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1.1: What is Chemistry?
Lesson Objectives
- Define chemistry.
- Differentiate between the macroscopic and the microscopic as it relates to chemistry.
- Know the relationship between pure chemistry and applied chemistry.
- Identify and describe the five primary disciplines of chemistry.
- Describe some of the concerns of the modern world in which chemistry has played and will continue to play a role.
Lesson Vocabulary
- analytical chemistry
- applied chemistry
- biochemistry
- chemistry
- inorganic chemistry
- macroscopic
- matter
- microscopic
- organic chemistry
- physical chemistry
- pure chemistry
Check Your Understanding
Recalling Prior Knowledge
- What are some areas of science with which you are familiar?
- List some of the chemicals that influence your everyday life.
Chemistry is a diverse and fascinating science that impacts our lives each and every day. In this first lesson, you will learn what chemistry is and some of the ways in which chemistry influences the modern world.
A Definition of Chemistry
Science is a general term used to describe the principled, rigorous study of the natural world. Many interconnected disciplines fall under this broader concept. For example, physics is the study of motion and forces. Biology is the study of living things. Geology is the study of the Earth and the rocks and minerals of which it is comprised. In this text, you will learn about the field of chemistry. Chemistry is the study of the composition of matter and the changes that matter undergoes. Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. Virtually everything around us is matter, including both living and nonliving things. Chemistry affects nearly everything we see and every action we take. Chemistry explains why the leaves of deciduous trees turn from green in the summer to various shades of red and yellow in the autumn (Figure below). Chemistry explains why milk that is left in the refrigerator for too long turns sour. Chemistry explains why certain pollutants called chlorofluorocarbons have done lasting damage to the ozone layer of our planet. Chemistry is very much a central, foundational science, and a basic knowledge of chemistry is essential for students who are pursuing studies in biology, geology, environmental science, medicine, and many other subjects.
Chemical reactions in the leaves of deciduous trees cause them to change color from green to red, orange, or yellow before dropping to the ground.
Chemists are tasked with looking at the world in two ways, often simultaneously. The two worlds of the chemist are the macroscopic world and the microscopic world. Macroscopic refers to substances and objects that can be seen, touched, and measured directly. Microscopic refers to the small particles that make up all matter. Chemists must observe matter and do experiments in the macroscopic world and then use their observations to make generalizations and propose explanations that are microscopic in nature. For example, anyone can observe the physical change in appearance that occurs as an iron object rusts, such as a tractor that is left outside for a long enough period of time. However, a chemist looks at the rusting tractor and thinks about what is going on with the individual atoms that make up the iron and how they are changing as a result of exposure to rainwater or oxygen in the air. Throughout your study of chemistry, you will often need to switch back and forth between the macroscopic and microscopic worlds.
Chemistry is a subject that has its roots in the ancient tradition known as alchemy, from which it derives its name. Alchemy was a combination of philosophy and science that had both practical and mystical aspects. The goals of alchemy were varied and difficult to summarize. In many ways, the alchemists sought to achieve perfection, through such actions as the pursuit of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life (Figure below). The philosopher's stone, it was believed, was a substance that was capable of being used to turn base metals (such as lead) into gold. It was also believed that it could be used to achieve rejuvenation and perhaps immortality. While alchemists did not ultimately succeed in these quests, their work provided the foundation for the modern study of chemistry.
Alchemists laid the groundwork for many chemical processes, such as the refining of ores, the production of gunpowder, the manufacture of glass and ceramics, leather tanning, and the production of inks, dyes, and paints. Alchemists also made the first attempts at organizing and classifying substances so that they could better understand their reactions and be able to predict the products of their experiments. This eventually led to the modern periodic table, which you will learn about in a later chapter. Alchemy began to fully evolve into chemistry in the 17th century, with a greater emphasis on rational thought and experimentation and less emphasis on spirituality and mysticism.
This painting by Joseph Wright (1771) is titled "The Alchymist, In Search of the Philosopher's Stone."
Pure and Applied Chemistry
The study of modern chemistry can be split into two categories, called pure chemistry and applied chemistry. Chemists who study pure chemistry do research primarily to advance mankind's understanding of chemistry. Pure chemistry is concerned with a greater understanding of the theories behind how matter is changing in chemical reactions. Pure chemists tend to be less concerned with direct applications of the research that they are doing. That is not to say that pure chemistry can never lead to a real-world application, but rather that a potential application is not the primary motivation for doing the research in the first place. Applied chemistry is chemistry that is directed towards a specific practical goal or application.
The line between pure chemistry and applied chemistry is not always distinct. For example, in the early 1960s, chemists at DuPont were searching for a new lightweight and strong fiber that could be used in tires. Chemist Stephanie Kwolek discovered, somewhat by accident, that a certain solution she had made displayed unique characteristics that were unlike those of other previously developed substances. The field of polymer chemistry arose in part out of her research. Polymers are very, very large molecules comprised of smaller subunits that are repeated over and over again in extremely long chains. The polymer that was discovered at DuPont was eventually given the name Kevlar. It is used not only in tires but also in bulletproof body armor because of its high strength and light weight. Polymer chemistry continues to be an active and vibrant field of chemistry, as both a pure and an applied discipline.
Chemistry Disciplines
The study of modern chemistry has many, many branches, but it can generally be broken down into five main disciplines, or areas of study. Physical chemistry is the study of both macroscopic and atomic properties and phenomena in chemical systems. A physical chemist may study such things as the rates of chemical reactions, the energy transfers that occur during a reaction, or the physical structure of materials at the molecular level. Organic chemistry is the study of carbon-containing chemicals. Carbon is one of the most abundant elements on Earth and is capable of forming a tremendously vast number of chemicals. Most of the chemicals found in living organisms are based on carbon. Inorganic chemistry is the study of chemicals that do not, in general, contain carbon. Inorganic chemicals are commonly found in rocks and minerals. Analytical chemistry is the study of the composition of matter, with a focus on separating, identifying, and quantifying chemical samples. An analytical chemist may use complex instruments to analyze an unknown material in order to determine its various components (Figure below). Biochemistry is the study of chemical processes that occur in living things. Due to the importance of carbon-containing compounds in living organisms, biochemistry and organic chemistry are often closely interrelated.
