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|2011-09-02, 16:45
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Seishu's Ace
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
RRR, if you read my blog you know I said the next episode is likely going to be the critical one in determining whether this show succeeds or fails - so I certainly agree 100% with you there.
In terms of Shouma's death being a catalyst for a transformation in Ringo, than frankly wouldn't give me a whole lot of satisfaction. Ringo did nothing to deserve salvation, especially at the cost of the life of a far better person than she. Now if ikuhara is going for a kind of nihilist, "no justice" view of the universe, that would certainly be an effective way of illustrating the point.
It would be a bold move indeed to kill off the only character in the series that's both sensible and decent (I can't count Himari and Tabuki as they're basically mannequins at this stage). Really, only Ringo and Shouma have gotten significant development so far, and Ringo is at best an anti-hero. But Ikuhara is certainly capable of boldness, and his track record isn't that of a guy who normally likes sympathetic protagonists, so it's definitely possible. I'd still guess Shouma isn't dead, though I'd expect the question to be dragged out for at least an episode or two.
|2011-09-02, 16:48
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|2011-09-02, 16:57
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|2011-09-02, 17:26
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Senior Member
The vague sense I'm starting to get of Ringo right now is that of "Tragic Character". Either that, or she snaps out of it... but that in turn could still ultimately lead to "Tragic Character".
Should Ringo be forced to face reality, I think she'll be left an emotionally broken mess. Just think of what she's lost - Her sister, her father (in a sense), her romantic aspirations, and now she might lose a guy that's really been her best friend for awhile now (whether she wants to admit it or not). If I was a Vegas odds-maker, I'd put good odds on Ringo coming crashing down soon (within the next two or three episodes).
Short of a major game-changer that lets her win over Tabuki, that's the only "end game" I can see for Ringo now.
Mind you, this is presuming that Ikuhara realizes that he shouldn't just spam hopeless yandere Ringo for the rest of the anime. If he does spam her that way, I'll be 100% with you on MPD then.
Good and interesting blog write-up on MPD's latest episode. My current assessment is less negative than yours, but it's mainly a question of faith for me: I think Ikuhara is smart enough to realize what he now could do with Ringo if he were so inclined.
Edit: One thing I want to add here. It's not that I want Ringo to continue to be the star of the show. Quite the contrary. Her arc needs to end soon, but given how much time its been given, I would find it a huge waste to just leave Ringo where she is now. Basically, she's been built up to a major turning point (or tragic end), and now its time (imo) for Ikuhara to smoothly finish off the part of the story that focuses on her: He can do it in one more Ringo-focused episode, and be done with it. Then we can get back to Himari and Kanba.
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|2011-09-02, 17:30
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Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 26
I don't quite understand this thread very much. People seem to be misinterpreting the words of the few to be the words of the majority on this show. There aren't that many people who have seen Utena (I haven't), and so very few of us know of Ikuhara's "genius."
While some people are reveling in their beloved director's style, and letting the story unfold onto them before making judgement calls in the hopes of a repeat of the perceived genius of Utena, I feel a majority of the viewers here are hanging here carefully and cautiously on this show.
Penguindrum's premise was initially very fresh, and its zaniness has been very entertaining. However, it is undeniable that for many, including myself, you need to expand the plot, expand the narrative to keep this story engaging.
I was initially very worried at the start of episode because I thought once again we were about to tread the same ground that the previous and other episodes did. Like Guardian Enzo said, the show has recently felt very imbalanced and it seems over obsessed with Ringo.
I don't particularly dislike Ringo, I initially liked her, and at some point even found her empathetic. While she is still entertaining though, empathy has gone out the window. In her descent into complete and utter insanity, all semblance of care for her problems is not really out there. I'm not even sure if she's pitiful at the moment, but now she's even passed into the realm of disturbing.
Again, like others, I don't know Ikuhara and I can't blindly hold faith that this all sorts itself out in the end. If it does, great, but it's very true that the latest episodes played around too long with Ringo and could've been condensed. There are aspects of the story that certainly can't be fully evaluated until they play their part, but there others that don't change no matter what. That's what this "imbalance" was.
Like Triple_R said, the next episode is certainly going to be an important juncture of this show's run. Is Ikuhara overplaying his hand? Where is the plot being guided to? What is Penguindrum truly about? We hear a lot about fate, among other things, but what exactly is he trying to tell us and should we care? Right now, despite a semblance of a big underlying theme, I haven't been felt compelled to truly care about plot centering around Ringo. I'm not sure if I ever will, and really I'm just confused by the director's intentions.
Now about episode 8 specifically... Like I said before, Ringo has passed into the realm of being disturbing. Where they go with this, I don't know. I'm glad that we once again got a hint of something underneath Shoma's "innocence" that Kanba hinted at earlier, but I'm still looking for the moment that they capitalize on it.
I think I'd have to agree with Guardian Enzo overall about the length of Penguindrum. I don't think they've put to good use so far the 2 cours, and if this persists going into the 2nd cour that would be annoying. There's been now 3 or so episodes in this series that felt very slow in pacing, plot, and characterization.
My initial positivism on this anime is starting to be neutered. I liked what I saw at the end of this episode, as I feel they're starting to stop dicking around too much but they really got to start capitlizing on at least some of the groundwork laid here beyond the extreme Ringo fetish of the director.
|2011-09-02, 18:51
|Link #1067
"You're the crazy bitch I know."
LOL. Well said, but Ringo's strangely alluring for someone that's batshit insane. Poor Shouma; what lengths will he go to help Ringo out on her mad quest. Seeing her father does not help matters.
But too much is too much, and Ringo even knocks people out in some kind of desperate attempt to furfill project M, without any concern for anyone else. That's the problem with stalkers; they really don't care about the object of their affection, merely their own obsession with them.
It all falls apart, and the boiling part comes with the tearing at the diary. It was too much for Ringo, and she's even willing to kill herself at this point. But oh wait, Shouma once again stops her from fucking herself over. This time he gets hit by a car. Well, that's gonna be interesting.
Also, loL@ chopstick fighting and the penguin channel.
|2011-09-02, 18:54
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I also gotta say that while I do want to learn Kanba's secretes and see his side of the plot integrated better into the overall picture, I don't want the series's POV to shift from Shouma to him. He's cool and all, but having to see things from his perspective all the time will end up being extremely tiring with his personality being the way it is. Anyway, let's wait and see what Ikuhara has in store for us.
|2011-09-02, 19:00
|Link #1069
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
"Your heart is much blacker than any other girl I've met"
In other words, he calls her out on her lack of morals not her craziness. That's why it actually hits her, since she isn't really amoral (yet? )
|2011-09-02, 19:17
|Link #1070
Oops I meant craziest, but yea, the sub doesn't really do it any justice.
Thanks. I guess it makes sense, since he already knew he was crazy, but Ringo also became utterly despicable here.
|2011-09-02, 20:35
|Link #1071
Homo Ludens
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Location: Canada
Age: 28
|2011-09-02, 20:43
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Location: Jacksonville, FL
Age: 24
Yeah, it's too early to judge whether the show is putting its time to good use right now, especially considering that anything and everything could be connected to the Penguindrum for all we know. Plus, the "plot" isn't really that important in the first place when it comes to Ikuhara, which is why we have absolutely no exposition. The important thing in this series is the message trying to be conveyed.
|2011-09-02, 21:13
|Link #1073
Guess what time it is?
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Age: 33
I know this isn't likely, but this episode felt oddly climactic, and it got me thinking: It would be interesting if they rewound the series at this point and replayed it from another perspective, say from Kanba's and/or Himari's. Same time span, but their story. Maybe even go over it again a third time from the perspective of Tabuki, or the slingshot sniper before bringing it all together again at the end.
More likely though, this is just another bump in the road (ehh.. poor choice of words) and things will just plug along as they've been going.
As an aside, I finally watched Night on the Galactic Railroad for the first time since I was too young to really "get it", and hoo boy. Throw a few penguins in that movie, and it's a crazier trip than anything Ikuhara's done.
|2011-09-02, 21:18
|Link #1074
Senior Member
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Location: United States of America
Age: 27
BINGO! This is going to be long. So please bear with me and read it through - especially if you commented on the last post of mine. I am gonna go backwards and pick up the most interesting posts to reply to.
Kay - that was one type of comments - you shouldn't say such things - that I got. And the tl;dr version of my reply is that everything that can be said is a valid enough thing to say. To wuss out and not say it is the wrong thing - not otherwise. Guardian_Enzo received many /bows from me for saying the stuff he said out loud before I proceeded to make that post against his line of thought.
Next is the most general type of comments - not necessarily much different from the previous one but slightly more involved with the show itself than the moral issues of posting an opinion yada yada.
I quite enjoy your posts and I never meant to imply you had a problem but that you should leave very specific remarks such as the proper length of the show until after the show is done and not before. I have many problems, but not being comfortable with positive commentary isn't one. My problem there - and anywhere else - is playing the devil's advocate to a flaw.
Kay that was that. The tl;dr version is that I merely meant to play the devil's advocate and actually share much of the concerns about the show but I only wanted to suggest taking a slightly different approach - that of wait and watch a while - before we write it off. In the end, everyone's gonna do that so saying it was redundant but what gives, I had ample time and the post was made primarily with the intention of causing ripples - creating activity out of thin air, if you will - than much anything else anyway.
