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I am intrigued by the Global Times Report on Miss Tibet
By now some of you would have read this somewhat weird report about Miss Tibet pageant in Dharamsala in the Chinese Government newspaper Global Times.
Although Global Times claims to be different from the official Chinese media organs, it is but another aspect of Chinese propaganda, somewhat softer. In fact this story about the Miss Tibet in Dharamsala is clearly part of the sophisticated public relations diplomacy on the part of the Chinese Government. If anyone has doubt about Global Times' relationship with the Chinese Government's propaganda machinery you can just look at the People's Daily reposting of the Miss Tibet article under its Opinions category.
I was intrigued by the Global Times report in two ways.
First, the Chinese reporter seems to have visited Dharamsala in recent past. Although the text of the story does not say so, the caption to the photo of Dharamsala alongside it connects it to her name saying, "A busy street in Dharamsala in India Photo: Lin Meilian/GT." Given the open society that is India there is no reason why a Chinese journalist could not visit Dharamsala. However, I wonder whether any of the Tibetan organizations or even the Central Tibetan Administration was aware of her visit.
Secondly, the story may be the first time ever that a Chinese government media organization has interviewed Tibetans in exile and quoted them in its publication. The Global Times reported says she had "e-mail interview" with Miss Tibet Tenzin Yangkyi as well as the pageant's organizer Lobsang Wangyal, who is based in Dharamsala. So far Chinese media organizations have looked at each and every Tibetans in exile as the enemy. Therefore, this embracing of the enemy was a bit interesting to me. The times are certainly becoming interesting globally, if you know what I mean!
Tibetan Writer Alai in London for the controversial London Book Fair
Among the English translations of literature by modern Tibetan writers that I have read, Red Poppies by Alai stands out for its stark depiction of Tibetan society and its unnatural portrayal. The content certainly caught me off guard a bit.
I was reminded of this as I learn that the writer is going to be in London in April to participate in events relating to the London Book Fair. The Book Fair has become controversial for its reliance on officially-sponsored writers from China in its focus on China this year. The situation is developing as I write this. Alai's participation in the events will no doubt provide an added complication because of his Tibetan ethnicity.
Alai is doing a Reading and Discussion at the School of Oriental and African Studies on April 18, 2012 at 7 pm. Let us see how this rolls out.
Taking Life in Stride
Every Monday, I look forward to reading Metropolitan Diary in The New York Times. It is a compilation of impressions sent in by readers relating to their life in the Big Apple. Oftentimes, there are items about overheard conversations in a bus or a subway that make you chuckle. Reading them makes one have a new appreciation of life in a hectic city like New York.
Many years back, I got sort of addicted to what can only be termed the Indian version of "Metropolitan Diary." While working for the Indian Express newspaper, I took a liking for its "middles" as well as "Monday Diary." The newspaper had on its Editorial page, between the main article and the Letters to the editor, a short item that looked at life's vicissitudes. The items were mainly contributed by readers with a retired army officer residing in the Delhi University area being a very frequent contributor.
Similarly, the Indian Express also carried a section on Mondays, simply called "Monday Diary" that addressed a somewhat similar theme. I recall contributing materials to this section, including about a man that I used to observe in Delhi University area who would distribute flour or grains along roadsides, obviously meant for the ants. I also remember writing about the interesting case of Tibetan doctors having to consume alcohol while preparing a specific Tibetan precious pill that contained mercury (while being detoxified) so that they would not be affected by it.
I think sometimes we need to sit back and take life in its own stride.


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Paradigm Shift
A guest post by SPU professor, Roger Feldman, reflecting on his participation in a recent art installation ("Paradigm Shift") based on the gospel of Mark. Check out photos of the installation HERE!
Now that we are nearly two months from the construction and installation of "Paradigm Shift," there are several things that continue to surface in my mind as important ingredients to this installation. The first has to do with process. As our team went away for the summer, we had each read and re-read the book of Mark from beginning to end, multiple times to prepare for our conversations in the fall. During fall quarter, we met weekly and found points of overlap in our communal understanding of the narrative. What surprised me was not the sense of certain scriptural accounts standing out, but rather the themes that surfaced. One of those themes was how events were repeated, and the disciples still didn't get it. Moving by boat on the Sea of Galilee from one place to another, the wind and waves arise and the disciples fear for their lives as they wake Jesus. Jesus rebukes the storm and the disciples are amazed. (Chapter 5) Jesus says " Do you still have no faith?" In chapter 6, Jesus tells his disciples to take a boat and go ahead of him. Again, he walks on water and they are terrified when they see him in the storm. He got in the boat with them and the wind died down. Mark's account says "they were completely amazed." This repetition of similar events, including the feeding of 5,000 and 4,000 point to Jesus' sovereignty over normal reality, normal paradigms associated with the way things work. And the disciples lack clarity to see what is going on. So repetition became a theme that acted as a visual element to be included in the piece.
"Immediately" is used over and over again in Mark, and provides short-segmented glimpses in the narrative. This idea of glimpses became an element reflected in the way walls were lifted slightly (16") to allow viewers from the outside to get glimpses of others moving through the piece. There is an awareness of engagement from the outside, but one doesn't know what is being "engaged" unless they enter in themselves! Christianity from the outside is only as good as engaging what is "inside." Throughout Mark, the outsiders seem to be more perceptive than the insiders. Inside/Outside became an important ingredient.
There are two possible entrances. One is a triangular door, and many people have tentatively poked their head in to see what might be inside, then chose not to enter. (These are all metaphorical actions, by the way). The other opening is a small doorway with an angular top. (4'6") In fact, inside, there are two more short doors, requiring one to duck low to gain entrance. Through humility, one can enter the semi-circular space through this door to come into a confining space and move through two more humbling entrances. It is this humility that brings one into a tall semi-circular space that cannot be experienced or understood unless one enters in. By the time the viewer enters and leaves this space, they have changed direction, they have "repented." As a group, we saw this as the "Holy of Holies" space. After talking with a number of people who have experienced the piece from the inside, this tall space seems to have done it's job. People come in, look up, and often spend more time in this space. When Jesus breathed his last (Chapter 15:37) the next line says, " …the curtain of the temple was torn in two, top to bottom." (v.38). The sail that hangs down references this event, recorded in three of the four gospels. Immediately, across town, the curtain in the temple ripped from top to bottom, signaling a "Paradigm Shift."
Finally, the beam across the top connects the tall curved wall with the tall-slim leaning wall creating the triangular entrance. This beam acts as a continuum and serves as a support for the sail-curtain in the Holy of Holies. The Holy Spirit continues to guide, reveal, and enable each generation to see the larger reality that we attest to. Mark had the courage, foresight, and tenacity to put forth his collection of encounters with Christ, and led the way for the other gospels. Indeed, Mark is a "Paradigm Shift" for the early church and for us.
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The Disciple Experience
Another guest post from SPU professor, Dr. Brian Bantum, reflecting on his participation in a recent art installation ("Paradigm Shift") based on the gospel of Mark. Check out photos of the installation HERE!
Going through Mark was the first step in beginning to conceptualize the art/theology installation. We were encouraged to look for and identify main themes that could serve as a foundation. While reading Mark, I couldn't help but notice the stupidity of the disciples. I didn't expect them to be geniuses, but their shortcomings and lack of understanding seemed to jump out at me as Mark gleefully highlighted their collective ignorance. Jesus had to regularly repeat himself and break down parables in further explanation for them. The man was even driven to anger because of them! Going through the gospel, I find myself thinking, "How dense can these guys be?" Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is right there beside them, in the flesh, traveling and performing miracles and yet they are unable to make clear connections. The twelve had, unfortunately, fallen under my unforgiving and severe eye of judgment.
Well, God is never one to give up on an opportunity to open my eyes to a bit of empathy and insight. Little did I know, while working on this installation, I would experience a very humbling change of heart toward the twelve chosen men of God. As much as I hate to admit it, over the nine days building the piece, I found myself in very similar situations as the "duh-ciples."
