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So my second batch taht I just bottle of german hefeweizen did not come out so perfect the carbonation did horrible. There are some bubbles but not alot. My first bottle I tried did very well but 1 out of 3 was carbonated the rest with no head retention or little bubbles. I use muntons carb tablets I put 5 in each 12oz bottle just like it says in the instructions. I do 2 gallon batches all the time. Does anyone have any other advice and ways to do this?
How long ago did you prime? What temperature did you condition the bottles? Keep the bottles at room temperature for a few more weeks. You can't rush these things.
I always used dried malt extract dissolved in water. It's much more consistent and far cheaper. Corn sugar is cheaper yet and still as consistent. I don't remember the exact ratio I used, but I think 3/4 cup of corn sugar dissolved in a pint of water (which you then heat to boiling and pour into the bottling bucket before racking the beer) per 5 gallon batch, or 1.25 c of DME dissolved the same way.
Using carb tabs rules out a problem with the amount of priming sugar or with the priming solution not being properly mixed. If the bottles have spent 3+ weeks at room temp and aren't carbed, then maybe our bottle caps are the issue. I had two batches of uncarbed beer. Couldn't figure out what the issue was. Bought a new bag of bottle caps and bam, problem solved. Not sure what the problem was but the caps just werent sealing properly...
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Checked out the exhibits and looked out at the water. Nice view and saw some egrets and herons. Fine for a quick stop and to add to your "places I have been". Nobody else was there when we stopped by.
Checked out the exhibits and looked out at the water. Nice view and saw some egrets and herons. Fine for a quick stop and to add to your "places I have been". Nobody else was there when we stopped by.
Beautiful place to take a walk and enjoy nature and the beautiful live oaks. Wonderful photo opportunities to be had.
We stopped for a quick break and found a gem. Our kids enjoyed the exhibits here and we all learned more about a tree we've always admitted for its beauty. The boardwalk trail was excellent.
This place is wonderful. The beaches, the hiking trails, all just wonderful. The beaches are usually quiet with not much people.
I love to hike and explore all things nature, but I just couldn't get into this place. Lots of scrubby brush...not sure where any of the 'live oaks' were as I didn't see anything. Trails were so so....sandy, but uninteresting.
Naval Live Oaks is not hard to get to but be careful if you mapquest for it because it will put you on the hiking trail side of the reservation. Since our son is in a wheelchair, the path that is accessible is on the side that has the education building. The path is .8 miles long and takes you... More
This park is off of Hwy 98 in Gulf Breeze. The park is open 7 days a week (except big holidays), but the building for education is closed on the weekends. The park does offer a lot of education opportunities about the habitat of this part of Fl and the creatures who share it. Behind the building is a short... More
Me and my wife come here often to get away and enjoy the nature trail and the fresh air. very relaxing and worth the trip from Pace. A historical part of our lives that we will always cherish.
The water in this area is dirty looking. Great for fishing, but no beach area and the water is filled with seaweed. The land area is clean, the building is closed on the weekends.
If you are looking for a calm beach are for your toddler, this is the place. Not your typical beach but a great alternative to big waves.
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With virtualization technology we, the system administrators, have a lot of tools available to make our day to day operation and administration of our environments easier to work with and speeds up the time it takes to do a lot of administration tasks. Take for example the ability we have to add resources to a virtual machine. You can add processors, memory and or increase disk space within a matter of minutes and very little downtime. On a physical host you would need to purchase the hardware first and wait for it to arrive and then schedule the downtime to add the resources to the machine. This speed and power can be both a blessing and a curse. Once application owners understand how easy it is to add resources to the virtual machines then comes the requests for additional resources any time the application owners think there is the slightest bit of need for any additional resources.
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"What do you wish to monitor?", is often my response when someone states they need to monitor the virtual environment. Monitoring however becomes much more of an issue when you enter the cloud. Some of my friends have businesses that use the cloud, specifically private IaaS clouds, but what should the cloud provider monitor and what should the tenant monitor has been a struggle and a debate when dealing with them.
VMware, Citrix, EMC, NetApp and Intel have all reported strong earnings for Q1/2009. This suggests that virtualization is helping the technology sector lead the economy out of the recession. This trend should continue as economies improve worldwide and these vendors can start to chalk up global growth.
I participated in GestaltIT's TechFieldDay which is a sort of inverse conference, where the bloggers and independent analysts go to the vendors and then discuss the information they have received. We visited the following virtualization vendors:
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I participated in GestaltIT's TechFieldDay which is a sort of inverse conference, where the bloggers and independent analysts go to the vendors and then discuss the information they have received. We visited the following storage vendors:
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VMForce is going to get announced on April 27th. Could this be a brand new cloud based upon SpringSource tc Server as a Java based Platform as a Service play for Force.com applications? This would benefit VMware, SalesForce.com, and the Force.com developer community.
One thing I have learned in the time I have spent working in IT is that no software product, out of the box, will do everything that you want it to do. This especially goes for VMware's vCenter Server. This is a great product but yet still has its shortcoming. vCenter will perform a lot of the tasks that we need to do and has the ability to report on a information we need to know about in our virtual environments but unfortunately not everything we need to know about can be easily found in bulk about multiple servers.
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VMware intends to in an 18 to 24 month period come out with a true management stack that addresses capacity management, infrastructure performance, applications performance (and service assurance), configuration management, lifecycle management, extended provisioning and wrap all of that into a service catalog that lets IT provide a menu of services that can then be automatically provisioning on a dynamic (or even a cloud based) virtual infrastructure.
