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Pacific Southwest, Region 9
Serving: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands, Tribal Nations
Pacific regional workshop on coral reefs
and land-based pollution
Note: EPA no longer updates this information, but it may be useful as a reference or resource.
The notes on this page were compiled by EPA staff who attended the 2003 Pacific regional workshop. Photos by Larry Debord. June 24, 2003
Welcome and Overview
Wayne Nastri,Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9
EPA staff notes: Ninety-five percent of all US coral reefs are within jurisdiction of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9. EPA awarded $1.3M in grants last year to partner agencies in Region 9 to protect coral reefs. For example, the Hanalei Watershed Initiative received $700K to upgrade inadequate cesspools, implement best management practices for taro, and monitor aquatic life in the river and nearby coral reefs. EPA's goal is to minimize adverse impacts of pollution.
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10
EPA staff notes: He recognized the similarities between the Northwest and Pacific Islands. He seeks to share tools and approaches. A partnership approach between federal, state, local governments, local communities, and tribal members is needed for effective policy that fits the on the ground conditions.
Hawaii State Conservationist, NRCS
EPA staff notes: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) promotes conservation on private lands and provides technical assistance and financial incentive programs to private land owners. The traditional Hawaiian ahupua'a land management system is a good example of effective land stewardship.
Keynote Address: Impacts of Pollutants on Pacific Coral Reefs
Professor, University of Guam Marine Laboratory
EPA staff notes: Science involves the art of communication. It is only useful when you apply it through management and policy and get stakeholder buy-in. We need to manage human activities not biological systems and this occurs best when we "listen to the animals" (the coral reefs).
Persistence and perpetuation of coral reefs depends upon possible LBF coral reproduction and recruitment. Without the ability to recruit, reproduction is useless and many coral reefs are not currently able to recruit. Decreased salinity from freshwater runoff, heavy metals and fertilizers from road runoff, oil spills, organophosphates from golf-course fertilization, and algal overgrowth can cause reproductive and recruitment failure in coral reefs. Natural disturbances are a natural part of coral reef ecology providing opportunities for less-competitive coral species to compete for space, thereby increasing diversity. However, human-caused stresses affect coral health and decrease the ability of reefs to recover from natural disturbances.
Managers and stakeholders need to ask relevant questions when evaluating scientific findings and better integrate watershed management by partnering marine interests with land-based partners. The following key management issues need to be addressed:
- look at environmental harm and determine cost-to-benefit ratio;
- ask what is the cost if one is careful about doing something versus the cost if one makes a mistake;
- realize that small sample sizes will show little to no effects; and
- recognize if data or techniques were omitted.
Panel Discussion: Action Strategies to Reduce Impacts to Land-based Pollution (LBP)
Panel members were asked to address the following questions:- What key actions are needed to reduce LBP?
- What types of sources/pollutants should we focus on?
- Where do we need to develop new approaches?
Katina Henderson,
Water Quality Management Planner, Department
of Health (DOH)
EPA staff notes: The goal for Hawaii's local action strategy (LAS) is to help reduce land-based pollution (LBP) contributions to coral reef degradation. Deliverables include a framework document to help guide the State process for LAS and produce a list of priority ahupua'a. Short-term and long-term measures of success are identified in the process.
Key actions to reduce LBP impacts on coral reefs include identifying and implementing projects on land to reduce entrance of pollutants into waters. Pollutants of concern include sediment, nutrients, temperature, and toxics. Sources of pollutants are wastewater, storm water, surface water runoff, and groundwater seepage. New approaches for reducing LBP impacts are needed where background levels of pollution are high, where there is a weak link between LBP and coral reef degradation, and where there is low stakeholder involvement.
Dave Limtiaco,
Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry
and Soil Resources, and
Jacqueline Flores, Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS)
EPA staff notes: Impacts and issues include: increased sedimentation, lack of adequate enforcement, lack of public support and participation, and lack of adequate planning. Key study areas include Fouha and Ugum watersheds, 2 of the 19 watersheds in Guam. Two specific goals for the LAS are to improve water quality for drinking water and coral propagation and recruitment. Strategies likely to resolve impacts include implementing and enforcing existing regulations and changing stakeholder behavior.
American Samoa (AS):
Mary Midkiff,
AS Costal Management Program
EPA staff notes: Much of land-based pollution (LBP) in American Samoa is attributed to the 35% increase in population on a 15-mile-long island. In addition, unmanaged land use is a source of pollution as land use changes from a communal-style of living to western-type development. Goal of the LAS process is to protect coral reefs from LBP. Objectives include implementation of the Nonpoint Source Pollution (NPS) Program Plan, monitoring parameters of coral health and water quality, and promoting education and outreach programs.
Types of pollutants include nutrients, sediment (from new development projects), and pathogens. Key actions to reduce LBP include implementation and coordination of NPS program; implementation of a community-based fisheries management program; revision of environmental regulations and enforcement of laws; and increasing community awareness and education. New approaches include identifying gaps in the NPS program; enforcing laws and imposing fines; establishing island-specific better management practices focusing on low cost and maintenance alternatives; and providing incentives for better management practices implemented at the community level.
Commonwealth of
Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI): Erica Cochrane,
Coastal Resources Management
EPA staff notes: Approximately 90,000 people live in the three southern-most of CNMI's 14 islands: Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. Ninety percent of the CNMI population lives on Saipan. Coral reefs provide tourism, cultural resources, food, protection from storms and waves, beauty, biological diversity, and scientific study. Threats to CNMI reefs include land-based and marine sources of pollution, destructive fish practices, recreational-use damage, and limited involvement in natural resource protection. With 18 language groups in CNMI, community education is difficult. The following five watersheds were chosen for the development of CNMI's Local Action Strategy: Takpochau and Laulau on the island of Saipan; Makpo on the island of Tinian; and Song Song and Talakaya on the island of Rota.
Panel Discussion: Indicators of land-based pollution effects on coral reefs
Using Coral Reefs as Indicators of Land-based Pollution
Peter Houk,Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ), CNMI
EPA staff notes: Presented a document titled: "Bibliography to Assist Monitoring and Understanding the Effects of Land-Based Sources of Pollution". He wanted to expand this bibliography and request that additional citations be sent to Peter Houk at firstname.lastname@example.com. He presented a brief synopsis of published studies that have successfully documented how LBP alters reef communities. He discussed sources of LBP; effects on benthos; quantifying extent of river discharge; and understanding urban runoff. In addition, he presented details on the CNMI monitoring program; selection of sites, methods, and results. Studies must be statistically rigorous and monitor both relative abundance and biodiversity in coral reefs.
