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There are several species of parakeet present in European cities alongside the Rose-ringed, or Ring-necked, Parakeet, Psittacula krameri, also known as the Kramer Parrot. The others are Blue-crowned Parakeet, Thectocercus acuticaudatus, the Alexandrine Parakeet, P. eupatria, and the Monk Parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus. If we’re talking parrots in general, there’s also the Common Parakeet, perhaps better known as the Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus. Rose-ringed Parakeet The Rose-ringed Parakeet is well known in …

Jeff Knight DON’T STOP Don’t stop me if you’ve heard this one before. It’s about a dark night, a path, thick woods. The light was nailed shut, then opened like a door. The cabin you found had a hard dirt floor, cobwebs, an old guitar made of plywood. Don’t stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Sometimes the pictures change, sometimes the chords sound strange as time. But once …

By Camilla Gree, Evlyn Moreau10d10 ToadsOSE"Low Levels" Upon which is agreed, An old stone wall separates the family farm from a field they say is cursed. Deep within the wheat, two forgotten idols once balanced the spirits of the crops. One has been destroyed and bal- ance is gone, The Noon Lady rises and the crop spirits grow cruel. The Polotnikovs have disappeared into the field and their farm is …

I am nothing if not a biddable reader… My general hopelessness at sticking to plans is evidence of that, but a good example recently was the fact that I came across mention on a BookTube short of a Dostoevsky story I hadn’t read which highly recommended it. Of course, I instantly had to dig about on the Dosty shelf to see whether I had it, and indeed I discovered that …

Hey folks, Proud Prison Journalism Project contributor here! Check out my newest collaboration with Kashawn Taylor and Caesar Hernandez: “What Prison Has Taught Us About Politics” at prisonjournalismproject.com Also–if you’ve found your way to this page as a supporter of Kashawn or Caesar, please pass on to them my love and appreciation for their contributions … Continue reading "What does prison teach prisoners about politics? Kashawn Taylor, Caesar Hernandez and …

Christopher Martin has two aims for his book, Spinoza’s Argument for Substance Monism: Why There Is Only One Thing.The first is to explore and defend Spinoza’s arguments for the claim that there “must and can only be one independent existing thing” (1), while the second is to “provide readers curious about Spinoza, or Modern philosophy more generally, with an illustration of what one living philosopher who focuses on the era …

The Friction project collects strategies for removing and adding friction so organisations function better. Here are some choice cuts. Why friction is good and bad We soon learned that the goal of becoming a “frictionless organization” is misguided. Yes, the people who run most organizations create too much debilitating friction. But many also ignore the opposite side of the coin, making the wrong things too easy for employees and customers. …

Sent from my iPad ZELDIN AGAIN I sometimes feel real sympathy (possibly unwanted) for actors who, trained and motivated to channel and express extreme and painful emotions, do their absolute and skilful best but find themselves having to do it in a mediocre play. Even if it is preceded by long rehearsal analysis of their character, and garlanded with learned programme notes about Sophocles and essays about how we don’t …

Genre: Heavy/PowerCountry: U.S.A.Year: 20241. Hail To The Warriors2. Feel The Fire3. Love Beyond The Grave4. High Noon5. Before This Time6. Higher7. Mean Streets8. Open Road9. Mortal Eyes10. Lost Dreams11. Lean Into It12. No More17th album by Riot V, 6 years after their last one. Their riffs sound fresh and classic at the same time, the playing is sharp and energetic, and it is remarkable how much current vocalist Todd Micheal …

This week I read an article in the Atlantic this week about the growing perception that today’s elite university students lack of ability to read books to the end1. Here’s an excellent follow-up / rebuttal by Carrie Santo-Thomas, a teacher interviewed for the piece. I was not surprised by Horowitch’s hypothesis. She attributes undergrads’ lack of reading stamina to lowered expectations in high school literature curricula, specifically arguing that limiting …

Hot--well, somewhat cold--pursuit of the Ushers' missing masks is underway, which means the characters are headed into a little dungeon for some exploration and violence. Oh yeah, Beebo the monkey talks now.CharactersAria, a paladin struggling with her true natureHeck, an affable revenant looking for answersPanthalassa, a necromancer with a missing armDaytona, a dhampir gunslinger fresh from HellGarazi, up and coming witch with a bird familiarWillard Corn and King Beebo, a …

There are two main reasons people use mohair for tailoring today. One is for eveningwear, when they want something with a little more sharpness and lustre; the other, less common, is as an alternative to high-twist wools in the summer. And... > Read more

One of the hallmarks of American motor racing is the flying start or some refer to it as a rolling start. If you’ve ever heard old broadcasts of the Indianapolis 500, you’ve heard chief announcer Sid Collins refer to the start of the 500 as “the world’s fastest flying start”. Flying starts are the norm […]

Well, after getting only the slightest taste of what’s to come with DC’s new Absolute Comics imprint in last week’s DC All-In, we are getting the first official title this week with Absolute Batman. Which is smart, of course, since of The Big Three at DC (Batman, Superman, and Swamp Thing Wonder Woman), Batman is the easiest sell. Much like the Black Label imprint, kicked off by a Batman mini …

So there I am, having an issue where my UI state isn’t updating correctly. What do I do? What every developer does: turn to console.log() and troubleshoot by logging values. I have a named color (e.g. blue) and a corresponding HSL color string for that named color (e.g. 100 50% 0%). I log those in the click handler function where I expect the color to change. onClick={() => { // …