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Find out where your team is going to be this weekend during postseason. Golf tournaments are being played Monday morning, so they are not listed, but the Globe wishes good luck to all the teams.
The regional schedule for the upcoming baseball, softball, track and girls soccer have been released by the Kansas State High School Athletic Association. BASEBALL The No. 7 Dodge City Red Demons (10-10) will face Maize (No. 6, 12-8) at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the first round of the Wichita Heights regional at McAdams Field. The winner of that game will face the winner of No. 1-seed Wichita Heights (17-3)-No. 12-seed Wichita Southeast (3-17) for a spot in the Class 6A state tournament in Topeka. Minneola-Ashland (19-1) earned the top seed in the Class 2-1A regional at Medicine Lodge. The Wildcats earned a bye in the first round and will face either the host Indians (No. 5, 6-10) or the Oxford Wildcats (No. 4, 8-6) at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The No. 6-seed Spearville Royal Lancers (3-10) traveled to play Burden Central (No. 3, 10-7) in a first round game. The winner faces Udall (No. 2, 15-4) at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Medicine Lodge. The winners of Tuesday's first two games will play for the regional championship at 6 p.m. Tuesday. SOFTBALL The Dodge City Lady Demons are the No. 11-seed with a 5-15 record and will face No. 2-seed and host Garden City (16-3) at 2 p.m. The winner of that game will play the winner of the No. 5 Derby (11-5)-No. 8 Wichita Southeast (7-13) for the regional final at 5:30 p.m. The Spearville Lady Lancers are the No. 3 seed in the Class 2-1A Stanton County regional and will place Elkhart (No. 2, 10-8) at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday. The winner will play in the regional title game at 6:30 p.m. against Stanton County (No. 1, 15-3), Satanta (No. 4, 3-12) or Sublette (No. 5, 0-17). GIRLS SOCCER The Dodge City Lady Demons (5-10-1) are the No. 10 seed and will play at No. 3 seed Wichita Heights (11-5) at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the South Central Regional No. 3 bracket. The winner will face the winner of the No. 4 Garden City (9-6-1)-No. 9 Wichita North (6-10) on the road to qualify for the state quarterfinals. TRACK The Class 6A regional involving Dodge City will start at 4 p.m. Friday at Memorial Stadium with field events. Preliminary running events start at 6 p.m., with running finals starting 30 minutes after preliminaries. Other schools at the regional include Garden City, Hutchinson, Campus, Maize, Wichita North, Wichita Northeast and Wichita South. The Class 3A regional involving Cimarron will take place at Holcomb, starting at 3 p.m. Friday. Field events start at 3 p.m., with preliminary running at 4:30 p.m., and running finals at 6 p.m. The Class 2A regional involving Hodgeman County, Kiowa County, Meade and South Gray will be at Sublette. Field events will start at 3 p.m., with running preliminaries scheduled for 5 p.m. and running finals at 6 p.m. The Class 1A regional involving Ashland, Bucklin, Fowler, Ingalls, Kinsley, Minneola, Pawnee Heights, South Central and Spearville will be at St. John. Field events start at 3 p.m., with running preliminaries at 4:30 p.m. and running finals at 6 p.m.


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Taft varsity wins by 25 in first league game
When the Taft and Arvin varsity boys basketball teams last hooked up, the Wildcats easily sailed past the Bears. While the scene and importance of the game had changed, the outcome remained the same after Taft defeated the Bears 58-33 in Arvin Monday night.
"I thought we played pretty well," said Taft coach Harold Heiter. "I think we controlled the game defensively."
With the victory, Taft improves to 7-7 overall and 1-0 in the South Sequoia League.
Taft got off to a roaring start by outscoring the Bears 15-2 with Arvin's only basket coming from Cornelio Martinez at the 6:21 mark.
Meanwhile, Steven Gee took control of the game during that stretch by scoring six of the points.
Arvin attempted to get back into the game late in first quarter by scoring four unanswered points including Homer Avalos' jumper with a minute to go. Jacob Lopez countered with a three-pointer to put Taft up 18-6.
Taft took off again in the second quarter with a 12-5 run. During that stretch of time the Bears were held to Homer Avalos' three-pointer and Malachi Longmire's steal and layup.
Arvin narrowed the deficit to 17 with 2:10 to go. However, the Wildcats countered with a 6-2 run with four of the points coming from Lopez.
Taft carried their momentum into the third quarter by going on a 9-2 run. Like the previous run, Lopez led the scoring charge with a three-pointer and two free throws.
Arvin's Avalos ended the run with a three-pointer a the 1:41 mark of the quarter. Jesus Llamas followed up with a jumper to get the Bears within 23. However, Lopez scored the final three points of the quarter.
The Bears finally turned the tables in the final quarter by going on a 7-2 run. Taft's Triston Ginn snapped the run at the 3:23 mark with a layup before hitting a free throw less than a minute later.
Taft fed off the three points by outscoring the Bears 5-4 the rest of the way to win the game.
Lopez led Taft in scoring with 15 while Gee followed with 10. Kyle Adkins chipped in with 7 while Mitchell Emberson had six.
"Kyle had his best game of the year," said Heiter.
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QUINCY � Five Hillsdale County seniors were recognized for their contributions to the Jonesville and Reading High School baseball teams.
Three players from Jonesville and two from Reading earned All-Big Eight Conference baseball honors for the 2013 season.
Brandon Jenkins and Wesley Raker represent Jonesville on the All-Big Eight First Team, while fellow senior Steven Eckardt received honorable mention. Alex Simmons was the lone Reading player to be named to the First Team, while senior Ryan Galloway received All-Big Eight honorable mention.
Jenkins was the Comets starting catcher this season. The senior was one of the team's leading hitters and captained the infield. Raker played third base and saw time as a pitcher during the season, and provided another consistent bat in the Comets' lineup. Eckardt also pitched and played first base and was another strong defender in the Jonesville infield.
Simmons finished as the leading hitter for the Rangers, finishing with a .392 batting average. He was also Reading's ace pitcher, finishing 5-3 on the season. In the opening game of the season, Simmons threw a no-hitter. Simmons was named the team's Most Valuable Player and earned All-District honors
"Alex had to go against the opponent's top pitcher in all the league doubleheaders and did well," Reading coach Rick Bailey said. "He was a three-year starter for us and is just a good all-around baseball player."
Galloway led the Rangers in runs batted in and doubles. The first baseman hit fourth in Reading's lineup and hit .342 in Big Eight play. He was named the team's Most Improved Player last year.
"Ryan had nice season," Bailey said. "Both Alex and Ryan were on the team that won the league last year. We were a lot younger this season, and they both showed good senior leadership."
Union City's Brady Johnson was named the Big Eight's Most Valuable Player, while Emmett Fraley and Chris Rieger were also named to the First Team.
Concord had three players on the All-Big Eight First Team in Jesse Brigham, Matt DeHaven and Zak Thompson. Homer had four First Team players in Chaz Hopkins, Nate Sitkiewicz, Dylan Thomas and Alex White. Bryce McCavit and Jimmy Strock represent Quincy on the First Team this season.