Impacts of Land-derived Sediments on Hawaiian Coral Reefs
Paul Jokiel,University of Hawaii, Hawaii Institue of Marine Biology
EPA staff notes: Feral goats and axis deer, among other animals, are a major cause of land erosion and sedimentation on Hawaii's reefs. These animals eat plants down to their roots leaving barren lands, which quickly erode. After eradication of feral goats from Kahoolawe, coral reefs were uncovered by wave events, thereby increasing coral recruitment. Permitted and non-permitted grading by landowners in Pila`a, Kauai resulted in major mudflows during heavy rains. Pollutants most useful to monitor are HUMANS.
Water Quality Problems in the Florida Keys: Sources and Solutions
Bill Kruczynski,EPA Region 4
EPA staff notes: The south Florida ecosystem is an area of 18,000 square miles with a population of 6 million people. Barrier reefs in Florida Keys are dying. The link between LBP and degradation of the barrier reefs is weak. There is evidence, however, of LBP affecting near-shore water quality and coral reef communities and it is believed that changes to community structure in the near-shore reefs may cascade to off-shore reefs. Septic tanks, cesspools, and shallow injection wells contribute nutrients which result in poor water quality in canals within residential area and living infectious viruses (e.g. hepatitis B and polio) and bacteria. Central wastewater collection and treatment systems are the most cost effective and environmentally safe alternative for most of Florida's service areas.
Long-term monitoring has documented the continuing loss of coral resources. Monitoring must continue to track changes, but additional resources are required to fund cause-and-effect research to find the causes of coral decline. He stressed that we do not need all the answers before we can take action.
Water Quality Management for Marine Protected Areas
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
EPA staff notes: The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) "catchment" (Australian word for watershed) is the primary source of pollutants to the GBR Sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorous are major pollutants from cattle grazing and fertilized agriculture. These pollutants can directly affect coral and inhibit coral recovery after disturbance, especially recruitment. Factors important for water quality management of the GBR include socio-economic factors, science and research, legislation, and international and national obligations. The Reef Water Quality Protection Plan has broad governmental support, including support from the Prime Minister and the Premier of Queensland. The main message of this plan is, "the connection between land and sea is recognized in broad scale planning and policy processes and is understood by the community at the local level."
Panel Discussion: Success Stories
Watershed Restoration and Reforestation on Guam
Dave Limtiaco,Guam
EPA staff notes: Fires, both wildfires and arson fires, are a major problem in Guam. A 3-acre arson fire can produce 30 tons of silt runoff. This produces "badlands" with no vegetation. Guam is implementing a revegetation mosaic strategy, which stabilizes the badlands, establishes buffers of native trees, and weeds out invasive plants. Cooperative Fire Protection develops green belts which cut down on acreage that can burn. Forest Stewardship works with private landowners. Urban and Community Forest Project educates and involves the community on the effects of storm-water runoff on coral reefs.
American Samoa's Non-Point Source Pollution Program
EPA, American Samoa
EPA staff notes: American Samoa was one of the first states and territories to get its Non-Point Source Plan approval. They have learned from failures. For example, a stream-bank revegetation effort was destroyed by a 20-year flood event, and they have worked through logistical problems to improve used oil collection program. The fractured bedrock and high percolation rate allows for pollutants to quickly travel from surface water, to groundwater to the coral reefs. Piggeries are a major source of LBP on American Samoa and the required 50-foot setback from a stream is required but not enforced. American Samoa wants to use the LAS to fill data gaps within the Non-Point Source program.
Outreach in the CNMI
Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ), CNMI
EPA staff notes: Visit http://www.deq.gov.mp for more on CNMI's coral reef outreach. Types of outreach include an Environmental Symposium and Exhibit Fair, awareness campaigns, an environmental video series, school presentations, and school brochures. These methods have proven to be effective but need to continue. She showed an informative video about nonpoint source pollution, water quality, and reefs produced by CNMI and aired on local television.
Panel Discussion: Tools for understanding and managing pollutant inputs
Panel members were asked to address the following questions:
- What existing tools are useful in managing LBP?
- What tools are deserving of further development?
Tools to Determine Terrestrial Fluxes to Coastal Waters
Gordon Tribble,U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Honolulu, HI
EPA staff notes: Erosion and sediment transport: Embayments typically have the best developed coral reefs, however, streams commonly discharge into these embayments making them more susceptible to LBP. Ways to measure sediment flux include gauge methods, plot methods, and models. Goals and products of the watershed vision include: developing GIS-based models of watershed response to ecosystem changes; provide decision support system tools; measure watershed restoration on marine communities; show how types of ecosystem disturbances contribute to coastal loadings; and promote economic and biologic sustainability. Lessons learned about land use changes include: it will happen; there will be impacts, largely irreversible; and they can mitigate with knowledge and planning.
Upland Conservation Practices to Protect Our Coral Reef Resources
Jacqueline Flores,NRCS, Guam
EPA staff notes: NRCS staff develop holistic conservation plans that address "SWAPA + H":
- Soil - a limited resource
- Water – clean surface water and groundwater
- Air – clean and odor free
- Plants – great diversity
- Animals – domestic and wildlife
- Humans – economic social, cultural
NRCS supports locally led resource conservation in 5 areas:
- animal manure management systems;
- agronomic cropping systems;
- engineering design and installation;
- tropical plant material recommendations; and
- watershed planning and resource
Group Discussion: Land-Based Pollution Action Plans: Funding Opportunities
Jonathan Kelsey,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
EPA staff notes:
Access the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 at http://www.coralreef.noaa.gov
For info on NOAA's grants see http://www.ofa.noaa.gov/~amd/SOLINDEX.HTML
NOAA has the following programs: Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation, §6217 Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program.
