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Mustelus mustelus
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|Scientific Name:
|Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758)
|Regional Assessments:
Common Name(s):
Squalus mustelus Linnaeus, 1758
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.). 2015. Catalog of Fishes. Updated 6 April 2015. Available at: http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp. (Accessed: 6 April 2015).
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Mustelus mustelus and M. asterias are morphologically similar and may sometimes be misidentified. Many early works may refer to either of the two species (Wheeler 1978). M. asterias is distinguished from M. mustleus by a narrower inter-narial space and the presence of white spots on the dorsal and upper lateral sides of the former.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable A2bd+3bd+4bd ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
Needs updating
|Serena, F., Mancusi, C., Clò, S., Ellis, J. & Valenti, S.V.
|Fowler, S.L. & Valenti, S.V. (Shark Red List Authority)
This coastal species is widespread, from Northern Europe to South Africa, including the Mediterranean Sea, although it is less common in the northern portion of its range. It is usually found in shallow waters at 5-50 m depth, although it occurs to at least 350 m depth. The species is vulnerable to capture in trawl, gillnet, trammel net and line gear. No species-specific fisheries catch data are available for M. mustelus because landings data often refer to all Mustelus species combined. Both catch and fishery-independent scientific survey data available from the Mediterranean Sea and Western Africa suggest that significant declines have occurred in these regions. Exploitation of this species is increasing off South Africa and stock assessment indicates that current catch levels are unsustainable. The species is considered to meet the criteria for Vulnerable globally based on observed and inferred continuing declines over three generations (>50 years) and may prove to meet the criteria for a higher category in the future. Catches and population trends need to be carefully monitored throughout the species' range and management intervention is required.
Northeast Atlantic
Mustelus mustelus is less common than M. asterias, the other co-occurring smoothhound, in the Northeast Atlantic. Data for these two species may be confounded due to misidentification. They are occasionally taken by trawl and gillnet and are often discarded in this region although they may be landed as bait in England and Ireland. They are a relatively important sport fish in some areas, such as the Bristol and English Channels. Species-specific landings data are not available and no other information is currently available to determine the status of this species in the region. As such the species is assessed as Data Deficient in the Northeast Atlantic.
Mediterranean Sea
Mustelus spp are captured with demersal trawls, trammel nets, gillnets and longlines in this region. They are valued for human consumption and are often retained and marketed. Landings of all Mustelus spp (M. mustelus, M. asterias and M. punctulatus, of which M. mustelus is the most common) in the Mediterranean Sea declined by ~85% between 1994 and 2006 (less than one generation). Time series catch data from comparable trawl surveys and landings in the Gulf of Lions, Ligurian Sea, showed a clear decrease in abundance of Mustelus spp from 1970 onwards, although data from the Adriatic Sea suggest that abundance of M. mustelus did not change from 1948-1998.
Eastern Central Atlantic
Species-specific data are available from scientific trawl surveys conducted off Mauritania from 1982-2006, from 5-200 m depth. Estimated biomass for M. mustelus decreased significantly over this period, with biomass declining from ~150,000 t in 1982 and 1988, to ~40,000 t in 2006. The species may have undergone a range contraction on the Mauritanian shelf. Increased fishing pressure has been linked with declines in demersal fish stocks in several areas of this region, including, Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea, most notably, higher-trophic level predators, such as sharks. Declines in M. mustelus are also inferred to have occurred elsewhere in the region, given that fishing pressure is high throughout much of this species' range there.
Southeast Atlantic
Declines in linefish species off South Africa has led to increased exploitation of demersal sharks, such as Mustelus mustelus as both target and bycatch. A comparison of models developed in a stock assessment of the species for South Africa showed that current catches need to be halved for exploitation of Smoothhound Sharks to be sustainable. Survey biomass indices for the southern coast of South Africa showed a clear decline in trend from 1986 to 2003. Survey biomass indices for the western coast increased from 1984 to 1994 and then decreased to levels similar to indices observed prior to 1994.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Distributed from the UK in the Northeast Atlantic, south, including the
Mediterranean Sea, Canary Islands, Morocco and south along the western African
coast to eastern South Africa (Compagno et al. 2005, Serena 2005,
Whitehead et al. 1984).
Northeast Atlantic: UK, Republic of Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, possibly Azores and Madeira.
Mediterranean Sea: Whole Mediterranean, not in the Black Sea.
Eastern Central and Southeast Atlantic: Morocco, south to South Africa.
Western Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape of South Africa and Kwa-Zulu Natal.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Albania; Algeria; Angola; Benin; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Cameroon; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Croatia; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; France; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Greece; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Ireland; Italy; Lebanon; Liberia; Libya; Mauritania; Montenegro; Morocco; Namibia; Nigeria; Portugal (Madeira); Romania; Russian Federation; Sao Tomé and Principe; Senegal; Sierra Leone; South Africa; Spain (Canary Is.); Syrian Arab Republic; Togo; Tunisia; Turkey; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Western Sahara
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – northeast; Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – eastern central; Indian Ocean – western; Mediterranean and Black Sea
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|Northeast Atlantic
Mustelus mustelus is less common than M. asterias in the Northeast Atlantic. Trend data are not available for this species for this region.
Mediterranean Sea
Mustelus mustelus is more common than M. asterias in the Mediterranean Sea. Scientific surveys (MEDITS) of the northern Mediterranean Sea conducted between 1994 and 1999 at 10-800 m depth recorded this species in 111 (2%) of 6,336 hauls (Baino et al. 2001). Aldebert (1997) reports a clear decrease in abundance of Mustelus species in comparable surveys in the Gulf of Lions, southern France, from 1970 onwards. The occurrence of M. mustelus in comparable trawl surveys conducted on the shelf of the Adriatic Sea in 1948 and 1998 remained approximately the same (Jukic-Peladic et al. 2001). In Hvar trawl surveys conducted in 1948 on the shelf of the Adriatic Sea occurrence (frequency log-transformed) of M. mustleus was ~1.0, compared to ~1.0 in comparable MEDITS surveys conducted in the same area in 1998. In Grund surveys conducted in Italian seas between 1985 and 1998, percentage presence of M. mustelus was 21.9%. Most of the population was concentrated in the Adriatic Sea and southern waters of Sicily and the species was absent from the Ligurian Sea and Sardinian waters (Relini et al. 2000).
Eastern Central Atlantic
Trends in abundance are available from data from scientific trawl surveys conducted off Mauritania from 1982-2006, from 5-200 m depth (Gascuel et al. 2007). Biomass estimates were made for 24 different demersal species over the whole continental shelf, including M. mustelus, using standard linear model techniques. Estimated biomass for M. mustelus decreased significantly over this period, with biomass declining from ~150,000 t in 1982 and 1988, to ~40,000 t in 2006 (Gascuel et al. 2007). The mean yearly rate of decrease in biomass was estimated at -0.3%. The decrease in abundance mainly occurred in areas of low densities and marginal habitat for this species, in the deepest strata sampled (80-200 m depth), suggesting that there may have been a contraction in the distribution of this species (Gascuel et al. 2007).
Southeast Atlantic
Relative survey biomass indices from fishery independent research trawl surveys conducted along the western and southern coasts of South Africa are available for Mustelus species from 1986-2003 (Da Silva 2007). Survey biomass indices for the southern coast showed a clear decline in trend from 1986 to 2003 (Da Silva 2007). The survey biomass indices for the western coast increased from 1984 to 1994 and then decreased to levels similar to indices observed prior to 1994 (Da Silva 2007).
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This demersal coastal species is found on the continental shelves and uppermost slopes, from the intertidal to at least 350 m depth, but usually in shallow waters from 5-50 m on sandy and muddy substrates (Bauchot 1987, Zamboni 1999, Serena 2005, Notarbartolo and Bianchi 1998, Compagno et al. 2005). Reproduction is viviparous with yolk-sac placenta.
