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The Rittman girls basketball team has been through plenty ups and downs over the past few years, but coach John Grandetti feels that things are finally taking shape and his team is finally ready to turn the corner.
The Indians struggled through a 1-20 campaign last year, including 0-14 in the Wayne County Athletic League, but the fourth-year coach feels his team is poised to make dramatic strides this year with 10 returning letterwinners, including second-team All-Wayne County Athletic League guard Cindy Dotterer, as well as Katie Emerson, Portia Lerch, Emily Berger, Courtney Boreman, Erica Hercula, Kathryn Rufener, Kelsey Coleman, Taylor Andre and Katie Ridler. Emerson and Lerch are the two seniors.
"All of those sophomores are now juniors and the two juniors are now seniors and it shows," said Grandetti. "Our practices are much different as they are better able to decipher terminology and have a clearer understanding of the game."
Dotterer, a junior forward, was the leading scorer (10.9 points per game) as a sophomore and was second on the team with 6.3 rebounds per game. Emerson, a 5-foot-10 senior forward, was the leader on the glass with 7.5 boards per night.
Grandetti is encouraged by the fact that the Tribe returns virtually of their production from a year ago.
"We return 870 shots, 550 rebounds and over 200 free throws," said Grandetti. "Teams are really going to have to execute offensively and defensively to beat us. We can shoot the ball better than a year ago."
The biggest battle for Rittman is to cut down on the self-inflicted wounds. It could barely get out of its own way in 2011-12, averaging 25 turnovers per game.
More than anything else, reducing the miscues is the most crucial factor to the Indians' turnaround season.
"We have always had ball-handling issues since I got here," said Grandetti, "but we address them everyday and it is showing improvement. If we can reduce our turnover margin from last season, we are going to be fun to watch."


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Key Votes
HB 103 - Alternative and Renewable Energy - Key Vote
West Virginia Key Votes
Joe Manchin III signed this Legislation.
Read statements Joe Manchin III made in this general time period.
- June 17, 2009 Executive Signed
- June 2, 2009 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- June 2, 2009 Senate Bill Passed
- June 2, 2009 House Bill Passed
- May 31, 2009 Introduced
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - June 17, 2009
Title: Alternative and Renewable Energy
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (64-25) - June 2, 2009(Key vote)
Title: Alternative and Renewable Energy
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Vote to pass a bill that encourages the use of alternative and renewable energy in West Virginia. This includes acts such as creating a system of tradable alternative and renewable energy resource credits, and providing these credits to citizens and businesses for various actions such as reduction of greenhouse emissions or use of alternative fuels. Also requires the Public Service Commission to adopt certain requirements for electric facilities.
Legislation - Bill Passed With Amendment (Senate) - June 2, 2009
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (-) - June 2, 2009
Legislation - Introduced (House) - May 31, 2009
Title: Alternative and Renewable Energy
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- Richard 'Rick' Thompson (WV - D) (Out Of Office)
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Configuring Self Service Portal Settings
Self-Service Portal Settings allows you to select fields to display in the Self-Service Portal. The Self Service Portal Settings also includes options to select the display language, customize the start day of the week in your calendar, enable Remote Control access for all workstations, customize the login and header images and much more.
To access the Self-Service Portal Settings Configuration Wizard:
Default Currency
Specify the default currency in the given text field. This unit will be used in all the places where cost calculation is done. The default currency specified is $.
Display Language
ServiceDesk Plus supports different languages as part of the application. You can choose default language of your choice to be displayed in the application. To select the language of your choice,
Click Browser default combo box. Select the language of your choice from the list.
Calendar Customization
You can customize the calendar view by selecting the start day of the week from the drop-down. The selected day will be considered as the starting day of the week in all the calendar views.
My Reminder(s)
If you wish to show all your tasks as reminders to the requesters then select 'Yes' radio button else select 'No' option. The reminders will be shown in the home page.
Requester List
Request Feature List
Includes options to change the status of requests to Open when requesters reply to On Hold requests, actions to perform when requesters reply to closed requests, stop timer for requests awaiting approval and option to show site details in the request details page.
Dynamic User Addition
By default, when a user is not imported into the application but imported through Active Directory, then the user can login to the application using the AD credentials. This will automatically provide login access to the application. If you do not wish to provide dynamic user addition when the user is not imported into the application then enable the 'No' radio button.
User Login Addition
By default, if a mail fetched by the ServiceDesk Plus application has a requester name and email ID that is not available in the requester or technician list already, then the name is automatically added in the requester list and the login name and password is created. The first part of the e-mail ID is set as the name and the entire e-mail ID is set as login name and password. The requester can log in to the self-service portal and change his/her password. If you do not wish to provide login access to users created through email requests then enable the 'No' radio button.
Override User based on Email ID
While importing users using Active Directory, CSV and LDAP, the existing user information is overwritten based on two criteria - The first criteria is based on the username and Domain, and the second criteria is based on email id. If you do not wish to override user information based on email id then enable 'No' radio button else enable 'Yes'.
Enable Local Authentication Login
On enabling Active Directory, if you wish to allow users to login to the application using the password configured in ServiceDesk Plus then enable 'Yes'. The user should select Local Authentication from the Log on to drop down list in the Login screen. If you wish to allow users to login to the application using the system password then enable 'No' option.
Email from New User
Using this option, you can prevent mails, from a new email address to be fetched into the application. To block mails from the email address that is unavailable in ServiceDesk Plus database, click 'No' radio button. The mails are discarded and will not be logged in as a new request or appended as a conversation in the application. To process mails from a new email address, click 'Yes' radio button.
Quick Create Settings
If you wish to show the quick create section to the technicians in the home page, then enable the 'Yes' radio button else select the 'No' button.
Auto Assign Asset
In ServiceDesk Plus, you can assign multiple workstations to a requester. So while creating a request through email, by default, the first workstation is displayed. If you do not wish to display the workstation information in the request details page, then enable 'No' radio button else enable 'Yes'.
Requester Details
You can allow requesters to view their profile in Self Service Portal by enabling View their profile check box. A My Details tab appears in the header pane where the requester can view his/her details.
You can also allow your requesters to edit their profile and maintain it up-to-date in Self Service Portal. Select Edit their profile check box. By selecting this check box, View their profile option is automatically enabled but its greyed.
By default, all the workstations configured by the administrator will be listed in the new request form of the self service portal. If you want the requester to view only the workstations associated to them, then enable the check box 'Show workstation associated to requester in Self-Service Portal'.
Solutions Settings
Approval Restriction
Remote Control Access
If you want to enable Remote Control Access to all the workstations then select 'Yes' radio button else select 'No' button.
Alias URL
To provide an alternate URL
1. In the text field provided beside the http:// text, enter the URL (along with the port number if needed).
2. Click Open alias URL in a new window link just below the text field, to test if the alias URL works.
Customize ServiceDesk
You can customize the application by choosing to display your custom logo. You need to add the logo in two dimensions, one for the login page and the other for the header image that you see on the top left corner of the pages once you login. The login page image should be of the dimensions 252 px x 61 px (W x H), while the header image needs to be 166 px x 46 px.
To import the login page image:
1. Click Import image... button.
2. Click Browse button to select the image.
3. In the file chooser window, select the file that you wish to import and click Open.
4. Click Import.
The image that you just imported will be replaced instead of the login page image. Follow the same process for header image also.
Approval Reminder Notification
You can send approval reminder notifications to the approvers on their pending approvals.
Click Save, to save the overall changes made in the settings.
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to show, to give, to make it be there: In the Beginning, the Word
From the mid-1950s to the end of the 1960s, Vancouver was the site of particularly fruitful cross-disciplinary meanderings. Artists wrote, poets made art—not as explanations or illustrations of their mainstay jobs, but rather as lateral extensions of them. The title of this compact exhibition, drawn from a bill bissett editorial poem in the journal blewointment, underlines the motivations of this cross-media transcendence: to bissett, the "visual poem" was the artistic solution that allowed artists "to show, to give, to make it be there."
In the centre of the compact gallery space stands a kind of semiotic homage to the age: a vintage fake-wood arborite table, on which stands a Gestetner carbon-copier—that clunky machine whose brazenly purple type so deftly bespeaks the age. The Gestetner is surrounded by facsimiles of the epoch's humbly produced but vibrantly irreverent journals—TISH, blewointment et al. Around this epicentre are a selection of texts, correspondences, sketches, prints, dioramas and photo-based art. Together they project a richly variegated conversation, all the way from Malcolm Lowry to a contemporary exemplar, Stan Douglas.
Curator Michael Turner is himself an interdisciplinary traveller. As well as being an acclaimed novelist (Hard Core Logo, The Pornographer's Poem), he is a regular commentator on visual art and also an occasional co-producer of it. (To cite one example, he has written screenplays with Stan Douglas.) He's comfortable with placing overtly dissimilar media together and mapping out their correlations. The installations and displays have a visual appeal, although the exhibition as a whole feels more like archaeology than art. (Visitors can pull out any of the glass-topped drawers of a cabinet to view sketchbooks and scrapbooks from Judith Copithorne, Ian Wallace and others, the way a museum might display the tools and residue of a bygone age.) Yet other than a general synopsis on the wall, there are no explanatory texts. For those without a preliminary knowledge of this time and place, or without the illuminating benefit of the curator's talks, each installation has to be accepted as a portal to a larger world.
