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Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. and Boston College
virtual exhibit spring 2002 - burns library
Introduction | Background | Student | Speaker | Alumnus | Honors | Conclusion
Throughout the years, Boston College has recognized the achievements of Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. The university bestowed upon O'Neill numerous awards and honors. His legacy lives on to this day. A library, an endowed position in the Political Science Department, a scholarship and an award for distinguished citizenship all bear his name. This section highlights several of these honors.
O'Neill was the keynote speaker for the 1981 Commencement. He also received the Ignatius Medal as part of the ceremonies. The Speaker is shown here receiving the medal from President Father Monan. The award recognizes individuals whose lives reflect the contributions made by St. Ignatius Loyola to Catholic spirituality and education and who apply these values to modern professional life. In his commencement address, O'Neill was well aware of the significance of this award and remarked: "I am truly honored to receive this medal from my alma mater because I genuinely appreciate what Jesuit expectations are in the religious as well as the secular life. This is a very special honor." The Undergraduate Government of Boston College also presented O'Neill with a reward recognizing "his consistent and effective efforts to open roads for government to play a part in assisting students to carry out their aspirations for higher education."
Photo Credit: Jet Photography, University Archives, Burns Library, Boston College
Groundbreaking and construction work began on the Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Library on October 18 1981. On October 14, 1984, the library was dedicated with O'Neill in attendance. The photograph here shows O'Neill and the other dignitaries present at the dedication. O'Neill commented that he had "declined many offers to name buildings after me...But this time I made an exception because this college has meant so much to me, to my family, to my community. I am proud of its past and I am proud to pay a part in its future." Most students, staff and faculty will use the Library at some point in their careers at Boston College and, by doing so, they will encounter the legacy of Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.
Photo Credit: Office of Communications, University Archives, Burns Library, Boston College
Introduction | Background | Student | Speaker | Alumnus | Honors | Conclusion


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Aconitum: When children experience sharp and excruciating dental pain that makes them frantic, this medicine should be considered. The pains are usually worse at night and by cold. They cause great restlessness and anxiety.
ARNICA: This medicine is good to be taken pre- and post-operatively for tooth extraction or any other dental surgery.
BELLADONNA: When there is rapid onset of throbbing pain that is better by warmth, this medicine is valuable. There is redness and swelling of the gums and a flushed face with hot skin. The children moan, especially when exposed to the air. They tend to have dilated pupils.
Chamomilla: These children experience extreme pain that is worse at night and by warm applications or warm drinks and better by cold things (they prefer to suck on an ice cube). These children are extremely irritable. They cry loudly and persistently. Rocking and carrying them provides relief, but only temporarily.
COFFEA: A toothache that makes children extremely restless and sleepless suggests this medicine. They receive some relief from cold water, while the pain is aggravated by warm drinks or food.
HEPAR SULPHUR: Tooth pain from the slightest touch and from exposure to cold water, food, or air suggests this medicine. These children are hyper-irritable.
HYPERICUM: When children have shooting pains from injury or infection, this medicine should be considered. It is also good for injuries to the front teeth.
Mercurius: Children who salivate profusely during a toothache often need this medicine. The pains are aggravated by biting, cold air, and at night. Their pains may extend to the ears.
Nux moschata: When children have severe throbbing pain that extends to neighboring teeth or to the ear, this medicine should be considered. Usually the pains are aggravated by cold and relieved by warmth.
Plantago: Like children who need Mercurius, these children have much salivation with their toothache. Their teeth are sensitive to touch and to extremes of temperature. They may experience some pain or twitching of the eyelid along with the toothache.
RUTA: This medicine is beneficial before and after a tooth extraction.
Staphysagria: Tooth pain that is so sensitive that children cannot stand the slightest touch suggests the need for this medicine. The pains are worse from cold drinks or cold air.
Copyright 1992 by Dana Ullman, M.P.H. used by permission of the author from the book Homeopathic Medicine for Children and Infants published by Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam.
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New 2018 Keystone RV Hideout 272LHS
With sleeping for eight this Keystone Hideout is the perfect camper for a larger family to enjoy. Model 272LHS offers dual entry, a rear bath, front bedroom, and double bunk beds.
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Like most: In the Spring of 2008 we decided that we wanted a camper trailer. We went to Byerly and was greeted by Nick Kiser. - We bought camper #1 that day. In the Spring of 2010 - we signed paperwork on camper # 2. In the winter of 2012 we signed paperwork on Passport # 3. - Back to Byerly in January of 2015, again Nick was happy to show us campers. Here we are today to pick up Passport Camper # ... More » - Sandy from House Springs, MO
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NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is slipping after a breakdown in budget talks in Washington brought the nation closer to a potentially disastrous default on its debt.
There was also no immediate hope Monday for reopening the U.S. government, which was entering a third week of partial shutdown.
Negotiations to clear a path for a new budget agreement ended at an impasse over the weekend.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 31 points, or 0.2 percent, at 15,205 in midday trading Monday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down three points, or 0.2 percent, at 1,700. The Nasdaq composite was down a fraction at 3,791.
Bond trading is closed Monday for Columbus Day.
Earnings season goes into high gear this week. Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson and Citigroup report results Tuesday.


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Volunteers get Stratcona Park ready for spring!
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The NDP health critics show support for Medicare
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Looks like a Topaz Z8 will be up for auction TODAY, Friday 20 Jan with No Reserve. It's Lot #1043. I don't know if it'll be sold during Speed Channel coverage, but it'll be interesting to see how it goes.
