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Description The land hermit crab, Coenobita clypeatus, also known as the soldier crab, the West Atlantic crab, the tree crab, and the purple pincher (due to the distinctive purple claw), is a species of land hermit crab native to the west Atlantic, Bahamas, Belize, southern Florida, Venezuela, the Virgin Islands, and the West Indies. Adults burrow and hide under the roots of large trees, and can be found a considerable distance inland.
Land hermit crabs are both herbivorous and scavengers. In the wild, C. clypeatus feeds on animal and plant remains, overripe fruit, and feces of other animals, including the Mona ground iguana, Cyclura stejnegeri. The West Indian top snail (Cittarium pica) shell is often used for its home, and the hermit crab can use its larger claw to cover the aperture of the shell for protection against predators. Female land hermit crabs release fertilized eggs into the ocean. The spawning (called "washing" in the English-speaking Caribbean) occurs on certain nights, usually around August.
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Now that bonito season is coming to the temperate regions of the Atlantic coast, you might try the traditional tataki method... that's how they eat it in Japan and it's my favorite sushi when done right.
Bleed immediately, clean and ice. Fillet in lengthwise quarters.
On a very hot grill, sear the outside. Have some icewater mostly ice, some water, crushed or flake best ready.
Drop the meat into the icewater as soon as the outside is grilled.
In a bowl cover paper-thin slices of white onion in ponzu sauce, available at any oriental food store. Stir the wasabi ahead of time.
Remove from ice and slice the meat cross-sectionally, lay like fallen dominos on a suitable serving plate. Place onions over slices and pour the ponzu sauce over.
Garnish with fresh chopped green onion and ideally the sliced crisp garlic flakes (also available at store).
The best sushi bars place some of those tiny and thin daikon shoots there too, also available at 'real' oriental food stores. These are about the diameter of a mechanical pencil lead and stacked with the sprout side up like a little haystack next to the wasabi. They have a little bit of the daikon radish bite to them and really pull the taste all together.
Dollup of wasabi on the side.
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Krush.27 Results: Yamazaki Upsets Adamandopoulos for 63kg Title
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Earlier today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Krush held Krush.27, headlined by a 63kg title bout between current champ Thomas Adamandopoulos and 2012 WILDRUSH League winner Hideaki Yamazaki. Also on the card were the semifinals of the 58kg tournament, the second leg of the 55kg WILDRUSH League and fights featuring Krush standouts Koya Urabe, Yutaro Yamauchi, Yuji Takeuchi, Hisaki Higashimoto and MA Kick champion Keisuke Miyamoto.
The main event saw Krush 63kg champ Thomas Adamandopoulos attempt to defend his title for the first time against Hideaki Yamazaki, who earned the fight by winning the 63kg WILDRUSH League with a perfect 5-0-0 record. In a big upset, the Liver Kick #6 ranked Lightweight Adamandopoulos was dropped by a spinning backfist in the 2nd round and seemed to have a bit of trouble finding offense against Yamazaki, losing a unanimous decision on scores of 30-28(x2) and 30-27. I had given Yamazaki little chance to beat Adamandopoulos as he was coming off of a stoppage loss to Gagny Baradji, who had very little kickboxing experience despite being a Savate champion. Some might remember that Adamandopoulos' first trip to Krush saw him get dropped by a spinning backfist when he won his ISKA title against Keiji Ozaki. The win continues the chaos in the Lightweight division and could earn Yamazaki a spot in the top 10. I'd like to see Yamazaki rematch Gagny Baradji for the title and possibly see Adamandopoulos back in Krush against Koya Urabe. The odds of Urabe fighting his teammate Yamazaki are pretty low, though he did fight his teammate Ryuji Kajiwara in the finals of the Krush tournament.
The co-main event features were the semifinals of the 58kg tournament featuring Nobuchika Terado vs Shota Kobe and Takeru vs Yuzo Suzuki. Tournament favorite Terado struggled a bit, but was able to drop Kobe in the 2nd round and ride out a unanimous decision on scores of 30-28(x2) and 29-27. At this point is career it's clear that Terado has lost a step, but he's still one of Japan's best talents around this weight and his combination of power and heart makes him a difficult matchup for nearly everyone. The other semifinal saw the other favorite advance as Team Dragon's Takeru pushed his win streak to 5 with a unanimous decision over former Kyokushin world champion Yuzo Suzuki on scores of 30-28(x3). Takeru wasn't unhittable, but he controlled the action and landed the better shots, setting up a final against Terado. I have a feeling that Takeru will win, but the logical choice in the finals is Terado. Despite being 11 years older, Terado has shown the ability get hit and hit back harder. He gets knocked down more often at this point in his career, but he always seems to get back up. Takeru, on the other hand, has not been put in the same position, so it's impossible to know how he'll respond to being hit by Terado. I give Takeru the power advantage and it's very possible he could hurt Terado early and put him away, but he is also pretty wild and Terado can end a fight just as quickly. Regardless, the finals should be fireworks whether it lasts one round or three.
The main super fight saw 2012 63kg Youth GP champ Koya Urabe drop to 60kg to rematch 2012 60kg Tournament winner Fumiya Osawa. The two previously met very early in their respective careers, with Urabe winning by knockout with a flying knee. Urabe had grown into a star while Osawa meddled in mediocrity until surprising everyone by winning last year's 60kg tournament and a shot at Hirotaka Urabe's title. Despite that, he was coming off of two stoppage losses and most had him pegged as a big underdog in this rematch. That was until Koya Urabe tried the same flying knee that he stopped Osawa with in their first fight, which Osawa countered beautifully with a left cross, dropping Urabe. Unfortunately, however, I believe Urabe dropped Osawa with a right hook coming off of a break. Osawa was more or less knocked out and the referee had no other option but to disqualify Urabe. I can definitely see these two fighting for a 3rd time as the result here was inconclusive and I assume most people would want to see this fight again considering the underdog Osawa was able to drop Urabe early. Not to mention that Urabe is in no man's land when it comes to a title shot, as his brother holds the 60kg title and his teammate Yamazaki just won the 63kg title.
In a 61kg fight, "Kyoken" Yuji Takeuchi made quick work of Team Dragon's Shota Hayashi, stopping him with his favored left hook at 1:48 in the 1st round. Admittedly, the fight was a squash match, much like Takeuchi's last fight in Krush which ended in a no contest due to an accidental low blow, and it seems like they're trying to give him wins just to keep him in the picture at the top of the division and open up possible rematches with SHIGERU and Naoki Ishikawa. If Hirotaka Urabe fights Naoki Ishikawa for a 4th time in the near future and SHIGERU doesn't come to Krush, I'd like to see him fight Kan Itabashi. Otherwise give him Ishikawa or SHIGERU in a #1 contender bout.
Krush 70kg tournament finalist Yutaro Yamauchi knocked out fellow tournament participant Hiroki Nakajima with a right hook at 1:10 of the 2nd round. This fight was a rematch of a fight from 2009 which saw Nakajima win by decision. This time, however, Nakajima was coming off of a 14 month layoff and it really hurt him as Yamauchi constantly hurt and dropped Nakajima en route to a stoppage. Krush has a lack of fresh options at 70kg with Kenta beating Yoshihiro Sato and unless Krush rushes right into a third fight between Kenta and Yasuhiro Kido, I'd like to see Yamauchi get a rematch with Kenta with a shot at Kido on the line. If not, a fight with Takuro Moriya or Asami Zaurus would be a good indicator as to where the 35 year old Yamauchi stands in the division at this point in his career.
