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April – First Overnight Ride–A Gary View
After receiving some excellent feedback and tips on the pashnit forums last week on a planned trip over, we did a last minute weather review Saturday morning and decided against heading northwest. Forecast was for fog and rain on Sunday. While rain is not generally a deterrent, why plan to ride in the rain on a pleasure cruise? The weather check for a southwest destination was much better. Indeed, Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day in San Luis Obispo county and most of the way back — until we hit Stanislaus county in late afternoon, that is. More about that later.
Naturally, our route was a journey over several Pashnit roads. We started on heading toward 49. It was a perfect day for motorcycles, as this shot at the border of El Dorado and Amador counties attests:
The Columnes River is the divider between counties here. With a lot of rain this spring, this little river is running fast and wide:
"May flowers" appear here in March, actually…
From Latrobe Rd. we headed toward Jackson on Hwy 49. We could have ridden west, instead of a bit east to 49, but we wanted to hit , a new road for us.
We stopped just south of Sutter Creek on 49 at the "Vista Point" that looks up the valley toward the old gold mines:
Amazing how much gold these mines produced a 100 – 150 years ago…
Pool Station Rd. was a great ride. So much fun that we didn't stop to take photos until we got to the end, where the road meets Hwy 4, our connecting route west into the central valley (and straight roads… *cry*).
Pool Station produced big smiles:
It won't stay green for long here, and we'll need to come to see this again in mid-summer when the land turns a golden blonde. For now though:
Off to the right (in below photo) is a rock wall; one of several we encountered near the end of Pool Station Rd.


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Striking teachers have marched through the centre of Portsmouth in a protest over pay, pensions and working conditions.
About 100 members of the National Union of Teachers and their supporters were involved in the protest against changes to the school system introduced by Education Secretary Michael Gove.
Amanda Martin, secretary of the Portsmouth branch of the NUT, said although there had been some criticism of the strike, the teachers' message meeded to be heard.
She said: 'There's been a lot of hooha about taking children out of school, but if we don't stand up for ourselves how can we expect our children too?'
Teacher Caroline Firbank, of Gomer Junior School in Gosport, said she wasn't striking because of worsening pay conditions, but because of increased workload.
She said: 'Mr Gove wants us to have longer days and shorter holidays.
'He keeps on comparing us to Singapore and Norway but they're different cultures and you can't them to us.
'I'm sure children wouldn't like to be stuck in school from 8am to 6pm either.'
The NUT has threatened more strikes unless Mr Gove promises to give teachers a better deal.

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Serves: 6
Tuna Sauce:
- 4 slice firm white bread
- ¾ c. chicken broth
- 1 can chunk light tuna in oil
- ¼ c. reduced-fat mayonnaise
- 6 flat anchovy fillets
- 1 tbsp. capers
- 1 tbsp. cider vinegar
Turkey Tonnato:
- 1½ lb. cooked, chilled and sliced turkey breast
- Lemon slices
- for garnish
- Parsley
- Put sauce ingredients in a food processor or blender and process until smooth.
- Arrange turkey on serving platter. Spoon on some sauce and garnish with lemon, capers and parsley. Serve with remaining sauce.
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"The main message that Uggie would like to send to everybody out there is to please adopt," Uggie's trainer, Omar Van Muller, said on his behalf, according to the Associated Press. "He's adopted. He made it. If you guys can adopt a dog, even if they don't make it on the big screen, they'll be big stars at your house."
Indeed, according to Muller, Uggie was given away by his first two families for being too wild and was headed for the pound. After being rescued by Muller, the now 10-year-old Jack Russell terrier went on to star in "What's Up, Scarlet?" and later with Robert Pattinson in "Water for Elephants."
He became a bona fide star after appearing alongside Jean Dujardin in the silent film "The Artist," winning a Golden Collar Award for the role.
Monday's ceremony was attended by fellow doglebrities, Lassie and Rin Tin Tin, who have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. June 25 was deemed "Uggie Day" in Los Angeles, according to the AP.
The occasion also marked the release of the "The Artist," winner of best picture and four other awards at the 2012 Oscars, on DVD and Blu-Ray. (Please note Uggie's prominent position on the Blu-ray cover.)
If you're anything like me, then you've become quite attached to this tiny pup over the last year. It's hard to believe this is the end of the road. Hopefully, Uggie will bring his adorable self out of retirement to to promote his upcoming memoir.
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I love black men. That's a fact. It doesn't change even though this country consistently portrays them in a negative light. The world tries to tear them down, but I won't. I'm not perfect and I didn't always use my tongue to build these Kings up in the past. I do believe that as young women we've underestimated how much power truly lied in our words at some point. Even when a man puts on an act like he isn't listening – he might actually be. When you give him advice and he does the opposite – it doesn't necessarily mean that he didn't take what you had to say into consideration.
I didn't always think this way. I used to talk AT men instead of TO them. I didn't nurture them. I wasn't sensitive to how hard this world was on them because I was raised to believe in the justice system. These days I know better. Supporting your King mentally and emotionally doesn't always have to be a super deep or complex ritual. Try using these phrases on him.


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On being Catholic-A A +A
Saturday, August 23, 2014
WHENEVER I am in Manila, I always try to visit Padre Pio's chapel in Libis. It has become a staple destination during my visits to the Metro. Going to Manila just wouldn't feel complete without coming to see him.
In all honesty, I only came to know about Padre Pio around 2008, during my cancer days. Having been diagnosed with colon cancer, undergoing surgery and chemotherapy, I had friends constantly sending me prayers, holy water, oil, white hankies as well as rosaries. I have never felt so loved by the people around me and it also made me aware of the many "avenues" to God that a person needing guidance and strength.
I am not what you would call your next door Catholic. I do not know all the standard prayers and I have trouble remembering the mysteries of the rosaries. I remember being asked if I knew how to pray Our Father. I was even called, although jokingly, an atheist. I didn't mind really, which does not mean that I admit to being one, but rather knowing for a fact that I did believe in God, although I may have other ways of showing and practicing my faith.
I had come into the chapel when it was near full capacity. The line to "hold hands" with Padre Pio took up a whole section of the chapel. I knew I had to be patient because I was last in line. After all, to hold hands and pray with Padre has always been my agenda whenever I visit. I pray my generic rosary (like I said, I do not know the days and mystery that correspond to it.
While doing 2 sets of the rosary, I had two realizations.
First, there is always birth and death in two prayers. One thing I had trouble with when praying memorized prayers is that there is a tendency to trail off and get lost in thinking about other things during prayer.
I personally find this disagreeable because we are supposed to be communicating with the Lord. I often find myself lost somewhere in between Hail Mary and Holy Mary, not remembering which of the two have I already finished. Yesterday, I discovered how to differentiate the two.
Hail Mary talks about birth, actually Mama Mary's pregnancy while Holy Mary talk about death mainly with us praying to Mama Mary to pray for us when the time comes for us to leave this world. Go.ahead, recite it. You will realize I am right. The same goes for Glory Be it also talks about beginnings and endings.
Second. It is difficult to be "holy." While waiting for my turn, I had noticed there were people trying to get ahead in the line. Hmp. I find that so unfair. And I could not believe they would do that inside a church. I could see too, that other people were also irked. Who wouldn't be? I felt so uneasy feeling irritated. I had been praying it was such an awful thing feeling that you want to smack someone for trying to get ahead. I just felt very guilty about the ill feelings that I had despite praying and being inside a church.
But really, one cannot expect to be the same with everyone else. Of course, we all have our own ways of practicing our faith. What is more important is that we try to be humane and treat others with respect and be mindful of goodness and appreciate it for what it is. In the end we all have our ways of showing our love for God. As long as we do not step on anyone's toes and respect each other as human beings, we will be able to peacefully coexist.
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Broncos' Miller Watt-like in his disruption of offenses
Updated 11:19 pm, Tuesday, September 18, 2012
In the first round of the 2011 draft, the Texans and Denver Broncos selected players who made immediate impacts on their defenses and helped their teams reach the second round of the playoffs.
Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller and Texans defensive end J.J. Watt have developed into premier players who are among the best at their positions.
