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South Florida Aquatic Plant Management Society General Meeting Announcement DATE: Thursday, April 14, 2011 TIME: 8:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. Sunset Lakes Municipal Complex 2801 SW 186th Ave. Miramar, FL 33029
Agenda 8:00am – 8:15am
Registration and Refreshments
8:15am – 9:05am
The New Florida Registered Aquatic Herbicide CLIPPER Jim Petta / Valent Professional Products
9:05am – 9:55am
Cost Effective Turbidity and Sludge Reduction Technique Chip Bettle & Grace Corbino / Blue Frog Systems
9:55am – 10:00am
BREAK
10:05am – 10:50am
Equipment Safety Measures and Environmental Lakefront Dangers Sean Dinneen / Lead Engineer – City of Sunrise
10:50am - 11:40am
Lake Trafford – A Study in Lake Management Ralph Laprairie / Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
11:40am – 12:00pm
Natural Area and Aquatic Plant, Tree and Shrub Identification Steve Montgomery & Holly Sutter / Allstate Resource Management, Inc.
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Complimentary Lunch Sponsored by Blue Frog Systems / Chip Bettle & Grace Corbino
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Board of Directors Meeting
Four (4) C.E.U. credits will be available for paid members Please remember to turn in your membership application for 2011
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President’s Message
To my delight, 2011 has been very successful for SFAPMS. With Linda and Lydia doing an outstanding job of communicating with members and sponsors, we have been fortunate to grow our membership and have sponsors eager to help cover the costs of our meetings. Our members continue to take an active role in expressing where we stand on local and national freshwater issues. I encourage all members to submit articles or photos that you feel would be of interest to the society for inclusion in upcoming issues of the Hydrophyte. The Hydrophyte is now available for download on our website at www.sfapms.org and is being shared by many professionals in our industry. Thanks for your help. Joel Wolf President
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Page 3 Officers and Board Members - 2010 Officers 2010 Joel Wolf: President …………………………….……. Steve Montgomery: Past President …….…….….…. Linda Wolonick: Secretary ……..….……………….... Lydia Groves: Treasurer ………………………... Joshua Glasser: Editor ………………………………. Board Members 2010 Holly Sutter (1 of 3) ………………………………….. John Keating (1 of 3) ………………………………... Steve Weinsier (1 of 3) ………………………………. Adam Gardner (1 of 3) ..…….……………………….. James Boggs (2 of 3) ………………………………... John Raymundo (2 of 3) …………………………..… John Lepage (2 of 3) …………………………………. Wes Tipton (1 of 3) ..……………………….…..…….. Andy Hyatt (1 of 3) .……………...…………………..
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The Francis E. "Chil" Rossbach Scholarship Fund Funds from the scholarship are used to help defray costs for students taking classes related to the study of aquatic environmental sciences or related areas. The scholarship is open to anyone, and all are encouraged to apply. Applications will be accepted through the year and the scholarship awarded when a suitable candidate is found. Money raised by the Society throughout the year partially goes to fund this scholarship, the intent of which is to promote the study of aquatics. If you are interested in applying for the scholarship, please contact Scholarship Committee Chairperson Lydia Groves 954.370.0041 for an application.
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Plant of the Month Canna spp. (golden canna) Canna spp. are tall perennial herbs, about 1.3 m tall. The stems are stout and grow from rhizomes. The leaves are large, 200-600 mm long and 50-150 mm wide, alternate, with large sheathing petioles; there can be several leaves on a stem. The flowers are bisexual, extremely showy, terminal, and in spikes, racemes, or panicles. The three sepals are greenish and bract-like, and the three golden pedals are mostly narrow, pointed, and larger than the sepals. The fruit is a three-parted, rough, football shaped capsule, 25-50 mm long with brown or black seeds. Canna flaccida is native to Florida, and two other species, C. indica and C. generalis, are cultivators that infrequently escape to roadside ditches or other aquatic habitats in Florida.
