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A Northeastern University biochemistry and marine biology professor and one of his undergraduate students are preparing to embark on a six-month expedition to Antarctica to study the effect of global climate change on marine organisms.
Professor Bill Detrich and third-year biochemistry student Corey Allard will investigate the impact of warming seas in the South Polar Ocean on embryonic development in Antarctic fish.
From April through September, Allard will work and live at the United States Palmer Station, which is located near the Antarctic Circle; Detrich will work in Antarctica during April and May.
Allard's role in the project will contribute to the scientific community's understanding of climate change and prepare him to pursue a PhD. "The idea that my work might have even a small impact on a highly relevant topic keeps me very motivated," he says. Allard is the first Northeastern undergraduate to work in Antarctica.
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State legislators are pushing for a positive outcome in the much-debated High-Speed Rail system, saying the project should only move forward if it's "done right" – but added that it may already be too late for that to happen.
At a news conference at the Menlo Park Caltrain Station this morning, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, State Sen. Joe Simitian and Assemblyman Richard Gordon told a crowd of dozens that the California High-Speed Rail Authority and Caltrain should unite for an integral system.
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I think citing th efforts to sign Johan and Torii makes for a funny, unintended contrast. Yeah....they "tried" in the most minimalistic way possible.
The actions have changed significantly, but I doubt you'd ever hear Ryan admit the philosophy changed. He might not even be aware it has.
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Fantastic article, John. We have all preconceptions of what the front office believes and what motivates their actions. In reality, those preconceptions have as much, if not more, to do with our own mental state than they have to do with the actual front office. It's something every fan should keep in mind before they unmercilessly blast the front office or rationalize every action taken by it.
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Great read
Got to argue about one thing though:
This is even true for scientific facts, like gravity (*2).(*2)You might have trouble, even in the Twins Daily forums, arguing against gravity. But before Isaac Newton, people noticed that stuff tended to fall to earth. The accepted Truth was that objects had an "earthly nature" that made them return to earth. It wasn't until Newton came along and started talking about the other heavenly bodies and how they were holding objects in orbit, and creating formulas for how quickly things fell to earth, that the idea of gravity sunk in.
For the record, those previous "nature" ideas weren't proposed by some dummy. This was Aristotlian (as in Aristotle) Physics. It was the truth for nearly two thousand years because it made sense to everyone. We accept gravity because it made even more sense once we started realizing the earth wasn't the center of the universe.
Different things. And every scientist will tell you that there is not such a thing as a "scientific fact". Just suggestions and likelihoods, that why every scientific paper and thesis is full with expressions such as "the data suggests...", "it likely..." etc, but not absolutes, because as you say, truth is:
just the prettiest of the explanations
(and one's got to argue that Ryan's explanations up there are not that pretty.)
But in the case in hand, the data suggests that Ryan for some reason is trying to make two conflicting situations (a. our philosophy is not to sign free agents because that is a bandaid aka a "bad thing" aka a "square peg", and b. let's go out and sign a bunch because this is what we need to do to improve the team, aka a "good thing" aka a "round hole") match.
And they can with a very single explanation (aka the "truth"), that I really wish Ryan had the fortitude to go out and tell people:
A. The best way to build a sustainable contender is mainly through the draft and international free agency, supplementing the major league team with strategically placed free agents and refreshing your talent pipeline with minor league talent you get by selling stars high (aka the MacPhail way)
A1. The Twins as a team screwed up in this for a while.
B. Thus, in order to compete in the near future, we have to go out and get free agents.
But you got to have the fortitude to publicly admit A1 (i.e. that you have failed) for A and B to mesh...
That's what I see as the most likely explanation here
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Nice article, John. But I question your statement that the top "fact" is that the Twins were in the exact same situation last year. It seems reasonable to conclude, based on Ryan's quote here, that he might dispute this. So much of why some of us cut Ryan more slack and others are harshly critical stems from our amazing ability to see the "facts" so differently, or to create a fact set that supports our agenda.
Regardless, it sure is nice to witness the "fact" that Ryan admits to having resources, admits to having opportunities, and admits to being in the right time to act.
