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I was raised during the height of the Cold War, when the threat of nuclear war loomed between two superpowers. The dramatized depictions in TV and film of such an apocalyptic demise both intrigued and scared me as a child. Yet the actual historical record of the atomic age was full of antiquated, black and white images that seemed dated and a world away.
This series, Atomic Overlook, recontextualizes a legacy of atomic tests in order to keep the reality of our post-atomic era fresh and omnipresent. It also speaks to the current state of the world and the voyeuristic culture we live in.
Imagine if the advent of the atomic era occurred during today's information age. Tourists would gather to view bomb tests, at the "safe" distances used in the 1950's, and share the resulting cell phone photos online. Broadcast media would regurgitate such visual fodder ad nauseum, bringing new levels of desensitization.
The threat of atomic weapons is as great as ever, but it is a hidden specter. Nuclear proliferation has gained even more obscurity through the "rogue" factions that can now possess them. Meanwhile America's stockpile of weapons continues to be modernized and will probably never cease to exist. I can only hope that mankind will never again suffer the wrath of such a destructive force, but it is clear that the world would not hesitate to watch.
Clay Lipsky is a fine art photographer & graphic designer based in Los Angeles. His photos have been exhibited in various group shows, including those at the Annenberg Space for Photography, MOPLA, Pink Art Fair Seoul, PhotoPlace and Impossible Project NYC.

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Facing SE, Nanwan, aka Binglang Beach, stands out as a shapely right reefbreak with nice curves and a sculpted face, but only on low-mid tide and S-SW swells. If the sand mix is just right, barrels are a given when it's bigger, which should help clear the water of weekend learner crowds.
Summer typhoons should awaken a few other reefs in the bay (Windmills, Houbihu Harbour, Banana Bay) where the barrels and the coral reef are sharper. The nuclear plant discharges cooling water into the bay!


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NEW LONDON, Conn. -- An Amy Festa goal in the 65th minute broke a scoreless tie that lifted Babson College over the Bears 1-0. With the loss, Coast Guard falls to 2-9 on the season and 0-5 in NEWMAC play. The Beavers improve to 6-5-1 overall and 3-2 in the conference.
Babson dominated possession of the ball in the first half and outshot Coast Guard 14-3. Despite the consistent pressure, the Bears received great goaltending from junior Devin Fellman who made eight saves in the half.
Coast Guard did have a great scoring chance in the 33rd minute as freshman Madison Ahlers dribbled the ball down the middle of the field into the top of the box. As Beavers keeper Melina Kapotsis came out to challenge, Ahlers released a shot that just sailed over the crossbar.
Babson answered right back just four minutes later as freshman Nikki Beatham got in deep along the right side and crossed a ball into the box which Festa got her head on but the ball clanked off the nearside post.
Rain slowed down play a bit in the second half, but the Beavers still maintained pressure throughout the half and outshot the Bears 11-5. Neither team could capitalize on their chances until Festa scored the game winner, her team-leading sixth. Sophomore Jessica DiPhilippo was credited with the assist on the goal.
Fellman made 14 stops for the Bears while Kapotsis was forced to make four stops for the Beavers.
Both teams return to the pitch for NEWMAC conference action next Saturday, October 13th. Coast Guard will travel to Springfield while Babson will host Smith College.
"I was happy with the effort today," said Bears Head Coach Susan Grant. "Defensively we were solid. Judy Hooymans and Emily Marks really stepped up today and we got some great goaltending from Devin Fellman. We just needed to capitalize on our chances and put some more offensive pressure on them, but overall I thought we played well against a good Babson team."


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Fulton Wraps Up Full-Ton Challenge Food Drive
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FULTON - SERVE, Inc., an agency of the United Way of Callaway County, was busy counting tons of food Wednesday after wrapping up a two-month food drive. In March, SERVE asked the Fulton community to participate in the Full-Ton Challenge Food Drive as part of the national Feinstein Challenge.
The Feinstein Challenge gives $1 million each year to anti-hunger agencies across the country. The Feinstein Foundation will proportionally match the food or cash donations given to the Callaway County SERVE food pantry between March 1 and April 30. Though SERVE has participated in the Feinstein Challenge before, this was the first year it asked the entire community to participate in a local challenge food drive. Callaway Action Network (CAN) director Julie Roark wanted to up the ante for this year's challenge, so she created a challenge of her own.
SERVE challenged all Callaway County schools, businesses, churches, and organizations to participate in the Full-Ton Challenge Food Drive. "Basically, I was trying to figure out ways to get more people to participate," Roark said. "And this was just something I thought was a great idea. It is kind of playing on the name Fulton, but the fact is that we go through tons of food in a day, in a month, and almost 750,000 pounds (375 tons) in a year." SERVE's goal was to collect 25 tons of food in this year's challenge.
During the 2012 Feinstein Challenge, SERVE raised a total of $10,118.06 and 11,889.3 pounds of food. SERVE said it is still counting this year's donations, but expects a big increase from last year. "Getting people involved as a challenge to compete against each other, all in friendly competition, has benefited the pantry a great deal," said SERVE executive director Steve Mallinckrodt. "We'll see both the dollars and the amount of food raised increase."
Within the last year, the average number of families served by the food pantry increased 15 percent. "Every time we think we've kind of gotten to the peak of services, we see more people coming in," said Roark.
"We have gotten over a thousand families on a monthly basis," Roark continued, "When I started we were serving just a couple 300 to 400 families a month. So just in the time span I've been here, what is that, 14 years almost, (we're serving) over double. And that's kind of hard to think about, the reality, and how that affects so many people."
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Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and 37 Other Attorneys General Announce $40.75 Million Settlement over Allegations of Substandard Drug Manufacturing Processes
SACRAMENTO --- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and 37 other attorneys general announced a $40.75 million settlement with GlaxoSmithKline, LLC and SB Pharmco Puerto Rico, Inc. for alleged substandard drug manufacturing processes.
The settlement resolves allegations that GlaxoSmithKline and its subsidiary in Puerto Rico engaged in unfair and deceptive practices when they manufactured and distributed certain lots of drugs, which were adulterated because the manufacturing processes used to produce them were substandard.
"Consumers shouldn't need to wonder if the drugs prescribed by their doctors are safe," said Attorney General Harris. "This settlement resolves an unacceptable and potentially dangerous practice of GlaxoSmithKline and underscores my commitment to protecting the health and well-being of Californians."
The drugs include: Kytril, a sterile drug used to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy; Bactroban, an antibiotic ointment used to treat skin infections; Paxil CR, the controlled release form of Paxil, the popular antidepressant drug; and, Avandamet, a combination Type II diabetes drug.
GlaxoSmithKline and SB Pharmco no longer manufacture drugs at the facility in Puerto Rico, which closed in 2009. Consumers should be aware that there is no current cause for concern regarding the drugs covered by this agreement because the adulterated batches have been recalled for many years and/or the products' expiration dates have passed. If consumers do have concerns, they should contact their health care provider.
As part of the settlement, GlaxoSmithKline and SB Pharmco agreed not to make false, misleading or deceptive claims regarding the manufacturing of all drugs formerly manufactured at the Puerto Rico facility – regardless of where these drugs are now produced. In addition, the companies must not misrepresent the characteristics of those drugs, or describe them in ways likely to cause confusion or misunderstanding about the way in which they are manufactured.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Oregon Attorney General John Kroger led the investigation into GlaxoSmithKline and SB Pharmco's manufacturing practices.
