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DISCLAIMER: I have never played the original game, but I have watched a LP of it. Story: The story is typical fare--a bunch of highschoolers get shipped off to a creepy place dripping in atmosphere. Now what, pray tell, does this anime in particular do to make this interesting? Uh... Well, they do make it pretty scary... Truth be told, this is one of those anime that will, at times, manage to make you pause the episode, turn on all the lights, and keep watching. However, "at times" refers to about two or three scenes in the entire anime. The anime does really well when it ups its already... See full review
Edits will be done in bold. My humble review of a show commonly known as "Dang it, Grandpa." (Shouldn't it be more like "Doggone Rumba?") Story: For people who have played the video game, this should be old news, but the story is that a young boy is invited to a school which he thinks is basically Ouran High. But, no, it is actually a death trap with a sadistic cartoony bear as its principal. There are a bunch of other people at the school who are equally surprised to hear that they are part of a game in which only those who get away with murder ("To tell the truth, I am... See full review
I just deleted this review partway through writing it. I have to learn. Story: One day a girl wakes up not remembering anything. A floating harlequin appears before her and claims to know everything about her. And instead of doing the logical thing like blaming the events on LSD or something, Heroine (we never get her name—more on that later) believes what Orion (that's Pennywise the Clown gone shota) tells her. Oh, and before I go any further in ripping this show to threads, it is based off of an OTOME GAME. OTOME GAME. OTOME GAME. OTO—don't make me say it again. Basically... See full review
MY MONTHLY MARATHON ENTRY! Now, just to be fair, I have never played the "Devil May Cry" videogames. I would probably have a different view of this anime if I have played them, but this is my anime-only review. Story: Dante owns the titular shop, a shop that does anything if there is money to pay for it. His general lifestyle is sleeping, eating strawberry sundaes and pizza, and being flat-out broke and in chronic debt. When he isn't doing this, his is dealing with one of the most annoying children in anime, or he is fighting demons. Actually, it's less a fight, and more a massacre on any poor... See full review
I started watching this anime later than most of the other fall 2012 ones, but fear not! I shall update as I catch up! Story: While nothing we haven't heard before, "Code:Breaker" breaks the generic shounen mold by making the lead a girl. Whoopdeedoo, what a concept! Bitchmeister Sakurakouji Sakura (what kind of a name is that?) is adored by all, but is nonchalant about this and just goes on with life. That it, until she sees a boy burn to death a few men. Instead of running for the hills like she should, she swears to stalk this boy (who just so happens to now go to her school) and stop... See full review
Yet another anime of the fall 2012 season. Story: The story of "Psycho-pass" is a bit difficult to explain, because the initial premise is more of a background than an actual storyline. Tsunemori Akane, a young woman living in a sci-fi version of (what is probably) Japan, becomes a police woman/detective/mediator and is whisked away into the dangerous underground world of the police force. The official gun of the show is specially designed to eliminate only criminals, who are identified by their psycho-passes. Most of the police force, and the people under Tsunemori's loose control, are actually... See full review
Edits will be done in bold. My most anticipated anime of the fall 2012 season... Story: Isana "Shiro" Yashiro is blamed for murder after his doppelganger is seen shooting a man in a recorded video. Shiro believes he is innocent, but since the public always believes in a viral video, Shiro practically receives the death sentence. Ooh, me next. Hmm… "Gangnam Style" must mean that all Koreans are perverts who dance at the most random moments, right? Moving past that slight plot hole is the actual "plot." Unfortunately, what initially looks like an awesome... See full review
Edits will be done in bold. One day, the world decided what we really need is another "Battle Royale" rip-off. Story: Sakamoto Ryouta is good at an online game called BTOOOM! Actually, he's very good. Actually, he's superb. Actually, he is so good he is unable to recognize a TIME BOMB. The antisocial guy finds himself on an island, where he discovers a few supplies and nothing else. He is confused, but drinks all of his tea because it apparently makes you less confused. He looks at his hand, sees a gemstone, and realizes this is like BTOOOM!. He looks in his pouch and finds little cubes... See full review
There are awful anime. There are excellent anime. There are bad anime. There are good anime. And then there are anime so average it's scary. Story: Kita Michiru has a good amount of frenemies at her Christian school. However, she has a secret--when she removes her Harry Potter glasses, she can see rings around people necks which signify how much time a person has left to live or if the person is already dead (Shinigami eyes?). She always wears the glasses so she won't have to see these horrible, horrible things. (Hello? If I had that power, then it would be awesome.) One day, she meets two boys who have... See full review
I was going to try to find an art quote, but screw it. Story: Kurahashi Eiri is just like any other young man out there. Well, except for two things: 1. He has a fancy glass goblet with some gothic loli... ta... cons in it. 2. He has a bunch of women who love him for some reason. The former is probably more important, especially since that's basically the gist of it. Cossette (really? She has a last name?) is a young doll-girl with blonde hair and pale skin who, somehow, ends up befriending/S&Ming Eiri. Yep, you saw it coming: Absolutely nil is explained properly in "Le Portrait de Petit... See full review
The first season of "Kuroshitsuji" ("Black Butler") was pretty damn cool. I don't normally like episodic shows, but the random escapades were balanced by enough serious arcs to make it work. Not to mention, the humor was chuckle-inducing, the darkness was great, the guys were h-o-t, and some of the characters were flamboyant and fabulous (I'm looking at you, Grell-sama). And then they had to go and add some bitches and eff up the whole franchise. Story: Little Blonde Slut and his demon butler, Sebastian 2.0, have a war to the death with our original protagonists. And a prostitute... See full review
First and foremost: If ecchi is well-done, GREAT. If it is the whole effing plot, NOT GREAT. Story: Bosom. Breasts. Boobs. Tits. Ta-tas. Knock--OH SHUT UP. I'm sure there is more to this show than just THAT. There is--pantsu. Seriously though. The near-constant ecchi and nudity detracts from the REAL plot. A young pervert, Hyoudou Issei, is busy trying to simultaneously grope his classmates and look up their skirts when he finds a girl who wants to go out with him. This is suspicious in itself, but Issei is overjoyed at the fact that such a kind, charming girl (with large breasts) wants to be with him... See full review
"Deadman Wonderland," a newer anime which aired on "Toonami," combines torturous prison sentences with an entertaining amusement park. Need I say more? Story: Igarashi Ganta is living the normal life of the Japanese schoolboy: He plays with his friends, blushes around his crush, and eats ice cream. He's happy living his average life, and never expects anything more. The latest craze is a cool amusement park known as "Deadman Wonderland." But Ganta doesn't need to go there, 'cause he is chummy with his homies and doesn't ask for anything more. Then all his classmates are... See full review
Naked girls brutally murdering people. Sure, why not? Story: Lucy, a diclonious, is caged up in a lab. She has vectors, invisible "arms" which can easily decapitate a man, and is therefore deemed "dangerous." She in particular has four vectors, each having a maximum reach of two meters. Two of the workers are examining her, and one accidentally drops a key within two meters of her. Aw, f-- The two men are quickly killed, and Lucy escapes, completely naked except for her helmet. She walks out and easily diverts the bullets fired upon her. She gorily murders the other people (included... See full review
When it was released in 2011, "Mirai Nikki" (I'm not going to bother with the "TV") became a smash-hit. Practically everyone was praising the survival-horror anime. I never got into it; I don't know why, it just never managed to catch my interest. But when an anime I was watching didn't work, I switched over to episode 1 of "Mirai Nikki." I was hooked, and before I knew it, I had seen more than a third of the series. So it really pains me to say how much it disappointed me. Story: The story of "Mirai Nikki" sounds so good--Amano "Yuki" Yukiteru discovers... See full review
