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Woman Drowns in Basement as Remnants of Erin inundate Oklahoma
Posted: 08/19/2007 - What's left of Tropical Storm Erin has swamped homes and highways in Oklahoma, where at least one person has died in floodwaters.
Posted: 08/19/2007 - What's left of Tropical Storm Erin has swamped homes and highways in Oklahoma, where at least one person has died in floodwaters.
Posted: 08/19/2007 - The government today advised South Texans to prepare for possible evacuations with Hurricane Dean heading into the Gulf of Mexico.
Updated: 08/19/2007 - A local private school said goodbye to one of the people who helped build it up from the ground. Some 25 years ago, Helen Spencer began her tenure as Head of School at St. Michael's Academy in Bryan.
Updated: 08/19/2007 - A club opened up Saturday night that some parents may have actually encouraged their teens to go to. Members of the House of Hope Church hosted "Club 116" at the Lincoln Center.
Updated: 08/19/2007 - Locals and visitors did not waste any time breaking in the new Brazos County Exposition Complex and County officials could not have been more pleased. All smiles on Saturday, Brazos County Judge Randy Sims said after years of setbacks, looking at the facility and hearing the compliments made it worth while.
Updated: 08/19/2007 - The declaration will allow federal equipment and supplies to be moved in now, ahead of approaching Hurricane Dean, a White House spokesman says.
Posted: 08/18/2007 - Documents show that Southern Methodist University, the leading contender for George W. Bush's presidential library, started using its political, financial and social connections soon after his election to try to land the project.
Updated: 08/18/2007 - Space shuttle Endeavour is coming home a day early. NASA cut the mission short out of fear that Hurricane Dean might disrupt flight operations.
Updated: 08/19/2007 - Jamaicans are moving away from coastal areas and taking shelter as Hurricane Dean approaches. The island could receive up to 20 inches of rain.
Updated: 08/18/2007 - It was a somber homecoming for the family of William "Billy" Edwards. Marykay and Billy Edwards held back tears, as they waited for the plane carrying their son's body.
Updated: 08/18/2007 - A man accused of making a terroristic threat now has his fate in the hands of a jury. Friday afternoon, jurors began deliberating in the case brought against Tommy Jones.
Updated: 08/18/2007 - A Bryan man convicted of murder is headed to prison for life. Michael Young, 23, was found guilty Friday on one count of murder in connection with last year's stabbing death of Mary Neely.
Updated: 08/18/2007 - Emergency management officials in Brazos County are in talks with the state as Hurricane Dean approaches the Gulf of Mexico with an eye on Texas.
Updated: 08/18/2007 - Just two weeks after the Texas Education Agency released its school accountability ratings, local schools now know if they met federal education standards.
Updated: 08/18/2007 - For patients suffering from difficulty swallowing, chest pains, and even acid reflux, a new piece piece of equipment may help them find the root of the pain.
Updated: 08/18/2007 - Brazos County's newest special events facility will host its first event this weekend.
Posted: 08/17/2007 - The House of Hope is hosting "Club 116", a party for teens 13 to 18-years-old, offering music, dancing, prizes and plenty more. The event will be held Saturday at the Lincoln Center in College Station, from 8 p.m. until midnight.
Updated: 08/17/2007 - Fuel trucks are headed toward coastal towns and evacuations routes are being cleared as Texas braces for a possible direct hit from Hurricane Dean.
Posted: 08/17/2007 - Texas Equusearch has joined in the effort to find out what happened to Jim Martin, who was last seen August 6.
Posted: 08/17/2007 - RICHMOND, Va. – Two of Michael Vick's alleged cohorts in a dogfighting enterprise entered guilty pleas Friday, leaving the Atlanta Falcons quarterback on his own to cut a deal or face trial on federal charges. With his NFL career in jeopardy and a superseding indictment adding more charges in the works, Vick and his lawyers have been talking with federal prosecutors about a possible plea agreement.
Posted: 08/17/2007 - ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) - Jobs are on the line after Dell announced it will reduce more than four years worth of earnings. An internal probe found the Round Rock-based computer company misled auditors and manipulated results for performance goals.
Posted: 08/17/2007 - (AP) - A National Guardsman accused of helping transport illegal immigrants has pleaded guilty in Laredo to a felony conspiracy charge. Twenty-six-year-old Private First Class Jose Rodrigo Torres was one of three guardsmen accused of helping undocumented immigrants passed a checkpoint on Interstate 35.
Updated: 08/17/2007 - It was a different location, but for the same cause. Double Dave's Pizzaworks hosted the fourth annual United We Roll fundraiser Thursday night benefiting the United Way.
Posted: 08/17/2007 - COLLEGE STATION, August 17, 2007 — Texas A&M University ranks third nationally among public universities in the "Great Schools, Great Prices" category in the 2008 edition of "America's Best Colleges" published Friday (Aug. 17) by U.S. News & World Report—two places higher than for the previous year. The magazine also lists Texas A&M among the top colleges and universities in the "First-Year Experience" category that is part of a section titled "Programs to Look For."
