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A made a trip to Fry's this afternoon. Networking kit, for some reason, is over past resistors and capacitors, in with the low-noise fans and motherboards and other assemble-it-yourself stuff. Weird. I thought home networks were totally mainstream now. Their placement in Fry's would suggest otherwise.
I was quite set on getting a NETGEAR wireless router, after good experiences with the one I got my parents. I was disappointed to see that Fry's stock a whole aisle's worth, many with identical model numbers (but different prices), and more disappointed to find that there's no combined wireless router and gigabit switch. 10/100? How 1990s is that? (Seems 100 Mib/s is still referred to as "Fast Ethernet". Even at the time, that name seemed short-sighted. And superfluous given the perfect "100 Mib/s" name.)
Next time I'm banging on about how NETGEAR's products have the best web interfaces, remind me that most of my experience had been with a Win32 version of MSIE. They don't get on with Camino (my default) all that well, though Safari saved me a trip to Fry's returns desk. My networking worries are now over. My PowerMac and PowerBook are both connected, and the only evidence is a pile of server-room clutter on the opposite side of the room.
Anyway, I'd gravitated as always to the Mac aisle, and was hoping they'd have a "Mighty Mouse". (That name really is one in the eye for anyone who complained about the likes of "AirPort Extreme" — can it get any worse? Thank goodness Apple didn't get to dub GigE "Extreme Ethernet".)
I'd been waiting for a nice-looking mouse with a scroll wheel for my Mac, but I was embarrassed to hear that they'd gone for a two-button mouse in a one-button shell. I'd no idea how having to lift your left finger to right-click would work for me. As it happens, right-clicking is fine. It turns out that I use the mouse with no fingers resting on top, and only bring fingers down to click.
What isn't so fine, though, is left-clicking. What I didn't realize is that I've developed a habit of clicking with two fingers, roughly in the middle of the mouse (just behind the new mouse's nipple). This has a habit of registering as a right click. Hopefully I'll stop, but I'm not convinced: clicking with two fingers is so much more comfortable. I wish they'd made most of the surface a left button, and had a separate little-toe-style right button. If anyone wants to build a mouse that would suit my personal clicking style perfectly, that's what it would be like!
Strangely, I don't think I ever knew before that you could right-click Dock icons. It had always annoyed me that it was so slow to get iTunes' menu, holding down the mouse button over the Dock icon and waiting. The first time I used iTunes after plugging in the new mouse, I right-clicked, and was viscerally pleased to have the menu appear instantly. I wonder if I've always been subconsciously holding down the right side of the one-button mouse to get that menu? Weird.
Speaking of weird, the scroll nipple is pretty damn strange. It feels almost like it's vibrating as you manipulate it. You know those little toy cars where you wind a wheel, and they race off when you let go? It feels like that, only with less resistance.
I like the solid look. I wasn't joking when I said one of the dual G5's noticeable improvements over the dual G4 was a keyboard without the clear plastic; the new machine was otherwise fairly underwhelming. Anyway, now my PowerMac has an almost matching keyboard & mouse. They don't quite match because the mouse is shiny where the keyboard is matt, and the mouse is shaped like an enormous pessary where the keyboard is more like an enormous LEGO block.
Anyway, I'm fairly pleased with today's purchases so far. Time for steak and eggs...
[Note: I wasn't sure whether the correct term is "mouse nipple" or "mouse teat"; PubMed lightly favors the former.]


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Smartwatches have been coming out in droves, it seems. Though each come with their own unique style and feature set, they all tether to a smartphone in order to bring information. The Omate TrueSmart smartwatch, up on Kickstarter now, boasts the ability to work as a companion or a standalone gadget.
Omate is designed to look and feel like a watch, but it packs the ability to run apps, make calls, text, message, and so on. Underneath the metal casing lies a 1.3GHz dual-core processor running the Android 4.2 platform, which makes it more like a seriously teeny smartphone.
Because the Omate has GPS, camera, and phone, it can serve as a fully-independent piece of technology; Built-in Bluetooth and WiFi also let it connect to your smartphone.
Users are able to operate the watch through the touchscreen and side buttons. The Omate is IP67 waterproof, meant to be used outdoors, in pools, and at the beach. The touchscreen doesn't work when wet, so the buttons permit access and function.
The Omate smartwatch is ready for production, with hardware ready and waiting while software is being developed. This smartwatch offers a different experience from anything out there. Visit the Omate Kickstarter page to check out the full specifications and abilities.
With a powerful device such as this, I only wonder if the 600mAh battery will keep up with users.

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Yannick Bisson and Allan Hawco in a fist fight! Must be one doughnut left at the CBC cafeteria, right?
Instead, the fisticuffs occur in the opening few minutes of a new episode of Republic of Doyle, airing Wednesday, Jan. 29 on CBC.
The fact that Hawco (above right) is appearing on the Newfoundland-set Republic of Doyle is not a surprise to anyone, since he's the creator and star of the series, playing lead character Jake Doyle. But Bisson (above left) is the star of another CBC series, playing Det. William Murdoch on Murdoch Mysteries.
This is the back end of a crossover arrangement between the two shows, which has been particularly fun because while Republic of Doyle takes place in modern times, Murdoch Mysteries is set in Toronto in the early 1900s.
Last November, Hawco was on Murdoch Mysteries, playing Jacob Doyle, an ancestor of Jake Doyle. Now on Republic of Doyle, Bisson is appearing as Bill Murdoch, a descendant of William Murdoch.
This new episode of Republic of Doyle begins with Des (Mark O'Brien) having purchased the contents of an unclaimed storage locker – you know, the kind of thing you'd see on Storage Wars Canada. But what Des and Jake find in the locker causes them to cross paths with Toronto cop Bill Murdoch (Bisson), who is in Newfoundland to pursue a strange kidnapping case.
Nothing ever is as it seems on Republic of Doyle, though, and Jake's not sure this alleged mainland cop is telling the whole truth.
"Who the hell are you?" Jake Doyle says to Bill Murdoch when the two of them first set eyes upon each other. Bill Murdoch, pointing a gun at Jake Doyle, replies, "Who are you?" The next thing you know, punches are being thrown.
