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Michael Barmak, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
347 Lincoln Avenue East, Cranford, New Jersey 07016
I help with children as young as nine years old learn how to feel their feelings and take personal responsibility for them rather than make others responsible for how they feel. And then how to manage, communicate and release their feelings appropriately. I also help children build higher self worth, be more compassionate with themselves and learn how to make better choices.
Kevin Fleming Ph.D.
Coach/Change Agent/Consultant
New York City, New York 10013
Many times, child therapists overdo the family system in their quest to seek effective solutions for emotional, learning or behavioral concerns with young children. And many times doctors overpathologize issues that shouldn't be medicated necessarily. This leaves parents wondering what is the best route for their child? Introducing brainwave optimization technology. A fast, effective, natural, and less expensive way to allow your child's brain to make the optimizing changes it desires to make---on its own! Without any external force, opinion, medication, diagnostic, etc. Contact email@example.com or 877-606-6161.
Konstantin Lukin, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
223 Bloomfield Street, suite 107, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
When working with adolescent patients, psychologists at the Lukin Center strive to uphold the adolescent's privacy while supporting the parent(s) and prioritizing the adolescent's safety. We focus on four main issues that affect adolescents, including Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, and Behavior Disruptive Disorders, such as Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder.
Gerald Schoenewolf, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychoanalyst
207 East 15th Street, New York, New York 10003
When children have problems, those problems are directly related to their relationship with their parents. Hence, my approach to working with children is to work with the whole family. If a child is acting up at school, he generally has parents who are, often unintentionally, not giving him what he needs at home. All parents want to believe that they are good parents, and it is hard for them to accept that they may be doing things that are causing their children to have problems. My job is to gently and patiently create a constructive atmosphere and honest communication between parents and children, which help the children resolve their problems and learn to thrive.
Barbara Bennett, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
245 west 29th Street, suite 304, New york, New York 10001
Unwittingly, young children often become the center of conflict by appropriating the burdens of each family member and acting out the family issues. This leads to significantly disruptive behavior at school and home. The solution is to approach families, home life and school life as connected systems. Together, we can uncover and unpack the interwoven pressures and forces that shape our children in unhealthy ways to find positive alternatives to create peaceful and productive growth for everyone.
Carolyn AlRoy, Psy.D.
Licensed Psychologist
19 West 34th St., Penthouse, New York, New York 10001
I am knowledgeable about young children, as I have a doctorate in child psychology. I am happy to advise or help parents with young children, who are taking a little longer to potty train, having a lot of tantrums, bedwetting, falling behind in school, may have a learning disability. I work closely with the parents, and in many cases would not treat the child directly. I usually focus on and get to know the parent, how I can best support them as a parent, as a spouse, and as a person in the world.
Rev. Christopher Smith, LCAC, LMHC, LMFT
Helping you find wholeness...
124 East 40th Street, Ste 404, New York, New York 10016
Young children are not little adults but yet they are whole people. Children process things differently but also exhibit good resilience in many situations. In working with young children, it is especially important to work with them where they are at and in ways that allow them to relate tot he journey that is being made. When this is successful, the child not only is able to find wholeness and peace in the present but have a firm foundation for finding this in the future. A dimension of working with a child is working with the adults that are significant in that child's life. Christopher looks forward to this journety together with you.
Moshe Ratson, MBA, MS MFT, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
260 Madison Avenue #8023, New York, New York 10016
Children are a great source of happiness, yet they may also be source of challenge and anxiety. Many families find it difficult to discuss, communicate, and negotiate differences. The following is examples of issues that can be addressed in Family Therapy: Behavior problems in children at school and/or home, Anger Management, Depression, Anxiety, Academic difficulties, Sibling rivalry, Adolescent issues, Peer/Social pressure, ADHD/ADD, Gender Identity, Problematic eating patterns, Childhood Attachment. Contact spiral2grow to change your situation. Call us at 917-692-3867.
Annie Block Pearl, M.S.
185 Madison Avenue, 15th Floor Office #1, New York, New York 10016
My approach to working with young children is unique, because I believe that the child's dysfunction is reflection of an imbalance in the family system. Therefore, my work is with the parent(s) of the child in order to restore harmony in the family and peace for the child. Please feel free to call for my information!
Joan Warren, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
280 Madison Avenue Suite 208, New York City, New York 10016
As a licensed family therapist, a former elementary school teacher and having raised a family, I have devotion and experience in addressing the needs of children. When parents contact me to provide therapy or anger management for their young children, I respond by bringing the parent or family into treatment as well. While I provide therapy for teens as individuals, I provide parenting skill therapy, explore educational concerns and offer family counseling as treatment to address the child's issues.
New York Behavioral Health, Ph.D.
New York Behavioral Health
380 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10168
We have four clinicians who specialize in children and adolescents. Anger, anxiety, school refusal, trauma, OCD, performance anxiety, social anxiety, separation anxiety, defiance, eating disorders, and even depression and self-injury are all areas of focus in our work with children. Our clinicians are well trained and understand how critical effective intervention as early as possible is, since children are forming behavioral patterns, relationships, and personality traits. We also understand how important the role of the parents and the entire family can be in supporting a child to change. Likewise, we recognize how much the entire family can benefit from experiencing the child's growth.
Steven Sussman, Ph.D
Licensed NJ & NY Psychologist
615 Sherwood Pkwy, Mountainside, NJ, New Jersey 07092
Young children in particular need to feel safe and have fun to be interested in psychotherapy. If not, they do not relax and open up. Instead, they spend their sessions avoiding and denying their problems. Often, the therapist and parent spend wasted time pleading, prodding, and cajoling the child to participate in an honest thoughtful manner. My child-friendly methods are purposely compelling to young children. Many are so excited to come to therapy they run up the stairs and and through the hallway to my office; necessitating me to accommodate other tenants by posting signs discouraging such behavior.
Maureen Berube, LMFT
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
144 East 44th Street, Suite 401, New York, New York 10017
Like adults, a child's behavior can change when (s)he is feeling stressed out. Common symptoms are suddenly seeming withdrawn, worried, stressed, sulky or tearful. Therapy can help kids improve their problem-solving skills and also teach them the value of seeking help. The kinds of problems that are addressed include: school stress (homework, bullying or peer pressure), family issues (parents fighting, impending divorce or other transitions like a loss, move or serious illness). If you feel your child might have an emotional or behavioral problem or needs help coping with a difficult life event, trust your instincts and call for a consultation.


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Voices of Love: Whitney and her family (Clip from upcoming documentary)
Posted 26 April 2012 - 08:57 AM
VOICES OF LOVE: WHITNEY HOUSTON AND HER FAMILY is a look into one of America's most musically influential families: the Drinkard family, whose tradition of gospel produced such luminaries as Dionne Warwick, Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston.
Featuring performances, never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews, the documentary traces the history of song in this talent-infused family and celebrates the spirit, the strength of family, and the power of gospel music to heal, to transcend and to entertain. Starring: Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, Cissy Houston and the Sweet Inspirations, The Drinkard Singers, Roberta Flak, Gary Houston and The Drinkard Singers II.
Brought to you by veteran documentary filmmaker Gary Keys, VOICES OF LOVE: WHITNEY HOUSTON AND HER FAMILY honors a family that has helped to define the culture of popular music and has influenced generations of music lovers.
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 09:42 AM
"When melodies are gone, in you I hear a song..."
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 09:57 AM
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 10:36 AM
pretend to play guitar and drums", I'm thinking look, Michael showed up, LOL ....than BAM....
What an emotional rollercoaster....
Posted 26 April 2012 - 10:57 AM
Posted 26 April 2012 - 02:17 PM
FI Throwback...
Posted 26 April 2012 - 07:54 PM
Oh hey Michael.
Posted 26 April 2012 - 08:41 PM
"If the voice is a musical instrument, here is a Stradivarius."
- Time magazine -
That Stradivarius is playing its sweet notes in Heaven now.
I will love you for the rest of my days and beyond.