Vampires have gotten a bad rap lately. First and foremost, we've got that "Twishite Saga" crap trying to pass off as good writing. And then we've got the movies, which are even worse. (Though I must say, props to Kristen Stewart for managing to portray only one facial expression for the whole series.) There are those "Vampire Diaries" books which started out okay, but which are now just "Twishite" with a less funny name. Even anime! "Vampire Knight" is by no means an awful manga/anime combo, but it's far from great and isn't doing the horror genre surrounding... See full review
Before I started to watch anime, I was scared of anything and everything. So then, I picked up my first volume of manga--one of the earlier volumes of "Bleach." I was so terrified, I couldn't even look at "Bleach" for a few years. So I decided to overcome my fears and watch a horror anime (horror manga would come later). I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep, but I didn't want to be such a wimp. Therefore, I started to watch the only horror anime of which I'd heard. I missed the first episode, so I watched the second. It was so not-scary; I was laughing the whole time. How was this... See full review
There are many "mature" anime out there. There are many dark anime. There are many depressing anime. With some of them, the name makes them seem innocent (case in point: "Comedy"). "Darker than Black" sounds like a dark anime... seriously, what IS darker than black? As with most anime I watch, I saw this in an AMV and it looked cool, so I decided to watch it. Story: A dome encases the world of "Darker than Black," so the sky is completely fabricated. A young astronomy enthusiast, Li Shengshun (there is a very good chance I misspelled that), knows that the stars he... See full review
It's not often one comes across an anime with a total run time of half an hour. "BLAME!" fits this description quite nicely. At six episodes, each running for five minutes, it should be interesting and pretty weird, right? Well, that was right on the money. Story: Can I explain the story of "BLAME!"? Not really; there is no story. According to Anime-Planet's plot summary, Kirii (you spell that however you want) is a human who is surrounded by androids and clones. He is supposed to collect "net-genes" and try to find remaining humans. Whoever wrote this summary must be A.)... See full review
PRESENT DAY. PRESENT TIME. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-- Story: Iwakura Lain lives in the present, where the Wired (the internet) is a popular place to be. Of course, no one is foolish enough to associate the Wired with the real world, no. But when Lain receives an email from a girl who recently committed suicide, Lain starts to change. Soon, she starts to see no difference between the real world and the Wired--but is that really a bad thing? "Serial Experiments Lain" practically pioneered the "mindf*ck" genre. If this isn't a confusing anime, I don't know what is. Unfortunately, that... See full review
When "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" became the horror anime hit of the century, the "reset" storyline and crazy bloodshed became well known. So another VN, "Umineko no Naku Koro ni" followed. It has the same style, but became less popular and isn't as well-recieved. Story: The Ushiromiya family is invited to join the head of the family at his mansion on an island. They gather and enter the enviable house. There is a picture of Kinzo's (he's the head of the family) former mistress, Beatrice. However, rumor has it she's a witch-- the Golden Witch, to be precise. Our main... See full review
As far as school life/maids/tsundere romances go, not many are well-recieved. School life embodies boerdom, maids sound like ecchi or borderline hentai, and tsundere characters tend to be hated by many. The tags for "Kaichou wa Maid-sama!" include these... so how on Earth is this anime so popular?! Story: Ayuzawa Misaki spends her school life as the tough student council president, and the rest of her time working at a popular maid cafe. Obviously, she doesn't want anyone at school to know that their leader wears skimpy dresses and tends to men's fantasies when she's not supporting the feminine... See full review
"Kaze no Stigma" ("Stigma of the Wind") is GONZO's animation of the light novel series. Unfortunately, the creator of the light novels passed away, thus abruptly ending them. We thank the creator for the series and hope he/she rests in peace. Story: Ayano, heir to the mighty fire magic-using Kannagi family, gets a major shock when her cousin returns after a long absence. Due to the fact that he was unable to wield fire magic, Kannagi Kazuma (now Yagami [heh heh] Kazuma) was exiled. However, he is now able to harness the powers of the wind, another element entirely. Join Ayano and... See full review
Once upon a time, there was this new show on Cartoon Network called "The Othersiders." It was about a group of kids who went to haunted places, trying to decide whether or not spirits really resided there. The show was not actually scary, it was more the suspense (and heavy breathing of those poor middle schoolers) which made it creepy. Why do I mention this? Because... Story: ... In premise, "Ghost Hunt" is a lot like the anime version of "The Othersiders." Or, "The Othersiders" is the live action of "Ghost Hunt." In the anime, a group of people... See full review
I, like 99.99% of the people who watched this show, watched it because Sebastian is pretty damn hot. Luckily, this show is more than just a bishie-fest... kind of. Story: Phantomhive Ciel, a child who just so happens to be the owner of a toy company, lives an extravagant life in Victorian England. He has a household of servants, most of whom cannot do anything servant-like. However, there is that "one hell of a butler"-butler, Michaelis Sebastian. Turns out, Ciel's parents died in a fire, so Ciel made a pact with Satan and now Sebastian serves him. Or something like that. However, each arc is... See full review
I decided to watch this because it's only 10 minutes and it earned high scores, for the most part. Plus, I'm kind of a sucker for obscure anime and manga. Story: A young girl tells of her meeting with the black swordsman, a mysterious man who loves to read books. That's really the gist of it, but it is very well-executed. Actually, it would be well-executed even if this wasn't 10 minutes long. Since it is, it is freaking incredible. Animation: A feast for the eyes. The grayscale backgrounds look like photographs, and they clash nicely with the minimalist, sketchy characters. The occasional shot of color... See full review
I wonder if this takes the cake for "shortest movie I've ever seen." But in all seriousness. I wasn't going to watch this, but since it's so short, I said, "What the heck," and lo and behold. Plus, I've been wanting to watch "Blood+" for a while. Story: Saya is a woman. She kills these creatures with a sword. She then goes to a school near an army base... and... um... Yeah, if you couldn't tell, the story of this is EFFING CONFUSING. I had no freaking clue what was going on until about half way through the thing, and even then I was like WTF. The English (yes, ENGLISH, not... See full review
I know it seems completely random for me to review "Fruits Basket," and in a way, it is. So here's why I chose now: I was looking through my list of anime to find something to review and BAM! there was this. Now STFU because it works. Story: Honda Tohru, a goody-goody, sweet, innocent girl lives alone because her mother and father are dead. She can't burden the rest of her family, so she sets up a tent and goes on with her daily life. That tent, though, is set up on the property of a certain rich family called the Sohma. As it turns out, two of the boys living there (well, one joins up five... See full review
The "Black Rock Shooter" OVA is a very love-it-or-hate-it type anime. It has completely mixed reviews, many lovers and an equal number of haters. It's, all in all, an anime that simply demands to be reviewed. Story: The story is a difficult one to explain. The hyperactive Kuroi Mato meets an interesting girl at her school. Her name is Takanashi Yomi, and she calm and composed yet beautiful and poised. Her graceful presence is in stark contrast to the loud Mato. At the same time, in an alternate universe, a young woman by the name of Black Rock Shooter is fighting the axe-wielding Dead Master... See full review
The "Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu" ("Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya") series is a popular mashup of the slice-of-life and sci-fi genres. Its humorous moments and entertaining episodes created a whole fanbase of Hare Hare Yukai-dancing Haruhi worshippers, which is no small feat. Following the light novel series, Kyoto Animation created the movie which literally took the anime community by storm, earning raving reviews from just about everyone. So here we go. Story: Kyon (insert :foreveralone: face here) finds out that not-quite-right Koizumi and insanium-in-the-cranium Haruhi are AWOL... See full review


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|Mark, Thanks for that picture... remember all the whales breaching off the shore.... One breached behind us as the picture was taken...
