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MSO serves up moving program of Mozart, Bruckner
Friday's Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performance was a feast of artful phrasing and captivating contrasts.
The program, conducted by MSO music director Edo de Waart, opened with guest pianist Joseph Kalichstein performing Mozart's Concerto No 22 in E-flat major.
Kalichstein worked like a sculptor, using an enormous palette of colors and interpretive details to give articulate shape to each phrase of the piece.
From the tiniest ornamented figure to his longest lines, Kalichstein made each phrase an integral part of the piece, in a fresh, fascinating performance of the familiar concerto.
De Waart and the orchestra matched his eye for phrasing with a sensitive, fluid rendering of the orchestral accompaniment.
The program's second half featured Bruckner's expansive Symphony No. 4 ("Romantic"). The piece's long history of revisions and publications make it worth noting that the orchestra performed the 1878/'80 "second version" of the symphony, edited by Leopold Nowak.
De Waart and the orchestra gave a performance full of detail and nuance, allowing the piece to unfold in riveting fashion.
Bruckner's brilliant musical architecture is built of striding, bold sections, some of which recur several times in a single movement, and sweeping string passages. He contrasted the piece's biggest moments with small, intimate passages for just a few players and, several times, haunting lines played by a single, unaccompanied woodwind voice.
Forward leaning - but never hurried - tempos gave each movement a compelling momentum. Cohesive, sensitive playing from the orchestra's string sections gave shape to sweeping string passages.
Frequent solo horn lines were deftly handled by principal horn Matthew Annin. A good deal of tight, decisive brass playing brought fire to the piece's biggest moments, while beautifully rendered woodwind solo lines provided delicate contrast to the full-orchestra swells.
De Waart and the players connected and contrasted the piece's highly textured writing, making sense of all of it for an audience that responded with a standing ovation. The length of the piece played out in a few pitch wavers near the end.
This MSO concert will be repeated at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. For ticket information, visit www.mso.org or call (414) 273-7206.
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Walk in any direction in Echo Park and you are likely to soon come upon a couch. All kinds of couches, tossed out on the curb and sidewalk. Puffy vinyl corner groups. Sofa sleepers. Love seats scrawled with graffiti. And the occasional orphaned ottoman. Along with taco trucks and hipsters, the abandoned couch is one of the symbols of Echo Park. (In fact, it was once suggested The Eastsider be named "Bulky Item Pick-Up," the city service that hauls away sofas and other "bulky items."). Now, the neighborhood's most popular form of street furniture is being celebrated in a photo exhibit: "The Couches of Echo Park."
The show, which opens today at Fix Coffee, features 10 pairs of photos taken by Echo Park resident Angela Wood, who started taking photos of the abandoned furniture – or "stylish trash, as she refers to them – in 2011. "I started shooting them, initially just 'collecting' them, because they come and go," said Wood. "I also had a the idea of doing a spoof poster on 'The Doors of Dublin,' a kind of travelogue of Echo Park."
Many residents view abandoned sofas as upholstered blight and are quick to call the city sanitation department at the sight of newly abandoned sofa. But Wood sees them differently.
"I see them as part of a beautiful chaotic landscape in Los Angeles, not as something disparaging – just a part of our neighborhood."
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- Add some corn or tapioca starch in the omelette to produce better texture and shape. It would not break apart easily when flipping. How? Dissolve starch in the water first before adding into egg mixture.
- Add in some milk, stock or water to make omelette soft and moist.
- Heat the wok or pan until it is really hot before adding oil. And, when the oil is really hot then start cooking. This is to prevent omelette from sticking to the wok or pan. In fact, this tip is good for any pan-fry cookings.
- At the beginning of cooking process, add half amount of the oil to cook ingredients like onion or prawn. After pour in egg mixture then add in more oil if necessary. This is to prevent oil from being absorbed by other ingredients and the omelette ended up with tons of oil in it.
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Surfing's most prolific filmmaker talks about premiering his long-awaited Rob Machado profile, The Drifter. --Nathan Myers
SURFING MAGAZINE: We heard that a hand-held bootleg appeared on YouTube after the Bali premier of The Drifter -- how classic Indo is that?
TAYLOR STEELE: Yeah, in Bali you can buy all these pirated Hollywood movies where someone gets up and walks across the screen. They set up a cheap camera in the back of the theatre and just shoot the movie. So to have someone do that to our movie gives me mixed feelings. I like that people really want to get it out there like a big time movie. On the other hand, a lot of people worked hard to make this movie high production. I want everyone to see it with its proper colors and sound. [BTW: the YouTube version was rapidly removed.]
What was the weirdest thing that happened during the Japan premiers?
Japan is so weird and futuristic so it's more like what was normal. I love how different it is there and the people are cool and respectful. The weirdest thing was doing a promo where Rob, Jon Swift and I went surfing and they videoed us. That doesn't happen where I get videoed trying to shred. A lot of pressure to turn on one-foot waves. It was comedy. Luckily, Rob was there to get the clips for them.
Why is the US the last to see The Drifter premiers?
Well, the first show was at a Bali Film Festival and that makes perfect sense. [Editor's note: The Drifter took first prize at the festival.] One of the movie's main stars is the location. It was nice to have guys that helped on the movie that live in Indo see the film. Then, with everyone's schedule it just worked out that we would go to Japan before the craziness starts in SoCal. With all the events in September going on Trestles, ASR & premieres, we decided to stay clear of that and release our own deal a bit later on. September 25th we will be showing it at the New York Surf Film Festival then it will be rolling through everywhere else soon after.


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For all of Ferris's desperate struggles, and for all the director's efforts to emulate the remarkable verisimilitude he achieved in "Black Hawk Down," his new film remains abstract and unaffecting. It's a study in semisimilitude, more Google-Earthly than grounded in feelings.
A tautly paced, well-acted espionage thriller with the requisite explosions and action sequences. Still, it ends up leaving the viewer rather cold.
It may not be as much fun as old spy movies starring Cary Grant or more recent entertainments such as "Spy Game," directed by Ridley's brother Tony, but it feels all too accurate.
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Violent spy thriller is for adults only.
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Parents need to know that this gripping-though-inconsistent spy/terrorism thriller is quite violent -- almost tenaciously so. There's torture, gunfights, and explosions, as well as a fair number of close-ups of bloody injuries and corpses. People are sacrificed regardless of their loyalties, or even their actual involvement in terror activities. There's also some smoking and drinking and plenty of swearing (including "f--k"), though no real sexual content of note.
Messages: The lead characters don't know who to trust -- even among those who work at the same company they do. They kill others, including innocents, all in the name of getting ahead. Roger Ferris shows warmth toward a kind doctor, which triggers an epiphany of sorts.
