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WAYNE, Neb. – Augustana women's basketball couldn't overcome foul trouble in the second half, losing 70-65 to Wayne State, snapping a two-game winning streak against the Wildcats, in both teams Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference opener on Monday. The loss dropped the Vikings to 3-1 (0-1 NSIC). Wayne State remains unbeaten at 5-0 (1-0 NSIC).
The Vikings' Katie Meister – recording her first collegiate double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds – best efforts still couldn't provide enough of a lift off the bench for Augustana on Monday.
Jordan Spencer led the way for the Wildcats, getting her first double-double of the season, with a game and career-high 30 points and 10 rebounds.
Wayne State came out fast, taking a quick 11-2 run to open the game. The Wildcats made it clear early that the game plan was to get the ball in the paint to Spencer and Millie Niggeling. The duo combined for 24 of Wayne State's 32 first-half points.
Dealing with foul trouble early to Emily Schulte and a turnover issue, Augustana would settle down and start taking control of the game with the help of its bench. The Vikings bench was able to score 21 points, including eight points from Meister and seven from Nicole Kerkhoff in the first half.
The Vikings would climb back into the game beginning at the 8:20 mark on a Riley Nordgaard layup, starting a 23-8 run to end the half that would give the Vikings the lead at half 34-32.
Augustana started the half cold, but caught fire in the final ten minutes, finishing 15 for 31 (48.1%) from the field for the half.
The second half got interesting quick, with the Wildcats' Spencer getting called for a technical foul just 76 seconds into the half. Nordgaard would convert both free throws for the Vikings.
Wayne State would make a fast 7-0 run to take the lead at 39-38 off Ashton Yossi converting the free throw on a traditional three-point play.
Both teams would go back and forth trading the lead in the half, with neither team being able to get up by more than six. The final 20 minutes of the game saw 13 lead changes between the two teams.
The Wildcats would get Augustana into foul trouble early in second half, getting into the bonus just five minutes into the half. Wayne State outshot the Vikings 21 to 9 in the second half.
The turning point came with 25 seconds remaining in the game, when Niggeling scored a putback jumper off a missed layup by Spencer, giving the Wildcats a 68-65 lead.
The Vikings would get one last chance at tying the game. With 12 seconds remaining, Schulte launched a deep three pointer that came up just short. Wayne State grabbed the rebound and Addy Roller made both free throws, securing the win at 70-65.
The Vikings look to bounce back this Saturday, taking on Midland at 2 p.m. at the Elmen Center.
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International: The West Eurasian and African populations of the White-winged Tern are listed under Appendix II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).
Globally, it is listed as Least Concern under the IUCN Red List of threatened species (BirdLife International 2007e).
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Scientific Name: Chlidonias leucopterus
Common Name: White-winged Black Tern.
Other English names: White-winged or whitewinged Tern (AOU 1998; Avibase 2008; Gill & Wright 2006, 2008; Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Higgins & Davies 1996).
The White-winged Black Tern is a conventionally accepted species (Christidis & Boles 2008; Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Higgins & Davies 1996).
The White-winged Black Tern is monotypic. It is a small (total length 2023 cm; mean adult weight in Australia 65.5 g [Higgins & Davies 1996]), fairly slender and compact marsh tern, with fairly short wings and tail, the latter only slightly forked.
In breeding plumage adults are strongly black and white, with the head, neck, breast and belly velvety black, grading to dull black on the saddle and sharply demarcated from a white rump and tail above, and from white vent and undertail-coverts on the underbody. The pattern of the upperwing is diagnostic: largely pale grey with a broad white leading edge to the innerwing, dusky grey wedge on the outer primaries and, usually, a dusky grey secondary bar. The underwing is pale grey with contrastingly black coverts. The bill is black to dark red, with red at the base. The legs and feet are red, and the eyes dark brown. Adult breeding females are duller black than breeding males, with a greyish tone to body (Cramp 1985; Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Higgins & Davies 1996; Olsen & Larsson 1995).
In adult non-breeding plumage, the head and neck are white with a neat black and white-streaked cap, a black notch or band behind the eye and over the ear-coverts, and a small black patch in front of the eye. The rest of the upperparts and tail are grey with a white rump and white sides to the tail, and there are a dusky secondary bar and dusky grey wedge on the outer primaries on the upperwing. The underparts are white with a diffuse dusky trailing edge to the underwing and there is often a black line along the tips of the greater underwing-coverts. The bill is black, and the legs and feet are dark red (Cramp 1985; Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Higgins & Davies 1996; Olsen & Larsson 1995).
Juveniles are like non-breeding adults but are distinguished by a wholly black cap, streaked with white only at the border with the white forehead, and by a brownish-black saddle, diffusely scaled paler, contrasting with a largely pale-grey upperwing. The rump is white and uppertail-coverts and tail are pale grey, as in non-breeding adults. The upperwing is more uniformly grey than in the adult, marked with a dusky cubital bar, secondary bar and trailing edge to the primaries. Below, the underbody is white. The bill is black-brown with a paler, sometimes reddish, base, and the legs and feet vary from red to reddish brown or brownish orange (Cramp 1985; Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Higgins & Davies 1996; Olsen & Larsson 1995).
