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I am a crazy fund with wide aperture in photography, i love it! I love it so much that i should refrain myself some time. F/1.4 ...
It give you this very shallow depth of field to isolate the subject on the photograph, with an usually awesome bokeh (the bokeh is the quality of blur in the background or in the foreground of a photograph).
But it's not because your lens can be opened at f/1.4 that you should always take pictures at f/1.4 !
Sure it's nice to shoot at f/1.4, and like i already said above, specially if you want to isolate the subject from the background or if you want to have some effect with a nice bokeh on your pictures.
It's not specifically about the aperture at f/1.4 i want to speak today, it's about the very shallow DoF (Depth of field), and it is not because your lens wide open is at f/1.4 or f/2.8 that you should always shoot wide open!
Many photographers when they get stuck at wider aperture forgot or don't see anymore, for example, that having only one eye in focus it's not nice ... at all.
How many time i saw it, it's a shame, because most of those pictures are made by excellent photographer with a very well controlled lighting, but when you look at the picture and you feel like the model is one-eyed ... What a big disappointment, specially when at the very first glance, the picture seem to have an excellent good looking.
But first let's speak about portrait and tight portraiture.
What are you looking first when you are watching a tight portrait photograph ?
I got you with the photograph of my son on the side! You was looking first at the eyes and you cannot tell that it's not true.
Why ?
Because it's a reflex! Every living mammals on earth have this reflex, so when you encounter a living creature, after the very first glance to tell to your brain what is it, you will look at the eye immediately after having identified the creature, even if it's just a glance.
Why ? Like i already said, it's a reflex, it's to try to find out what are the intentions of the encounter, and this latter you will find it with the eyes first!
It is not for nothing that there is the saying "the eyes are the mirror of the soul" and this saying is even more true in photography! Because when you will take your first glance at a picture, your brain know already what your are doing, so your first glance, by reflex, will be at the eyes on the picture!
But depending who's on the picture, and men and only men do this, when somewhere in the part of theirs brain, the identification say "Female",
men usually look elsewhere first ... below the chin ... around 20cm below ... yes here ;)
Having said that, you can now
understand how it's important to not be stuck at a very wide aperture, especially if you cannot determine what is the Depth of Field of a given aperture at a
given distance, but by practicing and practicing, again and again, you will be able to do it, and do not hesitate to close a little bit your aperture to put both eyes in the Depth of
There is another issue with very wide aperture lenses, at their maximum opened aperture, they are usually less sharp and have more chromatic aberrations than were they are stopped down, no need to stop down to a very small aperture, but depending on the lens quality, usually one or two stop is enough.
More or less, you know why in portraiture photography it's important to not be stuck at f/1.4, but the photography's domain is large as ... the planet and even more, so there will be always a reason to not be at f/1.4, use it (i do), enjoy it(i do), but don't be stuck.
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Is there a drive for Mulholland?
LOS ANGELES - Could a third time in San Francisco be the charm for left-handed pitcher Terry Mulholland? Will there be a Tiger or two in the Giants' tank? These and many other questions could be answered soon.
The Chicago Cubs are reportedly willing to deal Mulholland, who was twice a Giant, and there are signs San Francisco is interested in taking him back. When Mulholland last pitched before the All-Star break, a prominent Giants scout was in attendance.
Meanwhile, a source said the Giants are looking at Tigers catcher-infielder Brian Johnson, an Oakland native who could be dealt alone or in a package with starting pitcher Omar Olivares, a right-hander who has performed well for Detroit this season.
General manager Brian Sabean, citing a policy of not commenting on specific trade rumors, remained mum. On the other hand, when asked about Mulholland, Sabean didn't deny the Cubs are among many teams he's speaking with in search of another starter.
"I had scouts everywhere before the All-Star break," he said. "To comment on any one pitcher would be unfair."
Although the Cubs have other pitchers they might consider dealing, namely Frank Castillo, Steve Trachsel and reliever Bob Patterson, Mulholland best fits Sabean's desire for a veteran with stretch-drive experience who can eat up innings. Mulholland has given the Cubs 118 innings so far and is 6-9 with a 3.72 ERA that is more indicative of how he's pitched. He also has playoff and World Series experience with the Phillies.
Sabean did say no trades are imminent. He expects deals to happen just before the July 31 trading deadline.
Mulholland, 34, came up with the Giants, was traded to Philadelphia in 1989 and returned with a free-agent contract in 1995. He spent an injury-plagued 5-13 season in San Francisco and re-signed with the Phillies last year.
Johnson, a 29-year-old Skyline High graduate, was recently demoted by the Tigers, but only because of the quick emergence of top catching prospect Raul Casanova.
ETC.: The Giants had a four-game winning streak snapped. . . . The big blow off Jim Poole was a three-run homer by backup second baseman Tripp Cromer. . . . All-Star Shawn Estes is still not slated to pitch in the Dodger series, but manager Dusty Baker said his rotation is not set in stone. It's still possible Estes may work Sunday's series finale. . . . The Dodger Stadium flags were lowered to half-staff in memory of longtime Dodgers broadcaster Jerry Doggett, who died this week at 80 in San Jose.<

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Kesha hits the stage during her performance at the Best Buddies Miami Gala on Friday night (November 18) at the Ice Palace in Miami, Florida.
The 29-year-old entertainer rocked a Metallic T shirt and black hat earlier that day as she made her way to rehearsal before her performance.
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David Cross Turns Trump-ian Rhetoric on Its Head
I have to admit something. While watching the Republican National Convention and reading the news surrounding it, every time I came across the words "Never Trump"—aka the uprising led by terrified GOP stalwarts to block the seemingly unhinged real estate mogul's nomination as their party's presidential candidate—I kept thinking of "Never Nude," the fictitious syndrome that forced Arrested Development's Tobias Fünke, played by David Cross, to wear a pair of jorts at all times, underneath his clothes and even while showering.
How perfect, then, that in his new Netflix comedy special, Making America Great Again!, Cross so effectively channels and subverts the unprecedentedly bizarre, decency-defying discourse of our current political circus.
"I've been doing this a lot," Cross says to cheers from the audience during his 73-minute set, filmed over the course of two shows in Austin back in April. A few minutes earlier, as Cross, an avowed atheist, unspooled an extended rant about why an omnipotent god would allow innocent American kids to be shot, the cameras panned the crowd as a woman, presumably offended, hightailed it out of the theater.