And the final one is the "ugly" types of comments that I was most looking forward to - if I am not to lie. The ones that accuse me of being a fanboy, having a biased outlook and such. Archon_wing is right about the tone of my previous post being used quite frequently nowadays and this is another tone that is being used quite often to quieten voices and one that's dirtier, imho.
How can I say comparing RGU and MPD is a bad idea after the whole thread was basically spent doing so? Precisely because the whole thread was spent basically doing so. Oh and I rewatched RGU after MPD and it didn't really do much more for me than Guardian_Enzo said - some brilliantly done surreal moments here and there. MPD is doing better and I want people to focus on MPD rather than keep bringing up RGU or the director or whatever. I don't think my post mentioned the director's appeal, his previous works or anything of the sort at all - other than the remark that this show should be treated on its own merit and I don't see you disagreeing, so what's the problem here again? I know. The problem is that you assumed my post was made because I was hurt as a fan of Ikuhara and given that you wish to "hack him down to earth", you couldn't not pounce upon the opportunity. I know that it's not that bad but I generally like to make things sound bad because that's how I roll. My reasoning behind it is the belief that people reflect a lot more when they are accused than otherwise. Pretty much.
That's about all I have to say about that post or anything arising from it.
Few clarifications I would like to make.
I don't care about the reputation of the staff doing this for the most part.
All the stuff about RGU in this and the previous post of mine pertains to RGU the series and not the movie. The movie is arguably better.
I made that post expecting exactly this. I don't necessarily feel good about it - especially because I couldn't enjoy the ripples it created thanks to College etc. - but I must say it didn't turn out too bad.
And lastly, nothing personal intended towards everyone. If you get mad, it's only your loss
OT: I agree that the next episode will make or break this show.
|2011-09-02, 21:36
|Link #1075
And sometimes criticism before something is done is still legitimate. During the Beta stage, Starcraft II had a multiplayer service that was trash that lacked many critical features its predecessor had. Excuses of "wait til its done" were thrown about, and guess what? It still had the same issue at release.
You're right we should give people leeway, but at the same time criticism isn't invalid.
Basically I argue that since we have no idea of what's coming up, then future events are neutral... and thus we can only provide meaningful thoughts on what we've already seen.
My point is, if something clicks, people can always retract their statements.
I mean the whole thing lately is about Ringo, her character, and relevance to the lot. Someone that has massive issues with Ringo is gonna not be as excited. Personally, I think the show does a great job of showing her insanity, and her effect on the leads.
|2011-09-02, 21:45
|Link #1076
Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 26
If episode A covered a certain amount of ground, and episode B only covered like 1/5 of that ground without much else to entertain, while the rest of the episodes keep up at A's pace.... That's a problem. Inconcistent pacing.
In Penguindrum's case it's a case of an "imbalance" of content and an obsession with the character Ringo, where there's only so much of her story you can really give. They've pretty much ran the water well dry at this point for her character. So much so, that some of the more recent episodes seemed to drag because there's nothing to get from her character at this point (At this stage of development).
Now Ringo has more opportunity to develop and recover as a human being, but there's other characters in this cast too that I find interesting like Kanba, so I really hope that Ringo doesn't continue to steal the spotlight all the way through.
|2011-09-02, 21:56
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I think Ringo has been screaming "The Ring is MINE!" for long enough now that her end can't be far. Still, when the reprehensible character is a girl, there is no moral event horizon, so the writers will, I think, very likely give her a heel face turn at some point and its going to suck for the story (especially if she is "redeemed through the power of love"). The only real way to save this is to let Ringo fall on her face and let her world fall around her, then let her realize it was all a bunch of lies to begin with and she's better off now without all the crap she's losing. Chances of her handling that without the use of a utility knife and a warm bath are slim to none though so I think we can count on the power of lover and/or friendship to cheese things up.
Enough being pessemistic, though, what exactly is Ringo accusing Sho of around 19:30? He... doesn't care about Himari... but he wants a happy family life... ? Does he like Kanba? First of all, if Sho doesn't care about Himari, could have fooled me. Is she saying he's like Kanba and doesn't think of Himari as a sister? Is that what she's saying? Or is it that Sho secretly HATES EVERYONE but doesn't want to cause any trouble?
|2011-09-02, 22:01
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Blooming on the mountain
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light....
Yes, as she was depicted up to ep. 7 she was obviously a psychologically damaged kid, and yes I felt pretty sorry for her. But that is one thing - the content % wise that the show seemed to give to showing how outright nasty she was (apart from the story) actually "jolted me out of the series" itself repeatedly and was a big turn off ... actually I think I was complaining about it the past few episodes most every time I posted about them.
The wacky, intricate symbolism and talented animation "camera angles" or style and the rest to the series are all good and nice, I guess. But for me they were not "strong enough" to counterbalance the intensity of disliking being shown the scenes of nastiness on Ringo's part.
But to be fair I think I am personally a little "sensitive" to the "young women beating up on/abusing young men doubling as doormats" thing - I already disliked it before watching the series. So I don't know if you could really use my individual example as indicative of any "bigger trend" or what not. Many people seem to be enjoying the portrayal of Ringo as accurate (as Archong Wing mentioned above) and even engaging, and are not "disturbed" by the abusive scenes to the degree I was.
Again - I will prolly pick up the series after it is all "said and done" at a later date when I have the time and inclination....
|2011-09-02, 23:36
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: My Desk
About 5 episodes back the atmosphere in the house was quite dim for a few minutes, both of the brothers taking a quick glance at Himari, their internal dialogues being hard to decipher until the first survival strategy incident with Kanba actually having feelings for her while Shouma's actions have only become more questionable over time.
Again the brotherly duo haven't been given enough screen time yet, heck they've barely even showed us their classrooms yet.
So i can't say for sure whether he likes Kanba or is naturally that accident prone.
All i can say is if they don't deal with the unstable bitch soon... well it may be more than a car next time.
|2011-09-02, 23:44
|Link #1080
Hyakko Fanboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Age: 27
Oh boy now I know what kind of discussion that we can seen if Utena run ongoing in this era
Btw about eps 8, wow that was fantastic, I must admit 2-3 eps before this one kinda tiring me but this eps reminded me of classic Ikuhara's pull-up after we thought "this is getting boring"
Bravo, the latter half of this show gonna be fun.
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Dear Editor:
Have the holes in the fences of Union City's Washington Park been fixed? Have the big potholes in the pathways of Washington Park been filled in? As of today, no. Because this section of the park is leased by Union City, it falls under Union City to make the repairs. You would think that the department heads in DPW and Parks in Union City would send out work crews, but to date no action.
DPW workers have been within a five minute walk of the park with their crew and trucks. Facts: they pruned trees on New York and 2nd Street, pruned a tree in the park's soccer field on New York Avenue, painted fire zones, and fire hydrants near the park. DPW even dumped the trash from Cal Ripken Little League Club House, a stone's throw away. Moreover, contractors filled in the asphalt at the pedestrian walk near 201 New York Avenue and put in a new speed bump on 2nd Street. All these surface repairs were done, but not a bit of fill for the park.
County park workers from Lincoln Park filled potholes on Willie Wolfe Lane and on the blacktop pathway near the playground, but received no work order from their park supervisor even though I wrote to Tom McCann, division chief of parks, requesting he take action. (He likes to be called Tom). I've even called Mayor Brian Stack more than once to arrange to meet with him so we can talk about this face to face.
As a man who considers himself a park shepherd for Union City's Washington Park, I must take action. And I'm even readying some green plastic fence barrier I found on the street in case I have to do the repairs myself in at least two holes big enough for me to fall through. I must readily confess that filling in the potholes will be a challenge but if no action comes from Mayor Stack or Commissioner Irizarry or Commissioner Tilo Rivas, or Tom McCann, I'll do my best as a park shepherd.
First, however, I will respectfully and considerately (but persistently) request help from Mayor Stack. And do my best to freely help my neighbors on 2nd Street and my fellow dog walkers who use this stretch of Union City leased park. I'll even ask our committeeman on the block to appeal to Mayor Stack. We all want to serve in our community in some way, to give public service. Let all find a way to move beyond good intentions to direct action as a good neighbor. Your kind neighbor,
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Kearney Bound: Fifteen Gothenburg High School band and choral students will travel to the University of Nebraska at Kearney on Jan. 28 for a UNK Honor Choir and Band clinic. The students auditioned for the chance to participate in the clinic and perform a concert. They will practice during the day and perform at 6 p.m. for parents and the public in the UNK Health & Sports Center. Pictured are, l-r: First row—Festival band honorees Rachel Rice, Holly McPheeters and Jon Rehmert; Second row—Kayla Trevino, Carlin Daharsh, Rebecca Stevens, festival choir; Shay Wear, honor choir; Danielle Schriver, Bailey Gibbens, festival choir; Alayna Collins, women's choir; Third row—Abbie Mazour, Jacob Franzen, Rhett Lindholm, festival choir; Cody Cooper and Betsy Potter, honor choir.