No need to fight, guys. These crossover episodes have worked quite well, and Canada has plenty of doughnuts to go around.


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Insatiable Asian demand for base metals continues to buoy the resource sector which, barring a double dip recession, shows few signs of slowing.
It has been a great month for resource stocks.
At the big end of town the S&P/ASX Material Index is up 5.6 per cent, versus the 2.2 per cent gain by the S&P/ASX 200 Index.
At the smaller end, the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Resource Index is up 4.9 per cent for the month, outpacing the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index's gain of 3.3 per cent.
Aquila announced record production for the September quarter but that wasn't enough to prompt Royal Bank of Scotland to lift its recommendation from hold.
The base metal miner produced 685,000 tonnes of saleable product, up 25 per cent on the previous quarter and broadly in line with the broker's forecasts.
However, sales of 491,000 tonnes fell short of RBS's forecasts, mainly because a shipment of about 160,000 tonnes of coking coal fell into the December quarter.
RBS said it would be more confident of development targets being met for Aquila's mining projects if it were to achieve a favourable result on port access for Eagle Downs.
The miner is trying to secure port capacity for the project. RBS said it would retain its cautious view until it did, and preferred
Dominion reported gold production of 25,900 ounces for the September quarter at a cash cost of $723 ounces.
The production result was in line with UBS estimates but cash costs surpassed the broker's estimates of $552 an ounce.
The result could be the last for Dominion after its board recommended investors accept a takeover proposal from
"After what can only be described as an underwhelming financial year – and in a sense Dominion missed a golden opportunity to acquire additional assets when its stock price was higher than $5 a share – the decision by the board to accept the Kingsgate share proposal potentially brings to an end the Dominion story," UBS analyst Jo Battershill said.
Riversdale produced 132,000 tonnes of coal in the September quarter and sales of 161,000 tonnes. The result was weaker than the miner's previous quarter and slightly below the estimates of Goldman Sachs.
Operations at Riversdale's projects have been slowed by insufficient pit room because of excessive water.
At the end of the quarter the miner had $548 million cash on hand following the completion of a $337 million capital raising.
Riversdale is developing coking coal assets in Mozambique. First production is slated for 2012.
Goldman Sachs has a "hold" rating on Riversdale and a 12-month price target of $12.93, implying a 20.5 per cent return.
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Optimizing Large Database Imports
© 2002 International Business Machines Corporation. All rights reserved.
Dbexport and dbimport are IBM Informix® data movement utilities that
move databases from one machine to another. The whole process is pretty
simple and straightforward. Dbexport creates a special directory into
which it creates a schema file that records the current database
structure, and then it unloads data into ASCII files for every database
object. You can keep those schema and data files on disk or on tape and
then easily transfer them to another machine using UNIX® tar or other
utilities. At the same time, dbexport creates a message file in the user's
current directory to record any errors and warnings that occurred during
the dbexport operation. The name of the message file is
The dbimport utility uses the schema and data files created by dbexport and
creates exactly the same database on other machines. Like dbexport,
dbimport also creates a message file,
dbimport.out, in the
user's current directory to log errors and warnings during the dbimport
You use these utilities for logical backups. By logical backup, I mean the backup of the database structure or schema, and logical database objects such as tables, indexes, views, triggers and stored procedures. A logical backup is quite different from physical backups produced by such utilities as ontape, on-archive, or on-bar, which back up the entire Informix instance and raw disk space.
One big advantage of logical backup is its flexibility. The schema file created by dbexport is an ASCII file and can be edited at anytime before importing the database. There are quite a few areas you can modify:
- Extent size for tables. You can enlarge your first and second table extent size such that the table will have fewer but larger extents. This can improve your overall performance.
- Physical location for a table or an index. Based on your studies of your operating system's disk I/O, you may want to move some tables and indexes to another location so as to reduce I/O load.
- Names for indexes and constraints. You may want to replace automatically generated indexes and constraints names with more meaningful names.
- Structures of database objects. You may apply a different fragmentation strategy for tables and indexes by editing the schema file, so that when the database gets imported, tables and indexes will be fragmented across different disks to achieve better performance.
In addition, you can change the name of the exported database so that you can keep more than one copy of the same database on the same Informix instance. This is really good for developers and testers who would always like to keep an original database for comparison.
Another advantage of logical backup is its finer granularity. When you restore, you don't need to shut down whole Informix instance; instead, you can restore it on the database level. In this way, you can avoid interfering with other people who are working with other databases.
Because of those advantages, we use dbexport and dbimport utilities frequently when developing, unit testing, box testing, and integration testing.
Problems we ran into
Most of our databases are pretty small, only few hundred megabytes in size. But a few of them are quite large - not only large because of the size of the data, but also large in the number of triggers and stored procedures. One of the databases exceeds two gigabytes and contains more than four hundred stored procedures and almost a thousand triggers.
Because IBM Informix stored procedure language (SPL) is a handy mid-tier API, a lot of developers and programmers like to use it to implement business rules and as a link between front-end applications and the database server. We are expecting that the number of stored procedures and triggers will grow from release to release. We've had no problem in exporting and importing small databases - databases with a few hundreds of MBs, but when we import large databases - databases with large amount of data and a large number of triggers and stored procedures - we had problems with long transactions and long compilation times.
Long transactions
IBM Informix considers the whole process of importing a database as a single transaction. When data is large and triggers and store procedures are many, it is easy to get into a "long transaction" state. A long transaction is defined by Informix as a transaction that starts in one logical log file and is not committed when the database server needs to reuse the same logical log file. When a long transaction hits the long trasaction high water mark, it starts to roll back; when the long transaction exclusive access high water mark, the Informix server is blocked while the long transaction is rolled back. In other words, other database operations on the server such as SELECT, INSERT, DELETE or UPDATE are held until the long transaction is rolled back. The common way to avoid this is either to turn off the database logging or increase logical logs to allow larger transactions to go through.
Long compilation time
When importing large databases, most of the time is spent on compiling stored procedures, especially when the store procedure is long and complicated. The time is extremely long and during the compiling, memory core dumps can occur. This often makes us to drop the half-imported database and restart the whole process of importing from the beginning. This is quite a time-consuming process.