"People get upset and leave every show," Cross observes onstage. "It's so weird to me, you know, that in 2016, at this point, I have literally eight-plus hours of my stand-up available to peruse. Check it out. Maybe see if we're on the same page about what subject matters I might broach, you know? Seriously, I think there are a lot of people like, 'Oh, hey, Tobias is in town! I didn't know he told jokes. What's he going to do? Say some spoonerisms, some malaprops for an hour?' "
Wordplay is not Cross's schtick, though he does make one notable pun: "Patrio-jism," part of a running joke that icons of American culture—like the Statue of Liberty, say, or "senseless yet completely unavoidable" mass shootings—give him a boner. There are, though, plenty of moments in the comedian's set when he assumes a sort of Fünke-ian, navel-gazing, self-serving cluelessness, usually to inhabit the inanity of Tea Party thinking. The rest of the time he operates as a pathologically real-talking soothsayer, the guy who cares so little about propriety (see erection jokes above) that he'll brutally articulate unvarnished truths around which better-socialized people only tiptoe. And if that sounds like a certain orange-faced tycoon with whom we've become distressingly familiar in the past year, I think that might be the point.
Here's Cross on how the right-wing media bred an environment ripe for a Trump-like figure: "You can't spend every single day for 7.5 years telling people that their president is a communist Muslim from Kenya who hates America and wants to destroy it and not expect this to be the result." Then: "Donald Trump gatherings allow people the opportunity to finally go to a white power rally without all the guilt."
Trump's cheap, empty promises make him "the guy in a war movie comforting his buddy who doesn't realize that his bottom half has been blown off," and the friend dying in Donald's arms, "that's the American intellect." Ted Cruz, who at the time of filming was still a viable nominee, is "a whole other kettle of shitty fish," a "man who thinks God made only one mistake, and that's when he created the clitoris."
But Cross is most biting on the topic of gun control. First he takes aim at the police. "We should just make it a little more difficult for a person with known violent tendencies to get a gun. And I'm not talking about the cops." Later: "I think we can all agree that blue lives murder." He goes on: "They're murdering us. Well, not us. We're white."
Then he sets in his verbal crosshairs those "venal, craven" legislators who block commonsense gun control legislation to stay in the good graces of the National Rifle Association. How many more people have to die in mass shootings before we do something in this country? Cross wonders. "It's a valid question, so I crunched the numbers, and it turns out 1,776 more people have to die," and all in a single incident.
He goes on to make a Jonathan Swift–style modest proposal: that we take matters into our own hands and hire someone—"it's gotta be a white guy or it's going to set the whole cause back 40 years"—to go to the Kentucky Derby and open fire.
Believe it or not, that's not even the most unsettling moment of the set. That honor goes to a bit in which Cross imagines in gory detail an NRA gold-star congressman who brings his young daughter to work, watches as she's senselessly slaughtered by a gunman bearing an arsenal of Internet-bought automatic weapons, cradles her body as the life seeps out of it, then, shakes his head and says, "Small price to pay. Freedom isn't free, honey, freedom isn't free."
Are many of these jokes in horrible taste? Absolutely. Can Cross's comedy be difficult to watch? Yes, and not least because, you, like me, may find yourself guiltily chuckling at the punch lines. But it's in those tensely humorous, hyperreal moments that I think we can give Cross credit for doing something kind of clever.
There have been too many moments over past months when this presidential race has careened into full-fledged absurdity. Trump has hijacked the political discourse and deteriorated it to unimaginable lows. He's created a vision of America that's unremittingly dark, in which horrors lurk around every corner and only Trump stands between us and imminent destruction. At times, it's seemed plausible that the newly minted politician may actually be a performance artist, or perhaps a comedian, punking the American people over the course of an unrelenting months-long gag.
But as much as we're genuinely horrified by the prospect of a Trump presidency, along the way we've also taken a certain smug pleasure in expressing our collective dismay over his shocking lack of empathy, of civility, of maturity. Attempting to undermine the credibility of the parents of a fallen Muslim soldier; attacking a Mexican-American judge; kicking a baby out of his rally; making fun of a disabled reporter; encouraging his supporters to physically attack protestors; speaking publicly about women's periods, the length of his penis, the attractiveness of his daughter: How low can he go?
However low, Cross will match him, and maybe even outdo him. Taking Trump's rhetoric—and his catch phrase as a title—the comedian flips it on its head. Trump may be the crassest politician we've ever seen, but Cross will out-crass him. And in the process, he makes a Trump-ian case for liberal values, for the politics of common sense and decency.
The comedian concludes his set with a strange encore. "The world as we created it, is a result of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking," he reads from a mysterious, well-worn pamphlet retrieved from backstage. The writer of this text goes on to invoke Einstein: his challenge to conventional wisdom; his intellectual prowess; his outsider, underdog advantage. "And that is the philosophy we embrace," Cross reads, slowly turning the page, "to imagine our new tableware collection!"
Spoiler alert: The pamphlet is actually a Restoration Hardware catalog, the writer of that particular squib RH's "chairman emeritus, creator, and curator" Gary Friedman. "It's all relative," writes Friedman, reads Cross. "Carpe diem."
It's easy enough to read between the lines. A high-end corporate furniture store can co-opt Einstein's anti-establishment genius to sell plates. A silver spoon–fed tycoon can co-opt homegrown American values to sell the name Trump. And Cross can co-opt Trump's shock jockey tactics to sell a very un-Trump-y liberal, humanist worldview.


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Are U.S. Investors Over Gold?
Fewer investors are seeking out gold, and are looking to find comfort in U.S. Treasurys instead, Liam Pleven reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Reuters.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
Today is Monday, June 20, the 171st day of 2011. There are 194 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On June 20, 1921, U.S. Rep. Alice Mary Robertson, R-Okla., became the first woman to preside over a session of the House of Representatives. The milestone was reached during a roll call vote on funding a U.S. delegation to the centenary celebration of Peru's independence.
On this date:
In 1782, Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States.
In 1791, King Louis XVI of France and his family attempted to flee the country in the so-called "Flight to Varennes," but were caught.
In 1837, Queen Victoria acceded to the British throne following the death of her uncle, King William IV.
In 1863, West Virginia became the 35th state.
In 1893, a jury in New Bedford, Mass., found Lizzie Borden not guilty of the ax murders of her father and stepmother.
In 1910, entertainer Fanny Brice made her official debut with The Ziegfeld Follies.
In 1947, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was shot dead at the Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill, apparently at the order of mob associates.
In 1963, the United States and Soviet Union signed an agreement to set up a "hot line" between the two superpowers.
In 1967, boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted. (Ali's conviction was ultimately overturned by the Supreme Court).
In 1979, ABC NW - Local News correspondent Bill Stewart was shot to death in Managua, Nicaragua, by a member of President Anastasio Somoza's national guard.
Ten years ago: Houston resident Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the family bathtub, then called police. (Yates was later convicted of murder, but had her conviction overturned; she was acquitted by reason of insanity in a retrial.) American Lori Berenson was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Peruvian court for collaborating with leftist guerrillas. (Berenson was paroled after serving 15 years.) Pakistan's military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, dismissed the country's president and took the post himself. Billy Collins was named the 11th U.S. poet laureate.
