When: 3 pm on weekdays. Available upon request by emailing to tickets@hongkongfoodietours.com.
Price: Email tickets@hongkongfoodietours.com for enquiry.
Venture to the New Territories to explore another foodie hotspot in Tai Po Market. On our most adventurous food tour, visit six family-run eateries serving up lip smacking good local dishes. Perfect for the curious Foodies looking for something different. Bring a big appetite to eat like a true local!
From an agricultural village to a bustling market place and now a well-developed new town of 300,000 residents, Tai Po Market still retains its village community charm. Stop by various points of interest along the way to learn about this neighborhood's past and present.
Designed for those looking to get away from the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong's urban areas, Tai Po Market Foodie Tour is perfect for foodies eager to try less familiar local fare. Unfortunately, no substitute tastings available for participants with special dietary preferences.
Savor some made-to-order steamed rice rolls with a variety of toppings, from simple to adventurous.
Candies and snacks galore. Enjoy a selection of handmade Chinese candies picked especially for you.
Feeling adventurous? How about trying this winter delicacy — snake soup! It's a local's favorite!
Sit at a round table, drink some beer and savor some fresh seafood dishes at this popular indoor Dai Pai Dong.
Who doesn't have a second stomach for dessert? Try some homemade local dessert made fresh every day!
Visit this well-known specialty shop serving succulent beef brisket with noodles in a delicious clear broth.
Available on weekdays upon request.
Tour route is about 2 km route mostly on flat terrain.
Tour lasts about 4 hours.
Food lovers not afraid to try new things.
All age group with moderate fitness level.
Able to stand and/or walk outdoors for much of the duration of the tour.
All food and drink tastings at 6 eateries.
A Tai Po Market Foodie Booklet.
A fun English-language Foodie Guide licensed by Hong Kong Travel Industry Council.
Unfortunately, we are unable to prepare substitute tastings for those with dietary restrictions on this tour. However, we are able to provide substitutes on our other Foodie Tours.


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I'm trying to decide if I should refinance my mortgage.
I'm trying to decide if I should refinance my mortgage. I have two mortgages: One is a 30-year fixed and the other is a home equity line of credit, which I used to purchase the home, as I didn't have 20% to put down. The 30 year fixed is at 6.5% and has a balance of $172,273. The home equity is at 7.375% and has a balance of $36,211. I purchased the home for $238,500 about 5 years ago. I'm guessing it will appraise for about $240,000. I currently make extra payments to both mortgages: I pay $1309 to the 30-year and $650 to the home equity. I think it would make sense to consolidate these into one 30-year fixed rate if I could get an interest rate of 5% or less. If I keep making the same payment of $1959 per month, I think I'll get the loans paid off a lot sooner and I'll save money in interest. One concern however, is that I may have to start paying PMI because I might not have 20% equity yet. Even so, my guess is it would make sense to refinance because PMI payment would not be close to the amount of interest that I would save. Is there any advice or information you could offer to help me make my decision? Thanks.
Understand the total cost of a mortgage loan refinance.
A refinance can lower the total cost of your mortgage loan significantly.
A cash-out refinance loan can help you pay for remodeling or college.
The quick answer is YES! You could qualify for a 30-year fixed-rate with an interest rate as low as 5% today. That interest cost savings, plus making more than the minimum payments, will accelerate your principal pay-down and you could be out of your mortgage in a much faster time period. Additionally, rates are VERY low by historic standards so locking in now is a great idea.
You can apply for quotes with Bills.com or contact your local lender, but seek out a "conforming loan" and see if your house appraises for enough to get you 20% of equity. Bills.com makes it easy to compare mortgage offers and different loan types, just apply for free at the Bills.com Mortgage Refinance Quote page and see what best suits your refinance needs.
No matter what, you should apply and see what happens, you will almost certainly get a lower rate. If you would like to read more about mortgage refinance loans, I encourage you to visit the Bills.com Home Refinance Resources.
Now, for more background on the process, here are the main considerations that a lender will consider three factors; credit history, LTV, and DTI.
Your credit history is a major consideration when you are shopping for a new mortgage. A favorable credit score will increase your chances of finding the best loan with a low rate and low points, since you will qualify for better interest rates than those available to people with credit problems. Currently, the average interest rate for a new 30-year fixed-rate loan is 5.55%, and the average FICO credit score is 723. So, if your credit score is better than 720, you should expect to qualify for an interest rate of around 5.55%, or possibly lower. However, if you have had credit problems in the past, you could be forced to pay a significantly higher interest rate, which could make your monthly payments much higher.
For example, the monthly payment on a $100,000 30-year mortgage at 6.5% is approximately $630, plus insurance, taxes, and so on. If the interest rate on the loan increases to 9.5%, the monthly payment increases to $840, an increase of over $200 per month. As you can see, your credit score, which is one of the major determinants of your interest rate, is extremely important when shopping for a new mortgage.
The amount of equity you have in your home (or its inverse — the loan-to-value or LTV), and the length of time you have been paying on your current mortgage will also be major considerations. In order to lower your payments, you must either obtain a loan with a lower interest rate than your current mortgage, find a mortgage with a longer repayment term, or borrow less than the original balance of your current mortgage. For example, if you have $60,000 left to pay on a $100,000 mortgage, you could cash out $40,000 in equity and keep the same monthly payment as the old loan, assuming the interest rate and loan term remain the same. However, if the balance of your new mortgage will be more than that of your old mortgage, you must either find a lower interest rate or take a loan with a longer repayment term, if you want to keep your monthly payments the same. The ways to build equity are to either pay down your mortgage over time or to build equity by your home appreciating.
The third big variable is your debt to income ratio, or DTI. Debt to income is taken as a measure of your ability to comfortably make payments on the mortgage with your cash flow. Most lenders look at combined DTI, so the percent of your income that goes to debt payments (including mortgage, auto loans, credit cards, etc) to make sure that you can afford the loan. Some borrowers will allow stated income loans, where income is not formally verified, although given what has happened with defaults it is less likely than ever to get approved for a high DTI stated income loan.