So much is revealed in certain details, though, such as Western Front co-founder Glenn Lewis' correspondence affixed to one wall. It includes a hand-scrawled postcard, mailed from the United States to Canada, with a small firecracker taped to one side. Clearly, this was an age when borders of all kinds were astoundingly free. (8888 University Dr, Burnaby BC)
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This week, I spent some time working with the kindergarten students on directed mathematics tasks. I began by assessing rote counting skills by asking each student to count as high as they could. I made note of their progress and will continue to monitor this skill as the weeks continue. I then spent the rest of the time assessing each student's number recognition skills. One of the main things I worked on with the students is recognizing dot patterns on dice. Each student would roll a die (or dice depending on the ability level) and would tell me how they saw the number on the die (or dice). Each student would then draw the number and circle the groups that represent how they saw the number. For example, if a student rolled a 4, the student would then draw four dots on a white board and circle the dots in groups to show how he or she saw the number four. This was very interesting for me to observe because I was unaware that various students within the kindergarten class grouped numbers in different ways. Some students only saw the number in one way (such as 4, or 2+2). Others came up with varous arrangements including multi-step addition problems. It will be interesting to note how the students see the numbers once the skill of subtraction is mastered. My partner and I found this mathematical skill to be an interesting research question. For the remainder of the school year, we will be observing how students with various ability levels see numbers. We will also note if this connects to the comprehension of the ten frame in terms of grouping two-digit numbers as a 10 plus the remaining numbers. From the past few weeks, I have observed my students counting higher than they have before. They also recognize more shapes and are able to complete mathematical problems. All of the students have shown improvement in addition skills with the use of visual aids. Some students are beginning to understand the process of subtraction. I had one student on Thursday who enjoyed working with the problem solving application on the iPad that he wanted to create his own word problems! The students are beginning to understand the routine and are enjoying the mathematical games and tasks presented each Tuesday and Thursday 🙂
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A Benefit Blood Drive to Help Local Children to be Held Monday
The Daviess County Teachers Federal Credit Union located at 1900 South Eastern Parkway is holding a blood drive to help local children with cancer aged 2, 7, and 16. The drive is set for Monday August 1st from 9AM to 4PM. Stop in and give to support those in need. The Western Ky Regional Blood Center is also in need of all blood types.


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Review Of The Rossi Trifecta Youth-sized Long Gun Set
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The deal also signifies that in a market where asset sales are hard to negotiate because of a lack of buyers, super funds are increasingly recognised as the most viable options for vendors, especially for assets that generate enduring and reliable cash flow.
Challenger Infrastructure's 66.2 per cent holding of LBC Terminals was sold to a consortium including Dutch pension fund managers APG Algemene Pensioen Groep, PGGM and unnamed Australian superannuation investors for $US277.8 million, it was revealed.
The fund, which counts annuities provider Challenger as its biggest investor, is trying to narrow the persistent discount between the value of its stock price and what it says its shares are worth.
The buyers were advised by Access Capital Advisers, with Baker & McKenzie providing legal advice.
Graham Matthews, chief investment officer of Access Capital, said interest in LBC was strong because it was considered a "core, stable infrastructure asset" that was resilient to fluctuations in the global economy.
The deal represents a multiple of about 10 times LBC's forecast earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation for the year ended June 30.
After transaction costs of $5.8 million, net proceeds of the sale to Challenger Infrastructure are estimated at $281 million.
"The sale of LBC follows a rigorous and exhaustive process. The price achieved reflects both the resilience of LBC's existing operations, as well as its future growth prospects," Challenger Infrastructure chief executive Emil Pahljina said.
The sale followed the company's announcement of a strategic review seeking ways to boost shareholder value, including a possible sale of the fund.
Challenger Infrastructure's single remaining big investment is Inexus, a UK-based utility network and infrastructure services provider. Inexus is understood to be facing a £468 million ($743 million) debt refinancing in August, making a potential sale problematic.
Challenger Infrastructure's share price closed at $1.18 on Tuesday. This is below the estimated $1.31 per share cash value the company will hold once the sale of LBC is processed.
Wilson HTM analyst Nathan Lead said the discount could be present because shareholders were uncertain on whether the company might use the cash to pay down the Inexus debt, rather than return it to shareholders.
"There's a risk Challenger Infrastructure uses some or all of its cash to undertake a recapitalisation of Inexus that investors don't understand," Mr Lead said. "I think that's what the share price is implying, that investors are a bit worried Challenger Infrastructure is going to go and do something silly with that cash.
"But Challenger Infrastructure are at pains to point out that they're very much aware of thoughts on that and they're not going to do anything that's not in the best interest of shareholders."
The number of infrastructure companies listed on the ASX has diminished in recent years.
This has led some analysts to argue that their long-term, slow-growth business models are incompatible with sharemarket demands.
Toll road operators ConnectEast and Intoll were both snapped up by Canadian pension fund managers in 2010 and 2011 respectively, while
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Spreading across 800 square miles of southern Appalachian Mountains in Tennessee and North Carolina, the nation's most visited national park offers acres of fall color. One of the most popular places to see the leaves and wildlife (including white-tailed deer, wild turkeys, and black bears) is Cades Cove, a broad valley at the northwestern corner of the park near Townsend, Tennessee. nps.gov/grsm
Our collection of breathtaking views might end the debate on the South's most beautiful season. Take a stroll through the golden leaves of autumn as we share the South's best fall color.


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Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Rubberband Man
makes me laugh! Who can resist him dancing a wad of markers over to a hapless, faceless cube dweller? When the Emmy nominees were announced, RM made the cut, securing a sure sequel. A quick search today discovered that, hooray!, more are on the way soon.
The link has only their commercials and teasers (see the pool one first), including making-of featurettes and hilarious non-RM bits featuring misused highlighters and misunderstood motivational posters. His monologue while filming the original commercial is worth the download wait. Enjoy!
A Slice of Pickled Ginger
Well I talked myself silly yesterday, so here are some light and fluffy links to cleanse the palate:
After receiving complaints about my first quiz, I made a new one to only test....
How well do you know me?
Research for my quiz led me to this helpful site about Sushi and the restaurant experience. I started writing a page like this when I started here at Mayo...and then got lazy...and now here it is and I don't have to! Who can argue with that?
Sushi at stickyrice.com
Mind somewhere else or you're looking for a place to send it? Visit GoHawaii.com and create your own interactive Hula dance message! This is really one of the cooler links I've found in a while.
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Michael Moore vs. O'Reilly
The Transcript
It should be said, before I begin my 3rd diatribe today (it's a chatty day), that I consider myself politically libertarian. That is to say, I believe the government should mind as much of its own existing business and as little of mine as possible. Any party that expands the government and cuts into my paycheck even more without asking is a problem. Any person "drinking the Kool-Aid," which can be found at the end of the end of either party line, is not ok with me. Which leads me to Michael Moore, who, as I am a trained journalist while he pretends to be, offends me.
I read this transcript of his interview with Bill O'Reilly on Drudge, and got pretty much what I expected, though I thought O'Reilly's responses were a little flat. At any rate, the talking points...
Moore says that because the President acted on misinformation from multiple valid sources, he "lied" to the country and compares it to a pathological criminal who has taught himself to believe his own lies.
A choice based on misinformation is tragic, but not a lie. Repeating the misinformation when you don't know it's incorrect is not a lie. It's incorrect. It's a mistake. In this case, it's a very big one. However, the seriousness of the situation does not morph a mistake into a lie. A lie is a lie. We all know what that is, and his oversimplification of the situation only inflames the public.
Moore: Would you sacrifice your child to remove one of the other 30 brutal dictators on this planet?
M: So you would sacrifice your child to secure Fallujah? I want to hear you say that.
O: I would sacrifice myself—
M: Your child—It's Bush sending the children there.
O: I would sacrifice myself.
When we go to war, any war, how many children go? Unless they lied about their age, none. Granted, everyone is somebody's child, and I don't dispute that. However, the people going to war are ADULTS, making what choice is best for their lives. They chose to join the military and defend whatever cause the military engaged in. They haven't been sacrificed "by" someone, they are doing the sacrificing.
The problem is Far Left Democrats in particular don't understand this thinking. They think everything is done for someone, and if it isn't, it should be. Health care should be done for you. Housing should be done for you. Food should be done for you. You money should be spent for you because they know better and see the big picture, while you're just trying to pay your bills. Ergo, if something happens, it happens to you and there is someone else to blame besides yourself. You didn't know better, it just happened. It's obvious they think that way from their election year rhetoric and they are always ready to serve their own constituents up as an example of hapless living.
