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Get up to, ahem, speed with the next generation of computers. Bontrager's Node 1.1 Digital Computer lets you train smarter with speed and distance on one easy-to-read screen, and can expand to include cadence and heart rate as well. Additional features include auto start, 20 minute time-out sensors and a settable interval timer. Node computers can receive data from 3rd party power devices that are ANT+ compatible like SRM cranks and PowerTap hubs, too.
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Liking my cycle computer
By plantman
from Lexington, SC
About Me Avid Cyclist
I have enjoyed the computer. Only a couple of issues that require rebooting, but what electronic devices have not? Hello? Life is not prefect and neither are computers. Have bought a couple more as gifts and they love it.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Should be recalled...
By Two Wheels One Dude
from Orange County
I purchased the Node, because it had all I was looking for: heart rate, cadence, speed, time and was able to be interchanged between 2 bikes. I was already wary when it took several attempts by the mechanic to get the cadence sensor to pair up at the initial install. On the first ride, it wouldn't pair up with any of the sensors (heart, cadence, speed). So I rode without it. Back at the shop on the second bike, we couldn't get more than two sensors working at the same time. So, the shop gave me a new Node and all seemed well. Then, on the ride the cadence cut out or showed erroneous values while I was at a standstill. Replaced the sensors, but still same problems. Finally, I removed all of the parts from both bikes and asked for a full refund. Thankfully the shop gave a full refund. I am now back at square one with my computer needs. I still like Bontrager, but will never again put any of their electronics on any of my bikes.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Lacks reliability
By Roxi
from Ellicott City, MD
I am now on my 2nd computer. The first worked fine for the first 6 months, then after that it seemed to work whenever it felt like it. One day the heart rate monitor wouldn't pair, then on the next ride it would be the cadence meter. Some days my cadence would be all over the place, with no relevance to how I was biking. Battery changes didn't fix the problem. I stopped by the bike store where I purchased it and they felt it was a faulty computer. They replaced it, but I still feel that it's just not reliable. My son has the same one and he's dealing with the same issue from time to time. If it wasn't linked to my heart rate monitor, I'd replace it. Unfortunaley, the computer was knocked off my bike on the car ride home today, so now I will need to buy another one!
I like it!
By Nathan
from Columbia, SC
Put this product on my road bike. Very pleased with it. It starts up almost instantly when i hop on bike. Cadence, speed and distance are easily pulled up. Always working unlike the old computer I purchased from another company that always gives me problems. I recommend this product.
Accurate and reliable
from SC
Odometer is very accurate. Cadence works perfectly. Easy to switch through modes and check on how your doing, then return back to where you were. Love the modular sensor for tracking cadence and mph. Never misses a beat.
Just OK
By Jp42
from Florida
I got this so I could monitor cadence. The display is very easy to read, but that's about all I can say that's good about this thing. It's about as accurate as map my ride, which isn't saying a lot. It's very temperamental and often quits one or more functions in the middle of a ride. It's frustrating to stop and align things PERFECTLY in order to get it working.
Regrettably Unreliable
By Marin Mike
from Tiburon, CA
Wish I had read the prior reviews before buying. Only had it for a few days. After the first ride, one of the set buttons froze and is not workable. On paper, the fact that its wireless seemed like a great idea (particularly in concert with the sensor inset in the Trek fork). In reality, small buttons are difficult to work while riding and the fact that it "broke" on only the second ride is discouraging.
Nice computer
By ice man
from Denton, Tx
I use this for cadence mainly, but speed and distance are handy as well. Set up was easy, pairing was easy and connecting happens within a few seconds. Buttons are simple and display is easy to read. Much better than the wired computer I had used before. Has 9 functions, couldn't be simpler.
Quirky Computer
By Seattle G
from Seattle, WA
No help from Bontrager customer service!! They do not answer emails.
Computer has issues when pairing next to another node(s)in the bike group. Readings varies from one ride to another as in distance.
Not a reliable device
By MdA
from Brookfield
About Me Casual/ Recreational
I use, or try to use it, in my road bike, a madone 5.2 .
I regret buying this device. It does not get started at least 20% of the time. The HR detector never worked even though I am using a Garmin ANT+ HR monitor.
I agree with the other reviewer that this device should be recalled.
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A great director is only as great as the person defending him. There are people who claim that Orson Welles is overrated, that Martin Scorsese hasn't made a good movie since Raging Bull … and people who say that Neveldine & Taylor are unheralded heroes and Michael Bay is the best living director. Deciding a director is "great" is a sure way to start an argument-- so that's exactly what we decided to do.
With The World's End opening this weekend-- and our celebration of the unofficial Cornetto Trilogy in full swing-- Sean posed the question, "Is Edgar Wright a great director?" After critically beloved hits like Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz he certainly seemed on his way there, but Scott Pilgrim vs. the World felt to Sean like a retread of the same ideas… and he's worried The World's End will be the same thing. Katey, on the other hand, thinks Wright has more than proved he's got the talent to be lumped in with the greats. Who's correct? Check out the Great Debate below, then vote in the poll and decide for yourself.
KATEY: OK. Sean, you are something that I did not think you were allowed to be as a professional on the Internet. You are an Edgar Wright skeptic. I would have said Edgar Wright hater, but it seems you've had a change of heart recently. What gives? Why do you now sorta-kinda hate joy?
SEAN: Wait, wait. Let me clarify. I never hated Wright or his movies. In fact, I LOVE Hot Fuzz, but I think it's because I'm such a fan of the buddy-action genre, and I thoroughly enjoyed what he did with the tropes of that genre.
But, but the time we reached Scott Pilgrim, I started to feel that we'd seen all the tricks in Wright's back. The hyper-kinetic editing. The uber-fast (and admittedly funny) dialogue. The unexpected cameos. The formula still worked, but it was starting to get a little tiring. So it always baffled me that Wright received AS MUCH praise as he does. Because while I think he is good at what he does, I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call him a great director. Would you?
KATEY: I think your first mistake is in assuming that you only enjoy Hot Fuzz because you love cop movies, or that the only people who love Shaun of the Dead love zombie movies, or that only gamers like Scott Pilgrim. Because, for me, his talent as a director has nothing to do with the genres that he's riffing on, but for the stories that he's telling within those genres-- and, yes, the style he uses to do it. Obviously he has certain flourishes he returns to over and over again with montages and match cuts and whip pans-- but many great directors do.
SEAN: But that might hit on exactly what I'm getting at. I rarely leave a Wright movie remembering the characters. I remember the style. I remember the visual trickery, and the speed of the humor. But I haven't bought into his characters, who all strike me as one-note translations of the stock characters that occupy the genres Wright is spoofing in the moment. Particularly the characters Nick Frost has played over the years. He's the same chubby, underperforming sidekick. Simon Pegg, at the very least, has been able to immerse himself in the signature characteristics of the Uber Cop or the Slacker Horror Hero. Wright, to me, has always been about how the next shot looks, not what the relevant plot transition should be.
That's why Scott Pilgrim has no real plot to speak of. It escalates like a video game, and only makes sense in that context. People tend to rave about how Wright brought gimmicks from games into his "reality," but how real is that? To me, The World's End looks like his first attempt to say something about his characters ... perhaps because he's getting old, like the men in his new movie. Am I way off?
KATEY: Well, here's what's interesting about the Nick Frost thing. His character in The World's End is very different from the ones he's played in the past, and it proves that Frost really is a strong actor. And the way that he and Pegg are able to draw on 15 years of friendship in the film, particularly on some later scenes that get really dark, is really impressive.
But I also think you're missing the darkness, and the character development, that's been there from the start. I think Hot Fuzz is his lightest movie in terms of character development, because it's based so heavily on Michael Bay movies that don't give a damn about character. But in Shaun of the Dead, you've got this really touching triangle at the center-- Shaun trying to love both his girlfriend and his best friend and doing badly at both of them, and how a zombie apocalypse helps him change that. I wouldn't care about the film at all if I didn't care about those two relationships, and they develop it perfectly. Do you not see that in Shaun or Scott Pilgrim?
SEAN: I don't see it in Scott Pilgrim. I didn't care a whit about Scott, or the girls he was "fighting" to protect/win. That movie struck me as an experiment in style. That word I keep coming back to. Style. Maybe I'm just hesitant to move Wright's name into a group of "Great" directors. What rank is he part of? He's not the Scorsese/Coppola/Spielberg team. Is he even the Tarantino level? Can he get to that level? I think I'd need to see a lot of growth from him to ever consider putting him on par with directors of that ilk, but fanboy culture has him there already!
KATEY: Hey, let's not use the fanboy culture straw man argument. There's no one judging Wright here but you and me. And I don't think the fanboy exultation for him is as intense as you're making it out to be. There are big fans of the Cornetto Trilogy who are perfectly agreeable and willing to talk about Wright on regular terms. I think you're getting caught up on the fervor that surrounded Scott Pilgrim, which was mostly about that movie not making nearly as much money as it deserved to.
SEAN: Maybe. Part of it also is the "Wright for Ant-Man" campaign. Which might be fine. But I'm not sold yet. Are you? I'm more confident in that decision because I trust in Marvel, not because I trust in Wright, per se.
KATEY: I'm not sure what campaign you're talking about... Wright's been attached to make Ant-Man for YEARS, so it's mostly people anticipating something they know already exists. And if you want to see Wright grow, isn't Ant-Man exactly the challenge he ought to be taking on?

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They say that Diana chose Nevis as a hideout following her divorce from Prince Charles and as I wandered along the beach near my resort I could see why — there wasn't a soul in site. I like to think the people's princess had her own "eat, pray, love" moment somewhere on that sleepy little Caribbean island.
