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Discover confluences in Kola peninsula [14-May-16]
Aleksandr Mashnikov and his crew went skiing 240 km across the tundra to visit 4 confluences (two virgin) above the Arctic Circle. The story starts here
4 CPs in extremely remote location [08-Mar-16]
Christian Tessmer and his crew visited four virgin confluences in the remote Siberian region. Above the Arctic Circle, with population density of one person per 56 sq. km. The story starts here.
Visit creation problems - solved! [29-Feb-16]
The picture submission issue has been fixed so new visits can once again be uploaded.
20 year jubilee! [20-Feb-16]
The Degree Confluence Project was started on 20-Feb-1996 when Alex Jarrett and Peter Cline made the first visit, to 43°N 72°W in New Hampshire. Since then there has been more than 20 000 visits made to over 7000 different confluence points.
3600km, 25 days [12-Jan-16]
Rainer Mautz did another of his cycling trips in China attempting 17 confluences along the way. It all starts here.
7000 confluences [02-Jan-16]
The visit to 58°N 102°W was the 7000-th unique successful visit posted (primary & secondary confluences combined). More than 7 years took for discovering last thousand new confluences.
New Andean Salar [23-Dec-15]
Kevin Bauer register 19S 67W on a new salar in the Andes Mountains, that used to be the 2nd lake in Bolivia. Here additional information about this new salar.
Four 1st visit in a row [14-Dec-15]
Joe Motter in a travel to South America has conquer 4 confluences never visit before in Andes Mountains. His quest starts here 20S 70W
Together with wild boars [18-Nov-15]
Confluent hunting surrounded by herds of wild boars, almost in the center of Europe. Read here.
5 countries, 6 days, 15 visits [15-Nov-15]
in what has become an annual tradition Karl Bryk and his son Michael undertook a multi-country european trip, it all begins here.
One more long confluence journey [03-Oct-15]
Valera Parshukov made a confluence journey from Pacific to the heart of Siberia, he drove 7200 km, visited 10 confluences and 2 attempted to visit. It starts here. At 50°N 130°E he exposed himself to mortal danger.
Warning: Be carefully prepared for hiking in the wild!
3rd line across australia [01-Oct-15]
On a recent trip out into remote Western Australia keen explorers Hugh Knight and John Crawford completed 29S across the entire width of Australia
Sacral numbers confluence [19-Apr-15]
Sacral confluence 60°N/E is repeatedly visited by unknown local confluence hunters. Here is the story.
First successful visit in Suriname [18-Feb-15]
Rainer Mautz in a travel to South America has conquer the first successful confluence visit in Suriname. His quest start here 5N 55W
R.I.P. Richard F Jones [09-Dec-14]
Today we received the very sad news of the passing of a fellow confluencer, Richard F Jones.
Seven new confluences in Kazakhstan [15-Nov-14]
Alexander Mashnikov, the conqueror of the highest North American confluence and his crew made a rapid journey over 7 new confluences in Western Kazakhstan. It starts here.
rare first visit to a country [31-Oct-14]
One of the two confluences in the Maldives has been visited. Here is the story.
aerial panorama [03-Oct-14]
Ross Finlayson has recently visited 34°N 111°W, a remote confluence in Arizona. He brought along a drone which allowed him to capture a full 360 degree video panorama from above the trees.
Vologda region in Russia is complete [28-Sep-14]
It took 9 years to complete the region. And all 22 CPs were visited by a single crew. Here is the final review.
China set with next generation hunter [22-Jul-14]
Experienced confluencers Targ Parsons and Peter SnowCao, introduced the next generation (Andy Parsons) to serious confluencing on this years China trip. It all starts here.
3 first time visits in australia [05-Jul-14]
After an army reunion two friends John Crawford and Hugh Knight went on a road trip taking in 3 first time visits, starting at 29S-141 E
guadeloupe is country 187 [13-May-14]
A visit of Captain Peter by ship to the marine Confluence 16N 62W added Guadeloupe to the list of countries with visited Confluences. This was Captain Peter's 250th confluence visit.
Ukrainian confluence line [22-Apr-14]
Valery Bezhevets visited 10 confluences in 10 days cycling through Ukraine. It all starts here. Thus the visitor collected all 17 confluences across 49N line in his country.
eighteen year anniversary [19-Feb-14]
Eighteen years ago, on February 20, 1996, Alex Jarrett and Peter Cline made the first Degree Confluence Project visit at 43°N 72°W. Now the project has over 12,000 visitors that have made over 12,000 successful confluence visits, in 186 countries.
a European confluence vacation [02-Jan-14]
Alfredo Remon combine his vacation in Europe with a confluence tour visiting 12 confluence, including one virgin not visited so far in France. The quest begins in 45N 0
2 ladies conquer a 5100 masl virgin CP [03-Oct-13]
Maria Viloria and Janet Ramon conquer alone a virgin confluence 12S 76W, in Andes mountain range at 5100 masl.
a holiday in Victoria [Australia] [04-May-13]
Earlier this year Ross Finlayson went on holiday to Victoria, Australia where he took in 8 points, starting at 38s-144E
2 complete lines in Australia [30-Mar-13]
Hugh Knight recently undertook an expedition to complete two lines of Confluence (30S & 31S) across Australia. The areas are remote & require permits to access, the trek begins here 31S-133E.
600 confluences in Russia [02-Jan-13]
During his 8-confluences journey in Central Asia Valera Parshukov reached 51N 90E, which became 600-th confluence visited in Russia
what friends are for [20-Dec-12]
sometimes you don't always get around to doing things while you have the chance, sometimes though your friends can make the trip for you. In memory of Damian McMahon, Bob Allan and friends made four 1st time visits to some very remote spots, it all starts here 23S-130E
2nd China set summer 2012 [07-Sep-12]
Rainer Mautz visited 20 confluences in 26 days cycling 3674 km through China. It all starts here.
12 confluences in a row [05-Sep-12]
Shawn Fleming spent a few days visiting an even dozen US confluences, the trip starts here.
confluence milestone [09-Aug-12]
By the visit of Brian Roberts and friends to 22S 18E a new milestone of the DCP was reached: Of the total indexed primary confluences now 3/8 have been visited successfully.
uruguay is complete [07-Aug-12]
Milton Teuner on a bike trip from Brazil, has visited 32S 55W, and complete Uruguay's confluences
patience really is a virtue [28-Jul-12]
It only took three years of planning, and three attempts, but finally Cameron Hart conquered the elusive 15S-128E.
Wildfire wiped the forest around CP [24-Apr-12]
Another confluence, 55°N 39°E has changed its appearance after a severe fire.
ghana is complete [26-Mar-12]
A boat trip to 5N 3W completes Ghana's land and sea Confluences.
7 confluences winter journey [25-Feb-12]
Seven short winter days for seven new confluences in the northern wild. Boris Levin's adventure starts from 65°N 34°E.
11 western us confluences [22-Feb-12]
Shawn Fleming visited 11 confluences in 8 days, starting at 33°N 107°W
12000 visits posted [15-Feb-12]
Rainer's visit to 33°S 58°W became 12000-th successful visit posted (both primary and secondary) on this site.
