic feeding generalists well-known for their advanced cognitive skills
we recorded the visitation rates of free-ranging groups at feeding platforms temporarily baited with dry corn
we investigated the effects of several weather-related measures
the temporal distribution of foraging activity
and the effect of conspecific contact calls (playback stimulus)
The results indicate that Goffins accepted the feeding platforms and reliably aggregated within their natural daily foraging bouts
While group size during visitation bouts depended on rainfall and resource abundance
platforms were still regularly visited by fewer
These results provide the first systematic investigation of the temporal distribution and social dynamics of foraging bouts in wild Goffins
This study presents a novel method for reliably attracting wild opportunistic feeding generalist psittacines to a standardised
It provides a suitable approach for observing foraging aggregations and
testing the problem-solving abilities of free-ranging Goffins in their natural habitat
Considering these large ranges and the datedness of these results
a reassessment is needed to establish the current population trends of this remarkable species
Potentially complex behaviours of other psittacine species might likely face similar detection limitations
establishing a setup that can reliably attract wild individuals to a specific
secure (beyond the reach of local villagers)
and monitored location is crucial for future detailed investigation of behaviours under natural
we expected that contact calls at the platforms might increase the detectability of these novel feeding sites and visitation rates
and the abandoned field becomes overgrown (fallow phase) with either shrub or alang-alang (Imperata cylindrica) grasses
We established a research station on an old field bordering the forest (7°48′59.3′′S
131°22′41.2′′E) with the permission and collaboration of local indigenous farmers from Lorulun village and the local government
Old logging routes and paths used by local hunters provide access to the primary and secondary forest
whereas the main road provides access to the station
Figure 1 Feeding platforms at the field site
(A) Overview and orthographic map of the study site based on aerial imagery within a radius of approximately 2km around the research station (indicated by the house symbol; red crosses indicate established feeding platforms)
(B) The hoistable feeding platform system with long side perches and a camera holder on top of the feeding platform
1m) were attached at each side of the wooden cross to provide natural perching locations
A scaffold (1.8m high) made from 1” PVC pipes (Ø 2.5cm) served as a holder for motion-detection cameras
It did not obscure the visibility of the food on the platform to passing Goffins
it hinders reproductive success by negatively impacting egg hatching
Considering a conservative average Goffin group size of 10 individuals
the daily corn consumption of a group could equate to up to 1.2kg
the amount of corn provided on the feeding platforms was considerably less (1kg over 10 days) than what Goffins would typically consume
Once corn was placed on the feeding platforms (first baiting; Day 0)
individuals could freely visit the platforms for 10 days
a second baiting was conducted with 1kg of corn
followed by a further 10 days of free access
All platforms were baited on different days to allow for potential maintenance (e.g.
replacing damaged branches or feeding plates)
One device was attached to the camera holder of each platform
providing an overhead view of the plastic feeding plate
Cameras were configured to take three images at medium image size and use a no-glow flash setting adjusted for fast motion illumination in low-light conditions
Intervals between image bouts were set to 3 minutes
Weather data were recorded every five minutes by a weather station (Sainlogic WS3500) installed at the research station
These data comprised temperature (°C)
The weather station provided detailed reports at 5-minute intervals in April 2022 and March–April 2023
We pseudo-randomly assigned half of our feeding platforms to receive a playback session in the morning of Day 1 after the first baiting and the other half to receive a playback on Day 1 after the second baiting
The playback setup included a camouflaged wireless speaker (JBL Charge 5) concealed on trees or shrubs within 10m proximity to a feeding platform and researchers (B.M
& M.O.) positioned in a camouflaged hide (approx
Materials used to construct the hide included a paracord
The hide was constructed the day before the playback session
whereas the speaker was placed in a camouflage-patterned string bag and positioned in the early morning (1h before sunrise) on the day of the playback session
The playback stimulus consisted of a 19-second sample of loud calls (recorded from a close distance with a directional Sennheiser ME66 microphone and a Tascam DR-44WL handheld audio recorder) produced by a Goffin flock foraging on a cornfield while a second flock was approaching (for the audio file
The sample included multiple loud calls from different individuals
Post-hoc measurements of sound pressure levels from the speaker (measured with a dBMeter phone application) revealed an average of 86.6dB and a maximum of 92.3dB at a 3m distance
broadcasted once whenever a Goffin was spotted within approximately 100m of the platform or heard nearby unless another individual was already present within a 100m radius
the playback stimulus was broadcasted once every half hour between 06:00 and 08:00
except when individuals were already present in the feeding platform area
Playback broadcasts conducted at each feeding platform could not be heard at the locations of nearby platforms due to the distance and dense vegetation
we created another z-composite image to create a mask showing only the feeding plate and applied this mask to the entire image stack
the number of individuals in each image (within the visible unmasked area of the feeding plate) was counted manually using the ‘Cell Counter’ plug-in
As several weather measures were highly correlated (Supplementary Figure 1)
we employed a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to generate a composite score of recurring daily weather measures: temperature
The first principal component (PC1) of our PCA
based on a correlation matrix of the weather measures
explained 88.43% of the variance in the data
This component was strongly negatively correlated with humidity (-0.48) and positively related to temperature (0.51)
This method revealed a good stability for the conditional (truncated Poisson) model and moderate stability for the zero-inflated (binomial) model (for more details
In order to check for collinearity among the predictors, we determined the Variance Inflation Factor (VIF) based on a standard linear model, lacking random effects (Field, 2005)
the analysis revealed moderate collinearity of daily variation in Goffin visits and the composite intrinsic daily weather variation (PC1; maximum VIF: 5.416)
all further predictors showed little signs of collinearity (maximum VIF: 1.661)
The dispersion parameter was calculated according to the suggestions in the ‘glmmTMB’-vignette and tested with the ‘check_overdispersion’ function of the ‘performance’ package
The data analysed for this model comprised a total of 7850 observations at eight feeding platforms
with two daily foraging bouts over a period of 20 days