At less than 100 square kilometres in size and with a population of just 12,000, Nevis is intimately tiny and remarkably unspoiled. The smaller of the two Leeward Islands that comprise the federation of St. Kitts & Nevis, Nevis has the kind of relaxed vibe and rustic charm that you always picture when you think of the Caribbean.
A single ring road circles the entire island, so the odds of getting lost are slim. As one local put it, "If you don't know where you are, just get on the main road and drive and eventually you will be back where you started."
Taking that advice to heart, we rented a 4X4 from Funky Monkey Tours and decided to see what we could see.
Not surprisingly, our first stop was a pair of abandoned sugar mills. There was a time when Nevis was covered with sugar plantations and in the early 18th-century an estimated 20 per cent of the British Empire's sugar supply came from Nevisian plantations.
In those days, the sugar fields stretched high up the volcanic slopes of Mount Nevis and sugar mills dotted the landscape. When the bottom dropped out of the sugar market, most of the rich plantation owners left and the mills fell into ruin. Today, some have been transformed into unique hotels and some still sit as crumbling reminders of the island's rich industrial past.
Two of the most accessible ruins are New River and Coconut Walk Estates. Located on the east coast of the island about 25 minutes from the capital city of Charlestown, New River was the last sugar mill in operation on the island when it closed its doors in 1958. As we exited the vehicle, I noticed a small herd of goats treading gingerly through the ruins. Wandering around the site, we were able to check out an old steam engine, a tall brick tower, a cistern and the ruins of the Great House.
From New River, we drove along a goat trail to Coconut Walk — so named for the tall coconut trees which once lined the borders of the walk. The key ruins of this mill include the tallest windmill on the island and a stone lime kiln that was once used to fire coral to produce lime for plaster and cement for the construction industry. Being all alone at an abandoned historical site was a bit eerie and as I stood on the windswept rocky shore between the ocean and the ruin, I couldn't help wondering what this place would have been like in the days of slavery.
Back on the ring road, we went in search of sustenance and ended up at a local lunch shack called Rodney's. The proprietor, a stout middle-aged Nevisian woman named Rodney, has created a menu of Caribbean classics.
"I don't sell burgers and fries," she assured us. "If you come to the Caribbean, you want Caribbean food. You try my coconut Johnny cakes, salt fish, and breadfruit cheesy. That's what real Nevisians eat."
I have to admit; I almost felt like a real Nevisian as I left Rodney's. She doesn't know it, but I still think of her as my Nevisian aunt. "My mother always wanted a boy," Rodney confided as we were leaving. "And after six girls, she just decided to name the next baby Rodney — no matter what."
Back on the ring road, we weren't sure where to go next. But on Nevis, it doesn't really matter which direction you choose — "eat, pray, love" moments are around every corner.
Debbie Olsen is an Alberta-based freelance writer.


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Perlico needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 66 designs submitted by 39 freelance designers.
The company is called "SIGNAGE". We do signs for shops, buildings..ect. We looking for an update on this logo attached.
I'm not going to give too many guidelines as i would like to see what you can come up with. There is a little bit of a focus on the "A" in signage. I think this needs to be bigger than the other letters as the company used to be called Sign Age. We kind of like our logo but its simply out of date .
Can you also add a line or two explanation of your logo as this will make me thing more about your logo.
Thats everything. I will leave it up to you guys. good luck
nothing extra to add.
- Nothing over the top, creative, eye catching and trendy
Complex logos, hard to read logos, boring
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The TGF Number 13 Ring, made with British hallmarked 92.5 sterling silver and set with black enamel resin.
Don't know your UK ring size? Use our Sizing Converter.
If you are unsure of your ring size or this item is a gift we recommend choosing the STANDARD SIZE option, we will send you a complimentary ring sizer and a ring sizing form with your order, and we'll resize your ring free of charge. However if you select a size and it is incorrect there will be a charge of $30-$60 to resize the ring.


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Not a good analogy since 32-bit applications run fine on Windows 64-bit OS. You cannot use 16-bit applications on 64-bit OS.It's a hard decision for any company to make - do we make this desired change, or try to stay with something that all our accessories fit on.
Kind of like MS switching to pure 64 bit - you know a lot of customers who depend on some key 32 bit app are going to get hurt, but you really have to make the move and drop the 32 bit.
I'm glad TT made the decision to improve the seat - even if I cannot benefit from it.
Most do work. There are a few obscure ones that may now work. I was the IT director for one of the largest accounting firms in StL for 15 years (retired in 2015). When we made the switch from XP 32-bit to Win 7 64-bit we did extensive research to make sure our 32-bit accounting applications such as GoSystems and ProSystems would be compatible since we had hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in them. They were all compatible as were major 32-bit applications such as Office, Acrobat, etc.Picky picky! (and no, I work in a group responsible for most endpoint apps and lots of 32 bit apps can't work in W7, 8, or 10)


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ICD-10 Diagnosis Code S41.031S
Puncture wound w/o foreign body of right shoulder, sequela
Diagnosis Code S41.031S
Short Description: Puncture wound w/o foreign body of right shoulder, sequela
Long Description: Puncture wound without foreign body of right shoulder, sequela
This is the 2018 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code S41.031S
Valid for Submission
The code S41.031S is valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T98)
Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm (S40-S49)
- Open wound of shoulder and upper arm (S41)
- Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm (S40-S49)
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- 906.1 - Late eff open wnd extrem (approximate) Approximate Flag
The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
Present on Admission (POA) Present on Admission
The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement.
The code S41.031S is exempt from POA reporting.
Information for Patients
Shoulder Injuries and Disorders
Your shoulder joint is composed of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone). Your shoulders are the most movable joints in your body. They can also be unstable because the ball of the upper arm is larger than the shoulder socket that holds it. To remain in a stable or normal position, the shoulder must be anchored by muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
Because your shoulder can be unstable, it can be easily injured. Common problems include
- Sprains and strains
- Dislocations
- Separations
- Tendinitis
- Bursitis
- Torn rotator cuffs
- Frozen shoulder
- Fractures
- Arthritis
Health care providers diagnose shoulder problems by using your medical history, a physical exam, and imaging tests.
Often, the first treatment for shoulder problems is RICE. This stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. Other treatments include exercise and medicines to reduce pain and swelling. If those don't work, you may need surgery.
NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
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Wounds and Injuries
Also called: Traumatic injuries
An injury is damage to your body. It is a general term that refers to harm caused by accidents, falls, hits, weapons, and more. In the U.S., millions of people injure themselves every year. These injuries range from minor to life-threatening. Injuries can happen at work or play, indoors or outdoors, driving a car, or walking across the street.
Wounds are injuries that break the skin or other body tissues. They include cuts, scrapes, scratches, and punctured skin. They often happen because of an accident, but surgery, sutures, and stitches also cause wounds. Minor wounds usually aren't serious, but it is important to clean them. Serious and infected wounds may require first aid followed by a visit to your doctor. You should also seek attention if the wound is deep, you cannot close it yourself, you cannot stop the bleeding or get the dirt out, or it does not heal.
Other common types of injuries include
- Animal bites
- Bruises
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- Dislocations
- Electrical injuries
- Fractures
- Sprains and strains
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They came, some booed, they cheered when Jayson Werth homered.
That's pretty much the story from last night's 5-4 victory over the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park.
Jimmy Rollins heard a mix of boos and cheers before each of his four at-bats. He heard only boos after he made outs in those at-bats, although he hit the ball hard in three of them. He flied out to the warning track in right-center field in the eighth. When the ball left the bat it looked for a second like it might have a chance to be a go-ahead home run or a double off the wall.
You could sense fans were ready to erupt with cheers, but the ball was caught.
"If they want to boo me, that's fine. Boo me," Rollins said. "Just keep it off everyone else. . . . You had some cheers, you had some boos. Like I said, when you get the win, they'll cheer you."
They cheered when Werth hit the go-ahead homer following Rollins' at-bat in the eighth. It provided a much needed victory against a terrible team the Phillies should continue to beat this week. The Phillies remain 1 1/2 games behind the Mets.
"It seems to me I hear we're out of it right now, like we're not even close," Werth said of the division race among the Mets, the Phillies, and the Florida Marlins. "But the reality is we're a game and a half back with six weeks to play," he said. "I feel we're the best team in this division. We just need to go out there and play like it."
Why are we booing? John Gonzalez explains.
I saw a photo of a fan holding a sign that said, "Phillies Fan 45 Years. J-Roll Fan No Longer. Trade Him."
Really? Trade him? That's how upset you are at Rollins?
Dude, come on.
The Phillies have won 3 of 4, but have hit just .200 in those four games. They are hitting .184 in their last seven games and .204 in August.
In the Phillies Notebook: the Phillies are interested in David Ross, Rollins tells us what players on other teams think about Phillies fans and Pedro Feliz could return action tonight.


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This weekend Broadway is just minutes from your door. The Jamestown Community Theatre presents professional entertainer Jon Peterson in the debut of his new show, "Song Man, Dance Man" at the Recreation Center. Appearing with Jon in four musical numbers are 12 island children. The performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday.
The theater company's artistic director, Mary Wright, said, "Just hearing the kids during rehearsals discuss their excitement to be performing with a real star has been thrilling. Their talent is quite remarkable. Last week, Jon added a new song for them to sing with him. The music and lyrics were presented to them just once by musical director Patty Vandal, and pianist Walter Sage, and they sang the song brilliantly at the next rehearsal. This is a big deal for them, for JCT, for Jon Peterson, and when you come to the show, I know it will become a big deal for you as well." The children rehearsed with Jon for the first time Tuesday night.
