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The coral atoll of Nikumaroro is one of the Phoenix Islands in the western equatorial Pacific. Atolls are low ring-shaped islands of coral rubble that form over millennia as coral reefs grow around volcanic islands that sink, leaving the coral ring exposed.[ MORE ]
A classic atoll, Nikumaroro has coconut palms ringing a warm, shallow central lagoon that is a nursery for young reef fish. An abundance of bird droppings contributes to the water's milky appearance. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) [ LESS ]
Enderbury is low and very small, less than 2 square miles in area, but this almost treeless island is home for thousands of sea birds. Not all islands that formed as coral atolls have lagoons: Enderbury has only a shallow wet area in its center, no longer connected to the ocean.[ MORE ]
Like many South Pacific islands, Enderbury was heavily mined in the 19th century for phosphorous-rich bird guano, which was used to make fertilizer and gunpowder. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) [ LESS ]
Humans have settled Orona Island more than once. It is a 5-by-2-mile well-treed ring-shaped atoll with a large central lagoon and limited fresh water. Tukabu Teroroko, director of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) for Kiribati, pointed out stone enclosures from prehistoric Polynesian settlements.[ MORE ]
He said that there were settlements here in the 1930s, the 1950s, and most recently from 1996 to 2005. Some 200 people lived here to fish and produce copra (coconut meat), then left, returning to Kiribati when they could no longer support themselves here. The island will now remain uninhabited. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) [ LESS ]
Many of the animals that live in the open ocean are transparent jelly-like creatures, such as jellyfish and other fragile, diaphanous forms. Even though they can be large, they are often too delicate to capture in nets.[ MORE ]
Scientists studying them SCUBA dive in the open ocean, entering the boundless watery realm to collect the transparent animals drifting by. Because divers are surrounded by endless blue in all directions, a system of lines is necessary to keep them from drifting away without realizing it. (Photo by Jim Stringer) [ LESS ]
"Kiribati had the foresight to protect the open water here," said WHOI biologist Larry Madin. "The water column—the ocean over the deep seafloor—is PIPA's largest habitat.[ MORE ]
Single-celled ocean algae create food using the energy from sunlight. Zooplankton eat these cells and are the link in the food chain to larger animals such as fish, turtles, and whales." This plankton animal, a ribbon-shaped relative of jellyfish called "Venus' girdle," drifts in the open water, trying to encounter some of the sparse food particles with its sticky surface. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) [ LESS ]
A colony of 12 salps drifts through the distant tropical waters of the Phoenix Islands. The salps are transparent tubular animals arranged around a center, like segments in an orange. For food, they filter tiny particles out of the water, and the orange loops are their stomachs.[ MORE ]
Each salp, both mom and pop, carries a baby (see the small tube attached to two circles, upper left) and a testis (the bright white areas near the stomachs.) (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) [ LESS ]
Diving in the open ocean to look for animal plankton, or marine life related to jellyfish, "blue-water" divers must concentrate to see transparent animals against the blue background of water.[ MORE ]
Sometimes you see a jellyfish you hope you don't touch directly, such as this cubomedusa, or "box jelly," which delivers highly toxic stings. Box jellyfish possess image-forming eyes—the dots between the tentacles—though they have no nervous system or brain. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) [ LESS ]
The small coral islands of the remote Phoenix Islands are important resting and nesting areas for millions of seabirds, some of them rare and endangered. Over time, seafaring Polynesians, explorers, whalers, and miners of bird guano introduced cats, rats, and even pigs—all of which consume bird eggs.[ MORE ]
These non-native species have reduced seabird populations on the islands, and the Kiribati government is working to eradicate them from PIPA. Meanwhile, on McKean Island, juvenile frigate birds await their parents' return from sea. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) [ LESS ]
McKean Island harbors one of the largest nesting populations of lesser frigate bird (Fregata ariel). Built for flying, frigate birds are almost always in the air unless they are nesting. They capture fish by snatching them from the water while flying close to the surface.[ MORE ]
Unafraid of humans, many of these large birds flew right up to photographers. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) [ LESS ]
An El Niño in late 2002 affected the equatorial Pacific Ocean, especially the Phoenix Islands. These global weather patterns bring high water temperatures that can cause corals to lose their internal symbiotic algae, which causes the corals to bleach and die.[ MORE ]
Scientists on the expedition who saw the Phoenix Islands in previous years wondered how PIPA's reefs had fared. Many corals had died, but scientists found new corals growing rapidly. The surprise was that fish were still abundant on the reefs. With fishing prohibited in PIPA, reef fish abounded, both herbivores and predators such as this school of hundreds of silvery trevally. (Photo by Greg Stone, New England Aquarium and Conservation International) [ LESS ]
Reef fish specialist Stuart Sandin spied this "camouflage grouper" under a coral. The scene is a snapshot of the recovering Kanton Island reef: corals re-growing, evidence of fish grazing on coral (white patches at the tips of the right-center coral), patches of pink algae that corals will settle on, and the grouper, a predator.[ MORE ]
"Here in PIPA we gained insight into the best fate possible for reefs in the coming century," said Sandin. "We can manage local stressors [overfishing and coastal construction]—but global insults [such as temperature increases] will continue. Our hope is that this kind of protection from fisheries and human settlement will afford reefs protection in the face of a significantly altered global environment." (Photo by Stuart Sandin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography) [ LESS ]
A jumble of Tridacna (giant clams) finds a perfect home in the clear, shallow channel at the entrance to Orona atoll's lagoon in the Phoenix Islands. These clams live in tropical water, their blue mantle tissue harboring symbiotic algae that make food from the abundant sunlight.[ MORE ]
Remarkably, every clam seems to show off different patterns and shades of blue. They are hard to photograph: When a fish's (or diver's) shadow falls across any clam, it pulls in its mantle and pulls its shell nearly closed. (Photo by Randi Rotjan, New England Aquarium) [ LESS ]
