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thanks, I did include 65' of chain to my total scope calculation (165' total), but you are right I did forget to add the deck height. If I add a 20' pendant, past the ball, than I have a total scope of 185', which comes pretty close to 10:1 anyway.
The anchor knots do include extra half hitches and then seizing (of some form) with extra line bagged or tie wrapped to the rode.
I could tie the off the blocks so they sit inside the swing circle of the boat (< 20 feet from swivel if I use a 20 ' pendant)
The chain sounds like a good idea, I still have to buy/fabricate the nylon pendant with hard eye's on both ends, the chain, shackles and protective cover. A Yale Maxi Mooring pendant is $100 at Defender is close to the same price point. I am thinking one of those as primary and the chain approach as my back up.
thanks again,
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Actually, the scope would be closer to 5:1 than 10:1 at maximum surge. 9-10 ft. of surge is typical of what we have experienced at Washington, NC and I expect about the same at Oriental. 5 ft. initial depth. Plus, 3-4 on deck = ~19 ft. with 100 ft. of line.
Chafe is likely a major issue. Chafe will be where line rubs or works against a hard surface such as a chock. Just an idea, shackle to boat cleats a short length of chain(each side) covered well with fire hose, or reinforced rubber hose to protect the boat, chocks, etc. from the chafe that would eat through a nylon line. Then, shackle the nylon line to end of this chain to get the shock absorbing benefits of nylon (with other end connected to the swivel)
You would have to be aboard to retie the lines to move wear spots during the storm. I suspect handling these lines in a hurricane is going to be pretty tough and dangerous. To get past the worn spot will require taking in line against the wind force, which might be difficult. And just when will you know you've reached that critical point? My thoughts are that you should do what you can for the boat in advance and then leave.
Also, on those anchor knots on the lines, I would additionally tie the bitter end in a series of half hitches (reverse every other one) just to make sure that line doesn't untie itself as it moves against boat and turbulence of the water. Hard to untie, but that's the idea in this case.
Not sure how you get more scope. Could you tie to trees on both sides (or maybe over a 270 degree area if you must leave a channel open? If not, anchors and rodes are cheap. Get more to compensate for the relatively low scope.
Something else to think about. You mentioned about putting down blocks to hold lines down. Keep in mind that often in these NC waters, on the back side of the storm, the wind may blow out the water in the creek and you could be settling on the bottom (or those blocks which probably aren't going to do much good for the boat).
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I did not know the word kellet for the extra weights - thanks. Sounds like you're all set, unless you get an Andrew.
Are the shackle pins wired, to keep them from unscrewing?
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A couple of years ago, before Irene, I was in a hurry and bought a few new shackles for my anchors, only to find out they were made in China (well it is stamped right on them dummy!). I figure I could use them to run make shift kellets down the anchor lines. I have lots of old chain and some left over Turfstone blocks from a walkway to the dock. The blocks are designed to allow for drainage with large holes in them and weigh 24 lbs each (less under water). I could run the chain thru the holes, attach it to the shackle with the anchor line thru it as well. I would tie a long leader line to the shackle and tie that off to the anchor line, so the 'kellet' would sit about a boat length away from the swivel. My anchors (a 35 lb New Zealand Rocna and a 25 lb Danforth) have 65' of 5/16" chain attached. Our creek has nominally 5' of water, Irene brought a 9' surge; so I figure 100' of rode will give me > 10:1 scope. I really cannot let out much more than that due to the width of my hurricane hole in the creek. The bottom of the creek is mud and sand, the anchors dug in well enough last time that I lost the anchor rode rather than drug the anchor. I think these kellets would mostly keep the lines under the boat and offer some additional shock abosrption (along with that of pulling the mooring ball under).
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Hi, Ron,
I would not trust plastic [cable ties]. You might use [cable clamps] if time is short.
In 'Knots for Boaters' (isbn# 9781588162625), Brion Toss shows a *Round Turn Spilled-Hitch Bowline, Locked*
that should work well for you. The bitter end is locked by the knot itself when you draw it up. It's easy to tie, and comes apart fairly easily - you might need a spike to loosen it to start with.
I think your primary should be strongest, if there must be a difference. With any good luck, by the time primary fails, worst is past. Have you thought about adding weight down low, say at the heads of your anchor chains, to 'synthesize' scope? A 5-gallon bucket of concrete would help keep pull on anchor horizontal and reduce shock loads.
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Thanks for the response. I agree seizing is the right thing to do. For Irene I was on business travel and returned with only a half day to square away the boat and the house. I want to be prepared again and make use of any shortcuts that work. Could I use plastic cable ties for short term seizing? Or do they just slip and/or cut into the line? Either that or I have to practice my speed seizing skills (not a bad idea anyway).
Where I am thinking about spending my money is on a cyclone mooring pendant ($150) to reduce the concern about chafe at the fair lead. I would add a length of nylon line to the swivel for shock absorption. The second pendant would be all nylon line. Which brings up a philosophical question; should better combination be the primary line or the backup?
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Don't worry too much about being "an@L" - paranoia and ground tackle are cheap compared to replacing your boat. Do you have the bitter end seized to the standing part? Just in case you're
subjected to a long bout of surges, it would help keep the knot from 'walking' out of the line.
Good luck.
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I would like to run my prep by the community, just to get some responses. We live in Eastern NC and our boat (Heron a 35' sloop at 11,000 lbs) survived Irene by anchoring to 2 trees and 2 anchors in a protected cove in our creek (plus all the other precautions like stripping the boat, etc). But I did loose 1 anchor rode due to chafe (my fault as I was in a hurry to get things done) and because it was anchored fore and aft with 4 attach points.
This time my plan is to use a swivel with at least 3 groundings; 2 anchors and a tree. I purchased the swivel at a local consignment shop and it is huge. It is a Crosby swivel for a crane with a 1" shank; I also purchased over-sized shackles to fit it. I will hang the swivel, on chain, from an inflated mooring ball. The topside of the swivel will have 2 pendants to the boat; one slightly longer than the other. See the picture below; it only shows 1 pendant on top, but imagine 2.
For pendants I plan to use 5/8" 3 strand nylon (the largest my cleats can handle) around 30' long, open on one end so I can change the tie off and chafe points, with plenty of chafe protection.