Shop around with different lenders and brokers to find the loan that best suits your needs. Start your search by visiting the Bills.com Home Refinance Resources page, where you will find a wealth of information about home refinance programs. If you enter your contact information in the Bills.com Savings Center at the top of the page, we can have several pre-screened mortgage brokers contact you to discuss the options available to you.
I wish you the best of luck. I hope that the information I have provided helps you Find. Learn. Save.
As far as I can see, I meet the eligibility requirements under HARP. I first contacted my current loan servicer and was told I don't qualify because I used a broker. Maybe there's something in the fine print that I'm missing because I don't see anything about the use of brokers disqualifying borrowers.. I contacted another lender and was told that it wasn't that I used a broker but that I refinanced the original loan. I don't see anything in the requirements that says you aren't eligible if you've refinanced your home. It says you cannot use HARP if you've already used HARP. That's not the case with my loan. I purchased my home in May 2006 and refinanced in early 2008 (not under HARP). Who do I talk to find out if I qualify or not? This is very discouraging. I am under water through no fault of my own, I pay my bills on time, I have excellent credit, and I simply want to get a lower interest rate.
Have you verified if your loan is a Fannie or Freddie loan? That seems a good place to start. You can either use the link or call the phone number listed in the article above.
Other than that, try speaking with more lenders, to see if you can find one to help you.
I have been to the Fannie Mae website and there was a match found for my address, so I'm assuming my loan is backed by Fannie Mae. My current loan servicer told me to call back at the first of every month because that's when the code changes. I have no idea who is responsible for the code and how changing it will impact me. Bottom line--I feel like I'm wasting my time.
It might be helpful to know exactly which code the servicer refers to. Some error codes are relatively benign and can be remedied by, for example, entering the correct property address into DO/DU Express. Other error codes indicate something more serious. Ask your servicer which error code Fannie Mae returns exactly, and then what the code means. Please return here and share what you learned.
Gave up on the codes and decided to start fresh. Saw an ad on local TV for HARP with no appraisal. Went to the website and filled out an application online on Thursday. Friday morning I had a favorable response. By the end of Friday night, we knew it was going to happen. Took my documentation in the following Tuesday. The loan will close before July 1st. What a pleasant experience. The lender is First Option Mortgage. The agent was puzzled why the others had balked at refinancing because I clearly met the HARP criteria and my credit score is 832. My message--don't give up!
I am planning on applying for the Harp 2.0 mortgage. However, after reading your Harp Mortgage Ref information I am concerned about the Recourse and nonrecourse loans. I live in VA which is a recourse state. So if I refi through Harp 2.0 and not with my current lender, does this mean that my current lender can come after me for the difference. For ex: my underwater mortgage is 120,000 but I refi with a different lender at 80,000. Do I legally owe my current lender $40,000?
What you described is a modification and not a refinance. Under HARP, there is no write-down or forgiveness of any loan balances. If you refinance a $120,000 home loan at 6% for a new HARP loan at 4.5%, the balance owed is still $120,000.
The recourse/anti-deficiency rules caution we raise is for home owners in California and similar states where refinancing removes anti-deficiency protections in place for purchase money loans.
Thank you. I appreciate such a quick response.
Home mortgage lenders ask two basic questions about the borrower's ability to pay. First, is the borrower's income large enough to service the new expenses associated with the loan, plus any existing debt obligations that will continue in the future? Second, does the borrower have enough cash to meet the up-front cash requirements of the transaction? The home mortgage lender must be satisfied on both counts.
I currently owe $250,000 in principal on my mortgage,and pay $2141 monthly this includes escrow.the loan is afixed 30 year 5.625% rate, and I have been paying bi-weekly since the beginning. My mortgage company is offering me a no cost closing 15 year fixed mortgage at 4.5% with 1 point.The monthly payment will increase $200, and will save appox $76,000 in intrest. Is it worth it?.
Look at your finances as a whole. The interest on your mortgage is tax deductible, so you need to include that in your calculations. Review your retirement savings, too. If you have no 401(k), pension, or IRA account building savings for you each month, then you may pay off your mortgage in 15 years but at the expense of your retirement. If you can afford the $200 per month and are already saving your your retirement, then the refinance is a great deal.
Fees and paperwork aren't the only drawbacks to refinancing, though. If your current mortgage agreement includes a prepayment penalty, you may lose money by refinancing unless you can negotiate with your lender to waive the prepayment clause.
You are correct that anyone who will have to pay a prepayment penalty needs to factor that into any refinancing decision.


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Kim Hiss, an associate editor at Field & Stream, has hunted ducks, antelope, turkeys, and deer throughout the country, enjoying a number of women's hunts along the way. She lives in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Click here to email Kim.
Here's another gem from the F&S archives to wish you and your families a healthy and happy New Year. Hopefully 2009 will bring each of us many rewarding hours, "In the Cathedral of Nature."
Also, a note for New Year's Day: Our own Jan Favors (known to us as Jan) went on an NRA Women On Target safari last August, and she wrote to let me know that her hunt for a Mountain Reedbuck will be featured on the Outdoor Channel January 1 at 9:30 p.m. I can post some of Jan's pictures and a few more details on her hunt next week (she called it the "most fun" of her four trips to Africa), but just wanted to make sure that those of you who get the channel know to keep an eye out for Jan! -K.H.
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Blog reader Judy Black is always very generous with her tales, and she recently sent a great one about a "first timer" that fits in with our feel-good holiday programming. Judy started out by saying that her sons, now 27 and 29, grew up watching her and her husband Scott hunt. While her youngest didn't take to the sport, her oldest, Brian, "has the raging fire like his mother for hunting." Brian harvested a spike horn in 1996 and a small 7 two years later. It was then that he decided he would plant food plots and let the small ones go -- a decision for which Judy says she admired her son. After going on to practice deer management, Brian killed an "awesome" 10 point opening morning 2006, and another 10 point opening day of the following year. He still practices QDMA on his family's 150 acres.
I'll let Judy continue the story about the next generation of her family's hunters from there. -K.H.