There I was, a visual communications major who had never built anything larger than a small box in her life, and I was expected to build 12 ft walls with intimidating power tools that could probably take my fingers off if I wasn't careful. I was a bundle of timid anxiety from the first day out. While building the piece, I often found myself unable to comprehend the big picture of what we were doing at the moment. Even though Professor Feldman would patiently explain it to me multiple times, I could feel the look of complete and utter incomprehension plastered to my face as he explained why we were doing what we were doing. Thankfully, the man is a saint and kindly waited as my brain tried to wrap itself around the foreign concept of curved wall blocking. After repeated experiences like this, I found it was easier to stop asking why. I realized it was difficult for me to visualize the pieces while they were still naked 2 x 4's and scattered bits of plywood. I found that if I was just obedient and patiently completed the task I was given, step by step, the walls slowly began to take shape and understanding began to dawn on me.
As we continued and became more familiar with the process, the work made more sense and was easier to grasp. Nevertheless, there would always be those times when we were asked to do something new and I would find myself completely lost without anything to hold on to except for the reassurance that Professor Feldman knew what he was doing. It was in the midst of this experience that I realized I was just like the disciples. I had thrown myself into a large project that I had no idea how to begin or where to start. I had no more skill of carpentry and architecture initially than the disciples had in public speaking and evangelizing. We were ordinary people thrown into situations beyond our comfort zones, but we were there because we wanted to be. We may not have understood everything that was going on, but we had a leader who knew what he was doing and whom we trusted in. Thus ended my brief reign as a superior being to the disciples. Now, I take comfort in having shared a similar fish-out-of-water situation. I feel that if the twelve and I were able to talk over a hot beverage, we could commiserate and bond over our common failings. Like the disciples, I may not always see and understand the big picture at first, but I try my best to remain obedient and keep the faith in the one to whom I have entrusted my life. As long as I take it step by step, it will be built.
Mothering Art
Guest post from SPU student, Lara Musser, reflecting on her participation in a recent art installation on campus entitled, "Paradigm Shift," based on the gospel of Mark. Check out photos of the installation HERE!
What has been your interaction with the art installation in Martin Square? Have you spent time looking at it? Have noticed other people walking through it? Have you wondered about its meaning or had conversations about it?
One of my favorite parts of Mark's gospel is the way Jesus' arrival on the scene of 1st century Palestine affects every person who encounters him and affects them differently. The presence of Jesus Christ in Mark prompts many paradigm-shifting encounters. I love the way Jesus loves outsiders who sometimes have the most poignant things to say about him and that Mark's account of Jesus feels chaotic but masterfully planned. For those who encounter Jesus in the Gospel of Mark, things are not what one would expect.
On the team that designed and built the installation, I am the only student who has never taken a formal art class. Art has a distinct way of intimidating me. Thus, it is understandable that I had a bit of a difficult time contributing to the artistic process. I avoided saying anything that might betray my artistic ignorance. Perhaps this is a feeling you resonate with—fearing that the meaning of the installation will be over your head. It is a feeling quite familiar in the Gospel of Mark.
From that intimidation, I focused my artistic experience on meaning. I now relate this experience to that of a parent. I helped create something that is from me but utterly independent from me. During the process, I wanted a clear concise meaning for the installation: a thesis statement to solve the question of meaning. But just as a mother prepares for the birth of her child with hopes and intentions for who that child will become, she cannot control every aspect of her child's becoming. Instead of tight fisted control, she must open-handedly embrace the mystery of her child becoming independent. I, like the mother, am learning that what I labored over for weeks has become its own entity where meaning cannot be dictated by the hopes and intentions of the artists but rather, new meaning is discovered with each new encounter. Even as one of the artists the layers of unintended meaning I have discovered since the completion of the installation surprises me.
The process of creating Paradigm-Shift has provoked a paradigm-shift within me just as Christ caused paradigm shifts within many who encounter him. I hope that you would risk engaging Paradigm-Shift with the Gospel of Mark in hand so that you might physically experience the way something can prompt a paradigm-shift that reverberates Christ.
Student Reflection
Guest post from SPU student, Amanda Hough, reflecting on her participation in a recent art installation on campus entitled, "Paradigm Shift," based on the gospel of Mark. Check out photos of the installation HERE!
In our weekly discussions approaching the construction of "Paradigm Shift," the seven of us had many decisions to make about what sort of experience we wanted our audience to have, and importantly, what implications that experience would have about the book of Mark. One of the most significant decisions we discussed and made as a team centered on this question: "Do we want it to be a journey or a destination?" Did we want this reflective piece to have a destination, an obvious point of completion after which the viewer would turn around and leave? Or did we want a sense of journey, an ambiguity of whether the end had been reached and whether there even was one at all? We opted, unanimously and rather quickly, for the latter. In my reflections since the completion of the project, this aspect stands out to me and speaks to my life and faith loudly.
In the construction process, as I attempted to line up each block just right and get each screw in precisely the right spot, my perfectionist tendencies were quickly exposed. I love having an end in sight, a clear distinction of where I stand, a to-do list to check off. The past year I have been learning that what is sometimes most frustrating about life is also what makes it most beautiful– it is a journey. Maybe this is not something that everyone has to make him or herself consciously aware of, but I did. We enter in with our individual context and baggage, we walk through slowly, we speed up, we get lost in the crowd, we encounter, we grow, we heal, we move on, we look back, we learn. Sometimes we are unsure of where we are in the process or whether we are doing anything right at all. Christ is not someone we encounter only to check off our to-do list. In Mark we watch Jesus himself constantly moving from one place to the next, inspiring awe, faith and sometimes fear, but the people who encountered him weren't content with that. They entered into the journey.
"Paradigm Shift" provides me, personally, with a space that allows comfort and beauty in ambiguity. As I stood within the installation's enclosed semicircle, I heard two girls as they exited the piece and smiled:
"I think we went in the wrong way."
"Did we?"
"I don't know."


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By human standards I doubt it's edible for us, Okumura-kun. You sure have weird taste in cooking Fried Demon Wings, Coal Tar Tart and vice versa for your diet. No Shima, it's not what you think it is.
We return to the AnE reviews once more after the disaster called Episode 18. Despite being a filler episode, episode 19 gives us viewers some insight of some of our beloved characters' birthdays, showing off their (unknown) talents and Izumo's journey following Shima and Paku shopping together. Oh, and nice touch on the Christmas cake Rin. (For those who knows what the other meaning of Christmas cake means…)
Looks like we're skipping the Kyoto Arc after all. Episode 20 continues where the previous episode left off as they returned to the monastery and investigate the culprit behind the attack. Yukio, however, has other plans for Rin to stay away from the action.
Renzo Shima: Boy Reporter Extraordinaire. Shooting Cupid's Arrows one girl at a time.
Summary (Episode 19): Yukio finds out his condition has worsened after taking a test in finding out like Rin, he has demon blood in him. Meanwhile, the class plans a surprise birthday party for Izumo and at the same time preparing everything without her knowing what they are up to. Of course, the students earned themselves a varying degree of success in keeping Izumo out of the loop after witnessing Shima and Paku (who are actually choosing a present for 'birthday girl') almost 'kiss'. In the end, everyone celebrated not just only Izumo's birthday, but also theirs too. Before Yukio could begin lifting his worries out of his head, he received bad news from the monastery.
Yes; I got these pair of glasses from Yukiko Amagi. Now I can enter the Midnight Channel and defeat my Shadow that's been pissing me off.
It all starts with Shima's girls-only exclusive interview and Shiemi, who wanted to organize a birthday for the very first time, has an idea of giving Izumo the best surprise birthday party ever since hers is coming up in a few days. Being new to the party organizing thing, the boys give her some basic ideas how the party should be like. Bon, being the only one who is sane in the brainstorming session assigned everyone with duties; Rin and Konekomaru on the cake, Shima in investigating what Izumo likes as a birthday present, leaving he and Shiemi in preparing party decorations. Seeing her classmates acting weird and avoiding her, Izumo finds Shima suddenly hooking up with Paku the most suspicious of all, which then got her following their every move, thinking that Shima's going on a date with her friend.
