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The business world has been changing rapidly, particularly with the increased use of the Internet. In the face of these changes, it is important for businesses to either adapt or be left behind, struggling to succeed. One of the areas in which business has changed drastically is the ability to use a telepresence services instead of being there in person. This technology can offer many benefits to businesses.
A Global Reach
The Internet has made reaching around the world more possible than it
ever was in the past. The global economy has greatly shaped many
businesses, allowing them to expand without spending a lot of money on
travel and long distance phone calls. Today, any business can reach out
to clients or business associates anywhere in the world. Using a telepresence service will bridge the geographic divide and put you in the same room as your clients.
Greater Productivity
When employees need to stay home because they are ill, a child is ill or the weather is poor, they typically lose out on the ability to work. With telepresence services, though, these employees are often able to complete some of their work from the comforts of their own home. Instead of heading into the office despite an illness or the weather, employees can log into a video conference with the office to attend meetings and complete necessary work to increase their level of productivity.
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In the past, many businesses would send employees to important business conferences and other meetings in other locations. Even when these events were in the same city, employees would use up valuable company time and resources driving to the location, attending the conference and driving back. Some events required more extensive travel over longer distances and greater time periods away from work. When people can attend these events via telepresence, it will save your company the cost of reimbursing their travel and the time employees would otherwise spend away from work.
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| It may be your baby's name, but it reveals a lot more about the parent who picked it than the progeny. We asked baby-naming experts to weigh in on what each name category -- from biblical to vintage to nature-inspired -- says about the moms and dads who chose it.
Place Names
Names like: Brooklyn, London, Bronx, Africa, Juno, Dakota, Savannah, Tennessee
What it says about you: Parents who pick specific locations want their kids to project a certain image -- often a romantic or exotic one. (There's a reason you meet more people named Paris than Peoria!) "Borrowing a name from a glamorous international capital like London suggests that you're picturing your kid in the limelight, while Cheyenne shows a romantic sensibility about the American past," says Laura Wattenberg, founder of babynamewizard.com.
Place names can bestow cool-cred upon a kid (see: Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz's son Bronx) or suggest far-flung ties to a foreign location, as with a kid named Cairo or Egypt. But it can also be a sentimental choice, says Candace Alper, baby name expert and creator of Name Your Tune Personalized CDs. "I know a little boy named Hudson because he was conceived during a trip to New York City and the hotel overlooked the Hudson River." To that end, we're betting Reese Witherspoon's fondness for the state she grew up in inspired her new baby boy's name: Tennessee.
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| Names like: Grace, Eve, Faith, Delilah, Genesis or Mary
What it says about you: A biblical baby name doesn't guarantee that a family is super religious or practices a certain faith -- but it's a good bet! Nameberry's Linda Rosenkrantz says devout families of all faiths -- Christian, Jewish and especially Muslim -- will invariably opt for a spiritual choice. "Faith is the most vital element they wish to impart to their child," she says, "whether it's a straightforward Puritan virtue name such as Faith, Grace or Mercy, or Destiny, Genesis and Trinity, which came into favor in the '90s." (She adds that rappers have made "some extreme choices" in the religious names category, "like DMX's Praise Mary, and L'il Mo's daughter God'iss Love.")
And while many parents pick religious names based on their biblical associations, that's often not the only reason, says Wattenberg. Many secular families are also attracted to their trendy sound (for example, Delilah, or Noah), while New Testament classics like John and Mary reveal a parent's stylistic conservatism.
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| Names like: Sadie, Birdie, Theo, Archie, Hattie, Clara, Cora, Frances, Beatrice, Everett
What it says about you: Parents who choose an old-fashioned name that's been out of favor for decades (or centuries!) are actually fashion-forward. "As with most trends, names cycle in popularity," says Amanda Elizabeth Barden, author of "Baby Names Made Easy."
"What once was in falls out of favor only to be loved again a few generations down the road." Rosenkrantz agrees. "Midcentury mom and pop names and Victorian names sound fresh again and are hot, so the parent who chooses one is on trend (and also impervious to the scorn of in-laws shocked by their choice of Ethel or Walter)." Vintage names also seem to have a big celeb appeal: just look at Tori Spelling's Hattie, Amy Poehler's Archie and Christina Applegate's Sadie Grace.
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| Names like: Skye, River, Blossom, Forrest, Olive, Sage, Lily, Iris, Sparrow
What it says about you: Naming your child after one of Mother Nature's many miracles probably means you're a free spirit who appreciates the world around you. Of course, the green movement -- and all of its eco-conscious, recycling, composting parents -- has contributed to the explosion of nature names. "Flower names have moved beyond the sweet Victorian-tinged Rose, Lily, Violet and Daisy to more exotic blooms such as Azalea, Camellia, Lilac, Magnolia and Zinnia," Rosenkrantz says. "Plus there's a whole new flock of bird names like Wren, Lark, Starling, Dove and Hawk." But the eco-movement isn't the only reason for the trend: Many of these nature names -- especially flower names like Rose, Lily and Iris -- are also part of the granny-chic category, and the parents who choose them may be more hipster than hippie.
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| Names like: Jackson, Jefferson, Kennedy, Lincoln, Reagan
What it says about you: The boom in presidential surnames as baby names should not be interpreted as a political statement. As Wattenberg points out, "The name Kennedy is particularly popular in Southeastern red states, and it's a good bet that few parents of a young Tyler could tell you about President John Tyler's disputes with his political party the Whigs!" Instead, parents who pick these names like their strong sound and the fact that they're grounded in tradition. Whatever their politics, these names have been associated with leaders -- and that's what parents are gravitating towards. Plus, these names have another kind of power: staying power -- and they speak of parents who want to avoid appearing too trendy. As Barden says, "These names will stand the test of time."
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| Names like: Jude, Scarlett, Sienna, Pippa, Adele, Violet, Shiloh, Honor, Haven, Flynn, Harper
What it says about you: The names celebrities choose for their own children often spark massive trends. Just look at Kourtney Kardashian's Mason -- it's now the number two name for boys in the country. So if you've named your kid after a celebrity baby (or even a celebrity) chances are you like trendy, sometimes unique names. You might even be craving some of that celebrity star power, says Barden. "Parents who are attracted to celebrity names are looking for a bit of the spotlight themselves." Hey, a name that evokes fame and fortune? What's not to like?
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| Names like: Jacob, Isabella, Rue, Grayson, Primrose, Maci, Bentley
What it says about you: Super-fans of "Twilight," "The Hunger Games" and other pop-culture phenomena may choose baby names like Jacob and Isabella, or Rue and Primrose, to honor their obsession. But most folks who pick names from popular movies, TV shows and books are really attracted to the timeliness of the name. "Parents who are drawn to pop-culture inspired names are looking to be on trend and probably hope that their children will fit in with their peers," says Barden. Be prepared for a lot of Bellas in your kid's daycare.
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| Names like: Amir, Fatima, Mohammed, Angelo, Lorenzo, Gabrielle, Monique, Philippe, Elsa, Leopold, Stefan, Ivana, Pavel, Sergei, Zahra, Diego, Carmen, Enrique
What it says about you: There was a time when American families eschewed non-Anglo names for fear of discrimination. Today, it's all about wearing your ethnicity with pride. "A more wide-open naming culture is encouraging parents to choose names that reflect their diverse family backgrounds," says Wattenberg. That said, not every ethnic baby name is linked to heritage. "Our playgrounds are full of Aidans whose parents aren't Irish and Giovannas whose parents aren't Italian," she points out. "Some parents choose foreign names based solely on style." In that case, the name reveals confident, free thinking parents who don't feel hampered by rules or tradition.