At the start of a dive in Kanton Lagoon's entrance, Alan Dynner (chair of New England Aquarium's Board of Overseers) found himself in the center of a swirl of more than a hundred barracuda.[ MORE ]
Predators are a critical part of healthy reefs, keeping grazing fish populations healthy and limited. Researchers on the PIPA expedition were heartened to see so many predators—and large numbers of their prey, suggesting that reefs protected from fishing and other human impacts may be able to remain oases of biodiversity during times of global climate change. (Photo by Greg Stone, New England Aquarium and Conservation International) [ LESS ]
Several expedition scientists and divers had seen these islands in the early 2000s, when adult sharks were abundant and healthy. But fishing vessels came through the Phoenix Islands more than once in recent years, fishing for sharks.[ MORE ]
A lucrative trade in shark fins has encouraged "finning"—cutting fins off sharks and casting the wounded fish back into the sea. The practice has depleted worldwide populations of sharks, which reproduce slowly. Scientists on this trip thought that most of the sharks they saw over the reefs were about two years old. Most were gray reef sharks such as this one. Divers also identified young black-tipped and white-tipped sharks and a few hammerheads. (Photo by Jim Stringer) [ LESS ]
Researchers found significant loss of corals on Phoenix Islands reefs, but abundant and varied reef fish still thrive. In reef systems heavily influenced by human activity, coral suffers from the growth of green algae that prevents new coral from settling, expedition scientists said.[ MORE ]
On PIPA reefs, grazing by herbivorous fish keeps old coral clear of green algae. That may allow pink 'crustose' algae to grow, improving the chances for coral to settle there. "Regeneration and recovery is the name of the game here," said coral biologist Randi Rotjan. "When you prevent local disturbances, you see recovery faster." (Photo by Jim Stringer) [ LESS ]
Around the reefs, predatory reef fish such as snappers showed aggressive behavior worthy of larger hunters. Stories from divers ranged from being followed to having their facemasks rammed and their fingers or ears bitten.[ MORE ]
Larry Madin photographed this one giving him a no-nonsense glare. "He was definitely not afraid of me," Madin said. Snappers eat smaller fish, crustaceans, and planktonic animals, including salps, which are carried onto the reef by currents. The interplay emphasizes the intimate connection between reef-ringed islands and the deep ocean that surrounds them. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) [ LESS ]
Scientists Larry Madin (left) and Greg Stone checked out changes to Kanton Lagoon wrought by a 2002 water temperature increase that damaged corals in the Phoenix Islands. They entered at the channel entrance and drifted into the lagoon with the 5-knot tide, covering much territory in one dive and garnering impressions of clear water, dead coral, new growing coral, and abundant fish.[ MORE ]
"PIPA has taught us many things all along," Stone said. "When we first observed it, it was telling us what life was like on coral reefs long ago. Then a few years ago, it spoke to us about the destructive effects of shark fishing and shark finning; and now about climate change." (Photo by Jim Stringer) [ LESS ]
Tukabu Teroroko, director of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, joined the PIPA expedition to monitor the islands and reefs since the protected area was established. Going ashore, he searched for signs of cats, rats, and rabbits introduced by humans.[ MORE ]
The government of Kiribati is working to eradicate these non-native species because of their destructive effects on bird populations. Rawaki is the Kiribati name for this island, also called Phoenix Island—possibly after a Nantucket whaling ship named "Phoenix" that plied these waters in the early 1800s. (Photo by Greg Stone, New England Aquarium and Conservation International) [ LESS ]
Kanton is the only inhabited island in the Phoenix Islands group. Approximately 40 people live there at any one time, employees of the Kiribati government who watch over the island, and their families.[ MORE ]
Currently about a dozen children attend school there. Greg Stone took expedition members to visit the school, bringing educational materials from the New England Aquarium, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Woods Hole Sea Grant. Children are bilingual in IKiribati and English, and their school walls displayed compositions in both languages. After age 12, students attend school on other islands. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) [ LESS ]
McKean Island, a low, treeless outcrop of coral sand in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, is home to many thousands of seabirds. Though once mined for bird guano, the island was never occupied by humans, so the birds aren't wary of people carrying cameras.[ MORE ]
When scientists from the PIPA expedition went ashore to survey the bird species on McKean, WHOI biologist Larry Madin could get quite close to this adult masked booby (left) and its fluffy chick. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) [ LESS ]
The Phoenix Islands aren't obvious on a map—eight scattered coral atolls barely above sea level in the equatorial western Pacific. These specks form the most remote coral island archipelago in the world, 1,000 miles from large airports on Hawaii and Fiji and equally far from the capital of their own country of Kiribati.
These tiny reef-fringed islands are the core of the world's largest marine protected area, the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA). It was established in 2008 by the government of Kiribati, working with the New England Aquarium (NEAq) and Conservation International, through the efforts of scientist Greg Stone, senior vice president for exploration and conservation at NEAq.
This September, Stone led an international team of scientists, divers, photographers, and Kiribati officials on an expedition to PIPA to survey the islands, reefs, and ocean for the first time since they were protected. Larry Madin, director of research at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and also a marine biologist and diver, joined the expedition to help survey undersea life. He also collected coral samples, which several WHOI scientists study.
Few scientists have studied, or even seen, PIPA's reefs. "The islands, which are almost entirely uninhabited, are among the least disturbed by humans in the world," Stone said.
"Least disturbed," though, is not undisturbed: The islands' remoteness hasn't protected them from two great scourges that are harming reefs worldwide. The first is overfishing, which disrupts the coral ecosystem. The second is warmer water temperatures, which kill corals' symbiotic algae, causing the corals to bleach and die. Though people may not be able to do much to prevent warming oceans, they can take steps to deter overfishing. The scientists believe that protecting this area from human activities, including fishing, will allow corals to recover faster from bleaching than reefs in regions where reefs are subject to coastal development and pollution.
