#Archbold

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John Warren Reeb biography: 13 things about Archbold, Ohio realtor

John Warren Reeb is an American realtor from Archbold, Fulton County, Ohio, United States. Here are 13 more things about him: “Hulk” golfer from the video identified as 41-year-old realtor John Reeb from Archbold, Ohio. He has an extensive criminal past including arrests for drugs, “intent to riot”, and threatening behavior. He previously threatened a neighbor while only wearing his underwear.…

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[326/10,977] Archbold's Owlet-Nightjar - Aegotheles albertisi

(sometimes considered a subspecies of the Mountain Owlet-Nightjar)

Order: Aegotheliformes (owlet-nightjars) Family: Aegothelidae

Photo credit: Phil Chaon via Macaulay Library

[eye-see-a-bird]

Archbold's Newtonia (Newtonia archboldi)

© Fabien Quétier

[themarcspector-hasmoved]

this is 36 gifs of Laura Archbold in episode 1 of Ana de nadie. this is a completed pack of episode one. do not use to write the actress herself or for taboo subjects. you may use them for crackships if you @ me. please like or reblog if using, because i enjoy seeing who uses my packs. thank you, and have a nice day!  tw: kissing, alcohol.

[xtruss]

Florida’s Vanishing Sparrows

A group of eccentric endangered birds serves as a bellwether of the climate crisis.

— By Dexter Filkins |July 17, 2023

The survival of the Florida grasshopper sparrow is in doubt, but the scientists who are working to help the species refuse to give up.Photograph from Nature Picture Library/Alamy

The Avon Park Air Force Range, in central Florida, is a noisy place. Most weeks, American pilots practice dropping bombs and firing rockets there, turning old Humvees into clouds of scrap metal and smoke. Last month, a crowd gathered at the range to listen for the song of the Florida grasshopper sparrow—a faint chittering noise that evokes an insect’s buzz, giving the bird its name. As the crowd looked on expectantly, a group of tiny birds, small enough to fit in your palm, ventured tentatively from a pen, looked into the sunshine, and then flew away. The grasshopper sparrow, a modest and eccentric creature that inhabits the prairies of the central and southern parts of the state, is considered the most endangered bird in the continental United States. The birds at the bombing range were part of a program to bring their species back from the brink. “It will be hard, but we think this sparrow is worth saving,” Angela Tringali, a researcher at Archbold Biological Station, which is involved in the effort, told me.

With its subtropical climate, Florida hosts a vast array of wildlife that exists nowhere else in the county. But years of relentless human population growth have driven many to the vanishing point: Florida is home to sixty-seven species of threatened and endangered animals, among the highest numbers in the continental U.S. Those include the Miami blue butterfly, the Everglade snail kite, and the Florida panther, of which fewer than two hundred and fifty remain.

Birds that nest on or near the ground—like the Cape Sable seaside sparrow and the grasshopper sparrow—are especially vulnerable. Grasshopper sparrows can fly, but they spend most of their lives on the ground, nesting in clumps of tall grass. This provides easy access to the insects that they eat (though it also makes them susceptible to predators, like skunks and snakes). As more and more people moved to Florida, their habitat—in the prairies that used to cover much of the state south of Orlando—gave way to shopping centers and housing tracts.

For decades, scientists watched the sparrows’ numbers slowly ebb. In 1986, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared them endangered; by the end of the century, there were thought to be fewer than a thousand left. Shortly after that, the population began dropping precipitously, and by 2012 as few as seventy-five males remained. Beyond habitat loss, the reasons for the steep decline weren’t entirely clear, though some scientists suspected fire ants, an invasive species. “We started to panic,” Mary Peterson, an endangered species biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said.

As the sparrows approached extinction, Peterson and other scientists decided that they couldn’t risk letting the bird continue to breed only in the wild. After identifying three concentrations of birds in protected habitats, and one on a private ranch, they gathered what adults they could and began breeding them in captivity around the state. Captive breeding is generally considered a last resort—some species of birds and other animals don’t survive it. But, Peterson said, “the risk of not doing anything could be catastrophic.” The scientists released their first batch of youngsters, a dozen birds, in 2019. Since then, they have bred and released more than seven hundred. In a good year, about a quarter of the chicks survive to adulthood in the wild; the release at the Avon Park bombing range last week brought the estimated number of birds to about two hundred and fifty.

