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Rodney Keith Weaver
Rodney Keith Weaver, age 78 passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2012. He was born in Brooklyn, WI on December 25, 1933 to Grace (Schulz) and Keith Weaver. Rod graduated from Brooklyn High School in 1952. Rod was a veteran having served with the U.S. Army. He worked at Federal Refrigeration until his retirement after 33 years. Rodney gave his life to the Lord and was baptized by Pastor Dan Hayden of the Middleton Baptist Church on September 25, 1976. On June 2, 2001 Rodney was united in marriage to Betty Jean (Turk) Waite.
He is survived by his wife, Betty; sister, Phyllis (John) Deegan of Stoughton; several nieces and nephews; and brothers-in-law, Robert Syse of Madison and John Deegan of Stoughton. He was preceded in death by his parents and sisters, Elaine and LaVonne.
Rod's love for music and his singing will always be remembered.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, December 10, 2012 at Stoughton Baptist Church, 125 Cty Hwy B, Stoughton with Rev. Mark Weiss officiating. A visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service. A luncheon will be served immediately after service with burial following in Brooklyn Cemetery.

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The Cinderella Ball celebrates 20 young womenJanuary 27, 2014 9:55 PM
For the 20 young women who made their debut at the 88th Cinderella Ball Saturday, everything about the evening was enchanted. But that was also true for the 575 guests who braved a snowstorm to watch the debutantes waltz with their fathers across the Omni William Penn ballroom floor.
Only one of them would be chosen as Cinderella after her name was drawn from a giant pumpkin by Prince Charming Andy Waldman (son of Hal and Diane Waldman). The fairy tale came true for Olivia Cochran, daughter of Rob and Christina Cochran, who danced with her prince and then joined in the Grand March as the Rick Purcell Big Band played from the gilded balcony above. His father, the late Jack Purcell, led the orchestra for many years and was honored with a tribute in the program.
That such pomp and circumstance still enthrall is a tribute to the importance tradition plays in Pittsburgh. The second-oldest debutante ball in the nation (it was founded in 1924) has changed with the times and has been kept alive through the efforts of the Cinderella Women's Committee, led by president Becky Keevican. They select a different beneficiary for the ball's proceeds and the debs are expected to perform community service for that organization. This year nearly 900 hours were donated to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Western PA, represented by its president, Mike Hepler. Haley Myer volunteered 140 hours and earned the CWC scholarship for her outstanding effort.
Chairs Jamie Lanier (with Addison) and Janet Summers (with Roland Oslund) opened the ball along with last year's Cinderella and prince, Rose Egan and Sean Hannon. Then came the introduction of the floor committee -- the handsome escorts and friends who march in wearing tails to great applause. After the presentation and waltzes it was time to eat, with executive chef Jacky Francois and catering director Lora Peluso doing an outstanding job of delivering an elegant repast -- vichyssoise shooters, peppered filet mignon and sweet potato hash. The setting was truly magical, thanks to Bill Chisnell of bcp. Pink lights filled the ballroom and orchids dripped from tall crystal vases, creating a fairlyland effect.
The ball's traditions run deep in the families as well. Cousins Ellington Muse (daughter of Chip and Courtney Muse) and Anna Muse (daughter of Jay and Jennifer Muse) are both third-generation debs with ball affiliations dating back to the 1920s. Caroline Ellis (daughter of Keefe and Stacy Ellis), Adelaide Jones (daughter of Katie Jones and the late Michael Jones) and Margot Kelley (daughter of Brendan and Natalie Kelley) are all second-generation debs. First-generation debs with ball affiliations included Lucy Buckman (daughter of John and Ann Buckman), Sarah Deiseroth (daughter of Lee and Betsy Deiseroth), Julia Bozzone (daughter of Mike and Natalie Bozzone), Megan Hollingsworth (daughter of Jim and Susan Hollingsworth), Madison Mordoh (daughter of Henry and Sandy Mordoh) and Caroline Sanford, in from Los Angeles and the daughter of Scott and Carolyn Sanford.
First-generation debs being presented were Dominique DeRubeis (daughter of Tom and Mary DeRubeis), Julia Granito (daughter of Mike and Barbara Granito), Campbell Konrad (daughter of Tim and Anna Konrad), Amanda Murphy (daughter of John Murphy and Melissa Murphy), Lindsay Myer (twin sister of Haley and daughter of Richard and Jill Myer), Taylor Patrick (daughter of Craig and Jamie Patrick) and Donna Pellegrini (daughter of Ron and Donna Pellegrini).
By evening's end they were all on the dance floor to the sounds of Finesse, hoping the fairy tale would last until the stroke of midnight.


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 22, 2013
Strategic Workforce Development Summit on Friday (4/26)
Norman Augustine, retired chair of Lockheed Martin, American Red Cross and National Academy of Engineering, to deliver keynote at RI STEM Center's annualconference at Rhode Island College. Sen. Jack Reed and Rick Brooks of Governor's Workforce Board also to speak
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The RI STEM Center at Rhode Island College is hosting a Strategic Workforce Development Summit onFriday (April 26) to discuss how best to prepare today's middle and high school students for the workforce of 2020 and beyond.
"Issues and action steps for workforce development in Rhode Island have been identified," said Mary M. Sullivan, director of the RI Stem Center. "Short-term proposals are underway. This summit addresses the workforce of 2020 and beyond, an overlooked population."
This summit will allow representatives from business, education, government and other communities "to take advantage of a unique opportunity to collaborate about preparation of future employees while they are in middle and high school," Sullivan said.
The keynote address will be presented by Norman Augustine, the retired chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin, former chairman and principal officer of the American Red Cross, former chairman of the National Academy of Engineering and former under-Secretary of the Army.
Augustine was chairperson of the committee that produced the "Rising above the Gathering Storm" report in 2005 and the committee that revisited the report in 2010. His background in STEM supported an extensive career in education, business and military endeavors.
An update on current efforts by the state will be given by Rick Brooks of the Governor's Workforce Board.
Sen. Jack Reed and others also will speak during the summit.
One section of the conference will be devoted to an interactive breakout session called "Defining and Developing Workforce Competencies."
The summit will beheld Friday, April 26, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Rhode Island College, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave., Providence, in Alger Hall, Room 110.


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For the past 10 years, Anti-Creative has been accepting mail orders via an Upland, CA PO Box. But over the past three years or so, we've probably recieved less than half a dozen orders by mail. Everyone one is ordering digitally now (for obvious reasons), and not only is that easier for you folks, but it's also easy for us to process.
With no one using the PO Box any longer, we had no reason to keep it open. Please do not try snail-mailing us any longer, as we're not sure how accurate the USPS's mail forwrading system will be, and it's only temporary.


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A grant from the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area will support "Hand in Hand: Promoting Harmony in the Community" for the Children's After School Achievement (CASA) Program at Hope College as it works with elementary-age students during the 1998-99 school year.
The program's goal is to demonstrate that people
with different backgrounds and abilities can give much to
one another, said Bob Boersma, program director with CASA,
who will be responsible for implementing the year-long
project. "We want to emphasize the idea that we can all
work together and cooperate," Boersma said.
