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Hope your summer is going well and that you are keeping well!
Today I would like to share a Wedding project.
I have altered a keepsake box.
Image - Magnolia
Colouring - Distress Inks
Flowers WOC
Die Cut - Quickutz
Fence Die Cut - Magnolia
Rose Ribbon - The Ribbon Girl
Banner - Magnolia
I have added some stickle glue to the windows. You can see the reflection of the plastic covering on the front of the keepsake box.
For the banner and fence I used Vellum.
Thank you so much for your visit with me!
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Rachel Zoe finds that motherhood puts her on a much more even keel.
The fashion maven — who just landed the role as chief stylist of online footwear retailer ShoeDazzle — says she no longer sweats the small stuff since giving birth to son Skyler Morrison 22 months ago.
"I think the first thing that happens when you become a mom is you really don't get that dramatic about things that don't matter," Zoe, 41, told PEOPLE on Wednesday.
Case in point: Getting messy is no longer a concern for the stylist, who simply wears "more black because I tend to get things spilled on me all the time. I need my clothes to be more durable and a little less precious."
Adds Zoe, "I usually keep a backup something in the trunk of my car. I also think the beauty of being a designer is that I have my collection in my office and I have my collection in my home, so I tend to do a lot of quick changes and carry around baby wipes."
As for expanding her family with husband Rodger Berman, Zoe says, "I'm so happy with where I am right now. Who knows? I never say never to anything. Who knows what life will bring? We'll see."
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PARIS (AP) — Taxi drivers across France clogged traffic, slowed access to airports and forced would-be passengers to find alternate transport as they held a strike Thursday over government deregulation proposals they fear will cut into their business.
Thousands of protesting taxi drivers lined up in single file on roadsides across the country, refused fares or traveled highways at a crawl. At one point in the late morning, a trip into Paris that would normally take 20 minutes was listed on traffic signs at more than two hours. The drivers called it "Operation Escargot."
Taxi associations oppose government proposals to allow private companies to transport the sick to medical appointments and allow for new chauffeur businesses.
At Paris' Orly airport, with riot police on hand, scores of taxi drivers prevented access to the drop-off point at the West terminal, forcing air travelers to walk further to get inside.
After hours of negotiations, the Interior Ministry announced late Thursday that the government wouldn't make any decisions about deregulation without consulting the taxi unions. It also said it would work to eliminate any confusion between the roles of traditional taxis and the new chauffeur businesses.
Those concessions are expected to put an end to most of the striking.
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Monroe County Volunteer Animal Shelter is being forced to close due to no community support, funding, and volunteers. They have many animals, including a Staffy Bull Terrier, that are goiing to be homeless unless we help. They are needing practically EVERYTHING. Donations, supplies,transports, foster homes, forever homes etc. They are limited on the staff of volunteers they have. They are a no kill shelter and the ONLY ONE in their county. If they close, numberous animals will be forced to die, and have no where to go. They would appreciate ANY help you can give them, or if you can crosspost this message. I am sending my donation this weekend and friends of mine as the rescue I work for are sending money donations as well. If you can help pay for vet bills, sponser a dog, send supplies, transport, or foster one of these animals PLEASE contact them ASAP!
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The 17-nation currency has strengthened about 7% versus the dollar since Draghi said July 26 that he'd do "whatever it takes" to protect the euro and the region's economy. He later outlined a plan called Outright Monetary Transactions in September that allows the ECB to buy short- maturity notes issued by euro-area nations that request aid. No country has activated the plan.
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Five days after the Bank of Japan unveiled an unprecedented stimulus package on April 4, a Bundesbank report showed German exports fell 1.5% in February, more than economists forecast. Germany is Europe's biggest economy and sells about 40% of its output abroad.
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"Downside risk remains in the euro area and should data continue to disappoint, the ECB is likely to act," Fiona Lake and George Cole, analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in London, wrote in an April 19 note to clients.
Strategists are predicting even more euro strength, boosting their forecasts for the currency against the yen by 4.8% in April. Europe's shared currency will end the year at 130 yen, according to the median of 44 economists' and analysts' predictions compiled by Bloomberg. At the end of 2012 they were calling for 109 yen.
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The top U.S. derivatives regulator on Friday granted foreign banks more time to meet new rules for swap trading, saying it would continue to fine-tune the regulation that has drawn the wrath of foreign regulators.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said that foreign banks had until July 12, 2013, to comply with the rules once registered as swap dealers. They will need to start registering at the end of this year.
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"The relief period provides time for the Commission to work with foreign regulators as they implement comparable requirements," CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler - a former Goldman Sachs executive - said in a statement.
The CFTC had been facing a year-end deadline by which it needed to finalize or delay its international approach, after drawing flak from foreign regulators about the blunt way it imposed its rules on banks abroad.
Regulators in Europe and in Asia are saying they are already working on similar rules as the U.S. agency, and the potential doubling up of the rules has sparked fears foreign banks could stop trading with U.S. counterparties.
Countries across the world are writing rules for swaps for the first time to mend systemic flaws brought to light by the 2008 financial crisis, bringing trading onto regulated platforms and making more trading data public.
The CFTC said it would continue to seek comment on how to define a U.S. person - which includes companies - a hotly debated issue among lawyers because it determines how much leeway the foreign banks have to trade with U.S. banks.
