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Before you start reading this tutorial, I recommend making a big cup of coffee - it will be quite long :-) So, to start, create new document (I made it 3200x2000 pixels) and fill background with solid black color.
To fill our sky with stars, we'll need some help of ContextFree. You can get it at http://www.contextfreeart.org/ I downloaded one of fractals and manipulated it so that it fits my needs. You can download my fractal file here: http://files.vladstudio.com/photoshoptutorials/xmasnight.cfdg Using this file, create several similar fractals (in ContextFree, hit Ctrl-R to refresh and get new variation) and saved them as PNG images (right-click and save as image).
Open all PNG fractals in Photoshop, copy and paste them into one document, so that each fractal is a layer. For each layer, set Blend mode to screen". It will make stars blend together."
Repeat as many times as you like, until you get enough stars. (I used about 20 fractals). If your stars are wrong color, you can colorize them - hit Ctrl-U and adjust hue and lightness as necessary.
I wanted that the stars do not only fill entire image, but also create subtle paths"
ContextFree generates black fractals on white background. I need only black fractal, with transparent background. Here's how: open PNG image in Photoshop, select all (Ctrl-A), copy (Ctrl-C), close (Ctrl-W), create new file (Ctrl-N), paste (Ctrl-V), switch to mask mode (Q), paste (Ctrl-V), sqitch back (Q), delete (Del).
Instead of black fractal, you need white. The fastest way is Ctrl-U, then set lightness = 100%.
Copy resulted fractal image and paste it into top-right corner of our artwork.
Then, simply set its layer opacity mode to overlay". Result: in this corner stars are now grouped into nice "roads". If you need to make result more visible
For top-left corner, repeat teh same steps: generate similar fractal with contextfree, remove white background, paste into wallpaper...
...and set its blend mode to overlay" (and probably duplicate the layer)."
For more fun and excitement, we'll need a bit of bigger stars. To create them, switch to Shape tool, choose Polygon, set number of sides to 4, and in Polygon options, check Star, and set indent to about 80%.
Then, when you draw a shape you will get a star you need (hold Shift while dragging mouse to align diagonally). You can also open Blending options (effects) and add a bit of Outer Glow.
Repeat several times to add stars here and there.
The next part of our artwork is..s constellations. Use google image search to get the idea of what constellations are there and their layout. Then, use Shape tool (first Line tool, then Ellipse tool) to create a constellation. For each shape in constellation, open blending options and add 2-px black stroke.
Here's how our constellation looks when pasted into wallpaper. Repeat these steps for each constellation you want to add.
Now the most exciting part - the earth. Create new layer (or better, create new layer set, and inside it, new layer; it will keep your file well organized),set color to blueish purple, use Shape tool (ellipse) to create VERY big circle (hold Shift to make sure you make circle, not ellipse). Then make sure only very top of circle is visible. Duplicate this layer - you will need a copy of it a bit later. (hide duplicated layer for now). Rasterize original layer.
Open this layer's blending options (layer style) and add small outer glow and big inner glow. Add a bit of noise (Filter - Noise - Add noise).
future steps will show that the planet needs to be darker :-). So using Hue/Saturation (Ctrl-U), make planet darker and more saturated (you can always adjust it later as well).
To add some nice light reflection, take a copy of planet shape (circle), switch to Path selection tool (A), select circle shape, copy-paste (Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V), move copied circle a bit down and change its mode to substract". Then
Now, we need much more outer glow from our planet! To add it, select layer with planet and duplicate it again. Clear layer style, so that it has not outer and inner glows.
To go filter - blur - gaussian blur and use very lagre number (such as 50-80). For stronger blur, duplicate layer (Ctrl-J) and merge it back (Ctrl-E).
We only need glow outside the planet. To remove unnecessary glow, select layer with planet, set selection to layer transparency (you can hold Ctrl and click layer, or go to Select - Load selection - OK), then select layer with glow and hit Del to delete selected image.
The final touch is to set its lend mode to Color dodge.
To add a bit more 3D to our planet, create new layer, choose Brush tool, set brush size to very large (f.e. 700-800 pixels), set color o black, and add some black strokes on very bottom of image.
Now the tricky part! The continents shining in the night. The inspiration came from famous photo from NASA - see http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html But simply copy and paste would be too.. well, simple! Let us be inspired by the photo but not rip it. So, in new document, select Freeform Pen tool, and with rough mouse movements draw a shape that resembles our continents. Remember to distort them, as they are located in a sphere.
Take all fractals that you used in the very first steps (to create stars in background) and paste them here again. As previously, set blend more to screen" so that all fractals are seen through each other. Then
Now, delete all parts of fractals layer that are outside continents shape" layer. There are 2 ways to do that. A) simply group these 2 layers (Ctrl-G) and then merge (Ctrl-E)
Now all you need to to is insert the result into our artwork, and set its blend mode to color dodge"! Woo-hoo!"
Now let's make the lines going from the earth with congratulation messages. Creating smooth line is a bit tricky but result is quite good. As always, create a new layer. Open Paths palette. On bottom of it, click New button to create new path (empty so far). Make sure this path is selected.
Switch to Pen tool (not freeform pen!). Draw a line with curved point in the middle (if unsure, here's how to do it: first point: click; second point: click, drag a bit, release; third point: click).
Switch to brush tool, set brush size to 1-2 pixels, set color to white, and on bottom of path palette, click Stroke button. The white line should appear (if it is not strong enough, click Stroke button again).
Using same steps, draw as many lines as you like (remember to delete a path as soon as you clicked stroke" button). Then
We're almost done! Using font of your choice, write your messages. Move and rotate so that the messages align with the lines.
Voila! :-)
The last secret is how to create a fish that sends its congratulations too. Using Shape tool (U), draw a circle. Switch to path selection tool (A).
select path, copy-paste (Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V), resize (Ctrl-T, then hold Shift to preserve proportions), then change shape mode to Substract.
copy and paste the circle again, move a bit to top, change shape mode to intersect.
click combine" button to merge shapes into one shape
then add another circle, set its mode to Intersect, and combine all paths into one. Almost done!
(you can give your fish an eye if you want :-)
That's all! Thanks for reading!
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With the 2012 Major League Baseball season starting in earnest this week, it seemed only natural to use a baseball term when describing the downtown revitalization of Port Arthur.
It's been in a slump of legendary proportions.
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- Put eggplants on a baking sheet. Heat oven to 200_220 C. Bake eggplants for about 30 minutes until crust gets wrinkled. You can grill eggplants on the stove instead.
