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The domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)1 is suited to small-scale production and backyard farming. It is easily maintained, requires scant space, makes minimal demands on the family budget, and thrives on plant materials that are usually disdained by humans. It utilizes forage efficiently. even coarse vegetation that is high in fiber, and under ideal conditions it can grow so rapidly that its rate is only slightly lower than that of broiler chickens.2
The rabbit's capacity for reproduction is legendary. In theory, a single male and four females can produce as many as 3,000 offspring a year, representing some 1,450 kg of meat - as much as an average sized cow.3 The meat is pink, delicately flavored, and is usually considered a premium product that provides variety in the diet. It has more protein and less fat and calories per gram than beef, pork, lamb, or chicken.
Some breeds are raised for their wool. The long-haired Angora, for instance, yields a luxury fiber that makes a soft, lustrous fabric. It sells at high prices and makes these animals very valuable.
Rabbit pelts also bring cash. They are used in fur coats and other luxury garments. In addition, rabbit feet and tails are used in good luck charms and many curios.
Rabbits are well known for their long ears, fluffy tails, and long hind legs. Many commercial breeds are white, although colored types are sometimes chosen because of special qualities in their meat or pelts.
There are many breeds and much genetic diversity within and between breeds. (Almost 160 varieties are recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders Association.) However, in both North America and Europe, the New Zealand White has traditionally displaced most other breeds for commercial meat production. This medium-weight breed bears large litters, is a good milk producer, and has good mothering ability. It reproduces best under intensive farming and, among purebreds, yields the most meat. A full-grown New Zealand White weighs 4-5 kg, giving about 2 kg of meat at 8-10 weeks of age. Large breeds include the Flemish Giant or the Checkered Giant, which weigh more than 6 kg at maturity.
Hybrids are rapidly replacing purebreds in Europe for commercial production. Specific crosses of breeds have been shown experimentally to be more productive overall compared with purebred New Zealand Whites.
Different meat breeds are preferred in various countries. For example, in Ghana the most popular are Flemish Giants, New Zealand Whites, Yellow Silvers, and Checkered Giants; in Tanzania and Nigeria, New Zealand Whites and Dutch are preferred; in China, Chinchillas and Japanese Large Whites are the most widely consumed. Some smaller breeds - for instance, the Polish - are also valuable for husbandry.
Some Third World strains have already evolved. They show high tolerance to local conditions (for example, the Baladi - the main strain of the Sudan and the Near East - and the Criollo of Mexico). The Baladi has a small body and relatively low production, but it is hardy and tolerates harsh conditions.
Specialized breeds have been developed for wool, fur, and laboratory research. The Angora wool breed has already been mentioned. The Rex breed produces a high-quality pelt used in furs.
The wild ancestor of the domestic rabbit was originally restricted to Spain and Portugal. Today, its descendants are found worldwide.
Domestic rabbits are best suited to temperate climates, but they do well in tropical and subtropical conditions if hutches are constructed and sited to take advantage of shade and cooling breezes. Ventilation is important (but care must be taken to avoid direct exposure to cold drafts). Prolonged exposure to temperatures higher than 30ÝC reduces both fertility and growth. Apparently, all breeds tolerate heat equally well. However, heat is shed through the ears, and the longer the ear, the more heat a rabbit will tolerate. Lop-eared varieties withstand heat poorly.
Rabbits eat fibrous vegetation. In addition to normal feces, they produce special droppings called cecotropes. Softer and smaller than the regular fecal pellets, they are excreted in clusters and are swallowed as soon as they are eliminated. Cecotropes are rich in bacterial protein, and this double digestion (coprophagy) enables the animals to utilize the fermentation products formed in the cecum. This process is rather like that of ruminants, and rabbits are sometimes called pseudoruminants.4
Breeding begins at 4-6 months of age and may continue up to age 4, occasionally to age 6. Gestation takes 28-32 days. Females can conceive within 24 hours after giving birth and can produce a second litter merely 4 weeks later. With good feed and early rebreeding, 9 or more litters a year are possible. (Such a rate is only achievable under exceptional management, however.) Litter size depends on breed and body weight. Small breeds average 4 young per litter; large breeds 810. Births occur at any time of the year, but production slackens when the weather is exceptionally cold or hot, when feed is scarce, or when days are short. Extremes of heat or cold can also affect the survival of the young.
Rabbits raised under subsistence conditions are likely to produce 4 or 5 litters a year, with an average of 5-8 young per litter' depending on management and feed quality.5 Annual production of about 20 weaned offspring per female per year under tropical and subtropical conditions is common. The young remain in the nest until they are 2-3 weeks old. Their eyes open at approximately 10 days of age. About 4 months are required to produce a 2-kg market rabbit under subsistence conditions.
Rabbits that receive human handling are very gentle and can be trained to live inside people's houses and even use a "litter box."
Rabbits are multipurpose animals yielding the following products:
- Meat. Delicious hot or cold, fancy or plain, it can be breaded and fried, broiled, baked, or barbecued.
- Wool. The fineness of rabbit hair is an asset in the production of wool, which is the plucked or shaved hair of the long-haired Angora breed. It is usually mixed with fine Merino sheep wool to give more substance and to improve its wearing quality. An average Angora rabbit produces about 850 g of wool each year. (Some specimens produce as much as 1,000 g.)
- Fur. The fur is dense.
- Leather or vellum. Rabbit hide has the tension and strength required for tiny drive-belts in tape recorders and other delicate machines.
- Fertilizer. Rabbit manure often contains high proportions of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash, and it comes in convenient drypellet form.
- Tourist charms. In many societies, rabbits are connected with good luck. Feet and tails are used for car decorations, key chains, charms, and mementos that appeal to tourists.