Foreign banks must stick to the same rules as U.S. market parties if they want to do business with a "U.S. person" and if they exceed a threshold of $8 billion in swaps trading a year, according to proposed CFTC rules.
For now, the CFTC would continue to use a narrow definition that was largely similar to the one it used in an earlier temporary reprieve on Oct. 12, which gave the foreign banks more exemptions than in its original rule in July.
Republican Commissioner Jill Sommers disagreed with the agency's decision, the only dissenting vote among the CFTC's five top officials, three of whom are Democrats.
"Foreign entities will not have the basic information they need to make informed decisions regarding the ultimate obligations of engaging in swaps activities with U.S. persons (the definition of which continues to shift)," she said.
"There is no reason why the Commission could not have issued broader relief until these issues are settled. We have simply chosen not to," she said.
A group of U.S. Congress members across the political divide on Thursday urged the country's top derivatives regulator to decide quickly how its rules apply abroad. (Reporting by Douwe Miedema; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Alden Bentley)


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The Chicago Transit Authority's Holiday Train features six cars pulling Santa and his helpers in their sleigh.
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Now in its 21st year, the Holiday Train will travel along all CTA rail lines throughout November and December.
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Colobus angolensis
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Colobus angolensis P. Sclater, 1860
|Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B. and Wilson D.E. 2013. Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3 Primates. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Grubb et al. (2003) and Groves (2001, 2005) recognize six subspecies (with one undescribed ssp from the Mahale Mountains in Tanzania): C. a. angolensis Sclater's Angola Colobus; C. a. cordieri Cordier's Angola Colobus; C. a. cottoni Powell-Cotton's Angola Colobus; C. a. palliatus Peters' Angola Colobus; C. a. prigoginei Prigogine's Angola Colobus; and C. a. ruwenzorii Adolf Friedrichs's Angola Colobus.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Kingdon, J., Struhsaker, T., Oates, J.F., Hart, J., Butynski, T.M., De Jong, Y. & Groves, C.P.
|Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Listed as Least Concern as although locally threatened from habitat loss and hunting in some parts of its range, particularly in eastern Africa and the Albertine Rift, they remain widespread and relatively common, and do not seem to be declining fast enough to warrant listing in a higher category of threat.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This species ranges from northern Angola north to the Congo-Oubangui river system, and then eastwards (with a disjunct range) to the montane and coastal forests of Tanzania and Kenya. Recorded to 2,415 m asl in Kenya (Anderson et al. 2007).
There are six described subspecies.
C. a. angolensis ranges from Angola north to the great bend of the Congo River.
C. a. cottoni occurs from north-east of the River Congo, east to Lake Albert and north to the Uele-Oubangui river system (this subspecies forms a hybrid zone with C. a. ruwenzorii in the south of its range).
The subspecies C. a. ruwenzorii ranges along both sides of the western Rift, from the Semiliki Valley and the Rwenzori Mountains through south-eastern Uganda, Rwanda, Mount Kahuzi (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Burundi to the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.
C. a. cordieri is present in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it occurs between the Lowa and Luama rivers from the Lualaba River in the west to close to Lake Kivu in the east, where it forms a hybrid zone with C. a. ruwenzorii.
The subspecies C. a. prigoginei is endemic to Mount Kabobo, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The eastern subspecies, C. a. palliatus, is discontinously distributed in the Southern Highlands and coastal and gallery forests of southern and eastern Tanzania and south-eastern Kenya. Kenyan distribution of C. a. palliatus is solely restricted to the southern coastal forests of the Kwale District (Anderson et al. 2007).
An isolated, undescribed subspecies is present on Mount Nkungwe and adjacent uplands in the Mahale Mountains of western Tanzania.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Angola; Burundi; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Rwanda; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia
|Additional data:
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|This widespread species can be common in suitable habitat. Their populations in the eastern part of the range are much more fragmented than the populations across the Congo basin. In a recent comprehensive survey of the Kenyan range of the species, a total of 55 colobus populations were located, with the total Kenyan C. a. palliatus population estimated at between 3,100 and 5,000 individuals (560–900 groups). The density of C. a. palliatus in Shimba Hills forest, the largest population, was 15 individuals/km², and the total population size was thus estimated at ca. 2,400 individuals (Anderson et al. 2007).
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|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This largely arboreal species occurs in both lowland and montane primary and gallery forests. It is generally found in small family groups, but temporary aggregations of up to 300 animals have been reported. The eastern Colobus a. palliatus is a folivorous primate confined to the forests of Tanzania and southern Kenya (Kingdon 1997), and is forest-dependent primate.
|Major Threat(s):
|This species is threatened in parts of its range by habitat loss through deforestation for timber and conversion of land to agricultural use. Isolated populations, such as those in the Eastern Arc and coastal forests, are especially vulnerable (see Anderson et al. 2007 for further detail on C. angolensis palliatus). It is hunted for meat, especially in the Congo Basin.
|Conservation Actions:
|This species is listed on Appendix II of CITES and on Class B of the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. This species is present in a number of protected areas across its range, including Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Virunga National Park (DR Congo), Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda), and Kaya Gonja and the Shimba Hills National Reserve (Kenya).
|Kingdon, J., Struhsaker, T., Oates, J.F., Hart, J., Butynski, T.M., De Jong, Y. & Groves, C.P. 2008. Colobus angolensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T5142A11116129. . Downloaded on 19 September 2018.