The bottom of the swivel will have the 3 anchor rodes. The one to the tree is a 3/4" line and I use chain around the base of the tree and shackle the hard eye end to it. I plan to use my existing 2 anchor rodes (5/8" @ 200'); one is 4 years old and the other brand new (after the one broke in Irene) for the other 2 anchor points, and here is where I have a question. The lines have a hard eye on one end for the chain connection. The other end is open, so my plan it so tie them to a shackle using an anchoring knot (2 round turns, pass the free end thru and add a half hitch).
This way I can tie them off at whatever length I need for enough scope based on the proposed water depth. The alternative is to make up special anchor lines, just for this mooring, with hard eye's on both ends and at fixed lengths. The cost is probably a few extra hundred dollars as I have good lengths of chain on the anchors and probably need < 100' line to get 10:1 scope. I question whether that is really necessary as these knots seem to be considered very adequate, the lines are in excellent shape and there is some redundancy in the anchoring. Am I just being "an$L" and worrying about nothing or would anyone else be concerned about this?
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Wood elves make up almost half of the population of Aedyr and orlans are also found near savannah folk, north of Readceras (which is north of the Dyrwood).
Even the elves and orlans in Eír Glanfath migrated to the area within the past two thousand years; they don't have any apparent connection to the original residents and builders of the ancient structures.
Ethnicity and culture are separate characteristics in the game. Individual meadow folk can be from the Vailian Republics just as coastal aumaua can be from Aedyr. The common-name descriptions of ethnicities don't restrict where they can be from. Literally every ethnicity in our race document has a bit-by-bit description of what physical characteristics they have, including facial features, skin tones, hair colors (and textures), eye colors (and shapes), etc. E.g., only savannah folk, pale elves, and boreal dwarves have epicanthic folds. Of those, only boreal dwarves have them consistently.
Just as a point of reference, we've seen the use of Gaelic names for places and people, and now are told that the old English/Norse languages are being referenced, does this indicate a clash of cultures at some point? Or have the two arisen in unison and merged beyond the telling apart?
It's less a clash of cultures and more of the intermingling of them. Places settled by Aedyrans in the Dyrwood tend to have Eld Aedyran or regular Aedyran (i.e. plain English) names. The common names for some creatures are Glanfathan but others are Eld Aedyran or (rarely) Vailian. The cultures borrow terms from each other, too. The title of duc (ducs bels and ducs panits) is used in the Vailian Republics for the sovereign ruler of a city-state, but the Dyrwoodans borrowed it when they rebelled against the Aedyran Empire. Admeth Hadret was originally an erl palatine (palatine/palatinate also being borrowed from the Vailians), but he styled himself as a duc of the "free palatinate" during the rebellion.
At first it seemed the different cultures would be more in a high/late Middle period. From your recent answers, it seems that pretty much all the big human factions are actually in what would be a modern, colonial period. 1. So PE is more of a Renaissance/early modern world than a High/Late Medieval one? 2. Is there still some place for knights (vassal system
), Gothic Architecture, Medieval weaponery and other typical Middle Ages characteristics?
The Dyrwood is in the equivalent of a Renaissance/early modern tech level, but even Europes own Renaissances didnt abandon earlier architecture and technology. Swords and armor were used alongside firearms for centuries (as they are in the Dyrwood, where firearms are still uncommon).
Rural communities in the Dyrwood tend to have Romanesque/Norman architecture, with Renaissance features (e.g. domes, symmetrical façades) found in large urban centers. Previous colonial cultures also tried to settle in the Dyrwood and their ruins tend to be more traditionally Medieval. In the village concept we released, the buildings are vaguely Romanesque with a few Renaissance features, but they are built adjacent to much older, rougher remnants of a castle and bridges from centuries ago.
Hi Josh.You said that Aedyr are white humans and elves with green and blue eyes. But they are from very hot, tropical regions of the world. Wouldnt people living in a climate like that develop a darker skin and darker eyes?
If they had been there for more than a few thousand years, yes. Most people living in Aedyr are Thyrtan humans, "meadow folk". Their ethnic group is not native to Aedyr, but comes from the far north (like the Sceltrfolc elves). They migrated south over thousands of years. Their nickname, "meadow folk", is seemingly a misnomer but is still used because of their origin.
Similarly, the Grand Empire of Vailia (from which the Vailian Republics sprang) was farther s
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what type of bloodlines do you get when crossing razors edge and gotti lines?
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Umm.... still an American Pit Bull Terrier, possibly a mix since "Razor's Edge" may not be a purebred line. I don't understand the obsession with "bloodlines" in the APBT.
Kolbe answered on 1/29/10. Helpful? / 3
Instead of breeding more pits, try saving them. There is tons of fancy lines in the shelter trapped and need adopting.
Save them first.
If you look you will see blues and rare colors in shelters who need our help
Member 783537 answered on 1/29/10. Helpful? / 3
Sadly, Megan hit the nail on the head here.
We went to donate some of Jack's old toys to the shelter where we found him and I was sad to see 9 out of 10 dogs were pitties and there were people lining up to adopt a few puppies that were there.
It's always the same, and very sad.
Jack answered on 1/29/10. Helpful? / 2
you get a RE/Gotti line dog.
a bloodline is not a new breed/type it is merely a name of a kennel.
AA's Ultra-Violet answered on 2/6/10. Helpful? / 0
Mutt bloodlines. RE dogs and any even remotely recent Gotti dogs (which used to be a show line but was ruined by back yard breeders) are crossed with Bulldog and Mastiff breeds.
Daddy answered on 10/1/10. Helpful? / 0
You will get a "RE/Gotti" bloodline.
Now, Remember that RE is not Pure American Pit Bull Terrier, But to call them "mutts" is a bit off as well.
Remember that the American Pit Bull Terrier came from the Molossi dogs, Which are basically the original mastiffs.
So yes, RE has Mastiff in its bloodline... But ALL american pit bull terriers have mastiff in their bloodline if you go back far enough.
I own a RE/Gotti that is still within the ADBA standards for an American Pit Bull Terrier, he is not the standard "American bully" type dog that you see.
Member 1013409 answered on 11/26/10. Helpful? / 0
Most of the RE and Gotti line dogs are considered American Bullies, which are not APBTs. The American Bully was derived from the APBT, but in no way conform to the UKC APBT standard. Which is why they formed the ABKC. If you breed the two lines together eventually you will come up with a bloodline of your own, however, this takes MANY MANY years, and TONS of knowledge.
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Google announced a new plan this week to help news publishers make money: Readers will be presented with a short marketing survey they have to complete before reading an article. Google consumer surveys is a clever enough way for a publisher to get more revenue without putting up more ads — or a dreaded paywall — and Google says replies will be anonymous.