My guess is due to the apparent weakness of knowledge the Speed Channel hosts have about BMWs, the Z8 will be sold during a commercial or as they break away for one of their promotional items. It just seems they don't have much, if anything, to say when BMWs come across the stage.
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|ASUS GeForce GTX-465 Video Card
|Reviews - Featured Reviews: Video Cards
|Written by Olin Coles
|Tuesday, 22 June 2010
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GeForce GTX465 Temperatures
Benchmark tests are always nice, so long as you care about comparing one product to another. But when you're an overclocker, gamer, or merely a PC hardware enthusiast who likes to tweak things on occasion, there's no substitute for good information. Benchmark Reviews has a very popular guide written on Overclocking Video Cards, which gives detailed instruction on how to tweak a graphics cards for better performance. Of course, not every video card has overclocking head room. Some products run so hot that they can't suffer any higher temperatures than they already do. This is why we measure the operating temperature of the video card products we test.
To begin my testing, I use GPU-Z to measure the temperature at idle as reported by the GPU. Next I use FurMark's "Torture Test" to generate maximum thermal load and record GPU temperatures at high-power 3D mode. The ambient room temperature remained at a stable 20°C throughout testing, while the inner-case temperature hovered around 37°C.
FurMark does two things extremely well: drive the thermal output of any graphics processor higher than applications of video games realistically could, and it does so with consistency every time. Furmark works great for testing the stability of a GPU as the temperature rises to the highest possible output. The temperatures discussed below are absolute maximum values, and not representative of real-world performance.
ASUS GeForce GTX-465 Video Card Temperatures
NVIDIA-supplied product specifications state that the GeForce GTX-465 has a maximum GPU thermal threshold of 105°C. This is identical for the previous-generation GeForce GTX 285, as well as the GeForce GTX-470 and -480 that share the same GF100 graphics processor. In a room with 20°C ambient temperature, the ASUS GeForce GTX-465 produced 45°C at idle and 82°C under load. It wasn't until FurMark has raised the temperatures to an unnaturally high level that the fan began to become audible. Otherwise, operation remained silent during game play.
Comparison: GTX-470 & GTX-480
Housed in a mid-tower computer case with no additional cooling, the retail NVIDIA GeForce GTX-470 video card produced a luke-warm 40°C in idle 2D mode and increased to 88°C in sustained 100% mode using FurMark's torture test.
Zotac GeForce GTX 470 Video Card Temperatures
Compared to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX-480 retail kit, temperatures are extremely close. Let's not kid ourselves into thinking that the GTX 470 should be cooler-running simply because it's a lower model, because the difference in thermal management is clearly obvious from the beginning. The image below illustrates temperatures on the GTX-480 using FurMark to produce load:
ZOTAC GeForce GTX480 Video Card Temperatures
Most new graphics cards from NVIDIA and ATI will expel heated air out through exhaust vents, which does not increase the internal case temperature. Our test system is an open-air chassis that allows the video card to depend on its own cooling solution for proper thermal management. Most gamers and PC hardware enthusiasts who use an aftermarket computer case with intake and exhaust fans will usually create a directional airflow current and lower internal temperatures a few degrees below the measurements we've recorded. To demonstrate this, we've built a system to illustrate the...
Best-Case Scenario
Traditional tower-style computer cases position internal hardware so that heat is expelled out through the back of the unit. This is better than nothing, but there's a fundamental problem: heat rises. Using the transverse mount design on the SilverStone Raven-2 chassis, Benchmark Reviews re-tests the ASUS GeForce GTX-465 video card to determine the 'best-case' scenario.
Sitting idle at the Windows 7 desktop with a 20°C ambient room temperature, the GeForce GTX-465 rested at 42°C, which wasn't much less than a regular computer case. Pushed to abnormally high levels using the FurMark torture test, the GeForce GTX-465 operated at 78°C with a very quiet cooling fan. While the many BIOS revisions leading up to retail availability have obviously made a noticeable difference, the well-designed Raven-2 computer case with additional cooling features has help to make an even bigger difference.
Despite the 40nm process and improved BIOS programming, GF100 still runs warm unless you add internal case cooling to draw in cool air and exhaust heated air. This could impact overclocking projects inside poorly ventilated computer cases. So if you've already got a warm-blooded CPU in your computer system, take look at our Best CPU Cooler Performance series and find a heatsink that will lower your internal temperatures and prolong component lifetime. Lowering the internal case temperature could give you an added edge for GPU overclocking projects, and it will also help overall system stability.
Then, the HD5770 is not 256-bit but 128-bit!
I count 5 clear wins for the 5850, 3 for the 465 and one wash (Resident evil 5). From the 465's point of view, thats a staggering 67% more wins for the 5850!!
And by the way, I don't count the two parts of 3D vantage as separate tests.
So not only is the 5850 the faster card with over half the tests won, more importantly, it also offers the most bang for your buck! All according to your own figures!
At least to me, this would count as a clear win for the 5850, but that is hardly what I see in the summary.
Also worth mentioning i think: Having been on Newegg on a few occasions, $305 seemed a bit steep for a 5850, and for aspiring customers for a graphics card, I can tell a 5850 can be found for $285. Only $5 more expensive than the price for the 465 you are quoting, and with that small difference I think the value numbers throughout the test would look a bit different.
You should also check your math on the cost per FPS, because the GTX-465 beats the Radeon 5850 in nearly all of them.
I thank you and congratulate you for your response to the commenter.
I sit here absolutely STUNNED. I can't believe that somebody didn't just "take it" and nearly agree with the ati fan fraud.
