text:
The California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) is a computer application that the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is implementing for web-based disease reporting and surveillance. Specified diseases and conditions are mandated by State laws and regulations to be reported by healthcare providers and laboratories to the public health authorities.
CalREDIE is California's project for a PHIN-compliant electronic disease reporting and surveillance system integrated with electronic laboratory reporting (ELR). The purpose of this effort is to improve the efficiency of surveillance activities and the early detection of public health events through the collection of more complete and timely surveillance information on a state wide basis. A secure, web-based electronic solution is being implemented for health care providers to report cases of conditions of public health interest; and for laboratories to report laboratory reports for notifiable conditions to local health departments (LHDs) and the CDPH. This will allow for 24/7/365 reporting and receipt of notifiable conditions. LHDs and CDPH have access to disease and laboratory reports in near real-time for disease surveillance, public health investigation, and case management activities.
The mission of CDPH is to protect and promote the health of all Californians. The initial source of information for public health surveillance is primarily the reporting of information from physicians and laboratories. State and local public health officials rely on these reports of notifiable diseases to:
Without such data, trends cannot be accurately monitored, or unusual occurrences of diseases might not be detected. Further, the medical community may not be accurately informed of occurrences of communicable diseases, and the effectiveness of intervention activities cannot be easily evaluated. A delay or failure to collect communicable disease information may contribute to serious consequences in the health of populations, such as secondary transmission. The usefulness of public health surveillance data depends on its uniformity, simplicity, and timeliness.
The CalREDIE system is implemented within CDPH, LHDs, health care providers, and laboratories within California. The system is implemented within the Division of Communicable Disease Control (DCDC) at CDPH, which includes six (6) branches that participate in disease reporting and surveillance processes: (1) Infectious Disease Branch (2) Immunization Branch (3) Tuberculosis Control Branch (4) Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Branch (5) Microbial Disease Laboratory (6) Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory (7) Communicable Disease Emergency Response Branch. California has sixty-one LHDs. LHD participation in CalREDIE implementation is voluntary; however, CDPH anticipates that CalREDIE will be implemented in many of the LHDs. A three month pilot implementation including CDPH and three LHDs concluded on March 31, 2010. During this pilot, participating LHDs and CDPH had access to disease and laboratory reports to enhance disease surveillance, public health investigations, and case management activities. The outreach and recruitment of additional health departments is ongoing. Today, all 61 LHDs in California are using CalREDIE in some capacity; while 57 LHDs are using the CalREDIE to report all diseases.
SACRAMENTO, CA ‐ August 23, 2012 ‐ e.Republic's Center for Digital Government has announced the 2012 winners of its annual Best of the Web and Digital Government Achievement Awards. In its 17th year, Best of the Web (BOW) recognizes outstanding government portals and websites based on innovation, functionality and efficiency. The Center for Digital Government is a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government.
To learn more about the system and CalREDIE happenings, please refer to the CalREDIE Newsletters:
| Conditions of Use
| Privacy PolicyCopyright ©


text:
Buy Cheapest Phones Online Deals from $0.00 to $0.00
Buying a used cell phone is often a better choice than buying a new cell phone. We have all of the old and pre-owned cell phones that you could ever want for any carrier. We even have a large selection of Android smartphones and unlocked phones with no contract. We carry Buy Cheapest Phones Online deals from as low as $23.99 up to $104.99 and everything in between. We have the most basic Nokia 6010 all the way up the latest and greatest iPhone. Once your phone arrives at your house, all you have to do is contact your carrier, let them know you're using another phone, and you can start making calls, texting, and watching videos online immediately. No dealing with pushy salespeople or being confused about what plan to select. Keep your current plan and just get another phone. If you have any questions, we are available 24 hours a day with answers. Either call us at 866 951 2355 or contact us here. We are here to help you find a no-contract phone, place an order, or anything else you might need involving your mobile phone questions.
Related Categories

subset: commoncrawl


text:
By Parrish Alford/NEMS Daily Journal
OXFORD – Before the falling of the leaves and cooler temps there was August heat.
And football predictions, few of which were flattering for Ole Miss.
I recall a summer conversation with John Pitts, our sports editor, that centered around the possibility of the Rebels in a bowl game and how that might reflect on Hugh Freeze when the SEC Coach of the Year is announced.
"Forget coach of the year," John responded. "If Ole Miss reaches a bowl game, Freeze should win the Nobel Prize."
Well, the bowl game part of that equation is within reach. The Rebels have three chances – three more chances, actually, since losing at No. 6 Georgia – to get that sixth win. They will be heavy underdogs in the second chance Nov. 17 at LSU. Then there's the in-state rival at home.
While the expectations were slim, expectations sometimes change on the fly. That has happened with Ole Miss football, because Freeze has done a coaching job that puts him in the coach of the year conversation.
That is, if he and his staff can do what all coaches demand of their players – finish strong in the fourth quarter.
The fourth quarter is here, and while many Ole Miss fans would have taken five wins and run to the bank in August, to miss a bowl game now would be a great disappointment.
The first chance to qualify is the best. This is not Vanderbilt of several years back, but it's also not the Vanderbilt team with athletes like LSU and Georgia, nor does it have the emotional component of the Mississippi State game.
Freeze has already called on fans to be present and loud, and as of Tuesday morning, fewer than 400 tickets remained.
Finishing strong for Freeze means to spark a sagging running game by giving the Commodores something they haven't seen on video.
Though Vanderbilt coach James Franklin grew up on the offensive side of the ball, Vandy has been most impressive on defense, ranking No. 19 or better in total defense, scoring defense and pass efficiency defense.
Franklin is on top of his game too. When the Commodores could have been distracted at struggling Kentucky, they were fast, focused and led 27-0 at halftime en route to a 40-0 win.
That speaks to their readiness and suggests Franklin will again have them prepared. He realizes the stakes too.
For Ole Miss, a bowl game – and the rush of momentum it would bring to Freeze's restoration project – was once thought forbidden fruit. Now it's on the low-hanging branch and there for the taking.
All the Rebels need to do is finish.
Parrish Alford (email@example.com) covers Ole Miss for the Daily Journal. He blogs daily at Djournal.com.


text: Does anyone know if Hasbro is planning a Princess Leia and Speeder Bike to go along with the Luke and Biker Scout. It is listed in the collector's database under the POTJ line, and says it has been pushed back to this year? I have the other two and think this would seal the deal. Just wondering. Anyone?


text:
Seen only briefly in the original release of A New Hope as a model that Luke Skywalker was playing with and from what Ive heard but didnt notice myself as a real flying craft in the special edition version of the episode the T-16 Skyhopper has been requested by many fans.
This rarely seen but much talked about vehicle from the original Star Wars trilogy was for a very long time considered a most unlikely release by The LEGO Group due to the two above reasons but with the release of it in the January 2003 wave it was a pleasant surprise for most.
So its review time now.
The box:
See my review of 4480 Jabbas Palace.
The instruction booklet:
See my review of 4480 Jabbas Palace.
The building of the set:
Not much at all to say here, as its very easy to build.
The set itself:
No cockpit canopy? Yikes, poor T-16 Skyhopper pilot as itll get real nasty for him during flight but I guess the LEGO designers thought that the goggles will help a bit and I assume they left it out in order not to have to make a new part as well as a mold but it looks bad.
And to me at least it looks real bad and it looks like the designers didnt finish off the set more then 75% but except for this little mistake the sets rather good and a nice feature is that all the markings on the T-16 Skyhopper is pre-printed unlike the 7163 Republic Gunship.
The LEGO version of the T-16 Skyhopper looks pretty much like the real thing as far as I can see especially since its made out of LEGO parts but of course accuracy can be discussed but Ive seen so little reference on this vehicle that I cant really comment it but it looks okay.
To sum things up:
All in all a very nice little set and a surprising release by The LEGO Group of a vehicle that didnt get much screen time at all but a cockpit canopy would definitely have made this set much better then it actually is as it only seems like the designers finished it off at 75% or so.
So therefore Ill give the T-16 Skyhopper a score of 3 out 5.
There you have it people. Hope you enjoyed my little review and contribution.
Kindest regards,
Lars Sweden Olsson in Sundsvall, Sweden.


