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French Prairie Gardens
French Prairie Gardens focuses on a country experience for you and your family.
You'll enjoy the fresh air, the open and easy pace, the sights and sounds of a working farm, and the soft fragrances of beautiful flowers all around you.
Then we celebrate summer with our special Berries, Brews and BBQ's event in June, and in September and October for our Fall Harvest Festival!
We also host many special events ranging from Company Picnics, to Birthday Parties and Family events.
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There was a time when I spotted on this site a program to take simple origami folding instructions and convert them into PDF (?) format. Can anyone point me to that project, please? I thank you...
There was a time when I spotted on this site a program to take simple origami folding instructions and convert them into PDF (?) format. Can anyone point me to that project, please? I thank you...
At this time though, I'm quite comfortable being somewhat anonymous and even a bit fleeting. Time may reveal a bit more, but in the meantime I plan on writing a bit here every now and again. I tend to see this place as more meditative than anything else. Thank you too for the cert. Though I would like to reciprocate, I don't feel it appropriate until I have more to bring to the table. Instead I'll recognize the masters and fellow journeyers through this diary.
There's a buzz in the air about social software these days. I'm left wondering if this software helps anyone besides those doing the buzzing. I think not. Exploring...
Another book you'll want to invest a walk to the local library in is Alice Walker's The Color Purple. The book is beautiful, in every aspect, but what draws me today is a small bit that has tied itself to software (for me). A character is writing to her sister about the pants she is making as a gift: "Every stitch a kiss."
It's obviously important to love what you do. But how many of us put that much love into our writing? I know that many do, and I can instantly tell by using their software. This community being one. DJB's software being more. Given the opportunity to view the source code, the love is even more apparent.
And that is how I would like to approach my work. "Every line a kiss." When I put that much of myself into a creation, it becomes a mirror, and therefore can't help but reflect greatness. This is true of us all.
Social Awareness
When we become more aware of ourselves through our very creations, we begin to notice the blaring connections to others on the periphery. Which is why it's important that you spend your invaluable time on raising other people up around you. An overly healthy network enriches yourself.
Look at your creation, look at yourself, ask how you can be applied to the water crisis. How you can help abused children. Not far off a goal. For instance, I have a feeling that the trust metric behind this community could very well be used to create a trusting safe-house network for those who are abused to seek shelter and compassion. This ranges from children to prostitutes and women trapped in the pornography industry under the threat of more violence. Can you apply the code to something as real as that?
We waste a lot of time. We waste a lot of resources. It's time, given that our work lives are readily apparent and in the open, that our everyday life becomes the same. An open source, free life, raising everyone up to the same level. Think of that.
I've been submitting some simple fixes to Hydra recently. I can only do so much (mainly syntax files and fixes) since the source is not available and open. I have a lot more I want to do once it is (if ever).
Hydra is a really good editor for me. Simple, fast, change markups, and able to share. I use it for nearly everything now.
Gloria Steinem
Is an amazing person and right on in many areas, especially child abuse and its later effects on the world at large. I recommend reading Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions and Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem. Both may very well change your life, if not a few viewpoints. I think it may do the boys in here some good…
So much talk of the "right" way to do a thing. Only "we" define the right and the wrong. And that definition is flush of so many personal contortions and lessons. Do what you feel is right for you. Use the tool or language that feels right for you and you task. Don't bog down in what the others may say. If you can't get the feel, then it's high time you work on that. No path a terminal. Every path a teaching.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!

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After freshman Sam Upshaw dismounted the balance beam as the last competitor for her team, her St. Charles co-op teammates swarmed her with hugs, almost knocking her to the ground. Their excitement was contagious.
The team still had two rounds – the floor exercise and vault – before knowing if it would win the 2013 IHSA Sectional Gymnastics Championship.
But it seemed the girls' confidence came together in that one giant hug, and they used that momentum to secure their spot as a team in the state tournament, winning the Glenbard West sectional.


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Dark matter and anti matter! Wow I am aware of the "possible exisitence of such things but I am more certain of the physical propertys of Bamboo!
The latest edition of Astronomy has a discussion about the creation of all the various "Universe's" that occured simultaneous to the "Big Bang" great Theorys and I wonder if Dubya would allow them to be taught in his personal perfect world?
"I digress" mea culpa from an old Altar Boy.
In light of the recent disaster, where most likely more people died then during 9/11 attack Bush is faced with second chance to fixed energy solution .
Ask congress( mainly opponents Republicans) to approved the proposal by McCain, Liberman and Kerry for new efficiency standards for Tracks and SUVs which would reduced Gas consumption by 10-15% by 2010-12. Car and primary tracks are 5-10 % less afficient then 10years ago ( recent EPA report, released after enery bill was passed!!!!!!)
Ask Congress for new amendment to Energy Bill which would substitute 11 billions in subsidy to oil companies ( EXXON made 37 billions of profit in last 4 quarters and dont need taxpayer money) for subsidy to Ford, GM to accelerate new factory construction.
Scrap 25-28 billion of waste ( McCain report) from highway bill and direct it to New Orleans.
Now it is time to act for US , but I guess it will not happen until we will have steward of the Nation in the White House . So far we have steward of the oil and mining business.
However, the little I've read on the productin of energy from the anti-matter-matter reaction (which is a huge, nearly unfathomable amount that is produced in an extreamely short time, like a few nanoseconds producing enough energy to power a large US city for a few days) says the reaction must be contained and suspended in a "magnetic bottle" because the amount of energy produced would burn through any other container in less than a nanosecond and thus end the reaction. This is a huge problem at the present time because the amount of magnetic energy needed to produce the very powerful and strong "magnetic bottle" must be made with the most powerful electro-magnets now in existence. In other words, it takes a very large amount of electricity to made the "magnetic bottle". And as soon as the "magnetic bottle" no longer exists, the reaction stops because the matter and anti-matter cannot be kept in close enough proximity to continue the reaction.
Also, although the amount of energy released by the matter-anti-matter reaction is so huge, so much is produced in such a short amount of time, even "magnetic bottles" we are able to produce at this time cannot contain it more than a few nanoseconds. Thus, despite producing enough energy in a few nanoseconds to power a US city for a few days, there is currently no way to store such a vast amount of energy so it can be expended over hours or days.
Perhaps, these technical difficulties will be overcome in time (no one knows how much time will be needed, but it is certainly several decades if not a century or more) to overcome them. Therefore, despite it having been included in Einsteen's Theory of Relativity, and thus theoretically possible, it has only been recently found to actually work as theorized by Einstein and at our current level of technology, it is not possible to store the energy produced or sustain the reaction so part of the energy produced can be used to keep the "magnetic bottle" extant, nor is it possible with our current level of technology to even send such a massive amount of energy produced in such a short time over any power grid without frying the grid.
Perhaps, sometime in the future these rather substancial technical difficulties will be overcome and humankind will be producing energy just like the Starship Enterprise by having a matter/anti-matter reactor.
I'm not sure how many are familiar with this concept, but i just wanted to throw it out there. Of course, it's far more theoretical.