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| What It Says About You: Many parents who use a family name are trying to honor someone who was important in their lives -- so sweet! Often, parents name their baby after someone who has died. "Not only is it a way of keeping a family name in the family, in a way, it keeps the relative alive," says Alper. It's also a great way of giving the new generation a connection to an ancestor they will never meet. In the case of juniors, it's about a strong desire to carry on your lineage (and in extreme cases, it can get kinda narcissistic -- just look at pro boxer George Foreman, who named all five of his sons George!) Ultimately, parents who pick family names reveal a traditional streak -- and the belief that family is what truly matters.
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| Names like: Pilot Inspektor, Apple, Audio Science, Jermajesty, Bear
What it says about you: There's no question about it: Parents who choose unique (or made up!) baby names want people to sit up and take notice. "One-of-a-kind names stand out from the crowd," says Barden. "Parents who go that route know that people will ask a lot of questions about the name and they like the attention." This trend isn't just limited to celebrities, although Pilot Inspektor, Apple and Jermajesty are all famous examples chosen by famous parents (Jason Lee, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jermaine Jackson, respectively). We've come across a number of kids whose names were made by putting parts of the parents' names together, and we once met a child called Skycarday.
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Been putting it off for far too long, today was the day to bring the machine down, take out the modem obsolesced by the wireless highspeed, and install the ilink/firewire card. This is the story of that adventure:
First off, plug in the card, restart the machine, no smoke. Good sign, so I plug in the camera, a Sony Digital8 700x SteadyShot. Ok, on the Mandrake menu is bcast2000, so for fun, I hit it, and for the record, nothing happens. Two instances of bcast2000 in the process table, but nothing opens. So I kill it. Plan B: Google the blighter.
Google on "linux digital video" sends me to Kino. Kino wants libdv and apparently didn't like Mandrake's libdv2, so I download and install libdv from the sf site, but Kino's config still won't accept the libdv/dv.h that is clearly there in /usr/include. There's another ominous google hit, a mailing list post of someone who had gone this way before, but ran into dead silence when they asked if there were any drivers for Sony handicams ... and sure enough, following his process, a modprobe of the ohci1394 shows
/etc/hotplug/ieee1394.agent: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 product 0x080046/0x00a02d/0x010001
Y'know that sinking feeling you get when you've spent a lot of money on a "standards based" device and then discover you're locked out of it because you won't play the Redmond game? That's the feeling. I wrote to the author, since his post was 6 months ago, and trod on ...
kino's sister prog, dvgrab, wants raw1394 installed, and on this one, for the first time, there's a urpmi match: libraw1394_5-0.9.0-1mdk.i586 -- I install it with the devel RPM as well; config now wants libquicktime (not found in urpmi) and once again, it doesn't find the /usr/include/libdv/dv.h include file (locate finds it no problem), but dvgrab doesn't bomb on that, it just says the AVI's would be better if it had it. Right now, I'd be happy with a first light so I trod on and hit make.
Make exits ... with a huge string of syntax errors in /usr/include/libdv/*.h -- syntax errors, guint32 used as a type but not defined ... ok, let's shelve that for a moment. I see there's an option to use libavc1934 instead, and it builds and installs without incident, so ...
I install that, kino still fails because of dv.h, so I reinstall that from the sf sources and now dvgrab installs. Cool. Give it a shot ...
raw1394 - couldn't get handle: No such file or directory This error usually means that the ieee1394 driver is not loaded or that /dev/raw1394 does not exist.
Well, the driver is loaded, but yes, the /dev doesn't. I have video1394, but not the raw, so mknod /dev/raw1394 c 171 0, and it does exist, but dvgrab gives the same error.
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Anti-Pop Consortium is warmly welcomed back to European shores as they embark on a 15-date tour starting at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Minehead, UK this Friday.
On Saturday the alternative hip-hoppers headline the infamous Soundcrash clubnight at Cargo in London, UK with DJ Mr Thing, Memory 9 and Hayashi.
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If and when you decide to buy vintage vehicles and playsets, be on the look out for these accessories which more often than not, are missing from them. Even though the seller would say that "Oh, you can get that cheap on eBay or something", you probably would wind up paying more than if you got a complete one in the first place. Or if you have the luck and patience that I have, you could really get a bargain. I actually found two B-Wing guns in an eBay auction that I won for some scrappy parts inside the base of a Jabba's playset!
Millenium Falcon - training ball
Imperial Shuttle - ramp, windshield, side door
Y-Wing - top and front guns, long struts for back engines
B-Wing - wing guns, windshield
Sandcrawler - remote, ladder, droid elevator
Death Star playset - swing rope, dianoga monster
Jabba's palace - pipe, bowl, stand
AT-AT - chin guns
AT-ST - top gun, top cover
If I missed anything and I'm sure there are others, feel free to list them here. I almost forgot, those pesky battery covers are always missing from the electronic vehicles and playsets.


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I checked out the news item here about the playing cards and chips. I'll post the link to the news below:
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If they're not too expensive, I might get two, one to open and one with which to play. It's been a while since I've made that statement. Wasn't there a company that was trying to make a sabaacc set? Did they (and who is this mysterious "they" anyway?) ever create one?


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Biomass Energy
Biomass has generated energy from the time it created the first fire, and wood is still the largest bioenergy resource available today. Other sources include food crops, grasses, agricultural residues, manure and methane from landfills. Fossil fuels are simply ancient forms of biomass, but their finiteness and negative environmental impact makes it imperative to develop our renewable biomass resources for our energy needs. Because biomass can be converted to other usable forms of energy it is an attractive petroleum alternative.
Today, biomass resources generally fall into three types:
- agriculture
- forests
- urban waste
Environmentally Friendly
The Carbon Cycle
Source: The Energy Information Administration
Because biofuels are vegetable oil based, gaseous and particulate emissions can be reduced with their use due to the fact that, as biomass matter, they are part of the natural cycle of assimilation of CO2 by plants for their growth and development. For this reason, the use of these fuels could result in a zero net gain in oxides of carbon emissions.
Biomass Energy in Texas
Texas is rapidly expanding its use of biomass in the production of fuel, electricity and biofuels. Biofuel production typically creates far more local jobs than other types of energy projects because biomass fuels are usually produced by local suppliers within close proximity to the site.
The Role of Renewable Energy Consumption in the Nation's Energy Supply, 2003-2007
Note: Sum of components may not equal 100 percent due to independent rounding.
Source: DOE's Energy Information Agency, May 2008
According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), biomass recently surpassed hydropower as the largest domestic source of renewable energy, and biomass consumption in electric utilities is expected to double every 10 years through 2030, with forest land and agricultural land being the two largest potential biomass sources.
Due to its large agricultural and forestry sectors, Texas has an abundance of biomass energy resources within a wide variety of land, climate and soil conditions. Texas biomass is already producing fuel, electricity, and ethanol and biodiesel biofuels while creating jobs from clean, sustainable sources of energy.
For a detailed overview of the use of biomass in Texas, refer to the "Biomass Overview" in the Texas Comptroller's 2008 Energy Report.
