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Feb 27, 2013 at 1:15 pm #1299773
I posted this on another thread, but thought maybe I should put it on its own.
I'm starting to put together my menu and prepare my meals for the JMT this summer. I'm new to all this, and I have a few books that seem to be good references. I was wondering if anyone uses these freeze-dried meats from Costco (or similar) when putting these meals together.
Any other suggestions would be welcome.
(I have to put these all together to be included in my resupply packages and the initial load before I leave home the middle of May, even though I won't begin the JMT till July 3. I'll be hiking in southern Utah and Washington state for the 6 weeks leading up to the JMT, so it has to be done early.)Feb 27, 2013 at 2:02 pm #1959376
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@kbugLocale: NW New Mexico
….is very yummy. Buy the large cans of all white meat pre-cooked chicken (I buy Swansons brand for least amount of salt and fat of the major brands). Dehydrate at 160 F for 6-12 hours and crumble-up any larger chunks before drying. It keeps for months at room temperature, though I store batches in the fridge, and it re-hydrates really well since it has been crumbled into small pieces. I find it to be a great protein addition that pairs well with any spice combo or regional cusine (curries etc).
Dehydrated ground turkey and ground beef works well too, but requires pre-cooking at home and rinsing under hot water to remove excess fat/grease before going into the dehydrator. I find the flavor is a little dominant to pair with lighter flavored meals, but it makes a killer Shepherd's Pie with potato flakes, blanched peas and carrots (dried). Add fat back to the meal in form of oil or butter carried separately.Feb 28, 2013 at 12:51 am #1959587
Paul MountfordBPL Member
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I have found a lot of good ideas here: http://www.backpackingchef.com.
I would also recommend a book (www.aforkinthetrail.com) by Laurie Ann March. I just picked it up a few weeks ago to give me meal ideas. I've only tried the baking recipes so far (they were fantastic), but the rest looks good.Feb 28, 2013 at 6:58 am #1959634
Kevin, thanks for the suggestion! I'll try this. That Shepherd's Pie sounds really great. Can't wait to start trying a lot of this stuff.Feb 28, 2013 at 7:01 am #1959637
Paul, thanks for these suggestions. I downloaded Recipes for Adventure from Backpacking Chef and "Lipsmackin' Backpackin'" so hopefully those will give me some good recipes and ideas. I'll take a look at the March book you recommend. Thanks!Feb 28, 2013 at 7:05 am #1959640
Dehydrated meat is pretty good, but I find it a pain to cook, dehydrate, etc. You have to be careful with fat, and rehydrating can be iffy. I buy 10# cans from Honeyville (http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/freezedriedsausagecan.aspx#.US9xAaI3uKI). I know it seems expensive, but from 1 can of the sausage, I've gotten pretty close to 30 hefty servings. It's lasted well, is very flavorful, and is easy! I like their ground beef as well, but the chicken I found to be…Meh. Ok, but not great. I'm not a chicken fan anyway though, so take that for what it's worth. Never tried the ham, but I bet it's pretty good.
Here's some of my regular FBC meals that include the FD meats (keep in mind I eat Paleo, so no grains in my meals):
Panang Pork Curry w/Sweet Potato
Spaghetti squash Spaghetti w/meat sauce & parmesan cheese
Mashed potatoes w/ground beef or chicken, cheese, and mushrooms
I also put together omelets with sausage, dehydrated peppers/onion/garlic/pequins, and Ovaeasy eggs.
Hope this helps!Feb 28, 2013 at 7:37 am #1959651
Jon FongBPL Member
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You need to post recipes!Feb 28, 2013 at 8:45 am #1959684
Heather, wow! Thanks for the advice and those dishes sound fabulous! I'll order some of that Honeyville sausage. I agree with Jon – I'd love to get your recipes.
I'm excited to get all these suggestions – this is so much better than buying the prefab meals (and less expensive and lighter weight!) Now to just tackle putting together a month's worth of meals and dividing those for the packages. I plan to experiment quite a bit in the next few months.
Thanks again!Feb 28, 2013 at 11:09 am #1959742
Ike JutkowitzBPL Member
@ikeLocale: Central Michigan
I regularly use the freeze dried sausage and chicken from packit gourmet. Both are great. The chicken rehydrates amazingly well, and tastes closer to real chicken than any dehydrated chicken I've had. Highly recommended.Feb 28, 2013 at 12:36 pm #1959752
Thanks Ike! I'll check that out too.Feb 28, 2013 at 5:13 pm #1959852
Bill SegravesSpectator
Ike, IIRC, Packitgourmet claims their chicken rehydrates in cool water. Have you tried that?
