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Davis has re-engineered the 52 Sportfisherman to even further improve a popular classic. The interior layouts of the 52 Sportfisherman reveal an ingenious use of space, providing comfortable accommodations for 6 people. New features include an available amidships master stateroom with a spacious double berth, a large hanging locker and vanity and a private head that has a separate stall shower. Forward, a guest stateroom has two over-under berths and shares a spacious guest head that also has a separate stall shower. A third stateroom, with two under-over berths, is starboard. Optional plans allow for the master stateroom forward and two guest stateroom, each with two stacked berths, to port and starboard. The salon and galley layout features a dinette adjacent to the galley. Convenient, under-the-counter refrigerator and freezer appliances are installed to save space. The flybridge is all Davis with a centerline helm, matching helm chair, custom electronics enclosure and comfortable seating for six. The cockpit is designed for serious fishing with a built-in fish box, baitwell and freezer.
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|Susan Fleminger, guest curator
February 10 to May 20, 2009
Introduction by Susan Fleminger
Lehman College Art Gallery is pleased to present RARE EDITIONS: The Book As Art. The exhibition presents a selection of work by 15 contemporary artists who use the book form as a container for their ideas, feelings, and aesthetic sensibilities. The exhibition includes unique one-of-a-kind objects, limited editions, and unlimited multiple editions. Many of the works are hybrids incorporating painting, drawing, printmaking, collage, photography, sculpture, installation, and performance. The artists in RARE EDITIONS use a host of inventive strategies as they manipulate color, line, shape, pattern and texture and make decisions about type if text is part of their work. This wide variety of book structures includes accordions, single folds, scrolls, boxes, pop-ups, fans, tunnels and altered books. Content is as varied as format with artists exploring narratives inspired by poetry, literature and myth, aspects of the natural world, history and politics, the environment, biography and identity, and personal and aesthetic issues.
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Brian Bellot, Doug Beube, Phong Bui, Beatrice Coron, Lesley Dill, Nicolás Dumit Estévez, Anne Gilman, Scott McCarney Sabra Moore, Miriam Schaer, Susan Share, Robbin Ami Silverberg, Clarissa Sligh, Michelle Stuart, Kiki Smith, and Fluxus/George Maciunas Editor
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The latest public relations missive from Riyadh complains bitterly that alarmist Americans "have gotten out of control" with accusations that Saudi Arabia supports terrorism. But there is good reason to state the opposite: That we ignore to our peril the degree to which the Saudis spread extremist anti-Americanism. It is particularly unsettling that the Saudis stoke such sentiments here, in our own country. They do this by funding American outposts of the intolerant, militant Wahhabi form of Islam.
The Saudis have poured an astonishing sum of money into this effort. Reza F. Safa, author of Inside Islam, estimated that since 1973, the Saudi government has spent some $87 billion to promote Wahhabism in the United States and the Western Hemisphere.
In some ways, such largesse is to be expected from the Al-Saud. This old bellicose tribe - the only ruling family in the world with the audacity to name a country after itself - owes much to Wahhabism.
The Saudi regime first came to power via an 18th century alliance between two Muhammads: ibn Saud and ibn al Wahhab. Together, the Al-Saud and the Wahhabis commanded armies that vanquished Arabia. They pledged to form a nation based on the principles of Islam. In 1932, an Al-Saud warlord, Abdul Aziz, fulfilled his ancestor's dream; he declared himself sovereign of his own newly conquered territories, which he named the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Abdul Aziz adopted the Islamic holy book, the Koran, as his nation's constitution.
To this day, the official constitution of Saudi Arabia remains the Koran. Saudi officials affirm that their government functions "in total adherence to the Islamic religion."
This might be little more than a political curiosity if not for two factors. First, that a geological twist of fate gave Saudi Arabia considerable prominence in world economic affairs. Secondly - and significantly - Islam is not content to coexist peacefully with other faiths or systems of government.
Says Bernard Lewis, widely recognized as the foremost Western scholar on Islam: "In time, in the Muslim view, all mankind will accept Islam or submit to Islamic rule."
Hence, while Saudi contributions toward American Islam are not surprising, they are deeply worrisome.
Of that $87 billion religious propaganda budget, the Saudis have allocated considerable line-item space toward institutions that mold minds in the model of Wahhabism.
The most malleable minds belong to children. An estimated 30,000 of them attend Saudi-funded Wahhabi day schools.
In America, parochial schools have long been noted for their high educational standards. But Wahhabi schools do not emulate other American church-based nativities of faith and knowledge; nor do they follow the American model of rigorous intellectual inquiry.
The Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA) in Northern Virginia forthrightly states that even though it exists on U.S. soil, it is "subject to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."
Students at ISA are not required to study U.S. history or government. They do, however, receive instruction in Wahhabism.
Outsiders are not permitted to observe Wahhabism lessons or any other classes at ISA. But early this year, students at the academy told two Washington Post reporters some of the things they learn at school. Among other things, students discover the intricacies of Judgment Day.
One event on that formidable day will be that Muslims will fight and kill Jews. The cowardly Jews will seek refuge behind trees. Much like the trees in the forest scene from the Wizard of Oz, these trees will become animated and aggressive. They will call out to the righteous: "Oh Muslim, Oh servant of God, here is a Jew hiding behind me. Come here and kill him."
Students also said they are taught "it is better to shun and even to dislike Christians, Jews and Shiite Muslims." Furthermore, students learn, it is okay to hurt or steal from a non-Muslim.
The Saudi-supplied textbooks at this and other Wahhabi schools state that Muslims are obliged to consider all infidels the enemy. Certain enemies are not even acknowledged in geography class. Wahhabi schools in America are notorious for doctoring maps of the Middle East, and hanging them in classrooms - with Israel blotted out.
Such is the curriculum of education-minded Saudis.
And what of the Saudis' contributions toward American mosques?
According to Safa, the Saudis have funded more than 80 percent of the mosques built in the United States within the last 20 years. The newcomers do not embrace the American religious community's spirit of inter-faith cooperation. They are distinctly isolationist. This attitude came to light as early as the 1990's, when Wahhabi mosques in America refused to accept help from local churches wanting to donate food to Bosnian Muslims. Apparently Wahhabis will not work with infidels, even if the purpose is to help other Muslims.
The Saudis, meanwhile, have directed considerable outreach toward the American Black Muslim community.
In one effort to showcase the bounties of Wahhabism to this target audience, the Saudis' enfeebled King Fahd pledged as much as $8 million for a lavish mosque in shabby South Central Los Angeles. The Saudis' Islamic Development Bank pledged an additional $295,000 for a school attached to the mosque.
From the Saudi perspective, this and other similar contributions are less an expense than an investment. According to Safa, as much as 90 percent of American converts to Islam are black. According to some estimates, if the conversion rate continues, Islam could emerge as a dominant religion among urban blacks.
This is a trend worth watching. Many of America's black Muslims have harshly criticized America, and have deemed it an "immoral society." Increasingly, black Muslims oppose U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, and are adopting a Saudi-influenced view of Arab-Israeli relations.
Other Wahhabis in the U.S. advocate a Saudi-style approach to American government. Insightful Saudi-watcher Daniel Pipes reports that significant elements within American Islam seek to replace our Constitution with the Koran. A ludicrous fantasy, to be sure; but one that offers a glimpse of Wahhabi dreams for America.
Far more troubling is the ease with which the Wahhabis use religion as a means to express and stoke violent impulses. Indeed, in the days leading up to Christmas, the Wahhabi on-line magazine Al-Islam published this religious passage from the Koran: Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies…. A particularly resonant selection, given the events of September 2001.
In the aftermath of those appalling attacks, Federal officials formed Operation Green Quest, aimed at tracing the money trail to Islamic terrorism. In the course of their investigation, agents raided more than a dozen Saudi-funded organizations, such as the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences in Leesburg, Virginia.
