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Wow! Finally I got some free time to work on my projects.
It's been a long time since my last entry here, but there
isn't many "O.S. news" since then, unfortunately. All I can
say is that I've resumed working on Seis
again, and I started a new
project called via.
Regarding Seis, I've changed some core issues in its design. All data is now handled by "Reactive Cross-Linked Directed Graphs" (tm) (a.k.a. directed graphs with triggers) :-). Also, player code don't need to call or maintain a frontend object now. It means that you can focus on writing good IA for you bot-player and you get it working on your preferred interface for free! :-). Of course, if you want it to be interactive, you will have to call frontend methods (it is obvious). I can say that everything but the game itself is already written and tested :-) The game code is still "Under Construction"(tm), but I think I'll have a beta out in 5 to 8 weeks. It will be an excelent game and a nice tool for some Genetic Programming research. :-)
Via is another (small) project that's almost finished (I'll probably release a beta today). It's purpose is to allow you to have multiple configuration profiles (both user-based and system-level) and let you select one (manually or test-driven) at boot time. It's something very useful for notebooks, and I've been using it for more than 3 months by now. As an example of why you'd like such thing: I use my own notebook to work on Conectiva and to do my stuff at home. At Conectiva I use DHCP to get an IP address, need to fetch my emails from its internal email server (it can't be seen outside Conectiva's network), I must use its email server to send every email, my browsers must use its proxy server, and so on. At home, I have static IP address, my own DNS server, my own email server, my personal email accounts, I want to fetch my personal emails only when I'm home (and work-related emails only when I'm working), I'd like to have a different set of applications starting up automatically, and so on. Changing my notebook configuration every day would be a PITA; making my own network resembles Conectiva's would be a PITA squared (and that would not work if I had a third place to plug my notebook at). So, that's what via came for. Via solves all these problems and many other ones! In future releases, it will also solve the hungriness in the world!!! :-) (Mmmmkay, I noticed you're interested in it and you don't know where to get it. By now, send me an email. Soon I'll put it avaliable on the net, probably at SourceForge).


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VIDEO: James Parker reads "Flushed Away"
Lines Upon Hearing of the Systematic Theft by Persons Unknown of Certain Toilet Parts From Fast-Food Restaurants in the Town of Methuen
Flushometer, brains of the bathroom, flow-controlling flushometer,
The burglars are coming to carry you off like Perseus carried Andromeda.
Their secret design is to stack and combine you: a toilet a mile high!
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Closing Night! Rooftop concludes with the sharpest shorts in the world, fired into the night sky one last time, the films fading like fireworks. Stick around for an extended after-party featuring the Sound Liberation Front.
Time will pass you by, like a train whizzing through a station, allowing only fragmented glimpses of faces, or (paradoxically) like a train trudging so slowly you miss the events of your life altogether. As Rooftop's 17th summer winds down, we reflect on children becoming grown-ups, adults becoming elderly, parents becoming memories, and memories becoming scattered. But along the way, we can celebrate the summer swimming holes we shared as children, the music of our parents wafting into our drifting attention, the ghostly (almost demonic) make-up mavens who surprisingly console our fragmented souls. This wide-range of wonderful short films wraps up our festival and whisks us into winter.
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Timeless Seasons: Women's History (Ian Savage | USA | 5 min.)
In honor of women's history week in Pheasant Crest, the 'Timeless Seasons' hosts are visited by a living legend: makeup mogul Raven Williams!
The Battle of the Jazz Guitarist (Mark Columbus | 8 min.)
A son's tribute to his father (a once famous jazz guitarist from Fiji) goes awry when the son can't help but shed light on dark areas of their past. Humorous, inventive and emotional turns give insight into the two artists' relationship and the crash of the American Dream.
The Song of the Mechanical Fish (Phillip Yuryev | 28 min.)
In this drama as vast as novel by Tolstoy and as poignant as a story by Turgenev, an old fisherman who lives in a remote village in the Far North receives a letter inviting him to the wedding of his son whom he has never seen.
Gates of Life (Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen | 6 min.)
Spectacular and strange brief moments of life stolen from passing-by strangers form a sequence of events hidden in plain sight.
Ziegenort (Tomasz Popakul | 9 min.)
For one teenager living in a small sea-side down, facing the challenges of growing up is especially severe, as he is different from all others: he is half boy, half fish.
The Hideout (Astrid Bussnik | 15 min.)
A tender and playful portrait of four boys, ages 11 and 12, growing up and growing apart.
"Montreal-based A K U A (pronounced a-koo-ah) is a newcomer to the music scene, who has hit the ground running displaying a versatility in her sound that is hard to come by. Through both of her released songs A K U A blends R&B and soul to create vocals that can subtlety maneuver their way through an emotional ballad or carry a heavy presence over an experimental electronic beat. The latter of which is fully explored in her new song "Told You So" an unusual, yet surprisingly satisfying force that distorts hip hop while stretching through its elastic sound." - Earmilk
Sound Liberation Front
Sound Liberation Front has been hosting music events in Brooklyn since 2007. From underground parties to large scale productions, SLF events have been featured by NPR, Time Out NY, Village Voice, National Geographic and the Wall Street Journal. This year's Rub-A-Grub food and music dance party was featured among the Best Outdoor Summer Parties by Time Out NY.


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Exhibition highlights Syrian architecture, May 3-Oct. 22
Posted April 29, 2004; 03:48 p.m.
A selection of original photographs and drawings by Howard Crosby Butler will be on display May 3 through Oct. 22 on the first floor of McCormick Hall.
Titled "The House in Late Antique Syria," the exhibition highlights Syrian residential architecture between the fourth and sixth century. It was conceived by Slobodan Curcic, professor of art and archaeology, in conjunction with his spring seminar, "The Byzantine House."
An archaeologist and professor of the history of architecture, Butler was the first director of Princeton's School of Architecture. The photographs and drawings record his expeditions to Syria in the early 1900s.
The exhibition is sponsored by the Department of Art and Archaeology , Program in Hellenic Studies and Group for the Study of Late Antiquity. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Trash travels. It's a phrase that's been uttered hundreds, maybe thousands of times to convey the pervasiveness of trash and plastics in our global ocean.