White-winged Black Terns are gregarious, normally foraging and roosting in small flocks, though may occur in congregations of hundreds or several thousands at preferred sites; where irregularly recorded, they are often seen singly, or in twos or threes. In Australia, they often gather in large flocks at staging sites before northern migration in April-May, such as at Alva Beach, Queensland, and at North Perron Island, Northern Territory. White-winged Black Terns are often associate with other terns, especially Whiskered Terns (Chlidonias hybrida) (Chatto 2006; Coates & Bishop 1997; Higgins & Davies 1996).
The species is a non-breeding migrant to Australia, where it is widespread and common along south-western, northern and central-eastern coasts, with only scattered records of small numbers along the coasts elsewhere in southern Australia (Barrett et al. 2003; Blakers et al. 1984; Chatto 2006; Higgins & Davies 1996; Johnstone & Storr 1998).
In Western Australia, the species is widespread on the southern west coast, mainly from Ballingup and the estuary of Vasse River north to Mongers Lake, and also on coasts of the Pilbara region and Kimberley Division, with occasional records farther inland, mainly along major river systems, such as the Ord. The species only rarely occurs in the Gascoyne Region of the central-western coast, and is occasionally recorded along the southern coast, for example a single bird was recorded at Eyre Bird Observatory in October 1980 (Johnstone & Storr 1998).
In the Northern Territory, White-winged Black Terns are a widespread annual visitor to coastal areas from Joseph Bonaparte Gulf east through the Top End to Groote Eylandt and the Sir Edward Pellew Group and widespread elsewhere in the Gulf of Carpentaria (Chatto 2006).
In Queensland, the species is widespread through the Gulf of Carpentaria and along western Cape York Peninsula, but most records are from the south-east. On the eastern Queensland coast, it is recorded at scattered sites, particularly around Cairns, Innisfail and adjacent hinterlands. It has been recorded once in south-western Queensland (Atherton et al. 1985; Chan & Dening 2007).
In NSW, the species is widespread east of the Great Divide, mainly south to about Wollongong, but with scattered records further south along the coast and on inland wetlands west of the Great Divide, for example Lake Cowal, Narran Lake and as far west as the Menindee Lakes (Morris 1971).
In Victoria, the species is regularly recorded in Port Phillip Bay, in Western Districts and in the mid-Murray Valley, with isolated records elsewhere, including Gippsland.
The species is a regular visitor in small numbers (usually 13 birds) to Tasmania, and there are scattered records, usually of singles or twos, in South Australia (for example 17 records between December 1964 and February 1981) (de Rebeira & de Rebeira undated).
Elsewhere in Australian territory, the species is a rare visitor to Lord Howe, Norfolk and Cocos-Keeling Islands (Barrett et al. 2003; Blakers et al. 1984; Hermes et al. 1986; Higgins & Davies 1996; McAllan et al. 2004; Moore 1985; Serventy et al. 1971; Stokes et al. 1984).
There is no estimate of the extent of occurrence of this species in Australia. The species has a large worldwide range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1 000 00010 000 000 km² (BirdLife International 2007e). The source of this estimate is not known, and there are no available data to indicate past declines or future changes.
The estimated area of occupancy of White-winged Black Terns in Australia is 23 200 km².
Globally, the White-winged Black Tern is widespread in both breeding and non-breeding periods.
There are no known captive populations of this species and the species has not been reintroduced into the wild in Australia or elsewhere.
White-winged Black Terns have a widespread breeding distribution in Eurasia, though some breeding populations appear isolated. However, overall the distribution does not appear to be fragmented. The species has a large non-breeding range.
The species has a wide breeding range in Eurasia, from central Europe through Russia to Eastern China. Breeding is recorded from north-western Italy and central and Eastern Europe, east through Siberia, Transbaikalia and northern Mongolia to Amurland and Sakhalin, mainly between 35° N and 55° N (Cramp 1985; Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Higgins & Davies 1996). Breeding is normally confined to the Northern Hemisphere but the species has, unusually, bred in New Zealand (Higgins & Davies 1996; Pierce 1974).
The species is migratory, spending the boreal winter in Africa, mostly south of the Sahara Desert and including Madagascar; in southern and south-eastern Asia, including India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, east to Vietnam and the southern Malay Peninsula; and through Indonesia to New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. Most of the non-breeding population is found in Africa and Australia. The species is mainly a passage migrant through Europe, Korea and Japan, the Greater Sundas, Philippines and New Guinea. The species is recorded as accidental or vagrant to many regions, such as Alaska and elsewhere in the United States, and the Northern Mariana Islands and Palau (Ali & Ripley 1969; AOU 1998; Coates 1985; Coates & Bishop 1997; Cramp 1985; Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Higgins & Davies 1996; Urban et al. 1986; White & Bruce 1986).