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Design the closet of your dreams with our modular collection. Built with all the quality and style of our bedroom furniture, our Sutton components are an optimal addition to your walk-in. Shelves and cabinets can be combined in any configuration to line an entire wall or create a freestanding island.
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- Overall: 56" wide x 16" deep x 4.5" high
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- Overall: 28" wide x 16" deep x 72" high
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- Overall: 38.5" wide x 17.25" deep x 36" high
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- Weight: 75 pounds
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- Overall: 14" wide x 14.5" deep x 36" high
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- Overall: 48" wide x 29" deep x 1.25" high
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NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas say they have found the bodies of eight people and a sunken boat near a beach in Grand Bahama island.
Police say they believe the victims, including a young boy, were migrants trying to reach the United States. All appear to have drowned, but officials say the cause of death hasn't been confirmed.
Officials say six bodies were found Friday at Holmes Rock and two were found near a sunken boat about a half-mile offshore from Grand Bahama.
Assistant Police Commissioner Hulan Hanna was quoted in a story Saturday in The Nassau Guardian saying that officials were checking for more bodies in the sunken boat. Hanna did not return a call for comment.
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This Week In Island History
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago
From the Newport Journal, Jan. 2, 1914
The Christmas tree exercises of St. Matthew's Church were held Wednesday evening in the Town Hall. The desks and seats used by the school, which has been occupying the hall since September, have been moved to be put in place in the addition to the schoolhouse. The efforts of the little ones who took part showed much painstaking by their teachers. Three handsomely decorated trees occupied the platform and each member of the Sunday school received therefore a present and a box of candy. After the distribution of gifts, cake and ice cream were served.
Owing to the public dissatisfaction with the present telephone service, a public hearing will be held by the Town Council on Jan. 12 in the Town Hall.
Wednesday being the last of open days on rabbits, several parties took advantage of the good weather to hunt on the island.
75 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 3, 1939
There was a very large attendance at the New Year's Eve ball held at the Holy Ghost hall and many entertained in their homes after the dance.
Rest-a-bit, one of the cottages at Potter Cove, which was badly damaged in the hurricane, has been razed and the material taken to Newport by F. J. Armbrust, the owner.
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 5, 1939
At the Town Council meeting, it was voted to authorize the highway committee to act on the special town meeting resolution passed Nov. 28, that the Town Council be authorized to direct and survey, bound and mark out Eldred avenue for public use, and to prevent encroachments, and to remove all obstructions.
50 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 2, 1964
Field observers in Jamestown, whose figures have now been compiled, spotted 4,552 birds, representing 65 species during the Christmas bird count taken on Dec. 26 in the town. Although Jamestown's count is unofficial, due to the size of Conanicut Island (a 15-mile diameter is necessary for recording for the National Audubon Society), the count is recorded in Rhode Island and is considered important.
From the Newport Daily News, Jan. 6, 1964
The Jamestown Philomenian Library Association held its quarterly meeting yesterday and it was reported that the Rhode Island Foundation, in reply to a request from the association for financial assistance in arranging books from the Peyton Hazard estate, stated that the foundation possibly will consider the request for funds at its April meeting.
Mrs. Frank M. Braman, librarian, reported that 750 books, recently received from the state library services in rural areas, are now in process of being catalogued for circulation.
25 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, December 31, 1989
As Mike McGovern tells the story, it started out as a dare between buddies. McGovern and a few friends were sitting around talking the night of Dec. 31, 1975, when they decided an ocean dip would be the perfect way to usher in the new year - if any of them actually had the guts to do it. Thirteen years later, that lark has spiraled into what may be Jamestown's wackiest – and most well known – contribution to Rhode Island culture. Tomorrow at noon, more than 350 penguins are expected to barrel into the surf at Mackerel Cove to continue the tradition begun by McGovern and his friends: the Penguin Plunge.
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A State Department spokeswoman says a man who ranted about national security and repeatedly screamed "I'm dead" during a flight from Hong Kong to New Jersey once worked at the agency.
The spokeswoman said Tuesday in Washington that the passenger ended his time at the department in 2006. She gave no details about his job or why he no longer works for the agency.
The man started screaming nine hours into Monday's 15-hour flight to Newark Liberty Airport. At one point, a passenger says, the man claimed people were trying to poison him. Passengers helped subdue him.
Passengers say the man was clearly not stable. The FBI says he was hospitalized after being taken off the plane.


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Auto Art 101: Pinstriping and Lettering
Pinstripe and Patina Techniques
For a lot of us, spending time in the garage hanging with friends, working on our trucks, and drinking beers is an all too familiar scenario. What we ended up doing in that time was cooking up our very own name for the garage: Candy Shop Customs. And what shop would be complete without a logo? With the ideas floating around, we gave a shout to Steve Woodward over at Below Grade Design for a final logo concept, and honestly, he nailed it right on the head!
Enter our good friend and killer pinstriper Collin "Butcher" Schultz. Once he got word that we were working on our project LUV at the Candy Shop, he couldn't wait to get his hands on our doors. Knowing he had something up his sleeve, we blew the doors off the LUV and delivered them to his super secret lair. Since it's going to be a while until the truck sees paint, he figured that striping the logo on the doors, and doing a little patina magic, would work well with the current look of the truck, as well as help us keep going on the build with a bit of motivation.
Follow along as Butcher slings some paint, and shares a few pinstriping tips.
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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry swapped his Mideast peace portfolio for issues in emerging Southeast Asia and road bumps in U.S. relations with Russia and China when he landed Monday in Brunei for a regional security conference.
The tiny sultanate in the South China Sea, where he is attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum, is the last stop on Kerry's two-week tour of seven countries in Asia and the Middle East.
He landed in Brunei's capital, Bandar Seri Begawan, after flying overnight from Tel Aviv, where he spent four days in long meetings trying to get Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table. During the flight, Kerry got an update on the ongoing discussions by phone from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On the sidelines of the ASEAN conference, Kerry is scheduled to have a lengthy chat with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that likely will center on the Syrian crisis. Russia is a key backer of embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad, who is fighting rebel forces that have been being armed by the U.S. and other nations.
"Clearly, part of my conversation with Foreign Minister Lavrov and the Russians will be how we can maximize our efforts together to have an impact on this," Kerry said in Tel Aviv before he left Israel. "I'm not going to go into greater detail with respect to that conversation, but I very much look forward to meeting with Sergey Lavrov when I get there."