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My opinion on not spending money last year is maybe Terry Ryan knew we were a well below average team with lots of holes to fill and didn't think it was time to spend money with our top prospects even farther away than they are now. Who were the top free agent pitchers last year? The free agent signings I remember didn't do very well for their teams.
"The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling."
Great book, and great post!
As Thrylos noted, science doesn't provide facts. It yields correlations, p values, significant (or not so significant) effects… all of which are affected by sample size, validity and reliability of design, etc. But when it comes down to it, we - the general public - either buy it or we don't, regardless of how strong the evidence is. As you said, we choose the explanation that is most appealing.
I'm not sure if Ryan's free agent philosophy has truly changed, nor am I sure I 'truly' care at this point. I think the additions we've made were a) smart, and b) have potential, and I'm looking forward to watching them play out.
"The solutions are all simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are."
I just don't think he saw the talent or opportunities to improve the team last year. Other than Sanchez and Grienke, it was pretty weak.
I do think he blew moving Willingham last off season though, if he felt the team wasn't going to improve last year then he really should have sold high on him after the year he had, it seemed like the perfect opportunity for a player who was not going to be a part of this teams next run.
Having said that, I don't really know whether he tried to make that happen but didn't like what he was hearing.
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I'll probably get lambasted for this but I have to disagree, I was assigned 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' in a college novel class, it was horrible, I love to read but I couldn't finish it. If I found a copy at a garage sale I would buy it, take it home, and have a book burning party. Then again I can't understand the facination with the 'The Great Gatsby' either, twice I was assigned to read it, slogged thru it but wouldn't recommend it to anybody.
I think TR is spending some money because he realizes that the 'cash cow' called Target Field is going to dry up if they don't try to put a winning team on the field. Fans will just stop going to games, less $8 beers and $10 sandwiches sold.
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But he's never been in a situation over the past couple years where he's never had ANY young, in-house players to re-sign, or plan to re-sign. He's never had such financial flexibility in the coming years as he has today, because there's been nobody in-house to extend. There has never even been remotely close to this small amount of future obligations.
So he has money to spend. A lot of us might think of that as an opportunity, but Ryan considers that a failure...a failure of Plan A. Plan B is to do the next best thing and sign some notable free agents, but to try to get back to Plan A as fast as he can...by developing more young, good players to extend, instead of going to free agency next time. He's right.
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Great time to question truth.
Fast forward 40 years and things have changed (maybe.)-----
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Whoa, a reference to a fantastic philosophy book (mainstreamish, but that is what it essentially is) and to Aristotle, John? You had me at hello . . .
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I think it is funny that at least one poster has stated he knows the truth already......
McPhail had no problem handing out huge (for the time) free agent contracts. Ryan never did until this year.
We really have no idea what has or has not changed. What we do know is that instead of dumpster diving, TR has decided to spend real money this year. We should all be thankful for whatever caused that to happen, and hope it continues.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is both a good and bad book, imo. I enjoyed reading it, but I read it when I was in a spot where thinking about important stuff was important to me. I remember wondering about some of the writing, but mostly I remember it making me think.
Maybe we should have a book thread someplace around here.....
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I think business side of Twins finally got through to ownership that slow rebuild was not in the best interest of Twins brand and financial health of the Team. I think Twins have been doing internal evaluations and saw what loosing can do to revenue streams for baseball team. A prime example of this is Seattle where attendance has dropped 50% since they opened there new field in Seattle ten years ago. So now to get their brand back up they are buying players like Cano at very high prices and a lot of risk to the organization. Baseball has changed for Terry in that things have speeded up in that slow rebuild is two to three years not like they did in 90's where it took nearly 10 years to put a winner back on the field. The risk also has gone up and that's why there's such more money being spent on analytical side of baseball with saber metrics as well as scouting and wheel and dealing of players to maximize performance.
I think Terry will adapt to this change and Pohlads have been good employers in that continue to keep people in positions if they are willing to adapt and change with organization philosophy. I also think Pohlads are changing as owners also they have been hiring internal studies to how to adapt this organization to compete and remain competitive year in year out. The bottom line for them is too remain profitable and continue to grow brand name Twins so it has more value each year. With this Brand name increasing in value it lets Pohlad family gain business with ever more businesses and crosses over into their other businesses ever increasing the empire they have built.
