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SS14. On other pages: part 1, part 2, part 4, (Supplement) part 5.
simpl speling March 2001 part 3.[Jean Wilkinson: see Newsletters .]
Jean Wilkinson, USA, writes:
Who stole the 'r' in 'colonel'?'Hey, dumbhead, KFC was not started by Kernel Sanders. Don't you know how to spell?'
'How do you spell it?'
'Well, c-o-l-o-n-e-1, of course, just like everybody else. Except you!'
'Why do you spell it that way?'
'I just told you, fleabrain. Everybody spells it that way, the dictionary spells it that way, it's the right way!! What are you, an idiot or something?'
'My dictionary doesn't say it's the right way.
'Oh, you have your own special dictionary? What does your dictionary say'?'
It says, on page xix of the introduction [1]
"Lexicographers do not make laws about what is right and wrong ..." and
"Dictionaries do not tell people how they ought to speak and write ..., but only about how they can do so ..." [2]
'Oh, aren't you smart! Then why is it always spelled colonel when you look it up'?'
'Well, it explains it right there. It says it used to be spelled coronel, from the French language, where it is spelled both ways. Originally it was colonna, a Roman military column. Along the way, somebody switched our spelling back to the original l, but whoever it was couldn't persuade us to say it that way too. So we ended up with one pronunciation and another spelling.'
'Okay, wise guy, then answer me this: How come nobody has ever put the r back in?'
'The dictionary will put it in when enuff people put it in. While we are waiting for the dictionary to change, the dictionary is waiting for us to change. It's already listing tho and thru, and for fun I just looked up the word humongous. It's there!'
'All right, you win. But you don't get your Brownie button till we get to Kernel Sanders. Or would you prefer Krnl?'
[1] Webster's New World Dictionary, Third College Edition, 1988.
[2] It also warns us, on the same page, to be prepared for horselaffs if we get too far afield.
[Ed Rondthaler: see Journals, Newsletters, Personal View 8, Anthology, Bulletins, Web link to ALC.]
Technology to the rescue.
A new internet software program promises to make acquaintance with improved, logical spelling easier and painless. Ed Rondthaler USA, explains.English-speaking children have less chance of becoming literate adults than do children of other countries with good schooling. Many fail. So it is no surprise that surveys of developed countries rank English speaking nations in the lowest quartile. [1]
But today new hope to change this comes from an unexpected source. Can the emails scurrying back and forth between computers provide the magic that finally lifts us out of our wretched bottom status?
That 'yes' takes advantage of computers, the internet, and the multimillions of avant-garde email users who unruffled by innovation, regard new solutions to old problems as normal. Never has our literacy dilemma been attacked by such a powerful combination.
Software that automatically translates ordinary typing into logical spelling is now available on the internet at ALC web. [See Links.]
The form of the internet program is tutorial and limited, but could be revised and expanded promptly to serve the email millions.
It is based on 'General American' pronunciation, a merger of local US dialects brought about by TV, radio, telefone, travel, cinema, and song, that is spoken by more than half of those whose mother tongue is English. It uses a notation based on New Spelling, proposed by the British in 1910 and slightly modified in the US.
When it is fully readied for email use the sender, after typing a message in normal spelling or an approximation thereof, will have the choice of three ways to and send it out. (Spellchecking will be unnecessary since the program automatically corrects errors as they are typed.)
- To dispatch the message in normal spelling the sender simply presses the 'send' button.
- To send it in simplified only, the sender will press the 'send simplified' button.
- But, as an ideal means of introducing the recipient to logical spelling, the sender will press the send 'dual' button.
- and the mesej wil be transmited automaticaly in parralel liens of normal and simplified, as seen heer. The receever wil see, on screen, werds that ar curently important to him or her displaed in a format that is eezily graspt, that acounts for evry sound and silabl, and givs the reeder a chans to juj how is our speling's mach to sound.
The basic technology for 'send dual', making simplified spelling painless and palatable, is now available. Adapting it to email use and enlarging the vocabulary can be undertaken once the concept's merit is recognized. Then the end of our frustrating struggle with English illiteracy and its socio-economic problems will be a foreseeable reality.
'Send dual' can launch us on our way to lifting the English-speaking world from the bottom quartile of literacy to the top.
Ref: OECD (Organization for Cooperation and Development, Paris) statistics 1997.
[Cornell Kimball: see Journals, Newsletters.]
US boros and boroughs.
Cornell Kimball, USA
The United States has at least 85 place names that end in -boro.
Many are in North Carolina, which has the largest city named this way, Greensboro. There are more from there up into Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and a few in Vermont and New Hampshire.
There are some in Georgia and Illinois. and also in Kentucky, where we find the second largest -boro city; Owensboro.
There are just a few west of these states, and I've found one each in Arkansas, Missouri. and Oregon.
I've come across 13 names with -borough on the end, eight of them in New Hampshire.
The largest -boro, Greensboro, has about 185,000 people (1990 census). The two largest -boroughs. Groton Borough, Connecticut, and Hillsborough, California, each have about 10,000.
The most common -boro is Hillsboro (at least seven). The largest is in Oregon (about 38,000). There are four or more Greensboros, and three Jonesboros.
Names range from Tarboro, Vanceboro, and Roxboro in North Carolina to Hatboro and Danboro in Pennsylvania.
Virginia gives us Villboro and Figsboro, and New Jersey Willingboro, Evesboro, and Marksboro.
Hillsboro, NH, is in Hillsborough County. There are three towns near it, each of which has Hillsborough as part of its name.
In this same county, we find a town named Lyndeborough, and near it is South Lyndeboro.
[Steve Bett: see Journals, Newsletters, Personal View, Web links.]
[Web addresses have not been linked as they are unlikely to be valid now. Search engines may find the people or topics.]
Spelling on the net with Steve Bett, USA.
Activity on spelling boards.What started out as one discussion group several years ago has now expanded to three. One of the splinter groups, saundspel, had over 800 messages exchanged in January compared to an average of 80 messages during the previous four months.
The egroup software, now owned by Yahoo, archives and threads all discussions and provides a simple automatic wav to subscribe and unsubscribe. U can subscribe without overloading your mailbox by changing your profile to read No mail. This means that u have to go the website to follow the discussions. Other services include automated polling of members and file storage.
