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Hi Peter, after watching Tranmere Rovers for the past few weeks it amazes more by the day why Ronnie Moore was originally given the chop after we failed against Scunthorpe which cost us a play-off place. We have then had to fight off relegation for the past couple of seasons under Barnes & Les Parry. However since Ronnie has come back the atmosphere at games have changed dramatically and it's a joy to attend Prenton Park once more, the ball is actually being played on the floor as well (take note Oldham fans, no hoof football). Given that Ronnie knows the lower leagues inside out, are you surprised with how well we are doing? Thanks, Curtis Daniels
BEAGS SAYS: I was livid, Curtis, when Ronnie was sacked. It was one of the most nonsensical decisions in my time in football and begged the question, 'do the people making this decision understand football?' The answer to this was a resounding no. Tranmere missing out on the play-offs, as you rightly say, in the last minute of the last game of the season with Scunthorpe going on to gain promotion via Wembley just shows you the fine margins between success and failure. Knowledgeable Tranmere fans will have known the level of football and how organisation went into getting the team with a bottom-six budget on the verge of a top-six finish; Scouting players, recruiting, planning and preparation, plus knowing the other teams' players and formations inside out. To add insult to injury they say that the few hundred fans dropping off the gates was due to Ronnie's style of football (not the economy, unemployment etc).
So they gave the job to John Barnes whose last dealing with the third tier of English football was probably as a brilliant 18-year-old at Watford. I started with the word nonsensical, now you see why. You have to cut your cloth accordingly and we all would like to play out from the back like Arsenal but this is not virtual football; it is League One. Suffice to say, it was a disaster and may I suggest that if Ronnie had an ego he would never have returned to Prenton Park and justifiably so. It's a new era with a familiar, trusted custodian playing a great brand of football and using his contacts to secure young hungry footballers on loan and giving them the formation and confidence to flourish. Arise Sir Ronnie of Tranmere but keep the former board room members culpable for the original sacking securely locked in the tower!
Hi Peter, I'm a Cardiff fan and have watched Peter Whittingham's career with us almost starry eyed. In my opinion he has been consistently the best player in England outside the Premier League for the last four seasons and surely deserves a call up to the England squad before Raheem Sterling and Jake Livermore. This is my opinion but I really want to know yours?Darren, Ireland
BEAGS SAYS: Hi Darren, if you read my columns you will realise that I am a massive fan of Peter Whittingham. He is a manager's dream, can fill a number of positions equally effectively and has been the most consistent performer in the Championship over the last three seasons. He has half a century of goals and as many assists due to that wand of a left foot. Ironically, I have just got off the phone to Malky Mackay who is doing a fantastic job, made some great signings and Whittingham's re-engagement is probably the most impressive aspect as the likes of Fulham were willing to pay upwards of £3.5m for his signature. He is a quality player, which was emphasised last night with a truly sublime goal. Deserving of a call up? Yes. He is a credit to himself, his family and his club, and the cornerstone on which Malky's and Cardiff's latest assault on the Premier League is built.
After an inconsistent start, do you think Leicester are still up there with a real chance of getting promoted, especially as teams like Blackpool, Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn have made such great starts? Jonny Stocks
BEAGS SAYS: Hello Jonny. Do they have a chance? Yes. Do I think they will? No. Are they capable of the play-offs? Yes. But, Jonny, so are at least 10 other clubs. Yearly favourites after a few seasons of heavy investment which increased their chances, raised their profile but has also raised expectations which they haven't as yet been able to live up to. My honest opinion Jonny is that there are six to eight better equipped teams and squads in the division after substantial spending and rebuilding by the second-tier clubs.
Hi Peter, when a team is relegated why are the players so desperate to leave. Why is there no loyalty in football? Is it just money or do the agents hold much of the blame? I feel they should be made to help the club get back up for at least one season. Andy Tomlinson-Smith
BEAGS SAYS: Well Andy, football is a ruthless business and loyalty is a two-way street. The clubs are equally as desperate to get rid of players from their wage bills, players that they have recruited when they are chasing promotion and they can't afford when relegation, opposed to promotion, occurs. Clubs over-invest in chasing promotions and trying to stave off relegation, which often lands them with unaffordable assets (players). When you have an unsuccessful season and these players have not delivered on an individual or team level you are in trouble. You can't shift them out as they are not going to receive the wages that you were willing to pay them. Many clubs have not got, as part of the contract, the ability to get rid of these players because of the disparities between offers from new clubs and the one that you had given them on their engagement.
Loyalty to clubs is one thing, loyalty to managers is another. With the enormous turnover of managers in recent years, one or two-club players are almost a thing of the past. I suggest that if Sir Alex had not been at Manchester United for all those years then Ryam Giggs and Paul Scholes may have had more than one club on their CVs. Having said that, they are the polar opposite of the pariahs that only play for the last 10 games of a contract to make sure of a lucrative move. Unfortunately it is too easy to spot the players who play for the love firstly and the money as a consequence.
Hi Peter, although I am a Wolves fan I was always a big fan of yours (think you started those somersaults). I just wonder what you think of the present set-up at Wolves? Do you feel we will be good enough to challenge for promotion this year with so many untried foreigners in the team bearing in mind we will lose possibly four for the African Cup matches? Thanks. Ray
BEAGS SAYS: Many thanks Ray, I can tell you I was the first to start the old summersault celebration which has since been copied and bettered beyond belief (but any more than one is just showing off). The jury is still out on Mr Solbakken at the moment. As you say they have had an inconsistent start to say the least and that must be down to the new foreign recruitment policy. I really like Doumbia and Sako. They are big, strong and athletic players who seem to have the belief and confidence to do well at this level. To lose Kightly, Jarvis and Fletcher takes away your automatic promotion chances straight away and defensive frailties, lack of pace and different partnerships would be my main concerns if I were a Wolves fan. You make a great point regarding the African Cup of Nations and a play-off place suddenly looks unobtainable. But, and it is a big but - in fact a but as big as mine - a big home following, the chances of a huge slice of luck and a few successful loan signings would put a brighter slant on what could be a season of disappointment.