Terry is right that spending totally on free agency to build club is disaster waiting to happen unless your one of couple of franchises with unlimited funding and even these organization are running into trouble if they don't develop their own players also. I believe NY is becoming example of this its getting harder and harder to fill their needs with FA and payroll with luxury tax has begun to even the playing field some. Its teams like Boston and ST. Louis that have used FA to fill needs that they have failed to do so with their farm system. The Twins failure these past three seasons is from reaction of FA when Twins lost key players to Free Agency or were about to loose players to Free Agency. They made series of Trades in which Twins lost talent and received little in return in the final end. Also their development players wasn't there either because of some bad luck or I also believe their unwillingness to spend more money on top line draft picks which had changed with some smaller market teams willing to spend more money here than on Free Agency. Some this has gone away now with new caps put in place by baseball. Because if you look now some of better prospects the Twins have now is because they did spend money like Sano signing.
I do believe that Terry Ryan does feel pressure of getting talent back on the field and putting somewhat competitive team for this coming year. I also think its been harder this year because Free Agents don't believe they are close enough to be winners again and my guess were a lot closer to being a winning team that we think. Its just matter getting right talent assembled with prospects coming up and i also think we need to get a little lucky in that players start to also believe in that they can win.
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Terry says...If we are still in the dome these 2 signings ,probally dont happen?
Why ? wasnt our payroll in 2009 about the same as it is now 79 million?
and if you add in inflation at about 40% arent we at about 50 million in dome dollars.
Using owner Jim Pohlads restrictions of 50-54% of the teams income, shouldnt we have a payroll of 128.5 - 135 million this year?
It's been almost 40 years since I read the book (and wrote some paper on it applying the ideas to something else -- all of which I've totally forgotten).
But the older I get, the less I believe in any one truth. In any situation, there are a myriad of factors that come into play. It's why, so often as human beings, we seem to be speaking out of both sides of our mouths. We just react differently to different people, ideas and situations.
I think you could highlight a number of John's reasons and they would be part of why we are seeing what we are seeing and include in that fact that there was $25m in "free money" (so to speak) from the TV deal. TR didn't even spend all of that annual TV money on Nolasco and Hughes (I think this would appeal to TR's conservative side). Add in a green light from his owner to spend plus (I would guess) some impetus from both the business AND baseball sides (underlings plus field staff) to improve the club (I think TR probably felt some guilt about the crappy hand he dealt Gardenhire last year).
I don't see an organizational shift in philosophy. Under TR, the Twins are always going to build from the farm system but I think last year showed that some of those prospects may be a little farther away than we think. I believe that keeping that farm system mostly intact is important to TR and that's why he seems reluctant to make trades this season (and actually sounds a little more reluctant now than he did when the off-season started). He is able to hold onto the core philosophy of building the farm and club from within -- while, hopefully, satisfying his bosses (plus underlings, fans and media) just by risking some monetary resources. If you had the green light to do that, why wouldn't you?
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It is interesting how putting together various statistics, life experience, and observation we can build a case for our perception of how things are or what they should be. I am glad that we do though because the diversity of opinion makes me look at things differently and quite frankly is a lot of fun. In the end none of us are typically right about what TR thinks but it is fun to talk about.
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The Star Trek Next Generation episode on lenses/perspective/truth where Riker is accused of murder is a great episode to watch for a philosophical view on truth (remember when TV used to have philosophical discussions?).Lighten up Francis....
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I think people need to put in perspective that until 2010, the Twins were a small market team. Revenues were just slightly above TB, OAK, and KC. So, it makes no sense to complain about the Twins no spending in the past. It also makes no sense to draw comparisons to Kirby's contract and ask why we could award the largest contract at that time. The financial metrics are very different today. And, the same people who use this argument somehow fail to recognize the Twins signed Joe Mauer to a much longer term deal @ $23M/yr or 7.66X Kirby's annual amount.
