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The Price to Cash Flow for Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) is 1.309133. The price to cash flow formula is a useful tool investors can use in order to determine the value of a company. Generally, a higher P/CF ratio indicates that the company is less capital demanding and the lesser price to cash flow indicates that the company is more capital demanding.
Formula: Price to Cash Flow = Current Stock Price/ Cash Flow per Share
This ratio is calculated by dividing the market value of a company by cash from operating activities. Additionally, the price to earnings ratio is another popular way for analysts and investors to determine a company's profitability. The price to earnings ratio for Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) is -0.366645. This ratio is found by taking the current share price and dividing by earnings per share.
Further, Price to Book ratio for Ascena Retail Group, Inc. NasdaqGS:ASNA is 0.474116. A lower price to book ratio indicates that the stock might be undervalued.
In taking a look at some additional key numbers, Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) has a current ERP5 Rank of 1064. The ERP5 Rank may assist investors with spotting companies that are undervalued. This ranking uses four ratios. These ratios are Earnings Yield, ROIC, Price to Book, and 5 year average ROIC. When looking at the ERP5 ranking, it is generally considered the lower the value, the better.
The Gross Margin Score is calculated by looking at the Gross Margin and the overall stability of the company over the course of 8 years. The score is a number between one and one hundred (1 being best and 100 being the worst). The Gross Margin Score of Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) is 18.00000. The more stable the company, the lower the score. If a company is less stable over the course of time, they will have a higher score.
Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) currently has a Montier C-score of 3.00000. This indicator was developed by James Montier in an attempt to identify firms that were fixing the books in order to appear better on paper. The score ranges from zero to six where a 0 would indicate no evidence of book cooking, and a 6 would indicate a high likelihood. A C-score of -1 would indicate that there is not enough information available to calculate the score. Montier used six inputs in the calculation. These inputs included a growing difference between net income and cash flow from operations, increasing receivable days, growing day's sales of inventory, increasing other current assets, decrease in depreciation relative to gross property plant and equipment, and high total asset growth.
Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) has an M-score Beneish of -999.000000. This M-score model was developed by Messod Beneish in order to detect manipulation of financial statements. The score uses a combination of eight different variables. The specifics of the variables and formula can be found in the Beneish paper "The Detection of Earnings Manipulation".
The Value Composite One (VC1) is a method that investors use to determine a company's value. The VC1 of Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) is 11. A company with a value of 0 is thought to be an undervalued company, while a company with a value of 100 is considered an overvalued company. The VC1 is calculated using the price to book value, price to sales, EBITDA to EV, price to cash flow, and price to earnings. Similarly, the Value Composite Two (VC2) is calculated with the same ratios, but adds the Shareholder Yield. The Value Composite Two of Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) is 18.
At the time of writing, Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) has a Piotroski F-Score of 4. The F-Score may help discover companies with strengthening balance sheets. The score may also be used to spot the weak performers. Joseph Piotroski developed the F-Score which employs nine different variables based on the company financial statement. A single point is assigned to each test that a stock passes. Typically, a stock scoring an 8 or 9 would be seen as strong. On the other end, a stock with a score from 0-2 would be viewed as weak.
Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) presently has a current ratio of 1.36. The current ratio, also known as the working capital ratio, is a liquidity ratio that displays the proportion of current assets of a business relative to the current liabilities. The ratio is simply calculated by dividing current liabilities by current assets. The ratio may be used to provide an idea of the ability of a certain company to pay back its liabilities with assets. Typically, the higher the current ratio the better, as the company may be more capable of paying back its obligations.
The Earnings to Price yield of Ascena Retail Group, Inc. NasdaqGS:ASNA is -2.727434. This is calculated by taking the earnings per share and dividing it by the last closing share price. This is one of the most popular methods investors use to evaluate a company's financial performance. Earnings Yield is calculated by taking the operating income or earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and dividing it by the Enterprise Value of the company. The Earnings Yield for Ascena Retail Group, Inc. NasdaqGS:ASNA is 0.073895. Earnings Yield helps investors measure the return on investment for a given company. Similarly, the Earnings Yield Five Year Average is the five year average operating income or EBIT divided by the current enterprise value. The Earnings Yield Five Year average for Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) is 0.145667.
Free Cash Flow Growth (FCF Growth) is the free cash flow of the current year minus the free cash flow from the previous year, divided by last year's free cash flow. The FCF Growth of Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) is 0.896457. Free cash flow (FCF) is the cash produced by the company minus capital expenditure. This cash is what a company uses to meet its financial obligations, such as making payments on debt or to pay out dividends. The Free Cash Flow Score (FCF Score) is a helpful tool in calculating the free cash flow growth with free cash flow stability – this gives investors the overall quality of the free cash flow. The FCF Score of Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) is 1.107832. Experts say the higher the value, the better, as it means that the free cash flow is high, or the variability of free cash flow is low or both.
Stock volatility is a percentage that indicates whether a stock is a desirable purchase. Investors look at the Volatility 12m to determine if a company has a low volatility percentage or not over the course of a year. The Volatility 12m of Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) is 80.839300. This is calculated by taking weekly log normal returns and standard deviation of the share price over one year annualized. The lower the number, a company is thought to have low volatility. The Volatility 3m is a similar percentage determined by the daily log normal returns and standard deviation of the share price over 3 months. The Volatility 3m of Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ASNA) is 72.315000. The Volatility 6m is the same, except measured over the course of six months. The Volatility 6m is 70.891900.
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I was wondering where this might be purchased online. Any thoughts?
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, ...... I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost
Do you like it better than Parma and Vieille? I never heard of this one before....I'm curious.
Is there anywhere one might acquire a sample?

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2. Get feedback and revise
Start a topic in this forum containing the name of your map in the title. Include links to the large and small versions so that we can check them out. You should receive plenty of feedback from our most excellent Conquer Club community, and with their help you can perfect your map.
3. Create the XML file
Conquer Club uses XML files to define the borders and coordinates of the territories in each map, and you need to write one for your map too. Don't worry you don't need any technical skills for this, just some patience and a text editor like notepad. Save one of our XML files in www.conquerclub.com/maps to your computer and modify it as necessary. It should be fairly obvious what goes where. The only thing I'll point out is that to define one-way borders, like Inner Mongolia -> Mongolia, only list the territory that can be attacked as a border of the territory that cannot be attacked.
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Go to www.conquerclub.com/mapmaker and use the forms to fine tune your XML. Make sure that the numbers show up in the right paces, and adjust the x and y coordinates of each territory as necessary. Also check that the armies are easy to see. If the background colour or texture makes the armies difficult to read, consider adding dark circles, plain coloured rectangles, or some other placeholders to your map.
5. Submit for approval
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The copyright agreement...
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The selection process...
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Yankees.MLB.com reports Major League Baseball has suspended New York Yankees prospect P Angel Reyes 50 games for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Reyes tested positive for stanozolol metabolites, a performance-enhancing substance.
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Doris J. Roseborough, a retired Small Business Administration executive supervisor, died Nov. 15 of an aneurysm at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
The longtime Ashburton resident was 73.
The former Doris Richardson was born in Essex, N.C., and moved with her family to South Baltimore.
After graduating from Carver Vocational-Technical High School in 1956, she earned a bachelor's degree in 1961 from Morgan State University.
Mrs. Roseborough worked for the Small Business Administration in Washington as an executive supervisor for 31 years before retiring in the mid-1980s.
She was the golden soror of the Epsilon Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
Her husband of 48 years, Arthur Roseborough Sr., a retired postal worker, died in 2005.
Mrs. Roseborough enjoyed traveling and attending the theater.
She was a member of New Shiloh Baptist Church, where services were held Tuesday.
Surviving are a son, Arthur Roseborough Jr. of Baltimore; a daughter, the Rev. Monique Roseborough Carter, assistant minister at New Shiloh Baptist Church; a brother, James Richardson of Baltimore; two sisters, Delores McCaskill of Dayton, Ohio, and Eulalia Bethea of Columbus, Ohio; and three grandchildren.


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The yen fell to the weakest level since April 2011 versus the dollar after Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party won Japanese elections yesterday, giving him a mandate to act on pledges of expanded monetary stimulus.