My faith in humanity has been renewed.
Believe me, I really, really appreciate it.
Sincerely sick of the rampant red bias,
Did you just report the AC Power differnence between no graphic card in the system and with the Graphics card installed? Did you try to take into account the PSU efficiency?
Power supply efficiency is not taken into consideration for any of our reported results. Only the motherboard, processor, memory, SSD, and video card are drawing power. The math is simply idle/load result minus baseline.
And I don't get your pricing figures. I found a 5850 for $285 and another for $305 in Newegg... the ones you mention beyond $325 include special cooling designs.


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|Asst. Track & Field Coach
Nate Krotzer continues his tenure in the collegiate coaching ranks as he returns to the Spartan program for his fourth season. An alumni of the York squad, Krotzer recorded All-Capital Athletic Conference performances in each of his final two seasons in a Spartan uniform and currently holds the school record for the high jump (6' 6.5"). Krotzer's tremendous athletic ability will allow the young jumps coach to utilize a "hands-on" approach throughout the season.


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Centrophorus harrissoni
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Centrophorus harrissoni McCulloch, 1915
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|Taxonomic Notes:
|Harrisson's Dogfish (Centrophorus harrissoni) was previously reported from Western Australia (Last and Stevens 1994) but that population is now known to be the Western Gulper Shark (C. westraliensis) (White et al. 2008, Last and Stevens 2009).
At the time of the previous IUCN Red List assessment for this species (in 2003), taxonomists recognized that the western form was distinct and required a new name, therefore Assessors treated C. harrissoni as only occurring of eastern Australia for that assessment (i.e., the current assessment refers to the same taxonomic concept as the one assessed in 2003).
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|Endangered A2bd ver 3.1
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|Date Assessed:
|Graham, K.
|Simpfendorfer, C. & Kyne, P.M.
|Kyne, P.M.
The first Red List assessment (2003) for Harrisson's Dogfish (Centrophorus harrissoni) (Critically Endangered) was based on the documented >99% decline of the species on upper continental slope grounds off central and southern New South Wales (NSW) and eastern Victoria, inferred from the results of fishery-independent trawl surveys. This part of its range is still continually fished and there is no evidence that the numbers of Harrisson's Dogfish have recovered on these trawl grounds. Its relatively narrow continental slope habitat (275–1,050 m depth range), probable late age at maturity and very low fecundity (maximum of one or two pups every two years) make Harrisson's Dogfish extremely vulnerable to rapid population depletion by commercial fishing (particularly trawling) and also prevents any quick recovery after such depletion.
However, since the first assessment, the species is now known to occupy a greater geographical range than previously thought and a number of conservation measures have been implemented. While records from the Kermadec and Norfolk Ridges are based on few specimens, there is reportedly little fishing effort in this peripheral part of its range. A recent longline survey and other observations confirmed the presence of significant numbers of Harrisson's Dogfish along the southern Queensland and northern NSW upper continental slope, as well as on a series of offshore seamounts (Tasmantid Seamounts) off eastern Australia. Throughout this part of its range (~50%), there is only small-scale commercial fishing (drop-line and powered handline) which is thought to have minimal impact on Harrisson's Dogfish numbers.
Several conservation measures have also been introduced specifically to protect and enhance Harrisson's Dogfish numbers. Earlier restrictive catch limits (to prevent target fishing) have been replaced by a total ban on retaining any Harrisson's Dogfish for sale. The Gulper Shark protection areas off Sydney and eastern Bass Strait have been increased in size and closed to all methods of fishing, and there is a ban on trawling below 700 m along the east coast south from Sydney (designed to protect all deepwater sharks). New management rules for the Tasmantid Seamounts, specifically designed to protect Harrisson's Dogfish, have been introduced. The Derwent Hunter Seamount is now closed to all fishing while fishing on the Britannia and Queensland Seamounts is restricted to handlines with powered reels. The Barcoo and Taupo Seamounts remain closed to trawling but open to line fishing. However, all seamount fishing is subject to 100% monitoring, and there will also be a vessel interaction limit of three Gulper Sharks and if reached, the seamount will be closed to that boat for 12 months.
Recently calculated depletion estimates for Harrison's Dogfish off eastern Australia indicated a 79% reduction in virgin population. Considering this estimate, and the species' sporadic distribution on lightly or unfished ridges and seamounts in the Tasmin and adjacent seas, Harrisson's Dogfish is now assessed as Endangered, with an overall population decline inferred to be about 70%.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Harrisson's Dogfish ranges continuously along the east coast of Australia from southern Queensland (26°40'S) to South East Cape, Tasmania (43°40'S), as well as on the Fraser Seamount off Queensland and Taupo Seamount off New South Wales (NSW) (Graham and Daley 2011). During 2011–2012, the presence of Harrisson's Dogfish was also confirmed on the Recorder, Britannia, Derwent Hunter and Barcoo Seamounts, establishing its presence on all of the Tasmantid seamounts except for Gascoyne Seamount, the most southern (K. Graham pers. obs.). In February 2012, a specimen caught close to Lord Howe Island was deposited in the Australian Museum, Sydney (Registration No. I.45944-001). Duffy (2007) gives details of single specimens from each of the Kermadec and Three Kings Ridges to the north of New Zealand, and reports nominal records from the northern Norfolk Ridge south of New Caledonia, the Three Kings Ridge and the Wanganella Bank just outside the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Duffy (2007) further states: 'Collections indicate C. harrissoni is probably continuously distributed along the Norfolk Ridge from 17°30'S to at least 33°S.'