In his meetings with both Lavrov and the Chinese minister, the discussion also is likely to include National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who is wanted in the U.S. on espionage charges.
The White House has said Hong Kong's refusal to detain Snowden has "unquestionably" hurt U.S. relations with China. After Hong Kong's government claimed it had to allow Snowden to flee because the U.S. got Snowden's middle name wrong in documents requesting his arrest, the Justice Department said the U.S. didn't buy that excuse, calling it "a pretext for not acting."
Russia called Snowden a "free man" and also refused to turn him over to Washington. He is believed to be holed up in an airport transit zone in Moscow.
Kerry is also slated to have talks on the sidelines of the meeting with his counterparts in China, Japan, South Korea and other Asian nations.
North Korea's nuclear ambitions are expected to be a hot-button issue throughout the conference. Nations attending are expected to reiterate a call for denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. Many want North Korea to abide by its obligations under U.N. Security Council resolutions and commitments it made following six-party talks in 2005.
Another issue that will take center stage at the conference is territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
China has territorial disputes with the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Brunei and Malaysia over the South China Sea and its potentially oil- and gas-rich islands. Several claimants want group discussions in order to create a legally binding "code of conduct" to prevent clashes in the sea, but Beijing has not clearly stated when it will sit down with the 10-nation ASEAN bloc to discuss such a nonaggression pact.
"We have a strong interest in the manner in which the disputes of the South China Sea are addressed, and in the conduct of the parties," Kerry said in opening remarks at the conference. "We very much hope to see progress soon on a substantive code of conduct in order to help ensure stability in this vital region."
Kerry reiterated U.S. commitment to the ASEAN region where he said roughly half of the region's 600 million people — a population as large as the United States — will be defined as middle class by the end of the decade. The U.S. commitment is not meant as a counterweight to any specific country in the region, Kerry said in an apparent reference to economic powerhouse, China.
"For any country that questions whether the United States will sustain our greater engagement in the Asia-Pacific, I want to put those concerns to rest — completely — today," Kerry said. "President Obama has made a smart and strategic commitment to rebalance our interests and investments in Asia.
"We have many goals. We have economic and security interests. But I want to emphasize, importantly, our actions are not intended to contain or to counterbalance any one country."


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Four-vehicle crash injures Epsom man in LeeBy JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent
April 11. 2013 8:47PM
LEE – An Epsom man was sent to the hospital for a head injury after being involved in a four-vehicle accident along Route 4 near Sheep Road on Thursday.
Police, firefighters and emergency personnel responded after a westbound Silver Volvo, driven by Dylan Smith, 24, of Epsom, encountered traffic and struck the rear of a green box truck, driven by Peter Hutchins, 42, of Epsom, before hitting a guardrail and striking a 2004 Gold Toyota RAV4, driven by Angela Mangini, 64, of Londonderry.
As a result of the impact, the RAV4 was pushed into a 2007 Hyundai Elantra driven by Janice Girard, 65, of Rochester, before it ended up on the opposite side of Route 4.
Sgt. Thomas Dronsfield said while a piece of the box truck went through the windshield of the Volvo, it did not hit the driver. He added it appears Smith was not wearing his seat belt and the crash remains under investigation.
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A few weeks after Hard Rock International went public with its plans to open one of its signature cafes and a condo hotel on the oceanfront, about 70 people who live near the site got an hour to tell the project leaders what they have to say about the proposal.
DAYTONA BEACH — A few weeks after Hard Rock International went public with its plans to open one of its signature cafes and a condo hotel on the oceanfront, about 70 people who live near the site got an hour to tell the project leaders what they have to say about the proposal.
Their questions Monday night came in rapid fire, with residents wanting to know what will become of their ocean view, breezes and access, and if they'll have to put up with construction noise.
But most seemed to leave the meeting at the Peninsula Club relieved to know most of their worries had been for naught and excited to learn a long-vacant piece of the beach was going to be filled by a business that promises to generate new tax dollars and draw more new development.
"I could not be happier to see this project coming," said John Green, who lives near the 10-acre-plus site just south of SunSplash Park. "I remember what was there. It was one of the ugliest hotels and half of the site was parking."
"I think it's a great idea," agreed Green's wife, Diane, who's also been a Daytona resident since the mid-1970s. "This area really needs to be rehabilitated. It's been a long time coming."
If all goes well with a coming series of necessary approvals at City Hall, the sandy State Road A1A lot that's been vacant since the 2004 hurricanes will soon create hundreds of new jobs and spur supporting businesses.
Canadian developer and investor Bayshore Capital Inc. hopes to start construction by the end of the year and open in time for the 2016 Daytona 500.
"We think the Hard Rock brand and the Daytona Beach brand were made for each other," Bayshore Chairman and CEO Henry Wolfond told residents Monday night. "We wouldn't be here if we didn't believe it."
Plans call for a 30- to 33-story tower that will include 250 hotel rooms, two rock star suites, 100 condo units, 28,000 square feet of ballroom and banquet space, a spa and a shop filled with Hard Rock merchandise.
Adjoining the contemporary style tower that will offer ocean views from all hotel rooms and condo units will be a lounge and lobby area. The Hard Rock Caf� will be just north of the tower, and include about 250 seats, a stage for live music and possibly a retractable wall that could open to the ocean.
A six-story parking garage would be just north of the caf� and a new beach approach would be just north of the garage.
Plans also call for putting power lines underground, building new wider sidewalks, adding brick pavers in that stretch of A1A and putting in a new traffic light if the state Department of Transportation approves it to allow safer pedestrian crossing.
The southern portion of the site would be left vacant for now, landscaped and possibly turned into an open-air live music and event site, said Daytona Beach attorney Glenn Storch, who's working with Bayshore on the project.
In about five to 10 years, the southern stretch of the site would probably become phase two and would add more hotel and condo units as well as a restaurant, Storch said. When both phases one and two are complete, Storch said plans call for a total of about 950 hotel and condo units.
The first phase will probably require about a $100 million investment from Bayshore, but Storch and Wolfond didn't say what the second phase could cost.
The city and Volusia County will be asked to partner on some costs by providing community redevelopment area dollars, possibly a few million dollars. Whatever the city and county provide, it would be given as a reimbursement after Bayshore covers all costs up front, Wolfond said.
"I'm 100 percent confident the financing is there," Wolfond said Monday.