A tour in South America [02-Feb-12]
Rainer Mautz has just completed a sequence of 10 confluence around Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. Adventure begins at 35S 59W
confluencing around parallel 50s [17-Jan-12]
Sergio Zerega and his team have completed again a sequence of 12 confluences, 8 of them unvisited so far, this time mostly on parallel 50S. The quest begins at 46S 68W
all points east [03-Dec-11]
Florian Schindler made a four day trip, going out to the Ukrainian border, taking in points in the Czech & Slovak republics, Austria & Germany. It starts here at 49N-19E
revisiting CP could be more difficult [13-Nov-11]
In Venezuela 58 confluencer left their homes for the hunt of 11N 69W but only 20 manage to conquer it successfully
Yunnan trip [30-Oct-11]
E et al. traveled through China's Yunnan visiting confluences. Start here.
China and Japan sets [13-Oct-11]
Rainer Mautz spent some time in Asia again. First in China then in Japan. The China trip starts here and the Japan trip here.
DCP 15 year anniversary celebration [05-Sep-11]
45 Venezuelan confluencer celebrate DCP 15 year anniversary with a mega visit to 10N 65W. DCP regional coordinator provided a Diploma celebration
very well travelled [29-Aug-11]
On a recent visit to the UK, Shawn Fleming who had already "been" to the Equator & International Date Line, as well as the North Pole finally managed to get "feet down" on the Prime Meridian. Just the South Pole left...
javier valles completes portugal [06-Aug-11]
With this visit to 39N-7W Javier Valles collected the full set of mainland Portugese confluence points.
joined china trip [01-Aug-11]
Peter Snow Cao, Targ Parsons and Rainer Mautz all have extensive experience confluencing in China. Now they hooked up for short (by their standards) trip.
Minas Gerais state complete [06-May-11]
This large state in Brazil (52 confluences) have been complete by Simone Pasinotto visiting alone the last confluence 16S 41W
mayotte is country 184 [03-May-11]
A visit of Fabrice Blocteur by boat to 13S 45E in the coral reefs around Mayotte added the island between Africa and Madagascar to the list of countries with visited Confluences. Simultaneously, this also completed the Confluences of this country.
Centre of European Continent & 150th [20-Feb-11]
At the back end of 2010, Wojciech Czombik went on a road trip taking in the Centre of the European Continent and also marked the milestone of his 150th visit
1996 - 2011: the project is 15 years old [18-Feb-11]
February 20, 2011 marks the 15 year anniversary of the start of the Degree Confluence Project. In 1996 Alex Jarrett and Peter Cline made the first visit, to 43°N 72°W in New Hampshire. Fifteen years later, over 11,000 visitors have submitted over 91,000 photographs for over 11,000 confluence visits in 183 countries.
DCP New milestone reached [11-Feb-11]
Sergio Zerega and his team have complete a new DCP milestones of 6000 successful primary confluences. The quest begins at 29S 62W
jordan is complete [22-Nov-10]
A visit to confluence 32N 39E which is only 25 km from a tri-border point between Jordan, Iraq, and Saudi-Arabia completes the successfully visited confluences of Jordan.
spontaneous road trip [21-Oct-10]
apparently bored one weekend, Rainer Mautz decided on the spur of the moment to drive 500km to start a brief series at 46N-06E
6500 unique confluences [13-Oct-10]
The visit to 33N 4W in Morocco was the 6500th unique successful visit posted (primary + secondary confluences included).
european ancestor hunt [06-Oct-10]
Woody Harrell and his wife Cynthia recently came to Europe to visit his Uncle's grave at Omaha beach in Normandy. The first visit was at 51N-02E...
Southwest Russia confluence trip [26-Sep-10]
Aleksandr Mashnikov visited 8 new confluences in the south of European Russia. Start here. Russia gets the milestone of 700 successful visits.
3rd China trip this summer [01-Sep-10]
Rainer Mautz spent some time in the mountains of China to visit a few confluences. Start here. The other trips are Eric's and Targ's.
long overdue 2nd time visits [22-Aug-10]
Recently it came to Gordon Spence's attention (European Coordinator) that there were some points he hadn't been to in nearly 9 years. It starts at 52N-02W
filling a "nagging hole" [05-Aug-10]
Targ Parsons and Ah Feng filled a "nagging hole" in Targ's confluence map in China. It all starts here.
northern germany - summer road trip [01-Aug-10]
Paul Goetti and his wife Peggi Goetti took a 5 confluence road trip through Germany for their summer holidays. It all starts at 50N-10E.
new stories from China [31-Jul-10]
E et al. again spent some time in China's mountains visiting 8 unvisited confluences. Start here.
corpus christi road trip [17-Jul-10]
Florian Schindler made good use of the recent public holiday, a 9 point road trip, starting with 49N-07E and finishing 8 points later with 49N-01W.
new south wales is complete [27-Apr-10]
On a recent family holiday, Peter Schultz made a succesful visit to 32S-142E. This completes the state of New South Wales
sierra leone is country 182 [23-Apr-10]
After remaining a "white spot" for a long time, Sierra Leone received two independent confluence visits within six months, see 8N 12W and 9N 12W.
50N: halfway across Canada [16-Feb-10]
An interesting visit to 50N 116W, the last unvisited confluence along 50 degrees North in British Columbia, has completed a line of confluence visits half way across Canada. From 50N 127W on the west coast of Vancouver Island to 50N 91W in Ontario is just over 2500 kilometers. Google Maps suggests you can drive 3300KM from 50N 127W to 50N 91W in less than 2 days. From 50N 91W there is over 2400KM to the most easterly land-based 50N confluence in Canada, 50N 57W.
risky confluence [12-Feb-10]
Rainer Mautz has faced a dangerous situation when he was confluencing in Central America. Adventure begins at 19N 98W
confluencing around parallel 48s [31-Jan-10]
Sergio Zerega and his team have completed a sequence of 12 confluences, 11 of them unvisited so far, mostly on parallel 48S. The quest begins at 45S 69W
rare photos recovered! [03-Dec-09]
On his big bicycle trip to China/Central Asia in 2006 Rainer Mautz experienced a memory card failure. Recently he was able to recover the photos for: 45N 81E, 45N 82E, 46N 81E, 46N 80E, 43N 77E.
mini tour of england & wales [01-Nov-09]
Husband & wife confluence hunters from Canada Alan and Carolyn Fox came over on holiday to visit relatives. While here it all started with 52N-01W.
circling a continent [20-Oct-09]
Going from Abuja, Nigeria to Abuja, Nigeria shouldn't mean a large trip, one would think. However, it took Helmut Resch and Babs Coleman 19 1/2 months to do this trip while circling the entire African continent. On route, they could not forbear from visiting 83 Confluences. It all started on 28 January 2008 at 11N 5E.
rainer mautz completes another country [17-Oct-09]
A visit to 46N-07E, sees Europe's highest confluence reconquered, and completes Switzerland for Rainer Mautz.