States joining California, Illinois, Oregon and the District of Columbia in today's settlement include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Supervising Deputy Attorney General Daniel Olivas and Deputy Attorney General Judith Fiorentini handled the case for Attorney General Harris' Consumer Law section. California will receive more than $3.3 million from the settlement, the largest share among the states.
Copies of the complaint and settlement are attached to the online version of this release at ag.ca.gov.


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BRIDGES (Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global Environments and Systems) is a programme of the International Diabetes Federation, and supported by an educational grant from Lilly Diabetes. BRIDGES funds translational research projects in primary and secondary prevention of diabetes to provide the opportunity to "translate" lessons learned from clinical research to those who can benefit most: people affected by diabetes.
BRIDGES is supporting the best ideas from the global multidisciplinary community interested in diabetes.
The BRIDGES project solicits proposals that support cost effective and sustainable interventions that can be adopted in real world settings, for the prevention and control of diabetes. Projects should be based on interventions already proven to be effective in trials to prevent and treat diabetes, to improve care of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and delay its complications. The interventions proposed should have the potential to be widely disseminated to clinical practice, individuals and communities. The scope of the funding is to help communities around the globe to identify special needs related to intervention and prevention.
To date, IDF BRIDGES is supporting 38 projects in 34 countries.
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The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is an umbrella organization of over 200 national diabetes associations in over 160 countries. It represents the interests of the growing number of people with diabetes and those at risk. The Federation has been leading the global diabetes community since 1950.
IDF's mission is to promote diabetes care, prevention and a cure worldwide. Led by the International Diabetes Federation, the Unite for Diabetes campaign secured a United Nations Resolution on diabetes in December 2006. The Federation continues to lead the global effort to implement Resolution 61/225 under the Unite for Diabetes banner. The Resolution encourages UN Member States to develop national policies for the prevention, treatment and care of diabetes in line with the sustainable development of their health-care systems, taking into account the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals.
The Federation is engaged in action to tackle diabetes from the local to the global level - from programmes at community level to worldwide awareness and advocacy initiatives. The International Diabetes Federation is divided into seven regions, with the aim of strengthening the work of national diabetes associations and enhancing the collaboration between them. IDF's national diabetes associations are divided into the following regions: Africa (AFR),Europe (EUR),Middle East and North Africa (MENA), North America and Caribbean (NAC),South and Central America (SACA), South East Asia (SEA) and Western Pacific (WP).
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Truckee Trails Foundation celebrates anniversary
TRUCKEE, Calif. and#8212; The Truckee Trails Foundation (TTF) has attained a notable list of accomplishments from the paved and marked bikeway that circumnavigates Donner Lake, a and#8220;Good Dirty Funand#8221; volunteer dirt trail building and maintenance program and more.
and#8220;The past 10 years have been a rewarding challenge,and#8221; said longtime Truckee trails advocate John Svahn.
Since the organizationand#8217;s inception in 2002, more than $18 million in trails and bikeways have been built in the community. The TTF hopes to improve on this success rate over the next decade. and#8220;Thereand#8217;s still so much to be completed, but with every new mile of trail, enthusiasm grows as well,and#8221; said TTF Executive Director Allison Pedley. and#8220;The community will see trail building at an even greater rate in the coming years.and#8221;
Volunteer-based Truckee Trails Foundation aims to champion a network of trails and bikeways in the Truckee area for community, economic and environmental well-being.
and#8220;The trail community needs help from area trail users,and#8221; said TTF Vice President Andy Buckley of Vail Resorts, who believes the build-out of the townand#8217;s and#8220;Trails and Bikeways Master Planand#8221; will supercharge the areaand#8217;s summer recreation options. With this in mind, the TTF aims to keep trails and bikeways moving forward aggressively.
This year the Truckee Trails Foundation welcomes new board members Andy Buckley, Matt Chappell, and Steven Poncelet to the TTF team. Also on the board: Michael Salmon (president), Renee LaChat (treasurer), Matt Chappell, John Eaton, Paco Lindsay, Steven Poncelet, David Shaw, John Svahn and Nancy Woolf.
If you like trails, take action today and visit http://www.trucketrails.org to join TTFand#8217;s email list.
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Formed in April of 2002 in direct response to the Town of Truckeeand#8217;s Trails and Bikeways Master Plan, the Truckee Trails Foundation is charged with overseeing, promoting, maintaining and fundraising for a comprehensive and connected system of trails and bikeways. For more information about the Truckee Trails Foundation, call 530-587-8214 or visit http://www.truckeetrails.org.


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December corn and November soybeans both finished 9 ½ cents lower while December wheat finished 11 ¾ lower. Coming into the grain session open the US dollar was at its day highs approx 700 points higher. This on top of corn's key reversal yesterday helped spur weakness across the board.
Tomorrow the weekly exports will be delayed until Friday due to the holiday. We will have normal trading hours for grains. I will have the export estimations out in tomorrow's afternoon letter.
The market was expecting the WASDE report to show bean yield at about 44.6 and it came out at 43.9. The carryout was also sharply below estimates at 185 million bushels. This was the main cause for soybeans' strength yesterday and puts beans in an edgy situation. The more bullish information coming in for soybeans, the more touchy the market will be to the upside. This puts extra emphasis on South American production, so any major changes in S.A. weather will be watched closely.
For corn the USDA yield was 154.3 which was right in line with what the market was projecting. The average estimate for corn carryout was 840 million bushels but the actual was 827 million. Yesterday's reversal in corn was on record volume and record open interest. Even though the fundamentals remain strong for corn it wouldn't take much imagination to see a selloff from here.
For now the markets seem to be following the inverse of the dollar and taking a breather. Front month corn contracts are taking the brunt of the weakness while the back months will likely remain supported to keep acres for next year. One thing to watch is cotton. Cotton has been on an unbelievably sharp rally since this summer. Today was a major key reversal in cotton and since it will be competing for acres with beans next year it will be one to watch in case of a major switch in the trend.
Another reason we wouldn't be surprised to see a setback going into the end of the year is many times you see a selloff between now and the holiday's as traders close out positions and lighten up before years' end. We recommend staying with our current hedge recommendations.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Broncos linebacker Von Miller will serve a six-game suspension under the NFL's substance-abuse policy, a violation the linebacker said did not result from a positive test.
The league wanted a longer penalty for the third-year linebacker, but the sides agreed to less than half the season, a person familiar with the negotiations between the linebacker and the NFL told The Associated Press.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday because details about the negotiations were not public.
Miller's suspension will begin Aug. 30, the day after Denver's final preseason game. He is eligible to return for Denver's seventh game, Oct. 20 at the Indianapolis Colts.
After being notified of the decision, Miller released a statement saying "although my suspension doesn't result from a positive test, there is no excuse for my violations of the rules."
"I made mistakes and my suspension has hurt my team, Broncos fans, and myself," he said. "I am especially sorry for the effect of my bad decisions on others. I will not make the same mistakes about adhering to the policy in the future. During my time off the field, I will work tirelessly and focus exclusively on remaining in peak shape. I look forward to contributing immediately upon my return to the field and bringing a championship back to the people of Denver."
The Broncos had been operating throughout the preseason as if Miller would be with them for their regular-season opener Sept. 5.
Now, a team with Super Bowl aspirations must scramble to replace its best player on defense, the second pick of the 2011 draft, who was the NFL's 2011 Defensive Rookie of the Year and runner-up last season for the league's Defensive Player of the Year.
Likely to take his spot at the rush linebacker position is Shaun Phillips, a 10-year veteran the Broncos signed in free agency during the offseason.
