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Rapid Land Cover Mapping (RLCM) Tool [SERVIR_RLCM]
Mapping land use and land cover (LULC) over large areas and through time has always presented major challenges. There are two contrasting approaches to LULC mapping: automated/semiautomated classifications, ...
ENTRI Query Service [CIESIN_SEDAC_ENTRI_QS]
The Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) Query Service is a comprehensive web-based application for accessing environmental treaty texts and treaty status data such as signatories, ...
SEDAC Environmental Sustainability Index Electronic Seminar (ESI E-Seminar) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_E-SEMINAR]
The Environmental Sustainability Index e-Seminar (ESI_e-Seminar) is a short online course describing the many facets of environmental sustainability. The course consists of a series of video discussions ...
SEDAC Guide for Citing Data, Applications and Web Resources [CIESIN_SEDAC_CITATIONS]
The Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Guide for Citing Data, Applications and Web Resources provides guidelines on citing SEDAC resources. The site also include an index of publications ...
SEDAC Urban Remote Sensing Web Page [CIESIN_SEDAC_URBAN_RS]
The Urban Remote Sensing Guide provides publications, reports, and other resources that focus on remote sensing applications in urban areas. The publications and reports section features a guide to ...
SEDAC Map Viewer, Version 2 [CIESIN_SEDAC_MAP_VIEWER_V2]
The SEDAC Map Viewer, Version 2 is a Web mapping tool that enables visualization of all SEDAC map layers and organizes the map layers into approximately 15 interdisciplinary topics (themes) that users ...
NPL Superfund Footprint Mapper [CIESIN_SEDAC_SUPERFUND_MAPPER]
The Columbia University Superfund Research Program "NPL Superfund Footprint: Site, Population, and Environmental Characteristics" Mapper has been created to provide researchers, regulators, ...
Ramsar Wetland Sites Mapper [CIESIN_SEDAC_RAMSARWETLANDS_MAPPER]
The Ramsar Wetland Sites Mapper for the Sea Level Rise Impacts on Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance data set is a Web-based service for assessing the exposure to sea level rise of coastal ...
SEDAC Hazards and Population Mapper (HazPop) [CIESIN_SEDAC_HAZPOP_MAPPER]
The Hazards and Population Mapper (HazPop) is a free mobile application that enables users to easily display recent natural hazard data in relationship to population, major infrastructure, and satellite ...
SEDAC Population Estimation Service, Version 2 [CIESIN_SEDAC_POPEST_SERVICE_V2]
The Population Estimation Service is a Web-based service for estimating population totals and related statistics within a user-defined region. It enables users of a wide variety of map clients and ...
SEDAC Hazards Mapper [CIESIN_SEDAC_HAZARDS_MAPPER]
The SEDAC Hazards Mapper enables users to visualize data and map layers related to Socioeconomic, Infrastructure, Natural Disasters, and Environment and analyze potential impacts and exposure. The ...
A Guide To Stratospheric Ozone and Human Health [CIESIN_SEDAC_OZONE]
The Guide To Stratospheric Ozone and Human Health replaces the former Stratospheric Ozone and Human Health Project SEDAC web site which had included the following: Research and Impact Reports, Near-real ...
Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC) Query Service [CIESIN_SEDAC_AIACC_QS]
The Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC) Query Service is a web-based service that facilitates access to extensive data, software and bibliographic resources related to ...
CIESIN National Human Development Report Data Catalog [CIESIN_SEDAC_NHDRDC]
The CIESIN National Human Development Report Data Catalog contains summary of 52 National Human Development Report (NHDR) that are a subset of the 136 that has been completed to date in association ...
CIESIN Southeast Asian Tsunami - December 2004 Web Page [CIESIN_Tsunami-2004]
The Southeast Asian Tsunami - December 2004 page provides data and maps on the population affected by the December 26, 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia as well as links to articles written by CIESIN ...
CIESIN Thematic Guides: A Guide to Global Population Projections [CIESIN_SEDAC_TG_GLOBPOP_PROJ]
The Guide to Global Population Projections discusses who makes projections and how, and the key assumptions upon which they are based, drawing on new practices and new thinking on uncertainty, methodology, ...
CIESIN Thematic Guides: A Guide to Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LUCC) [CIESIN_SEDAC_TG_LUCC]
The Guide to Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LUCC) discusses several important topics in land use and land cover change research such as deforestation, desertification, biodiversity loss, land cover ...
CIESIN Thematic Guides: Night-time Light Remote Sensing and its Applications [CIESIN_SEDAC_TG_NTLRSA]
The Guide to Night-time Light Remote Sensing and its Applications introduces users to the types of night-time light data available, its characteristics and limitations. It details the distinguishing ...
CIESIN Thematic Guides: Social Science Applications of Remote Sensing [CIESIN_SEDAC_TG_SSAPP_RS]
The Guide to Social Science Applications of Remote Sensing provides an introduction to remote sensing to non-specialists and social scientists. It highlights the advantages of remotely sensed data ...
Confidentiality Issues in Geospatial Data Applications [CIESIN_SEDAC_CONFIDENTIALITY]
The Confidentiality Issues in Geospatial Data Applications web site promotes awareness of confidentiality and privacy issues related to the integration of geo-referenced data from the natural, social, ...
ENTRI Conference of Party (COP) Decision Search Tool [CIESIN_SEDAC_ENTRI_COPDST]
The ENTRI Conference of Parties (COP) Decision Search Tool allows the user to search decisions produced by the Parties of the following multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs): Convention on ...
Geospatial Electronic Records [CIESIN_GER]
The Geospatial Electronic Records web site serves as a portal to resources on managing and preserving geospatial data and related electronic records. This service is provided by the Columbia University ...
IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) Database Query Service [CIESIN_IPCC_SRES_QS]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) Database Query Service provides access to scenarios of future greenhouse gas emissions prepared by ...
Metropolitan East Coast (MEC) Education Module [CIESIN_MEC_EDUC_MODULE]
The Metropolitan East Coast (MEC) Education Module is a package of GIS software, datasets and lesson plans designed for educators who are interested in using GIS technology to explore global climate ...
Population - Environment Research Network e-Library [CIESIN_SEDAC_PERN_e-LIBRARY]
The Population-Environment Research Network web site provides access to a online cyber seminars, communication resources, and other information related to population and environment. The site also ...
SEDAC Guide to Metadata Resources [CIESIN_SEDAC_METADATA_RES]
The Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Guide to Metadata Resources contains online resources related to metadata, with an emphasis on the creation of metadata compliant with the Federal ...
TOPMODEL: The Rainfall-Runoff Model [TOPMODEL]
TOPMODEL is a rainfall-runoff model that bases its distributed predictions on an analysis of catchment topography. The model predicts saturation excess and infiltration excess surface runoff and subsurface ...
MeshMaker: Configurable Meshing Framework for Eco-Hydrology Models [MeshMaker]
MeshMaker is a Python-based framework for generation of high quality structured and unstructured grid computational meshes for Eco-Hydrological models.
Fundamentals of Remote Sensing, An Online Tutorial [remote_sensing_tutorial-00]
The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing is pleased to offer "Fundamentals of Remote Sensing", an online tutorial about remote sensing technology and its applications. This interactive module is intended ...
Atlas of Antarctic Research [USARC_Antarctic_Atlas]
The Antarctic Atlas is an open-source, OGC-compliant viewer that has been designed to promote greater geographic awareness of the continent and the digital geospatial data that describe ...
Coastal and Offshore Marine Forecast Zones [WSOM_COMFZ]
This service from the NOAA/NWS office of Science and Technology provides polygons for Coastal and Offshore Marine Zones for the United States including the Great Lakes. The primary use ...
GRANIT-Conservation Land Viewers [GRANIT]
The GRANIT Conservation Lands Viewer is an interactive mapping site that provides access to the GRANIT (Geographically Referenced Analysis and Information Transfer System) Conservation and Public ...
StarSpan: A Tool for Fast Selective Pixel Extraction from Remotely Sensed Data [StarSpan]
StarSpan is designed to bridge the raster and vector worlds of spatial analysis using fast algorithms for pixel level extraction from geometry features (points, lines, polygons). StarSpan generates ...
Surfer Contouring Software [surfer_8]
Surfer 8 is a contouring and 3D surface mapping program that runs under Microsoft Windows. It quickly and easily converts your data into outstanding contour, surface, wireframe, vector, image, shaded ...
The Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF) Data Products and Satellite Imagery [01-global_land_cov_facility-00]
The Global Land Cover Facility makes available to the public a variety of free science data products including satellite imagery of the Earth, classified images of the Earth's land cover, Marsh area ...
USDA Geospatial Data Gateway [USDA_Geo_Gateway]
The Geospatial Data Gateway or Geo-Data Gateway provides easy and consistent access to natural resource data. You can search for available data by geographic area such as county or state, use our ...
Air Quality Index (AQI) Plot [EPA_PLOT_AQI]
The Air Quality Index (AQI) Plot compares AQI values for multiple pollutants for a specific location and time period. This tool displays an entire year of AQI values – two pollutants at a time - and ...
