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Walt H
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Posted: Mon 03 Oct 2005, 00:50
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Can I put Puppy on HD by itself?
I know putting Puppy on HD has been discussed in several forums, but one thing that isn't quite clear to me is whether Puppy can be made to take over an entire hard drive.
I know that part of the beauty is being able to take your OS wherever you go, but I also think Puppy, because it is lean and mean but can be fattened up, makes a great base OS for installing on hard drive.
I've read a lot of the material but wonder whether you can do a Puppy install onto a HD and have it erase whatever is already there and also whether Puppy then resembles a more traditional Linux distro (i.e., does it still create the pup001 file?). I'm sorry if all of this is clear to everyone else. Thanks.
Now that you point it out to me, the answer seems painfully obvious.
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Mr Doolie
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
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Posted: Mon 03 Oct 2005, 01:03
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> I'm sorry if all of this is clear to everyone else. Thanks.
Not everybody, Walt. I dunno either but am waiting to find out.
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Posted: Mon 03 Oct 2005, 01:06
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I made it today, not the whole drive, but one partition of 2 Gigabyte.
You can do that from the "Setup"-menue.
As I just had downloaded the ISO, but not burned it to CD, I slightly altered the file "installfunctions" to search not on CD but on my Windows-Drive for the files to copy to the new partition.
I also have set up Grub manually to match my other systems.
A Pup001 is not longer needed, it is a full puppy like Mandrake or Debian.
It is a bit slower than running with pup001, but still much faster than my mandrake.
Nice: you still can automatically mount usr_devx.sfs (just 50 MB, simply copy it to "/") with all the compilers. If you would extract it (what is possible), it would eat 1GB(!) of space!
The even faster solution is to simply copy the files from CD to a harddrive, so that pup001 still is used. But if you install lots of software, you have to increase its size, and I do not feel good with a 1 GB large single file (imagine just 1 byte gets corrupted - the whole file might be unusable).
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Posted: Mon 03 Oct 2005, 08:48
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Adding to what MU has said ...
sure, you can take over the whole hard drive if you wish. From the Start menu > Setup > Install Puppy hard drive
you can choose Type 1 installation - compressed (similar to liveCD) or Type 2 - conventional. Type 2 is what you want.
When prompted where you want your bootloader installed to, you should choose MasterBootRecord.
If you don't already have your hard drive suitably partitioned, you should run "cfdisk" first.
Pup001 is not relevant to a full hard drive installation.
A full hard drive installation is useful for development. The entire filesystem can be changed, not just /root, /etc, and /usr.
Also, its bootup time is really fast.
But once you move away from one of Puppy's main features of running in RAM, you might then question whether you're really more suited to a full-featured version of Linux ... or perhaps a "medium-weight" version like Vector or Mepis.
Or why not have the best of both worlds? Multiboot your computer.
I multiboot a laptop with a 30GB drive between Window$ XP, Debian, Vector, and Puppy, on 4 separate partitions. There's also a shared swap partition.
And finally, I also have compressed versions of Puppy and DamnSmallLinux which boot from my first Linux partition (hda2, which contains Debian).
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Walt H
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Posted: Tue 04 Oct 2005, 01:31
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But once you move away from one of Puppy's main features of running in RAM, you might then question whether you're really more suited to a full-featured version of Linux ... or perhaps a "medium-weight" version like Vector or Mepis.
First off, I translate "full-featured" as bloated. My machine came pre-loaded with Xandros, and that system is as slow as molasses. While KDE looks nice, it seems to have become (to my uneducated eyes) almost as resource hungry as Windows. Now back to the rest of your post.
Are you suggesting (and Guest Too, I think to some extent in the VFAT thread in this forum) that those of us who want a system on the HD should look somewhere else? The fact that Puppy is lean to start out with is one of the things that makes it attractive to me as my sole OS. I first downloaded it when I was on dialup, which eliminated other possible distributions because of their size and the time needed for a download.
Now that I have a faster connection, time is not a consideration, but I still like the fact that I can build it into what I want without having to weed out the things I don't want. I like that I can install Scribus without it uninstalling a bunch of other stuff. (This was a problem with Scribus in the past; maybe it's been fixed.)Plus, I know it works with my USB wireless adapter. I'd hate to install another system only to find it doesn't work with it. That basically leaves me with live CDs that can be installed. Kanotix works with my adapter, but there is so much stuff packed onto the CD that I will never use, that I'm not sure where to start to get rid of stuff.
tempestuous wrote:
Or why not have the best of both worlds? Multiboot your computer.
I multiboot a laptop with a 30GB drive between Window$ XP, Debian, Vector, and Puppy, on 4 separate partitions. There's also a shared swap partition.
And finally, I also have compressed versions of Puppy and DamnSmallLinux which boot from my first Linux partition (hda2, which contains Debian).
I did dual-boot when I first started using Linux, but I went MS-less two years ago (at home) and have no desire to use it again (have to at work unfortunately). I feel a bit lost anytime I have to use my wife's computer with XP (especially in the default XP layout). I also want to get rid of Xandros. I want to pick a distribution and stick with it. Running one on top of another one I never (and I mean never) use seems a waste of resources and hard drive space.
So, if Puppy is not my best bet, I'm open to suggestions. I've looked at Kanotix and have thought about Zenwalk (formerly Minislack), even though it's not a live CD. Vector would be a possibility, I suppose. (I used to run 3.2 SOHO and liked it except for problems getting my printing operational.)
If, against the seeming conventional wisdom, I decided I wanted Puppy on the hard drive, would there be anything different I would need to do to be able to compile programs (uncompress any files, relocate them, etc. - covered elsewhere to some extent, but it isn't fully clear what I would need to do or could do to/with usr_devx.sfs to keep using it)? Also, would I still be able to install dotpups and pupgets?
Finally, if I did install Puppy on HD, would I then be able to remaster a version to take and use on a second computer? (I also have an old laptop I will probably use from time to time.) Sorry for the lengthy post; I tend to ramble a little when I start to get tired.
EDIT: One other thing I thought of is the fact that I hate taking the Puppy CD out to do something else (like burn a CD) then forgetting to put Puppy back and, as a result, booting into Xandros then next time I start the system.