Violence: Agents whip a naked man in a torture cellar. Lot of explosions, most of which claim lives. Guns are drawn and shot; they're also pointed at people's heads. A man throws an object at a wall. Lots of double-crossing, some beatings, and much coercion. A character is shown using his bare hands to pick at bullet shrapnel lodged in his arm.
Sex: Some mild flirting; one mention of a man needing to "bang" his wife.
Language: Frequent use of everything from "s--t" and "p---y" to "f--k."
Consumerism: Hood ornaments for Mercedes Benz; logos for Hewlett-Packard and BBC World News; bottles of Coke are prominently displayed in a few scenes.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Lots of social smoking and drinking.
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Growing up in the fields of Iowa, springtime was always the most exciting time of year. The snowy white landscape melts away and spring wildflowers begin to bloom. Pops of all shades of lavender and gold let us know that spring is officially taking hold!
My woven Field Scarf celebrates not only the coming of the new season, but also the arrival of Purl Soho's new Linen Quill. Its subtle beauty and straight-from-nature palette perfectly reflect the transition from endless winter plains to fields of color.
We wove our scarf on Schacht Spindle Co's amazing rigid-heddle Cricket Loom, a table-top loom about the size of a record player. It only takes a few hours to learn how to use the Cricket Loom and only a little longer to weave a beautiful scarf like this!
Pick up all the yarn you need with our Field Scarf Bundle, and weave your very own Field Scarf to keep you comfy as we transition into spring and to remind yourself that warmer times are on their way! -Kelly
Get all the yarn you need with our Field Scarf Bundle. It includes…
- 8 skeins of Purl Soho's Linen Quill, 50% fine highland wool, 35% alpaca, and 15% linen
- Main Color (MC): 2 skeins of Pale Oats
- Weft Color A: 1 skein of Turmeric Yellow
- Weft Color B: 1 skein of Rose Granite
- Weft Color C: 1 skein of Lavender Opal
- Weft Color D: 1 skein of Oatmeal Gray
- Warp Color A: 1 skein of Kettle Black
- Warp Color B: 1 skein of Salt + Pepper
Note: This is enough yarn for exactly 4 Field Scarves, if you alter the colors positioning for each scarf.
You'll also need…
- Schacht Spindle Company's 15-inch Cricket Loom
- A 15-inch, 12 dent Cricket Reed
Plain Weave
Warp Length: 110 inches (includes 16 inches of loom waste)
Warp Ends: 162
Width in Reed: 12 5/8 inches
Ends Per Inch (E.P.I.): 12 3/4
Pick Per Inch (P.P.I): 12
Finished Dimensions, Unblocked: 12 1/2 inches x 94 inches long with a ½ inch-fringe
Finished Dimensions, Blocked: 12 1/4 inches wide x 92 inches long with a 1/2-inch fringe
Cricket Looms come with a very user-friendly instructional booklet that walks you through every step of the weaving process, from assembling the loom to tying the fringe. For even more guidance, check out our Cricket Loom Tips.
Warp the Loom
Set up the warping peg 110 inches from the front of the loom, which is at the front edge of the table.
With a 12-dent reed in place and using Warp Color A (Kettle Black), begin threading the heddle by pulling the first loop of yarn through the 5th slat from the right end of the reed.
Working from right to left, pull Warp Color A through the next 26 slats so there are 54 threads total.
Cut Warp Color A at the back apron rod and tie to Warp Color B (Salt + Pepper) so that the knot is on or fairly close to the apron rod. Pull Warp Color B through the next 27 slats.
Cut Warp Color B at the back apron rod and tie to Main Color (MC, Pale Oats) so that the knot is on or fairly close to the apron rod. Pull MC through the next 27 slats, ending on the slat 5th from the left side of the reed.
Tie MC to the back apron rod.
You should have 162 warp threads (54 of each color). Finish the warp according to the Cricket Loom instructions, transferring one strand from each slot to the hole to the right.
Wind one shuttle with about 25 yards of Weft Color A (Turmeric Yellow) and one with 25 yards of Weft Color B (Rose Granite).
Weave roughly one inch using scrap yarn (or MC) until the warp threads are evenly spread out.
Leaving about a 36-inch tail (which you will use at the end for finishing), weave with Weft Color A for 1 inch (12 rows). Lightly beat each row twice.
Change to Weft Color B and weave for 1 inch.
Empty both shuttles and wind one with 25 yards of Weft Color C (Lavender Opal) and the other with 25 yards of Weft Color D (Oatmeal Gray).
With Weft Color C, weave for 1 inch.
Change to Weft Color D and weave for one inch.
Empty shuttles and fill one or both with MC.
Weave in plain weave until approximately 13 inches of warp remain.
Empty both shuttles and wind one with 25 yards of Weft Color D and the other with 25 yards of Weft Color C.
With Weft Color D, weave for 1 inch.
Change to Weft Color C and weave for 1 inch.
Empty both shuttles and wind one with 25 yards of Weft Color B and the other with 25 yards of Weft Color A.
With Weft Color B, weave for one inch.
Change to Weft Color A and weave for 1 inch, leaving a 36-inch tail for finishing.
For a complete how-to on this step, visit our Finishing with Hemstitch Tutorial.
Use the 36-inch tails to finish each end of the scarf with a hemstitch. Make the hemstitch around groups of 4 warp ends until you reach the last 10 ends of a color. Finish with two groups of 5 ends. Repeat for each of the 3 weft colors.
Cut the fringe 1/2 inch from the end of the weaving.
Weave in the hemstitch tails and gently hand wash your finished scarf in cold water, laying it flat to dry.
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Laconia barn blaze causes estimated $1M in damage
April 28. 2013 7:50PM
LACONIA - Firefighters say a two-alarm blaze in a barn Sunday afternoon caused an estimated $1 million in damage.
Laconia Fire Capt. Kirk Beattie said his department responded to a report of a fire in a barn at 749 White Oaks Rd. at 1:23 p.m.
Fire crews found heavy smoke conditions and flames upon arrival, and struck a second alarm.
"There were two nearby structures that we were worried were also going to go up," said Beattie.
The additional structures were a residence and a second barn.
After about three hours on scene, fire crews were able to contain the blaze to the barn they believe it started in, which contained several pieces of landscaping machinery.
Beattie said the barn and the machinery inside were a total loss, and early estimates put the value at $1 million.
Beattie said two fire fighters suffered minor injuries, one a hand injury and another minor burns to his face, and both were treated at the scene.
Fire crews from Gilford, Belmont, Tilton, Franklin, Meredith and Holderness assisted at the scene.
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Dominican leader, activists discuss court decision
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic's president met Monday with a small group of activists who are fighting against a court ruling that strips citizenship from the children of migrant workers.
