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Muzzleloader Hunting for Whitetail Deer
Muzzleloader Hunting for Whitetail Deer
I will never forget hunting whitetail deer in Iowa in 2009 in extreme weather conditions with a shotgun. You see during the Iowa firearms season a hunter may choose between using a shotgun or muzzleloader. Since my father died when I was a kid I never really was able to enhance my mechanical abilities thus I always select the easy loading, trigger pulling of the 12 gauge shotgun over the muzzleloader despite the fact I have 2 very nice Thompson Center muzzleloaders I have never fired. I always wonder if I use a muzzleloader will something go wrong causing me to miss the deer of a lifetime.
In 2009 just the opposite happened. After waiting for 4 ½ long cold winter days in Iowa a Boone and Crocket buck appeared giving me a 112 yard shot broadside. It was a shot I knew I could make easy as I know my slug shotgun like the back of my hand. As I pulled the trigger it didnt fire. I shucked out a shell and tried firing another. Again the shotgun would not fire. During the 2009 Iowa firearms season our hunters in Iowa had 28 misfires with shotguns on whitetail bucks while our muzzleloader hunters had none at all. I have now vowed never to take a shotgun to Iowa again and am immersing myself in the inter workings of the modern muzzleloader. Especially since I have discovered Kansas offers an early season muzzleloader hunt in late September that is awesome. Also Missouri has a fabulous late muzzleloader season that hunters often overlook. It will be the focal point of this article to describe in detail exactly how to shoot, site in, clean, store, load, and equipment needed for successful muzzleloader hunting of whitetail deer.
Again I hate to suggest to the reader what product to buy however after much research I will be suggesting what muzzleloader to purchase as well as powders etc, and NOT BECAUSE IM TRYING TO PLUG OR HELP ANY COMPANIES SELL PRODUCTS. I am going to share with you not only how one should properly handle, load, and care for a muzzleloader however it will be necessary to speak about product over the course of the article because of the added complexities of muzzleloader hunting. This article has been constructed after visiting with some of the most famous sources regarding muzzleloader hunting for whitetail deer. So sit back relax and see if we can visit the modern day world of muzzleloader hunting for whitetail deer. IF WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT ARCHERY OR RIFLE WE WOULDNT HAVE TO TAKE SUCH A CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT PRODUCTS ARE THE BEST FOR MUZZLELOADERS BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE MUST DO SO IN ORDER TO PROPERLY PREPARE YOU FOR THE HUNT.
I will simply say to you that my belief after much research is that the Thompson Center Pro Hunter Muzzleloader is probably the best muzzleloader in the world unless you want to spend thousands and thousands of dollars on a muzzleloader that is custom made. Without talking too much about the Thompson Center Pro Hunter Muzzleloader here is a brief overview of the weapon.
The Pro Hunter integrates virtually all of the features you could ever want in an ideal gun. Ask any hunter in the know and many either want one or are contemplating buying one. It's that simple. Recognizing the incredible versatility of this gun I ordered one myself. The reason is because while I recommend the .50 caliber muzzleloader, this gun converts to almost any rifle caliber. Meaning TC produces interchangeable barrels so this may be the last gun you ever have to purchase. I've since been able to test it both at the range and in the field in 7 mm Rem Mag on black bear and both 7mm Rem Mag and .50 cal. muzzleloader on whitetails. Even though it is a moderately heavier gun, I have to say that I'm awestruck by the accuracy of each.
An obvious anomaly in the world of long guns, it looks and feels very different than the more common bolt action rifle. So, why is the single-shot Pro Hunter so desirable? From what I've learned the most prominent reason is versatility; because it can be transformed into four different firearms, it's an economical option for those of us needing multiple guns. Previously designed in a manner that accommodates the switching of barrels, in recent years shooters could purchase three barrels; a centerfire, muzzleloader, and a rifled shotgun barrel. As of this last year, TC has made a fourth available in a rimfire. I ordered mine with three different barrels: one chambered in 7 mm Rem. Mag., another in .50 cal. muzzleloader, and the third in a rifled 12 gauge slug barrel. Although I chose to go with stainless fluted barrels, blued barrels of variable sizes are also available. The fourth option and newest addition to this model, is the rimfire barrel available in .22 LR and .17 HMR. With a unique mono block design, the frame assembly requires no modification. In other words with this firearm and variable barrels a person can hunt every gun season, namely both the general and primitive weapons seasons where hunting is restricted to the use of shotgun and muzzleloader.
Ergonomically designed for comfort, the Encore Pro Hunter is equipped with several brilliant features for muzzleloader hunting. As a single-shot it's safe, accurate, and reliable. It features a rotating hammer design called the "Swing Hammer" allowing easy access to the hammer spur. The rotating design allows the hammer position to be adjusted to the left, center or right, depending on preference and clearance under the scope.
Another outstanding feature on the Encore Pro Hunter is TC's new Flex Tech stock system. With today's magnum and ultra magnum loading charges, TC engineers have addressed the issue of manageability by partnering with Limbsaver, a company well-known for their recoil reduction technology. Now with the new patent pending Flex Tech stock, the Encore Pro Hunter incorporates four synthetic recoil absorbing arches, Research has shown that the Flex Tech stock dampens shock and vibration by up to 43 per cent. This translates to far less wear and tear on the shooter and scopes. From my own perspective, this innovative shock absorption technology is significantly more effective than installing a muzzle brake. Excellent for muzzleloader hunting.
Several years ago I spent over $1200 on a scope for a gun I owned. Boy did I feel atop the world until once mounted the scope pulled out of the barrel of the gun. The screw mounts were backing out because it had an aluminum receiver. Be sure if you go with a heavy high dollar scope that you arent trying to mount it on an aluminum receiver. The muzzleloader will not meet or shoot the distances a rifle will, thus on most muzzleloader scopes you need not exceed the 8 to 10 power range. However I try to equip with the highest power that draws the most light into the scope on any gun. I prefer Nikon or Swarvorski. Remember the recoil of a muzzleloader can be a tough thing to receive if you load a lot of powder then you may want a shorter scope to prevent the scope from giving you a black eye or a broken nose. You need to be able to trust you gun while muzzleloader hunting.
The fine tune sighting in of a muzzleloader is nothing short of an art. Because of a variety of bullet weights, powder loads, barrel lengths, and much more YOU MUST KNOW YOUR MUZZELOADER AS IF IT WERE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND.
Of course the place to start is at the local gunshop where you have the scope mounted, and have the gun bore sighted.
From the bore sight at the gun shop its time to move to the rifle range after the selection of primers, bullets, and powder.
When Triple Se7en loose powder came on the scene around 2002 promising (and delivering) better than black powder velocities, T7 pellets soon followed. (Although I prefer Blackhorn powder.) With the rise in popularity of Triple Se7en in general, and Triple Se7en pellets in particular, (Although I prefer Blackhorn powder.)209 shotshell primer use became close to mandatory. Triple Se7en pellets (Although I prefer Blackhorn powder.) have always been recommended for use with 209 primers only, though musket caps usually light them off with little problem. Musket caps in inline rifles unfortunately light off scopes with equal ability for muzzleloader hunting .
Triple Se7en powder from Hodgdon is here, (Although I prefer Blackhorn powder.)and it is here to stay. The beef against T7 has been the nasty, hard, slag-like fouling crud (the 'crud ring') that forms in front of some, but not all 209-fired breechplugs. The longer, cooler nippled breechplugs (Knight Rifles' bolt actions) have given markedly less hard taffy-apple crud formation for me than some of the others. The T/C Contender G2 in .45 caliber has been the worst of them all for me.
To attempt to address this fouling crud issue, a variety of attempts have been made, most of them fairly clumsy in practice, or less than satisfying. I used Remington .410 shotshell primers which helped with T7 loose powder, but were not reliable with T7 pellets. Winchester marketed 209 "muzzleloading primers," but all they were was standard W209 primers in more expensive packaging. Remington tried to make a quick buck with their "Kleenbore Muzzleloading primers," but that failed just as quickly. It was apparent, at least to me, that Remington did inadequate testing. The "Kleenbore primers" were far worse than the Rem. 209-4 shotshell primers that at least partially helped the crud situation, if only with loose T7 powder. Remington's dedicated "Kleenbore" muzzleloading primers just plain did not work.
