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Further details regarding the rescue of 300 people by Isle of Man registered ship 'Jupiter Bay'
The Isle of Man Ship Registry has provided further details of the rescue by Isle of Man registered bulk carrier 'Jupiter Bay' of more than 300 people trying to cross the Mediterranean in two wooden boats.
The 2012-built, 30,153 dwt bulker was en route from Tunis to Gibraltar late last Friday night (6th) when it took a call from the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Rome requesting assistance in a search and rescue effort.
Being within an hour's sailing of the distress the master Captain Shabbir Patla and his Indian crew responded quickly, reaching the rendezvous point by 2330 hrs local time.
During the next three hours, Jupiter Bay took on board some 322 men, women, children and infants and rescuing so many people in the dark proved challenging and required ingenuity from the crew.
Once the refugees were made comfortable on board Jupiter Bay the next challenge for the crew was to provide food, water and other aid before sailing to Pozzallo in Sicily where they were due to arrive on Saturday evening.
To suddenly have an extra 322 mouths to feed on a ship that caters for a crew of 20 soon meant that after a simple breakfast and then rice for lunch, there was not much food left in the provisions stores and fridges.
When the ship arrived at Pozzallo they were required to anchor where they were met by a coastguard cutter carrying two doctors who did medical checks before allowing those on board to disembark onto to another supply ship to transfer them to shore facilities.
Jupiter Bay then resumed its voyage to Gibraltar where much needed stores were taken on board.
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SHEPHERDSTOWN - The "Wine and Moore" fundraising event to benefit Hospice of the Panhandle will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, May 31, at the Bavarian Inn in Shepherdstown.
The event will offer premier wines, delectable food and translucent watercolors, according to Maria Lorensen, Hospice's development director.
For the past six years, the Bavarian has hosted the wine-tasting and auction to benefit Hospice. Those attending the event could dine on food prepared by the Bavarian chef to complement wines from Argentina, Northern California and Washington. Auction items have included jewelry from local jewelers, handmade glass and quilts.
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About 20 pieces of artwork received late last year from the estate of H. Margaret Moore will be auctioned during the 'Wine and Moore' fundraiser event May 31 at the Bavarian Inn in Shepherdstown. Proceeds will benefit Hospice of the Panhandle.
From left, Ashley Horst, Mary Alice Bowers and Maria Lorenson are among the organizers of the "Wine and Moore" fundraiser.
A watercolor painting by Margaret Moore
This year, organizers have opted to switch things up a bit.
Mary Alice Bowers, a watercolor artist from Martinsburg who is a member of Hospice's fundraising committee and a former board member, received about 20 pieces of artwork late last year from the estate of H. Margaret Moore.
"I knew and loved Margaret for many years," Bowers said. "She was such a neat lady and a wonderful artist. I'm so honored to have gotten these pieces, and very excited to share them with the community. I know Margaret would love that we are auctioning them for charity."
Moore was an award-winning artist who spent 25 years teaching music and art in the Washington County, Md., school system. She pioneered the Suzuki Method of teaching instrumental music, having learned about it in her travels to Japan and is listed in the 1974 edition of Outstanding Teachers of America. During her tenure as president of the Valley Art Association, she was instrumental in acquiring and restoring its headquarters, the Mansion House Art Gallery in Hagerstown.
Her art, which concentrated on water color and collage, was exhibited throughout the tri-state area, most recently by the Potomac River Artist Guild in Shepherdstown, of which she was a charter member. She passed away at the age of 88.
Proceeds from the art auction will go toward Hospice's "Building the Dream" project, the construction of a 14-bed inpatient unit and office on the Berkeley-Jefferson county line. Construction, which is currently underway, should be complete in late 2013. A move from Hospice's current offices on Waverly Court in Martinsburg is planned in early 2014.
Proceeds from Wine and Moore's general ticket sales will go toward general operations at Hospice of the Panhandle.
Hospice of the Panhandle has been providing compassionate care to patients and their families at the end of life's journey for 33 years. Most patients arrive at Hospice care through referral, which can be initiated by a family member, a doctor, a nursing home, assisted living facility, a hospital or a friend.
"What we've done for the last 33 years is to provide care in the home," Lorensen said. "Home care will continue but with the opening of the new inpatient unit, Hospice intends to offer the next level of care - providing hospital-type care in a home-like setting."
"We have been raising money for this project for four years and have raised more than $3.57 million so far," she said.
Tickets are $65 each or $125 per couple. Each ticket includes a sampling of more than 15 wines paired with a buffet of gourmet fare prepared by Bavarian executive chef Wolfgang Vomend.
Reservations can be made by calling the Bavarian Inn at 304-876-2551.


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April is blooming at the Historic Iao Theater with five performances of three plays this week, and a fourth, "The Miracle Worker," in rehearsal for its May opening.
On Saturday afternoon, Maui OnStage presents the slightly dark but immensely original children's tale, "James and the Giant Peach," by Roald Dahl. Dahl's imaginative mind also created "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Fantastic Mr. Fox," "The Witches," "Matilda," and the screenplay for "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."
Published in 1961, the tale centers around English orphan, James Henry Trotter (Carver Glomb), who enters a gigantic, supernatural peach and has a surreal, madcap adventure with six magical garden bugs. Originally titled "James and the Giant Cherry," Dahl changed it to a giant peach because "a peach is prettier, bigger and squishier than a cherry."
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Brianna Kenar (from left) plays Aunt Sponge, Carver Glomb is James and Lilly Janneck stars as Aunt Spiker in Maui OnStage's "James and the Giant Peach."
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James' world is turned upside down when his mother and father are eaten by an escaped rhinoceros, and he is forced to live with his two malicious aunts, Spiker (Lily Janneck) and Sponge (Brianna Kenar). The boy encounters an outlandish old man, who gives him a bag of glowing, green crocodile tongues, promising they will bring him happiness and great adventures. On the way home, he trips and spills the tongues on a peach tree, which had previously never given fruit.
