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Gay, who currently produces mosaic works, is busy assembling panels of marble, stone and granite to capture Nevada's – and other states' – wildlife. Gay's efforts garnered her an award in August from the Society of American Mosaic Artists for her "Call of the Panther" mosaic now on display at Panther Valley Park in Reno.
"The juror who chose my work must have been very impressed, which gives credibility," Gay said.
Gay received the Juror's Award from skilled mosaic artist Luciana Noturni, an instructor at a renowned Italian mosaic restoration school.
Using granite mosaic, Gay created a two-sided sculpture. One side shows the silhouette of a 14-foot black panther in tall grass, while the other side is lightly sculpted and uses glazed porcelain to display imagery representing shades of the earth. The city of Reno commissioned Gay as part of its Public Arts series for parks.
When preparing for a project, Gay looks for the materials and colors that will best complement her ideas. She uses marble, concrete, granite, plywood and, weather permitting, grout.
"There are so many colors emulated in natural materials," she said.
Looking at a work closely, mosaic artistry is much like putting together a puzzle. Gay breaks up the marble or tile with saws or her favorite tool, a $2.99 standard hammer, and fits each piece together to make up a colorful scene or "snapshot," such as her "Verdi muledeer" mosaic for the donor wall at the Verdi Community Library and Nature Center or the rose waterfall work at the entrance of the Reno Municipal Rose Garden at Idlewild Park.
Most of her work is done in her "lab," which is the garage at her home. Around the house, she has placed several of her early mosaic attempts and has even placed inset fish mosaics into the concrete stairs along a hill leading to her house.
Gay, who used to illustrate for cartoons full time, says she enjoyed the work but wanted to expand into another medium. Then in 2001 she saw a show on high-definition television that showcased the works of three artists, one of whom displayed their mosaic designs with rocks and tiles.
"There's so much depth and beauty (in mosaic)," she said.
It took time, but she practiced and eventually rose to the level where she has competed with other artists for various public art commissions.
Currently, Gay is preparing a panel series for the state of Colorado called "Night Hawk Dance" with smooth, deep blue tones. Each panel takes about six weeks to complete and she has until December to finish. When she finishes, Gay, her husband and her technician, who helps install the panels, will rent a 24-foot truck with a lift gate to hoist the nearly 300-pound panels and drive them to Colorado.
On Sept. 12, another of Gay's works, "American Eagle," will be dedicated at a ceremony at the Veterans Guest House in Reno. Gay said the eagle's wings spread against the backdrop of the American flag and is meant to pay tribute to former Air Force Col. Theodore Ferrato, who died in February, and other U.S. service members who have made sacrifices for their country.
"(Mosaic art) is a neverending project," Gay said.
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Narrator: This is Science Today. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity among adults in the United States has gone up 10 percent in six years. And according to Gladys Block, a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of California, Berkeley, the American trend of skipping breakfast is tipping the scales even further.
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Thompson grew up in Reading, Pa. and enjoyed five seasons near home with the Philadelphia Phillies organization in Triple-A Lehigh Valley. But Wednesday morning he was traded by his childhood home team, the Phillies, to the Tampa Bay Rays, 30 minutes from the current home he shares with his wife Theresa and three kids.
Wednesday night, Thompson suited up for the Rays and appeared in the game late as a pinch runner for designated hitter Luke Scott. By Thursday evening, he was penciled in for his first MLB start as the left fielder against the Boston Red Sox. After striking out to lead off the third inning, he came up again in the fourth, and his soft grounder found a hole through the middle for an RBI single and his first big league hit. He added a pair of stolen bases and a hit by pitch to complete the evening.
It was actually the second trip to "The Show" for Thompson, who made his Major League debut in 2004 as a Rule V selection of the Kansas City Royals. However, his stay was shorter than anticipated as he appeared in just six games, scoring one run and grounding a double play to Omar Vizquel in his only at bat. Thompson spent the next eight years in the minors, not knowing (until Wednesday) if he'd get a second chance.
(NOTE: Media coverage for Rich's story has been extensive. Please visit the attached articles from this week, which were used as sources for this piece.)
Rich Thompson arrived to the campus of James Madison University in the Fall of 1997 and spent the next three years compiling some of the best baseball statistics in the program's history. Major League Baseball teams took notice of his talent and Thompson was selected in the sixth round of the 2000 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.
Thompson has spent the better part of the last five seasons playing Triple-A baseball for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, a minor league affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The fan favorite was preparing for another game with the IronPigs on May 16th until he received a call his manager, Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg. Thompson was informed that he had been traded to the Tampa Bay Rays and that they were calling him up to the Majors as part of the active 25-man roster.
During his time playing professional baseball, Thompson has spent a total of 13 seasons in the Minor Leagues since he was drafted. Thompson has played for minor league affiliates of Toronto, Pittsburgh, Arizona and Philadelphia before he was dealt to the Rays.
Thompson's career statistics reflect his status as a seasoned veteran. In his 1,388 Minor League games, he has recorded 442 stolen bases, scored 836 runs, collected 1,390 hits in 4,966 at bats and has a career average of .280. Thompson has also received awards while in the Minors including the MiLb.com Organization All-Star for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, which he received in 2011. He was also named an International League All-Star in 2006 for the IronPigs.
This season Thompson had been putting together one of his better seasons in recent years, which could be attributed to why the Tampa Bay Rays traded for him. As of May 16th, through 29 games for the IronPigs, Thompson had recorded a .307 batting average with 27 hits and 11 runs batted in.
While Thompson was with JMU baseball he put together three very impressive years of baseball where he was known for his ability to get on base, steal bases and score runs. Thompson still currently owns records across a wide variety of statistics for season and career numbers, both at JMU and for the Colonial Athletic Association. He remains second all time at JMU for most stolen bases in a career with 99, which is also good for fifth all time in the CAA record books. Thompson owns second on JMU's list for stolen bases in a season, which he set in 2000 with 50 bases swiped, which is also second-most all time in a season for the CAA. In 2000, Thompson was also named Second Team All-CAA, JMU's Most Valuable Player and was also a Virginia Sports Information Directors All State Honorable Mention.
Thompson's other appearances in the JMU record book include: fourth for stolen bases in a season (35, 1999), eight for at bats in a season (231, 2000), seventh for runs scored in a season (64, 2000), seventh for triples in a season (5, 2000), fourth for most hit by pitches in a season (17, 2000) eighth all time for career triples (10) and ninth in hit by pitches in a career (25).


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Andrew Wyeth (American, 1917-2009) Little Caldwell's Island, 1940 32 x 40in
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28 Nov 2012 14:00 EST
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Andrew Wyeth (American, 1917-2009)
Little Caldwell's Island, 1940
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (lower right)
tempera on panel
32 x 40in
The artist
Private collection, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1949
Owen Gallery, Inc., Denver, Colorado, 1968
Auslew Gallery, Norfolk, Virginia, 1972
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1980
Private collection, Sag Harbor, New York, 1990
Adelson Galleries, New York, 1992
MBNA, Wilmington, Delaware, 1998
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2004
Wilmington, Delaware, Delaware Art Center,
Twenty-Seventh Annual Exhibition of Paintings by Delaware Artists, Pupils of Howard Pyle and Members of the Society
, November 11-December 1, 1940.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture
, January 26-March 2, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art,
Twenty-Eighth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by Contemporary American Artists
, June 1-August 31, 1941, n.p., illustrated.