Wendy Wiltse and John McCarroll EPA
EPA staff notes: In the last two years, EPA has awarded $1.3M in grants to protect coral reefs in Hawaii. EPA has the following grants: State/Tribal/Local government's Wetlands Protection Grants (coral reefs are classified as wetlands under Clean Water Act Programs), Resource Conservation Funds, Environmental Education, Integrated Pest Management Grants, Water Quality Cooperative Agreements, Watershed Initiative, STAR Grants for research, and Pacific Islands Consolidated Grants for many uses. Visit https://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/econgrants.html for more information on relevant grants.
Chris Smith, NRCS
EPA staff notes: NRCS works with private landowners on a volunteer basis to implement Farm Bill programs. Any corporation or member of a corporation that exceeds $2.5M in adjusted gross income is ineligible under the Farm Bill unless 75% of the assets are agriculture. This poses a problem in Hawaii where millions of acres are owned by estates.
The NRCS has the following programs: EQIP Environmental Quality Incentives Program, WHIP Wildlife Habitats Incentives Program, WRP Wetlands Reserve Program, CSP Conservation Security Program (requires maintaining conservation practices on working lands), RC&D Resource Conservation and Development. Visit http://www.nrcs.usda.gov .
Discussion: Land-Based Pollution Action Plans
What are the common needs?
EPA staff notes: Adequate enforcement of current environmental laws emerged as the greatest need among all islands. Additionally, monitoring tools for assessing pollutants and trigger levels for regulating sediment were identified as a common need. The islands also stressed that the capacity of their local governments needed to be increased in order to adequately manage environmental issues. As part of this capacity building, decreasing turnover in technical staff was identified as an important goal. They also emphasized the importance of improving outreach and education to the diverse ethnic groups living on the islands.
Additional resources:
- Agenda (PDF) (6 pp, 235K, About PDF)
- Pacific land-based pollution workshop
- Field Trips
- Environmental awards
- Hawaii (press release 4/21/03)
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Imagine you are a company who has the expertise and experience to develop and patent crucial technologies that are subsequently embraced by your market segment. You'd think that'd be the ticket to big royalties. But you'd likely be wrong.
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portfolio of video and wireless patents
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At a courthouse in Seattle, just 16 miles east of Microsoft's Redmond campus, the home-court judge dealt the big win for Microsoft on Thursday. The royalties ruling comes nearly in line with Microsoft's requested figure -- $1M USD -- and falls far from the $4B USD Google Inc. (
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demands much higher royalties
from phonemakers who use Google's Android platform. In Q1 2013 Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (
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-- indicating that Samsung alone may have paid Microsoft over a billion dollars in licensing royalties for the quarter.
Microsoft has to pay virtually nothing to license Google's video codec patents, yet can demand billions from Android OEMs. [Image Source: WP Central]
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While one can certainly argue the respective merits over Microsoft's largely API and UI based operating system portfolio versus Motorola's mobile firmware and codec centered patent portfolio in terms of good versus better, the court's ruling does not compare the portfolios in relative terms -- it gives Google orders of magnitude less.
One might argue that the Android OEMs should have challenged Microsoft's high licensing fees and took the case to court. But Samsung learned first hand that outcome is often just as bad. It was ordered to pay Apple, Inc. (
over a billion dollars in a Calif. jury verdict
for three utility and three design patents.
II. Punish Those Who Cooperate
On the surface this all seems to suggest that Motorola and its fellow Android phonemakers' patents are pretty much worthless, while Microsoft and Apple have tapped some sort of special brilliance. But on a deeper level it appears to be that the judge's ruling -- combined with Apple's Californian court win over Samsung -- give an effective ruling that cooperating among companies via the development of patented standards is basically worthless.
Historically patents developed as part of a standard and licensed under
fair-reasonable and non-discriminatory
(FRAND) terms have had lower royalty rates, so there's no arguing that the amounts in question do have a historical basis. What has changed, though, is the tremendous inflation in valuation of non-FRAND patents. Decades ago non-FRAND patents might be worth up to 10 times more than FRAND patents, but carried risk in that you had to take the infringer to court and win. Now with the value of non-FRAND patents worth around 1,000 times more than FRAND patents, that risk is essentially a moot point.
Recent federal rulings have pretty much told the phone industry to adopt an "every man for himself" model and abandon cooperation. [Image Source: 123rf]
If FRAND patents are being licensed for approximately 1,000 times less than non-standards patents, it basically means that
a company would be insane to cooperate with its peers
. It's an issue that we've discussed here before, and it's an issue that remains very real and provocative.
David Howard, Microsoft's Deputy General Counsel, bragged in a statement, "This decision is good for consumers because it ensures patented technology committed to standards remains affordable for everyone."
But ultimately if this precedent sticks in the U.S., the long-term outcome may be that there will be no more standards work and no more standards patents in the mobile industry (and potentially other industries as well).
bad news for Google
, a company who has promoted cooperation and exchange of ideas in the smartphone industry. The recent federal court verdicts seem to send a clear message to the smartphone industry -- every man for himself. Google doesn't fit with that model, and is being punished to the tune of billions for trying to promote cooperation and equal licensing rates.
Because according to this and other recent rulings, FRAND patents are pretty much worthless, with similar patents not developed as part of a standard being around 1,000 times more valuable.
Google is appealing the decision.
"Then they pop up and say 'Hello, surprise! Give us your money or we will shut you down!' Screw them. Seriously, screw them. You can quote me on that." -- Newegg Chief Legal Officer Lee Cheng referencing patent trolls
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You admit that your knowledge of the entire genre is outdated but still cling desperately to the assumption that most of Hip-Hop is about ''guns, bitches and bling''. There are many examples of artists who put thoughtful lyrics into their productions; Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Nas, Sage Francis, B Dolan... etc.
In Pip's song Thou Shalt Not Kill there is a line that reads: ''Thou shalt remember that guns, bitches and bling were never part of the four elements and never will be.''


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FREMONT The dust has finally settled on the levy issue for the Clyde-Green Springs School District that was rejected earlier this month.
The 2.5-mill issue still lost in the May 2 primary, although two previous counts gave different totals.
Yesterday, a hand count by the Sandusky County Board of Elections determined the levy lost by three votes. On Election Night, only one vote separated victory from defeat. The vote certification on May 17 showed a seven-vote loss.
No discrepancies were found in the Seneca County recount held on Wednesday.
The total combined outcome was 1,124 to 1,127.
Director Barbara Tuckerman said several ballots were marked with pencil instead of black ink, which the new optical scanner does not read.