The singer, actor and dancer will present musical numbers made famous by stars such as George M. Cohan, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis Jr., and Anthony Newley. Tickets are available at Baker's Pharmacy, Conanicut Marine, Pleasant Surprise in Newport and Midnight Sun in Wickford. Senior and children's tickets are $7 and adult tickets $12. The prices will go up to $10 and $15 at the door. Questions? Call the JCT at 423-2121 or Mary at 423-1586.
Let's all go to Broadway this weekend!
Kudos to islander Dan Hansen who was named a Newport Daily News Athlete of the Week for his many tennis accomplishments.
Who was the TV detective known for his "Who loves ya, baby?"
*** Kudos to islander Chris Crawford who is spending this week in Appalachia helping to build a home and shelter for a family, reconstructing a barn, rebuilding fences and accomplishing any other chores that need to be done. The 16-year-old is there with 14 other students from Bishop Hendricken who were chosen by their classmates. They are living in abject poverty, no hot water, no electricity, outhouses, and they "bathe" in a spring-fed pond that is 38 degrees. There are no phones or cell phone towers, no TVs or stereos, no restaurants. They are sleeping on the floor at a farm.
Chris's dad, also named Chris, said "When we went to the parents meeting on this and they put up on the screen in pictures what the week entailed, you could hear a pin drop. Many parents were stunned that this existed in the United States. The kids were not allowed to bring books, as the families they will be mixing with cannot read, nor were they allowed to even bring wristwatches, never mind iPods. The statistics on literacy, percentages of pregnancies under age 17, diseases . . . for this area of the United States are embarrassing for a country with the resources we have. It's a huge gut check for kids who want to whine about their current standing in life and an eye-opening challenge to what they can accomplish in life if they have the guts and mental toughness to change things for the better."
Thanks Chris, both of you.
Making plans for the many upcoming holiday events? Note that the Jamestown Community Band will be playing dance tunes and Christmas music at the Portuguese American Citizens Club on Tuesday, Dec. 9 beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for children. There will be light refreshments and a raffle.
The Boy Scouts of Troop 1 will roast a turkey under a trashcan Saturday night at the Hodgkiss Farm. All are welcome to join in, including adults, at the farm's fire ring. There'll be hot dogs and buns, condiments, chips and cookies. A $2 fee will cover the overhead.
Arthur Conlon, Debra Vierra Murphy, Bob Kinder and Pembroke Attaway all identified Broderick Crawford as the lead in "Highway Patrol." Pembroke commented, "He was a somewhat heavy set man with a gruff voice. How upsetting that I now know the answers to historical trivia."
B.J.'s poser was identified correctly as from "The House of the Rising Sun" by Debra Vierra Murphy, Andrea von Hohenleiten, John A. Murphy who said it was too easy and that it was best sung by Bob Dylan, Kathy Tiexiera, Elizabeth Mancini and Pat Burgess preferred it sung by Eric Burdon and the Animals.
Ira Murphy called to comment on "Hellzapoppin" and said the skit he liked the best was the bellhop trying to deliver a potted plant. As he continued paging as the show progressed, the plant grew larger and larger until it became a small tree.
Don't miss the hallway exhibit at the library. The Jamestown Historical Society, the Conanicut Island Art Association, the American Legion Arnold Zweir Post 22 and the library have teamed up to hang a collection of paintings and other pieces of art work featuring American flags and fill a display case with medals, letters, photographs, certificates and other archival materials related to our country's history. The exhibit will be up through November.
This is something that all school-age children should see.
"So, en garde, who knows what the fates have in store..." is a lyric that will be sung during "Song Man, Dance Man" this weekend. What song is it from?
A moose hunt in Maine and a Thanksgiving turkey show are scheduled to be telecast by Jamestown's Kettlebottom Outdoor Pursuits on NESN Saturday at noon and Nov. 22 at noon respectively. Captain Robb Roach heads north to meet with an old friend who was lucky enough to pull a Bull Moose tag. The turkey show features Kettlebottom pro-staff hunter John DeMello who, as head of the Rhode Island Wild Turkey Federation, takes out handicapped hunters every spring for a chance at taking big Tom turkeys.
Tonight's full moon is the Frosty Moon or the Beaver Moon.
*** Be true!
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Ernie Els shaken after shot leaves spectator bloodied at British Open
Ernie Els left a spectator bloodied with a wild opening tee shot, defending champion Phil Mickelson went out of bounds, and Bubba Watson's promising start was blown away at the British Open on Thursday.
One of the most eye-catching groups of the tournament's first round had a wretched day, carding a cumulative 13 over par to leave their chances of challenging for the Claret Jug hanging in the balance.
With 11 majors between them, the large galleries following the trio around the Royal Liverpool course would have expected golf as dazzling as the afternoon sunshine.
Instead, the breeze picked up and events took several turns for the worse.
Double Open champion Els went round in 79 after being visibly shaken by the bloody aftermath of an errant drive at the first and then missing two tiddlers on the green, one with a casual back-handed putt usually reserved for park hackers.
"I hit the guy right in the face, there was blood everywhere," the South African told reporters.
"I felt pretty bad about it. I was trying to hit it left, which I did, but obviously I should have told the starter to move the people left, but I didn't do that.
"I hit him right in the face and it's like a bullet coming at you and you fear the worst.
"I really felt bad, hopefully he's better now. I was thinking about him still on the green. I started missing easy putts and it was a nightmare but I just hope the gentleman is feeling better. He didn't look too good."
Organizers later said the man had been taken to hospital but was not seriously hurt.
Two-time Masters champion Watson was still two under after eight holes before three bogeys and a triple on the back nine left him frustrated on four-over 76.
Fellow American Mickelson endured an eight-minute delay during a fruitless search for his ball on the 18th, eventually being shuttled back up the fairway in a course buggy to play another one, which he promptly hit into rough.
His six capped a two-over 74, although he was at least upbeat afterwards about his form.
The same could not be said for Els.
"I think I put the jinx on the group," Els, who was later disturbed by a frog on the 18th, said. "I think I played the first nine (holes) seven over in great conditions, which is unheard of.
"I think I pulled them down a bit."
Left-hander Watson, a huge crowd favourite with his swashbuckling style, put his disappointing start down to losing focus on the par-four 11th hole.
"I lost it on the short 11th," he said. "I had to ask my caddie about four times what the distance was. Then I plugged it up against the back lip (of the bunker).
"I had a triple there and after that just never had anything. I just didn't stay committed and focused on what I was doing on that shot and that cost me dearly.
"Hopefully tomorrow I can make the cut but the weather is supposed to be a little iffy. Somehow I'll have to make a few birdies."
The 44-year-old Mickelson has endured a lean time since an inspired final round at Muirfield last year earned him the Open title at the 20th time of asking.
He has not posted a top-10 finish since that memorable day and missed the cut at his beloved Masters in April.
Ever optimistic, he said his game was back.
"That's the best I've hit it in over a year," he told reporters. "The score sucks, but my game is as good as it's been in a long time.
"I've felt like it's just been a fraction off. I've been saying it's a fraction off for a while now. And I feel now I found that last fraction. And it's started to click."


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State Laws Requiring Local Solvency
State laws that that trigger financial reviews and emergency managers are another manifestation of this power. Essentially, these triggers are based on one criteria: that each local government be able to pay its bills on time — in other words, that the government be solvent.
Indeed, Public Act 4 can be viewed as an enforcement mechanism for two other existing state laws: Section 21 of the Glenn Steil State Revenue Sharing Act of 1971[35] and Section 102 of the School Aid Act.[36] These sections require local governments and school districts to balance their budgets and operate their various funds without deficits. Should a deficit arise, a local government or school district is required to file a deficit elimination plan with the state treasury or the department of education, respectively.[37] The treasury or the department of education reviews and certifies the plan, and each department has the power to withhold some state support if the plan is not instituted.[38]
These two laws are meant to ensure proper fiscal management of local government entities. The state treasurer has 143 deficit elimination plans on file for the deficits in fiscal 2011, and only two of these units have had their revenue sharing withheld.[*], [39]
These figures indicate the extent to which this process has prevented most local units from triggering fiscal stress reviews under Public Act 4 or Public Act 72. In areas where local units do trip the triggers, the deficit elimination plans mandated by the state revenue-sharing and school aid acts have proven either inadequate or were not properly implemented.
For instance, the deficit elimination plan for the City of Allen Park called for a new property tax millage to fund its bond payments.[†], [40] The millage was later rejected by voters.[41] The state is expected to appoint an emergency financial manager in Allen Park.
[*] There are more than 2,000 local governments in Michigan. "Census of Michigan Governments," (U.S. Census Bureau, 2007), 1, http://www2.census.gov/govs/cog/2007/mi.pdf.
[†] The city of Allen Park borrowed $40 million to purchase an automotive manufacturing facility in hopes a private movie studio would use the site. After the city borrowed the money and made some improvements to the property, the studio chose not to lease the facility, and the city was left with the bond payments and no leasors to help pay for them. See Anne Schieber, "The Problem with Allen Park,"(Michigan Capitol Confidential, 2012), http://goo.gl/DkgFg (accessed Oct. 8, 2012).


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Pterapogon kauderni
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Pterapogon kauderni Koumans, 1933
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Notes:
|The Banggai Cardinalfish has eight dorsal spines, 14 dorsal soft rays, two anal spines, and 13 anal soft rays (Koumans 1933). This species is distinguished further by having a tasseled first dorsal fin and a deeply forked caudal fin. Both the second dorsal fin rays and anal fin rays are elongate. The colour pattern is quite distinctive with three black bars across the head and body, black edges along the anterior margins of the second dorsal and anal fins, black edges along the upper and lower margins of the caudal fin, and black pelvic fins marked with white spots. A series of similar white spots run along the edges of the second dorsal, anal and caudal fins (Allen and Steene 1995, Allen 2000). The body is silvery and contains about 20 brilliant whitish dots between the second and third black bars. Dots of each individual have a unique disposition that can be used for specimen identification (Vagelli 2002). Body size of adults reaches 80 mm total length and 55 mm standard length (SL) (Allen 2000). Secondary sexual dimorphism has not been demonstrated for this species (Vagelli and Volpedo 2004).
