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South Park will probably get delayed....AGAIN
They haven't set an exact date yet, but isn't Xillia 2 supposed to be out around then too?What is it about Feb/March? This time period has been really busy for releases for several years in a row now. Busier than the holiday season, at least for stuff that interests me...
Eh, I've been buying Soundtracks for years and $30 isn't too bad for a full one.That said, I already own the original four-disk soundtrack, so there's really no need for me to buy it. But seriously, I loathe these Digital River exclusives. I already ranted about this in the LR thread, but ugh. I hate their website. I suppose it's better than a GameStop exclusive though.
http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/FFXHD/Samples of music and tons of them, including lots of arranged stuff for FFX. Sadly, none of the X-2 tracks got the arrange treatment. I still think X-2 has one of the more underrated soundtracks out there. YuRiPa Fight No. 2 is a great battle theme. The first song on the soundtrack is good too. I agree with one of my companions that Mitsuto Suzuki could've HD-arranged the X-2 music like a boss. It deserves some re-treatment.

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Chris Ferraro and Andre Conover found themselves sitting next to each other on Oct. 22, 2010. Both of them had a long layover in Atlanta. Neither one was looking for love, but both of them found it in a crowded airplane.
Delta Air Lines. Flight 1874, Jacksonville to Atlanta. Seats 40A and 40B.
Love was in the air.
Chris Ferraro and Andre Conover found themselves sitting next to each other on Oct. 22, 2010. Chris, 39, was on his way to Pittsburgh for a conference. Andre, 30, was going home to Los Angeles. She had been in Dekle Beach to inspect a house for her boss.
Both of them had a long layover in Atlanta. Neither one was looking for love, but both of them found it in a crowded airplane.
Their story has taken off. Delta has created a promotional video about how they met, and also made a blog post about the couple, who now live in Gainesville.
She said he whacked her as he took off his jacket, and she forgave him. He doesn't think he bumped her.
He talked over the safety video, and she shushed him.
He noticed that she was wearing an enormous diamond ring that was out of place on someone sitting in one of the worst seats on the plane. He called her out for wearing a fake engagement ring. She was shocked that he had uncovered what she called her "creeper'' ring.
They both realized they had a four-hour layover.
After they landed in Atlanta, Chris asked Andre to have dinner at the Heineken Bar and Grill in the airport. They did not flirt during the flight or the dinner, but after dinner he gave her his business card.
When they were done eating, he walked her to Gate A10 and kissed her goodbye. "I had butterflies,'' she says on the video.
"I was telling the women on the plane what had happened, and they were like, 'Oh, that's so sweet,'" she said.
They emailed each other while they were on their separate flights that day. "From that plane ride on, we've been in contact every day," she said.
One year later, Andre had to go to Dekle Beach again, this time to see an insurance adjuster. Chris accompanied her.
The adjuster never showed up, but while they were waiting, Chris gave her a Coach handbag.
"You've never seen a woman so disappointed to get a Coach bag in her whole life," he said.
Inside the handbag were two handwritten plane tickets. They read, "Destination: Florida. Class: Wife."
Andre decided to email Delta to see if she could get peanuts and cookies from the airline as party favors for their wedding, set for Oct. 14, 2012.
She didn't know that she had contacted CEO Richard Anderson. He sent her a replica of the plane the couple had met on, pilot wings with their names on them - and the peanuts and cookies.
Chris and Andre were also allowed access to the tarmac by Gate A10 for a photo shoot.
"Delta's definitely a part of our lives now," she said. "They're a great matchmaker.''
Andre said you will find love when you least expect it.
"We've told the story hundreds of times," she said. "Not that we take it for granted or anything, but it's amazing each time we tell it we get the same reaction. And that is, 'Wow.'"
They now live in Gainesville, where Andre is a Lifesouth Community Blood Center administrative assistant, and Chris teaches civil engineering at the University of Florida.
Chris marvels that if only one thing had been different, they would never have met.
"Just one row,'' he said. "If she's in 41B, we're not having this conversation.''


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Man running for office in Claremont allegedly made threatsBy MEGHAN PIERCE
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September 19. 2013 9:18PM
CLAREMONT — A man running for City Council allegedly made threats to family members, police and city hall.
John L. Kinton, 50, filed for office Wednesday.
In late August his sister, Linda A. Kelly of Grove Street, filed a domestic violence petition against him in the 5th Circuit-Family Division Court in Claremont.
According to the petition, Kinton rents a room from his sister and her husband and he became upset when another person also living in the home was allowed to have a friend over.
He allegedly threatened physical violence to her and others in the house and that he would vandalize his sister's car and have her put in jail for fraud.
"He went on to say he was going to bomb city hall and put bombs in all the police cars," Kelly wrote.
The threats and outbursts allegedly took place allegedly over Aug. 28 and 29.
The petition was granted by Judge John J. Yazinski, citing abuse via criminal threatening as defined by state law. Kinton was served Sept. 11.
Court papers list him as currently homeless. He did not answer his phone Thursday.
The order of protection prohibits Kinton from having contact with his sister for one year and prohibits him from coming within 100 yards of her during that time.
According to the Claremont City Clerk's office, Kinton filed for office on Wednesday. Several other people have also filed.
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'Glee' Season 5 Delayed Following Cory Monteith's Death
Following the untimely passing of 'Glee' star Cory Monteith, producers and writers of the Fox hit were left scrambling with how to deal with the loss of a major character.
While writers held emergency meetings on dealing with the loss of Finn, one definite move has been made: Season 5 will start later than originally planned.
Just Jared reports that the cast and crew of the series will take a break to mourn Monteith's death and cope with the loss before returning to the set. 'Glee' is set to resume filming for Season 5 in August. The fifth season of the show is set to premiere on Thursday, Sept. 26.
Casting shakeups -- aside from the obvious loss of Monteith -- were already slated for Season 5. Dianna Agron, Heather Morris and more regulars were dropped from the cast, while they do have options to return in a guest starring capacity. Meanwhile, two new characters, a "cute and quirky" 20-something named Jenny and a new African American student, are on the table.


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Our container lemon tree-- after three years of failing to yield fruit-- has finally given us some lovely lemons. They are ready, so when I saw Ina Garten making this version on a recent episode on Food Network, I realized I had lots of fresh rosemary and lemon growing in my own backyard.
I "halved" the recipe, by using just one chicken-- this would make 4 servings, and cold chicken is fine by us as leftovers. Using simple ingredients (which is why I love Ina's recipes)-- good olive oil, kosher salt, lemon zest, lemon juice, fresh garlic and pepper, I mixed a paste. This was slipped underneath the skin.
Next, I added a couple of sprigs of fresh rosemary and some thinly sliced lemon. The chicken was folded in half and wrapped in plastic wrap and refrigerated for at least an hour.
Ina also grilled fresh cherry tomatoes, drizzled with olive oil and seasoned with kosher salt & fresh ground pepper. Instead of using skewers, I used a grilling basket. I think this is so much easier and I don't have to worry about tomatoes slipping off or in between the grill.
We used the Weber for the chicken-- which was painless to make. 15 minutes one one side and then 15 minutes on the other. Perfection!
We bought freshly picked corn for fifty-cents each for our local, organic farm stand-- right down the road. We both love the nutty flavor of grilled corn.
The chicken was moist and flavorful-- and the rosemary and garlic was a perfect marriage with fresh lemon juice and zest. This is why Ina Garten is top on my list of favorite chefs-- simple, fresh, easy and very delicious. Next time, I'm going to add a pesto to this and I have no doubt this will take the chicken to the next level!
Ahhhhhh. Dinner for two!
For dessert-- I'm enjoying another Ina Garten recipe-- Peaches & Blueberry Crumbles.