San Diego, California, San Diego Museum of Art, January 1, 1942.
Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
Third Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings
, March 4-April 14, 1942.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, and elsewhere,
Americans 1943: American Realists and Magic Realists
, February 10-March 21, 1943, n.p.
New York, Rockefeller Center, and elsewhere,
Second Annual "Portrait of America" Exhibition
, January 1, 1946-?, n.p.
San Diego, California, Fine Arts Gallery, and elsewhere,
20th Century Realists
, February 12-March 20, 1966.
New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc.,
Selected American Masterworks-John Singleton Copley to Jack Levine, 1770 to 1979
, December 4, 1979-January 5, 1980.
Bologna, Italy, Gallerie Forni,
Andrew Wyeth
, March 28-April 28, 1992, n.p., illustrated.
Rockland, Maine, Farnsworth Art Museum,
A Century of Wyeths
, May 29-October 17, 1999, n.p., illustrated.
Rockland, Maine, Farnsworth Art Museum,
On Island: A Century of Continuity and Change
, June 25-October 15, 2000, n.p., illustrated.
Atlanta, Georgia, High Museum of Art, and elsewhere,
Andrew Wyeth: Memory and Magic
, November 12, 2005-February 26, 2006, n.p., illustrated.
Art & Antiques
, May 1990, n.p., illustrated.
Contemporary American Masters: Andrew Wyeth
, Tokyo, Japan, 1993, n.p., illustrated.
Carl Little,
Paintings of Maine
, Camden, Maine, 2006, n.p., illustrated.
This tempera will be included in Betsy James Wyeth's forthcoming
catalogue raisonné
of the artist's work.
Known for embracing realism while New York favored the color-field canvases of the Abstract Impressionists, Andrew Wyeth often criticized himself for having too much concern for his subject matter. He is recalled as saying, "I think the great weakness in most of my work is subject matter. There's too much of it." Likely a symptom of the traditional artistic training Wyeth received at the hands of his father, the great American Illustrator, N.C. Wyeth, his painfully detailed temperas and drybrushes have always been his most highly sought-after works.
Much like his father, Wyeth was a talented draftsman. In preparation for his final works in tempera or drybrush, he executed careful studies of the various elements of the painting. Almost scientific in their rendering, these studies served as guidelines for his finished works. Leading up to 1940, the year Wyeth painted
Little Caldwell's Island
, the artist executed a number of watercolor studies on the coasts off Port Clyde, Maine. As a result, the finished painting like Wyeth's other temperas is littered with meticulous, layered details. "Tempera is something with which I buildlike building in great layers the way the earth itself was built. Tempera is not the medium for swiftness." (Andrew Wyeth as quoted in,
Andrew Wyeth Autobiography
, 1995, p. 11)
In the present work, Wyeth depicts a view looking toward Little Caldwell's Island from Caldwell's Island at low tide with kelp and clusters of mussels depicted in the foreground. The island was not far from the home he kept in Maine, which is consistent with Wyeth's oeuvre. Wyeth painted what he knew subjects, both landscape and figural, were chosen based on the closeness that he felt with them. The hills of Chadds Ford, the landscape of Maine, all represent places that he was familiar with and therefore indirectly represented a part of him, or of his unconscious. Wanda M. Corn adeptly surmises this when she states, "N.C. Wyeth firmly believed that great American Art would come only from artists who entrenched themselves against the fashionable styles of the moment and painted instead out of a profound identification with their own land and people." (Wanda M. Corn,
The Art of Andrew Wyeth
, 1973, p. 127) The present work represents an early example of this connection which he would explore and develop throughout his artistic career.
The young artist, only twenty-three at the time the present work was finished, was newly married to Betsy James, a Maine-native who had introduced him to Christina Olson, arguably his most famous subject. Betsy, like his local subjects and landscape, would provide Wyeth with both inspiration and guidance. According to a letter from the artist to his sister Ann, the year
Little Caldwell's Island
was painted, "I have thought of you often as I worked on my tempera I am doing of Little Caldwells. I know you love that place as I do. Yesterday I was over there and while I painted Betsy dug for Indian relics." He went on to say, "I have been putting all of my [effort] on this large tempera and I think it is going to be worth it in the end." (a letter from Andrew Wyeth to Ann Wyeth McCoy, Thursday Night, 1940, n.p.)
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Rude restaurant owner – Five girlfriends, including three serving in the military (I'll spare you the number of duty tours around the world), had decided to have dinner at Bubba's to celebrate one's upcoming marriage. Three of them had arrived early and were waiting for the bride to be and her maid of honour when, suddenly, a man steps on one of the chairs around the table and reaches over the table towards the ceiling. The girl closest to that chair was quite startled by this. Her first reaction was to grab the hand bag she had set on that chair. The man immediately defended his action by saying he wasn't going to step on the bag and that he was just switching the fan off in case the girls were cold. He then offered this statement : "My name's Bubba." To which there was no reply apart from three blank looks, prompting him to add : "I'm the owner". As if that explained why he was jumping on chairs without asking anyone of his paying guests if that was alright. He then reluctantly offered an apology, while continuing to justify his behaviour, not unlike an average 2-3 year-old. He left. Without wiping the chair down . Someone was going to sit there at some point. One of the girls then called him back : " I'm sorry, but would you mind wiping that chair down now that you've stood on it in your shoes ?"." Alright", he replied, "are we going to be happy eating here, or do we have to go somewhere else ? I can see we're just going to have problems all night".
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I wish I could tell you about the food, and possibly how bad it is, but we didn't even get as far as ordering…
This was my first and, needless to say, will be my last, experience at Bubba's. One thing I realise, though, is that I owe Mr Bubba many thanks. Indeed, we then headed off to a place where we knew we would get great food and great service, and had a wonderful evening at Sakura.
Worst Breakfast Ever – We decided to try Bubba's for brunch on a beautiful Sunday morning and we didnt feel like waiting in line at Citrus. OMG, it was truly one of the worst breakfasts I've ever eaten out. Now I know why there were empty parking spaces and lots of tables available inside. There are few choices available on the menu; I ordered the seafood omelet, it was extremely overcooked to the point of a deep brown color, extremely dry and the accompanying potatoes were bland. What is the owner thinking serving crap like that?
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Great Seafood – Bubba's came highly recommended from friends who live at Chick's Beach about 4 years ago.
Whenever there is a special occasion or friends/family/business associates are in town who enjoy good seafood I take them to Bubba's. People from as far away was New Orleans and as close as a few hours west on now ask to go there whenever they are in town.
I highly recommend Bubba's and have never had a bad experience there. Eat there several times a year during different seasons.