Example: The Palm Beach Valley voting episode. The ballot was presented to its users and approved, but come voting day, those poor people just couldn't "help" but vote incorrectly. They were forced to! They were old and couldn't make sense of it! Their voting supervisor was cruel! Nevermind that those people are generally touted as reasons behind entire governmental movements, now they're stupid. It should be noted that both groups of people were Democrats, not Republicans.
Back to the point. To ask this question, to present it to the nation in the way that Moore does insults the military. I daresay any military man or woman would appreciate having to ask their parents' permission to join or go anywhere. They aren't stupid, and they don't need anyone excusing them as such. Maybe we don't all agree on the point of them being there, but they've done good work and they shouldn't be used in this way.
Finally, Moore says:
How do you deliver democracy to a country? You don't do it down the barrel of a gun. That's not how you deliver it.
That's funny, because in the history of the world...that's exactly how you deliver it. Get real, Moore. And take off your hat... This is a civilized nation and you're indoors, sir.
Catching up...
A short summary of some things I neglected to mention this weekend:
Finally, I saw The Bourne Identity. The movie began by dangerously treading into the Action Movie Bermuda Triangle in which white Americans blend inexplicably blend into a foreign country full of darker, shorter, poorer people and tromp around happily despite the abject poverty surrounding them, thinking it will mask that they don't belong. Of course, their Gap wardrobe does this just fine, and sure enough, the villain finds them quickly enough to off Marie within 10 minutes. This is shortly after she smiles gamely at a photo of her and Bourne and suddenly finds his memory book (where he jots down clues he remembers), despite their being together 2 years and the book being in plain sight. Bourne survives a ridiculous amount of time underwater (where does all the air that goes bubbling up come from?) and paddles away sadly, somehow avoiding the eye of 200 villagers that gathered on the water's edge. Apparently, he's a very good spy/assassin/good-bad guy.
Car scenes pepper this movie and form its climax. They're clever and well done, but filmed by an unfortunately shaky camera in order to push the excitement. Instead, I found myself looking down, to the side, and into my lap in order to avoid getting dizzy. Totally unneccessary. The assassin is superbly underplayed by LOTR's Karl Urban, who completely took on the Russian mobster role. Most CIA type characters returned, and Joan Allen, for whom I lost all respect after The Contender, made the perfect non-evil bureaucrat/agent to lead the group. Her standard movie motivational order barking was the script's fault, but worked, in a way.
While I have some doubts as to Damon's ability to play a truly deep agent of this kind...mostly due to his somewhat blank baby face... he gave Bourne a slow-burning, low-key personality and a certain level of unconscious but brilliant cunning. The crowd thoroughly enjoyed watching him set up his plan while the bureaucrats were miles behind, a feat which he continues right til the end for a crowning moment. The denoument has one somewhat strange scene where he confesses a past crime to its only survivor, presumably to help her adjust, though it only would have enraged most people. I don't know what Russian women the director knows, but I've never seen them portrayed this passively. However, this was quickly erased by the final scene, in all its cleverness.
A crowd note: It was the first time I can remember, short of Star Wars, where there were many more men than women in the crowd. It was nice until one helpfully gave our saved seat away after specifically asking us if we were going to save it even if someone asked for it. At the time, he seemed happy that we weren't, but when the theatre filled, he was more than happy to volunteer it, despite it having our purses in it. Takes a lot of guts to treat women you don't know like that. Classy! The guy who filled it proceeded to shift, shuffle, slam, and sniffle throughout the first half and then stare in shock and amazement when we moved down one. Thanks a lot, Chair Thief!
To cap this entry...Today's Non Sequitur is below, and how classic it is:
Ann Coulter "uninvited" for DNC column by USA Today
The column and comments.
So, USA Today invites Coulter to cover the DNC and Michael Moore to cover the RNC. They're supposedly familiar with her writing. She turns in her first column. It's rejected because (see the editorial comments in between her lines) they "don't get it."
What exactly is it about her or her comments that you "don't get"? If you, as an editor, don't get those jokes, no matter how liberal... 1. You shouldn't be an editor, or, 2. You don't want to get them, or, 3. You get them but you don't like it, or, 4. You are truly in denial about your political opinions.
Granted, Coulter is tough to swallow for a lot of people, conservatives included. But, if you invite her to write a column based on her best-selling book and multiple years as a columnist, you know what you're getting. There's no excuse.
I bet they'll "get" what Michael Moore has to say about the RNC.
Monday, July 26, 2004
Movies Can Raise Or Lower Hormone Levels
SarahPhrase Quiz #1
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This time, it was created by your own personal friend, me... Unfortunately, there are right answers. Have fun!
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Wednesday, July 21, 2004
And behind pupae #1 we have...
From the continuing saga of my annual Black Swallowtail nursery...
Ye dailey gardene updatee. Last night while I was seeing I, Robot yet again, Big Guy pupated, leaving behind his last shell of skin and 2 large, hungry friends. In fact, today they both attached, one on the side of the pot, to my chagrin. After dinner, I poked that one to see if he was still awake and, with gloves on (they're sensitive to bacteria), broke him off the pot and scooted him up the stalk. It's important that they have room for their wings to unfold and fill once they emerge, and it wasn't going to be high enough. Unfortunately I didn't realize that he had fully spun his web on the pot before I started moving him, so I'm crossing my fingers that he'll be able to do it again.
More good news is that TG doubled in size today and was able to grip onto the bush branches tonight, which, as mentioned above, will be important when he pupates in another couple of days. The babies are coming along fine.
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Garden Additions
Yesterday and today brought some fun changes to the caterpillar garden...
Monday, July 19:
Terrarium Guy (TG) was still firmly gripped to his little branch in the "nursery" vase, so I tried to move him to the big plant, now that the other 3 are almost ready to pupate. Once again, he fell down, several times, and got moved to his special plastic box with fronds on the floor. He's about 4 days behind on growth and doesn't eat much.
On the upside, the medium 2 are going to town on the stalks they've stripped (it's like corn on the cob). The Big Guy has found a thick stalk and accordioned down into a comma shape, followed by him tasting and testing the stalk for a place to attach. I took them outside to take some pictures (on the plant) and 10 more mosquitoes made me into a tasty treat while I held the camera steady. Sigh.
Tuesday, July 20:
This morning, TG was still laying in his fronds, not having eaten all night. Big Guy attached on during the night to pupate. The process is this: they attach a silk thread to the back of a stalk and, in a Twister-like move, attach it to their own back, and repeat it on the otherside. When they fall asleep (hibernate, etc.) the cord catches them and they look like a caterpillar hammock, with their bottom two feet attached also. Eventually within the next 24 hours (i.e. when you're not looking), their skin splits along the back, their faceplate falls off, and a pupae emerges, in this case, bright green and aqua with little horns. In as many butterflies that I've raised, which is probably about 100, I've never caught them doing that. The other 2 caterpillars were resting before I left and looked as though they may do the same tonight.
Also, happily, I have 3 baby caterpillars, just hatched! They're this big: __
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Countdown in the Garden
19 - mosquito bites I've gotten in the last 2 weeks
8 - times the nasturtiums bloomed
6 - new leaves suddenly appearing on my Sago Palm after 3 years with 3 leaves
4 - months it took the dark purple morning glories to climb to the top of the trellis.
3 - miniature rose bushes brought back from the brink of death by black spot
2 - geckos
1 - possible snake
0 - times the columbine bloomed this year
Every year my bronze fennel hosts a burgeoning crop of black swallowtail caterpillars. Having been in a drought the last few years, I raised up to 40 butterflies in one year. This year, we've had more rain than we have since 1932 (literally) and several generations were washed away before I broke down and brought them... inside.
The saga, which I've always wanted to document, follows (excuse the personal pronouns, I have no idea if they're boys or girls):
Thursday, July 8:
Resolved to save the next batch of caterpillars from the nightly monsoons, I break off several branches with 7 eggs total (about the size of *). They're already bright yellow, which means they're ripe. I put the branches in a small crystal vase and set it up high on a ledge next to the porch screen, which is covered on the outside by plastic to prevent it from pouring in.
Friday, July 9:
Home from work, I check on them and sure enough they have all hatched. 2, however, have crawled off the branch and onto the screen; of course they're between the screen and plastic, which means 30 hot, humid minutes standing perfectly still coaxing them onto a stripped branch of fennel poked through the screen and extracting them, much like Operation, without the buzzing or electrocution. An improvised aquarium of a tupperware bin covered in a chiffon scarf (enough to let air in, meshy to prevent escapes) holds the vase and miniature garden with caterpillars the size of ___.
Saturday, July 10:
They eat very little until I put in little yellow fennel flowers, and then it's like pizza in a frat house. Party!
Sunday, July 11:
1 dies over night, and 1 insists on jumping (falling) off the plant repeatedly.
Monday, July 12:
Suprise! While replacing the fronds with fresher leaves, I find a 5 day old caterpillar on the outside plant, and bring it in. He's got to be tough to have survived several days of storms.