text:
|Gear Talk - Fly Stuff Spoken Here Sage advice & fresh perspectives
|Topic Review (Newest First)
|Yep, agree Bean's has quality products and service. Never have had a problem with anything I bought from them, and everything is still in service. That reminds me need to see what they have on sale.
Nothing against Cabela's....but
buy it from LL Bean, and you buy it once.
If the rod fails to impress you even after years of service Bean will replace it.
I was at Bean last year and two Old Town canoes came in to the store. all camo'd up, and looking well worn. I asked the fella near us what the story was and he replied that the canoes had failed to meet the expectations of the owner, who used them all duck season and had painted them to boot. But he wasn't happy with them so Bean took them back, no problem.
Try painting a rod, gun , boat or anything else for that matter and see if it can be returned!
We could be getting gear from anyone, one of the reasons that professional guides, like the ones that work for me, get their gear from Bean is that they know they are buying it once only. It is good for life pretty much from them.
happy holidays.
|Grego, I have built a few FT's, I like the SLi's better, I just think it is a better rod for a little more money. The FT is a very stiff rod, the SLi is a little slower, I cast it all day, and don't get tired.
I (now) have two Cabelas CLA-3 (#9-10) Large Arbor reels. I believe that this product is going to be discontinued, so instead of ordeing an extra spool I got a second reel. This is a great reel; some of us have a sneaking suspision that Ross makes these reels, but we can't get confirmation of that. My only gripe would be that it goes not hold a lot of backing, but this is true of most LA's.
I also bought a freshwater combo, a 6-wgt Three Forks rod, a Cortland CLX #2 (cartridge) reel & a Cortland Fair Play line; all for $59.95. This was a greater starter kit for me being a freshwater New-bee. I was really impessed with the quality & action of the rod. I even had some of the more experienced guys cast it at the last casting Clave & everyone said it casted like a hegh-end rod!
My dad is thinking about Building one of those FT Kits that ArtB spoke of. Seems like a great winter project & a good way to save some Dough on a "custom" rod!
|X minor
Thanks for the input so far.
Do any of you have any experience with Cabela's SR large arbor reels?
I may end up going with the FT,since it is a faster action rod.
|I like Cabela's as a first class company. I buy a lot of equipment from them. I, instead of buying a finished rod, I buy their kits. Have built about five of their FT rods. I just broke an FT eight weight. I guess it happens. No questions asked, I just sent it back and it was replaced including all the components right down to the glue! My shipping back to them was paid by them. I replaced it with an eight weight ten foot SLi which I had built before, and had lost the rod. It is a little more expensive than the FT, and a little softer. Cast it all day with little fatigue. I should have it built before the indoor casting clave, and will bring it. Hope I can post this.
|Dble Haul
I don't have any FT series rods, but I do have a 7' 3wt Greenwood. It's a great finesse rod for delicate presentations. If the FT series is made like these, I think that you'll be happy with your choice.
I have to agree with your opinion about the customer service. It's top notch.
Good luck with your decision.
Everything I have purchased from Cabela's I've been happy with - even the cheap stuff because my expectations were low. I have a 4wt Cabela's and I think it is an FT. I love it! I don't know if that will translate to the higher weights or if it would fit your casting style of course.
If you are not set on a Cabela's rod I would recommend the Sage DS2 for an excellent price/quality ratio. Again I only have experience with one weight - 10. I think I have heard not so good things about the 9 but I am not sure.
For reels I've got an Old Florida - awesome drag!, pain in the ### to change the spool, and it has an annoying squeak which is probably easily remidied but I don't want to mess with it. I've also got a Lamson 4, the drag is not as good as the OF but spool changes are a breeze and over all I love it.
|X minor
O.K. Now I'm leaning towards Cabela's gear. (opinions wanted)
After looking over the Cabela's FT series,it seems like a great deal.
I mean,you get a 4 piece rod,SR large arbor reel,line,backing,and case,all for....$365.
All this gear searching is frustrating at times.I'm glad there are boards like this with folks that are willing to provide input/insight.
So,what are you folks opinions of the Cabela's gear I mentioned?
I've dealt with their customer service throughout the years with great results.
|Posting Rules
You may post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


text:
about this blog
Saturday, 4 September 2010
virtual gardening
Wikipedia defines virtual reality as a term that applies to computer-simulated environments that can simulate places in the real world, as well as in imaginary worlds.
Greg Egan's mind-blowing science fiction novel Permutation City is about virtual worlds and artificial life. Unlike gardens we are familiar with, which obey the laws of nature, gardens in cyberspace obey whatever laws the programmers have written for it.
'Thomas sat in the garden, watching the robots tend the flowerbeds. Their silver limbs glinted in the sunshine as they reached between the dazzling white blossoms. Every movement they made was precise, economical; there was no faltering, no resting. They did what they had to, and moved on…
'...The stillness of the garden began to unnerve him. There was a blankness to the scene he couldn't penetrate, as if he was staring at an incomprehensible diagram, or an abstract painting he couldn't quite parse. As he gazed across the lawn, the colours and textures flooding in on him suddenly dissociated completely into meaningless patches of light. Nothing had moved, nothing had changed – but his power to interpret the arrangement of shades and hues had vanished; the garden had ceased to exist.'
Although this does seem weird and futuristic virtual gardens already exist.
Way back in 1994 a project called Nerve Garden started – describing itself as a public terrarium in cyberspace and a work in progress designed to provide experience of a virtual terrarium which grows, decays and evolves just like a "real" ecosystem.
A more recent example is an app called iZen Garden developed for the iPad. It is advertised as offering "All the peace and tranquillity of a Zen Garden, without the sandy mess!"
I haven't visited Second Life for quite a while and have never surveyed the gardening scene there. But the opportunity is certainly there to garden and get whatever results you want, with absolutely no messy bits!
13 comments:
Dear Catmint, This posting does, indeed, raise some very interesting ideas and thoughts, not least that various societies throughout the world appear to spend more time in a virtual world than rooted in reality. This seems, in my experience, to be particularly so of a younger generation who 'experience' so much without experiencing at all.ReplyDelete
Very neat but for me, I have to get the sand in my hands and even feel the insects biting me. Ha! Not so much the biting but know they are there. Cyberspace is MOST cool!ReplyDelete
Hi Catmint, Great post! Intriguing to ponder this reality. The image of a robot in a garden with white flowers is bizarre. Real time gardening is for me. The sensual reality can not be duplicated ... well maybe on Star Trek ... I will stay in the garden with all the real birds and bees. Still the book looks interesting. Who knows what the future holds. ;>)ReplyDelete
Scaarrry! Though I too, have often marveled at Star Trek's holodeck. Maybe this is the beginning. But I know I will stick to real dirt in real time.ReplyDelete
I think Edith Hope put it well - experiencing so much without experiencing at all. Virtual gardens intrigue me, but what we learn from nature is so complex, so multilayered, and so unfathomable by the human mind, that I doubt your could get very far with it - unless you let the plants and mycelium and humus and insects and birds and bacteria and the stars and the seasons and weather patterns program the computers. Now I'd love to see that type of communication between humans, technology, and nature.ReplyDelete
What I love most about gardening is the process (getting-the-hands-dirty) plus the imperfections and surprises. I don't think they'll ever simulate that. Well, I hope not anyway.ReplyDelete
Looks like a good book - I'll watch for it. I'm so disabled now, I virtually garden, though I miss the feel of the earth.ReplyDelete
dear friends, thank you so much for your interesting comments. We all vastly prefer the 'real' thing, with its richness and complexity and unpredictability. But for people who have disabilities, like you, Hermes, maybe it is better to have the option to garden virtually rather than not at all???????ReplyDelete
Another thought I have is given the terrible loss of biodiversity, virtual life will be the only way to experience the many extinct flora and fauna.
I guess it's a tool we already have, so let's try to influence it for good as much as possible.
Cheers, CM
This is an interesting scenario which I have not thought of before. Makes me appreciate the real living garden even more.ReplyDelete
Virtual things capture attention of youths. They love all virtual things. I hope these virtual things will be a 'bridge' or an introduction for the younger ones to the 'real' nature.ReplyDelete
How interesting and thanks for those links - I will check them out! My daughter has a Nintendo DS and there is a gardening game for that, and of course the popularity of "Farmville" on facebook speaks for itself. I prefer the real dirt!ReplyDelete
Was it Philip K Dick who coined the term 'cyberspace' .. (or William Gibson)?ReplyDelete
If anyone had told me a decade ago that I would be connecting with friends like you, Catmint, in a virtual world, I would not have believed it.
Virtual gardening seems equally strange to me at this point in time.
Are you feeling any repercussions from the N.Z. earthquake? I know the land is distant, but wondered all the same. Alice
...now aka Alice's Garden Travel Buzz
But not being able to toil in the dirt? I don't know...ReplyDelete
Popular Posts
When I started blogging - 9 years ago - I realized I needed to get into photography to produce nature images as well as nature wo...
This is the photo of my garden in the current guide to Australia's open gardens. It was taken last October. The foreground f...
I have decided to make a list of the plants in my garden. For too long I haven't really respected them as individuals, vaguely seeing them ...
Microbats are found all over Australia, and they are very important for the ecosystem because they eat loads of insects. They ar...
You don't have to go to the countryside to get a nature fix. Wherever I go I look for plants and animals. Just like rural spaces...
I love sharing the garden with spiders and would never dream of being inhospitable. But ... I wish they wouldn't build their webs acro...
"It is at the edge of a petal that love waits." (William Carlos Williams). Christopher Marley is an artist obsessed with ...
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day is wonderful as far as it goes, but it focuses on individual plants and not the bigger picture. In this post I ...
It was a cold, wet winter and the garden's flourishing. Here are a few of the plants growing, individually and in groups to form...


text:
Web Stories
Mossberg to discuss cell phones' future
Posted February 14, 2008; 11:35 a.m.
Technology columnist Walt Mossberg, a leading observer of high-tech gadgets and their makers, will speak about the role of cell phones in shaping the next generation of the Internet at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in McCosh 10.
Mossberg, who has written the "Personal Technology" column for The Wall Street Journal since 1991, has become a highly influential voice in the technology field through his reviews, analysis of trends and consumer advice. Wired magazine wrote in 2004 that "few reviewers have held so much power to shape an industry's successes and failures."
In addition to his writing, Mossberg co-hosts a major annual conference, "D: All Things Digital," which features talks by industry leaders such as Bill Gates of Microsoft Corp. and Steve Jobs of Apple Inc.
In his Princeton talk, titled "The Next Stage of the Net and the Future of the Cell Phone," Mossberg will discuss the potential for cell phones to function as important wireless computing devices and the power of large wireless carriers in determining how and whether that potential is realized.
The talk is sponsored by the Center for Information Technology Policy.


text:
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Welcome to sneezefurs.org. We strive to be an active, open, and friendly community. Please stop by the forum called "I'm New Here" and tell us a bit about yourself and why you joined.
Additionally, the video gallery and archived topic subforums will not become available for you until you have made at least one post. Should this policy change, this portion of the message will be removed.
This message will be hidden after you have made at least one post.


text:
Here's an excerpt from the article: According to the Dweeb Diversity Coalition, nerds in the African-American community continue, like their predecessors, to be socially awkward, hilariously unstylish, and a source of embarrassment for their cooler black friends. But a recent survey of pop-cultural archetypes found that in the current TV lineup, almost all nerd characters are white.
The Onion goes on to say that it's been over a decade since the likes of Steve Urkel, in his hiked pants, walked into our lives. Who do today's science-loving, journal-reading, microscope-staring minorities have to look up to? Where Hollywood fails, Planet Harmony has got your back! Just check out the growing list of real life, too-smart role models on our research page.
However, according to one of our favorite nerd role models, no one should depend on role models at all. Niel deGrasse Tyson told pH, "if I had required a dark skinned role model to become an astrophysicist, I simply would not have become an astrophysicist."
What do you think? Are role models useful? Are there any bookish minorities on TV right now?
Also, if you have a suggestion for a researcher we should add to our list, let us know below.