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At the beginning of September, Hans Blix, head of UNMOVIC, the latest UN commission for verifying Iraqi disarmament, poised to report his new team's readiness to go into Iraq. He is mild and diplomatic. His team is multinational, directly employed by the UN, and Anglo-Saxon lite compared with that of his predecessor, Richard Butler. It is almost certain that the Iraqis will refuse them entry, just as Butler and the UN Special Commission on Iraqi disarmament (UNSCOM) were thrown out in 1998.
Shooting the messenger is an old, established diplomatic custom, of course, and not just in the Middle East. Butler, the Australian diplomat who headed UNSCOM, found himself generally vilified, including by some who would be quite happy to shake hands with Saddam Hussein himself. The Iraqis would have given anyone in Butler's job a hard time, but many of his former colleagues think he went out of his way to give them an incentive.
Lest anyone think that Butler's rebarbative personality was the sole cause of Iraqi intransigence, it is worth remembering that it was under his predecessor, Rolf Ekeus, that UNSCOM discovered Iraq's concealed nuclear program, and that Saddam Hussein's defecting son-in-law, Hussein Kamel, revealed the horrifying details of massive and concealed Iraqi production of anthrax, botulin and other unsavory–and illegal–weapons materials. Indeed, just before Ekeus retired, an Iraqi had wrestled with the pilot of a UN aircraft to prevent an overflight spotting of the removal of materials from a site about to be inspected.
As Butler is at pains to remind us in The Greatest Threat, he was an unlikely imperialist cowboy. A strong supporter of the Australian Labour Party, with a long and successful record in disarmament, he was originally as skeptical of Washington as one would expect, given the US record on the subject. Indeed, he reveals that at one point the Reagan Administration demanded that he be dropped as the Australian disarmament ambassador. And his Australian republicanism did not make him automatically deferential to a British Conservative government.
As he demonstrates, Butler's record showed that he could indeed be both diplomatic and effective. He helped broker a successful extension of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and, faced with Indian intransigence over the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, he plotted and carried out an end run by moving the draft resolution from conference, where it needed unanimity, to the General Assembly, where it was adopted by an overwhelming majority. Needless to say, the United States has yet to ratify the treaty, even as it has urged it on others, like India. That incident should have given Butler pause about his new allies; instead, Madeleine Albright became his best friend.
In some ways, it is strange that someone who achieved so much for the cause of disarmament should have become such a hated figure on the left. As Butler so often points out, neither the imposition nor the maintenance of sanctions against Iraq was his decision. When he reported that the Iraqi regime was lying and dissimulating about its weapons programs, he was almost certainly right, and his predecessor had said the same.


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There's the very real chance Lee County and Fort Myers will lose the Boston Red Sox as a tenant, but don't say county commissioners don't think big: they want to bring in a third team along with the BoSox and the Minnesota Twins. That would put four teams in the general region (the Tampa Bay Rays are moving spring-training operations to nearby Port Charlotte next year). It is an interesting strategy: while the Red Sox inch closer to a Sarasota move (both sides have exchanged terms for a move; Sarasota County is slated to make a counteroffer this week). At this point it's all wishful thinking: there doesn't seem to be enough money to building the Red Sox a new facility, never mind the money to build a facility for two. (Plus, we're not quite sure the Red Sox want to share a facility, what with a solid offer from Sarasota already on the table.) The issue isn't whether the market can support three teams — it can — the issue is whether Lee County and Fort Myers have at least $100 million for new facilities. More from the Fort Myers News-Press.
Lee County: Let's bring in another team
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AHL Game Day: 3-18-12 Admirals at Checkers
The record goes down, and it goes down hard.
Jaroslav Janus stopped all 20 shots he faced for his 10th consecutive victory. It's also his first shutout of the season, and he pushes his save percentage up to .909 for the year.
First Period
NOR Conacher, (33) (Kostka), 11:25
NOR Johnson, (27) (Palat, Panik), 17:14
Second Period
NOR Hutchings, (2) , 5:38
Third Period
NOR Panik, (18) , 6:53
NOR Conacher, (34) (Panik, Johnson), 8:07 (PP)
Cory Conacher, Richard Panik, and Janus were the game's three stars.
Conacher scored on a fortuitous bounce that went through Justin Peters for the game opening goal and then a shot from the right wing circle on the power play on a busted play that was supposed to go into the slot. The most impressive play of the day to me, though, was when he picked up 196 pound defenseman Michal Jordan and threw him to the ice like a piece of garbage during a goal mouth scrum.
You're going to see Panik's breakaway goal on youtube. The Panik attack came in the form of a deke to the right where he came back through his legs and roofed it going top shelf to his left. So much skill there for a guy who is also so strong on his skates. He had a 3 point night tonight to put him at 18 goals and 37 points in 54 games. To put that in perspective, Carter Ashton had 19 goals and 35 points in 56 games before he left the Admirals. The two are now tied for 15th in rookie scoring in the league, and the emergence of Panik and Tyler Johnson, who set an Admirals goal scoring streak record tonight, is what made Ashton expendable, to a degree.
So, the Admirals now own the all-time AHL record for a single-season winning streak at 18 games. They also tied the mark set by Syracuse a few years back of 18 wins that they spread over 2 years winning 15 to end one season and 3 to start the next. Norfolk can break that record, too, with a win against Albany on Friday. That's the last bit of streak business that's left to take care of before they need to divert their attention to locking down their division and the conference, and getting into the playoffs healthy and ready to smoke through the early rounds quickly.
I'll have a separate story up later on the streak from the perspective of Bolt Prospects and the Lightning organization sometime within the next day or two. Suffice it to say, there's a reason why we have spent the past 6-1/2 years or so doing the website, and days like this validate the effort.
With St. John's losing to Manchester today, Norfolk opened up a 10 point lead in the conference with the IceCaps holding 3 games in hand. So, Norfolk now controls its destiny in the conference with a key weekend set against St. John's still on the schedule. Norfolk also maintained a 10 point edge on the Pens in the division, with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton holding a game in hand. Remember, the AHL reduced its regular season schedule to 76 games starting this year, down from 80 in order to reduce heavy scheduling and promote better player health. So, Norfolk has just 10 games left on their schedule before the postseason, so the magic numbers are going to come up really quickly now for clinching. Norfolk's remaining games are against: Albany (3 games), Binghamton (3 games), St. John's (2 games), Adirondack (1 game), and Wilkes/Barre-Scranton (1 game). So only 3 of Norfolk's remaining contests are against teams that would make the playoffs if the season ended today. Advantage: Admirals.
Oh, and all 5 goals today came from rookies. If Jon Cooper's not the AHL Coach of the Year this year, then obviously the award is trash.
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Cheilinus undulatus
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835
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|Endangered A2bd+3bd ver 3.1
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|Russell, B. (Grouper & Wrasse Specialist Group)
|Sadovy, Y. & Cornish, A. (Grouper & Wrasse Red List Authority)
The Humphead Wrasse is widely distributed but is nowhere common, naturally. Densities rarely exceed 20 fish per hectare in the preferred habitats of outer reefs; more typically not more than 10. Wherever it is fished, even if only moderately, density quickly declines to 25% or less of peak densities recorded at no fishing – this is known from 24 different studies based on fishery-independent data from 11 range states (Sadovy et al. 2003). It appears to be extirpated from several edge of range locations (Sadovy et al. 2003). It is particularly heavily exploited (i.e., high levels of fishing pressure) at the centre of its range in southeastern Asia where its coral reef habitat is most abundant, and particularly in key supply countries for the live reef fish trade, Malaysia and Indonesia, and out of Palawan, its stronghold in the Philippines. In these countries all available fishery-dependent and trade-related data suggest declines over 10–15 years in exploited areas of 10–fold or more with fish now considered rare in areas where once it was common. Buyers of this fish are continually having to source new areas as numbers decline and the pattern of fishing reported is one typical of rapid serial depletions. Much of the capture in all major source countries for live fish are of small fish, mainly juveniles, according to all reliable accounts. Moreover, juveniles are the preferred size range for retailers of live Humphead Wrasse. Severe declines have also been noted nationally wherever the species is taken by speargun at night. Such is the concern for this species that it is one of the only reef fish protected by name (i.e., species name) across a range of countries. It is everywhere accessible to live fish catcher boats which can visit the most remote locations at will. Some spawning aggregations have been noted to decline or have disappeared in eastern Malaysia and Australia.