Resolving the problems
To resolve these problems, we wrote a UNIX shell script to facilitate the database import process. This script makes the process of importing large databases much easier and smoother, and, most importantly, it improves the speed significantly; it makes whole process of importing at least four to five times faster. Before we had this script, we needed four to five hours to import large databases; with the script, we cut the time down to one hour and avoid the errors I described above.
Description of our system
To understand the logic of the script, you need to understand a bit about our system configuration. We have two types of systems, the primary and the secondary. On the primary system we have four databases: big_db, small_db1, small_db2 and small_db3. Of all databases, big_db is the largest; it is about 2 GB of data and has more than 500 stored procedures and over one thousand triggers. This is the database that caused us the most problem when importing and exporting. The other databases are very small, only a few megabytes in size, and have almost no stored procedures or triggers.
On the secondary system, there are only three small databases: small_db1, small_db2 and small_db3.
The script's logic
The script consists of many functions that each contributes to smooth database export and import operations. Figure 1 shows the relationships among those functions:
Figure 1. Export and import operations
Note: P stands for Primary and S stands for Secondary.
As you can see from the flowchart, the heart of this script is composed of two functions: export_db and import_db. The basic logic here is to divide and conquer. In export_db, we take the advantage of dbexport/dbimport utilities, which allow us to edit the exported schema. After we export big_db, we split its exported schema into three parts as follows:
- Tables - only includes all tables structures and data
- Procedures - includes all stored procedures
- Rest - includes all views, indexes, constraints and triggers
The import_db function uses different methods to process each of them:
- For tables, we use the dbimport utility to create the database and then import tables with data only. This part goes very fast, because there are no indexes and constraints for the tables.
- The second part, stored procedures, used to be the bottleneck, because the dbimport utility compiles stored procedures line by line. Because the database has already created by dbimport, we can now use the UNIX pipe utility for this part. This improves the speed significantly because the UNIX pipe utility can do the batch processing for compiling stored procedures.
- We use the same method for the third part to create all views, indexes, constraints and triggers.
I'll explore this in more detail later.
Understanding the script in detail
Let's have a close look at the script in Listing 1 and see how this divide-and-conquer logic gets implemented. Remember, this code is presented to you "as is" without warranty of any kind.
Listing 1. stop_start and rename_db functions
#!/bin/ksh . /usr/informix/.profile DBACCESS=${INFORMIXDIR}/bin/dbaccess DBEXPORT=${INFORMIXDIR}/bin/dbexport DBIMPORT=${INFORMIXDIR}/bin/dbimport EXPORT_PATH="/usr/gsm/db" STAT_DB=stat_db WEN_DB=wen_db CONFIG_BIN=/SYS_SETUP/SYSCONFIG LOGFILE="/usr/gsm/logs/cutover/db_exim.$$" ####################### # stop_start_informix # ####################### stop_start_informix() { echo "" echo "Stopping/Starting Informix." echo "This may take up to 200 seconds. Please Wait..." /usr/bin/su - informix -c "onmode -ky" >/dev/null 2>&1 #Wait for 50 seconds then start the informix engine backup sleep 50 /usr/bin/su - informix -c "oninit; exit 0" >/dev/null 2>&1 rc=1 while [ $rc -ne 5 ] do echo "Informix oninit return code is $rc" echo "Waiting for 50 seconds..." sleep 50 echo "Checking if the Informix Engine is Online..." /usr/bin/su - informix -c "onstat -" >/dev/null 2>&1 rc=$? # # onstat return codes: # 0 = Initialization # 1 = Quiescent # 2 = Fast Recovery # 3 = Archive Backup # 4 = Shutting Down # 5 = Online # 6 = System Aborting # done echo "The Informix Engine is Online." echo "" } ############# # rename_db # ############# rename_db() { rc=1 while [ $rc -ne 0 ] do echo "Trying to rename the database $1 to $2" echo "rename database $1 to $2" | $DBACCESS rc=$? if [ $rc -ne 0 ] then echo "WARNING: Failed to rename the database $1 to $2." echo "Retrying. Please wait..." # # bounce the Informix engine # stop_start_informix fi done # # bounce the Informix engine # stop_start_informix }
The purpose of the two functions in Listing 1 is to ensure that all database connections are killed before exporting the database. When you export databases, you need exclusive access to the database; otherwise you will get an error from Informix and won't be able to export. The logic here is to bounce Informix to get rid of all database connections and then when the Informix engine comes back, immediately rename the database so that other application programs cannot access the database we are going to export. Then we can export the database without any interference.
Listing 2 shows the most important function of the script, the split_schema function.
Listing 2. split_schema function
########################### # split schema # ########################### split_schema() { #define file seperator file_seperator0="^CREATE PROCEDURE" file_seperator1="^{ TABLE" file_seperator2="^create view" TABLE_SQL=table.sql PROC_SQL=proc.sql REST_SQL=rest.sql #copy old schema file echo "Copying $EXPORTED_SQL ..." cp ${EXPORTED_SQL} ${EXPORTRED_SQL}.orig if [ "$?" -ne 0 ] then echo "error with creating files.please check directory permission" exit 1 fi echo "Parsing ${EXPORTED_SQL}..." #parse into three parts position0=$(( $(cat ${EXPORTED_SQL} | grep -n -i "$file_seperator0" | head -1 |cut -f1 -d:) - 1 )) position1=$(( $(cat ${EXPORTED_SQL} | grep -n -i "$file_seperator1" | head -1 |cut -f1 -d:) - 1 )) position2=$(( $(cat ${EXPORTED_SQL} | grep -n -i "$file_seperator2" | head -1 |cut -f1 -d:) - 1 )) if [ $position0 -lt 0 ] then echo "First seperator $file_seperator0 is not found in file. " exit 1 elif [ $position1 -lt 0 ] then echo "Second seperator $file_seperator1 is not found in file." exit 1 elif [ $position2 -lt 0 ] then echo "Second seperator $file_seperator2 is not found in file." exit 1 fi echo "$position0 $position1 $position2" diff_12=`expr $position2 - $position1` head -${position0} ${EXPORTED_SQL}> ${EXPORTED_DIR}/${TABLE_SQL} head -${position1} ${EXPORTED_SQL} | tail +${position0} > ${EXPORTED_DIR}/${PROC_SQL} tail +${position1} ${EXPORTED_SQL} | head -${diff_12} >>${EXPORTED_DIR}/${TABLE_SQL} tail +${position2} ${EXPORTED_SQL} > ${EXPORTED_DIR}/${REST_SQL} mv ${EXPORTED_DIR}/${TABLE_SQL} ${EXPORTED_SQL} }
This is the heart of the script, and the logic is explained in detail in The script's logic. This function is called right after big_db gets exported in export_db function, as shown in Listing 3.