We've learned a few things so far from Rin and his friends; Bon has a hidden talent in making great paper crafts which surprised and impressed Shiemi, Rin makes a Christmas cake (who mistaken the cake as a birthday cake, as we find out he and Yukio celebrate their birthday on Christmas). Bon is not pleased with the results, forcing Rin to give the cake to the only person he had in mind that will accept it (Mephisto, if you haven't figure it out yet) and has him make another cake, this time more for the birthday occasion. Following Shima and Paku enjoying themselves so far in their mini-shopping trip, Izumo sees one surprise after another; Paku sharing an umbrella with Shima (it was raining out in the streets) and then seeing them almost kissing (which was actually Shima helping Paku to rid some irritant off her eye) has them both reveal their secret plan to her. In the end, everyone celebrate everyone's birthday but before Yukio could begin put his worries down for a while, he received alarming news from the monastery, leaving he and Rin to return to the place where they were formerly raised…
Father Fujimoto as Santa Claus: Instant WIN.
Summary (Episode 20): Yukio and Rin returns to the monastery, seeing magical spider webs all over the place and with the monks helpless as they are stuck in them. Suspecting the now ex-Exorcist (talk about redundant) instructor Professor Nauhaus for committing the crime, Yukio angsts and (he knows he's not doing a good job as a younger brother) forces his brother to avoid getting involved in the case as he is still unable to control his flames while he goes after a mysterious masked person behind the attack. After finding some clues as of where the highly suspected Professor Nauhaus (who Yukio may have believed might be the masked person) may have gone, they returned to the academy with the masked person using the Kyoto Boys as hostages. Yukio decides to intrude but to no avail. Just in time, Rin, who is now able to control his flames in time, saved Yukio and the Kyoto Boys from being entangled. With some backup and Shura to the rescue, the masked person turns out to be Nauhaus' wife and Nauhaus is finally arrested for his suspected involvement of an artificial human creation experiment (see the burnt laboratory in episode 18).
Finally, Yukio meets his grandfather for the first time.
It's only been a few months and I don't think I can keep up with your hijinks. I'm too tired to think of what to say…drop exorcist training school…give up your love for Shiemi…
I'm beginning to think if whatever you said about fighting Satan is actually false all along. After all, you're Mephistopheles. For once, I'm starting to see that I'm right.
Ditching the party halfway, Yukio and Rin returned to the monastery, seeing magical spider webs covering the whole interior, as well as trapping the monks with web covered all over them. Fortunately the monks are able to cover themselves with a protection charm that enables them to stay alive for eight more hours. A description of the culprit being a masked person gives Rin and Yukio some time to search for him/her. The message on the wall, written in Polish gives Yukio a clue of the person who might have been behind it. Unusual for him, Yukio persuades Rin to leave the case to him, persisting very strongly to make Rin not to get himself into any more danger. Of course, Rin doesn't want to hear shit and runs away, going after the masked person. The masked person shoots web before Rin could even sheathe Kurikara, leaving him helpless in defending himself. Yukio appears just in time to save Rin from getting killed on the spot as he goes after the maked person. Before Rin could follow his brother, Shura appeared, stopping him from going after the two.
And if I fail, I have no right to call myself an exorcist, let alone be your younger brother. So please, Rin, don't charge in on your own again. For your little brother's sake.
Losing his bearings where the masked culprit have escaped to, Yukio goes to the clock tower, finding Professor Neuhaus, who really isn't an instructor in True Cross Academy anymore there. Knowing well that he's most likely the culprit, Neuhaus managed to make a timely escape in advance. Back in the dorms, Yukio tells Shura and Rin about his findings and goes on the mission to find him along with other exorcists. Shura gives Rin yet another training to control his flames, not before telling Rin that he has only one chance in getting this right if he wants to use the Kurihara again. Yukio's mission ended abruptly after seeing one of his comrades getting trapped in web and then receiving news of the masked culprit, who happens to be in True Cross Academy holding the Kyoto Boys as hostages.
Why does it have to be spiders who pretend to be sexy women in disguise???
No one is allowed to enter the dormitory save the son of Satan, the masked culprit setting the terms if they want the Kyoto Boys to return in one piece. As Mephisto tried one way to save his students, Angel stopped him in time by splashing water at his flaming circle and is asked not to interfere with the rescue plan. Yukio, being unusually persistence, tried saving the Kyoto Boys as the masked person is distracted contacting with Rin to see him/her but to no success (erm Yukio, may I ask why are you using tranquilizers at the culprit?), Yukio ended up as another hostage to be rescued. Returning the favour from before, Rin makes his grand entrance, leaving the culprit outnumbered once backup and Shura stepped in. Rin shows off his skill in his ability to master in controlling his flames, freeing his friends and brother in the process. The masked person escaped, who turned out to be Neuhaus' wife with the mask cracked partially from Rin's flames and her untimely landing. Neuhaus then meet Shura in person, telling her and her comrades to quit chasing after her. Shura pinned him down for answers at what the hell is going on with his wife's involvement in the case. Back at the monastery, everyone is saved and has no need to be hospitalized thanks to Rin as Yukio visits someone on a train who happens to be his grandfather he or Rin has never met.
Ohh…it's a simple transmutation circle, it's an intricate flame patten…it's… (we never got to find out what Mephisto summoned in the end.)
Spider web rape is no better than tentacle rape, 'kay?
Izumo's afraid that she's a Christmas Cake and no guy would want to approach her ever again when it comes to dating prospects.
Thoughts: Usually, fillers are supposed to be unenjoyable if done badly, which is usually the case for some episode in several long-running shounen series. But for episode 19, this is not the case. Episode 20 (which I think it's not filler) goes the other way round.
One thing that can never fail to make me laugh was Rin and Yukio's inability to differentiate a birthday cake from a Christmas cake (it doesn't help when their birthday, or to be exact the day they were found by Father Fujimoto was a day after Boxing Day.) I wasn't too surprised at Bon being talented with paper craft. You will see this sort of thing again in another series coming in this year's autumn lineup. Unlike episode 11 which was a big mess itself, everyone was in character. I was starting to worry to see if anyone's characterization is going out of the line in the next episode when Yukio took the test in the beginning of the episode.
Just when you think I have disappeared from the faces of the exorcist world. Igor Nauhaus: Not some throwaway extra.
Cue episode 20. It was unfortunate my fears turned out to be true when Yukio spends half of his screen time angsting at the point of being unable to protect Rin, starts worrying and almost on the verge of breaking down. In my opinion, I don't think it was necessary for Mephisto to turn up and save his students, only for his plans to fail the moment Angel interrupts (oh stop panicking, you have more screentime in the next episode. Not that the producers are being stingy at holding your screentime, we know that you're a pretty boy and all). Rin learning how to control his flames was…swift. The last time we saw him in training was two episodes ago and we have no idea how much time between episode 18 to episode 20. I guess the producers have no other choice if they want Rin to get this over with quickly now that there's only four episodes left before AnE ends its run.
That said, the art in episode 20 was great, if I have anything good to say for the episode. Good quality in close-up shots, but the art's not as impressive when it comes to other shots. Poor Shima, poor guy. Keeps having his butt kicked over and over again. It sucks to be in his shoes this episode.
Now, the last scene in episode 20; Yukio and Rin has a grandfather they have never know about? Guess we have to watch the next episode to get to know more of him. Besides, it wouldn't hurt what sort of Deus Ex Machina the producers will try to pull for the finale.
Nice cake.


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The Kaukauna boys' basketball team beat Centennial (Minn.) 58-52 in the eighth annual Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Border Battle in Kaukauna on Saturday night.
The Ghosts' victory in the final game of the day gave Wisconsin a 6-0 sweep of games this year.