The species has a large global population, estimated to be 2 500 0004 500 000 individuals (BirdLife International 2007e; Wetlands International 2006). The species is considered fairly common to very common in parts of eastern Europe and central and eastern Asia but very scarce in central Europe (Gochfeld & Burger 1996).
The western and eastern breeding populations of the White-winged Black Tern are disjunct, but are both large. Some breeding populations are small and fragmented, and considered very scarce in central Europe, breeding only rarely or sporadically (Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Higgins & Davies 1996).
Global populations of this species appear to be stable (Wetlands International 2006), and though trends have not been quantified, the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in 10 years or three generations). Globally, the species is listed as Least Concern (BirdLife International 2007e).
The proportion of the global population of White-winged Black Terns that occur in Australia is not known (Higgins & Davies 1996). Whereas it has been claimed that a large proportion winters in Australia (Coates & Bishop 1997), numbers do not equate to the large numbers reported in Africa (Wetlands International 2006).
White-winged Black Terns, along with other migrant and resident species of terns, were the target of a three-year study of terns on the Caloundra sandbanks in south-eastern Queensland (Chan & Dening 2007); and of a 16month survey at the Noosa sandbanks 50 km north of Caloundra (Chan et al. 2008), with counts continuing to the present (J. Dening 2008, pers. comm.). The species has also been widely recorded during surveys of wetlands in Australia, for example in surveys of wetlands of the Top End of the Northern Territory (Chatto 2006); and, in south-western Australia, recorded on eight of 197 wetlands surveyed between 1981 and 1985 (Jaensch et al. 1988).
Numbers at sites in Australia can vary greatly from year to year but there is no knowledge of differential annual use of sites within Australia that may explain such differences. For example, at Caloundra, in south-eastern Queensland, the median count (with maximum annual counts in parentheses) over each of three years were 160 (5293), 356 (17 293) and 1313 (13 138) birds (Chan & Dening 2007). Greatest numbers appear to occur in south-eastern Queensland (Chan & Dening 2007; Chan et al. 2008) and in northern Australia, where surveys can be difficult in the wet season (Chatto 2006).
There is no information on generation length of this species.
The species does not breed in Australia but this country appears to be an important wintering destination. Wetlands of northern Australia appear to be important non-breeding areas, with large numbers sometimes recorded; for example at least 15 000 birds on the Perron Islands in mid-March 1992; 15 000 birds at Port Hedland, Western Australia in March-April 1982; 6000 on a 15 km stretch of Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia; approximately 1200 at Darwin Sewage Farm, Northern Territory, in December 1985; at least 3000 at Cromarty Wetlands, near Giru, Queensland; and approximately 2600 at Armstrong Plain, near Normanton, north-western Queensland, in April 1985. South-eastern Queensland is also important, with >17,000 birds at Caloundra in 200102 (Chan & Dening 2007; Chan et al. 2008; Chatto 2006; Harrison 1997; Higgins & Davies 1996; Jaensch 1989b; Niland 1986).
Usually the species occurs in smaller numbers (general maxima of several hundreds) in southern Australia (Higgins & Davies 1996).
White-winged Black Terns have apparently hybridized with the congeneric Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) and Whiskered Terns (Gochfeld & Burger 1996; McCarthy 2006).
Given the widespread distribution around Australia, the species is recorded in many areas designated as reserves, though none appears to be specifically managed for this species. For example, the species is widespread across the Top End of the Northern Territory, and recorded widely in Kakadu National Park and Arnhem Land (Chatto 2006). Large numbers occur annually on the Caloundra sandbanks, in south-eastern Queensland, which lie within the Moreton Bay Marine Park and which is also a designated Ramsar site (No. 41) and should be regarded as an Area of International Importance based on criteria contained in the Ramsar Convention (Chan & Dening 2007; Dening 2003). Significant numbers also occur on the Noosa sandbanks, 50 km to the north, and the sandbanks at Noosa and Caloundra probably represent a contiguous wintering ground on the Sunshine Coast for migrant terns, with individual birds using both areas (Chan et al. 2008). However, the Noosa sandbanks, which are also an internationally important area for migratory terns, are not protected within reserves. It has been suggested that the Noosa estuary should be included as an Area of International Importance based on the populations of Common Tern there (Chan et al. 2008).