As the poet Rumi once wrote, "I heard that lie."
In fact, you should never again believe any privacy promise Google makes, since it's now decided that its old promises don't count and its future depends on it building the most comprehensive profile of you that it can.
Google has said for years that it wouldn't profile its users and built data silos to make it so. So for instance, Gmail debuted with ads that were keyed off words in a single e-mail. Mention pizza in an e-mail, you'd get an ad for pizza. It was a dumb system, with no memory of what you'd written. Over time, Google slowly expanded this so the ads you see on your newest e-mail might relate to an e-mail that was very recent — not quite dumb, but not quite a profile.
The same went for search. Ads were keyed off your search term, for only that search. It's the most profitable advertising system in the world, and it had no profiling.
Recently, that was changed a bit so that if you recently searched for "New York airfare" and then a few searches later for "hotel," you might get an ad for New York Hotels. Not quite dumb, but not quite a profile. Even Google's AdSense program that shows ads on millions of non-Google sites either as keyword ads keyed off a page's content or display ads was firewalled.
There was a profile here, but it was based on inferences made based solely on the pages that you visited that were running AdSense (now known as DoubleClick). Nothing from your Gmail account or search history played any role.
Then in 2009, Google punched a small hole in this wall so that what you do in YouTube could become part of that profile. Definitely a profile, but far removed from the sensitiveness that is your search history and e-mail.
Those walls were leveled on March 1 by Google.
Continue reading 'On Profiling And Google's Big Double-Cross' …
While Google's keen to point out that those walls were never written into the privacy policy, the walls existed. In February, 2009, I spent a couple of hours in a Google conference room, alongside Farhad Manjoo, while Google's top engineer for privacy, Alma Whitten, dove into the technical details of how these walls worked.
And I was a believer. When Consumer Watchdog put out a stinging and inaccurate video depicting then Google CEO Eric Schmidt as a cretin, I defended Google's privacy practices in a piece entitled In Defense of Google, Or Why Consumer Watchdog is Full of It, drawing heavily on Google's internal walls.
Pardon me quoting the article but here's a portion of my 2010 defense of Google's privacy practices:
Have you ever actually seen ads on third-party websites or Google's own sites that are derived from assumptions Google has made about you based on your search history or what you have written about in e-mails? No, you haven't. Google doesn't do that. Every search ad and every ad in Gmail or Google Images is essentially blind to who you are and is keyed off only the search term you just entered or the e-mail you just opened. That's because Google's ad tracking system and your Google account system are separated by design. […] In terms of building profiles of users, Google is remarkably and admirably restrained in how it uses the insane amount of data it collects.
At the same time, I also predicted that when YouTube and Adsense were intermingled the day of the mega-profile would be coming soon: "It won't take long for Google executives to look at the stock price and then at the data its not using and argue that the company could make even more money by selling finer and finer slices of its user base to advertisers. Soon, everything of Google's that you touch will all become part of your profile — from its website analytics program, sneaky Big Brother-esque Web History program, checkout system, news subscription reader, image search, cellphone location reporting service, book digitization, news site and GMail e-mail and chats."
And so it has come to pass.
Google, threatened by Facebook's success in finally giving users an identity, has decided that it will combine all the data it can into a mega-profile. That means your searches, all the web history it knows about you, everything in your e-mail account, and all the data from Android phones and Google+ will be combined to build the mother of all online profiles.
Only a few things remain off-limits — Google Analytics, for one. Don't expect that to last long.
But don't worry: Google says your new profile is for your own good.
The idea, Google says, is that it should be able (for example) to figure out from your Android phone's location and your calendar that you have a meeting in an hour-and-a-half, but that there's a traffic jam which means you should leave now. That sounds swell, but the fall of the privacy walls isn't really about such nice notifications. It's about Google's fear of Facebook and jealousy of Facebook's ability to convince the web that we all need to be signed in under all real names all the time.
In some ways, Google's fear of being left behind — that the web is now as identity-centric as Mark Zuckerberg wants it to be — is very understandable. In other ways, it's baffling.
Google has likely hit a plateau with AdWords and AdSense, and the way to try to ramp up revenue growth is by charging advertisers more to target users based on their profiles, rather than by identifying relevant content or searches. On the other hand, Google's been able to convince million of users to trust it, despite ever-growing fears that Google knows too much about us, by explicitly NOT building profiles. (I've already switched my default search engine in my browser to DuckDuckGo, and when I can find a good home for 19 GB of e-mail, Gmail will be the next to go.)
In the worst case scenario, Google may now actually believe that Facebook could use all the social data it captures and keeps hidden from Google to create a search engine that eclipses Google's flagship technology. That would be disastrous for Google. Perhaps that's why the returned CEO Larry Page is betting so heavily on Google+ and personalized search — and why he decided to tear down the data firewalls.
But my guess is that this isn't true, and that a search engine optimized by Facebook-style social data wouldn't topple Google. Instead, I think it's all about ego — that Google is afraid of being eclipsed in public opinion by Facebook, rather than being truly concerned that Facebook could build a better search box. I think Google doesn't want to be perceived as losing, even if the company is making billions and billions annually without needing to really profile its users at all. Either way, Google has made it clear it is afraid, and you should be wary of companies running scared. Scared companies make decisions that are often bad for their long-term prospects, and worse for their users.
And that's exactly what your new mega-profile is — it's creepy; it's a double-cross, and it will, in the end, cement Google's reputation as being too powerful and unworthy of our trust. A search engine doesn't need to know my name, or who I e-mail, or need a secret psycho-graphic profile of me to get me to the right page. And if such an online profile would help and I want that help, it should be up to me to define that profile and connect the data services in ways that I define (oddly, exactly what Google's initial profiles started out being).
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This is a "total case" of a Lawn Fawn card. I love the cute Mermaid for You set. All I needed was the stamp set. I have a new thing that is on my Silhouette Cameo Design Studio that will cut the images out. It might not be as quick as the die set but it saves me a lot of money....money I can spend on more stamp sets. Anyhow, I colored with copics and added a Wink of Stella to the mermaid's fin. The "hello" die is from Momenta.
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What causes anemia? 45 possible conditions
Anemia happens when the number of healthy red blood cells in your body is too low. Red blood cells carry oxygen to all of the body's tissues. Read more
What Is Anemia?