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an analytical technique that uses very large magnets in order to learn about the specific makeup of complex chemicals. Pictured is a 900 MHz NMR spectrometer located in Washington, USA.
In practice, chemical research is often not limited to just one of the five major disciplines. For example, a chemist might use biochemistry techniques to isolate a particular chemical from the human body, such as hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying component of red blood cells. He or she may then proceed to analyze the hemoglobin using methods that would pertain to physical or analytical chemistry. Many chemists specialize in areas that are combinations of these primary disciplines, such as bioinorganic chemistry or physical organic chemistry.
Chemistry in the World Today
Chemistry has played and will continue to play a central role in all areas of science and technology. Before delving into the specifics of chemistry, it is worthwhile to examine a few of the frontiers that chemists are currently exploring and to review how chemistry has helped shape these fields.
Virtually all chemical reactions involve a transfer of energy, and the worldwide demand for energy continues to increase every year. The majority of our energy needs since the Industrial Revolution have been met by the burning of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels (coal, petroleum, natural gas) were formed millions of years ago from the remains of plants and animals. Fossil fuels are a nonrenewable energy source, meaning that they cannot be produced or regenerated, so the global supply will eventually be exhausted. Chemists are actively involved in finding ways to conserve energy and to utilize alternative energy sources.
Nuclear energy is obtained by splitting large atoms such as uranium into smaller atoms in a process called nuclear fission. Nuclear fission releases tremendous amounts of energy, much more than burning an equivalent amount of fossil fuels. While nuclear energy is widely used to supplement the energy demands of modern society, it comes with risks and drawbacks. For example, nuclear power generates waste that is dangerously radioactive and difficult to store safely. Chemists are currently searching for better ways to store nuclear waste. Nuclear fusion, the process that occurs in the Sun and other stars, is an alternative that does not generate the same type of waste as nuclear fission. Scientists are actively trying to make nuclear fusion a practical source of energy.
Biofuels are an alternative energy source that has gained a great deal of attention in recent years (Figure below). Various types of biofuels are obtained from vegetable oils, animal fats, and the decomposition of corn or other crops. Although the use of biofuels lessens our dependence on fossil fuels, it still involves the burning of carbon-based chemicals, which contributes to climate change.
This city bus is powered by biofuel derived from soybean oil.
Finding alternative energy sources that are renewable and do not harm the environment is a primary goal for scientists working in this field. Renewable energy sources are those that either will not run out or that can be used over and over again. Chemists and other scientists are actively involved in the search for these energy sources and for ways to make their use widespread and practical. Solar energy involves the direct transformation of the energy from the Sun into electricity by the use of devices called photovoltaic cells. Energy from wind can be obtained from the use of giant windmills. Wind power is an energy source that has been on the rise in recent years, with an increasing number of "wind farms" being built both on land and offshore. Geothermal energy is energy that is generated and stored deep within the Earth. This energy source can also be tapped and used to generate electricity.
Advances in medicine over the last century have dramatically increased lifespans and improved our quality of life. Chemists are at the forefront of many of these medical breakthroughs and improvements. Medical researchers work with doctors to gain a better understanding of biological processes that occur in the human body. Today, thousands of prescription and over-the-counter drugs are available to treat everything from a simple headache to major infections, high blood pressure, depression, and a host of other ailments. Drugs work because of their interactions with other chemicals in the body. Chemists are constantly working to improve existing drugs, to design new and better drugs, and to further their understanding of the chemical mechanisms by which drugs perform their functions.
Chemists are also involved in designing materials that are used to repair or replace body parts. Artificial hips and knees can be inserted into a person's body so that he or she can walk without pain (Figure below). Burn victims benefit from replacement skin. Diseased arteries can be replaced with plastic tubing that must be able to withstand the harsh environment found inside a human body without degrading or malfunctioning.
A prosthetic hip made of titanium, with a ceramic head and a polyethylene cup
Biotechnology is an emerging field that involves the manipulation of DNA, the chemicals that store the genetic information that gets passed on from one generation to the next. Genes are the pieces of DNA that contain this genetic information. Biochemists can transfer genes from one organism to another in order to take advantage of useful traits. For example, genes from a certain bacteria produce a chemical that confers resistance to certain crop-eating pests. Inserting these genes into the genetic material of corn plants results in genetically modified corn that is able to resist the pest without having to be sprayed with a chemical pesticide. Bacteria can also be used as "chemical factories" to produce useful drugs such as insulin, which is used to treat some forms of diabetes.
Chemists are also involved in the design and production of new materials. Some of the materials that chemists have helped discover or develop in recent years include polymers, ceramics, adhesives, coatings, and liquid crystals. Liquid crystals are used in electronic displays, such as those found in watches and calculators. Silicon-based computer chips have revolutionized modern society, and chemists have played a key role in their design and continued development. Many chemists are currently working in the field of superconductivity. Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity with 100% efficiency. Unlike conventional conducting materials, like copper cables, no energy is lost during electrical transmission through superconductors. Unfortunately, most known superconductors only exhibit this property at extremely low temperatures. A current challenge in this field is to design materials that can act as superconductors at normal temperatures.
The Environment
There is a great deal of concern about the deleterious effects that humankind has had and continues to have on the natural environment. The burning of fossil fuels pumps millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, which means that it traps the heat from the Sun and prevents it from being released back out into space in the form of infrared radiation. As a result, the temperature of the Earth is slowly climbing. Chemists, along with environmental scientists, are searching for ways to slow or reverse the effects of global warming. One way, as mentioned previously, is to develop alternative energy sources such as wind power that do not emit carbon dioxide.
Many other chemicals that were once commonly used were later found to be harmful to the environment, to human health, or both. The element lead was once a common additive to gasoline and to paint. Plumbing pipes were once typically made of lead. Only since the 1970s has the danger of lead become apparent. Too much exposure to lead can cause brain damage, and small children (who often chewed on objects painted with lead-based paint) are particularly susceptible to this effect. The use of lead in gasoline, paint, and plumbing pipes is now banned. Mercury is another toxic element whose use was once far more widespread than it is today, especially in many industrial processes. Chemists continue to look for threats to our health and the environment and to search for substitutes so that harmful chemicals can be replaced with equally effective but less harmful alternatives.
