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No sound limiter
Some useable in-house lighting effects
No air conditioning
No specific dancefloor area
No stage area
Haze/smoke prohibited
No effective blackout
PARKING: Yuo can park around the back near to the function room
ACCESS: Very easy straight from the van, through the door and your there.
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Report: Fargo Should Expect 1 of its Worst Floods
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - The National Weather Service says residents along the Red River in Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn., should prepare for one of the top five floods in their history.
Flood stage for the river is 18 feet. The flood outlook released Thursday says there's a 50 percent chance that the river will top 38 feet. That would top the fifth-highest crest of 37.34 feet in 1969.
Fargo officials say they believe the city is still in good shape because of recent flood protection improvements, but they plan to make 500,000 sandbags to add to a reserve of 750,000 bags.
Fargo-Moorhead residents battled three straight major floods beginning in 2009, when the record crest of nearly 41 feet forced thousands to evacuate and caused an estimated $100 million in damage.

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Ian Davis has been Quiltmakers Art Director for four years, which means he has walked through all eight volumes of Quiltmakers 100 Blocks.
Even so, this (Volume 8) is the first time hes designed a block for usso I thought it would be fitting to introduce Ian today and let you hear from him in his own words.
So, first can you explain for blog readers what your job entails at Quiltmaker?
As Art Director, Im responsible for page layout and design, setting up photography and working with editors, graphic designers and production staff to make sure the magazine goes out on time and looks professional and friendly.
Had you been exposed to quilts before you went to work for QM? How, when, where?
Not really. I did watch a PBS documentary about quilting some years ago, which mostly concentrated on the Appalachian/Ozarks back in the Depression, about the amazing things they were doing when they had so little to work with.
What has surprised you about the quilt industry?
I havent really been surprised. I mean, if you look at any quilt, you can see the level of talent and passion that one must have to create something like that.
I will say though, that sometimes someone will bring something in that took a few weeks to doI figure it would probably take me a year.
Tell me about your block design: your inspiration, your process, anything significant. Did you have any false starts?
Well, I was at work and dreaming ( on my lunch break, of course 🙂 ) about my upcoming vacation to my favorite place, Isla Mujeres, Mexico, and how I was going to take a ride on a small boat up to a national bird sanctuary near there.
The block is the view from the boat looking west to the Yucatan coast. Ive already designed one for next issue looking at the sunset from Isla.
Whats the best thing about working in the company of women every day?
Pot-Luck lunches. You do that with 12 guys, and you get 12 bags of chips. Women will go home and make something yummy.
And actually, Im pretty used to working with women. My old job in the natural products industry was mostly women.
A woman has been my direct supervisor since 1992. At one point, my little sister was my boss. You know how kids tell their siblings, Youre not the boss of me! Well, my sister WAS the boss of me. But I had saved her from drowning many years ago, so she was pretty nice to me.
Whats the worst thing about working in the company of women every day?
What are your other interests?
National parks, wildlife. Paleontology, astronomy. I play bass guitar, love sci-fi, and I spend WAY too much time on video games.
Anything else youd like to say to our blog readers?
Keep it up! You guys never cease to amaze me!
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Here are a few of my favorite covers from the past few years. Ian is responsible for pulling the cover together. I think he does a great job!
Since Ian has been in on all eight volumes of Quiltmakers 100 Blocks, we thought this would be a great time to give a set of them away. Yes! This giveaway is for a complete set of Quiltmakers 100 Blocks, Volumes 1 to 8. Leave a comment below by midnight Friday, Dec. 6 for your chance to win. Good luck!


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Homer city officials met last week to begin the process of setting a budget for the 2015 fiscal year. The proposed budget is very similar to the 2014 budget, due in part to prediction of low development next year. Officials are looking at a water department budget of $151,000, with $145,000 coming from water sales, $5,000 from other revenue and $1,000 from tap fees.
"Are we going to have any building this year, based on this (proposal), I would say no," stated Mayor Doug Cheek.
The general fund budget is also proposed with little changes with a preliminary budget of $381,000.
With most line items remaining the same, insurance premium taxes are proposed to increase from $53,000 in 2014 to $55,000 in 2015. Changes in the general fund expense budget include an increase in employee insurance from $16,000 to $18,000 and an increase in professional fees from $14,000 to $15,000. A decrease in election expenses in the amount of $2,000 is also proposed.
Funds for library expense are proposed to remain at $25,500.
"We are happy to be able to do this (library) for the citizens," reported Cheek.
The street department budget is proposed to see a decrease in repairs and maintenance from $11,500 to $10,500 and a decrease in street lights from $26,000 to $25,000. Sanitation department is to remain steady at $44,000. Fire department is proposing an increase in utilities from $5,500 to $8,000, an increase in equipment from $8,000 to $10,000 and an increase in supplies from $3,000 to $4,000 in the 2015 budget.
With David Dunson and Cliff Hill being the only council members present for the budget planning meeting, Mayor Cheek recommended discussion of payroll expenses be tabled until a full council is present. Budget hearings will be set at a later date and final approval of the budget should take place before July 1.
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Radio Is Killing Music
from the by-special-permission-of-the-copyright-owner deptSomeone going by the name of "quickbrownfox" sent over a link to a delightful rendition of the song "By Special Permission of the Copyright Owner," by Smith Ballew, which you can listen to below:
Every time a radio is playingAnd from there it breaks into the same lyrics in the first version above. So we're a step closer to understanding the details of the phrase. And then... I found this fantastic Time Magazine article from August of 1932 that explains how the music industry was dying because of radio, and that our friends at ASCAP required radio stations to not just get permission to play any song on radio, but also to make the statement that was the title of that song, with "no facetious trifling":
they're saying...
"and next... you will hear us play
something with the publisher's okay."
Listening to this great announcer trilling
this thrilling...
new text!
Told me what to do
Try this very notion out on you...
The American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers is Tin Pan Alley's clearing house. Its 800 composer & publisher-members own the copyrights to nearly all the music composed in the U. S. since 1914. It is affiliated with similar societies abroad. To many radio listeners and broadcasters the phrase "by special permission of the copyright owners" has been irksome. A. S. C. A. & P. used to insist upon it, permitting no facetious trifling with the announcement. Lately, however, it lifted this requirement. Most of its songs may be performed without special permission, but a number are restricted, for example musical comedy songs which the producers do not wish to be too soon familiarized.That's ASCAP. Pissing people off for nearly a century. But what was a lot more entertaining about the article was the paragraph above this, in which it seemed to suggest that radio was absolutely killing music. Stop me if you've heard this before, but the refrain may be familiar:
Tin Pan Alley is sadly aware that Radio has virtually plugged up its oldtime outlets, sheet music and gramophone discs. The average music publisher used to get $175,000 a year from disc sales. He now gets about 10% of this. No longer does a song hit sell a million copies. The copious stream of music poured out by Radio puts a song quickly to death. The average song's life has dwindled from 18 months to 90 days; composers are forced to turn out a dozen songs a year instead of the oldtime two or three.Has there ever been a time, ever, in which the music industry's established players weren't complaining about the industry dying?