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Existing VMware offerings competed in the Resource and Availability Management space prior to the acquisition of the Ionix assets, and the acquisition has done nothing to change the fact that vendors in this space face strong competition from VMware (or certainly will do so once Hyperic is integrated and ships as a VMware product). Infrastructure Performance Management is the key category that IT Operations needs to focus upon to understand the performance of their virtual environment, and the acquisitions do not change the positions of Akorri, CA/NetQos, Virtual Instruments and Xangati in this space. Adding ADM to VMware's assets in the APM space adds a significant capability, but at the end of the day does not yet put VMware in the position to be able to provide an APM solution across physical and potentially multiple virtual environments as can AppDynamics, BlueStripe, Coradiant, New Relic and OPNET.


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At the core of this guitar is a basswood body carved into Jackson's popular super strat shape called "Dinky". The body features an arched quilt maple top that gives it its distinctive appearance. It is currently available in two Gloss Polyurethane finishes - Transparent Amber and Transparent Black.
The guitar comes with a bolt-on maple neck with graphite reinforcement. It features a bound rosewood fretboard with 24 jumbo frets. The headstock is also bound to match the neck, while Jackson's famous Pearloid shark fin inlays adds both functional and aesthetic value to the guitar. The guitar has a scale length of 25.5" and comes with a nut width of 1.6875".
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Pioneer Energy Services (PES) provides contract land drilling services to independent and major oil and gas operators in Texas, Louisiana, the mid-continent, Rocky Mountain and Appalachian regions and internationally in Colombia through its drilling services segment. Pioneer also provides well, wireline, coiled tubing and fishing and rental services to producers in the U.S. Gulf Coast, offshore Gulf of Mexico, mid-continent and Rocky Mountain regions through its production services segment. Valuation PES trades at 0.82x P/NTA and 11.36x trailing 12 months P/E. It achieved a trailing 12 months ROE of 6.37%. Financial And Business Risks PES is highly geared with a gross debt-to-equity ratio of 92%. This is not helped by an interest coverage ratio of 1.38 and current ratio of 1.40. Off-balance sheet liabilities include purchase commitments and operating leases amounting to $134 million and $17 million respectively. Purchase commitments primarily relate to ten new-build drilling rigs, equipment upgrades and purchases of other new equipment. The total estimated cost for the ten new-build drilling rigs is approximately $220 million to $240 million, of which $66.5 million has already been incurred. PES is influenced substantially by both operating and capital expenditures by exploration and production companies. When commodity prices are depressed for long periods of time, capital expenditure projects are routinely deferred until prices return to an acceptable level. However, as existing oil and natural gas wells require ongoing spending to maintain production, expenditures by exploration and production companies for the maintenance of existing wells are relatively stable and predictable. This benefits PES which derives a significant portion of its revenue from activities related to the maintenance of existing wells. PES maintains long-standing customer relationships with a diverse group of major independent oil and gas exploration and production companies. Ecopetrol, PES' largest customer accounted for approximately 14% of its 2011 consolidated revenues. No other single customer accounted for more than 11% of consolidated revenues during the same period. Furthermore, 74% of PES' working rigs are operated for mid to mega-cap publicly traded companies, partially reducing counterparty risk. Business Quality and Capital Allocation PES is a leading player in energy services; it is the seventh largest well servicing provider and ninth largest contract driller with 107 well servicing rigs in 12 locations and 68 drilling rigs in 7 locations, respectively. In the well-servicing segment, PES has the newest well servicing fleet in the industry with an average age of less than four years, and it also achieved the highest average hourly rate of top-tier well servicing providers for the past two years. Approximately 80% of its drilling rig fleet has a horsepower rating of over 1000 horsepower and the majority of its fleet is equipped with top drives, allowing PES to pursue opportunities in shale plays, which typically require higher specification rigs than traditional areas. PES' organic opportunities in its core businesses remains strong. In 2012, it signed multi-year term contracts for 10 new-build drilling rigs and added a total of 19 well-servicing rigs, 15 wireline units and three coiled tubing units. PES has a strong contract backlog in the land drilling segment, with 79% of working rigs backed by term contracts. PES has averaged over 80% utilization through cycles since 2001, with current utilization at 85%. PES has pursued and intends to continue to pursue acquisitions of complementary assets and businesses. In March 2008, PES significantly expanded its service offerings with the acquisition of two production services businesses, which provide well services, wireline services and fishing and rental services. On Dec. 31, 2011, it acquired the coiled tubing services business of Go-Coil to complement its existing production services offerings. Insider Trades There has been significant insider activity in recent months. Locke Stacy, CEO of PES, bought 100,000 shares at an average price of about $6.40 in November 2012. This is in addition to the 847,004 shares he bought in June 2012. Thompson C. John, a director of PES, sold at more than 100,000 shares, at prices ranging from $7.50 to $8.05, from June to September this year. Conclusion PES' listing history on the NYSE is short, given that it transferred the listing of its common stockfrom the NYSE MKT to the NYSE in June 2012. However, a quality business selling for less than book, coupled with significant buying by the CEO in the past six months, makes it a candidate worthy of consideration. Disclosure The author does not have a position in any of the stocks mentioned. Stocks Discussed: PES,
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I unlocked the AS-KRI and Grand Pinger on my first playthrough, but didn't have the cash to get them. So I restarted a playthrough, and they're locked again. Any advice?
