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Competition Solos, Book 2Floyd O. Harris & Edmund J. Siennicki - Ludwig-Masters Publications
Competition Solos, Book 2Floyd O. Harris & Edmund J. Siennicki - Ludwig-Masters Publications
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Book 2 is a practical collection of competition solos, many of which are on state festival lists. Piano book includes alternate accompaniments for instruments of different pitch and therefore can be used for any instrument in the book two series. Each solo book also includes a play-along CD. Titles include: Barcarolle and Scherzetto; Flower of the Orient; King's Jester; Sparkles; Spirit of Victory; Two Short Pieces; Viennese Sonatina No. 1 (Allegro); Waltz from Album for the Young and Young Prince.
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Captain's Report
By Christopher Hughes
The FX HO has a low profile, smoother design which in my opinion is better suited for the more aggressive sporty type rider. With a lower, flatter profile the FX HO looks like she means business. I especially liked how Yamaha incorporated the wing mirrors into the overall design.
Seating Is Key
Before we look at what propels these PWCs through the water, we need to look at the seats, which happen to be one of the differences between the FX Cruiser HO and the FX HO. Both have a two part seating design, with an aft and main section. The FX HO has a low profile smoother seat design that's better suited for a sporty style of riding. The FX Cruiser HO on the other hand has seating designed more for comfort and support, with defined sections for all three riders and fully scalloped back support. When the aft seat section is removed, the rider has access to storage. With the removal of the storage bucket, there's access to the battery which can easily be removed and replaced. Also located in the area is the sump pump and exhaust/muffler components.
Checking the Beast's Ticker
When removing the main seat section, there's access to the belly of the beast -- the engine compartment. The engine is a purpose-built 1.8L 4-stroke, 4-cylinder high output marine engine. This engine is naturally aspirated and tuned to run on regular 87 octane gasoline. There is a fair amount of room around the engine and getting to the oil filter, the air filter, the spark plugs and most every component is quite easy.
The engine is connected via direct drive to the jet pump. What this means is that there is no transmission, no extra parts to go wrong or wear out, and no reduction gear. The drive shaft comes out of the engine and connects directly to the impeller which is incased in the jet pump unit. The impeller is stainless steel and has three blades with a 17.5-degree pitch forcing the water out a 155mm jet pump nozzle. The entire jet pump unit is manufactured from an aluminum alloy which significantly reduces corrosion issues. The only non-metal component is the reverse gate.
Neutral Feature
Back in the driver's seat is where an important new feature comes in to play. On the starboard side of the console is the reversing lever, right where it would be expected, but this one is different. To operate it, first squeeze the release handle, and then pull the level back. Now the PWC is in reverse and the bucket is deployed in front of the jet nozzle.
The feature is a mechanical neutral. Push the reverse lever forward and it will lock into place and in the new sight window on the lever will be displayed a green "N". The PWC is now in neutral. During my test, I left it in the position for several minutes while I finished off a few bottles of water. As advertised, it was a neutral; I didn't drift forward or aft. By squeezing the release handle and pushing the lever full forward, you are now in regular forward operating mode; a clever yet simple solution.
Back on the console we have our multifunction display which consists of a large easy to read analog gage with a digital display on the port side. The function buttons are located under the handlebars on the aft section of the console, this way the operator is not reaching over the handlebars to set the display modes. To the right of these button is the handlebar tilt lever, allowing one to raise and lower the handlebars to their preferred setting.
Room For Lunch and More
There is a total of over 30 gallons of storage spotted around the FX HO series with the largest being the forward compartment. It can be easily opened one-handed with a simple pull handle centered on the top of the cover. There is watertight storage on top of the console to port, that's ideal for keys, wallet, cell phone, etc.
Just forward of the driver is another storage area, large enough to fit a marine radio, and two bottles of water. We already touched on the rear storage under the aft seat.
Basic Specs
The FX HO series measures in at 140.2" (3.56 m) in length, has a beam of 48.4" and a height of also 48.4" (1.23 m). Each version has an 18.5 US gallon (70 L) fuel tank but the weights are slightly different. The FX Cruiser HO weighs in at 831 lbs. (377 kg) and the FX HO weighs in at 829 lbs. (376 kg), but these are dry weights, so your operating weight will be just north of 938 lbs. (425 kg).
In our test we recorded an average top speed of 62.6 mph at 7400 rpm while burning 13.6 gph which translates into 4.60 mpg for a range of 77 statute miles. Since there is no best cruise on a PWC, mainly because we don't drive them like boats, I did find myself at 5000 rpm most of the time which gave me an average speed of 32.6 mph, burning only 5.1 gph for a range of approximately 107 statute miles. We tested our time from 0 to 30 and recorded an average of 2.0 seconds.
As far as handling during the test, I did notice that the longer hull was a little more forgiving than the shorter previous model. The new units turn very aggressively when the rider wants them to if on the power, but they are also easily controllable and more stable in less aggressive turns. Something else I noticed was the smoothness of the ride. There is a smoother transition when crossing wakes and the hull throws the water and spray out to the sides, instead of bashing it into submission head-on.
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OK, so now you want to know how much. Well the MSRP for the FX Cruiser HO is $13,599 and the FX HO is $13,099. They are offered in Pure White with Carbon or Black Metallic and Deep Blue Metallic or Black Metallic, respectively.
Test Result Highlights
- Top speed for the Yamaha FX Cruiser HO (2019-) is 62.6 mph (100.7 kph), burning 13.6 gallons per hour (gph) or 51.48 liters per hour (lph).
- Best cruise for the Yamaha FX Cruiser HO (2019-) is 32.6 mph (52.5 kph), and the boat gets 6.46 miles per gallon (mpg) or 2.75 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 107 miles (172.2 kilometers).
- Tested power is 1 x 1812cc four-stroke four-cylinder.
- Time from 0 to 30 of the Yamaha FX Cruiser HO (2019-) is 2.0 sec. seconds.
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Dairy-Free Perfect Peach Ice Cream
This dairy-free ice cream tastes especially good made with fresh, locally grown peaches when they're in season. Experiment with this recipe by using other seasonal fresh fruits, including equal amounts of cantaloupe or honeydew chunks or berry mixtures.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Freezing time: 35 minutes
Yield: 10 servings
Special equipment: Ice cream maker
6 cups vanilla almond milk (or your choice of nondairy milk)
3 cups peeled and sliced fresh or frozen peaches
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons arrowroot starch
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
Process all the ingredients except peaches in a blender until smooth and creamy. Add the peaches next and pulse once or twice, creating small chunks of peach.
Freeze the mixture in a hand-operated or electric ice cream maker for approximately 35 minutes (or according to your machine's manufacturer's instructions) and serve.
For a stronger peach flavor, replace 1 cup almond milk with 1 cup peach nectar.