In 2001 Scott and I purchased almost 200 acres that was once part of his grandparents' farm. Situated on the land was a 1973 mobile home, and the ink wasn't even dry on the paperwork, when we started calling it camp. Scott's brother Jim owns 300 acres adjacent to our property. It has some of the best hunting and farm land in the area and Jim is an avid hunter as well. By fall the food plots were planted and the blinds in place.
Jim has a son Jason, now 21, and he too loves to hunt. He spends countless hours walking or driving their property taking note of the bucks and by October I swear he has them named. If you tell him you saw an 8 point buck, you best know if it had a broken G2 or real white horns. It is not very often that a buck shows up that Jason hasn't already seen.
Jason's youngest sister Sadie has sat with her dad and Jason many times for many years. She has never hunted and is now 16 and has the normal interests of a 16 year old young lady. But this year Jason "begged" her to get up opening morning to hunt in his stand with him. She went and they didn't see anything that morning. Sadie went again for the afternoon hunt and this is where the real story starts.
Around 4:30 Jason told her there was a buck coming out. He didn't know how big it was, just that it was a buck and he had promised her that he would let her shoot "something." Sadie would later tell me that he was "bouncing off the walls" telling her to take the gun and shoot. She was totally unprepared and took a little longer than Jason was comfortable with getting ready to shoot. He was "having a fit" as the buck walked off into the woods....Sadie was like, "what the heck"!!!
The buck turned and came back out to the edge of the field and now Sadie was ready. She took aim and fired the shot. Both of them watched as the buck disappeared into the woods. Both Jason and Sadie knew it was a good hit so they started burning up the cell phone lines. A call to mom brought a "yeah right" and then to Uncle Scott who couldn't understand what she was saying.
Back at camp I was patiently waiting for them to bring her trophy as Scott told me Sadie had shot a 10. I was so dang excited for her and could not wait to see it. They backed the pickup up to the porch of camp where the light was good and we could all see. I was barely out the door when the passenger door flew open and I was greeted by the biggest smile you can imagine. I hugged Sadie and told her over and over how very proud I was of her. She chatted a mile a minute recounting the story of Jason "bouncing off the walls" and then her shot. She just kept pointing from herself to the buck saying "I did this....I got a 10 point buck!" Once again I told her how proud I was and Sadie's reply was "I just kept thinking, who, who, who will be proud and I said..Judy will. She will be so proud of me because she hunts and knows."
I was about in tears as it made me realize that all those years of watching all of us hunt and celebrate the harvest, this young lady got it. It isn't just the hunt, it is the camaraderie, the thrill, the sharing of the stories. It is about family and friends doing what they love to do and then taking it all back to "camp" and sharing. Sadie now had her own story to share and she will have that memory for the rest of her life.
My sister has always told me that "I never look happier than when I have a dead animal in the picture with me." Well, it is not only my harvests that make me smile. We took pictures of Sadie that night and I asked that one be taken with her and I. She brought the pictures over to me the following night and I have to say there was no wiping that smile off her face the night she killed that buck, she was one proud, happy young lady. But the picture of Sadie and I together shows that I was just as happy and proud as she was.
If I don't harvest this season it will be just fine with me. It meant more to me to have Sadie get her first deer than if I shot a 12 point myself. I remember my first fish and I remember my first deer. I too remember my kids first deer. Now I can say that I remember Sadie's first buck, an awesome 10 point. What a treasured memory. -J.B.
This cover comes from deep within the Field & Stream archives -- pretty great, isn't it? I thought the illustration was a perfect way to say Happy Holidays from FSHuntress! I hope you and your families enjoy a marvelous holiday season! -K.H.
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Quite A Dog
I thought we'd start some feel-good holiday programming with a tale of a dog owner who saved his retriever's life -- then the retriever saved a life right back.
According to this North Carolina News & Observer story, state resident Peter Maynard was living in Massachusetts in 2006, when his retriever, Clyde, started sneezing blood. The vet couldn't figure out what was wrong, and Maynard stayed home with his ailing dog while relatives brought him food. When he later moved to North Carolina, doctors there found a tumor in Clyde's nose and gave him a few months to live. But Maynard was willing to do whatever it took to help his dog, and had doctors administer a round of radiation. Clyde responded well to the treatment and seemed to pull through.
Fast forward to last October, when Maynard's partner Gloria Mitchell was home alone and asleep with a cold when the recovered Clyde jumped into bed to wake her up. Despite her groggy objections, the dog forced her out of bed, at which point she realized she wasn't groggy from a cold, but from smoke coming from a fire under the house.
Since rescuing Mitchell, Clyde has again begun sneezing blood and is undergoing another round of radiation. Maynard says he's spent $10,000 on treatments for Clyde, but he feels the sacrifice is more than worth it.
I don't own a dog (unfortunately!), and I don't have $10,000 to spend on one if I did. But I can certainly understand the motivation to do anything in your power to aid an ailing pet -- I'm sure many of us do. -K.H.
And the Gear Goes To...
Katie Hendrickson! Known to us as "Katie," she is a long-time blog reader, and says she got her first bow harvest with her Gear Giveaway prize from last year -- a FatBoy hunting cushion from Hunt Comfort.
As a hunter who also loves to fish, Katie will be getting a fantastic tackle bag from Zack Tack -- the original Camo Soft Tackle Bag and Backpack Tackle Box. So congrats to Katie (and good luck to her on her finals!), and a big thank you to Zack Tack.
Just a heads up that the Gear Giveaway will be taking a short holiday break, but I look forward to finding more good homes for great gear in January! -K.H.
Regardless of how much I'd love to post nonstop field reports on well-earned harvests at this time of year, we should really take a break now and then to discuss the world beyond the woods. President-elect Obama's selection of U.S. Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado as his Secretary of the Interior seems like one of those times.
Salazar is a controversial choice. According to this New York Times story, his record drew, "mixed reviews from environmental groups on Wednesday, but cautious praise from energy and mining interests."
On one side are executives such as Marc Smith of the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States, who said in a statement, "We are pleased that the president-elect has chosen someone who understands that there is a direct connection between federal lands and access to affordable, clean natural gas."