Finally, progress has been made. It didn't happen in a good weekend; it happened over a period of two years with a huge amount of development by Olin-Winchester. Though the 209 battery cup anvil primer external dimensions were not changed, the primer compound was developed from scratch. "Everything on the inside is a brand new mixture," say my friends at Olin Corporation. That certainly seems to be the case.
There were multiple goals in the development of the Triple Se7en primer: eliminate or at least dramatically reduce the crud ring from Triple Se7en (as well as Pyrodex) in the majority of 209 primed muzzleloaders. While they were at it, they sought to maintain complete reliability when used with Triple Se7en pellets. (Although I prefer Blackhorn powder.) Shotshell primers have been a known quantity for a long time (in shotshells), but Olin-Winchester wanted to go farther than the previous generations of 209 primers.
They took inline muzzleloaders, loaded them with Triple Se7en pellets, (Although I prefer Blackhorn powder.) projectiles, and their experimental primers and froze the entire unit to minus 50 degrees F. Then, it had to fire T7 pellets without fail. The also experimented with flame temperature, gas generation, and other variables controllable by the primer energetic to get the clean ignition yet reliable extreme performance they wanted.
Accuracy was also important for muzzleloader hunting. As a matter of fact, sources report that H. P. Gregory set records just this year at the NMLRA Spring Shoot using these new Triple Se7en primers and Triple Se7en loose powder.
How do they rate in "strength" for muzzleloader hunting? As this is a new chemical formulation, it don't believe it is possible to directly compare these primers to older generation primer mixtures. Based on noise and flame output, they seem a bit softer than W209 shotshell primers, yet clearly stronger than the .410 shotshell primers I compared them against. I found no issue with these primers setting off pellets.
Are they cleaner? Without a doubt, they are radically cleaner than standard 209 primers. To give myself something visual to easily compare, I fired a number of standard 209 shotshell primers in Knight red Full Plastic Jackets. Inside the spent jackets, without exception, was greasy, black, scummy material that eventually forms hard carbon crud inside your breechplug, or perhaps in your action.
I then fired the new Triple Se7en primers the same way. Visual inspection of the inside of the red plastic jackets showed them bright red and clean, looking as through a primer had never been fired through them at all. Obviously, these new primers are not laying down anywhere near the scummy residue that standard 209 shotshell primers do.
With the initial testing I've done so far, I can say that the Winchester T7 primers do significantly reduce fouling build-up in muzzleloaders that have that issue, and further reduce carbon build-up inside breech plugs. It reduced the small, but manageable T7 "stuff" in a Knight rifle to practically nothing, and significantly reduces internal carbon build up in the Savage 10ML-II as well. Individual results will vary by make of rifle, breechplug design, and specific powder charge. Try them yourself, and you'll soon be a believer in improving your muzzleloader hunting.
The Triple Se7en 209 muzzleloading primer is the most significant advance in inline muzzleloading ignition since the 209 primer itself first gained prominence. It is easily distinguishable from regular 209's with its black primer face so there can be no confusion. It is, to my knowledge, the first new priming compound designed specifically for muzzleloading and it is a winner. The outside dimensions are virtually identical to standard W209 primers, so it can be used in place of a standard Winchester 209 in any muzzleloader designed for 209 primers.
Hornady's new Low Drag Sabot turns the ultra-accurate SST-ML into the easiest-loading, hardest-hitting and most-accurate muzzleloader bullet on the planet. New polymer technology in combination with cutting-edge CNC design has given Hornady engineers the ability to do something that no other bullet company has done; deliver an easy-loading muzzleloader bullet that is accurate. In the past, easy-load muzzleloader bullets have delivered questionable accuracy. This is due to the fact that they must be manufactured smaller than the bore to allow for easy loading. Being too small for the bore means that the rifling doesn't always get the bullet spinning properly, and accuracy suffers. Hornady's new Low Drag sabot changes all that. The new sabot reduces loading effort by a whopping 50% and does not sacrifice any of the accuracy that has made the SST-ML bullet famous. This is the only easy-load muzzleloader bullet on the market that delivers true 200-yard-and-beyond performance. I strongly recommend the 250 grain for muzzleloader hunting.
You can stay with your easy to load pellets however without a doubt Blackhorn 209 High Performance Muzzleloading Powder is the best in the World. Blackhorn 209 is a revolutionary propellant that is redefining the term accuracy in the muzzleloading industry. When used as directed, this high performance powder consistently shoots at higher velocities and with greater precision than any competing propellant. As the ONLY noncorrosive muzzleloading powder, Blackhorn 209 is engineered to eliminate swabbing and cleaning between shots. Precise accuracy, higher velocities and ease of use ensure Blackhorn 209 will bring out the best in your muzzleloading rifle.
While some will say that pellets are easy to load I disagree. Also with a muzzleloader you normally dont get more than one shot anyway at the animal while muzzleloader hunting. THUS HEAR THIS AS I SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS. ALL THE EQUIPMENT I SUGGESTED FROM THE GUN, TO THE PRIMER, TO THE BULLET, TO THE POWDER WILL EITHER IMPROVE YOUR MUZZLELOADING HUNTING OR IF YOURE A BEGINNER WILL SET YOU UP IN THE FINEST MOST ACCURATE MANNER POSSIBLE.
Did I fail to mention you will want to buy some speedloaders? While Im sure you know what a speedloader is briefly I will touch on it. A speedloader holds your next shot should you need one by having the powder and bullet encased in a small plastic container. This way you dont have to take the time to measure the powder while muzzleloader hunting.
While I know your tired about talking about product it is vital as preparation for muzzleloader hunting is the key to your success. You will need dry cleaning patches, No. 13 Thompson Center Bore Cleaner, Thompson Center Bore Butter, and CVA Barrel Blaster Wonder Gel to sight in the gun for muzzleloader hunting. The reason is because you will need to clean the barrel of the muzzleloader after every shot, or if using the Blackhorn powder every 3 shots to ensure your are sighting in accurately for muzzleloader hunting. Also I recommend a ballstarter to make loading bullets easier into the weapon. Now that we have everything we need lets head to the range.
As you may know it is virtually impossible to sight in any rifle without having a proper steady rest and targets. I prefer a led sled but sandbags will work just fine on a picnic table or any type of shooting rest. Normally after the bore sight at the gun shop I will take my first shot at 70 yards just to see where the muzzleloader is hitting. Normally it will be somewhere on the board or target. If not you will need to move closer to see if the muzzleloader is shooting low or high.
When you sight in any gun or muzzleloader know that after several shots any gun may get hot and begin to walk. This simply means the barrel heats up and the gun begins to perform inaccurately, thus you will need to take several minutes between shots to allow the barrel to cool down. Remember when your hunting and a deer comes in or whatever game you seek your shooting a cool barrel. Thus never sight a gun in that has a heated barrel and expect it to perform the same in the woods. Often times this mistake of sighting in when the gun is hot will cause you to waste ammo, time, and cost you the trophy of a lifetime during your hunt outing.
Loading or charging a muzzleloading firearm presents some special concerns because it requires the muzzle to be pointed upward.
For rifles, position the butt on the ground between your feet. You should be facing the underside of the barrel. The muzzle should be pointed upward and away from your body. Never work directly over the muzzle.
Determine if the gun is already loaded by checking the barrel with a marked ramrod, which has an unloaded or empty marking. If you arent sure, consult an experienced muzzleloader user or gunsmith.
Measure out the proper amount and type of powder using the calibrated powder measure. Replace the powder horns cap, and swing the horn to the other side of your body. Pour the powder into the barrel from the measure. Tap the barrel to make sure all powder falls to the breech end.
Center a lubricated precut patch over the muzzle. You can lubricate the patch using a manufactured lubricant or using saliva by placing it in your mouth. Lay the ball on the patch with the sprue or flat side up, if the ball comes with this feature. Then seat the ball and start it down the barrel using the short starter.
Use the longer ramrod to push the ball the rest of the way, making sure its seated well on the powder charge. Push the ramrod in short strokes, gripping it just a few inches above the muzzle. If you use longer strokes, you might accidentally snap the rod and injure your hands or arm. Your ramrod should be marked to show when the ball is properly seated over a specific load, such as 70 grains of FFFg powder, however I suggest using 110 grains of Blackhorn Powder for muzzleloaders.