In Australia, and elsewhere in their non-breeding range, the species mostly inhabits fresh, brackish or saline, and coastal or subcoastal wetlands. White-winged Black Terns frequent tidal wetlands, such as harbours, bays, estuaries and lagoons, and their associated tidal sandflats and mudflats. Terrestrial wetlands, including swamps, lakes, billabongs, rivers, floodplains, reservoirs, saltworks, sewage ponds and outfalls are also inhabited. Wetlands may be open, or with floating emergent or marginal vegetation. They rarely occur on inland wetlands in Australia. The species is usually only recorded offshore when on passage (Chan & Dening 2007; Chan et al. 2008; Chatto 2006; Cramp 1985; Dening 2003; Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Higgins & Davies 1996; Johnstone & Storr 1988; Urban et al. 1986). Most breeding is on vegetated, freshwater inland wetlands (Gochfeld & Burger 1996), though a single breeding report in New Zealand was at the edge of a coastal estuarine lagoon (Pierce 1974).
In the Northern Territory, the species is often recorded on wetlands of varying sizes and along rivers, and also commonly recorded on the coast, on islands and foraging at sea (Chatto 2006). At Caloundra and Noosa, in south-eastern Queensland, favoured habitat is intertidal sandbanks, those at Caloundra inside the sheltered northern entrance to the Pumicestone Passage, the waterbody separating Bribie Island from the Queensland mainland (Chan & Dening 2007; Chan et al. 2008; Dening 2003).
The White-winged Black Tern mainly forages aerially, over water or over muddy or sandy edges of wetlands; and also forages over land adjacent to wetlands, especially if inundated, including rice paddies and dry paddocks and grassland (Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Higgins & Davies 1996; Johnstone & Storr 1988; Lindgren 1956; Pierce 1974).
The species often roosts or loafs on ground at the edges of wetlands, including sandflats, mudflats, beaches, spits, banks, islets and rocks (Higgins & Davies 1996; Lindgren 1956) but also often on emergent branches of submerged trees or piles and posts (Gochfeld & Burger 1996). Large numbers roost on sandflats off Caloundra, Moreton Bay, south-eastern Queensland (Chan & Dening 2007).
The species is not known to use refuge habitats.
White-winged Black Terns are not known to rely on any threatened ecological community in Australia, nor are they specifically associated with any threatened species though they potentially share habitat with such species. The Caloundra sandbanks, in south-eastern Queensland, which are a major site for the species (with counts of more than 17 000 birds), lie within the Moreton Bay Marine Park, which is a Ramsar site, but the site is adjacent to the Caloundra Central Business District (CBD) and subject to increasing levels of human recreational and tourism activity (Chan & Dening 2007; Dening 2003). The Noosa sandbanks are also an important site for this species (Chan et al. 2008). Both the Caloundra and Noosa sandbanks should be regarded as Areas of International Importance based on criteria contained in the Ramsar Convention (Chan & Dening 2007; Chan et al. 2008).
White-winged Black Terns first breed at two years of age (Gochfeld & Burger 1996).
White-winged Black Terns normally breed only in the Northern Hemisphere and the species does not breed in Australia. There is one record of breeding in New Zealand (Pierce 1974). In the Northern Hemisphere, the breeding season is AprilAugust, mainly MayJuly; the New Zealand nesting attempt was in DecemberFebruary (Cramp 1985; Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Higgins & Davies 1996; Pierce 1974). In the normal breeding range, these terns nest in small colonies, usually of up to 100 pairs, but with low colony fidelity. They also sometimes nest in mixed colonies with other terns or gulls. The clutch-size is usually two to three eggs (Gochfeld & Burger 1996).
The White-winged Black Tern is an opportunistic forager, feeding mainly on aquatic insects (especially Diptera, Odonata and Coleoptera), and less often on terrestrial insects, spiders, small fish, tadpoles, frogs and skinks. In non-breeding areas, they mainly forage over coastal estuaries and freshwater wetlands, and occasionally over terrestrial vegetation (Crawford 1977; Ford 1956; Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Higgins & Davies 1996; Hutchison 1971; Johnstone & Storr 1988; Lindgren 1956). During coastal migration, they are often seen feeding at sea, possibly taking wind-blown insects or items from sewage outfalls (Higgins & Davies 1996).
White-winged Black Terns forage aerially, mainly by contact-dipping, but also by hover-dipping and sallying for aerial prey, and may glean prey from substrates while on the ground or while wading in shallow water. When dipping, the species searches while in flight 24 m above the surface, then dips down to take prey from on or just below the surface of the water (Cramp 1985; Crawford 1977; Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Higgins & Davies 1996; Serventy et al. 1971; Todd & Lloyd 1980). Although said not to plunge-dive (Gochfeld & Burger 1996), shallow plunging from 24 m above the surface of the water is reported (Higgins & Davies 1996; Todd & Lloyd 1980). In south-eastern Queensland, White-winged Black Terns occasionally perch on overhead powerlines over water at the Ewan Maddock Dam, huddled close together much like woodswallows (Artamus species), from where Terns drop into flight to take food from the water below (J. Dening 2008, pers. comm.). The species is often associated with Whiskered Terns, particularly when foraging over floodplains in the Northern Territory (Chatto 2006).