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Weare police officers to wear body cameras on patrolBy KATHLEEN BAGLIO HUMPHREYS
Union Leader Correspondent
June 26. 2014 9:50PM
WEARE — As a result of recent lawsuits against the town, police officers will soon be wearing body cameras while out on patrol.
"Yes, of course it's because of recent lawsuits settled," Weare Police Chief John D. Velleca said Thursday.
"It's no secret there has been a problem in the department and this will give us a chance to identify problems with officers in the field and correct them through discipline or training. It's an early intervention in regard to that," Velleca said.
Two cases settled this month include a $57,500 lawsuit brought by Carla Gericke, president of the Free State Project, who was arrested in March 2010 for videotaping officers during a traffic stop, and a $300,000 settlement for the August 2013 killing of Alex Cora deJesus of Manchester during an undercover drug deal gone bad.
Velleca said the cameras won't be used in the field for about another month, after officers complete their training and review the policy.
So far, none of the police officers have expressed concern over using the cameras, according to the chief.
The small waterproof and rugged cameras are made by the Taser Company exclusively for law enforcement and are the Axon model. They come equipped with audio and can't be manipulated. The video cannot be downloaded by the individual officers. The video will be reviewed periodically and will be incorporated in the officer's daily reports.
Some video could help prosecute cases, Velleca said.
"It seems to have evidence value. We would treat video as any other piece of evidence at that point," the chief said.
The camera will be worn on the officer's chest. Officers will inform citizens they are being recorded, Velleca said.
"The Weare Police Department is a transparent agency that strives to maintain the highest level of accountability to the community we serve. Equipping our officers with body-worn cameras will enhance our level of accountability," the chief said.


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Washington has already been suspended for the first four games of the 2013 regular season for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. Washington is currently under investigation by the Phoenix, Arizona police department after a woman claims she was assaulted by the Pro Bowl linebacker in a domestic incident on Wednesday, the Arizona Republic reports.
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Bob Witkop: Obama is not the only one to blame for ObamacareBY BOB WITKOP
December 08. 2013 4:19PM
The labeling of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as Obamacare is somewhat of a misnomer. President Obama had little, if anything, to do with the creation of the flawed and controversial legislation. The idea of socializing the nation's health care system fit well with candidate Obama's narrative and his radical left agenda. Naming the act Obamacare only served to feed his oversized ego.
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The President's approval rating has taken a nosedive and his credibility is in serious jeopardy. Polls indicate that most in the country think Obama to be untrustworthy and an ineffective manager. It is not the ACA alone that is the reason for his poor standing. On a larger scale, his fall from grace can be interpreted as national repudiation of his entire radical left agenda. The President is now looking to rebrand Obamacare in an attempt to save his shredded legacy. Like it or not, President Obama owns the legislative fiasco that is Obamacare. And, if it weren't absolutely shameless and pathetic it would be almost comical. Obama is trying to cast blame for the muddled mess on the Republicans.
The Obama administration — the same folks that brought you Solyndra — is beset with ineptocrats: liberal ideologues from academia having no practical business or management experience. Obama stands alone at the center of the failed implementation. Obama commented in a debate with Hillary Clinton that he does not consider himself to be an operations manager. He feels that it is his job to set the vision and others should be charged with fulfilling his divine plan.
The first step to repealing Obamacare is to return control of the Senate to Republicans. For Granite State voters, that means defeating Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in next fall's midterm election. As for the other New Hampshire pols, elected Democrats across the United States are now considered to be radioactive. Congresswomen Carol Shea-Porter and Annie Kuster will be hoisted on their own petards in November for their beaurocratic arrogance. The nation needs to dissolve the Obama-Reid-Pelosi triumvirate. Vote Republican next November.
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quote:Originally posted by hanley6out of these two I'd choose Zetterberg... But I'd prefer Ovechkin and Malkin, Thornton, Iginla they are the most competitive players in the NHL today hands down
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quote:Originally posted by fly4apuckguySome of you actually picked Zetterberg over Crosby?What does the kid have to do to win you haters over already?Good god. If there was one GM in the NHL that would choose Zetterberg over Crosby, he'd be fired and pistol-whipped on the spot.Zetterberg is good, but not that good. He's a second tier player at best.
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quote:Originally posted by Porkchop73I think we have all seen Crosby mature somewhat this year. He is the better player for this comparison. Zetterburg is a great player but head to head you have to take Crosby. When you consider his age and how much pressure he has from the league and the Penguins to be the saviour for both, he has performed like a the superstar he was always supposed to be. Do I think Zetterburg could have handled it the same? I don't know, he has never had the same pressure Crosby has had at anytime during his career and was late bloomer so to speak. Crosby is my pick easily.
quote:Originally posted by Porkchop73Hanley, as a hockey player he went from the captain of a stanley cup final team the year previous, to the captain of a team that early did not even look like it was going to make playoffs, had a significant injury last season and looked like he had not quite shook it off this season. Lets not forget as I mentioned earlier the expectations of every NHL fan and league executive on his shoulders to "revive" the NHL and win the fans over especially in the U.S.. He does act like a buffoon with stupid immature on ice celebrations, he shows respect for the game, its fans, and the players. Yes he still has some maturing to do, but essentially he is still a kid in a mans world. Some would fold like a cheap shirt with what he has to deal with. Anyways I think as a hockey player he definetly learned and matured from last season to this season. Everyone who wants to call him whiner or crybaby then go ahead, but you would trade places with him in heartbeat and I bet you in no way could be as composed in front of the media and all others every time like he is. Even Gretzky did not have this much attention thrown at him and he is credited with bringing the game to new levels in the U.S..So matured.... Yes ... when... all season long!!
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quote:Originally posted by slozoKingwoody - I lived through the Gretzky years, and I totally disagree with you.Granted, Gretzky did garner a crapload of attention - he was breaking all the records, after all, and he was a young Canadian kid on a Canadian team. The media was pretty relentless, for sure.But sports has twice the media coverage now than in those days . . . just do the research on sports news outlets, how many there were in the late 70s and 80s, and how many there are now . . . you can't compare. And despite the fact that Crosby will probably never break any of gretzky's records, he has to be called the next Gretzky and follow in his extremely long shadow as he progresses in his career. What was demanded of Gretzky back in the day does compare to what Crosby has to do, and it's a bit different - but I'd say Crosby has way higher expectations and way more pressure. No one was saying when Wayne was 18 years old "look, here's the next . . ." because there was no comparison to make, not even Gordie Howe who was a different style of player in most aspects.So no, Porkchop is not new to hockey - in fact, he's an older geezer on this site like myself who actually saw Gretzky play live in his childhood. We are older, and much wiser about hockey, and we know that Crosby is going through a heck of a lot more than even the Great One endured."Take off, eh?" - Bob and Doug
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quote:Originally posted by Porkchop73Zetterburg is a great player but head to head you have to take Crosby.
quote:Originally posted by kingwoody2Hey Porkchop: You said "Even Gretzky did not have this much attention thrown at him and he is credited with bringing the game to new levels in the U.S.."You are obviously new to hockey. Or you are 12 years old cause if you think Crosby has more attention paid to him, than Gretzky, you are sorley mistaken. Gretzky WAS THE NHL when he started playing. Wherever he went the media followed. He had the same amount or more pressure placed on his shoulders when he entered the league.It is a very similiar situation though with Crosby. he is the face of the NHL right now.And i would choose Crosby, no questions asked. If I had first pick overall of any NHL player I would pick Crosby. Zetterberg would be around the 7th to 10th pick
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quote:Originally posted by Guest9656quote:Originally posted by Porkchop73Zetterburg is a great player but head to head you have to take Crosby.If the playoffs were any indication, then head-to-head you would take Zetterburg. Crosby was not able to do much of anything when playing against Z. However, not only did Z shut crosby down, he still managed to put up some points. I don't think I saw crosby play any kind of defense...Tthe easy answer is Zetterburg.