Miller and Watt will be on opposite sidelines Sunday when the Broncos (1-1) will try to deal the Texans (2-0) their first defeat and keep them from becoming 3-0 for the first time.
Drafting Miller wasn't an automatic decision. The Broncos had the second pick in the draft. New coach John Fox, a longtime defensive coordinator who had been fired as Carolina's head coach, wanted a defensive player for his 4-3 scheme.
Miller had developed into a big-time prospect at Texas A&M, but he was viewed as a 3-4 outside linebacker who could become a dynamic pass rusher off the weak side.
There were some in the Denver front office who wanted to select Alabama defensive tackle Marcell Darius. Darius was a prototype tackle for a 4-3 who played the run and rushed the passer.
John Elway, the Broncos' Hall of Fame quarterback who is the team's executive vice president of football operations, had the final say. Elway wanted a player who could make an immediate impact and be an instant game-changer. He resisted the push to take Darius and made the decision to select Miller.
"We thought the world of him," coach Gary Kubiak said about the Texans scouting of Miller. "We had him up there as high as any player. He's a playmaker."
Miller (6-3, 246) didn't seem like an ideal fit in a 4-3, but the Broncos have done a magnificent job of taking advantage of his strengths.
Free to roam this year
As a rookie, Miller played for defensive coordinator Dennis Allen. Miller played outside linebacker on the strong side and was spelled in running situations to enhance his incredible ability as a pass rusher.
Miller registered 11½ sacks, was selected NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, earned Pro Bowl recognition and helped the Broncos win the AFC West and a playoff game over Pittsburgh before losing at New England in the divisional round.
Needless to say, Miller has rewarded Elway's faith in him.
Allen was hired as Oakland's head coach. Fox replaced him as coordinator with Jack Del Rio, who had been fired by Jacksonville. Del Rio has Miller playing every down and moving around the field to make it especially difficult for offenses to plan for him.
On run downs, Miller lines up on the strong side. He plays the run hard and drops into coverage effortlessly. But rushing the passer remains his specialty.
In two games, Miller has seven unassisted tackles and three sacks.
"The best thing he does is get after the quarterback," Kubiak said. "And he's been exceptional.
"They're playing him a little bit everywhere. He plays different linebacker spots. He's roaming around. He's a guy that they're going to find a way to get free in their defense."
If San Francisco had not taken Missouri outside linebacker Aldon Smith with the seventh overall pick, the Texans were expected to draft him. When their time came, they didn't hesitate in taking Watt.
Watt's on a tear
Like Miller, Watt made the league's all-rookie team. But starting with the playoffs, in which he had 14 tackles, 3½ sacks and an interception return for a touchdown, Watt has been as dominant as any defensive lineman in the NFL.
"He's had two outings as good as you can possibly have," Kubiak said.
In 20-point victories over Miami and Jacksonville, Watt made 15 tackles, including a team-high 10 unassisted. He was credited with three sacks, half the team total. He deflected five passes and had five hits on the quarterback.
And the defense hasn't been on the field much because the offense has controlled the ball so well.
"I think J.J. will be the first to tell you that he'd give his teammates a lot of credit for what's happening to him," Kubiak said.
And that's another thing Watt and Miller have in common. Not only are they terrific players who can dominate games, but they're outstanding role models, too.
For their coaches and teammates, they just don't get any better than Watt and Miller.
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She's the Man
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Published 5:30 am, Friday, March 17, 2006
Dude, you gotta love Shakespeare. Who else could write plays that a) last 400 years, b) withstand endless interpretations and c) include the line, "Take her and kiss her and kiss the crap outta her!"
Like I said, you gotta love Shakespeare, even if he didn't write that last thing about taking and kissing, etc. Nor did he write a soliloquy involving this poetic turn: "Like, I don't know, stuff. Whatever stuff there is." I'm also pretty sure he never penned a scene in which the heroine checks out all sorts of male babeage in a locker room. But I digress.
Here we have She's the Man, a contempo-girly adaptation of Twelfth Night that involves a plucky teen named Viola (Amanda Bynes) who fakes being a boy to play soccer at her brother's snooty prep school. While there Viola accidentally falls for Duke, her brother's hunky roommate (Channing Tatum), and even more accidentally makes Olivia, Duke's hot blonde crush (Laura Ramsey), fall in love with her.
That's not all. While pretending to be her brother, she breaks up with her brother's harpy girlfriend (Alex Breckenridge), fends off her own jerk ex-boyfriend (Robert Hoffman) and engages, strangely, with the school's buffoonish principal (David Cross). While attending a carnival as her brother, she zips into a port-a-potty, changes back into Viola and successfully makes out with Duke in the kissing booth. And that's still not all, but I have to stop somewhere.
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She's the Man retains much of Twelfth Night's discombobulation and many of its names but is aimed, unlike the original, at the cherry-lip-gloss demographic. Four members of this young female subset watched the movie with me and reported back enthusiastically, agreeing that the heroine has spirit (their word), that the hunky roommate lacks self-expression (again their word) and that the guys playing the hunky roommate and the jerk ex-boyfriend ought to have switched roles because the guy playing the jerk's a better actor. Touché on all points.
They also agreed, and I must confirm, that Bynes does not, repeat not, absolutely not, look like a boy, not even a eunuch, not even when she's wearing a bad Beatles tribute wig and smushing her voice down to an alto. This would be a problem for the movie's realism except that "Shakespearean comedy" and "realism" don't exactly go hand-in-hand — and back in the day, some hairy Elizabethan guy probably played Viola. Much easier for him to "fake" being a boy, hmmm?
Anyway, Bynes is fine by me. A bona fide star on Nickelodeon, she has an amusing tart-sarcastic ploy and an arsenal of eye-rolls and lip-twists that betray no fear of overacting — an underrated skill set, in my book. The role is absurd, a fact she seems to recognize with joyful abandonment, and the movie benefits on the whole from a certain buzzy recklessness. If director Andy Fickman (who made the madcap, irreverent Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical) can't quite lift She's the Man to the exalted pinnacle of Shakespeare adaptations, it does make room for itself alongside such hormonal retakes as 10 Things I Hate About You (The Taming of the Shrew) and O (Othello).
So, OK, did Viola's cell phone ring Barbie Girl when the curtain first rose at the Globe? Nah. And no one wearing pantaloons cracked on opening night, "Inside every girl, there's a boy — that came out wrong, but you know what I mean." My little focus group didn't get that joke (thank God), but I did. And I howled.


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Modi arrives at Pashupatinath temple
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Pashupatinath temple where he will spend around an hour for a special puja
Kathmandu: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Pashupatinath temple where he will spend around an hour for a special puja.
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The temple was beautifully decorated.
Locals were, however, barred from offering puja at least for an hour.
It is expected that Modi will announce Rs.250 million for conserving the Pashupatinath area and its historical and religious heritage.
Narendra Modi Monday prayed at Pashupatinath temple, granted Rs.25 crore to build a 'dharamshala' in the temple complex and offered 2,500 kg of sandalwood.
Wearing a saffron coloured kurta-pyjama with a shawl draped on his shoulder and forearm, Modi paid obeisance at Pashupatinath temple before leaving to meet President Ram Baran Yadav.
Regarded as the most sacred temple of Hindu Lord Shiva in the world, Pashupatinath temple's existence dates back to 400 A.D. The richly-ornamented pagoda houses the sacred linga or phallic symbol of Lord Shiva. Thousands of pilgrims from all over the world come here, the temple's web site said.
Brahmins welcomed Modi by chanting the Veda at the main gate of the temple.
The Pashupatinath temple management committee gifted Modi a picture of Pashupatinath.
Chief priest Ganesh Bhatta who performed the puja, offered a rare chandan paste prepared from four lingas of Pashupatinath. This is rare and only gifted to very important dignitaries.


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Notice of availability; response to comments.
NMFS has incorporated public comments into revisions of marine mammal stock assessment reports (SARs). The 2003 final SARs are now complete and available to the public.