Steps for Loading an In-Line Muzzleloader
1. Check for load and swab bore dry.
2. Open breechblock to install cap/primer.
3. Point in safe direction and close block.
4. Clear channel by firing cap.
5. Drop in powder or pellets.
6. Place bullet in muzzle.
7. Use starter to push bullet into muzzle.
8. Use ramrod to seat bullet completely.
9. Open breechblock.
10. Install cap or primer.
11. Close block and put on safe or fire.
Once you determine where the bullet is landing on the target at a closer range than 100 yards you can adjust your scope accordingly and begin to fine tune at 100 yards. It is always a good idea to have a good pair of binoculars to determine where your bullets are hitting so you dont have to walk to the target each time to figure out how to adjust your scopes elevation or horizontal impact.
Black powder firearms are particularly susceptible to rust and corrosion. It takes a bit more time and effort to clean a Muzzleloader/black powder gun, but for me the extra effort is well worth the reward.
First and most importantly!!!! MAKE SURE your gun is UNLOADED!! Do not ever work on a loaded weapon! I had one friend that shot himself in the toe, and another who SHOT HIS EAR OFF, while working on loaded muzzleloaders. Begin disassembly. Tear it down as far as you can. You may need a manual or diagram. Don't do anything that you can't undo! 1)Remove the barrel
Clean Nipple and/or Breechplug
With the breechplug and/or nipple removed, clean it. Use a "nipple pick" or a needle to make sure there is no fouling in the tiny orifice. If it is fouled/plugged, you will have poor ignition or a total misfire. I soak a piece of thread in oil, and run it back and forth through the orifice to prevent future fouling.
Cleaning and Protecting Your Barrel
This is the important part! It can be done with the weapon assembles or disassembled. Just make sure it's not loaded! It is most easily accomplished with the breechplug removed, if that's possible. 1) Apply a powder solvent to the barrel and allow to sit. Read (and follow!)instructions to your particular type of solvent. 2) Run patches through your barrel repe
Reassembly and Final Touches
Reassemble your weapon (In reverse order of disassembly). Lightly coat all exposed metal with gun or sewing machine oil. Now you are ready to hunt or target practice. Be careful. Follow all steps to safe gun handling. Firearm safety is of utmost importance.
The State of Iowa limits firearm hunters to shotgun or muzzleloader only. No rifles are allowed. While this may discourage the booking of gun hunts by some sportsmen, it is common knowledge that these same limitations may be the chief reason for the existence of trophy bucks in this state. Simply put, when you limit hunters to shotgun or muzzleloader you limit the distances they are able to shoot. In turn by doing so, deer live longer as they are more difficult to harvest. All this equals longer life spans and larger racks. The firearms tags are obtained through a lenient lottery process in May which IMB Outfitters will assist you with. The Iowa Firearm Lottery has yielded an estimated 85% tag obtainment success rate. Although tags are NOT a guarantee they are relatively easy to obtain. The 1st Gun Season in 2010 is December 4th through December 7th. The 2nd Gun Season is December 11th through December 14th.
Iowa late muzzleloader season. Iowa offers a muzzleloader only hunt. In 2010, Muzzleloader only hunters may hunt from the dates of December 28 to January 10 for hunting with muzzleloader only. The tag is obtained in a lenient lottery process occurring in May. These hunts are very successful but can prove to be brutally cold with temps hovering around 10 degrees at certain times.
This portion of the firearms season allows hunters additional time to hunt using muzzleloaders.
Season dates
Dec. 1828 statewide
a muzzleloading or cap-and-ball firearm .40 caliber or larger and capable of firing only a single projectile at one discharge; in-lines and scopes are allowed
multiple-barreled muzzleloading or cap-and-ball firearms and/or muzzleloading or cap-and-ball handguns, including revolvers, .40 caliber or larger are allowed and may be carried in addition to a muzzleloading or cap-and-ball rifle
FIREARM DEER PERMITS (Shotgun, Muzzleloader, Late-Winter and CWD)
2010 Season Dates:
November 19, 20, 21 (first season)
December 2, 3, 4, 5 (second season)
Application Dates:
1st lottery deadline - April 30: Residents only
2nd lottery deadline - August 16: First time applicants, Non-Residents & rejected applicants
Random daily drawings - Sept 14 - Oct 4: multiple permits
Notice: October 19 - Remaining Random Daily Drawing County Permits will be sold over the counter on a first come, first serve basis. Permits will be sold until quotas are exhausted or until the close of the firearm season.
Non-Resident (Firearm & Muzzleloader) Applications available July (download & print)
The cost of a Non-Resident Either-Sex Firearm and Antlerless Only, Special Hunt Area deer permit: $300
The cost of a Non-Resident Antlerless-Only Firearm deer permit: $25
The cost of a Non-Resident Combination Firearm deer permit (either-sex and antlerless-only): $325
Season Dates:
Dec 10, 11, 12 and Dec 2, 3, 4, 5 (second firearm season)
Application Dates:
1st lottery deadline - April 30: Residents only
2nd lottery deadline - August 16: First time applicants, non-residents & rejected applicants
Random daily drawings - Sept 14 - Oct 4: multiple permits
Notice: October 19 - Remaining Random Daily Drawing County Permits will be sold over the counter on a first come, first serve basis. Permits will be sold until quotas are exhausted or until the close of the muzzleloader season.
Non-Resident Applications available July (download & print)
2010 Non-Resident Archery Deer online lottery application - will go live June 1.
You can apply for your lottery permit via the internet. DNR Direct Online License Sales or by phone at 1-888-6PERMIT 1-888-6PERMIT (1-888-673-7648 1-888-673-7648 )
Remaining permits will be sold over-the-counter beginning mid August. Antlerless only permits for $25.50 will be available throughout the season over the counter at local license agents, by phone or by internet. If ordering by phone or internet, your permit will be mailed to you within 7 to 10 business days.
The cost of a Non-Resident Archery Combination Deer permit (one either-sex/one antlerless) will be $410. The quota will be 25,000 for Non-Resident combination tags.
In addition to a valid deer hunting permit hunters are required to purchase either a 5-Day (35.75) OR Annual (57.75) Hunting License AND a Habitat Stamp (5.50).
All Hunters:
Only one annual license and habitat stamp is required to hunt for the entire 2010 deer season regardless of the number or type of permits held by a hunter. 2010 Licenses are good until March 31, 2011.
Muzzleloader: Sept. 20 - Oct. 3, 2010 (The following permits may be used during this season in units specified on permit, using muzzleloader or archery equipment: resident or nonresident Muzzleloader Either-species/Either-sex Permit, resident Any-Season White-tailed Deer Permit, nonresident Muzzleloader White-tailed Deer Permit, Hunt-Own-Land Permit, Special Hunt-Own-Land Permit, Antlerless White-tailed Deer Permit, and Antlerless Either-Species Deer Permit. Hunter orange clothing is required. IF THE HUNTER DOES NOT HARVEST A BUCK DURING THE EARLY MUZZLELOADER SEASON HE OR SHE MAY USE THIS TAG DURING THE REGULAR FIREARMS SEASON AS LONG AS THEY USE A MUZZLELOADER. Inline muzzleloaders are allowed with scopes in Kansas.
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Lately, I've been working on creating a simplified work flow for my front end work here at Caktus. There are all sorts of new and helpful tools to optimize the creative process, allowing for faster iterations, and greater overall enjoyment. As with any new tool, there are a few options to choose from: LESS and SASS. Having read lots of reviews and reading through the documentation, I've decided LESS is more for me.
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The LESS documentation recommends you use node.js in order to get everything running. You'll need to install npm and then use it to install LESS. Then, install django-compressor and place the following in your settings.py file:
('text/less', 'lessc {infile} {outfile}'),
And there you have it! Your LESS file is all ready to automatically compile on your server.
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SNAPL update
Previously: SNAPL.
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Functional Programming is the New Black
Labels: Concurrency, Functional Programming, Java, Programming Languages
Propositions as Types, with Howard on Curry-Howard
Propositions as Types
Philip Wadler
Draft, 29 November 2014
The principle of Propositions as Types links logic to computation. At first sight it appears to be a simple coincidence---almost a pun---but it turns out to be remarkably robust, inspiring the design of theorem provers and programming languages, and continuing to influence the forefronts of computing. Propositions as Types has many names and many origins, and is a notion with depth, breadth, and mystery.Comments still solicited!