Tuesday, July 13:
2 more die overnight, bringing the total to 5. Each morning and night, I spend about 20 minutes a time fussing over them, pushing them onto bigger, fresher branches or new flowers. Still, they don't always want to eat. Some days are eating days, sometimes they just sleep. They're doubling in size about every other day.
Wednesday, July 14:
The caterpillars are getting big (over an inch), so I bring in an entire plant and put the 2 biggest on there. 3 are still little and like the flowered branches, so I leave them there, propped up against the bigger plant. They're pretty fussy about being moved, and basically mope all night.
Thursday, July 15:
One of the ones on the vase climbed up on the big bush, and one of the others molts, leaving behind what looks like a run-over caterpillar. His little paws are bright white, and he starts eating again, happily. When I mist down the plant to keep it moist, they suddenly all discover they have orange retractable horns and show them off so I'll leave them alone. Teenagers! I tell them I'm not impressed or scared. But, despite an attitude problem, they eat quite a bit.
Friday, July 16:
After work I notice that 2 are gone! I find one crawling across the table I've set the plant on, but the other one is just missing. I've noticed that when they're molting or about to pupate, they get very upset and run like a house on fire all over the place, which is probably what happened. The found one falls off the plant again (discovered by my cat). These caterpillars have muscly white feet at the back, with a short break, and then 3 sets of claws near their head. His back feet aren't able to grip properly, probably due to growth, so I set up the terrarium again, fronds in a vase and scarf on top. A few fronds lain at the bottom catch him and he spends the night down there, but does start eating again. I also found 4 new eggs on the bushes outside and add them to the collection.
Saturday, July 17:
Terrarium Guy is still lethargic, but eats a little, and the eggs are starting to ripen. The largest caterpillar is nearly the size of my pinky finger and eats large fronds to the nub, followed by what looks like the hiccups! The next largest also eats a lot and makes a general mess of things. Caterpillar waste is technically called "frass" and let's just say this is a frass fest. My cat helps me clean up and is getting jealous... The third one molts while I'm seeing "I-Robot" (GREAT movie) and I find it eating the moltings. I had no idea they do this, and I'm not sure I want to know why they do it. Yuck!
Sunday, July 18:
Yet another Molt and Devour this morning (again, gross), and the largest one looks as though he's almost ready to pupate, but not before he eats half the plant! Still not much action from Terrarium Guy, but it looks like he at least ate during the night. Maybe he's just a night owl?
Friday, July 16, 2004
Links for the weekend
Been saving these up in my inbox...
Use NASA's software and create images taken from Hubble shots.
(courtesy Joshua)
Bobby Yang's amazing violin interpretation of Eddie Van Halen's Eruption solo.
Raising butterflies! Yearly butterfly saga to follow in an upcoming Blog.
(courtesy Adam)
How to Travel by Dave Barry. excerpt: "You may not carry on three bags by insisting to airline personnel - as I have seen many travelers do - that one of your bags is not really a bag, as if it were some kind of magical invisible fairy bag that the airline personnel cannot see."
Hilarious! Read it!
RushHourTraffic, my latest cd mix on iMix. Not that I have more cds on iMix, because I just started using it, but it's my latest cd mix AND it's on iMix. And you're required to give it 5 stars. Because you're my friend :D
ONLY 11.99 on iTunes! Plus if you act now, a set of ginsu knives! Just kidding. If you seriously want a copy, just let me know and I'll burn you one.
By the way, here are a few pictures from my trip to Boston... I'm about 7 pictures down. Editorial Manager - User Group (EMUG)
(courtesy me)
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
The heat of July is upon us (97 degrees today!) and I'd like to take a moment to give thanks for the tasty morsels that kept me cool and awake this morning...
Dear Lord, Thank you for the legal stimulant that is caffeine and the flavorful way it is prepared at our neighborhood Starbucks, especially when combined with caramel, chocolate, coconut, whipped cream, and java chip sprinkles. May its effects outlast those of the midsummer insomnia while I edit papers today.
And now to address an issue. It's a little thing I call "ATM spacing." The proper use of ATM spacing would be when you are, in fact, in line at the ATM, and the person directly behind the one using the ATM stands a good 6 feet away so as to not appear to be an imminent threat, i.e. in the nature of L.A. Story ("Hi, I'm Bob and I'll be your robber today."). This is ok.
But now it seems like any time someone is taking out their wallet, say, in Starbucks or Wendy's, people feel the need to put as much space between them and that person as humanly possible. This means the line starts halfway back into the cow corral chains, or, in the case of Starbucks, at the overpriced goodies stand. What is that? Here's why that doesn't make sense.
1. At an ATM, you can be assured the person is getting cash. At Starbucks, most people use their debit card. Gen X apparently no longer believes in cash. I know I don't. (although if you would like to give me some, feel free)
2. At an ATM, you're using a secret pin number that no one else should know or see. At Starbucks, it's no secret that you're getting half-caf, non-fat soy foofoo latte, grrrranday, because they immediately scream it out to the barista.
3. At an ATM, you might be shown your balance, which is private. At Starbucks, not only do you not see that, but if you're using your ATM card for a cup of joe, it's pretty clear there's less than 20 bucks in there.
4. At an ATM, you're just on the sidewalk. Plenty of room. At Starbucks, the last person in line is reading the backside of WSJ off a table-sitter's morning paper.
Bottom line is, move on up, people. There's no need to be a line hogger (within 3 inches of the next person) but this is just fast food, not Fort Knox, if you know what I mean.
Friday, July 09, 2004
More useless tests to wile the summer hours away...
Do you suspect you could be a nerd? Do you know someone that is? Well take this test and know for sure!
MIT Nerd Test
(I scored a 70. Yes, it's true. I already know I should get a life.)
Even more amusing is the Iron Chef Purity Test. Do you secretly wish that Morimoto could slap panelists that don't appreciate his neo-Japanese cuisine? Have you ever been thrown out of a grocery store for biting into yellow bell peppers? When you bring home the groceries each week, do you spill out the contents of your sacks with a dramatic flourish and announce, "Tonight's theme is . . . SPAM!"
No? What's wrong with you?
Sunday, July 04, 2004
Fourth Food
Every Saturday I love watching the Food Network starting around lunchtime. Each show is humorous in its own way...
...Barefoot Contessa--great ideas, shocking amount of calories. Yesterday's cake featured 2 sticks of butter, 3 cups of sugar, a cup of sour cream, and was garnished with sourcream icing. That'll do for a few weeks!
...Everyday Italian--delicious, simple Italian dishes. They film one dish at a time so they can arrange the show according to themes. One of the cameras unfortunately distorts Giada fisheye style anytime she looks into it. She also pronounces her dishes super-correctly (spa-GIT-tee), slurring teenage style over the rest of her words.
...Boy Meets Grill--Bobby Flay cooks up craziness on the grill. We actually watch this show to see how many ingredients each recipe has. Recent example: Tuna Burgers with Pineapple-Mustard Glaze and Green Chile-Pickle Relish. By the time he gets done with the food, it's unrecognizable. And funny. And that's only one dish.
I was inspired yesterday to create my Fourth of July menu, sans the grill this year...
Happy Independence Day, and happy grilling!


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Product of the Day: Godfather-esque Horse Head Pillow
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Product of the Day: Godfather-esque Horse Head Pillow
Forget lavender-scented pillows. You'll get a truly good night's sleep with this stuffed horse head pillow. It brings to mind that oh-so-comforting scene in The Godfather when a man gets a warning from the Corleone family in the form of a severed horse head in his bed. What's next? "Sleep With The Fishes Eye Masks"? (Actually, that's a good idea--I'm running to the patents office now!) Thanks, Geek!


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Saturday was the day and the Kalif Shrine was the place to be if you ever were or are still a kid at heart. Balloons, food, toys, Rudolph, Mrs. Claus and of course Santa were inside the Shrine Auditorium to meet, greet and treat you. Santa had a lot of help from the many Shriner helpers on hand.
Buffalo hosted Riverton Friday night at BHS. The Bison fell to the Wolverines 56-45 while the Lady Bison beat the Lady Wolverines 46-43.
Athletes at Buffalo and Kaycee High Schools were in competition this weekend and most had a good weekend overall.
The Bison boys' and girls' basketball teams hosted the 4A Riverton Wolverines Friday night and the varsity teams split their games.
WYOMING COWBOYS - The University of Wyoming moved to a record of 10-0 with a 74-55 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State Saturday.
WYOMING COWGIRLS - The Cowgirls won their game Saturday winning at Montana State 68-60.
#1 Gillette 82 Rock Springs 60
#2 Riverton 72 Sheridan 58
Scottsbluff, NE 63 Kelly Walsh 49
East 58 Thornton, CO Skyview 42
Green River vs. Montezuma-Cortez, CO – 9am (at Steamboat Springs, CO)
Class 3A:
#2 Star Valley 59 Powell 39
#3 Lyman 50 Lander 38
#5 Wheatland 63 Gering, NE 53
Torrington 56 Chadron, NE 51
It's time to once again take a look back at some of the stories that made news this past week with our Sheridan Media week in review. The Sheridan City Council Monday night removed from the table and ultimately approved the Holly Ponds planned unit development #9. City Engineer Lane Thompson.
