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Authors: | Max Kuhn |
Title: | [download] (94021)Building Predictive Models in R Using the caret Package |
Reference: | Vol. 28, Issue 5, Nov 2008 Submitted 2008-04-22, Accepted 2008-08-18 |
Type: | Article |
Abstract: | The caret package, short for classification and regression training, contains numerous tools for developing predictive models using the rich set of models available in R. The package focuses on simplifying model training and tuning across a wide variety of modeling techniques. It also includes methods for pre-processing training data, calculating variable importance, and model visualizations. An example from computational chemistry is used to illustrate the functionality on a real data set and to benchmark the benefits of parallel processing with several types of models. |
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Politics Facing Stiffened Opposition, Obama Goes It Alone October 31, 2011 The president's decision to act on some issues without congressional approval has political, as well as practical, ramifications. It also uses a script that has been followed by other presidents who faced a recalcitrant Congress.
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As some of your know I had my own little slice of heaven as I made a nice training area for me and eventually with a little help from others it really took off and I eventually have a fullblown basement training set up. It was killer and all I really ever wanted.
Because of a oppurtunity I couldnt pass up I had to sell the house to a friend of mine who wanted to continue training with the team Hybrid Faction we had created. I thought I would be able to continue training, but an hour drive proved a formidable opponent with a family. I with my wife and parents bought a property in rural Iowa 30 minutes from anywhere. Only redeeming factor is that we got a 5200 sq ft home a big catholic church (which will be my house in a few years) and a parish hall which was originally designed for dances etc etc. There are small towns spattered around and I am hoping to drum up some interest.
But to make a long story short not being able to train anymore was driving me fucking insane....like LITERALLY nutty. I had no idea how much I would miss training or training with my team but it sucked bad. So eventually I got up off my ass and me and my brother Erik who graciously offered to help me went to work. Now whenever I feel the need to train I go right next door. I live about twenty feet from my new training area as its a building we own on the same property as our house. Let me know what you guys think
And as you can see, room to expand if need be..
Worked really hard on this, finally got to train in it the last couple days and I love having my own space. Let me know what you guys think!
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i think that is the shiznit. where do you live at keoni? |
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Thanks Warfrog, live in Lamont Iowa. Just a lambshake away from fucking NOWHERE. |
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Keoni, I literally had to laugh out loud as I see this beautiful place that is worthy of a training school that one pays for and you have many people to work out with that often. All That being said best wishes. What are your work hours? I am out in Winthrop evey other week and I could drop by sometime during the day and roll. Hell I would even come out in the morning sometime. Evenings are out though as I have to teach and family obligations. LEt me know. you still have my email. Greg |
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All That being said best wishes. What are your work hours? I am out in Winthrop evey other week and I could drop by sometime during the day and roll. Hell I would even come out in the morning sometime. Evenings are out though as I have to teach and family obligations. LEt me know. you still have my email." That would be killer, I actually dont have your email. Shoot me it at email@example.com. I currently am still working in CR so I dont get home until about six oclock and I leave early but if you could drop by about six oclock I would be down to roll for sure, either that or any time on weekends would work. But I am going to have a schedule change in a couple weeks. I also would like to get back to your place everyone once in a while and I plan too, everyone there was very welcoming and friendly. Good atmosphere. |
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COLUMBIA — A program-high 11 members of the Missouri swimming and diving team have been named Collegiate Swim Coaches Association of America Scholar All-Americans.
Colleen Gordon, Jill Granger and Kendra Melnychuk were first team honorees, while Lisa Nathanson, Jake Hoffmann, Brad Hubbard, Martin Cernansky, Jordan Hawley, Gilad Kaufman, Jan Konarzewski and Matt Dahlke received honorable mentions.
Both the men's and women's programs were recognized for accumulating better than 3.00 grade-point averages. Missouri's men finished the year with a combined 3.10 average for 33rd in the nation and second in the Big 12 Conference.
Missouri's women accumulated a 3.34 average for first in the Big 12 Conference and 41st in the nation.
"We are proud to have the team and athletes recognized by the CSCAA," Missouri swimming coach Brian Hoffer said in a release. "Our athletes work hard on a daily basis to reach their goals in the classroom. We have never had this many individuals qualify as Scholar All-Americans."
The CSCAA Scholar All-Americans are selected on the basis of their performance in the pool and in the classroom. To be selected for the All-American squad, swimmers must qualify for the NCAA Championship meet and achieve a GPA of 3.50 or higher. Honorable mention selections must achieve an NCAA consideration time and earn a 3.50 or higher GPA.