During the expedition, the United States and Kiribati signed an historic agreement establishing a relationship between PIPA and the largest U.S. marine reserve, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands' PapahÄÂnaumokuÄÂkea Marine National Monument. Together, the two marine reserves represent one-quarter of the total area of all the marine protected areas in the world. They will also provide natural laboratories to learn how relatively undisturbed ocean ecosystems are responding to Earth's changing climate and perhaps find ways to mitigate its impacts on essential coral reef systems.
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McAfee and Google Chrome
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If you encounter this problem, you will attempt to load MyFreeCams.com with Google Chrome and it will just hang on the loading screen for a while, and then you will be redirected to our Websockets or AJAX connection mode. But since Flash is not properly loaded, the video from our site will not load on your computer.
Solution: The way to fix this problem is to modify your McAfee settings to allow Google Chrome full access which will allow Flash Player to load properly. Here is how to do that in the 2012 version of McAfee, you may need to modify it for your version...
- Right-click on the McAfee shield next to your clock in the bottom right corner of your screen.
- Under "Change Settings" click "Firewall".
- Click "Internet Connections for Programs" then find "Google Chrome" in the list of your applications, and select it.
- Click "Edit", change "Access" to "Full", then click "Save" and close the McAfee window.
- Completely close and reopen Google Chrome.
That should fix it. If you need further instructions, try Googling How to Unblock Chrome in McAfee.
You may need to follow the same instructions for other browsers, but this bug particularly affects Google Chrome because it has the Flash Player built into it.
If you are unable or unwilling to give Google Chrome permissions within McAfee, then please use a different web browser to connect to our website.
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Spyware and Viruses
There are lots of names for it; spyware, adware, and even viruses. There is lots of junk out there that you don't want on your computer (it's called Bad Software or "Badware").
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Badware can display advertising, launch pop-ups, or even send spam, all without you knowing. Worse yet, Badware makes your computer run slow which makes this website appear to run slow.
Ways you can get rid of Badware on your computer (all free):
- Microsoft Security Essentials: Good anti-badware utility from Microsoft.
- Malware Bytes: Good anti-badware utility.
- Spybot Search and Destroy: Another good anti-badware utility.
- Ad-Aware Free: Another good anti-badware utility.
Note: After you install any of the programs above and get your computers clean, we strongly recommend that you un-install them. Otherwise, the programs will be running on your computer all the time which will slow down your computer just as bad as the badware they cleaned up.
Additional good utilities:
- Trend Micro Hijack This: Very powerful anti-badware utility. For expert users only.
- Trend Micro Housecall: Online scan for badware and viruses.
Also, there is a great forum called SpywareInfo Forum where you can post any questions and get some quick help.
If you think you have a real virus rather than just some badware, here are some good free anti-virus utilities: Avast Anti-Virus and AVG Free Anti-Virus.
Note: Lots of Badware installs itself into Internet Explorer, so often the best solution is to use the Google Chrome web browser instead.
Browser Plugins
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If you are having problems in a particular web browser, we recommend disabling one or more plug-ins. Here is how:
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- Open Tools menu, choose Add-ons.
- Click Plugins Tab, find the plugin and click once to select it.
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Known Bad Plug-ins
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- Try a different web browser (especially Google Chrome).
- Disable your firewalls, anti-viruses, or other security programs.
- Scan your computer for Badware.
- Check your Internet connection (speed tests at Speedtest.net and Speakeasy.net.
- Re-install Flash player.
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- Click Pause Updates or Hide at the top of the model list.
Member webcams
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- Right-click your mouse on the white screen (where your webcam picture should show) and click on "Settings".
- Click on the "webcam" icon to bring up that tab and makes sure that your webcam is selected as the proper camera source.
- Close all other software that may be using your webcam. That means close down the software that your webcam came with, and also close down other webcam applications like Yahoo, Skype, etc. If you are seeing your webcam feed in another window, that means your webcam is already being used by another application and will not work on MyFreeCams. If you want to use your webcam for multiple applications, please see the information about ManyCam below.
- Only have one instance of MyFreeCams.com open in one browser as multiple logins can cause problems for streaming your webcam. You can close all of your browsers and clear your cache and cookies to be sure.
- Make sure you have the latest version of Flash player installed, re-install it if you have to.
- Make sure that your webcam is properly installed. This means that in addition to physically connecting your webcam to your computer you must also install the proper drivers to make it work. Usually these drivers came on the CD with your webcam, but otherwise you can Google your webcam type and download drivers for free online.
- Make sure you are using a normal web browser, and not any sort of private browsing mode.
Member webcams on Macs
Your webcam should work on this site. You may need to right-click (or alternate-click, click the touchpad with two fingers) on the video to bring up the Flash Settings and then in the Webcam tab select a different webcam Flash source, such as 'USB Camera which seems to be the correct selection for Macbook Pro computers.
There is a bug that appears in some versions of macOS where the Flash Player Settings dialog pops up and you would normally click "Allow" but you are unable to do so. Here is how to fix it:
- Go to System Preferences on your Mac
- Go to Flash Player
- Click the "Camera and Mic" tab at the top
- Click the "Camera and Microphone Settings by Site..." button
- Click the "+" sign then type "myfreecams.com", select Allow from the drop down menu, and click Add.
Some members have reported that Microsoft LifeCam webcams and some others do not work properly with Flash on our site.
The solution is to use a program like ManyCam which will interface between the webcam drivers and Flash.
You would install and run ManyCam and select your LifeCam. Then, with ManyCam running, you can start your webcam on MyFreeCams and select ManyCam as the source and it should work.
Shockwave Crashes
There is a problem with Flash in some versions of Google Chrome 22 that causes Flash (they call it "Shockwave") to crash when you Start Your Webcam.
