text:
Obama: "I do think at a certain point you've made enough money"
posted at 8:48 am on April 29, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
Via News Alert and Breitbart TV, consider this Share the Wealth 2010. Barack Obama went off the TelePrompter in his speech to a Quincy, Illinois audience about Wall Street reform. After saying that Democrats don't begrudge success that's "fairly earned," Obama then ad-libs — and reveals more about himself than he probably wanted:
We're not, we're not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that's fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money. But, you know, part of the American way is, you know, you can just keep on making it if you're providing a good product or providing good service. We don't want people to stop, ah, fulfilling the core responsibilities of the financial system to help grow our economy.
Compare that to his remarks as prepared for delivery:
Now, we're not doing this to punish these firms or begrudge success that's fairly earned. We don't want to stop them from fulfilling their responsibility to help grow our economy.
He should have stuck with the TelePrompter. The President doesn't get to decide when people have "made enough money." In fact, as the radio host notes, that's a statist point of view. Furthermore, the responsibility of an entrepreneur isn't to "grow our economy," core or otherwise. It's to grow his own economy. In a properly regulated capitalist system, the natural tension of self-interests create economic growth through innovation and efficient use of capital and resources.
Put simply, a free people work for themselves, not for the government. Barack Obama seems to have a problem understanding that.
Related Posts:
Breaking on Hot Air
Susan Rice: Who, me? I didn't "misuse" any of that intel I got on Trump's people
- Thursday's Reading Room « scottwilder.com
- Stones Cry Out - If they keep silent… » Just how much money am I allowed to make?
- Mark Levin: I told you Obama was a Marxist- The Right Scoop
- Define "enough", Mr. President
- Obama: "I do think at a certain point, you've made enough money" | A Small Corner of Sanity
- A Small Corner of Sanity
- ichannel
- Obama Says: "I do think at a certain point you've made enough money" | Political Byline
- Defend America
- Interesting comment from Pres. Obama « Bailouts and more bailouts
- Video: Obama *Really* Doesn't Understand How Free Market Capitolism Works « Nice Deb
- Wolves of Liberty
- The Politics Of Ugly: Arizona, Immigration, Obama's Birth Certificate, Rezko, Cap And Trade, Jobs, – And The Beautiful Hillary Clinton Hillary Is 44
- Obama off the teleprompter | Jason Hayes – Musing
- Obama: "I do think at a certain point you've made enough money" « THE BLACK KETTLE
- IMAO » Blog Archive » Points Obama May Have Crossed
- President Barack Obama: "I do think at a certain point you've made enough money." | KimPriestap
- Jesus is Lord, A Worshipping Christian's Blog » Blog Archive » Obama: "I Do Think At a Certain Point You've Made Enough Money"
- "Money will come when you are doing the right thing." « Temple of Mut
- Official Obama Administration Flip-Flops List (& More!) – Page 25 | Conservative American
- Off Script Obama: "You Make Too Much Money" | IgnorantME
- By Obama, you've made enough money! « Public Secrets
- Washington Rebel
- Confederate Yankee
- They Just Never Stop
- "At A Certain Point You've Made Enough Money" « QC Examiner
- Villainous Company
- Obama thinks there is a point where you've made enough money « Wintery Knight
- YOUR Pay Is Not 'Above Obama's Pay Grade' | NewsReal Blog
- Wizbang
- Sure, but how do we know when we've made enough money to still have a comfortable living after we pay all the taxes and fees and costs and interest you Feds are going to drop on us? « The TrogloPundit
- *Your Pay* Is Not 'Above Obama's Pay Grade' | RedState
- Does Obama Think You Make Too Much Money? | Conservative Patriot HQ
- Ed Morrissey nails it | Questions and Observations
- Rhymes With Right
- — ExposeTheMedia.com
- Instapundit » Blog Archive » WANT TO GET RICH? WORK FOR THE FEDS. "As of 2008, the average federal salary was $119,982, compare…
- "You've Made Enough Money"
- YOUR Pay Is Not 'Above Obama's Pay Grade' « Snark And Boobs
- Wannabe populist President's friends are all millionaires « Olliander
- Liberalism On Display - Page 3
- President Obama "I do think at a certain point you've made enough money" « Smart and silly
- Welcome to Socialist Obamaland, Obama: "I do think at a certain point you've made enough money" | Scared Monkeys
- Fausta's Blog » Blog Archive » Obama thinks you've made enough money, and that it's his to take
- The Angry White Guy » Blog Archive » 'I Do Think at Some Point You've Done Enough Damage to the Country'
- House of Eratosthenes
- Barack Obama, America's Selective Salary Policeman | NewsReal Blog
- Anonymous
- Obama and Too Much Money
- Obama: "I do think at a certain point you've made enough money"
- Barack Obama, America's Selective Salary Policeman « Thoughts Of A Conservative Christian
- Anonymous
- Obama's Way — The New Clarion
- Anonymous
- The Prez Wants to Decide | The LALA Blog
- barry thinks you make too much at a certain point... - Expedite Trucking Forums
- Bloodthirsty Liberal » "I Do Think at a Certain Point You've Made Enough Money"
- Moonbattery
- Random thoughts « Garnette's View
- The Rocky Mile » Blog Archive » How much is in your wallet?
- Sad New World - Conservator
- Cutsie Communist « Porcupine Rim
- This Is What Happens When He Goes Off The Teleprompter « Around The Sphere
- Hard Starboard
- The Gorey Details of Carbon | Clarion Advisory
- Kicking the Table Legs | Just Me Ranting
- The House that Hypocrisy Built : America's Right
- Doug Wallace » Hard Work Is a Human Right— Entitlement is a Form of Charity
- Soccer Dad
- Cold Fury » What they are, what they do
- President Obama's Marxist Principles #1
- Anonymous
- Cassy Fiano » Memo For File CXIX
- Tax Dunk « The Illustrated Conservative
- Tax Hikes on the Rich Won't Work «
- Tax Hikes on the Rich Won't Work By Julie Borowski on Sep 27, 2010 | RamonaWeb.org
- Giving Thanks for American Ingenuity | Conservatives for America
- americanconservativenews.com » Blog Archive » Class Warriors Got What They Wished For
- Animal's Daily News | Animal Magnetism
- Class Warriors Got What They Wished For « Swashbuckling, Liberty & Waffles
- Obama Mistakes List – Page 28 | Conservative American
- Barack Obama: Fairness Monger-in-Chief « Clear Thinking
- capitalism is great…just don't tell anyone « Jacob Clingan
- Obama's latest propaganda: Tax hikes are "spending reductions" | Thinklets
- You already earn too much, why complain about gas prices? |
- President Obama's Spread the Grade Philosophy « Sarah Palin Information Blog
- #4 on Top 10 Tea Party Bloggers List « Sarah Palin Information Blog
- The Top 10 Tea Party Bloggers You Need to Read | North Star Tea Party Patriots
- Chicago Boyz » Blog Archive » Why I like Coolidge and why we are not recovering.
- The Collapse of a Rotten Edifice « Cliftonchadwick's Blog
- Michelle Malkin » Obamanomics: Damn those ATMs and airport kiosks!
- Obamanomics: Damn those ATMs and airport kiosks! | Conservatives for America
- Obama – Innovation and increased productivity a "structural issue" | Radio Vice Online
- Obama Made $5m In 2009 And Tells Us We've Made Enough?
- Gipper disguise exposes the true Obama: Political opportunist and hypocrite | Thinklets
- To a Liberal, Taxation Is About "Fairness" « Blogs For Victory
- Why Bother? Let It Fall
- We Are John Galt | THE RICKARDS REVIEW
- Obama knows when you've made enough money « Full Metal Patriot
- How much is too much profit? Ask Obama | Set You Free News