You are free.
Full time angel since Feb 11, 2012
Posted 26 April 2012 - 09:17 PM
Happy to finally see michael though.
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 12:33 AM
I am looking forward to seeing this doco, infact it has been one of my whitney dreams, having this amazing family came together and showing the world what an inspirational, legendery music family they are. listening to all that gospel!
Gosh i miss her so much, it hurts to even think bout it. She looks amazing, beautiful, loving as usual. We are lucky to have all these clips to be there for us in our lives. Legacy. Love. Forever Whitney.
A Brave heart is a Powerful weapon. The Voice inspires the Way. One Love. Whitney forever
Posted 27 April 2012 - 01:34 AM
NY Filmmaker Gary Keys Chronicles Whitney Houston's Rise To Stardom
Keys Interviewed Houston For His Documentary 'The Wonderful Family of Divas'
February 15, 2012 11:30 AM
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – While investigators try to determine Whitney Houston's cause of death, a documentary chronicles her rise to stardom from her own perspective.
Not many have ever heard the story of Whitney Houston's life straight from the music legend's mouth.
"Dionne is my cousin and I'm very proud of that," Houston says in the documentary. "Dee Dee is my cousin and I have a whole family of really talented people."
But family friend and New York filmmaker Gary Keys was one of the rare few who was allowed unlimited access for one day in 2010 as Houston relaxed on a couch in her Atlanta home and opened up about her rise to stardom.
"I'm honored and lucky," said Keys.
Keys interviewed Houston for his documentary "The Wonderful Family of Divas." The film looks into the world of one of America's most musically influential families, the Drinkard family, which includes gospel-rooted singers Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick and Houston's mother Cissy Houston.
"I love to hear my mother sing gospel," Houston says in the film.
The Houston family fondly remembered her early ambition.
"She would be screaming and my husband would say tell her to shut up and I'd say leave her alone, maybe one day she'll be a singer," says Cissy in the film.
"My family, as far as being a family, has always been my rock," Houston says.
Houston also spoke of her rapid success.
"By the time my album came out, the first album, we were gone," she says.
Keys premiered the documentary at a film festival in Denver last year. He is now reworking the film to include Houston's death.
He plans to debut the new version at the Cannes Film Festival in May
A Brave heart is a Powerful weapon. The Voice inspires the Way. One Love. Whitney forever
Posted 27 April 2012 - 02:55 AM
November 2010 this was shot. Wow. The wig's a lil messy but hey she looked great
I miss her sooo much. Words can't describe. I'm hoping Sparkle will bring closure for me.
Whitney Houston defines Beauty
Beauty defines Whitney Houston
Sleep in peace my beautiful Angel ♥
Posted 28 April 2012 - 09:52 AM
Posted 28 April 2012 - 01:38 PM
Whitney really loved her family and was always proud of them. She was a great person, beside being the best singer.
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I participated in the 2004 ICFP contest (in the Lightning Division only, as the 1-man "team" Busman Holiday Club), and enjoyed it, and did tolerably well, which might give me a reason to rationalize a fondness for programming contests:-) so take my opinions with a grain of salt.
While of course it is true that "fast programming isn't the same as good programming" as Vanier complains first, I doubt that that is all that big an issue. Playing Chess or Go under tournament conditions is not the same as really deeply understanding the game, but in practice there is a pretty strong correlation between the two.
Too my mind, a bigger issue is that small programs are not the same as big programs, and it's hard to address or even express big-program challenges in a short time. Much of what we do in programming follows from big-program difficulties which vanish in small programs. I think several things that Vanier complains about follow from this. For example, Vanier sounds quite justified in criticizing a programmer who refused to see the problems of coupling the UI with the program logic; his programming contest skills are unlikely to save him in large programming projects. Like Vanier, I find small problems to be unsatisfyingly far away from the ordinary challenges of programming, perhaps like having a contest in Chess pawn endgames instead of Chess. Still, small-problem skills are important, not so easy to learn, and not universally distributed even among graduates of good CS programs, so a contest based on them doesn't seem pointless. (Also... It seems a little odd that Vanier says he likes obfuscated C programs, for the programs are required to be truly tiny, and I haven't noticed programming-in-the-large skills on display in any that I looked at. And, for that matter, Vanier even says he likes the ICFP contest too. De gustibus et de programmibus nondisputandum est.:-)
Beyond the lack of programming-in-the-large, what I find most unsatisfying about programming contests is that they are naturally organized as surprise challenges. A surprise challenge format solves various practical problems, but it naturally ends up favoring contestants who happened to be particularly prepared for that challenge. It's a bit like having a "[generic] sports contest" where you don't reveal the rules until the day of the contest. If you think you are testing for pure athletic ability without people having drilled specialized skills, I think you are probably wrong. Your choice of ultimate-frisbee-like rules, badminton-like rules, rowing-like rules, or whatever will in practice tend to favor people who've done similar things in the past. For example, in the ICFP 2004 contest I likely got a significant benefit from having written several stripped-down assemblers when I worked as a programmer in high school; if instead I had taken the C++ job at Mentor instead of my FORTHalike/assembler real-time-control job, then in the ICFP contest I'd've had to make up more of the architecture of my software on the fly, and while it's not a terribly hard architectural problem, in the Lightning Division saving time is worth a lot. The winning Dunkosmiloolump entry also seemed to suggest a strong influence of the team having constructed similar solutions before. This isn't intended as a strong criticism of such contests or contestants --- I am still pretty pleased with myself that I did well, and I was still awed by the Dunkosmiloolump entry and thus the programmers behind it --- but it is a reason not to weight success in such a contest too heavily. It's probably important to be a reasonably good programmer-in-the-small to do well, but I don't think being the best such programmer in the contest is anywhere near a sufficient condition to win. Good luck coming in first in a contest like ICFP 2004 if your qualification is that you are stunningly good at programming --- in the field of numerical solutions to PDEs, or wireless telephony voice compression, or graphics rendering engines, or some other field where you have never happened to work on programs close to the ones required. Programming demigod (and DFW neighbor and fellow short person) John Carmack would likely stomp me harder in a problem soluble with preprocessed quadtrees than in a problem soluble with Metropolis Monte Carlo.
Finally, Vanier writes near his conclusion "Therefore, my advice to programmers who want to improve their skill: skip the programming competitions and start a free software/open source project of your own. If you do that, you have a chance of becoming a truly good programmer, not just a glorified code-grinder." Perhaps Vanier and I agree, then: I would not advise spending a lot of effort on programming contests either! My disagreements are with other points in his article, and with his original thesis that "programming competitions are (for the most part) a bad thing." Success in cooking contests might not be a particularly good measure of one's skills for the day to day challenges of feeding many people a variety of tasty food on a limited budget of time and money, but does that make cooking contests for the most part a bad thing?


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I don't think I've ever posted a book recommendation under this thread, but Laura Hillenbrand's new book UNBROKEN is a MUST read.(Her first book was the very popular SEABISCUIT.)Her writing is impeccable and the story is absolutely compelling. Any one younger than Baby Boomer status should absolutely read it...you will understand the incredible sacrifices that the WWII generation made so that the US way of life would survive.
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Posted 07 January 2011 - 07:21 AM
Sounds interesting. While I'm not younger than baby boomer status, I'll look for it. Thanks.
Posted 07 January 2011 - 09:08 AM
Thanks for the info, Ann. I'll definitely add it to my list. I love to read about earlier generations, especially when the military is involved. It reminds me how lucky I am to live in this time with all the communication avenues available to me while dh is gone.
Posted 11 January 2011 - 10:39 PM
I picked that up last week and then put it back...will definitly go back and get it. Thanks for the heads up.
Posted 11 January 2011 - 11:21 PM
Thanks for the recommendation Ann. I'll check it out at the library next time I'm there.