The tree soon begins to blossom, and a peach grows to the size of his house. He befriends the insect inhabitants of the peach, who join him on the adventure. A Centipede (Caitlyn Campbell) bites the peach loose from the tree, which then rolls down the hill and squashes the house, subsequently killing Spiker and Sponge. The peach rolls through villages, over houses and a famous chocolate factory before falling off the Cliffs of Dover, drifting into the vast Atlantic.
Later in the journey, when attacked by sharks, a flock of seagulls lifts the peach into the air, flying it away. A passenger jet nearly hits the peach just outside of New York City, and it ends up impaled on the Empire State Building. The skewered giant fruit is brought down and eaten by thousands of NYC children. The peach pit is constructed into a mansion in Central Park, which becomes a tourist attraction, and the ever-friendly James has all the friends he had longed for.
* Children of all ages will enjoy "James and the Giant Peach," based on the book by Dahl, dramatized by Richard R. George, with original music by David Delaney, direction by Alexis Dascoulias and starring an all-youth cast. Performances are 2 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at the Historic Iao Theater in Wailuku. General admission tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children. Call Maui OnStage at 242-6969 or purchase reserved seats online at www.mauionstage.com.
On Monday night, MOS continues its free theater series, ONO! (one night only), with "Cactus Flower" by Abe Burrows. This swinging '60s Broadway comedy ran from 1966 to 1969, and its original cast members included Lauren Bacall, Barry Nelson, Brenda Vaccaro, Lloyd Bridges and Kevin McCarthy.
The same year that it closed on Broadway, a film version was released starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn (who won an Oscar for her performance). Three years ago, the film was remade by Adam Sandler and partially shot on Maui. Some of those locations include Gannon's restaurant in Wailea, the Grand Wailea and an East Maui rope bridge, which apparently leads to a waterfall on Kauai in the next scene. "Just Go With It" stars Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Nick Swardson and Brooklyn Decker.
In the original stage version, Julian Winston, DDS (Francis Tau'a) has the perfect life. He's a 40-something playboy with a thriving business and a young, wild mistress. The problem is he's not actually married; he pretends to be married to avoid commitment. The truth could fix everything, but then it wouldn't be a romantic comedy.
Toni (Julianna Scharnhorst), the girlfriend, refuses to be a homewrecker without first meeting Julian's soon-to-be-ex, so he enlists his long-suffering assistant, Stephanie Dickinson (Erin Kowalick), to pose as his nonexistent wife. Complications arise when Toni decides the two must find her a new beau so everyone concerned can live happily ever after. As the lies pile up, Dr. Winston and all involved find love in unexpected places.
* Enjoy a free staged reading of "Cactus Flower" by Abe Burrows 6:30 p.m. Monday; the free ONO! performances are at the Historic Iao Theater every second Monday of the month.
* Catch Seabury Hall's production of "Winnie the Pooh," a musical version based on A. A. Milne's classic, directed by Marsha Kelly. Performances are 7 p.m. Friday, 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday in the A'ali'ikuhonua Creative Arts Center on the Seabury Hall campus in Makawao. Admission is free.


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A FORGOTTEN "treasure trove" of secrets and valuable artefacts from the houses of some of Scotland's largest landowners has been unveiled after lying untouched for more than two centuries within the premises of an Edinburgh law firm.
Clients visiting the offices of Anderson Strathern in North Castle Street would be ushered past an innocuous looking bookcase on their way to the offices of the senior partners.
Little did they realise that beyond the Victorian bookcase a secret passageway led to an archive which gives a fascinating behind-the-scenes peek into the workings of Scotland's grand estates.
Its contents range from the original plans of Mount Stuart, home of the Marquess of Bute, to a political pamphlet from 1832 arguing that placemen and pensioners are not fit representatives for the County of Roxburgh, as well as fascinating documents and jewellery. The "treasures" were unveiled as the partners of the law firm prepared to move to new premises in Rutland Square.
Robin Watt, partner with Strathern Anderson who is supervising the transportation and dispersal of the archive, described it as an untapped treasure trove and admitted that it did bring a tear to the eye when he thought of all the history that lay behind it.
Mr Watt said: "Traditionally, we would pay all the bills of the very large estates, so we would know every detail of their expenditure, right down to how much they spent on wine and what the chambermaid was paid.
"Furthermore, if one was going abroad for a few months, rather than give their valuables for safekeeping to somewhere as common as a bank, they would lodge their silver and jewellery with us. Similarly, if someone died the valuables would be brought here rather than keep them in an empty house."
Referred to as the "ghost attic" by senior partners, it is said that a young lady dressed in green haunts the staircase. The room, which is scrawled with graffiti from junior clerks dating back to 1888 and 1915, contains many items that have not been seen for nearly 200 years.
It reads: "Captain George Elliot holds a Sinecure Office of 300 a year, another place under the government to the amount of 2500", and goes on to say, "Are such men fit to represent us in Parliament! No! No! No!"
A lot of the archive has been returned to its original owners and cannot be disclosed due to client confidentiality, but a 1969 issue of the Times reporting the moon landing gives a taste of the gems hidden in the archive.
There are also two original Matriculation of Arms, dating back to the reign of George II, written in Latin on pig skin.
Andrew McLean, archivist for the Bute family who travelled to Edinburgh to collect some of the artefacts, said the law firm had been the family's representatives since the 1850s.
He said: "We found some original plans for Mount Stuart House and some original contract drawings by the architect Sir Robert Rowand Anderson which are very significant in terms of Scottish architectural history."
In 1877, the 3rd Marquess of Bute ordered the complete rebuilding of Mount Stuart after the old house was destroyed by fire.
What Sir Robert created was a Gothic palace which fused powerful architecture with intricate details and lavish designs.
But the house was never completely finished, and Mr McLean said that the new-found plans have shed fresh light on what could have been.
Mr McLean said: "They have shed some new light because a lot of the original plans for the house altered as they went along, and so various parts were not built."


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Confronted with the threat of a plant shutdown, Heintz Corp. employees approved a contract agreement yesterday, one week after overwhelmingly voting down another contract, the company said.
Details of the agreement between the company, which manufactures jet-engine parts at its plant in Northeast Philadelphia, and the United Auto Workers Local 834, which represents 420 of the 520 employees, were unavailable.