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Tinostoma smaragditis
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Tinostoma smaragditis (Meyrick, 1899)
Common Name(s):
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
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|Heddle, M.L.
|Hilton-Taylor, C. & Pollock, C.M. (Red List Programme Office)
In 1996, Tinostoma smaragditis was assessed as Extinct. However, in 1997, Dr. Adam Asquith (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) and Mandy Heddle (University of Hawai'i), initiated surveys in the mesic forests to the west of Kokee State Park. In February 1998, Dr. Asquith succeeded in attracting a male Tinostoma to a light trap. Another male was caught in another part of the island in October 1998, photographed, marked and released. Two females were found in eastern Kauai by Jan Nakamura. Both were released. In view of the recent rediscoveries, the status was changed to Data Deficient in 2003, pending a full reassessment of the species.
T. smaragditis occurs only in a few areas of native forest on Kauai. The total area of Kauai is only 1,624 km². The area of Kauai where most specimens were collected has been hit by hurricanes and there is evidence to suggest that the hurricanes caused an increase in invasive plant species. This area also contains the highest diversity of threatened plants in the Hawaiian Islands.
Given the restricted range of this species, the few known localities and ongoing threats to habitat, it is now reassessed as Endangered.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Kauai, Hawaii.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:United States (Hawaiian Is.)
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|Tinostoma smaragditis has been recorded a total of 15 times from Western Kauai, Hawaii over a period of 110 years. Ten of these individuals were collected at lights at a military tracking station situated above diverse mesic forest — a lowland forest type with no dominant species (Wagner et al. 1990). The other five specimens were collected at lower elevations within or near to the diverse mesic forest habitat. Two male moths were collected in the diverse mesic forest in 1998 representing the first time that the moth has been intentionally searched for and found. Almost all other searching took place in the Kokee Region of Kauai in the vicinity of the tracking station, which is dominated by wet forest, and is considered high elevation forest as opposed to the low elevation of the diverse mesic forest (Wagner et al. 1990). The island of Kauai has a total land area of 1,624 km². Diverse mesic forest habitat covers considerably less than the entire island, however, it is not thought to be less than 800 km².
There have been at least 80 separate collecting events in search for Lepidoptera on Kauai over the past hundred years, predominantly in the Kokee region (Heddle unpubl. data). In addition, in the 1920s a mainland collector sent the entomologist, Kusche, to Hawaii specifically to search for the green sphinx with no luck (Zimmerman 1958) and throughout the 1980s, a local lepidopterist, Father Riotte, collected regularly in the Kokee region. Riotte's collection work has provided a wealth of data on the Lepidoptera in the Kokee region, yet it is notable that he never encountered the Green Sphinx (Heddle unpubl. data). In spite of this collecting effort, only fifteen moths have ever been collected. Yet both times the moth was intentionally searched for and found, it flew directly to the light and was easily captured. This suggests that either the moth is restricted to a very small range and that in 1998 we collected in exactly the right region, and/or that the moth is extremely rare.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Historically, collecting efforts were concentrated in wet forest habitats and these efforts were mostly unsuccessful. Given the relative success of collecting efforts in diverse mesic forest areas, it is reasonable to assume that the moth's habitat is lowland mesic forest.
|Major Threat(s):
Kauai has the largest number of endemic plants of all the Hawaiian islands and lowland mesic forest contains the greatest number of endemic plant taxa and the greatest number of endemic plant taxa at risk (Sakai 2002). Plant taxa with single-island distributions are generally more threatened than those with multiple island distributions (Sakai et al. 2002). As the host-plant for Tinostoma is still unknown, it is possible that plants necessary for its survival are either restricted in distribution or are themselves at risk. Therefore, in addition to the species' overall range being limited, it's microhabitat requirements may also be restricted.
The native vegetation of Hawaii is known to have undergone extreme alteration because of past and present land management practices including ranching, deliberate introduction of alien plants and animals and agricultural development. Some of the primary threats facing this species' habitat are ongoing and future modification and destruction of mesic forest habitat by feral animals (goats and axis deer) and alien invasive plants. It is not known if these threats impact the species directly or indirectly. But it is possible that the host food plants for this moth (currently unknown) may be highly threatened, by the above factors.
In September 1992 the eye of Hurricane Iniki passed over Northwest Kauai, causing much damage to the forests as large areas of forest were opened up allowing for the movement of non-native invasive plants into the region.
The mesic forest on Kauai is managed by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR). In addition to hurrican distrubance, this land is subject to disruption by feral mammals such as pigs, rats, and goats. Pigs and goats are especially destructive in this area, and their presence is permitted as DLNR lands are available for hunting. Pigs tear up tree ferns and other vegetation, and goats will decimate an area's native vegetation. A number of goats, and goat damage, has been observed in the Mahanaloa region where the green sphinx was first collected by Asquith and Heddle (M. Heddle, pers. comm.).
Rare butterflies and moths are highly prized by collectors and there is an international market for such species. There is no known trade in this species, although Sphinx moths in general are sought by collectors and there has been a standing reward for specimens of Tinostoma smaragditis (Zimmerman 1958).
The introduction of alien invasive invertebartes (e.g., the Argentine Ant (Iridomyrex humlis) and parasitic wasps) is known to have an impact on the native arthropods, so that may be another threat to this species.
|Conservation Actions:
|There is currently no protection for this species. A recent attempt (it was listed as a Candidate species) to have it listed on the U.S. Endangered Species Act has failed because of insufficient information concerning species-specific threats and lack of information on the status of this species.
|Heddle, M.L. 2004. Tinostoma smaragditis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T21913A9339981. . Downloaded on 20 September 2018.
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I teach Advanced Managerial Finance and Performance Management and Evaluation, which is the capstone course for the Corporate Finance and Accounting degree.
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Bentley has given me the freedom and support to develop new academic programs and courses. I'm also able to shape the curriculum, based on new developments in the theory and practice of accounting and finance, and to meet the needs of students.
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Florida Governor Rick Scott and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer joined Wawa Inc. bosses Howard Stoeckel and Chris Gheysens today at the suburban Philadelphia-based smokes-Cokes-gas-snacks-hoagies store chain's first Florida store, on Orlando's Central Florida Parkway.
The company says it will "penetrate the Central Florida market over the next five weeks" with additional stores in Orlando and nearby Kissimmee (two each).
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Morning Five: 04.02.14 EditionPosted by nvr1983 on April 2nd, 2014
- The biggest name on the coaching carousel (or at least the longest) is off the market as Marquette hired longtime Duke assistant Steve Wojciechowski to be its next head coach. It is pointless to go in-depth about Wojciehowski because he was possibly the most well-known college basketball assistant coach in the country, but he will have a tough task in front of him in replacing Buzz Williams at Marquette. We hesitate to put too much stock into the Krzyzewski coaching tree just because of Chris Collins' (relative) success in his first season at Northwestern, but it would appear that Wojciehowski would have a good chance of being successful at Marquette given his experience.
- With the Marquette vacancy filled, the most prominent remaining opening is at Wake Forest. Yesterday, the school met with Tulsa coach Danny Manning to discuss the opening. Even without Manning's background in the state of North Carolina, this would be a tremendous hire for Wake Forest and the position is certainly a step-up for Manning assuming that he is confident that he can make the team a winner in the ACC, which would be much harder to do than build a consistent winner at Tulsa. Given the difficulty of winning at Wake Forest and Manning's name recognition, the smart move would probably be to parlay Wake Forest's interest into a better contract at Tulsa and then try to move on to a much bigger job when Tulsa makes a NCAA Tournament run.
- We usually don't discuss women's college basketball on this site (particularly at this time of the year), but we are intrigued by the decision of Louisiana Tech to hire Tyler Summitt as its next women's basketball coach. Tyler, is of course the son of the legendary Pat Summitt (the all-time NCAA Division I wins leader), so the fact that he followed in his mother's footsteps should not be that shocking. What is surprising is that Tyler is only 23 years-old and Louisiana Tech has one of the more storied traditions in women's college basketball so it is hardly the typical starting job although the team has fallen on tough times recently. Tyler will be replacing Teresa Weatherspoon, another women's college basketball legend, at Louisiana Tech.
- Along with the coaching carousel the next few weeks will be full of NBA Draft decisions. Yesterday, Johnny O'Bryant announced that he would be entering the NBA Draft. O'Bryant, who averaged 15.4 points and 7.7 rebounds per game this season, is predicted to be a mid-second round pick. Two other significant players–Gary Harris and Spencer Dinwiddie (and his glorious mustache)–are reportedly still deciding although rumors indicate that they are leaning towards entering the NBA Draft. For Harris the decision would appear to make sense as he is expected to be a borderline lottery pick. Dinwiddie is a more questionable case as he is coming off a season-ending knee injury and is most likely a second-round pick.
- Matt Carlino, who stepped in for Kyle Collinsowrth in the NCAA Tournament, is transferring from BYU with one more year of eligibility left. Carlino averaged 13.7 points, 4.3 assists, and 3.4 rebounds per game this season and will be eligible play immediately as he is scheduled to graduate from BYU this summer so he would appear to be an almost ideal transfer target. This will be Carlino's second transfer as he left midway through his freshman year at UCLA.


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About Jessie
I agree with you COMPLETELY.
Oh good lordy, here we are again with this BS.