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Augmented alfabets and special fonts.The unifon server (www.unifon.org) makes a few freeware extended fonts available for download. These include Unifon, Symbol (Greek), Shavian, Cyrillic, and Croatian.
The Unicode IPA font is available on the Microsoft website. We have been unable to locate a digital font for Goody's SSA and Pitman's ita or Augmented Roman. So far the effort to convert these true type files (.ttf) for Windows to a Mac-compatible format has not been very successful.
John Wells' SAMPA site
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa/unicodetest.htm and
tests a new font which displays IPA characters. [See IPA in Links.]
The SAMPA notation was developed years ago to transcribe IPA characters into ASCII or keyboard-compatible characters. Now the technology has caught up with the need. It is still difficult to use IPA characters in email but they can be viewed without downloading fonts by those with browsers 4.0 and above.
Dictionary resources improve.On-line dictionaries have improved considerably in the past six months. Many of the old dictionary sites have been reworked to be even better.
The top five sites are listed below along with their key feature. The URLs can be found at
or by using a search engine.
Your Dictionary clean, uncluttered, and quick. Uses the Merriam-Webster (m-w) search engine www.yourdictionary.com
Cambridge Dictionary - pronunciation guide uses IPA symbols
Merriam-Webster Dictionary - locates misspelled words, accepts fonetic spelling www.m-w.com
Encarta Talking Dictionary - over 70,000 words in the database with audiofiles
One Look Dictionary and All Dictionaries - do simultaneous searches.
http://afen.onelook.com and
Have a question about linguistics?Several places on the net enable u to talk to or argue with a linguist. Saundspel is one. Another is Ask a Linguist, operated by Eastern Michigan and Wayne State U.
The best spelling sites on the net.Altho not called the top ten spelling reform sites, the SSS website has listed most of the best places to go for information on spelling and spelling reform:
One of the links listed is to the spelling reform ring
http://pages.prodigy.net/aesir/ring.htm [See Links.]
RITE rules.The RITEspel egroup has completed a set of 45 rules for the stage 1 reform recommendations. Stage 1 changes an estimated 38% of TS. A strictly fonemic reform would respell over 60% of the words. Truespel, for instance, respells over 90%.
Systems such as ALC fonetic and Anglic have fewer respellings because they accept quite a few irregular high frequency words. RITE also includes a small set of sight words.
The RITE reform will greatly improve the chances that a person can correctly spell words as they are pronounced. Z´ do Rock says, 'The user will get it rite in 93% of cases.'
www.unifon.org/rite.html [See RITE web on Links.]
Talepeace.George W Bush is at lunch with Al Gore. He asks for a 'quickie'. This frightens the waitress, and prompts Gore to lean across the table and whisper: 'Q-u-i-c-h-e is pronounced k-eesh'.
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Farmall Barn Find!
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Farmall Barn Find!
So I noticed the barn on a neighbor's farm has started to lean to the point of falling soon and thought I'd take a look at just how bad it really was. Well I forgot they had an old Farmall sitting in there and realized how horrible it'd be if the barn fell on it. Thinking of what a waste that'd be, I went over to look at it and was reminded that it was an A series. I went to the owner and pleaded with them to not let the barn fall on it and they agreed to let me buy it! I havent worked out a price yet but am picking it up either Wednesday or Thursday. It's been sitting in the barn for 20+ years and has sunken 6 inches into the ground (makes me nervous about the tires being rotten)! My plan is to winch it carefully out of the ground and onto the trailer (right behind the ol' Cub) and roll on to Field Day of the Past in VA! I'm thinking I'll tow it onto the site (if theyll let me) with the Cub and set it up with a little sign that states that it's a "barn find" with a little story about how it was saved the day before.
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By the serial number it may be a 1941, but with out other clues that may not be the case. I think that the old barn finds are the best, you never know what you will have until you start working out the problems and get it started. I like the old A model, but the manual lift can be a little tuff if you have a lot of work to do with it. I grew up on a tobacco farm, and that was what we used to cultivate the crop with. By the end of the day you were worn down and your neck would be a little sore. Good luck with it and keep us up to date with your progress.
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Thanks. I dont know if I'll even use it for anything that my Cub wouldnt handle. It's going to mostly be just for fun. I'm really looking forward to moving the A out of hiding and getting it home.
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Good luck with your arn find and well done for rescuing a bit of agri history Have fun and keep us posted.
Donegal Cub.
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Be sure to check for implements and accessories!
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Thanks I'm pretty excited! Hoping the barn doesnt fall on it before I can get it out of there!
I looked around and didnt see anything except the mower deck (which they said they're keeping for their Cub which is in another barn).
Without the manual arm for lifting and lowering, what other implements are there? I would assume it couldn't be much.
Is it possible to fill in hydraulics on these with stock looking touch controls? If so, would Cub parts interchange? I haven't ever looked at anything but Cub parts over the years but know that they're common enough to be easy to find.
Lastly, are there any common things to look out for on such an undisturbed find like this? I am thinking of cracking the spark plugs and throwing oil in the cylinders before I move it (where the heck are the dipsticks on these things???). I wont make an attempt to start the engine in a long while but want the oil to lube the cylinder walls since I keep having the urge to turn the hand crank over
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If mower is for an A, it won't work on the Cub without much modification.
"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows." -Epictetus
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Its a Cub mower that he modded years ago to fit the A. He tried to make it work the fields and said it couldnt turn the blades fast enough so he parked it and forgot about it.
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That's a nice looking tractor....I would bet if the motor isn't stuck, it wouldn't take much to get it started.
"Never forget where it is you come from, or you may find yourself someplace you don't want to be"
Greg Norman
Re: Farmall Barn Find!
Yeah I'm feeling pretttttty good about it. I had the same scenario with my '51 Cub but the wiring is all chewed up on this thing (LITERALLY)! Apparently the cows have munched on the wiring in a few places, ripped the spark plug wires off and leaned all over it (hence the front end damage). It'll be an obstacle but I put the hand crank in, slowly turned it over 1 time and it was free without any hesitation it did groan a little (which is why I want to consider throwing some oil in the cylinders). Any pointers for when I do get all of the wiring figured out and back together (reference priming the oil pump/ lubing the dry cylinder walls)? Any and all pointers/tips/guidance is welcome here! I'm not too proud to ask
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In answer to your hydraulic question, it is not simple to add hydraulics. The torque tube will not have a flat spot for the unit, and unless it is a pretty late A there will not be a place for the pump on the engine. Nor will a cub touch control fit it. The Super A was available with a touch control, but there were a number of changes made to allow for it.