Per serving: Calories 159 (from Fat 16); Fat 2g (Saturated 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 151mg; Carbohydrate 35g (Dietary Fiber 1g); Protein 1g.


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Ironman 70.3 European Championship Elsinore – Elsinore, Denmark
Welcome to the spectacular and iconic IRONMAN 70.3 European Championship Elsinore – the perfect race to kick start your triathlon summer in 2020!
Only 35 minutes' drive from the Danish capital of Copenhagen, Elsinore is a city steeped in Scandinavian history and folklore. From Holgor Danske protecting Denmark deep within the casemate of the fairy tale Kronborg castle and the tragic story of Hamlet, to its modern Culture Yard, the winds of history swept through this fascinating city leaving endless opportunities for exploration and adventures.
Your journey will begin with a one loop 1.9 km swim course in front of the legendary stronghold, Kronborg Castle, in the Elsinore harbour.
The new Continental Tire bike course takes you on 90km through the woodlands and green open landscapes of North Zealand, before you set your sight on the coast line, and ride to an ovation in the city centre.
Run the 21.1 km through the cobbled streets of Elsinore's oldest neighbourhoods, finishing every loop along the majestic Kronborg Castle where the supportive sounds from the townfolk will carry you to victory.


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Kevin Rudd? Julia Gillard? Australians have a bigger problem4 min read . Updated: 27 Jun 2013, 05:02 PM IST
Personalities aren't Australia's problem, policies are
Personalities aren't Australia's problem, policies are
Australia has been called many things: Oz; the land Down Under; the lucky country. But the equivalent of a collateralized-debt obligation?
Canberra can't be happy to hear its AAA-rated economy likened to one of the reviled investment vehicles that blew up amid the 2008 global crisis. Yet the comparison is being made by some economists, who see the asset underlying Australia—demand from China—beginning to evaporate. No country is more vulnerable to the much-dreaded slowdown in China than resource-rich Australia. The mining boom that fueled nearly all of its recent growth is nearing a cliff of economic risk.
"Australia is a leveraged time bomb waiting to blow," says Albert Edwards, Societe Generale SA's London-based global strategist. "It is not just a CDO, but a CDO squared. All we have in Australia is, at its simplest, a credit bubble built upon a commodity boom dependent for its sustenance on an even greater credit bubble in China."
There's a bit of hyperbole in this view. But highly-advanced Australia is about to pay the price for growing so addicted to a developing nation. Exporting natural resources led to the neglect and atrophying of other critical sectors. It's created a two-speed economy: The commodities-rich western states and Queensland raced ahead on China's once insatiable demand for metals, while the rest of the country lagged behind. Now, even as mining giants BHP Billiton Ltd and Rio Tinto Plc continue to ramp up production, the price for Western Australia's iron ore has fallen to $115 per ton—a far cry from the $180 paid by Chinese steel mills when the Australian dollar was touching highs of $1.10.
Petty politics
Now that the easy China-driven growth is drying up, how are officials in Canberra responding? With a maudlin and distracting political soap opera. On Wednesday, the ruling Labor party ousted the unpopular Julia Gillard as prime minister. Her replacement, Kevin Rudd, is the same unpopular lawmaker Gillard ejected from the job in 2010. Treasurer Wayne Swan, frenemies with Rudd, quit. The ill-timed game of musical chairs has Australians and outside observers wondering what these last three years were about. Rudd's comeback probably won't stop opposition leader Tony Abbott from winning an election scheduled for September.
Personalities aren't Australia's problem; policies are. Whoever is in power needs to focus intensely on increasing investments in infrastructure, education and training. They need to revamp a high-tax system that encourages all too many of the workforce's best, brightest and most productive people to seek opportunities abroad. Officials in Canberra must think creatively about spreading the benefits of the vast wealth being amassed by mining companies. Rudd lost his post three years ago in part because of his proposed super tax on their profits; Abbott might well want to revive the idea.
Australia matters because it's in the vanguard of nations, rich and poor, who are grappling with how to adjust to a slowing China. As Chinese officials act to restrain runaway credit growth and rebalance the economy away from overinvestment and exports, China's growth is likely to be closer to 5% than 10%. This year's 28% tumble in iron ore prices since February is a harbinger of pain to come. So is the 11% drop in the Australian dollar this quarter alone.
The shockwaves caused by even modest attempts by China's central bank to clamp down on credit show how profoundly this downshift will affect the globe. It will result in slower growth from Japan to Brazil and slam industries like autos, chemicals, heavy manufacturing, energy and steel. If China needs to dump some of its $1.3 trillion of US treasuries to bail out state-owned banks, markets everywhere will quake.
Australia is a microcosm of what awaits the world. How officials respond will offer clues to policymakers everywhere.
Reform path
The key for Australia is to return to the liberalizing instincts of the 1980s and 1990s, when there was no behemoth gobbling up resources at record prices. Opportunities for transitioning back to a non-mining economy abound. Boosting funding for research and development will create high-paying jobs in technology, science and education. Australia boasts great exporting potential in agriculture, medical supplies and high-end machinery.
But progress in any of these sectors will require a level of political will and forward thinking that's been lacking for nearly 20 years.
Our worry is that tourism, manufacturing and other trade- exposed sectors haven't been investing for years now, having been brow-beaten by the unrelenting strength of the currency and the diversion of resources into the mining sector, says Ray Attrill, a currency strategy at National Australia Bank Ltd in Sydney. So it's not obvious these sectors are in a position to quickly plug the hole from which the hissing sound of a deflating commodity bubble is emanating.
There will be a premium on policy flexibility. Nimbleness is everything. That means taking an even bigger step away from the budget surpluses of the last decade and increasing fiscal stimulus. For Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens, it means adopting a less-dogmatic attitude toward inflation trends. A Chinese swoon, after all, will be a deflationary event globally.
Australia should indeed sell all the underground treasures it can to fast-growing developing nations. But in the long run, it's more important for the country to cultivate what's above ground. Australia's future lies in ideas, innovation and the ingenuity of its 23 million people—not in a China that's ripe for a crash. Bloomberg
William Pesek is a Bloomberg View columnist.


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MISENHEIMER, N.C. – A doubleheader sweep for Georgia College baseball (20-9) at Pfeiffer University (13-22) gave Bobcat baseball their 20th win of the season, picking up wins by 11-9 and 21-2 scores.
Offense was abundant for Georgia College Friday, as the Bobcats scored a total of 32 runs on 41 hits.
In game one, the teams were knotted up 7-7 after six innings. A bases-loaded hit batsman plated the go-ahead run, then the Bobcats put it further out of reach with a three-run eighth.
Taylor Hinshaw (Winder, Ga.) hit a solo home run, while John Welborn (Locust Grove, Ga.) and Ikaika Anderson (Austell, Ga.) added RBI singles in the inning.