Table 1 Results of the employed hurdle model with the conditional (truncated Poisson) and zero-inflated (binomial) parts; estimates are provided with standard errors
Figure 2 Number of all images taken by motion-detection cameras pooled over the course of one day as density plots; the size of dots indicates the number of images available per minute of the day; blue indicates images with at least one (or more) individuals present in the image
whereas red represents images without any Goffins
Figure 3 Proportion of general visits to platforms as a function of the principal component for daily weather variation; higher values of PC1 correlate to a higher temperature and light intensity
whereas they simultaneously correlate with lower humidity; the black line depicts the fitted model
and shaded areas represent 95% confidence intervals of model estimates based on 1000 bootstraps; the size of the dots indicates the number of images recorded at the same specific value for PC1
as all of the measures are correlated with each other and load strongly on PC1
it is not possible to pinpoint one single factor (sunlight intensity
or humidity) as driving or limiting the number of individuals visiting the platforms
Figure 4 Numbers of individuals feeding per day in relation to daily weather variation
(A) The black line depicts the fitted model
(B) Descriptive representation of the distribution of the number of individuals feeding at platforms as a function of time of day in hours; to show the contribution of daily weather variation
smoothed lines represent different recorded weather measures; the corresponding axes are colour-coded
Figure 5 Number of individuals visiting platforms as a function of (A) rainfall measured as mm/h and (B) days since last baiting as an approximation of resource depletion; for both graphs
and shaded areas represent 95% confidence intervals of model estimates based on 1000 bootstraps; size of the dots indicates number of images recorded at the same specific value for PC1
Table 2 Estimated standard deviations for the contribution of the random effects and residual standard deviation from the employed hurdle model
Due to the high correlation between time of day
it is not possible to pinpoint a single environmental factor responsible for influencing the Goffins’ behaviour
leading to only resident Goffins visiting the feeding platforms
as we currently lack individual recognition (limited individual distinction relied on visible body differences
personal observations) and movement data on this species
it is important to note that the study period coincided with the dry season and that larger variation in rainfall could lead to different foraging activity patterns
the clear visibility of corn on the feeding platforms could have served as a sufficient stimulus to attract Goffins
as these foraging locations were potentially already known to the locally residing Goffins
playback may have been ineffective in attracting additional individuals to these locations
Feeding platforms that can reliably attract wild psittacines offer multiple advantages for research in their natural habitat
and potential risks should be carefully considered and evaluated
at least some psittacines seem to regulate the intake of specific dietary nutrients by managing the proportional consumption of different types of food in their diet (e.g.
high-energy anthropogenic crops vs high-protein native seeds)
Experimental setups on the feeding platforms can be used to assess the ecological validity of cognitive findings from captivity in a free-ranging environment
field aviaries provide an opportunity for more controlled setups
as well as motivation to explore experimental tasks
Feeding platforms could also be used in behavioural research laboratory facilities that house groups of psittacines to allow a standardised
direct comparison between the behaviours and cognitive skills of captive and wild populations
potential ethical considerations should be thoroughly evaluated on a species-by-species basis to assess the feasibility and potential benefits of implementing feeding platforms
We hope to stimulate field research on wild
free-ranging psittacines in their natural environments and consider the presented approach a promising platform for unveiling behavioural and cognitive treasures hidden in the dense tropical forest
The datasets presented in this study can be found in online repositories. The names of the repository/repositories and accession number(s) can be found below: https://github.com/Mark-OHara/Goffin_visitation_rates_on_platforms
Our research plans were reviewed and approved (Ref No.: 047/KE.02/SK/9/2022) by the Animal Research Ethics Committee of the Indonesian National Research and Innovation Agency (NRIA)
and all our research activities were following the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry Regulation No
The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research
This research was funded in whole by the Messerli Foundation and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) grants awarded to MO (FWF project: J4169) and AA (FWF START project: Y01309)
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest
The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1275949/full#supplementary-material
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Corellas often damage farms and orchards but authorities say misuse of pesticides to poison birds carries heavy penalties
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Hundreds of corellas have been discovered either dead or in a critical state in New South Wales, Australia, in what is suspected to be a mass poisoning
Dozens of distressed birds were seen falling out of trees on Monday, the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority said as they launched an investigation. The affected birds were in the Newcastle, Carrington and Hamilton areas
with more than 60 euthanised by a local vet
There are fears that more birds may be affected in the coming days
often come into conflict with farmers as they cause significant damage to farms
the Environment Protection Authority’s executive director of regulatory operations
described the situation as “distressing” and said the corellas also suffered from paralysis and an inability to fly
“The misuse of pesticides
Hunter Wildlife Rescue said that the incident was likely the result of poisoning
We are getting calls from members of the public who are finding them in their front yards
they are being found on ovals,” the rescue organisation’s head
Dr Tania Bishop, a vet with Australia’s largest wildlife rescue organisation Wires also said that mass poisoning was a likely explanation
she told the Guardian that toxicology results identifying potential poisons could take weeks
“Testing will include ruling out bird flu and inspecting impacted locations for evidence of potential pesticide misuse,” the Environment Protection Authority said
“We’re also contacting several vets across the Newcastle area to confirm the numbers of sick and dead birds
A practitioner at the Hamilton Veterinary Clinic told the Newcastle Herald he had never seen anything like this in his 13 years there
“They spread their wings and look at you as if to say help me
The incident has caused outrage in the community. “This is absolutely disgusting! These creatures are our Native Australian birds and have as much right as we do to this earth
We are here to protect them,” one resident posted on Facebook
“I hope the perpetrators are caught and held accountable and rot!”