Listing 3. export_db function
############# # export_db # ############# export_db() { date DB=$1 lockedDB=$2 EXPORTED_SQL="$EXPORT_PATH/$lockedDB.exp/$lockedDB.sql" EXPORTED_DIR="$EXPORT_PATH/$lockedDB.exp" if [ -d "$EXPORT_PATH/$lockedDB.exp" ]; then echo "Moving $EXPORT_PATH/$lockedDB.exp to another directory." mv $EXPORT_PATH/$lockedDB.exp $EXPORT_PATH/$lockedDB.exp.old fi if [ "$DB" = "small_db2" ] then su - informix -c "echo 'grant dba to root' | $DBACCESS $DB; exit 0" fi rename_db $DB $lockedDB echo "Exporting the $lockedDB database. Please Wait..." $DBEXPORT -q $lockedDB -o $EXPORT_PATH -ss ok=`grep "dbexport comleted" dbexport.out` if [ "$ok" = "dbexport completed" ] then echo "dbexport completed with no error." else echo "Check dbexport.out file; your export has problems!" tail dbexport.out exit 1; fi rename_db $lockedDB $DB if [ "$DB" = "big_db" ] then split_schema fi }
As we mentioned before, export_db is one of the major functions of the script, so let's explore it a little more.
First, the function calls the rename_db function. The purpose is to obtain exclusive access to the database to be exported, so that we can export it without any interference from other programs. Then the function exports the database. Note that it uses quiet mode when exporting the database. Because quiet mode does not show the errors and warnings during export on the screen, it is very important to check dbexport.out after the database gets exported; otherwise, you may miss errors and warnings. Right after export, the functions calls rename_db function again to rename the database we just exported so that other programs can access it. The function then checks the database name parameter or argument to see if it is big_db. If it is big_db, it splits the exported schema into three parts. For the small databases, we don't split their exported schemas.
Listing 4. Function to logging on or off
################### # turn on logging # ################### turnonlogging() { infxcon="/usr/informix/etc/onconfig" cp ${infxcon} ${infxcon}.ori cat $infxcon.ori |sed 's/^TAPEDEV.*$/TAPEDEV \/dev\/null/' > $infxcon /usr/bin/su informix -c "ontape -s -U $1;exit 0" cp ${infxcon}.ori ${infxcon} }
The purpose of the function in Listing 4 is to turn off logging while importing the large database, so that the dbimport utility will use a minimum number of logical logs, thus preventing importing operation getting into "long transaction" state and rolling back. We will then turn logging on after the import.
Listing 5 shows how this function is getting called.
Listing 5. import_db
############# # import_db # ############# import_db() { date DB=$1 lockedDB=$2 DBSPACE=$3 EXPORTED_SQL="$EXPORT_PATH/$lockedDB.exp/$lockedDB.sql" EXPORTED_DIR="$EXPORT_PATH/$lockedDB.exp" echo "Importing the $lockedDB database. Please Wait..." if [ "$DB" = "big_db" ] then $DBIMPORT -q $lockedDB -d $DBSPACE -i $EXPORT_PATH >$TEMP3 2>&1 /usr/bin/su - informix -c "cat ${EXPORTED_DIR}/proc.sql | $DBACCESS $DB; exit 0" /usr/bin/su - informix -c "cat ${EXPORTED_DIR}/rest.sql | $DBACCESS $DB; exit 0" turnonlogging $DB else $DBIMPORT -q $lockedDB -d $DBSPACE -l -i $EXPORT_PATH >$TEMP3 2>&1 fi ok=`grep "dbimport completed" dbimport.out` if [ "$ok" = "dbimport completed" ] then echo "dbimport completed with no errors." else echo "Check dbimport.out; problems in dbimport." tail dbimport.out exit 1; fi rename_db $lockedDB $DB }
Import_db (Listing 5) is another major function of the script. It first checks the database name parameter or argument passed in. If it is big_db, it uses the dbimport utility to process the tables part of exported schema and then uses the UNIX pipe utility for compiling stored procedures, indexes, and triggers. The purpose is to speed up the whole process and, as I mentioned before, by doing it this way, we reduced the time used for import big_db by at least 50-60%. For big_db, we also turn off logging before import and turn on logging after import to avoid "long transaction." We only do this for big_db; for other databases, we believe we have plenty of logical logs and will never run into "long transaction."
The rest of the script is to create a user-friendly and easy-to-use menu, which I don't describe in this article, but you can see it for yourself in the downloadable script.
As you have seen, the heart of the script is the logic to split an exported schema into three parts and to process each of them with different Informix dbimport and UNIX cat utilities. For us, this method is more efficient than just using the Informix dbimport utility to import large databases; it greatly speeds up the whole database import process and is better at using Informix and system resources such as logical logs and memory. Since the script is composed of many functions, it is very flexible and could easily be modified to meet your specific requirements. This script should give you some practical and useful ideas and suggestions on how to import large databases more efficiently.