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Yes, I was accepted to CLEO last year. When you filled out the application, they ask you to list 8 schools I believe. They will contact the school and let them know that you will be attending the summer institute. Some schools may than hold your file and review it after you complete the program. Some programs will give you a conditional admittance. You can also contact schools and let them know that you will be completing the CLEO program and ask for a conditional admittance. I did not complete the program but gained conditional admittances and U of Arizona requested my CLEO evaluations. I believe had I completed the program, U of A would have accepted me..
Ok, i understand. Im going to do that. Did you go through the program and did not finish or was it that you did not start the program at all? Just wondering?


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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin's campaign fundraiser gave Iowa State University a list of possible donors to his namesake research institute, records show, though university officials have promised the powerful Democrat would have no influence over the center.
The Harkin Institute of Public Policy would house the papers of the senator, who recently announced he would not seek a sixth term in 2014. The Iowa Board of Regents approved the institute in 2011 over objections of Republicans, who argued that naming it after a sitting lawmaker would raise ethical questions.
Harkin has at times tried to distance himself from the institute by noting the university operates it. But emails obtained by The Associated Press under the public records law show Jeremy Gold, his campaign's finance director, suggested revisions to a fundraising brochure at Harkin's request and gave ISU's charitable foundation a list of people and corporations who could be solicited.
Donations to the institute at Harkin's alma mater have recently slowed, and it has raised $3.3 million in pledges toward a planned $10 million endowment. Backers say it will conduct valuable research and preserve the papers of a lawmaker who helped ban discrimination against the disabled and shape farm policy.
In releasing the list of potential donors to the AP, Iowa State blacked out names of 12 people and 16 companies on it, saying the law allows it to shield their identities.
Gold sent the list to ISU Foundation Vice President Larissa Holtmyer Jones on Oct. 31, writing, "I understand that you will share with the appropriate individuals."
Harkin on Friday defended his actions in connection with the institute, saying he is working to make it successful for students and researchers.
"I've spoken positively to Iowans and others about the benefits I hope the Harkin Institute can bring to ISU. I've shown interest in its development. But others have done the direct fundraising," Harkin said. "Iowans know I would not connect any official action of mine to any contribution, and I'm confident my efforts to help ISU have been within established rules."
When the institute was created, the university's then-president, Greg Geoffroy, said Harkin "would really have no input" and that the institute "must be above that."
Gold declined comment, but Harkin spokeswoman Kate Cyrul Frischmann said Harkin's campaign doesn't raise money for the institute and that the list sent by Gold "is not a Harkin donor list." She said Harkin campaign staff played no role in its creation, saying it was assembled by someone she wouldn't identify who searched online for "active Iowa foundations and prominent individuals."
ISU Foundation spokeswoman Karen Simon said it has not solicited donations from anyone on the list. She said it was forwarded to Miles Lackey, ISU President Steven Leath's chief of staff, for his reference only.
Under congressional ethics rules governing honorary institutes, Harkin could raise funds for the institute, even from companies regulated by the powerful committee he chairs, as long as he doesn't solicit registered lobbyists or foreign agents.
The institute's largest donors are South Korean businessman Jin Roy Ryu and his Cedar Rapids-based company, PMX Industries, which would profit from Harkin's proposal to replace the $1 bill with a coin. Harkin said he did not ask for those donations or any others from lobbyists or "anyone seeking or receiving official action from me as a senator."
The institute's fundraising has slowed amid a dispute over the scope of research it will conduct. Harkin and his wife, Ruth, a regent, pressured Leath to rescind an order limiting its ability to research agriculture, which they see as central to Harkin's legacy.
Leath initially said the institute could research agricultural issues relating to Harkin's papers but all other research should be led by ISU's prominent Center for Agricultural and Rural Development to avoid duplication.
But the Harkins called it a restriction on academic freedom and warned he wouldn't donate his papers if it stood. Leath withdrew the rule last month, but directed the institute to coordinate research with other centers as necessary. It's still unclear whether the Harkins or the institute's advisory board will accept that change.
Amid the dispute, Gold sent the ISU Foundation revisions Oct. 1 to an informational brochure used for fundraising. The proposal included a section saying the institute would sponsor "dynamic nonpartisan research" in food safety, land conservation, renewable energy and other ag issues.
"Senator Harkin asked some trusted individuals familiar with his Congressional record and his historical papers and materials to suggest edits to the original Harkin Institute brochure," Gold wrote. "He asks that you consider these revisions for a new brochure."
Jones responded that the foundation would make all changes but delay the section on agriculture until the dispute was resolved.


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Mass. woman seeks dismissal of identify fraud countsBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
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May 08. 2013 9:07PM
BRENTWOOD - Prosecutors are arguing they had a legal right to bring identity fraud charges against the girlfriend of a county jail inmate who allegedly impersonated a public defender so he could call an inmate at another jail.
Shayna Provencal, 24, of Andover, Mass., has asked a judge to dismiss felony charges of accomplice to identity fraud, saying there was no legal basis under state law to charge her.