There are a few solutions currently:
1. Go to your Google Chrome settings by loading chrome://settings, then click Show Advanced Settings... at the bottom, and then tick the checkbox next to the option that says Automatically send usage statistics and crash reports to Google. For some reason, this sometimes fixes the problem.
2. Use a different web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. This problem is only with the Flash inside of Chrome so using a different web browser fixes it.
3. Upgrade to the next version of Google Chrome, such as the Beta release.
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Checking off your bucket list may help you earn membership in the Travelers' Century Club
When travellers gets together, it doesn't take long before they start comparing places they've been in order to determine who's been to the most, or the most exotic, places.
The Travelers' Century Club is the ultimate in bragging rights for travellers as you can only become a full-fledged member if you've visited 100 or more countries. (You can become a provisional member at 75 countries, but it doesn't have the same ring to it as 100.)
The TCC began in 1954 when travel was a lot more difficult. Air travel was expensive, trains were more common and ships travelled scheduled routes and not the far-ranging cruise itineraries of today.
The club's first meeting was the brainchild of a California travel agent and it drew 27 members. Today, the TCC membership has grown to more than 2,000, including a chapter in Canada which is led by Area Coordinator Rick Shaver in Toronto. The Canadian chapter launched two years ago with 40 members and has grown to 55 since then, with roughly half being from the West and the other half in the East.
The Canadian chapter meets several times a year and members get to update each other on their latest voyages and hear from guest speakers. "It's all designed to be non-commercial, fun and inspire people to travel," said Shaver during a recent interview.
You might think that a club like the TCC would have a lot of braggarts, but Shaver says it's the opposite. He says that members are humble and he links it to their curiousness about the world and readiness to ask questions of other people about places they've been. "There's almost a Canadianness to this group," he said.
Shaver himself has been to 108 countries, only reaching 100 a few years ago. To reach that mark took a lot of time. He first became aware of the TCC's existence in 1992 when he met a member during the course of his work. At that time, Shaver had been to 43 countries. It's taken him nearly 20 years to surpass the century mark.
"You know what they say? It's the hardest club in the world to get into," he said.
The TCC's list goes beyond just member states in the United Nations. It contains countries, remote islands, overseas territories and other obscure places. Shaver points out that the list has been designed "to include some of the most exotic and hard to reach destinations."
Examples include the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, considered to be the most difficult spot to reach by most TCC members, nearer to home places like St. Pierre and Miquelon off of Newfoundland and even Alaska.
The TCC works on an honour system. No one is going to check your passport stamps to verify that you've been to each place. Some debate what constitutes an actual visit to a country. Does a plane refueling count? Do you have to spend the night there? Getting your feet on the ground, if only for a few minutes, seems to be the only criterion, but Shaver emphasizes that the club is all about inspiring people to travel. It's not just meant to be about putting your foot across the border to claim another country on your bucket list, but about really learning about a place and experiencing it.
Shaver says that when you've visited a place and experienced it, you now have a personal connection to it. Later, when you read about it online or see it on a TV news report, it's not just a dot on a map, but a real place with real people that you can relate to. That thought feeds into the club's motto: "the passport to peace through understanding."
The world is a more connected place now with more ships and airplanes so reaching the century mark is a lot more attainable than it was half a century ago, but there are still plenty of places in the world that even TCC members have never been, said Shaver.
Those tiny islands in the southern seas, Antarctica, remote regions of Africa, former Soviet republics and dangerous destinations are on the bucket lists of many a TCC member.
"People ask me, haven't you already been everywhere?," said Shaver. "No, it's just the tip of the iceberg."


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Bank mergers misdirected
As I forecast in a Taipei Times letter more than two years ago, memory chipmaker ProMOS has gone out of business, failing to pay back NT$50 billion (US$1.7 billion) in bank loans, and entering receivership in November last year (Letters, July 31, 2011, page 8).
At the same time, I said that Taiwan's shipping industry was headed for a similar overcapacity-induced disaster. According to an article in Monday's paper, ("Slowing demand could hit freight rates, reports say," Oct. 21, page 13) shippers are barely breaking even in international transport revenue.
Given that these companies have substantial outstanding bank loans, I reiterate my 2011 call that shareholders should immediately flee these stocks. Evergreen, Yan Ming and Wan Hai are clearly underwater — figuratively if not literally.
Monday's editorial ("Time to get real about bank reform," Oct. 21, page 8) said: "these banks are unlikely to improve their mediocre profitability due to the saturated and overcrowded domestic market."
In my view, "overcrowding" is not a problem. Banks should be more like utilities, which preserve the wealth of savers, especially retirees. As the recent JPMorgan scandals show, banks should steer clear of creating fraudulent financial products and foisting them upon unsophisticated investors.
The central bank's job should be to maintain a strong and stable currency, backed by warehouses filled with valuable industrial metals including tin, copper, aluminum, platinum, silver and gold, which can be resold to industries which require these metals to manufacture their products.
I see no reason to encourage mergers between the state-run banks and proper risk-focused responsible lenders such as King's Town Bank. Crony state-run banks which have incestuous relationships with major industries like electricity producers and shippers, should be allowed to fail as a matter of course, as bad debts overwhelm their capital structure.
Chunghwa Post Co should increase the cash requirement to 100 percent of deposits, which would insure that long-term savers receive all of their money in the case of a major global financial dislocation.
People often forget that fractional reserve banking — where a bank uses a customer's deposit to create loans for others, thereby increasing the overall money supply — is a scam and boosts inflation because more dollars are still chasing the same limited supply of physical goods.
This is why I strongly advocate that the central bank divest itself of US Treasury bonds, which are clearly a Ponzi scheme, and buy physical assets that have real value, such as industrial metals and gold.
Taiwan does not need to turn itself into a regional financial hub and really cannot compete with the "big dogs" on the global stage. What Taiwan needs to do is insure that it can provide food for its citizens and create its own energy resources. As an island nation facing intense global pressure from both scarcity and climate change, this is the only way forward.