Posted 12 July 2011 - 02:45 PM
I read this! It was incredible. I can't believe everything he went through, from sharks to unspeakable horrors in the Japanese POW camps. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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Hi. Im taking it upon myself to try and condense all of the threads and topics re. what we have and haven't gotten at Canadian retail. My plan is this: Ill make a list of all Saga stuff, starting with 3.75 basic figures, deluxe figures, vehicles, beasts and playsets that I know about. Beside each item Ill document whether or not it's been found up north (to the best of my knowledge) and where. If people can add finds to this thread, Ill keep editing this first post to show what we have and don't.
Im doing this for simplicity's sake - so that we don't have to keep checking 2 or 3 threads on Cantina sets to see if we've gotten them or not.
Here goes:
Basic Figures Found
1 - 40 Found, mostly between Zellers and WalMart (that's every basic figure up to and including Djas Puhr).
Not Found Yet
11b Battle Droid - Arena Battle (Red Variant)
33b Endor Soldier (no goatee variant)
FOUND! 39 Supreme Chancellor Palpatine THANKS BRANDON!
FOUND! 40 Djas Puhr THANKS BRANDON!
41 Padme Amidala - Coruscant Attack
42 Darth Maul - Sith Training
43 Anakin Skywalker - Tatooine Attack
44 Ki Adi Mundi - Jedi Master
45 Ephant Mon
46 Teemto Pagalies
47 Jango Fett - Slave I Pilot
48 Destroyer Droid - Arena Battle
49 Clonetrooper - Gunship Pilot
50 Watto - Mos Espa Junk Dealer
51 Lott Dod - Nemoidian Senator
52 Tusken Raider w Massiff
(Note: Cards not numbered in Canada. These are the figure's we're looking for beside their corresponding US Card #'s.)
Deluxe Figures Found
Mace Windu (both red and white battle droids have been found)
Jango Fett
Obi Wan
Anakin (slashing)
Deluxe Figures Not Found
Flying Geonosian
Destroyer Droid
Clone Trooper on Speeder
Anakin (flipping)
Creatures Found
Ships Found
Jedi Starfighter
Jango's Slave I
Anakin's Speeder
Zam Wessel Speeder
Toys R Us Landspeeder
Ships Not Found
Toys R Us X-Wing
Republic Gunship
Playsets Not Found
Geonosian Arena
Accessory Sets Found (of note: US Cards at Zellers only)
Death Star Trooper
Hoth Rebel Trooper
Arena Battle Droid
Biker Scout
Cantina Sets Found (of note: WalMart exclusive)
Momaw Nadon
Ponda Baba
Other Figures Not Found
25th Anniversary Silver R2D2 (of note: Toys R Us exclusive)
Christmas Droids 2 Pack (Santa C3PO w Rudolph R2D2)
PLEASE reply with only things you find at CANADIAN RETAIL IN CANADIAN PACKAGES. Many of these things I have purchased online already. I want to know what we're getting and not getting at our regular retail stores. Im hoping that using this we can help each other out fill in the gaps of what we need - as some things always wind up more plentiful in some areas. Prices, numbers and WHERE THE ITEM WAS FOUND(!!!!) would be super inclusions in your posts.
I hope this is of some interest to you guys as well, and I hope you'll all correct me if Im wrong about the list.
First change made. Thanks Count Dooku. If you get the chance, let us know where it was found and how much it cost.
Second change: added flipping Ani deluxe figure to Not Found.
Third change: marked Palpy and Djas found.
Fourth change: added Christmas droids 2pk and 25th TRU R2 to Not Found.


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If your question is not answered below, please submit your complete question to email@example.com . A response will be provided via email.
Q. Does Mecklenburg County sell tax liens?A. No. The requirement to sell tax liens was abolished by the legislature in 1983. The sale of a tax lien is different from the sale of the property by way of a tax foreclosure action for failure to pay taxes.
Q. Does Mecklenburg County advertise tax liens on real property?A. Yes. Each year, the Office of the Tax Collector advertises in The Charlotte Observer the names of all persons who have not paid Real Estate and Personal Property taxes for the previous year. This is simply a reminder to the specific taxpayers and to the public of the unpaid taxes for the previous year.
Q. Does Mecklenburg County sell property for failure to pay taxes?A. Yes. At anytime after taxes become delinquent, the Tax Collector has the authority to file a tax foreclosure action to have the property sold for collection of the delinquent taxes. All persons who have an interest in the property have to be named in the action and served with notice of the pending sale of the property. The taxpayer or any other person can pay the taxes and costs of the action at anytime prior to the sale of the property. This procedure takes from four to six months to complete.
Q. How can the public find out about pending tax foreclosure action?A. All sales are published online at http://www.rbcwblaw.com/Tax%20Foreclosure%20Process.aspx, in The Mecklenburg Times and posted at the County Courthouse . The Times is published twice weekly and can be purchased on the newsstands or by subscription. The mailing address for The Mecklenburg Times is Post Office Box 36306, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28236. The telephone number is 704-377-6221. For more information click on the Tax Foreclosures link.
Q. If a person is interested in a specific property on which there are delinquent taxes, will the Tax Collector file a foreclosure action to have the property sold?A. Yes. There are hundreds of properties on which taxes remain unpaid and often the amount of taxes outstanding is relatively small. There are significant costs in bringing a foreclosure action including court costs, advertising costs, commissioner's fee, auctioneer's fee, guardian ad litem fee, and legal fees. The balance of unpaid taxes and interest are also included. In addition, there is the time factor involved in bringing each suit to a conclusion. Most of the outstanding taxes (approximately 98%) are collected by personnel in the Tax Collector's Office without the necessity of a foreclosure action. However, some taxes cannot be collected in this manner and the only avenue for collection would be through a tax foreclosure action.
Q. If a property is sold for nonpayment of delinquent taxes, what is the bidding process?A. All sales are public, and usually conducted on Mondays at 12:00 noon in the Courthouse. The property is sold to the highest bidder. There is a ten (10) day upset period after the sale during which time anyone can pay off the taxes and costs, or can trigger a resale by raising the bid by the greater of five percent (5%) of the previous bid or $750. If a raised bid is filed, the property will be advertised again and resold at public sale.
Q. Can any person pay the taxes and obtain title to the property?A. No. Any person can pay the taxes but payment of the taxes does not entitle the person to any interest in the property. Unless the person is an owner of the property, he/she should not pay the taxes with the expectation of acquiring title to the property.
Q. What kind of title does the purchaser of tax lien foreclosed property obtain?A. A commissioner is appointed by the Court to sell the property. When the property is sold, the commissioner will deliver a deed to the purchaser but the deed has no warranties.
Q. How does a person obtain a list of properties on which taxes are delinquent?A. Tax records are public information. If a person has a specific tax parcel in mind, personnel in Property Tax Collections are available via email at firstname.lastname@example.com to assist in determining the status of the taxes. There is a specific scroll that contains a list of delinquent taxpayers and there is a fee involved. The Tax Collector's Office does not have sufficient personnel to assist a person in scrolling through the tax records to find properties on which taxes are delinquent.


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Wow, I just realized I'd said wave 4 in my earlier post! ROTJ wave is 3, right? I can never keep track of this stuff!
Wow, I just realized I'd said wave 4 in my earlier post! ROTJ wave is 3, right? I can never keep track of this stuff!
Anyone come across Quinlan Vos or Cato?
Curious to know if anyone has encountered figs from this wave.
Hi Guys,
Stopped by the TRU in Hayward earlier today to pick up presents for the family and they had a full set of the Quinlan Vos CW wave. I passed on all of them since I had already placed an order through HTS when they had their 25% off and free shipping.
Best wishes for a safe and happy Christmas and New Year to all you SW Bay Area collectors!
In case anyone is still looking for a Jabba's Throne, the Walmart in Hayward off of Davis had two of them for $19 each when I was there yesterday. And, for those of you who collect DC superhero figs, they also had the Green Lantern 5-pack for $30. There were about three of those when I left.