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quote:Originally posted by willus3I'm getting tired of reading this Zetterberg shutdown Crosby stuff. You are aware that Crosby faced who many consider to be the 5th best defenceman of ALL TIME every single shift?
quote:Originally posted by Guest0829quote:Originally posted by willus3I'm getting tired of reading this Zetterberg shutdown Crosby stuff. You are aware that Crosby faced who many consider to be the 5th best defenceman of ALL TIME every single shift? Wow. I'm lost for words. Sorry but hijacking this thread for a post. Willus, I'm so surprised that you would rank Lidstrom so high especially since he is not a physical player. Personnally I would put Lidstrom higher than 5 all time I'd say 2nd or 3rd, but for you to say 5th is a big step forward. Consider the 2009 playoffs, he is 39 yrs old, just came back from surgery on the boys and almost ties the game 7 and helped shut down an offensive juggernaut. Back on topic - Cros.The boy matured. Battled through a lot of crap on the ice. Remember that Maltby slash? Likely a MCL injury. Sits on the bench to cheer his team on when he could only play a single shift in the 3rd.Zetterberg top 5 player in the league today. If there was a draft of the entire league, Z would be gone by the 5th pick. The order would be Ovie/Cros/Malkin as top 3. Datsyuk/Zetterberg at 4 or 5. I know what you are saying, what about Iggy? Due to age and lack of a long term contract, he goes a little later in the 6-8 slot with Vinny and Getzlaf.
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IRS reveals more 'BOLO' listsFrom Wire Reports
June 24. 2013 8:32PM
The Internal Revenue Service's new chief said Monday an internal investigation has revealed other instances of the agency using "be on the lookout" lists — employed by the agency to scrutinize conservative and Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status,
"When I got to the IRS, we started a more comprehensive review of the operations of this part of the IRS, have been looking at documents and business operations, and we did determine and discover that there are other BOLO lists in place," Daniel Werfel said in a conference call with reporters. "And upon discovering that, we also found that we believed there continued to be inappropriate or questionable criteria on these BOLO lists. Once we came to that conclusion, we took immediate action to suspend the use of these lists in the exempt organizations unit within the IRS."In a tweet, U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte called the latest revelations "Troubling." A "full investigation must continue," said the New Hampshire Republican.
The Huffington Post reported that Werfel would not say which organizations appeared on these other BOLO lists and what criteria were used to screen them.
The tax agency has been under fire for weeks after news emerged that it had singled out conservative organizations.
Werfel reaffirmed a May 14 Treasury inspector general report's finding that no employees or outsiders intentionally subjected Tea Party and other conservative groups to extra scrutiny.
"While fact gathering is still under way, we have not found evidence of intentional wrongdoing" by anyone outside or inside the IRS, Werfel told reporters.White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a written statement that President Barack Obama believes Werfel's report "is an important step in ensuring accountability for any staff that acted inappropriately, identifies the failures in their systems that allowed the misconduct to happen, and takes a forward-looking systemic view at the agency's management."
The scrutiny of conservative groups has set off a probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and resignations by top officials and congressional investigations.Obama last month fired then-acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller and ordered a 30-day review of the matter.
Werfel's full report outlines a new fast-track process for tax-exempt applications stalled for more than 120 days, allowing them to "self-certify" by pledging to not spend more than 40 percent of their activities and expenditures on political activity.
Congress is pressuring the IRS to provide additional documents about the agency's tax-exempt application targeting. Werfel is set to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday.


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Goniopora tenuidens
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Goniopora tenuidens Quelch, 1886
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Sheppard, A., Fenner, D., Edwards, A., Abrar, M. & Ochavillo, D.
|Livingstone, S., Polidoro, B. & Smith, J.
The most important known threat for this species is extensive reduction of coral reef habitat due to a combination of threats. Specific population trends are unknown but population reduction can be inferred from estimated habitat loss (Wilkinson 2004). This species is very widespread and common throughout its range, has a low susceptibility to bleaching and disease, and therefore is likely to be more resilient to habitat loss and reef degradation because of an assumed large effective population size that is highly connected and/or stable with enhanced genetic variability. Therefore, the estimated habitat loss of 21% from reefs already destroyed within its range is the best inference of population reduction since it may survive in coral reefs already at the critical stage of degradation (Wilkinson 2004). This inference of population reduction over three generation lengths (30 years) does not meet the threshold of a threat category and this species is Least Concern. However, because of predicted threats from climate change and ocean acidification it will be important to reassess this species in 10 years or sooner, particularly if the species is also observed to disappear from reefs currently at the critical stage of reef degradation.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This species is found in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, southwest Indian Ocean, northwest Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf, central Indian Ocean, central Indo-Pacific, north and west Australia, South-east Asia, Japan and South China Sea, eastern Australia, oceanic West Pacific, and Southwest Pacific.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Australia; Bahrain; British Indian Ocean Territory; Cambodia; Comoros; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Fiji; Guam; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Japan; Jordan; Kiribati; Kuwait; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mauritius; Mayotte; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nauru; New Caledonia; Norfolk Island; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Qatar; Réunion; Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somalia; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; Tuvalu; United Arab Emirates; Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Wallis and Futuna; Yemen
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Indian Ocean – eastern; Indian Ocean – western; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – western central; Pacific – northwest
|Additional data:
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|This species is common.
There is no species specific population information available for this species. However, there is evidence that overall coral reef habitat has declined, and this is used as a proxy for population decline for this species. This species is more resilient to some of the threats faced by corals and therefore population decline is estimated using the percentage of destroyed reefs only (Wilkinson 2004). We assume that most, if not all, mature individuals will be removed from a destroyed reef and that on average, the number of individuals on reefs are equal across its range and proportional to the percentage of destroyed reefs. Reef losses throughout the species' range have been estimated over three generations, two in the past and one projected into the future.
The age of first maturity of most reef building corals is typically three to eight years (Wallace 1999) and therefore we assume that average age of mature individuals is greater than eight years. Furthermore, based on average sizes and growth rates, we assume that average generation length is 10 years, unless otherwise stated. Total longevity is not known, but likely to be more than ten years. Therefore any population decline rates for the Red List assessment are measured over at least 30 years. See the supplementary material for further details on population decline and generation length estimates.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species is found in subtidal reef environments, especially lagoons, generally to depths of 30 m. In the Arabian Sea it is found in non-reef substrates in areas subjected to cold-water upwelling between 2-5 m deep (Sheppard and Sheppard 1991).
|Major Threat(s):
Goniopora is in the top five genera in the aquarium trade (Wabnitz et al. 2003). Although disease risk is likely to be low for species of this genus (Aeby pers. comm.), Goniopora species are moderately susceptible to bleaching in the western Indian Ocean (McClanahan et al. 2007), and exhibit low susceptibility in the Great Barrier Reef (Marshall and Baird 2000).