Now that you point it out to me, the answer seems painfully obvious.
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Puppy Master
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Posted: Tue 04 Oct 2005, 03:07
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Are you suggesting (and Guest Too, I think to some extent in the VFAT thread in this forum) that those of us who want a system on the HD should look somewhere else?
i'm not suggesting that
in fact, most of the time i run Puppy from my hard drive ... but i have never bothered to do an option 2 install ... i find an option 1 install adequate for my purposes
actually, all i do is copy the 3 Puppy files from the iso to my hard drive ... and Puppy is installed ... this is a lot easier than a full option 2 install (copying all the individual uncompressed files to a dedicated partition) ... which is one of the advantages of an option 1 install
there are other advantages to running Puppy this way
unless you have very limited ram, usr_cram.fs is copied to ram when Puppy boots ... and ram is a lot faster than the hard drive ... with an option 2 install, each individual file that gets used as Puppy runs is accessed from the hard drive ... with an option 1 install, most of the files in /usr are already in ram
if any system files in /bin, /sbin, /lib, /usr are damaged (or corrupted or accidently deleted), they will usually be restored the next time Puppy boots ... to fix a corrupted file in /usr it might be necessary to delete the file in /root/.usr ... i borked one of my library files in Vector Linux, and there's no really easy way to fix it ... if i do the same thing in an option 1 Puppy, it's trivial to fix (just delete the file from /root/.usr)
to upgrade to the newest version of Puppy is easy too ... just copy the 3 Puppy files from the iso
there are advantages and disadvantages to each method ... for myself, i find that an option 1 install is adequate for my purposes
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Posted: Tue 04 Oct 2005, 05:33
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I'm not suggesting that, either. What I'm really suggesting is that you should consider dual-booting a Puppy Type 1 install AND a Type 2 install.
Having both on the same computer would allow you a ready comparison.
I only gave you my multi-boot example to illustrate what can be done at the extreme level.
You could have both Puppy versions installed on a single ext2 or ext3 partition, or consider having two ext2/ext3 partitions to keep each installation separate.
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Posted: Tue 04 Oct 2005, 08:24
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Here's a reason to have Puppy run from hard drive and not RAM - in some cases it can be faster.
I have an old computer with 128Mb of RAM. I have horrible habits that chew up all the RAM. I'll have Streamtuner, gxine, GIMP, Inkscape, Mozilla, Abiword, Adobe Acrobat, and a programming IDE of sorts open at the same time. Usually I only have three or four of those running at a time, but that starts to drag my system down. I'm a very RAM intensive user.
If I try to boot into RAM, I end up with 60 Mb RAM used an 50 Mb of swap used. Before I even open a single application, I'm using swap. If you include file buffers, I'm using all my RAM. Forced to use swap, my systems crawls.
Booting from harddrive is much nicer. It boots into 10-20Mb of RAM. 50Mb if you inlcude buffers (which don't really could since they get deleted instead of being pushed to swap). Now I have 100Mb of actual RAM to use.
There is one thing I've been meaning to try - a best of both worlds compromise. Basically, an option 1 install, but without loading anything to RAM. I know there will be a delay running apps, but I if the usr-cram gets pushed to swap there will be a delay anyway. I would also avoid the pup001 file, just because I like having my files out in the open.
But I rant.
On topic, some people have a ligitimate use for the hard drive install.
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Posted: Tue 04 Oct 2005, 08:51
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Yes you can have type2 install of Puppy on whole hardrive. Puppy doesnt automatically partition so you need to first boot from live cd and run cfdisk or fdisk to set the partitions (one for Puppy, one for swap). Either via command line or thru "Pdisk drive disk partition manager" script in the control panel menu. I did exactly this with Puppy 1.0.5
Oh and when you boot the live cd to do the install, use boot option 3 so Puppy doesnt put a pup file on one of the partitions.
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Mr Doolie
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
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Posted: Tue 04 Oct 2005, 13:07
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> When prompted where you want
>your bootloader installed to, you
>should choose MasterBootRecord.
Is there a "Don't install a bootloader" option? I'm using Wingrub so my MBR stays Virgin-Winblows. What are the "Grubspeak" commands to boot a Linux partition?
> you might then question whether
> you're really more suited to a
> full-featured version of Linux.
Not a Linux Noobee like me! I'd rather start with Lil' Ol' Simple Loveable Puppy and build up my system instead of installing Mandrake or something and play the "What's all THIS Stuff" Game.
... Two cents inserted. Stand by for the flamethrowers.
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Posted: Tue 04 Oct 2005, 13:54
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If you use WinGrub, you can add this to menu.lst:
title Puppy 105
kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PFILE=pup001-none PHOME=hda5
initrd (hd0,4)/boot//image.gz
Use this, if you use the method with pup001.
If you installed completely to Harddisk, use this entry:
title Puppy Linux-HD
kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5
initrd (hd0,4)/boot/image.gz
This will boot puppy from hda5 (the first logical drive in the extended partition).
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Posted: Tue 04 Oct 2005, 13:55
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Posted: Tue 04 Oct 2005, 14:09
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oh, before I forget it: when I made a type2-install (copy all files to harddisk), there was no image.gz on the target-partition in /boot.
So I copied it manually there.
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Puppy Master
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Posted: Tue 04 Oct 2005, 17:40
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you should not need or use image.gz if you have an option 2 install ... basically, image.gz is /bin, /sbin, /lib, /var ... just about everything but /usr, /root, and /etc ... option 2 copies the files /bin/*, /sbin/* etc etc to your hard drive, so you do not need image.gz anymore
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Posted: Tue 04 Oct 2005, 18:08
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Ah ok, thanks, then i will delete it
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I was hoping to build up a flat port for the above lens using a port base, extension rings and front end.
However, tonight I test a port like this owned by a friend who shoots Canon...I strongly doubt that the port base for the Nikon and Canon housings would differ, but just in case I included that detail.
Anyway what I learned was that the port base steps in, on the inside which makes it not possible for the lens to past through.
Is the dedicated port my only solution or is there another option?