Lastly, they had two Tie Bombers. They were in the clearance section, but the price was still the original $38. What's up with that??? I've seen the same thing at the Walmart in Dublin/Pleasanton. Why are these things in the clearance section and still scanning at the regular price? I'm a bit perplexed and aggravated because I've seen reports from folks in other states finding them in Walmart's clearance aisle, but at a reduced price, usually around $20. Are they simply waiting to add them into the pricing system in the Bay Area? Once again, we prove why we continue to be one of the most expensive places to live in the U.S. Ok, end of rant...
TRU in Pleasant Hill had 6 of the Endor Pilot sets yesterday and I bought 2 so give them a call if you're still looking.
Have: CW Yularen, CW Clone, everything from CW Slave I set except Slave I, TFU Shadow Stormtrooper x2, Evo Trooper, Saga AT-AT Driver, K-Mart Jodo Kast || Want: Vintage Fordo
Thanks to TheDarthVader, Phantom-like Menace, TheRealDubya, Jediguy, Dark Marble, Umbra, Qui-Long Gone, CrunchyNug, GH_fan and jedikiss.
Haven't been to the Pleasant Hill TRU since I bought my house just on the other side of Buchanan Field last month! That's very unlike me. Guess I just felt pretty caught up on toy collecting at the moment, and it didn't seem like there was much of anything new out. Knew I should've stopped by this weekend!
I do need some serious help, if any of you guys can manage it. I'm still missing Hourman, Zatanna, Obsidian, and Gold of the recent Wal-Mart DCUC wave. I would really, REALLY appreciate it if anyone here has seen them, and could at least let me know where they are! Last year, the Wal-Mart in American Canyon had tons of them in stock (an entire ten foot run, from floor to top, in fact) and I thought for sure they'd be getting as many of the new exclusive wave, but so far I've only seen leftovers here and there. They may actually have had them around Christmas time - I actually convinced one of their never-so-helpful employees to do a UPC scan for me, and though she tried to hide it from me, she accidentally let me see that they had some quantity in stock, though she refused to go back and get them for me. I'm a freak for the DC Superheroes, and this wave has a lot of personal favorite characters. I'm worried I may have missed the boat, and I'm hoping someone here might be able to help.
Roo - check the actionfigureinsider.com mattel forum. There's a guy offering to send figures from the wave that you need for cost + exact shipping.
The Target in San Leandro has the following figures from the Hevy wave: Hevy, Obi-Wan, Cad Bane w/ Todo, and R7-A7. They had them in multiples.
No sign of Hondo for those of you who still need him.
Keep in mind that Target has jacked up their prices on CW figures to $7.99.
That alone made it easy for me to pass on Bane even though I would like to have Todo. I'll be waiting for a sale to get him since I already have the first Bane.
Very quiet here. Where are all the Bay Area folks? Anyways, I was able to find the new Luke Skywalker and Han Solo vintage figures at the Walmart in San Leandro; they had multiples earlier in the week. Not much new beyond that. However, I also picked up an R5 from the AOTC wave from the Walmart in Hayward today - that was the only one that they had. They also had a destroyer droid, but I passed on that. Not much else at that store. Have a good weekend all and post 'em if you find 'em.


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So I've started my new job at Kaval. It's a Python job, which is new and exciting, in that I've known Python for 5 years, but never got a chance to work with it full time. Also the management into exploring ideas extreme programming, agile development, etc. It's a pretty open environment, and despite now having an 1 & 1/2 hour commute (35 kilometres from home to work via bus->subway- >bus), the job rocks!
New ColdStore stuff: I wrote a rough demo of what an XML parser will look like. It uses expat's SAX parser to construct a list of Objects, which inherit from Objects created to match elements in the DTD. What's remaining, design wise, is to come up with a way of mapping the element containment stuff so we can do nice treewalking searches. I'm going to have to take a look at a lot of the XSLT, etc. stuff that's out there, too, to see what kind of transformation operations we're going to need.
Also new is a refactoring of the interpreter's Frame stuff. Split it up into Frames (contexts) and Closures (executable bit.) Makes a little more conceptual sense.
New coldstore things I've been working on:
Three new things: I'm unemployed -- I need a new job, contact me if you know of anything, I need a new roommate for August 1st (I'm in Toronto Canada, contact me if you're interested...), and now that I've got my computer set up underneath my brand new Ikea loft bed, I've been doing some serious coldstore hacking.
I've spent the last couple and a half weeks since the start of my new unemployment, working like a madman on the coldStore Python bridge. In summary:
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


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Guinea-Bissau Population: 1,660,8701 VISITOR FROM HERE!
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|Since independence from Portugal in 1974, Guinea-Bissau has experienced considerable political and military upheaval. In 1980, a military coup established authoritarian dictator Joao Bernardo 'Nino' VIEIRA as president. Despite setting a path to a market economy and multiparty system, VIEIRA's regime was characterized by the suppression of political opposition and the purging of political rivals. Several coup attempts through the 1980s and early 1990s failed to unseat him. In 1994 VIEIRA was elected president in the country's first free elections. A military mutiny and resulting civil war in 1998 eventually led to VIEIRA's ouster in May 1999. In February 2000, a transitional government turned over power to opposition leader Kumba YALA after he was elected president in transparent polling. In September 2003, after only three years in office, YALA was overthrown in a bloodless military coup, and businessman Henrique ROSA was sworn in as interim president. In 2005, former President VIEIRA was re-elected president pledging to pursue economic development and national reconciliation; he was assassinated in March 2009. Malam Bacai SANHA was elected in an emergency election held in June 2009, but he passed away in January 2012 from an existing illness. A military coup in April 2012 prevented Guinea-Bissau's second-round presidential election - to determine SANHA's successor - from taking place.
This small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying inland
|Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 36,125 sq km
land: 28,120 sq km
water: 8,005 sq km
Size comparison: slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut
|Land Boundaries:
| total: 724 km
border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km
|350 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
|tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
|mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east
|Elevation extremes:
| lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country 300 m
|Natural resources:
|fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum
|Land use:
| arable land: 8.3%
permanent crops: 6.92%
other: 84.78% (2011)
|Irrigated land:
|225.6 sq km (2003)
|Natural hazards:
|hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires
|Current Environment Issues:
|deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Bissau-Guinean(s)
adjective: Bissau-Guinean
|Ethnic groups:
|African 99% (includes Balanta 30%, Fula 20%, Manjaca 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%), European and mulatto less than 1%
|Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages
|Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 10%
|1,660,870 (July 2013 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 40% (male 331,406/female 332,662)
15-24 years: 20.2% (male 166,339/female 168,906)
25-54 years: 31.9% (male 263,190/female 266,963)
55-64 years: 4.7% (male 28,333/female 49,322)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 20,807/female 32,942) (2013 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 79.7 %
youth dependency ratio: 74.5 %
elderly dependency ratio: 5.2 %
potential support ratio: 19.3 (2013)
|Median age:
| total: 19.7 years
male: 19.1 years
female: 20.2 years (2013 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|1.95% (2013 est.)