Investigators are still working to unravel the complicated network of financial ties between the various organizations and their charities.
One targeted group, the SAAR Foundation, had links to the Muslim Brotherhood, which is being investigated by European and Middle Eastern governments for ties to terrorist organizations, including the Palestinian Hamas. Among its many other activities, SAAR, which is now officially disbanded, helped fund a Tampa, Florida-based group suspected of having ties to the terrorist Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
"It's like peeling an onion," said an intelligence officer familiar with Operation Green Quest. "There's always another layer."
The organizations and their Saudi enablers proclaim both innocence and ignorance. "To hear them tell it," the intelligence officer says, "they're just a bunch of well-meaning religious folks."
As in the days of old, though, when the two Mohammads acquired territory and power via jihad, Wahhabis are as much about politics as they are about religion.
Former CIA Director James Woolsey told Congress: "One analogue for Wahhabism's political influence today might be the extremely angry form taken by much of German nationalism in the period after World War I." The former spy chief acknowledged that not all extremists of the day became Nazis. But, he added: "Just as angry and extreme German nationalism of that period was the soil in which Nazism grew, Wahhabi Islamist extremism today is the soil in which al Qaeda and its sister terrorist organizations are growing."
Much of that soil is spread across the United States. It hosts a nascent Wahhabi Fifth Column.
Political commentator William Kristol couches the Saudi's export of Wahhabism - via its funding of schools, mosques and think tanks in America - as "a clear and present danger to the United States and its citizens."
America must respond aggressively to that threat. Rather than accept continued transparent professions of innocence, Americans must insist that the Saudis immediately stop funding Wahhabi schools, mosques, charities and think tanks in this country. We can no longer tolerate such an overt onslaught on our national values.
Susan Katz Keating is Director of Special Projects for the Freedom Museum in Manassas, Virginia, She is the author of Prisoners of Hope: Exploiting the POW/MIA Myth in America. She also wrote a book for young readers on Saudi Arabia, to be released in the spring.


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Blu Logistics has made its move into Memphis and hopes to fill a niche in the local logistics market.
The company opened a Downtown office in early September and adopted a new brand image in mid-November.
"We are looking to increase our Memphis presence, and we will remain Downtown because we believe in a Downtown philosophy," said Paul Selvage, Blu Logistics vice president of sales and one of the company's four U.S. shareholders/partners. "Downtown Memphis is the center of the business community and it needs to be revitalized, and we hope to be a part of that."
Blu Logistics, which was formerly known as Blue Cargo Group USA, is a freight forwarder, customs broker, NVOCC, and freight broker and is also involved with supply chain management and purchase order management. The company's confidential client list includes companies that manufacture automotive products, furniture, lighting, plastics and apparel.
"The reason I wanted to come into the Memphis market is that I believe there is a service area that is not being met," Selvage said. "Memphis has every large multi-national integrator in the world, but there are not many mid-sized freight forwarders that offer the type of customizable service like us."
The company, which is based in Bogata, Columbia, operates U.S. offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami, and is currently expanding into several new mid-sized cities through the central U.S.
In addition to opening an office here, Blu Logistics opened a St. Louis office last month and plans to open an office in Indianapolis by early next year.
"With these mid-sized cities, we believe there will be far more growth with industry returning for both exports and imports," Selvage said.
Business is growing 20 to 30 percent annually for the company.
"Memphis is America's distribution center, so it was a logical choice for expansion," said Russell Grant, Blu Logistics business development manager and head of the new Memphis office.
Grant said he believes his company's platform offers clients greater visibility and real-time tracking.
"We offer a platform where the information is pushed to our clients and they do not have to go out seeking it," he said. "We have push-through, customizable technology in which our customers receive data at very specific times during the supply chain inbound process."
The company has invested millions of dollars in the technology and developed it over the past several years to provide complete supply chain management, from purchase order issuing to end delivery of goods.
"To stay current in today's marketplace, unless you are doing supply chain and offering your customers total visibility, you are going to fall by the wayside and you are not going to be in the game," Grant said.
Blu Logistics recently added to its Memphis staff, hiring a licensed customs broker, and Grant thinks the Memphis office could grow from four people to 10 or more by this time next year. Overall, Blu Logistics employs nearly 800 full-time employees in Columbia as well as 64 in the U.S.
"We are dedicated to Downtown Memphis. I've always believed that Memphis' growth is contingent on Downtown," said Grant, who has lived here for 18 years. "We chose very specifically to open our office Downtown because we wanted to be different since all of our competitors are located by the airport."
Selvage and Grant already expect that the company could outgrow its current office on South Main Street and move to another Downtown location as soon as next year.
Future company plans heading into 2014 and beyond will likely involve Blu Logistics leasing warehouse space in the city.
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Although controversial in many ways, his writting is intended to open the mind to other possibilities. Roy's one wish is that something he has written will inspire the reader to become much more than he. We are so much more than meets the eye! "I am only one footprint in humanities evolution." I have only one wish, I want everyone to know just how powerful and magnificent they are!


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"We are pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has joined the Civilian Response Corps, the U.S. Government's operational, interagency civilian force dedicated to conflict prevention, response, and peace building. The Department of Transportation brings a new range of transportation infrastructure development expertise and capabilities to the Corps. Its experts will join colleagues from the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development, as well as from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Justice, and Energy in responding to complex crises in countries and regions critical to our national security.
DOT has extensive experience in responding to crises and in supporting national security missions in countries such as Haiti, Afghanistan and Iraq. Such experience in aviation, maritime, rail, and highway transportation makes the Department of Transportation a natural addition to the Civilian Response Corps.
The Department will soon begin recruiting candidates for the Standby Component of the Civilian Response Corps. The Standby Component consists of federal employees who volunteer for deployments to crisis areas when needed.
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|@Joshua Liner Gallery - Saturday, June 21, '08
Joshua Liner Gallery in New York City smelled like fish this past weekend. Actually, like east bay fish, somewhere between Oakland and SF. Obviously it was the solo shows of Jeremy Fish and Josh Keyes that we have all read about over the last couple weeks here on Fecal.
Jeremy who is known for his mythical creatures of exploration and romance killed it, with his best body of work to date. Sure he did not carve the frames or the creatures but he road a scooter through some crazy jungle every day to see that his vision was executed to perfection and lets face it, the wood composed paintings that the frames held are completely next level for Jeremy. His signature wood shaped works were all his own and near flawless and really large. I would have to say "Seasons of Change" was one of the best theme shows I have seen in recent months and something tells me this show might be a statement of person growth for Jeremy Fish as he enters a new stage of progression with his work. Big ups bro!
And, Oh boy! Let us not over look Mr. Josh Keyes who undoubtedly held it down for all the Oakland heads out there, with a whole bunch of "Side Effects". Josh who we all love has absolutely exploded over the last couple years, displayed a more toned down batch of beauties than what I am accustom to. Toned down does not mean tuned out, this was an impressive body of work with some series additions from years past that were long over due. The newest exhale series was fierce and full of motion. Did anyone notice the shark ripping outta the wall, (freshly harvested from Oakland bay I would guess) paying nice homage to our mindless leader with a 1000 points of light. I must say I would have liked to see some more cameras but that is probably just the voyeurism talking.
Dawn 1V, will be traveling home with me very soon.
My favorite Keyes in the joint, so sick... The Exchange.
OMG! Jeremy Fish is signing my book!
Always good for rocking the charity.
Jeremy Fish is from New York originally and had a bunch of old friends come through the show. You might be able to spot em' if you look hard enough.
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We are turning into a nation of people looking for a fight.
Rep. Tom Corburn, R-Okla, prayed Sunday that the health care bill would fail and in that desperate plea, he asked that pro-healthcare lawmakers miss the vote.