But now trash has infiltrated the lineup—that congregation of surfers floating just beyond the furthest break, each one jockeying to get the jump on the next wave. For me, the lineup has always been a place of simultaneous solitude, camaraderie and exhilaration. It is a firewall between tranquility and unrivaled adrenaline.
Indonesia—better known as "Indo" in the surfing world—is a mecca for surfers seeking some of the world's most secluded yet infamous breaks. It's an idyllic place. Placid turquoise seas erupt into mountains of water that break with tremendous power onto razor-sharp reefs just inches below the surface.
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Wouldn't be bad. He's a good player and he's versatile. Martin was very good at LT for ND and probably could play there and be at least decent in the NFL. He has the ability to be a top caliber guard which I think is where he'll settle in.
Wouldn't be bad. He's a good player and he's versatile. Martin was very good at LT for ND and probably could play there and be at least decent in the NFL. He has the ability to be a top caliber guard which I think is where he'll settle in.
Martin looks like he's maxed out. So we need to be smart about drafting him. 2-3rd round but not in the first for him! There will be a stud Linebacker or DT that will fall to us in the first!
Plenty of good DT's later in the draft. Not that many tackles... Don't think twice and grab Martin if he's there.
What I don't get about the Zach Martin love is what sets him apart from the David Yankey's, Xavier Su'a Filo's and Joel Bitonio's of the draft? He looks solid with good feet, but is going to have to play guard (with the ability to maybe cover tackle as a backup). As a guard prospect, he doesn't really stand out from the other good prospects in the draft - all of who are slated to go later than Pick 19.
It's a reach, imo. I can guarantee that he won't be the "BPA" on many GMs' lists at 19. At Pick 30, I could definitely see him coming into the equation as a must-have.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. - S. Beckett
can he pull at guard?
Fans will find something to complain about no matter who we pick. If we pick Zach people will complain and say same old drafting style. Another lineman. If we draft a different position people will complain about the need for help on the line. It's a lose lose for Hickey.
No more O-lineman named Martin please!
I wouldn't like it. On a mediocre roster your aim has to be higher than Zach Martin, particularly if the supposed new emphasis is best player available and not scrambling to fill a need.
With so many talented juniors coming out, it's hard for me to believe that at least 19 of them aren't better than a 23 year old narrow shouldered guy who is not ideally suited for the position he played in college.
I like Zach Martin. I'm certain he will be a good pro, probably from the outset if at guard. But that's not a visionary pick. It's a Steve Ross caliber pick, always reacting instead of several steps ahead of the opposition. The Dolphins might solidify on the offensive line with Zach Martin but that type of desperate choice allows other teams to swoop up superior talent at nearby slots and then find an offensive line gem later. For one thing, I'm unconvinced that Martin is markedly better than Brian Schwenke, who went in the fourth round last year.
Aaron Donald is a better player than Zach Martin. If we teamed a true penetrating disruptor like Donald with a mountain man like Soliai that would be the best interior combo we've had in 15 years.
He's rated to go top 15-20, top rated offensive guard in the draft, top 4 rated offensive tackle and can play on both sides. I'm fairly certain he would be the BPA with the 19th pick......
He's a very good pick. Needing a G/T is just a bonus.
I think the problem is that people just don't think offensive line is a valuable position. They look at flashy players and want that, but they just don't understand that without an offensive line those flashy players are irrelevant, and your Qb will be torn apart and possibly lose all confidence to play in the NFL. You need top rated guys that know how to fight in the trenches against good opposition, not undrafted free agent practice squad players...
I'm with Fin and Awsi on this one. Nothing against Zach Martin, but if you can't find a solid guard in the later rounds, you don't have a chance anyway. We're not talking about a Greg Robinson kind of O-lineman who can clear out a side or do ridiculous things in space. We're talking about a guy who should be good, solid.
BTW, Jimmie Ward is starting to get love as a 1st RD pick. Rob Rang had him mocked to Denver at #31 - which makes sense, given what Earl Thomas did to their offense.


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held annually each spring since 1983. It is attended by students and faculty from various universities and colleges
primarily in Indiana and its surrounding states, but also from other states and countries. The conference features
20 minute talks by students in addition to three longer addresses by invited speakers. The invited speakers this year are mathematicians Dr. Christine Stevens
from Saint Louis University and Dr. Kelly Black of Union College.
Undergraduate students at all levels are invited to discuss
their independent work in any area associated with mathematics, its applications, history, philosophy, or pedagogy.
Undergraduates are welcome to submit abstracts of their talks anytime from now until March 23, 2009. Faculty are
encouraged to suggest to their students that the undergraduate mathematics conference at Rose-Hulman would be an
appropriate place to present a talk.
The 20 minute talks (please see SPEAKER GUIDELINES) could include (but are not limited to) topics from algebra,
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Please look at the
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I think it he's goes back to Nanami Abe.
Elsa G, I counted the one at '10 NHK because he was so crooked in the air. It was amazing he powered through the 3T.
Let's Talk, Hanyu did a 4T-2T in the SP at '12 worlds. I find it hard to believe that he can't do it anymore when he jumps the 4T with such ease. He did 4S-3A in shows this summer before the season started.
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Well, it took him about two years to get his 3A consistent since he first landed it, the same thing with 4T. I remember seeing a video of him landing a quad sal at an ice show in Japan circa 2011. Was it at The Ice 2011? And Plushenko even mentioned about Yuzu capable of doing 2 quads in cascades in this interview, published in Nov 2011. So, he might not have gotten consistent 4S this season, but hopefully he could next season. I don't see how doing 4T-3A or 4S-3A would do him any favours as far as BV's concerned cos sequences are only worth 80% of the BV and they're physically draining. It's better to do them separately. Though, I'd like to see him execute them in future competitions. It'll surely generate a lot of buzz. Papa Mishin also seems to think that it's ridiculous that these 3A-3A and quad-triple Axel combos are worth less than they're supposed to, considering the difficulties of executing them. And as for 4T-3T, I don't think he's quite confident yet to include it in his jump layout and I'm pessimistic he'd have been able to execute it with his current stamina issues and with his current difficult FS jump layout.
Edited to Add: Yuzuru's recent 4T-3T.
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Brian Orser interview after Euros with quite some questions relating to Yuzuru. Anyone speaks Russian? :D
From what I read in a rough Chinese translation + google translate:
- While at Euros, Orser received an email from Yuzuru: Coach, come home, time to get to work (paraphrased)
- Orser thinks Javier with 3 very, very good quads and quality performance can beat the Japanese men including Yuzuru.