Make sure you check out this week's Sky Live Championship games as Blackburn and Middlesbrough (7.30pm, Friday, Sky Sports 1 HD) and Birmingham and Barnsley (5.20pm, Saturday, Sky Sports 2 HD) lock horns.
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Tom Riordan (Tranmere Rovers fan) says...
As a Tranmere fan from abroad, the results can largely be put down to Ronnie's induction as manager this season. Obviously the players that we have picked up on loan have helped greatly but i think Ronnie has been doing the trick
Posted 03:32 21st September 2012
Mike Whewell (Blackburn Rovers fan) says...
Hi Peter, I am a Blackburn fan and after the year we've had I couldn't have dreamt we'd be top after the first 6 games! I've seen so many teams in our position in previous seasons however throw away their leads; Cardiff, and Brighton to name a few. What do we have to do to sustain our charge and do you think Rovers will get promoted?
Posted 16:23 20th September 2012
Scott Denholm (Leicester City fan) says...
RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB? Do you think nigel pearson is the right man to take leicester city forward or should the club sack him now and try and get Harry Redknapp?
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Growth Failure in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
On this page:
- What is growth failure in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD)?
- What are the kidneys and what do they do?
- What causes growth failure in children with chronic kidney disease?
- How is growth failure treated in children with chronic kidney disease?
- Eating, Diet, and Nutrition
- Points to Remember
- Hope through Research
- For More Information
- Acknowledgments
What is growth failure in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD)?
Growth failure is a complication of CKD in which children do not grow as expected. When a child is below the third percentile—meaning 97 percent of children the same age and gender are taller—he or she has growth failure.1 CKD is kidney disease that does not go away with treatment and tends to get worse over time.
Health care providers use charts to monitor the growth of children with CKD and look for signs of growth failure. Growth charts for children use percentiles to compare a particular child's height with the height of children the same age and gender. For example, a child whose height is at the 50th percentile on a growth chart means half the children in the United States are taller than that child and half the children are shorter.
About one-third of children with CKD have growth failure.1 Children diagnosed with CKD at a younger age
- have a higher chance of developing growth failure
- have more health issues related to growth failure and CKD
What are the kidneys and what do they do?
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist. They are located just below the rib cage, one on each side of the spine. Every day, the two kidneys filter about 120 to 150 quarts of blood to produce about 1 to 2 quarts of urine, composed of wastes and extra fluid. Children produce less urine than adults and the amount produced depends on their age. The urine flows from the kidneys to the bladder through tubes called ureters. The bladder stores urine. When the bladder empties, urine flows out of the body through a tube called the urethra, located at the bottom of the bladder.
What causes growth failure in children with chronic kidney disease?
Researchers have found that many factors cause growth failure in children with CKD. In addition to removing wastes and extra fluid from the blood, the kidneys perform important functions for a child's growth. Understanding normal kidney function and growth helps families understand what causes growth failure in children with CKD.
Normal kidney function helps maintain the
- balance of nutrients and minerals, such as calcium and phosphorus, in the blood. These minerals are essential for normal bone growth. The kidneys use a hormone called calcitriol, a form of vitamin D, to help bones absorb the right amount of calcium from the blood. The kidneys also remove extra phosphorus, helping balance phosphorus and calcium levels in the blood.
- body's ability to use growth hormone. Growth hormone is necessary during childhood to help bones grow and stay healthy. The pituitary gland naturally produces growth hormone, which acts as a messenger to help the body grow. Growth hormone tells the liver to produce another hormone, called insulin-like growth factor, that travels to muscles, organs, and bones and tells them to grow.
- correct levels of erythropoietin in the body. Erythropoietin is a hormone that helps bone marrow make red blood cells.
- proper balance of sodium, also called salt; potassium; and acid-base levels in the blood. Acid-base balance refers to the amount of acid in the blood.
Damaged kidneys can slow a child's growth by
- causing mineral and bone disorder, which occurs when
- vitamin D is not turned into calcitriol, which starves the bones of calcium.
- phosphorus levels rise in the blood and draw calcium out of the bones and into the blood, causing the bones to weaken.
- creating an imbalance of sodium, potassium, and acid-base levels in the blood, also called acidosis. When blood is not balanced, the body slows growth to focus energy on restoring the balance.
- decreasing appetite. A child with CKD may not be hungry, or he or she may not have the energy to eat, which may lead to poor nutrition and slower growth.
- decreasing the production of erythropoietin. When erythropoietin levels are low, a child may develop anemia—a condition that develops when the blood does not have enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen to cells throughout the body. Anemia can cause growth to slow or stop.
- making an abnormally large amount of urine, called polyuria, which disrupts the body's fluid balance. A child with polyuria loses minerals as well. The body slows growth to make up for the lost fluid and minerals.
- preventing the body from correctly using growth hormone. When the kidneys are damaged, waste builds up in the blood and the body does not properly process growth hormone.
How is growth failure treated in children with chronic kidney disease?
Health care providers treat growth failure in children with CKD with
- changes in eating, diet, and nutrition
- medications
- growth hormone therapy
Most children with growth failure grow to about one-third of their adult height within the first two years of life; therefore, it is important to start treatment for growth failure early.1
Eating, Diet, and Nutrition
Children with CKD may lose their appetite or lack the energy to eat. To treat growth failure in children, a health care provider may recommend dietary changes, such as
- adding calcium. Children with CKD should get the recommended level of calcium for their age from their diet or from calcium supplements.
- monitoring liquids. Balancing the child's liquid intake based on his or her kidney disease is important. Some children will need to increase liquid intake, while other children will need to restrict liquid intake.
- limiting phosphorus. Children with CKD may need to limit phosphorus intake if they have mineral and bone disorder.
- monitoring protein. Children with CKD should eat enough protein for growth; however, they should avoid high protein intake, which can put an extra burden on the kidneys.
- monitoring sodium. The amount of sodium children with CKD need depends on the stage of their kidney disease, their age, and sometimes other factors. The health care provider may recommend either limiting or adding sodium, often from salt, to the child's diet.
- adding vitamin D. Children who do not get enough vitamin D through diet may need to take vitamin D supplements.
To help ensure coordinated and safe care, parents and caregivers should discuss the use of complementary and alternative medical practices, including the use of dietary supplements, with the child's health care provider. Read more at www.nccam.nih.gov.