Labels: Functional Programming, Logic, Programming Languages, Types
Feminist Hacker Barbie, Functional Programmer
Labels: Functional Programming
Towards Independence
Labels: Independence, Politics
Bright Club
Tuesday 25 November at The Stand Comedy Club, I will be part of the line up at Bright Club, speaking on the subject of 'Turingery'. Bright Club is stand-up by academics---we are trained professionals; don't try this at home! Doors open 7:30pm, show starts 8:30pm. The Stand is at 5 York Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EB. Tickets £5 at the door or online.
Labels: Academia, Comedy, Edinburgh
CITIZENFOUR showing in Edinburgh
Kickstarter-like, OurScreen will arrange to show a film if enough people sign up to see it. I've scheduled a showing:
Labels: Edinburgh, Politics, Security
Save our Universities
this forward as a campaign are solicited.
Dear Gavin Brown, Sarah Boyack, Alison Johnstone, Kezia Dugdale, Cameron Buchanan and Neil Findlay, I write to ask your help to preserve a secure future for Scottish Universities. Academics for all UK universities, including those in Scotland, have faced falling wages and falling pensions over many years. "The real wages of academics have fallen by 13% since 2008, one of the largest sustained wage cuts any profession has suffered since the Second World War." So wrote Will Hutton in the Guardian, October 2013 [1]. In 2011, Universities UK imposed vastly reduced pensions on new hires. Old hires who pay into the pension fund for forty years receive a pension of one-half their final salary; new hires who do the same receive a pension of one-half their average salary. Basing pensions on average rather than final salary may be sensible, but to do so with no adjustment in multiplier suggests employers are using this as an excuse to slip in a large cut; it means new hires receive about 2/3 the benefits received by old hires. All staff also suffered other cuts to pensions: additional caps and less good adjustment for inflation. At the time, it was predicted that within a few years old hires would be moved to the inferior scheme for new hires, and that is what has now come to pass. [2] Universities UK argue that the reductions are necessary to avoid a deficit, but their claim has been widely criticised. Notably, a group of prominent statisticians point out Universities UK inflated the deficit by assuming a buoyant economy when predicting future salaries but assuming a recession when predicting investment returns. [3] A strong university system is one of the jewels in the crown of the UK, and particularly for Scotland. That excellence is a huge driver of innovation and growth. If Scotland reduces its investment in universities, it won't be long before we feel that loss throughout the economy. [4,5] Scotland has a University system second to none, and to keep it strong we need pay and pensions that attract and retain the best minds throughout the world. We must have a system that is fair to both: old hires must retain attractive conditions; new hires must have the bad deal imposed on them in 2011 rolled back. Speaking as an old hire, I'd settle for a small cut in pension if it meant bringing new hires onto the same level: we must keep the system strong for the future. The UCU has gone on strike over the issue (suspension of assessment, which it hopes will minimise disruption for students). But UCU is unlikely to succeed without political support. I write to ask you, as my representative in the Scottish parliament, will you direct the Scottish Funding Council to make fair treatment for academics in Scottish Universities, both new hires and old, a top priority? Thank you for your consideration. Yours, -- Philip Wadler Professor of Theoretical Computer Science School of Informatics University of Edinburgh [1] http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/13/england-leave-funding-universities-students [2] http://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/nov/23/oxbridge-pensions-academics-protest-united [3] http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/oct/29/marking-boycott-why-are-academics-protesting-about-pensions [4] http://www.universities-scotland.ac.uk/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=156&cntnt01returnid=23 [5] Royal Society of Edinburgh, Enlightening the Constitutional Debate, Science and Higher Education, p177--198, http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/events/reports/2013-2014/The%20Book.pdf
Labels: Academia, Politics, Scotland, UK
SNAPL will take place 3-6 May 2015 at Asilomar.
SNAPL provides a biennial venue to focus on big-picture questions, long-running research programs, and experience reports in programming languages. The ideal SNAPL paper takes one of two forms:
Examples include papers that
- A promising idea that would benefit from discussion and feedback.
- A paper about an ongoing research project that might not be accepted at a traditional conference.
SNAPL is interested in all aspects of programming languages. The PC is broad and open-minded and receptive to interesting ideas that will provoke thought and discussion.
- lay out a research roadmap
- summarize experiences
- present negative results
- discuss design alternatives
Interesting papers would combine the specific with the general. Submissions are limited to five pages (excluding bibliography), and must be formatted using ACM SIG style. The final papers can be up to 10 pages in length. Accepted papers will be published on an open-access site, probably arXiv CoRR.
To encourage authors to submit only their best work, each person can be an author or co-author of a single paper only. SNAPL will prefer experienced presenters and each submission must indicate on the submission site which co-author will present the paper at the conference.
SNAPL also accepts one-page abstracts. Abstracts will be reviewed lightly and all submitted abstracts will be published on the SNAPL 2015 web page. Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to give a 5-minute presentation at the gong show at the conference.
SNAPL is unaffiliated with any organization. It is a conference for the PL community organized by the PL community.
Important DatesSubmission: January 6, 2015
Decisions announced: February 20, 2015
Final versions due: March 20, 2015
Conference: May 3-6, 2015
Labels: Computing, Programming Languages
Errata, please
Labels: Academia, Computing, Education
Composable Queries in F# 3.0
Labels: Databases, F#, Functional Programming
The military and the referendum.
Many readers will have heard about Lord Dannat in the Telegraph arguing a vote for independence will dishonour Scotland's war dead.
Perhaps not as many will have heard that Jimmy Sinclair (the oldest surviving Desert Rat, aged 102), Colin May (Lieutenant Commander, Faslane), and sixteen others have written a letter slamming Dannat; at least, I didn't hear until this morning. "How dare he take their sacrifice in vain and try to turn it to political advantage?"
Both sides are reported by the BBC, though the headline mentions only one. (More #bbcbias?)
Labels: Independence, Scotland, Yes!
The case for Europe
In a BBC interview just the other night, a spanish minister being
interviewed by Kirsty Wark despite being invited three or four times
refused to say that Spain would attempt to veto Scottish
membership. And the reason for that of course is that the Spanish
government have already said that in the circumstance of a consented
democratic referendum, as they put it, Spain would have nothing to say
about it.
We can go through legal opinion and expert opinion as much as we like.
I think the answer is in four figures: 1, 20, 25, and 60.
1% is the percentage of Scotland's population compared to the European Union.
20% is the percentage of the fish stocks of the entire European Union.
25% is the percentage of the renewable energy of the entire European Union offshore.
And 60% is the oil reserves that Scotland has.
Anyone who believes that a country [with these resources] is not
going to be welcome in the wider Europe doesn't understand the process
by which Europe accepts democratic results and that Scotland has a
huge amount of attractiveness to the rest of the European continent.
You can hear the original here, the relevant segment starts at around 8:00.
Labels: Independence, Scotland, Yes!
The British Biased Corporation
On the evening news, Nick Robinson summarises Salmond's answer in a few seconds as 'He didn't answer'.
(Above spotted via Arc of Prosperity.)
And today, this.
Labels: Independence, Scotland, Yes!
Dinna fash yersel — Scotland will dae juist fine!
Pick a random person from somewhere on this planet. Ask them to name an alcoholic drink from Scotland, and it's very likely they'll reply "Whisky". Ask them to name one from Denmark, and they'll probably be tongue-tied. (They could answer "Gammel Dansk" or "Akvavit", but they're just not nearly as famous as whisky.)
Now repeat the exercise, but ask about a food item. Again, it's likely they'll have heard of haggis but that they'll be struggling to name anything from Denmark.
Now try a musical instrument. Bagpipes and … sorry, cannot think of a Danish one.
A sport? Scotland has golf, of course. Denmark can perhaps claim ownership of handball, but it's not associated with Denmark in the way that golf makes everybody think of Scotland.
A piece of clothing? Everybody knows the kilt, but I'd be very surprised if anybody can name one from Denmark.
A monster? Everybody knows what's lurking in Loch Ness, but is there anything scary in Denmark?