Ana Maria Belique, spokeswoman for a nonprofit group that has fought for the rights of children born in the Dominican Republic to Haitian migrant workers, said the talk with President Danilo Medina offered a "glimmer of hope" for the activists.
Last month, the Caribbean country's Constitutional Court ruled that it will block citizenship for thousands of people born to immigrants without residency permits since 1929. Human rights activists say this could affect more than 200,000 people, the bulk of them Dominican-born people of Haitian descent.
United Nations officials met with Medina last month and asked him to meet with the activists.
Belique, who is the Dominican-born daughter of Haitian migrant workers, said the activists shared their stories with Medina. Another activist, Antonio Pol-Emil, said the president did not offer any immediate solutions to their predicament.
Medina's office did not issue any statement about the meeting.
The court ruling has aggravated uneasy relations between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which share the island of Hispaniola.
Haiti has said it "strongly disagrees" with the ruling and recalled its ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Haiti's foreign affairs ministry asserts that the court decision violates international laws and agreements, including a 2005 decision by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Dominican officials have promised to create a path to legal residency for people whose birth certificates are voided, but have provided no details on how that might work.


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This Bra was submitted for my City in Guilds and received TOP Marks + Distinction. The Decision Brief was to create a Bra for myself which was Very Pretty and Sexy while providing support for my ample Chest… The Black and Sequin object in the picture is my single layer Corset I made for my Birthday details of that will be posted soon.
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Stretch Silk, Guipure Lace.
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Jul 20, 2013, 11.38 PMby MissCorsetLizz
Wow!! I love your work!!! :-D I can't wait to get around to making lingerie!!! I have a few pieces I would love to copy off and soooooo many ideas as to modifying them and making them different :-D
Jun 30, 2013, 02.28 AMby kisses
Cute bra
Jun 29, 2013, 08.48 PMby rita61
Nice; well done!
Jun 29, 2013, 11.37 AMby Debbie Alli
Beautiful! I really must have a go at making lingerie. And congratulations on a great result in your qualification! Your display looks gorgeous. I work in a college and this is the best time of year when the fashion displays go up in our gallery space – just gorgeous to see all that creativity!
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Jun 29, 2013, 02.10 PMby assets
Thank You Debbie, I really enjoyed the course my tutor was a joy.
Jun 29, 2013, 02.13 PMby assets
Oh You must try Lingerie it was so much fun you look at Bras etc in a new light. Its not very hard once you learn the techniques. I was taught to Clone my old bra which was much easier and more reliable than from a pattern.
Jun 29, 2013, 10.56 PMby Debbie Alli
I keep thinking I should try taking a pattern from one of mine because there aren't too many patterns to hand anyway. Plus I guess I have plenty of expertise to hand (when term starts again!). You've inspired me – I'm going to do it!! :) Thank you
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Iron Mike MP-6 vs Iron Mike MP-4
Both of these Hopper-Fed Iron Mike models look the same and indeed are very similar. The main differences are outlined below
Once you come to the conclusion that you want an arm style pitching machine that holds and throws so many balls that you will drop before you have to stop…
It's now about deciding which model.
The Differences
Added Protective Steel Facing (protects from direct ball hits)
Slightly Different Shipping Cost
The Shaker* - optional or included
*The Shaker is our term for a simple devise that overcomes the inherent problem when ball seams catch and interrupt the flow of balls as they are fed into the machine
Added Steel?
The added protective steel included with the MP-4 is a great idea however I like the idea of purchasing the virtually identical MP-6 and adding a protective screen that you simply cut a porthole into the net…this protects the front of the entire machine…the total cost becomes very similar!
Shipping Costs?
Probably $30-70 more for the MP-4 depending on your ZIP Code due to the extra weight from the reinforced steel.
The Shaker?
When you use game baseballs or softballs, the seams can "catch" as balls are fed into the machine. The shaker stops this issue.
This option comes with the Pro Model MP-4 and is about a $75 option that can be added to the MP-6 either at the factory or you can purchase & install later.
If you only use dimple balls, this is a non-issue.
If you want an arm style pitching machine, you buy an Iron Mike.
There are 3 full size models and 1 youth/jr. model. This MP-5 rack fed model has all the bells n whistles as the more expensive hopper fed models MP-6 and the MP-4 Pro Model
Here's The Difference
The MP-5 on this page offers a rack mounted ball feeder that holds & throws 38 baseballs or 28 adult size 12" softballs every 6 seconds. (The factory will set up your unit for either sport).
The 2 hopper fed models are loaded by dumping entire buckets of up to 600 baseballs or 400 softballs into the large hopper.
Should I Buy The MP-5 Rack Fed Model? Do I mind reloading every 4 minutes?
If you are purchasing for a single player in the backyard or for infrequent use with a small number of hitters, you might consider the rack fed MP-5 knowing that you will be stopping to reload about every 4 minutes. This is done by simply hitting the last pitch, dropping your bat and clicking the on-off corded remote switch which should be placed near the batter. This stops the arm from continuing its throwing motion every 6 seconds. Gather and/or reload the balls into the rack, walk back to the batters box, click the on-off switch and you will have 36 more swings… That's your prime consideration!
So, In Summary
All Iron Mike Pitching Machines are simple, efficient, outdoor tough and consistent. They are awesome machines that you will buy only once and have for many seasons and are so efficient that I don't even recommend you buy any spare parts unless you are shipping outside the USA (by the time you need them, you may forget where you put them!)


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Fraud Prevention
What it is and why it matters
Most organizations take a fragmented approach to fraud prevention. This leaves them vulnerable to even more attacks, as criminals are quick to find and exploit any points of weakness.
As a result, security risks and financial crimes are increasing in many industries due to a variety of factors, including the languishing global economy, growth in organized crime and the increasing sophistication of fraudulent schemes. Don't get caught unprepared.
The best hope for stemming the flow of financial crime is through an enterprisewide strategy that unifies fraud and security systems and focuses on improving detection and prevention efforts. From financial services to insurance, health care and the public sector, organizations must begin to look at fraud and security trends holistically to identify large-scale threats early in their development, while there is still time to mount effective fraud prevention countermeasures.
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Get more insights on fraud and security intelligence, including articles, research and other hot topics.
Current Issues in Fraud Prevention
Sophistication, velocity and severity of attacks
The rise of the information society has provided a wealth of opportunities for organizations to enhance services to customers through new channels. These have helped to save time, money and effort from an operational perspective. But on the opposite end, cybercriminals are finding new ways to exploit weaknesses and working to develop ever more sophisticated methods of attack – or finding high-tech reinventions of old tricks.