Another wrote: “What sick human would do this.”
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported in 2023 that farmers in Victoria were using eagles and falcons to deter corellas and other nuisance birds in a humane, non-lethal way to protect their crops. The trained raptors would fly over the affected areas, scaring the corellas without attacking them.
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Evans Head boat owner Peter Hayes tells the story of how a corella was caught up in a fishing line on an overhead power line.
“The event unfolded last Friday evening when another boat owner noticed a bird hanging and struggling upside down on the powerline and he alerted me.
It was already getting dark and there was no response from Wires or the utility numbers we called.
On Saturday morning at 7am, two boat owners, me and one other, investigated using an owner’s ute to stand high on rubber tyres, wearing rubber gloves, with a 3 metre boathook to see if we could capture the hanging bird while it was well below the power line.
Every time we tried, it got itself back up on the powerline, it was way too dangerous so we backed off.
Marine Rescue were there and told us to call the local fire brigade who told us to call triple zero who told us to call Wires who then called the utility.
Meanwhile, Wires and Byron Wildlife Hospital volunteers responded to my direct calls and messages (I had these from a previous rescue of a black swan with a fishing hook in its neck which sadly died after capture) and Wires central called Evans Wires volunteers. They turned up on site at about 9am.
The utility response team then contacted the Wires volunteer on site and sent a truck with a ladder.
Of course, that wasn’t going to get six metres into the air over the rock wall.
So, they called for a cherry picker from Ballina which turned out was not working.
They then called in a cherry picker from Byron that arrived not long after 11am.
The utility worker retrieved the corella and removed the fishing line from that stretch of the power line.
The volunteers checked the bird and amazingly, found it to be not injured.
This was because the thin fishing line had twisted into a thicker braid while it was hanging and spinning under the power line. The fishing line had wrapped around the corella’s neck and chest above its wings. It did not cut into the bird and it was able to survive the night perched on the line, periodically falling off and recovering.
Since Friday, the parent corellas and the flock remained present. During the rescue, the parents stayed close to the juvenile.
It was a team effort, if the boat owners hadn’t sounded the alarm, the bird would have died a horrible death, observed by scores of walkers, children, fishos passing by.
The utility did an excellent job in responding. The Wires and wildlife hospital volunteers were on hand when needed to handle the bird professionally.
My guess is that the direct cost for the utility workers and trucks was on the order of $1000, plus about 10 hours of volunteer labor by owners, Wires, and wildlife hospital volunteers.
So those who leave their fishing line on power lines are not only setting up birds for a horrific and cruel death but also impose a substantial cost on the community.
Yes, an airgun could have put the bird out of its misery for almost nothing.
But is that the kind of species humanity wants to be – carelessly killing birds that do little or no harm, provide us with much joy, and provide many ecological services?”
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"An investigation is underway to find the cause of death of over 50 corellas at the Wimmera River, which were reported to Agriculture Victoria by the Horsham Rural City Council," the Ag Vic spokesperson said.
"The Conservation Regulator is assisting with the investigation."
The bulk of the deaths have occured around the Wimmera River precinct, with isolated reports in other nearby areas.
One of the potential causes of death being investigated is poisoning via agricultural chemicals, either deliberately or accidentally.
There have been anecdotal reports from Horsham residents who claim to have found grain sprinkled near where the dead birds were found, which could potentially have been poisoned bait.
In other cases of mass deaths of corellas, such as one at Newcastle in NSW earlier in the year, grain protection products such as fenitrothion were responsible, while other commonly available ag chem products, such as mouse bait, can also be toxic to native birds.