Auroral Activity Extrapolated from NOAA POES [POES_Auroral]
Instruments on board the NOAA Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) continually monitor the power flux carried by the protons and electrons that produce aurora in the atmosphere. ...
CALIPSO Data Read Software [LARC_calipso_read_software_routines]
A set of basic CALIPSO data product readers has been developed to aid users in their ability to read the HDF formatted files. This set of readers is written using the Interactive Data Language (IDL) ...
CERES Search and Subset Application [LARC_CERES_SEARCH_SUBSET]
The CERES Search and Subset Application provides a single, easy to use web interface for quickly locating and subsetting CERES Level 2 SSF and FLASHFlux data granules using a high resolution spatial ...
Giovanni Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study (MAIRS) Interface [GES_DISC_Giovanni_MAIRS]
The Goddard Earth Science Data and Information Service Center's (GES DISC) innovative data analysis system Giovanni is hosting an interface featuring increased spatial (1 kilometer) and temporal (8-day ...
London Earth - A Systematic High-Density Geochemical Soil Survey of the Greater London Area [BGS_londonearth]
London Earth is the systematic high-density geochemical soil survey of the Greater London Area (GLA) aiming to give insight into the environmental impacts of urbanisation and industrialisation as ...
NOAA Interactive Atmospheric Data Visualization [NOAA_IADV]
The Interactive Atmospheric Data Visualization tool allows users to visualize carbon cycle trace gas measurements. The measurements provided for the visualization tool document the spatial and temporal ...
National Geophysical Data Center Interactive Map Services [NGDC_MAPS]
The National Geophysical Data Center interactive map services provide visual display of one or more data layers, often with links to download the underlying data. Users can view layers containing ...
Ozone Exceedances Plots [EPA_OZONECOMPARE_VIZ]
How does this year compare with previous years? Compare 8-hour ozone exceedances between two years or multi-year periods for a city or county. The first plot shows the comparisions by MONTH. The second ...
CLIMVIS- the Climate Visualization System [CLIMVIS]
CLIMVIS- the Climate Visualization system is an interactive graphing tool designed to allow visual browsing of the data available on-line at the National Climatic Data Center(NCDC). This system was ...
HIM: The Hallberg Isopycnal Model [NOAA_GFDL_HIM]
The Hallberg Isopycnal Model (HIM) simulates the ocean by numerically solving the Boussinesq primitive equations in isopycnal vertical coordinates and general orthogonal horizontal coordinates. These ...
Habitat Suitability Modeling [NOAA_HSM]
Habitat suitability modeling (HSM) is a tool for predicting the suitability of habitat for a given species based on known affinities with environmental parameters. This technique was chosen for this ...
The Climate TimeLine Information Tool: "Exploring Weather & Climate Change Through the Powers of 10" [NCDC_CLIMATE_TIMELINE]
Designed as an online tool allowing users to examine climate change and variability at different time scales, the Climate TimeLine has been developed through a CIRES Innovative Research Grant through ...
British Geological Survey Onshore Geoindex [BGS_GeoIndex]
The British Geological Survey (BGS) Onshore Geoindex allows users to search for individual soil sample location across Greater London. Make sure the map theme is set to Geochemistry (top right hand ...
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Bryostatin 1 Plus Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Cancer
This study has been completed.
New York University School of Medicine
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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New York University School of Medicine
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First received: November 1, 1999
Last updated: November 8, 2012
Last verified: November 2009
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Study Status: | This study has been completed. |
Study Completion Date: | No date given |
Primary Completion Date: | November 2001 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Pavlick AC, Hamilton A, Liebes L, et al.: Bryostatin 1 and cisplatin: a phase I and pharmacodynamic study. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20: A-328, 2001.

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El Dr. Tovar es mi ginecólogo por 12 años, me cuido en mis dos embarazos y lo sigue haciendo en la actualidad, es un excelente profesional, responsable y respetuoso.... Read more
My wish is that Icould find a primary care physician like Dr. LaVora. Within minutes of his entering the room and sitting down, I felt like I was talking to a caring... Read more
I have Drop foot which is very painful, however he accessed me and prescribed the proper meds that were required for my foot to be comfortable. he has recommened bac... Read more
I loved Dr. Graves for my teenage daughter. She was suffering so bad with her breathing. The doctor took over an 1hr and 1/2 with us and it was worth every penny. Sh... Read more
Great experience would certainly recommend if looking for a pain physician
don't become their experiment, if they fail they give up on you and treat you as a junkie! Terrible office staff, bad attitudes towards patients in pain, they think ... Read more
Excellent Doctor. Takes the time to talk to you and actually cares about your well being. I have been seeing him for over 10 years and wouldn't think of seeing anyon... Read more
He is very nice ,easy to talk with and brilliant all the family love him
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Cover Talk: Facing the Zeitgeist – Justin Bieber + Lara Stone
The Bieber strikes again! From Graydon Carter's Vanity Fair to Katie Grand's LOVE, and Total Girl, Seventeen and Teen Vogue in between, no glossy cover is safe from the 16-year-old be-fringed one. He's like the Tavi Gevinson (herself featured in no fewer than two Teen Vogue spreads for Feb) of the pop music scene.
Meanwhile, while new editor Emmanuelle Alt is rumoured to be debuting with Gisele Bundchen shot in St Barts by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matatin, Carine Roitfeld's obsession with Lara Stone continues with one of her final covers for Vogue Paris.
"If you are selling a fashion magazine, you have to show a lot of clothes," Roitfeld told Deborah Ross. "The first thing we always think is not the brand, but the woman, the model."
If you missed Ross' entertaining profile of the inimitable (though-many-try) and frank Roitfeld in Good Weekend, you can read it here.
Girl With a Satchel
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- Vinda Sonata said...
'facing the zeitgeist' is just a perfect title for the post. talking about the movement of ages, i love it when magazines stay true to their true essences, not trying to get famous by trying hard to go with the so-called popularity stream.
Lara stone is an uncommon beauty, and i always appreciate roitfeld's taste in women. she knows how to pick memorable faces, and turn just any ordinary woman into a gorgeous, mystical model.
moreover, i can't stand Justin and tavi, though. it's not like because i think they're just, like, kids, but they're really overrated. some people may notify tavi as a 'genius' kid in fashion, but they cannot run from the fact that she's just a teenager with signature oversized ribbons. same case goes with bieber: he's merely a victim of publicity, and the one who slowly melts into nothing. nothing's hot about losing oneself, i think
i love how your posts are always so profound !
have a great day erica ! - 25 January 2011 at 21:04


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Steps To Healthier Living
Obviously step 1 was cloth diapers
Step 2 was eliminating red meat from our diet, turkey and chicken only for us! We were buying boneless skinless breasts but Travis happened to befriend a dietitian who told us they are filled with preservatives and more sodium than you could possibly ever need. So now we've switched to buying whole chickens and cutting them up ourselves. We really need to go price what they have at Central Meats and maybe we can go free range, yum! Eventually we might take step 2 a bit further and go meatless for good but I like eating meat so we'll see, that'll be like step 101.
Step 3 making our own bread products. Biscuits, pancakes, cakes, loaves, anything bread! It is so easy it's ridiculous that I haven't been doing it for longer. The last recipe I made gave me two loaves, so I figured a 5lb bag of flour will give me at least 7 loaves of bread. The flour costs about $4 the bread we usually buy costs about $3.50 a loaf. I have been looking through my cookbooks for the most nutritious bread recipe but think I may have to get an actual bread
cookbook to find the kind of recipe I'm looking for. Another plus to this step is Charlotte loves to help me cook, she's a great stirrer!
Step ? vegetable garden. I've been saying for almost 2 years I'm going to plant a garden. The first time I was planning I was pregnant with Alexis and that fell through, this past year I just got lazy and the upfront finances got in the way. I have been reading a book about square foot gardening for 2 years now, this upcoming spring is the damn year! If it doesn't happen this year I think I will make the effort to join a co-op, there is a farm right up the street from us that does it. I'm not quite sure what step this will end up being because we might come up with something else in between now and spring when we start the garden.
So far I like the way the steps are going and I like how healthy we feel knowing we are eating what we are actually eating and not some hidden junk.
I'd love to hear some ways my readers are leading healthier lifestyles!
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Amber, I wanted so bad to plant pumpkins this year! Char, Lexi and I journeyed all around town looking for seeds and couldn't find any! Now it'll be too late to plant pumpkins I think :( I've kept seeing 90-120 days until maturity so that would put us past Halloween :p I have a few tomato plants already but they are no where near ready to even produce fruits. I think I'll just wait until spring and work over the winter to get my boxes ready for planting, plan what I want to grow for the 3 seasons and get a move on it!