At 55kg, MA Kick champion Keisuke Miyamoto and MAD MAX Gym's Masahiro faced off in a matchup of 20 year old prospects. Miyamoto showed he was the better fighter over 3 rounds, earning a unanimous decision on scores of 30-29(x3). After a 2012 that had me name him the #2 prospect in Japanese kickboxing, Miyamoto had a bumpy start to 2013, barely being able to retain his MA Kick title with a majority draw against Kunihiro. Conversely, Masahiro had a great start to his year as he picked up a big win over Shuichi Wentz. Masahiro was able to hang, but he was outgunned by Miyamoto, who snaps a 2-fight winless streak.
At 63kg, Ikki was able to knock out 63kg Youth GP finalist Hisaki Higashimoto in the 3rd round with a right cross. This fight seemed to go much like Higashimoto's fight with Koya Urabe where he started strong in the first, even winning the round, began to lose a step in the 2nd and was ultimately finished in the 3rd. By upsetting Hiroya by knockout in his pro debut, Higashimoto made himself a hot commodity in Krush, and a strong performance against Koya Urabe solidified that, despite being finished. However, I think Krush and his management need to take a step back so they don't ruin his career before it has a chance to get started. I didn't have a problem with this fight because it was a real test to where Higashimoto stood, but it's clear he doesn't have the experience to be fighting a guy like Ikki. He's just 20 and clearly has a lot of potential, but he needs to learn how to pace himself over 3 rounds and needs more ring experience before he's ready for the upper echelon of the division. Nonetheless, solid win for Ikki.
Finally, this event also saw the 2nd leg of the 55kg WILDRUSH League take place with tournament favorite Takumi picking up a decision win over Yuki Masato and improving to 2-0, Yuya Suzuki and Kazyosi fighting to a majority draw and Kazuki Okawa knocking out Masanori Shimada in the 1st round. After 2 rounds of fights, the standings look like this:
1. Takumi, 4 pts (2-0-0, 0 KO)
2. Yuya Suzuki, 4 pts (1-0-1, 1 KO)
3. Kazuki Okawa, 3 pts (1-1-0, 1 KO)
4. Kazyosi, 2 pts (0-0-2, 0 KO)
5. Yuki Masato, 1 pt (0-1-1, 0 KO)
6. Masanori Shimada, 0 pts (0-0-2, 0 KO)
Quick results after the break
63kg Title Fight: Hideaki Yamazaki def. Thomas Adamandopoulos (c) by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-28, 30-28, 30-27)
58kg Tournament Semifinal #2: Nobuchika Terado def. Shota Kobe by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-28, 30-28, 29-27)
58kg Tournament Semifinal #1: Takeru def. Yuzo Suzuki by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-28, 30-28, 30-28)
61kg Fight: Yuji Takeuchi def. Shota Hayashi by 1st round KO (left hook) at 1:48
70kg Fight: Yutaro Yamauchi def. Hiroki Nakajima by 2nd round KO (right hook) at 1:10
60kg Fight: Fumiya Osawa def. Koya Urabe by 1st round DQ
55kg Fight: Keisuke Miyamoto def. Masahiro by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-29, 30-29, 30-29)
63kg Fight: Ikki def. Hisaki Higashimoto by 3rd round KO (right cross) at 0:29
55kg WILDRUSH League Fight: Takumi def. Yuki Masato by 3rd round Majority Decision (30-29, 30-28, 30-30)
55kg WILDRUSH League Fight: Yuya Suzuki and Kazyosi fought to a 3rd round Majority Draw (28-28, 28-28, 27-28)
55kg WILDRUSH League Fight: Kazuki Okawa def. Masanori Shimada by 1st round KO (3 knockdowns) at 2:30
60kg Fight: Toshi and Nodai Kobe fought to a 3rd round Unanimous Draw (30-30, 29-29, 29-29)
55kg Fight: Taiga def. Keisuke Ishida by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-28, 29-28, 29-28)


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RE:Putting Gregg onto a summer run...
Just talked to Gregg, he hit the Elwha today. Inadvertently hooked two big fall chinook, didn't connect on steelhead though. He was told that Washington steelhead just don't hit surface flies by someone at a fly shop in Lacey today!
I just remember riffle hitching three summer fish in four hours fishing on the Sky two Septembers ago, the last time I was out in the fall. I told gregg, skate that puppy and just believe!
Hope someone is able to show Gregg around.
RE:Putting Gregg onto a summer run...
Sorry I can't make it but feel free to call me today. I believe Juro gave you my cell phone number? If not 503 816 4476. I'll try to direct you to a couple of places. the Cow has been putting out fish below the BC ramp and over to the island. The island is wadable by my gauge not by Juro's. if you fish the island make sure to fish both sides , the wide side is very productive.
Check the regs on the upper Kalama I don't know if it is open. The lower river will be stuffed with silver and the Beginners hole will have ugly but productive fishing for silvers at very low light.
Otherwise I'll be out of town tonight through Tuesday and not available via cell.
best of luck.
RE:Putting Gregg onto a summer run...
Well I've made it out here but a lot later last night than I'd planned. I will have occasional internet access while here so I will post any results. Today is a non-fishing day but one way or another I will be on some stream tomorrow morning either with a tutor or trying to piece together the bits of knowledge I've gleened from various readings, this board, and Juro.
RE:Putting Gregg onto a summer run...
Sorry I won't be able to get in on this one. I'll be out of town tomorrow returning Monday evening. I'm still thinking of how I'm going to get to the Cleawater/Snake and the Thompson this fall.
RE:Putting Gregg onto a summer run...
If it's not too late...
Gregg -
The Skykomish has been fishing well. The Cow is, as usual, loaded with steelhead. The Kalama has a lot of fish in the upper section, and you know how beautiful the upper river is in fall >sigh<. I would also hit the Snoqualmie, Upper Stilly, Green near Palmer, and on the Peninsula - stop at the Elwha, go on to the Sol Duc, the upper Bogey, and the Hoh Rain Forest. That should keep you busy!
Tony says small surface flies have been the ticket, in fact his fish-magnet wife just landed a 15 pound wild summer fish on the Sky the other day!
I would do anything to have the week in steelhead country but it's not in the cards for me this month.
Use some of your striper-schnauzer skills on these fish... especially the Estey rip swing, complete with feed and hangdown - you'll connect.
TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES... some of us are having withdrawls!
RE:Putting Gregg onto a summer run...
I'll be away from my internet and e-mail access while I'm gone. If you want to get in touch with me you can get in touch with Juro or my brother Michael (email@example.com) and they will have a number where I can be reached. If I don't hook up with anyone out there I will still take advantage of Juro's generosity and give the Sky, Cowlitz, or Green a try. Whatever happens I'll post my results.
