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Diphlu River Lodge
Kaziranga National Park, India
Diphlu River Lodge overlooks the Kaziranga National Park in Assam in north-east India. With just 12 cottages, Diphlu provides an intimate lodge from which to explore Kaziranga's diverse wildlife on either a jeep or elephant safari.
At a Glance
Diphlu River Lodge is the best lodge in Kazaranga and an ideal bolthole from which to explore the park
All cottages are on stilts and have amazing views over the Diphlu River or local paddy fields
Take elephant safaris into the park in the morning and jeep drives in the afternoon
Many other interesting activities to do such as dolphin safaris on the Brahmaputra to visiting local villages and exploring tea gardens
You really feel you are in a remote corner of India, the local people love to welcome you to the area
Call us on 858 523 9000 to start planning your vacation to Diphlu River Lodge or take a look at our itineraries to Calcutta and northeast India
Kaziranga National Park is one of the less-known wildlife parks in India, covering some 430 square kilometers and set within the flood plain of the legendry Brahmaputra River. It has the largest population of rhino in India, and also is home to a sizable population of Bengal tiger and wild elephant (although tiger sightings are pretty rare due to the long grass that the park is famous for, and the tiger's ability to hide exceptionally well!) You can expect to find these extensive grasslands leading to a multitude of interconnecting streams and small lakes making the park exceptionally beautiful and remarkably different to the other parks in Central India. It is also renowned for its birdlife, with over 400 species resident in the park.
Diphlu River Lodge is quite simply the only place to stay in the area, and is around a 20-minute drive to the park gates. Generally, there are elephant safaris in the morning and jeep drives in the late afternoon and you can put your feet up in the lodge during the middle of the day (it is worth bringing a good book with you). If you want to fill up the day, you can drive down to the river and embark on a dolphin safari, bathe an elephant, visit an Assam tea garden, visit a local village and get a glimpse into local tribal life or visit a local rubber plantation. All in all, you can easily spend three nights in Kaziranga.
The best way to access Kaziranga is to fly to Guwahati which is the most connected airport and has flights from Calcutta, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangkok followed by a four hour drive to the lodge. If you are flying from Calcutta, there are flights to Jorhat and Tezpur, which are much closer to Kazaranga in terms of the final transfer time, being only one or two hours away. Some guests like to combine with a river cruise down the Brahmaputra, a visit to Bhutan or Sikkim.
The Lodge itself is elegantly designed and surrounds a central 'Machan' which means 'jungle platform' and houses the dining and sitting area as well as a delightful veranda from where you can sip a leisurely sundowner after an evening game drive. There are views over the Diphlu River or verdant paddy fields beyond. There is a central lotus pond, which is wonderfully lit up by lanterns at night. Near the entrance to the lodge you find the 'Hilltop' where barbeques and dance performances take place and you can opt for picnics down by the river bank.
There are 12 air-conditioned thatched cottages in total, all perched on stilts with private balconies. There are four which look out over the river which we suggest opting for, and there are four semi-detached cottages if you are traveling with the family. The interiors are welcoming, using a blend of local bamboo and wooden fixtures and fittings. Don't expect all the mod-cons such as a TV, but there is a small writing desk to write up your adventures on safari, a small mini-bar and an en-suite bathroom. The rooms are clean and comfortable, and given how far off the beaten track you are in India, the rooms are more than suitable for a few days on safari. They offer nice little touches in the winter such as putting a hot water bottle in your bed before you return from dinner. What we love is their tea selection: brew fresh aromatic loose Assam tea before moving out to your private veranda and slumping into your traditional cane chair overlooking the river beyond. You will just smile at how lucky you have been to consider this lesser known corner of India.
Meals are taken in the main Machan, and the cuisine varies between continental, north Indian and local dishes. Diphlu Lodge grows its own rice, mustard and vegetables on site. They take their eco-policies seriously, and many of the staff are drawn from the local community.
There are 12 cottages, with eight individual cottages and four semi-detached cottages. They use natural materials such as bamboo and local wood. All cottages are thatched and air-conditioned. They feature a writing desk, mini-bar and a small fridge. Bathrooms are en-suite and feature a dressing area, power shower, fitted wardrobe and safe (note no bathtubs). The cottages open out onto a veranda featuring cane chairs. Four of the cottages overlook the river which carries a small supplement in price.
The lodge has a main Machan at the center of the property overlooking a lotus pond. This houses an air-conditioned sitting and dining area and opens out onto two verandas. The larger veranda has a high thatched ceiling and overlooks the Diphlu River and Kazaranga National Park. The second overlooks paddy fields and is ideal for breakfast. The Machan has a small TV Room and library. Other than that you can wander to the Hilltop where barbeques are served along with local tribal dance performances. Picnic lunches can be provided down by the river bank. There is also a small outdoor coffee area.
Game drives are included in the room cost and generally consist of morning elephant safaris and afternoon jeep drives in Kazaranga National Park. Other than the tiger and rhino, the park has a wealth of mammals on offer including the capped langur, hoolock gibbon, leopard, sloth bear, Ganges dolphin, otter, wild boar, water buffalo, gaur, sambar, swamp deer, hog deer and Barking deer. The bird life on offer is superb with over 400 species on offer, including black-necked stork, lesser adjutant stork, Pallas's fish eagle, grey-headed fish eagle, Bengal florican, swamp partridge, grey peacock-pheasant, great pied hornbill, green imperial pigeon, silver-breasted broadbill and Jerdon's bushchat. If reptiles are your interest then you can possibly see the Assam roofed turtle, water monitor, Indian python, common cobra and king cobra. Other than that the lodge can arrange visits to local villages, elephant bathing, a rubber plantation walk and visits to an Assam tea garden.
Location & Directions
Kaziranga National Park, India
Diphlu Lodge is located close to Kazaranga National Park (which takes around 20-minutes to get to from the lodge) in Assam in north-east India.
When to go
Assam has three main seasons- Summer, Monsoon, and Winter. Summer, during March-May, is hot and humid with temperature touching 38-40°C. Monsoon starts in June and lasts till September, October. Winter starts in November and stays till February and weather is very pleasant. Best time to visit Assam is October-March.


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Like so many people, I eagerly await the arrival of Pumpkin Season the way a 5-year-old counts down the days to Christmas. It can't come fast enough each fall and, after all that waiting for local pumpkin patches to mature and send fruits to my local farmers market, whoosh! It seems like it's gone before you know it.
I didn't always used to be such a fan. For most of my life, in fact, I associated pumpkin with the dessert everyone and his cousin professes to love but I couldn't hate more -- pumpkin pie. Then a few years ago, my son's girlfriend, Carolann, had me try a Pumking pumpkin ale. Talk about your revelations.
One sip of the heavily spiced, slightly sweet pumpkin brew and I wasn't just in love, I was hooked. (Addicted, my husband likes to say.) And I suddenly realized: What other pumpkin-y delights had I been missing? Quite a few, it turns out -- everything from doughnuts and pasta dishes to soup, cookies and even jam.
I still wouldn't eat a slice of pumpkin pie if my life depended upon it, but I've discovered plenty of delicious and different uses for Libby's canned pure pumpkin, which is made from Dickinson pumpkins (a long, tan variety that looks more like a butternut squash than the big round orange carving pumpkin on the label). We offer a few of those recipes here, including one for making your own pumpkin puree from scratch. It's easier than you might think, and so much sweeter than canned. Plus, this year is shaping up to be a good year for Pennsylvania pumpkin growers, according to the folks at the Pennsylvania Vegetable Marketing and Research Program. So you should be able to find edible varieties in spades through the end of October at your farmers market or grocery.