Texas Biomass Energy Strategy
In July 2007, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced the Texas Bioenergy Strategy, and awarded a $5 million Texas Emerging Technology Fund grant to Texas A&M University for research and biofuel advancements. In a four year project, Texas A&M University and the Chevron Corroboration are partnering on research efforts to find ways to speed up harvesting of cellulose crops and turning them into biofuels. The Governor said that Texas will focus on creating biofuels through cellulosic feedstock such as switchgrass, wood chips and corn stems – rather than from corn crops, which are a staple for the Texas cattle industry.
Biomass to Biofuels
Texas is a leader in the rapidly expanding biofuels industry. Biomass produces ethanol, a gasoline alternative to petroleum based transportation fuel, and biodiesel, which is a diesel fuel alternative. Biobutanol, which is nearly as efficient as gasoline, is another alcohol fuel similar to ethanol, and can be produced from sugar cane, switchgrass or other biomass stocks.
A great amount of research by federal, state, university and private industry is currently focused on the conversion of non-grain crops, such as switchgrass and a variety of woody crops, to biofuels. A significant breakthrough is the conversion of non-food plant materials, such as agricultural wastes, saw dust, paper pulp, and switchgrass into cellulosic ethanol.
Biomass Energy Consumption
In its 2008 Annual Energy Outlook, The DOE's Energy Information Administration projected biomass energy to increase from 2.97quadrillion Btu (quads) in 2006 to 5.52 quads in 2030, an 86% increase (one quad of energy is equivalent to 340,000 tank cars of crude oil). Biofuels are expected to nearly quadruple, growing from 0.5 quads in 2006 to 1.87 quads in 2030.
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Government Agencies and Programs
- USDA Section 9006: Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Program
- USDA Rural Business Cooperative Service
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Biomass Program
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Private Organizations
- American Biofuels Council (ABC) – ABC's mission is to advance the uses of alternative fuels and other biomass derivatives.
- Texas Renewable Energy Industry Association
- Texas A&M University offers courses and research in biomass energy:
- The Bioenergy Feedstock Information Network (BFIN) is a gateway to information resources from the U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and other research organizations.
- Southwest Farm Press– News and information on topics relevant to Texas biomass, including ethanol and biodiesel.
- The Planet Power site provides biomass renewable energy information and resources.
- DOE's library of Biomass Publications
- The DOE Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center contains information about biodiesel and ethanol, vehicles that run on alternative fuels, where to buy these fuels and other useful information.
- USDA Agricultural Library, Natural Resources and Environment, Bioenergy and Biofuels Section
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- Annual Energy Outlook 2009 with Projections to 2030 is an annual publication released by The Department of Energy Energy Information Administration.
- "Texas Renewable Energy Resource Assessment" – SECO study that evaluates Texas renewable energy resources.
- The Texas Comptroller's "Energy Report" (2008) is a reference tool for anyone seeking to understand the current Texas energy environment. It includes an overview of biomass sources and fuels.


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Place the beans, garlic, onion, red pepper, chili powder and cumin in a saucepan. Mix well and simmer for 5 minutes or so until the onions and peppers are cooked. Heat the tortillas in the oven as package directs. Remove when warm. Place 3 tablespoons of rice in the center of each tortilla. Place 1 to 2 tablespoons of the bean mixture evenly on the rice. Roll up each burrito.
Mix together the ingredients for the salsa. Place 2 burritos on each serving plate and spoon the salsa over just before serving.
Per serving - 400 calories, 6 gram fat (13% calories from fat), 14 gram protein, 73 gram carbohydrate, 9 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 427 milligram sodium


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Outside of Juneau, Alaska. This was taken with my other camera as a backup. It actually came out better in some ways. I managed to catch a mountain goat and a bald eagle - look very closely and see if you can find them!
Taken 5/13/2012 (camera needs new internal battery so the date is incorrect).
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Doug - it the camera. I need a new Internal battery. I updated the description though.
Nice image, Polly! Because this glacier is receding rapidly, it would be helpful to be certain about the date on which the image was taken. Was it really Jan. 1, 1980 or was the camera clock not reset after a battery change? Thanks!
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GigaPan Stitch version 2.0.0501 (Windows)
Panorama size: 748 megapixels (54224 x 13804 pixels)
Input images: 147 (21 columns by 7 rows)
Field of view: 43.7 degrees wide by 11.1 degrees high (top=11.8, bottom=0.7)
Vignette correction on: c1=0.0013 c2=-0.00231
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Camera make: Canon
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A new version of Think can now be found at its main page. Both its users are rejoicing.
A new version of Think can now be found at its main page. Both its users are rejoicing.
Started working on a diary importing facility for Virgule, the module behind Advogato.. This should allow anyone who wants to keep their diary off-site to also have it shown here.
I'm planning a GNOME diary editor app, as well.
My diary is now over at Helix.
Today I start working for Helix Code
Exams over, holidays starting. Let the hackfest begin.
Well, after a couple days. Heading to Virginia with Lizzie for a couple Phish shows first.
Spent a little time putting off classwork last night, and I looked into figuring out the database formats for my Doonesbury Flashbacks cd, which contains the first 25 years of the Doonesbury comic strip. I used it for the last time about 5 years ago, before I switched over to Linux.
So, I threw together a quick C program that dumps all the jpegs out of the big databases.. Now I just need to integrate the searching functionality of the original program and slap a GNOME interface onto it. Should be a relatively quick project - I'll work on it over the holidays.
Overwhelmed by schoolwork. I'll probably be overwhelmed for the next three weeks, as the semester is ending.
Just played around with Gimp a little, trying to make a logo for Rosetta. The result is slightly nifty so far.
Finished lots of schoolwork today, so hopefully I will have some time pre-Thanksgiving for a little hacking. I'm trying to (finally) release some Rosetta code officially. Maybe I'll make a yeti@home release too.
Uploaded a new sublevel of Think to Debian potato today.. Fixed my one reported bug.
Saw my brother yesterday, for the first time since he had gone off to college (at Washington and Lee.. Lexington, VA). Hung out for the evening at my apartment.. Looking forward to seeing my family for Thanksgiving now.
Lizzie wants me to mention her in my diary. Hi Lizzie!
It looks like I may be hacking something free for course credit next semester. I'll probably be doing a study in component-based programming, maybe with Think as a base.
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.