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Faculty Publications 2009
Abbott, E. M. and T. J. Roberts. "Elastic Mechanisms as a Determinant of Anuran Jumping Performance: Do Toads Bounce? (Abstract)." Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49(Suppl.1):E191. 1 February 2009.
Anthony, Abigail, Joshua Atwood, Peter August, Carrie Byron, Stanley Cobb, Cheryl Foster, Crystal Fry, Arthur Gold, KifleHagos, LennA Heffner, D. O. Kellogg, Kimberly Lellis-Dibble, James J. Opaluch, Candace Oviatt, Anna Pfeiffer-Herbert, Nicole Rohr, Leslie Smith, Tiffany Smythe, Judith Swift and Nathan Vinhateiro. "Coastal Lagoons and Climate Change: Ecological and Social Ramifications in the US Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ecosystems." Ecology and Society. 14(1):#8. June 2009.
Archibald, John M. and Christopher E. Lane. "Going, Going, Not Quite Gone: Nucleomorphs as a Case Study in Nuclear Genome Reduction." Journal of Heredity. 100(5):582-590. September-October 2009.
Astley, H. C. and T. J. Roberts. "Decoupling of Muscle Shortening and Joint Kinematics During Frog Jumping (Abstract)." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 153(Suppl.s):S128. June 2009.
Azizi, E. and T. J. Roberts. "Biaxial Strain and Variable Stiffness in Aponeuroses (Abstract)." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 153(Suppl.s):S128. June 2009.
Azizi, Emmanuel and Thomas J. Roberts. "Biaxial Strain and Variable Stiffness in Aponeuroses." Journal of Physiology-London. 587(17):4309-4318. September 1, 2009.
Azizi, E. and T. J. Roberts. "Mechanical Behavior of Appneuroses (Abstract)." Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49(Suppl.1):E7. 1 February 2009.
Azizi, E. and T. J. Roberts. "Mechanical Properties of the Gastrocnemius aponeurosis in Wild Turkeys." Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49(1):51-58. July 2009.
Azizi, E. and T. J. Roberts. "Muscle Performance During Frog Jumping: Influence of Series Elasticity on Muscle Length-Tension Behavior (Abstract)." Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49(Suppl.1):E7. 1 February 2009.
Bajec, Iztok Lebar and Frank H. Heppner. "Organized Flight in Birds." Animal Behaviour. 78(4):777-789. October 2009.
Barber, Julie S. and J. Stanley Cobb. "Qualitative Observations of Dungeness Crabs, Cancer Magister, in and Around Traps: Evidence of Resource Guarding and Clustering." Marine & Freshwater Behavior and Physiology. 42(2):135-146. May 2009.
Bassett, Daniel K. and Jacqueline F. Webb. "Lateral Line-Mediated Prey Detection in the Lake Malawi Cichild, Aulonocara hansbaenchi (Abstract)." Integrative and Comparative Biology A. 49(Suppl.1):E11. February 2009.
Batiuk, Richard A., Denise L. Breitburg, Robert J. Diaz, Thomas M. Cronin, David H. Secor and Glen Thursby. "Derivation of Habitat-Specific Dissolved Oxygen Criteria for Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 381(Suppl.1):S204-215. 1 December 2009.
Beatty, Michael, Rebekah Wigton, Robert Hill and Ying Sun. "The Rate Response and Synchronization of Muscle Contractions in the Forearms." Proceedings of the IEEE 35th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference. 2009.
Benttinen, Justin and Evan Preisser. "Avian Kleptoparasitism of the Digger Wasp Sphex pensylvanicus." Canadian Entomologist. 141(6):604-608. November December. 2009.
Blanchette, Matthew D. and Steven Q. Irvine. "Qualitative RT-PCR Analysis of D11-B Knockdown in the Ascidian Ciona intestinalis (Abstract)." Ciona Intestinalis. 331(2):432. 2009.
Camp, Ariel L., Nicolai Konow and Christopher P. J. Sanford. "Functional Morphology and Biomechanics of the Tongue-Bite Apparatus in Salmonid and Osteoglossomorph Fishes." Journal of Anatomy. 214(5):717-728. May 2009.
Carlton, James T. SEE also: Fofonoff, Paul W.
Carlton, James T. "Deep Invasion Ecology and the Assembly of Communities in Historical Times." Ecological Studies. 2009:13-56.
Carlton, James T. and William A. Newman. "Reply to Clare and Hoeg 2008. Balanus amphritrite or Amphibalanus amphitrate: A Note on Barnacle Nomenclature." Biofouling. 25(1):77-80. 2009.
Carrington, Emily, Gretchen M. Moeser, James Dimont, Joseph J. Mello and Michael L. Boller. "Seasonal Disturbance to Mussel Beds: Field Test of a Mechanistic Model Predicting Wave Dislodgement." Limnology and Oceanography. 54(3):976-860. May 2009.
Cobb, J. Stanley. SEE: Anthony, Abigail.; Barber, Julie S..
Codiga, Daniel L., Heather E. Stuffel, Christopher F. Deacutis, Susan Kieman and Candace A. Oviatt. "Narragansett Bay Hypoxic Event Characteristics Based on Fixed-Site Monitoring Network Time Series: Intermittancy, Geographic Distribution, Spatial Synchronicity, and Interannual." Estuaries and Coasts. 32(4):621-624.July 2009.
D'Amato, Anthony W., David A. Orwig and David R. Foster. "Understanding Vegetation in Old-Growth and Second-Growth Tsuga canadensis Forests in Western Massachusetts." Forest Ecology and Management. 257(3):1043-1052. February 10, 2009.
Deacutis, Christopher F. SEE: Codiga, Daniel L.
Dunn, Paul H., Roger D. Goos and C. J. K. Wang. "Gladys Elizabeth Baker, 1908-2007." Mycologia. 101(3):431-435. May-June 2009.
Fitzpatrick, Matthew C., Evan L. Preisser, Aaron M. Ellison and Joseph S. Elkinton. "Observer Bias and the Detection of Low-Density Populations." Ecological Applications. 19(7):1673-1679. October 2009.
Flammang, B. E. and G. V. Lauder. "Caudal Fin Shape Modulation and Control During Acceleration, Braking and Backing Maneuvers in Bluegill Sunfish, Lepomis macrochhirus." Journal of Experimental Biology. 212(2):277-287. January 2009.
Fofonoff, Paul W., Gregory M. Ruiz, Anson H. Hines, Brian D. Steves and James T. Carlton. "Four Centuries of Biological Invasions in Tidal Waters of the Chesapeake Bay." Ecological Studies. 2009:479-506. .
Goldsmith, Marian R. SEE: Shimomura, Michihiko; Wu, Chengcang; Yasukochi, Yuji.; Zhen, Shuai.
Goos, Roger D. SEE: Dunn, Paul H.
Haciski, S. Insley and Jacqueline F. Webb. "Preliminary Observations on the Development of the Little Skate, Leucoraja erinacea, With Reference to the Mechanosensory Lateral Line System (Abstract)." Integrative and Comparative Biology A. 49(Suppl.1):E238. February 2009.
Heppner, Frank H. SEE also: Bajec, Istok LeBar.
Heppner, Frank. "Introductory Biology: Let's Train Lecturers (Letter)." Science. 325(5946):1338. September 11, 2009.
Heppner, Frank. "Kingston Amtrak Station's Safety (Letter)." Providence Sunday Journal. February 1, 2009.
Heppner, Frank. "No Screening Birds (Letter)." Providence Journal. April 6, 2009. p.B7.
Heppner, Frank. "On the Bottom Line, Good Teaching Tops Good Research." Chronicle of Higher Education. 55(27):A72. March 13, 2009.
Hill, Robert B. SEE: Beatty, Michael; Opuszynski, Michael; Sun, Ying.
Ingwell, Laura, J. Brady, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Brian Maynard, Richard Casagrande and Evan Preisser. "Intraspecific Variation in Tsuga canadensis Foliar Chemistry." Northeastern Naturalist. 16(4):585-594. 2009.
Irvine, Steven Q. SEE also: Blanchette, Matthew D.
