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Domestic demand for such fuels as gasoline and diesel is now estimated at around 3.4 million bpd. The overall refining capacity in Japan is expected to drop from the pre-regulation 4.8 million bbl to 3.7 million bbl, tightening the supply-demand balance and improving earnings at oil companies.
TOKYO (Nikkei) -- Japan's five leading oil refiners
have put plans in place to reduce their capacity by just over
20% in order to comply with a government regulation effectively
requiring them to do so by March 31 next year, The
Nikkei reported in its Thursday morning edition.
Top refiner JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. and the other
firms will lower their combined capacity by nearly 1.1 million
bpd from pre-regulation levels.
Domestic demand for such fuels as gasoline and diesel is now
estimated at around 3.4 million bpd. The overall refining capacity in Japan is
expected to drop from the pre-regulation 4.8 million bbl to 3.7
million bbl, tightening the supply-demand balance and improving
earnings at oil companies.
No. 2 refiner TonenGeneral will cut its daily capacity 16%,
from 661,000 bbl to just under 560,000 bbl. The firm will
shut down two of its six crude processing units, one each at
its Kawasaki and Wakayama refineries. It will continue
operations at those locations as well as at its third site, the
Sakai refinery, maintaining employment and
supply to clients.
Domestic demand for gasoline has been falling since 2004 on
such factors as the adoption of environmentally friendly
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There is a new rule regarding conversion capacity / crude capacity, in order to improve refineries efficiency.
Jagat Bandhu Sonar
It is very interesting to note the reduction in refinfing capacity. But how Japan is managing the total energy cenerio?Regards,J B Sonar09717966295India
John Galt
Seriously? They need government regulation to cut capacity when they are supplying 20% more than market demand? There must be more to this story than the article lets on.
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Second Century (101-200) the sub-Apostolic Age
More commonly referred to as the "sub-Apostolic age", begins and ends with the second century.
- 105 Plutarch, Bp. of Byzantium (Constantinople)
- 106 c, Thekla the Protomartyr, September 24.
- 107 Eudokia of Heliopolis, beheaded March 1; c, Symeon the Zealot (Luke 6:15 and Acts 1:13), 2nd Bp. of Jerusalem, at the age of 120 is crucified [1], location disputed April 27; c, Ignatius, 3rd Bp. of Antioch, martyred in Rome (or c, 115) december 20.
- 108-124 (3rd) Persection of Christians under Emperor Trajan and continuing under Emperor Hadrian.
- 112 c.-116 Zacchaeus, fourth Bp. of Jerusalem August 23.
- 120 c.Martyrdom of Eleutherios, Bp. of Illyria, and his mother Anthia, December 15.
- 121 c. Lydia the Martyr, with her husband Philetus and sons Macedonius and Theoprepius, March 23.
- 130 c. Death of Apostle Quadratus, of the Seventy; Papias, Bp. of Heriopolis and apostolic father.
- 138 Telephorus, Bp. of Rome, the only 2nd-century pope who's martyrdom is historically verifiable.
- 155 Polycarp, Bp. of Smyrna, martyred by being burned to death in the arena in Smyrna.citation needed
- 160 Marcian, heretic, dies.
- 165 Valentium, Gnostic heretic, dies; Justin Martyr and disciples denounced as Christian, scourged and beheaded for refusing to sacrifice; Peregrinus Proteus becomes Christian and leader of a synagogue, then takes up the life of a Cynic. He ends his life by burning himself on a pyre at the Olympiad of 165 in Athens.
- 167 Abercius of Hieropolis, wonderworker and Equal to the Apostles November 4
- 177-180 (4th) Persecutions of Christians under Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180).
- 177 Pothinus, Bp. of Lyons, Blandina, Ponticus at others martyr in Lyons dying in the "odor of sanctity".
- 180 Dyfan of Merthyr first martyr in British Isles, May 14; The twelve Scillitan Martyrs [2] executed in Scillium of North Africa the earliest documented martyrdom of the Church of Africa, July 17; Marcus Aurelius dies of plague.
- 190 Melito, Bp. of Sardis dies.
- 200 c.-202 Irenaeus of Lyons dies, possibly martyrdom.
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As I walk around Boston today, law enforcement is making its presence known: SWAT teams, K9, National Guard, BPD, State Police - they are all out and about.
So are the blue and yellow BAA jackets. The uniform of the runners. Some who didn't... Read more
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Coming to the realization that I will actually have two jobs starting on Monday. Since I decided to do consultations only on evenings and weekends, I actually booked three consultations for Saturday morning. People are finding me through my arti... Read more
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I made a very simple smoothie yesterday for lunch: fresh strawberries, crushed ice, coconut almond milk, and a scoop of french vanilla protein powder. It made a huge portion and it was only 200 calories and 20 grams of protein. Kept me full til ... Read more
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My first day back to running was good. I usually don't have a problem with Week 1 of C25K. It's everything after that that's tough! I was on the treadmill, but hope to run ... Read more
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Saturday was a great day. We went for a long walk and of course ruined the exercise with ice cream, but it was worth it.
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Starting to feel a bit like I used to when I limited my food intake and moved more, which is great. Isn't it weird that how when you are not paying attention to what you eat, you can forget what actual hunger feels like. I had two good days, esp... Read more
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Yes, no updates for the last few days. But it's a brand new week and I feel recharged again.
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Lent for me (Greek Orthodox) started yesterday and I figured it was as good a time as any (post St. Patrick's Day!) to get going on my goals. Hence "Day 1."
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Danged if you do, danged if you don't
The overall impression I received from attending "Smart Grid Boot Camp" at the IEEE PES 2010 conference here in New Orleans was a fervent wish that I don't get sent to the front lines.
While news of progress on the standards and interoperability front, delivered by EnerNex Chairman Erich Gunther, seemed reassuring, several speakers delivered dire warnings about the pitfalls of pursuing the smart grid.
You gotta do it, but oh man it's gonna be difficult to grasp the end game in order to take the most efficient route, according to the panel's speakers. And that end game is a doozy to get your arms around.
The afternoon's most eloquent speaker, Wayne Longcore, director of architecture and standards for Consumers Energy, dubbed his talk "Smart Grid 101." But for a utility audience that is somewhat akin to Rip Van Winkle, awakening from a long slumber to the new digital marketplace, it might have been dubbed "Wakeup Call 101." (Yes, yes, the transmission system has been smart for decades, got it.)
The market – all the end users and their disparate electricity needs – will be the tail that wags the dog, according to Longcore's view. And that means it's increasingly likely that companies – nay, brands – at the periphery of your vision, now sometimes referred to by utility folks as "the Googles," as if there really were more than one, will soon be wagging the dog, too.