Bayshore is proposing some of the extra property tax dollars its property would generate be used for reimbursements over about 15 years.
Bayshore also owns most of the properties directly west of the Hard Rock site, and Wolfond said he envisions boutiques and higher-end coffee shops locating there. No specific retailers are in talks yet, he said.
Bayshore will retain ownership of the land with the hotel and restaurants and Hard Rock will manage it, he said.
Longtime beachside residents such as Warren Trager are happy to see the area — which has long been home to mom and pop motels, small retail shops, blight and vacancies — come alive again.
"I think it'll be a heck of a good start for Daytona," Trager said. "I hope it'll start this place spurring. We need it after all the things that were torn down."
Hard Rock International's decision to locate one of its hotel and restaurant complexes on the World's Most Famous Beach now puts Daytona Beach in the company of Chicago, Las Vegas, Bali, Cancun, Singapore and other internationally known cities that are among the chosen spots for the hotels and restaurants known for their authentic rock star memorabilia placed around the properties.
Hard Rock International has 179 venues in 57 countries, including 141 cafes, 18 hotels and eight casinos. HRI's parent company is the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which purchased the company in late 2006.


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Gallery Openings Saturday
The Cedar Key Arts Center Member Gallery November opening will be Saturday, Nov. 5, from 5-7 p.m. and will feature the artistic work of Libby Cagle and Bill Roberts.
Libby is a lifelong Florida resident who moved to the Cedar Key area in 2008. She creates art in several media including watercolor, oil, monotype and mosaics. This exhibit will include art works of scenes from her travels, near and far. More of her work can be viewed at libbysart.com and at Island Arts in Cedar Key.
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Tranquil Four-Star Resort with Two Championship Golf Courses
Situated along the Intracoastal Waterway, Marina Inn at Grande Dunes initially presents a fountain-and-palm-tree façade fairly typical of Myrtle Beach's many resorts. But beyond the unassuming exterior, you'll find a homey experience that begins in the lobby, where you'll check in at one of two old-fashioned wooden desks. A concierge is on hand to book tee times at the onsite championship golf courses or give tips on the family-friendly activities close to the inn, from shopping along the boardwalk to attending a live music show.
In each of the 450-square-foot Grande guest rooms, a sliding door reveals a terrace where padded wicker chairs offer a spot to soak in views of the waterway or marina. The room's lavish bathrooms are stocked with Vive bath products and diamond-encrusted rubber duckies.
Temperatures during the winter typically reach the high 50s—warm enough for Myrtle Beach to boast year-round golfing. Take advantage of the mild temperatures by hitting the links at the resort's two golf courses. The Resort Club at Grande Dunes was named National Course of the Year in 2009 by the National Golf Course Owners Association. The nearby Grande Dunes Members Club cuts through a pine forest and goes past glistening lakes in its design from PGA Hall of Famer Nick Price and architect Craig Schreiner.
At Waterscapes restaurant, Chef Robbie Nicolaisen personally selects fresh-caught seafood for entrees ranging from crispy oysters to black bass. The upscale eatery supports local farmers and surprises dinner guests with an unexpected post-meal treat—a freshly spun tuft of pink cotton candy.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Shopping and Amusement along the Atlantic Coast
Myrtle Beach is the crown jewel of South Carolina's Grand Strand, a 60-mile stretch of beaches along the Atlantic seaboard. On the city's newly built boardwalk, you can browse eclectic boutiques and go for a spin on the 200-foot SkyWheel Ferris wheel. From the hotel, a 10-minute drive north leads to Barefoot Landing, home to shops, restaurants, and music venues, all along the Intracoastal Waterway.


text: Just say no to email By Paul Gillin. Published on January 11, 2013. Luis Suarez has been on a five-year mission to wean himself from email, and he's almost there. His message volume has slowed to a trickle of about a dozen messages per week. He uses Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and a variety of other social networks to share information that he wants others to see. As an IBM Corp. social computing evangelist, sharing is what he does. One of his favorite quotes is credited to iPadCTO founder Bill French: "Email is where knowledge goes to die." Suarez understood years ago what a lot of business professionals still don't realize: Email is holding back our businesses. Our addiction to the inbox prevents us from building the culture of collaboration that defines today's progressive companies. Recent "research" by the McKinsey Global Institute found that the average office worker spends about 13 hours a week reading, writing and responding to emails. McKinsey estimated that more than a quarter of that time could be channeled into more productive work if communication shifted to social platforms and that the amount of time people spend searching for information could be slashed by 30% if so much of it wasn't locked up in email boxes. Unfortunately, habits that go back a couple of decades are difficult to break. Most people over the age of 30 have grown up with the inbox as their home page. Like duct tape, email is a tool we apply to the wrong things because we know how to use it. But email has so many shortcomings as a collaboration tool. It isn't shareable beyond the limited confines of distribution lists, which are themselves prone to errors, omissions and excesses. You can't tweet, bookmark or post an email to Facebook. You can't unsubscribe from a distribution list except by contacting the owner of the list directly. You can't Google an email message. Don't even get me started on auto-complete. Email is a drain on productivity and resources. People who need information can't get it if they aren't on the distribution list, while others who left the project long ago continue to receive updates because it's too bothersome to unsubscribe. IT organizations struggle with the storage and bandwidth problems of large attachments that are distributed en masse. Version control is nonexistent and mostly handled by swapping revised files back and forth. In short, email is a terrible way to manage projects with more than about six people. A collaborative culture assumes that information that isn't sensitive or proprietary should be available to anyone who might benefit from it. Public, private and semiprivate groups on social networks permit anyone to share, annotate and build upon the work of others. There's no risk that a misfired message will leak confidential information because access is controlled centrally. Document-sharing software ensures that everyone is always working with a single copy of the latest version of the document or project. So why don't people use these tools more extensively? A big reason is email addiction. People join groups but continue to fall back to email as their primary communication tool "just in case." We've all seen this behavior, and the only way to stop it is for project managers to insist that email updates to the group won't be read. People like Luis Suarez are putting email in its place. I hope more people will learn from his example. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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Ed Whelan has been keeping track of where Republican Senators stand on Judge Sotomayor. He counts 26 Republicans who have come out against her confirmation and 6 who say they will vote to confirm. That leaves eight who are undecided. They are: Barrasso, Bond, Ensign, Enzi, Gregg, McCain, Murkowski, and Voinovich.