The workers evidently had little choice but to accept the contract offered by RDK Capital, a limited partnership based in Cleveland that owns three other aerospace companies.


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Shyam Selvadurai was born in 1965 in Sri Lanka and left the country at the age of 19 for Toronto, Canada. His first novel Funny Boy was published in 1994 and his second novel, Cinnamon Gardens was published by Penguin in 1998.
Funny Boy won the WH Smith/Books in Canada Novel Award and in the US the Lambda Literary award for Best Gay Men's Fiction. It was also named as a notable book by the American Literary Association. It was published in the US, UK, India and numerous countries in Europe.
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March 23rd, 2012
Maybe I'm just getting old and conservative but I am having a really hard time sympathizing with the student protests in the province of Quebec. Every time I think that I also keep in mind that I probably would have joined them out on the streets, blocking traffic and irritating the hell out of hard-working citizens if I were their age. I grew up in Montreal, went to McGill, and spent a fair amount of time marching and occupying the Vietnam War era. I was in very good company. It felt good to be part of a huge mass of peers, having our emerging identities shaped by waves of solidarity and a strong sense of purpose. It wasn't very difficult to catch the wave, to join up with the leaders of the protests movements, skipping classes in order to stop a war—or acknowledge the French fact in Quebec. It felt unequivocally like the right and proper thing to be doing. And when you are young there's nothing more satisfying than transgression, especially when there's safety in numbers. Joining thousands of your peers is a lot less brave than facing down a tank in the middle of Tiananmen Square all by yourself.
But I also like to think protests were about something big then, bigger than an additional $600 a year in tuition fees. That's pretty much what it comes down to on the streets of Montreal and Quebec City these days, although I am sure most students would say there's something much bigger at stake—principles of public education and access. They are partly right. But only partly. Quebec, as every Canadian knows, has the lowest tuition rates in the country. From the get-go, the protests in Quebec seem excessive in light of the enormous provincial government subsidies necessary to keep the fees down. Only Newfoundland and Labrador comes close to such rates, and we don't have a large CEGEP, or public post-secondary college system, to finance, either. CEGEP students in that system pay virtually no tuition fees. Who is paying for all the instructors, facilities, and services at the more than 70 public CEGEPS in the province? Frankly, I never asked that question when I was a CEGEP student. It just never occurred to any of us.
The protests today are largely directed at universities, where you go in Quebec for advanced education only after you have acquired your CEGEP diploma. Universities need to pay for their own expanding plants, their increasing salary bases, their plans for the future. In Quebec, the gap between the sticker price and the actual full costs of an education is cavernous. How could it not be with such low fees? Student leaders claim that Quebec universities have the capacity to subsidize students, but spend way too much money on staff salaries. That's a pretty lame line, to be sure, and cheap to boot. (One wonders what these same students will be saying about salaries once they enter the workforce and become members of unions, but that's for someone else's longitudinal study.)
So what do they or does anyone know about the real costs of an education? I am not on top of what is circulating in the Quebec media about those real costs but to date I haven't seen strong enough counter arguments from either the universities or the government, and so perhaps it's no wonder the protests are gaining momentum. Certainly, we all have a right to know why education is getting more expensive. What about the costs of upgrading classrooms, the nuts and bolts of administration, research subsidies, new buildings, prestige projects, student services, and so on? If students want to rally support for low or no tuition fees then they should look to other Western nations where tuition is fully subsidized by the public. How do they do it? The debate, such as it, seems confrontational and facile at the moment, and it is not helped by the temptations of early summer which only encourages the urge to get outdoors and march up and down St Catherine Street in a t-shirt. Not that I'm envious….
The growing impasse is also really pissing off the taxpayers whose bridges and roads have been repeatedly blocked. Without the public on their side the students will be doomed: the Premier will see a surge in popularity, and fees could go even higher eventually. There is now even a threat of lost semesters. I haven't heard a peep from Quebec professors yet, but I imagine their sympathies are divided and/or compromised. Mine would be.
It looks like a giant mess from here, and I don't see the students winning in the end. Polls are showing the Quebec public is quite divided. More demonstrations are planned for next week. I have an uneasy feeling about all this. I'd be boarding up my storefront this weekend.
Dr. Faye Murrin is Dean pro tempore of the School of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of Biology. She completed her B.Sc. (Hons.) at Memorial University, her M.Sc. at Acadia University, and her Ph.D. at Queen's University. Her research interests have always been focused on fungi, in particular the cell biology of insect pathogenic fungi and, more recently, the ecology of mycorrhizal mushrooms in the boreal forest. Dr. Murrin has served in a number of positions on the Council of the Mycological Society of America and was awarded the title of MSA Fellow for her contributions. She was awarded the Women in Science and Engineering Lifetime Membership Award as founding co-director of the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Summer Program. Dr. Murrin participates in public lectures and workshops, and is a Director on the board of Newfoundland Foray, Inc.


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Meat in the crock pot is my tool.
So starting the whole leptin plan after several months on overnight/all-morning IF quickly opened my eyes to just what 50 grams of protein really looks like. The first couple days I tried doing just eggs and - whew - that's a lot of eggs. One morning I just did a 6 oz steak. Then eggs + a 3 oz steak.
But as budget-friendly as eggs are, steak not so much.
So last night I thawed out some pork BBQ that I made last month. It's just pork roast (shoulder) slow roasted in apple cider vinegar and flake red pepper, pulled and chopped and doused in more vinegar and pepper flakes. Scramble some eggs in butter, tossing the BBQ in halfway to done.
Seriously delicious 50 grams.
Meat in the crock pot is my tool.
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Any given day you are surrounded by 10,000 idiots. Lao Tsu, founder of Taoism
My family won't eat offal so I take the opportunity at breakfast. Cheap and full of protein, vitamins and minerals
Four years Primal with influences from Jaminet & Shanahan and a focus on being anti-inflammatory. Using Primal to treat CVD and prevent stents from blocking free of drugs.
Eat creatures nose-to-tail (animal, fowl, fish, crustacea, molluscs), a large variety of vegetables (raw, cooked and fermented, including safe starches), dairy (cheese & yoghurt), occasional fruit, cocoa, turmeric & red wine
i eat ground beef and eggs most mornings. fast and easy.