CASA runs year-round, providing substance abuse
prevention, cultural awareness, academic and career
experiences to at-risk kindergarten through fifth grade
students. The program is intended to improve the students'
academic performance and help them develop healthy,
productive lifestyles. CASA's students meet after school
twice per week for two hours per session throughout the
school year, and in the mornings during the six-week summer
The program's 1998-99 school year will begin in
mid-September. Approximately 90 students from the Holland
area will be participating.
The $5,000 grant will help CASA blend the "Hand in
Hand" program into its on-going work. CASA plans to acquire
and use books and videos that focus on various kinds of
diversity; provide computer experiences regarding diversity,
such as having the children produce word games or create
banners in different languages; develop relevant art
experiences; and provide ethnically-themed snacks. Boersma
also hopes to involve some of the children's parents or
guardians in CASA's after-school sessions, and noted that
the program may also develop a related workshop for them as
Established by Marge Rivera in 1987, CASA was
originally administered by Latin Americans United for
Progress (LAUP) and housed at First United Methodist Church.
The program moved to the college in 1989, and is housed on
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Water: You Are What You Drink
From the United States Department of Agriculture Blog:
Today the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) along with their Honorary Chair, First Lady Michelle Obama, launched a campaign encouraging Americans to drink more water more often. The 'Water: You Are What You Drink' campaign is a collaboration between PHA and stakeholders across the public and private sectors. The initiative brings together leaders from industry, government and Hollywood with a shared goal: to excite, inspire and engage people in drinking more water.
This nationwide effort comes during National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, when much attention is already focused on the impact diet plays on the health of our nation. USDA works to educate consumers on the importance of making healthy dietary choices. Choosing healthful beverages is one part of that equation and drinking more water is something that all Americans can benefit from. Increasing water intake, "drinking up", is an easy change every one of us can make every day. Tap, filtered, bottled, carbonated- it all counts!
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Panel to look at N.J. Senate race, Nov. 4
Posted November 1, 2002; 04:15 p.m.
On the eve of one of the most widely debated senatorial elections in the nation, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs will present a panel discussion titled "As New Jersey Goes, So Goes the Nation? A Conversation on the U.S. Senate Race in New Jersey" at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Participants will discuss the race between major party candidates Douglas Forrester and Frank Lautenberg and several minor party candidates. Members of the panel will include: Thomas Byrne Jr., a 1976 Princeton alumnus and the former chair of the New Jersey State Democratic Party; Iver Peterson, political reporter for The New York Times; Ingrid Reed, director of the New Jersey Project for the Eagleton Institute of Politics; and Richard Zimmer, former congressman from the 12th District of New Jersey. Douglas Arnold, the William Church Osborn Professor of Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School, will moderate the panel.
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That's Wayne's screw-up,my problem with Nick was a 2nd for CPep....really??
I wouldn't have traded a fourth for a healthy CPep...
Once the Brees deal fell though,I would have just gone with the fifth for Harrington...
That's basically what we went with in the end anyway.
wouldn't be right to leave Alabama? What a joke!!
Hated the way the whole Saban thing went but we really dont know what went on behind closed doors. I mean look how our owner and GM went behind Sparano's back to try to hire a coach while he was still in the job, not very classy either. Hell our old owner basically ran Shula out of town with no class at all along with letting Jimmy Johnson and Dave Wanny basicallly force marino to retire
(We can fill up a large stadium.)
(2) 3 Possible titles in 6 years...after what we went though with that idiot Shula...Saban has done his job...What more could you ask for?
(3) Like LSU before us,,After Nick left,Les Miles,using the same procees kept LSU in the National picture...Kirby Smart will do the same.
(4) Nick is only going to coach for about five more years...he is 61 now....rebuiding a pro team and then coming back to college..well....there isn't enough time.
(5) I would say "Thanks Nick...Great Job!"
(6)Everybody on this board knows I went to Bama,so the word sheep doesn't fit.
That only goes for people following a failed idea six years later.
(7)Shut your dirty whore mouth when you speak of the Capstone.
(8)Bama going for it's 3rd title in 6 years...Miami has missed the playoffs for the 10th
time in eleven years...and you guys still talk about Saban....So who's the Wolf and who is
the sheep?...you silly sweater.


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Do what you need to do and let the judge judge.
Do what you need to do and let the judge judge.
WRC HR Lennoxlove's Run with Wolves JH, WCX ("Cheyenne") ... still so fondly remembered
HRCh Struan's Devil's in De Tails SH, WCX ("Lucy") ... as is her daughter
SR CH Struan's Flight of Fancy JH ("Muse")
Struan's Master of the Hunt JH, WC ("Charlie")
Struan's Just Plain Perfect ("Jane")
CH Struan's Driving Us Crazy ("Daisy") ... the baby in charge
Dixie ... the "spare parts" dog
No, just curious. A lot of dogs qualify for the MN, and everyone was talking about impending changes.
John Lash
"If you run Field Trials, you learn to swallow your disappointment quickly."
"Field trials are not a game for good dogs. They're for great dogs with great training." E. Graham
I do know now that I will not run junior without a dog that knows how to handle! It reduces the stress tremendously! Especially with a young dog. Like one who runs full bore to get the flyer...bird boy moves behind the blind, ducks go nuts, dog makes sharp right to ducks. They are more fun! Was able to handle her out of blind and to flyer. If you could seen her face on the way back... Very sheepish! . Got some pics of the blind with a tail sticking up in the air where she was play bowing to the darn birds...
Passed that day! Clean handle and other 3 were clean marks.
Sue Puff
There are no secrets to success. It is the results of preparation, hard work and learning from failure. -Colin Powell
Sue Puffenbarger
Wirtz, VA
GCH Boyne's Avian Investigator MH WCX CGC 'Ziva' (number 73!)
Boyne's Criminal by Dezign at Rygwood JH 'Wykked' (criminal #2)
Boyne's It Is What It Is JH 'Murphy' (hellion in training)
ShadowGlen Ballyhoo O'Boyne SH CGC 'Bree' (really?)
ShadowGlen Roundabout Campfyr SH CD CGC 'Coal' (the best)
Trained by:
AKC CH pointed USJ HR U-GRCH Fish Dog's Playing in the Kona Surf MH CGC "Kona"
WindyCanyon's Don't Stop Believin SH " Journey"
Folly Hill's Crazy Train @ Triple Threat " Ozzy"
Triple Threat's Rebel Rebel- " Bowie"
Barb Gibson
CH Rosewood Little Giant VCD2 UDX VER RA MHU SH MXP MJP MFP T2BP TD DJ VCX WCX CCA CGC FFX-OG
also UCH HR UH UUD NN UJJ URO1 UHIT
(golden retriever) born 3-10-07
a.k.a. "Tito", "The Tito Monster"
On my third junior hunt test the judges set out about a half dozen duck decoys in the middle of a channel and in line to the bird. My dog was one of 5 dogs that got caught up in the decoys and got all turned around. 4 of the dogs became confused and returned to their handler but I was able to get control of my dog with a set whisle and casted her back to the bird. I passed
Terry Crawford
You can't win if you don't play, every dog has his day
I have met more dogs that deserve better owners than owners that deserve better dogs
Sunny Dee Light MH QAA (Sunny)
Sunny's Black Gold Texas Tea QAA (Crude)
As a handler, you have to do what you have to do to collect the birds. Period. As a judge, you only have 4 birds to evaluate the dog's marking ability on that day (in Junior). I think to be fair to handlers, they should know that handling on multiple birds in Junior is not going to cut it. When one set of judges pass a dog that handles multiple times, all it does is give the handler the impression that doing so is qualifying work and when they don't pass the next time that happens, they blow a gasket.