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I actually found this whole thing very unexpected. It's the result of a barely visible screen that is coating the windows of the airport. It must reduce glare. Either way, your eye focuses right past it to what you're looking at, but not the camera! At least, not when you're right up against the glass. I imagine if I were further away and zoomed in, it would not be visible. I decided to go with it and add a halftone screen as well. The large black dots are the window screen; the smaller grey ones in between are the halftone screen.
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-------------------The Legend of the Doomed Forest------------------
This is a story of a young mage that seeks an artifact of great Power..
will he recover this artifact ..or will the Forsaken Monster of evil overwhelm and destroy him before he ever reaches it.........Come join this adventure with Kleff Nigh'Pak the red robed.....Let the adventure begin!!!!!!!!!!!!
A man in red robes walks inside the forest .....With his pet cat.....
The man in the red robes walks slowly mumbling something.....
::Must find it Must find it Must find it:: over and over again.....
he had walked all day then all of a sudden all became dark and he stoped...And a then a tortured spirit attacked....His hood whent of and tere was a young elf ....Black hair ,Red eyes and Phale skin ..he shouted..
Khatli'iht'Yanh.......then Fire burst from his Fingers and Burned the creature in seconds....The he put is hood back on and continued walking...But what he didnt know was that hundred Blood red eyes where watching him...waiting.......
Leandra woke up startled, nearly falling down from the tree branch that she was sleeping on. She had heard the screams of one of the forest spirits. Quickly she braided her long taffy colored hair into a ponytail letting her bangs fall at the side of her head. Then strapped on her sword and Longbow that she had left dangling in the branches overhead.
Though it was Dark she could see quite clearly, being an elf had many good qualities. Her gifted vision was one of them. Silently she scanned the forest floor, she could see a squirrel run about, scurrying from one tree to the next. Its body heat gave off a warm reddish orangey glow that Leandra's wood brown could instantly detect.
Suddenly she heard a noise, she looked off into its direction and could see the outline of a figure. She couldn't tell what yet, but most likely assumed that it was human. He was wearing a red robe, his face was hidden within his hood and seemed to be talking to himself in a low voice. Tailing along after him was a cat. " A mage" she though to herself. "What on earth is he doing here by himself? These forests are dangerous to those who do not know them. Especially at night."
By this time the lone mage was almost directly under her. Leandra decided not to make her presence know and silently watched and waited for the red robed figure to pass. Leaning in a bit closer to get a better look at his hooded face Leandra began to feel her hands lose their grip on the branch. Then before she could tell what was happening she slipped. Quickly she caught the branch with her other hand and danged from the tree. In the middle of pulling herself up she heard a loud CRACK! The branch groaned, then tumbled to the floor taking Leandra with it.
Leandra could feel herself falling; a loud thud and a sudden shock to her body told her that she had come in contact with the ground. "Ooooh! My head!" Dizzily she sat up began to rub the back of her neck, suddenly turning her head up to come face to face with the Mage that she had been watching from the shadows.…..
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Dallas Through the Lens of Two Photographers at Kettle Art Gallery
Dallas can be a difficult city to be proud of. I'm sure that statement brings with it numerous detractors who will verbally punt me back to wherever I'm from. I grew up here, just to be clear, and even moved back after very quickly falling out of love with New York. But when people ask what there is to like about Dallas, it's a difficult question to answer. "Big city opportunity, small town feel" has become my go-to answer. Look, I'm not an impassioned advocate for much of anything. I'm a doubter, a questioner, an all-things-are-gray kind of person. But anytime I'm returning to Dallas after a trip, I anticipate seeing the Dallas skyline in the distance. It gives me the same feeling that the smell of my parent's home does, or my grandma's perfume, or the embrace of a friend. Justin Terveen Kettle Art Gallery features Terveen as part of photography month.
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Catalytic probe lithography: catalyst-functionalized scanning probes as nanopens for nanofabrication on self-assembled monolayers
Peter, Mária and Li, Xue-Mei and Huskens, Jurriaan and Reinhoudt, David N. (2004) Catalytic probe lithography: catalyst-functionalized scanning probes as nanopens for nanofabrication on self-assembled monolayers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126 (37). pp. 11684-11690. ISSN 0002-7863
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Abstract: | This article describes the use of scanning catalytic probe lithography for nanofabrication of patterns on self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of reactive adsorbates. Catalytic writing was carried out by scanning over bis(-tert-butyldimethyl-siloxyundecyl)disulfide SAMs using 2-mercapto-5-benzimidazole sulfonic acid-functionalized gold-coated AFM tips. The acidic tips induced local hydrolysis of the silyl ether moieties in the contacted areas, and thus patterned surfaces were created. Diffusion effects arising from the use of an ink were excluded in these type of experiments, and therefore structures with well-defined shapes and sizes were produced. The smallest lines drawn by this technique were about 25 nm wide, corresponding to the actual contact area of the tip. Lateral force microscopy studies performed on different SAMs helped to clarify the nature and cause of the friction contrasts observed by AFM. Dendritic wedges with thiol functions inserted into the catalytically written areas, thus enhancing the height contrast. The created patterns open possibilities to build 3D nanostructures. |
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Teachers become students of science in Peabody program
To prepare for their upcoming classes, 11 New Haven middle school teachers spent one day in August taking a hike.