BillMar 1, 2013 at 9:10 am #1960104
For the curry, I peeled, cubed, and boiled enough sweet potatoes for 3 servings (I can't tell you how much this is-how much sweet potato do you eat in one sitting?), mashed them in my KitchenAid, using some of the leftover pot liquor to thin them a bit for good mashing. Then I divided it in thirds, and spread it on parchment paper about 1/8" thick. Then dehydrated it at 135 until it was crackly. Mine took about 10 hrs (I just left it go overnight). I broke the sweet potato leather into pieces, but you could also grind it to powder in a food processor/blender/coffee grinder. I bought Thai Red Curry Paste (I prefer Mae Plong brand), spread it out on parchment, and dehydrated it at the same time as the potatoes. When the paste was done, I ground it in my food processor. In a quart ziplock, I put one of the servings of potatoes, about 2T of the dried curry paste, about 1/4 c of coconut cream powder, and about 1/2 c of freeze dried pork sausage (from Honeyville). I often make this at home on the stovetop, and use a can of coconut milk instead of the powder. This version of the recipe is pretty zesty/curry heavy. Either up your coconut cream powder, or back off on the curry powder if you don't like the strong flavor.
For the mashed sweet potatoes (you can do this with regular potatoes or instant potatoes too), I did the same potato prep, put it in the quart bags with 1/2 c of either FD ground beef or chicken, 2T of butter powder (you could also put cheese powder in here, or freeze dried cheese), and some dried chantrelle mushrooms I got at Whole Foods. This one definitely needs at least salt/pepper to zest it up a bit.
For spaghetti, I baked a spaghetti squash whole, let it cool a bit, cut it in half, cleaned out the seeds, and spread the pulp on two dehydrator trays (I figured 1 serving for each half). I also dehydrated a jar of my favorite no meat spaghetti sauce (I find the serving ratio works best at about 1/3 jar a serving, but do what works) for about 10 hrs, until it's leathery. Put the squash & the sauce-leather in a ziplock along with 1/4C ea. of FD hamburger & sausage, & some more of the chantrelle mushrooms. Separately package some grated parmesan (I use little teeny ziplocks like you can get at a craft store), and voila!
I know these aren't very exact, but I hope it gives you some ideas. Hope this helps!Mar 4, 2013 at 5:35 pm #1961462
Ike JutkowitzBPL Member
@ikeLocale: Central Michigan
I tried it tonight, and the packit gourmet chicken rehydrated in about 5 minutes with cold tap water. I try not to sample dehydrated foods at home without the seasoning of a good hunger, but it tasted fine, like chicken. Certainly better than MH, Hawk Vittles, or home dehydrated chicken. Seems like it would be fine in a cold chicken salad.
Hope that helps.Mar 4, 2013 at 9:47 pm #1961580
Kimberly WersalBPL Member
@kwersalLocale: Western Colorado
Heather: I have gone through this same process myself with sweet potato (though I ended up freezing the dried potato crisp so that it powdered more easily in the food processor)– it's pretty labor intensive! I have seen organic sweet potato flour available online but have never tried it–it sounds like it could potentially be a huge time saver. I used my sweet potato to make a hot breakfast dish with dehydrated ham and a little maple syrup–pretty tasty. Also works with the dehydrated sausage from Packit. The curry sounds great, though. I also like the Mae Ploy brand, though I use the yellow, and, like you, dehydrate it in little single serve disks. I eat Paleo, but will use some rice for BPing, which does open up quite a few options…Mar 5, 2013 at 7:32 am #1961661
I think the other thing you could do with sweet potatoes to cut down on the labor is to buy canned sweet potato puree (I can get it at Whole Foods organic & without additives), and dry/grind that. I've never heard of the flour, but that could be an interesting experiment! Long as you don't have to buy like 2 lbs of flour to find out that it's disgusting. :D
I did find this upon Googling…I'm not sure if it's the same as flour or not, but at least it has rehydration instructions.
http://www.northbaytrading.com/air-dried-sweet-potato-powderMar 5, 2013 at 7:52 am #1961676
Sarah KirkconnellBPL Member
@sarbarLocale: In the shadow of Mt. Rainier
I have seen sweet potato flour for sale, in a natural foods store. It was NOT cheap though. $10 a bag…..
