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Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

10,000 Birds

However, I will pick a fight with the Rip Van Winkle Rod and Gun Club in Palenville, New York, which is sponsoring their fourth annual “Crow Down” March 29-30, 2014. Some people think it’s just plain fun to kill enormous numbers of animals and pile up their bodies, and when there’s no “bag limit” it’s legal to do so.

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How Poor Assumptions Killed a U.S. President

Sales and Marketing Management

Issue Date: 2014-05-05. Teaser: James Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, died needlessly from a gunshot wound because the doctor who cared for him made two wrong assumptions. The mistakes that were fatal for Garfield continue to kill sales and business deals all these years later. Author: Neil Baron. read more'

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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

The Crested Serpent-eagle is not a vulture, but that does not keep me from mentioning a recent Economist article here, “The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people” And while this article is behind a paywall, the original research paper is not.