Many of these threats are basic. Simple spam or phishing emails, which encourage users to share information about themselves, continue to be a major problem across industries. But the threat landscape is also becoming increasingly complex. There is a convergence of offline fraud and online crimes, especially in financial services institutions – consider the recent attacks in which international hackers steal data that is then used by local criminals to fraudulently withdraw money at banks.
Weighing customer convenience versus risk
Customers want to know that they're being protected. But they also don't want to be bothered with false positives. How do you balance these competing interests? A transaction can score with a very high propensity to be fraudulent – say, 70 percent – but the remaining 30 percent of similar transactions will be legitimate. Do you block all of those transactions and risk angering the customer? Organizations know there will be false positives. It's not a matter of wondering how to eliminate those cases but rather how to decide what ratio is acceptable.
Fraud Prevention Cycle
Fraud prevention is not a static process. There's no starting and ending point. Rather, fraud prevention is an ongoing cycle involving monitoring, detection, decisions, case management and learning. That is to say, organizations should strive to continually learn from incidents of fraud and incorporate the results into future monitoring and detection processes. To identify and stop an array of fraud attacks quickly and accurately – while improving customer experiences – organizations must follow three key steps:
- Capture and unify all available data types from across channels and incorporate them into the analytical process.
- Continually monitor transactions and apply behavioral analytics to enable real-time decision making.
- Employ layered security techniques.
An effective fraud prevention solution must have rules for routing and case management, as well as the ability to capture fraud, enforce anti-money laundering policies and flag transactions that need review. Analytics underlies any effective solution, and the fraud prevention technology that you choose should be able to learn from complex data patterns and use sophisticated decision models to better manage false positives.
With these techniques in place, organizations should be able to use rich information after fraud events to build better models, generate trends and forecasts, and determine how new products and lines of business will affect future crimes and the operational environment.
Every bank has come to the conclusion that a lot of the same data used for marketing and credit decisioning can also be used over here in compliance and fraud. It's part of that desire to make more consistent decisions around customer baseline scoring.
David Stewart
Director of Financial Crimes Global Practice, SAS
Fraud Prevention Case Study
For insurance companies, monitoring claims is often a manual, labor-intensive process. And identifying claim errors in mountains of data is like looking for a needle in a haystack. For CZ, the third-largest health insurer in the Netherlands, the process was further complicated by a system of complex medical codes. And to avoid long delays in processing claims, CZ often checked statements only after a claim was paid. But that made recouping funds costly and inefficient.
That's why CZ turned to SAS. Using a solution built on analytics, the insurer can now monitor claims in real time to ensure each claim is legitimate – before money goes out the door. This has enabled CZ to move beyond a pay-and-chase model to prepayment control. The company can detect incorrect statements and consult with care providers immediately if there are any concerns about a claim. This goes a long way toward paving the way to health care payment integrity – stopping losses before they occur while processing genuine claims on time.


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jim021 wrote:For example, two NICs connected by a crossover cable in full-duplex mode with fast ethernet would have a maximum bandwidth of 400 Mbps, 100 to transmit, 100 to recieve for the first NIC and the same for the other. 100 * 4 = 400 Mbps.
If both cards operated in half-duplex mode, the bandwidth would be cut to 200 Mbps.
jim021 wrote:Port numbers can range in the IP protocol from 0 - 65535.
Expensive equipment, unusual signal band making the future standards NOT backwards compatible. No interference from 2.4 ghz devices like cordless phones. This standard will most likely stay in the shadows due to its signal band (5.4 ghz) making it incompatible with both b/g standards.
Krogoth wrote:Care to enlightenment me?
It does not allow direct ethernet connections like a hybrid.
odizzido wrote:Under 'router'It does not allow direct ethernet connections like a hybrid.
sure it does. I've done it plenty of times. I assume you mean directly from PC to catalyst series whatever.
odizzido wrote:You plug one end of a cable into a "real router" and plug the other end into a PC directly. nothing inbetween. I've done this a number of times and it works just fine.
grantmeaname wrote:Expensive equipment, unusual signal band making the future standards NOT backwards compatible. No interference from 2.4 ghz devices like cordless phones. This standard will most likely stay in the shadows due to its signal band (5.4 ghz) making it incompatible with both b/g standards.
1. 802.11a is on the 5Ghz band, not the 5.4GHz band.
Hz so good wrote:One other thing, most of the better switches use MDIX
Aphasia wrote:Although In most cases I would say it's wrong to say that ISIS is being supplanted by MPLS since MPLS is often not a replacemet for the IGP routing, but is mostly used to forward a lot of packets will full separation in VRF's or MPLS-VPN-setups. Not to mention that most setup's at least here, use first an IGP like IS-IS or more-often OSPF to exchange loopbacks in order to get M-BGP up to propagate the VRF routing info and then use MPLS for the actual packet forwarding through core, etc. You are entirely correct in that IS-IS is being depreciated in most designs as far as I've seen though. Although there might be differences on how it is used in datacenters vs Telco setups that I haven't worked with.
I've worked with networks using ISIS only to propagate loopbacks in order to get MBGP up and have the MPLS on that. In the network I'm involved in building right now they did do away with ISIS and use OSPF for the same reason, exchange loopback's dynamically in order to get M-BGP up to have something that can deliver all VRF routing nicely and then hang the MPLS on it. Of course, then you have a ton of other features that are often used on NX-OS if not used outside of enterprise setups... OTV, Fabric Path, MACSec, vPC+, DMVPN, GETVPN, etc, etc.
Also, don't forget about IOS-XE which is and will be the OS for the the lower half of the segment for a time to come. Basically it's a development that bases everything on a linuxkernel and abstracting everything on it as processing. Thus letting you run IOS as a process running on top of IOS-XE then use an underlying API to connect to different other modules. This will enable IOS development to be separate from hardware development. On top of that, IOS-XE enables you do add different modules, like a WLC on top of a normal Switch like a 3650.
Also I think we might pretty soon come up to a turning point where we will be turning to 40Gbit and 100Gbit for all core uses and 10G will only be used for uplinks and redundancy towards edge and lower end distribution points. just about any gear you get today for datacenter use does have capability for 40G and 100G in some capacity already.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Behind an outstanding pitching performance by sophomore right hander Luke Weaver, No. 9 Florida State (4-0) held on for the 9-7 victory over Jacksonville (1-3) Wednesday afternoon on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium.
Weaver (1-0) baffled the Dolphin offense for 6.0 innings on Wednesday as the DeLand, Fla., native gave up just one hit and no walks while striking out a career-high nine batters. Weaver allowed just two base runners in his first start of the season as the only hit was a two-out infield single in the second.