For instance, Longcore mentioned the iPhone, which today has become not just a mobile Internet device, but a symbol of disruptive technologies with unpredictable influence on human behavior and social interaction. Well, in a few years, a mobile Internet device is going to be the remote control for consumers' homes – not just the "remote" for your critical loads such as heating and cooling, but the entire digitized home, from lighting to entertainment to cat food dispensers. And the "Googles" will be having the electric utilities for lunch. (My perspective.) Perhaps because these folks are just a little further along in data analytics.
Data analytics: the Next Big Thing, as the firehose gets turned on without proper preparation, a notion I've heard from many quarters recently.
I'd say partner up now or risk losing your identity and any real leverage you have over future relationships with your customers. Your consumer-level customers don't really know you and they don't really care. By the time you have reached out for that warm, fuzzy relationship you imagine is still yours to enjoy, consumers will have said "yes" to "the Googles."
Meanwhile, vendors are attempting to breach the castle walls, in Longcore's view. His remark that, "if a vendor's lips are moving, they're probably lying," may drive home the point – caveat emptor – to utility managers. But can that really be a constructive addition to the conversation? Personally, I get the impression that many vendors (percentage of the total, of course, completely unknown) are really offering serious, bread-and-butter solutions. In fact, I know that's true.
On the other hand, Longcore's statement that the smart grid is only "a means of managing the sale of food to robots" certainly bears further scrutiny. Of course, all he's saying here is that intelligence on the grid feeds electricity to the end-user devices in our homes and businesses that require it to produce useful work. But Longcore ignored that the robots will be feeding the grid, too.
In the end, the cumulative effect of all the dire warnings delivered at "Smart Grid Boot Camp" made the ensuing journey sound lengthy and fraught with peril – in short, as it probably will be.
Perhaps even longer than the walk from one end of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to the other, with one exception: the Morial Center's most notorious days seem to be behind it. If all this sounds dark, you can thank the boot camp crew – and that's what boot camp is all about, right?
Phil Carson
Intelligent Utility Daily
PHil, are you removing the free market comments?
just wondering where my comment went? maybe it was sent off for data analytics?
this is why people (average) don't trust a central controlled government or unitilities...
How can we really trust what you're saying if you won't let us question what you are saying? just sayin'
Add value or someone else will
It comes down to providing value to your customers. How can you save them money, be more sustainable, be more comfortable, etc. Safe, reliable, well priced energy is still important, but demand side issues are particularly important at the margin.
If utilities cannot create and communicate value, then it will be difficult to build meaningful relationships customers. This opens utilities to companies like Google who will likely find ways to create value and connect to customers. This is further complicated by monopoly markets that have resulted in many inwardly focused, risk averse utilities who do not have the leadership, talent, nor resources to assemble the new marketing puzzle. One of the foundations of the marketing puzzle is data analytics and the ability to squeeze consumer insights from the terabytes of data just waiting to be exploited.
Response to Firehose?
I think the earlier post regarding the amount of data analytics appropriate to a single consumer makes a very good point. I keep coming back to the reality that, when I bought an apartment in London 25 years ago, I signed up for a variable rate plan with the electric company and installed storage heaters that stored energy overnight when the rate was low and released heat during the day at no additional cost. Naturally, having made this choice, I also bought a couple of simple timer switches to allow me to schedule other energy hogs like the washer/dryer to run overnight too. I didn't need a lot of analytics. Nor did I need a smart meter to make this work.
On the other hand, I think the poster is missing the point regarding data analytics and the likes of Google. The value of analytics will come from the aggregation of data across whole communities and will primarily be of value to the utilities or to others who have products or services to offer to the consumers within those communities, not to the individual consumers. For example, A UK based firm called Navetas has a technology that allows them to disaggregate a demand profile and determine what appliances are consuming electricity within a premises. With access to this data, analytics could conceivably learn about what devices each of us have in our home, how we spend our time etc etc and use that information to target us with ads for products and services that fit our lifestyle. This may sound like a big brother nightmare but it is already here. Google is already reading my email and placing context sensitive advertising in the margins of my gmail window. Amazon.com keeps track of everything I purchase and mines the data for information that allows them to recommend other products and services to me every time I log in. This is the real future of data analytics.
Front Lines, Dog Tail & Jetson Stuff
Actually you are on the front lines and, in spite of our skirmishes, I think you do a fine job of holding up the proponent position.
With respect to "the tail wagging the dog", Jack Ellis is right...the customer is the dog. Demand is just that. Utilities don't push power, they can only respond to how it's pulled....and therein lies the future.
Then there's the Jetson stuff. At the risk of excessive brevity I'll just say this: all these gadgets to control and/or shift $30/month of residential electricity seems technically and economically asymmetric. Will "Norm" (average guy) spend any time managing his refrigerator? If so, isn't all this effort likely to backfire when Norm learns the time spent jockeying electrons returns $0.25/hour on his time? Of course the way to shift Norm into gear is to TOU him....a wildly regressive concept that may, as a by-product, hold the key to "selling" demand response. Sinister or merely predictable?
Candidly I wonder how many inner-city poor people are going to be killed off mid-summer when TOU rates with demand response components are widely applied. Will these folks be exempted, subsidized or just buried and forgotten?
Consequences have consequences and the SG fosters a consequence avalanche of biblical proportion.
" wonder how many inner-city poor people are going to be killed off mid-summer when TOU rates with demand response components are widely applied"
Personally I'd love to have dynamic pricing but I understand why many consumers might not be as enthusiastic. So let's make it optional rather than mandatory, but lets also make flat rate pricing a bit less attractive so folks have a reason to kick the dynamic pricing tires.
If anything, dynamic pricing might do a lot more good than harm for the inner-city poor. How? Well perhaps by making it much more economical to run their air conditioners at night when they are more efficient, and less during the day when everyone else wants to stay cool. Precooling works in commercial buildings and it worked for me in a residence that lacked air conditioning (we used fans to bring in outside air). Perhaps it will work in the city, too.
Jack Ellis
Tahoe City, California
Needing to pull out my statistics text to find the right formula my intuition is that trends are discernable rather than a scattering of plots concerning utility data analytics. I agree that maybe the utilities stick to wholesale business models in relationship to the dynamically evolving retail whirlwind of options and change. Communication with and education of end users would also benefit from a wholesale and retail business model. The "googles" are most unpredictable in the retail sector, missteps and casualties will occur. Dominant applications and their best positioned suppliers will take the day. On the retail side this is not your grandfather's world.