Btw, on Thai curries: they do NOT need to be dried. They will last even when opened. Seriously.Mar 5, 2013 at 6:01 pm #1961889
Bill SegravesSpectator
Thanks, Ike! This is very helpful.
BillMar 5, 2013 at 9:15 pm #1961971
Kimberly WersalBPL Member
@kwersalLocale: Western Colorado
When I think of the time involved in cooking/drying those potatoes (almost 24 hrs.!) $10 a bag sounds pretty fair! It might be worth a try…Mar 6, 2013 at 7:39 am #1962055
Texas ChinooksMember
@texaschinooksLocale: DFW
I've had good luck with the chicken & crumbled sausage from Shelf Reliance. I buy the pre-seasoned chicken slices and after they rehydrate they taste like chicken. I buy the pantry sized can but I might move up to the #10 can size to save money on long hikes.
http://www.shelfreliance.com/seasoned-chicken-slices-freeze-dried.htmlMar 7, 2013 at 10:29 am #1962689
"When I think of the time involved in cooking/drying those potatoes (almost 24 hrs.!) $10 a bag sounds pretty fair! It might be worth a try…"
It was actually only about 12 hrs total, mostly passive drying time. Pretty much everything I dehydrate gets at least 8 hrs, cuz I usually do it overnight. I think the canned puree might be the really easy way to go.Mar 7, 2013 at 11:18 am #1962712
Sarah KirkconnellBPL Member
@sarbarLocale: In the shadow of Mt. Rainier
I like the canned puree – it is so easy to dry. I do it on parchment paper till bone dry.
I snagged a dozen cans in January for 1/4 of the regular cost. Woowoo!
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It is with considerable disappointment that I'm forced to report that Ruby in a Nutshell is the poorest book I've seen in the Nutshell line. To find out why, let's begin with the code sample on page 2. (I apologize for the lack of indentation in these samples; O'Reilly's site does not support using the HTML "pre" tag, so I'm using "blockquote" which does not preserve spaces; also, it seems to translate paragraph breaks into real "br" tags, unlike some sites).ary = [1,2,3,4,5]ary.each do |i| puts 1*2end # prints 2,3,4,8,10 for each lineNot only is the comment wrong (this example should print 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10, once each), but the code has a bug: the puts statement contains a "1" instead of an "i." That's not inspiring: I'm not sure who to blame, but clearly the editors or technical reviewers did not try the code samples as printed. Let's go on to the next example:ary = [1,2,3,4,5]ary = ary.select do |i| i %2 == 0end # returns array of even numbersThis example also fails! Why? Because Ruby is sensitive to whitespace in certain constructs: the lack of a space between the "%" and the "2" causes trouble. That's two critical typos in two brief examples: not a promising start! Let's move on to the next example:begin f = open(path)rescue puts "#{path} does not exist." exit 1endThis example does not execute, because "path" is undefined. That's a trivial omission, obviously, but again it indicates that no one bothered to make these short examples runnable. That's disappointing.The next example shows how to use a network socket to retrieve the time:require "socket"print TCPSocket.open("localhost", "daytime").getsThis also does not work on my system (running MacOS X). The reason is because my system is not running an appropriate server; I know that, but if I was more of a novice, I might have given up Ruby in disgust by this point (on page 3), mistakenly blaming the language or library implementation. Given that Yukihiro Matsumoto is the author of Ruby, that's obviously not a desirable outcome.Keep in mind that we are on page 3 of this book, in the introduction, under a heading entitled "Ruby's Elegance." This Nutshell book is clearly not intended as a beginner's tutorial, but does this principle make it acceptable that four of the five code samples in this section do not run as presented? I don't think it does. I think this is just the first warning indication of the disastrous lack of quality in this book. The introduction trails off with a few additional examples, including a minor variation on the socket example already presented and a redundant example of exception handling, but with no further commentary. This entire introductory chapter seems not to whet the appetite to learn Ruby as much as ruin it. However, let's press on and see if it gets better.The book is quite short (with 204 numbered pages), and that's good. I like short books; as the introduction to Kerninghan and Ritchie's widely-known book The C Programming Language says, a small language "is not well served by a big book." The second chapter, "Language Basics," weighs in at just 30 pages. But it turns out that it isn't the length, it is the organization and presentation of the content. The other Nutshell books do it well; Kerninghan and Ritchie's book does it well. Ruby in a Nutshell does not.The chapter begins with a description of the command-line options to the Ruby executable and a list of the environment variables that Ruby recognizes. These things would be more properly placed in an appendix devoted to the implementation. We are now left with just 27 to pages to cover the core language. Let me point out a few specific examples that show how the text veers off