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Daniel Inouye was not that far removed from his parentsã native land of Japan when Japanese air forces attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. A second generation Japanese-American, Inouye was born on Sept. 7, 1924 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Inouye died Monday at the age of 88. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1963 until his death.
Many Nisei (a term referring to Japanese natives born in another country) Japanese Americans identified more with the United States than they did with Japan, and those like Inouye were more than willing to fight for American forces against the Axis powers during World War II.
The U.S. government lifted its ban against Japanese-Americans serving in the military, and Inouye would join and eventually serve with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
Inouye would eventually encounter the final and strongest line of defense for the German Army in Tuscany, Italy. He led a brutal attack on the German machine gun lines, which resulted in a gunshot wound to the stomach and a shot from a grenade rifle to his right elbow. He continued to fight until he passed out from a massive loss of blood. His right arm would eventually be amputated without the aid of anesthesia.
He was later awarded the Metal of Honor for his bravery.
The 100th Battalion in which Inouye fought was sent to Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg to train for combat in the European Theater.
Not only was Inouye serving in a segregated army, but he was also Japanese.
According to Inouye, none of that mattered in Hattiesburg.
Retired Col. Dwight Dyess, president of BancorpSouth in West Point, has fond memories of meeting Inouye who was by then a longtime Senator for the state of Hawaii.
ãHe was the keynote speaker when the 442nd (Mississippi Armed Forces Museum) dedicated its monument at Camp Shelby,ã Dyess said following Inouyeãs death.
Dyess was a Lt. Colonel at the time, and he was serving as Sen. Thad Cochranãs escort that day. His wife, Kathy, and young son, Walker, were present as well, and it would be the one time Walker met the war hero.
ãI was in the second or third grade,ã Walker Dyess said of the meeting. ãI can remember being mad because I had to wear Khaki shorts that day and a T-shirt that dad had bought me.ã
Col. Dyess was attending to his duties with Cochran for most of the day, leaving the family alone periodically, but he knew this was a once in a lifetime chance for his son to meet a true hero.
ãI knew they (442nd) were coming for their reunion,ã Dwight Dyess said. ãWe had watched the movie ãGo for Brokeã about their time in Italy, and I asked Walker if he wanted to meet Sen. Inouye, and he said, ãYes sir, I do.ãã
Walkerãs meeting with Inouye was captured in time by his mother, who photographed him with the hero and Cochran. Years later, and after studying history and politics in college, Walker has a deeper understanding of the importance of the early-1990ãs meeting with Inouye.
ãLater I heard more about who he was and about his regiment being trained at Camp Shelby,ã said Walker Dyess. ãAt the time, we had a segregated Army, but they were brave to volunteer to fight against the enemies of America.ã
Cochran was close with Inouye during their time together on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
ãI am deeply saddened by the passing of Sen. Inouye, who was my dear friend and our highly respected President Pro Tempore,ã Cochran said in a statement after hearing of the Senatorãs passing. ãIt was a privilege to serve with him on the Appropriations Committee where we worked to approve bills to provide funding for the activities and responsibilities of the federal government. He was an outstanding parliamentarian and will be sorely missed by the Senate, his constituents and his many friends.ã
Col. Dyess has served as the Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (CASA) over the last decade. His first CASA Conference was in Honolulu, Hawaii under then-Secretary of the Army Tom White.
White led the CASAs to the National Cemetery where he dedicated a wreath for all of the fallen on behalf of himself and all of the CASAs.
ãKathy and I were wearing these Polo shirts that had Hattiesburg on them. One of the docents who was from the World War II era saw the shirts and got excited. In seconds, there were a dozen or more of them who descended upon us, shaking our hands. Two of them got emotional about the time they had spent training in Hattiesburg.ã
Dyess says that Inouye told those at the Camp Shelby monument dedication that he could not have been more pleased with how the 442nd, a regiment made up of Japanese Americans, were treated at Camp Shelby in 1943-1944.
Inouye would eventually obtain a law degree from George Washington University, and he served as a territorial senator in Hawaii and saw the islands all the way through to statehood. In 1963, he was elected to the US Senate. He won re-election eight times.


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EAT your heart out, Duracell bunny: NASA has unveiled an ocean-going robot that really can go on forever. It is the first of its kind to be fuelled entirely by renewable energy.
This month the agency revealed that SOLO-TREC, a wax-filled buoy powered only by the temperature differences in the water around it, has been tirelessly diving to depths of 500 metres off the Hawaiian coast three times a day since November 2009. The float gathers data on temperature and salinity to improve studies of ocean currents.
SOLO-TREC extracts thermal energy from the ocean each time it travels from the cold depths to the warmer surface. Tubes of oil on its shell are surrounded by a compartment filled with two different waxes. They flip from solid to liquid when the sea temperature exceeds 10 °C, and expand by 13 per cent
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Toshiba Satellite P500-15E
SpecificationsNotebook: Toshiba Satellite P500-15E (Satellite P500 Series)
Processor: Intel Core i5 430M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
Display: 18.4 inch, 16:9, 1680x945 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 4.4kg
Price: 1000 euro
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Reviews for the Toshiba Satellite P500-15E
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Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/02/2010
Rating: Total score: 60%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M: The Nvidia GeForce GT 330M is the successor of the GT 230M and technically just a slightly higher clocked GT 240M (but it should still maintain the power envelope of the GT 230M as the naming suggests).
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
The Core i5-430M is a middle class dual core CPU that features only 3 MB L3 Cache (compared to the I7-640M) and clocks between 2.26-2.53 GHz (Turbo Mode). Furthermore, VT-d, trusted Execution and AES features are missing in the 430M. Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (Intel HD Graphics with 500-733 MHz) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.
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18.4": 18 inch display size is a rare and very big size for desktop-replacement laptops. Laptops with 18 inch displays did not exist before 2008. The DTR-laptops can't be carried easily, need much energy but on the other side texts can be read easily and high resolutions are no problem. DTR mainly are intended for stationary usage on desks, where the weight and the energy need are unimportant.
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Toshiba: Toshiba Corporation is a multinational conglomerate manufacturing company, headquartered in Japan. The company's main business is in Infrastructure, Consumer Products, and Electronic devices and components. Toshiba-made Semiconductors are among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders. Toshiba is one of the biggest international notebook-manufacturer. There exist many reviews for Toshiba models.
60%: Such a bad rating is rare. There exist hardly any notebooks, which are rated worse.
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American Idol
New American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez is in a continuing legal battle over the threat of ex-husband, Ojani Noa, releasing video of her exposing herself in public. The footage reportedly features "graphic nudity" and shows Lopez "riding a scooter in public in Cuba, while talking to the camera and numerous bystanders, with her privates in as plain view as Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Lindsay Lohan have in the past," said one Noa's representative, Ed Meyer. Eeesh, and you thought your exes were bad!
