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Gear Used: Maitland Halo 31 bow, Vap arrows, Trophy Taker Ulmer Edge broadheads, Mossy Oak Camouflage, Nikon Binoculars, Dead Down Wind Scent Control, Biologic food plot.
Two years ago Bo Cocannouer fell from a treestand fracturing his back. Most hunters aren't lucky enough to walk away from a twenty-foot fall, and the ones that do don't normally get to hunt from one ever again. Bo Cocannouer isn't your average hunter, and it seems he has more luck than most hunters. That luck played out when he arrowed this buck from the same stand he fell from just two years ago. To make the hunt even more amazing, this is also Bo's first bow kill ever.
Oklahoma, like much of the Midwest, suffered a drought this year, but fortunately for Bo his Biologic food plot from last year came back on its own. Bo knew there were some good bucks hitting his plot, and has a trail camera picture of his buck from earlier in the season. Luckily, the bucks were still on their summer feeding pattern and still in a bachelor group, two factors that would be the downfall of his Oklahoma buck.
After waiting nine days for the just the right wind to hunt the stand that had almost taken his life just two years ago, Bo got what he wanted. Around 7 pm on the night of his kill this monster with his bachelor group of bucks fed into the food plot Bo was watching. Finally this Midwest giant gave Bo the shot he needed and he took it. Unfortunately, he hit the dreaded "no mans land" on the buck. Twenty minutes after running out of the field, the buck came back in front of Bo's stand to rejoin his bachelor group. Bo wasted no time and sent another broadhead into the buck, this time into the vitals. Bo finally had his first bow kill.
Bo's hunting tip: stay persistent but hunt smart and play the wind at all times.
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Taking a cue from the popular folk rap song, 12-year-old Dylan Beach-Bittner, downed a 27-point Minnesota monster scoring 241 green.
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""I've hunted 25 years for this," Earp said. " I give all thanks to God and my father for teaching me and introducing me to this sport I'm addicted to."
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After watching the kill shot again on film, the couple decided to track it the next morning, finding the deer just 30 yards away from where they stopped looking the night before.
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Nevertheless, the 225-inch Kansas beast shared by Hoyt's Facebook page stands alone as the biggest buck he'd ever seen, he said.
"He is a giant buck. Eighteen points total with nine on each side. He has been green scored at 225 inches and some change and is clearly the largest whitetail deer I have ever seen on the hoof or on the ground for that matter."
For more info, check out Walk's Deer of the Day entry.
"The shot was perfect," he said. "I watched my dream buck run across the field and pile-up about 20 yards inside the wood line. This was definitely my finest moment in the treestand."
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by mak1277 » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:11 pm
bclay wrote:Here's another method that I use frequently. Our league counts both wins and losses, so I use the betting lines on close calls. My cutoff is usually when the starter is -140 or better, which over the long haul will give you a good W-L percentage. Theoretically, the betting line should take everything into account (ie park, lineups, current trends, opposing pitcher) so it's pretty good over the long haul.If you guys don't count losses, it's not quite as valuable, as it would only help with wins. Obviously, the line will provide no guidance on the ratios, although you would think the more a SP is favored, the better ratios he would have in the game. One problem with the line is that sometimes pitchers still win, (but with a score like 7-5) which is no good for the ratios.
by GotowarMissAgnes » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:01 pm
valnas wrote:I have 3 pitchers available todayBush, Young, EscobarI'm thinking start Young @ Florida, escobar at home vs. texasBench Bush at St Loiusagree ? or should I let bush give it a go?
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valnas wrote:i'm sitting bush starting esc, i jsut don't have enough everday starters to keep up in innings/k's/CG/SHO if i don't start escobar often.
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The Fox Township Volunteer Fire Department is hoping to debut their new rescue truck during the township's bicentennial next summer if plans go accordingly following the Fox Township Supervisors' unanimous approval for the purchase of the truck during their regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening. According to Fox Twp. Fire Chief Scott Surra, the new apparatus costs $628,335.21. "Basically we designed the whole thing," Surra said referring to the department's 7- or 8-member truck committee, which met with the truck builder last week to finalize plans.
JOHNSONBURG BORO - A Johnsonburg man charged after authorities discovered live marijuana plants inside his residence following execution of a search warrant was granted a continuance of his preliminary hearing by District Judge George A. "Tony" King on Wednesday in order that the proceedings may be recorded as per the the defendant's request.
JOHNSONBURG - A Highland Township supervisor charged with environmental violations had his preliminary hearing in District Court 59-3-02 continued Wednesday as he has yet to obtain legal representation. Charges were filed by the Attorney General's Office last week with District Judge George A. "Tony" King against Charles M. Vaughn Jr., 75, who currently serves as chairman of the Highland Township Board of Supervisors and who up until recently served as the state-certified operator of the township's sewage plant in James City.
Natalie M. "Ray Ray" Jordan, 2, of 331 First Ave., Johnsonburg, died Monday afternoon, Oct. 1, 2012 at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident on Sept. 17, 2012. She was born on Nov. 23, 2009 in Warren, the daughter of Willis Jordan III and the late Pauline Dilley, who preceded her in death on Sept. 17, 2012. She resided in Johnsonburg all of her life and was a member of Holy Rosary Church in Johnsonburg.
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I Scan DxDiag.. I reinstall the game but,he crash again.When i'm in the game he crash and i must reconnect,and again crash.
your video card driver is out of date. I recommend updating it first and see what happens after that. go to www.nvidia.com you have a 9400 GT
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I wish I could suft.I'm afraid of wave :(.Nice pics ^^
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Thanks so much for your information.It is so sorry that this event is going to be held too far from my home :)
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Never before in Oregon State's history had the football team started a season 7-0. That streak will continue as the Washington Huskies defeated the Beavers 20-17 on Saturday.