- Javier and Yuzuru encourage each other in training, both work very hard.
- Yes Yuzuru is sometimes nervous in competitions, but it's actually good. One needs to face it and deal with it. He is beginning to understand it.
- It is not difficult to work with Yuzuru. Working with him is great. One hard part though: Yuzuru sometimes asked to go home for a while. He values education and got into a top university in Japan, but he must learn to balance training and studying. Yuzuru is very, very talented, Orser is very interested in his development and Javier's the next 4, 5 years.
- The whole team is anticipating Sochi, Orser thinks a lot about programs and strategy for next season.
Translated parts of Mishin's interview where Yuzu's relevant (used google babelfish translator + Japanese translation from Yuzu's 2ch thread and tried my best to make the sentences coherent. There's bound to be mistranslation, anyone who speaks Russian, feel free to make any corrections. '......' denotes untranslated parts)
Mishin: The younger generations of skaters are following the footsteps of Alexei Urmanov, Alexei Yagudin and Evgeni Plushenko.
Interviewer: But the 18-year-old Yuzuru Hanyu was still too young then (at the time when Urmanov, Yagudin and Plushenko competed against each other).
Mishin: Nonetheless, I think he was chasing after the Russian stars (I think he knew that Yuzu is a fan of Plushenko). People begin to pursue something out of their desire to surpass somebody else. Just like how Plushenko wanted to surpass Urmanov. Geniuses are not born out of nothing. If Hanyu had been born in an era when doubles were prevalent, his talent alone would have allowed him to do triples. Top-tier skaters nowadays can jump tons of quads, so naturally he thrives to make his quads much better-executed. It's an inherent nature possessed by people who crave for victory.
Interviewer: How does Yuzuru Hanyu compare to Evgeni Plushenko?
Mishin: Geniuses of different generations are incomparable. For example, Jesse Owens who was deemed a (track-and-field) genius in the past, would probably be considered a beginner by current standards. If you compare Plushenko and Hanyu based on the number of quadruple jumps executed ('as of late', I believe that's what he was implying), Hanyu has the advantage. But as far as artistry is concerned, Plushenko is clearly superior. Plushenko has made history with his skating, while I haven't sensed the same thing with Hanyu. However, I have great respect for his skills and talent. Had he not made a splash on the international scene, Japanese skaters like Kozuka Takahiko and Daisuke Takahashi might have disappeared earlier (might have made earlier retirements?).
Interviewer: If you were given the authority to create the rules, what would you change specifically?
Mishin: I find some of the rules that govern TES ridiculous. ... (he went on to talk about PCS and how the marks given are sometimes surprising)..... I would have given a bonus for the execution of complex combinations of jumps such as a 4T-3A and 3A-3A. However, under the current existing rules, these combinations are worth less than the same two jumps performed separately. Such absurdity continues to slow down progress.
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It's way more than just talk! Communication Studies encompasses a wide range of fields, including media and new technologies, performance studies, interpersonal communication, public relations, organizational communication, rhetoric, health communication and public speaking. We offer concentrations in organizational and interpersonal communication, performance and culture, as well as public discourse. As one of the traits frequently touted by employers as a "must have skill," the communication abilities our students develop are essential and in-demand in many professions.
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Marine viruses are abundant in the worlds oceans, but their hosts may not be the hosts you think.
Marine Viruses
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The Ocean Gets The Flu?
The importance of microbes in our world is becoming increasingly recognized. Where before they were viewed as merely agents of disease, researchers are increasingly showing that our world would not be our world without the incredible diversity of microbes. A great deal of this appreciation came from advances in molecular biology which made identification of all these animals feasible. No longer do researchers have to figure out how to grow microbes to see what they are, now they can just look for their DNA, and when they look, they find more microbes in more places than many imagined. One of the places people are looking is the oceans, and one of the unexpected outcomes of their work is a recognition of the value of crossdisciplinary research. Watch the video below to find out more about viruses in the marine environment, and how the study of them is affecting other disciplines.
- Microbes of the Ocean at http://www.microbeworld.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1247
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Use the resources below to answer the following questions:
- What is the most common host of marine viruses?
- How do marine viruses effect microbial diversity in the oceans?
- Draw a food web showing how overfishing changes coral reef ecosystems. What role do microbes play in this change?
- How have studies of corals led to progress in treating Cystic Fibrosis? What is the connection? How have microbial marine ecologists aided the medical community?


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10/5/2011 [Brass/Woodwinds]
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Yamaha Corporation of America is pleased to once again serve as National Presenting Sponsor for Music for All and the Bands of America (BOA) Championship Season. Outstanding high school marching bands from across the country will compete this fall in the nation's most prominent marching band championships, Music for All's BOA Regional Championships. The 2011 season will feature 15 marching band championships.
"Music students are among the most successful and dedicated in their schools," says Jay Schreiber, General Manager of Yamaha's Band & Orchestral Division. "We're thrilled to continue to support Music for All's mission which is to create, provide and expand positively life-changing experiences through Music for All."
YCA will additionally present BOA's Grand National Championships.
The premier events for marching band in the nation, BOA's shows offer remarkable experiences for the students, teachers and parents of the bands who participate, as well as fans and spectators. All high school marching bands are eligible and encouraged to participate, and the events focus on providing a positive atmosphere, as well as evaluation and input that will help elevate bands to the next level.
Bands of America Regional Championships are one-day, Saturday events, drawing bands from surrounding states. Bands perform in preliminary competition, and they receive written and recorded evaluation by a panel of world-class evaluators. The top scoring bands will advance to evening finals competition, where the Regional Champion will be named. Awards are given for placement and outstanding performance in music, visuals and general effect. BOA finalists and champions receive national recognition of their program's achievement.
Bands of America Super Regional Championships
Super Regionals offer enhanced one and two-day regional events at world-class venues. Bands of America will offer two, two-day Super Regional events in San Antonio and St. Louis. In 2011, BOA will also offer two, one-day Super Regional events in Atlanta and Indianapolis. These events take place at world-class, professional venues, including the Edward Jones Dome, Georgia Dome, Lucas Oil Stadium and the Alamodome.