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$16 Billion Industry: The Scary Facts Behind Anti-psychotic Drugs | |
Doggiegirl User ID: 16513614 United States 12/22/2012 09:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Cant remember where I read it, maybe here, regarding the real reason for sandy hook and aurora killings; there's a gigantic drug WAR going on for the monopoly of the market with these psyche drugs. Not to get our weapons. Just my opinion. That makes the most sense to me. Always follow the money, you get your answers. |
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Christmas is, of course, a time of ritual and tradition, but not all these rituals and traditions are old and familiar. Indeed, new ones are appearing all the time.
In city centres, for instance, you now need a good sturdy pair of wellies to negotiate the pools of vomit that manifest themselves every afternoon, and grow in size and number until dawn the following morning.
For should you slip and fall into one such pool, not only will you spend the rest of the day smelling like a parent of three-week-old twins, but people will naturally assume that the vomit was yours, even if they were watching you as you fell into it. Insult, injury etc.
This year, though, an even more exciting new tradition has been added to the roster: the post office queue. Obviously there are no more post offices, as thousands of us discovered this month when we went to the usual one, only to find that it had been replaced by an estate agent, which itself is now going out of business. So you go off in search of another one. They are surprisingly easy to find. The vast queue snaking out into the street should give you a clue.
For this is our punishment for the avoidance of Christmas shopping. We thought we'd be clever and do it all on the internet. Then we sit at home, waiting patiently for our parcels to be delivered, but postie has that card through the door saying you weren't in before you can get out of the chair. And by the time you've opened the door to remonstrate, he's back in his van driving off with a song on his lips.
So the following morning you go to the Post Office to pick your parcels up, little suspecting that postie is trying right now to deliver something else to your door, which you'll have to pick up tomorrow.
If I were working in a Post Office I would be tempted to put a sign up saying, "A Post Office isn't just for Christmas, it's for all year round". You join the queue out in the street, where small fires are burning, set up by people who were waiting here earlier. (The regulars bring logs and kindling to keep them going.) First stage is to reach the door: a feeling of achievement nearly as good as winning the lottery and definitely better than sex.
In larger post offices, queues are clearly delineated and there's even room for paramedics to hover on the sidelines in case of emergency. My local post office, however, is about the size of a wheelbarrow with a roof on it, and this squeezes the queue into a sort of compressed spiral, like the jam in a swiss roll after you have sat on it. When someone new comes in and joins the queue at the wrong place, they get some helpful advice from one of the old lags, and maybe a kick in the shins.
I have noticed, though, that the more afternoons you spend in the queue, the more relaxed you become. The woman eight places in front of you is sending a dozen small packages by surface mail to Estonia, and can only speak Estonian. There is nothing to be done.
A certain cameraderie starts to develop. Someone has brought a thermos full of soup. Someone else unwraps a guitar they were intending to send by special delivery. Then someone notices all this unsold stationery that is clogging up the shelves and voilà! we can have a campfire indoors too.
And so another great British tradition is born, combining the Dunkirk spirit, our innate love of queues, and the wholly natural compulsion to burn down public buildings. "Until tomorrow!" you jest, as you finally leave with your parcels under your arm, having completely forgotten that you also needed to buy some stamps.
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Trevor Morris Studios Mixer Phil McGowan Picks Penteo 4 Pro
Stereo-to-Surround Upmixer Used for Powerful "Vikings" Score
July 07, 2014 --
He recently upgraded to Penteo 4 Pro, which supports Avid's AAX plug-in format for true 64 bit processing.
Multi-tasking engineer McGowan keeps busy at TMS, oftentimes serving concurrently as co-producer, mix engineer, and Pro Tools consultant on various projects for Morris and other composers. He first learned of Penteo through GC Pro, the professional audio division of Guitar Center.
Pictured at Trevor Morris Studios is scoring mixer and studio manager Phil McGowan. Photo by David Goggin. |
"I was looking for a new stereo up-mixer because the ones I had been using weren't being updated and were not porting to 64 bit," McGowan recalls. "Penteo ended up blowing away my expectations of what an up-mixer really can do -- taking two track stereo material and up-mixing it into a surround field, typically 5.0 or 5.1. "
But how was McGowan doing it before Penteo? "I used various reverbs and panned material into the surrounds. At the time, it was all very time consuming and took a lot of effort, but now with Penteo I get immediate, great sounding surround from stereo sources. A lot of the composers that I mix for will give me stereo material that has a lot of very stylized effects, delays and reverbs and Penteo handles it all. Somehow, Penteo figures out how to keep the source material in the center channel and then spreads out all those effects into surround, really well and really quickly."
McGowan mixes on a Euphonix System 5 console, and uses Avid's Pro Tools 11 running AAX 64-bit processing. For monitoring, the LCR or front speakers are a trio of PMC IB2's with built-in M&K tripole surrounds and a pair of JL Audio Fathom 13 subwoofers for the LFE channel. The LCR is lightly bass managed on the monitoring end into the subs as well as for a little extra low end extension.
What type of music does Penteo handle the best? "Penteo handles everything well," says McGowan "Our projects may be rock based scores, with lots of drums, guitars, and synths, but I frequently put orchestral samples through Penteo as well. I mix all of the surround sound stems that we send to the dub stage, and Penteo is useful in converting the stereo samples coming directly from the composers' studios. It's great being able to turn them into surround and wrap them around the listener. Penteo is definitely the cleanest up-mixer that I've ever heard and when you fold it back into stereo, every translates perfectly, and it sounds really clean."
Penteo offers six different pre-set modes. "I generally leave it on the Penteo Music mode," he explains. "That works 95 plus percent of the time for me. I've also experimented with the 'Quad' mode where all the energy is in the four corners, which gives leaves the center channel free to mix in dialogue. There's also a 'Triangle' setting that just generates center and surround, which leaves left and right open for the original stereo sample to remain in it's original form."
Enter "Vikings"
McGowan recently utilized Penteo to mix the score for the second season of the hit TV show "Vikings," which has been picked up for the upcoming third season. "It is an interesting show because not many of the cues are what you would really call traditional scoring -- it's predominantly synthetic and percussive material with some ethnic elements. We've been working with a Norwegian composer, Einar Selvick, who we've been collaborating with over the internet. He sends me a variety of stems: stringed instruments, his own vocals, group vocals, chants and percussive elements, as well as effects. Using Penteo I can get a big wide surround spread on those different sound effects and it really feels cinematic, really warm, really full. Penteo doesn't add any coloration to the sound. With orchestral elements, we're very careful to not color the sound too much when mixing it into surround, Penteo delivers."
After incorporating Penteo into his workflow over the past year, McGowan is eager to share his experience. "I've actually introduced Penteo to a lot of other mixers," he explains. "I've been calling it 'Dark Magic', because it's always surprising what Penteo delivers when you feed it stereo material. I don't know how Penteo figures out certain things, how it actually can spread reverbs separately from the dry elements. Sometimes Penteo will take delays from the front and they will pan behind you. It's already been printed onto the stereo, but Penteo just figures it out and just unwraps it. I'm always happy with the results that Penteo gives me."
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Penteo transforms any stereo recording, soundtrack, DJ mix or live television broadcast into perfect 5.1 surround sound. Developed by ADL, Penteo 4 Pro remains faithful to the original stereo mix; no artificial sound manipulation is used. The Penteo 4 Pro plug-in creates a perfect surround experience for all stereo media with zero sonic artifacts, crisp and discrete center-channel, and only Penteo is 100% ITU down-mix compatible to the original stereo. Penteo has been used by major studios on hundreds of films, TV shows and music recordings and supports AAX64, RTAS, VST and AU formats. For more information, see the website:
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hope you had a happy v-day! :)
Just beautiful. Hope you had a lovely day also :)
Have a little something waiting for you here: http://anulaskitchen.blogspot.com/2011/02/stylish-blogger-award-and-little-bit.html Pozdrawiam! Anula.
Happy V-day... gosh.. seems I missed a few of your posts.... trying to catch up though... the blood orange looks delish.
I love hearing from you and reading your comments! Thanks so much for stopping by the blog. Happy feasting!
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Canoe Travels: Planning, Executing, Enjoying
Friday, March 29, 2013
Whitewater Clinic
Mulberry River.
Photo Credit: Turner Bend Outfitters
The Ozark Mountain Paddlers are holding a whitewater paddling training clinic on the Mulberry River this weekend in Western Arkansas. The Mulberry, listed as one of the National Wild & Scenic Rivers, begins in the Ozark Mountains and runs 62 miles before its confluence with the Arkansas River. The event will be held at Turner Bend, where the river gradient is 11 feet per mile, guaranteeing plenty of action. They assure us it will be a strenuous and exhausting weekend, and there's no way to minimize the fact that the river is still flowing with ice water. If I survive the weekend, and spend more time in the boat than swimming after it, this should be a great start for the paddling season. Wish me luck.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Driven to Extinction
Credit: abclocal.go.com
There are two horrifying shocks here, and I hope you'll do your part to correct these tragedies.