Black matter, also known as Dark or Anti-Matter was first discovered by astronomers. Essentially, it is thought to be identical to "normal" matter, with one exception; the charges on all the sub-atomic particals are reversed. So electrons are instead posative and protons retain a negative charge.
So, the next question is "What happens when we combine an atom of 'normal' matter with an atom of anti-matter?" From what has been observed, a tremendous amount of energy is released, while each form of atom cancels each others' charge out. And then there is nothing. No waste, no leftovers or by-products.
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|I hpoe you bought stock in Tesoro and Valero when I told you!!!
For those who speak french or italian or deutch, sorry i didn't find any link in english about it,
it explain the behaviour of the Cogema(=Areva) in other countries like Niger where Cogema extract Uranium
that the way cogema produce necessary uranium to make fuel rod,
but i'm sure Cogema is not the only group to act as this, thinking they give job, risquy job, to people who won't have one without uranium extraction.
finally i find an article in english
have a good read
Sorry Moonlight about the hijacking the thread. The way I look at it, it is all the same thing. Industry has just got too big and too powerful what you described about the missing fuel rods is the same with so much. I would love to see that report on the missing fuel rods. I would love to see more on what is really happening out there throughout the world.
So much BS out there, coorprations spending huge amounts of money on organizations that have favorable catchy environmental names and yet preach anti environmental messages loaded with fear and distrust. The nuke industry being one ! And it appears so many in the first world are buying into it. Yet look closely at the third world and there is growing anger as these huge companies paying off third world officials. I see it in my trade,(water) where water rights are being bought up world wide, India, pakistan, everywhere and then charging farmers for the water something they have had for free for the last 10,000 years. Why? So these same industies can come in take over the land and plant indsurial farms. Does not matter , nuke, chemical, water and on and on we are seeing big business grab every last bit of what is left with little or no regaurd for the environment. Hopefully some day the whole world will scream enough to all of it.
No they feed the cattle organic jelly beans left over from the 80's, it's the sugar content ya know.
This just in.....
A Federal Goverment report claims that there are missing spent fuel rods from several of our nations reactors and calls for action!!!! Reading the article in this regard was a real eye opener for me. Did you know that 90% of the funding for the Regulation of the Nukes come from the Nukes themselves this has some observers claiming that the Nukes get to have some pressure on the reporting of the facts that are certified by the inspection program. Sounds a bit cynical to me but hell I'm a cynic what do I know!
Theres that darn Liberal hijacking this Nuclear disscussion going on about his kids cattle ranch being "Organic" what the hell does that mean do they feed the cows Tofu?
That surprises me that you even have intensive farming. I think we call it industrial farming here. We always hear that you Frenchmen and Italians take great pride in local farm economy and produce from the small farmer, you know real fresh produce. Thought you had strict rules against industrial farming. Just goes to show you we are all in the same boat and we seem to be sinking just about as fast. Our industrial farming and industrial aquaculture is goverment encouraged even though the pollution is great.
Well on a good note I'm headed out tomorrow to my daughters ranch in the big state of Wyoming to help pull a few calves out of cows, fix fence and do a litttle fishing with the grandkids. By the way the cattle ranch is an organic operation so I feel good about what goes on there and it's encouraging that my daughter loves the land and takes care of it dearly. It is good to see young people concerned about the environment world wide.
I appreciate a lot, thank you OC.
try the link very intesting.
There is so much to say about pollution do to nuclear, industry, agriculture that i don't know what to begin with.
i think our government and president has a very nice internationale talk and position regarding environment, but here...hugh it seems that politics forget what they say once their back in France, because here agriculture lobby is very strong and most of time know how to be heard by our politics...
see that picture took in Bretagne
tons of seaweed proliferate because of pigs faeces in intensive farming
Thanks Rico for your posts. You should come over sometime and fish with some of us. You will find that most here would agree with your concerns.
You will find that most Americans know little about what happens in other countries unless it involves our country. Our news coverage here is pretty shallow or maybe so much happens here that they have no time but for our news. Even I and I try and read about what's going on in other countries didn't know about your waste problems and the goverment being fascist about it. I agree that good things are happening in the Scandanavian countries, Germany and Denmark in green energy and in such things as water and wasterwater alternatives. Those countries have been leaders in those types of things for a long time.
My concern is that many throughout the 1st world have become complacent. Sometimes that scene in the movie the Matrix where a door was opened and there were all these people on hooks with tubes coming out every where. Someone explained that all those people were being fed dreams that they were happy, had nice homes, big cars and wonderful families, something like that anyway. I think that is what is happening in a round about way. A lot of people here think goverment got too much power I think international big business has too much power and that goverment works for them. Same thing in your country?
Like in your country those of us who care keep trying to get the changes we just need more people to get off that hook and wake up to reality sooner than later.
Come over and fish with us some time.
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Dear Eddie,
here it's been a long time that nuclear had be choosen to produce your energy
msot of time there is no "transparence" (= transparency?) about incident in nuclear central, there is a scale with 5 value graduing the damage caused by an incident, recently we had inondation that affected a nuclear central and in 2003 we had a peak of temperature in the summer (so the refrigiration was not enough effective) each time the nuclear autority said it was only a class 2 incident many time after it, but an independant autority affected a class 3 to those incident!!!
there is a site controlled by COGEMA where nuclear S...H...I...T coming from France and other countries are treated. the site is called "la Hague" near from the Channel sea, radioactive water coming from "la Hague" is rejected in the sea very far from the cost, years ago greenpeace decided the take crab that lived near to where the "water" arrived in the sea, greepeace wanted to analyse those crabs.
When they came back to the harbour, the police and the nuclear autority was waiting them.
Autority took the crabs and said they could go to any laboritory because those crabs should be considered as contamined by radioactivity...what do you think of that?
Somebody in this post write about a french school that was built on radioactive place, in fact "la Cogema" was extracted uranium from a place, and let people use the rubble to make embankment for their house or even a school saying there was no problem....many years later there are many case of cancer in that village and leucemia.
here we are very bad at producing green energy German, sweden danemark, norway are the best.
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Attacks on the Press 2007: India
The famously freewheeling press in the world's biggest democracy operated largely without interference from the central government but nevertheless faced significant challenges, from the threat of violent assault to legal harassment. The dangers confronting journalists varied tremendously across regions, with those working in conflict areas or outside the major urban centers at greatest risk. With no national organization systematically tracking press freedom violations, cases involving journalists working for small media outlets rarely drew wide attention.


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I guess it was a lot more painful back then.
quote:I do remember that.
I thought I remember Crassus's son saying Caeser had a thing for pain.
quote:He probably will, he's still a red blooded man that would have base needs. Sometimes us men need female companionship to keep our sanity. I would imagine the same for Spartacus.
Wonder if Spartacus is going to be nailing the new roman hottie?
quote:He is very well casted. He's not a douche like Glaber and Baititus. He's a villain you can respect and admire.
Crassus is a good casting. That dude is bringing some serious depth to the show character wise.
quote:I think it's coming.
I do want Ceaser to backhand his little twit of a son though.
quote:Naw, He wouldn't be jumping into it per se. Just enjoying some company and getting some strange.