The total global catch of this species is estimated to be no more than 400 mt annually (Sadovy et al. 2003), yet despite this low volume, severe declines are noted in all places for which data are available and occurring very soon after fishing begins, reducing numbers by more than 50% (see country accounts and summary table) (both fishery-dependent and fishery-independent) and where management is not effective. Much of the trade is now in juvenile fish which is the preferred market size for live fish. It is severely reduced anywhere that it is fished unless a) it is effectively managed, b) there is no export trade or night spearfishing, and c) it is not included in marine protected areas. It is a species that appears to be highly conservation-dependent. There is no regional fishery management authority for this species and FAO does not collect data on it.
The listing of this species as Endangered is based on a population reduction of at least 50% over the last three generations (approximately 30 years) based on an index of abundance and actual or potential levels of exploitation (A2bd). The declines are predicted to continue or even accelerate because of the likely growth of the live fish export trade (A3bd).
This species can live at least 30 years (25 for males and 32 for females) and becomes sexually mature at six years (J.H. Choat, C.R. Davies, J. Ackerman and B.D. Mapstone, unpublished manuscript). This means that its generation time is expected to be in the order of 10 years and that the rate of intrinsic population increase is likely to be low; natural predators are few and natural mortality rate was determined to be 0.14 or less (J.H. Choat, C.R. Davies, J. Ackerman and B.D. Mapstone, unpublished manuscript). The species is particularly vulnerable because the bulk of the fishery for live fish, at least in east Malaysia, southwest Philippines and Indonesia (the major suppliers for the live reef fish trade and the centre of the species' range) is selective for juvenile sized fish since this is the preferred size class for consumers and gains the highest prices. This selective fishery for animals below but close to the size of sexual maturation has the potential to severely reduce the reproductive capability of exploited populations. The species cannot be artificially cultured (i.e., hatchery produced) to relieve fishing pressure.
The declines are projected to continue or worsen in key source countries for live fish because:
a) The species is one of the two most highly valued fish, economically, in the luxury live reef fish trade on a per kg basis;
b) Of the probable intrinsic vulnerability of such a large and long-lived reef fish, that is also hermaphroditic with relatively few adult males, and an aggregation-spawner, to overfishing; and
c) In places where the species has declined but is still actively sought, fishers only find a few fish a month or a year, at most;
d) The projected growth in the live fish trade, especially into mainland China in the next few years.
Finally, despite regulations in many places, there is much illegal, unregulated and unmonitored trade, according to many verbal accounts by fishers and traders and there is no regional management authority actively engaged in managing this small fishery and FAO does not collect data on it. It only remains abundant where protected or not fished at all. Protective legislation in most places appears to be ineffective.
See the Supplementary Material for a summary of the population data derived from fishery-indepent and fishery dependent sources.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The Humphead Wrasse is widely distributed on coral reefs and inshore habitats throughout much of the tropical Indo-Pacific, from western Indian Ocean and Red Sea to southern Japan, New Caledonia and into the central Pacific Ocean (see the Supplementary Material for a distribution map). In Australia, it occurs on offshore reefs of north-western Australia and the Great Barrier Reef (Pogonoski et al. 2002). It is rare in the southern part of the Great Barrier Reef in the Capricorn-Bunker Group (Russell 1983) and at Middleton and Elizabeth Reef (Gill and Reader 1992). This species appears to occur predominantly at depths of less than 100 m. It is not known from the Hawaiian Islands, Johnston Island, Easter Island, Pitcairn Is., Rapa or Lord Howe Islands, Kermadec or Australes Is., and evidently does not occur in the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, Reunion Is., Mauritius or Rodrigues Is.
Adults are known to occur largely on outer reef areas, often in association with channels and passes. Spawning aggregation sites have been reported from outer reef areas.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:American Samoa; Australia (Ashmore-Cartier Is., Lord Howe Is., Queensland); British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago); Cambodia; China; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Comoros; Cook Islands; Disputed Territory (Paracel Is., Spratly Is.); Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Fiji; French Polynesia (Tuamotu); Guam; Hong Kong; India (Laccadive Is.); Indonesia; Israel; Japan (Nansei-shoto); Kenya; Kiribati (Gilbert Is., Kiribati Line Is.); Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mayotte; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nauru; New Caledonia; Niue; Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Pitcairn; Samoa; Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somalia; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; United States Minor Outlying Islands (Wake Is.); Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Wallis and Futuna; Yemen
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – western central
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|Abundance estimates on northern Queensland (Australia) reefs are 2.5–3.5 adults per 8000 m² (Choat in Pogonosky et al. 2002).
There are no data on total numbers of this fish globally. However, adults are largely limited to outer reef areas which are a small proportion of the total reef area within its distribution and, even in preferred habitats, densities are very low for a commercially exploited species (rarely > 10 fish per 10,000 square meter when not fished). It is considered uncommon to rare naturally. Nothing is known about the extent of subpopulations or degree of fragmentation but available suitable habitat is a major determinant of its distribution. Some edge of range extirpations are suspected.
The species is hermaphroditic, changing sex from female to male. The sex ratio of samples and fish observed in the field is female biased. Under IUCN criteria for mature individuals, there should be a correction made to factor in the sex bias which effectively reduces substantially the estimates of fish numbers included in this assessment.
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|In one study, small post-settlement humphead wrasses were found in a species of seagrass (Enhalys acoroides), four species of hard coral (three Acropora spp. and Porites cylindricus), and in the soft coral Sarcophyton sp. (branching form; M.A. Tupper, pers. comm.). After settlement, juveniles and adults live associated with reef or near-reef habitats of seagrass beds and mangrove areas, with juveniles typically inshore and the largest individuals found in deeper waters of outer reefs or lagoons (Myers 1999). Juveniles of 3–20 cm TL, and larger, occur in coral-rich areas of lagoon reefs, particularly among live thickets of staghorn, Acropora spp. corals, in seagrass beds, murky outer river areas with patch reefs, shallow sandy areas adjacent to coral reef lagoons, and mangrove and seagrass areas inshore (Randall 1955, Randallet al. 1978, Myers 1999, J.H. Choat, pers. comm.). Recruitment patterns may vary considerably between years (M.A. Tupper, unpublished data). Adults are more common offshore than inshore, their presumed preferred habitat being steep outer reef slopes, reef drop-offs, reef tops, channel slopes, reef passes, and lagoon reefs to at least 100 m. They are usually found in association with well-developed coral reefs (Vivien 1973, Randall et all. 1978, Winterbottom et al. 1989, Allen and Swainston 1992, Sluka 2000). Typically they are solitary or paired, but have also been noted in groups of 3–7 individuals (Donaldson 1995). They appear to be somewhat sedentary in that the same individuals, indentifiable by distinct natural markings, may be seen along the same stretch of reef for extended periods. Indeed, many commercial dive sites have their 'resident' Humphead Wrasse, a favoured species for divers. Natural densities are evidently never high, even in presumed preferred habitats. For example, in unfished or lightly fished areas, densities may range from two to rarely more than 10–20 individuals per 10,000 m² of suitable reef. In fished areas, however, densities are typically lower by tenfold or more, and in some places fish no longer appear to be present.