text:
Selena Gomez Elle Mexico Cover
Selena Gomez looks sultry and old hollywood on the cover of Elle Mexico, in Altuzarra and Gucci.
photo: stylebistro.com
Dawn Del Russo is a fashion stylist, on-air style expert seen on the Glamour Magazine Show"Dress to Kill Extra TV, The Meredith Vieira Show, Fox 5, CBS, NBC, E News! among others. Dawn's fashion tips have been in national print InStyle, Cosmo, Real Simple, Life and Style and US Weekly magazine. She is the author of "101 Glam Girl Ways to an Ultra Chic Lifestyle." Chosen by Neiman Marcus as a "Woman Who Rock." Dawn is known for her ability to find the most sought after pieces as a stylist for her model, celebrity, and high profile clients. She attributes her designer taste from travel abroad while seeking unique pieces for her boutique belladawn.com and livetheglamour.com.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
|>> Archive: Salmon & Steelhead Flies Spey flies to mixed wings, new innovations
|Topic Review (Newest First)
|Sharp Steelie
Have been experimenting for years (since 1986). The catch
rate ratio between the simple patterns/nymphs and the
more traditional patterns (Atlantic Salmon/Steelhead/Speys)
has been staggering. Because of my work schedule for
years, have always had the opportunity to get out on
weekdays when pressure is light and do some real testing.
In my opinion and from what I have learned the fly does make
a difference. If I'm going out to catch Steelhead or Salmon
on a fly I have no doubt what the most effective patterns are.
On the other side of the house, it is alwasy fun to create
something new to try. If the pattern doesn't work - it goes
in the recycling bin. Simply put - I tie flies to catch fish not
fishermen. Have had so much fun and success that I figure
it's time to share for the benefit of some others - specifically
those just starting out.
Have a great week.
Sharp Steelie
So, does RA's beloved intruders fall under the KISS method??
All in jest. I have a preference for the spey flies myself, in part the "art" and energy required to make a good one, but also because of their effectiveness. can't argue with 30-40 years on west coast steelhead success, and a couple centuries of swingin' in the old world.
Like many have said, having confidence in your fly maybe the single most influential aspect of your fishing. With a fly you have confidence in, the more intent and carefull you'll fish, and will concentrate on the swing, ready for the take... I have that confidence in the spey/Glasso flies I've tied, not the simple hairwing down at the fly shop....
I dunno...
Here in Lake Ontario, New York State took some basic rainbows, and by playing with light in the hatcheries, altered their spawning habits to make 'em FALL spawners. The true steelheads (and Skamies) are spring spawners. BOTH varieties are stocked in tribs leading into the lake. I heard that this was done to keep 'em separate.
In the fall, you can catch some beautifully marked RAINBOWS of extraordinary size. Normal rainbow markings, as well. You will also see them on redds, in the act of spawning. But you can catch some steelies, as well.
The 11-pounder I got last October, following the kings upstream, was caught on an egg pattern while fishing for lake-run browns, and had the most beautiful "typical rainbow" coloration you could ask for. Most of the "steelheads" I catch in the fall are so marked, but I do get some typical silvery "true steelheads" - at least that's what the coloration tells me.
I don't know if the other GL states are similarly affected, but that seems to be true for the streams of western Lake Ontario.
Sorry to throw some confusion into the game, but it's all relevant, I guess.
|Sharp Steelie
Riveraddict - I completely agree with you. FUNCTION is
the key to effective fly patterns - specifically for Steelhead.
I have personally tied just about every type of fly there
is with a few exceptions. I prefer to tie flies that fish will
readily take. Why go fly fishing to not catch Steelhead. There
really is something to the K.I.S.S. theory.
Wow, does this mean that I should now start fishing my beloved North Umpqua summer steelhead like they are Great Lakes fish (you know, they spawn in the spring, too)?? Throw away over 30 years of experience of swinging classic flies and now start fishing egg flies? I think I'm going to cry.
Back to the original question at hand...
One thing to keep in mind about the GL (Great Lakes) fishery is that a significant number of the steelhead enter into the rivers in the Fall prior to the Spring that they will spawn, with others continueing to trickle into the rivers throughout the onset of early winter. These particular fish have not taken on the "mindset" of spawning, and will actively feed, in fact quite aggressively at times. When they first enter into the river they can act very much like opportunistic trout and bite just about anything that is thrown their way. But, as they accrue more time in the river, they "key in" and become more "adjusted" to the food forms that are actually present - salmon eggs until the middle/end of December, then nymphs - and like any resident trout, they start to become "selective". Once "residualized" to the river, GL steelhead are "keyed" to food items that drift naturally with the current, as that is the most likely means with which the most prevalent and common forms of food found in that environment present themselves to the steelhead. These fish will also assume holding spots that will have more to do with feeding than resting, and will remain in them for greatly extended periods of time as compared with PNW (Pacific Northwest) winter steelhead. These facts have a great deal to do with the popularity of egg flies and natural looking nymphs in the GL region. Swinging flies for GL steelhead works, but most certainly not to the degree that dead drifting glo-bugs or nymphs does. For GL steelheaders it comes down to whether one wishes to fish most effectively (dead drift glo-bugs and nymphs), or whether one wishes to catch steelhead in a manner that is more personally pleasing/satisfactory (swinging flies - whether they be Woolly Buggers or Speys).
Here in the PNW we deal with a different set of parameters. When our winter fish enter into freshwater, Mother Nature has already "turned off" their need to feed. This does not mean that they will absolutely not feed, but rather that the "desire" to do so is much reduced or non-existent. Also, the sections of rivers we fish basically can be looked upon as "highways" for steelhead traveling to reach upriver spawning areas. These spawning areas are closed to angling at that time of year. This means that we are fishing for steelhead that will "hold" in our part of the river only temporarily, a few hours up to a couple of days, and that our steelhead select their holding spots solely for their ability to provide temporary sanctuary or refuge. Our rivers are also considerably larger in average volume, and usually contain less fish than the GL rivers do. All of this adds up to the fact that winter steelheading in the PNW boils down to a "searching" game, as we cannot predict at ANY time, which particular piece of water will have any steelhead in it, or even where in a particular piece of water a fish will necessarily be holding. Fortunately, because our steelhead are not feeding but do seem to retain a "reflex" feeding response under the right circumstances (thus not "selective), coupled with the fact that their most recent feeding "memory" is oceanic, we are allowed considerable lattitude in the flies that we fish, along with their presentations. These conditons all contribute to the wider variety of flies that can be used successfully out here in the PNW, and also is why the swinging of flies (whatever particular type) is a popular and effective approach of flyfishing steelhead here.
It is true that for many anglers art will actually overtake function when it comes to tying flies... and PNW steelhead are very accomodating to such pursuits. And, as long as the fly is productive enough to keep its creator satisfied, then what the heck! What I don't get though, is how many folks will spend inordinate amounts of time to get some aesthetically pleasing aspect of a fly just right, but won't invest hardly any time at all into improving the actual FUNCTION of the fly.
You totally missed my point. Your post implied heavily that it was the particular fly that you were using that was responsible for catching that steelhead, and that the other patterns being used were somehow "not right" for that situation, as "confirmed" by the fact that that yours was the only steelhead caught. I am stating the case that THE CATCHING OF ONE FISH, especially on the piece of water involved, and under the conditions that were at hand, is not enough basis for drawing such a conclusion, or presenting the situation in a way that implies such a conclusion. I too have made multiple passes on that bar hundreds of times (at least) over many years and have done as you do - changed flies during successive passes. I have also fished it numerous times by making several passes while using the same fly each time. Personally, I have found NO difference in success rate between the two approaches as long as there wasn't some obvious change in conditions (this of course assuming that one is using a fly that is "appropriate" to begin with). I have experimented with many different approaches to fishing that piece of water, and have accumulated extensive observations and experiences there, much of it back in the days when there were actually large numbers of fish during our Winter/Spring runs, and have concluded that at most times the fish being caught there are MOVING fish, and only TEMPORARILY holding, and that with each passing minute the numbers of fish and their locations on that particular piece of water is a constantly changing factor, therefore considering the dynamic variables, it is not a good place to try and establish the effectiveness of one fly against another
You are right in what you state. Besides, if steelheading were "scientific" it wouldn't be such an appealing sport to those of us that are "off" enough to pursue it with great passion. However, given enough experience, combined with an aptitude for observation, one can definitely establish patterns of steelhead behavior and circumstances, and this of course helps determine fly selection. I personally do not believe in "magic fly patterns", but instead base my selection of a fly on GENERAL size, silhouette, and color. I believe that all fly patterns that are of the same general size, silhouette, and color, will have absolutely the same impact on a fish, during the same conditions, regardless of whether it is an Ally's Shrimp, G.P., or Intruder, etc., etc.
|Exactly!!! tip one back for me!!!!!
Yup! It is pure theory and it ain't worth debating here in the forum. It is best left for time away from the river in the company of fly fishing friends and some quality whisky.
Are we going to start ANOTHER thread debating the merits of one fly type vs. another, intruder vs. hairwing vs. full dress feather wing vs. spey vs. a piece of burlap/estaz wrapped on a hook?? For all of the hypothosizing and theorizing I've seen on other threads of this subject what flies do/don't when, where and how they "trigger" a response and all the things we THINK we can control, the biggest and most important wild card, the action/reaction of the fish (and their movement through a run, where they there, or weren't they there the previous pass, a change in light on the water, did it get up on the right or the left side of the bed that morning.........:eyecrazy: :hehe: :hehe: ), has been and ALWAYS WILL BE unpredictable. Sure, like all other things wild, we can begin to establish patterns of where we expect them to hold in a run, when they MAY be there, and what kinds of presentations MIGHT entice them to bite, but ultimately whether or not it does is completely up to the fish, and the fish alone; at best, all we can hope to do is give it the opportunity to make that mistake.
Until someone can absolutely, repeatedly demonstrate that the EXACT SAME FISH, under the EXACT SAME conditions, with the EXACT SAME fly and the EXACT SAME presentation (with their @#$* on the exact same side of their drawers/wader?? ), why one fly caught a fish in a run, while another fly didn't is purely theory and speculation... Scientific Method fellas...
Tho I must admit I do enjoy some of the battles and bickering---some of you guys take this WAY to seriously!! What, are you trying to make a living fishing or something?!?!? :eyecrazy: :eyecrazy: I jest, fellas...
Here's theory for ya, I "observe" such behavior amongst "forum partiicipants" most often and at its peak when the rivers are blown, the steelhead runs suck, they're havin' to work instead of fish, the season ends (poor OP bastards...)... Solution?? Go Fishing!!!!
my $1.25--keep the change....
And on other days it is a different fly that gets the fish.
I have fished that run many times when sharing it with 7 or 8 fisherman when only one fly type has caught steelhead. And I have fished it when nearly any fly caught fish.
It may well have been a recently arrived fish that was willing to take; but it could have just as easily been a fish that was there for several hours that was a player with only one fly type. I have seen on the Skagit/Sauk and other rivers with both summer and winter fish.
The first time through I had an Orange Heron on and got nothing. The second time through, per my usual practive whether summer or winter, I changed to a different type and style fly and got a fish.
I began the practice of changing to a diffrent style and type of fly on any subsequent pass through a run about 10 years ago after reading in Kelson's SALMON FLY why he changed fly style and type each time he went through a run. I have found a taker on the new fly style and type often enough that I think Kelson was right in his assertion about a different type and style of fly may well by the difference between going fishless and getting a fish.
Does it always work, no; but it works more often than going through a second time with the same fly or type of fly as the first time through.
I should probably just let this one go, but seeing as how I just ditched a two day migraine and am now feeling a bit spunky, here goes...
Missed two? In my book that is totally inconclusive and shaky grounds for judging the effectiveness of a fly. Two what? Dollies? Suckers? Sticks? Rocks? C'mon, lets be real and go by "hard" facts. One steelhead was landed. It was on at least the second pass that ALL of us had made through that run. Said run is 200+ yards long, is well known as a "moving fish" run, and it was evening - light fading as we fished. Regardless of the order in which we were (you were #1 in line as a matter of fact), the fact is that under said circumstances no experienced steelheader would conclude that it was the fly the made the difference of catching the only fish of the evening. Don't mean to pick on you Flytyer, but that piece of water is infamous for putting out fish in random order regardless of who you are, how far you can cast, what fly you are using, etc., etc. That is one of the reasons that I love fishing it.
|Of *course* it was the Ally's Shrimp.
You are wrong in your guess. I purposely left out which one was illicited the takes because it was not germaine to the illustration. However, since you asked a direct question, it was the Ally's Shrimp.
I don't have the patience to sit down and tie ultra fancy flies anymore. KISS= I have simplified most of my staple spey patterns and still can't stomach more than a half dozen the one day a month I force myself to sit and tie. The creative tying juices dried up 7 or 8 years ago. I guess the season has to be looming to get the motivation. However I do derive great pleasure from fishing 'artful' flies, it's that I don't go over the top anymore. Are they more effective? Only because I have complete confidence and they stay tied to the leader.
Now Flytyer, you left that one wide open on WHICH fly had the action. Taking a stab I would guess it was a LARGE prawn type pattern with lead eyes. Could be wrong though...
|This thread has more than 15 replies. Click here to review the whole thread.
|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:
Note: This message is displayed if (1) your browser is not standards-compliant or (2) you have you disabled CSS. Read our Policies for more information.
In August of 2010, the State of Indiana began a pilot program for a Managed Print Services initiative. This initiative, known as Smart Printing Agencies (SPA), strives to reduce cost and increase efficiency, further optimizing the state's document output within the day-to-day office environment, ultimately better serving Hoosier taxpayers. The SPA Team, composed of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Office of Technology (IOT), the Department of Administration (IDOA), and the Commission on Public Records (ICPR) will implement this concept throughout the government campus, while instituting guidelines to statewide users.
Please direct questions to: firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have." - Thomas Jefferson
Reports say both his regular viewers are upset.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the buyout of NBC?
"The thing I admire about the rat tail is that it takes commitment. It's not like one day you just decide you want one, you have to grow out that bad boy and you have to repeatedly convince the hairdresser to trust you because it's a great idea."
He may be done.
Burning bridges regards,
M&K's HR UH Tucker of Texoma JH
M&K's SHR Prime Black Angus
M&K's Miss Jessie Girl JH
Sir Jacob of Lakeview-Jake
Freeway JYD
Mike Whitworth
May be able to get on the Oprah network. Although with their ratings hurting, they might not want to take another hit.
Bill Davis
We could recycle Rush! He was absolutely marvelous!
This is what he was all about!:
Vinny last hunting year
53 pheasants in South Dakota 200 + ducks in Idaho
Lasting memories Vinny was 13+ years old!
might be heading to mad dog (sports talk) sirius radio. they've been talking about it all morning.
"For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required." -- Luke 12:48
Raven - Moneybird's Black Magic Marker***
(Esprit's Power Play x Trumarc's Lean Cuisine)
Mick - Moneybird's Jumpin' Jack Flash***
(Clubmead's Road Warrior x Oakdale Whitewater Devil Dog)
Peerless - Moneybird's Sole Survivor
(Two River's Lucky Willie x Moneybird's Black Magic Marker)