Miller, meanwhile, has a number of issues pending before his return, first of which is keeping the trust of his teammates, who have steadfastly backed him during a summer filled with turmoil.
"Has not changed," Peyton Manning said Tuesday, before word of the six-game suspension became official. "There's been a lot of noise and speculation. But Von is one of our teammates. He's part of the family, and I certainly have his back as his teammate and I know that all the players do and the organization does."
Miller also must clear up his recent arrest for failing to appear in court for traffic violations. News of the arrest came as Miller was deep in negotiations with the league and the union about his case, about which he repeatedly insisted he had "done nothing wrong."
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Manning, of course, is the lynchpin of a team built to win the Super Bowl now.
But it's Miller whom executive vice president John Elway recently called the most talented football player he'd ever seen.
The linebacker will be on the sideline for the season opener against Baltimore, then at the New York Giants, home against Philadelphia and Oakland, at Dallas and home against Jacksonville. His return coincides with Manning's first game in Indianapolis since he last put on a Colts uniform.
While Miller's gone, the Broncos will shuffle at the linebacker position.
Miller has been practicing with the first team, though a window into the team's thinking came last Thursday, when he missed practice while he met with lawyers. Nate Irving, normally a middle linebacker, played on the strong side, and Phillips filled in at Miller's spot. Middle linebacker Stewart Bradley hurt his left wrist Saturday night, throwing another wrench into the ever-developing contingency plans.


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To truly understand H-E-B's proposal for a downtown grocery store, you must realize that it will require two votes by City Council to make it a reality:
• One to give H-E-B the $1 million cash incentive the city has ponied up for a store.
• Another to approve H-E-B's request to close the block of South Main Avenue, between César E. Chávez Boulevard and East Arsenal Street, which runs alongside H-E-B's headquarters. (It has not actually started the process, but the company says it will.)
Negotiations for the $1 million, between the city of San Antonio and H-E-B, will begin in a few weeks, according to Lori Houston, director of the Center City Development Office. The project is eligible for city and SAWS fee waivers; Houston said the value of those waivers won't be calculated until talks begin.
H-E-B has proposed building a European-style market — 6,000 and 8,000 square feet — at the southeast corner of Flores Street and César E. Chávez Boulevard. H-E-B will spend more than $3.75 million to built it. And the company estimates the store will lose money at least the first five years of operation.
It will offer "fresh produce, floral, prepared foods, sandwiches and salads, deli, fresh bread, beer and wine, fresh meat, frozen food, dairy, dry grocery, and general merchandise items." H-E-B's proposal does not include price points.
H-E-B says it will not build the store without the $1 million, which is fine considering it was the city's idea. The CCDO hopes to present the deal to the council in November, Houston said.
To make the parking work, H-E-B says, the block of South Main Avenue must be closed. Logistically, the company says, the store can't happen without the closure.
The closure would also allow H-E-B to expand its corporate campus — its headquarters currently occupy the United States Arsenal on Main — west to Flores Street.
But the closure of Main is a process, not a decision that rests with any city staffer. (Visit this link for a breakdown of the process.)
In short, H-E-B submits the request, fees are paid, and then abutting property owners are contacted. H-E-B must get the support from 100 percent of the property owners that abut the block of Main in order for the process to continue.
Agencies, like San Antonio Water System and VIA Metropolitan Transit, are canvassed, as well.
If H-E-B gets the required signatures, the process continues. A survey is conducted. And an appraisal is done to determine the monetary value of the right-of-way.
If everything checks out, the proposal is sent to the Planning Commission and then to the City Council. In other words, no city staffer — not City Manager Sheryl Sculley nor any of her subordinates — says "yes" or "no" to the closing of Main. As long as H-E-B follows the process correctly, and it gets those signatures, then the decision rests with Planning and the Council.
So technically, the $1 million deal and the closing of Main are separate issues. But because H-E-B insists it can't build the store without both, they are related. Approval of the $1 million should pass easily. Concerning the closing of Main, the planning commissioners and City Council members have no choice but to consider H-E-B's ultimatum — that without their approval, the store won't happen.
But wait, there's more. A lot more.
H-E-B wants to truly close Main. Not just to traffic, but to pedestrians and cyclists.
"Promptly following the closure of the ROW (right of way), H-E-B shall install traffic barriers, fences and devices to prevent vehicular and pedestrian traffic across the former ROW," the proposal reads.
This raises the question of what becomes of the city-owned Commander's House, a senior center accessible from Main. As its neighbor, H-E-B has invested in the center. As far as ownership, Houston said the city has no intentions of handing over the property to H-E-B, and that it will continue to serve as a senior center. How the seniors will get to the center — if Main is fenced off — has to be worked out between the city and H-E-B, Houston said.
H-E-B continues:
"The City shall, at its sole expense, modify and/or install traffic control devices, signage, road striping, traffic buttons and/or other equipment necessary to safely reroute vehicular and pedestrian traffic from Main Street."
H-E-B also wants the city to waive any fees or costs related to closing the street.
A few technicalities aside, this is what H-E-B is asking in exchange for a store.
I asked H-E-B spokeswoman Dya Campos why her company wants to build the store if it's going to lose money the first five years, and possibly beyond that time frame.
"If building a store downtown is important to the city leaders, the downtown community and our neighbors, we are willing to try it," Campos wrote in an email.
To be fair, H-E-B is investing in the area. It's constructing a test kitchen at 641 S. Flores St., a block west of Main. And H-E-B says it's wanted to close Main since 1985, when it took over the former arsenal.
If H-E-B gets the green light, it says it will take 12 months to complete the store.
It's difficult to truly gauge H-E-B's asking price for the store without knowing the complete value of what will be on the table. What is the appraised value of the block of Main? Exactly how much money will H-E-B's store eat in those first five years? (H-E-B couldn't say exactly what this amount would be.)
In my column in this Sunday's Express-News, I give my perspective on the proposal as a downtowner, as someone who might shop at this store.
Here is even more fodder from today's Express-News opinion pages:
• Josh Brodesky: Is timing right for downtown grocery?
• Editorial: Grocery store will benefit downtown
Have any downtown news, event info, hearsay, tips, celebrations, complaints, boastings, updates, breaking news, memories, old photos, etc.? Want to write a guest blog? E-mail me.
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Publications 2011
Aguado, M.T., G. San Martin and M.E. Sidall, 2011. Systematics and evolution of syllids (Annelida: Syllidae). Cladistics, 27: 1-17.
Ang, T.Z. and A. Manica, 2011. Effect of the presence of subordinates on dominant female behaviour and fitness in hjierarchies of the dwarf angelfish Centropyge bicolor. Ethology, 117: 1111-1119.
Anker, A. 2011. Four new infaunal decapod crustaceans (Caridea: Alpheidae and Gebiidea: Axianassidae) from Lizard Island, Australia, one of them also occurring in Moorea, French Polynesia.
Zootaxa, 2734: 1-22.
Anonymous, 2011. Young fish like noisy neighbours; 'Reefs with added noise always attracted more fish'. UnderwaterTimes, http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=12653480109.
Baumann, H. and M. Gagliano, 2011. Changing otolith/fish size ratios during settlement in two tropical damselfishes. Helgoland Marine Research, doi 10.1007/s10152-011-0255-2.
Bay, L.K. and J.M. Caley, 2011. Greater genetic diversity in spatially restricted coral reef fishes suggests secondary contact among differentiated lineages. Diversity, 3: 483-502.