On the other side are opinions such as that of Daniel R. Patterson, a former official of the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management, who is now southwest regional director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Patterson stated that, "Salazar has a disturbingly weak conservation record, particularly on energy development, global warming, endangered wildlife and protecting scientific integrity."
Wearing his usual ten-gallon hat during Wednesday's news conference, Salazar said that his job would include not just the development of green energy like wind, the Times story said, but also, "the continued domestic development of coal, oil and natural gas, [and] fossil fuels that generate heat-trapping gases when they are burned."
It's a fine line between energy development and habitat protection, and I can only hope the most talented, experienced, well-informed and forward-thinking candidate has been chosen to walk it. -K.H.
Congrats are in Order!
Blog reader Paula Smith is on fire this season! After getting a bird a few weeks ago, last Friday she called her boss asking if she could leave early to hunt for her buck. He told her, "Go get him, Smitty!" Although Paula certainly deserves a big congrats for her harvest, she's quick to share the credit with someone else. Here's the story of her recent success, and who she believes is to thank for it. -K.H.
I headed out bundled up to the hilt and with lunch in my pack, got to the farm and began the dreaded climb up the mountain. I never hunt this area because it is such a bugger to climb especially when you're winterized, but I felt it was the best place to hunt for a buck. An hour later (got a little lost) I finally found the spot on the other side of the mountain where I wanted to sit and plopped down, scaring a deer out of the brush below. Okay, good start. I pulled out a soda and saw movement down below so I stopped what I was doing and watched a deer, going from bush to bush along the side of the mountain. I couldn't tell what it was so I just watched as it was slowly making its way up the mountain towards me. Finally I got a good look at about 100 yards and saw it was a buck. I got him in my sites and saw he was a legal shooter to boot (first legal shooter I have ever seen hunting). Yahoo! I aimed, pulled the trigger, nothing. Then I was like, safety dumb ass, and I released the safety. He came out from behind yet another bush and I fired. He kept walking like I never shot. Huh, what the heck is going on?! Then at about 10 yards he stopped, dropped and rolled, right down the mountain. I sat there, jaw hanging open, thinking is this some kind of fire safety video shoot or is this a whitetail escape maneuver that no one has ever told me about? Then it occurred to me that I might have hit him and he died.
Now the shaking and crying begins. I pulled out my cell, called my hunting buddy, my boss, my oldest son and got voice mail for all of them. My message was the same to each, "I just shot a buck, I don't know how big, I think he's dead because he just rolled down the mountain." After about 15 minutes I walked to where he dropped and saw that indeed he was hit and most likely deceased. I found him about 200 yards down. I field dressed him and then started calling everyone I could think of who was local. There was no way I could drag him a mile up hill. I got a hold of some friends, dragged him to a logging road and then out to the dirt road where they were waiting. We got him hung (my hunting buddy put up an electronic hoist for me, it's awesome!) and then I waited for my youngest son to get home from school so I could get this picture. What an absolute blast I have had this season and am so proud of my "Tri-Fecta" Triple Crown: doe -archery, gobbler-shotgun and buck-rifle.
In reflecting on my season, I know that I owe all of this to one person, my hunting buddy; kind of like the hunter behind the huntress. Two years ago I showed up at his camp in my street camo and carrying a borrowed rifle. The only thing I knew about hunting was what I learned at the safety class and a week's worth of the Outdoor Channel. When I shot and missed a stampeding herd of whitetails and he asked what I aimed at and I gave him that deer-in-headlights look, he took me to the shooting table and taught me how to shoot a rifle. Then he put me in a spot and drove some deer my way. I had one in my sights and fired and nothing happened. I pulled the gun down and looked at it like it failed me. The deer gave me the middle finger whitetail style and then I realized I had the safety on. When he met up with me and asked if I saw anything, he didn't get mad when I told him about the safety being on. He just said "geez, we thought we were having fun before at camp and then you came." I took it as a compliment; my Dad wasn't so sure.
He then took me on countless hikes, showing me deer sign, trails, etc. When I missed 16 turkeys at 14 yards, we went to the shooting table with my shotgun. When I almost lost my left breast from shooting a borrowed bow that was way too big for me, he told me to wait for mine and then gave me archery lessons off my deck. Because he doesn't live nearby, his inbox was full of emails from me with questions: should I do this, should I buy this, etc. Even though I know I was a PIA he never let on that I was. He has 40 years of hunting experience and I needed to learn it. I listened, practiced and took his advice. We discussed where I should hunt for each and everyone of my harvests this year! So my utmost gratitude goes to my Hunting Buddy, this one's for you! I hope we are still doing this for the next 50 some years! -P.S.
Laura Benjamin of Colorado Springs, Colorado! Laura is a long-time blog reader, and recently wrapped up our discussion regarding news stories about women hunters with a long and thoughtful comment.
Laura will be receiving the fantastic and endlessly useful camo cargo bag from BigFoot. So congrats to Laura and thanks to Bigfoot, and I look forward to naming another winner next week! -K.H.
Hitting the Headlines
Our own Laura Benjamin recently sent me this Denver Post story (Download DenverPost.jpg) which a friend had sent to her. The article comes at the "huntress" topic from an anthropological angle, and therefore seems almost surprised by the fact of women in the woods. I thought it would make a good Friday bonus post follow-up to our discussion about female hunters in the news. Thanks, Laura! -K.H.
Freak Rack
Look what Lou Alexander's husband dragged out of the woods! At first he'd thought the deer was an antlered doe, but then realized it was a male with a "very small unit." Lou said they nicknamed the deer Pat, and added:
The bases on this guy are massive, there are 11 scoreable points, but as you can see the rack lacks any length and is still in velvet. We didn't see any exterior female parts and I'm not good enough to pick out the reproductive organs internally, but if there were some I'm sure they would have been under sized too. Our taxidermy guy told us that the doe's he's seen have had a rubbery consistency to their antlers, but Pat had hard antlers. Just something different to see. I'm sure any fans of SNL will understand the name :)
Another thing, my husband also shot a very nice 10 pt buck later and he came in on Pat's trail like he was smelling a hot doe.