Ag Vic noted that as a protected species anyone found guilty of deliberately poisoning the birds would incur a significant penalty, including potential incarceration.
With the potential of poisoning still in play the public have been warned by Ag Vic not to touch dead or sick birds should they find, but instead report clusters of five or more dead birdsto Ag Vic by calling 136 186.
Corellas, while protected, are found in large numbers throughout inland Victoria.
They are a source of frustration among some residents due to their damaging feeding habits, which can destroy green spaces, such as sporting facilities.
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Little corellas are white cockatoos native to Australia and southern New Guinea.
Due to dry South Australian conditions, these birds are causing chaos from Kingscote on Kangaroo Island to the Lower Murray, impacting people and the environment.
Younghusband resident, Dallas Wilsden said to Rory McClaren, "These corellas have destroyed a gum tree in a few hours".
A little corella sits on a branch in Kingscote.(Caroline Horn, ABC)
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He is the son of William and Judy Kelly Corella
He is preceded in death by one brother Douglas
Fudgie was a porter at UPS and worked at Strobel Construction for many years
He loved the outdoors especially camping and hiking
Fudgie also loved doing home construction projects and spending time with his family and friends
2001; son Noah and daughter Shae both at home; two brothers Marc (Debbie) Corella of Wintersville and Billy (Michelle) Corella of Steubenville; mother in law Shirley Huber; brother in laws Art
George and Ray (Janniene); many nieces and nephews
Also his canine companions Gunnar and Libby
Visitation will be held Friday from 2 pm until time of services 5 pm at the Mosti Funeral Home
Memorial donations may be made to the Jefferson County Humane Society
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including three undocumented Mexican nationals
face multiple state felony drug charges for their alleged roles operating a Southern Arizona drug stash house
following a joint enforcement effort July 11 by U.S
Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
Border Patrol and the Sierra Vista Police Department
Authorities seized nearly two tons of marijuana during the bust
The following individuals were arrested and are pending prosecution in Cochise County Superior Court:
During the course of an ongoing drug smuggling investigation
HSI Douglas special agents developed information about a possible drug stash house located in Whetstone
Agents initiated surveillance on the property and observed a pickup truck towing a flatbed trailer pull up to the house
several individuals were seen loading it with bales of marijuana
HSI special agents followed the truck into nearby Sierra Vista
He was pursued by police officers while an additional patrol car continued following the truck
Police stopped the truck for a traffic violation and discovered more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana bundled and partially covered in the trailer
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The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has launched an investigation into the suspected mass poisoning of hundreds of birds across Newcastle
the state agency is calling on residents’ help
after native corellas were discovered in several suburbs
The EPA received initial reports on Monday 17 March of 14 sick and dead birds in Hamilton
the number had escalated to hundreds throughout Carrington and surrounding areas
It’s understood the EPA is looking into pesticide misuse as the possible cause based on EPA observations and advice from local veterinarians
“This is a serious incident… and any assistance from the public could be critical to our investigation,” executive director of regulatory operations Jason Gordon said
“This is a very distressing situation for everyone involved
particularly the wildlife carers and residents who are finding and collecting the birds as well as the vets who are treating them
“The corellas are exhibiting symptoms such as bleeding
we believe veterinary clinics across Newcastle have reported more than 200 bird deaths
“We have collected samples for testing and our officers will be visiting all sites where sick or dead birds have been found over the coming days
“Anyone who thinks they may have information on how the corellas have died or on potential pesticides misuse is strongly encouraged to phone the EPA on 131 555.”
Mr Gordon emphasised the importance of the matter
it is essential to follow label directions and be mindful of the surrounding environment and wildlife
“Volunteers from Hunter Wildlife Rescue and WIRES
have been assisting in the response and transporting sick birds to veterinary clinics
residents should avoid handling affected wildlife
“The negligent use of pesticides in a manner that harms any non-target animal
can attract penalties of up to $500,000 for an individual and $2,000,000 for a corporation.”