Bellwood, D.R. and J.H. Choat, 2011. Dangerous demographics: the lack of juvenile humphead parrotfishes Bolbometopon muricatum on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 30: 549-554.
Beninde, J., 2011. Sex in a sea slug: is it all about copulation duration? Diploma thesis, University of Tuebingen.
Berumen, M.L., E.D.L. Trip, M.S. Pratchett and J.H. Choat, 2011. Differences in demographic traits of four butterflyfish species between two reefs of the Great Barrier Reef separated by 1,200 km. Coral Reefs, doi: 10.1007/s00338-011-0838-z.
Beukers-Stewart, B., J. Beukers-Stewart and G.P. Jones, 2011. Behavioural and developmental responses of predatory coral reef fish to variation in the abundance of prey. Coral Reefs, 30: 855-864.
Binning, S.A. and C.J. Fulton, 2011. Non-lethal measurement of pectoral fin aspect ratio in coral-reef fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 79: 812-818.
Bonaldo, R.M., 2011. The ecosystem role of parrotfishes on coral reefs. PhD thesis, James Cook University.
Bonaldo, R.M. and D.R. Bellwood, 2011. Spatial variation in the effects of grazing on epilithic algal turfs on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs, 30: 381-390.
Bonaldo, R.M., J.P. Krajewsky and D.R. Bellwood, 2011. Relative impact of parrotfish grazing scars on massive Porites corals at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 423: 223-233.
Bongaerts, P., 2011. Bathymetric patterns of genetic variation in the coral-algal symbiosis. PhD thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Bongaerts, P., C. Riginos, K. Hay, M.J.H. van Oppen, O. Hoegh-Guldberg and S. Dove, 2011. Adaptive divergence in a scleractinian coral: physiological adaptation of Seriatopora hystrix to shallow and deep reef habitats. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 303.
Booth, D.J. and K. Parkinson, 2011. Pelagic larval duration is similar across 23 degrees of latitude for two species of butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae) in eastern Australia. Coral Reefs, doi: 10.1007/s00338-011-0815-6.
Booth, H., 2011. Effects of coral stressing on the feeding preferences of the coral predator, Acanthaster planci. Undergraduate thesis, School for International Training.
Bosiger, Y., 2011. Predator-prey interactions and the effect of daily temporal predation risk of coral reef fish behaviour. Honours thesis, James Cook University.
Brooker, R.M., P.L. Munday and G.P. Jones, 2011. Coral obligate filefish masquerades as a branching coral. Coral Reefs, 30: 803.
Bruce, N.L. and C. Sidabalok, 2011. The genus Lanocira Hansen, 1890 (Corallanidae: Isopoda: Crustacea) in tropical Australian waters. Zootaxa, 2793: 23-34.
Bshary, R., R.F. Oliveira and A.S. Grutter, 2011. Short-term variation in the level of cooperation in the cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus: implications for the role of potential stressors. Ethology, 117: 246-253.
Burger, M.A.A. and R.D. Adlard, 2011. Low host specificity in the Kudoidae (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) including seventeen new host records for Kudoa thalassomi. Folia Parasitologica 58: 1-16.
Cheney, K.L., 2011. Cleaner wrasse mimics inflict higher costs on their models when they are more aggressive towards signal receivers. Biology Letters, doi; 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0687
Chiou, T.-H., N.J. Marshall, R.L. Caldwell and T.W. Cronin, 2011. Changes in light-reflecting properties of signalling appendages alter mate choice behaviour in a stomatopod crustacean Haptosquilla trispinosa. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Ecology, 44: 1-11.
Chong-Seng, K.M., A.J. Cole, M.S. Pratchett and B.L. Willis, 2011. Selective feeding by coral reef fishes on coral lesions associated with brown band and black band disease. Coral Reefs, 30: 473-484.
Clague, G., C. Newport and A.S. Grutter, 2011. Intraspecific cleaning behaviour of adult cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus (Perciformes: Labridae). Marine Biodiversity Records, doi: 10.1017/s175526721100056X, 4: e56 (3 pages).
Clague, G., K.L. Cheney, A.W. Goldizen, M.I. Waldie and A.S. Grutter, 2011. Long-term cleaner fish presence affects growth of a coral reef fish. Biology Letters, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0458
Cole, A., 2011. The energetic costs of chronic fish predation on reef-building corals. PhD thesis, James Cook University.
Cole, A.J. and M.S. Pratchett, 2011. Effects of juvenile coral-feeding butterflyfishes on host corals. Coral Reefs, DOI 10.1007/s00338-011-0746-2.
Cole, A.J., R.J. Lawton, S.K. Wilson and M.S. Pratchett, 2011. Consumption of tabular acroporid corals by reef fishes: a comparison with plant-herbivore interactions. Functional Ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01935.x.
Cole, K.S., 2011. Patterns of reproductive morphology in the genus Gobiodon (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 92: 323-335.
Cripps, I.L., P.L. Munday and M.I. McCormick, 2011. Ocean acidification affects prey detection by a predatory reef fish. PLoS One, 6(7):e22736 (1-6).
De Wit, P., E. Rota and C. Erseus, 2011. Phylogeny and character evolution in Grania (Annelida, Clitellata). Zoologica Scripta, 40: 509-519.
Devine, B.M., P.L. Munday and G.P. Jones, 2011. Rising CO2 concentrations affect settlement behaviour of larval damselfishes. Coral Reefs, doi: 10.1007/s00338-011-0837-0.
Devine, B.M., P.L. Munday and G.P. Jones, 2011. Homing ability of adult cardinalfish is affected by elevated carbon dioxide. Oecologia, doi: 10.1007/s00442-011-2081-2.
Domenici, P., B. Allan, M.I. McCormick and P.L. Munday, 2011. Elevated carbon dioxide affects behavioural lateralization in a coral reef fish. Biology Letters, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0591
Downie, A.J., R.A. Bray, B.E.H. Jones and T.H. Cribb, 2011. Taxonomy, host-specificity and biogeography of Symmetrovesicula Yamaguti, 1938 (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) from chaetodontids (Teleostei: Perciformes) in the tropical Indo-west Pacific region. Systematic Parasitology, 78: 1-18.
Ferrari, M.C.O, M.I. McCormick, P.L. Munday, M.G. Meekan, D.L. D ixson, O. Lonnstedt and D.P. Chivers, 2011. Putting prey and predator into the CO2 equation: qualitative and quantitative effects of ocean acidification on predator-prey interactions. Ecology Letters, 14: 1143-1148.
Ferrari, M.C.O., D.L. Dixson, P.L. Munday, M.I. McCormick, M.G. Meekan, A. Sih and D.P. Chivers, 2011. Intrageneric variation in antipredator responses of coral reef fishes affected by ocean acidification: implications for climate change projections on marine communities. Global Change Biology, 17: 2980-2986.
Ford, M.R. and P.S. Kench, 2011. The durability of bioclastic sediments and implications for coral reef deposit formation. Sedimentology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01281.x.
Fox, R.J. and D.R. Bellwood, 2011. Unconstrained by the clock? Plasticity of diel activity rhythm in a tropical fish. Functional Ecology, 25: 1096-1105.
Fujii, T., E. Hirose, S. Kashavumurthy, C.A. Chen, W. Zhou and J.D. Reimer, 2011. Coral-killing cyanobacteriosponge (Terpios hoshinota) on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, doi 10.1007/s00338-011-0734-6.
Gagliano, M., A.K. Lema, M. Depczynski and S. Whalan, 2011. Use it and lose it: lipofuscin accumulation in the midbrain of a coral reef fish. Journal of Fish Biology, 78: 659-666.