Good to know on the rules re: handling in Junior. I haven't run or judged a Junior in many years and was not aware that rule had be revised.
"Speed of the captain, speed of the ship."
Travis Lund
Stony Brook Kennels
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Starting this november, I will be teaching a course in Free Software philosophy and theory at the University of Göteborg. Having received some interest about this course from foreign students, we have decided to give the course in English and invite students from other countries to participate as well. The course is a distance learning course, so students can participate from anywhere in the world.
"The most common format of music on an iPod is 'stolen'" , according to Steve Ballmer.
This is an interesting contrasts to the news of a few days ago that Sony Japan was dropping copy-protection on its CDs. The hardware and software manufacturers may go on about how wonderful DRM will be. But most of us know the truth already; they've already lost.
Eben Moglen has said that we need four things; free software, free hardware, free spectrum and free culture. We have free software. Free hardware means that the hardware should not be encumbered with DRM. We're currently in a state of flux where some new hardware is DRM-encumbered and some is not. I'm confident that with enough information, the consumers will eradicate all traces of DRM by chosing non-DRM hardware.
Free spectrum means our ability to share the spectrum through, for example, the use of WiFi devices. Our ability to be connected to everyone whenever we chose to. This will clear the way for sharing with each other without the possible DRM-encumbered broadband connections or cable TV.
Free culture is on its way thanks to organisations such as Creative Commons. I would argue however that I'm not sure what sense it makes to create licenses to free culture. Free culture can only exist when I, as the author of a work, can give this work to another and he or she automatically receives the freedoms that we associate with free culture. If I, before doing this, have to find, evaluate and decide on a license to use, chances are that 99% of the time, I wouldn't find it worth doing. 99% of the creative power Free spectrum means our ability to share the spectrum through, for example, the use of WiFi devices. Our ability to be connected to everyone whenever we chose to. This will clear the way for sharing with each other without the possible DRM would be lost to legal bureaucracy.
Our aim should be, not to create free culture licenses, but to create a world where such licenses are not needed.
(Imported entry) Together with six coworkers from the department, I've been to Liseberg amusement park and then to dinner afterwards. This, to celebrate the end of this semester and the countdown toward vacation.
On my way home, I was thinking about an article that Mirjam Eladhari pointed to earlier. She's one of the teachers for the Game Analysis and Design course that I'm taking now.
The article tells the story of Karyn, a norwegian girl who logged on to Legend Mud a few years back and quickly built a rather successful guild, getting to know several others on the mud in the process and making quite a lot of friends.
After a year and a half, the guild was falling into disarray because Karyn had not logged on for quite some time. Emails from her friends went unanswered, and eventually someone found her web page with a newspaper clipping telling how she had died together with a friend whilst test-driving a car.
This hit the small community on the Legend Mud quite hard, and some even constructed a mausoleum for Karyn. A dear and beloved friend had passed away.
Several years later, a journalist began to look into the story of Karyn for an article she was writing. It turns out that the girl on the picture on Karyns web page had never heard of Legend Mud before, and was certainly not Karyn.
The newspaper clipping turned out to have been altered, and the girl in the crash nowhere near the age that Karyn would have been. She wasn't named Karyn, either, and preciously few people in Norway are called Karyn.
So it would seem that Karyn never existed. She was a fiction of someones imagination, brought to life on Legend Mud and in some ways carried over into real life. Are the feelings of those who were her friends any less real now?
Not so. The friends we make online are just as important to us as the friends we make in real life. The feelings are just the same, and the fact that something is in a virtual community doesn't make them any less real.
We do not carry our feelings into the virtual world, nor do we carry the feelings of the virtual world into the real world.
They are one and the same, and we are just as vulnerable in virtual space as in real space.
Having read The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler, as part of the Game Analysis and Design course, it was easy to wonder how the twelve stage model described by Vogler fit into The Matrix.
I began to work on my own comparision, until I found Christof Wolf's comparision. Christof maps the twelve steps a bit different than what I had done. He claims, for example, that Neo refuses the call in the part where he is not able to get out of the office, and therefore is captured by the agents.
My interpretation would have been that his refusal comes when he is first shown the Matrix by Morpheus (remember the scene when he has been hooked up the first time and "pops"?). This also means that my first act of the movie is longer than the one Christof tells.
From that point onwards, my understanding is pretty close to that of Christof, although I believe that the role of the mentor is something that progresses from Trinity to Morpehus to the Oracle.
For anyone who cares, here's my full interpretation:
"Neo is portrayed in his ORDINARY WORLD, in front of his
computer and at work. He receives the CALL TO ADVENTURE
by Morpheus, when they finally meet. When Morpehus shows
him the reality of the Matrix, Neo is RELUCTANT and
Trinity, in her first role as MENTOR,
encourages him to move forward. Neo CROSSES THE FIRST
THRESHOLD by entering the Matrix and learning how to
interact with it. There are then a number of TESTS,
ALLIES, AND ENEMIES introduces which leads to the APPROACH
TO THE INMOST CAVE, where Neo is introduced to the Oracle
and then crosses the second threshold.
When Morpheus is taken by the Agents, Neo recuses him,
thereby enduring the ORDEAL and the ability to save both
of them is the REWARD that he takes back. They are pursued
on THE ROAD BACK by agents which Neo must fight with, only
to be killed by agent Smith and then RESURRECTED by Trinity
when she proclaims his love for him.
Neo now knows that he's the one, which is his ELIXIR that
he returns with towards the end of the movie."
So it's been more than two years since I posted anything here. In fact, it's close to three years, since the 7th february entry 2002 was just a one line link. So what can one do here? Let's spend some time finding that out.
Two minutes into this I discovered an Advogato bug; the RSS feed bombs out when there's an entry with no content.
Merry Christmas everone!
I wish I could even begin to describe how interesting the past few days has been, but I wouldn't even come close even if I tried.
It all started when an, shall we say, incident, occured at a company I have close connections with. I was outraged that something like that could happen to such a company and I wrote to a journalist aquaintance of mine to tell him to write an article about incident response plans in Swedish Internet companies. Foolishly, I mentioned the company I had just heard about by name. Little did I know what would come of that slipped note!
My aquaintance thought that the article idea was interesting enough to put it in their article database. But even more so, he was interested in that an incident had occured at the company, which shall here remain nameless. Without my knowledge, he wrote a snippet about it on the newspapers newsticker.
The morning after he did so, I got a call from my girlfriend telling me that a certain company president was rather cross with me for letting something like that slipp to the press.
Now, it should be said that I was to an interview to this nameless company about three months ago. I havn't heard from them about a job since then. I'm now perfectly happy at my new job and I hold no disgrunted feelings towards them; quite the contrary actually since a number of my friends work there.
My journalist aquaintance published an updated version of the story where the president of the company was quoted denying that an incident had occured. At least that's what the untrained eye would see. Carefully examined, the quote never denies that something happened. It only denies that any valuable data was stolen, which I never claimed and which I feel that the company can not claim before having evaluated all evidence from the incident.