Some children will use a feeding tube to receive all their nutrition. A feeding tube is a small, soft plastic tube placed through the nose or mouth into the stomach. The child will receive supplements through the tube to provide a full supply of fluid and nutrients to help him or her grow and develop. Feeding tubes are most often used in infants; however, sometimes older children and adolescents benefit from them as well.
Encouraging children to develop healthy eating habits can help prevent poor nutrition and promote healthy growing. The health care team will work with parents or caretakers to develop a healthy diet tailored to meet the needs of their child.
Read more about diet and kidney disease in Nutrition for Chronic Kidney Disease in Children at www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov.
A health care provider may prescribe medications that can help correct the underlying problems causing growth failure.
- A health care provider may prescribe phosphate binders when phosphorus levels in the blood rise and interfere with bone formation and normal growth. In the intestine, the medications bind, or attach, to some of the phosphorus found in food, causing the phosphorus to move through the intestine without being absorbed and exit the body in the stool. This process can decrease blood phosphorus levels and increase blood calcium levels. Phosphate binders come as chewable tablets, liquids, capsules, and pills.
- A health care provider may prescribe alkaline agents such as sodium bicarbonate to restore the acid-base balance in a child with acidosis.
- Synthetic erythropoietin is a man-made form of erythropoietin given by injection to treat anemia.
Growth Hormone Therapy
When a health care provider diagnoses a child with CKD and the child begins to show signs of growth failure, the health care provider may prescribe daily human growth hormone injections. The injections are a man-made growth hormone that mimics the natural hormone found in the body. Researchers have shown that using growth hormone therapy is effective in helping children reach normal adult height.
Read more in Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure in Children at www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov.
Points to Remember
- Growth failure is a complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in which children do not grow as expected.
- Health care providers use charts to monitor the growth of children with CKD and look for signs of growth failure.
- Researchers have found that many factors cause growth failure in children with CKD.
- Health care providers treat growth failure in children with CKD with
- changes in eating, diet, and nutrition
- medications
- growth hormone therapy
- Encouraging children to develop healthy eating habits can help prevent poor nutrition and promote healthy growing.
- The health care team will work with parents or caretakers to develop a healthy diet tailored to meet the needs of their child.
- When a health care provider diagnoses a child with CKD and the child begins to show signs of growth failure, the health care provider may prescribe daily human growth hormone injections.
Hope through Research
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) conducts and supports research to help people with kidney diseases, including children. The NIDDK, in collaboration with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, funded the formation of a consortium that includes two Clinical Coordinating Centers, which serve about 50 sites in the United States and Canada, and a Data Coordinating Center to conduct a prospective epidemiological study of children with CKD. The primary goals of the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Prospective Cohort Study (CKiD) are to
- determine the risk factors for decline in kidney function
- define how a progressive decline in kidney function affects neurocognitive function and behavior
- determine risk factors for cardiovascular disease
- assess growth failure and its associated morbidity
Read more about the CKiD, funded under National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial number NCT00327860, at www.statepi.jhsph.edu/ckid .
Clinical trials are research studies involving people. Clinical trials look at safe and effective new ways to prevent, detect, or treat disease. Researchers also use clinical trials to look at other aspects of care, such as improving the quality of life for people with chronic illnesses. To learn more about clinical trials, why they matter, and how to participate, visit the NIH Clinical Research Trials and You website at www.nih.gov/health/clinicaltrials. For information about current studies, visit www.ClinicalTrials.gov.
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Almost any web server can saturate its network link if its role is limited to serving statics.
Apache is rarely the first thing to fall down when a site exceed's capacity. When was the last time you went to a slashdot'ed site and exceeded the HTTP timeout? The vast majority of sites return a 500 (when the PHP/.NET/java middleware tips over) or a "MYSQL: Too Many Connections" when the DB tips over.
I'm not saying Apache is perfect and Nginx is horrible, just that you present them a manner neither deserves.
It supports CGI. FastCGI support is yet to be done.
So, everything that does CGI is supported but not as fast as it could be. Read: PHP runs.
I hope we'll find out when Michael does a bench. The official PR says it uses way less RAM and is faster serving static content. Also does C plugins like gwan if speed is needed. Its script support is lacking due to no fcgi right now.How does it compare against Apache, nginx, lighttpd?
Did you tweak it? I just started it as root and put my "hello world" txt file in the www directory... nginx with a bit increased numbers.
Tested with: ab -c 3000 -n 50000
nginx: Requests per second: 12790.66 [#/sec] (mean)
gwan: Requests per second: 12282.27 [#/sec] (mean)
Siege breaks with -c 3000... Don't know what's up with that.
siege -b -t10s -c1000
nginx: Transaction rate: 1390.55 trans/sec
gwan: Transaction rate: 1407.19 trans/sec
I'm not convinced siege is working correctly...
edit: i5 480m
Would love to see another third-party benchmark. I've been curious about G-WAN for a few months...even thinking about trying it out in production.
If it truly benefits smaller servers it will be a great win for small business (open-source or not). I'm not worried about the future of the platform so much: If it works better now, great! It's so simple to configure that my two-year old can do it! And if it fails down the road...well, I tried. And I'll spend the five minutes copying my non-server specific HTML, CSS, and JS back over to a battle-tested web server.
I currently use Nginx. Some people are calling G-WAN "marketing brainwash" among other things (not trying to single out any particular comment...just chose an example). Unless a trusted benchmark can actually show that it's nothing but brainwash...then it's just people wishing they were better marketers.
No, it didn't tweak it. There's nothing to tweak at G-WAN.
Tested with: ab -c 100 -n 50000 -k
On: Ubuntu 10.10 x64
-k: keep-alive does big difference.
Whitout keep-alive ab will open and close a new connection for every request and you will actually test the kernel's speed at opening and closing connections.
Ah, ok.
ab -k -c 3000 -n 200000
gwan: Requests per second: 66850.15 [#/sec] (mean)
nginx: Requests per second: 42711.20 [#/sec] (mean)
ab -k -c 100 -n 100000
gwan: Requests per second: 87978.53 [#/sec] (mean)
nginx: Requests per second: 33803.25 [#/sec] (mean)
Maybe I have my nginx a bit "mistuned" on my dualcore with ht (Not sure if 2 threads per (virtual) core make sense).