Of course, in the current "chip-on-the-shoulder" world of American politics and punditry, dumbasses on the left assumed that he wanted something bad to happen to the other side.
Healthcare bill advocates even pulled a "Death to Sen. Bryd" scenario out of their butts.
Everyone is on the edge of madness waiting for this bill to pass or fail.
They've taken leave of what little sense they had and gone full-tilt bozo. Web sites such as Media Matters and the fledgling Tea Party movement, I fear, are only the tip of this iceberg of frozen vitriol.
Someone is on the verge of doing something really stupid.
As for this event, let's be logical. For starters, Coburn is a doctor and a politician, not a talk show idiot or a Mafia lieutenant, ergo his comments can probably be taken at face value. Given the state of political dialogue, if he wanted Byrd to croak, he would've just said it.
This incident shows the problem in America right now — everyone is at Defcon 1. It's like our own Cold War.
Sarah Palin's Death Panel idiocy is the most egregious example, but Al Franken's smackdown of Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor last week, while it pales in comparison, is another one.
Please, for the sake of America, lighten up.
Political Cold War Hijinks
Democratic pranksters got hold of a GOP-sponsored Web service, which used the Republican Party brand name to shorten hyperlinks, and messed with it. Now the conservatives have responded in their own twisted way.
When I ask America to lighten up, this is what I was talking about.
Many modern URLs can sometimes consist of dozens or even hundreds of letters and numbers. URL shorteners take those long addresses and shorten them so that they're easy to share on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.
The link for the Wired story on this topic, for example, had 144 characters. The GOP-shortened version has 18.
GOP.am is a way for conservatives to share links to interesting blogs and news stories, with the party's brand name included. It's a genius idea. But Democratic operatives got hold of the free service and started using it to link to things such as "Obama-themed sexual aid devices" and other stuff.
The GOP shut those links down at first, but now has tweaked the coding so that those hijacked URLs lead to standard GOP pages.
Let's see more of this Donald Segretti-themed stuff.
Get free Wi-Fi while traveling
If you're traveling with your laptop or handheld device this year and need wireless Internet at the airport, Lifehacker and Gizmodo have some codes that might help.
Obama wants you in the air
The White House is going to start using its clout to punish airlines that make passengers wait forever on the tarmac during air traffic snarl-ups.
If you are reading this from an idling as you try to make your way home for the holidays…sorry, dude.
Twitter making money off search deals
Micro-blogging/attention whoring service Twitter is finally in the black, getting $25 million for search deals it has signed with Google and Microsoft, the two tech giants that everyone on Twitter loves to hate. And the best part is that the two companies are indexing all of the dumb stuff that we Twitteroids are posting around the clock. That will be invaluable information one day.
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Kotaku editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo sat down with Michael "Brainy Gamer" Abbott the other day to
give out all of our trade secrets talk about the past, present, and future of the site you're reading now.
It's a really interesting conversation that is worth a listen if you're at all interested in games writing or the inside workings of Kotaku.
Brainy Gamer Podcast - Episode 36
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Students are strongly encouraged to take Philosophy 100: Ethics, Justice, and Society as a first course in philosophy.
Each of the following must be taken to fulfil the Philosophy major requirements.
- PHIL 220: Logic and Philosophy
- PHIL 250: Ancient Philosophy: Plato and Aristotle
- PHIL 251: Rationalism and Empiricism
- PHIL 311: Ethical Theory
- PHIL 401: Junior Independent Study
- PHIL 451: Senior Independent Study
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- Two additional philosophy electives
One of the following 300-level courses
- PHIL 301: Ontological Commitments
- PHIL 302: Epistemology: Rationality and Objectivity
- PHIL 303: Understanding Language
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DuPont and Rosetta Green Sign Research Agreement to ID Drought Tolerance Genes in Corn and Soybeans
Collaboration Aims to Identify Additional Modes of Action for Drought Tolerance
DES MOINES, Iowa and REHOVOT, Israel – Dec. 15, 2011 – DuPont and Rosetta Green Ltd. have entered into a strategic research agreement to identify drought tolerance genes in corn and soybeans.
Under the agreement, Rosetta Green will use proprietary technology and bioinformatics capabilities to identify microRNAs. DuPont, through its Pioneer Hi-Bred business, will test candidate genes in target crops. Pioneer will have an exclusive commercial license for genes identified through this collaboration which will improve drought tolerance in corn and soybeans for farmers. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
"Drought can lead to losses for corn growers of up to $13 billion annually," said John Bedbrook, vice president, DuPont Agricultural Biotechnology. "We are pleased to collaborate with Rosetta Green to identify new genes leads which can help farmers protect yield and feed a growing population, and build on our strong pipeline of leads for drought tolerance."
Water is one of the most significant inputs for farmers. On average, 85 percent of corn acres experience some level of yield reduction due to drought stress during the growing season. Improved drought tolerance in corn and soybeans will enable growers across the world to increase productivity while responsibly managing water resources.
"We are greatly honored by Pioneer's decisions to work with Rosetta Green," said Amir Avniel, Rosetta Green CEO. "Signing this agreement is a significant milestone for the company and a vote of confidence in its technology. We believe that microRNA genes have great potential in the agriculture industry and in crop improvement."
MicroRNAs are small RNA molecules in corn, soybeans and other plants. They represent an additional mode of action to develop important trait solutions in corn and other crops. Rosetta Green Ltd (TASE:RSTG) has a database of microRNA genes which it uses to develop improved plant traits using innovative genes called microRNA. The company specializes in the identification and use of these unique genes that function as "main bio-switches" to control key processes in major crops such as corn, wheat, rice, soybean and more. Rosetta Green's current trait development portfolio includes improved abiotic stress tolerance, increased yield and improved nitrogen use efficiency. For additional information please visit Rosetta Green's website at www.rosettagreen.com.
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, is the world's leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics, providing high-quality seeds to farmers in more than 90 countries. Pioneer provides agronomic support and services to help increase farmer productivity and profitability and strives to develop sustainable agricultural systems for people everywhere. Science with Service Delivering Success™.
DuPont (NYSE: DD) has been bringing world-class science and engineering to the global marketplace in the form of innovative products, materials, and services since 1802. The company believes that by collaborating with customers, governments, NGOs, and thought leaders we can help find solutions to such global challenges as providing enough healthy food for people everywhere, decreasing dependence on fossil fuels, and protecting life and the environment. For additional information about DuPont and its commitment to inclusive innovation, please visit www.dupont.com.
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Brad Allen, of Judsonia, won the 2013 World Championship Duck Calling Contest.
Brad Allen, of Judsonia, won his third World Championship Duck Calling Contest crown Saturday night on the Stuttgart Stage. David St. John, of Conway, finished as first runner-up; Jonathan Mortin, of Trumann, was second runner-up; and Phil Green II, of Weiner, was third runner-up.


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Be Careful With My Heart - 23 July 2013
Be Careful With My Heart is an upcoming 2012 Philippine daytime television drama to premiere on ABS-CBN on July 9, 2012 airing before It's Showtime. It is topbilled by Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap. This is a story about a simple girl Maya Dela Rosa (Jodi Sta. Maria) who journeys to the big city to follow her dreams to become a flight attendant to help her family. She would allow no one to stop her, not even the handsome, wealthy widower Richard Lim (Richard Yap), who threatens to ruin her dreams. Ironically, Richard is her last hope in reaching her dreams because of his influence in the Airline Industry and he will only help Maya if she agrees to become his children's temporary nanny.
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If you've been dreaming of new gear, enter this reality. Ride left this one open for dreamers, letting you put together whatever board, boot, binding, jacket and pant combo you want (subject to availability). The Machete GT board, Lasso boot, Maestro bindings, Admiral jacket and Alki pant are pictured here. But that's just one combo out of thousand. Be sure to enter then head over to ridesnowboards.com and get your dream list going.