Gaither, M.R., B.W. Bowen, T.-R. Bordernave, L.A. Rocha, S.J. Newman, J.A. Gomez, L. van herwerden and M.T. Craig, 2011. Phylogeography of the reef fish Cephalopholis argus (Epinephelidae) indicates Pleistocene isolation across the Indo-Pacific Barrier with contemporary overlap in the Coral Triangle. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 189, 16 pp.
Glasby, C.J., R.S. Wilson and T. Bakken, 2011. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific polychaete Neanthes pachychaeta (Fauvel, 1918) n. comb. (Annelida, Phyllodocida, Nereididae) and its synonyms. Zoosystema, 33: 361-375.
Gleeson, R. and R. Adlard, 2011. Morphological and genetic analysis of three new species of Ceratomyxa Thelohan, 1892 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) from carcharhinid sharks off Australia. Systematic Parasitology, 80: 117-124.
Goatley, C.H.R. and D.R. Bellwood, 2011. The roles of dimensionality, canopies and complexity in ecosystem monitoring. PLoS One, 6(11): e27307. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027307.
Hawkins, E.K., J.J. Lee and D.K. Fimiarz, 2011. Colony formation and sexual morphogenesis in the coccolithophore Pleurochrysis sp (Haptophyta). Journal of Phycology, 47: 1344-1349.
Hayes, P.M., N.J. Smit, A.S. Grutter and A.J. Davies, 2011. Unexpected response of a captive blackeye thicklip, Hemigymnus melatperus (Bloch), from Lizard Island, Australia, exposed to juvenile isopods Gnathia aureamaculosa Ferreira & Smit. Journal of Fish Diseases, 34: 563-566.
Heiniger, H., N.L. Gunter and R.D. Adlard, 2011. Re-establishment of the family Coccomyxidae and description of five novel species of Auerbachia and Coccomyxa (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) parasites from Australian fishes. Parasitology, 138: 501-515.
Hellstrom, M., 2011. Sex and symbionts: new discoveries in local and regional patterns of coral reproduction and ecology. PhD thesis, Stockholm University
Hellstrom, M. and J.A.H. Benzie, 2011. Robustness of size measurement in soft corals. Coral Reefs, 30: 787-790.
Hoey, A.S., D.R. Bellwood and A. Barnett, 2011. To feed or to breed: the morphological constraints of mouthbrooding. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2769.
Huelsken, T. H. Waegele, B. Peters, A. Mather and M. Hollmann, 2011. Molecular analysis of adults and egg masses reveals two independent lineages within the infaunal gastropod Naticarius onca (Roeding, 1798) (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae). Molluscan Research, 31(3): 141-151.
Huelsken, T., S. Schreiber and M. Hollmann, 2011. COI amplification from mucus-rich marine gastropods (Gastropoda: Naticidae) depends on DNA extraction method and preserving agent. Mitt. Dtsch. Malakozool. Ges., 85: 17-26.
Jackson, D.J., L. Macis, J. Reitner and G. Wörheide, 2011. A horizontal gene transfer supported the evolution of an early metazoan biomineralization strategy. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 238 (6 pp).
Johansen, J.L. and G.P. Jones, 2011. Increasing ocean temperature reduces the metabolic performance and swimming ability of coral reef damselfishes. Global Change Biology, 17: 2971-2979.
Kerry, J.T. and D.R. Bellwood, 2011. The effect of coral morphology on shelter selection by coral reef fishes. Coral Reefs, doi: 10.1007/s00338-011-0859-7.
Konow, N. and D.R. Bellwood, 2011. Evolution of high trophic diversity based on limited functional disparity in the feeding apparatus of marine angelfishes (f. Pomacanthidae). PLoS One 6(9): e 24113. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024113.
Lawton, R.J., 2011. Geographic variation in ecology of coral feeding butterflyfishes and resilience to large scale disturbances. PhD thesis, James Cook University.
Lawton, R.J., A.J. Cole, M.L. Berumen and M.S. Pratchett, 2011. Geographic variation in resource use by specialist versus generalist butterflyfishes. Ecography, 34: 001-011.
Lawton, R.J., M.S. Pratchett and M.L. Berumen, 2011. The use of specialisation indices to predict vulnerability of coral-feeding butterflyfishes to environmental change. Oikos, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19409.x.
Lawton, R.J., V. Messmer, M.S. Pratchett and L.K. Bay, 2011. High gene flow across large geographic scales reduces extinction risk for a highly specialised coral feeding butterflyfish. Molecular Ecology, 20: 3584-3598.
Layton, C., 2011. Swimming activities and costs in free-living coral reef wrasses (Labridae). Honours thesis, Australian National University.
Lee, J.J., 2011. Fueled by symbiosis, Foraminifera have evolved to be giant complex protists.In "All Flesh is Grass", eds. Z. Dubinsky and J. Seckbach. Springer, Netherlands.
Lonnstedt, O.M. and M.I. McCormick, 2011. Growth history and intrinsic factors influence risk assessment at a critical life transition for a fish. Coral Reefs, 30: 805-812.
Lonnstedt, O.M. and M.I. McCormick, 2011. Chemical alarm cues inform prey of predation threat: the importance of ontogeny and concentration in a coral reef fish. Animal Behaviour, 82: 213-218.
Lonnstedt, O.M., M.I. McCormick and D.P. Chivers, 2011. Well-informed foraging: damage-released chemical cues of injured prey signal quality and size to predators. Oecologia, doi: 10.1007/s00442-011-2116-8.
Maier, E. A. Buckenmaier, R. Tollrian and B. Nuernberger, 2011. Intracolonial genetic variation in the scleractinian coral Seriatopora hystrix. Coral Reefs, doi: 10.1007/s00338-011-0857-9
Marin, I., 2011. Lacertopontonia chadi gen. et sp. nov., a new oyster-associated Pontonia-like pontoniine shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Zootaxa, 2968: 57-68.
Marin, I., 2011. Two new species of alcyonacean-associated shrimp genus Alcyonohippolyte Marin, Okuno & Chan, 2010 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Hippolytidae) from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Zootaxa, 3123: 49-59.
Marin, I. and M.J. Caley, 2011. The diversity of pontoniine shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from the Lizard Island area, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Biodiversity Records, 4: 339. DOI: 10.1017/S1755267211000297.
Marin, I., J. Okuno and T.-Y. Chan, 2011. On the "Hippolyte commensalis Kemp, 1925" species complex (Decapoda, Caridea, Hippolytidae), with the designation of a new genus and description of two new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa, 2768: 32-54.
McNamara, M.K.A. and T.H. Cribb, 2011. Taxonomy, host specificity and dietary implications of Hurleytrematoides (Digenea: Monorchiidae) from chaetodontid fishes on the Great Barrier Reef. Parasitology International, 60: 255-269.
Messmer, V., G.P. Jones, P.L. Munday, S.J. Holbrook, R.J. Schmitt and A.J. Brooks, 2011. Habitat biodiversity as a determinant of fish community structure on coral reefs. Ecology, 92(12): 2285-2298.
Milius, S., 2011. Young'uns adrift on the sea. Science News, 15 January 2011, 18-21.
Miller, D.A., J.H. Choat, K.D. Clements and E.R.Angert, 2011. The spoIIE homolog of Epulopiscium sp. Type B is expressed early in intracellular offspring development. Journal of Bacteriology, May 2011: 2642-2646.