That would have been the end of it, unless he also went on to claim that, and I quote (translated to Swedish); "The Jonas Öberg, referred to in the article, is, as far as I understand, a technician who recently applied but didn't get, a job here."
That quote completely blew me away! It was so completely unrelated and the only intention he can have had with it is to defame me. He knows perfectly well who I am and how I came into possesion of the knowledge I have about the incident.
Welcome to the sandpit everyone, and enjoy the upcoming new year!
This monday I begun working at the Department of Informatics at the School of Economics and Commercial Law in Gothenburg University. My tasks there involves taking care of their web services and securing the long-term issues related to those services. This suits me rather well since it's something I've been doing for the FSF for a long time.
It also means that I will spend a small amount of my time doing system administration on their GNU/Linux boxes (primarily those running the web server), which also suits me well.
All in all, I'm fairly happy with the tasks and the environment around the university. Much, much, better than Volvo where I used to work. Much more freedom and a much better understanding of what is important.
The only downside right now is that someone seems to be feeding for christmas. Feeding on IP packets that is. Roughly 47% packet loss on the network between two buildings, but hopefully that will sort itself out eventually.
Things have obviously slowed down in the community as christmas approaches. Many I know are taking a few weeks off from hacking and so some things that I thought I would have time to do this week will have to be postponed until after christmas, which probably is a good idea anyway.
It's amazing how much time you can spend christmas shopping. In two days shopping I've bought as many presents, and I'm not even halfway through my list. But it's a great deal of fun, and I've found almost as much stuff for myself as for others in the process! ;-)
I have been convinced again to accept a regular job, this time as an administrator for a departments web services on one of the local universities. The upside of this is that it removes a fair bit of economical stress.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


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How would Mendel explain blood types?
The inheritance of traits is not always as simple as Mendel's rules. Each characteristic Mendel investigated was controlled by one gene that had only two possible alleles, one of which was completely dominant over the other. We now know that inheritance is often more complicated than this. In blood types, for example, there are actually three alleles instead of two.
Exceptions to Mendel's Rules
In all of Mendel's experiments, he worked with traits where a single gene controlled the trait. Each also had one allele that was always dominant over the recessive allele. But this is not always true.
There are exceptions to Mendel's rules, and these exceptions usually have something to do with the dominant allele. If you cross a homozygous red flower with a homozygous white flower, according to Mendel's laws, what color flower should result from the cross? Either a completely red or completely white flower, depending on which allele is dominant. But since Mendel's time, scientists have discovered this is not always the case.
Incomplete Dominance
One allele is NOT always completely dominant over another allele. Sometimes an individual has a phenotype between the two parents because one allele is not dominant over another. This pattern of inheritance is called incomplete dominance. For example, snapdragon flowers show incomplete dominance. One of the genes for flower color in snapdragons has two alleles, one for red flowers and one for white flowers.
A plant that is homozygous for the red allele (RR) will have red flowers, while a plant that is homozygous for the white allele will have white flowers (WW). But the heterozygote will have pink flowers (RW) (Figure below). Neither the red nor the white allele is dominant, so the phenotype of the offspring is a blend of the two parents.
Pink snapdragons are an example of incomplete dominance.
Another example of incomplete dominance is with sickle cell anemia, a disease in which a blood protein called hemoglobin is produced incorrectly. This causes the red blood cells to have a sickle shape, making it difficult for these misshapen cells to pass through the smallest blood vessels. A person that is homozygous recessive (ss) for the sickle cell trait will have red blood cells that all have the incorrect hemoglobin. A person who is homozygous dominant (SS) will have normal red blood cells.
What type of blood cells do you think a person who is heterozygous (Ss) for the trait will have? They will have some misshapen cells and some normal cells (Figure below). Both the dominant and recessive alleles are expressed, so the result is a phenotype that is a combination of the recessive and dominant traits.
Sickle cell anemia causes red blood cells to become misshapen and curved (right cell) unlike normal, rounded red blood cells (left cell).
Another exception to Mendel's laws is a phenomenon called codominance. For example, our blood type shows codominance. Do you know what your blood type is? Are you A? O? AB? Those letters actually represent alleles. Unlike other traits, your blood type has three alleles, instead of two!
The ABO blood types (Figure below) are named for the protein attached to the outside of the blood cell. In this case, two alleles are dominant and completely expressed (IA and IB), while one allele is recessive (i). The IA allele encodes for red blood cells with the A antigen, while the IB allele encodes for red blood cells with the B antigen. The recessive allele (i) does not encode for any proteins. Therefore a person with two recessive alleles (ii) has type O blood. As no dominant (IA and IB) allele is present, the person cannot have type A or type B blood.
An example of codominant inheritance is ABO blood types.
There are two possible genotypes for type A blood, homozygous (IAIA) and heterozygous (IAi), and two possible genotypes for type B blood, (IBIB and IBi). If a person is heterozygous for both the IA and IB alleles, they will express both and have type AB blood with both proteins on each red blood cell.
This pattern of inheritance is significantly different than Mendel's rules for inheritance, because both alleles are expressed completely, and one does not mask the other.
- codominance: Form of inheritance in which both alleles are expressed equally in the phenotype of the heterozygote.
- incomplete dominance: Form of inheritance in which one allele for a specific trait is not completely dominant over the other allele, resulting in an intermediate phenotype.
- Incomplete dominance, as seen in sickle cell anemia, is a form of inheritance in which one allele is only partly dominant over the other allele, resulting in an intermediate phenotype.
- Codominance, as in human blood type, is a form of inheritance in which both alleles are expressed equally in the phenotype of the heterozygote.
Use the resources below to answer the questions that follow.
- Incomplete Dominance at http://www.ksu.edu/biology/pob/genetics/incom.htm
- A species exists with three color types, (blue, yellow and green). You breed a yellow individual with a blue individual, and all the offspring are green. Which trait is dominant? Explain your reasoning.
- You now breed the green offspring with a yellow individual. What will their offspring look like? Explain your answer.
- You now breed a green individual with a blue individual. What will their offspring look like? Explain your answer.
- Incomplete Dominance and Codominance at http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/incompletedom/incompletedominance.html
- When one trait is said to cancel out another trait, what kind of relationship is said to exist?
- What is an allele?
- If a trait is said to show incomplete dominance, can it be a simple trait? Explain your answer fully.
- What is found on the surface of red blood cells in humans that determines blood type?
- Is blood type an example of incomplete dominance or codominance? Explain your reasoning and be as specific as you can.
- A dark purple flower is crossed with a white flower of the same species, and the offspring have light purple flowers. What type of inheritance does this describe? Explain.
- What is the inheritance pattern in which both alleles are expressed?


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Well, the series wrapped up last week and for those not keeping up with the event and who don't mind a few spoilers.
Scott Summers loses control of the Dark Phoenix and volcanic eruptions and spontaneous fires begin springing up across the globe and burning the entire world. Scarlett Witch and Hope team up against Phoenix and, with Jean Grey's help, the Phoenix leaves Scott Summers; but then takes over Hope. She flies around the world and puts out all the fires and becomes the White Phoenix. However, Scarlett Witch stops her and, using their powers together, Hope and Scarlett Witch declare "No more Phoenix."