The genus Pterapogon contains only one other species, P. mirifica from northwestern Australia. However, ongoing studies on the reproductive biology, behaviour, anatomy and preliminary data on molecular studies on P. mirifica (A. Vagelli, pers. comm. on 27th Feb 2007) indicate that it is distantly related to the Banggai Cardinalfish and may in fact merit separate generic status. Therefore the Banggai Cardinalfish may be unique at the generic level.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Endangered B2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
Needs updating
|Allen, G.R & Donaldson, T.J.
|Vagelli, A. & Wabnitz, C. (Coral Reef Fishes Red List Authority)
The Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, is a small reef fish endemic to the Banggai Islands off Sulawesi, Indonesia. This species is distinguished by having a relatively small population size, limited distribution (EOO about 5,500 km², AOO about 34 km² and it has two distinct geographic clades and one small subpopulation introduced accidentally to Sulawesi), plasticity and ontogenetic differences in microhabitat utilization, a social system based upon group living, territorial behavior in both males and females, paired courtship and spawning that is initiated by females, low fecundity, considerable investment in energy resources for reproduction, paternal oral incubation of eggs and free-living embryos, a lack of a pelagic larval phase, limited dispersal capability and localized settlement and recruitment.
Decline Rates
Several subpopulations affected by the aquarium fishery exhibited dramatic declines between 2001 and 2004, among them: a complete extinction of a subpopulation was documented off Limbo Island in 2004. According to a 2001 census this subpopulation was composed of about 50,000 fish (densities = 0.02 fish/m²); and a small subpopulation off Bakakan Island that harbored 6,000 fish in 2001 was reduced to 17 individuals in 2004 (Vagelli 2005).
The rate of decline for this species is difficult to calculate, since the earliest quantitative surveys (2001) were carried out several years after the harvest began within its natural geographic range. However, one subpopulation localized inside a bay in Southwest Banggai Island has been off limits to all fishing since before the beginning of the trade (the bay is privately owned by a pearl farm business). The bay has the typical habitats, microhabitats, and oceanographic characteristics in which P. kauderni is found throughout the Archipelago, and therefore this subpopulation may be used to estimate what the historical baseline abundance for this species could have been. The density of this subpopulation was 0.63 individuals/m²).
This density is significantly higher than the mean density (0.07 individuals/m²) of the eight censuses completed in 2004 in unprotected sites [S = 0.05; highest d= 0.21 (Bokan); lowest d= 0.028 (Bangkulu)]. In addition, a census was carried out about 300 m from the protected bay and the density was 0.071 ind./m² (Lunn and Moreau 2004, Vagelli 2005). If the 0.63 density value is considered as the historical normal density for this species within the Archipelago, then a reduction of approximately 89% took place since the start of the fishery (about 9 to 10 years before the 2004 censuses).
However, at one of these sites (Masoni) the density increased from 0.03 to 0.06 individuals/m² between 2001 and 2004. This increase is thought to have occurred in response to a collecting ban that the local people imposed in early 2003. In another site (Bokan) a more significant increase was found in 2004, i.e., 0.21 individuals/m². In this case too, collection in the census site (which has an area of occupancy of only about 1 km²) was banned in 2002 by the village chief because of disputes with outside collectors (Vagelli 2005).
The size class structure of populations found during the last survey (2004) within the natural range of P. kauderni, agree with those reported previously, where most fish encountered were large juveniles (6 to 9 months old), whereas newly released recruits (<15 mm TL) are rare (Vagelli and Erdmann 2002). Thus, in 2004 of a total of 3,672 individuals censused, within the Archipelago, 1,364 (37.1%) were adults, 2,140 (58.3%) were older juveniles and 168 (4.6%) new recruits and small juveniles up to about 2 months of age (Vagelli 2005).
The decline information is not sufficient to apply Criterion A and likewise Criteria C and D cannot be used because the population is too large. However, based on the very small area of occupancy (AOO), the severe fragmentation (see the documentation below) and the ongoing continuing decline (local extirpations and marked decrease in population size in recent years) due to exploitation for the international aquarium trade, this species is assessed as Endangered under Criterion B.
|Range Description:
|Pterapogon kauderni is a rare example of a marine fish with an extremely limited geographic range. It is endemic to the Banggai Archipelago, which lies in the Banggai-Sula platform in eastern Indonesia. The Banggai Island group is thought to have been a geological entity during the Cenozoic, and is located within the region of Wallacea. The natural geographic range of P. kauderni extends from 01° 24' 57.6" of latitude South (Monsamat, east Peleng) as its northern most distribution point to 02° 0' 53.5" of latitude South (Loisa A), and from 123° 34' 11" of longitude East (Patipakaman, central Peleng) as its westernmost distribution to approximately 124° 23' 30" of longitude East (Kano) and the south-east tip of Taliabu. This distribution covers an area of approximately 5,500 km². However, within this range, the maximum potential available habitat is about 426 km of coastline extending from the shore to about 100 m off the coast, with a maximum available area of about 34 km² (Vagelli 2005).
P. kauderni was found in 74 sites in 30 islands. Four sites were located in the Lembeh Strait (three islands and Sulawesi) in north Sulawesi, where this species was introduced in 2000, and in one site in central Sulawesi (Luwuk). The rest of sites were located within its natural distribution, i.e., the Banggai Archipelago. Here, it was found in 17 of the 20 major islands and in 10 of the 27 minor islands.
The most isolated subpopulation inhabiting a large island was located in the eastern coast of Tempaus, which is separated from the subpopulation inhabiting Masoni Island by 16 km, and towards the west the closest subpopulation is found in south Bokan, at about 30 km. The second most isolated subpopulations inhabit Bangkulu Island, with its north subpopulation separated by about 13.6 km from south Peleng, and by about 13.5 km from Labobo Kenecil. Then, the subpopulation inhabiting Masoni Island is separated by about 11 km from the subpopulation located in Limbo, and by 16 km from that inhabiting Tempaus. Finally, the subpopulation found in Labobo is separated by about 10 km from the subpopulation located in Bangko and by 13.6 km from the closet subpopulation inhabiting Bangkulu. All other large islands are inhabited by at least one subpopulation of P. kauderni that is separated by no more than (and frequently less) 5 km from another subpopulation inhabiting a different large island. Despite that oceanographic and physiographic conditions, as well as availability of habitats and substrates were similar to those found on big islands inhabited by P. kauderni, no populations of P. kauderni were found in the other 17 minor islands, reefs and atolls located far from the big islands. Furthermore, some of these small islands were separated by very short distances from big islands inhabited by P. kauderni. Thus, no subpopulation of P. kauderni was found in Tanalan (localized at only 3.7 km from the subpopulation inhabiting Masepe), Belangan (at 2 km from the population of Bokan), Bongko (at 3.7 km from the subpopulation of north Bangkulu), Sidula (at 5 km from the subpopulation inhabiting center-east Bangkulu), Togonglantan (separated by 5 km from the subpopulation of Bangkulu and by 6 km from that in habiting Labobo), nor in Tabija, which lays at only 1.5 km from the P. kauderni subpopulation inhabiting the bay localized south of Keya on the nor-occidental coast of Taliabu.
The Luwuk subpopulation, whose origin is not clear, is restricted to a very small area inside the harbor and is exposed to high levels of pollution and contaminants. Despite thorough searching from the harbour mouth to as far north as Botok (68 km), and as far south as Luk (46.5 km), no populations of P. kauderni were found outside the harbour, despite that environmental conditions and substrate availability were much better than those inside the harbor. The closest subpopulation of P. kauderni to the one at Luwuk is located about 100 km southeast, in Patipakaman (Peleng Island).
The Lembeh subpopulation is located about 400 km north of the natural range of P. kauderni natural range; it was first detected in the Lembeh Strait in September 2000 occupying an area of approximately 50 m along the coast of Sarina Kenecil Island. The establishment of this subpopulation is a consequence of accidental or intentional releases from an aquarium fish operation in the area. By November 2000 this subpopulation expanded to the "Police Pier" on the margin of Sulawesi, where by May 2001 about 650 individuals occupied an area of approximately 750 x 250 m. By April 2004, P. kauderni extended its range from the Police Pier to at least 200 m to the south, and at least 500 m to the north. In addition, it was found for the first time in Sarina Island, and in Lembeh Island, where it was introduced in 2002 (Erdmann and Vagelli 2001, Vagelli and Erdmann 2002, Vagelli 2005).
See distribution map, and maps in the attached PDF.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Indonesia (Sulawesi)
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Pacific – southwest
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
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|The earliest known population survey (2001) identified P. kauderni on 16 out of 37 islands searched. Average densities in suitable habitat at three sites within the Banggai Archipelago were approximately 0.03 fishes per m² (Vagelli and Erdmann 2002). Based on these census data and calculations of the total available habitat, the species was estimated to have a total population size of 1.7 million fish (Vagelli 2002). Additional surveys in 2002 and 2004 covering the entire Archipelago (50 islands, 159 sites) expanded the range to 27 (17 major and 10 minor) islands. Surveys done in 2004 found P. kauderni in most sites at densities of about 200 to 700 individuals/ha. The mean density based on census carried out in seven locations throughout its natural range in 2004 was 0.07 individuals per m², with a total population size estimated at 2.4 million individuals (Vagelli 2005).