Biological information is available from Tunisia, South Africa, Mauritania and other areas of the Mediterranean Sea. Males mature at 70-112 cm total length (TL) and females at 107.5-124 cm TL (Saïdi et al. 2008, Da Silva 2007) and 80cm TL reported in the Mediterranean Sea (Bauchot 1987, Whitehead et al. 1984, Serena 2005). Saïdi et al. (2008) report that reproduction is annual with parturition taking place during late April and early May and mating during May and early June off Tunisia. The gestation period is 9-11 months (Saïdi et al. 2008, Da Silva 2007, Smale and Compagno 1997, Notarbartolo and Bianchi 1998). Females give birth to 4-18 pups per litter and larger females have significantly larger litters (Fischer et al. 1987, Saïdi et al. 2008, Smale and Compagno 1997). Size at birth is 34-42 cm TL (Saïdi et al. 2008, Bauchot 1987, Serena 2005, Notarbartolo and Bianchi 1998). Da Silva (2007) studied the age and growth of M. mustelus off South Africa. Maximum observed age was 25 years. Age at 50% maturity was determined at 10.75 years for females and 9.1 years for males. Using these data and the formula: age of maturity + 0.5*(length of reproductive period in life cycle), generation period can be estimated at 17.8 years. Natural mortality (M) for M. mustelus was estimated at 0.05 yr-1 (Da Silva 2007). The species preys on fishes (mainly anchovy), crustaceans (Squilla mantis) and mollusks bivalve (Ensis spp.) and cephalopods (Eledone moscata) (Costantini et al. 2000).
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|Use and Trade:
|Commonly marketed in the Mediterranean Sea (Bauchot 1987), Western Africa and South Africa. It is valued for its white meat and the meat of other species, such as blue shark and sand tiger shark, are sometimes sold as this species. Occasionally used as bait for the inshore whelk fishery in the UK and Ireland.
|Major Threat(s):
Northeast Atlantic
Mustelus spp. are generally regarded as locally common, although they are not very abundant. They are occasionally taken by trawl and gill net, although they have little market value, and are often discarded in this region. They may be landed for human consumption and also as bait for the inshore whelk fishery in England and Ireland. ICES landing statistics combine dogfish and hounds together and so there is little accurate data on North Atlantic landings, and levels of bycatch are unknown. In some areas, such as the Bristol Channel and English Channel in the United Kingdom, they are a relatively important sport fish (Ellis pers. obs.).
Mediterranean Sea
There is a high level of exploitation on the continental shelf and upper slope to about 800m depth in the Mediterranean Sea (Massuti and Moranta 2003). Mustelus spp are captured with demersal trawls, trammel nets, gillnets and longlines in this region (Bauchot 1987, STECF 2003). Semi-industrial fisheries in the Adriatic Sea, off Sicily, Spain and Cyprus are known to take these species, and also artisanal fisheries elsewhere. Mustelus spp are retained and utilised in the Mediterranean Sea, where they regularly sold for human consumption in many areas (Fischer 1987). Landings data reported to FAO show that landings of Mustelus spp (probably including M. mustelus, M. asterias and M. punctulatus, of which M. mustelus is the most common in this region) steadily increased between 1950 and 1978 to 14,000 t, after which they fluctuated between ~6,500 t and 14,000 t from 1978-1994 (FAO 2008). After 1994, landings dropped significantly, decreasing to 2,980 t in 1997 and did not exceed 2,200 t from 2001-2006 (FAO 2008). Although these landings are not species-specific, combined with the results of fishery-independent trawl surveys described above, they also suggest that this species has declined in abundance in the Mediterranean Sea.
Eastern Central Atlantic
This coastal species' range is heavily exploited by demersal fisheries off western Africa. Fishing effort has increased in both efficiency and intensity in this area during the past 50 years. For example, effective fishing effort of the small scale fleet operating off Mauritania is estimated to have increased by a factor of 10 during the past 25 years (Gascuel et al. 2007). The number of and effort exerted by industrial fishing vessels off Mauritania has also increased dramatically, from ~150 vessels to more than 300 and from 60,000 days, respectively, from 1982-1997 (Gascuel et al. 2007). Fisheries in other countries in the region have also undergone similar development. Increased fishing pressure has been linked with declines in demersal fish stocks in several areas of the region, including, Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea, most notably, higher-trophic level predators, such as sharks (Gascuel et al. 2007). Fishing pressure has not decreased and the declining trend in abundance in M. mustelus observed off Mauritania from 1988-2006 described above, is likely to continue. Declines are also inferred to have occurred elsewhere, given that fishing pressure is high throughout much of this species' range in this region.
Southeast Atlantic
Declines in linefish species off South Africa has led to increased exploitation of demersal sharks, such as Mustelus mustelus as both target and bycatch. Fisheries catch data for M. mustleus in this area is problematic due to misidentification and high levels of underreporting. Da Silva (2007) present information on catches and conducted a stock assessment for M. mustelus off South Africa, using three dynamic pool models (yield per recruit, spawner biomass per recruit and an extended yield and spawner biomass per recruit). The replacement yield model showed that average catches over the past decade are 2.5 times higher than the replacement yield is on the South Coast and 1.30 on the West Coast of South Africa. A comparison of the models showed that current catches need to be halved for exploitation of smoothhound sharks to be sustainable. The species is also taken by recreational anglers off Namibia (NATMIRC 2003).
|Conservation Actions:
There are no specific management measures in place for M. mustelus throughout the majority of its range. Mustelus species are protected within Balearic Island (Spain) marine reserves.
Few species-specific landings data exist and improved data collection on commercial landings are needed in all areas of its range. Current catch levels appear to be unsustainable throughout the majority of this species' range and management intervention is required to reduce catches. Da Silva reported that size and fishing effort control methods may be most effective for M. mustelus.
|Serena, F., Mancusi, C., Clò, S., Ellis, J. & Valenti, S.V. 2009. Mustelus mustelus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T39358A10214694. . Downloaded on 18 September 2018.
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THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS CLASSICaREVISED AND UPDATED TO HELP YOU SUCCEED, EVEN DURING TIMES OF EXTREME VOLATILITY aThis book contains the most advanced methodology Iave ever seen.a aGEORGE C. LANE, from the Foreword Required reading for certification in the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) program Over a decade ago, when this groundbreaking guide was first published, the world of technical analysis had experienced vast change. Seemingly overnight, technological advances had utterly transformed the way market analysts performed their jobs. A growing army of professional technical traders, armed with global plug-and-play software, needed to improve their skills of price projection, timing, and risk management to weather the increasing market ranges and volatility. Technical Analysis for the Trading Professional helped them achieve it. The word spread that this practical guide provided radical new uses and combinations of indicators and formulasaand it became an instant classic. By comparison, todayas markets make those of 1999 look simpleaso Technical Analysis for the Trading Professional has been expanded to reflect the authoras experiences over the past decade to bring you fully up to date. It provides comprehensive coverage of new techniques, as well as the timeless insight and tools that analysts will always need to maintain a competitive edge in the global financial markets, including: Explanations of why common oscillators do not travel between 0 and 100 and why signals develop in different ranges during bull versus bear market trends Expanded guidelines for the use of the Composite Index. Formulas are fully detailed for this custom oscillator that warn when the Relative Strength Index is failing to detect a trend reversal A comprehensive foundation of Gann analysis, with an explanation of how Gann Squares, the Gann Fan, and the Square of 9 are geometrically related to one another Methods for calculating Fibonacci retracements and swing projections in rapidly expanding or contracting markets A more expansive discussion of cycle analyses and their asymmetrical properties Each chapter presents the given topic as a separate building block, moving step-by-step through 150 charts that lead toward new methods of price triangulation. The result enables you to pinpoint a market objectiveaeven in the most extreme and volatile trading environment. Use Technical Analysis for the Trading Professional to establish the trading dominance you need to excel in todayas uncertain markets.THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS CLASSICaREVISED AND UPDATED TO HELP YOU SUCCEED, EVEN DURING TIMES OF EXTREME VOLATILITY aThis book contains the most advanced methodology Iave ever seen.a aGEORGE C. LANE, from the Foreword Required reading ...