"He was beautiful," said head coach Mike Martin on the pitching performance of Luke Weaver. "He went out there and totally dominated with his fastball. This is one of those games that you hope Luke can grow from because he certainly pitched a beautiful baseball game."
"It was great," said Weaver. "I know last year I was a little shaky (against them). You never forget about something like that especially with it being my first start. But today I felt good. Everything was locked in; I was pounding the strike zone and not trying to do too much."
The sophomore right hander got off to a great start as he struck out the side in the top of the first. After giving up the infield single to Nathan Koslowski in the second, Weaver retired the next 10 batters that he faced. JU's Scott Schaub then reached on a throwing error to open the sixth, but Weaver worked around the error recording a strikeout and a pair of fly outs in his final inning of work.
"That was definitely a boost," said Weaver on striking out the side in the first. "It felt good; it kind of got me off and running."
Weaver also received plenty of run support from the Seminole offense as Florida State ran out to a 9-0 advantage after four innings.
Stephen McGee opened the scoring in the second as he laced a single to center and scored three batters later on an RBI groundout to first by Jose Brizuela.
Justin Gonzalez gave the Seminoles a 2-0 lead in the third as the senior captain connected on a two-out solo shot to left. The Miami, Fla., native took a 1-1 offering from JU starter Zach Gordon (1-1) out of the park for his second home run of the season and 21st of his career.
The Seminoles broke the game open in the fourth scoring seven runs all on two outs to take a commanding 9-0 lead. Jameis Winston and John Sansone drew back-to-back two out walks and both came around to score when Josh Delph hit a double off the screen in right. Delph would score on the play thanks to errand throw at third base by JU shortstop Ethan Loosen.
The inning would continue as Gonzalez drew a walk and moved to third on a double to the gap in right center by DJ Stewart. Both runners would score a batter later on McGee's two-run bloop single that caromed just off the diving glove of Dolphin second baseman Jake Huxtable. Marcus Davis' two-run home run on the very next pitch rounded out the scoring for the Seminoles in the fourth. The home run for Davis was his second of the season.
"When you look at a game like this, the first thing that some people might do is look at the negatives," added Martin. "We don't do that here. We look at the positives. We got seven with two-out and nobody on (in the fourth). We had exceptional discipline at the plate. The game did not get away from us; JU did a good job of battling. I am proud of our young men for doing their job and keeping their poise and getting it done when it counted."
Jacksonville would not go away quietly scoring two runs in the eighth off Seminole reliever Hayden Jordan to cut the deficit to 9-2.
Then a pair of Seminole fielding errors to the first four batters opened the door for the Dolphins in the ninth with Dylan Silva on the mound. Jacksonville drew within five of the lead before calling on Robby Coles to close out the game. The junior college transfer issued a bases loaded walk to pinch hitter Chris Anderson, but then got Kris Molter looking on strikes for the second out of the inning. Braddock Rowe would continue to make things interesting in the ninth as he dropped a two-run bloop single to center to cut FSU's lead to 9-7 and put runners at the corners. But that was as far as the Dolphins would get as Coles bounced back to get Alex McRae swinging on strikes to end the game. The save was the first for Coles as a Seminole.
"Robby did have a good effort," said Martin. "His velocity was excellent and he located the ball well. He got the two strikeouts when we needed them in the ninth."
Stewart and McGee paced the Seminole offense with two hits each, while Delph, McGee and Davis all drove in a pair of runs. Alvin Swoope picked up his first career hit in his first career at-bat with a single to left in the sixth.
Seth Miller registered his first hit of the season in the sixth with a single up the middle and did an outstanding job of keeping the shutout intact in the seventh as he threw out a runner at the plate from centerfield. The senior from Southport, Fla., ended the seventh completing a double play following a fly out off the bat of McRae. Loosen tried to score from third on the fly out, but Miller threw a beautiful one hopper to the plate where Ladson Montgomery made the tag to complete the double play and maintain FSU's 9-0 lead.
Florida State remains at home this weekend for a three-game series against USF. Game one is scheduled for a 4:00 p.m. first pitch on Friday, February 22. Friday is also FSU's ALS Awareness Game.
Friday's game will air live over the internet on Seminoles.com All-Access, while Saturday and Sunday's contest will air on ESPN3. Fans can also listen to the game live on the All-Access player. Locally, fans can listen to the game on 1270 AM (Friday) and 100.7 FM (Saturday and Sunday). As always, Seminole fans can follow the Noles on twitter @FSU_Baseball and remember to like the Seminoles on Facebook (www.facebook.com/FSUBaseball). Live stats for all three games will be available via gametracker.


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Bow Rotary donates $20,000 to library renovation
November 04. 2013 9:58PM
BOW — The Rotary Club of Bow has pledged a gift of $20,000 for the lower level renovation project at the Baker Free Library.
The club's donation is specifically for the completion of the informal meeting area — the Bow Rotary Community Room, a space designed to help Bow residents connect.
"Bow Rotary members are very supportive of the role Baker Free Library plays in the lives of our town residents," according to Rick Minard, president of the club. "We hope that this pledge inspires others to give to this project."
"We greatly appreciate the Rotary's support," stated Tom Ives, president of the Baker Free Library trustees. "It is gratifying to have this public acknowledgment of the library's value to the Bow community."
The library's fundraising for the project is ongoing, with the goal to raise $300,000 privately (or half of the project costs), with the other half raised through town warrant. For more information about the project, visit www.bakerfreerenovation.org.
The Rotary Club of Bow is a group of committed members whose motto is "we help others."
Additional information about its activities can be found at bowrotary.org.
For more information, visit the library's website at bowbakerfreelibrary.org.


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A Brave Girl from Pakistan Named Malala Yousafzai is Now Fighting for Her Life
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As I write this, Malala Yousafzai is fighting for her life. She is 14. She was on her way home from her school in Mingora in Swat Valley in North-West Pakistan. She was shot, bullets lodged in her head and neck. And the Taliban in Pakistan has now claimed responsibility for attacking her in the vehicle in which she was travelling. This was not a random attack. They knew she was there. They have said that if she survives, they will attack her again.
All she wants is to go to school with her friends. Sometimes she wants to study law and perhaps join politics. Sometimes, to be a doctor. But the Taliban does not want any of that. She has been speaking out eloquently against the Taliban at a time when world leaders are busy appeasing the Taliban. And the Taliban does not like her because she represents the future they want to destroy.
Weeks after Al Qaeda's attacks on 11 September 2001, the US attacked Afghanistan. Arresting Osama bin Laden and dismantling Al Qaeda were certainly major priorities for Americans, but many American leaders also expressed another objective: to emancipate Afghan women. It was a noble priority, for only the sort of people that British-Pakistani writer Tariq Ali has described as "bearded lunatics" would defend what the Taliban did to the women.