Lopez and Noa were married for 11 months before calling it quits back in 1998. Lopez's infamous ex has been trying to cash in on this uber-embarassing film for quite some time, but was prevented from doing so by a judge. Noa reportedly has over 21 hours of home movie footage, including numerous images of Jennifer Lopez before she hit the big time.
Personally, we think this guy is a first-rate creep for attempting to capitalize on his ex's fame by releasing such video. Here's hoping Jennifer brings out the legal guns and sues the d-bag!
Source: NY Daily News
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In 1866, the Ku Klux Klan was formed secretly in the South to terrorize blacks and fight Radical Reconstruction. The organization was disbanded in 1869-1871. The organization started in Nashville, Tennessee, and its members fought for the restoration of white supremacy in the South. The organizational hierarchy saw a Grand Wizard as the leader. Below him were Grand Dragons, Grand Titans, and Grand Cyclopses. Nathan Bedford Forrest, a cavalry general during the Civil War, was the organizationÆs first supreme leader. Klansmen carried out acts of terror after the creation of the group; such acts included evening raids, whippings, and lynchings. In 1869, however, Forrest ordered that the Ku Klux Klan be formally disbanded. Despite the …
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Greetings Habs Addicts!
What a week for Les Habitants! The NHL playoffs began and the Habs went down to Tampa Bay to face the Lightning in the first round. Montreal struggled against Tampa this season, although they played four very close games. Tampa held the edge compiling a 3-0-1 record against the Habs. All but one of the games finished with 2-1 scores, the last game ended 3-1 as Tampa managed to add an empty-net goal. With home ice advantage, most hockey pundits were taking Tampa to move onto the second round.
Not. So. Fast.
Game One was absolutely dominated by the Habs. They out-worked, out chanced and drastically out-shot the Lightning. And after regulation, the score was tied 4-4. Carey Price allowed four goals on 16 shots, while Anders Lindback allowed four goals on 35 shots. In the case of Tampa's goals, it was quality over quantity as most of them came after bad turnovers by Habs defenders left him in a bad spot. Both teams fired nine shots on goal in the overtime, but the dominant team prevailed when Dale Weise fired home the game winner with just under two-minutes to go in the extra frame. Habs win 5-4 in overtime.
|Dale Weise celebrates his OT winner with P.K. Subban.
Photo Credit: MontrealGazette.com
Everyone expected a stronger performance from Carey Price in Game Two. He was average at best in Game One before standing on his head in overtime. If Montreal came out with the same intensity, and Price was just slightly better, they should win easily. Game Two saw the Bolts come out strong early on, firing 11 shots on goal in the opening frame, five less than they managed all of Game One. Price stopped them all. The game remained scoreless after one period. In the second, David Desharnais got the Habs on the board before the much-maligned Rene Bourque tallied to give the Habs a comfortable 2-0 lead. In the third period, a terrible Tampa give-away landed on the stick of Brendan Gallagher and he made them pay. A few minutes later, Bourque tallied again to give Montreal a 4-0 lead. Tampa managed to get on the board with just under two minutes to go, with Teddy Purcell breaking the shutout bid. That was it for the Tampa offense. Price stopped 26 of 27 shots in a dominant 4-1 Habs victory. Montreal effectively took away home ice advantage by sweeping both games and headed home with a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Game Three saw the series shift to Montreal. After an incredible opening ceremony, Rene Bourque took a feed from P.K. Subban immediately after the opening faceoff and darted behind the defense and roofed one on Anders Lindback. 1-0 Habs after only 11 seconds of play. The rejuvenated Bourque played another strong game, going hard into the corners and the net and winning battles for the puck. The Bourque the Habs thought they traded for has finally arrived the past couple of games. Sure the sample size is small, but his play is reminiscent of how he played in Calgary when he had back-to-back 20+ goal seasons. The second period saw a weak penalty call on Daniel Briere lead to the tying goal, but an Bobby Orr-esque rush around the offensive zone by P.K. Subban ultimately resulted in Brendan Gallagher scoring his second goal of the series to give the Habs the lead. Subban lifted fans out of their seat and demonstrated why he is one of the best puck movers in the game. And demonstrated why you can accept the mistakes he makes. Overall, Subban has been on fire this series and this first game in Montreal was P.K. at his finest. Tomas Plekanec scored early in the third period, what proved to be the game winning goal in a 3-2 Montreal victory. The Habs now lead the series 3-0. En feu!
Coming up this Tuesday, Game Four of the series will be played at the Bell Centre with Montreal looking to complete the sweep. No one expected Tampa Bay to be in this situation. While the matchups during the regular season were close and ultimately dominated by Tampa Bay, both of these squads have a vastly different look to them during this series. Most notably:
- Montreal has an elite NHL playmaker and sniper in Thomas Vanek playing on a line with another elite sniper in 39-goal man Max Pacioretty. This top line has been on fire during the latter part of the season and makes Montreal a very dangerous - and balanced - offense. Vanek only played in only one previous matchup.
- Martin St. Louis is now a member of the New York Rangers, with Ryan Callahan playing for the Lightning. While Steven Stamkos is back in the line-up, his elite playmaking setup-man is no longer on the team.
- Ben Bishop led Tampa Bay all season long and is a dark-horse Vezina Trophy candidate this season. Bishop is out for this series and Anders Lindback has not been as strong in goal, nor was he at all this season. Lindback is a step down from what Bishop brings to the table for Tampa.
Nick Malofy is a transplanted Montrealer, currently living in evil LeafLand. He is a contributor here at HabsAddict.com and give him a follow, as he can often be found rambling on Twitter.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: a big part of my job is knowing good content when I see it and there are some days when my job is really easy. The first time I saw Epic Meal Time was one of those days. I was hooked on this show from the moment I saw them stuff a bird in a bird in a bird in a bird in a bird in a pig. Epic Meal Time is an undisputed and absolute YouTube phenomenon. Their audience is huge (averaging more than 2 million views an episode) and engaged (tens of thousands of comments on each video). All you have do do is watch any of their 26 videos and you'll immediately see how funny and creative these guys are. They've been consistently putting out a video per week, each one more epic than the last. They've even made an appearance on network television, as guests on The Tonight Show last month (they cooked a "meat car" on air with Jay Leno).
After seeing the hard-driving, hard-drinking on-screen persona of Harley and the other guys on the show, we went up to Montreal to meet with them not knowing what to expect. Turns out, that in addition to being some of the most talented producers out there, they're also some of the nicest. We had a fantastic meal of ribs and jerky and decided we had to work together moving forward.
So, we're extremely excited to welcome Epic Meal Time to the Revision3 network. They join our high-quality stable of shows and bring a new flavor (of SAUCE) to our line-up. For those of you who haven't seen the show before, I'm sure you're going to become just as big of fans as we all are.
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Player question and answer
Question: What was this season's highlight?
Answer: "Winning Region 4-AAA Player of the Year. It showed me that all my hard work and dedication was starting to pay off."
Q: How did you improve your game this season?