The school board has approved placing the same issue on the Aug. 8 ballot. The tax would raise $539,000 a year.


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Last year came and went without that high-profile, go-to, automatic, everybody-agrees Game of the Year, yet two particular titles continued to buck traditional triple-A trends, topping more than a few high-profile "Best of 2012" lists. Both downloadable and created by relatively tiny teams, Journey and The Walking Dead beat out even the biggest beasts of the year — Mass Effect 3, Dishonored, and Borderlands 2 to name but a few — in their holiday season climb to superiority. The retail release of Telltale's take on the popular zombie franchise became Metacritic's highest-scoring console title of the past 12 months. Destructoid declared The Walking Dead as its overall Game of the Year, as did outlets with broader reaches beyond the gaming community like Wired and USA Today. Even Spike's nationally-televised Video Game Awards, undoubtedly the most mainstream awards ceremony within this industry, issued the same best-of-the-best praise to this indie darling (much to the surprise of even the most enlightened among us).
As I mentioned earlier, Journey wasn't quickly forgotten, either, another major winner at the VGAs and earning Game of the Year awards from supergiants IGN and GameSpot. Even I was quick to declare it my game of the entire generation, an acknowledgement that admittedly may or may not hold up as I eventually align myself outside the realm of knee-jerk reactions. Now, though, The Walking Dead is doing its best to dethrone Journey, the former hoping to at least overtake the latter to receive my meaningless nod as a personal Game of the Year. However, when considered closely and objectively, these two titles that everybody's talking about are especially simple in the gameplay department — especially simple within the aspects that actually make a game a game. The term "revolutionary," or even "refined" would never enter deliberations on the interactivity side. And yet they won. They won often. They won big. And they won as games.
Because emotions have become the Game of the Year trump card. This fact isn't necessarily a bad thing, and media outlets are not in the wrong for voting with their heartstrings, though that statement is, in fact, a fact.
There is perhaps nothing more powerful than emotional pull. After finishing Episode Two of The Walking Dead — or surviving, I should say — I immediately discussed the details with my dad…because I needed to! Like Frodo's fateful voyage with the One Ring and Sidekick Sam, this burden was too big to bear alone. It didn't matter that my father's gaming history includes nothing more than Wii Sports. He was there, so I spilled my guts about the guts I'd spilled, about second-guessing split-second decisions, and he understood. Hell, why do you think we started the Spoilercasts? Because The Walking Dead was built to be discussed. It strikes an emotional chord that resonates so strongly that it drowns out the areas of excellence displayed in other games. Disregard the gargantuan adventures of Commander Shepard, the addictive charm of Pandora, and the arguable pinnacle of stealthy deeds done in Dishonored. Forget all of that; we have emotions.
With emotions, that special something to rule them all, none of that mattered. We recognized The Walking Dead because we remembered The Walking Dead. We remembered how it moved us, how it made us feel and think, how it made us fall in absolute paternal love for an adorable virtual girl. We remembered with emotions and, in turn, equated those emotions with unparalleled greatness.
Which brings us around to my question, summarized in a simple two words: Should we? Should the award for the very best Game of the Year — "game," mind you, not "story" or "experience"– go to the title that offered the most lingering touch, or should we more objectively take all the individual components into account? Who knows; maybe we did and I managed to miss it. Either way, that is my question.
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Ridley Scott's New 'Blade Runner' May Bring Back Harrison Ford (Updated)
Update: According to Alcon Entertainment there is no truth to the rumor that Harrison Ford is in early talks to star in the new Blade Runner movie, saying "It is absolutely patently false that there has been any discussion about Harrison Ford being in Blade Runner." [Deadline]
Update 2: And now Twitch Film has written a post backing up their source, claiming the denial is just a part of their strategy.
Remember those stories about Ridley Scott's Blade Runner reboot/sequel that said Harrison Ford wouldn't be back as Deckard? Well, it turns out those might not have been true.
Back in August, producer Andrew Kosove told The LA Times "In no way do I speak for Ridley Scott but if you're asking me will this movie have anything to do with Harrison Ford, the answer is no. This is a total reinvention and in my mind that means doing everything fresh, including casting." Everyone assumed that meant this new Blade Runner would move in an entirely new – and different -- direction.
However, Twitch has learned that Harrison Ford is currently in negotiations to join the cast of the new version. It's assumed these discussions are in the very early stages, so things may or may not work out, but it lends credence to the idea that Scott's film will be a true sequel to his cult classic and not a reboot or remake. If you love Blade Runner, that's pretty exciting.
The assumption is that Blade Runner will be Scott's next feature now that he's finished Prometheus, but the director has several other titles on his development slate as well – so there could be shuffling. However, if Ford should decide to join the cast, we'd think this film would be locked in as Scott's next release. The buzz would be phenomenal.
What do you think? Does the potential return of Harrison Ford get you more fired up for a new Blade Runner or is Ford – who would be 70 before this film even started shooting – too old to return to the part? Weigh in below.
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It's worth pointing out that when Damian demonstrated to the module to London.pm, it was simply called "Bleach". BackPan confirms that version 1.000 of Bleach.pm was uploaded on 21 Feb 2001. It was only with release 1.012 on 21 May 2001 that it acquired its more recognisable name. So it looks like Acme::Buffy and Acme::Pony both beat it into the Acme namespace. All of which makes me wonder if Leon had more to do with the invention of the Acme namespace than Damian says above. After all, he's been using the nick "acme" on IRC since well before this all happened :-)
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Man charged in charity shoe theft
Updated: 3:11 PM EDT Oct 31, 2013
BARDSTOWN, Ky. —
Brandon Humphrey, 31, is charged in receiving stolen property and felon in possession of a firearm.
Police found him at his residence where they discovered 21 pairs of shoes that had been stolen from a storage unit in Bardstown. The stolen shoes were being collected for a project aimed at helping children in need and orphans in Third World countries
Humphrey was taken to the Nelson County Jail.
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Two people are dead after a construction accident in Buffalo county.
Sheriff's officials say at about 7:30 Monday night, two men were repairing a silo at a rural mondovi farm.
The men were in an extended boom of a boom truck when it malfunctioned and collapsed.
Officials say the men died as a result of the fall.