track.Under the heading "Literals" and sub-heading "Numbers," we are shown the examples "123," a decimal number, "0377," an octal number, and "0xff," a hexadecimal number. So far, so good. But included in the list is "1_234," listed as "decimal with underline." What does this mean? What is the purpose of writing a decimal number with an embedded underline? (No mention is made of "underline" or "underscore" in the index, and the text offers no clue). That's a very minor example, but it is telling.Under "Strings," we're shown the difference between double-quoted and single-quoted strings. On the very next page, though, we see an example of a string in backquotes. No mention is made of backquotes in the index, and backquoted strings are never explained. This is a Nutshell book, not a pocket reference: some explanation should be given of distinct language elements like this!I've programmed in Scheme and other languages that support a symbol type; I thought I knew what a symbol was. Under "Symbols," we read that "A symbol is an object corresponding to an identifier or variable." In fact, that's false. A symbol never corresponds to a variable. A symbol is generally made of a string, hashed to a unique object, and usable as a distinguished value. We are shown two examples: ":foo" is described as "symbol for 'foo'." ":$foo" is described as "symbol for variable '$foo'." What this really means is that the first symbol is constructed out of a plain identifier, and the second out of a variable name. Any string can be used to generate a symbol using the Intern method; including a mention of that method here would reassure the user that symbols in Ruby work pretty much like symbols in other languages that support them. Instead, the book is riddled with bizarre and confusing terminology. Matsumoto may not be a native speaker, but he credits editors and reviewers; were they asleep on the job?On page 16 under "Assigment," we read "The following elements may assign targets." What does that phrase mean? What is an "element?" Why was this text not turned into something more clear, using standard terminology? Under "Operators," we read "most operators are in fact method calls." Then, three lines later, we read "Most operators are actually method calls." Why was this redundancy left in place? Copy-editing should have caught this; this book is very, very poorly edited.On the next page, under "Range operators," the description of the form "expr1 ... expr2" is "Evaluates expr2 on the iteration after expr1 turns true." Range operators are incredible useful and clever; it is a shame that anyone reading this description will be unlikely to gain any insight into how to use them. In a sidebar on special versions of methods that have "!" or "?" appended (in the Lisp world, methods ending in "!" are generally known as destructive, and methods ending in "?" are generally known as predicates), we read "A question mark ? is appended to a method that determines the state of a Boolean value, true or false." Why wasn't this convoluted sentence edited to say "method that returns a Boolean value?" In the next sentence, we learn that "Attempting to call a method without specifying either its arguments or parentheses in a context in which a local variable of the same name exists results in the method call being interpreted as a reference to the local variable, not a call to the method." This sentence needs at least six prepositional phrases to tell us that a local variable with the same name as a method can shadow the method, if the method call is ambiguous; an brief example here would be worth far more than this convoluted description.As a further case study, let's take a look at the presentation of one more language construct: Ruby's version of C's switch, in Ruby called case. There are a few key points to keep in mind about the way Ruby implements this construct. The first is that there is no default fall-through, as in C and C++, and hence no need for break statements -- in fact, break may not be used here. The second is that the clauses are evaluated in the order given: this can be important, since clauses may overlap (for example, if they use ranges). The third is that to determine if a clause matches, the "===" operator is used, in a less-than-obvious way (briefly, if a and b are not the same type, then "a === b" does not necessarily imply "b === a." I'll show an example of this later).Any Ruby reference worth the name should mention these three key points. In Ruby in a Nutshell, we are given a BNF skeleton (it is not quite real BNF, though) and a few lines of description. The lack of default fall-through is not mentioned. The use of "===" is mentioned, but without any detail. The fact that Ruby always evaluates the cases in the listed order is not mentioned. As far as I'm concerned, this presentation of the case statement is close to useless; it could serve to remind someone who already knows Ruby of the syntactical form, like a pocket reference card, but gives almost nothing of the distinguishing semantics for a programmer coming from another language.I want to look at one more example: the use of while and until as statement modifiers. This is a clever little language feature that lets you write code like