Thanks to Dave (Bunnyleech) Hunt - I'll call today, and thanks in advance to any others who might have the inclination to take this newbie out. And of course a huge and special thanks to Juro.
RE:Putting Gregg onto a summer run...
sure wish you could count me in, but Rekha's dad is coming to visit on friday, and it's all i can do to get some time off to meet him at the airport. I haven't even wanted to visit the forum 'cause i didn't want to think of all the fishin i've been missin!
good luck gregg
RE:Putting Gregg onto a summer run...
Gregg is heading out there tomorrow and will be there until Wednesday the 27th. I'm sending him out with my 7136-4 and a box of flies... can you guys show him a Forum-style welcome?
Brian? Harman? Bill? Anyone?
RE:Putting Gregg onto a summer run...
You are very kind to speak so glowingly of me though I'm not sure I deserve it. It's too bad we wont be able to hit a stream or two together but I'm sure it will happen sometime. I understand the way schedules are often hard to get a grip on so don't worry about not making it - as I said I'm sure we'll eventually make it happen. I am also very understanding of any reluctance to take a newbie into the inner sanctum of the hardcore steelhead elite. I've got plenty of friends to visit if a "hookup" to visit a steelie stream is not possible.
I will be leaving Boston on the 21st and returning from Seattle on the 27th. My only hard obligations while I'm out there are to clean my apartment, put my stuff into storage, and visit a friend who's daughter is very ill. All of that can easily be managed around the schedule of any kind soul with glacier water in his veins who would be willing to take me under his wing for a day of chasing steel.
Thanks soooo much for the fly offer Juro. How do you want to arrange the handoff? I'll meet you anywhere you like but it will have to be after work hours.
Putting Gregg onto a summer run...
Since it's gonna be impossible to get out while my good friend Gregg Estey is out there, I would like to ask the hardcore steelhead contingent of the pacific northwest to ensure that Gregg has his shots at the chrome missles during his stay. I will send him out with a box of my best steely flies, and I assure you his reputation as a SCHNAUZER is second to none out in striper country. I think some of that will rub off in steelhead / coho country.
His former life there included huge chums at Hoodsport as well as other venues - but he is a fly steelhead virgin!
Gregg - can you post details so I can help you get things lined up?
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Junk bonds are sort of like the platypus of fixed-income investing. They're bonds, obviously, so they're issued at par value and pay a set coupon rate over their pre-determined lifespan, and their interest rates are measured in terms of spread over Treasuries, so the link between those two markets is clear. But they're riskier than Treasuries, and are akin to stocks in that they're issued by individual companies and tied to the fortunes of those companies. In fact they're so like stocks in many ways that junk-bond market movements are more closely correlated with movements in equities than in Treasuries.
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[A] rise in Treasury yields of the magnitude forecasted by our strategists would be easily absorbed at [current] spreads, and the past weeks' performance provides precedence. Five-year Treasury yields rose 21bp, issuance remained very active ($12.6bn), yet high-yield bond yields managed to fall 3bp week-over-week. Instead, the positive implication of rising stocks and abundant access to capital markets continues to drive positive performance at these spread levels. For context, high-yield spreads at 630bp compare well to their long-term average 590bp, and a current default rate of 1.9%ltm is still less than half its long- term average of 4.2%.
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was very aggressive all night in the box and had Duke's best scoring chance so far in the match as she drove down the left side, attacked the left post and fired a shot that blasted off the post and came out. The Wolfpack countered with their best scoring chance of the match as Karri Owens slipped in-between two Duke defenders and fired a shot, but Thomas dove to her left to make the diving stop.
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lofted a ball into the box in the 69th minute and DeCesare cut towards the goal. A native of Massapequa Park, N.Y., DeCesare found herself with a one-v-one opportunity and used her left foot to push through the lone goal of the night to put Duke ahead, 1-0.
"It was a nice little combination play outside the box," said Church. "The ball was chipped over to her and timed her run well. She was onside as there was no question there. She did a nice composed job of finishing."
Payne, who is a product of Birmingham, Ala., added three more shots over the final 19 minutes and the Duke defense held on for its sixth shutout of the season. A 5-3 freshman, Payne finished the night with a career-high five shots. She had scored in two out of the last three matches prior to the N.C. State match.
Duke outshot N.C. State, 18-5, for the match with Weinberg (6), Payne (5) and DeCesare (4) leading the way.
"We took too many touches in the first half and we had a bad attacking shape in the first half," commented Church. "So we settled for a lot of shots. We got a lot lower in the second half and came from the outside in a lot more. We only got one goal out of it but it created a lot better chances. We moved the ball well and we shared it well in the second half."
Netting the victory in goal was Thomas, who totaled two saves over the 90 minutes. A native of Castle Rock, Colo., Thomas was making her 2013 home debut and moved to 3-0-1 over the last four matches since being inserted into the starting lineup.
"Today was huge," said DeCesare. "A win is a win, it doesn't matter who our opponent is at this point. We just need to keep the W's coming because we cannot afford to lose or tie anymore games. We are playing our best soccer now. We have building off every game and getting better and better. It is nice to have a week where we won two games in a row."
The Blue Devils collected their first two-match win streak since Duke won back-to-back contests on Aug. 30 and Sept. 1.
Duke will next host Pittsburgh on Sunday, Oct. 27 for senior day at 1:00 p.m. The Blue Devils will recognize eight seniors playing in their final regular season home match at Koskinen Stadium. The seniors that will be honored are
Alex Straton
Natasha Anasi
, Thomas, Weinberg,
Mollie Pathman
, Kerr,
Gilda Doria
Avery Rape
. DeCesare, a redshirt senior, will also play her final home match but was honored last season.
"We have senior night [Sunday], which is going to be a very emotional night here," commented Church. "These seniors have done a lot of great things for our program. We have to make sure we take care of business."
Kim DeCesare
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started her 66th straight start on the night and helped the Blue Devils to the 38th shutout as a Blue Devil.
• Thursday's game was Duke's annual cancer awareness match. The Blue Devils held a silent auction to raise money to go to the Morgan Blazek family. Morgan was the honorary coach for the night and sat next to the bench.
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Street food steps out at Urban Hotdog Company
By Gail Guengerich
How does that phrase make you feel? Confused? Enraged? Titillated? Morally adrift? Hot dogs are culturally and politically iconic. We project a lot onto hot dogs: they're the egalitarian food, the movable food; they represent all-American momentum and nostalgia.
Unless they represent poverty, industrial meat and squalor.
They're a perfectly respectable metropolitan lunch food if you eat them on foot, or at a ballpark or campfire. But good God, whatever you do, don't cut them up into soups or casseroles unless you're trying to be ironic or you have kids. Hot dogs, like sweatpants, are loved but not respected.
UHDC opened their doors three months ago in a strip center near Cottonwood Mall. Their approach is to doll up a Nathan's Famous all-beef frankfurter with everything under the sun—particularly foodie favorites like fancy cheeses, fresh herbs, slaws and sauces.
UHDC fits hand in glove into the greater Cottonwood Mall franchise-scape: slick and vaguely corporate like a Starbucks of hot dogs. But it's not. Urban Hotdog Co. is a locally owned and operated island unto itself. And they attempt to buy local ingredients including Lusty Monk mustard, goat cheese from Old Windmill Dairy and buns from Pastian's bakery.