I think we done seeing Spartacus and women. I don't think he has it in him to jump in with another woman knowing what he is respoinsible for now.
quote:And the show did enough of that and there is more than plenty of it in the other seasons. I do miss them and they were awesome but this is for the best for this season.
I do knida miss the 1v1 aspect of the shows from the arena. The massive battles are cool, but that 1v1 element was great.
Spartacus the warlord should be interesting to see how he plays out having to command the thousands in battle.
8/10 start to the season
he was the best character on the show. what are you talking about?
anyone sick of the way they have went with crixus whore? the way they make her out to be some kind of badass is just silly.
My first thought on the Ceasar/slave girl operation was that she was removing something (like a STD or something) Didn't even think about manscaping.
The body on that brunette was INSANE
quote:She is.
Crixis' chick is loosing her mind
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Fulbright Opportunity to Speak Lane's Languages
Friday, June 3, 2011
Inside USD-When Maxwell Lane walked across the Jenny Craig Pavilion stage during the College of Arts and Sciences graduation ceremony to officially become a member of the Class of 2011, there was understandable excitement and joy. Little did he know, though, that the celebration was going to continue when he got home.
"I came home and there was a letter waiting for me on my doorstep," said Lane, who graduated summa cum laude with degrees in history and Spanish. The letter informed him that he had been selected for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Spain that will last between nine months to a year.
Lane says he's ready and excited to embark on the international experience of a lifetime. Tearing down cultural barriers is one of the goals of the English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) which is part of the Fulbright U.S. student program. The assistantship places American students, primarily recent graduates, as English teaching assistants in schools or universities abroad to enhance foreign students' English language skills through lessons on American culture and knowledge of the United States.
In turn, ETAs immerse themselves in the host community, thus improving their foreign language skills and knowledge of the host country. Participants can pursue individual study or research plans in addition to their teaching responsibilities.
Lane is not unfamiliar with Spain. He spent a semester abroad in Madrid during his undergraduate studies at USD. He admitted his first months abroad were a little difficult because he could not carry long conversations in Spanish and his host family didn't speak English.
"There's definitely days where I would get frustrated because I couldn't communicate the things that I wanted to communicate." But that didn't stop him from immersing himself in the culture. "You'll be surprised how quickly you'll learn a language if you keep a positive attitude."
Lane's four years at USD were filled with many educational experiences including being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Alcala 100, and USD's employee honor society for his work within the University Center's operations and campus scheduling department. Lane gave back to the community by teaching English to adult immigrants at Linda Vista's Bayside Community Center. He was also president of the USD men's club soccer team.
It was soccer, in fact, that sparked his initial interest in Spain. "I'm a big soccer fan and Spain has one of the best soccer leagues in the world; from there, it grew into learning more about its culture."
Lane said he plans to apply to PhD programs in either History or International Relations at Georgetown University after his teaching assistantship in Spain.
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Family: Laridae, Gulls and Terns view all from this family
Description Adult has pure white plumage, with black legs and eye, and yellow-tipped blue bill. First-winter is similar, but with grubby black face markings and black spots on upperparts and wingtips.
Dimensions Length: 17" (43 cm)
Habitat Feeds on carrion, and vagrants are sometimes attracted to tide-line cetacean corpses.
Range Western Canada, Eastern Canada, Alaska
Discussion Beautiful Arctic gull. Breeds on Canadian high Arctic islands and Greenland, winters mainly in Arctic seas. Vagrants occur further south in winter.


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Fundraiser: Gaza Solidarity 5K Walk/Run in San Francisco
On October 5th American Friends of UNRWA and the Ramallah Club are hosting the first ever Gaza Solidarity 5K walk/run in San Francisco!
The proceeds from this event will benefit UNRWA's psycho-social support program for children in Gaza suffering from psychological trauma and PTSD due to the devastating November 2012 violence and the prolonged blockade. Since November, reported cases of PTSD have risen by more than 100%. 42% of those cases are children under the age of nine.
These children need our help, and that's why your participation is so critical. Whether you participate as a sponsor, runner, walker, or cheerleader, we want to see you there!
By participating, you will directly support UNRWA's psycho-social support program to provide these children with critically needed counseling services, offering them a safe space to express their emotions and fears, and the opportunity to work with trained counselors to learn valuable coping skills.
Lace up your running or walking shoes, bring your friends, your family, and even your pets and we'll see you October 5th!
On June 8th we held our 2nd annual Gaza Solidarity 5K in Washington DC, where we're based. Nearly 400 people came out, and altogether we raised over $92,000, providing 3,000 kids with UNRWA's counseling services.


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2014 Is Year Of Fulfilment – Gov Akpabio— Jan 3, 2014 3:09 am | Leave a comment
Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio has predicted that 2014 is a year of fulfilment as the state will experience massive commissioning of major projects.
Akpabio, who made the remark yesterday during a mass ushering in the New Year at St. John's Chaplaincy, Government House, Uyo, thanked God for seeing the state through 2013.
He, however, called on clergymen in the state to intercede for the state through prayers as the 2015 governorship election approaches.
The governor remarked that "2013 was a year full of lies and blackmails to tarnish the image of this administration. And I know more lies would be told in this 2014 as the 2015 governorship election approaches."
"So, we need more prayers and there is the need for all clergymen in the state to remain sane and to guide us with their prayers towards the forthcoming governorship election".
On the recent near crash of Aero Contractors' flight in Lagos, Governor Akpabio thanked God for averting the crash and prayed that the nation would never experience any disaster in the New Year.
In his homily, Most Rev Anselem Umoren said the mass was to thank God for His bountiful blessings to the state in 2013, and called on the people of the state to realise that the strength of the state is from God who has seen them through into 2014.
Umoren expressed hope that with God on the side of the state, everything would go well, and called on the people to have great faith in God and listen to His voice for direction and blessings to state.


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- "He usually picked Harry to help him with these reconstructions; so far, Harry had been forced to play a simple Transylvanian villager whom Lockhart had cured of a Babbling Curse, a yeti with a head cold, and a vampire who had been unable to eat anything except lettuce since Lockhart had dealt with him."
- —Defence Against the Dark Arts class[src]
The Babbling Curse (incantation unknown) is not fully understood but it is presumed to cause a person to babble whenever they try to speak. It is possible that this curse is related to the Tongue-Tying Curse and it is quite plausible that the two may even be the same.
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According to Gilderoy Lockhart, he once cured a Transylvanian farmer of this affliction, but as he proved an untrustworthy source of information, it is possible the curse does not exist at all. However, the curse itself may exist, but it could be that someone else cured said villager.
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Hope College has the distinction of being one of
only two colleges among all NCAA Division III institutions to
have both its men's and women's track team honored for
outstanding academic performance by the United States Track
Coaches Association.
Out of more than 225 Division III institutions that sponsor
men's and women's track and field, only Hope and Emory University
of Atlanta, Ga. achieved this distinction for the 1997-98
academic year.
The Hope women's team, coached by Donna Eaton, maintained a
cumulative 3.254 cumulative grade point average while the men's
team, coached by Mark Northuis, had a cumulative GPA of 3.113.