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text: Admin on April 5, 2013 0 Comments It's very easy to get excited about making a kegerator purchase. The very nature of the product brings thoughts and images of great get-togethers, joyous celebrations, and all-around good times. It's certainly not like shopping for new windshield wipers, or perhaps, say, napkin rings (if those things excite you, there's absolutely no judgment here). But beer is something that instills a certain sense of excitement simply because it reminds us of fun, and oh-so-delicious, times. Mmm, beer… Wait, let's not get ahead of ourselves! It's important to remember that there are many things to consider when making a kegerator purchase. Will you enlist it to serve up large amounts of libations regularly, or only break it out for special occasions? Will you use it inside, outside, or both? Do you want to install it in your home bar area, or will it stand uncovered on its own, to bask in all its glory? These are just some of the many important questions you should ask yourself when deciding which kegerator to outfit your space with. Remember, there are a lot of kegerator models out there to choose from, but the one you choose will most likely become an official member of your household, so choose wisely! There are more types of kegerators than you might think. There are a wide variety or full-size home kegerators, commercial kegerators for restaurant and bar use, and even mini kegerators, designed specifically for use with 5-liter "mini kegs". The following will detail the capabilities and drawbacks of each type of kegerator, and will ultimately help you decide which one is right for you. Full-Size Home Kegerators These kegerators are designed for personal use in your home and come in a great number of styles to suit all sorts of applications. They are great for those that like to keep larger quantities of beer and/or entertain guests often and are capable of holding full-size half-barrel kegs. Freestanding Units First, choose a model based on whether or not you want to use it indoors or outdoors. If you plan on using your kegerator exclusively indoors, there's no need to shell out the extra cash for outdoor capabilities that you do not need. Full-size indoor kegerators can either be designed for freestanding or built-in (under-counter) installation. Freestanding models are fully-finished, fully-enclosed units that can stand on their own. Additionally, most models include casters that allow you to move the unit about easily (as seen on the underside of the EdgeStar kegerator to your right). Though, freestanding kegerators require at least 3-4 inches of space between the back of the unit and wall, as well as 2-3 inches on each side in order to properly ventilate. Because the compressor is located on the back of the unit, there must be a sufficient buffer that allows the hot air produced by the compressor to escape. Using a freestanding kegerator in a built-in application could cause overheating and will undoubtedly compromise the unit's performance overall. Built-In Units So, if you're looking to install your kegerator under cabinetry or another type of enclosure, built-in models are for you. Kegerators that are capable of built-in installation will always highlight the ability as a feature due to the fact that it's the sole differentiator from a freestanding unit. Otherwise, built-in models tend to look very similar, if not identical, to their freestanding cousins. You can also usually spot them out because they typically have cooling systems that ventilate out of the front of the unit. This feature allows flush installation without a need for any extra space around the sides and back. Though some units on today's market still vent from the back, but have an additional fan to help channel and force the hot air away from the cabinet. One downside of built-in kegerators is that they usually cost more due to a more complex cooling system design. Higher-end units are also completely enclosed, including the backside. Now, if you want to use your kegerator outdoors full-time, say, in a patio entertainment area, or just want to have the ability to use it outside, say, for a backyard barbecue on the weekend, you should go with an outdoor kegerator. These outdoor-specific units are different from those built for indoor use in that they have a weatherproof construction, made to outlast the elements. Additionally, they have increased insulation to keep your beer at the perfect temperature, and are also equipped with more powerful compressors that have greater cooling capabilities to combat extreme ambient temperatures. Keep in mind, outdoor kegerators will typically cost more than units made for indoor use due to these upgrades in design, functionality, and versatility. Mini Kegerators Don't have the space for a full-size kegerator or just don't have a need for a full-size keg? Then your best bet is a mini kegerator, which is small enough to sit on your countertop while taking up minimal space. They are designed to store and dispense beer from 5-Liter Kegs, which come in a variety of offerings. Mini-kegerators are perfect for people that prefer draft beer over bottled, but don't like to commit to multiple gallons of a single beer. A mini-kegerator gives you the power to pour yourself a fresh pint as you would get at a bar, but from the comfort of your own home and without the premiums involved. Also, mini kegerators are great for European beer enthusiasts as many popular Eurobrews are sold in 5-liter kegs. These mini kegs can be tapped easily without having to purchase a European-specific coupler to fit the keg, as you would with a full-size keg. It's also important to be aware of the fact that mini kegs come in pressurized and non-pressurized varieties. Pressurized kegs come filled with the gas necessary to dispense the beer. All mini kegerators are able to dispense from pressurized kegs, making them the more convenient option. However, some of your favorite beers may only be offered in non-pressurized kegs, in which case you will need to make sure that your mini-kegerator has the ability to dispense from them. These mini kegerators will specify if they have the ability or will sometimes offer an additional kit that allows you to infuse gas directly into the keg. This gas cartridge system will add the perfect amount of gas to your keg on the spot, and will provide the pressure necessary to serve beer from the previously non-pressurized keg. Commercial Kegerators The biggest, and typically most expensive, breed of the bunch is the commercial kegerator. These are kegerators designed specifically for use in commercial settings, including bars, restaurants, and grocery stores. They are constructed of the highest quality materials and feature a sturdier design to withstand high usage levels. Unlike many residential kegerators, commercial units often employ a different cooling method known as forced air cooling. Instead of using a cold plate within the refrigeration chamber to maintain internal temperatures, a fan forces cold air throughout the space. The result is a more evenly cooled space that allows all contents to reach and maintain the same temperature. With forced air cooling nothing within the kegerator can come in direct contact with cooling components. With cold plate cooling, you can get cold spots, where kegs that are closer to the plate will have a lower temperature. Commercial kegerators are definitely not for everyone, as they carry a higher price tag, and can take up a lot more space. Additionally, larger commercial units are intended for a single point installation, and cannot be easily moved from place to place. However, they are ideal for businesses and even residential applications that demand the absolute best performance capabilities and durability. While there are a tremendous amount of options and aspects to consider when picking your perfect kegerator, just remember that it's a kegerator! I'm willing to bet that it's one of the purchases in life you'll be most excited to shop for. When you find the perfect fit and pour that first pint, be sure to raise it not only to your friends, but to your delicious draft beer-dispensing kegerator, too!


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- Business intelligence - Allows enterprise users to analyze corporate data, track organizational performance, and detect business trends.
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Complementary medicines
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Health professional initiatives to improve decisions and practice around medicines use
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With an incredible roster of products like the Womb Chair and Barcelona Chair, Knoll continues to remain true to the Bauhaus design philosophy it was founded on, that modern furniture should complement architectural space, not compete with it. Whether you're searching for one of their iconic modern designs or looking to update your workspace, Knoll has an array of products, which combine a Modernist aesthetic with residential appeal.
The son of architect and Cranbrook Academy of Art director Eliel Saarinen and his wife, textile artist Loja, Eero Saarinen studied sculpture in Paris and architecture at Yale before working on furniture design with Norman Bel Geddes and practicing architecture with his father. He collaborated on several projects in furniture design with his friend, Cranbrook alumnus Charles Eames, and opened his own practice in Bloomfield Hills in 1950. Among the many designs he is known for include the Saarinen Dining Tables, Womb Chair, Tulip Chairs, and more. He was the recipient of numerous awards and the subject of many exhibitions.View other products by Eero Saarinen


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Got in over my head trying to help my school, anyone want to give me guidance?
Basically I am trying to convince the administrators at my school to switch the wifi security protocol from WEP to WPA, however they are reluctant to do so and claim it does not need to be done. Even after demonstrating how the password can be stolen they seem to think it doesn't matter if some random person hacks into our network. I wan't to prove them wrong.
I noticed when running a basic IP scan that we have networked security camera's...hehehe *evil look* and I was thinking that a good way to give them a lasting impression would to be to demonstrate how a hacker could gain access to the school's security system on acount of a weak password to the Wifi. Here are the details:
I found the config page for the Dibos cameras at the local ip:
Navigating there in a browser gives me something that looks like this (note this is not the page but one I found on someone else's site)
*It requires IE to view*
I also found that there was a DIBOS-[lotsofnumbersandletters] workgroup on the network but when trying to "explore" that workgroup it asked for a username and password, it did not work.
I have local admin access on *some* machines with the help of ophcrack, but they seem to not be able to find the workgroup and the 10.1.1.22 page is no different from an admin account
Also, our school keeps a "remote access" citrix client running from which I can run remote-desktop and get onto one of the few local machines that have RDP enabled, from there I can see the Dibos workgroup but cannot access it, however I am a weak user on these remote computers and can't even run Cain and Abel or extract the SAM files with pwdump.