Let's shanghai the pedestrian hot dog, says UHDC, and buy it a passport.
Let's shanghai the pedestrian hot dog, says UHDC, and buy it a passport. Wieners in Puerto Vallarta! (The spicy rooster with pico de gallo, queso fresco and avocado salsa.) Wieners in Singapore! (Tiger dog with an Asian slaw, fresh pea shoots, crushed wasabi peas and peanuts on a poppy seed bun.) Wieners in Paris! (Le bleu wrapped with bacon, sautéed mushrooms, bleu cheese and thyme.)
So there I was on the West Side with an excited group of friends. Even the hot dog non-enthusiasts amongst us were intrigued by my promises of gourmet hot dogs. We split five different dogs and concluded that the comfort food trifecta known as the crafty dog ($5.25)—a Nathan's Famous with a heap of creamy baked mac and cheese and strewn with delectable fresh-from-the pan bacon—was our favorite.
We also really dug the tiger dog ($5.75), with Asian coleslaw, pea shoots sprinkled with dried wasabi peas and peanuts. Put pea shoots on anything and it's instantly pretty, but more than that, this hot dog makes you wonder if you've been thinking about hot dogs all wrong. That maybe hot dogs deserve a place in the kitchen. The tiger was fresh and textured and beefy. This could only work with a high quality all-beef dog like Nathan's Famous or Hebrew National.
UHDC calls their side menu "Bells and Whistles." Here we stick to the familiar territory of picnic and fast food standards—baked beans, mac and cheese and coleslaw (the most refreshing thing served in house other than a tall glass of water). But there are also some adventurous choices—you can get your French fried potatoes five different ways, from plain Jane to rosemary, bleu cheese, or chives and truffle oil. If standard taters aren't your fancy, you can down a batch of crispy, blistered sweet potato fries or, another group favorite, the flossy, crunchy golden onion-string fries, dredged in an ancho chile flour served with chipotle aioli sauce.
It reminds me of the boutique cupcake trend, of the artisan marshmallow rage, of the new opulence of hamburgers and the reinvention of doughnuts. Part of me is giddy as hell about it and part of me thinks, but wait … now I can't afford to eat cupcakes. But hey, I could just make some cupcakes at home.
The same might be said for Urban Hotdog Company, but let's give them props where serious props are due. They are inventive, they are friendly, their food is damn tasty, and they are having fun. Based on their Facebook page popularity after only three months, it appears that they are giving the people—from hot dog purists to foodies—what they want.
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Hours: Sunday-Thursday: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday & Saturday: 11 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Price range: $3 to $6
Vibe: Urbane casual
Vegetarian options: Yes.
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Extras: Urban Dog punch card. Your 12th hot dog is free.
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Next day I was able to head to the hostel, which was rated top ten in Europe. Very nice...right in the center of town plus free internet and cheap beer in the lounge. I was determined to get some use out of the Lisboa Card and went to the Chiado Museum...was interesting but three exhibition halls where closed so only the exhibition featuring Columbano was open...plus the regular entrance fee was only €3. This plus another venue I went to 'saved' me €8...for a cost of €26...I figured even with the transit I used maybe €13 of the card, which after today would no longer be valid. terrible.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Designer Tidbits: Doohikey Designs
The Fat Quarter Shop is excited to welcome Shari Butler of Doohikey Designs to the Jolly Jabber. Shari's latest fabric collection is Fox Trails from Riley Blake Designs.
Q: What was the first seed that grew into the Fox Trails collection?
A: The inspiration that went behind Fox Trails is my husband and his love for the Boy Scouts. It's all about a boy being outdoors, wanting to camp, fish, tell stories by the fire, and become friends with a little fox and of course the deer, raccoon, etc. I wanted the collection to have a variety of size and scale in all prints. I felt that it gave the line dimension, and it can help the quilters tell a story. I wanted it to be retro, kind of like the Charlie Brown era, with a modern twist. You will notice the variety of colors that went behind the line, but I have to say I love the pop of orange and brown in the argyle print. I didn't have any vintage fabric stash, this line came from my head. I do love Charlie Brown though! ;)
Q: If your collection had a soundtrack what would be on the list?
1. Happy Trails to You
2. Don't Worry Be Happy
3. A Boy Name Charlie Brown
4. The Brady Bunch
5. We Are the Champions
6. Eye of the Tiger
7. Rolling In The Deep
8. Friends in Low Places
9. Live Like You Were Dying
10. We're Going to Be Friends
11. Supposed to Be, Friends
12. You've Got a Friend In Me
13. Circle of Life - Yes, I'm for Real! ;)
Q: What single print/SKU in the collection is your favorite (can only pick one!)?
A: It's hard to pick just one, but I would have to say C2680 in all three colorways. It's the main print, the mastermind behind the whole line. And what's not to love about all the camping scenery! He's tooo cute and the fox…is adorable!
Q: What is your favorite project you have made using this collection?
A: I got a few scraps to start with, and I'm making a hexagon quilt that will debut at Quilt Market. I'm loving how it's turning out and can't wait to share it with you! No pictures of it yet, it's not ready till it's ready! ;)
Q: What is your favorite part of working in the fabric industry?
A: My favorite part is YOU! The quilter, sewer, the embroiderer..you make the community come alive by what you create with the fabric that I design. It's so rewarding to know that quilts, clothing, and home décor are being passed down from one generation to another, from something that I've created. It's amazing! It's quite humbling to come to love and appreciate someone's work that's a handmade heirloom, and knowing they appreciated your artwork. It's an honor to have someone work with your fabric, and to be surrounded by "SEW" much talent. YOU are my favorite part of being involved in such a fabulous industry.
Q: Can you give us a sneak-peek of your next fabric collection?
A: I can't quite yet! I wish I could...I have to wait till Riley Blake has it almost ready before I can even show someone what I've been working on for quite awhile. I can say this..it's so girly and cute you will want to have her in your life FOREVER!
Q: What is your absolute favorite thing in your house?
A: I love my piano that I grew up playing! My parents decided to give it to me earlier, and sometimes when I need a little inspiration or pick me up I play! I just need to tickle those ivory's even more. Plus the photo above is one of my favorites of Dan and I.
Q: Which project stands out in your memory as your all-time favorite?
A: Well, I am partnering up with Kristi McDonough to bring patterns for baby clothing, bags, and other patterns to life. I can't wait till these patterns are finalized for you to get your little hands on them. We both have been feeding off design inspirations with each other and I'm thrilled to have found her! So this is my introduction to letting you all know, Kristi is part of the Doohikey Design's team!
Q: Where do you do your best thinking? Can we see a photo of your studio?
A: My best thinking is probably in my sitting room. My studio is still being built, so I like to escape to my sitting room to take a moment and ponder what my next line or project will be.
Q: What is your favorite snack food? Can we see a photo of your fridge or pantry?
A: My favorite naughty snack, is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups! I love the velvety texture when you bite into it, and the peanut butter smell is to die for! However, these days I'm limiting myself..trying to be more healthy so I'm turning over to homemade salsa and chips. Here's a picture of my bare fridge and messy pantry. I need to get some fresh produce don't you think? It's a bit messy, but that's what happens when I'm under deadlines!