Provencal is accused of making a three-way phone call on June 1, 2012, with her jailed boyfriend, John Bouraphael, 33, of Danville, who identified himself to corrections officers in Merrimack County as public defender Anthony Naro.
Bouraphael is charged with identity fraud for impersonating Naro.
Assistant County Attorney Michael Zaino said in court papers filed Monday that Bouraphael would never have been able to make the phone call without his girlfriend's help.
Bouraphael was being held at the Rockingham County jail at the time and was able to speak with inmate Jacob Palo about an enterprise they had involving strong-arming fellow inmates out of canteen goods, according to Zaino.
Provencal's lawyer, Patrick Fleming, argued in court papers that his client played no role in obtaining Naro's identification number, which was allegedly used by her boyfriend.
A judge has already denied a bid by Bouraphael to have his charges thrown out, but will now decide whether the charges will stand against Provencal.
Provencal is facing up to 7½ to 15 years in prison if she is convicted.
Bouraphael began serving a 15-month to four-year state prison sentence on Aug. 15 after pleading guilty to one count of sale of a controlled drug and five counts of being a felon in possession of a weapon for keeping several firearms.
He was arrested by the Rockingham County Sheriff's Drug Task Force at his home in Danville. Investigators seized roughly $415,000 in cash, an assortment of jewelry, gold ingots and 22 carat gold coins that prosecutors say were profits from his drug business.
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Fatal fires increase awareness of smoke alarms
By DAN SEUFERT Union Leader Correspondent
— In the hours and days since a local couple died of smoke inhalation at their home, at least 15 residents have come to the fire department seeking smoke alarms.
Since the Morrills death, and after a Manchester women died Tuesday in a home without working smoke alarms, fire officials statewide are urging residents to check their smoke alarms' batteries, and are asking people to make sure they have smoke alarms.
In addition, since in both fires there was debris blocking entrances, fire officials are asking residents to be sure they have escape plans for their homes that include keeping exit routes clear of obstacles, both for those potentially trying to escape a fire, and for firefighters entering to help them.
In both fires this week, victims might have been saved by having a few more seconds. Smoke alarms might have alerted the victims in time to get out, and firefighters might have been able to reach the victims more quickly had there been clear passage ways in the homes.
"Ultimately it's all about time," said Gilford Fire Chief Stephen Carrier.
"It's important to have working smoke alarms and to have an escape plan. If a smoke alarm notifies people to get out of a building, that can be huge for the ability of people to survive a fire," Carrier said.
In a fire that was reported at 12:45 a.m. Monday, Paul Morrill, 72, and Jane Morrill, 68, of 657 River Road died after a fire filled their downstairs bedroom with smoke. The couple tried to escape, but were found a few feet from their bed.
On Tuesday, Sarah Robinson, in her early 70s, was found dead in an upstairs bedroom of her home at 83 Bowman St. home in Manchester.
In both cases, entranceways to the homes were cluttered, and there were no working smoke alarms.
Bridgewater Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief M. Tapio Mayo said people trapped by fire have very little time to escape, and must have a clear idea of how they can get out of their homes. Escape plans, and entranceways clear of clutter, are crucial.
"A person trapped in a room filling with smoke is subject to a myriad of toxic gasses," Mayo said.
Firefighters say every home should have working smoke alarms.
The Bridgewater Fire Department was given a few dozen smoke alarms by a manufacturer and is distributing them free, as do many other fire departments, Mayo said People should not count on their fire departments for smoke alarms, though, he said. They can be bought at hardware and department stores. "They're not too expensive," he said.


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Ingleborough Cave, first entered and made accessible in 1837, is the premier show cave in the Yorkshire Dales. In 2012, it celebrated 175 years of entrancing visitors with an awe inspiring range of stunning cave formations, the imposing cave entrance and the large passages are full of artefacts dating back millions of years along with the evidence of the significant impact of the Ice Ages.
It has been featured many times on television. The tours of the Cave leave from the entrance at regular intervals with an expert guide to help interpret the many features of the Cave.
The passages are floodlit with well-laid concrete paths, the usual walking or outdoor clothing will suffice and there are no steps so the Cave is accessible for pushchairs. Dogs are allowed on leads and it is very rarely affected by flooding, in fact the wetter the weather the more spectacular the Cave!
The walk from Clapham Village to the Cave is also a unique and very enjoyable experience. There is a leaflet available at the start of the Trail which interprets the features of the walk through this woodland landscape with Himalayan plantings, unusual tree species and along a wide, well maintained gravel track.
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OCLC and FamilySearch Partner Up -- WorldCat Just Continues to Get Better
This is exciting news! And, I can't believe that we haven't blogged explicitly about WorldCat before! It is an incredible resource for genealogists!
First part of the press release and then let's talk a bit about why WorldCat is such a great resource to anyone doing research.
DUBLIN, Ohio, January 31, 2013—OCLC and FamilySearch International, the largest genealogy organization in the world, have signed an agreement that will enrich WorldCat and FamilySearch services with data from both organizations to provide users with more resources for improved genealogy research.
Under this new partnership, OCLC will incorporate data from FamilySearch's catalog of genealogical materials into WorldCat, and FamilySearch will use OCLC cataloging services to continue to catalog its collections in WorldCat. FamilySearch will also use the WorldCat Search API to incorporate WorldCat results into search results returned by FamilySearch genealogy services...