In general, the major threat to corals is global climate change, in particular, temperature extremes leading to bleaching and increased susceptibility to disease, increased severity of ENSO events and storms, and ocean acidification. In addition to global climate change, corals are threatened by a number of localized threats. Localized threats to corals include fisheries, human development (industry, settlement, tourism, and transportation), changes in native species dynamics (competitors, predators, pathogens and parasites), invasive species (competitors, predators, pathogens and parasites), dynamite fishing, chemical fishing, pollution from agriculture and industry, domestic pollution, sedimentation, and human recreation and tourism activities. The severity of these combined threats to the global population of each individual species is not known.
|Conservation Actions:
All corals are listed on CITES Appendix II. Parts of this species distribution fall within several Marine Protected Areas within its range.
Recommended measures for conserving this species include research in taxonomy, population, abundance and trends, ecology and habitat status, threats and resilience to threats, restoration action; identification, establishment and management of new protected areas; expansion of protected areas; recovery management; and disease, pathogen and parasite management. Artificial propagation and techniques such as cryo-preservation of gametes may become important for conserving coral biodiversity.
Having timely access to national-level trade data for CITES analysis reports would be valuable for monitoring trends this species. The species is targeted by collectors for the aquarium trade and fisheries management is required for the species, e.g., Marine Protected Areas, quotas, size limits, etc. Consideration of the suitability of species for aquaria should also be included as part of fisheries management, and population surveys should be carried out to monitor the effects of harvesting.
Aeby, G.S., Work, T., Coles, S., and Lewis, T. 2006. Coral Disease Across the Hawaiian Archipelago. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 87(36): suppl.
Aronson, R.B. and Precht, W.F. 2001b. White-band disease and the changing face of Caribbean coral reefs. Hydrobiologia 460: 25-38.
Bruno, J.F., Selig, E.R., Casey, K.S., Page, C.A., Willis, B.L., Harvell, C.D., Sweatman, H., and Melendy, A.M. 2007. Thermal stress and coral cover as drivers of coral disease outbreaks. PLoS Biology 5(6): e124.
Colgan, M.W. 1987. Coral Reef Recovery on Guam (Micronesia) After Catastrophic Predation by Acanthaster Planci. Ecology 68(6): 1592-1605.
Green, E.P. and Bruckner, A.W. 2000. The significance of coral disease epizootiology for coral reef conservation. Biological Conservation 96: 347-361.
IUCN. 2014. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12 June 2014).
Jacobson, D.M. 2006. Fine Scale Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of a Marshall Islands Coral Disease Outbreak: Evidence for Temperature Forcing. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 87(36): suppl.
MaClanahan, T.R., Atteweberhan, M., Graham, N.A.J., Wilson, S.K., Ruiz Sebastian, C., Guillaume, M.M.M., Bruggeman, J.H. 2007. Western Indian Ocean coral communities: bleaching responses and susceptibility to extinction. Marine Ecology Progress Series 337: 1-13.
Marshall, P.A. and Baird, A.H. 2000. Bleaching of corals on the Great Barrier ReefL differential susceptibilities among taxa. Coral Reefs 19(2): 155-163.
Patterson, K.L., Porter, J.W., Ritchie, K.B., Polson, S.W., Mueller E., Peters, E.C., Santavy, D.L., Smith, G.W. 2002. The etiology of white pox, a lethal disease of the Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata. Proc Natl Acad Sci 99: 8725-8730.
Porter, J.W., Dustan, P., Jaap, W.C., Patterson, K.L., Kosmynin, V., Meier, O.W., Patterson, M.E., and Parsons, M. 2001. Patterns of spread of coral disease in the Florida Keys. Hydrobiologia 460(1-3): 1-24.
Pratchett, M.S. 2007. Feeding preferences of Acanthaster planci (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) under controlled conditions of food availability. Pacific Science 61(1): 113-120.
Richmond, R.H. and Hunter, C.L. 1990. Reproduction and recruitment of corals: comparisons among the Caribbean, the tropical Pacific, and the Red Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 60: 185-203.
Sheppard C.R.C. and Sheppard, A.L.S. 1991. Corals and Coral Communities of Arabia.
Sutherland, K.P., Porter, J.W., and Torres, C. 2004. Disease and immunity in Caribbean and Indo-Pacific zooxanthellate corals. Marine ecology progress series 266: 273-302.
Veron, J.E.N. 2000. Corals of the World. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville.
Wabnitz, C., Taylor, M., Green, E. and Razak, T. 2003. From ocean to aquarium: the global trade in marine ornamental species. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, U.K.
Wallace, C.C. 1999. Staghorn Corals of the World: a revision of the coral genus Acropora. CSIRO, Collingwood.
Weil, E. 2004. Coral reef diseases in the wider Caribbean. In: E. Rosenberg and Y. Loya (eds), Coral Health and Diseases, pp. 35-68. Springer Verlag, NY.
Weil, E. 2006. Coral, Ocotocoral and sponge diversity in the reefs of the Jaragua National Park, Dominican Republic. Rev. Bio. Trop. 54(2): 423-443.
Wilkinson, C. 2004. Status of coral reefs of the world: 2004. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Willis, B., Page, C and Dinsdale, E. 2004. Coral disease on the Great Barrier Reef. In: E. Rosenber and Y. Loya (eds), Coral Health and Disease, pp. 69-104. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
|Sheppard, A., Fenner, D., Edwards, A., Abrar, M. & Ochavillo, D. 2014. Goniopora tenuidens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T133054A54186210. . Downloaded on 21 September 2018.
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October 22. 2013 10:09PM
As defense spending tapers, Londonderry firm cuts 61 jobs
By APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
— An unexpected layoff at L-3 Warrior Systems took dozens of workers by surprise Monday morning.
Company officials have confirmed that 61 employees have been laid off in Londonderry. Both salaried and hourly positions have been affected, according to company spokeswoman Jennifer Barton.
"This is a difficult decision that was made to ensure the business's long-term viability in the face of declining defense budgets and related uncertainties due to sequestration," Barton said on Tuesday.
She further noted that the company had recently completed "certain Department of Defense programs," and was now forced to address a decreased demand for certain projects — both factors of which contributed to the recent layoffs.
It's unclear at this time if further reductions will be necessary.
About 880 workers remain in Londonderry, though at one time over 1,000 were employed at the 9 Akira Way company. The 71,000-square-foot plant is set on 10 acres and is about a quarter of a mile from the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.
Built in 1997 as the home of Insight Technology, the company was sold to New York-based L-3 Communications in early 2010 for an undisclosed price, though at the time, town assessment listings confirmed the property was worth nearly $4 million.
The company specializes in the development and manufacturing of night vision and electro-optical equipment, including thermal imaging systems used in the firefighting, law enforcement and military fields.


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Dry weather and shipping delays in South America are boosting demand for soybeans from the U.S., the world's largest grower and exporter, and producing the tightest inventories in almost five decades.