The Avon Park range appears to be an especially promising venue for the birds. With more than a hundred thousand acres, it contains more than a dozen other threatened and endangered species. Twenty years ago, before populations collapsed, it was home to about three hundred grasshopper sparrows. The Department of Defense has proved to be an eager partner in preservation: Charles (Buck) MacLaughlin, the range operations officer, told me that the Air Force and the Fish and Wildlife Service periodically survey the landscape, when there aren’t air strikes scheduled. “I don’t think any have been killed there,” he told me.

Still, the survival of the grasshopper sparrow is in doubt. “Extinction is still a possibility,” Peterson said. The scientists aim to create ten protected sites of at least fifty breeding pairs each—a goal that is many years away, at best. The challenge is less in breeding sufficient numbers than in finding space for them; some ninety per cent of the bird’s historic habitat is gone. There are similar stories throughout the state. The Florida panther is making a modest comeback, but it’s constrained by human presence in the Everglades; last year, some twenty-five panthers were killed by cars. In the oceans off the coast, temperatures of ninety-plus degrees threaten coral reefs. But the scientists who are working to help the grasshopper sparrow refuse to give up. Tringali, the biologist, told me, “It’s really easy to do nothing. We are not done. We have a long way to go.” ♦

[reytuk]

Editorial de Moda

HOLA Colombia y HOLA Américas

Agosto de 2023

fotografía, peinado y maquillaje: Rey Tuk

modelo, Laura Archbold

estilismo: Chiara Primatesta

producido por Pedro Zurita

Director de contenidos Branded, Lifestyle, Beauty & Fashion

¡HOLA! México & Americas

locación : hotel Mondrian Ciudad de México

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Laura Archbold on Instagram

[usapaintinggallery]

Commercial Painting Services is dedicated to providing quality, professional painting services to Archbold, OH and surrounding area. With more than 15yrs experience, we are proud to provide a wide array of interior and exterior commercial painting services for various sized Industrial/Commercial facilities located in Archbold, OH.

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Street scene in downtown Archbold, Ohio (2) by snelson951

Via Flickr:

The day or days after a fire that burned all the businesses except four. Credit to swanq for finding the information.     

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Archbold, Ohio's Brandon Gordon arrested in Defiance, charged in Roswell, Georgia

Brandon David Gordon, 40, of Archbold, Fulton County, Ohio, United States was an orchestra teacher at Bryan High School in Bryan, Williams County, Ohio. He is accused of exploiting a child in Roswell, Georgia, Fulton County, USA.

[wtf-tfw]

in my icy chamber

I lay glazed over from the fog

My heart beats slower yet

The shrinkage takes my balls

My toes they are quite frozen

My nose today and

Rosy tinkering

At the site of my chamber

Keeps me alive

My candlelight. My thoughts

The curve and fills in my mind

Mysterious and braiding

I unwarranted put my hand in pants

It makes sense

And I am calm

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[325/10,977] Archbold's Nightjar - Eurostopodus archboldi

Order: Caprimulgiformes (nightjars) Family: Caprimulgidae Subfamily: Eurostopodinae (eared nightjars)

Photo credit: Trevor Hardaker via Macaulay Library

[senlinyu]

I'm excited to announce that I have signed a book deal with Del Rey at Penguin Random House in the US and Michael Joseph in the UK for my debut novel, Alchemised, a standalone dark fantasy set in a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy, in which a healer with amnesia is taken as a prisoner of war and must fight to protect her lost memories and the secrets hidden among them. It will grapple with themes of trauma and survival, legacy, and the way that love can drive one to extreme darkness, and it is, as you may be able to tell, a reimagined version of Manacled.

