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Saltman leads at Madeira Islands Open

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Updated: Thursday, 16 May 2013 22:42 | Comments Lloyd Saltman is the surprise leader of the Madeira Islands Open

Scot Lloyd Saltman hailed a virtually flawless round after equalling his best 18 holes as a professional on the first day of the Madeira Islands Open.

The Edinburgh-based 27-year-old carded an eight-under-par 64 to take a two-shot lead from England's Richard Bland.

Saltman was four under through five and two further birdies around the turn meant he covered the first 11 holes in 39 strokes.

However, an oversight hitting the wrong club at the short 315-yard par-four 12th cost him his only bogey of the day, although he bounced back with three birdies over the last six holes.

"I just played really well tee to green and made the putts I needed to make and my short game was really good as well so I can't really pick any faults from that round," said the former Walker Cup player.

"I've been working very hard trying to get the game as good as I can and it's nice to see the work paying off.

"I have put myself in a great position and I'm here to win."

The one error Saltman, who tied for fourth at this tournament in 2011, did cost him a shot at the 12th.

"It was a momentum killer. It's a short hole and I was only going in with a wedge but for the first time in my life I actually took the wrong club out," he told europeantour.com.

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China not Challenging United States Primacy in Pacific Islands, Says New Lowy Institute Analysis

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SYDNEY, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --In a new Lowy Institute for International Policy Analysis, Jenny Hayward-Jones, Director of The Myer Foundation Melanesia Program, provides a sober assessment of China's growing engagement in the Pacific Islands region. She argues that it is inaccurate and potentially counter-productive to view China's activities in the region in geo-strategic terms.

China's activities in the Pacific Islands are being viewed akin to its growing geo-strategic role in Asia. The resurgence of US interest in the region has been interpreted as part of the US pivot to the Asia-Pacific and out of concern for China's rising influence.

In 'Big Enough for all of us: geo-strategic competition in the Pacific Islands', Hayward -Jones reviews China's trade and investment, aid, diplomatic and military ties in the region. She argues that concerns about Chinese strategic ambitions are overstated.

'If China's aims in the region are to be described in terms of geo-strategic competition, then on the available evidence, China is not a particularly committed competitor', said report author Jenny Hayward- Jones.

The Analysis highlights that China is far from challenging the dominant role of other countries operating in the region. China's trade with the Pacific islands is approximately one third of the value of the region's primary trading partner (Australia); China only ranks as the region's fifth largest donor and China's military assistance pales in comparison to US spending on protecting the region.

'China is a long way from replacing Australia's dominance of the aid, trade and strategic domains in the South Pacific or displacing the United States as the dominant military power from the north', concludes Hayward- Jones.

The risk is that viewing China's activities through a geo-strategic lens will limit the ability to cooperate with China to both leverage the positive and manage the negative aspects of its increased activism in the region.

'Rather than speculate on China's future ambitions, Australia and the United States should focus on making more of their evolving relationships with China, and cooperate with China in aid and investment activities that support Pacific Island development priorities', she said.

Media Contact: Stephanie Dunstan +61 2 8238 9040 +61 435 802 629 sdunstan@lowyinstitute.org

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Scottish Islands could help UK achieve renewable energy targets

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The Scottish Islands could make a significant contribution to the UK's 2020 renewable energy targets, according to a joint report by the UK and Scottish Governments. The research considers the evidence base for developing renewables projects on the Scottish Islands. And the Scottish Islands Renewables Project report shows that while there are significant potential benefits to developing renewables on the Scottish Islands, there are also considerable costs that need to be overcome.

Key conclusions of today's publication include:

* Renewable generation, including onshore wind, wave and tidal, on the Scottish Islands could make a significant contribution to the UKs 2020 renewables targets.

* The cost of deploying renewables is higher than comparable projects on the mainland, due to the expensive transmission links that would be required.

The work has been guided and assisted by a Steering Group, with representatives from the island communities, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the transmission companies.

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Peace Islands Institute Hosts Cyber Bullying Conference At Rutgers University

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NEWARK, N.J., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --On Monday, May 20th, Peace Islands Institute (www.peaceislands.org), a non-profit organization that promotes peaceful dialogue and cross cultural understanding, will host a conference on Cyber Bullying at Rutgers University, where student Tyler Clementi tragically took his own life after suffering emotional and physical trauma from cyber bullying.

Speakers will include psychologists, experts on bullying, law enforcement officials, including a representative from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and conflict resolution practitioners who will provide a 360 degree look at how to detect signs of cyber bullying and how it can be prevented in schools across the nation.

"Cyber Bullying is a serious issue that has harmed far too many young people across the United States," said Ercan Tozan, Executive Director of Peace Islands in New Jersey. "As an organization dedicated to promoting cross-cultural understanding and dialogue, Peace Islands hopes to help find a way to address this issue by bringing together some of the top minds on this issue, including the young people that are too often the victims of all forms of bullying."