BOA Super Regionals attract bands from across the nation and make each venue a destination for these high school band events. Up to 60 bands perform in a two-day preliminary competition with 12-14 bands. Up to 35 bands will be accepted in Prelims at the one-day Super Regionals, with twelve bands advancing to Finals.
Grand National Championships - America's Best Marching Bands
Music for All's Bands of America Grand National Championships, presented by Yamaha, is the nation's premier championship for high school marching bands. Nearly 100 of the best marching bands in the country will perform at Lucas Oil Stadium, Wednesday, November 9 through Saturday, November 12. Indianapolis Public Schools will kick off the event November 9 with the Indianapolis Public Schools Marching Band Tournament, hosted by Music for All.
Fall 2011 Schedule
- September 24 - Richmond, KY - Eastern Kentucky University, North Huntingdon, PA - Norwin H.S. Stadium
- October 1 - Arlington, TX - University of Texas at Arlington, Mason, OH - William Mason H.S. Stadium
- October 8 - Conroe, TX - Woodforest Bank Stadium, Jacksonville, AL - Jacksonville State University, Pontiac, MI - Silverdome
- October 14-15 - Super Regional - St. Louis, MO - Edward Jones Dome
- October 15 - Akron, OH - University of Akron
- October 22 -Towson, MD - Towson University
- October 29 - Super Regional - Atlanta, GA - Georgia Dome, St. George, UT - Dixie State College
- November 5 - Super Regional - Indianapolis, IN - Lucas Oil Stadium
- November 4-5 - Super Regional - San Antonio, TX - Alamodome
- November 9-12 - Grand National Championships - Indianapolis, IN - Lucas Oil Stadium
Studies show that music education helps students achieve in other academic subjects like math, science and reading. It develops skills needed by the 21st century workforce, including critical thinking, creative problem solving, innovation, effective communication and teamwork.
Visit www.musicforall.org for tickets ($5-$115) and additional information.
Bands of America is a program of Music for All (MFA), one of the nation's largest and most influential organizations in support of active music making. For more than 35 years, MFA, through its Bands of America and Orchestra America programs, has been a destination and set the standard for scholastic music ensemble performance and music education advocacy. A 501(c) 3 not-for-profit educational organization, MFA uses its national profile programming to recognize, model, showcase and provide individual, teacher and organizational examples of music performance excellence and achievement. MFA's programs include 20 annual events, including the Bands of America Grand National Championships and Regional Championships for marching band, the Music for All Summer Symposium camp for students and teachers and the Music for All National Festival for concert bands and percussion ensembles. Music for All's programmatic model is designed to mirror and supplement the classroom and performance model adopted in most American scholastic settings.
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being silent for while, am actually isolating myself to do more java programming (duh!) and also explore this wonder full tool - Eclipse.
it does make learning and programming much simpler and interesting, so i think i would stick with it a little. found this article from ibm, even you can get a chinese version of the article... much anticipated for myself is the php-plugin PHPeclipse is rather cool, since then i can do my php stuffs on eclipse. no, not a must, just syok-syok only :) i still prefer vim :)
incidentally, there is another eclipse that is unfortunately discontinued. did not read through much, but guess seeing a discontinued project does bring my mood down a little.. thinking "what a waste" :)


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"When my mom first came to the United States from Hong Kong, she didn't know a lick of English and spent much of her time at home, keeping busy in the kitchen. Fortunately, sharing good food needs no language, and she made friends quickly through her crispy egg rolls and savory fried rice. In return, her neighbors would teach her American classics like this recipe for Carrot Cake. And after 30 years, the recipe has only changed slightly and has become a family favorite as long as I can remember."
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Scientists have discovered the molecular pathway responsible for detecting loose bits of DNA outside a cell's nucleus and setting off an immune reaction.
Rather than scrutinizing hours of video, scientists can quickly teach the software how to recognize key behaviors.
AAAS recognizes Ulrike Heberlein and Nelson Spruston for meritorious efforts to advance science.
O'Shea, HHMI investigator and professor at Harvard University, will lead HHMI's science programs.
New film and media production company aims to be a significant contributor to the science documentary arena.
Betzig will discuss historical connections between astronomy and microscopy on Dec. 12.
A new DNA sequencing technique has enabled researchers to map for the first time the influential chemical modifications known as methylation marks throughout the genome of a pathogenic bacterium.
Susan Desmond-Hellmann, M.D., M.P.H., chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco, becomes one of 11 Trustees of the Institute.
Hanna H. Gray, Ph.D., former chair of the HHMI Trustees, retires after serving the Institute since 1984.
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Seven HHMI investigators and two members of HHMI's Scientific Review Board have been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
eLife makes first collection of research articles available online.
Robert Lefkowitz de HHMI comparte el premio con Brian Kobilka por estudios sobre los receptores acoplados a proteínas G.
Only a few animals, such as songbirds, whales, and dolphins, are known to be vocal learners, modifying the sequence or pitch of their sounds based on what they hear from other members of their species. New evidence suggests mice can be added to that list.
HHMI's Robert Lefkowitz shares prize with Brian Kobilka for research on G-protein coupled receptors.
HHMI and the University of KwaZulu-Natal open new research institute in Durban, South Africa.
In experiments with rats, researchers found that the rejection of an old belief correlates with abrupt changes in activity in a region of the brain involved in cognitive functions such as reward anticipation and decision-making.
HHMI selects 13 of the world's leading basic science researchers to receive Senior International Research Scholar (SIRS) awards. The awards support outstanding biomedical scientists working outside the United States who have made significant contributions to fundamental research in the biological sciences.
HHMI awards three two-year grants to aid in developing the next generation of interdisciplinary scientists, in collaboration with the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.
HHMI investigator Ronald D. Vale of UCSF will share the 2012 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award.
Together, the teams include 28 researchers from 20 institutions in the United States, Germany, and Israel.
Thousands of genes in organs throughout the body show predictable daily fluctuations. New research reveals complexity in how those genes' cycles of activity are controlled.
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Fabulous creamed mushrooms that can be served over toast, pasta, chicken, or beef.
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Fresh, delicious, and ready to serve in short order - a super salad that's perfect for parties - or dinner at home.
Garnish with slices of orange, lemon, and lime.
The perfect solution for that leftover chicken!