While trekking in teams at the Peabody Museum of Natural History's coastal field station in Guilford, the teachers observed the various habitats and microhabitats of the Yale property, which is located off Leete's Island Road along Long Island Sound. Guided by scientists from the Peabody, they waded through a salt marsh, roved the upland woods and strolled along the rocky shore. Along the way, they paused to look at migrating Monarch butterflies, observed fiddler crabs in their natural habitats and surveyed plant biodiversity, among other activities.
The teachers were furthering their education about science and the natural world as participants in the Peabody Fellows Biodiversity and Human Health Institute, a professional development program for New Haven public school teachers offered by the Yale museum. In the 40-hour science literacy program, funded by a Science Education Partnership Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the city teachers put aside textbooks to learn about science through real-world observation and hands-on laboratory investigation.
The Peabody Fellows Biodiversity and Human Health Institute is in its second year of fulfilling the four-year NIH initiative to teach New Haven educators and students about the critical links between human health and biodiversity (the wide variety of life forms on earth). The curriculum emphasizes biodiversity's myriad contributions to human health and well-being, such as traditional medicine and pharmaceuticals drawn from nature. (The teachers and their students discover, for example, that aspirin comes from willow bark and that the cancer drug tamoxifin is produced from the yew tree.) The institute's current program expands upon a partnership between the Peabody Museum and New Haven public schools established in 1998 when the institute was founded with support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
The summer institute is just the beginning of the teachers' full-year affiliation with the Peabody Museum, during which time they are called Peabody Fellows.
This summer's institute stressed teamwork, cooperative learning and laboratory work, as well as active learning strategies. In a course on "Big Mac Biodiversity," for example, Greg Watkins-Colwell, a museum assistant in invertebrate zoology at the Peabody Museum, led the teachers through an analysis of the more than 50 species plants and animals on which the fast-food icon relies. Teachers also learned about the role of such spices as cinnamon, garlic and curry in preventing food spoilage, and listened as guest lecturer Candy Zarr, a Connecticut beekeeper, described humans' reliance on bees for pollination. The teachers then simulated bee vision by examining flowers through different colored acetates.
Other activities included a slide presentation on recent discoveries in biodiversity by Michael Donoghue, the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and curator of botany at the Peabody Museum, who will become the new director of the museum in January. Terri Stern, the science educator and curriculum specialist for the Peabody Fellows Program, showed the teachers an NBC videotape of news coverage of the Great Famine Project's Road to Remember Walk commemorating the Irish potato famine of more than 150 years ago. The video, she explains, served as the "hook" to explore the importance of plants and the devastation to humans of such plant diseases as blight, which was responsible for the deaths of more than one million Irish people from starvation.
During their hike at the Peabody's coastal field station, the teachers were divided into four teams led by pairs of Yale scientists or Peabody Museum collection managers specializing in such fields as entomology (insects), botany (plants), ornithology (birds), herpetology (snakes and lizards), geology (rocks and soil) and marine biology. Yale graduate students in various science fields also accompanied the teachers on their hike. Watching actual scientists as they undertook their field work was an enlightening experience for many of the teachers, according to Laura Fawcett, director of the Peabody Fellows Program.
During a working lunch at the end of the hike, the city teachers pondered their new insights into biodiversity as they debated what could be removed from a habitat causing the least damage.
On their final day in the Biodiversity and Human Health Institute, each team of teachers demonstrated its new knowledge by creating and presenting a 10-minute skit to teach middle school students about the complex relationship between plants and humans.
In the fall, each of the Peabody Fellows will collaborate with museum staff to develop curriculum units on biodiversity and human health to implement in their classrooms. Then, in the spring, the Peabody Museum's BioAction Lab -- a "wagon train" of 10 carts filled with fossils, plants, animal skins, skeletons, a computer, microscopes and other laboratory equipment -- will visit each participating school to provide students with a hands-on, science learning experience. Accompanied by a team of museum staff and volunteers, the BioAction Lab stays in each school for several weeks.
"The Peabody Fellows Program has been one of the most exciting science curricular projects that the district has ever seen," says Marc Blosveren, the science curriculum supervisor for the New Haven Public Schools. "It is an integral part of the systematic reform effort for science in the New Haven school district."