Stockpiles will shrink to a nine-year low of 130 million bushels on Aug. 31, before the next U.S. harvest, according to the average of 31 analyst estimates in a Bloomberg survey. Reserves will total 4.2% of demand, the lowest since 1965, U.S. Department of Agriculture data show. The USDA will update its estimates tomorrow.
The drop in supplies will help send Chicago futures up 8.3% to an average $16.16 a bushel through August, Morgan Stanley said in a Feb. 4 report. Prices have climbed 10% from a six-month low on Jan. 11 as drought dimmed prospects for the crop in Argentina and rain left delivery backlogs at Brazilian ports. The countries are the largest shippers after the U.S., where export sales are up 27% from a year earlier, driven by demand from China, the biggest buyer.
"The U.S. does not have the supply to sell more soybeans overseas," said Dan Cekander, the director of grain-market analysis at Newedge in Chicago, who predicted a rally to $16.50. "Price rationing will have to occur. It may take six months before world supplies are more balanced with demand."
Soybeans are up 6% this year to $14.935 as of 11:18 a.m. on the Chicago Board of Trade, while the Standard & Poor's GSCI gauge of 24 commodities gained 4.2% and the MSCI All-Country World Index of equities climbed 3.9 percent. A Bank of America Corp. index shows Treasuries lost 0.9%.
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For a second straight month, the USDA probably will cut its forecast of production in Argentina to 52.9 million metric tons, compared with 54 million estimated in January, a Bloomberg survey of 23 analysts and traders showed. The country accounts for more than 44% of global exports of soybean meal fed to livestock and soy oil used for cooking and biofuel.
Most fields in Argentina got less than half of the normal moisture since Jan. 1, which makes conditions drier than a drought in 2012 that cut production to a three-year low of 40.1 million tons, according to T-Storm Weather LLC in Chicago.
In Brazil, excess rain in Mato Grosso, the biggest soy-growing state, disrupted inland crop deliveries and may extend the wait time to 50 days for ships to load exports, Hamburg-based researcher Oil World said Feb. 5. There were 135 ships loading or waiting to load soybeans, animal feed or corn on Feb. 5 at the five major Brazilian ports, according to SA Commodities in Santos, Brazil. A year earlier, 67 were waiting.
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An Israeli Jew and a Palestinian meet in transit right after having been sentenced in court. The Palestinian asks the Jew how much time he got. "Three years," says the Jew. "The judge was relatively lenient, though, and took into account that the guard who tried to stop me from robbing the bank didn't die from his wounds. How much time did you get?"
"Seven years for driving without my headlights on," says the Palestinian.
"Wow! That is a hefty punishment," the Jew exclaims.
"On the contrary, my judge was also lenient. He noted that if I had been caught driving without headlights during the night he would have sentenced me to fifteen years."
Black humor like this circulated in Israel during the first intifada, functioning as a coping mechanism for liberal sabras bewildered by the egregious violations their country was perpetrating against Palestinians. This particular joke alludes to the discriminatory and often absurd logic of the military court system in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, a system that is explored in depth for the first time in Lisa Hajjar's Courting Conflict.
Hajjar, a professor in the Law and Society Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, argues that the military court system has been the centerpiece of Israel's controlling apparatus in the occupied territories. It has served as an extremely important component within the broader range of governing institutions and practices in which Palestinians are tracked in grids of surveillance, subjected to restrictive codes of conduct and physically immobilized through the use of closures, curfews, checkpoints, walls and prisons. During the first intifada (December 1987-93), between 20,000 and 25,000 Palestinians were arrested every year, the highest per capita incarceration rate in the world at the time. Even though arrest rates later declined, the estimated number of prosecutions since the beginning of occupation in 1967–half a million out of a population of 3.5 million–underscores the carceral nature of Israeli military rule. Thus it is not surprising that virtually all Palestinians have had some experience with the military court system, whether personally or through the arrest and prosecution of relatives, friends and neighbors.
While the bulk of Hajjar's book discusses the workings of the military courts, she begins her investigation with an analysis of the complex legal system that Israel put in place in the occupied territories, showing how this system serves as the backdrop for the courts themselves. Immediately following the 1967 war, Israel formulated a policy that rejected the applicability of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, the most important humanitarian law pertaining to the occupation of conquered territories and their civilian populations, to the West Bank and Gaza. Next, it set up a legal system composed of Ottoman, British Mandatory, Jordanian and Egyptian law, and Israeli military orders. The military orders are decrees issued by military commanders that immediately become law for all Palestinians living in the area.


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Ray Buckley reelected to top NH Democratic Party post
CONCORD - Chairman Ray Buckley of Manchester has been elected to his fourth term as chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party.
The party held a Democratic State Committee meeting in Concord Saturday to select its leadership.
In addition to a new term for Buckley, who has headed the state party since 2007, the Democrats re-elected Sen. Martha Fuller Clark of Portsmouth first vice chairman and Dorothy Solomon of Albany as second vice chairman.
Sen. Bette Lasky of Claremont was re-elected secretary, Brian Rapp was elected to his first full-term as treasurer and Dan McKenna was reelected legal counsel.
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Whole-house contracting holds no mysteries for Richard Kornbluth, president and cofounder, with Frank LaSala, of EnTherm, Incorporated, in Syracuse, New York.The first time he got his hands on a blower door was in 1982.To say it was a life-changing event would be a slight exaggeration—a creeping conversion would be more accurate. It took almost a decade for him to fully incorporate blower door testing into his insulation and air sealing business. By 1992 the conversion was complete, and Kornbluth was training other contractors to use a blower door to document air leakage reductions. Performance testing has been a mainstay of his business ever since. So in early 2001, when the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and EPA were getting ready to roll out a program to improve the efficiency of existing housing in New York State and were looking for contracting businesses to enroll in the program,Kornbluth's EnTherm was an obvious fit.Obvious as it was, the involvement has dramatically altered Kornbluth's business."Since 2001, our volume of business has grown by 50%," says Kornbluth. Home Performance with ...
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Down syndrome, post-op heart surgery
Listed: Oct 2014
Micah is 2 and has Down syndrome and has had a heart surgery. He has good life habits. Micah has a normal diet and has a good appetite. He is active and sensible and is close to aunts and mothers who take care of him. Micah can get along well with other children in his class. Micah is nice and lovely. He can do simple pronunciation. He likes listening to music and likes playing with toys. His favorite toy is a ball. Agency staff met and interacted with Micah in September 2014 and he is such a sweetheart!


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VIG Partners (formerly known as Vogo Investment Group), founded in 2005, has comprehensive experience and expertise in the Korean mid-market buyout sector, with successful track records across a diverse range of industries, including financial services, consumer goods, online and mobile commerce, and household appliances.
Since its inception in 2005, VIG Partners has invested over $1.5billion of capital across 14 portfolio companies in Korea, with shareholding control in 11 of these companies.
The firm's investments include BKR (master franchisee of Burger King), Samyang Optics (leading interchangeable lens manufacturer), Bodyfriend (#1 massage chair manufacturer), Enuri.com (leading e-commerce portal), Mcorset (leading underwear manufacturer), Winche (leading PVC window manufacturer), Hi Parking (leading parking management service provider), Joun Life (leading funeral service provider), Tong Yang Life Insurance, (#5 largest life insurer), BC Card (Largest credit card processing company) and Novita (leading electronic bidet manufacturer).