It does not have a dipstick, there are 2 petcocks on the side of the oil pan. Level should be between the 2 of them.
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Thats a bummer about the hydraulics. I cant imagine why it wouldnt have a dipstick! I looked yesterday and have been scouring the photos I took. So with the 2 petcocks, how do you check the oil?? I dont understand the last sentence in your post about it being level.
Re: Farmall Barn Find!
No dipstick because the petcocks work very well. Crack open the bottom petcock, if oil comes out, you have enough oil. Crack open the top petcock, if oil runs out, you're full (actually over full). So if oil does not come out the top one but does come out the bottom one, your oil level is between the two and you have adequate oil to operate the tractor. One advantage of the petcocks, less chance for oil contamination.
Hope this helps.
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http://s101.photobucket.com/user/farmal ... t=4&page=1
Farmallbob's wiring library, above link. For the electrical wiring, I would visit the hardware store and pick up some stranded wire and terminal ends. The spark plug wires, generic set of stranded plug wire from the auto parts store.
Edit: Initially I would work on the ignition system wiring, assuming the battery cranks over the engine. Wouldn't take a lot of wire or expense, just to get the tractor running. 2nd would be the battery charging system. Last issue would be the lights - actually I wouldn't work on the lights until all other issues have been resolved.
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Eugene, what about copper plug wire for the magneto?
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Excellent route up the East face of Mt. Hubris. The climbing stays pretty easy but is run out. Pitch 1: 190' 5.5Start at a low point along the East face at a large pine tree below a huge right facing corner. Start out on easy ground up the corner, pass a tree continuue up the face above and belay on a good ledge with a tree. Pitch 2: 110' 5.6Move up and right following broken rock in a dyke system. When the face nears vertical step right to a bolt anchor on a comfortable ledge. Pitch 3: 150' 5.6 Make a tricky move just above the anchor then run it out across slabs and grooves on the face above until you reach a bolt anchor at small stance. Pitch 4: 125' 5.4 Continue straight up the low angled face to a large ledge system below to right leaning ramp systems belay from gear. Pitch 5: 170' 5.6Climb up the right hand ramp system to a notch and an uncomfortable belay from a small tree and an old bolt.(The left hand ramp system also looks very climable and leads to basically the same spot) Pitch 6: 185' 5.6Traverse 25' left and climb a low angled groove with a piton. If this otion does not look fun to you go straight up the sharp arete to the summit, there is very little pro on this long pitch but the exposure off both sides of the arete is amazing! Descent: 2 raps down NE face then follow gully down and right. Rappel 1: 100' from bolt anchor on the summit Rappel 2: 85' from a tree
standard rack up to 3"
If one has a 70m rope one can eliminate what has been described as the 4th pitch in this description. Just clip the bolts and gain the ledge. I actually did it with a 60m, but wasn't able to get to the wall on the ledge for a comfy belay, and so just slung the sapling up there (not recommended). I believe it's worth it to eliminate this 4th pitch, though, because it's very, very short (basically a belay move), but one could not probably combine it with the fifth as it is a longer pitch. -Adam Hicks
This is a fun route!
This a real classic! Right up there with the Matthes Crest. I agree with AC that pitches 3 and 4 should be combined even with a little simulclimbing. Also the alternative finish is a must do. The standard finish would be a real letdown in comparison. The arete starts out about 10' wide and progressively narrows to a blade with amazing exposure. One could probably fiddle in some pro however it just doesn't seem necessary. Highly recommended, four stars.
Combining p's 3 and 4 via some simulclimbing is NOT a great idea. The moves off of the belay at the bottom of p3 are probably the most difficult and insecure of the entire climb. Having the second do the crux of the climb where a fall might pull the leader off is not a good strategy. On the other hand if one could combine p's 2 and 3 somehow and thus bypass the belay ledge, you'd make the climb a slightly easier by bypassing two crux moves. Simulclimbing to accomplish this would better as p2 starts out very easy and secure.
Done this quality route about six times. Classic moderate climbing in a stellar location. Will continue to introduce it to new climbers for years to come. Extra beta for those in need: There is no clear approach path, owing to the low traffic - just a maze of discontinuous user trails. Generally, stay high on the plateau (north side, along a shallow ridge) and trace you way west towards Mt Hubris. Drop south when you�re close - not before. Look for a big poderosa at the base. And dont wear shorts. Pitch 4 (full 60m): go up a ramp (guidebook calls it a shallow chimney), past the small tree with a fixed pin, and belay from a notch. Pitch 5 (final): pass through the notch and traverse west a short distance on the south side of the summit. A few awkward moves up a flared chimney take you to the top. Alternately, pass through the notch and move straight up the runout arete. When belayed and protected ideally, confident leaders will find that each of the five pitches is 60m. A steep 60m rappel takes you home (can be broken into two raps with a single rope).
I love this route. Done it a bunch of times. Some notes: The easiest way to do the first moves on pitch three is to reverse the last moves on pitch two rather than trying to climb the thin moves directly above the anchor (this will make more sense when you're there). Pitches 3 and 4 link fine with a 60m rope if you're comfortable belaying from the tree. Personally I like the tree better than the rusty "bolt" that is part of the previous anchor. Do the arete/ridge finish.
This was a really fun, mellow climb - with excellent exposure. Despite the relatively run-out pitches, all of the more vertical/exposed moves were very easily protected. We climbed this in 4 rope stretching pitches using a 70 meter rope. Unless you combine pitches 3 & 4 you will have to use gear to back-up the anchor at the top of pitch 3 since one of the (2) bolts is bad. I would highly recommend taking the left of the two "chimneys" at the base of pitch 5, since it felt like a more aesthetic line (at least to me). It gets steep, but you have tons of bomber flakes for hands and feet. Finally, the arete finish is really what makes this climb special, don't miss it!