Japan's currency declined as Abe has called for the central bank to double its inflation goal to 2 percent and undertake unlimited easing to revive economic growth. Bank of Japan policy makers meet on Dec. 19-20. Sweden's krona climbed against all of its major peers before the nation's central bank sets policy tomorrow. The pound strengthened to a two-month high against the dollar.
"People that fight the Abe government will find themselves out of control," said Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. in New York. "Nobody wants to fight this trend and there is still a lot of interest to sell yen against dollar and euro on dips."
The yen fell 0.3 percent to 83.75 per dollar at 10:49 a.m. New York time, after depreciating to the weakest since April 12, 2011. Japan's currency dropped 0.3 percent to 110.26 per euro, after declining to the least since March 21. The euro was little changed at $1.3166.
Annual View
Japan's currency has lost 11.9 percent this year, the worst performer of the 10 developed-nation currencies tracked by Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes after New Zealand's dollar. The dollar is off 3.1 percent while the euro has dropped 1.5. For the past month, the yen is down 5.4 percent, the greenback fell 2.3 percent and the shared currency is up 1.4 percent.
The Swedish krona advanced amid speculation that the Riksbank may not give any indication of a continued easing of monetary policy tomorrow. All but one of 17 economists surveyed by Bloomberg predicted the bank will cut its main repurchase rate by 0.25 percent to 1 percent when policy makers publish their decision tomorrow. The currency dropped the most in two months against the euro last week.
The krona traded 0.5 percent stronger at 8.7465 per euro after dropping 1.7 percent last week, the biggest decline since the period ending Oct. 5. It appreciated 0.5 percent to 6.6440 per dollar.
The pound gained against the dollar and the yen before a report that economists said will show inflation remained at its fastest since May, adding to evidence the central bank won't continue to expand its balance sheet. The Labor Department reported last week consumer prices in the U.S. fell more than forecast, allowing the Federal Reserve to undertake more quantitative easing.
The pound rose 0.2 percent to $1.6200, after gaining to the most since Oct. 5.
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Spun Mud: Functional, Handmade Ceramic Art
Rebecca Lindemann, the Australian artist behind Spun Mud, creates unique and stunning ceramic pieces from her base in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
Each pot is individually thrown on her solar powered wheel and decorated with her own original designs. The pots are hand painted and pressed with hand carved clay stamps before they are bisque fired and gloss fired to around 1240 degrees in Rebecca's own gas kiln. This process ensures that each piece is unique and created with equal devotion.
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1. Teapots in varied designs ($90AUD ea).
2. Choc Peach Retro Milk and Sugar Jugs ($65AUD).
3. Serving Bowl Aqua Glaze ($69AUD).
4. Aqua Retro Milk and Sugar Jugs ($65AUD ea).
5. Ceramic Mixing Bowls in varied designs ($40AUD).
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You know what I am talking about.
All-staff meetings, Town Halls, Team Forums. They have many different names, and their original intent was good.
But, here's where they go wrong...
The CEO or senior leader stands in front of the group, tries to break the ice through a method in which no one responds, goes on to give an update on the business, then asks the question, "do you have any questions?"
And no one responds.
Thirty minutes of diatribe from the leader. Thirty minutes of silence from the audience.


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The inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) have undergone significant declines in water quality following European settlement (approx. 1870 AD). However, direct evidence of impacts on coral assemblages is limited by a lack of historical baselines prior to the onset of modern monitoring programmes in the early 1980s. Through palaeoecological reconstructions, we report a previously undocumented historical collapse of Acropora assemblages at Pelorus Island (central GBR). High-precision U-series dating of dead Acropora fragments indicates that this collapse occurred between 1920 and 1955, with few dates obtained after 1980. Prior to this event, our results indicate remarkable long-term stability in coral community structure over centennial scales. We suggest that chronic increases in sediment flux and nutrient loading following European settlement acted as the ultimate cause for the lack of recovery of Acropora assemblages following a series of acute disturbance events (SST anomalies, cyclones and flood events). Evidence for major degradation in reef condition owing to human impacts prior to modern ecological surveys indicates that current monitoring of inshore reefs on the GBR may be predicated on a significantly shifted baseline.
1. Introduction
Marine ecosystems are showing evidence of global decline, resulting in long-term losses of abundance, diversity and habitat structure [1,2]. Humans are known to alter both the temporal and spatial scales of natural disturbance regimes, impacting upon the potential of marine ecosystems to recover following perturbation [3,4]. Trajectories of decline have been observed in coral reefs throughout the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific, attributable to the synergistic effects of anthropogenic disturbances [5,6]. In the Caribbean region, palaeoecological reconstructions of coral reefs have highlighted the collapse of coral communities at a regional level, which is unprecedented within the Holocene [7,8] and Pleistocene [9,10] records. Despite clear evidence of anthropogenic impacts on Indo-Pacific reefs [5], there is a general lack of historical data or palaeoecological baselines, particularly from the Great Barrier Reef (GBR).
Recently, several authors have highlighted the importance of the 'shifting baseline syndrome' [2,11], whereby our current perception of ecosystem health is biased by a lack of long-term baselines prior to anthropogenic impacts. This phenomenon strongly implies that no reef can be considered 'pristine' [2]. Using historical evidence, Pandolfi et al. [1] argued that altered anthropogenic disturbance regimes resulted in regional decline of the GBR long before the onset of modern monitoring programmes (approx. 1980), and prior to more recent threats such as ocean acidification and coral bleaching. Such studies provide an invaluable starting point for reversing long-term trajectories of decline by placing marine ecosystems in context of their historical baselines [12].
Following European settlement of the Queensland coastline in the late nineteenth century, extensive catchment clearing for livestock and agriculture (e.g. sugarcane) has resulted in substantial increases in sediment, nutrients and herbicides to the inshore GBR [11,13,14]. Since the onset of monitoring of the inshore GBR in the early 1980s [15], declines in coral cover [11,16–19], local removal of coral species [20] and persistent phase shifts to macroalgal-dominated ecosystems [21,22] have been reported across the inshore reefs. This decline has largely been attributed to altered disturbance regimes associated with coral bleaching events in the last few decades [17,23]. However, few historical baselines of coral assemblages exist prior to the 1980s [11], and the relationship between water quality and decline of the inshore GBR remains a controversy [11,19,24–27].
We present the results of palaeoecological reconstructions of coral assemblages from Pelorus Island, an inshore reef from the Palm Islands region of the central GBR. We surveyed three sites along the leeward side of the island (figure 1). To examine temporal changes in coral assemblages, we compared the community structure of life assemblages (living scleractinian corals) and death assemblages (dead coral fragments directly adjacent to modern corals), an approach commonly used to identify signals of anthropogenic disturbance and shifts in benthic community structure in the absence of historical baselines [28,29]. We obtained high-precision U-series dates [30] from dead coral samples within death assemblages to estimate the timing of mortality and to explore the age structure of the death assemblages. Finally, we extracted core samples from the reef matrix and quantified long-term (centennial to millennial) trajectories in coral community structure to determine historical baselines of coral assemblages. Our results imply a shifting baseline and a previously undetected historical collapse in coral communities coinciding with increased sediment and nutrient loading following European settlement of the Queensland coastline.
2. Material and methods
Pelorus Island (18°33 S, 146°29 E) is situated in the Palm Islands region, central GBR (figure 1) between the Dry Tropics and Wet Tropics regions, and is surrounded by Holocene fringing reefs. During peak flood years, fine sediment discharge from the Burdekin River (approx. 165 km south of the study site) reaches the fringing reefs of the Palm Islands [13,31], in addition to flood plumes from the Herbert River to the north, and adjacent local rivers [31].
(a) Comparisons of life and death assemblages
We surveyed three leeward reef sites at Pelorus Island (figure 1). At each site, four belt transects (1 m width, 20 m length) were surveyed on SCUBA at 4–6 m depth. Life assemblages were defined as living scleractinian corals, and death assemblages defined as surficial dead corals adjacent to modern life assemblages [28]. Transects were photographed at intervals using a 1 m2 quadrat (n = 20, 20 m2 per transect) and the per cent cover of life and death assemblages determined using Coral Point Count with Excel extensions (CPCe [32]). The taxonomic structure of life and death assemblages was determined at the genus level and compared between assemblages and sites using hierarchical single linkage cluster analysis and a three-factor permutation multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA [33]) repeated measures model based on Bray–Curtis similarities, where assemblage (life and death assemblages as repeated measures) and site were considered fixed factors, and transect as a random factor. Growth forms of Acropora were defined following Wallace [34]. To provide an estimate of morphological differences between living and dead Acropora, 10 live colonies and 10 dead fragments of Acropora were selected at random from each 20 m transect, and the primary growth form and branch thickness (measured by the broadest diameter of the branch) was determined (total n = 40 per site).