Sean Mannion returned from knee surgery but struggled to find a rhythm. OSU was trailing 10-0 at halftime, but rallied back in the 3rd quarter to tie the game. In the 4th however, Mannion three interceptions on three consecutive possessions and the Huskies took a 17-10 lead.
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Syracuse, NY -- The owner of two Tioga County-based scrap metal companies wants to expand his business to Syracuse, but city officials aren't welcoming him with open arms.
Adam Weitsman, owner of Upstate Shredding LLC and Ben Weitsman & Son Inc., said he wants to build a 100,000-square-foot building near Interstate 690 to house an enclosed scrap metal transfer operation.
Metal would be delivered to the site by scrap dealers from around Central and Northern New York and Canada, then shipped, mostly at night, to Owego, 72 miles south of Syracuse, he said. In Owego, the material would be shredded and then sold to steel mills in the United States and other countries, he said.
Weitsman would not say exactly where the facility would be built because he said he has not yet completed an environmental review of the site. He would only describe it as vacant land zoned for industrial use.
A recent story in the Owego Pennysaver said the site is close to the Carousel Center. Weitsman said that is not true. He said it is nowhere near the mall or the land on which mall owner Robert Congel plans to create a large retail, hotel and entertainment center called Destiny USA.
Congel has expressed a desire to see the entire lakefront area redeveloped to complement Destiny USA. "We know of Mr. Congel's plans, " Weitsman said. "We're all for his plan. We made sure we're out of the way."
Weitsman said he has a contract to purchase the property if it passes the environmental review. If it fails the review, he said he will consider an alternative site closer to Solvay.
Syracuse officials, at least partly spurred on by Congel's Destiny project, have expressed a desire to see the area south of Onondaga Lake redeveloped. Much of the land in the area is vacant or underused industrial land.
City officials were thrilled when Congel built his mall on a former scrapyard in 1990 and for years have expressed hope that Roth Steel Corp.'s scrapyard at 880 W. Hiawatha Blvd., west of the mall, could be cleaned up and redeveloped.
David Michel, Syracuse economic development director, said another scrap metal business is not the type of facility the city would welcome. "Frankly, it's a use we'd probably discourage, " he said.
Michel said such a facility would not be allowed if it is located within most of the area between I-690 and I-81. That area falls under the city's "lakefront" zoning, which permits a mix of residential, commercial and entertainment uses.
Even if the property is zoned industrial, Weitsman would need a special permit from the city's planning commission and the Common Council, Michel said.
Weitsman said he plans to apply for the special permit, despite the initial negative reaction from the city. He said all metal would be unloaded and loaded inside a 100,000-square-foot, 65-foot-tall building, making the operation much different from Roth's open-air facility.
No shredding or other processing would be conducted at the Syracuse site and no metal would be stored outside, he said. "You're not going to see anything, " he said. "There's not going to be any processing being done there. It's a collection station."
He said he runs the largest scrap metal processing business in the state, employing 150 people and processing 500,000 tons of scrap iron a year and 100 million pounds of copper, aluminum and brass annually at two facilities in Owego and one facility each in Ithaca and Binghamton.
The Syracuse facility would employ 50 people and would be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day, he said. All equipment for the facility would be purchased from a local supplier, Tracey Road Equipment, and local trucking companies would be hired to take the metal to Owego, he said. The building and equipment would represent an $8 million investment by his two companies, he said.
Weitsman's family has been in the scrap metal business in Owego since 1938.
In 2006, the state Department of Environmental Conservation charged Weitsman with illegally diverting storm water from his metal recycling facility in Owego onto adjacent land owned by Tioga County.
Criminal charges were dismissed when he agreed to a consent order with the DEC. Under the agreement, he paid a $25,000 fine and paid $50,000 to a DEC project to create access for the disabled to a fishing site in Owego.
Weitsman said the incident happened during serious flooding in the area and did not result in contamination of the county's land. "I was responsible, and I took care of it, " he said.
In 2004, Weitsman pleaded guilty to federal charges that he operated a check-kiting scheme that illegally inflated the balances in accounts he had at DeWitt-based Community Bank and the former BSB Bank & Trust in Binghamton. He paid a $1 million fine and spent a year in prison.
Weitsman, 40, said the crime occurred in 1997 and 1998, when he was in his 20s, and he deeply regrets it. "I was 100 percent guilty, and I shouldn't have done it, " he said.
In the end, neither bank lost money in the scheme. The presidents of both banks also wrote letters to U.S. District Court Judge Thomas McAvoy asking him not to sentence Weitsman to prison.
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I work for an online community which revolves around gaming and a very important part of it is the Forum, which has to be customisable, user-friendly, capable of numerous functions and upgradable with as little possible expense as possible in terms of money, time and man-power. Accordingly, we've evaluated and switched Forum software a number of times to find one that meets our needs and has decent support. Our most recent move was to Simple Machines Forum – SMF for short – and we've found it to be just perfect for fulfilling all the criteria above, with a few modifications to add extra functionality that our community expects; which has us all smiling. However, I personally have issue with one part of SMF that quite annoys me; and I wondered if anyone may know of a solution.
To put it quite simply, the ability in SMF to manage your friends, as of the latest version 2.0.2, is incredibly inefficient and non-intuitive. First of all, to add a friend, one has to visit the profile of each person they wish to befriend and click a link labelled "Add to Buddy List"; this gets tedious if you have a large number of friends who have joined the Forum, not to mention the link is not always easy to notice.