Read the full press release.
WorldCat is a great resource! I use it all the time to identify books (and other media) that might have relevance to my current research project – abstracted records (county, state, religious, newspaper, etc), church or community histories, family histories, etc. Then I use it to determine "where" the found item of interest is – hopefully in the State Library of North Carolina. If not held locally, I then determine where it is held and then I either use interlibrary loan (
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This is why I find WorldCat invaluable. One place where I am able to examine what is held by a lot of libraries! With the new partnership with FamilySearch, instead of independently going to WorldCat and the FamilySearch catalog, which is something I am always doing, I will now be able to go to one place and search both! Identifying genealogical and historical research material just keeps getting easier!
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Plectropomus laevis
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|Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1801)
Common Name(s):
Bodianus cyclostomus Lacepède, 1802
Bodianus cyclostomus Lacepede, 1802
Bodianus melanoleucos Lacepède, 1802
Bodianus melanoleucos Lacepède, 1802
Bodianus melanoleucus (Lacepède, 1802)
Bodianus melanoleucus (Lacepède, 1802)
Labrus laevis Lacepède, 1801
Labrus laevis Lacepède, 1801
Paracanthistius melanoleucus (Lacepède, 1802)
Paracanthistius melanoleucus (Lacepède, 1802)
Paracantistius maculatus (non Bloch, 1790)
Paracantistius maculatus (non Bloch, 1790)
Plectropoma maculatum (non Bloch, 1790)
Plectropoma maculatum Playfair, 1867
Plectropoma maculatum Playfair, 1867
Plectropoma maculatum (non Bloch, 1790)
Plectropoma maculatum Playfair, 1867
Plectropoma maculatum Playfair, 1867
Plectropoma melanoleucum (Lacepède, 1802)
Plectropoma melanoleucum (Lacepède, 1802)
Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1801)
Plectropomus leopardus (non Lacepède, 1802)
Plectropomus leopardus (non Lacepède, 1802)
Plectropomus maculatum ssp. melanoleucum (Lacepède, 1802)
Plectropomus maculatus (non Bloch, 1790)
Plectropomus maculatus (non Bloch, 1790)
Plectropomus melanoleucus (Lacepède, 1802)
Plectropomus melanoleucus (Lacepède, 1802)
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Often misidentified as Plectropomus maculatus (Heemstra and Randall 1993). In Australia small adults in blue spot phase misidentified as P. leopardus (CRC Reef Information Brochure).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable A2d+4d ver 3.1
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|Date Assessed:
|Choat, J.H., Liu, M., Craig, M.T., Yeeting, B. & Robinson, J.
|Sadovy, Y. & Moss, K. (Grouper and Wrasse Red List Authority)
Although this species is widespread, it is listed as Vulnerable (VU) because of its natural rarity, the heavy fishing pressure being experienced throughout its range, particularly the targeting of juveniles, and because it has shown declines in abundance of at least 30% (mature individuals). This trend is expected to continue into the future.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
Plectropomus laevis is widespread in the Indo-Pacific. Its range extends from the East African coast (Kenya to Mozambique) to the central and southern Pacific. Pacific latitudinal range from southern Japan to Middleton Elizabeth Reefs. Pacific longitudinal from the western Pacific to the Tuamotos and Pitcairn Island.
East Africa (Kenya to Mozambique), Comores, Madagascar, Tulear, Aldabara, Seychelles Réunion, Mauritius, Rodríguez, Chagos, Maldives, Lakshadweep, west India, Sri Lanka, Andamans, Nicobars, west Thailand, Myanmar, Sunda Shelf (excluding Malaya), Indonesia (excluding Irian Jaya), Bali, Sangalakki, Borneo, eastern Indonesia (excluding Aru), Flores, Komodo, Cocos-Keeling, Western Australia, Scott Reef, Rowley Shoals, Great Barrier Reef, Chesterfield Reefs, Coral Sea Reefs, Middelton Reef, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Peng Hu Shan, Ryukyu, Kashimo-Jima, Izu Islands, Ogashawara Islands, Korea (Ceju), Micronesia, Pohnpei, Marianas, Howland Island, Fiji, Tonga, Niue, Uvea, Samoa, Cook Island, Society Islands, Tuamotos, Gambier, Austral Islands, Pitcairn, and Rapa.
(Data from Robert Myers distributional database).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:American Samoa; Australia; British Indian Ocean Territory; Brunei Darussalam; China; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Comoros; Cook Islands; Fiji; French Polynesia; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Japan; Kenya; Kiribati; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mauritius; Mayotte; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Mozambique; Nauru; New Caledonia; Niue; Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Pitcairn; Réunion; Samoa; Seychelles; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu; Wallis and Futuna
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – western central
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With the exception of Coral Sea reef localities Plectropomus laevis is invariably an uncommon to rare species achieving abundances of less than one individual per 1000 sq. m. Regional catch data indicates substantial declines.