No other college from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic
Association (MIAA) were among the 14 teams (4 for men and 10 for
women) to be honored nationally.
Honored for individual academic accomplishment were Ellen
Schultz of Maple City (Glen Lake HS) and Emily Sowers of Grand
Rapids (GR Christian HS). Schultz is a senior this fall while
Sowers is a sophomore.
Schultz has been a standout in cross country and track,
earning conference honors and competing on a national level.
Last spring she was voted a GTE Academic All-American. Sowers
was the MIAA champion in the discus as a freshman and qualified
for the NCAA championships with the seventh best throw in the
The 1997-98 school year was a banner year for Hope student-
athletes on both the field of competition and in the classroom.
Hope won the MIAA All-Sports award a league record 21st time.
Teams and individual athletes competed in a record 11 NCAA
championship events. Seven teams (men's and women's cross
country, men's and women's swimming, men's tennis and men's and
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Seating capacity
First major stadium to receive US LEED certification
Recipient of the US Green Building Council's "Silver Status"
Natural grass playing field
Metro accessible
Nationals Park is located in Southeast Washington, south of the Capitol, along the fast-developing Capitol Riverfront adjacent to the Navy Yard. The new park not only redefines modern sports facility architecture but also serves as the catalyst and cornerstone of a new mixed-use Capitol Riverfront in our nation's capital.
Nationals Park is more than just a baseball field with seating around it. It's a fully functioning meeting and conference center that can accommodate any event, no matter the size or budget. With four large club spaces, luxurious suites, 8,000 sq. feet of conditioned meeting space, outstanding catering services, spectacular views and a location that's accessible to public transportation, plenty of parking and tons of amenities, Nationals Park provides a distinctive backdrop for any kind of event imaginable.
Every one of our venues is a destination. Whether you are visiting us for the first time, returning or a resident of the Metro Area, find out how close you are to the entertainment, dining, shopping, tourism and outdoor experiences that set Washington, D.C. apart.
Summer Fancy Food Show is an professional Agriculture trade show that organized by The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, Inc.
Our longest running show, the Washington Auto Show, was founded in 1921 when the car industry was in its fancy.


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My searches are coming up empty- can anyone tell me the names of any dogs/trainers who have competed successfully overseas in the UK (not Ireland) field trials? I have been told that a 6 month quarantine present until recently interfered with dogs going over to compete...which I can completely understand (difficult to train/condition while in quarantine)... Yet I swear I remember reading about someone doing this.
And yes, I understand that UK Field Trials are a far different game than those here. Julie


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Synthetic versus Nonsynthetic Determination
How do I determine whether my product or ingredient is synthetic or nonsynthetic?
The USDA National Organic Standards define synthetic as follows:
"A substance that is formulated or manufactured by a chemical process or by a process that chemically changes a substance extracted from naturally occurring plant, animal, or mineral sources, except that such term shall not apply to substances created by naturally occurring biological processes."
Determining whether a substance is synthetic can be a very technical task. OMRI recommends following these steps to help you determine whether a substance is synthetic:
- Search for your substance in the OMRI Generic Materials List© online, or in the printed copy. (if you are using the printed version be sure to check the OMRI website for the any updates). The OMRI Generic Materials List specifies for each substance whether synthetic or nonsynthetic versions of the substances are permissible for use in organic agriculture or organic food processing. The OMRI Generic Materials List is organized into three sections based on the product's intended use: CROPS, LIVESTOCK, and PROCESSING & HANDLING. Look for the "Use Class" that is specific to your products intended use.
- If you do not find the substance in the appropriate section of the OMRI Generic Materials List, or if you are still unsure whether your particular ingredient/product would be considered synthetic, look at the National Organic Program's website for the "Proposed Decision Tree to Distinguish Synthetic and Nonsynthetic Substances."
OMRI policy prevents our staff from providing specialized advice to any individual or company. However, if you have a question about whether a particular substance is synthetic and it is not answered by using OMRI's application resources, then please contact us. Please keep in mind that OMRI may not be able to determine whether a particular substance is synthetic without reviewing your complete application.


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The Women's Chamber Choir of Hope College will perform with the women's close-harmony group, Luminescence, and men's close-harmony group, 12th Street Harmony, on Monday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The program will consist of a variety of sacred and secular music, including four modern set texts by medieval visionary Hildegard of Bingen. In addition, two lullabies, one in Samoan and one in Spanish, the spiritual "Wade in the Water," and the popular inspirational song "Can You Hear?" are on the program. The choir will also perform its traditional closing, "Blessing."
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church is located on the corner of 13th Street and Maple Avenue.


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Ear Stream Black Pearl
Black Pearl is a project introduced after three years of the Moonlight's evolution. Its intention was to create a headphone amplifier with at least equal sound quality followed by much higher output power, enabling the amplifier to work well also with hard to drive high impedance dynamic and orthodynamic headphones. Besides higher power the Black Pearl has got another advantage over...


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American Justice System Too Weak For Terrorists, GOPers Say
Evan McMorris-Santoro
Standing in front of the Supreme Court this morning, a group of Republican lawmakers railed against the court system run out of the building behind them. A sign affixed to the plexiglas podium each spoke at in turn spelled out the reason for their concern. "Protect our homeland," it read. "Keep terrorists out of America."
The justice system laid out in the Constitution, they said, is just too weak to protect American citizens from wiley terror suspects. From "activist judges" to courtroom sketch artists, the group reeled off a list of reasons the Obama administration decision to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to the U.S. for trial could quite possibly end in, as Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) suggested, a nuclear attack on the United States.
The group of conservative lawmakers have been arguing against bringing the Gitmo suspects to the U.S. ever since the decision was announced. They suggest, as do most Republicans and some Democrats, that the best way to try terror suspects is through military tribunals on the Guantanamo Bay base itself. Today, they repeated that argument. But they added new focus to their claim that the Constitution and bringing terrorists to justice can't mix.
Gitmo is "the best place to have [trials], it's the best place to house them. It's the safest place," Rep. Steve King (R-IA) told reporters. "More importantly, it's the place that keeps activist federal judges from making activist decisions that could end up turning [terror suspects] loose on the streets of America."
After the press conference, King elaborated on his worries about U.S. judges. "We wouldn't even be thinking about trying these detainees on U.S. soil if it hadn't been for activist judges who decided they were going to confer constitutional rights on people that have never seen the United States of America," he said, referring to the 2006 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld Supreme Court decision that said military commissions as set up by the Bush administration violated the Geneva conventions.
King suggested that "activist" judges could be inclined to release terror suspects over some liberal legal principle or another. "A judge can rationalize most anything," he said. "If you're a living, breathing -- how should I say it? -- 'evolving' constitutionalist than you can write anything you want to justify your own rationale."
Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) was troubled by what might happen when waterboarding and the American right to a fair trial met in a U.S. courtroom. She worried what might happen if terror suspects argued they'd been given "cruel and unusual" punishment at Gitmo.