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Bartenders Looking For Greater Intellectual Property Protection For Drinks
from the are-you-serious? deptCopycense points us to yet another story about another person in another industry whining about not getting enough monopoly privileges from the government. This time, believe it or not, it's bartenders wanting to protect mixed drink recipes. Seriously. Unfortunately, the writeup at the Atlantic, by food writer Chantal Martineau seems to get an awful lot of points about intellectual property totally mixed up. The article slips back and forth between trademark law and copyright law (which are extremely different) and then has this whopper:
The publication of a recipe can be legally protected, but the "expression of an idea," as the lawyers in the seminar explained, cannot. It's the reason musicians can't be sued for covering another band's song in a live show.So many things wrong in two short sentences. First of all, no, the publication of a recipe cannot be protected. Straight from the US Copyright Office: "Mere listings of ingredients as in recipes, formulas, compounds, or prescriptions are not subject to copyright protection." That said, if there is "substantial literary expression" in, say, the description of how to prepare the recipe that part (and that part alone) could be covered by copyright, but that should have little impact on bartenders making similar mixed drinks. Also, copyright is, in fact, supposed to protect the expression, contrary to the statement above. This is the whole basis of the idea-expression dichotomy, which Martineau seems to get backwards. As for why musicians can't be sued for covering another band's song in a live show, that's got nothing to do with the difference between an expression and an idea, and everything to do with performance rights licenses from venues to PROs like ASCAP and BMI that (in theory) are supposed to cover the copyright (yes, there is one) on the composition.
As for the meat of the actual article, there's a lot that's very troubling in there, though Martineau doesn't seem to challenge any of the claims made (given the confusion on the topic, perhaps that's why). It starts off with a story about a trademark violation, when a new Manhattan lounge called Painkiller was threatened with a cease-and-desist from the distillery Pusser's, who had apparently trademarked a drink called Painkiller back in 1989. But the only issue there is the name (which is trademarked), not the recipe. So it's odd that this is used as a lead in to a discussion about copyright.
The actual story focuses around an apparently angry bartender, Eben Freeman, who seems to be upset that he doesn't get enough credit for inventing certain drinks:
After the seminar, I spoke to Freeman, who admitted he came up with the idea for the talk after becoming fed up with other bartenders and establishments taking credit for and profiting from his recipes and techniques. (Fat washing, for example, the process by which a spirit can be infused with, say, bacon, was pioneered in part by Freeman, yet is often attributed to others.) "Someone needs to get sued ... to set a precedent," he told me.Of course, Freeman is exaggerating the claim that bartenders "have less protection than anyone else." He has just as many protections, it's just that you can't copyright a recipe. If it's true that he really did come up with a novel and non-obvious process for "fat washing" (I really don't want to know), then he could have applied for a patent on it, but in an article confused about trademarks and copyright law, no one even mentions patents. Perhaps Freeman should have done some research first.
"In no other creative business can you so easily identify money attached to your creative property," Freeman went on. "There is an implied commerce to our intellectual property. Yet we have less protection than anyone else."
From there the article goes off on a totally random tangent about how big liquor companies have been hiring young bartenders to become "brand ambassadors" where they're expected to come up with a signature drink using the specific brands in question. But, the accusation is, these bartenders "don't have the experience" to do so, and instead just copy someone else's recipe and tweak it. Of course, that's not illegal. At all. And it's not a problem. It's how innovation happens. You build on the ideas of others, and you tweak it to try to make it better. There's nothing wrong with that at all. In fact, it should be celebrated. In fact, we've seen how the very same lack of copyright protection over recipes has helped food and restaurant trends grow and spread in valuable ways. Instead, this just seems like a complaint about someone who doesn't like young bartenders and the way they work. But that's not an intellectual property issue.
Over at the Washington Post, Ezra Klein does a nice job pointing out that, just as with fashion copyright, there's no evidence for a need for a "drink copyright,":
As is always the case with granting individuals legalized monopolies over intellectual property, we should start by asking whether consumers are suffering because bartenders don't have enough financial incentive to innovate interesting new drinks. Given that the past few years have seen an incredible explosion in creative mixology, that's a hard case to make. The status quo seems perfectly good at encouraging innovation -- so much so that the drinks have gotten increasingly comical.But, of course, the reason that Freeman's complaint and Martineau's article don't ask those rather basic questions, is that it appears both don't realize that intellectual property is supposed to be about incentives, rather than protectionism and making sure that some guy who created something "gets his proper credit." Freeman's complaint comes off more as someone who just doesn't feel he's received enough recognition for his work as a grumpy old bartender. But that's got absolutely nothing to do with intellectual property law -- patents, trademarks or copyrights -- and should have no bearing on whether or not he likes young bartenders coming up with derivative drinks.
And it's not just that there's no evidence that consumers are being harmed by the current arrangement. There's clear evidence that they're benefiting from it. I live in Washington. But a lot of really good cocktails are thought up in San Francisco. Happily, I can drink a lot of those cocktails, as the most successful recipes quickly proliferate.
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Hello readers, and welcome to the Plugged Nickel subforum of the ComicGenesis forums. You may be asking yourself "Self, why didn't Ron just make his own forum? Then he could have all kinds of sections like News and General and Games and Music!" Because those subjects are far better at much larger forums, such as the main area of the Comic Genesis forums; wanna talk about music? I'm sure there's a thread there for it.
This is mainly for matters concerning and relating to the comic and site. Comic discussion, questions answered, fanart posted (since I take so long to update it), characters looked at, the works.
We'll iron out how this works in a bit. If discussion is slow or whatnot, I'll just stick up a "THIS IS THE ONLY THREAD FOR COMIC COMMENTARY" topic. If it's quick, individual threads for each comic. Neato keen? I'll also start a Frequently Asked Questions thread where you, the readers, can ask me questions (not necessarally related to the comic and such) and I will do my best to answer them.
General rules; same as the rest of the forum. Which, like you, I didn't read. But let's just assume that excessive cursing, nudity, those sacare-flashes and linking to those stupid "you've just been turned into a zombie/vampire/mafia" links are not allowed.
That should be about it. Play nice, and explore the rest of this vast forum and comment on other great comics.


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August 2010
The endangered green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) continues to be harvested for its meat by illegal poachers or by harvesters in countries where the practice is legal. The "green" in green turtle refers to the coloration of its body fat. Photo (cropped to fit): R.P. van Dam, NOAA Fisheries.