While I agree that you can't get pro anywhere you want it on these pitches, I'm not sure I would give this an "R" rating. Nevertheless, it IS a spectacular climb. Approach beta: Once you gain the saddle between the ogre and Castle Dome, keep going! Just as you start dropping back down the other side, watch for a climbers trail on the left that winds through the manzanita thicket. As of June 2010, it was pretty naviagable and much friendlier than bush wacking up the manzanita. If you miss it on the way up, you'll hit it on the way down (climber's descent trail) and you'll know for next time. :) That's how I found it!
do this route! super fun. there are two bolts for the second rappel. don't really need a 3 on this route. bring clippers for the trail and a new notepad for the summit register, it's full. Paul wrote: "Once you gain the saddle between the ogre and Castle Dome, keep going! Just as you start dropping back down the other side, watch for a climbers trail on the left that winds through the manzanita thicket." you don't have to start dropping down at all. go around the left side of the rock outcropping at the saddle, you'll pick up the trail.
Great route with an amazing finish. Do yourself a favor and climb the last pitch arete. Holds are all there but be comfortable climbing 5.6 with huge run outs! Very fun climb
LENGTH: I think the climb is about 800 feet (unless my rope is longer than what I bargained for). RATING: I think the climb has a few 5.7 moves (on the pitch 5 variation we took). PROTECTION: A single set of cams and a few small nuts (I used only one small nut) should suffice, including a 3" cam to reduce the length of a runout on pitch 3. The climb is never runout for more than 25' if you look hard for solid gear placements. APPROACH: There seems to be a disconnected network of trails through the manzanita. We wound up taking different trails up and down, and wound up bushwhacking a short distance each time. If there is a single trail that avoids bushwhacking, good luck finding it! START: Once you reach the base of Mt. Hubris it's a short distance to the start, before you reach the lowest point of the east wall (we walked past it!). It starts at the first big tree. Having a photo of the start helps (somebody posted one here). PITCH 1: 5.5, 175'; climb up the corner and then up and slightly left to a tree on a good ledge. Mostly 5.0-5.4 with a few 5.5 moves near the top. My partner placed 4 cams and a sling on a tree, but skipped many potential placements. PITCH 2: 5.6, 110'; follow the broken rocks diagonally up and right between the overhangs, with a few 5.6 moves on steep sections and at the traverse (look for a good foothold down low) to the belay ledge on the right. I placed 4 cams, 6 slings on knobs, and clipped a fixed pin and a fixed cam. No runouts longer than 20'. The final traverse is well protected by a sling on a knob, which can be left in place to protect the first few moves of pitch 3. PITCH 3: 5.6, 130'; reverse the final moves of pitch 2 and continue up the broken rocks to a single-bolt anchor (on the right) which can be backed up with a small cam. No harder than 5.5 after the first few moves. I placed 8 cams, a small nut and a sling on a knob, with no runouts longer than 25' (a 3" cam fit a shallow groove between 20-25' runouts below and above). PITCH 4: 5.6, 115'; continue up broken rock (no harder than 5.3) to a slanting ledge with few gear belay options, then 15' of unprotected 5.6 up the right side of a triangle to a small ledge with better gear belay options. My partner placed 4 cams but skipped a few potential placements. PITCH 5: 5.7, 150'; climb up one of the two chutes above to a class 3 gully to a notch (dropoff on both sides) with a comfortable belay and several gear belay options. I took the left chute which, in our opinion, had a few 5.7 moves (is the right chute easier?). I placed five cams plus a sling on a knob; the latter was the only protection on the final 15' headwall just below the class 3 gully. PITCH 6: 5.5, 120'; climb the ridge up and right to the summit, staying slightly left of the ridge. Contrary to some comments here and elsewhere, it is well protected and easy to climb with only a few 5.5 moves. I placed 5 cams and a sling on a knob. Judging from what I've read elsewhere, the option of traversing lower to a chute is harder with poorer protection. DESCENT: Rappel 90' from chains at summit to a tree, and 80' from rings to the gully. The gully descent is class 3 with a few class 4 moves.
A video of the climb is posted here.
I would call it a fantastic 700 to 750 foot climb, with final two pitches the highlights. A solid semi-alpine grade II.
Does anyone have anymore info on why the R rating?
TomSOregon, I'd say the R rating comes from the first pitch and the very beginning of the third pitch. The protection improves the higher up you go and I felt well protected for the hardest moves.
3rd and 4th can be combined per everyone's suggestion with a 60m, just need to find good placement near the ledge with the sapling. (Although the ledge is large enough to walk around and relax on...) Airy ending is a MUST on the right. Totally awesome.
The 3rd and 4th pitches should be linked as the anchor mentioned in this description has had one bolt chopped, leaving the newer of the two. There is no reason to ever climb the chimney described here as the last pitch, when the awesome, run-out, exposed low-5th arete is staring you in the face. Also, there is a trail through the manzo to the base and from the descent. Follow the castle dome trail to the saddle and left of the small formation and then a few feet down hill you will start to see a cut path, it is a touch circuitous, but gets you to the base without any schwacking. Bolts were also added to the summit, 3 glue-ins as an anchor before the chains and one about 4 feet before that. Don't know who placed them, but I had a hard time understanding why bolts were added and not just replaced. The chain anchor up top is bomber to boot.
weird that someone would put glue ins up there. the rap bolts appeared fine and easy to clip from the summit. edit: I bet the bolts are for slacklining. I've seen slackliners at the gap at lunch rock next to Castle dome last year. I thought if there was any R it was the 20-30 feet before the first pitch anchor. I didn't find any reliable protection on the slab runout.
I agree, the glue-ins are poorly placed and unnecessary retro bolts. The run outs were really not that bad. I brought 10 shoulder length slings, and 2 double length . Placed a few nuts and a few cams but mostly slung solid horns/knobs every 10/15 feet. It was incredibly hot, and I would recommend stopping at Indian Springs on the way to replenish your water before continuing up the 2 mile approach. A classic, but not one I would soon repeat! So much amazing rock in this area but it is securely guarded by a solid approach.


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Following is the text of the letter that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent to US President Barack Obama:
Dear President Obama,
I was shocked and horrified by today's savage massacre of innocent children and adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
We in Israel have experienced such cruel acts of slaughter and we know the shock and agony they bring.
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That is a heartfelt condolence. Israel can feel our pain.
A very touching and sympathetic response representing his personal and the nation of Israel condolences that they have experienced too many times while still offering hope of strength to overcome this unfathonable evil.
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Though the permissibility of watching hired sports players go to battle in a large stadium is a source of controversy amongst Torah observant Jews, the food being served at the upcoming Super Bowl games in New Orleans is not.
Rabbi Yitzchok Moully, youth director at the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, will be introducing a new art installation in honor of Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish New Year of Trees, inspired by the destruction of Hurricane Sandy.