Code:worker_processes 8; events { worker_connections 8192; multi_accept on; }


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SHAR Fusion Carbon Composite Cello Bow
Instrument: Cello
Level: Beginning
For years string teachers have told us that fiberglass bows are a durable and practical choice for active young students and their budget-conscious parents. But because they lack the finesse and handling properties of wood or carbon fiber bows, teaching bowing techniques can be difficult. We listened to our colleagues and set out to find a solution. The result is the SHAR FUSION student bow. Utilizing high tech composite of carbon fiber and fiberglass, the SHAR FUSION is strong and priced right. But best of all, the SHAR FUSION performs like much more expensive wood or carbon fiber bow. Try one today!
"When considering a new bow for their student, teachers and parents alike have expressed their desire for a well-constructed bow that doesn't compromise its playability and responsiveness. I'm happy to say this bow is an excellent option for customers looking for a durable and practical bow, without inhibiting a young player's sound and technique development. Immediately after trying this bow for the first time, I noticed how easily the violin responded to it."
- William Kaltz-Hall, Violinist, Contact Center Representative
Canadian rock group Article One (www.articleonemusic.com), combines pop-rock accessibility with the hard-driving virtuosity and honesty of an indie band. Here's what Article One's world-class rock violinist, Matt Piche', has to say about the Shar Fusion bows that he uses in his performances:
"The Shar Fusion allows me to express all the passion and intensity that Article One's music demands, without wilting or breaking. Sometimes our shows get a little crazy - the rugged Fusion bow stands up to abuse better than any wood bow, yet it plays like a good wood bow. It's ideal for demanding music-making."
PRESTO® Impulse Carbon Fiber Cello Bow
Instrument: Cello
Level: Advanced
High Performance Bows for High Performance Players
You've worked long and hard to develop your skills and you have a repertoire of advanced techniques. You know what you want to express in your playing. Now, here is the perfect partner that feels your every impulse and responds in-kind. After three years of painstaking development and countless professional trials and tests, the new PRESTO® Impulse is born. Meticulous attention to every detail assures that the PRESTO® Impulse stands ready to accurately reproduce your every nuance, and nothing more. PRESTO® bows are only made with aerospace-grade fibers and resins. The engineering process guarantees longevity by eliminating "creep," a flaw in carbon-fiber manufacture that can warp a bow or diminish camber over time. All bows are thoroughly inspected, meaning only bows with the best craftsmanship are sent to our customers. Splendid tracking ability, superb control and a warm tone allow you to keep your mind, and your heart, on your performance.
When we set out to develop this new bow, we started with a list of "must-haves":
- The bow must feel alive and resilient, just like a fine-quality wood bow
- Weight and balance must be exactly like a traditional bow so that tedious re-learning of bowing techniques would not be necessary
- Each bow must conform to strict manufacturing standards, for consistency; yet, within defined parameters, the blending of carbon resins must be such that a variety of sticks would be made available for audition. In this way, a skilled cellist is able to discover the perfect PRESTO® Impulse bow
- Each bow must be fitted and finished by hand, to assure proper operation and hand-feel
"The Presto® Impulse bow is remarkable. I was amazed at the response, clarity and tone it produces. This is a serious endorsement from me, as I have always shunned carbon fiber bows due to their lack of an "organic" feel. This bow feels and responds like a first rate bow in many ways. It doesn't produce a buttery tone like a great Pecatte or Simon, but it's the next best thing. Congratulations to Shar on a wonderful achievement."
- Andrés Cárdenes
Learn more about Andrés Cárdenes PRESTO® Impulse endorsement.
Guy Laurent® Workshop Cello Bow Round
Instrument: Cello
Level: Intermediate
In the tradition of the great French archetiers, we are proud to offer these impressive bows of fine and outstanding playability. For the player seeking a strong bow with very warm sound, excellent control and fast response, but without breaking the bank, look no further! Easily comparable to European bows costing twice the price, these master-made bows are the finest Chinese-made bows we have yet found. Our bow expert and master restorer, David Crowder, has said, "These bows have excellent quality wood and are crafted to very high standards. The shape of the heads is refined, the fittings are installed with care, and the sticks are strong."
Beautiful, high-quality Pernambuco. Flexible stick of medium weight. Silver mounted.
Meinel Pernambuco Cello Bow
Instrument: Cello
Level: Beginning
Experience the performance of pernambuco at a price you would expect to pay for a brazilwood bow! Flexible to moderately-flexible pernambuco stick, ebony frog with Parisian eye and three part button, wire winding. Available in 4/4, 3/4, and 1/2.
Klaus Becker® Pernambuco Cello Bow - 4/4 size
Instrument: Cello
Level: Intermediate
Excellent pernambuco bow, ideal for intermediate players and beyond. Medium firm nickel-mounted stick, nickel-mounted ebony frog, wire grip. Medium weight and balance. Sweet, articulate tone with quick response. Flawless German craftsmanship throughout.
Marco Raposo Silver-Mounted Cello Bow
Instrument: Cello
Level: Advanced
We are pleased to stock silver mounted bows from Marco Raposo. After extensive testing of the bows from the leading bow makers in Brazil, we have selected those from Marco Raposo as our choice. Each bow is identified with the master maker who created the bow. Pernambuco is graded along with playing qualities before it's considered to be the best for our customers.
Bows are selected for excellence in design and metal workmanship, stiffness, weight, color, balance point, winding, round or octagonal. Our selection of Marco Raposo bows will clearly represent consistency of high quality workmanship and playability. 4/4 size.
Schmidt Workshop Cello Bow
Instrument: Cello
Level: Beginning
Economical bows best suited to beginning players. Half-lined ebony frog, leather thumb grip, three-part button, wire winding.