The other annoying part is in managing your current Friends List. In SMF, it is possible to rearrange the order of your friends in the list; the specified order by the user defines details such as which friends appear as examples of who a user's friends are on the user's Profile (SMF by default shows the six at the top of the list; an add-on we have called Ultimate Profile allows this to be changed to between 3 and 12 with the option to view a "My Buddies" page which shows all of them in the order specified). The problem here is the re-ordering controls are seriously bad. The method to reorder entries involves simply moving each entry up or down in the list until it's in the position you desire; however this involves clicking an "up" or "down" button several times until it's in the position you want; you are not able to move an entry several places at a time, which is also tedious. In addition, the actual positions of the entries appear to be stored as numbers in the database; the problem is it's possible after adding several friends and changing positions continually for the order in the DB to not go 1-2-3-4-5 etc; but for two or more entries to share the same number, which can result in an entry moving to completely the wrong place on reordering it or for entries to even swap around when one shouldn't move at all – I've personally observed this a number of times. Quite frankly, I'd consider the ability to specify positions by self-numbering them or an AJAX drag-and-drop system to be much more intuitive.
These are really personal problems; I'm yet to see other members of the community complain about these experiences (maybe because few people actually seem to use their Friends Lists very actively or are just more tolerable than myself) – however, it's beginning to seriously annoy me. I wonder, therefore, if anyone would be aware of a MOD, script or other tool which allows the friend system in SMF to be changed to a manner much more intuitive and manageable for a person like me. Could anyone suggest one?
Thanks in advance for your time.
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Let's face it: The music is not the real issue. As Ms. Cantor's article shows, with some minor inconveniences, this music can be played and heard even in "fascist Miami." Why doesn't Ms. Cantor ask these musicians real questions, such as where do their earnings go and how much do they actually keep? How free are they to perform where they please? Are they allowed to take their family members to foreign venues if they so desire? Musicians from the island can come to the States to perform, so when will Gloria Estefan, Willy Chirino, Celia Cruz, and others be allowed to jam in Havana?
All this brings up one final question: Ms. Cantor, did you earn your journalism degree at University of Havana, D.C. (during Castro), or did you have it designed and printed at Kinko's?
Emiliano Antunez
South Beach Whiners to the Rescue
If South Beach's nightclub owners are such bad whiners, as John Lantigua reported ("Fueling the Feud," September 17), then why do they pay so much for the support of the police department in taxes, off-duty assignments, and general assistance?
If South Beach has too many whiners, as consultant Rob Teir contends, then why do the citizens of the world flock here for the attractions, the nightlife, and yes, the whining club owners who provide for those seeking satisfaction?
If the homeless people are so bad, then why don't we just pack them up and ship them to Mr. Teir and have him eliminate the problem, possibly by giving them jobs at his consulting firm?
In any case, we need to look at the situation as a whole. The citizenry, those who can vote, should be drawn into the simple act of exercising their constitutional rights, much in the way David Dermer did with a small yet vocal group of activists. Think carefully about those you call whiners today, for you may be calling them "commissioner" tomorrow.
Robert Sanders
South Beach Whiners to the Gutter
John Lantigua's articles about clubland continue to prove there is a serious problem on South Beach generally and on Washington Avenue in particular. Something needs to be done right now about the delinquency on weekend nights. In the last couple of years, this area has been been going steadily downhill in terms of safety, cleanliness, and desirability.
Ten years ago, while the South Beach area was still developing, there were plenty of nightclubs to be found between 1st and 23rd streets. These clubs were full all the time, even on weekday nights. Yet the Beach did not have the problems it faces today.
For the past decade I have watched as clubland has gone to the gutter. What has changed is the quality of the nightclubs. I cannot imagine any other area of South Florida (or elsewhere for that matter) that would allow so many hole-in-the-wall operations to open up in such close proximity to one another.
Also look at the music being played and the types of crowds being attracted to most clubs. The clubs need to be cleaned up. The owners and promoters are to blame. They need to refocus on what they are trying to do. Who are they trying to attract and why?
I think the Miami Beach Police Department has done all it can and has done it well. What more? Should they close off Washington Avenue to vehicular traffic? Should they check IDs for everyone walking up and down the street? Hey, maybe we could get the National Guard to come on down and patrol the streets from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
I believe the time has come to hold nightclub owners and promoters responsible for the areas surrounding the clubs. If people loiter, it is the responsibility of the club. Heavy fines and other penalties should apply to those who can't control their crowds. If the problems persist, then the clubs should be closed. (The teenage curfew must also continue to be enforced. In the late Seventies and early Eighties, Coconut Grove had a similar, serious problem with teenagers. The problem was fixed and is now history.)
I've made my living as a nightclub DJ, club promoter, and nightclub owner for more than fifteen years in South Florida, Europe, and South America. I can say from experience that South Beach and Washington Avenue need help quickly, before the problems get worse. I can only hope that the two sides involved can come to an agreement and resolve this issue once and for all so the decent people, the ones who love to go out and spend money, will feel safe and welcomed enough to return once again to South Beach.


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I am not sure what all of this is about, but it was a long time coming I do believe. I do know however, that this is not about you, though I can say I do hope you all find something in it.
Good doesn't always triumph. (Though cartoons do tell us otherwise)
Even the most beautiful people will be hurt. And at times they will be hurt the most. Don't dismiss this fact.
We are alone, even in the best of company. We are always alone, don't forget this either. Only harm will come when you think otherwise.
It is not necessary to love someone in order to tell them you do, but it is preferred. To cry for love seems inevitable. We will try because of love. One can never truly be in love if they are the only one. One should not focus on finding love, because it will not come. Sometimes we fight the idea of loving another because we just don't want to love at that moment. We will all know what love is. It might just take some time to see it clearly. If you ask for love, you will get it, but not always in the way it is asked for. Someone might not love you the way that you love them, that doesn't mean they don't love you with everything they have.
We will all know what friendship is. Not everyone is as good of a friend as you want them to be. My 100% is possibly 90% to someone else.
In the end you will get what you want, if you want all that you can get.
We do not try hard enough. We do not care enough. We have all been quick to judge. Try to change this.
It is hard to look at something with someone else's point of view. It is good to try to do it though.
Even the evilest person is a sweetheart to someone. That one who you wish would get defamed in some fashion, because he hurt you, he doesn't always know he is that big of a jerk. He has his own problems and is his own demons, most likely you will only contribute to his pain, and his anger.
