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That's how many women between the ages of 15 and 44 have difficulty getting pregnant, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That's a crazy number -- and it amounts to just about 10 percent of women in the United States.
Why then -- when the numbers are so high -- do people still find it acceptable to ask childfree women when they're planning on having kids?
Last month, a reporter from the Telegraph UK asked Cameron Diaz about her plans for having children. Diaz, 41-years-old and never married, answered with more class than the question or the interviewer deserved.
"I've never said never to anything in life," she responded. "If I wanted kids, at any point in life, I would have them. But, I'm certain that if at any point I wanted a child, that child would find its way into my life, whether through adoption or through being in a relationship with somebody who has a child."
"I can't see the future, but one thing I do know is that I'm not childless," she continued. "I have a ton of children in my life. I can have a kid any second, if I want. All my friends would be like, 'Sure, come and get them!'"
Diaz answered reasonably and rationally to an unreasonable question. She never mentions physically birthing any children. She simple states that she already has many children in her life. In fact, she already refers to herself as the "auntie" to Drew Barrymore's children, Olive and Frankie, and loves to babysit them. Unfortunately, other news outlets found her remarks to be "offensive to mothers everywhere."
"Any mom who has been desperately trying for a baby knows that becoming a parent isn't something you can just do on a whim after some big lightbulb moment," the Stir wrote. "To hear it talked about in such a casual way is absolutely maddening."
You know what maddens me? The fact that not one single reporter knows Cameron Diaz's personal story, but still feels free to ask her invasive questions about something as deeply personal as having children. For all we know, Diaz suffers from infertility problems. That question could be a painful reminder about her attempts -- and failures -- to become pregnant. To put it bluntly, asking such a question without knowing someone's full health history makes you a rude, insensitive, and disrespectful person. Period.
On the flipside, perhaps Diaz doesn't suffer from infertility problems. Maybe she simply doesn't want kids.
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Castlevania Judgment is a roving fighting game utilising heroes and villains from the Castlevania universe. The fighting game has been designed specifically for the Wii, and uses the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers to offer a stunning level of control over the central heroes. Taking centre stage within a series of 3D locations inspired by previous Castlevania games, the controllers are used to slash, stab and employ a series of attacks against the assorted minions of Dracula.
Each of the beautifully-realised stages are fully interactive, and as the player battles their way through, various elements can be picked up, thrown, or used against the forces of evil – players can even make use of monsters on the field, while traps can also be set by specific characters. Castlevania Judgment also makes use of the Wii's Wi-Fi capabilities, allowing players to fight with online friends in one-on-one settings, while the game also enjoys connectivity with Igarashi's forthcoming NDS title Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, allowing users to unlock a very surprising bonus.
Featuring visuals from acclaimed artist Takeshi Obata, Castlevania Judgment sees the series' famed Belmont clan enter fresh territory as their fighting skills are extended for this all-new challenge. With a huge cast of well-known monsters and undead adversaries, Castlevania Judgment marks a new chapter in the story of one of gaming's most enduring series.
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Gary Michael Hilton was sentenced to four life sentences today in U.S. District Court for the kidnapping and murder of John D. Bryant and Irene W. Bryant.
A convicted serial killer, who pleaded guilty last year in the slaying a Horse Shoe couple out for a hike in Pisgah National Forest in 2007, was sentenced to four life sentences Thursday in U.S. District Court.
Gary Michael Hilton, 66, has been convicted of killing four people in three states over the course of a couple of years.
In June 2011, a federal grand jury returned a five-count criminal indictment charging Hilton with the October 2007 kidnapping, robbery and murder of John and Irene Bryant on national forest lands.
According to filed court documents and Thursday's sentencing hearing, Hilton admitted killing John Bryant, 81, within Nantahala National Forest in Macon County using a firearm, Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, said in a news release. Prosecutors said John Bryant was shot in the head.
Hilton also admitted killing 84-year-old Irene Bryant within the Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County. She was bludgeoned to death, according to prosecutors.
Hilton pleaded guilty in March 2012.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the victims, and while today's outcome cannot bring back John and Irene Bryant, it is our sincere hope that everyone impacted by Hilton's heinous crime can finally have some closure," Tompkins said in the release.
In April 2011, Hilton was convicted and received a death sentence for the murder of Cheryl Dunlap, 46, in Leon County, Fla. Last month, the Florida Supreme Court unanimously affirmed that death sentence, finding that Hilton's various arguments were insufficient to reverse and found the death sentence to be in proportion to the crime, according to the release.
Hilton is also serving a life sentence for his conviction related to the 2008 murder of Meredith Emerson in northern Georgia.
At Thursday's sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger ordered that Hilton's federal life sentences be served consecutively with the sentences he received for the state convictions in Florida and Georgia. All federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole.
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DeKALB – Northern Illinois still has a shot at a BCS bowl.
Yes, the Huskies have a chance at competing in one of the early January BCS games, though it is very slim.
A lot, and I mean a lot, would have to happen for the Huskies to sneak into the BCS picture. But, there's still a chance, and it's something at least worth mentioning with NIU having two games left to play before bowl announcements are made.
In the current system, a team from one of the five non-automatic qualifying conferences (Mid-American, Conference USA, Mountain West, Sun Belt, WAC) can receive an automatic bid to the BCS in one of two ways – if the team is in the top 12 of the final BCS standings, or in the top 16 and ranked higher than a champion from one of the six BCS conferences.
NIU probably won't finish in the top 12, but there's still a shot the Huskies can sneak into the top 16, though it's still unlikely. The Huskies would have to beat Eastern Michigan today (an easy, blowout win would be nice) and take down Kent State, which is ranked 23rd in the current BCS standings, in the MAC Championship game.
However, the Huskies would also need a ton of help. There could be a good number of losses from teams standing in the way of NIU's potential BCS bid, and the Huskies will need as many of those as possible.
For example, Rutgers and Louisville, ranked No. 18 and 20, respectively, in the latest BCS standings, play each other Nov. 29. No. 19 Michigan is an underdog at Ohio State this week. No. 21 Oklahoma State visits its arch rival, No. 13 Oklahoma, on Saturday, certainly a good chance the Cowboys lose, and therefore drop. No. 17 UCLA has to face No. 8 Stanford this weekend, before getting a rematch with either the Cardinal or No. 5 Oregon, in the Pac-12 Championship game.
There could be help on the way from teams ranked ahead of the Huskies, who have yet to crack the BCS standings but are ranked No. 23 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and 24th in the Harris Poll. Both polls are used in determining the BCS standings.
However, getting into the top 16 is just one thing which needs to happen, just one step.
NIU also needs to be ranked ahead of a conference champion from one of the BCS leagues. It is certainly possible, helped by NCAA postseason bans for both Ohio State and North Carolina.
Unranked Wisconsin will take Ohio State's place in the Big Ten Championship game and will face either Nebraska or Michigan. Miami (Fla.) also self-imposed a bowl ban this week so 6-5 Georgia Tech, which faces Georgia this week, will face Florida State in the ACC Championship game.
Should either the Badgers or Yellow Jackets get upset wins, NIU could certainly be ranked ahead of them in the final BCS standings.
It's still a long shot to get a BCS bowl game for NIU. Most likely, the Huskies will be headed to the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl or Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
Still, the chance is out there. Obviously, the first thing NIU coach Dave Doeren's Huskies have to do is take care of business on their own end.
"If we just do what we've done to get to this point, and that's focus on one game at a time, and we've played the right way in those games, then at least we have the argument if some other teams lose," Doeren said after Wednesday's practice. "Because, obviously some teams have to lose to make us go up too.
"You never know, there's crazy things that happen every weekend. Teams get beat that aren't supposed to get beat. We can't be one of them."
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SUMTER, S.C. – For the first time in school history, the King University men's tennis team was victorious in the Conference Carolinas Tournament. The second seeded Tornado defeated seventh seed Erskine College 5-0, stretching their winning streak to 10-matches.