To choose, look for a firm pumpkin that's free of any punctures or soft areas and has a good, solid stem. While it's possible to cook a large jack-o-lantern-type pumpkin for pies and other recipes, you probably don't want to because the flesh will be stringy and not particularly flavorful; smaller pie-types that weigh 5 to 8 pounds (called "sugar pumpkins" because of their sweetness) are a much better choice because they're bred specifically for cooking.
After the seeds and attached strings are removed, pumpkins can be cooked a number of different ways -- boiled, steamed or microwaved until tender. I prefer to roast one in a hot oven until its flesh is fragrant and tender, making sure to first prick it several times with a fork to allow steam to escape. Cooked, pureed pumpkin can be refrigerated up to three days, or packed in bags or plastic containers and frozen for several months.
Any way you prepare it, the fruit is good for you. Rich in antioxidants and high in fiber, a serving of pumpkin also is chock full of vitamin A, which is important for bone growth and eyesight.
Let the madness begin.
Pumpkin Parmesan Risotto
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Pumpkin puree prepared from scratch takes some time and effort but it's so worth it, especially when you're making something as delicious as risotto. I roasted a blue Hubbard squash from Harvest Valley Farms at the Market Square Farmers Market. Prick it several times with a fork to allow steam to escape, and bake it in a 350-degree oven until tender (about 2 hours for a 4-pound pumpkin).
2 to 2 1/2 cups water
1 3/4 cups chicken broth
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup finely chopped onion (1 large)
1 clove garlic, minced
2 cups uncooked arborio rice
1 cup dry white wine
1 1/2 tablespoons snipped fresh sage
1 cup Pumpkin Puree (recipe at follows) or canned pureed pumpkin
1/2 cup finely shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
Sage leaves and shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano for garnish
In large saucepan bring the water and broth to boil; reduce heat to maintain simmer.
In heavy 4-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. add onion and garlic and cook for 3 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Add rice; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add wine; cook and stir until liquid is absorbed. Stir in snipped sage and a bout 1 cup of the broth mixture; stir until almost all of the liquid is absorbed.
Continue cooking and adding broth, 1 cup at a time, stirring until almost all of the liquid is absorbed before adding more. Continue cooking and adding broth until rice is tender but still firm to the bite and risotto is creamy.
Stir pumpkin puree and 1/2 cup cheese into risotto. Cook until heated through, about 1 minute. Serve in bowls. If desired, top with sage leaves and shaved cheese.
Serves 4 to 6.
-- "Better Homes & Gardens Fresh: Recipes for Enjoying Ingredients at Their Peak" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, April 2013, $29.99)
Pumpkin Puree
2 1/2 pounds pie pumpkins
Cut pumpkin into 5-by-5-inch pieces. Remove seeds and strings. Arrange pieces in a single layer, skin sides up, in a foil-lined baking pan. Cover with foil. Bake about 1 hour or until tender. When cool enough to handle, scoop pulp from rind. Place pulp in food processor or blender. Process or blend until smooth. Transfer puree to an airtight container, and store for up to 3 days in the refrigerator or freeze up to 6 months. Thaw frozen puree in the refrigerator.
Makes 13/4 cups.
Pumpkin Spice Drop Doughnuts
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What's great about this gently spiced dough is that it's purposefully loose and sticky, so you don't have to roll and cut it. Instead, scoop the chilled batter into small balls and fry it free form.
The original recipe includes a simple cream cheese frosting, but a liberal sprinkling of confectioners' sugar tastes great, too.
For doughnuts
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 1/3 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
, melted and cooled
Vegetable oil, for frying
For cream cheese frosting
4 tablespoons ( 1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
In bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine flour, sugars, baking powder and soda, salt and pie spice and mix well. Add pumpkin, buttermilk, egg and egg yolk and mix until just barely combined. Add melted, cooled butter and mix until just combined. Put dough in refrigerator and chill for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat at least 2 inches of oil in a heavy-bottomed pot fitted with a deep-fry thermometer until oil reaches 350 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with paper towels.
Using a 3/4-ounce (11/4-inch) ice cream scoop, gently drop balls of batter into oil, taking care not to crowd the pot. Fry for 2 to 3 minutes, until golden brown all over. The balls tend to bob in the oil and rotate on their own, but it doesn't hurt to nudge here and there so they cook evenly on all sides. Drain on paper towels.
Prepare frosting: Cream together butter, cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add vanilla and mix well. Use immediately or store in refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Spread each doughnut ball with a smear of cream cheese frosting and serve immediately.
Makes 2 dozen doughnuts.
-- "Glazed, Filled, Sugared & Dipped: Easy Doughnut Recipes to Fry or Bake at Home" by Stephen Collucci (Clarkson Potter, Aug. 2013, $17.99)
Marmelade de Citrouille (Pumpkin Jam)
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Boy, was this easy! Delicious on toast, muffins or pancakes.
6 1/2 pounds sugar pumpkins (about 2 small)
1 1/2 pounds caster (super fine) sugar
Juice of 2 lemons
Cook pumpkin with a little water until soft, then dice. (I quartered the pumpkins and roasted them for about a half hour in a 400-degree oven; the skin comes right off.) Add sugar and cook for another hour, stirring frequently. Add lemon juice, put the hot jam into sterilized jars, cool and seal.
Makes about 1 cup.
-- "Memories of Gascony" by Pierre Koffmann (Mitchell Beazley, Oct. 2013, $34.99)
Gratin de Citrouille (Gratin of Pumpkin)
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This is a rich dish, so a little goes a long way. You can find duck fat at Crested Duck Charcuterie in Beechview ($12 a pint) as well as at Giant Eagle Market District stores.
1 3/4 pound pumpkin, diced
1 ounce duck fat
4 ounces cooked rice
4 ounces double cream
Salt and freshly ground pepper
3 ounces Gruyere
Heat the fat in a saucepan, then put in the pumpkin and cook slowly until soft, stirring occasionally so that it does not stick. Add a little water if necessary.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Mash the pumpkin with a potato masher, then add cooked rice and cream. Season with salt and pepper and pour the pumpkin into a gratin dish. Sprinkle the cheese on top and bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Serve at once.
Serves 4.
---- "Memories of Gascony" by Pierre Koffmann (Mitchell Beazley, Oct. 2013, $34.99)
Pumpkin and Tomato Soup with Cheese
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2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 garlic clove, grated
2 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 can whole plum tomatoes with juice or 2 1/2 pounds ripe, juicy tomatoes, cored and coarsely chopped
2 15-ounce cans pureed pumpkin
1 tablespoon tomato paste
Coarse salt
2 tablespoons fresh lime or lemon juice
Freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup coarsely shredded comte, pecorino Romano or sharp cheddar, or plain yogurt or creme fraiche
Heat oil in a soup pot until it is hot enough to sizzle a piece of onion. Add onion and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, over medium-low heat until the onion is golden, about 10 minutes. Add garlic and cumin and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
Add tomatoes, pumpkin, 21/2 cups water, tomato paste and 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil and cook, covered, over medium-low heat for 10 minutes. Uncover and cool slightly. Puree the soup with an immersion blender, or in a blender or food processor (in batches, if necessary) until smooth. Return soup to the pot. Add additional water to thin soup is necessary.
Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in lime juice. Add more salt, if needed, and black pepper to taste. Ladle soup into bowls and divide cheese among the bowls, mounding it in the center of each serving. Or, add a dollop of yogurt or creme fraiche. Serve at once.