The world's population has increased dramatically over the last century. It is becoming challenging to feed this population, since the amount of land available to grow food is limited. Even worse, the amount of usable land is declining as some of it is being converted to living areas. Chemists are involved in efforts to make the land that is used for agriculture as efficient and productive as possible. Some factors that decrease productivity include poor soil quality, lack of sufficient water, crop-eating pests, weeds, and diseases. Chemists are involved in the study of soils, including how to improve existing soils and to develop techniques so that soils do not lose their nutrients. Fertilizers are used to provide crop plants with vital nutrients, but the excessive use of fertilizers is harmful to the environment, particularly when the fertilizer runs off the land and into the water supply (Figure below). Herbicides and insecticides have traditionally been applied to crops in order to reduce losses from weeds and insects. However, pesticides contain toxic chemicals that are potentially harmful to other organisms, including humans. Chemists are involved in developing alternatives to traditional pesticides so that the use of these harmful chemicals can be reduced. Biotechnology was mentioned previously as a way to increase the resistance of crops to pests. Pests can also be attacked by using natural chemicals to disrupt their mating and reproductive mechanisms so that the overall number of pests declines.
Runoff from excessive fertilizer usage can cause an algal bloom due to the large increase in nutrient levels that causes algae populations to explode. Algal blooms are harmful to the natural processes of the aquatic ecosystem.
Lesson Summary
- Chemistry is the study of matter and its changes. Chemistry is closely interrelated with other scientific fields, such as biology and geology.
- Chemists examine and explain their observations on both macroscopic and microscopic levels.
- Pure chemistry is devoted to the acquisition of chemical knowledge, while applied chemistry is focused on a specific goal.
- The five main disciplines of chemistry are physical, organic, inorganic, analytical, and biochemistry.
- Chemistry has modern applications in the fields of energy, medicine, materials science, the environment, and agriculture.
Lesson Review Questions
Reviewing Concepts
- Which of the following scientific inquiries involve chemistry? For the others, what field of science is being described?
- how long it takes for an object to fall from a rooftop to the ground
- how fast a flammable liquid burns
- the amount of pollutants in a lake
- the structure of a plant cell
- The same event is described in two ways below. Which description focuses on the macroscopic level and which focuses on the microscopic level?
- Chemical bonds between oxygen atoms and hydrogen atoms are broken.
- When an electric current passes through water, a gas is produced.
- State whether each of the chemists below is practicing pure chemistry or applied chemistry. Explain.
- He is attempting to formulate a new adhesive that works well in extremely cold temperatures.
- She is studying reactions of the element sodium with different gases.
- Which of the five main chemistry disciplines is most closely related to each of the actions described below?
- Studying the digestion of certain types of foods
- Investigating the iron content of different samples of ore
- Measuring how much energy is released in a series of reactions
- Attempting to produce a new carbon-based chemical
- Measuring the amount of mercury contamination in a sample of river water
- What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable energy?
- Identify the following energy sources as renewable or nonrenewable.
- fossil fuels
- solar energy
- nuclear power
- wind
- geothermal energy
- Name a process that is involved in biotechnology.
- What are greenhouse gases and why is their production considered to be an environmental problem?
- What are two alternatives to the traditional use of chemically-based pesticides in agriculture?
Further Reading / Supplemental Links
- Branches of Chemistry: Overview of the Branches of Chemistry, (http://chemistry.about.com/od/branchesofchemistry/a/branchesofchemistry.htm)
Points to Consider
Chemists, like all scientists, rely on a rigorous and systematic approach to studying the world called the scientific method.
- What are the steps of the scientific method?
- How do chemists and other scientists communicate their findings to the public?
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11.7: Extinction and Radiation of Life
What is next for life on Earth?
Life is dynamic! Species begin, populations grow, species die out, new species are born. Extinction is an important part of this. If organisms never went extinct there wouldn't be any habitats available for new ones to arise. What could be next?
Most of the species that have lived have also gone extinct. There are two ways to go extinct. The obvious most obvious way is to die out completely. The other way a species goes extinct is if it evolves into a different species. Extinction is a normal part of Earth's history. Most of the organisms that have lived have gone extinct.
Sometimes large numbers of species go extinct in a short amount of time. This is a mass extinction. The causes of different mass extinctions are different: collisions with comets or asteroids, massive volcanic eruptions, or rapidly changing climate are all possible causes of some of these disasters (Figure below).
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- adaptive radiation: An explosion in the diversity of species as vacant niches are filled. This often occurs after a mass extinction.
- mass extinction: An extinction in which a large percentage of species go extinct.
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- Many species go extinct at roughly the same time during a mass extinction.
- New habitats become available and species evolve to fill them so that biodiversity increases during adaptive radiation.
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- Why is extinction considered a normal part of Earth's history?
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6. Cottage Cheese
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3. Chicken
2. Lean Meats
1. Fish
Good post. surprised to see cottage cheese and tofu on there.
Says who?
Tofu builds muscle? #3&4-see #2
yeah surprised to see cottage cheese and fish being number one
Yes, fish eg. tuna salmon talapia, these are gooood.
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Last articles I read said tofu decreases testosterone and increases estrogen. I stay the fuck away from tofu especially if I'm off cycle. Anyone trying to elevate testosterone levels naturally with supplements like DAA, Trib, Fenugreek,..... do not eat tofu or soy products in general. Unless you are a female member.
^^ this. To hell with tofu or any other soy based product
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Fuck Tofu taste like shit. Plain and Simple.
I say we cut tofu. No one ever remembers who placed 10th
Sorry, but this list is not only bad (Tofu? Really?) but it's also inconsistent, how are fish and chicken different from lean meats? Why is there no introduction to the list? Where did it come from?
I don't like it.
I dont think you can put all fish in a bucket and say its the best.... some are better than others.
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I find it hideous how some posters here are repeating themselves over and over again, constantly using the same ridiculous arguments to bash wonderful skaters like Carolina or Mao. Shame on you.
I find it hideous how some posters here are repeating themselves over and over again, constantly using the same ridiculous arguments to bash wonderful skaters like Carolina or Mao. Shame on you.
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Their winning is what is shameful! top 5 or whatever but please winning? At least Kostner did 4 triples in a FS and won a compeition which beats Mao's 4 triples over a SP and LP that won an event!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=O59GUx8iJMI (Her current Long Program). Her 6-days a week practice/training have been since at least September. More than adequate "practice" for Worlds, in my opinion.