The names of the victims have been identified as Bernard A. Walsky, 50, of Galesville, WI and Mark A. Helgeson, 32, of Independence, WI.
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Keith Lay
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This thesis presents a method for incrementally recognizing objects as they are sc.anned by range sensors mounted on a mobile platform, such as a construction. mining, or agricultural field robot. The method enhances the productivity of field robotic machines in these settings by allowing them to start planning and moving toward the object before scanning is complete. or execute other motion tasks without the need to stop and scan. The system consists of two components, an on-line method which accomplishes the recognition and an off-line tnethod which generates a finite state machine and associated parameters which guide the process of incremental recognition. The on-line method handles range data from laser or radar range sensors and is robust to the noise and poor sensor data that can result from unmeasured sensor motion during scanning. The off-line method uses range data obtained by simulating a range sensor scanning the object model in a sequence of poses. The on-line component of the system is used by an automated machine to recognize and locate objects it must interact with in its work area. Since this method handles unmeasured sensor motion costs of these automated systems can be reduced by eliminating the need for highly accurate positioning systems to compensate for motion during scanning.
Objects that can be recognized and localized with this method may consist of planar surface patches that meet at boundaries or planar surface patches with dangling boundaries. Object surfaces and boundaries can contain variations found in industrial objects such as structural ribbing, brackets, or material clinging to the object. Material placed into the object may occlude part of the object's surfaces. The object models are stored as wire-frame models with linear segments corresponding to the boundaries of the surface patches. Additional information incorporates assumptions about the pose of an object and is referenced to the object model. The method continuously reports the best set of matches of object model features to scene model features as the sensor data is received. For the purposes of conducting experiments and evaluating the results this thesis focuses on a specific instance of this problem, the recognition of objects used during excavation operations such as on-highway and off-highway trucks. Results are presented using range data from scanning laser and radar range sensors designed for the environment and tasks of large mobile equipment. Results are presented which show that with a single truck model the method can report incremental descriptions at a rate of 20 Hz. This method has been used in demonstrations in which a hydraulic excavator equipped with range sensors and on-board computing autonomously loads multiple trucks. |
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How do you deal with being so deeply in love someone but they no longer want you, they just want to forget you and block you completely out of their life? How do you deal with them being so verbally abusive but you love them and don't want to lose them that you just sit there and take it, not one word of retaliation, just tears.
-I found I accepted a lot more than I should have and stuck around, hoping this person would throw me a bone.
If any of this sounds familiar to you, I hope you can see right here in black and white how dysfunctional this is. I know that somehow in the moment we rationalize, we don't have the eyes to see it or the guts to admit it. When I think of myself, I wonder why I didn't just walk away in those early days. My post on Love Addiction has a lot to do with it. But I've said it before and I'll likely keep saying it a lot...
Our self-worth should not be based on the way another is treating us - or the love we feel from another person - or the amount we feel "desired" by another person. When we operate that way, we do stupid/desperate things. And a healthy relationship (& our own dignity) will never result. Do not base your self worth on any outside circumstance. It HAS to come from within or a higher source in order to withstand the challenges out there. Getting that kind of self-worth takes a lot of work and desire, but it's worth it completely.
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Woolworths Collector's Cards that is. You know, the ones that caused such a stir last year.
Woolworths is trying its luck with the third set of collector cards, this time featuring Dreamworks characters. There are 42 Dreamworks Heroes cards to collect, featuring characters from six popular Dreamworks movies (Shrek, Madagascar, Turbo, Puss in Boots, The Croods and Kung-Fu Panda).
The cards are sturdier with lenticular images this time, while a collector album features lots of activities and trivia.
Feedback on the new promotion has been mixed on the Essential Kids forum. While some liked the high-quality cards, others were disappointed that shoppers will only receive 1 card for every $20 spent –which means you'd need to spend a minimum of $820 to receive the full set! Albums are $5 each and there are a stack of themed plush toys, stationary and other items available for purchase during the promotional period too.
The cards also come individually wrapped in a plastic pouch, which won't please those who hate unnecessary waste.
Guessing by the ecstatic reaction my own kids had when I brought the albums home with the shopping on the weekend though, it seems Woolworths are on to another winner.
Once again, spare cards can be traded online, with a trading zone set up for free trading.
We'll have to wait and see if trading hits playgrounds and online auctions sites this time around as well.
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It is ironic that an actor who so distinguished himself in films and on Broadway before winning fame as Blake Carrington on television in Dynasty should perhaps still be best remembered for a role in which viewers never even saw him, that of the elusive Charlie in Charlie's Angels, whose disembodied voice on a phone line gave his girl detectives their new assignment each week.
During the show's five-year run, the identity of Charlie was one of TV's most closely guarded secrets. John Forsythe's name was deliberately left off the credits and even the other cast members were not told who was behind the voice. In spite of the anonymity, Forsythe loved the job – it was quick and paid well. He enjoyed joking that he could drive to the studio still in his pyjamas, say the lines, and then go back home to bed.
He was born John Lincoln Freund in New Jersey in 1918, the son of a Wall Street stockbroker. At school his all-consuming passion was for sport; playing it and reading about it. By the age of 10 he could reel off the names and records of football stars and recite final scores of games played before he was even born. This retentive memory was a gift that came in handy when he became an actor and had to learn reams of dialogue.
After graduating from high school, he was hired as a stadium announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers. That led him to join the NBC radio staff as a news broadcaster and to try his hand at a little radio acting. After only a few performances he was hopelessly infected with the acting bug, despite objections about entering the profession from his father.
John Forsythe (as he became) got his first real stage experience with a struggling Shakespeare group where actors were expected to pitch in. He often found himself driving the truck which transported the players from town to town. Most of the bookings were in schools, which often didn't make for the best audiences. Forsythe remembered being hit in the eye by a ball of putty from one disagreeable pupil as the curtain closed.
The school tours over, he returned to New York and the soul-destroying round of casting agents and Broadway producers. To pay his rent, Forsythe worked as a waiter at Schrafft's restaurant on Broadway alongside a fellow struggling actor, Kirk Douglas. Just before the outbreak of the Second World War, Forsythe landed his first big Broadway break, appearing with the Hollywood star José Ferrer in Vickie. Although not a huge hit, it did hang around long enough for a talent scout from Warner Bros to spot Forsythe's good looks and star potential and sign him up to appear in the Cary Grant film Destination Tokyo (1943).