The fossil record shows that turtles appeared before dinosaurs, during the Triassic period (approximately 251-199 million years ago).1 They survived in the heyday of the dinosaur—the Jurassic period—with the first sea turtles appearing late in this period (199-145 million years ago). These sea turtles likely evolved from terrestrial or marsh-living Triassic turtle species.1 They had adapted to aquatic life by developing streamlined shells and longer, paddle-like, or webbed limbs so they could propel themselves through water. They survived the largest mass extinction, known as the K-T extinction, which killed off all ruling reptiles, except the crocodile, in the late Cretaceous period. Two families of sea turtle—both established during the Cretaceous period (145-65 million years ago)—survive today: Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae.
Sea turtle species
Modern sea turtles are very long-lived animals. Due to their highly migratory nature, these animals are distributed globally throughout tropical to temperate marine zones—including estuarine waters. Sea turtles live in geographically diverse habitats during their various life stages; habitats vary by species, age, and even season.
Family Cheloniidae includes all species of modern sea turtle with plates, or "scutes," covering bony shells:
- Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas; globally distributed), including the black turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii; found mostly in the eastern Pacific), which is not recognized as a separate species;
- Loggerheads (Caretta caretta; globally distributed);
- Hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata; globally distributed);
- Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii; found in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico);
- Olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea; found mainly in the Pacific Ocean with rare sightings in the Atlantic Ocean); and
- Flatback (Natator depressus; mostly confined to Australian waters).
Family Dermochelyidae consists of only one species: Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), which are found globally. Leatherbacks are known for their "leathery" skin, large body, and small bones making up the carapace (shell), and an ability to regulate their body temperature, which helps them survive in cooler waters better than the Cheloniidae species.
Life cycle and habitats
All sea turtles share the same basic life cycle that is dependent on both land and sea. Female turtles lay their eggs on nesting beaches. Hatchlings leave their nests (approximately 45-70 days after the eggs are laid) and enter the water where they will remain for the vast majority of their life. Scientists have developed a generalized model to describe sea turtle life stages based on habitat2:
The loggerhead (Caretta caretta) is found in the oceans throughout the world. Juveniles swim with their forelimbs pressed to their side and kick with their hind limbs. By the time they are one year old, they swim by alternating their front and back limbs. Photo: Smithsonian National Zoological Park, D.C.
Early oceanic juvenile nursery habitat: This encompasses the time span from when hatchlings leave their natal beaches up to more than a decade after their birth. Scientists know the least about these turtles—their oceanic lifestyles make it difficult for scientists to access and study them at this stage. The little we know comes from regional in-water observations, genetic marker data, and laboratory data. The studies suggest that some species, like Atlantic loggerheads, spend two or more years in the open ocean post-hatching, swept up by large oceanographic current systems like the mid-Atlantic Gyre or undertake long, transoceanic migrations.3,4,5,6
Later juvenile neritic developmental habitat: Anywhere from two years later to over a decade after hatching, many larger juveniles return to coastal neritic regions (roughly from the shoreline out to the edge of the continental shelf), where they feed on benthic, or bottom-dwelling organisms.7,2 They live in this habitat until adulthood. Recent data suggest that some of the larger juveniles may return to an oceanic lifestyle for extended periods.8,9
Adult foraging habitat: Depending on the species, it may take upwards of 20-30 years for a turtle to reach maturity.10 Once mature, sea turtles move into adult foraging habitats. Some adults migrate seasonally between temperate summer and winter habitats, while others may remain in one region year-round.11,12
Adult internesting and/or breeding habitat: Turtles migrate to nesting beaches approximately every one to three-plus years, where they mate offshore. Females emerge on beaches when it is time to lay their eggs. One female may lay eggs in several nests during a reproductive season, traveling to nearby internesting habitats between laying. Once the last nest of the season is laid, females leave and return to their adult foraging habitats.11,13,14 Very little is known about the movements and habitat use of adult male sea turtles since they do not leave the ocean during the nesting process.
Humans contribute to population crisis
Humans have long exploited sea turtles. In the Atlantic Ocean, sea turtles showed up on the menu in European records during the mid 1400s. It is likely that humans ate them well before that since prior to refrigeration, there were few exportable fresh meats. Sea turtles could be kept alive on deck for long periods; therefore, turtles—particularly green turtles—were used as a meat source by early European explorers in the mid to late 1400s.15
In the early 1600s, Bermuda became one of the first commercial sea turtle fisheries in the Atlantic.15,16 By 1620, however, the Bermuda Assembly passed legislation for sea turtle protection due to heavy fishing of the delicacy.17 Within 150 years, green turtles were locally exterminated.16 Over the next 400 years, turtle fisheries in the Bahamas, Ascension Island, Florida, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, and elsewhere in the Caribbean and Central America followed similar patterns of localized over-harvest.15,16
Aside from meat, turtles have also been used for:
- oil: used to worm-proof boat bottoms and soften leather (loggerhead);
- eggs: used in cooking and as aphrodisiacs;
- arts and crafts: hawksbill shells were prized for jewelry and decorative objects.
This long history of sea turtle exploitation laid the foundation for declines among many populations. All species of sea turtles found within the United States and its territories are federally protected by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973:18
- Green turtles (excluding the endangered Florida green population), olive ridleys (excluding the endangered Mexican Pacific population), and loggerhead sea turtles are considered threatened.
- The remaining leatherback, Kemp's ridley, and hawksbill species found in U.S. waters are listed as endangered by the ESA.
- The North Pacific and Northwest Atlantic segments of the U.S. loggerhead population are currently being examined to determine if they should be reclassified as endangered.19
The ESA states that no part or product of a sea turtle may be taken, imported, exported, transported, sold, or possessed within the United States, its territories, and seas. Sea turtle nesting beaches and foraging grounds are also protected. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List documents all species of sea turtle to be globally endangered or critically endangered.20
Top five global hazards
The IUCN's Marine Turtle Specialist Group identified the top five global hazards to sea turtles:21
1. Fisheries impacts In waters where sea turtle laws and regulations prevent the direct harvest of sea turtles—by either commercial or recreational fishing—they are still captured accidentally, or incidentally in commercial fishing gear. While a particular fishery may not directly target sea turtle species, sea turtles may come across fishing gear, resulting in entanglement, prolonged submersion, and/or death by drowning or severe injury. In the high seas, it is difficult to monitor offshore fisheries (e.g., offshore or pelagic longline fisheries), or to enforce the laws and regulations protecting sea turtles. High levels of annual sea turtle mortality occur throughout the globe; commercial fishing is considered among the primary sources of sea turtle mortality.22,23 Sometimes, the turtle's natural behavior and habitat preference may contribute to this problem.24
2. Direct takes/harvests While less common now than in past decades or centuries, some countries still allow the direct take (or harvest) of sea turtles from territorial waters and beaches. Turtles are harvested on the nesting beach and from foraging and breeding grounds for meat (particularly the green turtle) or for their shells (hawksbill); eggs are taken from nests for consumption. Traditional methods of in-water turtle capture include gill netting, harpooning, and seine nets. The Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species prohibits the international trade of threatened or endangered species.25 While this treaty helps reduce the trade of turtle meat, eggs, and shells, it requires only voluntary participation by signatory countries.
The leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) is the largest sea turtle and the only living species in the genus Dermochelys. It can be identified easily by its lack of a bony shell, which is why females choose beaches with soft sand for nesting. The hatchlings are confused by artificial lighting and may not head for the ocean. Photo: marinebio.org.
3. Coastal development Sea turtles are known to have strong attachments to nesting and foraging sites.9,13,26,27 Female sea turtles are thought to return to beaches where they were born to nest as adults and will often return to the same beach to nest both within a nesting season and interannually.28,29,30 This repeated fidelity to specific locations may put these turtles at risk if their foraging or nesting grounds are threatened or altered. Examples include:
- fishing activities
- channel or shipping lane dredging/maintenance
- beachfront development
- coastal armoring
- invasive plant species
- beach nourishment
- beach erosion (resulting in nest exposure, tidal or storm over-wash of nests); and
- general public use of beaches (e.g., beach driving).
Beachfront lighting, an artifact of coastal development, and considered light pollution, is another source of potential mortality for sea turtles. When hatchlings emerge from their nests, one cue that helps them orient seaward is light reflecting off the sea's surface; bright lights associated with developed beachfronts may disorient hatchlings and cause them to crawl towards land instead of the ocean.31,32,33,34
4. Pollution and pathogens
The presence of discarded plastics, tar, and other trash in coastal and offshore habitats impacts sea turtles at all stages of their lives. Turtles may mistakenly ingest plastics (e.g., balloons or plastic bags) or petroleum byproducts (tar) that can cause illness and/or susceptibility to pathogens, injury, and even death. Early nursery habitats—such as floating Sargassum algae mats for young oceanic loggerhead juveniles—are affected by a variety of pollutants. Studies have found a large percentage of these young Florida loggerheads had digested tar.35 Additional pollutant impacts include:
- bio-accumulated chemicals (e.g., PCB's)
- bio-accumulated mercury
- styrofoam ingestion; and
- habitat alteration from agricultural run-off or sewage.
5. Global warming
An emerging, long-term threat to sea turtles is global warming. One of the primary effects of global warming on sea turtle populations includes habitat loss (nesting and foraging). Coral reef systems provide developmental, foraging, and an internesting habitat for many species of sea turtles. With rising sea temperatures and ocean acidity, these habitats are now at risk. Sea turtle nests, eggs, and embryonic development are very susceptible to fresh- and saltwater inundation and beach erosion resulting from excessive rainfall or storm effects.36 With the possibility of sea level rise, nesting beach habitats may slowly disappear or experience increased impacts from storm damage. During embryonic development, the sex of a turtle is determined by the temperature at which the embryo incubates. Global changes in temperatures may influence changes in sea turtle sex ratios.37,38,39 Changes in sea temperatures may also result in a redistribution of sea turtle prey, and a potential pole-wards redistribution of sea turtles into warming waters that, in recent history, have been too cold to support sea turtles.39
Management and conservation
Sea turtle conservation and management is a global issue. Turtles do not acknowledge human boundaries. They have complex life histories that span many decades, habitats, and kilometers. All sea turtle species and age classes travel very long distances annually, often entering many different international territories. Slow growth rates, combined with late maturity, require that these animals must survive from one to three decades before they are able to reproduce and contribute to their population.
To put this into perspective, some species take almost twice as long as humans to reach reproductive maturity. Due to their geographically diverse life stages, there may be a time lag between when a population hit occurs, and when a decline is observed. If a mortality event occurs during the early pelagic of oceanic juvenile life stages, for example, decades may go by before the effects are observed (e.g., fewer new females emerging on nesting beaches). Sea turtles, therefore, are extremely vulnerable to the global hazards listed above. Sea turtle populations may take decades, or generations, to recover from such impacts.
Due to sea turtles' migratory behavior and oceanic life stages, we have significant gaps in our understanding of these animals. We have only a snapshot of their overall life histories, and to manage these animals effectively, the status and condition of each stock must be understood at each life history stage.40 Existing population models rely on data collected on nesting beaches, which skews the findings towards nesting females and the earliest of life stages — hatchlings. Gaps in data make it difficult to assess conservation and management efforts. Legal initiatives are highly dependent on advancements in scientific knowledge and require the use of "best available information," and this information is very limited, which often results in a patchwork-quilt approach to sea turtle management, where only specific habitats or stages are or can be protected.
While recent conservation efforts have resulted in increasing some populations (e.g., Kemp's ridley, Atlantic green, and leatherback), recent stock assessments for some populations are not as optimistic—particularly for Pacific leatherbacks and Atlantic loggerheads.19,41 It is possible to help protect sea turtle species through legislation and regulation; nonetheless, in order to be effective, laws and regulatory policies depend on sound science and knowledge of the species. Management needs to occur at local, state, federal, and international levels. The gaps in our understanding of these animals need to be filled, which requires political will and long-term research and funding commitments over multiple sea turtle generations.
What can citizens do to help conservation efforts?
The public can do many things to help mitigate the hazards faced by sea turtles during all stages of their life histories. It does not matter where you live—on a coast or hundreds of miles inland—there are small steps everyone can take to contribute to the future survival of these species.
- If you accidentally capture a sea turtle while recreationally fishing (hook or entanglement), or encounter a turtle in the wild that is tangled in commercial fishing gear (netting, monofilament fishing line, or fishing hooks), the turtle may need veterinary care—especially if the turtle has ingested the line or hook and/or has other visible injuries. If possible, report the incident to your local sea turtle stranding network for further instructions.
- Be informed—when you buy seafood at the store or order it at a restaurant, find out where it comes from. Ask questions about where and how it was harvested.
Refrain from buying jewelry and other crafts made of hawksbill shells. Photo: Caroline Rogers, USGS.
Direct takes/harvests
- Do not purchase products made from sea turtle parts when traveling or living in countries that still allow sea turtle harvest.
- In countries where sea turtle harvest is prohibited, inform local authorities of any illegal activities (egg poaching and harvesting of turtles).
Coastal development
- Reduce beachfront light pollution—encourage beachfront property owners to install "turtle-friendly" lighting or to turn off their lights in areas where sea turtles nest.