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Earning a new setup used to equate to hundreds of lawns mowed, tables served, nails pounded, and burgers flipped. But now, you can come up on a fresh setup with only a few clicks of the screen, if you're lucky. Follow our 30 Days of Giveaways during the month of September for your shot at winning boards, goggles, outerwear or even a multi-day shred vacation. Follow our fan page at Facebook.com/twsnow every day for a new package and how to enter.
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Captain's Report
In the sport performance PWC category, details matter. In our review of the FZR we found quite a few major features we would like to point out. First are the color scheme and graphics which blend very well to create a balance of aggressiveness and modern style. Next, the color is not gel-coat, it is high-end automotive paint. We have always been fans of paint over gel-coat for watercraft and boats alike as this adds to the durability and means the color fading that happens with gel-coat is delayed by years.
The Engine.
But perhaps most important of all is the "next generation" SVHO 1.8L supercharged engine. Added to that is a new jet pump unit, ride plate and sponsons. This is the exact machine that the race team drives. (See below for more details.) But there are many more important refinements in the FZR, so let's take a look--
Deck and Seating
The deck and seating are other areas we like to scrutinize, since these are going to take the brunt of the wear and tear. Yamaha has used Hydro-Turf for years which we have found to keep the deck and footwells from ever being slippery. They also provide a soft comfortable foamy feeling. The seat is what takes the majority of the wear and here Yamaha uses a high-end textured marine vinyl which is slightly thicker than what will be found on most other PWCs. We also like the overall ergonomics with the narrow knee grab area forward, the backrest for the driver and raised passenger area with grab handles.
The display is designed to look like a throwback to the muscle car days with simple round, deep-set analog gauges that provide speed, rpm, fuel level with low-fuel warning, low oil pressure warning, hour meter and check engine light with self-diagnostic functions. But let's be honest, how often are we looking at the gauges on a PWC? There is also a digital display between the two larger gauges.
Just above the display is the release button to open the forward storage area which has plenty of room for additional PFD's, towels, snacks, and lines for a day on the water. There is additional storage aft of the handlebars as well as dry-storage under the aft seat for a total of 21.3 gallons (81 L). Also notice the positioning of the wing mirrors -- they are in close for better visibility and that also prevents them from striking the dock.
A Racing Hull
The hull of the FZR SVHO is often an overlooked detail, but this is actually one of the most important. The design, with its curving elliptical chines on the bow and strakes leading aft of the running surface are what provides the handling and turning performance that the FZR series has become known for. The images on this page demonstrate very well the vehicle's water contact profile as the driver is powering out of a turn. The design also distributes the contact area in a way that provides a relatively softer ride. With more power from the SVHO engine, Yamaha has also added new sponsons to the FZR, for additional control in aggressive turns.
Heart of the Beast
It sounds cliché, but the heart of the FZR SVHO really is the engine, and the new Super Vortex High Output 1.8L supercharged 4-cylinder, 4-stroke, purpose-built watercraft engine has several advancements over previous engines. Yamaha tells us the SVHO produces more than 20% more power and torque than its predecessor, the SHO engine. This has been achieved through engineering which includes a larger intercooler, larger supercharger intake, redesigned oil cooler, newly designed forged pistons, and a race-inspired 8-vein 160mm pump impeller. This engine is fed by an 18.5 gallon (70 L) fuel tank tucked up neatly under the forward console, leaving excellent room and access in the engine compartment. For a full report on the SVHO engine -
New Water Intake.
Yamaha has redesigned the intake grate with what it calls a new top loader version intended to increase water flow to the jet pump to increase pump output and efficiency. The jet pump unit has a diameter of 160mm and its 8-vein impeller mounted in a 75mm hub, provides more thrust than the previous pump units. All of the drive components are manufactured from an aluminum alloy and have no painted surfaces, which helps to reduce the threat of corrosion, according to Yamaha.
Some of the standard features of the FZR SVHO include:
Given the track record of the Yamaha watercraft engines and the 1.8L block, we expect that the FZR SVHO will continue to add to the reliability legacy that Yamaha enjoys. In fact, the vast majority of PWC rental companies choose Yamaha vehicles for their reliability.* Given the FZR's overall quality and design, and its improved performance over her predecessors, we feel it is worth the nearly $15k price tag. Our overall impression is that this is a machine that allows all weekend-warriors to feel like they race.
Test Result Highlights
- Top speed for the Yamaha FZR SVHO (2016-) is 69.1 mph (111.2 kph), burning 18.65 gallons per hour (gph) or 70.59 liters per hour (lph).
- Time from 0 to 30 of the Yamaha FZR SVHO (2016-) is 1.3 sec. seconds.
Standard and Optional Features
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- Optimize promotions to achieve your business's defined goals within budget
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- Drive sustainable improvements on baseline volume, decreasing your promotion spend over time
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Pick Creek features some of the most beautiful creek walking I have seen in the Ventana Wilderness. The centerpiece is stunning Pick Creek Falls which shoots over a ledge with an 80 ft free-fall into a large, clear pool surrounded by lovely grove of old growth Santa Lucia Firs. Just downstream of Pick Creek Falls is a confluence with Bathtub Creek, which is aptly named since just upstream of this confluence are a series of gorgeous cascades and pools that look like bathtubs. Downstream of the confluence with Bathtub Creek, Pick Creek winds its way down a steep canyon to the South Fork Big Sur River. Along the way, the creek has numerous picturesque cascade and two impressive gorges with deep pools and small waterfalls. The gorges and pools are deep enough to require a bypass, each time on the north side of the creek. The entire canyon is filled with moss, ferns, cliffs and Santa Lucia Firs in a pristine setting.
Upon reaching the end of Pick Creek at its confluence with the South Fork Big Sur River, the fun does not end. While the South Fork Big Sur River is more mellow in its character than Pick Creek and there is a trail (albeit very faint in spots), the deep canyon features a remarkably beautiful forest composed of Santa Lucia Firs and Incense Cedars. In fact, the cedars are the dominant species in certain spots and many of the trees are old growth making this the largest and most intact grove of Incense Cedar that I have seen in the Santa Lucia Mountains, which are otherwise quite rare in teh range. Within about 0.5 miles of Rainbow Camp is picturesque Rainbow Falls, which tumbles into a lush amphitheater of ferns. The 55 ft falls is never a high volume falls since its upstream drainage is small, but its beauty lies in the lush setting and delicate nature. The Pick Creek Loop is an aesthetic 27 mile loop that I designed which packages all of the beauty of Pick Creek and the South Fork Big Sur described above, with some magnificent coastal scenery along Anderson Direct and the De Angulo Trail. Along with dozens of photos of the scenery, the remainder of this post describes the sites and experiences along this phenomenal loop. I completed the loop a week after a winter storm with substantial rain and I recommend seeing it when the falls and creeks have decent flow. GPS track here.