Gordon Shaw
Lincoln, Nebraska
Data analytics for what? If all you have is 24 hours of energy usage data, a smart controllable thermostat...maybe control of a pool pump...what's the number crunching needed?
Also, after all the deployments, all the number crunching, all the nice graphs and charts, its going to be true in 90% of the cases...that when its hot outside on a weekday in the afternoon, the price of electricity is going to be high...if its really hot, then maybe really high. And if you have an electric vehicle..charging it at night would be the way to go.
And then all the above gives you maybe 5% to 10% shift in load? That's only 2 to 3 years of typical load growth.
Perhaps, its the other benefits of AMI that really matter? Maybe its more important to have the meter tell the applicances what time it is and how hot it is outside?
The Vikings Are Coming!
I realize I'm reacting to your impressions, which also means I'm writing in response to a second-hand account of someone else's remarks. If there's any misinterpretation in this note, I'm prepared to take my lumps.
Mr. Longcore clearly understands the nature of the threat posed by disruptive technology and "the brands". It would be interesting to know how he's thinking about using those two elements to help his customers.
Absent a sea change in the way utilities are regulated, perhaps Mr. Longcore's company and others like it should probably stick with building, operating and owning transmission and distribution assets. Those businesses are fairly safe, fairly predictable, and they embody much of what utilities do very well. Let others wrestle over the right to sell home area networks and related gear; manage end-uses; provide demand response services; build and operate generation fleets; deal with RPS requirements; and possibly sell services like lighting and space conditioning in place of kWh.
I vehemently disagree with Mr. Longcore's assertion that "The market – all the end users and their disparate electricity needs – will be the tail that wags the dog..." If today's utilities aren't in business to serve "end users and their disparate electricity needs", then what are they in business for? How is today different from 10, 20, even 50 years ago?
The reality is that a utility is in business to serve customers, not the other way around. Utilities, and increasingly independent grid operators, need to think about how to meet the needs of customers as the mix of generation changes and as technology provided consumers with better tools to manage and even redistribute energy use. They also need to consider how they should be engaging customers to help balance the grid in this more complex environment, rather than seeing customers as a nuisance to be tolerated, which is what Mr. Longcore's remarks seem to imply.
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Macaroni penguin. Source: Calphotos/Encyclopedia of Life
The Macaroni penguin (scientific name: Eudyptes chrysolophus) is is one of seventeen species of flightless birds in the family of penguins. It is one of six "Crested Penguins" in the genus Eudyptes which also includes the: Rockhopper, Fiordland crested, Snares crested, Royal and Big-crested penguins.
Source: Yan Ropert-Coudert/WoRMS/Encyclopedia of Life
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Kingdom: Animalia
Like all penguins, the Macaroni penguin is characterized by its erect posture, stiff wings (flippers), excellent swimming ability, awkward movement out of water, and coloring. The black back and white front anatomy make penguins difficult to see when swimming, blending against the sea from above and the sky from below.
Physical Description
This large crested penguin is similar in appearance to other members of the genus Eudyptes. The Macaroni penguin is, however, larger than all other species except the royal penguin (E. schlegeli). Adult Macaroni penguins have golden-yellow plume-like feathers that arise from a central patch on the forehead, extending back along the crown and drooping down behind the eye. The head, chin, throat and upper-parts are black; the underparts are white and the flippers are black on the upper surface but mainly white below. The large bill is orange-brown; the eyes are red and there is a patch of bare pink skin from the base of the bill to the eye. The legs and feet of the Macaroni penguins are pink. Males and females are similar in appearance, but males tend to be slightly larger. Immature birds lack the head plumes or have a few sparse yellow feathers on the forehead; their bills are smaller than those of adults and are brownish-black in color; the chin and throat are dark gray.
Diagnostic Description: The Macaroni penguin is a medium-sized bird that stands about 71 centimeters tall and weighs between five to six kilograms. Females are usually smaller than males. Otherwise males and females appear the same (monomorphic). They have orange, yellow, and black crests that join on the top of the head. This penguin has a red bill, and the chin, face and under the throat have solid black feathers.
Macaroni penguins usually breed in the sub-Atlantic. Birds return to the breeding colonies each year in October and November, with males arriving before the females. Macaroni penguins may assemble by the millions in their massive rookeries and can be detected by smell as far as five to six miles offshore.
Macaroni penguins are monogamous and pair-bonds are long-lasting. Each year the pair reunites at the same nest location, recognizing each other by their calls. Pairs often perform a display known as the ecstatic display in which their heads swing from side to side.
Individuals often have to walk hundreds of meters over screes to reach their nest site. Macaroni penguin nests are made from scrapes found in mud, typically lined with small rocks or gravel among rocks. In some cases, it may be made on a patch of grass and lined with grass shoots.
Two eggs are laid; the second egg is practically always larger than the first, and is usually the only successful egg per nest. If both eggs are lost, the pair is unable to produce a replacement brood. Incubation is shared by both parents in long shifts. Incubation takes 33 to 37 days and is shared by the parents in three main shifts. The first shift lasts for eight to twelve days and is shared by the male and female. The second shift (twelve to fourteen days) is carried out by the female and the final shift (nine to eleven days) by the male. During each shift, the non-incubating bird goes to forage at sea during the day.
The newly hatched chicks are helpless, and for the first 23 to 25 days they are guarded and brooded by the male while the female forages and feeds the chicks each day by regurgitating food. After this period, the chicks have developed their first plumage, which allows them to regulate their own temperature and so they can leave the nest. They cluster into small creches for protection; at this stage, both parents are able to forage. Most chicks will have fledged at 60 to 70 days of age, at which point they have developed waterproof plumage. They do not start to breed until five years of age in females and six in males.
After the chicks leave the breeding colonies, the adults feed at sea for around three weeks before their annual molt. During the molt they are unable to forage, as their plumage is not watertight. After the 25-day molt the adults leave the colonies to spend the winter at sea.
Macaroni penguins live in large colonies of up to 2.5 million birds, mostly in breeding pairs. Macaroni colonies are found on rocky cliffs and hillsides. Unlike birds of flight, whose bones are hollow to allow for flight, penguins have solid bones to enable deeper dives. The weight of their bones also allows them to remain under water for long periods of time. They typically surface after two or three minutes to breathe. As they swim, Macaroni penguins use their webbed feet to steer, with the help of their tails, which serve as a rudder.
Although very near-sighted on land, penguins have exceptional vision in the water. Their eyes, like the many sea animals, are attuned to the colors of the sea. This excellent vision is needed to avoid predation by leopard seals and killer whales, which are their primary predators in the ocean. On land their main predator is the skua (a large bird) which snatches penguin's chicks from nests. The penguin communicates by complex ritual behaviors such as head and flipper waving, calling, bowing, gesturing and preening. Courtship and mating rituals include so called "ecstatic displays" where a bird, typically an unattached male, pumps his chest several times with his head stretched upwards and with flippers stretched outwards, projects a harsh loud braying sound. This can result in a mass trumpeting by other males, which is believed to help synchronize the breeding cycle.