Presto® Carbon Fiber Cello Bow
Instrument: Cello
Level: Beginning
Enjoy the benefits of a carbon fiber bow - laser-straight tracking, excellent control and unparalleled durability - all at a great price. PRESTO® bows are only made with aerospace-grade fibers and resins. The engineering process guarantees longevity by eliminating "creep," a flaw in carbon-fiber manufacture that can warp a bow or diminish camber over time. All bows are thoroughly inspected, meaning only bows with the best craftsmanship are sent to our customers. The perfect bow to teach young players correct technique, the Presto bow is also used by many advanced players for outdoor or pit work, or as a backup bow. Black with finished stick, ebony frog with Parisian eye (bass bows with pearl eye).
Meinel One Star Pernambuco Cello Bow 4/4 Size
Instrument: Cello
Level: Intermediate
Medium-flexible pernambuco stick; medium weight. Cleanly finished silver mounted ebony frog with Parisian eye compliments the crisp response and full tone.
R. A. Meinel Pernambuco 1 Star Cello Bow - 3/4 size
REVIEWED ON: March 03, 2015Great bow!
reviewed by: KILEY QUINN
Pros: Sounds great, perfectly balanced. I bought this to replace a much more expensive carbon fiber bow I had for a while, and I am very happy. I can play so much better now. Light and springy. Cons: The screw is a tad stiff. The only significant issue I have is that the hair isn't the best quality-- a bit wavy, which means I need to tighten the tension a bit higher than usual. I expect it will need rehairing soon and then I'll love it even more.
A. Schmidt Brazilwood Cello Bow
REVIEWED ON: June 04, 2014Bow is fine
reviewed by: Holly Landry
My daughter used this bow continually for 10 months probably about 300 hrs of use. It was still kicking, when her little brother bumped it off it's stand and it landed on the floor and cracked just enough on top to let the strings eventually come out while playing. She thought it was fine, sound was good and it was adequate, the teacher recommends a fiber, it might be stronger if dropped.
PRESTO® Impulse Carbon Fiber Cello Bow
REVIEWED ON: February 04, 2014PRESTO Impulse Carbon Fiber Cello Bow
reviewed by: Anonymous
I am a violinist and violist who enjoys playing the cello now and then. I own several high-end bows, including two Coda Bow Classic carbon fiber bows, which are predecessors of the Coda Bow Diamond GX. About six months ago, I broke down and bought a Presto Impulse cello bow. NICE BOW!!! The Presto Impulse cello bow has excellent weight, balance and handling characteristics. Its durability exceeds any pernambuco bow at any price. Over the years, I've used a lot of cello bows that handled like broomsticks! This Presto Impulse cello bow is a real sweetheart! It is definitely comparable to my Coda Bow Classics. I am a big believer in buying the best bow you can afford, especially if you are trying to inspire your favorite teenager.
Presto® Audition Carbon Fiber Cello Bow
REVIEWED ON: September 24, 2013Love it but...
reviewed by: Debra Bauman
I love this bow, hands down love it. I bought it about 5 months ago, it is light and very easy to handle at fast speeds. However, I did have the wedge in my frog slip out. I noticed this about two days ago and have been using an old student bow we had lying around. Thankfully I have the 1 year warantee to rely on now that the Christmas season is coming up fast.
PRESTO® Impulse Carbon Fiber Cello Bow
REVIEWED ON: May 02, 2013Nice bow. It could improve
reviewed by: Anonymous
I've had a cello Presto Impulse bow from August 2010, just a few months after it's release. From my two years of experience working with this bow, I can say of it's virtues, that is a nice looking bow, well fitted and produces a warm and mellow sound. In this aspect the designers and manufacturers of this bow have made a good job, because these are the aspects of sound that carbon fiber normally bows cannot achieve. From it's faults I must say that the bow lacks for a little grip and weight towards the tip. And this makes it difficult to play with a consistent sound in this area in a confotable way. Due to the lack of weight and balance near the tip of the bow, you have to be making adjustments with your fingers towards the tip in order to get a good grip. This aspect could be improved in the next generation of Presto bows. But again, considering price, nice looking and beautiful silver fittings, specially the screw, I must say it's a fine bow for the price.
Presto® Audition Carbon Fiber Cello Bow
REVIEWED ON: March 18, 2013Nice bow
reviewed by: MARY BERRY
I haven't had long to use the Presto Audition Carbon fiber bow but so far I like it a lot. It's slightly heavier than my Brazil wood bow and I'm thinking that will be a good thing.
Presto® Audition Carbon Fiber Cello Bow
REVIEWED ON: March 06, 2013Great bow at a great price.
reviewed by: ALBERTO MARTINEZ
I use this bow with an NS Design six string electric cello. The bow is light, responsive, lightning quick, produces good volume, is impervious to weather changes and is indestructible. The tone is not what pernambuco proponents are used to, and that seems to be the major complaint against carbon fiber bows, but anyone buying carbon fiber bows should be doing so for their PERFORMANCE, and not because of the tone they produce. It is a compromise. I have several bows. A snakewood baroque bow, a pernambuco bow, an ipe bow and this carbon fiber bow. Granted, none of those bows are the thousand dollar variety, but the carbon fiber bow performs better and is far more responsive than any of my other bows. As far as tone, I like my ipe bow more. I think this bow is a great value, but it's not suitable for all applications (though it may be, depending on your instrument). It is perfect for me, because I am an electric player, and in the electric world we are less dependent on the tone of wood and more dependent on the performance of the gear. Still, I have friends that use similar carbon fiber bows (Coda Bows) and they swear by them. Some of them even going as far as saying they will never use a pernambuco bow anymore. In closing, I think this is a great value and a great performing bow. You just need to find the right application for it.
Presto® Carbon Fiber Cello Bow
REVIEWED ON: February 07, 2013Presto Carbon Fiber
reviewed by: Alan DeNicola
I have been playing string instruments for 30 years.... This bow is a must for a step up for any beginner or advanced player looking for a responsive well-made carbon fiber bow without the big price tag. My wife Patty said the cello never sounded so sweet.
SHAR Fusion Carbon Composite Cello Bow
REVIEWED ON: December 12, 2012Better than expected
reviewed by: ROBERT BERG
I bought this as a potential second bow, and it felt like a gamble, since it was sight-unseen--and unheard. It's surprisingly good, and easily beats my fiberglass bow, as well as an inexpensive Pernambuco bow. At 80.1 grams, it has a nice weight, and the balance is also good, at 9.2" from the end of the stick. The stiffness exactly matches my nice old German bow, with a Stroup value of 220. It's not as stiff as a Codabow Diamond GX, which might be a good thing. Give it a try!