text:
I got the old one when it went on clearance. One of the few VvV sets I did get. I do think the colors look better on this release, though.
For a question, not sure how universal it'd be, but I'd love to have it:
"Although his scene appears to have been cut, Joe guru Larry Hama played a NATO general in GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Obviously, Mr. Hama wouldn't be a candidate for a mainline action figure, but have you considered (or would you consider) producing him as a convention exclusive? Something tells us he might be really popular with the attendees at Comic-Con, especially with the rumored continuation of the classic comic book series."
Or maybe...
"Some time ago, you said in a Q&A response that, though the 25th Anniversary line was on hiatus, some classic characters would find their way into the Rise of Cobra line. However, a few of these are very different from their classic counterparts (like Dial-Tone, who's now a woman), or exist in very different form in the movie (like Cover Girl). Any chance we might see more 'classic' versions of these characters to fit in with our existing 25th Anniversary collections?"


text:
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra exploring possibility of returning to Iran
Orchestra's potential tour seen as the equivalent of pingpong diplomacyJanuary 17, 2014 5:01 AM
Officials from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the American Middle East Institute are in discussions to arrange a potentially groundbreaking concert tour to Iran this September.
The symphony performed in Iran in 1964, one of the last American orchestras to do so. Relations between the two countries have been marked by several political standoffs since then, most recently over Iran's nuclear aspirations.
The negotiations with Iran about the concert tour, which have occurred with the knowledge of State Department officials, have only recently turned serious. Principals in the talks acknowledge that many hurdles, on both sides, remain. Relations between the two nations are sensitive, and any number of unexpected developments could endanger the PSO's potential trip, which could also include a visit to the nearby Persian Gulf nation of Oman.
Despite the challenges, the notion of a musical and diplomatic overture is being examined at the highest levels in Tehran and Washington.
"They still have a lot of details to work out, but we're going to stay in close touch with them as this goes forward," said Gregg Sullivan, senior adviser for Iran at the State Department.
"If we succeed in taking the symphony for this breakthrough concert [tour] in Tehran, it will be a sensation," said Simin Yazdgerdi Curtis, president and CEO of the American Middle East Institute.
Representatives of the PSO and AMEI are planning an advance visit to Iran next month during the country's Fajr International Music Festival.
"We have been invited to come over to begin preliminary discussions," said Robert Moir, the PSO's senior vice president of artistic development and audience engagement.
That February trip is pending visa approval, said Mrs. Curtis, who is part Iranian and used to live in Iran but hasn't been back since 1968.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the PSO's 1964 visit to Iran.That anniversary serves as a primary motivator for the tour, as does the possibility of cultural diplomacy.
The State Department sponsored that 1964 trip to Europe and the Middle East, with stops in Poland, West Germany, Lebanon and several other countries. The tour marked the PSO's first outside of North America and was led by then music director William Steinberg.
"That was, unquestionably, the most significant commitment any orchestra ever made to performing cultural diplomacy, just by virtue of the fact that they were on the road for 11 weeks, much of it behind the Iron Curtain," Mr. Moir said.
PSO music director Manfred Honeck, who would conduct the pending tour, strongly supports the idea, Mr. Moir said.
The trip would be a partnership with the PSO and the Pittsburgh-based AMEI, a nonprofit that seeks to build business, cultural and educational ties to the Middle East. One of the conditions of the tour is that the PSO would not draw from its own operating budget. AMEI would be responsible for fundraising, including reaching out to individuals and local foundations, Mrs. Curtis said. The current cost is estimated to be roughly $4 million, she said.
Mrs. Curtis, who is the honorary consul of Oman in Pittsburgh, plans to visit Oman before heading to Iran next month. She said she would like to bring the PSO there during the tour, too.
"If I can make it happen, I will make it happen," she said. "We're not at that level of detail yet."
The PSO and AMEI had discussed the possibility of touring Iran in 2009, but major protests following the Iranian presidential election at that time steered those plans off course, Mrs. Curtis said. Realizing the 50th anniversary was coming up, Mrs. Curtis and Mr. Moir revisited the idea last summer, she said. They were even able to secure a meeting with Mohammad Ali Najafi, director of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, that took place at the ONE UN New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly in September, Mrs. Curtis said.
There are several obstacles that the organizations must overcome on the bureaucratic levels, including sanctions provisions and visa considerations, Mr. Sullivan, the State Department official, said. Those are on top of the PSO's own considerations, including securing an invitation from the Iranian government and security issues, Mr. Moir said.
If negotiations produce an agreement, the 2014 tour, would represent American cultural outreach to one of the nations that then President George W. Bush included in his "Axis of Evil." President Barack Obama's administration has initiated efforts to establish a dialogue with Iran, often to bitter criticism from conservatives and Jewish groups.
In the past half-century, American cultural icons have called on geopolitical foes, offering a human touch under tense diplomatic circumstances.
"A symphony orchestra can accomplish historic symbolic breakthroughs in the form of these kinds of missions of cultural diplomacy," Mr. Moir said.
The Philadelphia Orchestra traveled to China in 1973, the year after President Richard Nixon made his monumental visit there and two years after American table tennis players stepped on Chinese soil in what became known as pingpong diplomacy. The New York Philharmonic Orchestra traveled to North Korea in 2008.
In 1987, the PSO was the first American orchestra to visit China in that decade. The symphony then performed in the Soviet Union in 1989.
The PSO also attracted attention in 2004 by becoming the first American orchestra to play for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
The U.S. has not had formal diplomatic relations with Iran for over three decades. Instead, the American government pursues "a two-track approach to Iran," Mr. Sullivan said. There are sanctions on the one hand and "people-to-people ties" on the other, including educational, cultural and sports exchanges between the two nations. In 2013, for instance, the U.S. and Iranian wrestling teams engaged in reciprocal visits to the other country. A possible orchestra tour falls into the latter category.
"It would certainly be consistent with the people-to-people engagement and societal linkages we've been promoting between the U.S. and Iranian people," Mr. Sullivan said.
The PSO would be interested in playing music by Iranian and American composers along with core repertoire and performing alongside Iranian soloists, Mr. Moir said. The PSO's two concerts in Tehran in 1964 featured works by Berlioz, Brahms, Copland, Hindemith, Mahler, Piston, Ravel, Schubert and Weber. In addition to concerts, "other activities may be proposed and considered," he said.
The 1964 tour occurred in a different era of Iran-U.S. relations, when Iran was ruled by the shah. Prime Minister Hassan Ali Mansour and Cabinet ministers attended the PSO's first concert in Iran.
Still, as Pittsburgh Post-Gazette music critic Donald Steinfirst observed from Tehran, "The appearance here of the orchestra under the auspices of the State Department, U.S. Ambassador Julius Holmes and the Iran American Society was a great strike for the cultural image of America."
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have been fraught since Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq was overthrown, with the help of the CIA, in 1953. They only spiked when 52 Americans were taken hostage after Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. For several years now, the U.S., the European Union and other countries have been imposing tough economic sanctions on Iran in an attempt to get it to curtail its nuclear development program.
Still, those icy relations may be thawing. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was elected in June, and many analysts believe him to be moderate in comparison to his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
"We've seen a change in rhetoric coming out of Tehran," said Mr. Sullivan.
P5+1 countries, a group that includes the U.S., recently reached a temporary agreement by which Iran will receive financial relief in exchange for stalling or rolling back its nuclear program. The six-month agreement goes into effect Monday.
The Joint Plan of Action is a matter of considerable controversy, fed by concerns that it could financially equip Iran to increase its nuclear capabilities at a later time. The U.S. Senate is considering legislation that would increase sanctions on Iran. The bill has bipartisan support.
Iran was one of many stops on the three-month tour in 1964 that would take the PSO "21,000 miles through 14 countries and West Berlin," according to a Post-Gazette article written at the time. President Lyndon B. Johnson wrote a note wishing the orchestra "bon voyage" for the long trip.
"I am confident that you will be outstanding representatives of our nation's creative vitality and high standards of performance," Johnson wrote.
Correction (posted Jan. 23): This article no longer states that the PSO was the last American orchestra to perform in Iran. The Los Angeles Philharmonic performed there in October 1967 on the occasion of the coronation of the shah. In addition, the repertoire of the 1964 PSO concerts has been corrected.
Elizabeth Bloom: email@example.com or 412-263-1750. Twitter: @BloomPG.