First, I learned this from the 'Today' morning news show yesterday morning. The information came out during the story about a new giraffe being born at a conservation center in Connecticut. The director related that the birth was a double blessing. One, it created a healthy addition to the world's giraffe population, as the giraffe is an endangered species. Two, it generated media attention that enabled them to bring attention to an extremely serious situation---that, on the average, a new plant or animal species is now going extinct at the rate of one species every twenty minutes. If you believe that every plant and animal was put on earth for a purpose, most of which we haven't discovered yet, then we can't begin to imagine what we lose with the disappearance of these species that we will never see again?
The second shock was that while we all know about some species being endangered or lost, I certainly had never heard that they were being lost at such an alarming rate. On the premise that you can't solve a problem until you recognize it, this is a piece of information that should be common knowledge to every person on the planet. Every twenty minutes, a new species goes extinct because of what WE do and how WE live. Whether by personal contact, or social media, please do your part to spread this information so everyone understands the importance of our actions in protecting our environment. Thank you.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Missouri River Adventure About to Begin
If you haven't been following Janet Moreland's plans, this is just a reminder that her blog link is in the right margin for your convenience. It is called "Love Your Big Muddy." She plans to push off in just 18 days to head for the mountains of Montana, where she will begin her push to be the first woman in history to do a 2,600 mile solo paddle trip down the Missouri River. Once the Missouri meets the Mississippi River, the combined total distance to the Gulf of Mexico will be 3,710 miles. Here's an article released today, which includes a video interview. This will be an exciting adventure to follow.
Tarsands Pipeline Breach
A breach in the Suncor tarsands pipeline dumps hazardous mining waste into the Athabasca River. More information available here.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Sins of the Father
Possum Bluff is a beautiful stop along the St. Johns River......
until you see what man has carelessly done to spoil nature.
This picture is just a small token of the human garbage and trash that covered an area too great for the camera to capture. There is no word or thought offensive enough to characterize any person that would disgrace the environment and the world so as to destroy it for not only those who follow in hopes of enjoying the beauty of the natural world, but to also destroy the earth itself long term.
I've always heard that the single thing that separates man from beast more than anything else is the opposable thumb. I disagree. The opposable thumb is nothing more than a physical aberration not shared by all mammals. Just as there are other physical aberrations in nature, like the pouch of the kangaroo, the hump of the camel, the hoof of the equid, the stripes of the zebra, the neck of the giraffe, the trunk of the elephant, and so on, an opposable thumb does not elevate man above his four-legged brethren. Indeed, many other mammals have some type of opposable digit, like moneys, apes, marsupials, pandas, the East African maned rat, and even some frogs. What does separate the human from all other mammals is the ability to rationalize. Humans can create in their minds an excuse to forgive or minimalize any sin or atrocity. If something is too atrocious to rationalize, like the Holocaust, they can make believe it never happened. They can create in their minds a world, a life, or any other fantasy that does not exist in reality, and live their lives as if it does. They can create in their minds the absolute certainty that they, their beliefs, their opinions, their theologies, their values, and even their worth, is superior to that of any other living thing that exists on the planet. Even worse, they are able to divide the world into two spheres; those that agree with them are right, and those that disagree are wrong, even evil.
Nature and wildlife killed by our trash.
In the opening seconds of his film "Waterwalker," Bill Mason says, "So, the first white man arrived in North America, and he looks out over the land. He calls it a pristine, untouched wilderness. That's got to be the greatest compliment he could pay to the native people that had lived here for thousands of years." Science tells us that the Native American had lived here on these lands for well over 10,000 years, and had left it a pristine, untouched wilderness. The white man, and those that followed and were taught by the white man, has lived here scarcely a twentieth as long, and has built mountains made entirely of garbage, destroyed the earth's protective layers in outer space, destroyed the climates of not only entire countries, but the earth itself, poisoned the oceans, the surface waters, and even the earth's inner waters from which we drink, invented chemicals that poison and cause millions of cases of cancer every year, only to then have us scratch our heads and wonder why such cases have skyrocketed, have driven thousands of species of wildlife into extinction, have left irreparable scars on the land from clear-cutting millions of square miles of forests, strip mining, cutting off the tops of mountains, and thousands of other crimes. We have traded permanent damage for everyone for a few short term dollars in the pockets of the few. Because these sins occur out of sight, intentionally, and because these decisions and deals are made behind closed doors, intentionally, we too often ignore both the deeds and the consequences. We too often think that greed is an abstract sin that sneaks up on us, that it is vague and unknowable. Not so. We just rationalize it. It sneaks up on us, and is vague and unknowable only because we don't pay attention, and the media won't inform us, because they, like our political leaders, are bought and traded like stock on the open market.
A beach or riverbank almost anywhere.
It's not vague. It happens every day. Here's a good example as reported on February 8th, and reported by Bloomberg, if that's not absurdly ironic. It would appear the only reason they would report it would be because they could point a finger of guilt at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the culprit, as if their decisions aren't controlled by business interests. What happened? Well, in the middle of the worst drought in 70-years, the Corps was required to release waters held in the Upper Missouri River reservoirs to Select Energy Services LLC for hydraulic well fracking for oil and natural gas wells. The very next day a water release was requested to maintain river flow and depth in the nation's largest river system so the shipping of $2.8 billions in cargo could continue on the river, including grain, fertilizer, and coal and other commodities. That request was refused, as they were told the waters were off limits. To release the waters would have "significant negative effects", including depleting drinking water supplies, loss of marine-wildlife habitat, and higher bills for hydropower users." None of those "significant negative effects" applied the day before when the waters were demanded by the oil and gas interests.
Most animals that ingest or get stangled by garbage suffer a slow
painful death by starvation.
If you still think this is all vague and unknowable, here's another example, one where we may all contribute directly to environmental problems. Kevin Callan wrote about a canoe trip taken by him and his family across Algonquin. In his words, "A father and son portaging ahead of us left a handful of litter every time they stopped for a break; just candy wrappers and some empty fishing lure boxes, but the trash was left behind deliberately and without remorse." There is not only no excuse for this, but the father is both setting a horrible example, and perpetuating the problem by raising a son who will continue to litter the planet for the next sixty years. Would that trash not fit back into the pack they just took it out of? Will there not be trash cans at the convenience store they stop at for gas on the way home? Are there not usually trash cans at the ramps where they take out? Isn't there surely a trash can they could put it in when they get home? There is no way to rationalize this. It's stupid and inexcusable, and it is certainly not a responsible parent that not only allows, but perpetuates such behavior. Period! If you think such actions are unimportant, or that they don't matter, take the time to watch this video.
Other than the first photo, credit for the others first goes to Google.com
Friday, March 22, 2013
Breathing in Beauty & Nature
The first family activity my wife and I participated in after marriage was canoeing. We got a little fiberglass canoe called a Papoose, which gave me my first involuntary cold spring swim in the Brandywine Creek, in Northern Delaware. We never really had the time to develop a bond with paddling, and it was just a couple years before we began to look at larger waters that had horizons instead of banks and tree lines. That lead to sailing. We spent four decades sailing together, and I coined a phrase that I used often, and meant…"Breathing is the only thing better than sailing, but neither is of much worth without the other." On bays, gulfs, sounds, oceans, and rivers, we logged 117,536.3 nautical miles under sail before one of life's twists ran us hard and inexorably aground on the red dirt and rocks of Oklahoma. A return to the paddle and canoe was the only way to get back to water. There is nothing in life that exists without water. I don't just mean to drink, but the soul can't live without water. At least if I have one, mine certainly can't.
I once had a minister inform me that there is no water in heaven, no rivers, bays, nothing. The only mention of a heavenly river in the Bible is Revelations 22:1, "Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the Throne of God and of the Lamb." Well, that's metaphorical. You can't paddle a boat in a metaphor. What a bombshell. What's heavenly about a heaven with no water? My immediate come back was, "Do they have shovels?" Being met with a blank look, I elaborated. "I mean, if I have eternity and no physical ailment or pain, heck, I'll dig my own bay." Even hell has rivers: the Rivers Acheron, Cocytus, Phlegethon, Lethe, and Styx. They are the rivers of woe, lamentation, fire, forgetfulness, and hate. They don't sound all that exciting, but maybe they're just metaphorical as well. So it seems we need to concentrate on between now and then, because you can't enjoy anything without water. If you don't believe me, ask any artist worth his or her salt, and they will agree that they seek water in their subject, or paint water into their pictures. They will even paint a dry landscape, and then with artistic license, add a river or lake where none exists in reality, just to give the painting more beauty, more feeling, even more soul. Or, ask the developers and city commissioners in Oklahoma City that keep building artificial waterways in the city, and canals for riverboat rides, and then steal water from upstream lakes to fill their artificial waterways, like a Disneyland mirage. It's kind of a selfish, greedy use of water, to deprive others of its use just to adorn their own surroundings with it, but at least they demonstrate the absolute necessity of adding water to augment the beauty of anything, including life.