Rob Hogenkamp (St. Louis, Mo.) went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI, while Jake Sandlin (Evans, Ga.) added a 3-for-5 effort, driving in three and scoring two. Clay Ardeeser (Loganville, Ga.) finished 3-for-6, driving in a pair and scoring one. Both Daniel Bick (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Steve Hazel (Kentwood, Mich.) posted two hits, Bick driving in three and scoring one with Hazel adding a run and RBI.
Bick and Ardeeser each added home runs, Ardeeser blasting a two-run shot in the third, Bick's three run shot coming in the fourth.
Reliever Christian Bragg (Augusta, Ga.) picked up the win (2-1), going 1 2/3 innings. Matt LaMothe (Troy, Mich.) got the final three outs for his third save this season. LaMothe now owns 10 career saves, making him sixth in school history, tied with Ron Thomas and Brian Brown.
The Bobcats were dominant throughout the 21-2 win in the nightcap, posting multi-run innings in five different frames.
Bick hit another home run as part of his 3-for-5 game, driving in three runs and scoring three times. Designated hitter Cody Maas (Alpharetta, Ga.) tagged two home runs, driving in six runs, finishing 3-for-5. Mikee Moore (Dunwoody, Ga.) added a solo shot, the first home run for him this season.
Sandlin, Hazel and third baseman Jeremy Donaldson (Winder, Ga.) each had three hits in game two. Donaldson drove in five while scoring three runs.
Righty starter Justin Blue (Mulberry, Fla.) shut down the Falcon bats in the win (6-2), tossing six of the seven innings while scattering six hits and two runs.
Georgia College now has 20 wins on the season, posting 20 wins per year since joining the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) in 1992. The last time Georgia College baseball finished under 20 wins was 1978, going 18-15-1.
The Bobcats finish the three-game set with Pfeiffer tomorrow, March 30 at noon.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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The driving rain slacked off but the roads were slick as I approached kilometre 41 of the bike leg, the start of the hills that dotted the area of Phuket's Supalai Resort and the Ao Kung Mangrove Conservation Project. I had the right timing shifting gears a few meters before the ascent. But when the gradient got too steep—I could hear my heart pounding in my ears because of the effort—and gravity threatened to topple me, I unclipped and joined a procession of about eight age groupers off their bikes trudging along uphill. And that was just the first of several hills.
The veterans among you might be snickering—Phuket ain't Alpe d'Huez—but cut me some slack. I'm new to triathlon. The tri bug bit in 2009, when I did my first 70.3 in Camarines Sur, Philippines as part of a relay team (I did the run). In 2010, at the 2ndPhilippine 70.3 (where I did relay again), my running coach, triathlete Ani de Leon Brown introduced me to Phuket IM 70.3 race director Roman Floesser.
An uphill challenge
Roman invited me to do the inaugural race that year, but I wasn't about to gamble my life on just three months of training. A year later, on December 4, 2011, I found myself standing on the shores of the Andaman Sea, bracing myself against a cool breeze as dawn rose before the swim start. Having done two half-Ironman distance races months earlier and checking out the bike course by car the day before (thanks to communications director Robin Wilson) did little to quell the butterflies in my tummy.
Filipino teammates who did Phuket in 2010 warned me about the steep uphills and the sudden turns on the downhills. A week ago, I heard that a compatriot crashed during the bike recon for the Laguna Phuket Triathlon and didn't get to race at all. I put in the hours of training for uphills on a course south of Manila, or so I thought. But when 41 to 44K of Phuket loomed large and dipped low on race day, I realised I didn't do enough. As I eyed the rivulets of rainwater running swiftly down the course and feathered my brakes, all I could think of was emerging at the end of the hilly loop at kilometre 45 in one piece.
I had no shame walking my bike uphill and ambling along downhill at one yellow-flagged descent. I wasn't alone doing this as the bedraggled lot of us exchanged encouraging words and wry smiles at the challenging situation we found ourselves in. We all had the same thought—to make the bike cut-off and finish with limbs and bike intact.
I was humming to myself with relief when I hit relatively flat road from kilometre 46 onwards. But hammering it out through the rubber plantations, the quiet villages, and the tourist enclaves wasn't in the plan. After Nathon Beach came another steep ascent at kilometre 80 (and I had no intention of bonking on the 21K). Boy, Roman and his team really made sure the triathletes enjoyed!
Tough weather conditions
By this time, the rain had stopped but humidity set in despite the cloud cover. As I shifted to light gears again to spin off the lactic acid in the last five kilometers, I was grinning from ear to ear when I arrived at transition, 3 hours 58 minutes after the start of my bike leg. I kissed my bike and the bike catcher laughed.
I felt great as I set off on my run, knowing my third half-Ironman distance was definitely in the bag. That night, my quads and hamstrings were a tad sore but not sore enough to keep me from partying hard at the bow tie and board shorts awards night. Will I do this race again? You bet.
Like this? Read our full Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championships 2012 race report.


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From the very beginning, the promise of Assassin's Creed was that players would be able to jump throughout time and take part in historical moments you rarely see in modern video games. Unfortunately, the series got a little sidetracked as it bounced from sequel to sequel. Instead of sending us on new adventures throughout time, Assassin's Creed began to repeat characters and eras. Worst of all, it focused too much on a Desmond Miles side story that ultimately went nowhere. By the time Assassin's Creed III showed up, the weight of the past games was too much to hold and the whole thing began to topple.
Based on the short turnaround, it's easy to be skeptical about Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. And yet, as cynical as I was going in, the game won me over by going back to the basics and giving me a compelling character to root for. This game showed me a time and place that has been all but forgotten by the video game industry, perfectly fulfilling the promise of the original Assassin's Creed.
Set a few decades before last year's Revolutionary War-themed installment, Black Flag ditches the red coats and opts for peg legs and eye patches. Instead of the snowy streets of Boston and New York, this game sets sail for burgeoning port towns like Havana, Nassau and Kingston. Perhaps the commercials are right; taking a Caribbean vacation really helped me get out of the rut left from Assassin's Creed III.
You play Edward Kenway, a privateer-turned-pirate who is on a quest for fame and riches. One day, while sailing the high seas, our hero is attacked by a man who turns out to be an Assassin. Of course, Edward doesn't know anything about this mysterious stranger. But that doesn't stop him from stealing the man's identity and inadvertently getting himself embroiled in a centuries-old battle between the Assassins and the Templars.
It doesn't take long for Edward to realize that he's gotten himself in way over his head, forcing him to flee the Templars, take a pirate ship and build up a crew of freed slaves. Along the way he learns the secrets of the Assassins and discovers men who claim to be hundreds of years old. And if that wasn't enough, he runs into the likes of Blackbeard, Benjamin Hornigold, Charlie Vane and other real life historical figures.