"VIG Partners is
the leading private equity firm in Korea
focusing on mid-market buyouts."
VIG Partners has formulated and has been implementing a successful strategy of executing proprietary, control transactions in the Korean mid-market segment at disciplined entry multiples with well-prepared value up initiatives.
VIG Partners aims to create a high return for investors by investing in companies with strong fundamentals and actively engaging in creating value through hands on management.
VIG Partners has developed its investment strategy over the past 10 years, having been active in the Korean private equity market since its formation in 2005, and has demonstrated the ability to execute control-oriented investments with proven value creation capabilities.
"VIG Partners has formed and executed
a robust, repeatable investment strategy based on
its extensive experience in Korea"
VIG Partners' investment philosophy is characterized by thorough "top-down" market research that allows the firm to identify industries and companies that are resilient to short-term market moves with long-term growth potential, and a hands-on approach to creating value through active involvement in managing its investments.
This investment strategy allows VIG Partners to source and execute investment opportunities in medium-sized, typically founder-owned and operated businesses, and help these businesses achieve accelerated growth by providing capital and hands on operating support. It also allows VIG Partners to uncover "hidden jewels" - undermanaged mid-sized businesses or non-core assets in large conglomerates - and helping these companies reach their potential through focused management, proper incentivization and clear strategic objectives.
"VIG Partners aims to
invest in companies with strong fundamentals
and actively engage in their management
to create value."
Byungmoo Park
J. Jason Shin
Chulmin Lee
Songwook An
Dr.Yangho Byeon
Sang-Yoon Lee
Sunhee Ha
Hongsook Yoo
Kijung Kang
Jonghyun Bae
Changhoon Shin
Younggi Han
Sungmin Kim
Bright Kim
Joined VIG Partners in 2011, and has been working extensively in Korean private equity industry, both in the capacity of a legal advisor and as a principal, for many years. Prior to joining VIG Partners, Mr. Park served as the Country Head of Korea and Partner for TPG Asia (Newbridge Capital) from 2003, where he was responsible for a number of successful private equity investments, including those in Korea First Bank ("KFB") and Hanaro Telecom. Mr. Park was responsible for Newbridge's successful exit of KFB to Standard Chartered Bank and Hanaro to SK Telecom, and served as CEO of Hanaro, executing a complex turnaround and helping the company launch the first successful IPTV platform in Korea. Prior to working at Newbridge, Mr. Park founded and served as the CEO of Plenus Entertainment, which was the largest entertainment business in Korea at the time. In addition, Mr. Park had a distinguished legal career before being a principal investor and entrepreneur, having served as a Senior Partner at Kim & Chang, where he was recognized as one of the leading corporate M&A lawyers in Korea.
Mr. Park received an LLM from Harvard Law School and a Masters of Law from Seoul National University. Mr. Park graduated as a top undergraduate student from Seoul National University and has also received an MBA from Yonsei University.
Mr. Shin co-founded Vogo, the predecessor of VIG Partners (both known as the "Firm"), in 2005. Mr. Shin sits on the investment committee of the Firm and is responsible for sourcing proprietary investment opportunities and overseeing execution of new investments and exits. He also acts as the primary partner in charge of several portfolio companies where he serves as the head of their management committees, in addition to serving on their boards, and leads the close monitoring of their operational and financial performances.
Mr. Shin brings extensive experience as one of Korea's leading M&A bankers during his years at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Shin also has significant legal experience as a lawyer with Baker & McKenzie and Kim & Chang prior to becoming an investment banker 16 years ago. Prior to joining VIG Partners, Mr. Shin was a Managing Director and the Head of Morgan Stanley's Korea investment banking group and is credited with the execution of many of Korea's landmark M&A transactions, which totalled over $12 billion, including the sale of Chohung Bank to Shinhan Financial Group, the sale of Korea Exchange Bank to Lone Star, the sales of Korea and Daehan Investment Trust Companies, the sale of Tong Yang Cement to Lafarge Group, the acquisition of Seoul Bank by Hana Bank, the acquisition of Daewoo Heavy Machinery by Doosan Group, the acquisition of Hyundai Investment Trust Company by Prudential Financial, and the acquisition of Internet Auction by eBay Inc.
Mr. Shin earned a JD from the University of California, Berkeley Law School and holds a BA with honors from Northwestern University.
Founding member of VIG Partners, where he joined in 2005. Mr. Lee worked as a Senior Project Leader at the Boston Consulting Group ("BCG") for five years, engaged in numerous post-merger integration, operational improvement, strategy development, commercial due diligence, and corporate restructuring projects. Mr. Lee managed most of BCG's M&A and post-merger integration projects in Korea, including overseas strategic investments and cross-border post-merger integrations. Mr. Lee's experience spans various industries, including industrial goods, financial services, consumer electronics, and telecommunications.
Mr. Lee holds an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and graduated with a BS in Computer Science and Statistics from Seoul National University.
Founding member of VIG Partners, where he joined in 2005. Mr. An has 19 years of experience including nine years of transaction execution and business analysis experience from the investment banking and consulting sectors prior to joining VIG Partners. Before joining VIG Partners, Mr. An was a member of Morgan Stanley Korea's Investment Banking Division and Credit Suisse First Boston's M&A team, where he was involved in numerous landmark M&A transactions in Korea. Mr. An also worked as a team leader at management consulting firm Softbank nPlatform and led a number of diverse strategy development, M&A, and corporate restructuring projects for leading domestic clients.
Mr. An graduated from Korea University with a BS in Statistics.
Yangho Byeon is one of the founders of Vogo, the predecessor of VIG Partners. Prior to co-founding Vogo in 2005, Mr. Byeon spent his entire career with Korea's Ministry of Finance and Economy, where he played a key role in significant landmark restructuring projects, including engineering the restructuring of Korea's sovereign debt as well as Korea's corporate and financial sectors following the Asian financial crisis and the successful privatization of several of Korea's largest commercial banks. Mr. Byeon's last position was the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. In 2001, Mr. Byeon was recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the "15 Most Influential People in the World Economy."
Mr. Byeon received his PhD in Economics from Northern Illinois University and his BA in Economics from Seoul National University.
Founding member of VIG Partners, where he joined in 2005. Mr. Lee has 14 years of experience in private equity investing from VIG Partners and H&Q Asia Pacific's Korea branch. Mr. Lee was one of the first private equity professionals in Korea and is experienced in all stages of investment activities, from evaluation of investment opportunities, to developing transaction structures, and closing transactions. Mr. Lee also has broad experience in investment in various industries, including telecommunications, financial services, and consumer electronics.
Mr. Lee holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Business Administration from Seoul National University.
Founding member of VIG Partners, where he joined in 2005. Mr. Shin was at BCG where he focused on investment opportunity evaluation projects in various industries, and also gained considerable experience in M&A transactions through numerous due diligence projects. Mr. Shin also has experience in fundraising, business plan development and implementation from his two-year experience at SynerNet, an enterprise solution development start-up.
Mr. Shin received his BA in Business Administration from Seoul National University.