Wyoming's billion-dollar industry of farming and ranching looks promising for future generations—that is, if they can get a foot in the door.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Environmental groups have filed a third federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's move to end federal protections for wolves in Wyoming. The Humane Society of the United States and the Fund for Animals filed suit Friday in U.S.
"Christmas around Sheridan with Sheridan Media" passed by 183 West Fifth Street and this is what they saw.
If you'd like to see your house shown here or know of a house you'd like to see send Stan an email with the address of the house to: email@example.com and we'll try to post at least one a day during the holiday season.


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Minka Kelly & Wilmer Valderrama Touch Down in Tinseltown
After returning from a trip to Australia, rumored couple Wilmer Valderrama and Minka Kelly arrived back in La La land via LAX Airport on Wednesday (April 4).
The 31-year-old actress looked ready for the spring-like weather while wearing a striped maxi dress, flip flops and a light cardigan as she also tweeted her excitement to be back in Tinseltown, writing, "There's no place like home..."
Meanwhile, Valderrama also took to his social media page upon arriving home, tweeting, "Hola LA...," while he trekked through the airport listening to music on his headphones and sporting a mesh long-sleeve top.
Though the pair strolled separately through the chaos of the metro terminal and have denied any romantic connection, rumors are still buzzing that the two are more than friends.
However, the "Friday Night Lights" beauty and the "That 70's Show" actor seem to be poking fun at the media for assuming the relationship is serious.
On Tuesday, Wilmer wrote to Minka, tweeting, "Yo @minkakelly were you romantically gazing into my eyes, while romantically having a stroll? ha!"
The brunette beauty, who was previously known for her relationship with NY Yankees player Derek Jeter, replied by writing, "@WillyVille HA! Yea just before gazing into the other 12 peoples eyes we were with! Jeez! "
Enjoy the pictures of Minka Kelly and Wilmer Valderrama as they arrived at LAX Airport (April 4).
Photo Credit: GinsburgSpaly


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The Art of Tom Wilcox
de Tom Wilcox
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A second book of Fractals by Tom Wilcox in a smaller, more affordable size. Book size is 7 inches x 7 inches. Forty pages with over 35 beautiful, full color fractals never previously available in book form. A true collector's book.
Características y detalles
- Categoría Bellas artes
Cuadrado pequeño, 18×18 cm
40 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación dic. 01, 2009
- Etiquetas fine art, Tom Wilcox, publication, book, DeviantART, artist, art, Apophysis, fractals, fractal
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I began creating fractal images back when one MEG of RAM was king and DOS was the popular operating system. I also have been designing new, innovative products for various manufacturers for more than 40 years, writing poetry, and currently produce a patented set of Arts & Crafts stainless steel flatware (patent No. D495,555). I am the named inventor on 16 US Patents. In addition to creating CD art for various music CDs, I created the cover art for a 2007 Grammy Music Awards winning CD. In 2009 I provided 10 - 7 foot tall backlit fractal images to Enzzo de Cuba - one of the top Latin dance clubs in the world, located in Athens, Greece.
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Nathan Stinson WELL DUN!!!!!
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Journey to Mars courtesy of NASA
Journey to Mars courtesy of NASA
Who are we? Where do we come from? These questions define the human experience. If you find yourself wondering how you became you, you might be interested in genealogy.
Learning about your ancestry is a great way to connect to your heritage. But keeping track of grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles to the nth degree can be bewildering. You need a family tree.
These free downloads can help you organize charts, photos, documents and lineages. They're must-haves for anyone serious about genealogy.
Family Tree Legends – Here's a sophisticated family tree organizer with a simple interface. It can import existing genealogy files. And it can copy your family tree to a CD or DVD for easy sharing.
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There's nothing more important in this world than your family. It's an important task to document your family's legacy.
If you're the family historian, you might feel overwhelmed. After all, recording your family's history is a big undertaking.
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Creating a family tree can be fun, but there are also frustrations. That's especially true if you don't really know a lot about your family history.
Fortunately, genealogy sites can help you find out more about your family history by finding your ancestors for you.
MyHeritage is one such genealogy site. And it offers the free Family Tree Builder program. The software pulls information from the website to help you build your family tree.
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Dynastree – Here's an exceedingly simple and fast way to get started on your family tree. Just follow Dynastree's step-by-step instructions to build your ancestry chart. Start with yourself and branch out from there
You can attach photos, notes, nicknames, occupations and other important facts and documents. You'll be able to save in several different file types, as well as import family trees in other genealogy-specific formats.
There's something special about discovering your roots. Your ancestry may not be full of kings and heroes. But there are fascinating stories to be found. And they will tell you a little bit about yourself.
Diving into your family history can seem daunting. It's tough to know where to start. Diagramming your family tree will help you get organized. And it's easy to get started on your computer.
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You can attach photos to each entry. You can also fill in tons of personal information. What was their occupation? Where were they born? Did they have interesting nicknames? And you can store great stories in the notes section.
Ahnenblatt – This program may be hard to pronounce, but it's easy to use. Ahnenblatt is designed to be simple, intuitive, compatible and full-featured. It can understand most genealogy file formats.
You'll be able to organize people in searchable family trees, auto-complete entries and include pictures. Just drag and drop files and pictures into the window. Then use the plausibility check to find mistakes in your data with a single click.
Genealogy is the study of family lineage and history. If your family has been tracking genealogy for a long time, you could have huge amounts of information to sift through.
Or maybe you're just starting to learn about your family history. Either way, your computer is your best friend when it comes to organizing genealogical data.
One free program you might want to try is called Ahnenblatt. It's a simple, user-friendly program for inputting your relatives into a database.
You'll be able to organize people in searchable family trees, auto-complete entries and include pictures. Information can be exported in numerous formats and is compatible with other genealogical software.
My Family Tree – This family tree software has an attractive interface that makes your tree both easy to read and pleasing to the eye. You can use the map viewer to track your family's movements over time.
My Family Tree organizes your ancestral information into timelines and statistics. It can analyze and display data on births, deaths, marriages and more. Export your family tree easily to your website or print and share.
To the uninitiated or the uninterested, studying genealogy can seem boring. It doesn't help that most genealogy software looks bland and sparse.
But once you start digging into your roots, you'll be hooked, I promise! And you don't have to be confined to dull family trees. You can keep track of your ancestry using this user-friendly and attractive download.
My Family Tree is a free genealogy program available for download. It has a modern-looking interface that incorporates photos for a simple and aesthetically pleasing user experience.
Add pictures, videos, files and other attachments to each family member. Or use the interactive timeline to view family events chronologically. My Family Tree even has a map viewer to track your family's movements over time.
This program organizes all of your family data into statistics. Analyze data on births, deaths, marriages and more.
When you're done, you can upload your files to your website. Or you can print off your family tree and share it with your loved ones.
This program is compatible with the GEDCOM file format used by many genealogy programs. That means you can import your family tree or a relative's.
Courtesy of Kim Komando
Been trying to tie up some loose ends in the family tree. There have been several noteworthy Würdemann family members that have been unconnected to the tree for a lack of any known family. Recently four pieces of the puzzle came together.
Have been working with Don Wurdemann from Canada on his tree and how, if at all, our trees intertwined. So far we have been unable to make a connection, but despite that, we have been attempting to connect his family with the Dr. Harry Vanderbilt Würdemann (HVW) family. Through Don's family he had a photograph of Judge Gustavus Adolphous Würdemann. He also came up with a census record for the Susan Würdemann family that Gustavus was a member of. What was unusual about her census record was the lack of a husband. Even when a spouse is absent when the census is taken, their name is noted as being a resident of the house. Another dead end, or so I thought so.
When researching William Wurdemann I discovered a project oriented around architect Adolf Cluss that built the Würdemann "mansion" in Washingon, DC. I started getting assistance from Joe Browne who is working on the project. He gave me information from the William Wurdemann will. This gave me immediate family members for a Würdemann for which I had no previous family members. Unfortunately these were all offspring, not giving me any of his parents or grandparents to connect to the tree.
Having had it for over two years, I thought I would tackle a tree I had been given by Dustin De Koekkoek (connected to the HVW family). When entering the names, I noticed a similarity in family names with another family. The family members in the Wilhelm C. F. Würdemann tree were the same family members of William Wurdemann, the mathematical instrument maker. Wilhelm/William was brought into the country by the U. S. Coast Survey specifically for his skills. So now I finally knew where William plugged into the tree, having found him under his birth name.
Having just worked on the information from the William W. will, the same sequence of names in the HVW tree were too concidental.
Were not done yet. For quite awhile the Würdemann Heron has been hovering around my computer, wanting to be plugged into the family tree.
It was thought through previous research that the the bird was discovered by a Gustave Würdemann, or at least his name was put on it, but I was unable to positively connect Gustave with the Heron named after him presumably.