Posted: 08/17/2007 - PISCO, Peru (AP) - Hundreds injured by Peru's killer earthquake lay side-by-side on cots outside hospitals, as doctors fear more aftershocks may collapse the buildings.


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By Maisie McCabe, mediaweek.co.uk, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 04:14PM
As part of the changes, Trevor White, who was Planet Rock's programme director for six years under the ownership of Malcolm Bluemel, will leave the company.
Blaxill, who will continue to have the same role for Heat radio, is now responsible for all programming for Planet Rock, alongside maintaining his position as the main contact for labels that want to arrange events and artists projects.
With 25 years' experience in the music industry, Blaxill is a previous executive producer of 'Top Of The Pops', a former A&R director at Independiente Records, and head of programmes at BBC 6music.
Steve Parkinson, the managing director, London at Bauer Radio, said Blaxill's "great all-round experience" would allow him to continue to "increase the success and popularity of Planet Rock by providing quality music and the best possible listening experience for rock music fans".
As part of the integration of Planet Rock, Baker, who won Rising Star at the Media Week Awards in 2012, will now take the role the head of commercial programming for Planet Rock and Kerrang! Radio.
Baker has worked at Kerrang! Radio for more than seven years as a presenter and producer, and took on the additional role of commercial programming manager for Kerrang! and Q Radio three years ago.
Steve Taylor, the creative commercial director at Bauer Media, said: "Alex is one of the radio industry's rising stars and the pro-active, flexible approach and enthusiasm he already brings to Kerrang! and Q Radio will be invaluable to Planet Rock."
Liz Barnes, previously a senior producer at Planet Rock, has been promoted to programme manager and will be charged with running the station's day-to-day scheduling for the station.
Bauer Media bought Planet Rock last month and the stations' production team and broadcast studios moved into Bauer yesterday.Follow @MaisieMcCabe
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JetBlue Captain Clayton Osbon and Medical emergancy Flight Crew Jet lag
Posted: 04-10-2012 11:58:29
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While TSA is checking your trousers looking for "terrorists" our flight crews often operate with little or broken sleep putting us all at risk. Airline flight crews are Flight Crew stress a greater risk than terrorism.
TSA rather than squeezing your equipment or selecting and irradiating your "cute" wife for "random" AIT inspection could be checking tons of cargo under your feet. Congress asked for this in 2005, we are still waiting... Six tons of unchecked cargo on board are a larger risk than 3 oz of breast milk for some hungry baby. TSA needs to stay on task and do real security work behind the scene or be phased out, let the private airlines handle security.
There was a medical emergency over Texas, caused by a pilot – a Flight Standards captain. JetBlue Airways Capt. Clay Osbon, flying Flight 191 from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Las Vegas, began moving up and down the aisle ranting, according to several passengers, about Iraq, Israel, al-Qaida and bombs, calling on passengers to recite the Lord's Prayer, saying that they were "all going down."
Background of Captain Osbon
While we can't into the mind of Captain Osbon, the good captain has been flying for decades. He is a public speaker, member of the National Rifle Association, the Aircraft Owners and Pilot Associations, the Experimental Aircraft Association and the Georgia Sheriffs Association. He obtained two Bachelors of Science degrees in the 1980s; one in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University and one in Aeronautical Physics from Hawthorne College. Before he joined Jetblue, he flew Gulfstream IV's for Net Jets all over the world. In short, he was very qualified and experienced the kind of person you want at the controls.
Many Flight Crews have Jet Lag
Many flight crews are often required to keep crazy hours, lack of sleep is unfortunately common to the trucking and airline industry.[13] The Airlines will not publicly address this very real issue. You know yourself a lack of sleep makes you irritable.[3] Get up at the crack of dawn to the catch the "red eye" the flight crew is getting the plane ready, filing flight plans, checking weather, etc.... long before you arrive. They don't call it the "red eye" for nothing, you know yourself a lack of sleep makes you irritable.[3] The crew may have got in late the night before from a different time zone staying in a local hotel. Don't think for a moment that flight crews don't suffer from jet lag.
Washington's contradictory US foreign policy puts all at greater risk.
We have been hoodwinked into most of the wars for the last 100 years, Iraq being no exception. Remember the yellow cake and the WMDs that were never found as the pretext for the Iraq war.[4] Now Israel has been working to pressure the US into a new war to bomb Iran's nuclear reactors. This insane plan would only spread radiation all over the middle east. This would be a real WMD!
Staged Terror Attacks Puts Crew and Passengers at Risk
Prior to December 2009 only about forty of the Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) or at that time called Whole Body Scanner (WBS) were in service. The public was not happy with the strip search and radiation issues Congress was ready to phase out the trial. Then out of the blue Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is helped aboard Delta Flight 23 with a defective bomb as reported by InfoWars.com told by eyewitness Kurt Haskell. [7] The scanner program was saved, hundreds of scanner systems ready for installation in January and February 2010 were shipped. Congress has done something. Stimulus money was spent; "security" people were promoted all is well in the empire. The five "official" versions of the events leave thinking people wondering what really happened. This dangerous "security theater" was used to sell scanners to a frightened congress and the pubic.[8] I can assure you many airline captains discussed this mysterious event of 23 December 2009 around the water cooler.
