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VENTURA, California (June 15, 2011) - The opening round match of the 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup pitted Doxa Italia's experienced minds against the young legs of the Ventura County Fusion. So it was with a measure of irony that four-time Coast Soccer League champion and four-time State Cup champion Doxa took the early lead Tuesday night at the Ventura College Sportsplex.
Chasing down a lost cause, veteran Irish winger Bryan Byrne gave visiting Doxa Italia a 1-0 lead when Fusion goalkeeper Sam Hayden's clearance struck Byrne and ricocheted into the Fusion net in the fifth minute.
Fusion coach Ole Mikkelsen, who had coached the former Fusion winger for three years, labeled Byrne "The Ghost of Soccer Past." "Byrnie is that type of player," said Mikkelsen. "He works hard… You expect that type of effort from him."
Ultimately, it was an effort the current Region IV Men's Open Cup champion could not maintain as the Fusion, made up primarily of UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo stars, scored three unanswered goals to advance to the second round with a 3-1 win.
"We had a great start," said Doxa Italia midfielder Devon Toohey, "but as the game goes on, your legs get tired, and that's their game."
Toohey, a Ventura native who actually played for the Fusion in its first match in 2006, was looking for revenge. The one appearance was his only run out for the PDL side. "They're so young," said Toohey. "We had the sore legs out there… I'm dead. My calves are killing me."
Doxa Italia carved out plenty of chances through 38-year-old forward and manager Derk Droze, former Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Alex Bengard, former New England Revolution winger Byrne and Toohey. They just weren't able to beat Hayden, the UC Santa Barbara keeper. With a complex training-ground move, Doxa Italia turned the first corner of the match into a chance, but Toohey's shot was blocked down by Fusion defender Dillon Barna.
A nice 1-2 play between Bengard and Droze carved out an opportunity in the 27th minute that was sprayed over the Fusion crossbar. "We had our chances," said Toohey.
The addition of attacker Andre Turoldo made an immediate impact, forcing a save from Hayden in the 65th minute, producing a corner from which Nas Koubouras volleyed off the Fusion post in the 71st, and dancing through the Fusion defense to create chances in the 77th and 79th.
"They were certainly no slouch team," said Fusion defender Barna of Doxa Italia. "They had guys constantly circling in from midfield. I wouldn't say we figured it out, but we were able to slow them down."
Either that or the 20-somethings were just able to hold out longer against the 30-somethings. "You could tell they were fitter," said Byrne. "That's the difference between the levels. They were a little be sharper and moved the ball a lot quicker."
The difference wouldn't have been quite so apparent without a penalty decision just after the half-hour mark, when Fusion midfielder Andy Rose slotted home from the penalty spot moments after midfielder Jacob Hustedt was toppled while chasing an over-hit cross in the Doxa penalty area. "We felt like the decision was a little bit harsh," said Byrne. "The ball was going out of play before the foul happened… That gave them a lift."
From there, the Fusion took the lead two minutes from halftime, when Hustedt ran to the byline and dragged back for Mark Magee to finish, and added a late insurance goal when a defensive mixup allowed UCLA striker Reed Williams an empty net from Hayden's punt. "It was just a game changer," said Toohey of the penalty decision. "Heartbreaker."
While VC Fusion moves forward in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, Doxa Italia still has their upcoming slot in the United States Adult Soccer Association Open Cup National Final for which to prepare. The USASA National Cups Finals will be contested in Bowling Green, Kentucky on July 15-17.
Joe Curley also covers soccer for the Ventura County Star and the Scripps Howard News Service. Joe lives in Camarillo with his wife, Rian, and daughter, Vivienne.


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This Saturday night at 2.30am (ie early on Sunday morning), the channel is showing 55 minutes of Lady Gaga's explosive performance on the Other Stage (pictured, left).
Then, on Thursday 4th March at 3.15am (as in early Friday morning), they're showing Franz Ferdinand's belting Other Stage show.
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VALLEY SPRINGS - After 15 days spent searching for a little girl's killer, Calaveras County Sheriff Gary Kuntz took three deep breaths, stepped in front of a microphone and uttered words that sent shock waves through this close-knit community in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
VALLEY SPRINGS - After 15 days spent searching for a little girl's killer, Calaveras County Sheriff Gary Kuntz took three deep breaths, stepped in front of a microphone and uttered words that sent shock waves through this close-knit community in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
"Today, Calaveras County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested the murderer of 8-year-old Leila Fowler," Kuntz said Saturday evening in a hastily called news conference. "At 5:10 p.m., detectives arrested Leila's 12-year-old brother at the Valley Springs substation on charges of homicide."
Kuntz's announcement was met with a loud, collective gasp from dozens of community members who gathered outside the Valley Springs substation, which is located in a shopping center on Highway 12, about 30 miles east of Stockton. Residents have followed the case closely since Leila was stabbed to death April 27 in her home on Rippon Road. Some said they sensed that the investigation was pointing to the girl's brother, but others were stunned.
"I just can't believe it," Valley Springs resident Jonathan Zahodne said. "Who ever thought a 12-year-old could kill his own sister?"
Leila's brother initially told authorities he found the girl suffering from multiple stab wounds when he went to check on her after encountering an intruder in their home. The boy told investigators the intruder was a white or Latino man with long gray hair, and that he fled on foot.
Local, state and federal authorities spent over 2,000 hours investigating the case, Kuntz said, combing the countryside and utilizing all available resources in their search for a killer. Valley Springs residents lived in fear for more than two weeks, wondering whether there was a killer on the loose in a community of about 2,500 people.
"For the first week or so afterward, you looked at everybody with a suspicious eye, which you never did in this town before," Doug Thompson said. "A week afterwards, we were at the pizza place, and a family was in there with young kids, and the mom and dad were going, 'Don't leave your brother's side. There's a killer in this town.' It freaked a lot of people out."
Kelli Thompson said she began to suspect Leila's brother might be responsible when a massive manhunt failed to turn up clues. She expressed mixed feelings after Kuntz announced that the boy had been arrested.
"Two things," she said, "confirmation that we don't have to fear a murderer, and then devastation that a 12-year-old could do this."
Kuntz provided few details and did not answer questions at Saturday's news conference. Sgt. Chris Hewitt, a spokesman for the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office, said authorities would not release additional information at this time.
"This is still an active, ongoing investigation," he said. "Further details will be released when appropriate through a press release on our website."
Kuntz thanked a number of outside law enforcement agencies for their assistance with the case, including the California Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the California Highway Patrol and the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office. Kuntz also expressed gratitude for the community's support.
"I want to thank the citizens of Calaveras County for their patience and their constant support for both Leila's family and our investigation during these difficult times in our community," Kuntz said. "The citizens of Calaveras County will sleep a little better tonight."
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Read Mark 1:9-15
As Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
-Mark 1:10 (NIV)
Summer storms on Florida's west coast can be intense and frightening. As scary as they may be, I still feel a curious sense of wonder as I observe these storms approaching. Seeing dark clouds angrily churning just before a deluge begins is a scene of beauty to me. Such a display is testimony to the awesome power of the One who created weather.
I imagine something similar when I think of the day at the Jordan River when Jesus was baptized. The scripture says that heaven was "torn open." This wasn't a gentle parting; rather, it was a powerful display to announce the anointing of God's Son, Jesus.
And yet what followed was a tender statement of love from a father to a son: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased" (Mark 1:11). This same God who opened the heavens that day also reaches down to us in love. God is the all-powerful Lord who tenderly loves us and seeks our love in return. How can we resist or reject a love that is so awesomely, and yet gently, offered?
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iPad, Kindle as readable as print... almost
Only a page width between them
We've all done it: printed out material because it's easier to read on paper than on a computer screen. But are tablets and e-book readers changing this behaviour pattern? Early research suggests they might well be.
A study of 24 highly literate individuals' reading experience with books, the iPad, Amazon's Kindle and a PC carried out by US usability guru Jakob Nielsen found that while most people still read more quickly when they have a paper book in front of them, electronic media aren't far behind.
Nielsen's results found that reading a set text - a short story by Ernest Hemingway - on an iPad or Kindle took 6-11 per cent longer than it did on paper. Speed was cross-checked against comprehension to weed out those who scanned a story quickly but didn't really take it in.