Anemia happens when the number of healthy red blood cells in your body is too low. Red blood cells carry oxygen to all of the body's tissues, so a low red blood cell count indicates that the amount of oxygen in your blood is lower than it should be. Many of the symptoms of anemia are caused by decreased oxygen delivery to the body's vital tissues and organs.
Anemia is measured according to the amount of hemoglobin, which is the protein within red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues. According to the Office on Women's Health (OWH), about 3 million Americans suffer from anemia. Women and people with chronic diseases such as cancer have the highest risk of developing anemia.
What Causes Anemia?
Dietary iron, vitamin B-12, and folate are essential for red blood cells to mature in the body. Normally, 0.8 to 1 percent of the body's red blood cells are replaced every day and the average lifespan for red cells is 100 to 120 days. In general, any process that has a negative effect on this balance between red blood cell production and destruction can cause anemia. Causes of anemia are generally divided into those that decrease red blood cell production and those that increase red blood cell destruction.
Factors that decrease red blood cell production include:
- inadequate stimulation of red blood cell production by the hormone erythropoietin, which is produced by the kidneys
- inadequate dietary intake of iron, vitamin B-12, or folate
- hypothyroidism
On the other hand, any disorder that destroys red blood cells at a rate that's faster than they're made can cause anemia. Factors that increase red blood cell destruction include:
- hemorrhage from accidents, gastrointestinal lesions, menstruation, childbirth, excessive uterine bleeding, or surgery
- cirrhosis, which involves scarring of the liver
- fibrosis, or scar tissue, within the bone marrow
- hemolysis, which is the rupture of red blood cells that can occur with some medications or Rh incompatibility
- disorders of the liver and spleen
- genetic disorders such as glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, thalassemia, and sickle cell anemia
Overall, however, iron deficiency is the most common cause of anemia. Iron intake is a major index for the health assessment of nations. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 2 billion people worldwide have anemia, and many have it because of iron deficiency.
Daily Nutritional Requirements and Anemia
Daily requirements for vitamins and iron vary according to sex and age. Women need more iron and folate than men because of iron losses during their menstrual cycle and fetal development during pregnancy and lactation.
According to the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), the recommended daily iron intake for women age 19 to 50 is 18 mg. The daily iron intake for men of the same age range is 8 mg. During pregnancy, daily iron intake should increase to 27 mg, but women who are breastfeeding only need 9 mg per day.
Men and women over the age of 50 require 8 mg of iron daily. A supplement may be needed if adequate iron levels can't be reached through diet alone. Good sources of dietary iron include:
- chicken and beef liver
- dark turkey meat
- red meats, such as beef
- seafood
- fortified cereals
- oatmeal
- lentils
- beans
- spinach
Folate is the form of folic acid that occurs naturally in the body. Males and females over the age of 14 require 400 mcg/DFE (micrograms of dietary folate equivalents) per day. For women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, the recommended intake increases to 600 mcg/DFE per day. Examples of foods rich in folate are:
- beef liver
- lentils
- spinach
- great northern beans
- asparagus
You can also add folic acid to your diet with fortified cereals and breads.
Vitamin B-12
The daily adult recommendation for vitamin B-12 is 2.4 mcg. Women and teens who are pregnant need 2.6 mcg per day, and women who are breastfeeding require 2.8 mcg daily.
Beef liver and clams are two of the best sources of vitamin B-12. Other good sources include:
- fish
- meat
- poultry
- eggs
- other dairy products
Vitamin B-12 is also available as a supplement for those who don't get enough from their diet alone.
What Are the Symptoms of Anemia?
People with anemia appear pale and may often complain of being cold. They may also have lightheadedness or dizziness, especially when they are active or standing up. Some people with anemia have unusual cravings such as wanting to eat ice, clay, or dirt. They often complain of feeling tired and have problems with constipation and concentration.
If anemia is severe, fainting may occur. Other symptoms include brittle nails, shortness of breath, and chest pains. Blood oxygen levels can be so low that a person with severe anemia can have a heart attack.
A physical exam that your doctor does may show:
- high or low blood pressure
- pale skin
- jaundice
- increased heart rate
- heart murmur
- enlarged lymph nodes
- enlarged spleen or liver
People with symptoms of anemia should seek medical attention.
How Is Anemia Diagnosed?
A diagnosis of anemia begins with your family and health history and a physical exam. Laboratory tests help doctors to find out the cause of the anemia. A family history of certain types of anemia such as sickle cell anemia can be helpful. A history of exposure to toxic agents in the home or workplace might point to an environmental cause.
Tests to diagnose anemia include:
Complete Blood Count (CBC)
This blood test tells doctors the number and size of the RBCs. It also shows if other blood cells like white blood cells and platelets are normal.
Serum Iron Levels
This blood tests shows if iron deficiency is the cause of anemia.
Ferritin Test
This blood test analyzes iron stores.
Vitamin B-12 Test
This blood test shows vitamin B-12 levels and determines if they are too low.
Folate Test
This blood test reveals if serum folate levels are too low.
Stool Test for Occult Blood
This test applies a chemical to a stool specimen to see if blood is present. If the test is positive, it means that blood is being lost anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract, from the mouth to the rectum. Problems like stomach ulcers, ulcerative colitis, and colon cancer can cause blood to be in stool.
Based on the results of these tests, doctors may order additional studies such as an upper GI, a barium enema, chest X-rays, or a CT scan of your abdomen.
How to Treat Anemia
The treatment for anemia depends on its cause. Anemia caused by inadequate amounts of dietary iron, vitamin B-12, and folate is treated with nutritional supplements. Your doctor and nutritionist can prescribe a diet that contains proper amounts of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. A proper diet can help prevent this kind of anemia from recurring.
In some cases, if the anemia is severe, doctors use erythropoietin injections to increase red blood cell production in the bone marrow. If bleeding occurs or the hemoglobin level is very low, a blood transfusion may be necessary.
What Is the Outlook for Anemia?
The long-term outlook for anemia depends on the cause and the response to treatment. Anemia is very treatable, but it can be dangerous if it's left untreated. Pay attention to food labels and invest in a multivitamin to ensure that you're getting the recommended daily amount of iron.
Talk to your doctor if you're experiencing any of the symptoms of anemia, especially if you have a family history of anemia. Your doctor will most likely get you started on a diet or supplement regimen to increase your iron intake. An iron deficiency may also be a sign of more serious medical conditions, so it's important to pay attention to your body. In most cases, just tweaking your diet or taking an iron supplement can solve your anemia.