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|McGraw Hill Professional - 2011-12-09
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Provost's Assessment Award - 2008
Applied Sciences and Arts - Library and Information Science Program
The Library and Information Science (SLIS) program provides a model for the college in the assessment of student learning. The with special recognition to Ken Haycock, Jane Fisher, and Linda Main
SLIS is a model for effectively using assessment data to drive programmatic change. One example of this was how they established program standards for grading. In addition, SLIS has regularly held retreats to constantly review and upgrade their assessment practices and plan for the future. This semester they moved to a focus on program wide student learning objectives that have been carefully integrated into their Master of Library and Information Science core competencies. Finally, the college selection committee was impressed with how the department has also sought student feedback regarding their assessment as a routine part of the students' culminating experience with the program.
Business - Dr. Mallory McWilliams & Dr. Robert Sibley
Dr. Robert E. Sibley is the Chair of the College of Business Assessment Committee and has also undertaken to lead the assessment efforts of the college since assuming the position of Director, Assessment upon its creation last summer. In addition to managing the College's ongoing efforts regarding assessment, Dr. Sibley headed the COB's assessment retreat drive, which resulted in bringing a highly-regarded AACSB representative to campus this spring. He also has led the effort to develop an open and transparent rubric on how assessment data will be used to drive curricular development within the College of Business.
Dr. Mallory McWilliams has been a long-standing member of the COB Assessment Committee and she serves as a constant voice for doing Assessment the right way and for doing Assessment for the right reason--not because accreditation agencies require it, but so that we can serve our students better. Mallory has been a driving force behind program Assessment, where she has worked hard to make sure we have a strong linkage between our program objectives and student learning outcomes.
She also is a constant source of strength on the small things that have to happen to make assessment work. For example, she volunteered to vet the CSU-BAT questions in Accounting and Finance, handling those in her area herself and making sure that the Finance questions were reviewed by someone more expert in that area. She also has been a key driver in making sense of concentration assessment and she took on the task of making sure that each of the four A & F concentrations had an assessment coordinator (all of the positions other than hers went vacant with personnel changes since the previous year). In a sense, Mallory, with her no-nonsense style, functions as our conscience--she is constantly asking of all of us that work in Assessment in the COB: Is this the best way to accomplish this goal? Does this measure student learning? Does this really reflect our program goal(s)? Is there a better way to do this?
In sum, Mallory is committed to Assessment and to the use we can make of Assessment activities in assuring student learning. She is a good team player, yet she is capable of "taking the ball and running with it" when we need her to do something. I unreservedly offer my highest recommendation to Mallory McWilliams for the COB's nominee for the Provost's Outstanding Assessment Award.
Education - Department of Child and Adolescent Development
Toni Campbell, Amy Strage, Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, Mary McVey, Robin Love, Maureen Smith, Ravisha Mathur, Nadia Sorkhabi
The Child and Adolescent Development department has played an important role in modeling strategies for assessment, in designing assessments that evaluate their students' competencies and ability to meet the learning outcomes, being consistent and diligent in their collection and analysis of student performance data, and in using these data to inform their program improvement practices.
Engineering - The College Assessment Committee
The following individuals, as members of the College of Engineering Assessment Committee, have made outstanding efforts in continuously improving the department/college assessment processes and methodologies benefiting student learning Ahmed Hambaba, Ali Zargar, Kurt McMullin, Gregory Young, Weider Yu, Robert Morelos-Zaragoa, Minnie Patel, Raymond Yee, Len Wesley.
The CoE Assessment Committee meets every month to discuss various assessment areas such as streamlining the assessment processes, refining direct assessment methods, and technology-based assessment processes. The committee holds once a year assessment retreat where assessment experts are invited to share their knowledge to help improve college's assessment directed towards student learning. The committee also holds once a year workshop to support its efforts in streamlining the assessment processes, in refining direct assessment techniques, and in exploring and implementing technology-based assessment processes.
The committee ensures that each department is engaged in activities that are related to monitoring and enhancing student learning. For this purpose, the committee has organized a workshop on assessment on April 4, 2008 to learn about ways to use technology in assessment and streamline processes to make the assessment process easier and to focus more on student learning through assessment. The committee also discusses how existing direct assessment methods can be refined and new direct assessment methods can be implemented to evaluate student learning.
The students are the future of this country and training students to meet the challenges of dynamic global environment is very important now than ever before. The committee has a good understanding of this need and continuously strives to ensure that the CoE programs are evolving and developing to achieve the necessary student learning.
Humanities and the Arts - Dr. Scot Guenter
Science- Dr. Peter Beyersdorf
Dr. Peter Beyersdorf, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, has been a leader in establishing a culture of assessment in a department that, like many on campus, had no formal programmatic assessment procedures in place prior to the recent WASC accreditation visits. Assessment of major degree programs can never be the sole result of a single individual's efforts, but it is clear that his department would not be where it is today without his understanding, expertise, and skill at implementing effective program assessment strategies. Dr. Beyersdorf grasped the essentials of assessment early on and put an assessment plan into practice at a time when many (or most?) faculty in the College of Science were reluctant participants at best. The Department of Physics has created a practical model that other departments might well emulate. The four Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) follow logically from a four-point mission statement. Each of these SLOs has several sub-SLOs that are clearly defined to be programmatic and assessable. Assessments included questions from a nationally developed standardized exam, so the department can benchmark against an external standard for some of its SLOs. Most importantly, when certain aspects of the assessment plan were clearly not working well, these were abandoned and replaced with other, hopefully more effective, methods to measure the SLOs.
As if assessment were not a significant enough contribution, Dr. Beyersdorf has pioneered podcasting via iTunes U at SJSU. He is currently serving as the CFD Faculty-in-Residence for Technology Innovations <http://www.sjsu.edu/cfd/programs/facultyinresidence/podcasting/>. His physics colleagues benefit directly from his pedagogical expertise in making lectures and homework assistance available electronically to his students.


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Director Edgar Wright Exits Marvel's 'Ant-Man' Over Creative Differences
Director Edgar Wright has exited the upcoming Marvel film Ant-Man due to creative differences, Deadline reports.
"Marvel and Edgar Wright jointly announced today that the studio and director have parted ways on ANT-MAN due to differences in their vision of the film. The decision to move on is amicable and does not impact the release date on July 17, 2015. A new director will be announced shortly." a statement read from Marvel.
Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Michael Pena and Patrick Wilson are still attached to the film.
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Strider24 wrote:Some images are cut off, especially images of map versions in the foundry.
Fixed. Oversized images now spill over, so please use [bigimg] to make oversized images expandable!
decoulombe wrote:One thing I would like to see again is the Name of the "last topic discussed" in each of the forum's categories.......If you find out lack, let me know so I can do so in one of my own forums.
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By Aye Win Myint
MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's government is struggling to contain anti-Muslim violence that touched the outskirts of the capital, Naypyitaw, at the weekend and forced it to send troops to patrol the streets in the town where the recent trouble started.
Four houses and a small mosque in Tatkon township on the northern edges of Naypyitaw were set ablaze late on Sunday, a civil servant in the capital told Reuters on Monday.
Communal tension, stifled under half a century of army rule, has resurfaced since President Thein Sein's reformist government took office in 2011.
It has released dissidents and relaxed media censorship, but was also criticized for failing to quell last year's violence in Rakhine State in western Myanmar. Official figures say 110 people were killed and 120,000 were left homeless, most of them Rohingya Muslims.
The latest unrest began last Wednesday in Meikhtila, 130 km (80 miles) north of the capital and sparked by an argument between a Buddhist couple and the Muslim owners of a gold shop that escalated into rioting in which 32 people died, official figures show.
Police were criticized in the media and by local people for making little effort to halt the violence as ethnic Burmese Buddhists including monks stalked the streets armed with swords and knives.
More than 2,000 people are now living in makeshift camps, but calm has been restored by the military, sent in on Friday when the government declared martial law in the area.
"I think I am safe now and I can reopen my shop because of soldiers guarding the town," 52-year-old Khin Mya told Reuters. "Soon after soldiers arrived, we got peace. The situation had been very, very dangerous in previous days."