Seatool Port for use with Nikkor 105mm Vr
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I had a similer problem with the Sigma 150mm in the compound Seatool port. I solved it by removing the switch asembly on the lens and covering the opening with scotch tape. Since I have the dedicated port i have not tried it with my Nikon 105.

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I love it when a cake has hidden treasure that cannot be seen from the outside; cooked raspberries turn a beautiful jewel-like colour:
So, that's the fruit requirement covered, but it's also important to get some dairy – good for the teeth and bones. This is how I like to keep osteoporosis at bay:
It is simply lightly whipped cream with vanilla added to taste.
250g unsalted butter
250g golden caster sugar
4 eggs
175g ground almonds
100g self-raising flour
150g fresh raspberries (frozen won't work as you need them to hold their shape)
50g flaked almonds
How to make:
- preheat oven to 190°C/fan oven 170°C/375°F/ Gas mark 5 and grease a 20cm springform cake tin, lining the base with greaseproof paper.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until smooth and pale.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, the mixture might curdle towards the end but don't worry about it.
- Fold in the almonds, flour and raspberries. Try not to mush the raspberries up too much as it looks nicer. If the mix gets too thick add a dash of milk to loosen it. I didn't have to in the example photographed above.
- Spoon mix into the tin and smooth the top. Scatter the flaked almonds evenly over the top.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. I found it took a bit longer than this but check on it after 40 minutes. Mine took 1 hour 5 minutes in total.
- Leave to cool before removing from the tin. You can dust it with icing sugar before serving.
- I served it with lightly whipped cream.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb women's tennis team suffered their third loss of the season Friday night falling 6-1 to Evansville at Whitworth Racquet Club in Nashville.
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This weekend, thousands will come to Chestnut Hill for the Chestnut Hill Business Association's Home and Garden Festival. One of two annual festivals, the Home and Garden Festival is the product of a tremendous effort from the CHBA staff and other contributors. Or collaborators. It's an effort by the whole neighborhood to make sure that Chestnut Hill is at its best for the legions of festival goers who crowd Germantown Avenue.
Collaboration is something the CHBA, the Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District and other neighborhood organizations are touting as the explanation for a string of successes in Chestnut Hill. Working together has helped fill up empty restaurant spaces. It's helped make local events successful. It has many feeling like things are looking up.
In a piece by Paula Riley in this issue, CHBA deputy director Peggy Miller put it this way:
"The Business Association works to draw shoppers to the Avenue businesses, but ultimately, we are all working together to make the Avenue the best it can be for retailers, property owners, residents, and customers."
What works for one works for all.
It should go without saying that working together will always produce better results than working independently. And it's not always easy. Each organization in Chestnut Hill has its own agenda and funding stream to protect and grow. At times those priorities might clash. The trick is to find that common ground. On the whole, the community can say it has done a pretty good job at cooperating in recent years.
That's not to say things are perfect.
Chains – and bank branches in particular – have typically been criticized for not cooperating with the community. But not all chains are bad. Some do cooperate. Some are members of the business association and participate in community events.
Others, however, don't see the benefit of being a good neighbor. A recent example is the sudden departure of Citibank from the corner of Highland and Germantown avenues. The move was made in the middle of the night. One day, the bank was open, the next it was empty. Even the signs had been thrown in a truck and taken away.
It would be easy to point out what a double indignity the Citibank vacancy represents: that a company bailed out by large sums of taxpayer money expanded and then closed, and is likely still paying rent on a long-term lease with that money (an eyesore financed by the American taxpayer), but that's a political argument for another time.
The real shame is that the Citibank vacancy, along with the vacancies by other chains – Mellon Bank and The Children's Place – have left a gaping hole in an otherwise vital block of Chestnut Hill. And there's not a whole lot that the Chestnut Hill institutions that do collaborate and work on making Chestnut Hill a great neighborhood can do about it.
Aside from putting pressure on those chain businesses and their property owners to do better, it's worth noting the good work and positive efforts of all those Chestnut Hill businesses with local roots. It would be easier in a lot of ways for individual businesses to turn their backs on the community and take care of themselves.
It's a good thing most of them don't. That the Avenue is what it is is due in large part to them.


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TRENTON, N.J.—The parents of a Rutgers student who committed suicide days after his roommate used a webcam to see him kissing another man said Friday that a jury got it right last week by convicting their son's roommate of hate crimes and other offenses.
"They reached their decision based on the facts shown by the evidence," Tyler Clementi's father, Joseph Clementi, said in a written statement. "At the conclusion of the trial, the defense's explanation of what happened was simply not believable."
Meanwhile, the other man in the live streaming video—identified in court only by the initials M.B.—said the roommate, Dharun Ravi, deserves prison time for his actions.
"If the judge simply gave him probation, he would feel that this case escaped justice," Richard Pompelio, a victims' rights lawyer representing M.B., told The Record of Bergen County.
The statements were the first public reactions to the verdict from the Clementi family and M.B. They came as Ravi granted his first interviews nearly a week after he was convicted on all 15 criminal counts he faced, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation, a hate crime. The jury found that Ravi knowingly and purposefully intimidated Clementi because of his sexual orientation and that Clementi believed he was being targeted out of bias.
Ravi could face up to 10 years in prison when he's sentenced on May 21.
In recent interviews, Ravi, now 20, said that he acted inappropriately by using a webcam to see what was happening in his room when Tyler Clementi asked to have privacy for himself and M.B. But he said it was not out of hate toward gays.
He also said that he has come to believe that Clementi's suicide in September 2010 off the George Washington Bridge wasn't caused by the webcam viewing a few days earlier.
"The more and more I found out, it would be kind of obnoxious of me to think that I could have this profound effect on him," Ravi told ABC News' "20/20" in an interview scheduled to air Friday. "After all this time and reading his conversations and how and what he was doing before, I really don't think he cared at all. I feel like I was an insignificant part to his life. That's giving me comfort now."
Clementi's family has launched a foundation in Tyler's memory to promote responsible use of technology and acceptance of people with differences—especially lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
"We have learned that LGBT teens, especially, suffer pain, embarrassment and ridicule which is made worse by improper use of electronic media," Clementi's mother, Jane, said in the statement.