500 confluences in russia [09-Oct-09]
Milepost is adventurous visit to 61N 46E, twelve-hour seventy-km journey along and around high-pressure gas pipeline.
first successful visit in guyana [29-Sep-09]
Rainer Mautz has just completed a sequence of 6 confluence visits/attempts during his trip to Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. He has achieved the first successful visit in Guyana and the 300th confluence visit milestone in Brazil. Adventure begins at 10N 65W
4 days from the nearest road [22-Jul-09]
As part of a two month expedition, Michael Olsen made two first time visits - 20S-124E and 20S-123E - in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia.
new china set [13-Jul-09]
E et al completed another set of confluences in a rarely visited area of China. It all starts here.
150th visit [31-May-09]
An international visit to the highest point in Wales saw Gordon Spence reach this milestone. The quest was completed with Poland's leading confluencer Wojciech Czombik.
benin is complete [27-May-09]
A visit of Jim Rybarski to 10N 2E completed the nine Confluences of West African state Benin.
2058 days between visits [14-May-09]
Henk Pouwels made his first visit to 48N-02W on 15th September 2003. Comparing the photos from a follow up visit on 4th May 2009 shows how things progress.
100 visits [14-May-09]
Earlier this year Wojciech Czombik completed his quest to reach the milestone of 100 visits. Starting at 51N-11E and culminating at visit 100.
stuck in the middle of nowhere [12-May-09]
Ross Finlayson had a scary trip to 40°N 116°W in Nevada when he got stuck in soft mud in a not-quite-dry lake bed, very far from civilization.
47 years on... [10-May-09]
...and a poignant visit for an ex-political prisoner of the former East German government to 52N-13E.
assaulted by mambas and deathly armies [06-Mar-09]
Even when expected to be 'a girl's confluence', in reality confluencing may present unexpected surprises and dangers. 'The Boys of Borneo' can tell you a thing or two about it... Read about their adventures on the search for 7N 2W and 6N 3W in Ghana.
10000 visits posted! [28-Jan-09]
A visit to 31°N 39°E became 10000-th successful visit posted (both primary and secondary).
timor-leste (land) complete [25-Jan-09]
Jeremy Watson filed a report for the first visit to 9N 126E. With this visit both of Timor-Leste's land-based confluences have been visited.
a very long confluence trip [10-Dec-08]
Eric Schlameisen and two friends skied, using kites, 2600 km from the south to the north end of Greenland, on the way they visited 75°N 48°W
two countries finished... [29-Nov-08]
With his 89th 50N-14E and 90th 49N-14E visits, member Wojciech Czombik completes his second country.
antipodean pair [23-Nov-08]
A brief tour of the Spanish Peninsula by Rainer Mautz starting here 41N-04W also completed the antipodean pair of 43N-07W and 43S-173E.
central district of russia is complete [15-Nov-08]
A visit to 50N 41E completed Central Federal District, one of 7 federal districts of Russia. It includes 17 regions [states], occupies 652,800 sq km and contains 91 confluences.
6000 visits [26-Sep-08]
The visit to 44N 123E was the 6000th unique successful visit posted (primary & secondary confluences combined). It was in China, as well as 5000th visit.
china by bicycle [26-Sep-08]
Rainer Mautz cycled 3828 km in rarely visited northern China to visit 23 confluences. It all starts here.
australian outback trip [07-Sep-08]
Stephen Langman and his group went on their annual trip into the outback. Taking in 7 points along the way including a first time visit to 25S-130E. The adventure starts here 30S-135E.
33 confluence trek in china [06-Sep-08]
Targ Parsons and his wife Ah Feng visited 33 confluences in 26 days (incidentally pushing the percentage of visited, indexed confluences past 33.33%). It all starts here.
highest visit in canada [27-Aug-08]
52°N 117°W, the highest primary confluence in Canada, located in the Canadian Rockies, has been visited, and includes some spectacular views.
confluence mystery solved [11-Aug-08]
Often a visit to a Confluence raises unexpected questions, and puzzling mysteries remain unsolved. Already in 2001 Stefan Beck visited a Confluence in the U.A.E., but the question 'Who is Jett?' remained unanswered for a long time. After nearly six years, this mystery got finally solved, see coordinator's note at 25N 56E.
the midnight sun confluence [05-Aug-08]
Daniel Zwick and Friederike Stüttgen were lucky enough to see the midnight sun as they visited 68°N 13°E in Norway.
full set of mainland uk points [26-Jun-08]
With his recent visit to 58N-05W, Gordon Spence completed his quest to successfully visit all of the points of mainland UK.
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I formatted my pc before this, my game Final Fantasy XI PC version were ruining fine with full screen but since I formatted, the game refuses to run in another resolution than 800x600 , previously i was enjoying it on 1400x1050 . How can i change this?
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So I am asking for wisdom and knowledge of COTH to let me know what I can do here.
Had to euth my dear, wonderful little dog of 10 years a few weeks ago. :cry: Cannot speak a word about it still without unleashing a wall of tears.
He was on lasix/salix/furosemide and vetmedin/pimobendan for his heart. I have a full, unopened bottle of the pimobendan and a partially full bottle of the lasix (at least 80-90 small pills). I would *really* like to see these not-inexpensive meds go to a good, positive use, but if pet Rx is anything like human Rx, I am questioning the legality of donating them. I have been unable to get any of the local shelters to call me back on this yet (3 in the area are currently inundated with animals).
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Many say changes to the basin could cause major problems including heavy flooding and even the loss of the American Wood Stork, a bird on the National Endangered List.
Saturday several concerned citizens gathered at St. Louis Catholic Church to discuss possible development hazards.
Misty Penton, Founder of the Wildwood Preservation Society, said, "This is literally what is left of the Fred George Basin. It is now slated to be developed. Fortunately the developers are willing to sell it to Leon County as a park."
Other concerns are the effects on Tallahassee and Wakulla water due to a sinkhole in the basin that catches large amounts of rain.
Leon county commissioners are scheduled to discuss possibly purchasing the land on December 12.
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Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in.
Wow some of these are really neat!
Reminds me of something from a Tool video. Nice work.
this rocks!
such delicate fingers.
I don't think I have ever seen anything quite like this before. Disturbing but excellent!
Great work!
Great work!
Love this one especially- it's a bit different than some of the stuff you've been doing lately. It turned out awesome.
very cool
great work!!!
amazing expression!!!
amazing expression!!!
I had to laugh when i saw this. but it isn't funny....Awesome painting again.
Once again,another brilliant piece from you.
Just out of curiousity,what are your particular artist influences?
Just out of curiousity,what are your particular artist influences?
Pretty standard stuff -- Bosch, Dali, Francis Bacon and Jenny Saville from more recent ones. Baudelaire on the literary front.
Wicked! I love the thjings that come through the neck, they look like intestices, slimy and ugly
best yet.
This is f------ crazy! Awesome execution and idea!
really cool piece.