Normally, I eat at 9:30 a.m. but I thought, after all the leptin posts, that I'd give the early breakfast a try. I have to say, I didn't enjoy my eggs and sausage anywhere near as much at 7:30 this morning as I did at 9:30 yesterday.
I guess I have to get back in the groove of eating early.
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That does sound good!
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OLP Youth Group to host outdoor box village benefiting homeless
Members of the Our Lady of Peace Youth Group will live in an outdoor box village this weekend to collect funds for and help raise awareness of the poor and needy.
About 20 group members in grades nine through 12 will gather outside the Our Lady of Peace Scout House, 2401 W. 38th St., on Saturday at 2 p.m. and remain their until noon Sunday.
Students will experience what life would be like if they were homeless. The event also provides students an opportunity to live in a community that depends on community support for help, support and prayers.
Proceeds will be given to the Emmaus Soup Kitchen and the Catholic Relief Services Hurricane Sandy Relief.
Visitors may make a monetary donation or provide food for the students, who will depend on community generosity during the weekend.
Students also will be at all church doors after each weekend Mass, asking for donations.
Throughout the weekend, students will have the opportunity to go inside for brief periods for prayer time and to stay warm.
The event's goal is to help them understand what really happens to the poor, needy and homeless.


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Girard man dies in ATV accident
GIRARD -- A Girard Township man who went for a ride on an all-terrain vehicle on Sunday night was found dead in a wooded area early this morning, state police said.
Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook pronounced Derek Lee Miller, 24, dead at the scene at 1:35 a.m. Police said Miller was found lying next to the ATV in the woods near a residence in the 5300 block of South Creek Road in Girard Township.
Troopers were called to the address this morning after receiving a 911 call reporting an ATV accident on private property. According to investigators, Miller's father said Miller left on an ATV on Sunday at about 7 p.m. and did not return. The father received multiple texts this morning concerning his son's whereabouts and went to find the ATV Miller left on when he found Miller and the ATV, police said.
State police listed the death as accidental.


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Mr. Kessler has been a long-standing member of the United States Composting Council and is the current Vice President of Solid Waste Association of North America's (SWANA) Florida Sunshine Chapter. He is a certified SWANA instructor for both Manager of Recycling Systems and Composting Systems Manager certification courses.
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1927 Wilcy Moore New York Yankees Complete Game-Used Road Uniform (Jersey, Pants, and Hat) Ex-Halper
Starting Bid - $5,000.00 , Sold For - $64,625.00
Offered here is that rare sports garment whose appeal, due to the legendary stature of the team, transcends the world of sports collecting. Presented is a complete New York Yankees road uniform (jersey, pants, and hat) worn by pitcher Wilcy Moore during the club's historic 1927 baseball season. Although other New York Yankees 1927 jerseys are known, this particular ensemble is especially noteworthy for the fact that it is a complete uniform, including the matching pants and cap. The cap, in particular, is a very significant item on its own, and the pants are an extremely rare and noteworthy accompaniment to the jersey. The jersey is graded A9 by MEARS. The significance of this jersey is further predicated upon the importance of the player who wore it. Wilcy Moore was one of the club's top pitchers in 1927, fashioning a record of 19-7 with a league-leading ERA of 2.28. He also distinguished himself in the 1927 World Series, leading all pitchers in innings pitched (10.2) and ERA (0.84) while winning one game and saving another.
Wilcy Moore will forever be remembered as one of the premier pitchers on the 1927 Yankees. Moore came to the Yankees in 1927 as a thirty-year-old rookie and appeared on the mound in an incredible fifty games for the Yankees in 1927, leading all pitchers in appearances that year. He was used primarily as a reliever, but also started twelve games, and finished the season with nineteen wins and a League-leading thirteen saves. His ERA in the 213 innings he pitched was a League-leading 2.28. If there were a Cy Young award in 1927, Moore probably would have won it. He was the ace of the Yankees pitching staff during the historic 1927 season.
One of the great baseball stories of the 1927 season relates to Moore's hitting, or more aptly, his lack of hitting. Moore was so noted for being a terrible hitter that his teammate, Babe Ruth, made a bet with him early in the 1927 season. Ruth bet $300 to Moore's $15 that Moore would not hit a home run all season long. The Babe was so sure that this was easy money; he even told reporters "My money's as safe as a church." When Moore finally did connect for a home run, it was a glorious event that surprised everyone, especially Ruth, and allowed Moore to collect Ruth's $300. With the money from the bet, Moore bought two mules for his farm. He named one "Babe" and the other "Ruth." If you look up Moore's pathetic lifetime hitting record, with his anemic .102 lifetime batting average, you will see that this was the only home run he managed to hit during his entire career.
The gray-flannel jersey is lettered "Yankees" across the front in blue felt letters. Moore's name ("Moore W. W.") is chain-stitched in red within the collar. Also located in the collar is a "Spalding" label. The size ("44") is chain-stitched in red along the base of the right front tail. As noted by MEARS, based on style alone, this jersey can be definitively dated to either the 1927 or 1928 season. We believe that this jersey is a 1927 jersey, as opposed to possibly being a 1928 jersey. All of the authentic 1927/1928 New York Yankees uniforms in the hobby today originate from the fabled Barry Halper Collection. Many years ago Halper purchased a Yankees equipment trunk of uniforms containing a Lou Gehrig jersey, as well as jerseys of Dutch Ruether, Mark Koenig, Bob Meusel, Waite Hoyt, this Wilcy Moore uniform, and a couple of others, directly from the Yankees longtime former equipment manager Pete Sheehy. At the time Halper sold a few of the uniforms privately, including the Wilcy Moore, and kept the Gehrig and several others (which were sold in the famous 1999 Halper auction). We know that the Dutch Reuther jersey could only date from 1927 (as opposed to 1928) as he was with the Yankees in 1927 but not in 1928. Common sense dictates that Pete Sheehy probably would not have mixed up the uniforms from the 1927 season with the uniforms from the 1928 season when storing them away in the trunk long ago, and that all of the jerseys in the equipment trunk, including Wilcy Moore's uniform, therefore date from 1927.