|Birth rate:
|34.28 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Death rate:
|14.77 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
| urban population: 43.9% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 3.59% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|BISSAU (capital) 302,000 (2009)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.58 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|790 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 92.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 102.42 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 82.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 49.5 years
male: 47.53 years
female: 51.52 years (2013 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|4.37 children born/woman (2013 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|14% (2010)
|Health expenditures:
|8.5% of GDP (2010)
|Physicians density:
|0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
|Hospital bed density:
|0.96 beds/1,000 population (2009)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 91% of population
rural: 53% of population
total: 64% of population
urban: 9% of population
rural: 47% of population
total: 36% of population (2010 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 44% of population
rural: 9% of population
total: 20% of population
urban: 56% of population
rural: 91% of population
total: 80% of population (2010 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|2.5% (2009 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|22,000 (2009 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|1,200 (2009 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|4.9% (2008)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|17.2% (2008)
|Education expenditures:
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 55.3%
male: 68.9%
female: 42.1% (2011 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
|total: 9.5 years (2006)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Guinea-Bissau
conventional short form: Guinea-Bissau
local long form: Republica da Guine-Bissau
local short form: Guine-Bissau
former: Portuguese Guinea
|Government type:
| name: Bissau
geographic coordinates: 11 51 N, 15 35 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali; note - Bolama may have been renamed Bolama-Bijagos
|24 September 1973 (declared); 10 September 1974 (from Portugal)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 24 September (1973)
|16 May 1984; amended several times
|Legal system:
|mixed legal system of civil law (influenced by the early French Civil Code) and customary law
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: [Transitional] President Manuel Serifo NHAMADJO (since 11 May 2012)
note: in the aftermath of the April 2012 coup that deposed the government, an agreement was reached between ECOWAS mediators and the military junta to name NHAMADJO as transitional president with a one-year term; the transitional government has scheduled a presidential election for 24 November 2013
head of government: [Transitional] Prime Minister Rui Duarte BARROS (since 16 May 2012)
cabinet: NA (For more information visit the World Leaders website )
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (no term limits); election last held on 18 March 2012 with a runoff between the two leading candidates scheduled for 22 April 2012; prime minister appointed by the president after consultation with party leaders in the legislature
election results: with no candidate receiving a minimum 50% of the vote in the first round, a runoff between the two leading candidates was scheduled for 22 April 2012; percent of vote (first round) - Carlos GOMES Junior 49.0%, Kumba YALA 23.4%, others 27.6%
|Legislative branch:
| unicameral National People's Assembly or Assembleia Nacional Popular (100 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 16 November 2008 (legislative elections scheduled for 24 November 2013)
election results: percent of vote by party - PAIGC 49.8%, PRS 25.3%, PRID 7.5%, PND 2.4%, AD 1.4%, other parties 13.6%; seats by party - PAIGC 67, PRS 28, PRID 3, PND 1, AD 1
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court of Justice (consists of 9 judges and organized into Civil, Criminal, and Social and Administrative Disputes Chambers) note - the Supreme Court has both appellate and constitutional jurisdiction judge selection and term of office: judges nominated by the Higher Council of the Magistrate, a major government organ responsible for judge appointments, dismissals, and discipline of the judiciary; judges appointed by the president with tenure for life
subordinate courts: Appeal Court; regional (first instance) courts; military court
|Political parties and leaders:
|African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde or PAIGC [Rui Dia de SOUSA] Democratic Alliance or AD [Victor MANDINGA] New Democracy Party or PND Party for Social Renewal or PRS [Sory DJALO] Republican Party for Independence and Development or PRID [Aristides GOMES]
|International organization participation:
|ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU (suspended), CPLP, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National anthem:
| name: "Esta e a Nossa Patria Bem Amada" (This Is Our Beloved Country)
lyrics/music: Amilcar Lopes CABRAL/XIAO He
note: adopted 1974; a delegation from Portuguese Guinea visited China in 1963 and heard music by XIAO He; Amilcar Lopes CABRA, the leader of Guinea-Bissau's independence movement, asked the composer to create a piece that would inspire his people to struggle for independence
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
|chief of mission: none; note - Guinea-Bissau does not have official representation in Washington, DC
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
|the US Embassy suspended operations on 14 June 1998 in the midst of violent conflict between forces loyal to then President VIEIRA and military-led junta; the US Ambassador to Senegal is accredited to Guinea-Bissau
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One of the poorest countries in the world, Guinea-Bissau's legal economy depends mainly on farming and fishing, but trafficking in narcotics is probably the most lucrative trade. The combination of limited economic prospects, a weak and faction-ridden government, and favorable geography have made this West African country a way station for drugs bound for Europe. Cashew crops have increased remarkably in recent years; low rainfall hindered cereals and other crops in 2011. Guinea-Bissau exports fish and seafood along with small amounts of peanuts, palm kernels, and timber. Rice is the major crop and staple food. However, intermittent fighting between Senegalese-backed government troops and a military junta destroyed much of the country's infrastructure and caused widespread damage to the economy in 1998; the civil war led to a 28% drop in GDP that year, with partial recovery in 1999-2002. In December 2003, the World Bank, IMF, and UNDP were forced to step in to provide emergency budgetary support in the amount of $107 million for 2004, representing over 80% of the total national budget. The government is successfully implementing a three-year $33 million extended credit arrangement with the IMF that runs through 2012. In December 2010 the World Bank and IMF announced support for $1.2 billion worth of debt relief. Guinea-Bissau made progress with debt relief in 2011 when members of the Paris Club opted to write-off much of the country''s obligations.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.963 billion (2012 est.) $1.992 billion (2011 est.) $1.891 billion (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $870 million (2012 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|-1.5% (2012 est.) 5.3% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,200 (2012 est.) $1,300 (2011 est.) $1,200 (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 86.3%
government consumption: 12.9%
investment in fixed capital: 12.9%
investment in inventories: 0%
exports of goods and services: 21.9%
imports of goods and services: -33.9% (2012 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 86.3%
government consumption: 12.9%
investment in fixed capital: 12.9%
investment in inventories: 0%
exports of goods and services: 21.9%
imports of goods and services: -33.9% (2012 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|rice, corn, beans, cassava (manioc), cashew nuts, peanuts, palm kernels, cotton; timber; fish
|agricultural products processing, beer, soft drinks
|Industrial production growth rate:
|0.2% (2012 est.)
|Labor force:
|632,700 (2007)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 82% industry and
services: 18% (2000 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|Population below poverty line:
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 28% (2002)
| revenues: $129.1 million
expenditures: $153.4 million (2012 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|14.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.4% (2012 est.) 5% (2011 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$151.4 million (2012 est.) -$95.9 million (2011 est.)
|$139.8 million (2012 est.) $244.6 million (2011 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|fish, shrimp; cashew nuts, peanuts, palm kernels, sawn lumber
|Exports - partners:
|India 56%, Nigeria 28.4%, Togo 6.6% (2012)
|$237 million (2012 est.) $327.6 million (2011 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products
|Imports - partners:
|Portugal 27.8%, Senegal 16.8%, US 7.1%, China 4.8%, Cuba 4.2% (2012)
|Debt - external:
|$1.095 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $941.5 million (31 December 2000 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|Exchange rates:
|Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 510.53 (2012 est.) 471.87 (2011 est.) 495.28 (2010 est.) 472.19 (2009) 447.81 (2008)
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|Electricity - production:
|65 million kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 201
|Electricity - consumption:
|60.45 million kWh (2009 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|21,000 kW (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|0 bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|2,922 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|2,578 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|461,700 Mt (2010 est.)
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|Telephones in use:
| 5,000 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 210
|Cellular Phones in use:
|869,100 (2011)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: small system including a combination of microwave radio relay, open-wire lines, radiotelephone, and mobile-cellular communications
domestic: fixed-line teledensity less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity is roughly 50 per 100 persons
international: country code - 245 (2011)
|Broadcast media:
|1 state-owned TV station and a second station, Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP) Africa, is operated by Portuguese public broadcaster (RTP); 1 state-owned radio station, several private radio stations, and some community radio stations; multiple international broadcasters are available (2007)
|Internet country code:
|Internet hosts:
|90 (2012)
|Internet users:
|37,100 (2009)
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| 8 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 161
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 2
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 3 (2013)
| total 3,455 km
paved: 965 km
unpaved: 2,490 km (2002)
|(rivers are navigable for some distance; many inlets and creeks give shallow-water access to much of interior) (2012)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim
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|Military branches:
|People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP): Army, Navy, National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional); Presidential Guard (2012)
|Military service age and obligation:
|18-25 years of age for selective compulsory military service (Air Force service is voluntary); 16 years of age or younger, with parental consent, for voluntary service (2013)
|Manpower available for military service:
| males age 16-49: 370,790
females age 16-49: 372,171 (2010 est.)
|Manpower fit for military service:
| males age 16-49: 205,460
females age 16-49: 212,277 (2010 est.)
|Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
| male: 17,639
female: 17,865 (2010 est.)
|Military expenditures:
|4.3% of GDP (2011)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|in 2006, political instability within Senegal's Casamance region resulted in thousands of Senegalese refugees, cross-border raids, and arms smuggling into Guinea-Bissau
|Refugees and internally displaced persons:
|refugees (country of origin): 7,700 (Senegal) (2012)
|Illicit drugs:
|increasingly important transit country for South American cocaine en route to Europe; enabling environment for trafficker operations thanks to pervasive corruption; archipelago-like geography around the capital facilitates drug smuggling
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Rewrote GNOME site backend stuff in Python. Much neater. The build system we're using is starting to be a serious pain in the ass, though, I'm thinking about just dumping Auto* and using plain WML. But I'm not sure yet. I do know development is going slower than I want, and one of the reasons is the sluggish build feedback cycle, especially when I need to add new stuff, do server-side includes, etc. We'll see.