"This is what scares me because they're in a U.S. court now and the rights are different," she said. "What will they say [about their detention] and what could happen and could they be out among the people again? It's very frightening."
How frightening? Mushroom cloud frightening, according to Franks. He said that a federal trial would give the suspects "a megaphone to speak to the planet," which he said "only hastens the danger" of, literally, a nuclear terrorist attack.
When a reporter pointed out that federal trials aren't televised, perhaps making the "megaphone" a little less likely, Republicans said there were other ways for terror suspects to peddle their propoganda from a U.S. courtroom -- for example, sketch artists.
"What we've seen happen is artists draw pictures and this will be written up and there are interviews outside the courtroom everyday and there will be defense attorneys taking the global stage," King said. "We are in an electronic era where they Internet and all these other media that we have will create a real time look at what's going on in New York."
And check out TPM's slideshow of the event here.
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 347, September 01, 2006
Fall 2006: ARSC User Training
Once again, ARSC users have a tremendous variety and depth of training opportunities. Here are the topics this fall:
- Introduction to ARSC & HPC
- Introduction to Unix
- Data Management at ARSC
- Writing Batch Scripts
- Data Visualization
- Introduction to Fortran
- Debugging
- Validation & Verification
- Performance Programming
- Parallel Shared Memory Programming
- Parallel Distributed Memory Programming
- Space Plasma Physics Applications
ARSC user training is offered in conjunction with "Core Skills For Computational Science," taught jointly by the UAF Physics Department and ARSC.
This *IS* ARSC's Fall User Training. You are encouraged to drop in on any lecture of interest. Here's the complete training schedule:
http://people.arsc.edu/~cskills/schedule.shtml And here's the primary training web site:
Contact Tom Logan (logan AT arsc.edu) with questions.
How to Beat Moore's Law: An Optimization Story in 6 Acts--Part I
[ Many thanks to Tom Logan of ARSC for this two-part thriller! ]
|Analysis Shows I'm Doomed
|Depression Sets In
|Relying on Moore
|Take Your Own Advice
|Directives Save The Day
|Conclusions of the Super-Linear Kind
ACT I: Analysis Shows I'm Doomed
I was recently faced with a problem that often comes up in the scientific computing realm: the tsunami model that I was working with was too slow. I needed to run a job for 24780 iterations (time steps). Not realizing this was about 10 times longer than any of the test runs previously made, I started the job up on one p655 node on Iceberg (the code is serial) and waited for the results.
What I got was very discouraging. In the eight hours allowed in the standard queue on Iceberg, the code only completed 4050 iterations. This worked out to about 8.4 iterations per minute. A quick calculation showed me that I was most certainly doomed, since the full run would take roughly 49 hours to complete and, while the "single" queues at ARSC would permit such a long run, it would be impractical for the desired test and production work.
ACT II: Depression Sets In
Since I wanted to get these runs done in a timely fashion, I ruled out any significant code changes. For instance, trying to modify the code to write a restart file would be too time consuming. Writing a parallel version of the code using MPI would be a serious time sink, not to mention that these types of codes (many many iterations on relatively small grids) are not the best candidates for message passing algorithms.
I thus turned to the compiler to help with my dilemma. At this point, my compiler flags looked like this:
LDFLAGS = -O5 -qarch=pwr4 -qtune=pwr4 -qstrict -q64 FFLAGS = -O5 -qarch=pwr4 -qtune=pwr4 -qstrict -q64 -qmaxmem=-1 FFLAGS_1 = -O5 -qarch=pwr4 -qtune=pwr4 -qstrict -q64 -qmaxmem=-1 -qsuffix=f=f90
Where the FFLAGS are for the .f files while the FFLAGS_1 are for the .f90 files. I already had the code tuned for the architecture and at the highest level of optimization provided.
This left my next alternative as trying to use the IBM compiler's built-in auto-parallelization. Not having had much luck with this in the past, I was not optimistic. Sure enough, simply adding the -qsmp=auto switch to my compiler flags and setting the environment variable OMP_NUM_THREADS=8 in my loadleveler script bought me nothing. I was still getting roughly 8.3 iterations per minute.
To facilitate testing, I reduced the run to only 1000 iterations, or approximately 2 hours of run time.
ACT III: Relying on Moore
Next I had what I thought was a brilliant idea! We've got these new power5 nodes on Iceflyer. Maybe that'll work - make Moore's law work for me by using a bigger/better/faster machine! So, that's what I did. I moved the code to iceflyer and compiled it with some slightly modified flags:
LDFLAGS = -O5 -qarch=pwr5 -qtune=pwr5 -qstrict -q64 FFLAGS = -O5 -qarch=pwr5 -qtune=pwr5 -qstrict -q64 -qmaxmem=-1 FFLAGS_1 = -O5 -qarch=pwr5 -qtune=pwr5 -qstrict -q64 -qmaxmem=-1 -qsuffix=f=f90
Well, I got what Moore said I should expect. A bit less than a 2 times speedup, bringing the time down to 66 minutes for 1,000 iterations. Taking advantage of the 16 hour queue time in the p5 queue, I re-ran the entire simulation only to have the job time out after completing 15000 iterations. Close, but no cigar.
What followed was many failed attempts at slight variations. I tried auto parallelization using 4 or 8 threads. Iterations per minute improved from 15.15 (serial) to 15.38 (4 threads) to 15.63 (8 threads). Once again, virtually no gains were realized from auto-parallelization.
I also tried AIX 5.3. Since it has support for simultaneous multi-threading, I could use up to 16 threads on a single 8-processor node. Alas, the times were pretty much exactly the same as on the AIX 5.2 nodes.
ACT IV: Take Your Own Advice
Finally, I took the advice that I give in all of my classes. Start by profiling your code. See what kind of optimizations are possible. I changed up my compilations flags a bit, adding -pg -g to turn on profiling with symbol tables and adding -qreport -qsource -qlist to get full compilation reports for the code:
LDFLAGS = -O5 -qarch=pwr5 -qtune=pwr5 -qstrict -q64 -qsmp=auto -qreport \ -qsource -qlist -pg -g -qfullpath FFLAGS = -O5 -qarch=pwr5 -qtune=pwr5 -qstrict -q64 -qmaxmem=-1 -qsmp=auto \ -qreport -qsource -qlist -pg -g -qfullpath FFLAGS_1 = -O5 -qarch=pwr5 -qtune=pwr5 -qstrict -q64 -qmaxmem=-1 \ -qsuffix=f=f90 -qsmp=auto -qreport -qsource -qlist -pg \ -g -qfullpath
When the run of this compilation was complete, I had my gmon.out tracefile which I readily processed through grpof using:
% gprof > gprof_pre_opt.out
Wading through the nearly 2000 lines of output, I found (somewhere near the bottom of the file) the following report:
Time: 3891.28 seconds % cumulative self self total time seconds seconds calls ms/call ms/call name 90.9 3536.56 3536.56 1001 3533.03 3533.03 .momt_s [3] 5.2 3738.03 201.47 1001 201.27 201.27 .mass_s [4] 1.1 3782.05 44.02 1001 43.98 43.98 .change [5] 0.7 3810.05 28.00 1001 27.97 27.97 .minmax [6] 0.4 3825.69 15.64 144108020 0.00 0.00 ._log [11] 0.3 3836.97 11.28 172929624 0.00 0.00 .scalb [12] 0.3 3847.70 10.72 .__mcount [13] 0.2 3856.30 8.60 86464812 0.00 0.00 ._atan2 [10] 0.1 3860.81 4.51 ._power_logb [15] 0.1 3865.25 4.44 28821604 0.00 0.00 .udcal [14] 0.1 3868.66 3.41 1 3410.00 25943.51 .deform_smylie [8] 0.1 3871.34 2.68 1001 2.68 2.68 .open [16] 0.1 3873.37 2.03 .memmove [17] 0.1 3875.37 2.00 ._cosh [18] . . .