The Taipei Times editorial was correct to point out that "market forces will naturally lead some well-equipped banks to stand out among their peers." In my view, Taiwan's banks should desist from chasing paper profits and focus on fundamentals, such as food and energy security, for the good of the public.
Torch Pratt
Yonghe District, New Taipei City


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Back to visit
Ive been away from the forum for some time, not because I wanted to mind ya, just had lots of things on my plate for quite a while. One is both Ruth and I have started a Organic farm here in NJ and were busy as heck getting things off the ground. We still have the little red binder that I purchased from Ralph in KY, and it is getting lots of exercise. Just rebuilt the touch control last month. We also still have the old 154 low boy. There is lots of work going on here farming vegetables so all the equipment is getting lots of happy time in the fields. Not much else to say sept it's good to see all the new stuff going on here at the Farmall cub site.
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Nice to see you back.... Keep us up to date on how the farmin goes and of course the Little Red Binder
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Welcome, and remember, posting pictures is great. We love to see'em. Good farming.
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Rudi: I have tried several times to contact you on scype, but couldn't get you. Ill take some photos soon of the farm and equipment.
I am having a heck of a time posting and going from page to page for some reason, I have to try a few times before I ge connected. for an answer as to what's wrong.
I am having a heck of a time posting and going from page to page for some reason, I have to try a few times before I ge connected. for an answer as to what's wrong.
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Welcone back. NJ the GARDEN state
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Glad to have you back. Keep us posted on the gardening.
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Someone took my pump at Alameda today
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Someone took my pump at Alameda today
I live right on the beach and launch right in front of my apartment. It is located closer to Mc Donalds than to Crown Beach Park... Anyhow.. this afternoon I pumped up my kite and had a great ride... I left my pump near the top of the beach, but when I came back, it was gone... Hopefully someone grabbed it and took it trying to be nice... Anyone see a pump today at Alameda?
Damn pump stealers. I bet it was one of those raft gangs. Look for a little kid with a blow up raft and you'll find the scoundral.
Once I left my car unlocked and my wallet and computer was untouched but the pump gang snagged my pump, and I think he took a spare shackle and i had, not sure.
Good thing I have about 9 pumps in my garage. If I see ya You can have one.
Well there goes my big plan to sell all my new pumps at the swap meet for $10 a pop! You're just giving them away!
In Costa Rica, a little kid stole my invaluable cloth heavy-duty laundry-type bag from on the beach. It was filled up with sand and everything. I was out a ways kiting and I saw him empty it and start holding it in the wind letting it fill up with air. His father, who apparently condoned the little guys actions was with him on the beach. Oh well, what are you going to do? Kite in at Mach10 and accost a Costa Rican father and son all over a sand bag? It wasn't so much the bag I was worried about, but the sand...
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At Huddle Hero we make it easy for managers to gather players for a game and collect dues for league-related fees. Our platform is used by managers of all team sports (soccer, basketball, football, baseball, volleyball, hockey, rugby, etc.), and while we help both adult and youth teams, our general emphasize is on adult players.
Overall, we want to bring the style/class of professional sports team websites to recreational play. Recreational players take their team sports serious, but are ultimately there to enjoy the game they love. For most rec players, this is their hobby and passion, and note that the majority of managers (and coaches) are players as well.
Finally, Huddle Hero is a social website, a place for the team to hang out, interact and stay informed on team related matters.
Considerations Review – for all team sports, team players (manager is player too), effective but casual and social (team is group of friends), adult focus, all levels of play, global dynamic (English-speaking).
Note - we are looking for a truly unique logo design. A unique character poking their head out of the huddle (check out the attached cartoon), a huddle with one of the figures wearing a superhero cape - that's the kind of creativity we want!
Since our name is somewhat long, it will be great to also see if the name/letters can be incorporate into the logo design!
Also, don't get too hung-up on the attached home page example, it's just meant to demonstrate some of the most important features of Huddle Hero.
We can't wait to incorporate your logo into our website!
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Brian Guijarro is coming off a stellar freshman campaign
where he captured two top five finishes at the Big West Track and
Field Championships and earned a bid into the NCAA West Regional
Championships in the 10k. He will look to improve upon his 29:41.04
10k PR set at the 2013 Mt. Sac Invitational.
Guijarro burst onto the collegiate running scene in his debut at the Cal Nevada Championships, where he would record a lifetime best in the 5,000m at 14:38.32. He set a new PR in the 1500m in his second meet in the Gaucho blue at the Cal State LA Invite at 3:51.92. He secured his first NCAA West Regional qualifying bid at the Mt. Sac Relays in the 10k with a 29:41.04 performance. Guijarro had the fourth fastest qualifying mark out of all freshman in the west region. In his first Big West Championship meet he would take 3rd in the 10k and 5th in the 5,000m.
Named MVP for Cross Country from 10th through 12th grade…Placed 2nd in Golden League in 10thgrade, 1st in Golden League in 11th and 12th grade…Was named All-American Cross Country in his senior year where he was also a state finalist for Track in the 3200m…Posted record breaking times of 14:19 in the 2.91 mile, 14:56 in the 2.93 mile, 12:10.05 in the 3 mile, and 15:07 in the 5K.
Bryan Guijarro was born on April 11, 1994 in Glendale, Calif…Son of Noemi Flores, George Hawara and Alfredo Guidarro…Has five younger siblings: Carlos, Alondra, Diana, Daniel and George…Enjoys playing basketball and hiking…Listed his favorite movie as 21 Jump Street and his favorite musician is Drake…Names his mom and dad as his personal heroes…Declares making it to Nike Nationals as his most memorable athletic achievement.