Hardly had he finished the picture when he was drafted into wartime military service with the Army Air Corps. Because of his previous acting experience Forsythe was commandeered for the propaganda musical Winged Victory, which successfully toured the country. More personally satisfying for Forsythe, however, was a job at an army hospital working with soldiers who through psychological reasons had lost their power of speech. Forsythe was to call his time there "one of the most rewarding periods of my life".
After the war, Forsythe asked for a release from his Warners contract in order to return to Broadway and pursue a serious career as a stage actor. In 1947 he was chosen by Elia Kazan to star in Arthur Miller's first play All My Sons. Forsythe also took the opportunity to enrol in Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio, where he made the aquaintance of writers, actors and directors who were to invigorate the theatre and cinema over the next 10 years.
Despite his theatrical aspirations, this was the era of live television drama emanating from New York and Forsythe became a familiar face to home audiences, winning the TV Guide Best Actor award for 1951 and 1952. Henceforth Forsythe divided his time between theatre and TV drama. In 1950 he toured with the road company of Mister Roberts before taking over Henry Fonda's part on Broadway. After his triumph in The Teahouse of the August Moon, which ran for two years, Forsythe was bombarded with film offers and accepted a role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble with Harry (1955). It was an experience that persuaded him to settle permanently in Hollywood.
Forsythe won even greater exposure with his first headlining television series Bachelor Father, which ran from 1957 until 1962 and in which his romantic pursuits were invariably thwarted by his responsibilities as guardian to a teenage niece. The show featured the 16-year-old actress Linda Evans, who later played Forsythe's wife in Dynasty.
The success of Bachelor Father led to Forsythe being somewhat typecast as debonair paternal figures in several other long-running series. One of the most affable and best liked stars in Hollywood, Forsythe was generally cast as decent, upstanding men. But in 1979 he shocked not only his fans but his family and friends, too, by playing a kinky and sadistic judge in the Al Pacino courtroom drama And Justice For All. It was a radical departure but the gamble paid off when a TV executive saw it and thought Forsythe would be perfect to play the ruthless, risk-taking oil millionaire Blake Carrington in a new prime-time soap opera called Dynasty.
Forsythe almost missed out on the part due to poor health. Despite having given up smoking back in the Fifties, rarely drinking and eating a diet of mostly chicken, fish and vegetables, in addition to jogging 12 miles a week and playing tennis, he underwent a five-hour quadruple heart bypass operation in 1979. The ordeal forced him to re-evaluate his life and where he was going. The role of Blake Carrington proved to the perfect tonic, giving not only his career but also Forsythe himself a new lease of life.
Set in Denver, Dynasty was set up as a rival to Dallas, the soap opera about Texas oil barons, and Blake was the show's JR figure. "He is dynamic, ruthless, manipulative, all the things I'm not," Forsythe said. "That's why I took the part. I couldn't resist the challenge." Yet he almost quit the show in protest that Blake was too much of a cartoon villain. The actor wanted his character to have more humanity to him, not be your average stereotypical bad guy. Forsythe won the day and found himself in the limelight as never before, winning two Golden Globes and becoming, at the age of 64, one of TV's oldest sex symbols.
In keeping with his urbane image on screen, Forsythe was a man of classical tastes, with an extensive private library and a large art and antiques collection. He was also a keen birdwatcher and spokesman and sponsor of the World Wildlife Fund. His second marriage, to the former musical comedy actress Julie Warren, was among Hollywood's longest lasting at 50 years, ending only with her death in 1994. In 2002 more than a few eyebrows were raised when Forsythe remarried at the age of 84, to the 62-year-old Beverly Hills businesswoman Nicole Carter.
In recent years Forsythe's career had slowed down, the only highlights being the reprising of his two most famous roles, as Blake Carrington in a 1991 Dynasty reunion and as the voice of Charlie in both Charlie's Angels movies.
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John Lincoln Freund (John Forsythe), actor: born Penn's Grove, New Jersey 29 January 1918; married 1938 Parker McCormick (divorced 1940; one son), 1943 Julie Warren (died 1994; two daughters), 2002 Nicole Carter; died Santa Ynez, California 1 April 2010.
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JUNEAU, Alaska -- Up here, many folks don't much like President Obama's vision of a big government colossus dictating health care, doling out entitlements and generally meddling in the affairs of the citizenry. Alaska voted against Obama by 14 percentage points in 2012, and if another election were held today, the anti-Obama vote would most likely be higher.
This is a tough self-reliant state. The weather is harsh and expenses are high. But there is work. With a 6.1 percent unemployment rate, Alaska is doing much better than the nation as a whole (7.6 percent). The median household income in the 49th state is $69,000 -- $16,000 higher than the national average.
Historically, Alaska is a place that attracts those who are fed up with conventionality. On my trip here, I did not see one person dressed in a jacket and tie. The prevailing wisdom promotes individuality. Alaskans are basically "leave me alone" types who respect and embrace different strokes.
Maybe it's because nature is right on top of them that the folks don't seem to care much for trends. The weather changes dramatically and quickly, there are far more dirt than paved roads, and wild animals are everywhere. Nobody is really interested in the latest fashion when you can be snowed in for weeks at a time. I mean, who's gonna see you?
With a population of 731,000, Alaska is ranked 47th in size, only beating out North Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming. Of course, Alaska is the largest state in the union by far, so there is plenty of space to get away from the trappings of modern America. Most everybody has a gun -- there are big bears around -- and the majority of folks are happy not to be dealing with bureaucracies.
The Alaska mentality is directly opposite the federal intrusion that is being fostered by the Obama administration. Mention Obamacare, and you'll likely get icy stares, even in the summer. And while poor people do receive entitlements, and the oil industry kicks in some money for the folks, few Alaskans are asking for handouts. This is an old-fashioned place that still embraces the Klondike mentality: Take chances, and maybe you'll hit it big. But if you don't, don't whine about it.
Alaska has some of the best scenery in North America, but it is the spirit of rugged individualism that I found most interesting. Capitalism is firmly embraced, and hard work is the order of the day. I visited a tourist dog-sledding site on top of a glacier where the young employees stay for weeks at a time. No showers, no computers, no TV. They make some good money but pay the price. And they seem happy to be up there, far away from the BS that's floating around this nation.