I have nothing but fond memories..........
South Monomoy access
As John suggested, access to S. Monomoy is limited, so landing a boat on the beach is forbidden. We are very priviledged to have the opportunity to fish there. (thanks Keith) Having last Sunday's rip trip canceled due to weather, I missed my first chance to fish there and get to meet some of you guys. So now I am looking forward to joining you guys for a few trips in 2008. In the recent years I have brought my 16' boat part of the way down the west coast of S. Mononmoy and anchored up on sandbars off shore. I live in NH and only get down this way 8 - 10 times a year. However, if we could work it out it would be my pleasure to take a few of you along.
Steve M.
|By the way,... and I know some are thinking this... forgot to say that there have been a number of times where I could have been dropped off by friends in Chatham who have boats, some fish others simply take families out for boat rides ....and could have dropped me off and then picked me up at the end of the day (a "quick" drop off and pickup)...BUT... because of the rules I can not do that...
|Sean..I think they are not allowed , otherwise you would see boats all along the western shoreline like you see up in the tub on South Beach...not to mention the wind conditions that can blow up. Don't forget we had one trip where the wind blew up quickly ,a 30 mile plus SW wind while we were down there...Keith could not get down there and we had to walk about 8 miles, around the point, past the light house and up to the very end of the North Tip... we all got to the refuge around 7pm.... and very tired. Stop by the rufuge for a map of the area where it shows the restrictions. There maybe one or two areas on the south island where you can drop off...after you get permission from the refuge...but they are rare . When you see people walking on shore it's usually staff of the refuge, hikers or birders ...or us...with permission. I saw one guy beach his boat and spin cast near us...did not have my radio then .... also I have seen a boat beached near the powder hole with beach goers.... I don't know what happened...but with our radios I would call them in to the refuge next time. Send Chad after them.
There is very limited shore access down there and many areas of beach are totally closed all the way down to the water's edge.
The refuge publishes a map highlighting the open / closed areas. This tends to vary according to the season & bird migrations but some areas remain closed year-round.
Here's the latest from the refuge website but best to check locally in case there have been any last minute updates:
|FWIW I'm in full agreement with everyone above; we should keep the Rip to ourselves. It's much easier to police people we know, not that I've seen anyone who really needs policing. With SB virtually dead most of the season, and NM crowded during season and fish dropping way off after June, I would definitely be in favor of more Rip trips. I'm sure Dad (Paxton) would probably feel the same way.
|Sean Juan
Thats a question I had...I'm not very boat savvy. But how come none of those boats in the area ever anchored and came to shore - like they do in Pleasant bay?
Is it because the sea conditions are too difficult, or because they aren't allowed too?
John , sign me up for an overnight. Not to beat a dead horse, but when I attended the Refuge Meetings , Mike stressed if anyone stepped on a bird's nest a report would go all the way up to Washington!!!!! And the result would be not very good for us. The Fish and Wildlife Service takes very seriously the protection of the endangered Plover. I know we all make jokes about this but they mean business.
08 looks like a great season. FishHawk
|Thanks for that Keith...I am sure we are all in agreement with the points you mention and we will continue to value the privilege knowing that it is just that. Looking forward to the trips we can do, including the Light house, as well as our usual trips to SB and NM. See you soon.
|Rip Ryder
2008 rip trips
I don't have a problem with more rip trips in 08. I just need a minimum of $300 as of today. With fuel at $4.50 a gallon an a 20gallon burn to drop off and another 20 gallons to pick up, you can see why I asked to move the number up to 15. It's a double edge sword in needing the bigger boat to get there, but it also comes with a bigger expense to operate. Now that I know more of you are willing to jump on at a moments notice, I can offer more trips to the lighthouse. My mom was very eager to run day trips down there, but I had a hard time coming up with 5 people minimum ,at $60, to go on the same day. Next year I will post the days people are looking to go on the field walk, and combine the two groups to get everyone down there.
As far as staying overnight, I will put in a request next year after hearing about the status of the lighthouse conditions. Also, certain times of the spring and summer the lighthouse quarters are filled with Refuge staff, so if at all. it would most likely be a late summer- fall time frame. I know the refuge maint. man from Sudbury put a good week in down there trying to clean up the lighthouse and fix some of the damages from the Dec 05 winter-cane.
I fully agree and suggested originally, that this be for forum members only. SM is somehow very different than SB or NM, and needs to be protected more by all that venture down there. This is not a place that could handle the heavy traffic that SB and NM endure day and day out during the season. I have to laugh to myself when certain Guides complain to me, about how crowded it is at SB and NM, considering they, their store and corporate sponsor created the problem during the 90s. I think we are a different breed here and all try to avoid the future head scratch and saying "what the hell have we done!!"
Even after 18 years of fishing the flats at NM, every summer we have fisherman walking through closed areas and these are seasoned veterans, Professionals and newcombers. Some even do it after I give them their final verbal warning before leaving the boat in the morning. This is why I like to have one person in charge down there. Juro, John and Jim know the refuge system, they know this is a privilege trip, and that it can be gone in one written ticket. Having the s on the ground down there is just another way of making sure things are done right, so we can continue to go back year after year.
Waiting for May of 08
Capt. Keith
I believe that the poidy oil that you are referencing is a 30year old Arbeg sherry cask first fill and after i press the enter key, i am going to have a wee dram. Thank for the memories John
Great Idea for more Rip Trips - Traveller perspective
John et al, I really like the idea of more Rip Trips and "controlled" access & booking for FFF members. From a "traveller" perspective, I could count on making one or two rip tripsover a two week schedule, rather than depend on only a few trips available while I'm theer. There are others who like me travel great distances to visit the Cape & surrounding fishery and the opportunity for a Rip Trip is always a Highlite of my trips. Lastly, this approach might well reduce the "organization" issues that come with First Come-First Served booking for these trips and allow more flexibility in planning other outings on the Cape for travellers like me and others. As for an overnighter, this would also ease the issue of wifey having to drive me at 6 AM!
|Mike, I don't remember exactly...but for some reason I remember a $100 figure...$100 exactly each...at that time. Sean- yes... at Dusk also...I don't know at Dawn, since That stuff grizz brought forced me to sleep in at dawn. I do remember watching grizz and juro make there way across the moors with headlamps...bumping into each other along a narrow path in the distance.
|Sean Juan
|I'd totally be up for that, fishing the rip at full dark must be awesome.