As far as the other review regarding an embarrassing smell, the rest rooms have always been extremely clean the times I've been there.
Eat outside on the deck if it's warm and enjoy the Pelicans and Egret's and people waving as they pass by on their boats!
"Urine" for a HORRIBLE surprise! – This was our first visit to Bubba's and upon entering the restaurant, we were overcome by the smell of urine/urinal cake mint. We decided to give the place a chance after reading other positive reviews. After sitting down the smell never let up. We ordered stuffed mushrooms, 2 fried shrimp platters with fries, and draft beer. The waitress was nice and very attentive, but the food was awful. The mushrooms were ok but the crab didn't taste fresh. When the shrimp platters arrived they looked good. As we continued to battle the urine smell, we tried some of the fried shrimp. They tasted like they had been out of the water for quite some time and they also were not deveined! Keep in mind that they were battered and fried....with the nasty veins still in there! At that point our stomachs were turning. Our last hope was to wash it down with the beer. Unlucky for us the beer was virtually flat (draft beer) and tasted like the keg was tapped years ago.
After we got home, we had to laugh because we realized that we literally RAN out of that place! I think the worst part was with tax and tip our bill was $70+. We could have had better food for less money at Red Lobster :(
Best Seafood with Great Atmosphere – The crab cakes were huge and delicious! Don't forget to get the Cole slaw on the side!
Help me out – The last time I went to Bubbas was long before it ever became a restraunt. It was just a place to launch the boat. So whats the decor like inside now? And how about the prices? I'm sure the food is good or they wouldn't still be there. So some one give me a heads up.
Manager was very rude – He was very rude and complained about being 90 degrees in April, not friendly, we didn't stay for lunch, great view!!!
Gorrrrgeous view and best place to eat in VB!!! – I am so picky when it comes to atmosphere, food, price, and service of a restaurant. I was blown away with the seating on the deck. We were as close to the water as possible, with just a breathtaking view! I am yet to find something like this anywhere else in VB. Boats would pull up alongside us and order off the menu. We were that close!!! The menu is totally reasonable. The Bubba's burger (9.95) and the chicken sandwich were amazing!!! The calamari was great too. I didn't like the soft shell crab sandwich b/c it didn't have much taste---we've been there twice now. I will take every visitor into town to this place----it is a must see and a must eat. The people we brought said over and over again, "I can't believe how gorgeous this is---its perfect!!!' The wait was not bad at all and the service the first time was great. The second time we went we waited quite a while for our food---but with the view and conversation we didn't really notice. That was our only criticism. It is very casual and child friendly. It is also a great spot for a date. The deck is the place to be! Enjoy!!!!
They don't know the meaning of the word "costumer". All they know is money. – Last week I visited Bubba's and talked with one of the responsible employees to arrange a luncheon we were planning to have with a group of friends. I chose the menu (green salad, grilled tuna or fried flounder, coke or soda, dessert, coffee or tea) and asked the price of the menu per person. The lady told me the total price was 29 $. I asked if tax was included and she replied: yes. Unfortunately I was not wise enough to ask if gratuity was included, neither did I make a contract to cover all details. I told her I liked the price, it was a deal 24 persons would attend the luncheon. Then we had the luncheon today. The main dish was good, salad was OK and dessert was poor. They somehow managed to make a dessert they call "German chocolate cheese cake" without using any chocolate or cheese. I liked the service, young and cheerful waitresses did a good job. The real surprise was at the end, when they handed out the bill. Unlike our deal, they had charged 20% gratuity and 5% tax. Now every attendee should pay 38.5 Dollars. I wanted to talk with the lady I made the deal but I was told she was on leave. I talked with another lady, who introduced herself as the manager. She had such a mechanical approach and she was not cooperative at all. She kept saying she was righteous, we should have known about gratuity and the tax and they were damn right charging for them. I am not a US citizen. I temporarily reside in Virginia Beach. In the country where I came from, when you ask a restaurant in advance, how much you are going to pay during the party you plan to make, they give you a price that includes everything. Apparently this is not the case for Bubba's. Either they are not professional enough to explain this important detail to costumers or they choose not to mention this on purpose. Today I felt cheated in Bubba's. They also made me pay for 5 persons who did not attend the luncheon. I could choose not to. There was no contract, but I paid, because my word ic contract.
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Great Customer Service!! – We were in Baltimore to go to Johns Hopkins. The hotel provides special rates and also taxi vouchers for customers visiting JH. JH is huge and can be difficult to get around and find parking. By using the free taxi service, we were dropped off right at the door and picked up the same way. The room was great. Very comfortable and very clean. The staff was incredible. They bent over backwards to help us and we greatly appreciated all their help.
Close to everything – Close to all the tourist stuff at the inner harbor, easy walking distance to the ballpark and the touristy locations. Price is great on non ballgame days. Lobby is updated, rooms are a little older but fine.
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Chris Stoll of Imaginary Lines
Back when we used to buy our music on vinyl, something magic happened with each album purchased. All fidelity issues aside, the magic thing lost with the advent of the compact disc in 1982 was the art. With a 12-inch diameter record you got 144 square inches of art on each side. Sleeves inside also often had artwork. Two sides of a jacket and two sides of a sleeve gave artists 576 square inches of graphic eye candy potential, and the buying public couldn't get enough.
All this real estate gave artists, illustrators and photographers room to run. Sure, many covers were lame. Others achieved icon status. One studio which made the most of this photographic opportunity was Hipgnosis, the British design group founded by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell. The studio lasted from 1968 through 1983, and was responsible for many of the greatest rock album covers of the era. From Pink Floyd to Led Zeppelin, many of their covers are still impressive today, despite the lack of digital photo editing software at the time.
Now we're in the digital age of commercial art. Album covers have shrunk to CD case booklets (just 81 square centimeters), but other opportunities abound. Direct mail, catalogs, magazines, and the Internet have created more venues for photo-rich content, including both editorial and advertising, than what was available during Hipgnosis' reign.
Addressing today's need of clients around the world is a talent-packed studio outside of Dallas. Imaginary Lines, Inc., is proudly following in the footsteps of Hipgnosis, and they're doing it with more powerful tools than Thorgerson and Powell ever dreamed of. Chris Stoll, Studio Manager in charge of sales and production, was kind enough to discuss what kind of magic goes on every day in Terrell, Texas.
The studio services an incredibly wide range of clients, most of which don't appear on their Web site. "The things we really enjoy are working with photographers who are artistically driven. They visualize things that are difficult to do." This is where lead artist and company president Mary Brandt leaps into the breach. With a background in fine art, Brandt is pivotal in bringing concepts to life. Although Imaginary Lines was started in 1994, Brandt had previous experience on large, dedicated systems of the day, such as Quantel, Crosfield, and the Kodak Premier Image Enhancement System. The studio now runs on Apple Macintosh computers.