The full consequences of this haven't been explained yet, but the Phoenix disappears and suddenly more mutants start manifesting across the globe. So it effectively restarts the mutant gene and undoes Scarlett Witch's earlier statement of "No more mutants" from House of M several years ago.
Scott Summers is now in solitary confinement inside of a ruby quartz prison cell and Emma Frost, Namor, Magneto, Colossus and Magik are at large and being hunted down by the Avengers. Meanwhile, Captain America begins forming a new Avengers team that fully merges the Avengers and X-Men together into one cohesive unit.
So it looks like the entire Utopia/Extinction Team era of the X-Men is officially over. Which is good, because I was never a fan of the direction Cyclops was leading the X-Men in.


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Archibald Woodard buried in Batavia, Michigan
September 3rd, 2013
September 3rd, 2013
August 28th, 2013
Inscriptions on several sides of a tall monument in the Batavia Cemetery (Batavia, Branch County, Michigan) provide clues regarding the family of Samuel Woodard.
Photographs courtesy of Connie Reik, August 2013.
May 21st, 2012
Deed from William Evans to Robert Woodard [Morgan County, Georgia, Deed Book E: 216–217; Georgia Archives microfilm publication drawer 42, box 16.]
Georgia ) This Indenture made this Seventeenth of
Morgan County ) Octr 1814 in the year of our Lord the date
above written and the thirty ninth year o
American Independence Between Wm Evans of the one
part and Robt Woodard of the other part both of the State
& County aforsd. Witnessth that the Said William Evans
for and in Consideration of the Sum of Two hundred fifty
dollars to him paid the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowled =
ged hath bargained & Sold unto Sd Robt Woodard a Certain
parcel of Land lying on the waters of little River & in the Cou=
nty of Morgan Containing fifty acres being part of lot No 10
and in the nineteenth district and Bounded as follows begini=
ng at the formal Corner Stake ____?___ & running 980 poles
North East to a Lightwood Corner Stake and from thence 90 poles
north west to a post oak Stake Corner and from thence run=
ning Southwest 90 poles to an ash Corner Stake and from thence
running South East to the beginning Corner. To have & to hold
the Said Land & Premises with every previlege or interest there
to Belonging or in any wise appataining to the only proper
use Benefit & Behoof of the Said Robt Woodard his heirs
& assigns forever in fee Simple & the Sd Wm Evans doth
hereby Bind himself his heirs Executors an administrators
forever well & truly to warrant & defend a good ___?___
[following page]
Sufficient Right and title to the Sd Land & premises Its
every privilege or members thereto belonging or in wise apperta=
ining to the Said Robt Woodward his heirs or assigns against the
claims and us___?___ of every person whomsoever having or
pretending to have any rights in trust or Claims to the Said prem=
ises or any part thereof. Ratified & done Signed Sealed &
delivered the day and date above written_____
in presence of ____ ) Wm Evans {Seal}
his )
Wm X Stone ) Recorded 5th July 1816___
mark )
Samuel S Simmon ) John Nesbit CLK
April 13th, 2012
This week I've had an opportunity to spend a couple of days at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. On these rare occasions, I like to spend time learning about sets of records of that are not online and that have not been microfilmed. This week I learned a little about "Carded Medical Records."
The Civil War pension record of my Great-grandfather, Daniel R. Woodward, made it clear that he had been injured during the Civil War—not in battle, but when he fell over a stump in camp.[1]
Records of Union soldiers who had been hospitalized during the Civil War were compiled onto cards from original records such as hospital registers, rolls, reports, and records relating to medical treatment. The resulting "Carded Medical Records" generally contain data that includes name; rank; organization; complaint; and date of admittance.[2] The cards are arranged by state and thereunder by regiment.
The Carded Medical Records of the 16th Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers were located for the following Woodwards.
1. Daniel R. Woodward, Pvt., Co. E; Admitted Mch 6, 1863 to Regimental Hospital, 16 New Hampshire Infantry; and sent to G.H. Charity Mc 3; Source:NH Regt'l Reg. No. 123, Hos. No. [blank]; page 13.
2. Daniel R. Woodward, P, Co. E, 16 Reg't NH; Admitted Mar 6, 1863 to Charity U.S. Gen'l Hosp., New Orleans, La.; Diagnosis: Chronic disease of ankle joint; Disch'd from service May 8, 1863; age 29; Nativity, Merrimack Co., NH; Source:[La Reg. No. 23; Hos. No. [blank]; page 134.
3. T.N. Woodward, Pt, Co. I, 16 Reg't NH Vol; complaint, Febris Typhoid; Admitted June 14th, 1863, to St. James U.S. Gen'l Hosp., New Orleans, La.; Disch'd from service, Aug 1st, 1863; Remarks: By reason of expiration of terms of Service; Ward 4; Source: La. Reg. No. 10; Hos. No. 4082; page [blank].
4. Daniel E. Woodward, Co. I, 16th Reg't NH; Complaint: Feb Typhoid; Admitted Feby 6, 1863 to Marine, U.S.A. Gen'l Hosp., New Orleans, La.; Ret'd to duty, April 3, 1863; Ward H; Source: La. Reg. No. 27; No. 1964; page [blank].
5. Daniel E. Woodward, Corp., Co. I, 16th Reg't NH; complaint: Chronic Diarrhea fol Typhoid Fever; Admitted May 19, 1963 to U.S.A. Conval Gen'l Hosp. (Barracks,), Baton Rouge, La.; Ret'd to duty July 19, 1863; Source: La. Reg. No. 128, Hos. No. 17, page 44
6. D.E. Woodward, Pvt. Co. I, 16 Reg't NH Infantry; Complaint, Febris; Admitted: Jan 28, 1863 to Regimental Hospital 16 New Hampshire Infantry; Sent to G.H. Feb 6, 1863; Source: NH Regt'l Reg. No. 123; Hos. No. [blank], page 7
7. T.N. Woodward, Pt, Co. I, 16 Reg't NH Vol; Complaint: Febris Typhoid; Admitted June 14th, 1862 to St. James U.S.A. Gen'l Hosp., New Orleans, La.; Disch'd from service, Aug 1st, 1863; Remarks: By reason of expiration of terms of service; Ward 4; Source: La. Reg. No. 10; Hos. No. 6082; page [blank]
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[1] Union Pension of Daniel R. Woodward, file #NC-711-973, Record Group 15, Department of Veterans Affairs, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
[2] Woodward, 16th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, Carded Medical Records of Volunteer Soldiers in the Mexican and Civil Wars, 1846 – 1865; entry 534, Record Group 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
March 20th, 2012
This tombstone was located and photographed by Kathryn Hopkins in the Greer Cemetery in Bedford County, Tennessee, on 10 March 2012.
The tombstone reads:
Nancy M.
Daughter of
Wm Woodward
and wife of
John W. Greer
Apr. 30, 1819.
March 12, 1883.
An affectionate wife, a kind step-
mother, a christian woman.
We loved Him because He first
loved us. John. 18.19.
© Kathryn Hopkins. All Rights Reserved.
July 28th, 2011
July 13th, 2011
Ephraim Woodward of Gordon County, Georgia. Who was he? Where are his descendants located?