So, 90.9% of the execution time was being spent in the routine momt_s, which calculates momentum in spherical coordinates. I next looked at the .lst file created during compilation. Since this file had over 98,000 lines in it, I searched for momt_s and found:
>>>>> SOURCE SECTION <<<<< 686 687 688 !----------------------------------------------------------------- 689 subroutine momt_s (l,layid) 690 ! ....Solve momentum equation (linear) in spherical coord. 691 ! layid = 1, outest layer 692 ! otherwise, inner layer 693 !----------------------------------------------------------------- 694 use layer_params 695 type (layer) :: l 696 integer :: layid 697 ! real z(ix,jy,2),m(ix,jy,2),n(ix,jy,2),h(ix,jy) 698 ! real r2(ix,jy),r3(ix,jy),r4(ix,jy),r5(ix,jy) 699 data eps/1.0e-6/, zero/0.0/, twlvth/0.08333333333333/ 700 ! 701 ixm1 = l%ix-1 702 jym1 = l%jy-1 703 is = 2 704 js = 2 705 if (layid .eq. 1) then 706 is = 1 707 js = 1 708 end if 709 do i=is,ixm1 710 ip1 = i+1 711 do j=js,l%jy 712 if ((l%h(i,j).gt.zero) .and. (l%h(ip1,j).gt.zero)) then 713 if (j .le. js) then 714 jm1 = js 715 else 716 jm1 = j-1 717 endif 718 if (j .ge. l%jy) then 719 jp1 = l%jy 720 else 721 jp1 = j+1 722 endif 723 tot_n = l%n(i,j,1)+l%n(ip1,j,1)+l%n(i,jm1,1)+ & l%n(ip1,jm1,1) 724 xm = l%m(i,j,1)-l%r2(i,j)*(l%z(ip1,j,2)-l%z(i,j,2))+ & l%r3(i,j)*tot_n-l%r2(i,j)*twlvth*((l%z(ip1,jp1,2)- & 2*l%z(ip1,j,2)+l%z(ip1,jm1,2))-(l%z(i,jp1,2)-2* & l%z(i,j,2)+l%z(i,jm1,2))) 725 if (abs(xm) .lt. eps) xm = zero 726 l%m(i,j,2) = xm 727 else 728 l%m(i,j,2) = 0.0 729 end if 730 end do 731 end do 732 ! 733 do j=js,jym1 734 jp1 = j+1 735 do i=is,l%ix 736 if ((l%h(i,j).gt.zero) .and. (l%h(i,jp1).gt.zero)) then 737 if (i .le. is) then 738 im1 = is 739 else 740 im1 = i-1 741 endif 742 if (i .ge. l%ix) then 743 ip1 = l%ix 744 else 745 ip1 = i+1 746 endif 747 tot_m = l%m(im1,j,1)+l%m(im1,jp1,1)+l%m(i,j,1)+ & l%m(i,jp1,1) 748 xn = l%n(i,j,1)-l%r4(i,j)*(l%z(i,jp1,2)-l%z(i,j,2))- & l%r5(i,j)*tot_m-l%r5(i,j)*twlvth*((l%z(ip1,jp1,2)- & 2*l%z(i,jp1,2)+l%z(im1,jp1,2))-(l%z(ip1,j,2)-2* & l%z(i,j,2)+l%z(im1,j,2))) 749 if (abs(xn) .lt. eps) xn = zero 750 l%n(i,j,2) = xn 751 else 752 l%n(i,j,2) = 0.0 753 end if 754 end do 755 end do 756 ! 757 return 758 end ** momt_s === End of Compilation 12 === Source Source Loop Id Action / Information File Line -------- -------- ------- ---------------------------------------------- 0 709 1 Loop cannot be automatically parallelized. A dependency is carried by variable aliasing or function call. 0 711 2 Loop cannot be automatically parallelized. A dependency is carried by variable aliasing or function call. 0 733 3 Loop cannot be automatically parallelized. A dependency is carried by variable aliasing or function call. 0 735 4 Loop cannot be automatically parallelized. A dependency is carried by variable aliasing or function call.
So 90.9% of my run time is spent in a routine that the compiler will not automatically parallelize for me. What to do...
...don't miss the thrilling conclusion in the next newsletter:
|Directives Save The Day
|Conclusions of the Super-Linear Kind
Java for Fortran Programmers: Part I
[[ Thanks to Lee Higbie of ARSC for this tutorial. ]]
This is the first in a series of articles, presented as a tutorial, for scientists and engineers. Some knowledge of C is useful, but I will not assume that you know C++ or any other object oriented language.My planned tutorial outline is:
- Java's Uses for the Scientific and Engineering Community
- Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
- How the OOP mindset differs from that usual for Fortran programmers
- How the OOP syntax differs from that of Fortran and C
- Interfacing Java and Fortran programs
- Creating Java programs
- Example
How far and deep I go will depend on feedback. If this topic interests you, let me or one of the editors know!
This initial part of the tutorial is expected to interest new scientific and engineering programmers or programming managers, those considering a new project and wondering if Java might be a good choice. After this initial background, the material will become more technical and should interest programmers who are starting to learn Java or have picked up a little in the past.
Java's Uses for the Scientific and Engineering Community
Java is easy to use, but it has a steep learning curve if you've never used an object oriented programming language. OOPs require a different mindset from that for imperative languages (like Fortran and C). Unlike C++, where it is easy to write a conventional (imperative) program by only using C, Java is more aggressively object oriented--even HelloWorld uses an object.
In our world Java is especially suited for GUIs and support programs and I doubt I'll see it used for a major, computation-intensive application. Though unsuited for heavy computational work, Java is a well designed OO language with many good features. Some are:
- It includes an automatic documentation system. Stylized comments can be used to describe parts of a code and the documentation is automatically generated from them and the code.
- The are several large libraries of GUI widgets that allow control programs to interact visually with users.
- It is highly portable. With minimal care applications can be written that will run on most platforms.
- It was designed from the beginning for applets, programs that run in web browsers. An applet allows the user to safely run a program from a workstation.
- It has a built-in structure for creating and vetting exceptional conditions. A method can create an exception and force its users to deal with the exception.
- It has built in functionality and syntax to eliminate many of the problems that crop up in C++ programs (memory leaks, wandering pointers, weak typing, implicit type conversions, ...)