Additionally, I suspect that the Network admin account password is the same as that for the Dibos, the issue is that I don't know how to get the Network admin account although like i previously mentioned I have local admin on a few machines.
Also, I have been using an anonymous e-mail address to communicate with the administration and would like to remain unknown for a while longer so that they don't just put all kinds of security on my user account or pay particular attention to me in the future, thus if it is possible to remain invisible that would also be ideal.
Finally, I understand that the information that you post here may be used for less noble purposes and if you would prefer to PM me your advice rather than post it here than please do so.
Thanks and I look forward to being part of The Ethical Hacker Network,


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'Visions of Princeton' Survey Explores Undergraduates' Hopes for Future
Posted March 7, 2000; 10:14 a.m.
The Undergraduate Student Government is sponsoring an online survey of undergraduates concerning campus life. Called " Visions of Princeton ," the survey poses questions about what students would like to preserve about campus life, what they would like to change and how. The survey runs until March 9 at midnight.


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Family: Icteridae, Blackbirds and Orioles view all from this family
Description ADULT MALE Has mainly orange face and underparts with black back, nape, crown, eyestripe, and narrow line on throat. Black wings have white edges to flight feathers and broad white patch on coverts. Rump is orange and orange tail is marked with an inverted black "T." ADULT AND IMMATURE FEMALES Have an olive-gray back, pale yellow hood and breast, and otherwise mostly whitish underparts. Wings are blackish with white edges to flight feathers and two white wing bars. Rump and tail are yellowish. IMMATURE MALE Recalls adult male in terms of plumage pattern overall, but orange elements of plumage are yellow (very pale on belly), back is streaked olivegray, and crown is grayish yellow.
Dimensions Length: 7-8 1/2" (18-22 cm)
Habitat Common and widespread summer visitor (mainly May-Aug) to open woodland, especially waterside habitats where cottonwoods and willows flourish; winters mostly in Mexico.
Observation Tips Although not unduly shy, surprisingly easy to overlook when foraging unobtrusively in dappled foliage.
Range California, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, Plains, Texas, Northwest
Voice Song is a brisk, whistled tch-t'tch-pe'wee-tu-wee-weep; call is a dry tchup.
Discussion Colorful oriole that is the western counterpart of Baltimore; formerly, both were lumped together as single species, Northern Oriole. Male is unmistakable; confusion is possible between females and immatures of both species, although ranges barely overlap. Identification of dull individuals requires experience and may not be possible in some cases. But overall, immature Bullock's in fall has a brighter yellow face and neck than Baltimore and back is plain gray (Baltimore's back has faint dark streaks). To add to the confusion, hybridization occurs in narrow zone of overlap on Great Plains. Sexes are dissimilar.


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Lake Chuzenji is a resort community located in the mountains above Nikko, Japan. The area is reached by an incredible highway (the irohazaka zigzag motorway) with so many hairpin-turn switchbacks that there is one way up and a different way down! Close to where this photo was taken is the splendid Kegon Falls, the highest waterfall in Japan. Mt. Nantai, with its typical volcanic cone shape, dominates the scenery at the right and still had patches of snow on top in late May. The hotel we stayed at had an "onsen" (volcanic hot spring) for guests to enjoy. Once we got used to the sulphur smell (which didn't take long), it was a most relaxing experience! The nearby town of Nikko, a world heritage site, is another well-known tourist destination, as well. To learn more about the area, visit: www.nikko-jp.org/english/chuzenji/index.html


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The Hope College Chapel Choir, the college's premier choral ensemble comprised of 40 auditioned singers, has announced its spring tour itinerary which will include concerts in Michigan, Indiana, Florida and Kentucky from March 11-22.
Founded in 1938, the Chapel Choir has toured extensively throughout the United States and Canada and has traveled abroad on eight occasions, most recently to South Africa in 2009. The choir wears distinctive robes designed by the husband-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames who are considered among the most influential designers of the twentieth century. The robe colors symbolize the four primary voice parts, from highest (yellow) to lowest (purple).
Chapel Choir director Dr. Brad Richmond is Director of Choral Activities at Hope College. A member of the Hope faculty since 1998, he teaches conducting and voice. A Canada Council for the Arts Conducting Award winner, he has toured with choirs throughout the United States, Canada, England, Austria, France, Italy, Hungary, the Czech Republic and South Africa. Several of his choral compositions have been published.
Upon its return, the Chapel Choir will present its annual home concert featuring its tour repertoire on Monday, March 26 at St. Francis de Sales church in Holland.
Sunday, March 11, 4 p.m.
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
Detroit, Mich.
Wednesday, March 14, 7 p.m.
Pilgrim Lutheran Church
Indianapolis, Inc.
Friday, March 16, 7 p.m.
Penney Memorial Chapel
Penney Farms, Fla.
Sunday, March 18, 9:30 a.m. & 11:05 a.m.
Community Church of Vero Beach
Vero Beach, Fla.
Sunday, March 18, 7 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Vero Beach
Vero Beach, Fla.
Monday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.
Moorings Presbyterian Church
Naples, Fla.
Tuesday, March 20, 7:30 p.m.
Church of the Redeemer
Sarasota, Fla.
Thursday, March 22, 7:30 p.m.
First Christian Church
Bowling Green, Kentucky
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St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
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Salmon Aquaculture Impact
Here's a very interesting 12/20/02, LA Times article on the environmental concerns over salmon farming. John
Fish Farms Become Feedlots of the Sea
Like cattle pens, the salmon operations bring product to market cheaply. But harm to ocean life and possibly human health has experts worried. By Kenneth R. Weiss, Times Staff Writer
PORT McNEILL, Canada -- PORT McNEILL, Canada -- If you bought a salmon filet in the supermarket recently or ordered one in a restaurant, chances are it was born in a plastic tray here, or a place just like it.
Instead of streaking through the ocean or leaping up rocky streams, it spent three years like a marine couch potato, circling lazily in pens, fattening up on pellets of salmon chow.
It was vaccinated as a small fry to survive the diseases that race through these oceanic feedlots, acres of net-covered pens tethered offshore. It was likely dosed with antibiotics to ward off infection or fed pesticides to shed a beard of bloodsucking sea lice.
For that rich, pink hue, the fish was given a steady diet of synthetic pigment. Without it, the flesh of these caged salmon would be an unappetizing, pale gray.
While many chefs and seafood lovers snub the feedlot variety as inferior to wild salmon, fish farming is booming. What was once a seasonal delicacy now is sometimes as cheap as chicken and available year-round. Now, the hidden costs of mass-producing these once-wild fish are coming into focus.
Begun in Norway in the late 1960s, salmon farming has spread rapidly to cold-water inlets around the globe. Ninety-one salmon farms now operate in British Columbian waters. The number is expected to reach 200 or more in the next decade.
Industrial fish farming raises many of the same concerns about chemicals and pollutants that are associated with feedlot cattle and factory chicken farms. So far, however, government scientists worry less about the effects of antibiotics, pesticides and artificial dyes on human health than they do about damage to the marine environment.
"They're like floating pig farms," said Daniel Pauly, professor of fisheries at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. "They consume a tremendous amount of highly concentrated protein pellets and they make a terrific mess."