1850. 9 November. The family of Ephrum Woodard was enumerated in Cass County, Georgia.[1] The household consisted of Ephrum Woodard, age 39, farmer; Eliza Woodard, age 37; Washington Woodard, 17; Burbage Woodard, 16; Nancy E. Woodard, 13; Mary A. Woodard, 11; Eloner Woodard, 9; Franklin Woodard, 7; John W. Woodard, 4; Sarah Woodard, 1; and Abigail Kirthen[?]/Kirthland[?], 69. All family remembers were recorded with the birth place South Carolina. The family of Porter Dempsy, age 40 , ten family members (not enumerated here) were residing in the same structure.
1851. Ephraim Woodward of the 1056th Georgia Militia District, Gordon County, Georgia, paid taxes on 160 acres of land (80 acres 2nd quality and 80 acres 3rd quality) in the 6th District, 3rd Section of original. Cherokee County (now Gordon). In addition he paid a tax for 1 poll.[2]
1854. 20 November. Gordon County, Georgia[3]. David G King sold to Ephraim Woodward, both of Gordon County, for consideration of one thousand dollars, the parcel of land situated in the sixth district, third section of Cherokee County (now Gordon County), known as lot 225 containing 160 acres more or less. The deed signed by David G King and witnessed by William Capehart and AB King
1854. E. Woodward of the 1056th Georgia Militia District of Gordon County, paid taxes on two tracts of land: 1) 160 areas described as lot 223 in the 6th District, 3rd Section; and 2) 60 acres of lot 225, 6th District, 3rd Section; and 1 poll. That same year W.K[?] Woodward paid taxes for 100 acres of lot 225, 6th District, 3rd Section, and 1 poll.[4] It appears that Ephraim gave or sold 100 of his 160-acre lot (#225) to W.K.
1860. An Ephraim Woodward and his family were enumerated in Sonora, Gordon County. [5] The household was enumerated as Ephraim Woodward, 46, farmer; Mary A. Woodward, 39, domestic; Mary Woodward, 21, domestic; Wesley Woodward, 14; Cassandra A. Woodward, 3; Frank P. Meadows, 7; and Penelope C. Meadows, 4. All family members, except Cassandra were born in South Carolina. The demographics of his family do not appear to match up with the family of Ephrum Woodard enumerated in Cass County in 1850.
[1] 1850 U.S. Census, Free Population Schedule, Cass County, Georgia, page 218, dwelling 1644, family 1661, lines 13-23; National Archives micropublication m432, reel 63, viewed on Ancestry.com, 13 July 2011.
[2] Gordon County, Georgia Tax Digest 1851; Georgia Archives micropublication 4836-37 (drawer 136, box 55). Abstracted by Linda Woodward Geiger, 14 July 1997.
[3] Gordon Co., Ga., Deed Book B: 561; Georgia Archives microfilm 4839 (drawer 136, box 60). Scanned and prepared by Linda Woodward Geiger, 8 July 2011.
[4] Gordon County, Georgia, Tax Digest, 1854. Georgia Archives micropublication 4836-37 (drawer 136, box 55). Abstracted by Linda Woodward Geiger, 14 July 1997.
[5] 1860 U.S. Census, Free Population Schedule, Sonora, Gordon County, Georgia, page 310, dwelling 454, family 437; National Archives micropublication M653, reel 124, viewed at Ancestry.com, 13 July 2011.
© Linda Woodward Geiger. All Rights Reserved.
May 30th, 2011
National Archives micropubliation M2113 holds applications for military headstone fro 1941–1949. Microfilm images for Woodards (reel 273) and Woodwards (reel 274) were scanned at the National Archives in Washington in March 2011. The images are now available Online at the Woodwards WeSearch website.
© Linda Woodward Geiger. All Rights Reserved.
May 25th, 2011
May 23rd, 2011
The first peacetime selective service draft in the United States was established in October 1940 by President Roosevelt. All men between the ages of 18 and 45 were required to register.
When the U.S. entered World War II, a new selective service act was passed requiring all men between ages of 18 and 65. The "Fourth Registration," conducted on 27 April is commonly called the "Old Man's Draft." Men who were born between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 (ages 45 to 64 years of age) were required to register if they were not already serving in the military.
Unfortunately all of the registration cards for the "Fourth Registration" have not survived. Those for the Southeastern United States have been destroyed. For other regions of the United States many have survived and are generally located in the National Archives regional facility servicing a particular state. Fortunately, many of the cards have been microfilmed.
The following images were scanned from microfilm at the National Archives at Washington.
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I'm going off the comments that have been made previously about these questions and updating them to reflect news that's hit since February. Most of them have changes, but I added pertinent notes in italics. They are still grouped thematically so feel free to rearrange them. The numbers correspond only to their numbering in the thread's first post.
3. The 2013 Class II vehicle line is using all new tooling and going in a simpler direction, but is there still a chance of seeing more vehicles in the original, more detailed Class II style – perhaps as newly tooled exclusives or even as reissues from the vast tooling library you already have, as is currently being done for larger vehicles like the Republic Gunship and Slave I?
***I added the examples since it shows that they're already doing this with larger ships - and I figured they would likely bring them up anyway, so better to get it out of the way and help focus the conversation back to only the starfighter line, if that makes any sense.
1. Speaking of vehicle re-releases, the Naboo Fighter is a great one that many collectors missed due to the first wave of vehicles not selling well last year and the case being expensive and rare online. It's been appearing sporadically at discount stores, but might we still see it pop up somewhere in greater numbers, either as existing stock or a new run? It's too large for the new Class II line, but could it be repacked as an exclusive?
3.b. So far the new Class II line has only consisted of resculpts of existing vehicles, but will we see any never-before-made ships there as well?
NEW - With no new releases since the first wave in Spring, is the Class I line with two figures essentially dead?
4. Why was the Endor AT-AT moved from its announced October date – did TRU already have enough big items between the Millennium Falcon, MTT, and older-yet-still-available big vehicles?
***Now that it's been released, I think we can assume why it was delayed, so I don't know if this is necessary anymore.
NEW - Even though we're getting some fairly sizable ships as exclusives, the repainted Slave I and AT-AT are the only Class III-size vehicles coming this year. Does the Class III line still have a future in new molds? Did the performance of the MTT have any effect on this?
***Derryl told me last year the MTT would only affect things if it bombed at retail, so I wonder if a follow-up would reveal anything.
Basic figures
NEW - The Clone Wars animated figure line and TV series are both more or less finished. What are the chances of continuing to see new characters done in the realistic style - either 3.75" Black Series or Saga Legends/Misson Series - or more vehicles from the series? So far, the realistic Clone Wars figures have been of characters that have already had several animated figures, but could the realistic lines be an outlet for new characters and designs, such as the Pong Krell and spider-Maul figures that were mentioned in previous Q&A sessions?
NEW - With Star Wars Rebels premiering a little over a year from now, we won't ask details on tie-in products, but if you do decide to make figures for the show, has any thought been given as to whether the figures will be in the animated or realistic style? Will you be making this decision based on how well The Clone Wars animated figures performed, or is this something Lucasfilm and Disney will decide?
5. The presumably-still-upcoming Mara Jade figure is wearing the same catsuit that has been made as a figure twice previously – and it looks like a fine figure in and of itself – but the Fans' Choice poll had an image of her wearing her green Jedi outfit, so that look is probably what many fans believed they were picking when they voted. Why was the choice made to make yet another version of this outfit as opposed to the one featured in the poll? Can we expect to see a figure in her green Jedi outfit?