According to Fawcett, the excitement the New Haven teachers gain through their summer experience of scientific inquiry is in turn generated to their students in the classroom.
"The program teaches children new ways to view their environment, strengthens their observational and investigative skills, and instills a respect for biodiversity," she explains. In addition, the participating teachers' access to the educational resources of the Peabody Museum also helps to enhance the students' learning experiences, she notes.
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It's all about habitat. Well maybe
not all. But for the National Park Service, the future of thousands of
plant and animal species depends on the preservation and restoration of
wild places in our country. Habitat supports the California condor as
swoops over the Grand Canyon. It offers refuge to the desert tortoise
rests in its den at Joshua Tree National Park. And it quenches the
roots of the prairie fringe orchid at Pipestone National Monument in
In all, the NPS manages some 84 million acres of public land for
of plant and animal species. Of those, hundreds are threatened or
by declining populations and/or imperiled habitat. In some cases, a
might survive only in a particular national park, making the protection
of its homeland paramount.
As the NPS manages our parklands, it must answer a series of basic but crucial questions about the geographic relationships of species to their habitats. These spatial questions start with:
· Where is the species located?
· What is the extent of its habitat?
· What environmental factors affect
that habitat?
Each of these questions will include a series of more refined issues. This is the realm of GIS. Generations of biologists have used hand-drawn habitat maps, aerial photos, and topographic maps to prepare their analyses. Now they are making the transition to GIS to improve the quality and timeliness of their work.
As we apply GIS technology to NPS land management, we are reminded that managing habitat for endangered species has some challenges unique from other species. For example, biologists might not reveal certain data to the general public, particularly if doing so would make a species vulnerable to poaching or harassment. Yet co-workers, researchers and other agencies might have a legitimate need for otherwise secure information. During a wildfire, for example, firefighters can protect a species if they know where it lives. Today, the use of GIS to manage habitat reflects a growing trend in the National Park Service, as staff at each park decide on the best approach for each species.
Tracking bats as they zigzag through
night sky became the focus of a study to learn the roosting patterns,
and routes of a little-understood tropical species found in the Organ
Cactus National Monument in Southern Arizona. Wildlife researchers
to know more about the history and habits of Underwood's mastiff bat
the Mexican border, where the nocturnal creature faces increased
from human population, tourism, industrialization and other changes in
land use. Using radio telemetry to track the bats, U.S. researchers in
a cooperative effort with the adjacent Pinacate Biosphere Reserve in
found that the species forages over wide areas of the Sonoran desert
the international border, averaging 37 square miles from rural to
to semi-urban areas on a typical night. And for the first time, they
from bats outfitted with radio transmitters that this species roosted
cavities carved out of saguaro cactus by woodpeckers. To illustrate the
habits of the bat, researchers put their data on GIS maps that show the
home ranges, the roosting areas and the typical routes used by the
bats tracked for the study. The NPS and other agencies will use the
to help them develop and improve long-term wildlife strategies for the
species. They also created an educational poster of their findings and
are translating it to Spanish for outreach at the sister Pinacates
and schools across the border.
Bighorn sheep are getting help from
technology, including GIS, as wildlife biologists try to prevent a
of the West from vanishing from Great Basin National Park in Nevada.
Today, fewer than a dozen Rocky Mountain
bighorn remain in the rugged Snake Range in and around the park, where
hundreds of the majestic creatures once roamed. Early on, wildlife
tried to bolster the herd by adding bighorn sheep from other areas.
efforts failed, and the herd continued to dwindle even after the
of the national park in 1986.
In 2001, wildlife biologists used GIS
technology to see if the loss of sheep habitat played a role in the
woes. Using a GIS software program called ArcView developed by ESRI,
evaluated whether the herd had enough room to survive and grow.
The resulting GIS map showed the sheep
still had plenty of room in general but barely enough to bear and raise
their young. Bighorn ewes and their newborn need areas with plenty of
and water during the spring lambing season. They also need open areas
they can spot mountain lions and other predators and escape pursuit
rocky slopes. One GIS map layer identified the southerly slopes where
snows melt early and provide grasses for forage. Another layer showed
availability of water, and a third identified types of vegetation that
indicate open areas and offer protection from predators. From this
wildlife biologists and fire managers are using GIS to plan remedies,
as prescribed burns and thinning of forests, to restore suitable
areas in hopes that the herd will one day thrive again in its historic
Tracking sea turtles from space has
researchers predict when and where these endangered creatures will lay
clutches of eggs off the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. The
used satellite telemetry and GIS mapping to follow 23 Kemp's ridley sea
turtles that nested in or near Padre Island National Seashore, where
biologists have spent more than 25 years trying to re-establish a
nesting colony. Researchers outfitted 23 of the turtles with radio
between 1997 and 2003 and then monitored their travels during and after
the nesting season. In the nation's first study of its kind for this
species, researchers wanted to see how the turtles used their habitat
where they would lay successive egg clutches. The study also evaluated
potential threats to the turtles in the national seashore and gulf.