In our search for a river to enjoy in that 'between now and then', we're planning a paddle in Wisconsin this summer on the St. Croix Scenic River and Mississippi River. If you want to visit the beauty of a river and the nature that surrounds it, switch to full screen and watch this 18-min. video.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Native Americans Unite
160 tribal nations in both the U.S. and Canada have signed an agreement to join forces against both the Northern Gateways and Keystone XL pipelines to stop them through the courts or by whatever means necessary. President Obama still has approval of the Keystone pending. Read further at this link:
Happy Vernal Equinox
Coots searching for warmer weather.
So, happy vernal equinox, or spring if you like. What marks the arrival of spring is the vernal equinox, when the north-south axis of the earth neither leans toward nor away from the sun, thus day and night are equal in duration. It also marks the time when we in the Northern Hemisphere see the most rapid lengthening of the period of daylight, at a daily rate of 2 min. 37 sec. per day (at our latitude). The days will continue to lengthen until the summer solstice, but at a slower rate.
For those of us who yearn to have a paddle in our hands, more than anything else, it calls us toward the beginning of another great season of time on the water. Unfortunately, while the calendar knows it's spring, the weather doesn't. We're looking at a drastic drop in temperatures and the chance of rain and snow clear through the weekend. But then........
Monday, March 18, 2013
Maiden Voyage - Wet
Buddy's debut picture at Lake Watonga.
It was a beautiful afternoon on the lake, and unseasonably warm. There was a 15 mph breeze with occasional 20 mph gusts out in the open. I was very happy with the way Buddy handled. It balanced well even with the wind angling off the bow or stern, accelerated quickly, and tracked well.
A few coots swam away as I paddled across a finger of the lake.
I've gotten very used to the rudder on Ibi, the Superior Expedition solo decked canoe, but Buddy has the identical footrests, only they are static, and not connected to a rudder. Nevertheless, habit had me constantly trying to push on one peddle or the other whenever a gust of wind hit me.
The water color varied considerably over the lake, as did the clarity. The trees had been cut off just inches below the surface. There was usually about 6-inches of visibility, or just enough to avoid them with some quick maneuvering. That helped get a feel for Buddy even more.
Much of the surrounding buttes are gypsum, which gives rise to the local mining industry and the U.S. Gypsum plant near here. Gypsum is a form of alabaster, and comes from a Greek word meaning chalk or plaster, and besides fertilizer, plaster drywall board is indeed one of its most common products. Since gypsum dissolves in water over time, it gives rise to our unusual tasting water, commonly called gyp-water.
While in the headwaters, I heard the roar of rushing water. Here I found the largest outlet of Big Spring, where water rushes from an underground cavern and pours out from under this ledge.
Some fellow sunworshippers enjoying the unusually warm day.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Photo credit: Old Town Canoe
Some appropriate showing of the green.
Enjoy some green beer, or anything to celebrate the remembrance of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
Also, all you Scots be sure to remember Tartan Day, Saturday, 6 April. It's not as well publicized as St. Patrick's Day, but just as important in remembering and celebrating all Americans who are of Scottish descent. It is named for the Declaration of Arbroath, signed in 1320, declaring Scotland's independence as a sovereign nation. It is celebrated by the wearing of tartan. Don't be embarrassed to wear your kilt to work, or a tartan tie. If you have nothing else, wear a plaid shirt. That's not really tartan, but in a pinch, is better than pin-stripes.
There are estimated to be around 7,000 officially recognized tartans. There are a number of sites where you can look up your family tartan for your clan or sept. Sept is a division of a clan. For example, MacNeil is a clan. All the rest, like Neal, Neil, Neille, O'Neal, O'Neil, McNeal, MacNeal, and so on, are all septs of the Clan MacNeil. Once you identify your clan, you can obtain a family or clan tartan. If you're not prepared to invest in a kilt, there are many products produced in a family's tartan from ties, shawls, skirts, sashes, and so on. So show pride in your family and Scottish heritage. Wear your tartan year-round, but especially on Tartan Day.
Tartan of Clan MacNeil
Just a note on tartans. If you look up your tartan, Scot or Irish, you will generally find two. There will be the ancient tartan, which generally appears more muted in color because wool was originally died with barks, herbs, berries, etc. Once modern dies were developed, most clans had another more brilliant tartan officially recognized. Both are proper. It just depends on whether you prefer historical accuracy, or a more modern and colorful edition of the same basic design.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Lake Watonga
After leaving American Horse Lake, the only remaining option was to stop at Roman Nose State Park and launch Buddy in Lake Watonga. At only 55 acres and 6 miles of shoreline, it is a really small lake, but sufficient to get the feel for how Buddy handles. Both the lake and nearby town bear the name Watonga, having been named after Arapaho Chief Watonga, whose name meant "Black Coyote."
Chief Henry Roman Nose and his wife.
Photo credit: Wikipedia
An interesting part of any trip to this state park is the history of its namesake, Chief Henry Caruthers Roman Nose, chief of the Southern Cheyenne. He was born in 1856, and given the name Woquini, meaning Hook Nose. As a young man, he grew up in the turbulent period of war between the whites and Native Americans. He was a warrior in many Cheyenne raiding parties, and participated in the Red River War. He was captured, arrested, and sent to Fort Marion, in St. Augustine, FL. While there, he learned to read, speak, and write English. (For anyone who has visited St. Augustine, Fort Marion was the Spanish fort, Castillo de San Marcos. The name was changed in honor of Gen. Francis Marion, of Revolutionary War fame, and later changed back to its original name. The fort was used to imprison Native Americans from Cheyenne, Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Arapaho, undoubtedly other tribes, and of course the Chiricahua Apache leader Geronimo.)
Castillo de San Marcos, or Fort Marion, Florida.
Photo credit: Wikipedia
After release from incarceration, he was sent first to the Hampton Institute in Virginia, and then was sent to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, a boarding school in Pennsylvania, where he was taught tinsmithing. The Carlisle Institute was the model for off-reservation schools across the country intended to "assimilate" Indians into white society. (If you have any interest in history, you owe it to yourself to find and rent the movie "The Education of Little Tree. " ) When he became a Christian, he took a new 'white' name at his baptism. He chose the name Henry for Richard Henry Pratt, the commander of the fort at St. Augustine, and Caruthers for Mrs. Horace Caruthers, his teacher and friend in Florida.
Entrance to the park from the east.
When he returned to Oklahoma 1881, he found that during his six year absence, traditional Indian culture had nearly become nonexistent. He became disillusioned, and accepted a 600-acre plot of land that had been part of the Cheyenne wintering grounds. On a flat area, near a creek, and well below the rim of the surrounding hills and gypsum buttes, the tribe's tepees were sheltered to some degree from the strong winter winds.
The wintering grounds today, where tepees can be rented for camping.
In 1887, Chief Roman Nose moved to his allotted land with his wife, and remained until his death in 1917. Both he and his wife are buried at the Indian Cemetery, just west of the Watonga airport. The chief's 600-acre tract was one of the original seven tracts set aside as Oklahoma State Parks in 1937.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Maiden Voyage - Dry
Nothing different was being done with the Photoshop Elements 10, but all of a sudden it refused to cooperate. When I would save the pictures to the file, nothing would come up but the image of a blank sheet of paper. Anyhow, I went back to my instructor from last year, and she got me back on track.
Trying to find water around here is a battle, but you've heard me grind away on that subject before. I had wanted to paddle American Horse Lake in spite of it being only 100 acres, as a fish and wildlife officer had told me it was a good place to see wildlife. So I made the 122 mile round-trip to American Horse Lake. I had made several previous efforts to find the lake in the past without success. The sign on the highway just says, "American Horse Lake," but doesn't say how many miles it is off the highway, so we've driven back into the hinterlands on previous trips until we've given up after deciding, "There's no way it can be out this far." On this occasion, armed with my DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer and a determination to get Buddy in the water for the first time, I headed cross-country. Fortunately, I counted the crossroads first on the atlas so I could find the turn, and then counted the roads as I passed them, because, for eleven miles, not a single road was marked with its county route number. Nothing. Once I got to the lake, I was greeted by this.
Still closed from last year.
And then in the process of typing this post the electrical power went out.......f!!%&
Now one would think that another sign would have been posted out on the highway so no one would drive 22-miles out of their way for nothing. Nope. Anyhow, I wasn't going to drive all that distance and not at least see what was there, so I struck out across the field on foot. I was to learn later that the dam, which dates back to 1966, has indeed been repaired, and water is now being allowed to flow into the lake. What rain we've had has only pooled in the bottom of the ravine. With our ongoing drought, it will probably take at least another year or longer to fill the lake. Lake Optima, was built in 1978 a bit further west, and over 35 years, has never filled.
A prairie lake full of clams?
I was surprised to find the drained lake bottom covered with small clam shells, so I called fish and wildlife. The clams are called corbicula fluminae, which are an Asian freshwater clam that will reach the size of a 50-cent coin when mature. Each clam produces both sexual functions at maturity, first producing eggs and then releasing sperm to fertilize them. Each clam can release about 2,000 juveniles per day, and up to 100,000 juveniles over their reproductive life. They are introduced to a new lake generally by water transfer from other bodies of water, like when the lake is stocked with fish. They serve two functions, both to filter and purify the water and as a food source for game fish, which thrive on the bivalves.