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Corella chat to us about their emotive
visuals for powerful indie rock single ,‘Come Around’
survival and finding freedom from being pigeon-holed
Where was the video for 'Come Around' filmed?It was filmed in Grimsby and parts of Manchester!How does the video connect with the song
The video represents a young boy running from a tough situation at home and finding happiness in an escape
It relates to the bigger picture painted by the song which is generally about escapism and having freedom from being put in any kind of ‘box’.Can you tell us about the ideas/ themes/ imagery used?We didn’t want to have another video of us playing
it needed a story to help portray the ideas behind the songs lyrics
so we came up with the idea of a young boy in a rough area
There’s nothing flashy or fancy about the video
it’s very raw and matches the sonics of the track.What do you hope people take away from watching the video?We hope people would watch the video and relate it to their own lives
How can we as individuals escape our own ‘boxes’ which we are so easily put in.Interview by Karla Harris
Davao del Norte Mayor Jorjan Federiso asked for residents’ full cooperation and understanding following her executive order installing a curfew and checkpoint in the municipality
the mayor said she needed to address the successive shooting incidents that killed at least three persons and injured another
She vowed to bring justice to the victims and ensure the public’s safety
Federiso apologized to her constituents for whatever convenience the checkpoint may cause
explaining it was in the residents’ best interest
The local chief executive said she already instructed the New Corella police to investigate thoroughly and resolve the three incidents as soon as possible
She added that the police are still trying to identify the suspects of the three recent shooting incidents in Barangay Del Pilar and Barangay Mesaoy
three shooting incidents reported in November left an ambulance crew
Okie Recto was shot dead on November 3 in Mesaoy
Marcelino Tinapay was killed on November 10 in Del Pilar
and Nestor Silayan Matuco died on November 12 at his residence also in Del Pilar
survived the shooting and is still under treatment at the Davao Regional Medical Center
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Corella have solidified their craft to deliver an anthemic
Corella have delivered their feel-good LP debut at a perfect time
This is a record that feels like it’s built for soundtracking summer
debut albums can feature tracks which feel like it’s been released with an invisible shackle of fear bestowed upon it
But ‘Once Upon A Weekend’ just has the feel of four friends having fun and creating the music that they want to create
The indie quartet who all met at music university BIMM have never looked back
and have spent a considerable amount of time patiently releasing singles and EP’s in the build-up for this release
If you asked an AI to play summer-soaked indie anthems
then this record would probably tick all the boxes
Virtually every track contains anthemic introductions
And it’s the choruses which sums up this record and Corella’s progress so far
Each track has different arrangements of choruses
This comes from Corella’s level of patience to work on their craft demonstrated in the band's early days
this record depicts honesty from the group
They take their own experiences of growing up and finding their way as young men with clever wordplay
‘Drifting’ is about growing up but looking at the experience through an older man’s eyes
which must be tough to write about when putting yourself in that scenario as a lyricist
Other stand out tracks are ‘I Didn’t Know Your Name’ which is a big sounding track
with the lead guitar following the vocal melody in the intro and counter-acting it in the verses and pre-chorus
There’s genuine emotion which can be depicted through the delivery of the vocals
‘Head Underwater’ demonstrates the bands heavier side
with a vocal melody that grabs the listeners attention through fast delivery
There is some variation with a couple of acoustic tracks on the album
‘Hometown’ is sure to be a sing-along moment at Corella gigs
with a song discussing the sadness of moving away and missing where you’re from
which might be a reference to the band moving to university
which is sure to hit home with student fans of the group
‘Rock The Boat’ is the other acoustic number
The song features a soft picking-pattern acoustic with a light bellowing drum and lead guitar dropping in and out of the instrumentation when different sections of the song's structure are reached
This record will be a welcome addition to Manchester’s indie debutantes
The band have a very exciting summer planned
with a headline tour that kicks off this month
and a very exciting appearance planned on the main stage at Reading And Leeds Festival
Much like this album's summer-soaked sound
This week's Band of the Week is Brighton quartet Slung - who have just released their debut album 'In Ways' via Fat Dracula
An epic reprise from the indie rock collectives’ first in five years with the scholars - an ambitious nine-track rock opera magnum opus
Sextile blend synth and punk together on their latest record in a way that has never looked – or sounded more fun
creating music that’s impossible not to dance to
Blondshell’s second record If You Asked For A Picture is a triumph
Toronto's very own soul star delight Tanika Charles shares the video for new track 'Talk To Me Nice' - the third single to taken from her upcoming album 'Reasons To Stay'
Cardiff rock band HIMALAYAS have just released the new album 'Bad Stars' - an impressive explosion of sound
The post-punk psychedelic powerhouse group that is Squid spun the heads off of the crowd lucky enough to see them perform at Camden’s Roundhouse
Dreampop outfit Portland make their return with soaring alternative pop release ‘Lay Me Down’ which hits just about as hard as our first introduction to the band; single ‘Lucky Clover’
A love letter to the city they now call home
‘Glasgow Love Story’ is the stunning new album from Scotland’s Tide Lines.
Incubus took it back to the 00s on Saturday night in London with a stellar show full of nostalgic rock
turntable scratching and several unexpected covers
American rockers Halestorm release new cinematic rock anthem ‘Darkness Always Wins’
This week's Band of the Week is American punk-rock band Heart Attack Man - who have just released their new album 'Joy Ride The Pale Horse'
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Retail Week spoke with eBay’s general manager of global luxury
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Mari Corella has been at eBay for three-and-a-half years
Starting off overseeing the US apparel business
she dabbled in refurbished electronics and home before rejoining the fashion team as the lead of global luxury earlier this year
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Judy M. Corella, a beacon of love and generosity, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at the Carriage Inn of Steubenville. Born on July 27, 1941, in Steubenville to the late Donald and Jeanette Bickerstaff Kelly. Judy's warm smile and friendly demeanor touched the hearts of all who knew her throughout her 82 years.
Judy's brother, Robert Kelly, will remember her as a sister who was always there with a listening ear and a compassionate heart. She is preceded in death by her brother Donald Kelly, whose memories remain a cherished part of her story.
Also left to cherish her memory are seven grandchildren, Krissi (Jonathan), Justin, Briana, D.J., Noah, Tyler, Shae, one great grandchild Chole with another on the way.