A: "Being more aggressive on offense at all times. Last year, sometimes I would fall asleep on the court and just watch the game. But this year, I think I stayed aggressive during the whole game."
Q: What was your biggest challenge?
A: "When I couldn't play in the [Class AAA] Final Four against the team (Columbia) I wanted to beat. It's not going to do anything but make me better."
On Wortham
Vitals: The 6-foot-4 junior forward averaged 14.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game to help Eagle's Landing return to the Class AAA semifinals. Wortham missed the quarterfinals and semifinals after suffering a seizure at school.
Why Wortham: On a team loaded with talent, Wortham found a way to stand out. Down the stretch in a tight game, he became the Golden Eagles' go-to scorer, and was named Region 4-AAA Player of the Year.
Others considered: Dutchtown's Donovahn Jones averaged 19 points, leading the Bulldogs back to the state tournament. Henry County forward Dre Soulder averaged a double-double for the Warhawks on the way the Class AAA quarterfinals.
Coach Clay Crump on Wortham: "Eric was a great leader for us. He was our speaking captain and really was the one who huddled the guy's up and started practice. To be so good, he was very unselfish. He put others before himself, but still knew when to be aggressive. His all-around game got better."
Where are they now: Last year's winner, Stockbridge forward Dante Campbell, is a full-time student at Georgia State.
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YNOT AMKingdom, a studio spinoff of popular teen niche website specialist Amateur Teen Kingdom, has embarked on production of its first full-length adult feature film. Revenge of the Petites, written and directed by Harry Sparks, will star Marie McCray, Lily LaBeau and Skin Diamond. Principal photography is expected to run from Oct. 15-24 in and around Los Angeles.
We are excited to begin production on Revenge of the Petites after months refining the script and carefully casting, Sparks said. The movie caters to the demand of many markets, including people craving creative and original adult features, as well as fans of the petite and spanking niches. Revenge of the Petites offers an extremely positive message about body image and self-confidence, which we know people will appreciate in an adult movie.
The plot follows nerdy McCray and her best friend Diamond as they embark on their freshman year of college. They soon realize college life is not as easy as it seemed. Subjected to the taunts, teasing and practical jokes of the tall and beautiful girls of Theta House (led by the vicious LaBeau), McCray and her friends are left no choice but to join a sorority for petite girls. When one cruel practical joke perpetrated by the Thetas goes too far, the petites set out for revent.
Sparks described the movie as a hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age story with an adult twist.
In addition to McCray, LaBeau and Diamond, Revenge of the Petites features Celeste Star, Dani Daniels, Cassandra Nix, Ashley Jane, Zoey Kush, Riley Reed, Kris Slater, Sativa Verte, Heidi Hanson, Katie St. Ives, Seth Dickens, Victoria Rae Black, Tia Cyrus, Nina Devon, Hayden Hawkens, Bella Moretti, Rihanna Rimes, Talon, Sarah Shevon and in a concession to testosterone James Deen.
Over the years, weve branded AMKingdom and its network of sites as the quintessential destination for consumers to enjoy the racier side of the girl-next-door, said studio founder and Chief Executive Officer Kim Nielsen. Our reputation is built on the value we offer the end user: a plethora of sex-positive content on extremely user-friendly platforms, for very competitive rates. Now that we are venturing into feature films, we are making sure our productions epitomize the brand weve worked so hard to grow.
Revenge of the Petites is the culmination of our diverse sites, Nielsen added. Its huge cast provides unparalleled return, while representing all aspects of our websites.
AMKingdom is owned and operated by the minds behind 15-year-old Amateur Teen Kingdom and its network of sites including ATKGalleria.com, ATKHairy.com and ATKPremium.com. Revenge of the Petites is based on ATKPetites.com, where all the models are under 54 and weigh less than 110 lbs.
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P� onsdag, 28 april 2004, skrev email@example.com:
> hi!
> we have a huge (50+ GB) Oracle database that is used for pesticide
> reporting data in the state of california. all updates are delivered to us
> in the form of 'oracle database dumps' (not exactly sure what that
> mean...). all of the queries are usually quite simple, no use of
> triggers/subselects/[other questionably supported features]... and finally
> we are low on funds ,and cannot afford to pay for the new oracle
> license...
Interesting: I am familiar with the submission end of this procedure (I grow
fruit) but know little about what happens to the information after it is
turned in.
> we are looking at converting our operations to MySQL, or any other open
> source RDBMS...
Well you have choices:
- Mysql, as you already know. I am not a fan of mysql, though lots of folks
like it. Its big difficiency has always been that it was not engineered as
a general-purpose RDBMS; consequently, it is often very fast but sometimes
performs quite poorly. I don't develop new project in it anymore.
- Postgresql is my RDBMS of choice, since it comes close to standard
compliance, is fast, scalable, etc. Transaction support is robust, speed
is good (rumored to be better than oracle though who knows because of
non-disclusire agreements). Custom types can be added, which might be
handy when porting data from oracle.
- Firebird and SAP are also available. I don't know much about these, but
SAP at least targets similar markets to oracle.
Guess which one I like ;-)
> here are some questions:
> 1. are there any tools out there that can facilitate the conversion of
> oracle tables into mysql tables?
> 2. is there any way to convert queries written for oracle into a format
> that mysql will accept (besides the long hand way)
Sorry, this is to vague for me to answer specifically (and I am not an
oracle jockey). But in the absence of specifics, may I suggest
Perl/Sed/Awk/Ruby filters?
> 3. would mysql be suitible for a database this size?
> 4. would there be any way to convert these 'oracle db dumps' for input
> into the new mysql DB?
That is unlikely unless they are in a text format. Binary dumps from
databases are invariably RDBMS-specific (and often version-specific as
Postgresql has a very good set of mailing lists where many helpful people
can be found. Maybe Mysql has mailing lists too?
Hiring a consultant is also an option....it is very helpful to have someone
experienced to offer insight and handholding even if you choose to do most
of the work yourself.
> i know these are very open-ended questions, but we are just looking for
> some ideas right now...
> thanks in advance!
> Dylan
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Independent College Programs: 2009-2010
These courses, offered by visiting professors and members of the various departments of the College, are in different ways outside the major programs of the departments. They may be introductory in approach, or they may be interdisciplinary, bringing the insights and techniques of one discipline to bear on the problems important to another. They attempt to introduce students to intellectual experiences which are different from the ones that are available in our departmental curricula. These courses have no prerequisites except where explicitly stated.
Professor Linda G. Gerstein
Associate Professor M. Kaye Edwards
Visiting Professor Neal Grabell
Visiting Associate Professor Carol Solomon
Visiting Instructor Victoria Funari
Visiting Instructor Barbara Toews
104 Calculus: Concepts and History NA/QU (Cross-listed in Mathematics)
Prerequisite: Not ordinarily open to students who have studied calculus previously. Offered occasionally.