text:
Toggle: English / Spanish
Rhabdomyolysis is the breakdown of muscle tissue that leads to the release of muscle fiber contents into the blood. These substances are harmful to the kidney and often cause kidney damage.
When muscle is damaged, a protein called myoglobin is released into the bloodstream. It is then filtered out of the body by the kidneys. Myoglobin breaks down into substances that can damage kidney cells.
Rhabdomyolysis may be caused by injury or other any condition that damages skeletal muscle.
Problems that may lead to this disease include:
Other symptoms that may occur with this disease:
A physical exam will show tender or damaged skeletal muscles.
The following tests may be done:
This disease may also affect the results of the following tests:
You will need to get fluids containing bicarbonate to help prevent kidney damage. You may need to get fluids through a vein (IV). Some people may need kidney dialysis.
Your doctor may prescribe medicines including diuretics and bicarbonate (if there is enough urine output).
The outcome depends on the amount of kidney damage. Acute kidney failure occurs in many patients. Getting treated soon after rhabdomyolysis begins will reduce the risk of permanent kidney damage.
People with milder cases may return to their normal activities within a few weeks to a month. However, some people continue to have problems with fatigue and muscle pain.
Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of rhabdomyolysis.
Drink plenty of fluids after strenuous exercise. This will help to dilute your urine and flush any myoglobin that is released from your muscles out of your kidneys. Also drink a lot of fluids after any condition that may have damaged skeletal muscle.
O'Connor FG, Deuster PA. Rhabdomyolysis. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 115.
Shafuddin AA, Weisbord SD, Palevsky PM, et al. Acute kidney injury. In: Taal MW, Chertow GM, Marsden PA et al. eds. Brenner and Rector's The Kidney. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 30.
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:
Taking guns away from the general public, will only leave a defenseless public, against a well armed criminal element. Criminals are not law abiding citizens!
Taking guns away from the general public, will only leave a defenseless public, against a well armed criminal element. Criminals are not law abiding citizens!
Jonathon Lord
Lord's Playin' it Hot "Fiddle"
Im sick of supposed 2nd amendment supporters claiming that the 2nd amendment was intended to gaurantee our right to keep guns for deer or quail hunting purposes. To mme that is "politically correct Bullsh*t"
Our 2nd amend rights are guaranteed to us by the founding fathers to ensure that a well armed public could defend themselves from people Overreaching government actors, foreign invaders, violent criminals etc.....not deer or quail.
Lets quit pussyfooting around it. That implicitly would involve using ouir gun rights to kill people
I own several firearms. I use them to hunt, plink and train dogs. While they could be used to defend my domicile, I have no interest in killing people. People that own firearms for the sole purpose of wanting to kill somebody, when the opportunity arises, need help in my estimation. It just fuels the gun phobic people who want to take your and my firearms away.
Last edited by zeus3925; 12-03-2012 at 08:39 AM.
I don't want to feed an ugly dog!
There is always MORE........he is some more.........Chiefs linebacker Belcher struggled with head injuries, alcohol and painkillers before he snapped and killed girlfriend:
By TARA PALMERI and BART HUBBUCH in KANSAS CITY, MO., and LEONARD GREENE in NY
Last Updated: 7:07 AM, December 3, 2012
Posted: 5:32 PM, December 2, 2012
Kansas City Chiefs linebacker and former Long Island high-school star Jovan Belcher was allegedly battling football-related head injuries and booze, painkiller and domestic problems when he snapped and murdered his girlfriend before killing himself in front of two coaches Saturday.
A pal of Belchers told the Web site Deadspin.com that Kasandra Perkins, the mother of Belchers 3-month-old daughter, had threatened to leave him for good amid fighting between the pair.
The couple had only recently reconciled after Perkins left their rented house in Kansas City with the baby at one point to stay with friends. Perkins had returned, but friends said the relationship was still volatile.
Kansas City Chiefs running back Jovan Belcher (right) battled head injuries, drugs and alcohol before he snapped and killed his girlfriend Michele Perkins (left), friends said.BELCHER'S MOM WILL RAISE ORPHANED BABY ON LI FOLLOWING TRAGEDY
It didnt help that he was drinking every day and taking painkillers while dealing with the effects of debilitating head injuries, the friend said.
Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said today that Belcher was "a player who had not had a long concussion history.
Belcher, 25, and Perkins, 22, had argued for the last time when she returned home late from a concert Saturday morning. But the Belcher friend said the concert was only a tipping point.
This was the result of a long-term conflict, the pal said. She made it clear that she was leaving and would contact a lawyer to fight for custody and child support.
Cops today revealed that Belcher shot Perkins nine times before committing suicide with a different gun. His mother witnessed the slaying; she had been in town to help Perkins with the new baby, sources have said.
Belchers mother, Cheryl Shepherd, will now take custody of the couples infant daughter and plans to return with the child to the familys West Babylon home, where her troubled son grew up, his relatives said.
The kin said the baby was in another room when Belcher snapped and unloaded on Perkins.
[Shepherds] taking it as anyone else would've taken it, said Belchers cousin, Eric Oakes, 20, who lives in the moms renovated house where Belcher grew up. She just lost a son. We're all coming together.
Oakes, wearing a game-warn Chiefs jersey with Belchers number 59 on it, said his cousin was his role model.
"[He's] always trying to steer me right. That's the only person I wanted to be like. A role model, basically my father. He's the person who made me play football, said Oakes, who played running back for West Babylon HS.
In Kansas City, relatives trickled in an out of the home that had become a murder scene.
I think she was home alone a lot, said Kristen Van Meter, 31, a neighbor who went to community college with the victim. He was kind of quiet. he would come and go.
When he was there, she said, there were lots of parties.
Stan b & Elvis
I started a thread the day after the nat elections that dealt in more detail with the question of the 2nd amendment. Here is the link to a pivotal Supreme Court decision (I really recommend reading the whole opinion as it has some great historical references that deal specifically with the defense against govt idea) and some excerpts from that decision.
It is a transcript of Justice Scalia's majority opinion in "District of Columbia vs. Heller". It is a long read, and there are many very interesting passages. I would recommend that anyone interested in the thinking behind the primary arguments for the individual right to keep and bear arms take an hour or so to read it. I am sure that I will read it several times to be sure that I understand it, but I have included three short passages that I find quite salient.
"It is therefore entirely sensible that the Second Amendment 's prefatory clause announces the purpose for which the right was codified: to prevent elimination of the militia. The prefatory clause does not suggest that preserving the militia was the only reason Americans valued the ancient right; most undoubtedly thought it even more important for self-defense and hunting. But the threat that the new Federal Government would destroy the citizens' militia by taking away their arms was the reason that right—unlike some other English rights—was codified in a written Constitution. Justice Breyer's assertion that individual self-defense is merely a "subsidiary interest" of the right to keep and bear arms, see post, at 36, is profoundly mistaken. He bases that assertion solely upon the prologue—but that can only show that self-defense had little to do with the right's codification; it was the central component of the right itself..........................
...........St. George Tucker's version of Blackstone's Commentaries, as we explained above, conceived of the Blackstonian arms right as necessary for self-defense...........................Tucker elaborated on theSecond Amendment : "This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty … . The right to self-defence is the first law of nature: in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine the right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any colour or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction." (emphasis mine, HPL).
In addition, in a shorter 1840 work Story wrote: "One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offence to keep arms,.........................."
Any doctrine that weakens personal responsibility for judgment and for action helps create the attitudes that welcome and support the totalitarian state.
(John Dewey)
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
(George Washington)
Gig'em Aggies!! BTCO'77HOO t.u.!!
I am sure that many football players are just big pussycats, but the fact is that it is a VIOLENT sport that attracts people that enjoy violent physical contact, can tolerate pain, and don't especially mind inflicting it. Add potential brain damaging effects of that type of contact, and to some degree, it only seems logical that violence may rear up in their lives off the field too.
Any doctrine that weakens personal responsibility for judgment and for action helps create the attitudes that welcome and support the totalitarian state.
(John Dewey)
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
(George Washington)
Gig'em Aggies!! BTCO'77HOO t.u.!!
Instead of blaming the "gun culture" I think it would be fair to take a hard, hard look at the "professional sports celebrity" culture. In addition to the concerns voiced by HPL, you also have the fan worship, extreme wealth at an early age, and constant public and media exposure. Maybe one time all this stress shows in a Michael Vick fighting dogs and the next time an attack on family and self. Our worship of celebrities, be they athletes or talk show hosts, seems to me to be a bigger danger to our society than inanimate guns. I have yet to see a loaded gun lift itself up out of a safe and seek out and shoot itself at anything.
(got ya wonderin' now, right? 2talls a lib according to POTUS. But she believes it is more than a right, but a solemn duty to maintain weapons in order to protect her own household and family, not to mention all the duck and deer meat that the other half brings home!)
Carol Howey
Owned and handled by Cruisin' with Indiana Jones, JH
Alternate Handler: Westwind Buffalo Soldier
Apprentice Handler: Snake River Medicine Man, SH
I believe people should be OUTRAGED that NBC, and SNF, allowed Costas to sprew his political bias at the foot of such a tradgedy.
There is ALWAYS more to these stories. It most often times is a troubled young person not being able to cope with lifes pressures.
We need to help these folk out. Seriously help these people....