- Avoid driving vehicles on nesting beaches during the nesting and hatching seasons.
- If you encounter a sea turtle in the wild, do not touch or disturb it. If you are on a beach at night, do not shine lights on or near the turtle (this includes camera flashes).
Pollution and plastics
- Bring your own reusable bags when shopping and avoid using plastic bags.
- Do not release balloons—they travel long distances and are known to be ingested by sea turtles.
- Participate in or organize regular coastal clean-ups—even in areas where sea turtles are not known to occur. Trash will travel!
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Why is this medication prescribed?
Gemcitabine is used in combination with other chemotherapy drugs to treat cancer of the ovaries (cancer that begins in the female reproductive organs where eggs are formed) and breast cancer that has not improved or that has worsened after treatment with other medications. Gemcitabine is used in combination with other chemotherapy drugs to treat a type of lung cancer (non-small cell lung cancer; NSCLC) that has spread to other parts of the body and cannot be treated with surgery. Gemcitabine is also used to treat cancer of the pancreas that has spread to other parts of the body and has not improved or worsened after treatment with another medication. Gemcitabine is in a class of medications called antimetabolites. It works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells in your body.
How should this medicine be used?
Gemcitabine comes as a powder to be mixed with liquid to be injected over 30 minutes intravenously (into a vein) by a doctor or nurse in a medical facility. When gemcitabine is used to treat ovarian or breast cancer, it is usually given on certain days every 3 weeks. When gemcitabine is used to treat lung cancer it is usually given on certain days every 3 or 4 weeks. When gemcitabine is used to treat cancer of pancreas it may be injected once every week. The length of treatment depends on the types of drugs you are taking, how well your body responds to them, and the type of cancer or condition you have. Your doctor may need to stop or delay your treatment if you experience certain side effects.
Ask your pharmacist or doctor for a copy of the manufacturer's information for the patient.
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Gemcitabine is also sometimes used to treat bladder cancer and cancer of the biliary tract (cancer in the organs and ducts that make and store bile, the liquid made by the liver). Talk to your doctor about the risks of using this medication for your condition.
This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
What special precautions should I follow?
Before receiving gemcitabine,
- tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to gemcitabine, any other medications, or any of the ingredients in gemcitabine. Ask your pharmacist for a list of the ingredients.
- tell your doctor and pharmacist what other prescription and nonprescription medications, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and herbal products you are taking or plan to take.
- tell your doctor if you drink or have ever drunk large amounts of alcohol or if you have or ever had liver disease, including hepatitis, or kidney disease.
- tell your doctor if you have previously received or are currently receiving radiation therapy.
- tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. If you become pregnant while receiving gemcitabine, call your doctor. Gemcitabine may harm the fetus.
- tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding. You should not breast-feed while you are receiving gemcitabine injection.
What special dietary instructions should I follow?
Unless your doctor tells you otherwise, continue your normal diet.
What side effects can this medication cause?
Gemcitabine may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
- nausea
- vomiting
- diarrhea
- constipation
- loss of appetite
- sores in the mouth and throat
- hair loss
- headache
- sore or painful muscles
- rash
- itching
- pain, burning, or tingling in the hands or feet
- swelling, pain, redness, or burning at the injection site
Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of these symptoms, call your doctor immediately :
- unusual bleeding or bruising
- red or black, tarry stools
- pink, red, or dark brown urine
- coughing up or vomiting blood or material that looks like coffee grounds
- fever, sore throat, ongoing cough and congestion, or other signs of infection
- unusual tiredness or weakness
- shortness of breath
- yellowing of the skin or eyes
- pain in the upper right part of the stomach
- decreased urination
- swelling of the hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs
- fast, irregular, or pounding heartbeat
- hives
- difficulty breathing or swallowing
Gemcitabine may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.
If you experience a serious side effect, you or your doctor may send a report to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online (http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch) or by phone (1-800-332-1088).
In case of emergency/overdose
In case of overdose, call the poison control helpline at 1-800-222-1222. Information is also available online at https://www.poisonhelp.org/help. If the victim has collapsed, had a seizure, has trouble breathing, or can't be awakened, immediately call emergency services at 911.
Symptoms of overdose may include the following:
- severe rash
- pain, burning, or tingling in the hands or feet
- unusual bleeding or bruising
- red or black, tarry stools
- pink, red, or dark brown urine
- coughing up or vomiting blood or material that looks like coffee grounds
- fever, sore throat, ongoing cough and congestion, or other signs of infection
- extreme tiredness
What other information should I know?
Keep all appointments with your doctor and the laboratory. Your doctor will order certain lab tests to check your body's response to gemcitabine.
It is important for you to keep a written list of all of the prescription and nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements. You should bring this list with you each time you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. It is also important information to carry with you in case of emergencies.
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Kenneth Warren, PhD.National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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Why does drinking alcohol have such profound effects on people's behavior? Why does alcohol dependence develop and persist in some people but not in others? Scientists attempt to answer these questions by studying the brain, where alcohol intoxication and dependence begin. During the past decade, advances in technology have helped us better understand how alcohol changes the brain and how those changes influence alcohol-related behaviors. In the coming decade, this knowledge will help researchers develop drug and other interventions that can reduce the high social, personal and economic costs of alcohol-related problems.
Research supported by NIAAA in the early 1990s demonstrated that people who abuse alcohol for a long time experience lasting changes within the brain's limbic system, which supports emotion and motivation. These changes, which we call neuroadaptation, involve multiple neurotransmitters and other brain chemicals. Neuroadaptation can result in heightened anxiety and distress during abstinence; the drinker can alleviate this discomfort for a short time by drinking more. This may help explain why people with alcohol dependence steadily increase the amount they drink.
As a person's dependence on alcohol grows, the affected neurotransmitter systems change from those that are involved in the brain's reward system to those that cause negative effects such as anxiety, sweating and tremors. It appears that people with alcohol dependence continue to drink despite recurring health and social problems because of a vicious cycle: They are drinking in an attempt to avoid the unpleasant effects of drinking. In the future, alcohol scientists hope to use their understanding of how neuroadaptation occurs to develop targeted medications for treating alcohol dependence.
Researchers have identified stress as a probable trigger for relapse into alcohol dependence. Alcohol neuroscientists have identified several brain-cell receptors that influence resilience to stress and may be involved in susceptibility to alcohol dependence. For example, researchers found that mice lacking a receptor that mediates stress responses voluntarily drank much less alcohol and were more sensitive to its sedative effects than normal mice. In one study, people who had recently gone through alcohol detoxification took a drug that targets this same receptor. They reported fewer alcohol cravings and improved overall well-being. This finding might lead to a new treatment for some types of alcohol dependence, which is a central part of the NIAAA's mission.