Irvine, Steven Q. and Matthew D. Blanchette. "Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting and Transgenic Reporters for Measuring Gene Expression Profiles in Embryonic Epidermis of the Ascidian Ciona Intestinalis (Abstract)." Ciona Intestinalis. 331(2):529. July 15, 2009.
Jackson, Donald C. SEE also: Shephard, S.
Jackson, D. C. "Book Review: Damming the Grand Canyon: The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition, by Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Well." Environmental History. 14(3):579-580. July 2009.
Kass-Simon, Gabriele. SEE also: Kay, J. C.
Kass-Simon, Gabriele, Michael A. Zompa, Albert A. Scapatiacci, Robert V. Zackroff and Linda Hufnagel. "Nucleolar Binding of an Antibody in Hydra: A Non-Canoniocal Role for an NMDA Receptor Protein?" Journal of Experimental Zoology. Pt. A. Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 311(10):763-775. December 1, 2009.
Kay, J. C. and G. Kass-Simon. "Glutamatergic Transmission in Hydra: NMDA/D-Serine Affects the Electrical Activity of the Body and Tentacles of Hydra vulgaris (Cnidaria hydrozoa)." Biological Bulletin. 216(2):113-125. April 2009.
Killingbeck, Keith T. "Flowers Are Produced on Stems Shorter Than One Meter in the Desert Shrub Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)." Southwestern Naturalist. 54(1):55-57. March, 2009.
Lane, Christopher E. SEE also: Archibald, John M.; Schneider, Craig W.
Lane, Christopher E. and John M. Archibald. "Reply to Bodyl, Stiller and Mackiewicz: 'Chromalveolata plastids: Direct Descent or Multiple Endosymbiosis (Letter)?'" Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 24(3):121-122. Lane 2009.
Lauder, George V. SEE: Flammang, B. E.
Lee, David, Y.-W., Xuding Lin, Elena E. Paskaleva, Yanze Liu, Shadakshara S. Puttamadappa, Carol Thornber, James R. Drake, Maja Habulin, Alexander Shekhtman and Mario Canki. "Palmitic Acid Is a Novel CD4 Fusion Inhibitor That Blocks HN Entry in Infection." AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 25(12):1231-1241. 2009.
Lyons, Patrick, Carol Thornber, John Portnoy and Evan Gwilliam. "Dynamics of Macroalgal Blooms Along the Cape Cod National Seashore." Northeastern Naturalist. 16(1):53-66. 2009.
Opuszynski, Michael, Martin Amani, Robert Hill and Ying Sun. "A Force-Clamp System With Realistic Waveforms for Studying Auxotonic Contractions of Muscles." Proceedings of the IEEE 35th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference. 2009.
Orwig, David A. SEE: D'Amato, Anthony W.
Preisser, Evan L. SEE also: Benttinen, Justin; Fitzpatrick, Matthew C.; Ingwell, L.
Preisser, Evan L. "The Physiology of Predator Stress in Free-Ranging Prey." Journal of Animal Ecology. 78(6):1103-1105. November 2009.
Preisser, Evan L., Diane I. Bolnick and Jonathan H. Grabowski. "Resource Dynamics Influence the Strength of Non-Consumptive Predator Effects on Prey." Ecology Letters. 12(4):316-323. April 2009.
Ramsay, J. B. and C. D. Wilga. "Jaw Depressor Function During Feeding in Little Skates, Leucoraj erinacea (Abstract)." Integrative and Comparative Biology A. 49(Suppl.1):E140. February 2009.
Raposa, Kenneth B., Richard A. McKinney and Aaron Beaudette. "Effects of Tide Stage on the Use of Salt Marshes by Wading Birds in Rhode Island." Northeastern Naturalist. 16(2):209-224. 2009.
Roberts, Eric and Alison W. Roberts. "A Cellulose Synthase (CESA) Gene From the Red Alga Porphyra yezoensis (Rhodophyta)." Journal of Phycology. 45(1):203-212. February 2009.
Roberts, Alison W. SEE: Roberts, Eric.
Roberts, Thomas J. SEE also: Astley, H. C.; Azizi, E.; Saweicki, Gregory S.
Roberts, T. J. and E. Azizi. "The Series Elastic Shock Absorber: Tendon Elasticity Reduces Peak Muscle Forces During Active Lengthening (Abstract)." Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49(Suppl.1):E145. 1 February 2009.
Roberts, T. J. and E. Azizi. "Tendons as Power Attenuators (Abstract)." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular & integrative Physiology. 153(Suppl.s):S127-S128. June 2009.
Rosa, Rui, Lloyd Trueblood and Brad A. Seibel. "Ecophysiological Influence on Scaling Aerobic and Anerobic Metabolism of Pelagic Gonatid Squids." Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 82(5):419-429. September 2009.
Rosenthal, Joshua J. C., Brad A. Seibel, Agnieszka Dymowska and Francisco Bezanilla. "Trade-Off Between Aerobic Capacity and Locomotor Capitation Activity in an Antarctic Pteropod." Proceedings of the National Academy of the United States. 106(15):6192-6196. April 14, 2009.
Sanford, Christopher P. J. SEE also: Camp, Ariel L.
Sanford, C. P. J., S. Day and N. Konow. "The Role of Mouth Shape on the Hydrodynamics of Suction Feeding in Fishes," Integrative and Comparative Ecology. 49(Suppl.1):E149. February 2009.
Sawicki, Gregory S., Peter Sheppard and Thomas J. Roberts. "Mechanical Power Amplification in a Compliant Muscle-Tendon Working on an Inertial Load in Gravity (Abstract)." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular & integrative Physiology. 153(2):S127-S128. June 2009.
Schneider, Craig W., Christopher E. Lane and Gary W. Saunders. "Molecular Investigations of Foliose Rhodymeniophycidae (Rhodo phyta) From Bermuda, Western Atlantic. 2009. p.64-66.
Scott, A. J., S. P. Gerry, J. Ramsay and C. D. Wilga. "Condition of Muscle Activity Between Ventilation and Feeding in Spiny Dogfish (Abstract)." Integrative and Comparative Biology A. 49(Suppl.1):E303. February 2009.
Seibel, Brad A. SEE also: Rosa, Rui; Rosenthal, Joshua C.; Trueblood, L.
Seibel, Brad A. and Heidi M. Dierssen. "Animal Function at the Heart (and Gut) of Oceanography." Science. 323(5912):343-344. January 16, 2009.
Shephard, S. and D. C. Jackson. "Density-Independent Growth of Floodplain River Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus." Journal of Fish Biology. 74(10):2409-2414. June 2009.
Shimomura, Michihiko, Hiroshi Minami, Yoshitaka Suetsugu, Hajime Ohyanagi, Chikatada Satoh, Baltazar Antonio, Yoshiaki Nagamura, Keiko Kadono-Okuda, Hideyuki Kariwara, Hideki Sezutu, Javaregowda Nagaraju, Marian R. Goldsmith, Qingyou Xia, Kimiko Yamamoto and Kazuei Mita. "KAIKObase: An Integrated Silkworm Genome Database and Data Mining Tool." BMC Genomics. 10(486). October 21, 2009.
Stoehr, A. S. and C. D. Wilga. "Prey Processing in Elasmobranches (Abstract)." Integrative and Comparative Biology A. 49(Suppl.1):E310. February 2009.
Sun, Y., J. Wu, L. Collis and R. B. Hill. Apparatus for Neuromuscular Measurement and Control. US Patent No. 7,489,965 B2, 2009.
Thornber, Carol S. SEE: Lee, David; Lyons, Patric; Tracy, M.
Thursby, Glen. SEE: Batiuk, Richard M.
Tracy, M., B. Wysor, M. Guidone and C. Thornber. "A Molecular Comparison Drift and Attached Green Tide Species in Narragansett Bay, RI (Abstract)." Journal of Phycology. 45(S1):30. February 2009.
Twombly, Saran. SEE: Wang, Guiming.