Nielsen wouldn't state which of the two gadgets saw the faster reading experience. The last thing he wants is abuse from each device's respective fanbase, but more particularly, he found that "the difference between the two devices was not statistically significant because of the data's fairly high variability".
The upshot: "The difference would be so small that it wouldn't be a reason to buy one over the other."
But if the iPad and the Kindle aren't quite on the same ease-of-use level as a paper book, they're way ahead of the PC. While Nielsen doesn't provide relative PC reading speeds, he did ask participants to rate how much they enjoyed the experience on a scale of 1-7.
With seven as the best possible score, the PC scored, on average, 3.6, compared to 5.6 for the paper book, 5.7 for the Kindle and 5.8 for the iPad.
The last three are so close as to warrant picking winners, but it's clear that even if a work takes slightly longer to read and comprehend on, say, an iPad's screen over print, it's still way ahead of a monitor.
"Users felt that reading the printed book was more relaxing than using electronic devices," notes Nielsen. "And they felt uncomfortable with the PC because it reminded them of work."
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Production is related with the productive work. This term is both refer the production and service provided by the men or other source. It is mostly used in the production related sector. It is very important to know the definition of production. Normally production means to produce something by a process. In the other hand production means the integrated effort of Land, Labor, Capital and Organization. It is very important to measure the production of an industry or an organization. In this article I will emphasis on production and productivity.
Productivity is very important to compare with the two different production units. By measuring productivity, we can determine the progress or decrees of a company related with production. Followings are the definition of productivity. They are-
If, Productivity = P
Output = O
And Input = I
According to Productivity Definition
Productivity, P = O/I
Basic Concepts of Productivity
Productivity is the important terms in the new day. Everyone tries to improve their productivity by utilizing their limited resources. If one can find out the obstacles' in the path of improvement then he or she can take necessary steps to remove that are obstacles. Here, I will compare two production units for giving clear concept about productivity.
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Production = 10,000 unit.
Employment = 50 no
Hours = 8 hour per day
Days = 25 days
So, Production P =10,000/ (50*8*25) = 1 unit
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Production = 12,000 unit.
Employment = 60 no
Hours = 8 hour per day
Days = 25 days
So, Production P =12,000/ (60*8*25) = 1 unit
From the above, I have take two changes in the two production unit; they are production and men power. In the both stage I did not change the total hour, days. So, it's your time to calculate the productivity in your industry.
If we can change the productivity ration in upward then it will sure to get success. Remember it, today is better than yesterday and tomorrow will be better than today. Best of luck.
Sewing is done by the needle. Sewing operation is by hand sewing other is done by the help of machine. In the modern times, sewing machine is used for sew the different parts of a product. During sewing the needle passed through the fabric and connected two or more parts by producing loops between this two. Different sewing techniques are used for sew the fabric.
Sewing Needle Selection: It is very important to select the right needle for the right operation. If the needle size does not match with the fabric character and the sewing threads then it may cause the sewing quality and make huge loss. So it is required to concern about the needle size. Needle size is expressed in metric size it is denoted by Nm. Needle size is expressed by measuring the diameter of the blade. Say, if the diameter of the blade is 0.7m the needle size will be 70Nm. So, one can buy the needle by using this system.
Important Points for Selection of Sewing Needle: Different points are required to consider during needle selection. They are-
From the above point, it is clear that; needle should be matched with the fabric and sewing thread. Perfect combination of fabric, needle and sewing thread can give fault free sewing. So, be careful during needle selection for the sewing operation.
Payment is the major points in business dealings. The payment is done between the seller and the buyer. This payment is done in various ways. I have written about the quotation and price fixation methods of products. All of the dealings become success by a payment. When a manufacturer gets his or her payment he or she becomes very happy. He becomes interested to deal more with that's buyer.
In the modern age, most of the payment is done in online banking system. So, it becomes easy to get the payment within a short time. When a seller deals with a domestic or foreign buyer he or she should maintain a clear dealing methods. Different payment terms are used for these dealings.
Payments types: Business man follows some payment methods during dealings. They are-
So, there are lots of payment systems of business. The payment status depends on the size of payment. During payment, seller should give the vat and other excise duty of that's country. It is need to take clearance of that's country.
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EU deal threatens end to US dominance of internet
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http://technology.guardian.co.uk/new...589967,00.htmlA battle has erupted over who governs the internet, with America demanding to maintain a key role in the network it helped create and other countries demanding more control.
The European commission is warning that if a deal cannot be reached at a meeting in Tunisia next month the internet will split apart.
At issue is the role of the US government in overseeing the internet's address structure, called the domain name system (DNS), which enables communication between the world's computers. It is managed by the California-based, not-for-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) under contract to the US department of commerce.
A meeting of officials in Geneva last month was meant to formulate a way of sharing internet governance which politicians could unveil at the UN-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis on November 16-18. A European Union plan that goes a long way to meeting the demands of developing countries to make the governance more open collapsed in the face of US opposition.
Viviane Reding, European IT commissioner, says that if a multilateral approach cannot be agreed, countries such as China, Russia, Brazil and some Arab states could start operating their own versions of the internet and the ubiquity that has made it such a success will disappear.
"We have to have a platform where leaders of the world can express their thoughts about the internet," she said. "If they have the impression that the internet is dominated by one nation and it does not belong to all the nations then the result could be that the internet falls apart."
The US argues that many of the states demanding a more open internet are no fans of freedom of expression.
Michael Gallagher, President Bush's internet adviser and head of the national telecommunications and information administration, believes they are seizing on the only "central" part of the system in an effort to exert control. "They are looking for a handle, thinking that the DNS is the meaning of life. But the meaning of life lies within their own borders and the policies that they create there."
The US government, which funded the development of the internet in the 60s, said in June it intended to retain its role overseeing Icann, reneging on a pledge made during Bill Clinton's presidency. Since Icann was created, the US commerce department has not once interfered with its decisions.
David Gross, who headed the US delegation at the Geneva talks, said untested models of internet governance could disrupt the 250,000-plus networks, all using the same technical standards (TCP/IP), which allows over a billion people to get online for 27bn daily user sessions.
"The internet has been a remarkably reliable and stable network of networks and it has grown at a rate unprecedented in human history," he said. "What we are looking for is a continued evolution of the internet that is technically driven. We do not think the creation of new or use of existing multilateral institutions in the governance of essentially technical institutions is a way to promote technological change."
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"Welcome to the world of friendly computing," bragged the box of this Commodore 64. While it is questionable just how "friendly" this computer was, it certainly was more affordable than any other computer. Jack Tramiel, founder of the Commodore Company, introduced the Commodore 64 in 1982, following his vision of "computers for the masses." Called the "Model T" of home computers, the Commodore 64 debuted at $500 and quickly dropped to an appealing $199. Although the necessary disk drive and monitor raised the package price to $899, it still significantly undercut the competing Apple IIe by more than $1000. Consumers responded by snapping up 2 million Commodore 64s between September 1983 and September 1984. With 64K of memory, color graphics, and sound capacity, the Commodore 64 became the entry-level computer of choice for many Americans. Lousy software and poor management soon doomed the company, but by proving that personal computers could still be affordable, the Commodore 64 left an indelible mark on the popularity of personal computing.
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No gun rush here
Despite national some regional reports of a run on gun buying following fears of increased regulations, the gun rush doesn't seem to have surfaced locally.
The two local police departments haven't noticed any spikes in applications for concealed pistol licenses, spokesmen noted this week.
Coulee Dam Police Chief Pat Collins said his department has about 20 CPL's on the books, all renewals.
"We haven't seen any rush by people here to get concealed pistol permits," Collins noted.
Likewise in Grand Coulee, Police Chief Mel Hunt stated about the same. A check with City Clerk Carol Boyce revealed that the city issued 34 concealed pistol permits last year, a combination of new and renewals.
There has been a big spike in permits in various communities throughout the country since the school shootings in Connecticut, but not here.
A request for information from both Okanogan and Grant Counties about CPL's failed to turn up information.
However, Grant County Sheriff's Office issued a press release providing hours for gun permit applications.
You can get concealed pistol licenses at the Grant County Sheriff's office on any weekday, but only during specific hours, the department said last week
The department issued a schedule when CPL's will be processed: From 1-3 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays; or from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Persons seeking the permits must be 21 years of age and pass a background check. Felons cannot get permits to carry concealed weapons.