White-winged Black Terns are migratory, leaving their Eurasian breeding grounds from late July to late August to spend the boreal winter in the Southern Hemisphere. European and western Asian breeding populations migrate mainly to Africa, whereas central and eastern Asian breeding populations migrate to south-eastern Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. The populations wintering in the Persian Gulf and southern Asia may be central Asian breeders, and the numbers recorded in Africa suggest that some central and eastern Asian breeders may also winter there. Present in non-breeding areas from August to May, they generally leave between March and May (Ali & Ripley 1969; AOU 1998; Coates 1985; Coates & Bishop 1997; Cramp 1985; Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Higgins & Davies 1996; Serventy et al. 1971; Urban et al. 1986; White & Bruce 1986).
White-winged Black Terns appear to arrive in northern Australia on a broad front, mainly from OctoberNovember on, but have been recorded in smaller numbers from August. Birds leave Australia between March and May, though some remain during the austral winter (Blakers et al. 1984; Chan & Dening 2007; Chatto 2006; Higgins & Davies 1996; Serventy et al. 1971). In the Northern Territory, they are mainly present from NovemberMay, with maximum numbers in FebruaryApril and small numbers recorded in JulyOctober (Chatto 2006). At Caloundra, in south-eastern Queensland, terns begin to arrive in October and most leave by mid-April, with greatest numbers generally from late December to early April (Chan & Dening 2007; Dening 2003). In the Northern Territory, a record of at least 15 000 birds on North Perron Island in mid-March 1992 was likely to be a pre-migratory congregation, with most birds moulting into breeding plumage; all birds had left soon after. Other large groups (>400 birds) tended to occur along the Northern Territory coast, mostly in MarchApril, also suggesting pre-migratory flocking. A reasonably large group of 800 seen one year in September may have been newly arrived birds (Chatto 2006).
Numbers of birds reaching Australia are possibly affected by conditions in extralimital non-breeding areas to the north, for example high numbers were recorded in the Darwin area in late December 1970 when floods occurred in the Malayan region (Crawford 1972).
White-winged Black Terns do not breed in Australia and do not appear to defend territories in Australia, or elsewhere in non-breeding range.
Whiskered and White-winged Black Terns are difficult to separate during aerial surveys, except when in breeding plumage, and thus many records can only be recorded as Chlidonias species (e.g. Chatto 2006). These two species can also be confused during ground observations in non-breeding and immature plumages but are readily separated with experience. Black Terns, which are an extremely rare vagrant to Australia, are easily confused with White-winged Black Terns.
White-winged Black Terns are in Australia primarily during the austral springsummer, with only small numbers present in the austral winter (Chan & Dening 2007; Chatto 2006; Higgins & Davies 1996). Most surveys of the species are ground counts of wetlands conducted from the shoreline or counts from boats; access to some areas for survey purposes needs to be by boat (Chan & Dening 2007; Chatto 2006; Jaensch et al. 1988). In northern Australia during the wet season, when the birds are present, ground-counts of the extensive floodplains over which the birds forage are difficult or impossible (e.g. Chatto 2006). The species has been counted during aerial surveys of wetlands of the Northern Territory (Chatto 2006) and NSW (Kingsford et al. 1994).
In eastern Australia, the Caloundra and Noosa sandbanks, in south-eastern Queensland, are major sites for the species (with counts of more than 17 000 birds). Both sites are adjacent to large and rapidly growing human population centres and subject to increasing levels of human recreational and tourism activity (such as boating, kite-surfing, diving, fishing, bait gathering, and use of jet-skis, and similar motorised personal watercraft). Some of these activities are known to affect the behaviour of birds and all potentially threaten the use of the area by terns (and other species). Further, populations of White-winged Black Terns at this site are greatest in summer, which is also when human activity in the surrounding waters peaks (Chan & Dening 2007; Chan et al. 2008; Dening 2003). At the Noosa sandbanks, most human disturbance occurred during high tide and on sandbanks closest to the mainland, with people and dogs the most common human-related disturbances. Human disturbance was greatest on weekends and public holidays and on some sandbanks during such times, birds were completely excluded by the sheer volume of people present (Chan et al.2008).
No catastrophic threats to the species are known. Irruptions and influxes to some parts of Australia can be associated with poor weather or cyclones (Hutchison 1971; Higgins & Davies 1996).