01 Introduction to African and Africana Studies HU (Cross-listed in African and Africana Studies)
T.Hucks, K.Ngalamulume
An interdisciplinary introduction to Africana Studies, emphasizing change and response among African peoples in Africa and outside.
104 Calculus: Concepts and History NA/QU (Cross-listed in Mathematics)
Prerequisite: Not ordinarily open to students who have studied calculus previously. Offered occasionally.
111 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies SO (Cross-listed in Peace and Conflict Studies)
A broad overview of the study of conflict, peace and peace-building. Topics include: militarization, nuclearization, ethnic conflict, genocide, social movements, and non-violence, with special emphasis on understanding the historical and cultural contexts of conflicts and peacebuilding efforts.
200 Liberal Arts Colleges in America: The Case of Haverford SO
We will examine the origins of colleges and universities in the U.S. and the development of the American liberal arts college. The history of Haverford College will serve as our "text" to demonstrate both trends in American colleges and unique aspects of the first Quaker college in the U.S. Conditions among Friends which led to the founding of Haverford in 1833 as well as Haverford's gradual path to becoming a full-fledged liberal arts college, the crucial Sharpless years, Haverford in wartime, the role of Quaker traditions and values over the years, increasing diversity, and the expansion and coeducation debates and decisions will provide focus for understanding Haverford's history and impact on American education and society. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
210 African Masculinities SO (Cross-listed in Anthropology and Gender and Sexuality Studies)
This course explores the intersection of race, gender, generation, and geography to look at the different ways African manhood has been theorized and represented over time and across disciplines. Topics will include: 1) Early anthropological takes on gender, generation, and social roles; 2) New male identities under colonialism; urbanization and modernization; 3) The debate about African homosexuality; 4) African Politics: Big Men, Warlords and Child soldiers; 5) Hiphop, Reggae, and other forms of global black culture shaping African masculinities today; 6) Comparative readings on black masculinities in Europe and America; and 7) Media and literary representations.
215 Sport and Society SO
This course examines the evolution of sport in the Americas and Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries from its amateur beginnings to its transformation into a lucrative business with a global scope in the late 20th century. The course is divided into three broad chronological sections: the 19th century, the 20th century through World War II, and the post-1945 era. In each of these segments we are concerned with the way social changes affected the way sport was played, administered, experienced as a spectacle and how it was treated as an important social institution. Prerequisite: Freshman Writing. Offered occasionally.
217 Humanimality: (Dis)Figurations of the Animal in the Shaping of Human Institutions HU (Cross-listed in English)
221 Epidemiology and Global Health NA
This course will examine the interplay of biomedical, societal, and ethical concerns in global health. A unit on epidemiology will provide the analytical tools to measure effectiveness of various public health responses. Case studies, such as smoking and tobacco-related diseases, emergency contraception, AIDS prevention and therapies will highlight the impact of medical science, economics, culture, and politics on public health in different countries. Prerequisite: College-level biology course; a course in statistics is recommended. Typically offered in alternate years.
229 Topics in Rhetorical Theory: Roland Barthes and the Image HU (Cross-listed in Fine Arts and Comparative Literature)
230 Beauty, Rhetoric, Aesthetics, Philosophy HU (Cross-listed in Comparative Literature and Philosophy)
This course will examine contemporary attempts to revitalize and reaffirm art's relation to beauty, aesthetic pleasure, and seduction. Readings will be drawn from the works of Plato, Longinus, Edmund Burke, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, as well as the contemporary champions of beauty: Gilbert-Rolfe, Hickey, Scarry, Schjeldahl, and Steiner.
231 Paris in the 19th Century: Visual Culture and the Psychopathology of the Modern City HU
Explores effects of modernization and the transformation of the city on Parisian society in the 19th century through the lens of art and visual culture. Topics: Haussmannization, urban types, psychological responses to modernity, prostitution, flanerie, caricature, impact of photography.
235 The Post-Impressionists: Cezanne, Seurat, Van Gogh, and Gauguin HU
Using various art-historical approaches, this course focuses on the major Post-Impressionist artists: Seurat, Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin. Course includes visit to the Barnes Foundation, one of the world's largest collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. This course fulfills a requirement in the HART major at BMC.
236 Art, Politics, and Society in Nineteenth-Century Europe HU
This course explores European art in the context of political, social, and cultural developments in the period from the late eighteenth century to the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism are the artistic movements of this period. Artists discussed will include David, Goya, Friedrich, Turner, Constable, and Gericault among others. Course will include at least one visit to the Phila Museum of Art.
237 Art and Cultural Identity HU
Interdisciplinary examination of the issues, with texts by Appiah, Bhabha, Fanon, Hall, Said and others. Concepts include exile, diaspora,jjpatton transnationalism, hybridity, cosmopolitanism, and global identity. Topics include cultural imperialism, orientalism, and cultural property debates. Strategies employed by artists from the mid-19C to the present who negotiate the terrain of cultural identity. Visits to related exhibition "Mapping Identity" on view at Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery. Discussion with artists participating in the exhibition. Course can be used to fulfill a requirement in HART at BMC.
241 The Economics and Finances of Higher Education SO
This course explores the economics of higher education as part of the non-profit sector of the U.S. economy, focusing specifically on the business and financial structure of Haverford College as the prototype of an independent, not-for-profit organization. The course begins with an overview of the non-profit sector and the higher education industry, and includes such topics as long range and strategic planning, budgeting, endowment management, socially responsible investing, assessing financial health, as well as other topics. Typically offered in alternate years.
244 Quaker Social Witness SO (Cross-listed in Gender and Sexuality Studies)
Seminar course examining the commitment to social justice within the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), exploring its religious foundation and highlighting historical and current manifestations. Readings on Quaker testimonies and on the roles of Quakers in abolition, suffrage, and peace will be complemented by guest speakers from Quaker social justice organizations. Prerequisite: Open only to members of the first-year class as assigned by the Director of College Writing (Satisfies the freshman writing requirement.)
252 Women, Medicine and Biology SO (Cross-listed in Biology and Gender and Sexuality Studies)
This course examines how biological science describes women's bodies and behaviors by analyzing arguments that certain traits are sexually dimorphic, genetically determined and hormonally sensitive. It also examines how the medical profession responds to women's health concerns by analyzing the biomedical and political factors influencing research and treatments in such areas as breast cancer, reproductive medicine and AIDS in women. Prerequisite: Preference given to Gender and Sexuality Studies Concentrators. Offered occasionally.
253 The Theory and Practice of Conceptual Art HU (Cross-listed in Fine Arts)
266 Ocular Anxiety: Visuality in the Nineteenth Century HU
We will examine the 19th C as an age of "ocularcentrism." At this time, a culture of looking emerged with the development of new visual technologies & the opening of art museums. This was the heyday of the illustrated book and the beginnings of photography. The visual was not only used to make sense of the external world, but also to reveal the realm of the invisible. In the middle of the century, Europeans & Americans alike had great confidence in vision. Yet as the century drew on, there were increasingly moments when this confidence wavered. This course will look at moments of both optimism & skepticism about the ability of the brush, the pencil, & the camera to capture what the eye could see and what it could not.