Those seeking permits for the first time are fingerprinted, with their application information going to the Washington State Patrol for review. It can take about 60 days before applications are processed.


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Chapter Twenty: Sunlight and Rain
"You don't understand, I'm not used to this!"
"I do understand. Do you think I have never been injured and bed-ridden in all my years of fighting the Shadow?"
Maggie pouted for a moment, then realized what she was doing and schooled her expression to one of more dignified irritation. "But come on," she said. "My wrist is better - it wasn't even a sprain! Couldn't I use a crutch or something?"
Boromir nodded at her left hand and she obediently held it out for inspection. His fingers on her wrist were warm and gentle, but firm, probing the small bones and tendons in her wrist, pushing hard on the heel of her hand, bending it backwards, forwards, testing. She winced when he pressed on the bandage that covered the cut on her palm, and he caught her gaze. "This will make using a crutch difficult."
"But not impossible. It's closed up," she said hopefully, "just sore. And look, the cut's way up here. If I put my weight on the heel...." She demonstrated. "Even the healer said it was okay."
He shot her an amused but wary glance. "Did he say you were well enough to be up?" he asked.
She shrugged, and murmured, "He didn't say I wasn't."
Chuckling softly he patted her hand and released it. "I will see what I can do," he said. "But I make no promises - if the healer tells me you should remain in bed, you shall."
So it was that some time later Maggie was learning to walk with the aid of a crutch, her right arm in a sling, her left leg heavily bandaged. She felt as though it had been a month since she'd moved from her pallet, and the spring day into which she emerged from the hospital tent was a shock. She stood outside the tent and looked around at the Field of Cormallen. There was no sign of the men and women who had come with Chip to fight in this strange place; after the battle, they'd taken the trucks and headed back to Minas Tirith with their wounded. They would have Janet send them home, and Michael would return later to talk with Gandalf about Sorrow.
Fourteen of them, including Chip, were buried on the field.
Michael had wanted to take their dead home, but even with their own world in disarray, so many dead of such clearly unnatural causes would have gotten the attention of even the most overworked and underpaid authorities. Instead they lay with the Gondorian and Rohirric soldiers they'd fought beside.
Michael had come to see her before they'd gone. "We lost a lot of good people, Maggie," he'd said, sitting beside her, his chin in his hand.
"I know," she'd said. "I'm sorry."
He'd nodded, and after a moment had said, "Chip gave me command before he died. Whole fucking thing's mine again, only without Chip this time." He sighed and shook his head, then went on. "I've still got Gus, so that's good. Cassandra, too, and Tina." He paused, taking a breath. "I'm glad Tank was too hurt to come - he's got experience, I'd hate to have lost him."
Maggie hadn't known what to say, so she'd stayed silent.
"The deal's still good," Michael said finally. "You wanna come home, the farm's there, you can live there as long as you want." He'd caught her gaze then, and had said, "I'd rather you came back to New Washington again, though. We could use you. Even if we get rid of Sorrow, there's a lot of work to do."
"I know," she'd said, and glanced away.
After a moment he'd said, "The body armor did a pretty good job."
"Yeah. Most of the injuries are relatively minor. The ones who died mostly died from head and neck trauma." He was quiet again, then said, "It's real different fighting like that than fighting at home."
She'd nodded. "Yeah, it really is."
A long silence had passed, too familiar to be awkward, and he'd risen, and said, "You can come back with us now if you want. Mira'll want to see you."
She'd shaken her head. "Not now," she'd said. "I'll see you when you get back."
He'd hesitated, then nodded. "Right then. Well, take care of yourself. I've got to sort out some things at home, but I'll be back in a couple of weeks. Three maybe."
"Sure thing," she'd said. "I'll look for you."
And he'd gone.
Now she stood in the sunlight and watched the activity going on all around, and wondered where she belonged.
Pippin found her sitting on a broad stone in the late afternoon sunlight near the Steward's pavilion.
"Maggie!" he said brightly, and she turned at the sound of his voice.
"Hey there," she said with a smile.
"I heard you made it through the battle," he said, coming to sit beside her, "but they said nothing of you being wrapped up like a parcel. Should you be out of bed?"
She chuckled softly. "Well, that's not clear. I made it this far, but I thought I'd rest a while before trying to get back. How are you? I heard you killed a troll."
Pippin made a sound. "And almost myself in the process."
"Never the less," she said, "a troll. No mean feat. And Mister Baggins and Mister Gamgee - we've got a lot to thank them for, too. They're awake, I heard."
"There's been such a fuss over them," said Pippin genially. "I think they're quite flustered by it. Sam especially." He glanced at her sideways and grinned. "And if he heard you call him 'Mister Gamgee' he'd blush as red as ever you please."
"Well," she said with a smile and a shrug, "we've not been introduced yet, so I can hardly be on a first name basis with them."
"But you must meet them soon. I've told them all about you."
Startled, she turned to him. "You have?"
"Of course!" he replied, matching her startled expression. "Why wouldn't I?"
"Well, no reason I guess," she said. "I just never thought of myself as particularly interesting, especially in comparison to what they've done."
"You know," said Pippin, "I think they like being distracted from the memory of what they've done."
She nodded. "Yeah, I guess they would. Hey," she said after a moment, "do you know if Boromir - I mean - have - "
"Have they seen him?" asked Pippin. "They have, only this very afternoon."
She hesitated, then said cautiously, "How'd it go?"
Pippin smiled. "You must promise not to say I told you," but he continued without waiting for her promise. "They wept, the two of them, Frodo and Boromir both," and his voice was gentle. "I wish you could have seen. You know, Frodo understood about the Ring."
"Did he?" she asked.
Pippin nodded. "At the end, you know, he put it on. Took it for his own, just as Boromir tried to do. It was Gollum who saved us all. He bit right through Frodo's finger and fell into the pit." Pippin's voice wavered, and he drew a deep shuddering breath.
Maggie touched his shoulder briefly, and quick caress. "But Frodo's still with us," she said. "And Sam. They made it out."
"Yes," he said, "yes they did," and he looked at her and smiled. "And I think Frodo and Boromir - well, I think they'll be friends."
Maggie smiled. "I'm glad."
"I am too," Pippin said. "I think Sam will come 'round in time as well."
Glancing at him, Maggie said, "Sam's not much on Boromir?"
"Sam is overprotective of Frodo," Pippin replied.
"Well," she said, "I can understand. I feel that way about some folks."
Pippin laughed. "That you do," he said, "or you'd have stayed in the City as you were asked." He patted her arm as she shot him an amused and irritated glance. "They'll be all right in the end," he went on. "I think it's more important that Frodo and Boromir understand each other."
"Why is that?"
"Well," said Pippin, "I think it might help them both. Both having been under the spell of that thing, you know. I think they're the only ones alive who have been."
Maggie nodded, then raised her face towards the sun, her eyes closed. "It's hard to believe everything's over," she said. "It was so dark for so long, and now...."
"Yes," said Pippin. "Though for us Shirefolk it's more like things returning to normal after a terrible storm. This is more what we're used to, this peace."
"Is it?" she said, turning to him. "I'm glad for you."
After a moment, Pippin said softly, "It isn't what you're used to, is it," and it wasn't a question.
"No," she replied, shaking her head. "No, it isn't."
"Well, maybe now that the last battle is done here, Gandalf might be able to help you."
"I hope so," she said, and her voice turned bitter. "Almost half our people died at the Black Gate, trying to help this world. I really, really fucking hope so."
He took her hand in his. "Maggie," he said gently. "I'm so sorry. All my friends live, and yours - you lost so many."
She shrugged and in a rough voice said, "I hardly knew most of them, I don't know why I'm -" but she stopped then and clasped his hand tightly. After a long time she said, "They knew what they were doing," and bit her lip against the tears that threatened. "They weren't innocents - they were big boys and girls. They knew what they were doing."
"Makes it no easier, though, does it."
She was quiet for a time, then said, "I couldn't tell you, Pippin. I've never known anyone who died innocent. I don't know what that's like."
He didn't answer, and long minutes passed in silence. Finally Pippin turned slightly and slipped his arm around her shoulders. After a while, he said softly, "The Riders of Rohan sing songs for their dead. In Gondor, they say memorials and build grand houses for them. What do your people do?"
She shrugged. "We bury them in the ground, or burn them and scatter the ashes. Here, we buried them."