Miller, T.L., R.A. Bray and T.H. Cribb, 2011. Taxonomic approaches to and interpretation of hose specificity of trematodes of fishes: lessons from the Great Barrier Reef. Parasitology, 138: 1710-1722.
Mirams, A.G.K., E.A. Treml, J.L. Shields, L. Liggins and C. Riginos, 2011. Vicariance and dispersal across an intermittent barrier: population genetic structure of marine animals across the Torres Strait land bridge. Coral Reefs, 30: 937-949.
Mitchell, M.D., M.I. McCormick, M.C.O. Ferrari and D.P. Chivers, 2011. Coral reef fish rapidly learn to identify multiple unknown predators upon recruitment to the reef. PLoS ONE, 6: e15764.
Mitchell, M.D., M.I. McCormick, M.C.O. Ferrari and D.P. Chivers, 2011. Friend or foe? The role of latent inhibition in predator and non-predator labelling by coral reef fishes. Animal Cognition, 14: 707-714.
Montanari, S.R., L. van Herwerden, M.S. Pratchett, J.-P.A. Hobbs and A. Fugedi, 2011. Reef fish hybridization: lessons learnt from butterflyfishes (genus Chaetodon). Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1002/ece3.83.
Pinto, A., J. Oates, A. Grutter and R. Bshary, 2011. Cleaner wrasses Labroides dimidiatus are more cooperative in the presence of and audience. Current Biology, 21: 1140-1144.
Plaisance, L., M.J. Caley, R.E. Brainerd and N. Knowlton, 2011. The diversity of coral reefs: what are we missing? PLoS One, 6(10): e25026. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025026.
Plaisance, L., R. Brainard, M.J. Caley and N. Knowlton, 2011. Using DNA barcoding and standardized sampling to compare geographic and habitat differentiation of crustaceans: a Hawaiian Islands example. Diversity, 4: 581-591.
Radford, C.A., C.T. Tindle, J.C. Montgomery and A.G. Jeffs, 2011. Modelling a reef as an extended sound source increases the predicted range at which reef noise may be heard by fish larvae. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 438: 167-174.
Radford, C.A., J.A. Stanley, S.D. Simpson and A.G. Jeffs, 2011. Juvenile coral reef fish use sound to locate habitats. Coral Reefs, 30: 295-308.
Raihani, N.J., A.I. Pinto, A.S. Grutter, S. Wismer and R. Bshary, 2011. Male cleaner wrasses adjust punishment of female partners according to the stakes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0690.
Rivera-Posada, J.A., M. Pratchett and L. Owens, 2011. Injection of Acanthaster planci with thiosulfate-citrate-bile-sucrose agar (TCBS). II, Histopathological changes. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 97: 95-102.
Rivera-Posada, J.A., M. Pratchett, A. Cano-Gomez, J.D. Arango-Gomez and L. Owens, 2011. Injection of Acanthaster planci with thiosulfate-citrate-bile-sucrose agar (TCBS). I. Disease induction. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 97: 85-94.
Rivera-Posado, J.A., M. Pratchett, A. Cano-Gomez, J.D. Arango-Gomez and and L. Owens, 2011. Refined identification of Vibrio bacterial flora from Acanthasther planci based on biochemical profiling and analysis of housekeeping genes. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 96: 113-123.
Roger, L.M., A.J. Richardson, A.D. McKinnon, B. Knott, R. Matear and C. Scadding, 2011. Comparison of the shell structure of two tropical Thecosomata (Creseis acicula and Diacavolinia longirostris) from 1963 to 2009: potential implications of declining aragonite saturation. ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr171.
Ros, A., P. Vullioud and R. Bshary, 2011. Treatment with the glucocorticoid antagonist RU486 reduces cooperative cleaning visits of a common reef fish, the lined bristletooth. Hormones and Behaviour, doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.09.013.
Salwiczek, L. and R. Bshary, 2011. Cleaner wrasses keep track of the "when" and "what" in a foraging task. Ethology, 117: 939-948.
Simpson, S.D., A.N. Radford, E.J. Trickle, M.G. Meekan and A.G. Jeffs, 2011. Adaptive avoidance of noise. PLoS ONE, 6: e16625.
Soares, M.C., R.F. Oliveira, A.F.H. Ros, A.S. Grutter and R. Bshary, 2011. Tactile stimulation lowers stress in fish. Nature Communications, 2: 534, doi: 10.1038/ncomms1547.
Sprenger, D., R. Lange and N. Anthes, 2011. Population density and group size effects on reproductive behavior in a simultaneous hermaphrodite. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 107, 8 pp.
Stella, J.S., P.L. Munday and G.P. Jones, 2011. Effects of coral bleaching on the obligate coral-dwelling crab Trapezia cymodoce. Coral Reefs, 30: 719-727.
Strong, E.E., 2011. More than a gut feeling: utility of midgut anatomy in phylogeny of the Cerithioidea (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 162: 585-630.
Tambutte, S., M. Holcomb, C. Ferrier-Pages, S. Reynaud, E. Tambutte, D. Zoccola and D. Allemand, 2011. Coral biomineralization: from the gene to the environment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.07.026.
Tang, D., D. Uyeno and K. Nagasawa, 2011. Parasitic copepods of the family Taeniacanthidae (Crustacea) from triggerfishes (Teleostei, Balistidae) and filefishes (Teleostei, Monacanthidae) collected in the Indo-West Pacific region with descriptions of two new species of Taeniacanthus Sumpf, 1871. Zootaxa, 3103: 33-56.
Taylor, J.D., E.A. Glover, L. Smith, P. Dyal and S.T. Williams, 2011. Molecular phylogeny and classification of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 163: 15-49.
Telford, I.R.H., P. Sebastian, J.J. Bruhl and S.S. Renner, 2011. Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) in Australia and Eastern Malesia, including newly recognized species and the sister species to C. melo. Systematic Botany, 36: 376-389.
Thacker, C.E., A.R. Thompson and D.M. Roje, 2011. Phylogeny and evolution of Indo-Pacific shrimp-associated gobies (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59: 168-176.
Tillbrook, K.J., 2011. A new genus for a unique species of Indo-West Pacific bryozoan. Zootaxa, 3134: 63-67.
Tynan, S. and B. Opdyke, 2011. Effects of lower surface ocean pH upon the stability of shallow water carbonate sediments. Science of the Total Environment, 409: 1082-1086.
Ulstrup, K.E., M. Kuehl, M.J.H. Van Oppen, T.F. Cooper and P.J. Ralph, 2011. Variation in photosynthesis and respiration in geographically distinct populations of two reef-building coral species. Aquatic Biology, 12: 241-248.
Vail, A.L. and M.I. McCormick, 2011. Metamorphosing reef fishes avoid predator scent when choosing a home. Biology Letters, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0380.
Van der Meer, M.H., M.G. Gardner, J.-P.A. Hobbs, G.P. Jones and L. van Herwerden, 2011. Identification of seventeen microsatellite markers for conservation genetic studies of the endemic anemonefish, Amphiprion mccullochi. Conservation Genetics Resources, doi: 10.1007/s12686-011-9517-1.
Waegele, H., O. Deutsch, K. Haendeler, R. Martin, V. Schmitt, G. Christa, B. Pinzger, S.B. Gould, T. Dagan, A. Klussmann-Kolb and W. Martin, 2011. Transcriptomic evidence that longevity of acquired plastids in the photosynthetic slugs Elysia timida and Plakobranchus ocellatus does not entail lateral transfer of algal nuclear genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28: 699-706.