277 Aristotle and Arthur Andersen: Ethical Behavior in the Professional and Corporate World SO
Through an exploration of ethical theory and case studies, we will examine topics such as: the tension between compliance with the law and the profit motive, professional responsibility and detachment, the proper treatment of clients/patients, short-term vs. long-term benefits, the relevance of social benefits claims to business practice, doing "well" by doing "good", and the dilemma of ethical relativism in the world of international business. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
278 Documentary Film and Approaches to Truth HU
This course explores the challenge of truth-telling in documentary film and video. What practices have documentarians engaged in to acknowledge, deny, undermine, complicate, and perhaps solve the problem of truth? Readings, film viewings with discussions, and exercises in video production and editing, leading to the creation of final videos by students. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
281 Violence and Public Health SO (Cross-listed in Peace and Conflict Studies)
An interdisciplinary seminar course analyzing the advantages and limitations of a public health perspective on violence. We will examine how every-day violence, direct political violence, and structural violence affect public health, as well as evidence that violence is preventable and amenable to public health strategies. Prerequisite: One of the following: ANTH 111, ICPR 221, or ICPR 222. Does not count toward the major.
290 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender HU (Cross-listed in Gender and Sexuality Studies)
300 Picturing Religion: Spiritual Art in an Age of Materialism HU (Cross-listed in Religion)
Topics in the intersection of religion and art in Europe and the US from 1850 to the present. In addition to focusing on particular artists, including Paul Gauguin, Mark Rothko, and Andres Serrano, we will discuss practices of writing about religious art.
301 Human Rights: Development and International Activism SO (Cross-listed in Peace and Conflict Studies)
302 Bodies of Injustice: Health, Illness and Healing in Contexts of Inequality SO
Prerequisite: Lottery priority to students returning from CPGC-sponsored internships.
304 Artworlds: Contact Zones HU (Cross-listed in Anthropology)
This course will look at art worlds past and present as contact zones bringing together vastly different systems of value and groups of people. We will look at a series of case studies in which Westerners and non-Westerners create art forms, practices and styles that were direct products of intercultural contact. Through these, we will counter narratives that a) pose global interconnection as a recent occurrence and b) present modernity as a purely Western product later "exported" to the rest of the work. Instead, we will see how all culture is interculture. Always focusing on art objects, producers, practices and institutions, we will look at 1) African, Native-American, and Melanesian art worlds of "first contact" in the age of discovery; 2) the great World Fairs of Victorian Europe and America; 3) the co-construction of Primitive Art and European Modernism 4) the contemporary phenomenon of tourist art.
310 Restorative Justice: A Path to Criminal and Social Justice? SO
An introduction to the criminal justice system and the philosophy and practice of restorative justice. Readings by theorists, researchers and practitioners as well as victims and offenders. This course will be taught in jail, to Tri-Co students and to incarcerated students.
480 Independent Study SO
494 Senior Conference in Science and Society NA (Cross-listed in Gender and Sexuality Studies)
A conference course for students writing their final paper for the Science and Society program. Each student will produce a paper which expands significantly on what they have learned through their own fieldwork, research, or advanced course work in this program. Students will meet individually with the instructor to discuss their written work. Prerequisite: Completion or concurrent fulfillment of requirements for the Science and Society Program or consent. Offered occasionally.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Fresh off of the best fall season in the program's history, the Saint Leo women's golf team looks to continue the momentum into their hardest Championship Season to date. Highlighted by five tournaments, including two new events, the Lions will compete in a total of fourteen rounds over ten competition days.
"This spring is going to be a battle from start to finish," second-year Head Coach Erika Brennan remarked. "This is the first time our team has expectations to contend in every event—we're fired up to get things underway."
Indeed, the Lions will get things started when they travel to Kiawah Island, S.C. to compete in the 8th Annual Tusculum College/Kiawah Island Women's Intercollegiate on February 6th. A total of twenty teams will compete in the 36-hole event at Cougar Point Golf Club including plenty of Sunshine State Conference competition in the likes of Barry, Florida Southern and Lynn; as well as South Region competition in Newberry, Wingate and Carson Newman. This is a new event for the Lions, and senior Anna Riss, currently 17th in the nation for Division II golfers, will look to continue her stellar senior campaign.
After an impressive fall season, Riss looks to lead the Lions five as she begins her final Championship season of what has become an amazing career. The record-holder for the lowest round ever recorded at Saint Leo (71 in the 2009 Flagler Fall Slam), the Berlin, Germany native sees her name at the top of nearly every record in the Saint Leo women's golf record book. Since she is a leader on the scoreboard, the other Lions will look toward her leadership in the clubhouse as well.
After returning from South Carolina, the Lions will rest for the remainder of February before traveling to The Club at Eaglebrook in Lakeland, Fla. on March 1st to compete in the 10th Annual Lady Moc Invitational hosted by SSC rival Florida Southern. The closest tournament to their home course that the Lions will compete in, they will tee it up in the 54-hole event being played over two days. Although SLU did not compete in this event in 2009, the course will still be very familiar for Riss, and junior Kristina Carvalho as both competed here two years ago. The field will be loaded with talent as many of the nation's Top-25 teams will be in attendance.
No rest for the weary as one week later the team travels to Orlando, Fla. to play in the 34th Annual Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational hosted by Rollins College. A break-out event for the squad a year ago, the team will take advantage of their previous experience at Tuscawilla Country Club as they compete alongside the top-team in the country in host Rollins, as well as 2nd-ranked Nova Southeastern. Another 54-hole event, the Lions will play 36-holes on day one and follow it up with the final 18 on day two.
"Last year, Anna proved that she could compete with anybody when she finished seventh individually in this very strong field," said Brennan, "She loved Tuscawilla and it sets up nicely with her game."
After a two week break, the squad will return to action when they travel to Juliette Falls Golf Club in Ocala, Fla. to compete in a Division I event hosted by Morehead State University. A new event for the Lions, this rare four-day event is set-up in the style of the South Region Tournament. Saint Leo will compete with their traditional five-person team, but in an unusual shift, they will also bring along an individual player as well.
Brennan explains the situation, "The rationale behind bringing an extra individual is that it allows me to see who is peaking at the right time – to see six girls in tournament pressure instead of five in our final event before conference."
The Sunshine State Conference Championship will be contested at Grande Oaks Golf Club in Davie, Florida April 19-20. The Lions finished 6th a year ago, but will look to finish strong and make a final push for the post-season.
If the Lions are where coach Brennan expects them to be by the time they reach the final round of the Sunshine State Conference Championships, the SLU season will be far from over. We will see when the Green & Gold first tees it up in South Carolina on February 6th.


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Craig and Patty had an off in Tajikistan. They are alright but the bike looked fooked. I got the email about a week ago.