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Professor Hoerl Encourages Wabash Men to Loveby Howard W. Hewitt • February 18, 2010 Share:
"Wabash Always Fights is Machiavellian," Alexandra Hoerl told Thursday's Chapel Talk audience. But the BKT Assistant Professor of Political Science also told the Wabash Community that Wabash is about love.
See Hoerl's complete Chapel Talk on Wabash's YouTube Channel or click on the video at the bottom of this page.
"I agreed to give this talk, though I haven't been here long, I love this place," she said. She remembered her job interview and learning the College's motto – Wabash Always Fights. "I couldn't get over how cool that is. This is a positive place where you go out and actually tackle things."
She contrasted that with other educational institutions of her past where student attitude was often negative toward everything. "You guys put yourself out there is a positive way."
Hoerl suggested that a good liberal arts education promotes love and drives graduates to "leave this safe harbor and go forward to defend all that is good. At its best this places inspires love and loyalty."
She shared and thanked colleagues and students for the many kindnesses extended since her fall arrival. She thanked students for caring enough to turnout for Tuesday's faculty meeting discussion on possible changes to C&T.
She expanded the discussion on love to include fears and anecdotes from her classroom all with a light-hearted and self-deprecating tone that held the Chapel crowd's attention.
"The fact that I was able to get up here at all is the result of the trust and faith I've received from the Wabash community," she concluded. "I hope you have the courage to find something to love here at Wabash and the courage to love each other."


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Recent hints of possible relaxing of the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program has roiled global and domestic markets, and investors need to get their portfolios prepared for a possible pulling of the punch bowl.
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After years of flooding the market with money from its massive bond-buying program and keeping interest rates at record lows, many experts expect the central bank to start tapering its efforts and start reducing its balance sheet amid signs of a slowly recovering economy.
While most experts didn't expect policymakers to announce any QE narrowing at Wednesday's two-day meeting conclusion, Fed chief Ben Bernanke told Congress in his semiannual testimony in May the Fed would start considering it over the next several meetings.
Wall Street didn't like that idea of losing its backstop and the stock has been more volatile ever since. Treasury yields crept above 2% for the first time since March.
"I would expect tapering to come in October -- that gives Bernanke enough time to make sure the economic growth is sustainable and the path forward is legitimate," says David Joy, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial.
Keep in mind any Fed action should mean the economy is doing better -- which is usually good news for the stock market.
"Tapering is a signal the economy is progressing and we no longer need the Fed to act as a back stop," Joy says.
With bad news meaning good news for Wall Street recently, it can be hard to prepare a portfolio to benefit from Federal Reserve action, but experts say that any move the policymakers make will be gradual, allowing time to evaluate and readjust if necessary.
"You are going to have plenty of time to evaluate the impact of any Fed move and readjust accordingly," says Joy.
The first thing investors should do at any sign of potential tapering is to make sure their bond positions are protected in case interest rates rise, Joy says.
"You don't want anything too sensitive to rising rates. With coupon interest rates so low, make sure your interest rate sensitivity duration is manageable."
He adds the high-yield sectors are attractive again and that investors have the opportunity to have some "latitude with the quality spectrum of the bonds they invest in."
In the short term, Michael Block, chief strategist at Rhino Trading Partners, suggests bond holders buy more intermediate-term paper to reduce price risk.
"Buy intelligently in the corporate market and go off yield in some markets," he says. Investors "need to find the opportunities outside Treasuries."
Lance Roberts, chief strategist at StreetTalk Advisors, says history shows investors can find good opportunities in the bond market if QE starts to wind down.
"I would be buying bonds in the investment-grade space hand over fist," he says. "When they start tapering off, rates will go down to around 1.5-1.7% in bonds by the end of the year, that's about an 8-9% return in appreciation based on the durations we are looking at."
Investors looking to make a taper play should look toward the financial sector, Joy advises, specifically banks.
"Tapering means an improving economy and that means longer growth prospects and higher net interest margins. Banks with capital markets divisions will see more bond and stock underwriting activity and if the markets can stay at or above this level, it will mean higher fee generation, all good things for a shareholder."
The tech sector could also see a bounce with less Fed action as both companies and consumers feel comfortable loosening the purse strings.
"Technology is good in an improving market," Joy explains. "There is likely to be an increase in spending from businesses on software and equipment, they've been reluctant to spend the piles of cash they've been sitting on, but Fed action might get them to make a move."
Consumer discretionary stocks should also get a boost because an improving economy leads to higher consumer sentiment, which brings more spending.
"Unemployment has come down and even more importantly, consumer net worth moved to a new all-time high in the second quarter," says Joy. "That creates a wealth effect and means people will spend more of their income."
Roberts warns investors to be choosy when picking consumer stocks, saying many of them have become overvalued.
"The problem is, the stocks like Johnson & Johnson and Proctor & Gamble, your normal go-to stocks, became stretched price-wise because of the yield chase during the fiscal cliff selloff at the beginning of the year, which created a weird market dynamic where the should-be leaders became laggards and laggards became leaders."
Joy expects commodities to struggle on any taper talk and advises investors to steer clear.
"If the Fed tapers that means less money orienting and the dollar will be relatively strong and that will push commodity prices lower."
Roberts says he would stay away from the gold market, especially since inflation concerns remain subdued with the taper talk. "The trend in gold is horribly broken right now; it's like trying to buy stocks in the middle of a market crash."


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Louis Wilson, a highly regarded assistant coach on the NCAA Division I level, begins his fourth season on the Cal State Northridge coaching staff. During the summer of 2009, Wilson was promoted to associate head coach.
Wilson will work with the Matador perimeter players and will also coordinate the Northridge defense.
Wilson joined the Matadors after eight seasons as an assistant coach at Idaho State University. During his tenure at Idaho State, Wilson oversaw the development of the Bengal perimeter players, eleven of whom received All-Big Sky recognition. He also was instrumental in ISU perimeter players earning Big Sky Freshman and Newcomer of the Year awards.
Prior to coaching at Idaho State, Wilson spent the previous six seasons (1992-1997) on the coaching staff at Southern Utah, where he was responsible for coordinating the Thunderbirds defense. During the 1996-97 season, Southern Utah set a new school record for fewest points allowed per game. He also played a key role in post player development. Southern Utah was two-time American West Conference champions.