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Yeah...I started a new playthrough...
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Well, unlocking the guns requires finding the parts. (Something the game never mentions. They make you think they're in the crates.) And from rescuing hostages, and making moral (Or usually immoral) decisions. The AS-KR1 and Grand Pinger are supposed to be unlocked with an Army of Two original save.
5 years ago
What glitch caused you to loose all weapons? Where is it, so I can avoid it????
5 years ago
I restarted a game in the same save slot without purchasing the two guns, but they became locked when I restarted.
5 years ago
YEP would be nice to miss that GLITCH...little help there Master Ala
5 years ago
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i was wondering the same thing i beat it on contractor and i didnt get 5 final guns (i didnt unlock the as-kri or the grand pinger at all) and quiet a few attachments....and really contractor wasnt that hard besides the armored grenaders and flamethrowers and u cant forget the stupid AI as ur partner either but compared to the first one it was a breeze
5 years ago
My guess is to stay on the playthrough which you unlocked the as-kri and grand pinger and select different chapters on that playthrough and do the chapters over again to get money by doing the missions. That's what I'd do. I just started chapter 5 on my first playthrough..playing contractor, its freakin tough man.
5 years ago
You have to have a save from the original Army of Two according to most reports, however there is a glitch where the game will forcibly reset you and take EVERYTHING away. I happened to lose all of my guns, cash, and access to those weapons through this glitch
I do not know if there is any other way of unlocking them however
5 years ago
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The game would have been fun as it is, but with the EVOLUTION, RESEARCH, STATS and SKILLS system (the buttons you uncover later on), this game rises its LEVEL as high as an RPG game. Every button brings you to a new world of options, with which you can bring uniqueness to your creature, and with those choices later on you EVOLVE in to something different (depending on how you put your stats). When you mix RPG character creation with CUTE flash, you get this masterpiece! Suitable for boys & girls of 4, men or women of 44- everyone wants to jump! With only mouse movement and clear menus, playing has never been easier. Just spend that ore and money on abilities and press the fly button and you'll notice how you go up higher every time!
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Lipase catalyzed glycerolysis processing is of industrial interest since it can be carried out at ambient temperatures and atmospheric pressures. Previously, glycerolysis conducted in a column packed with immobilized lipase were highly potential to ensure a high MAG formation in a short time. In spite of optimal reaction conditions a complex heterogeneous reactant mixture with a glycerol in oil emulsion occurs. Hence, the movement of material from phase to phase as well as through the catalyst pores becomes important since it can influence the performance of the immobilized enzyme reactor.
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Latest round of IUU red and yellow cards issued by the European Commission
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Continuing its efforts to fight against illegal unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing worldwide, the European Commission has taken numerous actions since last October to target nations that are not fulfilling their duties to fight IUU fishing in accordance with international law.
In October of 2014 the EU issued a "red card" to Sri Lanka, banning imports of their fisheries products effective January 14th, and after four years of intense dialogue with the country. The Commission took this step after Sri Lanka failed to demonstrate that it had sufficiently addressed IUU fishing by implementing international law obligations, implementing an adequate vessel monitoring program, complying with the recommendations and resolutions of the regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs), and failing to appropriately sanction violations among their high seas fleet.
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FishWise Update #3 on Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant-derived Radiation
December 2014 Update
As of November 10, 2014, monitoring efforts along the Pacific coast off the US and Canada by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute scientists detected small amounts of radioactivity from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant meltdown. The amount of cesium-134 detected was less than 2 Becquerels per cubic meter, which is many times lower than the 7,400 Becquerels per cubic meter maximum level set by US EPA for drinking water. The highest predictions for waters off the California coast are 30 Bq/m3. At such low levels, the radiation is not predicted to harm humans or the environment.
The most rigorous seawater sample testing is being done by a group of citizen scientists led by researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Since the beginning of 2014, the group has collected and analyzed about 50 samples from coastal locations along the west coast, from California to Alaska. To date, none of the samples tested have been found to contain higher than trace levels of cesium.
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FishWise is continuing to follow the status of the radioactive plume of seawater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan and its potential to contaminate Pacific seafood. Based on the best scientific information available, consuming Pacific seafood is still safe. U.S. state and federal agencies continue to deliver the message that the levels of Fukushima-derived radiation are unlikely to cause significant harm to the public and the risks are small when compared to other things that threaten public health (e.g. smoking, air pollution, obesity, etc.).