The primary issue with P. laevis is the rarity of this large roving serranid over most of its range. Its congener P. leopardus was up to 10-15 times more abundant on the GBR in the 1980s (Ayling and Ayling 1986). In a series of surveys in 1994 to 2001, Ayling and Choat (unpublished) recorded abundances of ~0.3 individuals per 1000 sq. m in their main habitat in 1994, while similar surveys in 2001 recorded only 0.1-0.3 individuals per 1000 sq. m. In no-entry preservation zones the numbers remained at 0.3 individuals per 1000 sq. m. On remote far northern GBR and Coral Sea reefs and atolls, relatively high numbers (0.5-0.9 per 1000 sq. m) were recorded. However these numbers are not high when compared with a number of other exploited reef fish species. Increasing access to remote areas by charter line and spearfishers suggests numbers will continue to decline in the future. Relatively low numbers of P. laevis were recorded from offshore west Australian reefs both at fished sites (Ashmore Reef; Kospartov et al. 2006) and unfished sites (Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef; Done et al. 1994). This species was also found to be rare in the western Indian Ocean.
Fishery-dependent data
P. laevis is exploited over much of its range through line fisheries and is an important part of the live reef food fish trade (LRFFT). Catch records are difficult to interpret as a number of species may be aggregated under the term coral trout or leopard grouper.
As P. laevis (and especially the saddleback colour variant) is distinctive, a number of fishery databases exist that allow an analysis of trends. A review of the Maldives grouper fishery (Sattar and Adam 2005) identified the 8 most important grouper species in the line and diver-assisted fishery, which includes P. laevis-- one of the most valuable fishes in the live reef fish export trade (Table 3 in Sattar and Adam 2005).The fishery was initiated in 1994 with 1 million groupers being processed in 1997. By 2005, catch abundance had declined 75% with associated reductions in mean size. Additionally, fully 43% of the groupers taken at this time were immature. In response to declining abundance and mean size for targeted groupers, 16 species were protected under a quota system, with an annual quota of 30,000 individuals set for P. laevis. Twenty-one other serranid species did not receive quota protection.
Although no species-specific catch abundance estimates were included in Sattar and Adam (2005), a quantitative survey of the grouper fauna in the Maldives (Sluka 2001) revealed that P. laevis was rare, with abundance patterns similar to that obtained from the Seychelles.
A recent study in northern Indonesia (Scales et al. 2007) followed species-specific catch records for 6 species of grouper from 1995 to 2003. Total annual catch rate of the saddleback grouper (P. laevis) declined from 1995 to 2003 and was one of the rarer species. In terms relative abundance (kg per fisher per trip), P. laevis was the rarest of all species recorded.
In Pohnpei (Micronesia), P. laevis constituted 0.1% of serranid catch over a 5-month period in 2006 that included line and spear catch (Rhodes and Tupper 2007).
Fisheries-independent data
Despite extensive surveys in the Seychelles, P. laevis was only recorded on granitic reefs of the Mahe Plateau and then at very low densities. It was also the rarest species in a demographic study of Aldabra serranids (Grandcourt 2005).
(Pears 2005) (expressed as number of individuals (+/-SD) per 1000 sq. m)
West Indian Ocean
Seychelles granitic reefs 0.1 (0.1)
Northern Amirantes 0 (0)
Southern Amirantes 0 (0)
(Ayling Choat unpublished) (expressed as number of individuals (+/-SD) per 1000 sq. m)
Northern GBR
Fished reefs (1994/95): 0.3 (0.1)
Fished reefs (2001): 0.12 (0.08)
Unfished reefs (2001) 0.32 (0.09)
The summary of a comprehensive analysis of the distribution and abundance of four species of Plectropomus of the NE coast of Australia and the Coral Sea (Ayling and Ayling 1986) is provided below. All abundances are adjusted to numbers per 1000 sq. m
Geographic region.
Far North
Reef position Inner shelf 0 (0)
Mid shelf 0.09 (0.04)
Outer shelf 0.9 (0.1)
Inner shelf 0.01 (0.01)
Mid shelf 0.01 (0.02)
Outer shelf 0.4 (0.07)
Inner shelf 0 (0)
Mid shelf 0.1 (0.02)
Outer shelf 0.3 (0.06)
Coral Sea
Herald Cays 0.5 (0.7)
Lihou 1 0.6 (0.5)
Lihou 2 0.7 (0.8)
Lihou 3 0.6 (0.8)
Surveys on West Australian off-shore reefs (Done 1994) showed that P. laevis was never abundant compared to P. leopardus and P. areolatus. P. laevis was present mainly on outer reef slopes. Surveys at Ashmore Reef (Indian Ocean) (Kospartov et al. 2005) revealed very low numbers: 0.1 (1998) and 0.03 (2005) individuals per 1000 sq. m. The reduction in numbers may be due to heavy fishing on this reef by Indonesian fishers. No P. laevis were observed during comprehensive surveys of Cocos/Keeling and Christmas Island in 2004 (Choat unpublished).
Estimates of abundance (as individuals per 1000 sq. m) from outer reef habitats from three Pacific localities found the following: Fiji (0.54 individuals), New Caledonia (1.2 individuals), and Tonga (0.43 individuals). These numbers are consistent with estimates from other localities surveyed (IRD database).
No spawning aggregations sites for P. laevis have been identified in either Australia or the SW Pacific (Heemstra and Randall 1993).