Rabbits are also used in biochemical and physiological research.
Rabbits can be housed in hutches ranging from sophisticated commercial cages to simple packing crates with a few ventilation holes and rough troughs for food and water. In all cases, watertight roofing is essential. A floor space of only 0.25 mÝ is sufficient for one rabbit, but about 1 mÝ is recommended for a female and her young.
Starting small-scale rabbit production is generally inexpensive. An almost infinite variety of backyard feeding and drinking equipment can be made from various scrap items, such as old bottles. The main criteria are that cleaning should be easy and spillage minimized.
In practice, diets can be based largely on herbage: grass, leaves, legumes, crop residues, and kitchen scraps. However, the diet must be wholesome, and caged rabbits fed on forage usually need some grain or agricultural by-products (rice bran, for instance) as a dietary supplement. Supplementation is particularly important for newborns and lactating females, whose diet must contain about 16 percent protein and at least 18 percent fiber. When "noncommercial" feeds are used, salt must be added to prevent salt deficiency.
Because of higher protein content, legumes (for instance, alfalfa, cowpea, vetch, or pea) are better than grass. Alfalfa is particularly valuable, and in the Sudan and Mozambique it is already grown extensively for feeding rabbits. On diets consisting of alfalfa and rye grass, weaned New Zealand Whites have demonstrated growth rates of 38-39 g per day in animals weighing up to 2 kg.
Rabbits, as mentioned, can utilize almost any type of edible vegetation. Also, despite their diminutive size, they can collectively produce as much meat per unit of forage as large livestock, or even more (see page 183).6
There is much genetic diversity. Differences in growth rate, fertility, maternal ability, milk production, disease resistance, heat resistance, and other features have been noted. This is useful, since a wide genetic base enhances the likelihood of success of selection programs.
Rabbits are easy to handle and can be raised under primitive conditions. They require little financial investment and their husbandry is easily accomplished in the home by women and children.
The animal's rapid reproduction is a big advantage.
Tropical conditions produce special problems. There, rabbits must be protected from heat and rain. Stress brought on by high temperatures, high humidity, and wet conditions can lead to respiratory disorders and even sudden death.
Most diseases are caused by poor management. Dirty or wet cages lead to diarrhea, sores, mites, and ringworm, all of which can cause serious losses. Enteritis (diarrhea) often kills 20 percent or more of all rabbits before they attain market age and weight. A major disease problem in most countries is coccidiosis, which is particularly harmful to young rabbits. Again, damp and unsanitary conditions increase the susceptibility; better management can control it.
In some countries - notably Australia and New Zealand - escaping rabbits have become a serious menace and have destroyed crops and grazing lands. Because of this threat, it is illegal to import rabbits into some countries.
At present, many people are unaccustomed to eating rabbit. Indeed, where commercial ventures have been established in areas with an otherwise plentiful meat supply, there have been financial failures. However, where rabbit meat is familiar, there is usually great demand for it. Also, in poorer areas where animal protein is in short supply, the tasty pink meat is widely appreciated.
For 30 or 40 million years the wild species Oryctolagus Cuniculus lived only in the area that today is Spain. Caves there contain Stone Age drawings of it. Phoenician traders landing on the Iberian Peninsula in about 1100 B.C. found huge numbers of these wild rabbits. The little animals were unknown to them and they mistook them for the hyraxes they had seen in Africa. (Although small and rabbitlike, the hyrax is actually related to elephants.) Since the Semitic name for hyrax was shaphan ("one who hides"), the Phoenicians named the peninsula l-shepan-im, from which the Latin name Hispania developed. Thus, "Spain" actually means "island of hyraxes," even though these African animals have never occurred there.
Given the rabbit's reproductive powers and adaptability it is surprising that it hadn't spread beyond Spain, but dense forests covered most of Europe after the last Ice Age. The rabbit, which is suited to open country, only spread rapidly after man had cleared most of the trees. Even then, the natural spread was slowed by the Pyrenees mountains blocking the way into the rest of Europe.
Ancient Romans became acquainted with rabbits after they invaded Spain, and they eagerly added wild rabbit meat to their banquets. The meat was so popular that around 1 A.D. Roman voyagers released a pair of rabbits onto the Balearic Islands. In time, these produced so many offspring that the islanders had to appeal to the Roman emperor for help. They even asked to be moved to another country if the emperor could not get rid of the plague of rabbits!
Eventually, Romans in Italy, France, and other parts of the European mainland began raising rabbits for meat. They kept them in special cages called leporaria. Their rabbits were probably not truly domesticated; instead they were netted in the wild and caged for fattening before being prepared for the table. The Romans had little incentive to domesticate an animal that could be so easily captured.
Tne rabbit was the last farm animal to be domesticated. It seems likely that this did not begin until the Christian era when monks in French monasteries began taming rabbits. In those days, rabbit embryos and newborn young were considered delicacies, called "laurices." In 600 A.D. the Pope declared that laurices were "not meatp," and permitted them to be eaten during fasts and in monasteries of strict discipline where meat was forbidden. Within a few years, the animal was domesticated,
Government-sponsored rabbit-research stations and programs are found in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Rabbit husbandry is well known, but much basic research is needed; for example, specific nutrient requirements, breed comparisons, disease control, reproductive management, and efficient housing and equipment. There is a particular need to reduce the labor required for feeding, breeding, caging, and cleaning.
With the increasing number of rabbit programs in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, there is a need to share information and ideas among the various countries. The exchange of experiences with rabbit breeding, health and nutrition, and the practical experiences and field studies could be of great value.
Further research in rabbit nutrition is necessary to identify nutrient requirements more precisely. Moreover, links between nutrition and disease should be clarified.