text:
Salmon is one of the easiest and most delicious fish to cook on the grill. By paying attention to a few minor details, you can…
Black & Decker EK700 $34.00
Slice Right® 9" Electric Knife
$42.50 Save: $8.50
+ FREE Shipping
Hurry, sale ends Tuesday!
List Price: $42.50
Save: $8.50 (20% Off)
+ FREE Shipping
Temporarily Backordered
Description & Highlights
Black & Decker Slice Right® 9" Electric Knife
Ideal for holiday entertaining, everyday dinners, barbecues, and more, the Black & Decker Slice Right® Electric Knife (EK700) offers simplicity and ease of use unmatched by traditional manual knives. The unit features a 7-inch serrated stainless-steel blade that effortlessly portions everything from turkey and roast beef to ham, venison, and other meats to desired thickness--from thin deli slices to mouthwatering, juicy cuts. Alternately, use the industrious knife to slice quickly through hard cheeses, create uniform slices of freshly baked bread, or slice effortlessly through hard-shelled watermelon and gourds.Its nonslip handle affords unparalleled comfort and security, while its safety lock prevents potential injury caused by accidental starts. Additional highlights include a flush-cut blade design, nonslip tabs for easy blade removal and quick cleanup, and a compact design that stashes neatly in a drawer when not in use.
Removable Blade:With nonslip blade tabs and a totally removable blade, cleanup is safer and easier than ever
7-inch Knife:The long, 7-inch serrated knife blade allows for cutting foods of all sizes, depths and thickness
- Model: EK700Black & Decker Slice Right® 9" Electric Knife
- Brand: Black & DeckerStainless steel serrated blade
- 7-inch serrated bladeRemovable blade assembly
- Nonstick handle gripPower: 100 watts, 120V, 0.83 amps
- Warranty: 1 year limitedDimensions: 12.25" L x 2.8" W x 3.2" D
- Length: 12.25"
- Width: 2.8"
- Depth: 3.2"


text:
ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 295, July 19, 2004
Decommission of Yukon, Chilkoot, and Icehawk
As announced elsewhere, ARSC is removing three major HPC systems from service this summer and fall.
Icehawk (IBM Power 3 cluster) : Inaccessible after July 31 Yukon (Cray T3E) : Inaccessible after September 30 Chilkoot (Cray SV1ex) : Inaccessible after September 30Icehawk:
All icehawk users should already have migrated and tested their codes on iceberg or another appropriate system.Yukon:
All yukon users should be checked out and ready to run on klondike (Cray X1) or iceberg (IBM Power 4 cluster), by August 31. You may continue using yukon through September 30th.Chilkoot:
All chilkoot users should be checked out on the klondike (Cray X1) by September 15th. You may continue using chilkoot through September 30th.
If need assistance migrating or optimizing your codes, your first point of contact, as always, is email@example.com. If you don't speak up, we won't know to help you!
Specifying Your Project in X1 PBS Scripts
-W group_list=<<Unix_Group>>Where "<<Unix_Group>>" is the Unix permission group associated with the desired project. On ARSC systems, you are a member of one permission group per project, where the names are equivalent except that the project name is upper-case and the Unix group is lower-case. For instance, a user who is a member of two projects AAAA1C1 and ZZZZ2Y2 would charge the latter project by including the following line in his/her list of PBS directives at the top of the qsub script:
#PBS -W group_list=zzzz2y2Alternately the project could be set at submit time, by adding the same option to the interactive qsub command:
klondike% qsub -W group_list=zzzz2y2 jobscriptIf you don't specify the -W group_list option, your default project (which matches your default Unix group) will be charged. This will work fine for most users.
To determine all your projects (groups), execute the Unix command "groups":
klondike% groups
To determine your default project, get the group id number by grepping the /etc/passwd file, and get the name of that group by grepping the /etc/group file:
klondike% grep <YOUR-USER-NAME> /etc/passwd (The fourth field is the default group id number.) klondike% grep <DEFAULT-GROUP-ID-NUMER> /etc/group
A contrived example, by a contrived user:
% groups aaaa1c1 zzzz2y2 % grep stomato /etc/passwd stomato:x:5454:7654:Steven T. Omato:/u1/uaf/stomato:/bin/ksh % grep 7654 /etc/group aaaa1c1:*:7654:stomato % qsub -W group_list=zzzz2y2 jobscript
Rimegate Permanent Shut-Down
The SX-6 was powered off on June 30. The front-end system, rimegate, remains available to users, but, as noted in "news downtime" will be shut down on Wednesday, July 21:
NEXT SCHEDULED DOWNTIME(S) -------------------------- 21 JUL 2004 SCHEDULED DOWNTIME machine(s): rimegate start time: 15:00 end time: Never reason: End of service as front-end to rime, system wipe. Move all data off rimegate, contact us with any concerns.
Please retrieve everything you will want later.
All X1 /tmp files to be DELETED; $WRKDIR Purging; Quotas
[ This is a copy of an email sent by consult to all ARSC users on June 28th. Re-"printed" here in an attempt to avoid surprises... ]
> Configuration changes affecting ALL USERS on Klondike, Chilkoot, Yukon, > Iceberg, Iceflyer, and the SGIs will soon be made on ARSC systems. > These changes will directly impact usage on these systems starting > Wednesday, July 28th, 2004. A full understanding of these changes and > their effects is essential, so if there are any questions or concerns, > please contact ARSC consult as soon as possible. The changes are > described below: > > Klondike (Cray X1) : Purging of $WRKDIR (/tmp) will be activated. > Quotas on $WRKDIR and $HOME will be enforced. Because /tmp will be > enlarged, a one-time removal of all files will occur. This file removal > is planned for Saturday, July 31st, 2004. > > Chilkoot (Cray SV1-ex) : Purging of $WRKDIR (/tmp) will be activated. > > Yukon (Cray T3E) : Purging of $WRKDIR (/tmp) will be activated. > > Iceberg (IBM P6X) : Purging of $WRKDIR (/wrkdir) will be activated. > > Iceflyer (IBM Regatta) : Purging of $WRKDIR (/wrkdir) will be activated. > > SGIs : Purging of $WRKDIR (/scratch) will be activated. > > Purging will permanently remove any files that have not been accessed > for 10 days prior to the purge. As a reminder, the $WRKDIR filesystems > are not backed up, and we recommend users transfer their data to and > from the $ARCHIVE system to $WRKDIR. The initial quotas will be set at > 100 MB for $HOME, and 10 GB for $WRKDIR. > > If you have any questions or concerns, please contact ARSC Consult at > (907)450-8602.
Quick-Tip Q & A
A: [[ I've gotten some Fortran code that's difficult to read. It could stand [[ consistent indentation, capitalization, etc... Can someone recommend [[ a "pretty-printer" for Fortran? Preferably one that can handle both [[ free- and fixed-form. # # From Greg Newby: # For C or C++, a good choice would be the "indent" program, available as part of the GNU collection. For FORTRAN, I have two suggestions but don't know how we'll they'll do with your code, or how F90-aware they are: FORTRAN prettifier: http://ray.met.fsu.edu/~bret/fpret.html Follow the download link, then compile the C program (gcc worked for me). A .txt file provides usage information. --or-- Try the "emacs" editor in FORTRAN mode. It should automatically enter this mode with a .f or .for filename extension. To indent a section of code, go to the bottom of the file, set a mark, go to the top, then run "indent-region". The key sequence would be something like this: ESC-> (to bottom of file) CNTL-space (set a mark) ESC-< (to top of file) ESC-X indent-region (type out the command) Try this on a copy of your file, in case it makes a mess of things! Q: [ And, this week, a question from Greg: ] I've noticed that I can sometimes get colors to work with emacs, but other times I cannot. Colors are great for syntax and variable highlighting. A remote linux system + a Mac terminal window ($TERM=linux) does great with colors, but many other combinations do not (including the emacs that ships with the Macs). Does anyone know good ways to find out whether color is available in a particular emacs installation, and if so how to get colors to display?
[[ Answers, Questions, and Tips Graciously Accepted ]]
Current Editors:
E-mail Subscriptions:
Ed Kornkven ARSC HPC Specialist ph: 907-450-8669 Kate Hedstrom ARSC Oceanographic Specialist ph: 907-450-8678 Arctic Region Supercomputing Center University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 756020 Fairbanks AK 99775-6020
Subscribe to (or unsubscribe from) the e-mail edition of the
ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter.
Back issues of the ASCII e-mail edition of the ARSC T3D/T3E/HPC Users' Newsletter are available by request. Please contact the editors.


text:
Toggle: English / Spanish
Nausea - self-care; Vomiting - self-care
Having nausea (being sick to your stomach) and vomiting (throwing up) can be very difficult to go through:
Being nauseous can make you not want to eat, and it can lead to unhealthy weight loss. Vomiting can make you dehydrated (dried out), and that can be dangerous. Once you and your doctor find the cause of your nausea or vomiting, you may be asked to take medicine, change your diet, or try other things to make you feel better.
Sit quietly when you feel nauseous. Sometimes moving around can make nausea worse. Try to take a nap. But do not lie down.
Drink 8 - 10 glasses of clear fluids every day. Water is best. You can also sip fruit juices and flat soda (leave the can or bottle open to get rid of the bubbles). Try sports drinks to replace minerals and other nutrition you may be losing when you throw up.
Eat 6 - 8 small meals throughout the day, instead of 3 big meals:
Other tips that may help:
Your doctor may also recommend medicine:
If you are vomiting after taking any of your medicines, tell your doctor or nurse.
You should avoid some specific kinds of foods when you have nausea and vomiting:
Call your doctor if you or your child:
Abrahm JL, Fowler BF. Nausea, vomiiting, and early satiety. In: Walsh D, Caraceni AT, Fainsinger R, et al, eds. Palliative Medicine. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 169.
Hainsworth JD. Nausea and vomiting. In: Abeloff MD, Armitage JO, Niederhuber JE, Kastan MB, McKenna WG, eds. Abeloff's Clinical Oncology. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2008:chap 39.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org). URAC's accreditation program is an independent audit to verify that A.D.A.M. follows rigorous standards of quality and accountability. A.D.A.M. is among the first to achieve this important distinction for online health information and services. Learn more about A.D.A.M.'s editorial policy, editorial process and privacy policy. A.D.A.M. is also a founding member of Hi-Ethics and subscribes to the principles of the Health on the Net Foundation (www.hon.ch)
The information provided herein should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. A licensed medical professional should be consulted for diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical conditions. Call 911 for all medical emergencies. Links to other sites are provided for information only -- they do not constitute endorsements of those other sites. © 1997- 2013 A.D.A.M., Inc. Any duplication or distribution of the information contained herein is strictly prohibited.