Judy's dedication to her work was evident in her 30-year tenure as a Division Manager at Sears Department Store. Her work ethic and leadership left a lasting impact on her colleagues and the many people she mentored over the years.
Judy was a member of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic and her life was marked by her loving nature, generosity, and the friendly spirit that made her a cherished friend and neighbor.
Judy's legacy is one of love and kindness and her memory will live on in the hearts of those she touched, and her spirit will continue to inspire those who were fortunate enough to have known her.
Visitation for Judy will be held on Wednesday from 3-6 pm at the Mosti Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, 4435 Sunset Blvd., Steubenville. A funeral liturgy with Mass will be held Thursday at 10 am at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Fr. Michael Gossett will celebrate. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Steubenville Catholic Central High School, American Diabetes Association or the American Cancer Society.
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Two of New Zealand’s hottest bands, L.A.B. and Corrella, have teamed up to record the official song for Te Matatini 2025.
We Belong emphasises the collective strength and spiritual unity represented by the event and the host New Plymouth iwi.
Te Matatini, the biennial national kapa haka festival, is the largest celebration of Māori performing arts excellence and We Belong is the event’s theme song.
Featuring vocals led by Joel Shadbolt (L.A.B.) and Pipiwharauroa and Ngawaiwera Campbell (Corrella), the waiata embraces the unity and togetherness Te Matatini brings.
Pipiwharauroa Campbell – (Pipi) (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti He, Ngāti Pukenga) from Corrella – told the Herald kapa haka was in his whānau blood line.
“Kapa haka was a staple for myself growing up. Unlike my sisters, who have stood many times on the stage, I have yet to stand on the big stage of Te Matatini. One day I do hope to when life settles down,” he said.
“Also there’s a sense that when they hear that Te Matatini is coming along, whether it’s this year or the next, they feel like, ‘Hey, this is a place I belong to!’ Oh, and they actually enjoy the song, haha.”
Campbell said he hopes to attend Te Matatini 2025.
“I hope to catch the opening and maybe day one but after that we will be heading over the ditch as part of the L.A.B. Australian tour. But I will definitely be watching.”
As the song is recorded mainly in English, Campbell hopes it will have more appeal to non-Māori speaking whānau.
“It was intentional as Te Matatini wanted to capture a wider audience, so in many ways this song is a little bit different to other Matatini songs with it being predominantly in English,” he said.
“Even though we have the utmost respect for the Māori language, this was to convey that even if you don’t speak te reo Māori, you still belong here at Te Matatini.
“This song was written as a dedication to Te Matatini and belongs to everyone here in Aotearoa New Zealand and abroad.
“It touches on the stories we tell using kapa haka and the feeling you get from watching and being at Te Matatini, and we ask that all come and share in this.
“We also pay homage to where Te Matatini is being held this year – under Taranaki Maunga. Te Kāhui Maunga, kāhui tupua, kāhui wairua.”
“We went into the studio in September to work on the waiata, and working with the Corrella team was an awesome experience. We really wanted to capture the vibe and unity that Te Matatini brings to Aotearoa, and We Belong is the result.
“Te Matatini is something that we as New Zealanders are incredibly proud of, and hopefully this waiata can help bring a taste of Te Matatini to people across Aotearoa and the world.”
Tā Herewini (Sir Selwyn) Parata, the chair of Te Matatini, says: “It’s exciting to have Corrella and L.A.B. collaborate on the official waiata for Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga, He Kāhui Tupua, He Kāhui Wairua 2025.
“The waiata We Belong is about kotahitanga (unity) and champions a place for us all in Aotearoa, including a place for te reo Māori and traditional Māori performing arts. Te Matatini is where we belong.”
Wharehoka Wano will lead Te Tōpuni Ngārahu, a body representing the region's eight iwi.
The plane in which Cuban Glenda Corella Cespedes was flying from Toronto
five immigration officers entered the aircraft
“Everyone can get off the plane except Glenda Corella Cespedes!” They asked for her passport
“The Cuban passport too,” the officer told her
Glenda had landed in Cuba to visit her family but was prevented from getting off the plane and was immediately sent back to Canada
Unlike other Cubans who have not even been able to board a flight to the island
Corella had not been notified of the entry ban into national territory
Since 2012 Corella Cespedes has resided in Canada
after having waited eight years for the Ministry of Public Health to release her and be able to leave Cuba
She had worked as a nurse while still in Cuba
The immigration authorities offered no explanation
According to Glenda Corella in an interview with EL TOQUE
the pilot asked the agents why they did not notify Glenda of the decision 72 hours in advance
a protocol followed by nations such as China and Vietnam
The explanation was that Glenda had not filled out the immigration form within the required timeframe beforehand
“It was only now that we were told you would not be allowed in,” the immigration agents said
The document denying entry that Glenda was given was signed by the head of Immigration at the Holguín airport
but without a correct name (an arbitrariness since it is an official notification)
she returned frequently to visit her family
In her luggage she carried medicines and supplies for the treatment of the disease
The systemic crisis afflicting the country has greatly affected the health system
one of the main pillars that the Cuban Government used to highlight proudly in the international arena
Glenda has denounced on social media the deficiencies and impoverishment of Cuban health
After starting to make critical posts on her Facebook page
posts from a fake profile began threatening her to keep quiet
“We know you”; “your Facebook is monitored”; “don’t continue”; “your sanction is two years
but if you keep sharing things on your Facebook wall it will be for life”; “Think of your mom who is in Cuba.” They also addressed her friends and followers and told them not to comment or talk because there would also be consequences for them
Among the usual practices of State Security agents to silence citizens opposed to power are threats
The anonymous threats made to Glenda materialized when she landed in Cuba
“My parents and I are devastated because we believed that we were going to see each other
I will continue denouncing the abuses and outrages
Denouncing is an obligation for both those inside and outside
We can’t be afraid to express what we feel.”