Serves 6 to 8.
-- "Fresh & Fast Vegetarian" by Marie Simmons (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011, $17.95)
Gretchen McKay: firstname.lastname@example.com, 412-263-1419 or on Twitter @gtmckay. First Published October 9, 2013 8:00 PM
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Former ABC News Religion Reporter To Receive 2002 Baylor Communications AwardAug. 26, 2002
Peggy Wehmeyer, the first national religion correspondent for a major television news network, will be presented with the 2002 Baylor University Communications Award during the annual President's Media Luncheon at noon Tuesday, Aug. 27, in Barfield Drawing Room in the Bill Daniel Student Center.
The award, which will be presented by Baylor President Robert B. Sloan Jr., was established six years ago to honor those individuals who have distinguished themselves in the field of communications and also in their communities.
After working and studying at Dallas Theological Seminary, Wehmeyer began her broadcasting career in the early 1980s at Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA-TV, where she pioneered the first religion beat in local television. In 1994, she was tapped by "ABC World News Tonight" anchor Peter Jennings to cover the religion beat, at the time a non-existent category at a national network. Within a year, Jennings said Wehmeyer's work on religion and spirituality issues "elicits a greater response from both audience and colleagues than anything else we have done in recent years."
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Wehmeyer earned her journalism degree with honors from the University of Texas. She lectures at universities around the country and consults from her home base in Dallas, where she resides with her husband, Mark, and two teenage daughters, Hannah and Lauren.
Wehmeyer will serve as a distinguished guest lecturer at Baylor for the fall 2002 semester. She will spend several days on campus, meeting with students in the Honors program and consulting with the department of journalism.
Wehmeyer joins past recipients of the Baylor Communications Award:
1996 -- Toby Druin, editor emeritus of the Baptist Standard and a 1966 Baylor graduate, and Rick Bradfield, news director of KWTX-TV in Waco and a 1976 Baylor graduate
1997 -- Jack Loftis, associate publisher, executive vice president and editor of the Houston Chronicle and a 1957 Baylor graduate; Hollis Biddle, special projects director of the Waco Tribune-Herald and former managing editor of Texas Football magazine; and Ann Roznovsky, marketing director of the Waco Tribune-Herald
1998 -- Troy Dungan, chief weather anchor at WFAA-TV in Dallas and a 1959 Baylor graduate
1999 -- Dave Campbell, a 1950 Baylor graduate, founder and editor-in-chief of Texas Football magazine, editor-in-chief of the Baylor Bear Insider, and retired sports editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald
2000 -- Steve Blow, columnist with The Dallas Morning News
2001 -- Frank Fallon, legendary Baylor sports broadcaster
For more information about the award, contact Lori Scott Fogleman, director of media relations, at (254) 710-6275.
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June 19th, 2013 01:10 PM #11Senior Member
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Velvet - this is too funny since we have the same due date. I just sent an email to my best friend yesterday that Antonia was one of my favourites (nickname Annie, as well) but probably not actually in my running for this baby (it just gets bumped in favour of more prevelant family names and better middle name options). I think it's pan-European and classic, just gorgeous. I find Persephone just trying to hard a bit for my personal taste but people say that about my names, any way!
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Antonia, all the way.Blythe - Claudia - Daphne - Flora - Hermione - Juliet - Louisa - Rosamund - Susannah
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June 19th, 2013 02:24 PM #15
I like Persephone but Antonia wins the poll for me! I like its meaning much better and it flows well with Eloise as a mn. Antonia is a multi-cultural name that would be fine for a mixed race child. It has history, it's strong and elegant.All the best,
June 19th, 2013 02:40 PM #17
I adore Antonia. It's sleek, urbane, continental in the true sense (pan-national really). It has a gorgeous upper-crust vibe. Obviously with a son called Antoine I could never use it, but it's been a long-time favorite. I don't think it rings particularly Italian and if the middle name is set in stone as Eloise, it sounds much better than Persephone which ends with the same sound as Eloise begins with.Blade, MD
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The high school football season has come to a close, but there is no rest for the cheerleading squad at Van Nuys High School.
The 15-member squad still practices five days a week, 2 1/2 hours a day to perfect their tumbles, flips and tosses.
Is this some kind of punishment? No, it's a reward for being so good.
Last month the squad took first place for the second straight year in the citywide Universal Cheerleading Assn.'s regional competition. The squad is now practicing for the national competition to be held in Florida in February.
The cheerleaders are hoping to better their disappointing finish in the nationals last year when they were plagued by injuries.
"We're very excited about our chances," said Lainey Abe, a senior and the squad's co-captain about the upcoming competition. "We've got a higher level of difficulty this year and it should help us."


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By Anthony J. Lockwood
Dear Desktop Engineering Reader:
The folks at ReverseEngineering.com have been busy lately, and their latest product is called ReSpect. Out of r.e.s.p.e.c.t to them an Aretha Franklin, I'll skip a song and dance filled with puns, and get cracking on it.
ReSpect is a plug-in reverse engineering toolset for SolidWorks that's all about respecting your time as a designer tasked with getting a physical object scanned and prepped for the next step. "Next step" can be MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul), first or periodic part inspection, prototype to CAD comparison, alignment checking, or legacy part reconstruction. Doesn't matter. ReSpect honors your time by enabling you to scan an object into SolidWorks directly where you can begin working on it at the same time.
And by "working on it" I mean that you can measure features, inspect points of interest, and compare CAD-to-parts—in real time. ReSpect aligns the scan data to your model as you scan it. You do your checking and update your SolidWorks design simultaneously. Since ReSpect integrates with SolidWorks and with your portable CMM natively, you recoup additional time by skipping the scan data translation step and the seek-and-repair data translation noise processes. It uses pull down menus and toolbar integration that complement SolidWorks, rather than fitting in like Skyjacker shocks on a moped. The whole effect that ReverseEngineering.com strives for is to make scanning, mousing, and futzing with the scan data in SolidWorks a fluid process designed to meet your goals rather than separate processes that you trudge through one-by-one toward your goal.
ReSpect supports GD&T and has features like create lock plane and radial profiles, user-defined plane tolerancing, and an on-demand, modifiable scan data database. One cool feature is a simple Go/No-Go measurement capability that lets you do feature measurements quickly. Again on the efficiency side of things, it leverages the CAD Feature Tree Management to help you organize measured and nominal data.
If you are familiar with ReverseEngineering.com's offerings, which you should be if scanning is your line, I should note that ReSpect is an independent plug-in for SolidWorks. You do not need another application from the company for it to ride on top of. All you need is SolidWorks, a workstation and a compatible scanner. ReSpect pretty much supports all the major portable CMMs, by the way.
I asked about versions of ReSpect for the some of the other major MCAD applications that ReverseEngineering.com's software supports. For the time being, ReSpect is available only for SolidWorks, I was told. But that shouldn't stop you from checking out today's Pick of the Week write-up, especially since the company offers ReSpect bundled with SolidWorks for $7,995 as well as separately if you're already set with it. We've linked a quick video off the write-up for you–no sign-up required. This is a good one, particularly if you want to or have to get a little r.e.s.p.e.c.t for your time.
