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Posted On October 4, 2013 by Jeff Watters
Heading into the weekend, there are three very disturbing realities coming together that make those of us who care about the ocean very uncomfortable:
- Tropical Storm Karen is making its way through the Gulf of Mexico and heading straight towards a vast field of offshore oil rigs and pipelines. Parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida are already under tropical storm watches and warnings.
- When tropical storms and hurricanes hit this region, they can cause a lot of oil spills. For example, the damage that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused to rigs and pipelines resulted in spills totaling 17, 652 barrels (or roughly three-quarters of a million gallons) of petroleum products. Even more oil was spilled from on-shore facilities. Not to mention the fact that a major storm might also churn up submerged oil from the BP oil spill, sending it back onto our shores and beaches.
- Because of the government shutdown, many of NOAA's oil spill experts – employees of NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration – are furloughed and off the job.
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if you just look at stats alone Eli Manning is a good and sometimes great QB, if you take into account his ability to play under pressure his SB wins his control of our team and how he makes everyone around him better I think you have to put him right up there with Brady and Peyton, not even behind them I put him right up there with them taking his intangibles into account.
Eli is the most inconsistent "great" qb in the league.
Sooooooo who's going to the wedding? I'm thinking about bringing a cowboys fan, lol...
edit - wait, nevermind.... why bring sand to the beach? *****es love weddings...
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PRESS RELEASE: 01 March 2011
Refurbishment of National Gallery's historic building to commence in March.
Work is due to commence on a major refurbishment of the roof of the Dargan Wing of the National Gallery of Ireland. This will be the first part ofa planned programme of refurbishment works at the National Gallery complex on Merrion Square. The project, which is being managed by the Office of Public Works (OPW), will begin on Monday 7 March. The roof of the Dargan Wing dates to 1864 and is in need of substantial repair. The existing roof lights, replaced in the 1940s, need to be upgraded. The proposed works aim to improve the existing conditions, upgrade the daylight control systems in the exhibition spaces and provide better thermal performance of the roof.
It is planned to undertake further work to the historic buildings in the complex in subsequent years, subject to the availability of funding. The scope of the works is scheduled to include upgrades to the fabric of the building, with improvements to environment (heating and ventilation), lighting and visitor facilities.
With the imminent arrival of the contractor on site, the entrance to the Gallery at Merrion Square West will be closed until further notice. Visitors are directed to use the Millennium Wing entrance located at Clare Street.
Over the past number of months the Gallery has begun to prepare for the project, removing a great many works from display whilst at the same time creating new presentations of the Irish and European collections. This process will continue until early summer when all of the enabling work will be complete.
Throughout the term of the refurbishment project the Gallery is committed to keeping the finest works on display for the enjoyment of visitors. Highlights of the European collection are currently on view in the lower Beit Wing (Room 6) and include masterpieces by Caravaggio, Goya, Rembrandt, Poussin, and Monet. The display will be extended to rooms in the lower Beit Wing over the coming months to include paintings from the British, Dutch, Italian, French and Spanish schools. Highlights of the Gallery's substantial holding of Irish paintings and its Prints and Drawings collections will be placed on view in the lower Millennium Wing galleries. This arrangement is scheduled for completion by the end of May.
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What if WI were to create a spring turkey license that could be used statewide in any unit, valid during all seasons, allow 4 turkey spring limit and sell for $150?
Would you support this and buy one?
We could call it the Turkey Conservation Patron license.
The drawing would continue for those who like it and don't want to spend the extra money.


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Brandon Cullum : 2013 MBA Excellence Award
"Without the help of my family this would never have been possible; and without them it would be meaningless." — Brandon Cullum
When Brandon Cullum first asked his wife Melissa what she thought about him going back to school to get an MBA, she looked around at their newly purchased fixer-upper house, over at her their almost-two year old daughter, and then down at her pregnant belly, thought about her husband's full time job and their plans for her to stay home with the kids, and said "sure Honey, what else do we have going on?"
In the three years since that conversation Melissa, Isabella, and baby Eleanor have worked tirelessly to keep Brandon afloat and productive as he worked his way through prerequisites and then UAS's MBA program. As Brandon looks to a new period of life where he can be a full time member of his family again, he wants to dedicate his graduate degree to his wife and kids and thank them for putting up with all the nights and weekends he spent locked in the guest room doing school work.
UAS' 2013 Juneau Commencement will be held May 5 at 2:00 p.m. at the UAS Recreation Center.
Crystal Rogers is receiving her Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree in Independent Design, focusing on the art, language, government and history of indigenous and Western societies in Alaska, with a minor in Tlingit.
Learn more about Crystal Rogers, this year's student speaker at the UAS Commencement in Juneau on May 6th.


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Most Christians imagine John the Baptist preaching and baptizing on the banks of the Jordan River. Now, thanks to archaeological detective work, Christian visitors are able to fill out this picture to include John's youth. Archaeologist Dr. Shimon Gibson believes that a cave uncovered in 1999 bears evidence of Christian presence from John's time until the eleventh century. Among many fascinating finds at the cave, which groups can arrange to visit, is a 2.5-foot-high wall carving of a man with an upraised arm, holding a shepherd's crook and wearing a rough garment - possibly depicting John. One tantalizing theory is that this is the cave where, according to legend, Elizabeth sheltered John from Herod's murderous soldiers (Matt. 2:16).
A cave with an uncanny resemblance to this one appears on a Byzantine-era Holy Land souvenir found in Italy, a disk bearing the words "Blessings of the Lord from the refuge of St. Elizabeth."