I certainly haven't seen anything this bizarre this season. Anyone else? - K.H.
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Did you miss the AI-enabled Tech Foresight Summit on February 20 in Berlin?
We hosted more than 60 participants, including renowned AI and foresight speakers, startup founders, innovation experts, heads of innovation and foresight departments from companies such as Intel, adidas, BASF, Daimler, SAP, etc.
Combining years of experience in data-driven technology foresight at Fraunhofer INT, Dr. Marcus John and his team run the KATI project as a unique 360° technology scanning and monitoring service. Dr. John calls it a "science observatory". KATI aims to unlock the vast amount of information available, including scientific publications, patents and internet sources for technology foresight. The software tool is developed based on IBM's Watson and integrates many new features and significantly improves the analytics capabilities within the dedicated use case. The project is designed to explore the application of cognitive computing and machine learning in technology foresight. Dr. John explained how Fraunhofer INT makes use of their comprehensive graph database to scan more than 2 million scientific publications per year. The summit participants had the chance to take a deeper look into KATI during our open session in the afternoon.
In his presentation, Tim talked about humans having valuable domain knowledge but not the capacity of searching a million documents in a few minutes. AI algorithms leverage human input to provide very fast output close to a human's research that would take significantly more time. Deriving insights from multiple data sources is quite a resource consuming manual process for corporates, which spend a lot of time searching, understanding and updating even a single dataset.
Automated estimation of patent portfolio value is possible by using litigation, usage and interest data. Patent value indicators help corporates to process millions of documents efficiently. The summit participants had the chance to take a deeper look into the IPlytics platform during our open session in the afternoon.
John's presentation about "Global insights and analytics – TrendScape – Intel's early warning system for emerging trends" provided great insights how Intel created a market and technology foresight system (based on ITONICS Trend Radar) and what the current challenges and benefits are. AI tools are mostly used to validate trend and technology data in terms of "is this trend picking up in speed/ relevance" or "why is this technology relevant to us". Specifically connecting the dots to identify primary forces that shape computing over the horizon is where the value for strategy, business units, and planning is created.
Aside from the methodology and software tools used, John focused on how to drive action with leadership based on the generated insights. The presented engagement model and case example was a great starting point for discussion with the audience.
In previous decades, the healthcare focused on working out general solutions that treat the largest amount of patients with similar symptoms. Due to disruptive technologies and the rise of digital health solutions, healthcare has been going through sweeping changes. For example, artificial intelligence laid the foundations for precision medicine development.
Professor Boman explained that he teaches how to program learning machines and not machine learning. According to him, learning machines will allow breakthroughs in precision medicine. In the end, he added ''How do you learn to learn? If we have to foresight, we have to step on whatever we know until now".
According to Frank Ruff, we are in the 7th Wave of Innovation at the moment – the age of crowdsourcing and AI in innovation. The waves before were focusing on e. g. Technology Push and Market Pull, integrated business processes, the rise of VC or open innovation.
Dr. Ruff presented Daimler's perspective on the evolution of corporate innovation ecosystems and how Daimler uses technology insights to provide transparency for long-term technological developments. Partnerships in the exploration of Quantum Computing are one outcome of this exercise.
Startups, as part of the external innovation ecosystem, matter to Daimler a lot. Dr. Ruff explained how the company runs an effective startup relationship management program called STARTUP AUTOBAHN aiming to find out over the course of 100 days corporate-startup pilot projects.
As a closing example Dr. Ruff mentioned how fast the Mercedes brand was able to integrate what3words into their cars.
AI-driven foresight has an immense potential to provide precise insights, covering political, technological, social, and economic aspects. Technology foresight helps industry experts understand how frontier technology will shape their industry and which technologies will soon become ubiquitous. The tipping point could be predicted with much higher precision, potential disruptions could be identified much earlier. This will shape decision making and strategic planning as well as managing innovation portfolios.
The correlation of successful organizations and their foresight maturity was proven e. g. by Rohrbeck and Kum. Therefore, the early experimentation with AI in foresight is crucial to stay ahead of the competition and lead by a sustainable strategy and innovation function.
Still, there is no best practice available at the moment, many startups are working on various approaches as well as established tech companies. We will continuously report on developments we detect and share our learnings and insights!


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Joseph is a public performance artist, hacker of IoT / wearable tech, a digital media producer (his company, Wild Tame Co., Ltd. provides video production and related services), consultant, inventor, entrepreneur, MC, public speaker and marathon runner.
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In 2014 I was invited to be a part of a six month project focused on an groundbreaking new camera that Olympus was working on. Olympus describe the camera that it became, the Olympus Air, as: "... a new concept, OPEN PLATFORM CAMERA (OPC) that pairs the sophistication...
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Insurance can be cheap but if you're young it will probably still cost an arm and a leg, fuel economy is rubbish.
was sure i read somewhere that ex-army vehicles get off tax free... oh well.
btw, what are you doing for head lights?
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It's really coming together now eh?
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Thanks Pip but sadly that stuff is way to big, I would need it at least half that size!
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Signet Jewelers to test tech that confirms gem authenticity after fraud allegations
Published: Aug. 26, 2016 at 7:57 a.m. ET
Tonya Garcia
Signet was accused of 'diamond swapping' in June
Signet said it incurred a $5 million charge in the second quarter after claims of "diamond swapping" arose
Signet Jewelers Ltd. will test new technology in the fourth quarter in some of its Kay Jewelers locations that will confirm the authenticity of the gems it sells. The move comes after allegations arose in May and June that the company was swapping diamonds.
See also:Signet CEO: No evidence of diamond swapping
Signet Jewelers' SIG, +0.50% brands include Kay, Zales, Jared and Piercing Pagoda.
"Every customer's diamond is like a thumbprint, they have all unique marks to it," said Signet Chief Executive Mark Light on the Thursday morning earnings call, according to a FactSet transcript. "And we will mark those on a digital screen and then we'll have the ability to digitally send over that picture to our customers via email and keep it in our own files. So we believe by putting this type of new technology in place in our stores that we are enhancing and creating even more transparency for our customers and it will be a huge competitive advantage for us into the future."