Guy Laurent® Pernambuco 3 Star Cello Bow - 4/4 size - Silver Mounted
REVIEWED ON: August 17, 2012Amazing Sound, looks, and feel!
reviewed by: Jacob Sergent
I am a Cello Major at College and I am happy to say in this case, you get more than you pay for. This bow is a beautiful piece of fine craftsmanship! The pure smooth sound it produces is outstanding. Not only is the bow very well balanced and easy to articulate with, but also very comfortable to hold and play with. It glides effortlessly across the strings giving such a pure resonance, making higher notes sing more and lower notes smoother and deeper. This also helps you accomplish brilliant chords/double stops easier without risk of a harsh, gritty sound. What more need I say, I am in love with this bow. I sincerely recommend this bow to students who mean business!


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Introduction | ISO sensitivity | Noise | Color sensitivity | Sharpness | Distortion | Light transmission | Vignetting | LCA |
Vignetting or light shading consists of the attenuation of light far from the image center.
There is a natural cause of vignetting: An object that is off-axis "sees" the aperture with a smaller solid angle (the apparent surface of the aperture stop as seen from the object's position). For large-aperture lenses, another phenomenon also impacts the illumination of the sensor in the image. In these cases, not all rays from an off-axis element that go through the stop of the lens will reach the sensor. Some of them will be blocked by mechanical elements inside the lens.
DxOMark measures light vignetting by imaging an evenly-lit white target. Pixel values are retrieved from all parts of the image. The ratio of these values over the maximum value (usually the value at the image center) found in the image gives the vignetting measurement for each pixel. Vignetting is expressed in exposure value (EV): a variation of 1EV is an attenuation of a factor of 2.
We create a field map of the vignetting as well as an average radial profile.
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Written by on February 20, 2014 No two passes in drag-racing history approach the impact of Emery Cook's back-to-back speeds of 165.13 and 166.97 mph.Banned. Of the millions of runs made since, only this pair caused fuels other than gasoline to be banned outright, literally overnight. Unintended consequences included a shift to dual-engined gas dragsters, the rise of fuel-friendly independent events and the rival American Hot Rod Association, and a brand-new career category: professional "outlaw" drag racer, epitomized by Don Garlits.
Within 24 hours of Emery's shot heard 'round the world, pioneer promoter C.J. Hart responded to his young sport's first 160-mph speeds by forbidding fuels other than "straight gasoline" from his Santa Ana Drags, effective the next weekend. After Lions operator Mickey Thompson and other Southern California strips followed suit, NHRA president and HOT ROD editor Wally Parks would extend the policy to his '57 Nationals -- and, subsequently, to sanctioned tracks across North America. The infamous Fuel Ban was on. It would be seven years before NHRA allowed nitromethane and methanol back into its program at the '64 Nationals (following a one-time, invitational "experiment" with Top Fuel Dragsters at the '63 Winternationals).
"The difference was mostly the way we were handling the nitro," explains engine builder Bruce Crower, now 83. "My U-Fab came out at the perfect time: when everybody was going from flatheads to overheads, and nobody had intake manifolds. Stromberg 48 carburetors were a little bigger than 97s, and mine flowed more fuel than the individual injectors you could buy from Hilborn. Joaquin Arnett, the first guy to go 140, really knew how to run nitro. His sister married Emery Cook; they were close. Joaquin would drill down through a Stromberg and make a massive hole. I bought some ¼-inch-OD stainless tubing and made big dump tubes, inserted from the bottom up, adjacent to the venturi, to get enough nitro in there to keep from breaking engines. The higher volume kept the chamber cool enough to where it wouldn't detonate. The engine didn't even look like it'd been run. All that Cliff and Emery had to do was set valves. The valvetrain wasn't in too much trauma because the engine was only running about 7,000 rpm in the lights.
"Another secret was those big, long exhaust pipes," Bruce says. "They created tremendous suction, sucking a lot of fuel and air through the combustion chamber during the overlap period, so the engine wouldn't detonate. The inertia effect of the exhaust drawing in a new charge on the intake stroke is part of the scavenging cycle. That's where Iskenderian got his 'Five-Cycle' idea. It's how much air you can inhale that makes an engine run; sucking it down through the port long before the piston starts down on the intake stroke.
"The first Chrysler that Cliff Bedwell brought to me had been Scotty Fenn's," Bruce recalls. "I took it apart to check things and, sure enough, one of the rods had the cap on backward. That engine would've been history. I fixed that, and they went on to make history for a couple of years, practically unbeatable. The blower cars didn't have a chance; they'd either blow up or blow off their tires trying to catch the lighter, unblown car. Ernie Hashim was the only one close."
The fact that the Isky-U-Fab Special has been cloned not once, but twice, speaks to its special significance. The late Emery Cook did it first, building a longer, updated version that he briefly ran in the '80s (and has since resided in the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing). Ray Lake of San Diego, a self-described "go-fer" on the Cook & Bedwell crew, is responsible for financing the more faithful reproduction in this issue. "That car is the most important dragster in history," Ray states. "It deserves to be remembered. As long as I'm alive, it won't be sold or leave Southern California. Its home is the NHRA Museum, where people can see it, enjoy it, and learn about what Emery and Cliff accomplished with it."
The Petersen Publishing Co. photo lab's handwritten logbook reveals that HOT ROD photographer Eric Rickman exposed one 12-shot roll of film plus most of a second at Lions Drag Strip on February 3, 1957. Incredibly, nothing appeared in the magazine. All six images of the San Diego team from that historic Sunday are published here, some for the first time. Although the negs are numbered sequentially on each film strip (the first four coming from one roll; the last two, from the other), we can't say which roll was exposed first, or whether Rick used separate cameras. While understandably overshadowed by his subject's unprecedented acceleration, the high performance of "One-Shot Rick" with a fixed-lens, wind-up camera is equally impressive to all of us following in his huge footsteps, 57 years later.