The obsession with stifling any type of dissent has led the Cuban government to violate international conventions such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
which states in Article 9 that “no one may be arbitrarily detained
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights argues that no one may be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter his or her own country; while the American Convention on Human Rights establishes in Article 5 that “no one may be expelled from the territory of the State of which he is a national or deprived of the right to enter it.”
but one still employed by totalitarian regimes
A recent example occurred in Nicaragua when Daniel Ortega’s regime banished more than 200 political prisoners to the United States
declared them traitors to the homeland and stripped them of their nationality
Among the cases of Cubans exiled in the last decade are that of Professor Omara Ruiz Urquiola
who has been banned on four occasions from entering the country to reunite with her mother; that of art historian Anamely Ramos; and that of other professional journalists such as Carlos Manuel Alvarez and Karla M
Perez (who ended up stranded at the Panama airport after an official notified her that she could not enter Cuba)
The Cuban powers that be not only punish well-known figures from the opposition
The barrier to enter Cuba is justified by a Law which denies entry to any person who organizes
carries out or participates in hostile actions against the political
It also prohibits entry to any person when reasons of defense and national security recommends so
Cuban jurist Eloy Viera warns that an analysis focused exclusively on what Law establishes forgets that the regulations must comply with an ideal of justice
or at least must incline towards its pursuit: “There is no justice or inclination towards its pursuit in a law that legitimizes the violation of human rights
There is no justice in a law that serves only to deepen the absolute power of a state no matter what its citizens suffer along the way
peaceful civil disobedience can be established as a valid political act of citizenship,” he explains
Cuban law recognizes banishment as an accessory sanction
which implies that there must be a decision of a court that is accompanied by a main sanction that can be imprisonment or a fine
it is essential that the person has been tried
There has been no prosecution in Glenda’s case or those that have preceded her
The Cuban government has repeatedly refused to legally respond to its human rights violations
particularly those linked to politically motivated bans on nationals entering the country
several Cuban human rights organizations and activists participated in a public hearing entitled Right to the Movement of Persons in Cuba
as part of the activities of the 186th Period of Sessions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Glenda’s case does not appear to be the last
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and influencers while pressuring them to go into exile from which there is no return
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The Department of Finance through its Bureau of Local Government Finance on Tuesday released a report
acknowledging the municipality of New Corella in Davao del Norte as a first-class municipality
The recognition was based on its income classification in the province as mandated in Republic Act No 11964 also known as Automatic Income Classification of Local Government Units Act
New Corella was previously classified as 4th Class Municipality in 1992
It eventually moved upwards in its classification from 1995 to 2024
Municipal Mayor Jorjan Monet Baker Federiso applauded this progress saying her administration will not achieve this goal without the cooperation and support of the residents of New Corella
their commitment and contribution has paid and brought us to where we are now
We’ve been working hard to achieve this goal and together we turned our dream into reality,” Federiso said
She also thanked the BGLF for acknowledging New Corella as a first-class municipality
She said the recognition brought not only honor to the municipality
but also served as a challenge to sustain the prestige by continuing good governance
The Mayor is seeking re-election in May and vows to continue delivering quality services and good programs that will benefit New Corellahanon.
Anthony D. “Fudgie” Corella, 56, of Wintersville died Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at Valley Hospice. He was born November 30, 1967 in Steubenville. He is the son of William and Judy Kelly Corella. He is preceded in death by one brother Douglas.
Fudgie was a porter at UPS and worked at Strobel Construction for many years. He loved the outdoors especially camping and hiking. Fudgie also loved doing home construction projects and spending time with his family and friends.
Surviving, in addition to his parents, are his wife Lidella Huber Corella, whom he married May 5, 2001; son Noah and daughter Shae both at home; two brothers Marc (Debbie) Corella of Wintersville and Billy (Michelle) Corella of Steubenville; mother in law Shirley Huber; brother in laws Art, George and Ray (Janniene); many nieces and nephews. Also his canine companions Gunnar and Libby.
Visitation will be held Friday from 2 pm until time of services 5 pm at the Mosti Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, 4435 Sunset Blvd., Steubenville. Fr. Michael Gossett will officiate.
Memorial donations may be made to the Jefferson County Humane Society, 200 Airport Rd., Wintersville, OH 43953.