Who is testing for radiation?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the primary federal agency responsible for testing food imported from Japan for radiation. The FDA is routinely tests for radionuclide contamination and monitors information and data from foreign governments and international organizations, including the Japanese government's food sample testing program, the import sample testing programs of nations geographically close to Japan, and the Fukushima-related activities of international organizations like the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (FDA 2014). In light of the information collected from these sources, in March 2014, the FDA released this update on its website:
To date, FDA has no evidence that radionuclides from the Fukushima incident are present in the U.S. food supply at levels that would pose a public health concern. This is true for both FDA-regulated food products imported from Japan and U.S. domestic food products, including seafood caught off the coast of the United States. Consequently, FDA is not advising consumers to alter their consumption of specific foods imported from Japan or domestically produced foods, including seafood. FDA continues to closely monitor the situation at and around the Fukushima Dai-ichi facility, as it has since the start of the incident and will coordinate with other Federal and state agencies as necessary, standing ready to take action if needed, to ensure the safety of food in the U.S. marketplace. (FDA 2014)
Import Alert #99-33 instructs FDA field personnel to detain shipments from Japan if the food is likely to contain radionuclide contamination. The FDA's Import Alert #99-33 website contains a long list of seafood species from the Fukushima prefecture that the Japanese Prime Minister has ordered to be restricted from distribution into the export market, including:
Alaska Pollock, ayu, barfin flounder, black cow-tongue, black rockfish, braddblotched rockfish, brown hakeling, salmon (landlocked), common carp, conger eel, crucian carp, fat greenling, flathead, flathead flounder, fox jacopever, goldeye rockfish, gurnard, halfbeak, black porgy, dace, eel, sandlance, seabass, littlemouth flounder, long shanny, marbled flounder, nibe croaker, northern sea urchin, ocellate spot skate, olive flounder, pacific cod, panther puffer, poacher, red tongue sole, ridged-eye flounder, rockfish (sebastes cheni), sea raven, spotted halibut, slime flounder, spotted halibut, starspotted smooth-hound, starry flounder, stone flounder, surfperch, venus clam, whitespotted char. (FDA 2014)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is monitoring levels of radiation in air and precipitation through its RadNet program (EPA 2013). Ocean monitoring of Fukushima radiation has received much less attention from U.S. government agencies. Neither the U.S. government nor the state of California has an ongoing testing program for Fukushima-derived radiation off of the California coast (California Coastal Commission 2014).
However, there is a volunteer radiation-monitoring project underway led by scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts. Our Radioactive Ocean is a program in which scientists and citizens can send samples of Pacific Ocean water to be analyzed for Fukushima-derived radiation at Woods Hole. To date, The Our Radioactive Ocean website was updated on June 2, 2014 with this statement:
So far, none of the seawater samples taken from the Pacific Coast have contained any trace of radiation from Fukushima. They have contained the same levels of radiation that were evident in the Pacific Ocean before the Fukushima accident. These levels of cesium-137 measured at all sites are between 1 and 2 Bequerels per cubic meter, and are from the 1960s atmospheric nuclear weapons testing programs. The lack of cesium-134, which only has a two-year half-life for radioactive decay, indicates that none of the Fukushima contaminants have reached the West Coast sampling sites. Therefore, continued support for monitoring is needed as the cesium isotopes are expected to reach the coast in 2014 and levels are predicted to increase over the coming 2-3 years. See more at: http://www.ourradioactiveocean.org/results.html#sthash.ScBxOzMU.dpuf (Our Radioactive Ocean 2014)
Kelp Watch 2014 is a project to determine possible radionuclide contamination of kelp forest ecosystems along the California coast by testing kelp samples in multiple locations along the west coast (Kelp Watch 2014). One of the main goals of the project is to soothe public anxiety about the severity of the radiation plume's impact on coastal ecosystems. The researchers leading the project are confident that the radiation concentration found in kelp samples that will bioaccumulate in the food web that humans are part of will be so low as to pose no harm to human health (Samuel 2014).
Has the radiation from Fukushima arrived on the West Coast?
Since the disaster occurred in April 2011, a radioactive plume of contaminated seawater has been carried towards the west coast of North America by ocean currents. As of April 30, 2014, no Fukushima-derived cesium has been detected in seawater off the coasts of California, Oregon, or Washington (California Coastal Commission 2014). The leading edge of the radioactive plume appears to have recently reached Vancouver Island off of Canada, and could possibly reach California next year, although coastal upwelling could hold the plume at bay for several years (Rossi et al 2013). The peak concentration of Fukushima-derived radionuclides is anticipated to reach California between 2016 and 2019 and then gradually decline over the following decades (California Coastal Commission 2014).
Should we be worried?
The answer that scientists studying the issue have come to is no. Due to the rapid dilution of the radioactive seawater in the vast Pacific Ocean, the concentration of radionuclides from Fukushima is expected to be only slightly above pre-accident levels, and far below naturally occurring radioactive elements in the ocean (Buesseler 2014). Even the highest estimated levels of radioactivity are more than 400 times lower than levels of naturally-occurring radiation and represent only a tiny increase in total radioactivity above pre-accident levels (California Coastal Commission 2014).
Evidence for this can be found to the north of Hawaii and off the coast of British Columbia, where the low levels of cesium detected indicate that the level of exposure along the west coast will be low and marine organisms such as fish are extremely unlikely to accumulate dangerous quantities of radioactivity (California Coastal Commission 2014).
Is Pacific seafood contaminated?
Along the west coast of the United States, low levels of cesium radioisotopes from Fukushima have been found in Pacific bluefin (Madigan et al 2012) and albacore tunas (Neville et al 2014). In 2011, Madigan et al detected very low levels of Fukushima-derived cesium in highly migratory Pacific Bluefin tuna, which the researchers determined had accumulated in the tissue of the fish during the juvenile phase of their life cycles in the western Pacific (Madigan et al 2012). A follow-up study in 2012 found that radiocesium levels in Pacific bluefin had decreased by more than 50%, indicating that the concentration of radioactivity in the ocean from Fukushima is rapidly decreasing (Madigan et al 2013).