The bottom line is the Twins have generally spent the available budget on talent. We have had one year (last year) where TR opted to not spend on the available talent. He was crucified here any many went off on how much better Marcum, Dempsey, Saunders, Jackson, etc would have been. Well, who was right? People still cursed the not spending even after it was proven that those acquisitions would have been detrimental to the team. Many seemed to completely ignore this fact. Success has a thousand fathers while failure is an orphan. For some, there is a spend every available penny no matter what edict. Given we are talking about long-term contracts, that is a very ill-conceived strategy. IMO, this is the root of much of the discontent.
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With the addition Sunday of Trent Edwards, the Chicago Bears now have four quarterbacks in camp that are competing for backup positions behind starter Jay Cutler.
Jacksonville's Josh McCown remains in that mix, as does Jordan Palmer and Matt Blanchard. Blanchard fractured a knuckle recently and has not been at full strength since as he continues to mend.
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By Mischaele Bearce
• East Lynne Fire Department had two medicals for the week. Dec. 2 we had our annual Christmas dinner with Mick and Cyndi Ramage catering the dinner. Congratulations to Fire Fighter of the year, Anthony Faulkenberry, and Support person of the year, Connie Kudron. There were beautiful poinsettias on the tables for a drawing at the end of the dinner with Taylene and Anthony Faulkenberry, Mischaele Bearce and Crystal Gonzalez winning the flowers.
• Sorry to hear that the East Lynne Baptist Church pastor, Mark Turvaville, and his wife Christy are moving to Oklahoma now, so the church will start their process of looking for a new preacher. We wish the Turvaville family best wishes on their new journey.
• Diane Magness has started up a new Young Womens Bible Study last week with three ladies present. Those who attended were Sara Carr, Crystal Gonzalez and MaryAnn Tribble. The bible study starts at 7 p.m. Thursdays and is for any ladies who would like to come.
• East Lynne School went down to work the Kansas City Recue Mission on Dec. 3. The staff supplied the personal products along with food and asked the East Lynne Fire Department if they would like to participate in this. The fire members supplied a lot of canned goods, clothing, etc.
• Happy birthday to Madison Mitchell, Shane McConnell, Madison Barnes, Trisha Dinges, Denniele Bohannon, Jade Jarvis, Breanna Dedrick, Korben Coose, Hannah Roth, Lindsey Grinisley, Mackenzie Willis, Shanda Dyke, Preston Vasser, Dallas Moore, and Casey Click.
• Happy anniversary to Dana and Garry Worley and Julie and Rodney Richter.
By Nina Kemper
• Senior Citizen Bingo will be Tuesday, Dec. 11, at Freeman Community Club. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and lunch is served about noon, followed by bingo. Prizes galore and lots of fellowship and fun. Everything is free, courtesy of Benchmark of Harrisonville.
• The Freeman Community Club will have its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13. Everyone welcome.
• There will be a Christmas Candlelight Service from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at Freeman Baptist Church. Everyone welcome.
• The Freeman Presbyterian Church will have special services all through the Advent Season. See the web site www.freemanpresbyterian.org for more information. Everyone always welcome.
• The Freeman Presbyterian Church will have the annual Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24. Everyone welcome.
• The Annual Christmas Lighting by the Freeman Community Club on Dec. 2 was a big success. The night started off with music provided by Tracy Smiths group. The men of the club had a bonfire going on Main Street to roast hot dogs and sit and visit. Hayrides also were given. Inside the club building, the kids could visit with Santa and have their pictures taken and enjoy some cookies, hot chocolate, etc.
• Congratulations to the Lady Vikings basketball team for taking second place in the WEMO conference tournament and to the boys for winning consolation
• Congratulations to Ty Eckhoff for a great gymnastics meet Dec. 1. Ty won third all around, second on floor, third on bars, seventh on beam and eleventh on vault. This was Tys first meet as level three.
• There was a service for the Hanging of the Greens at Freeman Presbyterian Church on Dec. 2. There were a lot of Christmas Carols sung and scriptures read and then the Lighting of the Candle of Hope. Larry Parker was the leader, along with Pastor Ilona Buzick, and others assisting were Rex, Kandice and Alex Eckhoff; Dan Manning and Awnee Henness read scriptures; Carol and George Gurnett led the lighting of the Advent Candle; Dick and LaVeta Sanders placed the poinsettias; the children of Sunday School rang the bells; David Ullery for the music; and the congregation helped decorate the tree.