Of course, none of this is actually happening. If you want to get technical about it, you play a nameless employee at Abstergo Entertainment. It's your job to beta test an upcoming pirates-themed game the company is developing for UbiSoft. You do this by plugging into the animus, which is streaming samples taken from Desmond Miles' body. It's up to you to make sure the program runs smoothly and rate each memory.
Back in the animus, Edward takes command of his very own ship. This frees him to leave the large cities and explore the dangerous waters of the Caribbean. There are dozens of islands and noteworthy locations scattered around the giant map, each with their own hidden treasure chests, side-missions or bonus items. Players can also destroy and even board other ships in order to steal valuable resources. The ocean is your sandbox.
But don't get too comfortable, because sometimes the ocean can be a mean mistress. Edward will need to watch out for the occasional hurricane, water spouts, whales, and aggressive ships that don't like you sailing into restricted territory. If you can manage to overcome all that, you'll find that sailing in Black Flag is not only hugely satisfying, but it's actually freeing. There's a sense of peace when traveling long distances while listening to your crew sing sea shanties.
Everything becomes a lot more familiar when you dock in one of the large cities. Suddenly Edward is being asked to slowly follow a marked target or steal useful information from the enemy's camp. These are the types of missions we've come to expect from Assassin's Creed, and Black Flag trots out just about every variation they can think of. Thankfully, some of the more stale mission types are balanced by a new batch of boat-related memories. Just when I started to get sick of the usual Assassin's Creed nonsense, the game would change things up in new and interesting ways.
A lot of the credit needs to go to Edward, one of the franchise's most likeable characters. Even when he's at his worst, you understand his plight and want to see him make everything right. He's grounded by the memories of the life he gave up, which wraps up in an emotional and satisfying way. At the same time, Edward likes to have fun. He also has a lot of interesting insight to give and knows how to meet fascinating people. I had a great time getting to know all of the supporting characters and living in this time period we rarely see outside of the movies.
In a lot of ways, Black Flag is a much more streamlined Assassin's Creed game. Most of the extra modes and gameplay mechanics have been stripped out of this next-generation launch game. That's not to say that there aren't side missions, but most of the bonus content is new and more interesting than previous outings. I enjoyed freeing slaves, taking down enemy strongholds and doing whatever it took to upgrade my ship. On the other hand, I could have done without harpooning whales and the underwater diving sections.
I was even more surprised by how much I enjoyed the present day, first-person sections set in Abstergo Entertainment. As silly as it is, I had a lot of fun with how meta these sections were. It was fun to read internal emails discussing past games and looking towards the future. I chuckled at the way UbiSoft is represented. Hell, I even liked the all too brief (yet important) ties back to Desmond's storyline. And on top of some strong writing, these sections also offer a number of brain-teasing puzzles to solve.
Without question, Black Flag is the most colorful Assassin's Creed game yet. It doesn't hurt that this is the first game made for a next-generation console. The vibrant colors flood the senses, all while the peaceful wind blows the sand across the island beach. Yes, you're still brutally killing people, but at least it's set in one of the most beautiful settings on the planet.
Unfortunately, the game's visuals don't always hold up. That's not to say the game looks bad, because this is certainly the best looking Assassin's Creed game yet. But there are times when it's obvious it was designed for lesser machines. The game certainly looks good now, but I can only imagine how much better it will look when the sequel is designed from the ground up for the new hardware.
While UbiSoft is busy working on a proper next-generation sequel, I hope they will do more than upgrade the graphics. Some of the lingering mission types need to be retired going forward. For example, there are a few too many missions involving Edward tailing somebody. Two or three of these would be fine, but Assassin's Creed has a tendency to lean too heavily on some of the more outdated mission types. I like that it's broken up here, but it never hurts to add more variety next time around.
Beyond the weird science fiction trappings and the franchise cliches, Black Flag is a really great big-budget pirate game. And believe it or not, we don't get many of those. We're introduced to one of the most gorgeous locations in the world, with a cast of famous faces from the 18th century. Black Flag is not just a step in the right direction; it's the best installment since Assassin's Creed II.
Man the cannons and brace for impact, because Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is here to blow up any preconceived notions you had about the annual franchise. With a great cast of characters and a huge world to explore, this next-generation sequel is the best installment since Assassin's Creed II.
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Presidents' Programs
President's Program: Literacy Leadership and Librarian Flair: Engaging 21st-Century Readers with Three Award Winning Young Adult and Children's Authors
Saturday, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Come hear how Laurie Halse Anderson, Jacqueline Woodson and Alan Lawrence Sitomer are connecting with librarians in order to better enthuse young readers. Discover how to inspire students to embrace books, improve competencies, and build lifelong bridges to reading and literacy in the 21st Century. Attendees will hear the "inside" strategies used to grasp, excite and engage today's students.
President's Program: Advocacy in Today's Environment
Monday, 1:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Come here the Advocacy Guru, Stephanie Vance, and learn how to "work the system and beat the odds" at the ACRL President's Program at the ALA Annual meeting. Learn why advocacy matters, how you can advocate effectively for policy changes, develop a strong message, why you should follow up and continue advocacy efforts throughout the year. And most importantly, hear from Stephanie why you need to develop new ways to advocate.
President's Program: Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage
Monday, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
The question of who owns antiquities has caused much debate for centuries. Countries, archaeologists, museums, private collectors, and dealers bring diverse and opposing perspectives to impassioned discussions. Countries demand the return of ancient treasures while museums steadfastly assert their right to share artifacts beyond the country of origin. Can the former system of partage, in which the home country of the archaeologists and the host country share access to the artifacts, solve this problem? Join ALCTS President Dina Giambi as she welcomes James Cuno, President and Director, The Art Institute of Chicago, as he discusses his 2008 book, Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage.
ALSC Charlemae Rollins President's Program featuring Melba Pattillo Beals: Auditorium Speaker Series
Monday, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Join us for an inspiring address by civil rights heroine and author, Melba Pattillo Beals, during the ALSC Charlemae Rollins President's Program. At the age of 15, Ms. Beals walked her way into the history books in 1957 as one of the courageous students who faced down furious segregationists, the Arkansas National Guard and the Governor of Arkansas in order to integrate Little Rock Central High School. This historic event rocked the nation and forever changed her path. Ms. Beals is the author of Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock Central High School and White is a State of Mind... Freedom is Yours to Choose. In 1998, the nine students who integrated Little Rock's Central High School were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor, the nation's highest and most distinguished civilian honor. This is one program that every librarian should attend. ALSC is pleased to present Melba Pattillo Beals through the support of the Charlemae Rollins Endowment. Speaker: Melba Pattillo Beals, Author & Dept. Chair & Asst. Professor, Communications, Dominican University of California
ALTAFF President's Program
Saturday, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Debbie Macomber, the author of Back on Blossom Street, Susannah's Garden, A Good Yarn, The Shop on Blossom Street, Between Friends, and the Cedar Cove series, is one of today's leading voices in women's fiction. A regular on every major bestseller list with more than 100 million copies of her books in print, the award-winning author celebrated a new career milestone in September 2007, when the latest in her Cedar Cove series, 74 Seaside Avenue, scored #1 on the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly and Bookscan bestseller lists. Please join Debbie Macomber as she discusses her life as an author. This program will be followed by a book signing and books will be given away free.