I reached out to cousin David Cahlander, the birder in the family. He came back to me with a link that identified the the Wurdeman Heron as having been named for Gustavus. We still didn't know who Gustavus was though.
Being stubborn, I thought I would do some more research. I stumbled on an obituary for Gustavus Würdemann. It mentioned Gustavus was connected with the U. S. Coast Survey, the tidal study, and his connection with the Smithsonian, a source for the Würdemann Heron picture. Was my tidal surveyor, the father of Judge Gustavus, brother to William, and husband to Susan? YES!
Died September 29, 1859 in Swedesboro, NJ – William's brother died unknown date 1859
Died in Swedesboro, NJ in 1859, explaining his absence on the 1860 census. Susan Würdemann's census was taken in Swedesboro, NJ.
Gustavus worked for the U. S. Coast Survey, Williams employer and later main client. William's son Charles took over most of William's duties with the U. S. Coast Survey, allowing William access to all the expensive instruments to make his own instruments.
And…he discovered the Würdemann Heron !
Lew "Sherlock" Wurdeman
William was born Wilhelm C. F. (Conrad Fredrich?) Würdemann. Grandfather of Dr. Harry Vanderbilt Wurdemann who is also discussed on this blog and in the photo gallery.
William Würdemann(1811–1900)—known for having had "a decided influence on observers and instrument makers throughout the United States, as he introduced among us extreme German methods where extreme English methods had formerly prevailed"—was born in Bremen, studied in Heidelberg, and moved to Washington, D.C., to work for the United States Coast Survey. In 1836, having proved his worth, Würdemann became the Survey's Chief Mechanician. He went into business on his own in 1849, advertising as a Mathematical and Optical Instrument Manufacturer, but maintaining a cosy relationship with the Coast Survey. He supervised the Survey's instrument shop in 1867–1869; his son Charles worked in that shop in the early 1870s; and he always had easy access to their dividing engine and other machine tools. While the Coast Survey was Würdemann's most important customer, he made instruments for other federal agencies as well. Würdemann also helped Camill Fauth, Edward Kubel, George N. Saegmuller, and other German instruments makers get their start in the United States. Würdemann's shop closed in 1881.
Ref: Steven Turner, "William Würdemann: First Mechanician of the U.S. Coast Survey," Rittenhouse 5 (1991): 97–110.
A Brief History of Geomagnetism and A Catalog of the Collections of the National Museum of American History
"The earliest American-made instruments in the present collection are a dip circle (No. 31, Figure 61) by William Wurdemann of Washington that was in use by 1863, and a magnetometer (No. 6, Figure 35) by William
"A "Table of Magnetic Results,' published by the Survey in its Report for 1881, lists observations dating from the 1830s and gives some indication of the instruments used. Most of the Survey's early observations were made with instruments borrowed from other sources, notably the Smithsonian and the Naval Observatory. A Barrow dip circle no. 4 is mentioned in use in various locations into the 1870s (it was used in Central Park, New York City, in 1872). The aformentioned Wurdemann dip circle was still in use in 1881, when it was carried down the west coast,from Sitka to San Diego."
"The Smithsonian observatory had been a joint venture of the Institution and the Coast Survey, and so was the one at Key West. However, the Smithsonian was leaving the field of geomagnetic research. Its instruments were apparently transferred to the Coast Survey, for when LI. Hayes made an expedition to "the arctic seas" in 1860 he borrowed instruments from the Coast Survey, a magnetometer by W. R. Jones and the aforementioned Patton dip circle, which had been improved by new needles by William Wurdemann, now an employee of the Survey."
"FIGURE 61.—Nos. 31, 35, 38, Inclinometers (Dip Circles), ca. 1860-1900. The instrument at the right (No. 31) was made about 1863 by William Wurdemann (1811-1900), a native of Bremen. Wurdemann was brought to the United States by the first Director of the Coast Survey, F.R. Hassler, in 1834. He resided in Washington until his death, working intermittently for the Survey (1834-1836, 1848, 1870-1874) and as an independent instrument maker. He made some of the early instruments of the survey, including this one, apparently made while he was in private business. The needle (missing) was about 9 in/23 cm long. The instrument was used in Washington in 1863 and subsequently at many other locations, including points on the west coast from Sitka to San Diego in 1881."
United States Standards of Weights and Measures
Physical Sciences Collection – Surveying and Geodesy
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This unusual instrument is probably best described as a precise level with a graduated horizontal circle. The telescope is provided with a long and graduated level vial, and an ingenious clamp and tangent screw moving against the silvered vertical arc controls its elevation. This arc extends 20 degrees either way, and is graduated to 10 minutes and read by vernier to 20 seconds. The horizontal circle is silvered, graduated to 15 minutes, and read by opposite verniers with reflecting glasses and magnifiers to 30 seconds. A trough compass and a circular level are mounted above the horizontal circle.
The United States War Department transferred this instrument to the Smithsonian in 1931, in a pine box marked "Capt. M. C. Meigs, Washington Aqueduct -Wurdemann–Grading Transit–1854." That is, it was used by Montgomery C. Meigs, the captain in the United States Army Corps of Engineers who was tasked with surveying the course of a new Washington Aqueduct in 1853. Since William Würdemann was the leading mathematical instrument maker in Washington at that time, it is reasonable that he was asked to make the instrument needed for this important task.
The same device is also found in another part of the Smithsonian Institute site in a section called "History Wired – A Few of our Favorite Things"
Used to survey the course of the Washington Aqueduct
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William was important enough to the Smithsonian that they had one of it's famous architects build a home for him.
Adolf Cluss:
from Germany to America
Shaping a Capital City Worthy of a Republic
William Wurdemann Residence
From 1836 to 1849, the German immigrant William Wuerdemann (1811-1900) was the Chief Mechanician of the U.S. Coast Survey, Cluss's first employer in Washington. In 1849, Wuerdemann started his own business as a Mathematical and Optical Instrument Manufacturer, but stayed in close contact with the Coast Survey. More about Wuerdemann: see http://americanhistory.si.edu.
When Wuerdemann asked Cluss to design this row house located just northwest of the Capitol, he was already in his seventies and retired. Two years later, Wuerdemann built two more houses at 10-12 B Street. All three houses were around the corner from Wuerdemann's own house at 204 Delaware Avenue NE. Other members of the family owned nearby houses at 200 and 206-210 Delaware Avenue. Wuerdemann also owned a house in Dresden and a schooner. All of Wuerdemann's Washington houses were demolished around 1910 to make way for park land and a Senate office building.
WURDEMANN, WILLIAM Germany; USA, 1811-1900, MIM NIM OIM SIM
Würdemann; studied in Heidelberg; came to the U.S.A in 1834 and worked for the U.S. Coast Survey; on his own from 1840; made many improvements to instruments; made his own dividing engine.
Bremen (1811-34); Washington, D.C. (1834-1900).
Smart 1; Bedini 8; USNM; ADL; D.J. Warner 10; RSW.
In the catalogue issued in 1883 by Fauth and Company, makers of surveying instruments in Washington, D.C., two different types of heliotropes were offered. One was a heliotrope produced by the instrument maker William Wurdemann which had a telescope with two sights and two signal mirrors. It was offered with or without graduated horizontal and vertical axes. In the same catalogue Fauth introduced a "Pocket Heliotrope . . . a beautiful instrument that requires no adjustment" that had been introduced in 1844 by Carl August Steinheil (1801-1870), a Swiss physicist best known for his inventions ranging from an electric clock, telegraphic device and optical instruments. This instrument was sold also by the Washington-based instrument maker and dealer George N. Sagemuller for $20, and examples of which were purchased by the U. S. Coast and Geological Survey.
Camill Fauth (1847-1925) was born and raised in Karlsruhe, in southwest Germany. William Würdemann encouraged him to move to Washington, D.C., in 1870, and to work in his shop. Fauth and his two brothers-in-law, George N. Saegmuller and Henry Lockwood, established their own instrument business on Capitol Hill in 1874, and began trading as Fauth & Co. They made surveying and geodetic instruments for federal agencies, colleges and universities, and state, local, and private surveys, as well as transit instruments and telescope mounts for astronomical observatories. Fauth & Co. won an award at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, and a gold medal at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1882. In 1887, when Fauth retired and returned to Germany, Saegmuller became manager and sole proprietor of the firm, and began putting serial numbers on Fauth instruments. Saegmuller began trading under his own name in 1892, but kept the Fauth name on the instruments until he moved to Rochester, N.Y., in 1905.