Fish wastes and uneaten feed smother the sea floor beneath these farms, generating bacteria that consume oxygen vital to shellfish and other bottom-dwelling sea creatures.
Disease and parasites, which would normally exist in relatively low levels in fish scattered around the oceans, can run rampant in densely packed fish farms.
Pesticides fed to the fish and toxic copper sulfate used to keep nets free of algae are building up in sea-floor sediments. Antibiotics have created resistant strains of disease that infect both wild and domesticated fish.
Clouds of sea lice, incubated by captive fish on farms, swarm wild salmon as they swim past on their migration to the ocean.
Of all the concerns, the biggest turns out to be a problem fish farms were supposed to help alleviate: the depletion of marine life from overfishing.
These fish farms contribute to the problem because the captive salmon must be fed. Salmon are carnivores and, unlike vegetarian catfish that are fed grain on farms, they need to eat fish to bulk up fast and remain healthy.
It takes about 2.4 pounds of wild fish to produce one pound of farmed salmon, according to Rosamond L. Naylor, an agricultural economist at Stanford's Center for Environmental Science and Policy.
That means grinding up a lot of sardines, anchovies, mackerel, herring and other fish to produce the oil and meal compressed into pellets of salmon chow.
"We are not taking strain off wild fisheries. We are adding to it," Naylor said. "This cannot be sustained forever."
In British Columbia, the industry, under pressure from environmentalists, marine scientists and local newspapers, is taking steps to mitigate some of the ecological problems.
"We have made some mistakes in the past and we acknowledge them," said Mary Ellen Walling, executive director of the British Columbia Salmon Farmers Assn. "We feel the industry is sustainable, if well-managed, and we have a code of practices that is followed by all of our member companies."
Nearly 30 farms are preparing to move to less ecologically fragile areas, under orders from Canadian authorities.
Some farms have installed underwater video cameras to detect when fish quit feeding, so workers can stop scattering food pellets. Many farms are switching to sturdier nets to stop fish from escaping and keep out marauding sea lions, which are shot if they penetrate the perimeter.
The industry now recognizes that it will soon be pushing the limits of the ocean.
"There will come a time when our industry will use more of the fish oil and fish meal than is available," said Odd Grydeland, an executive at Heritage Salmon in British Columbia. "Our biggest challenge is to find substitute grains for fish meal and fish oil."
Farm-raised salmon now dominates West Coast markets, arriving daily from Canada and Chile. About 80% of the salmon grown in British Columbia goes to markets from Seattle to Los Angeles.
The salmon industry took off so fast in British Columbia in the 1980s that the provincial government, worried about the environmental toll, imposed a ban in 1995 on any new farms.
The industry responded by stuffing, on average, twice as many fish into each farm. Today, farms typically put 50,000 to 90,000 fish in a pen 100 feet by 100 feet. A single farm can grow 400,000 fish. Others raise a million or more.
The moratorium on new farms was lifted in September by the provincial government after voters elected a pro-business slate of lawmakers and administrators. As a result, 10 to 15 farms are expected to open each year over the next decade.
Five international companies -- three of them based in Norway -- control most of the existing farms. Nearly all are situated around Vancouver Island, which begins outside Seattle's Puget Sound and extends up the coast for 300 miles.
It's a lightly populated place of stunning beauty. Cedar, hemlock and Douglas fir grow right down to the high-water mark.
Massive tides flush rich blue-green waters through the archipelago of islands, straits, bays and inlets, nurturing five types of wild salmon. These, in turn, attract seals, sea lions, white-sided dolphins and the world's best known pods of killer whales.
Residents rely on boats and seaplanes to reach surrounding islands that host many of the farms. Each farm is a cluster of pens, often interconnected by metal walkways and tethered offshore by a lattice of steel cables, floats and weights.
In the midst of this idyllic setting, signs of strain on the marine environment are bubbling to the surface much the way diseases and parasites, incubated in European salmon farms, fouled the fiords of Norway and the lochs of Scotland.
In Norway, parasites have so devastated wild fish that the government poisoned all aquatic life in dozens of rivers and streams in an effort to re-boot the ecological system.
"The Norwegian companies are transferring the same operations here that have been used in Europe," said Pauly, the fisheries professor. "So we can infer that every mistake that has been done in Norway and Scotland will be replicated here."
Dale Blackburn, vice president of West Coast operations for Norwegian-based Stolt Sea Farm, said his staff works very closely with its counterparts in Norway. But, he said, "It's ridiculous to think we don't learn from our mistakes and transfer technology blindly."
Still, more than a dozen farms in British Columbia have been stricken by infectious hematopoietic necrosis, a virus that attacks the kidneys and spleen of fish.
Jeanine Siemens, manager of a Stolt farm, said, "It was really hard for me and the crew" to oversee the killing of 900,000 young salmon last August because of a viral outbreak.
"We had a boat pumping dead fish every day," she said. "It took a couple of weeks. But it was the best decision. You are at risk of infecting other farms."
Farms are typically required to bury the dead in landfills to protect wild marine life and the environment. But Grieg Seafood recently got an emergency permit from the Canadian government to dump in the Pacific 900 tons of salmon killed by a toxic algae bloom. The emergency? The weight of the dead fish threatened to sink the entire farm.
About 1 million live Atlantic salmon -- favored by farmers because they grow fast and can be packed in tight quarters -- have escaped through holes in nets and storm-wrecked farms in the Pacific Northwest.
Biologists fear these invaders will out-compete Pacific salmon and trout for food and territory, hastening the demise of the native fish. An Atlantic salmon takeover could knock nature's balance out of whack and turn a healthy, diverse marine habitat into one dominated by a single invasive species.
Preserving diversity is essential, biologists say, because multiple species of salmon have a better chance of surviving than just one.
John Volpe, a fisheries ecologist at the University of Alberta, has been swimming rivers with snorkel and mask to document the spread of Atlantic salmon and their offspring.
"In the majority of rivers, I find Atlantic salmon," Volpe said. "We know they are out there; we just don't know how many, or what to do about them."
His research focuses on how Atlantic salmon can colonize, if given a chance. It has terrified the U.S. neighbors to the north. Alaskan officials banned fish farms in 1990 to protect their wild fishery. So they don't take kindly to British Columbian farms creeping toward their southern border.
Although native Pacific salmon are rare and endangered in the Lower 48, Alaska's salmon fisheries are so healthy they have earned the Marine Stewardship Council's eco-label as "sustainable." The council's labels are designed to guide consumers to species that are not being overharvested.
Recently, the prospect of genetically modified salmon that can grow six times faster than normal fish has heightened anxiety. Aqua Bounty Farms Inc., of Waltham, Mass., is seeking U.S. and Canadian approval to alter genes to produce a growth hormone that could shave a year off the usual 2 1/2 to three years it takes to raise a market-size fish.
Commercial fishermen and other critics fear that these "frankenfish" will escape and pose an even greater danger to native species than do the Atlantic salmon.
"Nobody can predict just what that means for our wild salmon," Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles said. "We do see it as a threat."
Canadian commercial fishermen, initially supportive of salmon farms, have grown increasingly hostile. They were stunned in August when their nets came up nearly empty during the first day of the wild pink salmon season in the Broughton Archipelago at the northeast end of Vancouver Island.
"There should have been millions of pinks, but there were fewer than anyone can remember," said Calvin Siider, a salmon gill-netter. "We can't prove that sea lice caused it. But common sense tells you something, if they are covered by sea lice as babies, and they don't come back as adults."