Being in Texas does not limit the studio's client base. Recent location jobs include shoots in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Virginia, and Madrid. "We bring all our own gear wherever we go in the world. It's a turnkey system," says Stoll. While Brandt is on top of the creative compositing, Stoll shoots product replacements shots and any elements Brandt may call for.
Boasting client relationships which have lasted many years, an impressive final product is not the only thing Imaginary Lines can do well. Part of this success is based on the philosophy of the studio. "It's our objective to not be imposing on the creative visions of photographers," explains Stoll. "We follow their lead. Their projects dictate what we're doing. We don't have a typical look out studio puts on everything. Our position is to put the photographer forward, whatever their project is. We troubleshoot in whatever way we need to achieve the result they're looking for."
The studio relies on Mamiya cameras for two different scenarios. The first is when they need to photograph elements such as a sky or a texture. The second is for instances of a photographer's inadequate insurance to cover expensive products on set, such as jewelery, or when a new product isn't yet available. Stoll and his colleagues then shoot just those missing elements and insert them digitally into a photographer's work at a later date. "We've been using Mamiya 645D's since they came out," he says. "Originally, we were shooting on film, and then scanning. We started using digital when the Leaf C-Most was introduced. We've been upgrading periodically since then. We now have a DM56."
"We used to have 500-series Hasselblads, and we were looking to go to something more modern, with autofocus, and things of that nature," says Stoll. "Going to Mamiya was a comfortable transition. We knew there was going to be a movement toward digital technology, and it seemed Mamiya was headed there before anyone else. We own the entire inventory of lenses, and multiples on some focal lengths. I think we've only sent in one body for service and one lens in all these years. The turnaround time was very quick, and the service department was great. The field people have been great. There were times we needed a product that was on backorder, and the field reps have always come through."
Imaginary Lines relies on PocketWizards as part of their photographic gear. On a recent shoot in New York, a camer was mounted atop a Condor bucket truck. "We were monitoring the captures from an RV down below, but the photographer was walking in the plaza, directing people while firing the camera remotely with PocketWizards. The fact we can use them for camera operation as well as flash is really cool." For a recent job in Spain, the team was called upon to capture water flying through the air and freeze the motion completely. Hypersync technology made it possible.
When asked about other equipment used on a daily basis, Stoll says, "I wouldn't recommend setting Profoto gear out in the rain, but it survived. The water wasn't that deep," he laughs. 7B's are their Profoto packs of choice.
"We're definitely a production and post house, but we work extremely closely with the photographer on the photography side of each project," says Stoll. Part of his role every day is researching and quoting different ways of completing the effects a shot calls for, including CGI modeling, practical modeling, or building a lifesize prop.
Stoll feels fortunate Brandt and her fine art background lead their team. With careful planning from the beginning of each project, everyone at Imaginary Lines knows which elements need to be captured, and what the shot order is. This prevents rework inevitable when they're brought onto a project after the fact. "We're always comping on-set with our Macs," says Stoll. "There's not a lot of times where we feel we didn't get a shot because we were actually there making sure perspectives are correct and everything is accounted for. Our team works cohesively all the way through the production, and everyone knows what everyone is responsible for."
Although Hipgnosis and big album art are gone, Imaginary Lines continues to alter reality with astounding work. Wielding digital tools unheard of thirty years ago, imaginations are no longer shackled. As creative directors continue to dream up the impossible, Brandt, Stoll and company will continue to deliver realistic, yet unreal images.
*Although all the art in this post was created in whole or in part at Imaginary Lines, some of the photographers work featured include Geof Kern, Jim Fiscus, and Phillip Esparza.


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360-FAAR (Firewall Analysis Audit and Repair) is an offline, command line, Perl firewall policy manipulation tool to filter, compare to logs, merge, translate, and output firewall commands for new policies, in Checkpoint dbedit, Cisco ASA, or ScreenOS commands. It is all contained in one file. It can read policy and logs for: Checkpoint FW1 (in odumper.csv / logexport format), Netscreen ScreenOS (in get config / syslog format), and Cisco ASA (show run / syslog format). It uses both inclusive and exclusive CIDR and text filters, permitting you to split large policies into smaller ones for virutalization at the same time as removing unused connectivity. It supports policy to log association, object translation, rulebase reordering and simplification, rule moves, and duplicate matching automatically. It allows you to seamlessly move rules to where you need them. 'print' mode creates a spreadsheet for your audit needs with one command.
AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a file and directory integrity checker. It creates a database from the regular expression rules that it finds from the config file. Once this database is initialized it can be used to verify the integrity of the files. Several message digest algorithms are used. All of the usual file attributes can also be checked for inconsistencies.
AppDynamics an application performance management solution for mission-critical Java applications. It can organize user requests and business transactions, monitor business transaction health, identify and diagnose slow requests, identify and diagnose errors, and drill down. It is built from the ground up for highly distributed service-oriented environments. It has fast root cause diagnostics at the method/class level, but creates no more than 2% overhead, even in high-volume production deployments. It can not only manage applications, but dynamically scale them in cloud and virtual environments.
AsItHappens is a real-time network statistics collector and grapher. It collects data from devices over a network via ICMP and SNMP and displays them on a graph, optionally storing collected data in a database for later retrieval. Collection types include network response, bandwidth usage, processor usage, memory usage, Cisco NBAR, and Cisco NetFlow. AsItHappens polls data in regular intervals, which can be in the order of milliseconds, to give immediate feedback on network performance, and it can also graph flow information from packet capture files. AsItHappens includes the Self Defending Network, a horizontal shoot-em-up based on collected graph data.
BGPHist is a tool that receives MP-BGP updates, decodes them, and writes them to a database for logging and monitoring purposes. It supports not only Internet routes, but also IPv4 VPN, IPV6 VPN, and L2VPN. It sounds text output, MySQL databases, and Oracle databases. For the MySQL backend, there is also a simple PHP frontend. It could be used to monitor and log an ISP's customer activity for Internet and VPNs, as a passive BGP looking glass, or as a backend for some external monitoring and accounting system.
Band Saw is a syslog monitoring program for GNOME. It allows the user to define filters that specify which log messages should be drawn to the user's attention. Combined with syslog's remote logging functionality it provides an effective, scalable, and easily deployed monitoring solution.
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LOS ANGELES — No. 9 Nebraska lost 3-2 contests to No. 5 Hawaii and No. 4 USC on Friday, finishing its week in California with a 4-5 dual record.
Junior Morgan Broekhuis and Kadie Rolfzen, a freshman out of Papillion-La Vista South, won both of their matches at the No. 2 pairing for the Huskers.
In the opening match against Hawaii, Nebraska used wins from Broekhuis-Rolfzen and the No. 1 pairing of senior Kelsey Robinson and freshman Alexa Strange. Hawaii did not drop a set in the other three pairings, however, to win the match.
Against USC, Broekhuis-Rolfzen and No. 3 Amber Rolfzen and junior Hayley Thramer, both picked up three-set wins for Nebraska.
At No. 1, Robinson and Strange won the opening set but fell 16-21, 21-18, 19-17, to Kirby Burnham and Stevi Robinson of USC.
