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Monday, September 24, 2012
Join Cebu Google Business Group for Awesome Social Networking!
If you want a community that shares your passion for everything Google then you are in great luck because Google Business Group (GBG) Cebu has finally reached our shores!
It is an independent tribe of business owners and online enthusiasts who want to network and be more awesome. Started by the forerunners of the Cebu Bloggers Society Inc. (CBSi)'s Fleire Castro and Bjornson Bernales, GBG aims to promote ecommerce, launching start-ups and online campaigns of all sorts.
We had a meetup last September 22 at JCentre Mall's Bo's Coffee where everyone had the chance to know each other.
Why I joined GBG?
I am a blogger, online marketer, graphic and web designer, CBSi Outreach Committee chair, and freelance service provider. I've been using Google products like a tattoo with my lifestyle be it professional or personal endeavors. From Search, Labs, Blogger, Analytics, Webmaster Tools, Youtube, Drive, and Calendar, Google basically has close to everything covered. To belong with people who can aid me harness the potentials of online tools to advance everything I do now, I say why not?To know more about Google Business Groups and how you can be part of it, visit our official website:
www.gbgcebu.org
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Taptu?s Acquisition By MediaFed Hints At Smart Move To Put The Heat On Flipboard And The Rest
Taptu, a competitor with Flipboard and Pulse in the 'tablet news reader' stakes, was aiming to be the new-new thing when it launched back in 2010. A few iterations and fund-raising's later it's fair to say that it concluded it was going to be tough to compete in that market. Today it's announced its acquisition by Mediafed. Who, I hear you ask? London-based Mediafed has been around since 2007, selling advertising into the RSS feeds of major newspaper and magazine publishers. Financial terms were undisclosed, but to date Taptu has received $18 million in venture funding from 3i Group, Sofinnova Ventures and DFJ Esprit. Now, MediaFed will effectively use Taptu's app - which will still be developed - as a vehicle for its client's feeds (as well as whatever users themselves choose). Taptu CEO Mitch Lazar will stay on for a period as an adviser and the Taptu developer team stays on board.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/3LuIntsHDhQ/
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Cartoons in French weekly fuel Mohammad furor
PARIS (Reuters) - A French magazine ridiculed the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday by portraying him naked in cartoons, threatening to fuel the anger of Muslims around the world who are already incensed by a California-made video depicting him as a lecherous fool.
The drawings in the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo risked exacerbating a crisis that has seen the storming of U.S. and other Western embassies, the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and a deadly suicide bombing in Afghanistan.
Riot police were deployed to protect the paper's Paris offices after the issue hit news stands.
It featured several caricatures of the Prophet showing him naked in what the publishers said was an attempt to poke fun at the furor over the film. One, entitled "Mohammad: a star is born", depicted a bearded figure crouching over to display his buttocks and genitals.
The French government, which had urged the weekly not to print the cartoons, said it was shutting embassies and schools in 20 countries as a precaution on Friday, when protests sometimes break out after Muslim prayers.
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby called the drawings outrageous but said those who were offended by them should "use peaceful means to express their firm rejection".
Tunisia's ruling Islamist party, Ennahda, condemned what it called an act of "aggression" against Mohammad but urged Muslims not to fall into a trap intended to "derail the Arab Spring and turn it into a conflict with the West".
In the northern Paris suburb of Sarcelles, one person was slightly hurt when two masked men threw a small explosive device through the window of a kosher supermarket. Police said it was too early to link the incident to the cartoons. One small local Muslim group filed a legal complaint against the weekly but there were no reports of reaction on the streets of France.
The posting on YouTube of a crude video, made in the United States and available on YouTube since July, that mocked Mohammad as a womanising buffoon has sparked protests in many countries, some of them deadly.
The U.S. envoy to Libya and three other Americans were killed in an attack in Benghazi, and U.S. and other foreign embassies were attacked in cities in Asia, Africa and the Middle East by furious Muslims.
Matthew Olsen, director of the U.S. government's National Counterterrorism Center, branded the Benghazi assault a "terrorist attack" and said officials were examining the possibility that individuals involved in the attack may have links to al Qaeda, and particularly the affiliate group al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
INTERNATIONAL DEBATE
The furor has emerged as an issue in the U.S. presidential election campaign and sparked international debate over free speech, religion and the right to offend. Many Muslims consider any representation of Allah or the Prophet Mohammad blasphemous.