The Macaroni penguin is mainly active during the day. Very little is known of the species outside of the breeding season. Most studies have been carried out on breeding birds. They feed mainly on krill (shrimp-like crustaceans), although in some areas, fish become an increasingly important food source as the breeding season progresses. It has been estimated that Macaroni penguins alone consume four million tons of krill each year. In some populations, dives typically take the form of a V-shape, reaching depths of 48 m, although in other populations, the dive profiles were more complex.
The Macaroni penguin has a circumpolar range. It breeds at 50 known sites on sub-Antarctic islands in the South Atlantic and southern Indian Oceans, with one breeding site on the Antarctic Peninsula. Main breeding populations are located on the islands of Crozet, Heard, McDonald, Keruguelenand South Georgia. In twelve years, study populations on South Georgia have decreased by 65% and it is thought that the overall population on South Georgia has declined by 50% in the last 20 years. Most of the world population of this penguin has declined by at least 20% in the last 36 years (equivalent to three generations), but surveys are required to confirm the status of the species. The range of the Macaroni penguin outside of the breeding season is unknown, although it is thought that it stays in Antarctic waters.
The Macaroni penguin is found on the edge of Antarctica and Sub-Antarctic islands south of the Americas and Africa. Large populations of this penguin can also be found in Chile, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Shetland Islands, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, and McDonald Islands.
Breeding colonies are situated on rocky slopes or level ground, usually in areas lacking vegetation, although some nests are located amongst tussock grass (4). Little is known of this species outside of the breeding season, but it is believed that it is pelagic, spending all of its time at sea.
Primary predators of Macaroni penguins in the water are killer whales (Orca orcinus), leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) and Antarctic fur seals.
In undisturbed colonies, predation is relatively low. Eggs (mainly deserted ones) are predated upon by skuas, sheathbills, and kelp gulls while weakened chicks, or those separated from the creche are taken by skuas and giant petrels. Whilst at sea, adult Macaroni penguins are preyed upon by leopard seals.
As are most penguins, Macaroni penguins are counter-shaded in the water, making them difficult to see. They use their agile swimming abilities, vision, and association with other Macaroni penguins to be vigilant to predator s and avoid capture in the water.
Food Habits
Macaroni penguins live almost entirely on krill (Euphasiidae) supplemented with up to five percent squid. They also eat some fish and amphipod crustaceans (Amphipoda). Macaroni penguins fast for up to forty days during the breeding season.
Conservation Status
Macaroni penguin population status is stable and increasing. They are among the most numerous penguin species in the world with a population of approximately nine million.
They are vulnerable to changes in the environment such as those due to water pollution and overfishing. Humans are the biggest threat to these penguins due to the overfishing of krill and other small invertebrates that they feed on.
Although population numbers of Macaroni penguins are high, the decline of the overall population in the last 30 years have resulted in the classification of the species as globally Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Long-term monitoring programs are underway at a number of breeding colonies and many of the islands that support breeding populations of this penguin are protected reserves. The islands of Heard and McDonald are World Heritage Sites. If the suite of threats facing the Macaroni penguin continue unabated, it seems likely that the population declines will continue.
Many penguin species of the Southern Oceans Ecosystem share a common set of factors that are causing population reductions. Introduced predators such as cats and rats are a great problem for breeding birds on a number of islands, including South Georgia. Overfishing is a very serious factor, in particular the harvesting of krill, the main food source of the Macaroni penguin. Further pressures include oil spills and increasing tourism, as well as potential climate change, particularly as penguins are extremely sensitive to changes in sea temperature and ocean currents and the consequent decrease in prey availability
Economic Importance for Humans
Macaroni penguins live in large colonies and they represent a large potential food resource, but their economic importance is minor or insignificant to humans. Whalers and seal hunters of the nineteenth century visited some penguin colonies for meat and eggs, and there once was a penguin oil industry which took large numbers of birds but by the early 20th century, this was no longer profitable. There are no known adverse effects of Macaroni penguins on humans.
Further Reading
- Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt, 1837) Encyclopedia of Life (accessed March 25, 2009)
- [www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2009/ Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2009 Annual Checklist]. Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G., eds (2009), Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Eudyptes chrysolophus Reynolds, K. 2001. The Animal Diversity Web (online).(accessed March 25, 2009)
- International Penguin Conservation Work Group (accessed March 25, 2009)
- Macaroni Penguin BirdLife International] (accessed March 25, 2009)
- WoRMS, World Registry of Marine Species (accessed March 11, 2009)
- IUCN Red List (accessed March 25, 2009)
- Global Register of Migratory Species (accessed March 25, 2009)


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The SQL92 standard was accepted in 1992. The standard is different from the other three standards in that it contains much more functionality. At the time of writing, SQL92 is not fully implemented by any vendor, and serves the important function of defining a standard for implementation of new features.
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|The title of this article is conjecture based on information revealed in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels and may be subject to change.
Viserion is one of the dragons born in the Dothraki Sea, along with Drogon and Rhaegal. He is named after Daenerys Targaryen's brother, Viserys. He is distinguishable by his cream and gold colored scales, and red-orange wings.
Season 1
Daenerys is given three dragons eggs by Magister Illyrio Mopatis on the occasion of her wedding to Khal Drogo.[1] She is drawn to these eggs and always keeps them in a chest with her. Viserys tries to steal them but is stopped by Ser Jorah Mormont.[2]
He is born along with his two siblings after Daenerys has their eggs placed on the funeral pyre erected for her deceased husband, Khal Drogo. As she rises unharmed from the ashes of the pyre on the morning following the funeral, he climbs on her leg.[3]
Season 2
Viserion is not shown as much, until he is stolen by Xaro Xhoan Daxos, along with Drogon and Rhaegal. As Daenerys enters the House of the Undying to retrieve them, she evetually finds her three dragons chained. Pyat Pree attempts to chain her with magic claiming that her dragons make his magic strong, and that she makes them stronger, thus she will stay with them for an eternity. She whispers to her dragons, "dracarys," her command to breathe fire, and the three of them burn Pyat Pree alive, releasing his magic.