(I've measured a 4:1 slowdown when doing simple array computations in Java instead of Fortran. Carbon-based systems[*] react slowly so it works well for interacting with them.)
Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
So what is an object oriented programming language? The four defining characteristics of OOPs are:
- Encapsulation A single block of code, called a class, defines a data structure and the procedures for operating on it, called methods. Classes often include methods and variables that are hidden from users, which facilitates changing algorithms or code without users of the class knowing about it.
- Inheritance A class can include the data and variables of a parent class. This is especially useful for libraries and is an important concept to understand. For example, PopupMenu extends Menu extends MenuItem extends MenuComponent extends Object. This means that the methods for adding items to a PopupMenu are not recoded but are taken exactly from Menu and the event handling methods of MenuItem are directly inherited by any PopupMenu, and so on.
. Methods (functions) can be called with a variety of arguments. The number and type of arguments is not constrained. In object-oriented languages it is common for
- A method to set some default parameters then call the general version of the method
- For inherited methods (methods from a class being extended) to provide variants that accept different arguments
- For a method to convert the argument types and call the general version of the method
- The basic unit of code is a class, which encapsulates a data structure and the methods for working with it. For example, the String class includes almost two score methods of its own, it inherits another half dozen from Object, the ultimate parent of all classes, and has polymorphic variants on many of these methods. The emphasis of an OOP is on the classes and their data, not on the flow of logic or control.
There is one more bit of basic OOP terminology that is needed to discuss OOP programs. As mentioned, a class is the code that describes a data structure and includes the methods (functions) for operating on it. The actual data structure is called an object, but don't confuse this with the class Object (upper case oh), which is the ultimate parent of all Java classes. Just as you might have dozens of strings in a program, in an OOP you may have dozens of string objects, each of which is an instance of the String class for a Java application.
So, how does Java measure up? It has all of these characteristics but also has basic, non-object data. Logical, various types of integers, floating point and character data are available facilitating basic imperative programming. In Part II, I will provide an example to illustrate the basic parts of code.
This article has described some of the places where scientific and engineering programmers might apply Java in their work. I have introduced the top level of OOP terminology. I'll recap with a dictionary translating the Fortran terminology used here to Java.
|Fortran term
|Java term
|parameters passed by value, polymorphism rampant
|structure declaration
|class includes code, usually one to a file
|structured variable
|object (small oh)
|object also owns all its class's methods
|method with void type
|(no returned value)
|conversion cast
|syntax--use type in parens: x = (real) i;
This article has covered the first two tutorial topics. We'll pick it up again with:
- How the OOP mindset differs from that usual for Fortran programmers
--[*] Footnote: "Carbon-based systems": a euphemism for people. Those unfamiliar with this term are referred to Star Trek, where, I think, the Borg referred to the astronauts as a carbon-based infestation.
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A:[[ I am writing a script which looks at the extension of a file. [[ So far I'm not too committed to a particular scripting language. [[ Is there an easy way to get the extension of a file without [[ using sed! # # Lorin Hochstein # In tcsh, the ":e" variable modifier will extract the extension of a file. Also useful: the ":r" modifier will extract the name without the extension. $ set x="filename.txt" $ echo $x:e txt $ echo $x:r filename # # Harper Simmons # using csh/tcsh (I know, I know, uncool) set a = roo.dat set ext = $a:e echo $ext produces "dat" # # Ryan Czerwiec # For csh/tcsh this will work (there will be a similar answer for sh/bash/ksh): If your filename is stored in the variable "file," then the extension "ext" can be obtained with: set ext = `echo $file tr "." " "` This will create an array where the extension is the last element, or ext[$#ext]. This can also be useful if you need to reassemble the filename with a different extension, for example. This version uses less memory (it doesn't create an array), but it's a little slower: set ext = `echo $file tr "." "\n" tail -1` You can do it a little more simply if you happen to know that all of your filenames will have the same number of "." characters in them: set ext = `echo $file cut -d'.' -f2` where the example of -f2 is for a file with one "." character. Use a number one higher than the number of dots as long as that number is fixed (you can use a variable for it, too, as in -f$num). # # One Editor: # You can use "expr" regular expressions. E.g.: $ expr this.is.a.test : ".*\.\(.*\)" test # # Other Editor: # I would use one of the bash pattern matching operators to do this. ${val##pattern} This operator does the following: If pattern matches the beginning of the variable $val it deletes the longest part that matches then returns the rest of the string. So the following pattern will return the extension as long as there is a least one dot in the filename. ${val##*.} If the filename might not have a dot in it, we can check for that using grep: for f in *; do if [ ! -z "$(echo $f grep "\." )" ]; then echo ${f##*.}; fi done Alternately, we can eliminate the grep by ensuring there is a dot in the filename. E.g.: for f in *.*; do echo ${f##*.}; done Q: Here's a conditional statement grabbed from the (/bin/sh) configure script for mysql. There are many like this: if test X"$mysql_cv_compress" != Xyes; then # ...do stuff... fi For my scripts, the following style has always worked: if [[ $mysql_cv_compress != yes ]]; then # ...do stuff... fi So, two questions: 1) Why would the experts use "test" rather than the square bracket syntax? 2) Why bother with that "X" ???
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Thanks Sinktip. Kush can you confirm that "Juro's Delight" was McClelland's 16 yr? I just went to the liquor store and couldn't find a 16. I live in logging country and the local store is big on Wild Turkey and EverClear, but not so hot on scotch.
My scotch on hand includes:
Balvenie - Single Barrel 16, Doublewood 12, and Founder's Reserve 10
McClellands: Islay, Highland, and Lowland
Auchentoshan Lowland 10
Bowmore Islay 12
McLaren Speyside Single Cask 24
I have tried many others but I am by no means an expert. By the time I have had one drink my taste buds go south. By the time I have had two, I follow them. :)
The McLaren Speyside is the best to my taste. I bought two bottles to bring to the PNW Clave, but the dates and locations changed so often and so fast that by the time I figured it all out (IF I figured it all out) it was too late to make arrangements so I drank one of the bottles and saved the other. I've got two more on the way though - wanna have another clave?
I made notes from the Chum thread but I would be interested in more suggestions from any of you alco...ummm "social drinkers" yah, that's it...social drinkers out there.
I believe the scotch Tyler prefers is Macallan, a fine highland malt. The 18 yr goes for a pretty penny but is worth every bit. I've polished off the last of my Macallan last winter while tying flies. I am currently on my second doublewood Balvenie of the year with just a bit left in one bottle. This one was introduced to me by Pete Lavoilette from Calgary while fishing on Cape Cod together.
I have two Islay malts in the cabinet - Bunnahabin and Laphroaig. I like the Bunnahabin a lot but I have to be in the mood to drink 'the frog'. Some of our guests like it so I keep it around.
I've really enjoyed Glenmorangie in single cask and sherry wood as well.
Also like Glenlivit, Oban is a nice highland malt, and I have some other single malts I couldn't name without running downstairs to read the labels. Obviously I am not expert either but I really do like the sit and sip the single malt elixir. It never warms the heart like it does when sipped from a flask on a winter steelhead river!