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Florida Aquatic Plant Identification Overview Florida has many species of aquatic plants, with some native to the state and others establishing themselves within its boundaries from other places. The recognition of the distinct species of aquatic plants in Florida requires you to observe a number of their characteristics. These include such features as their habitat, leaves and flowers, as well as noting the shapes and sizes of the plants you encounter in and along the state's waters. Habitat Where you find an aquatic plant can aid your identification process. For example, species such as water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) will float on the top of ponds, lakes and quiet rivers. Others, such as eelgrass (Vallisneria americana), will be below the surface of the water. A number of aquatic species occur along the shorelines or growing out of the water close to shore. These include cattails (Typha) and arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia). Shape The shape of aquatic plants in Florida can help you figure out what they are. This is particularly true of the floating aquatics. Spatterdock (Nuphar advena) features large heart-shaped leaves, while white water lilies (Nymphaea odorata) have a rounded leaf on the surface with what appears to be a large notch taken out. The leaf shape of some emergent aquatic plants also is important to recognizing them. Alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides), for instance, has a long elliptical leaf. Size Measuring the length and width of the leaves and/or the entire aquatic plant is helpful when trying to identify species. Cattails may grow to be as tall as 9 feet, notes the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) reaches a similar height, but possesses leaves that can be 4 feet long and ½ inch wide. The feathery leaves of coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum) are only 1 inch long, while the floating American lotus (Nelumbo lutea) leaf may be 3 feet wide. Flowers Many of Florida's aquatic plants produce flowers, some of which are quite distinctive. Such is the case with the water hyacinth, known for its attractive brilliant purple flowers rising on a stalk over the plant. Water lilies, water lotus and spatterdock all have distinguishing blooms. Knotweeds (Polygonum), an emergent plant, will produce a spike of pink and white flowers that occur on the top of the plant. Arrangement Observing the leaf arrangement on submerged Florida aquatic plants will give you a good idea of the type of plant growing under the water. Some have a whorled pattern of leaves, growing around the stems, such as southern naiad (Najas guadalupensis) and hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata). Others will possess complicated-looking branched stems, such as bladderwort (Utricularia). Still others, including a species known as fanwort (Cabomba), have leaves that grow opposite one another on the plant's stem. Credit: GardenGuides.com
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Equipment Talk AquaDisplays Andy Roberts 954.382.0258 info@aquadisplays.com Fountain Model: Ultima Display Characteristics: The ultimate in fountains; each is custom designed to the desired specification in height and surrounding features. Due to the enormous amount of water displayed, the fountain is highly visible at long distances and ideally suited for large bodies of water or as a unique focal point where an impression is a must. The chosen display can be lighted effectively by a myriad of treatments. Technical Specifications: ULTIMA Display Dimensions: Height 25’ – 30’ Width 25’ – 30’ Distance Visibility: High Pumps: 10 HP 230V (requires 8/4 SO,ST or STO) Lights: Custom to Specifications Display Features: Custom pod containing five ½” jets with a variety of options for peripheral display (4 fan or aerating jets are most popular). ULTIMA ULTRA Display Dimensions: Height 40’ – 50’ Width 25’ – 30’ Distance Visibility: High Pumps: 25 HP 230V (requires 2/4 SO,ST or STO cable) Lights: Custom to Specifications Display Features: Custom pod containing five ½” jets with a variety of options for peripheral display (6 fan or aerating jets are most popular).