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RE:The cape tonight and tomorrow
Bayside's been schmokin' according to Don Baker of Sesuit Creek Outfitters. A favorable tide with this moon would make Chapin a great bet at night (hint hint). The low tides over the next few days are in the zone for good early/late flats action; cautiously as always.
Roop and I hit North Monomoy this morning, found a lot of shorts but nothing over 30". No rats either though, most over 24" and lots of fun. Hotspots: Southwest corner guzzle and the south east corner channel at slack high. Saw a few nice cows cruising on common flats on the incoming but had limited time to stay out on the fringe for the show.
I'd go back to South Beach if I were going tomorrow; the west side was very cold and the water on the inside was significantly warmer. Either way the wind would have beat the fly guy to a pulp this morning. The fish were much more active in the warm stuff between N.M. and South Beach, you could feel the difference on the waders. Keith (Rip Ryder) has seen more action off South Beach through recent weeks, our research would concur.
With this colder water, Capt. Bruce Peters mentioned that Pleasant Bay will have good fish up inside. The way big fish have been showing in estuaries around the cape confirms this. It's a good time for flyfishermen - small water, small flies, big fish!
I also like the south side river outlets at dawn on this tide, with an early morning high tide the action should be good from two hours before daylight thru dawn. Blues making their appearances, use a wire condom (tippet: no good in your pocket ). The in-your-face wind will probably pick up early though on the south side.
For those hitting Sesuit, the channel dumping out of the harbor is as good as anywhere before the boat show starts and the tide will be perfect for it. There are some big fish pushing into the estuaries due to the cooler water temps; both sides of the cape.
The wind direction was good for outer beaches today, but out of the question for me due to time constraints. I was there in spirit as I headed north back off cape until next week!
Good luck out there and safe fishing!
|Nathan Smith
RE:The cape tonight and tomorrow
Sesuit should be good. I think I will be going back to Brewster Flats and in the afternoon tring the blues in Cotuit.
RE:The cape tonight and tomorrow
No salty waters for Mike and I this weekend. We'll be breaking out the four weights for some sweetwater trout in NY with dad.
RE:The cape tonight and tomorrow
I'll be hitting east of Sesuit tonight if I get down early enoegh and definitly at first light tommorow.
Fred A.
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Who is fishing where and is anyone looking for company. I was thinking about the N. side flats tomorrow morning.
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It's regrettable that yesterday's staff disputes made it's way into a public flamefest, spreading from the website here to the forums. It is final, however, that Switch Designs has parted ways with the team here at GTAGaming. While his work will be missed here, it will continue to be available whereever Switch decides to go, and tomorrow is another day.
The long awaited revamp of GTAGaming.com is nearly upon us and we think you will enjoy the changes. While the site will continue to function mostly as is, it will be split up into various "zones" as if they were subsites of their own. We do not believe in the creation of a additional sites to cater for every GTA game but recognize the need for better seperation in content. This is our solution :) The zones will be "San Andreas", "Vice City", "GTA3", and "GTA Classics". Where to place content for "GTA Advance" has not yet been decided.
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Now that the bloom is off the rose so to speak and we are starting to see this guy in action does he appear to be over his head? Misstep after misstep is giving the appearance of amateur hour. He cant pick a cabinet member without a questionable past. Everybody is a lobbyist. Does he even know enough honest people to put in these jobs? The stimulus package is really a democrat wish list of left wing programs that are nothing more than pork, in the worst political sense. He has the entire nation worrying that he is planning on nationalizing banking as well as other industries. He has already alienated our trading partners worldwide with his buy American provision in the stimulus package. I hope this is just his initial growing pains, although I really expect this is a portent of things to come.
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Drumming Goes Global at UAF
What do you get when you combine the talents of a master percussionist with the technical savvy of Arctic Region Supercomputing Center staff? Drumming heard around the world, of course!
On Thursday, March 25, Valerie Naranjo, percussionist for the Saturday Night Live Band and Broadway's "The Lion King" will conduct an interactive workshop while participants from around the globe tune in from their home sites to simultaneously learn, listen and share drumming expertise.
The workshop will be held over ARSC's Access Grid Node (AGN). The AGN allows for simultaneous video and sound communication between remote sites via high-bandwidth networking. Sites equipped with an AGN can log on and participate in conferences, meetings or other events. Participants can share audio and visual feeds as well as exchange data or present information from their personal computers. Already, ten sites from around the world have signed up to participate in the drumming event, which will take place live in the Regents Conference Room on the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) campus at 9 AM Alaska Standard Time.
The project started when UAF Percussion Professor Scott Deal invited Naranjo to conduct a week-long residency in Fairbanks. The residency was made possible through a joint effort between UAF and the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, with a grant from Conoco Phillips. Deal has already been involved with the AGN through the "Art on the Grid" program, an experiment in which artists share and create art over the grid. In addition to providing the program over the AGN, several local school groups will participate in the workshop.
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In addition to playing percussion and arranging music for the Saturday Night Live Band, Valerie Naranjo has recorded and performed with The Philip Glass Ensemble, David Byrne, Tori Amos, Selena, Airto, and the international percussion ensemble, Megadrums, which includes Milton Cardona, Zakir Hussein, and Glen Velez. Naranjo performs with and arranged for the five percussionists in Julie Taymor's "The Lion King." Other performances in theater include: New York and international productions of Julie Taymor/Elliot Goldenthal's "The Tempest" and Juan Darien, and Thuli Dumakude's "Buya Afrika," which traveled from Off-Broadway to Johannesburg, South Africa's Civic Theatre.
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Thread: OMG!!! Huge Goldfish! ^_^
When I look at a fish like that, I don't say "aww how cute", but rather I say "aww poor fishie". I really don't know why people like those. Or the ones with the eyes sticking out of their heads.Member of the Greater Seattle Aquarium Society
"That's a Huge............Fish!!!!"
This is the Toxic Avenger for those who don't know. I see a striking resemblance.
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0Originally Posted by Aeonflame20 gal. high: planted; 7 white cloud minnows, several RCS, 2 blue shrimp, 5 Amano shrimp, several snails; Azoo air. 65 gal: planted; 6 rosy barbs, 6 yellow glofish, 3 red glofish, 3 zebra danios, 5 white cloud minnows, 3 dojo loaches, 6 crimson spot rainbow fish, 12 large Amano Shrimp, several snails; AC110.
... What have they done to cats? Cat breeds and relatively normal compared to the severely mutated fish species and dog breeds. Many English Bulldogs can't even give birth naturally anymore because the head is too large for the birth canal.
All I can think of are Spynx, American Curls, Scottish Folds and Manx or Bobtail cats and even then they aren't really that seriously deformed. The Persians and similar species with the squished faces are pretty bad but no worse than all the dog breeds which suffer the same awful breeding. I suppose the Rex breeds also fall under the same categories (Devon Rex, Cornish Rex, Selkirk Rex, etc.) But I've had 2 Devon Rexes and they are the best cats, so much personality.