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My sincerest apologies to my dear fans who have been missing my diary. My mother (and typist) has been quite busy lately. Something to do with "fertility" treatments. I don't know what that means, but mom says it will get me closer to having a little human brother or sister...and you all know how much I love those little humans--they drop their food ALL the time and always taste so sweet!!
My life these last few weeks hasn't been too exciting. Today I got to take a LONG nap with mom and dad...oh how I love naps!! They are my absolute FAVE!! It's getting pretty cool outside, so I had to snuggle WAY under the covers, right up against mommy's legs. That's my FAVORITE place in the whole wide world!!
My secret lover Chip still lurks around my love nest, but not as often. I wonder if another Beagle has stolen his heart? Oh my dogness, I sure hope not! He is the love of my life and I will fight any woman who gets in my way!!
I'm going to try to get my mom back in the groove of writing...but I can't make any promises. These humans have a mind of their own...
In case you weren't already aware of this fact, my dear fans...I must tell you that I am the smartest beagle in the whole wide world! My mom tells me so all the time. She also says I'm the most beautiful and sweet--but we'll focus on the smart for today.
Case in point: I've learned how to crack open peanut shells and eat only the nut! It's really quite simple. You just have to put them between your paws, chew away the hard yucky part, and you've hit gold!! I swear, that peanutty goodness is worth all the work.
Another talent I have is opening screen doors. Now, my mom and dad have never seen me do this, but my grandpa Ed said he saw me open the screen door with my nose and paws! Mom and Dad are a little skeptical, but I don't want them to know of this talent...if they only knew of the adventures I went on during the day!
These are just a few of the examples of my brilliance. I could go on for days...but we'll leave it at that for today.
You've all heard of oragami, the asian paper-folding art, right? Well, I am quite the expert at another fine art. I like to call it panty chewagami. It's really quite simple, and the results are true works of art!
Instead of paper, I use underwear. Not socks, not shirts...underwear. This is very important to maintain the integrity of the final piece. Unerwear of all shapes and sizes may be used, but they MUST be underwear! If you're unable to locate a pair, swim suit bottoms will also suffice.
It usually begins when Mom and Dad leave and come back with some guests. I don't want my art to be wasted on just two people! As soon as they give me their kisses and head out the door, I high-tail it to the laundry room or bathroom. I love to dig through piles of laundry--it's amazing what you can find in there!
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As soon as Mom and Dad return, the first thing their guests see is my panty chewagami!! Mom usually gasps in admiration and quickly snatches them up and brings them to another room (for safe keeping, I'm sure). I'm pretty sure she just doesn't want the world to know of my talents...why, we would have a line going down the road!!
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Matt Whitlock February 26 at 11:23am
Any dubs or anything happening Sept 23-30?
Alisha Grace-Schafer May 2, 2015 at 3:10pm
A group of us are coming to town for the week. Was wondering if there was any leagues or if any locals wanted to play a round or 2 with us!
Wednesday dubs 5pm check it out. Lots of locals come and hang out before and after.
Awesome. Thank you!!
no problem! if you have any more questions feel free to visit lvdgc.com or check out the lvdgc facebook page. lots of people are actielylooking to get in rounds on the fb page
Can you add me to that group on Facebook? I requested to join, but haven't been accepted yet.
Alvin Natarte March 3, 2015 at 10:20pm
Comin to vegas tonight. Playing sunset tomorrow am hopefully around 830. Cant wait. Vegas baby!
ken "sega salt" moote January 24, 2015 at 5:16am
Is there any doubles coming up this week?
Weekly doubles saturday and sunday, but not too sure on the time. Thursday doubles are guaranteed at 5pm at sunset or mtn crest. Check out lvdgc.com or their fb page for more infor
TS Grabowski November 13, 2013 at 5:54pm
If anybody wants to get out today, shoot me a text. 419-481-3634. New to the area. Used to be pretty good at this game. Been long time since I've played. Thanks.
justin yuen April 25, 2012 at 1:00pm
P.S the boss doesn't have any contact info
justin yuen April 25, 2012 at 12:59pm
found a boss at sunset park during the April Monthly. If you can describe the color, weight, stamp, and plastic type correctly please contact me :P You can also contact me on reddit as savi9011
I will hold on to if for 3 weeks.
Phil Brown September 14, 2010 at 9:40pm
I have an app called runkeeper on my Droid phone that tracks me when I am walking. So I had it track me when I played Sunset Disc Golf Course. The Course ended up being 2.53 miles in distance, 109 feet in elevation change. Oh and I burned 578 calories doing it. Here is a link to the path I took:
Channon Quillen September 10, 2010 at 2:54pm
I'm going to be in Vegas for a conference Oct. 9-14 staying at Caesars Palace and would like to play Sunset. I'm definitely up for some Wed doubles.
The problem is I won't have a rental car, and a taxi would be $28.00 one-way! Anyone I can catch a ride with? I'll pitch-in for gas, beer, etc.
Scott Merritt August 23, 2010 at 7:19am
I need a Duo's partner!!
So after turning several offers away, because I was playing with someone from California, my partner has backed out due to an unforseen life event. (His truck went kablooie!!) So now I'm in need of another partner for the open division. If there's anyone interested let me know. I'm no slouch you know!!
Scott Merritt
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VINCENT 25149 August 7, 2010 at 8:38am
champion glow roc, rhyno, and star wraith
Phil Brown August 5, 2010 at 9:10pm
Well I would bring a Champion Boss, Champion Valkyrie, and a big bead Aviar.
Rob Toltzman August 5, 2010 at 1:55pm
I putt with a Roc
Phil Brown August 4, 2010 at 5:07pm
ummmm, a putter maybe.
Rob Toltzman August 4, 2010 at 4:41pm
Pro Katana and Super Roc, why bring any more?
Phil Brown August 4, 2010 at 4:12pm
If you could only bring 3 discs with you on a round of 24 at Sunset Park Las Vegas Nevada what 3 discs would you bring and why?
Phil Brown July 16, 2010 at 8:32pm
2nd Annual EDGE Fundraier
Sunday, July 18th 2010 at 8:00 at Sunset Park Las Vegas Nevada - 1 Round of 18 holes
Entry fee is by DONATION with ALL proceeds going towards purchasing disc golf materials for the classrooms. There will be a BBQ that follows! Free food!