I'm sure that this kind of thing won't happen to me since when the family got internet out her in Merlin/I live in Grants Pass, the dude who installed the internet didn't even give us a price-tag or a time to pay the internet bill.
Take that any way you want, but that dude was awesome.
There have been times during the last week or so when my net conked out, but that was mostly due to cloud cover or the recent asteroid passing by the planet and getting into the path of some satellites and caused the internet to turn off for a while.
I'm thinking that the Internet I got doesn't belong to the major ISPs/Like ComCast or Verizon, and heck, I don't even see Dish Network in there.
I'm not saying that this may not happen to me/Heck, I've been careful about this crud on YouTube as I make sure I only use music that my friends have made to avoid getting a strike on my account.
The only thing I'm probably gonna say about this? Just be careful and do what you need to do to protect your info from those who'd want to use it to give you some form of Jail-Time.
Other than that, though? Just wait and see what happens. If this happens to a good chunk of people, fire up whatever you need to protect your internet.
If it doesn't happen, just go about your business.
Good lord. It's like these idiots are having relapses every few months about this thing.
Where's the petition to stop this thing? I want somewhere to put my john Hancock.
Looks like we'll just have to keep on telling them that BILLS LIKE SOPA ARE NOT NEEDED.
Well, this is interesting.
YouTube actually introduced a system that people can either accept or not use at all. I like that.
Although, I never got this notice whenever I replied to a comment on any video. Weird.
My god. The people in the HJC and Lamar Smith are complete and TOTAL MORONS!
Apparently, they must have had a memory lapse about the SOPA thing and they're wondering why their bill didn't go through.
I got an idea: because we all hated it with our slagging guts.
I bet that once this IPAA/really original guys goes down and goes boom in their face, they might get the hint this time.
My god, has Lamar Smith learned NOTHING from the last time when we kicked the butts of SOPA and PIPA, not to mention ACTA?
Apparently not! He's got a bunch wad of money stuffed into his ears and thus, he doesn't care abut the American people. He is pure scum and should be voted out of office NOW before this new bill called IPAA/Real original Lamar can get out of hand.
Call up your representatives, send in emails, send petitions, I don't care. If it worked with SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA/I'm pretty sure that they did work, we should rise up and do it again.
Let's vote Lamar Smith out of office while we're at it as well.


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I had not wanted things to turn out this way, but it seems I've been left no choice. I went to a forum with part of the below information and found a reception that was less than cordial. Amazingly, the denizens of this forum have shown how far we have to go before we can trust others online as we would like.
I figured I might stop by his new home on the Internet and invite him to give me a call. I wanted to talk about some very interesting things that had been brought to my attention about one of America's favorite things, our pets. I even left my phone number to make it easy for him to call. I guess I should have tossed in "call me collect," but I figure the guy's a Google engineer, and could spare a dime to call. It seems I was wrong. No call came. Drat!
Oh well. So much for "waiting for a friend." To get to the story, it seems Google has taken pride in their Jagger update. The only problem is there are people out there who are crying "I can't get no satisfaction." Now we all know Mick Jagger likes to strut, and even if this update isn't actually named after him, I am sure he was happy about it nonetheless. Google should stifle the stuff on the engineer's blog, as they have some explaining to do. And the status quo answers are not going to do.
Google was quick to strut their stuff with the Jagger update, as noted in the engineer's blog. They wiped out a lot of the scraper directory sites and those who bought those links. I warned everyone not to buy them in February of this year from this very podium. It seems they did a good job. While I like Google and find them easy enough to get along with when they spell everything out for you clearly, it's the times when they remain covert and unapproachable that cause me to look with an eye cringed at the boys in Mountainview.
{mospagebreak title=Oh Google}
It seems that Google wants people to fill out the spam complaint report found here http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html, and they will start an investigation and take action on the sites they find in violation of their terms of services. However there is one common complaint that also seems to resound on the Internet, and that is one involving companies who spam Google and are displaying Google Ads on their spammed-out websites.
When I set out to write this article, I had thought that this was a rather novel spam attempt. But I am told that it had been done before, perhaps not to the degree that it is being done now, but it is still an old ruse.
So I thought that the tone of the article needed to change midstream, and I would like to thank a friend (you know who you are) for your hard work and research. I hope that this serves as well as it is meant. This is also for my Rottie, Lexus, and my cat, Gato, and for all my other pets.
Basically it appears that there is a conspiracy underway within the Pet Category on the Internet. This is perhaps the perfect category for this to occur in as it is one of the world's most popular categories. Humans love their pets. So I am asking all the pet lovers out there to point all your friends and family to this article and to have them tell others. Then I want everyone to call, mail, e-mail people from Google and any politicians. This needs to get cleaned up.
Google has urged us to do no evil to make money. So now I am sure, as are the others here reading, that they would not want to do the opposite of what they preach to us to do, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
I love that Google thinks they are sort of godlike with their Google Ten Commandments. If you have never seen it, take a look at this link: http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html
The part I want everyone to focus on commandment # 6
6. You can make money without doing evil.
I really like this part:
Any advertiser, no matter how small or how large, can take advantage of this highly targeted medium, whether through our self-service advertising program that puts ads online within minutes, or with the assistance of a Google advertising representative.
Can "take advantage"….mmmmmm conjures up some different ideas for many people. I like to take advantage by following what Google says to help my clients get their websites listed on Google's front pages. And I am pretty sure that is what they meant by taking advantage. Do the right thing, so to speak.
Well there are a group of businesses taking advantage of Google. Or are there? Perhaps Google follows another commandment, the one about after being struck to turn the other cheek. However I think they may have misunderstood. Sergy and Brin, listen to this. It's not when you're struck by gold and good fortune that you need to turn the other cheek to the method cheats who are bringing you such wealth. You seem to contradict yourself; don't worry, you're not alone. But guys, you need to stop. You've been told repeatedly about scamming companies, yet you refuse to remove them. As a matter of fact, you have even come up with an excuse that those who spam the index may be allowed to stay as they also offer great content for users. Bullshit!
First, we seem to have some inconsistencies in Google's word, whether from their website or related blogs. Dear Google, what's with this chain of junk sites? It starts here, http://puppyshop.com. Then there's an exact dupe here, http://www.puppydogweb.com also with Google PageRank. Then there is a third, www.puppies-dogs.com, which thankfully does not have Google PR……yet. And to ice the cake and seal the deal, hat tricks are always good, but grand slams are better. I present site four (4) www.breedersofpuppies.com.
{mospagebreak title=More Junk Sites!}
Now if we scroll to the bottom of all four of these sites we find links to even more junk sites. The first is http://dogbreedersdirectory.com. Then there is this one, http://2 000dogs.com, which may be a clue to the state of these sites as it seems the builders intend to build 2000 dupe content sites mixed with junk directories.
How does that make you feel? Seems Google has been lying to us. As I understand it, there is a reasonable expectation that news-based websites would have duplicate content between them, so there should be a filter but no penalty applied. However this is not the same issue. This is a clear indication of attempting to spam a search engine, and it is allowed to go unpenalized, nor is it filtered out as it can be seen that the duplicate sites have page rank. Another of their spam offerings, http://www.puppieswanted.com, is a page with over 100 links, yet has a Google PageRank 4 of 10.
These are some of the worst abusers of duplicating sites that I have seen and this has helped them get top 5 listings for 150 different breeds of puppies. (examples: Yorkshire Terrier Puppies, Labrador Retriever Puppies) on Google.
Well let's dig a little deeper. The Internet allows us to search things and find answers, and one answer is a company called JCOM Designs LLC. JCOM Designs LLC owns many website properties in the pet industry. Most of the sites they own use link schemes supposedly ferreted out during the Jagger update of November 2005. They use the schemes to propel the list of the pet related websites they own to front page results on Google. The sites are http://www.pupcity.com, www.terrificpets.com, http://www.terrific-cats.com, http://www.terrific-horses.com, and http://www.puppyescrow.com, which is an escrow company for people buying and selling pets. I also see that they have branched out to babies at http://www.baby-names-and-stuff.com. They have managed to deceive and cheat honest small mom and pop hobbyists and breeders with several scum cheats, link loaded awards, link loaded banners, badges and web counters loaded with links.
If a pet site owner wanted to have their site listed on the offending site, they need only partake in a banner exchange. Well that doesn't seem too bad until you see the banner code.
Click on this link: http://www.terrificpets.com/search_engines. It is one of the badges they "give to dog breeders for 'free search engine submission." You will see below that each key word does very well through this scheme. The same key words are embedded in their other banners at: http://www.terrificpets.com/website_awards
Here is the banner code:
<style type="text/css">.tplink {font-family: Arial, Helvetica,
{mospagebreak title=Their Suspicous Rankings}
As was mentioned above, the sites do extremely well locking up the top positions for most pet related keyword terms on Google. Here are some examples that are bolstered by the stuffed award cheat shown above:
Dogs # 1 – 80,500,000 results (Google)
Dogs for sale # 1 – 13,000,000 results (Google)
Dog Breeders # 1 – 2,760,000 results (Google)
Dogs wanted #1 – 15,600,000 results (Google)
Dog names #5 – 21,900,000 results (Google)
Dog shirts # 1 – 21,200,000 results (Google)
Pet tags # 1 – 3,340,000 results (Google)
This one is killer, and if it doesn't spell Google fraud then nothing does. The site ranks for Pet Supplies # 10 – 56,500,000 results (Google). This, despite the fact that there was at the time of this writing no content except a "coming soon" page. http://www.terrificpets.com/pet_supplies.
