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Oriana to Fjords after refit now Adult-only: Oriana Cruise Review by LibraLass
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Oriana to Fjords after refit now Adult-only
Destination: Baltic Sea
Embarkation: Other
After a clear drive down to Southampton on a Friday morning we boarded at Mayflower for the 1st time in about 6 cruises, so it made a change! We arrived at noon and already long queues of passengers were waiting to check in, I estimate around 300 or so in front of us, but with 18 check-in desks manned we were soon checked in and onboard by 12.45pm.
I had read sail-away bands had been discontinued but still cannot work out if this is on all cruises or just some. Anyway, we had a balcony cabin which although was starboard we were berthed the 'wrong way round' which meant we were facing the dockside and ...an empty bandstand, so I waited to see if they would arrive for our perfect view - they didn't !
We sailed away in the drizzle with no music and just watched the dock crew untie the ropes. We did have our 'free' glass of champagne, which is given to Peninsular tiers from Atlantic upwards. ('free glass' leaflet was in cabin More along with lapel pin)
Throughout the cruise, even on formal night I never saw anyone actually wearing them. A waste of money in my opinion, and would rather see the sail away band re-instated!
The following day was a sea day, sailing north passed England and then Scotland, we were surrounded by a heavy mist so most people stayed inside the ship. Our Cabin was a deluxe balcony and although at the aft, it was ideally positioned a few feet away from the door going out to the terrace pool and scooped aft decks. This was very handy as the weather changed as soon as we arrived in Norway and sunbathing and relaxing on the aft decks were to be the norm. Our cabin had everything we could need including a bath as well as shower, fluffy (not towel) dressing gowns, slippers plenty of storage space and brand new balcony furniture and cushions - replaced at the refit no doubt.
The passengers on the new adult only Oriana, were aged mostly 50-70, with young 60's being the average age, there were also many couples in their 40's and some in the 80+ age group, but certainly not an 'old folks' home' I have read about ! Two of our table companions were in their late 80's and they were amazing ! Married 63 years, downing a bottle of wine a night between them and certainly living life to the 'max' although they didn't venture off the ship at ports. They did seem to be having a wonderful ho0liday though, and good luck to them ! I hope I am still cruising too in my mid-eighties!
Formal nights were very formal on the 1st one I didn't see any man in a suit all were in black dinner jackets, we had a lovely Captains Gala Party' just like the 'old days' with ample red and white wine, and g&t, offered and nibbles. Unlike the last 4 or so cruises I've done on Azura and Ventura when it was hard to even see a waiter with a drinks tray let alone get a nibble lol!
There was lots of ballroom dancing taking place so dancers out there will be happy, Harlequins every evening, was buzzing with the dance instructors and bands, a disco started after midnight in there.
I love the dedicated cinema Chaplins' onboard the films were a great choice, and we managed to see Warhorse, the latest Johnny English Film and The Iron Lady.
Oriana is looking wonderful after the re-fit, the Pacific Lounge had all new carpets and upholstered settees and chairs, the buffet Conservatory had new furniture, balcony furniture maybe replaced throughout, ours certainly was... Alfresco looked immaculate, the dining room too. The waiters now wear a button in their top shirt as bow ties have been discontinued for bar and waiting staff
Corkage for drinking wine in the main dining room is now £11 from £10
Drinks are a bit more expensive, cocktails £4.95. You can still buy 1 /2 carafes of wine like Chardonnay for £8.50 which seems fair.
The weather as I mentioned above improved by the time we docked at our first port -Stavanger, We did a 2 hour walking tour here, which was a good idea as it was a Sunday, and as I expected, all the shops and most restaurants were shut, we got back to the dock at noon, so went back onboard for lunch. Two beers in Norway can cost £26 I was told. A bottle of coke (small) is £3.50.
The sail away was in sunshine with people swimming in the pool. As the days progressed it got hotter and hotter, with 26.5 in Bergen. Tony was quite brown by the time we got off and me sun kissed ! LOL
Our next port was Flamm, this was the highlight for us as we had been to the other 3 ports before, and were told to go to Flamm and go on the railway if we ever came this way again... so we booked this cruise specifically for Flamm
Another lovely sunny clear day, which was ideal for our trip. We booked with P&O, and I'm glad we did, as there were lots of people in Flamm, with coaches from elsewhere, and it was so busy, I did hear people who thought they could just get a ticket at the station were disappointed. The train takes a hour to reach the summit, Oriana had 2 reserved carriages so we all had seats and were advised to swop sides on the way down to see all the lovely views..There was lots of snow still at the summit, even a swimming pool full of snow ! See photos...
Olden, was as beautiful as it was last time I visited. The little land train is still there and well worth 150 Nor Kr, ( £15pp)for the hour ride up into town and then onwards to Olden Lake, all around the lake and back again via town. (We did this last time and it was well worth it)
As we had a tour for the afternoon,we just walked to the town had a coffee - not too bad 33 Nkr about £3.50 each... and then came back for our tour to Kjenndalen Glacier and Lovatnet Lake (we did Briksdal Glacier last cruise - which by the way was better with blue ice and a pleasant hours walk to and from it)
It was so hot in the coach as we waited to leave, people were wilting, someone asked the driver if the air-con was working and he said it was on full power, but they never really use it here ! (haha.)The coach took us to a small boat for the lake trip, most of the seating was inside, as I suppose its usually misty, raining or cold, but it was still hot and again people in the inners of the boat were wilting. I managed to get a view point mid way and took this photo of the fantastic scenery
We then had waffles, sour cream and coffee at a lovely chalet before driving onto the glacier.
(photos in album link below)
We have now had three ports in a row all sunny the wine waiter told me that night he had never known in his 17 years of cruising to the Fjords three days in a row of sun...Bergen is known for 300 days of rain out of 365... Well, when we arrived there it was the hottest day so far!
Bergen had 4 cruise ships in, and was hosting a Major Music Festival, the town was heaving, again people who had not booked the Funicular railway were left disappointed as by 10am the queues at the station were massive and snaked all down the street to the market. I always book a tour if there is somewhere I really want to go as you are fast -tracked passed the queues. We had done this trip before luckily and weren't bothered, so this time we thought we would see more of Bergen and find those coloured old warehouses you see whenever Bergen is photographed, we chose the land train again 150 Kr (approx £15pp), and had a pleasant trip.
When we got back we decided to head back to the ship as we were to be back onboard early here at 3.30pm with last shuttle at 3pm, so we left in plenty of time... We passed the outside music festival and saw the Queen and King of Norway !! They were on the stage while the national anthem was playing.!!
As we sailed away, in scorching weather again to a 'Great British Sail away' the Captain announced that 2 passengers were left behind, obviously this early sail away had not been noted by them... and we were to cheer as the launch approached and an elderly couple caught up with the ship and had to climb up the side!! Amazing.!!