I've been thinking more about how to make a content delivery system that generates everything dynamically, yet doesn't generate more load than a site with only static pages. The idea is to create a mechanism for splitting everything into nested blocks (for instance a block is generated from an SQL query, or is an include file on disk), cache the pregenerated blocks, and define a simple condition for when the cache needs to be regenerated (comparing timestamps on files, or doing a simple SQL query). I think this would bridge the gap between pregeneration systems like WML, which are kind of awkward, and fully-dynamic sites, which load the server a lot. Got to think about it more, though.
No work from Belinda yet. Hope she's doing ok.


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Honorees David A. Spencer and Irene Stimson Wischer
President's Scholarship and Awards Dinner raises $4.6M
By Marianne McBride Lewis
Director of Public Affairs
(Oct. 25, 2007)--More than 750 friends of The University of Texas at San Antonio attended the annual President's Scholarship and Awards Dinner on Oct. 23, an event that honored two remarkable South Texans and raised a record $4,595,600 for student scholarships and other academic programs. It surpassed last year's record total of $3.1 million.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Several groups of student musicians greeted guests as they arrived for the festive black-tie affair to the sounds of classical guitar, string quartet and the voices of the UTSA Madrigal Singers while event chairs UTSA President Ricardo Romo and Dr. Harriett Romo and event co-chairs John T. Montford, AT&T Inc. senior vice president - western region legislative and regulatory affairs, and Kenny Wilson, Bank of America regional president, visited with friends, donors, students and members of the Texas Legislature.
Honored at the dinner were business and civic entrepreneur David A. Spencer and his wife, UTSA alumna Jennifer Spencer, who recently funded a distinguished chair for the dean of the UTSA College of Engineering with a $1 million gift to the university. Spencer was presented the Tom C. Frost Award, established to honor an outstanding citizen who has provided exceptional leadership to important business and community endeavors.
"It is an honor for me to stand here and thank David Spencer for all he has done, not only for our students at UTSA, but also for the San Antonio community," said Romo. "David is an energetic and dynamic individual, an inspirational leader, and an example of what can happen when youth and education meet opportunity."
Spencer has been an active participant in charitable, business, academic, entrepreneurial, public policy and technology economic development organizations since 1990. His entrepreneurial career took off in 1996 when he co-founded OnBoard Software Inc., which achieved $17 million in annual revenue in eight years. In 2005, Gov. Rick Perry appointed him inaugural chair of the Emerging Technology Fund advisory committee, a $200 million investment and company formation fund.
Honored posthumously at the dinner was Irene Stimson Wischer, an oil and gas industry pioneer and philanthropist who died this year at the age 91. Wischer was recognized with the Gold Star Award, presented each year to an individual or organization that has forged extensive partnerships with the university and supported UTSA students and faculty in extraordinary ways.
"Anyone who knew Irene knew she was a lady of great compassion and strong character. She was a firm believer in education and proudly served on the development board for UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures," said Romo. "I am honored tonight to announce a scholarship will be created in her name as a lasting legacy to her generosity."
Wischer was a lifelong supporter of community, education and charitable organizations. Beginning as a secretary at the oil and gas firm, Henderson Trust Co., she became a director by 1955 and was Panhandle Producing Co. chairman and CEO in 1963. During her long and remarkable career in the oil and gas industry, she received many honors, including being first woman named Chief Roughneck of the Year by Lone Star Steel.
Additionally, Romo thanked several other generous donors for their support for UTSA, its students and its mission.
Event co-chair John T. Montford accepted thanks for the AT&T Foundation gift of $1.5 million, given to create and fund the interactive Technology Experience Center (iTEC) in the College of Engineering. The center will foster AT&T's educational outreach mission in partnership with UTSA graduate students, who will introduce local and regional middle and high school students to the field of engineering communication technology.
Bill Greehey, chairman of the board of NuStar Energy, accepted thanks on behalf of the Greehey Family Foundation as they were recognized for their gift of $1 million, given to UTSA to establish an endowment for student scholarships.
Also honored were members of the university's donor societies, the President's Associates, Sombrilla Society and Lone Star Society, as well as individual donors from the past year.
Other gifts recognized were $250,000 from The Zachry Foundation to create a distinguished professorship in the College of Engineering, $200,000 from The Tobin Foundation for the Margaret Batts Tobin Distinguished Chair in Biotechnology, $100,000 from Leo Block for student scholarships and $100,000 from the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association for technology scholarships.


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The IDF Life for a Child Programme's annual Review and Strategy meeting, held in conjunction with the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) 74th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco (June 12-16), was this year attended by over 70 advocates, programme partners, major contributors and other supporters.
LFAC General Manager, Dr Graham Ogle, and Education Manager Angie Middlehurst, delivered a detailed update on the ever-expanding programme which is now supporting almost 14,000 young people with diabetes in 46 countries. The review delved into current activities such as mentoring and health professional training, research initiatives, education projects, and diabetes camps. In addition, representatives from and mentors to Life for a Child partner centres in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, and Haiti, briefed the group on the impact, progress and obstacles faced by the programme in their respective countries.
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SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane Mayor David Condon declared a Stage Two emergency Monday, meaning Spokane road crews were on a 24-hour schedule to plow streets.
KXLY4's Chief Meteorologist Kris Crocker said about seven inches of snow fell in Spokane on Monday, which beat a record set in 1950. The snowfall caused nearly a 100 crashes in Eastern Washington.
Forecasters say the snow is turning to rain Tuesday in the Eastern Washington valleys while heavy snow is expected on the east slopes of the Cascades. Temperatures start dropping Wednesday bringing a chance of snow showers into the weekend.
According to the City of Spokane spokesperson, Marlene Feist, crews completed the residential hill routes around 9 a.m. Tuesday. Crews will now start plowing other residential areas. Crews will work 24 hours a day until all areas have been plowed.
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Lancaster County School District students will start school again on August 20. Here are other important school dates to note:
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Our children will be healthier and more successful in school if parents make sure their children do some very simple things.
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Carolina Christian Academy will open its doors to students on August 20. Here are other important dates on the school's calendar:
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Presbyterian College Fellows: Chesney Lyles, Kristen Melton, Olivia Stogner
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Indian Land Middle School has named its teacher and support staff member of the year for 2012.
Nominated by their peers, the school's 2011-12 Teacher of the Year is instructional facilitator Cindy Bush and the 2011-12 Support Staff Member of the Year is administrative assistant Laura Loughry.
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Bush's nomination said she works "tirelessly to help the school, staff and students."
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Leah Lierz of Indian Land had a great week recently.
Not only did Lierz graduate May 25 from the state's most prestigious arts high school, the Governor's School in Greenville, the following Friday, June 1, she was recognized as one of the best young writers in the country during a ceremony at New York's Carnegie Hall, no less – and two days before her 18th birthday.
As a National Gold Medal winner of the Scholastic Art & Writing Award, Lierz received a $10,000 scholarship.
Five seniors marched across the stage during the graduation ceremony at Carolina Christian Academy on May 25.