The day started with one of the steeper climbs in Big Sur up 3,500+ feet from McWay falls to Anderson Peak. The brush on the lower part is filling in vigorously but the upper part is the same blowdown mess. Definitely an arudous route, but overall it's still an efficient and scenic route to Anderson Peak from Hwy 1. Only three condors today. From Anderson Peak I ran north along Coast Ridge Road for 2 miles before dropping into the Pick Creek drainage. The upper part of Pick Creek drainage is fairly mellow with a valley including some nice meadows. Downstream of the meadows the cross country travel is fairly easy. The watercourse quickly becomes rugged requiring walking beside or in the watercourse and before I knew it I was on top of Pick Creek Falls, a picturesque 80 foot drop into a circular pool with hanging gardens of ferns. I especially like the setting of this falls amid Santa Lucia Firs. I went down to the pool and my timing was good as while I was there sunlight illuminated the entire falls. After enjoying the falls I headed downstream and took the Bathtub Creek tributary a short ways upstream to a series of pools and waterfalls known as the Bathtubs. I suspect there might be more pools further upstream that would be worth checking out next time. After the Bathtubs, I returned to Pick Creek and headed downstream to the South Fork Big Sur River. Pick Creek is stunning with numerous cascades, moss, ferns, and lined with Santa Lucia Firs the entire way. I followed the stream with two exceptions where the creek entered into narrow gorges withe deep pools and small waterfalls. The bypasses was fairly straightforward. Despite the creek walk in Pick Creek being time-consuming and arduous, it was bittersweet to reach South Fork Camp since I enjoyed Pick Creek so much. From South Fork Camp I was able to follow the South Fork Trail most of the way but there were a few sections that were uncertain. I enjoyed the forest of incense cedars and Santa Lucia Firs. I also saw the infamous South Fork wild board. There was an annoying blowdown section before Rainbow Falls, but that was soon forgotten when I saw the beautiful 50 foot falls with an amphitheater of hanging ferns. I went down to the base of the falls, had a snack, and then returned to the trail. Last time I was at Rainbow Falls it was merely a trickle so it was great to see it in flow and the fern gardens happy after recent rains. The final section of the South Fork Trail to Rainbow Camp is in great shape. From Rainbow Camp, it was up the Devils Staircase to Cold Springs and Coast Ridge Road. The ticks and other insects were out in abundance on this section, the downside to summer-like weather in February. I reached Cold Springs just after 5 pm and figured I had a chance to reach McWay Falls before darkness. I ran down the DeAngulo Trail with a pretty sunset and then hustled down Hwy 1 back to McWay Falls before the last light had faded. Another amazing day in the Ventana! GPS track here.


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Sounders' Johnson collects MLS Player of the Week honor
New York, NY – Seattle Sounders forward Eddie Johnson was named the Player of the Week on Monday for Week 12 of the 2013 Major League Soccer season.
Johnson, an American international, scored twice on Saturday as he led his club to an impressive 4-2 victory over Western Conference-leading FC Dallas at CenturyLink Field.
Johnson opened the scoring in the 16th minute when Osvaldo Alonso headed a ball over the Dallas defense to Johnson, who out ran his defender and ripped a half volley with his left foot into the lower right corner of the net.
He found the net again in the 62nd minute as Seattle native Lamar Neagle sent a cutting pass between two FCD defenders to find Johnson, who dribbled around Dallas goalkeeper Raul Fernandez and fired it into the center of the goal.
The MLS Player of the Week award is selected each week by the North American Soccer Reporters. The group consists of members of online, print, television, and radio media.
2013 MLS Player of the Week winners:
Week 1: Mike Magee (Los Angeles Galaxy)
Week 2: Robert Earnshaw (Toronto FC)
Week 3: Bill Hamid (D.C. United)
Week 4: Juan Agudelo (Chivas USA)
Week 5: Will Johnson (Portland Timbers)
Week 6: Ryan Johnson (Portland Timbers)
Week 7: Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo)
Week 8: Jack McInerney (Philadelphia Union)
Week 9: Tim Cahill (Red Bull New York)
Week 10: Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
Week 11: Will Bruin (Houston Dynamo)
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Saturday, January 30
San Diego's Homegrown Pro Golfers
"Gene the Machine" Littler.
WHEN I RECENTLY WROTE about LPGA great Mickey Wright, it occurred to me there are several past and present professional golfers who have hailed from San Diego. They include three current Hall of Famers, and at least one more, Phil Mickelson, who is a lock.
With the PGA Tour at the Farmers Insurance Open in nearby La Jolla, it's an opportune time to recognize the many pros who grew up, live, or once resided in San Diego.
Mickey Wright (Hall of Famer)
With 82 LPGA victories, including 13 majors, Mickey Wright is arguably the best female golfer of all time. Only Kathy Whitworth has more lifetime wins. Wright will accept the 2010 Bob Jones Award at Pinehurst next week.
Billy Casper (Hall of Famer)
Billy Casper notched 51 wins on the PGA Tour, including three majors. He beat Arnold Palmer in a playoff to claim the 1966 U.S. Open. I had an unplanned visit with Billy last September.
Phil Mickelson
Lefty's 37 tour wins and three majors are Hall-of-Fame numbers. I've had one close encounter with Phil. We nearly bumped into each other in St. Louis during the 2008 BMW Championship. He was exiting a hotel elevator with his large Callaway golf bag slung over his shoulder. After nearly colliding, we exchanged greetings.
Gene Littler (Hall of Famer)
Nicknamed "Gene the Machine," Littler collected 29 PGA Tour wins, including one major, the 1961 U.S. Open. When I saw Gene last year, I mentioned that we both attended San Diego State. He said, "Yeah, but I didn't graduate." Things worked out OK for him nonetheless.
Craig Stadler
Craig "Walrus" Stadler was born in San Diego and attended La Jolla High School. His 29 PGA Tour titles, including a Green Jacket, should get him into the Hall someday.
Scott Simpson
A San Diego native, Scott Simpson attended USC and was a two-time medalist in the NCAA Championship. He had seven wins on the PGA Tour, including the 1987 U.S. Open. Both Simpson and Casper won their U.S. Opens at the Olympic Club in San Francisco.
Phil Rodgers
Born in San Diego, Phil Rodgers was the 1958 NCAA champion while playing for University of Houston. Rodgers won five events on the PGA Tour and lost to Bob Charles in a 36-hole playoff in the 1963 British Open. In later years, Rogers was known as a short-game guru. His most famous pupil was Jack Nicklaus.
Pat Perez
Pat Perez is a PGA Tour veteran and winner of the 2009 Bob Hope Classic. He graduated from Torrey Pines High School.
Chris Riley
Born in San Diego, Chris Riley has one PGA Tour win and a victory on the Nationwide Tour. He played on the 2004 U.S. Ryder Cup Team and is a pal of Tiger Woods.
Jill McGill
A San Diego resident, Jill McGill is an LPGA veteran who has one tour win and is a former Women's U.S. Amateur champion.
Dennis Paulson and Lenny Clements
Both San Diego State products, Paulson and Clements played on the PGA Tour.
−The Armchair Golfer
5 comments:
- Vince Spence said...
Nice piece, Neal.
It's a shame more people are not aware of Mickey Wright. Hogan thought she had the best golf swing he had ever seen. Also, her 82 wins came in a span of only 14 years, or almost 6 per year.
- The Armchair Golfer said...
No doubt, Mickey Wright was one of the all-time greats, male or female. Her win total is astounding, especially considering that she more or less retired in her mid 30s.
- Phil Capelle said...
I grew up in San Diego, playing at Torrey Pines as a kid (HS 63-65), so I was constantly reading about the exploits of our hometown heroes. It was an awesome golf culture to grow up in!
- courtgolf said...
That's quite a city. Don't the Stadlers still live there ? Kevin should get at least a little wave and a cookie.
Mark Weibe? Escondido HS
Charlie Hoffman?
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|Jaxine Daniels
We're going to make a two minute movie. At least on paper we are. I know you're all asking "What the heck is a two minute movie?" Be patient – we'll get to it. First, just a quick review of three act structure.
Previously, we did a more in depth study of three act structure (TAS). If you missed it – stop right here – and go back to it. It's important for our two minute movie.
These articles on the three act structure may be found at the following website:
ACT I http://tinyurl.com/26wtdf4
ACT II http://tinyurl.com/2gxvx2z
ACT III http://tinyurl.com/29yjxlh
TAS – Get your hero up a tree in Act I, throw rocks at him in Act II and get him out of the tree in Act III. Act I takes about one fourth of the book and ends with the first plot point (an event that spins the action in a different direction). Act II takes about half the book and ends with the second plot point. Act III takes another fourth of the book and brings us into the dark moment where all is lost, then resolves the story in a satisfying way.