Q: What is your one guilty pleasure in life?
A: My guilty pleasure would be two things, my love of fabric and (hoarding it)..knowing I should probably cut and sew into that stash before it gets any bigger. And the other is Diet Pepsi. I've tried to give it up, but my body just thinks it needs that caffeine so if you have any remedies please let me know.
Thanks to the Fat Quarter Shop for all they do and the support they give me! Kimberly and Stephanie and all their staff ROCK! They are incredible to work with and I'm so honored they are carrying Fox Trails! I'm so thrilled that I could give you an insight into my little world!
Happy Trails and XOXO!
Shari Butler
Doohikey Designs
Posted by Stephanie Howard at 4:38 PM
Labels: Designer Tidbits, Riley Blake Designs
7 comments:
- Shari said...
Thanks for spotlighting me! It's an honor to be apart of The Fat Quarter Shop!
- October 4, 2011 at 9:54 PM
- Little Creatable said...
Shari is the best! This line is super cute!
- October 4, 2011 at 10:33 PM
- mascanlon said...
The fabulous fabrics just keep coming, I can never decide which ones I have to have so often get them all! This one just went on the list too.
- October 5, 2011 at 7:32 AM
- Kristy said...
Doohikey Designs ROCKS!!!! Big love here! :)
- October 5, 2011 at 7:40 AM
- Snoodles said...
I'm loving this fabric! And such a fun interview with Shari! I'd love to meet her someday, and show her what I've created with her fabric....I'm off to check for pre-cuts now!! LOL
- October 5, 2011 at 8:40 AM
- snippetsandyarns said...
I love this fabric line! I have two boys at home & I am a fan of argyle, so I will definitely look for this at my LQS :-)
~ Meagan
- October 5, 2011 at 10:03 AM
- Judy said...
Great interview. It really helps me understand the fabric and are group. I will add it to my want list. Thank you Kimberly
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COTTAGE GROVE - Paul William Ladwig, age 70, passed away on April 26, 2013, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison.
He was born on May 20, 1942, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of William and Lucille (Knoth) Ladwig. Paul retired after working many years as a Graphic Illustrator for Case in Racine, WI.
Paul is survived by his wife, Ann Bertram; sons, Eric (Linda Leinstock) Ladwig and Andrew Ladwig; step daughter, Jennifer (Brad) Swanson; and granddaughter, Samantha Swanson.
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The radicals in academic finance would revamp the basic metric of economic performance. The familiar statistics on gross domestic product would be coupled with an index of financial risk-taking, so that the usual focus on growth would be tempered by a measure of the danger that growth might suddenly implode. This month of all months, one craves an equivalent risk-weighting to reflect political uncertainty. Amid the marathon reality show of the American elections, the tense theatre of the Chinese transition and the anarchic agitprop of eurozone politics, non-risk-weighted economic forecasts verge on irrelevance. Even with the US election behind us, this is not about to change.
The International Monetary Fund's recent World Economic Outlook illustrates the point. The IMF dutifully produced a precise forecast: next year the world economy will grow by 3.6 per cent. But it warned its prediction was based on political assumptions: that US politicians would avoid the fiscal cliff; that European politicians would hold the eurozone together. The IMF might have added that its forecast was also hostage to China's new leadership. Will China reconcile itself to growth at the new rate of 7-8 per cent, accepting that sustainable, domestically led expansion makes the 10 per cent growth rate of 1990-2011 unattainable? Or will it stimulate aggressively, as it did after the Lehman Brothers bust?
Plainly, the answers to these political questions are far more consequential than fine adjustments to the forecast for housing starts or export growth. In the US, for example, the fiscal cliff involves tax increases and spending cuts worth at least 4 per cent of output next year, or 2.5 percentage points more than the IMF assumes in its base case. Apply a conservative multiplier of 0.8 and the IMF's projection of 2.1 per cent US growth is reduced to almost zero. Likewise, China's post-Lehman stimulus caused the year-on-year growth rate to soar from 6.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2008 to 10.7 per cent a year later; another fiscal Tarzan act would play havoc with the outlook. Meanwhile in the eurozone, one plausible analysis of a disorderly break-up projected that output would crater by 13 per cent in Greece and 7 per cent in Germany. Given such effects, the IMF's point estimate for eurozone growth seems beside the point.
Nobody is more aware of the forecasts' fragility than the IMF's own staff, whose report plays out scenarios that deviate wildly from its base case. Suppose, for example, that eurozone authorities fail to contain sovereign and banking stress – a scenario that falls well short of break-up. Capital will flee from Europe's periphery to the centre and from risky corporates to the remaining comparatively safe sovereigns; beyond Europe's borders, general risk aversion will create an echo effect. In the IMF's model, the euro area's periphery will suffer a 6 per cent contraction in gross domestic product, relative to the base case. The US, Japan, emerging Asia and the Middle East and Africa will be heavily affected, suffering an output loss of about 1 per cent.
According to a new index devised by Scott Baker and Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University and Steven Davis of the University of Chicago, US policy uncertainty appears to be higher now than at recent elections, with the exception of Lehman-tinged 2008. It is also higher than after the stock market crash of 1987, the start of the first and second Gulf wars and the default of Russia and Long-Term Capital Management in 1998 (see chart 1). In Europe, policy uncertainty spiked last November after the Greek leadership proposed a referendum on austerity, but is still far higher than during the Asian crisis or the takeover of Northern Rock (chart 2). And whereas in the past policy uncertainty spiked when governments responded to economic shocks with emergency measures, today's policy uncertainty is more political in origin. Professor Bloom's analysis suggests that uncertainty over long-run fiscal policy is the key issue in the US (chart 3).
In China and Europe, as well as in America, politicians are grappling with structural challenges they have ducked for ages: there is therefore little prospect that uncertainty will abate. One clear consequence is that there will be an additional drag on the recovery. Prof Bloom and his co-authors find uncertainty weighs on investment, hiring and output. Lewis Alexander of Nomura estimates that additional uncertainty, defined as a one standard-deviation increase in the dispersion of earnings forecasts for companies in the S&P 500 index, is associated with a 0.5 per cent fall in gross domestic product over one year (see chart 4).
But there is a second consequence of enduring uncertainty, which relates to an old truth about economic forecasting. In acutely uncertain times, precise predictions are of dubious value; the risks around a forecast are more significant than the forecast itself. Although it is fashionable to decry finance and its models, financiers are ahead of the game here. Back in 1966, the future Nobel Prize winner William Sharpe invented a way of combining expected returns from a security with the expected risk of holding it. It is time now to create something similar for economies: a forecast of output divided by a measure of the risks to the forecast; a Sharpe ratio for economic growth.
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No. 23 Wisconsin stifles UMass 45-0 in opener
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MADISON, Wis. - Big plays by Wisconsin made for a long afternoon for the Massachusetts Minutemen.
By the time the 45-0 loss to the 23rd-ranked Badgers was over Saturday, coach Charley Molnar realized it would be a while until his relatively new major college program could keep up with a Big Ten power.