Using the same dataset as Madigan et al, Fisher et al concluded that a subsistence fisherman consuming only Pacific Bluefin tuna in amounts five times greater than the average total seafood consumption in the US would receive 0.1% more radiation than the normal annual radiation dose humans receive (Fisher et al 2013).
Some bottom dwelling fish such as flounder tested very close to the reactor off Japan have been found to have levels of radiation above Japanese regulatory limits, so eating those fish is not recommended. However, due to closures of fisheries in the areas near Fukushima and Japan's strict limits for radiation in seafood, it is extremely unlikely those fish could make it to US markets (Buesseler 2014).
Short background on radiation in the ocean
The vast majority of radioactive particles in the ocean are there as a result of the weathering of rocks and the erosion of continental crust (Buesseler 2014). Until the Fukushima plant meltdown, the primary anthropogenic source of radiation was from fallout from nuclear weapons testing in the 1950's and 1960's and from Chernobyl fallout, to a lesser extent. Cesium-137 is the main radionuclide of concern following the Fukushima disaster due to its relatively long half-life (over 30 years) and potential to affect human health through bioaccumulation. Cesium-134 has a short half-life (two years) and therefore decays quickly, making it less of a threat. Both isotopes of cesium are highly soluble in ocean water, meaning that a radioactive plume of these particles quickly dilutes as a result of ocean current and mixing processes (Buesseler 2014).
Conclusion and Recommendations
FishWise maintains the same conclusion and set of recommendations from our last update in December 2013. There is no question that there are major concerns regarding the effects of radiation from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on human health and the environment. However, the key results from these peer-reviewed studies and from the government tests have been misrepresented in the media and have led to the concern that seafood in the Pacific is contaminated from the Fukushima plant and unsafe to eat. While Japanese subsistence fishers may need to take caution, people in the U.S. eating seafood from the eastern Pacific do not need to spend too much time worrying. Based on the scientific information available, consuming Pacific seafood is safe. We will update our research on this situation as new information becomes available.
Buesseler, K.O (2014). Fukushima and ocean radioactivity. Oceanography 27(1): 92-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.02.
California Coastal Commission (2014). Report on the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Disaster and Radioactivity along the California Coast. 30 April 2014. California Coastal Commission: http://documents.coastal ca.gov/reports/2014/5/F10b-5-2014.pdf
Fisher, N.S., K. Beaugelin-Seiller, T.G. Hinton, Z. Baumann, D.J. Madigan, J. Garnier-Laplace (2013). Evaluation of radiation doses and associated risk from the Fukushima nuclear accident to marine biota and human consumers of seafood. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 110(26): 10670-10675.
Kelp Watch (2014): http://kelpwatch.berkeley.edu/home
Madigan, D.J., Z. Baumann, N.S. Fisher (2012). Pacific Bluefin tuna transport Fukushima-derived radionuclides from Japan to California. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109(24): 9483-9486.
Madigan, D.J., Z. Baumann, O.E. Snodgrass, H.A. Ergül, H.Dewar, N.S. Fisher (2013). Radiocesium in Pacific Bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis in 2012 validates new tracer technique. Environmental Science & Technology 47: 2287-2294.
Neville, D.R., A.J. Phillips, R.D. Brodeur, K.A. Higley (2014). Trace levels of Fukushima disaster radionuclides in East Pacific albacore. Environmental Science & Technology 48: 4739-4743.
Our Radioactive Ocean (2014). Available at: http://www.ourradioactiveocean.org/. Accessed on June 4, 2014. See also "Educate Yourself", http://www.ourradioactiveocean.org/index.html#help.
Rossi, V., E. Van Sebille, A.S. Gupta, V. Garçon, M.H. England. (2013). Multi-decadal projections of surface and interior pathways of the Fukushima Cesium-137 radioactive plume. Deep-Sea Research I 80(2013): 37-46.
Samuel, M (2014). "New Fukushima radiation study will focus on west coast kelp forests." 15 January 2014. KQED Science. http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/01/15/new-fukushima-radiation-study-will-focus-on-west-coast-kelp-forests/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2014). RadNet Monitoring data. Available at: http://www.epa.gov/radnet/. Accessed on June 4, 2014. See also "Radiation in perspective", http://www.epa.gov/radiation/understand/perspective.html
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2014). FDA Response to the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Facility Incident. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/newsevents/publichealthfocus/ucm247403.htm. Accessed on June 4, 2014. See also "Import Alert 99-33", http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_621.html
The FDA's Investigation into Seafood Mislabeling
By: Alanna Gisondo
Most of us who work in the seafood sector are well aware that seafood fraud and mislabeling are two issues that have been commanding a lot of attention lately. In the past several years, we've seen investigative reports and academic studies address fraudulent seafood labeling in the U.S. marketplace and estimate rates at which it is occurring in retail stores and restaurants across the country.
So much attention in fact, President Obama recently issued a Presidential Memorandum that established a Presidential Task Force on Combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud.
All this attention around seafood mislabeling begs the question, "How much of our seafood is labeled correctly?"
It's a question that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set out to answer when they launched an investigation into seafood mislabeling back in 2012. The two-year extensive analysis included 700 DNA samples collected from the wholesale distribution chain (prior to retailers) across 14 states, and targeted seafood that is most often suspected of being mislabeled. And now, the results are in.