P. kauderni exhibits the highest degree of population structure that has been documented for a marine fish (Hoffman et al. 2005). This is a unique case of genetic isolation in populations separated by extremely short distances. Studies utilizing both mt DNA and micro-satellites have already indicated that populations occurring on reefs of the same islands, separated by only a few kilometers, are genetically isolated from one another (Bernardi and Vagelli 2004). For instance, assignment tests performed in 23 subpopulations from all over the Archipelago, showed that 20 had a significant self-reassignment. When considering all the Bangkulu populations, 94% of the individuals from this island were reassigned back to the island - range 80.0% to 100% (Vagelli et al. in prep.). The lack of suitable habitats between subpopulations coupled with lack of dispersal mechanisms, are the most likely reasons for this isolation.
Banggai Cardinalfish populations are distinguished for having two monophyletically-distinct clades: a southwestern clade restricted to the southwest of Bangkulu Island, and northern and eastern clades distributed throughout the remainder of its range (Bernardi and Vagelli 2004). Eleven polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellite loci have been isolated from male fishes; polymorphism ranges from 2 to 15 alleles and expected heterozygosities range from 0.107 to 0.928, thus allowing for genetic studies of this species with very high resolution (Hoffman et al. 2004).
Generation length is estimated at being 1.0 years (FishBase 2004), however more recent estimates place it at 1.5 years (A. Vagelli, pers. comm. on 27th Feb 2007).
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
The Banggai Cardinalfish occurs primarily on shallow sheltered bays and harbors, mainly on silty reef flats with sandy bottoms and sea grass beds. Depth distribution is generally ranges between 0.5 and 6 m, but is most commonly found between 1.5 and 2.5 m. Some populations inhabit very clear waters in coral reef areas, while others inhabit still, murky bays, and some groups are found in sandy patches associates with anemones, and less commonly, in open habitats (low branching corals and rubble). This species inhabits a variety of shallow habitats, including coral reefs (51% of identified groups), seagrass beds (35%), and open areas of sand and rubble (14%). It is most common in calm habitats on the protected side of larger islands; isolated populations also occur in areas affected by strong surge and moderate currents Water temperatures in these habitats range from 28°C to 33°C (Vagelli and Erdmann 2002, Vagelli 2005). There is an ontogenetic shift in habitat and microhabitat use between juveniles and adults that occurs within the same area and depth; all size classes, including mating pairs and brooding males, overlap in their distribution; the shift in use is not the consequence of differential feeding habitats nor intraspecific competition (Vagelli 2004a). The processes governing this ontogenetic shift are not clear. No pre-settlement factor is involved, however, because this species lacks a pelagic larval phase and embryos released by brooding males settle into parental habitat directly (Vagelli 1999, 2002, 2004a; Vagelli and Volpedo 2004).
Juveniles associate with sea grasses, sea urchins, sea stars, sea anemones, soft corals and corals. Adults shelter between the spines of sea urchins but also among anemones, corals, stony hydrozoans, rocks and artificial structures such as jetties (Allen 2000, Vagelli and Erdmann 2002, Vagelli 2004a). Sea anemones utilized include Actinodendron sp., Entacmaea quadricolor, Heteractis crispa, Macrodactyla doreensis, Stichodactyla haddoni, and S. merteensis. Corals include Acropora sp., Anacropora sp., Echinopora horrida, Goniopora sp., Heliofungia actiniformis, Montipora digitata and Seriotopora hystrix. Soft corals utilized include Nephthea sp. and stony hydrozoans include Millepora sp. Sea urchin species utilized include Diadema setosum and Tripneustes sp., while the sea star is Proteaster nodosus. Banggai Cardinalfishes also associate with the submerged roots of mangroves (Rhizophora sp.). Census work showed that 43.7% of the groups were associated with hard corals, 31.9% with urchins Diadema setosum, and 24.4% with anemones (Allen 2000; Vagelli and Erdmann 2002; Vagelli 2004a, 2005).
When sheltering in anemones and Heliofungia corals, P. kauderni often associates with various species of anemone fishes (Amphiprion) and anemone shrimps (Periclimenes), and with several species of Apogonidae (Apogon, Archamia, Cheilodipterus and Sphaeramia when living among spines of sea urchins. In seagrass beds (predominantly composed of Enhalus acoroides), P. kauderni is associated with anemones, isolated live corals, sea urchins or sea stars forming small fish assemblages, commonly with Abudefduf sexfasciatus and several species of Pomacentrus, Chromis and Halichoeres.
As opposed to other described apogonids, P. kauderni has diurnal trophic habits, and its feeding activity decreases with the day and ceases around sunset time. P. kauderni is a carnivore-planktivore that feeds principally upon copepods, but it is also a generalist opportunistic species that feed upon a variety of taxa, principally planktonic demersal and benthic organisms. Stomach content analysis found prey representing 29 taxa with a taxonomic level of suborder or higher belonging to 6 phyla: Rhyzopoda, Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda, Chaetognatha, and Chordata. There were no significant differences in diet composition between size classes. Quantitative analysis showed that copepods make up about 79% of P. kauderni diet, and that other important components are decapods and isopods. There was an important variation in diet composition among the sites. Representative food items include ascidian larvae, chaetognaths, post-settled gastropod and bivalve juveniles, polychaetes, acarids, copepods, amphipods, stomatopods, cumaceans, isopods, euphausiids, ostracods, cirriped larvae, mysids, decapod larvae, tanaidaceans, and the larvae of teleost and chironomid insects (Vagelli and Erdmann 2002, Vagelli 2005).
Group Size:
Within its natural geographic range P. kauderni formed groups with a mean of 9.5 individuals, although the majority of them were composed of fewer individuals. Group size varied with age class, habitat and microhabitat. The mean size of the 448 censed groups (3,672 individuals) was 8.2 individuals, and the group means per site ranged from 3.9 to 19.8 individuals. Most groups (73% of all groups) were composed by few individuals (1 to 6). The largest single group found was about 500 individuals (Vagelli and Erdmann 2002, Vagelli 2005).
Breeding Biology:
Banggai Cardinalfish pairs defend territories jointly and for three likely reasons: 1) spawning site defense (viewed as unlikely because spawning sites do not seem to be limiting), 2) partner defense (females defending brooding males), and 3) to avoid spawning attempts by "sneaker male" (Kolm and Berglund 2004). Contrary to predictions for a sex role-reversed species, and all other apogonids studied to date, males assume the role of the principal aggressor towards intruders in their territories prior to brooding (Kolm and Berglund 2004). For both males and females, however, territorial aggression is greater towards intruders of the same sex. In experimental introductions of larger male intruders into territories held by male-female pairs, the intruding male was unable to replace the resident male even though the resident female may have courted the intruder; as well, males never courted intruding females. Because this species may have roles that are sexually equivalent, male and females likely play different roles in the defense of jointly-held territories (Kolm and Berglund 2004).
As with other cardinalfishes, the Banggai Cardinalfish is an obligate paternal mouthbrooder (Hayashi 1999). Reproductive behavior was filmed in situ by Dr. Masayoshi Hayashi (Yokusuka City Museum, Yokusuka, Kanagawa, Japan) and the film was broadcast on Japanese television in 1998. Other details on reproductive behavior were obtained from additional laboratory and field studies. Under laboratory conditions, P. kauderni reproduces throughout the year. Single females in captivity can reproduce once per month, whereas males mouth-brood up to six clutches per year. Females, under laboratory conditions can be reproductively active at about 9 months of age and 35 mm SL. The smallest female with signs of advance gonadal maturation found in the wild was 41 mm SL (Vagelli 1999, Vagelli and Volpedo 2004). Females initiate courtship and use a variety of different behavioral patterns during courtship interactions (Vagelli 1999, Kolm 2001). Between a few days and up to two weeks prior to courtship and spawning, a pair will separate from the main group of fishes, establish a spawning site, and commence territorial behavior (Vagelli 1999, Kolm and Berglund 2004). A secondary male may be allowed into the territory and be courted by the female although this male did not interfere with courtship of the primary male (Vagelli 1999). Spawning and juvenile release (settlement) in the wild appears to follow a lunar cycle, with a major spawning peak during full moon and a second, smaller peak during the last quarter, although in one geographically-distinct population major spawning activity occurs during the last quarter (Vagelli and Volpedo 2004). Courtship occurs during daylight hours and, in laboratory conditions, concludes by mid-afternoon. At the time of spawning and egg transfer, the female exudes an egg mass from her genital papilla that is pulled, fertilized, and then gulped by the male. P. kauderni possesses low fecundity, females produce small egg clutches of up to about 75 eggs of 2.5–3-mm in diameter. The mean clutch size found being incubated by males in the wild was 41 eggs (range=12 to 73) (Vagelli 1999, Vagelli and Volpedo 2004). The male broods an egg clutch for about 20 days; after hatching, the eleutheroembryos (free embryos) remain within the mouth cavity for another 10 days before release. Under laboratory conditions, a female would also court and even spawn with a secondary male (Vagelli 1999). Following spawning and egg transfer, females defend the brooding male from intruders while males manipulate egg masses within their oral cavities; occasionally, intruders attempt to take eggs from a male's mouth. The fertility rate under laboratory conditions is about 40 to 60%. Besides normal loss due unfertilized eggs and embryos that do not finish developing, an important percentage of eggs are lost during the clutch transfer (Vagelli 1999). Males do not feed while incubating the eggs; upon hatching some 20 days after spawning, the embryos are held an additional 10 days until their yolk is consumed. Then, the juveniles, about 5.0 to 6.0 mm SL, are released from the male's oral cavity. A major settlement peak appears to occur during the full moon and a second minor peak during the new moon (Vagelli and Volpedo 2004). Vagelli (1999, 2004b) and Kolm (2001, 2002) provide laboratory studies of the reproductive biology and early ontogeny of this species, while Vagelli (2004a), Vagelli and Volpedo (2004) and Vagelli, 2005 provide data from field studies. Principal characteristics of the reproductive biology include: 1) parental care of an advanced degree, 2) an elevated level of energy investment per offspring, 3) low fecundity, 4) direct development, 5) a lengthy oral incubation period that includes the retention of free embryos after the eggs hatch, 6) settlement of juveniles within the habitat of their parents (Vagelli and Volpedo 2004).