• Some birthdays for next week include: Dec. 8 - Glen Hunt; Dec. 10 - Gina Eberle, Gabby Buck and Laura Kirschner; Dec. 11 - Mickey Hedrick and Rex Eckhoff; Dec. 12 - LaDonna Prettyman; Dec. 13 - Marcie Sanders; Dec. 14 - Ann Elaine Snelling; Dec. 15 - Nancy Schmoll.
• Anniversary wishes go to Jim and Judy Bidwell on Dec. 10.
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By Gail Lyon
• The West Line Church will fix cheer plates for the elderly and shut-ins at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. Donnie will start practice with the kids for the Christmas program. Dec. 2 was the first Advent Sunday. Barth lit the first candle, which was one of the purple ones.
• We have a beautiful Christmas sign at the south entrance of town. Thanks to those responsible for it
• Happy Birthday: Tom Bailey 9th, Daniel Goddard 11th, Darrel Goddard, Bryan Irvin 12th, Robert Cherry, Josephine Mathews 13th.


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1 Tbs. Vegetable Oil
1 Lb. Chicken Breast fillets (about 3)
½ C. Diced Onion
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4 C. Chicken Broth
2 C. Water
1 C. Chunky Style Salsa
16 Oz. Velveeta Cheese (light Velveeta can be used)
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Chili Powder
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1 Can Cream Style Corn
Garnish: Crumbled Tortilla Chips
Add 1 Tbs. Oil to large pot over medium heat. Add chicken breast and brown for 4-5 min each side. Set chicken aside,
Add onions and garlic to pot and sauté over medium heat for about 2 min. or until onions begin to become translucent. Add chicken broth.
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2004 800 HO Rotax with RER
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1. Re: printing to 12x18 or CUSTOM SIZESBarney-15E Apr 25, 2013 4:40 PM in response to hotwheels 22
I tried to do the same, and I can set it for some printers (one epson), but I can't set a custom size for another Epson (NX530). I have no idea why. I would imagine Epson would have to answer that question. On the NX530, I don't think I have a manual paper feed, so that may be the issue with it not allowing custom sizes.
2. Re: printing to 12x18 or CUSTOM SIZEShotwheels 22 Apr 25, 2013 5:02 PM in response to Barney-15E
thank you so much barney. i hope someone has a solution to this problem.
i specifically bought this printer WF 7520 to print to 12 x 18 paper (which fits into each of its trays...). at the same time the mac printer dialogs make me absolutely crazy. i understand that i might get a custom dialog from something like Acrobat (although i hate having a totally different print UI for this software and i'd love to be able to have a mac UI for this software to print from in some cases. i mean, i actually close pdf's and then open them in Preview just to get a mac UI that i understand after i edit a pdf which is totally ridiculous.
anyway, i wish they would pay me a couple of bucks to straighten out the mac printer UI because it is such a pain to always search around for something like print to size, print doublesided, print in black and white, please (please, please, please) don't rotate by pulling down to various pulldown menu items. i mean, they should just throw this all onto one single page and let me access it all immediately ACROSS the OS.
anyway, that is a productive sort of rant because i have two printers (Epson and HP) and been trying to figure out how to print in various ways for 3 years now....
regards and thanks.
3. Re: printing to 12x18 or CUSTOM SIZESBarney-15E Apr 25, 2013 5:25 PM in response to hotwheels 22
I understand your frustration as I have the same problems on windows print dialogs at work. But, I don't have any problem finding options on the Mac.
The Paper size should be available in the popup menu if it is a default size for the printer. That would be up to Epson to populate.