Further research into the cause and prevention of enteritis is needed. (At present, this condition is prevented by maintaining a fiber level in the diet of at least 18 percent and keeping the energy level relatively low.)
Legume shrubs could be an answer to the feed problems in the dry season. Deep-rooted shrubby legumes, such as gliricidia or leucaena, remain green well into the dry season and have high protein contents. Rabbits find the leaves of leucaena palatable (see companion report Leucaena: Promising Forage and Tree Crop for the Tropics. National Academy Press. Washington, D.C. 1984), and they are fairly resistant to mimosine (a sometimes toxic amino acid found in leucaena foliage). More research on this promising approach is needed.
As noted earlier (page 181), a killer virus has recently appeared. Studies into its epidemiology and control are most important.
Outsiders who hope to improve conditions in underdeveloped areas, sometimes . . . introduce new food avoidances to the communities they came to help [if outsiders] show repugnance toward consuming goats, . . . rats, . . . crows, insects, intestines and blood, then the people they are educating may likewise give up those . . . foods and lose valuable proteins.
Calvin W. Schwabe
Unmentionable Cuisine
You can count on the fingers of one hand the domestic animals that produce virtually all of mankind's meat and milk - a selection made more than 10,000 years ago by our Neolithic ancestors. Yet the earth teems with thousands of species of animals; why limit ourselves to cattle, pigs, goats, and sheep? Given the world's shortages of energy and water and arable land, why not try to domesticate wild animals? The effort would save many species from extinction, provide the world with more food, and introduce gentle farming to fragile environments.
N.D. Vietmeyer


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Commencement events scheduled for June 1-3
Sunday through Tuesday, June 1-3, 2008, various times · various locations
Posted May 22, 2008; 04:38 p.m.
Several University activities for undergraduate and graduate degree candidates and their families are planned for Sunday through Tuesday, June 1-3:
• The Baccalaureate service will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 1, in the University Chapel. The speaker will be Paul Farmer, the medical anthropologist and physician who founded the international charity organization Partners in Health.
• The Class Day ceremony for seniors is set for 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 2, on Cannon Green (Jadwin Gym in case of severe weather). The speaker will be Stephen Colbert, the Emmy Award-winning actor and writer and host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report."
• The Hooding ceremony for advanced degree candidates will begin at 5 p.m. Monday, June 2, in McCarter Theatre. Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman and Graduate School Dean William Russel will preside.
• The University's 261st Commencement ceremony is slated for 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 3, on the lawn in front of Nassau Hall (Jadwin Gym in case of severe weather). Tilghman will preside and address the graduates.
Admission to all events is by ticket only.
The Baccalaureate service will be simulcast on a screen outside of the chapel as well as in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall; McCosh 10 and 50; McCormick 101; and Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture; tickets are required at the simulcast sites.
The Class Day ceremony will be simulcast in McCosh 10 and 50; no tickets are required at the simulcast site.
The Hooding ceremony will be simulcast in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall; tickets are required at the simulcast site.
Commencement will be simulcast in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall; no tickets are required at the simulcast site.
The Baccalaureate, Hooding and Commencement ceremonies will be broadcast live on TigerNet Channel 7 on campus and on Channel 27 on Princeton cable television. They also will be webcast live and will be archived for later viewing at the same site. The Class Day ceremony will be webcast live only.
Detailed information about the events, including parking instructions for members of the University community and guests, is available online. To ease traffic congestion, some University employees are being asked to park in alternate lots on Monday and Tuesday. In addition, employees who are not needed to perform critical activities associated with Commencement will be permitted to leave work at noon Tuesday with supervisory approval. For details, employees may visit the Office of Human Resources website or ask their supervisors.
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Once again, I find myself way behind in the maintaining the blog and once again, it is not for a lack of ideas, thoughts, or want to… well anyway, lets get on with it…
Last night I had the pleasure of practicing one of the great truisms of Scouting.. taken from Scoutmaster Clarke Green's podcast , "Put a group of Scoutmasters in a room and something happens, they start to talk."
Well last night I got into a virtual room with Clarke and yep.. we talked. And we talked.. and we talked.
But one of the great things about our conversation was the recurring theme that good Scoutmastering comes from the comfort of a good lawn chair.
The point here is that we teach, coach, train, and mentor the Scouts of our units and then get out of their way. I am a firm believer in this concept. And it has proven out over and over again that Scouts will absolutely amaze you with their problem solving ability, their leadership, and their creativity when you allow it.
One of the things that I appreciate about our discussion last night was the sharing of our Scouting philosophy and the simple fact that the program that we promote in our units, even though we are a country apart and have completely different styles, are the same. We keep it simple and Youth led.
Youth leadership can not happen when they are hamstrung and given to many hoops to jump through.
We discussed the importance of allowing the youth leaders to set a course for the unit and that our role beyond teaching and coaching was to keep the Troop from heading into the ditch. Keeping the Troop not necessarily centered in the road, but not in the ditch on either side. Allowing the Scouts to bounce down the road learning as they go, achieving success's and experiencing the taste of failure without getting hurt or in trouble. There is much to be learned along the way and what I have learned and it was confirmed last night.. the Scouts do it so much better when we sit in a lawn chair and tell stories with our Scouter friends. Read…. leave them alone.
More later.
Have a Great Scouting Day and look for our discussion to post in a podcast soon.
In the meantime, check out Clarkes last show here .
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Almost a week after the premiere, and no thread for this? There oughtta be a law....
I finally got Chux Jr to bed early enough tonight to watch the first episode.
I don't want to spoil things (yet), but this show fills the void left by both The Sopranos and Deadwood, and it fills it superbly.