This review is getting too long, but I must lastly touch on the new Marco Pierre White 'Ocean Grill', which is in the old Curzon Room/Oriana Rhodes restaurant...
We love going to the supplement Fine Dining Restaurants and have been to a lot of them. So this was on my to-do list. We decided to go twice in the 7 day cruise trying both menus. All I can say is...have a light lunch and NO afternoon nibbles or tea!! As his portions are generous and of excellent standard.
The first evening I had;
An amuse boucle of chefs homemade chicken soup (which was divine)
Starters of Smoked Chicken and Avocado salad,
Mains, Mixed Seafood Grill (cod, salmon, large prawn, squid a 4 scallop kebab!!, ) with triple cooked hand -cut chips in a stack, sides of green beans with shallots and roasted veg.
Dessert Marcos Sherry Trifle Wally Lad with harveys Bristol cream
The service was outstanding, at the next table a couple shared Chateaubriand of Beef which was a extra £6pp, this was carved at the table and the couple later told me it was to die for....
On Menu 1 which we had on the last evening, it was even better...
Again a amuse bouche of chicken soup with assorted mini rolls on the table
Prawn Cocktail - the best ever in a high glass with 8 -10 large jumbo prawns in a homemade Marie rose dressing.
Salt Marsh Lamb Rack with Dauphinoise Potato stack, crushed minted peas, and a jus with side veg....DEVINE !!! The best lamb I have every tasted...and side veg
Apple Tart Tatin with a jug of warm caramel and homemade vanilla pod ice cream
We had coffee after with handmade chocolates on a brandy snap leaf...
(Photos in link below.)
The Supplement was £17.95 a head. We think its worth the extra as a meal like this on land would be around £100-150 and of course everything is freshly cooked to order, with superb service and a table for 2 if you want it. It does not compare to mass-catering of the main dining room.
Marco came onboard at Bergen, I went to a audience with' interview in the theatre, he is a formidable character, and even I !!!! Didn't have the nerve to ask for his photo. Although I did pop along to his book signing and took a photo.
Another highlight was the light evenings midnight sun, it was strange going into the crows nest at 11.45pm and seeing a light sky.
Hope you found this of interest, any questions on the newly refurbed Oriana now childfree with 3 lovely pools all for us!!!, or the Fjord ports, just ask. !!
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Location: Tubbercurry , Co Sligo
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:58 am
Post subject: solid fuel ranges - considerations when choosing
Some of this will be obvious to you but I had used a range for 6 years and still made a few oversights when changing old for new ( second-hand ) .
The original one had three main drawbacks :-
- It was not large enough to run all the radiators and provide hot water .
- It was difficult to clean out the soot and tar from the side of the boiler which faced the oven , and from the air duct under the oven which could only be accessed thru a narrow hatch .
- It leaked tar onto the floor from the area between the outside of the oven and the casing which surrounded it . I made this worse over time by shoving a flat object too far down from the top plate when scraping off solidified tar from the vertical sides of the air vent . Obviously broke a seal at the bottom .
Real mistake was taking advice from an expert without really thinking it through -- not just the features of the new one but also how we would actually use it .
New one was recommended as a top-of-the-range Stanley Supreme , solid fuel - specifically for timber and turf . Not the most recent of models but , one would have thought , recent enough not to have any significant design faults . Not so !
- It does not have an air inlet in the door to the fire box . This means that if you have the inevitably slightly damp turf or wood on slow burn ( bottom vent shut nearly down ) the fumes from it do not ignite into flame in the fire box . Not only do they not give you any heat they also deposit tar on the way out .
It does have a perforated tube which takes air from the ash box area to the top of the firebox but this is not sufficient unless the fuel is
dry .
- It is apparently not a good idea to substitute coalite for turf/timber as this can burn too hot and crack the top plate unless you are careful .
- It is front-loading only . When you open the door smoke and fine ash billows out unless the fire is roaring and/or you have a good draw from the chimney .
- Burning it hot does minimise the smoke and tar problems but is of course more expensive . Not to mention having to carry in up to 3 bags of turf a day . This may produce more heat than you want anyway .
- I was told that the solution is to open it up in the evening and let it burn out , or nearly out , overnight . Fine if you have got a well insulated house but you still have to get it going again in the morning ---- entails kindling wood or a long wait .
- The cleaning hatch beneath the oven is still very narrow . There is not much room for manoeuver and you can't see what you are doing when scraping the ash out . The angle of access is such that you can't get the scraper right into the corners of the air duct so tar builds up there and restricts air flow .
- The "door" to the hatch is not hinged . It is like a rectangular stopper which you have to tilt slightly then pull out . It has a very smooth surace and nothing to get a grip on . It is a sod to remove , particularly when gummed in by tar , until you have learned the knack .
- The 3 riddle bars are linked together . This sounds good because you don't have to rattle them individually . However , if a small stone or unburnt piece of fuel jams one bar then all 3 are locked and there is very little you can do about until the fire goes out .
- I think this is as a result of modification ( boiler replaced by non-branded item ) rather than design -- there is a gap at the front , between bottom of boiler and base of firebox . When you open the bottom door to remove the ash tray hot coals fall thru the gap and onto the floor .
- Finally ( I think ) the only way to get access to clean the vertical side of the boiler and air duct is to lift the top plate right off . The first few inches of the lift have to be straight upwards ( you can't tilt it ) .Believe me , this is both awkward and heavy ( best guess about 20 kg ) . MOH certainly couldn't do it when I fall off my pearch .
In fairness to Stanley I doubt they are the only make to give the user problems and they may have cured them all by now .
The purpose of this post is not to have a good moan or to put anyone off solid fuel ranges . It is simply to save someone else else from finding out the hard way . That is why it is in this section of the forum !
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:16 am
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I think the biggest problem with most solid fuel ranges and stoves available up until recently in Ireland is that they don't cope well with either timber or turf - the fire box's and air systems are not designed for it. They call them multi-fuel burners but all the heat output data is based on burning coke.
The ranges I saw in Canada are similar to the scandinavian type which are specifically designed for timber and i imagine would accomodate turf just as well.
I think there are Jotul dealerships here now.
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Location: East Clare
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 2:41 am
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I can't tell you how happy I was to see the back of our Stanley some two years ago.
As well as all the problems you identified Blowin, I would add the igniting flue. Usually happened after a period of running the range fairly low resulting in a build-up of tar in the flue. Then came a cold spell and a need to make the range burn hot which frequently resulted in the flue catching fire with a very frightening roar and an incredible draw on the firebox which made the situation worse.
The only solution .... half a bucket of water in the firebox and a prayer that the steam would extinguish the fire. It usually did ... after a while ... but it was hairy.