The jersey displays moderate wear, including a small tear along the rear tail and slight fading to the letters on the front (common to all known 1927 Yankees jerseys). Aside from one of the buttons having been replaced the jersey is completely original with no alterations. The matching gray pants also feature Moore's name ("Moore W. W.") chain-stitched in red along the waistband. A "Spalding" label is located to the right of Moore's name. The size ("38") is chain-stitched in red along the button-fly flap. The pants display significant wear, including soiling and a large tear on the back of the left pant leg. The navy wool cap features the club's "NY" logo embroidered in white on the front and dates from the 1927 era. The cap bears no name, manufacturer's label or size tag and displays moderate-to-heavy soiling. The jersey has been graded A9 by MEARS (base grade of 10, with a half point deducted for the replaced button, and another half point deducted for the small tear on the back). The pants have been evaluated and designated "Authentic" (MEARS doesn't grade pants). The cap has been evaluated and is designated "Attributed to Wilcy Moore" based upon the fact that it is an authentic 1927/1928 Yankees pro-model hat and that it came together with the jersey and pants. Currently, this is only the second 1927 era New York Yankees jersey ever authenticated by MEARS.
Major League jerseys dating from the 1920s are extremely rare, let alone those worn by top players on significant championship clubs. In terms of mystique, one would be hard pressed to find a finer uniform than the offered garment. While one can argue whether or not the 1927 Yankees are the greatest ball club ever, no one can deny the fact that they are the most famous. Everyone, even the most casual fan, has heard of the club's fabled "Murderers' Row" lineup and knows of Ruth's then record sixty home runs. The Yankees are baseball's greatest franchise and the 1927 club represents the height of the team's unprecedented glory.
The uniform is accompanied by two photographs of Moore wearing a similar (possibly identical) Yankees uniform. The photos have been matted and framed together to total dimensions of 14.25 x 12 inches. LOA from Dave Bushing & Troy Kinunen/MEARS. Reserve $5,000. Estimate $10,000/$20,000. SOLD FOR $64,625.00
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By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood
July 15, 2010
"We congratulate the president and his staff at the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) for this achievement," said APLA Executive Director Craig E. Thompson. WeHo News.
West Hollywood, California (July 15, 2010) - The Obama Administration released a National HIV/AIDS Strategy yesterday to mixed reviews.
The initiative enumerates a short list of major goals for the next five years, including: reducing the rate of new HIV infections, expanding access to care for all people living with HIV/AIDS, and ending the stigma and healthcare disparities that contribute to the epidemic.
Crafted by the White House Director of the Office of National AIDS Programs, Jeff Crowley, in collaboration with a broad range of community organizations and government agencies, as well as significant input from people living with HIV/AIDS.
Local AIDS institutions differed in their reactions.
AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) offered strong support for National HIV/AIDS Strategy, calling the plan a significant step in advancing the U.S. fight against AIDS.
"We congratulate the president and his staff at the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) for this achievement," said APLA Executive Director Craig E. Thompson. "We have been fighting AIDS in the U.S. for thirty years and finally we have a strategic coordinated plan to help bring the epidemic to an end."
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the nation's largest HIV/AIDS medical care provider, dismissed the plan as vacuous.
"…[T]here is really no 'there' there," said Michael Weinstein, President of AHF. "This strategy is a day late and a dollar short: 15 months in the making, and the White House learned what people in the field have known for years. There is no funding, no 'how to,' no real leadership."
The Strategy does not call for increased funding, but instead indicates money will be redirected to areas with the greatest need and population groups at greatest risk, including gay and bisexual men and African-Americans.
Gay men currently account for over half the new infections each year.
Currently, an estimated 1.1 million people are living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. The Strategy calls for reducing the number of new infections in the U.S. by 25 percent (down from an estimated 56,000 new infections each year); for increasing the number of newly infected individuals linked to care within three months of diagnosis; and for reducing the number of people who are unaware of their HIV infection from the 21 to ten percent by 2015.
AHF asserts that the administration is holding back funding for medication and prevention.
"As of July 9th, there were 2,291 people on AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) waiting lists in 12 states including 605 in Florida—which has the third highest incidence of AIDS in the nation—and which only started its wait list June 1," said the press release.
"Under President Obama, the CDC's landmark—and prudent—2006 guidelines recommending routine testing for HIV for all those ages 13-64 have also not been implemented nor even really prioritized," added Weinstein. "All around, this is a real disappointment."
President Obama, in a statement made at a press conference called to release the strategy, said, "Now, I know that this strategy comes at a difficult time for Americans living with HIV/AIDS, because we've got cash-strapped states who are being forced to cut back on essentials, including assistance for AIDS drugs."
He stated that his administration's primary objective was to prevent HIV from spreading.
"Second is treatment," he said. "To extend lives and stem transmission, we need to make sure every HIV-positive American gets the medical care that they need. And by stopping health insurers from denying coverage because of a preexisting condition and by creating a marketplace where people with HIV/AIDS can buy affordable care, the health insurance reforms I signed into law this year are an important step forward.
His administration's stated third goal is "reducing health disparities by combating the disease in communities where the need is greatest," he said.
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The legal responsibility for providing public education to the state's children rests on the shoulders of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Unfortunately, the Corbett Administration and the Republican-controlled legislature have not accepted that responsibility during the past two years.
Presently, the legislature is considering a bill that would shift some of the funding for local public schools from real estate property taxes to increases in the State's personal income and sales tax rates. Generally, I support that concept, especially the shift to personal income, but I have reservations about increasing the sales tax rate.
Given the track record of the past two years of Republican control and its lack of support for public education, I also have reservations about the bill to shift funding locally to the state level where taxes are fairer and are collected in smaller amounts on a regular basis.
To be specific, is this just a back-door attempt to cut funding for local schools even further, or an honest effort to make taxation fairer and to increase revenue for public schools? We don't know for sure.