Wang, Guiming, N. Thompson Hobbs, Saran Twombly, Randall B. Boone, Andrew W. Illius, Iain J. Gordon and John L. Gross. "Density Dependence on Northern Ungulates: Interactions With Predation and Resources." Population Ecology. 51(1):123-132. 2009.
Webb, Jacqueline F. SEE also: Bassett, Daniel K.; Haciski, Sinsby.
Webb, Jacqueline F. "Book Review: Atlas of Fish Histology." Quarterly Review of Biology. 84(3):313. September 2009.
Wilga, Cheryl D. SEE also: Ramsay, J. B.; Scott, A. J.; Stoehr, A. S.; Wood, Anthony D.
Wilga, Cheryl D. "Hyoid and Pharyngeal Arch Function During Ventilation and Feedings in Elasmobranchs (Abstract)." Integrative and Comparative Biology A. 49(Suppl.1):E182. February 2009.
Wood, Anthony D., Bradley M. Wetherbee, Francis Juanes, Nancy E. Kohler and Cheryl Wilga. "Recalculated Diet and Dairy Ration of the Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrincvhus), With a Focus on Quantifying Predation on Bluefish (Pomatomus saltratrix) in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean." Fishery Bulletin. 107(1):76-88. January 2009.
Wu, Chengcang, Dina Prostou, Dorothy Carter, Erica Nicholson, Filippe Santos, Shaying Y. Zhao, Hong-B. Zhang and Marian R. Goldsmith. "Construction and Sequence Sampling of Deep-Coverage Large-Insect BAC Libraries for Three Model Lepidopteran Species." BMC Genomics. 10:#283. June 26, 2009.
Yasukochi, Yuji, Makiko, Tanaka-Okuyama, Fukashi Shibata, Atsue Yoshido, Frantisek Marec, Chengcang Wu, Hongbing B. Zhang, Marian R. Goldsmith and Ken Sahara. "Extensive Conserved Synteny of Genes Between the Karyotypes of Manduca sexta and Bombyx mori Revealed by BAC-FISH Mapping." Plos One. 4(10):#e7456. October 15, 2009.
Zhan, Shuai Jianhua Huang, QiuhOng Guo, Yunpo Zhao, Weihua Li, Xuexia Miao, Marian R. Goldsmith, Muwang Li and Yongping Huang. "An Integrated Genetic Linkage Map for Silkworm With Three Parental Combinations and Its Application to the Mapping of Single Genes and QTL." BMC Genomics. 10:389. August 21, 2009.
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A Better Mouse
One would expect that the Institute's world-renowned engineers could build a better mousetrap, but a better mouse? In fact, scientists at MIT's cancer center are genetically engineering laboratory mice ideally suited for cancer research. In the fight against cancer, animal models are vital because they allow researchers to pinpoint the genetic sources of the disease, to study cancer cells as they grow within living tissue, and to analyze the effectiveness of treatments–something they cannot do in human beings. In the past, researchers might have cultured cancer cells in a petri dish, implanted them under the skin of a mouse, and then observed their growth. But genetic engineering has made that kind of lab work largely obsolete. Scientists now know that mutations in certain genes can lead to human cancer. But the nature of the mutations–are the genes damaged? turned off? hyperactivated?–is not always well understood. Researchers can begin to answer some of those questions by tweaking one or several genes in mice and then observing whether the animals become more susceptible to cancer. The models are informative because humans and mice are biologically similar. "In the end, we're big mice, or mice are small people," says Robert Weinberg '64, PhD '69, director of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and a member of the cancer center since its inception.
Weinberg has many "firsts" on his long list of professional accomplishments. He discovered the first human oncogene, a mutated form of a normal gene that can contribute to cancer. He was the first to turn a normal human cell into a cancer cell. And he was the first to clone a tumor suppressor gene, which normally restricts cell growth but when mutated allows cells to proliferate. His lab was also the first to successfully graft human breast tissue into the mammary glands of mice. The tissue produced human milk and in some cases developed tumors similar to those found in humans. For the first time, scientists could study the early stages of breast cancer in human tissue without having to examine a human being.
"We're becoming increasingly refined in our ability to model human disease [in mice]," says Jacks. "We can produce in a specific way the kind of mutations that occur in human cancer." Last December, for example, one of his teams announced that it had developed two mouse models that, with only slight genetic differences between them, resulted in two distinct forms of female reproductive disease. In the first model, the researchers mutated a known cancer-causing gene called K-ras, which caused the animals to develop endometriosis–a gynecologic disease that afflicts about five million women in the United States. In the second model, the researchers combined the mutated K-ras gene with an altered form of a gene known as Pten, which normally works to suppress cancer. The result was a mouse that developed a specific type of ovarian cancer. These mice represented the first animal models of the two diseases. "The end result is two models that are very powerful in how they might be used for two important diseases of the female reproductive organs," says Jacks.
How they might be used depends on who's interested. Jacks's team, for example, uses its mouse models to study the effects of genetic mutation on tumor development, extracting cells from the animals' tissue and examining how genes within the cells function. But people outside of MIT can request the animal models for use in their own research, including tests of potential anticancer drugs. That's because almost all of the mouse strains developed in Jacks's lab–and in anyone else's lab at the Center for Cancer Research, for that matter–are placed in repositories such as the Mouse Models of Human Cancers Consortium Repository in Frederick, MD. Funded by the NCI, the repository makes models available for free to researchers at other institutions. It also manages a database that contains information relevant to each mouse strain. "The NCI has been aggressive in building [repositories] to make it easier for groups to share data," says Jacks. This is important, he says, because it can take a lab a year or two to develop a specific genetic cancer model, including six months to breed mice that embody it. Singer says that MIT stands out among members of the consortium, not only for developing useful models but for "setting a new paradigm in how we need to be doing collaborative science."


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To recap Signing Day, the Hokies lost 4* wide receiver Javon Harrison to Florida State but gained 4* wide receiver Isaiah Ford, who was a Louisville commit for most of the fall. Honestly, I think Virginia Tech upgraded at the position and brought in a more reliable target in Ford.
Harrison is the type of receiving prospect that's going to be boom or bust. He's one of the top receivers in Florida, in my humble opinion, but he has a little bit of baggage. Plus, he has a maturation process he really needs to go through. Recruits like him are extremely boom or bust. They either grow up and become playmakers or they become poor teammates and leave the team in 2 years over "playing time disputes."
Ford strikes me as a recruit who knew what he was looking for in a school and found that at Louisville, initially. After Charlie Strong left for Texas, Ford decommitted and took the necessary visits to figure out where he was going to attend college. Even though he flirted with staying committed to Louisville, he wound up at Virginia Tech.
Ford is being dubbed as a two-sport athlete and initially, I would love to see him try it. However, the basketball season and football season overlap so much in college that it will be tough for Ford to devote much time to basketball. If Virginia Tech goes to a bowl game in January, he'll enter the season nearly 12-14 games into it without any sort of preseason. That will be tough.
Ford is a solid athlete as we'll discus below and I think the Hokies may have received one of the best benefits of a crazy coaching carousel this off-season.
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Virginia Tech is going to need at least two freshmen wide receivers to step onto campus and become instant playmakers. Are there any in this class that can do so? It's a little too early to tell but I think Ford may be the most ready physically to step in and provide some assistance.
Tech's wide receiving corps played well down the stretch but they're just not a talented group. Overall, they would rank near the bottom in the ACC, a league that doesn't necessarily have a ton of great wide receivers to begin with. So, talent is desperately needed here and thankfully, the Hokies are bringing in upwards of five players who can help.
Scott Loefler, who has coached a few super bowl winning quarterbacks, knows how to find a good QB recruit.
Ford is cat-quick and explosive off the line of scrimmage. His 0-60 speed is unmatched and I would honestly love to see him do an NFL cone drill to test his agility and acceleration. I think he may be the quickest player we'll have at receiver next year and yes I'm including Willie Byrn and Demitri Knowles, who are both fast in their own right.