text:
From Lake Como to Ventimiglia
Trip Start Feb 10, 2008
45Trip End May 13, 2009
Map your own trip!
Loading Map
Loading Map
Map Options
Show trip route
Hide lines
We find, a small hotel with a terrace overlooking the water, so I can sit out on the terrace and work on my computer. Yes, dear readers I am now a traveling nerd. After resisting for much time I have finally succumbed and got a little computer, one of the little ones with the 7 inch screen. So now I can download and sort my photos, burn backup DVD� connect to the internet over wi-fi, etc., and it is so small it can fit in my day bag.
Our time in Bellagio is relaxed and very agreeable
I have to tell you one little anecdote, otherwise Yvonne will accuse me of hiding my stupidity. We try and find a restaurant I have been told about - it is a refuge in the mountains behind Bellagio, so we drive up to around 1500 metres as far as the road goes, park the car and try and find the refuge. There is a sign nailed to a tree stating the refuge is 30 minutes walk away and it's located near what looks like the start of a path up the mountain. At the end of the parking area there is a brick wall and gate, with a sign that says private property.
I head up the hill on the 'track', Yvonne looking very dubious, and after a bit of a climb the rough track peters out, so I return and have a look at the sign on the property again but it says nothing about the refuge so I try and find the track up the mountain again, with no success again. After half an hour of stuffing around eventually some people come past and I ask the way and it IS through the private property. By this time we are very hungry and tear up the path, and of course, we find the refuge closed. It is fantastically sited in a clearing in the mountainside overlooking the lake, but disappointed we drive down and have a very late lunch further down the mountain
After our relaxing time in Lake Como we pop into Torino for a couple of nights. Torino is another one of those cities that is off the tourist map, but very worthwhile seeing
We also go up the Mole Antonelliana, the symbol of the city, a tall, unusual shaped building that was originally going to be a synagogue, but when sufficient finance was not available, was taken over by the city council, and now is a Museum of Cinema
Unfortunately we don't have time to explore the 'magic and witchcraft' side of the city, which it is well known for in Italy. The first time I visited Torino was with my parents and sisters when we first visited Italy and at that time we had an uncle there who owned a silk tie shop, but he died many years ago.
Our next stop is the Val d'Aosta in the far north-west of Italy adjoining France. It is one of the regions in Italy which has an official dual-language policy and many of the place names are French. We are headed for the Gran Paradiso National Park in one of the side valleys, which I visited many years ago and wish to visit again. It used to be the hunting ground of the Savoy royal family, but became state-owned and turned into a national park and is full of wild life such as ibex, chamois, marmots and other animals and birds.
We stay at Cogne, almost at the head of the valley (1,500 metres), and once the sun comes out, have magnificent views up the valley to a panorama of snowy peaks of 3,000 to 4,000 metres. It's my birthday the day after we arrive (May 18 if you must know) and I have a varied and splendid day. We start with a brisk drive along the mountain road back to the main valley :), then stop for lunch at a winery/restaurant in Morgex that makes white wine from grapes grown at the highest altitude in Europe, 950 metres
My birthday continues with going to the thermal baths at Pre St Didier a few kilometers away. The complex is built around natural hot springs and there is a total of over 30 facilities. I think I manage to try nearly every one of them - outdoor pool and various spas, several saunas and a steam bath, half-hour massage, a run through cold water sprays, a dip outside in a solid marble bath in freezing cold water, etc, then a lie down in a room scented with dried flowers
Finally we have dinner at a restaurant just outside Courmayeur that has been recommended to us. The owner is an intense young man who tells us what he has available. We are the only customers and have the full Italian meal - antipasto, primo, secondo (I have a fantastic pork dish, neck I think, baked in a thick layer of rock salt - very succulent and aromatic), desserts, wine, digestivo, etc.
The only downside is that it's nearly midnight and we still have over 40 kms of high altitude mountain road between us and our hotel, but luckily there's no booze buses out tonight and we arrive back worn out from our strenuous activities :).
The next day I have earmarked for a short walk up to Col Lauson, a high pass at 3,296 metres, which I last did around 30 years ago. Yvonne wisely decides to stay behind and go for a shorter low-altitude walk (she has read my previous blogs and knows that every time I try and climb mountains something interesting usually happens). I tell her not to send out a search party unless I don't get back by 8pm :).
So I set off reasonably early - it's a beautiful day and I am looking forward to retracing my steps of many years ago. I start off at the village of Valnontey at 1666 metres and I meander up through the forest to my first objective, Rifugio Sella at 2588 metres. Along the way I see ibex, chamois and marmots and take my time observing them and taking photos. They each have their own behaviour: ibex seem to be unafraid of humans and let me come quite close to them - at one stage there were 5 of them on or near the track and I had a fleeting thought they would jut stay there and make me go through them and possibly butt me (not a pleasant thought as they have long horns and thick heavy foreheads where they crash heads together when they fight), but fortunately they moved at the last moment; chamois are small and shy and keep their distance - when I tried to approach closer to take a photograph one would let out a screech and they would all take off (they also seemed to love running up slopes and chasing each other for the fun of it); marmots were the shyest of all - I really had to keep my eyes peeled to spot one
After a couple of hours I reached the Rifugio and had a chat with the lady in the bar as I sipped my herbal tisane. She told me there was lots of snow higher up and I wouldn't reach the Col but I decided to go up anyhow and see how far I could get.
As usual, I was the only person up there, I was wearing shorts and a light thermal t-shirt and I soon hit the snow, which varied from knee to hip deep. I tried for a while to get through - there's nothing like stepping into the snow, thinking it's not very deep, then plunging straight through as you transfer your weight. The snow is so light and powdery that when you put your arms out to try and get some balance they plunge through the snow too so you can't actually find anything to push off from, and at one stage I was marooned in the snow, half on my back, and flailing helplessly to get out.
I eventually gave in to the inevitable about an hour further on and 200-300 metres higher, and found a tiny patch with no snow, and as it was relatively warm I stripped off and sunbaked nude for nearly and hour, and actually fell asleep until I was woken by a fresh breeze which made my extremities cold :). Clouds had come over and the weather was changing so I returned to the rifugio and had coffee and a grappa as fuel for my descent (I had no food with me), and thus suitably fortified I descended the mountain (well before 8pm).
We had a great time in our valley - as it is the off-season (between winter and summer) we were the only guests in the hotel and usually had the adjoining restaurant to ourselves and enjoyed excellent food and wine, and engaged in lots of banter with our hostess
The next part of our journey was an epic drive of around 500kms through the Italian and French Alps in one day. We headed up through the Monte Bianco tunnel into France, briefly stopping to see the glacier tumbling down Mt Blanc near the road (it has retreated substantially since the last time I saw it), then drive this huge curve through Chambery, Grenoble, Gap, Barcelonette, over the Col de Larche (1991 metres) back into Italy, then down a series of never-ending hairpins in the rain until we decide to stop at the little fortified village of Vinadio at night. I think today's drive takes the cake for the most curves and the most changes of elevation I have experienced in one day. We stop at a bar and the barman calls the hotelier, who comes to meet us and once again we are the only people staying there (can you believe the only other people who stayed at our hotel this week were Australians).
Vinadio is unique in that it is a town entirely contained within a fortified castle - it was purpose-built by the Savoy royal family to guard the entry into their kingdom, ie basically to stop the French. It is situated in a narrow gorge at about 750 metres, with cliffs and mountains and dense forests all about.
Next morning we see a shepherd taking his flock out for the day, explore the tiny town, then drive around 200kms to Ventimiglia on the coast, the last town in Italy before France. The drive is over an incredibly winding road through the maritime Alps, going back into France over the Cold de Tende at 1,870 metres for about 40 kms, then back into Italy for the last section. Near Ventimglia the landscape changes quite quickly from a gorge with a fast rushing river and deep green forests (and clouds and rain), to a wide valley with hills of grey crumbly rock, dry Mediterranean vegetation and blue sky, and all of a sudden you feel the familiar atmosphere of an Italian town, cars and scooters charging around the streets, people everywhere, bars, cafes, etc. We go down to the sea for a dose of sunshine, as for the last few days we have been 'cloud-hidden, whereabouts unknown'(title of a book by Alan Watts).
This is the last I will see of Italy for some time as we are headed for France and Spain (and a couple of little countries in between).


text:
using long high = 1 and short high = 0
There should be a a sign bit for the temperature to indicate whether its above or below 0C.
Sometimes also, there is a battery sense bit , to allow the indoor unit to indicate when a sensors battery needs changing.
Please enter a valid email to subscribe
We need to confirm your email address.
To complete the subscription, please click the link in the
email we just sent you.
Thank you for subscribing!
via Egeo 16
Torino, 10131


text:
Australia 1927 – Australia 1982
England 1951-56
Forest of gum trees III
oil on canvas
signed lower right
183.5 (h) x 152.6 (w) cm
Private collection
© estate of Fred Williams
In Forest of gum trees III Williams experimented with the idea of representing an open-ended forest. Suggestions of plant forms are drawn in paint, gently touched or twirled with little flecks of vibrant colour scattered across the canvas. The ground appears translucent, imparting a feeling of traces of time in the landscape. There is no horizon-line but rather a continuous, uninterrupted plane. It may be read either as an extensive space or as a close-up view of a particular aspect of the landscape.
In 1970 Williams noted how he had been wrestling for years withthe forest paintings of this period. Yet this was a work of which he was particularly proud. He kept it in his collection. Late in his life he wrote on the stretcher bar on the back of the painting, 'My Best Painting'.