The TSA misses another dead line...
Seven years later after irradiating tens of millions of people we are still waiting for ALL the cargo be checked. Years ago (2005) Congress tasked the TSA with screening 100 percent of the tons of cargo and packages under your feet. [5] A truly worthy mission and task of TSA to promote air safety. Well, they missed the 31 Dec 2011 dead line again. This issue is perhaps the thousand-pound elephant in the room if you will. [6] But they have resources to search ninety five-year-old women and pat down four-year-old children? And have missuses powerful scanners to "randomly" scan cute women multiple times. [5] The captain is flying tons of unscreened cargo while TSA is robbing, molesting and harassing his customers about scissors or mothers with 3 oz of milk for her baby. This would make any thinking person mad! People FED up with airport harassment have stopped flying airlines are forced to respond with reduced pay and less staff putting more pressures on crews.
Congress clears the way for unmanned drones
Not like the captain has much stress or responsibility Congress has now added dodging Unmanned drones or UAVs to his job title. Unmanned drones have been flying in our airspace for years putting flight crews and the public at risk adding to pilot stress.[2] Put yourself in the Captains shoes perhaps short on sleep, responsible for the safety of hundreds of people, scanning the sky for drones and other planes. He/she must know the minute inter workings of the plane. Coolly, and quickly respond to any sort of mechanical, electrical or weather that may arise. We don't need UAVs looking in our windows or putting flyers in danger.
17 May 2012 Update Drone near collision with private jet over Denver Colorado
A unmanned drone nearly cause a plane crash near centennial airport just south of Denver Colorado. While DC threatened Texas with a no fly zone over Texas last year if TSA has not given un fettered access to your pants. Congress opens the doors for spy drones to fly over our heads for months some nuclear powered.[16] The US and Russia have been launching atomic satellites for nearly 50 years some having spread plutonium-235 over huge areas and causing lung cancer for many. Similar to the insane use of depleted uranium (DU) in many US munitions is a health risk to millions.
Nuclear powered drones being deployed
Just when you think, things could not get crazier the Airfare is flying unmanned nuclear reactors over your head.[10] Never mind the thirty plus nuclear-powered satellites who have or will re-entered the atmosphere and rain radioactive debris on the Earth. [11][12] This dangerous equipment will fail and may land in your backyard. Weapon's testing, industrial accidents, reactor releases over use of medical and security radiation all adds to our exposure. At the same time x-ray emitting trucks are on our streets, sport venues, searching us our cars and trucks for WMD's? [15]
Flying Medical Emergency
With many flight crews working variable flight schedules due to last minute canceled flights caused in part from the bad economy and the fear of the treatment from federal airport security. Crews often overnight in different time zones, sleep in strange hotels deal with the hassle to get to and from airports all add to stress and poor quality sleep. Sort of a perpetual jet-lag making some crew irritable
Millions are driving to avoid the blue gloves and radiation. An off-duty pilot in the cabin went to the cockpit to help the copilot with the emergency landing, while passengers and crew subdued Osbon. Osbon, who'd been with JetBlue almost since its founding, was taken to the hospital, suspended with pay, then criminally charged with interfering with a flight crew. What happened was a medical emergency perhaps too much coffee, uppers/downers, little sleep, stress can lead people to snap.
Military Pilots On Speed
The military often expects super human performance of our active military pilots are some times expected to fly many missions back to back. Pilots are encouraged to "voluntary" take amphetamines to be "flight ready." To substantiate this, Air Force spokespeople note that the "informed consent" form signed by pilots who receive Dexedrine mentions the voluntary nature of the program no fewer than seven times. However, the form also notes that the pilot can be grounded for exercising his right not to imbibe.
"To be grounded -- taken off flight status -- is very damaging to any pilot's career," said Maj. Glenn MacDonald, a retired Air Force officer and editor-in-chief of MilitaryCorruption.com.[14] "The USAF was coercing its pilots to possibly become drug addicts and endangering their health. "The Pentagon spin machine will try and tap dance around that, but it is a damning fact."
Many military pilots transition to work for our airlines, and would carry over habits to the private sector. Amphetamines however, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency, serious potential side effects include psychotic behavior, depression, anxiety, fatigue, paranoia, aggression, violent behavior, confusion, insomnia, auditory hallucinations, mood disturbances and delusions.
Airport Security System is for show
However, just getting to your airplane these days may present a greater risk to your health than the "terrorist." New airport security screening technology, primarily backscatter X-ray devices, are medical procedures with out consent come under increased scrutiny, as their effectiveness is questioned amid concerns that the radiation exposure will cause cancer. Adding to health concerns are both the graphic nature of the images captured, essentially nude photos of every person passing through the machine, and the aggressive – and for some, humiliating – nature of the alternative to the scans, the "enhanced pat-down" by a Transportation Security Administration agent.