this:greeting = trueprint "Hello\n" while greetingThe above code will say "Hello" forever, while this version:greeting = falseprint "Hello\n" while greetingnever says "Hello." It is a somewhat non-obvious detail that when you use while as a modifier at the end a single statement, the condition is evaluated first. This runs contrary to C's do loop form. You can also use while at the end of a block of code:greeting = falsebegin print "Hello\n"end while greetingbut in this case, "Hello" will be printed once; the block is executed once before the condition is evaluated, just like C's do loop.It is important to me that a book on Ruby should make a clear distinction between these two modes of behavior; Ruby in a Nutshell fails to clearly differentiate the behavior of the single-statement form. Instead we get the terse description "executes code while condition is true" for the single-statement form, and this awful sentence for the second: "If a while modifier follows a begin statement with no rescue or ensure clauses, code is executed once before conditional is evaluated." It is probably technically correct, but at this point in the exposition, it does not clarify anything to bring in rescue and ensure without further elaboration.Although not billed as a tutorial, by comparison, Python in a Nutshell devotes 39 pages to the Python language, and the chapter is immeasurably more readable and more complete. It is also possible to divine all the tricky parts of Java from Java in a Nutshell; I refer to this book frequently when I've forgotten a detail about, say, inner classes. That just doesn't seem possible with this book. Is this because Ruby is so irregular, with an enormous number of special "quirks?" I don't believe so; Python and Java are certainly "quirky" in places as well (just look at the semantics of bindings from within nested scopes in Python, or the syntax of anonymous inner classes in Java). In a language guide, though, it is essential that any irregular semantics be clearly pointed out, and Ruby in a Nutshell doesn't do this well.The remainder of the book covers the built-in library (built-in to the interpreter), and the standard library (defined in separately importable modules). This material looks concise (in fact, too concise). For example, suppose I wanted to fix the example given above:require "socket"print TCPSocket.open("localhost", "daytime").getsOn page 113, we can find the entry for TCPSocket. It is less than a page in length, and most of the entry is taken up by a longish piece of sample code, and most of that sample is scaffolding. (Again, it isn't the space used, but how it is used). The sample code uses the spelling TCPsocket (note the altered capitalization: another typographical error, but fortunately names in Ruby are not case-sensitive). The example also uses ARGV and thus, as far as I can tell, can't be executed using irb (the command-line Ruby interactor). It uses two additional methods on TCPsocket: addr and peeraddr, but these are not listed in the class methods. It turns out the methods are part of IPSocket, which is the superclass of TCPSocket, so I turned to the entry on IPSocket. The example given for IPSocket is actually an example of how to use TCPSocket (this time with the expected capitalization). This example succeeds in opening an HTTP connection to www.ruby-lang.org. It works, and that's a start, but it's too late to do much to enhance my opinion of Ruby in a Nutshell. It doesn't have to be this way. By comparison, take a look at Hal Fulton's The Ruby Way and the Pragmatic Programmer's guide, which features an excellent reference section with very brief, usable examples that can be tested interactively.I hope that O'Reilly will do better in a later edition. Meanwhile, I can't recommend this edition to anyone, beginner or experienced Ruby user alike.
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By Kenneth Wilcox
I was kind of disappointed with this book. Don't get me wrong, this book is well written has great documentation on the language basics, built-in functions and the Standard Library. From a dictionary perspective this is great for a reference. Since it is the only Ruby book published in English by O'Reilly I was hoping for more. For Example, a longer chapter on how to write Ruby programs. The introduction was a meager 4 pages. If you already know Ruby this may be a useful book, it you want to learn Ruby you'll have to look elsewhere.
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By Björn Breitgoff
Ruby in a nutshell is compact and complete.It doesn't waste lines on lengthy discussion but presents you the raw facts. Each function of the language with a line of description or seldomly more. Thats cool.But I have to agree that a alphabetical lookup would have been a huge improvement.
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By Wayne Conrad
The subtitle is "A Desktop Quick Reference," but the classes aren't listed in alphabetical order. For me, this makes the "Quick" part of the title a lie -- If I have to look the class up in the index first, it's not quick. This flaw prevents "Ruby In a Nutshell" from unseating Dave and Andy's "Programming Ruby" as the definitive English-language reference for Ruby.