As you may recall, most taxpayers and voters were led to believe that income from taxes on gambling revenues would only be used to reduce school property taxes, which is not the case at all. Without reasonable safeguards to prevent deeper cuts to public schools, this legislation should NOT become law.
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The criminal case resulting from the serial sexual assault of a 10-year-old Northeast Philadelphia altar boy may well have ended with Wednesday's guilty verdicts against a priest and a former Catholic-school teacher.
But the convictions of the Rev. Charles Engelhardt and Bernard Shero have also opened the door for a civil lawsuit with the potential to reach beyond the two defendants into the hierarchy of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
The lawsuit by the former St. Jerome's altar boy dubbed "Billy Doe" was filed in July 2011 in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court. It has been dormant while charges against Engelhardt and Shero were unresolved.


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Eddie finds the Finkles poetry contest, a chance to win a million dollars by sinking a foul shot during halftime at the NBA Finals. But someone wants Eddie to shoot an air ball on the big day, and will do anything to sabotage the million dollar shot...
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Mr. Docker Is Off His Rocker! (My Weird School #10)by Dan Gutman
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Students are neither required nor expected to attend.
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Wayne Leibel
The gymnogeophagines, like the "surinamensoids," are apparently experimenting with mouthbrooding, for no less than four of the seven currently recognized species are delayed mouthbrooders (Gg. balzanii, gymnogenys, labiatus, lacustris). Of these four, Gg. balzanii and Gg. gymnogenys are the two that aquarium hobbyists will encounter, so I will address each in turn.
Gymnogeophagus balzanii is one of my all-time favorite cichlid fish. In fact, so fond of it am I that a drawing of one graces my "Editorial Byline" column in Buntbarsche Bulletin, the Journal of the American Cichlid Association. The "blockheaded" eartheater (my designation, see below) was introduced to the American cichlid hobby by ACA Fellow Ross Socolof in the mid-1970s. It was love at first sight (the fish, not Ross)! Fueled by Richter's (1973) lavishly illustrated TFH article (reprinted in Axelrod 1975), I knew I had to have this fish. But it was only several years later that the fish finally became commercially available.
Gymnogeophagus balzanii is unlike any other eartheater in its appearance: it is neither elongate and torpediform, like the satanopercoids or the surinamensoids, nor is it "generic" cichlid fish in the sense that the "brasiliensoids" or the substrate-spawning gymnogeophagines are. It is just a weirdly shaped, short, chunky fish.
Part of the sexual dimorphism of this species includes development of tremendous nuchal humps in sexually competent, dominant males. The hoods rise almost vertically from the upper lip, curving severely to the horizontal just above the eye: it is unlike the frontal gibbosity of any other cichlid fish I know. In large males, the hump becomes translucent and hood-like, giving the fish a definite "block-headed" look. The hump comes and goes relatively quickly depending on the social status of the male in question: only dominant males get to sport one. However, because they are precocial spawners, even 3-inch males get that "block-headed" look as soon as the testosterone gets pumping.
Individuals of the original Socolof Paraguayan strain have a metallic-blue base color that grades to gold on the ventral side. Excellent color photos of these animals accompany Richter's (1973) article. In the more recently imported Argentine strain, the metallic blue is replaced with a rich yellow-orange. Both varieties have a large, dark, mid-lateral blotch and seven to 11 pairs of thin, inverted V-shaped, brown vertical stripes extending from dorsal fin to ventral. Both sexes also have a dark vertical "bandit" eye-cheek band, the intensity of which is behaviorally related and particularly apparent in brooding females.
Males and, to a lesser extent, females develop four to five parallel, spotted metallic-blue longitudinal stripes that run just behind the pectorals back to the mid-lateral blotch. The ventral fins, which are wide and yellow in females, are similarly colored but larger and more fan-like, and more liberally peppered with bright-blue spots in the male. The dorsal fin is high and spotted in blue, as is the anal fin.
The largest male recorded in the literature is that of Ribeiro (1918), a 5.8-inch (147-millimeter) male, but I have seen and kept wild males of both origins that were nearly 8 inches in total length. Females typically attain one-half to two-thirds the size of males, and I have had rare wild females of 6 inches. But, as a rule, females are considerably smaller than similarly aged consorts. This size discrepancy holds true for juvenile Gg. balzanii and allows accurate sexing of sibling fishes at a small size. Reproductive maturity is reached at one year post-spawn, when the fish attain 2 to 3 inches total length.
In terms of maintenance, think of them as satanopercoids. That is, the water must be kept scrupulously clean. Gymnogeophagus balzanii is not particular about the chemistry of the water, just the quality. I think of Gg. balzanii as the canary of the neotropical cichlid world: when water quality erodes in a community aquarium of mixed cichlid fish, these are the first to react to it. And react they do.
The neuromasts of the head (sensory pits of the lateral line system) turn red and inflamed and, if nothing is done to correct the water situation, they will begin to erode — a condition known to discus enthusiasts as "head hole." Drugs won't help. Only quick and massive intervention in the filtration and quality of the water will. Large (50 percent), regular water changes are a must, as is high-quality filtration.
Unlike the satanopercoids, however, these fish needn't be kept hot. Hailing from the subtropical regions of Paraguay and Argentina, they can take temperatures down to the low 60s, but are best maintained at 75 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
Feeding is no problem at all. The regular repertory of prepared, frozen and live fish foods suffice to keep these eager eaters in the pique of health. They do sift the substrate, so sinking foods are relished. Their molariform, pharyngeal-mill teeth suggest that they feed on snails and other shelled invertebrates in the wild.
Despite Richter's (1973) description of Gg. balzanii as a peaceful, community aquarium resident, in my experience they are anything but, including those that are captive-raised. Males are particularly aggressive: In a community including several males, a dominance hierarchy will be established early on. In a one male/one female situation, the female will be harassed incessantly as Gg. balzanii males are programmed to do just two things: eat and court.
Like the red hump eartheaters (see Part 9, AFI, January 1993), these are best maintained as harems — one male to at least two and as many as five or six females, depending on the area of the aquarium. Obviously, ceramic flowerpots, rockwork, PVC pipes, driftwood and so on will allow females to escape the male's unwanted attentions and will provide an eventual haven for egg-carrying females, recognized by their distended throats, skulking behavior and total avoidance of fish food.