However, one question for anyone who was watching: obviously, there's a Deadwood-style mix of historical figures (Capone, Luciano), fictionalized characters based on historical ones (like Enoch Thompson being based on Enoch Johnson), and totally fictional ones. When Jimmy is being questioned by the feds, one of the agents looks remarkably like J Edgar Hoover. It'd be bending facts a bit to place Hoover there, but does anyone know if that was supposed to be him?


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Glory World Series Final 16/Schilt vs. Zimmerman Live Results
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GLORY is back today with a huge card featuring the Final 16 of their 70kg tournament with the likes of Giorgio Petrosyan, Robin van Roosmalen, Albert Kraus, Yoshihiro Sato and more. Along with the 70kg tournament, there's also the main event which has Semmy Schilt fighting Errol Zimmerman for the GLORY Heavyweight World Title. Gokhan Saki also makes his return, against Carter Williams. That's just a few things I've mentioned and there's a lot more great fights on the card.
The event starts at 12:30 PM EST/9:30 AM PST in North America and 18:30 GMT +2 in Europe. You can watch the event live, here on LiverKick for $15. By buying the stream from LiverKick, you're also supporting our site, as well as watching some awesome kickboxing action. You can also view the full, stacked fight card here. If you need help or want play by play of the event follow us on twitter at @rianscalia and @LiverKickdotcom.
MMA: Jason Jones def. Dritan Bartamaj by Submission (Armbar) in Round 1.
MMA: Ilir Latifi def. Tony Lopez by unanimous decision.
70kg Final 16:
Shemsi Beqiri def. Yoshihiro Sato by split decision. Awesome, action packed fight.
Tim Thomas def. Dennis Schneidmiller by unanimous decision.
Robin van Roosmalen def. Dzhabar Askerov by unanimous decision. Another insane fight.
David Kyria def. Kem Sitsongpeenong by unanimous decision. Should've gone to an extra round.
Ky Hollenbeck def. Michael Corley by TKO (Ref Stoppage) in Round 1.
Sanny Dahlbeck def. Warren Stevelmans by unanimous decision. Another action packed, crazy fight.
Albert Kraus def. Mohammed El Mir by unanimous decision.
Giorgio Petrosyan def. Fabio Pinca by unanimous decision. Very good, tactital fight. Pinca was competitive.
-76kg Super Fight:
Nieky Holzken def. Alex Harris by TKO (3 Knockdowns/Liver shots). Harris was winning but Holzken found the mark with a liver shot, dropping Harris and then did it twice more to get the TKO.
HW Super Fight:
Gokhan Saki def. Carter Williams by KO (Left Hook). Williams was hurt from a previous accidental low blow but was definitely hurt from the punch.
GLORY Heavyweight Title Fight:
Semmy Schilt def. Errol Zimmerman by TKO (Corner Threw In Towel) in Round 3. Semmy dominated Errol for the whole fight.


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I like Regensburg as a choice, they seemed to do very well with the last event they hosted! The weather is still good for baseball at that time?
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I like Regensburg as a choice, they seemed to do very well with the last event they hosted! The weather is still good for baseball at that time?
Felix Fermin is Primary Candidate to Manage Dominican NT
Source in Spanish: http://www.hoy.com.do/deportes/2012/...anager-Clasico
The teams will play in round-robin competition in Round 1.
No news is...
Roughly less than 380 days for the next CLASSIC,and still no announcement,quite disappointing.
Stan Javier is rumored to be taking over the Cibao Eagles job; so the top replacement candidates are Omar Minaya and Moises Alou.
I find it very odd that they would announce the Asia Series for the very same weekend that these recent articles say the WBC qualifier will be in Tawain. I still say that article is not to be believed completely especially with other info I've heard that some participants were already told September
check out the wbc qualifier 2012 host venue bid webpage of Regensburg http://www.worldbaseballclassic.de/
the vid shows you some impressions of the WC 2009 at Regensburg with China, Venezuela, USA and Germany
It will effect the championship team that Taiwan sends, and it just didn't make much sense to have two tournaments going on at the same time during that time of year when they could be separate..
Now, I heard today, from sources I will not reveal, that an announcement will come the first week of March, but that the November dates in Taiwan look to be correct, and that the other qualifiers, dates unknown, but likely in September will be held in Germany, Panama, and Florida!
We shall see eventually!
Paula....please tell me that was Die Fantastichen Vier singing that song for that video!!!! And tell me where I can download it as well!!!!!
I am thinking with all the retired Jewish people in Florida that you can send Spain to Germany, and put Israel in Florida..... And the qualifier to be at would be in Panama with Panama, Colombia, Brazil, and Nicaragua!
I think certainly Team Israel would play in a Florida-based qualifier. Why not? The fans are there, the team's chief financial backer is there, and the threat of a potential underdog challenger to Team Canada will encourage the Canucks to try to field the best team they can. (A September series, though, will make it impossible, of course, for major leaguers to make it.)
So (assuming this speculation is right), here's what we've got: Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines, and New Zealand in the Taiwan pool (unless the Japan mess isn't figured out by November, and Taiwan gets promoted as a replacement); South Africa, Germany, Czech Republic, and Spain in Regensburg; Panama, Colombia, Brazil, and Nicaragua in Panama; and Canada, Israel, France, and Great Britain in Florida. Lots of interesting story lines there.