I have to say her most recent comp. was great. Le Mis is really looking good. And Yuna skated with emotion. If I had to say why Yuna never struck me as really wonderfully artistic (lines, legs, back, posture not up to my admittedly high standards), it was that her skating at Olympics left me cold. Perfect big jumps but so what. The emotions were generated by Joannie. I loved Joannie's skating more and mao's. But the new Yuna is beginning to show some emotion that is not acting. Yuna needs to live. I hope she is happy to comeback and clearly she could win Worlds again and another gold. She has so much experience and only Mao can compete on her level of being calm and cool. Mao has had struggles as she fought through her jumps being reworked, her mom's death. Kim was having a ball at photo shoots, a few shows.
Anyone who thinks Yuna can't win on her jumps alone hasn't seen her lately. Her artistry was good enough then for judges and will be again. I kind of hope she doesn't go to Sochi as no one else will have a chance. She is cool as ice. Skating is a mental game with jumps and she has it down. No one should be surprised if she wins. For me, Carolina is majestic in a way Yuna never was nor will ever be. Mao is ethereal, another special beautiful artist. But Yuna is good at everything and superlative at jumps. I recently watched her latest outings. The improvement is there and maybe we will see Vancouver Yuna again. She'd go down in history as the best woman ever if she pulls it off.
EDIT: This is a respons to the last post by CanadianSkaterGuy
Ouch. Her jumps have regressed to their worst over three seasons and she's actually winning more... that is pretty lame. Forget the lack of triple axel, this skater, internationally, has cleanly landed 14/27 (52%) of her triple jumps and yet she is the GPF gold medalist and has two Grand Prix wins. There's your statistic of the season. Augh.
This is a nonsense. She won her GPF gold medal fair and square with a totally superior and fantastic performance. She didn't land 7 triples, right, but who really did? Don't tell me that Michelle Kwan did, because firstly you need to apply the same logic to her performances that you apply when it comes to Mao. Don't take into account Michelle's both flutzes and underrotated jumps and you are left with 3 CLAEN triples in her glorious SOTBS from 2001 Worlds. Mao's skate from GPF was absolutely sensational performance-wise and I have already provided you with numerous reasons for her high PCS scores.
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Yu Na Kim is the one she has to be most worried about, not the baby Russians, who she defeated at Europeans despite quite a subpar competition. If she finishes behind the Russians, it just means she probably is right out of the top 5, but they arent the ones she needs to beat if she has aspirations for gold.


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An early-season Nor'easter is taking shape along the coast of South Carolina today, but is now forecast to be weaker and move farther offshore than originally forecast, resulting in lower impacts to the New Jersey and New York coasts than originally feared. The storm will head north-northeast along the coast on Wednesday, intensifying into a 990 mb Nor'easter, a few hundred miles south of Long Island, NY, by Wednesday evening. The storm will likely bring wind gusts up to 50 mph and a storm surge of 2 - 3 feet along the coasts of Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York, including New York City. High waves of 10 - 20 feet will ride on top of this surge, and cause moderate beach erosion along much of the coastline damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The greatest flooding will occur during the Wednesday early afternoon high tide cycle, near 1 pm EST. Fortunately, the high tides this week will be some of the lowest of the month, since we are midway between the new moon and full moon. The Nor'easter's strongest winds will likely affect eastern Long Island and coastal Massachusetts, where wind gusts up to 60 mph will be possible Wednesday evening and Thursday. The storm's heaviest rains will stay offshore, and only Eastern Massachusetts can expect to see more than 1" of rain. The storm isn't going to tap into a large reservoir of cold, Arctic air, which will limit snowfall amounts to perhaps 1 - 2" along a swath from Northern New Jersey northeastwards, across Western Massachusetts and into Maine. While the storm will slow down recovery efforts from Hurricane Sandy, this is a pretty ordinary Nor'easter of the type the Northeast sees several times per year, and will not cause major damage.
Figure 1. Predicted wind speed for 1 pm EST Wednesday, November 7, 2012, from the 12Z (7 am EST) run of the GFS model made on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Winds tropical storm-force (39+ mph) are predicted to affect Southern New Jersey, eastern Long Island, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, but miss the areas hardest hit by Sandy--northern New Jersey and the New York City area.
Figure 2. Predicted storm surge at Sandy Hook, NJ for Wednesday's Nor'easter, from the experimental Extratropical Storm Surge model, run by NOAA"s Meteorological Development Laboratory. This model used winds from this morning's 6Z (1 am EDT) run of the GFS model. The peak storm surge (yellowish-brown line) is predicted to be 3.7', occurring Wednesday afternoon. High tide (green line) occurs near 1 pm Wednesday afternoon, resulting in a peak storm tide of approximately 7.8' around 1 pm Wednesday (black line). For comparison, Sandy delivered a 8.6' storm surge to Sandy Hook before their tide gauge failed, with the storm tide reaching 13.2' above MLLW (Mean Lower Low Water.)
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RE:Single handed Sink tips
I've got a Mastery Steelhead taper cut back 18' and then looped with 15' Rio tips. I'm not using it much these days so if you want to borrow it for a day or two, no problem. Even better yet, you and I still need to get out on the river soon. I like this setup and use it on my 10' 8 weight Scott but can't honestly say it is any better that the others mentioned.
As for the Redington reels, I've got the 11/12 on my 8150 and like it quite a bit. The only complaint I have is that it is too quiet. I don't need the sound of a Hardy but I do like to hear the fish run. Other than that, they are a sweet reel for the price. I haven't had any trouble with mine and I know of 4 others that friends own that have been flawless. If they only had some "click".
RE:Single handed Sink tips
If your still itchen I have a new 4" Bougle that I think I'm going to sell either that or a 3 3/4 perfect. Too many reels. Got the next week thing my travel schedule is bouncing daily. My other Seattle shot is the week after but I think I'll try to get Sonic/Laker tixs.
RE:Single handed Sink tips
This is always a tough question. When I first started cutting lines I would buy a really cheap FWF, cut it and re-cut it if needed to get the feel for the line with the rod. Then I would upgrade to a Mastery or something and the balance was way off again! I did learn a lesson, but it wasn't the one I had hoped.