The Tornado (14-7) set the tone with three tight doubles matches. Rodrigo Avila and Leo Brigato took a Jason Harris and Wilson Mathewes 8-5 at No. 1 doubles, and Pablo Vidal and Luis Delgado topped Andre Andre and Robert Clare 8-6 at the second flight. At No. 3 doubles, Seth Carelli and Moritz Poswiat defeated Jack West and Alan Pearce 9-8 (7-4), giving King a commanding 3-0 advantage.
Seniors Vidal and Avila sealed the Tornado victory over the Flying Fleet (4-16) with wins at No. 1 and 2 singles. At the first flight Vidal took a 6-0, 6-1 win over Jack west while Avila topped Jason Harris 6-0, 6-4 at the second flight.
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Sales of vacation homes are picking up as low prices pull buyers off the fence. But with travel costs rising and consumers still uncertain about the economy, many buyers are snapping up properties closer to home.
That is a change from the past decade when people often headed out of state to buy vacation homes near resorts and areas that were tourist destinations, including Orlando near Florida's Walt Disney World and the gambling Mecca of Las Vegas.
But these days, many vacation-home buyers are turning back the clock and looking for properties in the more traditional—and less glitzy—vacation-home communities near where they live.
Jed Kolko, chief economist at Trulia Inc., a real-estate information website, said that increasingly "people choose second homes that are a shorter drive rather than a plane flight away."
A survey by the National Association of Realtors found that the median distance between a buyer's primary residence and his vacation home declined 19% to 305 miles in 2011 from 2010. It was the first decline since the group began keeping data in 2006.
To be sure, vacation-home sales also are picking up in parts of Florida, Nevada and other states that have long catered to vacationers, although real estate agents say more of those buyers tend to be from nearby states and fewer are from far away. And plenty of retirees still want to vacation in climates that are warm year-round.
The shift in buying habits partly reflects the changing portrait of the typical vacation-home buyer. In the recent past, the vacation-home market was led by families looking for places with attractions for children as well as adults. But a growing number of buyers are older and seeking vacation homes that transition into retirement homes.
"People want to stay within driving distance because they're more able to maintain the homes, they have better networks in place and friends and family nearby to use and sustain the homes," said Jon Gray, vice president of HomeAway.com, a website that lists vacation rentals. A survey in March by site operator HomeAway Inc. found that the most popular markets among vacationers this year are those that can be reached in a drive of four hours or less from home. That makes those markets good investment opportunities for the 91% of vacation-home buyers who plan to rent their properties when they aren't using them.
Today's vacation-home buyers also are less affluent than in past years and more cost-sensitive. According to the NAR study, the average annual income of vacation-home buyers declined to $88,600 in 2011 from $99,500 in 2010. "If you have more typical vacation buyers coming into the marketplace, they're looking at the whole package, including the expense of getting there, as well," says Stan Humphries, chief economist with real-estate information company Zillow Inc.
Meanwhile, the values of vacation homes continue to fall, with the median sales price declining 19%, to $121,300 between 2010 and 2011, according to NAR. The trend is benefiting vacation communities near cities, including beach towns in the Northeast, from Massachusetts to the Carolinas, as well as lakefront enclaves in the Midwest and desert locales in California such as the Coachella Valley, according to real-estate agents.
Vickie Leese, a 53-year-old financial adviser in Westminster, Md., closed in April on a two-bedroom home in an Ocean City, Md., condominium complex that has a swimming pool and is three blocks from the beach. Over the past year and a half, Ms. Leese visited and considered buying homes in a number of places, including Fort Myers, Fla., and Myrtle Beach, S.C. But in the end, she decided to stay in Maryland.
"Florida would require a flight or a 24-hour drive for me, and the Carolinas are eight hours away," Ms. Leese said. "Even though the real estate in Ocean City is more expensive, in a way it's more affordable. Even with gas prices skyrocketing, it made more economic sense to buy there."
The rising cost of gas and airfares is a huge factor for many buyers. The average cost of a gallon of gasoline was $3.83 this week. While down from the two-year peak of $3.97 reached in May 2011, gas prices have been rising steadily since mid-December, when they fell to a 10-month low of $3.23 a gallon. Airfares, meanwhile, jumped 14% between March 2010 and March 2011, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Susan Ivey, a customer-service and accounts director for a health-insurance company in St. Louis, recently signed a contract to buy a three-bedroom house with a boat dock and a swimming platform on the shore of Lake of the Ozarks, a Missouri vacation spot.
She said the two main considerations in her decision to buy were price and proximity. She is paying $236,000 for the home, which was advertised as a "short sale"—or a home selling for less than the amount of the mortgage debt on the property. In 2007, the house was listed at about $350,000. Ms. Ivey can drive there on weekends in roughly three and a half hours.
Florida remains popular with vacation-home buyers around the world, but these days an increasing number of American buyers are from neighboring states. Among them is Morris Bart, a lawyer in New Orleans, who also owns a vacation home in Aspen, Colo. He recently closed on a $1.3 million waterfront penthouse condo—which had an asking price of nearly $3 million several years ago—near the beach in Destin, Fla. Mr. Bart said he plans to make the four-hour drive from New Orleans to Destin once a month.
"The minute I get in my car in New Orleans and head out there, that's when I feel like my vacation has begun," Mr. Bart said.


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At a time when Albuquerque is making national headlines for all the wrong reasons, let's remember what we're fighting for: a culture that celebrates life, community and passion. The National Institute of Flamenco has been a force for good in the Duke City since its founding in 1982. Even now, having lost its Downtown space of 15 years to a calamitous blaze last December, what's come to light is not destruction, but a vibrant, spirited community of support. De las Cenizas, a benefit for the institute tomorrow, April 5, at 7:30pm, is a grand, gutsy first step toward raising the money needed to plan new facilities. Artists and companies donating their talents to the night include Kalpulli Ehecatl, directed by Mapitzmitl Xiukwetzpaltzin, performing warrior-style traditional Aztec dances; Donna Jewell's Ecotone Physical Theater, dedicated to improvisational performance through sound, movement, gesture and unexpected props; Niños Flamencos, kid dancers both adorable and surprisingly intense directed by NIF founder Eva Encinias Sandoval; and many more. Your $25-to-$75 ticket for the show at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (1701 Fourth Street SW) will do a world of good toward reminding the world just what Albuquerque is known as: a locus for the flamenco arts, a place where art and history are kept fiercely alive with loving dedication. National Hispanic Cultural Center • Sat Apr 5 • 7:30pm • $25-$75 • View on Alibi calendar


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(Reuters) - A man who took several hostages in 2007 at a New Hampshire presidential campaign office for then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton was reported missing Sunday from a halfway house, authorities said.
Leeland Eisenberg, 52, has been serving a 3 1/2- to 7-year sentence for the incident in Rochester, New Hampshire, in which he claimed to be wearing a bomb that turned out to be road flares.
Eisenberg was not in his room at the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit, a halfway house in Manchester, when a regular headcount was taken, the New Hampshire Department of Corrections said in a statement.
Eisenberg is eligible for parole in August and his maximum release date is February 2017, the department said.
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29 comments:
- Andy said...
- 13 September 2013 at 14:36:00 CEST
- SOTISE said...
- 13 September 2013 at 15:16:00 CEST
- glmlr said...
Thanks. Oxley's rarely less than potent.
- 13 September 2013 at 15:54:00 CEST
Andy, I would love this, but unfortunately Gamefront doesn't work here...
- 13 September 2013 at 16:18:00 CEST
Thanks Andy, and i love the painting.
- 13 September 2013 at 16:43:00 CEST
- Andy said...
@ softnucleus. Rapidshare is down at the moment,how about Mega
@Howard. Hi. Yes, Oxley's painting. I like it too.
- 13 September 2013 at 17:52:00 CEST
- JC said...
Thanks again.
I like the gamefront option... Relatively fast and unlike Mega and most others not pushing a virus with the set. Even lets one download multiple files at once. If RS didn't throttle everything to gain "members" I'd like them more.