The only category where Denmark perhaps wins is toys, where Lego surely is more famous than anything from Scotland (but many people don't know Lego is from Denmark).
Denmark is also well-known for butter and bacon, of course, but these aren't Danish in origin or strongly associated with Denmark in people's minds.
Several famous writers and philosophers were Danish (e.g., Hans Christian Andersen and Søren Kierkegaard), but Scotland can arguably list more names of the same calibre, and the Scottish ones wrote in English, which makes them much more accessible to the outside world.
Scottish universities are also ranked better than the Danish ones in recent World rankings.
Finally, Scotland has lots of oil and wind, water and waves. Denmark has some, but not nearly as much, and most other countries have less than Denmark.
Because of all of this, I don't worry about the details when it comes to Scottish independence. If Denmark can be one of the richest countries on the planet, of course Scotland can be one too.
Yes, there might be a few tough years while the rUK are in a huff and before everything has been sorted out. And of course there will be occasional crises in the future, like in any other country.
However, unless you subscribe to the school that Denmark and other small countries like Norway and Switzerland are complete failures because they don't have nuclear weapons and a permanent seat on the UN's Security Council, there's simply no reason to assume Scotland won't do exceptionally well as an independent country in the longer term.
So I'm not worried. Of course there are many details to sort out, but at the end of the day everything will be fine. Scotland will be a hugely successful independent country. Dinna fash yersel!
Labels: Independence, Scotland, Yes!
Krugman vs. Stiglitz, now with added Stiglitz
As Scotland contemplates independence, some, such as Paul Krugman, have questioned the "economics".
Would Scotland, going it alone, risk a decline in standards of living or a fall in GDP? There are, to be sure, risks in any course of action: should Scotland stay in the UK, and the UK leave the EU, the downside risks are, by almost any account, significantly greater. If Scotland stays in the UK, and the UK continues in its policies which have resulted in growing inequality, even if GDP were slightly larger, the standards of living of most Scots could fall.
Cutbacks in UK public support to education and health could force Scotland to face a set of unpalatable choices - even with Scotland having considerable discretion over what it spends its money on.
But there is, in fact, little basis for any of the forms of fear-mongering that have been advanced. Krugman, for instance, suggests that there are significant economies of scale: a small economy is likely, he seems to suggest, not to do well. But an independent Scotland will still be part of Europe, and the great success of the EU is the creation of a large economic zone.
Besides, small political entities, like Sweden, Singapore, and Hong Kong have prospered, while much larger entities have not. By an order of magnitude, far more important is pursuit of the right policies.
Another example of a non-issue is the currency. There are many currency arrangements that would work. Scotland could continue using sterling - with or without England's consent.
Because the economies of England and Scotland are so similar, a common currency is likely to work far better than the euro - even without shared fiscal policy. But many small countries have managed to have a currency of their own - floating, pegged, or "managed."
Labels: Independence, Scotland, Yes!
Krugman vs Stiglitz
Some of my colleagues have commented on Paul Krugman's financial diatribe, Scots, what the heck. My colleague Nigel Goddard penned a response.
While I have a lot of respect for Paul Krugman, his blanket warning against currency unions is misplaced, at least according to Joe Stiglitz, another Nobel prize winning economist (two economists; three opinions). Stiglitz said (at the book festival) that all three proposed models (currency union, use of currency without union, separate currency) can work depending on the characteristics of the economies and, most particularly, the quality of the institutions running the currency (or currencies). For a union to work the economies must be similar in various important ways (level of investment, competitive advantage, etc). rUK and Scotland are similar at present so it can easily work. Over the longer term it may be that Scotland breaks out of the low-investment, low-skill rUK model and goes for a more northern European high-investment, high-skill model (let's hope!). In that case a currency union would over time come under strain and eventually break up (i.e., into separate currencies). But in that case I know which economy I'd rather be in.In the current situation, if the UK's central bank takes a decision contrary to Scotland's interest there is nothing we can do about it. An independent Scotland using UK currency could, if need be, move to its own currency. Krugman's piece says not a word on this option.
RBS, Lloyds, and TSB cannot afford to keep their headquarters in Scotland without the backing of the larger UK, though they may well keep much of their operations here. This is touted by Darling as a reason to vote No, but for me it's a reason to vote Yes. Banks too big to fail are an appalling idea; getting rid of them is an enormous benefit of an independent Scotland. I only hope Westminster keeps its promise not to agree a fiscal union!
Labels: Independence, Scotland, Yes!
Scots voting no to independence would be an astonishing act of self-harm
Imagine the question posed the other way round. An independent nation is asked to decide whether to surrender its sovereignty to a larger union. It would be allowed a measure of autonomy, but key aspects of its governance would be handed to another nation. It would be used as a military base by the dominant power and yoked to an economy over which it had no control. ... Most nations faced even with such catastrophes choose to retain their independence – in fact, will fight to preserve it – rather than surrender to a dominant foreign power....The fears the no campaigners have worked so hard to stoke are – by comparison with what the Scots are being asked to lose – mere shadows. As Adam Ramsay points out in his treatise Forty-Two Reasons to Support Scottish Independence, there are plenty of nations smaller than Scotland that possess their own currencies and thrive. Most of the world's prosperous nations are small: there are no inherent disadvantages to downsizing.
Remaining in the UK carries as much risk and uncertainty as leaving. England's housing bubble could blow at any time. We might leave the European Union.
How is the argument altered by the fact that Scotland is considering whether to gain independence rather than whether to lose it? It's not. Those who would vote no – now, a new poll suggests, a rapidly diminishing majority – could be suffering from system justification.System justification is defined as the "process by which existing social arrangements are legitimised, even at the expense of personal and group interest". It consists of a desire to defend the status quo, regardless of its impacts. It has been demonstrated in a large body of experimental work, which has produced the following surprising results.
System justification becomes stronger when social and economic inequality is more extreme. This is because people try to rationalise their disadvantage by seeking legitimate reasons for their position. In some cases disadvantaged people are more likely than the privileged to support the status quo. One study found that US citizens on low incomes were more likely than those on high incomes to believe that economic inequality is legitimate and necessary.
It explains why women in experimental studies pay themselves less than men, why people in low-status jobs believe their work is worth less than those in high-status jobs, even when they're performing the same task, and why people accept domination by another group. It might help to explain why so many people in Scotland are inclined to vote no.
To deny this to yourself, to remain subject to the whims of a distant and uncaring elite, to succumb to the bleak, deferential negativity of the no campaign, to accept other people's myths in place of your own story: that would be an astonishing act of self-repudiation and self-harm. Consider yourselves independent and work backwards from there; then ask why you would sacrifice that freedom.
Labels: Independence, Scotland, Yes!
Independent information on independence
Thanks to my colleague James Cheney for spotting these. (I previously circulated a pointer to the second but not to the first or third.) The sources appear reputable, but---as with everything on the net---caveat emptor.
Labels: Independence, Politics, Scotland, Yes!
Howard on Curry-Howard
Update. References to Figures 5 and 6 in the following are to Propositions as Types. Thanks to Ezra Cooper for pointing out this was unclear.
Informatics Independence Referendum Debate - the result
Yes 19
No 25
Undecided 28
Yes 28
No 31
Undecided 26
(Either some people entered after the debate began, or some people began the debate unsure even whether they were undecided.)
Thank you to Alan, Mike, and the audience for a fantastic debate. The audience asked amazing questions on both sides, clearly much involved with the process.
Video of debate here.
Alan's slides here.
My slides here.
Informatics Independence Referendum Debate
Independence Referendum Debate
Appleton Tower Lecture Room 2
For the NAYs: Prof. Alan Bundy
For the AYEs: Prof. Philip Wadler
Moderator: Prof. Mike Fourman
All members of the School of Informatics
and the wider university community welcome
All views expressed are those of the individuals who express them,
and not the University of Edinburgh.)
Research funding in an independent Scotland
summary, written by a colleague.
In Summary:
- the difference between the Scottish tax contribution and RCUK spending in Scotland is small compared to savings that will be made in other areas such as defence
- Funding levels per institution are actually similar in Scotland to those in the rest of the UK, it's just that there are more institutions here
- Because of its relative importance any independent Scottish government would prioritise research
- If rUK rejects a common research area it would lose the benefits of its previous investments, and the Scottish research capacity, which is supported by the Scottish government and the excellence of our universities
- There are significant disadvantages with a No vote, resulting from UK immigration policy and the possibility of exiting the EU
Labels: Independence, Scotland, Yes!