Collegiate Bests
1500m- 3:51.92 (2013 Cal State LA Invite)
5,000m- 14:38.32 (2013 Cal Nevada Championships)
10k- 29:41.04 (2013 Mt. Sac Invitational)
Big West Championships
2013- 5,000m, 5th, 15:06.46
2013- 10k, 3rd, 31:03.03
NCAA First Round
2013- 10,000m, NT


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Given Bane seems prone to wearing big coats and big boots, that might very well be what they're going for. I'm also interested in seeing how they portray this.
(Also, I'm not sure if they ever named her, but Gordon's daughter was with his wife and son at the end of The Dark Knight. Unless they decided to use a different person for Batgirl, she won't be donning a cape and cowl for awhile.)


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Rep. Wolf and Former Senator Brown to Speak at Gordon-Conwell Next Week
September 18, 2013
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary will host Representative Frank Wolf (VA-10) and former U.S. Senator Scott Brown (MA) during two separate speaking engagements next week.
Rep. Wolf will speak in the Kaiser Chapel on Tuesday, September 24 at 11:10 a.m. on "The Role of the Pulpit in Shaping Public Discourse: Politics as Downstream from Culture," reflecting on biblical leadership in the church and society from his perspective as a public servant. A lunch forum will be held in Alumni Hall at Gordon-Conwell immediately following the chapel service. Lunch will be provided; please RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Former U.S. Senator Scott Brown is one of the keynote speakers during a counseling conference, "No Place for Abuse: Bridging the Gap in Situations of Domestic Violence, Abuse and Sexual Assault," on Saturday, September 28 from 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. in Alumni Hall. Joining Scott Brown is Dr. Nancy Nason-Clark, Director of The Rave Project, along with eight others.


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My wife won't tell her parents that I am allergic to dogs
Dear Carolyn:
Recently my wife's parents moved to our city. They have a dog, which their whole world revolves around. I can respect and accept what others do in their home, but I do not want any pets in our home or cars. I am not fond of dogs, and I am allergic to them.
These people bring their dog EVERYWHERE: funerals, weddings, church, shopping. They don't go anywhere without it.
My wife will not say anything to her parents. If I do, no matter how I deliver the message, it will not be well received. These people are overly sensitive and one must watch carefully every word or they get offended.
What can be done to get the message to these folks that they are welcome, but their dog is not? I don't know, if they see this in print, whether they would even realize the problems they cause between my wife and me.
You send the message by saying, "I'm allergic to dogs." Why hasn't your wife said it? It's a slam-dunk.
She does not want to hurt her parents' feelings.
So she'd rather have you wheeze than upset her parents? Doesn't that strike you as ... problematic?
Of course. Her parents have always been her priority.
So the pet dander and dog-centric in-laws aren't your problem, or your marriage's.
Your problem: Your wife puts fear of offending her parents at the center of everything -- without regard for cost -- and you've put up with it.
The former isn't yours to solve, unless your wife recognizes her misplaced priorities and wants help doing the hard work to change them -- or is close enough to this epiphany to be nudged into it through honest conversation.
I should say, the work isn't technically hard. It's just a matter of swapping out one set of negative consequences for another -- and, call me biased, the consequences of offending emotional tyrants sound delightful compared with the consequence of kowtowing to them, and of having a permanent wedge in my marriage. Where the hard work awaits your wife is in facing that she let her parents be her core value, instead of developing a core of her own.
Your end of the problem, meanwhile, starts with this choice: Keep your wheezy silence, or start asserting yourself, knowing you'll offend your in-laws and undermine your wife's goals.
The former actually sounds gratifying to me -- biased, remember -- but the latter involves vows, so it warrants a calm and honest declaration of your intent. Such as: "I realize you're intent on not upsetting your parents. However, I've reached my limit. Tiptoeing around them has cost me my integrity, my standing in my own marriage and home, and occasionally my lungs.
"So I will no longer give them everything they want at my, your and our expense. For you, I promise I will stand up to them only when I think it's really important. I am ready for the consequences, and I'm telling you this so you can prepare for them, too."
If these read like the first two paragraphs of the end of your marriage, then skip the home remedy and find an excellent marriage counselor. It's that, or keep suppressing your interests to sustain a superficial marital peace.


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The Rose family moved to Ontario from the US - Lucinda Rose married Cyrus Hunt - they lived in Scotland, Ontario. Their daughter Aurilla married Robert Sullivan, son of John Sullivan and Maryanne (?) - their daughter Phebe married George Wilson in December of 1890 in Crystal City, Manitoba. The couple started their married life in Cando, ND where George managed a livery stable. In 1900 Phebe and 2 children died of typhoid fever. Her younger sister, Emily came to take care of George's children. Two years later they married and had 7 children. In 1921 they moved to Mapleton, Oregon.
The Hunts joined the LDS church in Canada. Except for Lucinda they moved to Naveau, to Kansas and then went across the plains as part of Capt. Foote's wagon train in 1850. Andrew Rose died enroute and Elizabeth (Daniels) Rose continued on to Ogden with the rest of the family. Andrew was buried in an unmarked grave. Elizabeth's grave is A22 in Ben Lomond cemetery in N. Ogden.
Cyrus Hunt was a Quaker - by 1850 they were listing their religion as Baptist.
Which Bunker Hill was John Sullivan born.
I am researching the Wilsons of North Dorchester, Ontario - have information back to William Wilson who married Catherine Young, a passenger on the the HMS Stakesby that sailed from County Cork Ireland in July 0f 1823 - to Ontario Canada Part of the Peter Robinson Settlers.
The John Sullivan descendants. John was born at Bunker Hill in 1810. he married Mary Ann in Ontario, Canada - he is buried in Scotland, Ontario. His son, Robert, moved to Griffin, Georgia in 1897.
The Jolliffe line is thoroughly researched from England to Canada.