Overall, Ford is going to provide a deep threat on the outside that the Hokies haven't had in quite some time. He's dynamic and incredibly athletic. I don't know if I've ever been more excited to see what a wide receiver prospect can do here in Scot Loeffler's offense.
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I have been using a tarptent but want to try just a tarp. In thinking about this, I kind of wonder what the tarp is actually for.Why do you use a tarp at all? What's the purpose? If it isn't going to rain, why bother?
personally, i used tarps as insurance against foul weather. weather reports are pure mystery, and sometimes its hard to read the skies when you are deep in canyon. a tarp, at 7-8 ounces was a companion of mine. I still use a tarp, almost full time, but its strung between 2 trees.
I setup my tarp each night regardless of weather since it takes less than 5 minutes to setup and take down. As stated the weather isnt always predictable especially in higher elevations. I "think" that it is slightly warmer under the tarp. At the minimum it does shed wind. I also think there is a nice pyschological nature of having a walled in placed to retire to.Jamie
I enjoy a lightweight, non-waterproof bivy for some conditions. The bivy allows me to camp on smaller ledges, ridges, or sandy areas less suitable for tents (especially useful when you are trying to minimize impact in desert areas by camping on slickrock), keeps dust, dirt, creatures, and wind out of the sleeping bag when sleeping under the stars, fends of dew and minor moisture, is easy to setup, and provides an cool aesthetic experience (see Andrew Skurka's many discussions of this). However, a non-waterproof bivy, while avoiding many of the issues involved with waterproof bivies, does not stand up to sustained rain. Unless you want to take the risk, a small tarp is the answer to this problem. Together, tarp and bivy can be a formidable combination in nasty weather, and if one ends up stuck in those conditions, tarps sometimes provide more practical living space than a single or double wall tent for the weight (especially if you hike with trekking poles, or string between trees).According to postings elsewhere on this site, a tarp may also improve bivy comfort overnight by blocking radiation from the night sky that can cool the top surface of the bivy below the ambient temperature of the air, thus reducing the risk of condensation inside and outside the bivy. Apparently, trees can also block this radiation. I can't speak with authority to the range of conditions where this would make substantial real-world difference, but it is interesting to consider!I know your question wasn't about bivies per se, but it is always useful to evaluate questions about gear based on the system within which they will be used. Evaluation of pros and cons may change with conditions, number of hikers, experience of those hikers, personal preference, etc. For example, I've seen some on this site who bring a tent and a tarp to provide more sheltered space when backpacking with children.
Edited by dubendorf on 01/24/2009 12:58:38 MST.
Thank you. I hiked the PCT last summer (1500 miles) and put up my tent every night because of bugs (giant ants and mosquitos). As summer progressed, there really was no other reason for the tent and I longed to sleep without it.Unless there's a real chance of rain, I can't see the reason to set up the tarp. I guess dew is something to consider. Maybe ashes from forest fires would be a reason for the tarp.My tarp is an Equinox 1.1oz silnylon, 8x10 feet. Adequate protection from the elements and also kind of a big barrier between me and the world.
Diane,Congratulations on hiking the PCT. I've not yet attempted any long distance hiking, and look forward to doing so. You have hit on what I feel is a real benefit of the bivy/tarp system: its flexibility. One can pick and choose what kind of protection they desire at the time, whereas with tents it is a bit more of an all or nothing proposition. For me, I like to see the stars if at all possible, I like to feel close to my surroundings, and I like to nestle or perch in places where tents might not work. If you need bug protection but not rain protection, you can leave the tarp in the backpack and sleep in the bivy. If you need rain protection but don't have to worry about blowing wind, tarps provide an airy, open shelter with better views that a tent. In wind and rain, low-pitched tarp and bivy to catch anything from the sides. I am by no means advocating against all uses of tents, or insisting on any shelter orthodoxy- there is no BEST shelter. But in certain situations, I appreciate what a tarp/bivy combo offers.
Edited by dubendorf on 01/24/2009 15:56:16 MST.
I was thinking of skipping the bivy. Seems unnecessary with an 8x10 tarp. It would also cause my shelter to weigh more than the Gossamer Gear tent I have. I'm only 5'3" tall and feel lost underneath the tarp. It's like the Taj Mahal.In my local area (Santa Barbara), I can rely on the 5-day forecast because it's so arid here. So a bivy seems like unneeded weight.What do you think?
Diane,As you commented in an earlier post, you would set up your tent every night for protection from bugs (ants...) even if rain was not a threat. I find that I will often use my light bivy for the same reason, with or without my tarp.
The tarp and bivy accomplish different things- depends on what you feel you can go without.If I don't anticipate rain, and I'm confident that unexpected showers may be at most inconvenient but not dangerous, then I leave behind the tarp rather than the bivy. For example, a late spring two night trip in the southern Utah desert. Dry conditions prevail, and thus the primary function of the tarp, rain protection, is not needed. The bivy, however, provides protection from dew, wind (very common), critters, adds some warmth, and keeps the clingy desert dust out of the sleeping bag. Plus, I don't need to worry about camping in an area where surface conditions sometimes make staking out a tarp downright tricky, especially in windy conditions (no trees, loose sandy soil, long slabs of slickrock, lots of microbial growth you don't want to disrupt with stakes or moving around rocks, etc.).Tarp without bivy would work just fine in many circumstances- dew protection, some wind protection depending on the pitch, and less confining than the bivy. Furthermore, a head net or other similar rig would provide critter protection if needed. In this case, the bivy could be left behind as long as you felt comfortable going without its added wind/weather protection. In extreme weather, if you could only choose a non-waterproof bivy or a tarp, I think the tarp would be the most likely choice (unless you were willing to flip the bivy upside down to its waterproof underside and gut it out). I'm sure others could expand upon or offer alternatives to this pro/con list!EDIT: just read Thom's post and second it.Jamie
Edited by dubendorf on 01/24/2009 16:57:42 MST.
Another thought to add- I feel the dilemma to bring or not to bring the tarp because my GG White Lightnin' 8x10 is, by tarp standards, a very robust 20 oz. or so. Other tarps or tarp ponchos fall down around 5 oz. or even lighter, so that changes things.
Well, I did get an A16 bug bivy for the bugs. I haven't used it yet. Seems like just the thing, though. I tried to make one of my own out of mosquito mesh and auto sun shades, but it just wasn't roomy enough.Maybe the tarp isn't a good option for me. I was thinking I would bring it for rain, thinking that my The One wasn't rain-worthy enough. But if I have to haul around so much extra stuff to make the tarp work, it wouldn't be worth it, unless The One is completely useless in rain.Maybe I'll just stick to the tarp for local hikes with my BF so that we don't have to carry the 6lb tent (or spend money on a new, lighter tent.) My local region has nice and reliable weather. I don't think a bivy would ever be necessary.
I hear ya Diane, the SW has fair weather usually... but here near the Phoenix area it can still be a toss up...even tho id bet you get more than our average 8in./year here is an example of my past few hikes:forecast low- 52, % of rain 20actual low 31, no rainforecast low- 45, % of rain 30actual low- 39, Hard rain for 3 hoursforecast low- 37, % of rain 30actual low- 38 (and high), rain all dayforecast low- 28, % of rain 0actual low- 37, no rainthis is the NOAA spot-on forecast using Google Map feature. As it isnt perfect, the differece between 30% chance of rain (which seems to be a consistent label) and 3 hour pounding like I havent seen for a few years is major. 8oz insurance is worth it, to me.
Edited by mikeinfhaz on 01/24/2009 18:13:37 MST.
So then, since my The One is so dang light, what's the point of bringing so many parts to equal its function, but at a greater weight?Since I would bring my Gossamer Gear The One tent instead of a tarp by default, does anyone have experience with it in the rain? I have only used it in very light rain. It worked splendidly. I worry about hard rain. Anybody used it in hard rain?