The sex ratio within groups is approximately equivalent (Vagelli and Volpedo 2004). Longevity in captivity can reach 4 to 5 years (although reproductive activity decreases substantially after 2 to 3 years). However, in the wild most adult specimens are significantly younger (about 2 years old or less). Growth studies in captivity and using wild specimens show P. kauderni follows von Bertalanffy equation L∞ = 69 ± 1.58 mm, k = 0.21 ± 0.016, t0 = -0.72 ± 0.15 months (r²= 0.99). At 12 months of age P. kauderni reaches a SL of about 43.5mm (TL of 64.5mm), at 18 months 47mm (70 mm TL). The largest wild specimen encountered was about 58 mm SL (88.5 mm TL) (A. Vagelli, pers. comm. on 27th Feb 2007).
This species has a relatively short life span (ca. 2.4 years), matures at an average of 0.8 years (FishBase 2004) and has a generation time of 1.5 years (A. Vagelli, pers. comm. on 27th Feb 2007); these are all indications of reasonably good resilience. Unfortunately, this species' small population size, limited distribution, low fecundity, great parental investment, and rate of extraction lower this species resilience with corresponding severe negative effects. The combination of a lack of planktonic dispersal and particular oceanographic characteristics of the Banggai region (deep channels and strong currents) has likely contributed to the extreme philopatry of this species. In addition, its within-parental habitat recruitment, sedentary nature, and shallow habitat preference preclude P. kauderni from dispersing even to nearby islands and have led it to a high degree of genetic structure (Bernardi and Vagelli 2004). P. kauderni is especially susceptible to indiscriminate collecting, e.g., its association with shallow microhabitats greatly facilitates its capture, while the lack of dispersal mechanisms make it almost impossible for this species to re-colonize areas where they have been depleted (A. Vagelli, pers. comm. on 27th Feb 2007).
This species is highly prized in the aquarium trade and thus highly vulnerable to over-fishing, post-capture mortality, and habitat destruction.
|Major Threat(s):
Threats to the Habitat:
Although resident in naturally-silty harbors and bays, this species might experience negative impacts from harbour dredging and associated pollution, as well as sediment from coastal development and use.
Juveniles may be vulnerable to local population dynamics of anemones and sea urchins that provide mutualistic microhabitat. Threats to these might be from harvest (aquarium trade or food trade) or coral bleaching (anemones). Adults may be vulnerable to local population dynamics of sea grasses.
Threats to the Species:
The Banggai Cardinalfish is highly-prized in the aquarium trade (Allen 2000, Vagelli and Erdmann 2002, Kolm and Berglund 2003). It has been heavily exploited by the aquarium trade since its rediscovery in 1994. Despite claims that captive breeding has been successful, most aquarium specimens are still captured in the wild. Fishes are collected, mainly with nets, and held in floating nets until purchased by fish buyers who visit individual fishers at least 3 to 4 times a month. Collectors are paid a small sum (ca. US $0.01 to 0.025 in 2001) per fish by buyers who, in turn, sell to exporters for US $ 0.10 to 0.12 a fish (Vagelli and Erdmann 2002). Since 1999, the fishery has expanded from Banggai Island and Bandang Island to villages in the Bokan area, on Bangkulu Island, Labobo Island, and Peleng Island, with most collection occurring near their own villages. By 2001, at least 17 villages and 230 fishermen were involved in the P. kauderni trade (Lunn and Moreau 2004). An estimated minimum of 600,000 to 700,000 individuals were collected per year by local fishers prior to 2001 (Vagelli and Erdmann 2002, Lunn and Moreau 2002); current harvest rates are believed to exceed 700,000 to 900,000 fish/yr (Vagelli 2005).
P. kauderni are shipped primarily by boat from the Banggai Archipelago to national exporters via Tumbak and Manado and to a Bali exporter via Palu, and also direct to Bali exporters. An estimated 115,000 fish/month were transported on the Tumbak–Manado route, 3,000/month along the Palu to Bali route, and up to 10,000 fish/month were sent direct to Bali in 2001 (Lunn and Moreau 2004). These numbers are close to earlier estimates of 50,000 to 60,000 fish/month arriving in North Sulawesi for exportation, with total estimated trade for 2000 and 2001 of 700,000 fish (Vagelli and Erdmann 2002). Transhipment mortality is high because of lengthy travel times, usually 18 to 48 hours by boat (Vagelli and Erdmann 2002); no data on mortality from collecting or holding prior to transhipment appears to be available. The high mortality rate contributes to the disparity in prices paid to fishers and buyers (Vagelli and Erdmann 2002). A minimum of four aquarium fish export companies operate in Bali; others exist in Kendary and Manado (Sulawesi). he majority of P. kauderni captured in the Banggai Archipelago are destined for the international aquarium trade, with most exported to the United States, Europe and Asia. Wabnitz et al. (2003) and Lunn and Moreau (2004) further document the aquarium trade.
In addition to the estimate of number of individuals collected and shipped reported in the assessment, trade surveys carried out by Lunn and Moreau (2004) suggest that a minimum of 118,000 Banggai Cardinalfish were sold each month by fishers in the Banggai Islands. Trade volumes are in all likelihood greater as this estimate only includes fish bought by Tumbak- and Palu-based buyers, not taking into consideration individuals collected and shipped from alternate locations, or lost to pre-sale mortalities in fishers' holding cages (Lunn and Moreau 2004).
A recent study showed that, despite the use of non-destructive fishing methods, the fishery had a negative effect on fish density when sites with high fishing pressure were compared to sites with low fishing levels (Kolm and Berglund 2003). Fishing also had a significant effect on group size (halving of average group size where sites with high and low fishing pressure were compared), which may lead to strong negative impacts on individual fitness in the future (referred to as the Allee effect in the scientific literature) (Stephens et al. 1999, Stephens and Sutherland 1999, Kolm and Berglund 2003).
In addition to more detailed trade statistics to accurately reflect real trade volumes, regular monitoring of the fishery should be undertaken, particularly as studies seem to indicate that the expansion of the trade to new, previously unexploited areas is underway, moving outwards from Banggai Island to all of the major islands in the area. Lunn and Moreau (2003) also highlight that the pool of potential fishers could be large, particularly given that obstacles to entering the fishery appear to be minimal and alternative livelihood opportunities limited.
Other Threats:
This species is reportedly parasitised by four main parasite types. Three of them have been already identified, i.e., nematodes (6.6% of all individuals analyzed), digenetic trematodes (7.9%); and 4.8% of individuals were parasited by cestodes (plerocercoid larvae). The last type of parasites found consists of an undescribed isopod which was found encysted in the body cavity and on the external stomach wall of 7.2% of individuals analyzed. These endoparasites are currently being investigated and preliminary results indicate that they belong to a new family of epicaridean isopods with an unknown life cycle (Vagelli and Erdmann 2002, Vagelli 2005).
Indirect evidence strongly suggests that the Crocodile-fish Cymbacephalus beauforti (Platycephalidae), several species of Lion-fish Pterois (Scorpaenidae) and the grouper Epinephelus merra (Serranidae) prey upon P. kauderni, particularly in areas inhabited by large groups. Other likely predators are the Stonefish Synanceia horrida (Scorpaenidae), several species of moray eels of the genus Gymnothorax, and Echidna nebulosa (Muraenidae) and the sea-snake Laticauda colubrina (Elapidae) (Vagelli 2005).
The species is thought to suffer high mortality during the first days after settlement due to predation, including cannibalism (Vagelli 2002). For instance, despite that under laboratory conditions the average number of juveniles released was 40, and the average clutch size of brooding males in the wild was 18 embryos, out of 81 groups of new recruits found in the wild during 3 expeditions, most of them consisted of one or two individuals (mean: 2.3 individuals). The three largest groups found consisted of 15, 12, and nine individuals (Vagelli 2004a, Vagelli 2005).
A newly emerging threat (a viral disease) has been documented in wild-harvested individuals maintained in captivity. The origin of the iridovirus, as well as the prevalence in and impacts to wild populations, is currently under investigation (A. Vagelli, pers. comm. on 27th Feb 2007).
Frequent earthquakes recently affected several zones within the Banggai Archipelago had a potential detrimental impact on localized P. kauderni subpopulations
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Soon after the Banggai Cardinalfish appeared in the aquarium trade, a breeding programme was developed at the New Jersey State Aquarium (Vagelli 1999). But apparently no concerted effort within the aquarium trade has been made to replace wild-caught fish with captive-bred fish (Vagelli 2002, 2004b). As this fish can be reared through its entire life cycle in captivity (Vagelli 1999), it is strongly recommended that efforts be developed to raise this species in captivity and in the field (it is highly recommended that such efforts be undertaken in partnerships with local communities, preferably in Indonesia, to avoid removing livelihoods from the area). Such initiatives would reduce the need to capture wild specimens to supply the trade and reduce impact on existing populations in the region.
In order to obtain reliable estimates of trade volumes for this and other marine ornamental species it is recommended that Indonesian government (and other governments) disaggregate the 'aquarium fish' category so that trade statistics can be obtained at least for marine versus freshwater species; and ideally by species.
It is further recommended that a trade monitoring system be established through direct collaboration with exporters. Targeting and inputting trade volumes of the Banggai Cardinalfish into GMAD could help spearhead such a monitoring initiative and allow better estimates of traded numbers to be derived (Wabnitz et al. 2003). Moreover, collectors and traders should be encouraged to gain MAC certification for the Banggai Cardinalfish.