A native of New York City, Wilson arrived in Cedar City after serving as an assistant to Alaska prep coaching legend Chuck White at Anchorage's East High School. While at East, Wilson coached several former and current Division I players, including former NBA player Trajan Langdon. The Thunderbirds were two-time state champions and posted an overall record of 81-22 overall during Wilson's four-year tenure, including a No. 3 West Region national ranking in 1992.
His collegiate playing experience includes stops at Missouri's Trenton Junior College and William Jewell College in Kansas City. At Trenton, Wilson played point guard and served one term as the school's student body president. Trenton was 41-19 in Wilson's two years, and Wilson was team captain as a sophomore, and Most Inspirational Player as a freshman. At William Jewell, Wilson helped the team to a 34-2 record and a trip to the NAIA quarterfinals as a senior. Wilson was inducted, along with his teammates, to the William Jewell College Hall of Fame in 2005. William Jewell was 61-7 in Wilson's two-year stay.
Wilson graduated from William Jewell with a degree in public relations in 1988. Wilson is the founder of the Alaska Basketball Development Program (ABDP), which has grown to become one of the largest skill development programs in the state.
Wilson graduated from East High School, where he was an all-state pick and team captain as a senior. East won two state championships, and Wilson was also the team's Most Inspirational Player three times.
Wilson and his wife Andrea have four children, Jacques, Kaden, Keawe and Kalea. The family lives in Northridge.


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Wow! If I had realized how special this award was, maybe I wouldn't have put other important things to do before it! My sincere thanks go to Peri's Spice Ladle for nominating me for this award (and for her patience in waiting for me to catch up!)
I realize I could take the easy road and nominate people I have nominated in the past. However, I prefer to search for new nominees not just for my benefit in learning what is out there, but for your benefit too. This way, we both get introduced to more blogs.
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I had to re-read the rules to this award and I did a double-take at the "previous links" rule. Why, I have to examine my own blog! Now there's a switch! I get to do some self promotion. Yeaaaaaa!!!
The rules are pretty loose and open to interpretation. They are the most unruly rules I've ever come across. This is a good thing and to my liking!
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I'm not protecting against fire or theft since I keep them at home - #1 risk I'm managing is drive/media failure.
The issue is what if IDE's aren't supported at some time in the future? Any technology solution will be obsolete someday but I'm happy to worry about that when the time comes.
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My next HD purchase will be one of the new LaCie 1 TB units.
I got a bit of a shock last night while pulling the last bits of my digital image collection into a Photoshop Elements catalog. PS Elements lets you browse to a location on disk and pull in all the image files it finds, after which you organise them as appropriate. So, I dropped a load of images into a folder and pointed PS Elements at it. It didn't find any image files it understood. What? Why not? These were images from a PhotoCD I had made years ago, and the PS Elements organiser doesn't understand the PhotoCD file format, apparently. Fortunately, the editor itself does understand the format so a batch conversion soon dealt with the problem, but it seems the writing is on the wall for the PhotoCD file format.The morale of this story? Don't write stuff to CDs and assume that as long as you have a working CD drive you'll be able to read the contents. Periodically check that the files on your archive CDs can still be read by your current software of choice. And even if they can, keep a copy in a different format just to make sure.
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By the time Virginia Tech coach Pete Hughes and his team were done in Durham, N.C., this past weekend at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, he was starting to think nearly every person that asked him a question about his program lacked originality.
His frustration was borne out of supreme confidence in his team, and the fact he was getting the same question asked over and over again: Did his team deserve to host the first NCAA baseball tournament regional in school history? There wasn't much doubt in the clearly-biased mind of Hughes.
On Sunday night, it turned out the NCAA tournament selection committee agreed with Hughes' assessment. The committee also rewarded Monday the historic run William and Mary's program has experienced this season.
Tech (38-20), which lost 4-1 Sunday to North Carolina in the ACC tournament championship game, and Virginia were picked to be two of 16 teams to host regionals in the tournament. U.Va. also was awarded the No. 6 overall seed in the tournament, which means it will host a super regional if it advances past this weekend's regional.
W&M earned an at-large bid to the tournament, and will play as the No. 3 seed in a regional in Raleigh, N.C. W&M's only other tournament appearances came in 1983 and 2001.
"Honestly, I thought we should've been a regional host before the (ACC tournament championship) game even started with our resume," said Hughes, whose team is No. 11 in ratings percentage index figures compiled by warrennolan.com. "It's not being arrogant. I'm just talking facts. I was sick of answering the question. If I had another name on my jersey, I wouldn't get those questions asked. When you're building, you don't have that luxury.
"I think things are pointed in the right direction by being a host. We're in an advantage playing at home, sleeping in your own bed and playing on a field where you're comfortable. Our kids love playing at home. Getting a No. 1 seed, it's awesome for our program."
Tech will play host to No. 4 seed Connecticut, No. 3 seed Coastal Carolina (37-21) and No. 2 seed Oklahoma (40-19) in its regional. Tech will play Friday at 5:30 p.m. against UConn (34-26), which won the Big East tournament title as the No. 8 seed. That game will be preceded at 1 p.m. by the Coastal Carolina-Oklahoma game.
In Charlottesville, U.Va. (47-10) welcomes back No. 4 seed Army (29-21), which also played last season in a regional in Charlottesville, No. 3 seed Elon (32-28) and No. 2 seed UNC-Wilmington (37-21). U.Va. will play 1 p.m. Friday against Army, and Elon will play at 6 p.m. against UNC Wilmington.
W&M will play 2 p.m. Friday against Mississippi (37-22), which is the No. 2 seed in the Raleigh, N.C., regional. N.C. State (44-14) is the top seed in the regional, and will play 7 p.m. Friday against No. 4 seed Binghamton (30-23).
W&M (37-22), which was considered a bubble team after losing in the Colonial Athletic Association tournament title game to Towson, set a school record with 17 conference wins (17-10, eclipsing the previous record of 16 wins). Its 37 wins are tied for the most in school history.