Let's try to keep in mind the Asian aesthetic that is the origin of these goldfish breeds. Lionheads are meant to resemble "Fu dogs", and thus need to be large, full-bodied fish with a mane of some kind, hence the wen and missing a dorsal fin.
Ranchus take their style from Sumo, as they are meant to be large. They are the kings of goldfish. Red capped orandas are attractive to the Japanese due to the contrast betweem red and white. A notable example of this aesthetic is the geisha with the white face and red lips. (And their National flag)
Another thing to consider is that many of these breeds are not intended to be seen from the side. Asian bred goldfish are to be kept in ponds, not clear side-view aquariums. This is not just limited to top-view ranchus, since centuries of Chinese, and Japanese art displays goldfish almost exclusively from the top.
Continued...I groom ranchus. That is all.
Tosakins are another example of an extreme breed. From the side it looks like an oddly shaped goldfish and nothing more.
However, when seen from above, the curved and curled double tail illustrates clearly the goals of this extreme care and breeding. These fish are raised in large round bowls with little water current. The lack of filtration requires extreme care to keep the toxins from rising.
The tosakin was created out of Ryukin stock. You could argue that the ryukin isn't really that sought after, but is rather a stepping stone to a tosakin that some Japanese fell in love with for their unique shape.
I hope I've provided a different point of view on goldfish breeds.I groom ranchus. That is all.
0Originally Posted by ameliaaahx
Cats that are bred without tails, or with small stumps of tails have been known to experience back problems or problems with their hind legs and some these spine-related health conditions can cripple them and cause them to really suffer.
When I got my cat with the deformed hind legs, the first thing the veterinarian asked me over the phone was "does he have a tail?" Mine does, and in his case, it wasn't fancy breeding that resulted in the deformity, but a problem that had developed inside his mother's womb. But it's noteworthy that the vet, having not yet seen him but hearing of the bent-backwards rear legs, immediately asked about the presence of a tail. They see a lot of tailess cats that were deliberately bred that way, and some are just fine, but others aren't.
Cats with smashed in faces often have noses so flat as to interfere with their breathing. They also often have sinus problems.
It may not be well known, but even though these fancier cats are often quite pampered and well cared for, they still don't live as long as cats whose features are normal. I once read that the average lifespan for a flat-nosed Persian is about eight years. By contrast, a well cared for plain-old-Joe housecat with no fancy breeding can be twelve, fifteen or sometimes even twenty years. Why? Because its crucial anatomical features are normal and untampered with, and hence are able to function as nature intended.
True, they haven't gone as extreme with cats as with dogs, in that most breeds of cats are within the same general size range. The sizes of domestic cats aren't all over the map as with dogs.
Still, if you were a cat, would you really enjoy being hairless on a cold winter day?
How do curled ears affect a cat's hearing? The ears of a cat are shaped the way they are for a reason. To catch and transmit sound in a certain way. If the shape of the ears is deformed, they aren't going to function as normal cat ears would.
I do think it's obscene because these animals suffer. Not only do they suffer, their lives are often cut short. And it really isn't necessary, at all. Fancy cat breeding is done for the entertainment and aesthetic pleasures of humans, NOT for the well-being of the cats. Its done for the purposes of competition, and the accompanying ego-boost their owners get from winning a ribbon or trophy. The cats are so many points in a contest, and what is considered "pleasing" is really quite bizarre in some cases.
Even sadder, those offspring who don't make the cut -- whose features aren't considered show quality -- are culled out of the litter and the dirty industry secret is they are often destroyed. These same cats would make wonderful pets if given good homes. The lucky ones are put up for adoption. Not all of them are that fortunate.
-- mermaid20 gal. high: planted; 7 white cloud minnows, several RCS, 2 blue shrimp, 5 Amano shrimp, several snails; Azoo air. 65 gal: planted; 6 rosy barbs, 6 yellow glofish, 3 red glofish, 3 zebra danios, 5 white cloud minnows, 3 dojo loaches, 6 crimson spot rainbow fish, 12 large Amano Shrimp, several snails; AC110.
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That is one mutant fish. I'm with the purists...be it a dog, or a fish, I prefer something bred for health and vitality...not looks. Give me a standard goldfish (that looks more like a like a wild carp rather than a football) or a mongrel, Heinz 57 pooch any day
With the exception of genetic engineering, it is nearly impossible to select a single trait or gene to be modified. While attempting to make a goldfish look more natural (or cat or dog) you will, inevitably, have an impact on behaviour.
Well known and documented example is breeding foxes for their fur. An attempt to breed them for friendliness (to make them less stressed in an enclosure with other foxes, and to make them easier to care for) had the unintended, and undesired effect of changing their tails, ears and fur colour.
You may want your goldfish to live longer, or look more like a carp, but keeping a carp in aquaria is near impossible. They are not bred to be in enclosed spaces. Breeding them to not be overly stressed and breed in a fish tank has the side-effect of making them change colour, become rounder, etc.
Likewise, breeding a cat to have an ideal body shape and physical fitness would result in a feral or outdoor cat, unhappy and unwilling to to locked in a house for its entire life. This is not to defend the extremes that fancy breeders go to, however the polar opposite is equally untenable.
Another thing to consider is that many extreme fancy goldfish are not the result of breeding, but of grooming. Groomers feed their fish high concentrations of high protein feed. This is like feeding a child 20 cheeseburgers a day, and blaming his odd round shape on his genes.I groom ranchus. That is all.


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And on some less appropriate ones as well. For example, last night I was taking part in a choir rehearsal as part of the preparation for a well-known religious leader's visit to the UK later this year. Not having had time to get changed after work, I was wearing The Shirt as we collectively negotiated the joys of counting bars, leaping fourths, subdividing triplets and other more applied forms of numerical analysis. Approaching the conductor - who'd been brought in from another parish in order to adeptly marshal our enthusiastic but slightly unfocussed efforts - with a technical question at the end of the rehearsal, I was a little surprised when he asked if I worked for NAG. Wondering if he was about to quiz me about - say - our optimization routines, I replied - somewhat cautiously - in the affirmative. "Great stuff," he responded. "I used the NAG Library all the time at university when I was programming in Fortran - it was really, really good." Owing to the context, the generous and unlooked-for compliment was so surprising that I forgot to say that these days, the Library wasn't only available to Fortran programmers (on reflection, perhaps that was just as well on this occasion) but I was also reminded that this kind of encounter isn't at all uncommon. Given the remarkable age of the company, perhaps it's only to be expected that you frequently bump into users - or ex-users - of your products, but it's still gratifying when they're able to share positive experiences - or happy memories - of it. Maybe I should start work on that Company Song after all.
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
The meaning of recognition
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Some software companies give out T-shirts to their users. I've got T-shirts from Mathematica, MATLAB and even a couple from scientific Python conferences (none from NAG though - yet). They are great for wearing at geek meet-ups or around the University because it identifies you as someone who knows about the software and they have led to many interesting discussions and collaborations.ReplyDelete
My wife has a slightly different viewpoint, however, and refuses to be seen in public with me and my 'nerd shirts'.