Send requests for printed copies of reports to: Chief, Marine Mammal Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 3226, Attn: Stock Assessments. Copies of the Alaska Regional SARs may be requested from Robyn Angliss, Alaska Fisheries Science Center (F/AKC), NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE BIN 15700, Seattle, WA 98115 0070, email firstname.lastname@example.com. Copies of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Regional SARs may be requested from Gordon Waring, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543, email email@example.com or Lance Garrison, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Dr., Miami, FL 33149, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. Copies of the Pacific Regional SARs may be requested from Cathy Campbell, Southwest Regional Office (F/SWO3), NMFS, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802 4213, e-mail email@example.com Further Info
Tom Eagle, Office of Protected Resources, 301 713 2322, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com; Robyn Angliss 206-526-4032, regarding Alaska regional stock assessments; Gordon Waring, 508-495-2311, regarding Northwest Atlantic regional stock assessments; Lance Garrison, 305-361-4488, regarding Mid-Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico regional stock assessments; or Cathy Campbell, 562-980-4020, regarding Pacific regional stock assessments.End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
Electronic Access
All stock assessment reports and the guidelines for preparing them are available via the Internet at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/PR2/Stock_Assessment_Program/sars.html.
Section 117 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) requires NMFS and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to prepare stock assessments for each stock of marine mammals that occurs in waters under the jurisdiction of the United States. These reports must, among other things, contain information regarding the distribution and abundance of the stock, population growth rates and trends, estimates of annual human caused mortality and serious injury from all sources, descriptions of the fisheries with which the stock interacts, and the status of the stock. Initial reports were completed in 1995.
The MMPA requires NMFS and FWS to review the SARs at least annually for strategic stocks and stocks for which significant new information is available and at least once every 3 years for nonstrategic stocks. NMFS and the FWS are required to revise a SAR if the status of the stock has changed or can be more accurately determined.
Draft 2003 SARs were made available for a 90 day public review and comment period on August 27, 2003 (68 FR 51561). Prior to their release for public review and comment, NMFS subjected the draft reports to internal technical review and to scientific review by regional Scientific Review Groups (SRGs) established under the MMPA. Following the close of the comment period, NMFS revised the reports as needed to prepare final 2003 SARs. Printed copies may be obtained by request (see ADDRESSES), and electronic copies are available on the Internet (see Electronic Access).
The most recent versions of the SARs for polar bears, sea otters, walrus, and manatees, prepared by FWS, are appended to NMFS' final 2003 SARs. These reports were included so that interested constituents would have reports for all regional stocks in a single document.
Comments and Responses
NMFS received three letters with comments on the draft 2003 SARs. The comments and responses below are separated according to the regional scope of the comments. Many of the comments on specific SARs addressed minor editorial points for clarification. Start Printed Page 54263 Most of these comments were included into the final reports or will be included in future reports and are not included in the following segment of this document.
Comments on National Issues
Comment 1: Draft 2003 SARs are being commented on by the public while regional scientific review groups are reviewing draft 2004 SARs. Thus, the public may be commenting on reports that are soon to be out of date. For example, information on the continued decline of Cook Inlet belugas after reduction in subsistence harvests and the recent decline in gray whale abundance are not covered in the 2003 reports. NMFS should work with the scientific review groups from each region and the MMC to investigate means to update the data in the stock assessment reports in a more timely fashion and to better coordinate the review process for the reports.
Response: The current process for preparing, reviewing, and adjusting SARs was developed in conjunction with the regional SRGs. Resources and competing priorities have resulted in the process being delayed after the initial SRG reviews, and NMFS is working to get the process back on schedule. The 2004 draft SARs are already late; therefore, the opportunity for returning to the schedule will be for the 2005 revisions to the SARs. NMFS would consider alternatives submitted by the public or other agencies to update the reports in a more timely and coordinated manner.
Comment 2: Information on fisheries interactions needs to be presented in a more systematic and consistent approach. Some basic information should be reported clearly in all SARs and should include answers to questions such as: (1) which fisheries might interact with the stock; (2) which of those fisheries are monitored for interactions; (3) how effective are the monitoring efforts; and (4) how many individuals from the stock are killed or seriously injured.
Response: Each SAR contains a discussion of fishery-related mortality, which includes fishery-specific information on data sources and mortality estimates. The SARs do not contain a list of fisheries that may interact with stocks of marine mammals nor an analysis of the effectiveness of monitoring efforts. The latter is usually apparent from levels of observer coverage and frequency of mortality in the fishery, which is included in each SAR for the marine mammal stocks that experience incidental mortality in commercial fisheries. Expanding the SARs to all information on each stock would be inconsistent with their purpose, a summary of the status of each stock of marine mammals and of factors that may affect the status.
Comment 3: Reports from the different regions are not consistent with regard to use of and/or reporting of observer coverage; thus, monitoring standards are needed to assist with understanding mortality and serious injury estimates and to distinguish those cases where estimates are actually low compared to those cases where they may appear low due to inadequate observer coverage.
Response: NMFS is producing a document to identify resource requirements for adequate protected species stock assessment, and the document will describe desired levels of data quality, quantity, and timeliness. These levels will represent goals to which NMFS would like to achieve; achievement of the goals will require additional resources to support stock assessment activities. The requested information is available from NMFS' fishery science centers, and its inclusion within SARs would expand the reports beyond the scope of information required by the MMPA (see also response to comment 2).
Comment 4: A number of reports assumed that the absence of evidence for mortality and serious injury reasonably could be construed as evidence that mortality and serious injury did not occur, even without effective monitoring. In addition, NMFS needs to review and revise its approach for determining when right whales have been seriously injured. The requirement that mortality of an injured animal be confirmed before it can be considered a "serious injury" clearly biases estimates of "mortality and serious injury" downward, and underestimates the need to address the source of the injury.
Response: When there is a lack of direct information upon which to base serious injury and mortality estimates, the SAR contains no reported serious injury or mortality. In those cases where indirect evidence (e.g., seasonal distribution of the affected marine mammals and fisheries) or anecdotal information suggests the lack of reported mortality may reflect exceedingly low mortality levels, the SAR assumes the absence of reported mortality accurately reflects the situation.
Mortality and serious injury estimates for North Atlantic right whales are likely biased downward because only observation or recovery of dead or seriously injured animals is included in the reports. Thus, any unobserved mortality or serious injury is not included in the reports. NMFS will continue to examine each injured North Atlantic right whale on a case-by-case basis in consultation with other North Atlantic right whale experts in classifying injuries as serious or non-serious. However, the details of these analyses will not be included in the SARs to ensure reports remain as they were designed, summaries of the status of the stocks.
Comment 5: NMFS should review its interpretation of population parameters and status in the absence of adequate information, identify measures that can be used to convey the associated uncertainty, and incorporate those measures in the stock assessment reports.
Response: The SARs contain brief descriptions of the evidence used to support estimates and report coefficients of variation on estimates when these are available. When default parameters are used in PBR calculations due to lack of stock-specific estimates, the defaults are identified. The bibliography of each report directs interested readers to source documents containing the details of the information upon which the SARs are based.
Comment 6: Prepare SARs on prospective stocks, or at least incorporate information on the applicable parameters (e.g. minimum population estimate, potential biological removal level, mortality estimate, and status) in the current SAR. For example, the available information on harbor seals in Alaska has not been updated while stock structure is being determined. Sufficient information is available to identify prospective stocks and report their potential biological removal levels and associated parameters.
Response: In a meeting in September 2003 to discuss guidelines for preparing stock assessment reports, NMFS scientists and managers and representatives of the regional SRGs and the Marine Mammal Commission recommended identifying prospective stocks in SARs and showing applicable information on each prospective stock. Prospective stocks would be a transition to new stock identification, including reports on the new stocks, for the affected marine mammals. The recommendation has not been presented to NMFS senior managers for approval, and, if the recommendation is approved, it would be incorporated in future SARs.
Comment 7: Use the SARs as a basis for an overall assessment of key issues/problems, and use that assessment to facilitate planning and setting of priorities for future research. NMFS Start Printed Page 54264should consider adding an appendix to these reports to list and prioritize research needs and conservation issues.