Everyone has been hurt, even if you can't see it on their face. Even the most self-centered people are struggling with their own self-hatred, this makes it even harder for them to deal with the hatred others give to them. Everyone is searching, don't live so selfishly that you overlook that.
Everyone lives a life of lies to someone. We are all pawns in many games.
One can never be totally honest, because we change our minds so much that truth of 2 minutes ago is not the truth of this minute. We are not always honest because we don't want to be. In some cases we are not honest, for if we were, we would be letting people into our lives that don't deserve that. We can never be whatever we need to be in order to be happy, without hurting or misleading someone. We will never be the best because we do lie.
I know what it is to be a stereotype. We are all stereotypes. Even those who say they are far too complex to be a stereotype, they are the anti-stereotype stereotype. Trust that any stereotype is what it is because someone was who they are.
We are all fools. We are always lost. We are all age focused. We are all in need. We are always growing up. It is always time to grow up.
We are mature. We are still children. We are emotional.
We are defined every second of everyday by each action of ours, though we do lie, so the definitions might be incorrect.
Music gives a voice to all of us.
Not everyone can handle what they wish for.
I am not always favored. I disappoint. I am okay with that, mostly because I don't disappoint myself too often.
I am always right, because I am the only one who needs to believe me in order for me to be right.
I can never be too much of anything, I am always myself. Though I cannot say what it means, I am me.
I am ultimately a fatalist. I know that it all happens for a reason. If something is worked for, it will be worth all of the trouble in the end. I will not go to hell. There is such a thing as reincarnation. God is love. I am love. God is anything you want God to be. I am the creator of my own religion, because religion is something a person believes in devotedly. Pop culture has its way of twisting all spiritual truths.
Happiness is a personal thing. Everything is about interpretation.
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."--Anais Nin
~ Josephine
This is me, can you tell? Do you love me yet? Give it time. Just let it all sink in. Josephine is a 17 year old bi chick living in western Washington. She tries not to speak bad of others, for reasons found above. She has just looked at the calendar and wonders what the hell is going on, Easter Sunday is the 15th, that is too far into April. She was hoping for a candy fix around the third... hmmm, oh well. Recently she has very much developed a Goo Goo Dolls obsession to go along with her obsession of The Wallflowers and the Counting Crows. She is not a morning person, and couldn't recite a line from any movie, even if she has just finished watching it. Check out what is put into the A&E section, and as always, feel free to email almost anything to her at firstname.lastname@example.com. Oh, yes, this too: Remember to do something you love at least once a week, otherwise you will turn into someone you cannot live with.


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REVIEW: Fast Forward Video Sidekick HD Recorder/Monitor
Two for the price of one?
By Bruce A Johnson | December 09, 2011
PREFACE: The ProRes Dilemma
Let's start this review off by dispelling a long-held rumor. I'm a PC guy, just always have been, and after reviewing just about every PC NLE at least once, I have settled on Adobe Premiere Pro (and the CS 5.5 suite) as my editor of choice. Not too long ago, I had a freelance client that absolutely insisted on Apple ProRes files for the output of a project. Unfortunately, Apple does not allow PCs to write ProRes files, and at the time PC's couldn't read them either.
Fast-forward a few months: Imagine my dismay as I walked the aisles of NAB 2011, looking at all kinds of new recording devices from Aja, Atomos, Sound Devices and others that promised long recording times and transfer speeds - yet the catch was: Only records in Apple ProRes.
So when I was offered the opportunity to review the Fast Forward Video Sidekick HD combination video recorder and camera-top monitor, I was distressed to think that I could shoot the footage, but couldn't edit it. So I put the question to my colleagues on the Vidpro listserv - can PC Premiere Pro play back ProRes? My pal (and fellow Wisconsinite) Steve Oakley FTP'ed me a few Apple clips that seemed to work, so I went ahead and received the Sidekick HD. And I can now say with 100% certainty - Adobe Premiere Pro 5.5 can play back Apple ProRes files, even happily combining them on the same timeline with just about any other type of clip you want to add - .AVI, .M2T, Photoshop files, Canon 50Mb, Sony 35Mb, After Effects comps, you name it. (The theory is that the ProRes playback capability came along with one of the many Quicktime updates Apple shoots out. Hey, who knew?)
Mounted on a Sony HDW-790 HDCam - mount not included
The Fast Forward Video Sidekick HD arrived in a fairly small box containing the Sidekick, a 120GB solid-state drive that acts as the recording and playback storage, a miniSATA-to-USB2 cable, a power supply and AC cord, and a manual that could more accurately be called a "pamphlet" (more on that later). I've been reviewing alternative recording devices for more than a decade now, and early on I realized the most important questions about any of these devices are "How do you mount it and how do you power it?" For the Sidekick HD, mounting is taken care of with a 1/4"-20 threaded hole on the bottom, suitable for screwing into any kind of arm, shoe-mount or other support with the right sized screw. However, no mount is included with the device. The unit feels solid, with a sturdy hard-plastic case, and even with the solid-state drive installed it weighs much less than one pound. The only power option included with the Sidekick is AC, via the power adapter that terminates in a 3-pin MiniXLR jack. If your camera has an Anton-Bauer battery mount with a D-tap, you can easily power the Sidekick from there (the cable runs about $100 on the street.) Other than that, you will likely be using the AC adapter, since there are no mount points on the back of the Sidekick for the common Sony, Panasonic or Canon batteries (Fast Forward Video makes mention of an accessory battery solution in the manual, but I have seen no mention of it anywhere on the Web.) If you do decide to experiment, the Sidekick can operate on voltages from 7 to 16VDC, so it might be a worthwhile task if you have a pile of batteries lying about.