As my circle of hybrid head buddies increased, I got more recipes from people who had made the plunge with their lines already and that was a huge help.
IMHO - What it really boils down to is three things, which I am sure you already know...
a) grain weight and distribution for the rod
b) complementary to the tips you want to fish
c) line control and presentation
a) If it doesn't work for the rod, it's wrong. That's a no brainer. If it's too light, the rod won't load; if the head's too heavy and short, the cast becomes a risky chuck and duck. yada yada.
b) I think we all have favorite tips, or at least we start to accumulate tips with certain pools or water levels. If you are fishing through a situation and "THE" tip doesn't cast well on a particular line configuration, you aren't going to be happy. Therefore the back half of the head should accomodate the tips you want to fish.
b2) On the other hand, the tips can also accomodate the head. Just as a quick switch of a tip can change the way a line casts drastically - there may be a workable tip for the line as it has been cut. I tend to favor the tip because it governs the presentation over specific pools and thus I'd rather have a line that accomodates the tip than the opposite.
c) Line control and presentation on top of AND below the surface - these are the reasons we ask such questions, figure out good hybrid mixes, and don't just use teeny lines and/or full sink lines in this application. We want to be able to cast a hingeless head, mend the line, and reduce the amount of flourescent chartruese fly line whiplashing through a gin-clear winter pool.
So it stands to reason that a real short back end with a long tip would be fine in a down and across situation but it would reduce the line control advantages of mending long casts, etc. In the half and half situation (about 15 feet of a 30 foot WF body) half the "heavy stuff" floats and is mendable, half is not. If for no other reason, this is at least balanced for line control.
My experience has been that cutting too little is a waste of time and creates a useless floating tip. I suspect that cutting too much sucks too. There's probably a fairly large slop factor provided you are willing to adjust the tips to match the head portion.
In any case... good luck and please (everybody) log the cuts you've made and the outcome for future inquiries of this nature!
RE:Single handed Sink tips
I am going to try the DT8 that I have a loop on it to see how it handles. I have thrown my single handed Windcutter 8WT on it and it throws nice and I also threw a TT 7\8 spey and I really liked how that handled so I may just put a loop on that one and call it good. I am just looking for a good excuse to buy a new line and reel.
Next week is very bad for me. We have a milestone (half way) in our project next friday so it is head down for a bit. I will let you know when you coming up?
RE:Single handed Sink tips
Why not try throwing whatever your throwing on either of your two handers? The total head length of the "standard windcutter" is only 42 ft. I would guess that you want to rollcast that bad boy and that short belly might impact presentation (if that is important on the NFU?).
I'm scheduled up in Seattle next week I throwing some gear on the plane I've got a Windcutter 8/9/10 that you might find interesting if we can hook up. I throw it on the Burkheimer and for a Windcutter, I like the balance with the rod. Is BG keeping a tight leash or if things could you get some time?
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Single handed Sink tips
Well I got a new 10 Ft 8 wt Scott and I am trying to figure out what line to put on it. I will fish a full floater on it in the summer especially on the Umpqua (which is mainly why I got it) and I like the TT or Mastery Steelhead taper or even the single handed windcutter. But I also got it to have a single handed winter rod for smaller river where the spey rod is too much. I am trying to figure out what line to put on it for tip system. I have 8 wt tips from my spey habit or is it an addiction. I don't have a ton of experience with recipe for single handed tip systems so does anyone have a good one out there. What line they like for a single handed tips I was thinking either the Mastery Steelhead taper, with the 65' belly, cut back about 15-16 feet or The Triangle Taper, with the 50 foot belly, but have no idea how for to cut it back. Any other options I may over looked or good recipes.
PS: Any one out there had experience with the Redington Reels. For the price they look nice. How is the drag?
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Juan Carlos Barcia is fixing up Tupelo one old house at a time.
Barcia currently is working on a house on Walnut Street that he plans to move into next month with his wife, Stephanie Rhea.
He's full of enthusiasm as he tours the house, pointing out where the master bathroom will go and where Rhea's office will be. He explains how he wants to create more outdoor living space and still maintain the feeling of the home he suspects was built in the 1930s.
"We want it to look like it belongs to the house," he said.
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"When my family comes, this is a place for them to stay," he said.
Ecuador to Boston to Tupelo
Barcia, wearing skinny jeans and a slim-cut plaid shirt, is not what you'd picture when you think of a landlord in Tupelo.
Barcia moved to the United States 71⁄2 years ago after meeting Rhea during a mission trip in Ecuador. She was participating in the trip through The Orchard. He was working as a graphic designer in Quito, but was asked to work as a translator for the group.
The two had chemistry and Barcia later moved to Boston to marry Rhea, who was working as a photographer there. Her boss hired Barcia to help with construction, where he started learning the trade he uses now.
Later, they moved back to Rhea's home state of Mississippi. While Rhea developed her own photography business, Barcia worked as a graphic designer, a skill he previously learned while living in Los Angeles. The two still team up on Saturdays for weddings.
Barcia also works part time at American Eagle helping with floor resets in the middle of the night.
Over the years, Barcia's fixer-uppers have demanded more of his time. It started off slowly, when they bought one old house in east Tupelo to fix up. But, they keep adding.
"We always say, 'This is the last one.' Always," he said. But "it's never our forever home and never the last one."
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you get involved with a project by getting their source code. if you install via compiling the source you are all set, otherwise you probly have to find their home page. you then start reading the readme, and any other text files of that sort in the source code top directory, these will often explain things you may need to know at a latter point. then start looking at the source itself. at this point it might help if you know the developers, and expect this to take a significant amount of time. a project of any size will most likely not have a self-evident flow when you first look at it, the feel of the source will only come to you with time and expirience with it.