He nodded, and said, "Will you build a memorial?"
"I hadn't thought that far," she said, then went on, "I guess at home they'll have a memorial service. I don't know what we'll do here. Right now, their mound is marked with an M16 and the flag of United North America."
"That's your kingdom, like Gondor?"
She smiled. "Only we don't have kings."
"Do you miss it?" he asked, and she glanced at him.
"From what I've told you about it, would you miss it?"
He paused, considering, then said, "If it were my home, well, yes. I suppose I would."
She nodded. "Well," she said, "I suppose I do."
Boromir came to her late in the day, finding her seated outside the tent where her pallet lay. "You just missed Pippin," she said. "He's gone to find Merry and Frodo and Sam."
Boromir sat down beside her. "I must leave for Minas Tirith in the morning," he said. "There is much to be done there, and," he hesitated. "I am more needed there than here."
"Oh," she said. "Well, okay. Um," and she shot him a curious glance. "Have you decided? What to do about - about Aragorn?"
"I believe so," he replied. "I shall confer with Faramir first, but," and he hesitated. After a time he said, "I believe his claim is sound, and though his line was rejected when last it was tried, that would be only an excuse to reject an unworthy claimant, not a reason to reject a worthy one."
Maggie waited quietly to see if he would continue. The sounds of the evening were a comforting music in the background, and in the distance she could hear the muted voice of the Anduin as it flowed southwards.
"And he is worthy," said Boromir at last. "He did not abandon Gondor when any might have. He would have died on the Morannon before he let our people fall." He paused, stroking a lock of hair back from Maggie's face. "What I told you before, as we rode from Isengard, was true then and remains so. My oath binds me, and my heart bids me accept him. He is worthy."
Maggie took his hand in hers and kissed it, then leaned forward and pressed her lips to his cheek, then his mouth. "Was it a hard decision, finally?" she asked after a moment.
He smiled gently and replied, "No, it was a far easier decision than I had supposed it would be." He looked up, away towards the rising moon. "In his youth he served Gondor," he said, "and though he knew he would die, he stood at the Black Gate and challenged Sauron, for Gondor. For Gondor and the West alone, not for his own glory, for he had no promise that he would ever claim the throne, nor any live to remember the deed." He laughed then and said, "And if that had not been enough, he stood between you and your murderers, and saved your life. How could I refuse him after that?"
She chuckled and squeezed his hand. "Well," she said, "have you told him yet?"
Still smiling, he shook his head. "Nay, I have not," he said. "For there is protocol to be observed. He must come to the Gate, and I must ask the Men of Gondor if they will have him be their king. Were I to tell Aragorn beforehand, it would spoil the surprise. Particularly if the Men of Gondor were to refuse."
Startled, she looked at him. "Do you think they would?"
"Oh, no," said Boromir firmly, shaking his head. "No, they shall accept him."
She nodded, and they sat in companionable silence for a time. Finally, Maggie said, "So, you're going back to Minas Tirith tomorrow."
"Yes," he said.
"Am I coming with you?" she asked, and he met her gaze, amusement in his eyes.
"Now you ask? I had thought you would tell me, sweet."
She frowned and punched him lightly on his shoulder. "Gimme a break," she said. "I'm trying, here."
He laughed and ruffled her hair affectionately. "You are, you are," he said. "But no, I do not think you can sit a horse well enough, with your injuries. But know that I shall miss you every moment," he said, pulling her close to him and kissing her cheek. "Perhaps when the healers say you are ready, you might return with one of the wagons that travels between here and the City."
Smiling, she pressed into his touch. "I like that idea. So how early do you have to leave?" she asked.
"Oh, not too early. I shall see you 'ere I go."
"I guess it'd be a bad idea for me to stay with you tonight, huh?" she asked. "Even just to sleep?"
He hesitated, then said regretfully, "I fear so, sweet. 'Tis one thing to share my bed when we are in the Citadel, or riding with an army to certain doom, but something else here on the open field, with the healers, and the celebrations, and all those who ride between Cormallen and the City. Now doom is past, people have time for gossip."
She sighed, then said, "I understand," leaning gently against him. "And I'll miss you too."
It was raining when she woke. She lay in the dim quiet, listening to the sounds of the people sleeping around her - soft breathing, soft movements. She wondered if any of them were awake. There had been talk, initially, of putting her in a separate tent, but the demands of propriety had been outweighed by the demands of their resources, so a sheet had been hung between her bed and the beds of the men with whom she shared the tent. She was glad she hadn't been put someplace apart. As much time as she'd spent in bed, she thought she'd have gone out of her mind if she hadn't had at least the sounds of other people around her, even if most of them were too shy, or too concerned with appearances, to engage her in conversation.
She watched the shadows ripple over the sheet that parted her from the others, luminous grey-white in the approaching dawn, and smiled to herself to remember how difficult she'd always found it at home to wake up in the mornings. There, she would stay up until long past midnight, sometimes until dawn broke, and would sleep past noon if she could. Now it seemed she could hardly sleep past sunrise.
Rain drummed on the heavy fabric of the tent. Idly she touched the bandage on her shoulder, then stretched her good arm behind her head, her fingers curling in towards her palm. Her mind drifted over half-formed thoughts and snippets of conversations, and beneath them she felt the strange pull of this place struggling with the pull of home. It was always like this in the early hours, when she had nothing to keep her mind at bay, and wasn't yet awake enough to push the hard choices back beneath the surface of her thoughts. Tears would well and subside, and her heart would ache first with the thought of staying, and then with the thought of leaving.
She had unbidden fantasies of Boromir coming home with her. As if watching a movie in her mind, she would see him with her in her apartment, waking with her, would see the aghast reactions of the people she had to deal with there as he brought his command to bear on them, aghast but compliant in the face of his determination and will. She would smile to herself to imagine him dressed in jeans and tee-shirt, eyeing the cars suspiciously, considering whether or not he was willing to ride in one; would smile more gently to imagine him sitting on the steps of her building, conferring with the cat who, she was sure, would adore him on sight.
She found it difficult to believe how strongly the longing for home would sometimes strike her. She didn't understand how it could be that she could miss so deeply a place that was so hard, so difficult, so heartbreaking. She'd given it up, or had thought she had, when she gave the farm to Chip, but now - now she longed for home, and she longed for Boromir to go there with her, and help her. Help them.
But she knew it was impossible. His brother, his father, and now his king, all were here, and beneath and surrounding it all was Gondor. He would never leave Gondor, and she would never ask him to. She wanted everything - her love, her home, her life; and this home, this life.
No one could have everything.
Dawn had broken as she'd lain there thinking, and trying not to think. Pale, watery light filtered into the tent, and she could hear people stirring outside, getting ready for the day. Footsteps approached, and she saw the heavy silhouette of Boromir outlined against the grey-white morning as he entered the tent. She smiled as he came and knelt beside her bed, leaned over and kissed her, cool rainwater on her skin.
"Good morning," she murmured.
He smiled. "Wet morning," he replied. "A poor day for traveling, but not so poor that I must wait for the morrow."
"Can I talk you into waiting anyway?" she asked with a soft smile, and he shook his head.
"Nay, sweet, I must see to my duties, and they take me home."
A sudden ache clutched Maggie's heart, and she turned her face away, trying to compose herself before the tears that threatened could emerge. His hand on her cheek turned her to him, though, and to his worried expression.
"What is it?" he asked. "Have I said something amiss? I shall be there when you arrive, sweet, you know that. It will not be long."
"It's not that," she whispered, shaking her head. "It's - duty. And home." But her voice broke and she didn't continue.
She didn't need to. "Ah," he said. "Home." There was a long silence, his fingers stroking her face. "You have your duties as well, love, I know that," he said at last. "Any of them that I can face with you, I will, but please, make no final decisions until we can - until we can make them together."
She nodded, turning her face to his hand and kissing his fingers. "I won't," she murmured. "Listen, you should go," she said, meeting his gaze at last. "You've got a long ride ahead of you."
He hesitated, then leaned in again and kissed her gently. "I do love you, you know," he said.
She smiled. "I love you too."
"I shall see you in the White City," he said as he stood, and with a last, soft caress of her face, he turned and went out again, the curtain of the tent door falling shut behind him, his shadow on the fabric turning hazy, and then gone.