4. Re: printing to 12x18 or CUSTOM SIZEShotwheels 22 Apr 25, 2013 5:37 PM in response to Barney-15E
thanks as always barney.
just as an example (i mean i could document all of these wormholes) but having "Scale to Fit Paper Size" buried under the third pulldown item for "Paper Handling" is just stupid. why they would have a percent reduction available right away under the Safari item and then bury this necessary item under such an obscure pulldown item is dumb. plus i am also pretty sure that this item is buried under a /different/ pulldown item for different software...
also, having a default to scale my images to fit to paper size and to have to change this in a Terminal Setting (or whatever) is similarly stupid (and really aggravating). i mean, i fixed this but i have to like document this stuff so that if i have to do a fresh install i can figure out how to do this again so i don't have to find some extremely kind and extremely knowledgeable person on the forums to fix this. this is not to mention the hundred or thousand times i fix this manually before i finally get the head to fix it in terminal.
also, presumably the default setting to automatically ROTATE my images is a terminal setting as well?
anyway, i really hope mac cleans this up. if you multiplied the amount of time i alone spend in these print dialogs - and multiply it by the nuber of mac users like myself - would fund like the state budget of California (or get it to a point where it was functioning)...
5. Re: printing to 12x18 or CUSTOM SIZEShotwheels 22 Apr 25, 2013 5:42 PM in response to Barney-15E
also, why when i ACTIVELY SELECT a single png (or two or more) in Preview does it default to printing all 28 png's that are open in Preview? this kind of stuff is so dumb and so time-consuming.
click-click-click-click--click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-p ulldown-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click- pulldown-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click -click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-pulldow n-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click- click-click-click-click-click
i mean, that is for a bit of an effect obviously but my life would be so much simpler if i could fix this myself and if can't fix this myself it would be really nice if mac would fix it.
6. Re: printing to 12x18 or CUSTOM SIZESBarney-15E Apr 25, 2013 6:07 PM in response to hotwheels 22
You can make the current settings a preset, which you can easily select.
For Preview, There is a radio button on the print dialog to only print the selected images. Maybe that has a hidden setting.
Having it not automatically select that option seems normal across the board. If you select some section of a document, it doesn't default to just printing the selection. You can certainly make the argument that a selection of images is different than a selection of text or part of a table in a spreadsheet, but it wouldn't be consistent.
7. Re: printing to 12x18 or CUSTOM SIZEShotwheels 22 Apr 25, 2013 6:50 PM in response to Barney-15E
hi barney. thanks.
i finally sat down and did my presets.
i have 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 16 documents to a page with a Color and a Black and White version for each. this is 14 presets for a laptop and 14 for a desktop computer (i was never able to get any apply to both computer functionality to work).
so now if i want to do a set of settings for the other items i mentioned i have at a /minimum/ 1. don't rotate and do rotate 2. scale to fit and don't scale to fit 3. best print quality and draft quality 4. 8 x 11 inch 5. 8 x 14 inch etcetera etcetera i will have to do like 50 different presets. plus i also have a second printer with two OTHER paper sizes and this is a different brand of printer so i will have to set up another 14 presets EACH for a desktop and a laptop computer - just to get the second computer to have the same presets i slaved over for the first printer. i mean, it is great to say well i don't need so many presets but they i am going to be spending crazy amounts of time trying to dig through wicked dumb pulldown menus like "Paper Handling" to find something like "Scale to Fit Paper Size" which only an idiot would put in there in the first place (particularly when i already have a percentage scale functionality on the software pulldown that is the default UI tab anyways).
they should just make all these buttons and checkboxes available without pulldowns. it is crazy how they are all strewn about.
on the Preview setting i can see why the default is sometimes to print all the documents. BUT i should have an option here and not have to constantly select a radio button to get this functionality. if i open fifty documents to see them in Preview - AND i /actively/ select one of them or five of them or fifteen of them, and then i go to Print - the software should be smart enough to know that this is an active selection that i am printing and it should print what i selected.
this is so sloppy that it compounds every other print job by an additonal radio button each and EVERY time. if i want to print a single image from an open selection of two images i and i want it not to scale to fit and i want it in two to a page, in black and white (to not waste color) and i want a draft (to not waste ink) in horizontal mode (because this image fits best this way) i am going to have to check through like five or six radio buttons and that are strewn across three pulldowns - and i know for a fact that i will be pulling some of them down twice because i couldn't figure out where some of them were. this is totally unnecessary for a one time job.
even worse - if i have fifty pages open instead of two and i get through the print selection options and find all of them correctly and i /forget/ to check the radio button - well then i have just wasted ink on fifty images printed two times each on fifty pages.
seems like the default should be the other way around if you wanted it to be and this would at the very least be the more ecological option...
anyway, seems like i have to drop 2 cents on this print dialog business when i get aggravated enough with it.
i guess instead of complaining it would be good to know if someone has a tutorial out there on customizing these settings in terminal to suit individual users...that way i can put my energy into some "Advanced User Interface Print Settings Customizations"...