Light said that trust "is the most important part of selling jewelry." The company already has a "multistep process" in which a gem is passed through a number of hands and is tested in front of the customer to confirm that the shopper is receiving what's been promised.
"Overwhelmingly, we feel that we have a great process in place to ensure that our customers are getting what they expect to get," said Light.
Still, it is taking this step.
Signet incurred an unplanned $5 million cost during the fiscal second quarter "on consulting and related expenses due to the unsubstantiated claims against Signet's business integrity," said Chief Financial Officer Michele Santana on the call. Santana estimated that was an impact of about 5 cents per share.
There will be additional costs in the third quarter as well as the company invests in this new technology and training.
"I would anticipate that there was about $3 million or so factored into our third-quarter guidance associated with that," Santana said.
See also:Signet Jewelers, Tiffany & Co. report sales drops
Signet reported sales of $1.37 billion in the second quarter, down from $1.41 billion for the same period last year and missing the $1.43 billion FactSet estimate. Same-store sales for the quarter were down 2.3% against a FactSet consensus for a 0.3% increase.
Light said that it's "impossible" to know if the diamond-swapping allegations had a sales impact. Among the reasons cited for the decline were challenging market conditions, particularly in energy-dependent regions.
"Zales especially has a large presence in Texas," Light said on the call. "Signet's overall performance was clear and underperformance was clear in other places like Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Alberta, Canada. Net/net energy regions accounted for half of our comp decline within North America."
See also: Your favorite food? It's probably fake
Texas is also a critical state for the Jared brand.
"Texas-located Jared stores account for less than 15% of the Jared store count," Light said. "However, these stores accounted for nearly half of Jared's comp decline in the second quarter." Same-store sales for Jared were down 7.6% for the quarter.
To address other issues with the Jared brand, Light outlined a number of initiatives including improved marketing.
See also:Brexit could impact these retailers the most
Signet shares fell 12% on Thursday, pushing them down more than 31% for the year so far. The S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.25% is up 6.5% for the year to date.
Tonya Garcia is a MarketWatch reporter covering retail and consumer-oriented companies. You can follow her on Twitter @tgarcianyc. She is based in New York. Tonya joined MarketWatch from Moguldom Media, where she was business editor for MadameNoire, a website targeting African-American women with a range of content from personal finance to economics, politics, education and lifestyle and entertainment. She also worked at Mediabistro, and previously handled media relations for MSLGroup's consumer practice.


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Mi'kmaq activist calls for broad alliance using treaty rights to fight climate change
Posted on October 2, 2017 by brucewark
A Mi'kmaq woman from the Pictou Landing First Nation says indigenous treaties can be a key tool in the fight against climate change.
Rebecca Moore was speaking yesterday at the conclusion of a thinkers conference on climate change in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.
The last day of the conference coincided with the October 1st anniversary of the 1752 Treaty of Friendship and Peace between the Mi'kmaq and the British Crown.
Moore, who is a community energy campaigner with the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax, said the treaty can form the basis for an environmental alliance between indigenous and settler communities.
"We can use the position that indigenous people have the inherent rights to the land and to protecting the land," Moore said, "to keep it safe and to protect it."
She added, for example, that treaty rights can be used to challenge companies that damage the environment when they extract resources from Crown lands. Treaty rights can also be used, she said, to reclaim Crown lands for better uses, but the key is to use these rights as part of a broader alliance.
"I can go and assert my rights as much as I want, but without support from allies it's probably too difficult to create the significant change that we would need."
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Leon de Vreede
Moore was one of 22 participants at the three-day conference. Another was Leon de Vreede, who has worked for nearly 10-years as a sustainability planner for the Town of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.
At yesterday's closing session, he echoed Rebecca Moore's message about forming environmental alliances as part of our "last chance" to avert the threat posed by climate change.
"The synergy that's possible by having our mainstream Canadian society working hand-in-hand with our First Nations partners, the synergy that can arise from that, is really, really incredible," de Vreede said.
He referred to the Drawdown Project, a global plan that outlines 100 solutions designed to reverse the buildup of atmospheric greenhouse gases within 30 years. (The Drawdown Project and the book based on it served as a framework for the Pugwash conference.)
"I also think that doing the Drawdown work may be our last chance to get some of our social justice issues right in our communities," de Vreede said.
"We could actually liberate a whole bunch of resources and a whole bunch of energy, that if we design it right, can bring people to a more equal footing in our society," he added.
Later, during an interview, de Vreede said Bridgewater has undertaken a wide range of projects designed to curb greenhouse gas emissions including a home energy program in which the town provides money for upgrades that homeowners can repay over a long period at low interest rates. (To listen to de Vreede's full answer on what Bridgewater is doing, click to start the media player.)
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John and Cathy Eaton, grandson and granddaughter of Cyrus Eaton
This year's conference was held to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the first conference at the Pugwash Thinkers Lodge. It was the brainchild of Cyrus Eaton, a wealthy American businessman who was born near Pugwash.
The 22 participants in 1957 discussed the threat posed by nuclear weapons to human survival.
Cathy Eaton, granddaughter of Cyrus Eaton who attended this year's conference along with her brother John, said climate change represents another such threat. She added that the focus on community solutions at this conference made Pugwash an especially appropriate place to hold it.
"Back in 1957, the community of Pugwash made a huge difference in welcoming the people, inspiring them to trust each other and to have conversations," she said.
"I think the whole idea of this conference is that you're looking at the communities from the Maritimes to come together and make change and have conversations and know that…each community can make a difference and that there's an awful lot to be done. If it isn't done, it can spell the end of the world as we know it."
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2 Responses to Mi'kmaq activist calls for broad alliance using treaty rights to fight climate change
Yawn, what a joke these greenies are. As if natives don't have bigger problems than climate change, which isn't even real.
Rima Azar says:
Dear Marika:
First, please allow me to say that you have a beautiful name.
Second, you raised an important issue— Indeed, sadly so many problems to deal with.