The FDA found that 85% of the seafood it tested was labeled correctly. What's more, the FDA also found that mislabeling occurred most often in snappers and groupers, two species that constitute less than 2% of total seafood sales in the U.S. This mislabeling rate is lower than other mislabeling studies, which could be attributed to the sampling location of the wholesale distribution chain before the retailer. In studies by Oceana, mislabeling percentages were 18% at retail, 38% at restaurants, and 74% at sushi venues (though sample sizes for each differed). This may indicate that mislabeling is happening more frequently after the wholesale distribution chain and warrants further study.
The FDA's recent findings provide additional insight into a confusing and frequently debated seafood issue, and indicate that seafood mislabeling is likely the most problematic within specific species groups of seafood (e.g. the snapper & grouper complexes), which other mislabeling studies have also found. With these new statistics, seafood businesses have a better understanding of the scope of the problem, where along the supply chain mislabeling is likely to occur, and which species complexes are most susceptible to mislabeling.
While the FDA's study is encouraging, it does not mean that seafood mislabeling is no longer a serious problem. Seafood mislabeling is often associated with food safety and public health concerns, continues to generate media coverage, and poses serious challenges for businesses in meeting sustainable seafood policies and commitments.
The good news is that there is a suite of tools that can help to identify and reduce the risk of buying and selling mislabeled seafood. Businesses can help to ensure that products aren't mislabeled by reviewing and improving their electronic data systems, verifying product claims via paper audits (aka tracebacks), conducting DNA testing of products of high-risk products, and implementing robust traceability policies that are communicated throughout the supply chain. Looking to different commodities —such as fair trade coffee and certified natural products— is also helpful in understanding how other sectors have innovated solutions to their own labeling challenges.
You can read more about the FDA study here.
Labor Abuse in the Seafood Industry Captures Media Attention
By: Aurora Alifano
Labor and human rights violations in the global seafood industry have been documented for years. Media coverage of trafficked workers in Thailand has traditionally focused on the sex industry, but recent reports of shocking human rights and labor violations in Thailand's shrimp industry captured public notice. For the first time, the names of major retailers in the U.S. and Europe that sell Thai shrimp produced with human trafficking and forced labor were exposed by the Guardian in June 2014. International media outlets further broadcast the story, highlighting human rights violations in Thailand's fisheries.
Less than a month after the investigation release, the U.S. State Department determined that that Thailand does not comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and that human rights violations within the fishing industry remain a problem, as outlined in the 2014 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Once again, Thailand made headlines when it was downgraded to Tier 3 in the 2014 TIP report, the lowest possible level.
Exposed companies addressed the media coverage by publically advertising their efforts to reduce and eliminate human trafficking and other labor violations in their supply chains. These problems were met with encouraging action by retailers. "We are committed to working with our suppliers of Thai shrimp to require them to take corrective action to police their feedstock sources with respect to poor labor practices," read one retailer's initial statement. "This commitment so far has involved visits by our buying staff to Thailand and discussions with the Thai government, our suppliers, and other industry participants."
How are sustainability certifications responding?
In response, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), a major seafood certification body, announced a new policy against forced labor in August 2014. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) stated, "MSC condemns the use of forced labor. Companies successfully prosecuted for forced labor violations shall be ineligible for MSC certification."
Aquaculture certifications are also looking to address this issue. At the 2014 Global Outlook on Aquaculture Leadership (GOAL) conference, the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation (IFFO), Lyons Seafoods Co. and Wm Morrison Supermarkets collectively agreed to a position statement addressing the social concerns related to aqua feed production. The statement affirmed, "It is essential that robust, comprehensive and socially responsible standards are implemented within aquaculture and its supply industries and that human rights are protected".
Through the public statement, each party committed to supporting and promoting Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) that incorporate social standards and other programs based on the key elements of the ILO Work in Fishing Convention (ILO 188).
Seafish's Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS) recently updated fishing vessel standards with a focus on social and ethical criteria to prevent trafficked or bonded labor. It is widely accepted that fishing vessels operate at sea with limited monitoring and enforcement, and are often considered hazardous working environments. Workers can encounter a spectrum of issues ranging from extremely low wages, inadequate sanitation, lack of safety equipment, and long working hours to documented cases of forced labor, human trafficking and even murder (ILO 2013). Ongoing development of the RFS could offer a potential solution to address ethical issues on board fishing vessels.
Until international efforts can improve the monitoring and enforcement of social standards in the seafood industry, more stories linking seafood companies with products tainted by trafficking and forced labor are likely. Seafood businesses can promote the adoption of good labor practices by using their influence to proactively engage their supply chains.
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When human rights and labor violations are featured in reports and globally broadcast in the media, the potential for hardened public attitudes toward seafood industry actors and impacts to seafood sales escalates. There will be continued reputational and financial risks to seafood businesses until serious progress on this topic has been made.
Case Studies:
1. The Guardian Investigation
2. EJF Video and Report- Sold to the Sea- Human Trafficking in Thailand's Fishing Industry
3. Slaves in New Zealand Video and Report
4. MTV Exit
1. Walk Free Trafficking in Supply Chains Guidelines
2. Greenpeace Report
3. EJF Hidden Cost of Shrimp
Lessons learned from the Global Outlook on Aquaculture Leadership (GOAL) conference
By: Kathleen Mullen-Ley
I recently had the pleasure of participating in a retail panel discussion at the Global Aquaculture Alliance's (GAA) annual Global Outlook on Aquaculture Leadership (GOAL) conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
This year's overarching theme was 'Celebrating Leadership' in acknowledgement of the challenges of responsible aquaculture and the need for collaboration to overcome those challenges. Being relatively new to field of responsible aquaculture, I took full advantage of the opportunity to learn from the industry experts, retailer and foodservice seafood buyers, investors, and academic researchers in attendance.