Filling this will take awhile. The base of the vegetation
marks the normal shoreline. This would normally
be a nice side-branch of the lake.
Here are the trees that are left when a new lake is flooded. On the
crest of the hill is the boat ramp and landing pier.
There's a lot of scientific theory as to why the sky is blue. The color actually
comes naturally when fishermen drop their rod and reel overboard and
start cursing a blue streak.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Oiling Buddy's Wood
The beauty of oiled, matte-finished wood.
Nige Ayers, of Simply Canoe, asked me when the maiden voyage would be. As I mentioned last night, there was that great temptation to grab the canoe and go, but I thought better of it. It's really more important to seal the wood to keep water stains and dirt out of the wood, so I moved Ibi outside and set Buddy on the saw horses. Deks Olje #1 Matte is a finish I used for years on our sailboats. While I preferred varnish on most surfaces, Deks Olje was reserved for surfaces where sure-footedness or wear was an issue. It is a great alternative to varnish, protects and seals the wood grain, and is easily maintained. Assuming you've kept it up and not allowed the sun and water to do too much damage, all you have to do is wash the wood with a fine Scotch-Brite pad, let dry, and put on a few more coats of Deks Olje. There is no stripping or sanding needed.
All you do is mask surrounding areas of fiberglass so they won't get stained, apply a coat of #1 Matte, and allow time for it to soak into the wood. It will only take about 15 minutes between the first two coats, but each coat takes a bit longer. I got four coats on Buddy's wood today. Since it's still cool outside, I wanted some time for it to sit in the sun and dry. After the last coat, you would wait for it to be pretty well absorbed, then take a rag with a little Deks Olje on it, and wipe all the surfaces. That removes any excess that may not have been fully absorbed, and removes any runs or heavy spots, and voila, you're done. You now have wood that will hold a beautiful, golden, honey finish for months.
Here's a link with more information.
Monday, March 11, 2013
The Hornbeck Homecoming
I had looked around on Google Earth to find a place convenient for both myself and the driver to meet, and settled on the Cowboy Travel Plaza at I-35 and Rt. 52, east of Stillwater, OK. As soon as the driver called back to say he was only 93 miles away from there, I jumped in the Ram and headed east, as I had just about the same distance to cover. We each arrived at the plaza within ten minutes of one another. With the Hornbeck Fourteen transferred to my pick-up, the driver headed on for Austin.
Still wrapped in her plastic-wrap cocoon until this morning.
It was midnight by the time I got back home, so I didn't get a chance until this morning to unwrap all the plastic from the boat and get my first look at it. Hornbeck did a great job on her, and the cherry wood trim is beautiful. I'll have to oil the wood right away…well, almost right away, as I suspect I'll have to get afloat and try her out first.
Meet "Buddy." It has two structural thwarts, adjustable foot-rests, a formed foam seat, a
thwart just behind the seat supporting the backrest, and a removable portage yoke
still mounted in front of the seat with padded shoulder rests.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Hornbeck Fourteen
I received a phone call around 4:30 from the KAS Transport driver saying he had just come through St. Louis, two days early. I'm to meet him at some safe spot off the highway to transfer the new canoe (Buddy) from his truck to my pick-up, so that he can continue on to Austin, TX. He'll call back in a couple hours to update me on whether the transfer will be yet tonight or in the morning.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Great River Rumble 2013
This was at one of our rest breaks last year on the Missouri River.
The officers and volunteers of The Great River Rumble have done it again…planned another great paddling event. Each year they organized a week-long paddle on a different Mid-West river. Their popular annual gathering and paddle is scheduled this year for the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers from 27 July through 3 August. It will involve a paddle of 111 miles from Grantsburg, WI, to Red Wind, MN. The eight day paddle begins with the gathering at Red Wing. The next morning, Saturday, 27 July, everyone boards buses for their shuttle to Grantsburg. All the boats are carried on a huge transport trailer provided by the event's primary sponsor, We.no.nah Canoe, and a baggage truck carries all the gear each day between camping spots. Meals may be purchased from caterers, or from local cafes or restaurants when camping near a town. Several powerboats accompany the paddlers to provide assistance, rescue, first aid, or otherwise look after the flock. The event ends the following Saturday night with a Farewell Banquet. A map of the route, all planning details, and registration information can be found at:
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Grey Owl
Photo credit: wikipedia
A discussion of the writings of Grey Owl is hardly complete without some knowledge of the man himself. I might guess that not everyone knows of him, because when I tried to search the internet for him, mostly all I got was Grey Owl Coffee, Grey Owl Street, Grey Owl Realty, and a smidgen about his namesake, the Great Grey Owl. I had to dig to find him buried in the digital tombs of the internet. That means not many people have been looking for him. If you love nature, the water, and paddling, this is a man you want to know better, and his writings even more so.
Grey Owl lived from 1888 to 1938. He was born as Archibald Stanford Belaney in Hastings, England, to a farming family. He attended the Hastings Grammar School as a youth, and one of the things that will first strike you right in the face as you read his writings, is how a grammar school student, who went to live with the animals in the wilderness, should be such an astounding writer, thinker, observer, and intellectual when our students today with higher education and college can so often fail to string a dozen words together into a cohesive thought. Okay, that's the end of my editorial. As things went poorly for the family, this 12 or 13-year-old went to work for a timber company. That didn't last, however. Always a prankster, he dropped some large fireworks down the chimney of the company's office woodstove. Nearly destroying the office building got him fired. On March 29, 1906, he boarded the SS Canada bound for Halifax, ostensibly to study agriculture.
He shortly left Toronto for a move to Temagami, Northern Ontario, where he worked as a wilderness guide, forest ranger, and trapper. He had always been a voracious reader, and nature and Indian culture and lore fascinated him. He began to feel he could identify with the Indian, started telling tales about being born of a Scottish father and Apache mother, and that he had moved from the U.S. to Canada to join the Ojibwa tribe. He lived with the Ojibwa, learned their language, took the Ojibwa name Wa-sha-quon-asin, meaning great grey owl, and began signing his name only as Grey Owl. He never looked back. Through his studies and work, he became a devout conservationist and naturalist. He moved to the Canadian Shield and settled in Northern Saskatchewan on Lake Ajawaen.
Grey Owl wrote nearly a century ago, but his words are still timely in regards to man's greed and shortsightedness in his dealings and brutality towards wildlife, natural resources like minerals, oil, and timber, and even our dealings with each other. He said, "It would seem as though the making of money would excuse almost anything, and that nearly any undertaking, however unethical, can be termed "business" and so get itself excused, provided it is successful and does not muscle in on some big-shot monopoly." He wrote "The Men of the Last Frontier", "Adventures of Sajo and Her Beaver People", "Tales of an Empty Cabin", and "Pilgrims in the Wild." In addition, he appeared in films, was a traveling lecturer, and wrote countless shorter articles.
He later joined the 13
Battalion of the famed Black Watch, and went to France as a sniper in World War I. He was wounded twice, developed gangrene, and was sent to England for treatment in 1916. After the loss of a leg, he returned to Canada.
In 1917 he was summoned to the Court of King George VI and met Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. The king and his daughters believed they were meeting a real Indian. By this time, most other people believed he was Ojibwa as well. A couple people that knew his real background kept his secret. It wasn't until after his death, and a search of his papers, that the public learned that Grey Owl was Archibald Belaney. It hardly mattered. Grew Owl had lived his life as an Indian, and would forever be known as a paddler, conservationist, and a man at one with nature. After dying of pneumonia in April, 1938, he was buried near his cabin on Lake Ajawaen in his beloved wilderness.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
My Pal, My Buddy
This will seem a long way around the barn to get where I'm going to make a point, but a little history is worthwhile. The Chestnut Canoe Company of Fredericton, New Brunswick, was founded at the end of the 1800's, and along with Old Town, of Maine, became the pre-eminent designers and builders of wood and canvas canoes. The Chestnut canoe was so well regarded that Teddy Roosevelt acquired them for his South American expedition. The company closed, however, in 1979.
Nova Craft of London, Ontario, has done a great job of preserving many of those old trusted designs by lofting their lines to produce new molds that enable these canoes to be built in new, modern materials. While these designs include the Prospector, Bob Special, and Cronje, it's the Pal that I'm working my way to. This design began as the Ajax. It had such universal appeal as the boat that seemed able to do anything, that paddlers developed such affection for the canoe that it became common for them to refer to their's as "My Pal." That's how the name was changed from Ajax to Pal. I have no association with the Pal, but love both the name and the concept of forging a close bond with one's boat. I believe wholeheartedly that it is possible to develop a personal attachment to a boat, sailboat or canoe. They help you realize your dreams, and carry you to one adventure after another. You develop a feeling of trust and confidence in the craft, and it helps more if they have pleasing lines that appeal to the eye. Such a canoe could indeed become your Pal. Of course since that name is both taken and well known, my pal will have to be my "Buddy"---same idea, different name.