Downloadable resources
- PDF of this content
- Code sample (new.sh | 14KB)


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15N natural abundance (δ 15N) of ecosystem samples reflects measures of water availability
L. L. Handley, A. T. Austin, G. R. Stewart, D. Robinson, C. M. Scrimgeour, J. A. Raven, T. H. E. Heaton and S. Schmidt
Australian Journal of Plant Physiology
26(2) 185 - 199
Published: 1999
AbstractWe assembled a globally-derived data set for site-averaged foliar δ15N, the δ15N of whole surface mineral soil and corresponding site factors (mean annual rainfall and temperature, latitude, altitude and soil pH). The δ15N of whole soil was related to all of the site variables (including foliar δ15 N) except altitude and, when regressed on latitude and rainfall, provided the best model of these data, accounting for 49% of the variation in whole soil δ15N. As single linear regressions, site-averaged foliar δ15N was more strongly related to rainfall than was whole soil δ15N. A smaller data set showed similar, negative correlations between whole soil δ15N, site-averaged foliar δ15N and soil moisture variations during a single growing season. The negative correlation between water availability (measured here by rainfall and temperature) and soil or plant δ15N fails at the landscape scale, where wet spots are δ15N-enriched relative to their drier surroundings. Here we present global and seasonal data, postulate a proximate mechanism for the overall relationship between water availability and ecosystem δ15N and, newly, a mechanism accounting for the highly δ15N-depleted values found in the foliage and soils of many wet/cold ecosystems. These hypotheses are complemented by documentation of the present gaps in knowledge, suggesting lines of research which will provide new insights into terrestrial N-cycling. Our conclusions are consistent with those of Austin and Vitousek (1998) that foliar (and soil) δ15N appear to be related to the residence time of whole ecosystem N.


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Sandro DeAngelis is seeing stars.
And dreaming of sporting one on his helmet next season.
The Calgary Stampeders kicker had a free-agent tryout Friday with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, stoking his desire to boot field goals on football's biggest stage.
"I think all athletes are daydreamers," DeAngelis said.
"We all sit there and we daydream about winning that championship game or signing that big contract, and I think that's one of the things that motivates athletes is the ability to have that kind of wild imagination.
"Of course, you look at the city and daydream about what it would be like to play there and stuff like that, so, of course your mind wanders a little bit. But at the same time, once you do your best, it's out of your control."
DeAngelis, a five-time West Division all-star and the most accurate kicker in CFL history, worked out at the Cowboys practice facility in Irving, Texas, under the watchful eyes of head coach Wade Phillips, special-teams coach Joe DeCamillis, billionaire owner Jerry Jones and others.
The 28-year-old becomes a CFL free agent next month, although he'd rather be booting field goals south of the border in the fall.
DeAngelis also canvassed for an NFL tryout last off-season but didn't earn any auditions.
"Just to even have an opportunity to kick for an NFL team is living a dream," DeAngelis said.
"I just want to give it my best shot. If I make it to the NFL, great. If I don't, hey that's great too because I'm very happy in the CFL. The thing that I don't want to happen is to have regrets later on in life. Especially now that I'm a dad, how am I going to tell my kid to go chase his dreams if I don't go chase my own?
"As great as it is being in the CFL, as a competitor, you always want to do more. The competitor in me is trying to do more in this case, and I'm just really happy that I had the opportunity."
The Cowboys, who were eliminated from the playoffs last weekend by the Minnesota Vikings, are seeking some stability at the kicking position after Nick Folk and his successor Shaun Suisham made only 64.5% of their field-goal attempts in the regular season.
DeAngelis, who hails from Niagara Falls, Ont., and makes his home in Calgary, nailed 42-of-49 three-point tries in 2009 and boasts an 83.8% accuracy rating in five campaigns with the Stamps.
His agent has had conversations with other NFL squads and DeAngelis is optimistic Friday's tryout won't be his last.
He was satisfied with his performance in the Big D, and expects to hear back from the Cowboys next week.
"I'm pleased with it, but you really have no idea what they're thinking. They don't exactly jump up and down or anything so you don't have a gauge of where you stand," DeAngelis said. "I'll keep my fingers crossed."


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ATG Commerce provides the ability to create and manage gift certificates and coupons. (Collectively, these are sometimes referred to as "claimable items" in ATG Commerce.) By providing gift certificates as an option for your customers, you can increase sales and attract new business. Coupons can also help increase your customer base (for example, by including them in a cold call e-mail campaign), but importantly they provide an alternative way to deliver promotions to your existing customers.
The claimable item system in ATG Commerce is made up of three components:
The Claimable repository


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Quinn Lee Bormann
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|March 8, 2007, 11:58 PM
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How long do you have to work to buy a box of Ammo?
Have a nice day at the range
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|March 9, 2007, 12:01 AM
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Another poster here says that reloading keeps him out of bars. If you factor that in, you save a TON of money.
I am Pro-Rights (on gun issues).
|March 9, 2007, 12:35 AM
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If you think a mighty military force is expensive, wait 'til you see what a weak one costs.
|March 9, 2007, 01:06 AM
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It's like a lot of things besides saving money it's fun. I enjoy it. I don't need a motorcycle to save gas, but I like it.
I don't need a nice Fenwick fishing rod when a cheapie will work but it is better and I like it.
I used to make hand made fishing rods they were cheaper than the expensive comparable but if I counted the labor they would have been much more the cost of the best Limaglas, to me they were worth it.
Lots of things in life like reloading. I bet I have spent more in the long run but have been able to shoot many many times more too which I enjoy. So, YES,to me it's worth it.
|March 9, 2007, 02:01 AM
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If I took the time I spend reloading and worked instead then I'd probably go insane from stress. When you consider that seeing a mental health professional costs about $60-$125 an hour, then reloading seems like a pretty cost effective alternative.
|March 9, 2007, 02:10 AM
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Buy a Dillon RL 550 and you can reload 500-600 round per hour.
|March 9, 2007, 07:40 AM
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That would be like paying myself to go kayaking.
|March 9, 2007, 11:35 AM
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I don't ever remember being absent minded.
|March 9, 2007, 12:43 PM
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Keep in mind the flexibility it also permit. A second job would likely require specific hours of work. When I reload I can come and go as I please, am available to my family and am not tied down. Money can't buy you time.
|March 9, 2007, 02:07 PM
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If you want to really factor in all the costs of reloading, be sure to add the value of that room, the extra trips on the vehicle to the Gun Shows or Dealer for Components, Etc.
In my case alone that would add just add $27,000 (figuring $180/sq.ft Real Estate Values in this area) just for the room I use for reloading. Kind of makes that Dillon 1050 look inexpensive.
My definition of Gun Control--- A steady grip and hitting your target.