Hawaii 3, Nebraska 2
No. 1: Kelsey Robinson-Alexa Strange, NU, def. Natasha Bell-Jane Croson, 21-13, 21-16
No. 2 Morgan Broekhuis-Kadie Rolfzen, NU, def. Ginger Long-Katie Spieler, 21-14, 21-16
No. 3 Ali Longo-Karlee Riggs, Hawaii, def. Amber Rolfzen-Hayley Thramer 21-18, 21-16
No. 4 Ashley Kastl-Tai Manu-Olevao, Hawaii, def. Meghan Haggerty-Sheridan Zarda, 21-10, 21-10
No. 5 Olivia Urban-Ku'ulei Zalopany, Hawaii, def. Kelsey Fien-Alicia Ostrander, 21-15, 21-16
Order of finish: 4, 5, 2, 3, 1
USC 3, Nebraska 2
No. 1 Kirby Burnham-Stevi Robinson, USC, def. Kelsey Robinson-Alexa Strange, 16-21, 21-18, 19-17
No. 2 Morgan Broekhuis-Kadie Rolfzen, NU, def. Katie Fuller-Cinnamon Sary, 32-30, 14-21, 15-9
No. 3 Amber Rolfzen-Hayley Thramer, NU, def. Eve Ettinger-Bria Russ, 19-21, 21-16, 15-7
No. 4 Brooke Fournier-Natasa Siljkovic, USC, def. Meghan Haggerty-Sheridan Zarda, 21-16, 21-17
No. 5 Sam Hirschmann-Alexa Stonish, USC, def. Kelsey Fien-Alicia Ostrander, 21-18, 21-12


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GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - How does fresh, fast and tasty sound for dinner tonight? The summer edition of Nourish-cookbook series is filled with great recipes using local and seasonal vegetables.
Anna Dvorak joined KARE 11 News at 4 to give us a visual feast.
White Beans, Tomatoes and Escarole (or Greens)
This is summery, fast, juicy and satisfying with the big, soft beans, ripe tomatoes, handfuls of greens and garlic - all of the things that make me happy and feel really satisfied after eating.
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
Gluten-free, Dairy-free optional
1. Bring a large pot of water to boil for the pasta. Cook the pasta according to the package directions in boiling, salted water and drain. Toss with a little olive oil and set aside.
2. Warm a large sauté pan over medium heat, then add the olive oil and onion and sauté until the onion softens and becomes translucent; add garlic and cook for 3 minutes longer. Add drained white beans, greens, 1/2 cup bean cooking water (or water), tomatoes and red pepper flakes with a large pinch of salt. Cook just until the dish is hot and the greens are wilted, then taste and adjust salt if needed and season with freshly ground black pepper.
3. Serve a large ladleful (or two) in a large pasta plate over a small amount (1/4 - 1/2 cup) of pasta per person. Pass shredded cheese to serve.
*Serving Tip: Alternately, serve with a large garlic-rubbed crouton of deliciously crusty whole wheat bread - grilled or broiled or with a grilled slice of Gluten-Free Flatbread with Garlic (see Nourish: Summer)
Arugula Salad
Prepared Italian-style, this salad gets all tossed together in the bowl without measuring or whisking together a separate dressing. It should end up being wildly flavorful and wonderfully juicy, and served with nice big shavings of Pecorino Romano or Parmesan on top. I've given rough amounts of everything so that you can get the idea and build your confidence to be making - and eating - more easy salads like this all summer long.
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
Gluten-free, Dairy-free optional
Wash and dry arugula leaves well. Rub the inside surface of a big salad bowl all over with a peeled garlic clove and then toss the remains in the bottom of the bowl. Add arugula leaves to bowl, tearing larger leaves as you drop them in. Drizzle entire salad with the extra virgin olive oil - enough coat the salad lightly and evenly when tossed. Squeeze on lemon juice and sprinkle with good sea salt and give everything several tosses to coat all of the leaves. Shave some big pieces of Parmesan or Romano cheese on top - a Y style vegetable peeler works best for this - and finish with several grinds of black pepper. Serve immediately.
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Welcome to the first edition of Lawyer Thursdays! Thank you to Helena's own Hewy Nosleep for allowing the Davidson Law Firm to answer your legal questions on his daily blog. No Sleep in Helena Alabama : The Events of Helena Alabama: Groundhog, Giving and Legal Thursday is the link to his blog and this edition. There were some really great legal questions asked. You can submit your legal question to email@example.com any time. Please put "Lawyer Thursdays" in the subject line as I also receive many emails through my website at www. Davidsonlawoffice.com. You may also call Davidson Law Firm at 685-4822 or come by the office located in Old Towne Helena. Without further ado:
Question: My neighbor's across the street have visitors who park on the sidewalk next to my house. They drive across my yard at the edge of the street where the sidewalk ends leaving ruts. What can I do?
Answer: Parking on the street is a violation of Helena's Municipal Ordinances and is a typical ordinance violation in most municipalities. A simple call to the Helena Police Department (663-6499 – do not call 911 for this type of problem) will get the offender a citation and a date with us at Municipal Court. I would have to check our ordinances to be sure but parking on and/or blocking a sidewalk is most likely not legal either. There are several other legal options at your disposal as well. Damaging your property is actionable both civilly and criminally. The civil action would be a Small Claims Court case for the cost to repair the damage. Criminal actions would include trespass and destruction of property. You should write down a description of the vehicle(s) and the tag number(s). My suggestion is that you place a large, decorative stone, planter or tree at the corner of your property so that they cannot drive across the edge of your lawn.
Question: Are online, do-it-yourself wills a good thing? Will they hold up in Court?
Answer: No, I do not believe that online, do-it-yourself wills or any other do-it-yourself legal documents are good ideas. They might hold up in Court. Then again, it is far better sit down with a local, knowledgeable attorney to draft that document and be certain that it meets all of the legal requirements and all of your legal needs? The online legal documents that I have seen (as well as the $200.00 divorces) have been in the context of litigation to either invalidate the document or to fix the document. That $70.00 will you did suddenly becomes a $10,000.00 will contest for your heirs because the legal requirements were not met or it was not executed properly. That $200.00 uncontested divorce now becomes a $10,000.00 fight because the original decree didn't adequately address all of the issues that will eventually arise. It is far better to pay the $300.00 for a professionally drafted will or $750.00 (at the Davidson Law Firm) for that uncontested divorce than to pay the price in the end.
Question: I would like to know how to get our Helena subdivision that is located in Jefferson County annexed into Shelby County.
Answer: Counties cannot annex land of the county next door as that property already falls within the legal domain of another county. Similarly, Helena could not annex the rest of Port South or Apache Ridge subdivisions because they are already part of Alabaster. The Alabama Legislature has to vote to approve the very expensive redrawing of county lines and it is subject to a vote of the entire State.