- 13 September 2013 at 20:20:00 CEST
It's ok! Great Andy, thanks a lot.
- 13 September 2013 at 21:09:00 CEST
- Andy said...
Just trying the new Rapidshare
- 13 September 2013 at 22:13:00 CEST
- onxidlib said...
Thank you Andy!
I have a recording of the same group from New York a few years earlier which I git from a costumer in spring.
He gave me several tapes and the one with Cercle was the only one without proper dates...
But the sound of the others was quite great - CT, AEOC and Evan Parker with Braxton, Lovano etc.
Maybe I should give it a try as well...
- 13 September 2013 at 22:21:00 CEST
- Andy said...
Yeh Onx, dig it out. It would be good to hear more from this group. Best wishes.
- 13 September 2013 at 22:33:00 CEST
- glmlr said...
The new RS (as of Friday 13th!) is now giving me, a free user, a download speed of between 3 and 7 Kb/s. Thus a 250mb download will now take about 12 hours.
- 14 September 2013 at 09:52:00 CEST
- roberto t. said...
Truth has been revealed. 'New' does not mean 'better'! Quite a shock to see time from rapidsh. calculated in days and hours. Though yesterday there's been a hole in their dlds and they worked like I were paying. They surely want to punish us!
- 14 September 2013 at 20:54:00 CEST
Thanks, and thanks for the Gamefront link! I too found that RS was downloading at 7 kb/s.
I saw Cercle in NY at the Knitting Factory once. Perhaps it was this show? http://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/16/movies/pop-and-jazz-guide-098795.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
About the right time frame for me to have gone though it's after this concert rather than before. As I remember Glawischnig was playing a Disklavier rather than a piano for some reason; he didn't seem to get a very electronic sound. I also thought Oxley was dominating the proceedings though perhaps I wouldn't think that if I heard it again! Anyway I don't know how often this lineup played in New York.
- 15 September 2013 at 03:43:00 CEST
- dc35190 said...
Gamefront doesn't work
- 16 September 2013 at 13:42:00 CEST
- Wallofsound said...
Looks equally good.
- 24 September 2013 at 00:09:00 CEST
- sikes said...
Hi Andy, could you please add new links to this post, thanks
- 17 October 2014 at 12:04:00 CEST
- er said...
Hello! unfortunately the links don't work. please reup. Thank you.
- 13 December 2016 at 05:16:00 CET
- Ernst Grgo Nebhuth said...
- 13 December 2016 at 18:15:00 CET
- er said...
Thank you very much! Would be very appreciated the other CERCLE files.
- 13 December 2016 at 20:08:00 CET
- Ernst Grgo Nebhuth said...
Hi Ernesto,
the other Cercle is on its way - probably tonight ot tomorrow night I'll add the new links.
- 13 December 2016 at 20:22:00 CET
- er said...
Thanks Ernst! but i'm with problems in to download from 1fichier... i'm trying... Anyway, thank you very much.
- 13 December 2016 at 20:27:00 CET
Unfortunately, ifichier doesn't allow for free use anymore and none of the payment method work for me, I'm not European. Perhaps it would be time to find another file service.
- 13 December 2016 at 21:01:00 CET
Haven't tried to download this file but in relations with the last comment about 1fichier I can say that their attitude is not correct. Since few days they deliver a message saying that if we don't pay the service will disappear and most of the time access to the download page is impossible. I got in touch with them asking them to have a clear attitude, if they don't want to provide a free service they have to explain it clearly. Since today access to the download is possible again but each time the process of download is interrupted before the end. So yes I think it is time to consider to post the files in another place.
- 15 December 2016 at 15:36:00 CET
I think the issue is that 1fichier lost their business with credit card companies, so they fear they will lose income, probably that they really rely on their services to make a living, so we must pay them. But, if we take my case, I don't even own a credit card in the first place, so my option would be to make a bank transfer to them, but I have no idea how to do that. Normally in my country, if I want to transfer money to somone's bank account, we use interac transfer with the person's email address. But this IBAN thing, where do I enter these numbers? It's the first time in my whole life that I see such a thing.
- 15 December 2016 at 15:51:00 CET
- kinabalu said...
Strangely, I had difficulty accessing my own uploads at that site yesterday, but today I was able to download one of these files. Looks like they haven't made up their minds about how it is going to be like in the future.
- 15 December 2016 at 16:17:00 CET
Nick uses AdDrive and it is very reliable, it even starts automatically, you don't have to do a thing, isn't that swell enough or what?
- 15 December 2016 at 16:22:00 CET
- Ernst Grgo Nebhuth said...
- 15 December 2016 at 16:22:00 CET
In fact as I say I was in touch with the person of 1fichier this morning and even in our private conversation his answer was not clear. He told me that the right attitude is to pay for a service and I told him that users don't wait from him to become a guiding light about what is right or wrong but we want a clear attitude, not that kind of situation when sometimes it is possible to download and sometimes not or just a partial download and a message telling you that you have to wait 236 mn for the next download because you are a free user.
Adrive is good, mediafire too, zippy share also but I think that zippy limit the weight of the files up to 200 m.o.
Sorry to post this message without a word about the music but I haven't download it.
- 15 December 2016 at 20:09:00 CET


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Sat, 01 Sep 2012 10:54:07 -0700
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have released DT Frank Okam, DT Amobi Okoye, SS Larry Asante, WR Landon Cox, LB Rennie Curran, LB Jacob Cutrera, TE Drake Dunsmore, PK Kai Forbath, OT Jermarcus Hardrick, RB Robert Hughes, FB Cody Johnson, RB Mossis Madu, DT Jordan Nix, C Moe Petrus, TE Zach Pianalto, QB Brett Ratliff, CB James Rogers, WR Jordan Shipley and DT Teryl White. The team also waived injured OG Desmond Wynn (undisclosed).
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The St. Louis Rams have agreed to terms with 24 undrafted rookie free agents. The list includes DE Damario Ambrose, CB Timothy Atchison, SS Travon Bellamy, OG Bryant Browning, WR Jalil Carter, DE Kenneth Charles, SS John Dempsey, CB Dionte Dinkins, OG Tyler Donahue, LB Pete Fleps, TE Benjamin Guidugli, DT John Henderson, OG Kevin Hughes, OG Randall Hunt, OT Karri Kuuttila, LS Jacob McQuaide, TE Schuylar Oordt, QB Taylor Potts, CB Christopher Smith, FB Van Stumon, DT Arthur Thomas, C Beau Warren, DT Teryl White and RB Eddie Wide.
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The St. Louis Rams have signed undrafted rookie free-agents G Bryant Browning (Ohio State), CB Dionte Dinkins (Fort Valley State), G Randall Hunt (Illinois), T Karri Kuuttila (Lock Haven) and DT Teryl White (North Carolina Central).
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|Colts | Scheduled to meet with Teryl White
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The Indianapolis Colts are scheduled to meet with North Carolina Central DT Teryl White Thursday, April 14, according to Bo Marchionte, of NFLDraftBible.com.
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North Carolina Central DT Teryl White posted a solid workout at his school's Pro Day Wednesday, March 30, and measured in at 6-foot-4 1/4, 303 pounds, according to NFLDraftBible.com's Bo Marchionte. White ran the 40-yard dash in 4.92 and 4.96 seconds and posted a 29 1/2-inch vertical, a 9-foot broad jump and 23 repetitions on the 225-pound bench press.
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Dinosaurs in Literature, Art & History
There Were Giants In The Earth in Those Days
Those Sophisticated "Cave Men"
Salvation. What Must You Do To Be Saved?
About three years ago I came across this interesting antique photo on line. Someone had this original photo for sale. The photo as I remember was from the mid 1800's and features a group of ladies posed in front of an unusual "ancient" monument.
Not much was known about the photo or the monument which was assumed to be an ancient Native American work. The stone mural shows a woman (angel) and a giant serpent, neither of which appear to resemble typical Native American works.