(b) Age structure of death assemblages
Surficial death assemblages were collected by hand on SCUBA at eight points (n = ∼40 fragments per point) at random across a single 20 m transect at each site. From these collections, fragments of the dominant genus/growth form present in death assemblages were identified, and samples were selected for U-series dating haphazardly (i.e. with no bias for taphonomic state of fragments). Sample fragments were sectioned laterally, and a sub-sample (2–3 g) of skeleton was taken from the cleanest section (i.e. unaffected by internal bioerosion) in closest proximity to the growth margin. Approximately 1 g of carefully cleaned material from each sub-sample was used for thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) and multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICPMS) U-series dating (see the electronic supplementary information for detailed methodology). Ages are reported with 2σ error bars, which represent two standard deviations from the mean true age. Averages (Tukey's biweighted means [35]) and relative probability distributions of U-series ages were determined using Isoplot v. 3.0 [36].
(c) Long-term trajectories in coral community structure
Four cores were extracted from the reef matrix at random along a single 20 m transect at each site (5 m water depth, total n = 12) using a standard percussion coring method (10 cm wide aluminium pipe, 2 m length). Cores were sectioned lengthways using a circular saw and imaged using a multi-slice computed axial tomography (CAT) scanning instrument (Lightspeed VCT, General Electric Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 625 μm slice thickness at 400 mA and 120 kV). Longitudinal sections of CAT scans were imported into Adobe Illustrator CS3 (Adobe systems, San Jose, CA, USA), and the outlines of each coral genus were traced to form taxonomic core logs.
(d) Palaeoenvironmental baselines
To understand historical environmental baselines, we combined available continuous palaeoenvironmental records from a range of published and sclerochronological databases within the Palm Islands region, including cyclone tracks (1906–present [37]), HADISST 1.1 sea surface temperature (1870–present [38]), observed coral bleaching events (approx. 1980–present [17,23]), Pacific Decadal Oscillation records (PDO, 1900–2000 [39]), Burdekin River discharge (1921–1999 [13]) and Ba/Ca proxies of sediment flux from the Burdekin River derived from coral cores (1758–1998 [13]). No historical baselines exist for other biotic disturbance events such as disease or crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks within the Palm Islands region prior to the onset of monitoring programmes in 1987.
3. Results
(a) Comparisons of life and death assemblages
Life assemblages at sites A and C were composed of isolated colonies of massive Porites, and individual Montipora and Acropora colonies (figure 2a). Both sites were characterized by low coral cover (4.4±1%, and 3.5±1%, respectively, see the electronic supplementary material, table S1) compared with the GBR average (21.7% [19]) and other inshore reefs within the region (26.9% [21]). In contrast to sites A and C, life assemblages at site B were dominated by Pavona, Millepora and Echinopora (figure 2a), characteristic of modern inshore reefs in the region [15], and coral cover was considerably higher than the average of the inshore GBR (36.3±8%) and 8–10 times higher than sites A and C.
The community composition of death assemblages at all sites was dominated by a framework of Acropora (53–97% composition, figure 2a). Low densities of Acropora were present in life assemblages across all sites, yet were fundamentally different in growth form (χ2 = 278.7, p < 0.01, figure 2b) and branch thickness (ANOVA, F249, p < 0.01, figure 2c) to those found in death assemblages. Living Acropora assemblages were composed of thinly branched determinate growth forms of Acropora (corymbose and caespitose morphologies, figure 2b), while death assemblages were formed by expanses of thick arborescent Acropora spp. (see the electronic supplementary material, figure S1), which were largely absent from life assemblages (figure 2b).
The relative generic abundance of coral assemblages varied significantly among sites (PERMANOVA, F2 = 2.736, p < 0.05). Hierarchical cluster analysis of life and death assemblages indicated that death assemblages across all sites formed a single cluster at the 50 per cent similarity level, while life assemblages formed distinct clusters largely separate from the death assemblages (figure 3). Post hoc pairwise tests revealed significant differences between sites A and B (p < 0.05), and between sites B and C (p < 0.01), yet no significant difference between sites A and C (p > 0.5), consistent with the results from the cluster analysis (figure 3). The discordance between life and death assemblages was significant across all sites (PERMANOVA, F1 = 25.367, p < 0.001), yet no interaction was observed between the site and assemblage, indicating that the difference between life and death assemblages was consistent across all sites (table 1).
(b) Age structure of death assemblages
A total of 48 high-precision U-series dates were obtained from dead arborescent Acropora branches (sites A, B and C) and a further 15 U-series dates from dead Pavona fragments at site B (figure 4a). U-series calendar ages for all samples ranged between 1778±10 and 2007±1 (table 2), demonstrating the potential for considerable analytical precision obtained by our method of dating young corals (see the electronic supplementary material, table S2). Relative probability distributions of Acropora ages (figure 4b) revealed distinct peaks of mortality in the mid-1940s at site A (1945±6) and late 1930s at site C (1938±4), with a less defined peak of mortality occurring at site B (1917±41). The mortality of Acropora across all sites was largely constrained to a single time period, with 79.1 per cent of U-series ages falling between 1920 and 1955 (figure 4a). Few U-series ages obtained from Acropora assemblages occurred after 1980 (8.3%), while the majority of ages obtained from Pavona assemblages occurred after 1980 (80%), and centred around the late 1990s (average 1998±4).
(c) Long-term trajectories in coral community structure
Computed axial tomography (CAT) scans of reef matrix cores revealed an Acropora-dominated framework at sites A and C, interspersed with minor genera (mainly Pocillopora and Montipora, figure 5), similar to the composition of surficial arborescent Acropora death assemblages. U-series ages obtained from the base of each core show evidence of accretion of reef matrix since the early sixteenth century (1513±5) at site A, and mid-ninth century (846±8) at site C. Cores similarly extracted from site B show a comparable pattern of Acropora-dominated matrix since the mid-third century (266±12). An abrupt transition from arborescent Acropora assemblages to Pavona assemblages in the upper layers (0–30 cm) was observed in all four cores at site B (figure 5). The U-series ages obtained from the uppermost Acropora assemblages at the Acropora–Pavona transition in the sediment cores (figure 5) place the timing of the underlying Acropora mortality at site B to between 1928 and 1944.
(d) Palaeoenvironmental baselines
Consistent with previous analysis [40], five phases were identified in the PDO record (figure 6): 1905–1915 (cool phase), 1916–1943 (warm phase), 1944–1976 (cool phase), 1977–1998 (warm phase) and 1998–2010 (cool phase). Meteorological records indicate 27 cyclones passed within 100 km of Pelorus Island between 1910 and 2010 (figure 6), including three category 2 (1915, 2000), three category 3 (1940, 1956, 1986) and three category 4 cyclones (1955, 1971, 2006). Annual average SST anomalies (calculated relative to 1900–2010) from HADISST [38] indicate that more than 2.5°C thermal anomalies occurred in 8 out of 110 years (1935, 1962, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1987, 1998 and 2004, figure 6). Hydrographic records from the Burdekin River indicate that outflow varied between approximately 10 × 101 to 27.5 × 107 l per month, with monthly flood peaks exceeding 10 × 107 l per week occurring in 1946, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1968, 1974 and 1991 (figure 6). Ba/Ca proxies of sediment flux from the Burdekin River derived from coral cores between 1760 and 1998 have previously identified a significant (5–10-fold) increase in sediment flux following 1870, with large peaks occurring in 1927, 1936, 1968, 1970 and 1988 (figure 6) following periods of drought [13].