By Walid Shaari
Nice neat book, not what I expected to have when it mentioned that it was a nutshell, but fast read, nice organiztion, and lovely langauge to learn. you still need to refer back to the online documentation, and other books may be :)
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These days, "digitization" is a frequently heard word around the museum. Through the years, there have been some interesting projects that bring natural history specimens to more people through pictures (see for example the on-line archive of the Berlin negatives of type plant specimens). We are doing a project in the Bird Division we call "The Egg Book." It is a project that is being done with Ivy Press as part of a series of books they have completed in collaboration with the University of Chicago Press which includes The Book of Leaves and The Book of Fungi. Our book is progressing on a rapid schedule. It will showcase the eggs of 600 species of birds, most of which will come from our collection, but not all as I talk about below.
The photos are being taken by John Weinstein, the museum's photographer who has done a variety of great photographic work that Gems and Gemstones: Timeless beauty of the natural world and other museum projects. Like always, I could go on and on about the various stories we could tell from these eggs (for instance, see this older blog post). The text for the book provides a wide variety of natural history and scientific information along with information about the eggs and nests for each species. It is being written by Mark Hauber, an expert in avian reproduction from Hunter College in New York. Michael Hanson, a former Loyola University undergrad and talented artist has been doing maps, and Barbara Becker is the coordinator for the project. Barb works as an independent consultant now, but she used to work in the museum's exhibit department. She keeps us all in line as we coordinate writing and reading text, making maps, and lining up photos of the species for the engraver. She and I have been working in the collection every few weeks to pull out the next group of egg sets to bring over to John to photograph. The end result will be a really great display of our egg collection.
But as good as our egg collection is, the truth is that it was missing some species and groups of birds that we wanted to include. So in late November of last year, I made arrangements for John and I to travel out to the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology in Camarillo, California. The Western Foundation has the best collection of eggs in the world. Director Linnea Hall and Collections Manager René Corado welcomed us and let John set up his equipment for two days of photographing the eggs of species we were missing like Kagu (Rhynochetos jubatus) and Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis, John's photo of the egg of this species is at the top of the blog post). These are species whose eggs will be represented in few collections anywhere, but thanks to Linnea, René and the WFVZ, they will be pictured in our book. Our time at the Western Foundation just reminded me of why different collections are so important. For one thing, each collection really is unique.
The collection room of the Foundation is full of taxidermy and nests; one could spend hours just wandering around (I confess that while John was working, I had the luxury to do a little of this). They have an outstanding natural history library and a wonderful skin collection with important holdings of traditional bird specimens from North and Middle America, Africa and Asia. But the egg collection which was originally created through the efforts of the founder Ed Harrison is just so special that it was a great honor to be able to get to know it even for the short time we had. They have over 225,000 sets of eggs! What a scientific resource.
So we'll publicize the Book of Eggs when it comes out. It will represent a lot great work by a variety of people and digitizes part of another beautiful and scientifically valuable natural history collection housed at our museum.


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(April 4, 2006)--Ray Perryman, president and chief executive officer of The Perryman Group, will present the keynote address for the UTSA College of Business Frost Bank Distinguished Lecture Series at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 19 in the Richard S. Liu Auditorium (2.01.02) in the Business Building, 1604 Campus. The event is free and open to the public.
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He has held numerous academic positions at both Baylor and Southern Methodist universities during his career. Perryman has authored several books, including "Survive & Conquer," an account of the Texas economy during the turbulent 1980s, and "The Measurement of Monetary Policy," a treatise on Federal Reserve activity.
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John Chang, a 2009 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Arts graduate, is a rare example of one who lives and breathes his own advice. This is not surprising from a dedicated and tirelessly ambitious artist who is no stranger to hard work. Working in painting, mixed media, digital photography, as well as installation, Chang admits to sacrificing vacations or even days off since graduating to make a life as an artist. Despite a thoroughly busy schedule, Chang graciously offered a look behind the scenes at his process, dedication, and passion for the work he does every day.
This impressive work ethic might have roots in the fact that Chang wanted to be an artist, though of a different sort, from an early age. Originally intent on becoming a musician and following his mother's example, the Shanghai-born and southern California-based artist turned to drawing instead. Limited financially and socially while growing up during the Cultural Revolution, a path toward music was not an option. Drawing, however, was, and consequently became a medium in which Chang "found my artistic voice."