These are delicious with a swirl of avocado sauce—avocado mashed with low-fat sour cream and lemon juice.
Two eggs, shredded spinach, and reduced-fat Swiss are perfect partners.
Put all ingredients in blender and blend for about 20 seconds. If mixture is too thick, add a little more vegetable broth. Serve hot or cold.
Pour over pasta or serve with grilled meat, chicken, or fish.
Mix all ingredients and refrigerate until ready to use, or use immediately. To make the dipping sauce, put it in a blender and blend on high about 10 seconds.
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Marinate pork tenderloin in a mixture of Dijon mustard, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger.
Fast, fresh, and healthy - a perfect dish for an outdoor summer sit-down.
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Two named undergraduate fellows by defense think tank
Posted May 23, 2003; 11:36 a.m.
Two Princeton students, junior Matthew Schonfield and freshman Perla Amsili, have been named 2003-04 undergraduate fellows by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
The Washington-based think tank analyzes global terrorist threats to democracies worldwide and explores the historical, cultural, philosophical and ideological factors behind terrorism.
The fellowship program will include trips to Tel Aviv, Israel, and Washington, D.C., and a series of lectures by academics, diplomats and military officials from India, Israel, Jordan, Turkey and the United States.
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Ballet Folklorico to perform, April 14
Posted April 4, 2007; 08:49 p.m.
Ballet Folklorico de Princeton, the University's traditional Mexican dance group, will present a show titled "Quinto Sol" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, in the Frist Campus Center Film and Performance Theater.
Founded in 1991, Ballet Folklorico de Princeton is a student organization dedicated to performing and spreading an appreciation for the traditional folk dances of Mexico. This year's show is a celebration of dance from the Mexican regions of Veracruz, Guerrero, Jalisco and Baja California Sur. There also will be a live Mariachi band performing songs upon request.
Tickets are $5 for students, faculty, staff and the general public; and free for Tiger Tickets holders. They can be obtained at the Frist Campus Center or online through University Ticketing.
The event is sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students.


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Before this thing is over, Washington will set some sort of record for expending the maximum amount of hot air for a minimum sort of result.
On the left, the most ardent proponents of national health care warn that if the most sweeping proposals are not adopted tomorrow, we'll all be dead of brain cancer by the end of this week.
Among right-wingers, the belief is that immediate death is preferable to life in a nation that even thinks about extending health-care benefits to the poor and the cash-strapped — let alone to the sick and the dying.
To cite that nasty, redneck, chain-gang boss in the 1967 Hollywood classic Cool Hand Luke, "What we've got here is failure to communicate."
One reason that the health-care debate is so unsatisfying, so unproductive, is that politicians are too culture-bound. Just as generals too often plan for the future by re-imagining the last war, Washington can not seem to place current problems in a contemporary context.
For Republicans, that means crying "socialism" at the drop of an aspirin bottle. That may have worked to torpedo Hillary Clinton's massively imperfect health-care plan 15 years ago. But it is doubtful that it will work this time around.
You do not need a Nobel Prize in economics to realize that health-care costs are punishing businesses, and at the same time causing pain and anxiety to those workers lucky enough to be covered.
As for the increasing number of people not covered by some sort of plan, public opinion is trending in a way that finds this situation increasingly noxious. With unemployment threatening to exceed 10 percent nationwide, enough people who are covered fear that soon they, too, either will lose their protection or not be able to pay for it. This constituency of fear and apprehension is only going to increase.
The Democrats are prisoner of their own set of delusions. They mistake the nation's appetite for vigorous government intervention to halt a collapsing economy as an unconditional license to print money.
If the Republicans' big blunder is their underestimation of the degree to which the average American is hurting, the Democrats' big mistake is their failure to accurately assess just how damaged the economy is, how overburdened with debt is its every nook and cranny.
That miscalculation could prove fatal if the great economic implosion that began under Republican President George W. Bush continues long enough so that the Democrats, too, are tarred with its brush.
If the Republicans underestimate the need for health-care reform, and the Democrats miscalculate the nation's ability to pay for it, where does that leave the average Jane or John Doe?
The Phoenix goes to press just hours before President Barack Obama is to address the nation on Wednesday night. How should readers evaluate what he has to say?
First, be wary of any plan that promises to remedy all of the nation's needs in one fell swoop. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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According to the United States Constitution, the President is the Commander-in-Chief of the military, but only Congress may declare war. It's never been too clear whether the President had the authority to use military force if war is not actually declared. For a while George W. Bush was considering invading Iraq without asking for Congress' permission, but the resulting outcry caused him to change his mind and promise that he would seek Congress' permission before any invasion.
Well, now he's asking for it. In
Bush to Court Congress on Iraq, the Associated Press says:
President Bush summoned congressional leaders to a White House breakfast meeting Wednesday as aides worked on legislation allowing him to use "all appropriate means" to force Iraq to dismantle its weapons programs.
Bush previously threatened to invade if Iraq didn't invite back the weapons inspectors unconditionally. When, to his surprise, Iraq conceded, Bush claimed it was just a clever ploy and continued with his plans for war:
President Bush wasn't backing down from his tough speech to the U.N. General Assembly last Thursday threatening action against Iraq if it did not allow the inspectors back. He urged the Security Council not to be "fooled" by Iraq's about-face, and his administration disclosed plans for moving B-2 bombers closer to Baghdad, preparing for possible war to remove President Saddam Hussein.
Why does Bush want war? Because the mid-term congressional elections are coming up soon, and the economy, which looked hopeful for a while, is now in a wreck because of the "accounting irregularities" at such bankrupt companies as Enron, WorldCom and Adelphia, the same kind of accounting irregularities that Bush and Vice President Cheney indulged in at their texas oil companies before they got elected.
In addition, Bush was elected by a minority of the voters due to the strange way Presidential "electoral votes" are allocated among the U.S. States. His approval rating was very low before the September 11th attack, and with the war in Afghanistan winding down and receding from the public consiousness, he needs something new to distract the minds of the peasantry from so he and his cronies can continue to loot the public coffers.
How legitimate is Bush' Presidency? In a dissenting opinion in the Bush vs. Gore case, Judge Stevens wrote:
The endorsement of that position by the majority of this Court can only lend credence to the most cynical appraisal of the work of judges throughout the land. It is confidence in the men and women who administer the judicial system that is the true backbone of the rule of law. Time will one day heal the wound to that confidence that will be inflicted by today's decision. One thing however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's Presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the Nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law.