Response: The purpose of the SARs is to summarize the status of stocks of marine mammals. The requested information is included in conservation and recovery plans prepared for depleted, threatened and endangered stocks of marine mammals and is used to prioritize NMFS activities in the conservation of marine mammals.
Atlantic Regional SARs
Comment 8: The description of the geographic range of long-finned (Globicephala melas) and short-finned (G. macrorhynchus) pilot whales is confusing. The third paragraph in the "Fishery Information" section that explains the overlap of the ranges of the two species has been deleted; however, this explanation was more clear than the current explanation.
Response: NMFS has re-instated the former paragraph.
Comment 9: Unless G. melas and G. macrorhynchus are equivalent in every way (e.g., abundance, age structure, life history characteristics, interactions with fisheries), combining them for the purposes of abundance estimation is not only inconsistent with a precautionary approach, but actually may expose one species to levels of risk greater than is allowed for under the PBR-based management approach. In addition, the most recent abundance estimate for long-finned pilot whales is five years old and, given that this is a strategic stock, abundance surveys on a more frequent basis seem necessary.
Response: Although combined information for these species has its limitations, presenting the information at hand is better than presenting no information. The situation with pilot whales is similar to beaked whales, where species cannot be identified during surveys. NMFS understands the limitations of the grouped estimates and uses this information accordingly in its conservation programs and decision-making. To alleviate this problem, NMFS will be conducting a pelagic cetacean abundance survey, including dedicated biopsy sampling in the region of overlap of these two species. Also, NMFS has made it a high priority to collect tissue samples from pilot whales taken incidental to fishing operations to further assist in delineating stock boundaries.
Comment 10: For long-finned pilot whales (G. melas), the report notes mortality and serious injury has been close to PBR for the last few years and its status has fluctuated. It should be clarified that it is not possible to determine whether mortality and serious injury have fluctuated or the estimates have fluctuated due to lack of precision in observer data.
Response: The text has been revised to clarify the meaning.
Comment 11: Observer coverage for long-finned pilot whales is inadequate for two of the four fisheries that affect this species; thus, even relatively large bycatch rates may go undetected. Either observer coverage should be increased in the pelagic longline and midwater trawl fisheries or alternative methods must be developed to assess incidental mortality.
Response: NMFS has recently completed an analysis on the level of sampling required to achieve reasonable precision on estimates of mortality for long-finned pilot whales taken incidental to the Illex and Loligo squid fisheries prosecuted by trawls in the Mid-Atlantic region. NMFS plans to implement increased sampling coverage levels for these fisheries in 2004, contingent on funding, and plans to research alternative analytical methods to reduce bias in estimated mortality rates.
Comment 12: Increased observer coverage is necessary to better characterize fishery interactions with common dolphins (Western North Atlantic stock). The extremely high coefficients of variation of mortality estimates for the Northeast multi-species sink gillnet fishery results in these estimates being highly sensitive to the observed bycatch of small numbers of dolphins (e.g., bycatch of 2 animals increases the mortality estimate from 0 to 146 animals).
Response: Common dolphin mortality in the Northeast multi-species gillnet fishery can be characterized generally as a rare occurrence. Rarely-observed mortality is reflected in the coefficients of variation associated with the mortality estimates. Increased sampling levels in addition to improved analytical procedures for this species would improve precision for common dolphin mortality estimates. Increased sampling, however, is contingent on increased resources for observer coverage.
Comment 13: Recent genetic evidence has shown that harbor porpoises that stranded in the mid-Atlantic region are not exclusively from the Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy stock, but also from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Newfoundland stocks. These latter stocks are not assessed by NMFS, but they occur in U.S. waters and are vulnerable to mortality in U.S. fisheries.
Response: NMFS does not have the resources to assess the northern Canadian stocks of harbor porpoises. Canada has recently conducted abundance surveys in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and around Newfoundland, and more surveys are planned for the near future. When results from the Canadian surveys and more genetic work from the mid-Atlantic states are available, it would be possible to include assessments on these populations as well. Additional assessment for these populations as well as for many other stocks of marine mammals in waters under US jurisdiction would facilitate improved management decisions. Additional abundance surveys, like additional observer coverage, are limited by available resources to support them.
Comment 14: The SAR states that the population estimate in 1998 for North Atlantic right whales may have been biased in a downward direction if animals were not photographed and identified or if some living animals were presumed dead. However, this estimate might be biased upwards if animals died, but were not confirmed, in the 5-year period prior to 1998 and, hence, were assumed alive based on past sightings.
Response: The statistical model used in estimating North Atlantic right whale abundance in 1998 incorporated only animals known to have been alive (i.e., seen alive) in 1998 and future years; therefore, an over-estimate is unlikely.
Comment 15: There is insufficient information in the SAR on North Atlantic right whales to allow the reader to determine if NMFS made an accurate assessment of serious injury and mortality. This comment specifically refers to two cases of entangled whales (2427 and 3107) and the "gruesome" appearance of injuries to two other whales.
Response: In the case of right whale 2427, the entanglement was not considered a serious injury. The event involving whale 3107 happened after the period addressed by the 2003 SAR and will be included in future SARs as an entanglement mortality.
For the two whales with gruesome-appearing injuries, the injuries were deemed not likely to be fatal. Detailed assessments of an injured right whale's condition are recorded by NMFS while in the field and are reviewed by scientists or other people with certain expertise in the biology of right whales. When injured animals are re-sighted, the determination of serious injury and mortality is reassessed based upon the new information. Hence, the determination of serious injury and mortality represents the best scientific information available. As noted in Start Printed Page 54265responses to other comments, the SARs are not designed to present the details of each analysis. Rather, the SARs present summaries of information available in more detail elsewhere (e.g., in documents listed in the reference section of each report).
Comment 16: The report on sei whales (Nova Scotia stock) states, "...there have been no reported entanglements or other interactions between sei whales and commercial fishing activities...", but it is not clear if the lack of reported mortality reflects low interaction rates or inadequate monitoring.
Response: The text has been changed to clarify the meaning.
Comment 17: Evidence from two stranded rough-toothed dolphins (Northern Gulf of Mexico stock) indicates fisheries-related mortalities occur; however, there is not sufficient information to attribute these mortalities to a specific fishery. The pelagic longline fishery is the only fishery discussed, but it is unclear if this is the only fishery operating in the Gulf of Mexico that may interact with rough-toothed dolphins.
Response: The text has been modified. The pelagic longline fishery is not the only fishery operating in the Gulf of Mexico, but it is the only one with any appreciable observer coverage and the only one for which marine mammal interactions have been documented. The lack of information concerning rough-toothed dolphin interactions with other fisheries precludes their mention in the 2003 SAR; however, NMFS recognizes the review of fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico is incomplete and plans to address this issue in future SARs.
Pacific Regional SARs
Comment 18: The SAR for harbor seals (California stock) indicates a "small number" of seals occurs along the west coast of Baja California, but these animals are not included in the assessment because the U.S. and Mexico do not have a formal agreement for management. It is unclear what constitutes a "small number", and why a formal agreement is needed to include these animals in the stock assessment.
Response: Harbor seals along Baja California are not considered to be a part of the California stock because it is not known if there is any demographically significant movement of harbor seals between California and Mexico. Although harbor seals occur along the west coast of Baja California, at least as far south as Isla Asuncion, which is about 100 miles south of Punta Eugenia, numbers are not available. In this context, "small number" means the actual abundance is unknown; however, it is expected to be small compared to the abundance on US haul-outs. A formal agreement would ensure mortality estimates are available and ensure management efforts are consistent with the MMPA.
Comment 19: Stranding data on harbor seal (California stock) deaths and injuries are attributed to hook-and-line as well as gillnet fisheries, but the text does not indicate which fisheries operate in the same times and areas as the strandings. This information would be useful in determining if observer coverage was adequately capturing mortality of harbor seals.
Response: The SAR has been revised to clarify this information.
Comment 20: The "Subsistence Harvests" section for harbor seals (Washington Inland Waters stock) states that few seals are taken in subsistence hunts because the tribes utilize seals taken as bycatch in fishing operations; yet, it is not clear whether this incidental catch is included in the mortality estimates. If the seals utilized by the Pacific Northwest treaty Indian tribes are from the set gillnet fisheries, a simple reference in this section would be sufficient.