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Native:Australia (Lord Howe Is., New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria); New Zealand
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – western central; Pacific – southwest
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|Harrison's Dogfish was first recorded from FIS Endeavour survey catches during 1904-1914 (McCulloch 1915) but fishery impacts on the species' population did not begin until the 1970s when commercial trawling began on the NSW upper slope (Graham et al. 2001, Tilzey and Rowling 2001). Since then, gulper sharks, including Harrisson's Dogfish, were commercially exploited off the east coast of Australia, but there has been no estimate of total population numbers.
In the northern half of its range off Australia's east coast (southern Queensland to central New South Wales (NSW)), a small-scale line fishery targets teleosts along the upper slope and on offshore seamounts. A targeted Gulper Shark survey using auto-longlines on the upper slope between Brisbane and Tasmania in 2009 caught 105 Harrisson's Dogfish off northern NSW with a mean catch rate of 3.3 dogfish per 1,000 hooks (Williams et al. 2012). On the same survey, 12 Harrisson's Dogfish were caught at the Taupo Seamount (~200 nm off central NSW) at 4.0 dogfish per 1,000 hooks. In February 2011, auto-longlining over four days on the Britannia and Queensland Seamounts off southern Queensland caught 49 Harrisson's Dogfish at 2.5 fish per 1,000 hooks (K. Graham pers. obs.). During 2011–12, the 'Minor Line' (handlines on mechanised reels) fishery that targets the teleost Hyperoglyphe antarctica on seamounts was scientifically monitored and 111 Harrisson's Dogfish were recorded with an overall catch rate (across all seamounts) of 3.3 per 1,000 hooks; on Recorder and Britannia Seamounts, Harrisson's Dogfish were targeted for tagging and catch rates as high as 40 per 1,000 hooks were achieved (K. Graham pers. obs.). The coastal drop-line fishery off northern NSW landed relatively small numbers of demersal sharks and the impact of this fishery on Harrisson's Dogfish is considered low; in the seamount 'Minor Line' fishery, dogfishes are not retained and a high proportion of those captured are likely to survive if returned quickly to the sea.
In contrast, the relative abundance of the species in the southern half of its range between Newcastle (33°00'S) and Tasmania (44°00'S) has been severely impacted by commercial fishing. A fishery-independent trawl survey on the upper slope (200–650 m depth) off NSW between the Sydney area (33°30'S) and the Eden-Gabo Island area (38°20'S) in 1996–97 found a >99% decline in relative abundance of all Gulper Sharks (Centrophorus spp.) since the initial survey in 1976–77 (Andrew et al. 1997, Graham et al. 1997, 2001). Further south off eastern Bass Strait and Tasmania, trawling and targeted gillnet fishing in the 1980s and 1990s also severely depleted numbers (Daley et al. 2002). Although it is now illegal to retain Harrison's Dogfish for sale (AFMA 2012b), incidental fishing mortality by demersal trawlers and auto longliners targeting upper slope teleosts will continue to maintain pressure on the remnant population of Harrisson's Dogfish off southeastern Australia.
The 2009 targeted longline survey for Gulper Sharks (see above) confirmed that numbers of Harrisson's Dogfish remain low on regularly fished grounds between Sydney and Bass Strait (~0.4 dogfish per 1,000 hooks) and catches through this southern part of its range included no mature females. However, at three sites off Flinders Island that included areas closed to trawling (Daley et al. 2010), 85 Harrisson's Dogfish were caught (6.3 dogfish per 1,000 hooks) suggesting that the protected areas were having a beneficial effect on population numbers.
In 2012, utilizing all available data, CSIRO (Commonwealth Scinetific and Industrial Organisation) scientists calculated depletion estimates and pre-fishery carrying capacity for Harrison's Dogfish in Australian waters (AFMA 2012a,b). The overall depletion estimate (proportion of the population remaining) was 21% (range 11-31%) with the estimate for the continental slope population 11% (4-20%) and seamount population 75% (50-100%).
With only two specimens known from New Zealand EEZ waters, and sporadic (nominal) records from the north Tasman and Coral Seas, there is no knowledge of the relative abundance of Harrisson's Dogfish outside Australian waters. There is limited commercial fishing activity across these areas.
Assuming that the main population of Harrisson's Dogfish is off eastern Australia (including adjacent seamounts and Lord Howe Island), it is likely that there is still some low-level fishing mortality, in both the lightly-fished northern part of its range and the severely depleted southern part of its range, possibly resulting in a continuing slow decrease in the total population.
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|Graham and Daley (2011) discuss in detail the depth distribution, biology and stock structure of Harrisson's Dogfish off southeastern Australia. The species inhabits the upper- to mid-continental slope, mainly in depths between 350 and 800 m but with an overall depth range of 275–1,050 m. Although the diet of this species consists mainly of mesopelagic teleost fishes (particularly myctophids), cephalopods and crustaceans, Harrisson's Dogfish appears to be essentially demersal in habit and is highly vulnerable to demersal trawling and longlining. Maximum size is 112 cm total length (TL), with females mature at ~99 cm TL and males at ~84 cm TL; size at birth is ~35 cm TL (Graham and Daley 2011). It has a very low fecundity of one to two pups every two (or possibly three) years, high longevity (closely related species live for at least 46 years according to preliminary ageing studies by Fenton (2001)) and an estimated age at first maturity (>23 years (Whitely 2004)). Taking these attributes into account, Forrest and Walters (2009) estimated that the annual Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) of Gulper Sharks from southeastern Australian waters was in the order of 1%, indicating that any recovery of over-fished stocks would be very slow.