Melvin Gordon ran for 144 yards and a 70-yard touchdown, James White added 143 and a 51-yard score, and No. 23 Wisconsin's revamped defense throttled Massachusetts in a 45-0 victory Saturday over Massachusetts in coach Gary Andersen's debut.
Newly-minted starting quarterback Joel Stave overcame a slow start to connect with receiver with Jared Abbrederis for two long touchdowns in the second half.
It was 31-0 with 10:31 to go in the third quarter by the time White sauntered through the line untouched and into the end zone for his long score.
"Some of the matchups you could see our guy just wasn't able to make a play on the ball. He was with him step-for-step and just couldn't make the play," Molnar said.
"Maybe four or five weeks from now, maybe next year it will be a different story. For now, we just weren't ready to do it."
Stacey Bedell finished with 70 yards on 19 carries for the Minutemen, who were also tripped up by a few pre-snap penalties. UMass finished with seven flags for 40 yards.
"Even if we were running on all cylinders, we would have been hard-pressed to get 10 points," Molnar said. "With us not running on all cylinders, you see it was impossible for us."
UMass was simply overmatched against the Big Ten's three-time defending champion. The Minutemen are only in their second year as an FBS program, and they had to play Saturday with two of their top offensive players — running back Jordan Broadnax and tight end Rob Blanchflower — out with injuries.21738162
Quarterback Mike Wegzyn finished 9 of 23 for 73 yards and an interception.
Andersen replaced Bret Bielema, who left in December to take the Arkansas job. Andersen arrived from Utah State, where he led the Aggies to a school-record 11 wins in 2012.
Andersen promised the running game would remain a big part of the Badgers attack, even with standout Montee Ball gone. But new regimes always bring questions as to how a team might look, at least until actual games are played.
Well, the running game remains alive and well at Wisconsin. Even backup Corey Clement ran for 101 yards on 16 carries in the second half.
Gordon got 13 carries while White had 11.
The Minutemen didn't actually flaunt a sturdy defense to begin with. UMass gave up more than 40 points a game last season.
At Wisconsin, Andersen switched the base defense to a 3-4 scheme, and the Badgers showed no problems picking it up Saturday.
After Stave's 4-yard touchdown run gave Wisconsin a 7-0 lead, Brendan Kelly forced a fumble that was recovered by Ethan Armstrong.
Armstrong finished with five tackles, while fellow senior linebacker Chris Borland had nine stops.
Stave was intercepted on a deep pass down the middle by Devin Brown on the next play. He was 4 of 11 at the half with 36 yards.
But he recovered in the second half, helped by adjustments by Abbrederis on both of his long touchdown catches that were slightly off target. Burning his defender each time in man coverage, Abbrederis' scores came from 65 and 57 yards.
Stave finished 9 of 17 for the game for 197 yards. For UMass, Brown finished with nine tackles, while tight end Derek Beck had six catches for 37 yards.


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Before I begin – I just want to say that whomever thought up the Twitter hashtag of "#hos" to represent "Howl-O-Scream" should've been flicked in the ear. Ho's? Really?
Anyway … I wrote this post on Thursday when I hadn't quite realized that I could pull in internet from the lobby of the hotel!
Well .. I made it to Orlando for IzeaFest and am currently sitting in my room at the beautiful (and quite tall) Renaissance hotel at Sea World waiting for my phone to connect to the internet. Unfortunately, I can only pull 'free' WiFi down in the lobby (for 3 hours … ?) and I've been travelling since around 4:00 this morning and am in no way shape of form ready to 'mingle' looking like this!
Lisa (my roomate) is speaking on a panel of bloggers today at a meet and greet. But I don't want to pay to get in (and actually have no clue where it is anyway) so I figure I will jump in the shower and make myself presentable before she gets back and we head out to Busch Gardens' Howl-O-Scream with a ton of other bloggers and social media geeks (such as ourselves!)
I met up with Courtney at Orlando airport and we shared lunch and a cab to the hotel. I'm thinking her and her roomies (Heather and Heather's daughter Crystal) are in the same vicinity as Lisa and I – but Courtney can't remember her room number! Thus begins the insanity that is Izea Fest!
Will write up more updates later! I'm too busy listening to a great panel right now talking about "What Advertisers Want" featuring Brett Bumeter, George Smith, John Andrews, Joseph Jaffe and Zena Weist 🙂
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A trip on the Camino del Diablo
The Camino del Diablo – Devil's Highway, is a trail for those who love history.
Created from virgin desert as many as a thousand years ago by the Papago Indians on their way to trade (or maybe make war) with tribes to the west, it was a foot trail until the Spanish arrived in Mexico.
There are different thoughts as to just where the Camino actually began. Some believe its starting point to be near the town of Sonoita, Mexico. Others are inclined to think it began near the town of Caborca, further east.
The trail heads northwest, out of Mexico, then drops toward the southwest and runs for several miles parallel to and about a mile from the Mexican border. When it reaches the Tule Mountains it turns northwestward, then heads almost due west, past the Cabeza Prieta mountains to the Tinajas Altas Mountains, perhaps the most important mountain chain of many on the route.
The Tinajas hold natural water tanks, a lifesaver for more than one thirsty traveler.
From that point the Camino heads north-northwest along the foot of the Gila Mountains to Yuma.
The first known Spaniard to travel the Camino was Melchior Diaz, A captain and part of Coronado's exploration force.
Diaz, it's said, didn't fare well on the trail, impaling himself on his own lance while attempting to spear a jackrabbit from his horse.
Later Europeans included a priest, Father Eusebio Kino, who first traveled it in search of lost souls in the late 1690s.
An old ore-wagon road running southwest from Ajo joins the Camino at a point around 40 miles from that town. The ore wagons would continue on the Camino to Yuma with their loads of copper ore.
The Camino was most heavily used from 1849, when the gold rush started, through the 1860s and beyond, when placer gold was found north of Yuma. It was a safer route than one running parallel and to the north, the Gila Trail. Apaches were much less likely to raid parties of whites crossing the infernally hot sands through which the Camino ran.
After the middle 1850s, boundary survey crews used it extensively to determine an accurate line between Mexico and the U.S.
When the railroads were laid in the late 1800s, traffic on the Camino dropped dramatically,
That is until recently, when this country started seeing more and more of our southern neighbors, people who walked or drove across the trail going north, not west.
I began my walk at Papago Well, at the approximate confluence of the Ajo Ore Wagon Road and the Camino.
Flora in that area consists of scattered Saguaros, Ocotillo, Cholla and the ever present Creosote bush.
The trail to this point and for some distance west is easy to travel, though bumpy. That was to change after 10 miles.
My friend and SAG (Supplies And Gear) partner, Rich Gerow, out of Martinez California was driving his pick up, pulling my small quarter ton trailer. That was to be my bed.
We agreed that he'd stop every couple miles, to make sure I was still moving my feet west.
My main interest was simply to walk where others had trod for so many hundreds of years. On the way, I wanted to attempt to spot gravesites. It was hard to believe so many people had rested their weary heads for the last time in the middle of that lonely but beautiful piece of Arizona.
It's safe to say the majority of those who left this world while on the Camino did so during the gold rush, starting in 1849. Not being able to transport bodies of friends and loved ones for burial in more civilized locales, the dead were simply buried where they fell.