Season 3Viserion along with his brothers accompany Daenerys throughout her journey to Astapor and Yunkai. When Daenerys has a meeting with a Wise master of Yunkai he fights with his brother Drogon over a chunk of meat.
|Season One appearances
|Winter is Coming
|The Kingsroad
|Lord Snow
|Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things
|The Wolf and the Lion
|A Golden Crown
|You Win or You Die
|The Pointy End
|Fire and Blood
|Season Two appearances
|The North Remembers
|The Night Lands
|What is Dead May Never Die
|Garden of Bones
|The Ghost of Harrenhal
|The Old Gods and the New
|A Man Without Honor
|The Prince of Winterfell
|Valar Morghulis
|Season Three appearances
|Valar Dohaeris
|Dark Wings, Dark Words
|Walk of Punishment
|And Now His Watch is Ended
|Kissed by Fire
|The Climb
|The Bear and the Maiden Fair
|Second Sons
|The Rains of Castamere
Physical appearance
The majority of his scales are golden, with cream colored markings under his neck and tail, while his horns and spines are white. His wings are red orange, with black tints along the bones.
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In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Viserion is much the same. In contrast to his namesake, Viserion is noted as being the best behaved of Daenerys' three dragons, even compared to his brother Rhaegal. He is also the most friendly to other people besides Daenerys herself. His primary coloration is specifically cream, though he is often referred to as simply the "white" dragon.
See also
- Viserion at A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)


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Chroniton torpedo
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Chroniton torpedoes were ship-mounted weapons utilized by the the Krenim, a Delta Quadrant species which possessed deadly weapons based on temporal science. The torpedoes were capable of passing directly through an enemy's shields due to the fact that they were in a constant state of temporal flux.
In an alternate timeline in 2374, the USS Voyager found themselves under near-constant attack by the territorial Krenim, who utilized chroniton torpedoes to inflict severe damage. Eventually, the crew developed a plan to remodulate their targeting scanners to a parametric frequency, so that they could destroy the Krenim's torpedo launchers before they fired. The plan worked, but not before a chroniton torpedo fragment became lodged in Voyager's hull, leaking chroniton radiation into the ship, necessitating inoculations for the entire crew. Five years later, the dormant chronitons in Kes's cells would be reactivated by exposure to a biotemporal field, causing her to experience a series of backward time jumps. These time jumps were halted in 2373, when The Doctor exposed Kes to a precisely modulated field of antichronitons to purge her system of the radiation. (VOY: "Before and After")
In another version of this timeline, Lieutenant Commander Tuvok and Seven of Nine were able to develop temporal shielding which effectively protected Voyager from the Krenim's chroniton torpedoes. This was accomplished by matching Voyager's shields to the temporal variance of the torpedoes, and matching the deflector array to the inverse of that variance. This timeline later negated when the Krenim weapon ship was erased from history, reversing all of the damage it had caused to the timeline from history. (VOY: "Year of Hell", "Year of Hell, Part II")


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The stock market performance during the first quarter ending March 31, 2009 was not much different from the downward trend on most global capital markets. There were generally, low market activity characterized by low demands and large offers for listed securities resulting in a downward pressure on share prices.
The lack luster performance which comes at the heels of very impressive returns recorded on the market for the year ended December 2008, is largely due to the effects of the global financial crisis which has also affected the major economic indicators. Government's upward adjustments in petroleum prices and its attendant effects on inflation and interest rate made the money market more attractive. Again, increases in foreign exchange to record levels since the last five years made foreign exchange investment a preferred choice for most potential investors. These key factors together with the usual profit taking activities to realize capital gains by both institutional and retail investors who benefited from the gains of the previous year resulted in low secondary market activity.
However, the introduction of live automated trading, the relatively low prices on the market and the encouraging first quarter results released by most listed companies are expected to boost the market during the second half of the year. Investors are therefore encouraged to take advantage of the opportunities that the market provides currently to realize better returns in the not too distant future.
The GSE All-Share Index recorded a decrease of 11.35% to end the quarter at 9,247.17points. This is a far outcry from the 18.92% gains recorded during the 1st quarter of 2008. The downward trend for the period under review resulted in the stock market temporarily trailing behind interest rates and inflation.
Active Shares Traded
Despite the low activity, listed companies recorded trades on the market. The ten most active equities for the quarter contributed variously to total volume and values on the market. In volume terms, GCB was the most traded equity contributing 48.69% to total volume, followed by CAL and ETI with 27.79% and 6.87% respectively. The rest are SPL, PBC SIC, AADs, PBC, UT, FML and SPPC following in that order with between 3% and 1% of contribution to total volume.
Again, GCB led the quarter with a 52.81% contribution to total value traded followed by SCB and CAL with 21.56% and 14.20% respectively. Whiles ETI, SIC, FML, EBG, AADs, UT and BOPP contributed between 3.88% and 0.45% to total value traded.
Trading in bonds were however, more active in the quarter under review than was recorded in the first quarter of 2008.
The decrease in share prices and the thin volumes of shares traded also impacted on turnover for the period. Volume of shares traded over the 63 trading session of the first quarter was 17.32 million shares valued at GH¢13.78million compared with volume and value of 83.25million share and GH¢51.39m respectively for the same period in 2008. Average volume of trades per trading session was 274,960 shares valued at GH¢218,772.
Turnover value recorded for corporate bonds was US$1,000 whiles that of Government bonds stood at GH¢6.14million. This compares favourably to GH¢2.04million Government traded and no trades for corporate bonds recorded for the same period in 2008.
Market capitalization recorded for the quarter ending 31 March, 2009 was GH¢18,041.20m (US$13,073.33m) compared with GH¢13,961.62m (14,392.92m) for the same period in 2008.
Annual General Meetings
The first quarter saw most listed companies organizing Annual General Meetings (AGM) to interact with their shareholders. The Exchange was well represented at each AGM and used the opportunity to educate shareholders on the automation and operations of the GSE Securities Depository as well as the benefits of opening accounts with the Depository.
Again as directed by Council of the Exchange, all listed companies at their AGM passed a resolution to amend their company regulations in order not to issue any more paper share certificates for new listings.
Although the impact of the global financial crisis is expected to adversely affect the Ghanaian economy, there is still a growing optimism on the stock market that opportunities still abound for wealth creation and financial stability for both existing and potential investors. Analysts believe that the Exchange's performance in this first quarter is normal and the market will soon make a turn around before the end of the last quarter.
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2008-11-12 08:09:31
HOLDING TREVOR and ICE BLUES
Even though they share the "gay film" label, the two evening presentations at the Quad Citians Affirming Diversity's November 15 film festival - Holding Trevor and Ice Blues - don't have that much in common: The former is a frequently comedic drama about gay youths in Los Angeles; the latter is a mystery featuring a gay detective in upstate New York.