2. Late last year and earlier this year, several Movie Heroes and Clone Wars figures - including light-up Anakin and Sandtrooper, the blast-apart Battle Droids, etc. - were revealed and released internationally but not in the US. The Yoda-card figures have been made available by online retailers, but Boba Fett and the tan Battle Droid remain very scarce. Is there any plan to release any of them specifically to the US market?
11. Why is the eye on the top back of astromech heads almost always being done wrong as it is on the 6" R2 figure, so it sticks straight up instead of angled back?
12. Why do you use that chiffon/gossamer translucent black fabric for Darth Vader figures' cloaks and kama skirts when the Vintage Collection Sidious has a much nicer opaque black fabric for his robes and kama skirt?
Competing sources and resources
9. Some collectors are worried that the new 6" line will cannibalize resources that otherwise would have gone into making high-quality, super-articulated 3.75" figures. Is that going to be the case, or will collectors who have invested almost 18 years into collecting the 3.75" line and are NOT interested in starting again with a newly scaled line still have something to look forward to with the 3.75" Black Series?
6. Will the basic lines be able to hold retailer peg space without much of an ongoing line until the Fall product arrives?
NEW/REPLACEMENT - In the absence of an ongoing line in the first half of 2013, the initial plan to hold retailer peg space was to re-release hard-to-find 2012 figures from The Vintage Collection. Instead, the scant few Vintage cases that showed up so far this year were typically backstock cases such as the Darth Malgus wave with its numerous Phantom Menace carry-forwards that further clogged store shelves. So was this plan shelved? You've said there won't be any straight repacks in The Black Series, but will we still be seeing more of the hard-to-find Vintage figures somehow?
7. It's obviously too early to talk about the new films, but Disney has said that the new trilogy will take place after Return of the Jedi. Assuming that existing post-ROTJ expanded universe material isn't used in the new films, would the new films lower the likelihood of seeing figures from the existing post-ROTJ expanded universe, similar to how the Clone Wars micro-series material has been largely ignored in favor of the CGI series per Lucasfilm's request?
Planning and changing the 2013 line
8. We know that the Build-A-Droid line was cancelled since it would have been too expensive to include the droid parts without raising the price, but at what point in the development process did you know – or feel in your gut – that the new Build-A-Droid line was going to be canceled? What point in the process did it seem like things were going against it? Was there a single event that precipitated the line's cancellation?
10. How long before the public announcement did you know that the 3D re-releases of Episodes II and III weren't going to happen this year? Obviously the line is still very heavy on the Episode II and III items this year, but did that cause you to have to change the line much, or were you already planning on scaling back after Episode I didn't do as well as you hoped?
13. With the (surprising) success of the Skylanders franchise, have you begun to explore more interactivity options for Star Wars toys? Might we someday see a video game where our Star Wars figures can be scanned in and become playable characters within that game world?
***Angry Birds Star Wars II will have that feature, actually, so I assume they'd just talk about that. It was just announced this morning and I'm sure it will be a focal point. For further exploration and expansion into other lines, I'm sure they'll be looking at how well it does here, so I don't think there's anything left to the question at the moment.
We have several questions about their vehicle plans, and we're asking about collector-focused 3.75" figures (which we know are still coming in The Black Series) so there's not much to add for your first question. I've reworked and added your other questions to the list.Originally Posted by Tycho


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My most sincere prayers and condolences go out to you for the loss of your beloved gundog Reload. The loss of any companion animal is never easy, yet the loss of a gundog brings that loss which we suffer to a whole different level. I recently lost my extraordinary companion Labrador gundog on 9/3/13 to a very sudden and inexplicable death. I identify with the loss you are feeling for your Chesie. I knew within 3 days of losing my beloved gundog, that I must seek and train a successor pup. Some might say my decision seemed too soon, disrespectful, an attempt to "replace" that which I fully know can NEVER be replaced. Rather, I knew that my decision to get right back in the game was a matter of personal survival, an effort to fill the abysmal void left in my heart, and that which has become a living, breathing, tribute in honoring the true joy that my recently departed gundog so unconditionally bestowed upon my life. My constant companion, I know that he would not want me plodding through each day, lacking that special bond we are blessed to experience with each gundog that we share our life with.
I received my new pup TTF CRAIGHORN KIFFIN TRAD on 10/23/13. Trad is out of an incredible breeding and I am very blessed to have aquired him in such very short order. The wee pup has no clue how far he has brought me out of the depth of depression I suffered at the very recent loss of his predecessor. In the very short time Trad has been with me, he has endeared himself to me, the bond becomes beyond tight each day, and I absolutely love every moment I spend with him. Being retired, myself and Trad are together all day long. His early training began the very moment I received
him. Little Trad has huge paws to fill, something we will work on together in honor to the great gundogs in my life that had come and gone before him.
We must each deal with such overwhelming loss on our own terms, in doing that which works for us. My little pup
Trad has been a pathway to healing for me. Swamprat, it is painfully obvious by your very moving tribute to Reload, how awesome your relationship with him was, and how much you shared and offered to each other. I know you have much to offer any lucky gundog pup that you might chose to bring into your life. I am also sure that like my beloved and recently departed gundog, that your Reload would wish only for complete joy and happiness in your life.
Go forward with the comfort of knowing you gave Reload an amazing and rewarding life, one that he honored you with by his never ending and unconditional companionship.
Sincere regret for your loss,


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The last two days blogs have nearly had me in tears laughing. You've proved that everything they say about the south is no exageration. Good ole Dolly!!
I forgot to tell you when you went to Anasazi that I have a Painted Pony called the Anasazi Spirit Horse. He has lots of black and white swirls on him. Now I know where he comes from. How cool!!
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Today I headed to Dollywood. I think Dolly is fantastic so don't want to say anything too bad, but the word lame continually sprung to mind. Doesn't mean I didn't giggle all day long, but alas it was more at rather than with. Sorry Lou Lou I had such high hopes for a positive report.
If anyone's been, and probably most of you haven't, it's a bit like Timbertown in Wauchope, NSW, on a larger scale accompanied by a lot of bible bashing and patriotism.
The problem is that I'm neither a devoted god loving Christian nor am I American, but the majority were and they are the target market
I went to two different shows, one gospel the other country (or hillbilly) and in both the order went God, then veterans, then God bless America, with a hand on the heart standing ovation for an anthem style tribute. To give a bit of an example the performers in the first show said, and I quote, "there's two people willing to die for you, the first was God the second the American soldier". It's great that they're proud, it just wasn't for me.
I preferred one of the quotes from the second show, "I'm so excited I could thread a sewing machine running", what the?
The best part was going through the museum checking out Dolly's fancy frocks.
Still you can't come all the way here and not see it, and I'm glad I did see it.
With Dollywood behind me I pinned all my hopes on the nights entertainment, which was corny but didn't disappoint as corny was what I was expecting. Thanks for an entertaining night Dolly's Dixie Stampede
Again probably many of you won't know the place I'm referring too, but it was like a mix of El Caballo Blanco (a dancing horse show) and dinner theatre. There were shiny outfits and tricks performed on horseback and even a pig race! Hilarious night, but sadly no pics allowed, would have loved to share some of the outfits and images. Never mind I'm sure a quick google search by anyone interested will turn up some suitably corny pics.