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the advantage to cvs for you, is that you are then working with the same code the developers are working with, instead of a body of code that is older, has some bugs fixed, some bugs introduced, some features removed, some features introuduced, so on. working with the same source code gives you a better chance of having your patch accepted.
you'll use the cvs diff command or the patch command to generate a patch. a patch is a list of differences between 2 versions of the same file(s). the patch command is also used to apply a patch. when you submit a patch, be it for a bug fix or a new feature, the developer(s) will read your patch to attempt to identify if its the correct fix/correct way to implement a new feature. keep in mind that some projects have style guidelines, for instance gaim does not allow gtk in some parts of the code. also keep in mind that while a given piece of code might fix your problem, it might introduce a problem for users in difference circumstances, so developers are at times very careful accepting patches, especially before they have a chance to get to know you and evaluate the quality of your work for themseleves. if two people submit the same patch, any number of things can happen, the developer might like the way one of you fixed the issue mroe than the other, or [s]he might simple use which ever was looked at first.
sometimes developers are able to get to your patch, evaluate it, and give you some feedback within a short period of time (a week or two), but that's the ideal. in real life, developers are working in their free time, are often over-worked and for good reasons or bad ones, feel under-appreciated. as a result, looking at patches sometimes gets delayed, so be patient with your developer.


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Very cool and very exciting. Not only does it support the Big Bang, it also supports the Multiverse.
On Monday, Dr. Guths starship came in. Radio astronomers reported that they had seen the beginning of the Big Bang, and that his hypothesis, known undramatically as inflation, looked right.
Reaching back across 13.8 billion years to the first sliver of cosmic time with telescopes at the South Pole, a team of astronomers led by John M. Kovac of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics detected ripples in the fabric of space-time so-called gravitational waves the signature of a universe being wrenched violently apart when it was roughly a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second old. They are the long-sought smoking-gun evidence of inflation, proof, Dr. Kovac and his colleagues say, that Dr. Guth was correct.
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We have no confirmation of several rumors that are going around out there, but this situation mirrors that of when N'Sync was rumored to being added to AOTC. Fans made a difference!
But now the situation is different: these are not pop-culture extras that could be added to scenes in the Classic Trilogy, but Real Star Wars Characters.
Specifically, it is rumored that it's being considered to add Jimmy Smits as Viceroy Bail Organa watching the Death Star approach and destroy his home planet of Alderaan while Grand Moff Tarkin threatens Princess Leia to do just that.
And it is also rumored that Natalie Portman will film for a scene in Return of the Jedi portraying Padme Amidala for an unknown sequence which could involve anything from a taped hologram, an appearance of a ghost sensed by the Force-sensitive, to the actual return of the then-50-year-old living mother of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia.
We've tried different options to help count votes on how each of you feel, but ultimately SirSteve and JediTricks felt it better to simplify the choices because the 5 options I gave originally confused some people and made it difficult to draw meaning from just glancing at the results.
Let's try this again now and please post your thoughts.
Should new footage of Prequel Characters be added to the Classic DVD's?


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Binghamton University students celebrate Spring Fling weekend
Binghamton University students will officially bid adieu to cold weather during Spring Fling festivities this weekend. Students will usher in the spring with one of the University's oldest traditions, the annual "Stepping on the Coat," and a jam-packed schedule of music, food and fun. The events are open to the community.
Festivities will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 26, in front of the upper level of the University Union.
A BU tradition, the "Stepping on the Coat" ceremony, is scheduled to begin at 1:15 pm. A rite of spring since 1962, the coat-stomping ritual has, according to students, become vital to the onset of warm weather after Binghamton's long winters.
The Keith King BMX Stunt Team will be at Spring Fling all day with shows at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Using specially built ramps, the team will show off their extreme biking skills. Reggae fans can cheer on their favorite artists at the reggae competition scheduled for 3:45 p.m. A variety of student bands and musicians, including Andy Grammer, Neverman and the Joe Rogers Band, will provide musical entertainment throughout the day.
Inflatables and novelties lined up to entertain the crowds include a mechanical bull, an obstacle course, sumo wrestling suits, bumper cars and bouncy boxing. Magician Jon Price and palm reader Peter Long will add a mystical note to the festivities
Spring Fling festivities will continue on Sunday, April 27, when students host the community at the fifth annual Picnic in the Park from noon to 5 p.m. at Recreation Park in Binghamton. Free food including hamburgers, hotdogs, veggie burgers, watermelon and cotton candy will be served. Free entertainment is also scheduled throughout the day including face painting, bubbles, balloons and bands.
Spring Fling is sponsored by the Student Association's University Programming Board, the Senior Class, Off Campus College Meeting. the Office of Campus Activities and Orientation, and the Division of Student Affairs. For more information about Spring Fling, contact 607-777-2811 or 607-777-6503.


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Good luck folks.
Good luck folks.
33 back to The Land Blind in The Open.
6-8, 10, 11, 14, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25-28, 30, 32, 33, 35, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50-52, 54-56, 58, 60, & 61.
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24 back to The Water Blind in The Open. Don't have numbers.
I'm not in Anderson. I got the numbers 2nd hand. A big thanks to those who keep me informed.
You'll probably hear about an explosion (Lighting the heater to start up the boiler.) in The Cat Cracker @ the refinery in Wynnewood, OK. It happened less than an hour after I left this evening & shortly before my brother made it there. One guy was killed (I won't go into specifics as it's FRICKED up.) & 2 others severely burned. 1 is in critical condition as of Sat morning. To say the least, FTs are 2nd fiddle tonight.
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Good sources from Anderson bad news from work, Wynnewood is cattle and horse country just up the road, glad you and your bro are OK
Yes sir. Wynnewood is certainly rural to say the least. The 1st time I have been up here since 2008 when I dated a girl who went to OU. Norman isn't what I thought it would be, but OKC is okay.
I'll find out soon enough what happened yesterday. I appreciate the concern.
Looking forward to great news from Anderson today.
Sorry to hear about Wynnewood but I have to ask what is a Cat Cracker?
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PCHS announces new volleyball coach
Port Clinton High School has a new Volleyball Coach, Kelly Ward. Even though she is new to the Redskin Volleyball program, she has a great deal of experience as a volleyball coach and player. She graduated from Sandusky High School with three varsity letters in volleyball and continued being involved in area programs as a coach. Ward was a coach with the North Shore Club Volleyball, and has been both a Junior High and Junior Varsity Volleyball Coach at Sandusky Schools for a number of years.
Rick Dominick, Port Clinton High School Athletic Director stated, "We are very fortunate to find someone of Coach Ward's caliber to lead our Volleyball Program. She brings to Port Clinton a good deal of experience coaching and Kelly is a very energetic person. In our conversation her passion for Volleyball became very evident and everyone that knew her from Sandusky spoke very highly of her in regards to her knowledge of the game, work ethic, and ability to relate to her players."