With that in mind, let's go on. The two minute movie is a plotting tool that will help us get past the page 30 crisis. You know the point – you've taken this wonderful idea and are happily typing along when you hit the wall. Your story comes to a screeching halt because you don't have a clue what comes next. Writer's block sets in and you either bang your head against the monitor until you need ibuprofin or you head straight for the harder drugs. Just kidding. I would guess, though, that we've all been there.
The two minute movie is a two page – not one or three or four – a two page treatment of your story. Whenever I hear the word "treatment" – very Hollywoodish – I can't help but think of Cosmo Kramer – but I digress. In this treatment, you "consciously develop your idea" into a story. The idea comes from Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434.
In this two-page, double-spaced overview, you walk your story through the three act paradigm.
Act I gets three paragraphs or so, setting up the characters and their needs. The last paragraph here sets up the first crisis – plot point one.
You'll use five or six paragraphs to tell the rising action of Act II. Remember to fill Act II with obstacles that stand between where your character is and where he wants to be. This section is the action – reaction part of the book. Each action forces the characters into situations in which the stakes are higher than the last. Each action cranks up the tension until you arrive at plot point two.
And that leaves two or three paragraphs to cover Act III – the dark moment where all is lost and the resolution.
There's your two minute movie. Hunter suggests that you may want to show this two page treatment to trusted friends who will be able to give good feedback. He states that this exercise not only helps you in the next process (the step outline) but will tell you if you really have a story at all.
Syd Field, in his book The Screenwriter's Workbook has a similar exercise. He calls his the 4-page treatment. Syd says that "the hardest thing about writing is knowing what to write." I couldn't agree more.
His method has the author starting at the end and writing backwards, so to speak. He wants you to map out the ending, the beginning and plot points one and two before you start your treatment.
Here's how Field's four pages look:
One half page describing the opening scene or sequence;
One half page describing the general action of Act I;
One half page that describes the plot point at the end of Act I
One half page for the action of Act II
One half page for the plot point at the end of Act II; and
Three quarters to one page for Act III, the resolution.
These exercises are much harder than they look on the surface. It's way too easy, as you're writing these paragraphs, to wonder at the why's – to get hung up with character motivations and the small actions that thrust your character into the bigger moments. However, if you'll stick to the overview method in this phase of building your story, you will have much better luck staying out of the bogs and moving forward.
Another time that two minute movies are invaluable is in the midst of writing. I have a recurring problem with getting ideas for future books while I'm still embroiled in the current book. Somewhere, recently, I read that when these ideas come to you and you're concerned about losing them, take a few minutes to an hour to get the idea on paper. That way, the idea doesn't escape and it won't be hounding you as you write the work in progress. The two minute (two page) movie would be perfect for getting this idea down before it escapes. Then simply file it away and when you get quickie ideas that go with that story – characters, locations, whatnot – just stick them in the file.
I'll leave you to your movie making. Don't forget the most important thing, BICHOK (butt in chair, hands on keyboard). Cheers, jax (http://www.jaxinedaniels.com/)
You may also be interested in 1.STORY TIPS #5 – OUTLINING YOUR NOVEL –THE SCRIPTWRITER'S WAY.
Following the two minute movie we have a four-page treatment of our story. The next step is the outline, or the Step Outline. A Step Outline is simply a skeletal version of the story, your two minute move played out scene by scene. Robert McKee...http://tinyurl.com/2ftglku
This is the blurb on my latest book, A SOFT PLACE TO FALL.
Nic D'Onofrio is a hotshot pararescueman without a mission, on vacation, trying to understand the loss of his best friend in Afghanistan. His teammates say he has a Batman complex, even call him Batman when it suits them. All Nic wants is to ski hard, drink a lot and fall into bed at night, with or without a willing babe.
Nic D'Onofrio is a hotshot pararescueman without a mission, on vacation, trying to understand the loss of his best friend in Afghanistan. His teammates say he has a Batman complex, even call him Batman when it suits them. All Nic wants is to ski hard, drink a lot and fall into bed at night, with or without a willing babe.
And then, there she is, stranded on the side of the road in Tahoe. Soft, sweet and so danged vulnerable. Julie. That's all she knows. She's wearing her pajamas. Batman does the only logical thing. He takes her home.
A Soft Place to Fall is the first in the Simpliciter Paratus series featuring Bravo Element, a highly trained team of Air Force PJs
Jaxine's book may be purchased at amazon.com


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Sam Hunt Moonlights as Nashville Cab Driver in 'Leave the Night On' Video
Sam Hunt isn't just a singer and songwriter (and ex-athlete), he also takes on a third role in his 'Leave the Night on' video. Hunt plays a fun-loving taxi driver -- one we wouldn't mind taking a ride with ...
But the singer doesn't just act in the video, he also helped direct it alongside Brad Belander. The energetic mirrored music video has Hunt filling up the cab, taking patrons for a ride and ending up at a rockin' party. He dons a white T-shirt, jeans, a gold chain and a little facial stubble as he navigates the bright yellow bus.
Everyone he picks up seems to enjoy riding in the Hunt cab, with its Christmas lights and good tunes. They laugh, dance, play and pose for selfies while rolling on the Music City streets. Hunt sings from the front seat -- and even the gas pump!
After a brief coffee and food break, Hunt makes his final stop at a house party. The packed party sees Hunt dancing smack dab in the middle surrounded by other partiers, bright flashing lights and even a rebel flag on the wall. The 'Leave the Night On' singer dances with a few party ladies, shakes some hands and gives out a few hugs to his friends before heading back in the cab after a long night.
The Georgia native is taking 'Leave the Night On' on the road, with tour dates through November. He'll play fairs, the occasional festival and even hit the road with Kip Moore and Charlie Worsham later this year. A full list of Sam Hunt tour dates are here.
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He's taking heat from all sides, but Barack Obama still found time to play a joke on the Governor of Virginia during a live radio show yesterday -- calling in as "Barry from DC."
The alias worked and totally caught Gov. Tim Kaine off guard ... though the President could've mustered up a little more energy after the surprise twist.
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Hugin 0.8.0 is out
The panoramic stitching software Hugin 0.8.0 version has been released, and once again creating panoramic images has become smoother. Being a faithful user since years, convinced by the virtues and merits of this programme suite - and one should know about the Panotools and Enblend engines under the hood as well - I am happy to see the improvements from the last months put together into the current release.
Sometime in 2005 my new camera came with a piece of stitching software, and although I shall not mention any names, that piece was crap. Really. So I was looking around, and rather sooner than later came across what was then Hugin 0.5beta. It was already doing a reasonable job then. One can learn quite a lot how software and commerce do work, quite often not to the benefit of the user, but instructive as this may be, let's leave these aspects alone for now and look at much more pleasant things, Hugin's achievements that is.
Remember the days when you could still see the seam lines in a panoramic image? Even Hugin's output did show such seams, although not as badly as others, and at least the alignment was about right. But already then there was this extra piece of software called Enblend which could do away with seam lines most of the time. And with the quailty bar rising, I discovered that panoramic images did benefit if one corrected the vignetting before feeding images into Hugin, although these external programmes could cause banding in the image in exchange for removing the vignetting.
Then came the introduction of vignetting correction within Hugin. First it was a simple add-on window, and one had to provide either the parameters or a flatfield by oneself. But no longer had one to pre-process the images, so on top of the original images the pto file was all that was needed to revisit a stitch if one wished to do so at a later time. And the next step was that Hugin was empowered to compute the vignetting correction out of the image material itself. It already did so for the lense parameters, and this self-contained parameter determination is pretty damn useful.
Enblend was there as well. It has picked up processing speed since then, beyond the CPU speeds getting faster. And it has become smarter. There always is a seam line between images, although with Enblend you usually do not see it. In the few cases where one did, one could resort to editing the alpha channels of the intermediate image files. Still manual intervention. But then Enblend got that extra bit smarter with the capability not to determine the seam from geometry only, but to look at the image content to find a good placement, a seam line across areas where the images to be stitched differ as little as possible.