downloaded data gathered in the study into GIS maps. They used the data
to predict when and where four turtles would lay their clutches, thus
protection of the nesting turtles and their eggs. The information also
helped researchers evaluate experimental efforts to create a second
A GIS map has given researchers at
National Monument a bird's eye view of what endangered California
will see from their release pen atop a ridge in New Mexico. The
needed a way to deliver water and lead-free animal carcasses to the
Wildlife biologists also wanted to monitor the behavior and health of
birds from a nearby observation post. At the same time, researchers did
not want to be in the line of sight of the six captive-bred condors as
they return to the wild. To solve the problem, the NPS collected visual
data and created a GIS map. Green patches on the map represented what
will view from their release pen. The map showed that condors would not
see a planned trail to the release pen and observation post. By making
themselves scarce, researchers hope the birds will learn to hunt and
in the region for the first time in decades and help make the
program a success in the monument starting in late 2003.
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Mt. Definance and N. Chalone Peak looking to the south |
Pinnacles "High Peaks" looking west seen from the condor release site |
Wildlife researchers found the
when they studied how bobcats and coyotes cope with the loss of natural
environment in and around the Santa Monica Mountains National
Area in California. Researchers had captured 50 bobcats and 86 coyotes,
attached radio-collars and monitored their movements, entering their
into a database displayed on GIS maps, using ArcView software developed
by ESRI. Researchers have long known that carving up natural areas with
roads, housing tracts and other development can threaten wildlife
Yet a study of these two species in the hills west of Los Angeles found
survival rates similar to those of bobcat and coyote populations that
in areas unspoiled by development. Researchers suspect that the
high survival rate may have resulted from the mild climate, plentiful
and absence of hunting and trapping. At the same time, rodent poisons
vehicle collisions caused a significant number of bobcat and coyote
indicating the pervasive impact of humans and development on wildlife,
even within the recreation area. Both species shifted their activity
day to night, particularly in developed areas, perhaps because fewer
are out then. And the animals ranged mostly in natural areas.
concluded that they need to learn more about the requirements of
in developing areas and educate the public on the need to protect
reserves and use rodent poisons sparingly and correctly.


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All good things must come to an end
Trip Start
May 06, 2011
Trip End
Jul 23, 2011
Where I stayed
Itamarati Hotel, Sao Paulo
L'Avenue Apart Hotel, Curitiba
Our coach got into Curitiba at about 6am on Saturday morning. I'd managed to have a reasonably good night's sleep, probably helped by the fact that I'd had hardly any sleep the previous night due to more important matters like drinking large amounts of alcohol. Unfortunately, this meant that most other people didn't get much sleep due to my lion-like snoring and weren't they a grumpy lot when I woke up! I wasn't allowed to do anything on this tour - no snoring, no farting, no dirty jokes - where was the love? We checked into L'Avenue Apart Hotel and since most people hadn't had much sleep, Mike suggested we meet again at 10am. The single guys (me, Nashy and Peter) had to share another triple room again, which didn't exactly lighten our moods.
Curitiba is one of Brazil's most beautiful cities and a model in urban planning the world over. It was also in the top three greenest cities in the world, with an abundance of public parks and over 50 square metres of green space per resident. At our meeting, Mike highly recommended the city tour, but after one or two less than exciting city tours in previous cities, I think everyone was very wary and decided to give it a miss. However, Mike had found out that Curitiba would be playing a home football match that evening and most of us decided we'd be up for going to that - they'd be at hone to Fluminense in the Serie A. I spent the next couple of hours having a walk around the historic quarter, Lago da Orden, where the architecture is based on German design and paid a visit to one of the picturesque parks near the hotel. In the afternoon, we walked to the football stadium to get our tickets, a pricey Rs80 each (about �30, but probably what you'd expect to pay for English Premier League ticket), and strangely, had to show our passports (or copies) before we could buy them. Me and Nashy had a McDonald's which we would later find out wouldn't take too long to pass through us.