: ) thanks as always...
8. Re: printing to 12x18 or CUSTOM SIZESBarney-15E Apr 25, 2013 7:06 PM in response to hotwheels 22
I was trying to form a short statement on the limitations, but couldn't. You've pretty much covered it.
I don't know of a way to automate it with a script or the like.
9. Re: printing to 12x18 or CUSTOM SIZEShotwheels 22 May 7, 2013 8:39 PM in response to Barney-15E
aok. thank you.
i am posting elsewhere on this trying to get it to work. seems like printing in different software means there is different user interfaces for getting to print on 12 x 18 which means i am just going to have to figure out how to do this each time i try and print for the first time from various applications which is a bit of a pain.
anwyay, thanks for the always great help and thanks for helping me get oriented and also for letting me vent on this one a bit.
i wish they would spend a little time tidying up with the print dialogs. i'm 3 1/2 years into moving back to mac and still struggling with these printer interfaces.
10. Re: printing to 12x18 or CUSTOM SIZESFoxrock321 Sep 1, 2013 8:17 PM in response to hotwheels 22
I spent all day trying to 12x18 PDF on 12x18 paper. Why does Mac have 11x17 and 13x19 presets and not 12x18 ?? When I tried to custom set 12x18, the selection "grays out" and does not print correctly at all. I am wasting paper and ink. This should not be an issue. Come On Apple this should be an app up-date.
11. Re: printing to 12x18 or CUSTOM SIZESFoxrock321 Sep 1, 2013 8:26 PM in response to hotwheels 22
By the way , I too have the Epson WF 7520 and its set up to air print with my other Epson WF 3540 this one does not have problems. But it's regular size printing. What can be done?
12. Re: printing to 12x18 or CUSTOM SIZEShotwheels 22 Sep 3, 2013 12:28 PM in response to Foxrock321
oooh. man. i have so much to get done when i run into this i try and solve it for 40 minutes and then try and move onto other things. then i run into it again and i can't remember if i solved it or not.
can you tell me if you can PRINT on 12 x 18 paper with the 7520? i mean, are you only having the problem of getting to pdf at 12 x 18 or also to PRINT to the actual printer?
i need BOTH but i am realizing that i have been trying to figure out how to specify TRAY 2 (my 11 x 17 is in tray 1 and i have no problem printing to it) but now i am wondering if this is actually an issue of not being able to SPECIFY the paper size or not being able to specify the TRAY or what is going on...
also, are you saying you don't have this problem with another model also made by EPSON??
this mac printer dialog is such a time suck and productivity twerk....
13. Re: printing to 12x18 or CUSTOM SIZEShotwheels 22 Sep 29, 2013 10:10 AM in response to Foxrock321
dude. try this: https://discussions.apple.com/message/23217426#23217426
i just posted in this AM after fiddling around for another four hours on this issue.
/please/ let me know if you figure out how to save presets with this machine on the mac OS...


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Some NH parents would welcome law to keep kids in car, booster seats longer
Michelle Langlois of Manchester demonstrates how she buckles up her daughter, Natalie. State legislators are considering hiking the age for keeping kids in child-restraint seats. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
Car seat guidelinesBirth to 12 months: Keep child in a rear-facing car seat.
1 to 3 years: Keep child in a rear-facing car seat as long as possible. Once the child reaches the top height or weight limit set by the seat manufacturer, the kid should ride in a forward-facing car seat with a harness.
4 to 7 years: Keep child in a forward-facing seat with a harness until the child reaches the top height or weight limit. Then it's time for a booster seat for the back seat.