Response: The text has been modified to identify likely fisheries.
Comment 21: The SARs for the northern right whale dolphin, striped dolphin (CA/OR/WA stock) and Risso's dolphin (CA/OR/WA stock) state that surveys were conducted in 1991, 1992, 1998, and 2003; however, trends in abundance were not estimated. It is unclear why no conclusion was made. The SAR should state if different methods were used and if comparisons cannot be made.
Response: The relative imprecision of abundance estimates for these stocks (coefficients of variation are typically > 0.40 for individual surveys) renders any trend analysis equivocal. Text has been added to these stock assessments comparing estimates of abundance over time, with the general statement indicating no evidence of a trend in abundance for any of these stocks.
Comment 22: The SAR for Southern Resident killer whales does not reflect NMFS' determination (68 FR 31980; May 29, 2003) that the Southern Residents comprise a "depleted stock" under the MMPA.
Response: The final SAR includes the depleted status. The depleted status was not final until after the draft SAR was prepared.
Comment 23: PBR for Southern Resident killer whales should be set at zero, not 0.8 whales per year.
Response: The formula for calculating PBR is specified in the MMPA, and the parameters used in the PBR calculation for this stock are consistent with NMFS guidelines for preparing marine mammal stock assessment reports.
Comment 24: The minimum population estimate (Nmin) for Southern Resident killer whales is an overestimate because L98 is isolated from other members of the stock.
Response: NMFS considers L98 a part of the population at this time. Although the whale is separated from other members of the stock, it is a sub-adult and would not interbreed with other Southern Residents even if it were now associated with the group. If L98 survives to adulthood and remains separate from the stock, NMFS would re-consider his status in the population.
Comment 25: NMFS improperly relies on maximum net productivity (Rmax) estimates for Southern Resident killer whales when observed data for other killer whales are available and may be used to calculate a stock-specific Rmax.
Response: The default (theoretical) Rmax value used in the PBR estimate for this stock is consistent with NMFS guidelines for preparing SARs. The data from the Northern Resident stock does not necessarily reflect Rmax for Southern Resident stock because the Norther Resident stock was large when the growth rate was estimated. The MMPA defines Rmax as the maximum per capita growth rate when the population is at a small size.
Comment 26: NMFS is using the wrong value for the recovery factor of Southern Resident killer whales.
Response: The recovery factor of 0.5 is consistent with NMFS guidelines for preparing marine mammal stock assessment reports, which provide the use of 0.5 as the default recovery factor for threatened or depleted stocks or stocks of unknown status. NMFS will review this SAR annually in consultation with the Pacific SRG and will revise the recovery factor and other parameters used in the PBR calculation when information suggests a revision is warranted.
Alaska Regional SARs
Comment 27: The third paragraph under "Fisheries Information" of the Steller sea lion (Western stock) SAR indicates that precise figures for observer coverage will be available when the contract report is provided to NMFS in 2001. This statement is out-of-date, as it is nearly 2004. The same paragraph includes an incorrect reference to table 2b.
Response: The statement has been revised, indicating precise estimates of Start Printed Page 54266effort will be made available when the report is provided. The reference to table 2b should have been to table 2a and will be corrected in future reports.
Comment 28: It is not clear whether the fisheries information provided for the western population of Steller sea lions includes any interactions with fisheries for herring. It would be helpful if such information (e.g., target species) were included in either the body of the report or in Appendix 5.
Response: The SARs report interactions between marine mammals and commercial fishing only when these interactions result in mortality and serious injury of marine mammals. NMFS has no information indicating incidental mortality and serious injury of Steller sea lions occurs in herring fisheries. The marine mammal stocks potentially interacting with specific fisheries are listed in the annual list of fisheries prepared and published in accordance with the MMPA.
Comment 29: In the SAR for Northern fur seals (Eastern Pacific stock), the first sentence under "Current and Maximum Net Productivity Rates" seems misleading in that the population increased steadily until the 1940s and perhaps even the early 1950s. In addition, the harvest was discontinued from 1912-1917, resumed and focused on juvenile males from 1918 to the mid to late 1950s, and focused on adult females after that in an effort to reduce population size and interactions with Japanese fisheries.
Response: NMFS will propose alternate wording in future draft SARs.
Comment 30: The "Fisheries Information" section of the Northern fur seal (Eastern Pacific stock) SAR states, "No observers have been assigned to several of the gillnet fisheries that are known to interact with this stock, making the estimated mortality unreliable." This statement may underestimate the number of fisheries involved, and a more descriptive statement of the fisheries that might interact with Northern fur seals would be useful.
Response: Information on which fisheries have reported mortality and serious injuries of marine mammals is included in Appendices 4 and 5 of the SARs and is, thus, readily available. These appendices identify which fisheries have been observed.
Comment 31: The "Habitat Concerns" section fails to mention the Eastern Pacific stock of Northern fur seals may interact indirectly or ecologically (i.e., may compete) with the Alaska groundfish fisheries. Recently collected information indicates that northern fur seal foraging patterns overlap with fishing distributions, and fishing remains a reasonable hypothesis to explain, at least partially, the decline of the stock from the 1970s to the present.
Response: NMFS will propose alternative wording in future draft SARs.
Comment 32: The SARs for harbor seals in southeast Alaska, Gulf of Alaska, and Bering Sea are out-dated and await revision pending determination of harbor seal stock structure in Alaska. The evidence indicating finer stock structure is substantial, and assessments for the prospective stocks would be useful to identify conservation issues of concern.
Response: The available scientific information suggests fine structure in stocks of harbor seals. The process for making the stock identification includes working with the Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission pursuant to an agreement under MMPA section 119 and is underway. The harbor seal reports will be revised according to the stock structure identified in this process.
Comment 33: The SARs for the Alaska stocks of spotted seals, bearded seals, ribbon seals and ringed seals present information that seems biased and non-precautionary. Abundance trends are not known, and each may be subject to multiple factors that could affect their abundance, including subsistence harvests and changes in climate and ice conditions. Statements such as "there is no reason to believe there are less than 50,000 spotted seals in U.S. waters," and "reliable data on trends in population abundance are unavailable, though there is no evidence that population levels are declining" imply an absence of evidence is best interpreted as evidence of no problems.
Response: The SARs for spotted, bearded, ribbon, and ringed seals have been revised twice in recent years. The reports indicate abundance estimates and trends are unknown and state the impacts of climate change on these sensitive species is unknown. In a few places, the SARs include statements from previous versions postulating lower limits for abundance or making unsupported statements about trends. These statements will be supported by additional information or analysis or removed when the reports are updated in 2005.
Comment 34: The SAR for beluga whales (Beaufort Sea stock) states the stock is stable or increasing. A description of the trend and a basis for the statement are needed. The conclusion that "there is no evidence that the eastern Chukchi Sea stock of beluga whales is declining" is based on a number of assumptions that should be described and justified. The count data presented are from a limited portion of the geographic range of the stock, and it is not clear that the counts in this region are indicative of trends for the overall population. The Subsistence/Native Harvest section of the beluga whale (Bristol Bay stock) states that "there were 7 reported mortalities of beluga in subsistence salmon gillnet fisheries in 2000. If this level of mortality is averaged over 5 years, an average of 1.4 beluga per year would be caught in subsistence gillnet fisheries in this area". It is not clear why the number from a single year would be averaged over 5 years, unless there were no mortalities in those other years, in which case the report should state there were no mortalities for those other years.
Response: At the time the report was last reviewed and revised, the SAR authors were had received additional reports of mortalities in the subsistence gillnet fishery other than the 7 incidental mortalities that occurred in 2007. If the reporting of 7 incidental mortalities in 2000 and none in other years accurately reflects true mortality, then averaging the total over the five years is appropriate. Because the subsistence gillnet fishery is conducted by Alaska Natives beluga whales taken incidental to this fishery are often used for subsistence purposes. Thus, care will have to be taken to ensure that incidental mortalities in the subsistence gillnet fishery are not double-counted as both "subsistence harvest" and "mortalities that occur incidental to the subsistence gillnet fishery". Uncertainty about the level of incidental mortality in the subsistence gillnet fishery is reflected in the SAR; therefore, this point, like the others noted in the comment, will be considered when the beluga SARs (other than for the Cook Inlet stock) are scheduled for revision in 2005.