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"If I shoot all the ammo I am carrying, either I won't need any more, or more won't be of any help".
|March 9, 2007, 02:53 PM
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Reloading is an extension of your hobby. As the OP pointed of that if factor your time in then it negates savings? Well, then with that view point Venison is the most expensive meat any hunter will eat, that walleye fillet is the most expensive fish a person will eat. Hobbies are for relaxation! They are not about saving money. So if a person does not have the time or inclination to reload then do not do it! Play and simple. Reloading just allows for bang for the shooter's dollar nothing more nothing less!
|March 9, 2007, 03:57 PM
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I buy my ammo in whole.
I shoot 9mm.
Blazers to me are 7.50 box of 50.
I like to go to the range every friday if I can , and shoot two boxes.
100 rounds a week, 5200 rounds a year.
So in one year I spend $783.00 on ammo, or 15 cents a round. shipping included.
how much to reload 5200 cases to factory specs ? and how much time would that take ?
Figure I reload once a month, 433 brass for the month of shooting... and use that same brass for the whole year..
|March 9, 2007, 04:39 PM
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My cost loading .40 cal is 5.70 box of fifty you can do the math from there!
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|March 9, 2007, 05:01 PM
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$5.70/50 = 11.4 cents/round
$570/1000 = 57 cents/round
|March 9, 2007, 05:31 PM
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never was a math wiz.
|March 9, 2007, 07:14 PM
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I got started reloading to save money. My first gun was a Weatherby 240 Magnum and factory ammo was real expensive and hard to find. After reloading a bit I found that I enjoyed reloading almost as much as shooting. Then I started buying guns that factory ammo was not available ( 30 Herrett, 357 Herrett, 7mm BR). Now sometimes I shoot so I can reload the cases. . I'm a very sick man (or so my wife says)
|March 9, 2007, 07:26 PM
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"How much to reload 5200 cases to factory specs ? and how much time would that take ?"
I track my loading costs fairly closely, and my records show that 9mm costs me right at about $4 a box. Cost is as follows:
If I wanted to buy powder in bulk or higher quantities of bullets per purchase then I could probably cut this cost down more, but right now that's what I'm spending since I load for a lot of difference calibers and don't buy for any one in especially large quantity.
Now I can load about 100 rounds an hour with my current equipment and preferred way of doing things, so we're talking basically an hour a week to load what you shoot.
$4 a box x 104 boxes (5200 rounds)= $416 which is .08 cents a round. That's half your cost in exchange for an hour of my time each week. Now if I wanted to factor in my time I'm salaried, so I'd be looking at some minimum wage job for an hour each week (not too realistic I think). Minimum wage here is $7.93 right now, plus I'd have to subtract taxes which in my bracket is about 25%. That gives me an additional $5.95 an hour cost, which totals to $309.40 a year.
$416 per 5200 rounds + $309.40 for time= $725.40 per 5200 rounds, which is in the end still cheaper than your cost.
|March 9, 2007, 09:06 PM
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I reload 8 pistol calibers.......
and what you don't understand is what I get from reloading besides the inexpensive ammo:
1) it is the most relaxing thing I do all day.......
2) it is probably the most satisfying thing I do most days.....
so there you have it---- relaxing and satisfying at the same time.....
hard to beat, I'd say.
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|March 9, 2007, 10:07 PM
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I don't ever remember being absent minded.
|March 9, 2007, 10:24 PM
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When the day comes I feel I need to factor in MY LABOR into my reloading, it is time to give it up. I have never understood why anyone would think they are so important that their reloading time is part of the equation. I would have to think how much money I am losing driving to work, how much gas I used to drive to my supplier, maybe how much it cost me in tire wear or oil for the trip to his place. I wonder how much money I lost sleeping tonight when I could have worked and made money. Damn, I just shoveled my drive today because of the snow, I better factor that in too along with the wear and tear on the shovel itself. I don't even want to think about mowing my lawn,, sheesh,, gas, oil, time and blade sharpening not to mention having to buy a mower every couple of years because it wears out,, hmmm my reloaders have never worn out. Well, I guess I am going to tell my wife she has to pay for my sexual favors too as it takes up my precious time. Well, I suppose after I get her response, I could buy it retail too and not have to worry about reloading..
|March 10, 2007, 01:35 AM
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yes people I KNOW you enjoy reloading as a hobby, I did state that in the first post.
I said hobbies cost money.
what I then said was that if
you reload just to save money, then maybe you arent.
For me, any reloading would be just to save money, and has the pleasure equvilant to doing the weekly laundry.
I just cant imagine, someone leaning over a bench, out of the press comes out another round and he says " OOOOH YEAH BABY "... I just dont see it.
of course I mean no offense, There are thousands of things that people find enjoyable that I just dont see...
such as :
A Homosexual cowboy looks at some male and thinks *JUICY*.
A marathon runner sees 26 miles and thinks AWESOME.
|March 10, 2007, 09:25 AM
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I have no doubt that many reloaders do save money, but the savings aren't so much in the cost of production, but in the fact that they shoot that many fewer rounds when they go to the range because of all the time they spend on reloading-related activities instead of shooting. For them, shooting seems to be the process of validating the reloads so that they can be a better reloader instead of the reloads being made for the process of being a better shooter. So a bunch of time is spent trying to determine just how the reloads are performing and afterwards, scrounging around on the ground to find more raw materials. Heaven forbid there should be a bad round where the reloader has to track down a spent case and inspect it thorough to try to ascertain if there are any signs on the case that would explain the problem with the bad round.
If somebody shows up and proclaims "I've just worked up a new batch" or "I am trying a new powder today" then I can usually count on that person spending more time with their reloads than with their targets and shooting.
In short, I often see two types of people at the range, reloaders and shooters, and the name implies on which activity the greatest amount of time is spend while at the range.
From my golf days, reloaders remind me of those guys who spend more time looking for "free" water balls and "free" balls in the rough than actually golfing, proclaiming all the while how much money they are saving.
|March 10, 2007, 10:02 AM
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"I just cant imagine, someone leaning over a bench, out of the press comes out another round and he says " OOOOH YEAH BABY "... I just dont see it."
You have described me perfectly. I just *love* to see those beautiful finished rounds go into the box, ready for the range. Go figure. That said, if I paid myself my normal working salary for my reload time, that would be some very expensive ammo. As a high power shooter, though, I want to make sure that I *personally* have done everything possible to get my best score.
|March 10, 2007, 11:11 AM
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A lot of those who posted apparently measure all their time during the day as if they are making money by the hour 24 hours a day!