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Puig should also tone down the amount of HGH and Testosterone he is taking....but lets all pretend AGAIN that that is not the case....and just feel good about him
Miguel Montero says Yasiel Puig is 'doing stupid things'
On Tuesday night, Yasiel Puig made an ill-advised attempt to score from third base when Diamondbacks shorstop Didi Gregarius appeared to pocket a cutoff throw from centerfield. Puig was out by 10 feet, but dropped his shoulder on Arizona catcher Miguel Montero anyway. Montero held onto the ball for the out, but the two players exchanged glares after the play, with Montero wagging his finger at Puig. Before Wednesday night's game, Montero had some advice for the Dodgers rookie.
"If he's my teammate, I probably try to teach him how to behave in the big leagues," Montero told MLB.com's Tyler Emerick. "He's creating a bad reputation around the league, and it's unfortunate because the talent that he has is to be one of the greatest players in the big leagues. Right now, I'm not going to say he's the best because he hasn't proved anything yet. Does he have talent? Of course. Does he have the tools? Of course. He's got so much talent, it'd be really bad if he wasted it doing the stupid things that he's doing. You have to respect to earn respect. If you don't respect anybody, you aren't going to earn respect.
"I don't blame him running me over, it's part of the game," Montero added. "The only thing I really don't appreciate is why you have to look back at me. I really don't appreciate that. It's immaturity. It's part of his confidence right now that everything is going his way. Everything is right for him, he feels pretty good about himself. This game pays back though, he's going to have his bad moments out there and then he's going to realize he needs to change. When you go 0-for-20 or 1-for-50, then you realize it. . . . He'll learn, he's just got four weeks in the big leagues and is having a great time now. The game will humble you for sure. The game doesn't need you, we need the game."
Montero is developing a bit of a reputation himself as talker, having previously voiced complaints about pitching prospect Trevor Bauer both during and after Bauer's time with the Diamondbacks. Montero and Puig were also both in the middle of the action in the bean-brawl between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks last month, both being hit by pitches and incurring fines.
Both Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson and Dodgers skipper Don Mattingly brushed off Montero's criticisms.
Puig probably does need to tone it down a little. It was exciting when he scored from second on a groundout last week, but he probably should have been out on that play as well, and his decision to go home on Tuesday night was just foolish. There are also the usual concerns about his aggressive play leading to injury as he has had his share of scary slides, dives and collisions with the outfield wall already. As is the case for many players (Bryce Harper, another preternatural talent who probably believes he is capable of anything on a baseball field and isn't far from wrong, leaps to mind here), Puig needs to figure out how to be both aggressive and smart. That said, if this is the only version of Yasiel Puig we ever get, most people around baseball will probably take it.
Let's be honest. The guy, rather by his own volition or from his agent/teammates, is openly relishing the villain role. He's putting up the numbers now (although he's regressed to .250 over his last 10 games), but his plate discipline will determine whether he is a Miguel Cabrera or poor man's Adam Dunn within the next few years
Puig is a hot dog, Play a full season, then lets talk smack.
I hC
People like Yasiel Puig and Bryce Harper make me appreciate the talents of Mike Trout more. At least I don't read endless stories about him on these websites.
Yes, Miguel, the finger wave was very mature. Don't be f---ing hypocrite! You just can't handle hitting .200 while Puig's pushing .400!
Couldn't be that Motero is having a hissy fit because they just got swept at home? Regardless the finger wagger should not be calling other players "arrogant".
Miguel Montero should really be more concerned with his .219/.306/.318 slash line instead of how opposing players are carrying themselves.
The kid has had an amazing month. He may become a superstar. He's a kid. He's gonna do stupid things. The media has tried to make him out to be the next Ted Williams and anybody is gonna get an ego boost out of that. Let's not condemn him for mistakes or make him out to be the next Hank Aaron after 35 games. I remember a kid we had in Atlanta. He was called up and was amazing the second half of the season. Made the cover of Sports Illustrated. He had 2 years of success after that. Now he's back in the minor leagues in the Giants farm system. Remember Jeff Francoeur?
Montero is absolutely right. It isnt just this instance. He popped off at the mouth to Sergio Romo, acted like a fool to Luis Gonzalez for no reason, stares people down. Then he will be surprised when someone puts a fastball in his ribs. He is a punk, and I for one cant wait to see someone knock his ego back down to earth.
What has Miguel Montero done to earn the "respect" to say the things he did about another player? Is he like the team captain or the one anointed as the mouth piece for the team? From the last part of this article I am thinking perhaps coaching staff really could have done without the comments.
So I have seen hard collisions at home. What was Puig suppose to do, stop and allow him to tag him softly. These teams have history and Montero is just dragging current hatred towards the Dodgers against Puig. Get over it you wuss.
Love watching him play....he goes full speed on everything! What I did notice was him flipping his bat and admiring a single!! WTF, a single!!!
Stfu montero he plays with his heart. Maybe you should learn from him. Oh ya and didn't your own pitcher throw at his head!!! That's way more immature than a glare. Talking out against puig is the only way you could get in the news because your play is not making any headlines!
He will learn, they all do. Montero pretty much summed it up. Gary Sheffield learned, they all learn. Love the talent!!
dude is a player. get over it.
I've read about him, but don't know much about him. About his name: is it pronounced "puke-ey, " "piggy" or what? Whatever, he hasn't been around long enough for his attitude.
He makes them full speed; he's learning. Give the kid a break.
If Puig was out by 10 feet, then Montero was the stupid one for blocking, instead of swipe tag. Sooner or later, MLB will figure out that blocking *any* base is dumb.
If Puig wanted to take Montero out, he would've knocked him into the backstop. Montero is built like a DB while Puig's built like a middle linebacker. Puig will learn eventually. It's his misfortune he wasn't blessed like an internet commenter who had the whole world figured out at the tender age of 22.
He's got a lot of 'tude to go with the talent, no doubt. Twice already I've seen him get tossed out at second trying to stretch a routine single to left into a double. The throw in both cases was one MLB outfielders make 19 times out of 20. You can be a great player without being an arrogant schmuck (see Buster Posey). But Montero is right; no one owns this game for very long, and Puig will figure that out.
Besides - had Puig made a head-first slide towards the first base side of the plate, he might have been safe.
Montero's finger wave was nothing more than a "nope, it didn't work this time." As for Puig's look-back, he perhaps didn't understand (like a lot of you guys) the meaning of the gesture.
Nothing more than a little gamesmanship going on - it comes with the territory.
is it mature to wag your finger at him after he doesn't score? Wag your finger at me and I'm going to stare you down too
Puig shouldn't have stared back at the guy, unless he was doing it to send a message. But even then, when you try to run over someone, haven't you just sent your message? Montero says he wasn't angry about that. Good for him. If you're standing in the baseline with the ball, be prepared to get hit. That's part of the game. Like Harper, Puig should take the baseball life a little slower. I like his hustle but he's not going to last playing like that everyday. Too bad it took Puig's reckless hustle in the outfield for someone recognize that Harper is doing the same thing. Harper is just a horrible outfielder, but I guess that will fly under the radar until Puig also shows weakness out there.