Waldie, P.A., S.P. Blomberg, K.L. Cheney, A.W. Goldizen and A.S. Grutter, 2011. Long-term effects of the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus on coral reef fish communities. PLoS One, 6: e21201. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021201.
Wenger, A.S. J.L. Johansen and G.P. Jones, 2011. Suspended sediment impairs habitat choice and chemosensory discrimination in two coral reef fishes. Coral Reefs, 30: 879-887.
Williams, B.L., V. Lovenburg, C.L. Huffard and R.L. Caldwell, 2011. Chemical defense in pelagic octopus paralarvae: tetrodotoxin alone does not protect individual paralarvae of the greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) from common reef predators. Chemoecology, 21: 131-141.
Wilson, G.D.F, C.A. Sims and A.S. Grutter, 2011. Toward a taxonomy of the Gnathiidae (Isopoda) using juveniles: the external anatomy of Gnathia aureamaculosa zuphea stages using scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 31(3): 509-522.
Wismer, S., 2011. Environmental influence on cognition and cooperation in bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). MSc thesis, University of Zurich.
Wombacher, F., A. Eisenhauer, F. Boehm, N. Gussone, M. Regenberg, W.-C. Dullo and A. Rueggeberg, 2011. Magnesium stable isotope fractionation in marine biogenic calcite and aragonite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75: 5797-5818.
Wong, M.Y.L., 2011. Group size in animal societies: the potential role of social and ecological limitations in the group-living fish, Paragobiodon xanthosomus. Ethology, 117: 638-644.
Wright, K.J., D.M. Higgs and J.M. Leis, 2011. Ontogenetic and interspecific variation in hearing ability in marine fish larvae. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 424: 1-13.
Yong, R.Q.Y. and T.H. Cribb, 2011. Rhaphidotrema kiatkiongi, a new genus and species of blood fluke (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from Arothron hispidus (Osteichthyes: Tetraodontidae) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Folia Parasitologica, 58(4): 273–277.
Young, M.A.L. and D.R. Bellwood, 2011. Diel patterns in sea urchin activity and predation on sea urchins on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 30: 729-736.
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But the right-hander from Mumbai was disappointed to have failed to finish off the match as he departed with India precariously-placed at 201 for nine, leaving the task to the last-wicket pair of Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron. "I was little disappointed for not finishing the game. Winning the game is more important than scoring in a losing cause. I never want to do stuff like this again," Sharma said on the eve of the second ODI against the West Indies here tomorrow.
"Leaving 10 runs for the bowlers to finish the game is always difficult. I will make sure it does not happen again," he insisted. Sharma, however, was satisfied that his half-century came in a winning cause for India. "It was a close game no doubt. But it does not matter as we have won the game that is more important," he said.
He said his gameplan in the last match was to build partnerships after India were reduced to 59 for five at one stage. "It was not an easy situation to be in. They (West Indies) were bowling well. We wanted a partnership and when (Ravindra) Jadeja came in we just spoke about building small partnerships", he said.
"We (me and Jadeja) shared about 80-90 runs of which was really crucial. When Jadeja got out we needed one more small partnership (with R Vinay Kumar). With dew, we knew it was not going to be easy for the bowlers. We just decided on building partnerships and did well on that factor," Sharma said.
In absence of senior players like Zaheer Khan and Praveen Kumar, the inexperienced pace trio of R Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron did an impressive job by restricting the visitors to 211 for nine, and Sharma said it augurs well for Indian cricket. "I was watching highlights and I saw (commentator) Ravi Shastri talking about Varun and Umesh very highly. It`s good to see two fast bowlers bowling in tandem for so long. They have been bowling fast and quick," he said.
"I hope there is great future ahead of them. I hope to see them taking wickets and give us early breakthroughs that will set the momentum for us." Incidentally, the win in Cuttack was India`s 10th on the trot on home soil and Sharma said the hosts would like to carry on the winning streak.
"Coming back to this game, we need to continue with the momentum, we just need to carry on. We have been preparing well. We just want to go out there and enjoy and keep winning the matches," Sharma said. Sharma also wanted to win the second ODI against the visitors not only for the team but also for his mother, who hails from the port city.
Visakhapatnam being his mother Purnima Sharma`s home town, Sharma said a win tomorrow would be a perfect gift for her on a ground where he has often performed well. "Of course that (win in second ODI) will be a gift (for her)," Sharma said.
"Vizag has been always good for us. It`s always been a belter of track as far as my knowledge goes. I`ve done really well whenever I`ve played here. Against Australia we chased down 290 with six wickets intact," he said. The city has always been a happy hunting ground for the Indians who have a 100 per cent record here, winning all the three matches they have played here so far.
"The wicket here is batsmen-friendly. We will try to keep that record intact. We want to focus on our preparation and we have to take it from there. We dont want to think too far ahead," Sharma said.


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...And most Humanists are not freethinkers. Certainly not the likes of PZ Meyer or the more fervent members of Atheist+, or the radical neo-liberal who follow ideology qua religion. I'm definitely not speaking up for Conservativism either, which follows the same patterns, despite the mutual disgust these two groups have for each other.
Wikipedia defines freethought as such:
a philosophical viewpoint that holds opinions should be formed on the basis of logic, reason and and not authority, tradition, or other dogmas.
Secular humanism is, then, said to have such quality:
Fundamental to the concept of secular humanism is the strongly held viewpoint that ideology—be it religious or political—must be thoroughly examined by each individual and not simply accepted or rejected on faith.
Yet, if most humanists who hold such view do so in order not to be assholes, and in order to appear 'enlightened' in light of the Renaissance, then they are not truly Humanists, for they neither follow nor are interested to seek individual logic behind the views they hold. Most of these 'humanists' are born into Humanism, and hold these universally attractive values in the safe confines of social encouragement, but philosophical laziness, ironically inspired by many religious values they are somehow against. On the surface, the tenets of Humanism seem self-evident, especially on basis of fear for the alternative, but for a philosophy to be rational, it is not enough to just inspire feel-good warmth inside the hearts of the naivete, but also to be derived from agreeable axioms (at least to some practical extent) with least assumptions.
And if one has never thought much about it, then he relinquishes his right to criticize other people for their opinions, lest he be the asshole whose unprovable opinion somehow supersede other people's opinions on the account of an appeal to emotion. If those more honest would rather admit they have no logical defense for Humanism, we could accept that also, as long as he stops assuming and describing his position as rational, logical, or non-religious.
With that in mind, I challenge the rest of the proclaimed Humanists to give me a formal logical proof for any of the following:
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Humanism, to me, means human values rather than religious values. It means that society should be organized around human needs and priorities (hence, universal education and health care, etc.) and not around other considerations that are intangible (god, religion, tradition, communism, capitalism, 'progress', etc.)
It should be noted that the description of secular humanism in the original post is not a definition, but it is what is commonly said to be an aspect: "[beliefs] must be thoroughly examined by each individual and not simply accepted or rejected on faith."
If freethought is what is required to be a Humanist, then, I argued, most atheists are not Humanists. However, if Humanism is a faith, then most atheists probably are Humanists, but they are not necessarily freethinkers on the subject. There is nothing wrong with Humanism per se, but it is somewhat of a false dichotomy the assumption that because a person has gotten rid of God from his belief system and replaced it with another set of values that he is a freethinker.
This thread is not about whether humanist values produce a more comfortable biological state of human existence, although some of those values could be argued as well. This thread is about whether any or all humanist values can be logically defendable as morally right and made a categorical imperative for all human beings.
For example, if someone -- a Humanist -- uttered the words, "Slavery is wrong," is that just his opinion or an objective moral fact? If it is the latter, then I request that the Humanist show his proof of the existence of objective morality without God.