In Los Angeles, an actress who appeared in the video filed a lawsuit against a Coptic Christian man linked to the film, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, accusing him of fraud and slander and asking that the film's trailer be removed from the Internet.
It was the first known civil lawsuit connected to the film that has circulated online as a 13-minute trailer, including under the title "Innocence of Muslims."
The actress, Cindy Lee Garcia, also named Google Inc and its YouTube unit as defendants. Garcia's lawsuit stated that she thought she was appearing in a desert adventure film, not a "hateful" production about the Muslim prophet.
The United States has condemned the content of the video while defending the right to free speech, and took a similar line on the French cartoons.
"We know that these images will be deeply offensive to many and have the potential to be inflammatory. But we've spoken repeatedly about the importance of upholding the freedom of expression that is enshrined in our constitution," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters.
"In other words, we don't question the right of something like this to be published, we just question the judgment behind the decision to publish it."
In the Lebanese city of Sidon, around 10,000 people joined a march organized by the Shi'ite group Hezbollah to protest against the film and the cartoons, shouting "Enough humiliation!" and "Death to America! Death to Israel!".
In Egypt, Essam Erian, acting head of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, told Reuters: "We reject and condemn the French cartoons that dishonor the Prophet and we condemn any action that defames the sacred according to people's beliefs."
At the same time, rights groups demanded the release of a Coptic Christian computer science graduate who they said had been beaten up and arrested in Cairo on suspicion of re-posting the anti-Islam video online.
In France, a joint statement by Catholic bishop Michel Dubost and Mohammed Moussaoui, president of the French Muslim Council, defended the right to freedom of expression under the cherished French principles of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity".
"But freedom endangers itself if it forgets fraternity and respect for everyone's equal right to dignity," they added.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called the publication of the cartoons a provocation.
"We saw what happened last week in Libya and in other countries such as Afghanistan," he told a regular news conference. "We have to call on all to behave responsibly."
CALL FOR CAUTION
France's ambassador to Iran sent French citizens there a message urging them to exercise great caution, especially on Friday, and around diplomatic missions and places of worship.
But Charlie Hebdo's editor, Stephane Charbonnier, rejected the criticism. "We have the impression that it's officially allowed for Charlie Hebdo to attack the Catholic far-right but we cannot poke fun at fundamental Islamists," he said.
"It shows the climate. Everyone is driven by fear, and that is exactly what this small handful of extremists who do not represent anyone want: to make everyone afraid, to shut us all in a cave," he told Reuters.
One cartoon alluded to the scandal over a French magazine's publication of topless photos of the wife of Britain's Prince William. It showed a bare female torso topped by a beard with the caption "Riots in Arab countries after photos of Mrs Mohammad are published".
Charlie Hebdo is no stranger to controversy. Its Paris offices were firebombed last November after it published a mocking caricature of Mohammad, and Charbonnier has been under police guard ever since.
Speaking outside his offices in an eastern neighborhood with many residents of North African origin, Charbonnier said he had not received any threats over the latest cartoons. In a message on its Twitter account, Charlie Hebdo said its website had been hacked, but referred readers to a blog it also uses.
In 2005, Danish cartoons of the Prophet sparked a wave of protests across the Muslim world in which at least 50 died.
France is already on alert for attacks by al Qaeda on French interests in West Africa.
A diplomatic source said this week that Paris had recently foiled attacks on economic and diplomatic targets and had credible evidence that more were planned.
"Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is a direct and immediate threat," the source said.
(Additional reporting by Shreya Banerjee, Thierry Chiarello, Brian Love and John Irish, Marwa Awad in Cairo, Souhail Karam in Tunis, Margaret Chadbourn in Washington and Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Writing by Mark John; Editing by Kevin Liffey and Jackie Frank)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/french-weekly-publishes-mohammad-cartoons-075449808.html
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PST: Can anyone touch Barca in Group G?
Over the last four years, it?s been title-then-semifinal for Barcelona in UEFA Champions League. Having moved on to a new coach, the four-time champions will look to continue that trend, starting Wednesday against Spartak:
Barcelona vs. Spartak Moscow
Camp Nou, Barcelona, 2:45 p.m. Eastern
Barcelona seems have recovered from their Supercopa loss to Real Madrid. Perfect through four league matches, Bar?a has a two-point cushion at the top to La Liga?s standings. More important: The 2010-11 champions have an eight point lead on Real Madrid, having already picked up a key two-point edge versus common opponents.