He said it was beyond repair.. after a few days of pondering it looks like they will try to get her back together!
Good luck guys! It is unclear right now if Craig will join us for the BAM and Road of bones.
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Joined: Apr 2011
Location: Alajuela, Costa Rica via MN.
Oddometer: 326
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"My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it." -Abraham Lincoln
Joined: May 2010
Location: In the mountains?
Oddometer: 1,695
June 14. Almaty to Camping in the middle of nowhere Kazak. 372 km
I was slow to get on the road in the morning and didn't leave until afternoon. It was hot and traffic leaving the city was horrible but soon it opened up into a long straight road going north. Soon I started to get tired and I stopped at a small cafe for a salad and some coffee. Back on the road. Around sun down I rode up into the mountains and found an amazing campsite. The view of the sunset was great. I ates some noodles and went to bed. Good to be back in the tent listening to the wind in the grass.
Its not shown very good in this picture, but there were weird mounds in areas where the rest was flat.
Someone else was here?
June 15. Camp spot to Zhangiztobe. 587 km
The sunrise was just as good as the sunset. I love waking up with the sun and getting on the road early. It was still a little cold but soon it warmed up nicely. The roads through central Kazakhstan were not very interesting. Mostly grasslands with the occasional lake. In the afternoon I met 5 amazing people riding old.. I mean OLD bikes. 2 Ensfields, a Triumph and a BSA single. We chatted over some duck shashlik and coke. These guys were awesome. I feel like I was cheating. I We exchanged contact info and I headed north, they headed south. In the evening it started to rain some and I found a place to sleep. It was just a bed in a room. I thought there was a shower.. but no luck. Oh well.
2 up on a 50 year old BSA 500? You guys rule!
What I would give to find a sidecar like this on the side of the road in the US.
June 16. Zhangiztobe into Semey
Construction and mud was what happened the last 50 km into Semey. I was not planning on staying long in Semey but some guys pulled up and said to follow them. They had a bike club. My luck. I had access to a garage to clean the bike and work on it. I did a valve check and installed a my "new breather 3-way" that I had bought in the bazaar in Almaty. We found that my rear rack was cracked and went to work welding it as well as making a brace to triangulate the rear rack so it would not bounce and crack again. The guys also took my mirror mount to an aluminum welder and I was told it would be ready in the morning. That evening I met many bikers and some very nice people. Great to practice my russian. They keep apologizing for their english but its far superior usually. I got to ride a Ural custom for the first time. Kinda a joke but it was fun. 750 cc and basically no power. They did look kinda cool though. For dinner I tried horse for the first time. It was quite nice. Way better then the dog I ate in Kyrgyzstan. I slept on a guest bed in a new friends house.
$3 worth of parts from the Bazaar in Almaty.
June 17. Semey
After a breakfast of leftover horse, I got to work on the internet trying to find a schematic for a 2006 HD road king. One of the guys in the club had an HD that had been down and it would not start. I told them if I couldn't fix it, I could at least find the problem. I was not able to find a schematic for a 2006 but I found one for an 2004. It would have to work. We got to work on the HD right away and found a few problems and got them resolved. After a few hours we were able to fire her up. While putting the controls back together, one of the guys turned the screw to hard and broke the pot metal crap that the controls are made of. About half the work we did finding a short in the wiring went to waste because he would have to replace the controls anyway. Next I fixed a few outlets in the clubhouse and put my moto back together. Getting close to the evening I here a small thumper pull up and I go outside. I see a small Russian girl climbing off a Honda XR250 Baja. My heart skipped a beat when she said she was going north. "What speed do you ride?" she asked. "What ever speed you want". She smile. I tried to contain my excitement. For the next few hours we tore into her bike straightening the headlight rack that had bent when she went down on some gravel. We went back to one of the biker's house and made plans to leave in the morning for Russia. I could ride with her for the next few days or longer if I wanted. I was already thinking of ways to spend more time with Sveta.
Noah 08 KTM 690 ADV. 125,000 km. 42 countries. 5 continents and counting.
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Location: Off to do London to Cape Town on my KTM690R
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Fishfunds bike going strong?
Just been catching up on your RR. Looks like your having a great time!.
How has the bike been going? The only reason I ask is I've been laid up with a back injury. Been reading through some old RR's that I enjoyed years back while I'm on the mend.
Fishfunds RR 25,000miles with Luke and Nick. He had some problems with the bike that kept on popping up. How has it been for you? Just interested as it now has plenty ok Km's on it and is what ill be riding on my RTW.
Anyway keep up the great report and enjoy the company
There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.
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In my opinion, there is no better RTW bike than the 690. It is reliable. It is durable. It is efficient. It is powerful. It is easy to work on. It is easy to ride. It carries what I need. It has a 500 km fuel range. and at the end of the day, IT IS FUN TO RIDE. It is rare you will see me without a smile. My comfortable cruising speed here in Mongolia is not slow. I keep her serviced and I ride her hard. I would challenge anyone to put a KLR (for some reason this is the one people tell me I should have) through what this 690 has done. It might make it?.. but you and the bike will not have as much fun as Katriana and I have had.
Noah 08 KTM 690 ADV. 125,000 km. 42 countries. 5 continents and counting.
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Russia with Sveta
WARNING: This post contains a lot of picture of a cute Russian girl. Try not to fall in love as hard as I did.
June 18. Semey into Russia. 220 km
We packed up and said our goodbyes. One of the guys from the club escorted us out of town. He said if the cops tried to pull us over to keep going and he would stop. I love the moto clubs in central Asia and the ones I met in europe. America should take note. Doesn't matter who you are, what you ride. If you are on 2 wheels you are a brother. You will get help, food, drink and friendship whether you need it or not.
Soon we were at the border. There was no problem with my paperwork but Sveta was missing the little white paper you get when you come into Kazakhstan. She kept telling them "They never gave me one". But it still took about 4 hours to get her out of Kazakhstan. By the time we were in Russia it was getting dark. We rode to Robstovok to get a hotel room. We found a place that had a room and a fenced in yard to lock the bikes. It was about $80. After we get done unpacking the bikes and we were checking in, they would not rent us the room because my passport was not in Russian. I had import documents for my motorcycle and my visa in Russian, but the lady was insistent that since my passport was not in Russian we could not rent her the room. Сука. At this point is was midnight. We rode to a few other hotels who had nothing. We decided to ride on and find a place to camp. We were both shot. There was no trees anywhere. Just fields. Then finally we found a place to pitch the tent and pass out in a row of trees a couple km from the road.
Our anti-police escort.
Funny plants growing everywhere in Kazahk and Russia.
Finally able to leave Kazahk. This is a happy Sveta.
June 19. To Barnoul. 250 km
The sun rose and we just layed there. We both wanted to keep sleeping. I cooked noodles and made some coffee for breakfast and we got on the road. Sveta called her friend Andrew once we got to Barnoul. This guy is great. He will help you get any parts you need.. if he can. We all met up with another couple traveling 2 up on a BMW 650 for dinner at a brewery. I have not had good dark beer for such a long time. I was in heaven.