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By Bill Minor
When a 100-year-old water main in Jackson, the state capital, burst in Januar, 2010, stopping water supply to the Capitol and key state office buildings, Gov. Haley Barbour had to declare an emergency. State government was effectively shut down for three days. Portable toilets were stationed on Capitol grounds.
"This is the 21st century, with its cutting age technology," cried lawmakers. "How could such a thing happen?" Get it fixed, and quick, they demanded of Jackson officials.
"We'll dig up the antiquated pipes and replace them with new ones but you'll have give us the money, we ain't got it," replied city fathers. "Remember," they added, "we're mired in the Great Recession."
Three years later the state hasn't coughed up the millions it'll take to fix the capital city's post-Civil water system that among other things, serves the seat of Mississippi's state government.
The best the Legislature has come up with so far this session is to provide some hope of enacting HB 523, which would let Jackson, and other municipalities, slap a 1-cent sales tax on their own citizens for specific capital construction projects as Jackson's antique water mains – but only if 60 percent of city voters approve the tax in a referendum.
A bit of history on financing municipal governments in Mississippi: local property taxes are a mainstay of city funding, but they have come to depend heavily also on the diversion of 18.5 percent of the state sales taxes collected inside the city.
Prior to 1968 – beginning in the latter 1950s – some larger cities pushed through the Legislature local and private bills allowing them to levy by referendum either a 1⁄2 cent or 1-cent sales tax.
Consequently, there was a patchwork of local sales taxes in cities scattered around the state.
When lawmakers in 1968 raised the state sales tax from 4 to 5 cents, it abolished the previous individual local levies and diverted to all cities 20 percent of state sales taxes collected inside the municipality. In the 1980s when the tax rate was again hiked, the municipal diversion was reduced to 18 percent. Then in 1992, when another penny was added to the state rate, largely dedicated to education, the city diversion was raised to 18.5 percent.
While sharing in the state sales tax collections goes a long way toward supporting city general funds, they remain strapped for revenue to undertake major capital/infrastructure projects unless they use a bond issue. Often pay-out takes longer than the project's lifespan.
That's why the Mississippi Municipal League came up with HB 532 which they call the "Citizens for Economic Development Act."
As Mayor Gene McGee of Ridgeland, former president of MML, stresses, CEDA "is a tool that can allow us to be more self-dependent and will allow our citizens to help us set the future of our cities and towns."
McGee said the proposed act is project-specific, meaning that the 1 cent additional sales tax would never be permanent, expiring with the completion of the project identified on the ballot in the referendum.
Adamant anti-taxers at the state Capitol, starting with Gov. Phil Bryant, have already jumped to the front of the line opposing HB 523. It seems highly inconsistent for Bryant as an ardent states' righter to oppose municipalities trying to rely on their own citizens to pay for needed public construction rather than having to turn to the state or federal government to pick up the tab.
Syndicated columnist Bill Minor has covered Mississippi politics since 1947. Contact him through Ed Inman at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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DOCTOR WHO: Big Finish July/August Releases – Black TARDIS/White TARDIS
So, June saw the end of the first season of Fourth Doctor full cast audios from Big Finish. We won't hear Tom Baker as the Doctor again until 2013 (or will we?) There are a lot of things going on at Big Finish, with their Lost Stories, and Companion Chronicles lines, but for now I am focusing on Big Finish's monthly range, as they start a new three story arc featuring the Seventh Doctor, (Sylvester McCoy) and his companions Ace (Sophie Aldred) and Hex (a Big Finish original character, played by Philip Olivier) The recent stories featuring McCoy lately have … Continue reading


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7.2: Mechanical Weathering
Who broke those rocks?
In extreme environments, where there is little moisture and soil development, it's possible to see rocks that have broken by mechanical weathering. This talus in Colorado's Indian Peaks broke from the jointed rock that is exposed.
Mechanical Weathering
Mechanical weathering (also called physical weathering) breaks rock into smaller pieces. These smaller pieces are just like the bigger rock, but smaller. That means the rock has changed physically without changing its composition. The smaller pieces have the same minerals, in just the same proportions as the original rock.
Ice Wedging
There are many ways that rocks can be broken apart into smaller pieces. Ice wedging is the main form of mechanical weathering in any climate that regularly cycles above and below the freezing point (Figure below). Ice wedging works quickly, breaking apart rocks in areas with temperatures that cycle above and below freezing in the day and night, and also that cycle above and below freezing with the seasons.
Ice wedging.
Ice wedging breaks apart so much rock that large piles of broken rock are seen at the base of a hillside, as rock fragments separate and tumble down. Ice wedging is common in Earth's polar regions and mid latitudes, and also at higher elevations, such as in the mountains.
Abrasion is another form of mechanical weathering. In abrasion, one rock bumps against another rock.
- Gravity causes abrasion as a rock tumbles down a mountainside or cliff.
- Moving water causes abrasion as particles in the water collide and bump against one another.
- Strong winds carrying pieces of sand can sandblast surfaces.
- Ice in glaciers carries many bits and pieces of rock. Rocks embedded at the bottom of the glacier scrape against the rocks below.
Abrasion makes rocks with sharp or jagged edges smooth and round. If you have ever collected beach glass or cobbles from a stream, you have witnessed the work of abrasion (Figure below).
Rocks on a beach are worn down by abrasion as passing waves cause them to strike each other.
Now that you know what mechanical weathering is, can you think of other ways it could happen? Plants and animals can do the work of mechanical weathering (Figure below). This could happen slowly as a plant's roots grow into a crack or fracture in rock and gradually grow larger, wedging open the crack. Burrowing animals can also break apart rock as they dig for food or to make living spaces for themselves.
Human activities are responsible for enormous amounts of mechanical weathering, by digging or blasting into rock to build homes, roads, and subways, or to quarry stone.
(a) Humans are tremendous agents of mechanical weathering. (b) Salt weathering of building stone on the island of Gozo, Malta.
- abrasion: A form of mechanical weathering that occurs whenever one rock hits another.
- ice wedging: Water enters a crack, expands as it freezes, and wedges the rock apart.
- mechanical weathering: Weathering that breaks rocks into smaller pieces without altering their chemical composition.
- Mechanical weathering breaks down existing rocks and minerals without changing them chemically.
- Ice wedging, abrasion, and some actions of living organisms and humans are some of the agents of mechanical weathering.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
1. What is weathering?
2. What are the agents of weathering?
3. What is mechanical weathering?
4. Explain frost wedging.
5. Explain root wedging.
6. What is abrasion?
7. Explain the two types of abrasion.
8. What is exfoliation? What is it unique to?
9. What is differential weathering? What can be created with differential weathering?
10. What role does climate play in physical weathering?
1. Describe the process of ice wedging.
2. Describe the process of abrasion.
3. How do plants and animals cause mechanical weathering?
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Honor dog broke on the first bird but rather than get after the mark - it immediately started humping the working dog which remained at Sit.
Honor dog broke on the first bird but rather than get after the mark - it immediately started humping the working dog which remained at Sit.
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"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained through the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment." Mahatma Gandhi
Rule # 1. Do what you need to do to protect your dog and you from whatever is going on.
Rule # 2. Don't worry about anything else.
It is the judges call on whether it was interference or not.
I was running the last series of a master where, 1st bird got stuck in winger, the gunner then hand threw bird out of blind, the honor dog broke on the 2nd bird whose handler was yelling at his dog & ran half way out to bird trying to get dog stopped before dog could pick up the bird. He finally got honor dog back and on lead, and the jugde signaled for the 3rd bird. Took the bird boy by surprise as he was sure it would be a no bird, there was a long delay to put bird back in winger and release it. The judges then gave me my number.
After I sent my dog for the last bird down, I asked the judge (who I thought was a friend of mine) why wasn't that interference. He responded, "it's just Missy, it didn't bother her." He was right, she picked up all 3 birds clean.
I guess it depends on the judges and the venue. Had the honor dog break in a qual on us this spring. Dog was recalled, and we were given our number to retrieve. Unfortunately, I think it affected my dogs performance and we got 4th place.
Well, this started off as a really interesting thread. Too bad we couldn't keep it that way. (Rick_C 2009, Classic RTF)
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Take what you get and thank them (the Judges) afterwards no matter what the outcome. (Moira Sheehan)
Vis... calling your dog back. Calling your dog off when it has a head of steam is, to the dog, very punitive. According to TRT I'm studying, it's more so than a whistle, nick, handle. Yes... if there was any risk of or appearance of a confrontation with the breaking dog I'd do what I had to up to and including running out and intervening and/or screaming at the other handler and threatening a law suit. (Or whatever.) All that to say, if you know you're going to rerun it, calling the dog back in may mess with its head as much as the foot race with the breaking dog.
When I am judging an HRC test, as soon as the honor dog breaks the test is over. I will send the working dog back 3 dogs (if possible) just like it there had been a no bird.
Carolina American Water Spaniels
HRCH UH Carolina's Duck Gumbo MHA SHR RN WDS CGC TDI (Gumbo) 1500 Point Club
UH HR GCH Carolina's Wild March Hare SH JHR RAE OA OAJ WDS CGC TDI (Bunny)
HR BISS BIS GCHS CH Carolina's Running with the Hare SH JHR RN WDX CGC TDI (Blew)
HR GCH CH Carolina's Tale of the Hare SHR CGC TDI (Bea)
"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained through the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment." Mahatma Gandhi
Hmmm I've always just brought the dog to heel, and walked them off-line, so I can get a lead on them. The only dog-fight, I've ever seen, (two males) handler was not able to get the honor dog back, honor dog ended up rushing the working dog (rip-rolling fight ensued). Both dogs got wrote up for fighting (which is really bad AKC juju). Do what is needed to Get your dog back and get them off the line.
Sounds like your dog got pretty intimidated by the honor dog handler, I hope it didn't affect her run
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This is an early impression review, as none of us have actually seen all that Attack on Titan has to offer yet. I just want to get some early impressions out there so more people can see what they're missing out on! Story - 9/10 (so far) The story is a little vague as to why things are the way they are at the moment but these things take time. The first few episodes span a couple of years so things do jump around a little but it is easy to keep track of. There is a lot of misfortune that leaves you empathizing with the characters in the anime from the begining. You find yourself wanting the main... See full review
I just spent the entire night watching episode after episode of Another - Partially from insomnia but also due to sitting on the edge of my seat waiting on the answers to my questions. I am relatively new reviewing things in general so I am trying my best here please give it a read. I haven't watched many suspence/thriller/mystery anime like this before although Higarashi no Naku Kuro Ni & Ni Kai definately come to mind while watching it.
Story - 8/10
I rank this at only an 8 due to the fact that the story is really slow to pick up which for an anime with only 12 episodes could be... See full review
I have got to be honest in saying, I found this anime way more humorous then serious, in the effect that I actually felt like the merging of the robots was almost a sexual inuendo. It actually made the entire series hillarious and I can't help but laugh thinking back on it.
The story was awekwardly weaved and at times you would feel yourself going "What?" and a little lost with what is happening until later in the series. The animation is smooth and overall has a pretty good look to it. The sounds are great as they fight and merge the robots. I think the sound is really what makes the... See full review