That?s as smooth a transition as you can imagine from Pep Guardiola to Tito Vilanova. The change has been so seamless, few outside Cataluyna are talking about its implications. There?s less formation changing and more squad rotation, but with the team perfect in Spain, there isn?t much to talk about. All the Vilanova era has brought us thus far is the feeling the Blaugrana will not miss a beat.
That?s bad news for Spartak, of course. Last year?s RPL runners up are big underdogs heading into Wednesday?s match, even if Russian teams have had relative historical success at the Nou Camp. Barcelona?s welcomed Russian squads five times and allowed two of them to leave winners: CSKA Moscow in 1992 and, more relevantly, Rubin Kazan in 2009.
Even though it was three years ago, the Rubin result actually matters, and it?s mattered to a number of teams since Barcelona?s era of dominance started in 2008-09. That?s when Barcelona started the greatest team of all-time discussion began, back when it was unclear there was a plan to beat Barcelona that didn?t involve hoping they had a bad day. Rubin, however, showed you can allow Barcelona to bring the ball onto you, stay deep and compact, and beat them by counter attacking. Jos? Mourinho varied this approach the same year with Inter, eliminating Barcelona on the way to his second European Cup, but the overall theme was the same: You could snap back at Barcelona.
Not having to play that way in Russia, it?s unclear whether Unai Emery?s team can execute that plan. But the coach, having just moved from Valencia, will be very familiar with what needs to be done, and with the likes of Emmanuel Eminike, Romolu, Rafael Carioca and Juan Manuel Jurado, Emery has some interesting pieces. Whether they?re enough to beat Barcelona probably depends more on Bar?a?s play than Spartak?s.
Celtic vs. Benfica
Celtic Park, Glasgow, 2:45 p.m. Eastern
Let?s start with something controversial (that shouldn?t be), something that might look incredibly stupid a few hours from now: Celtic may be the worst team in this tournament. Just saying.
Evidence, you ask? That?s difficult considering they haven?t played a group phase match yet (this is also why my view could turn out to be very wrong). There is a strong circumstantial case, though.
- First, Scotland has proven very week in European play in recent seasons. The league rarely busts a team into the knockout stage of Champions League or Europa. The last time an SPL team made the Champions League group stage, Rangers finished last with a -9 goal difference.
- Second, the league continues to get weaker, beyond just the Rangers situation. Their television deals aren?t keeping up with their former competitors, and (as a result) they?re drawing fewer name players north. Celtic just lost their best midfielder (Ki Sung-Yueng) to Swansea without being able to pick up a comprable replacement.
- Third, consider the seemingly regular struggles Scottish League players have adapting to places like the English Championship. (Though former Ranger Nikica Jelavic at Everton? Good on you.)
Tomorrow Celtic has a chance to offset the SPL?s descent when Benfica visits Glasgow. In three previous trips to Celtic Park (1969, 2006, 2007), the Eagles have three losses, shut out each time. If the present?s working against Celtic (including their worst league start in 13 years), the past couldn?t be more in their favor.
Benfica, on the other hand, sit first in Portugal, scoring 10 goals in their first three league matches. This comes off a quarterfinals run last season, one which saw them eliminate Zenit St. Petersburg before losing to would-be champions Chelsea.
Jorge Jesus?s side is without Javi Garc?a (sold to Manchester City), Axel Witsel (Zenit), and Javier Saviola (M?laga) ? three huge losses. In their place, Benfica?s gone young. Rodrigo Moreno?s scored three goals in as many games, while Ola John (FC Twente) and Eduardo Salvio (Atl?tico Madrid) were brought in with a combined 42 years between them.
After being drawn at home by Braga in the season opener, it looks like Benfica may have taken a small step back. If it?s not a step back, then it?s a reset while the youth beds in. It may be enough of a reset for Celtic to scrounge a point off Portugal?s leaders.
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PPC ADVERTISING: HOW TO MAKE YOUR BUSINESS
PPC stands for Pay Per Click - a popular advertising technique on the Internet. Found on websites, advertising networks, and especially on search engines, PPC advertising involves sponsored links that are typically in the form of text ads. These are usually placed close to search results, where an advertiser pays a particular amount to visitors who click on these links or banners and land on the advertiser's web page.