Scotland can't save England
Labour majority: 146
Labour majority without any Scottish MPs in Parliament: 143
1950 Labour govt (Attlee)
Labour majority: 5
Without Scottish MPs: 2
1951 Conservative govt (Churchill/Eden)
Conservative majority: 17
Without Scottish MPs: 16
1955 Conservative govt (Eden/Macmillan)
Conservative majority: 60
Without Scottish MPs: 61
1959 Conservative govt (Macmillan/Douglas-Home)
Conservative majority: 100
Without Scottish MPs: 109
1964 Labour govt (Wilson)
Labour majority: 4
Without Scottish MPs: -11
CHANGE: LABOUR MAJORITY TO CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY OF 1(Con 280, Lab 274, Lib 5)
1966 Labour govt (Wilson)
Labour majority: 98
Without Scottish MPs: 77
1970 Conservative govt (Heath)
Conservative majority: 30
Without Scottish MPs: 55
1974 Minority Labour govt (Wilson)
Labour majority: -33
Without Scottish MPs: -42
POSSIBLE CHANGE – LABOUR MINORITY TO CONSERVATIVE MINORITY(Without Scots: Con 276, Lab 261, Lib 11, Others 16)
1974b Labour govt (Wilson/Callaghan)
Labour majority: 3
Without Scottish MPs: -8
CHANGE: LABOUR MAJORITY TO LABOUR MINORITY(Lab 278 Con 261 Lib 10 others 15)
1979 Conservative govt (Thatcher)
Conservative majority: 43
Without Scottish MPs: 70
1983 Conservative govt (Thatcher)
Conservative majority: 144
Without Scottish MPs: 174
1987 Conservative govt (Thatcher/Major)
Conservative majority: 102
Without Scottish MPs: 154
1992 Conservative govt (Major)
Conservative majority: 21
Without Scottish MPs: 71
1997 Labour govt (Blair)
Labour majority: 179
Without Scottish MPs: 139
2001 Labour govt (Blair)
Labour majority: 167
Without Scottish MPs: 129
2005 Labour govt (Blair/Brown)
Labour majority: 66
Without Scottish MPs: 43
2010 Coalition govt (Cameron)
Conservative majority: -38
Without Scottish MPs: 19
Labels: Independence, Scotland, Yes!
How Scotland will be robbed
The Barnett Formula is the system used to decide the size of the "block grant" sent every year from London to the Scottish Government to run devolved services. ...This analysis looks persuasive to me, and I've not seen it put so clearly elsewhere. Please comment below if you know sources for similar arguments.
Until now, however, it's been politically impossible to abolish the Formula, as such a manifestly unfair move would lead to an upsurge in support for independence. In the wake of a No vote in the referendum, that obstacle would be removed – Scots will have nothing left with which to threaten Westminster.
It would still be an unwise move for the UK governing party to be seen to simply obviously "punish" Scotland after a No vote. But the pledge of all three Unionist parties to give Holyrood "more powers" provides the smokescreen under which the abolition of Barnett can be executed and the English electorate placated.
The block grant is a distribution of tax revenue. The "increased devolution" plans of the UK parties will instead make the Scottish Government responsible for collecting its own income taxes. The Office of Budget Responsibility has explained in detail how "the block grant from the UK government to Scotland will then be reduced to reflect the fiscal impact of the devolution of these tax-raising powers." (page 4).But if Holyrood sets Scottish income tax at the same level as the UK, that'll mean the per-person receipts are also the same, which means that there won't be the money to pay for the "extra" £1400 of spending currently returned as part-compensation for Scottish oil revenues, because the oil revenues will be staying at Westminster. ...
We've explained the political motivations behind the move at length before. The above is simply the mechanical explanation of how it will happen if Scotland votes No. The"if" is not in question – all the UK parties are united behind the plan.
A gigantic act of theft will be disguised as a gift. The victories of devolution will be lost, because there'll no longer be the money to pay for them. Tuition fees and prescription charges will return. Labour's "One Nation" will manifest itself, with the ideologically troublesome differences between Scotland and the rest of the UK eliminated.
And what's more, it'll all have been done fairly and above-board, because the Unionist parties have all laid out their intentions in black and white. They'll be able to say, with justification, "Look, you can't complain, this is exactly what we TOLD you we'd do".
Labels: Independence, Scotland, Yes!
An Open Letter to Alex Salmond
It's not working.
There may be reasons to stick to the story that all will be smooth sailing in the event that Scotland becomes independent, but everyone knows it is not true.
Last night's debate makes it clear that refusal to discuss Plan B for currency hurts more than it helps. The same could be said for how negotiations will proceed over Trident, the EU, Nato, pensions, education, and the economy.
You took too long pressing Darling to admit that Scotland could succeed as an independent country, which you did to show that he too has issues with the truth. Last night's audience failed to get a straight answer from either side, and that led to their verdict: the debate was a disappointment.
It's time for an about face. Tell the truth. Independence will be stormy. The transition will not be easy. We cannot be certain of the outcome, save that it will put Scotland in a position to make its own decisions.
The future is indefinite, whether we opt for independence or no. The probable outcome if Scotland remains in the UK is growing social injustice, austerity for the poor and more for the 1%, bedroom tax, referenda on whether to stay in the EU. You made these points last night, but they were overshadowed by your inability to admit that independence has risks too.
Truth will be refreshing. It will knock all loose and reinvigorate the debate. It may restore part of Scottish people's faith in the political process, something we sorely need regardless of which side wins in September.
If you stick to your current strategy, polls make it clear that No will win. It's time for Plan B.
Yours aye, -- P
Labels: Independence, Scotland, Yes!
Pictures taken at the right moment
36 more perfectly timed photos.
33 perfectly timed photos.
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How do we satisfy our need to keep informed about results that might influence our work ? We (still) read papers and go to conferences. And how does the ACM help ? Well not very well.
Underneath all of this is a slow but clear change in the overall CS research experience. The CRA has been doing yeoman service here: taking the temperature of the community every year with the Taulbee surveys, putting out a best practices document for postdocs after extensive community discussion, and even forming action groups to help gain more support for CS research from the government. Does the ACM do any of this ?
- Aggregating the deluge of information: anyone will tell you that the amount of research material to track and read has grown exponentially. But we still, to this day, have nothing like PUBMED/MEDLINE as a central clearinghouse for publications in CS-disciplines. The ACM DL is one step towards this, but it's a very poor imitation of what a 21st century repository of information should look like. It's not comprehensive, its bibliographic data is more erroneous than one expects, and the search mechanisms are just plain depressing (it's much easier to use Google).
- Dealing with the changing nature of peer review and publication: Sadly, ACM, rather than acting like a society with its members' interests at heart, has been acting as a for-profit publisher with a some window dressing to make it look less execrable. Many people have documented this far more effectively than I ever could.
- Conference services: One of the services a national organization supposedly provides are the conference services that help keep communities running. But what exactly does the ACM do ? It sits back and nitpicks conference budgets, but provides little in the way of real institutional support. There's no infrastructure to help with conference review processes, no support for at-conference-time services like social networking, fostering online discussion and communities, and even modern web support. I only bring this up because all of these services exist, but piecemeal, and outside the ACM umbrella.
Labels: ACM, Computing, SIGPLAN
Meditations on Using Haskell
Labels: Computing, Dynamic and Static Typing, Functional Programming, Haskell, Programming Languages
Propositions as Types, updated
Propositions as Types
Philip Wadler
Draft, 26 June 2014
The principle of Propositions as Types links logic to computation. At first sight it appears to be a simple coincidence---almost a pun---but it turns out to be remarkably robust, inspiring the design of theorem provers and programming languages, and continuing to influence the forefronts of computing. Propositions as Types has many names and many origins, and is a notion with depth, breadth, and mystery.Comments still solicited!
Labels: Functional Programming, Logic, Programming Languages, Types
The Implicit Calculus: A New Foundation for Generic Programming
The Implicit Calculus: A New Foundation for Generic ProgrammingBruno C. D. S. Oliveira, Tom Schrijvers, Wontae Choi, Wonchan Lee, Kwangkeun Yi, Philip Wadler. Draft paper, 2014.