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|Habitat and Ecology:
Plectropomus laevis is conspicuous on outer coral reef slopes throughout the Indo-Pacific, occurring in depths between 4 and 90 m (Heemstra and Randall 1993). P. laevis appears to be a relatively fast-growing species and reaches 50 cm in less than four years; females achieve maturity in under three years (Davies et al. 2006). Similar growth rates are recorded from individuals taken from the Western Indian Ocean (Grandcourt 2005). Fished populations of this species on the Great Barrier Reef have an age structure skewed strongly toward young (3 to 4 year old) fish and a high total mortality rate.
Plectropomus laevis feeds mostly on fishes and occasionally on crustaceans (Lieske and Myers 1994). The prey comprises a variety of large reef fishes, including groupers that is likely responsible for the high concentrations of ciguatera toxins (Randall 1980).
P. laevis attains 100 cm SL (about 125 cm TL) and a weight of 18 kg (Heemstra and Randall 1993).
Sexual pattern
Based on histological examination of gonads, P. laevis was suggested to be a monandric protogynous hermaphrodite, with males derived exclusively through sexual transition of mature females (Adams 2002, 2003). Adams (2002, 2003) found that male maturation was seen in transitional phase gonads only and that immature bisexuals were present.
Komodo National Park: October to January (The Nature Conservancy, undated)
This species occurs in two distinct color phases: the blacksaddled or barred, and the blue spot phase. The barred color phase is generally associated with smaller individuals although it is still retained in a minority of very large fish. In a comprehensive survey of the Great Barrier Reef, Davies et al. (2006) stated that the barred color pattern was retained in individuals up to 12 years of age but that the majority of individuals displaying this phase where immature females. A minority of secondary males also retained the barred color phase. Ayling (pers comm.) has not observed the barred phase in Coral Sea reefs.
Age and Growth data
Great Barrier Reef: Linf 948 mm FL K 0.14 (n=346) (Davies et al. 2006)
Aldabra Linf 1015 mm FL K 0.19 (n=22) (Grandcourt 2005)
P.laevis is a monandric protogynous hermaphrodite with highly biased female sex ratios (Adams 2002), although males may have been underrepresented in the sample. No historical fishing data specific to P.laevis is available to judge past population structure. Although small bisexual individuals were identified, the spermatocytes never passed beyond the secondary stage and no evidence of ovarian degeneration was observed. It was inferred that the male developmental pathway was monandric, with males only derived through sex change of mature females. The youngest male found was 9 years of age with transitional individuals occurring at 8-9 years. Sexual maturity occurred at 2.2 yrs (50% females mature) and at ~400 mm FL. (Davies et al. 2006).
Average age at maturity is 10.1 yrs (generation time calculated following Pianka (1978), using the formula t2 =(a+b)/2, where a=age at maturation and b=longevity Here, a= 2.2 years and longevity=18 yrs. Generation time is commonly assumed to be equivalent to age at 1st maturity.
Spawns in small groups (Samoilys, M., pers. comm.) and reported to spawn in an aggregation in Papua New Guinea (Hamilton 2003).
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|Use and Trade:
This species is consumed as food despite of the danger of ciguatera poisoning upon consumption (Heemstra and Randall 1993).
It is caught with hook-and-line, spear, and in fish traps (Heemstra and Randall 1993). It is mainly consumed locally but is increasingly a major element in the live reef fish trade (Sattar and Adam 2005).
|Major Threat(s):
|The major threat for Plectropomus laevis is collection for the aquarium trade. It may turn up in live fish trade, but this is not considered to threaten this species. However, given strong interest in the live food trade and that large species tend to be taken as juveniles for this trade because of the small sizes preferred in restaurants, there is potential for increased exploitation. Hamilton (2003) reports declining catches from an aggregation noted by fishers in the Solomons.
|Conservation Actions:
This species occurs in protected areas in portions of its range.
In Indonesia, a preliminary recommendation for closed areas within Komodo National Park has been designed (The Nature Conservancy, unknown year).
To date conservation actions include size limits, total area closures to fishing and temporal sales bans. The current management plan on the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP) has set a minimum size limit of 500 mm FL for this species. Approximately 30% of the GBRMP now comprises areas closed to fishing. However the primary habitat of this species in eastern Australia (exposed reef fronts on the northern Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea reef systems) have large areas of reef open to fishing. Increasing ease of access and navigation means that the protection by isolation component will be reduced in the near future. In Pohnpei (Micronesia), the species is prohibited for sale, along with other groupers, during March and April (Rhodes and Tupper 2007).
|Choat, J.H., Liu, M., Craig, M.T., Yeeting, B. & Robinson, J. 2008. Plectropomus laevis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T64412A12779966. . Downloaded on 21 September 2018.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers announced Monday, Aug. 27, they have released LB Ryan X. Baker, DT Mike Blanc, WR Paul Cox, CB Andre Freeman, PK Danny Hrapmann, LB Mortty Ivy, OL Kyle Jolly, LS Matt Katula, TE Jamie McCoy, CB Walter McFadden, TE Justin Peelle, FS Myron Rolle, WR Juamorris Stewart, DT Kade Weston and WR Jimmy Young.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed free-agent LB Ryan X. Baker (Buccaneers). Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced Monday, April 30, that they have signed undrafted rookie free-agent WR Luther Ambrose (Louisiana-Monroe), LB Ryan X. Baker (Louisiana State), QB Zach Collaros (Cincinnati), C Chaz Hine (South Florida), FB Cody Johnson (Texas), CB Leonard Johnson (Iowa State), DT Donte'e Nicholls (Tennessee State), WR Tyler Shoemaker (Boise State), OT Bradley Sowell (Mississippi), S Tramain Thomas (Arkansas), TE Tyler Urban (West Virginia), OG Michael VanDerMeulen (Toledo), CB Quenton Washington (South Florida) and OT Desmond Wynn (Rutgers).