In my opinion, there are four main takeaways from the conference:
1. Early mortality syndrome (EMS) in farmed shrimp is still a major problem and seafood buyers should diversify their sources to minimize risk.
2. Zone management of farm clusters is a potential solution to the looming dilemma of how to develop the aquaculture industry responsibly.
3. Responsible feed production will require a shift from wild fish protein to alternative protein sources.
4. There is widespread acknowledgement that human rights abuses in the aquaculture industry are real and need to be addressed but there is uncertainty around how.
The first two takeaways are closely linked. Zone management was touted as an effective solution to fight EMS and prevent future aquaculture epidemics. Showing strong support for this view, the GAA announced the development of a fifth star in the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification scheme for zone management. GAA was vague on the details of the standard, but seemed confident that it will be able to address a wide range of aquaculture challenges including disease management and engaging small-scale farmers.
The topic of responsible feed was the most divisive. Alternatives to wild fish protein are severely lacking. Soybeans, rendered animal products, and insects were discussed as alternatives, but none struck me as being both viable and responsible in the short term. The path forward appears to be a two-pronged approach of improving the reduction fisheries involved in fishmeal and fish oil production through improvement projects and continuing to research and develop alternatives.
The issue of human rights was clearly the newest and the most uncomfortable for conference attendees to discuss. Everyone passionately agreed that something must be done, but what and how? Fortunately, FishWise has been tracking the issue of human rights abuses in seafood supply chains for some time now and so I was able to make a valuable contribution to this area of discussion during the retail panel.
The retail panels were composed of representatives from the NGO community, major retailers, and seafood companies to give a breadth of views and experience. Despite having different backgrounds, the panel members were mostly in agreement on the challenges facing responsible aquaculture and the need for collaboration to overcome those challenges. On my retail panel, the most interesting part of the discussion was around how the recent revelations human rights abuses in seafood supply chains has changed how we think about sustainability. The uncomfortable truth is that we may have been calling some seafood 'responsibly sourced' despite being associated with egregious human rights abuses. Now that another (yes, this issue has been around for a while) clear link has been made between seafood production and social welfare, the definition of seafood sustainability can no longer be restricted to environmental standards. Figuring out how to address both environmental and social considerations in seafood production and improve traceability so sustainability claims can be verified is our revised challenge moving forward.
Should be easy, right?
Participating in a retail panel discussion at the GOAL conference in Vietnam was a fantastic experience. The GAA is already encouraging increased attendance by NGOs and retailers at the 2015 conference in Vancouver, so if you're interested in attending next year, you already have a seat at the table.
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Johnson & Johnson's quarterly other current assets increased from Mar. 2014 ($7,852 Mil) to Jun. 2014 ($8,083 Mil) but then declined from Jun. 2014 ($8,083 Mil) to Sep. 2014 ($6,934 Mil).
Johnson & Johnson's annual other current assets increased from Dec. 2011 ($5,189 Mil) to Dec. 2012 ($6,223 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2012 ($6,223 Mil) to Dec. 2013 ($7,610 Mil).
Technically, the other current assets line may include any asset that will be used up within the next 12 months. However, other current assets never include assets that are listed elsewhere in the current assets section of the balance sheet. For this reason, other current assets are almost never:
The assets grouped under other current assets are most commonly:
Some companies can and do choose to report each of these items separately.
Other current assets may be made up largely of Prepaid Expenses - unless these are listed on a separate line of the balance sheet.
Prepaid expenses are exactly what they sound like. If a company pays a $30 million insurance premium on the last day of June that will provide coverage for the entire month of July, the company will record a $30 million prepaid expense to account for the insurance expense it will show in July that it already paid for in June.
Tax assets can be quite complex. It is not common for companies to have both tax assets and tax liabilities. It is important that investors take note of both items when considering future taxes.
Non-Trade receivables are rarely a large item. They include money owed to the company by non-customers. Non-trade receivables can be caused by related party transactions, the sale of a business unit, etc. The notes to the companys financial statements will often provide much more detail on this item if it is truly important.
There are a variety of other current assets like non-trade receivables which are simply too numerous to list. If a company is following correct reporting procedures, it should not lump items that are different from one another and yet individually important to the company together under the line Other Current Assets.
At most companies, other current assets are a small and unimportant part of the total balance sheet.
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Other Current Assets | 4,373 | 5,290 | 6,076 | 6,797 | 5,290 | 4,497 | 5,189 | 6,223 | 7,610 | 0 |
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As the Chiefs prepare to make the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft for the first time in franchise history, we've made our own draft board. Adam Teicher, The Star's Chiefs reporter, has ranked the top 10 available players who fit the Chiefs' most pressing needs. Not all are worthy of the No. 1 pick — the Chiefs may decide to trade down — but all are worth keeping an eye on before the draft starts April 25.
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Many of us who have smartphones employ a car-mount so that we can use services like GPS and Google Maps. The problem arises when you get a new phone and realize you need a new mount because they are usually proprietary solutions. Enter the German company iGrip who has unveiled a universal windshield mount. They were in Las Vegas last month to show it off at CES.