The numerous gravesites just off the road attest to that.
Just a short distance west of my starting point, I came across two faint gravesites, side by side; rectangles of small rocks partly covered by blowing sand.
About 4 miles down the road I came to O'Neill's Pass, wherein lies his grave.
Mr. O'Neill was a prospector in the late 1800s and early into the 20th century. It's said he enjoyed his spirits. Unfortunately for him, his spirit left him one day, when he tripped over a rock near his camp, and fell into a water puddle and drowned.
In the driest desert in Arizona.
His grave is marked just off the road. Passers-by leave mementoes, maybe for luck, coins, bullets, bottles, etc.
A couple miles further, In the middle of a silent beautiful desert vista, stands an ugly but necessary monument to one country's attempt to protect its borders from other nations' products and people.
Camp Grip, located on the north side of the Camino is a very large building, maybe the size of a hangar, outside of which are parked any number of BP (Border Patrol) vehicles, and supporting equipment. A fence surrounds it.
It is an incongruous spectacle.
I passed it quickly, and a couple hours later found myself at the eastern edge of the lava beds.
Many eons ago, a volcano spewed tons of small lava rocks over the landscape. That volcano, located a couple miles into Mexico, was given the name 'Pinacate', a derivation of "Pinacati", meaning Black Beetle in the Aztec language.
Judging from the number of those big bugs that walk with their butts high in the air, the lava rocks don't outnumber them by much.
Rich had picked a camp site 50 feet into the desert and adjacent to the end of a 'road-drag' section at the east edge of that lava bed.
BPA's (Border Patrol Agents) regularly smooth the road as best they can, to detect footprints of Illegals crossing. The smoothing is done by use of a number of old vehicle tires connected by chain and attached to the back of the BP truck.
That evening, a BPA stopped by and talked to us briefly. He said our site would be checked periodically during the night. And it was. Several times we saw headlights slowly moving by our camp.
The next day we broke camp, and I headed across that lava bed. It's a pretty rough ride in a truck, but vehicle passengers don't get stone bruises. That's what I found myself with, a perfectly round stone bruise on my left foot.
Within the lava beds, and a short distance south of the trail exists a gravesite with the name 'Nameer', a Middle Eastern name, laid out with lava rocks. More rocks surround the name. No one seems to be able to identify the person or persons lying there, but he/she must have been a person of some importance. Gravesites off the Camino aren't ordinarily built so elaborately..
A few minutes west of the grave, while walking off the trail, a 4-door Wrangler came in from the west, and stopped. Two young men were gazing at me, and the passenger said, "Are you missing something – like a car?"
I had to laugh.
"Nope. I'm just out for a walk."
"Okay. Have a good time", he said, and they were on their way
Shortly after noon I limped off the lava bed and into the Pinta sands.
As a geological feature, the sands surround the lava bed on three sides. The grains seem small enough to have the consistency of flour, which was easy on the stone bruise but because of the way I had to walk to favor it, made for lots of fatigue. I wasn't more than a mile into the sands when I hitched a ride with Rich.
He was able to navigate the truck with some difficulty, and we eventually made it through to a more firm surface. This part of the Camino is sunk about 3 feet below the surrounding desert surface, due likely to the consistency of the sand.
A mile or so further and just east of the Tule Mountains, we came upo more graves. These sites were laid in a heavily vegetated area, and one which showed evidence of recent 'gully washers', with wide, shallow beds wandering among the Saguaro, Mesquite and Creosote bushes.
A lot of paired-up desert flora exists here. This particular area had probably the densest flora growth we'd see, with the exception of Tule Well, which we drove to a short time later.
Tule Well is out of the Pinta Sands region, and is well treed, with many Mesquites and other plant growth seen.
And it has a little history.
Some time after the well was dug, late in the 19th century, a traveler named Rafael Pumpelly was asked how he found the water at the well.
He said, in early 1900s vernacular, that it was pure nasty, to which the questioner replied, "That's because we dumped a body down there a couple years ago."
The well area is a popular camping spot for Camino travelers, having a couple picnic benches and grills, but no water.
An adobe hut was built here by a government agency back in the late '30s, and on a rise nearby, a tattered Old Glory waved.
We had our meal that evening, then I spread my sleeping bag on a picnic bench, under aMesquite and immediately went to sleep.
The following morning I awoke with swollen lips and eyes, (maybe an allergic reaction to the mesquite) to hear the BP driving up to hook up their road drag device.
We chatted, and shortly after, they were on their way.
About 9AM I was back on the road, and an hour later passed within a half mile of the Tule Tanks, another likely stopping-off water hole for Fr. Kino and all who came after.
My destination on this day was due north of still another gravesite where eight people in a Mexican family died – Mom and Dad and 6 kids – when a wagon wheel broke and their sole container of water smashed onto the desert floor. They're buried in a circle in a spot 10 miles west of Tule Well, and a half mile south of the Camino.
Pronghorn tracks were numerous, crossing the trail, and the sand consistency was much like that in the Pinta. The Cabeza Prietas were on my right, the Tule Mtns on my left and the white desert directly in front, peopled with an occasional Saguaro, a few Ocotillo, and of course the ever present Creosote.
Another middle-of-the-afternoon stop, and this was to be our last night on the Devil's Highway, so we toasted to our progress.
Our last day – up at the crack of dawn we broke camp, and Rich was on his way, promising to wait every one and a half miles, so he wouldn't have to back-track too far should the stone bruise became too much of an obstacle.
The last 10 miles was a walk between two rows of Mesquites bordering the road. A straight while line, directly to the Tinajas Altas Mountains, now standing in clear view, vertical lines, fissures, separating high, perfectly smooth surfaces, reaching up into the sky.
Maybe an hour into my hike, I spotted a BP truck coming east. I stepped to the side, the truck stopped, and the young agent asked me in a professional tone if I were a citizen.
I explained what I was doing, and he said, "Oh, you're with the guy in the dark pick up."
We discussed the Camino, then he went on his way.
About noon I came to a couple large signs designating the boundary of the Goldwater bombing range and the National Wildlife Refuge.
There'd been little evidence of the range to this point. Some frequent thumping was heard earlier, as bombs hit the desert miles to the east. I'd also come across a number of 20-millimeter and .50-caliber cartridge cases, and an old bomb fin during my walk.
A short while later I found myself at the foot of the Tinajas Altas, and the end of this leg of the trip.
It's been written that in the early 1900s, one desert explorer counted 250 graves at the foot of the mountains' tanks.
It's a scene of sadness and of wonder, that a people were so driven as to attempt to cross the hottest desert in this country – in the summer, unprepared.
It's a place worth visiting just once. A place to think about what drives people, sometimes to almost certain death, all for a chance to possess that yellow metal.
Friends and others were uncomfortable thinking of this geriatric walking in an area known for its heavy, illegal foot traffic, but we saw not one northbounder during our adventure.
The Border Patrol is doing an outstanding job, and their efforts are appreciated.
Many thanks, too, to CPNWR rep., Margot Bissell who got us on the road to the Camino from the Refuge office in Ajo. She answered questions and made good suggestions.