My guess is that there are a few "no" votes in this group. Assuming, that all of the Dems vote to confirm, Sotomayor's total will probably be in the very low 70s, as I expected. If a few Dems are too infirm to make the vote (don't expect any no votes from this lot) or if most of the undecided Republicans vote "no," her total will be in the high 60s.
So while Lindsey Graham succeeded in his quest for obtain praise from the liberal MSM, he did not succeed in inspiring his Republican colleagues to grant more deference to Democratic presidents than Democratic Senators grant Republican presidents.
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Country Tidbits: the hit song and some artist notes
- ~Will Hoge is at the Dusty March 14th. He is fabulous. Tickets still available
- ~Cole Swindell - "Chillin' It" factoids: If Wikipedia isn't pulling our leg, Cole Swindell real first name is Colden. And his middle name is Rainey. That makes his full name Colden Rainey Swindell.
- ~Jerrod Niemann - "Drink to That All Night": This is from Jerrod Niemann's upcoming album, High Noon, out on March 25th.
- ~Dierks Bentley - "I Hold On" Dierks Bentley's CMT Crossroads show with One Republic will premiere on March 21st.
- ~Dan +Shay - "19 You and Me"Dan and Shay have been named to CNN's Ten Fresh Faces list.
- ~Brad Paisley - "The Mona Lisa": Brad Paisley played at new Late Night host Seth Meyers wedding last September. Brad Paisley is one of the artists on The Doobie Brother's tribute album.
- ~Justin Moore - "Letting the Night Roll": Justin is from Poyen, Arkansas, population
- ~Luke Bryan - "Drink a Beer": Luke Bryan releases his Spring Break 6...Like We Ain't Ever EP on March 11th.To celebrate spring break, Luke Bryan will play two free shows at Spinnaker's Beach Club in Panama City, Florida on March 11th and 12th.


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This week we again welcome Bryant Phillips to our occasional column Wine Shop Wednesday. You may remember Bryant from Sturkey's or Chalk. Currently you can find him at the excellent Wise Owl Wine Bar in West Chester. If you're anywhere near IKEA, you're near the Wise Owl. Stop by and have a drink – it's worth it. I visit whenever I'm on my way home from meetings in Dayton.
This week he turns us onto an excellent white wine to kick off your summer.
If you read last week's post, you already know how I feel about Spanish Whites. The Godeval from last week got me thinking about the region itself and Rias Biaxas was a logical next step.
Albariño is widely accepted as the quintessential cheese wine. It's typical round an juicy texture stands up the your triple cream cheeses like Camembert, while its medium acidity wont overpower sharper and harder cheeses.
So we know that Albariño works with cheese, what else?
For me the grape, and La Cana in particular exhibits some really great stone fruit notes, think juicy white peach that ends up all over your fingers and chin. While it does have some pleasant floral aromatics, these wines are never incredibly complex. I think there is more depth to the La Cana than is usually the case for Albariño, but I also believe the simplicity of these wines are profound in their understatedness.
Every Sunday for the last few weeks I have been at some friend or family members house nibbling on a selection of killer cheese before throwing some dead animal on a fire. Every Sunday for the next few weeks I will be bringing a bottle of this stellar wine.
– Bryant
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Big game and turkey regulations to highlight public hearing; audio/visual streaming available
TOPEKA — The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission will conduct a public meeting and hearing on Thursday, March 10, at the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) Region 2 Office, 300 SW Wanamaker Road in Topeka. The afternoon session will begin at 1:30 p.m. and recess at 5 p.m., and the evening session will begin at 7 p.m.
The afternoon session will begin with time for public comments on on-agenda items, followed by a general discussion period on the following topics:
- Secretary's remarks;
- 2001 legislative update;
- agency and state fiscal status;
- Kansans for Children in Nature plan;
- early migratory bird seasons;
- furbearer regulations; and
- trails grant update.
The afternoon will also include a workshop session, in preparation for potential future regulatory action, covering preliminary recommendations on the following regulations:
- KAR 115-25-7, antelope — open season, bag limit, and permits;
- KAR 115-25-8, elk — open season, bag limit, and permits;
- KAR 115-25-9a, deer — open season, bag limit, permits, and additional considerations (Fort Riley);
- potential regulation changes to address aquatic nuisance species; and
- KAR 115-7-9 — weigh-in black bass fishing tournaments.
The commission will recess at 5 p.m., then reconvene at 7 p.m. at the same location to hear general public comments on non-agenda items, followed by a public hearing on regulations and Secretary's Orders. Evening public hearing topics include the following:
- KAR 115-2-2 — motor vehicle permit fees;
- KAR 115-2-3 — camping and utilities fees;
- KAR 115-4-6b — elk management units;
- KAR 115-4-11 — big game and wild turkey permit applications;
- KAR 115-25-9, deer — open season, bag limit, and permits;
- Secretary's Orders for deer;
- KAR 115-16-5 — wildlife control permit operation requirements;
- KAR 115-25-5, turkey — fall season, bag limit, and permits; and
- KAR 115-25-6, turkey — spring season, bag limit, permits, and game tags.
Time will be set aside in both the afternoon and evening sessions for public comment on topics that are not on the agenda. If necessary, the commission will recess on March 10 and reconvene at the same location at 9 a.m., March 11, to complete unfinished business.
Live video and audio streaming of this meeting will be broadcast through the KDWP website, www.kdwp.state.ks.us.
If notified in advance, the department will have an interpreter available for the hearing impaired. To request an interpreter, call the Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at 1-800-432-0698. Any individual with a disability may request other accommodations by contacting the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission secretary at 620-672-5911.
The next commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 21, at the Great Plains Nature Center Auditorium, 6232 East 29th Street North in Wichita.


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Zoë Saldana isn't saying a word about her happy news — but with Chris Pratt by her side, she clearly doesn't need to!
The Guardians of the Galaxy costars poked fun at the rampant pregnancy rumors during a stop at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, posing sassily with their hands on their hips and their bellies jutting out.
The joke comes after Saldana, 36, emphasized her growing bump in tight dresses during the movie's premiere and press tour. Though she hasn't commented, sources confirm to PEOPLE that the actress is in fact expecting.
"She's absolutely stunning and glowing," one insider tells PEOPLE.
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But Saldana, who secretly married husband Marco Perego last summer, is keeping the news to herself.
"I would like to thank all the f—ing media for invading our privacy," she Tweeted on Thursday, later adding, "I would never blame my fans. You are all heaven sent!"