Offer condolences, www.mostifuneral home.com
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Many of the birds were exhibiting bleeding
paralysis and an inability to fly shortly before dying
The NSW Environment Protection Authority launched an investigation and on Wednesday
confirmed that toxicology reports were conclusive - pesticides killed the birds
Picture by Marina Neil"The tests detected the presence of barley grain and pesticides
with fenitrothion identified in the system of all the deceased birds," a statement from the EPA said
"Fenitrothion is a pesticide commonly used in agriculture to control insect pests
Investigations of this nature can be challenging
particularly when the chemical involved is commonly used across a range of agricultural and pest control activities and is readily available for purchase."
Hunter Wildlife Rescue acting president Kate Randolph estimated that about 300 to 400 birds were affected across the region, with a huge number dying.
On the first day that the birds were spotted, Ms Ting told Newcastle Herald she probably spent about 11 hours on the ground
I'd come back here and would do laps of the Carrington area," she said
"We were transporting birds at the time in the back of our cars and they were screaming
I just couldn't stop hearing them at night."
Thanks to the work of volunteers, veterinarians and animal welfare groups, about 80 corellas were nursed back to health and released.
The EPA has reminded all pesticide users of the importance of using chemicals correctly
and taking care to avoid impacts on non-target animals and the environment
The EPA will continue looking into all lines of enquiry
Anyone with information about the deaths or possible pesticide misuse is urged to contact the EPA on 131 555
The negligent use of pesticides that harms non-target animals or plants can attract penalties of up to $500,000 for individuals and $2 million for corporations
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Photo by Marina NeilVolunteers from Hunter Wildlife Rescue are raising funds and working round the clock to save sick corellas after the suspected mass poisoning
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a rescue volunteer who started the fundraiser
said it's "amazing" to see the community support coming in
So I just really want to thank the community for getting behind us," she said
"It really is going to make a huge difference to our little non-profit charity
British comedian and musician Bill Bailey shared a social media post with a link to the fundraiser on Monday
specifically those in Newcastle NSW and surrounding areas
these fine folk need some help dealing with a wildlife emergency
a mass poisoning of corellas," he said in the post
Rescuers have been following the advice of vets and have treated more than 80 corellas back to health following a suspected misuse of pesticides somewhere in the city last week
Hunter Wildlife Rescue acting president Kate Randolph said now the focus was on giving the native birds a good diet to help their recovery
"They can't heal unless they're on the best quality of diet," she said
"They've responded really well to all the treatments that we've given them and we're hoping we can release some of them soon."
She said an estimated 300 to 400 corellas have been impacted across the region by the contamination
As a charitable organisation relying on donations and volunteers
"We give the animals the best care we can and most of those bills are vet bills and food bills
Rescue volunteers have been collaborating with local vet clinics for the bird treatment
Picture by Marina NeilThe fundraiser has a goal of $15,000 and any additional funds that can be spared will go towards caring for other rescued wildlife that come into care
Ms Ting said this incident was a "traumatising" experience for the birds and volunteers responding to the call
"Seeing the amount of birds already dead or suffering that day was really hard to witness," she said
"After doing so many rescues and transporting so many dying and sick
when I tried to go to sleep I couldn't stop hearing their cries," she said
Ms Ting said sick birds are still being found
She said she fears the ordeal isn't over yet
The NSW Environment Protection Authority is investigating the incident
Toxicology results rule out bird flu and Newcastle disease
They are urging anyone with information to get in touch
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in Steubenville to the late Donald and Jeanette Bickerstaff Kelly
Judy’s warm smile and friendly demeanor touched the hearts of all who knew her throughout her 82 years
Judy’s life was one of devotion to her family
She was the beloved wife of William “Bill” Corella
with whom she shared a lifetime of memories and unwavering support
Her love and guidance as a mother were a testament to her character
nurturing her sons Marc (Debbie) Corella and William (Michelle) Corella with unconditional love
Judy faced the unspeakable sorrow of losing two of her sons
but she did so with a strength that was an inspiration to us all
She also held a special place in her heart for her daughter-in-law
will remember her as a sister who was always there with a listening ear and a compassionate heart
She is preceded in death by her brother Donald Kelly
whose memories remain a cherished part of her story
Also left to cherish her memory are seven grandchildren
one great grandchild Chole with another on the way
Judy’s dedication to her work was evident in her 30-year tenure as a Division Manager at Sears Department Store
Her work ethic and leadership left a lasting impact on her colleagues and the many people she mentored over the years
Judy was a member of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic and her life was marked by her loving nature
and the friendly spirit that made her a cherished friend and neighbor
Judy’s legacy is one of love and kindness and her memory will live on in the hearts of those she touched
and her spirit will continue to inspire those who were fortunate enough to have known her
Visitation for Judy will be held on Wednesday from 3-6 pm at the Mosti Funeral Home
A funeral liturgy with Mass will be held Thursday at 10 am at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Memorial contributions may be made to Steubenville Catholic Central High School
American Diabetes Association or the American Cancer Society
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