Mature, reproductively active males spend most of their non-feeding moments actively courting any and all females in their immediate vicinity. Male courtship behavior is similar to that of red hump males. It is perfunctory and consists of head snapping and lip extrusion.
Axelrod, H. R. 1975. Breeding Aquarium Fishes. Vol. 5. TFH Pub., New Jersey.
Axelrod, H. R. 1985. Dr. Axelrod's Atlas of Freshwater Fish. TFH Pub., New Jersey.
Dietrich, E. 1991. Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys, at long last! Buntbarsche Bulletin, J Am Cichlid Assoc 145:15-16.
Gosse, J.-P. 1975. Revision du genre Geophagus (Pisces: Cichlidae) Monograph Mem Acad Roy Sci Outre Mer (Bruxelles) 19(3):1-172.
Kullander, S. O. 1981. Cichlid fishes from the La Plata basin. Rev Suisse Zoo 88:675-692.
Leibel, W. S. 1983. Gymnogeophagus balzanii (Perugia 1891). Buntbarsche Bulletin 97:11-20.
Leibel, W. S. 1984. Gymnogeophagus balzanii. ACA Cichlid Index 7(5).
Leibel, W. S. 1987. The Rainbow Eartheater is not Gymnogeophagus australis. Buntbarsche Bulletin 119:2-9.
Leibel, W. S. 1988. A reconsideration of the genus Gymnogeophagus. Buntbarsche Bulletin 129:18-26.
Leibel, W. S. 1990. Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys for once and for all! Buntbarsche Bulletin 140:21-24.
Loiselle, P. V. 1980a. The maintenance and breeding of the Rainbow Eartheater. Buntbarsche Bulletin 80:1-12.
Loiselle, P. V. 1980b. South American eartheaters: the genus Geophagus and its allies. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium (FAMA) 3(6):23-27.
Loiselle, P. V. 1981. A jewel of unexpected provenance. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium (FAMA) 4(5):31-35 et. seq.
Reis, R. E. and L. R. Malabarba. 1988. Revision of the neotropical cichlid genus Gymnogeophagus Ribeiro, 1918, with descriptions of two new species (Pisces: Perciformes). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 4(4):259-305.
Ribeiro, A. de Miranda. 1918. Fauna brasiliense, Peixes. T.V. Archivos do Museo Nacional de Rio de Janeiro 21:1-277.
Richter, H. J. 1973. A new beauty from Paraguay — Geophagus balzanii. Tropical Fish Hobbyist (TFH) Oct., Pp. 42-54 (reprinted in Axelrod 1975).
Socolof, R. 1974. Geophagus balzanii (Perugia 1891). Buntbarsche Bulletin 43: 8-9.
Stawikowski, R. and U. Werner. 1988. Die Buntbarsche der Neuen Welt: Sdamerika. Reimar Hobbing Verlag, West Germany.
Sterba, G. 1966. Freshwater Fishes of the World. Studio Vista, London.
Unripe, unreceptive females flee — ripe, receptive females respond aggressively. They establish and defend territories with a spawn receptacle (e.g., rock) as a focal point and spend much time cleaning the receptacle or digging in the territory. About 24 hours prior to egg laying, ripe females assume brood-care coloration, which consists of a darkening of the mid-lateral splotch and bandit eye-cheek stripe and a darkening of the edges of the ventral fins. This distinctive coloration, not unlike that of female dwarf cichlid fish of the genus Apistogramma, will be maintained throughout spawning and subsequent brood care.
Site preparation is the sole responsibility of the female until about one hour before the actual spawning event. Her thick genital papilla (tube) will have appeared by now. The male, who has been courting any and all females in the
aquarium, will begin spending more time near the spawning site and, as the time grows near, will participate in "nipping-off" the object where the eggs will be placed.
Eventually, both male and female begin a series of dry runs over the receptacle, pressing their abdomens to the surface — the male's tube will have appeared. Approximately 30 minutes after commencing this dress rehearsal, the first eggs appear. The eggs are laid in a haphazard series of intersecting lines that eventually forms a circular plaque of 200 to 500 ivory, elliptical (0.5 x 1 millimeter) eggs pasted directly to the surface — no filaments — along their long axis. Egg laying is over in about one hour.
With the male's role discharged, he is summarily chased away — and kept away — by the female for the next 24 to 48 hours while she guards and fans the eggs before chewing the larvae out of their eggshells and incubating them in her mouth for an additional six to eight days (they are delayed mouthbrooders). Interestingly, like the "juruparoids," the female covers the eggs with a fine layer of sand or gravel.
In many spawnings of Gg. balzanii that I have been fortunate to witness over the past decade, which involved many different individuals, the female, with one exception, always took complete charge of incubating and rearing the brood. I did have one particular male who routinely turned the tables on his many consorts and took over the job of raising the kids completely, but I have never witnessed biparental cooperation. However, I have always spawned them in harems and the males seemed just as happy to leave in order to spawn with the next ripe female. When maintained in a harem situation, the females tend to cycle and ripen together so that it is not unusual to have two or three females spawn with the same dominant male within a few hours of each other.
As was recommended for the red humps, egg-carrying females should be gently removed to a smaller "brooding" aquarium where they can be left to raise their kids and to recover fully before reintroduction into the harem. Mom can be trusted with her kids two to three weeks. It's neat to frighten them and watch them scurry for safety into mom's waiting mouth (this will be discussed in a future installment of this series).
The fry, despite Richter's (1973) experience, are too small to take newly hatched brine shrimp and should be fed on the usual diet of microworms, Liquifry and so on, provided to other gymnogeophagine fry for a few days. Growth to 1 inch is rather slow, despite regular water changes and copious regular feedings. The fish are sexually mature at a size of 2 to 3 inches, which is attained at one year or so.