Now our lovely woodchip burner gives us masses of heat for the radiators and the hot water. It's easily controllable ... and it's safe. Joy...
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Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 12:10 am
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I think the biggest problem with most solid fuel ranges and stoves available up until recently in Ireland is that they don't cope well with either timber or turf - the fire box's and air systems are not designed for it.
I had a rant at Stanley customer service some time ago. Their response was that their solid fuel ranges are definitely suitable for logs and turf. The catch is that the fuel must be "dry", by which they mean less than 20% moisture content .
The 30 yr average relative humidity for my area ( Bellmullet ) is 83 and 78 in the morning and mid afternoon respectively . There is surprisingly little variation by month and/or between max and min recordings. ( see
) . Intuition tells me that it will rarely be possible let alone
to get turf "dry" in these conditions / in the real world. It is therefore necessary to let more air in and burn faster and to a higher temp than you actually need in order to avoid problems with soot in the chimney and liquid tar in the range . IMHO that makes the product unfit for the purpose in the environment in which it will be used but , unfortunately , not sufficiently unfit to enable a claim for compensation. You've either got to live with the mess or burn about 35% more turf to forestall it . ( Comments relate to turf off the bog , not to the much more expensive processed briquettes ) .
I did undertake a little experiment , weighing some of the best turf from my "ready to burn" pile then putting it in the oven for a couple of days. It definitely lost weight and noticeably shrunk so it had lost moisture but , of course , I had lost my notes and/or interest by then so couldn't say exactly how much or work out its initial % water content.
Think I'll find something better to waste my time on this year !
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- Reproductive strategies of forest trees; spatial synchrony; spatial patterns; conservation biology; behavioral ecology; ornithology; population ecology; vertebrate social behavior; dispersal, mating systems, and sexual selection
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- Landscape genetics and population structure in valley oak (Quercus lobata Née). American Journal of Botany. 102:2124-2131. 2016
- Climatic dipoles drive two principal modes of North American boreal bird irruption. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112. 2015
- Environmental drivers of mast-seeding in Mediterranean oak species: does leaf habit matter? . Journal of Ecology. 103:691-700. 2015
- Lagged effects of early season herbivores on valley oak fecundity. Oecologia. 178:361-368. 2015
- Leaf phenology mediates provenance differences in herbivore populations on valley oaks in a common garden. Ecological Entomology. 40:525-531. 2015
- Temporal variability and cooperative breeding: testing the bet-hedging hypothesis in the acorn woodpecker. Proceedings in Biological Sciences. 282:20151742. 2015
- Tree community shifts and acorn woodpecker population increases over three decades in a California oak woodland. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 45:1113-1120. 2015
- What drives masting? The phenological synchrony hypothesis. Ecology. 96:184-192. 2015
- Cues versus proximate drivers: testing the mechanism behind masting behavior. Oikos: A Journal of Ecology. 123:179-184. 2014
- Environmental correlates of acorn production by four species of Minnesota oaks. Population Ecology. 56:63-71. 2014
- Serotiny in California oaks. Madrono. 61:151-158. 2014
- Stage and size structure of three species of oaks in central coastal California. Madrono. 61:2771-81. 2014
- What we don't know about the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), or why someone needs to continue studying them someday.. Acta Ornithologica. 2014
- Avian predation pressure as a potential driver of periodical cicada cycle length.. American Naturalist. 181:145-149. 2013
- Cooperative breeding and long-distance dispersal: a test using vagrant records.. PLOS ONE. 8. 2013
- Effects of the emerald ash borer invasion on four species of birds.. Biological Invasions. 15:2095-2103. 2013
- Interrelationships among life-history traits in three California oaks.. Oecologia. 171:129-139. 2013
- Large scale spatial synchrony and cross-synchrony in acorn production by two California oaks.. Ecology. 94:83-93. 2013
- An experimental study of chick provisioning in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker. Ethology. 118:566-574. 2012
- Brooding, provisioning, and compensatory care in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker. Behavioral Ecology. 23:181-190. 2012
- Overlapping landscapes: a persistent, but misdirected concern when collecting and analyzing ecological data. Journal of Wildlife Management. 76:1072-1080. 2012
- Sex allocation in California oaks: trade-offs or resource tracking? . PLoS One. 7. 2012
- Stabilizing selection for within-season flowering phenology confirms pollen limitation in a wind-pollinated tree. Journal of Ecology. 100:758-763. 2012
- Age-related provisioning behaviour in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker: testing the skills and the pay-to-stay hypotheses. Animal Behaviour. 82:437-444. 2011
- Avian predators are less abundant during periodical cicada emergences, but why?. Ecology. 92:784-790. 2011
- Climatic constraints on wintering bird distributions are modified by urbanization and weather. Journal of Animal Ecology. 80:403-413. 2011
- Effects of gypsy moth outbreaks on North American woodpeckers. Condor. 113:352-361. 2011
- Fitness consequences of seed size in the valley oak Quercus lobata Ne (Fagaceae). Annals of Forest Science. 68:477-484. 2011
- Fitness consequences of within-brood dominance in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 65:2229-2238. 2011
- Foraging patterns of acorn woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus) on valley oak (Quercus lobata Ne) in two California oak savanna-woodlands. Oecologia. 166:187-196. 2011
- Inter- and intraspecific pollination patterns of valley oak, Quercus lobata, in a mixed stand in central coastal California. International Journal of Plant Science. 172:691-699. 2011
- Mutualism or parasitism? Using a phylogenetic approach to characterize the oxpecker-ungulate relationship. Evolution. 65:1297-1304. 2011
- Proactive Conservation Management of an Island-endemic Bird Species in the Face of Global Change . BioScience. 61:1013-1021. 2011
- Testing MoranÕs theorem in an agroecosystem. Oikos. 120:1434-1440. 2011
- Variable helper effects, ecological conditions, and the evolution of cooperative breeding in the acorn woodpecker. American Naturalist. 178:145-158. 2011
- Ecological determinants of American crow mortality due to West Nile virus during its North American sweep. Oecologia. 163:903-909. 2010
- Testing the environmental prediction hypothesis for mast-seeding in California oaks. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 40:2115-2122. 2010
- Helpers and egg investment in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker: testing the concealed helper effects hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 63:1659-1665. 2009
- Latitudinal decrease in acorn size in bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) is due to environmental constraints, not avian dispersal. Botany. 87:349-356. 2009
- Mast-producing trees and the geographical ecology of western scrub-jays. Ecography. 32:561-570. 2009
- No trade-off between seed size and number in the valley oak Quercus lobata. American Naturalist. 173:682-688. 2009
- A tale of two worlds: molecular ecology and population structure of the threatened Florida scrub-jay. Molecular Ecology. 17:1632-1633. 2008
- Acorn harvesting by acorn woodpeckers: annual variation and comparison with genetic estimates. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 10:811-822. 2008
- Acorns, insects, and the diet of adult vs. nestling acorn woodpeckers. Journal of Field Ornithology. 79:280-285. 2008
- An intercontinental comparison of the dynamic behavior of mast seeding communities. Population Ecology. 50:329-342. 2008
- Early impact of West Nile virus on the yellow-billed magpie (Pica nuttalli). Auk. 125:542-550. 2008