Many thanks for that, Mike. If it was a veiled(?) hint about NAG's policy for giving away T-shirts, then I'm sure it'll be taken on board by my marketing colleagues. ;-)ReplyDelete
As far as I recall, we've never (so far anyway) produced shirts for this purpose, although those of us - like you - who've attended trade shows have benefited from other companies' munificence. In some cases the excellence of the giveaways can almost become a distraction - I particularly recall the very nice SGI shirts from the 90's, the popularity of which might have been one of the reasons why they opened up their own on-site clothing store.
I can't see NAG going down that route, although we have had some less spectacular successes in the giveaway department in the past - I'm thinking of the worry beads which we used to promote IRIS Explorer. These were essentially a pair of glass marbles (what made them worry beads were the instructions which accompanied them) that proved very popular at trade shows, being portable, novel and (ever so vaguely) amusing. They weren't without their drawbacks however. I came across the first of these when asked to transport them to one of our earliest shows, in a box which, although compact, was almost unbelievably dense (how much do you think a cubic foot of glass weighs?).
The other problem was the number of attendees on the stand who'd go to put them in their mouths, mistaking them for gobstoppers. I lived in terror of one of these misguided souls presenting NAG with a bill for restorative dental work. Not the best way to make an impression on the customer.
NAG t-shirts? Watch this space ;-)ReplyDelete
- Karen Lewis18 June 2010 at 11:32
Very Entertaining post as always Jeremy. We should have a 'who can wear the oldest T shirt' competition!ReplyDelete
Jeremy - let's see. Typical density of glass is 2.58 g/cm^3 according to a quick google. A cubic foot is 28317 cm^3 so we are looking at a weight of around 73Kilos or 1 Mike Croucher.ReplyDelete
That's one heavy box!
Of course I have neglected the fact that your box of marbles won't be 100% glass. I guess around 74% glass assuming close packing?
I can't find fault with your numbers, Mike, so I guess that crucial packing fraction must have made all the difference when I was trying to pick the box up (and trying not to drop it on my foot). Of course, I was a younger man in those days, and weight - in its various manifestations - was less of a problem for me than it is now.ReplyDelete
An oldest T-shirt contest sounds like a nice idea, Karen, although it might involve revealing those things that should perhaps have remained hidden. I could be wrong, though.
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I have a young 4 year old female lab that has developed a serious no go problem on blinds. She needs one more pass for her Master Hunter title. Until 5 weeks ago she never had this problem. Then on the last series of a MH Test she refused to go on "Back" for a relatively simple double blind, max distance 120 yards. She has been trained on difficult blinds ranging from passing poison birds up to 400 yards, handles very well and has been the best of three dogs I have trained. The following day she gave a no go on land blinds in the first series. The following day she gave a no go in the second series of the Q field trial. Three weeks later she gave another no go in the second series water blinds in a MH test. I later ran the same blinds using a collar to make sure she went. She got the first 125 yard water land blind with one handle and lined the second 90 yard blind.
She has been force fetched, forced to pile, etc. Although I train with an E collar, I almost never use it because she does so well and wants to please. I do notice she may appear to be confused on the above no gos but can not understand why since she routinely runs much more difficult blinds.
I would appreciate any suggestions on how to resolve this problem.


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Idaho Criminal Rule 46.2. No Contact Orders.
(a) No contact orders issued pursuant to Idaho Code § 18-920 shall be in writing and served on or signed by the defendant. Each judicial district shall adopt by administrative order a form for no contact orders for that district. No contact orders must contain, at a minimum, the following information:
(1) The case number, defendantís name and protected person's name;
(2) A distance restriction;
(3) That the order will expire at 11:59 p.m. on a specific date, or upon dismissal of the case;
(4) An advisory that:
(a) A violation of the order may be prosecuted as a separate crime under I.C. § 18-920 for which no bail will be set until an appearance before a judge, and the possible penalties for this crime,
(b) The no contact order can only be modified by a judge, and
(c) When more than one domestic violence protection order is in place, the most restrictive provision will control any conflicting terms of any other civil or criminal protection order. Whenever a no contact order is issued, modified or terminated by the court, or the criminal case is dismissed, the clerk shall give written notification to the records department of the sheriffís office in the county in which the order was originally issued, immediately. No contact orders shall be entered into the Idaho Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (ILETS).
(b) A protected person in a criminal case for which a no contact order has issued may request modification or termination of that order by filing a written and signed request with the clerk of the court in which the criminal offense is filed. Forms for such a request shall be available from the clerk. The court shall provide for a hearing within fourteen days of the request and shall provide notification of the hearing to the protected person and the parties.
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Brookfield commission upholds officer's suspension for failing to fasten prisoner's seatbelt
The Brookfield Fire and Police Commission voted, 4-1, last week to uphold a four-day suspension of an officer who failed to properly buckle a prisoner in a seatbelt in her squad car.
Andrew D. Schauer, attorney from Wisconsin Professional Police Association, said his client, officer Sarah Mork, will serve the suspension and is looking forward to moving on.
"Sarah and the association are disappointed with the commission's decision, but we fully respect the decision. It will be carried out as the commission orders, and Sarah looks forward to returning back to work, ready to serve and protect the citizens of Brookfield," Schauer said after the ruling. "The statutes provide for a circuit court appeal, which we will not be doing."
Chief Daniel Tushaus filed charges against Mork alleging she had engaged in "serious acts of misconduct warranting disciplinary action" earlier this year. She appealed, and the case was heard Dec. 6.
Suspect hard to buckle in
Mork and her partner, officer Rick King, arrested a man suspected of a gas drive-off on Moorland Road, near Bluemound Road, March 24, after the man's car broke down.
"He told me he was going through withdrawal from heroin and had used the night before," King told the commission during the hearing. "The individual was extremely erratic, restless and unable to sit still."
The man was wanted on eight warrants and there was a syringe in the back of his car.
The officers took him to Elmbrook Memorial Hospital in an ambulance for observation, and while he was there he tried to escape, King said.
The man eventually was medically cleared and escorted back to Mork's car - a caged squad - to go to jail.
"When he was placed in the back of the car, he immediately complained about the tight space," King said. "He was still moving and thrashing. ...
"I tried to secure him with a seatbelt, but I was not able to. While I was attempting to lean over to fasten the seat belt, I was unable to locate the seatbelt latch due to his movements. I also believed there was a strong chance I would be head-butted, and I feared for my safety."
"I told Officer Mork that I was unable to fasten the seatbelt latch," King said. "I then got into the passenger side of the car, and while backing up, she hit a cement pole."
A supervisor then arrived at the hospital, asked if there were any injuries and if the prisoner was properly restrained, the charges said. King verified that information, adding that the lieutenant told both he and Mork they needed to properly restrain the suspect in a seatbelt for the ride to the jail.
They did fasten his seatbelt this time, but less than two miles from the jail, the man's seatbelt came undone.
Instead of pulling over to refasten the seatbelt, the officers continued to the jail, according to the statement of charges.
"I believed it was safer to go to the jail rather than stopping to secure him on the side of the road," King said. "The jail is a secure facility. Stopping on the side of the road could give the individual the opportunity to kick whoever opened the door or allow him to run away and escape."
King said he served his suspension without an appeal because he wanted the incident "behind him." Although King broke state law and veered from department rules, he said he believed he did the right thing March 24.