In eastern Australia, the identification of the Caloundra and Noosa sandbanks as a major roosting site for this species, and other migratory and resident terns, has been a significant step towards protection of the sites. Ongoing counts and management at these sites are aiming to protect the sandbanks for this and other species of tern. The Caloundra sandbanks lie within the Moreton Bay Marine Park, which is also a designated Ramsar site (No. 41) (Chan & Dening 2007; Dening 2003). At Caloundra, signs have also been placed strategically to inform the public of the importance of the site for terns. The work of Chan and Dening (2007) has also alerted government managers to the importance of the site to migratory terns. They also suggest that additional mitigation measures may need to be considered, one being the introduction of a buffer zone around the sandbanks to keep human traffic away from roosting birds to reduce the effect of disturbance. At the Noosa sandbanks, Chan and colleagues (2008) suggest that promotion of nature-based tourism focussing on the terns could be a means of protecting them and their roosting habitat with closure of the principal roosting sites at peak times of use by terns. A section of the sandbanks is now closed to the public between October and March and accompanied with signage. Further, Chan and colleagues (2008) indicate that a common management plan needs to be in place for all the sandbanks and estuaries within the Caloundra-Noosa system, and declaration of the region as a Ramsar site. Further work is also needed to determine the use of other estuaries by the same birds in the region, including the Maroochy estuary and the Great Sandy Strait.
Within Australia, the major studies of the species are those by Chan and Dening (2007) and Chan and colleagues (2008) in Eastern Australia, and the work of Chatto (2006) in the Northern Territory. Detailed summaries of current knowledge of the species in Australasia are found in Higgins and Davies (1996), and Johnstone and Storr (1998). There have been many overseas studies, much of which is summarized in major works on the birds of these regions (Cramp 1985; Gochfeld & Burger 1996; Urban et al. 1986).
No specific management documents relating to this species are known, though management issues are addressed in detail in Chan and Dening (2007) and Chan and colleagues (2008). Detailed summaries of current knowledge of the species in Australasia are found in Higgins and Davies (1996) and Johnstone and Storr (1998), and international summaries in Cramp (1985), Gochfeld and Burger (1996), and Urban and colleagues (1986).
The following table lists known and perceived threats to this species. Threats are based on the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) threat classification version 1.1.
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Synthesized from raw financial data, derived data is integral to the bank regulatory submissions and market valuations required by regulators, customers, shareholders, and executives. At Commerzbank, these mission-critical reports incorporate regulatory capital calculations and key risk measures, including value at risk and profit and loss distributions.
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September 13, 2008
Judges sweep RIC to finish 4-0 at Brandeis Volleyball Invitational
The hosts put together a perfect 4-0 record at the Brandeis Volleyball Invitational today with sweeps of Trinity (Conn.) College and Rhode Island College. The Judges topped the Bantams, 25-22, 26-24, 25-16, and downed the Anchorwomen by scores of 25-20, 25-8, 25-17. Sophomore outside hitter Paige Blasco (Greely, Colo.) earned All-Tournament honors for the Judges.
In the final match of the tournament, Brandeis cruised past Rhode Island College, 25-20, 25-8, 25-17. Blasco finished with nine kills to lead the Judges, while Wingenbach and junior right-side Piera Carfagno (Los Angeles, Calif.) had eight each. Junior middle blocker Bridget McAllister (Santa Clara, Calif.) had five aces, and Ruggiero had 10 digs.


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by Jess Murden
Some people say it's a texture thing; other people say it's the green coloring that deters them. I say, get over it and start stocking up on avocado. This weird-looking fruit actually provides some of the most essential nutrients that our body needs on a daily basis.
Avocados are native to Mexico, with the first evidence of avocado use dating back to 10,000 BC in a cave near Puebla, Mexico (reference to the Paleo Diet connection). They tend to have a pear shape and are therefore sometimes referred to as an alligator pear. The avocado is considered a fruit because it is a large berry that contains a large seed. Avocados mature on trees but ripen off of the tree.
The average avocado tree produces roughly 500 avocados annually. Thank the lucky caveman drawings for this because CrossFitters and Paleo Diet advocates alone eat enough avocados to keep the market on the up swing. So let's side track to the nutritional benefits. Avocados are of the good fat family; meaning they are the kind of fat that a person should include in their diet. Roughly 75% of an avocado's calories come from fat (monosaturated fat, however; the kind of fat that has positive affects on health, such as lowering cholesterol). They are also sodium and cholesterol free.
Avocados naturally contain the following vitamins:
Vitamin K – known as a clotting vitamin; it helps the body's blood clot.
Vitamin E – acts as an antioxidant; it is also necessary for the formation of red blood cells.
Vitamin C – used in the growth and repair of tissues; it is also an antioxidant.
Vitamin B6 – helps the immune system produce antibodies; it also helps maintain normal nerve function.
Potassium – essential for the proper function of cells, tissues and organs; it is necessary for building muscle.
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Ivan Eland on the Russia/Ukraine Ceasefire
Recorded: Friday, September 5, 2014
Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and author of "The Failure of Counter-Insurgency: Why Hearts and Minds are Not Always Won," analyzes the Russia/Ukraine ceasefire.
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John C. Goodman: What's the Alternative to Obamacare?
Recorded: Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Independent Institute Senior Fellow John C. Goodman, author of "Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis" describes how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, with its 27,000 pages of rules and regulations, has omitted some basic market-based concepts that would benefit all consumers. Goodman outlines the changes that would make such a healthcare system function, utilizing his extensive knowledge of the subject. Goodman is known as the "Father of Health Savings Accounts" whose suggestions for healthcare reform have been heard around the country. In this video, he highlights what is wrong with Obamacare, and offers his bold ideas on sensible healthcare reform.