Many schools did get built in Afghanistan, which the Taliban predictably attacked once it had regrouped. It could do that because the Bush administration decided to fight two wars on different fronts at the same time, and attacked Iraq. The Taliban regained strength, and spread its pernicious influence in Pakistan, contaminating the society whose fundamentals had weakened since General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's time.
Like in Afghanistan, the Pakistani Taliban placed severe social controls such as banning music and closing girls' schools in the areas they controlled, and targeted anything that would make the society modern. Led by Maulana Fazlullah, they controlled the Swat Valley, where Yousafzai lives, between 2007 and 2009. Many analysts have warned about the Taliban, but as the Western troops are winding down, there is an air of inevitability about the Taliban gaining some power in Afghanistan. Writers like my former colleague Ahmed Rashid have been warning what that might mean for Pakistan. It is in that environment that Yousafzai went to school and spoke out for her right to do so.
Yousafzai's diary, which the BBC published online—initially anonymously—on its Urdu website, reveals her emotions. She writes with the simplicity and clarity that we lose as we grow older and lose our innocence.
She writes using a pseudonym, GulMakai. Friends of her parents show them printouts of her diary not knowing Yousafzai is the author, and her parents have to conceal their pride. After the Pakistani army regained control, Yousafzai could say she had written the diary, and she was called a national heroine, and won an award.
"My Swat is also very beautiful, but there is no peace," she writes. She talks of not being able to wear a uniform, nor being allowed to wear colorful clothes either. She is pleased that curfew is lifted in one town since one of the popular teachers will return to teach. But then she writes about her disturbed sleep because of artillery fire, and wakes up to discuss homework with her friend. She writes: "I was afraid going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools." Only 11 out of 27 girls have come to the class. A friend asks her: "For God's sake, answer me, honestly, is our school going to be attacked by the Taliban?" Some families decide to move from Swat to other parts of Pakistan, where they can send their daughters to school safely. "I may not go to school again," she writes with resignation, looking at the school one last time before leaving.
One night she has a terrible dream with military helicopters fighting the Taliban. These dreams recur. In a chilling passage, she writes: "On my way from school to home I heard a man saying 'I will kill you'. I hastened my pace and after a while I looked back if the man was still coming behind me. But to my utter relief he was talking on his mobile and must have been threatening someone else over the phone."
On Tuesday morning, they came for her. Imagine hardened militants so insecure that they see an enemy in a 14-year-old child. Lately, some analysts are warming up to the idea that Imran Khan can lift Pakistan out of its misery. He led a protest march recently—not against the attacks on Ahmedis, not the destruction of Sufi shrines, not the suicide bombs, nor against those who shot at Yousafzai—but against drone attacks. Once those stop, he thinks, all will be well. Meanwhile, the poison spreads further.
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Expanding coverage: Will NH go DC's way?
Preparing for a final vote on Medicaid expansion, the state commission appointed to discuss (not study) the issue has sort of endorsed expanding subsidized health insurance — but not necessarily Medicaid — to people who make no more than 138 percent of the federal poverty level. But why?
On Tuesday the commission voted to recommend offering subsidized health insurance coverage up to Obamacare's income target for expanded Medicaid, which happens to be 138 percent of the federal poverty level. New Hampshire now cuts off Medicaid eligibility at 63 percent of the poverty level. The only reason for the new cutoff level is because Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama settled on it as a politically viable figure. This is no way for New Hampshire to make state policy.
New Hampshire, famously frugal, always has found less expensive, more efficient ways to meet policy goals. Expanding Medicaid eligibility to the arbitrary cutoff of 138 percent of the poverty level (why not 100 percent, or 125?) is neither compassionate nor efficient nor cost-effective. (People would be much better off with private coverage than with Medicaid.) Expanding subsidized health insurance coverage (the state already offers premium support for certain low-income residents) is a better way, but the state, not Washington, should decide the details.
Obamacare has pushed the state down a path that it cannot afford to travel, and the commission is preparing to clear the way. But it is the Obama way, the Washington way, not the New Hampshire way. If we do not find our own course, it will be a monumentally costly mistake.


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If BMW is considered the ultimate driving machine, Lexus is viewed more as the ultimate easy chair.
Toyota's luxury brand has succeeded in building a reputation for supreme comfort and quality but struggled to add aggressive styling and driving passion to the mix.
The new IS 250 and 350 sport sedans are the latest effort to shed that bland image. And it involves more than some shiny paint and slick marketing; this new IS is a true player in the cutthroat sport sedan segment.
Built on a nimble chassis and wrapped in a bold exterior, the IS brings a new swagger to the lineup. With the larger engine available in the IS 350, this is the most impressive Lexus in years.
Available in rear-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive configurations, the IS starts at $36,845. Peers include entry-level luxury stalwarts such as the BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Infiniti G sedan.
Previous iterations of the IS couldn't measure up to most rivals in terms of style, performance and — not coincidentally — sales. In the last three years combined, Lexus sold fewer IS sedans than BMW sold of its 3 Series in 2012 alone, according to Edmunds.com.
This new IS should help Lexus close that gap. Lexus' desire for a more emotional product has its genesis in the appointment of Akio Toyoda as company president in early 2009. Toyoda is a member of the company's founding family and is known throughout the automotive world as a gearhead himself, having raced the Lexus LFA supercar at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring.
It was Toyoda who immediately pushed Lexus to build cars that stir drivers' emotions, said Mark Templin, the global executive vice president for Lexus. "He looks to us to be a change agent," Templin said of his boss.
Toyoda's influence shook up the subdued corporate culture at Lexus, Templin said. "We're taking ourselves a little less seriously and having more fun."
Since early 2012, Lexus has busied itself giving the entire lineup a visual makeover. The hallmark of the new design language is what the company calls a spindle grille, an hourglass-shaped feature bolted to the front of every Lexus since.
To date, however, changes to some models have been largely cosmetic. In 2012, Lexus launched the new mid-size GS sedan, the first car redesigned from the ground up under Toyoda's watch. The 2014 IS sedan, hitting dealerships now, is the second.
The push for sportier cars in part reflects a desire for younger buyers. Last year, 55% of Lexus buyers were older than 55. Among its competitors, only Cadillac has an older customer base.
The 2014 IS is certainly not your father's Lexus. It's one of the more visually compelling cars in a segment that often plays it safe in an effort to chase sales volumes around the world.
The LED daytime lights on the IS, a necessary accouterment in the luxury realm these days, sit outside the shapely headlight cluster as a separate design element. The body panels below the taillights aren't mounted flush to the bottom of the lens; instead, a sharp crease tugs the corner of the lights down the side of the car toward the wheel arches.