Vijay Nambiar, U.N. special adviser on Myanmar, told Reuters after visiting the area on Sunday that the government had said to him it would not hesitate to send troops in elsewhere if needed.
In a statement, the United Nations warned the sectarian unrest could endanger the reforms initiated by Thein Sein.
"Religious leaders and other community leaders must also publicly call on their followers to abjure violence, respect the law and promote peace," Nambiar said in the statement.
State-run MRTV said on Sunday police had arrested 35 people in Meikhtila and two other townships in connection with the violence.
In one incident late on Saturday, unknown assailants torched more than 40 homes, 38 belonging to Muslims, in Ywadan village in Yamaethin township, said Soe Lwin, a local official. The village is 66 km (41 miles) south of Meikhtila.
"At about 8 p.m., around 100 people turned up shouting 'Let's burn it down, let's burn it down,' and started destroying our house first," said a 35-year-old shop owner in Ywadan, asking not to be named.
"It didn't look like they were outsiders. I think it's the people from this area," he said, speaking through the fence of a school where Muslims had taken refuge. "I could feel the way they looked at us had changed since Meikhtila happened."
Tension was high in certain parts of Yangon, the former capital and Myanmar's biggest city. Police were stationed outside mosques on Sunday evening.
Myanmar is a predominately Buddhist country, but about 5 percent of its 60 million people are Muslims.
(Reporting by Aung Hla Tun in Yangon, Soe Zeya Tun in Ywadan and Andrew R.C. Marshall in Bangkok; Writing by Paul Carsten; Editing by Alan Raybould)


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HERKIMER, N.Y. (AP) — Intelligent, fond of trivia, a World War II buff. An exemplary employee who seemed to work twice as fast as his peers, got along with people and didn't cause problems.
That was how his former boss described the 1980s Kurt Myers.
Spooky, a loner, odd and a ghost in the tightknit, upstate New York hometown his family had lived in for generations. That's the updated version of the man police said killed four people, apparently randomly, then holed up for nearly a day in an abandoned bar called Glory Days before dying in a gunfight with police who tried to root him out.
Authorities were still trying to piece together what drove the 64-year-old Myers to set fire to his apartment, casually stroll into a barbershop and open fire, killing two and injuring two others, then drive a mile up the road and work his shotgun again, killing two more at a car-care shop on the main drag in the village next door.
The superintendent of New York's state police, Joseph D'Amico, said at a briefing Thursday the information they've gotten so far hasn't helped draw a complete picture of Myers.
"He's apparently a loner," D'Amico said. "He didn't have a lot of contact with his family. The few people we did find that were relatives — we interviewed some neighbors — nobody could offer any explanation."
Steve Copperwheat, who hired Myers as a machine operator in the early 1980s at Waterbury Felt, a manufacturer of industrial textiles, said he encountered him in a Walmart parking lot three months ago after not seeing him in about 10 years.
"I yelled over to him, and he looked at me, said my name, said he was retired and just went booking away," Copperwheat said. "It was almost like he didn't want anybody to know where he was. He was trying to be very distant, which surprised me. The whole conversation was really spooky."
Myers, whose final killing was of an FBI dog, apparently left no clues as to why he chose the locations or victims. Two of the men were corrections officers but Myers had never done prison time. His brother, Lance Myers, died in prison after an embezzlement conviction. Myers didn't appear to be close to his remaining family and police interviews with relatives and neighbors have produced little.
About the only clue is his cryptic query before he opened fire on customers in a barbershop where he used to get his hair cut: "Do you remember me?"
Never married, Myers rarely spoke, neighbors said. The barkeeps who served him several times a week for a decade didn't even know his name.
Copperwheat, now the owner of Environmental Composites in Herkimer, said the Myers he worked with for two decades had "always seemed to be in a rush. Walking, talking — everything he did was fast."
Myers seemed to be quite intelligent and was fond of World War II trivia. "He was really a buff on dates," Copperwheat said. "Once he got upset because one of the girls in the office didn't know when Pearl Harbor was."
When the business moved to Dover, N.H., in 2003, Myers shared an apartment for a while with several other workers.
"I never had a problem with him arguing with anybody or fighting with anybody," Copperwheat said.
The shootings rattled Herkimer and neighboring Mohawk, villages about 170 miles northwest of New York City. Utica, 13 miles down the New York State Thruway, is the nearest sizeable city, with about 60,000 residents.
Myers' sister lives with her family in Barneveld, just a short drive away. There was no car in the driveway on Thursday, and nobody answered the door or phone.
Myers' rampage started with a fire in his apartment in Mohawk on Wednesday morning. He then drove around the corner to John's Barber Shop and used a shotgun to kill two customers, Harry Montgomery, 68, and Michael Ransear, 57, a retired correction officer.
The barbershop's owner, John Seymour, and another customer, Dan Haslauer, were wounded and hospitalized.
Myers then drove to Gaffey's Fast Lube in Herkimer and used the shotgun to kill Michael Renshaw and Thomas Stefka. Renshaw was a 23-year employee of the state correction department, and Stefka worked at Gaffey's and played guitar at Mohawk Reform Church.
D'Amico called Myers' attacks "unprovoked and random."
Seymour, the owner, told his sister that Myers, who used to be a customer but hadn't visited for a couple of years, walked in and said, "Hi, John, do you remember me?"
Seymour replied, "'Yes, Kurt, how are you?'" his sister Mary Hornett said. "And then he just started shooting."
State police and FBI tactical teams entered the first floor of the abandoned building around 8 a.m. Thursday to end the standoff, D'Amico said. Myers opened fire, killing an FBI dog that was behind a door, D'Amico said. Police returned fire, killing Myers. No officers were injured.
The FBI tactical dog, a 2-year-old Czech German shepherd named Ape, had just completed its training a month ago and was on its second mission.
Michele Mlinar, bartender at Cangee's Bar and Grille in Herkimer, said Myers used to come at night on weekends and listen to karaoke but stopped showing up last summer.
She said he always wore a flannel shirt tucked neatly into his jeans and sat alone at the bar.
"He just listened," she said. "He never sang."
Esch reported from Albany. Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Michael Virtanen in Herkimer, Chris Carola in Albany and David B. Caruso and Tom McElroy in New York.


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Graziano da Silva meets Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Turkmenistan
3 April 2014, Bucharest, Romania – FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva met today with Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture of Turkmenistan, Allanur Altyev, on the margins of the 29th FAO Regional Conference for Europe, which is the Organization's governing body for the Europe and Central Asia region.
Altyev reported Graizano da Silva on Turkmenistan's national priorities in agriculture and both discussed ways of strengthening cooperation in areas suchas as water conservation and drip irrigation, livestock production, control of animal disease and pests, and locust control.
The Director-General said that FAO would support Turkmenistan in speeding up the process of Country Programming Framework design and agreement, called upon Turkmenistan to actively participate in regional projects.


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Carteret County residents are invited to help identify the top health issues in the county.
Carteret County residents are invited to help identify the top health issues in the county.
The Carteret County Health Department and Carteret General Hospital have joined with other local partners to put together a community opinion survey.
The survey is available online and in paper format.
Public input will be used in the development of a Community Health Assessment that will be used to address health priorities over the next three years.
The more residents who complete the survey, the better health officials will be able to identify the top health issues to be addressed, according to officials.
�We need to have at least 500 people complete the survey, but our goal is to far exceed that number so that we truly have a broad sample of opinions from our residents,� Andrea Swain, a health educator with the Carteret County Health Department, said via a news release announcing the survey.
Health departments have completed health assessments for a number of years but this is the first year that Carteret General and other hospitals are doing so as well.
Carteret County Health Director Dr. J.T. Garrett said the partnership with the hospital is a logical one.
�We already collaborate in many ways with the hospital and this is one more area for us to work together,� he said via the news release. �We bring different resources and perspectives that I believe will produce a useful and exceptional tool for the community.�
The community survey is filled out anonymously and includes questions about quality of life, community improvement, health behaviors, personal health and access to health care.