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Recorded: Saturday, June 28, 2014
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of Partitioning for Peace appeared on Canada's CTV to talk about recent events in Iraq, where Iraqi forces have gone on the offensive against ISIS militants. Eland gives his perspective on Iraq's history and how his idea of partitioning of Iraq is still an outcome that would bring relative peace in Iraq.
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Recorded: Friday, June 20, 2014
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appeared on RT televisions CrossTalk program, discussing the recent developments in Ukraine. With a new president, will Ukraine now fall under the influence of the west?
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Recorded: Saturday, May 31, 2014
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Ivan Eland: Obama Calls for United Front Against Russia
Recorded: Thursday, April 24, 2014
Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, appears on CTV to discuss Obama's call for a united front against Russia in response to instability in Ukraine.
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In this clip from "Ron Paul: Liberty Defined," Dr. Paul talks about how governments instill fear in populations through propaganda.
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Senior Fellow Lawrence J. McQuillan exposes Government misappropriation of gas tax revenue to fund "smart growth" urban development programs.
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SELLERSBURG, Ind. (WHAS11) – On Monday, former Louisville firefighter Josh Priddy was barricaded in his house, in a life or death standoff with police SWAT units.
On Tuesday night he's in the Clark County Jail, after the stand-off ended when he surrendered. Priddy will appear in a courtroom to face charges on Wednesday, June 26, but his violent afternoon, left the residents of Delaware Court with a day they will never forget.
In the aftermath of a police standoff with an armed gunman, yellow crime tape fluttered in the wind, raised markers identified shell casings and evidence technicians took photographs for the day a violent afternoon moves into the courtroom.
Judy Frazier lives across the street from what became a barricaded house. She was coming home from running errands when a neighbor gave her the news.
Judy got home through the back yard, but then she heard a knock.
"Police were at our door and telling us that there was a gentleman, Josh Priddy that was held up in the house right here, did I happen to know them," Frazier said.
Quickly, the Frazier house became the center of SWAT team activity. Then the violence got worse.
"We heard a very big commotion of gunfire being exchanged. At that point, the police officer who was taken to University Hospital had been shot underneath that tree and the SWAT team came in and removed him immediately," Frazier said.
What followed was a 10 hour standoff and Judy even got busy in the kitchen.
"I made them something to eat and stuff. It was not that big a deal," Frazier said.
While they waited Judy kept her family out of the line of fire and away from the windows. One of her windows was manned by a SWAT team sniper.
There was a lot of shooting, hundreds of rounds, but in the end Priddy surrendered.
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|Vocals, guitar, keyboards
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Glenn Martin Tilbrook (born 31 August 1957) is the lead singer and guitarist of the English band Squeeze, a band formed in the mid-1970s who broke through in the new wave era at the decade's end. He generally wrote the melody for Squeeze's songs, while his writing partner, Chris Difford, wrote the lyrics.[1] In addition to his songwriting skills, Tilbrook is respected both as a singer and an accomplished guitarist. He was born in Woolwich, London.
Difford and Tilbrook[edit]
During Squeeze's first hiatus, from approximately 1983 to 1985, Tilbrook wrote, recorded, and toured with Chris Difford, his songwriting partner from Squeeze. Their album, Difford & Tilbrook was originally released in 1984, and remastered and reissued in 2006.
Solo career[edit]
Following Squeeze's second breakup in 1999, Tilbrook pursued a solo career, often touring around the UK and US in an RV, playing small venues. He released two solo albums, The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook and Transatlantic Ping Pong. Tilbrook co-wrote some of the songs for his solo recordings with artists such as Ron Sexsmith, Chris Braide and Aimee Mann.
In 2006, the film documentary Glenn Tilbrook: One for the Road was released. It followed Tilbrook on his November 2001 tour across the United States. In 2007, Tilbrook took time off from his solo career to tour once again with Squeeze who had reformed for the third time.
In April 2007, Tilbrook released The Past Has Been Bottled, the first in a five-disc series of remastered demos. The first release included early versions of tracks from Squeeze's East Side Story. The second volume, In The Sky Above, was released in the UK in November 2007, and covered the period from 1993 through 1998. The third volume, Dreams Are Made of This, was released in November 2009 and covered Squeeze's early years, from 1974 to 1980.
In 2008, Tilbrook previewed new material while on tour with The Fluffers, two members of whom are also members of the latest Squeeze line-up. A four track single, "Binga Bong!", was released in November 2008. Tilbrook's latest album Pandemonium Ensues, credited to Glenn Tilbrook and The Fluffers, was released in March 2009. The 14 track album was produced by Tilbrook and Andrew J. Jones, and mixed by Bob Clearmountain. It featured guest appearances from Johnny Depp on "Too Close to the Sun" and Depp's wife, Vanessa Paradis, on "Interest & Love".