Not to be outdone, and of course following the competition who happens to cheat, http://www.nextdaypets.com decided that the same idea was one that would work well for them.
Using the "Web award" scam, www.nextdaypets.com is now ranking very well on Google. Below are just a few examples of their top rankings. If you look at their "Link to us page" (http://www.nextdaypets.com/linktous.aspx), you can see how they lace their awards/banners with outgoing links to unsuspecting pet owners. The "Web award" icon is not on their site; I believe they email this scam to pet owners.
Dog Products #1 – 47,200,000 results (Google)
Dogs # 4 – 80,500,000 results (Google)
Dog Supplies # 1 – 14,200,000 results (Google)
Dog toys # 2 – 16,800,000 results (Google)
Dog Doors # 3 – 10,600,000 results (Google)
Dog Breeds # 3 – 4,500,000 results (Google)
Pet Supplies # 5 – 54,800,000 results (Google)
To see "web awards," "banners" and "web rings" in action for both companies, point your browser to http://www.thelongcoatshepherd.com. Scroll down to the bottom of the page. On the far left bottom is the terrificpets.com award and on the right are two awards from nextdaypets.com. At this point we have been unable to find a connection between www.nextdaypets.com and www.terrificpets.com through "who is" research. However, noticing the similar ways that the spammers work it seems almost too similar. Add to that the fact that they are not targeting the same key words, and it seems as if a larger conspiracy is at hand.
{mospagebreak title=Adsense and Questions}
One concurrent theme that runs through each of these sites is the Google Adsense ads which show up all over the place. I know for a fact these sites have been reported to Google's Spam complaint department, and I do know Google uses that information to build a defense in their algorithm to stop this from happening. The problem is these pet sites are still in the front pages month to month.
Now I have some questions.
1. Why is Google allowed to continue deceiving us, when in fact 10 minutes work would delete these sites from the ranks. Why are they still around?
2. Why does Google allow Adsense Publishers websites to defraud them? Is there a better answer than that they do it because Google passes the bill on to the Adwords Advertisers who are cluelessly bidding for clicks? Google's not losing money.
3. How much longer will Advertisers allow Google to deceive them and pull the wool over their eyes with accounting secrecy? I think it may be about time for Google to face an accounting audit like the one Enron needed.
4. Dear Internal Revenue Service, have the boys been writing off huge advertising fraud expenses? I hope not, as it is clear they are not suffering any type of financial losses that they are concerned about. As an astute agent, I would be looking for some advanced book cooking tactics.
5. How much longer can the SEO community continue to trust the major search engine corporate mouthpieces who they are allowing to blog, and who are telling us that the Google / Yahoo / Search Engine Kool Aid is safe to drink? Remember they may be made out to be good guy engineers, but they are still puppets on a string.
Be aware…be very aware…


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CHICAGO — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg sought Tuesday to ignite debate over immigration among the presidential contenders, saying there was no faster or cheaper way to fix the nation's economic problems than by abandoning "self-defeating" immigration policies.
In an editorial published Tuesday and at an appearance before business leaders in Chicago, Bloomberg laid out some of his ideas, saying immigrants and the businesses they create are engines for America's economic recovery.
He spoke alongside William Daley, President Barack Obama's former chief of staff. He planned to address a similar forum in Boston later with conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
"If Bill and Rupert can find common ground – and they can – there's no reason Democrats and Republicans in Washington should remain burrowed in their partisan foxholes," said the editorial by Bloomberg, a Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent.
Bloomberg has long argued that the United States is committing economic suicide by sending the nation's top international students and the world's most promising entrepreneurs to other shores. In Chicago, he pointed to a study released Tuesday by a partnership of U.S. mayors and business leaders that he co-chairs, which found, among other things, that immigrants were responsible for one out of four new businesses started last year.
"I know of no ways to help our economy as quickly and as cost-free as opening up proper ways to people who will come here, create jobs, create businesses, help our universities," Bloomberg said. "Immigration is what built the country, immigration is what kept this country going for the last 235 years and now we seem to have walked away from it."
In his editorial, published by the Bloomberg News service he owns, the New York mayor said the U.S. was falling perilously behind other nations in wooing skilled immigrants. He presented some specific proposals: green cards for top foreign graduate students at U.S. colleges, a much higher percentage of green cards awarded on the basis of economic needs, a visa specifically for entrepreneurs and a guest worker program for seasonal labor.
He also advocated a path to citizenship for the millions of illegal immigrants in the U.S.
Bloomberg pressed the two presidential campaigns to detail proposals on immigration.
Obama pledged in 2008 to push for passage of comprehensive changes in immigration laws, but the effort stalled in Congress. Obama then issued a directive in June that protects immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, exempting them from deportation. The policy grants temporary work permits to those who apply, but it does not provide a path to citizenship.
Republican challenger Mitt Romney has criticized the directive but has not said if he would reverse it, pledging instead an unspecified "civil but resolute" long-term fix to illegal immigration.
Bloomberg, a former entrepreneur who parlayed a Wall Street layoff into a multibillion-dollar financial information services empire, has very publicly flirted with the idea of running for president in the past. As this election cycle solidified, speculation has turned toward whether he might endorse one of the candidates.
Bloomberg also has urged both Obama and Romney to address gun violence – another pet issue of the New York mayor – and has said he would congratulate any candidate who comes forward with a plan.


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A different kind of survivors tale Fateless avoids the sentimentality of Schindlers List
Directed by Lajos Koltai
Written by Imre Kertesz
Starring Marcell Nagy, Aron Dimeny and Andras M. Keeskes.
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Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Hungarian Nobel-Prize winner, Imre Kertesz and directed by Oscar-nominated cinematographer, Lajos Koltai, Fateless provides a very different approach to the Holocaust than the brilliantly manipulative and dramatically exciting Hollywood epic Schindlers List. At the films heart is an innocent fourteen-year-old assimilated Jewish boy, Gyuri Koves (Marcell Nagy), who in 1944 is arrested and deported from Budapest to Auschwitz by Hungarian fascists The Iron Cross. He ends up being shipped from one concentration camp to another, and ultimately, saved by political prisoners, ends up in the Buchenwald camp clinic. There he recovers from a brush with death, before being liberated by the Americans.
The films minimal narrative is centered on the dehumanizing nightmare of the camps, portraying them in a spare, harrowing manner. In fact, the audience is plunged along with an overwhelmed Gyuri (our eyes on the world) into a brutal environment, with the kind of immediacy that doesnt allow for either an explanatory voice-over or revelatory dialogue to provide orientation or an overview. There are pitiless, lengthy depictions of the soup lines, arbitrary beatings by a gypsy kapo, punitive, painful labor, and the hunger, cold, disease, and exhaustion that is the core of the inmates daily lives.
The films increasingly monochromatic palette, the absence of sunlight, and the ubiquitous river of mud reinforce the sense of being trapped in a quagmire where life is slowly disintegrating. There is also one stunningly horrific scene (the film contains some brilliantly composed moments) where the inmates stand through the night, swaying with nausea and fatigue some collapsing onto the ground, others swaying back and forth as if engaging in bizarre prayer.
However, with the exception of Ennio Morricones intrusive, overly lush score, Fateless avoids indulging in melodrama, sensationalism, or sentimentality. After awhile Gyuri becomes fully aware of the barbaric world he inhabits. He learns how to survive with the help of an older friend, a veteran of the camps. (There are moments of solidarity between inmates, and even happiness, seen here by Kertesz as a way of not being a victim and defining my own fate.) But the film is no Schindlers List it steers clear of pushing our emotional buttons directly, in order for us to identify with Gyuris plight. So though the film includes a few powerful close-ups of a watchful, emaciated and drained Gyuri, and our emotions cant help but be aroused, Fateless maintains a certain distance from what its recounting.
The film concludes with a spectral-looking Gyuri returning to a Budapest where the Christians are indifferent or greedy, and his Jewish friends and neighbors, who avoided deportation, deliver uneasy, well-meaning bromides about forgetting the past and starting a new life. Gyuri is no longer the naïve adolescent, and answers that it cant be done, he cant give orders to his memory. He is much wiser than they are, and he just wants to continue my uncontinuable life.
Fateless is a quietly riveting work that projects its own unique vision of the Holocaust. Along with The Pianist, it is one of the most indelible, least compromised films dealing with that apocalyptic historical moment.
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Andy Murray Meets David Cameron After Wimbledon Win!
Andy Murray shakes hands with British Prime Minister David Cameron while posing together on the steps of Number 10 Downing Street on Monday (July 8) in London, England.
The 26-year-old tennis star won the Wimbledon Men's Singles tournament the day before, making him the first British male athlete to win the title in 77 years.
"Before I forget, I've uploaded a #Vine of the trophy. You can see it by downloading @vineapp and searching for @andy_murray," Andy tweeted that day.
Andy and his girlfriend Kim Sears celebrated the big win at the Wimbledon Winners' Ball this weekend.