I sent a copy of the for sale photo to Ancient American Magazine to see if they knew anything about the piece or its location. They appeared to be very interested in the photo and perhaps they purchased it. After I sent them a link to the photo my old site went down, I lost the link and I never heard from Ancient American again.
Recently, we came across a copy of the photo on an old hard drive. Does anyone have an idea about the history, origin or location of this monument?
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We have the ability to record and manage Terabytes of data in real time, if you do something that you should not hack a company, we can re-create your session and see exactly what you did.
Dont take just my word for it, please see the book extract following. This extract is slightly out of date, we are now a lot more powerful than is quoted.
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NIKSUN's NetDetector is highlighted in a recently published book,
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U.S. stocks and commodities advanced before Alcoa Inc.'s earnings report, while the yen weakened to the lowest since April 2009 after the Bank of Japan's unprecedented stimulus measures last week.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 0.4% at 3:39 p.m. in New York, reversing an earlier decline of 0.3%. Japan's currency sank 1.8% to 99.32 per dollar, while the Nikkei 225 Stock Average jumped to a 4 1/2-year high. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index gained 0.2%. The S&P GSCI gauge of 24 commodities jumped 0.7% as oil, copper and wheat rose. South Korea's won slid to the weakest level in eight months.
Alcoa is scheduled to kick off the U.S. first-quarter earnings season today. Income at S&P 500 companies probably fell 1.8% in the first three months of the year, the first year-over-year drop since 2009, analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg show. Industrial production in Germany rebounded in February, the Economy Ministry said today.
Today's reversal "continued a pattern, which has shown for quite some time now, which is any weakness is met with buying at some point of the day," James Gaul, a portfolio manager at Boston Advisors LLC, which oversees about $2.5 billion in assets, said in a telephone interview. "There are people who are afraid of missing out further rallies."
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. surged 10% as China expedited the approval of its anti-influenza drug Peramivir. Lufkin Industries Inc., a maker of oil-well pumps, jumped 38% as General Electric Co. agreed to buy the company. Johnson & Johnson declined 1.5% after JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut the stock's rating.
Earnings Season
Alcoa, the first Dow member to publish results each quarter, jumped 1.6% to $8.38 today. The company will report an 8-cent a share profit after the close of regular trading, according to the average of 18 analysts' estimates. That would be two cents less than the earnings it posted in the first quarters of 2010 and 2012.
The S&P 500 fell 1% last week as U.S. payrolls had the smallest gain in nine months in March while other reports showed manufacturing and services industries expanded less than forecast. The index climbed to an all-time high of 1,570.25 on April 2.
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Sportsnet returns as the regional broadcaster for Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday with the 'Caps playing their first road match of 2012 against Chivas USA at the Home Depot Center. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. PT on Sportsnet Pacific and Sportsnet West.
This season's broadcasts will see a number of new features designed to maximize the viewing experience, including additional sideline interviews, in-depth analysis, and isolated cameras following key players during the match.
"Canada is a passionate soccer country and we're thrilled to fuel fans with our extensive Whitecaps FC coverage this season," said Rob Corte, vice president of production, Sportsnet.
Another new addition to Sportsnet's broadcasts is Canadian Soccer Hall of Famer Paul Dolan on colour commentary. Dolan will join play-by-play announcer Craig MacEwen in the broadcast booth to call all of Sportsnet's Vancouver Whitecaps FC telecasts, and will appear as a soccer analyst on Connected with Don Taylor on Sportsnet Pacific.
"I'm very excited, it's a huge opportunity with a station committed to Whitecaps FC and to the sport of soccer," Dolan told whitecapsfc.com. "I'm really looking forward to working with Craig and the rest of the crew,"
Throughout the season, sportsnet.ca will also provide fans with weekly Whitecaps FC blogs from John Molinaro, Martin MacMahon and Irfaan Gaffar. In addition, Dolan will post a blog that will feature a Q&A with fans.
So tune in this weekend and throughout each and every one of the 22 Whitecaps FC regular season matches and all Amway Canadian Championship matches on Sportsnet, as the 'Caps navigate their way through their second season in MLS.
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Haven't yet splurged on the Android 4.0 flagship Samsung Galaxy Nexus? Samsung is offering a free extended battery and back cover to customers who purchase the Galaxy Nexus through Samsung Direct. Samsung Direct offers the Verizon branded variant of the Galaxy Nexus, which will run you $299.99 with a new 2-year contract or 2-year contract extension, and a whopping $799.99 without contract. Once you've added the Galaxy Nexus to your cart, the free gift will also automatically be added, and your Galaxy Nexus will ship with the extended battery and back cover.
Of course, you could save yourself even more money by purchasing the device from Amazon, which has the Verizon variant of the device for $99.99 with 2-year contract, and $499.99 for the AT&T and T-Mobile unlocked version. The extended battery will run you an additional $33.95 for the Verizon variant.
Regardless of the channel, if you do pick up the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, we strongly recommend getting the extended battery to go along with it. The Galaxy Nexus suffers the same mediocre battery life that has plagued nearly all LTE smartphones to date, with the Razr MAXX being the lone exception. Be sure to check out our full review of the Galaxy Nexus to aid in your purchasing decision.
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An array of Ice-Tethered Profilers to enhance the Arctic Ocean Observing Network for the 2007-2009 International Polar Year period and beyond
Arctic Research Initiative
2007 Funded Project
The major goal of this project is to enhance the Arctic Observing network with nine Ice-Tethered Profilers designed at WHOI specifically the sample ice-covered waters. In combination with instruments already working in the Arctic under NSF-funded projects, the observations of ice drift, water temperature and salinity in the upper 800m of the Arctic Ocean will expand current WHOI efforts to develop, test and use autonomous instruments to advance Arctic studies. The costs for the project proposed here are shared with a recently funded NSF project under which the components to make up nine ITP instruments are funded (2007 Major Research Instrumentation Program, MRI). We request funding for assembling and testing of these instruments at WHOI, and the recovery and preprocessing of telemetered data. Deployment costs will be born by existing NSF Arctic grants.


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From BrikWars
The Humanati are a group of minifigs who worship Humans directly. They think that the Dodekubes are a bunch of wusses for worshipping the humans' tools. They believe that every human ever was a god. The gods die and go to their god, who minifigs will be killed in the least awesome way possible for worshipping. Numerous times, the Humanati have tried to attack their Gods, they have always held strong. This is one of the main reasons they are still worshipped. That and the whole smiting people thing. Unfortunately, the gods aren't actually in control, and minifigs have free will. This doesn't work out well for the gods a lot.


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High school students vie for prizes in UH West Oahu's annual flyer contest
Deadline for entries Feb. 1University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu
Julie Funasaki Yuen, (808) 454-4870
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Public Information Officer, Public Relations and Marketing Department
Posted: Nov 2, 2009
Hawai'i high school students are invited to put their creativity to the test by entering UH West O'ahu's Third Annual Flyer Contest. Selected finalists will win one of five iPod video Nanos. Designs promoting UH West O'ahu as a top choice for college-bound students are due by Feb. 1.
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- March 8-22, 2010 – Online review/voting begins for grand prize winner
- April 2010 – Grand prize announced; winner to be presented Amazon Kindle digital reader
- April 2010 – Grand prize winner's flyer published in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and MidWeek
Entries should be submitted with the student's full name, school, grade level, phone number and email address.
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"This Is Obviously Getting Old" and Other Bullets
I love that the Chairman of the FCC came out in support of David Ortiz's emotional speech at the Red Sox game yesterday, which included an f-bomb. Sometimes it's OK, and you've just got to relax about that stuff.