Yet the movies do share one rather inspiring trait: Instead of making pious assertions that gays are "just as good as everyone else," they make the point - and make it subtly - that gays are just as goofy and messed up and human as everyone else, which is a far more inspiring and realistic message. They also share another trait: Both movies are really entertaining.
Read More About O.D.S 'N' P.I.S: "Holding Trevor" And "Ice Blues," At The QCAD Film Festival, November 15...
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You'll be the pride of the school when you show up to the game in our Adult Lion Mascot Costume. Every package includes a jumpsuit and mask. The soft brown jumpsuit fully covers you from the neck down and has a zip up the white-bellied front for convenient changing. Attached paws at the ends of the sleeves and legs will keep your hands and feet hidden from the crowd. Have them roaring with laughter when you put on the lion head, giving you a furry golden main, big muzzle, and large yellow eyes with black mesh irises. It's the fourth quarter and your team is down by a single touchdown. Get that crowd going when you wear this funny costume and you'll have the players pumped for the winning field goal. Put it on for this year's Halloween party and you'll be one cool cat.
Stop lyin' around and get a start on Halloween! Take care of October festivities now with this Plush Lion Adult Costume. Each package comes with a jumpsuit and detachable head. This comfortable bodysuit is made of shining chestnut felt and has a large white patch in the middle of the chest. It zips up the front for easy changing, and has attached mittens and slippers that act as paws. The lion-head mask has a full mane of golden fur, a stuffed nose and mouth (complete with fangs), and yellow eyes with black mesh irises to make sure you can see all the action. The mask can be easily slipped on and off if you need a catnap or have a friend that wants to be King of the Jungle. Whether you've got a theme party to go to or a school game that needs a mascot, this costume will let you show your pride and get everyone roaring with laughter. Make your family part of the pack with a Cuddly Lion Adult Costume, Toddler Lil' Lion Costume, and Infant Toddler Loveable Lion Costume, sold separately here.
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THE FIRST INSTALLMENT in THIS FRANCHISE WAS ONE of the MORE AMUSING KIDDIE ADVENTURE MOVIES from the DIZZ-KNEE STABLE...
THE SECOND INSTALLMENT in THIS FRANCHISE WAS, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASKED, ALMOST AS GOOD AS the FIRST...or MAYBE EVEN BETTER.
BUT the THIRD INSTALLMENT in THIS FRANCHISE, an EARLY EXAMPLE of WHAT WE CALL "EYE-GOUGING MIS-USE of 3-D," STUMBLED BADLY and, by STARRING RAZZIE ICON (AND AWL-TIME RAZZIE CHAM-PEEN) SYLVESTER STALLONE in NO LESS THAN FIVE ROLES -- FOR WHICH, IF WE'D LISTED EACH CHARACTER SEPARATELY, HE COULD HAVE FILLED OUR ENTIRE WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR CATEGORY -- DESERVEDLY "WON" DUH SLY-STER HIS 10th RAZZIE. THE FILM ITSELF...WAS MERCIFULLY FORGOTTEN.
WHY on EARTH ANYONE FELT COMPELLED to REVIVE THIS LONG (and DESERVEDLY) DEAD FRANCHISE -- IN WHAT THEY'RE CALLING 'AROMA-SCOPE' YET -- IS a MYSTERY for the AGES.
EVEN IF IT IZ BETTER THAN the PREVIOUS FILM (and, LET's FACE IT, HOW COULD IT NOT BE?) PUTTING LAST YEAR's LANDSLIDE CHOICE as WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS JESSICA ALBA ABOVE the TITLE IS, IF YOU ASK US, KINDA ASKIN' for a RAZZIN'...
BOTTOM LINE: THIS SURE LOOKS LIKELY to STINK (PUN INTENDED)...and to BE a BIG-TIME B.O. BOMB...
SO UNLESS ITS INVESTORS HAD SOME BUX TIED UP in a BOLIVIAN BANK ACCOUNT THAT COULD ONLY BE RETRIEVED by MAKING THIS GOD-AWFUL-LOOKING MOVIE...
NOW ITz YOUR TURN. LOCK, LOAD...and HIT THIS LINK to JOIN in the KIDz-BASHING...
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Is U.S. Justice Broken?
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
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From fingerprinting to criminal sentencing, from lawyer licensing to judicial selection, and from eminent domain to wealth transfers via class-action lawsuits, how do perverse incentives impact the law and what reforms would create a more just and efficient legal system?
Experts: David D. Friedman, Alex Kozinski, Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Criminal Justice/ Prisons
Edward López with David Theroux on the New Book, The Pursuit of Justice
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
Independent Institute Research Fellow Edward Lopéz, Associate Professor of Law and Economics at San Jose State University and editor of the new Institute book The Pursuit of Justice, talks with Institute President David Theroux about the faulty incentives at the heart of government legal failures and whether market-based alternatives can provide viable solutions to the serious problems caused by the bureaucratization and politicization of the law.
Experts: Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: RadioIssues: Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Law Enforcement, Privatization
A Gala for Liberty: The Independent Institutes Gala Reception and Dinner
Recorded: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
On September 16, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, actor and director Andy Garcia, and entrepreneur William K. Bowes, Jr. were honored at the Independent Institutes A Gala for Liberty. Each honoree received the Alexis de Tocqueville Award in recognition of their contributions to advancing the ideas and ideals of liberty, entrepreneurship, innovation, and peace.
Experts: George B. N. Ayittey, Michael J. Boskin, William K. Bowes, Jr., Andy Garcia, Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, Alvaro Vargas LlosaType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Business, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Collectivism, Culture/ Society, Democracy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Economic History and Development (International), Free Market Economics, Free Speech, Freedom, Government Power, History (International), Latin America, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Race Issues, Religion, Taxes, Terrorism and National Crises, Trade


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Police in Fayetteville are investigating the explosion of a house that damaged more than a dozen other homes in the neighborhood.
No injuries have been reported in the blast that occurred around 2 a.m. Wednesday.
Cumberland County Sheriff's Capt. Charles McLaurin says the cause of the blast has not been determined.
McLaurin says the State Bureau of Investigation and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms will be investigating.
He says no one was in the house that was destroyed in the blast.
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Liaqat Ali Khan, the city's police chief, says the attack aimed at one of his partol teams on Monday also wounded over 30 people. The bomber detonated his explosives as the patrol passed by.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Suspicion is likely to fall on the Pakistani Taliban. The group has been waging a bloody insurgency against the government for years and has stepped up attacks ahead of the May 11 parliamentary election.
On Sunday, the Taliban killed 11 people in bomb attacks on a political rally and two campaign offices in the northwest.