I think anyone who claims that the Supreme Court decided the Bush vs. Gore case impartially is deluded.
What's the punch line? We may already be at war! The prevous rules of engagement for the enforcement of the no-fly zone over Iraq only allowed pilots to shoot back if they were attacked first. The Pentagon just announced they had issued new rules of engagement authorizing pilots to attack without provocation. Pilots have been ordered to attack command and communication facilities that are part of Iraq's air defense.
I think that's an obvious provocation to goad Iraq into war. Also attacking the air defenses has been the Pentagon's first step in making war on a country, at least since the first Persian Gulf War.
If you are an American citizen, please write to both your Senators and your House Representative to ask them to oppose the use of military force in Iraq. The life of even one Iraqi is too dear a price to pay to keep President Bush in power. If you don't know who your Congressional representatives are, or you need their addresses, put your zip code into the search box at www.congress.org.
Don't waste your time sending them email or using those convenient web forms. Congress gets spammed so much that they don't pay attention to email. If you're in a hurry, call their offices and speak to a staff member.
If you're not an American citizen, please write to the government officials in your own country and ask them to oppose the U.S. war in Iraq. This is especially important if your country has a seat on the U.N. Security Council, as Bush is attempting to use the Security Council to legitimize his war. Any of the permanent council members - Britain, Russia, China, France or (heh) the U.S. may veto a Security Council resolution. There are also a number of other countries that hold temporary seats on the council and could outvote the permanent members if they agreed to help Bush out.
If you're wondering how a country like America could have gotten to be this way, you haven't read George Orwell's
1984. Remember:
War is Peace
Slavery is Freedom
Ignorance is Knowledge
If you're afraid to speak out in these troubled times, I urge you to read
Make a Bonfire of Your Reputations.
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Embedded Programming
I'm greatly enjoying my first contract doing embedded systems programming. So far it's everything I hoped it would be, and nothing that I feared.
I'm fortunate that the hardware I'm working with is well documented. I know that's often not the case. Also the existing source code, which I'm modifying, is well written.
I'm sorry but it's very closed-source. I'm not even certain I should say what chip I'm working on, except that it has an embedded ARM core.
It's been a challenge. Nothing worked right to start with. I had a real scare at first that turned out to be a problem with delivering adequate power to the eval board I am working with - the thing sort of worked but was acting really brain-damaged, so I feared I had damaged the hardware somehow.
Then I couldn't get the source to build, and when I could get it to build, the resulting firmware would just hang the chip. But finally I got it to work and I am able to make modifications to the firmware and see the results happen in the behaviour of the thing.
An unfortunate problem is that I have only primitive debugging support. There is a bank of 8 LED's and I can turn each one on and off individually. That's it! The eval board comes with a serial port and the firmware source has an API for sending messages out, but unfortunately that doesn't work.
So that's tonight's project, getting the full debugging support to work. I got the vendor's support guy to send me the datasheet for the UART and now I'm going to be blinking LED's on and off until I figure out what the problem is. There is still some possibility that the board is damaged.
I have an unfortunate problem in that I don't posses any kind of electronic test equipment. The best I could come up with was a simple RS-232 breakout box. I've just been browsing Jameco looking for test equipment to buy. I will probably start with a good multimeter and a logic probe.
I want to get a digital storage oscilloscope ($$$) and a logic analyzer. A logic analyzer is like an oscilloscope but with lots of traces, and it only measures binary logic levels rather than continuous voltages.
The ultimate embedded debugging tool is an In Circuit Emulator (ICE), which plugs into mircroprocessor slot and acts just like a real microprocessor except that you can set all kinds of weird breakpoints, like breaking when a particular value is read or written, and you can get a trace of the data and address values for the last little while.
Unfortunately it wouldn't help me for this job because the microprocessor sits entirely within an I/O chip! The data and address lines of the ARM CPU do not come outside the chip.
My initial project is a very simple modification to the existing code. But my next project will be to write a great deal of new code to have the chip serve a completely different purpose. Likely it will take up so much space in the flash rom that there will be no space for the serial port debug.
What I plan to do for much of it, at least the parts that do not depend on real-time performance, is write simulation testbeds that will run as normal user programs on Linux.


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All the hype about Cyrus had prepared me to expect great things. It has two Michelin stars, the San Francisco Chronicle awarded it four stars, and it has been talked about as one of the best restaurants in the country, upping the bar on fine dining to Healdsburg.
I'd wanted to go for a couple of years, so when Jay and I were able to take a last-minute cancellation, I was excited – even though our reservation wasn't until 9:30pm and I had just flown in from the east coast that day, meaning my body thought it was after midnight. I'm not sure this helped with my enjoyment of the meal.
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Outdoor Action to host open house at new location
Posted April 23, 2010; 03:31 p.m.
Outdoor Action will host an open house at its new location, Dillon Court West, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 6. All members of the campus community are welcome.
The program, formerly located at 350 Alexander St., also is moving administratively from being part of the Princeton-Blairstown Center to being part of the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life.
Outdoor Action has provided a pre-orientation experiential educational program for Princeton's freshmen for 36 years. During the academic year, it sponsors recreational outdoor trips, leader training courses and team-building exercises for campus offices and departments.


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University of Guelph - Dairy Bush - 43 - June 23 2010
The urban environment is expanding at a never before seen rate. Existing natural environments within urban centres, such as forests or woodlots, are exposed to increasing anthropogenic pressures of degradation, fragmentation, biological invasion and destruction. One key to our capacity to understanding these changes will be ongoing monitoring through time. If such monitoring is democratized and publicly available then one may assume that a marginalized environment may become more valued by the human population. On the University of Guelph campus in Ontario, Canada, the "Dairy Bush" is an 8.5 ha woodlot that has been part of the city and the university campus since 1830. The sign outside the Bush reads, "The Dairy Bush is a unique and delicate example of Great Lakes St. Lawrence forest in Southern Ontario, and serves as an outdoor laboratory for University of Guelph students." Between August 2009 and September 2010 I have been visiting the Dairy Bush weekly to document a year in this urban woodlot using GigaPan panoramic images.