I know I’ve been rather quiet about my publishing journey, and a lot of that has been because I didn’t want to spark any concerns or worry that I might be abruptly taking away a story that is such a deep part of myself and that I know has meant so much to so many people. This process has unfolded very slowly and quietly because I have tried to be mindful as I could be in every step of the way. 

As most of you know, I have been a reader in fandom long before I ever began to write. Fanfiction is incredibly special to me, and I have tried to do my best not to undermine its legal protection or allow my works to do so either. During the last several years, there has been a growing issue with illegal sales of Manacled, putting both me and the incredible community that shares fanfiction freely in legal jeopardy. 

After consulting with the OTW as well as other lawyers, it has grown clear that as a transformative writer I have limited options in protecting my stories from this kind of exploitation, but I wasn’t sure what to do; I didn’t want to just take the story down, in part because I worried that might only exacerbate the issue, but I didn’t know what other options I had. Then I suddenly had this idea of alchemy, which was peculiarly appropriate; an academic world filled with unique transmutational abilities, and a necromantic war against people who had discovered the secrets of immortality, and I could see a path to reimagining the story while still holding on to as much of the original spirit of Manacled as possible. 

I began redrafting the concept privately around Christmas 2022, and then as if the universe had aligned, just as I was finishing, Caitlin Mahony and Rivka Bergman of WME reached out to me and were delightfully enthusiastic about concepts and ideas for my new alchemical world and the ways I had reimagined the story. 

I'm thrilled to be working with Emily Archbold, my visionary editor at Del Rey, along with Rebecca Hilsdon at Michael Joseph in the UK, to polish this novel for publication in Fall 2025. I feel uniquely privileged that both my publishing teams are familiar with Manacled and understand how special it is to so many people, and how important it is that this reimagining captures the same spirit while also having its own wings. 

Manacled is not going anywhere at present. It will remain online throughout 2024, at which point it will, if you’ll pardon the pun, alchemise for 2025 and be removed from AO3. 

I'm so thankful to all of you who've enjoyed my works, and I hope that I can continue to rely on your support as I take my next steps as an author.

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Fun and impactful ways to celebrate Gopher tortoise appreciation day!

1. Spend some time learning about this important keystone species

2. If you are lucky enough to live in gopher tortoise territory and happen to own land, why not look into making your property certified gopher tortoise friendly

3. If you’ve got a few bucks to spare it is always helpful to donate to organizations that work to preserve these tortoises and their habitats. I personally donate to Archbold Biological Station

4. Want to get involved in a more hands on way? Reach out to your local FWC to inquire about becoming a licensed gopher tortoise agent! These trained individuals are approved to handle gopher tortoises for relocation and conservation purposes.

[jeannepompadour]

Miss Anne Mills Archbold by Frederick MacMonnies , 1902-03

[leletha-jann]

How Big is a Kilometer-Long Airship?

Per this post from Phil, Castle Wulfenbach is a kilometer long.

This is Very Large. Upsettingly Large, even.

It's so large I had to think about starships to get a handle on how large that is.

Here is an Upsetting Diagram to illustrate just how big a 1000-m airship would be by comparison to other things normally considered big.

Everything is proportional to that 1000-meter bar along the top, but keep in mind that this view of Castle Wulfenbach is foreshortened.

Click for larger view until I can figure out how to upload the FULL-size image.

Everything is to scale; I did math.

Yes, that is the Hindenburg, the biggest powered craft humans have ever put in the air, on the far right, looking like a toy.

If you have not seen pictures of the Hindenburg in proportion to humans, go do that. I'll wait.

(I'll post a simplified version of this in a bit. This is the pretty version.)

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You know what, at this point I forgive Gil for crashing his flyer into Castle Wulfenbach back in volume 2. What else was he supposed to do? There's no more sky left to hit.

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Citations:

Castle Wulfenbach: Word of God as per @professorfoglio

Starships: The Star Trek Encyclopedia, Updated and Revised edition, by Michael and Denise Okuda with Debbie Mirek, and fan wiki Memory Alpha

Airships (and the Titanic): Hindenburg: An Illustrated History, by Rick Archbold

All other measurements and records: Wikipedia

Percentages: Percentage Calculator