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Less than 24 hours after making a sexually vulgar comment about a legislative Democratic leader, GOP Gov. Paul LePage offered an apology - of sorts. Although the governor did not apologize to the lawmaker himself, LePage did say he was sorry if his remark offended anyone. But then he attempted to justify the the remark saying he was "only trying to wake the people of Maine up" to his concerns over a compromise budget supported by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. A.J. Higgins has more.
In less than a day, Gov. Paul LePage's rant against Senate Assistant Majority Leader Troy Jackson, of Allagash, went global. Internet sites everywhere were carrying the news that LePage had said Jackson "claims to be for the people, but he's the first one to give it to the people without providing Vaseline."
LePage admitted today that he had gone too far - sort of. "If I offended anyone with my comment, my sincere apology - it was not meant to offend anybody," he said. "But I will say this: It was intended to wake the people of Maine up."
Political observers on both sides of the aisle agree the governor accomplished his goal. And they also agree that - irrespective of the apology - the governor's remarks are likely to have some unintended consequences.
LePage has already promised to veto the Legislature's compromise budget because it contains a half-penny increase in the sales tax and a one percent hike in the food and lodging tax to offset $200 million in municipal revenue-sharing cuts favored by the administration.
Although the governor has called Republicans who oppose his budget "weak," House GOP leader Ken Fredette says LePage's remarks about Jackson are not likely to recruit additional Republicans for the purpose of sustaining his budget veto when the vote happens next week.
"I certainly don't think that the governor's comments yesterday are helpful in his trying to convince Republican legislators to uphold his veto," Fredette says.
Maine Democratic Party Chair Ben Grant says the public backlash LePage is experiencing over the remark will force a lot of Republicans to put as much distance as they can between themselves and the governor.
"People are going to be running away from him as fast as they can - especially in swing districts," Grant says. "I suspect that the Republicans who voted for the budget the first time around are going to be even more dug in now - just to save their own political viability."
In an impromptu meeting with reporters, LePage told reporters that there is still time for Jackson and majority Democrats to work things out. LePage is proposing what he calls "a continuing resolution" that essentially would keep state finances running for 60 days. LePage says that would allow time for Democratic leaders and the administration to discuss their differences - although he refuses to negotiate on tax increases.
"To think that we had a balanced budget," Lepage told reporters. "We have room to sit down and fix things that they're concerned about. But taxation right now is not appropriate. It is simply now what we need."
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills says the governor's short-term plan to avoid a state shutdown would be unconstituional under Maine law, and amount to a violation of the oath of office that both the governor and all 186 legislators swore to, which requires them to deliver a balanced budget.
Although the administration disagrees, Richmond lawyer and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Seth Goodall does not. "The governor is on really weak ground, weak footing," Goodall says. "A continuing resolution means you're going to continue the spending that happened the year before. That's unconstitutional in the state of Maine."
In addition to venting on the budget, LePage also took time to toy with reporters who asked him what effect his remarks might have on his re-election plans. The governor said that he was thinking about not running for re-election as governor and considering a run for the 2nd Congressional District instead.
But in the same breath, he also said that he might retire - or simply go back to stocking shelves at Mardens Salvage Stores, where he once served as general manager. "I don't take myself as serious as all you do," he said, laughing. "I really don't."
The governor also apologized to any loggers who may have been offended yesterday when he implied that, like Jackson, other loggers didn't have enough brains to run things at the State House. LePage gestured to himself when referring to someone with a brain who could get some work done in Augusta.
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At its end, 2010 will definitely be labelled at the Year of the Consumer. From backlash to support, electric utilities have certainly heard, and loudly, from their customers, and recent studies have been taking notes.
A pilot study in Washington, D.C. appears to demonstrate that energy use feedback and dynamic pricing can lead to consumer savings and substantial demand response for the utility. Questions remain.
A LinkedIn smart grid executive forum tackles whether participants "believed" in smart grid. Three weeks later that question is bookended by a thoughtful answer that echoes the industry's conversation with itself.
Electric utility CIOs are keeping a wary eye on pending legislation in Washington, while working behind the scenes on flexible IT architecture that can serve if the nation places a price on carbon and enacts a renewable portfolio standard.
The link between a carbon price signal and demand response, with the sales pitch for smart grid thrown in, according to one writer.
The prospects for energy legislation and a call for a price signal on carbon, from the people in charge of delivering electricity, gathered in Washington, D.C.
An IT guru with roots in telco provides yet another example of how electric utilities don't have to reinvent the wheel to drive consumer engagement.
Utilities are trying to educate consumers on the real costs of electricity and using dynamic pricing to change behavior. But what's the actual business case, in the eyes of investors? Has anyone seen ROI?
Consumers don't get dynamic pricing and in California, they're pushing back.
In a new study, Accenture confirms some intuitive notions of consumer behavior and attitudes, while uncovering a few surprises, too. Utilities should be all ears.
Visionaries, proponents and naysayers abound in the smart grid space, as this review of reader commentary on electric vehicles, smart charging and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) attests.
Mention clean technology in general and electric vehicles (EVs) in particular and you get the good, the bad and the ugly. Last week, proponents, skeptics and naysayers weighed in on an EV column.
Electric vehicles may be more widespread in the news than in the street, but utilities are preparing for real-world adoption. They describe some of their concerns in today's column.
We look at another stimulus funding applicant who was denied funding and follow the recasting of the proposal to fly without taxpayer funds. This one is about training or retraining energy professionals for a brave new world.
The association of commercial real estate owners and managers in Chicago is pursuing demand response for 270 buildings - 80 percent of downtown office space - to cut operating expenses and raise revenue.
A representative of commercial/industrial electricity users said smart grid remains a mystery. And he has questions. Lots of questions.
Moving to a regulatory scheme that goes beyond "cost-plus" should take into account local market conditions and must include tangible consumer engagement, according to one participant.
In 2006, Bill Gates asked his utility leader, Jon Arnold, what Microsoft was doing for the grid. Arnold talks here about how he'd write that memo today.
Jon Arnold runs Microsoft's global utility business and, when he talks, people (should) listen - whether they like it or not.
No matter where you go, the consumer - and the issues surrounding the consumer - go too.
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With a polls beginning to indicate a tightening race after Wednesday night's debate, first lady Michelle Obama is returning to Colorado this week.
Colorado remains one of the most hotly contested battleground states, with a new University of Denver poll showing President Obama clinging to a four-point lead in the state, but an improved impression of GOP contender Mitt Romney in the days since the debate.
Michelle Obama is scheduled to speak in Fountain on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at the the Fleischauer Activities Center on 326 W. Alabama Ave. Doors open at 9:30 a.m.