Five years ago: The U.S. military recovered the booby-trapped bodies of two missing soldiers in Iraq. Japanese Arts & Life Minister Junichiro Koizumi (joon-ee-chee-roh koh-ee-zoo-mee) announced the withdrawal of Japanese ground troops from Iraq. National Guardsmen rolled into New Orleans to reinforce a depleted police department and battle a surge in violence. Dan Rather reached an agreement with CBS NW - Local News to leave the network after 44 years. The Miami Heat won their first NBA title, beating the Dallas Mavericks 95-92 in Game 6.
One year ago: Juan Manuel Santos, a former defense minister from a politically powerful clan who oversaw a major weakening of leftist rebels, won Colombia's presidency. Edith Shain, who claimed to be the nurse smooched by a sailor in Times Square in a famous Life magazine photograph marking the end of AP - International War II, died in Los Angeles at 91. Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland won the U.S. Open.
Today's Birthdays: Actress Olympia Dukakis is 80. Actor Martin Landau is 80. Actor James Tolkan is 80. Actor Danny Aiello is 78. Blues musician Lazy Lester is 78. Actor John Mahoney is 71. Movie director Stephen Frears is 70. Singer-songwriter Brian Wilson is 69. Actor John McCook is 67. Singer Anne Murray is 66. TV personality Bob Vila is 65. Musician Andre Watts is 65. Actress Candy Clark is 64. Producer Tina Sinatra is 63. Rhythm-and-blues singer Lionel Richie is 62.
Actor John Goodman is 59. Rock musician Michael Anthony is 57. Pop musician John Taylor is 51. Rock musician Mark DeGliantoni (de-GLI'-an-toh-nee) is 49. Rock musician Murphy Karges (Sugar Ray) is 44. Actress Nicole Kidman is 44. Country/bluegrass singer-musician Dan Tyminski is 44. Movie director Robert Rodriguez is 43. Actor Peter Paige is 42. Actor Josh Lucas is 40. Rock musician Jeordie White (AKA Twiggy Ramirez) is 40. Rock singer Chino Moreno (Deftones) is 38. Country-folk singer-songwriter Amos Lee is 34. Country singer Chuck Wicks is 32. Christian rock musician Chris Dudley (Underoath) is 28. Actor Mark Saul is 26. Actor Chris Mintz-Plasse (plahs) is 22. Actress Maria Lark (TV: "Medium") is 14.
Thought for Today: "The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order." -- Alfred North Whitehead, English philosopher and mathematician (1861-1947).


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The volatile gold price has caused more than a few headaches.
The price surges have drawn in eager punters, but the rallies haven't been sustainable. Without a sustained break higher, more people are starting to become disenfranchised towards the yellow metal.
Gold came up, as it tends to, in a conversation with a friend over the weekend. He doesn't invest in shares and is looking to buy property. I was explaining how asset classes move in and out of favour over time.
For example, commodities were popular…and now they aren't. Emerging markets were expensive…and now they're cheap. The same is true for property. It's been — and remains — hugely popular with investors. But I believe that property will move out of favour within the next decade. A portfolio of gold shares should offer significantly better long-term rewards.
His response: '…but people have been saying "buy gold" for years!' Like many others, my friend wasn't convinced.
Lots of people are starting to view gold as an 'overhyped' asset class. The talking heads on TV, who always say buy and never sell, have destroyed morale. With the lack of appetite towards the sector, a major price capitulation could be around the corner.
That is, unless gold surges through — and holds above — US$1,300 per ounce. That's a critical level for the yellow metal.
A price level for gold worth noting
The Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday:
'…Research by ANZ forecasts the gold price will "push past" $US1300 ($1700) an ounce over the next year.
'It's a handy gain compared to the price range where the precious metal has mostly been trading during the past 18 months, where most of the time it's been well under $US1300 an ounce. At one point last year it plummeted towards $US1100 an ounce, while recently, it's been bouncing around the $US1250 an ounce mark.'
I'm not sure who ANZ's analysts are trying to impress with their forecast. US$1,300 per ounce was already hit this month and has acted as major resistance for years.
Resistance highlights the tops of range-bound markets, mind you. The US$1,300 per ounce resistance level has been around for some time.
Take a look at the daily gold chart below. The red line shows the resistance level in question.
Source: Seeking Alpha
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In 2015, gold declined from the key level to hit $1,040 per ounce in December. The year was marked by multiple false starts from the US Federal Reserve. The Fed tried to raise rates three times that year. The market got spooked each time and the Fed back-flipped. The story continued until the last month of the year.
2016 started in a similar manner. Yet, despite a few decent price swings, things didn't really heat up for gold until 24 June. That's when the Brexit vote took place. The yellow metal surged US$100 that day, breaking through US$1,300 per ounce.
But it was another false start. The price fell straight back down…
Gold bugs were celebrating a few months later though. US$1,300 was hit again on the US election day last year. Donald Trump's win surprised lots of people and put a rocket under the price…briefly.
The story hasn't really changed this year. It's been a rocky ride for gold.
Despite threating to make lower lows in the year, gold hit US$1,300 per ounce this month. The UK election nearly produced a major upset. Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East also aided the price rise.
US$1,300 is a key resistance level to watch. And it has been for some time. Indeed, ANZ Research's forecast really isn't that ground-breaking.
The future for gold
The Sydney Morning Herald article continued with the bank's analysis:
'…But a more eye-opening conclusion in the research is the forecast that the gold price will rise above $US2000 an ounce by 2025.
'"This is our central case for the gold price. While prices may trade only marginally higher over the next few years, we believe the combined effect of greater demand from investors and central banks will see gold prices rise over the long term," the report said.
'The report, by ANZ senior commodity strategist Daniel Hynes, outlined a case for why gold had good prospects in the short term, and a lengthy and persuasive case for why it had "positive long-term prospects as well".
'In the short term, it cited rising political uncertainty and "rising geopolitical risk providing strong support for gold", despite the prospects for higher interest rates in the US. Long term, rising wealth across Asia was expected to "drive demand for physical gold for some time", it said.'
One fact is crystal clear. Regardless of the demand and supply analysis, which really doesn't make a difference for gold, the yellow metal must close above US$1,300 per ounce on a yearly basis. That would signal that gold should experience better days ahead.
Remember, when a strong resistance level breaks and holds, it should become support. That ultimately holds up the market during the next run. In other words, when the gold bull market actually starts, the price will struggle to fall under US$1,300 per ounce. It may never even get below that price again.
As I told my friend over the weekend, property is all the rage right now. But if you're looking for long-term value, a portfolio of the best gold shares will be hard to beat.
Jason Stevenson,
Editor, Markets & Money


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My very best friend in the whole world is turning thirty tomorrow and though he's ridiculously humble and chill about it, I'm not..... Ricky Bender is the man and deserves an Ode To Ricky for the thirtieth anniversary of his birth. It's pretty wild that only ten short years ago I was complaining to our friend Brandon in his Cadillac about how in love with Ricky I was and how he'll never make a move, just say all sorts of kooked out stuff that only left me totally confused.