I suppose there is a reason the manual is so sparse: Operating the Sidekick HD is pretty simple. The faceplate is adorned with a grand total of eight large buttons and a jog wheel; the power switch sits on the right side. HD-SDI loop connectivity is provided by two BNC jacks on the bottom; if you want to connect via HDMI, there are two mini-HDMI jacks on the left-hand side, along with the headphone jack and a 1/8" mini jack for line-level analog audio in. The Sidekick HD works best with embedded audio and time code; if your camera has that ability you can slave the recorder to rec-run time code on your camera, for one-button rolling and stopping. The Sidekick also records up to 8 channels of embedded audio; who would have ever thought that so much good stuff could flow down a single BNC cable? Of course, you should make sure that your chosen camera supports embedded audio and time code - my camera, the Canon XL-H1, does not. While this doesn't stop the Sidekick HD from being useful, it does require the use of analog audio in, with an unbalanced stereo mini-plug jack on the side.
This makes for a pretty tenuous connection (same with the mini-HDMI loop connectors) with no built-in way to strain-relief it. Looks like gaffer's tape or Velcro will be needed to hold those connections together securely.
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wsmith: | December, 13, 2011
Thanks for this good info, Bruce.
skimmel: | January, 06, 2012
Great review, thanks Bruce. Have you been using it since your review, and, if so, any follow-up? Has it been working OK? Any issues?
Bruce A Johnson: | January, 06, 2012
Actually, I have sent it back to the manufacturer (it was only a loaner, after all.) But it did get me thinking…I would love to have that capability on my shoots, but since the Canon XL-H1 doesn't have embedded audio and timecode, it's not really very usable for me. When it comes time to upgrade my cameras, though, that'll be another story. It would be a pretty compelling tool on a Sony EX3, for example…double record in 10-bit for safety and get a monitor int he deal.
skimmel: | January, 06, 2012
Thanks Bruce. I'm thinking about it for the Sony F3 as well. Seems like a lot of recorders are still having some growing pains though, so not sure I want to jump just yet.
Review Maze: | February, 06, 2012
Seems like a decent recorder but at this price I'd rather go with an Atomos Ninja/Samurai + a nice 600p/720p monitor (SmallHD, for example). Or if ProRes and recrun are not required a BlackMagic Design Shuttle 2 will be an even greater saving. It records 10 bit 422 Avid files which should be useable in CS5.5 with the right codec.


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Travis Shane Taylor (born 24 July 1968 in Decatur, Alabama) is an aerospace engineer, optical scientist, science fiction author, and star of National Geographic Channel's Rocket City Rednecks. Taylor has written more than 25 technical papers, 14 science fiction novels and two textbooks, and has appeared in multiple television documentaries, including NGC's recently highly rated special When Aliens Attack.[1]
Taylor grew up in rural North Alabama alongside his older brother Gregory, a Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Reserves.[2] As a boy, Taylor read science fiction and dismantled household electronics.[2] In the eighth grade, he wrote a novella about a post-nuclear-war America featuring an aerospace engineer who carried a bullwhip and used a little flying wing that he had invented to spy on the Soviets.[3] His father, Charles Taylor, worked as a machinist at Wyle Laboratories, which subcontracted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the 1960s, wherein he built America's first satellites directly with Wernher von Braun.[1][2][4] While in high school, Taylors' family moved to Sommerville, near Huntsville, next door to an Army scientist.[2][5] At 17 years old, with the help of his neighbor, he built a radio telescope that won the state science fair and placed sixth in the nation.[2][5] This led the Army to offer Taylor a job working at Redstone Arsenal on direct energy weapons systems directly out of high school as well as a scholarship.[2][6] Taylor is a black belt martial artist, a private pilot, a SCUBA diver, races mountain bikes, competed in triathlons, and has been the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of several hard rock bands.[7] Taylor lives near Huntsville with his wife Karen, daughter Kalista Jade, two dogs Stevie and Wesker, and his cat Kuro.[2][7]
Taylor has worked on various programs for the United States Department of Defense and NASA for over sixteen years.[1][7][8] He is currently working on several advanced propulsion concepts, very large space telescopes, space-based beamed energy systems, high-energy lasers,[1] and next generation space launch concepts.[8] Taylor is also involved with multiple Human intelligence (HUMINT),[9] Imagery intelligence (IMINT),[10] Signals intelligence (SIGINT)[11] and Measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT)[10] concept studies.[8]
His scientific background includes:[12]
To obtain his accredited online master's degree in astronomy from the University of Western Sydney in Australia, he built an extrasolar planet imaging instrument in his backyard using a plastic pipe, telescopic camera, and $200 computer.[2]
After Taylor expressed his dissatisfaction with space opera and his perceived lack of hard science fiction, he was challenged by his wife to write this book and studied Robert A. Heinlein's works for stylistic influence.[3] Taylor's first novel examines ideas for using quantum mechanics and general relativity to create a method of warping space, first for use as a superluminal propulsion system and later as a weapon. The novel introduces Dr. Neal Anson Clemons, a physicist who is the primary creator of the warp drive, and Taylor's first recurring character. Much of Dr. "Doc" Clemons's character appears to be inspired by Taylor's own life, from academic background and competitive karate training to sharing the same nickname. Clemons' middle name is shared with Robert Anson Heinlein, a clear homage to an influential science fiction writer.