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Images: Devil paratroopers field training exercise [Image 2 of 2]
Photo by Airman 1st Class Logan Carlson
Paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conducted an airborne assault into a field to set up camp during a Field Training Exercise (FTX), Ft. Bragg, N.C., Oct. 22, 2013. FTX synchronizes the planning and execution of a large-scale forcible entry into a hostile area; securing sufficient freedom of movement while facing the anti-access and area-denial capabilities of our enemy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Logan Brandt)
This work, Devil paratroopers field training exercise [Image 1 of 2], by SrA Logan Carlson, identified by DVIDS, is free of known copyright restrictions under U.S. copyright law.
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CORAL GABLES _ The list of tough losses grows for the Hurricanes. Again, UM played well enough to win. Again, UM loses.
Pretty much the pattern all season.
Saturday's 61-60 loss to Florida State dropped the Hurricanes to 18-12 overall and 4-12 in the ACC. They are guaranteed a last-place finish and will play the No. 5 seed Thursday in the conference tournament.
WHAT TO LIKE ABOUT THIS GAME: The Hurricanes never quit. FSU had a couple chances to blow this one open, but never could. UM went on a 13-2 run to tie score at 58 and had several chances to win. Freshmen Durand Scott and Reggie Johnson both had big games, combining for 26 points, eight rebounds and four blocks.
WHAT TO NOT LIKE ABOUT THIS GAME: UM learned it will be without leading scorer Dwayne Collins for the rest of the season. Collins didn't play because of a leg stress reaction. Although the Hurricanes played with so much effort, it will be tough for them in the ACC tourney without Collins. It could mean a very short trip to Greensboro, N.C.


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Funding: This study was funded by the Deakin University Centre for Mental Health and Well Being. There are no conflicts of interest to declare.
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Larger Regional and Rural Areas in Victoria, Australia, Experience More Alcohol-Related Injury Presentations at Emergency Departments
Version of Record online: 12 MAR 2013
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12014
© 2013 National Rural Health Association
The Journal of Rural Health
Volume 29, Issue 3, pages 320–326, Summer 2013
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Coomber, K., Miller, P. G., Livingston, M. and Xantidis, L. (2013), Larger Regional and Rural Areas in Victoria, Australia, Experience More Alcohol-Related Injury Presentations at Emergency Departments. The Journal of Rural Health, 29: 320–326. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12014
Acknowledgments: We would like to thank the Victorian Department of Health HOSdata team and particularly James Moffat.
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2009-10: Ian McCoshen, a native of Faribault, MN, attended Shattuck-St. Mary's in his hometown and skated for the school's bantam team. In 58 games he scored 21 goals with 35 assists and had 46 penalty minutes.
2010-11: McCoshen played in the USHL as a 15-year-old, skating in 42 games for the Waterloo Black Hawks. He had 6 assists and was -9 with 38 penalty minutes. McCoshen played in two playoff games for Waterloo and was -1 with no points or penalty minutes. The Saginaw Spirit selected him in the sixth round (112th overall) of the 2011 OHL Priority Draft.
2011-12: McCoshen returned to Waterloo for a second USHL season and represented the USA in the 2011 U19 World Junior A Challenge. In 55 games with the Black Hawks he scored 8 goals with 12 assists and was +4 with 43 penalty minutes. Waterloo reached the USHL finals against Green Bay after finishing third in the West during the season. In 15 playoff games McCosh scored 4 goals with 3 assists and was +4 with 6 penalty minutes. In five games at the WJAC he had 1 assist with 4 penalty minutes.
2012-13: McCoshen spent a third season in the USHL with Waterloo and in November committed to playing college hockey at Boston College in 2013-14. In 53 games with the Black Hawks he scored 11 goals with 33 assists – both career highs – and was +35 with 48 penalty minutes. Waterloo finished third in the West Division. McCoshen scored 2 goals with 2 assists and was -2 in the five-game playoff series with Fargo. McCoshen took part in the 2012 All-American Top Prospects Game, and also was chosen to play in the 2013 USHL Top Prospects Game. He was ranked 24th amongst North American skaters in the Central Scouting final rankings and was selected by Florida in the second round (31st overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft.
2013-14: McCoshen skated in 35 of 40 games for Boston College as a freshman and represented the USA in the 2014 World Junior Championship. He scored 5 goals with 8 assists and was +22 with 48 penalty minutes playing for one of college hockey's top teams. The Eagles won the Hockey East regular season title and were among the top-ranked teams in the country most of the year. The Eagles were upset by Notre Dame in a three-game Hockey East quarterfinal series but rebounded to capture the NCAA Northeast Regional — defeating Denver and Massachusetts-Lowell — before falling to eventual national champion Union, 5-4, in a Frozen Four semifinal game. McCoshen skated in five games at the WJC and was -1 with 4 penalty minutes. The USA finished fifth, falling to Russia, 5-3, in the quarterfinals.
2014-15: In his sophomore season for Boston College, McCoshen fared well as a second-pairing defender on a team loaded with defense. He recorded 16 points in 35 games and also killed penalties for the Eagles. The physical defender was also a plus-13 and recorded a team-leading 63 penalty minutes.
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HARRISBURG - A legislative research agency is expected to release on Tuesday its study examining salaries for top executives and other expenses at hundreds of human service agencies in Pennsylvania.
House lawmakers authorized the study last fall to look at how human service agencies that receive state aid through various human service programs are spending money on compensation for executives, as well as their 20 highest-paid employees, lobbying expenses, association dues, administrative expenses and operating costs. The study looks at spending by 662 nonprofit agencies and 290 for-profit service agencies, said Philip Durgin, executive director of the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, on Friday.
He said much of the information on nonprofits was obtained through 990 forms filed with the federal Internal Revenue Service. For-profit service agencies aren't required to file 990 forms so the committee sent out a questionnaire seeking information, said Mr. Durgin.
The House resolution initially targeted nonprofits. House Republican leaders said the purpose is to make sure human service dollars for disability, child welfare and other programs are being spent effectively. These programs have been at the center of state budget battles and spending cuts in recent years. House Minority Leader Frank Dermody, D-33, Allegheny County, won support to include for-profit agencies in the study. Lawmakers who sit on the committee's board will hear testimony about the study at a public hearing and then vote on whether to make it public.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: You can't plant a garden and be a pessimist.
The act of putting seeds and starts into the soil is, to me, the very essence of optimism. You're trusting that good things will happen — the radishes will sprout, the marigolds will bloom, the tomatoes will hang heavy on the vine, just like in the
seed catalogs.
Of course, optimism can become foolish optimism. I know. Where gardening is concerned, I count myself among the fools.
Every year I do really dumb stuff, like plant zucchini. I have no idea why.
I can't stand zucchini, really. Oh, I'll eat it if I'm absolutely forced to, but I'd rather just skip it altogether if possible.
One problem trouble with zucchini is speed. You plant it, it grows (the stuff you don't like is always guaranteed to grow), and before long you see a blossom coming from the end of a tiny green pinky-finger-size zucchini, and you think to yourself, "That's going to be the right size very soon."