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From the inception of the upper slope trawl fishery off southeastern Australia in the 1970s, gulper sharks (including Harrisson's Dogfish) were harvested for human consumption but numbers on the trawl grounds off NSW were quickly reduced to extremely low levels (Graham et al. 2001). In the 1980s and 1990s, gulper sharks were also targeted by deepwater gillnets and lines in a number of localities off southern Australia for their meat and livers (Daley et al. 2002). Since the year 2000, small quantities of gulper sharks, including Harrisson's Dogfish, continued to be taken as bycatch from Australian waters with annual landings since 2002 totalling less than 10 tonnes (Wilson et al. 2009).
however, from February 2013 it became illegal to retain any Harrison's Dogfish caught by commercial (and recreational) fisheries off eastern Australia (AFMA 2012b, NSWDPI 2013).
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Commercial fishing activities constitute the main threat to Harrisson's Dogfish because the core depth of the species (350–800 m) largely coincides with the most heavily fished depths by trawlers and longliners operating on the upper slope around southeastern Australia. In the period 1975–2000, the population south of Newcastle (central NSW) was severely impacted by trawling and targeted gillnetting and its relative abundance was reduced to <5% of historical levels (Graham et al. 2001, Daley et al. 2002, Wilson et al. 2009). Commercial fishing continues to impact on the remaining stock with up to five trawlers operating seasonally in the deepwater sector of the NSW Offshore Trawl Fishery between Newcastle (33°00'S) and Sydney (33°40'S) while south from Sydney about 30 trawlers and three auto longliners regularly operate in upper slope depths in the Commonwealth Trawl and Scalefish Hook Sectors of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF). In 2010, The stock status for the three species of upper slope gulper sharks (Harrisson's Dogfish, Endeavour Dogfish C. moluccensis and Southern Dogfish C. zeehaani) on southeastern Australian grounds was assessed as 'overfished' and 'subject to overfishing' (Stobutzki et al. 2011).
On the coast and adjacent seamounts off Queensland and northern NSW, small-scale line fishing (drop-line and minor-line) is believed to have minimal impact on Harrisson's Dogfish. However, automatic longlining on seamounts in the Australian zone of the Coral and Tasman Seas (permissible under Australian Government permits) poses a greater potential threat to Harrisson's Dogfish populations although the very steep terrain and high capture rates of (unwanted) spurdogs (Squalus spp.) make fishing by this method less likely at these locations (K. Graham pers. obs.).
North of New Zealand, a trawl fishery operates on the West Norfolk Ridge, and drop-lining for large teleosts occurs on the Three Kings Rise, West Norfolk Ridge and Wanganella Bank but, with only two records of Harrisson's Dogfish from this region, it is unknown if these fishing activities have any impact on gulper shark populations, and there is no information on any gulper shark bycatch from any of these fishing activities (C. Duffy pers. comm. 2010). Because of its steep rocky topography, there is almost no trawling and very little longlining on the Kermadec Ridge.
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In 2002, the Australian Fishery Management Authority (AFMA) introduced trip limits for commercial vessels operating in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) of 150 kg (carcass weight) of gulper sharks including a maximum of 30 kg of Harrisson's Dogfish. This was further reduced to a combined total of 15 kg per day (90 kg per trip for trips >6 days) for Harrisson's Dogfish, Endeavour Dogfish, Southern Dogfish and Greeneye Spurdog (Squalus chloroculus) with a combined annual catch limited to 4.5 tonnes (AFMA 2010a). In NSW, similar complementary landing restrictions have also been legislated.
Spatial management measures designed to protect gulper sharks were introduced by AFMA in 2007 with the closure of small areas on the upper slope off Sydney (for Endeavour Dogfish) and eastern Bass Strait (for Harrisson's Dogfish) to trawl and hook methods; two additional closures off eastern Bass Strait were implemented in December 2010 (AFMA 2010b). In addition, the closure of almost all ground deeper than 700 m south of Sydney (Orange Roughy Conservation Programme) also affords some protection to Harrisson's Dogfish in the deeper part of its depth range (see Stobutzki et al. 2011). As part of AFMA's upper-slope dogfish management strategy for the SESSF, all waters deeper than 183 m have been closed to shark-hook and gillnet methods, and the Barcoo and Taupo Seamounts have been closed to all fishing (AFMA 2010b).
In October 2012, a revised Upper-slope Dogfish Management Strategy was released by AFMA and included actions designed to rebuild the Harrisson's Dogfish population (AFMA 2012b). The revised strategy 'relies on a new network of spatial closures supplemented by a range of operational measures including regulated handling practices, 100% monitoring, move-on provisions and no retention of gulper sharks'. New provisions include increasing the areas of the Sydney and Eastern Bass Strait (Flinders Research Zone and Harrisson's Dogfish Closure) closures, effective to all methods of fishing. Management of the Tasmantid Seamounts off NSW and Queensland have also been changed: the Derwent Hunter Seamount is now closed to all fishing while the Britannia and Queensland Seamounts are closed to demersal longlining with fishing restricted to handlines with powered reels. The Barcoo and Taupo Seamounts remain closed to trawling but open to line fishing. All seamount fishing is 'subject to regulated handling practices and 100% monitoring'; there will also be a 'vessel interaction limit of three gulper sharks and if reached the closure area will be closed to that boat for 12 months'. In addition, the taking of Harrison's Dogfish for sale is prohibited across the whole SESSF. Similarly, in February 2013, the NSW Government gazetted a regulation prohibiting the taking of Harrison's Dogfish in waters under its jurisdiction (NSWDPI 2013).