FYI: Andy is wearing a Burberry suit.


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If you have trouble recording game clips using Game DVR on Windows 10, this page can help you find the information you need to resolve the problem.
Note Before you begin troubleshooting any of the following issues, you'll first want to verify that you have the latest version of the Xbox app on Windows 10.
Users in the European Union and Korea who are using Windows 10 N or Windows 10 KN will also need to install the Media Feature Pack for N and KN versions of Windows 10 to use this feature.
For PC games in full-screen (sometimes called full-screen exclusive) mode, you won't see Game bar, but you can use the Windows logo key + Alt + R to start and stop recordings. You'll see the screen flash when the recording starts and completes. You can also use the Windows logo key + Alt + G to record the last 30 seconds (or whatever time you picked) if you've already turned on background recording.
If the shortcuts do not work for a full-screen game, press Win + G. You'll see the screen flash twice confirming that the game is recognized. After this, you can then run the game in full-screen again and use the Windows logo key + Alt + R and Windows logo key + Alt + G.
To see where your captures are saved, open the Xbox App, select Settings, and then select Game DVR. Under Saving captures, select Open folder to see your captures in File Explorer.
By default, game clips and screenshots are saved in your Videos folder, in a folder named Captures. This can be moved to different places on your PC, including elsewhere on your hard drive or to external drives.
Sometimes, a recording doesn't end correctly. When that happens, you'll need to restart Game DVR to fix the problem:
Some games block keys, so your custom keyboard shortcuts may not work with these games. Shortcuts based on the Windows logo key will always work with the latest Windows 10 update. Check for updates for apps and games from Microsoft Store and install the latest Windows 10 update to use Game bar with all games.
Windows key–based Game bar shortcuts won't work on tablets without an attached physical keyboard, but you can create your own shortcuts that use keys available on the virtual keyboard. Open the Xbox App, and then select Settings. Select Game DVR, and then enter your preferred keyboard shortcuts.
Once you've told Game bar that something is a game by pressing the Windows logo key + G and selecting Yes, this is a game, it will remember it when you start the game again. If you no longer want to use Game bar with a game you've identified in this manner, start the game, open Game bar, select Settings, and uncheck Remember this as a game.
Some games don't allow recordings. If that's the case, your captures will be blank.
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Squatina guggenheim
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Squatina guggenheim Marini, 1936
|Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Stelbrink, B., von Rintelen, T., Cliff, G. and Kriwet, J. 2010. Molecular systematics and global phylogeography of angel sharks (genus Squatina). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 395-404.
|Taxonomic Notes:
|There is some controversy concerning the taxonomy and nomenclature of angel sharks in southern Brazil. Vooren and Silva (1991) synonymized S. punctata with S. guggenheim. Soto (2001), in a checklist of sharks of Brazil, states that the reference in Vooren and Silva (1991) to the occurrence in Brazil of Squatina guggenheim Marini, 1936 is in fact a reference to Squatina punctata Marini, 1936, and that the description of Squatina occulta Vooren and Silva, 1991 is a reference to Squatina guggenheim as originally described by Marini (1936), but no evidence is presented to justify these statements. Furtado-Neto and Carr (2002), through the study of mitochondrial DNA, suggested the existence in southern Brazil of three species of the genus Squatina: S. argentina (Marini, 1930), S. guggenheim Marini, 1936 and S. occulta Vooren & Silva, 1991. Compagno (in prep. a) follows the nomenclature of Soto (2001).
In acknowledgement of these issues, the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group has prepared assessments for all nominal Southwest Atlantic Squatina species: S. argentina, S. punctata, S. occulta and S. guggenheim. In this assessment, S. guggenheim Marini, 1936 is presented, which Vooren and Silva (1991) consider S. punctata to be a junior synonym of, but which Soto (2001) and Compagno (in prep. a) refer to as S. punctata Marini, 1936.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Endangered A2bd ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
Needs updating
|Chiaramonte, G. & Vooren, C.M.
|Musick, J., Kyne, P. & Valenti, S.V. (Shark Red List Authority)
Preface: In acknowledgment of unresolved and controversial taxonomic and nomenclatural issues, the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group has assessed all nominal Southwest Atlantic Squatina species, until such time as agreement is reached on these issues (see taxonomy section for further details). Assessed species are: longfin or Argentine angel shark Squatina argentina (Marini, 1930); spiny angel shark Squatina guggenheim Marini, 1936; shortfin angel shark Squatina occulta Vooren & Silva, 1991; and, angular angel shark Squatina punctata Marini, 1936.
Squatina guggenheim was assessed as VU A1bd+2d globally and EN A1bd+2d for Brazil on the 2000 Red List. It is updated here due to better information and further evidence of declines.
Squatina guggenheim is endemic to the Southwest Atlantic from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (24°S) through Uruguay to northern Patagonia, Argentina (43°S) on the shelf at 10 to 150 m depth. The species' low reproductive potential (litter size of 3 to 9 and triennial female breeding cycle) together with its vulnerability to both trawl and gillnet gear makes it highly susceptible to population depletion. Angel sharks are heavily fished in southern Brazil and significant declines have been documented there. An angel shark bottom gillnet fishery commenced around 1990 and at present large amounts of angel shark is caught this way (Miranda and Vooren 2003). Research trawl surveys of the outer shelf in the years 1986/87 and 2001/02 confirmed that in southern Brazil the abundance of S. guggenheim had decreased by 85%, which was attributed to recruitment overfishing. Furthermore, pupping and nursery areas in Brazil occur in shallow inshore waters at depths of <30 m. Intensive fishing by gillnet and trawl in these nursery areas results in additional pressure on gravid females and juveniles of the species (Silva 1996, Vooren and Klippel 2005). In Argentina, landings consist apparently almost entirely of S. guggenheim with a negative trend in landings evident since 1998 after the catch peaked. Given that intensive fisheries occur throughout the species' range, together with its vulnerability to depletion, high exploitation of areas of critical habitat and the evidence that off Brazil, fishing has reduced previously abundant stocks to 15% of the original levels, S. guggenheim is assessed as Endangered. Overall, fishing continues without restraint throughout the Brazilian range of S. guggenheim and the protection of critical nursery areas as well as fisheries controls is urgently required for its conservation. In the first instance, the resolution of taxonomic and nomenclatural issues, in order to accurately define the occurrence, distribution and declines of individual species, is paramount to the conservation of Southwest Atlantic angel sharks.
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|Squatina guggenheim is endemic to the Southwest Atlantic occurring from 24°S (Rio de Janeiro, southern Brazil) through Uruguay to 43°S (northern Patagonia, Argentina). Gosztonyi (1981) recorded specimens of Squatina spp. from 47°S, which may be this species, however this requires confirmation. Gravid females migrate in spring to shallow inshore nursery grounds to give birth (Silva 1996).
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Native:Argentina; Brazil; Uruguay
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Atlantic – southwest
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|Although the species lives in a geographical continuum of ~20 degrees of latitude, the range is probably composed of local populations each with its own inshore-offshore migration pattern within their local temperature regime. One such population exists in southern Brazil. These local populations can be extirpated by fishing activities. Shallow inshore regions are important as nursery grounds throughout the geographical range of the species.
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|Squatina guggenheim is a relatively small, shelf bottom-dwelling shark. In Brazil the species occurs mostly at depths of 10 to 80 m at bottom temperatures of 10 to 22°C (Vooren and Silva 1991). Cousseau (1973) refers to captures of S. guggenheim from the coast to 150 m in Argentinean waters, Gosztonyi (1981) at depths of 26 to 135 m, and Menni et al. (1981) at 22 to 121 m.
Maximum size in Brazil is 92 cm TL (Silva 1996); size at maturity 70 to 80 cm TL for both sexes (Cousseau 1973, Vooren and Silva 1991). Aplacental yolksac viviparous with one functional ovary. Number of embryos per litter is 3 to 9 (Vooren and Klippel 2005, Compagno in prep). The breeding cycle of the female is triennial (Vooren and Klippel 2005). Squatina guggenheim migrates in spring to shallow coastal waters where the females give birth and where small juveniles occur all year round (Vooren and Silva 1991, Vooren and Klippel 2005). For S. guggenheim in southern Brazil, Vieira (1996) established the following Von Bertalanffy parameters: K=0.274, L∞=94.7 cm TL, and t0=-1.145. The age at sexual maturity was calculated as 4 to 5 years and longevity 12 years. For Argentina, Chiaramonte (unpublished data) calculated K= 0.107 using the indirect methods of Holden (1974).
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The nocturnal habits of angel sharks render them vulnerable to bottom gillnets, and increases in captures during the 1990s are attributed to the introduction of this gear on the shelf and slope off southern Brazil at that time. Gillnets were reported as six times more effective at catching angel sharks than trawling alone (Vooren and Klippel 2005).