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For those interested here is the musicvid live performance closing ceremony BBWC 09 Regensburg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rawL_MQhcA
You can find some more vids of the WC Regensburg there too as it gives a good view about the atmosphere
There are some confusing issues here. (1) We hear speculation about using various minor league ballparks in Florida for the Qualifying Round, with " satisfactory " capacity. It seems that everyone on this blog is resigned to Qualifying Round games drawing measly crowds of 3000 or 4000. Let's say that #7 Taiwan, #15 Panama, and #17 Germany are hosting the other three pools. So potentially this qualifying round pool is being displaced from Toronto to Florida. (2) Why would #6 Canada not be interested in hosting this pool instead of going down to Florida ? A #6 team would seem to have the talent to go all the way into the semifinals. (3) Why wouldn't the WBC want to highlight their newest stadium, Marlins Ballpark in Miami ? (4) It would seem to me that a well-promoted pool in either Toronto or Miami could easily draw an average of 15,000 fans, with the most interesting games drawing upwards of 20,000 or 25,000. Why does everyone assume that these games will be trivial in terms of attendance ?
Here are some attendance figures from the last time Panama and Germany hosted an International event; and the attendance figures from Nicaragua's games in Panama. How much of an increase in attendance can we expect for the WBC Qualifiers?
Attendance from Panama 2011 BWC
Panama vs.
Attendance from Germany 2009 BWCPHP Code:
Greece 20,000
Taiwan 3,000
Puerto Rico 6,000
Japan 7,000
Canada 7,500
Netherlands 7,500
Venezuela 5,200
South Korea 2,000
Australia 100
Cuba 2,500
Venezuela 100
Germany vs.
Attendance from Panama 2011 BWCPHP Code:
China 5,300
Venezuela 6,900
Nicaragua vs.
PHP Code:
Germany 400
Venezuela 2,500
Italy 250
Australia 400
South Korea 2,900
Dominincan Rep 5,500
Cuba 5,000
Something to remember is that there are a lot of Snowbirds in Florida, Canadians who retire or go on vacation in warmer climates. There's enough Canadians in Florida that they thought it safe to put ice hockey teams in Tampa and Miami. It's why I don't mind Canada playing in Florida, there will be fans down there for them.
Not sure what Phil Lowry's talking about. WBC Inc.'s bid invitations said that the organizers want the stadiums in the qualifying rounds to seat at least 10,000 fans. And Champion Stadium at Orlando's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex has just under that. Remember, that's where one of the first-round pools was held during the '06 Classic.
I don't think anyone's resigned to small crowds for the qualifiers. (Although there might be.) But the WBC never planned for them to be held in a stadium the size of the Rogers Center or the new Marlins ballbark. I'd expect crowds in the 5000-10,000 range.
Sure, promotion helps. And if the organizers did a better job, it could've been higher. But, come on. A qualifying event? 10,000 is optimistic.


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Libertyville, Illinois
The U13 Girls Pool Group (Coached by Andy Kaasa, Emily Fischer, and Mark Abboud) took home the Midwest Regional Championship from Libertyville, IL to advance to the National Cup XI Finals.
The first game of the event was versus the Chicago Sockers ECNL team. "We knew going into the event that the Sockers were probably the best team in the entire tournament. They were one of the top teams in the Region last year and they just merged with the Chicago Fire Jrs so they have added even more talent to their group for the upcoming year. It was great to start off the event versus them so we could see where we stood right away" said Coach Kaasa.
MTA started the game very well and controlled the ball and they were rewarded 15 minutes into the game when Haak beat her defender and played Squirrel through on a breakaway and she beat the keeper to give MTA the 1-0 lead. After the goal the game began to even out and by the end of the first half the Sockers had equalized and taken control of the game.
The second half saw the Sockers controlling the game and had a shot hit off the post. MTA was able to break the Sockers pressure a couple times down the right wing but were unable to convert any of their chances and the game ended 1-1.
MTA's second game was versus FCX North Black. Coach Kaasa's pre game thoughts were that "FCX is a big and athletic team that play pretty direct to their fast forwards. Up until 3 weeks ago we have struggled to deal with these types of teams, but the girls have started to figure out how to keep the ball versus high pressure and we have learned that the direct teams will give us the ball back if we lose it so we can play with more confidence."
FCX started on the front foot with their three forwards pressuring MTA's back line into giving away the ball but MTA kept passing and making their forwards work very hard defensively. About 25 minutes into the game FCX was unable to continue their high pressure and MTA took control of the game. The second half was dominated by MTA and with 20 minutes left Z played Britt down the right wing. Britt beat her defender and sent a perfect cross to AT at the back post and she headed the ball back where it came from into the lower right corner for the game winning goal.
MTA created a handful more chances and never gave the ball back to FCX and the game finished 1-0.
MTA's final group game was versus NSA. Coach Kaasa's pre game thoughts were that "NSA is coached by Rade Martinovic who coaches their current U18's. Their 18's have been one of the top teams in the country throughout their youth careers winning USYS National Titles, USYS National League Titles, and numerous Regional Championships. His teams are always very athletic and play high pressure man marking defense that is very difficult to beat while at the same time scoring a lot of goals. They have scored 3 goals in each of their first two games so we know they will create chances if we give them the ball. We talked with the team about our center mids being the key to the game and their ability to outplay NSA's center mids would determine who would advance to the final."
Four minutes into the game MTA scored their goal of the tournament. The play started with a short goal kick and saw 6 different players touch the ball before Ari (CM) slotted Squirrel (CM) through on another break away that she converted to take the lead. The rest of the game saw MTA control the tempo and make NSA work very hard defensively which meant that NSA was unable to create anything offensively and the MTA won 1-0 to advance to the Regional Final.
Their was a shock upset in the final round robin games that saw the Sockers lose so MTA played FCX in the Region Final as they held the tie breakers over the other teams. Pre game thoughts "While we would have liked to play the Sockers again we know that upsets happen and we would have to work very hard to beat FCX's pressure in the final. We talked about really controlling the first 25 minutes of the game and the rest of the game would take care of itself."