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The Kardashians are not known for their book smarts, but you'd think that the producers of their show would at least know a thing or two about basic geography. Apparently not, because as someone on Reddit pointed out, the show woefully misrepresented where Los Angeles is on the map. I did a bit of quick research in my kollection of Keeping Up with the Kardashians episodes (my head hurts from hanging so low in shame), and this hilarious error was made in episode 10 of last season. Instead of leaving from Los Angeles en route to a family vacation in Bora Bora, it seems the Kardashian Klan actually left from central Mexico. Maybe this explains why Bruce Jenner never seems to know where he is.
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As I understand it, though, the mSATA/PCI Express slot (where either an mSATA SSD or your WWAN card plugs in) is only SATA II.
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> As I understand it, though, the mSATA/PCI Express slot (where either an mSATA SSD or your WWAN card plugs in) is only SATA II.
Yes, it is SATA II ... as I discovered a short while back.
I have a very large mSATA SSD from Samsung (an EVO family, as I recall) and use it for music storage - that does not tax the drive or interface at all.
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A child in bunny costume playing peekaboo(?) with Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Soldiers.
CORRECTION (11/26): The photograph was misidentified as having been taken in Gaza and thereby implied that the boy is Palestinian. The photograph was actually taken in the West Bank city of Hebron by photojournalist Ziv Koren of an Israeli boy dressed up as a bunny during the Jewish holiday of Purim in 2003.
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الأديـــان مـن صـنـع الإنـسـان .. أثير العرا
Atheeriraqi has dedicated his blog to the promotion of atheism (in Arabic). What more is there to say? Well quite a lot actually. If you read Arabic or want to use Google's web page translator you can read his (very) detailed arguments. Atheer writes:
"The blog is about criticizing relegions, mostly Islam because I know more about it, but also something about christianity and judism, focusing on the conflict between science and the holy books, which proves definetly(from my point of view) that the religions are man-made not from the creator, the blog does not discuss about the existance of a God(although I am interested in) because I do not have yet a clear opinion about that, I think that the existance of a God is a very complicated issue."


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Axvault Interviews Ed Gerhard (Part 2)
July 12, 2012
We're back with Part Two of Axvault's interview with Ed Gerhard. (Here's Part One in case you missed it). In the second half of our conversation, Ed waxes on the evolution of guitar music, the rise of a global instrumental guitar scene, and gives us a detailed preview of his forthcoming album. Check the links […]
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Axvault Interviews Ed Gerhard (Part 1)
July 7, 2012
Last Saturday, Axvault sat down with Grammy Award-winning acoustic guitarist Ed Gerhard, before his show at the Music Emporium inLexington,Mass.Ed is on the cusp of releasing his 9th album. He is renowned for his virtuosity on 6-string, 12-string, and Weissenborn-style slide guitar, as well as for both the emotional and compositional depth of his instrumental […]
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Carbon Fiber Guitars- Are They The Future?
February 7, 2012
By Patrick Keegan The basic construction of an acoustic guitar has not evolved much since the instrument originated. Sure, there was the jump to steel strings and truss rods and different types of bracing, but, other than that, the acoustic guitar has not changed much since it came about. Just about every acoustic guitar has […]
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Yamaha Guitars *Axvault Exclusive*
August 16, 2011
Yamaha Guitars By Patrick Keegan *Axvault Exclusive* When you think Yamaha acoustic guitars usually you don't think high-end or innovative, In fact the words 'cheap' and 'for beginners' might come to mind. This should not be the case. When Axvault walked into their booth at N.A.M.M. we weren't expecting much. We thought we would see […]
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July 17, 2011
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About Guitars
March 18, 2011
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number but sometimes more, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with either nylon […]
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Clapton's 1948 Gibson Hollow Body $82,960.00 at Auction
March 10, 2011
NEW YORK (AFP) – Rock legend Eric Clapton parted with 70 of his guitars in a charity auction that drew hundreds of fans and aficionados, and broke sale estimates.
Clapton's 1948 Gibson hollow body guitar on Wednesday brought in $83,000, making it the most expensive item in the auction. Its estimated value stood at $30,000.
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Martin D-18 on Antiques Roadshow, June 27, 2009
March 8, 2011
This is a Martin. The serial number dates it as a 1937. This guitar comes from what they call the golden era of guitar making at the Martin guitar company, which at that time was in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and still is in Nazareth, Pennsylvania
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NAMM Take it to 11
January 4, 2011
NAMM and PAMA To Host 'Music and Sound Intellectual Property Task Force Meeting' at the 2011 NAMM Show Music Product Manufacturers CEOs and Senior Executives Encouraged to Learn About Intellectual Property Rights and Anti-Counterfeiting Actions NAMM and PAMA To Host 'Music and Sound Intellectual Property Task Force Meeting' at the 2011 NAMM Show thumbnail CARLSBAD, […]
Dating Guild Guitars
January 3, 2011
The following series of charts contain the most accurate information Guild has available for discerning the date of manufacture of Guild guitars by serial number. Through the years, (as well as through several different owners of the Guild Guitar company), some historical documentation has unfortunately been lost or destroyed. While there are some holes in […]
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Guild Guitar Models
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Fender Guitar Colors
December 8, 2010
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Chris Rolfe's return to the Fire all happened so fast on Monday.
A morning rumor on a message board, followed by a blog entry and shortly thereafter an announcement from the Fire making official the return of the club's second all-time leading goal scorer from Aalborg BK in Denmark. Soon enough, Chris Rolfe was trending in Chicago on Twitter.
If it moved quickly for you, imagine how Chris felt -- the announcement was made during his flight from Copenhagen, approximately at the time he was flying over Greenland. After clearing customs at O'Hare Monday night, he was greeted by a number of supporters from Section 8 Chicago.
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"It was a pleasant surprise," Rolfe said about the greeting Tuesday. "By the time I left Denmark we were still hush-hush about me coming back. Obviously when I saw the fans there I knew word had gotten out. I turned my phone on and had a bunch of messages so it was nice to see so many people happy to have me back."
The move to bring Rolfe back was indeed a fast one. With the Fire having scored just three goals in four matches and a desire on both sides to have Rolfe return, yeoman's work was done in the days leading up to the MLS transfer deadline on April 15 to finalize a deal.
"Everything just happened so fast in the last five days or so. It's been extremely hectic and challenging but I have to give credit to both clubs for working through the process together and MLS for helping as well. I'm really excited to be back in Chicago and to be part of this organization again. I hope I can provide something they need right now."
The second leading scorer in club history, many of Rolfe's 40 goals across all competitions from his first stint with the Fire (2005-09) will bring fond memories back for the club's fan base. While adding someone that has proven they can find the back of the net is a good start, bringing one that is match fit and ready for action right away is a coup.
Rolfe last played 19 days ago for Aalborg, coming on as a 72nd minute substitute before receiving a stoppage time red card in a 1-0 loss at Horsens in Danish Superliga play. Over the course of the last season, he's appeared in 21 matches, starting 18 for AaB.
With Rolfe set for his first training stint with the Fire Wednesday morning, he's hopeful to figure into the team's match away to Toronto FC, and why not? In four previous appearances against the Reds, Rolfe has tallied three goals and an assist.
"I want to play, I'm excited to play," Rolfe said about his possible inclusion in the lineup Saturday. "I'm going to talk to Frank [Klopas] and see how training goes this week. We'll see what's decided. For me, I'm excited and ready to play."


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