text:
I do not want or need an advantage, all I want is a safe place to hunt. I hunt on public land, I do not have the privliage of hunting private property. Here in central WI good luck, I hope you have deep pockets !
I have been stalked on more than one occasion on public ground buy hunters who did not see my blind until they were very close. I do not use strutting toms, rarley do I use a jake, many states have banned motion, I do use a HazelCreek mounted hen...
I started putting floresent tape on top of my blind! I had two young hunters in MN @ a spot that I had to myself in years past. Belly crawl to within 50 yards of my blind and a nice TOM that was working into my set up. We do it on geese all the time... I packed my stuff and moved again!
I have found an area in SE MN that has some public land that is Archery only, its nice not to worry !
I feel priviledged to have this area to hunt, I do feel that we need a seperate time or place to hunt safely. Todays guns are way to powerfull, a 3 1/2 " mag w/5 shot & a choke tube!
I would not want to get hit by a fistfull of that...
Thanks for the feedback, I do only hunt in the spring. In MN you can't leave your pop up blind set up over night. I leave mine in the same place but "pop" it down..
I am not worried about being shot as much as I don't like people coming into my decoy spreads/set-ups


text:
8.8: Introduction to Groundwater
Is there always water flowing beneath the land surface?
Although this may seem surprising, water beneath the ground is commonplace, moving slowly and silently through an aquifer and then bubbling to the surface at a spring. Groundwater is an extremely important source of water in many parts of the world where development and agricvulture outmatch the amount of water available from rainfall and streams.
Groundwater resides in aquifers, porous rock and sediment with water in between. Water is attracted to the soil particles, and capillary action, which describes how water moves through porous media, moves water from wet soil to dry areas.
Aquifers are found at different depths. Some are just below the surface and some are found much deeper below the land surface. A region may have more than one aquifer beneath it and even most deserts are above aquifers. The source region for an aquifer beneath a desert is likely to be far away, perhaps in a mountainous area.
The amount of water that is available to enter groundwater in a region, called recharge, is influenced by the local climate, the slope of the land, the type of rock found at the surface, the vegetation cover, land use in the area, and water retention, which is the amount of water that remains in the ground. More water goes into the ground where there is a lot of rain, flat land, porous rock, exposed soil, and where water is not already filling the soil and rock.
Fossil Water
The residence time of water in a groundwater aquifer can be from minutes to thousands of years. Groundwater is often called "fossil water" because it has remained in the ground for so long, often since the end of the ice ages.
A diagram of groundwater flow through aquifers showing residence times. Deeper aquifers typically contain older "fossil water."
- Groundwater is in aquifers, a porous and permeable rock layer.
- Groundwater recharges in wet regions.
- Much groundwater is from the end of the ice ages, so it is called fossil water.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
1. What is groundwater?
2. How does groundwater begin?
3. What is the water table?
4. What is an aquifer?
5. What is the cone of depression? How is it created?
1. What effects the residence time of groundwater in a region?
2. Where does groundwater come from in a region that has very little rainfall?
3. If groundwater is used, how will there be more?
Notes/Highlights Having trouble? Report an issue.
|Highlighted Text
|Show More


text:
Results 1 to 5 of 5
Thread: I'm new here
11-03-2012, 09:29 PM #1Junior Member Guppy
- Join Date
- Nov 2012
- Posts
- 1
I'm new here
Hello I'm new to the site so please be nice lol I got a 30 gallon fish tank a month ago for the first week I just had water and some fake plants in it. On the 2nd week I added 2 small plecos. A week later I added one angel 2 swords and 2 dalmation mollies. One molly died the night we got them wich was weird I did a 25 percent water change the following week and every thing is fine. I waited 2 more weeks and another 25 percent water change I added 2 more angels and a pictus catfish and 2 potted plants I'm just wondering if I'm doing everything ok right now. Yes I know the angels and the pictus will need a bigger tank I'm getting a 90 or 100 gallon for xmas just wondering if everything sounds good and if I could put anything eles in?
Just make sure you keep testing your water.
welcome to AC, and agreed.... test, test, test.
Shrimp and snail junkie... What can I say, I like the little things in life.
hey wolf pack. welcome to the forum. I'm glad you found us and if you are open to learning, you'll have a great experience with your fish.
While I would like to give you some good news, unfortunately I see MANY problem here. First - do not add another fish until you read this post and read the link on cycling. You're only in for disappointment if you don't.
Second: A pleco is a bottom feeder. bottom feeders should always be added to your tank after you've completed the 'cycle' as the toxins that build in a tank during the cycle period settle at the bottom making bottom feeders vulnerable and susceptible to ammonia and or nitrite poisoning. Unfortunately, you are going to have both in a new tank until you get it cycled. If at all possible, I'd return the plecos and the catfish to the fish store before the become weak and die. sorry. You can always buy new ones after your tank is cycled. Quite honestly, I'd return the angels too as they are very delicate and demand high quality water - which yours is not if you are only doing small water changes every two weeks. Sorry. I know this only leaves you with 2 swords an the molly but in a 30, those 3 fish should produce enough ammonia and waste to cycle the tank. THEN you can get more fish :o)
3rd: For your fish and for yourself, so you can be a responsible fishkeeper and enjoy lively, healthy fish, please read the 'cycling with fish' information in this link. Unless you get your tank cycled, you are going to start losing fish - frankly, I'm surprised you've only lost the one Molly.
4th: Get yourself an API master test kit. Test ever day before you do a water change. if ammonia and or nitrites are approaching .50, do a 50% water change immediately. Every day that your fish live in toxic water due to ammonia and nitrites, weakens them and will lead to death. This means you may be doing daily water changes during the cycle period. After you get the tank cycled, you can reduce your water changes to weekly.
Are you conditioning your water? this is a must to kill the chlorine as chlorine will kill the healthy bacteria you are trying to grow during the cycle period.
Sorry to be the bearer of such bad news. I hope you are open to the advice that every fishkeeper on this forum would give you.
Good luck and please ask if you have more questions after reading the 'cycling with fish' link above.
Last edited by fishmommie; 11-04-2012 at 03:52 AM.30 g FW planted:corys, female ABNP, blue angel, harleys, zebra danios, rummies,
15 g FW planted:2 male guppies, neons, pygmy corys, clown pleco, 4 types of shrimp, assassin snails
90 Gal Journal: http://bit.ly/1vC7gVX
fishless cycling: http://bit.ly/1DARf3T
fish in cycling: http://bit.ly/1ILvcfp
I think Fishmommie said it perfectly!
Get your test kit and good luck!
CheersI think I want a bigger tank!!


text:
Boy self sucking his own cock until he cums in his mouth
sucking myself vid 3
Japanese beauty sucks and titty fucks hard dick
Doughouse MMF BiSexual Ass Fucking
Brunette step sis Ally Tate sucking fuck doggy style
Showering and sucking
Jerking, Sucking and Deepthroating Him Before Work
The Ladies Club
Master wants a spunk geyser and fellates the twink
Filthy gay is sucking a massive cock
wife sucks dick lover
Hos suck in bisex 4some
Mature Blowjob and Large Face Cum she swallows
Suck fuck and a facial cb
She wants it bad
She Male Mania 8 - Scene 3
Amateur FFM Interracial Dreier in der Sauna
Cutie sucks a cock POV and she loves it
Boy sucking gay porn and low quality sex download Two daddie
Playgirl receives fucked
Buff body builder sucking huge monster jock
Flat chested ladyboy with a pretty face sucks and fucked
Skateboard Twinks Sucking Cock
TrafficHolder.com - Buy and Sell Adult Traffic|Trafficshop.com - Let your business grow|Contact Us|Webmaster
All content, including images, text, graphics, video and audio content contained in the website is protected under the laws of copyright, owned or under license to company or its designees,and represents proprietary and valuable intellectual property.
Contact Webmaster 18 U.S.C. 2257 Record-Keeping Requirements Compliance Statement
Powered by Stream Rotator


text:
The 9 year old girl, Christina Taylor Green, was born on September 11th 2001.
Judge John M. Roll, a well respected man in the community and friend of Giffords.
Gabe Zimmerman 30 year old who was engaged to be married.
Dorwin Stoddard (76) - a pastor at Mount Avenue Church of Christ. Stoddard's wife Mavy was wounded in the leg, but is expected to recover.
Phyllis Scheck (79)
Dorthy Murray (76)
Very sad, may they rest in peace.


text:
News Releases, Media Advisories
For Immediate Release: Contact: Kelly Huff March 8, 1999 Ron Harris Sharon Snyder Ian Stirton
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission has made public its final action on three matters previously under review (MURs). This release contains only summary information. Closed files should be thoroughly read for details, including the FECs legal analysis of the case. (Please see footnote at the end of this release.) Closed MUR files are available in the Public Records Office.
RESPONDENTS: (a) Amway Corporation (MI)
(b) Republican National Committee, Alec Poitevint, treasurer (DC)
(c) Haley Barbour (DC)
(d) San Diego Convention and Tourist Bureau d/b/a San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau (CA)
COMPLAINANTS: Democratic National Committee, Donald L. Fowler, former National
Chair (DC)
SUBJECT: Corporate contributions
DISPOSITION: (a-d) No reason to believe*
RESPONDENTS: (a) Ross Perot (TX)
(b) Perot Reform Committee, J. Michael Poss, treasurer (TX)
(c) Perot 96, J. Michael Poss, treasurer (TX)
(d) R. Clayton Mulford (TX)
(e) Russell L. Verney (TX)
COMPLAINANT: Miriam Nalebuff Grayboff (GA)
SUBJECT: Excessive contributions; exceeding the annual $25,000 contribution limit
DISPOSITION: (a-e) No reason to believe*
RESPONDENT: AOPA (Airline Owners and Pilots Association) Legislative Action PAC, Roger C. Myers, Jr., treasurer (DC)
COMPLAINANT: FEC Initiated (RAD)
SUBJECT: Failure to file disclosure report timely
DISPOSITION: Conciliation Agreement: $ 1,200 civil penalty*
*There are four administrative stages to the FEC enforcement process:
1. Receipt of proper complaint 3. "Probable cause" stage
2. "Reason to believe" stage 4. Conciliation stage
It requires the votes of at least four of the six Commissioners to take any action. The FEC can close a case at any point after reviewing a complaint. If a violation is found and conciliation cannot be reached, then the FEC can institute a civil court action against a respondent.