He doesn't have a facebook account, so there's probably a lot you don't know about this guy.... If you know him, you love him and here are some little known facts about Ricky Bender:
He gets up at 2:30 in the morning for a twelve-hour work every day, six days a week. And he loves it- doesn't complain a bit. When we all call him at breakfast every morning our conversations usually go like this:
Me: "Hey man, whattcha doing?"
Ricky: "Just truckin in the USA!"
And then our kids get wild and there's a lot of "DADDY!" and cereal spillage.
He does the dishes every single night, and then he almost always joins me in bright yellow running shorts for forty minutes of cardio craziness with Shaun T (we do these DVDs called Insanity). He works out with me because he knows if I have a buddy it's so much easier to keep at it.... He's usually exhausted and pretends he's on a skateboard half of the time, but it's really, really fun.
He does stuff while he's at work that is seriously awesome. For example, there's an old dude who works at one of the tire shops Ricky ends up at pretty often and he has a bad heart condition that makes it really hard to do some of the heavy lifting his job requires. When Ricky rolls up he'll do that heavy lifting for him without saying a word... He's just that guy. And he does that heroic stuff all the time- he's even rescued a kitten in LA. He knows all of the workers at the truck stops he delivers to and people (other truck drivers and truck stop workers) ask Ricky to pray for them all the time.... Like totally random over-the-road truck drivers will walk up to him while he's unloading and pour their hearts out to him. Things like their kidney troubles and their hernia surgeries (why wouldn't you tell the guy unloading gas that stuff?), stories about their wives leaving them and how much they're missing their kids. When we got married we really thought we would be missionaries and I'm so proud that my man is a missionary no matter where he is.
He has Biblical insight that would blow your mind. And I think the person benefitting from it the most is our son. They have Bible time every night and I absolutely believe that Caleb could sit in on an Old Testament class or an Acts class and hang. Those two will kill you at Bible trivia. If you're a girl looking to get married, find a man who will do this with your kids and marry him. And if you're man looking to be a dad study up and teach your kids the Bible- it'll affect every single aspect of their lives.
I've been reading through the Bible chronologically this year and it's been sick. Isaiah made so much more sense to me this way! Anyhoo, in my chronological Bible Song of Solomon and Psalm 127 are right next to each other and as I read through both of them I was really struck by how both of them are love stories. Psalm 127 is the "Unless the Lord builds the house" one. Ricky Bender isn't the most romantically inclined guy- not in the roses and candles and dreamy phrases sort of ways. But he will Psalm 127 with me joyfully till the cows come home, and that's the kind of romantic that means business.
I love that man.


text: On May 11, the Department of Labor (DOL) dispatched inspectors to Chunghwa Telecom and its contractor Honghwa International to verify if any regulatory violations had occurred. The telecom giant recently introduced a NT$499 flat-rate package, garnering long queues outside of its stores across the nation. The inspectors reviewed random attendance records for the month of May and found that many employees had worked 12 consecutive hours or more on a workday, which violates Article 32, Paragraph 2 of Labor Standards Act. Factoring in the evidence, impact scale, and both companies' failure to make improvement, DOL ruled on imposing fines of NT$1 million on both companies respectively. According to DOL Commissioner Lai Hsiang-lin, overtime is likely prevalent at all Chunghwa stores across the city due to the increased workload resulting from the popular deal. Records show that some employees even have worked from 11 AM to 4 AM or 6 AM on the next day, said Lai. By law, employees are not allowed to work for 12 hours straight on workdays. Considering the business' failure to manage the workload, pre-arrange staff assignment appropriately, and devise preventive measures, DOL does not rule out the possibility of conducting further inspections.


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I wrote this for Goodreads a little while ago, but it stands because... goddamn.
Let's start with: this is the sort of book that breaks your brain a little bit.
Sure, that's hyperbolic. I write that, in part, because this book is so full of awesomeness that I have trouble describing it with my less-awesome skills of articulation. Also, I am crazy envious. Like insane jealousy. Like, were I somehow a sentient book and I were in a relationship with All the Birds in the Sky, only to find that AtBitS was shacking up with another book, I would stab my rival in the spine with a goddamn icepick... OF LITERATURE.
Suffice it to say, I've become a big fan of Charlie Jane Anders overnight.
Why? you ask. Allow me to dispell your ignorance forthwith.
This is witches vs mad scientists.
Even typing that sentence makes me happy on a psuedo-religious level. How long have I waited to put those very letters together into those very words? It's the reader's equivalent of being approached by a man in a fedora who hands you a jet pack and says, "All yours, kid," before lighting a Marlboro and walking straight into the sunset. Okay, maybe not quite that improbably epic, but pretty damn close.
Witches vs mad scientists. With talking animals and global A.I. and superstorms and weaponized gravity and magic schools and amaztastic shit. And yet, rather than being a dripping ball of geek-goop, it remains grounded enough in its protagonists that it doesn't collapse into a singularity of Pynchon-style lunacy. The leads, Patricia (witch-person) and Laurence (science-person) meet, fight, love, and are predicted by their communities to lead the Earth into destruction. Really, I should mention that these two and the supporting characters are the ones who make this book work. They're well-written people, they are amusingly flawed, they are the conduit through which the kick-assitude flows like liquid magma from the veins of methamphetamine-addled elder god.
But I'm not going to tell you about them, because that would ruin the story. Except maybe Theodolphus. I want to be Theodolphus when I grow up, if only for the ice cream.
Does this book have its own flaws? Yeah, sure. The first third takes some patience because we're dealing with the lives of children. Children who might also be the downfall of humanity. Also, parents suck. I say that as a father of two, and when I read the part about the parents of these exceptional kids, I thought, "I'm not that bad... I think." If my kids do, in fact, shatter the planet, this book suggests that's my fault and it's probably right. There is also a huge amount of characters who are identified more by name than by description, which makes their introductions a bit tricky, but that passes soon enough. And yeah, the last 1/6th rushes a bit and there are moments of supreme confusion (at least for me) when it comes to magic schools, but I don't care. At all. Ever.
All of that said, there is the possibility of a sequel here. I hope that never happens. I feel that this story does everything it must, nothing more or less. In fact, like Gregory's We Are All Completely Fine , it is a pretty perfect example of how how great editing and compact storytelling stomps the living shit out of doorstoppers. It does what a book must do, it tells a fine story without excess or author filibusters, and it doesn't leave off at a point where you're absolutely going to shell out the dough for a companion volume simply because marketing gurus are crack dealers.
And it's got witches vs mad scientists.
If that isn't enough for you to open the cover, we can't be friends.


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As a result, one's reliance on sight is stressed when one faces a temporary or possible irreversible loss of this essential sense. Thus, when restorative measures are sought, particular kinds of vision correction such as contact lenses or eyeglasses are recommended.
On the other hand, some individuals are troubled with that they have actually some framed lenses or contact lenses in front of their eyes.