- Dale Sveum had to know that, after another mistake-filled loss, he was going to have to speak at length about the team's woes. And, to his credit, he did speak at length. In addition to saying that you can't have team meetings every day, and that the mistakes being made are the kinds you expect to see in rookie ball, Sveum seemed to throw up his hands a bit. Per Carrie Muskat: "It seems to be the story every night. It seems to be continuing that we can't seem to catch the ball or make a play when we have to make a play. Edwin [Jackson] pitched a great game, but he was part of that, throwing the ball into center field. We've got to step up and somebody has to start making plays and driving runs in because this is obviously getting old …. To win in the big leagues, you have to have people who perform, and perform 162 games, not once in a while. You have to perform. It's the big leagues. Otherwise, you lose your jobs."
- The reality of the roster, though, is that certain guys are playing because the front office wants them playing. And everyone else – the Castros, the Rizzos, the Castillos, the Barneys – is an obvious starter that you're not going to bench. In other words, there's only so much Sveum can do. Moreover, if the Cubs want to have the ability to shop guys like Scott Hairston, Scott Feldman, and whichever other guy you tab who isn't currently performing, Sveum's going to have to keep giving them the opportunity to perform. This season was never about the playoffs, so you might as well at least hope for those tradable assets.
- As for the fundamental mistakes, they are, at some level, always going to be on the players. These guys have played the game for 10, 15, 20 years before they even meet their present coaching staff. In that regard, there's only so much the Cubs' coaches can do to correct mistakes that occur when the body just does its thing. At the same time, when mental mistakes appear again and again, at some point, you do have to question whether the coaching staff is doing an appropriately effective job of communicating with each of the individual players. We had these same disputes back during the Quade regime and it looked like the Cubs didn't know the ball from first base.
- Speaking of ranting about the fundamentals, Dave Kaplan took to Twitter last night to blast the poor play of the Cubs this year. Among his comments, he said that what we're seeing is the result of "years of mismanagement, awful minor league system and poor fundamentals. Sveum cannot allow sloppiness to continue." That turned into a back-and-forth with Bruce Miles, who would prefer if Kaplan – who lauded Jim Hendry when Hendry was in the front office, according to Bruce – gave Hendry a chance now to discuss whether/why his tenure was fraught with mismanagement.
- Pitching Coach Chris Bosio knows the scrutiny he faces as the bullpen continues underperform, fair or unfair.
- The confusing minutia of the Jean Segura baserunning adventures from the other night. There's still some debate about the right way to apply the rules.
- Starlin Castro has a 12-game hitting streak. So that's cool.


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NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston are presenting an exhibition of John Singer Sargent's watercolors.
The 93 works will be shown at the Brooklyn Museum April 5 to July 28. They'll be in Boston from Oct. 13 to Jan. 20, 2014.
The Brooklyn museum bought 38 works from Sargent's 1909 debut exhibition in New York.
Boston's were acquired in 1912 from a New York gallery.
The exhibition will provide a rare opportunity to see a broad range of Sargent's finest watercolors.
A special section will analyze the American portrait painter's methods. It's based on a scientific study of his pigments, drawing techniques and paper preparation.
The exhibition will later travel to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.


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Carcharhinus brachyurus
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Language: English
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|Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
|Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:
|Regional Assessments:
Common Name(s):
Carcharhinus acarenatus Morenos & Hoyos, 1983
Carcharhinus improvisus Smith, 1952
Carcharhinus remotoides Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981
Carcharhinus rochensis Abella, 1972
Carcharias brachyurus Günther, 1870
Carcharias lamiella Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Eulamia ahenea Stead, 1938
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Garrick, J.A.F. 1982. Sharks of the genus Carcharhinus. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Technical Report, National Marine Fisheries Service Circular 445,
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Synonyms = Galeolamna greyi [synonymy uncertain] Owen, 1853; Carcharias lamiella Jordan & Gilbert, 1882; Carcharias lamia: Lahille (1928), Marini (1929), Pozzi & Bordalé (1935); Eulamia ahenea Stead, 1938; Galeolamna brachyurus: Whitley (1940); Galeolamna ahenea: Whitley (1940); Galeolamna (Galeolamnoides) eblis: Whitley (1944); Carcharhinus improvisus Smith, 1952; Carcharhinus remotus: López (1963, 1965), López & Castello (1972), Menni et al. (1984), Menni (1986); Carcharhinus rochensis Abella, 1972; Carcharhinus greyi: Scott, Glover & Southcott (1974); Carcharhinus remotoides Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981; Carcharhinus acarenatus, Morenos & Hoyos, 1983. References: Whitley (1940), Garrick (1982), Compagno (1984), Cappo (1992), and Chiaramonte (1998).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Near Threatened ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
Needs updating
|Duffy, C. & Gordon, I. (SSG Australia & Oceania Regional Workshop, March 2003)
|Fowler, S., Lea, R., Ebert, D, Musick, J.A. & Cavanagh, R.D. (Shark Red List Authority)
Carcharhinus brachyurus is a large coastal shark with low productivity. Although widespread, regional populations appear to be discrete, and movement of individuals between them is thought infrequent or absent, and it does not appear to be naturally abundant anywhere. C. brachyurus is assessed as Vulnerable in East Asia due to intensive fisheries and the apparent widespread collapse of fisheries for large coastal sharks. Coastal multispecies fisheries in the region are likely to continue to depress the population by taking pregnant females and juveniles. Coastal nursery areas in this region are also at risk from development and pollution.
Catches appear to be stable in Australia. In New Zealand, although there may have been some reduction in population size due to fishing, C. brachyurus is apparently still common throughout its range. Management of this species in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa is simplified by having most, if not all of the population resident within each nation's EEZ, and the species is assessed as Least Concern in these regions. However, it is assessed as Data Deficient in the East Pacific, where there is no information and it appears to be uncommon or rare.
Throughout its range, it is known to be exploited by fisheries, but landings are grouped together with other Carcharhinus species, meaning any population declines are likely to go unnoticed, and its coastal nursery areas are potentially vulnerable to development and pollution. This, together with life history characteristics that make it especially vulnerable to overfishing has led to the global assessment of C. brachyurus as Near Threatened. The situation must be monitored as this species could soon qualify for a threatened category, on the basis of population declines due to fisheries exploitation, in other areas.
|Range Description:
|The range and biology of C. brachyurus is poorly known due to confusion with other large Carcharhinus species, particularly C. obscurus which often replaces it in subtropical waters (Garrick 1982, Compagno 1984, Compagno et al. 1989). Although widely distributed in warm temperate and subtropical waters, populations of C. brachyurus are disjoint and there is probably little interchange between them. Verified records from tropical regions are infrequent and very patchy but include Equatorial Guinea and possibly the Gulf of Thailand (Garrick 1982, Compagno 1984, Vidthayanon 2002). C. brachyurus was also reported to be common in the Seychelles by Marshall (in Rose 1996), however, this requires confirmation given this species preference for temperate shelf habitats. No estimates of population size or biomass are available. Global population structure is unknown. Stock structure is not known for any fished population.
C. brachyurus is widespread in the Mediterranean but only sporadically reported possibly due to misidentification and lower abundance relative to other large sharks (Fergusson and Compagno 1995). C. brachyurus was the least abundant of the five pelagic sharks sampled in the northeast Atlantic and western Mediterranean by Muñoz-Chápuli (1984). The relationship between the Mediterranean and northeast Atlantic populations is unknown but it seems likely that pregnant females migrate from the Atlantic to breeding grounds off Morocco (Muñoz-Chápuli 1984). Stock structure in the Mediterranean is unknown. Despite being listed as common in US Atlantic shark landings by Rose (1996, pg. 26) C. brachyurus is absent from the western North Atlantic (Garrick 1982, Compagno 1984, Russell 1993, Castillo-Génez et al. 1998, J. Castro, pers. comm., L. Natanson, pers. comm., M. Grace, pers. comm.). In the southwest Atlantic C. brachyurus is relatively common off northern Argentina during summer, and is the most abundant species of Carcharhinus in Agentina (Chiaramonte 1998a, b). It is also common off Namibia and the west coast of South Africa (Compagno et al. 1989). In the Indian Ocean it is common off Eastern Cape, South Africa ranging north to Richard's Bay, Natal although it is rare north of Durban (Compagno et al. 1989, Cliff and Dudley 1992).