Comment 35: The Population Size section of the Cook Inlet beluga whale SAR states, "Although the 2001 estimate of abundance is slightly lower than the estimate for 2000, the difference is not significant and is not believed to represent a decline in the population." This statement should be updated to indicate the trend is still not clear and to explain who believes, and for what reason, the difference does not represent a decline.
Response: The statement has been deleted from the SAR because the trend is not clear.
Comment 36: Under the section Habitat Concerns of the Cook Inlet beluga SAR, the statement "The best Start Printed Page 54267available information indicated that these activities, alone or cumulatively, have not caused the stock to be in danger of extinction" should be corrected. The best available science is unable to describe or explain the current population trend or to describe the importance of all factors that may be affecting the stock. Further, NMFS should specifically list ongoing and proposed developments of concern and describe what is being done to provide protection for belugas.
Response: The wording of the draft SAR was based upon the 12-month finding on a petition to list this stock of whales under the Endangered Species Act (65 FR 38778, June 22, 2000), and abundance estimates for the stock do not show a significant trend since 1998; therefore, factors related to habitat or other human activities may be impeding recovery. NMFS will consider revisions related to such factors and consult with the Alaska SRG when revising the SAR in the future.
Comment 37: Because results of surveys since 1999 show no sign of population recovery, the rationale for the choice of a recovery factor for Cook Inlet beluga whales is questionable and should be corrected. Similarly, the statement "once the subsistence harvest ceased, the decline in the stock ceased" is misleading and should be deleted or changed.
Response: Other than the minimal level of subsistence harvest of one or two whales per year, no other sources of human-caused mortality have been identified. Such a low level of human-caused mortality is not expected to delay recovery significantly. Although the abundance estimates for Cook Inlet belugas remain near the 1999 levels, the precipitous decline of the previous 5 years is no longer apparent. Thus, suggesting the decline has ceased is reasonable. The rationale explaining the recovery factor notes concern for the population because it was reduced to low levels, states that the lower recovery factor recommended by the SRG was used for those stocks listed as endangered (and Cook Inlet beluga are not listed as endangered), and states the stock is designated as depleted (and 0.5 is the default recovery factor for depleted stocks). The current recovery factor (0.3) is midway between the default for depleted and endangered stocks; thus, it reflects the increased concern for the stock compared with other depleted stocks.
Comment 38: The Current and Maximum Net Productivity Rates section in the SAR for killer whales (Eastern North Pacific Northern Resident stock) states that "a population typically increases at the maximum growth rate (Rmax) only when the population is at extremely low levels; thus, the estimate of 2.92 percent is not a reliable estimate of Rmax". This statement is debatable because, under density-dependence theory, populations may increase at their maximum rate even when population size is beyond extremely low levels.
Response: The Northern Resident killer whale SAR is scheduled for review in 2005, and the comment will be considered at that time. The comment is true for some population models; however, the statement in the SAR is accurate under the logistic model, the underlying theory supporting the PBR approach.
Comment 39: The estimate of Nmin is outdated for the North Pacific stock of Pacific white-sided dolphins.
Response: The estimate is older than NMFS' guidelines indicate for reliable use, and no new data are expected in the near future. Therefore, NMFS has revised the PBR for this stock to be "undefined".
Comment 40: The first data row of Table 21 under Fisheries Information for Gulf of Alaska harbor porpoises is incomplete and unclear.
Response: The table has been clarified to indicate no harbor porpoise were observed killed or seriously injured in fisheries with observer programs.
Comment 41: More up-to-date information on population size of Eastern North Pacific gray whales has been available for several years and should be included in the report.
Response: NMFS intends to include updated information when the SAR for this stock is next revised.
Comment 42: Both population size and minimum population estimates for Central North Pacific humpback whales are based on outdated information.
Response: The SAR for this stock contains the most current information available on the stock's abundance. A major research effort directed at North Pacific humpback whales is in progress, and results from this research will be incorporated into the SAR when the information is compiled, subjected to review, and made available.
Comment 43: The information on Central North Pacific humpback whales for current population trends and current and maximum net productivity rates is inconsistent. The section on current population trend suggests the available information is not sufficient to estimate a trend, even for whales in southeast Alaska, whereas information in the section on current and maximum net productivity rates suggests it is sufficient. In addition, based on caveats expressed in the trend section, the data used to estimate maximum net productivity should be examined closely as it is higher than expected. Also, the section on Status of Stock for Central North Pacific humpback whales is confusing. It is not clear estimated mortality and serious injury rates for the entire stock and for southeast Alaska are below respective PBRs. Furthermore, it states the rate of increase for whales in southeast Alaska may have recently declined, suggesting that this portion of the stock may be approaching carrying capacity without providing any basis for this statement, and then reports that trends cannot be estimated.
Response: NMFS will review this SAR in consultation with the Alaska SRG and will revise in a future draft as needed.
Comment 44: The use of a 3-year mean to estimate the population size of the Eastern Pacific stock of northern fur seals creates an upward bias in the annual population estimate. There has been a statistically significant declining trend detected in population abundance on both St. Paul and St. George islands since the mid-1990s; thus, a 3-year mean creates an upward bias in the annual population estimate by effectively "shadowing" the real population decline.
Response: The 3-year (3-estimate) mean is used to reduce the effect of variation when applying a constant (the expansion factor) to estimate the total population size from pup production estimates. If, for example, the reproductive rates are extremely high or low during a given year, pup production for the year would result in an exceptionally high or low estimate of population size. This variation is a problem inherent to the application of the expansion factor to estimate total population size from a single year. The use of 3-estimate means reduces this annual variation.
The population size listed in the SAR is clearly identified as being calculated from an average of the three most recent pup production estimates. Therefore, the population size, currently calculated as a 3-estimate mean over a 5-year period, represents the most recent estimate for the time period, not for the most recent estimate of pup production. Consequently, the SAR does not overestimate population abundance.
The SAR documents trends based on estimates of pup production rather than population size, and identifies the trends as such. Thus, the trends are not calculated using the 3-estimate means, and do not reduce the estimated downward trend of the population.Start Printed Page 54268
Comment 45: In the SAR for Eastern Pacific northern fur seals, it is inconsistent with the organization of the assessment to describe the entanglement-related mortality in the "Other Mortality" section, when entanglement is primarily due to fisheries. Also, there is no estimate of entanglement-related mortality reported; however, a conservative estimate of mortality can be obtained by estimating that 50 percent of seals observed entangled, but not captured, die.
Response: Northen fur seals, like other marine mammals, may become entangled in derelict fishing gear and other marine debris. The section related to fishery mortality is designed to account for mortality and serious injury incidental to active fishing and is used in conservation programs under MMPA section 118 (such as classifying fisheries). In this regard, NMFS treats such data for northern fur seals in a manner similar to the same data for Hawaiian monk seals, where the debris (including derelict fishing gear) often originates thousands of miles from the Hawaiian Islands. The entanglements are recorded as human-caused mortality and serious injury and are used to evaluate the level of such mortality relative to the stock's PBR.
Comment 46: The first sentence in the "Habitat Concerns" section of the SAR for Eastern Pacific northern fur seals reads "Recent rapid development on the Pribilof Islands increases the potential for negatively affecting habitat used by northern fur seals." It is unclear when the "rapid development" occurred on the Pribilof Islands. The word "rapid" should be removed from the first sentence, and a follow-up analysis of the relationship between pup production and distance from development, as well as text describing the accumulation of marine debris, should be included.
Response: The text in the section "Habitat Concerns" is a recent addition to the SARs made in response to a public comment and will be reviewed and revised, as necessary, during the next revision of the SAR.
Comment 47: It is unclear why Steller sea lion (Western U.S. stock) subsistence harvest data from Lestenkof and Zavadil (2001), Lestenkof et al. (2003) and Zavadil et al. (2003) were not used in the "Subsistence/Native Harvest Information".