Leaving our camp spot.
Shit. I forgot about that mud in Kazakh... It dried into concrete and did this to my seals.
Andrew. This guys has ridden all of Baikal.. In the winter... on the ice.
June 20. Barnoul
We brought Sveta's bike to a mechanic to get some new shoes put on and an oil change. We messed around Barnoul for the day. Found a few things we needed/wanted. BBQ pork and sausage in the evening. It was good to eat pork again. It had been nearly 2 months since I was able to eat it. The meat alone I didn't miss. It is the sausages I missed. Sausage without pork in it just doesn't work. Its a beef frank at best. You can't make a pizza like that. My fork seals were leaking BAD from the mud going into Semey. I made the mistake of not cleaning it all before the mud got hard. I took my dust seals down and cleaned them. I cut a magazine cover into a strip about 1 inch wide and pushed it up under my oil seals. I swiped them between the seal and the fork all the way around about 4 times. I left my fork guards up and the nest morning no oil had leaked. Problem fixed. For the record, 8,000 km later and they are still not leaking.
I found a Chewberashka!
Sveta wanted one also.
June 21. Barnoul to Belovo. 361 km
Up early and on the road. We had to ride through Barnoul to get east. There is no good route through this city. Soon though, we were on the open road and racking up the kms. Sveta had about 2 weeks befor she had to be back at work. This is why we were just going going going. My attempts to get her to call work and get another week or 2 so we could do Mongolia were no use. I think it would have been easier to convince her if she was more comfortable off road. Something I'm going to have to work on with her. We met up with her friends in Belovo and went to his house. Wife and kids there. Banya to clean and a great dinner. They even cut my hair short again... and had cold beer for us.
Our great hosts
June 22. Belovo to somewhere off the M53. 481 km
We rode north to Kemerovo to get on the M53. We attempted to get me motorcycle insurance. I had forgotten to get this at the Russian border and I didn't want complications. They would not sell me moto insurance. Not even temporary. Great. Now not legal. Not even a little. I tried but close only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades. We got some food at a cafe and continued. I was getting an all too familiar miss in my motor. We pulled over on the side of the road and I went to work fixing my low voltage lead to the coil. This time it is hopefully the last time. I did overkill. At least the symptoms are easy for me to spot now. In the evening we were in the middle of nowhere and we needed a place to stay. My GPS map showed a guest house/camp thing near a river in the woods. It was 1000 ruble for both of us. About $30. We tried to take a walk by the river but the mosquitos were shredding us. We were sleeping before it was dark.
Trying to find the insurance place.
Back in buisness.
June 23. To Alzamay. 684 km
We left without breakfast. We decided to get it on the road somewhere. We hit some construction in the evening and I learned just how nervous about gravel Sveta was. She had brand new E09s and a great little bike but she would still slow way way down when she got onto gravel. On pavement in the twisties she surprised me how she could move that little 250. I kept having to rotate my right hand more then I though I would have to. We thought we would have gone further but I got a flat on the rear. The rim tape I bought in Bishkek finally failed. I put a shit chinese 18 on the bike to replace the worn out TKC80 I was running. We stopped at a hotel after dark. We ate and went to bed.
I had more confidence in the worn TKC80.
June 24. Alzamay to Irkutsk. 624 km.
Kilometer after kilometer. This girl just would not slow down. The M53 was so boring. Some places were beautiful. The little villages were great.. but for the most part... there was only one place this is where I wanted to be. We went to a few places in Irkutsk to get a room. First hotel 5000 ruble. We laughed and left. Second hotel 9000 ruble. What kind of place is this? $290 for 1 night? Sveta made some phone calls and soon a guy from the local moto club pulls up and we follow him to a the club house. It one one guys birthday so it was a huge party including the siberian strippers. I acted like I wasn't interested in watching the strip show but Sveta said "come on, lets go back inside so we don't miss it". It tuned into a late night.
This is how they keep you from gettin hit by a train.
Not much of anything here.
Cold ride. She sure liked the Klim gloves.
At the bike club.
Not sure whats going on in this picture. But there might be quite a bit of russian beer in me.
June 25. Irkutsk to south shore of Baikal. 328 km
We went to the motoshop in Irkutsk where I had some Mitas E09s waiting. I got the rear because I knew I would need it in Mongolia. Since I skipped Altai to ride with Sveta, I knew I would be doing some major miles crossing Mongolia twice instead of once as planned. I also bought some Oil for my next change. I knew that would be somewhere BFE. Another travel Hans joined us heading west. He was on his way to Sakhalin. The road south of Irkutsk gets twisty and fun quick. Baikal was beautiful. I kept thinking I was back home next to Lake Superior. In the evening we took a ride on my KTM and watched the sunset over Baikal. The last 8 had gone so fast even though we had ridden nearly 3000 km. We knew this would be our last night together for a while because once we hit Ulaan Ude, I would go south and she would continue toward home. I tried to take in every moment and every memory.
This guy probably has some explaining to do to his boss...
Not quite sure what this was. But that is a truck cab/drivetrain
She sure liked my KTM after I took her for a ride on it.
Unfortunately.. there is always an end.
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How bad are cement bricks?
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I've had the dream of making a brick bbq grill and pizza oven combo for a long time and have been gathering pieces to make this a reality. I've now got a large collection of bricks, an extremely heavy steel/cast iron fireplace insert, and what appear to be a couple pieces of flue tile. I'm about to start excavating for the pad and have been surfing looking for inspiration which is how I found the FB site.
I seem to have picked up a large number of portland cement based bricks, which I was planning on using on the inside (firebox, oven), and I was going to put the red clay bricks on the outside, since I think the red bricks look a lot better. Reading around the FB site suggests that portland cement bricks are not up to the task for a firebox or oven.
How likely are the cement bricks to spall or crack? Do cement bricks hold heat well or are they good insulating bricks? I don't really have any spare funds to buy fire bricks right now so I'm not really sure what to do if the cement bricks are not up to the task.
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Yep, portland cement decays rapidly in direct exposure to heat. If it's a zero budget project, put your clay bricks on the inside, and your concrete bricks on the outside. And no matter how low your budget is, don't skimp on insulation.
My advice? Keep looking. Scan craigslist and freecycle. Talk to masons. You'll find someone with a pile of firebricks, at least for your floor. With any luck you'll find finish bricks for your exterior that you don't have to chip mortar off of: You're likely to be sore and discouraged before you lay a single brick.
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For really inexpensive new bricks, visit a local brickyard and see if they have any piles of partial pallets. Our local yard has seconds and leftovers for 50 cents each (USD). There are plenty of matching bricks for small projects.
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If you are going to make a cement brick, i suggest you to not use it because it will not work for a long time, i suggest you to use some coatings to make the fireplace strong or consult some service provider but make sure before consulting him he should have his license, because the only license holder take the responsibility till the warranted time.