Thanks, pal. — Lockwood
Anthony J. Lockwood
Editor at Large, Desktop Engineering Magazine


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Remember To Ask Your Doctor Questions! Being at the doctor's office can be intimating. When it comes to your healthcare it is important to ask questions. It is easy for you to ask questions, but when it comes to asking your doctor people can be silent. Asking questions to your healthcare provider can help you understand the treatment you are receiving. Your health is important and you should know exactly what is going on. You need to be your own advocate. Asking questions and talking to your... Read More
Why Shop At Farmers Markets? Farmers markets are one of my favorite food destinations. Not only do you have homemade, fresh products at your fingertips, but you also get a look at all sorts of new foods at a reasonable price. While studying abroad in Australia, it was even more exciting for me with exotic local fruits and vegetables and great deals verses a supermarket. I often find that different booths will have the same fruits and vegetables but different pricing, so make sure to scope it... Read More
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A distinct, savory spread that you'll either love or hate. The infamous Vegemite originated in the land down under and has been around since the early 1900s. This savory spread is packed with B vitamins and was originally popular in the armed forces. The spread has also been prescribed by doctors as a vitamin B supplement. One serving provides 25-50% recommended daily intake of folate, vitamin B1, B2, and B3 (also known as thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin). B vitamins are water soluble and... Read More


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A majority of city council finally forced Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman to publish a secret list of frequent arrestees on Wednesday afternoon. Other local media have been downplaying the controversy during the hearing, but Commissioner Randy Leonard essentially went apeshit—as apeshit as it's possible to go in a city council hearing, at least—at Saltzman for withholding the list, in a continuation of his earlier hostility toward the police commissioner from the morning session. This comes on the heels of a series of skeptical statements about Saltzman from the mental health community, over his handling of the inquiry into the death in custody of James Chasse. And this morning, Police Union boss Scott Westerman was excoriated by a mental health advocate for his remarks about "healing," related to the case.
The vote came as an amendment on the payment of $1.2million more into the program, to fund ongoing drug treatment and rehabilitation for 53 people. City Commissioner Nick Fish supported the payment, but pointed out that "for an equivalent investment we can tackle about 40% of the homeless problem on the streets of Portland." "We're talking about a substantial investment of public resources," he continued.
I was absent from the hearing—as it happened, I was interviewing three of the people in the program, having worked with Saltzman's office to set the meeting up for the last month—but I've posted complete video from the hearing on Youtube this afternoon, because you really do need to watch it to get the full benefit of Leonard's long stares in Saltzman's direction, and City Commissioner Amanda Fritz's frantic efforts to diffuse what appears to be brewing as a pretty nasty argument. Sources also say Leonard hadn't discussed his planned remarks with Mayor Sam Adams, who was caught on the hoof, trying to accommodate Leonard with a hastily-crafted amendment before all hell broke loose.
A month ago, Saltzman said he had decided to keep the list secret, to protect the confidentiality of people on it. Leonard appeared to back off, saying he disagreed, but respected Saltzman's authority as police commissioner. But he certainly wasn't backing off, on Wednesday.
Initially this week, Mayor Adams suggested releasing the demographic information of people on the list, after criticism from Copwatch activist Dan Handelman. But Leonard interrupted. "There's no legal justification for keeping the names secret," he said, accusing Saltzman of "not serving the best interest of the program, or even the people in the program." "It's time to end this charade of allowing those who would attack this program for various reasons to hang their hat on the list," he continued.
Saltzman said "certain elements of the press are just clamoring to get the names in print," referring first to "the Mercury and Willamette Week," and later, specifically, to the Mercury. "You can dress up the issue any way you like," said Saltzman. "But these are people, they are individuals, they are job applicants, and I don't necessarily think they want to pick up the Mercury and see their names in the paper."
Leonard then bought his daughter into the argument. He again accused Saltzman's police bureau of leaking details about his daughter to the press—apparently referencing this Willamette Week story that describes her entry into drug treatment as an "open secret" at city hall. Leonard directed a long stare in Saltzman's direction as he made these remarks.
Then, Leonard said: "You get to the point when you have a child where they become an item for the police department—the least of your worries is for somehow the Mercury or the Willamette Week publishes their names. You're worried if you're going to get the call from the coroner."
It's not clear what pushed Leonard into such an aggressive frame of mind on Wednesday, but Saltzman had earlier said he didn't support Leonard's plans to arm water bureau security guards. Leonard has now shelved his plans to arm water bureau guards for two weeks, to look at alternatives, reports Mark Larabee in yesterday's Oregonian.
Fritz and City Commissioner Nick Fish ultimately sided with Leonard on publishing the list, as did the mayor. Saltzman still voted against releasing the list. You can watch the complete videos after the jump. We have requested a copy of the list from the city attorney's office so we can do demographic analysis on it—we are hearing that the overwhelming majority of folks on the list are African American. We'll let you know as soon as we get it, and of course, publish the entire thing, over six whole pages, in every single copy of the Mercury, next week.


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|Women Are Caterpillars: The Media Life Cycle Of A Dumb Political Analogy
Here's the problem that RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has: Mitt Romney, all but confirmed as the GOP's nominee for president, is standing on the wrong side of a yawning gender gap. Consequently, he'd love for the media to be having any discussion on any topic other than the myriad ways his party has recently sought to denigrate women. So today, in an interview with Bloomberg Television, he took his best shot:
If the Democrats said we had a war on caterpillars and every mainstream media outlet talked about the fact that Republicans have a war on caterpillars, then wed have problems with caterpillars, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said in an interview on Bloomberg Televisions Political Capital with Al Hunt airing this weekend. "Its a fiction."
Okay, so it's pretty clear that Priebus would prefer that people believe that all those "personhood" laws, and the vaginal ultrasound laws, and the slut-shaming of women who want affordable access to the combination oral contraceptive for a myriad of reasons -- from family planning to the relief of painful ovarian cysts -- were just things that the media invented. That's a pretty untenable position to take, but since Priebus obviously cannot close the gender gap by promising to give women reproductive autonomy or increased access to vital health care, it's the only move he really has at the moment.


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The water factor's role in sprouting was defined for intact mature hard red spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) spikes in laboratory experiments as a prelude to developing a sprouting model. Grain and spike water concentration are essentially synonymous at harvest ripeness. Spike water concentration increased linearily by 10 g kg−1 min−1, dry wt at 69°C, when continuously misted at 19 mm h−1, while water imbibition by grain in once wetted intact spikes increased curvilinearily, varying with spike water concentration and equilibration time. Maximum imbibition rate of grain was 17 g kg−1 h−1 with wheat spike water concentration at 1450 g kg−1. Water evaporation from wetted spikes was slower at high than low relative humidity, and slower after equilibration (time for imbibition) than if drying was initiated immediately after wetting. Minimum equilibrated spike water concentration inducing sprouting was about 450 to 490 g kg−1. Sprouting was not induced by wetting field-growing wheat during primary dehydration until the water concentration had declined to about 120 g kg−1 for at least 2 days. When cut at Feekes stage 11.3, the number of drying days required before any sprouting could be induced varied with cultivars, ranging from about 4 to more than 15 days. Sprouting potential was enhanced by wetting-drying cycles in which the wetted interval was too brief to permit sufticient imbibition to initiate sprouting. Ninety percent of the kernels in 300 mature spikes sprouted within 8 days after misting to saturation (about 1500 g kg−1 water contmtration) and maintained at a minimum of 750 g kg−1; 20% of the kernels sprouted within 28 h of initiation of wetting.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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I went to Yarn Tree Studios today in Raleigh and they were having 50% off on some of their yarns. I couldn't help myself. I have a healthy stash already, but with that big of a sale, who can say no?
So here's what I bought:
Wolle's Color Changing Cotton
I've never knit a shawl from cotton before, but I was curious to try it with these long color changes.
