The tomb of Queen Twosret, of the 19th Dynasty (ca. 1292-1189 BC), is decorated with scenes from the Book of the Dead and other religious texts and scenes. Horus, the falcon god, son of Isis and posthumous son of Osiris, the embodiment of the kingship in Egypt and the rightful heir to the throne, is depicted on one of the pillars. Valley of the Kings, West Thebes.
Just more than two weeks after Manhattan prosecutors made opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s trial, their witnesses have said their piece and the prosecutors have ceded the stage to his defense team.
The former Hollywood megaproducer could face life in prison if convicted of rape and predatory sexual assault, allegations he has repeatedly denied. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to all charges in Manhattan, casting the incidents as entirely consensual encounters. Now his defense team will get their turn to press their case.
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act was passed in 1818 and makes it illegal for people in the US to “take,” which means killing, injuring, or possessing, migratory birds in most circumstances. That includes accidental take, such as in oil spills, bioaccumuliation of poisons, or building on bird habitat.
New proposed rules would make accidental takes legal. This change would mostly impact industries (and of course, the birds that they kill), and has nothing to do with people who pick up bird remains on purpose.
If you like birds you should probably speak out in favor of the MBTA. While those of us who collect feathers and such may find parts of it over-reaching, we also can’t just sit back and allow unchecked “industry” to kill swaths of birds in huge numbers with no penalty just because they weren’t killed “on purpose.”
Please understand that “accidental take” isn’t being proposed in order to protect you if you accidentally hit an owl with your car or have a secret little collection of found songbird feathers on display in your dining room.
I’ve worked for the the Division of Natural Resources. I’ve worked for the State Parks department, and I’ve worked as a bird rehabber.
Owls get hit by cars all the time. 9/10 of our raptors we treated at any time were car victims. No one is pressing charges.
And no one cares if you have a Blue Jay feather in your dresser with some cool rocks you found in a hike. We Don’t Care.
This proposal isn’t to protect you for these things.
Do you know who wants to be exempt from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act?
If industries like Oil and Gas become exempt from MBTA laws and aren’t taken to task for accidental take, they Will not take responsibility for this impact in the environment. In fact, they’ll only get worse.
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act is one of the ONLY wildlife laws in the world that ACTUALLY has some teeth, as we say in Wildlife. Meaning, if you violate it, there may actually be consequences you can’t buy your way out of with wealth.
Do not let this administration change that. Tell them that they better not dare.
Listen to me:
In 2015, oil companies fought against having to cover their waste pits with nets. A multi-billion dollar industry that couldn’t be bothered to spend the money. To take the responsibility.
They will not do good deeds on their own. The MBTA exists in the first place because of the greed that decimated our birds before, the greed that drove entire species such as the Passenger pigeon extinct.
Without it, greed will prevail again.
PLEASE leave your comment on the US Fish and Wildlife website and let your voice be heard. Speak for the birds.
Type FWS-HQ-MB-2018-0090 into the search bar to be brought to the comment page. This is important and so easy to do!
In the early morning of June 12, 2017, a group of eight Central American migrants decided to go on a hunger strike to protest conditions at the immigration detention center where they were being held in California.
When detainees arrive at the facility, they’re given a handbook that states explicitly, “Detention is NOT prison.” Immigration detention is where the government holds people while deciding whether to deport them, and most detainees have no criminal record. But this group said the conditions felt like those of a penitentiary.
The guards were discriminating against them, they lacked access to clean water, the bonds for their immigration cases were too expensive and they were receiving information only in English.
My Bloody Valentine was one of many victims of strict yet arbitrary censorship at the hands of the Motion Picture Association of America upon its release in 1981, excising a reported nine minutes of gore. Despite the neutered death scenes, the film earned a cult fanbase as an above-average slasher. While original distributor Paramount Pictures was not interested in locating the uncut version, Lionsgate reinstated three minutes of footage on Blu-ray and DVD in 2009 (in conjunction with the release of their remake).
The cut footage was in rough shape, with a noticeable drop in quality from the rest of the picture’s high-definition source, but seeing it for the first time was a revelation. It was long assumed that that was the best My Bloody Valentine could ever look. Leave it to the heroes at Scream Factory to prove otherwise, as they have restored both the theatrical and the uncut versions of the film in 4K from the original camera negative for a two-disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray set.