After a time she sat up and slipped into the tunic that lay at the foot of the bed, and pulled on the loose trousers she'd taken to wearing since her injury. Leggings were too snug over the bandages, and skirts too cumbersome. The trousers were baggy and comfortable, and she slid her feet into her boots before taking the crutch and rising. As quietly as she could she limped outside to stand under the canopy of the tent. Above, the sky was pewter-bright. The field was turning marshy, rain running off the tents and pavilions, coming down in silvery sheets and soaking the people who hurried back and forth from one shelter to another. She stood there, leaning on the crutch, feeling her breath in her lungs and the slow hot track of uncertain tears on her face, and watched the rain come down from the brightening sky.
It had only been days since Boromir's departure, but to Maggie it felt like weeks. She was getting around better, and was chafing to be doing something, yet she was still unable to walk without a crutch, and her right arm was weak and painful to use, so she spent most of her time with one or more of the Hobbits. Pippin had apparently taken it upon himself to see that she didn't get too lonely, and often, just as she was starting to feel bereft, she'd glance up at the sound of his voice calling to her, and would see him coming across the field with Merry in tow, or he'd take her by the hand and insist she join him with Frodo, Sam, and Merry at table, or in a game of chess, or in some conversation beneath the shade of a pavilion.
But she was still uncomfortable around Frodo and Sam. Pippin had introduced them the very day that Boromir had left for Minas Tirith, and she'd already been feeling lost and uncertain; she couldn't tell if Frodo's reserve was something she should take personally or not, and Sam seemed to always follow his master's lead.
And now here they were, she and Frodo. Merry and Pippin had wanted to spend the afternoon fishing, and when Sam had left on an errand he'd asked Maggie if she'd stay with Frodo, who had drifted into an untroubled sleep. She'd agreed, of course, having nothing else to do, and had sat in the cool of the tent, half-dozing herself, until she heard him stirring. She sat up in her chair, and when he opened his eyes, she smiled at him.
"Where's Sam?" he asked, and she told him. He nodded, and said, "Well, I suppose I should wait for him. He'll fret so if he comes back and finds me gone."
There was an awkward silence for a time, and finally Maggie had said, "So, tell me about the Shire."
A simple question, she thought. One that would draw him out, and leave her off the hook for doing much of the talking herself.
But his quick smile was followed just as quickly by a soft shadow crossing his face, and he murmured, almost to himself, "The Shire... I do miss it. But I wonder if it will ever be my Shire again."
He didn't continue, and after a moment she asked gently, "What do you mean?"
He gave a little laugh, and looked at her with eyes that were much too old. "Do you ever feel," he said thoughtfully, "that you've gone far too far away from home to ever find your way back, even if you go there and live there the rest of your days?"
Feeling her heart clench, she glanced away and nodded. "Yes, I do."
"Then you know what I mean," he said, then took her hand in his and held it gently while he talked about Bag-end, and Hobbiton, and Bilbo, and about Samwise and his Gaffer, and all the families and homes of the Shire, but that sense of longing and distance never seemed to leave his voice, all the time he talked.
"Oh, my lady," he said with a sigh at last. "All the things I've done, the things I've seen. And my - my failures. I do not think that I can ever go home again, truly."
She shook her head, her brow furrowing. "Failures, Mister Baggins," she began, and he chuckled and said, "Call me Frodo, please, and I shall call you Maggie?" She smiled, and nodded, and said, "Yes, I'd like that. But Frodo, you and Boromir both talk about these terrible failures, and I - I don't understand." He didn't answer, but didn't let go of her hand, so she continued, "I know it's not my place, and I know I can never know what you went through, but -" and she hesitated, then said softly, "maybe you put it on at the end, but no one else could have gotten it there."
"And if not for Gollum," said Frodo, but he didn't finish the thought.
"If not for Gollum," said Maggie, "Sam would have saved you." She turned to face him more fully, taking both his hands in hers. "Frodo," she said, and he met her gaze. "Only you could have gotten the Ring to Mount Doom. Sam got there because of you. Hell," she said, "so did Gollum. And if Gollum hadn't done what he did, Sam would have found a way, but you didn't fail. You didn't." She shook her head again and glanced away, then back at the Ringbearer's drawn face, wishing she could say anything that would take that sense of sadness away from him. "I know it doesn't help," she said. "I know it doesn't make anything better, but you didn't fail. You won. You just needed a little help."
He laughed softly and squeezed her hands. "I claimed the Ring, and when Gollum tore it from me and Sam needed me to rise, I despaired."
"But then you rose," she whispered. "And you went with him."
"Aye, you did," came Sam's voice from the doorway to the tent, and they both looked up. He entered and sat down on Frodo's other side, his eyes flickering once over Maggie before turning to Frodo. "Come now, Mister Frodo," he said, and Maggie felt suddenly uncertain, as though she'd intruded, and gently reclaimed her hands when Sam placed his on Frodo's. "You mustn't talk like that," he said. "All's well now, and we'll be going home soon. Back to Bag-end, where you can rest."
Maggie sat quietly as the two of them talked, and felt a bitter shroud blanket her heart as Sam spoke gently of going home, and of the peace they would find there. She didn't know that Frodo was going to find peace anywhere, and she didn't know that she would, either. She couldn't imagine what home would feel like. Could she go back there? Could she go home? And if she did, what then?
She knew, though. Sam's and Frodo's voices drifted over her, and she leaned back and closed her eyes. If they could get rid of Sorrow, that wouldn't undo his work of the last 90 years. Their world was so damaged, she didn't know if it could be rebuilt. If it could, it would still be the work of decades - maybe more years than it had taken to wreck it. And she was one person.
One person.
One tired, heartsore person. And she would be alone.
'Not alone,' she thought irritably to herself. Mira would be there, and Jack, and Paul, and Greg. Michael and his group, and this Mr. Coleman who'd sold them the weapons they'd taken to the Black Gate - he seemed to have some interest.
But no one would be there at three in the morning. In the darkest part of her nights, she'd be alone.
Her world didn't need her that badly.


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My wife and I took our adopted daughters to China for a visit, to see the country they come from, including their hometowns and the orphanages in which they spent the first year of their lives. They're nine and seven now, old enough to remember what they see. We thought of it as a trip to put some tools in the tool box for later in life, to turn China from a half-mythological place into something more real to them.
One of the small daily pleasures the girls enjoyed during the trip was walking ahead of us, having people react to them--or not react to them--as if they were local. There was a distance at which the relationship between the two Chinese-looking girls walking in front and the two foreign adults walking behind them became ambiguous, then temporarily invisible. At two or three feet ahead, the girls were clearly our daughters, and everybody stared. At four or five feet they were advance scouts; at six feet, maybe related to us and maybe not; and beyond six feet they began to become just two girls going somewhere on their own, like the many parentless adventurers in the fairy tales and chapter books they love so much. People spoke to them in Chinese, which they didn't understand, or took no notice of them because there were Westerners to stare at coming down the sidewalk in their wake. The pleasure of it for the girls was layered, but at its core was the pleasure of sampling an alternative existence without giving up the one you know best.
Sometimes we had to keep them close, so as not to lose them. One brutally hot day we were in a train station in Wuhan, in a surging crowd of travelers. I had Ling-li, our older daughter, by the hand, dragging a rolling suitcase with the other. I was looking up ahead, where my wife was trudging with Yuan, our younger daughter, and the other suitcase. Some change in the pressure of Ling-li's grip caused me to look down at her: a woman had appeared out of the crowd and taken her other hand. I had noticed this woman before, on the train, because she stood out. She was tall, broad-shouldered, all in black: black tights, black high heels, snug black top, very short black skirt figured in a gold pattern. She wore a lot of makeup and had spiky long hair and walked with a little extra swing in the hips. She kept her eyes on the way ahead, her hand around Ling-li's, and the three of us walked like that through the station, an alternative family group. When we got to the exit the woman smiled down at Ling-li and disengaged her hand, opened a little yellow parasol, and went off down the street.
I exchanged a look with my daughter. She shrugged and said, "That was strange, and I felt a little sad, but it was good."
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Skip to comments.MILLER: D.C. deputy mayor's crime solution: Be a victim (video)
Posted on 03/07/2012 1:01:33 PM PST by servo1969
Washington residents are up in arms, though not armed. With violent crime up 40 percent in the first two months of the year - including double the number of robberies at gunpoint - residents are looking for ways to protect themselves. Elected officials and police have no solution.