Credit: canoelover.com & Nova Craft
The Superior Expedition, or its sister, the Kruger Sea Wind, is an unbeatable expedition boat, so Ibi will retain a revered position in my little fleet. In an expedition, however, the objective is to make miles in a fairly straight line. When gunkholing (poking about in small, nearly inaccessible watery places) or paddling small streams, it isn't often necessary to carry a 600-pound load like the Superior does. Also, when the boat you are using has a large turning radius, and weighs 70-pounds when a fair amount of portaging is needed, you have to wonder if there are not others better suited to the task. What I needed to bridge the gap was a smaller pack canoe, but one still able to carry 450 pounds if I wanted a week's trip. I've spent the last year looking, studying, and comparing. Finally, I ordered the Hornbeck Fourteen from Hornbeck Boats It has been built, and in fact was picked up at the builder's on Friday, February 22nd, by the trucking company. I now have to wait for them to assemble a load coming in my direction. Waiting for them to gather a load of canoes and kayaks bound for the "Great American Desert" could take awhile.
Credit: Hornbeck Boats.
From Hornbeck's site, this is in carbon fiber. I promise plenty of pictures of
Buddy when she gets here.
Hornbeck Boats, of Olmstedville, New York, has spent 35 years building ultra-light boats for the Adirondacks, the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, and the Boundary Waters of Wisconsin and Minnesota where portaging is the norm. On the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, for example, there are 62 portages totaling 55 miles of carrying. That's enough to make anyone a true canoe-head. This requires a light boat able to both handle rough waters on a windy lake, as well as not over-tax the paddler in handling the boat ashore. For those of us with a few years on us, getting a much lighter canoe on and off a vehicle more easily is also a plus. The boat also needs to track well enough for a solo paddler, yet able to maneuver quickly in tight spots or a riffled stream. The Fourteen is built in Kevlar, carbon fiber, or a composite of the two. I chose the Kevlar, which weighs 30-pounds. It also comes in a low, medium, or high twelve-inch profile depending on the weight being carried or how open the waters are where the boat will be used. I chose the high-profile. That means a bit more windage, but also a bit more freeboard when the wind and waves pick up.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Head Winds End Trip
For those following the St. Johns River trip, an update on Gus Bianchi's effort to complete the river ended at Astor, on the south end of Lake George, FL. I was prompted to call him this morning after seeing reports of forest fires in Salt Springs, where they were to end the trip, causing road closures and evacuations. I had noticed Gus' SPOT had ended at Astor, but thought perhaps he had forgotten to turn it back on, so a follow-up phone call was in order.
Gus reports they had had strong headwinds the day before reaching Astor, but had found some protection in the twists and turns of the river. Once they reached Astor, however, the forecast was for continued strong northerly winds. Lake George is huge, and can generate dangerous seas even for larger powerboats. The area around much of Lake George also provides no place to get ashore in the swamp, and the county prohibits camping at those few spots where one can get on dry land. Unless they wanted to spend a lot of time just sitting out the weather, the trip was at a dead-end.
Fortunately, they had gotten out just in time. Forest fires had already closed down I-95, requiring a change in route to get home, and then fires broke out in Salt Springs Park and Ocala National Forest, where they would have been had it not been for the headwinds. In short, Gus is now home, and all ended well.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
The Week That Was
We've finished the St. Johns River story for now. Actually, in reading it, you have finished it; I have not. I thank you for visiting the blog and hope you will return---often---and bring some friends with you. Being able to tell the story and share the pictures is almost like experiencing the trip twice. If humanly possible, I will get back and complete the St. Johns. Gus, on the other hand, returned to the river last Saturday, and should complete the trip as far as the Salt Springs Recreation Area, off Lake George, some time today. I have to admit that when he called me to say he and another paddling companion were going back to the river, I accepted the news with a twinge of pain of the heart that surpassed the pain in my leg. If it sounds like I'm feeling sorry for myself, yes. Sitting here in arid, cold Oklahoma, after the Blizzard of 2013 and the loss of electrical power, makes that easy. However, I'm glad he was able to check another river off his bucket list, and I congratulate him for that.
While Coleman made a very nice folding camp chair, they gave little thought
to the carrying bag. It is a very loose material that pills, abrades.....
delaminates, and just wears through.
There have been three things keeping me busy and entertained. I've been busy cleaning, rethinking, and repacking all my gear. With the help of Jean's time on the sewing machine, I got a new bag made for my Coleman folding camp chair, and a new bag for my tent pegs. Both have a draw-string top.
We scavenged the carry strap and drawstring, and with some heavy car
upholstery material, made a bag that should last for years.
Second, after shoveling all the snow, I got Ibi all cleaned up and capsized her bow line. To capsize a line means to turn it end-for-end so that hardware that tends to wear or abrade the line now bear on fresh line. It basically at least doubles the life of a line.
Pretty, but the Blizzard of 2013 left hundreds of square miles without power
and collapsed roofs on businesses and homes.
Third, I ordered and received two books from Amazon: "Paddling Northern Wisconsin" and "Paddling Southern Wisconsin," both by Mike Svob. (Both updated and revised in the last year, and republished by Trails Books, Neenah,WI.) Along with the DeLorme Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer, I've spent the last week exploring lakes and rivers throughout the state. That has been a really entertaining and an enjoyable way to spend some time.
Illus. credit: books.google.com
There's a fourth item, but to keep from running this post too long, I'll cover it tomorrow. It really deserves some attention of its own.
Have a great day. Cheers, jim
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Florida Caverns State Park
The rig, all alone, in the equestrian park area...no lights, no noise.
Our return to Oklahoma couldn't have been timed better. We were only a day ahead of tornadoes, rain, and cold temperatures. The cold front ahead of the storms made it too cold for Jean's tropical birds, so while we spent a night in a Walmart parking lot near Marianna, Florida, on the way south, we needed a campground with electricity on the return trip. We stopped at Florida Caverns State Park just north of I-10 at Marianna. (3345 Caverns Rd., Marianna, FL 32446 (850)482-9598) It is a small park. I asked if we could get a campsite that was remote and quiet. There is an equestrian camping area, and there was not a single horse or rider there, so we had the stable area all to ourselves. Nice!
It is possible to paddle a short segment of the Chipola River for about an hour.
The launch is just upstream from where the river disappears into underground caverns.
Native American villages occupied the area for thousands of years. The caves, described in the writings of Friar Barreda in 1693, had been used by the indigenous peoples for shelter, burials, and for clay gathering. They were also used for concealment so the Confederates could hide from Union forces during the Civil War, and so the Seminoles could hide from Andrew Jackson during the Seminole wars. The lands became Florida's seventh state park, and the Civilian Conservation Corps labored from 1936 until the beginning of the Second World War to build the facilities here. Besides constructing buildings and clearing land, they removed tons of rock and installed lighting so visitors could tour the caves.
The other end of the paddle trail runs into the 'blue hole', where
swimming is permitted during the summer. A wooden arched
walkway spans the blue hole.
The park sits on the Upper Chipola River. Chipola means 'sweet' water in the Choctaw language. There are two river channels. Part of the river runs underground through caverns, and when the water levels are higher, it flows through a man-made channel that was used during the 1800's to float logs downstream.
The Chipola River remains much the same as when paddled
by Native Americans.
This chameleon says he likes the color of this canoe just fine.
As settlers continued to push west after 1800, there were frequent skirmishes back and forth across the border between the U.S. and what was still Spanish territory. These included raids to capture escaped slaves, attacks against Indians that were concealing slaves, raids to capture Indians and sell them into slavery, and reprisals against landowners north of the border. The latter motivated Gen. Andrew Jackson to lead a campaign against the Seminole Indians in 1818. His forces marched across the Chipola natural bridge on May 11, 1818, during a 12-day march between Fort Gadsden on the Apalachicola River to the Escambia River. While they destroyed the Seminole stronghold in the Apalachee region, this military foray into Spanish territory caused problems for the U.S. both at home and abroad, but paved the way for later acquisition of Florida from Spain.
The Chipola is a small stream that can become big, as shown by this "1975 High
Water Marker" shows, which is about 3-ft. above the top of this RV.
The romance is gone. I heard Jean say, "Look at this big bunch of mistletoe."
"Oh yeah," I said as I rushed over and gave her a kiss. She looked at me and said,
"No, I just wanted you to get a picture of this huge bunch of mistletoe."
What Florida means...wildflowers everywhere.
Friday, March 1, 2013
St. Johns River - Day 10
The next day would be my last for this trip. I paddled from Hatbill to Jolly Gator Fish Camp, at the Rt. 46 bridge, and saw three more snakes and a few more gators, making the total 281. The distance was 13.5 miles. More importantly, the right leg was acting up again. I had jumped the gun and returned to the river too soon. Jean came down to Jolly Gator for lunch, and to pick me up yet again. The final numbers are:
281 alligators
5 snakes
Birds in the millions.