text:
Wisconsin native finds signs of degenerative diseases in former football players
Disease normally found in 80-year-olds has been found in 40-year-olds
MADISON, Wis. - Dr. Ann McKee and more than 120 million other Americans watched Sunday's Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos. However, it's likely none did so with her perspective as the nation's leading expert on the effect of contact sports on the brain.
"I'm just worried," she said. "I'm just worried about their long-term health. I don't want to see what I've seen in other individuals happen to them."
McKee, an Appleton native and a 1975 University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate, has worked as a neuropathologist at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, outside of Boston, for the last two decades. Five years ago, in the morgue where she had autopsied thousands of brains of America's veterans, she received her first brain from a former NFL player.
"I had never seen degenerative disease that severe in a 40-something-year-old, and that just blew my mind," she said. "This should be a disease that only hits people when they get really old, but this disease comes in (their) mid-life, right at the prime of their life."
The disease she discovered was chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Since that initial discovery, the families of dozens more athletes in football, hockey, soccer and rugby have donated their loved ones' brains to McKee's lab to discover whether CTE would explain in death what they witnessed in life.
"They have personality changes," McKee said. "They become irritable and volatile. They can become very aggressive and impulsive. They can become suicidal. They can have difficulties with headaches and judgment."
Throughout her career, McKee has studied a protein called tau that is found in the brain in patients with degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's disease. Her autopsies have shown a large amount of tau in former players' brains, at the bottom of the cortex as well as in abnormalities clustering around blood vessels.
She said one of the leading hypotheses is that repetitive head trauma triggers an aggressive reaction from people who may be genetically predisposed to getting Alzheimer's disease. So instead of getting the disease in their 80s, they may get it in their 40s and 50s instead.
To the critics, including those in sports who don't want to change the status quo, she remains steadfast in her research. Confusing CTE with normal aging or Alzheimer's disease -- the two most common criticisms of her work -- is ignorant, in her opinion.
"That's like mixing up a car and a piece of fruit," she said. "Those are two crazy, different things. I do get the sense we've sort of lifted a veil that was really hidden to us for quite some time, and that's a paradigm shift. This is a disease that doesn't just happen naturally. We've never seen this disease in a person who didn't get their head banged."
As far as today's parents deciding what sports to allow their children to play, she does not feel comfortable offering recommendations, except to say she values the emotional, mental and physical benefits while simultaneously understanding the risks.
"I couldn't be a more strong supporter of sports in general, but I think we have to be smart," she said. "We have to be careful that we're not getting away from ourselves, that we're not risking our children's long-term health for success in the sport that they're playing."
One look around her office reveals a passion for both pathology and the Packers. There are replicas of the brain and bobblehead dolls of Green Bay players, like quarterback Aaron Rodgers. She said she's having trouble reconciling her love of football with her knowledge of what can happen to its players.
"I grew up a football fan. Football is huge in my family. I feel like it's in my blood," she said. "I don't see any way (CTE) doesn't change football. I don't see any way this doesn't impact how the game is played."
Local And Regional News
- Video captures man stuffing puppies into drain
- Baldwin, other senators seek assurances from Trump pick for EPA
- Consumer Reports: Samsung Galaxy S8 first look
- Chief: Monday was 'horribly compelling night of crime' in Madison
- New gallery showcases visually impaired artists, proves creativity has no boundaries
- Attorney: Jakubowski traveled mostly on foot, was headed to South Dakota


text:
4.1: Normal Distributions
Learning Objectives
- Be familiar with the standard distributions (normal, binomial, and exponential).
- Use standard distributions to solve for events in problems in which the distribution belongs to one of these families.
In this first lesson on probability distributions, you are going to begin by learning about normal distributions. A normal distribution curve can be easily recognized by its shape. The first 2 diagrams above show examples of normal distributions. What shape do they look like? Do they look like a bell to you? Compare the first 2 diagrams above to the third diagram. A normal distribution is called a bell curve because its shape is comparable to a bell. It has this shape because the majority of the data is concentrated at the middle and slowly decreases symmetrically on either side. This gives it a shape similar to a bell.
Actually, the normal distribution curve was first called a Gaussian curve after a very famous mathematician, Carl Friedrich Gauss. He lived between 1777 and 1855 in Germany. Gauss studied many aspects of mathematics. One of these was probability distributions, and in particular, the bell curve. It is interesting to note that Gauss also spoke about global warming and postulated the eventual finding of Ceres, the planet residing between Mars and Jupiter. A neat fact about Gauss is that he was also known to have beautiful handwriting. If you want to read more about Carl Friedrich Gauss, look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss.
In Chapter 3, you also learned about discrete random variables. Remember that discrete random variables are ones that have a finite number of values within a certain range. In other words, a discrete random variable cannot take on all values within an interval. For example, say you were counting from 1 to 10. You would count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. These are discrete values. 3.5 would not count as a discrete value within the limits of 1 to 10. For a normal distribution, however, you are working with continuous variables. Continuous variables, unlike discrete variables, can take on any value within the limits of the variable. So, for example, if you were counting from 1 to 10, 3.5 would count as a value for the continuous variable. Lengths, temperatures, ages, and heights are all examples of continuous variables. Compare these to discrete variables, such as the number of people attending your class, the number of correct answers on a test, or the number of tails on a coin flip. You can see how a continuous variable would take on an infinite number of values, whereas a discrete variable would take on a finite number of values. As you may know, you can actually see this when you graph discrete and continuous data. Look at the 2 graphs below. The first graph is a graph of the height of a child as he or she ages. The second graph is the cost of a gallon of gasoline as the years progress.
Let's look at a few problems to show how histograms approximate normal distribution curves.
Example 1
Jillian takes a survey of the heights of all of the students in her high school. There are 50 students in her school. She prepares a histogram of her results. Is the data normally distributed?
If you take a normal distribution curve and place it over Jillian's histogram, you can see that her data does not represent a normal distribution.
If the histogram were actually shaped like a normal distribution, it would have a shape like the curve below:
Example 2
Thomas did a survey similar to Jillian's in his school. His high school had 100 students. Is his data normally distributed?
If you take a normal distribution curve and place it over Thomas's histogram, you can see that his data also does not represent a normal distribution.
Example 3
Joanne posted a problem to her friends on FaceBook. She told her friends that her grade 12 math project was to measure the lifetimes of the batteries used in different toys. She surveyed people in her neighborhood and asked them, on average, how many hours their typical battery lasts. Her results are shown below:
Is her data normally distributed?
If you take a normal distribution curve and place it over Joanne's histogram, you can see that her data appears to come from a normal distribution.
This means that the data fits a normal distribution with a mean around 105. Using the TI-84 calculator, you can actually find the mean of this data to be 105.7.
What Joanne's data does tell us is that the mean score (105.7) is at the center of the distribution, and the data from all of the other scores (times) are spread from that mean. You will be learning much more about standard normal distributions in a later chapter. But for now, remember the 2 key points about a standard normal distribution. The first key point is that the data represented is continuous. The second key point is that the data is centered at the mean and is symmetrically distributed on either side of that mean.
Standard normal distributions are special kinds of distributions and differ from the binomial distributions you learned about in the last chapter. Let's now take a more detailed look at binomial distributions and see how they differ dramatically from the standard normal distribution.
Notes/Highlights Having trouble? Report an issue.
|Highlighted Text
|Show More


text:
Kowalik cited for outstanding service to continuing education
Thomas F. Kowalik, director for continuing education and outreach at Binghamton University, was awarded the Walton S. Bittner citation for outstanding service to the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA).
UCEA is the principal organization for continuing education in the United States, representing over 440 higher education institutions. The association assists in the exchange of educational programs and services between colleges and affiliated nonprofit organizations; and encourages and facilitates professional development.
Kowalik's service to UCEA has spanned 15 years. He served as UCEA president-elect and then as president in 1999-2000. He also chaired the Mid-Atlantic Region committee. In 1992, Kowalik received the Adelle Robertson Leadership Award and in 1999, the Mid Atlantic Region's Floyd Fischer Leadership Award.
In addition to his national work, Kowalik has been active as an educational leader both locally and regionally. He serves on the Broome-Tioga Workforce Investment Act Board and has been active in the Continuing Education Association of New York for the past 15 years. He has also served on community boards of directors for the United Way, private industries, energy conservation and economic development councils.


text:
Starters & Salads
Corn & Bean Chowder
Creamy corn and bean chowder, with a south-of-the-border style, bursting with flavor and chock-full of the goodness of GOYA® Black Beans.
3 tbsp. GOYA® Olive Oil
1 cup onions, diced
1 cup green bell peppers, diced
1/2 cup flour
2 cups hot milk
2 cups water
1 can (15 oz.) creamed corn
1 tsp. GOYA® Adobo All-Purpose Seasoning with Pepper
1 can (15.5 oz) GOYA® Black Beans, drained and rinsed
1 packet GOYA® Sazón without Annatto
2 packets GOYA® Cubitos En Polvo - Powdered Chicken Bouillon
1 can (15.25 oz.) GOYA® Whole Kernel Corn, undrained
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp. chili powder
|Heat oil in a pot on medium and cook onions and peppers until tender. Sprinkle with flour and stir until flour browns.
|Add hot milk slowly while stirring until mixture thickens. Add remaining ingredients and gently simmer on low until thick and bubbly. Serve hot.
Serves 6-8
Watching Your Sodium Intake?
Low Sodium Black Beans
Try this great recipe with Goya's reduced sodium products.
Featured Product
Sazón with Coriander and Annatto
Inside this box you'll find the secret to creating the authentic flavors of Latino cuisine. Goya Sazón's special blend of seasonings makes every dish it graces taste truly exceptional.


text:
"Great quality fast shipping love this website.. I've purchased all my gear for a 10u n 14u asa softball team here." (E3172)
"Great Visor! Comfy fit with nice workmanship." (E20351)
"It?s a great product, good price, I?m pretty satisfied, will be great to have deals whith you again. Thanks" (E19823)
Epic Sports
Champro Mesh Ball/Laundry Bag [E8640]


text:
Part of our best-selling Private Essential collection, these irresistibly soft sheets feature white dots printed on serene colors. All are accented with white satin stitching. Extra-long 100% Egyptian cotton sateen is woven to 412 threads per square inch using fine, single-ply yarns to create a sheet that feels incredibly smooth and lightweight. Wash-tested to stay virtually wrinkle free for up to 70 washes.
Item # ZNY30
This item is backordered.
Item # ZNY31
Item # ZNY15
Item # ZNY35
Sign Up for Email & Receive 15% Off Today's Order!
Ways to Shop
Need Help?
The Linen Closet


text:
By NEMS Daily Journal
CORINTH – Six candidates from a pool of 31 applicants for the job as executive director of the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau have been selected as finalists to be interviewed.
The Corinth Area CVB board will interview those candidates Thursday, with the expectation of having someone in the position within a few weeks, said CACVB board chairmen Luke Doehner.
The CACVB has functioned without an executive director since mid-January, when Kristy White resigned after the previous board of directors was dismissed by the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors and the Corinth Board of Aldermen.
Former CACVB communications director Anne Thompson has been working in the office as administrator while the transition is under way from the previous executive director to the next appointee.