Stewart Blake Counts, Aaron Michael Fournier, Kathryn Hope Harris, DaEun Hong and Janna Suzette Noland received their diplomas, marking an end to their high school careers as they embark on a new journey in life.
Fournier, who was named salutatorian for the CCA class of 2012, said he is grateful for the education opportunity he received while at the school.
Editor's note: Due to space limitations in the Sunday edition, this story on the Lancaster County Adult Education commencement on May 16 was not published until today.
Klarissa Stalk of Lancaster coddles and kisses her eight-month-old daughter, Mirakle, who smiles as the golden tassel from mom's mortarboard tickles her face. Stalk, gives her daughter one last kiss and passes her back to her great-grandmother, Linda King of Waxhaw.
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Lancaster County School District will operate the USDA Summer Food Service Program, providing free meals for ages 18 and younger from May 29 through June 14.
Sites include: Andrew Jackson Middle School, 6865 Kershaw Camden Highway, Kershaw; A.R. Rucker Middle School, 422 Old Dixie Road; and South Middle School, 1551 Billings Drive. All sites are closed on Friday except for June 1.
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When it comes to student essayists, they don't get much better than Indian Land senior Savannah Adams and her sisters.
While many students struggle with even the most routine class papers, Savannah's skills as a writer earned her first place in this year's state-wide student journalism contest sponsored by the S.C. Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities.
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The United States Imports 70% of Our Oil.
What's the Plan?
So instead of helping me see your way, you'll just call me an idiot. At least WRL is trying to help me get my terms straight...
I'm sorry that you disagree, and I'm sure many of the principles you've quoted apply in the big bisiness world, of which I'm not part of... but I still think that for many small businesses, your net profit and your gross profit get re-invested into your business, or go to something else.
I don't think that every business' end of the month statement is zero because they've already paid everyone, their taxes, bonuses, overhead costs, etc. But, educate me on what the evil corporations and evil businesses are doing with this net profit...?
You'll catch more honey with flies than bees regards....
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Wrong answer, you can also do it 100% where your competition is also paying and passing on those taxes as well, if all the competition is domestic.
So the only ones who can't pass it on is where there is significant competition from a foriegn supplier. Taxing Domestic companies puts them at a competitive disadvantage to Foriegn companies unless an import tax/levy is imposed to offset. Highly unlikely since it would violate most if not all of our current trade agreements.
Corporations don't pay taxes, their customers do. Its not that difficult to figure out.
Apparently you flunked, or only took the Wikipedia version.
A business figures ALL its expenses before setting the price of its product. Taxes whether they be on wages, capital equipment, or profits are figured in the price of goods. If they are paying 10% on net today and know they will pay 20% on net tomorrow, the price will be adjusted accordingly. Depending on the elasticity of the Demand for their product they will make up some or all of the difference.
Try a real economics book not an internet hack site. I can borrow you some of mine if you like.
So how many politicians have kept their campaign promises?
BP, it's not that I have anything against you... I just can't compete with someone so academicly superior in every way.
I left tha spellering erors reguards
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Some of us that have actually owned and run a business don't begrudge these big companies one dime of profit they have made.
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"The longer you let a dog go in the wrong direction the more they think they are going in the right direction" Don Remien.
They also have the risk associated with dry holes, &/or a hostile environment to get that product.
& once they get the product to market there is the grease my palm risk associated with our political system.
Has everyone forgot that government has extracted more in taxes from the oil companies than the oil companies have made in profit over the years.
For the people complaining, there is always the alternative, don't buy their product, don't contribute to the oil company's profit. Ride your bike, your donkey or do shank's mare - No one is forcing anyone to buy. I personally like the convenience of going to a service station, knowing that in most instances the product received will be uniform to some standard & will allow me the convenience of going where I desire to go in some comfort.
Free Market regards!!
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Yes, heaven forbid a leader make a pragmatic decision to change his mind based on a change in circumstances. I think Obama should just stay the course based on what he said during his campaign or what his gut tells him rather than take a thoughtful and pragmatic approach to leading this country based on reality. The record is clear that leading by ideology and your gut despite a change in circumstances is a far superior approach.


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Beginning October 1 and running through January 2012, Enchanted Earth 2.0, a photography exhibit by Barbara Leven will be on display in the Visitor & Administration Building Gallery. Thank you to Barbara and audience for a delightful Artist's Talk on Saturday, November 12.
Ms. Leven says photography is about light and time; the transformation of a field of light in an expressed fraction of time into a two dimensional image. This image becomes a window through which the artist enables the viewer to see beyond the obvious subject into a deeper meaning. The meaning becomes a dialogue between the viewer and the artist.
Born and raised in New York City, Barbara Leven took up photography upon graduation from Queens College of the City University of NY, where she majored in Art, specifically painting. Not finding her own "voice" in painting , she started fresh with a new medium, photography, and has been involved with it for over 25 years. Her work is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cincinnati Art Museum and important private collections.
Ms. Leven began to photograph "nature" just prior to the death of her father in 2005, when in need of solace she journeyed to New York City's botanical gardens armed with a camera and macro lens.
Since that time, in gardens and wilder places, nature has become a major theme in her work. Through the lens she says she "seeks to unlock some secret the subject holds either in its perfection, or its decay; its relationship to weather, and the environment; to discover something I have not seen before so that I might more fully understand in a spiritual sense the cycles of life of which I too am a part."
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Yesterday, Tesla (TSLA) gained 1.8% after Bloomberg honed in on orders for the cars in Hong Kong. Making inroads into mainland China may be more difficult, however.
Reuters has reports on Tesla's may not be able to use its name in China:
The maker of the best-selling U.S. electric car, the premium Model S sedan with a price tag of $70,000, had originally hoped to launch a flagship showroom in Beijing at the start of the year, according to three sources, but has had to put that idea on hold due in part to the trademark issue.
As a result, the 10-year-old company's first shop-front in China, at the Parkview Green Fangcaodi mall in the capital, sits boarded up. While there is no Tesla sign, the shop is adorned with billboards of the Model S, which was launched in the United States last year.
Tesla also has yet to complete the registration process necessary to sell its cars in China, though Reuters say it's almost there.
As Stifel's James Albertine and Lucy Webster noted yesterday, Tesla's future success depends, in part, on its ability to make cheaper cars and tap the global market.
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Family: Ambystomidae, Mole Salamanders view all from this family
Description Largest Salamander in the world. Long and stout. Broad head with lidded small eyes. Variable blotchy coloring from Black, gray and green.
Dimensions 15-36cm. (6-14")
Endangered Status The Sonoran Tiger Salamander, a subspecies of the Tiger Salamander, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in Arizona. This salamander lives in only a few ponds in the San Rafael Valley, between the Huachuca and Patagonia Mountains. Because it occurs in small numbers in very limited habitats, it is a very vulnerable species. Floods and drought have caused the greatest damage to its populations. Predation, especially by introduced fish and bullfrogs, and disease have also taken a toll.
Subspecies California Tiger Salamander, Plateau Tiger Salamader and Barred Tiger Salamander were a subspecies but are not considered a separate species.
Breeding Males nudge females to initiate breeding. Females deposit fertilised eggs on underwater vegetation. Larvae entirely aquatic. Single Tiger Salamanders only have a 50% chance of breeding more than once.
Habitat Mountain forests, damp meadows and sagebush plains near water.
Range Eastern North America. From Saskatchewan to Florida and Mexico through to the Appalachian mountains.
Discussion Spends most of its time underground. Terrestrial creatures and only go to water to breed. Able swimmers since they are born in water. Always returns to its birthplace to breed, sometimes travelling long distances to do so. Diet mainly consists of small invertebrates including worms, frogs and small insects, also sometimes baby mice.


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Arts on the Point Sculpture Park, University of Massachusetts, Columbia Point, Boston
Mark di Suvero's 1984–'85 Huro, a 30,000-pound abstract steel-beam assemblage, stands 30-feet-tall on the school's front lawn and resembles a giant magnet atop a giant tripod. It might seem just a big, ugly brute, if not for the freely rotating top that teeters delicately in the harbor breeze. Also displayed on the 200-acre campus: abstract blocks, lumps, and bullets by Tony Smith, Sol Lewitt, Williem de Kooning, Dennis Oppenheim, and William Tucker — plus a fiberglass "Steel Worker" and leaping alligators by Luis Jimenez.