Input from the survey will be used in developing the 2013 Community Health Assessment, which is to be completed in November. The assessment will also include a wide range of health data and how that information compares to the state and other peer counties.
A directory of health services will be compiled and an action plan will be created to address issues identified in the health assessment.
The survey is available online at surveymonkey.com/s/2013CHACarteret.


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Author Notes: A tasty, lighter fare quiche, made predominantly with egg whites, fresh garden veggies and a bit of cheese in a short grain brown rice crust. I have made this style crust for a few years - it is an adaptation of one found online (where?), I tweaked from long grain to short grain brown rice and often change up the type of cheese used in the crust to compliment the quiche ingredients. —lapadia
Makes: one 10 inch pie
Nonstick butter cooking spray
2 cups cooked and cooled short grain brown rice
1 large egg white
1/4 cup jack cheese - or your choice
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 10 inch pie pan with butter cooking spray and set aside. Mix together, the rice, cheese and 1 egg white. Press mixture over the bottom and sides of the pan. Bake uncovered, 5 minutes. Cool while preparing the filling.
1 cup leeks
1 cup carrot, peeled and grated
1 medium zucchini, grated, peel on, excessive moisture pressed out (I use a potato ricer), or you can just take the extra time to cook the water out – step 2
Optional – a couple teaspoons pimento
1 cup low sodium vegetable broth
1 cup milk 1 or 2%
2 large egg whites & 1 large
1 cup micro plane grated Parmesan/Pecorino mix
Pepper to taste
NOTE: the cheese is usually salty enough, so I leave it out
- Add the leeks, carrot and zucchini to a saucepan with vegetable broth. Cook uncovered over medium heat for 15 minutes - salt & pepper to taste.
- Increase heat to medium high and cook, stirring until all liquid is evaporated.
- Transfer to mixing bowl. Add in the pimento (optional) and toss. Let cool for 5-10 minutes.
- In the meantime: Whisk 2 egg whites and 1 large egg together. Mix the eggs into the milk.
- Pour the milk/egg mixture into the cooled vegetables. Pour mixture into the rice crust. Add the cheese.
- Optional: at this point, I sometimes dot with 2 tablespoons butter.
- Bake until the filling is puffed and set (about 30-35 minutes). Cool for 15 minutes before serving.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Gluten-Free Baked Good
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Tech stocks push Dow, S&P to new 5-year highs
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Another round of corporate earnings lifted stocks, helping the S&P 500 and the Dow hit new 5-year highs.
Better-than-expected earnings from IBM and Google provided some of the fuel to drive stocks higher Wednesday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 closed up between 0.1% and 0.5%.
Stocks have been edging higher for most of January with the Dow closing higher on nine of the last 10 trading days.
US Airways added to the enthusiasm when it reported earnings Wednesday morning that beat forecasts. Shares of McDonald's ticked up slightly even though the company warned that same-store sales could fall in January. Earnings did top estimates, however.
Shares of Netflix soared more than 30% in after hours trading, after the online video rental company surprised investors by reporting a fourth quarter profit.
Shares of Apple fell nearly 5% in after hours trading to below $500. The company missed revenue estimates but beat profit expectations. Apple's stock has been under pressure recently amid concerns about waning iPhone sales.
Overall, S&P 500 companies are expected to report earnings growth of 3.8% for the last three months of 2012, according to S&P's Capital IQ.
Still, not all earnings reports have been positive. Luxury retailer Coach disappointed investors. Revenue missed forecasts, and the company said holiday sales were "challenging." Shares fell nearly 15%.
Investors are also keeping an eye on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where business and political leaders have gathered to discuss economic issues. JPMorgan Chase Chief Jamie Dimon, who spoke Wednesday, apologized again to shareholders for trading losses the bank suffered on credit derivatives last year, although he said "life goes on."
European markets closed mixed, while Asian markets ended mostly flat, with the exception of the Nikkei, which slumped 2%.
The dollar was also lower versus the yen and the British pound, but flat against the euro.
Oil prices edged higher, while gold prices dropped.
The price of the 10-year Treasury held steady with the yield hovering around 1.84%.
By Maureen Farrell
The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2013 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.


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Peter Parker's never had the best of luck — last year, the little he had finally ran out when Brian Michael Bendis placed Peter on the losing end of a confrontation with the Green Goblin at the conclusion of the Death of Spider-Man story from Marvel's Ultimate Comics.
But with the final issue of "Amazing Spider-Man," which arrives today, Dan Slott and artist Humberto Ramos have crafted a different and even more controversial end for Peter, not to mention a rather unexpected new beginning for his web-slinging superhero alter-ego.
(The spoiler-averse should stop reading now.)
The issue that brings the landmark comic book to a close sees Peter die once more in a turn of events that leaves his nemesis Otto Octavius wearing the costume — and carrying Peter's own memories and experiences, too.
It'll be Octavius in the signature suit when "Superior Spider-Man" No. 1 arrives in January.
Needless to say, fan reaction to the dramatic — some critics might call it cruel — twist has been intense since word of it first leaked online. Still coming to terms with the controversy, Slott recently took time to answer a few questions about the artistic choices he made for "Amazing Spider-Man" No. 700 and what it was like to write a bittersweet ending for his lifelong hero, a character that celebrates his 50th anniversary this year.
HC: You had said that you had planned to go into hiding when the issue came out.
DS: Yes. My exact phrase was, "I'm pulling a Salman Rushdie." Peter Parker means a lot to people. Not just comic book fans, but fans of the movies, cartoons, toys and even the Thanksgiving Day balloon. He's been with us for over half a century. And this version of Peter Parker is the one who was there at the very beginning. This the same Spider-Man from Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's "Amazing Fantasy" No. 15. This is huge.
HC: How long have you known the story would conclude in this way?
DS: We started sowing the seeds for this story literally a hundred issues ago, and, through different story arcs over the past two years, we've been leaving a trail of breadcrumbs for the readers. It wasn't till two issues ago that we started springing the trap.
HC: What made it the right ending for Peter Parker?
HC: Do you think it's fair to describe what happens as dispiriting? It just seems like a last unlucky break for Peter.
— Gina McIntyre
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Bookbag, $50. Designed by Whitbread Wilkinson under license
from Pantone.
Bag Mustard Yellow 15-0955 TPX, $90. Designed by Whitbread
Wilkinson under license from Pantone.
Eyeglasses manufactured under Pantone license by EyeConcept.
Family of Pantone mugs,
original 10 colors, $120.
Housewares Peppermills, the Pantone Series.
But not all of the company's product partnerships are geared at direct-to-consumer sales. For example, these personalized iPod and iPod Touch cases run $19.99 each with free personalization.
Sonia Spencer Designs cufflinks. Reversible Cufflinks Kelly Green, $81
Cufflink Blanc de Blanc, $67 (right).
Red Pantone Tin, £11.02
Folding chairs, designed by Selab for Seletti, via If
It's Hip It's Here
Stools, $549, designed by Barber Osgerby
SeaVees 09/63 sneaker series, based on colors from the original Pantone Matching System.
Success breeds (unauthorized) imitators, some of them damn clever, if unlikely to get made. You have to admire punster-designer Paul Finn of Fitzroy & Finn, who coined the Pantone Swatch-watch (get it?) with Ben Lancaster of Stylo. Not a half-bad brand association for a strategy based on a rhyme.
Unauthorized Rubitone design
concept by Ignacio Pilotto, using Pantone colors.
Other Pantone homages take ordinary multi-colored objects, like Rubik's Cubes, and deliver them back subtly altered, less garish to the design-tuned eye.
The Human Pantone, by artist Pierre David, via TheCoolist
The Pantone
Rainbow, designed by Bates 141 Jakarta for Basheer Graphic


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Feb 27, 2013
Royal Revolt is an arcade battle game with just the right amount of cute characters and kid-friendly game play. If you're a parent concerned with too much violence in fighting games, then this one can guarantee less of the gore and more of the action.