Generic programming (GP) is an increasingly important trend in programming languages. Well-known GP mechanisms, such as type classes and the C++0x concepts proposal, usually combine two features: 1) a special type of interfaces; and 2) implicit instantiation of implementations of those interfaces.Share and enjoy!
Scala implicits are a GP language mechanism, inspired by type classes, that break with the tradition of coupling implicit instantiation with a special type of interface. Instead, implicits provide only implicit instantiation, which is generalized to work for any types. Scala implicits turn out to be quite powerful and useful to address many limitations that show up in other GP mechanisms.
This paper synthesizes the key ideas of implicits formally in a minimal and general core calculus called the implicit calculus (\lambda_?), and it shows how to build source languages supporting implicit instantiation on top of it. A novelty of the calculus is its support for partial resolution and higher-order rules (a feature that has been proposed before, but was never formalized or implemented). Ultimately, the implicit calculus provides a formal model of implicits, which can be used by language designers to study and inform implementations of similar mechanisms in their own languages.
Labels: Computing, Functional Programming, Haskell, Programming Languages, Scala


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Faith-Based Communities Called on to Play Major role in Fight against HIV and AIDS, TB and Malaria
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African Monitor Founder and President, Archbishop Njongo Ndungane, this morning reiterated the important work of the Global Fund in fighting HIV and AIDS, TB and Malaria and called on donors to provide resources necessary for the Fund to meet its objectives. He was opening a workshop to scale up the involvement of the Faith-Based Organizations in the Global Fund, held in Tanzania today.
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An ardent advocate for effective development for Africa, Archbishop Ndungane commended the fact that 80% of the Fund's 73 grants - totaling 1.1 billion US dollars - is destined for low income countries.
He praised the Global Fund for its tireless fundraising drive to raise the much needed resources which, he said, was a sign that the international community endorses the work of the Fund.
"This shows both that there is enormous demand of investment in the fight against HIV and AIDS, TB and Malaria; and that the fund has the capacity to develop bold and innovative proposals" he said.
He called on the Fund to face up to the important commitment of spending the money responsibly, professionally and transparently; and in effective and sustainable ways.
He called on faith-based organizations to use their networks across the continent to get involved in development and be part of the fight against HIV and AIDS, TB and Malaria. "We have the responsibility to the wider societies in which we are part."
"There is more good news- and that is the readiness of the international community to work with faith-based organizations", he said.
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So much for psychological barriers.
With focus increasingly on the broader economic picture and how this will affect demand, crude's rise above $50 has raised little excitement among analysts. Recent falls to the low $30s were seen as partly a function of storage problems at Cushing. Tightening supply from Opec and less deliberate reductions from non-Opec producers is of interest.
But all of this secondary to the bigger macro economic picture. Some analysts have pointed to signs of demand stabilising; but growth forecasts are still meagre.


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The Unused Colors Society
As one of the final steps in my quest for reorganization and restructuring of this blog, I have reformed the old "Bring Back Teal Club" into a new club: The Unused Colors Society. The mission of the UCS is to promote the use of underutilized and/or discontinued LEGO colors, such as teal, old purple, or metallic blue.
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Well I think I've found someone to watch Kieran. This lady watches my best friend's son and I've known her as an acquaintance for quite some time. She's certified and a former nanny (kids grew up and the parents ended up not needing her) so she watches kids out of her home. She currently watches one little girl (toddler) all day and my friend's son (also a toddler) for two hours in the late afternoon. She doesn't plan on watching anymore kids. She's charging $160 a week and seems like a good fit. Does lots of activities with the kids too. Takes them apple picking, to the park, to the zoo etc.
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We lost our first daughter, Hannah Grace on May 4, 2011. She was buried on May 14 during a beautiful service at my home church. We are grateful that if she could not be here with us, that she is healed and whole with the Lord. We look forward to the day when we will get to meet her. We love her so much.


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Vol. 56, No. 23 • Fifth Week • Spring Semester • Feb. 23, 2009
Featured Articles
Two provost finalists to make campus visits
Marie Stadler receives first Larson research award
Nursing students collaborate with middle schoolers
Faculty, staff reflect on reasons for supporting UW-Eau Claire Foundation
Employee Appreciation Luncheon canceled
Concert Choir takes stage in Washington, D.C.
Robin and Linda Williams and band to perform
UW-Eau Claire to celebrate national TRIO Day
Event to acknowledge women's acts of boldness
Science faculty to give community presentations
'Teapots' exhibit begins this week in Foster Gallery
First Arab World Lecture to feature Miriam Cooke
Chemistry professor to open orchestra concert
Two provost finalists to make campus visits
Marie Stadler receives first Larson research award
The Vicki Lord Larson Faculty Research Fellowship for the UW-Eau Claire communication sciences and disorders department has been awarded for the first time to a UW-Eau Claire assistant professor.
Dr. Marie Stadler, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders, received the $5,000 award, which provides faculty a semester with reassigned teaching duties to pursue faculty-student collaborative research.
The UW-Eau Claire Foundation fellowship was created by Chancellor Emerita Vicki Lord Larson, a former faculty member and chair of the communication sciences and disorders department who also served as UW-Eau Claire's interim chancellor from 2005-2006. It is the first fellowship that supports professional development of faculty at UW-Eau Claire. Full story.
Nursing students collaborate with middle schoolers
The presentations at Longfellow Elementary School and Sam Davey Elementary School were the result of a program that paired university nursing students with students enrolled in the gifted and talented programs at area middle schools. The university students served as mentors to the middle school students as they worked together to create activity projects about health that could then be presented to elementary school students. Read a fall 2008 news release for background on the project.
The UW-Eau Claire nursing department faculty and the Eau Claire Area School District gifted and talented program resource teachers who collaborated in the planning process have been invited to present the project at the 20th International Nursing Research Congress on Evidence-Based Practice this summer in Cancun, Mexico.
Faculty, staff reflect on reasons for supporting UW-Eau Claire Foundation
As UW-Eau Claire employees consider their gifts to the 2009-10 Campus Campaign, it may be helpful to know the reasons why several of their colleagues have chosen to establish strong giving records.
Read about Hellwig, Miller and Ryan-Miller's reasons for supporting UW-Eau Claire's Campus Campaign.
Robin and Linda Williams and band to perform
The music of Robin and Linda Williams is often described as Americana, a combination of bluegrass, folk, old-time and acoustic country. Their band is a renowned live act, performing in a range of venues including the Grand Ole Opry, Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. Their career spans more than 30 years and more than 20 albums Full story.
UW-Eau Claire to celebrate National TRIO Day
UW-Eau Claire will recognize National TRIO Day with a program and awards ceremony from 3:30-6 p.m. Feb. 24 in Davies Center. Awards will be presented to outstanding TRIO students and to staff members who have provided exceptional service for the programs. The event is open to the public.
TRIO programs are funded by the U.S. Department of Education to promote the academic achievement of eligible students. UW-Eau Claire operates four TRIO projects: Upward Bound, Student Support Services, the Educational Opportunity Center and the McNair Program. These programs receive more than $1.2 million in federal funding and serve nearly 1,500 people annually. Full story.
Event to acknowledge women's acts of boldness
Based on a book of the same name by Rivka Solomon and a play by Solomon and Bobbi Ausubel, the event will feature student volunteers reading "a collection of real-life stories from women and girls about the gutsy, outrageous, courageous things they have done." After the performance, audience members will be invited to share stories about times they, or women they know, have acted boldly.
The "That Takes Ovaries" performance is free, but donations will benefit the new UW-Eau Claire Children's Center. Full story.
Science faculty to give community presentations
Two UW-Eau Claire science faculty members will share their expertise at community events this week:
'Teapots' exhibit starts this week in Foster Gallery
A new exhibit, "Teapots: Formal, Functional, Narrative," will open Thursday, Feb. 26, and continue through March 29 in the Foster Gallery of the Haas Fine Arts Center at UW-Eau Claire.
An opening reception will run from 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday in the gallery. The show will include 40 artists, many with national or international reputations.