FCX's high pressure resulted in two great chances in the opening 25 minutes including and open header on top of the six yard box that just went over the bar. Once again the 25 minute mark proved to be the tipping point as MTA was able to complete more passes and forced FCX to drop a forward into the midfield to deal with their movement. Half time saw the score level at 0-0 but momentum was with the Thunder.
"At half time we talked about the space that was opening up to our forwards feet because of the amount of pressure FCX was putting on our defenders and midfielders to stop our build up. We told our defenders to look to skip the midfield and play the forwards early as often as possible until they dropped off of us."
The adjustment worked well and 4 minutes into the second half Emmers (Left Back) played the ball over the top to Britt (Left Wing) who was able to flick it onto Squirrel (Center Forward) who beat her girl and scored her third goal of the tournament. The rest of the game saw MTA's defense once again work to possess the ball and deal with mounting pressure which they did very well and did not allow a single scoring chance. The final whistle blew with MTA winning 1-0 to win the Region Title.
"It is fantastic to win an event like this because of how much the entire pool group of 32 players this year has believed in what we are doing. We train everyone together and they all push each other to get to the next level while remaining a very close knit group. We are very excited to see where this age group can go in the future." said Coach Kaasa
The victory means that MTA will play in the upcoming National Cup XI Finals.
That event will be held July 27-30 in Waukegan, Ill., and will feature winners from each Regional in the U-13 through U-17 age groups.
U13 Pool Group Finishes Second In The Premier Group
The MTA U13's did well in the Premier Group finishing in second place. The girls won their first game versus Windy City Pride 3-0 to start the event off very well. Their second game versus ELA saw the girls dominate possession but gave up a counter attack goal in the first half and were unable to pull a goal back and lost 0-1. Their final game versus the Sockers White saw MTA jump out to a 1-0 lead but saw the Sockers tie the game up. Despite two late break aways for MTA they were unable to get the game winning goal.
U11 Girls Show Well At US Club Regionals
The U11 East Girls also showed well at US Club Regionals over the weekend. The group defeated Eclipse Select 6-4 in their first game coming back from a 0-2 whole in stoppage time in the first half. They also defeated the Chicago Sockers 4-0 and lost to the Michigan Rush 0-3. The Rush, Eclipse and MTA each finised with two wins and one loss and the Rush went through on tie breakers. Congrats to the girls on a great event.
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Sri Lanka's woeful January way-points
For Sri Lankan journalists, January might be the cruelest month. In January 2011, Sonali Samarasinghe wrote about the death of her husband Lasantha Wickramatunga two years earlier on January 8, 2009. In January 2010 I reported in "Sri Lanka: A year later, still failing to fight media attacks" about the government's inactivity in investigating Wickramatunga's death one year on. That was a follow up to the February 2009 "Failure to Investigate," in which CPJ had investigated his death and two other January attacks --- one a bombing raid on an independent television station and the other -- an attack similar to that on Wickramatunga, though not fatal -- on Upali Tennakoon, the editor of a Sinhala newspaper.


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Teaching high school math is a relatively new career for me. I spent close to 20 years in the electronics industry where work in training and quantitative analysis helped to steer me back to math and to education. The R.I. Teacher Education (RITE) Program drew me to RIC for teaching certification in secondary school mathematics. With certification, I became a math teacher at La Salle Academy where I have been teaching algebra, geometry, and precalculus for six years now.
I returned to RIC after my first year of teaching and began the MA program in Math. I had enjoyed math classes at RIC and wanted to revisit and strengthen my understanding of Calculus and Differential Equations, subjects key in an engineering education. In addition to studying these subjects, I was able to participate in a research project in Differential Equations with Dr. Lisa Humphreys.
The master's degree program was flexible and met my needs and schedule. I took one course per semester, two courses in the summer and completed the program in just two and a half years. I had a varied choice of electives, both in mathematics and in education. The professors made the classes interesting and challenging and were always available for help. I often met with my fellow students to work and to study together. The atmosphere was cooperative rather than competitive.
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Family: Aceraceae, Maple view all from this family
Description A small, usually fast-growing and fairly short-lived tree. Shoots green, with a whitish to pink or violet waxy coating when young. Branches smooth, brittle, and retain a fresh green colour rather than forming a bark of dead, protective tissue. Bark pale gray to light brown, deeply cleft into broad ridges, and scaly. Leaves light green, turning yellow or red during fall, pinnately compound, three to seven leaflets. Leaflets 5–10 cm. long and 3–7 cm. wide, margins slightly serrated. Flowers small, on drooping racemes 10–20 cm. long. Seeds paired samaras, each slender, 1–2 cm. long, with a 2–3 cm. curved wing.
Dimensions Height: 9-18 m. (30-60 ft.)
Diameter: 0.8 m. (2 1/2 ft.).
Habitat Canyons & valleys, Cities, suburbs & towns, Fields, Watersides (fresh).
Range Northwest, Southeast, Great Lakes, Texas, Rocky Mountains, Western Canada, Plains, Southwest, New England, California, Mid-Atlantic, Florida.
Discussion Often has several trunks and can form impenetrable thickets. Simple leaves occasionally present; technically, these are single-leaflet compound leaves. Although some other maples have trifoliate leaves, only A. negundo regularly displays more than three leaflets.
Commercial use for decorative applications; turned items, bowls, stem-ware, pens. Primarily burl wood and injured wood, which develops a red stain.
Comments In the Rocky Mt. area, A. negundo var. interior is native. Var. negundo is apparently introduced in the Pacific Northwest. The species is a rapid grower, tolerant of city conditions, subject to wind and ice damage, and relatively short-lived. A well-grown box elder can make an attractive, drought-tolerant shade tree.
Exposure Preference Sun.