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Basically, LASIK eye surgery is the short-term for "Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis." Like its concrete counterpart, LASIK eye surgery is another form of vision correction. The only distinction is that with this kind of surgical treatment, one's vision is fixed permanently.
With LASIK eye surgery, the refractive mistakes in the cornea are permanently transformed. This can be done utilizing an "excimer laser."
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However, in spite of its success, there are still some downsides. Here is the list:
1. It is an operation applied to the most delicate part of the eye
Since LASIK eye surgical treatment includes the operation of the retina, which is one of the most delicate portions of the eye, many individuals say that the operation can be really risky.
Simply puts, a simple mistake could practically cause an individual's life time blindness. For this reason, it is essential to consider numerous factors before choosing whether LASIK eye surgery is the best corrective step one needs to undergo.
2. It is not a perfect procedure
LASIK eye surgical treatment may fix your vision however it does not always mean that it can provide you a twenty-twenty. Even if statistical reports show that 70% of the patients might have 20/20 vision, this does not necessarily indicate they have ideal vision also.
Given all these things, it can be deduced that, in spite of the popularity of the operation, LASIK may not always be the ideal eye surgery the way a lot of people view it
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Like its tangible counterpart, LASIK eye surgical treatment is another kind of vision correction.
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Laid back, fun photography in Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands that documents your day with a focus on the people, details and beauty to truly capture life.
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I am a people photographer! I love people and get on wonderfully with people to help them feel comfortable in front of the camera and document events in a fresh and creative way. I blend in with the wedding and love working with couples who don't want a traditional formal style but want to feel free, relaxed and have fun. I focus on people, details, emotions and being non intrusive (i.e. I don't shout and order people around but I do mingle and interact in friendly way almost like an extra guest) capturing the emotions, moments and interactions of your entire wedding day. I created my business by connecting with people, through creating street portraits and candid street photography and these influences continue into my weddings and make my work stand out from more traditional photographers. Gone are stiff poses and long uncomfortable posed sessions and in are fun, relaxing and natural images. Clients often become friends and there is no pushy sales pitch, in fact I ask you not to book me until we have a coffee (I love coffee) and you have the chance to find out more about me and let me find out about your story. With simple, clear pricing and no complicated packages, digital files and social media optimised images and optional printed albums with parent albums everything you need is provided. Free pre wedding meetings and optional engagement or pre wedding photoshoots available. Please get in touch to arrange to meet up or to see if I am available on your wedding day and I look forward to meeting you.
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British Bride UK Wedding Blog, What Digital Camera, Clifton Life, Flickr Blog
What is your most memorable wedding?
I had a wonderful wedding at Masson Farm in Derbyshire where I trekked up to the farm by cable car and trekking through the woods to reach the bride at the venue. It was a wonderful wedding venue and well worth the hiking to get to such a beautiful and remote location.
Describe your style in 5 adjectives.
relaxed, friendly, documentary, personal, fun
What about your business are you most proud of?
I'm most proud of the wonderful lasting friendships I've develop with people through the business. UrbanScot is an investment in people and their happiness.
What is your No. 1 wedding planning tip for couples?
Meet the photographers whose style you like and book one that you get on with, then you know you can relax around them and trust them to do a fantastic job!
What is your favourite personal touch you have seen at a wedding?
I've seen so many beautiful personal touches at weddings that I have been to from handmade bunting to personalised favours. It's becoming increasingly popular for couples to handmade many elements of their weddings from table settings through to presents from their bridal party and I love to know what details the couple have been involved in designing or making so I can make sure they have beautiful detail photographs of these.
Describe your typical process with a couple.
I meet the couple before any booking for a coffee and to get to know one another, after this we arrange another meeting ahead of the wedding to talk through the plan of the day and if a couple want we will meet for a pre wedding photoshoot (engagement session) that is always a lovely chance to hang out and make some stunning images. By the time it comes to the wedding we are usually all really comfortable with each other and they know exactly where I will be on the morning of the wedding (as well as my assistant or second shooter if I am using one).
What is the No. 1 photo that you think every couple should take?
Every could should ensure they have some unplanned portraits of the two of them spending moments together alone, even if just for a few minutes calm during the day - that and some awesome fun action on the dance floor and lots of laughing!
What is the most original photo you've been asked to take at a wedding?
All the images I take are original, I rarely get special requests as my couple's like me to document in my style but there was one wedding where there were a lot of dog walkers near the venue and the bride and groom wanted to have a photo taken with the group of dogs and dog walkers...but it had to wait until after the couple were photographed surrounded by a scooter gang amidst a wall of exhaust smoke and dust - a truly memorable wedding and so much fun and laughter!
What do you recommend for a rainy day wedding?
Have umbrellas and stay positive - the weather is what it is and won't dampen the celebration! Splash, smile and celebrate!
Describe how you got into photography.
I grew up shooting film cameras and developing my own photos, my father had a wedding photography business and I have been making images since I was young. I rediscovered my love for photographs in my adulthood through street portraits that led to some commercial work and then into portraits and weddings by request. I've used many different camera systems and firmly believe the camera is simply the tool and the photographer is the thing that makes the difference between good and great not the camera brand you use.
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Saint Justin Popović saw no dichotomy between the Lives of the saints and the theological writings of the Church. For him, as for the Church, theology and the lives of the Saints form one whole. He called the lives of the saints "experiential theology" or "applied dogmatic theology," and he viewed them and wrote about them in a theological manner. Likewise, he viewed theological writings as an expression of the experience of the life of Grace in the Church, and not just an intellectual, abstract or polemical exercise.
"When I am dead, come to me at my grave, and the more often the better. Whatever is in your soul, whatever may have happened to you, come to me as when I was alive and kneeling on the ground, cast all your bitterness upon my grave. Tell me everything and I shall listen to you, and all the bitterness will fly away from you. And as you spoke to me when I was alive, do so now. For I am living and I shall be forever."
— Saint Seraphim of Sarov
"When 'the books are opened,' it will become clear that the roots of all vices lie in the human soul. Here is a drunkard or a lecher: when the body has died, some may think that sin is dead too. No! There was an inclination to sin in the soul, and that sin was sweet to the soul, and if the soul has not repented of the sin and has not freed itself from it, it will come to the Last Judgment also with the same desire for sin. It will never satisfy that desire and in that soul there will be the suffering of hatred. It will accuse everyone and everything in its tortured condition, it will hate everyone and everything. 'There will be gnashing of teeth' of powerless malice and the unquenchable fire of hatred."
— Saint John Maximovitch (1896-1966 A.D.)
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Franco-Nevada has significant interests in Western Canada which generate revenues primarily through lessor royalties and GORRs. Aside from the major producing assets of Weyburn, Midale, Edson and Orion, Franco-Nevada has 46 Other Producing Assets which generate revenue for the Company. These interests cover more than 2,325 km2.
In Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the interests are focused primarily in high quality oil plays including, the Shaunavon and Mississippian. Lands are operated by companies such as Crescent Point Energy, NAL Resources and CNRL. The production in these areas is almost entirely oil and the most significant contributor within the land position is the Tidewater royalty which generates oil production from the Shaunavon and other formations.
In Alberta and BC, the interests generate revenue primarily from natural gas production from shallow gas formations such as Milk River and Medicine Hat. In northern Alberta, the interests provide exposure to deeper conventional gas targets including the Shunda, Grosmont and Elkton formations. Production comes from unitized and non-unitized wells, including gross overriding royalty positions in eleven different Units across Alberta. Units include the Medicine Hat Consolidated Unit No.1, Ghost Pine Unit and Inverness Unit No.1 with the most significant contributor being the Medicine Hat Unit operated by Canlin Resources Partnership. The Medicine Hat Unit has been producing gas since 1963 and is located approximately 257 kilometres southeast of Calgary. Other operators on the interests include, ConocoPhillips, ARC Resources, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. and Imperial Oil.
Revenue from the Other Producing assets represented 8.4% of total oil and gas revenue for the year.


text: From a producer better known for Châteauneuf-du-Pape, this has a beautiful bouquet of crushed spices, violets, and black cherries followed by lush, deep flavors of plums, black cherries and peppery spice. It's round and mouthfilling without being overwhelming, and it's framed by soft tannins. Complexity is raised a notch on the finish via the folding in of espresso and black olive notes. Drink now–2010.


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Glooloop general purpose rubber surfacing and impact attenuation surfaces can be supplied in SBR (recycled), CSBR (recycled), TPV, EPDM or Artificial Grass and are designed to create a quality, safe and fun solution for your project.
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Typical Sub Base Preparation Requirements for Rubber Systems: Glooloop are fully versed in the rudiments of surface sub-base preparation requirements and can provide competitive quotations for such works. Alternatively, we can provide detailed guidelines and specification so that you can arrange another party to carry out ground works or preparation. Our rubber surfacing systems can be installed directly over pavers, concrete, timber, asphaltic concrete, timber decks or metal platforms. All existing surfaces will need to be of sound structure. We recommend a quick inspection by a Glooloop representative. Alternatively the minimum requirement for our rubber system is an 80mm layer (min. compacted depth) of suitable quarry material such as 20mm rubble or crusher dust, compacted using either a roller or vibrating plate to a minimum density of 92%. The sub base finish level should have at least a 1% fall for drainage and should be set down at a height suited to accommodate the appropriate rubber surface thickness before achieving the desired finish level. As with all groundwork, local advice must be taken for sub-base requirements


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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
POST # 700 EBAY PRICE GUIDE : RARE 81 Gibson Epiphone Emperor Thinline MIJ ES Archtop
Thinline Epiphone from Epiphone, made in Japan. Looks to have a few interesting features. Construction wise a bit like the 335. Scroll down to see how much it sold for. Here's the blurb from the seller.
You've heard it before because it's true -- in the 1970s, Japan reminded Gibson how to make quality guitars. Here's a really hard-to-find model with some of the most amazing features I've ever seen in one guitar...get this -- a Spruce-top, multi-bound thinline venetian-cutaway archtop with an ebony fretboard, set neck and a solid center block like an ES-335. It's got the desirable wide 1 11/16" nut and a long 25.5" scale length. Try finding another guitar with those features!
This model is extremely rare and was made for a short time in the late 70s and early 80s at the Matsumoku factory in Japan...this one is most likely an '81 as the serial number starts with a "1" and because its original purple-lined case is circa 1980. How does it play and sound? Absolutely amazing...it has the depth and clarity of an archtop with the bass and growl of a semi-hollowbody. Put another way, this beauty has major balls!
The guitar is in excellent condition with no repairs or modifications other than changed knobs (I'm happy to provide the original ugly witch-hat knobs instead). The gold hardware has minor tarnishing. The original Grover-style tuners hold tune perfectly. The guitar has been only lightly played and shows some minor fret wear but nothing that affects playing...action is very low and it does not fret out anywhere on the neck even when bending. The neck profile is awesome...one of the best I've played...nice round medium C-shape. Overall weight is just 8.51 lbs, extremely light for an archtop with a solid center block! The original purple-lined Gibson case is included. The serial number is listed on the back of the headstock but not on the label...not uncommon to see for this era. See http://www.matsumoku.org/models/serial_no.html for more info on serial numbers and production. Just to reiterate, you will not find another guitar that sounds and plays half as good as this one for the money...the features are absolutely incredible...the craftsmanship that went into this guitar is superb and I guarantee you will love this!
For shipping, everything will be packaged extremely well in a double-walled guitar box and insured in full. $60 Fedex insured to the lower 48 states -- internationally I ship USPS Express for $180. Canada, Alaska and Hawaii will be a $105 flat rate.
International bidders: please make sure the USPS size restrictions to your country have the 108 inches length plus girth maximum size limit -- I have blocked bidders from most countries to which I cannot ship.
RARE 81 Gibson Epiphone Emperor Thinline MIJ ES Archtop
Solid center block! Ebony fretboard! Matsumoku-made!!!
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Short music ideas created for fun in a nostalgic style.
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Project My World: Eegeo
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Music and sound design. In game rewards are in tune with the sound track.
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text: hello all, Im new to the forum, but not to the mac... either way please excuse any ignorance on my part I've been using a powerbook for my film production degree for the last 2 years and decided its about time to get something new.. Soooo basically the question I'd like to ask is what other people have done in terms putting extra memory in to their powermac G5's? Mine is due to arrive some time next week, bought for a decent price from the apple refurbished store (dual 2ghz), but there was no option to upgrade the memory before shipping on a referb'. Sooooo what I'd like to know is assuming im going to do this upgrade myself, what kind of memory can I use in my machine? Obviously its going to be DDR 3200, but what do you guys reccomend? Does it have to be a certain brand? I had considered a couple of GB of Corsair DDR XMS or something like that. Also how risky is this business.. I'm used to messing with the innards of wintel machines, but the prospect of opening up a lovely macintosh silvery case scares me? Also while im here, can anybody reccomend a decent dual layer DVD burner to use with the powermac? The machine i bought comes with the superdrive, however its only single layer. (Sure i could have got the current dual 2ghz.. but i need PCI-X if im gonna get a nice fancy HD render board sometime in the future, so i plugged for a second gen referb'). If i replaced the superdrive can i just pop a new one in its place and it'll work.. or is there a ton of messing around to be done? cheers, alex


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Free admission
23 January to 23 February 2018
Centre des arts, La Grande Boissière
Vernissage: 23 January 2018, 17:00-21:00, music by the African group Wuïwa
Exhibition: 23 January to 23 February 2018
This exhibition, devoted to creating a crossroads of African cultural expression, is a wonderful opportunity to discover and enrich ones knowledge, thanks to the contacts and outlook of these creators and professionals from Africa and the African diaspora.