text:
Modern Processor Performance Analysis
Performance on modern processors requires much more than optimizing single thread performance. High-performing code must be:
- Threaded and scalable to utilize multiple CPUs
- Vectorized for efficient use of multiple FPUs
- Tuned to take advantage of non-uniform memory architectures and caches
With Intel® VTune™ Amplifier, you get all these advanced profiling capabilities with a single, friendly analysis interface. And for media applications, you also get powerful tools to tune OpenCL* and the GPU.
Quickly turn raw profiling data into performance insights using the graphical interface to sort, filter and visualize data from a local or remote target. Or use the command line i/f to automate analysis.
Powerful Analysis Lets You Create Faster Code
Whether you're tuning for the first time or doing advanced performance optimization, Intel VTune Amplifier provides accurate profiling data―collected with very low overhead. But good data isn't enough. Intel VTune Amplifier gives you the tools to mine it and interpret it.
What's New For 2017
- Profile both Python* and native code. Low overhead, source-line detail (plus Google's Go* Programming Language)
- Quickly profile three critical metrics for modern hardware performance: CPU utilization (threading), memory access, and FPU utilization (FLOPS).
- Tune Intel® Xeon Phi™ processors including in-package MCDRAM.
- Storage analysis. Tune interplay of I/O and compute.
- Enhanced memory access analysis: Tune data structures for performance and optimize NUMA latency and scalability.
- Simplified OpenCL profiling: New summary view, easier hotspot analysis setup, OpenCL 2.0 shared virtual memory detection.
- Easier remote analysis and command line use: Configure a command line for any target architecture from the user interface, including support for MPI launchers.
- Add custom counters to the timeline: Import a file or use the new API to visualize your custom software counters on the timeline.
- Intel® Performance Snapshots: Simple enough to run during a coffee break and highlight where code modernization or faster storage can improve performance. Pre-installed with Intel VTune Amplifier or available separately for free
More "What's New" With Every Update
See details for major features or visit "What's New?" for a more complete list of the newest features. Check back occasionally since we constantly add new features in product updates.
Confidential Support and One Year of Updates Included
Every paid version includes confidential support and one year of updates. Support renewals are available at a reduced rate to extend both the confidential support and product update period.
Specs at a Glance
|Intel® and compatible processors and coprocessors including Intel® Xeon Phi™ processors.
|C, C++, C#, Fortran, Java*, Python*, Go*, ASM assembly, and more.
|Works with compilers from Microsoft, GCC, Intel and others that follow standards.
|Development Environments
|Integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio* or runs stand alone.
|Host Operating Systems
|Windows*, Linux* and OS X* (optional download1)
|Target Operating Systems
|Windows*, Linux*, Android*, Tizen*, Wind River Linux* and Yocto Project*
|Basic Threading Analysis
Full threading information
|OpenMP*, Intel® Threading Building Blocks, and native threads.
|Extended Threading Performance Analysis
|OpenMP* and Intel Threading Building Blocks
|MPI parallelism
|Integration with Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector MPI profiler
|OpenCL and media application tuning on newer Intel processors.
|Intel VTune™ Amplifier XE
|Performance profiling of Windows*, Linux* applications1. Sold alone or as part of an Intel Parallel Studio XE suite.
|Intel VTune™ Amplifier for Systems
|Profiling embedded targets. Includes energy profiling for battery operated systems. Sold only as part of an Intel System Studio suite.
For complete information, see the documentation and release notes.
1An optional OS X host interface can be downloaded separately to analyze data collected on other targets. An OS X collector to profile on OS X is not currently available.
Download Product Brief (PDF)


text:
Login requires USBC Member Login.
Forgot password?
Sign In
Need Login?
Create USBC Member Login
Find a...
Join USBC
USBC Bowling Academy
USBC Bowler's Source
League Standing Sheets
Member Rewards
Welcome 2 Bowling
Sport Bowling
Team USA
USBC Bowling Store
USBC magazine archive
Youth Tournaments
Junior Gold
Youth Open Championships
Pepsi Championships
Junior Gold Championship
USA Bowling
Pepsi Youth Championships
Youth Open Championships
High School
USA Bowling
Junior Team USA
Bowling Combine
YES Fund
Youth Processing
Registered Volunteer Program
Bowler's Ed
About Bowlers Ed
Bowler's Ed Materials
Bowling Centers
Why Bowling?
Bowler's Ed
About Bowlers Ed
Bowler's Ed Materials
Bowling Centers
Why Bowling?
Youth Resource Center
Youth 101
USA Bowling
Bowler's Ed
Tournaments Home
Open Championships
Women's Championships
Team USA Trials
Senior Masters
Senior Queens
Super Senior Classic
Senior Championships
Intercollegiate Team Championships
Intercollegiate Singles Championships
Junior Gold
USA Bowling
Youth Open
Pepsi Championships
Tournament Certification
Associations Home
Forms & Manuals
Youth Processing
Center Certification
About USBC
Equipment Specifications
International Training and Research Center
Bowl for the Cure
Records and Stats
USBC Hall of Fame
Find a...
Find an Association
Find a Center
Find a Coach
Find a Member
Find a Tournament
Find an Association
Find a Center
Find a Coach
Find a Member
Find a Tournament
> Janawicz, Edwards win Team USA Trials
Janawicz, Edwards win Team USA Trials
Lucas Wiseman
USBC Communications
Published: December 18, 2009 |
HENDERSON, Nev. –
John Janawicz of Winter Haven, Fla., held on for a slim victory, while Brenda Edwards of Mansfield, Texas, pulled away from the field to win the 2010 United States Bowling Congress Team USA Trials on Friday.
Janawicz topped the men's field with a 36-game total of 8,168, an average of 226.8, while Edwards finished with 7,890, an average of 219.1, at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in suburban Las Vegas.
The men's championship came down to the final frame as Janawicz watched Professional Bowlers Association exempt player Mike Fagan of Patchogue, N.Y., leave the 1-2-10 on his final shot in which he needed a strike to tie.
Janawicz, who led Fagan by more than 100 pins heading into the final two games, allowed Fagan to have a shot at catching him by shooting 159 and 183 to close out the tournament.
"I feel like I was very fortunate to come away with the win," said Janawicz, a Team USA member in 2007 and 2008. "It's a good thing I had a four-run lead going into the bottom of the ninth because I definitely gave up three runs down the stretch."
Fagan could have won the title outright had he struck on his first shot in the 10th frame, but a stubborn 7 pin made it necessary for him to strike on the fill shot to tie. He finished second with 8,165, three pins behind Janawicz.
"I thought the first one was a very good shot," said Fagan, who earned an automatic spot on Team USA by being among the top three finishers. "On that last shot, I lost it off my hand. The lanes got very touchy and you had to keep your speed soft. Whatever little bit of adrenaline I had didn't help on that shot."
On the women's side, Edwards outdistanced the field in the final block and finished ahead of second-place finisher Kendra Gaines of Orlando, Fla., by 169 pins.
"This is my first big singles win ever, and I don't know what to feel yet," said Edwards, who like Janawicz was a member of Team USA in 2007 and 2008. "You dream about this. You write it down and convince yourself you can do it, and then to come out and actually make it happen feels amazing. I've been after this for a long time."
The top three men and top three women in the final standings earned automatic spots on Team USA. Joining Janawicz and Fagan on the men's side was third-place finisher Craig Hanson of Orlando, Fla., while Emily Maier of Wichita, Kan., finished third among the women to join Edwards and Gaines.
The National Selection Committee picked Tennelle Milligan of Arlington, Texas, Diandra Asbaty of Chicago, Cassidy Schaub of Polk, Ohio, and John Szczerbinski of North Tonawanda, N.Y., to round out the final roster for Team USA in 2010.
Heading into the Team USA Trials, 13 players had already secured spots by virtue of their selection earlier this year. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Chris Barnes, Wes Malott, Tommy Jones, Patrick Allen, Rhino Page and Bill O'Neill make up the remainder of the men's team. On the women's side, Stefanie Nation, Shannon O'Keefe, Shannon Pluhowsky, Liz Johnson, Kelly Kulick and Carolyn Dorin-Ballard were selected.
The top two boys and top two girls finishers who are 20 years or younger before Jan. 1, 2010 also earned automatic spots on Junior Team USA. Hanson locked up the top boys spot, while Chris Pierson of Waukesha, Wis., was second. For the girls, Jenn Boisselle of Brandon, Fla., and Samantha Hesley of Wellington, Fla., were first and second, respectively.
The National Selection Committee polished off the Junior Team USA 2010 roster by adding Elise Bolton of Merritt Island, Fla., Christine Bator of Warren, Mich., Kyle King of Glendale, Ariz., and Devin Bidwell of Simi Valley, Calif., to the team.
At the USBC Junior Gold Championships in Indianapolis last July, 12 players earned spots on Junior Team USA. The boys group includes Mike Conn, Andrew Koff, Erik Gulbrandson, Chris Bardol, Jacob Peters and T.J. Baral, while the girls team includes Maggie Zakrzewski, Josie Earnest, Cassie Leuthold, Brittni Hamilton, Kristie Petravich and Kim Yioulos.
At Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center, Henderson, Nev.
Friday's Results
(Top 5, 36 games)
1, John Janawicz, Winter Haven, Fla., 8,168. 2, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 8,165. 3, Craig Hanson, Orlando, Fla., 7,928. 4, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 7,887. 5, Cassidy Schaub, Polk, Ohio, 7,875.
1, Brenda Edwards, Mansfield, Texas, 7,890. 2, Kendra Gaines, Orlando, Fla., 7,721. 3, Emily Maier, Wichita, Kan., 7,701. 4, Amanda Falk, Tucson, Ariz., 7,599. 5, Jenn Boisselle, Brandon, Fla., 7,586.
News Home
High School
Open Championships
Team USA
Womens Championships
Search Recent News
Contact Us
Press Room
Terms Of Service
United States Bowling Congress | 621 Six Flags Drive | Arlington, Texas 76011 | 800-514-BOWL.