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S.F.A.P.M.S. Is Having A Record Breaking Year With over 100 industry professionals attending our last general meeting and a waiting list of presenters, 2011 is shaping up to be our best year yet! Our membership, has increased by over 35 percent and we are getting a very positive response from The Hydrophyte. Our goal is to provide industry professionals with the most informative and up-to-date information available on South Florida Aquatics. We encourage all members to submit articles and photos for inclusion in upcoming editions. Please submit your entries to josh@mcentrik.com. South Florida APMS General Meeting
Central Broward Drainage District January 2011
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Florida Frogs Floated From Cuba Two species of invasive frog which are hopping their way through Florida probably got to the state by hitching a ride on floating debris from Cuba, according to a study published on Wednesday. Amphibian experts have long wrangled over the origins of the greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris) and the Cuban treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis). The two species are widespread across the Caribbean, but were first spotted in the Florida Keys - the island chain that starts at Florida's southeastern tip - in the mid-1800s. A hundred years later, both began to be firmly established on the mainland and embarked on a relentless advance. Today, the greenhouse frog has established colonies as far north as Alabama, while the Cuban treefrog can be found all around the southern Florida coastline. Scientists led by Blair Hedges at Pennsylvania State University analysed the frogs' DNA to identify the amphibians' closest native relatives, which would tease out clues about this unusual migration. The greenhouse frog's ancestry was pinpointed to a small area of western Cuba, while the Cuban treefrog came from at least two sources in Cuba, of which the best bet is a remote peninsula in the western part of the island. The team believes that the two species came to Florida thousands of years ago, quite possibly by climbing on board vegetation that then floated like a raft across the narrow strait. Once established in the Keys, the frogs adapted over the years to the colder winters of Florida compared to their Cuban home, and this enabled them to spread northwards when transport and commerce links developed in the mid-20th century. "Both of them could have come across (to Florida) naturally, not by swimming, because these frogs would die pretty quickly in salt water, but by floating across on vegetation," Hedges said in a phone interview. "There are plenty of examples of flotsam crossings, on short distances as well as long distances, even across oceans. These frogs, especially the treefrog, are on many small islands in the Caribbean which have no humans, so clearly they get around. There's no other way they could have got to those islands other than by floating." Hedges added: "What we're speculating in this paper is that if they were there on the Keys on their own for thousands of years, they could have adapted to a more continental climate, making them better invasive species. "And when they made their way up into Florida, that may explain why they have done so well." Invasive species such as rabbits, rats, the cane toad and zebra mussels, introduced deliberately or accidentally into foreign habitats, can become a major problem in biodiversity. Hedges said that although the two Cuban frogs had clearly adapted well to Florida, little was known of their impact on native American species.
Credit: The Independent . Photo Credit: Green Floridian
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The 9th Annual Water Matters Day was held on Saturday, March 12, 2011 An important part of Broward County’s effort to educate residents about water conservation is Water Matters Day. This fun, activity-filled event focuses on teaching residents about the need to conserve and protect water for people, plants and animals. The event helps Broward residents make the connection between their daily activities and the impact they have on our local water resources and natural environment. Water Matters Day exhibits show how to save and protect water through landscape best management practices and through indoor conservation. The participants helped explain local water management, Everglades restoration, and how our canals connect the County’s urban and natural systems. Workshops with landscaping and gardening experts give attendees insight into how to make their yards less water dependent and more inviting to native wildlife. The workshops provide in-depth information and an important opportunity for learning in small groups where questions can be answered personally. One of the most popular sessions each year is on how to create a NatureScape. NatureScape Broward experts explain the importance of environmentallyfriendly landscaping, with tips on plant selection and placement, proper fertilizer and pesticide use, and more. The best part is that while Water Matters Day is about education, it’s also about fun. The event is packed with workshops, giveaways, children’s activities, and entertainment. For instance, while parents are learning about choosing the right plants for their yards, their children can learn about creating backyard wildlife habitats in a birdhouse-building workshop. They can also listen to a local folksinger in the entertainment pavilion, or help their parents collect giveaways, which in the past have included rain gauges, automatic shut-off devices for irrigation systems, native trees and plants, and garden mulch. Not only are these freebies and activities popular, but they also help attendees apply what they’ve learned when they get home. That’s the most important lesson Water Matters Day has to teach. Participants are encouraged to take what they’ve learned and put it into practice. We can all be leaders in water conservation by setting a good example for our friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers. Everyone has a role to play in the wise management of our water resources. When we work together, we can make sure there’s enough quality water for people, plants and animals.