We encourage our students, staff and community to ask questions about African art and its creation, originality, influences, as well as how it positions itself in an evermore globalised world and with regards to the rapid evolution of visual arts across the globe.
The question is not to compare African art in general with other artistic forms from elsewhere in the world, but to understand the specificity of this art in its local development and diaspora, and its ability to resist the detrimental effects of globalisation, all the while accepting to confront other visions of artistic expression no matter their place of origin.
Exhibiting artists have studied and carried out research on the artistic mediums used by traditional African art, statues and masks, while remaining true to their own era by exploring the contributions and currents of modern 20th century art. The artists will also hold workshops with Ecolint students.
Exhibiting artists:
- Guibril André Dop (Senegal)
- Abdoulaye Ndoye (Senegal)
- Vieux Niang (Senegal - France)
- O'Maurice Mboa (Cameroon)
- Dany Malu (Congo - Switzerland)
- Ahmet Ouatarra (Burkina Faso)
- Koffi Darrah (Togo)
- Ali Shahto (Sudan)
- Evelyn Wilhelm (South Africa - Switzerland)
- Doctrovée Bansimba (Congo - France)
- Lutengano Mwakisopile (Tanzania)
- "Tingatinga Arts Cooperative Society" (Tanzania)
- Gilles Dusabe (Rwanda - Switzerland)
- Momar Seck (Senegal - Switzerland)
The vernissage will be enlivened by the African group Wuïwa, a gentle blend of African tradition and world music, thanks to whom we will be guided by a sweet and catchy song.


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Hi! Nice to meet you. I'm Ann.
When I was 11, I sat inside a dim sum restaurant in Atlanta, a two-hour drive from my home in South Carolina and cried when I found out the kitchen had run out of har gau (steamed shrimp dumplings in crystal rice wrappers). Big, splashy, nose-runny sobs. Judging eyes turned toward 11-year-old me. As I continued to mourn the absence of my shrimp dumplings, I came to the realization that maybe I have a really obsessive relationship with food.
I still obsess about food today, whenever I'm not practicing law. I juggle my career, family and this blog with the help of a supportive husband (the "hubby") who is my food-obsessed lobster. We've lived in Washington (DC), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Charleston (SC), Falls Church (VA) and now we're in London. We also wrangle our kids, a boy known as Ge Ge ("big brother" in Chinese), and a girl we call Meimei ("little sister"). They make frequent appearances on this blog because, like the hubby, they are my everything.
Shortly after moving to England in 2016, I fulfilled a #lifegoal by attending a professional culinary arts program at Leith's Cooking School in London, where I was awarded a Certificate with Distinction.
I write stories and take photos of food that reflect my Chinese heritage, Southern childhood and life in London. I love sharing vibrant, colorful recipes inspired by my travels (avoiding anything processed, when I can), and on occasion I try to eat really, really healthy.
Thanks for following along!
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Funding and Finding Ways for the Environment
December 15, 2012
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Fundraising for the Environment –The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) and Banco de Oro Unibank (BDO) today committed to extend its award-winning fundraising partnership: Finding and Funding Ways for the Environment recently won 1st place at the 5th KYRA Fundraising Awards and empowers BDO ATM cardholders to voluntarily donate PHP5 to WWF after each ATM transaction. Donations support WWF's climate change, food security and environmental conservation programmes across the country. From left to right are WWF Marketing Vice-president Reggie Olalia, BDO First Vice-president Expedito Garcia Jr., WWF Vice-chair and CEO Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan, BDO Senior Vice-president Emmanuel Narciso and BDO Vice-president Juvencio Pereche Jr. Says WWF Vice-chair and CEO Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan, "This is fundraising for the environment – the first ATM micro-giving programme in the hundred-country WWF network. Together with BDO, we shall find ways and build futures." WWF invites BDO cardholders to continue supporting its initiatives when using ATMs.
Panda Prowling Palawan Waters
December 12, 2012
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Since 2008, a Panda has been prowling the high seas of Palawan.
Painted panda black-and-white, M/Y Navorca provides a wide range of services for World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) conservation initiatives in the Sulu Sea, particularly in the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park and nearby island municipality of Cagayancillo.
Acquired in 2008 and refurbished through a partnership with Grieg Star, Grieg Foundation and WWF-Norway, the 18 meter long vessel now serves as the permanent home of WWF-Philippines' 'Oceans Seven' team.
Modifications include improved propulsion systems to optimize fuel consumption and increase range, a brand-new fiberglass coating for the vessel's hull and upgrades for navigational, communications and safety equipment.
"These upgrades are vital in ramping-up our research and enforcement efforts for the Sulu Sea," explains WWF-Philippines Tubbataha Reefs Project Manager Marivel Dygico. "At the center of the Sulu Sea lie the Tubbataha Reefs, where fish biomass breaches 200-tonnes per square kilometer. This is five times greater than the productivity of a typical healthy reef and seeds the Sulu Sea with fish and invertebrate spawn. It is imperative to protect and conserve Tubbataha through regular research and patrol efforts."
The Tubbataha Reefs is slated to celebrate its 25th year as a Marine Protected Area in 2013. Before it was declared a National Marine Park in 1988, the reef's residents have long suffered from exploitation, with generations of fishermen gathering not just fish, but turtles and bird eggs as well.
On 21 December 2006, 30 Chinese poachers on board the F/V Hoi Wan were apprehended 1.5 nautical miles from Tubbataha Reef Natural Park's South Atoll, a national marine protected area where entry without authorized clearance is strictly prohibited. Found aboard were over 2300 high-value fish, including live Grouper, Red Snapper and 359 legally-protected Napoleon Wrasse. WWF and the Tubbataha Management Office stand ever alert to counter future incursions.
Adds Grieg Star Senior Vice-president Ole Steinar Mjell, "Realizing the importance and urgency of conserving Tubbataha, we are impressed by the results of WWF-Philippines' efforts. We are proud to be able to present a small contribution to their success."
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From March to September this year, M/Y Navorca was involved in no less than ten trips – including research for seabirds, corals and fish, capped off by a month-long expedition to the proposed Tun Mustapha Marine Protected Area in Malaysia, a million-hectare wonderland of contiguous coasts, islands and deep seas at the southern border of the Philippines. Using M/Y Navorca as a mother ship, the expedition was led by scientists, staff and volunteers from University Malaysia Sabah, WWF-Malaysia and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
Other expeditions include a media trip for two leading Filipino television networks plus exposure trips for partners, donors and WWF-Philippines National Ambassadors Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez.
WWF's seaborne Panda is slated for similar trips in 2013. Surveys to be undertaken include seabird, fish, coral and COTS (crown of thorns seastar) monitoring surveys, further installation of mooring buoys plus immersive trips for WWF allies and supporters. As well as protecting Tubbataha, WWF has also conducted environmental seminars for 876 Filipino seafarer-cadets from the Norwegian Maritime Foundation of the Philippines (NMFPI).