A fair number of technical improvements have happened as well. Remember the times when the output was TIFF, large TIFF files into and out of Enblend? Some changes had to wait for their time, for instance the LZW algorithm lost its shackles when finally the patent expired, and one could think about using compressed TIFFs without perils. There are now compressed cropped TIFFs saving on memory and hard drive space, and JPEG is now possible as well hence one saves evoking a converter program after the Hugin run.
Improvements on the GUI side? Yes indeed! Most recently the introduction of a fast interactive preview. And fast really means in real time. Even better, this new preview has some added features, and personally I do like the cropping tool which allows me to select the rectangular frame I want to have for the output JPEG image. It means Hugin is a one stop shop for panoramic image creation in most cases.
Of course there are still some small quirks. I am confident the thriving Hugin community will iron them out in due course. And surely there are features I have not mentioned. Enfuse opening the door into HDR, perspective correction of single photos, proper interpolating algorithms, a wide choice of output perspectives to choose from, and more. And certainly there are several aspects which deserve my constructive criticism, and I plan to write these down in due course. But I have left the most important thing for last, and that is:
Hugin is free. It is not a piece that sellers try to strip of features and then endeavour to sell to you at a premium. Being free software means that most probably Hugin is here to stay. You may even compile and modify your own copy if you deam it necessary. And the aspect I want to look at last: I have Hugin 0.8.0 (well, the release candidate) running on both Windows XP and Mac OSX Tiger, with Hugin looking pretty much the same on these different platforms, and I am looking forward to seeing the 0.7.0 to 0.8.0 upgrade on my debian Linux box. But whatever the platform, Hugin is there.
2009-07-20 Klaus Föhl


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..and the secret to this success, well I did like you told me and ignored it!
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Beautiful photo!!!
Wow - isn't it beautiful? And the photo's pretty darned wonderful too. :) x
You have ignored your orchid very well! I am ignoring my orchid and it now has 20 buds on 2 stalks. I hope to see some flowers soon!
It's beautiful Jane -- I'm so impressed that you didn't kill it -- mine would never have made it to a second bloom LOL!
Magnificent magic and what a fabulous photo. Such beauty you bring to use with the ability you have in that camera of yours.
I just got my first orchid plant and am hoping I can care for mine as well as you are yours!
I am ignoring my orchid and a leaf fell off yesterday. I think it is still alive so I am hopeful. Yours is just magnificent Jane and the photograph is so beautiful and crisp.
I've been ignoring my orchid for 7 or so years now and it's still bloomin marvelous! Yours is such a beauty!
What a stunning photograph of a beautiful blossom!
Gorgeous! I haven't dared try orchids yet.


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Masterpiece Mystery! "Wallander, Series III - Before The Frost" Wallander is on the trail of an escapee and serial arsonist from a psychiatric hospital, when he is visited by Anna, an old friend of Linda, his estranged daughter. As arson attacks occur, Anna appears to be connected in some way. Wallander must reconcile with Linda and join forces to find Anna at all costs.G
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New Tricks Lane indulges his obsession with fishing when UCOS investigates the case of two boys abducted from a fishing lake in 1979. The boys escaped but the kidnapper was not found. Lane thinks the fishing lake, the 1979 abduction and a recent spate of snatches are related.G
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July 31, 2009
The blog is five years old now. It's had a few good years, and a few years of gentle steady decline. It's given me a place to post about representation, depression, transitions, and a few odd obsessions (and post about the kid, dogs and cats). It's made me some excellent new friends and brought me into contact with some quite remarkable lawyers, investigators, law professors and others (if I skipped a link, look for yourself in the blogroll). And now it's time, arbitrarily, capriciously, to give the blog a rest. There were so few public defender blogs back in 2004; it's great to think how many followed, and how many there will be to come. This site will stay up, and maybe it even will be relaunched. Until then, happy trials to you, 'til we meet again.
- "Skelly"
Happy Trails - Roy Rogers
July 19, 2009
CA: don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge
From the Ventura County Star:
Public Defender's Office close to edge - Any death penalty cases will trigger need for more help, says Dammeyer
I just liked the message in the headline, I guess.
July 15, 2009
Hope for community corrections
In this month's Washington Monthly:
Jail Break - How smarter parole and probation can cut the nation's incarceration rate
If we want to end the era of mass incarceration and replace it with a regime of less punishment and less crime, drug testing is only one of the ways to apply the central lesson of HOPE ("Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement"): that clearly communicated threats of swift, certain punishment really can change behavior, even when the punishment is modest. By thinking creatively, we could transform the entire range of community-based punishments into effective alternatives to incarceration. That would have a profound impact on offenders' lives, on the number of people behind bars, and on the crime rate...
The book is When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment, by Mark Kleiman.
Via The Second Road, "where life intersects with recovery."
July 05, 2009
Methland = USA
Oelwein, Iowa, described in Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town by Nick Reding, gets the Manhattan condescension treatment via New York Times book review:
The madness stalking tiny, defenseless Oelwein may eventually come for all of us...
Methamphetamine already has come for "us," Princeton boy. It's in Iowa and it's everywhere, even in places that matter to regular New York Times readers. Reding first picked up the trail in Idaho. From the Los Angeles Times review:
Journalist Nick Reding stumbled into Gooding, Idaho, in 1999, to report a magazine story about ranching... It was there that Reding first encountered crystal methamphetamine, and he didn't just see it in one place. It was everywhere... (A)s the meth epidemic exploded across small-town America... (a) book took root in his mind...
The book is excerpted here and here. Also reviewed in the Seattle Times and the Boston Globe. Remember, as the Washington Post review says:
(B)ig-city ignorance - fueled by the media - toward small-town decay is both dangerous and appalling.
Via Think Outside the Cage and The Real Costs of Prison Weblog
July 02, 2009
40-some years in 20-some songs
Artifacts excavated in response to this meme:
Down In The Boondocks - Billy Joe Royal: the earliest pop song I can remember. Loved the word "boondocks" - had no idea what it meant.
Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan / The Byrds (tie): with an older brother and four older sisters, songs like this, "Puff The Magic Dragon," and "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am" were my nursery rhymes.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles: apart from a vague recall of The Ed Sullivan Show and Gemini launches, my first memory of a big cultural event, as my sisters went to the Grand Central on State Street to buy this album the day it came out.
Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight: "The VCR the DVD, there wasn't none of that crap back in 1970." AM radio was wondrous when I was my son's age. I loved my family's radios, Radio Shack stereo, record players, player piano, reel-to-reel tape recorder. Years later I was delighted to hear Everclear sample this song.
Baba O'Riley - The Who / Wasteland - The Jam (tie): of course later I morphed into an alienated and angst-ridden underachiever who took himself way too seriously (the term "emo kid" had yet to be invented).
Blitzkreig Bop - The Ramones: I snuck into a bar to see them senior year of high school. What an unexpected place to find such a gust of fresh air.
Don't Worry About The Government - Talking Heads: happy college days, looking forward to a proud future in public service (this was just before Morning in America).
The Walls Came Down - The Call: "They all stood there laughing... They're not laughing anymore!" I galumphed around my dorm room to this on the morning of graduation.
Independence - Gang of Four: "It's enough, but less than I imagined." Post-college days, soundtrack to ramen dinners.
Gulf Coast Highway - Nanci Griffith: studying for the bar, a true friend sent me mixtapes which (along with "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd") got me through.
Free Nelson Mandela - Special AKA: Great song still captures my shared basement office with the Mandela picture, and a good era for watching walls (and The Wall) start to come down.