8 to 12 years: Keep child in a booster seat until the child is large enough to fit in a seatbelt properly. That means the belt should fit snugly across the upper thighs, not the stomach. The shoulder belt should be snug across the shoulder and chest, not crossing the neck or face. Child should ride in back seat because it's safer.
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
"I always think the longer, the better," she said.
But she would like the law to go even further. "I would strongly urge height and weight (be included)," she said. "Every child is built differently."
Unlike Maine, New Hampshire doesn't include a weight requirement in its law, according to Pat Moody, manager of public affairs for AAA Northern New England. He testified before a House committee last month.
Moody said the original bill, which he supported, sought to raise the minimum age from the current 6 to age 8, but a House committee last month approved an amendment making it age 7. New Hampshire is one of 18 states that doesn't require booster seats for children between 7 and 8, he said.
But not everybody was sold on changing the minimum age, since for decades parents didn't face such restrictions.
"I don't know how we ever lived," said Brenda Sirois, a retired nurse and current care giver at Tumbleweeds Child Care Inc. in Manchester. "We all should have been dead and thrown out of cars."
She said height and weight should dictate seat requirements.
"The difference between kids is quite amazing, Sirois said. "Some of them, they're just too big for it."
The House last Wednesday voted 224-137 to require parents to use a child restraint system for any kid younger than age 7, rather than the current age of 6. Under House Bill 242, any child reaching 56 inches in height would be exempted, an inch taller than current law. The bill still needs approval in the Senate and the governor's signature.
House Minority Leader Gene Chandler voted against raising the age.
"I think the present law seemed to have worked," he said. "We don't need to tinker with it."
But unlike some colleagues, he said, "I do believe there is a place for having the present law."
Gov. Maggie Hassan's spokesman, Marc Goldberg said: "The governor supports measures to keep our children as safe as possible, including through the use of proper safety measures in vehicles, and she looks forward to hearing from stakeholders and fully evaluating the legislation to update current New Hampshire child safety laws as it is considered by the Senate,"
Goffstown police Capt. Rob Browne likes the proposed change.
"Anything that keeps the kids safe," he said. "We're probably pulling them out a little too early."
The department has two car seat technicians who install car seats and inspect car seats parents placed in their vehicles. About 30 people set up appointments last year, he said.
Manchester firefighter Ryan Lang, one of the department's three car seat technicians, said he would leave it up to legislators to decide. People can make appointments to have their seat installed or inspected. The department conducted 132 inspections and installations last year. (Parents can check with their local fire or police department to see if they offer assistance.)
Lang said some parents "bring the box" for technicians to install the seat. People sometimes install seats and leave too much sliding movement or don't get the correct seat angle. He urged parents to fill out a slip that comes in the car seat box. That form is for a warranty and any future recall notifications, Lang said.
Nina Cullen, owner of the children's store, Nini Bambini in Bedford, sees lots of young children coming into her store carried in car seats.
"The older we can keep them in (a seat) the better," she said. "Some kids you'll find are in booster seats until they're in the third or fourth grade."
Installation, inspection
. Manchester Fire Department, call 669-2256 x3333.
. Bedford Fire Department, call 472-3219, press 8.
. Nashua Police Department, 594-3500, contact Sgt. Todd Martyny.
. Londonderry CPS Program, call 432-1104, x 4623.
. Goffstown Police Department, call 497-4858.
. Concord Hospital, 230-7300
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Posted Thursday, August 25, 2011 --- 7:00 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists have made a promising advance using mosquitos to control a tropical disease normally spread by the insects.
They've rapidly replaced mosquitoes in the wild with ones that don't spread the virus that causes dengue fever.
More than 50 million people a year get the dengue virus from being bitten by infected mosquitoes in tropical and subtropical areas, including Southeast Asia. It can cause debilitating high fever, severe headaches, and pain in the muscles and joints, and lead to a potentially fatal complication. There's no vaccine or specific treatment.
Australian scientists infected virus-carrying mosquitos with a particular kind of bacteria which prevents them from spreading the disease and introduced the bugs in two test areas.
The next hurdle is to test the idea in areas where dengue is spread constantly and show it works against varied strains of the virus.
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