Through the aid of Grieg Star, Grieg Foundation and WWF-Norway, the newly-upgraded vessel will once more be ready to explore and protect the mysteries of the Sulu Sea by the summer of 2013.
"Though other Philippine marine parks are in the decline, Tubbataha has proven to be an example of what a world-class marine park can be. Consider that less than 5% of Philippine coral reefs are in excellent condition and that 40 million Filipinos rely on the sea for food or livelihood. Can we really afford to lose what remains? We need all the support we can get to protect these sunken food factories," concludes Dygico. (30)
Former DOE Sec. Pérez Re-elected to WWF Int'l Board
December 4, 2012
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Former Philippine Department of Energy Secretary Vincent S. Pérez was unanimously re-elected to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International Board of Trustees. Having served with distinction since 2010, Pérez is the first Filipino to be elected as a member of the prestigious 14-person board.
The WWF International Board is responsible for the conduct, administration and representation of WWF globally, defining its missions and policies.
Headquartered in Gland, Switzerland, WWF is the world's leading conservation organization, with about 1300 conservation projects and offices in over 100 countries and has over five million supporters.
WWF-Philippines has been working as a national organization of the WWF network since 1997 and develops practical solutions to help the Philippines adapt to climate change, secure food and water sources, conserve endangered species, and promote renewable sources of clean energy.
Among WWF-Philippines' achievements during Pérez's term were revitalized engagements with corporate partners, enhanced cross-country collaboration between WWF-Philippines and other WWF organizations within Asia-Pacific, and four highly-celebrated years as the world's most participative Earth Hour country.
Says WWF-Philippines Vice-Chair & CEO Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan, "Each WWF International trustee brings to the table unique competencies. Aside from providing excellent insights as to the adoption of clean energy sources, Vince offers sound advice on the measured development of Asia and other developing nations."
Pérez currently sits as Chairman of WWF-Philippines and the El Nido Resorts. He is also the CEO of Alternergy Partners, a renewable power company.
Says WWF International President and former Ecuadorian Environment Minister Yolanda Kakabadse, "Vince brings to the Board the unpaired experience of private and public policy making as well as a passion for conservation."
WWF International Board Trustee and WWF-Philippines Chairman Vincent S. Pérez was the Philippines' youngest Energy Minister, serving from June 2001 to March 2005. He was re-elected for his second term as trustee of WWF International from 2013 to 2016, ensuring the prioritization Asian initiatives for the 100-nation strong WWF network.
WWF Raises Red Flag on Overfishing at Tuna Fisheries
December 3, 2012
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Manila, Philippines: WWF urges the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to adopt pragmatic measures for limiting the catch of species in the Western Central Pacific Ocean to stem overfishing.
"The implementation of these measures sets the foundation for a sustainably-managed fishery," says WWF´s Smart Fishing Initiative Western Central Pacific Tuna Programme Officer Alfred Cook.
"If such management measures such as setting limits on tuna fisheries are not applied soon, tuna fisheries in the Pacific will face continued declines. This will result in substantial negative impacts on our fishing communities and marine ecosystem."
WWF calls upon the WCPFC to adopt specific reference points and harvest control rules for tuna fisheries in the Western and Central pacific region. These tools have already proven to be successful in managing fisheries sustainably. Implementing these measures would allow managers to act swiftly and efficiently under a pre-agreed standard to ensure that harvests do not exceed acceptable limits, thus ensuring the sustainability of the resource and the consistent supply of fish to our markets.
"Currently, tuna fisheries in this region are managed on an opportunistic basis with a consensus-based system. This is subject to competing interests and values that often lead to decisions for short-term economic interests at the expense of long-term productivity and sustainability which eventually leads to overfishing," says Cook.
The implementation of limits known as 'reference points' provide benchmarks around which management measures are standardized and allow for explicit, decisive action to occur in the presence of sound scientific information.
If harvests approach a reference point, the WCPFC must take explicit action defined by harvest control rules to prevent adverse consequences such as overfishing.
"It really is a very simple, concrete and feasible concept. If you are approaching a designated limit that could result in harm to the fishery, you take action to prevent that from happening. Right now, the WCPFC doesn't really have a mechanism to do that in a timely and efficient way," says Cook.
Once reference points and harvest control rules are in place, they will prevent the bureaucratic paralysis that the WCPFC often encounters due to the annual horse trading and ad hoc rules of the current process.
The politics of the WCPFC process can often hinder decisive and sound decision-making regarding the sustainability of tuna fisheries. Implementation of these measures would prevent essential action from being held hostage over the political concerns of a single member state by providing clear, objective, and scientific measures that constitute pre-agreed standards for taking explicit, science-based action on fisheries conservation.
Also the private sector stands to gain from implementing these measures from a market perspective. Reference points and harvest control rules are part of the conditions to be able to enter the certification process of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) – currently the best available certification scheme in the market that awards sustainably-managed fisheries.
"Our ultimate goal is to put a halt to overfishing, to ensure our fish stocks remain in a healthy state so that there is sustainable supply of fish to our markets. We strongly encourage certifying tuna fisheries according to the MSC programme," says Cook.
Towards this end, WWF and a large group of responsible buyers, harvesters, processors, and traders, are making a pledge to the WCFPC Commission to support well-planned and designed tuna fishery improvement and conservation initiatives to sustain livelihoods, minimize environmental impacts and supply the world with responsibly-managed, high quality tuna through certification according to the MSC standards.
Concludes WWF-Philippines Conservation Programmes Head Joel Palma, "These measures are crucial in safeguarding the lives and livelihoods of millions of fishermen within the Coral Triangle. By fishing smarter rather than harder, we can ensure a steady supply of seafood for years to come."
About WWF:
WWF is the world's largest and most respected independent conservation organization, with more than five million supporters and a global network active in over 100 countries. WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the earth's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.
Reference points: A Reference Point is a benchmark value that helps managers decide how the fishery is performing and is often based on an indicator such as fishery stock size or the level of fishing. Fisheries scientists conduct a fishery stock assessment to provide estimates of a fishery stock size and fishing mortality over time. Reference Points serve as a standard to compare those estimates based on our understanding of the biological characteristics of the targeted species. Reference points can mark a limit, which represents a level that managers aim to avoid, or a target, which managers strive to achieve and maintain. Managers can also establish a trigger that is independent of the limit or target that is designed to meet other objectives.
A harvest control rule: is a pre-agreed action to be taken by a management body designed to achieve a medium or long-term target reference point while avoiding reaching a limit reference point. Simple Harvest Control Rules can be described as an "if, then" statement. An example of a very simple Harvest Control Rule would be "if the fishery stock level falls below the target level, then the level of fishing must be reduced by 20 percent." Managers may additionally agree in advance what the specific management actions are to reach that 20 percent reduction in the level of fishing, such as a regional closure or gear restriction.


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