The strong resemblance between Clemons and Taylor, along with the tremendous skill, intellect and competence demonstrated by Clemons (and multiple other characters), has given rise to commentary and critiques characterizing Clemons as a "Mary Sue": a character patterned after the author's personality and appearance, but possessing exaggerated abilities and/or attractiveness. Taylor has been described as "irked" at such reactions; he is quoted as saying:
"Have people become so average that they can't believe that some of our nation's current heroes and successes couldn't exist? What about Chuck Yeager? What about Jim Lovell? What about Story Musgrave? What about Arnold Schwarzenegger? What about Pat Tillman? What about Judy Resnik? You can name hundreds of American Superpeople. What about Madonna? Think how old she is and how she keeps plugging away better than many 20-year-olds and smarter at it to boot. A good friend of mine is 52, a national class cyclist, and Chief Scientist of a major DoD contractor firm... what about him? Would you call them all Mary Sues? Look at any fighter pilot or astronaut and you'll see someone that I guess could not really exist because they aren't average. I based Anson on real people I have known in my life. The female characters as well. Calling them Mary Sues is an insult to those people and to the American Dream."[2]
Regardless of such criticism, Warp Speed belongs to the genre known as an Edisonade, and the heroes of this genre are inevitably multitalented. It is common for the protagonist of a first novel to be strongly inspired by the author's personal experiences. Warp Speed was voted #3 best science fiction book of 2005 by The Preditors & Editors Readers Poll.[15]
Revisiting the world created by Warp Speed, Taylor shows the world from the point of view of another character named Steven Montana. Montana is a stereotypical slacker who works in the technology industry. His world was brought to a sudden halt by events from Warp Speed, and The Quantum Connection picks up the story several years after the original events. The book explores the ideas of quantum mechanics, nanotechnology, inter-planetary defense and realistic space-born warfare. It also introduces the "Grey Aliens" of UFOlogy. This book was voted #5 on the Preditors & Editors 2005 Science Fiction Book of the Year poll.
Released in July 2006, Von Neumann's War is a new series and not related to the Warp Speed and The Quantum Connection universe. It is co-authored by Baen Books author John Ringo. The novel is about an invasion of the present day Sol System by alien robotic Von Neumann probes, and the battle by Earth's forces to stop them cold. It is a combination of Taylor's hard science fiction and John Ringo's military perspective on the genre. It is supplemented by an e-book available from Baen called Neighborhood Watch Final Report[16] which is a mock-up of the (fictional) classified technical report to the National Reconnaissance Office describing the discovery of the invasion force on Mars at the beginning of the novel.
Subtitled A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion and co-authored with Bob Boan, R.C. Anding and T. Conley Powell, this book examines defending Earth in the event of an extraterrestrial invasion. Rather than outlining extreme (and possibly paranoid) possibilities for the sake of entertainment, the authors keep most of their speculation within the known possible world (although they do allow for the possibility of faster-than-light travel).
Some have commented that it is written as if Taylor is "preaching to the choir," those who are already familiar with the global covert intelligence community. The book makes several assumptions that are common among its intended readership but not necessarily shared by the general public. In particular, the authors insist that any alien contact should be kept secret if at all possible, despite the hindrance this would present to a coordinated global defense effort, not to mention the difficulties of maintaining such secrecy in the first place. They also list perceived problems within the United States, such as shortsightedness and inadequate knowledge of the subject matter on the part of politicians, and a tendency on the part of NASA to focus on superficial observations that are more beneficial to public relations.
The book goes on to suggest that an organization be given funding and authority to investigate and prepare for extraterrestrial contact. Its conclusion is a variant on the Precautionary Principle: the authors advise that it would be better for humanity to prepare for an incursion which never happens than to suffer from an invasion for which we have not prepared.
The story takes place on Mars, where a group of separatists have launched an attack against the federal military personnel from Earth who have been instructed to guard them and the surrounding area. A senator, who is there to help with the peace negotiations, and his family get caught up in the subsequent battle and butchery. The senator can only hope to reach safety before he becomes nothing more than a pawn in the separatist leaders' nefarious plan. This book and its sequel The Tau Ceti Agenda both feature the heavy use of Mech-like warriors, very similar to those seen in the Robotech series.
Written as a collaboration with John Ringo, Taylor's next project featured most of the cast from Ringo's solo project Into the Looking Glass, in the Looking Glass series. Almost written as a homage to Lewis Carroll's poem Jabberwocky, Vorpal Blade features the USS Nebraska (SSBN-739) as it takes to the stars in an attempt to find the alien enemy race known as the Dreen. The subsequent books of the series include Manxome Foe and Claws That Catch.
Taylor's next book features author Darrell Bain and is from publisher Twilight Times Books. The premise features a retired US Army veteran named Kyle Leverson. Leverson, who is retired due to injuries sustained in combat, awakens one morning to discover some sort of alien pods had crashed onto his property in the remote mountains of Arkansas. The first two chapters are available from the publishers website.[17]
Humanity's Separatist movement prepares the biggest sucker punch ever against Earth governments. The plan Kill the U.S. President at Disney World and drive a quantum-teleported kamikaze starship into a heavily populated city. One thing the fanatical Separatists haven't figured on: an America military unleashed by a fighting president—an ex-Marine determined that terrorists won't have the final word on humanity's future! Sequel to 'One Day on Mars'. Published 5/1/2008.
One Good Soldier is the third book hard science military SF series of One Day on Mars and The Tau Ceti Agenda, taking place in a single critical day in the history of the United States of the Sol System, the extra-solar colonies, the Separatist Revolutionaries of the Tau Ceti system, and all of mankind.
Co-written with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center engineer Les Johnson. A novel about a NASA moon mission which ends up having to rescue some stranded Chinese astronauts already on the moon. The book is entirely built around Constellation Program technology, and was, unfortunately, already obsolete before it came out in print owing to the cancellation of the program just months earlier.
Taylor first appeared in episodes of The Universe for The History Channel in 2010, after his name came up in a search regarding space warfare.[4][6] Taylor had been featured prominently on National Geographic Channel's When Aliens Attack in 2011.[18] In the summer of 2011, the National Geographic Channel announced[19][20] a new series called Rocket City Rednecks which features Taylor. The first episode showed in September 2011.[21] A self-proclaimed 'redneck rocket scientist', Taylor focuses on 'hillbilly ingenuity' for the show's backyard science experiments, aided by his family and best friend whom are all machinists and inventors.[4][5] This was picked up for a second season which started 29 Nov 2012.[22]


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I'm sure most, if not all, dotTechies have watched at least one spy movie that contained super high-tech, futuristic technology that normal people drool over. You know, like James Bond gadgets.