- Estimate of Trichomonas gallinae-induced mortality in band-tailed pigeons, upper Carmel Valley, California, winter 2006-2007. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 120:603-606. 2008
- Herbarium specimens suggest non-native origins of three species of Phytophthora in California. Mycological Research. 112:757-758. 2008
- A negative correlation does not imply a tradeoff between growth and reproduction in California oaks. Proceedings at the National Academy of Science USA. 104:16982-16985. 2007
- Costs and benefits of nest reuse versus excavation in cavity-nesting birds. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 44:209-217. 2007
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- Late summer and fall nesting in the acorn woodpecker and other North American terrestrial birds. Condor. 109:334-350. 2007
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- West Nile Virus and breeding bird declines. Ecohealth. 4:18-24. 2007
- Abbreviated inner primaries: a sex-linked dimorphism in the acorn woodpecker. Journal of Field Ornithology. 77:157-162. 2006
- Estimating the effects of sudden oak death on oak-dependent birds. Biological Conservation. 127:146-157. 2006
- Evolution of clutch size in cavity-excavating birds: the nest site limitation hypothesis revisited. American Naturalist. 167:343-353. 2006
- Spatial synchrony of monarch butterflies. American Midland Naturalist. 155:39-49. 2006
- Effects of periodical cicada emergences on abundance and synchrony of avian populations. Ecology. 86:1873-1882. 2005
- Persistence in adversity: lessons from the ivory-billed woodpecker. BioScience. 55:646-647. 2005
- Seasonal body weight variation in five species of woodpeckers. Condor. 107:810-812. 2005
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- European starlings and their effect on native cavity-nesting birds. Conservation Biology. 17:1134-1140. 2003
- Is pollen limited? The answer is blowin' in the wind. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 18:157-159. 2003
- Measuring mast seeding behavior: relationships among population variation, individual variation and synchrony. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 224:107-114. 2003
- Patterns of reproductive skew in the polygynandrous acorn woodpecker. American Naturalist. 162:277-289. 2003
- Regional dynamics of wetland-breeding frogs and toads: turnover and synchrony. Ecological Applications. 13:1522-1532. 2003
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- Seed-crop size and eruptions of North American boreal seed-eating birds. Journal of Animal Ecology. 70:609-620. 2001
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- Spatial autocorrelation and local disappearances in wintering North American birds. Ecology. 82:2636-2644. 2001
- Spatially autocorrelated demography and interpond dispersal in the pond breeding salamander Ambystoma californiense. Ecology. 82:3519-3530. 2001
- Synchrony and periodicity of eruptions by boreal seed-eating birds. Condor. 103:725-735. 2001
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- Life history and demographic variation in the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense). Copeia Journal. 2000:365-377. 2000
- Natal dispersal in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker. Condor. 102:492-502. 2000
- Patterns of annual seed production by northern hemisphere trees: a global perspective. American Naturalist. 155:59-69. 2000
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- Nest-site selection in the acorn woodpecker. Auk. 116:45-54. 1999
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- Effects of storage on tannin and protein content of cached acorns. Southwestern Naturalist. 43:170-175. 1998
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- On the relationship between nutrient use efficiency and fertility in forest ecosystems. Oecologia. 110:550-556. 1997
- Reproductive success of yellow-billed magpies Pica nuttalli in central coastal California. Acta Ornithologica. 32:99-109. 1997
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- Nestling sex-ratio variation in western bluebirds. The Auk. 113:902-910. 1996
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- An experimental test of offspring recognition in western bluebirds. The Auk. 112:1062-1064. 1995
- Genetic monogamy in single-male groups of acorn woodpeckers. Molecular Ecology. 4:765-770. 1995
- Patterns and consequences of egg destruction among joint-nesting acorn woodpeckers. Animal Behaviour. 50:607-621. 1995
- Why do oaks produce boom-and-bust seed crops?. California Agriculture. 49:7-12. 1995
- Acorn production by oaks in central coastal California: variation within and among years. Ecology. 75:99-109. 1994
- Energetic benefits of communal roosting by acorn woodpeckers in the non-breeding season. Condor. 96:631-637. 1994
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- Provisioning in western bluebirds is not related to offspring sex. Behavioral Ecology. 5:455-459. 1994
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- Two new bird-mammal associations from Kenya, with comments on host use by wattled starlings. Ostrich. 65:337-338. 1994
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- Levels of female choice in the white-tailed skimmer Plathemis lydia (Odonata: Libellulidae). Behaviour. 119:193-224. 1991
- The effects of tannins and lipids on the digestibility of acorns by acorn woodpeckers. Auk. 108:79-88. 1991
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- Dispersal, effective population size and the genetic structure of the contemporary United States. American Journal of Human Biology. 2:165-170. 1990
- Individual contributions to cooperative nest care in the acorn woodpecker. Condor. 92:360-368. 1990
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- Ability of two species of oak woodland birds to subsist on acorns. Condor. 90:705-708. 1988
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- Reciprocal altruism in birds: a critical review. Ethology and Sociobiology. 9:73-84. 1988
- Breeding site fidelity in Plathemis lydia (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologica. 16:249-259. 1987
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- Morphological and dietary correlates of clutch size in North American woodpeckers. Auk. 104:757-765. 1987
- Poor acorn crop, dominance, and decline in numbers of acorn woodpeckers. Journal of Animal Ecology. 56:197-207. 1987
- Potential poisoning of yellow-billed magpies by compound 1080. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 15:274-276. 1987
- Comparative reproductive success of yellow-shafted, red-shafted and hybrid flickers across a hybrid zone. Auk. 103:42-51. 1986
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- On the measurement of sexual selection. American Naturalist. 127:403-409. 1986
- An analysis of genetic variation and parentage in a California population of acorn woodpeckers. Auk. 102:305-312. 1985
- Dunking of prey by Brewer's blackbirds: a novel source of water for nestlings. Condor. 87:444-445. 1985
- Patterns of territoriality and mating success in the white-tailed skimmer Plathemis lydia (Odonata: Anisoptera). American Midland Naturalist. 114:1-12. 1985
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- Clutch size of the gilded flicker. Condor. 86:89-90. 1984
- Geographic variation in clutch size in the northern flicker (Colaptes auratus): support for Ashmole's hypothesis. Auk. 101:698-706. 1984
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- Ecological and social factors affecting hatchability of eggs. Auk. 99:526-536. 1982
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- Coalitions of male lions: making the best of a bad job?. Nature. 293:413. 1981
- Reproductive success, group size, and the evolution of cooperative breeding in the acorn woodpecker. American Naturalist. 117:421-443. 1981
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- Birds of Hastings Reservation, Monterey County California. Western Birds. 11:113-128. 1980
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- Variation and age determination in a population of acorn woodpeckers. Journal of Field Ornithology. 51:10-16. 1980
- Water dependence of birds in a temperate oak woodland. Auk. 97:339-350. 1980
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Los Angeles police say "Curb Your Enthusiasm" actor and comedian Jeff Garlin has been arrested on a felony vandalism charge after a dispute with another motorist over a parking space.
Police Sgt. Harry Rosenfeld says the 51-year-old actor was arrested for allegedly smashing the windows of the other person's car. Rosenfeld says officers arrested Garlin in Studio City on Saturday.
Garlin was jailed on $20,000 bail. Garlin's publicists didn't immediately respond to phone and email messages Sunday.
According to TMZ, which first reported the arrest, Garlin was released from jail Sunday morning.
Garlin plays Larry David's friend and manager on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and has served as the show's co-executive producer. There have been reports that David will bring the show back for another season, but nothing has been confirmed. Garlin has also appeared frequently on "Arrested Development" and numerous other television shows. He has voiced characters in the amimated films "Cars 2," "Toy Story 3" and "WALL-E."


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Jeff Goldblum and Kieran Culkin
He's best known for his starring role in the film Independence Day and for playing an unconventional scientist in Jurassic Park.
Now Jeff Goldblum is about to hit the big screen again in the new film Igby Goes Down.
Goldblum stars alongside Kieran Culkin (brother of Macaulay) in the new film which tells the story of Igby who is at the turning point in his life.
Igby Slocumb (played by Kieran Culkin) is at war with the oppressive world of his East Coast "old money" family.
His dad is schizophrenic and his mother is self absorbed, distant and pops a lot of pills, Igby can't cope any more and he escpaes to New York for a new start.
Issues about his family, and what it's like to be young and have huge things inside dominate the film.
Goldblum plays D.H. Banes Igby's Godfather and quasi-benefactor whose motives are somewhat questionable.
Igby's relationship with his brother in the film, mirrors the real life relationship between Kieran and his brother Macaulay.
Kieran has been acting since the age of six and despite playing alongside his brother in Home Alone, never quite had the success of Macaulay, at least not until now.
Goldblum's character is another trying to bring Igby down, he says he feels strongly about the film's themes.
He says he's cautious about the emptiness of materialism and the destructive power of people who pretend to have selfless motives.
Goldblum was also drawn to the project for personal reasons. "I teach acting at the Playhouse West in North Hollywood,"
He says. "Burr Steers (the film's director) was in one of my first classes several years ago.
"I hadn't been in touch with him, but was delighted when he called and asked me to read the script. I was so proud, touched and thrilled to work with him."
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Australia's navy will undergo an asset upgrade program worth a quarter of a trillion dollars over the next 30 years, the largest capital expenditure project in the Commonwealth's history and one that requires new facilities if most of the construction is to be kept in Australia.
During this time, 48 ships and submarines will be replaced, complete with through-life support contracts for their maintenance and upgrade cycles.
"The opportunity is huge, for Australia and South Australia," says the chief executive of Defence SA, Andrew Fletcher. "We don't have the scale in this country for one site to handle the air warfare destroyers [AWDs] or the frigate replacement program," he says. "What we can do is create a world's-best port facility where the components and expertise for these huge projects can be drawn into one place."
That world's-best site is Techport Australia, a 35-hectare defence precinct at Osborne on Adelaide's Port River where shipbuilders, contractors and various defence agencies can co-locate during the projects that the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has contracted for. It boasts the largest ship-lift in the southern hemisphere.
It has been built as the world's most modern shipyard and dockyard infrastructure as the Australian Defence Force [ADF] plans for a future of regional engagement and expeditions, rather than the bipolar, alliance-based participation.
Not only does the RAN need new vessels for its new role, but it needs contractors to conduct through-life support on the new assets, typically worth three- to four-times the value of the initial purchase price of the vessels and requiring significant capacity improvements to work on the new generation hardware.
One of those capacity issues is simply size, says Fletcher, because the current ACS submarine works is too small for the planned new submarines.
Techport is already the home to ASC's shipbuilding site and submarine works and is tenanted by Raytheon Australia, DSTO and Ultra, with Lockheed Martin looking at a lease.
Fletcher says for Australia to have a viable domestic naval shipworks, it has to meet the requirements not only of modern shipyards but also security standards imposed on British and US defence contractors. Providing an environment where security elements are satisfied in one site, is a way of advancing Australia's naval industry.
"The only way that Australia can construct its own naval vessels in the future is by farming the work out to at least three states and to foreign nations and defence contractors," he says. "Knowing there's a headquarters where all the construction and security requirements are met, creates the comfort factor for the Commonwealth."
The complexity of the current AWD project illustrates why the Commonwealth and the South Australian government are sinking so much money into Techport, which includes the $260 million Common User Facility and the biggest ship-lift in the southern hemisphere.
The $8 billion AWD program will build three Hobart-class destroyers capable of fighting naval battles against air, land and sea-based attacks. The project is so complex and such a leap forward for Australia's military that a consortium, comprising the Commonwealth, Raytheon Australia and ASC, the government-owned shipbuilding company, was put together to build the three ships.
The destroyers are built at shipyards in Spain, NSW, Victoria and South Australia, as 31 prefabricated modules, or "blocks". They are being shipped on barges to Techport where they are put together at the Common User Facility before being fitted and launched from the same facility. Each ship requires 51 kilometres of piping, 427 kilometres of electrical cable, 2500 tonnes of structural steel, 6 kilometres of rope, 1.5 million fasteners and 4700 mechanical valves.
Fletcher says Techport has been granted an additional area of adjacent expansion land by the Commonwealth, and already includes a commercial precinct and a supplies precinct.
"We have a low cost of living, and Techport is on the national highway, the national railway and is 25 minutes from the airport," says Fletcher. "We're also geographically central, between the west and east coasts.
"There's been a need for this kind of infrastructure – the mining industry wants to use the ship-lift for moving its machinery internationally and the oil and gas industry will use this as a service port for its exploration in the [Great Australian] Bight."
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Let's see. So my arch had been bothering me. I had been resting it. Ran 4 miles Tuesday and then 20 minutes on Thursday. It felt ok. Actually the soreness had migrated to the top of my foot more than the arch but still it didn't feel too bad.
My training plan had me doing 17 this weekend. The Snowbuster Pikermi was happening so I was hoping for at least 13.1. But mostly I knew that I needed to listen to my foot.
Taped it up.
I was going to drive down to Urbana, IL to visit my sister (and do wedding stuff!!!) so to simplify my packing and my weekend I decided I would run my long run Friday morning. My mom wasn't supposed to pick me up until noon. I got up at 6 but it was almost 7 by the time I ate something, got dressed, foam rolled, did some dynamic warm up exercises, blah blah blah.
I checked the weather and my phone said it was 24 and supposed to get up to 30 something in an hour. Woo! So I wore one long sleeve under my jacket, found my thinner gloves, and put on two tights but left the thick pants at home.
And I was off. I felt a little weird when I started running; I think I was expecting my foot to start complaining. But it didn't. And I got in a rhythm.
I had forgot to charge my watch because sadly I can't remember things. I usually do long runs on Saturdays and my phone reminder to charge my watch isn't until Friday nights
So it was low from the start. Oh well.
I wasn't sure how far I would get so I went straight to the rolling hills. The sunrise was beautiful.
It wasn't long before I started getting cold. It didn't feel like 24!
I made it down to Geddes which is a pretty busy road and has a high speed limit so I don't like to run on it. And it was almost exactly 2.5 miles from my house so knowing my watch was about to die I turned around and headed back, figuring I knew what a 5 mile out and back route was.
I turned back and was really cold. By the time I got home my skin was freezing and painful. I went in and put thicker pants on. Plugged in my dead phone. Looked at the thermometer in the window and it said below 20F. It was confusing. (Turns out I had my phone app set on Urbana IL instead of my city, so it was actually about 16 when I started and less than 30 when I was done.) I had a gel, put my watch on the charger and made Charlie sad I was leaving again. I made it halfway down the block but I was really chilled, shivering, and felt a little sick to my stomach. I turned around and changed my sweaty shirt for a dry one and got my thicker gloves. I didn't really feel like going back out but I felt ok foot-wise so I got myself back out there.
No watch, so it was time to JFR. Kind of nice.
I made it two miles back out and I was at the top of the last hill before the turn around before I felt a little twinge in my foot. I stopped in my tracks. Tried to decide if I should keep going. I ultimately decided not to push it (and decided I didn't exactly trust my pain tolerance ever since I finished a 50K with a huge gash in my knee) so I turned around and went back home. Didn't have a watch but I think it was another 4 miles.
I got home and while I had felt maybe another twinge or two, my dog looked so sad I took him out for a bit. My watch didn't want to start so we went by time and it was about 12 minutes with all the stops so probably another mile. So I'm going with 10 miles for the day.
Took me 55 minutes for the 5 miles so probably around 1:10 for the 10 miles. But don't know for sure.
And then I drove down to IL and there were long long stretches of sidewalks completely void of snow. I wished I had brought my running clothes. Not so much when I was sleeping in, but every time I went outside I wanted to run down the sidewalk. It has to be coming soon here. I keep telling myself this!


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BWW Reviews: Texas Repertory Theatre Invites a Grand Ole' Time with PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES
This summer the Texas Repertory Theatre Company serves up a slice of apple pie and southern charm with PUMP BOYS AND THE DINETTES. Prior to the show, I wasn't really sure what to expect. It certainly sounded like something that had country charm splattered all over it. Turns out, I wasn't too far off. Being born and bred in Texas along with an affinity for diners this was a great treat. Conceived, written and originally performed by John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel and Jim Wann, it had a successful Off Broadway run before premiering on Broadway at the Princess Theatre in 1982.
The story takes you on down to two little country stops down Highway 57 in North Carolina. There you will come across The Double Cupp diner run by the Cupp Sisters (aka the dinettes) and the local service station run by the pump boys. Together, they welcome you to their neck of the woods with plenty of high charisma along with a propensity for churning out feel good tunes in the styles of good old country western, pop, rock, blue grass, and soul.
PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES is a musical gem. Not only is it jam packed with song and dance detailing the everyday ins and outs of the pump boy and dinettes' lives, but it also jam packed with musicians. That's right each performer is also a part of the band and make a fine addition to the juiced up musical atmosphere by strumming, humming or banging away on an instruments such as a piano, accordion, bass, an assortment of guitars as well as odds and ends such as kitchen utensils.
Steve Fenley (Jim) is delightful as the host of this country narrative. A bit rough around the edges, his presence is warm and inviting and it's easy to see why everyone likes him. Whether he's singing a funny story about fishing for catfish or a sweet one about his grandma, he serenades the audience on his guitar like it's nobody's business.
Adam Stout (L.M.) in his acting debut with The Texas Rep, plays his character with an honest demureness that does not hide the fact that he is a musical spitfire. He kept everyone jumpin' and groovin' with his magical piano and accordion playing fingers. His musical talent was a joy to be seen and full of energy.
Rodrick Randall (Jackson) also in his debut with The Texas Rep doesn't disappoint. His hearty sound and guitar playing struck some chords of gold. His cheerful presence added some great sweet as well as comedic moments.
Alongside the boys are the ever so charming dinettes. They graced the audience with big grins, cheeky looks, and a nice southern twang. Christina Stroup (Rhetta) was like a little energizer bunny. She was full of energy and on the go.
Lendsey Kersey (Prudie) was the calm to Stroup's ball of energy and by no means am I insinuating that she was boring. She was full of sass yet just the right amount of calm to balance Stroup out. After all, their characters are sisters so I thought this dynamic worked perfectly. Not to mention that they both put on a show for the audience whenever they picked up kitchen utensils and cranked out some wicked beats in musical accompaniment.
Not to be forgotten is the band. They are honorary pump boys Jonathan Means (Eddie) on bass and Nathan Mays (Scooter) on drums. Referenced to but not really heard from other than musically, they helped crank up the pizzazz with their well placed sounds and rhythmic beats.
The show did have a minor technical issue with sound. It seemed that the mics were having a bit of a problem and going in and out for some parts. I hope they are able to fix it right on up because some of the shows best vocal performances were a little harder to hear. That being said, don't let it deter you from going to see the show because in spite of the minor issues, all of the performers persevered through and still managed to blow me away with their vocals.
All in all, this little down home countrified musical filled with catchy tunes will for sure warm your hearts and send you off with a smile. Under the direction of Dan O'Brien and musical direction of Adam Stout, the small cast is certainly an affable bunch. Their camaraderie will make you feel right at home. So round up everybody in the car and head on over to The Texas Rep's production of PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES because it's a rockin' good time.
Catch PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES through August 3rd at the Texas Repertory Theatre Company. For tickets and more information go to www.texasreptheatre.org.
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I have just got BT Vision but think Channel 4OD and ITV Player are not working . On Channel 4OD there are only 36 programnes whilst 4OD on my PC has over 800 catch up programnes. ITV Player is a similar problem. Any idea what is going on. The BT Vision help Desk could not help me today
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I checked my BTV box and found that your results are all that's on offer (32 programmes each right now). I've never used either of these catch-ups because there's frankly very little on either channel that I'd watch first time, let alone pay to catch up with. But I was surprised to see how little was available.
At least I can confirm that there's no fault on your service. Hopefully, a regular user will be able to say whether you can expect more in due course. [Update: I was slow to post and didn't see mjc's contribution.]
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Not sure how this is marked "solved", we have the same issue that 4OD and ITV player On BT vision bear little relationship to the actual amount of content available on the actual sites. This is glossed over and not explained at all when the BT staff sign you up for BT Vision. Very disappointed with the service.
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It's not a weeks catch up at all, for example, this evening there are only 16 items available on 4OD.


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Ten months after his knee injury, Darrelle Revis finally returns
Darrelle Revis has played in 79 career games, been to four Pro Bowls and earned All-Pro honors three times. And yet, as he lay in bed Wednesday night on the eve of training camp, this accomplished football player was, well, nervous.
"I didn't sleep good last night," Revis said today, after completing his first practice since suffering a torn knee ligament last year. "I think it was just being anxious. I had butterflies for the first day of practice, to get back out there, not knowing what the outcome was going to be."
For Revis, traded from the Jets to Tampa Bay in April in the offseason's biggest transaction, it was a mostly uneventful morning. He did some individual drills and matched up with receivers only during a half-speed deep-ball drill.
But it was a landmark event given where Revis was last September, sprawled on the turf with a knee that would require surgery and extensive rehab. Now in the final stages of his recovery from that torn ACL, Revis is getting back to what he's missed all these months.
"It was great," he said. "I've been looking forward to this day since I've been injured. It was awesome to be out there with my teammates and be out there with my coaches doing what I love doing."
One of the keys to his readiness will be how the Bucs and Revis handle his return. He won't do much for the time being, like today. But his involvement in practice will slowly be ramped up, coach Greg Schiano said.
At times, Revis, 28, might resist. He'll want to do more, go further. He readily admits as much. But he's got the maturity to concede when necessary, he said.
The plan, he said, "is to ease me in and go from there, take it day by day. If it's best for me to be healthy for Sept. 8 (the season opener), then that's what it has to be. It's all on Coach. I think we're all on the same page here. I think the biggest thing is they might have to hold me back because I'm such a competitor. I'm so anxious to get out there and compete."
Limited as his involvement was, Revis felt a part of something. And that's a feeling he hasn't enjoyed in quite some time. He played only two games last season, and he was sidelined for all offseason workouts, watching but not participating in OTAs and minicamp.
"When I was hurt, I would still go to the games to support my teammates in New York," he said. "It was a different point of view sitting in the stands instead of being out there on the sidelines. It kind of felt like I wasn't a part of the team. It was weird."
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Gives you a smile
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Look to the light.
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Not 'old' but friends that I have had a long time, some of them have been friends for about 50 years.
Some of those friends are in a band known as the "Wingtips". The Wingtips had a reunion of past and present members Saturday night and entertainment was great. I do hope that someone made slideshows of the event. I know several people would like to have a copy of the event if any were made.
Real friends are always just a step away for the good, bad and indifferent events in your life, friends may be there momentarily and some that say you are a friend will stab you in the back or even to your face if things do not go their way.


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New and old media alike have been abuzz about a music video from an unknown pop singer named Rebecca Black that's so bad it's…still pretty bad.
The song is called "Friday" and in it, Black waxes poetic about anticipation for the weekend and driving around with her girlfriends in the most literal way possible. Check out this Poetry:
Kickin' in the front seat/Sittin' in the backseat/Gotta make my mind up/Which seat can I take?
Is Black just a sweet kid trying to make it in pop music or a clever kid trolling the music industry? Says PopCrush:
According to…Bohemian.com, the Los Angeles-based Ark Music Factory was hired to write "Friday" and produce a video starring Black. No word on how much it cost, or what the therapy bills are going to be if the kid gets wind of what's being said about her online.
Rolling Stone got it right when they said this viral video is actually a good parody of just how bad modern pop music has become, even if it wasn't intentional.
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What's Happening in North Central / Central Pennsylvania?
Many of you know that I grew up with the fishing in Pennsylvania. I miss the trout and my little mountain streams and was wondering if the rains have let up and you folks living down there are doing any good. I lived in Lycoming County and fished most in Lycoming, Tioga, Potter, Clinton, Center and Union counties. I would love to hear from any one fishing the area just for some chit chat.
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Hardy - I am from Blair County (south of Centre). Fishing this spring has been rough. Most of the bigger streams have been blown out more than not. It seems like everytime they would start to drop we would get another big rain that would put things through the roof. Forced me to fish some smaller streams since they would come down faster. The hatches seem to be on schedule for the most part, although the Grannoms seemed to come and go pretty quickly. What part of Alaska are you from? I have a cousin that lives in Chugiak (sp?).
Re: What's Happening in North Central / Central Pennsylvania?
The last time I spoke to anyone from back there they were talking about the same conditions, too bad. I live 6 miles out of Wasilla and Chugiak is about 30 miles away. We are in desperate need of rain here although the warm weather over the past week has the snow & glaciers melting and most of the rivers in this area are high and muddy.
The runoff makes king fishing hard because they stay in deep water and with the numbers down about the only way to find them is by sight. When the water isn't muddy you have a chance to spot the flash of a bright fish even in the deep stuff. Once it's turbid you have no idea whether you are casting to fish or just a lot of water, muddy water. I hope things straiten out for you and that the rain gives you a break, thanks for the reply.
Re: What's Happening in North Central / Central Pennsylvania?
Sounds like bad fishing all around this spring. We have finally hit a little bit of a dry spell so things are improving. My cousin keeps telling me that I need to come up there to fish. Maybe someday. Well I hope things turn around up there for you too. Tight Lines!
Re: What's Happening in North Central / Central Pennsylvania?
Having someone here so that you can receive real time intelligence regarding runs, weather, and river conditions is priceless. What I can tell you about coming here to fish is a short story. Do not plan and book travel 6 months in advance. You may get a better price on an airfare but you must take what you get when you get here. Some people will be lucky and find great weather, good water levels and plentiful salmon. Sadly, many arrive to find less than optimum conditions on all fronts.