And so you check 24 hours later and find the zucchini is now a zeppelin, a size good only for carving into a canoe. There's a short window of time when zucchini is the proper size.
It's about 15 minutes. In the middle of the night.
But still I plant zucchini. Why? Because each spring I think that maybe this year, I will find that I like it.
And that, my friends, is foolish optimism.
Another kind of foolish optimism I demonstrate is with tomatoes. Each year I plant scads of tomatoes — red, yellow, green, big, small, miniature. It is Screamin' Tomato Mania in my back yard.
I do this thinking that I love tomatoes, which is true, and that I am going to eat them all, which is not.
They start ripening in July; and by September, I am so sick of tomatoes that I could just ralph, as we used to say back home. No offense to you Ralphs out there.
And then there's the kind of foolish optimism that says you can plant a decent garden in the city. Start with the fact that the soil is lousy — the composition of my backyard soil is a mix of rocks, broken glass, sticks and pop tops, held together by the merest sprinkling of humus — and then add to it the fact that it gets about half the necessary sunlight for successful growing, and you can see that only an optimist — a foolish one — would try to raise a garden there.
Last year, just for the heck of it, I planted two rows of sweet corn. This was REALLY foolish. As I was planting and planning, I was being watched by all the neighborhood squirrels, who were making plans of their own. And their plan won. I did not harvest a single ear of corn. The squirrels, on the other hand, feasted.
This is what happens when you are a foolish optimist with a bagful of seed packets. But you know what? I couldn't change if I wanted to.
And if I'm foolish, well, that applies to me in a lot more areas than just gardening.
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More than a year ago, Chaz, born Chastity, made the life-changing decision to undergo gender reassignment surgery to complete his dream of becoming a man. Today, Chaz is rallying the arms to let teens in the LGBTQ community know that a network of love and support awaits them: "It Gets Better…."
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A week ago today, it wasn't a good morning for lobsterman Richard Bickford and his sternman William Deane Jr. Around 4:45 a.m. on July 15, their boat, the Kendra and Maysie, allegedly struck a ledge and began taking on water.
According to the Maine Marine Patrol, the two men deployed a life raft and escaped the sinking boat, but with no radio they were left exposed to cold and rain for the next 9 hours. Even though they were close to a group of islands off Maine's Vinalhaven Island, pea-soup fog hid them from passing boaters, who also couldn't hear the two stranded men calling out for help.
With visibility less than 200 feet, the life raft remained hidden until around 1:30 in the afternoon. That's when a passing sailboat finally heard their cries for help.
"We heard someone screaming for help," Matt Shannon told the Maine Marine Patrol. Shannon, who is from Rockland, was sailing with two crew members from Vinalhaven to Rockland on his 23-foot sailboat Kanosera. "At first I thought it was people messing with us."
But the cries were for real. Out of the fog appeared the life raft with Bickford and Deane, who were brought on board and given food, water and dry clothes. "They were both in jeans and t-shirts, and the sternman was cold and shivering, so we put him in a sleeping bag to warm him up," said Shannon.
Marine Patrol picked up the rescued men and brought them to Rockland, where they were met by fire and rescue personnel at the dock. Though exposed to the elements for 9 hours, neither man went to the hospital. The Coast Guard is investigating the sinking.
The story's happy ending was thanks to good work by both Shannon and crew and the Marine Patrol. It's also thanks to the lack of a motor on the sailboat. The Kanosera had been blasting an air horn to signal its location, but the quiet between blasts allowed the crew to hear the men's cries. "If we had a motor, we would not have heard them," Shannon said.
His statement reminded me of the feature I just wrapped up about sail power for our next issue. Justin Porter, who trolls from a sail-assisted boat in the Pacific albacore fishery, is a longtime commercial fisherman but also a huge fan of sail power, deploying them whenever he can. He told me sails save on fuel, provide stability and can be safer because if your motor dies you won't be left stranded.
You can add sail's quiet power to that list of benefits. It's nice to be able to hear when you can't see.
I'll be sharing more about the story here, and you can read it in our September issue, which is going to press today.
Thank you to the Maine Marine Patrol for sharing this story.
Written by Melissa Wood
Thursday, 17 July 2014
Can farmed fish save their wild counterparts? It's an argument I've heard a couple times in favor of farming certain species that are under pressure in the wild.
Now researchers are claiming farms will help bluefin tuna. The species was in the news earlier this week after the Mexican government suddenly banned all bluefin tuna fishing for the rest of 2014. The ban came after WWF warned that Pacific tuna fishing catches should be cut in half to guarantee sustainability, claiming that the species had declined 96 percent and that 90 percent of the catch were juveniles that had not yet had the chance to reproduce.
Bluefin has long been at the center of sustainability efforts. In the Atlantic, overfishing in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic led to steep declines in the 1990s and early 2000s. International conservation measures have helped stocks recover (so long as all nations follow those measures). Now Pew is calling for similar international action to save Pacific stocks, including science-based catch limits, minimum sizes and an oceanwide rebuilding plan.
No environmental group seems to be promoting farming as the answer. Yet researchers for an EU-funded project are hoping to establish a sustainable and commercially viable operation raising bluefin tuna. Because the researchers are focusing on hatching the fish (like they do in Japan), it's at least more sustainable than current Mediterranean methods of catching juveniles and raising them until they are fat enough for market.
But can farmed bluefin ever really be sustainable?
The researchers admit there are challenges. In confinement, adult bluefin have been known to cannibalize juvenile fish. Ocean-crossing bluefin are also fast swimmers with poor eyesight. They bash into the walls of their pens if they are farmed in closed tanks on land. (I know this is not the point of sustainability, but it's also heartbreaking to imagine these great fish in this type of environment.) But farms risk contaminating the waters if they are in the open ocean.
Then there's the issue of what they eat. Though vegetarian feed is more sustainable, tuna grow faster and bigger when there's dead fish in the feed. That puts pressure on the wild forage fish stocks that go in the fishmeal. So much for preserving wild populations.
Bruce Collette, senior NOAA scientist and chair of the tuna and billfish group for International Union for Conservation of Nature, told Science 2.0 that he did not believe bluefin will be successfully domesticated.
"The best course of action for the bluefin is to reduce the quotas to let the wild populations increase to some approximation of their original size," he said.
As fish farming grows in popularity it's important to acknowledge that some species just don't lend themselves to it. Tilapia can be raised pretty much anywhere you can put a pond. A bluefin needs an ocean.
Written by Melissa Wood
Tuesday, 08 July 2014
I remember reading a story from one of National Fisherman's back issues that profiled U.K. fishermen who targeted wrecks in the English Channel. The fishermen liked to be on top of the wrecks because they could catch fish created by the structures' artificial reefs. But they had to be careful of damage to fishing gear. Wrecks can also be a sure sign of dangerous waters.
Whatever your feelings about fishing shipwrecks, it's probably good to know where they are. That may be easier to do: NOAA Coast Survey announced today that it has improved its online Wrecks and Obstructions Database.