Harrisson's Dogfish has also been nominated for listing as a threatened species under Australia's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, with a decision pending.
North of New Zealand where Harrisson's Dogfish has been recorded, both the Kermadec and Colville Ridges are covered by large benthic protection areas (BPAs) (C. Duffy pers. comm. 2010).
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(Sept. 26, 2008)
— A new East Carolina University Family Medicine Center will triple the space available to see patients and train the next generation of family doctors to serve North Carolina.
That was the message as university officials, legislators and others broke ground for the new facility on the campus of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University on a sunny fall Friday.
A growing need for primary care in the region has made it necessary to upgrade the current facility, which serves more than twice the number of patients it was built for.
David Brody, vice chair of the ECU board of trustees, said five committees have planned a new center over the years, but funding never appeared.
"This project has been needed for 15 years," Brody said. "The facility we have was built at the beginning of the medical school when we were seeing a quarter of the patients we see now, and we outgrew it 15 years ago."
The new center, to be built beside the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU, will have more than 60 exam rooms, a pharmacy, laboratory, a geriatric center, better parking and other amenities. It's projected to open in late 2010.
This summer, the North Carolina legislature approved $36.8 million in bonds for the project. The Golden LEAF Foundation awarded $1 million last year. Other donations include a $2.5 million gift from the estate of Frances Joyner Monk of Farmville to fund the geriatric portion.
Rep. Marian McLawhorn of Grifton said getting funding approved was not easy, especially after the university received money to build its new dental school. But ECU worked hard to convince legislators of the need and the benefit.
"This facility will benefit all of eastern North Carolina," McLawhorn said. "And the doctors training here go all throughout the state and nation. It might be physically situated here in Greenville, but the impact is felt throughout the state."
The Family Medicine Center is a critical component of the medical school's mission to address the shortage of primary care doctors throughout North Carolina.
"If we are to continue to encourage, recruit and retain the best medical school students to family medicine careers, they must have access to a first-class facility," said Dr. Kenneth Steinweg, interim chairman of the Department of Family Medicine. "The center also will increase access to cost-effective care for some of our region's neediest citizens."
The current Family Medicine Center opened in the 1970s. It is approximately 29,400 square feet and has 32 exam rooms. Health care professionals see approximately 46,000 patients there each year. When Pitt County Memorial Hospital began building its new cardiovascular bed tower, that project took away the Family Medicine Center parking lot. Since then, patients have had to be either dropped off or park in a remote lot and ride a shuttle to their appointments.
The new center is projected to have 117,000 square feet, and officials expect patient visits to climb by 8 percent when it opens.
The new Family Medicine Center will serve 29 counties in eastern North Carolina, where residents have some of the worst health indicators in the nation.
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Parents of two former Brunswick County Schools students have filed an incident report with the sheriff's office, claiming a teacher grabbed, shook and yelled at their 7-year-old son.
Edward and Tracey Danka said on Feb. 5, their first-grade son, Jarrod, begged them to not to send him back to school at Jessie Mae Monroe Elementary. He said he was afraid of pre-kindergarten teacher Kendralynne Gore and having to be in her classroom.
The Evelyn Smith Wray Village School is on its way to earning its accreditation.
Dayna Ramsey-Sanders, the school's director, said although the process could take two years to complete, she hopes to finish it within one year.
The accreditation process requires teachers to participate in different trainings, meetings with parents, students, and the board of directors, and overlooks standard reports. The school will also spend several days being observed by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement.
The Brunswick County Board of Education voted Tuesday night to award the construction bid for Holden Beach Middle School to R.L. Casey Inc.
Steve Miley, executive director of operations, said the bid came in at $14,593,025, which was more than a million dollars less than the highest bid.
"We do feel the pricing is accurate," Miley said.
Board member Ray Gilbert said he thought the bids needed to be sent to the operations committee for further review. He wanted the committee to review the bid and consider future change orders.
Southeastern Christian Academy has announced its first semester awards. They are as follows:
Preschool Academic Award: Alexis Tartt and Nevaeh Stevens
Kindergarten Academic Award: Megan Vogler, Gray Petercon, Jayna Biggs, Jenna Caison
First-grade A/B Honor Roll: Alex Smith, Paige Hall, Krystal Turner, Trinity Dunlap, Brandon White, Abigail Blair
Second-grade A Honor Roll: Taylor Hill, Mia Babson , Jacob Riley, Franchesca Knox
Second-grade A/B Honor Roll: Aubrey Mokma and Caroline Rourk
Third-grade A Honor Roll: Justin Martin
The Continuing Education and Workforce Development Department at Brunswick Community College offers short-term programs and classes for self-improvement, cultural enrichment and academic achievement geared towards adults seeking intellectual stimulation, community involvement and social interaction, according to Karen Ladley, public information officer.
Many business courses are free due funding from a Small Business Center grant.
Seniors, 65 and older, can also take many classes free of charge.
Sock hop, doo-wop and the hand jive will fill the Odell Williamson Auditorium this weekend as South Brunswick High School presents the musical "Grease."
The musical—which was brought to popularity by a '70s movie version—centers around the teenage romance of Danny Zucko and Sandy Dumbrowski. The two met in the summer and are surprised to meet again on the first day of school at Rydell High, as Sandy is a new student to the area.
Brunswick Community College continues to celebrate Black History Month.
Dr. William J. Barber, president of North Carolina NAACP State Conference spoke last Wednesday at Odell Williamson Auditorium.