Scientists also are seeking ways to combat underage drinking, a major public health challenge worldwide. For example, researchers conducting studies on animals have found that adolescents are less sensitive than adults to the negative effects of intoxication, including sleepiness, hangover and impaired coordination. That means it takes more alcohol for teens to begin to experience the negative effects that adults recognize as signs that they have had too much to drink. On the other hand, researchers conducting studies on humans have found that adolescents are more sensitive than adults to alcohol's impairment of memory and social inhibition. These findings suggest that adolescents are particularly prone to alcohol-related consequences, such as teenage drinking and driving accidents and lasting cognitive deficits. In addition, the earlier drinking begins in adolescence, the greater the risk of alcohol use disorders in adulthood. Our next challenge, therefore, is to learn how drinking may interfere with normal adolescent brain development at the cellular and molecular level, as well as how this interference may lead to cognitive impairment and alcohol use disorders. Then we can investigate interventions that will protect people of all ages.
During the Decade of the Brain, scientists developed imaging and electrical recording techniques that allow today's researchers to study how alcohol affects different brain systems and structures. We can also see, in real time, how both the motivation to drink and alcohol itself change the human brain. For example, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), scientists can track how the desire to use alcohol changes specific brain regions. Scientists using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can monitor chemical and metabolic changes that may cause alcohol's short-term pleasurable effects (intoxication) and long-term detrimental effects (dependence).
Furthermore, about half of a person's risk of developing alcoholism is based on his or her genetic makeup, and real-time recording techniques also are helping scientists to identify genetic risk factors. For instance, using event-related potentials (ERPs), researchers have identified unusual brainwaves that appear in the brains of children of alcoholics before they have taken their first drink. Researchers also have found that certain genetic markers linked to alcohol dependence also are associated with psychiatric disorders such as antisocial personality disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. This finding suggests that these illnesses have genetic connections. In order to investigate the interface of genetics and neuroimaging, the NIAAA has promoted imaging research that may clarify how genes associated with alcohol dependence affect the brain. This new field of imaging genetics offers a powerful research tool to help us understand the genes that underlie alcohol-related disorders.
Understanding the effect of alcohol on the brain through discoveries in neuroscience is integral to understanding why people get into trouble from alcohol use and figuring out how to prevent and reduce alcohol-related problems. During the next decade, animal and human studies using increasingly sophisticated technology will provide information that may help bring us closer to these important goals.
Mice lacking stress receptor..
"Possible Treatment for Alcoholism Suggested by Brain Stress System"
Medical News Today February 27, 2008http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/98709.php
* This article was previously published in Cerebrum, 2010
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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, glabrous to hairy, generally aromatic
Stems generally erect, generally 4-angled
Leaves generally simple to deeply lobed, opposite, generally gland-dotted
Inflorescence: cyme, generally clustered around stem, head-like, separated by evident internodes (terminal in Monardella ) or collectively crowded, spike-like to panicle-like (sometimes raceme or flowers 212); subtended by leaves or bracts; flowers sessile or pedicelled
Flower generally bisexual; calyx generally 5-lobed, radial to bilateral; corolla generally bilateral, 12-lipped, upper lip entire or 2-lobed, ± flat to hood-like, sometimes 0, lower lip generally 3-lobed; stamens generally 4, generally exserted, paired, pairs unequal, sometimes 2, staminodes 2 or 0; ovary superior, generally 4-lobed to base, chambers 2, ovules 2 per chamber, style 1, arising from center at junction of lobes, stigmas generally 2
Fruit: nutlets 4, generally ovoid to oblong, smooth
Genera in family: ± 200 genera, 5500 species: worldwide. Many cultivated for herbs, oils (Lavandula , lavender; Mentha , mint; Ocimum , basil; Rosmarinus , rosemary; Thymus , thyme), some cultivated as ornamental (in CA Cedronella , Leonotis , Phlomis )
Reference: [Cantino & Sanders 1986 Syst Bot 11:163185]
Annual, perennial herb, ± gland-dotted
Leaves entire to serrate
Inflorescence: heads 1 or more per main stem, sometimes arrayed in spikes or panicles; bracts in 23 series (outer series (0)12 pairs, ± like leaves, 0several mm below heads, erect to reflexed; middle series 24 pairs, like leaves to papery or leathery, sometimes straw-colored to purple, erect in cup-like involucre to reflexed; inner series 0few pairs, membranous, linear-lanceolate)
Flower: calyx 5-lobed, generally < 12 mm; corolla white to purple, upper lip erect, 2-lobed, lower lip recurved, 3-lobed; stamens 4; style unequally 2-lobed
Species in genus: ± 20 species: w North America
Etymology: (Latin: small Monarda )
Reference: [Epling 1925 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 12:1106]
Complex; hybrids common, often outnumbering non-hybrids; head width and bract orientation given for unpressed specimens
Horticultural information: often DFCLT. Many subsp., subspp., or populations have exacting soil requirements.
Perennial, erect or decumbent, open
Stem appressed-hairy
Leaf 1020 mm, narrowly ovate, thin; lower surface ± white-canescent; upper surface green to ± gray; margin entire or minutely serrate, rolled under
Inflorescence: head 1030 mm wide; outer bracts 820 mm, ± like leaves, soft-hairy; inner bracts leathery or scarious
Flower: calyx shaggy-hairy; corolla 1417 mm, lavender to rose or purple, tube exserted
Ecology: Oak woodland, chaparral, open, rocky slopes, often serpentine
Elevation: < 1800 m.
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The Elderberry Festival 2014 sponsored by Norm's Farms in downtown Carrboro was awesome this year! Many thanks to the great sponsors, vendors, musicians and volunteers …YOU made it happen! Hope you enjoy the pictures, and we hope you'll come back next year.
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Elderberry Festival 2014
Elderberry Festival 2014
August 23 rd from 12pm until 11pm
It's a party with a purpose! Join us!
Hosted by The Station and Southern Rail, 2nd Wind, and Norm's Farms, this year's Elderberry Festival features 5 stages, 31 bands and lots of cool local vendors! And its FREE!
This year's Elderberry Festival showcases the best in local Musicians, local Craft Breweries and Wineries, local Food Producers and local Artisans. Come on out and meet some of the people that make Carrboro what it is!


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Recognition awards are available to Cub Scout leaders who complete training, tenure, and performance requirements. These awards are presented by the local council. All of the awards require the completion of Fast Start Training, Basic Leader Training for the position, Youth Protection training, and participation in roundtables or a pow wow or University of Scouting. Some require additional supplemental training. One or two years of registered service in the appropriate position is a requirement for each award, and tenure used for one award may not be used for another.