Native Distribution Maine to Manitoba, s. to n. Florida & e. Texas; also n. California to Colorado, s. to s. Mexico
Site Preference Moist woods; stream banks; floodplains
Soil Preference Variable.
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buggon ON force fetch....not of force fetch
I have a 10 month old YLF that I am going through force fetch with right now. I am following Smartworks and she has been progressing well. I thought I was close to transitioning to collar pressure (followed progression all the way to ground and she will do "fetch" "heel" "sit" progression as Evan demonstrates in video) but the last few sessions I have noticed her bugging.
She follows all commands and shows great enthusiasm for getting bumper in her mouth, but will often (over 50% of the time now) turn her head as far away from bumper as possible between commands to fetch. When command is given, she does not hesitate to obey, and does not turn away (only turns her head, not her body) until I take the bumper from her. It happens when I put bumper right in front of her nose or on ground (again, not every time, but it has been much more frequently the last few sessions)
I have force fetched one other dog (my avatar), but did him with toe hitch and never had this with him.
Is this something I don't make a big deal about and just keep working through before I transition to collar pressure or is there something I should be doing differently?


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of Applied Micro Circuits (AMCC) fell 39 cents, or 4%, to close at $9.15 today, following the company's announcement after market close yesterday that CFO Robert Gargus will retire, being replaced for the time being by Shiva Natarajan, its chief accounting officer.
A number of analysts today weighed in to say that the CFO departure shouldn't be taken as a sign of anything amiss at the company, and also to opine positively on Applied's chances selling chips into low-powered "micro-servers" for data centers.
Raymond James's Hans Mosesmann, reiterating an Outperform rating on the stock, and raising his price target to $10.50 from $9, writes of Gargus's depature "we do not believe this is a reflection of the fundamentals and offers an attractive entry point for investors."
Mosesmann notes that CEO Paramesh Gopi told analysts following the announcement that "the move was deliberate and a process that was known internally. The move was also timed between various accomplishments, with the company hitting Non-GAAP breakeven in March and transitioning to high-growth for the X-Gene later this year," referring to the X-Gene line of micro-server chips.
In fact, Mosesmann thinks X-Gene is progressing more swiftly than originally thought, and his heightened price target today reflects what he thinks is $2.50 per share in value from X-Gene:
Reading between the lines here, we suspect X-Gene's ramp later this year and into 2014 as being more rapid and significant. Note that management reiterated that X-Gene remains on plan for shipments later this year (HP's Project Moonshot), with our meetings a few weeks ago suggesting that the company can't keep up with order demand from customers. Notably, we now know the 2nd player in the market (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)) won't be sampling its own Seattle ARM 64-bit solution until 1Q14 a full year after APM. Please reference our note "Road Show Highlights a Free X-Gene Call Option" published on June 17th.


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CORINTH — Alcorn County will spend $3,000 to install outside security cameras at the regional jail.
The board of supervisors this week approved the bid from Lee Security. Three cameras will be placed along the perimeter fencing.
Security Chief Keith Latch tells the Daily Corinthian that state officials requested more cameras after a jail escape in which an officer was assaulted. He says it needs to happen before the American Correctional Association visits in March.
Also for the regional jail, the board approved a contract with CBM Managed Services to provide inmate meals. With the new contract, the facility will see a decrease in cost per meal from $1.07 to 89.5 cents. Sheriff Charles Rinehart says that will result in a savings over the course of a year of about $75,000.


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Application Procedures For Educational Loans - Jacksonville
To apply for an educational loan, simply follow these three steps. No action will be taken on an application until all requested information has been received by the financial aid office (and the prospective student has been accepted for admission). A completed FAFSA and Gordon-Conwell Financial Aid application are required for each year you intend to secure a federal loan.
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Alternate name: Daffodil Leopardbane
Family: Asteraceae, Aster view all from this family
Description Native perennial herb, variable in appearance; spreads by rhizome.
Habit: hairy stem(s) rising from small cluster of leaves at base.
Height: 4-24 in (10-60 cm).
Leaf: quilted, wavy or toothed, to 10 (25 cm) long; at the base, broadly oval, pointed, on stalks; above, narrower, clasping, opposite in 2-6 pairs, oval to heart-shaped.
Flower: daisy-like, terminal, to 2 in (5 cm) wide; 8-12 long yellow rays around a yellow disk; may be held singly or in cluster of up to 9 flowerheads.
Fruit: dry brown seed, smooth, 3/16-3/8 in (5-9 mm) long; with tuft of white hairs.
Flower June - July
Habitat Moist sites: montane conifer forests to subalpine meadows.
Range Native to western North America from Alaska to the Northwest Territories, south to California, Utah and New Mexico; 1600-11,000 ft (500-3300 m).
Also known as: broadleaf arnica, daffodil leopardbane.
Comments Because the species is so variable, it is especially important to choose material from nearby sources and habitats that matches your site.
Exposure Preference Sun to partial shade.
Native Distribution Alaska, s. to California & w. Colorado
Site Preference Moist to drier woods, meadows & rocky places
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|Getting Started The only dumb question is the one not asked
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Great Matterial Storage
I have been tying for about 20 years, and have tried many different types of storage. The best thing that I have found is a 3 ring binder method. I started out with gallon size ziplocks and punched 3 holes down the sides and put them in the binder. I now have a book case full of 3 ring binders. I have a binder for Hackle, one for natural fur, one for synthetics, one for deer hair, one for marabou, etc........................ Recently I have purchased a bunch of pencil pockets in the school supply section..... they already have the holes, and have a nice zipper opening.
|Blues Brother
Inexpensive rings to hang shower curtains
Buy alot of these. You will use them to sort and/or
hang your materials that are stored in plastic bags.