Credit: BrowardCounty.Org Photo Credit: Allstate Resource Management
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Florida’s Aquatic Preserves Much of Florida's distinctive character lies in the beauty of its coastline. The best of our coastal landscapes have been set aside for protection as aquatic preserves. This natural beauty has always been one of Florida's major attractions for both tourists and residents. Ironically, the very features that have drawn people to Florida are potentially endangered by the increased population pressures. Aquatic preserves protect the living waters of Florida to ensure that they will always be home for bird rookeries and fish nurseries ... freshwater springs and salt marshes ... seagrass meadows and mangrove forests. These natural wonders offer a window into Florida's natural and cultural heritage. In 1975, with growing appreciation for their environmental diversity and alluring beauty, Florida enacted the Aquatic Preserve Act. This ensured that aquatic preserves' natural condition ... "their aesthetic, biological, and scientific values may endure for the enjoyment of future generations." Today, Florida is fortunate to have 41 aquatic preserves, encompassing almost two million acres. All but four of these "submerged lands of exceptional beauty" are located along Florida's 8,400 miles of coastline in the shallow waters of marshes and estuaries. These waters are ours to enjoy and ours to protect. Wildlife Habitat Pristine waters act as critical nurseries for fish and other aquatic life. This is where our fishing industry begins. Bottlenose dolphins break the water's surface and manatees feed on the seagrasses. Wading and shore birds, including pelicans, ospreys, and roseate spoonbills, thrive in the shallow waters. Recreation Approximately two-thirds of Floridians live in counties that border an aquatic preserve. Often referred to as "liquid parks", aquatic preserves are vital to Florida's quality of life. Residents and visitors enjoy swimming, fishing, boating and paddling through the preserves, often unaware that the waters are being protected and preserved for generations to come. Cultural Heritage Numerous archaeological sites found along the preserves, shores attest to early human habitation. Like many people today, early explorers found them attractive places to live. Shell mounds, which are heaps of the discarded remains from early meals, bear the evidence of early human communities and add to their cultural and historical value.
Photo Credit: Wikimedia
Credit: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
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Lake Trafford Restoration Project To celebrate the restoration of Lake Trafford in Collier County, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) invited families to witness the release of wildlife and introduce their children to fishing, for free. At 1,500 acres, Lake Trafford is the largest freshwater lake south of Lake Okeechobee. Already, water clarity, native vegetation and the number of small fish have improved. Largemouth bass fingerlings stocked last year are growing well. Anglers seeking crappie are catching and releasing the bass. "Lake Trafford is an important resource for boating, fishing and wildlife-viewing," said Barron Moody, regional administrator for the FWC's Division of Freshwater Fisheries Management. "One of the FWC's primary goals in restoration was to create healthy habitat for our fish and wildlife resources. This means more recreational opportunities for anglers and outdoor enthusiasts." To mark the milestone, FWC Commissioner Ron Bergeron was among the dignitaries speaking at a public celebration hosted by the South Florida Water Management District. The festivities began at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at Ann Olesky Park in Immokalee. "The FWC is proud to have teamed up with our local, state and federal partners to restore Lake Trafford," said Bergeron. "Restoring this lake and its fishery will improve the entire ecosystem, thus benefitting the local community." Following Bergeron's remarks, staff from