In January 2010 it was announced that Tilbrook and Difford would be spending part of the coming summer in Italy, together writing songs for a new Squeeze album. The result of this was a 4-song CD of new demo recordings which emerged during their 2012 tour of the US.
Personal life[edit]
Tilbrook has his own recording studio, known as '45RPM', in Charlton. It has been used by other bands such as Nine Below Zero.[2] Tilbrook supports Charlton Athletic F.C. and in 1998 Squeeze released "Down in the Valley", a tribute to his boyhood team.
He is a supporter of the Love Hope Strength Foundation, a cancer charity founded by Mike Peters of The Alarm, and has played concerts in aid of the organisation, including one at base camp, Mount Everest.
He has four children.
- ^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 325. CN 5585.
- ^ Nine Below Zero website - Retrieved 10 December 2008
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Decades ago, Chevrolet used to brag that it was as American as baseball, hot dogs and apple pie. But these days, America is moving on.
General Motors (GM) has seen slumping sales of its all-important Chevrolet line. The brand is reportedly losing market share to Chrysler, Toyota (TM), Jeep and Volkswagen (VLKAY). Chevrolet only had 13.2% of U.S. auto sales in the first half of this year -- down from 14.3% a year earlier.
Chevrolet has been a drag on GM in the two years since the automaker emerged from bankruptcy and returned to the markets. Still, GM's October U.S. sales were the highest they've been since 2007, with deliveries up 5% from to a year earlier and sales to retail customers up 7%.
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At the same time, Chevrolet and other U.S. automakers are aware that American consumers are buying smaller cars and paying attention to innovations like all-electric cars and compact SUVs. Despite its sales slump, Chevrolet is still GM's top-selling brand, and is taking the lead in innovation and change.
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GM should have gone bankrupt without the bailout (like thousands of small companies in the construction industry did after the bubble burst) and liquidated their remaining assets. Just like how somebody will buy the rights to make Twinkies, somebody would buy the rights to build Silverado's, Tahoe's and Corvettes; the only vehicles GM should be producing.
If you look Chevrolet is still missing a few key niche vehicles to have a full lineup that will help its sales out. How many 2 door cars does Chevrolet have? 2. Camaro and Corvette. Cruze is 4 door only. Corolla and Civic are available in 2 door trims. You can get the Avalon in 2 door. No 2 door malibus or Impalas.
What is hurting Chevrolet is that GM has cut down on their rental sales where as Crapsler and Toyota have increased theirs. Crapsler has over 35% of its sales to rental companies. GM is under 20% and the biggest one is the Impala. When the 2014 Impala comes out GM wont have a single Chevy that has 15% rental sales.
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Slo-mo script, aka. Frame rate modifying script
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Slo-mo Script V1.0
Created by Neon Black
What is it?
This script will allow you modify the frame rate of the game simply by changing the value of a variable. The frame rate can be increased or decreased depending on your need at the present moment. This script also has a simple graphical change that can be turned on or off. There are other features (mainly graphical) that I want to add at a later date, however the script will lose some of it's plug and play capabilities when they are added, and they're mostly graphical, so this script is ready to go as-is.
How can I use it?
Place this script anywhere in the materials section above main. If you notice incompatibility with another script, place this script above that script. If you still experience incompatibility issues, please post what scripts you are using as well as what kind of error you are getting. To change the game's frame rate just change the variable you define in the config section of the script to the desired value. To change the frame rate back, just change the variable back to 60. Be aware that changing the frame rate affects other on-screen functions such as message boxes and animations. I have modified the script so that it does not slow down during the menu scene or battle scene.
What does it look like?
I can't really show you a speed change in a single picture, and a single function doesn't really merit a demo. Just imagine lag. That's pretty much it.... The picture shows what the main character looks like with the added blending effect. To turn this off, change the blending mode option to 9 or below.
What does it work with?
Considering this script does not overwrite any objects, it should work with pretty much everything. Below are the changes this script makes.
New Classes/Objects
How can I get the code?
Version 1.0 (first build) is available only by clicking this link here..
I would like to use this code.
You are free to use, modify, copy and distribute this code at your own leisure and you do not need to credit me directly, however if you use this code or modify it in any way, please leave the names in the credits box at the top of the code and do not remove that section.
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This script was created after this request was made for a script. Personally I would say if at all possible, do not use this script!! It is better to just event slo-mo event sequences than to use this script for them. If you find any actual need to use this script, feel free to do so. Any changes you would like me to add to this script, please ask and I will see if I can accommodate. Any problems you may encounter please post here or PM me and I will certainly help resolve them.
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Oct 30 2011, 07:38 AM
Post #2
Type: Designer
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You were right, eventing is better but I guess this can be used for other stuff.
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