He's 22 years old. Of course he's immature. he also plays hard and he's fun to watch and he's brought life to a team that was on life support. Give the kid a break.
I can't wait for the next brawl between these 2 teams. That'll be the next time I pay attention to this boring sport.
And if Pete Rose had done the same thing, people would be saying how much spirit he has and what a competitor he is. I think people are a little jealous of Puig's heat right now.
A clear sign of prior Cuban/Castro indoctrination if I ever saw one......or it......whatever. Brain damaged goods?! Then again, all anyone cares about around here is whether he can play baseball....right?
Just think how much fun baseball would be if everybody
played that way all the time. Oh, and lets not forget that the
Diamondbacks threw at his HEAD almost ending his career in only his 8th
game in the big leagues... And who is immature?Then you have
guys like Montero, who has a 3rd grade education, is marginal at best,
@brighat You must not have been around here last season when every other article on the site was just as sticky with Trout-love...
@Alvin1 Francouer did not have Puig's tools.
@LucianGozzi, you sound like just like the other dbags on your team: montero, parra, kennedy, gibson.. all dbags
@LucianGozzi you sound like a whining dbag
@LucianGozzi That account is being overblown and has been disputed by eyewitnesses. It wouldn't be the first time Luis Gonzalez exaggerated or lied (see Steroid Era).
@LucianGozzi I know, you would probably prefer that he just do a Tebow every time he does something good.. it draws far less attention to himself... right?
@G1/2Full7 Happened the other way around...
@G1/2Full7 That's because you're such a tough guy.
@6marK6 No. If Pete Rose had done it, he would be called a cheap-shot artist, just as he was when he ruined R. Fosse's career in a meaningless game.
@6marK6 Good point, not sure if I agree though. Today's game is a little different. Mike Matheny's career was shortened by a home plate collission. And Coincidently enough, another Giant cather, Buster Posey, missed most of the 2011 season because a home plate collision, which, like Puig and Montero's, could have been avoided.
@6marK6 Good comparison. I hated Rose but Puig runs out everything... just like Pete.
@Wisconsin Death Trip Uhh, he is not Aaron Hernandez. So he shows some signs of immaturity, who cares, Sounds more like bitterness to me.
@Michael10 No, I was at ESPN.
@sterculius65 @Alvin1 ...nor was he one himself.
@DodgersForever nice try, not a dbacks fan
@DodgersForever and you sound like a typical dipshit dodgers fan. Congrats on being relevant for the first time in 30 years. Very well run franchise. hahaha
@westcoasttiger @6marK6 Maybe Robinson Cano could learn a few things from the kid about running things out...what a waste.
@Michael10 I would just use a joke Facebook account for everything. I don't have a real one anyway.
@brighat @Michael10 I check in there for the sortable standings, run differentials and expanded leaderboards, but don't comment because of the facebook requirement...


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332 Illick Hall
1 Forestry Dr.
Syracuse, New York 13210
(315) 470-6789
General research interests include:
a) Assessment of forest health
b) The ecological impacts of beech bark disease in the northern hardwood forest
c) Viral ecology, especially viruses detected in trees, surface waters, and polar ice
Graduate Research Topic
My research examines the role of host nutrition and physiological chemicals in the susceptibility of American beech trees to beech bark disease (BBD). The results of this study will be used to develop an alternative model of BBD in aftermath forests. Additionally, I'm involved with two studies using baseline mortality to examine the health of forests and tree species in the western US.
Graduate Research Topic
Beech Bark Disease, Forest Sustainability (Baseline Mortality)
Mukherjee, S.S., Lough, T. Hopcroft, D.H., and Castello, J.D. 2012. New tombusviruses isolated from surface waters in New Zealand. Australasian Plant Pathology 41:79-84.
Cale, J.A., Letkowski, S.K, Teale, S.A., and Castello, J.D. 2011. Beech bark disease: an evaluation of the predisposition hypothesis in an aftermath forest. Forest Pathology: (doi:10.1111/j.1439-0329.2011.00722.x)
Castello, J.D., and Teale, S.A. (eds.) 2011. Forest Health: An Integrated Perspective. Cambridge University Press, London. 392p.
Teale, S.A., Letkowski, S.K., Matusick, G., Stehman, S.V., and Castello, J.D. 2009. Quantitative nondestructive assessment of beech scale (Hemiptera: Cryptococcidae) density using digital image analysis of wax masses. Environ-Entomol. 38(4): 1235-1240.
Zhang, G. Shoham, D. Gilichinsky, D. Davydov, S., Castello, J.D., Rogers, S.O. 2006. Evidence of influenza A virus in Siberian lake ice. J. Virology 80:12229-12235.
Castello, J.D., and Rogers, S.O. (Eds.) 2005. Life in Ancient Ice. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. (http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/8004.html)
Rogers, S.O., Starmer, W.T., and Castello, J.D. 2004. Recycling of pathogenic microbes through survival in ice. Medical Hypotheses 63: 773-777.
Smith, A.N., Skilling, D.E., Castello, J.D., and Rogers, S.O. 2004. Ice as a reservoir for pathogenic human viruses: specifically, caliciviruses, influenza viruses, and enteroviruses. Medical Hypotheses 63:560-566.
Rogers, S.O., Theraisnathan, V., Ma, L.J., Zhao, Y., Zhang., G., Shin, S.G., Castello, J.D., and Starmer, W.T. 2004. Comparisons of protocols to decontaminate environmental ice samples for biological and molecular examinations. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70: 2540-2544.
Castello, J.D., Rogers, S.O., Bachand, G.D., Fillhart, R.C., Murray, J.S., Weidemann, K., Bachand, M., and Almond, M.A. 2000. Detection and partial characterization of tenuiviruses from black spruce. Plant Dis. 84: 143-147.
Bachand, G.D., and Castello, J.D.ã 2001. Immunolocalization of tomato mosaic tobamovirus in roots of red spruce seedlings. J. Phytopathology 149: 415-419.
Kopp, R.F., Castello, J.D., and Abrahamson, L.P. 1999. Viruses in Salix grown for bioenergy. Eur. J, For. Pathol. 29: 117-122.
Castello, J.D., Rogers, S.O., Starmer, W.T., Catranis, C.M., Ma, L., Bachand, G.D., Zhao, Y., and Smith, J.E. 1999. Detection of tomato mosaic tobamovirus RNA in ancient glacial ice. Polar Biology 22: 207-212.
Bachand, G.D. and Castello, J.D. 1998. Seasonal pattern of tomato mosaic virus infection and concentration in red spruce seedlings. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.64: 1436-1441.
Fillhart, R.C., Bachand, G.D., and Castello, J.D. 1998. Detection of infectious tobamoviruses in forest soils. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.64: 1430-1435.
Jacobi, V., Bachand, G.D., Hamelin, R.C., and Castello, J.D. 1998. Development of a multiplex immunocapture RT-PCR assay for detection and differentiation of tomato and tobacco mosaic tobamoviruses. J. Virol. Methods.74:167-178.