*So then, since my The One is so dang light, what's the point of bringing so many parts to equal its function, but at a greater weight?No doubt The One gives some heavier tarp/bivy combos a run for their money on weight, and for many folks the margin of weight savings at this level is not meaningful within their style of hiking. There is rarely one single standard through which to evaluate gear, whether it be weight, weather resistance, durability, etc. Every gear has its pros and cons, and the fun is in finding the selection that best suits your own style. I have not found the tarp/bivy combo to be at all complex to employ, and I value its flexibility for all the reasons outlined above- flexibility that The One lacks, though it weighs about the same. I leave this system behind when hiking with girlfriend and dog, because my needs change: dog likes enclosed space to sleep in, people like a little shared, sheltered space without being separated by bivies, and a little room is nice when dog likes to hog the tent! For this I purchased the SMD Lunar Duo, and look forward to giving it a go next chance I get. This tent meets certain needs that are important for me, but also comes with other limitations (if only there was any piece of gear without limitations!). Obviously, a shelter called "The One" would make for an unpleasant night with dog, girlfriend, and me, and I know who would be kicked out first...not the dog!*Since I would bring my Gossamer Gear The One tent instead of a tarp by default, does anyone have experience with it in the rain? I have only used it in very light rain. It worked splendidly. I worry about hard rain. Anybody used it in hard rain?No experience here, but it sounds like The One and a tarp do not accomplish the same functions for your purposes, unless you can sleep two comfortably in it (which is, as I interpreted your earlier post, the reason you were considering the tarp rather than The One).Best,Jamie
Edited by dubendorf on 01/24/2009 20:31:23 MST.
"So then, since my The One is so dang light, what's the point of bringing so many parts to equal its function, but at a greater weight?"Diane,If you are referring to tarp plus bivy I find that this combo will exceed most of the functions of a small single wall tent like "the one" except for maybe bug protection and privacy. Things to consider...tarp+bivy=warmer then tent, tarp+bivy = better in rain, tarp+bivy = faster to set up, tarp+bivy = less condensation, and yes tarp+bivy = lighter. My integral designs silnylon tarp weighs 6.8 oz + my MLD superlight bivy 6.2 oz add 24' of spectraline and 8 tent stakes (2.9 oz) = 15.9 oz (and other tarp setups come lighter). The one with tent stakes, seam sealed, and recommended ground sheet will probably come close to 20 oz and you have to hike with poles to set it up.All that being said I still think the one is an amazing tent and will serve many folks well. I've spent many more nights out in a tent then I have a tarp, but since switching to a tarp full time I really like it better.Jamie
Edited by jshortt on 01/24/2009 20:39:43 MST.
Hi Diane,I wonder if our paths crossed last summer?I used the One on the PCT last summer and found it be ideal for much of that trail. It is quite light and when there are mosquitoes about it makes a nice sized bug-free bubble to relax in. Its supplied stuff sack is also sized to make it a comfortable pillow when cowboy camping. As far as rain, it does well for the occasional odd day of rain or snow as it can be dried quickly during the next day's break.However, I found that the One is not quite as comfortable when dealing with consecutive days of rain. If one does not get the opportunity to dry the tent the following day, then when it's packed up the water on the outside surfaces tends to wick its way into the inside of the tent. Then on the following (rainy) night, the additional moisture inside the tent combined with high humidity outside the tent and limited ventilation seems to create a fair bit of condensation on the interior walls which then gets knocked off when gusts of wind hit the walls. Of course this is probably a limitation of single-wall tents in general, and the One seemed to suffer no worse than my friends TT Rainbow during the same conditions. For Washington, I switched to using a separate ground cloth and an 8' x 10' tarp made of 3 mil plastic. My friend's technique was to continue to use the TT Rainbow and on bad night's take a Nyquil to sleep through it.To answer your question: the One can easily handle a night's hard rain. However, quality of life will degrade with each consecutive day of even moderate rain.Hope that helps!
Maybe we did cross paths. I only met one other person with The One, that I know of. I think his trailname was Rizzo. Mine was Piper. Who were you?Did you have a bivy with your tarp?What I'm thinking is that I could take my tent most of the time, but trade for the bivy when I approached Oregon/Washington where the heavier rain is.I plan to bring my new bug net bivy everywhere all the time so I can always sleep without the tent or tarp if I want with no fear of bugs.I did not complete the PCT. I hurt my feet. I sat home August and September reading trail journals. One person said that people were unhappy in the rain with their lightweight tents. I've heard a couple of times now that the problem was the tent getting wet inside after multiple days of rain and stuffing it in the pack.My plan is to complete the PCT this year with something that won't disappoint me in the rain. If it turns out to be too much hassle, my tarp would at least serve as a decent 2-person tent for local hikes w/ my BF, replacing our 6lb 2-person tent.(I did the PCT alone and will do it again alone. I'm the only one in the family willing to throw away my future for the trail.)
Diane,Sounds like a perfect time to experiment with some different options before finishing up the PCT. For example, it seems that you could cover all the functionality of The One and the bug bivy, both of which you are considering carrying on the first portion, for much less weight and fewer moving parts with a tarp/bivy combo. If you feel comfortable with a bivy/tarp setup in variable conditions, then you could do away with The One and the bug bivy on your trip entirely. However, if you really like how the bug bivy feels on those clear nights, it could be worth it to you to carry the extra weight. You could even consider carrying the bug bivy and the tarp at the dryer stage, and then swapping the bug bivy with a full bivy, for example an MLD soul bivy, later in the trip to add a little more storm protection. Since a tarp does not enclose you in the same way The One does, you may find that even when the tarp is wet for multiple days and soaked on all surfaces, it is much less of an inconvenience because meanwhile you have hopefully been able to keep your bivy largely dry the whole time. And since tarps can be pitched high in rain when wind is not an issue, there is much more practical living space and less chance to rub up against wet surfaces. Ultimately, of course, you will be the one in the rainstorm! The more you experiment with all these different options in front of you, the better a decision you can make about the kind of hike you want to hike. As for trips with a significant other in moderate weather conditions, the SMD Lunar Duo is definitely worth a good luck, and is reviewed on this site.Jamie
Hi Diane,Hmmm... the other person I knew who had a One was a guy named Icebag. I'm not really a trail name person myself, so I went by "Nick" most of the time. Some of the trail names people tried out on me were: "VE-Nick" and "Cool Hand Luke." I'll PM you with more details.edit: To answer your question; I did not have a bivy with my tarp. Like you I had heard that the 8' x 10' dimensions would provide storm coverage such that a bivy wasn't necessary. I found that to be true for myself. I was also betting that mosquitoes would not be a large problem that late into the season. I did have a silk bag liner for my quilt which kept the ants out mostly and a bug headnet to sleep with if the mosquitoes were bad. They weren't that bad and soon they were gone. I used a piece of tyvek as a ground sheet.Of course, the main reason I didn't have a bivy was that at the time, I didn't want to spend any more money on something I was going to use just for Washington.
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I am 12 weeks have lost 10 pounds and my pants are feeling pretty tight. I have not gotten maternity clothes yet. I am holding out. :) I am feeling like i look fatter then usual. Very confusing when you lose ten pounds but fill out more then before. :D
Momma to 2 babies no longer with us:
Carter (27w) Stillbirth & Amelia Rose (17w)-Lived for an hour and 12 minutes.
Kiddos: Monkey (2/05), Lemur (1/06), Skish (7/13), Raptor (5/15)
Fur babies: Dodge (woof), Ebon (meow)
#giverofsquirrels #pigeonpottytrainer
Christine & Joel 1998 DSD 6/92 DSS 12/94
Our long awaited miracle rainbow baby Lucas James 6/6/11
mc 6/95 3/05 1/12 8/12 edd 8/1/13
I am gonna take another pic in a few days, though, cuz I look waaay pregnant now. So i bet you in a week or two you will start to change. Although, this is my third so that might also make a difference....
Jill and Nic had Beautiful Simone 9/16/10 on mommy's b-day Rainbow Betty born 7/31/13 Nolan Ryan HAS ARRIVED!August 2015! I wish to remain anony- MOOSE