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Chang's voice, shaped and molded by his upbringing in China, also forged new layers upon living in and familiarizing himself with American culture. Chang's work visualizes the in-between feeling of belonging to both cultures and yet somehow neither through a focus on change and transition. "My cultural identity, which was shaped in part by the period of time when I lived with my family in China, includes a deep sense of change. The nature of change as a way of being and living is at the forefront of my work."
Drawn to the program for the flexible studio time and faculty, Chang says he appreciated the opportunity to dedicate himself to developing his craft as well as learning about the art world. With the goal of becoming a successful international artist, Chang says the MFA in Visual Arts Low-Residency program pushed him out of his comfort zone and gave him the confidence he needed to jump in toward that aim. He cites gaining a particularly powerful tool in learning how to market and promote himself and navigate social media in order to connect with other artists and mentors.
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Tim Attebery named interim president of Holston Valley Medical Center
KINGSPORT, Tenn. - Tim Attebery, a former administrative leadaer for the Wellmont CVA Heart Institute, has been named interim president of Holston Valley Medical Center.
Attebery is replacing Virginia Frank, who is retiring after serving as the hospital's president the last three years, effective Dec. 1. A committee has been formed to search for a permanent replacement to oversee Wellmont Health System's largest hospital.
Since 2007, Attebery has served as administrative leader of the heart institute and the former Cardiovascular Associates practice and is currently Wellmont's vice president of cardiovascular services. "Tim brings a breadth of experience to the president's role at Holston Valley," said Denny DeNarvaez, Wellmont's president and CEO. "He is an accomplished healthcare executive and an effective leader. Plus, he already has strong relationships with the leadership team and staff at Holston Valley and is respected by the board of directors and physicians. This will give us a great opportunity to keep momentum strong as we manage through all the changes of healthcare reform."
During the interim period, oversight of the heart institute and Wellmont's cardiovascular program will be handled by the remaining administrative, management and clinical leadership. That includes Dr. Jerry Blackwell, the heart institute's president, and Dr. Herb Ladley, who will serve as vice president of cardiovascular services.
Attebery oversees strategic development and the operational and financial performance of Wellmont's innovative and frequently honored cardiovascular program, including its ambulatory, outpatient and hospital-based operations. His 27-year healthcare career has included a variety of physician practice and hospital leadership roles in administration and consulting in Indiana, Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Charlie Floyd, chairman of the Holston Valley board, said Attebery is well qualified to lead the hospital. "Tim's experience with the day-to-day operations of the hospital, along with his knowledge and appreciation for this community, will enable him to do a great job helping the hospital navigate through the transformational changes the healthcare industry is experiencing right now," Floyd said. "We are very pleased to have found an internal candidate who is well prepared to lead clinically and work hand in hand with our city, county, chamber, and business community to strengthen one of our greatest community assets."


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Poor Adelina. She is a lovely skater, but that dress is just...
Poor Adelina. She is a lovely skater, but that dress is just...
That outfit looks gross. Have to say she looks like a gladiator wearing a g-string. Not what I would call elegant at all.
But in general there is nothing wrong with flesh colored tights when worn with a beautiful and properly cut dress. Often they provide the best look for most mature and refined outfits.
I think this thread has gone over the top! Skating should be about skating and the discussion about the costumes should be limited. As far as the costumes go they should be different. And not something that could be bought at Macy's.
I don't see anything offensive in Adelina's dress. Yes there is some illusion of fabric. But once you know that there shouldn't be any complains.
Michelle Kwan's first costume (the red version), from Michelle's twitter page
In the same vein: Kiira Korpi and her sister in 1993. This is so very Finnish--both the outfits and the surface
I hate a lot of the costumes these days.
One of the things that bugged me with Weir's 2010 costume was it was so overdone it looked like he was trying to do a comedy tour number joking about the effeminate side of skating, but the music was completely serious.
Did it end up getting a costume deduction? I can't remember.
Costumes are judged and I have to say of the Russian girls, only Julia looks age and program appropriate.


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Stopping Attrition Before It Starts
To avoid attrition, it is imperative for electronic security contractors to develop a plan to address the problem before it occurs, not after.