Accounts of reproductive activity in the field reveal that, depending on location, this species spawns between several and all months of the year, in small or large groupings, that spawning coincides with certain phases of the tidal cycle, and that groups of spawning fish can form daily, at a range of different reef types. Spawning areas and aggregated adults have been noted regularly along specific sections of reef, sometimes associated with no obvious topographical features, sometimes close to the shelf edge on outer reefs, or adjacent to exposed reef passes near fairly steep drop-offs, or on mid-shelf (unspecified) reefs (P.L. Colin, J.H. Choat, R. Hamilton, S. Oakley, pers. comms.). The species is evidently a daily spawner that probably does not migrate far to its spawning site(s), spawning for extended periods each year, i.e., a 'resident' spawner (Domeier and Colin 1997, P.L. Colin, pers. comm.): groups of up to 150 fish were observed in Palau along the shelf edge in a loose aggregation.
Probable spawning aggregations have also been noted on Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Fiji, New Caledonia, and in the Solomon Islands. Although spawning was not always observed, aggregated fish were ripe, or exhibiting behaviour likely associated with spawning. On the GBR, aggregations of up to 10 large males and 20–50 smaller fish (35–95 cm TL) were noted (J.H. Choat, pers. comm.). GBR aggregations from the Ribbon Reefs and north of Jewell Reef, once noted to include hundreds of fish, are no longer known at the same sites (Johannes and Squire 1988, L. Squire, pers. comm.).
The longevity of this species is up to at least 32 years, with females outliving the males (the oldest female recorded was 32 years), and sexual maturity is reached at about eight years of age (Choat in Pogonosky et al. 2002). Histological studies show that sexual maturation is reached at a size of between 40 cm and 60 cm total length (Sadovy, unpublished data). This species is thought to be a protogynous hermaphrodite, with sex reversal occurring at about 15 years of age (Choat in Pogonosky et al. 2002). At a total length of approximately 111 cm (Lau and Li 2000). Males grow very rapidly (Choat in Pogonosky et al. 2002).
It feeds on a variety of molluscs, fishes, sea urchins, crustaceans and other invertebrates (Randall et al. 1997).
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Threats include:
1) Intensive and species-specific removal for the live reef food fish export trade of a naturally uncommon and vulnerable species;
2) Readily accessible to spearfishing at night with SCUBA or hookah (i.e., compressed air) gear, and easy to catch with cyanide, or other poisons such as Derris trifoliata, due to predictable adult habitat and shallow depth range;
3) Lack of coordinated, consistent national and regional management largely due to limited management capacity and the sometime secretive nature of traders – in particular there is no relevant regional fishery management authority to address problems with this species;
4) Selective fishing, in particular the intensive take of juveniles for direct export sale and for grow-out (also referred to as 'culture' – the species cannot be hatchery reared; and
5) Illegal, unregulated, or unreported (IUU) fisheries (Donaldson and Sadovy 2001).
In addition, the species' essential coral reef habitat is seriously threatened by human activity throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Destructive fishing practices, such as sodium cyanide use which stuns animals for capture and incidentally kills living coral, have been well documented and are spreading in the Indo-Pacific region (Barber and Pratt 1998, Burke et al. 2002, Bryant et al. 1998, Johannes and Riepen 1995). Despite its prohibition in many countries (including major exporters such as the Philippines and Indonesia), cyanide is still the preferred method for capturing certain live reef fish for international trade in some areas (Burke et al. 2002, Bryant et al. 1998, Johannes and Riepen 1995, Barber and Pratt 1998). Indeed, larger Humphead Wrasse are difficult to catch any other way, other than by night-time capture. When cyanide is applied, the fish often retreats into a crevice and becomes increasingly lethargic as the toxin reduces its ability to take up oxygen. Divers may break away the living coral to get access to the hiding area, and remove the fish to clean water where it will often recover for shipment or holding in net pens.
The most serious threat to this species is overfishing for the live fish export trade. They are mainly taken live for food – only rarely for the aquarium trade as far as can be determined. This species is long-lived and naturally uncommon, and if it is similar to other reef fishes of similar size and biology (e.g., sequential hermaphroditism; aggregation-spawner) it is expected to have low rates of replacement and therefore be particularly vulnerable to fishing pressure (Donaldson and Sadovy 2001). Moreover, being one of the largest of all reef fishes, they have few natural predators which means that fishing mortality may rapidly exceed natural mortality, possibly accounting for the rapid declines noted once fishing intensifies.
Although data are not available from throughout its range, wherever there are significant exports and no effective controls, fish numbers have declined substantially within a decade or less and exploitation rates are expected to continue, or more likely, intensify. There are few refuges for this species since live reef fish carriers have access to all reefs where it occurs and it does not extend into very deep water, probably little more than 60 m. Adults only occur in reasonable numbers where the fishery is effectively managed or where they occur in marine protected areas.
There has been speculation that Humphead Wrasse, and other reef fishes, can be cultured or "farmed" to meet international demand. However, it appears that the use of cultured fish may actually pose a threat to wild populations in certain circumstances since it does not involve hatchery production (not yet possible for this species and unlikely to be possible at commercial levels for many years according to experienced aquarist M.A. Rimmer, pers. comm.) but the grow-out of wild sourced juveniles.
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Western Australia – complete protection since May 1998 because stocks determined to be insufficient and susceptible to overfishing. From December 1st, 2003, Coral Reef Fin Fish Management Plan (for Queensland waters, including the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park) prohibited all take and possession of Humphead Wrasse, other than for limited educational purposes and public display.
Permits are required for the sale of this species in Guangzhou province, southern mainland China – for conservation purposes.
Fishing permitted if:
- Done by researcher (with research permit) for the purpose of scientific and mariculture development, as well as by artisanal fishers (with specific fishing permit).
- Allowable weights are 1 to 3 kg. Fish with weight less than 1 kg and more than 3 kg should be used for mariculture and/or freed to nature.
- Allowable fishing methods for catching humphead wrasse are hook and line, fish trap and gill net.
- With regards to artisanal fishers involve in fisheries business partnership, the fishers should sell the fish to its collector partners.
- Collector and exporters should develop a rearing and culturing facility in the collection site which is equipped with staff knowledgeable in reef fish culture.
- Provincial Fisheries Services much monitor, control and report on permits and volumes 3-monthly but no data were available despite multiple queries and are apparently not collected.
All exports ofumphead Wrasse were banned in 1995, largely due to concern for recreational diving, a sector that values this species.
The interference, take, kill, or bringing to shore of the Humphead Wrasse is prohibited without written approval.
Illegal to fish, buy or sell humphead wrasse < 64 cm TL. Illegal to export Humphead Wrasse irrespective of size.
Papua New Guinea
There is a 65 cm minimum size limit for exporting Humphead Wrasse but this does not prevent fishers from catching and holding smaller Humphead Wrasse in cages (culturing) until they attain 65 cm TL. All live fish operators are required to obtain licenses.
Exports of all live fish are technically prohibited from throughout the Philippines but this part of the code is evidently not implemented. Until recently Humphead Wrasse could not be exported from Palawan with an exemption for the taking of small fish for mariculture. The Palawan regulation is pending reconsideration. There was much illegal movement of this species outside of Palawan for subsequent export.
This species is listed on CITES Appendix II.
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Blue-green algae bloom still toxic
MEADE — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is continuing to advise the public to avoid contact with water in Meade Lake in Meade County.