DIRECTORY OF Scientific Societies OF WASHINGTON
Published by the Joint Commission FEBRUARY, 1889
WURDEMANN, Frank Gustave, Coast Survey
Gustavus Wurdemann was commissioned by the Smithsonian Institute to perform coastal surveys in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. United States Coastal Survey. 1854-1858
He also submitted specimens to the National Anthropological Archives
United States Army Medical Museum Anatomical Section, Records Relating to Specimens Transferred to the Smithsonian Institution
Eulogies and Biographical Sketches :
G. Wurdemann, by A. D. Bache 164
The Secretary brought before the Board the subject of the pay of the assistants; which, after some remarks, was referred to the Secretary and the Executive Committee
Professor Bache made the following remarks:
Mr. Gustavus Wurdemann, in charge of the tidal observations of the Coast Survey
On motion of Professor Bache, the following resolution was unanimously adopted :
Resolved That the Eegents of the Smithsonian Institution have learned with regret
Resolved That this resolution be communicated to the widow of Mr. Wurdemann.
21. In referring to Wurdemann, who made a profession of observing tides, and another Gulf Coast observer, Superintendent Bache remarked: "The observations were made day and night, hourly for a year, with exceedingly rare omissions … with a degree of faithfulness which merits very great praise. The observers were Messrs. Gustavus Wurdemann and R. T. Bassett…." There are numerous references to Gustavus Wurdemann throughout annual reports which remarked upon his faithfulness and attention to detail in accumulating tidal and meteorological data.
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There are 21 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.
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Finding Aid for the Elliot Mittler Collection of Welton Becket and Associates Photograph Archives, 1940-1979
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Interview with Paul Thiry
"MEREDITH CLAUSEN: Who were your professors at the time?
PAUL THIRY: Carl Gould of course was the head, and he was also architect for the campus, and of course he had good training. He was a Beaux Arts man from Paris, and he'd gone to Harvard and no one could question his qualifications. And I will say that he was modern in the sense that he fostered the idea of prefabrication, and actually he'd built a house for himself on Bainbridge Island that was an assembly of doors; I might say that he bought the doors and then built the house on top of the doors. (laughter) And then too he made ventures into modern, it was kind of modernistic, somewhat of basis for change in architecture. But this didn't get into our training in school.
Finally in 1927, there were three others and myself who [went to] Fontainebleau. The previous year, Walter Wurdeman, who later became a partner with Welton Becket– who also went to Fontainebleau with me; he preceded us in school and he came back with great reports on how he enjoyed it and how much he learned. And it's true, we learned a great deal. At Fontainebleau we had illustrious professors and…"
MEREDITH CLAUSEN: Now was Paris and the Atelier Gromort in between Fontainebleau and Italy?
PAUL THIRY: That was right after Fontainebleau, you see, and I stayed in France, oh, it was two or three weeks. Becket and Wurdeman had gone ahead, and I met them in Rome.
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Wurdeman graduated from the University of Washington program in Architecture in 1927 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree (B.Arch.). After graduation he apprenticed with the Seattle firm Bebb and Gould and participated in design of the Seattle Art Museum (now Seattle Asian Art Museum) in Seattle's Volunteer Park.Seattle Art Museum designed by Walter Wurdeman
Further commentary on the Carly Frelinghuysen Wikipedia entry about the Seattle Art Museum gives credit to Walter Wurdeman and also cites him as being an influence in the Art Deco style:
"By the 1930s, Bebb's role in Bebb and Gould declined and the firm's work began to reflect the emergence of Art Deco. This new direction was reflected in the design for the Seattle Art Museum building (1931-1933); now the Seattle Asian Art Museum) in Volunteer Park. (The design of the front elevation reflects the influence of draftsman Walter Wurdeman who had joined Bebb and Gould after graduating from the University of Washington.) "
Wurdeman had moved to Los Angeles by 1933 and formed a partnership with his University of Washington classmate Welton Becket and local architect Charles F. Plummer. The Moderne Pan-Pacific Auditorium, dating from 1935, brought them local fame.
Subsequent commissions included residences for James Cagney, Robert Montgomery, and other film celebrities.
After Plummer died in 1939, the surviving partners renamed the firm Wurdeman and Becket. The firm was responsible for Bullock's Pasadena (1944) and several corporate headquarters. Wurdeman and Becket practiced "total design", taking responsibility for master planning, engineering, interiors, fixtures and furnishings, landscape, and graphics.
After Wurdeman's death in 1949, Becket carried on the practice alone as Welton Becket Associates.
Oral history interview with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, 1964 Apr. 13-Sept. 16
BH: Did you have anything to do with the Art Association Annual Shows here, were you active in those?
SM: The Los Angeles Art Association?
BH: Yes.
SM: No. That was run by a woman by the name of Wurdemann . . . .
BH: Helen Wurdemann is still there.
SM: Under the advice of Feitelson. I never had anything to do with it.
BH: Well, I just wondered if you had exhibited work by many of the people from the Project during 1940's and '50's.
SM: I don't think so. I was a member of the thing for some time but I was a member of a lot of things, most of which I never went to.
BH: If you went to all of them you wouldn't have time to paint.
SM: I think that in the course of the years that they have exhibited, my pictures, some pictures, in that place. I know that Miss Wurdemann owns one or more pictures because I remember distinctly her coming down here once and buying one. But outside of that I know nothing about it.
BH: She told me she had two or three of your pictures that she's very fond of. She's very proud of the fact that she has them.
SM: She was at that opening the other night in La Cienega Blvd., I think.
BH: Yes. She said she closed her gallery early to go over to it . . . asked if I'd been there. And of course we had. And she was telling me something about, and asked if you remembered the times that you had luncheon at sidewalk tables near the old Stendahl Galleries which are now I believe where Town House is on Wilshire Boulevard …
SM: Yes, right opposite the Town House. Yes I remember it very well.
lorser feitelson and the invention of hard edge painting 1945-1965
lorser feitelson selected bibliography
Wurdemann, Helen. "Variety in the Los Angeles Area." Art in America, Fall 1959, p. 129. Review.
Catalog of Type Specimens of Recent Fishes in the National Museum of Natural History,
Blennius multifilis Girard, 1858:169.
Catalog of Type Specimens of Recent Fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 3: Beloniformes (Teleostei)
Belone scrutator Girard, 1858:170. Lectotype: USNM 834 (198 mm BL). Texas, St. Joseph's Island; Gustav Wurdemann; 1853. Designated herein by Collette. D 14, A 18, Pt 12-12; vertebrae 45 + 26 =
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Eight-Run First Inning Propels Blue Rocks To 9-2 Victory Over Mudcats
Schlehuber, Rockett Homer While Manaea Hurls Seven Impressive Innings
By Seth Bernstein / Wilmington Blue Rocks | July 22, 2014 11:34 PM ET
Zebulon, NC - Wilmington ambushed Carolina with eight first-inning runs and Sean Manaea tossed seven sterling frames in his best outing of the year, as the Blue Rocks defeated the Mudcats, 9-2, in blowout fashion on Tuesday night at Five County Stadium. With the win, Wilmington moves to 16-15 in the second half and 49-50 overall.
Jack Lopez led off the game for the Blue Rocks with a ground-rule double to right field. Raul Mondesi followed with a sacrifice bunt, moving Lopez to third. Bubba Starling then delivered an RBI single to put the Rocks ahead, 1-0. After a Zane Evans walk, Jared Schlehuber ripped a three-run blast, extending Wilmington's lead to 4-0.
With two outs in the first inning, Wilmington continued to score runs in bunches. Cam Gallagher singled and Cody Stubbs walked to bring Daniel Rockett to the plate. Rockett proceeded to launch a homer to left on an 0-1 pitch, making the score 7-0 Rocks. After giving up seven first-frame tallies, Carolina starter Adam Plutko was removed for reliever Connor Cook. Lopez greeted Cook with a single, his second base knock of the frame. Mondesi then tripled him home, putting Wilmington ahead, 8-0, after one.
The Blue Rocks' eight first-inning runs were all Manaea needed as the southpaw held Carolina to just one run over seven outstanding innings of work. Manaea yielded just three hits and three walks while fanning six.
An RBI single by Gallagher in the fourth inning gave Wilmington a 9-0 lead. Evans drew a one-out walk and went to second on a single to right-center by Schlehuber. Gallagher's single to center plated Evans.
Carolina scored single runs in the fifth and eighth innings for its only two tallies of the night. Jeremy Lucas led off the fifth with a double to center off of Manaea. He advanced to third on a groundout by Jerrud Sabourin and scored on an RBI single from James Roberts. In the eighth inning, Roberts reached on an error by Schlehuber, the first baseman. A double from Todd Hankins sent him to third and a single by Yhoxian Medina sent him plateward.
Manaea (3-7, 4.19) earned the win for Wilmington, while Plutko (2-5, 4.94) suffered the loss for Carolina.
The Rocks return to action Wednesday night for the second of three games against the Carolina Mudcats. Right-hander Glenn Sparkman (6-2, 1.43) will take the mound for Wilmington while Carolina will counter with fellow righty (Cole Sulser (3-9, 5.05). First pitch is slated for 7:00 p.m. and fans can listen to the broadcast on 89.7 WGLS-FM.