Sort of like telling the wife , "don't waste your time all afternoon making that nice home cooked meal , that is too much time you are not getting paid for , let's just hit the DogDonalds and get a meal in two mintues.":barf:
And for those who shoot for precision , like in long range rifle or benchrest, reloading is usually the only way to go. As example a box of 20 rounds of Federal .223 using the Sierra 69 MatchKings runs about $25! I simply could not afford to shoot that ammo , but can easily afford to shoot reloads using the same bullet. Or in the case of the 44 mag , would not even own any if it were not for reloading. A 50 round range session with the 44mag can cost $25 or more with factory ammo. The hec with that. Plus I am not even making any money while I am at the range - bummer.
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|March 10, 2007, 02:07 PM
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Double Naught your experience is exactly the opposite of mine.
I reload in order to shoot more. Once I've worked up a load, it is not uncommon for me to load several hundred rounds of a given caliber, then go to the range and shoot them all!
Granted, when I'm shooting my 44 hunting loads, I will only shoot about a hundred rounds (at 100 to 150 yds) or so, but if I'm just plinking, I can and have shoot upwards of 300 rounds of 44 at 25 yds.
My wife does the same with her SP101 in .357... um, not at those distances, however.
As for .223... well, I just plink with it. 1000 rounds just for the shear pleasure of shooting is not at all uncommon. Not with me, nor the people that I shoot with.
With that much shooting, I have to reload in order to afford it.
Smokin Joe, reloading is also a relaxing and enjoyable time for me. Can't put a price on relaxation after a stressful day at work. Simply because you don't see it, doesn't negate the experience for others.
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Football is back! Meet the mad fans who can't wait
THE Premiership is back - and for these crazy football fans the new season hasn't come soon enough
It's back! The 2014/15 Premier League season will start again this weekend with more dramatic moments set to be acted out.
Even though we had the unforgettable World Cup in Brazil this summer, many of the nation's most ardent fans will feel like they've endured a football famine.
England's top division reaches a staggering 643million homes across the globe, but it's the people who sit in the stands that really matter.
Whether they are expecting a title race or relegation dogfi ght, the fans of our 20 Premier League squads will be dreaming of success in one form or another.
Aston Villa fan Jonathan Fear, 45, says a football ground is like a holy site. "It's one of the few places left where men can be men or show any emotion.
Tell me a time when you've bought dinner in a restaurant and it's made you feel like you do at a football match? It's in the blood."
Here our superfans tell us what the new season means to them.
Jonathan 'Vital Villa' Fear
For football fans it can be a matter of life or death – none more so than for Aston Villa nutcase Jonathan, 45, who delayed a vital brain operation to see his team play.
Jonathan says: "In 1994, I was waiting for a life-saving operation and against doctor's orders and all my family's wishes I decided to go to the Villa game against Blackburn.
"I thought as it might be my last occasion I simply had to be there. It was a crummy game – we lost – but I must have been the only Villa fan enjoying it. I remember looking around at the stands and getting quite emotional."
Even though his Premier League side have struggled of late, Jonathan – who set up the Vital Villa fan website – can't wait for the new season.
He said: "In the glory days, you believed as a Villa fan you could win a cup or do well in the League. These days there is a lot of doom and gloom but I am still excited. I am just not sure why!"
Sean 'The Hairy Potter' Ruane
Potters-potty Sean positively bristles with excitement for the new season – you can see it all over his face.
Sean, 49, believes his club Stoke City are the best a man can get, earning himself the nickname "The Hairy Potter".
He says: "I saw a tweet from our Danish goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen saying 'Whoever grows the best tache for Movember will get my signed shirt'. So I grew a tache but to go the extra mile I painted it like a Denmark flag.
"Sorensen saw it online and announced, 'Competition closed! We have a winner!'"
Carer Sean, who was named Fan of the Year by Stoke in their 150th season, says the start of the season is extremely special.
He says: "It's uplifting, it makes you believe anything is possible. I love the camaraderie and being around other supporters. Football is a community thing and it's about an adventure."
He added: "I make a point of greeting an away fan of each team and telling them to enjoy the game. West Ham fans are the best, they go mad for it!"
Claire 'The Crystals' Eglinton
If any normal fan ends up on the pitch of their club this weekend, they can expect a hefty ban – but not Crystal Palace supporter Claire.
As vice-captain of her club's awesome dance troupe, The Crystals, Claire, 24, gets to lead out her team on the hallowed turf every match day.
And the Eagles-mad babe says getting out on to the field is a dream come true.
"The feeling of dancing on the pitch is like no other," she says. "It's so exciting, though it can be very daunting with thousands of people watching you."
Since her first game aged eight, Claire claims there is no other place she would rather be every time the Eagles take to the field at Selhurst Park.
She added: "The start of the season has a great buzz about it. It's a fresh start for the team and the fans are happy to be back."
Despite all the competition from the football WAGs, The Crystals, who will make their season debut at home to West Ham on August 23 – have become the most glamorous sight in the Premier League.
But Claire feels it's the supporters who make the game. She said: "Football fans are like no other. If the crowd are excited it can be the best atmosphere."
"Being on the back row of Wembley cheering for your team is what you dream of at the start of every season"Heather Carroll, Liverpool fan
Heather ' Liverpool Lady' Carroll
The start of the EPL season means a lot to Liverpool-mad Heather, even though her season never really ends.
Student Heather, 22, is such an addict she not only has a season ticket for her beloved Reds, but also their sister team, Liverpool Ladies.
She says: "Just as the men's season starts in summer, the women's league is just finishing. It's amazing getting to watch Liverpool all year round. I never get sick of it.
"I sit in the Upper Centenary Stand at Anfield, and then I am at Widnes to see Liverpool Ladies the week after."
Since going to see Liverpool play in the Champions League when she was eleven, Heather has forsaken everything else for football – even if it upsets her Dad.
She explains: "He's an Everton fan, but the whole of my Mum's side are red and so he was outnumbered.
"My favourite ever Liverpool game was the Wembley semi-final against Everton in 2012 when Andy Carroll scored the winner late on.