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When There Are Acute Changes In Mental Status In Patients With Diabetes
In addition to monitoring electrolytes, one can check dehydration by ordering the following labs: total serum protein, amylase, creatinine phosphokinase and albumin.4 All will most likely be elevated with DKA. Creatinine will most likely be falsely elevated due to blood acetoacetate levels as Assadi and colleagues demonstrated.11 Leukocytosis is generally present in DKA proportional to the serum ketone concentration with values >25,000 usually indicating infection.7
What About Lactic Acidosis Or Hyperglycemic Hypersmolar Syndrome?
Lactic acidosis. This is another cause of a high anion gap acidosis and will mimic DKA symptomology.7 A recent nested case-control analysis concentrated on 50,048 patients with type 2 diabetes. Authors revealed that metformin and sulfonylurea use have been linked to lactic acidosis in rare instances. Sulfonylureas are more likely to produce a profound hypoglycemia.12 Accordingly, one may want to inquire about diabetes medication use as it may be a factor in the differential. Other common causes of lactic acidosis include drug toxicity of salicylate, methanol, ethylene glycol and paraldehyde, as well as chronic renal failure.7
Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome (HHS). One should always concurrently consider HHS as a differential diagnosis with DKA in the diabetic patient with an AMS.3,4,7 Hyperglycemic hypersmolar syndrome is very similar to DKA but usually develops over days to weeks rather than acutely over 24 hours.4
Polyuria, polydipsia and fever from underlying infections do occur. There is also a significant alteration (or decline) in mental status, which is often the most outstanding presentation. Abdominal pains, vomiting, nausea and Kussmaul's respirations generally do not occur.4 Stroke-like symptoms often occur as well. These include focal epileptic seizures and focal neurological defects (hemiparesis, hemiplegia, increased muscle tone, stroke or meningitis-like symptoms).13,14
Infections such as UTIs and pneumonia are usually the underlying causes of HHS.4 Myocardial infarction, stroke, thyrotoxicosis and even hyperthyroid Grave's disease can promote the release of counterregulatory hormones leading to hyperglycemia and hyperosmolarity.4,15
Significant laboratory findings for HHS include:
• Plasma glucose >600
• Arterial pH >7.30
• Serum bicarbonate (mEq/L) >15
• Effective serum osmolality > 320 mOsm/kg
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Could Sepsis Be A Possible Diagnosis?
Sepsis. The patient in this case was lethargic. He was running a fever, did not take antibiotics for post-op infection control and had previously received treatment for a plantar foot ulcer. Therefore, you should consider the mnemonic SEPTIC, which is as follows:16
S: shock
E: elevated temperature
P: decreased platelets
T: tachycardia/tachypnea
I: increased white blood cell count
C: confusion
Sepsis is the presence of bacteria in the systemic circulation. Sepsis releases endotoxins and cause systemic illness. The dysfunctional neutrophils in a diabetic immune system prevent chemotaxis and phagocytosis of bacteria. Foot infections can quickly become systemic in part due to the anatomical connection of the pelvic veins draining into the spinal venous plexus, which has no anatomical valves. Research has also established that the epidural space, intervertebral disc, paraspinal soft tissues, lung, heart, kidney and bone all contribute to contiguous bacterial spread.
If a foot ulcer becomes infested with bacteria and does not receive proper treatment, cellulitis can develop and quickly spread to deeper muscles, tendons and bone. This can lead to osteomyelitis. The hematogenous spread of bacterial pus from a localized foot infection to the systemic circulation is possible and can seed numerous toxins in any part of the body.17
Sage, Pinzur and colleagues reported on three patients. The study demonstrated the effects of recalcitrant foot infections becoming global sepsis. Possible etiologies included psoas muscle abscess, cervical spine osteomyelitis, epidural abscess and septic shock.17


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Walter Benjamin objected to the binary nature of traditional translation methods, advocating for transparency between an original and its translation. In his influential 1923 essay The Task of the Translator, he wrote: "It [the translation] does not cover the original, does not black its light, but allows the pure language, as though reinforced by its own medium, to shine upon the original all the more fully." The creators of following three works take the task of translation beyond the binary by creating transparencies between the original language and its original medium through intermediation and the application of what I am calling triple language systems, in reference to the translator of all translators, the Rosetta Stone.
Displacement. Chosen and unchosen migrations. Free and unfree trades. How displacement is also a kind of placement, an unfamiliar vantage point from which to renegotiate terms, terrains, parameters, possibilities. Translation is willing and willful displacement. In moving a word, phrase, line, sentence, stanza, paragraph, idea, framework from the space of one language to the space of another, something utterly transformed is created, and something that is still very deeply (though not essentially) the same as what it was to begin with (which was not immobile in the first place). Alchemy
In a conversation, Sesshu Foster recently referred to the space of translation as "no-man's land." I'd agree and also add the idea of "every person's land," in the sense that no one and everyone might belong there, or perhaps that the very concept of "belonging" no longer pertains—the question is one of moving through space, rather than claiming it. Of using the terms imposed upon us (as Adrián Esparza uses the typical Mexican blanket sold to tourists, for example) to subvert the intentions of their imposition. To unknit the weave that would bind us.
One of my favorite bits of William Carlos Williams' writing in the last years. It is dated February 26, 1958. On that day WCW sent a letter of Chinese-American poet David Rafael Wang. Wang was something of a Poundian (a correspondent of Pound's - and a bit of a Poundian nut). WCW sent Wang a quick translation he'd just then done of a poem by Li Po, and added a note: "You can't translate it and give its brevity and overtones that are given in the original language." True enough, but what WCW does I find pretty compelling. Above I've reproduced the look of the letter's page. I've always felt that the voice heard (not heard--pictured) is simultaneously both that of WCW and of Pound and that this letter to Wang was a message to Pound. I haven't looked in the Wang-Pound papers to see if indeed Wang passed along some word of this to Pound but I'm betting he did.