Barber spoke about the origin of Black History Month and of many influential African Americans in history. His message was about re-educating ourselves with the complete, accurate history of America.
From famous figures in history to influences in pop culture, African-American contributions to today's society were honored by Union Elementary School at its Black History Program Friday.
The program began with the singing of The Black National Anthem and an invocation by Rev. Leo Stevenson.
The students then took over the program. First grader Deiona Stanley performed an interpretive dance to "Father Can You Hear Me?"
Supply Elementary School Principal Dwight Willis said his students put him in a sticky situation Friday afternoon.
As an incentive to raise money for Pennies for Patients—a fundraising program benefiting leukemia and lymphoma patients—the students were told if they raised enough money, they could duct tape the principal to a wall.
Virginia Williamson Elementary School has announced its second nine-weeks awards. They are as follows:
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Fifth-grade: Hannah Caison, Kacey Galloway, Caison Mankin, Ariana Thomas, Gracie DeStefano, Brianna Mintz, Samantha Michalski, Emma Elliott, Luci Tramposch, Billie Jean Bailey and Amber Merklinger.
Fourth-grade: Charlotte Floyd, Olivia Thorson, Hannah Black and McKenzie Jordan.
Third-grade: Sydney Bitancor, Austin Dickerson, Aidan Goble and Savannah Campbell.
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The company was founded in 1999 by Russian-born computer scientist Serguei Beloussov and employs more than 900 people worldwide.
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BMW has attempted to sidestep the dreaded "W word" in marketing and designing the 2013 X1 xDrive28i that recently rolled into the Car Tech garage, but have no qualms about it, the X1 is a wagon. Granted, it's a tall wagon that perhaps skirts the lower boundaries of what could be considered a crossover, but, even with the slightly increased ground clearance of a crossover, everyone who approached me about the X1 while I was out for a spin referred to the vehicle as a big blue wagon. So, I'll be referring to it as a wagon for the duration of this review, BMW's nomenclature be damned.
There are advantages, of course, to the X1's straddling of the wagon-crossover divide. The higher-than-your-average-wagon seating position gives a more commanding view of the road. And the taller roofline of the hatchback form lends increased headroom to the 40/20/40-split rear bench seats, which fold flat to open up a rather spacious storage area. You won't be able to help your friend move a couch with the X1, but it may be possible to fit a few pieces of flat-packed IKEA furniture behind the front seats.
Its smallish footprint makes the vehicle easy to place in the center of San Francisco's narrow lanes and miniature street-side parking spaces. The X1's open greenhouse offers darn good 360-degree visibility, but our vehicle was also equipped with a Driver Assistance Package that adds a rearview camera with dynamic trajectory lines on the dashboard display that move with the steering wheel. This package also adds a Park Distance Control system that places sonar distance sensors on the front and rear bumpers that notify the driver with audible beeps that increase in intensity as the vehicle approaches an obstruction and a sort of visual-proximity heat map that is displayed on the dashboard display.
Performance and handling
The first thing that I noticed on my first trip in the BMW X1 was the heavy steering wheel. Most cars that come through the Car Tech garage have light, boosted power steering, but the X1's steering is weighty and heavy like a sports car's. The effect was quite surprising as I got used to the weight in the tight confines of the parking garage, but by the time I hit the highway I was totally at one with the X1's steering. By the time I reached my favorite twisty back road, the steering wheel felt like an extension of my arms.
BMW says that it builds the Ultimate Driving Machine and, while the X1 may not quite live up to that lofty claim, the automaker has nailed it with this wagon's steering. There's just the right amount of steering effort, road feel, and responsiveness.
Our X1 xDrive28i was equipped with a $3,000 M Sport package that adds 18-inch, lightweight M wheels shod in performance run-flat tires, a sport suspension, sport seats, an aerodynamic kit, and a higher top-speed limiter. The X1 wouldn't be my first choice for an autocross event, but the vehicle is happy to plant itself and hustle around a sweeping bend and doesn't complain when you toss it back and forth on a snaking mountain road. The package's Performance Control system is a sort of torque-vectoring system that helps the X1 to round those bends. The M Sport option also adds a number of sport styling tweaks to the interior and exterior that don't really help with performance, but help the X1 look the part.
Under the hood is a 2-liter, four-cylinder engine that is force-fed air via a twin-scroll turbocharger. Direct-injection technology and variable valve timing conspire to convert the air-fuel charge into 240 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of mechanical torque. The torque curve feels flat and linear, is easy to predict, and inspires confidence. The engine and exhaust notes at full bore are, on the other hand, rather uninspiring, but the grins this engine can induce more than make up for it.
That torque passes through an eight-speed automatic transmission on the way to the wheels. The gearbox features Sport, Manual, Normal, and Eco Pro modes. As an xDrive model, our X1 was equipped with BMW's all-wheel-drive system. Because the X1 is based on a rear-wheel-drive platform, its all-wheel-drive system uses a rear bias that sends most of the torque to the rear wheels, but can shuffle power to the front on demand.
The X1 features an auto start-stop function that stops the engine when the car is stopped at, for example, a traffic light, to save fuel that is normally wasted when idling. When you remove your foot from the brake pedal, the engine cranks back up in anticipation of your tapping the gas. While the restart is relatively smooth, it is far from seamless and may annoy some drivers. The auto start-stop system can be disabled with the touch of a button, but during our testing the system reset to a default "on" state at the beginning of every trip.