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Mustang MonthlyFeatured Vehicles
1994 Ford Roush Stage 3 Mustang - Old Blue
Terry Karges and this Stage 3 were there when Roush Mustangs were born
Though they are rare examples of the breed, the modern-day Roush Mustangs are well-established members of the Mustang community. They wear unique bodywork, upgraded suspensions, and some even feature Roush superchargers. These cars have their own fan base, their own web sites, and they are justifiably held in high regard. It's hard to imagine a time when you couldn't buy a Roush-prepped Mustang. However, in the mid-'90s, Roush was just starting to dabble with building Mustang parts for consumers and not just contracting directly for Ford Motor Company. Terry Karges was the company's director of sales and marketing, and he oversaw the development, testing, and marketing of the first Roush Stage 3 Mustang, which you see in front of you.
It was from humble beginnings that the Roush Mustang program was born. The company had developed a unique dual-plenum intake and a trick trunk-mounted tool kit and pitched them to Ford for inclusion on a factory program. At the time Ford was switching gears from pushrod 5.0-liters to the modular engine family, and the Blue Oval ended up passing on both products. It was that fateful decision that encouraged Roush to make a move into selling aftermarket parts.
As rumblings of this move made the rounds, Terry Karges was working at a manufacturer named Cord Automotive on the West Coast. Cord specialized in OE interior and exterior parts. He had occasion to cross paths with newly minted Roush Director of Business Development, Ed Wayland. The pair discussed the idea of selling the two products, but it was Terry that presented the vision that it was cars that Roush needed to sell, not parts. Of course the former would help sell the latter, but his idea seemed to resonate with Roush. "I decided if Roush was going to get into that business no one could compete with them," Terry said.
He helped introduce Roush to aftermarket manufacturers that could offer products to complement the Roush offerings. Soon Roush was test-fitting parts on an old V-6, and then they would start working on a prototype vehicle based on a '94 GT. Of course, Terry encouraged them to develop a body kit, as that was in Cord's wheelhouse. However, his introductions also brought the suspension, exhaust, and other parts into the picture to build a complete car. The program took shape much faster than Roush had imagined. "The very first car that we built was Old Blue," Terry said. "It was used initially to call on dealers to show them what the car was like."
Along the way, Terry negotiated the rights to the Roush distribution west of the Mississippi. He would eventually join the company as an employee, but in the meantime he traversed western United States from Washington State to Texas selling the Roush vehicle program. He made this trip at least twice in Old Blue. The car served as his daily driver, and in its spare time it was used for demonstration rides and drives.
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Tommy Kendall rocketed dealers around Sears Point Raceway in it, and members of the Motor Press Guild gave it a thrashing at their media-day drives in Southern California and around the track at Elkhart Lake. The car even acted as the Pace car for the Los Angeles Gran Prix run through the downtown streets. Old Blue racked up well over 140,000 hard miles before Terry sold it to Jack Miller, owner of the Miller's Ale House restaurant chain. Jack added it to his vast collection, which includes many modern Roush Mustangs, in the aptly named Miller's Mustang Barn in Jupiter, Florida.
Roush must have been onto something, because at the time Terry started pitching Old Blue, the company had no dealers and the biggest tuner at the time had over 100 dealers. By the time Terry left Roush to join the Petersen Museum as its executive director in 2010, the roles had reversed. Roush was the big man on the tuner Mustang campus with over 500 dealers. Terry credits the perseverance of Roush's Evan Lyall and Joe Thompson for seeing the program through from its beginnings with Old Blue though the leaner years and to its success today. However, it's hard to imagine the program reaching the lofty levels it has today without Terry suggesting that it was cars that they really needed to sell.


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Monday, May 11, 2009
Tony Romo Is Playing Golf...Get Over It
Oh yeah, he should be working on his game 24 hours a day, 365 days a week. Really? Do you want the guy to play like he loves the game of football or play like it is a job? Remember last year when Tony seemed run down by all of the drama and criticism? The guy could use some down time once in a while and I think it can only help that his down time includes a high-pressure, competitive qualifying tournament. Let him get away from the pressures of being the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys for a few hours a week and you'll probably see a much happier man.
I can't think of many people who love their job so much that they choose to do nothing but work all day, every day with no breaks ever. Peyton Manning plays golf in the offseason and a lot of people consider him to be the best quarterback in the league. Drew Brees plays a lot of golf and somehow he is doing just fine in New Orleans.
We all want to see our Cowboys win some playoff games next season but burning out in May is not going to help Tony Romo play better football in December. And don't forget the facts in this situation. Tony was working out this offseason before most guys in the league were even considering it. Not only is he working with his teammates every week but he is spending extra time on top of that with Roy Williams. Let the man have a life outside of football. I don't like seeing him running around the Hollywood scene any more than any of you, but playing golf for a few hours isn't going to hurt anyone.
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- AnonymousMay 11, 2009 at 7:47 PM
You're right on about Tony. Get over it folks. You should be proud not concerned. How many people in the world have the talent to qualify for the US Open?...Besides, this kind of experience can only be good for a guy who's job is to win.ReplyDelete
Good for him.
I'm not really angry about it. After hearing how hard he is working in the offseason with Roy Williams and different offseason programs, it's nothing to worry about. He needs to win a playoff game before people will get off his back about this though.ReplyDelete
Come on Man. I'm not fat.ReplyDelete
- ricky AMay 12, 2009 at 5:02 PM
The Dallas Cowboys need to win a playoff game, tony romo just happens to be the starting QB, but he certainly not the reason we haven't won one yet. I be willing to bet anything that we'd be in worse situation with any other guy under center other then peyton manning, tom brady, and drew brees. Any other QB with the exact same coaches n personel around him would do worse. WE should be proud to have him. Go Tony!!!ReplyDelete
To Ricky A...nobody is saying it's all Romo's fault for our lack of playoff wins. As the starting quarterback of THE Dallas Cowboys, he gets the blame and the glory. Fair or not, that's how it is. I'm very happy for him trying to qualify for the U.S. Open, and most other people are as well. Those that aren't happy about it, don't really care about him playing golf, they care about the lack of playoff wins. Personally I think he is like Peyton Manning, the playoff wins will come eventually. Until then, the scrutiny is fair game.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 13, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Michael Jordan was a golf fanatic in the off season...he turned out OK..non-issue.ReplyDelete
- Ricky AMay 14, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Daniel Phillips, I see what your getting at. Well said.ReplyDelete


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We sat down with Sergi Labori from Barcelona and who currently lives in Dubai. An amateur triathlete and cyclist, Sergi hiked Mt. Kilimanjaro with his girlfriend wearing the Cloudventure Waterproof.