On July 30, KDHE issued a public health advisory after confirming a toxic blue-green algae bloom in the lake. Concentrations of algae in the lake exceed the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended level of 100,000 cells/ml for recreational water use. Elevated levels of toxins from the algae were also confirmed.
KDHE sampled the lake earlier this week. Sampling continues to exceed the recommended levels. Lake samples will be taken again next week and KDHE may revise or lift the public health advisory based on future test results. At the present time, the public health advisory does remain in effect. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has announced the lake will remain closed until further notice. However, the park area surrounding the lake is open.
KDHE continues to recommend the following precautions be taken at Meade Lake:
- avoid ingesting lake water;
- avoid swimming or wading in lake water;
- avoid consuming any fish or shellfish from the lake until further notice because fish shellfish may absorb toxins from the bloom; and
- keep pets from having contact with the water.
Contact with the water, such as wading or swimming, can cause a skin rash, as well as eye, ear and throat irritation. Ingestion or inhaling aerosols (such as from personal watercraft or boating) of contaminated water can cause diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, fever, fatigue and flu-like symptoms. If you develop similar symptoms after contact with the lake water, seek medical care from your healthcare provider.
Animals, especially dogs, can also become ill as a result of coming into contact with, or ingesting the water. If your pet becomes ill soon after contact with the water, contact your veterinarian right away.
KDHE and KDWP will continue to monitor the situation and rescind this advisory as soon as conditions warrant. If the public has any questions or concerns, KDHE can be contacted during normal business hours at 785-296-6603.
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Tax cap for schools increases to 4.6 percent
Increasing pension costs that are squeezing school budgets this year have a flip side: School districts will have an easier time raising more money through taxes without exceeding a state-imposed cap.
A report by the Empire Center for New York State Policy released Tuesday found that the average school district tax limit – once touted as a 2 percent cap – has increased this year to 4.6 percent because of a jump in teacher pension contributions.
In Erie and Niagara counties, a dozen districts will be able to seek tax levy increases of 5 percent or more without needing a supermajority of voters to approve the budget, according to an analysis by the conservative fiscal watchdog organization.
E.J. McMahon, Empire Center senior fellow, contends that a pension exclusion that was slipped into the tax cap calculation shortly before it was approved has undermined its effectiveness. Poor districts in the state, he found, are able to raise the tax levy even more than their wealthier counterparts this year because of the way the tax cap is calculated.
"The pension provision – added at the insistence of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver – diminishes the protection the law was supposed to provide for some of the state's poorest taxpayers," McMahon wrote after analyzing school district data provided to the State Comptroller's Office.
State law that took effect last year places a limit on the amount of money school districts can raise through taxes and requires districts to seek approval from 60 percent of voters if they want to exceed that cap. Although the base cap included in the law is 2 percent, it is calculated individually for each school district and allows items such as pension rate increases and new construction costs to be excluded.
This year, because school districts have been hit with a particularly large contribution rate increase for the state Teachers Retirement System, the allowable tax levy increase in many districts has gone up. Across the state, according to the Empire Center, school districts will be able to seek an average of 4.6 percent without a supermajority compared with an average of 3 percent last year.
"The solace for taxpayers is this is unusual and won't happen in most years," McMahon said.
That doesn't mean every district will seek to max out the tax cap. The Lancaster Central School District, for example, could seek a 5.99 percent increase in the amount raised by taxes next year. Instead, it will ask voters to approve a 3.96 percent increase in the tax levy when residents vote on the school budget later this month.
Other districts are proposing budgets that would raise almost exactly the amount of taxes the state limit allows. In Niagara Wheatfield, where voters rejected a proposal last year that exceeded the tax levy limit, district leaders have crafted a proposed $62 million budget that would increase the amount raised by taxes by 5.91 percent – just within the district's limit.
School Board members in Niagara Wheatfield debated cuts to kindergarten or other popular programs before settling on a district budget that trimmed teachers and made other cuts to stay within the tax levy limit.
David Albert, of the New York School Boards Association, contends districts need the pension exclusion to help make up for the jump in pension costs next year.
In some local districts, that contribution rate increase – which is paid as a percentage of teacher salaries – will mean millions more in pension expenses next year.
"We think it's critical that the exemption be there in the tax cap," Albert said. "Were it not for the exemption, schools would be making even more severe cuts in programs and services than they already are."
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With Brian Crookham
This Week's Edition: "Solving The Preseason Puzzle"
Preseason has started. Players report on February 1 and don't get to play for keeps until April 1 (or April 2 in the case of the Rapids). What is the point of 8 weeks of preseason you ask? Fitness and team formation are the themes and it takes some time to sort out both.
Remember those days of high school/college three-a-days where you ran until you puked and then maybe a little more? These days preseason fitness has become a precise science. The straight ahead running of the Cooper Test has been replaced by a variety of exercises designed to simulate real soccer movements and strengthen muscles that you actually use during these movements. At times watching a Rapids fitness session in preseason may look a little more like dance class than professional soccer practice.
The quality of work done in preseason can go a long way to prevent injury throughout the season. Players will always have to deal with injuries that are the result of contact but the goal is to minimize the chances of sprains strains and other nagging injuries that can cost players several games unnecessarily.
This process is complicated by the fact that players come in to camp with a variety of fitness levels. Many have been able to keep a good fitness base through winter workout programs. Some went directly to the surgeon when the season ended in November and come in less fit than they would like to be. Players who have gone overseas to train or have been in with their national teams seem to be ahead coming in but they may need to find a time for regeneration.
The challenge is to have some consistency while still trying to get everyone in a place where they can survive a 32 game season by the time preseason is over.
Since in most cases the fitness portion is often left to specialists coaches can spend most of their energy on selecting a final roster and trying to find a mix of those players that will be able to perform well together over the course of the season.
How do they get to that final mix?
The schedule has to allow for fitness work both with and without the ball opportunities to train in real soccer environments and must provide an adequate number of games to challenge players game-fitness levels while allowing the coaching staff to evaluate them under realistic conditions.
Although the goals can be simply stated many factors influence the final schedule. When scheduling preseason trips you have to consider the availability of opponents quality of training facilities and accommodations general climate of the area and even things like the altitude of the sites (believe it or not professional soccer players can get cranky when they are in poor conditions with no contact with the outside world for a couple of weeks at a time). When possible you would like to schedule opponents that replicate the different styles of play you will have to deal with throughout the year.
With the schedule set the biggest task at hand becomes forming a team that can put a competitive product on the field. Some teams come into the season with only a few question marks and a couple of players to replace. Another off-season full of player movement leaves this year's Rapids team with more than a few questions to answer over the next six weeks. That's ok it can be done. Last year San Jose's Dominic Kinnear did a remarkable job with a team that had its share of question marks. Not only was he able to bring in players that helped he also moved existing players into roles that maximized their value to the team.
There are a lot of players to choose from. Just before the Mexico trip the Rapids had as many as 40 players in training. Trades are still an option as well. The two long trips in Florida and Spain will give the staff their best opportunities to narrow down the field.
Since we haven't been able to see much of the goings on with the team to this point I think we should play a little game together to kill some time until the season starts. Over the next month you should print out a Rapids roster do some scratching and adding and form your own version of the team. There should be some reports on both first team and reserve games for you to look through. If it would get you into the spirit go ahead and iron your initials on your Rapids t-shirt while you play.
Unless you are drooling on your keyboard as you read this you can probably come up with the following without much trouble:
-The Rapids will play with at least 3 backs at least 3 midfielders and at least 1 forward. Add the goalkeeper in and you have 8/11 of your system solved. The hard part is the other 3/11 especially since the insertion of those 3 will both influence and be influenced by the style of the other 8.
-Four at the back? Does Pablo play on the back line? Three in the back are we wasting wide defenders that could get forward in a back four? Do we have wide players in the midfield that can help out or do they need cover all of the time?