Gravid females of S. guggenheim have been observed to abort embryos easily upon capture, further reducing the reproductive capacity (Vooren and Klippel 2005). A low rate of dispersal between populations also makes them especially prone to local depletion and means that recolonisation will be extremely low. Furthermore, pupping and nursery areas in Brazil occur in shallow inshore waters at depths of
Fishery landing statistics of "angel shark" in southern Brazil refer to S. guggenheim, S. occulta and S. argentina combined. The term "angel shark" in the present assessment refers to this assemblage of species. These three species occur on the continental shelf with S. argentina also occurring on the upper slope. Annual catches of angel shark from the continental shelf peaked at about 2,000t in 1986-1989 and again in 1993, and then decreased to 900 t in 2003. Angel shark CPUE by otter trawl and pair trawl on the continental shelf decreased by about 85% from 1984 to 2002 (Miranda and Vooren 2003, CEPERG 2003, GEP/CTTMar 2003, Vooren and Klippel 2005). While S. occulta and S. argentina have been significant bycatch species in the trawl and gillnet fishery for monkfish Lophius gastrophysus at the shelf edge and uppermost slope, S. guggenheim occurs shallower than that fishery.
Additionally, an angel shark bottom gillnet fishery on the outer shelf commenced around 1990 and at present large amounts of angel shark are caught this way (Miranda and Vooren 2003). Research trawl surveys of the outer shelf in the years 1986/87 and 2001/02 confirmed that in southern Brazil the abundance of S. guggenheim has decreased to 15% of its original level and this is attributed to recruitment overfishing primarily due to the bottom gillnet fishery (Vooren and Lamónaca 2002, Vooren and Klippel 2005).
In Argentina, the shark bycatch from gillnet and bottom trawl fleets targeting species such as school shark, croakers and flatfishes is poorly known. However, Cousseau (1973), based on Nani and Gonzalez Alberdi (1966), estimated Squatina as 6% of the total weight of the catches of the coastal bottom trawling fleet. The predominant size in these catches was about 70 to 80 cm TL; small sizes (25 to 45 cm TL) were uncommon. Cousseau (1973), based on García Cabrejos and Malaret (1969) calculated the total landings of angel shark in Mar del Plata harbour in 1964 to be 1,074 MT and 2,355 MT in 1965. Otero et al. (1982) considered the angel sharks to be species with a low concentration on the Buenos Aires coast, with an annual biomass for 1981/2 estimated at 4,050 tons. However, in 1991 as much as 4,167 MT were taken, and 4,281 MT in 1996. Chiaramonte (1998) stated that the angel sharks were the second most important fish landed by the gillnet fleet of Puerto Quequen. Total captures of angel sharks in Argentina oscillated around 1,000 MT between 1979 and 1984 then increased to maximums of over 4,000 MT in the 1990s. Catches consist almost entirely of S. guggenheim. Peaks were reached in 1997 and 1998, before landings dropped in 2002 to 2,000 MT, rising again in 2003 to 3,550 MT (Massa et al. 2004). Thus there has been an overall negative trend in landings during the period 1998-2003 (Massa et al. 2004). Furthermore, Vooren and Klippel (2005) (citing Massa and Hozbor 2003) suggested a 58% decline in the CPUE of angel shark in the coastal bottom trawl fleet.
In Uruguay there is little direct fishing for angel sharks, but they are taken as bycatch in industrial and artisanal fisheries. The estimated capture has been 300 to 400 MT per year since 1997. There are no statistics by species, but largest captures probably correspond to S. guggenheim and S. argentina (A. Domingo pers. comm).
|Conservation Actions:
Since 1992 there has been a Maximum Permitted Catch (MPC) for angel shark in Argentina which was 6,000 MT in the years 1995 to 1999 and thereafter was reduced to 4,000 MT (Massa et al. 2003). In Brazil there is no control of the shelf angel shark fishery, and although trawling in inshore waters is prohibited, enforcement of this regulation is difficult.
Vooren and Klippel (2005) recommend the protection of the coastal nursery grounds in southern Brazil (waters south of 32°30'S) from fishing as an essential measure for the conservation of this species.
|Chiaramonte, G. & Vooren, C.M. 2007. Squatina guggenheim. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T39330A10202558. . Downloaded on 18 September 2018.
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Flexner on Finishing: Shellac and Sealing Wood
Clearing up the confusion.
By Bob Flexner
Pages: 84-85
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Shellac was once the most widely used wood finish in the world. Now it's commonly promoted in woodworking magazines as a sealer, often as the "best" or "universal" sealer, even though virtually no cabinet shop or furniture factory, and very few professional woodworkers, use it in this way.
How did this happen? How was shellac transformed, actually diminished, from being the most popular finish in the world to becoming just a "sealer," the first coat? And why is it that shellac is represented so positively as a sealer in amateur woodworking circles when virtually no large users of finishes think of it this way?
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The day after my mother's death, I went up to her bedroom and found a box full of papers. Inside was a letter. "Dearest Andrew," it began, "this was not the way it was meant to be… There was never a right time to tell you."
I was brought up in the 1960s, when telling a child they were adopted wasn't common practice. As I read on, I discovered, at the age of 32, not only that I was adopted but that, as a newborn baby, I had been abandoned on a doorstep. Along with the letter, which had been written some time before, was my adoption paperwork – "Mother: unknown. Father: unknown" – and two newspaper clippings. The first described a newborn baby in a grey and pink knitted vest, wrapped in a pink blanket, discovered on a doorstep in Falkirk by a paperboy. The second was from a year later, reporting that the baby was still in a children's home, yet to be adopted. There was also a photograph of a toddler with a wistful expression. I realised with a start that it was me.
It was an incredible shock. These revelations, along with my mother's death, were a lot to take in. Initially, I wished I'd never found out because it seemed to diminish my adoptive mother's status in my mind.
My childhood was happy and secure; my adoptive father died when I was eight, but my mother made sure I couldn't have had a more loving home. Now a huge question mark hung over my beginnings.
I didn't do anything about tracing my birth parents for 15 years. Occasionally I would daydream about going to Falkirk and waiting to be recognised, but generally I put it to the back of my mind. Finally, though, curiosity got the better of me; there were so many questions to which I longed to know the answers. Why did my mother abandon me? Did she hide her pregnancy from everyone? I even wondered where she had got my little vest and blanket from. I didn't feel angry with her for leaving me – it must have been a dreadful ordeal – but I wanted to know more about the circumstances surrounding my birth.
I started to research my history and went on Scottish local television news in the hope that it would lead somewhere. Amazingly, a man called Ronnie contacted the TV station, saying I reminded him of his father. We met up and I was surprised to see a man 20 years my senior. We arranged a DNA test – I'm a geneticist, working with DNA on a daily basis, so it was a strange twist of fate that led to me being tested myself.
The results were positive – Ronnie was my half-brother. It was a very emotional moment for me, meeting a blood relation and finally having a brother after having grown up as an only child.
Most importantly, Ronnie was able to fill in some of the gaps in my mysterious past. My father would have been 60 when I was born – a shock to me, because I'd imagined I was the result of a teenage accident – and he was a chief medical officer. Incredibly, his signature is on my medical records: he examined me when I was found by the paperboy and he was the one who gauged me to be two days old. I will never know for certain if he knew he was my father, because he died before I started my search, but I think it's safe to assume he did.
As for my birth mother, I have a vague idea who she might be. Ronnie told me my father was having an affair with a young woman during the year of my birth, but she is now married with her own family and I don't want to intrude on her privacy. If she approached me, I would be delighted – the final piece in my story's puzzle would be complete – but I don't mind if she doesn't. I would like my questions answered, but not at the expense of her happiness. Most abandoned babies never identify either of their parents and I'm lucky that I found out about one of them.
When I had my own children, I couldn't imagine abandoning them when they were tiny, but I don't feel judgmental that my birth mother did. Not knowing my exact birth date is strange but not upsetting, and being named by a nurse makes me feel fond towards her rather than bitter towards my birth mother.
"Abandoned" is such an emotive word, but I don't feel any sadness or rejection, because I don't know the circumstances of my birth. Instead, I feel unique.
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Six-board Chests at The Woodwright's School
For the last two years I've been building six-board chests in a variety of ways as part of my research into the forms of furniture that have remained basically unchanged for centuries.
This summer and fall, I've begun teaching workshops on building this furniture form to woodworkers in Connecticut and North Carolina as a way to continue this research.
I think that a lot of my questions about this form of furniture can be answered by building it again and again. By building it with others. By trying odd and sometimes weird ways of approaching the work. By limiting your tool kit. By limiting your time. By opening the minds of the students to hundreds of years of furniture history as told through six boards.
Today we started building another 11 of these chests with some 13'-long boards of poplar that were 15" to 18" wide. With the help of Roy Underhill and assistant Bill Anderson, we all made some excellent progress on the chest.
The good news is that we have three days to build the chest, so we will have time to paint the chests and even scratch decorative geometric patterns in the chests or do some gouge work.
The bad news: The City Tap is too close to the school.
— Christopher Schwarz
If you want to read more about six-board chests, I have a new article in the November 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine on building this important historical form. You can order the issue here in ShopWoodworking.com.


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A South Florida guy, LeBron James included, could learn a few things in San Antonio, says Jay Armstead, hoops fan and barbecue whiz.
Armstead is the owner and master of the parking-lot smoker at Texas Hold 'Em BBQ, which opened recently in a new waterside location on Federal Highway after several years down the road near Fort Lauderdale's Gateway Theatre.