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E.g. Wikimedia Engineering uses Template:Wikimedia project shortdesc which uses |display=linkedname}} and |display=description}} to only show certain information from a page. Really cool.
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- That template switches on the display param to only show some of its values, using some ugly-looking template logic.
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I searched for a similar thread and could not find it, but I do remember reading it. It's about the Do's and Don't while in Manhattan.
I have accepted a job that requires me to go to Fairfield, New Jersey for five weeks for training. It is about 45 minutes from NYC. I figured it wouldn't hurt to go to NYC since I'll already be near there and unarmed anyway.
While I am there, I thought I'd take a gander at the Big Apple. Please don't give me the "don't go... blah blah blah" I just plan on heading in for a few hours just to check it out, then getting out.
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It appears the Republican Party is making an all out, full frontal assault on women as we get into high gear this election season. The bullet points below were cut and pasted from various places around the net.
- The Susan B. Komen Foundation decides to stop contributions to Planned Parenthood, then backs away and fires its vice-president, a former GOP candidate for Maryland governor running on an anti-Planned Parenthood platform.
- How many of the witnesses will offer testimony in support of the administration's position? According to Democrats, zero. How many can speak to issues regarding contraception and/or preventive health care? Again, zero. Issa invited nine people to testify, and each of them will tell Issa exactly what he wants to hear. Democrats were initially offered a chance to have one witness testify, but when they selected a female law student at Georgetown, Republican committee staffers rejected the choice, arguing that she would only be able to speak to issues regarding contraception access -- and this was a hearing about religious liberty.
- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum declares birth control is "harmful to women."
- Every day three women in America are killed by their husbands or boyfriends. Yet, the Republican Party is opposing the extension of the Violence Against Women Act because it helps too many women. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) is leading the charge against reauthorization over provisions that offer protections to domestic abuse victims that happen to be LGBT or undocumented immigrants. (In other words, straight white women only, please.)
- Sen. Roy Blunt, (R-MO), has vowed to push for a vote on his legislation to overturn the new birth control requirement, possibly this week, despite Obama's efforts to quiet the controversy on Friday by tweaking the rule. Blunt's move, in turn, has sparked a fierce lobbying campaign by women's health advocates, who say his legislation is a "radical" effort to block a gamut of women's health services, not just contraception.
- The GOP state legislative supermajority state in Virginia passed a law in which women are forced to be vaginally penetrated with an ultrasound probe to determine the age of the fetus before allowing a woman to terminate her pregnancy. The bill passed over bitter yet futile objections from Democrats. And one GOP delegate caused the House to ripple when he said most abortions come as "matters of lifestyle convenience."
And these are just for openers! It's as if conservative leaders have taken leave of their frikkin' humanity.
"Chicks Up Front"
In the 1960's, when the San Francisco Bay Area was a giant, nine county fermentation tank of political and social change, there seemed to be a "protest du jour" going on all the time. There were huge rallies at San Francisco State, Berkeley, San Jose State, even snooty old Stanford, down in Palo Alto. The Yippies were at their height of fame (or infamy, perhaps, if you were an indignant working adult). At times it got out of hand, and the cops usually could be stoked up enough to react unpleasantly in order to break us up. They routinely banged kids over the head with batons and hauled them off for a few hours.
In 1969, then-Governor Ronald Reagan even sent in the National Guard (pictured above) when, in Berkeley, kids were protesting against the university taking over a local vacant lot called Peoples Park, near the UC campus, which served as a camp ground for street people. It got ugly as hell. One kid, sitting on a rooftop watching all the goings-on, was even shotgunned to death by the Berkeley cops.
That was when organizers created a tactic which they thought would keep the blue meanies from beating us all up by putting girls at the head of the demonstration to face off with the cops. "Chicks up front!" became almost a battle cry. (Along with "Don't trust anyone over 30!") It was the women who were obviously the willing sacrificial lambs.
It's time to get the "chicks up front" once again. This time to the polls.
And filing for elective office, too. In the House there are 74 female Representatives (23%). The Senate has 16 females (16%). These are the highest numbers of women members in the history of the Congress! Of the 16 female Senators, 11 are Democrats and 5 are Republicans. Of the 74 female Representatives, 53 are Democrats and 21 are Republicans.
I have been trying to figure out how they could have forgotten that women still have the vote.
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I have my own blog post going, my own history of birth control. Birth control allowed me to finish my education, support my family, and have two loved, wanted, and supported children, at the right time in my life. Without it, I would likely have been married at 18 to absolutely the wrong person, and divorced by 28 with a string of kids.
One of Santorum or Romney's examples, wish I could remember which one, involved a 23 year old woman with 4 kids. I can't remember the exact thing he said but it was on the subject of contraception being a bad thing. I just wondered where they hang out, and thought that poor girl is in need of access to the pill.
Does anyone remember that comment?
Does anyone remember that comment?
Policing people's sex lives is not going to go over well. Most men are just as invested as women that women have full range health care, including family planning. This is truly idiocy run amok.
Evidently the Susan G Komen flap at the start of this month taught Darrell Issa Bum Fuck NOTHING. It makes me furious, yet their blatant tactical stupidity is more helpful to us than to them. This will hopefully send angry, thinking women to the polls by the millions.
Excellent recount of the insanity that is being waged against women. One can only hope that the women who are running for office on the 2012 ticket will all be elected...the Democrats anyway. The Republicans don't seem to have any real women in their ranks.
Chick's up front? There were chicks up front at Berkley's Occupy and they were beaten, too. I'm not quite sure it matters - unless of course, you're Santorum who thinks women have no business on the front lines of any conflict. Of course... I would be one of them!


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