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What is your company's policy if one of your subscriber calls to cancel his service? Do your employees inquire why the customer plans to leave? If that is your policy, that's not enough; you need to do more and you must do it before the cancellation call comes in.
Attrition is a problem for any industry, but in a recurring monthly revenue (RMR)-based business it means much more. Most, if not all, of your profit is tied up in the long-term relationship and RMR. Additionally, the value of your business is directly correlated to your RMR under contract, so it's a double loss when you lose the account.
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What constitutes normal attrition is arguable. I'd like to put the loss rate at under 6%. You should expect at least 3%, so the margin is tight. Some have stated that the normal attrition rate for the electronic security industry is closer to 10% and up to 13%. I think that number is high unless your subscriber base consists of PERS accounts. However, one careful barometer is your historic rate.
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As Prime Minister Julia Gillard struggles to regain momentum after a run of bad news, Labor appears to be again aiming to shoot itself in the foot.
Gillard last week announced that the next election would be held on September 14, effectively launching what will be the longest federal campaign in Australia's history.
But within hours her new problems began: the arrest of a former Labor MP on fraud charges, the resignation of two of her most senior ministers, renewed rumblings within the party and two polls showing a sharp reversal in her previously rising fortunes.
Now the spectre of Kevin Rudd is again stalking Gillard and the Government.
The rumour mill is pumping out speculation that supporters of the leader Gillard ousted by coup in 2010 are mustering their forces for another run for the top job.
A challenge by Rudd was soundly defeated a year ago.
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Gillard has already been criticised within party ranks for calling the election so far out, rejecting her argument that she will be able to reclaim the political agenda and put the heat on Abbott. She has also come under fire from the Left for dumping long-time Northern Territory Senator Trish Crossin in favour of Aboriginal Olympian Nova Peris.
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But then I think, oh man, this is a loooong way away from 2D games!(which is what I want to do for now), but you know, motivation keeps me typing away at this so I'll continue.
~I'll ask questions on behalf of the aspiring beginner game developers out there! XD
So when I was first learning C++ I thought everthing was hard to understand. When I saw someone's code of their console Tic Tac Toe game I went 0.0 and has no idea what was going on. The thing is, a few months later I knocked out the game in an hour with no problem! So my learning process seems to be in steps. 1 -Learn the basics of C++. 2 -Make a simple console game Tic Tac Toe! 3 -???????
So now you know what I have accomplished and I will tell you my thoughts on getting a grasp on making 2D games, but I have a few questions first~
~~What programming language should I start out with?
-So I heard C++ is a hard language to go with first, but I like the logical design of it! I can't help but keep going with it. Should I switch to Java since it seems it has basically everthing a beginner would need?
~~Just how much work do I need to do before I can get into making 2D games?
-I do not know if I should jump right into learning a simple 2D graphics library like SDL or SFML or Allegro. Should I learn C++ really well, THEN move on into a graphics library?
~~Use an engine, make one, or don't use an engine?
-Ok ok, I know making an engine is way to hard and time consuming so I'll skip that idea!
-I am very confused when it comes to learning a language well, especially when it comes to using a game engine or not. So I want to get the very most out of my learning, does that mean I should use a game engine and start making games just like that? Or should I take the long run and get the experience working with a graphics library making 2D games without an engine? I figure this because I would get a better, more indepth experience making games.
~~How to pave my own way?
-Ok, so I see people who have made 2D games and I am like, "HOW DO THEY DO IT?!". So I am so engrossed with the thought of how to make a game that I really have no idea how! What I would want(not saying what I need, so correct me if I am wrong) is personal experience from others. I want someone to tell me how they did it, going from learning a language, to making 2D or 3D games! How?
~~What graphics library to use?
-This isn't so much as an issue, but I've heard things of SDL(it's C based and old), tried SFML(hate the setup with any IDE) and don't even want to think about Allegro! Can anyone give me some advice when choosing a graphics library-(choose this one, it doesn't matter what you choose, try them all).
I am at the utmost confusing time in learning game development. What should I do? Where should I start? What should I learn? How can I do it? I make it to generic, sorry. The most important thing I think every beginner looking into game development would want, is some personal experience of another person. A very detailed guideline of how you got started, how you progressed, and finally where you are at now! So...
Thank you very much for answering my questions, I hope this helps all the people who read this and the questions/comments that follow!
~To all you people game developing away, keep it up, you guys rock and give us beginners something to think about!
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