"It was even more amazing as I was only able to go at the last minute as the demand for tickets was so tough. Being on the back row of Wembley cheering for your team is what you dream of at the start of every season."
Dave 'Mr Burnley' Burnley
HE'S the undisputed "Mr Burnley" because 60-year-old Dave has that name on all his post!
The Clarets-mad fan has not missed a game home or away in over 40 years and changed his name by deed poll back in 1976 to reflect his love for the club.
He says: "I was born Dave Beeston but I've been Burnley mad ever since my first game aged ten.
"I got thrown out of school for missing my O-levels to see us play Chelsea in the Cup, and I even named my daughter Colette so it sounds like 'Clarets' – our nickname. I wanted to call her Burnley too, but quite rightly her mother wasn't having any of it!"
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Album Rating: 3.0Pretty good stuff, but nothing groundbreaking.
Good review clercqie, mindpos.
Is there an official stream or YT link for the album?
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Album Rating: 3.0I was so ready to love this but yeah... his last EP was better as well.
Album Rating: 3.0Angst was pretty good indeed. This is nice as well, but it just sort of drifts by. It doesn't have any lasting impact, which is a shame because there's some really good production work on here.
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OverviewThe Serra do Mar (Sea Mountain Range) in the South Brazil State of Paraná is divided in many local ranges, like serra do Marumbi, serra do Ibitiraquire, serra Graciosa and other. The elevations are around 1000 and 1900 m.
Morro do Sete is located at serra Graciosa (Graceful range), as well as Mãe Catira (Mother Catira) and Caranguejeiras. The highest point of this range is Mãe Catira, with 1457m. But the most known of them is the Sete.
Like the rest of Serra do Mar, the rocks are granits with age around 600 millions years. For 150 millions years ago, the tectonic process that divided South America and Africa had elevated a great block of rocks to the actual level, forming the Serra do Mar. In the following millions of years rain and erosion had worked to shape the forms of these mountains.
The west side of Serra Graciosa is not very steep, but the east side is a wall, where are two fractures that formed a giant number 7, that give the name to this mountain. Since the first portuguese explorers came to this region in the 16th century, the Sete is a reference for the travelers. The Graciosa historical trail, first way from the coastline to Curitiba's plateau, is on its base.
The trail to Sete is very easy and it is good marked with tapes on the trees. After a half hour it crosses a creek. Be careful with summer rains, because this creek grows and close the trail!
This route goes first through the summit of Mãe Catira, and until here is just walk up. Before this summit you must to pay attention, because there are many other small trails. The main one is the second at the left side after you exit the jungle. After this summit it starts to go down, till the summit of Sete. The time needed to this hike is 2:00 - 3:00 hours (1:30 to Mãe Catira).
From the summit of Sete you can see: to North the gigantic serra do Ibitiraquire with Pico Paraná; to South, after a big valley formed by the Canoa river, the Serra da Farinha Seca, Serra do Marumbi and the railroad Curitiba-Paranaguá; to East the Paranaguá and Antonina bays, the towns with the same names, the town of Morretes and far away the Ilha do Mel (Honey Island) on the mouth of Paranaguá bay.
Getting There
With car: from Curitiba you must go to North, in direction São Paulo, by the BR-116 highway. After 38 km you will find the access to the Estrada da Graciosa (Graciosa's Road). Take this one and after eight beautiful kilometers you will find a small way at the right side, which goes through the forest till a little farm called Casa de Pedra (Stone House). It has this name because there are the ruins from an old stone house, built by german immigrants after the 1st World War. At this farm lives Wilson, a nice guy, with his family. They don't speak English, just Portuguese, but ask for "Morro do Sete" and they will show you the trailhead.
With bus: at the bus station in Curitiba you can find buses from Viação Graciosa, which goes to the coastline towns of Antonina, Morretes or Paranaguá, but pay attention: it must go through the Estrada da Graciosa. Ask the driver for the first belvedere (called Recanto Lacerda) and go down there. Then you must to come back 1 km, till the way to Casa de Pedra.
Time-shedule from Curitiba bus station:
Antonina: every day 5:30 pm
Morretes: every day 7:45 am
Paranaguá: every day 7:45 am
Viação Graciosa: +55 (41) 3223 0873
Red TapeYou don't need any permits to visit Morro do Sete, just warn Wilson at the trailhead that you are going there.
I don't recommend people that has no experience in jungle's mountains to hike this one alone. With really great pleasure I will show you this and other mountains of this region, just write me.
CampingThere are good wild camping places at the summit of Mãe Catira, from where you can see a wonderful sunrise, but there is no water, you can find it on the trail. Just about 20 minutes before the summit of Sete is another place, for only one tent, and it is in middle of the jungle. You can also camp at the trailhead, near the Stone House (be careful, there are many stories of ghosts and spirits around this house...) Just speak first with Wilson. Probably he will invite you to sleep on his house.
Best time to climbThis is a mountain to hike in all seasons. In summer is very hot, and the probality that you cross with poisonous snakes or spiders on the trail is really great. And it rains every end of day.
The best time to climb in this region is: April to September. The wheather is colder, with temperatures from -10°C (14° F) early morning to 15°C (59° F) in a sunny afternoon. This is the dry season.
Climbing routesSource: Clube Paranaense de Montanhismo, just on Portuguese. They have extracted this from Red Point Magazine, September 1989.
On the East wall of Morro do Sete is a mobile climbing route, called Fogo Interior. It was first climb by a party of Paraná, Antonio Carlos Meyer (Bito), José Luis Hartmann (Xiquinho) and Júlio Nogueira on July, 1989, with a less known climbig technique in Brazil at that time, the mobile climb. They used just 5 crampons, while there are two negatives, in total 150 m rock and 100 m jungle.
The technical material they used was basically little nuts (0 to 2), friends to 3 1/2, pitons and cliffs hanger. They suggest a graduation A4 with 7°sup. They said this is a very delicate route, that requires extremly careful and response, because a fall can hurt another one.
Technical specifications of the material:
2 fixed grilon ropes with 45 m
1 perlon attack rope with 40 m
1 8 mm rope with 45 m.
I don't have found other information, if someone has more about this or other route on Morro do Sete, please add us.


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