the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary in Jupiter, assisted by the FWC, released juvenile yellowcrowned night herons on Lake Trafford's shoreline. The Busch sanctuary raised and rehabilitated the wading birds after their nest was destroyed. At the conclusion of the public-speaking portion of the festivities, the FWC sponsored free fishing for children. Staff loaned rods and reels to the kids and provided bait. This activity took place at the pier at Ann Olesky Park. Over the past several years, the lake has been the focus of a multi-agency restoration project. The lake was dredged of millions of cubic yards of muck that had triggered algal blooms and fish kills. Future Plans The restoration of lake Trafford will not end with the completion of dredging. Other plans to maintain the health of the lake include:
Reestablish native submerged aquatic vegetation
Monitor the long-term health of the lake using water quality parameters, environmental indicators and the recovery of native fish communities
Promote additional studies to develop best management practices to control nutrient runoff and minimize growth of invasive aquatic vegetation
Credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Photo Credit:floridafishinglakes.net
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Exotic Species, Especially Pythons, Rebound After 2010 Killer Cold
Just over a year ago, a killer freeze caused iguanas to drop from trees, turned pythons into snake-sicles and left Mayan cichlids and other tropical fish bobbing like bloated corks in lakes and canals. Now, the exotic invaders are back — and in surprisingly healthy numbers, particularly in the case of the most infamous of the bunch, the Burmese python. Water managers are again routinely pulling snakes off canal levees, only last week bagging a 13.5-foot male along the bank of the L28 in west Miami-Dade. In Everglades National Park — epicenter of the exotic invasion — the record cold last January appears to have had only a mild chilling effect. "Right now, the numbers aren't all that different," said park biologist Skip Snow. "We're finding them in the same places we've been finding them." While scientists can only estimate the toll the big chill took on the army of exotic reptiles, fish and plants in the wilds of South Florida, field observations over the last year suggest nature knocked them down but not out. Some already are speeding down the road to recovery. David Hallac, the park's biological resources chief, said he expected a sharp decline in captured snakes. But last year's total of 322 fell only about 10 percent from 2009. "That actually shocked me," Hallac said. "We couldn't believe how many snakes were coming in. At a minimum, I was thinking maybe a 50 percent drop." Wildlife managers and biologists have long considered cold weather the best hope for controlling the spread of exotic species. Most are tropical imports that were either illegally released by owners or accidentally escaped. Some, such as pythons, pose major ecological threats, competing for space and food and preying on native wildlife. The frigid weather last January was the coldest 12-day stretch since the 1940s, according to the National Weather Service, with temperatures in the Everglades never rising above 50 degrees. It claimed countless victims, native and exotic, across diverse habitats. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Service documented at least 244 manatees killed by cold, leading to a one-year record for total deaths. A plunge in ocean temperatures all but wiped out corals in shallow waters from Biscayne Bay through much of the Florida Keys and left hundreds of sea turtles dead or stunned and sick. The 100-plus carcasses of rare North American crocodiles represented about 10 percent of the coastal population. The cold snap also produced one of the largest fish kills seen in decades. Peter Frezza, Everglades research manager for Audubon of Florida in the Keys, took more than a dozen trips across Florida Bay and into the Everglades to study the effects, which he documented in a recent report published in the Tropical Audubon Society's winter newsletter.