W&M is a respectable No. 44 in RPI, but it was just 2-5 against teams rated in the RPI top 50. A strong conference RPI — No. 8 — may have worked in the favor of the CAA, which also got UNC-Wilmington into the 64-team field as an at-large.
"You never really know," said W&M first-year coach Jamie Pinzino regarding his perception of his team's chances of earning an at-large bid. "We felt like our resume was pretty good and comparable to a lot of other teams on the bubble, but you never really know what the selection committee will do. We felt good about our season, either way, but we're very excited to have this opportunity."
U.Va., which is No. 3 in RPI, hosts a regional for the fourth consecutive season. U.Va., which also has hosted a regional in seven of the past 10 seasons, is one of three schools to host a regional in each of the past four years. South Carolina and UCLA are the other two schools.
"I would not have been surprised if you had told me at the beginning of the year that we would be a national seed, because I knew the talent of this team," U.Va. coach Brian O'Connor said. "It doesn't surprise me that we are in this position. I felt coming into the start of the year that we had a lot of talent. It was just a matter of how consistent would they be."


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ABERDEEN, S.D. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica football team needed to win its first overtime game in program history on a 25-yard Mike Theismann field goal to get past Presentation College on Saturday afternoon 20-17 in non-conference action at Swisher Field.
This was the second overtime game in the program's history with the first coming way back during the inaugural season of 2008 when the Saints fell to Macalester 27-21 in one overtime. Meanwhile, Presentation, in just its second year as a program, was competing in its first overtime game.
The Saints had a chance to win the game in the regulation, but Mike Theismann's 28-yard attempt went wide right, marking his first miss of his collegiate career and the program's first field goal miss.
Presentation got the ball first in overtime and would fail to convert a first down, setting up a 34-yard field goal by Gavin Voss. Voss' attempt would miss wide left, meaning any points the Saints would get on their possession would give them the win.
Chris Gassert had rushes of eight and nine yards on the first two plays to get the ball down to the Presentation 8-yard-line. CSS would not be able to advance it any farther giving Theismann a chance to redeem himself and he would do just that, connecting on a 25-yard field goal to give the Saints the 20-17 victory.
The Saints jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first 16 minutes of the game. Jake Jensen scored the first touchdown of the game on a 3-yard rush on their opening possession. On CSS's third possession, it was Tyler Harper connecting with Cory Gebhard for a 6-yard touchdown pass to make it 14-0.
Presentation got on the board on the ensuing possession with a Voss 27-yard field goal. The Saints tried to add to its lead before the end of the half, but were stopped on a fourth-and-one at the Presentation 15.
Presentation got things clicking offensively in the second half. After the Saints were forced to a three-and-out, Presentation had a short field and took advantage as Stephen Braswell hit Jalanni James for a 14-yard touchdown pass.
The PC Saints then took the lead on their next possession as Braswell hit Will Vealy for a 5-yard touchdown to make the score 17-14 Presentation. A Theismann 23-yard field goal tied the game with 10 minutes in the fourth quarter.
The Saints picked up 350 yards of total offense, while holding Presentation to 246 yards. Gassert led the rushing attack with 86 yards on 18 carries, while Jensen added 51 yards on 15 carries with a score.
Harper was 14-of-30 for 164 yards and one touchdown. Gebhard had five receptions for 65 yards and a touchdown. Nick Thiry had four receptions for 52 yards. Keenan Honore had nine receptions for 119 yards to lead Presentation.
Blake Cedarleaf led the defense with six tackles, including 2.5 for a loss and a pass breakup. Presentation quarterback from a season ago, Cullen O'Brien, led the PC Saints with 14 tackles.
The Saints will close the regular season next Saturday at the University of Minnesota Morris. CSS still has an outside chance at making the NCAA Playoffs for a second consecutive year. They need to win and also have Greenville College (Ill.) defeat Northwestern College to set up a three-way tie for the conference regular season crown. That would setup a random draw on who gets the automatic qualifier.
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Clifford Earl McGilvray, 91, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 at Norwood Pines Alzheimer's Center in Sacramento.
Clifford Earl McGilvray, 91, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 at Norwood Pines Alzheimer's Center in Sacramento.
Clifford was a resident of Yreka for over 60 years, prior to moving to Manteca, Calif. in 2010 to live with his daughter Barbara.
Clifford was born in Prineville, Ore. in 1921 to Edgar and Eva McGilvray. While growing up, the family lived in Oregon and California. He graduated from Tulelake High School in Tulelake in 1939.
He was an Army veteran during WW II stationed in Iran (1942-1945). In 1950, Clifford settled in Yreka, where he opened Yreka Auto Wreckers with his father and older brother.
Clifford belonged to the NASCAR association and raced for over 30 years in both Southern Oregon and Northern California. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, who made many trips to Colorado and Canada to pursue his love of those sports.
He was preceded in death by his wife Ellen McGilvray, his parents, three brothers and one sister.
He is survived by his daughters Sharan Scott (Garry), Barbara Trevino and Donna Titsworth (Terry); seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and two great- great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his companion of many years Trudee Edson.
Clifford will be laid to rest in a private service at a later date.
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Heather Buckshaw Named Skyline Rookie of the Week
Farmingdale State freshman pitcher Heather Buckshaw (Oakdale,
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Week for women's softball on Monday, April 28th.
Buckshaw compiled a 3-0 record with a 0.53 earned run average in three starts. In three games last week, Buckshaw allowed just nine hits and one run over 17 innings. She struck out 21 while walking just three. Farmingdale State went 8-0 during the final week of the regular season to improve to a program-best 29-9.
The Skyline Conference Weekly Reports are announced by the Conference on Monday nights. Reports (including players of the week and statistics) are available to view on the Skyline website at www.skylineconference.org.