When she does announce her baby joy, she can get some sound parenting advice from Pratt, who's dad to son Jack, almost 2, with wife Anna Faris.
— Michele Corriston, with reporting by Jennifer Garcia and Mary Green


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JONESBORO, AR (KAIT)- The hurricane Katrina brought not just destructive winds, but also untold misery to thousands of people. Many lost their homes and had to make new ones elsewhere, some right where you live.
"Driving for 24 hours and then to get a phone call. I mean 12 feet of water, you knew that was it. What else was left...nothing," says Keywania Dienet. She says even after 5 years, the pain is still there.
"Katrina has ruined us in a way, with things that we'll never be able to get back," she says.
Sunday marks the day when their lives changed. "I did a 90 degree turn around. Nothing is the same. You know I don't have the same job, financially it's 100% different," Dienet explains.
Their home and all their memories...lost. "When I went home, all of the pictures were laid out on the lawn scattered, molded, and mildewed."
Since the devastation hit, Dienet says her health has gone down hill. She's had nine surgeries, six within the past year. "I hate to put my children through this, to see them see me suffer," she says, and they're struggling financially to stay afloat. "I can't go back home for a visit because again financially I can't go back home and see them."
But this past February her and her family got to make a trip back to the "who dat nation." "I said I don't care if we have to rob Peter to pay Paul, some kind of way I'm getting home for the superbowl," says Dienet.
And when the Saints beat the odds and became the superbowl champions.."That was the shining moment for the whole city because everyone forgot their sorrow. Everyone forgot their pain. Everyone was screaming "who dat" and so proud of them. It was like Katrina didn't exist," she said, but when reality sinks back in, so does the devastation. "I don't know if we'll ever get over Katrina. People still need help that's the biggest message," Dienet explains.
While she says they will always remember their roots, now Jonesboro is home, a place to make new memories. "We'll make our own traditions, we'll do something. We just need the help to get there, but I want to make traditions for them here," says Dienet.
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International Bemisia Workshop
December 3-6, 2006
– and –
International Whitefly Genomics Workshop
December 7-8,
Hawk's Cay Resort
Duck Key, Florida USA
Abstracts from the 4th International
Bemisia Workshop have now been published in the
Journal of Insect Science at:
We would like to express
appreciation to editor Henry H. Hagedorn for
making this valuable resource available to all.
CLICK HERE for
information on the 5th International Bemisia
5th International Bemisia Workshop will be held in 2009 in
Guangzhou China.
Congratulations to Dr. Fang-Hao Wan and Dr. Shunxiang Ren
and their teams at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences and the South
University for a successful campaign. Please
their website for further information on this
important meeting. Congratulations also to Dr.
Emmanouil Roditakis and his
team at the National Agricultural Research Foundation in
Crete for a tremendous effort and for their willingness
to host the 6th Bemisia Workshop, possibly in 2012. Thank
you to everyone who answered the survey. We look forward to
seeing you and your colleagues all at both these events!
Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
and South China Agricultural University (SCAU),
Guangzhou China
Printable First
Announcement (PDF)
Post Conference Recap
Dear Colleagues –
It's hard to believe that two months have
flown by since the 4th International
Bemisia and International Whitefly Genomics
workshops were held in gorgeous Duck Key, Florida. We
had a truly wonderful time organizing the sessions and
planning events and trust that you had a memorable time
as well in the sunny Florida Keys. We wish to thank all
of you for making the effort to join us and wish that
this meeting met with your hopes and expectations. We
would also like to thank the many sponsors of the
workshops who were so generous with their support which
afforded us the opportunity to make the event very
spectacular. A special thank you to all the session
leaders who did such a fantastic job organizing the five
sessions that covered a broad spectrum of whitefly
research including biotypes and genomics, biology and
ecology, damage potential and vector relations, chemical
control and resistance management, and IPM and
biological Control. Our objective was to provide a forum
for scientific exchange in a pleasing setting that would
benefit all attendees and the communities they
represent. The venue was extraordinarily warm and
inviting with numerous networking functions that allowed
attendees to interact, share lessons learned, spend time
re-connecting with colleagues or forging new
collaborations. Please take a moment to view all the
great photos from the two workshops on the website:
www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/bemisia. You may also
download both the group photos for printing at your
Invited speakers from around the world
presented research and management tactics conducted in
their respective geographic regions and areas of
expertise. Sessions were arranged with a slate of
invited speakers followed by discussion, comments, and
questions. Attendance was truly international with more
than 120 people from 25 different countries
participating. The Bemisia workshop included 45
formal lectures and nearly 60 poster presentations which
are slated to be published in the Journal of Insect
Science along with the whitepaper produced as a result
of the whitefly genomics workshop. The genomics workshop
was well attended with representatives from eight
different countries and all participants cooperated in
laying the groundwork for a Whitefly Genomics
Whitepaper. Attendees from both workshops included
government and university researchers and policy makers,
extension personnel, regulatory officials, members of
industry, growers and marketers, and students.
Those workshop participants more inclined
toward practical agriculture were able opt for a field
trip to Homestead, the most southern agricultural region
of mainland U.S. After a stop at the Miami-Dade County
Cooperative Extension Office to pick up our agent
guides, we headed out to meet with a local tomato grower
who described his battles with B. tabaci and
TYLCV. Unfortunately for the grower but fortunately
for the participants, there was plenty to see. The next
stop was Costa nurseries, a grower of ornamental plants
producing their own Beauvaria bassiana. A tour
through the production facility was provided by
technician Teresa Vazquez who brought the rustic but
practical technology from her home Cuba. Following
lunch at the Tropical Research and Education Center, an
experiment station run by the University of Florida,
entomologists Catherine Mannion and Dakshina Seal
described their programs and showed off their labs and
study plots. Following a tour of the Center's tropical
plant collection the group loaded up for the trip back
south to Duck Key.
Colleagues from China, Morocco and Greece have expressed
interest in hosting the next Bemisia workshop. We
have requested a short proposal from each and will soon
forward these to workshop attendees for their input on
the 5th International Bemisia workshop venue and
The Book - Bemisia:
Bionomics and Management
We are pleased to report that
Springer Science
and Business Media has agreed to publish the volume
Bemisia: Bionomics and Management.
Click here for a description and outline of the
planned book.
Presentation Recap:
A total of 105 abstracts
were submitted for this joint endeavor, and the Bemisia
Workshop featured 45 oral presentations and 60 poster
Click here to view the
final agenda of Speaker Presentations.