More than 2,000 people have made contributions in memory of the young victims of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut to plant a grove of trees in Israel.
Shoshana Hebshi, a half-Jewish, half-Arab woman from Ohio is suing Frontier Airlines, the FBI, TSA and other governmental agencies after she says she was forced off a flight, strip-searched, and imprisoned on the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks.
Women may enter military combat in the United States, following the lift of a military ban on women in combat by defense secretary Leon Panetta.
The Jewish National Fund will reconsider a plan to forest parts of the Arava desert, following the request of environmental organizations to consider the impact of trying to alter the native ecosystem.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Israel and western countries not to attempt to stop Iran's nuclear program through military means.
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June 7, 2012
Top infectious disease research scientists from across the country and around the world, including a Nobel Prize winner, will gather in Philadelphia later this month when Drexel University College of Medicine hosts the 2012 International Symposium on Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease. The symposium will be held June 19-21 in the New College Building (15th & Vine Streets) in Geary Auditorium B.
Presentations will highlight ongoing investigations in the areas of HIV/AIDS, including brain impairment and neuroprotection and the impact of aging on the disease; molecular mechanisms of malarial disease; pathogenic mechanisms of hepatitis B/C; and biomarkers of human infectious disease, cancer, and neurologic disease among other topics.
In addition, Drexel University College of Medicine will award three Drexel Prizes for scientific excellence in Translational Medicine, Infectious Disease, and Immunology to eminent scientists, who will present their state-of-the-art investigations in lectures scheduled during each day of the symposium:
The symposium will also showcase important accomplishments of Drexel University College of Medicine faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students concerning molecular mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious, inflammatory, oncogenic and metabolic diseases with national and global impact.
"We are particularly excited to be able to highlight Drexel scientific accomplishments while recognizing the scientific achievements of our Drexel Prize awardees in Translational Medicine, Infectious Disease, and Immunology," said Brian Wigdahl, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology and director of Drexel University College of Medicine's Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease.
Wigdahl, who spearheaded the symposium, says it's a natural fit for Drexel.
"At the heart of the Drexel University scientific community and particularly of our Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease is the performance and promotion of basic scientific discovery, and then to utilize innovative collaborative interactions within academia and the pharmaceutical industry to translate today's discoveries into tomorrow's products to prevent and treat human disease."
Research progress by Drexel University College of Medicine investigators and other collaborators concerning the treatment and prevention of malaria, hepatitis and hepatic cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other diseases has led to the delivery of a number of Drexel discoveries into the treatment and/or prevention pipeline.
This is the first meeting of its kind in the region, which Wigdahl and his Drexel colleagues plan to make an annual event. The three-day agenda is available online. There is no fee to attend, but registration is required and can be accomplished at www.drexelmed.edu/immid.
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Several well reviewed climbs live back in this alpine environment. A bit a journey to get there but worth the hike. A full day adventure is to be had if you going here! Can be very windy and cold and can snow any day it damn well pleases. Not uncommon for it to be 70 in town and have it snow up here on you so bring lots of warm clothes! Cell service is spotty at best so be prepared for anything. Have fun!
Getting There
Drive up to the Glenn Alps parking lot (also known as the flattop parking lot). From here head east on the Powerline pass trail until the Hidden Lake turnout. Take a left here and head across the bridges and gravel trail. Continue up the valley to the back of the bowl and the climbs are on your right. Strike out across the tundra and up a short boulder/talus field to the bases of the climbs. At least a 2 hour approach but you can make it shorter by riding bikes to the Hidden Lake turnoff.
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Be on the lookout for someone trying to sell these.
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Gerald Gebhard, 88 and Sue, 80, have been robbed twice in two weeks.
Two weeks ago burglars broke into their garage and removed 3 pedal tractors from their collection. The Gebhard collect and show things, it's a hobby that makes life fun, and interesting in their golden years.
Yesterday, during the night hours, someone broke into their garage again, and removed 15 more pedal tractors, the reminder of the collection valued at approx. $25,000 according to Mr. Gebhard.
If you have any information on this event, please call the Boscobel (Wi) Police Dept. at 608-375-4122.
Update - The descriptions of the tractors are as follows: 1, McCormick 560 (red), 1, McCormick Farmall 400 IH (all original with faded red paint), 1, Case 1070 (white & red), 1, Allis Chalmers (red), 2, John Deere (green & Yellow), 1, White (gray & white), 1, Kubota (orange), 1, Ford BN (red & gray), 1, Ford 8000 (blue), 1, Oliver 1755 (green), 1, Oliver 70 (green), 1, Farmall M (red), 2, Massey Ferguson (red & gray), 1, Massey Ferguson 44 (red & gray), 1, Massey Ferguson 35 (red & gray), and 1, New Holland Nuffield (blue)
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My new iMac
I had a lovely surprise today and that was a brand spanking new iMac computer for Christmas :D I am so happy with it, as I have always been a Windows user and always wanted to change over to a Mac. Here is a photo I just took today...
It was was the most simple thing to set up and I already know how to use all of it's features and apps XD In fact I am typing this blog on it :D I got a lot of other things like anime DVD's and accessories, clothes etc. But this is the best thing by far. Also I am now using different image editing software for my art work. Let's hope it's as good, or even better than the last image editing software I used. ^^
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Even though it was only 20 degrees on January 26th, the first Robins of 2013 appeared on the branches of a Crabapple Tree in Hoagland, Ind. They stayed around most of the morning, it was a wonderful surprise!
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Subaru XV Crosstrek: Three Months In
In early May we took possession of our new car, a 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek. Touring trim, manual transmission. In tangerine orange. (Yes, the colour is Jennifer's fault.)
We've had the new car for three months now, and have put 7,000 km on it. What's it been like so far? And how does it compare to our previous car (a 2004 Subaru Forester)?
But before I get into that, let me explain what exactly it is that we have. First released for the 2013 model year, the XV Crosstrek is a compact crossover based on the Subaru Impreza hatchback. In most respects it is an Impreza: it shares the same powertrain, interior and general shape. It has 75 mm more ground clearance (220 mm vs. 145 mm), has some mechanical changes that among other things allows it to tow 680 kg (Imprezas can't tow), and some distinguishing fancy alloy wheels, roof rails and body cladding. The trims and colours are different, too.