Games and general revelry will also ensue!
more info at lvbagtag.com
Justin Brown April 26, 2010 at 4:45pm
This course is about 10 minutes from the strip and about 2 or 3 miles from McCarron Airport. This is a fairly open course with some trees and a good mix between shorter and longer holes and some very nice holes which require a good anyhzer shot for a left hander. There are quite a bit of mandotaries which keeps it interesting. Overall probably the best course in Vegas and one of the 1st disc golf courses ever built (I think it was built in 1977). Check out the following link for more info on thi ... more
This course is about 10 minutes from the strip and about 2 or 3 miles from McCarron Airport. This is a fairly open course with some trees and a good mix between shorter and longer holes and some very nice holes which require a good anyhzer shot for a left hander. There are quite a bit of mandotaries which keeps it interesting. Overall probably the best course in Vegas and one of the 1st disc golf courses ever built (I think it was built in 1977). Check out the following link for more info on this beautiful 24 hole course!! http://www.lvbagtag.com/courses/sunset/sunset.htm . This is the Las Vegas Disc Golf Club's website and has more info plus a course map.
Scott Mally April 24, 2010 at 6:35am
Hey!! Gonna be traveling out to Vegas May 12-14 very short trip I know. However I am looking to bring some discs on the plane with me and was wondering how close to the strip this course is and what I should expect hole difficulty wise. Thanks in advance


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May 22, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Led by senior Nathalie Mansson's 2-over 74, the 14th-ranked Tennessee golf team is in 16th place after the first round of competition on Tuesday at the 2012 NCAA Women's Golf Championships.
The Big Orange used four birdies over the last three holes to tally a 12-over 300 team total as the team finds itself 14 shots out of first place after 18 holes on the 6,377-yard Vanderbilt Legends Club course.
"My goal for this tournament was to have every round under 300," head coach Judi Pavon said. "We missed a little putt on the last hole to shoot under 300, so that was a little disappointing, but we were well over 300 a few holes ago, so we took advantage of No. 9 - a hole we need to birdie - and got some shots back. I feel good about tomorrow and going right back with a quick turnaround."
The Lady Vols will tee off of No. 1 at 8:25 a.m. CT on Wednesday in a group with Colorado and tournament leader Alabama. Live scoring is being provided by NCAA.com, while @LadyVol_Golf will have live updates via twitter.
The No. 2 Crimson Tide hold a two-shot lead after carding a two-under 286 in round one. No. 27 Virginia is in second (288), while No. 8 Duke sits in third place (289).
Individually, Virginia's Portland Rosen fired a 6-under 66 and holds a one-stroke lead in the medalist race.
Mansson paced UT with her 2-over performance. The Stockholm, Sweden, native started the round with a bogey on No. 10, flying the tenth green. She recovered, however, carding birdie on the par-4 No. 11 and was even through 15 holes before picking up two bogeys in her final three holes.
Junior Sara Monberg and freshman AJ Newell each turned in 3-over 75s for Tennessee in Tuesday's first round. Monberg managed to hit 18 fairways and 18 greens in the round, but the Juelsminde, Denmark, product found five bogeys in the round to finish three over.
Newell opened her first NCAA Championship with a round punctuated by three birdies, but spotted by a double bogey on No. 1 to finish at +3. The Lady Vol duo share a slice of 47th place heading into the second round.
Rounding out the scorers for the Lady Vols was sophomore Chessey Thomas. Tennessee's most consistent scorer from the NCAA Central Regional, Thomas was hurt by three double-bogeys over the first nine holes. The Spokane, Wash., native managed to make an adjustment at the turn, however, shooting two-under 34 in her second nine. Her four-over 76 tally is good for a tie for 70th.
Junior Erica Popson carded a 5-over 77 in the Championship's opening round. She is tied for 85th.
In its 11th NCAA Championships appearance all-time, Tennessee is seeking to surpass its best finish ever at the national tournament, a fifth-place performance in 2000.


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SEATTLE -- Pressed into early duty yet again, the Seattle Mariners bullpen responded much as it has for the last month.
Still, they wouldn't mind their starters lasting a few more innings.
Four Seattle relievers combined for 4 2/3 scoreless innings, and Raul Ibanez's 23rd homer propelled the Mariners to a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Monday night.
"We had the right people in there. That's the whole thing," Seattle manager Mike Hargrove said. "The other side of that coin is we have had to use those people a lot the last few days. You don't know how deep they can go and you don't want to take them beyond that and risk injury."
Seattle's bullpen worked 12 1/3 combined innings during a weekend series against Oakland, where the A's swept and left the Mariners 6½ games back in the AL West.
The clutch pitching of Julio Mateo, George Sherrill, Rafael Soriano and J.J. Putz on Monday night helped ease the bad memories of the weekend sweep.
"It shows a lot of character in this team," Putz said. "It would have been really easy to feel sorry for ourselves and hang our head."
Ibanez's homer, a two-run shot in the fifth inning put Seattle ahead for good. Ibanez lined a 0-1 fastball from Tampa Bay starter Tim Corcoran (4-3) into the seats in right field, his first homer since July 29 in Cleveland.
Ibanez is now one shy of his career-high of 24 homers, set in 2002 with Kansas City.
Adrian Beltre also hit a two-run homer in the first for Seattle, his 12th of the season and third in the last five games. Jose Lopez doubled twice, singled and scored on both home runs.
From there, the Mariners turned it over to their relievers, who have allowed just 17 earned runs since July 5.
Mateo was first, pitching 1 1/3 innings in relief of starter Jamie Moyer, who failed to get out of the fifth inning. With two on and one out in the fifth, Mateo induced fly outs by B.J. Upton and Jonny Gomes to escape the jam.
In the sixth, Damon Hollins walked and Carl Crawford singled with one out. After Jorge Cantu popped out to first, Sherrill, a left-hander, relieved Mateo and retired Travis Lee on a groundout.
Sherrill and the right-handed Soriano combined for a perfect seventh, but Tampa Bay put runners on first and third with two outs in the eighth. Putz, Seattle's closer, entered and struck out Cantu on a 3-2 pitch.
Hargrove isn't leery of going to Putz in the eighth, but doesn't want to make it a habit.
"I'm comfortable doing it rarely," Hargrove said. "I don't want to do it often, because I think you pay the price at the end of the season."
Putz, who threw an inning on Sunday and admitted he was laboring in the ninth, allowed a lead off single to Lee, who then stole second with one out. Dioner Navarro walked on a 3-2 pitch and both runners advanced on Upton's broken bat groundout to short.