The other mouthbrooding naked eartheater you're liable to encounter in the hobby is Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys, but only rarely. Historically, Gg. gymnogenys was one of the first of the eartheaters to have been imported (along with the chanchito, "Cichlasoma" facetum) and was bred around the turn of the 20th century. That is, if the books catalogued the right fish! Sterba (1966) cites 1900 as the initial importation date of this fish into Germany, and line drawings, some in color, appear in the early literature. Our classical interpretation of Gg. gymnogenys (the German dunklen Perlmutterfisch: dark mother-of-pearl fish) has been a somewhat elongate "brasiliensoid" with a pronounced nuchal hump.
I, among others, am guilty of propagating misidentification of this fish. In 1984 I received and maintained a fish I acquired as, and believed to be, the "true" Gg. gymnogenys. Superficially, the fish resembled "G." brasiliensis but it was more elongate than any I had seen. The male developed an impressive nuchal knot and expressed the diagnostic black vertical eyeband that Gosse (1975) has figured in his description of this freshwater fish. The female remained much smaller than her consort and when they spawned they were typical non-mouthbrooding substrate spawners. Photos of these fish were circulated as slides in the ACA slide series.
Four years earlier, Paul Loiselle (1980b) in his review of the eartheaters, had published a photo by Rosario LaCorte of a putative female Gg. gymnogenys sitting over a clutch of eggs. The female did not look the least "brasiliensoid." LaCorte had collected the fish in Southern Brazil on the same trip that yielded the rainbow eartheater. He reported this fish to be a delayed mouthbrooder. No one had ever seen this fish before in the hobby and, frankly, I doubted its identification as Gg. gymnogenys and said so much in private and in print.
In 1987, photos of a fish identified as Gg. gymnogenys, including shots of the male, appeared in the German Cichlid Association's (DCG) journal and these same photos were reprinted in Stawikowski and Werner (1988). The female looked identical to the one in LaCorte's photo. The male looked like an elongated "brasiliensoid" with a humped head and with the diagnostic eye band. They were reported to be delayed mouthbrooders. Boy, was I embarrassed!
Shortly thereafter, Reis and Malabarba's (1988) revision of the gymnogeophagines appeared with photos of preserved Gg. gymnogenys. And the live fish finally appeared in the American hobby as both wild-caught and European-imported stock.
The "real" Gg. gymnogenys reaches maximum lengths of about 6 inches, with females considerably smaller. The males do resemble "G." brasiliensis, with rows of small pearly spots on the scale centers. Like "G." brasiliensis, there is a large, black, mid-lateral splotch. Unlike brasiliensis, there is a series of five to six vertical, double, dark cross-bands on the flanks and a black "saddle" mark just behind the nuchal knot. Females are very elongate, have a convex head profile and look nothing like female brasiliensis. It is a lovely and distinctive fish that is finally making an appearance in the American hobby.
I am sad to say, the fish has not done well under my care. I have had big ones, little ones, wild ones, imported ones — and they've all gone the same way: down, usually bloated. I've tried making my water hard and alkaline with dolomite and it extended their lives. I do know of two people who have succeeded with these fish. One is Eric Dietrich (1991), who spawned a pair of wild Gg. gymnogenys two years ago.
Aquarium Fish International magazine columnist and photographer John O'Malley has recently had a harem spawning of his wild fish. John kept a single male with seven females in a 30-gallon aquarium on the floor (literally) of his fish room, believing that high temperatures and the associated lowered oxygen content of the water were what were doing them in (he had killed roughly the same batches of them I had — we're often partners in imported fish). His water, incidentally, is moderately hard and alkaline and the temperature was in the low 70s Fahrenheit. His male spawned with several of the females within a day or so of each other. They were indeed delayed mouthbrooders.
The clutch sizes experienced by both aquarists were relatively small — Dietrich (1991) reported 50, O'Malley's largest (personal communication) was 90. Hopefully, distribution of captive-raised fry will result in the establishment of this beautiful eartheater in the American hobby.
Before closing, I should at least mention the two other nominal species of gymnogeophagines. Gymnogeophagus labiatus, originally described by Hensel (1870) was synonymized early on with Gg. gymnogenys. Kullander (1981) suggested that this fish should be granted valid species status by virtue of several characters, predominant among them the huge orange lips — the origin of the specific name. Reis and Malabarba (1988) have formalized this suggestion in their revision.
I have seen living Gg. labiatus and I can summarize my impression of them thusly: They are ugly gymnogenys with big lips. I have had living Gg. labiatus, but not for long! They came in with wild Gg. gymnogenys (see Dietrich 1991). I photographed them with my new camera and by the time the overexposed slides were returned from the film processor, the fish in question had bloated and gone to the big aquarium in the sky. Sigh!
Gymnogeophagus lacustris was newly described by Reis and Malabarba (1988) in their revision. The fish was collected from Southern Brazilian coastal lagoons — hence the specific name meaning "of a lake." Regrettably, the occurrence of this species is limited to areas not normally collected by commercial exporters, so the future availability of the species in the hobby seems unlikely unless some enthusiastic amateur goes after them. They are very gymnogenys-like in appearance and are believed to also be mouthbrooders (a live specimen was observed uptaking young in the wild).
So, counting the "real" Gg. australis as likewise missing in action, there are a total of only four of the seven naked eartheaters available in the aquarium hobby. Here's hoping these missing three and several new forms will eventually grace our aquariums! The naked eartheaters are an interesting and spectacular assemblage of cichlid fish.
With this article, we bring our discussion of neotropical eartheaters almost to a close. We have met the "brasiliensoids," variants of the aberrant species "Geophagus" brasiliensis, which perhaps one day will be a valid species populating a distinct, as yet unnamed and undescribed, genus. By virtue of shared gross morphology and behavior, I have grouped them with the "naked" eartheaters, members of the genus Gymnogeophagus. It is my own, as yet unsubstantiated belief, that both groups share the same immediate ancestor and that they are more closely related to each other than either is to any other geophagine group.
We have looked at both the substrate-spawning and delayed-mouthbrooding examples of this genus currently available in the hobby — in particular, Gg. rhabdotus, meridionalis, balzanii and gymnogenys. What remains to be considered are species of three related genera, Biotodoma, Retroculus, and Acarichthys, which are closely related to the geophagines and gymnogeophagines. We will meet these "honorary" eartheaters in the next installment of "Goin' South."
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