Alexandra Morton, an independent biologist and critic of salmon farms, began examining sea lice in 2001 when a fishermen brought her two baby pink salmon covered with them.
Collecting more than 700 baby pink salmon around farms, she found that 78% were covered with a fatal load of sea lice, which burrow into fish and feed on skin, mucous and blood. Juvenile salmon she netted farther from the farms were largely lice-free.
Bud Graham, British Columbia's assistant deputy minister of agriculture, food and fisheries, called this a "unique phenomenon."
"We have not seen that before. We really don't understand it," he said. "We've not had sea lice problems in our waters, compared to Scotland and Ireland."
Salmon farmers point out that the sea louse exists in the wild. Their captive fish are unlikely hosts, the farmers say, because at the first sign of an outbreak, they add the pesticide emamectin benzoate to the feed.
Under Canadian rules, farmers must halt the use of pesticides 25 days before harvest to make sure all residues are flushed from the fish. If that's done, officials said, pesticides should pose no danger to consumers.
European health officials have debated whether there is any human health risk from synthetic pigment added to the feed to give farmed salmon their pink hue.
In the wild, salmon absorb carotenoid from eating pink krill. On the farm, they get canthaxanthin manufactured by Hoffman-La Roche. The pharmaceutical company distributes its trademarked SalmoFan, similar to paint store swatches, so fish farmers can choose among various shades.
Europeans are suspicious of canthaxanthin, which was linked to retinal damage in people when taken as a sunless tanning pill. The British banned its use as a tanning agent, but it's still available in the United States.
As for its use in animal feed, the European Commission scientific committee on animal nutrition issued a warning about the pigment and urged the industry to find an alternative. But in response, the British Food Standards Agency took the position that normal consumption of salmon poses no health risk. No government has banned the pigment from animal feed.
Scientists in the United States are far more concerned about a pair of preliminary studies -- one in British Columbia and one in Great Britain -- that showed farmed salmon accumulate more cancer-causing PCBs and toxic dioxins than wild salmon.
Scientists in the U.S. are trying to determine the extent of the contamination in salmon and what levels are safe for human consumption.
The culprit appears to be the salmon feed, which contains higher concentrations of fish oil -- extracted from sardines, anchovies and other ground-up fish -- than wild salmon normally consume. Man-made contaminants, PCBs and dioxins make their way into the ocean and are absorbed by marine life.
The pollutants accumulate in fat that is distilled into the concentrated fish oil, which, in turn, is a prime ingredient of the salmon feed.
Farmed salmon are far fattier than their wild cousins, although they do not contain as much of the beneficial omega-3 fatty acids.
The industry complains that environmental activists have misinterpreted the contaminant studies, needlessly frightening consumers.
"The concern is that people will stop eating fish," said Walling, of the British Columbia Salmon Farmers Assn. "Salmon is a healthy food choice. Our Canadian government says this is a safe food."
Environmentalists in British Columbia and Scotland recently launched campaigns urging consumers to boycott farmed salmon until the industry changes many of its practices.
At the least, they want the farms to switch to solid-walled pens with catch basins to isolate farmed fish -- and their diseases, pests and waste -- from the environment. The ideal solution, they say, is to have the farmed stock raised in landlocked tanks.
Protests notwithstanding, the industry is expected to get a lot bigger. Demand for seafood is rising and will double by 2040, according to the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization. Nearly half the world's wild fisheries are exhausted from overfishing, thus much of the supply will likely come from farmed seafood.
"Aquaculture is here to stay," said Rebecca Goldburg, a biologist who co-authored a report on the industry for the Pew Oceans Commission. "The challenge is to ensure that this young industry grows in a sustainable manner and does not cause serious ecological damage."
Speybum-Thanks for that posting
Salmon without Rivers
Reading this book makes you sick.
fish farms
last winter Ed Ward mentioned the thought that puget sound steelhead smolts migrate up th coast past those B.C. fish farms. one theory on the low returns for the "inside" rivers is the sea lice problem as they migrate out to sea. thanks for that very well done all inclusive piece on the problems. i used to be encouraged that we could stop chasing fish allover the seas and eliminate all the bycatch problems. now i am a firm believer in raising these fish where there are no resident wild populations.too much bad evidence from Norway. reminds me of how we were all seduced by fish ladders and hatcheries that suposedly would solve our problems.
Bob,i have not read that book yet.dont need that depression at present.however, i presently see our rivers as healthier than in times past.i see it as rivers without fish. lots of prime redd gravel without redds.the fish cant make it back.
I think Ed Ward may have it right about Puget Sound Steelhead smolts migrating north up the coast and by all those wonderful Salmon farms. Last couple of years have been asking marine scientists if this could be so. Answer I get is not enough study done on smolt migration but what has been done shows that Puget Sound smolts go directly and quickley out the strait. That sounds fishy to me. How can we have 3 good years of ocean conditions with more than enough forage fish for food supply and not be getting our steelhead back?
Norway is not the only place where fish farms have killed off a large population of native fish. One of Ireland's coasts lost it's run of fish due to sea lice infestation from fish farms. On our east coast we had wild Alantic Salmon coming back quite well for years but have crashed in the last 5 years or so. Could that have anything to do with Maine and New Brunswick increasing their fish farming opportunities?
Fish farming should be an international crime and those very wealthy investors from Norway, Japan and the rest of the world should be brought to justice. They know exactly what fish farms are doing to the worlds oceans and its native peoples who have to live by these farms and can no longer feed their families due to the polution, removal of habitat and the disease of native fish. What do you want to bet that a lot of these investors no longer fish their home rivers in Norway because fishing sucks but spend many of fine day fishing Alantic Salmon now in Russia far away from the devistation their wealth and political power have created.
With the history of salmon farms, and the destruction they are still causing, it seems logical that they are a contributing factor in this recent decline. Possibly more so than we know.
But, just to leave you in a good mood- Russia is not exempt from the problem. Fishing the Kola's E. Litza this past year, my partner landed a bright escapee of about 18#'s. Probably from the Norwegian farms.
Thanks Inland,
I guess you can run but you can't hide for long. I wonder if they have a Salmon run in the rivers of N. Korea.
The British Perspective
This issue is certainly a hot topic in UK circles, and one I feel very strongly about - apologies for not picking it up here earlier, but I don't normally look at this section. Apologies too for what will be a long post.
Perhaps the main issue currently is the question of sea lice and their effect on sea trout (sea-run browns), although there are other worrying consequences of this industry also.
Sea lice occur naturally in coastal waters, and attach themselves to salmon returning from their open-ocean feeding grounds. The concentration of salmon in an inshore farm leads to huge numbers of lice and their eggs. A few lice on an adult salmon aren't a problem. However, the lice also attack salmon and sea trout smolts after they decend the rivers to go to sea. These small fish are very vulnerable, and it is at this stage that the damage is caused. Smolts have been found, severely emaciated and infested in some cases with hundreds of lice which quite literally eat them away. It is sea trout in particular that are vulnerable because they feed in coastal waters and so the lice persist on them. By contrast, once salmon have 'run the gauntlet' they go to the open sea where lice are not a problem, although this is not to say that there is not significant mortality of salmon smolts as well as they pass through. Once famous sea trout fisheries like Loch Maree in Scotland and Delphi in Ireland have seen their numbers reduced to a fraction of their former catches. There appears to be a direct link between the placing of salmon cages near a river mouth and fall-off of sea trout numbers - and when cages are 'fallowed', numbers improve again. Fishermen have seen this correlation for years, although the fish farmers have only just acknowledged that a link exists at all.