Manos Serena 3 ply baby alpaca/pima cotton
Apparently I was in the mood for green today
The Yarn Tree has also agreed to start selling some of my patterns in their shop! The Miya Shawl will be first, so they gave me a skein of the beautiful Malabrigo sock in purple to knit a shop sample. This picture isn't that good, it's hard to photograph dark purple with my point and shoot camera.


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Creative Economy You should never stop learning Lifelong learners rule! What's different about how we learn? Old Workplace Learn by rote Learning is hierarchical (Teacher to Student) Training is 'formal' New Workplace Creative Open Collaborative Learning can be peer to peer Apply instead of regurgitate Learning can be informal Relies on butts in seats I'm formal. Not spontaneous.
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SHANGHAI, Feb. 27 — With growth slowing at its outlets in the United States and its stock price slumping, Wal-Mart Stores is aiming to gain greater access to the world's most rapidly growing major economy by buying into one of China's biggest retailers.
Wal-Mart said Tuesday that its purchase of a 35 percent stake in the Bounteous Company, a Taiwan-owned group that operates more than 100 retail outlets in China, is part of a strategy to expand in large emerging markets like Brazil and India, as well as China.
Wal-Mart declined to say how much it paid to buy its stake in Bounteous, but people close to the deal said Wal-Mart had agreed to pay close to $1 billion to assume control of the Chinese retailer.
China has a fast-growing middle class that may now number close to 50 million. But China's market is fragmented, and so far it has no dominant national retail chain like Wal-Mart. Bounteous, which operates in 34 cities in China under the name Trust-Mart, will continue to operate independently for now.
But eventually, Wal-Mart is expected to take control of Trust-Mart. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, currently operates 73 stores in China, and the company has more than 37,000 employees here. Trust-Mart has more than 31,000 employees in China working in hypermarket stores that sell everything from groceries and clothing to home appliances.Continue reading the main story
If Wal-Mart takes control of Bounteous, it would move into position to become China's dominant foreign retailer. But it faces stiff competition from other large Chinese retailers, as well as European retail rivals like Carrefour of France, Metro of Germany and Tesco of Britain.
"This is an important step in bringing additional scale to our China retail business," Michael T. Duke, the vice chairman of Wal-Mart, said in a statement.
By acquiring a stake in the Trust-Mart parent Bounteous, which is privately held, Wal-Mart could surpass Carrefour, which has about 90 superstores operating here and had $2.3 billion in sales in 2005.
But Wal-Mart's profits in China are unlikely to contribute significantly to its earnings over the next few years.
Before the deal, Wal-Mart's China operations accounted for only a tiny fraction of its global sales, which were more than $344 billion last year.
In 2005, the most recent year with figures available, Wal-Mart had sales of about $1.3 billion in China, trailing Trust-Mart, which had sales of $1.7 billion, according to the China Chain Store and Franchise Association.
Wal-Mart officials declined to confirm that figure, saying that the company does not break out Chinese sales numbers.
In order to manage integration of the two operations, Wal-Mart said that it would appoint one of its executives as chief operating officer of Trust-Mart stores.
"The two teams from each company will work together starting today to find ways to cooperate," said Jonathan Dong, a spokesman for Wal-Mart in Shenzhen, China.
Other major competitors here include the large Chinese retail groups, like China Resources, the Shanghai Brilliance Group and Lianhua supermarkets.
The Chinese government also recently made it easier for foreign retailers to set up operations here. Home Depot and Best Buy are opening branches in China, and dozens of other American and European retailers are also planning to move in.
Analysts say that Wal-Mart, which first entered the Chinese market in 1996, is trying to create a broader presence in China, which could mean many more acquisitions.
"From Wal-Mart's perspective, it's a foot in the door," said George Svinos, the chief of Asia Pacific retail for the accounting firm KPMG in Australia. "You can clearly see why Wal-Mart is looking to invest in a country that by 2015 could have the largest economy in the world."
With the deal, Wal-Mart is also trying to get back on track after the company stumbled in South Korea and Germany. It sold its operations in those countries last year.
The market in China is tough as well. Prices are extremely low, and infrastructure problems continue outside of the biggest cities. The marketplace is evolving quickly and is sometimes unpredictable.
For instance, Wal-Mart now has to cope with China's state-controlled unions, which are pushing their way into foreign-owned companies and retail operations.
Last year, Wal-Mart agreed to allow unions to be set up in nearly all of its stores in China.
While unions in China are controlled by the state-run union federation and often lack bite, some analysts say they could be gaining influence here, and may begin bargaining for higher wages and better compensation packages.
For Wal-Mart, however, China is not just a retail market; it is also the retailer's huge procurement center. Last year, more than $9 billion worth of goods from China went to Wal-Mart stores operating elsewhere.
"This is just 1 percent of what they need to do," Mr. Svinos said of Wal-Mart's stake in Trust-Mart stores. "They need to create a critical mass and build a credible presence in the Chinese market. China has a lot of regions, and no one here really dominates."Continue reading the main story


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A look at news from past issues of The St. Augustine Record:
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Andreu, 274 Cervantes Ave., announce the birth of a daughter, Jennifer Nicole, six pounds, 131/2 ounces, Aug. 14, at Flagler Hospital.
Maternal grandmother is Shirley Walden, St. Augustine; and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mr. W.F. Andreu.
Miss Cheryl Bernstein of St. Augustine was among those who received degrees recently from Florida State University, Tallahassee. She earned her BS degree in fashion merchandising.
Baker and Hodges Youth Baseball League won the regular season championship by sweeping past four other opponents in the league's post-season tournament. The team won by triumphing over Jerry's Johns. Team members include, first row: Wayne Strickland, Randy Raulerson, Gene Partin, Frank Kenton, Scott Player, Juan Wilkerson. Second row, John Maronel, Gene Bennett Jr., Joe Logan, Jay Hartley, Brian Hoy, Don Avedism; third row, Coach Marshall Strickland, Coach Gene Benneett. Sponsors, Hiram Hodges, Jimmy Baker and Coach Jim Avedisin.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Langham, 61/2 Rhode Ave., announce the birth of a daughter Aug. 15, at St. Augustine General Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Denton Rush, Route 7, announce the birth of a daughter at St. Augustine General Hospital on Aug. 16.
Old Timers Champions and Company -- Trophies have been presented to leading times in the Old Timers' Softball League. Among those who received trophies were Joe Kendrick, representing the Old Timers' fourth-place team in the post-season playoffs, Morey's Maintenance; John Elmore, representing third-place Conner's Shell; John Washington of Conner's; and Bill Prior of The Bread Shoppe. Standing (from left) are recreation Advisory Board Member Leon Shimer, who is Baker & Hodges winning manager; Jim Baker, co-owner of Baker & Hodges; Mrs. Joe H. James, whose husband was a member of the Recreation Advisory Board; Noel Helmly, manager Jack Wilson; and Chester Hamilton, Conner's Shell's manager.
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Dr. John Sotis is a chiropractic physician and a board certified functional neurologist, a title held by a small percentage in the chiropractic profession. He received his baccalaureate degree in psychology from the University of Rhode Island in 1980, continued there for 2 additional years of study in pre-med, then attended Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. There, he completed 2 internships, served as head intern in a private clinic during his senior year, then graduated Cum Laude as a member of the International Chiropractic Honor Society in 1986.