-Five in midfield? Do we have 2 flank players who can go from box to box for 90 minutes? If so which players take on a holding role and who has more freedom to go. If it is four who is the odd man out in the center? Can Mathis pull the strings? Maybe it is a 4-3-3. How would that effect what qualities we need in the backs?
-One target forward? Two forwards? Which pair would compliment each other there? How about three a la Dallas? The Rapids seem to have plenty of front players on the roster. Who is going to score the goals now?
Consider these things as well. It is a World Cup year. Pablo and Cornell Glen will likely miss 6 weeks or more. Does this affect who you play and where you play them? Does it affect the number of players you keep at each position? Will the players you choose be able to adapt while up a goal down a goal up a man down a man or will major changes to the lineup be necessary in these situations?
You get bonus points if you can figure out what the entire 28 man roster should look like.
I will be working on my version and may even get off the fence and give you my choices when the team returns from Spain next month. Until then have some fun with it. The season is almost upon us.
Brian Crookham's "Stoppage Time" column runs exclusively on ColoradoRapids.com. Brian is the Assistant Technical Director for the Colorado State Youth Soccer Association and serves as color commentator for Rapids broadcasts on Altitude TV. Views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's and not necessarily those of the Colorado Rapids or ColoradoRapids.com. Send any questions or comments to Brian at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Hampstead man charged with alleged sex assault of young girlBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
June 13. 2014 7:45PM
PLAISTOW — A 71-year-old Hampstead man was arrested on charges he sexually assaulted a young girl over the course of a year and a half, police said.
Walter Carroll, 86 Main St., was arrested Thursday around 6:30 p.m. by Hampstead police.
Carroll is accused of sexually assaulting the girl several times between Sept. 1, 2012, and Jan. 31, 2014, beginning when she was about age 9, according to court complaints.
He is being held at the Rockingham County Jail in Brentwood.
Carroll made a brief court appearance via video in 10th Circuit Court, Plaistow Division, on Friday morning. He asked Judge Sharon DeVries to delay his arraignment so he could apply for a court-appointed lawyer.
"I don't understand all these procedures," Carroll said to the judge.
DeVries ordered that Carroll's bail remain at $50,000 cash until the arraignment resumes on Monday afternoon.
Police said that Carroll had been under investigation for several weeks. The girl is known to Carroll, police said.
"This arrest was the result of an aggressive investigation over the last several weeks, headed up by Detective Robert Kelley," Hampstead police Lt. John Frazier said in a released statement.
Court complaints say that Carroll allegedly made the girl watch a pornographic movie at least twice during the assaults. He is also accused of locking her bedroom door on one occasion and pinning her down against her will in order to assault her, a court complaint says.
Carroll faces 14 charges total. They include nine counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, two counts of felonious sexual assault, one misdemeanor count of false imprisonment and two misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
The aggravated felonious sexual assault charges are Class A felonies, each punishable by up to 10 to 30 years in state prison. The felonious sexual charges are punishable by 3½ to 7 years in prison.
No pleas have been entered.


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Saturday, July 21: Breezy. Partly sunny morning. Bend in the Road Beach is a popular spot in late morning. Swimmers in the water. Jumpers on the Big Bridge. There is the smell of suntan lotion on the beach. Oak Bluffs harbor is lit up at night by all kinds of lights: street lights, boat lights and flashlights.
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Wednesday, July 25: Cool morning. Tomato plants in Chilmark are lush and dark green. Young green tomatoes hang heavy. Cotton candy clouds drift quickly overhead. Deep blue sky. Low humidity. A forest of aluminum masts, big and small, line Edgartown harbor in the afternoon. Excellent visibility across Nantucket Sound.
Thursday, July 26: Partly sunny skies are forecasted. Chance of a shower throughout the afternoon. Maybe a thunderstorm.


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(ACN) Accenture Helps Insurance Companies
Accenture Plc. (ACN) is winning deals from insurance companies across the globe. Recently, the company won a deal from the Reale Mutua Assicurazioni Group of Italy to provide back office and IT services, expanding the company's business in Italy. Accentuire has agreed to provide multi-year back office assistance, policyholder data entry, claim settlement IT support and data entry processes related to the policyholder's account.
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The company has taken aggressive marketing strategy to enhance its business across the globe. Marketing and digital executives of Accenture are coming up with cost effective solutions for its clients to crack high-value business deals.
Accenture has been able to maintain a steady pace of deal wins over the last few years. This will provide the much needed support to the company's revenue base. The consulting and outsourcing business has made a meaningful contribution to the company revenue over the years.
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"Protect Children, Not Guns" Rally To Be Held On La. Capitol Steps By B.R. Lawmaker
On Wednesday, Rep. Regina Barrow (D-Baton Rouge) will be leading a rally at 1:30 p.m. on the State Capitol steps called "Protect Children, Not Guns."
Each year, hundreds of Children's Defense Fund Freedom Schools programs across the country participate in a National Day of Social Action coordinated by the CDF. This year the National Day of Social Action will take place on Wednesday. "I want to use this day of social action and civic engagement to teach our youth to engage in community service and to restore the importance of being an advocate for social justice," said Rep. Barrow. "Our youth are our greatest asset, we should always do all we can to protect them and this event is a step in the right direction."
CDF Freedom School scholars will march with signs of freedom from gun violence. Others will highlight national statistics and the last group will be presenting poems and personal accounts of gun violence and how it affects them. "This event will afford CDF Freedom School participants the opportunity to voice their thoughts and feelings concerning an issue that affects all Americans-gun violence," says Rep. Barrow. "One child or teen dies or is injured from guns every 30 minutes in America today."


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The Fall of Faerun
The Fall of Faerun - Forum
Dungeons & Dragons 3.5e - Forgotten Realms 3.5e
Hey I'm looking for 3-4 players to start my new campaign!!
Characters will start at level 5 with 6,000 gold and can spend up to 4,000 on any one item. Stats should be rolled as 5d6 and please NO Eberron and I would rather no Psionics but if you can come up with a convincing argument than i might be willing to let it in. Also please take into account the Weight of your player and his gear. I will be reasonable but if your trying to carry around a tent on your back than yeah you asked for it. And please no Evil character's.
Players should be ready to act out any character they create as this will be not just be a kick in the door kill any thing that moves game.[not that their wont be combat or that their is anything wrong with that =) ]. You may use any 3.5 book that you want besides the previously noted ones but i reserve the right to veto anything i think is too much or not compatible with my world.
The game will start in 2 week's time and I will be making my final chose 2 nights before that. I have already locked in one player but we still have all slots open. Front line or supportive, so good luck and get started!
hey guys please post all app's and roll's hear: http://www.myth-weavers.com/showthre...46#post6287246
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Demi Lovato: New Album Drops September 20!
Demi Lovato sits down for a live video chat with her fans held at the Cambio Studios on Thursday (July 21) in Hollywood.
The 18-year-old entertainer was joined at the studios by her younger sister, Desperate Housewives actress Madison De La Garza!
Earlier in the day, Demi shared on Twitter, "Yay! Can't wait for my BIG-HUGE-INCREDIBLY-EXCITING announcement on my live chat today!!"
The big news that Demi had to announce was that her new album will drop on September 20! We can't wait!
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will chair a pledging conference in late January seeking $1.5 billion to meet urgent humanitarian needs in Syria during the first half of 2013.
Ban is calling for donor countries to do more to alleviate the suffering of more than 5 million Syrians inside and outside the country, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said Friday.
He said the conference, hosted by the government of Kuwait in Kuwait City on Jan. 30, "is a timely and much-needed opportunity to address the funding gap."