text: High Risk of Drought Issues Continuing into 2013 November 5, 2012 10:23 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By University News Release Email Article provided by www.iGrow.org, a service of SDSU Extension After spending the summer months reporting on the devastating drought, State Climatologist Dennis Todey was ready to provide some good news to South Dakotans this fall. Unfortunately, the change in seasons, while bringing cooler temperatures, hasn't brought the much needed moisture South Dakota soils need. "As we transitioned from summer to fall, I fully expected there to be at least a couple systems coming through that would drop 1 to 2-inches of widespread rainfall. At this point all the systems have missed most of South Dakota except for one system which hit the northeastern portion of the state in late October," Todey said. The storm systems Todey refers to are large low pressure areas which occur with the change in seasons. Differing from summer's higher intensity, thunderstorms which tend not to produce widespread rainfall, fall's rainstorms are often lighter intensity, but provide moisture to a larger coverage area. Typically these fall rainstorms average about 5 inches of moisture in western South Dakota to about 7 inches of moisture to the eastern portion of the state between September and November. This added moisture before the soil freezes is integral to restoring soil moisture levels heading into spring. "Any moisture events that happen once the ground freezes is of limited benefit for soil moisture," Todey said. Unless there are some dramatic weather changes, Todey says drought issues will continue into 2013. "We are at higher risk for drought issues in 2013 because of the lack of soil moisture. If we get average rainfall in the spring, it will still be difficult to rebuild the soil moisture profile in many places throughout South Dakota," he said. "We will be very dependent upon rainfall throughout the growing season next summer." Laura Edwards agrees with him. The SDSU Extension Climate Field Specialist says the drought appears to be getting worse rather than better, based on the Oct. 18 Climate Prediction Center's long-range outlook. "We have been hoping for improving our situation this fall, but the state is getting drier instead of wetter," Edwards said. "The long-range drought outlook depicts persisting drought into the winter season." She adds that according to the outlooks, there is a higher probability of above average temperatures through January. "This is combined with equal chances of above, below or near normal precipitation for November through January. One exception is the southeastern part of the state, which currently has higher probability of being drier than average through January," Edwards said. Before they can offer an optimistic outlook for 2013 growing season, Todey says a few things need to happen. First there needs to be an extended weather pattern change which would allow moisture to move in from the Gulf of Mexico this fall. Then we need snow cover this winter and some large snow storms in early spring. "Right now we don't have any strong indications one way or another of the amount of spring or summer moisture we'll receive in 2013," he said. For More Information See your local weather forecast with AgWeb's Pinpoint Weather. Back to news


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OOCL, or Orient Overseas Container Line, is the world's 13th-largest container shipping company, with approximately 240 vessels with a combined capacity of 800,000 TEUs. Founded in 1969, the ocean carrier is present in more than 65 countries.
Hong Kong-based OOCL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orient Overseas (International) Limited, a public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. OOCL posted revenue of US$6.2 billion in 2013 — down 3.5 percent on a year-on-year basis. The company recorded a net profit of $47 million, down 84 percent from the previous year's net income of $296 million.
OOCL Rank and Market Share
OOCL was the 10th-ranked container carrier in U.S. containerized import trade in 2013, with volume of 745,881 TEUs, down 1.7 percent year-over-year, giving it market share of 4.1 percent. It was No. 8 in U.S. containerized export trade in 2013, with volume of 538,287 TEUs, down 3.9 percent year-over-year and market share of 4.2 percent. For more carrier rankings see the JOC's Top 40 Container Carriers special topic.


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2012: Played in three games as a reserve quarterback, completing 10-of-18 passes for 122 yards, two touchdowns and one interception...rushed three times for 30 yards...completed a season-high 7-of-9 passes for 48 yards and a touchdown against Rhodes College and was 3-of-8 with a season-high 74 yards and a touchdown against Ave Maria University...made the SAA Academic Honor Roll.
2011: Played in two varsity games... went 1-4 for 37 yards against Ave Maria on Sept. 17.
2010: Played in one varsity game his sophomore year.
2009: Did not see varsity action.
Pre-BSC: Played for his father, coach Van Beacham, at Athens Christian School... also played basketball and tennis for the Eagles... 2008 All-Region and All-NEGA... holds seven school passing records... Vince Dooley Award recipient... Old Spice Player of the Year candidate... senior team captain... basketball team captain on a final four team that went 28-3... ACS Honor Roll... member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born on Nov. 15, 1990... son of Van and Susan Beacham... has two sisters, Lindsay and Rebecca... father played at Emmanuel College and Lee University... majoring in educational services.


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Opinion: Voting Down Discrimination
Best of the Web Today columnist James Taranto on why the Supreme Court should strike down racial preferences in college admissions in Michigan. Photos: Getty Images
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... I ... the is hearing arguments today in a case ... that may strike down racial preferences in college admissions ... in Michigan I've got best of the Web Today columnist James Taranto staying with me now ... to talk about this case James ... has started with a ballot initiative ... and fifty percentage in the nurse said we don't want ... special preferences for small groups of people were certain groups of people rather ... the college admissions ... that's the majority of the state why is this the making its way up the core with initiatives that is you can't discriminate on the basis of race or other bases on which you can discriminate for Apple legacy admissions and ... obviously I'd use test scores and so forth ... but that the law and that the receivers you are the star of Michigan voters pass simplicity catch the randomness of rates ... by now what happened was a group on a call by any means necessary that's an abbreviation for and wielding it which is busy last week a group ... what the court ... and won this really screwy ruling from the six Circuit Court of Appeals ... saying that ... this ballot initiative that violates the equal protection clause even though it mandates equality even though it's identical to what the Civil rights Act supposedly did in nineteen sixty four ... Bekah is ... high ... these admit these admissions policies were there for the benefit of minority is the place is a ... cool structural political burden in the face of minorities that we're couple of bites ... decisions side decades ago ... that struck down ballot initiatives so there are precedents year ... this basically just just everyone so this group wants special treatment for minorities in a one equal treatment under the law they want progress is too busy in favor of racial discrimination under said now what does the Supreme Court said in the past about these kinds of ballot initiatives well there were two ballot initiatives that the court struck down in nineteen sixty nine is struck down the ballot initiative overturn a municipal fair housing law that was an anti discrimination law ... odd that in a city today struck down a state ballot initiative banning Boston ... now what's different here is fair housing laws are obviously constitutionally and problematic ... I bossing is perhaps problematic that the Supreme Court had ruled that it can be forced on municipalities in certain cases ... for desegregation ... I've that in this case it was a voluntary plan that the city adopted that was struck down by state voters I was a fight for decision by the way with Justice O'Connor ... in the minority ... on these racially discriminatory admissions however with the court said ten years ago with Justice O'Connor writing for five full majority ... is that by ... racial discrimination in public interest in missions is permissible only ... to promote those differences in body a diverse student body and what the sixth Circuit said in this case was ... the use by admissions practices were adopted by the University of ... Michigan in order to benefit minorities was that's true down constitute a it lit lesson thirty seconds left ... if the Supreme Court sides with shooting the plaintiff in this case ... strikes down racial preferences in admissions ... holds about one hour initiative ... then what is this mean for other states are served in the national ISM National implication well it means that it's that states are free to enact ballot initiatives banning racial discrimination in college admissions some states of Don including California and ... it didn't do a Nebraska yesterday ... the states of the core that core ... all I guess I thank God this is a pretty easy case the court will uphold benefit for your first best to lead to calmness chain saran so thank so much for joining us thanks


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Photographs on the Arkive website have helped two naturalists who had never met and work around 200 miles (310 kms) apart to identify two previously unrecorded species of one of Earth's oldest flowering plants: the magnolia.