Making Headlines
Isky wasted no time capitalizing on a sponsored car, rushing this "hero" ad into the same (Feb. 9) Drag News to hype a "5-Cycle Hyperbolic Crossflow 7000 cam" so new that "... technological problems prevent immediate production ... but orders are being accepted." As previously quoted on these pages (Sept. '10 HRD), Ed figured, "We had the four-cycle engine, and we'll go even one better and make it a five-cycle engine…when Cook & Bedwell started running 10-to-12 miles per hour faster than everyone else, that's when I decided that they were using the Five-Cycle cam. It went over real good, too!"
The Tribute
Ray Lake, 79, who crewed for Cook & Bedwell as a youngster and often drove the team's push truck, selected this final configuration for Dode Martin to reproduce after Cliff Bedwell -- now living in New Zealand -- confirmed that his original chassis had been stolen out of a Midwestern barn, and gave the project his written blessing. Now 84, Dode started with a clean sheet of paper, literally: He drew a horizontal line representing a 100-inch wheelbase, then scaled the components accordingly to achieve the cowl length, engine setback and height, rollbar height, and so on, seen in '50s photos. Approximately 555 man hours later, here's the result at Dode's Hobby Shop in Oceanside, California. Ironically, the metal sawhorses used during construction were purchased by Dode at Chassis Research's going-out-of-business sale in the early '60s. Fabricator Kyle Phillips recalled "joking with Dode that these could be the same ones that Scotty Fenn used to build the original."


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"I just enjoy going back to Three Pines"
A comfortable place, good friends, good food, a great book (being read to while knitting), a hot milky drink, a little perfectly pronounced French thrown in. Ah, Bliss... Ms Penny and Mr Cosham just keep raising the bar. Very difficult to stop and go to bed. I loved this book! (but A Case Against Murder is still the favorite of the series). Sit back and enjoy the experience.
"Take me back to Siberia"
It may have helped that we are in the middle of a cold snap just now, but I feel like I have been in Siberia. I am a student of ww2 history and and it's Soviet aftermath so I especially enjoyed this book and will continue to ponder the troubling questions posed by the author for a long time.
In the meantime, I have vicariously partaken of the food, the sites, the music and the stories of these extrodinary people. While listening to this book, I stayed busy online following our progress, watching you tube videos of the singing Babushkas, and reading recipes for borsht.
If you cried (or maybe just had a tear in your eyes) during the recent Olympics for the conflicting emotions of joy for these people, hatred for their system and what it has done to them and pride for their perserverence, then you will enjoy this book.
Truly, Mr Greene, 5 plus weeks on the train and only a 7 hour book? I would have been begging for more if it had been twice as long. Now I am just very sad that it is over...
"Open your eyes!"
I have read/listened to approx. 35 nonfiction (and almost the same in fiction) books on WW2 and it's aftermath, and the opinion of the Pope's behavior during the war is almost never favorable. Imagine my surprise to find out what might have been going on behind the scenes. Only one of the examples of disinformation. Brought up to the present day the examples pile up. In the US we are so naïve in our own lives, we can't imagine paranoia on the scale of the soviet block, its a wonder that we are still here. Can you imagine what your friends would say if you tried to point out that this news story or that is a Russian conspiracy? Be vigilant, but not paranoid (McCarthy may have been right, but his behavior and his misuse of power was wrong). This book will change the way you think about our history. Google the author for more interesting information.
PS, never confuse crazy governments with the incredible citizens who are forced to live under them. When you meet them, remember what kind of world they live(d) in. Call the police and you may be calling the criminals themselves, imagine having not recourse to justice anywhere.
"Tasty Tour de Force"
Great plot, great pacing.
Right up there with the best, I could have done this one in just one sitting! Even the recipes seemed sinister as read in the dead pan narrators style. Somehow it really works. As the character sees things in colors, I tend to see things in flavors so this tour of exotic locals in terms of food really appeals!
Mr Matthews has a great career ahead! There is room for improvement in the sex and violence scenes. The sex is a little boring and violence of the torture scenes needlessly graphic. Sometimes less detail is more effectively chilling.
Having said that, this is a fast, well developed and very tightly plotted novel. Right up there with Silva, Le Carte et al, don't miss it!
All in all worth the credit, unputdownable 9 out of 10! I can't wait for the next one!
I think I will need to buy this one in print also since I do want to make some of the recipes!
"This may be the best yet"
If you have enjoyed this series, this ranks right up there with Still Life and A Rule Against Murder (well, they are all my favorites). This could be a stand alone novel, but I think it may be best to savour them one at a time in order. The joy comes with getting to know and love your friends as you listen to these books. I was shocked to find out in the closing interview that Ralph Cosham reads these books cold and unpracticed, his narration is a masterpiece. My only disappointment is that after months of waiting, I did listen to this one in a day (painting my house, I made great progress), and now I have to wait for the next one.
Terrific storyline and a great ending, tight and awesome story telling, LP has hit it out of the park again. Make a cup of tea (or get the paint brushes out) and enjoy!
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Prof Greenberg brings us through the life of this great composer against the backdrop of Stalin's regime during the purges before and after WW2. It is an unforgettable tour de force of music and history that makes you cringe and maybe even cry. Set in context, this body of work is a microcosm of the horror, and yet beautiful too. We stand in awe of what it took to bring art out of this turmoil that was the USSR when just surviving was a risk. Listening to this series is will bring it to life, amazing!
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If you have any interest at all in great literature, get this course! Prof. Weil not only delivers a compelling study of these and many other authors, but does so in English and Russian (which he speaks so beautifully you might feel compelled to try it yourself). The history and literature of this tragic country has never been told with such understanding and respect ( governments not withstanding). I can not recommend enough! Get this book! But be ready, now its time to listen to War and Peace, Dr Zhivago, The Brother Karamazov, and The Gulag Archipelago, and about fifteen others! Can't wait!