At about 4.30pm, we met up and headed off to the footie stadium, stopping along the way to partake of some tinnies of Skol which were conveniently being sold from cool-boxes on the pavement at regular intervals from the ground. No having to queue up at bars to get tanked up before the match over here. I had contemplated buying a home shirt for the match until I saw they were green and plastered with the logo of their sponsor "IRA" - that quickly put paid to that idea, not really a shirt I'd be able to wear back in the UK! Inside the ground, we found some suitable terracing on the top tier and had our one and only beer of the match when we found out that the alcohol content was only 0.5% - something to do with Brazil wanting to present an acceptable face at their grounds before they host the World Cup Finals in 2014. The match was won by Curitiba with three first-half goals, eventually ending up at 3-1. Amongst some slick Brazilian passing football, divine ball skills, and a succession of free kicks every time a player "fell over" when one of the opposition was within touching distance, the match was notable for the brilliant atmosphere in the crowd. Supporters in the main home terraced stands spent the whole match singing, dancing, and generally partying to the loud band in their section, so much so that even our stand at the side of the ground was shaking and swaying!
On Sunday, we spent the day on a coach to Sao Paulo, the industrial and economic heart of Brazil and the biggest city in the southern hemisphere with an estimated population of 17-24 million. We got taxis from the bus station to the Hotel Itamarati, warnings ringing in our heads from Mike about how dangerous the city could potentially be. Keep a careful watch on our luggage at the bus station, don't put our bags on our laps on buses or in taxis, don't walk around at night, don't wear watches or jewellery, don't pick up soap that someone has dropped in public toilets. Okay, the last one was made up, but maybe wasn't so out of place as we found out that the Tucan hotel was right in the middle of the gay and transvestite district of Sao Paulo! A perusal of the Tucan trip notes on the city stated that there were many "special" bars and clubs near our hotel, which we found out that in Tucan's very non-politically correct terminology meant gay! It was certainly an eye-opener when we met up outside the hotel to make our way to dinner - it was a case of the men being men, and the women being men too!
We had a walk around the Japanese quarter of Liberdade in the evening, (Sao Paulo has the highest number of Japanese immigrants outside Japan) and settled on a Japanese restaurant for dinner. We paid a few Reals each to hire their private room, fortunately they had a space under the table for our legs which meant we didn't have to sit cross-legged during the meal. Not being a great fan of fish unless it's wrapped in a newspaper and comes with chips, I decided on a steak served on a sizzling hot plate which came with a fried egg and steamed vegetables and was absolutely delicious. We also ordered a jug of warm sake, Japanese rice wine, which certainly packed a punch. The food wasn't the only thing which was mouth-watering though as the final bill came to Rs/1208, about �500! After the meal, we headed to a bar near our hotel called Mary Jane, which inevitably was a gay bar. I must say that the sight of girls making out whilst chugging bottles of lager wasn't unappealing, although the sight of guys making out in the corridor on the way to the toilets was slightly less so! Still, the place was packed, everyone was having fun, dancing and drinking, and so did we.
On Monday, we had a free day in Sao Paulo. Looking through the list of places I wanted to visit, two stood out - Butanta Snake farm, which contained one of the largest collections of snakes, lizards, scorpions and spiders in the world, in glass cages as well as open-air pits, and the Football Museum which gave a fully interactive history of Brazilian and World Cup soccer, and reviews had stated it was a must-visit place even for people who didn't like football. Unfortunately, it appeared that in Sao Paulo, Monday was the new Sunday and both places were closed. Instead, we went for a tour to a couple of other places around the city - a walk through the 1.5 million square metre tranquility of Ibirapure Park, complete with restaurants, sports facilities, museums, greens, ponds and lakes, and a trip to Avenida Paulista in the heart of the business district. After lunch, the others went to visit a havaiana factory, this being a brand of flip-flop made in Brazil and apparently, the height of flip-flop fashion. Unfortunately, I must be a fashion victim because I'd never heard of them before and didn't want to spend the afternoon trudging around a sandal factory in my uncool trainers so I headed back to the hotel for some internet time.
In the evening, we all met up again and headed to the 41st floor of the Edificio Italia tower for sunset views over the metropolis that is Sao Paulo - skyscrapers stretched as far as the eye could see in every direction. It wasn't cheap at Rs30 entry to the viewing deck which we'd have to pay if we had drinks or not, so we decided to have a couple of beers at Rs9 a pop while we were at it. The views were worth it though and definitely recommended. After dinner at a nearby restaurant, it was back to Mary Jane bar, but it appeared that tourist attractions weren't the only things shut on Mondays as we were the only people drinking in the bar that night. Me, Peggy, Simon and Crystal headed off to another bar afterwards, a type of cabaret club with singers, dancers and women who looked suspiciously like blokes but were classier in that they'd spent more money on their operations.
On Tuesday, we took a six hour coach trip to the coastal city of Paraty, passing on the way through some stunning cloudforest and catching glimpses of picturesque towns on the Atlantic coast. We checked into our small hostel, Pousada dos Contos, another small triple share room for us single blokes, the beds so close together that we could fart over the bed next to ours in our sleep. Nice.