Over 2 million people are displaced inside Syria and more than 540,000 have fled to neighboring countries. The U.N. refugee agency has warned that the number of Syrian refugees could double to 1.1 million by June 2013.


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Red Faction: Guerrilla is a 3rd-person, open-world action shooter set on Mars, 50 years after the events of the original Red Faction. Players will take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force. Throughout their fight for freedom, players will carve their own path, wreaking havoc across the vast, open-world environment of Mars, from the desolate mining outpost of Parker to the gleaming EDF capital city of Eos. Utilizing improvised weapons, explosives and re-purposed mining equipment and vehicles, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to tear through fully destructible environments in an unforgiving Martian landscape swarming with EDF forces, Red Faction resistance fighters, and the downtrodden settlers caught in the cross-fire. Red Faction: Guerrilla will also feature a robust multiplayer component, including several modes focused on destruction-based gameplay.
Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.
Demons of the Badlands will feature a destructive single-player mission arc that takes place in a new Mars landscape outside of the game's expansive world. The pack will be available on Xbox Live for 800 Microsoft points and PlayStation Network for $9.99.
Demons of the Badlands scheduled to be released on August 13th, 2009, with two additional content packs later this year.
- Open World Guerrilla Warfare – You decide who, when, where and how to battle. Utilize guerrilla tactics, improvised weaponry, and modified vehicles to lead insurgent attacks on EDF targets.
- Launch attacks based on your own gameplay style, take on missions in any order you choose, or engage in destructive activities to weaken the EDF's grip on Mars.
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The Canadian Heraldic Authority, as the creator of new official Canadian emblems, is responsible for modifications of the arms of Canadian provinces and territories as well as of the national arms.
The current official artistic rendition of the arms of Canada was made by Cathy Bursey-Sabourin, Fraser Herald and Principal Artist of the Canadian Heraldic Authority. This design shows, around the shield, the motto circlet of the Order of Canada. This version was approved in 1994, and it replaced the previous rendition, created in 1957 by Commander Alan Beddoe.
For more information on the arms and other symbols of Canada, we invite you to visit the Canadian Heritage website: Ceremonial and Canadian Symbols Promotion
The Governor General's flag is blue with the crest of the Arms of Canada in its centre. A symbol of the sovereignty of Canada, the crest consists of a gold lion wearing the Royal Crown and holding in its right paw a red maple leaf. The lion stands on a wreath of the official colours of Canada.
The flag was approved by Her Majesty The Queen on February 23, 1981, and it follows the general pattern of the Governor General's flag in use since 1931. The Governor General's flag takes precedence over all other flags in Canada except The Queen's and it flies wherever the incumbent is in residence. For example, if the Governor General is in Whitehorse for a meeting, the flag would fly from the building where the meeting is taking place, and then from the hotel where he or she is staying. The flag is also flown on the car the Governor General is travelling in.
On State visits abroad, the Governor General uses the Canadian Flag as a more universally recognized symbol of our country in place of the Governor General's flag.
The Viceregal Salute or Salute to the Governor General is a musical greeting and a mark of respect. It is performed officially in Canada in the presence of the Governor General.
The Viceregal Salute is composed of the first six bars of the Royal Anthem, "God Save The Queen", followed by a short version (the first four and the last four bars) of the National Anthem, "O Canada". The same format is used for Lieutenant Governors of the Provinces.
The Viceregal Salute was approved by Her Majesty The Queen in 1968.
When the Governor General makes an official visit abroad, "O Canada" is played as the musical salute.


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49 U.S. Code § 46109 - Joinder and intervention
A person interested in or affected by a matter under consideration in a proceeding before the Secretary of Transportation or civil action to enforce this part or a requirement or regulation prescribed, or an order or any term of a certificate or permit issued, under this part may be joined as a party or permitted to intervene in the proceeding or civil action.
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49 App.:1489.
Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, § 1009, 72 Stat. 796.
49 App.:1551(b)(1)(E).
Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 1601(b)(1)(E); added Oct. 4, 1984, Pub. L. 98–443, § 3(e), 98 Stat. 1704.
The words "proceeding . . . or civil action" are substituted for "proceeding . . . whether such proceedings be instituted . . . or be begun originally in any court of the United States" for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code and rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 App. U.S.C.). The words "prescribed . . . issued" are added for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code. The words "condition, or limitation" are omitted as being included in "term". The words "may be joined as a party or permitted to intervene" are substituted for "it shall be lawful to include as parties, or to permit the intervention of" for clarity. The text of 49 App.:1489 (words after semicolon) is omitted as surplus.
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In the middle of a clearing, on an altar, a legendary shape looms over the battlefield.
The Jade Fire Extinguisher.
Whoever obtains it will go down in legend. Two armies are ready to fight for their right to extinguish fires to immortality!
The castle dwellers stand ready and patient, their mechanic on a Ctulhu Walker.
As are the invaders.
It appears the pilot next to the Hero in this picture decided to come to battle armed only with a burnt stick. Interesting strategy.
The two heroes: The White Banshee, and The Dark Lawyer.
The first turns. Both teams move. Nothing too interesting. However, the gentleman soldier decides to run away sideways from the fight.
And the hero does it too! The Cthulhu Walker tromps over into invader territory.
The pilot smacks the Cthulhu Walker with his stick, and takes off three of his legs, and sends the mechanic face first into the hardwood of my overturned speakers.
Technology these days. So flimsy.
One of the Castle dwellers is hit by an arrow.
The White Banshee, using his Heroic Feat, grabs a wrench using his mind, and throws it into the throat of the cop. No one really liked him anyway.
The mechanic stands and kills the pilot with his wrench. (Sorry for the bad picture.)
An invader is shot by an arrow.
After a long chase, 2 invaders manage to chop a Castle Dwellers arm off. His eyes stare lifelessly at the Jade Fire Extinguisher. Irony!
A castle dweller kills an invader. This leaves only 3 invaders left.
The mechanic kills The Dark Lawyer with his wrench. It must have magical powers.
The 2 surviving invaders decide to do the honorable thing, which is to run for their ever-loving lives and never look back. However, the mechanic throws his magical wrench into the throat of the Gentleman Soldier. (At this point, I decided to keep the mechanic and use him in later battles. He's just too awesome.
And finally, after a long goose chase, the last invader is killed. A pitiful excuse for a battle from the Invaders, really.
The Overwatch of the battle after the last invader is killed.
The castle dwellers claim the Jade Fire Extinguisher, and everyone goes home happy.
Except, you know, the invaders.
(I know, the battle kinda sucked, I had no landscape, but I hope the write-up made up for some of it.)


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Sister Mary Dominic Lawrence, 80 - May 09, 2007
Sister Mary Dominic Lawrence OSM, who served Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in the early 1980s, died March 9, 2007, at Saint Juliana's Convent in Bognor Regis, England.
She was born on July 25, 1926, in London and raised as an Anglican. She received her bachelor of arts in education degree at the University of London and further education at the University of the West Indies. She served as a W.R.E.N. in the Royal Navy and became a Catholic at that time. She subsequently taught at Villa Maria School in Bognor Regis, where she came in contact with the Servants of Mary. She entered the Congregation of the Servants of Mary in London in 1953 and served as a missionary in Jamaica for 23 years.
She visited the United States in 1970 and ended up working at Marian High School in Omaha. She returned to Jamaica in 1973, but came back to Nebraska in 1978 and served as a parish minister in Wood River, Gothenburg and Cozad.
In 1983, she arrived in Rome, Italy, where she served as the generalate of the Servants of Mary as the general treasurer and archivist.
?She was diagnosed with cancer in 1988 while visiting in Omaha. After treatment and surgery, she lived over 18 more years.