As you can see in the video below, Paul Quander, the Districts deputy mayor for public safety and justice, responded that crime victims should give the criminals what they want. Mr. Portman protested, saying, But how do you know youre going live and survive? Youre completely at their mercy.
Mr. Quander thinks victimhood is preferable to self-defense. The problem is, if you are armed, it escalates the situation, Mr. Quander told residents. It is much better, in my opinion, to be scared, to be frightened, and even if you have to be, to be injured, but to walk away and survive. Youll heal, and you can replace whatever was taken away.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Yes, that's the idea, Mr. Quander, not the problem.
The problem is, if you are armed, it escalates the situation,
That's certainly a problem for the criminal.
I'd rather give 'em (the crooks) what I want.
And that is a high velocity projectile in the general direction of their center of mass.
There you have it. That's the way people like him think. The best people should hope for is live in a society full of helpless sheep being randomly killed by prowling wolves.
Then why are the police armed?
Let's see. Rhodesia, South Africa, Detroit, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Somalia, Washington D.C., etc. etc.
I dare crooks to try to rob us in our house, BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE TEXAS! It is legal to shoot and kill anyone on your property without permission. Like if they are messing with your car at night on your driveway, you can legally shoot them. And if they break into your house BANG! BAM! BANG!
Great Question! I saw how the London cops "controlled" the riots over there, the unarmed cops....
Mr Quander needs to be raped. Just a quick shower and he'll be good as new, right?
He should read the reports and see the photos of what a prison-buffed thug will do to a person.
This is what the elite (of both parties) want for us common folk. They are a bigger threat to freedom and our way of life than the Nazis ever were.
It is much better for Mr. Quander if the perp survives and walks away with your money. After all, criminals and their dependents are a major part of Mr. Quanders constituency.
Yep, sounds like a liberal who's never been attacked.
The NRA should make a commercial out of this whizbang antedote for "fighting" crime.
Classic. He has no idea how rediculous this sounds.
If that guys daughter (if he had kids) was being raped and stabbed while he stood 8 feet away at gunpoint would he be thinking:
1) I'm helpless and I hope this ends soon. My daughter will heal and survive. "Sweetie, just do what they say, there are only two of the left and they'll be done. Keep pressure on the wound till it's over and when they leave we'll go to the doctor."
2) If I had a weapon and the opportunity I would kill these SOBs in defense of my daughter's life and dignity.
Why are police armed?
That's exactly to point.........police carry guns to protect themselves not other citizens.
Guns have two enemies........rust and politicians .
For the criminal!
"Youll heal, and you can replace whatever was taken away.
I'd rather replace the 4 or 5 spent .45acp rounds.
I don't want to reside in the same country as these fools.
So who leaves? (Hint: not gonna be me...)
What is really obscene to me about this mind set is it not only denies the right to defense of life & property but does lead to genuine escalation.... escalation of crime. By not confronting and resisting crime you only encourge more aggressive criminal action in the future.
The man should be questioned about what criminal cartel has paid him off. He is a danger to society.
Any public official that doesn't believe people have a right to defend themselves should be removed from office. They are more dangerous than the thug on the street
-could that kind of backwards thinking come from worrying that, since more blacks commit crimes (are the perp) in the area than whites, that the perps would get hurt...
i.e. - is the aim to protect 'his people', and whitey can just take his chance that he - or his girlfriend/wife - aren't going to end up dead or raped - or raped AND dead?
Better you get just of killed than one of his people get hurt or caught?
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Heptranchias perlo
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788)
|Regional Assessments:
Common Name(s):
Heptranchias dakini Whitley, 1931
Heptranchias angio Costa, 1857
Heptranchias cinereus (Gmelin, 1789)
Heptranchias dakini
Heptranchias deani Jordan and Starks, 1901
Notidanus cinereus (Gmelin, 1789)
Notidanus cinereus Bellotti, 1878 ssp. aetatis Bellotti, 1878
Notidanus cinereus Bellotti, 1878 ssp. pristiurus Bellotti, 1878
Squalus cinereus Gmelin, 1789
Squalus perlo Bonnaterre, 1788
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Weigmann, S. 2016. Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology 88(3): 837-1037.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Near Threatened ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
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|Paul, L. & Fowler, S. (SSG Australia & Oceania Regional Workshop, March 2003)
|Shark Specialist Group Australia & Oceania Regional Group (Shark Red List Authority)
A wide ranging, but relatively uncommon species where it occurs. Its centers of abundance may be at outer shelf, slope, and oceanic seamounts where commercial fisheries for other target species are likely to develop. It is likely to have a low intrinsic rate of increase, and poor resilience to depletion. This species is of minor commercial importance, but bycatch in bottom trawl and longline fisheries may have caused population declines where deepwater fisheries have been underway for several decades. Increased deepwater fishing effort in many regions is likely to affect populations in the future. The species is assessed as Near Threatened due to concern that it may meet the Vulnerable A2d+A3d+4d criteria.
|Range Description:
|Wide-ranging in all tropical and temperate seas except Eastern North Pacific. Usually regarded as dispersed, reported as aggregated or common in a few areas. Usually captured in 300 to 600 m, but occasionally taken in shallow water, and at depths to 1,000 m.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Algeria; Angola; Argentina; Australia; Benin; Brazil; Cameroon; Chile; China; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; France; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Greece; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; India; Indonesia; Italy; Japan; Liberia; Libya; Mauritania; Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán); Morocco; Mozambique; New Zealand; Nigeria; Senegal; Seychelles (Aldabra); Sierra Leone; South Africa; Spain; Togo; Tunisia; Turkey; United States (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas); Western Sahara
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – eastern central; Atlantic – western central; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – northeast; Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – eastern; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – western central; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – southeast
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|Marine, demersal to semi-pelagic, probably ranging well into midwater, on the upper continental slope, most commonly taken in 300 to 600 m, sometimes deeper, recorded to 1,000 m. Possibly aggregated near seamounts. Occasionally reports from shallow water are possible misidentifications. Undoubtedly an agile, voracious predator on pelagic fishes, squids, and crustaceans. Maximum size approximately 140 cm. Matures 75 to 85 cm (males), 90 to 105 (Females). Ovoviviparous, number of young 6 to 20 in a litter, size at birth 25 cm. May breed year-round, but gestation time and reproductive periodicity unknown. Otherwise virtually no information on biology, intrinsic rate of increase etc.
|Use and Trade:
|Used for human consumption and presumably for fishmeal. Said to be good eating. Occasionally kept in captivity in Japan. Aggressive when captured, and even if not retained is likely to be killed.
|Major Threat(s):
A bycatch in some deepwater fisheries. Caught in small to moderate numbers as a bycatch of fisheries utilizing bottom or midwater trawls or as part of deepwater fisheries using bottom longlines to catch sharks or tilefish (Gulf of Mexico), but of minor commercial importance. Used for human consumption and presumably for fishmeal. Said to be good eating. Occasionally kept in captivity in Japan. Aggressive when captured, and even if not retained is likely to be killed.
Population status uncertain, but it is suspected that declines may have occurred in places where deepwater demersal trawl fisheries for shrimp and bony fishes have been operational over the past few decades (such as southern Mozambique). This shark is wide-ranging but relatively uncommon in most places where it occurs, and is taken by a wide variety of demersal fisheries. There are no data available on current and past catches, and species-specific catch data are needed.
|Conservation Actions:
|None in effect or proposed.
|Paul, L. & Fowler, S. (SSG Australia & Oceania Regional Workshop, March 2003). 2003. Heptranchias perlo. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003: e.T41823A10572878. . Downloaded on 24 September 2018.
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It may look like a cross between a portable car radio and a cleverly designed USB stick, but this is Sony's new bass-heavy, brain-shaking B170 Walkman.
Tiny as the B170 is – at 88.8 x 22.5 x 15mm, and weighing a mere 28g – you may actually forget it's in your pocket. It's all part of Sony's bid to entice us away from our iPods and into Walkman territory.
If that's not enough to pry your iPod from your clasped hand, how about its ability to charge in three minutes for 90 minutes of music listening? A brilliant feature for those absent-minded moments when you forget to charge your MP3 player overnight.