Putz then walked Gomes to load the bases before retiring Ben Zorbrist on a flyout for his 24th save in 28 chances.
"They did what they're supposed to do," Crawford said. "They kept the game in the context of where they could get the win."
Crawford tied a career-high with four hits, including a triple and RBI single. Greg Norton hit an RBI single in the third and Zorbrist had an RBI double in the fourth when Tampa Bay scored twice to take a 4-3 lead. But the Devil Rays left a 14 runners on base.
"It's never a good number when it says 14, but I thought we had some good at-bats in some tight situations," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said.
Moyer lasted only 4 1/3 innings, matching his shortest outing of the season on July 21 when he gave up five homers in a 9-4 loss to Boston. The soft-throwing lefty allowed four runs, eight hits and struck out four. He has just one win since June 24.
Corcoran lost his third consecutive decision, allowing seven hits and striking out four in five innings.
"I just let them back in the game ... three different times," Corcoran said. "That's frustrating."
Seattle improved to 27-6 when hitting at least two homers. ... Maddon said All-Star pitcher Scott Kazmir will be activated from the 15-day disabled list Tuesday and start Friday in Oakland. Kazmir has not pitched since July 23 with inflammation in his throwing shoulder. ... Tampa Bay RHP Dan Miceli was reinstated from the 60-day DL and pitched a perfect sixth inning. Miceli hadn't pitched since May 5 with a right shoulder injury.


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Subject Committee: Historic Environment Records
The HER Committee informs, advises and acts for the Executive Committee and membership of ALGAO on the development and maintenance of historic environment records, the database and GIS applications involved, data standards, and the relationship of these to database and GIS standards, development, provision and use elsewhere in archaeology and allied sciences, and in commerce.
Local authority archaeologists are responsible for maintaining a register of all the known archaeological sites in their county. These Historic Environment Records (HERs), Sites and Monuments Records (SMRs), and in some historic towns Urban Archaeological Databases (UADs), are the basis for all conservation and management advice as well as providing a valuable resource for education and research.
To be effective these need continuous maintenance and development. ALGAO is working in collaboration with national agencies and other organisations to develop data standards, ensure greater consistency in recording practices, and to increase accessibility of information to the public.
Committee papers
Standards and Guidance
Working with the national agencies and others, ALGAO has continuing involvement in a range of initiatives aimed at developing and promoting standards and best practice in order to improve the quality of information and ease of access for a variety of purposes.
Informing the Future of the Past
Informing the Future of the Past: Guidelines for Historic Environment Records(IFP2) (Second Edition, 2007) provides guidelines appropriate to all HERs/SMRs, and for all staff, volunteers and students involved in managing, running or supporting an HER/SMR. The revised edition (2007) has been produced by a collaboration between English Heritage, Historic Scotland, the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW), the Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers UK (ALGAO UK) and the Archaeology Data Service (ADS). It is available free as a web-based document at the IFP website. PDF versions of each section can be printed out or downloaded from the website.
Data Standards
Management and development of data standards for the historic environment is co-ordinated through FISH, the Forum on Information Standards in Heritage.
Two of the main standards for records are :
- MIDAS Heritage: The UK Historic Environment Data Standard: a content standard that defines the individual facts or 'units of information' that should be included in a standardised record. For the first time MIDAS Heritage sets standards to record the work undertaken to understand, protect and manage change to the historic environment. It will help make it easier to find out what work has been done, how decisions were made and where to find out more about our heritage assets (buildings, archaeological sites, shipwrecks, areas of interest and artefacts/ecofacts).
- INSCRIPTION: The definitive source for information about all the available national standards, comprising a collection of wordlists and thesauri developed by various heritage bodies that are recommended for use in conjunction with MIDAS units of information.
In Scotland the issue of standards is being addressed by the Scottish SMR Forum, and agreement to work together to develop standards is inlcuding in the Co-operation Statement between SMRs and RCAHMS (2003). More detailed data standards are being developed in Scotland under the auspices of the ASPIRE (Archaeological Standard Protocol for the Integrated Reporting of Events) project and the Scottish SMR Forum. A standard specification for archaeological data generated by fieldwork and research projects and a protocol for its reporting has been developed and is available on the ASPIRE website.
Historic Environment Record Services and Research Projects in England
The Historic Environment Record Services and Research Projects in England advice note is for anyone planning to undertake academic research projects using data from Historic Environment Records (HERs). It outlines the current situation regarding HERs in England and identifies approaches that will facilitate the collection and use of HER data for research purposes.
HER Development
The Association works in partnership with national agencies and other organisations to develop HERs/SMRs.
In 1998, the Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers (ALGAO), the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) and English Heritage published Unlocking the Past for the New Millennium, a statement of co-operation on SMRs (RCHME, ALGAO and English Heritage 1998). This document emphasised the importance of SMRs for the conservation and management of the historic environment and the development and implementation of sustainable policies. The intention of the national organisations is to work toward a long-term vision of a series of locally maintained, computerised SMRs, compiled according to common data standards, accessible via networking to professionals and public alike.
In England, ALGAO, English Heritage,IHBC, DCMS and MLA meet regularly in an HER Working Party which has taken the lead in such initiatives as the publication of an SMR manual, Informing the Future of the Past (2000) (currently being revised), in the Benchmarks for Good Practice (Chitty 2002), Resource needs for SMRs and UADs to reach the first stage benchmarks (Baker, Chitty and Edwards 2004) and a framework document for Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) support for HER Outreach, Unlocking Britain's Past (1999) and Unlocking Our Past (2005). The challenge for the future is for the partners to successfully influence both national and local government to provide greater stability and increased resources to support the further development of HERs.
Similarly partnership in Wales between Cadw, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) , The National Museums and Galleries of Wales (NMGW) and The Welsh Archaeological Trusts (WATs) has led to the Strategic Framework for Historic Environment Records in Wales (2005).
In 2003 the Scottish SMRs and the RCAHMS published a Co-Operation Statement which sets out their aim to work together in a number of areas: liaison, on-line resources, user feedback and analysis, workshops and training, joint services, education and tourism and research.
Informing the Future of the Past: Guidelines for Historic Environment Records (Second Edition; 2007)
English Heritage
- English Heritage Arhives including archives search
- National Heritage List for England, online database of protected heritage assets
- Data Standards
- Heritage Gateway National and local records of historic sites and buildings.