As Juro says my preference is definitely The Macallan's - the 18 yr old is beyond good and the 12 yr old is like the Thompson River itself - all I need!
Now that we are talking about the things that really piss the "Bubbas" off about we snooty flyfishermen - how about some good cigars? In that up here in Canada we are on good terms with Fidel my tastes lie in that direction. My favourite stogie is a Montecristo #2, but that 9 1/2" Sancho Panza that I smoked next to the campfire after a great day on the Thompson will be hard to top!
Now that the Thompson season has ended for me I will have to content myself with The Macallan's, A #2 and some equally fine memories. I think that I'll make it...
Tight lines - tyler.
As some of you Aqua vitae fanciers are no doubt aware, United Distillers markets a nice selection of really good, almost affordable, single malts, each chosen as exemplary of the region from whence it wafts. These being Talisker, from Skye; Oban from the west coast; Glenkinchie, lowland; Dalwhinnie, central highlands; Lagavulin, Islay; and Cragganmore, Spey. Lagavulin and Cragganmore are my personal favorites, and are wonderful specimens of mild, favorful whisky and very authorative whisky respectedly. I think Juro once described Lagavulin as tasting like soaked cigar butts -- it's an acquired taste and not for the squeamish --but once acquired, the nectar of the Gods.
For the curious, visit the web site at www.scotch.com (really). This is not a commerical message as I would never align myself with a firm that promotes putting ice(gasp)in whisky.
Scots, wha' the hell,
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Ah the Classic Malts of Scotland! I agree with you on both Cragganmore and Lagavulin. The latter is indeed an aquired taste but I like it. The Oban is also a fine malt as is the Glenkinchie for those who prefer a lighter taste. Have yet to taste either the Dalwhinnie or Talisker.
There have been a number of single malts listed here so let me add one more that I happened onto in of all places, New Orleans. It is the LeDaig 20. A fine full bodied malt with just the right amount of peat.
All this talk of scotch has helped deaden the pain of the river closures. It's true, it is medicinal.
I can't help with the cigars..I'm a weenie. However, I do love my pipe filled with Lane's 1Q along with my scotch. Over the years I have spent more money than my wife need know about on every pipe tobacco out there, trying to find one that was pleasurable to me and pleasurable or at least non-offensive to my wife. Lane's 1Q, a cheap tobacco, filled the bill to the extent that a month ago I sent over 20 assorted tins of unopened tobaccos to a friend. I guess that I'm a failure as a connoisseur. St. Croix rods, Pflueger reels and cheap pipe tobacco. But, what the hell, I even caught a fish once and I do love good single malt. I can't be all bad. http://18.104.22.168/images/flytalk/Happy.gif
Crusty (Whose inferiority complex is not as good as yours.)
On topic: when (not if) we bridge the gap between steelhead afficionados and the briny Cape Cod surf with your visits to the east coast, I hope we are able to visit John Morin's "Chatham Anglers Club". Like Tyler's Martini Bar, it is an artifact of the fly fishing venue of the area. John is a cigar connoisseur and there always seems to be an open bottle of scotch and a fire on cool nights before the morning's chase.
Likewise, I hope the burnt palms of the salter FF crew in striper country get the chance to feel the steel, the acrobatic leaps and lightning runs of the ultimate trout in the grandeur of the pacific northwest.
And then there's monster albies in NC, bones and tarpon in the caribe, wild trout in mountain streams, atlantics on the Gaspe....
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Levy is a professor in the Information School at the University of Washington in Seattle. For more than 15 years, he was a researcher at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, exploring the transition from paper and print to digital media. At the University of Washington since 2000, he focuses on bringing mindfulness training and other contemplative practices to address problems of information overload and acceleration.
"Today's digital devices and apps are both powerful and powerfully distracting. Indeed, it has become increasingly clear that they can serve both as instruments of learning and connection, on the one hand, and of distraction and disconnection, on the other," he wrote of his talk. "The challenge we face is to use them to their best advantage, and to ours, and to understand when to use them and when to abstain from them." "For a number of years, through my research and teaching, I have been developing methods to help students (as well as faculty, staff, and adult professionals) investigate and improve their relationship with their devices and apps. In these remarks, I will present some of the I use in my courses and exercises seminars, also discussing the underlying philosophy, which aims to help us discover a more sustainable approach to living and learning."
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Red River Trial will be postponed until Dec 13-15. For cast this weekend calls for sleet and ice. Due to safety concerns it was decided to error on the side of safety and delay the trial. Please pass the word.
Red River Trial will be postponed until Dec 13-15. For cast this weekend calls for sleet and ice. Due to safety concerns it was decided to error on the side of safety and delay the trial. Please pass the word.
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I'd like to leave this on the main forum in order to give those attending the trial a chance to see this update, sometimes things get lost in the Events forum.
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Yes of course Red River intends to refund the entry fees for those owners who have dogs entered at Red River but can't make our trial because they are running at Piney Woods
The owners will have to contact Becky Edwards prior to the start of the Red River trial.
We regret the inconvenience that this change is causing, but no field trial is worth risking danger to people or dogs which we surely would have been doing had we decided to try to hold the trial in an ice storm with temperatures forecasted as low as 17 degrees.
This is the last time that we will try to hold a trial this late in the year.
This would have been our sixth trial and we have always been lucky with the weather but this year our luck ran out.
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I'm sure this was a tough decision to make, but it was the right one. This weekend looks very rough for the weather.
Since the date is changing, so glad y'all did that, can the
derby and qual days switch so people could maybe run both trials.
Just a thought
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Update on Red River
The Derby will now start at 8:00a.m. on Friday 12/13.
The Qual will start after the Derby but no sooner than 9:00a.m. Saturday 12/14.
Scott Carruth will now be judging the Amateur in place of Bill Burks.
Regarding Scratch Refunds
We will give a full refund ( $89.50) for each entry that cant get to the trial because of the date change.
Those scratches must be called , texted or e mailed to Becky Edwards at 903 227 9061 or email@example.com prior to the start of the trial on 12/13.
We have decided to refund the $4.50 EE fee. This decision re the EE fee may or may not be applicable to future Red River events.
If you can make it please come. We are facing a significant financial loss and we need all the entries we can get.
We want to reiterate how much we appreciate Danny Widner and the Piney Woods club agreeing to allow us to move our date.
PLEASE keep checking here for additional updates as we may have additional judges changes.
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MAZOMANIE- Jerilyn (Erskine) Curtis, age 71, of Mazomanie, quietly passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013, at the Skaalen Nursing Home in Stoughton. She was born on Nov. 30, 1941, the daughter of the late John G. Erskine of Illinois and Elizabeth (Nash) Erskine of Racine.
Jerilyn leaves behind two sisters, Nancy Cerney of Wisconsin and Marilyn Hollinger of Illinois; six children, Donna Brooks of Covington, Ga., Cynthia Chymych of Morehead City, N.C., Lynda Daluz of Madison, and JoAnne Hernandez of Cranston, R.I., and Carleton Charette and John Charette of Sun Prairie. She also leaves 22 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; four nieces and a nephew.
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