Range and population size is poorly known in the eastern Pacific. Although Compagno (1984) speculated that it may occur in Chile there are no documented records or specimens of C. brachyurus in Museum collections there (I. Kong, pers. comm). Philippi (1887) described two species, Hypoprion isodus and H. heterodus from Chile on the basis of two dried jaws (Garrick 1982). Garrick (1982) considered both to be species dubia placing them in Carcharhinus. The upper teeth in both jaws are too broad and the tooth counts are too low for either to be brachyurus (Garrick 1982). Garrick (1982) considered H. heterodus was likely to be C. obscurus or galapagensis. Pequeño (1989) also considered it likely H. heterodus corresponds to C. obscurus (I. Kong, pers. comm). Despite the lack of records and specimens it seems likely that C. brachyurus at least occasionally reaches northern Chilean waters from Peru. Little is known of its occurrence in Peru other than the juvenile specimens reported by Garrick (1982). C. brachyurus appears to be uncommon or rare in Mexico (Gulf of California and Baja California) but confusion with other Carcharhinus species could be a problem (O. Sosa, pers. com., L. Castillo, pers. comm.). Although very small juveniles have been collected from a number of locations in southern California suggesting it may breed there, C. brachyurus is considered to be a rare visitor to the west coast of the US (Garrick 1982, R. Lea, pers. comm., D. Ebert, pers. comm., G. Cailliet, pers. comm.). There are no records of C. brachyurus north of Point Conception (R. Lea, pers. comm), although based on what is known of its ecology in the Southern Hemisphere it could be expected to be common as far north as Monterey Bay (D. Ebert, pers. comm). This apparent rarity does not appear to be due to confusion with other species of Carcharhinus as the genus itself is rare in California (R. Lea, pers. comm). It is worth noting here that although Garrick (1982) synonymised C. lamiella with brachyurus the characters referred to in the description of lamiella were those diagnostic of C. obscurus. Consequently most records of lamiella from California are not referable to C. brachyurus (Garrick 1982). The populations in the northeast and southeast Pacific appear to be disjunct (Compagno 1984).
In Australian waters C. brachyurus is infrequently recorded north of Sydney or Perth, being most abundant between Albany (Western Australia) and Bass Strait (Last and Stevens 1994, R. McAuley, pers. comm., C. Simpfendorfer, pers. comm., J. Stevens, pers. comm.). It is the commonest Carcharhinus species in South Australia and Victoria (Cappo 1992). C. brachyurus has not been recorded from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands (Last and Stevens 1994). In New Zealand waters C. brachyurus is common around the northern half of North Island, including Three Kings Islands, Middlesex Bank and Three Kings Rise, ranging south to Cook Strait in summer (Illingworth 1961, Garrick 1982, Francis 2001). Pregnant females and pups have been recorded as far south as Waimea Inlet, Nelson (about 41°S, C.D. unpublished data). C. brachyurus has not been recorded from the Kermadec Islands or the islands of the tropical southwest Pacific (Garrick 1982, Compagno 1984, Last and Stevens 1994, Cox and Francis 1997).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Albania; Algeria; Argentina; Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia); Bosnia and Herzegovina; Brazil; China (Hebei, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shandong, Zhejiang); Croatia; Equatorial Guinea; France; Greece; Italy; Japan (Honshu); Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Malta; Mauritania; Mexico (Baja California); Montenegro; Morocco; Namibia; New Zealand (North Is.); Peru; Portugal; Russian Federation; South Africa; Spain (Canary Is.); Turkey; United States (California); Uruguay
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – eastern central; Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – southwest; Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – eastern; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – southeast
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|Carcharhinus brachyurus is an essentially warm temperate and subtropical species (Garrick 1982, Compagno 1984, Muñoz-Chápuli 1984, Smale 1991, Cappo 1992, Cliff and Dudley 1992, Chiaramonte 1998). It is a widespread but patchily distributed coastal and shelf species, occasionally reported from oceanic areas close to the continental shelf (Amorim et al. 1998, Marín et al. 1998, Bagley et al. 2000). It readily enters shallow water, and individuals and aggregations are often sighted in shallow bays, the surf zone and in harbour channels during summer (Ayling and Cox 1982, Cappo 1992, Last and Stevens 1994). It also occurs in brackish or freshwater in the lower reaches of large rivers and estuarine bays (Last 2002). Maximum reported depth is 100 m but it is likely to range deeper (Compagno 1984, Smale 1991, Last and Stevens 1994). Diet includes a wide variety of bottom-living and pelagic cephalopods and fishes including squid (Loligo spp.), cuttlefish, octopus, spiny dogfish (Squalus spp.), stingrays, electric rays, sawfish, gurnard, flatfish, hake, catfish, ling, jacks, kahawai/Australian salmon, mullet, sea bream, sardines and anchovy (Illingworth 1961, Compagno 1984, Comapgno et al. 1989, Smale 1991, Cliff and Dudley 1992, Last and Stevens 1994, Francis 2001). Juveniles also feed on jellyfishes (Scyphozoa) and benthic crustacea (Callianasa spp. and Penaeid shrimps) (Smale 1991). Other elasmobranchs are taken with greatest frequency by sharks over 2 m total length (Smale 1991, Cliff and Dudley 1992).
Juvenile and adult C. brachyurus segregate by size and sex (Muñoz-Chápuli 1984, Smale 1991, Cliff and Dudley 1992, Chiaramonte 1998). Juveniles occur in shallow water (less than 30 m depth) year round, whereas adults are most abundant inshore during spring and summer. Adults and sub-adults are found over the shelf and around offshore islands and banks throughout the year. The movement of adult females inshore in spring is related to breeding. Nursery areas tend to be large and ill defined but include shallow banks, large shallow bays, inlets and harbours as well as the open coast (Muñoz-Chápuli 1984, Smale 1991, Cappo 1992, Chiaramonte 1998b, Fergusson and Compagno 1995). These areas also tend to be nurseries for other common coastal sharks such as Smoothhound (Mustelus spp.), School Shark (Galeorhinus galeus) and Smooth Hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena). In New Zealand pregnant females and neonates have been reported as far south as Waimea Inlet (41°20'S) on the west coast and Hawke Bay (40°S) on the east coast (Garrick 1982, C.D. unpublished data). In Australia neonates and small juveniles (less than 1 m total length) have been reported from Albany (Western Australia), Port Lincoln, the upper Gulf St. Vincent and Robe (South Australia), and Port Phillip Bay (Victoria) (Cappo 1992, R. McAuley pers. comm., T. Walker pers. comm., I.G. pers. obs). In South Africa the waters of the Eastern Cape are considered to be the main nursery area for this species (Smale 1991, Cliff and Dudley 1992). Elsewhere neonates and small juveniles have been recorded from: Rhodes, Nice and the banks off Al Hoceima (West Alboran Basin) in the Mediterranean (Garrick 1982, Muñoz-Chápuli 1984, Fergusson and Compagno 1995); Rio de Oro, Pulpito Bay, northwest Africa (Garrick 1982); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Garrick 1982); Bahia Blanca and Bahia San Blas, Distrito Bonaerense, Argentina (Chiaramonte 1998b); Paita and Guanape Cove, Peru (Garrick 1982); Bahia Sebastian Vizcaino, Baja California (Garrick 1982); San Diego Bay and Oceanside, California (Garrick 1982); near Niigata, Sea of Japan (Garrick 1982).