4. Discussion
In the absence of historical baselines, comparisons of life and death assemblages provide a valuable tool for determining ecological change and signals of anthropogenic disturbance in benthic communities [28,29]. Our analysis of assemblages from leeward reef sites at Pelorus Island indicates a historical shift in community structure from once dominant arborescent Acropora assemblages at all sites, to either novel low coral cover assemblages (sites A and C), or in the case of site B, high live coral cover composed of non-Acropora assemblages characteristic of modern inshore reefs in the region [15]. While Acropora was present in our surveys of modern assemblages at low cover, in contrast to thick arborescent (branching) Acropora dominant in death assemblages, life assemblages were largely composed of small individual colonies of caespitose and corymbose colonies of Acropora, typical of early stage succession following disturbance [41].
High-precision U-series dating of historical Acropora death assemblages revealed that the majority of ages (92.2%, n = 48 samples across all sites) occurred prior to the onset of broad-scale surveys of the GBR in the 1980s [15,23,42]. Despite high cover of arborescent Acropora from windward reef flat and slope environments throughout the Palm Islands region (including Pelorus) prior to the 1998 mass bleaching event [43], only a single Acropora age was obtained after 1990 from Pelorus Island. Indeed, the majority of U-series ages (79.1%) obtained from Acropora death assemblages occurred between 1920 and 1955. Critically, this historical mortality occurred prior to the mass bleaching events of 1998 and 2002 [44,45], and prior to the onset of monitoring of the GBR in the early to mid 1980s. The absence of previously dominant arborescent Acropora growth forms in the living coral assemblages, and the low number of recent Acropora U-series ages (above 1980) indicates a lack of recovery of arborescent Acropora populations at Pelorus Island following mortality in the early to mid-twentieth century.
U-series ages obtained from the Pavona death assemblage at site B provide evidence of more recent mortality, with 80 per cent of U-series dates occurring after 1980. In contrast, and similar to results from sites A and C, 75 per cent of U-series ages obtained from Acropora death assemblages at site B occurred prior to 1980. We interpret the timing of mortality at site B to indicate a transition in recent decades from historically dominant arborescent Acropora to modern Pavona assemblages, consistent with the high cover and abundance of Pavona in the life assemblages at site B. The timing of the Pavona transition detected in reef matrix cores places the timing of the preceding Acropora mortality at site B to between 1928 and 1944, which is strikingly consistent with the U-series ages obtained from the Acropora death assemblages. Several Pavona ages clustered closely around 1998 (1996±8, 1997±7, 1998±3, 1998±5, 1999±8), and probably represent mortality associated with the 1998/1998 mass coral bleaching event, which was particularly severe in the Palm Islands region [44].
Mismatches between living and dead assemblages can be used to detect signs of anthropogenic ecological change [28], but are not without caveats. Despite the clear potential for time averaging (e.g. the mixing of temporally distinct cohorts [8]) and taphonomic bias (e.g. differential preservation among coral growth forms [46]) in palaeoecological analysis of coral death assemblages, the clustering of U-series ages obtained from historical Acropora indicates a narrow constraint in the timing of mortality, and suggests that Acropora death assemblages are largely autochthonous (i.e. relatively unaltered by taphonomic alteration, vertical mixing of surface layers and fragment transportation [28,29,46]), as expected in low-energy leeward reef habitats [47].
In the Caribbean region, widespread losses of Acropora in the early 1980s have been followed by transitions to coral assemblages dominated by Agaricia sp. [48] and Porites sp. [29] that are unprecedented in the Holocene and Pleistocene records [9]. Our core records indicate that persistent Acropora-dominated framework existed across all sites at Pelorus Island throughout the late Holocene. The timing of the transition from historically dominant arborescent Acropora to modern Pavona assemblages at site B in the core records (1935±7, 1941±3, 1936±6, figure 5) with one exception (1624±7) are consistent with ages obtained from arborescent Acropora death assemblages, and further supports the systematic collapse of arborescent Acropora across all sites between 1920 and 1955. Importantly, this transition is without precedence over the past 1700 years of record, despite a high frequency of 'super-cyclones' [49] and climatic fluctuations [50] during this period. Such an abrupt transition over relatively recent timescales precludes an explanation of natural trajectories of geomorphic decline [51], and strongly implicates extrinsic (i.e. anthropogenic) forcing in the early–mid-twentieth century.
To explore the timing and potential causes of historical coral mortality, we compiled palaeoenvironmental records from the twentieth century for the Palm Islands region. Visual assessment of these records indicates considerable climatic variability (SST, cyclone activity and river discharge) coinciding with U-series ages obtained from Acropora death assemblages (approx. 1920–1955, figure 6). The two decades prior to the Acropora mortality (1902–1921) were characterized by a continuous period of negative SST anomalies associated with a PDO cool phase [40]. The subsequent change to the warm phase of the PDO resulted in an increase in positive SST anomalies (1922–1948), and a period of extreme drought [40,52], which coincides with the onset of Acropora mortality within death assemblages. A shift towards a PDO cool phase in the late 1940s [40] resulted in an increase in the frequency and intensity of cyclones (notably category 4 and 3 cyclones in 1955 and 1956) and higher frequency of high flow events (more than10 × 106 l per week) from the Burdekin River (1946, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955), coinciding with the later stages of Acropora mortality. Considering the relatively broad range of U-series ages obtained from Acropora assemblages (1920–1955), we suggest that multiple disturbance events (e.g. a period of extended SST anomalies followed by increased cyclone activity and flooding, figure 6) may be implicated as a proximal cause of mortality, rather than a single disturbance event.
In the absence of underlying chronic stressors, coral reefs are capable of rapid recovery from acute disturbance events within relatively short timescales [53]. In peak flood years, the Burdekin River disperses large amounts of fine sediment (105 to 106 tonnes) in freshwater flood plumes, affecting inshore and mid-shelf reefs throughout the Palm Islands region [13,31]. Following European settlement of the Burdekin region in 1862, widespread catchment clearing and introduction of cattle and sheep in large numbers [52], resulted in a 5–10-fold increase in sediment flux from the Burdekin river during flood events from 1870 onwards [13]. In addition to land clearing activities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, historical records indicate that agricultural fertilizer usage became widespread throughout adjacent catchments from approximately 1930 onwards [54]. Modelling estimates suggest that in the catchments directly adjacent to the Palm Islands, exports of total suspended sediments, herbicides and nutrient loads have increased between 2.1- to 19.5-fold since European colonization [14], resulting in a significantly altered disturbance regime. We suggest that the increase in sediment flux and nutrient loading to the region following European settlement in the late nineteenth century may have acted as the ultimate cause for the lack of recovery in historical Acropora assemblages in the early-to-mid-twentieth century, following mortality owing to a series of acute disturbance events (SST anomalies, cyclones and flooding).
While palaeoecological reconstructions of near-shore reefal shoals on the central GBR suggests that some coral assemblages may be 'preadapted' to high turbidity environments [51], the apparent decline of arborescent Acropora assemblages in the earlier part of the twentieth century at Pelorus Island may suggest a level of sensitivity of sub-tidal inshore fringing reefs of the central GBR to increases in sediment flux and nutrient loading. Arborescent Acropora assemblages were dominant in fore-reef environments throughout the Palm Islands region until the 1998 bleaching event [16,23,43,55], yet by the early 1980s, recruitment rates of Acropora corals on inshore reefs of the Palm Islands were strongly suppressed owing to sub-optimal growth conditions [56], and modern studies on nearby inshore reefs indicate that coral recruitment is reduced under exposure to chronic terrestrial runoff [57]. While many growth forms of Acropora exhibit high rates of recruitment (e.g. caespitose and corymbose), arborescent Acropora exhibit sparse larval recruitment and reproduce predominantly by fragmentation [58], suggesting that they may be particularly susceptible to factors affecting recruitment following disturbance.
Collectively, our results indicate a historical change in coral community structure at Pelorus Reef, and suggest that this shift coincided with European settlement of the Queensland coastline. This implies that current monitoring of the inshore GBR may at some locations be predicated on a substantially shifted baseline [11]. On a global scale, our results are consistent with a recent report from the Caribbean region, where land use changes prior to 1960 were implicated in a significant decline in Acropora corals in near-shore reefs [59]. Yet, in contrast to the region-wide collapse of Acropora in the Caribbean, considering the abundance of Acropora within regions prior to the 1998 bleaching event [23,43], the extent of historical mortality on the inshore GBR is likely to vary on local scales. Finally, our results raise two concerns in the interpretation of modern coral assemblages and baseline assessments of coral cover. Firstly, living coral assemblages at site B had relatively high coral cover compared with the GBR average. Yet, modern surveys of live coral cover would significantly underestimate the previously 'hidden' shift in coral community structure at the site, resulting in a shifted baseline. Secondly, considering the disparity among Acropora growth forms between life and death assemblages and the near absence of previously dominant framework building Acropora in the present study, modern surveys should consider the dynamics and recovery of corals within genera [23] in addition to the generic level.