There is something to be said for living life on your own terms. Many Americans simply don't want the pinheads in Washington or the various state capitals telling us how to live. But we are absolutely moving in that direction. Obama is hell-bent on imposing a bureaucracy that levels all playing fields at great expense to coin and freedom.
Visit Alaska if you get a chance. It's far away from everything but well worth the trip. This is America the way it used to be. And the way things are going in the Lower 48, the way it used to be is likely gone forever.
H311 would be too cool for Bammy AFAIC.
Most likely
If it weren't for the cold I'd move to Alaska.
I stand with the spirit of Alaskans - I don't want the government meddling in the affairs of the citizenry either. No wonder Sarah has such a can-do spirit of self-reliance and hard work. This country would do well under her leadership.
wonder how difficult it is to get in to the Alaska state bar association
O'Really would know better if he ever watched "Alaska State Troopers"............it gives me the impression that it's a state full of drunks and meth heads; and that's before we even get to the foibles of the eskimo population.
Oh give me a home
between Fairbanks and Nome
where the moose and the caribou play.
Where nothing will grow
cause its covered with snow
from June till the following May.Home, home on the snow
where its nice when its 40 below.
The tundra for me
by the great Bering Sea
and the life of an old sourdough.
Alaska would be the paradise of hardy individualism, excepting for the inconvenient "socialist" fact that its residents are per capita the largest recipients of federal expenditures of any state.
"O'Really would know better if he ever watched "Alaska State Troopers"............it gives me the impression that it's a state full of drunks and meth heads; and that's before we even get to the foibles of the eskimo population."
You are judging Alaskans on the basis of a reality show whose entire premise is to show some of the situations and people that our Alaska State Troopers have to deal with? As an Alaskan, I find that insulting.
If it werent for the cold Id move to Alaska."
For these folks though, the cold temps are of small consequence compared to what they would have to deal with if the temps were like California.
I remember when we were stationed at Fort Riley, KS during the 70s the weather report said it was warmer in Alaska that winter then it was in Kansas. Also I told my husband I wouldn't mind living there, because I had heard from friends how beautiful it is. He didn't want to hear about it
As a Kalifornian, we get used to it, and let our skins thicken up a bit.
I have never been to Alaska, but I also find it insulting, plus snobbish
I remember Fort Riley from when I was there in the '90's. They are not fond memories either. I recall it being incredibly cold and the wind whipping with nothing to stop it. When I left I swore I would never set foot in Kansas again. To this day I haven't!
The link says they count things like defense spending in their numbers. Probably park service and EPA, too. This isn't really going to individuals.
They should probably restrict these kind of reports to welfare and safety net type programs that have to do with the government money supporting instead of personal income supporting
I wouldn't include earned social security/Medicare, but I would include unearned+ssi+Medicaid, etc
Individuals work for federal parks, the EPA, and for the defense department. I don't believe those Alaskan feds are the hardy individuals who live in cabins and harvest salmon or mine gold to make their living.
Those are real jobs, the military a constitutional one. The only charity taking place with our troops is when they give their blood for our freedom. And we can't pay for that.
Pretty dark in the depths of the winter. That's more of an issue to me.
I was in Fairbanks in the Summer on a 100 deg. F day. It was HOT.
So how did this chilly political paradise end up voting for witless RINO Lisa Murkowski???
The men and women who are engaged in service and support, yes are performing real jobs, and at pitful pay rates and with the prospect of receiving also some woeful medical treatment (should they require it).
But before you exclude the ideal that some aspects of the military also replicate a form of socialism, consider that there are also a lot of back-benchers in the Pentagon too, who draw far higher six-figure salaries with full benefits and pensions for their rigorous 40-hour workweeks of performing invaluable tasks such as shepherding VIP's on tours of domestic bases, or catering to Nancy Pelosi's travel arrangements, for example.
Juneau is rife with the gay crowd too. Most of the population works for the city or state. The rest just fix their cars and serve them food.
Lots of self-congratulations in that piece, but let's not forget that those same Alaskans dumped their duly chosen GOP primary representative (Joe Miller) and wrote in the ultimate establishment hack Lisa Murkowski, primarily because they could count on her to keep the Federal money flowing north.
Because of that, we lost a chance to put a genuine Conservative in the Senate — one that would do battle against the special interests and Statist designs we see blossoming everywhere, and are stuck with a RINO of the same stripe and caliber of McCain.
Spare me the kissy-face. I'm still bitter.
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04.13.11, 06:00 PM EDT- Total Compensation
- $3.215 mil
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- $12.98 mil
- Education:
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- Graduate School: NA
Maggie Wilderotter's Compensation vs. Telecommunications Services Medians
Salary | $0.88 mil | $1.00 mil |
Bonus | $0.91 mil | $1.14 mil |
Other | $1.42 mil | $3.67 mil |
Stock Gains | NA | $0.00 mil |
Total Compensation | $3.215 mil | $7.68 mil |
Maggie Wilderotter Ownership Of Frontier Commun
Industry Medians | ||
Stock Owned (% Of Co) | 0.23% | 0.18% |
Stock Owned | $18.7 mil | $0.02 mil |
Frontier Commun's Stock Performance
Total Return During Tenure | 1% |
Relative to Market | 97 |
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Methodology: Compensation rank is based on total compensation for latest fiscal year. Total compensation for each chief executive includes the following: salary and bonuses; other compensation, such as vested restricted stock grants, LTIP payouts and perks; and stock gains, the value realized by exercising stock options. Efficiency rank is based on our chief executive's performance/pay score. Ranks are given only to chief executives who have a six-year tenure and six-year compensation history. The most efficient rank is 1 and least efficient is 196.
Footnotes: Compensation data is from the latest available proxy statements filed through Mar. 25, 2011. Total returns and value of stock owned (including all classes) is based on Mar. 18, 2011 stock price. Compensation percent change is based on combined salary and bonus. Annualized total return during tenure covers the tenure of the executive or from the time of the IPO or available stock history. Relative to market is the ending value of $100 invested in the stock, divided by the ending value of $1 invested in the S & P 500 (a score of 100 = the S & P 500). NA: Not available or not applicable.