text:
GLORY and DREAM team up for Special NYE Show
- Written by Dave Walsh
GLORY has announced that it will partner up with DREAM to produce a Special NYE card in Japan.
The show, officially titled "GSI Presents DREAM 18 - Special NYE 2012"will take place on December 31, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Details of the partnership between the MMA and Kickboxing powerhouses will be revealed at the DREAM press conference on Thursday.
Obviously this is big news, for a couple of reasons. The first is that it refutes rumors of DREAM going out of business. Talk of DREAM's demise led most people to believe that their talent would eventually find a home in other promotions like ONE FC, but this announcement confirms that the organization still has some life in it.
Secondly, because GLORY is helping in the show's production, this almost guarantees that there will be Kickboxing matches on the card. We'll more than likely get to see the 60 kg and 58 kg Japanese stars in action, including the non-stop excitement that comes with them. This will be a big stage for some of the relatively unheard-of Japanese kickboxing talents, especially those that missed K-1's Golden Era.
The event will follow the GLORY 3 Rome show in November, as well as the GLORY 4 Tokyo card on December 2nd. We might be seeing the beginning of a strong push to re-introduce Japan to the new generation of kickboxing.
You can watch the press conference live here on Thursday at 5:00 AM ET/3:00 AM PT in North America.


text:
Main Content
- Inner 15" laptop sleeve
- Top carry handle
- Woven tag
- Fully-lined
- Eco-friendly reinforced bottom
- Adjustable straps
- Inner media pocket with headphone port
- 100% Polyester
- Measures approximately 19" x 12" x 5"
- Imported
- Main zip compartment
- Front pocket with zipper
- Made in the USA
- Brand: Herschel Supply Co.
Co. Customers also liked:
Special event items are produced by manufacturers only after the outcome of a game or event. These are advanced sale items and will ship immediately after they are received in our warehouse.
Manufacturer direct items are shipped directly from the manufacturer. These items are not available for international or expedited shipping.
Customized items can be personalized with options such as your name, your favorite number, and/or designs. Some options may be limited by league rules.


text:
Wunderground launches new Local Climate Change section
In honor of Earth Day on Sunday, wunderground has launched a new Climate Change Center, which gives people resources to understand how the climate is changing both globally and in their local neighborhoods. I am particularly pleased with our Local Climate Change feature, which allows one to see how temperature and precipitation have changed over the past 100+ years at the nearest station with a long period of measurements. Predictions from climate models on what the next 100 years may bring are overlaid for each station. Data for most U.S. stations goes back to 1895; we have data for a few stations in Europe that extend back to the 1700s. Berlin has the longest period of record in this database, with data back to 1702.
Figure 1. Screenshot of the Local Climate Change page for Washington, DC. Measured temperatures since 1820 are shown in grey. By clicking on the "Show post-1900 trend:" box, we see that the trend since 1900 has been for an increase in temperature of 1.5°C (2.7°F) per century. Moving the thin vertical red line over the image using the mouse shows that the warmest year on record in Washington D.C. was 1991. Predictions for a future with low emissions of heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide are shown in yellow; the high emissions prediction is shown in red. Separate tabs are available to examine precipitation and snow.
Also included in the new Climate Change Center is a section addressing the common skeptical arguments made against climate change. We offer three levels of explanation. The "Basic" level is the default, but one can also see more technical in-depth discussions by clicking on the "See All Explanation Levels" link. The material was developed by physicist John Cook for his excellent skepticalscience.com web site, which is widely referenced in the climate science communication community.
Video 1. I'm featured in this video on extreme weather and climate change done by veteran videographer Peter Sinclair for the Yale forum on Climate Change and the Media this month. I'm also featured in Part 1 of this series. Our new Climate Change Center has a section for climate change videos, which includes a twice-monthly feature from GreenTV detailing the world's notable wild weather events of the past two weeks.
Earth: the Operator's Manual airs Sunday night
Penn State climate scientist Dr. Richard Alley hosts parts II and III of Earth: the Operator's Manual on PBS beginning at 7pm Sunday, April 22--Earth Day. Part I of this excellent series aired in April 2011. The series gives an overview of climate change, but primarily focuses on what we can do to help slow down climate change though smart energy choices. Dr. Alley, a registered Republican, geologist, and former oil company employee, is the Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at the Pennsylvania State University, and one of the most respected and widely published world experts on climate change. Dr. Alley has testified before Congress on climate change issues, served as lead author of "Chapter 4: Observations: Changes in Snow, Ice and Frozen Ground" for the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and is author of more than 170 peer-reviewed scientific articles on Earth's climate. He is also the author of a book I highly recommend--The Two Mile Time Machine, a superb account of Earth's climate history as deduced from the 2-mile long Greenland ice cores. Dr. Alley is an excellent and engaging speaker, and I highly recommend listening to his 45-minute keynote speech, "The Biggest Control Knob: CO2 in Earth's Climate History", given at the 2010 American Geophysical Union meeting, via this very watchable recording showing his slides as he speaks in one corner of the video. If you want to understand why scientists are so certain of the link between CO2 and Earth's climate, this is a must-see lecture.
Have a great weekend, everyone, and I'll be back Monday with a new post. I'd like to thank Wunderground meteorologist, Angela Fritz for spearheading the creating the new Climate Change Center; it's a product I'll be referring to frequently in the future, and one we'll be updating in the coming months with data on local sea level rise, fire risk, and drought.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.


text:
Doyle Bros is an Australian, family-owned and operated company with over 20 years experience providing Sydney with cost-effective waste management, rubbish removal and recycling solutions in both the commercial and industrial spheres.
At Doyle Bros, our dedicated and friendly team work hard to build long term relationships with our customers. We provide tailored waste management systems that are convenient and easy to use, and that promote an environmentally sustainable future, whilst implementing cost effective initiatives that keep rubbish removal costs within budget.
Waste Removal
Document Destruction
We collect every day of the year – 24 hours a day!
Contact us on 02 9999 2111 or at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information,
or by submitting an online form.
"To be innovators in waste management and deliver our services in an environmentally sustainable manner".
In order to achieve our mission, Doyle Bros has established two revolutionary Resource Recovery Facilities that enable all waste to be sorted and recycled accordingly, enabling a 75% reduction in land fill.
All General Waste Collections are deposited at our Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) where it is carefully sorted and all recyclable material is recovered.
All Paper and Cardboard Recycling collections are deposited at our Paper and Cardboard Recovery Facility (PCRF) where it is sorted and bailed and then sold locally and used to manufacture new paper products and cardboard packaging.
These rubbish removal Sydney facilities give us the ability to recover valuable resources from your waste that can be recycled and reused, and therefore contributing to an environmentally sustainable future.
Do you turn over a large amount of paper and cardboard waste material?
It will then be processed and bailed at our recycling facility and sold
locally to be used in the manufacturing of new products.
Waste Management Professionals based in Sydney
Dangerous Substances Handed In at Chemical CleanOut in Sydney
The City of Sydney collected twenty four tonnes of hazardous materials at the most recent Chemical CleanOut. Mercury, a highly dangerous substance was handed in by a local engineering consultant, who had collected the stuff through his work [more]
Marine Plastic Pollution Choking Aussie Oceans
According to environmental groups, the amount of marine plastic pollution in Australian waters is far greater than has been previously acknowledged. A senate inquiry, called by Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, will begin shortly. This [more]
The Waste Management Phoenix Open
It is a sign of some significance that the biggest golf tournament in America, in terms of attendance by the public, is sponsored by a waste management company. It shows how important waste management is in the twenty first century and how [more]
Sydneysiders Can Clean Out Unwanted Chemicals
The City of Sydney is providing a free drop off day for all Sydney residents who would like to get rid of their unwanted toxic and hazardous chemicals. On Sunday the 7th of February 2016 locals can deposit their unwanted chemicals at the [more]
The Psychology Behind Polluters: And those who just don't care
In this day and age we live in a world driven by one overweening desire; and that is for 'convenience'. We will sacrifice just about anything if something is made more convenient. Technology and its array of gadgets are all dependent on [more]
Advanced Waste Treatment in Sydney: An Update
Currently, as of 2015, there are ten advanced waste treatment plants in Australia and they deal with around one million tonnes of waste annually. In addition to this another five facilities, spread across NSW, Queensland and Victoria, [more]
Recycling in Sydney: Who is Doing More?
Recently published research from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shines a light on which Sydney suburbs are recycling more and which are doing less. The average Sydney household puts out five kilos of recycling per week. Homes in [more]
Maximising Recycling Opportunities: Training Clients on the Bin Trim System
There is no escaping the fact that educating the public is the answer when it comes to increasing the effectiveness of recycling waste management programs. Quite simply, there are a lot of folks out there who just don't know what they [more]


text:
Home » Full Catalogue » PALINCKX: Tight Spots
PALINCKX: Tight Spots
A new song CD from the indefinable Palinckx's, this one echoing maybe Beefheart and Ubu moments, nicely produced, with some good sounds and mixes. If you know Palinckx, you will be happy I think; full of pop references and fine playing, and some inevitable kitsch.
Code: VONK12
Price: £14.50


text:
Here's a 30-minute Mexican-style chili that's loaded with chicken, beans and zesty flavor!
White chili--usually made with white beans, chicken and chilies instead of red beans, beef and tomatoes--is still packed with plenty of spicy chili flavor. You can add more kick by increasing the amount of red pepper sauce.
Keep a package of frozen diced cooked chicken in the freezer. It's a lifesaver when you're in a hurry and don't have time to cut chicken into pieces.
© 2017 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved


text:
Only images and pdf files may be uploaded as attachments.
Thank you, your message has been sent. You will be contacted by email when the artist responds. You can also keep track of your messages in your personal inbox.
Jane Palmer is considering offers on this artwork. Please submit your offer below and they'll get back to you shortly. Note, offers are always made in the artist's chosen currency
Send Offer
Thank you, your offer has been sent. You will be contacted by email when the artist responds. You can also keep track of your offers in your account.
This is an Original oil painting, painted alla prima from life. Canvas board size -approx 15 x 15 cm ( approx 6 x 6 inch)Painted on 3mm thick canvas board.This painting is supplied unframed. This painting is not ready to hang.The painting is initialed on the front and signed on the reverse. UK deliveries are by Royal Mail signed forInternational deliveries are sent by Royal Mail International Tracked and or SignedPlease Note: I do my best to take good photos of my paintings but due to different monitors and devices the colours may vary slighty.
Oil Paint, canvas board
Oil painting by Jane Palmer
United States
This artwork is shipped to you by Jane Palmer, and will be packaged in a cardboard box. Artworks are dispatched within 5 working days from United Kingdom.
Change your country
United Kingdom
Oil painting
Forgot password?
Callingall artlovers
Welcome to Artfinder,the art marketplace
Join today to challenge your sensibilities, be moved to tears, find the next big star of the art world, or just to make your house your home.
10,000+ global artists. 250,000+ original artworks
We promise to never pass on your email -
see our privacy policy and
Terms of use


text:
You need to install Adobe Flash Player to play Papas Burgeria. Download the Flash Player now.Download the Adobe Flash Player
You need to install updated version of Adobe Flash Player to play Papas Burgeria. Download the Flash Player now.
Multiplayer, Ovar-fertilisation, Sperm v sperm, Battle Arena (MOSBA)
There are 3 awards in Papas Burgeria. View All Awards
You are the manager of a new Burger shop! You'll have to take orders, grill burgers, add toppings and serve the food to the waiting customers. At the end of each day, visit the Upgrade Shop to spend your hard-earned tips. Helpful items include a door chime, grill timers, a heat lamp and various decorations to help improve your score.Help


text:
|>> Archive: Striper (etc) Flies Tricks of the trade
|Topic Review (Newest First)
|Bob Pink
Floating sand-eel
I learned this pattern from Bob Lindquist from Long Island, he's an outstanding tyer and has always been willing to share details with me of his techniques. You can reach Bob at firstname.lastname@example.com for more details about his work and flys he has for sale.
Bob developed this pattern for a specific type situation, days when the bass are feeding on sandeels that are suspended just below the surface. Bob noticed that the sandeels will sometimes hang with the heads at the surface and the body vertically below. The deerhair head with a floating line should keep this fly up near the surface with the marabou fluttering below.... I know I can't wait to try it this summer..
Hook: #2 or #4 short shank
Tail: Olive over lavender over pink over white marabou
Flash: Clear flashabou
Topping: Peacock Hurl
Head: Stacked olive deer body hair, white throat
Eyes: 3-D epoxy
Build the tail first by laying a base of white marabou on rear the hook shank, take two or three strands of clear flashabou and tie in so they extend no more than 1" past the marabou. Add a very small amount of the lavender and pink marabou for accent. Another small amount of olive on top, Add 4-5 pieces of hurl, tie off and cement. (This tie-off point should not be further forward than the point of the hook.)
I like to start my deer head on top of the tied-off materials by adding a small drop of super-glue to help keep the first bunch in place. From there on its stack and wrap, keeping the material packed as tight as you can as you go forward. If you get fancy you can try adding the white throat on the bottom. (BTW, a trick from Bill Catherwood for packing hair is to cut the top off the cap of a BIC pen so that the hole will fit over the eye of the hook. You can use it to pack the material backwards and to add a half-hitch occasionally to keep the head tight.)
When you get right up to the eye, tie it off by holding your bobbin and thread horizontally (pull back to you) and add a couple small drops of super glue right to the thread. Then finish winding and the glue will lock the threads without knotting.
Trim the head to a very small profile( scissors or razor blade, your choice ), make a small hollow on each side for the eyes, apply a drop of goop and secure the eyes.
Bob Pink
|Posting Rules
You may post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


text:
By Ben Levisohn
Biotech stocks are plunging today, which once again raises the question: Are we witnessing the popping of the biotech bubble?
It's hard not to think it might be. Today, Gilead Sciences (GILD), Intercept Pharmaceuticals (ICPT), Celgene (CELG), Amgen (AMGN) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX).
Credit Suisse analyst Ravi Mehrotra still doesn't think biotechs are in a bubble:
In our view, we are/were in a biotech bull-run vs. biotech bubble. We remain bullish for the 2014 year-end biotech sector performance: (1) we do expect continued sector-wide volatility; (2) there are elements of the biotech sector which are analogous between '99/'00 (biotech bubble) and '13/'14 (biotech bull) markets – most notably, a relative plethora of platform/early-stage companies – however, we highlight that the business models for platform technology companies in '99/'00 and '13/'14 are markedly different – now, new gen platform technology companies are actually trying to bring products to market (vs. just selling tools and services). (3) For the large-caps, unless we see fundamental disappointment(s) from the "leadership" companies, we think their valuations actually provide room for upside (Large-cap biotech is now trading at a 2016 PE discount, but 4 times the EPS growth, to/of the S&P500). Our two keys picks in large-cap land remain [Biogen (BIIB) and Gilead Sciences].
ISI Group's Joe Ruggieri looks for signs of a bottom:
I do think we have a few potential fundamental catalysts over the next few weeks/months (AACR this weekend ([Pfizer (PFE)] Palbo data), EASL next week ([Merck (MRK)/Gilead (GILD)/Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)/Intercept Pharmaceuticals (ICPT)]), MNKD PDUFA 4/15, earnings, [Celgene (CELG)] Markman hearing 4/29, [Amgen (AMGN)] Kyprolis phase data 2Q, [Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX)] phase 3 CF data mid-yr, ASCO, etc) that could provide an inflection point. While this continues to be painful, correlations remain high and hedge fund de-risking/capitulation not helping, think we could start to see buyers dip toe into high conviction ideas soon.
How soon is now?


text:
Main Content
This item ships within one business day.
$4.99 flat rate shipping and handling. See other shipping options.
It's your Lucky day! This comfy tagless rib-knit tee form O'Neill is exactly what you're looking for! It features a printed shamrock with a clever surfing phrase above it, as well as a the brand name underneath.
- Imported
- 100% Cotton
- Screen print graphics
- Rib-knit collar
- Tagless collar
- Short sleeve
- Imported
- Brand: O'Neill
Special event items are produced by manufacturers only after the outcome of a game or event. These are advanced sale items and will ship immediately after they are received in our warehouse.
Manufacturer direct items are shipped directly from the manufacturer. These items are not available for international or expedited shipping.
Customized items can be personalized with options such as your name, your favorite number, and/or designs. Some options may be limited by league rules.