We thank Orpheus Island Research Station for their help and support during fieldwork, and S. G. Smithers, C. T. Perry, H. Lescinsky and M. Lybolt for critical discussions. We also thank John Bruno and two anonymous reviewers for greatly improving the quality of the manuscript. This project was partially funded by a Marine and Tropical Science Research Facility (MTSRF) Project 1.1.4 to J.X.Z. T.J.D. and J.M.P., Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies to J.M.P., Australian Research Council LIEF Project LE0989067 to J.X.Z., J.M.P., Y.F. and others, and the Mia J. Tegner and International Society for Reef Studies awards to G.R.
- Received September 7, 2012.
- Accepted October 17, 2012.
- © 2012 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.


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Technical glitches marked the rollout of online shopping exchanges, a key provision of the Affordable Care Act that takes effect today.
Annette Catino, chief executive of QualCare, a Piscataway-based managed care company, said her team was having trouble logging on to the exchanges this morning.
The home page at healthcare.gov was accessible, but attempts to enroll with specific information were frequently stalled with indefinite wait times because of heavy traffic. Delays appear to have shortened as the day has gone on.
"Clearly, everyone was expecting initial bumps and that's what we're seeing: initial bumps," Catino said.
Government officials have warned for weeks that technical glitches would likely accompany rollout of online health care exchanges.
Despite that, John Sarno, president of the Employers Association of New Jersey, said his group had received assurance by the federal Department of Health and Human Services that exchanges would be operating smoothly.
"The exchanges are operational, but apparently overwhelmed," Sarno said.
Sarno is concerned that that government shutdown taking effect today could worsen matters. He cited an email EANJ received from HHS notifying that because of reduced staff, informational meetings explaining the new law would be canceled until further notice.
"The ongoing education is clearly going to be impacted by the furloughs because there is no one there to do that," Sarno said.
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Effective today, online exchanges allow for uninsured individuals and families to purchase insurance as well as an option for small businesses currently not covering employees to purchase coverage for their workers.
Actual coverage does not begin until Jan. 1. The enrollment period ends March 31.
Small businesses that employ fewer than 50 are not required to offer coverage under the new law, though such businesses were required to inform employees of their rights under the ACA. The businesses themselves could purchase coverage for employees through the Small Business Health Options, or SHOP, program with the aid of tax credits.
Laurie Ehlbeck, New Jersey state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, said she had yet to hear feedback today regarding the operability of the exchanges, though confusion persists about the law in general. She said it will take several weeks or more until employers sort out details.
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The following activity occurred Monday, April 29, to Sunday, May 5, as reported by the Lewiston Police Department. LPD logged a total of 99 response calls during this period.
Monday, April 29
•600 block of 20th Street, Niagara Falls, assist. LPD on location with Niagara Falls Police Department on a warrant execution.
•400 block of Roosevelt Avenue, stolen ATV. Statement taken from a male, 28, who reported the theft of a 2001 Honda ATV, color green, taken overnight. Report filed.
•300 block of South Seventh Street, check welfare. Maintenance reported a strong odor coming from an apartment. Male, 79, listed as occupant. Patrol cleared.
•1800 block of Ridge Road, possible shed fire. Patrol and Lewiston No. 1 Volunteer Fire Co. on location. No fire found.
•5300 block of Military Road, suspicious person complaint. Patrol reported subject left the area on a NFTA Metro bus. Patrol cleared.
•2800 block of Ridge Road, assist citizen. Male, 40, listed on call that involved a construction violation. Report filed.
•400 block of Center Street, dog bite complaint. Patrol spoke with both parties; dog bite reported. Situation addressed.
•800 block of Cayuga Street, possible fight at a restaurant. Patrol spoke with a male, 19, and the restaurant owner. Resolved by patrol.
•900 block of North Hewitt Drive, fraud complaint. Statement taken from a female, 78. Report filed.
•1100 block of Saunders Settlement Road, recovered handgun. Female, 59, listed as complainant. Handgun secured; report filed.
•4400 block of Creek Road, check welfare/mental health. Female, 49, voluntarily taken to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center by Rural Metro Ambulance.
Tuesday, April 30
•5700 block of Military Road, vehicle/traffic stop. LPD on location with Niagara County Sheriff's Office for an unlawful possession of marijuana arrest. Vehicle secured.
•2400 block of Upper Mountain Road, check 911 call. All OK; building secure.
•Upper Mountain and Garlow roads, vehicle/traffic stop. LPD on location with NCSO for an unlawful possession of marijuana arrest. Vehicle secured.
•400 block of Center Street, suspicious person. All OK; subjects sent on their way.
•2300 block of Lower Mountain Road, criminal mischief. Statement taken from a male, 53, who reported his vehicle was damaged overnight and items taken. Report filed.
•Niagara University, AED/EMS assist, fire alarm. Smoke reported in unspecified building. Upper Mountain Volunteer Fire Co. on location; no fire found.
•Lewiston-Queenston Bridge, tractor-trailer accident. Patrol assisted State Police with accident, traffic and bridge control.
•1100 block of Jarrett Drive, open burn complaint. Patrol reported a small fire located on the 1100 block of Upper Mountain Road and spoke with the homeowner. Report filed.
•LPD office, walk-in complaint, harassment. Statement taken from a female, 50, concerning her daughter. Investigation to continue.
•900 block of Center Street, suspicious black males in a supermarket parking lot. Patrol located and reported individuals were selling items without a permit. Subjects sent on their way.
•700 block of Center Street, fraud complaint at a business. Statement taken from a male, 58; suspect unknown.
•5300 block of Chew Road, follow-up to an arson/vehicle fire on the 2200 block of Mount Hope Road. Investigation ongoing.
Wednesday, May 1
•Chew and Mount Hope roads, vehicle pursuit. Patrol assisted NCSO on a pursuit of a white Mustang. Vehicle GOA.
•South First Street, suspicious persons. All OK.
•300 block of Lockport Street, Youngstown, assist. LPD on location with NCSO for a juvenile problem.
•700 block of Mohawk Street, domestic. No further details.
•800 block of Center Street, vehicle check. Female, 26, arrested for third degree aggravated unlicensed operation and operating while the registration is suspended/revoked.
•North Fifth Street, hit-run accident. No further details.
•5900 block of Garlow Road, ATV complaint. Patrol spoke with youths involved and advised not to damage property.
•Bond Lake, two reports of suspicious vehicles. All OK first call, plate number logged. Second call vehicle left area.
•800 block of Center Street, disorderly conduct. Patrol reported a male, 29, had smashed a bottle on the ground, was disorderly with patrol and resisted arrest. Suspect placed under arrest.
Thursday, May 2
•2500 block of Saunders Settlement Road, suspicious persons. Two males reported walking to a bus stop. All OK.
•2200 block of Mount Hope Road, mental health response. Male, 21, listed.
•800 block of Oneida Street, open burn complaint. Fire extinguished by resident.
•LPD office, fraud complaint. Statement taken from a male, 70, who reported an unknown person was opening a credit card with his information. Report filed.
•500 block of Irving Drive, suspicious vehicle. Plate and driver's information logged. All OK.
•Locations on Ridge and Porter Center roads and on Saunders Settlement and Walmore roads, separate reports of two car accidents. Statements taken from drivers; no report on second call.
•4500 block of Creek Road, counterfeit currency. Patrol secured a $20 bill.
Friday, May 3
•5700 block of Lewiston Road, agency assist. Patrol located a 1997 Honda Accord, color blue, with occupants possibly smoking marijuana by Power Authority docks. Vehicle and traffic tickets, unspecified, issued.
•500 block of Briarwood Lane, hit-run accident. Vehicle No. 1 parked, owner information logged; vehicle No. 2 left scene. Report filed.