Sunhee Ha is an Executive Director and the Chief Financial Officer at VIG Partners. Prior to joining the Firm in 2014, Ms. Ha was CFO at Woori Private Equity in Seoul. Prior to Woori Private Equity, Ms. Ha worked as a Certified Public Accountant at Samil PWC in Seoul.
Ms. Ha received a BA in Business Administration from Yonsei University.
Younggi Han is a Director at VIG Partners. Mr. Han worked as an Associate at Credit Suisse's Investment Banking Division, where he focused on the financial services and consumer retail industries. Mr. Han has extensive experience in mergers & acquisitions, capital markets transactions, and deal execution, including financial modeling and due diligence.
Mr. Han holds a BA in Business Administration from Seoul National University.
Hongsook Yoo is a Director in the finance department at VIG Partners and is in charge of VIG Partners' accounting and treasury functions. Prior to joining the Firm in 2005, Ms. Yoo worked at Hansset Global Advisors and has extensive experience in tax, accounting, treasury and fund administration.
Ms. Yoo holds a BA in Business Administration from Sookmyung University.
Sungmin Kim is a Vice president at VIG Partners. Prior to joining VIG Partners in 2012, Mr Kim worked as part of the Global Investment Research team at Goldman Sachs.
Mr Kim holds a BA in Business Administration from Korea University.
Kijung Kang is a Senior Associate at VIG Partners. Prior to joining VIG Partners in 2014, Mr Kang worked as part of the Investment Banking Division at Merrill Lynch where he was responsible for M&A execution and equity market transactions.
Mr Kang holds a BA in French Literature from Seoul National University.
Bright Kim is an Analyst at VIG Partners. Prior to joining VIG Partners in 2016, Mr. Kim worked as an analyst at Barclays Investment Banking Division, where he was responsible for M&A and capital markets transactions.
Mr. Kim holds a BS in Finance and Business Economics from New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Jonghyun Bae is an Analyst at VIG Partners. Prior to joining VIG Partners in 2016, Mr. Bae worked as an analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Investment Banking Division, where he was responsible for M&A and capital markets transactions.
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Established in 2005, Joun Life is a leading funeral service ("Sangjo") provider, which offers both at-need and pre-need Sangjo products. Pre-need Sangjo customers make monthly payments in advance to prepare for future funeral of their family member.
VIG Partners currently holds a 84% stake in the Company.
Established in 2000, Autoplus is a leading used car retailer and auto-service provider. Autoplus is also the only company in Korea that sells certified pre-owned ("CPO") cars for domestic automobile brands.
VIG Partners currently holds c. 100% stake in the Company along with co-investors.
BKR is the exclusive operator of the Burger King franchise in Korea, which is one of the leading nationwide burger quick service restaurant franchises in Korea. The Company also has Food Ingredient business, which is a B2B redistribution business of various imported food ingredients.
VIG Partners sold its controlling stake to Affinity Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm in Asia, in April 2016
Established in 1976, Samyang Optics is one of only six companies globally that manufacture a complete lineup of interchangeable lenses for DSLR and mirrorless cameras and occupies a profitable niche among the serious photographers and videographers as the high performance manual focus lens alternative to higher priced auto-focus lenses.
VIG Partners currently holds a 100% stake in the Company.
Enuri is an online price comparison service provider for online and mobile shopping customers in Korea, which currently is the #2 player in the Korean market. Enuri currently has four subsidiaries including Xgolf - online golf reservation service, SweetTracker - mobile parcel tracking service, ShallWeAd - mobile advertising platform, and ShipGet - overseas direct purchase service.
VIG Partners currently holds a 80% stake in the Company.
M Corset is the leading innovator within the Korean innerwear industry with a portfolio of licensed and proprietary brands including Wonderbra, Playtex, Lefee and Missing Dorothy.
VIG Partners currently holds a 21% stake in the Company.
Bodyfriend is the dominant player in the Korean massage chair industry with the preeminent brand in the industry supported by unrivalled marketing and advertisement spending. Bodyfriend also launched premium latex mattress and non-electric water purifiers to drive additional growth.
VIG Partners currently holds a 90% stake in the Company along with co-investors.
Established in 1994, Winche is the only PVC window and sliding glass door manufacturer in Korea that has full in-house capabilities from window profile production to window fitting.
VIG Partners currently holds a 100% stake in the Company along with co-investors.
Hi Parking is a leading parking facility management company, which has been newly established through a spin-off of parking business from Hi Inno Service
Established in 1999, Tong Yang Life is Korea's leading mid-sized life insurer with one of the highest profitability and growth rates in the industry. Tong Yang Life has particular competitive strength in children's insurance and bancassurance. On the basis of robust historical results, the Company became the first life insurer to go public in Korea in October 2009.
VIG Partners sold its controlling stake to Anbang Insurance, one of China's leading insurers, in September 2015.
Novita is a leading Korean small household appliance manufacturer. Novita holds the second largest market share in the Korean electronic bidet market, and it also exports bidet to Japan, China, and Taiwan. In addition, Novita also manufactures humidifiers for both domestic and export markets.
VIG Partners sold its controlling stake to Kohler in December 2011.
Iriver is a Korea-based digital multimedia device manufacturer. Iriver is a market leader in HiFi portable audio devices, which began production in 2013. Iriver also provides HiFi audio content.
VIG Partners sold its controlling stake to SK Telecom in August 2014.
Siltron is a manufacturer of silicon wafer mainly used for semiconductors. Siltron, a major supplier to both Samsung Electronics and Hynix, is the only silicon wafer manufacturer based in Korea, and is one of the five major global wafer manufacturers.
BC Card is the most recognized credit card brand in Korea, and is also the largest domestic credit card merchant network manager and payment services company. The Company provides an end-to-end credit card business processing platform that encompasses card issuance, authorization, billing, merchant management, brand management, product development and marketing to its various domestic financial institution customers.
VIG Partners sold its controlling stake to Korea Telecom in January 2012.


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Currently there is no Turn by Turn Navigation in Ovi Maps. However, this is an essential feature for a Navigation application. The only question is how should this be implemented.
Ovi Maps Turn by Turn Navigation
Posted on 2009-12-15 22:44 UTC by Sascha Makela. Status: In development, milestone: Harmattan, Categories: Location & Navigation.
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Solution #1: Free Turn by Turn Navigation
Posted on 2009-12-15 22:45 UTC by Sascha Makela.
(Originally Posted on 2009-11-08 12:36 UTC by dr m.)
Nokia should implement free turn by turn navigation on OVI. Although it's a difficult decision for Navteq, it's better to make it now, while in the position of world best map supplier. The model should be; the users add corrections and traffic information to the available maps.
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Solution #2: Free beta until purchase of it is available
Posted on 2009-12-15 22:50 UTC by Sascha Makela.
Solution #3: Turn by turn should be built into the device
Posted on 2009-12-28 08:07 UTC by Brad Grigor.
My Garmin GPSMAP 76CSx has turn-by-turn built into the device (along with a many other useful navigational tools). There is no subscription fee or other charge for this feature. In addition, all the maps are stored in the device on a memory card. All of North America fits on a 2GB card. Nothing needs to be downloaded for navigation.
The only cost of ownership of this and hundreds of other GPS models is the original purchase price of the device plus the cost to license a set of maps. North America maps costs about USD$100 one-time and about $75 every two years to update.