Kelly lives in Sandusky with her husband, Andy, the chef at Edgewood Manor in Port Clinton, and their three children. She and her husband also have a catering business, Ward Catering. Coach Ward stated, "I am excited to come and coach at Port Clinton. I love the area and look forward to this new opportunity to build a strong program."


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Telling You About the Blues, in Texas, Atlanta and Detroit
By John Morthland, Contributor
Let me tell you about Let Me Tell You About the Blues, a series of three-disc packages (several of which are available on eMusic) that attempts to trace the evolution of the music by focusing on geographic areas. Results are mixed, as they almost always are on compilations, in this case due largely to the fact that anything recorded in a specific city or region is defined as belonging to that area. To cite one… more »


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I didn't realize that the "stimulus" included temporary increase in the funding for food stamps.
I would imagine that the increase in this funding might have led some who were receiving the benefit to actually believe the economy was improving.
Since I doubt that the recipients will know the actual reason for the decrease (as I would not have), they could be propagandized to believe that it is due to sequestration, which has typically been blamed on the Rs.
Of course, this is also coupled with a story from yesterday that EBT cards are sold on Craigslist and e-bay. Both sites have a prohibition of selling EBT cards on their sites, but some of them slip through anyhow.
It seems that every time there is a suggestion to reduce waste and fraud in any program, there is scoffing that it will ONLY save $10 million or $5 million or $1 billion. I tend to look at it another way, if you took even $5 million from the hands of some crooks, how many people could really be helped who really needed it? How much more would charities have to work with if people didn't have to give the govt taxes to give EBT cards to crooks?


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An explosion which rocked suburban Welcome Bay this afternoon was allegedly caused by a man using explosives to build a rocket.
A neighbour called police following the window-rattling bang in Dingadee Street about midday.
A 41-year-old was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of an explosive.
No one was injured.
Police are still at the scene.


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The sale is back... Barnes & Noble is taking 50% off their Criterion Collection Blu-ray and DVD movies. Shipping is $3 or free on orders $25 or more. Titles include the new City Lights Criterion Blu-ray/DVD on pre-order for $20 ($34 at Amazon), The Game for $20, Heaven's Gate for $25, Being John Malkovich for $20 and of course Wes Anderson movies.
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Yes Kon we are at full roaster, good luck sighting in and let us know how you did.
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Season starts Friday gonna be out there four days in a row.I talked to a hunter who hunts the same management area I hunt yesterday ,he can't hunt this weekend so he gave me some pretty good leads.I hope this is the year guys.Maybe a newbie like me won't bring the team down to bad.I'm allowed five birds per season, how sweet would it be to run outta tags?Good luck guys get out there and make their heads turn to mush.
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Just had a quick question for you. I run a small network for an academy and I like to test out our security. I'm trying to decide what os to use. Ideally, I would like to use both Xp and Backtrack. This is where the decision comes in. Do you all think that I should setup a dual boot so I can try to use Xp when I need it and Backtrack when I need it, or should I try running Xp and use vm to run Backtrack. I was also thinking of using Backtrack and then using Wine to run some Windows programs. What do you all suggest to be the best solution. I really like the abilities of Backtrack, but at the same time, Windows has some software linux doesn't, like Cain and Abel. Plus, I am more used to the environment of Xp.
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Aloha, Plastics: Ocean Trash Adventures in Hawaii
Posted On January 15, 2013 by Nick Mallos
Neither tsunami debris nor marine debris is going away any time soon. Following an August 2012 NGO tsunami meeting and increasing reports of tsunami debris on the U.S. West Coast and Hawaii, concern and interest about tsunami debris in Japan continues to increase. Responding to this interest, the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency of Japan has funded a series of beach site investigations in the United States to convey the present situation of both tsunami and marine debris to Japan officials and the Japanese people. The first stop for these surveys: Hawaii.
I teamed up with members from Japan Environmental Action Network (JEAN), the Oceanic Wildlife Society and the Japan Ministry of Environment tobegin surveys on O'ahu beaches where confirmed and suspected tsunami debris has recently been found . During our first inspection at Hanauma Bay, we examined a rusted Japanese refrigerator that washed ashore on December 20th, 2012, several days before a second fridge was found on Waimanalo Beach. Cleanup volunteers commonly found refrigerator pieces on Kaua'i beaches during this past summer.
Dr. Nikolai Maximenko of the University of Hawaii International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) explained that these different 'waves' of alike debris (e.g., oyster buoys, refrigerators, etc.) are a result of how tsunami debris is affected by wind. Because the tsunami debris entered the ocean at the same time, similar items travel at the same speed and will appear on Hawaiian and West Coast beaches around the same time.


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JPL leader to speak on future of space and Earth exploration, May 8
Posted May 3, 2002; 02:27 p.m.
Charles Elachi, a pioneer in the development and use of spaceborne imaging radar for scientific studies of Earth and other planets, will present a lecture at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, in McDonnell Auditorium.
Elachi, who was named director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., in January 2001, will speak on "Space and Earth Exploration 2010: Opportunities and Challenges."
Elachi has served in a variety of research and management positions at the lab since 1971. He is perhaps best known for his role in the development of a series of imaging radar systems for the Space Shuttle that allowed scientists to see through clouds that blanket Earth. The radar even penetrates the top layer of soil in arid regions, revealing hints of what lies below the surface.
Elachi is the author of more than 200 publications on space and planetary exploration, Earth observation from space, active microwave remote sensing, wave propagation and scattering, electromagnetic theory, lasers and integrated optics, and he holds several patents in those fields. In addition, he has written three textbooks on remote sensing.
His talk is part of the Evnin Lectures in Science and Technology for the New Millennium and is sponsored by the Council on Science and Technology , the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Department of Astrophysical Sciences .
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Walker expects his Medicaid proposal will pass
Democrats speak out against Medicaid changes
MADISON, Wis. - Gov. Scott Walker expects his plan to reject federally funded Medicaid expansion will win approval from the Legislature's budget committee.
Walker is proposing tightening income eligibility for the program to move more people near the poverty line into private insurance. That plan drew criticism from Democrats and even one Republican on the GOP-controlled committee.
Republican Sen. Luther Olsen asked Walker's head of the Department of Health Services why the state would turn down federal money.