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Thousands of years of history come alive: peel off the layers, learn about ancient civilizations and experience Israel through its rich archaeology
Jerusalem: The Jewish Quarter and Museum Treasures
The Jewish Quarter, including:
Hezekiah's Wall – part of the First Temple-era city wall built over Jerusalem's homes (Isa. 22:10) to protect the city against Assyrian invaders, and which finally fell to the Babylonians.
The Cardo - Jerusalem's main street in the Byzantine and medieval eras, its colonnades and arched chambers now restored as a commercial center and archaeological display. The Herodian Mansions – restored as a living museum beneath contemporary buildings, with remnants of the fine homes, mosaics, implements of daily life and architecture of the city's wealthy class before the destruction of the Temple. The Burnt House – the basement of a Jerusalem home revealing dramatic evidence of the Katros family who probably lived and worked here, and of Jerusalem's destruction in 70 CE. An audiovisual presentation offers a powerful version of the family's story. The Israel Museum – the museum's Archaeology Wing displays rare and world-famous finds from pre-historic times to the Byzantine/Talmudic era; the Shrine of the Book, houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest copies of the Old Testament ever found and the famed 1:50 Model of Second Temple Jerusalem.
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Ron Cook: Pitt, Patterson still have some work to doJanuary 28, 2014 5:55 AM
I have been pushing Pitt as the team to beat in the Atlantic Coast Conference. I also have been pushing Pitt's Lamar Patterson as the leading candidate for the league's player of the year award.
What did Emily Litella -- the great Gilda Radner character on "Saturday Night Live" -- always say when she misspoke?
Never mind.
I'm taking it all back.
At least until I see how Pitt responds to a stinging home loss Monday night to Duke.
Talk about a disappointing performance in front of a record crowd at Petersen Events Center. I didn't see any team coming into the building and blowing out Pitt the way Duke did. I know, it was just one game. Pitt's season is hardly over. It still is very good team. It could come out and whip a strong Virginia team Sunday at home. But this loss to Duke didn't have the same feel that Pitt's loss Jan. 18 at Syracuse did. The Pitt coaches and players were angry after that game because they thought they should have won. Not this time. They were outclassed in every way.
Score one for the old ACC against an upstart from the Big East Conference.
Duke had better, more athletic players than Pitt.
Duke outrebounded Pitt.
Duke outdefended Pitt.
Duke outscored Pitt, 80-65.
"They played well and I don't think we did," Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said. "It got away from us."
Patterson, who played a superb all-around game in a win Saturday night at Maryland, struggled mightily against the defense of Duke's Rodney Hood. He made just 4 of 14 shots and had five turnovers.
"All props to Rodney Hood," Duke freshman phenom Jabari Parker said. "I told him before the game he was going to shut him down. He did."
Duke's plan was to be aware of Patterson at all times. "I tried to make him work for everything," Hood said. "I wanted him to work for every single catch."
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski called Patterson "one of the premier players in the country ... You just try to make sure he doesn't stick daggers in you." Then, he added, "Rodney is a heck of a player, too. Thank goodness we had him to guard him. They're kind of equal players. We got a wash there."
The problem was Duke also had Parker, who many believe will be a one-and-done player and a top-five pick this summer in the NBA draft. Pitt doesn't have that kind of player. Parker beat Pitt inside with dunks and outside with 3-point shots in the first half. He beat Pitt the whole game on the boards with 11 rebounds, a big part of Duke's 37-32 rebounding edge.
"He's playing lights out," Krzyzewski said of Parker.
The rebounding numbers disappointed Dixon. "I certainly knew if we got outrebounded, we weren't going to win." But Dixon was especially frustrated by Pitt's weak defense. Duke made 13 of 25 3-point attempts, including a 6-of-7 performance off the bench by Andre Dawkins. Duke didn't at all resemble the team that shot 30.5 percent Saturday in a win against Florida State.
"I don't think we handled our assignments well," Dixon said. "We had breakdowns often and early and they continued in the second half. That's on me. Maybe I didn't emphasize the 3 enough. If they felt we would win playing defense like that, I didn't get my message across."
Pitt is 192-23 in Petersen Events Center. The 15-point margin was the third-worst beating it has taken in the building, but it felt really rotten because it was against Krzyzewski and Duke, who made their first trip here. No team really, truly announces its presence in the ACC without measuring up against those guys.
Krzyzewski called it Duke's "biggest win" in a season that also includes wins against Michigan and UCLA.
"Because of the quality of team we played and the venue," Krzyzewski said. "This is a spectacular venue. I was really impressed with everything. It's a beautiful arena. The crowd was terrific. Pitt is a really great addition to what I think will be the best basketball league in the country."
It turns out the trip had some sentimental value for Krzyzewski.
"My mother is from this area, near Uniontown, a little town called Keisterville. There are good people in this region."
Krzyzewski, who has 974 wins, more than any coach in college basketball, laughed at the possibility of some listeners thinking he was going way overboard.
"You're probably saying, 'That's easy for you to say because you won.' But I'd say the same thing if we had lost ...
"Our respect not just for this Pitt team, but their program, is off the charts. They've established themselves as one of the premier programs in the country. And they have a heck of a team this year."
I thought so, too.
At least until Monday night.
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While NK has escalated thing a bit more than usually this is their same old MO. Need food and energy? Threaten the world and you will get what you want. It aint the first time they have done it and it always works for them so why would anyone be surprised by this?
One of two things will happen. We and others will give NK what they are looking for (food energy, money) and they will stop this nonsense again for a while, or they will keep beating their chest and nothing will come from it.
Ever see the movie "The Mouse That Roared?"
I can see "the Obama" surrendering to NK!!
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First off I would like to give a "Hi" to everyone....so "Hi"
Let me first start by saying....wow there is alot of info here to soak up. I think I could spend quite a bit of time running through the forums here....and still not dent them.