•LPD office, aggravated harassment complaint. Statement taken from a female, 43. Investigation to continue. Report filed.
•NU campus, check situation. Patrol spoke with a female, 19, who reports having a problem with an ex-roommate.
•Joseph Davis State Park, vehicle/traffic stop. Male, 21, arrested for aggravated unlicensed operation. Uniform traffic tickets issued for Lewiston Town Court. Report filed.
•North Water Street, attempt to locate. Patrol reported an intoxicated female as GOA.
•500 block of Morgan Drive, disturbing the peace at a location on Greenfield Road. Handled by patrol.
•5800 block of North Kline Road, EMS response. Lewiston No. 2 Volunteer Fire Co. EMS on location for a 54-year-old male, intoxicated, unresponsive.
Saturday, May 4
•4000 block of Calkins Road, domestic. Patrol reported a boyfriend-girlfriend argument over property. Female, 47, listed. Report filed.
•Locations on the 700 block of Center Street and on the 2200 block of Saunders Settlement Road, separate two-vehicle accidents. Statements taken from drivers, both calls property damage only. Reports filed.
•Lewiston-Queenston bridge, arrest. Male, 22, arrested for unlawful possession of marijuana. Appearance ticket issued for Lewiston Town Court. Report filed.
•Center and Eighth streets, Alcohol Beverage Control violation. Male, 24, arrested on an open container violation. Appearance ticket issued for Lewiston Town Court. Report filed.
•900 block of Upper Mountain Road, juvenile problem. Handled by patrol; parents responded. Report filed.
Sunday, May 5
•700 block of Oneida Street, loud party. Patrol advised to keep noise down.
•Center Street, reckless driver, arrest. Patrol reported the arrest of a male, 48, for driving while intoxicated. Breath testing refused by driver. Arraignment at Lewiston Town Court, bail of $500/$1,000 assigned and driver remanded to Niagara County Jail. Report filed.
•Mohawk Street, mental health response. Male, 21, taken by Rural Metro Ambulance to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.
•800 block of Oriole Lane, domestic. Female, 25, listed as a victim and male, 24, listed as suspect. Male arrested on harassment charges. Jail/bail of $250 assigned and suspect remanded to custody of NCSO.
•300 block of South Seventh Street, larceny. Cell phone taken from an apartment. Report filed.
•Bond Lake Park, arrest. Male, 19, arrested for unlawful possession of marijuana. Appearance ticket issued for Lewiston Town Court. Report filed.


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Brazil's economy expanded in the third quarter at half the pace forecast by economists, as government stimulus efforts fail to revive investment that fell for the fifth straight period. Rate futures plunged.
Gross domestic product grew 0.6 percent in the third quarter, the national statistics agency said today in Rio de Janeiro. That was less than the forecasts of all 54 economists surveyed by Bloomberg whose median estimate was for a 1.2 percent expansion.
President Dilma Rousseff's government has slashed interest rates to record lows, cut taxes and boosted spending over the past 12 months to prop up an economy heading toward its worst two-year performance in a decade. While the efforts are keeping retail sales buoyant amid a global slowdown, companies are holding back on investment. With growth still patchy, the government is now focusing on reducing production costs.
"Today's report was awful," Neil Shearing, who was forecasting below-consensus 1 percent growth as chief emerging markets economist for Capital Economics Ltd, said by phone from London. "The really disappointing thing about today's data is that despite all the policy stimulus over the past year it's clear the economy is still struggling to get going."
Growth on an annualized pace was 2.4 percent in the third quarter -- below a government forecast this month of 4.7 percent -- and GDP expanded 0.9 percent from a year earlier. That's the worst performance in the BRIC group of major emerging markets that includes Russia, India and China.
Interest-rate futures fell across the board after the release of the report. Yields on the contract maturing in January 2014, the most-traded in Sao Paulo, fell 9 basis points to 7.22 percent at 9:50 a.m. local time. The real declined for a fourth straight day as investors speculate the government may step up efforts to weaken the currency to aid manufacturers.
Investment Decline
Even though quarterly growth was the fastest since the first quarter of 2011, investment fell 2 percent in the July- September period to 18.7 percent of GDP. That's the steepest decline in five quarters. Consumer spending rose 0.9 percent, while the services sector was flat. Agricultural activity led all industries, expanding 2.5 percent.
At the current level of investment, the government will have trouble reaching its goal of delivering 4 percent growth next year. Even the more modest growth forecast by economists this year of 1.5 percent may have to be revised downward, said Vladimi Caramaschi, chief strategist at Credit Agricole SA's Brazilian unit.
"After so much stimulus, investment is even worse than in the second quarter," Pedro Tuesta, senior Latin America economist at 4Cast Inc., said by telephone from Washington. "If investment doesn't rebound then we are in trouble in 2013."
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be serving barbecue, hamburgers and hot dogs. Entertainment provided by the Country Classics band from 5 p.m. to
8 p.m. The church is located five miles south of McConnellsburg
on Route 522.
St. Paul Lutheran Church at 220 North Third
Street, McConnellsburg, will serve a free meal the second
Tuesday of each month from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Come and
enjoy good food and fellowship.
Attention farmers: All are cordially invited to attend an informative field day to learn more about
the benefits of rotational grazing, direct marketing, business
planning and other ag-related topics to maximize the bottom
line. The field day will be held on Friday, June 17, from 10 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m., at Lance and Carri Younker's dairy farm, 829 Barnetts Run Road, Warfordsburg. Sponsored by the Fulton
County Conservation District, the USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service and the Fulton County Penn State Cooperative Extension. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by
June 10 by calling the Fulton County Conservation District
at 717-485-3547, Extension 116, or register on the district's Web
site at fultoncountyconservationdistrict.org.
Applications for the 2011 Fulton
County Fair Queen are available by calling 485-5137 and asking for Vickie or Susie. Applicants must be 16 years old, but
not over 20 years old, as of June 1, 2011.
FOVA will be voting on a board of director at the next scheduled meeting July 6. All active VFW
members should plan to attend.
Fulton County Hunter Trapper Education course will be held Thursday, June 23, from 6:30
p.m. to 9:30 p.m., and Saturday, June 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
at Fulton County Pistol and Rifle Club. Bring a bag lunch for
Saturday. This is the second of three traditional courses for
Fulton County. Preregistration is required at PGC Web site
at www.pgc.state.pa.us. Click on Education/Hunter Education class schedule. Class limit is 65 students. For general information only, contact the South Central Region at 814-
Submit your best Fulton County scenic photograph to the Fulton County Historical Society for possible inclusion in a 2012 calendar. Colorful photos for
all seasons are needed. If selected, the photo will include the
photographer's name. Digital photos under 1 MB can be emailed to email@example.com or printed photographs
can be mailed to the Historical Society at Box 115, Mc-
Connellsburg, PA 17233. Contact either address for additional questions.
Forbes Road High School Class of
1976 will hold its 35th class reunion June 18, at Ryan's Grill
Buffet and Bakery, 1635 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, at
6 p.m. Anyone who has not sent back the information or
wishes further information should contact Danny at 717-860-
Reunion The descendants of Scott and Beatrice Sipes will
family reunion on Saturday, June 4, at Lions Community Park pavilion at 10 a.m. Meat, place settings and drinks
will be provided. Those attending are asked to bring a covered dish. More information may be obtained by calling 860-
Hustontown High School
Class of 1947 will hold a reunion to celebrate 64 years since
graduation on Tuesday, June 14, at 1 p.m., at Hustontown
Firehall. Please plan to attend.
McConnellsburg Class of 1971 would like
to plan a 40th class reunion for the fall of 2011. Anyone who
is interested in helping with this event please call Barb Mc-
Donald at 485-3994 or Sherry Metz at 485-4701.
The descendants of Claude B. Souders
will hold their annual reunion on Sunday, June 12, at Cito United Methodist Fellowship Hall, beginning at 1 p.m.
Knobsville Singles will meet Monday,
June 13, at 9 a.m., at K's Place.
Fulton County Medical Center
Auxiliary will meet Monday, June 6, at 10 a.m., in the activities room of the center. The auxiliary appreciation luncheon
will be held in the resident dining room at noon following the
meeting. Auxiliary members should call 717-485-6116 if they
have not already confirmed plans to attend the luncheon.