The IS sits on the road in a ready stance. The lower body of the car seems to swell out from a smaller greenhouse, giving it broad, confident shoulders.
Second only to its looks is how it feels on the road. We tested rear-wheel-drive versions of the IS 250 and 350. Both are lively, enjoyable cars that have studied at the German school of dance.
The communicative steering system is sourced from the larger GS sedan and is especially adept when the car's sport setting is enabled. The suspension is on the firm side, but never harsh. It's a multi-link setup in the rear, another component borrowed from the GS. It works with the real wheels to put plenty of traction down on the road.
But the most rewarding part of tossing this sedan around is the way the seats hold you firmly yet comfortably in place. Memo to Toyoda: Pay the person who designed these seats whatever you have to.
Such comfort is afforded throughout the cabin. Six-footers can sit comfortably in the back seat, despite the sedan's relative compact size. From there, they can take in a quiet, stylishly designed cabin.
The only mentionable flaw in the car's performance is the engine in the IS 250. Unlike nearly everything else in its segment, this base model comes with a small V-6. Lexus says its customers like the refinement of this engine over what's become the norm: a turbocharged four-cylinder.
While this 2.5-liter unit is certainly smooth, the car often felt as if it needed more than the 204 horsepower and 185 pound-feet of torque that's available. A 7.7-second zero-to-60-mph time is a bit slow for a pricey sport sedan. The six-speed automatic transmission in the 250 didn't help as it seemed to constantly hunt for the most efficient gear.
This powertrain combination is rated at 21/30 city/highway mpg. During our week with the car, we averaged 23 mpg in mixed driving. The more powerful IS 350 is rated at 19/28 city/highway; our testing returned an average of 18 mpg.
Whatever the 350 lacked in efficiency it made up for in performance. This model pairs a 3.5-liter V-6 with an eight-speed automatic transmission. Horsepower is 306; torque is 277 pound-feet. Zero to 60 mph passed in just 5.6 seconds.
If you have the extra $3,500 that the 350 commands over the 250, don't even hesitate. Either way, you'll get a strong chassis, crowd-parting aesthetics and seats you'll miss at the office.
2014 Lexus IS at a glance
Times' take: Lexus' sportiest sedan is finally a true threat
Highs: Bold styling, nimble handing, super-comfortable seats
Lows: Base engine wants for power, styling will alienate some
Vehicle type: Four-door sports sedan
Base price: $36,845
Price as tested: $43,735
Powertrain: 2.5-liter, direct-injected V-6, rear-wheel drive
Transmission: Six-speed automatic
Horsepower: 204
Torque: 185 pound-feet
Zero to 60 mph: 7.7 seconds, according to Lexus
EPA fuel economy rating: 21 mpg city, 30 highway
Base price: $40,360
Price as tested: $48,410
Powertrain: 3.5-liter, direct-injected V-6, rear-wheel drive
Transmission: Eight-speed automatic
Horsepower: 306
Torque: 277 pound-feet
Zero to 60 mph: 5.6 seconds, according to Lexus
EPA fuel economy rating: 19 mpg city, 28 highway


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April 29th
On this date in…
1897: Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo's military court ends the trial of Andrés Bonifacio and his men for sedition, treason, and the attempt to create counter-revolution. As he awaits the final verdict, Bonifacio joins both the senatorial slates of the Liberal Party and the Nacionalista Party as a guest candidate.
1945: Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun… inspiring the likes of June Encarnacion, Arnell Ignacio, Lloyd Samartino, John Osmeña, and Ernesto Maceda.
1974: President Richard Nixon says he will release edited tapes made in White House. But before he could even do so, Alan Paguia and Samuel Ong called for a press con and distributed copies of the tapes to the media.
1998: It is revealed in Oslo that in experiments conducted for decades until 1994, Norwegian and American researchers used mentally ill or retarded humans in tests of the biological and genetic effects of X-ray radiation on the body. Two days later, Guido Delgado would claim that he was in possession of a document showing that Noynoy Aquino was "used' in the said experiments… an allegation flatly denied by Aquino, and the researchers themselves.
Thanks to the National Historical Institute, Any Day In History, and Today in Science History.


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|October 13, 2012, 09:08 AM
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Can you remember how many deer you have killed ?
I was thinking about this in another thread. When you are young it is easy enough so I never wrote it down. But, after 35 years or so of deer hunting I have lost track. I kill two most years, but some years one and some years four or five. I wish I had kept some kind of diary. Might be a good idea for some of you young guys cause your memory will go south on you sooner or later. Of course that gives you the luxury of remembering stuff that didn't happen and forgetting stuff that did.
|October 13, 2012, 10:15 AM
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I'm 22 and have been hunting for 7 years and I have killed 15 deer and it is getting harder to remember specific deer and hunts, I can imagine as I get older I will lose track of how many deer I have killed.
|October 13, 2012, 10:18 AM
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Bout in the same boat as you ZeroJunk.
Been over forty years and I've just lost track. At this stage of the game, I forgot what I did last week.
|October 13, 2012, 11:17 AM
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Well in 20+ years of deer hunting I have harvested 42 deer with Bow, muzzle loader/shotgun and centerfire rifle.
There are a few moose and some bears and a piggy or two in that time frame as well as a lot of grouse and ducks.
I have always kept a log and not really for the reason of keeping track of the kills, but to determine patterns and hot spots and what I call last chance hunting spots, where the chance of harvesting any deer would be better than 80% in the case of inclement weather usually.
The log does help in bringing to mind the various hunts since they are fairly detailed, because unlike some I don't take pictures of the various game animals, just something that was never a big thing in my family, so memories are all you have.
|October 13, 2012, 11:58 AM
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ill be 40 soon enough. I have killed a deer most years since I was 14. A few years I got both archery and Rifle. Id say about 30 deer all together but that may be a little high. I have also gotten 4 elk, 2 hogs, 1 moose, 3 black bear, 1 buffalo and 1 Kodiak. Out side of the deer I remember them well but the deer all kind of blend together. I was going to get a Wolf but I never saw one last year during hunting season though I saw a lot out side of the season.
about 75% of my deer in the last 8-10 years have been shot from my back porch on opening day of hunting season. They love my Apple trees and I like them smoked with the wood from those same apples trees.
Most of my deer have been killed with a 357 magnum Marlin. I have killed a few with the 45/70 and a few others with a my S&W 357 magnum model 686. I have taken 1 deer with a 12ga, and 2 with my fathers 30-06 when i was still a teenager.