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The Four Seasons: Hot Stove Analysis
Most places experience four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter. Each season is distinctly associated with different weather patterns and different activities. When people ask me what my favorite season is, I say, "Baseball season." I think that I need to be more specific, though. A lot of people think that there is just baseball season and the off season, but like the weather, baseball has four seasons as well: the preseason, the regular season, the postseason, and the hot stove season. Just because there is no baseball, that does not mean that there is an "off" season.
If you asked me which of the baseball seasons were my favorite, I would have a hard time responding. If you asked me my least favorite, though, I would not have to think twice about answering, "The hot stove season." For a baseball fan, there is nothing worse than having your favorite player be a free agent. You hope that deep down, money and years are subordinate to the loyalty he has for his team. But in the end, we all have to face the harsh reality that for players, love for a team is quantified.
The off season can be even harder if, like me, you are a huge fan of minor league baseball. The top rated prospects are always the ones who are most vulnerable to blockbuster trades. This brings me to, you guessed it, Adrian Gonzalez.
As I write this, it has essentially been made official that the Red Sox and the Padres have completed a blockbuster trade. The Red Sox have been interested in Adrian Gonzalez for over a year now, and Theo Epstein has finally made it happen. The Red Sox lose perhaps the three best prospects in the organization in Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo, and Reymond Fuentes.
I wonder how it is to hear your name in trade talks as these three so often did. In this case, though, I think this trade is a compliment to their abilities. The Red Sox are not trading to get rid of them. Adrian Gonzalez is one of the most talented players in baseball, and the San Diego Padres see enough talent in these three prospects to trade away their face of the franchise. That is a huge compliment.
This trade has some personal repercussions for me. Anyone who has read this blog once or twice knows how much faith and respect I had for these guys. I expected to see Casey Kelly in the Red Sox's starting rotation in 2013. I expected Anthony Rizzo to be the Red Sox's starting first baseman in either 2012 or 2013. I expected Reymond Fuentes to be the Red Sox's starting center fielder in 2014.
It's not just that I closely followed their minor league development. I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing each of them. I feel very lucky that I had the opportunity to get to know them a bit. Obviously, all three of them are fantastic players, but when it comes down to it, they're good guys too.
I remember the first time I talked to Casey Kelly. He, Kris Johnson, Kyle Weiland, and Ryan Kalish were sitting at a table signing at an event in Fort Myers. I gave them all my card, and we had an interesting conversation about the spelling of analysis. I saw Kelly about 20 minutes later, and I talked to him a bit more about the spelling of analysis, and also about his transition from shortstop to pitcher. When I saw him in Portland, he was happy to re-establish the fact that I, apparently, am a poor speller.
I met Anthony Rizzo on the last day of Spring Training. I told him and his mother, Lori, that he was one of my projects. When I saw him in Portland over the summer, I talked to him a lot, and I even had the chance to formally interview him, the transcript of which you can read here.
I formally interviewed Reymond Fuentes at the Fall Instructional League in Fort Myers. You can read the transcript of that here.. (It's actually more of a summary of what I remembered, because I accidentally deleted it). I don't have a picture with him, but I am thankful that I had the chance to talk to him before he was traded.
Although I'm truly going to miss these guys, this was a fantastic trade. I think both sides will benefit equally. Gonzalez's impact will obviously be more immediate, but like I said, I fully expect Kelly, Rizzo, and Fuentes to be starting in the near future after they finish their development. The Red Sox are currently working out a long term deal with Gonzalez because he is in the last year of his contract. Every baseball team learned from the Atlanta Braves' mistake a couple of years ago when they traded top prospects (Elvis Andrus and Neftali Feliz, to name a few) to the Texas Rangers for Mark Teixeira, and failed to sign him long term.
Adrian Gonzalez will obviously play first base, and Kevin Youkilis will move to third: a position that he is very comfortable at considering he was developed as a third baseman. Adrian Beltre will not be in a Red Sox uniform next season. He is a fantastic player, and his bat will have a huge impact on whichever team he signs with.
I want to briefly analyze the other moves that the Red Sox have made this season, and then address the remaining needs.
1. They signed Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Jason Varitek to one year
deals. Varitek is always a good guy to have around considering he knows
how to handle the pitching staff, and he can help Saltalamacchia learn.
Saltalamacchia was formerly a huge catching prospect in the Rangers
organization, but he never really panned out as expected. He even
struggled with getting the ball back to the pitcher. However, I would not be surprised if he turned out to be a valuable asset. At the same time, though, neither his or Varitek's bat will fill Victor Martinez's (who signed a four year contract worth $50 million with the Tigers) hole. The Red Sox obviously value Salty and Varitek for their defense, not their bats. The rest of the Red Sox lineup will compensate.
2. They traded Dustin Richardson for former first round pick (sixth overall), Andrew Miller, whom they have just non-tendered. They also non-tendered Hideki Okajima. As many of you know–or even just judging from my picture–this trade also had personal repercussions for me. Richardson was perhaps my favorite pitcher in the minor league system. He did not have a full year to develop in Triple-A, which explains why he struggled a bit with walks at the major league level. As a left handed pitcher, I think he could have been a valuable asset to the Red Sox's bullpen, but I have no doubt that he will do well in Florida. I look forward to following his career down here.
I remember the first time I talked to Richardson. It was at a spring training workout, and I was able to tell him how much I enjoyed watching him last September, and that I thought really highly of him. It surprised me that he remembered me nearly a month later, and that he had taken the time to read my site. When I talked to him more extensively, what really impressed me about him was that he was really honest with himself. Instead of saying, "Yeah, I should be in Boston," he wanted to work stuff out in Pawtucket. I was even more surprised that he recognized me immediately in San Francisco, and I was so glad that I had the chance to congratulate him on his first major league strikeout. He gave me two baseballs.
What confused me, though, is that the Red Sox non-tendered Andrew Miller. If the Red Sox were not planning on keeping him, then they essentially gave up Richardson for free. It was suggested to me on Twitter, by @justjohnsonya, that perhaps the Red Sox were clearing a roster spot for the Rule 5 Draft, and hoping to sign Miller after that.
The Red Sox have proven arms in Scott Atchison, Daniel Bard, Tim Wakefiled, and Jonathan Papelbon, and I expect to see great things from Felix Doubront and Michael Bowden. However, the bullpen is another asset that the Red Sox need to improve upon.
The rest of the Red Sox's Hot Stove moves have been relatively anticlimactic, picking up a guy off waivers here and there. There are two big names on the market that the Red Sox will pursue: Carl Crawford and Jayson Werth. The Red Sox already have a right-fielder in Drew (who is in the last year of his contract), and a left fielder in Ellsbury, but Ellsbury can easily move to center field. I could see the Red Sox signing Crawford, moving Ellsbury to center, keeping Drew in right, and having Mike Cameron as the fourth outfielder (he is still under contract). If this happens, I would think that the Red Sox would want to develop Kalish as a right fielder, because I fully expect him to be in the starting lineup in 2012. Between Crawford and Werth, Crawford is the most logical move.