text:
|>> Archive: Favorite Trout Flies Favorite trout patterns
|Topic Review (Newest First)
:hehe: :hehe:
Better just shear them like sheep, then eh? J/K
I can see it all now in the London Times, Boston Globe and the Seattle Times. "International fur patch ring busted". A group of crusty old men claiming to be fly fishermen were arrested this week on both sides of the Alantic in what is believed to be the largest such fur patch bust in history. The conterban was shiped in brown paper bags with the words "tuna fish sandwiches" written on the sides.
This group of new age fur traders said; "we were only trying to help our endangered runs of alantic salmon and increase our fishing opportunities at the same time by the harvesting of seals and the selling of small fur patches to fellow fishermen".
P.E.T.A. on the other hand said; "we have been following this organized ring now for weeks and have had some good leads into what they were up too. We notified INTERPOL and they made the bust quickly and with no remorse.
Thanks but the FORUM will buy the permit because it applies to so many people that way. On a per purchase level it's a steal when it comes to JC or seal. This is the standard dyed salmon and steelhead fly length seal fur, might not be the same as your little seal patch. If you are still interested let me know, I will be putting in an order to restock my steelie fly supply.
Besides I need some colors for my entry into Sean's wedding broochie thing contest
|Willie Gunn
No !!!!!!!!
The politically correct tree huggers have suggested the inflatable killer whale idea, it comes complete with tape so it sounds right as well. I favour a quicker solution, less cruel than putting the poor beasts in a zoo for the rest of their lives.
Could I get some seal fur in the UK and post it across in a "brown paper parcel" or would we all spend the rest of our lives in a cage?
As you probably know we had our sea lions eating steelhead at the lochs in Seattle. They tried everything one could think of including a mechanical killer whale. "hey Willie you want to buy a 7 meter long ORCA cheap?" It worked for a day or so. They even transported the sea lions down to California I think and they came right back. The state could not shoot them though because it was not politically correct. Someone else would Know better but I believe these Sea lions now reside in a Florida Zoo.
If I get some seal fur I would only need a small patch, that is unless Juro has some secret seal fur steelhead fly.
Well taking the day off tomorrow and heading over to the spring creek with the girl friend and will fish my last size 18 seal fur ants I have left in my box from my days on the Henery's Fork. But the whole time over there be thinking about how hot the steelhead fishing is getting up north.
A REALLY BIG one. Just kidding, there must be a workable compromise. Here in the states they use rubber bullets for crowd control. How about giving them non-fatal hints?
Incarceration would allow tourism AND the salmon to thrive. Plus they'd get free food for as long as they wanted. Once the runs subside, they could be released. Hopefully like jailbirds they would fly away quickly and be conditioned not to return!
I'm not sure what type of seal this was. The patch was black and dubbing was as black as the hair. It was not dyed and had a certian sheen to it that I've not found any where else. I had some grey seal fur that I had dyed but it was not the same any way the trout did not think it the same. Great story about the seal and salmon. Whish we could shoot some here in the NW. I know one small river with about 100 wild steelhead left in system and about 200 seals at the river mouth. Just does not add up.
I'd be glad to send in the money for the permit when I send in my check for the site upgrade, soon. Would all the members be able to purchase seal fur then if they wanted to?
|Willie Gunn
Not politically correct but,
Hi OC
I think they might be Grey not black but give Eddie a ring he might be able to solve your problem.
Town's seal colony may be shot to save salmon
By Paul Kelbie Scotland Correspondent
14 March 2002
A colony of seals that has taken up residence at the mouth of one of Scotland's main angling rivers will be shot unless it moves before the arrival of the annual spring salmon.
For almost three months, estate workers responsible for protecting stocks on the river Thurso in the far north of the Highlands have been trying to scare away the creatures. The seals, which are basking on a small island opposite the tourist office in Thurso, have become an attraction for visitors and a cause célèbre for local animal rights supporters.
Eddie McCarthy, the river superintendent for Thurso Fisheries, said: "Although I am perfectly within my legal rights to shoot these seals, I don't want to, and am willing to try anything rather than harm them." The fisheries is chaired by Viscount Thurso, the local landowner, who as John Thurso is the Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.
Mr McCarthy said: "The spring salmon will be arriving in five or six weeks and if they are taken by the seals that is a complete generation of salmon wiped out.
"We will also have this year's smolts [young salmon] attempting to leave the river in mid-April and the seals will just sit with their mouths open and feast upon them. With so many seals on such a narrow stretch of river there will be no room for any of the salmon to get past."
Mr McCarthy's nightmare began last October when a late run of salmon up the river was followed by half a dozen seals. Within days the number had grown to about 27 as they set up residence on an island just down the river from the main bridge crossing in Thurso.
"I tried throwing stones at them, but people who saw what I was doing started threatening me," said Mr McCarthy.
"I phoned the local offices of Scottish Natural Heritage to tell them that seals were beginning to colonise the mouth of the river and asked for their advice but they weren't much help. I have 38 years' experience in this business, the last 21 as river superintendent here, and I have never known this sort of thing to happen before."
Desperate to force the seals to leave, Mr McCarthy built a fence of sheep netting around their island. But with the river in spate, the seals quickly found a way around the obstacle.
He then tried covering the ground in sharp stones, and on Tuesday put scarecrows in fluorescent jackets on the island to scare them all to no avail. "If the seals aren't gone by the end of March I will be forced to shoot every last one of them," he said. "I don't want to do it they are perfectly healthy but I have the right, as they are not an endangered species.
"In fact, I am more endangered than they are. I have been offered to have my throat cut, it has been wished upon me and my family that we all die of cancer very soon, and somebody has even threatened to torch my wife's car just because I want to get rid of the seals."
Mr McCarthy said the river had "enjoyed a worldwide reputation as a salmon river" but it would cease to do so if the seals stayed. The fishing generated a lot of income for the local economy, he said. "We regularly have visitors from America, Canada, France and Spain."
Paul Simonite, who lives in the town, said he understood Mr McCarthy's desire to protect his salmon stocks from plunder, but saving the river for a single use was not viable.
"Mr McCarthy is of the opinion that the seals are of little or no financial value to the area, but he is mistaken," he said. "I have had a number of visitors from the south this winter and high on their list of 'must-sees' is the Thurso seals. Wildlife tourism is fast becoming a world-leading income generator and should not be dismissed out of hand."
A spokeswoman for Scottish Natural Heritage said one of its officers would contact Mr McCarthy to discuss moving the seals without having to shoot them. "If he should decide to go through with a cull we hope he will at least talk to us first so that we might be able to help."
How big a patch were you wanting ?
Our sponsor Ron Taylor of Fishermen's Feathers at fishermensfeathers.com is the best source for this material as well as many other rare items. We would need to obtain a CITES permit for buying it but once obtained we can process group orders.
The permit is $15 per species so I suggest letting the FORUM get the permits. We have one for jungle cock already. I will get one for seal, I use seal a lot as body dubbing for steelhead and salmon flies.
Alternatively contact Phil Castleman, a US reseller of fishermens feather's materials. Phil is owner of Castle Arms of Springfield Massachusetts. Tell Phil the Flyfishing Forum sent ya!
Seal Fur?
After 20 years my small patch of black seal fur is done. I have not found a material that even comes close to replacing it. The dubbing has no equal in the tying of ants.
Is there anyone out there that would be willing to sell some or know where I can kill a black seal or better yet snip a chunk of the wifes black seal fur coat without her noticing it's gone?
|Posting Rules
You may post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


text:
Talk then turns to Deep Purple's Jon Lord, who died at the age of 71 a few days prior to our conversation. The keyboardist had defined much of his band's sound with his leanings toward classical forms of expression, which also included work as an orchestral composer. "It's just a shame, because Jon Lord was to a large extent responsible for me being in rock and roll," Kilmister reveals. "He was in a band called the Artwoods years ago, with Ronnie Wood's brother Arthur. They were sort of a jazz-blues band, I guess. They played at the place in Wales where I was living, this dingy little boozer, and I was talking to Jon and, like an idiot, he gave me his address in London. So of course I went down there and he wasn't there, but he was living at Art's mother's house where Ronnie Wood, who was in a band called the Birds, was living and they let me crash on the couch. I woke up and I've got all the Birds standing around me going, 'What are you doing on Mom-mom's couch?,' all poking me with this terrible cockney rabble."
He continues: "I never forgot that Jon — a complete stranger, and I'm some kid — gave me his address to come down to London and see him. I often told him thanks for that. I saw him late last year in a hotel in Germany in Cologne. He was over there doing some orchestral stuff, and we talked in the bar for awhile. . . . I'm glad I saw him, since he's since departed."
Not one to dwell on his own time ticking away, Kilmister says with a laugh, "I know we gotta go — there's no point in fighting it. You can't fight mortality, you know?" His legacy is cemented by the wide range of artists who have covered his compositions — Supersuckers, Mudhoney, and Sepultura, to name a few.
"Number one, it's very flattering, and number two, it's very good for the old bank account," he laughs. Metallica are the most renowned act to take on tracks in the catalog, going so far as to show up as surprise guests at Kilmister's 50th birthday celebration at the Whisky A Go Go as "the Lemmys," clad in long black wigs, aviator shades, and even drawn-on tattoos to look like the frontman for a seven-song Motörhead set. "Yes they did," he laughs. "With the tattoo drawn on the wrong arm — all four of them!"
When not on the road, Kilmister lives in his adopted home of Los Angeles, and is notorious as a regular fixture at the Rainbow Bar and Grill on the Sunset Strip, where he's been going since 1973. "There's loads of rock-and-roll history, and there's a lot of history before rock and roll too. Joe DiMaggio proposed to Marilyn Monroe there, when it was an Italian restaurant. Sinatra used to hang out there, and that guy [Vincente Minnelli] proposed to Judy Garland there. All kinds of weird mob shit went on there — as it still does today, I'm sure. There's got to be a reason why they're not closed down yet."
Table of Contents
Cover Archive
Masthead | Authors | Contact us
See all articles by:
All Slideshows


text:
Track Similar to pig's but smaller. Cloven, rounded oblongs, generally about 3/41 1/2" (2038 mm) long, with hindprint slightly smaller than foreprint. Stride short, usually 610" (150250 mm) between pairs of overlapping foreprints and hindprints.
Sign Rooted-up ground; chewed cactus, especially prickly pear, and other low vegetation. Sometimes a strong, musky or cheesy odor.
Scat: Usually large, irregular segments; flattened disks when feeding on very succulent vegetation. Looser, less like pellets than those of deer or Bighorn Sheep, and often found in caves.


text:
Poster Friday: Youth in Revolt, Invictus, Heavy Metal & More!
- By
- 7 Comments
Happy Friday everyone! For the last Friday of October before Halloween weekend, we've again gathered the latest posters to come out for this week's poster round-up.
Screen Rant's wall this week now includes new one-sheets for Nowhere Man, Séraphine, Cabin Fever 2, Invictus, Collapse, House of the Devil, Late Fee, Jennifer's Body, Zombieland, Everybody's Fine, The Fouth Kind, The Road, Kniga Masterov (Book of Masters), The Bleeding, Gentlemen Broncos and Youth in Revolt.
In addition to that, we have a little somethin' somethin' for Disney's A Christmas Carol and Heavy Metal.
Let's get to it.
To start, here's a poster for the John Lennon biopic, titled Nowhere Boy which stars Aaron Johnson as legendary Beatle.
Nowhere Man opens in the UK on December 25 and is directed by Sam Taylor Wood.
Source: The Playlist
Not our usual Screen Rant genre material but here's the UK poster for Séraphine, a film about the French painter Séraphine Louis (also known as Séraphine de Senlis), who was a cleaning lady suffering from mental problems with an incredible talent for painting.
The French art collector who hired her noticed the talent but had to flee from the small town he lived in near Paris (where he had hired her to work) – he later returned to help share her talent with the world.
Séraphine made the run of the festival circuit throughout last year but hits theaters in the UK, Russia and other spots around Europe next month.
Source: Empire
The brand new poster for Cabin Fever 2, the sequel to the film that launched Eli Roth's career.
Cabin Fever 2 is directed by Ti West and screens at ScreamFest this weekend.
Source: STYD
The official poster for Clint Eastwood's Invictus starring Matt Damon and Eastwood's go-to man, Morgan Freeman. Freeman is playing Nelson Mandela in the movie which, as Film School Rejects points out, cries Oscar bait.
Look for Invictus in theaters everywhere December 11, 2009.
Source: FSR
Cinematical got the exclusive to this new poster for the documentary, Collapse.
After seeing a ton of new retro-styled posters for the remake of House of the Devil, we finally have the final one-sheet for the horror flick thanks to Bloody Disgusting.
Like Cabin Fever 2, House of the Devil is helmed by director Ti West.
The official poster for Late Fee:
You can probably figure out the premise from the title and poster… wouldn't be an issue if they used Netflix.
Source: Shock Till You Drop
New poster for Jennifer's Body starring everyone's favorite Megan Fox! The film has already made its run in theaters in North America but it releases in the UK November 4th.
Source: Empire
Although its already out, Zombieland created a ton of buzz and following that, here are some more posters featuring the infamous rules everyone must follow to survive the zombie apocalypse.
Hurrah for originality, down with the remakes!
These posters come to us courtesy of our bud Michael at MoviesOnline.ca.
One-sheet for Everybody's Fine starring Robert De Niro, Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore and Kate Beckinsale.
Everybody's Fine is directed by Kirk Jones and opens December 4th.
Source: I Watch Stuff
Final poster for The Fouth Kind starring Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas and Will Patton.
The Fourth Kind opens November 6, 2009.
Source: Bloody Disgusting
Here's the latest poster for The Road, starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron.
Source: Coming Soon
Here's the poster for the Russian Disney movie, Kniga Masterov (Book of Masters). If you missed it, check out the creation scene we put up earlier in the week. Lord of the Rings meets Fantasia?
Source: Twitch Film
Here's the latest promo art for The Bleeding which stars Vinnie Jones, Michael Madsen, DMX and Michael Matthias. Unfortunately, all we could find was this low-res thumbnail so if you can find a better image of this, send it to Screen Rant.
Source: Bloody Disgusting
Here's the latest poster for Gentlemen Broncos.
Benjamin, home-schooled by his eccentric mother, is a loner whose passion for writing leads him on an journey as his story first gets ripped off by the legendary fantasy novelist, Ronald Chevalier (Clement) and then is adapted into a disastrous movie by the small town's most prolific homespun filmmaker.
Source: Collider
Youth in Revolt stars Michael Cera alongside Justin Long, Zach Galifianakis, Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta, Rooney Mara and Ari Graynor (Agent Olivia Dunham's sister in Fringe).
Youth in Revolt opens January 8, 2010.
Source: IMPA
Bonus: New stills for A Christmas Carol, exclusive to our friends at Latino Review – Head there to see the others.
The Robert Zemeckis 3D Disney adventure of the classic Christmas tale stars Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Jim Carrey, Robin Wright Penn, Jim Carrey, Colin Firth, Jim Carrey, Michael J. Fox, Jim Carrey, Callum Blue, Jim Carrey, Bob Hoskins and Jim Carrey.
A Christmas Carol opens November 6,, 2009.
Source: Latino Review
As our even better bonus, here's an amazing fan-made poster for Heavy Metal!
Source: The Metal Den
If you missed it, last week's Poster Friday added the following new posters to Screen Rant's wall: Toy Story 3, Did You Hear About The Morgans?, The Canyon, The Descent: Part 2, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Princess and the Frog, Me and Orson Welles, Law Abiding Citizen, Lost, Daybreakers, Harry Brown, Burning Bright, Sherwood Horror, Saw VI, The House of the Devil, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, Dear John, Edge of Darkness and The Spy Next Door.
In addition to that, we also had some photos for Battlestar Galactica: The Plan as a little bonus.
What's your favorite of this week's batch of one-sheets? My favorites this week are the Heavy Metal and The Fourth Kind posters.
Come back next Friday for the latest!
Follow me on Twitter @rob_keyes