I hope to some day take one with a Semiautomatic. I have a Coonan Classic with a 6 inch barrel that should do the trick and is the the Caliber I feel most comfortable and trust. We have what is called a "short range hunt" on Idaho where hand guns in a strait walled cartrage with a round that was originally designed for a hand gun is acceptable. I am thinking Ill use the Coonan in that one.
Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull.
all 26 of my guns are 45/70 govt, 357 mag, 22 or 12 ga... I believe in keeping it simple. Wish my wife did as well...
|October 13, 2012, 12:04 PM
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My father-in-law was a big rabbit hunter and after he died, his sons found a diary (or log) that he had been keeping for many years. The diary detailed all the hunts, the dogs that were used, weather conditions, who hunted with him, and anecdotes about each hunt. This diary consisted of three big spiral notebooks. All we could figure was that after every hunt, the old man went to his room and jotted down pertinent facts about each hunt to remind him what covers were productive during each hunt and how the dogs worked under varying weather conditions.
A log like that is a good idea. I know that his sons took a great deal of comfort from it.
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|October 13, 2012, 12:17 PM
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"[Can you remember how many deer you have killed]"
No, I could only guess & get Close, But I can tell you how many I harvested
with my bow (17) PS In FL you can take a deer a day & posess (2) Bigest comming from Ga. I wish I kept a log
There's a GATOR in the bushes & She's Callin my name
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|October 13, 2012, 12:27 PM
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But I did find a neat little notebook at a local outdoor shop, "Rite in the Rain" all weather notebook. About 4" x 5 1/2", water resistant paper, fits in my back pocket, has plastic covers front and back. Been using one for a month or so for daily notes for work and play, every day in my back pocket, no signs of wear. Right next to it they had a "Hunter's Logbook". Same construction, just a little more specific in purpose and hunter orange covers. I'll be keeping better notes from now on.
|October 13, 2012, 01:51 PM
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Can you remember how many deer you have killed ?
Me too. I'm in the same boat as ZeroJunk & shortwave. The only difference between us is. I have an extra 10 yrs. added on beyond shortwave's.
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|October 13, 2012, 02:37 PM
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Can't really call it. I've tagged some four dozen bucks, roughly. I never kept track of does on the home place, nor the deer I killed there during a culling program of three or so years. Keeping count just never seemed important.
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|October 13, 2012, 02:52 PM
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|October 13, 2012, 03:48 PM
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My memory has faded, I read the thread this morning and almost started to cry because I can't remember all of them, then I realized that I was lucky enough to be able to hunt this many years successfully for deer, and the best of the stories I remember but not all.
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|October 13, 2012, 08:09 PM
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More than 200, but less than 300. The one day max for me was 11 (orders from the ranch management to cull does). No way can I remember all of them, but I do think that I remember all the misses. Luckily, there aren't TOO many of them, but over the years that total has grown also. And for what it's worth, the first deer was taken with a shotgun, the next 10 years of deer were taken with a Marlin 336 in 35 Remington, the next 10 years or so with a Remington Model 700 in 270, followed by decades with a Sako in 270. Also in the mix were a few taken with a 30-06, a few with a 220 Swift, a few with the 223 and the last two years I've used a Ruger 77 MkII in 260.
|October 13, 2012, 08:11 PM
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Killed my first one at 12. Am 55 now. Not no but Hell no, I have no idea.
|October 13, 2012, 08:14 PM
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I lost count several years ago. I had been keeping track by memory but I began hunting some much more productive areas and its much harder to remember 3-5 a year than 2 or 3 every 3 years.
|October 13, 2012, 08:21 PM
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Been hunting for over 45 years, not important how many overall....but I do remember the big ones!
|October 13, 2012, 08:33 PM
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Well, what got me thinking about it was that the couple I have wounded and couldn't find I remember quite vividly and I was trying to figure what percentage that would be. Doesn't matter much I suppose.
|October 13, 2012, 08:36 PM
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0. But this is my first year hunting, and thanks to you guys, I'm going to keep a log of all of my hunts. Thanks!
I dont understand why people get addicted to drugs, when they can get addicted to guns instead!!
|October 14, 2012, 12:42 AM
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I did not keep track until I got married. The Ex was a picture taker. I have taken pictures since, but over all deer kill I do not know. We did not keep a camp book at the West Virginia camp until a couple years ago. We thought it a good idea to stop arguments about previous years. It works.
|October 14, 2012, 02:18 AM
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Since I turned the legal age to hunt, I have never shot a Deer, let alone filled a tag. Though, I must admit... I only hunted Deer for 5 seasons ('96-98, '07-08 {Florida, 3+ months}, '08 {Utah}).
Most of the Deer hunts I've been on have just been so enjoyable, I enjoyed the weather and scenery a bit too much...
Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.
|October 14, 2012, 08:35 AM
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I don't know anybody (though I'm sure such people exist) who practices with deer slugs on a regular basis. Everybody gets the gun out the weekend before the season, shoots a box of slugs and calls it good... if they have a scope. Iron sight guys usually don't even bother.
On top of that, most deer slugs have next to no hydrostatic shock. Most leave the muzzle well below HS speeds, say nothing of impact speeds.
We JUST got rifle hunting in our area, the first season hasn't even started for most of us, some have had a year or two. The limited numbers I've seen with rifle, the loss rate is so far zero. I'm sure it's NOT going to be zero but I wouldn't be surprised if it was under 2-4% long term, for ethical hunters anyway. There's always "shoot, hope and pray" types, regardless of weapon.
|October 14, 2012, 10:32 AM
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|October 14, 2012, 10:49 AM
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I have never hunted with slugs. I have spent more hours bow hunting than anything else. My best bucks have been taken with a muzzle loader and interestingly enough I have never lost a deer with it, plain old side lock. I have lost one deer with the bow and one with a centerfire rifle along with losing one elk with a bow. The deer with the centerfire was only about 100 yards. No excuse for making a bad shot.
|October 14, 2012, 02:12 PM
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I have been hunting since I was old enough to chase my Dad's boot straps. I am in my late 40's now. The is now way I can recount all the deer taken. I remember a good many mostly the big ones or ones with funny stories behind them. I remember a few I started dragging and wish I had never shot. The truck is always a little further than it seemed when I pulled the trigger.
I can tell you the number my son has killed because I have been with him for them all and they are seem to be a little more special to me.
I am thankful for the chance to hunt and take all of them over the years.
|October 14, 2012, 04:31 PM
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Yes. I didn't start hunting until my early 30s, and I'm mid 50s now. I have a running list of deer taken, where, and what I used--rifle, shotgun, bow, handgun, ML. I also make notes of anything particularly unique about a harvest. I review the list periodically, and rehash the trips with my Father-in-law, who was the one who got me started. I enjoy the memories, and write them down so I don't lose them.
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