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Ratbat is their big addition? Pretty lame! That's a TF SDCC exclusive I can pass on, it's not looking good for exclusives this year.
Picked up the Target exclusive 2-pack, TFA Shockwave & Bumblebee - Shockwave is a G1 purple repaint of the previous animated figure, while BB is a straight reissue of the Activators figure. BB is a good addition here, great scale going on, but kinda so-so as a stand-alone toy, too simplistic of a transformation and arms are a let-down. Shockwave is very cool spy character, as the Autobot "Longarm" he has a "not much of a mode" crane alt mode and an ok bot mode (though the lack of a moving head is a drawback). Transformation into his true Decepticon mode is very cool though, the tank is only a little less cheaty of an alt mode but gets byon the basics, while the bot mode is very cool, a lenthened version of the other guy but with different hands, face, legs, even the torso has a change. This bot is very lanky, yet looks like he'd be tough. A decent set.
Where did you find Shockwave for $5? I didn't pay for mine, it was a gift, but that's a heck of a deal, I'd buy the Sunstorm probably.


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ENIEI 103A - Reading Fundamentals.
Emphasizes fundamentals of reading in English. Students will practice basic study-reading strategies and vocabulary development including recognizing context clues, main ideas, and organizational structures of texts, and identifying word parts. Prerequisite: permission of the program director.
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Buon Appetito! Entertain Italian style. This dolce (sweet) will make a great ending served with cappuccino or espresso.
Tortiera Alla Frutta, the Italian name for this dessert that's featured in Betty Crocker's Italian Cooking cookbook, typically is adorned with figs and any other seasonal fruits.
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The base for this tart is the classic Italian pasta frolla, a rich, buttery pastry dough. Knead the dough just until it holds together and is pliable. If you knead it too long, the butter will soften and the dough will become soft and sticky.
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GLORY Acquires Fuji TV's K-1 Video Library
- Written by Dave Walsh
Well, I can't say that this isn't huge news. This has been kicked around for a while now, the whole "GLORY acquires the rights to K-1's TV library" for what feels like years now, starting back when it was though that Glory had purchased K-1, which never came to fruition. But, it seems like having powerful partners like Viacom does pay off for GLORY, even when they haven't started airing on Spike TV yet, as it was announced today that GLORY Sports International has come to a deal with Fuji TV in Japan to acquire Fuji TV's K-1 video library.
Now, before anyone hops on that GLORY has bought K-1 or is trying to acquire or merge K-1 with them, this deal was done through Fuji TV because of FEG's bankruptcy. FEG's bankruptcy essentially put this video library up on the chopping block, while GLORY saw the opportunity and swooped in. This deal includes K-1 events that aired on Fuji TV from 1993 - 2006 and brings the hours of footage under GLORY's control up to a staggering 3,000.