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In one backcountry basin alone, he did a detailed count and came back with a staggering 39,800 dead snook and tarpon — fish prized by anglers. The final tally from all his trips: about 90,000 dead snook, staggering but only a small fraction of a loss that forced the state to shut down snook fishing for much of the year. Snook fishing remains restricted on the Gulf Coast and in Everglades National Park and Monroe County, where only "catch and release" is allowed until at least September. While Frezza, also an avid fisherman, still reports "an incredible lack of snook" in Florida Bay and the southern Glades, he has been encouraged by other rebounds. Pilchards, a key bait fish, have returned en masse and there's been a surge in young cold-hardy redfish, which should reach legal size next year. In the coastal marshes, he has also seen an explosion of mosquitofish and other tiny prey fish that are the main diet for rare roseate spoonbill and many wading birds. That's a result, he said, of healthy water levels and the cold slamming what had been unhealthily large populations of exotic fish. The plentiful food is promising for wading birds, Frezza said: "We're hoping for a very successful breeding season." But if history holds, Mayan cichlids, spotted tilapia and other tropical fish will push deep into the marshes sooner or later, said Kelly Gestring, director of the FWC's Non-Native Fish Research Laboratory in Boca Raton. Canals and other warmer refuges have sheltered enough of the fish in past freeze to fuel renewed population booms, he said. "It's probably going to be a temporary reduction." The tree-dwelling green iguana was a rare invader that appears to have been beaten back hard, but no one doubts the species will rebound. Once about as common as coconuts, green iguana have grown scarce all the way down to the Keys. At previously infested Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on Key Biscayne, the largest lizards — six-footers that might give a pit bull pause — have vanished. But Elizabeth Golden, the park's biologist, said she's seeing small greens pop up. There also are plenty of black spiny tail iguanas in all sizes, another species that seems to have weathered the chill, she said, possibly protected by its underground burrows. "I have a feeling we'll never get rid of them entirely," she said. That also could be the case for exotic plants that wildlife managers have struggled for decades to eradicate. LeRoy Rodgers, the South Florida Water Management District's lead scientist for vegetation management, was hoping for a big hand from nature. He didn't get it. The frigid temperatures damaged some species, he said, but not enough to stem their spread. One, the thicket-forming Brazilian pepper, tolerated the cold better than many natives. "It's frustrating," he said. As for pythons, the brutal cold did accomplish at least one significant thing, said Frank Mazzotti, a University of Florida wildlife ecologist. It flattened a rising trend line in Everglades captures for the first time in a decade. But he dismissed arguments from python breeders and collectors that the freeze had largely wiped out the population or shown the giant constrictors were unlikely to continue spreading north from the Glades. The groups are battling federal efforts to stop the importation and interstate sale of pythons. The debate was fueled in part by a study Mazzotti published last year showing nine of 10 pythons equipped with radio tracers in the park perished in the cold. He cautioned against applying that ratio to the entire Glades, pointing out his research team also found that 60 percent of the 99 snakes spotted during the study were alive and slithering. Overall, he said, the "impression" is that more recent captures seem to be smaller and younger, he said, which could point to at least a disruption in breeding. But big snakes also continue to show up. Last March, two months after the freeze, Mazzotti's team found a 15-foot female — one of the largest found in Everglades National Park — mating with three males. The python bagged on the L-28 last week was the largest male that water managers have found. Mazzotti, echoed by park biologist Snow, said it will take more study and perhaps several breeding seasons to get a better picture of the full effects. Credit: Sun Sentinel
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South Florida Aquatic Plant Management Society Name: __________________________________________________________________________ Company:_______________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________ City: ____________________ State: ________________ Zip: ___________________________ Telephone: _______________ Fax: ________________ Email:______________________ SFAPMS Annual Sponsorship (Please check one level) (Includes recognition at all conference/workshops in 2011, and recognition in the Hydrophyte, and SFAPMS Website) Sponsorship/Participation Options (Please check as many as you would like) _____ “Chil” Rossbach Scholarship Fund (any amount is appreciated …………………... _____ Student Membership……………………………………………................................ _____ Non-Member Event Attendance…………………………………………………….... _____ Individual Membership………………………………………………………..…......… _____ Four Business Card Ads in Hydrophyte (attach but do not staple)..……………... _____ Door prize (one meeting)………………………………………………...………….... _____ Raffle Prize (one meeting)…………………………………………….…...…………. _____ Four ¼ Page Ads in Hydrophyte (provide original layout)...……………....…..…... _____ Four ½ Page Ads in Hydrophyte (provide original layout)………..……….…..….... _____ Meeting Merchandise Sponsorship (your logo & SFAPMS logo will be included on item) _____ Full Page Ad in Hydrophyte (provide original layout)………………..………...…… _____ Gold _____ Silver _____ Bronze
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Become a SFAPMS Gold, Silver or Bronze level sponsor New ways to help support your applicator run society, as well as, more options to get more out of your advertising dollar for 2011
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