Fuel economy is estimated at 22 city and 33 highway mpg by the EPA, with a combined average of 26 mpg. Extended trips to the top of the tachometer in the X1's Sport mode kept the trip computer's average near the bottom of that range. This wagon is just too fun.
Cabin comfort where it counts
Take a moment to slow down and look around the X1's cabin and you'll find that BMW didn't cheap out on the wagon's cabin. It's not that the dashboard is ultra-luxe -- the cabin is, on the whole, remarkably understated -- but the plastic, leather, and metal have a high-quality look and feel and a nice variety of textures and colors. The steering wheel is remarkably restrained, with only eight buttons on its face. The instrumentation is simple, yet effective, with two large gauges for the speedometer and tachometer and not much else. I love it.
Our X1 was equipped with a Technology package that upgrades the standard Bluetooth hands-free system with audio streaming, and adds Voice Command, USB/iPod connectivity, and a hard-drive-based navigation system. The navigation makes use of traffic data and features 3D buildings on the maps. A BMW ConnectedDrive system makes use of your phone's Bluetooth data connection to search the Web for navigational points of interest that may not be present in the built-in POI database.
BMW Apps is a $250 option that we've seen before, but you can skip this check box if you don't tote an iPhone -- the only phone with which the system is compatible.
In addition to the Bluetooth and USB/iPod connections, the X1's list of audio sources includes AM/FM radio with HD Radio decoding, SiriusXM satellite radio (a ridiculously overpriced $350 option), a single-slot CD player that can rip audio to the hard drive for disc-less playback, and an analog audio input. Audio plays through a standard eight-speaker, 180-watt surround-sound audio system. It sounds quite good for a base stereo, but if you've got $875 to burn, an 11-speaker, 340-watt Harman Kardon premium audio system is available.


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Newly called up Pastornicky exits with injury
ATLANTA -- Second baseman Tyler Pastornicky, called up on Tuesday when Dan Uggla went on the disabled list, left Wednesday night's game with a sprained left knee after colliding with right fielder Jason Heyward under a pop fly.
After an MRI is performed on Thursday, the Braves will determine Pastornicky's status for this weekend's series against the Nationals.View Full Game Coverage
ATLANTA -- Second baseman Tyler Pastornicky, called up on Tuesday when Dan Uggla went on the disabled list, left Wednesday night's game with a sprained left knee after colliding with right fielder Jason Heyward under a pop fly.
After an MRI is performed on Thursday, the Braves will determine Pastornicky's status for this weekend's series against the Nationals.View Full Game Coverage
With one out in the top of the third inning, Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins sent a fly ball to shallow right field. Both Pastornicky and Heyward called for the ball, and Pastornicky appeared to be nearly camped under it before Heyward clipped his left side coming in hard from behind, hitting the back of Pastornicky's left calf with his knee. The ball dropped to the ground, and Rollins took second base on the miscommunication.
"As soon as that ball left the bat, Jason was calling for it and calling it loud," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "We were on the field level, and you could hear it clearly that Jason was calling for that ball. I don't know if Tyler didn't hear him or was so locked in on that ball that he didn't hear Jason coming."
"I heard nothing," Pastornicky said. "That's one of those converging plays, and I just tried to yell as loud as I could, but I think he was just running in, and we just kind of met at the same time."
Heyward was told that other players had heard him call for the ball, and first baseman Freddie Freeman peeled away from the play early after being called off by one or both players.
"I called it early," Heyward said. "I was saying, 'Hey, I got it, you guys take it easy, you don't have to stretch for it,' but he kept going."
Pastornicky remained on the ground as Gonzalez and team trainers checked on him, and he returned to second base for the final two outs of the inning.
"It locked up pretty good to where I couldn't really move on it," Pastornicky said. "I tried to tough it out, I finished out the inning, but coming off the field, it just started locking up. It was pretty much time to come out then."
The injury cut short what appeared to be an extended opportunity for playing time for the 23-year-old utility player, who was one game into his third stint in the Majors this season.
Pastornicky was preparing to make his first start in left field for Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday afternoon when he was recalled by the Braves and told to head downtown for his first Major League start at second base since April 28. With Uggla out to undergo LASIK eye surgery, Pastornicky figured to be entrusted with holding down the right side of the infield until Uggla feels comfortable enough at the plate to return.
"I've taken a real liking to second," Pastornicky said prior to Wednesday's game. "I feel like it's probably my best position. I just feel a lot more comfortable there. Everything that I've gone through so far, the turns, have been smooth. It's been a pretty good transition."
Pastornicky made an early impact in each of his first two starts, shooting a single into right field in his first at-bat and scoring the first run of the game in the second inning of Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. On Wednesday night he legged out an infield single on a bouncing ground ball to the right side to extend the first inning.
Paul Janish earned his first start of the year at shortstop after the Braves opted to give Andrelton Simmons an extra day of rest ahead of this weekend's series against the Nationals. But that off-day was short-lived, as Simmons took over at shortstop to start the fourth and Janish moved to second in Pastornicky's place.
"He was scuffling, and we didn't want to take a chance," Gonzalez said. "We would have loved for him to finish the game healthy and give Simmons a day off and win the game. That didn't happen. Simmons went in and got a double and played defense. He got three innings off."
Pastornicky received positive feedback from the initial tests performed by team trainers and told reporters that he felt more pain from the bruise where Heyward came into contact with his calf than from the injured knee.
"I'm sure he's [feeling] pretty fortunate right now, because that's a bad matchup for him," Gonzalez said. "Six-foot-five compared to five-foot-10."
Eric Single is an associate reporter for MLB.com.