Dr. Sotis opened his private practice in 1987 and completed a 2 year post graduate course of study in clinical neurology under Dr. Frederick Carrick, professor emeritus of Carrick Institute for Post Graduate Studies. Upon graduation, he received certification for his course of study in Post-doctoral neurology and was admitted to the American Board of Chiropractic Neurology as a diplomate. Since that time, he has continued to renew his board certification annually as he maintains his private practice.
Dr. Sotis has studied directly under Dr. Robert Melillo, world-renowned chiropractor, functional neurologist, professor, researcher, and author of the books Disconnected Kids and Reconnected Kids. This course of study qualifies Dr. Sotis to practice hemispheric integration, a drugless, brain-based method of treating ADHD, OCD's, learning disabilities, dyspraxia, sensory processing disorders, Tourette's, brain injuries, and autism spectrum disorders. He is a member of the International Association of Functional Neurology and Rehabilitation and is a registered scholar of the Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies.
Dr. Sotis is an active public speaker, lecturing regularly in school departments throughout Rhode Island and neighboring states. He has served as a speaker for The Matty Fund (a children's epilepsy support group), the Mario DeLagratta OCD Awareness Foundation, CHADD (Children & Adults with ADHD), United Services, and Community Provider Networks. He has also been a contributing writer for ULT-Nutrition Health & Fitness and R.I. Health & Fitness Journals.
Dr. Sotis uses the Gonstead Method of spinal manipulation, known for its gentle, specific approach in spinal correction. He has employed this technique for years in treating neck/back pain, sciatica and other nerve entrapments, migraines, and sports injuries.


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Peter Ward's latest offering, "Life as We Do Not Know It: The NASA Search for (and Synthesis of) Alien Life" aims to unravel science's...
Peter Ward's latest offering, "Life as We Do Not Know It: The NASA Search for (and Synthesis of) Alien Life" (Viking, 288 pp., $25.95), aims to unravel science's most profound questions: What is life, and where does it exist?
Despite its weighty subject matter and some original scientific proposals, this challenging volume is eminently readable. Ward is the author or co-author of several previous books, including (with Donald Brownlee) "Rare Earth" and "The Life and Death of Planet Earth, " and his comfortable style delivers ample doses of personal warmth and humor along with a wealth of information and dazzling speculation.
As a leader in the growing field of astrobiology, which investigates processes on other worlds that could lead to or result from Earthlike life, Ward, a professor at the University of Washington, draws on the work of colleagues in the 15 research institutions that operate worldwide under the umbrella of the NASA Astrobiology Institute.
The book is a fascinating guided tour that begins in the varied environments and laboratories of our own planet (including some where researchers are creating synthetic life) and then proceeds to the most likely and a few unlikely bodies of the solar system where evidence of past or present life may be found.
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Peter Ward will read from "Life as We Do Not Know It," 7 p.m. Tuesday, University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E.; free (206-634-3400 or www.ubookstore.com).
Over the past 30 years, scientists have discovered microbes that flourish in Earth's hottest, coldest and harshest conditions. These "extremophiles" prove that life arises and thrives in a much broader range of environments than people once thought possible — not unlike those on Mars or elsewhere in the solar system.
Conditions on Earth favor DNA and carbon-based life, but astrobiologists know that there are non-Earthlike variations of the DNA scheme. They also envision life founded on different chemistries, such as silicon-based molecules called silanes, which might flourish in unearthly realms.
Approximately half of the book is devoted to examining how and where such life might arise today or have arisen earlier in the history of the solar system.
Ward leaves no solar-system world unvisited, though he quickly dismisses most of them. He allots a number of pages to the possibility of life floating high in the sulfuric-acid-laced clouds of Venus. But as expected, Mars gets the most attention outside of Earth.
The Red Planet may have once had a climate suitable for the evolution of simple multi-cellular carbon-based life. Today, bacterial life beneath its surface is conceivable, and ancient Martian bacterial life would certainly have left its signature in the rocks.
Scientists' favorite place to look for current life beyond Earth is beneath the ice covering a global ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa. Ward argues that a better bet would be Saturn's largest satellite, Titan, with its thick atmosphere and hydrocarbon lakes.
In perhaps the book's most vivid section, he describes an astronaut's imagined view of one of Titan's craters: "a phantasmagoric wonderland of hydrocarbon fluid, ice, sludge, and rock, all arrayed in frozen glory … Steaming geysers of methane venting from the warmer interior instantly freeze and then fall as black organic snow … " That rich and dynamic environment might be just what life needs.
Astrobiologists like Ward imagine carbon-based Titan life with either ammonia or water as its vital solvent. The moon's extreme conditions might even favor silicon-based life. He proposes sending a biochemist there to find out.
Though such a trip is certainly not on NASA's immediate agenda, Ward's suggestion makes sense for the long term. Before that, astronauts will return to the Earth's moon and then head for Mars. Both missions will seek signs of life's beginnings. Geologists on the moon will collect ancient pieces of Earth and other planets, transported there by asteroid bombardment during the earliest epoch of the solar system's history.
Ward's choice for the first scientist on Mars would be a paleontologist who could dig up a few fossils. By the time readers finish this captivating book, they will have no doubt that he wishes he were young enough to sign up for the job.
Several of physicist Fred Bortz's previous and upcoming books for young readers (www.fredbortz.com) discuss past discoveries and the future of astrobiology.


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Stupid User Tricks - AutoMixing multiple projects with a shell script
I have an oddball little thing I'm doing with ardour that may or may not be an idea anyone else is interested in, so I'll share it.
But I'm also having a small problem with it, and am looking for a hand figuring it out. This could go under either "how do I" or here, I suppose... I'll just post it here. :)
First, the scenario in which it would be useful... mine. Or maybe any other instance where one has a large number of ardour projects that consist of live recordings (multiple tracks) of the same sources.
For example, I started recording band rehearsals and writing/jam session. Each "take" is a separate named ardour project, but they all are identical sources. The same instruments, the same mics, the same levels on all of the amps/mixers/etc.
At the end of a session I would do a rough mix (setting basic levels for the tracks, etc), exporting to wav/mp3, then distribute to the other participants before heading home.
I found myself making the same kinds of changes for each file, which was sort of time consuming. I started thinking there had to be a way to automatically make the same changes to a bunch of ardour files at once.
(Perhaps making those changes to my template beforehand would get me the same end-result... but I still thought "mass identical changes" might be nice. Namely the ability to apply mass changes AFTER recording, which would be outside the scope of templates. I could also maybe record everything in a single long session... But thought it might be time consuming to break it back into pieces. Tips along those lines are welcome.)
Anyway, here's what I'm doing... After testing last night there is a bit of a hicccup, but it is mostly working:
Using a shell script, some variable assignment (to handle track names and changes to make) and a bunch of string replacements (with sed), I'm making changes directly to the projectname.ardour file.
The first thing the script does is look for a configuration file. Which is nothing but another bash script that assigns a bunch of variables. First it looks in the current working directory, then in the home directory. If found in neither, it goes with some defaults.
Then it takes the name of the file to be processed (passed via command line of course) and goes to work making a bunch of string replacements based on the settings made in the config file. Pretty simple, really.