Anyway, here is my dilema:
I live in Minnesota, pretty much in the central part of the state. When I even mention flyfishing, most people look at me like a monkey staring at a math problem....with that you should know there are no locals shops around that even carry anything remotely linked to flyfishing...lol. I started dabbeling in flyfishing about 10 years ago, and ended up loving it, just didn't have the time to do it. These days I find myself having more time to go out and fish, and I wanted to give flyfishing another shot. What I am mostly going to be fishing for are panfish and trout. Unfortunatley for me, the nearest trout stream is about 1-1.5 hrs or so away, and I know I won't get to fish it as much as I like. For the time being I was going to practice on panfish untill I have a good day to take the trip. I also head up to northern Minnesota quite often, where just about every stream up there is designated trout water, and I would love to fish these as well. Most of the fish I am after will probably not be much over 2lbs, like I said, just starting off, and I'm aiming for smaller fish untill I get the hang of it. Basically I am looking for recommendations on gear, since it has changed a bit, and I never got that far into it. most of the streams/rivers around here, and upper Minnesota have alot of bushes/shrubs/trees making bank fishing pretty much impossible. So I will be wading/tubing alot of the times. I have been searching the forums for people with similar problems, so I figured I would take those ideas and impliment them, and see what everyone thought.
Here is the list of what I was looking at getting started with:
Cabela's had a kit that was about my price range and I thought I would ask about it. It's a St. Croix Premier 7'6" 4 weight rod with a Cabela's CSR reel for $165.00. I thought that wasn't too bad, but when I started reading I thought I would ask because every one says to dump money in the rod and get a cheap reel for starting. So I also looked around and found a few rods that may also work.
Redington Red.Fly 7'6" 4 weight - $99.00
St. Croix Reign 7'6" 4 weight - $130.00
Cortland Endurance 7'6" 4 weight - $139.95
Cabela's PT 7'6" 4 weight - $160.00
Fenwick HMG 7'6" 4 weight - $179.00
I have used Fenwick for years as my other rods, and have loved them....so I guess I expect the same results with their fly rods. That is why I am asking though, because I don't want to drop the $$ on it if is not any better than the alternatives. I guess I can't see that from Fenwick, but I don't know.
The reels I looked at where these:
Scientific Anglers Concept: 3.6oz 3-5 weight line - $34.99
Cabela's Prestige: 5.4oz 3-4 weight line - $49.99
Okuma Magnitude: 3.7oz 4-5 weight line - $59.99
Ross Flycast: 5.1oz 3-5 weight line - $60.00
Echo: 5.1oz 4-6 weight line -$69.99
I have no idea about the reels, so any recommendations would we appreciated
Lines/tippets....ummmm sure. About the only thing I know is I will be doing alot of floating presentations, so I am sure I am going to go with a floating line to start. I will go with a sinking line later on....but for now floating is the direction I am taking. I will probably get an extra spool with sinking line shortly after, but I can't spend everything all at once. One thing I saw recently is Scientific Anglers came out with a "quick change" leader of some sort. basically you tie this lil clip thing on the end of your line, and they have leaders you can just snap into place. It's supposed to have up to a 10lb break or something, and I thought that would be handy....ideas on that one?
I have rambled on far enough now, thanx in advance for your help!!!
Last edited by jubbin; 03-13-2006 at 11:21 PM.
Sorry to hear you don't have a local flyshop!
Those rods are all going to take care of you but you left out some obvious choices - Temple Fork Outfitters, Echo rods, Albright, etc. IMHO big department stores either just got into it, are about to get out of it, or the model is a flash in the pan about to be discontinued. TFO/Echo/Albright know fly rods not 10,000 catalog items. When I walk into one of these stores and ask about flyfishing it reinforces why I buy from a flyshop.
Try this - call one of the sponsor shops... Bears Den, Tightlines, etc. Ask them a few questions... you will be amazed at how much help you can get over the phone.
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I second Juro's recs with regards to TFO rods and the Bear's Den website- check out the TFO Jim Teeny Signature Series rods- great rod for only $200 plus S/H. For trout and panfish I'd rec a 5wt (the 4wt rods/lines just seemed a bit too wispy; I've got big hands and like to feel the rod when I'm casting). Bear's Den also sells a wide variety of reels, lines, and leaders to fit your needs and budget.
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Will that be one finger or TWO...
Last edited by flydoc; 03-15-2006 at 03:27 PM.
Thanks for the input I really do appreciate it. I will have to see what I can come up with, since like I said before, there are no shops in my area. Much appreciated
Jubbin......I have news for you.....anyone who puts that much time and effort (as you did), researching rods and reels.....WILL get hooked big time on flyfishing. So do yourself a favor and get a quality rod and reel....in the long run, you will save money because you won't wind up buying twice.
It doesn't take that much to go from a starter combo to something that will last you a lifetime....and if you now have time....go for it.
Follow the advice that you have already received. I second the Temple Fork/Albright rods, I don't own one but I have casted one and for the buck, they are great rods. My opinion is that they perform up to 90% of the $600 rods. The five weight will give you much more flexibility, esp. if you take that 1 1/2 hr trip and go for larger fish. It also gives you some distance for the wider streams you are likely to go to. By the way.....panfish on a flyrod is nothing but fun, and you'll never get skunked!
Have fun!
You asked about the SA Concept reel. Everyone I know who has bought one, has never regretted it. They are not the most expensive reels, but they work very well and hold up well. They are one of the true bargains in fly reels.
The St. Croix Reign is a much nicer casting rod than the Premier, although the premier is a pretty good rod too. The Redington Red Fly has an action a lot like the more expensive Fenwick HMG, so in my mind, the Redington Red Fly is the better value and better choice. And as has been mentioned TFO, ECHO, Albright are also excellent values, much better than Cabella's branded rods in my opinion. Cortland rods have never been all the well liked by experienced fly fishermen, don't get me wrong, they are OK, just not among the best value for the dollar spent.
A call or email to one or even several of this site's retail sponsors would easily get you hooked up to good equipment within your budget and I highly recommend it.
Next question for ya. I have been looking at the rods, and I notice many of them mostly come in a 4 piece configuration. I guess with my other fishing rods I always strive for a 1 piece, maybe a 2 piece if I have to. I guess I am a bit concerned with having twist with the rod itself, but I guess I could be over worried about it. Just wondering if you guys have had any problems with this that I should be aware of. Personally I would rather take the word of people who have been doing this far longer than I , rather than soneone who may just want to make a sale. I'll probably be calling Friday to a few of our sponsers to further my expedition to the world of flyfishing, it was just a thought. I know a 2 piece is a must, because of the length, and that's fine, but I figure it may be a bit easier with a 2 piece rod to eliminate twist rather than with a 4. Am I just reading too far into this? Thanx again everyone for the replies!!
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