111.2 miles paddled
1397.3 miles to Florida
1388 during return
1257.5 miles in shuttle and local travel while in Florida.
There were a number of occasions such as this. The birds would fill the
air, and there'd still be as many or more on the ground.
A Great Blue Heron with an Ibis fly-over.
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Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau AGENDA CHANGE - RESOLUTION 2620 REMOVED FROM AGENDA A Resolution Adopting A Municipal Drinking Water Supply Plan. TO BE SCHEDULED AT A LATER MEETING I. FLAG SALUTE II. ROLL CALL III. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. June 4, 2012 – Regular Assembly Meeting 2012-15 V. MANAGER'S REQUEST FOR AGENDA CHANGES VI. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. VII. CONSENT AGENDA A. Public Requests for Consent Agenda Changes, Other Than Ordinances for Introduction B. Assembly Requests for Consent Agenda Changes C. Assembly Action 1. Ordinances for Introduction Juneau Youth Services (JYS) has initiated a project to replace the Cornerstone facility at the intersection of Hurlock Avenue and Mendenhall Loop Road. JYS has conducted a neighborhood meeting and received a $100,000 appropriation from the Legislature to initiate planning and design of the Cornerstone facility. The current facility is located on property that the CBJ leases to JYS. The replacement facility is proposed on an expanded lease site, including an approximately 12,000-square-foot portion of Jackie Renninger Park. This authorization of a lease for the project area would demonstrate site control and otherwise assist the project. The design life of the replacement structure is anticipated to be 50 years, which is the recommended duration for the lease term. Resolution 2615 will be companion legislation to this ordinance at the July 16, 2012 Assembly meeting and waives a fee for the lease. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee recommended this action at its April 3, 2012 meeting. The Lands Committee (April 30, 2012) and the Planning Commission (June 12, 2012) recommended a 50-year lease for this project. I recommend this ordinance be introduced and set for public hearing at the next regular Assembly meeting. This ordinance would appropriate $23,466,667 for the Runway Safety Area capital project. Funding would be provided as follows: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant: $22,000,000 The FAA funds 93.75% of the project with the remainder split between Alaska DOT and JIA. The maximum State contribution is 3.125% or $709,680, whichever is less. The JIA match represents the value of fill material provided to the FAA for this project. The Airport Board recommended this action at its June 13, 2012 meeting. I recommend this ordinance be introduced and set for public hearing at the next regular Assembly meeting. 2. Resolutions a. Resolution 2618 This resolution would approve changes to the Personnel Rules, which, along with the various collective bargaining agreements, govern the rights and responsibilities of CBJ employees, supervisors, and managers. The revised rules are set forth in the attachment to the resolution. These revisions are proposed to move leave-accruing positions at the Eaglecrest Ski Area from Annual and Sick leave to Personal Leave. All other employees of the City and Borough of Juneau are on a Personal Leave plan. Placing the Eaglecrest Employees on such a plan creates administrative efficiencies and benefits employees. The Eaglecrest Board recommended this action at its June 20, 2012 meeting. I recommend this resolution be adopted. The CBJ Charter provides that "there shall be an at-large election district comprised of the entire municipality. In addition, there shall be two or more individual election districts within the municipality, which shall be established to provide clarity of boundaries, compactness of area, and substantially equal population to each seat assigned to the district." The Assembly districts are for Assemblymember residency purposes only; Assemblymembers are elected by the voters at-large. 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This generator is being purchased for the Centennial Hall emergency/standby generator project. This is for equipment that would support the local and regional need for an emergency back-up generator to support emergency shelter operations during power outages. Funding Source: 110070150 5510 – Emergency Services 4. Liquor Licenses FROM: 64 Thunderbird LLC d/b/a 64 Thunderbird LLC, location: No The above-listed liquor license is before the Assembly to either protest or waive its right to protest. The Finance, Police, Fire, and Community Development Departments have reviewed the above business and found them to be in compliance with CBJ Code. In the event the Assembly does protest the above-mentioned liquor license, CBJ Code 20.25 requires notice, with specificity regarding the nature and basis of the protest, to be sent to the licensee and provides the licensee an opportunity to exercise their right to an informal hearing before the Assembly. I recommend the Assembly waive its right to protest the above liquor license actions. VIII. PUBLIC HEARING This ordinance would allow the Professional Plaza property to have a secondary entrance and exit onto Berner's Avenue. Currently, the office complex is served by one driveway onto Glacier Highway. In 1985, the Assembly made zone changes to the area and prohibited access to Berner's Avenue. The property owner and Engineering Department staff agree that secondary access would be beneficial to the property. To address neighborhood concerns, the Berner's Avenue reconstruction project, which is happening this summer, will be built with traffic calming features that will slow traffic and discourage cut-through traffic. If the Assembly adopts this ordinance, the owners of the Professional Plaza property would have to apply for a modification to their existing Use Permit, and the construction of a second access would be considered by the Planning Commission. The Public Works and Facilities Committee recommended this action at its February 27, 2012 meeting. I recommend this ordinance be adopted. This ordinance would appropriate an additional $260,000 to the FY12 Airport operating budget. Funding would be provided by the Airport Fund balance. The Airport experienced unanticipated increased costs due to snow removal, fuel price increases, unexpected repairs, and increases in both rates and usage for electricity. Revenues were less than anticipated due to delays in lease and departure lounge concession negotiations. The Airport Board recommended this action at its March 14, 2012 meeting. I recommend this ordinance be adopted. This ordinance would appropriate an additional $250,000 to the FY12 Public Works, Streets Division, operating budget. Funding would be provided by the Roaded Service Area fund balance. The Streets Division experienced unanticipated increased costs due to snow removal (additional equipment rentals, additional fuel usage plus price increases, purchase of additional chemicals, and additional contracted snow removal). I recommend this ordinance be adopted. This ordinance would appropriate an additional $600,000 to the FY12 Bartlett Regional Hospital (BRH) operating budget. Funds would be provided by the BRH Fund Balance. BRH experienced unanticipated increased costs related to recruitment, personnel (formerly contracted employees are now BRH employees) and higher than anticipated bad debt expenses. The Hospital Board recommended this action at its May 22, 2012 meeting. I recommend this ordinance be adopted. This ordinance would appropriate an additional $100,000 to the FY12 Public Works, Fleet Maintenance Division, operating budget. Funds would be provided by the Fleet Maintenance Fund balance. 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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Wordless Wednesday - That's not a stick! (Brown Snake)
On my way to pick my daughter up at the school bus stop on Monday I almost stepped on this little snake. It made me jump because it looked like a stick in the road at first but then started wiggling. I quickly ran back to the house to grab the camera and snapped a couple shots. I'm pretty sure the species is Brown Snake (DeKay's Snake).
According to an article on the Milwaukee Public Museum website, "Brown snakes are often seen crossing roads as they migrate to or from their winter dens in May and October. They live in surface litter and under rubbish, stones and logs."
The snake was still there after I picked my daughter up. My daughter kept her distance, but she wasn't too afraid considering the small size of the snake (they only grow 9-13 inches long). A year ago we found a snakeskin in our yard by the kids swing set. Now we have a good idea what kind of snake most likely left it there for us to find.
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22 comments:
- Bina said...
Whoops!!! Glad you figured it out before it was too late!! :)
Thanks for stopping by my pad...
Bina - October 20, 2009 at 10:28 PM
- Jenny said...
He's cute! We get a few snakes around here too. Once there was a copperhead in my garage! Thank goodness it was just a baby, because if it were any bigger I might have passed out!
- October 20, 2009 at 10:56 PM
- rhapsodyinbooks said...
Wow! I don't think I ever saw a snake in Wisconsin! But I sure do miss seeing those red-wing blackbirds!
- October 20, 2009 at 10:59 PM
- Honey Mommy said...
OOoh. I don't like snakes... but I bet my boys would think it was fascinating!
- October 20, 2009 at 11:45 PM
- Staci said...
AHHHHHH! That gives me the heebie jeebies just looking at the picture! I would have went RUNNING if I saw it in real life!!
- October 21, 2009 at 7:40 AM
- shopannies said...
wow I hate snakes but nearly every year we find at least one in our yard
- October 21, 2009 at 8:16 AM
- Mayhem and Moxie said...
Such a technical name...Brown Snake. I am just amazed that you were able to snap this picture!
-Francesca - October 21, 2009 at 5:17 PM
- TheEclecticElement said...
I'm definitely not a snake person, but he is too cute!!
- October 21, 2009 at 7:44 PM
- Steph at Problem Solvin' Mom said...
We find snakes about that size around here too, though not that variety and they always make me jump! Glad for both of you that you didn't step on it :)
- October 21, 2009 at 10:31 PM
- Mariana @ Riding With No Hands said...
I had a snake about that size when I was in high school. I don't remember what kind it was, but it loved resting on my shoulder, curled around my neck. I remember how it grossed my mom out, but I LOVED it!
- October 22, 2009 at 10:56 AM