Tickets are available beginning at noon Sunday at the following locations:
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- Appearance
- Schinus terebinthifolius is a broadleaved, dioecious, evergreen shrub or small tree. Plants can grow to 30 ft. (9.1 m) tall.
- Foliage
- The alternate, dark green leaves are pinnately compound and slightly toothed along leaflet margins. Leaflets are opposite along a winged rachis and 1-2 in. (2.5-5.1 cm) long. Leaves have a strong smell of pepper or turpentine when crushed.
- Flowers
- The trees produce clusters of small, white, 5-petaled flowers developing in the leaf axils of young stems. Trees flower year-round, but flowers are most concentrated in the fall.
- Fruit
- Fruit are small, bright red berries that are very attractive to birds and other wildlife. Hundreds of seedlings have been seen sprouting from bear scat.
- Ecological Threat
- Schinus terebinthifolius invades a variety of habitats including old fields, forests, hammocks, ditches, and wetlands. It invades natural and disturbed areas in Hawaii, Florida, Texas and California. It forms dense thickets that displace native vegetation.
- Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States - USDA Forest Service
- Element Stewardship Abstract - The Nature Conservancy
- Fire Effects Information System - USDA Forest Service
- Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas - University of Florida
- Invasive Species Management Plans for Florida - University of Florida - Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
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EDDMapS Distribution - This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts, herbaria, and literature. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
State Invasive List - This map identifies those states that list this species on their invasive species list. For more information, visit Invasive.org
Invasive Listing Sources
- Archbold Biological Station
- California Invasive Plant Council
- East Central Florida CISMA
- Faith Campbell, 1998
- Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council - Category I
- Florida Keys Invasive Species Task Force - Category I
- Florida Noxious Weeds
- Jil M. Swearingen, Survey of invasive plants occurring on National Park Service lands, 2000-2007
- John Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Survey of TNC Preserves, 1995.
- National Wildlife Refuge Association, Silent Invasion: A Call to Action from the National Wildlife Refuge Association, 2002. Washington DC. 17 pp.
- Nonnative Invasive Species in Southern Forest and Grassland Ecosystems
- Reichard, Sarah. 1994. Assessing the potential of invasiveness in woody plants introduced in North America. University of Washington Ph.D. dissertation.
- Southwest Florida Cooperative Invasive Species Mgmt. Area
- Texas Noxious Weeds
- Treasure Coast Cooperative Invasive Species Mgmt. Area - EARLY DRAFT
- University of Hawaii, Botany Department, Hawaiian Alien Plant Studies, 1998
- WeedUS - Database of Plants Invading Natural Areas in the United States
Taxonomic Rank
|Kingdom: Plantae
|Phylum: Magnoliophyta
|Class: Magnoliopsida
|Subclass: Rosidae
|Order: Sapindales
|Family: Anacardiaceae
|Genus: Schinus
Other System LinksPlants: SCTE
Bayer: SCITE
NPDN Pest: PAHACBB
NPDN Host: 35112
Synonyms and Other Names
Other Common Names:
Christmas berry, Florida holly,Brazillian pepper, schinus
CategoriesCategory: Hardwood Trees
Category: Shrub or Subshrub
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| USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
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|USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.


text: ergy, a Juno Beach, Fla.-based provider of clean energy from natural gas, wind, solar, hydroelectric and nuclear power plants, has released a survey that illustrates California residents' support of wind power. It shows that 83% of the 500 participants surveyed via telephone are in favor of the expansion of wind energy production in the state, and more than 96% of respondents believe wind power should be a part of the state's future mix of renewable energy sources. 'California has traditionally been a leader in promoting clean energy alternatives, and it's clear that Californians strongly favor wind power as a part of the state's long-standing commitment to climate change through the efforts to diversify the fuel supply and reduce power plant emissions,' says Bryan Fennell, FPL Energy's vice president of business management. 'Although wind cannot solve all of California's energy needs, we believe it can play a greater role in diversifying the state's current fuel mix and helping the environment. The survey results confirm that Californians consider wind to be an important renewable energy resource.' The survey measured public awareness and perceptions about wind energy in five California cities, including Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno, Sacramento and San Francisco. According to FPL, it revealed that 80% of California residents believe expanding renewable energy sources will have a positive impact on California in the next 10 years, and 90% support the state's goal to have renewable energy sources provide 20% of the state's power needs by 2010. The report also shows the respondents' reasoning for supporting wind: 89% said because wind energy will never run out, and 82% said because it will reduce the need for imported


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The office of the governor of the region in the Ural Mountains said in a statement that many calls about injuries and damage to buildings had been received. But there were no immediate confirmed figures or specific reports on damage.
Reports conflicted on the event: A spokeswoman for Russia's Emergency Ministry, Irina Rossius, told The Associated Press that there was a meteor shower, but another ministry spokeswoman, Elena Smirnikh, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying it was a single meteorite.
The ministry said some fragments fell near the town of Satka, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) from the regional capital city of Chelyabinsk.


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Not just a Seder plate - this is a Passover centerpiece. This swirled brass and steel Seder plate has a glass pyramid in the middle and copper cups on top. 19" long, 5.75" tall, 3.5" wide.


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(NewsUSA) - Winter is coming -- and that means it's time to store seasonal tools and recreational equipment. Safe, smart storage of motorcycles, RVs, power equipment and seasonal cars goes a long way towards keeping them at their best to ensure peak performance in the spring. To keep the fuel in gas-powered machines...
When the buzz first arose in midsummer that Vice President Joe Biden might jump into the race for the 2016 Democratic nomination, I flatly predicted here that he would decide against it. I've wavered a bit since then, but I've never really�reversed...
The Picketwire Center for Performing and Visual Arts is proud to announce that they will be hosing two performances from Central City Opera. Picketwire invites the valley to experience contemporary musical theater and classical opera, performed by...
Photographers working in flood-ravaged South Carolina have started sharing videos and pictures of what appears to be mounds of floating fire ants.
He's only 3 years old, and he's already an Internet sensation. DJ Arch Jr. has captivated our hearts since we saw a video clip of the tyke on "South Africa's Got Talent."
Carey Mulligan has welcomed a child with her husband Marcus Mumford,
Six weeks after asking "Miley, what's good?" on the Video Music Awards stage,
Squash is good for a lot more than decorating — with a little gussying up, it makes a marvelous weeknight meal. To celebrate the season, our friends at
In the wake of my previous column on the Oregon community college murders, several people raised a similar objection to my suggestion that we extend criminal background checks to all gun sales.
A 16-month-old Australian toddler underwent a "miracle" surgery to reattach his head to his neck after he was internally decapitated in a car wreck.
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