The improved database combines the historic information from Coast Survey's Automated Wreck and Obstruction Information System with the more authoritative information from its electronic navigational charts. In all, the improved database contains information on 13,000 wrecks and 6,000 obstructions.
NOAA has also expanded the formats that can be used to view the data. For example, you can view original AWOIS and ENC data together in layers and on different map backgrounds. You can also use the data with Google Maps and Google Earth.
Seeing all those red dots on the map is a reminder of the ocean's deadly toll. Sometimes it's difficult for me to look at photos of ships underwater. I feel like I'm looking at someone's grave. It's unsettling and sad.
But I also understand the value of underwater exploration. Every wreck tells a story, like the torpedoing of the Robert E. Lee. In 1942 a German U-boat hit the passenger steamer while it was traveling from New Orleans to Trinidad. After the attack, the Lee's escort vessel, the PC-566, dropped several depth charges. The submarine sank with all hands. It is the only known U-boat to be sunk in the Gulf of Mexico.
Both wrecks were recently visited by the E/V Nautilus (though the U-boat is considered a war memorial and can't be disturbed), which is currently exploring the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico. You can watch the expedition in real time on a live cam.
The expedition also plans to explore the final resting places of Gulf Penn and Gulf Oil, two oil tankers also sunk by German U-boats. These are particularly important to the researchers because they have a high abundance of large corals growing on them.
I can imagine that for fishermen, who have to understand what's going on below, it must also be fascinating for you to watch as new life blossoms beneath the waves.
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Written by Melissa Wood
Tuesday, 01 July 2014
One hundred years ago, Americans ate oysters not shrimp. Our per-capita consumption of oysters back then matches what we eat in shrimp now. Shrimp is the most popular seafood today, but unlike those American grown oysters, most of it is farmed and imported.
The "seafood swap," according to Paul Greenberg, who pointed this out in a New York Times essay adapted from his new book "American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood," goes beyond the high amount of imported fish we eat:
"While a majority of the seafood Americans eat is foreign, a third of what Americans catch is sold to foreigners," he writes. For example, three-quarters of Alaska salmon is exported while we eat imported farmed product from Chile. As a result, we are "radically disconnected from our seafood supply," writes Greenberg.
For fishermen, globalization has mixed results. One of the downsides, however, is that lack of connection between you and your community. How are people going to value their local fishermen and industry when they don't eat your fish?
That's one of the reasons why I believe serving fish in schools, part of the national farm-to-school movement, is so important (for the full story, see our August issue, page 20).
The farm-to-school movement puts local product on school lunch menus. For a community like Sitka, Alaska, it made sense to bring in local seafood, particularly salmon instead of imported processed fish and other proteins from the Lower 48.
Kids in Sitka are getting to know their fish and fishermen. They learn about salmon's life cycle in the Stream to Plate curriculum and they also meet fishermen who donate much of the fish.
Educating young minds could be the best way to get more Americans to value their local seafood. It reminds me of a conversation I had about Seafood 101, which uses the Newspapers in Education program to educate schoolchildren about fish and how fisheries are managed. Rebecca Reuter of NOAA compared the program to recycling. When she was a kid in the '80s, it was an up-and-coming trend first embraced by kids.
Now we all recycle. Can kids today do the same thing for local seafood tomorrow?
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Written by Melissa Wood
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
There are a couple of facts everybody loves to share about Maine lobster: In Colonial days, it was so plentiful prisoners were forced to eat it. Indentured servants requested their contracts specify that lobster could only be served so many times per week. Anything more than that was cruel and unusual punishment.
I usually get annoyed hearing these same anecdotes so often, but I also realize why they're so memorable. It's absurd to think of anyone protesting lobster for dinner. At some point lobster magically transformed from bottom-of-the-barrel foodstuff into a luxury cuisine. How did that happen?
Cathy Billings of the Maine Lobster Institute brings up those anecdotes and answers that question in an interview promoting her new book, "The Maine Lobster Industry: A History of Culture, Conservation and Commerce."
In the interview, which you can watch in the video below, she says part of the reason lobster got a bad rap is because people thought of it as a scavenger willing to eat anything it found on the seafloor. She says her boss at the Lobster Institute, Dr. Robert Bayer, prefers to call them "opportunists."
Billings says lobster became popular after it become portable, thanks to advances in technology that allowed it to be shipped to diners in Boston, New York and Philadelphia. But it really hit the big time thanks to wealthy people like the Rockefellers who summered in Maine and served it to their guests. (Wouldn't it be nice to use summer as a verb?)
Today, Maine lobster is popular and plentiful. It could also be on the verge of another transformation thanks in part to lobstermen like Jim Merryman of Harpswell. When I met Jim I was deeply impressed by his knowledge of the species. He's just as impressive off the water where he's making a name for himself as lobster dealer and educator. He's an expert marketer who's also a Mainer to the core — which makes for an interesting contrast. Read more about Jim here (starting on page 25).
As part of his business, he sells lobster at a farmers market in Brunswick (with help from the pound's enthusiastic manager Sue Nelson). Those direct-to-consumer sales add value for Jim and the other lobstermen who sell through his dealership, and by making those consumer connections, Jim and Sue are also educating people about lobster and the people who catch it.
By demystifying lobster and spreading the word about its sustainability, they may also help with its next makeover. Most people think of lobsters as a summer vacation treat. But some in the industry would like it be thought of as an everyday protein by people across the country. It makes sense. Why import so many millions of pounds of farmed shrimp and tilapia when we have sustainable seafood like lobster landed right on our shores? Hopefully efforts like the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative will also help.
It's a great idea as long as I don't have to eat it more than three times per week.
Written by Melissa Wood
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
The photos are shocking, but they don't tell the whole story.
In February Oceana acquired photos of dead, bloodied marine animals caught as bycatch in California's drift gillnet fishery. The environmental group obtained the photos by petitioning NOAA through a Freedom of Information Act request and is using them in a campaign to get rid of driftnet fishing.
It almost worked. Subsequently, a bill banning drift gillnets was introduced but defeated in the California State Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee. This was thanks in no small part to a delegation of commercial fishermen and their supporters who countered Oceana's sensational images with a campaign of their own to get the truth out about their fishery.
Like all U.S. fisheries, California's drift gillnets are highly regulated. It's limited entry with short fishing seasons and off-limits to areas because of concerns about bycatch of sea turtles and other marine mammals. Fishermen are also required to use pingers on their nets that make sounds that deter mammals. In May, NOAA renewed an emergency rule shutting down the fishery if a single sperm whale interacts with a driftnet.
But don't think this fight is over. Oceana will continue to push for the shutdown, and those photos are still making the media rounds. This week they came out again in a story on PBS News Hour. Fortunately, the reporter also interviewed a fisherman's wife and a scientist, who made a good point about what would happen if the U.S. fishery were shut down. People wouldn't stop eating swordfish, there'd just be more imported from other countries where fishing practices are not highly regulated. Watch the video below:
It reminded me of a conversation I had a couple months ago for a story I wrote for Seafood Business magazine about software systems that tracked seafood from the boat. That's good, but unfortunately American buyers can only track from the boat if the seafood is landed in an American port. For those who import seafood, traceability still mostly means trusting your supplier to do the right thing.