Fulton Museum volunteers will meet Friday, June 3, at 10 a.m. in the Fulton House.
This is a planning and scheduling session and anyone with
an intertest in preservation, inventorying or being a docent
is urged to attend.
Wells Tannery
Park homecoming committee is having a meeting to plan the
homecoming on Monday, June 6, at 7 p.m., at the park. People are needed to help plan food, the parade and other events.
Everyone welcome.
The next meeting of the Friends
of Better Days Animal League, Fulton County, will be held
Monday, June 6, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. in the St. Stephen Catholic
Church basement. Everyone interested in providing support
and care to improve the lives of abandoned, abused and neglected animals in Fulton County are welcome to attend.
Bloodmobile A blood drive will be held Tuesday, June 14,
p.m., at McConnellsburg United Presbyterian Church, 116 Second Street, McConnellsburg.
A benefit bingo will be held for Trinity Lynn
Nicole Swope at McConnellsburg Fire Co., Sunday, June 12,
at 2 p.m. Doors open at 1 p.m. Twenty regular games and four
specials. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in advance by
calling Amanda Shives at 717-504-3372. Tickets purchased in
advance get a free pack of specials. Tickets can also be purchased at the door. There will be food (a taco bar and drinks)
and door prizes. Featuring retired Longaberger baskets. All
baskets are filled and have a protector and/or cloth liner. Any
funds above the family's expenses for Trinity's headstone
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A deal with Amazon, a high-tech company, shows progress in that direction, a business move that will bring about 1,000 jobs to the area and might have cities wondering how they too can hook such a giant.
"It's a big deal for San Joaquin County,"Tracy Mayor Brent Ives said. "Amazon is a job producer. That's very, very significant."
The waiting time for job hunters won't be long.
Prologis Logistics, one of the largest developers of distribution centers worldwide, began construction in December, and Amazon plans to have the 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center operating by October, just in time for the holidays.
Company executives say the company's distribution centers pay about 30 percent more than traditional retail jobs. Full-time employees also are privy to stock grants and benefits that include health care.
"We are grateful to be members of the California business community and to employ so many hardworking and skilled Californians," said Mike Roth, vice president of Amazon's North American operations. "We are excited to be growing in the state and to be creating hundreds of full-time positions in Tracy."
The Tracy site will feature high-end robotics and technology; however, specific details of the operation have not been released.
City officials have been preparing to realize this project for all of 2012, keeping with their goal of becoming a business-friendly city that offers incentives and employs a streamlined entitlement process.
Additionally, they partnered with one of the world's largest distribution center developers that could help place the city on the map to attract other distributors.
"For other companies who want to get into that game, it's important to get with a developer and understand the needs of a company," said Mike Ammann, chief executive officer of San Joaquin Partnership, a nonprofit organization that assists companies to locate within the county.
Tracy has "been prepared to accept this type of development and has an entitlement process that is efficient, and timeliness is extremely important," Ammann said.
Tracy City Manager Leon Churchill said the city already had the city zoned for incoming distribution centers in anticipation of attracting them.
In that area, there are centers for Best Buy, a technology retailer, and Crate & Barrel, a distributor of home furniture and housewares, among others.
"Amazon is a step in that direction clearly," Churchill said.
There were a series of City Council actions that for the casual observer might have seemed insignificant but in the bigger picture laid the groundwork for economic development.
Much of it was standard practice, including changing the General Plan, increasing the height allowed for buildings and approving a new roadway system.
The city amended its sales tax rebate program to include industrial and high-tech operations.
For Amazon, that means up to 50 percent of sales tax generated will be rebated to the company.
"You have to do these things to be competitive," Churchill said. The return on investment is well worth it, he added.
Even with the incentives, the company's net gains are expected to pass the city ample sales tax revenue, Churchill said.
Amazon is not eligible for the rebate unless it creates 1,000 jobs and generates $100 million in annual sales.
"They will do that," Churchill said. "The benefits are going to be extraordinary," not just for Tracy but for the entire county, he said.
Tracy is one of three sites in the state chosen by Amazon, a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle.
The first opened in October in San Bernardino to fulfill orders in Southern California. There it brought 700 jobs.
Another center is under construction in Patterson, which is expected to be complete by the summer. Patterson and Tracy will fulfill orders for the central and northern parts of the state.
"This latest development in Tracy not only represents good jobs coming to the region but California's strong partnership with Amazon," said Kish Rajan, director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development.
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It may be impossible to write a drama about politics that doesn't come off as ham-handed, over-the-top, and laughable. This is probably because actual politics reverberate with mundane news-cycle non-events, punctuated by overseas disasters and domestic high school snippiness and gossip-mongering. Politics is too stultifying to actually dramatize for film or television.
This is probably why the Netflix original series "House of Cards," which my roommate and I just finished watching, doesn't even bother to be anything other than a satisfying, cliché-riddled soap opera. But wow, was it fun to watch.
Kevin Spacey plays egotistical, manipulative, sociopathic Democratic Majority Whip Frank Underwood, who schemes to—well, it's only intermittently clear. But he's got a ruthless political fixer/ enforcer named Stamper, an ice queen wife played by Robin Wright, and a coke-addict, alcoholic Philadelphia congressman named Peter Russo under his thumb.
(Incidentally, if you ever wondered how I would behave if I got elected to Congress, check out Pete Russo, episodes 1-3 and 11.)
Oh, he's also got a mistress and reporter-lackey named Zoe Barnes, who goes from working at the prestigious Washington "Herald" to a new media scoop-scooping website called Slugline.com. It is here that "House of Cards" reaches its most hilarious zenith. Zoe Barnes walks into the Slugline offices where cool kids in hoodies type their stories on bean bags and the office walls are decorated with murals of closed fists. Print media is so dead, all you hep cats!
For shizzle, Slugline.
The awkwardness extends to the actual politics Frank Underwood constantly machinates over. Apparently a newly elected Democratic president is trying to pass a major education reform bill that sounds like it would have about as much chance of passing a Democratic Congress as the Ryan budget. Yet this is about the most realistic thing to happen in the "House of Cards" alternate political universe. Without giving anything away, I'll just say there are easier ways to deal with political enemies than many of the routes Frank chooses. "The Wire" this is not.
Nevertheless, my roommate and I raced through the show because there's something undeniably guilty-pleasure fun about watching Kevin Spacey with a droll South Carolina accent concoct ever more elaborate plans to further his ambitions. For one of the show's hooks, Underwood often breaks the fourth wall and addresses the audience directly to explain what he's up to. It's totally silly, but maybe that's why I ended up loving the ploy.
The one surprise here is Corey Stoll, who plays Russo. The role is every Bad Congressman cliché piled high, yet Stoll brings a tenderness and sense of humor to the part that makes it the stand out performance. One of the things that writers of all stripes seem to get wrong about people with addictions is how charming and likeable those individuals can be. I think of "The Doors" movie where Oliver Stone portrays Jim Morrison as never without a bottle in hand, so you're left only knowing the self-destructive half and not the half that drew everyone to the individual in the first place. For whatever reason, the writers and Stoll nail this aspect of Peter Russo, who comes off as the most fully realized and well-written character.
As for Netflix, it's well known that they spent a small fortune to produce this show, but apparently it's paying off by creating brand loyalty to their streaming service. Fine by me. I view Netflix as the greatest thing to happen to humanity since the cure for Polio. It's also probably smart that Netflix decided to go with a glorified soap opera before they tried to reinvent the wheel. The next undertaking will be the long-awaited return of "Arrested Development," and I'll be shocked if I somehow don't bury all thirteen episodes in the first 24 hours they're available.
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In RG3's shadow is Morris, Redskins' other rookie
On third-and-one, Robert Griffin III faked an up-the-middle
handoff to Alfred Morris – and the New York Giants fell for it
"They all just crashed down on me," Morris said. "When that
happens, I really just laugh in the pile. `Ha, ha.' I was thinking,
like, `Y'all dumb, y'all tackled me, but the quarterback is running
down the field."'