In essence, PPC advertising is all about bidding for the top or leading position on search engine results and listings. Advertisers do this by buying or bidding on keyword phrases that are relevant to their products or services - the higher the bid, the higher the spot on the search results, the more the people will find the ad (and click on it) to go to their websites (this is why some people call it "keyword auctioning"). Advertisers would then pay the bidding price every time a visitor clicks through the website.
PPC advertising is also known under the following names/variations:
? Pay per placement
? Pay per performance
? Pay per ranking
? Pay per position
? Cost per click (CPC)
PPC advertising is usually done with the following standard procedures:
1. Setting up an account and/or deposit funds.
2. Creating a keyword list.
3. Choosing (and setting up) an account with a PPC search engine.
4. Bidding on the ad placement, including the search result words or phrases.
5. Writing out an ad copy.
6. Setting up the 'landing pages' for your ads.
7. Placing the advertisement in the search engine.
There are many benefits to Pay Per Click advertising, making it an effective way of promoting a business 'online'. Some of them are listed below:
? Get launched immediately. PPC advertisements are implemented very quickly - they can go 'online' within an hour after winning the bid and paying for it.
? Obtain specific, pre-qualified, and quality traffic. PPC provides you with a quality or a well-targeted traffic. Visitors are narrowed down into 'qualified' people who are actually looking for specific products and/or services that you offer - those who are more likely to become a 'lead' (a convert) and complete a transaction (either by buying your product or subscribing to the service that you are offering.
? Widen your reach. PPC advertising provides additional traffic to your site, aside from the natural or "organic" search engines.
? Track your investment. PPC advertising makes use of a tracking system that will determine exactly who comes to the website and what they do once they arrive - the length of their stay on the site and the number of pages (including the actual pages) that they view. These are valuable tools in determining statistics such as return on investment (ROI), acquisition cost-per-visitor, and conversion rates (the percentage of visitors who are converted into customers or leads).
Below are some important things to consider when planning on a pay per click campaign:
1. Know your product. Take an inventory of the product and/or services that you have to offer (before anything else).
2. Stay within the budget. Determine your daily or monthly budget; and stay with it. This means keeping your budget in mind, avoiding bidding wars if possible.
3. Bid just right. Know how to bid right - a bid that is too high can exhaust all of your money, while a bid that is too low can make you lose that spot.
4. Watch the bottom line. Measure your profit margin against your spending or expenses. Know when to stop and terminate your PPC program - if you spend more on advertising but have little or no sales at all.
5. Find the right keywords. Decide which keyword phrases to opt and bid for. Do some keyword research, either by actually looking at existing search terms or with the use of online keyword suggestion tools, to know which terms are mostly used when searching for items that are related to your business. Focus on specific keywords, not on general ones.
6. Write effective ads. A good PPC ad is that which can persuade and move a searcher. There are several approaches to this:
? Discount offers
? Testimonials
? Celebrity/famous endorsers
? Money-back guarantees
? Free trials or sample offers
? Freebies
? Reverse psychology
? Major benefits ("Lose weight")
? Direct instructions ("Click here")
7. Maintain a professional-looking site. Your web content should be regularly updated and checked for spelling and grammatical errors. There should be no broken links or images. The website should be simple - designed in such a way that it will be easy for visitors to navigate and load. Include contact details to create a good impression among potential customers.
Done properly, PPC advertising can be an effective marketing tool that will maximize the return on your investment.
Source: http://seotraffictips.blogspot.com/2012/09/ppc-advertising-how-to-make-your.html
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Monday, September 17, 2012
Halliburton misplaces mystery radioactive device
Somewhere in West Texas is a 7-inch radioactive cylinder that Halliburton would like to find. Anyone who comes across it is advised to keep their distance.
The oil field services company lost track of the device, which is used to assess potential sites for hydraulic fracturing, last Tuesday while trying to transport it from Pecos to a well site near Odessa 130 miles away. A special unit of the Texas National Guard has now stepped in to aid Halliburton in a search for the cylinder, according to Bloomberg.
"It's not something that produces radiation in an extremely dangerous form," said Chris Van Deusen, a spokesman for the Texas Department of State Health Services. "But it?s best for people to stay back, 20 or 25 feet."
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The tool that Halliburton lost contains a mixture of beryllium and americium-241, the same radioactive isotope of americium that is found in very small quantities in a common type of smoke detector.