"To the letter of the law, there were some violations, but given the circumstances, I believe I acted reasonably," King told the commission.
Special circumstances and existing problems with Squad 20
Mork told her superiors after the incident that the configuration of her caged squad car makes it difficult to secure prisoners in seatbelts, causing a "special circumstance" in buckling her prisoner on March 24, but she had never reported her concerns about her vehicle before the incident, according to the statement of charges.
Several officers, however, testified similarly during the hearing.
Officer Kevin David has been with the department for two years and told the commission he had problems buckling prisoners in Squad 20 in the past.
"It's (buckling prisoners) more difficult and much more complicated than a regular, open-back seat squad car," David said. "There was one point it took me two to three minutes to secure someone. Because of the close quarters of the cage and the location of the latch, it's harder to reach over and down to buckle the seatbelt."
City Attorney Roger Pyzyk said the commission members took notice of the nearly universal assertion that Squad 20 presents challenges for seatbelt use.
Nonetheless, the commission upheld the suspension, ordering Mork to serve two days of suspension now and holding the other two days in abeyance for a year.
Schauer said Mork, who has been with the department since 1984, has never been disciplined for this type of incident.
"It should be noted that this was the first instance of her ever being accused of not buckling a prisoner. We don't believe Officer Mork will engage in this type of violation again."
According to the statement of charges, Mork had been disciplined in the past for other violations, including "neglect of duty, misconduct, discourteous behavior and reporting late for duty."
In June 2010, Mork was suspended for three days for "unsatisfactory performance and conduct unbecoming an officer," according to the charges.
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I agree with a lot of what Awsi saying but I think he's overstating Romney's chances. I've been reading Nate Silver's writing since he was posting as "poblano" on DailyKos, and I thought his early projection on Romney was not very well considered... building hard statistical formulas without enough data for a truly realistic study and applying them to a situation too fluid to be analyzed that way in either case.
A "foundational evidence" argument is much better made on the relatively short time the Democrats have been in power and the dramatic ideological battle being fought within the Republican party. There's no good precedent for Obama's defeat on those grounds. The Carter parallel, often trotted out, ignores that Carter never should have been elected in the first place. The country was reeling from Watergate and Carter seemed the perfect antidote: a pious outsider. Even then, the country slowly realized what it was about to get in to and Ford nearly came back to win anyway despite being like 20 points behind in the polls and facing a stiff primary challenge from Ronald Reagan. The shift in the voter preferences of SAMs (which is a great term) from Democrat to Republican kicked off by Civil Rights was just hitting it's stride, setting the table for what should have been 20 years of avalances were it not for the immense corruption and stupidity of Richard Nixon. It took years for the Democrats to truly reassemble the base from the shock of it. Clinton patched together an awkward centrist framework and combative style that won him elections but made it harder for everyone else in the party. Only in 2008 was Humpty Dumpty put back together again, some 44 years after LBJ's reelection.
I maintain as I have all along that this race is essentially a repeat of 2004, even down to some interesting, almost nonsensical details, like the uninspiring upper crust challenger running a bad race (in many of the same ways) and an essentially invented wedge issue pushed to prominence by the incumbent (gay rights in 2004... reproductive rights this time) to help secure a healthy turnout by the base.
I've seen nothing to knock me off my months old projection of 303 electoral votes for Obama, with Florida the next in line to fall if things break favorably late (which they seem to be doing) and either Colorado or Ohio being the first to fall back in Romney's favor should things go that way. The issues in the margins (of which the economy is the key one) have made Obama vulnerable but Romney has been too weak to capitalize on them. When it's all said and done, that will the story written about 2012.


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Frenchman Mountain Climber's Log
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Date Climbed: Jan 7, 2017
|On an overcast day. Really impressed by the steepness of the road. This is no stroll.
|Posted Jan 7, 2017 8:45 pm
|Antenna Summit
Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2014
|A great perch above the city. Communications antennas are all over both summits but they do not mar the excellent west-east views. Such a steep access road/trail.
|Posted Oct 19, 2014 3:01 pm
|Better than expected
Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2008
|First time was via the unimpressive jeep trail from the broken glass-desecrated parking area off Lake Mead Blvd. Second time was directly up from the Mormon temple: fantastic! Some fun class 3 sections and beautiful rock.
|Posted May 30, 2014 3:54 am
|Service Road
Date Climbed: May 4, 2013
|Nice morning workout with some great views. Worth the short, steep effort.
|Posted May 6, 2013 11:42 am
|Not much of a mountain
Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2000
|An afternoon hike. Never again, though. The views of Lake Mead was OK, but the other side was just mucky Las Vegas.
|Posted Mar 14, 2013 5:49 pm
|Great views, steep road
Date Climbed: May 26, 2012
|Had this one on my list for awhile. Steepest dirt road I've ever seen. Tough uphill, but not long, and the views are great.
|Posted May 26, 2012 8:04 pm
|Nice midday hike
Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2011
|Nice quick up-and-down the road in about 2 hours -- had to hustle since a massive storm swept over downtown Vegas as I was approaching the summit. Way too much trash up there; good views, though, and a very different kind of mountain than I am accustomed to hiking.
|Posted Oct 6, 2011 8:10 pm
|Evening hike
Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2011
|Lung and calf buster. Great night hike, started from parking area and went back the same way.
|Posted Jul 4, 2011 12:25 am
|Summit Road grunt
Date Climbed: Jan 7, 2011
|Finally got around to hiking Frenchman, which is just a few miles from my parents' home in Henderson. Followed the road because I was very curious to see just how steep that road was! Hike itself was easy, a good workout, with clouds and a cool wind. Visited both summits, although I chose not to break the law and shimmy inside the northern fence. Views are spectacular.
|Posted Jan 11, 2011 3:37 pm
|Service Road
Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2011
|Cool winter day.
Took the standard road route from Lake Mead Blvd.
Pics and Map are here.
|Posted Jan 8, 2011 11:35 pm
|couple times, W side
Date Climbed: Jan 7, 2004
|By Mormon temple.
|Posted Dec 17, 2010 10:44 am
|That's a tough road!
Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2008
|Had a couple hours to kill while waiting for my wife to fly into Vegas. The 'access' road is probably the steepest lose gravel path ever called a road... A real ankle twister if you are not careful! But the view of Vegas at dusk is impressive...
|Posted Dec 5, 2010 5:14 pm
|Re: That's a tough road!
|If you think that is steep go check out the Potosi Mountain service road :)
|Posted Jan 13, 2014 3:23 pm
|Temple to top
Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2008
|This is the first mountain I climbed when I moved to Las Vegas. I approached from the Mormon Temple, the West, and a slim trail quickly turned into class 3 bouldering. Great quality of rock for the climb. Great view from atop. I went down, up to the Northern peak, then down the North side using a loose and dusty jeep path.