Anyway, it's much more like a car than the Forester, which is built on the same platform; it is to the Impreza hatchback what the Outback is to the Legacy wagon (which isn't sold in North America any more). It's proved quite popular, and is now Subaru's third-best-selling vehicle in North America. We see more and more of them on the roads all the time.
The XV Crosstrek is smaller than the current Forester, but, the Forester having grown over the years, it's close in size to the 2004 Forester that it replaces. (They're almost exactly the same weight.) But they don't have the same interior space. On the one hand, the cabin is less cramped, and there's considerably more rear-seat legroom. But on the other hand, there's less headroom. There's not enough headroom for me in trims that come with a sunroof, so the base Touring trim is the only one we could get.
There's less cargo space too, but most of the time we don't need it: in the nearly six years we had the Forester, I can think of maybe three occasions where an XV Crosstrek's cargo space would have been insufficient. In such cases a roof-top carrier, or paying to get something shipped, would be cheaper than paying more for more vehicle.
In the meantime we get a more efficient, more car-like vehicle. The XV Crosstrek is much more fuel-efficient than the 2004 Forester, but that's not saying much: the Forester's 2.5-litre boxer four was about as efficient as a V6. While it made that Forester rather fun to drive (though first gear was a little wild), we didn't get a lot of range. On our drives this summer we have been regularly surprised at just how far we can go on a tank of gas. On hilly highways where the speed limit is 80 to 90 km/h we can get 6.4 litres per 100 km (36 mpg). (It's fun having a trip computer.) On freeways like the 401 it's more like 7.2 litres per 100 km (33 mpg) — the lack of a sixth gear makes freeway driving, where the engine is running above 3,000 rpm, less efficient. For an all-wheel-drive crossover with a manual gearbox, this is surprisingly good.
(Note: we don't do much city driving, so I can't give you numbers on that.)
The tradeoff to get that fuel economy is less power (148 hp vs. 165, 145 lb/ft vs. 166); the XV Crosstrek's 2.0-litre boxer four doesn't have a lot of power below 2,500 rpm. Those of us who drive manual must make sure we don't shift out of the engine's relatively narrow power band. You need to downshift on hills, and rev the engine higher when accelerating. Opting for the continuously variable transmission would no doubt help ameliorate this: they're supposedly good at getting power out of small engines by keeping them in the power band.
Oil consumption might be an issue. On our way home from Detroit last month, at just past 6,000 km on the odometer, a warning light came on and we had to add another quart of oil. This is simultaneously normal (as per the owner's manual, which considers one litre per 2,000 km excessive) and a known issue: a class action lawsuit was launched last month against Subaru in the U.S. as a result of excessive oil consumption in the newer FA- and FB-class engines. I hope it's not a regular occurrence: 0W-20 synthetic oil is not particularly cheap.
Subarus are not known for having lavish interiors, but then we were going from a 10-year-old Subaru to a new one, so even if Subarus lag behind other car makes, they've still gotten better in the meantime. The seats feel a bit more comfortable, and the controls seem well organized (getting the base model means avoiding some of the complexity of higher-end models, with dual-zone climate control or touchscreen infotainment systems). My elbows do hurt during long drives, after resting for hours on rather hard plastic surfaces. It's a functional cabin, not a luxurious one.
At the outset my muscle memory was messing with me: the mist and wash controls on the wiper stalk were flipped relative to the previous car, and the electric power steering was weighted a little differently. Definitely lighter. For a while I had a hell of a time hitting the centre of parking spaces.
In general, though, we're very happy with it. It's our first new car, and a car 10 years newer should be measurably better on several fronts. Which this is. The outrageous orange colour doesn't hurt, and looks even better when the car is washed — which encourages us to keep it immaculate.
(For another take on XV Crosstrek ownership, see this owner's perspective, which echoes a lot of what we've observed.)


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Part of our mission at IDEA is to educate and cultivate the entrepreneurial community at Northeastern. This is accomplished through coaching, connecting, and funding.
An important yet sometimes underestimated part of startup success is being informed and learning from others who have had similar entrepreneurial experiences. We decided to feature three non-IDEA, successful ventures to demonstrate what it takes to truly make your mark. These startups arePolyvore, Spool, and Yammer. Each of them have received coaching and venture funding from various companies and as a result, have gained a tremendous amount of success and popularity.
Polyvore is the leading community site for online style where users are empowered to discover their style and set trends around the world. The company collaborates with prominent brands such as Calvin Klein, Diane Von Furstenberg, Lancome, Net-a-Porter, Gap and Coach to drive product engagement; and its user-generated fashion campaigns have been judged by celebrities such as Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.
Polyvore was founded in February of 2007 and is funded by Benchmark Capital, Matrix Parterns, DAG Ventures, Goldman Sachs, and Vivi Nevo (NV Investments). With the help of investments the company has gained over 15 million monthly unique visitors. Additionally, Polyvore's global community has created over 44 million sets that are shared across the web.
The web is more than just text. Spool allows you to save videos, images, and articles to your smartphone device by simply using WiFi. Point Spool to a URL, and your SpoolBot will grab the content and sync it to all of your devices. This means you can access your content on your phone, laptop, work computer, and tablet at anytime. Then when you're on a train, plane, subway, boat or anywhere without Internet access, your content is available! You are also able to share your favorite webpages and videos with friends and family simply by adding it to their Spools.
In late 2010, the company's co-founders, Archival Garg and Curtis Spencer, developed an engine that could record a video from the Internet, play it on any device, and move videos between devices without having to worry about network connectivity. In 2011 this initial technology was generalized to include any type of content. Spool has received over $1M in venture round funding to reach their current success. Investors include, SVAngel, Felicis Ventures, Yuri Milner's Start Fund and YouTube founder Steve Chen.
Yammer is an enterprise social network, providing a secure way for employees to communicate, collaborate, and share information. Employees using Yammer can discuss ideas, post news, ask questions, and share links and other information. Yammer also serves as a company directory in which every employee has a profile and as a knowledge base where past conversations can be easily accessed and referenced. The basic Yammer service is free. Companies can pay to claim and administer their network
The company was founded in September of 2008 by David Sacks formerly the COO of PayPal. Yammer grew out of the genealogy app Geni as a way for organizations to communicate. The company has received $142M in venture funding. During 2011, Yammer's total users increased from 1.6 million to 4 million (2.5X growth), and employees increased from 80 to 250.