Peace Islands will also award prizes to the winning contestants of the annual Arts and Essay Contest, which focuses on the theme of Cyber Bullying this year. The Arts and Essay Contest has accepted entries of art pieces and essays from secondary school students throughout the state of New Jersey. Winners will be awarded scholarships by the organization and several New Jersey elected officials will participate in the awards ceremony, including Senators Tom Keane and Bob Smith.

This is the fourth annual Arts and Essay contest. Last year's theme focused on "Poverty: Time to Act Together."

About Peace Islands Institute

Peace Islands Institute is a nonprofit 501c organization based in the United States. The organization aims to build a lasting peace by promoting dialogue and cross cultural learning. To further its goals, the organization operates four centers: Center for Global Affairs, Center for Social Affairs, Center for Interfaith Affairs and Center for Education. The organization and its centers host several events including interfaith dialogues, panel discussions, inter-cultural trips, and philanthropic events.

Learn more about Peace Islands Institute at http://www.peaceislands.org.

About Arts and Essay Contest

The Art& Essay Contest is an annual contest sponsored by Peace Islands with the intention to instill universally accepted values of diversity, tolerance, and respect for human dignity in teens and young adults of the state of New Jersey. It provides a forum for various platforms in which teens can express their understanding of these values. Several hundred dollars in prizes will be granted to high school and middle school students.

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Scottish News: '10,000 jobs' in islands renewables

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May 15 2013

Renewable energy projects could create more than 10,000 jobs on the Scottish islands by 2030, according to a Government-commissioned report.

An independent study found investment in wind, wave and tidal energy would bring significant socio-economic benefits to the Western Isles, Shetland and Orkney and could establish Scotland as a world leader in marine technologies.

But the expense and difficulty of accessing the National Grid means the Government needs to weigh up the cost and benefits of developing renewable energy on the islands against other sources of electricity , the report said.

The Government has agreed a target of meeting 15% of the UK's energy needs from renewable sources by 2020, which requires about 30% of UK electricity to come from renewables by this date.

The Scottish Government aims to generate the equivalent of 100% of Scotland's gross annual electricity consumption from renewable sources by 2020.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change and Scottish ministers appointed energy consultants Baringa Partners and TNEI to assess whether Scottish Islands renewables could help meet the targets and what was needed to bring the projects forward.

If renewable projects in the region are to be a key contributor to the targets then a co-ordinated policy is "urgently" needed, the consultants advised.

The report said: "We have concluded in our study that further renewable generation on the Scottish Islands will not be developed on any scale in the near term under current policy.

"The costs of connecting to the transmission system are too high, making it difficult for developers and the regulator acting on behalf of customers to commit to costly new transmission infrastructure."

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For Outer Islands, a Little Help from Friends

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WESTBROOK - Everyone needs a few friends-even the town's offshore islands, especially after the damage wrought by Superstorm Sandy.

Superstorm Sandy last fall-and Storm Irene the year before-left the town's uninhabited islands-Salt, Duck, and Menunketesuck-badly damaged. Fencing and signage installed to protect bird nesting areas was lost, upended, or washed away by waves and wind. Beach areas where wading birds feed and some nest were badly eroded.

But the birds don't know that and, already, the migrating birds have begun to return. Will the habitat and nesting areas they find now support them in the nesting seasons?

Tom ODell wants to make sure the answer to that question is "Yes." That's why he's trying to organize a group of volunteers as the Friends of Westbrook Islands.

As chairman of the town's Conservation Commission, he has worked with Stewart McKinney National Wildlife Refuge Manager Rick Potvin and representatives of the state's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), which owns one of the islands, to develop a plan for coordinated management of the three islands. The Friends of Westbrook Islands concept grew out of this informal island management arrangement.

Three entities own and are responsible for managing the three Westbrook offshore islands: DEEP for Duck Island, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Menunketesuck Island, and the town's Conservation Commission for Salt Island.

On May 7 ODell and Potvin co-hosted the first Friends of Westbrook Islands organizational meeting at the Wildlife Refuge Headquarters in Westbrook. The goal of the group will be to provide volunteers willing to help protect the islands' nesting habitats, in coordination with the islands' respective owners.

"The three Westbrook islands are very important to birdlife and are designated as part of the Audubon Society's Important Bird Areas [IBAs]," said Rick Potvin. "On Duck Island, there's long-legged waders that are birds of concern for the state. Also, common terns use the area for nesting and oyster-catchers. Roseate terns fish on the shoals of the three islands."

A coastal bird survey will be conducted from June 3 to 14 to assess the impact of last fall's storms and the damage to habitat on the shore bird populations.

As Potvin described his and ODell's vision for the group, it would be to form an independent entity that would allow conservation and recreation uses of the islands to go hand in hand.

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