Finally, a trip on the Camino should not be taken without at least one reliable partner. Rich filled that need, keeping his truck on the road and his partner on his feet.


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Like all of us, I have had the pleasure to take a look at APEX 5.0 EA1. One of the most anticipated features was build-in support for modal dialogs. In this blog we will examine this feature more closely.
An easy way to investigate this feature is by creating two simple pages: report & form using the wizard.
Follow the wizard and base the report & form on the demo_customer table. When you come to the page where you are creating the form then you will notice the option "Page Mode". This mode will determine the type of page you use.
As you can see there are three modes:
– Normal: used by normal pages
– Modal: when this is selected your page will show as a modal dialog
– Non – Modal: in this mode the page will act as a normal pop-up allowing you to continue working in both windows. Note that the original window that called the pop-up can still interact with this pop – up
We select the modal mode, and continue the wizard. We have now created two pages with one being a modal dialog. So we see here that the modal dialog is a separate page, and not some region on the page that calls it. This will allow better re-usability, and easier validations. You might notice there is no code anywhere that actually calls the modal page. That is because any page that branches, links or redirects to a page with mode "Modal", will call that page as a modal dialog automatically.
Apart from the mode difference between the two pages, APEX also created a "Close Dialog" process, and a dynamic action that fires when the cancel button is pressed on our modal page. Both of these will make sure our modal dialog is closed when the end-user presses a button.
Lastly we might want our report to refresh when the dialog is closed. To do this we go to our report page and right click on our report to create a dynamic action. As event select "Dialog Closed" and region "Customers".
Then right click on your Dynamic action and create a Refresh action with affected item our Customers region. Now our Customers region will be refreshed when our modal dialog closes.
Time to test our page!
As you can see our modal dialog renders nicely.
There is one last note I would like to add, for the developers who like to write the code for their modal dialog themselves, the APEX developers have enabled us to do so. When you go to the theme for our modal page, then in the bottom you will notice these codes:
It basically means that, should you wish to, you can modify this code here, or just replace it with your own, allowing for maximum flexibility!
In conclusion I think it is safe to say that the APEX developers have done an ACE job implementing this feature, thumbs up! If you would like to try the EA and modal dialogs for yourself then you can do that here. If you want to read up on the full list of APEX EA1 features you can do that here.


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I didn't defend in August. It was November.
Now I use my brain making motor oil work. That stuff is more complex than people realize.
I didn't defend in August. It was November.
Now I use my brain making motor oil work. That stuff is more complex than people realize.
So a year has passed...
...two more papers published, another in the submission queue. Advisor claims I'll be defending in August. Guess I will be, then. Downside is that I have nothing lined up for afterwards, and the prospects aren't looking too good. Of course, still waiting for the Federal Gov't to become less glacial and let me know about my application(s) I've sent in for positions at the National Labs.
It does raise a good question for people out there. I've been looking at a postdoc position in the UK (Univ. of Sheffield and Leeds), but the one thing I lack is a good handle on the old cost of living overseas, and Google hasn't been much help. Anyone out there have a good idea on cost of living in the north of England?
Trying to beat the Mono JIT into submission on the Ultra 2 running Linux. Something is slightly different with how CPUs and exceptions are handled compared to Solaris (e.g. sysinfo calls to get the ISA of the machine. Solaris has it, Linux doesn't seem to). Worse, something bizzare showed up with the Vorbis# stuff...something is dead slow. I'll figure out what's wrong someday, but for now, it works well enough to be useful, but it's not perfect.
Busy. Rewriting paper. Moved pretty much completely to my other site
Other than that, watched some great college hockey over the past few months. It's (nearly) over now...
Today is a red letter day.
My Macromolecules paper has FINALLY been submitted.
Also, decided to play with some blogging software. Yes, I never thought I'd fall to those depths, but I have. If anyone cares, it is located here. Should spruce up the pages a bit...it's kinda fugly.
However, the "toy" to note is the "FishySidebar" link. That baby is the bomb (IMHO) if you have Mozilla. It converts the index.rdf into a Mozilla sidebar on the fly using libxslt. I have XSLT for rss 1.0, and 0.91. Should write one up for 0.90. The tough part was trying to get to XHTML 1.0 Strict compliance.
See, the problem is the following. The target attribute is not valid for XHTML 1.0 Strict. So, my current XSLT stylesheet has an ugly JS hack I found somewhere that pokes the DOM to add the target attribute. I don't like it. Anyone have a better suggestion?
Wow. Two months. I'm a lazy bastard.
OSCON went well from what I've heard. My Vorbis# code seemed to survive...at least that is what people told me. So, I've moved onto another Mono task.
See, I just acquired a Sun Ultra2 with dual 300MHz UltraSPARC 2 CPUs. The Mono runtime didn't like SPARC too much. After reading some docs, learning a bit of SPARC assembly, and some hackery, mint (the Mono interpreter) can now do "Hello World". However, there is something busted somewhere...it can't do anything more complex than that...
It's moving. Finished a talk and paper for the Venice conference. I leave tomorrow for that one...and my slides are still not printed out. Said Macromolecules paper still in limbo, but I think I have enough stuff to add to it now. Yea.
Well, lot of things kinda happened.
My Macromolecules paper is now in my advisor's court. She needs to finish her part, and then it's to submission.
The USANS experiments went well. Now to make sense of them. One thing I have noticed is that scattering analysis siftware is usually open scripts, but the plotting program (Igor Pro) isn't.
Maybe I should work on a nice bit of software to do this. Now if I could just find some interest in this... I know people who might want to see something like this done...however, getting people interested might not be as simple.
Oh, also at OLS. Some of the talks have been good, but the after-hour parties have been great.
Hmm, entries getting slimmer and slimmer. Sigh.
Well, my csvorbis code was featured (kinda) on the Mono web site. Now with the Gtk# getting mature, a player is possible...
Macromolecules paper is now back in my advisor's court, and I'm about to slam another revision her way.
Also got a grant to go to a conference. Hotel is paid for, as well as the conference fee. I'm stoked, only downside is my talk better kick some major ass.
Hopefully something I should have done a long time ago gets realized soon...depending on the breaks.
More paper writing. This thing is getting longer and longer...
Also been mucking with Mono. For some reason (I blame Imlib1), I've decided to implement some of the missing Cryptography classes.
My office now has a small music server setup, which is nice. I previously used SFS over my cable modem to access my ogg collection. Now I just need to setup rsync to keep the collection in sync, as well as getting Samba to behave (it's name munging leaves a lot to be desired...my r.e.m. directory is empty, even though I have ~400ish megs in it!). Suggestions are welcome.
Got grubby paws on the freedomserver code. Now if the client would only compile. Guess I'll have to clean that code up (the C++ bits seem to have rotted).
Still working on paper. No motivation to write.
RMAed new motherboard, didn't work. Getting another one shipped with a new power supply. Also been playing Uplink. Addictive game it is, and from an independent! Doubleplusgood!
Should get back to playing Terminus as well. Another excellent game by an independent game house, and it runs under Linux as well.
Makes me think, is Linux, the Red Book, some programming foo, and a wild idea a good basis for independent game programming?
Something to think about...
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