Fillhart, R.C., Bachand, G.D., and Castello, J.D. 1997. Airborne transmission of tomato mosaic tobamovirus and its occurrence in red spruce in the northeastern United States. Can. J. For. Res. 27:1176-1181.
Castello, J.D., Lakshman, D.K., Tavantzis, S.M., Rogers, S.O., Bachand, G.D., Jagels, R., Carlisle, J., and Liu, Y. 1995. Detection of infectious tomato mosaic virus in fog and clouds. Phytopathology 85:1409-1412.
Castello, J.D., Leopold, D.J., Smallidge, P.J. 1995. Pathogens, patterns, and processes in forest ecosystems. BioScience 45:16-24.
Castello, J.D., Wargo, P.M., Jacobi, V., Bachand, G.D., Tobi, D., and Rogers, M. 1995. Tomato mosaic virus infection of red spruce on Whiteface Mt., New York: Prevalence and potential impact. Can. J. For. Res. 25:1340-1345.
Mukherjee, S.S., Lough, T., Hopcroft, D.H., and Castello, J.D. 2012. New
Tombusviruses isolated from surface waters in New Zealand. Australasian
Plant Pathology 41:79-84.
Abstract Water samples from Turitea Creek and the Manawatu River near Palmerston North, New Zealand were assayed for infectious plant viruses. Twenty liter water samples each were prefiltered and v irions adsorbed onto electropositive Zeta Plus 50S membranes. Eluates were examined for virions by transmission electron microscopy . Icosahedral particles with a diameter of 30 nm with no distinct capsomere arrangement were observed. Two distinct tombus virus isolates were suspected based on symptoms in Vigna unguiculata. An A260/280 = 1.64, and a buoyant density in CsCl = 1.35 supported the conclusion that both isolates were tombusviruses. Maximum Parsimony trees generated f rom the deduced amino acid sequence of an 820 bp amplicon within the p33 (RdRp) gene and the entire capsid protein gene (1100 bp) showed maximum similarity of the isolates from Manawatu river and Turitea creek with Cucumber bulgarian latent virus (60% and 64%, respectively) in the p33 region, and with Maize necrotic streak virus (83%) and Cymbidium ringspot virus (76%), respectively , in the capsid protein region. In accordance with the species demarcation criteria of <87% sequence identity in the capsid protein amino acid sequences established by the ICTV, it is suggested that both isolates are new tombusviruses, for which we propose the names Turitea creek virus (TuCV) and Manawatu river virus (ManRV). This is the first report of tombus viruses in New Zealand.
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship to University of Bonn, January through June 1987.
J. William Fulbright Foundation Senior Scholar Award to Hort Research, Palmerston North, New Zealand, August through December, 2000.
Courses taught include:
Introductory Environmental Microbiology (EFB 303, 4 credit hours, team taught with Dr. J.P. Nakas)
Forest and Shade Tree Pathology (EFB 340, 3 credit hours) Lecture outline presented below.
Peoples, Plagues and Pests (EFB 217, 3 credit hours, fulfills the Gen Ed "other world civilization" requirement (co-taught with Dr. Steve Teale)
Forest Health (EFB 345, 3 credit hours-summer session at Cranberry Lake Biological Station. Team taught with Dr. Steve Teale).


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This Ranger's Ready For Whatever, Wherever
If you've perused our desert racing coverage over the past few years, you've seen Steve Herrera a time or two. Steve first appeared on Off-Road's radar when he bought Danny Guernsey's '69 Ford F-100 and raced it in MDR's 1450 Prerunner Class. The F-100 carried a full factory frame and was built within the Class 8 rules, but Steve wanted to be in the thick of competition and not in a class all by himself. Instead of lining up against one or two other Class 8 entries, Steve was mixing it up with ten or more Prerunner Class trucks every time out.
The F-100 proved a potent weapon, a testament to Danny's fabrication skills and Steve's driving skills. Danny, of course, is the "D" of C&D Fabworks. Steve and the F-100 took the overall win during one of their MDR conquests, something normally reserved for Class One unlimited buggies and the occasional Trophy Truck that shows up at MDR.
You're not looking at a re-skinned F-100 here. You're looking at a new build by C&D Fabworks. The original plan for this Ranger was to have a mild prerunner to go along with the '69 F-100. As soon as he experienced the Ranger's capability and handling in mild prerunner form, Steve decided that the Ranger would make a good race truck. There were additional factors. The first was its lack of nostalgia. Steve explained his train of thought: "If I rolled the '69, it would be done. It's hard to get some of the body parts we'd need to fix it after a major rollover. We've been looking for a new grille for a long time and it's been impossible to find. The '69 is just cool. I'd be bummed if it were damaged. On the other hand, I'm not in love with the Ranger at all. It's a race machine and that's it. There's no sentimental value." The second factor was a desire to make racing more challenging. As first built, this Ranger used a full-length frame and a leaf spring rear suspension. It wasn't as fast or as smooth as the F-100. But with the leaf-sprung Ranger, Steve had more peers to race against. Wins didn't come as easily, and that was just what he was after.
The leaf spring-based rear suspension proved a maintenance and performance challenge. "The leaf springs would be done after every race. The main leaf would break, or the eyes would bend open," Steve related. "The performance was very good for leaf springs, but leaf springs are at a disadvantage compared to links. The only way a leaf-sprung truck will beat a linked truck is if the linked truck isn't working well." Those statements may sound harsh, but they come from someone who's seen both sides of the equation. Don't get us wrong: leaf spring suspensions can be very good. It's just that link-based suspensions still have the advantage provided they're designed and built correctly.
After a couple of seasons on the Ranger, Steve was looking for a fresh direction for both his truck and his racing. We'll let Steve take it from here: "I wanted to try some short desert-style courses, like SNORE's Battle at Primm and the Glen Helen Baja Cup Series. Logistically speaking, there are a lot of things that are easier about short course. One is that it's easier for friends and family to get to see you race. In a desert race, you might break during the first lap and they'll never get to see you. It gets hot out in the desert during the summer and that's not a comfortable environment for casual spectators. The other factor is pit support. Unless you have a big budget, you have to depend on a lot of volunteers. Volunteer help is always appreciated, but volunteers usually can't give the level of support you could expect from a professional pit crew. With short course racing, you don't need a big pit crew, and your pit crew doesn't have to chase you from pit to pit."


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The Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Advisory Committee to the S.C. Natural Resources Board will meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 in Room 335 (board room) at the Rembert Dennis Building at 1000 Assembly St. in Columbia.
The meeting is open to the public. Anyone with business for the advisory committee, requests for the agenda, or directions to the meeting location should contact Susan Johnson at the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in Columbia at (803) 734-3889. Stephen L. Davis of Greenwood, a member of the S.C. Natural Resources Board, is chairman of the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Advisory Committee.
Items scheduled on the agenda for the Columbia meeting of the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Advisory Committee include:
DNR protects and manages South Carolina's natural resources by making wise and balanced decisions for the benefit of the state's natural resources and its people.