Texas Hold 'Em's signature brisket didn't come naturally to Armstead, a Queens, N.Y., native and a 20-year Fort Lauderdale resident. When he opened his first location on Sunrise Boulevard near Powerline Road, his reputation stemmed from his way with spareribs. The name of the place (from the card game, Armstead says) began to draw visiting Texans who expected a certain style of meat and something with more heat than the tomato-based, Kansas City-style sauce he was serving.
"When you've got a barbecue place with Texas in your name, you've got to come correct," he says.
So Armstead decided to switch to Texas-style barbecue, and went straight to the source, making several trips to Austin's famed Salt Lick and Rudy's in San Antonio, where chefs invited him into the kitchen to gather tips on how to choose and prepare brisket.
Texas Hold 'Em's brisket spends 14 to 16 hours in the smoker, manned by Armstead himself, before it reveals what he calls "that nice bark, that charry crunch" that distinguishes Texas barbecue.
Armstead's success story follows a trail of barbecue sauce that would do Horatio Alger proud. He began more than a decade ago with a smoker in the parking lot of a Shell gas station at Sunrise Boulevard and Powerline Road, then moved the smoker a few blocks away to a Sunrise brick-and-mortar he called Texas Hold 'Em BBQ.
After some success, Armstead moved to a spot downtown off Andrews Avenue near Hardy Park, then to the north side of the Sunrise curve across the street from the Gateway Theater. He did three years of decent business there, he says, before turnover in the center (Wolf Camera and We Take the Cake departed) and its awkward geography took its toll.
Old fans have followed Armstead to the new location ("Memorial Day was insane. Insane," he says) at 2528 N. Federal Highway (look for the A-frame with the longhorns painted on it). The parking lot backs onto the Middle River, where a newly upgraded dock has been drawing brisk boater business. The interior of the former Chowder Heads has been brightened up and now includes Texas Hold 'Em's familiar jazz and blues album jackets (Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Rollins and Willie Dixon).
You can expect the Heat to be on the flat-screen behind the bar on Saturday.
"It's going to be a tough series," says Armstead, a reformed Knicks fan who follows the Brooklyn Nets. "Tim Duncan, Parker, Ginobili — that's a lot of experience. They have a coach that's won it four times. I'm not saying the Heat can't do it, but they could find some trouble."
Texas Hold 'Em is open 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-11 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Info: 954-527-4115.
Texas Hold 'Em's old space across from the Gateway Theatre sits in a knot of roadway where Sunrise and Federal Highway unspool. "A tricky location," Armstead calls it.
Drivers headed east on Sunrise or north on Federal have to make U-turns to reach the strip center, and motorists rounding the bend from Federal onto Sunrise going west could miss the turn into the parking lot entirely if they aren't paying attention. It was too much hassle for many people, Armstead believes.
But if there is anyone who can create a restaurant that makes you want to slow down and take notice it's Elliot Wolf, who just added the meat-centric Red Cow to a portfolio that includes Coconuts on Fort Lauderdale beach and Foxy Brown on Broward Boulevard.
Opened two weeks ago where Texas Hold 'Em used to be, Red Cow is as bright and beautiful as you'd expect (with tractor seats at the bar), and the menu includes welcome moments of Wolfian intrigue (fried quail and waffle appetizer; jalapeno cheddar sausage; "pork-strami").
The bar also has its treasures for the beer lover, with 11 drafts that include the hoppy Brooklyn Sorachi Ace, Green Flash West Coast IPA (San Diego) and Boynton Beach's own Due South Caramel.
Red Cow is at 1025 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. Info: 954-652-1524.
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WRMF radio's Party in the Park, featuring the Plain White T's, will kick off Boca Raton's new Summer Sunset Music Series at Mizner Park Amphitheater (590 Plaza Real) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The series of pop, jazz and classical shows scheduled for Saturdays and Sundays through Aug. 11 will be free, but the kickoff concert with the Plain White T's ("Hey There Delilah") is $20 (general admission, standing room only). The T's will perform songs from a new EP, "Should've Gone to Bed," along with the memorable hits "Hey There Delilah," "1, 2, 3, 4" and "Rhythm of Love." If you really need to sit down, chairs can be rented for $5. Tickets: FrontGateTickets.com. More info: 561-544-8600, MiznerAmphitheater.com, DowntownBoca.org.
This is the final weekend to catch the exhibition "Annie Leibovitz," a survey of more than three dozen images by the renowned photographer at the Norton Museum of Art (1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach). The works, up through Sunday, include rarely seen portraits of Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, David Byrne and Andy Warhol. On Thursday night, the museum's chatty 5-9 p.m. Art After Dark series will be tied to Leibovitz, with a 5:30 p.m. tour of the exhibit and a 6 p.m. screening of "Annie Leibovitz: Life Though A Lens." Local musician Nick Eberhardt will provide an indie-folk soundtrack from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday admission is free for Florida residents all summer. Regular museum admission: $12, $5 students, ages 12 and younger free. Info: 561-832-5196, Norton.org.
For nearly five years, Chrystal Hartigan has been a champion of local musicians while hosting her monthly second-Monday Songwriters Showcase in the Abdo New River Room at Fort Lauderdale's Broward Center for the Performing Arts. (This Monday check out Alex Martinez of Sound Sleeper and Roger Houdaille, founder of Ex Norwegian.) Beginning Thursday, Hartigan will shine her spotlight on performers at three Art After Dark showcases at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. This Thursday, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Museum Theater, Hartigan's theme will be female singer-songwriters: Gin Blische, formerly of Inhouse, from West Palm Beach; Wilton Manors' Charlene Chuckaree, a k a "A Girl Named Chuck"; and Miami's Inez Barlatier, with Jayan Bertrand. Other songwriter nights will be held at the Norton July 11 and Aug. 1. Admission to the Norton is free every Thursday through the summer. Info: Norton.org, ChrystalHartiganPresents.com.
One of the more-inspired annual events in South Florida, the Hukilau is always good for a few stiff drinks, bared navels and gloriously tacky tiki attire. The celebration of Polynesian culture runs through Sunday at Fort Lauderdale's famed Mai Kai restaurant and the hotel that organizers still call the Yankee Clipper (also known as the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel). Among the highlights will be a late-night pearl dive by Marina the Mermaid at the Clipper's Wreck Bar on Friday at 11:30 p.m., a vintage Hawaiian shirt seminar on Saturday, and appearances by Bettie Page photographer Bunny Yeager and cocktail expert Jeff "Beachbum" Berry, also on Saturday. To get you in the mood, here's Berry's "Kiliki Cooler," named for Hukilau founder Christie "Tiki Kiliki" White: In a shaker, pour two ounces of Appleton V/X rum, a half-ounce each of fresh lime juice, unsweetened pineapple juice, orange juice, passion fruit syrup and Fee Brothers coffee syrup. Shake well with ice cubes and pour unstrained into a double Old Fashioned glass. Tickets and schedule info: TheHukilau.com.
Musician-comic-performance artist Reggie Watts' work is a collection of found objects that often coalesce into something entirely unpredictable and new. Plus, he just doesn't give a damn, which makes for pure, honest, edge-of-your-seat entertainment. A rare thing. Watts is doing a three-night run Thursday-Saturday at the Light Box at the Goldman Warehouse (404 NW 26th St., Miami). Tickets: $35-$100. Info: 866-811-4111, TheLightBoxMiami.org.
The Lumineers, who went from rootsy Denver bar band to Grammy-nominated ubiquity (thanks to the infectious foot-stomper "Ho, Hey") will bring their national tour to Boca Raton's Sunset Cove Amphitheater on Oct. 20, with tickets ($35) on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at all Ticketmaster locations.
Citing a "scheduling conflict," Fleetwood Mac on Wednesday abruptly canceled its Saturday performance at the BB&T Center in Sunrise. Refunds are available at point of purchase. At least we are not alone: The band canceled a June 18 show in Montreal at the same time. Info: FleetwoodMac.com.
Italian pop-opera trio Il Volo will make a CD-signing appearance in Miami on Friday for the expanded reissue of the album "We Are Love," which is being released in conjunction with the PBS TV special of the same name that began airing on PBS stations nationwide this week. The special was shot in March in front of thousands of giddy South Florida fans at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Il Volo's appearance is at 12:30 p.m. at the Costco at 13450 SW 120th Ave., in Miami. The trio is scheduled to return for a Sept. 21 concert at AmericanAirlines Arena. Tickets have yet to go on sale. Info: IlVoloMusic.com.
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SOMERS, Conn. (AP) — The 1997 Associated Press player of the year trophy earned by former Connecticut women's basketball star Kara Wolters is back in her possession, a week after being reported stolen.
The trophy had actually been sent out for cleaning without the basketball player's knowledge, she said Wednesday.
"My grandma had a friend remove the trophy so she could surprise me and get it polished for my birthday," Wolters said in a text message. "She lives out of state and didn't know any of this was going on. She feels so bad."
The 37-year-old former center found the trophy missing from a display case next to her fireplace when she returned from a trip to the beach on Aug. 20, and reported the apparent theft to police.
State police said there is no criminal aspect to the case, and it has been closed.
"I am off to the police station now with cookies!" Wolters said. "Mystery solved! It was just the perfect storm of craziness!"


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