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Animenfo wrote:The main character Maehara Keiichi moved to Hinamizawa Village. It is a small village whose population is less than 2,000. It was supposed to be under water because of the construction of a dam. But the villagers cooperate together to stop the project. At first, Keiichi is spending peaceful school days with his new friends. However, his life is changed dramatically by a murder case occurred in June. Furthermore, he learns that similar murders have occurred on the same day of June since 4 years ago.
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Trophy Salamon in Russia-Kola ?
Hello !
I`ve been a couple of times in som russian rivers like Yokanga and Varzuga.
Biggest salar I cath in Varzuga 18 lb and 25lb in Yokanga.
Record Yokanga as I heard was 65lb but I think thats a decade since.
Do anywhone of our readers know where to find the really big one?
As I heard Kola River or Kharlovka and may be East Litza is the only rivers where to find bigger than 40 lb
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The East Litza, Kharlovka and Rynda do have large fish. The fish probably average 15-16 lbs. Although I've never caught one over 27 lbs there, fish over 30 lbs are caught with some regularity and fish over 40 (50?) are certainly there. During my first year there, the largest fish of my week was 44 lbs, caught on a size 10 fly waked on the surface. As I remember, I think there were probably 4 or 5 fish over 30.
If I had to choose one river for large fish, I'd probably choose the Litza. The early runs start in June, with the late June and first part of July probably being prime time. In the fall, they get a second run of fish called Osenkas, Atlantic salmon that can also be very large. The Osenkas are amazing fish they enter the rivers beginning in late August and spawn in the fall . . . but NOT the same year! They spend an entire year in the rivers, even under the ice, and spawn in the fall of the following year.
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KOLA River is known for large fish and in large numbers. I fished there this year first week of June, and all the fish were over 20 pounds, all my fish were 24-30 pounds. There were a few over 30, and larger fish were in the river. Also, later in the year another run of big fish come in. The other rivers are quite good also.
Tight Lines,
Jim Y.
Next up for me is 10 days on the Miramichi system the last of September, first week of Oct.
May be Kola River?
As I understand best possibility for big salamon over 30 pounds is Kola River.
The season opens in June and the entire month is dominated by the fresh run of the multi-sea-wintered fish averaging between 17lbs 30lbs, with some monsters in excess of 40lbs.
Recommended operator? Cheaper than other rivers since not any helikopter transport?
Unfortunately Kola River is not in the wilderness .You have train,cars nearby and as I heard one of the most polluted area in world.May be disposable for poaching ? :tsk_tsk:
I would say that the three rivers (kharlovka, East Litza and Rynda) will certainly present you with the chance of a fish of a life time. Was out there a few weeks ago and got a 26lb cock fish (Rynda). Kharlovka and East Litza will probably provide a better chance for a 30lb+ fish!
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Kola river is not wilderness fishing, it being close to Murmansk, literally a 2 hour drive. It is also a river with many small depressed villages along the course of the fishable sections. There was many areas that had trash and discarded items along the river, other areas had more remote location. All the beats were accessable by trucks, no helicopters. This does not mean that we did not have some engine trouble along the way. The main fishing lodge has several ways you can book, depending on the week. I booked through angling club Lax-a, an icelandic company run by Arni Balderson. I have fished with him in iceland(EXCELLENT fishing but another story), and so I went through his outfit. I think you can go diectly to the Kola lodge but it may not take care of everything. Either way the lodge is new with pretty good food and service. They have built new cabins and facilities and being close to civilazation has some other advantages if you like Murmansk night life ( not me). Either way, I've already booked next year for the second week of june, and will spend 2 weeks total time, another week on a different river. No question that the Kola river has BIG FISH!
Tight lines,
Jim Y
Thank you for images.Just what excepted.I suppose not possible with overhand cast-just spey and 14-15 " rods
Every one must think and evaluate if the goal is BIG salamon or normal salamon/marvelous nature.From my point of wiew salar fishing consists of those parts:
Beatiful salamon in beatiful surrondings.
With trash,pollution ,depressive villages may be fisherman become a little negative.(that can may be adjusted with russian vodka by nighttime Murmansk?)
Any way may be I try one week in Kola river next year in June (or Rhynda).
It`s not so far anyway from my homewaters (Alta river) It`s possible to drive by my own car all the way.
I read that "wrke" mentioned in the fall, they get a second run of fish called Osenkas, Atlantic salmon that can also be very large.
In Norway we also have a second run of fish in fall by they do not spawn in the river. Just return to the sea in spring and stay one year in sea and then return.
In Ponoi and the rivers south of that they have a second run and they stay 1 year ,spawn and go back to the sea the year after.
So all russians rivers have the Osenkas?
Cheap at Kola river?
I`ve received an offer :Week round with hotel accommodation of city of Murmansk and delivery every day to a place of fishing (one hour) at us costs 1200 euros from the client (the license, the guide on 2-3 person, the Transfer, a meal, residing) " Tranpsort to Murmansk not included
The company have no residence.Just by car ,fishing in 4 different zones .
1st from Zolotaya Yama in settlement Molochnyi up to the flow with the whole distance 2 km.
2nd from settlement Kildinstroi (15 km from Murmansk) till settlement Shongui (25 km from Murmansk).
3d from settlement Magnetit (35 km from Murmansk) from the beginning with the distance 50 km.
4th appendix of the river Kola Kitsa.
SO-what do readers mean about that?
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The Kista river flows into the Kola at a large junction type pool that I fished- it is one of the best pools on the Kola river. the Kista had a white water kyack tournement the week I was there to let you know the type of rapids that the salmon must get through at the mouth of the Kista ( which is why the salmon wait at the junction pool for a bit). The Kista has a pretty good run itself based on what I could pick up from the guides.
A mention of spey casting vs overhead casting was brought up also. A fair amount of the fishing was from small rubber boats that I would do a spey cast initially to get the fly out of the water ( large 2 inch brass tubes with heavy sink tip or sinking line) and in position, then I would do an overhead cast for distance. Some fishermen did all spey casting. On the beats you could wade I did mostly spey, but you could overhead, again once you got you fly/line out of the water.
I included a pic of the boat. This was pretty bad, my boat had 47 holes in it that had been patched. If you fly hit the boat, you had to paddle to the shore and immediately patch it ( My fly never hit the boat luckily). This is just another bit of excitement for your Russian fishing dollar.
Tight Lines,
Jim Y
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If you are interested in having a good chance at landing big Salars then the Northern rivers company is your best bet. I have just returned from the Rynda and we caught many over 20 and a one 32lb. This was in August but your best bet at 30lb + would be in June or at the back end when the Osenkas arrive. One of out party did hook an estimated 40lb + fish. We saw many fish in the 20/30 pound bracket. I would say the average is around 15 on the Rynda and about 17-18 on the Kharlovka and East Litza.
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SLADEN – Friday night in Sladen was cold, rainy and the field was more mud than grass – perfect conditions for the Falkner Eagles' smashmouth brand of football.
On the road against the H.W. Byers Lions, the Eagles rushed up and down a sloppy field, outgaining the Lions 319-87 on the ground to win going away 54-22.
"We don't have many problems with our offense on this kind of field," said Falkner coach Ben Ashley. "Our style dictates that we can handle this kind of weather. Our goal was to come in here healthy and leave healthy and that's what we did."
The Eagles (9-1, 6-1) started fast, as Tray Woody scored on a 25-yard run on the first play from scrimmage with 11:42 to go in the opening quarter. Jermaine Lawrence set up the score with a 60-yard kickoff return.
Deniko Adams intercepted a Trelorenz Stephen pass on the Lions' first offensive play, which the Eagles converted into a Jase Stroupe 10-yard touchdown run to lead 14-0 with 5:49 left in the first.
In the second quarter, the Eagles gave up a 46-yard TD pass from Stephens to Germaine Glass, but they got a 15-yard TD run from Lawrence and two more from Woody (10, 19) to lead 35-8 at the break.
Lawrence finished with a game-high 125 yards on 16 carries. Woody added 93 yards. Falkner ran for 249 yards in the first half, limiting Byers to 15.
Advantage, Eagles
"We had the skilled athletes, but we didn't have the line," said Byers coach James Kimbrough. "They were way more physical than us on the line and for how they play – smashmouth, on a wet field – it was all to their advantage."
Quantario Stigger added a pair of second half scores Byers (3-7, 3-4). Dallas Hill had a 50-yard interception return for a TD for Falkner.
The win improved Falkner to 6-1 in Division 1-1A as they head into their regular season finale with Smithville next week in a game for the league's No. 2 playoff seed. Ashley couldn't help but look ahead.
"We're excited about this win, but we're really excited about next week," added Ashley, who has guided the Eagles to an 18-5 record over his first 23 games. "Smithville has a lot of tradition and they have a good football team, so it will definitely be a challenge, but I think our kids are up to it."