All of these companies had an innovative idea, and they were able to use venture resources to truly explode in their individual markets. Let the inspiration begin!


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Pre-Professional Program
The pre-pharmacy program is administratively located in the School of Pharmacy and the faculty advisors are members of the School of Pharmacy faculty.
The pre-pharmacy curriculum consists of a minimum of three years of course requirements. This curriculum may be completed at the University of Mississippi or another four-year institution. The first two years of courses may also be completed at a community college.
Completion of the pre-pharmacy requirements will not ensure admission to the professional degree program. Final decisions regarding admission to the professional degree program will be made based on procedures developed by a faculty committee. Admission preference will be given to applicants who are Mississippi residents and United States citizens and to non-Mississippi United States citizens who complete the all required pre-pharmacy courses at the University of Mississippi. The program is open to both residents and non-residents of Mississippi.
Early Entry/Early Assurance
The Early Entry program provides the opportunity to engage in both professional and personal relationships with School of Pharmacy faculty and upper-classmen immediately upon entering the university. Early Entry students avoid the highly competitive selection process for admission to the B.S.P.S. program following completion of the pre-professional curriculum. These students also are eligible for scholarships unavailable to pre-professional students.
Eligibility for Early Entry admission requires a minimum composite ACT score of 25 (Math subscore of 25) and sufficient GPA (10-12 grades, 4.0 scale) that when multiplied by ten and added to the ACT score equals at least 65.


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The following is a press release from Southwestern Michigan College:
NILES – "I wish I'd taken a picture of the parking lot. Nearly every space was filled," Stacy Horner, dean of Southwestern Michigan College's Niles campus, says about the fall semester's first day of class.
Compared to the fall 2012 semester, 24 percent more students enrolled at SMC's Niles campus this fall. Last year the campus enrolled 618 students; this year, 766 students were enrolled.
And those students are taking more classes. Students enrolled in almost 30 percent more credits at the Niles campus. Last fall students enrolled in 3,865 Niles campus credits. This fall students enrolled in 5,009 credits.
With classes just starting on Sept. 4, the college's Institutional Research department is still drilling through the numbers to give administrators more detail on the phenomenal increase. But even without formal data, Horner feels that SMC's student success strategies play a large role in the increase.
"Students first. That's the guiding principle of all our strategic planning," says Horner. "We continually look at how we can improve the educational experience for students."
A $3 million phased renovation project began earlier this year at the Niles campus to support SMC's "students first" philosophy. From a SCALE-UP (Student-Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs) science lab, to easier accessibility to faculty, to locating all student services off of the main commons area, even additional vending, the campus physically supports student success.
But as important as physical environment is in education, Horner feels that the efforts she and her team put into the academic side of the equation may be one of the reasons for the increase in enrollment. For instance, Horner and her team built full two year schedules for certain academic majors so students have a clear road map to degree completion and/or transfer.
"You have to have the right product," she says. "And we've done a better job of packaging our classes in such a way that students move through their degree very efficiently."
More and more students are looking for ways to complete their degree in as short a time period as possible, including 18-year old Patrick Harvey of Edwardsburg who plans to transfer to a bachelor's degree-granting institution after completing his associate degree at SMC. "I want to show whatever college I transfer to that I was focused on getting my degree and serious about academics."
Horner also serves as the dean of SMC's School of Business so she's very anxious to review any data that might provide an explanation for the jump in enrollment.
"We want to know what we're doing right, so we can not only keep doing it, but we also want to identify the processes that have the strongest impact on student success," she says. "It's always exciting when you start off a semester with a bang, but you can't see it as an excuse to continue the status quo. It's an opportunity for institutional growth and we want to take full advantage of that."
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My name is Andrew and I am working for the American Alpine Institute through the fall, winter, and spring in Las Vegas primarily. Today I was working out in the Black Velvet and had an opportunity to fill the waste disposal bag dispenser, which was completely empty. Please make use of these bags, and donate if you can. If you do not use your bag, please do your best to put it back in the dispenser. I know that many of the dispensers are empty as they haven't been filled lately, but I hope to change that. Please, throughout the season, message me if you find empty dispensers and I will do my best to fill them as soon as possible. Thanks.
Andrew, Great to have some Northwest talent down here in the desert! Where are you getting the "rest stops"? I love those things and want the North Cascades National Park NCNP to go to them instead of those little blue bags they hand out with the twist tie....really? Do we really have to put them back? I carry mine in my climbing bag and use it at appropriate times at other climbing areas that don't have facilities. Good looking out Andrew! Eric
The LVCLC purchases our Restops directly from the manufacturer and provides them free of charge at Red Rock. We rely on donations at Desert Rock Sports to continue to provide them in the park. Thanks to Andrew for getting out and filling the dispensers for us!
Yasso- Thanks for getting on that. Good to see guides taking initiative locally. Eric, feel free to keep it in your pack for future occasions, but also feel free to contribute to the cause @ DRS. Occasionally I've seen Restops @ NOCA, but they don't tend to stay in stock as long. Agree with ya on the blue bags...
Human waste disposal bags are fantastic, they are designed to use then take them with you to dispose of. I was very disappointed and disgusted to find one last Tuesday below the 1 st tier at Avalon in Boulder canyon. Unfortunately it is still there, it would be nice if whomever left it there would go get it, and while your there you might as well pick up the dog shit bags along the way in, thanks in advance.
I will be working at the first pullout tomorrow and plan to fill that dispenser as well. I walked passed it today and it was filled with trash, even though the box itself is locked. Unfortunate, however tomorrow it will be cleaned and filled. I believe this will use up the current stock of wag bags provided by the LVCLC. I am not aware of how much has been donated and if we will be able to purchase more, but I will contact the LVCLC and see what we can do. However, this is a good time to remind all that if you use these, please donate at Desert Rock Sports so that we can maintain a stock of these bags, and keep the dispensers full. Thanks.
Thanks Andrew. I've noticed that the boxes stay empty, I've helped refill them, but it's pretty impossible to check all of them on a regular basis, so all help is appreciated. A nice tall glass of chihuahua piss to the people stuffing trash in the boxes. Good to know that evolution has been disproved in so practical a fashion. Ook ook, monkeys.
Sounds like an awesome addition to red rocks, I had a very unpleasant surprise while there several years ago. I did my best to bury it with rocks, but carrying it out would have been better. I also learned that sandstone is not a good natural toilet paper, especially when it crumbles.