In a faraway kingdom, a young prince is in his quest to reclaim his father's throne after his tragic death. The prince must battle his evil aunts and uncles and their horde of soldiers to conquer and take back the fallen kingdom.
The young prince is a cute little soldier, and he has his own army to fight with him. These soldiers are categorized into sword or arrow, and there's a button for the kind you want to "spawn" and join you in battle. Spawning is done in time intervals, and you'll need to wait a few seconds before you can spawn more troops.
Coins are lying idly along the war path, and are yours for the taking. If you manage to collect at least a thousand of these, then you can start upgrading spells, troops and the hero himself.
While you may think it's fine if you don't upgrade, think again. Royal Revolt is what they call a reverse tower defense game. This means your opponent is reinforcing his defense and upgrading his offense. So just when you're confident you're good to go, you might end up failing too early in the next round. So upgrading your gear, powers and army is a must.
Graphics are great, although it does have that cartoonish quality that appeals more to young children. That's not to say you won't like it, it just may not be too compelling of a game when you realize how "cute" these characters are when in fact they're aiming arrows and hacking swords.
Game controls are pretty solid, and I had no problems bringing the hero to where I want him, or spawning troops when I needed them. A recent update also indicated improved responsiveness when moving the hero around the battlefield.
Royal Revolt offers a lot of action while maintaining a wholesome interface. It's a joy to play if you're looking for something that's not too intense nor too easy. This game has the right combination of that, and it only proves battle games don't have to be violent, bloody or grotesque to be enjoyable.


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The public is being asked to contact authorities if they locate or have information about a missing kayaker on a trip out of Suwannee.
The Gainesville man has been reported missing by concerned family members and the Florida Fish and Wildlife and U.S. Coast Guard are asking the public for help.
James F. McDonald, 46, was last heard from a week ago, said Karen Parker, spokeswoman for the FWC.
Earlier this week the FWC and the Coast Guard were actively searching for McDonald and his 14-foot yellow orange kayak. The search has been suspended, but anyone with information is acked to call the FWC or local authorities.
McDonald's vehicle was located in Suwannee andthere has been no answer on his cell phone, Parker said.
The search is primarily in the Cedar Key to Suwannee area, Parker said.
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Nashua Market Basket employee: 'Worth every day of work lost'By BARBARA TAORMINA
Union Leader Correspondent
August 29. 2014 10:12PM
NASHUA — Market Basket workers wasted no time getting back to the stores to stock empty shelves, welcome back customers and re-boot business in the wake of what many are calling a historic victory for labor. The six-week standoff waged by workers who demanded that ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas be reinstated took its toll on the supermarket chain, its employees and its customers, but many said the ordeal was worth it.
Georgia Palmer, a longtime associate at Market Basket's Store 13 in Nashua, said once the customers threw their support behind the workers, there was no turning back. She said she never doubted that the workers would eventually win the fight.
"Artie T. was worth every day of work I lost," said Palmer. "He taught us all a lesson without realizing it. When you know you matter at your job, it makes a huge difference."
Auburn resident Joe Whelan is the director for the Nashua store off the Daniel Webster Highway. He said he was glued to his television Wednesday night, waiting for the announcement that Arthur T.'s reported $1.5 billion offer to buy out rival family members from the privately owned supermarket chain was accepted.
"We got the news around 11 p.m.," said Whelan, who has been with Market Basket for 26 years. "My whole family was in tears."
Whelan said a delivery truck was sitting outside the store waiting for the associates first thing Thursday morning.
And while the rush is now on to get the stores back up to speed, Whelan said Market Basket's corporate culture and Arthur T.'s leadership are fueling the comeback.
"He is someone who puts people before profits," said Whelan. "Mr. D. gave us that secret to life, and now everything is paying forward."
Hudson resident Nick Branco, who works at the Market Basket warehouse in Andover, knows the next couple of weeks will be tough.
"We're looking at 12-hours days for at least two weeks," said Branco, who wasn't complaining.
Like the other 275 workers at the Market Basket distribution centers, Branco has been away from this job and without a paycheck for the past six weeks. He did receive some backup from the fund created to support warehouse workers and delivery truck drivers who were the first to leave their jobs.
"I was definitely nervous," said Branco. "I just didn't know when it would end."
And the stream of ultimatums and statements that kept coming out of Market Basket headquarters didn't help.
Branco checked in at the Andover warehouse Thursday morning and came away breathing huge sighs of relief.
"I just wanted to see what the place looked like," he said. "And it was electric. It was a total turnaround from dark skies to complete sunshine."
Branco said all the workers from temporary agencies had cleared out and the regular crews were back on the job.
He did have the chance to hear Arthur T. Demoulas thank everyone for their support and loyalty outside of the Tewksbury, Mass., plant Thursday morning.
"I was right next to him but I didn't get a chance to talk to him personally," said Branco. "He was being smothered by media."
Londonderry store director Mark Lemieux, who has 37 years with Market Basket, wasn't surprised by the media reaction.
"This began to have almost a cult following," said Lemieux, who was continually being greeted by customers who shook his hand, congratulated him and told him he had been in their prayers.
"I hope this gives some of the one-percenters a wake-up call," said Lemieux. "People are tired of seeing corporate greed."
At the new Salem Market Basket, associate Lee Adams was in the parking lot collecting shopping carts, something he hasn't had to do for much of the summer.
"I did have a little bit of doubt about all of this," said Adams. "But people are already coming back in."
For a lot of Market Basket customers, Thursday was like a homecoming. By mid-morning, store parking lots that have been empty weeks were filling up again.
"It has been awful, almost more than we can handle," said Manchester resident Clare Young as she walked into the Londonderry store with a friend.
Like most loyal customers, Young was relieved to be back in a familiar store, among familiar faces.
"That man is a saint," said Young referring to Arthur T. Demoulas. "He's just a wonderful and compassionate man."
Betty Sell of Auburn was also back behind a shopping cart in the Londonderry store Thursday morning.
"What an achievement this is for these people," said Sell referring to the 25,000 Market Basket workers who stuck with their boss and their principles.
"What they did was as great as what our grandparents achieved back in their day," she said.
Derry customer Robert Toupin was also impressed with how the conflict played out.
"I think the managers were shocked that everyone stood up," he said. "I think they showed there's a lot of power and strength when you're standing together."
Salem resident Jackie Blanchette was in the parking lot of the new Salem store greeting and congratulating associates as they showed up for their shifts.
Her husband, Phil, who is now retired but put 40 years into the grocery industry with another company, was loading grocery bags into their car.
"It will take a few days to get back to normal, but they'll do it," he said, noting that Market Basket workers succeeded on their own without the power of an organized labor union behind them.
For weeks, Market Basket associates like Brian Fiorenza, a meat cutter for the Nashua store, stood in the hot sun picketing their individual stores. The signs and protesters triggered a lot of noise from drivers who leaned on their horns as they passed by to show their support.
And the honking continued on Thursday as drivers spotted Market Basket delivery trucks travelling on Route 93.
Fiorenza and Meat Department Manager Dan Martell were back inside the store Thursday putting together an order for the warehouse, and they were both thrilled to be filling out order forms.
"We always had faith," said Martell, who added that he and other workers appreciated everything customers had done to support them.
"This really was an effort of everyone," he said.
And customers, who opted to shop at other supermarket chains are returning with renewed appreciation for Market Basket's range of products and its pricing.
Irene Tarenzio, a regular shopper at store 13 in Nashua, said the past six weeks have been like a long case of supermarket withdrawal.
"I went to other stores, but I felt like a fish out of water," she said.
Laura Chidester, another regular at store 13, was thrilled to be able to buy the things she likes that were not available at other supermarkets.
"It was horrible, we couldn't get our favorite cheese," laughed Chidester as she held up a block of Market Basket cheddar.
Although Tarenzio said she is happy for the Market Basket workers, she also hopes that the Demoulas family will be able to resolve their difference and make a new start.
"Maybe this will be a bridge for the cousins, and a learning experience for everyone," she said. "Both sides of the family have kids, and those kids deserve to know one another, and where they come from."