Here are some small snippets from it... Enough to get the basic idea:
# Track Names:
# Mute Setting:
# Invert Phase Setting:
# Gain Changes:
sed -e "s/\(name=.$track_00.*\)gain.*iolimits/\1gain=\"$gain_00\" iolimits/" $filename |
sed -e "s/\(name=.$track_01.*\)gain.*iolimits/\1gain=\"$gain_01\" iolimits/" |
sed -e "s/\(name=.$track_02.*\)gain.*iolimits/\1gain=\"$gain_02\" iolimits/" |
# Doing a match over 3 lines is a pain, and it was easier to
# Combine two of the lines first, then break them back up again when done.
# So that's what I did.
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)\n\(.*MIDI.*\)/\1XXX\2/g;P;D;" |
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)muted=.*soloed\(.*\)phase-invert=.*mute\(.*\n.*IO.name=.$track_00\)/\1muted=\"$mute_00\" soloed\2phase-invert=\"$phase_00\" mute\3/g;P;D;" |
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)muted=.*soloed\(.*\)phase-invert=.*mute\(.*\n.*IO.name=.$track_01\)/\1muted=\"$mute_01\" soloed\2phase-invert=\"$phase_01\" mute\3/g;P;D;" |
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)muted=.*soloed\(.*\)phase-invert=.*mute\(.*\n.*IO.name=.$track_02\)/\1muted=\"$mute_02\" soloed\2phase-invert=\"$phase_02\" mute\3/g;P;D;" |
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)XXX\(.*MIDI.*\)/\1\n\2/g;P;D;" > $filename.automix
If anyone actually wants a copy of this thing, I'm happy to post it. The guts that make it actually work are right there, though.
FWIW, I'm sure an actual programmer (which I am not) could do a much better/cleaner job of it with better design (even I know it's pretty ugly/hackish), or even by using proper XML processing tools instead of bash and sed. But hey... It's a start and it is mostly working.
That said, here is the problem I'm having:
For some reason, ardour doesn't seem to like opening a file that doesn't end in the name ".ardour". Even just copying/renaming a known good file to anything else seems to make it barf. (It says it can understand it, and won't open it.)
It doesn't like it if .ardour appears more than once, either. ("project1.ardour.new.ardour") Oddly enough, if I have it just overwrite the original file ("project.ardour"), it works beautifully. It does exactly what I expect it to do. Mutes the track I want muted for all but one or two of the projects, flips the phase on the kickdrum track, sets the levels to match what I want. (I got the numbers by reading the file from a project with good basic levels.)
Another thing it doesn't like... I have another small script whose sole purpose is to call this one against a whole batch of files. In my filesystem, all projects recorded on a given day are in unique directory, named by the date. My goal is to drop into this particular directory (which may or may not contain a unique config file to be used), and... well, just read it:
for file in */*.ardour
ardour_automix.sh $file
echo " "
echo "Press ENTER to continue. "
read continue
It works, but... ardour won't read the resulting file. It's weird... for the same file I can run the main script and it works fine. But call it with this little snippet, and it can't read the file it makes. I haven't done a diff on a copy of each yet (ran out of time) but... it seems silly that there would be a difference.
Am I missing something totally obvious? Is there some magic involved with ardour reading an XML file that makes it not like copy of a working file that just doesn't match the usual name it uses? Is there some magic in an XML file to make some inexplicable difference between the result of running my main script manually (which works) and calling it with another one (which doesn't)?
Any help with those last annoying bits is much appreciated!
Now, my ultimate goal will have to wait until ardour to gains some "offline" scripting ability. Namely, to export an entire project to wav (the main L/R channels, same as one can do in the GUI) via the command line.
That would be the slickest thing ever. If I could do that... imagine what could happen with a single script! The entire nights work could be rough-mixed, exported to wav, burned to CD, and encoded into mp3... all while I go have a beer. That would ROCK!!!!! :)
It would be easier (imho), simpler and more correct to do this with an XML parser. Run the parser through the .ardour file, apply the configured changes and output to another XML file.
It would be a lot easier to analyze the issue with your script if we could take a look at an .ardour file produced by the script.
You're absolutely correct, I'm sure. (I think I even mentioned that.)
Before I started I spent a couple of minutes looking for a quick online tutorial/example or anything else to start down that route (XML processing) with. With no immediate luck, I quickly defaulted to something I knew how to do already. (And had bits of working scripts I could start with... just had to figure out the regexp was all.) Wanted to get the itch scratched quick. So much for that. :P
I had forgotten to bring home any examples with me; having wasted time/been distracted by an unrelated mistake. (The space and machine are kindof out in the boonies, lacking a net connection, and I have timited time before and after sessions to muck with the machine. Kindof why I'm trying to automate some of it. I intend to get an external HD soon, so I can bring it all home to my own workstation.)
I'll be back out there this evening to try it again with a minor tweak, and to grab a bunch of files worth looking at and sharing. (I'll post some unless I find a silly/obvious explanation that got overlooked in my hurry.)
In the meantime I think I'll look further into learning proper parsing/manipulation of XML files. Do you have any reccommendations for tools and/or information resources to learn it from?
Python and its minidom xml library make XML parsing pretty easy. It might help to already know python though.
Thanks... I think that's a route I'm going to go long term. Don't know Python, so will have to start with that first.
But in the meantime, all I had to do to fix the script was to send all the changes to a new file first ($filename.automix as written above), then copy over the old one with it.
I had been directly overwriting the original filename at the end of all of those pipes. Worked fine one at a time, but en masse I guess it ended up chasing, catching, and eating its own tail. Something like that.
As of now it doesn't do a few things I want yet (panning changes), but as it is it is saving me a bunch of time at the end of the evening.
It saves a copy of the original file, so you can backtrack if it goofs anything up. So it hasn't caused me any trouble.
Anyway, thanks. :)
Here's the whole thing (even uglier without empty lines/spacers, but the code tag here seems to automatically end whenever it encounters them. So I squashed it.)
# ardour_automix.sh #
# #
# Changes gain levels in an Ardour project file #
# for tracks and levels defined in a config file #
# A filename should have been passed on the command-line.
# If not, complain about it.
if [ -z "$1" ]
echo " "
echo "Um... you forgot to specify a filename. Sorry."
echo " "
echo "Press ENTER to continue. "
read continue
# If a filename was given, we can continue
# First, look for a config file.
# It is nothing but a list of variables containing tracknames and gain levels
# to be used. Check the "defaults" below to see what it should look like.
# You can use more than one.
# It'll look for one in the current directory first.
# If none are found, it'll check the user's home folder.
# If none are found in either location, it uses some defaults.
configfile=ardour_automix.conf # Name of the config file
echo " "
echo "Checking for config file:"
echo " Checking current directory..."
if [ -e "$configfile" ] # Check for config file in pwd and use it if found
echo "Found it."
. $configfile
elif [ -e ~/$configfile ] # Otherwise check in home folder and use it if found
echo " Checking home directory..."
echo "Found it."
. ~/$configfile
else # If no config file is found anywhere, use some defaults
echo " Checking home directory..."
echo "Not found. Using defaults instead."