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Louisiana State LB Ryan X. Baker disappointed with a 4.85-second time at the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine Tuesday, Feb. 28, but he made up for that while looking athletic and efficient in drills. Coaches reportedly applauded him often on the field.
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ATLANTA -- The New York Knicks were focused on maintaining their division lead, their second spot in playoff positioning and stopping the Atlanta Hawks' Josh Smith and Al Horford. The Hawks were focused on stopping Carmelo Anthony.
Only one team succeeded.
Anthony followed his 50-point game Tuesday against the Miami Heat by hitting a 12-foot jumper on the first possession of Wednesday's game. And he didn't stop there.
The New York forward scored inside, mid-range and outside while racking up 13 first-quarter points, 24 points by halftime and a grand total of 40 to lead the Knicks to a 95-82 win over the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena.
Anthony finished with his seventh 40-point game this season, and the Knicks (48-26) extended their winning streak to 10 games.
"The rhythm was there," Anthony said, "and I wanted to see if I still had it going. I felt like the rhythm was still there. It was just one of those nights once again. I've had games before where I felt like I had a great rhythm but I can't remember having a run like this. My teammates are giving me great confidence and energy as well."
"A lot of his points came off the bounce with just two or three dribbles and then a quick pull-up," Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. "Whenever he got doubled, he would kick it back out as well. He's smart enough to know if he's doubled to sacrifice the ball."
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Jeff Teague finally broke through for the Hawks in the third quarter and finished with 15 points. Josh Smith scored 10 points, despite going 0-for-7 at the free-throw line. He added eight rebounds and five assists.
Al Horford, held to two points and four rebounds in the first half, finished with nine points, seven rebounds and five assists.
The Hawks (42-34) couldn't make a field goal for nearly seven minutes late in the first quarter but were down only 47-40 at the half despite a 9-2 Knicks run to close out the second quarter.
A 7-0 run by the Hawks midway through the third quarter, sparked by more aggressive play and more running, tied the game at 68 as the fourth quarter started. But the Knicks broke it open in the fourth, courtesy of seven Hawks turnovers. New York outscored Atlanta 27-14 in the final period.
"We just stopped scoring, it felt like," Korver said. "And they got the pick-and-roll game going. We were focused on Carmelo and the pick-and-roll game took over for them. And then we kind of lost our composure a little bit maybe."
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January 06. 2014 3:40PM
MANCHESTER — Intruders made their way into two separate Manchester homes in the past two days, in one case threatening and beating a resident and in the other case showing badges and handcuffing their victims, according to Manchester police.
Both incidents took place in early morning hours - one on Sunday just minutes after midnight, the second on Monday at the same hour. Both involved subjects with matching descriptions - one white, one Hispanic. And guns were used in both incidents.
But they took place in different parts of the city - one was an Old Wellington Road apartment; the other was a Wilson Street apartment. And in the Monday morning intrusion at 199 Wilson St., guns were drawn, residents were ordered to the floor and a young man was struck in the head with a pistol.
At 495 Old Wellington Road, the two showed a badge, entered the apartment and questioned the residents about the whereabouts of another person. The intruders then holstered the handguns in their waistbands, handcuffed the man and his adult daughter, then ransacked the apartment.
"There is nothing that would link these at this point," said police Lt. Maureen Tessier.
She said police are disturbed whenever someone impersonates an officer and said people can ask a detective for an identification card as well as a badge.
"You should use common sense," Tessier said. "If you have some concerns if people are law enforcement, you can call the police department."
Motorists who are pulled over by a plainclothes detective can turn on their flashers, dome light and slowly drive to a populated area, she said. Or a motorist can call 911 and verify that a police officer has pulled them over.
At the Wellington Road apartment, the intruders ordered Jose Nunez, 58, and his daughter, Johanna Nunez, 28, into a bedroom and told them to wait. After two hours, they went to a neighbor for help.
Police said the intruders stole a handgun, cash, passports, clothing, a cellphone and documents. Two young children were home at the time.
At Wilson Street, Paulette Delisle, 64, opened the door after hearing a knock, only to have the two men force their way into the home. One pointed a gun at her and her granddaughter, Jowanna Melo, 18, and ordered them on the floor.
They searched the apartment and demanded money from the two. They encountered two other residents - Christian Ramos, 19, and Leo Fritz, 46. One of the intruders struck Ramos in the head with a pistol and took his safe, police said.
The two were described as a thin white man, between 6-feet and 6-foot-3, with blue eyes.
The other was a stocky Hispanic or light-skinned black man about 6-feet to 6-foot-2. They left in a large, older black SUV driven by another person.