Was out at the Black Velvet again today, dispenser has one bag left in it. I refilled it less than two weeks ago, so glad to see that people are making use of them! On a side note, there was a front loader out there grating the road.
Thanks Andrew I have seen the waste disposal bags here in Eldo . People take them here just to have an extra one for themselves later. Pisses me off.
A new shipment of ReStop bags has been ordered and should be here soon. I can only assume all of the dispensers are empty. I will do my best to fill these in the coming month - please let me know if you come across a dispenser that is empty or would like to assist in filling them. I would like to find a way to create a system to insure these dispensers are getting filled regularly. Any and all suggestions welcome. As always, if you use the bags, consider making a donation to the LVCLC to continue maintaining their availability.
Andrew, Hey man the dispenser out @ Kraft has been empty for several weeks. Do you want me to go ahead and fill this one with plastic grocery bags? I'm not sure if that's an acceptable substitute, but I'd rather use those than find more poop all over the place. I'd love to help you keep these stocked - I live right outside RRC and am in the are several times a week. Just let me know how I can help.
hi andrew, i've contacted you via pm regarding the bags, but haven't gotten a response so i figure your email is filtering or something. please call me. i like to talk about poop. ben 702 686 9209
JLP - thanks for your comments. I'm not sure where you are climbing or what the dispensers are like there. The dispensers in and around Red Rock National Conservation Area are large enough to hold 20+ bags pretty easily. Also, to my knowledge, we have yet to have an issue with vandalism. You are right, however, that finding a place to purchase these bags can be difficult. Also, the general public made up of climbers, hikers, and the like, are not all educated on proper waste management in the backcountry. Providing these to people is not only in an effort to keep human feces out of our recreation areas, but also to educate people on the importance of why we do this. Once enlightened, hopefully people will take it seriously on their own and do as you do and purchase their own. Until then, we hope to keep providing them and making them available.
Filled the Kraft box last sunday, guess that didn't last long.


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If you're a shooter, you already know that shooting safety glasses are an absolute necessity every time you hold a gun, whether it's at the shooting range, in the field, or as part of your job. There's no mystery surrounding why shooting glasses are a critical accessory – your eyes are precious, and you need to protect them. Yet, there can be some mystery around the many lens color options you have to choose from for your shooting safety glasses. All of the glasses in our shooting glasses section are ANSI Z87.1-2003 certified, so does it really matter whether you choose amber versus gray lenses?
Oh yes, it does! Different safety glasses lens colors enhance your vision in various lighting conditions, helping you see with more clarity and accuracy – two characteristics that every shooter needs. Let's break down your shooting glasses lens color options:
Yellow/Orange Shooting Glasses: Yellow and orange tinted safety glasses, like our Edge Dakura Yellow Safety Glasses, tend to block out "blue light", such as light on a cloudy day, but bring out the orange color of a practice target. These colors tend to create a more detailed line of vision, helping you to better perceive depth, and thus improve accuracy.
Amber Shooting Glasses: Amber lenses, including our Crews Storm Amber Safety Glasses, are a very popular lens color, and they work best in low light, cloudy days. The amber tint creates exceptional contrast between colors, helping the orange of the target stand out to you, even on those dreary days.
Purple/Blue Shooting Glasses: If you're at a shooting range with a backdrop of beautiful trees around you, you'll want the help of a purple or blue safety glasses tint, such as our Edge Dakura Blue Safety Glasses. These colors help improve contrast, particularly against greens (trees/grass) and oranges (the target), keeping your eyes focused on the target, and only the target.
Brown Shooting Glasses: Many hunters and shooters prefer brown lenses, such as the ones found in our Wiley-X Jake Brown Safety Glasses, as they call attention to orange targets. They work best in fields or other open areas, and particularly in bright sunlight.
Gray Shooting Glasses: Gray is the "all around" color – gray safety glasses, like those in our Bobster Ballistic Safety Glasses section, reduce the amount of light around you, allowing you to see a balanced tone of color. It's ideal for bright conditions, and helps you get a level sense of contrast and depth.
Which shooting safety glasses lens color is ideal for you, and why? Every shooter has their preferred color they feel most comfortable with and would recommend, and we'd love to hear from you on the lens colors that work best for your shooting conditions. Start taking notice of the different lighting and landscape conditions around where you shoot, and match these characteristics up to the lens color that would be just right for you.


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Juliette Benitez
This page describes my mathematical interests, experiences and influences.
My area of research is geometric topology. My master's thesis presented new results on fibered links. I am currently working on 1.) knot, link and braid algorithms, 2.) applications of my master's thesis to open book decompositions of 3-manifolds, and 3.) other questions.
I am a junior researcher at Euclid Lab. David Gay is my research mentor (see below).
Teaching and Mentoring
I would drive an hour and a half twice a week out to the town of Sells in the Tohono O'odham Nation to mentor and tutor Baboquivari Jr./Sr. High School students participating in the University of Arizona's Academic Preparation for Excellence Program, an early outreach program for middle and high school students.
I was a teaching assistant for a mathematics enrichment summer program for incoming freshmen at Pueblo High School in Tucson, Arizona.
I was a math, science and computer science group tutor for the Math and Science Learning Center at the University of Arizona. I met with each group once a week throughout the semester and I helped students in the drop-in tutoring room.
In the summer of 2010, I was a junior mentor for Camp Euclid.
My Mentors
William Velez
Every week he would meet with a group of his advisees for lunch at a nearby restaurant and help us with real analysis and abstract algebra.
Jim Cushing
Every couple of weeks I would go to his office to talk about my research project that he was directing. He had a petri dish full of flour populated with flour beetles in his office. We were modeling the population dynamics of flour beetles.David Gay
He helped me with my topology classes in graduate school. Later, I discussed mathematics with him regularly while doing my master's thesis research. Now, together, we have founded Euclid Lab, and he is my research mentor.
I am a co-founder of Euclid Lab, the deputy director of Euclid Lab, and also the vice-president and secretary of its Board of Directors.
I went to Horizon High School in Paradise Valley, Arizona, and graduated in 1988. I then went to the University of Arizona for college, where I graduated with a B.S. in mathematics in 1996. Afterwards, I went to the University of California, Berkeley for graduate school, where I graduated with an M.A. in mathematics in 2002.