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Seaside Fire Still Smoulders [VIDEO]
The fire on the boardwalk in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights is nearly under control as most mutual aid has left and an investigation begins into the cause of the fire.
3:18 p.m. - Bruce Kohr, who owned 4 Kohr's custard shops destroyed by the fire, told the Wall Street Journal he is sick over the fire and plans on rebuilding the location on Farragut Avenue. "I don't know how much more I can take," he said, adding later, "We're a mess. We didn't even recover fully yet from the effects of Sandy. This is just adding salt to the wound."
3:10 p.m. - Seaside Park officials began planning Friday morning to rebuild their part of the boardwalk, at the southern end, where the fire began near a frozen custard stand. Most of the boardwalk shared by the two towns was still intact. Bob Martucci, the borough administrator, said it will cost $600,000 to rebuild the borough-owned boardwalk. Individual businesses would not be included in that cost, he said.
2:57 p.m. - The Seaside Heights Business Improvement District says they will not be canceling any scheduled events including this weekend's Boy Scout Jamboree and New Heights Fesitval. They say the "vast majority" of the boardwalk was not damaged. Upcoming events include the 5th annual Que By The Sea barbeque competition, Fishin' In Seaside Heights on October 4 and the Italian Street Festival and Columbus Day Parade October 11 -13
1:50 p.m. - Most firefighters have left Seaside according to the New Jersey Department of Emergency Management which posts on their Facebook page only Seaside Heights and Seaside Park fire departments are still on scene. The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office has moved in to begin their investigation and a high police perimeter remains around the immediate area of the fire.
12:28 p.m. - Route 35 is reopened into Seaside Heights in both directions but expect delays.
11:56 a.m.: The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office is looking for photos and videos taken at the start of the fire near Kohr's. A spokesman for Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato explains that visuals might help investigators narrow down the source point, and perhaps reveal any repairs that might have been under way. Reach Coronato's office at 732-929-2027, or contact Seaside Heights Police at 732-793-1800.
10:38 a.m: Governor Christie says the fire is 95% contained and was limited to commercial properties. The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office will lead the investigation into the cause of the fire. 100 firefighters remain to get the flames out although "hot pockets" of fire will likely remain for days. "We will rebuild," Christie said. "We will make new memories for our families because that's what we do." The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office will lead the investigation into the fire.
9:06 a.m. - White smoke is blowing out to sea as the smell of burnt wood hangs in the air south of Funtown Pier according to Jersey Shore Hurricane News, which reports surfers are in the ocean taking advantage of the rough seas churned up by Hurricane Gabrielle.
9:00 a.m. - "There's not much left" in the affected areas, said Brian Gabriel, Ocean County's fire coordinator. "It looks like a couple of bombs went off. It's pretty much complete devastation."
The fire was brought under control overnight thanks to heavy rain, a shift in the wind direction and a 25-foot trench on the boardwalk in Seaside Park at Lincoln Avenue filled with sand dunes that stopped the from continuing north.
Townsquare Media's Ilya Hemlin in Seaside Heights says firefighters expect to continue putting water on the fire until at least 12noon as puffs of smoke are still coming from the rubble. Governor Chris Christie will update the situation at 10:30 a.m. from Seaside Heights.
Chief Thomas Boyd from Seaside Heights is urging everyone to stay away from the boardwalk area for a few days while the investigation into the fire continues. Two lanes eastbound to Seaside Heights on Route 37 over the Mathis Bridge are blocked along with Route 35 between 24th Ave and Bay Boulevard in Seaside Park. Al Della Fave, a spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, said there was no immediate indication of whether the fire appeared to be suspicious or accidental. He tells the Star-Ledger that detectives have not been able to get into the fire scene yet.
The first priority, he said, was putting the fire out and securing the scene, he said. "The only building that's not consumed by fire is part of the arcade and the Saw Mill Café," Ocean County Fire Chief Brian Gabriel said in a press conference early Friday reports WCAU TV.
Overnight, NJ State Police, Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, the Ocean County Sherriff's Office, Toms River police, Seaside Heights police and Lavallette police established a perimeter around the area as a State of Emergency was declared.
The blaze destroyed all 32 businesses on the Seaside Park portion of the boardwalk, borough Councilwoman Nancy Koury told The Associated Press. More than 20 other boardwalk businesses in Seaside Heights also were burned, according to Michael Loundy, the town's director of community improvements.
Governor Chris Christie on Thursday night vowed that Seaside would recover from the fire. "This is New Jersey. As soon as this is over, we will pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and get back to work," he said. The Beachcomber, which sustained damage from the fire, is heeding his advice. "The Beachcomber is much more than just a building; it is the spirit of our family, our friends, our employees, our bands and mostly our loyal customers throughout the years," posted the Seaside Heights bar on its Facebook page.
"Thank all of you for your prayers and support through this horrific event. Although no specific reports can be given right now...know that we will be back, the sun will rise tomorrow and the future is bright."


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This year the Rubber Ball took place on a vintage yacht on the river Thames in the centre of London! The HMS President is a beautiful ship moored in the heart of the vibrant city, among all the historic sights and with fabulous views. From far away you could distinguish it as tonight's special place because of the two big torches on the afterdeck. And as hot as the torches the night ahead would be…
One day before, the official pre-party hosted by Pussy Control rocked the Fire Club in Vauxhall, London. Pussy Control pride themselves on being a female dominated party and they are true to their word – men must be accompanied by a female. This way Pussy rules and all can enjoy a beautiful crowd of women and fetisexual deviants. Dominatrix Mistress V was monitoring the playroom and looking for people worthy of her attention. House slaves and Sissy Maids took care to serve the female guests throughout the night.
Back at the Rubber Ball on the classy ship, the upper deck housed two cocktail bars with big chillout lounges, where the fetish crowd would gather and get into conversation and naughty talk. Also featured was a big dancefloor with DJs playing hot tracks and a stage where the shows would be performed. Burlesque singer Ophelia Bitz and the Rock Band Deviant UK entertained the audience whereas others already crowded the dungeon area in the lower deck. Down there notorious English Dominatrixes put the furnishings provided by Rackmasters to proper use for punishment of misbehaving slaves… or just for their entertainment. Hosted by the stunning rubber clad Rebekka Raynor this was the place to be later in the night.
Fetish lovers from all over the world enjoyed this unique spring fetish night, which ended at 4 pm in the morning… and we just can't wait for the next Rubber Ball, in luscious London.