text:
Be a part of a unique online community that connects post production professionals and film academics worldwide.
You'll have access to personalize your news feed, access to Live Post Talks and much more. Contribute to the community by posting interesting post production content.
November 17, 2010, 10:28 am
Animal Kingdom, Balibo, Beneath Hill 60, Coffin Rock - some editors have been doing beautiful work. Add to that the television nominations, and the documentaries, and you have the nitty gritty of a record number of entries.
April 28, 2017, 4:54 pm
Thanks to LensProToGo we have Dave from Archaius Creative talking about what proxies are and how you can use them to increase workflow and edit higher res footage on a less pro computer.
April 28, 2017, 7:30 am
The short, created at Moonbot Studios, was directed by Limbert Fabian and Brandon Oldenburg, who are principals in the newly formed Dallas studio Flight School. (Oldenburg directed an earlier short, Silent, for Dolby.)
April 28, 2017, 7:30 am
The world of UX design is fast-paced and always changing. It can be overwhelming to keep up with what is coming next, so we've rounded up a few things to keep in your mind.
April 27, 2017, 9:34 am
Let's face it, Adobe After Effects can be complicated and confusing, especially when trying to use it without understanding the basics of the software.
April 27, 2017, 7:15 am
Really nice work by Main Road Post on this period movie, DUELIST...
April 27, 2017, 7:15 am
Blackmagic Design has announced the biggest release of DaVinci Resolve 14 at this year's NAB Show, which wraps up proceedings today in Las Vegas, Nevada.
April 26, 2017, 6:36 pm
FMX is Europe's premier computer graphics conference, exploring the latest trends in visual effects, animation, games and transmedia work. Every year, artists and VFX specialists come to share their spectacular contributions to the industry. And what would a CG conference be without any Star Wars?
April 26, 2017, 6:35 pm
Filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack had a motto about the kind of story they liked to tell: "Make it distant, difficult and dangerous."
April 26, 2017, 12:55 pm
Collaboration just got a little bit easier with Frame.io's new 2.0 update. Their biggest update yet, with over 100 new features and improvements, 2.0 allows centers around seamless collaboration between you and your crew or client.
April 26, 2017, 12:55 pm
This post is a list of common mistakes that I see beginning animators making when doing body mechanics work. Hmmm, this kinda sounds like one of those "listicles" you see everywhere. I've never made one before. All you need is an obnoxious click-bait title and an arbitrary number of things right? I think I can handle that. Here are 7 things all animators need to start—or stop—doing right now! (Number 3 makes my eyes bleed.)
In this episode of The Cutting Room, we explain just where we have been for the past four months. We'll begin regularly ...
Joe Walker joins Gordon to discuss the editing of Denis Villeneuve's film Arrival. They focus on Time and manipulating t ...
Gordon sits down with Steven Rosenblum to discuss the editing of Birth of a Nation. They talk about lack of footage and how t ...
Choose what Post News gets sent directly to your E-Mail, daily or weekly.
Get your post news on your favourite Apple device, when you want it where you want it.
Get your post news on your favourite Android device with the AOTG Android App.


text:
via Attractions Magazone
We are in the "willy-nilly" camp. The kids are asked to be at school at 7:30AM to board the buses. I'll be there between 7:00-7:30, so my day is pretty long that day. Grad Nite days used to be longer for me. For years, I'd finish the Thursday of work at around 6:00PM, so home to shower and change and come back to work for the kids to start mustering for the overnight trip to Disney. We'd get back to school at around 7AM and I'd work the whole day on no sleep, since going to Grad Nite (unpaid, I might add) was not an excuse to miss work. That Friday would usually be graduation, so after work, I'd go to the ceremony until late in the evening. I'm typically the designated driver for the post-graduation teacher dinner/drinking session afterwards, so I'd go quite a while without meaningful sleep.
Ugh, how did they expect you guys to cope with that??? 7:30am to 5am the next day seems brutal, at least you're not trying to do some crazy organizing thing.
My schedule is going to be tight, there's a chance I won't be able to make it, the day before is my dad's birthday, the day after is my cousin's wedding (which is, I kid you not, 2 miles up the street from Disneyland), and Sunday is Father's Day, so I'll try to make time to get down there but I can't be sure until we get closer to the date. It'd be cool to hang and do a few rides though.
Well, I didn't get an annual pass so I could NOT go.
Picked up some more droids, got 8 now, which means I have all the hats. Malibu Stacy? Yes.
Anway, I noticed an odd thing about the white with purple R2 bodies, the long thin doors running down the sides have a thin painted outline but only on the top half (both sides, evenly), That's obviously not supposed to be that way, the catalog shows the outline painted all the way as it should be, but I've seen other collectors' figures that have the same defect, so I'm wondering if that's a line-wide thing, I bet it is.
Since I live more than a thousand miles away from the closest Disnay Park, I broke down and just bought a set of 25 on Ebay. The pictures (and the seller) show all the different parts so the kids and I will have a lot of fun putting together our own astromech army. I know $20 each is too much, but it's cheaper than going to Orlando, getting a hotel, getting into the park, and then spending hours trying to put them all together.
R4-P44. In that droid's case, it looks like the digital model was left incomplete in its lower section since it wouldn't be seen outside of the ARC-170s, but the figures from Hasbro and Lego both recreate this so I guess that's officially how it's supposed to be.
Thanks to JT, I now have at least one of every part offered - I do still have some trade bait and need some other parts, so if anyone wants to trade, let me know.
Oh, how weird, thanks for the info. Kind of annoying that they recreated that.
Glad to help on that.
Has anybody worked out the optimal body color parts that are needed for each dome?
Didn't have time to put together droids yesterday at Disneyland, but I did pick up the Thermal Detonator Hot Potato Game item. The packaging is alright, windows front, sides, and top, with a mirrored back wall; dress is standard Disney SW packaging, and sports a nice ROTJ 30 sticker on the window; the back has a cartoonish drawing of 3PO and Boba playing hot potato with it and blurb text with game instructions, the bottom has technical instructions and a battery swap drawing; the interior has a top and bottom clear tray, the top tray taped to the thermal detonator.
The detonator comes with a silver plastic circle stand that says "Star Wars", and the main unit sits in the stand nicely.
The thermal detonator sculpt reminds me of something we'd see from Hasbro, it's got the lines and look basically right, without being so sharp in design as to scrape kids hands. The whole thing is in dull silver plastic and sports a a few airbrushed bronze spots, it's an understated deco but adequate. The underside has a speaker grille, removable battery hatch, and glued-in panels covering what I'd assume are screw holes. The front has the 3 LEDs. The back has the mode switch that is clearly labeled in molded plastic - game, off, movie. The top has the sliding activation switch, and it's painted black in its center detailing; sliding the switch back reveals a red lens.
In movie mode, sliding the activation switch back turns on a red LED revealed by the switch moving back, the front trio of bright white LEDs start pulsing while cycling on and off in a varied succession, there's an activation sound followed by the main movie sound progression. This runs at a steady pace, very slowly increasing over 5 minutes, until it finally makes an explosion sound and the LEDs shut down. If you slide the switch forward before time runs out, a deactivation sound is triggered and the unit shuts down.
In game mode, sliding the activation switch starts the same way, however instead of 5 minutes it's a varied amount of time (45 seconds to a minute or so) as it quickly ramps up the pace until the boom sound effect of detonation, followed by a movie character's line from the films - 3PO, Jabba, Dooku, Grievious, or Maul. The activation sliding switch has enough purchase that it doesn't seem like it'll get easily dislodged while being caught.
The thermal detonator only weighs 3 ounces, light enough to be easily tossed and caught by children. The unit is hard plastic that I wouldn't expect them to use for a piece meant to be tossed around a room, I haven't broken it but nor would I expect it to survive many falls.
I like this as a rough prop replica, and the idea that it could be a fun game too has some potential. At $25, this feels like an oddity, it's not a bad piece since it's a rare but notable weapon from the movies as well as a fun game piece and an ok prop replica complete with effects and sounds, but I feel at mass retail this would be more like $15, so even for a theme park item it's not the most frugal of collectibles, yet it does have charm and appeal.
That actually sounds fairly cool. About how big is it?
I had a Droid Factory when I was a kid. I would love to get this but I suspect it would be too expensive. Plus, where would I put it, that thing is huge? Sure you can have hours of fun building droids, but really, who wants to put it all back when you are done playing? It would be worse than LEGOs!
A few days after I picked up 6" Jyn on clearance for $5, I found Black Series 3.75" Jyn for $5.84, and because her blaster turns into a longJediTricks 10 Minutes Ago
I got it again this morning.Maradona 31 Minutes Ago
Hit a couple Game Stops last week, and one of them had 6" Jyn on clearance for $5, a buck less than they had the 3.75" figure, so I bought her.JediTricks 32 Minutes Ago
I'm still regularly seeing it crop up on the forums the last few days. It's very challenging.JediTricks 43 Minutes Ago
Here's the details on the new Droid Factory protocol droid parts: http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/co...icle&sid=20163JediTricks 45 Minutes Ago
I had no idea they were even doing protocol BADs. Anyone know if this stuff is available online yet?DarkJedi5 11 Hours Ago
Chopper is indeed fantastic and I can confirm he is available in Disneyland now along with the Protocol BAD's.
My main goal was to build
I think the Han Solo solo film has a May release next year. If it does not do as much money as Eps. 7/8 and R1, I suspect Ep. 9 will go back to Dec.Maradona 18 Hours Ago
Hopefully, the Deathtroopers will be there around the time of the Revolution (Comic Con Revolution, that is).Maradona 18 Hours Ago
News states this will be out 5/23 of 2019 (if midnight showings are considered, I guess). Odd that Disney would switch to a December date for EpisodesBel-Cam Jos 19 Hours Ago