"In the presence of beryllium, the alpha particles [emitted by americium-241] will react to form neutrons," explained Tom Hei, associate director of Columbia University's Center for Radiological Research. "For alpha particles, you can put a piece of paper in front of it and will provide adequate shielding. Such is not the case for neutrons, which require significantly more shielding or a longer distance from the source for adequate protection."
The neutrons emitted by the cylinder have a biological impact 10 times more powerful than X-rays and the distance at which they would be dangerous to humans would depend on how much of the radioactive material is contained in the device, Hei told Life's Little Mysteries.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency's five-tier scale for categorizing radioactive sources, the americium-241/beryllium neutron sources used for assessing hydraulic fracturing sites are classified as Category 3 sources (Category 1 is the most dangerous).
The agency's explanation of a Category 3 source that hasn't been dispersed by fire or explosion reads: "This source, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled it or who was otherwise in contact with it for some hours. It could possibly ? although it would be unlikely ? be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks."
The Texas health department says the cylinder is stamped with the words ?danger radioactive? and ?do not handle? along with a radiation warning symbol. Anyone who sees it is advised by the department to keep away and notify local law enforcement.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Continuing management needed for most threatened and endangered species
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Agreements can protect conservation-reliant species before and after the Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act (ESA)the key US law protecting species listed as threatened or endangeredfocuses on boosting species' numbers until they reach recovery thresholds and so can be taken off the ESA list. Almost 1400 species are now listed. Yet as many as 84 percent of currently listed species with management plans will face threats to their biological recovery even after they are considered "recovered" under the act, according to an article by Dale D. Goble and his colleagues in the October issue of BioScience. These species will require continuing management actions. Goble and colleagues argue that individual, formal conservation agreements are the best way to help such "conservation-reliant species."
The ESA was intended to interact with state and local regulations to prevent extinction. However, say Goble and his coauthors, these regulations are often insufficient to maintain a species' population, and the ESA itself may hinder the spread of a speciesfor example, a landowner may not wish to create habitat for a species that will then require monitoring under the ESA. Individual conservation agreements might not only help species' biological recovery and accelerate their removal from the ESA list, Goble and his colleagues maintainthey might prevent some species from having to be listed in the first place. To be effective, such agreements should be tailored to the species, landscape, landowners, conservation managers, and sources of funding of each situation.
Recognizing that conservation reliance is a deeper and more widespread problem for ESA-listed species than initially thought, Goble and his colleagues distinguish two forms of conservation reliancepopulation-management reliance and the less direct, threat-management reliance. The former will involve interventions aimed at helping specific populations. The latter is suitable for species that can persist if threats are managed so that an appropriate habitat is maintained.
Both sorts are illustrated in articles in the October BioScience. Goble's article is part of a special section that includes three case studies of specific conservation-reliant species. Carol I. Bocetti and her colleagues discuss conservation management agreements that will ensure continued availability of habitat for Kirtland's warbler. J. Michael Reed and his coauthors assess the status of Hawaii's endangered birds and how continued management is needed to maintain the populations of these species. Finally, the plight of the Mojave desert tortoise and its continuing management needs are addressed by Roy C. Averill-Murray and his colleagues.
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BioScience, published monthly, is the journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS; www.aibs.org). BioScience is a forum for integrating the life sciences that publishes commentary and peer-reviewed articles. The journal has been published since 1964. AIBS is a meta-level organization for professional scientific societies and organizations that are involved with biology. It represents nearly 160 member societies and organizations. The article by Goble and colleagues can be accessed ahead of print at www.aibs.org/bioscience-press-releases/ until early October.
The complete list of peer-reviewed articles in the October, 2012 issue of BioScience is as follows. These are published ahead of print from 10 September.
Special Section: Conservation-Reliant Species
Conservation-Reliant Species.
Dale D. Goble, John A. Wiens, J. Michael Scott, Timothy D. Male,
and John A. Hall
Using Conservation Management Agreements to Secure
Postrecovery Perpetuation of Conservation-reliant Species:
The Kirtland's Warbler as a Case Study.
Carol I. Bocetti, Dale D. Goble, and J. Michael Scott
Long-term Persistence of Hawaii's Endangered Avifauna
Through Conservation-reliant Management.
J. Michael Reed, David W. DesRochers, Eric A. VanderWerf,
and J. Michael Scott
A New Approach to Conservation of the Mojave Desert
Tortoise.
Roy C. Averill-Murray, Catherine R. Darst, Kimberleigh J. Field,
and Linda J. Allison
Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services Provided by
Oyster Reefs.
Jonathan H. Grabowski, Robert D. Brumbaugh, Robert Conrad,
Andrew G. Keeler, Jim Opaluch, Charles H. Peterson, Michael F.
Piehler, Sean P. Powers, and Ashley R. Smyth
Global Bioenergy Capacity as Constrained by Observed Biospheric
Productivity Rates.
W. Kolby Smith, Maosheng Zhao, and Steven W. Running
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Share ] Contact: Tim Beardsley
tbeardsley@aibs.org
703-674-2500 x326
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Agreements can protect conservation-reliant species before and after the Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act (ESA)the key US law protecting species listed as threatened or endangeredfocuses on boosting species' numbers until they reach recovery thresholds and so can be taken off the ESA list. Almost 1400 species are now listed. Yet as many as 84 percent of currently listed species with management plans will face threats to their biological recovery even after they are considered "recovered" under the act, according to an article by Dale D. Goble and his colleagues in the October issue of BioScience. These species will require continuing management actions. Goble and colleagues argue that individual, formal conservation agreements are the best way to help such "conservation-reliant species."
The ESA was intended to interact with state and local regulations to prevent extinction. However, say Goble and his coauthors, these regulations are often insufficient to maintain a species' population, and the ESA itself may hinder the spread of a speciesfor example, a landowner may not wish to create habitat for a species that will then require monitoring under the ESA. Individual conservation agreements might not only help species' biological recovery and accelerate their removal from the ESA list, Goble and his colleagues maintainthey might prevent some species from having to be listed in the first place. To be effective, such agreements should be tailored to the species, landscape, landowners, conservation managers, and sources of funding of each situation.
Recognizing that conservation reliance is a deeper and more widespread problem for ESA-listed species than initially thought, Goble and his colleagues distinguish two forms of conservation reliancepopulation-management reliance and the less direct, threat-management reliance. The former will involve interventions aimed at helping specific populations. The latter is suitable for species that can persist if threats are managed so that an appropriate habitat is maintained.
Both sorts are illustrated in articles in the October BioScience. Goble's article is part of a special section that includes three case studies of specific conservation-reliant species. Carol I. Bocetti and her colleagues discuss conservation management agreements that will ensure continued availability of habitat for Kirtland's warbler. J. Michael Reed and his coauthors assess the status of Hawaii's endangered birds and how continued management is needed to maintain the populations of these species. Finally, the plight of the Mojave desert tortoise and its continuing management needs are addressed by Roy C. Averill-Murray and his colleagues.
###
BioScience, published monthly, is the journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS; www.aibs.org). BioScience is a forum for integrating the life sciences that publishes commentary and peer-reviewed articles. The journal has been published since 1964. AIBS is a meta-level organization for professional scientific societies and organizations that are involved with biology. It represents nearly 160 member societies and organizations. The article by Goble and colleagues can be accessed ahead of print at www.aibs.org/bioscience-press-releases/ until early October.
The complete list of peer-reviewed articles in the October, 2012 issue of BioScience is as follows. These are published ahead of print from 10 September.
Special Section: Conservation-Reliant Species
Conservation-Reliant Species.
Dale D. Goble, John A. Wiens, J. Michael Scott, Timothy D. Male,
and John A. Hall
Using Conservation Management Agreements to Secure
Postrecovery Perpetuation of Conservation-reliant Species:
The Kirtland's Warbler as a Case Study.
Carol I. Bocetti, Dale D. Goble, and J. Michael Scott
Long-term Persistence of Hawaii's Endangered Avifauna
Through Conservation-reliant Management.
J. Michael Reed, David W. DesRochers, Eric A. VanderWerf,
and J. Michael Scott
A New Approach to Conservation of the Mojave Desert
Tortoise.
Roy C. Averill-Murray, Catherine R. Darst, Kimberleigh J. Field,
and Linda J. Allison
Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services Provided by
Oyster Reefs.
Jonathan H. Grabowski, Robert D. Brumbaugh, Robert Conrad,
Andrew G. Keeler, Jim Opaluch, Charles H. Peterson, Michael F.
Piehler, Sean P. Powers, and Ashley R. Smyth
Global Bioenergy Capacity as Constrained by Observed Biospheric
Productivity Rates.