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, MA
The 79 pieces of modern and contemporary sculpture on display at the 35-acre museum grounds include: Jim Dine's giant black hearts, Kitty Wales's steel sharks flying through trees, Paul Matisse's The Musical Fence chimes, and Gail Simpson and Aristotle Georgiades's giant pink Trojan Piggybank. Also check out the museum's "Annual Exhibition," an indoor round-up of what's interesting in New England art; it's open through August 20.
Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden, Springfield, MA
"Life-size" bronze sculptures of Theodor Geisel, a/k/a Dr. Seuss, and his famous characters are on display at the hometown hero's Springfield garden. Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat, Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose, Sam-I-Am, Thing 1 and Thing 2, the Lorax, a tower of turtles from Yertle the Turtle, the Grinch, and his dog Max are all here. The sculptures were designed and sculpted by the famous author's step-daughter.
Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain
This 250-acre 19th-century garden cemetery features magnificent examples of memorial sculpture and architecture by folks such as Daniel Chester French. In recent years, the cemetery has added contemporary sculpture — including a family of ghostly wire-mesh dresses and nightshirts hovering in a stand of trees. Fifteen artists and architects take on the theme of "Dwelling: Memory, Architecture and Place" in an outdoor exhibit from June 24 through October 31.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH
In the gardens of the 19th-century sculptor's home and studio are three large sculptures — versions (in some cases, recent casts) of the Robert Gould Shaw monument at Boston Common; the monument to Civil War Admiral David Farragut in New York; and the cemetery monument to historian Henry Adams's wife, Marion, in Washington, DC. Indoors, there are 100 works by Saint-Gaudens, as well as contemporary sculpture by others
David Hayes Sculpture Fields, Coventry, CT
The abstract steel sculptures of 75-year-old Connecticut artist David Hayes recall the work of David Smith, who taught Hayes how to weld in the 1950s, and Alexander Calder. Discover 200 of his works, spanning three decades, displayed in trees, orchards, and 15-acre pastures, and circling a pond. Visits by appointment only. Call 860.742.9687.
The Dinosaur Place, Montville, CT
Recognizable by the concrete-and-steel tyrannosaurus rex that stands 14-feet tall near the roadside, the Dinosaur Place is geared to visitors ages two to 14, but who can resist a 40-foot tall and 75-foot long brachiosaurus, a ceratosaurus threatening a stegosaurus, and a group of velociraptors stalking a protoceratops? Don't forget the "active" volcano.
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Deeplinks Blog posts about Copyright Trolls
EFF fought back against a particularly nasty copyright troll tactic this week. Lawyers representing the adult film producer Malibu Media, LLC file long lists of movie titles on the public record, accusing an Internet subscriber of copying those movies illegally. Among the titles on that list are many adult films with very embarrassing titles. The lawyers then send a copy of the court filing to the subscriber along with a demand for money. The threat is obvious - either pay up, point a finger at a friend or family member, or be named in a public lawsuit as a habitual user of hard-core porn. Faced with these threats, many people pay thousands to the lawyers to make the threat go away - whether they were responsible for illegal downloading or not. But more and more judges are catching on to copyright trolls' abuses of the justice system.
The Internet is rejoicing with news that notorious copyright troll Prenda Law, and its attorneys John Steele, Paul Hansmeier, Paul Duffy, and Brett Gibbs, received a stinging sanction from federal judge Otis D. Wright, II - over $81,000 in attorney's fees and a referral to federal prosecutors. Using no fewer than twelve Star Trek references, Judge Wright accused Prenda Law of using "the nexus of antiquated copyright laws, paralyzing social stigma, and unaffordable defense costs" to "plunder the citizenry." He referred the matter to "the federal agency eleven decks up" - the U.S.
A federal judge in Los Angeles today showed little restraint in expressing his frustration with the "attorney misconduct" he's identified by the prominent copyright trolls behind Prenda Law. All of the named representatives of the firm appeared at today's session, after Judge Otis D. Wright II complained about their failure to do so at a similarly dramatic March 11 hearing.
Yesterday, the federal court in Los Angeles held a hearing in a consolidated set of copyright troll cases, filed by the notorious Prenda Law on behalf of holding companies AF Holdings and Ingenuity 13. At first, this case was just one of hundreds of similar lawsuits in which copyright trolls have sued John Doe defendants from all over the country, alleging copyright infringement of pornographic works. These cases don't seem to be filed with the intention of litigating them. Instead, the apparent strategy is to take advantage of the threat of an award of massive damages and the stigma associated with downloading pornographic movies to induce defendants into settling for a payment of roughly $1,500 to $4,000 each—less than the cost of defending a lawsuit.
Despite at least five smackdowns by federal judges, copyright trolls are still accusing Internet subscribers of "negligently" allowing someone else to download porn films without paying. Last week, subpoena defense attorney Morgan Pietz fought back by asking the Northern California federal courts to put all of the open "negligence" cases filed by a prolific troll firm in front of a single judge - a judge who already ruled that the "negligence" theory is bogus.
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Man I can't wait . . .
I myself will be a Wookiee, and if we are all neutral, perhaps a bounty hunter. But I'm hoping to unlock the Jedi!
However, I might not use the one everyone else on SSG is, cause I'm in Colorado and sometimes my AOL messes up. I'll try it and see how it goes.


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Web Stories
'Adlai Stevenson: The Man from Libertyville' to Screen on Campus
Posted March 2, 2000; 10:29 a.m.
The public is invited to attend a screening of 'Adlai Stevenson: The Man from Libertyville,' a PBS documentary that vividly chronicles the life of Adlai E. Stevenson, the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in 1952 and 1956. Produced by Andrew Schlesinger in 1989-1990 and narrated by Gregory Peck, this ninety-minute documentary is being shown as part of festivities marking the one hundredth anniversary of Stevenson's birth. The screening will take place on Thursday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Betts Auditorium at Princeton University's School of Architecture. The producer, who has won two Emmy Awards and a Writers Guild Award, will be present to talk about his work and answer questions from the audience.


text: I prefer a 10 turn nail knot for leader to line when the line and core can carry the strain - most braided cores O.K. I generally use 11-12 foot leaders including bite tippit in the Fl surf for snook. The ocean where I live is mostly like a pond and the snook are spooky. My problem with this is that when it's blowing 10-12 from the East I cannot turn over the leader even with a 10wt. I know if I went down to a 5-6 foot leader system - which would be O.K. in a real surf - I would be O.K. BUT I would then have to tie a new nail knot with a shorter leader OR keep the nail knot and go loop to loop from the butt to the rest of the leader and I think loops cause some wind drag and loss of efficiency. And this is my question: while handy, do you think multiple loops-to-loops in a leader causes wind drag - shortens the cast? The reason I think it might is that I now remove the 3D eyes from my EP flies and epoxy on flat holographic eyes, and the difference in casting is dramatic.


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Track Similar to domestic dog's, but in a nearly straight line; hindfeet usually come down in foreprints. 4 toes print, all with claws. Foreprint about 2 3/8" (62 mm) long, hindprint slightly smaller. Straddle about 68" (150200 mm). Stride 13" (330 mm) when walking, 24" (600 mm) when trotting, 30" (750 mm) or more when running; much wider gaps signify leaps.
Sign Long, meandering, habitually used hunting trails or runways. Tracks and scat most often seen where runways intersect or on a hillock or open spot, vantage points where Coyotes linger to watch for prey.
Dens: Favored sites are riverbanks, well-drained slopes, sides of canyons, and gulches. Den mouths usually 12' (3060 cm) wide, often marked by mound or fan of earth and tracks.
Scat: Typically canine; often full of hair and usually deposited on runway.