The iGrip Universal Mount can hold any phone from the standard 3.5 inch models like the iPhone up to the largest Android models on today's market. It has a standard suction-cup mount and the 3 adjustable arms. Once you set the arms for your handset you simply slide it in and out. The mount will auto-lock your device in place. It even rotates between portrait and landscape modes.
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While each year there is a specific theme for the 18th April, each National Committee is free to choose a theme that is most relevant to highlight the heritage issues in their nation or region. Below are a number of general suggestions for nationally organized activities to mark this event:
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organized by the National Committee through its Scientific and Regional committees emphasizing local issues that require attention, support and/or promotion among the community, authorities and experts.
Spreading knowledge
- Written: Articles in newspapers and magazines
- Media: Television and radio broadcasts
- Publicity: Hanging banners in town squares, principal traffic arteries, universities, related organizations, museums, cultural centers, libraries, cafeterias, calling attention to this day and to the preservation of cultural heritage through the reference of local and/or international examples.
- Talks for Youth, Students and young professionals of the field, Experts, the General Public
- Inviting local or foreign experts, personalities academics, students and the community.
- Organizing discussions in cultural centers, city halls, and other public spaces
- Exhibitions and competitions of photography, drawings, paintings, etc.
- Publication of books, postcards, stamps, posters, etc.
- Awarding prizes to organizations or persons who have made an outstanding contribution to the conservation and promotion of cultural heritage or produced an excellent publication on the subject.
- Inaugurate a recently restored monument or rehabilitated site.
- Promotion of "twinning" opportunities between various National Committees, defining areas for co-operation; exchange of speakers; organization of meetings and seminars, or the editing of joint publications.
- The international Scientific Committee could be invited to debate around the chosen theme.
The essential aspect is to mark this day so that it becomes not only a day to celebrate your National Heritage, but also a day of International Solidarity in favor of strengthening and safeguarding Heritage world-wide.
If you are planning an event linked to 18 April or its theme – please inform the International Secretariat as soon as possible.
On 18 April 1982, on the occasion of a symposium organized by ICOMOS Tunisia and a corresponding meeting of the Bureau in Hammamet, it was suggested that a day be established to celebrate the diversity of heritage throughout the world. From this idea, the International Day for Monuments and Sites was born. This project was approved by the Executive Committee who also provided practical suggestions to the National Committees on how to organize this day.
The UNESCO General Conference adopted the concept by passing a resolution at its 22nd session in November 1983 recommending that Member States examine the possibility of declaring 18 April each year "International Monuments and Sites Day".
While many countries and regions have established heritage days, such as the European Heritage Days celebrated each year in September, the International Day for Monuments and Sites presents an opportunity for all ICOMOS National Committees to advocate their shared cause together on the same day.
At the revival of this day in 2001, ICOMOS President Michael Petzet and the Executive Committee proposed that the 18th of April be used by all Committees to draw attention to a particularly endangered type of cultural heritage in conjunction with the annual Heritage at Risk report. Every year a growing number of ICOMOS National Committees all over the world are holding special events on the 18th April.
"Heritage and Landscape as Human Values"
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Held under the high patronage of Mr Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Italian Republic and of Ms Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, this event gathered over 1650 participants and guests from 94 countries, and saw 73 ICOMOS National Committees represented. This encourages us to consider that this important moment in the life of ICOMOS is also the foremost gathering of heritage professionals world-wide.
Outcomes of the General Assembly
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- Biographies of the newly elected Executive Comittee (2015 - 2017)
- Amended ICOMOS Statutes adopted by the 18th General Assembly
- Revised ICOMOS Ethical Principles adopted by the 18th General Assembly
- Resolutions adopted by the 18th General Assembly - EN / FR
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Consumers may mark the passing of 2014 with a midnight glass of bubbly, but odds are they'll begin and end the evening with cocktails boasting a burst of cinnamon, a dash of ginger or a hint of mint. Flavored spirits grew more popular this year, and the trend is set to continue growing in 2015 with the rise of more artisan and small-batch products.
Cinnamon has been a particularly popular flavor for whiskey and other spirits this year, but ginger has been on the rise and next year is likely to bring even more ginger-flavored spirits and ready-to-drink cocktails.
"It fits in well with that savory-sweet spice trend, so if you're going to mix it in anything else, it will provide those notes to the finished product," said Kirsten Wemer, lab manager at Flavorman in Louisville, Ky. Her company works with clients to create new beverage recipes. "Ginger is the next cinnamon."
Flavored spirits have been around since the 1980s and preferences are cyclical, but often when perennial favorites come back around they come with new twists, Wemer said. (read more…)
Changing state laws around the country have fueled a rise in craft distilleries in the past decade or so, and their artisan experiments are fueling the latest whiskey trends. The number of craft distilleries in the state of New York alone has grown to 50 since the state began cutting licensing fees in 2002, and there are 12 in the borough of Brooklyn alone, said Colin Spoelman, co-founder and master distiller at King's County Distillery.
Spoelman grew up in Kentucky, the state that produces 95% of the world's bourbon supply. He learned early on to make moonshine, which is basically bourbon before it's aged, he said. When he moved north to Brooklyn, Spoelman set up a still in his apartment and started making the kind of moonshine whiskey he grew up with.
"Then I started getting very popular," he said with a laugh. "So I looked into getting a license. (read more…)