Solutions Demand Real Security
If we are going to have security we should shift from checking for forbidden objects to behind the seen investigate more like Amtrack. When the security procedure health risk is equal to or greater than the hazard we are trying to avoid we need to evaluate what we are doing. Passengers will not tolerate on board disturbances, pilots given the tools to defend the cockpit.
Pressure the Airline and Trucking Industry address the sleep issue.
We hope Captain Osbon get well and is returned to duty when he is ready. Millions of travelers have taken to the road to avoid the airport radiation and blue glove gauntlet it is estimated about 500 will be killed avoiding TSA. Tired truckers and travelers will result in many unfortunate and needless deaths. Please stop frequently travel rested, have a safe trip.
Jeff Buske, CTO Rocky Flats Gear USA manufacture of radiation protective products.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_contamination_in_Washington,_D.C._drinking_water
[2] http://techland.time.com/2012/02/08/congress-paves-way-for-unmanned-drones-in-u-s-commercial-airspace/
[3] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-47792/How-lack-sleep-affects-brain.html
[4] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7634313/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/cias-final-report-no-wmd-found-iraq/
[5] http://www.govexec.com/defense/2005/08/tsa-misses-deadline-for-rule-on-air-cargo-screening/19940/
[6] http://articles.cnn.com/2011-10-13/us/us_tsa-cargo-inspections_1_tsa-administrator-john-pistole-airforwarders-association-certified-cargo-screening-program?_s=PM:US
[7] http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/44761
[8] http://www.prisonplanet.com/bombshell-underwear-bomber-calls-haskell-as-defense-witness.html
[9] http://www.prisonplanet.com/underwear-bomber-guilty-plea-shields-government-complicity.html
[10] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/02/us-plans-nuclear-drones?newsfeed=true
[11] http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/14/world/soviet-nuclear-powered-satellite-expected-to-hit-earth-in-summer.html
[12]Sleep Deprivation: What Does It Mean for Public Safety Officers?
[13] http://www.nij.gov/nij/journals/262/sleep-deprivation.htm
[14] http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2003/02/57434
[15] http://www.as-e.com/products_solutions/z_backscatter.asp
[16] http://nuclear-news.info/2012/04/28/nuclear-powered-drone-aircraft-a-dangerous-folly/
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Geographic Range
Loligo forbesii is found on all British and Irish sea coasts, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the East African coast, throughout the Atlantic Ocean around many islands, and essentially in all open coast areas. Migration is seasonal among the species and corresponds to the breeding season. (Grzimek, 1972; Wilson, 1999)
- Biogeographic Regions
- atlantic ocean
Long-finned squid are found in marine habitats, usually near sandy and muddy sea bottoms, but also quite often in clean, coarse sand on the ocean bottom. Loligo forbesii live in waters with a normal oceanic salinity content, usually near-shore regions with warm and rarely cool water, never very cold water. (Grzimek, 1972; Wilson, 1999)
- Habitat Regions
- temperate
- tropical
- saltwater or marine
- Aquatic Biomes
- coastal
- Range depth
- 10 to 500 m
- 32.81 to 1640.42 ft
Physical Description
These cephalopods have eight "normal arms," along with a pair of retractile arms with clubbed suckers on the ends. Their torpedo-shaped, stream-lined bodies with terminal fins often appear somewhat blunter and wider as their depth increases, and enclose a thin membraneous internal shell. The two fins comprise a length of approximately two-thirds of the organism's body and produce a diamond-shape when seen from the dorsal view. These squid have well-developed heads with large eyes that are useful in predation. These squid possess colors and stripes; colors change during the escape mechanisms to a pink, red, or brown hue. ("Squids, cuttlefishes, octopuses", 1967; Banister and Campbell, 1985; Wilson, 1999)
- Other Physical Features
- ectothermic
- heterothermic
- bilateral symmetry
- Range length
- 12 to 90 cm
- 4.72 to 35.43 in
- Average length
- 40 cm
- 15.75 in
The yolky eggs undergo direct development without the presence of a true larval stage. The eggs are laid in large colorless capsules during the night. The swollen capsules shrink as the embryos develop and, after approximately thirty days of embryonic development, the young hatch, resembling miniature adults, about 5 to 7mm in length. The young maintain a vertical body structure for a period of time, floating and drifting submissively through the water. Growth occurs rapidly for the young during the summer, and the species is sexually mature between the months of June and October. After 1 to 1.5 years, the adults die, completing the life cycle. (Grzimek, 1972)
Reproductive behavior and specific mating rituals are limited to the act of congregating on the bottom of the sea before fertilization. For reproduction, members of Loligo have fused, unpaired gonads located at the posterior ends of their bodies. Specialized glands of the female provide substances for egg coverings and open into the mantle cavity. This species collects in large numbers on the ocean bottom and produces huge masses of gelatinous spawn. The spawn are attached to solid objects on the ocean bottom.