ASCLA President's Program: Revitalizing the Library Experience
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
In a world where information is an off-shored commodity, where Google handles more questions in a second than a reference librarian will answer in a career, and where social gatherings have migrated to online networks, how can our libraries thrive, how can we demonstrate the greatest return on funders' investment? ASCLA President Carol Desch invites you to the President's Program to discuss these questions with library pundits Joan Frye Williams and George Needham, who will challenge you to rethink library services, turning some old stereotypes on their ears while making our work more valuable and more fun.
LITA President's Program: Make Stories, Tell Stories, Keep Stories
Sunday, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
In 2007, Erik Boekesteijn, Jaap van de Geer, and Geert van den Boogaard took off from DOK Delft Public Library to embark on a North American tour of libraries en route to the Internet Librarian Conference. Their popular video tour captured the passion and enthusiasm of the people working on library innovation in the States, a theme that they have recently repeated in Australia. Now it's time to tell their story. Come learn about innovations from our library colleagues in the Netherlands, and join Erik Boekesteijn (DOK Delft Public Library), Jenny Levine (The Shifted Librarian), and Michael Stephens (Tame the Web) as they discuss the current state and future of library innovation and the opportunities to learn from the vast network of international stories about library innovation. Speakers: Erik Boekesteijn, Jenny Levine, and Michael Stephens
LLAMA President's Program
Sunday, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
PLA President's Program and Awards Presentation featuring Cokie Roberts
Monday, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
PLA is pleased to announce that Cokie Roberts will headline the 2009 PLA President's Program and Awards Presentation scheduled for Monday, July 13, 2009 at 5 p.m. Cokie Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News and a senior news analyst for National Public Radio. From 1996 to 2002, she and Sam Donaldson co-anchored the weekly ABC interview program, This Week. In addition to broadcasting, Roberts, along with her husband, Steven V. Roberts, writes a weekly column syndicated in newspapers around the country by United Media. Both are also contributing editors to USA Weekend, and together they wrote From This Day Forward, an account of their now more than forty-year marriage and other marriages in American history. The book immediately went onto the New York Times bestseller list, following a six-month run on the list by Roberts's first book on women in American history, We Are Our Mothers' Daughters. Roberts is also the author of the bestselling Founding Mothers, the companion volume to Ladies of Liberty. A mother of two and grandmother of six, she lives with her husband in Bethesda, Maryland. PLA is pleased to present Cokie Roberts through the support of HarperCollins. Speaker: Cokie Roberts
RUSA President's Program
Sunday, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
RUSA President Neal Wyatt invites you to a discussion and exploration of the cutting edge of readers' advisory (RA) services. The Readers' Advisory Research and Trends Forum is a new RUSA initiative where ideas, best practices, and creative possibilities are actively engaged and deconstructed in order to contribute to the advancement of RA service. This year's themes include the changes in genre fiction, the DNA of multimedia appeal, and the RA 2.0 implications of reader driven tagging.
President's Program and Membership Meeting: Creativity Counts: Nurturing Teens' Resourcefulness at Libraries Large & Small
Monday, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
The 2009 YALSA President's Program will feature a panel of speakers who are sure to inspire the audience to engage teens' creative juices at their libraries. Whatever the medium - creative writing, photography, fine arts, music, theater, design, gaming, cartooning, digital media production - all of these endeavors can and should be nurtured and advocated by librarians who work with teens. This program will highlight the realistic potential of all types of libraries, both big and small.


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30 in 30: Drouin leads Lightning's top prospectsby Mike G. Morreale
Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman said there's no time like the present to give a few of his team's best minor-league and junior prospects a chance in the NHL.
"I just believe we have a few guys [in the system] who have played two and three years in the minors who have really excelled at the AHL level," Yzerman told the Tampa Bay Times. "It's time to give them an opportunity to play in the NHL. We've got to find out if they can play, and based on what I saw in the limited time I saw them, I'm cautiously optimistic that they're going to be good players."
There were a few prospects raising eyebrows last year when given a chance with the team during the 2012-13 season, including Cory Conacher, Alex Killorn, Radko Gudas, Mark Barberio, Richard Panik and Tyler Johnson.
Conacher was traded to the Ottawa Senators in the deal that landed goalie Ben Bishop. Panik, Killorn and Gudas got lengthy look-sees. But there are several other youngsters vying for positions with the Lightning this season, most notably Jonathan Drouin, the third player taken in the 2013 NHL Draft.
Here are Tampa Bay's top 10 prospects, according to NHL.com:
1. Jonathan Drouin, LW: Drouin, 18, was recognized as the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Canadian Hockey League's most valuable player in 2012-13 after scoring 41 goals and 105 points for the Memorial Cup champion Halifax Mooseheads.
"Jonathan has a special compete level and a special skill set that you very rarely see come along," Tampa Bay director of amateur scouting Al Murray said. "If any of the fans are watching the YouTube videos of Jonathan, the thing they should really keep in mind is that the best part of his game is his playmaking and not his individual 1-on-1 goal scoring. He's very unselfish and sees the ice really well and really is a complete forward."
The Lightning are listing Drouin on their NHL roster rather than among their prospects. At 5-foot-11, 186 pounds, he'll have to get bigger and stronger in order to handle the grind of an NHL season, but there's no doubt that skills-wise, he's ready to play.
2. Andrey Vasilevskiy, G: The 6-foot-3, 210-pound left-hander had another stellar season with Ufa's junior team in Russia during the 2012-13 season, posting a 1.93 goals-against average and .930 save percentage in 27 games. In eight games with Ufa's team in the Kontinental Hockey League, he was 4-1-0 with a 2.22 GAA and .924 save percentage. The 19-year-old helped Russia earn a bronze medal at the 2013 World Junior Championship in Ufa, finishing with a 1.81 GAA and .950 save percentage in four games.
Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay's first-round pick (No. 19) in the 2012 NHL Draft, has one year left on his contract in Russia, but there is a buyout clause. Should he opt to play in North America, he would have a year of junior eligibility remaining (his rights are held by the Mississauga Steelheads of the Ontario Hockey League), but the Lightning might send him to Syracuse in the American Hockey League.
"This guy is a terrific prospect," Murray told the Tampa Bay Times. "I haven't seen a goalie in my time scouting in 20 years as developed at this stage of his development. We're hoping he can get out of [the contract] and come over. He's right on the cusp of pushing his game to a whole other level; we're just not sure where that's going to be."