Response: The 2003 draft SARs were developed using the best scientific information available at the time. The reports cited were made available to NMFS after the SARs were initially developed. Information contained in these reports will be reviewed during preparation of future draft SARs.
Comment 48: For the Western U.S. stock of Steller sea lions, table 2b in the "Other Mortality" section should be placed under the "Subsistence/Native Harvest Information" section.
Response: The table will be moved when the report is next revised.Start Signature
Dated: August 31, 2004.
Donna Wieting,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-20343 Filed 9-7-04; 8:45 am]


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Formula One champions Red Bull have not ruled out Kimi Raikkonen for their vacant seat next season even if the Finn's manager appears to have done so, team principal Christian Horner said on Thursday.
"I wouldn't rule anything out at the moment," the Briton told reporters in a teasing, cat-and-mouse briefing in Red Bull's double-decked hospitality unit at the Belgian Grand Prix.
"As far as I'm aware he hasn't signed a contract with anyone yet."
Pressed on whether the 2007 champion for Ferrari who is currently second in the overall standings with Lotus, was definitely off Red Bull's list, Horner replied: "That's up to him.
"I think Kimi's manager's ruled him out...I've only seen what you've seen, only read what you've written."
Horner said the team, winners of both titles for the past three years, had not yet decided who would partner Germany's triple champion Sebastian Vettel - despite reports that Australian Daniel Ricciardo had been given the nod.
The most coveted seat on the grid has been available since Australian veteran Mark Webber announced he was leaving at the end of the season for a new career in Le Mans sportscars with Porsche.
Raikkonen and Ricciardo had been presented as the two contenders and the duel appeared resolved when the Finn's manager Steve Robertson told autosport.com this week that "Kimi will not be driving for Red Bull in 2014".
However Ricciardo said he had been told nothing and felt the seat was still "up for grabs".
Asked whether he was taking Robertson's comments with a 'pinch of salt', Horner would not be drawn. "Wait and see," he said.
In comments that left plenty of unanswered questions, and were sure to stoke paddock speculation further about other leading drivers, he also indicated more names were under consideration.
"You have to make sure you consider all the options and there's more options than you would possibly think," said Horner.
"There's been quite a lot of interest. So we'll just take the time. It's not going to be much longer I would have thought. By Monza (on September 8) or shortly after we should be clear."
Asked whether a new contender had emerged, Horner replied: "You'd be surprised at the approaches that we've had...I don't want to compromise any discussions that may or may not be happening."
Horner said any suggestion that Vettel had vetoed Raikkonen joining the team was 'absolute rubbish' and the German had no such influence.
Raikkonen has also been linked to a possible return to Ferrari, with Brazilian Felipe Massa regularly tipped to be dropped, but there has also been speculation about Fernando Alonso's intentions.
The Spaniard, clear No 1 at Ferrari and with a contract to the end of 2016, was caught in a flurry of speculation in Hungary last month when his manager was seen entering the Red Bull motorhome for talks with Horner.
The manager said he had been discussing young Spanish prospect Carlos Sainz junior.
Jenson Button, the 2009 champion with Brawn GP, was asked on Thursday about his contract with McLaren as the rumour mill began to suggest he could be a target for Ferrari.
The Briton said he intended to stay with McLaren although he had yet to sign a contract.
All Formula One contracts usually contain performance clauses and options triggered at a given point in the season, which could also explain Red Bull's delay in making a decision.
"I don't know the details of everybody's contract," said Horner, when asked if that was a factor.
"There is no transfer window in Formula One," he said. "We're not obliged to make a decision until we choose to. And we want to make sure we make the right decision and we'll take the time that we feel appropriate to make that decision.


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Some things never change, and that's good when they're the stuff that memories are made of — like munching on funnel cakes or sucking on an ice cold snow cone while the summer sweat streams down your back. Or the feeling of your hair whipping around your face as you're whirled around and upside down to the accompaniment of screams of delight.
'Mulan Jr.' auditions
Auditions for the Disney musical Mulan Jr. will be held at the Shelby County Community Theatre on July 30 and Aug. 1.
Children ages 7-14 should prepare a short song and be prepared to read lines from a script.
Auditions are at 10 a.m. on July 30 and 6 p.m. on Aug. 1 at the theater at 801 Main St. in Shelbyville.
History camp this week
Imagine a strong, intelligent, loving woman with a strong sense of ethics and a fierce love of family, and you'll have a pretty accurate picture of Lisa Matthews, her family says.
That's how they say the community will remember Matthews, 56, who passed away Tuesday after losing a 9-year battle with Multiple Sclerosis.
Tall and athletic, Matthews played basketball at Shelbyville High School before graduating in 1972 and also at Tulane University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in history in 1976.
Information was gathered from previous years of The Shelby Sentinel, The Shelby News and The Sentinel-News. You can reach the writer at email@example.com.
Public meetings
Shelbyville Water and Sewer Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday at 1059 Washington St.
Shelby County Fiscal Court meets at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Stratton Center, 215 Washington St. Tuesday.
Triple S. Planning and Zoning meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Stratton Center.
This week
Eastern Star
Shelby Chapter 170 Order of the Eastern Star meets at Solomon Lodge at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Shelby County native Drew Howell put his pen to paper and churned out a "gripping tale of counterterrorism, covert intelligence, heroism, duty and betrayal" that is slowly working its way into bookstores and onto shelves.
Expendable Assets is Howell's first book but it certainly won't be the last book, he said.
"This story is not finished," he said. "I'm starting to put together ideas all ready."
And he has no shortage of sources for them.
James Bowman and Aaron DeFlippo from Kentucky Down Under, showed Children at the Library on Thursday afternoon, native Australian animals such as a lizard, jungle carpet snake, cocobarra bird and a kangaroo.
Visitors to Red Orchard Park soon will notice exercise equipment placed along the park's various hiking trails, including Bluebird Trail.
Some may think the exercise equipment is for the birds, but it's actually being installed for adults who want to work out while taking their kids or grandkids to the park, Parks and Recreation Director Clay Cottongim said.
Agnes Bolin Robinson celebrated her 90th birthday with family and friends at her home in Shelbyville.
She was born May 24, 1921 to the late John and Susie Bolin of Shelby County. She was a homemaker and retired from General Electric.
Beth and Jeff Brown of Shelbyville announce the engagement of their daughter, Leslie Brown of Shelbyville, to Jonathan Pernell of Simpsonville. He is the son of David and Shirley Moore of Simpsonville.
Brown and Pernell are graduates of Shelby County High School and students at the University of Kentucky.
The wedding will take place at 4 p.m. July 23, 2011, at First Baptist Church in Shelbyville.
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The boat has been damaged at the back, but it's not very serious. With a small dressing, we'll be able to sail very nicely as far as Itajai. A few stanchions have folded but nothing serious, aside from the mast!
Under jury rig, such as it is today, we can achieve an average of eight knots at best in downwind conditions. If we're sailing into headwinds, we won't be able to make any headway at all. We may have to make for Itajai in several stages.'
The causes for the dismasting:
'I don't yet have a very precise idea of what caused the dismasting. It has to be related to a spreader or a diagonal. We'll carry out an analysis later on using the sections we've managed to recover. In any case, it's very surprising to have dismasted in conditions such as these.'
The reliability of VO 70s:
'There has been a great deal of breakage on this leg.
In the storm, you had to find the balance between slowness in relation to the race and speed in relation to the sea. It was the first time since leaving Alicante that prevention was a major consideration and it's never easy to find this balance. The boats are no less strong than before, quite the contrary. However, at certain times, the structure cannot match up to nature and the waves, which were horrendous. We're always on the limit, but for our part we've never exceeded that limit.'
Our spirits and our ambitions for the race:
'It's very difficult to be in the battle for victory, to have sailed superbly well in the Pacific and then end up like this in the last 24 hours. It's not too horrific in terms of points, but the stakes are no longer the same.
We're very sad. It was a fantastic leg, which was action-packed throughout, and one we could have won.
Now is not a good time clearly, but it could have been worse. We're going to use the fact that the fleet is partly decimated to finish in third position.