Morris' acting job on Griffin's 46-yard scamper might have been
the best example of how the Washington Redskins rookie backfield
tandem is driving defenses crazy. It's hard enough to account for a
dual-threat quarterback with world-class speed, but there's also
the sixth-round draft pick from Florida Atlantic who is tied for
third in the NFL with 1,106 yards rushing.
In another time or place, Morris would be the newest sensation –
the kid who emerges from an 1-11 college team and instantly becomes
a cog in the No. 1 rushing offense in the pros.
Instead, he's been eclipsed by the supernova known as RG3.
"It's a good thing for me, because I really don't like the
limelight," Morris said. "I just love playing the game. I don't
really need any outside attention. Not to say dump it on him, but
he can have it all.
"People feel like I'm in the shadow – I don't feel like I'm in
the shadow. I'm thankful that he's my quarterback. And I'm glad
that we get an opportunity to be rookies together, to grow
together. I hope it's the beginning of a beautiful relationship,
and that it goes on for quite some time."
That's not to say Morris is shy or withdrawn. He talks a
mile-a-minute, especially when the topic turns to old cars or
movies, but he'll happily settle for the occasional "You da man!"
shout-out when he's out in the community when compared to the
nonstop adulation heaped on Griffin.
"Robert, he can't go anywhere," Morris said. "I'm surprised
he even makes it to the movies."
Morris also knows his road to NFL success was hardly guaranteed.
He was far from a sure bet to make the roster when he arrived at
training camp to compete with Tim Hightower, Roy Helu Jr. and Evan
Royster. A 107-yard preseason effort against the Indianapolis
Colts, who were playing their starters for much of the game, put
Morris in the running for the starting job and confirmed to him
that: "I know for a fact I can do this."
Now he has five 100-yard rushing games, including a season-best
124 in Monday night's 17-16 win over the Giants that raised
Washington's record to 6-6 ahead of Sunday's game against the
Baltimore Ravens.
"I didn't think I'd touch the field until around the fifth or
sixth game," Morris said. "Maybe I'd get in there and get a
couple of snaps. If I told you I'd known it was going to happen
this fast, it would have been a lie. But I'm just thankful that it
Morris has also become known for his 1991 Mazda, affectionately
known as "Bentley." He thought he was going to have to park it
for the winter when the battery died while he away for a few days
after Thanksgiving, but a warm spell has persuaded him to keep
driving it to Redskins Park every day.
If "Bentley" does give him more trouble, Morris said he'll
probably lease a car or get a ride from his roommate, a friend from
middle school who happens to work at a pharmacy in the area.
Morris' dream car, however, is a 1964 Impala.
"I'm going to get one, one of these days," Morris said. "I
want to build my '64 Impala from the ground up."
If the Impala runs as well as its owner, it'll be in good shape.
Morris averages 4.8 yards per carry with a long of 39. The book on
him is that he'll take a play that's blocked for three yards and
get six, but that he's not someone who will break one for 60.
"They keep saying that," Morris said. "But don't be surprised
if it happens."
Morris is also emphatic that he's not going to hit the so-called
rookie wall, having learned the rigors of life in the pros in a
"All the stuff I didn't do in college, I do now," Morris said.
"I never stretched in college. I was stiff as a board. … I'm not
going to hit a rookie wall. I don't mean that to be, like, arrogant
or anything. It's the truth. I've been taking care of my body, and
mentally I'm prepared for anything."
And, while Griffin continues to get most of the publicity,
Morris is also learning more about the role model responsibility
that comes with being a productive NFL player. He shared a letter
he received this week from the family of Michael Denis Morlino, a
Redskins fan from Virginia who died in October at the age of
"He just took a liking to me," Morris said. "I don't know
Morris said he plans to frame the letter. He said he was
particularly touched by a quote Michael's family found written in
pencil on a piece of paper in the boy's room: "Arrogance leads to
failure. Success is derived from patience and humility."
"So much negative stuff going around," Morris said. "Kids
need someone positive to look up to."
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July 4th festivities bring memories of Marathon blasts
Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
In the weeks after the bombings, she winced at the sounds of ambulances screeching through the city, cars backfiring, doors slamming. When a neighbor began repairing his porch shortly after she witnessed the explosions and carnage on Boylston Street, Joanna Leigh said she experienced a panic attack and hid beneath luggage in the hall closet of her Jamaica Plain apartment.
Now, nearly three months after the attacks, the 39-year-old international development consultant is struggling with the spate of booms and flashes from fireworks that have punctuated recent nights and that will culminate with the much larger, louder simulation of bombs bursting in air tonight.
"The fireworks are driving me crazy," said Leigh, who said she called police Wednesday night after the fireworks kept her up. "It brings back all the horror. It's just very terrifying. It sounds like someone's trying to kill you, and at this point, I have already had that happen. I don't need more reminders of that."
The constant thunderclaps of everything from bottle rockets to M-80s blowing up throughout the area in recent days have rattled many of those who stood near the finish line when the bombs exploded, triggering memories and fears they have sought to banish since the Marathon.
As a result, the city's public health officials are making more counselors available over the coming days to provide any needed help and police have increased patrols to deter the illegal use of fireworks, which traditionally spikes this time of year.
"Anyone who witnesses someone in possession of illegal fireworks should call 911 immediately," said Cheryl Fiandaca, a spokeswoman for the Boston Police Department. "It's not a nuisance call."
For Brian Walker, who was about 20 yards from the first explosion and helped administer a tourniquet to a woman bleeding profusely, it's the unexpected sounds that have kept him on edge over the past 2½ months.
At the gym, when someone drops a heavy weight on the floor, he flinches as the floor shakes. He remains anxious around large crowds and is startled when someone surprises him by patting him on the back or coming up from behind.
"I have zero desire to be anywhere near fireworks," said Walker, 50, a software engineer who lives in the Back Bay. "My number one fear is hearing the canons going off. My first thought after the first blast went off was that it was celebratory canons, like they do on the Fourth. I'm making plans to get out of the city."
Dr. Patti Levin, a clinical psychologist and former supervisor at the Trauma Center in Boston, whose offices are just over the finish line on Boylston Street, is treating a number of people who were close to the bombs.
"Every single one of them is dreading the Fourth of July," she said.
She doesn't advise them to watch the fireworks as a way to desensitize themselves to the deep, concussive thuds that are all too similar to the Marathon explosions. "I recommend people do whatever is comfortable for them," she said.
Another local psychologist who treats trauma victims, Dr. Rebecca Rosenblum, who is providing free care to Marathon victims through the Boston Area Trauma Recovery Network, worries that the nearly ubiquitous fireworks Thursday will be difficult for many to escape.
"It just wakes up everything that people went through on that day," she said. "There are a lot of people who thought they got over it, but all the loud sounds evoke that experience, evoke everything that wasn't properly put to rest."
Alison O'Connor, who was less than a block from the second bomb and suffered temporary hearing damage, has jumped when balloons popped and recently began to scream after hearing special effects at a concert at the TD Garden.
"I was terrified, and I kept my hands on my ears on the last song fearing more special effects," said O'Connor, 23, an assistant teacher who lives in the Back Bay. "I had to tell myself that I would be OK."
In her apartment this week, she grew increasingly irritated as she heard one loud boom after another.
"All I could think about was, 'Why isn't anyone doing something about it?' '' she said. "Don't they know the fireworks are making people nervous — that they're making me nervous? I hate loud noises. They remind me of the bomb."
The sound of a book dropping or a jackhammer remains enough to make Christine Diarbakerly feel uneasy.
The 25-year-old recent graduate of Suffolk University Law School was at a Marathon party at Abe & Louie's when the second bomb exploded on the sidewalk outside, a sound she says "will stay with me forever."
"Hearing fireworks bring back the exact emotions of pure terror and fear that I felt," she says.
Like many others who can't bear to listen to the massive volley of mock bombs over Boston Thursday night, Victoria Kutilek decided to leave town.
The 38-year-old research scientist was running the final steps of the Marathon when the first bomb detonated maybe 20 feet away. She still freezes up every time she hears sirens near her home in the Back Bay.
Since moving to Boston three years ago, she has watched the fireworks from the Esplanade every year. This Fourth she decided it would be better to be far away and home with her family in Chicago.
"I'm just tired of reliving that moment," she said. "I don't want to be in a big crowd with a lot of explosions going off. That's not going to be my happy place right now."
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