Trust is good, but regulations and documented traceability are better — which brings me back to the photos. They are gruesome, but let's not forget who took them: NOAA fishery observers who are on boats to track the catch and make sure fishermen are following regulations. Wouldn't it make more sense if environmental groups stopped attacking U.S. commercial fishermen and started promoting their catch as the most sustainable choice?
Written by Melissa Wood
Thursday, 12 June 2014
The very idea that a human being could be kept as a slave is shocking. But I was not shocked when I recently read about slave labor harvesting prawns in Thailand. It's a familiar story.
I wrote about seafood industry labor violations for a cover story in Seafood Business a year ago. Back then I noticed a pattern: A human rights group finds violations, the media covers them and then things quiet down until the next report comes out. I'm sure it will happen again.
In the latest case, the UK's Guardian newspaper interviewed 15 migrant workers from Burma and Cambodia. The workers had paid brokers to find work in Thailand but were instead sold to boat captains as slave laborers. For more, watch the video from the Environmental Justice Foundation below:
This is another familiar part of the story. Thailand's industry depends on immigrants from poorer neighboring countries. Though Thailand has improved conditions in its shrimp processing plants, there remain loopholes that these vulnerable, undocumented workers continue to slip through. In some of the most shocking reports, interviewed workers have told about other workers murdered on the high seas, their bodies thrown overboard and fates never known to the families they left behind for economic opportunities.
There may be ramifications for Thailand. The U.S. State Department is considering downgrading it to a Tier 3 country among North Korea and Saudi Arabia in its 2014 Trafficking in Persons report. But it's not enough to instigate change. That must come from the marketplace, said Pedro Bueno, an FAO consultant I interviewed for the Seafood Business story. He told me industry-wide codes are more effective than legally prescribed standards that only give one motivation for improvement: not to be penalized. "Market-based standards tend to reward adherents with better prices," he said.
Change from the marketplace usually comes from the end user: consumers, but people like their cheap imports (in particular, they like cheap shrimp).
But we also have good and abundant seafood products from the United States like pink salmon, which is currently the subject of an Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute promotion. The U.S. industry should follow the institute's lead and develop and promote these abundant species along with the higher-end lobster, king salmon and red snapper.
Word of mouth is helpful too. Tell your neighbors, your friends and, of course, your family to buy American. If that doesn't work send them the video above.
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Written by Melissa Wood
Thursday, 05 June 2014
I'm not a food blogger, foodie or any other type of self-promoting gourmand. So when the tempura-coated butterfish I ordered last weekend at Pai Men Miyake arrived as a whole fish propped in an upright, swimming position my first thought was not to take a photo. Instead I thought, "How am I going to eat this with chopsticks?"
I succeeded with the chopsticks — using my fingers to pick out some of the bones — but by the time I thought about taking a photo the bones were pretty much all that was left.
Butterfish is small and bony, but it's also delicious and from the Gulf of Maine. Our region's groundfish fishermen recently learned what they'll be receiving for federal disaster aid. But commercial fishermen also need people like Chef Masa Miyake, who's made it his mission to emphasize local fish on the menus of his three Portland, Maine, restaurants.
National Fisherman caught up with some of local seafood's champions for the special marketing section in our July issue, which is out this week. Ryan Speckman of North Carolina's Locals Seafood, for example, grew up inland, so he didn't experience fresh local fish until he worked on the coast as a wildlife biologist. But when he moved back to the Raleigh area, which is about three hours inland, he was disappointed that he couldn't find that same fresh fish. He and business partner Lin Peterson started bringing fish in from the coast, selling it to farmers markets and restaurants.
In California's Morro Bay, locals and visitors are well aware of how good fresh salmon is: It's tradition to buy it off the boat there. However, after a total shutdown followed by another year with hardly a season, people didn't know salmon was again available. From that need came the Fishline app, which alerts those who download it on their smartphones when boats are coming in to 12 California ports from San Diego to Fort Bragg. So far, says app creator Joe Falcone, close to 7,000 people have downloaded it.
Their stories reminded me of a session on direct marketing I attended at last year's Maine Fishermen's Forum. Bernie Feeney, a Massachusetts lobsterman who sells some of his catch direct, gave this advice for finding new local markets:
"Go west until you find some community that is reasonably populated and ask yourself, 'Where can I buy fresh seafood?' If you can't find a place, you've got a location."
Is it really that simple? Most fishermen don't have the time to sell their catch direct, but I believe that much more can be done to promote local seafood by building on and replicating the ideas of enterprising seafood lovers like Speckman and Falcone. It's not like anyone gave these guys a blueprint for success: they simply figured out ways to connect more people to fresh fish. I was so inspired I might even look into it myself if the writing career doesn't work out (I do have to get better at taking food photos).
Written by Melissa Wood
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
It was the height of Alaska salmon season when I visited Kodiak a couple summers ago, and there was a lot to be had: to be grilled, smoked, pickled and, most importantly, eaten. But the addiction to this fish goes beyond the fresh stuff coming off the boats. During dinner at Kodiak resident Jeff Stephan's home he demonstrated his easy DIY salmon burgers. Open up a can, shape the stuff inside into a patty, put it on a plate and microwave it.
I left questioning why I didn't buy canned pinks more often. Salmon wasn't something I thought of when I was trying to save money at the grocery store. Hopefully more people will be thinking of it in that way thanks to the recent passage of a revised product development bill and a promotional campaign focusing on pinks.
Salmon has already gone through a transformation. Over the last ten years, the 72 percent of Alaska's pink salmon that went into cans dropped to 49 percent in 2012. Part of the reason for that change was a bill that gave tax credits to processors that invested in equipment for creating new product forms.
Canned salmon products were excluded from that credit until now. In April the Alaska Legislature passed a new version of the bill (called The Salmon & Herring Product Development Tax Credit) that expanded the credit to new herring products and new sizes of canned salmon. For salmon that will likely mean smaller can sizes that will help processors hit lower price points, according to Tyson Fick, communications director for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute in Juneau.
While the number of cans has gone down, average ex-vessel prices have gone up — from 9 cents per pound in 2003 to 48 cents in 2012. But this past year people in the industry have worried that record high landings of pinks would cause a glut and lower prices. To address this, ASMI has kicked off a marketing campaign targeting "über" athletes and will be advertising in running and cycling magazines and promoting at rock 'n' roll marathons.
Too much of a good thing is not a bad thing — when it comes to Alaska salmon. I hope the word gets out to more working families out there too. It's an easy sell, a cheap, healthy meal in a can, caught by American fishermen. The advertising slogans practically write themselves.
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Written by Melissa Wood
Tuesday, 20 May 2014
When I interviewed Dorothy Lowman, fisheries advisor and chair of the Pacific Fishery Management Council, she told me she was a workshop skeptic. That was surprising considering she had organized the first national electronic monitoring workshop in Seattle in January.