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Most of the points have been well-spoken by others with more experience than I have; therefore, I'll stick to my own points. This has less to do with what you actually said and more to do with the principle.
One thing that always irritates me is how gcc will ignore
C/C++ file extensions and take a guess, or
it will default to C++. For example, a .h will only be
taken as C if included strictly by a chain of C files and
only if you don't use g++. One must therefore include the
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in C headers if a C++ file includes it. All of this leads
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C++ used .h extensions for the standard headers, so it's
partly lack of foresight.
Today I finally got around to using libxml2, which struck me as extensively (yet somehow poorly) documented and extremely ambiguous. On the other hand, it will save having to write my own compliant parser to parse the ~1.4M lines of XML I need to convert and load into a database. This has little to do with libxml2 not accepting partial errors because the data I received was probably exported from SQL using the same library. I'd actually copy the trees created by libxml2 into a more usable structure if they weren't going right into a database, but XML is meant as a format, not as a run-time representation.
If someone is actually hand-writing XML-proper, chances are they're missing the point (or they're dealing with a software interface that misses the point.) Additionally, if someone is using software other than libxml2 to generate XML, they're either missing the point or they lack the appropriate language bindings. That being said, I use my own library to assemble and parse "XML-like" structures (closer to HTML, I guess) for IPC. It wouldn't make sense for me to use formal XML for the application, and especially not libxml2. Though the formats are very similar, the run-time organization used by libxml2 isn't anywhere near being suitable for what I use the data for. Then again, I don't need any sort of standardization because the data doesn't go anywhere outside of the application. It's a symmetrical system because data importation and exportation are designed concurrently to compliment each other, which I can only assume is the case with libxml2.
Something many formal projects lack (software and otherwise) are explicit correlations between the core purposes of the project and the aspects of implementation (yes, I'm guilty, too.) If I were to author something comparable to XML, I'd explicitly state that it isn't meant to be hand-written and it's primarily intended to allow data transfer between applications with different maintainers. At the point of deciding whether or not to accept simple errors, I'd defer back to those principles and conclude that errors should not be accepted. If I were to author something like HTML on the other hand, I would account for hand-written code and acknowledge that rendering with errors is better than rejecting a file. All too often projects are approached with founding principles, yet they fail to rationally extrapolate those principles to the level of implementation (guilty, again.)
Rather than getting into everything already brought up, I'll leave it at that.
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British Politics in the Global Age: Can Social Democracy Survive? : Joel Krieger provides an in-depth study of New Labour's model of government and the political challenges it faces. Krieger analyzes the interaction of global processes and domestic politics from the organization of production to the formation of class, ethnic, and gender-based collective identities. The book considers how these processes compromise sovereignty, recast national identities, forge new political agendas, create electoral volatility, and complicate the art of politics.
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I have a 3 year old lab that I have hunted with and trained. I made the mistake of not following any program. I am at the point where I need somebody to help me so she gets better. This weekend I stopped and talked to a guy who runs the local retriever club and in mid March they start training every Saturday and have a bunch of new guys coming. Sounds good to me so I told him I would join the club.
He told me this summer they have some hunt tests and if I wanted I could enter her. He explained it to me and I am might want to try it. He asked if she was AKC registered. Her parents were and I could have registered her but never did because I spayed her and was never going to bred her. I never had a clue about these tests you needed an AKC registration or even that I would join a club.
My question is how hard and expensive would it be to get her registered. The head of the retriever club said it costs more the older they get but didn't know how much. I think I still got her puppy papers around here somewhere. If it is a big hassle I might just train with them on Saturdays and skip the tests. Anybody on here know how I could register her and how long it takes, I probably wouldn't do it till I decide to do a hunt test.


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Storyteller Joe Hayes
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(Feb. 28, 2008)--The UTSA Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching will present nationally known bilingual storyteller Joe Hayes for the fourth annual UTSA Storytelling Festival from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 1 in the 1604 Campus Main Building. The event is free and open to the public; pre-registration is not required.
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The event will offer workshops on a range of topics including how to tell stories, the use of traditional storytelling and digital storytelling in the classroom, as well as how to launch storytelling festivals in schools. Workshop participants will receive certification of attendance and are eligible to receive continuing education credits.
Three afternoon workshops requiring pre-registration will be from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. The cost of these workshops is $25, $15 for UTSA students.
For more information about the afternoon workshops and to register, contact Miriam Martinez at (210) 458-5971.
About storyteller Joe Hayes
A nationally recognized teller of tales from Hispanic, Native American and Anglo cultures, Joe Hayes is one of America's premier storytellers. His bilingual Spanish-English stories have earned him a distinctive place among America's storytellers.
Hayes has received the Arizona Young Readers Award, two Land of Enchantment Children's Book Awards, four IPPY Awards, a Southwest Book Award and an Aesop Accolade Award.
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The Internet has done amazing things for the Scouting community.. well no duh.. you are on it reading this or got it through the RSS feed.. But seriously.. the Internet has done amazing things to bring the World Brotherhood of Scouting into our homes.
Yesterday I was listening to a podcast about blogging (I really need to get a life), but in this podcast the speaker was talking about building his audience. What it amounted to he said was not so much building an audience, but building a community. Now we all are part of the Scouting community just by virtue of our membership, but in real communities there is contact.. there is interaction.. there is familiarities with the other members of the community, and that I think is one of the amazing things that the Internet has helped with within the Scouting community.
Last night I was invited to be a part of the Reynold High School Touchdown club, kind of like boosters, but solely for the purpose of supporting Reynolds Football. The coach invited six people that all have sons in his program to start this organization. As we talked last night about goals and our vision it became clear that what we really wanted to do was start a community within our community. A community with a common vision and purpose. Well here we are the Scouting community, we all have a unit we belong to, or a District function, or we work with our local councils (I am going to assume it stops there, if you are from National.. please email me.. I would love to know you). Many of us wear many hats and serve Scouts and Scouting in many ways.. and then there is this… the Internet Scouting Community.. you may call it our Scouting Blogosphere.
The gang that started up the #100daysofscouting made huge steps in bringing our community together and it has had some pretty good results if you ask me. But whats the next step?
YOU TELL ME. And that's whats next. Tell me where we go from here.
Leave a comment and share you idea or ideas.. or drop a voicemail in the SMMVoicemail box (to your left).
There is so much potential in this community.. we need to tap in to it.
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MARSEILLES, Ill. — Mr. William H. Daniels, Jr., 77, of Marseilles, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, at Seals-Campbell Funeral Home in Marseilles. Rev. Jim Brown of First Congregational UCC will officiate.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, at the funeral home.
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Family: Colubridae, Colubrid Snakes view all from this family
Description 14-32 1/2" (35.6-82.8 cm). From above appears to have reddish, yellowish, and black bands, similar to venomous Coral Snake, but in Scarlet Snake bands are only on top and sides and do not encircle body. Belly plain white or yellow. Snout pointed and red (black in Coral Snake); 1st black band touches parietals. 6 upper lip scales. Anal plate single. Scales smooth, in 19 rows.
Habitat Hardwood, mixed, or pine forest and adjacent open areas with sandy or loamy well-drained soils.
Range S. New Jersey to n. Florida west to e. Oklahoma and e. Texas; north to Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri.
Discussion The Scarlet Snake is a Coral Snake mimic. The Scarlet's wide red bands are separated by much narrower black-bordered yellow bands. The Coral Snake has wide red and wide black bands separated by narrow yellow bands. A folk saying goes, "Red touch yellow, kill a fellow; red touch black, friend of Jack."