Male squid gather sperm into a spermatophore carried on a specialized tentacle, called a hectocotylus. This tentacle is used to transfer the spermatophore to the female's mantle cavity, and is possibly broken off there. The anterior portion of the spermatophore has a gelatinous substance that discharges explosively upon contact with the female glandular stucture. The sperm are then released into the mantle cavity to pursue the rather large, yolky eggs. ("Squids, cuttlefishes, octopuses", 1967; Banister and Campbell, 1985; Grzimek, 1972)
- Mating System
- monogamous
Females lay up to 100,000 eggs attached to sea floor substrates. Sexual maturity is reached about one year after hatching. Although it is possible for squid to reproduce more than once, they most often don't because of their limited lifespan.
- Key Reproductive Features
- iteroparous
- seasonal breeding
- gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate)
- sexual
- fertilization
- oviparous
- Breeding interval
- Breeding occurs yearly.
- Breeding season
- Loligo forbesii breed from autumn through spring.
- Range number of offspring
- 1000 to 100000
- Average number of offspring
- 5000-32000
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 11 to 14 months
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 11 to 14 months
Females provide their eggs richly with yolk. There is no further parental investment.
- Parental Investment
- provisioning
- female
- provisioning
The long-finned squid lives approximately 1-2 years in or out of captivity, three years at the most. Natural causes are the common cause of death; adults usually die after a mere year and a half. It is very common for squid to be eaten by predators, explaining why numbers in schools of squid are dramatically reduced during and after migration, falling prey to their predators. Cannibalism is also a very common cause of death of individuals. The large number of eggs produced more than compensates for the high mortality rate. (Wilson 2001, Grzimek 1972)
- Range lifespan
Status: wild
- 1 to 3 years
- Range lifespan
- Average lifespan
Status: wild
- 1-2 years
- Average lifespan
- Range lifespan
Status: captivity
- 1 to 3 years
- Range lifespan
- Average lifespan
Status: captivity
- 1-1.5 years
- Average lifespan
- Typical lifespan
Status: wild
- 1 to 2 years
- Typical lifespan
- Average lifespan
Status: wild
- 1-1.5 years
- Average lifespan
- Typical lifespan
Status: captivity
- 1 to 3 years
- Typical lifespan
- Average lifespan
Status: captivity
- 1-2 years
- Average lifespan
Loligo forbesii moves through the water by adjusting buoyancy through gas exchange, as well as by using jet propulsion through mantle contractions. Loligo forbesii leads a rather solitary life, only interrupted during breeding season and when they form large schools to migrate. Mass concentrations of long-finned squid near coasts are spawning migrations. These invertebrates, like others in the class Cephalopoda, demonstrate an ability to learn. (Grzimek, 1972)
- Key Behaviors
- natatorial
- motile
- migratory
- solitary
Communication and Perception
Little is known of communication among Loligo forbesii, yet the most predominate communication and perception channel is visual, using their large, well-developed eyes to recognize sexes for mating, prey for eating, and so forth. (Nichols and Cooke, 1971)
Food Habits
Loligo forbesii usually feeds on organisms smaller than itself, including herring and other small fish, crustaceans, other cephalopods, and polychaetes, among others. Cannibalism is also common among the species. ("CephBase", 1998-2001; Wilson, 1999)
- Animal Foods
- fish
- mollusks
- aquatic or marine worms
- aquatic crustaceans
- other marine invertebrates
Long-finned squids have a muscular bag behind the head which contains the organism's gills that provide rapid jet-propulsion used to escape predators. When the squid retracts backwards by use of the jet-propulsion, the body quickly changes to a much lighter color, and a bag of pigment opens into the mantle cavity that emits a large black cloud, confusing the predator. (Berg, et al., 1999; Nichols and Cooke, 1971)
- Known Predators
- toothed whales (Odontoceti)
- sharks and rays (Chondrichthyes)
- penguins (Spheniscidae)
- larger fish (Actinopterygii)
- seals (Phocidae)
- other squid (Cephalopoda)
Ecosystem Roles
Squid are important as a food base for oceanic predators, as well as being important predators of smaller marine vertebrates and invertebrates.
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
Aside from the obvious use of squid as food, research, and education, an unusual use of these squid is for jewelry: many primitive tribes use the hooked rings of the species' suction cups for rings. Loligo forbesii is also used as fish bait and fish-meal production in the Mediterranean. (Grzimek, 1972)
- Positive Impacts
- food
- research and education
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
This species is very common during specific times of the year in nearshore waters and may prey on small fish and herring important to nearshore fisheries. However, squid are also economically important to humans. (Grzimek, 1972; Nichols and Cooke, 1971)
Conservation Status
Loligo forbesii is abundant and is not threatened.
- IUCN Red List
- No special status
- US Federal List
- No special status
- No special status
Tanya Dewey (editor), Animal Diversity Web.
Rae Taylor (author), Southwestern University, Stephanie Fabritius (editor), Southwestern University.
- Atlantic Ocean
the body of water between Africa, Europe, the southern ocean (above 60 degrees south latitude), and the western hemisphere. It is the second largest ocean in the world after the Pacific Ocean.
- bilateral symmetry
having body symmetry such that the animal can be divided in one plane into two mirror-image halves. Animals with bilateral symmetry have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends. Synapomorphy of the Bilateria.