text:
Fifteen freshmen are spending the semester studying the politics and history of soccer in Latin America, exploring how questions of race and social mobility are connected to the game as well as discussing the soccer moves of Pelé. Bruno Carvalho (left), an assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures who is teaching the course, looks over classwork with, from left, freshmen Caroline Stone and Jessica Welsh.
Photos by Denise Applewhite
Freshman seminars launch academic journeys
Through the freshman seminar program, students this fall are becoming intimately acquainted with Princeton's emphasis on inquiry and discovery.
Freshman seminars set the course for the students' years at the University by enabling them to build strong relationships with faculty members and their classmates in a close-knit setting. The seminars provide an experience that educational students often consider one of the highlights of their time at Princeton.
Among other subjects, students in freshman seminars this fall are exploring genetics, sustainable technologies, national security and the relationship between soccer and politics in Latin America. A total of 460 freshmen are enrolled this semester in 34 seminars, each of which is hosted by a residential college. Class discussions often continue in informal settings both on and off campus, through meals, guest lectures, field trips and other activities.
This story is part of a series highlighting freshman seminars offered at Princeton this semester.
Other stories:
Featured Story
Kicking off a study of Latin America through soccer
Posted November 11, 2010; 12:00 p.m.
Caroline Stone is taking the freshman seminar "Soccer in Latin America: Politics, History and Popular Culture" to learn why so many people are addicted to the sport. After serving as a volunteer in an after-school program for Hispanic youngsters in her hometown of Greenville, S.C., she saw up close "how amazingly obsessed the kids were with soccer," and she wanted to understand "why soccer completely consumes so many people," she said.
Stone and 14 other Princeton University freshmen -- most soccer addicts themselves -- are spending the semester exploring the sport's function in politics, the impact of violence in the game and questions of race and social mobility in Latin America. Certainly, they are getting to talk about Pelé, too.
"The enormous success of Latin American soccer on the world stage has largely been disproportional to the region's role in the global economy and geopolitics," said Bruno Carvalho, an assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures, who is teaching the class.
"One of our hypotheses, then, is that the sport can provide a window into how different countries in the region have thought of themselves in relation to the world," said Carvalho. He has a deep personal interest in the topic of the course, which is designated as the Barrett Family Freshman Seminar. "I grew up in Brazil, playing soccer and attending matches at Rio's famous Maracanã and São Januário stadiums," he said. "My lifelong relationship to the sport is part of what made me interested in developing this course."
Inspired by his "lifelong relationship" to soccer, the seminar allows Carvalho to connect both academics and sports, emphasizing that "they can be part of the same conversation."
The freshmen are reading works by Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano, short stories and poetry, as well as viewing photography and films, including the documentary "The Two Escobars" about the marriage of crime and sport in Colombia. They will explore how dictatorial regimes of the 1960s and 1970s attempted to co-opt soccer, and how the sport, in a region of deep inequalities, functions to both bring people together and to distract them from larger social issues.
Carvalho believes there is much to be learned through the prism of soccer, even in an academic setting.
"There is still a lingering notion that athletic activities -- or even the appreciation of sport -- must be incompatible with intellectual life or critical thinking," he said. "An institution like Princeton successfully combines both academics and sports, and this class shows that they can be part of the same conversation."
In a recent class, the discussion turned to the use of modern building materials like steel and cement in the 1920s, which allowed massive stadiums -- seating as many as 60,000 spectators -- to be built in Brazil and Mexico. Carvalho asked the students about the significance of the new stadiums, used for sports and other events, to Latin American leaders.
The class recently discussed the development of modern building materials like steel and cement, which allowed massive stadiums -- such as Brazil's Maracanã, with 95,000 seats -- to be built in Latin America for soccer and other uses. (Photo courtesy of the Instituto Moreira Salles)
"The government could put on a large spectacle and prove they had the control to deal with it," said freshman Elizabeth Smith.
Carvalho agreed. The stadium experiences in that period were meant to be "spectacles of order closer to military parades than sports events today," he said. "They could display the country at its most civilized, and here we're using the word 'civilized' with quotations."
"It almost seems the stadium was supposed to civilize" the people, freshman Samuel Lazerwitz pointed out, "to show the glory of this way of life."
But soccer matches instead became rowdy gatherings that served as a form of release for the working classes, Carvalho explained.
The students (here, from left, Clayton Platt and Caroline Stone, with Carvalho), are reading works by Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano, short stories and poetry, as well as viewing photography and films, including the documentary "The Two Escobars" about the marriage of crime and sport in Colombia.
The students went on to discuss how issues of race played out in soccer in this period, and the differences between soccer in Latin America and Europe.
"It's an interesting way to look at Latin American history and politics -- through the lens of soccer," Lazerwitz said during a class break. "I really took the class because of soccer, but I'm enjoying it so much because we see the way soccer relates to other issues."
Gabriella Guzman is thrilled to be in the class. "I really wanted to be in a freshman seminar because of the intimate environment. You get to know your fellow classmates and your professor really well," she said. "I love soccer," she added. "It's more than just a game."


text:
Main Content
This item ships within one business day.
$4.99 flat rate shipping and handling. See other shipping options.
On your next outdoor trip makes sure you have the perfect equipment with the Compass backpack from Quiksilver Waterman. It features two front zipper pockets, padded straps, a main compartment with two mesh slip pockets with an elastic top and mesh zipper pocket.
- Back compartment has padded laptop sleeve and large slip pocket
- Padded straps
- Imported
- 100% Polyester
- Weather-coated polyester
- Measures approx. 19'' x 13.5''x 6.5''
- Woven brand tag
- Main compartment has 2 mesh slip pockets with elastic top and mesh zipper pocket
- Two front zipper pockets (one felt lined, one with 6 interior slip pockets and mesh zipper pocket)
- Rubber brand logo
- Made in the USA
- Brand: Quiksilver Waterman
Special event items are produced by manufacturers only after the outcome of a game or event. These are advanced sale items and will ship immediately after they are received in our warehouse.
Manufacturer direct items are shipped directly from the manufacturer. These items are not available for international or expedited shipping.
Customized items can be personalized with options such as your name, your favorite number, and/or designs. Some options may be limited by league rules.


text: Thirty-five years on from the demonstration that type 1 diabetes has an autoimmune basis, we have learned an enormous amount about the disease. We know its genetic basis (immune genes), its pathological basis (immune cells) and we would expect to be converting this insight into therapeutic advances (immunebased). Certainly, the field of immunotherapy for type 1 diabetesis very active. Here, Mark Peakman reviews the progress being made and scans the horizon for the mostlikely future breakthroughs.


text:
Looking for a hearty dinner? Check out this herb flavored chicken made in less than an hour.
By relying on flavor-intense herb coatings instead of fat-laden batters, you maximize flavor and minimize fat and calories. After you get the hang of it, experiment with your own herb combinations. You may never have the same dish twice!
Several brief bouts of exercise may burn more calories than one long exercise session. Some studies have shown that short-session exercisers drop a few more pounds than their longer-session counterparts. Short bursts of exercise boost metabolism regularly throughout the day, meaning calories are burned at a steady rate over a longer period of time.
© 2017 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved


text:
What should I know regarding pregnancy, nursing and administering Accuretic to children or the elderly?
If you are:
Possibly Safe: NOT RECOMMENDED IN PRE-ECLAMPSIA AND OTHER PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION.
FDB Contraindicated or Not Recommended: FETAL DEATH/MORBIDITY W/USE IN 2ND & 3RD TRIMESTER, STOP WHEN PREGNANCY DETECTED
Precaution: LIMITED AMOUNTS EXCRETED WITH NO KNOWN ADVERSE EFFECTS IN INFANT.
Precaution: EFFECT ON INFANT UNKNOWN; CAUTION ADVISED
An adult over 60:
Precaution: (SOM)SENSITIVE TO BP/ELECTROLYTE EFX; NOT EFFECTIVE CRCL <30 ML/MIN.
Precaution: (SOM)MONITOR FOR HYPOTENSION, RENAL IMPAIRMENT, HYPERKALEMIA.
Giving Accuretic to a child under 12:
Warning: SAFETY AND EFFICACY IN CHILDREN HAVE NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED.