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- RX3004 remote monitoring system
- SOLAR-5W solar panel
The HOBO RX3000 is Onset's next-generation remote data logging station that provides instant access to site-specific environmental data anywhere, anytime via the internet. The new station combines the flexibility and sensor quality of more expensive systems, an onboard LCD display, and the convenience of plug-and-play operation. The RX3000 has four configurable systems, that can be configured below, that consist of the following part numbers: RX3001-00-01, RX3002-00-01, RX3003-00-01 and RX3004-00-01.
The RX3000 station is the basis for the cost-effective and scalable HOBOnet Field Monitoring System for crop management, environmental research, and greenhouse operations.
Rugged and compact, the redesigned HOBO USB Micro Station is a weatherproof data logger for multi-channel monitoring of microclimates. Starting at just $220, this battery-powered station accepts up to five plug-and-play Smart Sensors and has a hinged door to make sensor installation simple and quick. The Micro Station is equipped with a built-in USB port for fast, efficient data readout to a computer, and an integrated mounting tabs for easy installation.
This rugged weather station is Onset's most durable outdoor environmental monitoring solution. Users can easily configure the HOBO U30-NRC Weather Station to fit their application needs. Use up to 15 channels to collect environmental data and then upload to HOBOware® software for analysis. HOBOware Pro is recommended for extended features, see the comparison here. The U30-NRC has four configurable systems, that can be configured below, that consist of the following part numbers: U30-NRC-000-05-S100-000, U30-NRC-000-10-S100-000, U30-NRC-VIA-05-S100-000, and U30-NRC-VIA-10-S100-000.
Measure temperature, relative humidity, light intensity, and more with the HOBO U12-012. With 12-bit resolution measurements, this data logger gathers a range of recorded data and stores 43,000 measurements.
The HOBO Weather Station Starter Kit combines our most rugged data logging weather station with out-of-the-box convenience.
The U30/NRC accepts up to 10 plug-and-play Smart Sensors. Just plug in your sensor and it's automatically recognized – no programming, wiring or calibration necessary. With this kit you can measure temperature, relative humidity, wind speed/direction. Simply select the HOBO Weather Station starter system and your choice of either a 2-Meter or 3-Meter Tripod Kit and go!
Software ordered separately. Compatible with HOBOware and HOBOware Pro software for logger setup, graphing and analysis.
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The HOBO RX3000 Weather Station Starter Kit provides instant access to site-specific air temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed/direction data anywhere, anytime on your desktop or mobile device.
The RX3000 accepts up to 10 plug-and-play Smart Sensors. Just plug in your sensor and it's automatically recognized – no programming, wiring, or calibration necessary.
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OncoGel and Ovarian Cancer
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
Do you have any knowledge or experience with use of OncoGel to deliver paclitaxel directly into ovarian cancer masses? I have recurrent disease. Thank you.
Stephen C. Rubin, MD, Professor and Chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, responds:
OncoGel is an experimental, long-acting form of paclitaxel chemotherapy that is currently undergoing clinical testing for direct needle injection into tumor masses. We will await the results of these trials. However, direct needle injection is unfortunately not likely to play any role in this disease, as ovarian cancer typically spreads beyond the injected mass to involve many different areas and organs within the abdominal cavity.

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Coyotes Win in Indianapolis, Six Game Summit League Losing Streak is History
Losing streaks were on the mind of two Summit League teams Saturday in Indianapolis, South Dakota with a current six game skid in conference play going against an IUPUI team that just snapped a 22-game conference losing streak Thursday and wasn't in a hurry to start another one.
In the end, it was the Coyotes bidding their losing ways goodbye, winning 71-67.
The Jaguars grabbed an early lead thanks to 67 percent shooting in the first 7:30, IUPUI by as many as six.
Brandon Bos keyed a Coyote comeback off the bench with a pair of 3-pointers. Trey Norris added a steal and layin and a 7-0 run gave USD the lead by as many as four.
Donovan Gibbs' nine first half points helped draw the Jags even; 32 all at halftime.
Tyler Flack led the Coyotes in the first half with eight points and five rebounds, Trevor Gruis added six points and four rebounds, Bos with six points.
In the second half, Gruis took over scoring 12 of his game-high 18 points as USD began the half shooting 66 percent in the first 11:15.
Moments later, Tyler Larson hit a pair of 3-pointers stretching the Coyote lead to ten with 6:00 to play.
IUPUI mounted a comeback, giving USD some anxious moments when PJ Huber and Elijah Ray buried back-back 3-pointers in the final 18 seconds to pull within one, but Larson knocked in three free throws in the final eight seconds to secure the victory.
Larson finished with 13 points, Flack with 12 points and seven rebounds, as the Coyotes controlled the boards 34-28 with 10 offensive rebounds.
Mitch Patton led the Jags with 16 points.
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Kevin will point out any interesting landmarks and wildlife such as rabbits, deer, fox and coyotes that you may have the pleasure of spying from above. The crew will capture your flight on camera and provide you with your own picture files before you leave. Once you have landed, you'll be regaled with the history of the post-flight champagne toast as you enjoy a delicious brunch with mimosas.
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Wear comfortable clothes that you don't mind getting dusty - jeans and sneakers are a great choice. Open toed shoes and high heels are not allowed. Long hair should be tied back or worn under a hat. Be sure to dress for early morning temperatures and "layer" so you can stay comfortable as the day warms up. Hats and sunglasses are recommended.
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A $300,000 watch? Luxury. A $300,000 watch that doesn't tell time — and that
sells out? Pure genius.
According to several news reports flagged by my friends at Luxist, Swiss watchmaker Romain Jerome just launched the "Day&Night" watch. The watch won't tell you what time it is. That's so yesterday. But it does tell you whether it's day or night — helpful, I guess, for billionaire types who can't afford windows.
As the company's Web site boasts: "With no display for the hours, minutes or seconds, the Day&Night offers a new way of measuring time, splitting the universe of time into two fundamentally opposing sections: day versus night."
What's most impressive about the Day&Night is its complexity, given its absolute uselessness. The watch features two tourbillons — devices that overcome the ill
effects of earth's gravity on a watch's accuracy — connected by a differential mechanism. Instead of hands, the watch has a "contemplative tourbillon operation
whereby the 'Day' tourbillon operates for 12 hours to symbolize working life, while the 'Night' tourbillon takes over afterward to represent an individual's private time."
Like other Romain Jerome watches, the watch is made in part with steel salvaged from the sunken Titanic, along with material from the shipyard where it was built. That sounds creepy to me, but maybe today's buyers prefer morbid metals.
The company's chief executive, Yvan Arpa, cited statistical studies to explain how the watch better reflects the time-philosophy of today's wealthy.
"When you ask people what is the ultimate luxury, 80 percent answer 'time'. Then when you look at other studies, 67 percent don't look at their watch to tell what time it is," he told Reuters.
He added that anyone can buy a watch that tells time — only a truly discerning customer can buy one that doesn't.
And here's the best part: The watch sold out within 48 hours of its launch.
I'm sorry to have to tell you that we don't offer this watch for sale on any of our websites. But here is a link to Romain Jerome's Website.


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Mastering Chair Massage
Master the art of chair massage. This beautiful program will teach you over 50 techniques that you can incorporate into a 10, 15, or 30 minute chair massage.Covers advanced techniques and foundational material such as chair set-up, body mechanics, communication, the business of chair massage, how to adapt your sequence, and marketing. Many of the techniques are supported by anatomical graphics that make learning easy. After you have mastered the techniques, we have included a timed 15 minute session you you can practice the art of timing as well - sometimes the most difficult part of chair massage. Instructor: Diana Haynes has been practicing various forms of bodywork for over 30 years. She brings her technical skill and clear teaching style to this widely acclaimed video.


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HitmanPro is a powerful, professional-grade malware cleaner. It goes beyond simply removing viruses, Trojans, worms, bots, and PUAs. It completely eradicates all traces and remnants of the infection. With its advanced behavioral detection technologies, it'll be as if your computer was never infected in the first place. Plus, HitmanPro can run alongside your current antivirus to catch anything that may have slipped through.
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Aequitas wrote:So here's the skinny on PQI:
- PQI is there to give you a goal/reward to chase if you're trying to get full completion.
- It always selects the dungeon with the lowerst completion rating (with vicious dungeons getting a 50% 'boost'), if there is a tie, it picks one at random.
- It always chooses a badge/class that you haven't done the dungeon with, and if there are none, it chooses one at random.
- Doing a burning dungeon will change the PQI (I'll be adding this to the PQI description), but there is a chance that only one dungeon is at lowest competion, so you might reroll to that again.
Hope this helps
I appreciate the insight. Still, PQIs are often very difficult and prone to accidental failure. That is my main beef with them, actually... any chance you could put some kind of reminder of the badge requirement in there somewhere? Or, if you want to get technical, some confirmation when we're about to take an action that would fail the quest would be awesome.
Also, I could have sworn that my PQI changed several times when I hadn't touched a burning dungeon in weeks. Is there another condition which causes them to switch?


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SportsProsConnect Launch
Early this year successful website owners SocialTennis.com decided to expand their offering into more than just the tennis community, embracing an ever growing list of new sports. To this end we helped them rebrand and we remodelled their website into SportsProsConnect.com.
SportsProsConnect provide sports professionals including Clubs, Coaches, Travel Agencies and Sports Academies with the capability of having their own templated WordPress website. To this end we built for them a WordPress MU Multisite network where clients can sign up for a paid subscription to have their own content managed website.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre: TransMigration Artist Salon
Thursday, April 26, 2012
7:30pm 9:00pm
Kaha:wi Dance Theatres Artist Salon is a first-hand, exclusive look at the creative process behind TransMigration. Meet the artists, discover the work-in-progress and share your thoughts and ideas on creativity, contemporary arts, First Nations arts and the impact of Norval Morrisseaus paintings and life.
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- A state judge in Arkansas earlier struck down same-sex marriage ban
- Arkansas Supreme Court grants a stay, thus preventing more such marriages
- Status of couples who got marriage licenses is unclear
Arkansas' Supreme Court on Friday afternoon stopped any more same-sex marriages in the state, a court spokeswoman said, leaving the legal status of more than 400 gay and lesbian couples who got marriage licenses in limbo.
This development stems from 21 couples' legal challenge of Amendment 83 to the Arkansas Constitution, arguing that it violates their federal and state rights of equal protection and privacy.
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza ruled in their favor last Friday. But same-sex marriage was back up in the air after the state Supreme Court said Wednesday it couldn't decide whether to grant an emergency stay because Piazza's decision was "not final."
The county judge updated his order Thursday, adding that his decision allowing same-sex marriage took effect immediately. Pulaski County, at least, was issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples by Thursday afternoon.
Supreme Court spokeswoman Stephanie Harris told CNN that more than 400 same-sex couples got marriage licenses in the state since last week's original ruling. She said Friday that the legal status of any of these marriages is unclear.
CNN first learned of the state Supreme Court's issuance of an emergency stay -- which is in effect while its judges consider the appeal of Piazza's ruling in full -- via Twitter.
The Arkansas case is an entirely in-state matter, involving a local county court and the state's Supreme Court. But it's similar to a spate of federal rulings in recent months that have struck down other states' bans on same-sex marriage.
In those cases, U.S. district judges ruled that the marriage restrictions violate the federal Constitution's equal protection guarantee. But none of these decisions are in effect now, because either those judges stayed their rulings pending appeals or appellate courts did the same.
There were a few states, including Michigan and Utah, in which same-sex couples married before higher courts stepped in to issue emergency stays. That's what happened in Arkansas.
Carl Tobias, a constitutional law professor at the University of Richmond, said Friday that he expects more challenges in state courts to same-sex marriage prohibitions. Still, Tobias thinks advocates are more likely to take their fight to federal court.
"Plaintiffs have preferred to sue in federal courts in the apparent belief that they are a more favorable venue, or that federal judges will view their rights more broadly," said Tobias.


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House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology (Horn) and House Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology (Morella) on Y2K Readiness
John Dyer, SSA's Principal Deputy Commissioner Testified On a Panel with Representatives of GAO, OMB, Department of Energy, and the U. S. Postal Service,
October 29, 1999
I appreciate being here today to discuss the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Day One Plan and Business Continuity and Contingency Plans for the Year 2000 changeover. I would like to thank the subcommittees for holding this hearing to make the public aware of SSA's plans for a continuation of service if the unexpected should happen.
Social Security is recognized as a leader in preparing our systems for the Year 2000, and we are confident that the monthly payments to 50 million people and the earnings records of 145 million workers will not be affected. Social Security's benefit payment systems are Year 2000 ready.
Status of Year 2000 Preparation
We are happy to report that all of our mission critical systems that ensure the continuity of SSA's core business processes are now certified as Year 2000 compliant. These automated systems are the means by which SSA is able to provide service on demand to the public, the Agency client population, other government entities, and large and small corporations and individual businesses.
We worked with the State Disability Determination Services (DDS) to make sure that the 55 State DDSs that have automated systems to support the disability determination process are year 2000 compliant. As of January, 1999 all of the State DDS systems are Year 2000 compliant.
Joint testing of payment files has been successfully completed. End to end testing from SSA, through Treasury and the Federal Reserve (Automated Clearing House) for direct deposit payments were also successfully completed in August 1998. In addition, the Federal Reserve has been conducting tests with financial institutions and Social Security transactions are included in those test files. Critical Federal systems supporting the Social Security program at SSA, Treasury, and the Postal Service are ready for the 21st century and will be able to provide benefits to more than 48 million Americans under the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs without interruption throughout 1999 and in the year 2000. Millions of Americans rely on such monthly payments. In fact, since October 1998, payments for both Social Security and SSI programs have been made with Year 2000-compliant systems.
We recognize that it is not enough for SSA to be Year 2000 compliant if our trading partners are not ready. We have worked closely with our trading partners. I am pleased to report that all outgoing and incoming exchanges are compliant and implemented.
Today, I would like to discuss SSA's plan of action for the days immediately surrounding the millennium change , our overall contingency plan, our plans addressing potential problems with the national power grid and utility companies, and public overreaction to the Year 2000 issue.
Day One Strategy
Our Day One Strategy is a comprehensive set of actions that will be executed during the last days of 1999 and the first days of 2000. The strategy also includes the activities leading up to the critical century rollover date, such as identification of key personnel involved, preparation of facilities checklists, establishment of the Year 2000 command center, a schedule for testing systems over the rollover weekend, and other activities. Implementation of the Strategy will ensure, to the extent possible, that SSA's facilities and systems will be fully operational on January 3, 2000Bthe first business day of the new century. That is, service to the public and our trading partners will continue without interruption due to the change of century date. We are proud that the Government Accounting Office has recognized SSA for developing our day-one strategy and it is being used as an example to be followed government wide.
Walkthrough of SSA's Year 2000 Activities December 30 - January 3
Let me give you a brief picture of what will happen beginning Thursday December 30. SSA will have a Year 2000 command center in Baltimore. During the time period from December 30 to January 3, designated personnel throughout SSA will inspect, evaluate, and report on virtually every office throughout SSA.
Under SSA's Day One plan, agency computers will shut down earlier than usual on Thursday, December 30. Taking the systems off-line will allow officials to collect all their 1999 computer transactions from nearly 1,400 offices, including those from Guam and Hawaii.
During the night and continuing into Friday, the Social Security computer systems will finish updating SSA's master files. This will complete the processing of the 1999 transactions.
Just before midnight Friday, Social Security's main data center in Baltimore will switch to generators powered by jet fuel. The agency has stockpiled sufficient jet fuel to operate for several days. While we do not expect any disruptions to the region's power grid, we are taking this precaution to guard against any electrical surges that could damage our equipment. When the power company lets the agency know everything is fine, we will turn off the generators and hook back into regular power lines. The power switching will not require the agency to turn off our computers.
Immediately after the stroke of midnight on December 31st, 1999, teams will begin assessing the health of SSA's equipment and software. This is the first opportunity in the actual Year 2000 environment to be assured of our systems' capability to process transactions for the Year 2000.
On Saturday, January 1st, SSA's online computer systems will be available for use and staff at selected offices will key in data. Taking this action gives SSA the opportunity two full days before we open our doors to the public to assess the health of our systems and we can correct any problems that might occur.
It will allow us to assess the Baltimore infrastructure that supports our field office computer processing, including the hardware and software, and infrastructure elementsBelectrical power, telephones, security systems, elevators, water supply, and so on are in working order. The agency will also test the 800 number telecommunications system. If any component cannot function properly at that time, corrective action will be undertaken immediately.
The Baltimore command center will also be in communication with several non-SSA sites. SSA will be in communication with the Treasury Command Center to discuss and take any action on any problems that banks are experiencing in posting electronic fund transfers. We will be in communication with the White House Information Coordination Center and the media, as necessary advising them of the status of SSA. SSA will keep members of Congress informed of our overall status that weekend if we encounter any national-level problems.
On Saturday morning, New Year's Day, groups of programmers will work throughout the day to run checks on the computer systems for 1,400 facilities including field office, toll-free telephone calling centers, hearings and appeals offices, regional offices and the Baltimore headquarters. Social Security managers will report to their offices and make sure all equipment is working. The managers will report their findings to regional offices, which will forward data to the command center in Baltimore.
Approximately 100 sites have been selected to serve as Abarometer offices,@ including 55 offices that make disability determinations. The agency's technical staff will test software systems by conducting a series of typical transactions, such as processing applications for benefits. The Baltimore command center will monitor the processing and check to see that the systems are working properly. If problems are found, teams will be dispatched to make necessary repairs. The teams will have Saturday night and Sunday to fix problems.
SSA understands the security risks associated with the rollover weekend. We have developed and put in place specific plans to address both physical security and electronic security.
On Monday morning, January 3rd, Social Security will open for business. We have worked hard to ensure that, to the greatest extent possible, that SSA's facilities and systems will be fully operational on this first business day of the new century.
Business Continuity and Contingency Plan
SSA's Day One Strategy is part of SSA's overall Business Continuity and Contingency Plan. The plan was first issued March 31, 1998, and it is updated quarterly. We completed testing our contingency plan last month. The plan is consistent with Government Accounting guidelines and is being used as a model by other agencies and the private sector.
The purpose of this plan is to ensure the continuity of SSA's core business processes, including disability claims processing functions supported by the Disability Determination Services. Our automated systems are the means by which SSA is able to provide service on demand to the public, and are crucial to SSA's ability to fulfill our mission. This plan prepares the Agency to avoid a crisis that could result if its automated systems are unable to recognize Year-2000 dates. The plan identifies risks and threats, establishes mitigation strategies for the identified risks and threats, and provides contingencies in the event risk mitigation fails.
The risk of failure is not limited to SSA's internal systems. SSA's ability to provide world class service to beneficiaries, workers and their families depend on a complex infrastructure that is crucial to our ongoing operations. Power, data, and voice telecommunications, along with the Agency's computer operations hardware and software, are essential to ensuring that SSA's business processes are able to continue uninterrupted.
As risk mitigation strategies are in place, the degrees of risk are reduced and the possibility that the contingency plan would need to be implemented are similarly reduced. Our Business Continuity and Contingency Plan is also being used to identify areas where more detailed plans are needed.
As part of this plan, we have in place local plans for each of our field offices, teleservice centers, processing centers, hearing offices and State DDSs. We have developed contingency plans for benefit payment and delivery, building operations, human resources, and communications.
For over a year, payments for both Social Security and SSI programs have been made with Year 2000-compliant systems. Since we are aware that one weak link anywhere in the chain, including the links representing our business partners as well as the public infrastructure, can cause major disruption to business operations, we developed a benefit payment and delivery plan in conjunction with the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve. This plan provides alternate ways of getting payments to Social Security beneficiaries. In November 1999 Field Office employees will receive training as to the actions and procedures they are to follow, should an unanticipated problem occur with a financial institution.
At any given time, unforeseen factors such as inclement weather, natural disasters, accidents, or equipment failures can and do have some affect on power. SSA is accustomed to planning and responding to emergencies and other unexpected events. SSA has contingency plans in place to deal with such emergencies. For example during the recent Hurricanes that struck North Carolina there were some disruptions in service. However, proper contingency planning and advance preparation allowed quick recovery and resumption of services. If regional or national level outages are experienced, SSA has plans to suspend SSA activities at locations without backup power systems until utilities are restored. Our agency can move people to work and work to people. We have in place an 800 telephone number system that can redirect phone calls to other parts of the country
Public Overreaction
Currently, one of our greatest concerns is misinformation and confusion over what may occur during the changeover to 2000. A public reaction to misinformation could potentially generate overwhelming workloads, causing disruptions to our business operations. We want the public to understand that we have prepared for the Year 2000 conversion. We have plans to insure a continuation of service if the unexpected happens. We are thankful for the lead taken by the Congress, John Koskinen, as Chairman of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion Efforts and Joel Willemssen and others at the General Accounting Office to keep the American public informed concerning the actions that we, as well as other Federal agencies have taken to prepare for the Year 2000.
In conclusion, we are committed to keeping the members of Congress fully informed if a serious problem develops. In the event that any service to any of our local offices is interrupted and contingency plans are implemented, the manager of any affected Social Security office will call the local Congressional office as soon as possible. The manager will let them know how we will provide service to the Congressional representative, Congressional office and the constituents who are normally serviced by that office.
On September 23, 1999, we sent each member of Congress a letter outlining the steps we will take to keep you informed of any disruption of services, including the names and phone numbers of the managers in each local office within your State who will be responsible for calling you in the event of service disruption.
SSA is proud of our reputation as a leader in addressing Year 2000 issues. Because of SSA's early planning and testing, we fully expect that SSA's processes will function properly. We are confident that we are prepared for the arrival of the new millennium. I will be happy to answer any questions that you may have.


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October 11 2012
The Federalist Society
Sabrina Schaeffer
Five years ago, in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire Corporation, the U.S. Supreme Court said paychecks received by an employee after an alleged discriminatory action did not extend a statute of limitations, because they did not constitute renewed acts of discrimination. After the decision, with extensive coverage by the media, Congress amended the underlying statute -- the Civil Rights Act -- to provide that the 180-day statute of limitations resets with each paycheck and twice attempted to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. Since then, gender issues have taken an increasingly important role in discussions of law, policy, and electoral politics, garnering a great deal of media attention and public discussion. What are the true implications of the Ledbetter case and the government's actions? Have they been used, perhaps opportunistically or disingenuously, by either side in this debate? Have gender issues in general been misused in the same way?
--Ms. Jennifer Braceras, Columnist and former Commissioner, United States Commission on Civil Rights
--Ms. Fatima Goss Graves, Vice President for Education and Employment, National Women's Law Center
--Ms. Marcia Greenberger, Co-President, National Women's Law Center
--Ms. Sabrina Schaeffer, Executive Director, Independent Women's Forum
--Moderator: Mr. Curt Levey, President, Committee for Justice??
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We do try to zoom the cameras in during these times, perhaps capturing moments like those shown below.
Meanwhile, despite the heavy showers and cool winds, summer migrants have been pouring into the country in the last few weeks, mostly unseen of course.
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This is for those who don't mind traveling to Earth's edge to get somewhere extraordinary.
Broome is in the Kimberley, a hunk of Western Australia the size of California but whose population is only 41,000 hide-skinned, Akubra-sporting (you know, the iconic hat) individuals. It also has some of the country's whitest sand, warmest waters, reddest cliffs and most outlandish geological formations.
And those hide-skinned people are almost bizarrely kind. Without fail, if you pull over to look at a map, take a photo or argue with your navigator, they stop their car to ask, "Youse alroight?" If you're not alroight, they seem to find joy in dropping whatever they are doing to help.
Of course, the Kimberley also has man-eating saltwater crocodiles and an unsettlingly large number of the Earth's most poisonous snakes, spiders and jellyfish. But in reality, a dangerous encounter is rare, unless you're like the recent Aussie visitor to Broome who had one too many at the pub, broke into the wildlife park and tried to ride Fatso, a 16-foot, 1,700-pound saltwater croc. The local TV newscaster reporting the mauling could barely contain his mirth, asking, "Did Fatso get any fatter?" and blaming the man's idiocy on the fact he was from "an Eastern city," meaning Sydney or Melbourne. Western Australians like to distance themselves from the other coast.
The founding of Broome, the largest town in the Kimberley, reads like California's Gold Rush but with mother of pearl instead of precious metal. Plastic eventually scuttled the mother of pearl industry so Broome learned how to farm pearls from the Japanese with their local, humongous pinctada oysters. Today the area produces some of the world's largest and priciest pearls. Despite the riches, the town never lost its frontier spirit.
I'd been to Broome 15 years ago, fallen under the spell of its tropical climate, excellent food, gorgeous landscape and, above all, the town's reverence for adventure. I had spent my time four-wheeling on crimson dirt roads to isolated beaches, visiting Aboriginal settlements, swimming in the warm sea, marveling at dinosaur footprints embedded in the ancient rocks and walking along Cable Beach, a 13-mile-long swath of white sand on which camels parade at sunset and shirtless men take their four-wheel vehicles with an "eskie" (cooler) of "stubbies" (beer) and a "stick" (fishing rod) after work.
I had sworn I would return.
In the interim, a handful of hotels, spas and wilderness retreats has opened. You can now have a world-class massage, then drive about 100 miles on an empty dirt road to Cape Leveque to swim on magazine-cover quality beaches "with no one within cooee," as the Aussies say, referring to a shrill shout. You can then return to a chilled sweet, dry Sémillon and a meal of king prawns or pearl meat (tastes like abalone).
The Paspaleys, a multi-generation pearling family, have ventured into the hospitality business, opening the top two hotels in Broome, McAlpine House and Pinctada Cable Beach, and singlehandedly raising the town's standards.
Pinctada Cable Beach Resort & Spa is the latest in their stable; it is a luxury property near Cable Beach. It is not right on the beach; Aboriginal land rights make it almost impossible to develop beachside. (The only hotel there today is the Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa, a large, family-style hotel built in the 1980s by Lord McAlpine, an eccentric Englishman who turned Broome from a "backabeyond" stop into a tourist-worthy town.)
Pinctada's design is contemporary sophistication, built with a modern take on the traditional corrugated metal used to withstand torrential rain, harsh sun and tropical cyclones. Other than the large, swanky rooms, two restaurants, a hip bar and some exceptional Aboriginal paintings, the fabulous thing about Pinctada is the spa.
For 40,000 years Australian Aborigines used active plant ingredients and minerals for healing and health. Finally, someone has thought this wisdom worth reviving. The spa at Pinctada uses products developed with an Aboriginal elder. I had a memorable treatment with fragrant leaves and pods burning under the table, an exfoliation with finely ground pearl shell, a body mask of red mud topped with 700-million-year-old hot rocks and a massage with oils infused with bush botanicals.
You can't go to Broome without doing two things: attending a movie at Sun Pictures, one of the world's oldest outdoor movie theaters, and going into pearl shops to gape at $250,000 necklaces, confident in the knowledge that if you can afford them, they're a steal.
Sun Pictures has been around since 1916. The canvas sling chairs are long-in-the-tooth and drastic on the behind, but you can buy a beer and settle in under a brilliant night sky. We saw "Bran Nue Dae"(Aborigine pidgin for "brand new day"), a feel-good musical-comedy movie, starring Geoffrey Rush and Ernie Dingo. It was filmed in Broome. Behind us sat two Aborigine teenagers who knew every line of the script and every song by heart.
A 75-minute drive south of Broome is Eco Beach Wilderness Retreat, a new resort on miles of deserted beach. The sand is powdery, the water aquamarine and the rocks luminous red. The arrival, however, is not easy. You drive on an interminable rutted road and enter from the back, then park and radio the hotel to come and get you. An hour later when you're lunching on fresh-caught fish and sipping a frosty amber beverage beside the infinity pool, you understand that this is a sanctuary in the middle of gorgeous nowhere that would be heaving with tourists if it were any closer to a major city.
Eco Beach accommodates most budgets, from oceanfront bungalows to platform tents. It will cost you more to stay close to the beach, but it's a long, hot trudge from the back of the resort.
Days at Eco Beach begin with a yoga class overlooking the cerulean sea and red rocks. Then the choices are to rest, eat, have a massage or go fishing, kayaking or stroll for as far as the eye can see along the beach.
One afternoon, we went stingray hunting with Neil McKenzie, an Aborigine from the local Yawuru people, considered the local custodians of the land. Just as in so many colonized countries, the Australian Aborigines had it rough when "whitefellas" arrived in 1788. Owning land was an anomaly to Aborigines, who considered themselves part of a larger scheme.
The settlers forcibly drove them off, often herding them onto missions where they were given Western names and forced to live as white men. Recently there has been a revival of the culture. Aborigine languages, which were banned from schools, are now taught again; healing traditions are venerated for their organic power, and the art has become stratospherically collectible, paintings selling in New York galleries for millions.
McKenzie got his name because his ancestors had little choice but to work for "whitefella" Jack McKenzie when he claimed ownership and founded a cattle station on the land where Eco Beach is. The land is now in the hands of the government, and Neil's people were named custodians.
Aborigines have the right to hunt for whatever fish, shellfish and animal they can eat, as they always have.
"I never refuse a hamburger and chips," Neil said, "but I still like my stingray." We climbed into a truck, standing in the back and flew down the beach to a creek mouth. Neil speared a spotted stingray while his son adroitly caught fish in a net. The rest of us had a go at flinging the net but caught only our own "whitefella noggins."
Neil also took us for a "bush tucker" (food) walk. Aborigines were the ultimate foragers, eating nuts and fruit as they walked, and over thousands of years they developed a plant cure for seemingly every ailment. Today, as youngsters are seduced by towns and move out of the bush, a handful of people remain who remember how to use the plants.
"The healing was woman's business," Neil said, "but I was poking my nose in when I was a little fella, so I learned."
Neil took us down the beach to explore the Mini-Bungles, a rock formation similar to the larger, beehive-shaped, 350-million-year-old Bungle Bungles, in inland Kimberley. The mini-Bungles are next to the Indian Ocean, so when the heat becomes oppressive you scuttle down the ancient layers of rock and plunge into the water. Even in July and August (winter here) temperatures in Broome reach 85 degrees. The water simply keeps you sane.
I'm not sure whether it's the stilling heat or the sense that you are dwarfed by the abundance of majestic nature, but a week in the Kimberley is enough to peel away the Type A-ness of my normal, everyday life. On Australia's farthest edge only the moment is at hand — and the constant access to adventure, beauty and solitude. And for that, I am willing to go just about any distance.


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IAWM Wabash on the Roadby Michael Warren • May 16, 2005 Share:
On Thursday, May 12 the Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men hosted its annual Wabash on the Road event. Recently tenured Dr. Robert Royalty, Assistant Professor of Religion, graciously agreed to come to Indianapolis and discuss, with Wabash alumni and friends, a topic from a course that he just finished teaching this past semester.
The largest audience ever recorded for a WOTR event gathered for a short reception an auditorium at the Barnes & Thornburg law offices downtown. Following the reception Dr. Royalty began his presentation titled "Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Dan Brown: The Writing (and Forging) of the earliest Christian Gospels."
The packed house enjoyed the presentation and many stayed around for conversation following. Special thanks to co-chairmen Paul Jefferson '92 and Tim Oliver '91 for making all the arrangements for the evening.
If you missed this IAWM event, we hope you can make the next one (Baseball trip to Cincinnati). Stay tuned to the events calendar on the College website for all the upcoming activities.


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'Mad Men' Season 6 Sneak Peek at First Episodes Revealed
Can you believe the Mad Men season 6 premiere is almost here?! This coming Sunday, we'll get to re-enter Don Draper's world and pick up where we left off ... sort of. From the looks of things, although season 5 concluded in the spring of 1967, the cast may be celebrating Christmas in the premiere. We know this not because there's an actual trailer with footage from the new season (that would be too good!), but because AMC has released stills from the premiere. And episode titles and synposes for the first four episodes of the season (well, the first three technically, as the first two make up the two-hour premiere).
Whoo! Even more sweet hints and clues to speculate about. Let's check 'em out, shall we ...
The title of the season premiere and the first two episodes is "The Doorway." Maybe it has something to do with Don reading Dante's Inferno? The doorway to hell?! We also know the episode will take us to Hawaii, where Don is a best man at a soldier's wedding ... There's speculation that this is a soldier who knew him back in his Dick Whitman days. And EW reports that we get to see Megan's acting career taking off. She gets stopped for autographs, but fans also comment on her weight. Hmm. In the meantime, AMC shares, "Don spearheads a new campaign; Roger gets unsettling news; Betty takes in a houseguest." Gotta love how vague they are!
The third episode's title is "The Collaborators," and apparently, "Don has a disagreement with a client; Pete entertains a guest; Peggy tries to motivate the staff." Maybe Peggy's firm and Don's work together? Maybe Alexis Bledel's character is back as Pete's "guest"?! (Doubtful, but I hope so!)
And the fourth is "To Have and to Hold" in which "the partners try to keep a secret campaign under wraps; an old friend visits Joan." I sense of a running theme here of surprise, out-of-the-blue visitors! Kinda seems to tie into what Elisabeth Moss said about how they all feel sort of like they're treading water and finding themselves back in the same place over and over again ...
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Chicken Dumpling Soup
Chicken Dumpling Soup
Serves 2
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 - 20 min
- 2 c chicken broth
- 10 - 12 chicken dumplings or pot stickers
- 1 stalk green onion
Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan over medium heat. Let simmer for 15 - 20 min, or until the dumplings are tender. Remove from heat and serve immediately.
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Anything from Trader Joe's is delicious! :)ReplyDelete
I only avoid having potstickers on hand because I tend to eat too many of themReplyDelete
Oooh, I'll have to keep my eyes open next time I'm at Trader Joe's! :) Looks delicious.ReplyDelete
I never put dumpling in a soup,but made it this way such a great idea to serve dumplingReplyDelete
The title of your blog cracks me up...I'm 25 and I feel like I've been in my quarter-life crisis since I was 22...and I'm about 98% positive my blog was born out of my quarter-life crisis (though I'm so happy it was). Your dumpling soup looks delicious! Looking forward to seeing more of your creations. Have a fun weekend!ReplyDelete
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By W.G. RAMIREZ
LAS VEGAS (AP) William Karlsson thinks he is playing the best hockey of his career.
Sure looks that way.
Karlsson scored twice and David Perron had a goal and an assist, helping the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Friday night.
The 24-year-old Karlsson, a Swedish forward who made his NHL debut in 2014 with Anaheim, has six goals and four assists in his last 10 games. He had no goals and two assists in his first six games of the season
"Right now I'm enjoying hockey and I need to keep it up," said Karlsson, who credited the switch from wing to center for his sudden hot streak. "I think the chemistry from all of us, it's been paying off."
Reilly Smith had two assists for Vegas, giving him 200 points in his NHL career. Making his sixth start for the Golden Knights, Maxime Lagace stopped 27 shots.
"I think our guys, they all chip in and they all work hard and compete hard," Vegas coach Gerard Gallant said. "Willie is getting better every game. I think our team is real confident, but I think individual players are getting real confident every game too. The longer we keep playing well, the more confident the guys are going to be."
Vegas, which opened its inaugural NHL season 8-1-0, rebounded nicely in its return home after a 1-4-1 road trip.
"A lot of times you don't feel great your first game back after a trip like that," Gallant said. "But I thought the guys were mentally sharp from the drop of the puck and they played a complete game."
Patrik Laine and Adam Lowry scored for Winnipeg, and Connor Hellebuyck made 16 saves in his first regulation loss of the season. He was the only goalie in the NHL who had not lost in regulation in 10 or more starts.
"That's how hockey goes," Hellebuyck said. "I can't expect to go, I mean how many starts without a loss? It's going to happen. I'm going to look to get better, I'm going to work harder tomorrow and I'm not going to let this faze me. I'm going to use this as motivation."
Luca Sbisa put Vegas in front when his slap shot beat Hellebuyck high on the glove side at 6:41 of the first. It was Sbisa's first goal of the season.
Perron made it 2-0 with his fifth goal at 15:08, but the Jets quickly responded, with Lowry deflecting Dmitry Kulikov's shot from the point.
Karlsson, who played in his 199th career game, gave the Golden Knights a 3-1 lead when he poked in Deryk Engelland's rebound from the crease at the 12:17 mark of the second.
After Laine and Vegas' James Neal traded power-play goals, Karlsson converted a short-handed breakaway backhand that beat Hellebuyck on the glove side.
"I think our game was really good today, we were aggressive all over the ice," Karlsson said. "We're having a lot of fun here. Crowd's been really good, we're feeding off their energy and we want to get them going, as well."
NOTES: The Jets had scored first in six straight games. They were 4-0-2 in those contests. ... Laine has scored in four consecutive games. ... Winnipeg's Blake Wheeler had a three-game points streak snapped, during which he had nine points (one goal, eight assists). He has 13 points (four goals, nine assists) in his past six games. ... Winnipeg's Mark Scheifele has 11 points (six goals, five assists) in his past six games. ... Perron has recorded an assist in four consecutive games. ... Vegas' Erik Haula and Engelland have each recorded a point in three straight games. ... Karlsson second goal of the night was his second short-handed goal of the season.
Vegas: Off until Tuesday, when it plays at Edmonton.
Winnipeg: Complete a three-game road trip Saturday at Arizona.
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Dry soils present an all-too-familiar dilemma for wheat producers.
"Wheat producers faced with very dry soils basically have three main options, and these haven't changed over the years," said Jim Shroyer, K-State Research and Extension crop production specialist.
" Do I 'dust in' the seed and hope for rain, plant deeper than normal to place the seed into moisture, or just hold off and wait for rain before planting? There are pros and cons to each option."
Dusting in the wheat at the normal seeding depth and normal planting date is probably the best option, Shroyer said. The seed will remain viable in the soil until it gets enough moisture.
Before planting, producers should look at the long-term forecast and try to estimate how long the dry conditions will persist. This will help determine the best seeding rate to use.
"If it looks like there's a good chance the dry weather will continue until at least the back end of the optimum range of planting dates, producers should treat the fields as if they were planting later than the optimum time. Rather than cutting back on seeding rates and fertilizer to save money on a lost cause, producers should increase seeding rates, consider using a fungicide seed treatment, and consider using a starter fertilizer," he said.
"The idea is to make sure the wheat gets off to a good start and will have enough heads to have good yield potential, assuming it will eventually rain and the crop will emerge late," he said. "Wheat that emerges in November almost always has fewer fall tillers than wheat that emerges in September or October."
There are some risks to dusting-in wheat, he cautions. For one thing, a hard rain could crust over the soil or wash soil off planting ridges and into the seed furrows, potentially causing emergence problems, he said.
Probably the worst-case scenario for this option would be if a light rain occurs and the seed gets just enough moisture to germinate but not enough for the seedlings to emerge through the soil or to survive very long if dry conditions return. This could result in a loss of the stand.
Another option would be to plant deeper-than-normal into moisture during the optimal planting time, if possible, Shroyer said. This option can work if the variety to be planted has a long coleoptile, the producer is using a hoe drill, and there is good moisture within reach.
"The advantage of this option is that the crop may come up and make a stand during the optimum time in the fall. This would keep the soil from blowing. Also, the ridges created by hoe drills help keep the soil from blowing," he said.
The main risk of this option is poor emergence. Deep-planted wheat normally has below-normal emergence, so a higher seeding rate should be used, Shroyer said.
"Generally speaking, it's best to plant no deeper than 3 inches with most varieties," he said.
Finally, producers might simply decide to wait for a rain, and then plant.
"Under the right conditions, this would result in good stands, assuming the producer uses a high seeding rate and a starter fertilizer, if appropriate. If it remains dry well past the optimum range of planting dates, the producer would then have the option of just keeping the wheat seed in the shed until next fall and planting a spring crop next year instead," he said.
The risk of this option is that the weather may turn rainy and stay wet later this fall, preventing the producer from planting the wheat at all while those who "dusted" their wheat in have a good stand. Growers also face the risk of leaving the soil unprotected from the wind through the winter until the spring crop is planted, he said.
Crop insurance considerations and deadlines will play a role in these decisions,


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PARSHALL — The fact that Daniel Galhardo has fly-fished for more than four years now without a reel, weighted fly line, leader, split shot or strike indicator is intriguing. The fact he has used only one fly to catch trout for the majority of that time is astonishing.
To devotees of the discipline known as tenkara, however, the notion falls far short of extraordinary. The traditional form of Japanese fly-fishing holds simplicity sacred, so it stands to reason that one basic fly pattern — albeit in four sizes and two colors — is all that's really necessary to fool a fish into biting.
"It's not really about being stubborn," said Galhardo, the founder and CEO of Boulder-based Tenkara USA. "I think you can catch a lot more fish by not changing flies. It is one of the most difficult concepts of tenkara to understand and to embrace, that you can use just one fly pattern. But it is by far the most liberating and most effective part of tenkara.
"My philosophy with fishing, and I solidified it after discovering tenkara, is that technique is much more important than gear."
Through the company he created in 2009 and moved to Boulder last year, the Brazilian-born 30-year-old has dedicated himself to spreading the simplicity of tenkara fly-fishing beyond its native Japan and sharing it with those interested in distilling the sport to its essence. With tenkara, only rod, line and fly are used.
"I think when I discovered tenkara, it kind of seemed like fly-fishing was becoming frustrating. I had been fly-fishing for a long time and I was pretty good at it, but every time I went out it kind of felt like the line was getting wrapped around my leg or getting tangled everywhere," Galhardo said. "I was pretty good at managing line, but it didn't feel relaxing. So when I discovered tenkara, it was kind of like the perfect combination of the cane pole fishing I did as a kid, which was just simple and relaxing fishing, with the cool things about fly-fishing — the idea of using a fly, the elegance of casting. That's kind of what really got me into it, that nice combination of things."
While the tenkara rods built by Galhardo and other, primarily Japanese, companies adhere to the minimalist principles of no reel seats, line guides or ferules, they are a far cry from cane poles. The lengthy, telescoping rods — typically around 12 feet and ranging from 10 feet to nearly 15 feet — are built of carbon fiber and collapse to a mere 20 inches with an average weight of about 3 ounces.
Still, they scream simplicity. The compact portability of the one-piece rods makes them ideal for backpacking in to mountain streams. Lightweight line attaches directly to the tip of the rod. And the winter fishing experience is enhanced due to the lack of frozen guides and a technique that calls for keeping most line off the water, where it can ice up.
"Mountain streams, that's really where you see tenkara shining. You have this long rod and you are casting across a bunch of currents. But the line stays off the water entirely, so there's no need for mending, and the drifts are perfect every time," Galhardo said. "I don't usually talk much about limits on the size of fish, but it is kind of ideal for targeting that 8- to 20-inch mountain trout. That's really what it's designed for."
The principles of tenkara date back centuries to commercial fishermen of Japan. Galhardo stumbled upon the art while researching fly-fishing opportunities before visiting the country with his Japanese-American wife, Margaret, and has since studied under the tenkara masters, most notably his sensei, Hisao Ishigaki, considered the most prominent tenkara angler in Japan.
That was in 2008, the same year Galhardo packed up his fishing reel and streamlined his vision. Tenkara USA's sales have doubled every year since 2009, enabling him to move the company from San Francisco to Boulder, where a robust tenkara community thrives alongside Rocky Mountain streams.
"The best way to understand tenkara is to think about the original tenkara angler, who was a commercial fisherman in Japan, trying to catch fish for a living. He really had to make it as uncomplicated as he could. And he had to be very effective at it," Galhardo said. "He had to catch as many fish as he could, and he had to do that with the least amount of equipment and overhead as he could. He wouldn't want to go home and tie a bunch of different fly patterns. He wouldn't want to second-guess his fly choice.
"So if we only think about that original commercial angler who is catching a lot more fish than most of us catch on a regular basis, without changing flies, without using floatant, without using anything else, then we understand how simple fly-fishing can be."
There is a school of thought that believes it is human nature to make things more complicated than they really are. Among fishermen, it's called tenkara.


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September 2012 • Thayer By Degrees: MS
Jeff Forsyth Th'11 enrolled in Dartmouth's Master of Science (M.S.) program in engineering sciences to apply electrical engineering to cancer screening and diagnosis.
"I researched breast cancer screening and diagnostics with a non-ionizing method known as electrical impedance tomography. I created a patient-specific screening device and the algorithms for processing the data, under Dr. Alexander Hartov," says Forsyth, who was one of about 20 to enroll in the program in 2010. "The close relationship I had with my advisor gave me the feedback I needed to continue on the right path in my research."
It was the kind of symbiotic relationship the program is built upon.
"M.S. students work hard and think critically, as inspired by their professors," adds Forsyth.
Similar to the Ph.D. program—with less scope and depth—M.S. students work on a project, write a thesis, and defend it to gain advanced competency in applied mathematics and engineering. The moving target of course offerings for both undergraduate and graduate students has grown in recent years to include Materials in Sports Equipment, The Science and Engineering of Music, Intermediate Biomedical Engineering, Digital Image Processing, and Medical Imaging—to name a few. A number of faculty members have also been added to the roster, among them Margie Ackerman, Solomon Diamond, Jifeng Liu, Kofi Odame, Jason Stauth, Ulrike Wegst, and Brenden Epps.
"We sometimes have M.S. students who do excellent work and whom we strongly encourage to consider continuing to get a Ph.D.," says Hartov, director of the M.S. program. "Unfortunately for us, the good students also get good job offers."
M.S. graduates who don't pursue a Ph.D. in engineering sciences often bring project management and research and development skills they've gained to technology-based industry jobs at companies including Philips, Siemens Global, and Medtronic.
The Thayer School approach to the classroom taught Forsyth to tackle problems until they are sufficiently solved. Forsyth now works as an embedded software engineer for a Florida-based surgical robotics company called MAKO Surgical.
"The robot runs C code and is interfaced via MATLAB scripts, so I have been programming in both languages. In the case of robot issues in the field, I work to troubleshoot by phone and, when necessary, travel to resolve them," says Forsyth. "I love my job."comments powered by Disqus


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