Best of luck
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Another place to look for inexpensive firebrick is to visit homebuilding sites and ask around. Many times they have leftovers from building the fireplace. Craigslist and Freecycle are also good alternatives
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Roofcoating is right!! You should not go for cement bricks because it will not last long.it w'd be better idea to do coating for strong fireplace.
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Feb 9 - Our Next Week in the Amundsen Sea
Our Next Week in the Amundsen Sea
Well, the James Clark Ross hasn't moved all that far since you last read about her exploits. When you last left the ship, we had just finished mapping out the sea floor, coring and casting CTDs in the region of the Getz Ice Shelf just to the west of the Pine Island Bay area. After finishing work in the Getz area, the ship headed further east to the Dotson Ice Shelf, the next ice shelf in the direction of Pine Island on the coast bordering the Amundsen Sea. A schedule of work similar to that of the Getz Ice Shelf was under taken here, but this was as far to the east in the region as was possible for the ship to go due to the dangerous ice conditions described last week. Thus, after undertaking a number of cores for sediment on our way north, the JCR headed back into the pack ice at 4:30pm on 2nd Feb, leaving the polynya along the route by which we had entered some 10 days previously.
The trip out of the polynya through the pack ice, was not to be as easy as the journey in, which had taken less than 24 hours. The JCR had only been back in the pack ice for a matter of hours when it started to become much tighter, and required "backing and ramming" to break specific areas of heavier ice. With such slow progress the decision was made to call a halt to proceedings by midnight, ready for another attempt in the morning. Overnight the ship drifted in a long arc to the west. Next morning the pack was still too thick and tight due to the wind conditions and it was decided to call it a day after just 3 hours of working the pack, with no more than a few hundred yards of actual progress made through the ice. As expected, on 4th February, the wind came around to ESE, easing the pressure within the pack ice, and from 0800 good progress was made. During the evening meal at about 7pm the ship broke free from the pack ice, coming into open water. The ice edge, having been blown down by the fresh Northerly winds of the pas few days, was much further south than where we much further south than where we had entered the pack just a couple of weeks previously.
The James Clark Ross sitting in the pack ice (picture by Tara Deen)
Crabeater Seals next to the JCR when in the ice (Picture by Jeremy Robst)
As described in the first web page from down here in the Amundsen Sea, the usual communication systems have had to be significantly modified, and are still to this day. Direct internet access and use of the ships usual satellite phone system has now been unavailable since we passed Peter 1st Island over two and a half weeks ago. Individuals on board, though, have still been able to contact their family if required, using the much more expensive Iridium system available. The ability of the ship to send email messages, for both work and personal purposes has been highly variable also. Whilst in the polynya the ability of the Radio Officer to get a link to the Inmarsat satellite has depended very much on the exact position of the ship, as well as its heading at the time. This has led to many an early morning/late evening wake-up call to Mike from the bridge in an attempt to get information to and from Cambridge. The last few web diaries have been sent during these very random and often brief periods when the satellite has been "in view" from the ship.
Warm-up before the start of the Keep Fit Session (Picture by Tara Deen)
This cruise, although having all scientists on board permanently working on a shift schedule, has been the first this season where space has allowed the use of the holds for fitness pursuits. Up until leaving Rothera just over a month ago every area of the storage space was jammed full with cargo of one form or another. Now that the forward holds are almost completely free of cargo, they can be put back into their secondary use by members of the ships complement. Since the start of this cruise there have been a turbo trainer, exercise mats, table-tennis table and punch bags set up, all securely tied down so as to endure the rigours of the open ocean. This new acquisition of space has also meant the start of the traditional keep fit circuits run by this crew's Purser, Rich, which have been undertaken three times per week by many of the visiting science staff. Many have certainly used this long science cruise as a chance to get fit, rather than relax into a more sedentary ship's lifestyle.
Finishing with Rich 'Testing' the ship's two Cadets (Picture by Tara Deen)
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The current research cruise on JCR involves work in a remote part of the southernmost Pacific Ocean known as the Amundsen Sea (see map in diary entry three weeks ago). As explained in previous diary entries, the main objectives of this cruise are to investigate the glacial history of the continental shelf in this region and to study present day interactions between the ocean and Antarctic ice sheet.
Remote sensing and scientific work this week
Last week we reported that we were working in a �polynya� (a large area of open water enclosed by sea ice) in the western part of the Amundsen Sea. This week we completed our work there, then made our way back north to the open ocean.
Much of our work involves looking at the sea floor, which lies between 400 and 2000 m below sea level. Physically getting to the sea floor is very difficult, so we have to use a form of remote sensing. On this cruise, we are using three types of remote sensing - multibeam echo sounding, sub-bottom profiling and seismic profiling. Each method gives us a different type of information about the sea floor and the processes that have formed it.
Multibeam echo sounding gives us detailed imagery of only the sea floor surface. As this method has a wide beam we can overlap lines of data to give us a large map of the surface of the sea floor. Last week we finished collecting multibeam imagery of the sea floor north of the Dotson and Getz ice shelves. These images show features formed by the ice sheet scouring and dragging sediment across the sea floor when it extending onto the shelf during the last ice age. From such features we can interpret the flow directions of the past ice sheet and also get a general idea of how fast the ice flowed.
Sub-bottom profiling only gives us a single line of data rather than a wide beam, but it allows us to see a high-resolution image of the shallow sub-surface (tens of metres) of the sea floor. This is useful to gain an immediate idea of what sediments lie on the sea floor, which allows us to choose coring sites. Last week we collected several sediment cores in the same area as the multibeam survey to determine when, and how quickly, the ice sheet retreated from the shelf. The sediment cores show a clear change between the type of sediment deposited underneath the ice and the type deposited in open water once the ice had retreated. Once the cores have been transported back to Cambridge we will take samples from the sediments near this change and use radiocarbon dating to determine its age.
The third type of remote sensing data we have acquired is seismic data. To do this we inject a pulse of compressed air into the water, and measure how long it takes the pressure wave generated by this to bounce from the sea floor and sub-sea floor to our receivers - much like an echo coming back from the side of a building. This gives us information about the structure of the sea floor at a much deeper level (tens to thousands of metres) than the previous two types of remote sensing, which allows us to determine the processes that have formed the continental shelf over time.
The airguns being lowered into the water (Picture by Tara Deen)
Last week we reported a study of the physical properties of seawater along the front of the Getz Ice Shelf, using conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) recorders. This week we carried out a similar study along the front of the Dotson Ice Shelf, which is further east. Studies using data from satellites have indicated that the Dotson Ice Shelf is thinning by about 4 m per year, so the purpose of this study was to find out how much of this thinning is due to melting at the base of the floating ice shelf as a result of relatively warm water flowing underneath it.
All of the different types of data we are acquiring provide extra pieces of information to help us better understand the glacial history of this region, both in the past and the present.


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