- carnivore
an animal that mainly eats meat
- coastal
the nearshore aquatic habitats near a coast, or shoreline.
- ectothermic
animals which must use heat acquired from the environment and behavioral adaptations to regulate body temperature
- fertilization
union of egg and spermatozoan
- food
A substance that provides both nutrients and energy to a living thing.
- heterothermic
having a body temperature that fluctuates with that of the immediate environment; having no mechanism or a poorly developed mechanism for regulating internal body temperature.
- internal fertilization
fertilization takes place within the female's body
- iteroparous
offspring are produced in more than one group (litters, clutches, etc.) and across multiple seasons (or other periods hospitable to reproduction). Iteroparous animals must, by definition, survive over multiple seasons (or periodic condition changes).
- migratory
makes seasonal movements between breeding and wintering grounds
- monogamous
Having one mate at a time.
- motile
having the capacity to move from one place to another.
- natatorial
specialized for swimming
- native range
the area in which the animal is naturally found, the region in which it is endemic.
- oviparous
reproduction in which eggs are released by the female; development of offspring occurs outside the mother's body.
- piscivore
an animal that mainly eats fish
- saltwater or marine
mainly lives in oceans, seas, or other bodies of salt water.
- seasonal breeding
breeding is confined to a particular season
- sexual
reproduction that includes combining the genetic contribution of two individuals, a male and a female
- solitary
lives alone
- tactile
uses touch to communicate
- temperate
that region of the Earth between 23.5 degrees North and 60 degrees North (between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle) and between 23.5 degrees South and 60 degrees South (between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle).
- tropical
the region of the earth that surrounds the equator, from 23.5 degrees north to 23.5 degrees south.
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1967. Squids, cuttlefishes, octopuses. Pp. 93-94 in The Larousse Encyclopedia of Animal Life. London: McGraw-Hill Book Company.
Banister, K., A. Campbell. 1985. Mollusks. Pp. 255-270 in The Encyclopedia of Aquatic Life. New York, NY: Facts of File Publications.
Berg, L., D. Martin, E. Solomon. 1999. Biology. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
Grzimek, B. 1972. Mollusks. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Vol. 3: Mollusks & Echinoderms. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.
Nichols, D., J. Cooke. 1971. The Oxford Book of Invertebrates. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Wilson, E. 1999. "MarLIN: The Marine Life Information Network for Britain & Ireland" (On-line). Accessed September 14, 2001 at http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/Loligoforbesii.htm.


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Playback is a Canadian film, broadcasting and interactive media website owned by Brunico Communications. In May 2010, after 24 years of publication, Playback magazine stopped publishing its biweekly print edition.[1]
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Location: Interior BC, Canada
Oddometer: 1,088
Dec 2 - 4 Puerto Viiejo
Short, 200km ride to Puerto Viejo, some more scenery shots
I have noticed many varieties of cov
erings over various crops. This
is one of many
A lot of different agriculture in this pic
- on the flats and mostly the really steep hillsides.
Puerto Viejo a slightly touristy, laid back town on the Caribean coast. The gene pool here is definitely Caribean as is the culture. You would have a very high probability of hearing Regeae as you walk around town and about 0% chance of hearing Latin American music.
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is bus st
op the whole time I was there - guess they weren't in a hurry to get anyw
Part of the beach. There
are bit sandier beaches here b
ut they aren't used a lot.
Found a great little hotel Cabinas Guarana about a block off the main street, locked parking, good wifi, hot water, room with 2 beds, large porch with hammock and little table and, quiet.
They provide a communal kitchen and free coffee and tea. Big grocery store at the end of the block and another a block and a half away. Nice, comfortable lobby. I could stay here awhile.
Some random shots at the hotel. Andreas - another Italian desk guy in Latin America
Help yourself
to a banana anytime
The gardens out
side the room
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er pics - it's my Ride Report and I wanted some flower pics
Oh yah, this place has a tree house how cool is that? Hauled my fat ass up this somewhat dodgy looking ladder crawled out in the treehouse to look around. Im starting to feel a bit woozey which is weird as Im not too concerned about heights. Then I realize the whole thing is swaying in the wind. Makes sense as there is only a couple of tree trunks a few inches in diameter not the most ridged structure. The treehouse is that thing sticking up
bove the fronds in the foreground.
Some of the ladder - looking down
ooking up
Looking over the town
See my bike in its little shed?
Decided to have a healthy vegetarian breakfast. They assu
red me that no cows died in the production of the cream filling . . .
Have I mentioned coffee? As I got away from Mexico I started to notice I was being served really good coffee. These countries in Centr
al America
are all coffee growing countries and the people seem to enjoy good coffee. Or, they were just waiting for me to come along to brew up a pot of really strong, black coffee, just for me. Either way,
rickin outstanding!
By the way, nothing against Mexican coffee but the northern part of the country seems to drink mostly instant coffee (except in the Oxxos where they brew coffee) and as you go south, you are served more Café O
a which is usually luke-warm, pretty sweet and not very strong coffee.