Click here to view the
final Directory of Poster Presentations.
Bemisia Workshop entailed FIVE in-depth sessions
focusing on the following Bemisia topics:
Biology and Ecology
Damage Potential and
Vector Relations
Chemical Control and
Resistance Management
IPM and Biological
The opening plenary featured three excellent keynote
Bemisia Research:
Past, Present & Future – Dan Gerling, Professor,
Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat
Aviv, Israel – and – Paul De Barro, Stream Leader,
Preparedness, CSIRO Entomology, Queensland,
Invasion and
Response: Impacts of Bemisia on Worldwide
Agriculture – Lance S. Osborne, Associate Center
Director, Professor, IPM-Biological Control of
Insects & Mites, Mid-Florida Research & Education
Center, Apopka, FL, USA
Sponsor Recognition:
We would like to express
special appreciation to the 15 sponsors whose
contributions made the 2006 Workshop possible. Please
join us in thanking them by taking a moment to visit
their web sites.
We hope you will make plans to
join us for the next International Bemisia
Workshop. If you would like to see what the workshop
entails, click below to proceed to the original 2006
workshop web site.
There were many memorable moments experienced during the
workshop. Click on the links below to view
photographs taken throughout the event.
Photo from Bemisia Workshop
Workshop Abstract Book
(PDF format)
This page is designed and maintained by: the UF/IFAS/OCI Graphics Editor and Webmaster.


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Every day for 3 months I'm practicing boardoffs and while I can land one footers say 70% of the time as soon as I take both feet out I cannot find body position or balance to get the board back on. It seems in the videos that the jump is taken just before 12 oclock so you have some forward momentum and the body is turned away from the kite slightly after the board is off sort of like if you were to do a partial back roll making it easy to turn toward the kite for board "on" , balance, and landing. Am I on the right path? Did I observe correctly? I've been sending the kite to 12 to attempt the trick and I've noticed that its nearly impossible to land or get balance if the kite moves slightly past 12 and I have nearly no speed landing if the jump is at 12. At first I've practiced one footers with grabbing the handle but I've got no reach to get my front foot in with this method so I'm now practicing with the tail grab one footers with some success. My issue is balance. Any tips or videos would be greatly appreciated.
Would anyone recommend one footers with front foot out for practice?
Ideally I would like to use the handle for board offs but if progression is easier with the tail then so be it.


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By Gretyl Macalaster
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DURHAM - The University of New Hampshire outdoor pool will re-open today, Saturday, after a temporary closure.
The pool was closed for two days after a weekly required bacteria test showed elevated levels of coliform in the water.
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- Developing programs to inform the public of increasing international economic interdependence and the role of U.S. businesses within the international economic system;
- Internationalizing curricula at the junior and community college level and at undergraduate and graduate schools of business;
- Developing area studies and interdisciplinary international programs;
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- Establishing internships overseas to enable foreign language students to develop their foreign language skills and knowledge of foreign cultures and societies;
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- Written by MATT HAMMOND
Here are some noteworthy developments from Urban Meyer's weekly press conference Monday:
* RB Carlos Hyde has been diagnosed with a sprained MCL in his knee. Meyer said there was no swelling and it is hoped Hyde will not miss a lot of game action. However, he has been ruled out of Saturday's game against California.
* There is a chance RB Jordan Hall will see action this week against California. Hall injured his foot during the summer and has yet to play. Hall has been medically cleared to return to game action, but the coaches want to see how he responds in practice this week.
* Senior DE Nathan Williams, who had microfracture knee surgery in the offseason, is up in the air this week for the Cal game. Williams played in the opener vs. Miami, but had soreness after the game and did not play against UCF. Meyer said Williams will likely be a game-to-game decision all year.
* Sophomore DL Michael Bennett continues to be bothered by a groin injury. It seems unlikely he will play Saturday.
* Meyer mentioned several times about his concern with the defense. He does not like the lack of a pass rush and the big plays that have been given up in the secondary.
* Sophomore quarterback Braxton Miller will be protected more going forward after he ran 27 times against UCF. Meyer said too many carries will wear on Miller both mentally and physically.


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Acanthurus gahhm
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Acanthurus gahhm (Forsskål, 1775)
Common Name(s):
Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acanthurus nigricauda (Duncker & Mohr, 1929)
Chaetodon nigrofuscus ssp. gahhm Forsskål, 1775
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Abesamis, R., Choat, J.H., Clements, K.D., McIlwain, J., Myers, R., Nanola, C., Rocha, L.A., Russell, B. & Stockwell, B.
|Raynal, M. & Polidoro, B.
|Ram, M., Beresford, A., Collen, B., Richman, N. & Chenery, A.
Acanthurus gahhm is endemic to the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Socotra. It is occasionally encountered over hard reef substrata in Jeddah and Dubba, Saudi Arabia, but may be locally abundant in appropriate habitat (e.g. lagoons). This species inhabits a variety of habitats including open sand and rubble bottoms in lagoons and seaward reefs. It is a component of the marine aquarium trade and is well represented in fish markets in parts of its range, however, there are no indications at the present time of detrimental effects of harvesting to the population. Although this species shows varying degrees of habitat preference and utilization of coral reefs, it inhabits areas where coral reef degradation and loss is underway. Additional research is needed to understand the long-term effects of coral reef habitat loss and degradation on these species populations. Its distribution overlaps with some marine protected areas in parts of its range. It is therefore listed as Least Concern.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Acanthurus gahhm is endemic to the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Socotra (Randall 2001a). Records from other areas (central west Pacific) are probably misidentifications of A. nigricauda (L. Rocha pers comm. 2010).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Israel; Jordan; Saudi Arabia; Somalia; Sudan; Yemen
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Indian Ocean – western
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
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|Underwater fish visual surveys in Jeddah and Dubba on the east coast of the Red Sea recorded Acanthurus gahhm as occasional with a maximum of 0.1 individuals per 300 m2 (A. Ayling pers comm. 2010). However, the surveys conducted in Jeddah and Dubba, Saudi Arabia, were carried out on hard reef substrate - as this species inhabits sand/lagoonal areas, it is inferred that A. gahhm will be more abundant in lagoons. This species is well represented in the Jeddah fish market (J.H. Choat pers comm. 2010).