3. Nikita Kucherov, RW: The 2011 second-round choice (No. 58) had a sensational debut season in North America in 2012-13, scoring 26 goals and finishing with 53 points in 27 games for the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies of the QMJHL. The 20-year-old added nine goals and 24 points in 14 playoff games. At the 2013 World Junior Championship, Kucherov (5-11, 171) had five goals and eight points in seven games to help Russia win the bronze medal.
"He's a really gifted player and getting stronger and stronger," Lightning development coach Stacy Roest told NHL.com. "He has good vision out there and makes plays not many people can make, and it's pretty impressive to watch a player that young make those plays. He put up some big numbers in the [QMJHL] and we're hoping he can carry that over to the pros."
4. Ondrej Palat, LW: The 5-11, 174-pound wing could turn out to be the steal of the 2011 NHL Draft. The seventh-round pick (No. 208) will be vying for a roster spot at training camp after scoring 13 goals and putting up 52 points in 56 games with Syracuse. Palat, 22, led AHL scorers in the playoffs with 19 assists and 26 points.
"He works hard at both ends," Roest said. "He kills penalties, blocks shots and can play the power play. He always seems to be first in there on the puck, and hunts for pucks. I like the way he comes to play every game."
5. Tyler Johnson, C: The 2011 free-agent signee is one of the swiftest skaters among Lightning prospects. He won the Les Cunningham Award as the AHL's most valuable player last season after scoring a league-high 37 goals and finishing with 65 points in 62 games for Syracuse. Johnson (5-9, 182) has 68 goals and 133 points in 137 AHL games. The 23-year-old played 14 games with the Lightning last season, scoring three goals and finishing with six points and a plus-3 rating.
"He's fast, makes things happen and is sound defensively; I didn't realize just how fast he was," Roest said. "Players today must be good at both ends of the rink, and Tyler has that ability."
6. Vladislav Namestnikov, C: The 20-year-old nephew of former Detroit Red Wings forward Slava Kozlov sustained a shoulder injury in his first professional season in Syracuse but did manage seven goals, 21 points and 32 penalty minutes in 44 games. There's an outside chance Namestnikov (5-11, 171) sticks with the Lightning out of training camp, but it's more likely he spends another season in Syracuse.
"By the end of the season, he was the second-line center [in Syracuse] and working on the power play," Roest said. "He skates well and looks as if he can move out there. His vision is good and he makes plays and competes. He also goes into the corners. He's got to get stronger, but with more time and more pro games, I see a very bright future."
7. Andrej Sustr, D: The 6-8, 225-pound defenseman was one of most sought-after college free agents out of the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Yzerman signed Sustr in March following his third collegiate season, during which he served as alternate captain, scored nine goals and finished with 25 points and 53 penalty minutes in 39 games. Sustr, a native of Plzen, Czech Republic, had 15 goals and 51 points in 111 games during his three seasons at UNO. The 22-year-old spent eight games with Syracuse and played in two games for the Lightning in 2012-13. He'll likely refine his game with the Crunch next season.
8. Slater Koekkoek, D: The development of the No. 10 pick in the 2012 NHL Draft has been hampered by injuries. He served as captain for the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League for the first 40 games of the 2012-13 season and had six goals, 28 points and a minus-26 rating before being traded to the Windsor Spitfires. The 19-year-old was able to play two games with the Spitfires after reinjuring the shoulder that limited him to 26 games in 2011-12. There's no question the Lightning would like to see the 6-2, 185-pound lefty shooter play a full professional season before an extended stint with Tampa Bay.
9. Mark Barberio, D: After earning AHL defenseman of the year honors when leading the Norfolk Admirals (then the Lightning's AHL affiliate) to the Calder Cup in 2011-12, Barberio (6-1, 185) slipped a bit last season for the Crunch, dropping from 13 goals to eight and 61 points to 42. The 23-year-old native of Montreal, taken by the Lightning in the sixth round (No. 152) of the 2008 draft, will be entering his fourth professional season. In 215 AHL games, he has 30 goals, 134 points and 111 penalty minutes. He possesses good transitional skills and received a cup of coffee with the Lightning last season, playing two games.
10. Matthew Peca, C: Tampa Bay selected the 5-foot-9, 165-pound forward in the seventh round (No. 201) of the 2011 NHL Draft out of the Junior A Pembroke Lumber Kings of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. At the time, Murray called him a hidden gem, and he might be spot on.
Peca, 20, completed his sophomore season at Quinnipiac University, which advanced to the NCAA title game before losing by Yale. He finished second on the team in goals (15), assists (15) and points (30) and led the Bobcats into the Frozen Four with a hat trick in the regional final against Union. In 78 NCAA games, Peca has 23 goals, 69 points and a plus-37 rating. He'll probably be considered a Hobey Baker Award candidate prior to the 2013-14 season.
"He played big minutes in Quinnipiac and he's getting stronger and bigger," Roest said. "He's quick and his skill level is impressive. He can fly on the ice … it's pretty amazing some of things he can do with the puck."
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Save The Frogs Day: April 25th, 2015
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Drumming For The Frogs May 19th, 2012
The Sharp Park Wetlands are home to the endangered California Red-Legged Frog and San Francisco garter snake, as well as numerous bird species. Unfortunately, in 1931 the City of San Francisco built a golf course on top of the wetlands. The 146 acre golf course has been killing endangered frogs and costing the City's taxpayers money ever since. SAVE THE FROGS! along with Wild Equity Institute and the Center for Biological Diversity are calling on the City of San Francisco to turn over Sharp Park to its neighbor, the National Park Service.
With your support we will bring worldwide attention to the plight of Sharp Park's endangered frogs and ensure the City of San Francisco closes the money-losing, frog-killing Sharp Park Golf Course and turns the land over to its next-door neightbor the National Park Service. As the newest addition to America's national park system, the Sharp Park Wetlands would become a haven for wildlife; a hiking destination open to the many, rather than the few; would save the City of San Francisco hundreds of thousands of dollars annually; and would boost the local economy through increased ecotourism.
Left-click the images to download the 17 x 23" PDF for each.
On August 19, 2015, the City of San Francisco was caught in the act og dredging the Sharp Park Wetlands. Here is a letter we received from an observer:
"Hi Kerry, At the Sharp Park golf course they have started dredging the connecting channel between Laguna Salada and Horse Stable Pond. We are concerned about the biological monitoring methods as described in my email below. It's hard to imagine that frogs in the mud could be seen or removed from the dredge bucket."
August 19th, 2015:
They are moving very quickly. Today they were dredging the connecting channel and raking the remains of the tule and cattail that had been cut down last week. One of the kids was using a machete on anything still standing.