Sea lice are controlled in salmon farms using chemicals such as 'Nuvan'. This is highly toxic to other marine life (as well as carcinogenic to humans), and has been linked to severe fall-offs in invertebrate life around salmon cages.
Because salmon cages are generally located in areas of low tidal activity and little current, waste products (principally excrement and uneaten food) accumulate on the sea bed under the cages. This leads to areas of the sea bed being poisoned, and can cause the blooms of toxic algae which affect, for example, shellfish. In extreme cases it results in 'red tides' which kill all marine animal life across a wide area.
There are other diseases and parasites associated with farmed salmon. Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) and Gyrodactylus salaris are two. These can be transferred into rivers. A number of Norwegian rivers have been treated for Gyrodactylus - this basically involves pouring poison into the headstreams to kill every fish in the river. The rivers can then be restocked with healthy fish. This, so far as I am aware, is the only way of eradicating this parasite once it is present in a system.
Occasionally large numbers of fish escape from farms. They will run up the nearest river and attempt to spawn. We are coming to understand more about the genetic integrity of individual populations of fish, adapted by natural selection over many generations to best suit their particular home river. And it is clear that a large number of 'alien' spawners in a river with already reduced numbers of native fish could dilute the genetic integrity of a population. These escaped fish can also carry the diseases mentioned above into the rivers.
There are a few deep water, open sea farms that get round some of the problems, but they all dump chemicals and waste into the sea in a way that would cause an outcry if it occurred on land. The only responsible way to farm fish is in inland tanks or ponds, with all waste water treated before being returned to its source. I'm afraid it's very much a case of 'out of sight, out of mind' as far as what happens in the sea is concerned.
There is a small campaign running currently to bring the problem of salmon farms to peoples' attention, led by well-known Scottish fisherman and writer Bruce Sandison. For more information, have a look at http://www.salmonfarmmonitor.org/
Gardener: One heck of a read!
Keep your eye's posted for more of this kind of information. The web connect really added some additional perspective.
Thanks Gardener,
The info is great and the links are perfect.
Do you have any idea how fish farms are even able to get their foot in the door in places such as Scotland? I believe you have limited amounts of money your politicians can recieve to campian their bid for office so how does it happen?
Read the article which is linked to in this thread: http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure...ML/010115.html
Thanks for the info and the perspective from your part of the world. Maybe, just maybe we fishermen who care about the resource will be able to get the policians to see and acknowldge that their is a problem. After which they will do something, resulting in improved fisheries and the removal of these threats.
I wholeheartedly agree that they only safe way to farm fish is in inland tanks or lined ponds with all waste water treated before being allowed into a waterway.
Politics etc...
OC and Flytier, the trouble is that the fish farms were originally welcomed by many, including angling interests. The places where they are mostly found, notably the West coasts of Scotland and Ireland, are very poor areas where there is little industry and unemployment is a serious problem. Traditionally, crofting/subsistence farming was the principal occupation, but with changes in farming (and specifically the collapse in the wool market worldwide), it is increasingly hard to make any sort of living thereby, let alone one that you might regard as meeting 21st Century standards. There is a serious problem of depopulation, with communities dropping below the critical mass required to maintain schools and services, consequent loss of cultural heritage etc. So fish farming was (and is) regarded by many as a positive development in these areas.
Furthermore many people believed that aquaculture would relieve some pressure on wild fish stocks. As you are no doubt aware, there are efforts being made to stop the netting of salmon round the coasts of the British Isles, as well as on the high seas. It stands to reason that a ready supply of cheap, farmed fish would help to lower the price of wild salmon and make netting operations less attractive. It would have the further effect of reducing large-scale poaching, which remains a problem in some places.
So there were good reasons to welcome the fish farms initially. The problem is now that they do provide a source of income to poor areas; one which, even given the prices we have to pay for our fishing here, would probably never be supplanted by revenue from increases in fishing-related tourism. The actual job figures may be open to debate, but its hard to argue for the total cessation of an industry that is now perceived as one of the economic lynchpins of these areas. One concern, for me, about the anti-farm protests is that they dont yet seem able to offer a viable alternative to the existing system, and without that any campaign seems rather hollow. This, I guess, is why Bruce Sandison is currently concentrating on trying to persuade consumers to buy alternatives to farmed salmon (eg Alaskan wild salmon); at the same time conservation bodies are working with the fish farmers to see if a less damaging system of aquaculture can be worked out.
Scott K, boy that site you posted was really great. You have sportsmen from the left as well as the right posting on the internet in Canada. Down here all of our fishing sites have only strange land rights, right wingers that only fish in camo fatiges.
Gardener, as always with any enviro movement the emotions have to come first. Let us hope that your movement in Scotland will now have the time, funding and political power to help find alternative work for the peoples of the coast.
Many of us hope that the Salmon Farms will be able to be moved inland and into safe holding areas with proper treatment of effluent waste. Not sure that this will work untill the coastal net pen farms have been eliminated and total restrictions on imports are put on over seas farms. That would be hard with WTO policies now the mainstream. Reason we will not see inland fish farming untill the net pen farming is gone is cost.
I did some cost research for just polution control for a starting up farm on lets say one of our rivers in Eastern Washington.
First off one can not treat fish farm effluent with just UV disinfection as the organisms are to large and too many and the amount of UV light banks would be imense to get proper kill rate.
One would have to use chlorine gas disinfection with So2 de-chlor to nuteralize any Cl2 residual going into the river.
If the farms were required to meet pollution standards that city and counties are required to meet to treat thier sewage wastes on a river that has an ESA listing then there would have to be primary, secondary and a polishing treatment before disinfection.
This would have to be done as the farms waste is every bit as organic in content as a wastewater treatment plant. If the fish farm used 1 million gallons of water a day which seems likely for a small to average size farm and used the needed controls that a city wastewater plant does. The cost would be about 5 to 6 million dollars to start with the simplest facilities. The chemical and process control cost yearly not including labor and utilities would run about .5 million dollars a year.
Added cost for a fish farm would come from the amount of hazardous chemicals they use in disease control. These chemicals would not be removed from conventional treatment and would need to be stripped out by air towers or by chemical stripping. This cost would be an added 2 to 3 million dollars to build.
As we can see it will be hard for an inland farm to compete with a net pen farm with virtually no restrictions on it. But I want to point out that inland farms are happening, just this week got a call from Scotland about some pollution control equipment for an inland salmon farm in Eastern Washington that the Scottish company owns. I am looking forward to working with this company and seeing if we can make it cost effective and enviromentally safe.
Pinks, Pens, Pesticides
Good day,
Sounds like the aquatic verson of "Soilen Green meets Frakenfish"! First line of defense, Hit them in the pocketbook. Tell all your friends and relitives to ask if its "farm raised" at the market, if it is, do not buy, unless from a responseable farmer. There must be some out there, anyone here know of any?, lets here what there doing!
Speynut, excelent eyeopener my friend, thanx
Thanks for the info on the cost of doing inland fish farming. I still think this is the future of fish farming, although I'm very aware that until the far cheaper bay pen operations are regulated and made to quit poluting theinland farms will have a tough time competing. Glad to hear there is at least one being looked at as a possibility is Eastern Washington. Sure hope it can become a reality.
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