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The new trail links the existing Dart Valley Trail, Torbay Totnes Trail, Greenway Walk and the South West Coast Path with new sections of path to create a continuous route through South Devon.
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"Mamma Mia!" may be in its final year on Broadway, but the ABBA musical is getting a rebirth of sorts — this time in a restaurant setting.
Former ABBA member Bjorn Ulvaeus said Wednesday he hopes to transfer the show's dancing-in-the-aisles party atmosphere to a Greek taverna set to open in January in Stockholm.
The idea is to have musicians and actors interacting with waiters and guests, who will be invited to sing and dance along to the catchy tunes of the Swedish 1970's pop group.
"They will be part of a little story in real time, which will be played out during the evening," Ulvaeus, 69, told The Associated Press.
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|September 18, 2012, 07:20 PM
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.223 loads dissapointed accuracy
I have been reloading for a bit now. I picked up some Varget, 75gr A-maxs, 69 SMKs and 60 Gr V-max for my Colt 6520 16" AR15 1:7 C MP
A-MAXs: I loaded 23.5-25.5(pressure signs w/ 25.5 (LC brass fed match primers) with .5 increments on the varget. Best group 1.6" but as large as 3"
69 SMKS: 24-25.5-.5 increments (Win brass Fed match Primers) best was 24.5gr 1.5" group with as large as 3"
60 gr V-max: 24- 25.5 -.5 increments (win Brass Fed Match primers) best was .9" with 25 Gr.
I felt good about the V-MAXs but was really disappointed in the other two. Is this acceptable accuracy for that particular rifle with those loads?
I guess deep down I was hoping to see consistent sub 1 MOA groups. My .308 remington VTR has spoiled me I guess. Averages .58" groups with my accurate loads.
Also I was given an old box of .308 mil ammo. Cases read 68 as in 1968!! they look something like 147 grainers to me. Are they safe to shoot in my rem 700? "
Nuff people talk'en/tell'en about your .223/5.56.
To the more important items, .308 /7.62 ammunition.
The head stamps, the number '68'. Is there anything else? Like 'LC' or 'TW' or 'W' or 'RA' and maybe a plus in a circle? Also it could have an orange tip, or green or black tipped bullet. If it does, the brass is most likely GI and with a colored bullet tip, it too would be GI. I wouldn't have any problem shooting it.
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What power scope you using?
|September 23, 2012, 05:10 PM
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well I have played with the seating depth and the types of powder. My rilfe just may not get along with the amaxs. Have tried anymore 69 SMKs but I think I will get some 75 gr (Horn) hpbt or 77gr (SMK) to try. But the BC on the A-maxs were so much higher. Was hoping they would work. O well.
But the 60gr V-max is a great 200yrds> bullet so i was happy that I could get sub 1 MOA results out of that one.
Any other suggestions for a long range bullet that might work?
the power of scope was a 30x. Not the scope I keep on it of course. But used it for the accuracy testing on a bench to test these loads.
OLD PAPPS the stamping is "TW" with the cross hair circle opposite of it.
|September 23, 2012, 09:12 PM
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"the stamping is "TW" with the cross hair circle opposite of it."
Twin Cities Ordnance Plant, Minneapolis, MN and NATO spec at that. Good stuff.
1968 vintage, a good year... Tet Offensive... Well, parts weren't that good.
|October 7, 2012, 11:21 PM
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Ive served, so "playing soldier" is not my intention. Thanks
I'm trying a heavy high BC, heavy gr bullet BC I'm trying to develop a load that if I had to make a long shot w still some good punch, I could. Ive made a 3 bullet stack that attaches to my picatinny that will hold 3 rounds. So if I had too I would keep 3 rounds for just that purpose. chance of me every REALLY needing it, slim to none. But hey maybe if I find that load Ill do some long range plinking, uh?
My search continues...next up is the 77gr SMK. got some loaded with Varget and the others with rx15. Im not giving up yet. If these shoot even worse then Ill know for sure it just wont handle the heavier bullets.
Thanks for the info papps! Thats some cool info
|October 8, 2012, 12:53 AM
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75 or 77 HPBT over 24 grains of Re15. It seems half the High Power shooters I know use that load. Wolf or CCI primers seem to work equally well depending on who you ask.
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|October 8, 2012, 10:16 PM
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The rifle and ammo's accuracy is best assesed by the largest groups fired and they include the repeatability (accuracy?) of the shooter, too. Those happen when all the variables are at their limits. The tiny ones happen only when either all the variables cancel out each other or are at their zero point. Biggest group sizes are what you can count on all the time. Tiny ones only about 5% of the time; usually much less.
|October 15, 2012, 05:26 PM
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Finally some results!!
Just thought id update. Went to the range today to see how the 77gr SMK would fair.
22.5gr Rx15-LC brass, O give measured, Fed Match prime: .284"!
24 gr Varget- Same: .415"
4-shot groups....whaaaaaaaaaaa
Though these were only one group each to test powder charges. Ill see what they average after i reload some more up
My 60grVmax did the usual sub MOA -.7"
POI? 60 grVmax and my blinking 55grainers shoot about an 1"-1.5" to the right of the 77 SMK
Finally found my load that will likely get me those long shots for that pencil barreled chrome lined 16" AR-15
|October 15, 2012, 08:08 PM
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I have a 1 in8 R5 rifling in my AR and use only 55 gr bullets.
Hornady 55 gr flat base soft points
Hornady 55 gr fmjbt
Dogtown 55 gr soft points and they all shoot very accurate with H335 powder.
I would suggest you try H335 powder.
|October 15, 2012, 10:39 PM
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Wisdom from 1990 and Ed Harris it pertains to your 1-7 twist 223.
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I have found that in just about any .223 rifle or handgun of any twist
that a charge of 22 grs. of either Hodgdon or Dupont 4198 with any
bullet from 50 to 55 grs. is reliable and accurate. I like the Hornady
50-gr. SX bullets for woodchucks, and use the 53-gr. Sierra benchrest
bullets for punching paper. I have found these are about universal
loads and shoot in anything. I have found it groups better in the 7"
twist AR-15 HBAR than 69-gr. MatchKings, and it is an effective
competition benchrest load in my light varmint class guns with 14"
twist Hart barrels. In the TC I would not be afraid to shoot the
"para-military" commercial ammo of US make, such as the Olin-USA or
Federal American Eagle, but I would be a bit cautious of foreign or US
military issue ammo, because it is loaded to alot higher pressures. A
few rounds won't hurt, but lot of them may loosen up the gun if it has
a SAAMI-type .223 Rem. chamber. If you can seat out a 53-gr. Sierra to
2.29" overall length and get the barrel locked, it has essentiually the
military style ball seat, and should be safe if you get no other
pressure signs, but if Sierra bullets seated to that OAL jam in the
rifling origin or are visible marked in a used barrel when you close
the action with resistance, you probably have a SAAMI-tyle chamber and
the NATO loads will produce higher pressures than the gun was designed
for. The TC works OK with small cases up to about 50,000 cup, but real
GI ammo in a snug SAAMI chamber will often do 60,000+, and you don't
want to loosen the gun prematurely by shooting "near proof" loads in
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|October 16, 2012, 02:04 AM
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Give 8208 XBR a try too if you ever want to experiment further. Great powder and works with 308 and 223 cal
|October 16, 2012, 08:37 AM
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I second on a different powder. Something faster burning that varget for a 16" barrel. It sounds like others have had good luck with varget and shorter barrels, but just my thought, I don't think varget in an AR and 16" barrel would mate up very well.
|October 18, 2012, 01:26 PM
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The 8208 has been suggested a few times. I plan on giving that shot as well. I was told that Varget can be stored for a while. I was told to look at faster burning powders as well but honestly at this point Im really happy. My hunt load of 60gr V-max shots about a .8" average group and the 77GR SMK is averaging .48" grouping. These are really good in my book with a chromelines 16" penicl barrel. and
A_Gamehog. Its a Colt 6520. I believe its milspec and can handle the 5.56 mil ammo without problems. I know Ive shot some without any pressure signs or problems. In fact the upper/Barrel is labeled, 5.56.
|October 18, 2012, 04:39 PM
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those group sizes are good for just about any application other than 1000 yrd benchrest. Geez Good loads it sounds like
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If your shooting these from an AR, first thing I would do is switch the primer. match primers could cause you to have a slam fire and damage something in your rifle, or hurt someone! I would suggest the CCI 41 primer, it's a military primer made for gas guns which require a higher pressure to cycle. I greatly improved my accuracy with those primers in my AR. one more thing, faster burning powders (other than Varget) work better for my accuracy and cycling of the rifle. I use the standard COL for all my reloads 2.250"-2.260" max unless a shorter length is called for.