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Testicular cancer occurs in the testicles (testes), which are located inside the scrotum, a loose bag of skin underneath the penis. The testicles produce male sex hormones and sperm for reproduction.
Compared with other types of cancer, testicular cancer is rare. But testicular cancer is the most common cancer in American males between the ages of 15 and 35.
Testicular cancer is highly treatable, even when cancer has spread beyond the testicle. Depending on the type and stage of testicular cancer, you may receive one of several treatments, or a combination. Regular testicular self-examinations can help identify growths early, when the chance for successful treatment of testicular cancer is highest.
Signs and symptoms of testicular cancer include:
Cancer usually affects only one testicle.
See your doctor if you detect any pain, swelling or lumps in your testicles or groin area, especially if these signs and symptoms last longer than two weeks.
It's not clear what causes testicular cancer in most cases.
Doctors know that testicular cancer occurs when healthy cells in a testicle become altered. Healthy cells grow and divide in an orderly way to keep your body functioning normally. But sometimes some cells develop abnormalities, causing this growth to get out of control — these cancer cells continue dividing even when new cells aren't needed. The accumulating cells form a mass in the testicle.
Nearly all testicular cancers begin in the germ cells — the cells in the testicles that produce immature sperm. What causes germ cells to become abnormal and develop into cancer isn't known.
Factors that may increase your risk of testicular cancer include:
An undescended testicle (cryptorchidism). The testes form in the abdominal area during fetal development and usually descend into the scrotum before birth. Men who have a testicle that never descended are at greater risk of testicular cancer in either testicle than are men whose testicles descended normally. The risk remains elevated even if the testicle has been surgically relocated to the scrotum.
Still, the majority of men who develop testicular cancer don't have a history of undescended testicles.
Make an appointment with your family doctor or a general practitioner if you find a lump on a testicle.
If your doctor suspects you could have testicular cancer, you may be referred to a doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating conditions of the urinary tract and male reproductive system (urologist) or a doctor who specializes in treating cancer (oncologist).
Because appointments can be brief, and because there's often a lot of ground to cover, it's a good idea to be well-prepared. Try to:
Your time with your doctor is limited, so preparing a list of questions can help you make the most of your time together. List your questions from most important to least important in case time runs out. For testicular cancer, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
In addition to the questions that you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask questions that come to mind during your appointment.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions. Being ready to answer them may allow more time later to cover other points you want to address. Your doctor may ask:
In some cases men discover testicular cancer themselves, either unintentionally or while doing a testicular self-examination to check for lumps. In other cases, your doctor may detect a lump during a routine physical exam.
To determine whether a lump is testicular cancer, your doctor may recommend:
Ultrasound. A testicular ultrasound test uses sound waves to create an image of the scrotum and testicles. During an ultrasound you lie on your back with your legs spread. Your doctor then applies a clear gel to your scrotum. A hand-held probe is moved over your scrotum to make the ultrasound image.
An ultrasound test can help your doctor determine the nature of any testicular lumps, such as if the lumps are solid or fluid-filled. Ultrasound also tells your doctor whether lumps are inside or outside of the testicle.
Your extracted testicle will be analyzed to determine the type of testicular cancer. The type of testicular cancer you have determines your treatment and your prognosis. In general, there are two types of testicular cancer:
Once your doctor confirms your diagnosis, the next step is to determine the extent (stage) of the cancer. To determine whether cancer has spread outside of your testicle, you may undergo:
After these tests, your testicular cancer is assigned a stage. The stage helps determine what treatments are best for you. The stages of testicular cancer are:
The options for treating your testicular cancer depend on several factors, including the type and stage of cancer, your overall health, and your own preferences.
Operations used to treat testicular cancer include:
In cases of early-stage testicular cancer, surgery may be the only treatment needed.
If surgery is your only treatment for testicular cancer, your doctor will recommend a schedule of follow-up appointments. At these appointments — typically every few months for the first few years and then less frequently after that — you'll undergo blood tests, CT scans and other procedures to check for signs that your cancer has returned.
Radiation therapy uses high-powered energy beams, such as X-rays, to kill cancer cells. During radiation therapy, you're positioned on a table and a large machine moves around you, aiming the energy beams at precise points on your body.
Radiation therapy is a treatment option that's sometimes used in people who have the seminoma type of testicular cancer. Radiation therapy may be recommended after surgery to remove your testicle.
Side effects may include fatigue, as well as skin redness and irritation in your abdominal and groin areas. Radiation therapy is also likely to cause infertility. Talk to your doctor about your options for preserving your sperm before beginning radiation therapy.
Chemotherapy treatment uses drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy drugs travel throughout your body to kill cancer cells that may have migrated from the original tumor.
Chemotherapy may be your only treatment, or it may be recommended before or after lymph node removal surgery.
Side effects of chemotherapy depend on the drugs being used. Ask your doctor what to expect. Common side effects include fatigue, nausea, hair loss and an increased risk of infection. There are medications and treatments available that reduce some of the side effects of chemotherapy.
Chemotherapy is also likely to cause infertility, which can be permanent. Talk to your doctor about your options for preserving your sperm before beginning chemotherapy.
Each man comes to terms with his testicular cancer and deals with the ensuing emotions in his own way. You may feel scared and unsure of your future after your diagnosis.
While feelings of anxiety may never go away, you can create a plan to help manage your emotions. Try to:
There's no way to prevent testicular cancer.
Some doctors recommend regular testicle self-examinations to identify testicular cancer at its earliest stage. But not all doctors agree. Discuss testicular self-examination with your doctor if you're unsure about whether it's right for you.
If you choose to do a testicular self-examination, a good time to examine your testicles is after a warm bath or shower. The heat from the water relaxes your scrotum, making it easier for you to find anything unusual.
To do this examination, follow these steps:
If you find a lump, make an appointment with your doctor.
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At Mayo Clinic, you're cared for by a multidisciplinary team of doctors that works together to provide exactly the care you need.
Mayo Clinic urologic surgeons are highly trained in urologic cancer surgery, including testicular cancer surgery and lymph node removal. Surgeons are skilled in nerve-sparing techniques designed to reduce the risk of fertility issues after lymph node removal.
Mayo Clinic radiation oncologists use the latest in radiation therapy planning and delivery to direct radiation to the treatment area and protect as much healthy tissue as possible. Advanced radiation therapy techniques include intensity-modulated radiation therapy and 3-D conformal radiation therapy.
Careful treatment planning and precise delivery techniques help minimize the side effects of radiation therapy.
Mayo Clinic medical oncologists carefully select chemotherapy drugs that are effective for your particular type of testicular cancer. Your doctor works with you to plan for and cope with chemotherapy side effects during and after treatment.
Clinical trials give you a chance to try a new treatment or technique for testicular cancer. Mayo Clinic conducts clinical trials investigating testicular cancer treatments and participates in research cooperatives that give you access to trials around the country.
Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people. In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.
At Mayo Clinic, experts in urology work with specialists in medical oncology, radiation oncology, radiology and other areas to provide whole-person care for boys and men with testicular cancer.
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Mayo Clinic doctors and scientists are studying new ways to diagnose and treat testicular cancer. Urologic surgeons are studying novel approaches to lymph node removal surgery.
Cancer research is conducted in coordination with the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center. The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center receives funding from the National Cancer Institute and is designated as a comprehensive cancer center — recognition for an institution's scientific excellence and multidisciplinary resources focused on cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
See a list of publications by Mayo Clinic authors on testicular cancer on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.
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Check Out Artem Levin and Simon Marcus at the Lion Fight 9 Open Workouts
- Written by Dave Walsh
These guys are serious and this is the fight that we've all been eagerly awaiting here in the United States; the battle between two of the top Light Heavyweights in the world of Muay Thai in Simon Marcus and Artem Levin finally doing battle. Last night Lion Fight hosted open workouts featuring the two fighters and thanks to them we can watch both fighters as they strut their stuff before the upcoming bout.
Lion Fight 9 goes down tomorrow night on AXS TV at 10PM Eastern Time and features a host of great fights featuring Joe Schilling, Tiffany Van Soest and Kevin Ross. Don't miss it.