A couple of the meals I've had here. Curried fish
Chicken i
n a sauce that tasted a lot like a Mole but they called it someth
ing else. Oh, and my first M
of the trip
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FINANCIAL RESULTS BY MAJOR LINES OF BUSINESS South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Reported earnings for 2012 at South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), SCANA's principal subsidiary, were $352 million, or basic earnings per share of $2.69, compared to $316 million, or basic earnings per share of $2.46, in 2011. For the fourth quarter of 2012, SCE&G reported earnings of $70 million, or basic earnings per share of 54 cents compared to $65 million, or basic earnings per share of 50 cents, in the same quarter of 2011. The increase in earnings was due to higher margins primarily from base rate increases under the Base Load Review Act and the gas Rate Stabilization Act, along with customer growth. These increases were partially offset by increases in operations and maintenance, interest and depreciation expenses and share dilution. At year-end 2012, SCE&G was serving approximately 670,000 electric customers and approximately 323,000 natural gas customers, up 0.9 and 1.8 percent, respectively, over 2011. PSNC Energy PSNC Energy, the Company's North Carolina-based retail natural gas distribution subsidiary, reported 2012 earnings of $51 million, or basic earnings per share of 38 cents, compared to $49 million, or basic earnings per share of 37 cents, in 2011. Reported earnings in the fourth quarter of 2012 were $23 million, or basic earnings per share of 17 cents, compared to $22 million, or basic earnings per share of 17 cents in the fourth quarter of 2011. Increases in margin due to customer growth were partially offset by higher operations and maintenance expenses. At December 31, 2012, PSNC Energy was serving approximately 497,000 customers, an increase of 2.0 percent over the previous year. 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For the fourth quarter of 2012, these businesses reported earnings of $4 million, or basic earnings per share of 2 cents, compared to earnings of $1 million, or basic earnings per share of 1 cent in the fourth quarter of 2011. During 2012 SCANA sold two groups of wireless telecommunications towers in its communications business, as it does periodically when the towers are well subscribed. These sales contributed gains of approximately 4 cents per share. EARNINGS OUTLOOK For 2013, the Company preliminarily estimates that earnings per share will be in the range of $3.25 to $3.45, with an internal target of $3.35 per share. The company is increasing its annual average growth rate target to 3 to 6 percent over a 3 to 5 year period based on 2012 basic earnings. This estimate assumes the issuance of the shares under the 2010 equity forward in the first quarter of 2013. Other factors and risks that could impact future earnings are discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and below under the Safe Harbor Statement. CONFERENCE CALL NOTICE SCANA will host its quarterly conference call for security analysts at 10:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, February 21, 2013. The call-in numbers for the conference call are 1-800-860-2442 (US), 1-866-605-3852 (Canada) and 1-412-858-4600 (International). Participants should call in 5 to 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time. A replay of the conference call will be available approximately 2 hours after conclusion of the call through March 8, 2013. The telephone replay numbers are 1-877-344-7529 (US) and 1-412-317-0088 (Canada/International). The passcode for the telephone replay is 10023235. All interested persons, including investors, media and the general public, may listen to a live webcast and access related presentation materials of the conference call at the Company's website at www.scana.com. Participants should go to the website at least 5 to 10 minutes prior to the call start time and follow the instructions. PROFILE SCANA Corporation, headquartered in Cayce, S.C., is an energy-based holding company principally engaged, through subsidiaries, in electric and natural gas utility operations and other energy-related businesses. The Company serves approximately 670,000 electric customers in South Carolina and more than 1.2 million natural gas customers in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. Information about SCANA and its businesses is available on the Company's website at www.scana.com. SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT Statements included in this press release which are not statements of historical fact are intended to be, and are hereby identified as, "forward-looking statements" for purposes of Section27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning key earnings drivers, customer growth, environmental regulations and expenditures, leverage ratio, projections for pension fund contributions, financing activities, access to sources of capital, impacts of the adoption of new accounting rules and estimated construction and other expenditures. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "could," "should," "expects," "forecasts," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "projects," "predicts," "potential" or "continue" or the negative of these terms or other similar terminology. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and that actual results could differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) the information is of a preliminary nature and may be subject to further and/or continuing review and adjustment; (2) regulatory actions, particularly changes in rate regulation, regulations governing electric grid reliability, environmental regulations, and actions affecting the construction of new nuclear units; (3) current and future litigation; (4) changes in the economy, especially in areas served by subsidiaries of SCANA; (5) the impact of competition from other energy suppliers, including competition from alternate fuels in industrial markets; (6) the impact of conservation efforts and/or technological advances on customer usage; (7) growth opportunities for SCANA's regulated and diversified subsidiaries; (8) the results of short- and long-term financing efforts, including prospects for obtaining access to capital markets and other sources of liquidity; (9) changes in SCANA's or its subsidiaries' accounting rules and accounting policies; (10) the effects of weather, including drought, especially in areas where the generation and transmission facilities of SCANA and its subsidiaries (the Company) are located and in areas served by SCANA's subsidiaries; (11) payment and performance by counterparties and customers as contracted and when due; (12) the results of efforts to license, site, construct and finance facilities for electric generation and transmission; (13) maintaining creditworthy joint owners for SCE&G's new nuclear generation project; (14) the ability of suppliers, both domestic and international, to timely provide the labor, components, parts, tools, equipment and other supplies needed, at agreed upon prices, for our construction program, operations and maintenance; (15) the results of efforts to ensure the physical and cyber security of key assets and processes; (16) the availability of fuels such as coal, natural gas and enriched uranium used to produce electricity; the availability of purchased power and natural gas for distribution; the level and volatility of future market prices for such fuels and purchased power; and the ability to recover the costs for such fuels and purchased power; (17) the availability of skilled and experienced human resources to properly manage, operate, and grow the Company's businesses; (18) labor disputes; (19) performance of SCANA's pension plan assets; (20) changes in taxes; (21) inflation or deflation; (22) compliance with regulations; (23) natural disasters and man-made mishaps that directly affect our operations or the regulations governing them; and (24) the other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in the periodic reports filed by SCANA or SCE&G with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 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FINANCIAL AND OPERATING INFORMATION Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Millions, except per share amounts) (Unaudited) Quarter Ended Year Ended December 31, December 31, 2012 2011 2012 2011 Operating Revenues: Electric $596 $ 521 $2,446 $2,424 Gas-Regulated 261 237 774 849 Gas-Nonregulated 266 278 956 1,136 Total Operating Revenues 1,123 1,036 4,176 4,409 Operating Expenses: Fuel Used in Electric 221 178 838 917 Generation Purchased Power 8 3 28 19 Gas Purchased for Resale 361 353 1,198 1,455 Other Operation and 180 157 690 658 Maintenance Depreciation and 90 88 356 346 Amortization Other Taxes 51 49 207 201 Total Operating Expenses 911 828 3,317 3,596 Operating Income 212 208 859 813 Other Income (Expense) Other Income 19 16 59 52 Other Expense (13) (11) (42) (40) Interest Charges, Net (76) (72) (295) (284) Allowance for Equity Funds 9 1 21 14 Used During Construction Total Other Expense (61) (66) (257) (258) Income Before Income Tax 151 142 602 555 Expense Income Tax Expense 46 44 182 168 Net Income 105 98 420 387 Basic Earnings Per Share of $0.79 $0.76 $3.20 $3.01 Common Stock Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.78 $0.75 $3.15 $2.97 Common Stock^(1) Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (Millions): Basic 131.9 129.7 131.1 128.8 Diluted^(1) 134.2 131.4 133.3 130.2 Dividends Declared Per Share $0.495 $0.485 $1.98 $1.94 of Common Stock Note (1): In May 2010, SCANA entered into an equity forward sales agreement. During periods when the average market price of SCANA's common stock is above the per share adjusted forward sales price, the Company computes diluted earnings per share giving effect to this dilutive potential common stock using the treasury stock method. Earnings per Share by Company: (Unaudited) Quarter Ended Year Ended December 31, December 31, 2012 2011 2012 2011 SC Electric & Gas $0.54 $0.50 $2.69 $2.46 PSNC Energy 0.17 0.17 0.38 0.37 SCANA Energy-Georgia 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.19 Corporate and Other 0.02 0.01 0.05 (0.01) Basic Earnings per Share $0.79 $0.76 $3.20 $3.01 Diluted Earnings per Share^(1) $0.78 $0.75 $3.15 $2.97 Variances in Earnings per Share: (Unaudited) Quarter Ended Year Ended December 31, December 31, 2011 Basic Earnings per Share $0.76 $3.01 Variances: Electric Margin 0.14 0.49 Natural Gas Margin 0.02 0.01 Operations & Maintenance Expense (0.12) (0.17) Interest Expense (Net of AFUDC) 0.02 (0.02) Depreciation (0.01) (0.05) Other Taxes (0.01) (0.03) Other (Including Tower Sales) 0.00 0.02 Dilution (0.01) (0.06) Variances in Earnings per Share 0.03 0.19 2012 Basic Earnings per Share $0.79 $3.20 Additional Dilution re: Potential Common (0.01) (0.05) Stock^(1) 2012 Diluted Earnings per Share^(1) $0.78 $3.15 Media Contact: Investor Contacts: Eric Boomhower Iris Griffin Byron Hinson (803) 217-7701 (803) 217-6642 (803) 217-5352 email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com SOURCE SCANA Corporation Website: http://www.scana.com
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PO Box & APO/FPO/AE Shipments: "Standard" shipments sent to PO Boxes and APO/FPO/AE addresses will typically ship via USPS First Class Mail. If you are a member of our US Armed Forces, thank you for your service! While you are serving overseas please allow 18 - 32 business days to receive your order.
Signature Required: At the option of the carrier and the delivery driver some shipments may require a signature. If you are unable to be at the delivery address at the time of delivery it is best practice to leave a signed note for the delivery driver with instructions on where to leave the package. Most delivery services will attempt delivery to your location 3 times.
If you have any specific questions or concerns regarding shipping please contact us prior to placing your order. Our customer service team will be happy to assist you.