We had high hopes of finishing well placed at the end of the race, but it's a great opportunity wasted. We all want this third place and to forget about the rest of it, leave our ambition for this leg behind us and get to the finish as quickly as possible, so as we can get Groupama 4 shipshape again and get some rest for the following legs as we're very tired right now. This twist of fate questions our ambitions as regards our hopes for ranking well on this leg. Between yesterday and today, there's a difference of twenty points. We were right back in the action in terms of the overall standing. This whole episode has taken a fair bit of our hope away, but we'll still be giving it our all and taking our chances whenever they present themselves and win some points. Anything could happen between now and Galway. As long as we're not too far off the pace, and that will be the case if we manage to complete this leg, anything's possible. However, clearly this dismasting takes away a fair old dose of our chances for outright victory.'
At 1600 UTC this Thursday, six members of Groupama sailing team's shore crew were ready to get down to the job at hand in Punta del Este. The technical solution consists of rigging the longest section of mast so as to be able to make Itajai aboard a Groupama 4 which is manoeuvrable and capable, albeit at a low speed, of making headway in headwinds. Four other members of the shore crew, two of whom are master sailmakers, are making their way towards Punta del Este to participate in setting up this new jury rig.
Groupama 4 won't leave Punta del Este before tomorrow, Friday.
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Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said tight end Jason Witten has a "slightly lacerated," or cut, spleen that will require him to limit his activity for the next week to 10 days.
He won't practice during that time and will miss the next two preseason games at a minimum.
"Asking Witt to be still and idle is a hard thing. That's the biggest challenge right now," Garrett said Wednesday with a touch of a smile, but he acknowledged the serious nature of the injury. "He can't do any jogging, anything where he's kind of moving up and down where you could inflame that or have that laceration grow in any way. We want to make sure it heals properly and shrinks. Him being idle is a big part of that. And then we'll reassess it next week after we've had a few days of him not doing anything."
The spleen produces white blood cells, which are the body's defense against infection, stores red blood cells and platelets and filters the blood. The organ, under the rib cage on the left side of the body, can swell, be punctured or cut when it is hit. A bleeding spleen is dangerous because of the amount of blood it handles, but the organ also generally heals well.
The Cowboys are hoping the cut heals on its own, preventing surgery.
Garrett said he hasn't put much thought yet into whether Witten will be available for the Sept. 5 season opener against the New York Giants in three weeks.
"Jason has gotten off to a tremendous, tremendous start to training camp and laid a great foundation for himself, not only in the offseason, but for the first couple of weeks of camp," Garrett said. "He's looked as good as I've seen him look since I've been around him. So I don't think this, at the end of the day, him being away from our football team, and off the practice field, is going to be that detrimental to him. In fact, I think it's going to allow him to get his legs back a little bit, and be fresh and ready to go."
Fourth-year tight end John Phillips will go in Witten's place. Phillips is recovering from an ankle injury, and Wednesday is his first practice since sustaining the injury last week.
-- Carlos Mendez
Twitter @calexmendez


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When police found the lifeless body of former Miss South Texas, turned school teacher Irene Garza, face down in the canal in her hometown of McAllen, Texas in 1960, all signs pointed to Catholic priest John Felt. Garza had last been seen going to Sacred Heart Catholic Church for confession and various objects were found near her lifeless body, including several objects that belonged to the church and a metallic Kodak slide photo viewer that belonged to Felt. The autopsy showed that Garza had been beaten and raped while she was unconscious, then strangled and dumped into the canal. When Felt was questioned by authorities, he failed the lie detector tests. More damning, Felt had just been charged with aggravated assault on another woman at a church about 10 miles outside of town, for which the judge fined him $500, but gave him no prison time because he was a priest. Felt was never convicted of the crime and today lives in a good neighborhood in Phoenix, but investigators have never forgotten their suspicions, or the fact that it was religion that helped Felt get away clean.
For people growing up in McAllen at the time, the thought that a priest could ever commit such a crime was unthinkable. According to Lynda De La Vina, a cousin of Garza who was 9 years old at the time, "We were accusing a priest that — in those days priests were infallible." Another cousin, Noemi Sigler, said "It was impossible for a priest to do such a deed. I mean, if you thought of it, that would be sacrilegious." Authorities at the time clearly protected Felt, Sigler reported, "I don't know whether it was out of respect for the church or anger or fear, I have no idea."
In any case, almost immediately after the murder, Felt was transferred to a distant monastery and then several more times in quick succession until he came to land at Our Lady of Assumption monastery in Ava, Missouri. With both the police and the church protecting him, interest in the case waned, but no one ever forgot. Noemi Sigler took it upon herself to play detective and interview witnesses and look for evidence and surprisingly, she found some. When talking to former priest Joseph O'Brien, who had worked closely with Felt, he told her "We knew he was dangerous, so we shipped him off to a monastery." She asked him if he thought Felt had murdered Garza and he responded "Yes." The other witness was even more shocking. Dale Tacheny, who had been Felt's spiritual advisor, described a secret he had kept for 40 years. Felt came to him and said that he had heard the confession of a young woman and afterwards, he had taken her to the Rectory where he had sexually assaulted her and put a plastic bag over her head. He left her in a bathtub and, after struggling, she died. Felt described having dumped the body near the canal. Felt was proud of having gotten away with it. He is quoted as having said "The church protected me, the people in the church, my superiors, protected me."
Asked if Tacheny believed that Felt had murdered Garza, he said "I believe he killed her, I had no doubt about it because he said he did."
It was an uphill battle to charge Felt with the crime, the police department desperately tried to sabotage the case in 2004 and refused to call either O'Brien or Tacheny to the stand. They didn't even force Felt to attend. As such, the jury failed to convict. A year later, O'Brien died and the case has since gone nowhere. It's clear that in a religious state like Texas, putting an aging ex-priest in prison, even for murder, is just not going to fly.
It's bad enough that we have dozens and dozens of cases of priests molesting children and getting away with it, but to have a priest rape and murder a school teacher in cold blood and get the same kind of protection from the church? That's too much!
This is yet another cautionary tale that shows that criminal behavior hasn't just started in recent years, it's been something the Catholic Church has dealt with, known about and actively protected for many, many, many decades. Once again, it's a clear reason the Catholics belong in the Religious Horror Show.


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Holiday Vinyl for a "Back to Black" Shopping Experience
Friday, November 29, 2013
As shoppers crowd stores to take advantage of Black Friday sales, some record collectors came out in support of Back to Black Friday.
This Week in Politics..Who's On Second?
Friday, July 26, 2013
The race is on...for second place. Anthony Weiner's renewed disgrace is prompting some fierce elbowing as the other candidates try to grab Weiner voters who are now undecided. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein and Anna Sale break it all down on this week's edition of This Week in Politics.
Cuomo Proposes More Protections for Disabled
Monday, May 07, 2012
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed better protections for about a million New Yorkers with disabilities and special needs under state-funded care through a new agency with authority to monitor the system and investigate and prosecute abuse claims.
Court Upholds Atlantic Yards Project Ruling
Thursday, April 12, 2012
An appellate court has ruled that the state must conduct an additional Environmental Impact Statement for the second phase of developer Forrest City Ratner's Atlantic Yards plan.
Blumenthal, McMahon Spar in First Connecticut Senate Debate
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
The candidates for U.S. Senate in Conneticut are butting heads over the economy and character. In a debate last night in Hartford, Repubican Linda McMahon portrayed herself as an entrepreneur who has created more than 600 jobs. Meanwhile, Democratic candidate Richard Blumenthal promoted his career in public service working as the state's Attorney General. Colin McEnroe, host of "The Colin McEnroe Show" on WNPR and a columnist for The Hartford Courant, watched the debate.
Giuliani Visits New Hampshire
Sunday, January 28, 2007
New York, NY —
Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani has been in New Hampshire this weekend.
REPORTER: Speaking in Manchester Saturday, Giuliani said he believes he can help restore confidence in the government. New Hampshire voter Kevin Smith says he liked what Giuliani had to say.
SMITH: I think he ...