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'Art on the Harbor Islands' | Institute for Contemporary Art | 100 Northern Ave, Boston | On Georges, Lovells, and Spectacle Islands in Boston Harbor | Through October 8
I was off to see the ICA's "Art on the Harbor Islands," temporary site-specific installations by Anna Schuleit, Teri Rueb, Ernesto Pujol, and the architectural firm Office dA on Georges, Lovells, and Spectacle islands in Boston Harbor. The project was organized by ICA curator Carol Anne Meehan. As is often the case when artists are asked to make work for a specific location or theme, the results are mixed. Still, it's an amusing game and a welcome excuse for an outdoorsy adventure.
The sea air was cold and damp and foggy (bring a coat) as we rode to Georges Island. Sailboats and islands materialized in the mist and then evaporated. Somewhere in the fog, a ship's horn sounded. Our boat answered and they honked back and forth at each other while Fleetwood Mac's Rhiannon played over our vessel's intercom.
Georges Island is dominated by Fort Warren, a massive earth-and-granite edifice finished in 1850 and decommissioned in 1947. It's best known for housing more than 1000 Confederate prisoners during the Civil War. Monica Ponce de Leon and Nader Tehrani of the Boston architectural firm Office dA (one of four finalists for building the new ICA) have secreted their installation Voromuro inside an old powder magazine, a squat stone house sitting on the parade ground at the heart of the fortress.
From the door, as my eyes adjusted to the darkness inside, the abstract sculpture running down the middle of the long brick room resembled a rubbery wave or a model of hills covered with plastic fish scales. Upon closer inspection, the piece turned out to be a plastic honeycomb that spiraled around and at one end formed a sort of igloo. The form isn't particularly original — picture hot-shot architects noodling with up-to-the-minute 3-D computer modeling software and you'll be pretty close — but it's fun to see. The best part is how Office dA handled the (sun)light, which enters the room only from the open door where you enter and from a single gun slit at the other end of the hall. The sculpture takes on different moods depending on whether it twists to catch the raking light, bends into shadow, or lets the light glow through it.
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Will Tibet ever achieve full statehood?Asked by Brian Luckett, from Morgan State University
There is little prospect Tibet will achieve full statehood in the foreseeable future. Apart from preservation of its own power, China's Communist Party's highest imperative is the territorial integrity of the country. It is determined to keep Tibet a part of China and thus far the world community has acquiesced in China's claim.
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I can honestly say I have never listened to him, my only contact being the comments made by the Messiah's believers on this forum.
Mr Beck is scheduled to appear in Mt Vernon, WA to receive the keys to the city, hold a rally & appear at $500 per person fundraiser. Mt Vernon would be considered a fairly typical city in most places in this country where people actually work for a living.
The local MSM has been full of the controversy surrounding his appearance. BTW, apparently Mr Beck has some past history in this fair little city. The Mayor of the city has taken quite a bit of heat for his decision, but appears to be handling it in stride.
The fundraiser has been sold out for at least the last 2 weeks & I wiil be nowhere near there on Mr Beck's day. I can imagine how bad the traffic will be. I'd hate to think of how crowded it would be if Mr. Beck were popular, & all these people will be paying their own way.


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Hey everyone, I just wanted to pop in as a new member and say hi. I have a link posted to my collection and I hope to talk with you soon.
Hey everyone, I just wanted to pop in as a new member and say hi. I have a link posted to my collection and I hope to talk with you soon.
That is one incredible collection. I am definitely amazed.
"I have you now."
Impressive Most impressive!
I especially like the Jason masks very cool. Welcome to the forums.
You'll never have another boss like me someone who's basically a chilled-out entertainer.
David Brent
Welcome to the boards Darth Anthos! Thats quite a collection! You spent a little time and money on that I must say. You have a great display space and a nice room for it! Not many people have that luxery.
I'm hoping to get pictures of my collection up sometime soon before I move.
"Maybe I can help you. I am Boba Fett. The ship you seek is nearby." -Boba Fett
Thanks Jay. I've worked hard for what I have and it makes it all worth while. I also have a wife who is very understanding about my hobbies so I certainly have lucked out there. I hope to see pics of other peoples collections, it's a great way to get new ideas.
I wouldn't mind having your bank account for a few days!!
You'll be sorry, Pee-Wee Herman!
Anyone else with pics?
Jayspawn when will we get to see your collection? Im sure we will all be blown away!
Does the Darth Maul LE come with its own display case? I thought it didnt come with a case but in Anthos' pics it has a display case of its own.
Haha I'm not too handy with a digital camera yet. But I'm moving and hope to take some pictures and post them when I have everything set up.
The Darth Maul LE does not come with a display case -only the stand. Darth Anthos and myself had to special order a case for ours to fit the lightsaber.
"Maybe I can help you. I am Boba Fett. The ship you seek is nearby." -Boba Fett
Nice collection Anthos! I have that same Ikea shelf with my 7 FX lightsabers displayed...it's getting quite crowded though since each shelf can only hold 2 sabers...unfortunately I can only fit one more on it...I have a Vader LE and SE but never took them out of the box...space is a big problem!