?She returned to her native England and had served for the past 12 years in pastoral ministry in Sheffield.
?Her friends knew her as being artistic, an inspirational gardener and one who loved needlework and craftwork.
Sister Joy Weideman OSM, archivist for the Servants of Mary and long time friend, describes Sister Dominic as "an amazing woman who could do anything, a missionary in heart and mind who possessed a deep love for Our Lady."
She celebrated the 50th anniversary of her vows in 2004. She was buried in the Arundel Cathedral Cemetary-Arundal, England on March 20.
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State legislatures in Georgia and Alabama adjourned their regular sessions recently after considering several bills that will have an impact on farmers in the two states.
Officials with the Georgia Farm Bureau are calling the legislative session in that state a "positive" one for agriculture. While several bills addressing Farm Bureau priorities made their way to Gov. Sonny Perdue's desk for final approval, the biggest issues — water and taxes — will be addressed during the summer and in the 2008 session.
The Comprehensive Statewide Water Management Planning Act of 2004 charged the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) with developing a plan to outline how Georgia manages water. The EPD recently presented its final draft to the Water Council, which will send it to the Georgia General Assembly next January. By the end of the next legislative session, Georgia should have a new statewide water management plan.
A long-awaited measure to reform Georgia's tax code surfaced during the session as House Resolution 900, given the name "fair tax." This bill would allow Georgians to vote on a constitutional amendment that would eliminate nearly all state and local taxes, including property and sales taxes.
If enacted, HR 900 would replace these taxes with a comprehensive flat income tax of 5.75 percent, plus a new "business value-added tax" of 5.75 percent. The business value-added tax would function similar to a sales tax, but with very few exemptions. All current sales tax exemptions would be repealed by HR 900.
Georgia Farm Bureau officials expect much discussion on the tax issue in the coming months, and they say a study will be required to correctly assess its effect on agriculture.
The following bills affecting agriculture were passed by Georgia's General Assembly:
• House Bill 2, Fair Annexation Act. This bill represents a compromise that was reached between the counties and cities on how annexation disputes are handled. It replaces the current non-binding annexation dispute resolution process with a binding one. Counties and unincorporated residents now have an avenue to have their concerns considered if they are negatively impacted by an annexation proposal.
• House Bill 78, Agritourism. This bill specifies that agritourism is allowed on property subject to the Conservation Use Value Assessment covenant. Some farmers have been charged with breaching their covenants by charging admission for agritourism events, and this bill will address that problem.
• HB 101, Animal ID Confidentiality. This bill provides that information collected for the national animal identification system (NAIS) is confidential and not subject to disclosure.
• HB 122, Equine Feed Labeling Requirements. This bill requires that a bag of equine feed must list its actual ingredients on the bag.
• HB 186, Energy Bill. The bill provides a five-year sales tax exemption for equipment and parts used in alternative fuel production and processing facilities.
• HB 247, Well Bill. This bill provides that citizens in rural counties with a good well may opt out of hookups and fees for countywide water service.
• HB 321, Family Interest and CUVA Limits. This bill codifies a recent court decision regarding the 2000 acre CUVA limitation. It will allow an individual who owns part interest in a farm to only have that percentage count against the 2,000-acre CUVA limitation.
• HB 424, "The Alligator Bill." Language was borrowed from SB 239 to include some changes in workers' compensation definitions relating to farm laborers. The term will now include persons employed in the raising, feeding and caring for wildlife.
• HB 536, Truck Weights. Legislators previously granted a 5-percent variance on truck weights when hauling agricultural products to market. This bill will clarify the variances applied to single axle, tandem axle and total gross vehicle weight. In addition, it will reduce fines for exceeding the variances.
• SB 116, Change Qualifications for Forestry Commission Director. This bill will strike one sentence from code regarding the Georgia Forestry Commission and thereby eliminate the current requirement that the commission director hold a bachelor of science degree in forestry.
• SB 157, Grants for E-85 Gasoline Retail. This bill directs the Board of Natural Resources to establish a grant program to fund the cost of E-85 (ethanol) projects at the retail level.
• SB 165, Commodity Commissions. This legislation will clear up concerns about the establishment of commodity commissions for soybeans, canola, pecans, corn and vegetables and will affirm these commissions in state law.
• SB 263, Georgia Soil & Water Conservation Commission District Supervisors. This bill changes the way GSWCC District Supervisors are chosen.
Meanwhile, the Alabama Farmers Federations says its growers won a big victory during the final hours of the state's legislative session when Gov. Bob Riley signed HB 432, also known as the DOT Exemption Bill.
A coalition of the Alabama Farmers Federation, Alabama Cattlemen's Association, Alabama Poultry & Egg Association, Alabama Forestry Association and Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks have worked to get the legislation passed since the Alabama Department of Public Safety announced plans last year to require intrastate registration.
"Our members made passage of this bill a priority for the legislative session," Federation President Jerry A. Newby says. "Farmers from throughout the state, along with our staff members, have spent countless hours on the phone and in the state house talking to legislators to educate them about the bill.
"The overwhelming support we received in both the House and Senate shows their work paid off. We believe these regulations were intended for large commercial trucking operations, not family farmers. The passage of this bill keeps additional burdens and expenses from being placed on farmers who are hauling their own livestock or crops within the state."
Newby says the bill doesn't weaken any existing safety laws, but exempts farmers from added expenses for signs, medical cards, log books and other new DOT requirements, which would not have resulted in any added benefit to public safety.
The bill states, "Nothing in this act shall be interpreted to exempt any person from obligations to operate a motor vehicle in a safe and proper manner or to observe the rules of the road."
The House passed an earlier version of the bill which would have excluded all agricultural trucks as well as some other vehicles up to 26,001 pounds from U.S. Department of Transportation intrastate registrations.
The final version of the bill limits the DOT exemptions only to agricultural trucks, which must still abide by all other traffic laws and weight restrictions. The bill will take effect Sept. 1.
In other legislative action, hunting and fishing license fees in the state will increase next fall. The bill passed the Senate on the final day of the legislative session and was sent to Riley who is expected to sign the bill.
It raises the statewide hunting license fee from $16 to $24, and raises freshwater fishing license fees from $9.50 to $12. The increases will provide funding for the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to hire 19 additional conservation officers. It also includes cost-of-living salary increases for department employees.
A compromise bill, supported by the Alabama Farmers Federation, requires $500,000 from new license sales to be earmarked for research and approved by the department's advisory board.
Additionally, the compromise allows a $1 voluntary donation with license fees to be used for wildlife research. The bill becomes effective Sept. 1 if the governor signs it.
Legislators also passed a bill that will help reduce interest rates for farmers. The bill lowers loan rates for farmers at local banks by allowing the state treasurer to link agricultural loans from local banks to state deposits, thereby reducing interest rates for farmers and small businesses.
State Treasurer Kay Ivey worked with the Alabama Farmers Federation to secure passage of the bill which allows the state to invest a portion of state funds with participating banks in a below-market deposit, which links the deposit to a reduced-rate loan for eligible borrowers.
The linked deposit fixed-interest rate paid by the bank shall be 2 percent below the two-year constant maturity treasury rate.
Farmers or small businesses are only eligible for one linked deposit at any one time. The linked deposit amount shall not exceed $750,000 per borrower. The initial term shall be for two years and it may be renewed for three additional two-year terms. Riley is expected to sign the bill, which becomes effective Jan. 1, 2008.
Another bill approved by the legislature streamlines the filing of liens on farm products with the Alabama Secretary of State's office and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Known as the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filing bill, it allows an original, reproduced copy or signed copy of an effective financial statement to be filed with the Secretary of State. The new law also removes the requirement that farmers must provide their Social Security number for UCC filings.