But I knew what she meant. I've been in plenty of meetings where people talk a good talk, but nothing happens after.
I don't think that will happen with electronic monitoring. The national workshop was timely. Fishermen on all coasts are working toward electronic monitoring. That makes sense because around the country an increasing number of fisheries are under quota management systems that require greater catch accountability.
With so much going on and so many interested parties, Lowman organized the workshop to bring people together from different fisheries and councils. Dan Falvey, a workshop participant who is working on electronic monitoring in the Alaska longline industry, told me there have been over 40 EM pilot programs around the country. It makes sense for those people to talk to each other.
For National Fisherman it's an issue that's important to get in the magazine, especially considering that people on all coasts are working toward implementation so that they can better track their catch and make it easier for fishermen to do it.
The skepticism comes in with what happens next. When I talked to people for a story about electronic monitoring for National Fisherman's June issue, they were far from done. Several told me their own councils were holding EM workshops.
In addition, the workshop generated a great online resource for those continuing to work on its implementation. At www.eminformation.com, you can find a workshop summary and takeaways, videos and papers of presentations from the workshop as well as pilot program studies and contacts within the EM world.
The website is intended to continue to be used as an information sharing resource for fishermen and others interested in electronic monitoring. I expect the number of people interested will only get bigger.
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The Southeast Alaska Fishermen's Alliance recently announced that the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation has awarded the organization a Hollings Grant to reduce whale entanglements in Alaska salmon fisheries by increasing the use of acoustic whale pingers to minimize entanglements in fishing gear.
Last week, Alaska senators Lisa Murkowski (R), Dan Sullivan (R) and Rep. Don Young (R) asked Secretary of State John Kerry to negotiate with Canadian leaders to make sure appropriate environmental safeguards are in place for mine development in Southeast Alaska.
The congressional delegation explained the importance of this issue to Alaskans and the need for assurances that the water quality in transboundary waters between Alaska and Canada will be maintained.Read more...


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Earlier this spring, a sexy carrot appeared online. Photoshop battles ensued. But the dust hasn't cleared, because even now, that carrot still lives on as Tracer's legs.
Shinya Arino of Game Center CX fame has begun trying to capture all 151 first generation Pokémon. So far, he's about six hours in and has captured 15. This clip is Japanese only, but fans of both Arino and Pokémon can hopefully follow along.
Dreams are real once again! The Ghibli Museum in Tokyo's Mitaka has a Catbus from the classic anime My Neighbor Totoro. Until now, only children (children, ha!) could get in the Catbus. But this July, there will be a Catbus that adults can also board. Thank goodness.
Electric shavers, floating speakers, and popular running shoes lead off Tuesday's best deals.
Some people had hoped, after months of hype and the pedigree of director Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code), that Warcraft might break the long and storied Curse Of Bad Video Game Movies. I have some sad news for those people. Maybe video game adaptations were just never meant to be.
Viverra Cosplay's Vault Survivor outfit here took over a month to make, since all the leather parts (100% pigskin) were made by hand and every weapon and accessory was 3D-printed then finished and painted. Also: the pup, Rex, is a great Dogmeat.
Software piracy in 2016 is so ubiquitous that we expect games to leak ahead of release. Back in the 20th century, though, it was a lot harder for pirates to get hold of video games before they hit retail shelves. As evidenced by this crazy old story about how the classic TIE Fighter got out a week before its release…
Recently, a group of forward-looking thinkers compiled a list of catastrophes that could kill off 10 percent or more of the human population within five years. This Gizmodo video explains how it could actually happen.
A complex lawsuit was recently filed against Valve, in which a former employee is suing for $3.1 million in damages, alleging transgender discrimination, misclassification of employment, retaliation for whistle blowing, and more.
Microsoft really wants people to upgrade their machines to Windows 10, to the point that computers will now install the new operating system without your knowledge. This lead to a frustrating (but darkly humorous) situation today for Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail, while checking out of a hotel.
Getting started in Overwatch can be pretty daunting: there are so many heroes to learn, maps to memorize, and loot crates to open, that it's hard to keep track of it all. But we have a few quick pointers that should help.
Peek-a-boo. Today's shockingly viable Counter-Strike strat? The pyramid scheme, courtesy of ahmadyar17.
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It's not clear why Square Enix isn't making new Chrono games, but hey, at least there's I Am Setsuna, which will be out for PS4 and Steam on July 19. (New trailer above.)
The biggest digital storefront for comics just announced a new flat-rate service that lets users read through thousands of stories for $6/month.
Overwatch is to big-budget release bonanzas what eclipses are to the rest of the sky. It's a multi-million dollar production fueled by laser-targeted marketing. Even Game of Thrones had to glom onto its underbelly to avoid being unceremoniously forgotten. Anyway one of its most crucial sounds was made by a beer can.
You didn't need to wait long for a discount on Overwatch: It's down to $49 today on Amazon for all purchasers, or $48 for Prime members.


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Earlier today news broke that Glenn Becks Fox News show was ending. Beck addressed the topic with his audience today. If you missed it, you can watch the clip from The Glenn Beck Show here.
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Lee Just One Win Away from Shot at Pavlik
Byline: Peter Doherty
MIDDLEWEIGHT prospect Andy Lee is just one more victory away from a shot at a world title, according to his manager Emmanuel Steward.
Following talks with promoter Bob Arum, Steward has revealed that Lee is ahead of John Duddy and Matthew Macklin in the race for a showdown with WBC World champion Kelly Pavlik.
The 25-year-old from Limerick has enjoyed a successful 12 months and Steward believes he will get the chance to become middleweight champion of the world in 2010.
'At the moment we're looking at Andy facing Danny Jacobs, who is well rated and unbeaten, and a win there would set him up for a shot at Kelly Pavlik,' said Steward.
'I know that Bob Arum would love that fight because in the middleweight division there are not too many bigger, marquee names than Andy.
'Pavlik has to get past Sergio Martinez first in April and Andy should be out against Jacobs too in the States in April and then the fight can be made, assuming both win.
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A combination of guiafenesin and propofol reduced adverse reactions that occur when propofol is used alone.... Read More
Laminitis Prevention and Intervention in Hospitalized Horses
December 19, 2011
Hospitalized horses are at an increased risk for developing laminitis as a complication of injury or illness.... Read More
Practical Tips for Managing Obese Horses and Ponies
December 18, 2011
The ideal way to manage an obese horse or pony is to prevent it from becoming obese in the first place.... Read More
WCVM to Host Horse Health Education Day for Young Riders
December 14, 2011
Pony Club and 4-H members will learn about horse health care, equine veterinary medicine, and horse husbandry.... Read More
Cold Weather Horse Care Tips
December 14, 2011
By following these tips you can help keep your horse healthy all winter.... Read More
Pfizer Introduces Equine Wellness Management Service
December 12, 2011
Through the service practices can offer online access to horse health and wellness information.... Read More
Milne Lecture on Epidemiology (AAEP 2011)
December 02, 2011
Learn how vets and horse owners can more critically and accurately evaluate horse health information.... Read More
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