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The recent addition of the "Great Courses" is, for me like an invitation to a great feast! Starting with this unbelievable "dish". Robert Greenberg is a great teacher. I have no musical training or ability, just appreciation, but I can now hold my own in a discussion of music and composers. Prof. Greenberg is able to put music in a historical context as well as the personalities of the composers. His excitement for telling the "story" draws you in and keeps you wanting more. You may find yourself wanting to learn more about the history of a country, the food, the literature, etc, just because you had a taste of the music. There is truly nothing better than a great "story" well told! I am so pleased the Teaching Company has found and featured world class instructors so you and I can enjoy the learning! And I am overjoyed they are now available at Audible! I just can not say enough about this awesome course, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
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This is a story that tells of the horrors of the Stalinist (and previous and later) regimes. Any thinking person just can not make sense of it all. But it is history in all it's unbelievable twists and turns and how it shaped these peoples lives. What a story! These are real people who suffered with their families things that are just too awful to imagine.
The narrator has a very good voice but strange inflection that took a little getting used to.
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First let me say that this is a great listen! If you are interested in a story of ww2 France that shows the heroism of ordinary people, you will not go wrong! I went to amazon and looked up this book, and was delighted to see six pictures of the main characters and the places they lived, that was wonderful! This is not sophisticated writing and probably could have used a little more editing, but it is a solid heartfelt story of the author's wife's family's experiences. This book is also priced so reasonably for it's length, it is a great value, so I was quite impressed by the quality of the research. I would have loved a little more of what happened to everyone at the end, but that is because I really didn't want it to end, and didn't want to leave these people just yet. But I would have thought that, even if there had been more. Get this book! You will enjoy it!
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What do you say when you listen to the perfect book, read by the perfect narrator?
And I am embarrassed to say, from an author I have been completely unaware of until just a few weeks ago? Words fail, and I have already given 5 stars to the predecessors so now what? Bravo Audible!
Ww2, spies, and David Audley as a young man. The scene of the office's mess is just about the best English military scene I have ever watched (and I mean I was there!).
The mystery (plot) Is subtle and believable, the characters full and their images clear. I said something in one of the other reviews of this series about this author being a LeCarre light and now am faced with a retraction that I am wrong, this Series has Smiley on the run. (Not that I could do without). Anyway, the only sadness is that these books are not long enough and there are only 18 of them, so savor them and delight in great audible story telling. This book may be in my top 5 ever. Okay, I will stop now, but you get the idea...


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Hello Everyone! My name is Russ.
Welcome to the start of this build log of the USS Batfish (SS310) in 1/144 Scale. Unlike many models on this forum, it is not being built for RC. It is simply going to be a static display model. I considered not posting the log because I have no idea how long it will take to complete, or if I will ever complete it, but I decided that doing so would give me incentive to document the build process from start to finish, whenever that may be.
Why the Batfish?
Well, I have recently become interested in using AutoCad to make 3-D models. My first attempt at it was a 1/144 scale USS Greenling (SSN-614), a Permit class submarine that a friend of mine was on in the early 70's. The first draft was recently "printed" on an SLA 3D printer, and I only received it this week. I haven't started building it yet because I am not sure exactly what I am going to do. The picture below shows the parts in the first draft print. You may notice that a rudder is missing, that is because the guy that made them inadvertently forgot it. He is making (or has already made) another one, along with a couple of spare screws, but I don't have them yet.
A second draft, with much greater surface detail, has been designed and hopefully will be built in the near future. If you are interested, the compete build log for Greenling is available at: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=11272
In the meantime, I got interested in Batfish strictly because of geography. She is located in Muskogee at the "Muskogee War Memorial" (http://www.ussbatfish.com/) and I am in that area quite often. When I first found their website, I was intrigued by the shape and thought that it would provide a greater challenge than the circular hull of Greenling.
The weekend before last I had to go to Tahlequah and, on the way home, I stopped by the museum. I arrived right at closing time, and didn't want to be rushed on the tour, so I didn't get aboard her. I did pick up a brochure and had a good talk with the curator, who informed me that although they did not have plans for Batfish, plans for USS Pampanito (SS-383), another Balao class submarine, were available on-line. When I returned home, I quickly found the site and the plans (http://www.maritime.org/tech/drawings/index.htm).
When I discovered the plans, I decided to try to build her.
The "build" will really consist of two builds, a "virtual build" using the plans and AutoCad to design a 3D model and create the STL files for printing on a 3D printer, and a "real build" when the model will be physically built. The beginning of the virtual build process is described below, and will continue in successive posts until the design is completed and ready to be printed. Descriptions of the real build will follow.
I began the design by importing some of the plan drawings available on the Pampanito site into AutoCad and scaling them to the proper size. I started with the "Body Plan – Outer Hull" plan sheet, and using polylines I traced the hull half-sections (or Frames) from the plans. I then mirrored and joined the polylines to form the various sections. The image below shows the stern and bow sections created in this process.
Each Frame is numbered and the spacing of the frames is provided on both the "Body Plan – Outer Hull" and "Outboard Profile-Plate No. 3"plan sheets. Using the base line, I copied the Frames to their respective locations on the profile, rotated them 90o, and then lofted them. The hole in the forward edge of the bow was adlibbed, as I didn't find any plans for it.
The Conning Tower was made using the "Conning Tower Fairwater & Bridge, Elevations & Plans" sheet. The bridge was made using a combination of this sheet and the "Conning Tower Fairwater & Bridge – Molded Lines & Offsets" plan sheet. The completed assembly was then copied to the correct location on the hull.
The next items to be completed were the bow planes, which were created using the "Bow Diving Gear Plane Details" sheet and pictures of Batfish. The pictures were required because the configuration in the pictures I have of Batfish is slightly different than the configuration on the plans.
Below are some images of the ship up to this point. The bow plane is a separate piece and thus is colored orange. Also, I am uncertain about the upper hull attachment point, so at present it is still detached and colored magenta.
The next thing I did was cut out the torpedo tubes. I did this by first tracing the outlines from the plans, extending them well past the outline of the ship.
These rectangles were copied to the correct locations on the 3D hull, lofted and then subtracted. The remaining images on this post show the Batfish model as she currently stands.
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KDWP offers a variety of publications designed to help you make the most of Kansas' outstanding recreational opportunities. If it's fishing information you're looking for, you can view and print the latest fishing regulation summary, fishing forecast, or fishing guide . Need a map for El Dorado State Park? How about spring turkey hunting information? Consult the links listed under "Publications" at left for complete listings.
Publications are available as PDF files, so you can conveniently view or print them yourself.