With colonial Portuguese architecture, cobblestoned streets, whitewashed buildings, and lots of bars, restaurants and shops, Paraty certainly cut a pretty picture. Once a month at full moon, about 6-10 inches of seawater floods the city at high tide, washing over the cobblestoned streets until the tide falls again. We found a restaurant in town for dinner, Paraty 33, unfortunately, my steak was as dry as an old boot and they had the cheek to stick an Rs8 cover charge on each of our bills for some bloke playing an electronic gizmo who we didn't want to hear. I did find a new tipple of choice though (helped by the fact that they had a 40% off special) - a caipirinha, a traditional Brazilian cocktail made from sugar cane rum, sugar and lime. It was very strong! We'd met a few people from the Tucan overland truck tour earlier and been invited to a beach party near their camp/hostel, about half an hour walk away from town. We didn't need a second invitation. After a few drinks at a beach bar on the way, it was off to the beach party, where a fair few more caipirinhas meant I couldn't actually remember how I got back to our hotel, although apparently it was about 5 or 6 in the morning.
The highly recommended activity in Paraty was a boat trip to nearby islands, with opportunities for swimming and visiting some nice beaches (the beach at Paraty is a bit muddy so locals tend to go out in boats to visit better beaches). Fortunately for me, there was also the opportunity for drinking so I spent the trip in a semi-vegetative state sipping tinnies of Skol lager. Afterwards, we visited the top ice-cream parlour in Paraty and stuffed ourselves full. A few of us ate at a small churrascaria (Brazilian steakhouse where your buffet meal is sold by weight) and I called it an early night to catch up on my sleep.
On Thursday, we were all very excited to be heading to Rio, the final stop of our mammoth tour, tinged with a hint of sadness that we'd be saying goodbye to each other too. The relatively short 4-5 hour journey hugged the Atlantic coast in parts, passing by beautiful small coastal towns, with yachts harboured in the bays, backed by Atlantic rainforest. We even passed by Brazil's only nuclear station power, which obviously had some interest for me even if not to anyone else. Upon reaching Rio, we checked into the Hotel Regina, where a single room was an eye-popping Rs300 (~�120) and a triple (yes, another triple) was Rs450 (~�180). Brazil hadn't been cheap as we'd been travelling through it, with prices akin to or higher than the West, unlike the rest of South American. Rio raised the bar another notch. After dumping our bags, Mike took us on a bus trip to Copacabana where we had a couple of beers by the beach. However, it was getting late in the afternoon and all the lovelies had waddled off. We had an evening meal at Catete Grill, another churrascaria, then a few of us headed off to a couple of nearby bars where we promptly downed a few buckets of ice-cold lager, joined by a few of the Tucan overlanders who we happened to meet out. An enjoyable last night for me, drinking and chatting, lots of beautiful Brazilian girls, and a relatively early night at about 3am.
Our Tucan trip officially ended on Friday morning. However, everyone else in the tour group was spending additional time in Rio to see the sights of which there were many - I had wanted to visit Sugar Loaf Mountain for sunset views, Christ the Redeemer, which had been recently voted one of the new Seven Wonders of the World, and do a favela tour. However, I had also arranged to get back to the UK for a wedding reception on Saturday which meant I'd be off to the airport on Friday afternoon, so I bid a sad farewell to my fellow travellers as they headed off for a favela tour at Friday lunchtime. After my final meal of the tour which rather sadly was a McDonalds burger, I got a taxi to the airport for my trek back to the UK. I'd spent over two and a half months in South America, seen some amazing sights and performed some challenging activities, made many new friends, partied till I nearly dropped, and had a wonderful trip. There were also some things I wouldn't miss, like having to put toilet paper in the bin and stinking out the room, mosquitoes and triple share rooms but these paled into insignificance in the face of the mostly brilliant times I'd enjoyed during my trip. Till next time, ciao!


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Ron Cain, Jr.-present Margaret Miller – Sanders - present
Everett Vreeland -present Deane Driscoll - present
Ron Soussa -present Kevin Seidel, Alt. #2 - present
Jennifer Horowitz -present Arnold Schancupp – alt #1 - absent
Alexander Kachmar - present
Township Committee: Jim Sandham; Deb Nielson (alt) - both present
Planning Board Liaison: Tony Speciale - present
Environmental Commission: Monica Mianecki - present
Township Staff:
Meghan Hunscher, PP
Other present:
Russ Lipari, Planning Board Chairman
Real estate broker from Remax
A. BoA & Planning Board applications update
a. Deane Driscoll - BOA
b. Tony Speciale - Planning Board
Mr. Driscoll indicated that Holiday was approved and that Lake Valhalla Club has an on-going application. Mr. Speciale indicated that the Planning Board had light agendas.