Additional improvements in the sustainability of the current trade through directed training programmes on holding, packing and shipping, to reduce mortality rates of the species, are also recommended (Lunn and Moreau 2004). The development of environmental education material and programmes to promote public awareness are strongly encouraged and the potential implementation of marine protected areas should also be investigated (Lunn and Moreau 2004).
In summary, conservation actions required for this species include the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of regulations designed to significantly reduce and regulate the collection and export of this species for the aquarium trade (a proposal to include this species in CITES Appendix II was withdrawn (CoP 14 Prop. 19 ); and to protect and conserve critical habitat. Management actions that would benefit both this species and the fisher communities that harvest it at present could include artificial propagation at the local level with the intention of substituting completely captive-bred fish for wild-caught fish. In addition, a concerted and effective effort should be made to reduce post-capture mortality at all levels of the collection, marketing, and export chain.
|Allen, G.R & Donaldson, T.J. 2007. Pterapogon kauderni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63572A12692964. . Downloaded on 16 October 2018.
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Nicasio gets off to fast start, Logan struggles as walks hurt Rockies in 4-3 loss to Brewers
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Juan Nicasio retired his first seven batters before control problems hit, Boone Logan struggled in his Colorado debut and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Rockies 4-3 on Thursday.
Nicasio walked two in the fourth and they scored on Caleb Gindl's double. He allowed consecutive doubles in the sixth and exited with two outs.
When Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman was hit in the face by a line drive Wednesday night, it stirred memories of Nicasio's frightening injuries from a similar incident three years ago.
Finally healthy after neck surgery and knee trouble, Nicasio allowed three runs, three hits and three walks.
Logan gave up three hits and walked in a run while getting two outs in the seventh. The lefty reliever had been recovering from elbow surgery since signing a $16.5 million, three-year deal.


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Angelina Jolie: Sarajevo Arrival!
Angelina Jolie waves hello as she, Pax, Zahara, and Shiloh hit the tarmac on Saturday (July 7) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The 37-year-old actress attended the 18th Sarajevo Film Festival, where she opened the 6th Sarajevo Talent Campus and spoke to a crowd of about 100 young filmmakers, directors, screenwriters, producers, and critics from 13 countries.
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Angelina has recently been working on her upcoming fairy tale flick, Maleficent. She plays the title role in the re-imagining of Disney's classic tale, Sleeping Beauty.


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How Obama won with demographics, not Americans
Corsi to discuss 'What Went Wrong' on Coast-to-Coast AM with George Noory
When Barack Obama won the 2012 presidential election many in mainstream America wondered just what was going on with their friends and neighbors – who must have voted for the left-leaning agenda-driven Democrat.
Now some answers are coming out, amidst the release of "What Went Wrong: The Inside Story of the GOP Debacle of 2012… and How it Can Avoided Next Time," a ring-side seat to an election many pundits thought was an easy victory for Republican Mitt Romney.
New York Times bestselling author Jerome Corsi's new project, which he will discuss in depth on Coast-to-Coast AM with George Noory on Sunday, Aug. 4, for the first two hours of the show, explains what actually happened.
For example, instead of assembling a campaign and agenda that would appeal to all Americans, Corsi notes, Obama put together a package that capitalized on identity politics, appealing to African-Americans who overwhelmingly picked Obama, Hispanics who chosen the incumbent 71 percent to 27 percent, union workers, unmarried women and the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgender crowds.
Having been embedded as a journalist covering Gov. Mitt Romney's campaign to reclaim the White House for the Republican Party, Corsi's "What Went Wrong: The Inside Story of the GOP Debacle of 2012… and How it Can Avoided Next Time" explains there was certainty on both sides, with Romney's campaign advisers convinced he would be elected president, while Obama's team was equally resolute.
The question Corsi seeks to answer in "What Went Wrong" is, "How was the Republican Party so misguided?" Where did the Romney campaign go wrong? For conservatives nationwide, the outcome of the 2012 presidential election was a wake-up call: a well-crafted Romney campaign message focused on private enterprise and the economy could not defeat a superior Obama ground-game backed by a state-of-the-art computer-driven voter intelligence capability.
Corsi brings to his analysis of the 2012 election the same set of skills that permitted him to impact the 2004 election when, as a Harvard-trained political scientist and a professional journalist, he co-authored the New York Times No. 1 bestseller "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry," helping to launch a challenge that successfully impeded Kerry's advance to the White House. He also authored the New York Times No. 1 bestseller "The Obama Nation."
He writes it is the city of Detroit, home to the largest bankruptcy in United States history, which serves as a microcosm for why Romney lost the 2012 election.
Romney's father had been governor of the state of Michigan when Detroit was set on fire during the 1967 black riots, and Romney claimed he was a "son of Detroit" during the 2012 campaign.
But Corsi notes in "What Went Wrong" that the city of Detroit resoundingly rejected the political ideology of Romney and the Republican Party, instead sticking with the identity politics that have come to define one of America's blackest cities.
Though Detroit, an 82 percent black city, has for decades been gripped by crippling poverty, high unemployment, violent crime, failing schools, crumbling infrastructure, and a declining population, the residents there cast 98 percent of their ballots for Barack Obama.
Corsi writes, in a passage of "What Went Wrong" that has the subhead, "Detroit: A Case Study in Identity Politics:"
An illustration of how little Romney's vision could penetrate the thick cloud of Obama's identity-based politics is the city of Detroit, a once-bustling hub of industry that is today bankrupt. Detroit could desperately use Romney's clear vision to boost business, capital, and employment, but its residents clearly resonated more with the economy-crushing security blanket of Obama's welfare state.
On some Detroit city blocks, only one or two homes remain, surrounded by empty trash-filled lots and burned-out homes that scavengers have stripped of anything valuable.
Detroit, according to one estimate, cited by the AP, has as many as 33,500 empty houses and 91,000 vacant lots.
Even the Romney family home, one of 292 homes in Palmer Woods, a high-end suburb in northwestern Detroit, was demolished because it was vacant. Mitt Romney's parents, George and Lenore Romney, owned the house from 1941 to 1953, when the family moved to the northern suburbs. As recently as 2002, the Romney house sold for $645,000, but after that it lapsed into foreclosure, bounced between several lenders, and fell into disrepair. In 2009, following complaints from neighbors, Wayne County declared the Romney family home "a public nuisance and blight" and ordered it demolished.
Mitt Romney told the Wall Street Journal that "it's sad" his childhood home was being razed, "but sadder still to consider what has happened to the city of Detroit, which has been left hollow by fleeing jobs and liberal social policies."
Detroit's population, at a peak in 1950 with a total of more than 1.8 million people, was the nation's fourth largest city. But by 2005, Detroit's population shrank to an estimated 850,000, with estimates in 2012 indicating the city has now dropped below the 700,000 mark. Detroit in 2010 had one of the highest percentages of African-American residents of any city in the nation, with the U.S. Census Bureau estimating 82.7 percent of Detroit's residents were black. The Census Bureau further estimated that 36.2 percent of Detroit's population lived below the poverty level from 2007 to 2011.
Still, in the 2012 presidential election, Detroit voted 98 percent for Obama. In a city of approximately seven hundred thousand people, Romney was able to get only 6,016 votes.
The vote in Detroit affirmed that Romney's message of job creation through lower taxes, fewer regulations, and private enterprise was rejected in favor of Obama's message that continued government involvement in an expanded social welfare state was the promise of the future. For Detroit voters determined to vote for Obama, it is doubtful Romney or the Republican Party could have crafted a message that would have appealed sufficiently to get Detroit voters to change their minds. Romney's program to create jobs did not appeal to Detroit voters who had given up on jobs. Nor did Detroit voters care about taxes because it was unlikely any but a few were paying any income tax.
The African Americans who were 82.7 percent of Detroit's population voted for Obama for two reasons: first, because he was of African descent, and second, because of the calculation that Obama and the Democratic Party were more likely to continue the extensive social welfare programs on which these Detroiters, in a continuing bad economy, were dependent, to live even a marginal lifestyle. The likelihood was that after years of chronic unemployment and deepening poverty, the free-enterprise system espoused by Romney meant nothing or near nothing to African Americans struggling to get by in what remained of Detroit's once-thriving inner city.
The tragedy is that Detroit is only one of many Northern cities headed down this same path. Other cities include Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Newark, where the concentration of impoverished inner-city African Americans is enough of a voting bloc to tip the balance of the state in favor of the Democratic Party, not only in the presidential election of 2012, but possibly in every presidential election to come in the foreseeable future.
No matter the outreach efforts, an 82 percent black city saw 98 percent of ballots cast go to the black candidate.
Corsi's book is a sober wakeup call to Republicans, with the chapter on Detroit showcasing that no matter the economic calamity a city might face if they cast a ballot out of racial loyalty; they'd still rather have a black president than an economically solvent city.
"What Went Wrong" carefully details how the Obama team won by reassembling a modern-day version of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal coalition, engineering an alliance of identity-based interest groups including African-American voters, Hispanics, single women, union workers, and young millennial voters into a fundamental realignment of the American electorate for the purpose of delivering a Democratic electoral majority in 2016 and beyond.
Corsi's work recalls Phyllis Schlafly's warning decades ago that establishment Republican candidates – like Romney in 2012 and Sen. John McCain in 2008 – are destined to lose.
The reason? "Centrist" Republican presidential candidates offer voters nothing more than an "echo" of their liberal Democratic opponents, not the "choice" voters want – the choice that exists only when conservative Republican presidential candidates run hard-fought contests on conservative principles, directly challenging leftist presidential contenders like Barack Obama.