Third, I am not sure I follow but perhaps you just meant to say that we do not know for sure the extent of the impact of global warming. It is also perhaps hard to estimate how much of this climate change is actually due to human beings' behaviour. If this is what you meant, I see your point :). Regardless, due to it or not, it would not harm to act wisely and respectfully with one's environment. It would also help not to lose one's critical sense and succumb to any fear-inducing mass manipulations.
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The Red-Tailed Boa belongs to the Boa Constrictor family.
These snakes can be found from Northern Mexico through Central America and into South America. They can also be found on the islands off the coast of Mexico, Central America and South America.
Female Boa Constrictors can grow anywhere between 3 and 13 feet long depending on the amount of food available to them. Male Boa Constrictors are generally smaller coming in at about two-thirds the size of females, generally 7 to 10 feet long. An adult's weight averages about 60lbs. The average life of a Boa Constrictor is 20-30 years, with a few on record reaching 40 years old.
Boas do well in captivity and are generally very tame, but can be unpredictable during their shed cycle due to lack of visibility when the old skin begins to cover the eyes. Like most snakes, boas are nocturnal, hiding during the day time and coming out at night. These snakes are solitary animals and are normally only found together during mating season.
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As babies boa constrictors do not need much space, but as they grow, so must their environment. The general rule is that the enclosure should be no less than two-thirds of the snakes full length. Boas will climb as babies, but as they grow they will become more ground-oriented and will rarely be seen climbing anywhere. Providing a log or small climbing tree as babies is sufficient.
Some type of substrate needs to be provided, which is generally aspen shavings or newspaper. Never use any type of pine in the enclosure because the oils from pine are toxic to snakes. The terrarium should be set up so there is a hot end (86�-92�F) and cool end (75� - 85�F). The temperature should not be allowed to drop below 75�F or be raised above 95�F at any time. There should be a hiding spot in both temperature zones for the snake. Not providing adequate hiding areas can lead to stress on the snake which can cause health problems and a shorter life span.
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Baum to be inducted into state Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame
Bill Baum figured if he taught players the right skills and kept the game fun, the winning would take care of itself. And that philosophy served him well through 35 years of coaching.
Baum, former boys' and girls' tennis coach at then-Central Intermediate School and at Midland High School, will be inducted into the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Association (MHSTeCA) Hall of Fame on Feb. 3, 2012.
"It was pretty surprising," Baum, who coached from 1974-2009 and also taught math at Central and Midland High, said of the honor. "I started coaching at Central in 1974. I didn't think in my wildest dreams it would end (in the Hall of Fame). It's pretty neat."
Baum said he and longtime coaching colleague Tom Venman shared a simple philosophy.
"We wanted the kids to have fun, and we wanted to create some lasting memories for the kids, and to teach them some skills," he said. "As long as we did that, we knew the winning would come. ... We had good kids and a lot of good parents backing them up."
Baum, 60, coached boys' tennis at Central from 1974-80 and from 1996-97, and coached baseball in the years in between. He was the Central girls' tennis coach from 1974-85, serving as the first coach of the program after girls' scholastic athletics began in Michigan in 1974.
Baum's Central boys' tennis teams went 82-49, and his Central girls' teams went 40-65.
After moving to Midland High as a teacher in 1997 with the shifting of ninth grade to the high schools, Baum coached the MHS boys' and girls' junior varsity tennis teams for three years and then took over both varsity teams in 2000 after Tom Marquis retired from coaching.
Baum coached Chemics' girls' tennis from 2000-03 and from 2008-09, and boys' tennis from 2001-09.
His JV girls' and boys' teams went a combined 43-6-4. His varsity boys' teams were 82-18-5, and his varsity girls' teams were 51-13-6.
"I enjoyed both (middle school and high school)," Baum said. "Kids are kids. They're easy to work with."
In the spring of 2005, Baum's MHS boys' tennis team won the Saginaw Valley League title and its second straight regional title, along with going undefeated in dual matches.
"I had a lot of great kids, and I had a lot of great assistants," Baum said. "Tom Venman was the greatest assistant you could ever have."
One of Baum's former players at Central, Sally (Milligan) Paulus, later became the JV girls' tennis coach at Midland High when Baum was the varsity coach there. Paulus has officiated matches at the U.S. Open for the last few years.
Baum was previously honored as the 2009 MHSTeCA Boys' Coach of the Year for Division 1.
He will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Detroit Tennis Workshop at the Troy Marriott hotel.
Cross country regionals on Saturday
Area cross country teams compete in regionals on Saturday to attempt to advance to the state finals at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn the following Saturday.
The top three teams in each regional will advance to state.
Dow High, Midland High and Bay City Western are among 16 schools in the Division 1 regional at Delta College, with the girls running the 5K race at 10:30 a.m. and the boys at 11:30 a.m.
Meridian, Freeland, Hemlock, Beaverton and Gladwin are among 15 schools in the Division 3 regional, also at Delta, with the girls running at 10 a.m. and the boys at 11 a.m.
Bullock Creek is one of 16 schools in the Division 2 regional at Linden High School.
Coleman, Breckenridge and Merrill are among 16 schools at the Division 4 regional at Harbor Beach, with the girls running at 10 a.m. and the boys at 11 a.m.


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The views here are breathtaking and rival those of Moraine Lake in Banff National Park for the best in Canada. Panorama Ridge is a very long day, at almost 31 kilometres. This can be done if you're in good shape, but a more enjoyable way to do it is to book a night or two (preferably midweek) at Taylor Meadows or Garibaldi Lake campgrounds and savour this stunning region. From the campgrounds, you can take more measured daytrips up to Panorama Ridge as well as the base of Black Tusk. On hot days, head down to Garibaldi Lake for a quick dip, but be ready, it's chilly!
The hike to Cheakamus Lake is one of the best in the Whistler region, and great for intermediate hikers. For those of you who prefer two pedals to two feet, the route can also be biked, making this a quick trip. From the trailhead, just south of Whistler, this hike can be as short or as long as you like, with the lake only three kilometres from the trailhead. Our favourite route is a 16.6-kilometre return part way around the lake and gains just under 500 metres of elevation. Once you reach the lake, the views are world class, with the vista into Garibaldi Provincial Park and the mountains overlooking the lake ones you won't soon forget.