Segregation also occurs along latitudinal gradients (Muñoz-Chápuli 1984, Smale 1991, Cliff and Dudley 1992). Adult males are present in subtropical regions throughout the year, whereas females and immature C. brachyurus migrate into these regions during winter. Most adult females return to temperate regions to breed in the spring. The males also appear to migrate to higher latitudes in late winter-spring presumably to mate (Cliff and Dudley 1992). Mating probably occurs offshore as the females disperse from the nursery areas. Post-partum females bearing unhealed mating scars have been caught over the shelf (about 100 m depth) in early February off Hawke Bay, New Zealand (C.D. pers. obs). C. brachyurus inhabiting temperate areas also range into higher latitudes during the summer (Ayling and Cox 1982, Compagno 1984, Compagno et al. 1989, Cappo 1992, Last and Stevens 1994, Chiaramonte 1998b). These latitudinal movements may be in response to changes in water temperature or prey migrations (Compagno 1984, Comapgno et al. 1989, Cliff and Dudley 1992, Chiaramonte 1998b). In South Africa female C. brachyurus appear to follow the sardine run from the Eastern Cape to Natal during winter (Compagno et al. 1989, Cliff and Dudley 1992). The mean distance travelled by tagged C. brachyurus in South Africa is 163 km during 162 days at liberty, the maximum distance travelled was 1,320 km (Cliff and Dudley 1992). In South Australia tagged adults have been resighted at their tagging location after a year at liberty suggesting this species, like other Carcharhinids, is philopatric (I.G. pers. obs). Movement between New Zealand and Australia, or other regional populations has not been documented.
C. brachyurus occur singly and in loose schools sometimes numbering hundreds of individuals (Smale 1991, Cappo 1992, Cliff and Dudley 1992, C.D. unpublished data). In New Zealand and Australia these aggregations are most conspicuous in shallow water near shore during spring and summer, and in South Africa during the winter sardine run. Divers and sport fishers also report aggregations of C. brachyurus around offshore islands and banks off northern New Zealand during winter. Aggregations of large sharks reported in the surf zone near the entrances to harbours in northern New Zealand during spring may be related to breeding however at other times schooling may be a response to a local abundance of prey (Compagno et al. 1989, Cappo 1992).
Reproductive periodicity is probably biennial like most other large Carcharhinids (Castro et al. 1999). In the Southern Hemisphere parturition probably occurs from June to January, with a peak in October and November (Smale 1991, Cliff and Dudley 1992, Chiaramonte 1998b). Reproduction is viviparous, with a yolk sac placenta. Litters range from 7 to 24, with an average of 15 reported from South Africa (Garrick 1982, Smale 199, Cliff and Dudley 1992, Chiaramonte 1998b). Size at birth is about 60 cm total length (range 55-67 cm total length) (Garrick 1982, Smale 1991, Cliff and Dudley 1992). Cliff and Dudley (1992) estimated gestation lasts about 12 months. However their data show two embryonic size classes are present in the January and June-July samples, and a better description of embryonic growth is obtained if a 15 to 21 month gestation period is assumed (r² = 0.798 cf. 0.628). Males mature between 206 and 235 cm total length, and females from 227 to 244 cm total length. Age at maturity in South Africa is estimated to be 13 to 19 years for males, and 19-20 years for females (Walter and Ebert 1991). Maximum size of C. brachyurus is at least 295 cm total length and it is reported to reach 350 cm total length (Ayling and Cox 1982, Compagno 1984, Last and Stevens 1994). Maximum age is unknown. Productivity is estimated to be low to very low, with a minimum population doubling time of more than 14 yrs (K=0.04) (Froese and Pauly 2002, Fish Base).
|Freshwater; Marine
|Major Threat(s):
The life-history of this large Carcharhinid makes it vulnerable to over fishing by directed fisheries and as bycatch in fisheries targeted at more productive species (Walker 1998, Castro et al. 1999, Vidthayanon 2002). C. brachyurus is mainly taken as bycatch in gill net and bottom longline fisheries for bony fishes and other sharks, particularly Mustelus spp. and Galeorhinus galeus (Compagno et al. 1989, Cappo 1992, Bentley in Rose 1996, Chiaramonte 1998a, b). It is also taken by bottom trawl and pelagic longline but only forms a minor component of the catch in these fisheries (Compagno et al. 1989, Parry-Jones 1996, Amorim et al. 1998, Marín et al. 1998, Bagley et al. 2000).
C. brachyurus is fished commercially in New Zealand (Francis 1998, Bagley et al. 2000, Ministry of Fisheries catch effort data), Australia (Cappo 1992), South Africa (Compagno et al.1989), Brazil (Amorim et al. 1998), Uruguay (Marín et al. 1998), Argentina (Chiaramonte 1998a, b), Mexico (Appelgate et al. 1993) and China (Parry-Jones 1996). C. brachyurus was not reported in trade from any of its Mediterranean range states by Rose (1996) but it is taken in net fisheries here and is usually lumped with other Carcharhinids (e.g., C. plumbeus) when landed (Fergusson and Compagno 1995). Little data is available for these fisheries. In Western Australia the "bronze whaler fishery" actually targets juvenile dusky shark (C. obscurus) (Heald 1987, Simpfendorfer 2001). C. brachyurus only constitutes about 3% of total reported landings in this fishery (R. McAuley pers. comm.). Carcharhinus spp. are also taken as bycatch in the Southern Shark Fishery (Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia). Between 1996-2001 mean annual landed catch of Carcharhinus spp. in this fishery was 71.5 tonnes (range 44-106 tonnes) (T. Walker pers. comm). The bulk of this (97-100%) was landed in South Australia, where landings increased from less than 20 tonnes a year in the early 1980s to 60-70 tonnes a year between 1988 and 1990 (Stevens in Castro et al. 1999). During the 1990s the landed catch has remained stable at around 70 tonnes a year, although a maximum of 105 tonnes was landed in 1999 (T. Walker pers. com.). The species composition of the bronze whaler catch in South Australia is unknown but is likely to be predominately C. brachyurus (Cappo 1992). In New Zealand reported commercial landings increased from 10 tonnes in 1989/90 to about 48 tonnes in 1995/96. Since then landings have declined steadily to about 20 tonnes in the 2001/02 fishing year (Ministry of Fisheries catch effort data). Most of the catch is taken by set net in the Hauraki Gulf and Firth of Thames. Reported landings from this area have been declining since 1992/93. No CPUE analysis of this fishery has been performed so it is uncertain if the decline in landings represents a decline in abundance or a change in fishing practice.
Although no fishery data is available for C. brachyurus in East Asia (i.e., Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea, East China Sea) directed shark fisheries have operated in the region since at least the 1950s, and sharks are a component of multi-species fisheries for more highly valued species such as tuna and swordfish (Parry-Jones and others in Phipps 1996). All directed fisheries for large coastal sharks in this region appear to have ceased during the 1970s due to declining catches and a shift in effort into offshore fisheries for tuna and salmon (Parry-Jones, and Kiyono in Phipps 1996). Parry-Jones (1996) observed that shark landings from coastal fisheries in China consisted mainly of small immature sharks (i.e., 90% <100 cm total length and 1 kg weight). The only C. brachyurus observed in markets during that survey was a juvenile weighing 5.5 kg in Fujian Province. Fishers from Fujian Province reported that large sharks were relatively common during the 1960s but are seldom caught now (Parry-Jones 1996). Fishing vessels from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Viet Nam all operate in the South China Sea, East China Sea and Yellow Sea (Parry-Jones 1996). C. brachyurus is not reported to be an important component of Taiwan's shark fishery, either within Taiwanese waters, its distant-water shark fishing areas in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Mozambique, or its tuna longline and trawler fleets. The latter fishes waters of the South China Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, India and northwest Africa (Chen et al. 2002).