According to Sony, a full charge will give you 18 hours of music playback. Though that's with the caveat that you'll need to turn the power save mode on, the LED off, shut down the equaliser and bass, and limit your playback to 128kbps MP3s.
Don't be fooled by its diminutive frame. The Walkman B170 has been designed with bass junkies in mind, with particular attention paid to the low end of the audio scale. Plus there's a bass boost button for when you really want to crank it up – and a colour-matched LED that pulses in time with your music. Clip it to your lapel and you're a walking disco.
Available in 2GB and 4GB flavours, the Sony Walkman B170 certainly isn't for those who like to cart their entire music library around. But it's easy enough to drag-and-drop choons onto your device from your computer using its nifty built-in USB connector. This also means you can plug it into cars with USB support.
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Why Sharpen?
(Excerpted from The Perfect Edge)
First, a definition of what "sharp" means: A sharp edge results from the zero-radius intersection of two planar surfaces. In other words, where the back of a plane blade meets the bevel is the cutting edge. If that edge is honed as close to zero radius as is possible, that edge is as sharp as it can be – a perfect edge. A true zero-radius edge is a purely theoretical thing, but it represents the bull's-eye of all sharpening techniques and practice. The reason a zero-radius goal is only a dream is because the blade you are sharpening has to be made from something – for instance, steel – and that something is made up of crystals, which are made of molecules, which are made of atoms; and all of these microscopic building blocks have size. However small these microscopic building blocks may be, there is still some "there" there and it is that little bit of size which determines how close to the goal of zero radius the laws of physics allow you to get. The smallest radius possible is the diameter of the largest discrete particle in the metal's mixture that can't be abraded away.
Your fresh and painstakingly-honed perfect edge begins to wear the instant you put it to use; its radius increases, becomes rounder, on its way to becoming dull. If you're a glass-half-empty type, you might say that there are no truly sharp edges, just ones that are dull or duller. So, it seems that "sharp" needs a yet more practical definition. A blade is sharp when it cuts what it is supposed to cut according to the specifications of the person doing the cutting. Put simply: sharp is as sharp does.
I tolerate a not-so-perfect edge for certain purposes that for others would be intolerable. How sharp is sharp enough is a function of how much pressure I am willing to apply to the edge and how critical is the surface left behind. Sometimes when I cut a sandwich in half, I cut it with the table knife that I just used to spread the mayo. That knife isn't very sharp compared to the chef's knives in the kitchen, but the table knife is handy, will do the job adequately and I don't have to clean and dry a chef's knife after I'm done (no stainless steel knives in my kitchen – only old-fashioned, high-carbon steel, treated with care). I may need to push harder with that table knife to cut my sandwich than I would have with a sharper knife, but the difference in this instance is inconsequential.
The sharper the edge, the less effort required to cut with it and the cleaner and smoother the just-cut surface will be (still no biggie where the sandwich is concerned). Similarly, for certain woodworking tasks an extreme degree of sharpness would also be a waste of sharpening time. A scrub plane is used for dimensioning rough lumber quickly, where the surface finish is not the goal, just the final dimension. Yes, it needs to be sharp, but a stropped, mirror finish is unnecessary for the rough work that it is to perform. Save the strop, and your valuable time, for a blade intended for more precise work – where the surface left behind is more important than a sandwich.
This last statement assumes, however, that you don't enjoy sharpening and that sharpening blades is a means to an end, a necessary function from which to carry on. As it turns out, many people live to sharpen – finding sharpening a satisfying endeavor in its own right. Me? I actually like to mow my lawn because of the way it looks (and smells) when I'm done. And I appreciate the time I spend doing it as a sort of outdoors meditation, away from the phone and all. Others so dislike mowing that they'll pay a neighbor kid to do a so-so job and are happy with that. By the same token, some woodworkers will hone and polish their scrub plane blades all the way to a mirrorlike finish and all of their edged tools are carefully sharpened and maintained to the same degree. Others want tools that are sharp enough to do the work at hand and want the sharpening process to be as fast and easy as possible: "Get it done and get back to the woodworking."
I've included tips to help the spectrum of sharpeners achieve their goals with both "get it done" minimal techniques to keep you productive, as well as the "gnat's eyelash" types that seek the optical-mirror-flat-back edge-radii that can be measured only using wavelengths of light.
Sharpening is a fundamental woodworking skill – as vital to your woodworking success as any skill you apply to the wood. In his book Woodcarving, Chris Pye says, "A master woodcarver once told me that when costing a piece of work, he would allow up to one third of the allotted time for sharpening and maintaining his tools." You weren't born with this skill – it must be learned. To learn any skill takes practice. Give in to the learning process. The time you spend learning to sharpen will pay off later as it will become second nature to know which grit to use and when, how sharp any given tool needs to be for the task at hand, and when it is time to re-sharpen an edge.
I mentioned that some people like sharpening simply because the activity of sharpening can be so satisfying, like the activity of waxing the car or, in my case, mowing the lawn. We resonate with the results on a fundamental, aesthetic level. But in addition to being aesthetically satisfying, a sharp, polished edge will last longer in use. At some microscopic level, every edge appears as a row of "teeth." The size of a tooth is in direct proportion to the size of the abrasive particle that scraped away the steel beside it. The finer the abrasive used, the smaller the teeth that comprise the edge. Coarse-grit sharpening abrasives make relatively large, deep scratches on the steel's surface that translate to large, saw-like teeth at the edge. Those teeth will cut aggressively at first, but their sharp points are subject to the entire cutting force and will become dull sooner than smaller teeth. If the teeth are large enough, they can leave visible striations on the surface of the wood you're cutting. Continued honing with subsequently finer grit sizes reduces the size of the teeth along the edge and, as the size of the teeth decreases, the number of them along the edge increases. The concentration of force described above is in effect here: smaller teeth require less force to cut the wood and, with a greater number of them to share the overall cutting force, the teeth will tend to stay sharp longer, leaving a smoother surface behind.
Another reason sharper is better: a polished blade is smoother and slides through wood fibers with less effort, which translates to more control, resulting in a precise, satisfying cut. I have encountered a number of novice woodworkers who have never used a well-tuned plane that has been fitted with a sharp blade. Their only experience with hand planes was typified by the frustration of making a shaving with the neglected and dull bench plane from junior high woodshop. That plane hopped and chattered and instilled a sense that hand planes are horrible tools to use or that the student was not competent to use them. Both sad conclusions, to be sure. But hand these former shop students a tuned-up, plain-Jane #5 with a properly sharpened blade and they go slack-jawed with amazement. How easy to push, how thin the shaving, how smooth the surface just planed, and how very satisfying the experience. It can change lives.
A properly sharpened edge eliminates one important variable when you're learning a new woodworking procedure. To flatten a board with hand planes is a task that incorporates a number of skills, tricks and metrics. If you haven't done it, it's not as easy as it seems, but there's plenty of help, including many excellent instructional media. Before you can begin to flatten a board, you must be confident that your plane is set up to function properly. It is not an exaggeration to say that all woodcutting operations start at the sharpening station and you cannot be sure of a plane's performance unless its blade is flat and sharp.
Though not as life-altering an observation as the first-time feel of a properly sharpened plane blade pushing against a wooden surface, polished steel is less inclined to rust than rough steel is. Those water droplets and oxygen pests in the air look for surface imperfections in the steel to cling to and oxidize (rust!). Polishing your blade is by no means rust-proofing, but the shinier the steel surface, the less inclined it will be to rust.
Though it's my purely subjective opinion, I feel it important to mention at this point that sharp tools are better tools. There is nothing like the simple pleasure of using a properly sharpened tool. A chisel with a polished, properly shaped edge is more likely to cut exactly where you want it to cut. Hand planing is a delightfully sensuous experience when all aspects of the plane are working properly. The planing action is smooth and easy, there's a pleasing "shisss" as gossamer shavings are released to float to the floor, and the surface left behind has a sheen that begs to be touched. The same satisfaction applies to paring with a chisel, bucking firewood with your chain saw, ripping on the table saw or carving your family's Thanksgiving turkey. Although a thorough discussion of sharpening can be a bewildering mix of physics, geometry and metallurgy, with a dizzying array of gadgets and methods, once you've achieved a basic understanding and mastered a few techniques, a perfect edge is easy and quick to create. The process itself is quite satisfying.