W. Kolby Smith, Maosheng Zhao, and Steven W. Running
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
Pacific Rim leaders vow freer trade to buoy growth
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the arrival ceremony for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Vladivostok, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the arrival ceremony for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Vladivostok, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, guides Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to her chair during their meeting at the APEC summit in Vladivostok, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, Pool)
Russian President Vladimir Putin waits for other leaders during the arrival ceremony the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Vladivostok, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)
Russian President Vladimir Putin waits for other leaders during the arrival ceremony the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Vladivostok, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, greets Philippines President Benigno Aquino III at the APEC summit in Vladivostok, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, Pool)
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) ? China will ensure steady and robust growth by boosting domestic demand and rebalancing its economy to help counter the obstacles hindering a global recovery, President Hu Jintao pledged Saturday to Asia-Pacific leaders gathered for a regional summit.
Asia remains the brightest spot in the global economy but is facing challenges. Chinese growth slowed to a three-year low of 7.6 percent in the second quarter, and Hu acknowledged that Beijing is struggling to create enough jobs and cope with the adverse impact of the European debt crisis on its own economy.
"The global economy has reached a critical juncture, and we face the arduous task of overcoming major difficulties standing in the way in order to achieve full recovery and ensure steady growth," Hu told business leaders gathered on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in this Russian Far East seaport.
Revitalizing trade and growth is an urgent priority for APEC, whose aim is to dismantle barriers and bottlenecks that slow trade and business while nurturing closer economic ties. Both China and host Russia pledged to do what they can to support those aims.
"The recovery of the global economy is faltering. We can only overcome negative trends by enhancing the volume of trade ... enhancing the flow of capital. It is important to follow the fundamental principles of open markets and free trade," Russian President Vladimir Putin told fellow leaders Saturday as they began their annual "informal retreat."
"The priority goal is to fight protectionism in all its forms," Putin said. "It is important to build bridges not walls."
With President Barack Obama absent from the APEC summit this election season ? Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is attending in his place ? the Russian leader has showcased his country's aspirations to play a more active role in the Pacific Rim region.
Clinton welcomed Russia's recent admittance to the World Trade Organization. America's exports to Russia could double or even triple as the country implements its commitments to open its markets further, while Russia itself could raise its GDP by about 11 percent in the long run, she said, citing World Bank estimates.
"Fostering a balanced and stable economy is a challenge too sweeping and complex for countries to approach in isolation," Clinton said. "If we do this right, globalization can become a race to the top, with rising standards of living and more broadly shared prosperity."
Hu, the Chinese president, acknowledged that his country's own robust growth has slowed as the government curbed bank lending to counter a property market bubble and soaring prices, just as the debt crisis in Europe slammed demand for its exports.
"Economic growth is facing notable downward pressure," Hu said. "Some small and medium-sized companies are having a hard time, and exporters are facing more difficulties."
Hu is due to step down as China's top leader following a Communist Party congress this fall. But he promised to "ensure the continuity and stability" of the country's economic policies.
"We will boost domestic demand and maintain steady and robust growth as well as basic price stability," he said.
China's effort to wean itself from heavy reliance on export-driven growth has helped to rebalance its trade and will generate $10 trillion in demand for imports during the five-year period from 2011-2015, Hu said.
Russia's hosting of the APEC summit highlights a renewed focus on developing its neglected but resource-rich Far East.
Earlier, Putin promised regional business leaders that they can count on Russia, which has long focused mainly on supplying oil and gas to Europe, to be a reliable energy supplier.
Moscow also has ambitious plans to develop its railroads, roads, seaports and airports in the resource-rich but long neglected east of the country to provide a bridge between Asia and Europe, Putin said.
"The first and main thing we're going to do is develop transport infrastructure," he told regional business leaders.
APEC joins economies ? both huge and tiny, rich and poor ? accounting for about half of world economic activity. Given its status as an organization governed by consensus, its annual summit is not known for major policy breakthroughs.
But a sharp decline in growth of trade in the 21-economy APEC region this year ? from 12 percent in December to 4.6 percent in May ? underscores the importance of pushing ahead with trade initiatives, the APEC Policy Support Unit, an independent data analysis and research unit, said in a report issued Friday.
During their meetings, the APEC leaders are expected to approve various initiatives, including one that will cut tariffs on environmental-related goods ? such as waste-water treatment technologies ? to 5 percent by 2015.
They also are expected to endorse measures for ensuring food security, protecting supply chains and beefing up emergency preparedness.
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Associated Press writer Lynn Berry contributed to this report.
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