PS I saw a ground hog today! I thought they were just made up but apparently not, there's actually a mid winter ceremony just like the movie, who'd have thunk it!
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The last two days blogs have nearly had me in tears laughing. You've proved that everything they say about the south is no exageration. Good ole Dolly!!


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RE:2/7 WSJ article: Hatchery fish vs. Natives
Pete, Juro,
Thanks for the posts. Both truly thought-provoking.
RE:2/7 WSJ article: Hatchery fish vs. Natives
Tod -
I'd say you did the article significant justice, normally I would go read the article first before responding but I feel you captured the essence of it such that I could ge read it after I put my .02 in.
You are 100% correct, the issues surrounding preservation of indigenous strains of anadromous salmonids are more than the likes of my "concerns in principal", people are worried about real greenbacks that they scrape together by logging, mining, livestock and farming, urbanization, etc. I believe there is a little bit of the inherent human trait to fear change and fight the force that may bring it about.
Just because entire mountainsides have been clearcut since the turn of the century doesn't mean we can continue to perform such acts of rape against our dwindling resources in the pacific northwest. Remember the spotted owl? How much devastation did that cause to our poor logging communities and the timber baron's shareholders dividends and profits?
! The harvest in millions of board feet of Washington state lumber had never decreased during the entire endangered species battle, in fact record amounts were cut in the heat of the debate. Imagine if the scapegoat owl had not been identified and the ESA was not there to intervene?
One year the access roads to the Upper Quinault River were washed out. The only way to the right bank was to 4x4 up the remnant of the left bank to the bridge, then back down the other side. Knowing this as one of the places where giant natives are found along with incredible solace and the profound sense of pristine, untouched beauty - I was all over that gig. There were nameless creeks bubbling from the ground, fed by glacial melt from the towering Olympic peaks which gleamed through the stark birches as I walked on the deep, soft moss carpet of the temperate rain forest toward the mainstem river. Tracks of cougar were on the deposits of ground igneous rocks that lined the creeks. Suddenly, a motion caught my eye. There were steelhead, some over 15 pounds, spawning in the creek. A creek that had no name, nor needed one - and the fish that had perenially wiggled from the gravel without concrete tanks, pellets, or steroids. Given the chance, nature knows best how to take care of her own. It should be our job to give her the chance. I never cast a fly to these fish.
I came upon a herd of elk 75 strong that day. I have plenty of pictures of that day which I'll have to scan.
Anyway, my point is that (a) hatchery fish are a big mistake where there are native fish (b) mankind often puts personal pleasure or financial gain over the good of a precious resource, and those who value that resource will battle with those that value their own selfish interests every time.
Unfortunately, those that value the resource for it's non-monetary value are few, and the selfish are many. I'd like to think that flyfishermen are among the few, therefore the more people learning to appreciate it the better!
RE:2/7 WSJ article: Hatchery fish vs. Natives
It would be nice if we didn't rely on hatchery fish for the contined runs of our salmonid stocks, however, the fact is that in some cases hatcheries are required to keep the fish coming back. I know some of you will disagree - and don't get me wrong, I am not a huge proponent of hatchery reliance, but if you look at the situation here in the Northeast (US)we wouldn't have any salmon returning (primarily in the southern extreme of their range, but also to an extent in Maine) if it were not for the federal hatcheries. We have altered the systems to such an extent (i.e., dams and other watershed alterations) that we have lost all of the genetic material unique to the Connecticut and Merrimack Rivers. In order to attempt restoration there is the need to use hatcheries. Of course up in Maine where there is still some natural production going on there is a debate about how the use of hatchery fish for supplementation has diluted, and continues to dilute the genetics of the offspring produced in the river. When you add in the problems associated with aquaculture operations you can see that there is the potential for undesired effects.
What that guy videotaped on the West Coast may have been distastefull for him to witness, but he may not have the full story. Those fish are semelparous (spawn once and die) and perhaps (i don't know) there were some conditions upstream that were not favorable for spawning (i.e., effects of logging, blocked passage, etc.) and in order to not lose a year class they had to strip the fish of milt and roe for hatchery propogation. Again I don't know the circumstances, but perhaps they had already determined that there were enough fish already on the spawning grounds to permit the taking of excess individuals for planting them in another tributary. That would get into a little bit of a grey area, but just because a guy witnessed something doesn't mean he knows all the answers.
Most of the money used for the support of hatchery programs is provided by mitigation money from dam operations - so that should point you in the direction of the real problem, and that is dams and the inability of the dams to effectively pass migrating fish (upstream and downstream). If the mortality associated with dams was reduced, either through the removal, re-engineering of the fishways, or just the alteration of flows to increase survival and decrease timing of migration, we would not have to rely as heavily on hatcheries. But, big business (i.e., aluminum and shipping concerns in the Lewiston, ID area for instance, commercial fisheries, and native subsistence fisheries) and the politicians that represent them put up all sorts of roadblocks - preventing solutions from being put in place, even in the face off all the biological evidence. However, I do think the pendulum is starting to swing towards protection of the resource, but by the time the majority recognize the benefits and demand we change how we operate, it may be too late and we may have lost the stocks.
One last thing - although the motives for the guy with the video may be pure, he may unwillingly fall into the trap of being used by interests that don't have anything else on their mind but the bottom line. If they can promote the fact that it is hatcheries and not bad logging practices (not all logging is bad - it is mostly a road design and construction issue), subsidized electricity production, and irrigation issues that are to blame for the decrease of salmon then they shift the focus from them. Buying a little more time to make the cheap buck and not thinking about the long term.
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2/7 WSJ article: Hatchery fish vs. Natives
Did anyone happen to read Monday's (2/7)Wall Street Journal article on a battle occurring in Oregon over hatchery policies, specifically at Oregon's Fall Creek?
Gist of the article is as follows: Ronald Yechout, an Oregon banker, was out hunting one day when he came across a group of men netting, then clubbing to death, coho salmon. He was outraged and videotaped them. Turns out they were state employees of the Fall Creek Hatchery and they were killing hatchery-raised coho as part of a program by the Oregon Dept of Fish & Wildlife to end production of coho at the hatchery.
Yechout is apparently touring the Pacific Northwest showing his video and gaining significant support as the video is fairly graphic (e.g. coho's to 20 lbs being clubbed with aluminum baseball bats). He apparently disagrees w/state biologists and environmentalists that hatchery fish are threatening native stocks and, unwittingly or otherwise, has attracted support of logging, ranching and others who see this as an opportunity to halt the state's push for tighter restrictions on salmon fishing - the argument being that the govt is also to blame for declining salmon stocks, dams, overfishing, agricultural runoff, and urbanization not withstanding.
Apologies for not doing the full article justice (unfortunately the WSJ website is a paysite so I couldn't get the article online). But I'd be interested to read general thoughts on the hatchery vs. native issue. Juro - if I recall correctly, you're originally from the NW. Any additional insights on the imbroglio?
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With some rare exceptions…analysts don't like to stand out from the crowd. It is dangerous and career-challenging. In that vein, we repeat our key forecasts of the S&P Composite to bottom around 450, accompanied by sub-1% US 10y yields and gold above $10,000 [an ounce].
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