Olsen also said he's heard concerns that people kicked out of Medicaid won't purchase the private insurance and will turn to hospitals for free care.
But Walker said he's not worried that other Republicans share Olsen's concerns. And the Republican governor said he believes Olsen would ultimately vote for a budget that rejects Medicaid expansion.
Incoming Department of Health Services Secretary Kitty Rhoades defended Walker's plan, saying it will protect those in poverty and keep others covered through private insurance.
"You cannot force everybody to enroll. That would be a decision people would make. What we have done is to provide the greatest opportunity, I believe, ever, for people to have access to affordable care," Rhoades said.
Democratic state Rep. Jon Richards is one of the most vocal critics of Walker's decision to reject the expansion and $4.4 billion in federal money. He said it's not too late for the Republican-controlled Legislature to reverse that decision.
Democrats said rejecting the Medicaid money will leave some people with no insurance.
"If we're not going to take the federal money, it's not like our federal taxes go down. It just goes to another state," said Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine.
Republicans control the legislature's Joint Finance Committee by a 3-1 margin. They'll hold a series of hearings on the budget in the coming weeks, and a final vote is still some two months away.
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Hutton Settlement selling Christmas trees
SPOKANE, Wash. - With just about three weeks left until Christmas, you may still need to get your tree. There are many lots around Spokane, but one farm will help a special cause.
At the Hutton Settlement Christmas Tree Fundraiser, the 35 kids who live at settlement help work at the farm each holiday season.
"I like talking to the customers, telling them what kind of trees that we have," 12-year-old Kyle said.Hutton Settlement selling Christmas trees
Kyle lives at the Hutton Settlement, a place where kids like him can stay as a long term alternative to foster care.
The money raised from the fundraiser helps to pay for programming. "All of the money that is raised goes back to support our kids and give them a quality of life, a good childhood, take them to places they have never been before," Monique Cotton, Director of Community Relations and Communications at Hutton, said.
It's their biggest fundraiser of the year. For all the kids who live there, it gives them an opportunity to gain important life skills.
"It is an educational experience for our kids, they are manning the cash register, they are collecting money, they are greeting customers," Cotton said.
11-year-old Mikey has been selling trees for 6 years! "I like serving the community and it's just a good experience," he said.
You can buy a pre-cut tree or even cut one yourselves. If you venture out to the tree farm, know you'll get top notch customer service from kids who want to make your Christmas a little brighter.
"I like seeing people's smiles on their faces when they walk out and they have a tree in their hands," Mikey said.
The farm is open Tuesdays - Fridays from noon to 7 p.m. and on Saturday and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It closes on Saturday, December 15th.
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After a little relaxation, Austin and I went to a small local mini golf course and played 18 holes. It was a different type of course then we had ever played but it was fun anyways. As we played we heard loud rumblings but we first thought it was from a local logging company. It wasn't too long before we started to see the thunder and lightning approach the coast. As we approached the 18th hole it started to hail pretty hard. We played through and had a blast in the hail. Little did we know that this series of lightning strikes would start over 2000 fires all over Northern California and leave smoke around Lincoln for weeks. Austin and I stopped on the way back to the hotel for dinner and watched the lightning as the sun disappeared over the horizon.


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Walter has a way of placing things in simple perspectives.
Well worth reading.
Here's a sample:17) Households earning $250,000 and above account for 25 percent, or $1.97 trillion, of the nearly $8 trillion of total household income. If Congress imposed a 100 percent tax, taking all earnings above $250,000 per year, it would bring in about $1.9 trillion. That would keep Washington running for 190 days, but there's a problem because there are 175 more days left in the year.The profits of the Fortune 500 richest companies come to $400 billion. That would keep the government running for another 40 days, to mid-July.
America has 400 billionaires with a combined net worth of $1.3 trillion. If Congress fleeced them of their assets, stocks, bonds, yachts, airplanes, mansions and jewelry, it would get us to at least late fall.The fact of the matter is there are not enough rich people to come anywhere close to satisfying Congress' voracious spending appetite.


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Activist takes feminist view of human rights, April 20
Posted April 14, 2004; 10:44 p.m.
Charlotte Bunch, founder and executive director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership, will speak at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, in 16 Robertson Hall. Her address is titled "A Feminist Lens on Human Rights and Security."
Bunch has been an activist, author and organizer in women's and human rights movements for more than three decades. She previously was a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and a founder of D.C. Women's Liberation and of Quest: A Feminist Quarterly.
A Distinguished Professor in the women's and gender studies department at Rutgers University, Bunch focuses on the application of feminist theory to public policy questions, particularly at the global level. Her current investigations center on developing an analysis and understanding of human rights that incorporates women's lives more fully and utilizes the question of violence against women as a way of exploring the parameters of these issues both theoretically and practically.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Gender and Development Policy Network .
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When it comes to projects of the epistolary variety, calligrapher Ashantai Yungai, founder of Distinctive Inscriptions, isn't one to back down from a challenge. So, when a bride asked him to pen 1,000 envelopes for her Hawaiian wedding, he not only agreed, he blogged about the two-week-long endeavor. With a good nib, a little Joni Mitchell and a bag of flour, he proved victorious. Perhaps it's Yungai's science background (he's a chemist by trade), but it seems as though he has found the formula for the perfect flourish.
Of course, we would never ask him to share his 'secret sauce,' be he does share with us missives pertaining to pens, sisters and the future of the handwritten word.
When did your interest in calligraphy begin?
June 2008. I am a chemist by trade. A friend saw my handwriting in my lab notebook and asked, "Did you write that? Wow man, that's pretty cool! You should do calligraphy. People do wedding invitations and envelopes using calligraphy." I thought little of it at the time. I bought a calligraphy pen on a whim one day while shopping for art supplies for my son. I began writing with it. From there I was off to the races.


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VFS: Cannot open root device "302" o unknown-block(3,2)
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kernel panic: VFS:Unable to mount root fs on unknow-block(3,2)
That's what I get when I try to startup with my Linux kernel 2.6. I cannot understand it, as long as I installed it from the official Debian package.
Back to 2.4...
I've finished to see the first half of chapters of its first season. I love it. Reminds me the books I read by Sir Arthur about Mr. Holmes...
Next milestones:
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- Bugzilla's easy-fix
- Other bugs / BugDay