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Drug addicts driving spike in robberiesBy KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 20. 2013 7:50PM
MANCHESTER — A North End bakery, two hair salons and a disabled couple in motorized wheelchairs are among the victims of the recent spike in increasingly violent robberies that police largely blame on drug addicts hunting quick cash to feed their habits — mostly heroin.
"It's terrible. Someone walks in and puts a gun in your back," hair stylist Debbie Verkos said of the Nov. 25 armed holdup inside Hair Decor.
"That has really shaken us. We've been here almost 50 years and nothing like this has ever happened," said Verkos, who is co-owner of the 414 Chestnut St. salon where a "nice looking" man came in off the street and held up her co-owner and a customer sitting under the hair dryer.
"It's drugs. They just want cash," hair stylist Nancy Poulios said of a separate robbery that happened Monday at Hairtistic Salon where she works. A masked man burst into the 217 Blodget St. shop with an 8-inch kitchen knife in his hand. Upset there was only $15 in the register, he demanded purses, Poulios said.
"I told him we don't have purses. He was in and out quick. He was just seeing what he could get," she added. She said it was the first time in her 40 years as a hair stylist that she has been robbed at work.
These are among the 291 robberies — armed and unarmed — reported as of Dec. 20 this year, police said. That is 86 more — or a 42 percent increase — over the 205 reported in all of 2012. A robbery is a theft in which force or the threat of force is used.
Robberies have steadily increased not only in the last three months, but over the prior five years, police crime statistics show. There were 170 in 2008.
"There is no question there has been an increase. The frequency has increased and we are certainly becoming concerned about the level of violence shown in these crimes," Lt. Maureen Tessier said Friday, referring to the rise in armed robberies in which firearms, knives or other weapons are used.
The most dramatic increase has occurred since October when 27 robberies were reported compared to 12 in October, 2012. In November, there were 36 compared to 20 in November, 2012. There have been 24 hold ups as of Dec. 20 this year. There were a total 19 last December.
"The common denominator is drug dependency, especially heroin," Tessier said. "There is no question that is the number one motivator behind these crimes."
Heroin has emerged as the low-cost alternative for people who developed a dependency on Oxycontin, Percocet or other pain killers, but no longer can get prescriptions for them, Tessier said.
Robberies are most often a crime of opportunity in which thieves want to get money quickly without hurting anyone, Tessier said.
Police use a variety of tactics to reduce robberies, ranging from crime prevention programs to educate the public, to analyses of crime data that reveal patterns of where and when robberies occurred, which can also help predict where future ones will happen.
Manchester police have made arrests in about 50 percent of the cases, which she said is higher than the national average of 28.1 percent reported by the FBI.
"We're making significant arrests with these crimes, but the rate of them occurring is still pretty high, which tells us there are a large number of people out there committing (them)," she said.
Police have worked with variety and convenience stores – a favorite target of robbers — to better protect themselves. When a waiting list formed for the women's safety clinic police held last month, they scheduled another one for Jan. 7. That one also is full.
A few simple precautions can go a long way to keep people from becoming targets of robbers, Tessier said.
Stay focused and alert when in public, that includes putting away the cell phone, she said. Thieves, she said, prey on those who look like easy targets.
"If you have someone talking on their phone, looking down, not paying attention, that person presents themselves as someone who is vulnerable," she said.
Stay in well-lit, well-populated places, be aware of what's going on around you, have your keys ready when you walk to your car and trust your instincts, she said.
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By Chelsey Kraft
Big12 Campus Correspondent
A team mom serves to remind her teammates of what time they have to be somewhere, what they need to wear, when they need to turn in something and everything in between.
For the University of Oklahoma softball team, senior pitcher Michelle Gascoigne fills that role.
"Not that I have everything together myself, but I'm always the one reminding everybody," Gascoigne admits. "They kind of joke around when I say those types of things, and they say, 'Okay, Mom, I get it.'"
Senior catcher Jessica Shults thinks these reminders are helpful to the team.
"We make fun of her for being the mom, but we really need her as the mom on the team because no one else really does that," Shults explains. "It's nice having her remind us, and if someone is getting sick, she always has stuff for that, too."
This motherly personality is one she has always had, as even her friends back home will sometimes call her 'Mom,' shares Gascoigne. The elementary education major plans to become a teacher, and this personality trait fits with that career ambition.
"I was one of those people who grew up loving school," Gascoigne says. "I had a lot of good teachers growing up, and I had come from a family of teachers – my mom teaches preschool – so it is something that fit naturally for me and my personality."
School was not Gascoigne's only love as she began playing her sport at a young age. The Benicia, Calif.-native started playing t-ball at the age of five and pitching when she was seven years old. She was not yet old enough to play in the pitching league, but she knew that spot was the one she wanted to play, so she decided to be prepared.
On the field, Gascoigne has shined so far in her senior season, leading the nation with a 0.85 ERA and boasting a 15-1 record as of April 19. She and with reigning USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Keilani Ricketts comprise one of college softball's best pitching duos.
"I bring depth to our pitching staff, and the teams that we face aren't going to see just one look from our pitchers," Gascoigne says. "I think with that it also brings confidence in our team, and us as a pair, that if one of us isn't getting the job done, we are going to be okay because the other will come in and work things out to keep us in the game."
After figuring "a lot of things" out during the Big 12 schedule last year, Gascoigne explains she wanted to carry her mentality from the end of last season into this season.
"I feel like every other season I've had ups and downs, and this one I have had a good start," she says. "I've been really confident, and it's nice to be confident."
Gascoigne's dad, Gary, who served as her pitching coach growing up along with professional Rich Balswick, thinks dominance has been the key to his daughter's success this season.
"I think that she has just become more dominant in her outings than in others she has had, in limiting the runs and getting more wins," he says. "She has always been a dominant pitcher at every level she's ever played."
Gary describes his daughter as loyal and responsible, and he says that Gascoigne's high school teammates always leaned on her for guidance. She has carried those traits into her Sooner career and grown in those areas.
Aside from on-field accomplishments, Gascoigne has succeeded in other areas at OU, which is something her father says he is "extremely proud of."
Some of these include serving as president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council this year, being recognized as the recipient of the peer-awarded Sooner Oath Award, participating as a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, earning Academic All-Big 12 first team honors in 2011 and 2012 and being named to the All-America Scholar Athletes by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association for the 2011-12 academic year.
Recently, the Chicago Bandits selected Gascoigne in the 2013 National Pro Fastpitch College Draft, making her one of a school-record four Sooners to be chosen.
Gary shares that his daughter knew all the names of all the athletes in the professional league, then the Women's Pro Softball League, when it first started when she was around 10 years old.
Michelle would sit in her bedroom and look at the athletes' websites, and she knew all her idols and their names, Gary explains. Growing up, Gascoigne remembers doing this, but she admits that she did not always realize she might have the opportunity to join the league.
"I can't say that I never dreamed of it, but I never in the past couple of years thought it was a possibility for me," Gascoigne says. "It's a great opportunity to continue my career because I feel like I am starting to figure things out on the mound, and I didn't want to stop here."
For now, Gascoigne has the rest of her senior season on which to focus. There's plenty of time for her to continue to shine academically, on the field and as the team's mom.