DSC_0549 taken from the Mori board walk looking north
DSC_0554 HSP from berm looking north, note upper left vegetation has been smashed down and was being raked up and removed
DSC_0559 connecting channel dredging spoils dropping into dump truck
DSC_0629 dump truck draining water before driving spoils away
DSC_0630 water visible in dredged channel behind plastic exclusion barrier
In March 2014, SAVE THE FROGS! biologists Dr. Kerry Kriger, Michael Starkey and Emily Moskal spoke at San Francisco's City Hall to urge the City to conduct an environmental impact report related to its draining of the Sharp Park Wetlands. The Board of Supervisors voted against conducting the report, so on April 22, 2014 (Earth Day) the Wild Equity Institute, Sequoia Audubon Society, and SAVE THE FROGS! sued Mayor Edwin Lee and the San Francisco Recreation & Park Department in San Francisco Superior Court. The City's planned activities will destroy and drain Sharp Park's Laguna Salada wetland complex, home to endangered California Red-Legged Frogs and San Francisco Garter Snakes. SAVE THE FROGS! will not allow that to happen and we hope you will support our efforts to protect the wetlands and creatures that call it home. Read the press release here and download the lawsuit petition here.
The City of San Francisco's "Significant Natural Resource Areas Management Plan" condones and allows the draining of the Sharp Park Wetlands for non-essential purposes, specifically to create dry land for a money-losing, publicly funded golf course, at the expense of federally protected amphibians. Thus SAVE THE FROGS! Founder. Dr. Kerry Kriger sent this letter to the SF Board of Supervisors on June 15th, 2014.
It is our pleasure to announce some fantastic news: U.S. District Judge Susan Illston found on July 1st, 2013 that six conservation organizations "prevailed" in a lawsuit against the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department's (SFRPD) Sharp Park Golf Course, and ordered the golf course to pay $386,000 for illegally killing endangered species. "Sharp Park Golf Course illegally kills endangered species, and San Francisco taxpayers continue to foot the bill for this environmental crime," said Brent Plater, executive director of the Wild Equity Institute. The funds will offset legal costs and assist in future environmental efforts. The killing however has not stopped, so the campaign continues!
On December 13th, 2011 the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco voted 6-5 in favor of legislation to save the Sharp Park Wetlands and the endangered California Red-Legged Frogs that live there. However, on December 19th, the Mayor of San Francisco Ed Lee vetoed the legislation after receiving over 4,000 letters from SAVE THE FROGS! supporters and refusing to meet with any member of SAVE THE FROGS!, the Wild Equity Institute, the Sierra Club or the National Parks Conservancy Association. You can read our press release announcing Mayor Lee's frog-killing veto.
Please sign this petition asking the Mayor to rescind his veto!
On both December 6th and 13th, 2011, and for a third time on January 10th, 2012, the City of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted 6-5 in favor of proposed legislation to shut down the golf course and save the wetlands.
However, on December 19th, the Mayor of San Francisco Ed Lee vetoed the legislation after receiving over 4,000 letters from SAVE THE FROGS! supporters and refusing to meet with any member of SAVE THE FROGS!, the Wild Equity Institute, the Sierra Club or the National Parks Conservancy Association.
This proposed legislation was prompted by the request of 1,359 SAVE THE FROGS! supporters who sent letters to the City of San Francisco asking them to save the wetlands, and 100 people who attended our Save The Frogs Day Rally at the steps of City Hall. Thanks to evrybody who voiced their support in person, or by emailing or calling San Francisco's politicians. The battle continues!
Please CALL Mayor Ed Lee's office at (415) 554-6141 right now and say:
"I am calling to ask Mayor Lee please RESCIND THE SHARP PARK VETO. By vetoing the legislation without ever meeting with environmental groups the Mayor has labeled himself as ANTI-ENVIRONMENT, he has damaged San Francisco's reputation as a progressive leader and he has extended the death sentence that endangered frogs face every time the City uses taxpayer money to pump the Sharp Park Wetlands out to sea. The Mayor blew a brilliant opportunity and should redeem himself by rescinding the veto immediately. Thanks."
Calling is best, but if you cannot call, please email him at: firstname.lastname@example.com
If you would like to assist in any way on the Sharp Park campaign, please fill out the volunteer form. Thanks!
The following San Francisco Board members voted to save the wetlands: John Avalos, David Campos, David Chiu, Jane Kim, Eric Mar, Christina Olague. Please thank them...this will make them more likely to help as this campaign continues.
The following San Francisco Board members voted AGAINST saving the wetlands: Sean Elsbernd, Carmen Chu, Mark Farrell, Malia Cohen, and Scott Wiener. Please let them know that the environment is important and you disagree with their failure to protect the Sharp Park Wetlands and hope they will act on behalf of endangered frogs in the future. Please suggest they look at the www.savethefrogs.com/sharp-park webpage.
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On December 19th, 2012, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee gave endangered California Red-Legged Frogs the death sentence when he vetoed legislation intended to protect the Sharp Park Wetlands. Please sign this petition asking the Mayor to rescind his veto! http://www.change.org/petitions/save-the-california-red-legged-frogs
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As you can imagine, it is very difficult to play golf when you are knee deep in water. As such, the City pumps the wetlands into the ocean to allow for dry land on which to golf. This kills the frogs by two methods:
(1) Exposing the egg masses.
The Red-Legged frogs lay their egg masses in the water, attached to emergent vegetation. As the water levels in the wetlands lower, the egg masses are left stranded on dry land, where they are exposed to air and predators. The egg masses dessicate and the embryos die.
Below: Pumping the Sharp Park Wetlands into the sea after a heavy rain in February 2011. Photo courtesy Wild Equity Institute.
Below: California Red-legged Frog Egg Mass, Southern Edge of Horse Stable Pond, Sharp Park, February 23, 2011, 10:54am. Photo courtesy Wild Equity Institute.
In 2011, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department was forced to re-locate at least 107 California red-legged frog egg masses from areas where the egg masses were laid, due to the wetlands being pumped to sea. This almost certainly decreased the frogs' survival rate as they were taken to suboptimal sites and placed in artificially crowded conditions. It is unknown how many egg masses died directly of dessication before being rescued.
(2) Flushing tadpoles out to sea.
After a rain, the pump runs 24 hours per day. The pump is located in a Red-Legged Frog breeding pond and creates a strong sucking force that almost certainly flushes tadpoles out to sea. We found smashed up crayfish inside the outgoing section of the pump; the crayfish are much stronger swimmers than the tadpoles, so if the crayfish can't survive the current, neither can the tadpoles.
Below: We found several dead crayfish in the outgoing end of the pump (as well as a couple in the sand below).
Below: This is the golf course covered in water after heavy rains in December 2010. The course shut down until the pumps could lower the water -- drying out precious wetland habitat that is home to birds, snakes and frogs.