"Teapots" is co-curated by Susan O'Brien, a ceramist and UW-Eau Claire assistant professor of art, and Margaret Bohls, ceramicist and assistant professor of art at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Both are also exhibitors. Full story.
First Arab World Lecture to feature Miriam Cooke
Cooke, one of the pioneers in the Western academic tradition of Middle East women's studies, currently teaches at Duke University. An author of several books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors, Cooke earned her doctorate in Arabic literature from Oxford University in England.
Cooke's visit is possible because of the UW-Eau Claire Foundation's Arab World Lecture Fund, which supports a lecture series that focuses specifically on Middle Eastern and Arab world issues. The fund was established by Cathy Sultan, a peace activist, author of "Israeli and Palestinian Voices: A Dialogue with Both Sides" and a UW-Eau Claire honorary alumna, and Dr. Kate Lang, chair of the history department. Members of the local Arab community also have supported the fund. Full story.
Chemistry professor to open orchestra concert
Dr. David Lewis, UW-Eau Claire professor of chemistry, will open the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra's Saturday, Feb. 28, "Russian Delights" concert by discussing Alexandre Borodin's dual careers as a chemist and as a composer.
Lewis, an organic chemist, has an interest in the history of chemistry and especially the history of organic chemistry in Russia prior to the revolution. This has sparked his interest in Borodin, especially since the composer's musical career has generally eclipsed his considerable chemical accomplishments. Borodin achieved his greatest recognition long after his death, both musically and in regard to his most important chemical contributions, according to Lewis.Works by Borodin and Russian composers Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev will be featured in the Feb. 28 program, which is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Eau Claire. Nicholas Phillips, UW-Eau Claire assistant professor of music, will be a soloist in the Shostakovich piece during the Feb. 28 performance.
Bone marrow registration drive set for March 3
The Eberth Alarcón Peace and Justice Memorial Lecture Series was created as a tribute to the life of Dr. Eberth Alarcón, associate professor of mathematics at UW-Eau Claire, who died Sept. 26, 2006, after a battle against acute leukemia. Alarcón was known for his energy and passion for teaching and social justice.
See a recent news release and the Staff and Faculty for Peace and Justice Web site for more information.
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Principles and Standards was followed by NCTM's Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics: A Quest for Coherence, designed to demonstrate how schools can apply the Curriculum principle in prekindergarten through grade 8.
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Oil Prices Surrender Gains on U.S. Demand Concerns
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Oil prices were surrendering the previous day's solid gains in response to a crude inventory report that pointed to a slowdown in U.S. demand and eurozone troubles.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light sweet crude oil for February delivery was losing 69 cents to $101.55 a barrel, while Brent crude for March delivery was falling 29 cents to $112.67 a barrel.
The America Petroleum Institute reported late Tuesday that U.S. gasoline and distillate stocks rose about a respective 1.9 million barrels and 850,000 barrels last week, possibly signaling a slowdown in demand in the world's largest economy.
What's more, crude oil inventories increased by almost 400,000 barrels week-over-week.Analysts surveyed by Platts had been expecting a 1 million barrel decline in crude stocks. The Department of Energy will be reporting last week's crude inventory levels at 10:30 ET today. A stronger dollar was also exerting pressure on prices today. The U.S. dollar index was rising 0.5% to $81.29. The euro was slipping against the dollar as eurozone worries began rattling the markets once again. Investors, after cheering the previous day's decent start to U.S. earnings season, were now turning to Fitch Ratings' warning that there is a big chance it will downgrade Italy's credit rating by the end of the month following a review of six eurozone nations under its credit watch negative list. Furthermore, Fitch managing director David Riley warned at a press conference Tuesday that an exit by Greece from the eurozone this year is a possibility, adding to uncertainties about the future of the single-currency bloc. "European concerns are creeping back into the marketplace," PFGBest senior energy analyst Phil Flynn summed up. Energy stocks were sliding in premarket trading Wednesday. BP (BP) was falling 1.8% to $43.60; Exxon (XOM) was down 0.4% to $85.41; Marathon Petroleum (MPC) was losing 4.5% to $30.41; Triangle Petroleum (TPLM) was down 0.7% to $7.15; ConocoPhillips (COP) was down 0.3% to $73.09; Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) was giving up 3.2% to $71.95; and Statoil (STO) was behind by 1.6% to $25.41. -- Written by Andrea Tse in New York.
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National Merit Scholarship Corporation last week announced about 2,500 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities, and fifteen FUSD seniors were among the distinguished recipients.
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Michelle Obama Wore a Pretty Print Dress
To an awards ceremony in the White House.
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Plus, an appearance from Bo the dog.
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With a craft project and a concert.
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To Pearl Harbor.
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She also gave a speech.
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Tuesday, February 18, 10:00-11:30am: Assist in preparation for puppet show performance. Hand out books and prizes to children as they arrive.
Thursday, February 20, 5:30-7:30pm: Assist in preparation for Lego Pizza Party. Serve pizza and drinks to children and assist in activities.
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The deadline: noon Tuesday.
Three positions are open on both the Ottawa City Commission and the Ottawa school board. If this year follows form, many candidates will file at the last minute. If no one else files, there isn't even a need for an election because the number of people who have filed is equal to the number of open positions.
More than 40 positions are open throughout Franklin County, including:
• Ottawa school board — three board seats;
• Ottawa — three city commission seats;
• Central Heights school board — three board seats — districts 4, 5 and 6;
• Lane — three city council seats and mayor;
• Princeton — five city council seats and mayor;
• Rantoul — five city council seats and mayor;
• Richmond — two city council seats and mayor;
• Wellsville school board — three board seats;
• Wellsville — three city council seats;
• West Franklin school board — four board seats — districts 2, 4, 5 and 6;
• Williamsburg — three city council seats.
Volunteer board positions include:
• Franklin County — Board of Zoning Appeals (Submit a letter of interest to Larry Walrod, Franklin County Planning Director);
• Ottawa — Accessibility Advisory Board — seven new board positions;
• Ottawa — Airport Advisory Board — four expiring terms;
• Ottawa — Board of Zoning Appeals — three expiring terms;
• Ottawa — KMEA Board of Directors — one expiring term;
• Ottawa — Library Board — two expiring terms, plus one resignation;
• Ottawa — Ottawa Recreation Commission — one expiring term;
• Ottawa — Planning Commission — three expiring terms;
• Ottawa — Tree Board — two expiring terms.
If you've ever wanted to make a difference or give something back to your community, the opportunity to do so is here. How about running for one of many open positions in city government or on school boards?
Local taxes, policies, laws, facilities, education, recreation, technology and more are among the multitude of issues to be tackled by mayors, city councils and school board members.
What are you passionate about? Can you parlay that passion into serving your community? Unlike decisions made by Congress with little apparent local relevance, virtually every decision made by local governmental bodies will impact someone, if not everyone, locally.
The jobs won't improve candidates' income and certainly can zap free time, but they are a perfect opportunity to make a positive difference for their respective city or school district.
First, however, candidates must file for office. Some can file for city council with their city clerk, at the Ottawa City Clerk's Office for Ottawa commission seats, or with the county clerk for all other offices.
Nothing worth doing can be done without a little sacrifice along the way. The same goes for public service.
Whether you think current officeholders do an excellent, acceptable or below-average job, this is your opportunity to step into the ring and make a positive difference.
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NOTE: Trustee Meetings are at 4:30 PM; Regular Meetings & Programs at 7:00, unless otherwise indicated. This schedule is subject to change. Call (802) 868-3892 to confirm.
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MEETING LOCATION: Unless otherwise noted, all meetings will be at the restored railroad depot on 58 South River Street, Swanton. PUBLIC IS WELCOME. FREE. HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE.
MUSEUM HOURS: The Railroad Depot Museum is closed for winter and will reopen in the spring of 2015. You may always call 868-5436 to leave a message or inquiry.
For more information about events or about the Museum, please contact us by mail at PO Box 235, Swanton, by telephone (868-5436) or by e-mail at swantonhistoricalsociety.org website. Membership information available on website or by calling. Annual dues are $10 for individual or $20 for family. Lifetime memberships are available for $200.
The Barney History Book (published in 1882) has recently been copied and now is for sale at the Railroad Depot and the Swanton Library. Price is $35.00 plus $3 shipping and handling. For more information, please call Polly Pare at 868-3841.