In 2010, Roberto Pedraza Ruiz gave Arkive a series of animal and plant photos he had taken in a life-rich cloud forest within eastern Mexico's Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve. One of the photos he donated was identified as being the magnolia, Magnolia dealbata, classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
But the image raised questions for Dr José Antonio Vázquez, a botanist at the University of Guadalajara, when he came across it during a search of Arkive's 16,000 free-to-view online flora and fauna fact-files.
As Roberto explains: "For Dr Vázquez, the specimen in the photo seemed unusual and he requested that I sent him more pictures. So I made several more trips to the cloud forest, documenting the flowers and fruits of the trees until finally receiving confirmation that I had photographed not only one but two completely new species of magnolias."
Two new species of magnolia discovered
The first of the finds, originally identified on Arkive, has already been documented and has been given the name Magnolia rzedowskiana, after Dr Jerzy Rzedoswski, Mexico's most eminent botanist who has collected and documented over 50,000 species and celebrating his 90th birthday this year. A description of the second specimen is about to published and will be named Magnolia pedrazae, after Roberto.
He says: "This is without doubt the highest honour that a conservationist and nature photographer can receive. It means that this incredibly special tree – an endemic of the Sierra Gorda and product of an evolutionary process that spans millennia – has become part of the family."
Lucie Muir, Director of Wildscreen, added: "We were absolutely thrilled when Roberto told us that a new species of magnolia had been identified because of botanist looking through the images on the Arkive website. It's amazing that new species are still being discovered and that on this occasion Arkive was part of the discovery story."
Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda
The use of the Pedraza name is especially apt as it was Roberto's parents who started the grassroots movement which led to the creation of the Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda (GESG) to look after a section of the eastern Sierra Madre where the high peaks, rain shadow, remoteness and latitude mean biodiversity is especially rich.
Roberto grew up in the region and soon turned to photography as a way of documenting and sharing the area's biological wealth and GESG's work to protect it. It was during one of his GESG expeditions in 1996 that Roberto found loggers at work in the cloud forest where the new species of magnolia grow. After he raised the alarm, 40 friends clubbed together to buy the land and halt the operation – so saving a habitat where ancient oaks and cypress reach heights of 130 feet (40 metres), their limbs draped in dense mats of moss, ferns, orchids and bromeliads; and a place where he has photographed many rare or previously unrecorded life-forms, including jaguars, pumas and margays and a new family of molluscs.
Roberto says: "These discoveries highlight the importance of protecting sites with high biological value, giving ecosystems and species refuges from human activity, spaces where they are protected from humans' ever-increasing demands for land and ecosystem services. If steps had not been taken to protect them, these species and others may have disappeared before we even learned of their existence."
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Roberto has been donating his images to Arkive since 2010. View all of his images here and view the new species profile for Magnolia rzedowskiana here.
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Less than three seconds into the third record from She & Him - the ingeniously titled Volume 3 - and I'm saddened. Not because a few years ago I thought Zooey Deschanel was the cutest, coolest and most brilliant woman in the world – she's become a fringe'ed caricature of kook that I now find quite offensive, and that's upsetting. Not sad though.
What's sad is that after just three seconds of opener 'I've Got Your Number, Son' I'm overcome with the heart-breaking fact that no record will ever have that Phil Spector feel again. No matter how much a producer strives for the Wall of Sound, or a vocalist absorbs every 45 in all the diners across America, there's some enchanted secret lacking, and when you hear a song such as this you're on a downer it's not being heard as it could be.
That's the problem with Deschanel and M Ward's retro doo wop - it instantly evokes a sort of nostalgic, whimsical rock 'n' roll response which in itself is a lovely thing, but it never feels truly authentic. Volume 3 suffers because of it, in places falling a bit flat, in others just plain being naff.
However, I'll admit it's highly unfair to dismiss this record just because it wasn't released in 1962, produced by a prostitute-slaying God of sound, and discovered by a 12-year-old version of me in some hypothetical second hand record shop, because it is pretty good.
So much of country and rock 'n' roll comes down to a feel, and that's not hugely realised on Volume 3, but everything else works. Vocally, Zooey is an unbelievable talent – her tone is outstanding, and on tracks such as 'Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me' is pretty darn authentic. You can imagine her singing it over empty shot glasses at the end of the night as two young runaways dance in the light of a Marlborough sign. It's nicely tragic.
'Never Wanted Your Love' is lush and chocolaty, with a wide-eyed quiver of strings that for one moment steals the whole album. It's a childlike song, not in composition but in ambiance, taking you down big American streets with your head poking out the window in awe at an adult world around you, Deschanel's slightest touch being all the comfort you need. M Ward also only needs the merest of influence to make an impact as he does so reservedly on 'Baby' where he contributes some backup vocals.
It's not easy to understand where exactly She meets Him on each song as after four albums their coherency together is effortless, the overall effect being one of sweet and clear consistency. Sure it's trying to mimic something it can never truly be but it's lovely nonetheless and credit where due will probably be rewarded with more than a few listens.
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