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Sean Manaea turned in his most dominant performance on the mound this season on Tuesday with seven sterling frames. The outing was his longest of the campaign and snapped a personal five-decision losing streak. Manaea allowed just one run on three hits and three walks while striking out six. He has now been able to get past the fourth inning in 11 of his 18 starts after some early-season rough patches. Tuesday's outing was also the second time in 2014 that Manaea has recorded at least one out past the sixth inning. Previously, the deepest Manaea had pitched into a game was 6.1 innings, on June 26 against the Lynchburg Hillcats. In that contest, he took the lost while giving up three runs on four hits. On the year, Manaea is 3-7 with a 4.19 ERA in 18 starts. He has punched out 97, walked 42 and given up 73 hits in 77.1 innings pitched. Manaea's ERA is now lower than it has been at any point since April 14, when it sat at 3.24 following his second start of the year. His 97 strikeouts rank third in the Carolina League.
First-inning homers by Jared Schlehuber and Daniel Rocket on Tuesday gave Wilmington 45 long balls on the campaign. The Rocks have flashed significantly more power in the second half. They only had 19 homers at the All-Star Break, eight of which were hit at Frawley Stadium. In the second half, the Blue Crew has hit 26 homers, with 11 coming at Frawley. Cody Stubbs leads the team with eight dingers, while Bubba Starling is close behind with seven. The Rocks' 45 homers are still second-to-last in the eight-team loop, ahead of only the Hillcats.
Jack Lopez extended his hitting streak to personal season-best seven games with two more hits on Tuesday. Lopez went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs. Both of those tallies came in the first inning. The 5-foot-9 middle infielder now has three consecutive two-hit games and 18 multi-hit contests this year. After batting .219 in April and .257 in May, Lopez hit .192 in June. He is batting .200 in July, but during his present seven-game hitting streak, Lopez is batting .333 (10-for-30) with three doubles, an RBI, a walk and two stolen bases. Overall, the right-handed hitting Lopez has a .222 batting average and has scored 28 runs in 86 games played. He also has 17 doubles, one homer, 18 RBIs and 21 walks.
Wilmington has played well against the Carolina Mudcats in 2014. After Tuesday night's 9-2 victory, the Rocks own a 13-5 record against Carolina. They are 7-3 at Frawley Stadium and 6-2 at Five County Stadium in Zebulon, North Carolina. In their 18 matchups this season, the Rocks are outscoring the Mudcats, 82-47. Collectively, the Blue Rocks are batting .250 against the Mudcats while Carolina is hitting .235 against Wilmington. The Rocks own a better head-to-head ERA, with the Blue Crew sporting a 2.47 ERA compared with the Mudcats' 4.12 ERA. Blue Rocks pitching has struck out 149 Mudcats while Carolina pitching has punched out 135 Blue Crew hitters. Three of Wilmington's league-best 11 shutouts have come against the Mudcats. The Rocks' current series against the Mudcats in Zebulon, North Carolina, is the final regular season meeting between the two clubs.
Manager Darryl Kennedy:
"When we started the season, I knew we had guys that could hit home runs. It was just a matter of getting used to the league, understanding how guys are going to pitch you and looking for the pitch you can drive out instead of just getting up there and swinging. In the first half, we did a lot of swinging with really no plan. I think the guys have a better plan now when they go up the plate and then they're looking for the pitch they can drive out of the park."
"You've got to be able to win the one-run games, which we haven't done that well, especially in the first half. I think in the second half we've done a little bit better in the one-run games. It is nice to get these games that you can sit back and breathe a little bit on the bench and the guys can relax as well. [Sean] Manaea went out there and got the eight runs and he went right after them. He threw his best professional game, as well, throwing seven strong innings."
"That was the biggest thing, [Sean Manaea] would get a little wild, he would walk a guy. [Instead of turning] into two walks and three walks and now bases loaded and then they get a base it, tonight he was able to walk the one guy and then turn around and come back and get in the strike zone and get the ground ball and the double play and the flyouts. That was his biggest key tonight, was being able to stop it, right the ship and go back to work."
"It's funny. [Carolina's] manager Scooter [Tucker] and I were talking before the game during BP. He said 'you guys own us,' and I'm like, 'yeah but we can't beat Lynchburg, you guys own Lynchburg. It's just a crazy game. That's the way it is. Usually you have two or three teams in the league that, no matter what you do, you don't play well against. And then you have a couple of teams that, no matter what you do, everything goes right for you. That's just baseball. That's the thing with an eight-team league. You just run into those matchups. Fortunately, for us, we've been able to play some really good baseball against Carolina."
First Baseman Jared Schlehuber:
"It has been good. We've been really playing good baseball all around. We're pitching well, playing good defense and swinging the bats. I was there for the [back-to-back] no-hitters [against Lynchburg]. That was a tough stretch but it's baseball. Just have to keep coming out, keep having good at-bats. It definitely feels good to swing the bats the way we did this evening."
"I think it's nice, we have probably three, four, five, guys who can hit in the middle of the lineup anywhere. It's definitely got to make it tough on opposing pitchers to face good, quality hitters, one through nine."
"There are five or six guys I feel who can hit in the middle of the lineup there. It's fun hitting behind those guys and [also] fun hitting in front of them whenever I'm in the lineup."
"This is one of the more talented teams I've been on. Yesterday, we won the game with pitching and defense. Today, we came out and swung the bats well. [Sean] Manaea also threw the ball well tonight. It's been fun.
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Twenty-four-year-old Cyd Bernstein grew up on an apple farm in Yorkville, one of four tiny towns in the mostly-rural Anderson Valley. She can't recall a time when Hendy Woods wasn't part of her life."I grew up coming here for birthday parties, for school events," Bernstein says. "When I was older we would come here and run during sports seasons."She left for a while; to attend UC Berkeley and travel the world. But she's recently returned to the Anderson Valley, and to Hendy Woods. "As I'm getting older I come here and I bring family members when they're visiting, and I also just come here for peace of mind. To walk in the grove is to feel peaceful." Bernstein says this park, with its wide, curving trails through old growth redwoods, its popular swimming hole and picnic area, is where locals go to take a walk and to gather. But Hendy Woods is more than just a nice picnic spot. Erica Lemons, the manager of nearby Lemons' Philo Market, says the park is important for her business."A lot of the campers trade with us, the park employees trade with us," Lemons says.Lemons' family has owned the market for thirty years, long enough to see the economy of the Anderson Valley change from logging to tourism."There's just not as much industry here as there used to be," she says. "We rely a lot on the tourist trade and when you take away something like Hendy Woods, you put a huge cut in what we can do here."
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Figures from the Parks Department show that Hendy Woods gets nearly 50,000 visits a year and the vast majority are campers. Kathy Bailey, a board member of the Anderson Valley Chamber of Commerce says, those visitors spend money in the Anderson Valley: they stop in Lemons' market, eat at nearby restaurants, go wine-tasting."We without a doubt raise a lot of taxes here and send them off to Sacramento," she says. "Every park is important, however there's no question some parks are more important to the economic life of their community."And, Bailey points out, that money doesn't just stay in the Anderson Valley. Taxes also go to the state. "I have yet to find any credible suggestion that closing the park will actually save money if you look at it from the point of view that they really hopefully should be looking at it from, which is revenue to the general fund," Bailey says. But that's not how the state sees it, according to Ruth Coleman, the director of the California Department of Parks and Recreation."It is unfortunate that we're having an impact on the local economy. And we know that we are important to the local economy," Coleman says. "But the fact that we are a net generator of tax dollars does not come into our budget. We don't benefit from that, so it wasn't one of the elements that we could really consider."In other words, the fact that Hendy Woods brings money to local businesses, which in turn send taxes to Sacramento, doesn't do anything for the parks budget, which has been cut by $22 million.In picking which parks to close, officials considered things like how many people visit and how much they pay to get in. By those measures, Hendy Woods was never going to top Hearst Castle, or even rival a state beach in San Diego. But the park had another strike against it: its part of a cluster of parks in the same area, that all share staff. "So if we're going to have to sweep staff in order to save money, then you're not going to have anybody there to be able to operate that range of parks," says Coleman. "So Mendocino is particularly hampered by the fact that you have a number of parks that are close to each other."Of the 70 state parks on the original closure list, eight of them are in Mendocino County. Last fall, Anderson Valley residents began to get organized. While Occupy protests were raging in Oakland and other parts of the country, Cyd Bernstein and some of her friends decided to "Occupy Hendy Woods."A couple of hundred people marched through the redwood groves. They held yoga classes, bird watching sessions and sang songs around the campfire. With help from the local Chamber of Commerce, they formed the Hendy Woods Community, a non-profit that could help keep the park open, by supplying volunteers and raising money.They've proposed the idea to the state parks department and expect to hear back by mid-April.
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| A. Should FDA initiate a rulemaking to codify its interpretation of section 503(b) of the action regarding when an active ingredient can be simultaneously marketed in both prescription drug product and an OTC drug product?
| In regards to Emergency Contraception, I think having the same ingredients in birth control pills, which are prescription-only, and EC, which is up for release OTC, is that birth control pills are long term commitment, while EC is one time use. A person only needs to understand swallowing 1 or 2 pills at the correct time, not everyday.
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