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum: I reacted to a request for a marriage proposal by high-tailing it to the Baltics. I swear Margi paid every radio station in Rīga to play this song non-stop to bring me back to my senses (and her). It worked.
About A Girl / All Apologies - Nirvana (tie): another gust of something fresh, this one Olympia-scented. I drove around singing along with the Unplugged CD on the morning of my wedding, the first and only, to the aforementioned Margi.
If I Were Brave - Shawn Colvin: "Would I be saved if I were brave and had a baby?"
Lord Protect My Child - Bob Dylan: the answer to the previous question, for my wife and me - "Yes."
Into The Fire - Bruce Springsteen: September 11, 2001, my Brooklyn-born mother-in-law called us to turn on the TV immediately... "May your strength give us strength, may your faith give us faith, may your hope give us hope, may your love give us love."
Ne Klepeći Nanulama - Nedžad Salković: less than four months later, January 2002, sadness and selfishness, noble and ignoble motives found me thousands of miles from my wife and toddler volunteering in an ethnically cleansed city in Bosnia. I came back. Bosnia stayed in me.
Twin Falls - Built To Spill: My wife the TF native hates this song. She also hates when I preface warm feelings for the town where I started my little family with, "As much as I hate Twin..."
Olympia, WA - Rancid / NOFX (tie): For the first time in decades, I don't wish I was on the highway to anywhere else.
June 30, 2009
"Experienced lawyers lead the way"
From Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, an interview with Jean Berman, executive director of the International Senior Lawyers Project:
We've done a number of projects involving assisting criminal defense lawyers for the poor. In Eastern Europe we sent lawyers to Bulgaria, Lithuania, Mongolia and Ukraine to help set up the first public defender offices there. We also work with an organization called International Bridges to Justice ("IBJ"), which trains defense lawyers in China. We sent a career public defender from Minnesota to work with IBJ for three months in the fall of 2008 to help train lawyers working in the juvenile justice system...
I'm rapidly approaching senior status myself. Fortunately, I'm very immature for my age.
June 27, 2009
ID: Monday's judgment day for Canyon Co indigent defense
From Nampa / Caldwell's Idaho Press-Tribune:
Commissioners will pick Canyon public defender
Canyon County commissioners will deliberate for the purpose of appointing a public defender Monday morning. They will choose from Virginia Bond, Mark Mimura, Scott Fouser and Chad Gulstrom...
Update 06/29/09: it's Mark Mimura.
June 26, 2009
June 24, 2009
VA & ID: volunteering for DP a "fatal attraction"
From the Charlottesville Daily Progress, June 21:
Death request raises ethical, legal questions
Somewhere in the Charlottesville Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney sits a plea agreement that could lead to the execution of a city man accused of killing an 11-year-old boy. One of Waverly "Eddie" Whitlock's defense attorney has said in court that his client wants to sign the agreement, which would request the death penalty as punishment for a capital murder conviction...
The act of volunteering for the death penalty, although uncommon, has raised legal, ethical and moral issues for others involved in capital cases... Following a client's wishes can be more difficult if he wants to die.
August "Gus" Cahill, the chief deputy of the Ada County Public Defender's Office in Idaho, represented death penalty volunteer Keith Eugene Wells in the early 1990s. Wells, who was killed by lethal injection in 1994 at age 31, was the first and only person to be executed in Idaho since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976...
After a judge sentenced Wells to death, Cahill said the case was reviewed and affirmed by the Idaho Supreme Court. Once the post-conviction process began, Cahill said Wells asked to drop any further appeals and fired the lawyers appointed after his sentencing. "He wasn't suicidal," Cahill said. "He didn't want to be dead so much as go through a process that he thought would ultimately be fruitless..."
But see the Charlottesville Daily Progress, June 25:
Defender files motion to quit Whitlock capital murder case
A Richmond-based capital defender may no longer represent a Charlottesville man accused of killing an 11-year-old boy last summer.
Defense attorney David Baugh filed a motion late last week in Charlottesville Circuit Court to withdraw himself and the Office of the Capital Defender as counsel for Waverly "Eddie" Whitlock.
"In support of the motion for leave to withdraw, counsel would assert that there has arisen a conflict of interest between the defendant and his defense attorneys which ethically compels withdrawal," the motion said...
June 23, 2009
June 18, 2009
WA: client in court makes a run for it - what would you do?
From the Spokesman-Review:
Municipal court brawl leads to arrest
A brawl that began when a man tried fleeing a courtroom this morning ended with the man, a deputy and three attorneys falling onto a bench of bystanders, according to the Spokane County Sheriff's Office.
Micah W. Hasselstrom, 34, ran when Spokane Municipal Court Judge Tracy Staab ordered him jailed with increased bail after he said he didn't plan on appearing in court again, a news release said.
Hasselstrom's public defender, Tony Tompkins, grabbed his leg to hold him in place as Deputy John Pederson tried handcuffing him, and a struggle ensued... Public defenders Francis Adewale and Andy Hess joined the struggle, and the group fell onto the bench, knocking a 68-year-old woman to the floor...
There's a lively discussion taking place in the Washington criminal defense bar over the lawyers' actions in essentially effecting an arrest, roughly dividing into "respect the client - let him be free to make his own mistakes" and "protect the client - let him be free at least from a new felony escape charge." Myself, I think I'd go hands-off, but not having been in a moment like that, I'm hard-pressed to second-guess.
June 16, 2009
AZ: "these people annoy me"
The Sloth Bear has been a p. d. for just a little while, but has developed some distinct likes and dislikes in clients:
Categorizing Infuriants
If you ever find yourself speaking with a public defender, try not to be any of these people...
June 14, 2009
All this, and a baby moose!
It's public defender intern season. Here's a report from Alaska, from Justin of Baylor Law School:
Aside from the legal community, Alaska is a great place to intern because of the numerous opportunities for outdoor activity here... It's not unusual to see a moose or two on your way to work, and sometimes they even come right up to the office.
June 07, 2009
HI: "you can't subject the Constitution to budget cuts"
When it comes to cuts, things are no different in the islands; from the Maui News:
Furloughs leave defendants in a bind - Public defender office closures affecting courtroom schedules
The Office of the Public Defender, which includes a dozen attorneys on Maui, will be shut down three Fridays each month to comply with state worker furloughs required by Gov. Linda Lingle. The closures, scheduled to begin July 1, have affected some courtroom schedules on Maui and Molokai and have raised concerns about representation...
"They have the right to counsel. We have to adhere to the Constitution," said Jim Rouse, one of eight deputy public defenders assigned to... Maui County felony cases. "You can't, just because of budget constraints, eliminate fundamental rights guaranteed to all Americans..."
"It's not like anybody's getting rich being a public defender. You're a public defender because you're idealistic, you believe in the Constitution, you believe people are entitled to help. You do it with passion. You do it with vigor. Now they're telling us you have to do it 14 percent less of the time..."
Individual P.D.'s offices are no different either, it seems. Like the coat rack? Any bets those aren't client go-to-court clothes?
June 01, 2009
"The fact that I went to Goodwin Procter doesn't mean I'm not passionate about doing this type of work"
..but it's a pretty good hint. From Law.com:
Are Public Interest Lawyers Getting Crowded Out by Deferred Associates? - One recent law grad looking for public interest work notes, 'We don't come with a $70,000-plus salary with benefits intact. Psychologically, it's hard to deal with that reality.'
Sending incoming associates into temporary public-interest jobs - with a healthy stipend to cover their costs of living - is intended to be a fiscally smart and compassionate way for law firms to handle an overabundance of young attorneys...
But some recent law school graduates who have spent years preparing for public-interest careers worry that law firms are hurting their job prospects by flooding the already competitive public-interest job market...


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Penrhyn castle also houses a historic industrial railway museum. There you can see many locomotives, carriges and waggons which were used during the times of the slate boom in north Wales. You can actually read the descriptions on the rear wall.
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