# These are default tracknames and gain levels to use if no config file is found.
# Plug in your track names and/or adjust them as neccessary.
# Open an ardour file with decent level settings in a text editor, find the
# relevant lines, and copy the gain settings here.
# Config files should look exactly like this... simple variable assignment.
# Remember to start any config file with a sha-bang, or those variables
# won't hang around long enough to be used. Duh.
# Track Names:
# Mute Setting:
# Invert Phase Setting:
# Gain Changes:
# OK, by now we should have the file to be worked on, and all the variables we need to do it.
# Grab the filename to be edited:
# Now search for lines by track name... and change the gain.
# Make sure there is a line for each track, and that the variable names match.
# This bit is probably a candidate for cleanup. Maybe looping through all of the variable
# names or something like that. I'm not gonna bother, myself. :)
sed -e "s/\(name=.$track_01.*\)gain.*iolimits/\1gain=\"$gain_01\" iolimits/" $filename |
sed -e "s/\(name=.$track_02.*\)gain.*iolimits/\1gain=\"$gain_02\" iolimits/" |
sed -e "s/\(name=.$track_03.*\)gain.*iolimits/\1gain=\"$gain_03\" iolimits/" |
sed -e "s/\(name=.$track_04.*\)gain.*iolimits/\1gain=\"$gain_04\" iolimits/" |
sed -e "s/\(name=.$track_05.*\)gain.*iolimits/\1gain=\"$gain_05\" iolimits/" |
sed -e "s/\(name=.$track_06.*\)gain.*iolimits/\1gain=\"$gain_06\" iolimits/" |
sed -e "s/\(name=.$track_07.*\)gain.*iolimits/\1gain=\"$gain_07\" iolimits/" |
sed -e "s/\(name=.$track_08.*\)gain.*iolimits/\1gain=\"$gain_08\" iolimits/" |
# Let's flip the phase and mute settings on any tracks that need it.
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)\n\(.*MIDI.*\)/\1XXX\2/g;P;D;" |
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)muted=.*soloed\(.*\)phase-invert=.*mute\(.*\n.*IO.name=.$track_01\)/\1muted=\"$mute_01\" soloed\2phase-invert=\"$phase_01\" mute\3/g;P;D;" |
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)muted=.*soloed\(.*\)phase-invert=.*mute\(.*\n.*IO.name=.$track_02\)/\1muted=\"$mute_02\" soloed\2phase-invert=\"$phase_02\" mute\3/g;P;D;" |
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)muted=.*soloed\(.*\)phase-invert=.*mute\(.*\n.*IO.name=.$track_03\)/\1muted=\"$mute_03\" soloed\2phase-invert=\"$phase_03\" mute\3/g;P;D;" |
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)muted=.*soloed\(.*\)phase-invert=.*mute\(.*\n.*IO.name=.$track_04\)/\1muted=\"$mute_04\" soloed\2phase-invert=\"$phase_04\" mute\3/g;P;D;" |
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)muted=.*soloed\(.*\)phase-invert=.*mute\(.*\n.*IO.name=.$track_05\)/\1muted=\"$mute_05\" soloed\2phase-invert=\"$phase_05\" mute\3/g;P;D;" |
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)muted=.*soloed\(.*\)phase-invert=.*mute\(.*\n.*IO.name=.$track_06\)/\1muted=\"$mute_06\" soloed\2phase-invert=\"$phase_06\" mute\3/g;P;D;" |
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)muted=.*soloed\(.*\)phase-invert=.*mute\(.*\n.*IO.name=.$track_07\)/\1muted=\"$mute_07\" soloed\2phase-invert=\"$phase_07\" mute\3/g;P;D;" |
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)muted=.*soloed\(.*\)phase-invert=.*mute\(.*\n.*IO.name=.$track_08\)/\1muted=\"$mute_08\" soloed\2phase-invert=\"$phase_08\" mute\3/g;P;D;" |
sed "N;s/\(Route.active.*\)XXX\(.*MIDI.*\)/\1\n\2/g;P;D;" > $filename.automix
mv $filename $filename.orig
mv $filename.automix $filename
# It's done. So tell me about it.
echo "Finished file -----------------------------> $1"
And this calls it for a whole batch. (Needs to be from the parent directory containing the ardour project directories you want it to operate on.)
# ardour_automix_batch.sh #
# #
# Changes gain levels in many Ardour project #
# files at once. Uses ardour_automix.sh #
for file in */*.ardour
ardour_automix.sh $file
echo " "
echo "Press ENTER to continue. "
read continue


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Interviewer: So if I understand correctly, they were just looking at, you give this much per body weight, and it was all based on men, but women actually process it differently, so that was inaccurate.
Jean Shipman: Exactly.
Interviewer: And I'd imagine that happens in a lot of other instances as well.
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Jean Shipman: Yeah, hand strength so...
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Interviewer: Wow. It's kind of shocking, isn't it? That nobody has really done this before so...
Jean Shipman: Yes.
Interviewer: You've received a grant from the NIH. Tell us a little bit about that grant and what it hopes to do.
Jean Shipman: Sure. The Office of Research of Women's Health and the National Library of Medicine have recognized this need to encourage more researchers to think about the differences between men and women and gender differences. So they have solicited about ten libraries across the country and given us subcontract money to make our university personnel a lot more familiar with this issue.
Interviewer: Yeah.
Jean Shipman: And we've gotten two rounds of funding and we've looked at social media as a mechanism for making people more aware of this need and the differential research. We've looked at videos. We're looking at the podcast that we're doing today as a way to educate people about the importance of this. We also will be having a symposium on campus in September.
Interviewer: Okay and all the goal is to just get people to start thinking, researchers, specifically, to start thinking in terms of gender, not sex.
Jean Shipman: Or both.
Interviewer: Or both.
Jean Shipman: Yeah. The idea that you do need to account for the physiological as well as the social, economic, cultural differences.
Interviewer: Yeah, that, that there are differences, just to be aware of that. Ultimately, what's the goal of this program then? What do you hope would come out of it at the end of the day?
Jean Shipman: The ultimate goal would be everybody I talk to would understand that there is a need to think about these two things differently. Personally, I didn't realize the difference between sex and gender until getting this contract money.
Interviewer: And you're a woman. You should...
Jean Shipman: I know.
Interviewer: ...be more sensitive to this, right?
Jean Shipman: I know. I had the inkling that we weren't be represented equally but let me just say that it did surprise me that sex was biological and gender was more of a cultural.
Interviewer: Yeah.
Jean Shipman: That I always heard them being interchanged and, if you look at the literature, it's misconstrued a lot of times as being one in the same, and they're not, so.
Interviewer: So I think an important thing is if you are a researcher, you now know a little bit better. If you're not a researcher, you know somebody that is, share this podcast with them. And you're just looking for at, first for a paradigm change.
Jean Shipman: Right.
Interviewer: Just to start considering it.
Jean Shipman: And, as a consumer, I would say you could ask your doctor, "Well, you know, I am a woman. Does this make a difference in how I should be taking this medication that you're treating me with," or you know, be a little more assertive in asking that question.
Interviewer: Yeah. And just talking about it in general, I think...
Jean Shipman: Right.
Interviewer: ...would be a good idea.
Jean Shipman: Right. And I think we'll see more and more in the news about this. I know NIH is starting to require researchers include tissue samples from women as well as men in their basic science studies. So there'll be more governmental, kind of, endorsement, of encouragement of this use of the difference in the terms.
Interviewer: Who knew that women were still being discriminated against? We thought we thought we got past this whole thing didn't we?
Jean Shipman: Oh, I think we have a long way to go. But, but I'm pleased to hear that there is more awareness being built about this and that libraries, particularly, were addressed as a unit that could be the educators within their universities, being neutral and central.
Interviewer: And because you have a contact with a lot of researchers that use you as a resource.
Jean Shipman: Exactly, and that we can help to shape the evidence of the future.
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Workers at the Otisville Federal Correctional Institution reportedly have begun receiving notices that they will be furloughed one day per every two-week pay period beginning April 1.
Gordon said that the uncertainty surrounding the budget cuts would have the greatest impact on smaller companies.
"The lack of clarity makes their confidence in the economy less clear because they're not sure how to proceed," she said.
The occupations with the largest aggregate federal salaries in the Hudson Valley are nurses ($25.4 million); medical officers ($17.4 million) and social insurance administrations ($11.7 million), according to the data.