Being able to drop everything on a weeks notice and come here to fish is an option open for a select few but for many this is a once in a lifetime trip and being so you need to try to get everything right. I have had people come for as many as three weeks on one stay and during that time it never quit raining and they did not see the mountains because of the low ceiling. The rain made almost all rivers and creeks too high to fish and the trips were less than perfect. Even if you could only come for a 5 day turn around trip it would be better to come on short notice and have great weather and fishing for those days than to plan in advance, come for 2 weeks and get the shaft.
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Hey Ard,
I live across the border in Ohio, but "usually" get over to western PA often and central some every year. The rain has been so bad in this region that I havn't tried any streams with the exception of my one little honey hole creek in Shenango County. It doesn' drain too much area and only takes 2-3 days to clear out. It has been fine when we get a few days clearing, but that hasn't happened much at all this whole spring. Where I'm at just across the border in OH we had rain for 44 out of 56 days; 27 days of rain in April. We passed our April precipitation record by the 21st of April and then had 7 more days of rain.
Which makes me wonder...I've never had too awful much luck fishing blown out streams, but trout have to eat even when the waters up don't they? Or maybe there's a bunch of skinny trout to catch this summer!
Like Peen said, we have had a dry spell. It's been HOT (near records for 4 days straight) and everything is drying out. I live right on the very upper skinny waters of the Cuyahoga. It is still running a little high, but our small streams are close to normal for the first time in I can't remember how long. I'm headed to Ausable next week to find some Drake eating trout; I haven't planned on Central PA yet but I've still got the list you gave me a while back. I'll get there a couple times if the monsoon season is finally over.
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Today, journalist and advocate groups for the freedom of speech protested in the capital and in various Mexican cities against attacks on the press, and demanded that the authorities investigate the crimes that have been committed against professionals who work in the media.
The protests took place to commemorate the first anniversary of the murder of journalist Regina Martinez, who was a correspondent for the publication Proceso and murdered in Xalapa, Veracruz. Martinez was found a year ago in the bathroom of her home with signs of torture and suffocation.
Protesters in Mexico City carried a coffin outside the office of the Ministry of the Interior, and also in front of the state government of Veracruz.
The journalists read a letter out loud to the Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto and other government officials, to ensure the country's security and rights and the work of journalists.
In their letter, the protesters recalled that Mexico is one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists, and mentioned the 15 murders that occurred last year in several states, mainly in Veracruz.
Killed last year in Veracruz were Regina Martinez, Gabriel Huge, Guillermo Luna Varela, Esteban Rodriguez and Victor Manuel Baez. In the state of Chihuahua the victims were Javier Salinas, Javier Moya Muñoz and Ernesto Araujo Cano.
They also mentioned other journalists killed in the states of Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, Morelos, Baja California and Puebla.
Journalists simultaneously protested in various cities like Veracruz, Chihuahua, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca and Chiapas.
According to the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), since the year 2000 there have been about 80 journalists killed in Mexico, which is considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for this profession.


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As I work on my visual memoir, I'm thinking a lot about travel as a creative practice and creative practice as a way of journeying with more ease and joy…and presence.
These are some images from my current sketchbook.
I get into image making to help me write. Help me think.
When I'm deep in writing, I read a lot of poetry, and a lot of other people's memoirs.
These bits of John O'Donohue's poem, For the Traveler, are weaving their way into my pages…
Here's the whole poem (try to image in it recited in Irish brogue)
Every time you leave home,
Another road takes you
Into a world you were never in.
New strangers on other paths await.
New places that have never seen you
Will startle a little at your entry.
Old places that know you well
Will pretend nothing
Changed since your last visit.
When you travel, you find yourself
Alone in a different way,
More attentive now
To the self you bring along,
Your more subtle eye watching
You abroad; and how what meets you
Touches that part of the heart
That lies low at home:
How you unexpectedly attune
To the timbre in some voice,
Opening in conversation
You want to take in
To where your longing
Has pressed hard enough
Inward, on some unsaid dark,
To create a crystal of insight
You could not have known
You needed
To illuminate
Your way.
When you travel,
A new silence
Goes with you,
And if you listen,
You will hear
What your heart would
Love to say.
A journey can become a sacred thing:
Make sure, before you go,
To take the time
To bless your going forth,
To free your heart of ballast
So that the compass of your soul
Might direct you toward
The territories of spirit
Where you will discover
More of your hidden life,
And the urgencies
That deserve to claim you.
May you travel in an awakened way,
Gathered wisely into your inner ground;
That you may not waste the invitations
Which wait along the way to transform you.
May you travel safely, arrive refreshed,
And live your time away to its fullest;
Return home more enriched, and free
To balance the gift of days which call you.
~ John O'Donohue
Tell me something wonderFULL…
Imagine you could learn something useful for documenting your own journey…
What would that be?
The theme is: pilgrimage…travel notebooks…visual journals…travel photography…writing and documenting your journey… creative adventures… what do you want guidance or inspiration on most?
Got any favorite traveler poems and quotes?
Ask me in the comments. I'd really appreciate your input. Thanks!


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Bichon Frise Breeders Binghamton NY
Binghamton, NY
Scottish Terrier
Vestal, NY
Monday 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Thursday 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sunday Closed
Animal Flea Control, Animal Microchipping, Bird Vet, Declawing, Exotic Animal Vet, Reptile Vet, Small Animal Vet, Spaying/Neutering, Veterinarians, Veterinary Dentistry, Veterinary Euthanasia, Veterinary Medical Specialties, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Vaccinations
Binghamton, NY
Binghamton , NY
Johnson City, NY
Windsor, NY
Coton De Tulear
Binghamton, NY
Binghamton, NY
Binghamton, NY
Johnson City, NY
Veterinary Hospital
M,T,Th,F 8am-6pm W 8am-7pm Sat.8am-Noon
Bichon Frise - Guide to Bichon Frise
Description: The Bichon Frise used to be called the Bichon Teneriffe because it was discovered on the island of Teneriffe in the Canary Islands. This breed, and its cousins, the Bichon Maltaise, the Bichon Bolognese, and the Bichon Havanese, all descended from the Barbet or Water Spaniel. When sailors brought the little dogs back to the European continent from the Canary Islands, they gained great popularity as lap-dogs of the royalty. However, after four centuries of luxurious living, royal tastes changed and Bichon Frise found itself out on the street where it soon worked its way into the hearts of the common people. The breed's amiable and cheerful personality assured its future, and after WWI, several breeder's joined forces and determined that the breed would be taken seriously. By the end of the 1930s the Bichon Frise was recognized by the French Kennel Club, but was not recognized in North America until the 1970s. The breed fits well in a family where room and activity levels are small or moderate, but where pampering is abundant.
Height: The height of a Bichon Frise is 10 - 11" (25.4 - 25.4cm) for dogs, 9.5 - 10.5" (24.1 - 24.1cm) for bitches