We sat down with Sergi Labori from Barcelona and who currently lives in Dubai. An amateur triathlete and cyclist, Sergi hiked Mt. Kilimanjaro with his girlfriend wearing the Cloudventure Waterproof.
Up the mountain.
On: Sergi – thanks for your time. So, have you always been interesting in mountains and climbing?
Sergi: I have – I love them. I have a house in the Pyrenes and have spent many years there. However, I generally did skiing and cycling - not climbing – during my time there. It's only recently I developed a curiosity around climbing them. Maybe the fact that I now live amongst the desert that makes me see the mountains in such a different way!
Highest free-standing mountain in the world. Located in Tanzania.
On: What kind of preparation did you do for it?
Sergi: I really didn't do any specific preparation. I kept doing my triathlon training (swim, bike, run) and I added some gym and weights to build my strength. I was not used to walking that many hours carrying that much weight on my back: water, food, extra clothes – thus the gym was what I added into the mix.
The gear.
On: And why the Cloudventure waterproof?
Sergi: I chose the Cloudventure Waterproof because it was light and comfortable which I needed for such a long trek compared to hiking boots. Of course, I needed some modifications (thicker socks for one). But with many mountains like Kilimanjaro, it's not just about ice and snow. It's a forest near the base, you know, humid and wet - which is where the shoe came in handy.
Camp before the summit.
View from the top.
On: So how long did it take all up to climb?
Sergi: We took the "5-day-route" to avoid altitude sickness. It can be done in less time than that, but if you are not used to that high altitudes there Is a fair chance of getting altitude sickness and it can be very dangerous.
On: And how did it feel when you reached the summit?
Sergi: Great! It was incredible. However, the ascension was very hard as we started at 12am in the morning, and after almost 5 hours of walking we had nothing but very very cold temperatures and wind. I had a really bad moment with my hands when I took my gloves off to take a selfie and I almost got a frostbite. It took me close to a month to recover the feeling in three of my fingers!
At the summit.
Ndoro waterfall.
On: Did the shoes make it home?
Sergi: Yes - and looked like new after a wash. I didn't have a single problem with them in fact. They're now my go-to for running in the wet.
On: And what's next?
Sergi: It's still in discussion. I really want to do Aconcagua but it's 6,965m (almost 1,500m more than Kilimanjaro) and you need good acclimatization and to take a lot of days off to do it right. If it's not Aconcagua the other option is Mount Elbrus in Russia or the Puncak Jaya in Indonesia.
Forest at the base of the mountain.
On: And what advice do you have for people wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Sergi: I'm a real amateur so I don't know if I'm in a position to give advice! But for sure, if someone wants to start climbing mountains with a certain altitude they need to get the proper equipment and research a lot before doing it. And of course, they need to be in a good physic condition - you don't want to abandon a climb half-way through or be injured at that altitude in the middle of nowhere!


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|Region A. We still don't know what Region B looks like
Lets start with content. So we all know that it has all the New Who live-action episodes release up until this point alongside the already released extras and a couple more. Unfortunately, there is nothing more. I specifically asked about the TARDISodes (the prequels for all of series 2), deleted scenes, blooper reels, trailers, Dreamland, Infinite Quest and previous musical celebrations like the first concert and the first proms. None of these are added to the set. The only version of the Prom that is included is 2008 60 minute version, as hosted by Freema Agyeman, which is on the exclusive Region B bonus disc. There are no other extras.
On the mistakes/problems front, it's not any better, to the point where they were unaware there was even any mistakes. For example, I asked about both the Children In Need 2005 special and the Vincent and The Doctor audio track. Both responses were wondering what was wrong with it.
The Davies era episodes will be the same as on transmission so the music will keep it's rather bombastic feel, which is a rather subjective matter. The next time trailers for series 5 will still be missing.
Onto the technical questions now. Firstly, the releases will be region-coded, so make sure your BD player is compatible before ordering foreign copies. VC-1 versions will remain VC-1 as they're using existing stock, however all SD material, including extras, will be re-encoded to a codec with higher efficiency than MPEG2 (probably AVC).
The upscaling itself was done by Deluxe Digital (New York), who used the original TX tapes. The special effects haven't been re-rendered, which was to be expected.
And saving the best till last, the frame rates. That's right. Plural. Series 1-4, the new upscaled content, will be 24p, presumably for it to be used as a global master. This means that the upscales will be slowed down (and deinterlaced) from 50i to 24p, with pitch correction applied to the audio so people don't notice the difference. Series 5-7 will remain 50i as they are from existing stock. The Next Doctor (the first and, until now, only upscale) will remain as 60i as they are using the existing stock there too, so complaints of having a jagged picture may continue. Everything else (i.e. the HD specials) will be at 50i, presumably changed to match the existing HD episodes.
Please note, I am unaware exactly what Region A will be, but presumably it will be the same for the new content, with the reused BD discs for the rest, like Region B.
But what's all this "using existing stock" about? This is a phrase that I personally do not quite understand since the disc count released for this set does not match the previously released sets. How can they use existing stock with different numbers?
Finally, BBC Worldwide have no plans to either release the individual series separately, or re-release afterwards including the 50th/Christmas Special. Having said that, plans can change.
If you have any further questions, just let me know by tomorrow, where I shall be sending my response.