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Acanthurus gahhm, has a depth range of 5-50 m and is usually found in tropical climates over open sand and rubble bottoms in lagoons or at the base of seaward reefs (Kuiter and Debelius 2001). It is also often found in large groups in open areas near coral or rock, and in small groups which sometimes join to form large loose aggregations.
|Congregatory (and dispersive)
|Use and Trade:
|Acanthurus gahhm is a component of the marine aquarium trade, however, no prices were found online. This species is harvested for food, although is not specifically a targeted resource.
|Major Threat(s):
Acanthurus gahhm is associated with coral reef habitats. Urban growth, coastal land reclamation, fisheries expansions and water pollution combined with Crown of Thorns (COTS) outbreaks are placing increasing pressure on the coral reefs of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (Kotb et al. 2004). It is predicted that pressures on the reefs of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden will increase over the next 8 years due to major development for mass tourism and industrialization, over exploitation, destructive fishing in poorly managed areas and COTS outbreaks (Kotb et al. 2004).
Surgeonfishes show varying degrees of habitat preference and utilization of coral reef habitats, with some species spending the majority of their life stages on coral reef while others primarily utilize seagrass beds, mangroves, algal beds, and /or rocky reefs. The majority of surgeonfishes are exclusively found on coral reef habitat, and of these, approximately 80% are experiencing a greater than 30% loss of coral reef area and degradation of coral reef habitat quality across their distributions. However, more research is needed to understand the long-term effects of coral reef habitat loss and degradation on these species' populations. Widespread coral reef loss and declining habitat conditions are particularly worrying for species that recruit into areas with live coral cover, especially as studies have shown that protection of pristine habitats facilitate the persistence of adult populations in species that have spatially separated adult and juvenile habitats (Comeros-Raynal et al. 2012).
|Conservation Actions:
|There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for Acanthurus gahhm. However, the distribution of this species overlaps with a number of marine protected areas in its range of distribution. There has been some success in establishing MPA's in the Red Sea, but there is little or no effective regional MPA network, and most of the MPAs have ineffective management (Kotb et al. 2004).
Comeros-Raynal, M.T., Choat, J.H., Polidoro, B.A., Clements, K.D., Abesamis, R., Craig, M.T., Lazuardi, M.E., McIlwain, J., Muljadi, A., Myers, R.F., Nañola Jr., C.L., Pardede, S., Rocha, L.A., Russell, B., Sanciangco, J.C., Stockwell, B., Harwell, H. and Carpenter, K.E. 2012. The likelihood of extinction of iconic and dominant components of coral reefs: the parrotfishes and surgeonfishes. PLoS ONE http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039825.
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2012.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 17 October 2012).
Kotb, M., Abdulaziz, M., Al-Agwan, Z., Alshaikh, K., Al-Yami, H., Banajah, A., Devantier, L., Eisinger, M., Eltayeb, M., Hassan, M., Heiss, G., Howe, S., Kemp, J., Klaus, R., Krupp, F., Mohamed, N., Rouphael, T., Turner, T. and Zajonz, U. 2004. Status of coral reefs in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in 2004. In: C. Wilkinson (ed.), Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2004, pp. 137-154. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Randall, J.E. 2001a. Surgeonfishes of the world. Mutual Publishing and Bishop Museum Press, Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii.
|Abesamis, R., Choat, J.H., Clements, K.D., McIlwain, J., Myers, R., Nanola, C., Rocha, L.A., Russell, B. & Stockwell, B. 2012. Acanthurus gahhm. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T154818A17627321. . Downloaded on 26 September 2018.
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Patient register, England, 1900-1970
Used at the Brighton County Borough Asylum (later St Francis Psychiatric Hospital), this register was intended to record patient departures, discharges from the hospital, transfers to other hospitals and deaths – an indication of the bureaucracy that was a major element of these institutions. All patient records and histories were recorded by hand, although this example is blank. This book was collected when the hospital closed in 1995 after being open for 136 years. The book was printed by Elsworth Bros Ltd in Leeds, England, who specialised in printing hospital books and forms.
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COLUMBUS — Supporters of sweeping new federal plans to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants said today that it could be more difficult — though not impossible — for Ohio to achieve its target reductions if state lawmakers and Gov. John Kasich follow through with their plans on two energy-related bills.
Ohio legislators are expected to act quickly this week on a bill that tries to limit the impact of the federal proposal, which would cut total carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by almost a third by 2030 compared with 2005 levels. States may get several years to submit plans to cut pollution under the rule, which is a key part of President Barack Obama's plans to reduce pollution linked to global warming.
An Ohio bill whose sponsor cites bipartisan support would require that any power-plant performance plan Ohio submits to the federal government protect the affordability and reliability of electricity and minimize effects on industrial, commercial and residential consumers. A committee of lawmakers is scheduled to vote on the measure Tuesday, and it is likely to be considered by the full House soon thereafter.
"It's kind of a delicate dance because the Ohio EPA has to reconcile itself to what the federal EPA is doing," said the bill's sponsor, Republican Rep. Andy Thompson of Marietta. "But within that context, we just want to make sure that Ohio asserts the control that we can."
Thompson said it is destructive to the Appalachian communities he represents in eastern Ohio every time a coal-fired power plant shuts down because the area remains heavily dependent on coal jobs.
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Kasich's spokesman didn't immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
Obama's plan was announced today, days after Ohio's Legislature voted to put Ohio's renewable and advanced energy standards on hold for two years as a legislative committee studies the issue. Kasich has said he'll sign that bill.
Environmental and clean energy advocates say renewables could help Ohio meet the pollution reduction target and that shying away from that is a step in the wrong direction, one that might push the state more toward natural gas to fuel power.
"At a time when many other states are moving forward with investments in clean energy, renewables and energy efficiency, Ohio is moving backward," said Steve Frenkel, Midwest director for the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Former Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland, who was in office when Ohio's renewable energy standards were enacted, said before the federal plan was released that he thinks it is achievable and necessary for creating a healthier environment. But he said he will urge the Obama administration and Congress to be sensitive to the proposal's effects on coal mine and power plant employees and their communities.
"I know there's going to be cries of doom and gloom," said Strickland, president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, the advocacy arm of a Washington think tank. "Utilities are going to say it's going to cost us so much money and rates are going to go up, and, you know, we're going to hear the same kind of special interests complaining that usually accompanies any effort to improve our environment in any way."
Environmental advocates say the plan will protect people's health, lead to innovation and boost the economy. Energy groups and other opponents contend it will have negative economic effects, pointing to a potential cost of billions of dollars to carry out the plan.
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