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Hew, FYI. Here is the executive order:
Key sentence:
"The detention facilities at Guantánamo for individuals covered by this order shall be closed as soon as practicable, and no later than 1 year from the date of this order. "
Another executive order requires interrogators to follow the Army Field Manual. (That means no more waterboarding. Sorry, torture fans!)
The rule of law is back.


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We are pleased to announce that a large selection of 360Cities' panoramas have been included as a default feature in Microsoft's new Windows 8 Travel App, powered by Bing, which was released on October 26th, 2012.
See how it works:
The Bing Travel App features thousands of 360Cities' panoramas from around the world. We expect the number to increase over time. In selecting panoramas for the Travel App, Microsoft specifically looks for high quality panoramas of iconic locations. The chance of your panoramas being selected increases based not only on the quality and theme of your panorama but also on the quality of the metadata and tags.
A select few 360Cities' panoramas will even have the honor of featuring on the Bing.com homepage. The first of these appeared on October 26th. Here's a screenshot:
Big thanks to Microsoft and the Bing team for helping bring 360Cities images to an even larger audience. Find out more about Bing apps on Windows 8 here.


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Well, this is my first post to Advogato. Since I'm sort of chairbound for today and probably the next few days, I thought I'd try writing something here.
The Good
Yesterday I bought a Panasonic W2 laptop. It's a Centrino-based machine, with a 900MHz Pentium M. Full specs are here. The first thing I did when I brought it home was play with the CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive; to put a cd into this laptop, part of the wrist rest area (including the round touchpad) pops up! It's such a nice little feature, since I've never liked the way the pop-out trays feel on most laptops.
The second thing I did was install Mandrake 9.2 on it. Now that was impressive; the only thing I had to manually configure was the X server. Everything else was autodetected by the Mandrake installer - it even asked me if I wanted to "Remove MS Windows (TM)". Well, I didn't, but the resize operation went very smoothly.
After Mandrake was installed, I went about setting up the wireless. After a bit of experimentation (mostly involving turning ACPI/APIC support on and off), judge and I got it working using the Linuxant Windows driver loader system.
The only remaining problem was that my laptop wouldn't connect to his wireless access point. That was solved by updating the firmware on the AP - apparently, there was a bug in the D-Link firmware that was triggered by the Centrino.
Now, I must get screen brightness controls and swsusp to work on the laptop, and get my former desktop set up as an IMAP mail server, and I'll be set to go away for Christmas.
The Bad
I went for a bike ride this morning to relax after exams. I couldn't sit in front of the computer after sitting in front of textbooks for weeks. I thought I'd ride over to Mt. Douglas, which is a hill near my house. I felt just fine on the way there. My vision was a little fuzzy, but I thought that was from studying intensively for almost two weeks.
So I started to bike up Mt. Doug because it felt so good to be outside even though it was cold and grey. I biked around on the trails for a bit, but wound up back on the main road up the hill. I thought I'd try biking partway up, which is definitely not outside the limits of my physical capabilities.
I'd gone about 100m up the hill when I started feeling really short of breath, and my chest felt like it was being constricted. I stopped, got off my bike, and leaned against it for a minute. I just couldn't catch my breath, and my chest felt like it was going to implode. The chin strap on my helmet was choking me, so I unclipped it, but left the helmet on.
As I did that, I tried to slow my breathing down, thinking maybe it was the cold air making my chest hurt so much. Then my hearing faded in a rush of white noise, and all I could hear was my pulse, thundering loud in my skull.
The next thing I remember is being cold, uncomfortable and thinking I was surrounded in colorful flowers. I wondered - briefly - if I was dead. The flowers faded into black, wet pavement, and I realized that I was not in a bed after all, but laying on the pavement. My next thought was, "Have I been hit by a car?". My glasses were askew across my face, and my helmet was sitting upside down on the ground in front of me. I saw a person coming toward me, and thought, "I probably look silly lying on the ground, I'd better sit up."
When I sat up, my head was spinning and I didn't know where I was. Then I saw my bike on the ground next to me, and I remembered.
A girl named Jamie walked me and my bike down the hill, where I used an elderly woman's phone to call my boyfriend to come pick me up. Her name was Jean, and in her entry way, there was a mirror. I got a good look at myself, and damn, I was a mess. My right cheekbone, jaw, and chin were scraped on the pavement when I passed out. Luckily, my helmet stayed on my head when I fell, and took most of the force, from what I can tell by inspecting the dents on it.
My boyfriend took me to the doctor's office, where I was determined to not have a broken neck or anything too serious.
The right side of my face hurts, and my ear and neck also received some superficial abrasions. No smiling for me for the next couple days. My neck got twisted sharply to one side, and now the muscles have all seized up, so I can't move my head much.
Of course, it could have been much worse - I could have collapsed somewhere on the trails, or on a curve on the road and been run over, or have collapsed more suddenly and hit my head. I'm glad I escaped with just some cuts and sore muscles.
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text: Obviuosly there are exceptions to the rule, our first street bred Golden was a wonderfull hunting dog and got us in the game, but the disparity between the show or field bred Goldens is so great, I think it would be a miracle. That's why many guys who just run hunt test see horrible Goldens who are piggish and won't touch the water. You don't see this in field trials where everybody has a well bred field Golden, Lab or Chessie. I know there is also a huge disparity between show and field Labs, but I still maintain the average street bred Lab stands a fine chance of being a serviceable retriever. The last dual champion Golden was nearly forty years ago, where it is a pretty routine thing with Chessies. I guess the point is that being a good field Chessie doesn't automatically disqualify you from the show ring as it does for Labs and Goldens.


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Dear Christmas,
Though we are thoroughly enjoying the beach and afternoon treats of the frozen variety, we simply can't wait for snowmen and partridges in pear trees. In the meantime, we'll start preparing for your arrival.
Love & Letters,
Crane & Co.
It goes without saying, but the holidays and gifts are two of our favorite things here at Crane & Co. Luckily, the time to enjoy both will be here before we know it. In celebration of Christmas in July, and because getting an early start on one's holiday shopping is always a good thing, here are our picks for everyone on your list.
Stocking Stuffers for the Staff
It is said that the best gift is an item one would never buy for his/herself. Personalized stationery is (all too) often one of those items. For the boss, a set of personalized note cards for her dedicated employees is certainly the perfect way to express genuine gratitude.