B. Master Plan & Zoning Ordinance Update
a. Optional elements - Meghan
b. Meeting with Chamber on signage - Maggie
Ms. Hunscher indicated that the Chamber members met with Mr. Burgis, planning consultant, to discuss signage. The Chamber felt that neon signs should be permitted but with restriction as to size and amount.
C. Subcommittee Reports
a. Retail Analysis - Maggie, Deane, Dick
i. Suggested research: amount of retailers in Montville
Mr. Speciale indicated that the fire districts keep records of every business in town and that Ms. Hunscher should contact them for the list.
b. Commercial realtor event - Fall 2011 - Kevin, Ron S, Dick, Deane
i. Location, agenda, tour, hand-outs, timeline
The real estate broker present indicated that the brokers open houses are typically not well attended and she did not recommend that the EDC host a brokers event. The subcommittee was disbanded.
c. EDC comparable research - Alex
i. Websites, events
Alex compiled a list of example website of other EDCs. Ron S. suggested that the EDC set up a stand-alone website. Suggestions for the website include visual tour of the Township, slogan, vacancy listing.
d. Farmer's Market - Jennifer, Deane, Tony
Tony had spoken with a number of local farmers and it appears they would not be interested in selling at a Farmer's Market in Montville. The subcommittee was disbanded.
Ron S. suggested that the Township consider organic farming of Township-owned preserved open space. The proceeds would be placed in the open space trust fund. Ms. Hunscher indicated that should would call the Morris County Agricultural Board to inquire.
D. Speakers - Deane
a. Glenn Buie, Maggie Peters, Stan Omland - status
Deane and Dick will line up speakers, one per month.
E. Other initiatives
a. Bayer
b. Slogan
Mr. Sandham indicated that he and Mr. Bastone would be meeting with Bayer representatives later in the month.
A. Mission / Vision Statement for EDC
Suggestions for a vision statement and mission statements included:
"The Montville Economic Development Committee encourages new development and supports the retention of existing businesses while preserving the quality of life of our community."
Mission statements include:
1. To enhance Montville Township's quality of life through the creation and preservation of healthy businesses and jobs;
2. To be mindful that one unique feature of our Town is that it is comprised of many separate and distinct areas that require careful consideration to keep its future growth desirable;
3. To assist new and old businesses with municipal requirements and acts as a liaison between economic enterprise and municipal entities;
4. To welcome and encourage businesses that might consider Montville Township a place to relocate to and creates a community culture that attracts and supports ratables;
5. To help local businesses remain healthy and in town by assisting in their expansion and promotion;
6. To facilitate landlords in renting space;
7. To encourage the use of vacant buildings;
8. To increase Montville Township's ratables; and
9. To keep in mind our residents needs and wants.
10. Promotes growth and development that is line with our resident's needs and guided by our community's master plan.
B. Target goals of EDC
C. Subcommittee formation discussion
a. Outreach subcommittee
b. Business recruitment
c. Target areas
These will be discussed further at a later date.
D. Intern - Meghan
Ms. Hunscher indicated that she has placed an ad at Rutgers for an unpaid summer intern. Part of the intern's work would involve support of EDC efforts.
E. EDC dinner with Chamber honoring business person
The Chamber currently has an annual banquet.
A. Rene of Petals to discuss proposed café on same property (Chux)
Ms. Simon did not appear due to a scheduling conflict.
Motion to approve: Deane Driscoll
Second: Ron Soussa
Roll call: unanimous
The meeting was unanimously adjourned at 9:30 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Principal Planner


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Stability of nonlinear Bragg gratings with a finite material response time
JOSA B, Vol. 17, Issue 11, pp. 1894-1900 (2000)
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A linear stability analysis to investigate the instabilities in nonlinear distributed-feedback gratings with a finite material response time is presented. The amplification (or attenuation) rate and the frequency of sinusoidal perturbations generated in the grating are calculated for different values of the material response time, detuning, and coupling strength. To give the full picture of the stability boundaries, stability maps are plotted in the two cases of a weak grating and a strong grating. The stable region can be enlarged by increasing a response time of the nonlinearity. The required response time increases with the grating strength. A comparison with numerical simulations of the coupled-mode equations is done to confirm the validity of the stability analysis.
© 2000 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(050.2770) Diffraction and gratings : Gratings
(060.4370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Nonlinear optics, fibers
(190.1450) Nonlinear optics : Bistability
(190.3100) Nonlinear optics : Instabilities and chaos
(190.5530) Nonlinear optics : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
Kazuhiko Ogusu, "Stability of nonlinear Bragg gratings with a finite material response time," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17, 1894-1900 (2000)
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