- National Monuments Record Wales
- CARN national information resource for archaeology and architecture compiled by archaeological organisations across Wales.
DoE (NI)
Archaeology Data Service: includes access to some HER records and other databases.
HEIRNET: Historic environment Information Resources network
FISH: Forum on Information Standards in Heritage
OASIS: Online Access to the Index of Archaeological Investigations
Consultation responses: Historic Environment Records
Consultation responses from the past two years are listed below. To view consultation responses older than two years, see our consultation response archive.
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Neptunes vs Sliema - the weekend highlight
The top teams in the 7-Up Summer waterpolo league have generally used their opening six matches from the preliminary phase of the competition as an ideal launchpad to introduce their young players and give them a chance to nurture experience.
However, no coach of the strongest four sides will take any undue risks from now on as the teams that will be playing in the Division One championship in the next phase will meet each other over the coming three weeks.
The run-up before the split is effected between the top four and the other six which will be playing in Division Two, takes off this weekend with a bang.
Neptunes Vodafone, the 2002 winter champions, will be clashing against perennial rivals Sliema Burger King in the third game of tomorrow's four-match programme.
Marsascala and Go Mobile Sirens will round up the weekend programme in the last match on the card.
In today's only league match, Ta' Xbiex have a good chance to bounce back from a 16-1 beating by Neptunes in the previous game. Peter Paolella's men face Otters who are still without a point after six outings.
San Giljan should chalk up their second win of the tournament when facing Valletta while Marsaxlokk will have to be wary of the Exiles threat in tomorrow's opening match.
After leading his Catania side to promotion to the Italian top flight, coach Sergio Afric is back at the helm of Sliema who are expected to have Maltese/Australian Nicky Falzon back in their ranks.
However, Afric could not really gauge the champions' current potential as last Sunday he could only see the team strolling past Marsaxlokk unchallenged in an easy 16-2 win.
Neptunes, without a national championship title for the past nine years now, looked the more composed side until this stage, giving their opponents little chance where to manoeuvre on their way to scoring 105 goals in their opening six matches.
Pierre Borg's Marsascala have produced some spirited performances so far. However, Bruno Cofino's Sirens seem to carry heavier guns for the southerners, the underdogs for the summer league.
Today: 4 p.m. Ta' Xbiex vs Otters.
Tomorrow: 3 p.m. Exiles vs Marsaxlokk; 4 p.m. Valletta vs San Giljan; 5 p.m. Neptunes vs Sliema; 6 p.m. Marsascala vs Sirens.
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Too Late for What? Real Choices on a Changing Planet
Climate Change Initiative at UMass Lowell
Thursday, October 17, 2013 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM (PDT)
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UMass Lowell's Climate Change Teach-In:
Too Late for What? Real Choices on a Changing Planet
Find out what leading experts on climate change impacts, activism, and policy are saying about our choices today and our world tomorrow. Add your voice to the discussion on our campus, in our community, and beyond.
Date: Oct. 17, 2013
Time: 4-6 PM; Arrive early for Registration and Poster/Display Viewing
Place: Cumnock Hall, North Campus
Refreshments will be served.
Also featuring short films produced by UMass Lowell and Cambridge students and an open discussion of how to move UMass Lowell's Climate Action Plan into the future.
Registration is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Register by completing the form! You will receive a reminder on the Teach-In several days before the event. Feel free to invite your colleagues and friends.
Speaker biographies:
• Dr. Jennifer Francis, Research Professor, Institute for Coastal and Marine Science, Rutgers University. Dr. Francis co-founded and co-directed the Rutgers Climate and Environmental Change Initiative and studies Arctic climate change and Arctic-global climate linkages.
• Wen Stephenson, a writer and climate activist, is a contributor to Grist and the Boston Phoenix and has written about climate and culture for the Boston Globe, The New York Times, and Slate.
• Dr. Elizabeth Sawin, Co-Director of Climate Interactive. Dr. Sawin is a scientist, writer, teacher, and public speaker whose work for the past fifteen years has combined analysis with coaching, teaching and communication approaches that help people transform systems towards sustainability.
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Re: List arguments to functions
On 1/13/04 at 4:03 AM, crozell at rice.edu (Chris Rozell) wrote:
> I have basic experience with Mathematica, but this problem has stumped
> me for the last day or so. Any help would be appreciated.
> I have a function that needs to take two lists as arguments, perform
> operations on them, and then sum the resulting list. However, by
> including the Plus function, it operates on each list item separately
> (which is exactly the opposite of what I need. For a simple example,
> >myfunc[x_, y_] = Apply[Plus, x + y];
> >myfunc[{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}]
> >
> >{5, 7, 9}
> When what I would really like is the number 21 (i.e., 5+7+9, perform the
> list addition first, then sum the components).
You need to use DelayedSet rather than Set, i.e. myfunc should be defined as
myfunc[x_,y_]:= Apply[Plus, x + y]
With Set, you are asking Mathematica to immediately evaluate the rhs then assign that value to myfunc. Mathematica evaluates Apply[Plus, x + y] to x + y. Consequently, it is the same as if you wrote myfunc[x_,y_]=x + y.
Read the discussion of DelayedSet and Set in the Mathematica book for more detail.
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Military Plane Crash In Western Virginia
A sheriff's dispatcher says officials believe a military jet has crashed in western Virginia, but there is no word on the condition of those onboard.
Augusta County Sheriff's Office dispatcher Becky Coynter says witnesses reported hearing a loud noise that sounded like an explosion just before 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Coynter says military officials in Washington told local authorities that communication with a military jet had been lost.
A news release from state police says officials located a crash site in Deerfield, with heavy smoke coming from the side of a mountain. The statement says state and local police are trying to reach the site.
State police say no injuries on the ground have been reported. Police didn't offer other details.
Deerfield is about 135 miles northwest of Richmond.
Stay tuned to NewsRadio KFBK and KFBK.com for updates on this developing story.
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Gamboa belts Rojas for belt!
Ringside report & photos by Chris Cozzone
Remaining undefeated and picking up an interim world title belt, Yuriorkis Gamboa handed Venezuelan southpaw Jose Rojas a Cuban missile crisis for ten rounds before the bout was called to a halt.
Gamboa's TKO win topped off a five-bout card televised on Showtime's ShoBox from the Star of the Desert Arena in Primm, Nev. The card, promoted by Roy Englebrecht and Primm Valley Casino Resorts, was the first of back-to-back boxing cards at the arena . . . Click here for more