1Annualized. 2Four-year total. 3Three-year total. 4Less than 0.01%. 5Prior-year data. 6New chief executive; compensation may be for another executive office. 7Less than $100,000. 8Includes shares indirectly held. *Return is for less than tenure.Sources: Company SEC filings; Interactive Data, LionShares and Thomson Reuters Fundamentals via FactSet Research Systems; Forbes.
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My in-laws were having Christmas dinner at our house for the first time, and I wanted everything to be perfect. I cooked my turkey and the giblets before we left for the family Christmas Eve party. Both were left on the back of the stove to cool. Imagine my shock when we returned to find that our boxer had eaten the turkey and we had to find a replacement at 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
Carol Beck-McCullough
Lacombe, Louisiana
Cooking goose for Christmas dinner. The butcher neglected to tell me about the reduced net weight of geese as they roast. When the final timer rang, I looked into the oven to see two roasting dishes full of fat and approximately two pounds of goose meat to feed 11 people. What was intended to be an elegant feast turned out to be a bit of Dickens gone awry.
Barb Bloom
Fenton, Michigan
When I was first married, I didn't know that when making mashed potatoes, you were supposed to use the hand mixer, not the blender. When I put the hot potatoes in the blender and shut the cover and turned it on, they exploded everywhere, including the ceiling.
Lisa Rakowski
Mayville, North Dakota
Christmas Eve, 10 days early, at the home of my grandparents. Don't even think of bringing any presents for Grandma and Grandpa or they won't speak to you for the rest of the year. The children will be getting socks, underwear, and sweats that are three sizes too big, probably wrapped in birthday wrapping paper, which you will leave behind for next year. Grandpa and the uncles will watch a sporting event the entire time and not speak to you about anything but said sporting event. The TV will be cranked to a maximum volume so Grandpa can hear the commentators. Cousin Kay will be wearing an inappropriate outfit, and Aunt Em will be a loud talker. Everyone will bring an appetizer; premade cheesecake and greasy meatballs will be provided. Aunt Em will be whipping up some type of grub. Eat at your own risk! If you try to throw any food away, Grandpa will put you in a headlock, then talk about the Depression.
Jane Pendergast
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
When I was younger, it was tradition to get a new pair of sneakers for Christmas. We also bought my grandfather a new pair. Needless to say, my pair was accidentally sent to him. Come Christmas morning, he opened a brand-new pair of tiny purple Nikes. He tried to act excited.
Fran Pfrimmer
Birmingham, Alabama
I desperately wanted to find the perfect hostess gift to impress my husband's aunt and uncle. We settled on a poinsettia, but the only one we could afford had clearly seen better days. His aunt accepted it at the door and proceeded to place it in a beautiful bay window filled with gorgeous poinsettias. I hoped it was the thought that counted.
Amy O'Dowd
Caledonia, Ontario
When my children were young, I was the typical mom, shooting tons of holiday photos for the scrapbooks. One year, after many agonizing photo setups with props (tree, decorations, etc.) and after having taken dozens of photos of my family, I discovered that I hadn't loaded film into the camera. I didn't have the heart to tell everyone that all the time spent on setting up the perfect photo opportunities was for naught.
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Charlotte, North Carolina
It was one of the first Christmases my husband and I spent together. We had been invited to several family dinners and decided to attend one later in the evening. We arrived at the chosen dinner to find that the couple had gotten inebriated and therefore hadn't cooked. My husband and I wound up eating hot dogs at a gas station as nothing was open on the 25th. And to top it off, while I ate my Christmas dinner, the hot dog landed on my blouse and got mustard all over me. The holiday meal is always at our house now.
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U.S. Bill Includes RFID Provision for PetsPet care providers hope an open platform will allow readers to identify any RFID tag embedded in a pet, leading to wider adoption of pet-tagging.
Nov 10, 2005—Legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 28 and the U.S. Senate on Nov. 3, and now awaiting President Bush's signature, could make it easier for pet hospitals and shelters to use radio frequency identification to reunite pet owners with their lost animals. Million of pets in the United States have RFID tags embedded under their skin, but the tags (which animal hospitals and shelters call microchips) do not all operate at the same frequency, nor are they readable by all RFID interrogators (readers) used by vets and shelters.
The provision is included in House Report 109-255, accompanying the 2006 Agriculture Appropriations Bill (HR 2744). If President Bush signs it, the legislation would require the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)—the branch of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture charged with protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health and safeguarding the wellbeing of domestic animals—"to develop the appropriate regulations that allow for universal reading ability and best serve the interests of pet owners." This would ensure that any lost pet could have its implanted tag read and be linked to its owner through a national database. "We're excited and delighted, and [we] hope this legislation will resolve a long-standing problem," says John Snyder, senior director, companion animals, for the Humane Society of the United States. "The biggest user of microchips is the animal shelter community. It tags and scans thousands of animals each years, and lack of interoperability [between tags and readers] has been a major annoyance for many years." According to animal hospitals and pet advocacy groups, lost pets with implanted tags are sometimes euthanized before they can be reunited with their owners. This is happens when facilities holding the animals are unable to access readers with the appropriate protocol required to read the tag. In the United States, tags transmitting at 125 kHz are the most common, though some companies have entered the U.S. market in recent years offering 134.2 kHz tags and interrogators compliant with the ISO 11784 and 11785 standards for animal identification. In order to make use of the tags, which pet owners pay for, tag and reader vendors have given an estimated 70,000 RFID interrogators to shelters, animal control officers and veterinarians in the United States since the tagging of pets first became commonplace. Login and post your comment!Not a member? Signup for an account now to access all of the features of RFIDJournal.com! |
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Roy Hodgson insisted England captain Steven Gerrard was harshly treated after being sent off in their disappointing 1-1 World Cup Group H qualifying draw against Ukraine at Wembley.
All in all England were shown five yellow cards and a red against Ukraine and it means Gerrard and full-back Glen Johnson, who was booked in Moldova last Friday for kicking the ball away, will now be banned for the World Cup qualifier against San Marino at Wembley next month.
Hodgson, however, criticised Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir for his handling of the game, saying: "I thought all the yellow cards were harsh. It was not a game were there were a lot of bad fouls. There were not a lot of fouls full stop. There were far too many yellow cards for the fouls that were committed and we certainly got too many."


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