I recommend approaching from the West and looking over the Eastern edge at the South end of the peak.
|Posted Mar 28, 2010 10:07 pm
|Good Exercise
Date Climbed: Mar 22, 2010
|I originally planned to run this, but after getting up the first section and scoping the next "UP", it became more of a hike :)
|Posted Mar 25, 2010 12:42 am
|Dennis Poulin
|Road Walk
Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2010
|Hiked the road and did the chain link fence belay to get to the high point. Visited both summits and the north one is definitely higher.
|Posted Feb 14, 2010 4:47 pm
|From the Temple
Date Climbed: Dec 21, 2009
|first time climbed in 2002 up the road from Lake Mead. second time climbed up a gully on the west face from in between Bonanza and Washington. Up in 1hr 15min. down in 1hr 15min. Nice views. Made it back to the car just as it got dark. Awesome sunset set the sky on fire. Third time went up the ridge from behind the LDS temple, some fun class 3 scrambling on the upper half.
|Posted Dec 21, 2009 8:55 pm
|Bob Burd
|Via the road
Date Climbed: Nov 26, 2009
|Delightful little night hike with cool temps, perfect for hiking. Nice views, too. Joined by Tom Becht and Bill Peters. Trip Report
|Posted Dec 14, 2009 11:23 pm
|Thanksgiving night hike
Date Climbed: Nov 26, 2009
|Arrived in Vegas at 9PM after spending Thanksgiving with the family when Bob and Bill talked me into the night hike. Up on top by 11PM -- spectacular city views.
|Posted Nov 27, 2009 3:09 pm
|Night Trip
Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2009
|Good Full Moon Hike!
|Posted Oct 7, 2009 1:52 pm


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Above is a photo from NYC in June of 1954. Police officers supervise a "bicycle safety program" on a painted figure-8 track. Now, I'm not so sure how often anyone on a bicycle will encounter a figure-8 (unless of course you're racing on the Human Powered Rollercoaster) but I do remember a similar program at my elementary school involving painted roadways with stop signs, intersections, crosswalks and a working traffic light.
From what I remember these "bicycle rodeos" were hosted by the local police and we probably received a colouring book that further emphasized the rules of the road. The majority of my elementary school classmates all biked to school until at least grade 6. After that it was no longer "cool."
Unfortunately, no such program for driving or bicycling was a part of my high school education. I did pay Young Drivers about $800 dollars for driving classes, which were useful, but from what I remember pedestrians and bicyclists were referred to mostly as unpredictable nuisances.
Now, before the comments on this post are flooded with "bicyclists don't know the rules" rants, let me state that these group lessons are important not for teaching the rules but for getting people on bicycles to act as a group. Everyone knows what a stop sign means. In a car we're forced to act mostly social not because a car makes us think in a group (actually quite the opposite) but because infrastructure forces us to act as a group. Narrow roads don't allow for much "freedom" in a car and if you're in a line of vehicles all stopped at a red you have no choice but to stop as well. Whereas on a bicycle we can act "freer." And when there are only a few other bicycle riders on the road the temptation and the possibility of breaking the rules are both available.
I personally witness this change in behaviour a lot. When I'm with a group of bicyclists on one of Toronto's busier routes, behaviour becomes more normalized. The group waits at lights, stops for stop signs and crosswalks and doesn't pass open streetcar doors. However, when the group dwindles down to just two or three people I'm more likely to see someone defy the laws.
Do you remember "bicycle rodeos" or "safety" classes like these? Do they still exist?


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By Tiernan Ray
Barclays software analyst Raimo Lenschow, along with colleagues Darrin Peller, covering IT consulting and computer services, and Gerardus Vos and Andrew Gardiner in Europe, today write that the intentions of corporate chief information officers for their IT spending in this second half of the year, based on survey data gathered by Barclays have declined from what was originally "up a few points" for the latter half of 2013 to now merely flat with last year.
"The modest downward bias could be the result of macro-economic volatility," the authors write, "shifts in spending priorities toward the cloud, and a push by CIOs to run assets at higher utilization rates."
In any case, some areas such as security technology and Big Data software may still be bright spots:
Spending expectations back the subdued comments from IBM (IBM), Cisco [Systems (CSCO)] & HP (HPQ) of late. However, end-markets like application software, IT services, layer 2-3 switches & security stood out as positives. Given recently lowered estimates, one could argue a defensive stance for IBM & Cisco. Trends in PC & server pricing have us watching HP – and note that CDW is 100% North America (but its SMB's & Healthcare customers are likely stronger). Pure storage plays also look better positioned vs. others in a weak US environment. Software remains the top priority within tech though results suggest cautious optimism needed: The survey confirmed Big Data (we like Splunk (SPLK), Informatica (INFA)), Security (Symantec (SYMC)), and Cloud (benefitting VMware (VMW), Red Hat (RHT)) continue to be the top structural themes supporting overall software spending. Additionally, the increased acceptance of SaaS (recommend Salesforce.com (CRM), Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD), NetSuite (N), ServiceNow (NOW)) and the broader adoption of the software defined infrastructure are key trends that investors should maintain exposure to.


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Some time between my first and second post, but hey - i'm busy!
Hacked on the rtl8139too driver a bit, and got it to work with cardbus. I need to submit a tiny patch to the pcmcia-cs people, so i don't have to change stuff next time i want to use it ;)
Also started more work on the tiny-debian stuff - somebody muttered that i'm re-inventing the wheel by building 'another distribution for ARM based handhelds like the IPAQ'. I disagree totally. There is no distribution for handhelds that's upgradable, and that offers real package management, and a balanced list of applications.
Ah well, i think it's useful, and it's fun to work on.


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Family: Pieridae, Whites and Sulphurs view all from this family
Description The Olympia Marble (Euchloe olympia), is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. Its range is southern Canada and the midwest, down into the southwestern USA.
Dimensions 1 1/2-1 3/4" (38-44 mm).
Habitat Forests & woodlands, Meadows & fields, Grasslands & prairies.
Range Great Lakes, Southeast, Texas, Northwest, Western Canada, Mid-Atlantic, Eastern Canada, Plains, Rocky Mountains, Southwest.


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By Pontotoc Progress/NEMS Daily Journal
UPDATE: Two individuals who law enforcement were searching for in connection with burglarizing a pharmacy in Sherman early Wednesday morning are in custody, authorities confirmed.
Pontotoc County Sheriff Leo Mask said law enforcement worked on the case since 1:45 a.m. Wednesday morning and located the two individuals after a tip they were at a trailer on Prewitt Road.
"Several law enforcement agencies worked on this all day and were able to locate the suspects," Mask said.
Mask said he will have more information on the incident Thursday.
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Area law enforcement officers are continuing a now seven hour manhunt for two men wanted in connection with burglarizing a pharmacy in Sherman early Wednesday morning.
Sherman Police officers and deputies from Pontotoc and Union Counties are searching the woods south of the Longview Community for two suspects wanted in connection with the alleged burglary of Sherman Drugs pharmacy in Sherman around 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, said Sherman Police Chief Joel Spellins.
Chief Spellins said the suspects, two black males, abandoned their car on Prewitt Road, which is located about five miles east of Pontotoc just off of Highway 278 four lane in Pontotoc County.
"One of my officers pursued the suspects vehicle into Pontotoc County and they jumped out of their car on Prewitt Road and hit the woods running," Spellins said.
Chief Spellins said that tracking dogs from Union and Pontotoc Counties are being used to search for the suspects.
At 9 a.m., Spellins said officers were still searching the area between Prewitt Road and the Trace State Park.
Prewitt Road connects Highway 278 four lane to Longview Road.