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|October 23, 2012, 03:44 PM
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rebs, Ive used H335 before. It fairs well but is impossible to get around my area
Mohr, good advice, Ill try some primers better suited for that AR. Though I havent had a slam fire once, I dont want there to be a first time.
|October 23, 2012, 04:02 PM
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With 69gr HP loads I usually load at the max OAL 2.260, and accuracy is almost perfect.
This is my load
25gr of W748
69gr HPBT
|October 25, 2012, 10:49 AM
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Jeffery check my first post. Those 69 gainers did not like my rifle. In fact I sitll have a half full box that I don't know what to do with... waiting for next gun show in my area to see if I can trade them off as well as some other things Im not going to use.
60v-max and 77 SMKs are the only bullets that have thus far shot sub-moa for me. Ive tried a few others not mentioned.
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LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas' elk are growing in numbers, the state Game and Fish Commission was told at its monthly meeting Thursday.
The latest aerial count of elk in the Buffalo River country of Northwest Arkansas was 620, according to Wes Wright, AGFC's elk program coordinator, more than 100 over the previous year's count. Some elk are missed in the counts from helicopters, Wright said.
The Arkansas elk were reintroduced with 112 imported animals, mostly from Colorado,. beginning in 1981. Limited hunting by permits was started in 1998. With the hunts and natural mortality the elk numbers have continued to slowly increase.
Most of the elk are living on land of the Buffalo National River and on the AGFC's Gene Rush Wildlife Management Area. Some live on nearby private land where several landowners regard them as nuisances to their livestock.
Wright reported that in the 2012 elk hunting season, a total of 44 elk were taken, 24 by permits on public land and 20 on private land where a different permit system is used.
Wright said wildlife biologists would like to see some shift in the bull elk and cow elk that are taken by hunters. Last season overall, 20 bulls and 24 antlerless or cow elk were checked by hunters. A few more antlerless elk in the hunting totals would be desirable, Wright said.
Applications for the 2013 elk hunt in October will be open all the month of May. Both the applications and the elk hunting permits are free. Applications are done online.
In another action Thursday, the commission allocated $2.7 million to the rehabilitation of Dam 3 on the Spring River near Mammoth Spring. The structure, which helps supply water to the agency's trout hatchery, was heavily damaged in flooding.
Approval was given to a land swap with the city of North Little Rock for tracts near Faulkner Lake in the eastern part of the city. AGFC's 43 acres will be exchanged for North Little Rock's 54 acres. The city is planning a park for off-highway vehicle use.
The commissioners assigned $60,000 for expenses in removing duck blinds on two northeastern Arkansas wildlife management areas, St. Francis Sunken Lands and Big Lake. The work will begin April 15.


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I have a 2 week old who isn't gaining as well as the pediatrician hoped. His birth weight was 8lb,8oz and at his 2 week appointment today is only up to 8lb,5oz. (He lost some weight in the hospital - his lowest was 7lb,11oz I believe - but went up to 7lbs,13oz when we left.) He is exclusively breastfed and has lots of wet and dirty diapers. He sleeps a lot and I feed him whenever he wakes, which happens every 1-3 hours. At night, he can go longer. He eats for maybe 10 minutes before falling back asleep. I usually just have him feed off one side, then do the other side on the next feeding. The pediatrician suggested that I pump after he feeds so that I keep my supply up - just in case.
I'm not sure if I should be waking him to feed more often or wake him up for a second feeding off the other side after he falls asleep while nursing. When I do try to feed him off the other side in the same feeding, he eats a little bit more but not that much before falling asleep again. I don't want to diminish my supply but I'm not sure if constantly waking him to eat is what I should be doing either. I'm trying to feed on demand instead of a schedule since that is what seems best but I don't want to jeopardize my supply or a healthy weight gain.
Any input is much appreciated. He is a happy baby and things are going well, I just want to make sure we can continue to breastfeed successfully and that he is getting what he needs. Thanks!


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FROM FRANCE WITH LOVE: Jean Dujardin and Bérénce Béjo send up the Bond films in 'OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies.'
Familiar Fezzes
Master French spy OSS 117 is armed and ludicrous in 'Cairo, Nest of Spies'
By Richard von Busack
I REMEMBER reading that Paris was sold out of white dinner jackets within 48 hours of the premiere of Goldfinger. The nation fell hard for 007, but France had its own James Bond: OSS 117, better known Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, the subject of hundreds of pulp novels written 1949–92, as well as several films. There have been funnier spy parodies than Michel Hazanavicius' OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, but none has been quite so politically knowing. In the title role, Jean Dujardin excels at displaying the fatuous side of suaveness; he is as good as the cult comedy/horror star Bruce Campbell. Dujardin has looks on his side. He displays the hair slicked with Vitalis, the arched eyebrows and the hairline of Sean Connery, as well as the great star's trick of adjusting the knot of his necktie after every exertion. The illusion of 007ishness disappears when Dujardin smirks in triumph, giving a wolfish flash of very working-class teeth. In 1955, Hubert is sent to Egypt to investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and friend (flashbacks of the two men frolicking on the beach to suggest just how close they were). After the obligatory inset of a jet landing, we refocus on a hotel bed in Cairo. There OSS 117 is horizontally interrogating Princess Al Tarouk (Aure Atika), the niece of Farouk himself—"the pharaoh of Egypt." Disguised as a chicken wholesaler, OSS 117 learns of "The Eagles of Cheops," a Muslim fundamentalist group. The situation on the ground is dicey: "Donkeys and jellabas and writing you can't read." The locals stubbornly refuse a drink, and there's a ruckus from some howling person in a skinny tower. Very backward, even if Egypt has some glories, such as the Suez Canal: "To build this 4,000 years ago was visionary." With growing impatience, his Egyptian secretary, Larmina (Bérénice Béjo), explains what the Frenchman is seeing. Indeed, this kind of patter grows tedious. Still, OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies justifies itself by lampooning the kind of cultural insensitivity that's perhaps even worse in France than it is in the United States. The film nods to the real-life government fiascos these spy adventures have covered up like shiny paint on a rotten wall. One recurring joke is the agent's reverence for the mediocre French President René Coty, one of the gravediggers of the Fourth Republic. Mostly, Hazanavicius keeps close to the cringeworthy moments in the Bonds. (Who can forget, or forgive, Roger Moore in Moonraker stuffing a wad of rupees into an Indian's jacket, saying, "This ought to keep you in curry for a little while"?) The best Bond parody here is a climactic girl fight that tops the Gypsy death match From Russia, With Love. The film also boasts a really winning musical-comedy scene: in disguise as a classical musician, Hubert can't resist breaking into a oud-driven version of the mambo number "Bambina." The music, as well as the costumes, the deadpan dialogue and the Saul Bass–style titles, shows the affection under the criticism. In his most lovable moment, the gauche hero explains how he escaped a watery death trap: "I thought you'd have been eaten by the fishes by now," exclaims the villain. Hubert replies, "They found me inedible. Too many muscles, too much nerve."
OSS 117: CAIRO, NEST OF SPIES (Unrated; 99 min.), directed by Michel Hazanavic-ius, written by Jean-François Halin and Hazanavicius, photographed by Guillaume Schiffman and starring Jean Dujardin, opens May 9 at Camera 12 in San Jose.
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