It takes a lot of lawn mowing to get that perfect low-cut golf course style grass. Unfortunately, lawn mowers and small vertebrates that live in grass don't mix too well. Throw in motorized golf carts and casualties are inevitable. Dr. Wade Fox found a dead San Francisco Garter Snake at the course in 1946, and in his field journal noted that the snake was "probably killed by golfers—they probably die frequently in this manner". The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service concluded that a mangled San Francisco Garter Snake found dead on the course in 2005 was killed by a lawn mower. Red-Legged Frogs are likely to suffer similar fates, but there have been few surveys for dead frogs on the course.
Fertilizers may not kill amphibians directly, but they can change the water quality and create conditions that promote limb deformities (the increased nutrient load increases the population size of trematode parasites that burrows into tadpoles' developing hind limbs and cause sub-lethal effects such as extra legs). It is hard to envision a safe management strategy for endangered frogs in such a polluted environment.
Pacific Chorus Frog, Aptos, CA. Photo courtesy Brandon Ballengee
Thanks to the Wild Equity Institute for preparing these videos!
--Please read this press release here announcing Mayor Lee's frog-killing veto. December 20th, 2011.
--An Open Letter to the San Francisco Chronicle, by SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger
-- Public Comments Regarding Mayor Lee's 2011 Veto of Sharp Park Wetlands Legislation (2012).
--Conceptual Ecosystem Restoration Plan And Feasibility Assessment: Laguna Salada, Pacifica, California (2011, Dawn Reis Ecological Studies)
-- Sharp Park Slideshow (2011, Dawn Reis Ecological Studies)
--The Wild Equity Institute's Sharp Park webpage
--Both frogs and golfers lay claim to the 14th Hole. San Francisco Chronicle, March 24th, 2011
-- Golf Courses around the Bay Area are losing money and being used less says this San Mateo County Golf Report dated Jan 4, 2012
Great news: Golfers For Frogs and GASP (Golfers Against Sharp Park) have joined forces to oppose San Francisco's illegal killing of frogs at its Sharp Park Golf Course.
On May 19th, 2012 our supporters drummed for the frogs at Sharp Park in a celebration of amphibious life and a peaceful protest intended to raise awareness of the City of San Francisco's illegal killing of federally endangered California Red-Legged Frogs. Learn more here!
Over 100 enthusiastic supporters joined the SAVE THE FROGS!, Wild Equity Institute, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, H.O.M.E.Y., and Action for Animals at in front of San Francisco's City Hall for the "Endangered Communities, Endangered Species" Save The Frogs Day Rally on April 29th, 2011! San Francisco District 11 Board of Supervisor Member John Avalos spoke on behalf of the frogs, and has since introduced legislation (to be voted on in October 2011) to shut down the golf course. Watch this video from the event!
SF Board of Supervisor Member John Avalos:
The following photos are by Lee Haynes:
The following photos by Patrick Schlemmer:
The following photos by Paul Rattay:
The following photos by Tony Iwane:
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"Hi Kerry, I am a huge frog fan and am hoping to be in attendance at the upcoming Save The Frogs Day Rally in SF on 4/29. I am a close neighbor to the controversial Sharp Park Golf Course and am fortunate enough to be able to hear the frogs during my evening walks by the beach. It is my hope that their habitat will not be destroyed by the golf course. Thank you so very much for your invaluable support to a well loved and underappreciated species!"
-- Kelly Haynes, Pacifica, CA
One of North America's most beautiful and imperiled snakes, the San Francisco Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) is listed as Threatened under both the Federal and California Endangered Species Acts. Dependent on wetlands as habitat and healthy frog populations as a food source, San Francisco's namesake snake is on the verge of extinction. Sharp Park has been identified by the California Department of Fish & Game as one of the seven most important habitats for the snake.
Dawn Reis is the Senior Wildlife & Aquatic Ecologist with Ecological Studies and is the author of Conceptual Ecosystem Restoration Plan And Feasibility Assessment: Laguna Salada, Pacifica, California (2011, Dawn Reis Ecological Studies)
(1) Healthy frog populations (CRLF and treefrogs) are the main FOOD source for San Francisco Garter Snakes (SFGS). The SFGS cannot recover without CRLF and treefrogs.
(2) There is an incredible future opportunity to really do something meaningful for the San Francisco Garter Snake, which is to PRIORITIZE the need to connect the population on the west side of Sharp Park with other populations east of HWY 1. Look for Cal Trans of Federal HWY funding to make a land bridge over the HWY or under the HWY that is suitable for Frogs and Snakes.
(3) Expand the lagoon and make additional ponds on the fringe of it on the east side of the lagoon so that not all CRLF eggs and tadpoles are in "one basket"!
(4) Expanding the lagoon by removing the seawall along the beach front and instead putting the levees behind the lagoon is compatible and likely more sustaining with flood control to residential areas as well as with endangered species. The current sea wall placement is located in the area with the highest energy to withstand from wave action - move it back behind the lagoon and out of the way. This is a win win for frogs, snakes and people.
(5) Arguments or discussions regarding whether frogs or snakes used to be present at Sharp Park historically or not is irrelevant to the ESA law: they are there now and it is illegal to disturb the habitat or the animals and all actions to do so require permits. The decisions to allow a certain amount of "take" of either CRLF or SFGS (even with habitat improvements) is not up to the City nor the Parks; this decision comes from the USFW under federal ESA law for both frogs and snakes and from CDFG under state ESA for the snake. Sharp Park needs to work closely with these two agencies regarding species recovery needs, approval and permit needs. With a good plan approved by these two agencies, some "take" could be allowed, but only if the plan shows that there is a net gain to the recovery and long term viability of these species.
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I really like that poster. First shot of Bolg the Goblin leader. Fili and Kili are the second most prominent Dwarves which is consitent with what Nicklab suggested.If you search the internet you can find images of a lot of the toys that are being released in conjunction with the Hobbit. These include the Great Goblin and Tauriel (Evageline Lilly) and many of the Unexpected Party.
Wait a minute, Kate from Lost is in this movie?!?! How did I miss that?
Yep, she plays a Peter Jackson made up Elf, Tauriel. Although given the way the movies may break up into 3 parts, I suspect there is a chance that she might not show up until Part 2 and Part 3. Of course, PJ managed to work Arwen into the Two Towers movie even though she never appeared in that book so I don't presume to be correct that Tauriel would be limited to only the later chapters.
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Earlier Event: November 18Harvard Club, NYC
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Armed with a diverse spectrum of repertoire and eclectic musical interests, Jay Campbell is the First Prize Winner of the 2012 CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition. He has been hailed by the press as an "astonishing cellist" (Seen and Heard International) and for his "electrifying" performances which "conveyed every nuance" (The New York Times). His adventurous inclinations have earned him awards from the BMI and ASCAP Foundations and led to collaborations with significant artists ranging from Elliott Carter and Pierre Boulez, to John Adams and David Lang, and to members of Radiohead and Einstürzende Neubauten.
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