Wedgemount Lake combines a stunning lake with glaciers and big mountains. The trailhead is 14 kilometres north of Whistler, and this spectacular 15.6-kilometre hike gains almost 1,400 metres of elevation, so it's a steep one — like spending a few hours on the Stairmaster at the gym. Most hikers should take between six and eight hours to complete the hike. Once at the lake, the views are incredible, with a stunning aquamarine lake flanked by mountains and glaciers.
Here's a warning: don't try and do this hike on a weekend — traffic can be a bit nuts. This 12-kilometre hike is a perfect half day hike for most people, which explains why it can get so busy. Head north from Pemberton to the trailhead, and from there you'll quickly reach Lower Joffre Lake. After this lake, you start to gain elevation to Middle Joffre Lake. Up above is Joffre Lake and the Matier Glacier. Head on up and enjoy stunning views.
Not everybody likes long days with lots of elevation gain. This is where using the lifts at Whistler and Blackcomb come in handy. We prefer the hike along Blackcomb Meadows and views over the stunning Overlord Lookout. In Autumn you need to take the Whistler Village Gondola to the incredible Peak 2 Peak Gondola over to Blackcomb. From the station, this 10-kilometre hike takes in some of the most spectacular views in Whistler, while only gaining 500 metres of elevation. Once done, take the Peak 2 Peak Gondola back to Whistler and then the Peak Chair up for spectacular views from Whistler Mountain.
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Khalifa Port: The Birth of a Giant
11 June 2012	• Port Planning, Design & Construction
Author(s): Jan Grinwis, Deputy Project Manager, Khalifa Port Project, Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC), Khalifa, Abu Dhabi
The background of the project
Kizad
Khalifa Port is situated next to the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), a cornerstone of the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030, an industrial development of massive scale, which is under construction and is intended to stretch over an extraordinary 417 square kilometers. It marks a substantial drive towards the diversification of the economy in pursuit of sustainable growth that becomes less dependent on oil and gas.
The Emirates invested considerably in order to attract worldclass industries. Global and local companies alike recognize outstanding market access, the low cost operating environment and the support services and facilities. Khalifa Port and Kizad are being developed to support this vision.
Just offshore from Khalifa Port and Kizad (the megaproject) lies the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Gulf 's largest coral reef, the Ras Ghanada reef, 4 kilometers off shore and about 35 square kilometers in size. It supports coral such as Acropora downingi, Poritis Harrisoni, Acropora arabensis and flourishing marine life, such as turtles, dugongs, seasnakes, clownfish and much more. In order to protect the reef, an off shore terminal quay (the port island) was developed 4.6 kilometers out to the sea. Furthermore, 8 kilometers of internationally recognized and award-winning protective breakwater was constructed to help conserve the reef. The longest bridge in the UAE, to the port island, 1 kilometer long, allows for the current flow to the reef to be maintained.
It was in 2008 that construction of the port island began and the first dredger started to build bunds in the Gulf. In July 2010, ADPC started to write the equipment and TOS specifications; in September 2010, the tendering for equipment started, and orders for six STS cranes, 30 ASC and 20 sprinter cranes (SCs) went out at the end of November 2010.
From 2012, Khalifa Port will be able to handle, if needed, 2 million TEU containers a year and 12 million tons of cargo capacity a year. By 2030, that figure is scheduled to rise to up to 15 million TEU containers and up to 35 million tons of cargo a year. In February 2012, 3 STS, 20 ACSs and 10 SCs had arrived in good shape and tests began. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the official opening of the megaproject will take place.
The infrastructural design is solid and designed for a long life and low maintenance costs. The STS cranes run on an A150 rail with a rail span of 35 meters. The landside rail is mounted on beam stands on concrete piles of 1.2 meter diameter, every 6 meters. The waterside QC rail lies in the centre of the capping beam; a concrete beam 2.8 meters thick and 12.7 meters wide, which is built on top of a concrete block wall.
There are 30 ASCs, in 15 stacks, run on a 350 meter long AS86 rail, which is fixed on a concrete beam. This massive beam (1.5 meters by 1.2 meters) is fixed on 0.8 meter diameter concrete piles, every 6 meters on average. In the stack, the containers stand on massive concrete transverse beams as well. In general, beams are 0.9 meters by 1.5 meters, but in areas of 45 foot containers the beams are 0.9 meters by 3.3 meters. In between the beams, the stack is paved with interlocking concrete blocks. The pavement on the terminal is a special concrete mix which is applied in different thicknesses, depending on its functionality.
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The equipment specifications were made in a period of six weeks and the planning for the delivery of a working terminal was challenging. It was in this way, therefore, that the TOS became linked to the ASC supplier, as it has the strongest interface and risk. This is how the ASC supplier Konecranes became responsible for the delivery and implementation of ASCs and the Navis SPARCS N4 TOS system.
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Donna Dunne will be releasing her first album on the 23rd August 2013 in Whelan's,Dublin.
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Also joining them on stage is saxophone sensatioal Derek O'Connor from The Late Late Show house Band.
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text: planifrons, Apogon Longley [W. H.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1940:232, Fig. 5 [Papers Tortugas Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington v. 32; ref. 2822] Tortugas, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 107326. Paratypes: USNM 108887 (1). •Valid as Apogon planifrons Longley & Hildebrand 1940 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:151 [ref. 23100], Guimarães 1996:61 [ref. 22514], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:225 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:158 [ref. 27754], Fraser & Randall 2002:26 [ref. 25969], Collette et al. 2003:108 [ref. 26784], Gon 2003:1390 [ref. 27085], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:78 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:28 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:138 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:225 [ref. 28815], Baldwin et al. 2011:11 [ref. 31688], Page et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:45 [ref. 33341], Mabuchi et al. 2014:197 [ref. 33426], Pinheiro et al. 2015:16 [ref. 34324], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:26 [ref. 36965]). Current status: Valid as Apogon planifrons Longley & Hildebrand 1940. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.