Democrats in swing states have transformed vote fraud and abuse into an ongoing process in a never-ending political campaign that can be challenged only by the passage of vigorous voter ID programs.
But it doesn't end there: 2012 was a game-changing presidential election in that no future Republican presidential candidate will be able to win the White House unless the GOP can challenge the Democrats in digital media strategy, voter intelligence efforts, and the deployment of computer-backed "Get Out the Vote" field technologies.
"What Went Wrong" provides both a postmortem analysis of the Republican defeat in 2012 and a roadmap for the reemergence of the Republican Party. More than an Obama vs. Romney rehash, "What Went Wrong" is a critical blueprint for a Republican presidential victory in 2016.
Order your copy of "What went Wrong: The Inside Story of the GOP Debacle of 2012 … and How it can be Avoided Next Time" right now!


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Hello All,
I am still not sure if I am leaving from Wisconsin to the central coast area of California, on Monday or Tuesday. I am driving my daughter's car there, as she is relocating, flying out with the kids on Tuesday. I am driving solo, with the car loaded up, and planning on taking the less weather-influenced southern route. I am changing my mind every day, it seems, but looks like I will be on the road on Thankgiving, and probably in New Mexico. I will try to remain flexible and hone my trip to weather conditions, if possible, avoiding extremes. I also plan on driving 6-8 hours a day, depending on my comfort level.
My first overnight stop will be either DesMoines or St. Louis, and the last before I push for her new abode will be... VEGAS, BABY!!! Unfortunately, I will most likely land on the Thankgiving holiday, and not get a free or cheap room.
If any of you have done the southern route or any variation of, instead of the more direct Iowa, Colorado, Utah route, I would appreciate a few tips of any type; food,lodging, sights, detours, traffic issues, etc.
I posted on another site about eating in Gallup on Thankgiving, and was advised to re-think my timing, and possible land in Albuquerque, instead.
Turkey day tips are appreciated, and I would not mind a diner with formica tabletops and coffee generously poured, at all. I am willing to treat myself to candlelight and linens, too, but my last choice would be Slim Jim's and a 3 Musketeers. BUT, at least I wouldn't be eating alone!LOL!!!


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Extreme skier's handgun found, returned to himBy JOHN KOZIOL
Union Leader Correspondent
April 17. 2014 10:34PM
CONWAY — Extreme skier Patrick Luk's luck still holds.
Just days after tumbling hundreds of feet down Great Gully on Mount Adams and crawling seven hours through snow to safety, the 22-year-old Weare man learned a Maine man had found one of his missing skis — and his pistol.
Scott Berk, 47, said he had read about Luk's April 7 mishap in Great Gully. An extreme skier, ice climber and hiker who is familiar with most of Mount Adams, Berk, owner of the Nomad Café in Norway, Maine, said he and a friend decided to hike up Great Gully.
"It was sort of a trip that we've been planning all winter long," said Berk, who met Luk on Wednesday at the Saco River Ranger Station on the Kancamagus Highway.
Berk and his friend took the trip on April 11. About 200 yards into the gully, Berk said he observed a black-colored object sticking out of the snow and thought that it might be something that Luk had lost. Upon closer examination, Berk realized the object was a semi-automatic pistol; he said he secured it. A short while later, he also found Luk's right ski.
Luk had lost both skis when an ice slab broke and he fell to the gully floor, a distance he estimated was up to 1,000 feet.
Back home in Maine, Berk contacted New Hampshire State Police — which sent a trooper over to the Saco Ranger station on Wednesday to oversee the return of the handgun to Luk. Berk later contacted the New Hampshire Union Leader, which on his behalf, contacted Luk.
Berk recalled that in an e-mail exchange with Luk, the John Stark Regional High School graduate was glad to hear that his ski had been found, but was literally "two-thumbs up" thrilled that Berk also found his gun and knew how to deal with it responsibly.
Luk said he brought the gun because "I've been up there (on Mount Adams) enough in the summer to see mangled moose," which he believes may have been preyed upon by gray wolves.
The gun should have stayed in the holster, said Luk, just as his boots should have remained in their bindings, but didn't. He thanked Berk for returning the gun and ski — into whose face Luk carved the dates of when he had more successfully skied both Great Gully and Tuckerman Ravine.
Luk and Berk promised to stay in touch. Berk also defended Luk from criticism — voiced in comments on the New Hampshire Union Leader's website — about Luk's decision to hike and ski alone. Berk pointed out that Luk was experienced and dressed properly.
"It's not a stupid risk," said Berk, "It's a calculated risk."
Luk had told New Hampshire Fish and Game Sgt. Mark Ober that he intended to go back to Great Gully to search for his pistol.
Asked about back-country skiers and hikers carrying firearms, Ober said it was "rare, but not illegal." He said his department notified federal and state agencies as well as its search-and-rescue partners to be aware that a gun was reported missing in Great Gully. They did not inform the public about the missing gun to prevent a potentially dangerous situation of many people scrambling over tricky terrain.
What concerned him most about Luk's experience, Ober said, was that other skiers or hikers might repeat it.
"We spoke and I gave him (Luk) some hints that if he's going to do it again, don't do it alone," Ober said.
Ober also gave Luk credit for wearing a helmet — which he said most certainly saved his life — and for getting out of the gully without assistance.
Luk said he is not sure what he will do with the Volkl ski Berk returned to him.
"I'm probably going to put it up on the mantle," Luk said.
If its partner can be found, then there could be a couple "Tuckerman turns," he added, before the ski is retired permanently.
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WWII vets recall the invasion that turned the tide of historyBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
June 05. 2014 11:58PM
Seventy years ago today, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of the coast of France on D-Day. It was the start of the offensive that ultimately led, less than a year later, to the defeat of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.
On this anniversary, veterans around the state who helped win World War II remember the urgency of the attack, the importance of the mission, and the need to serve their country and aid America's allies.
They know that in a matter of hours on June 6, 1944, more than 9,000 Allied troops — several thousand of them Americans — were killed trying to get ashore from their floating personnel carriers amid a hail of bullets and shells from the fortified German positions above the beaches.
"We lost a lot of people," said former Army Sgt. Oliver Thomas Carver, 89, of Litchfield, who landed on Utah Beach on D-Day 10 (June 16), and served as a communications officer in France and Belgium. "But we had 13 or 14 million Americans in that war. It's not such a big number when you look at what was at stake."
Seaman Robert Mozer of Deerfield, who broke the age rule by joining the Navy when he was 17, said those who died knew what they were facing.
"There was no questioning anything on D-Day. We were there because we were supposed to be there. Many of us enlisted to try to get there. We all felt an obligation to our country and our allies," said Mozer, who was not part of the D-Day landing.
Daisy Howe, 97, was an Army communications officer serving in Europe, while her late husband, Sgt. Clayton Emerson Howe, drove a half-track onto Omaha Beach on D-Day 5 (June 11).
The Howes were both raised in Sanbornton. After the war, they opened a small store in the Gaza part of town; Clayton Howe died in 2000.
Sitting Thursday at the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton, where she now lives, Daisy Howe was briefly sad at the thought of "the terrible loss of lives."
But her eyes brightened as she told of her husband's drive with his 2nd Armored Brigade to the Battle of the Bulge and later to meet Russian soldiers in the capture of Berlin.
"What they did on that day was almost impossible, going up against all those Germans in the cliffs; it was such a miracle that it worked," she said. "I was proud of all of our men and women who served then ... but especially Clayte."
Former Army Sgt. Elliot Finn, 86, of Meredith said he tried to enlist as a 17-year-old so he could serve on D-Day, but unlike Mozer and many others who got in at that age, he was kept out of the Army until he turned 18 in 1945, after the Nazis had been defeated.
"All of us wanted to join up and fight for our country, because it was the thing to do. That's all we wanted to do," Finn said. "That, and high school kids tend to think they are immortal."
Carver remembers crossing the English Channel to an almost indescribable sight.
"It was nasty weather that night when we left England, and everybody got seasick on the transports," he said. "When we got near the shore, it was early morning, and I could not believe all the ships, and planes, tanks ... it was an awesome sight."
"But so was Paris after we liberated it," he said proudly.
Howe said she was training on an Army base in the states when D-Day occurred. It took weeks, even months before people stateside heard the full details of the attack, she said.
"It was quite a while before we knew the full extent of what happened that day," she said. "It was the biggest (seaborne) invasion in history. It had to be. Hitler had to be stopped."


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Well, I've had a weekend full of granddaughter fun, so I didn't have the time I needed to prepare the next lesson on sentence structures. So I'm going to throw it wide open this week, and encourage you to ask me a question in any of my several capacities:
1. I'm an EDITOR--what would you like to ask about professional editing?
2. I'm a WRITER--for several years, I wrote well-received Writing Challenge entries, and I've also blogged extensively. Questions about the art of writing?
3. I'm a READER--I've read extensively in several genres (mostly fiction, mostly secular, although not exclusively). Anything you'd like to know from a reader's point of view? Questions about literature?
4. I'm a retired ENGLISH TEACHER and amateur GRAMMARIST--plenty of answers for those pesky grammar questions.
5. I've spent many years as a CHALLENGE JUDGE--what would you like to know about that process?
6. It's not the usual scope of this column, but if you'd like to ask questions just to get to know ME better, you can do that, too. Here are some of my passions: granddaughters, travel, words and word play, puzzles and games, social media, peace and justice, retirement, disability awareness (I have many family members with various disabilities), depression awareness (see previous), a kinder and gentler Christianity.
7. Here's what I can't answer: anything about AGENTS or PUBLISHING--just not within the scope of my knowledge. And if it's a complicated GRAMMAR question, I may take a day or two to get back to you--I'll have to research it, and even then, I may be wrong.
Whatever you want to ask--I'll give it a shot. Next week--back to sentences!