The small investment of time spent sharpening your tools makes a huge difference in how they perform – and that's really what it's all about for me. I truly enjoy using a sharp knife, chisel or saw and enjoy the sense that it's just me and the work – the tool acting as an extension of my arms and hands, a willing agent at its design best, collaborating with me on the work to be done.
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One thing we know for sure: You can't clump herbs into one category. As much as their flavors and uses are diverse, so are their growing habits.
The Herb Society of America says that herbs have more than one definition. Botanists describe softstemmed plants as herbs or herbaceous plants for their lack of woody parts.
But herbalists use the term herb more widely for any plant � whether it is a tree, shrub, perennial or annual � that is used for flavor, fragrance, medicinal cures or has dye qualities.
Both are correct and the category includes thousands of plants with all sorts of uses from modern-day heart medicines (digitalis) to pesticides (marigolds) used commercially.
But most backyard gardeners think of herbs as plants we grow for the kitchen. These include common basils, thyme, dill and other culinary plants.
It's difficult to create a dummy's guide to growing herbs because even the common backyard herbs have different needs, and they don't necessarily want to grow near each other, as some garden designers would suggest.
Thyme, for example, is a woody-ish low-growing ground cover from Mediterranean regions that needs all the sunshine it can get, but not too much water.
Planting that next to lemon balm that likes a little shade and thrives in moist soils like other mints won't work.
Better to plant your herbs in places they want to grow instead of relegating them to an herb-only garden where some will grow terribly tall and crowd out others and some will want shade, and so forth.
Bay � Sweet bay or Laurus nobilis is a small tree used in cooking and can tolerate tough, dry conditions. This slow grower is suitable for pots on the patio.
Lavender � This is a woody shrub that can grow quite large. You can clip it back to a certain point, or until there is more wood than leafy top. That's when you will want to pull it out and replace it.
Rosemary � This is also a woody shrub that is happy in dry conditions. Low-growing rosemary can be used for groundcovers, large upright rosemary for focal points.
Sage � Culinary sage is also a low-growing woody plant suitable for dry, sunny spots in the garden.
Chives � A bulb plant related to onion. Can be grown in pots or in the ground.
Fennel � A tall perennial plant with fern-like leaves. Can be grown in part shade. Likes water. Looks pretty in flower gardens.
Mint � Most mints are invasive. Grow these in pots to avoid their spread.
Oregano � A low-growing kind of woody plant that spreads out from the base. Provide plenty of room for mature plants.
Parsley � This is truly an herbaceous perennial with soft stems. Even though it's sold as an annual, it will live for two to three years in Southern California gardens. Cut back in winter, and it will regrow in spring.
Pelargoniums � Scented geraniums can grow large. Leave enough room in your landscape for these to reach maturity.
Basil � Basil generally doesn't survive even the slightest chill from winters. Replant from 3-inch nursery starts every spring in a sunny spot and provide regular water.
Cilantro � This ferny annual is usually grown from seed. Plants bolt fast, so replant every 30 days or so. Prefers cooler winter temperatures, but needs full sun and regular water.
Dill � Another ferny annual that is grown from seed started about every 30 days. Sprinkle these in the flower garden and let them reseed at the end of the season. Provide full sun and regular water.


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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A former employee opened fire at a British Columbia lumber mill on Wednesday killing two people and injuring two others, authorities said.
Police Supt. Mark Fisher said they had arrested the 47-year-old suspect, accused of shooting people in the parking lot area and then in the mill office. Fisher said they seized a shotgun at the scene.
Two victims were pronounced dead at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, police said. The shooting occurred at a Western Forest Products sawmill in Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island.
The Island Health Authority said one victim was airlifted to a hospital in Victoria in critical condition and another was in a hospital in Nanaimo in stable condition.
Western Forest Products President and CEO Don Demens confirmed the suspect is a former employee.
"We're a local BC company and it's very tragic," Demens said.
Police received a call at about 7 a.m. saying shots had been fired and said they arrived at the mill within minutes.
Police hadn't released any information about the victims, the suspect or a potential motive for the shooting.
"We are only five hours into this investigation," he said. "This type of extreme violence is very rare."
At the mill, crying family members had gathered outside the facility, awaiting word about whether their loved ones were hurt. One worker said the mill's employees had been sent home for the day.
Such public shootings in Canada are rare.
In March, a man was shot and killed after opening fire in a courthouse just outside Toronto, injuring a police officer.


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Sony's PlayStation executive Fergal Gara talks about price, cameras and the Steam Box.
Sony are in a fantastic position this time round to really impress with their offering.
I cant believe how things have changed in the console gaming space in the last decade. Even though people love to hate either MS or Sony, bottom line is that we the gamers owe much to the big three (Sony, Nintendo, MS) for the amazing breath of possibilities with the new generation of gaming.
No matter the choice, there is something for everyone between the two manufacturers. This is going to be the most entertaining console generation yet!
"In the UK Xbox 360 over its lifecycle has outsold PS3 I think 4:1
That statement can be 180'd in favour of PS4 this time round!
With Ps4 being the strongest console to ever exist,I think we all know who is winning this marathon
It may be a marathon, but getting a big early lead doesn't hurt. A lot of people like to be on the console that is the most popular and where their friends are playing. If PS4 can jump out early and be that console, then I think Microsoft is going to be in real trouble.
Of course with Microsoft having problems with Windows Phone, Windows 8, and investors calling for them to dump the gaming division, they have a few other problems they need to fix too.
They said the same thing about the PS3 generation, so nice to hear them say it again. Means I can look forward to support throughout the entire generation and epic titles even at the end of the consoles life.
When you consider that the PS2 saw it's last title launch THIS MONTH, that's helluva marathon Sony has run!!


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As a resident of Taunton, Joanne Briody has known of TASC and their partnership with the local high schools for many years.
"I heard about the (career mentor) program and have seen articles about it over the years," she said. "I kept the opportunity to volunteer in the back of my mind and on the back burner, but now my children have graduated and I wanted to give back to Taunton Public Schools."
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following content was provided by Taunton Area School to Career to mark National Mentoring Month.
The month of January is National Mentoring Month and Taunton Area School to Career, Inc. is recognizing participants in our Career Mentor Program. TASC's slogan is "bridging business and education to improve tomorrow's workforce." The goals of the Career Mentor Program are to enhance a student's awareness of the many career opportunities within the local community, familiarize the student with skills and work habits that business requires of employees and reinforces the importance of school responsibilities such as attendance, grades and effort. TASC partners with three local schools, Taunton High School, Bristol Agricultural High School and Bristol Plymouth Regional Technical School.
As a resident of Taunton, Joanne Briody has known of TASC and their partnership with the local high schools for many years.
"I heard about the (career mentor) program and have seen articles about it over the years," she said. "I kept the opportunity to volunteer in the back of my mind and on the back burner, but now my children have graduated and I wanted to give back to Taunton Public Schools."
Briody, a physical therapist with Shriver Clinical Services, is a second-year mentor with TASC. Briody is also participating in the Extended Career Mentor Program this year at Taunton High School. "I am able to develop a stronger bond with my mentee and help her define specific goals," she said. "My student has been very proactive with goal setting and very vocal about what she would like to do for a career, along with being very clear as to what she would not want to do."
The Extended Career Mentor Program matches mentors with students at Taunton High School for an additional 16 hours of individual one-on-one mentoring and follows a curriculum that is aimed to give the students a clearer focus of their future career path.
Briody emphasizes her experience over the past two years as very encouraging. "Both of my students were very respectful, responsible and committed to the program," she said. "Although it is hard to gauge the short-term impacts, I feel that the long-term impact of our time is what is the most meaningful to me. The work we do as mentors helps the student identify the specific areas of what they would like to do in the future, while also giving them a broader scope of all of the different career options they can choose" she said.
"These past two years have been very fulfilling for me," Briody said. "This program has made me more aware of the challenges and obstacles youth face today, and for that very reason mentoring is important. I didn't realize how many students did not get the support or have the resources to prepare for college and any adult support they can get is very helpful."
Briody will continue mentoring her current student through the end of the academic year, touring local businesses and universities together.
For more information on how an individual or company can get involved with the Career Mentor Program or any of the other programs that TASC offers or to make a donation to sponsor TASC's programs, contact Nancy Antonucci, executive director, 508-821 2846 or by email at email@example.com.