In Argentina the main commercial fishery is located at Necochea. Reported annual landings range from 0 to 336 sharks (Chiaramonte 1998a). Chiaramonte (1998a) reported only two vessels targeted C. brachyurus, and observed that catches indicated this species was not sufficiently abundant to support a directed fishery should the school shark (G. galeus) stock collapse. In Chile directed shark fisheries are confined to the northern part of the country where artisanal fishers target shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) and blue shark (Prionace glauca) and may occasionally take Carcharhinus spp. (I. Kong pers. com.). Little information is available on the elasmobranch fisheries in Peru other than landings are dominated by smoothhounds (Mustelus spp) and batoids (Bonfil 1994). In 1990/91 landings crashed from over 25,000 tonnes to about 5,000 tonnes p.a. The reason for this crash is unknown and may not reflect a collapse of the fishery (Bonfil 1994). Mexican shark fisheries are the largest in America and the Pacific coast contributes about 60% of total landings (Bonfil 1994). There is also a significant bycatch of elasmobranchs in large scale trawl fisheries in the Mexican Pacific (Bonfil 1994). The Gulf of California represents one of the major fishing grounds in the Pacific and supports directed fisheries for Carcharhinus spp. (C. altimus, C. brachyurus, C. falciformis, C. leucus, C. limbatus, C. obscurus, C. porosus) (Appelgate et al. 1993, Bonfil 1994). Although information on stock size and species specific fishing mortality was limited or non-existent Bonfil (1994) considered it likely, given the level of exploitation that many shark stocks in the Gulf of California were close to their maximum sustainable yield or overfished. Neither Applegate et al. (1993) or Bonfil (1994) listed C. brachyurus as being heavily fished. However, as it is vulnerable to the same types of gear and may be naturally less abundant than those Carcharhinus spp. that dominate the landings, the effects of fishing on C. brachyurus may be more serious than its representation in the catch suggests. C. brachyurus and other Carcharhinus spp. are rare in California and do not support any directed fisheries (Bonfil 1994, Hanson 1999, R. Lea pers. comm., D. Ebert pers. comm., G. Cailliet pers. comm.).
Sport fisheries taking Carcharhinus spp. occur in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Mexico and California (Stevens 1984, Compagno et al. 1989, Cappo 1992, Pepperell 1992, Appelgate et al. 1993, Francis 1998, Chiaramonte 1998a, b). In New Zealand C. brachyurus is the most commonly landed Carcharhinus species. It is only infrequently taken by anglers targeting marlin and swordfish off the northeast North Island. Most of these fish are unwanted and are released. However there is a small summer boat and shore-based sport fishery for C. brachyurus centered on the large harbours in the northern North Island. Most of the sharks taken in this fishery are pregnant and post-partum females and are tagged and released. A small number are retained and landed during fishing competitions. C. brachyurus are also occasionally taken by bow-hunters in some North Island harbours, and there are incidental catches of juveniles and adults in recreational gill net fisheries for rig (Mustelus lenticulatus), mullet, snapper and flatfish. The size of this bycatch is unknown but is probably minor. C. brachyurus is a minor component of sport fishing catches in southern New South Wales between Port Stephens and Narooma but is likely to dominate "bronze whaler" catches in Victoria and South Australia (Stevens 1984, Cappo 1992). No information on these fisheries was available at the time of writing. In South Africa this species is regularly taken by shore-based fishers in the Eastern Cape. These fishers take mainly neonates and juveniles less than 2 m total length (Smale 1991). There is also a land-based tag and release fishery for adult C. brachyurus in Nambia (S. Fowler pers. comm.).
C. brachyurus is commonly taken in protective shark control programs off Natal, South Africa and presumably Australia (New South Wales), although catches of Carcharhinus spp. are not identified to species in Australia (Cliff and Dudley 1992, Reid and Krogh 1992, Dudley 1997, Dudley et al. 1998). The mean annual catch in the Natal shark nets between 1978 and 1990 was 138 (range 9 to 421). Large annual fluctuations in catch meant no trend was evident over that period (Cliff and Dudley 1992). C. brachyurus is also killed as a pest species in and around fish farms, notably southern bluefin tuna pens in South Australia (I.G. pers. obs). The shallow coastal nursery areas of C. brachyurus are also potentially vulnerable to habitat loss and pollution arising from coastal development. The effects of this are likely to be greatest in parts of the Mediterranean Sea and East Asia. Expansion of marine aquaculture in New Zealand also potentially threatens nursery areas of C. brachyurus.
Castro et al. (1999) listed this species as Category 3 (i.e., a species that is exploited by directed fisheries or bycatch, and has a limited reproductive potential, and/or life history characteristics that makes it especially vulnerable to over fishing). Vidthayanon (2002) listed it as vulnerable in Thailand.
|Conservation Actions:
A prohibition on taking school and gummy sharks in shark nursery areas in Tasmania, and bans on gillnetting in some of these, may indirectly benefit some C. brachyurus but most of these areas are outside the main part of the species range (Williams and Schaap 1992, Last and Stevens 1994). Victorian coastal waters out to three nautical miles are almost completely closed to commercial shark fishing (Stevens 2002).
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C. brachyurus may not be target fished in Quota Management Areas 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. Management measures that are likely to indirectly benefit this species include closure of most harbours and semi-enclosed bays in northern New Zealand to trawling and Danish seining, and a permanent ban on gill netting out to five nautical miles from shore off the northwest North Island (Fisheries statistical areas 41 and 42) to protect endangered North Island Hector's dolphin.
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Seventh Annual HIV Vaccine Awareness Day Emphasizes Need for Vaccine, Appreciation for Vaccine Trial Participants
May 18, 2004
Tuesday marks the seventh annual HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, which aims to "emphasiz[e] how today's science may produce tomorrow's ultimate weapon against AIDS," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (Guthrie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 5/16). HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, with the theme "Real People, Real Progress," is aimed at educating people about the "urgent need for preventive HIV vaccines" and to show appreciation for participants in HIV vaccine trials for "their selfless dedication to ending the HIV pandemic," according to an NIH release (NIH release, 5/11). International AIDS Vaccine Initiative President and CEO Seth Berkley said in a statement, "We must develop a vaccine to end this global pandemic. Vaccines stop epidemics -- polio, smallpox and two dozen other diseases have been eradicated or controlled thanks to vaccines" (IAVI release, 5/18). National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci said that the day will be commemorated by people wearing the red AIDS awareness ribbon upside-down to symbolize the letter V -- "for vaccines and the vision of a world without AIDS." He added, "Ultimately, this vision is our best hope for all. And it is in this spirit of hope that I join with those in the United States and the world in commemorating and honoring this valiant effort." Fauci also said that "one fact remains resolutely and absolutely clear: when we find a vaccine we will want to be able to show that it works for everyone regardless of their race, ethnicity or gender. To accomplish this, all communities must be involved in the search for a vaccine. Future trials will require more individuals to volunteer than ever before, and those individuals must be representative of the most affected communities" (NIH release, 5/11).
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Scroll to the 6:08 mark. She says she likes the "rock" segment of her show and that she thought it would be a nice surprise to include that in her repertoire on her current tour.
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BEIJING (AP) — Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular search engine, said Tuesday its latest quarterly profit rose 60 percent but revenue growth slowed as the Chinese economy cooled.
Profit for the three months ending Sept. 30 was $478.6 million (3 billion yuan), the Beijing-based company reported. Revenue rose 49.7 percent to $994.6 million (6.3 billion yuan) but that growth was down from the previous quarter's 60 percent.
Baidu has about 78.6 percent of China's Internet search market, ahead of No. 2 Google Inc. with 15.4 percent, according to Analysys International, a research firm in Beijing.
The rapid growth of China's Internet companies has dipped as the country's economic growth declined to a three-year low of 7.4 percent in the latest quarter. China has the world's most populous Internet market and rapid growth in numbers of people who go online via mobile phones and tablet computers has opened new opportunities.
Baidu has released a mobile browser and said in September it will invest in a cloud computing center but has been slower than some competitors such as Tencent and UCWeb to expand in mobile Web access.
Baidu has dominated China's search market since Google closed its mainland search engine in 2010 but now faces new competition from a search engine launched in August by a Chinese anti-virus supplier, Qihoo 360 Technology Ltd. Qihoo also distributes its own browser.
Qihoo 360 accounted for 7 to 10 percent of search traffic in the final week of August, according to Analysys International.
China had 538 million people online at the end of July, up 11 percent from a year earlier, according to the China Internet Network Information Center, a government-authorized industry group. The number of mobile Internet users rose 22 percent to 388 million, or more than 70 percent of the total.
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