A good source of light will enhance your time at the bench, improve your outcomes and assist you in organizing and cleaning a space that can get out of hand in no time.
A seat that will provide good support and put your nose level with the tip of your vise. This will reduce neck strain.
Hooks are a major expense. Start with good quality ie. Mustads before you spend the big bucks on other brands.
There are some good videos out there. Check with your local fly shop
Good luck.............Dave
Store your materials in baggies and mark them as to content. A tool box is an excelent suggestion for starting out. Eventually, you may need to have two or more "tool box storage" one for feathers, one for furs, one for synthetics etc. etc.
A few more thoughts since Flytier and others have covered to topic very well.
Join a local tying club if possible or find a local tier to teach you his tricks, great folks who will share tehir knowledge as well as their material.
Go to your local library (after doing a search on this board for suggested tying books/patterns) and read up on tying. One I highly recommend is "The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference to Techniques and dressing styles" by Ted Leeson and Jim Schollmeyer- ISBN # 1-57188-126-3.
Kep posting requests for specific patterns that you are tying, lots of folks around here will help you.
Make sure you have fun and EXPERIMENT on your own, e.g. tie variations of a particular pattern, try different materials, color schemes etc.
And this one has been mentioned but is worth repeating, patronize your local shop and forum sponsors. Tying on the cheap just does not work and it can ruin an otherwise great hobby. Most shops and all of the sponsors that I've dealt with have been most helpfull in providing good quality and prices with free advice to boot.
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|Thanks for the help, guys! Much appreciated. Keep the suggestions coming!
Hey BB, from another new NC fly tier, you're getting some good counsel from the guys. I tied on forceps for a while-YIKES can't believe I was so cheap! Just getting into it, I was also unsure if I would enjoy the whole gamut of feather chucking. I do! and now I have the basics- not the best yet, mind you but a definite step up and in the right direction. My flies look TONS better and much more like real flies versus a pinch of dead birds and rat's nest on a hook! LOL! They also catch fish and I'm tailoring recipes to my local waters-i.e.-shorter rubber legs on the spiders or mixing black and white legs on the same fly, contrast and colors of feathers used, going to smaller hooks/flies for more hookups. That kind of thing. I home built a lap top box about 16 inches across, 5 deep and 6 wide with legs to sit across my knees while I tie. It has a cross bar on top about 1/3rd the way from the left side to clamp my vice onto. Holds the tools, hooks, eyes, glues and stuff and I keep the fur and feathers in small portions in ziplocks in a clear plastic cookie tub; neatly standing the ziplocks like files in a drawer.
Two ideas you might can use.
One is FREE supplies- they are where you find them. One being chickens-we have all kinds. Surely, someone you know or somwhere out in the country is a farm with chickens. Just ask. Hey, I'll mail you plenty if you like. The other is roadkill fur. Yep, it's disgusting, but I have collected, two fox tails, squirrel tails and two deer tails just since August and have plenty for lots of flies. Just cut the tails off and ziplock and freeze till needed. Birds are a different story since most species are protected. No Spotted Owl Streamers, please. Pet shops are full of birds that molt. Then of course support your local flyshop. They have the skinny on what to tie for your area.
The other idea and readily available is the search feature here or scoll to the bottom of these posts and see the similar ones listed if you have not already done so. HTH. and good luck tying.
|I've just started aswell. Don't get one of those benches, they're to expensive and are unfulfilling to say the least. I use tupperware
Fly tying kits are for the most part not a good value. They almost always have inferior vises and other tools, materials that you have not need for (and doubtfully ever will), hooks in sizes you don't need, etc.
The best way to get into fly tying is by first purchasing a good quality vise. This doesn't mean you have to spend a fortune on it. The Thompson Model A (the original draw cam vise) or Thompson Pro are both good vises and they sell for around $60.00 give or take a little. Griffin offers several good ones. The Griffin Model 1A sells for about $35.00, and is also available in a tool kit that includes the 1A vise, good scissors, hair stacker, bobbin, and bodkin for about $55.00. The Griffin 2A is a little larger with slightly larger jaws (if you are going to tie large flies of #4 and larger it is a better choice than the 1A), it sells for about $50.00. It is also availabe in a tool kit with the 2A vise, good scissors, hair stacker, bobbin, bodkin for about $65.00. The Danvise is another good choice for about $75.00 and the the lowest priced, quality rotary vise on the market. Granted, the Danvise is partly made of Delrin (the jaws are steel); but they are well-made and have a good reputation for holding up over time.
All of the vises listed in the paragraph above have excellent jaws, hold hooks very well, are easily adjusted for different hook sizes, hold up well over time, and have good reputations for being decent quality. Also, replacement parts for all of them are readily available so in the rare event that something wears out for the average new tyer, it can be replaced.
The worst thing to do is buy one of the cheap imported vises from India or China. On the surface these vises look like a good deal because they are very low in price; unfortunately, they don't hold up, have jaws that don't hold hooks properly (i.e. the hook will slip unless the jaw is adjusted to be overly tight, which can also break hooks), and as a result are very poor value.
The tools you need are: (1) a good vise (see the ones I recommended above); (2) a good pair of scissors (cheap ones are false ecomony), which run between $8.00 and $14.00 (Gudebrod, Thompson, and Griffin all have good scissors for this price range); (3) at least one good thread bobbin (to hold your thread spool as you tie the fly0 and prefereable two bobbins (you put different size or colors of thread in them making tying faster) [some good lower cost bobbins are: S&M about $7.50 and one of mine and AK Best's favorite bobbins, Griffin wire bobbin about $10.00, or Thompson wire bobbin about $10.00. There are some others; but this will give you an idea of brands]; (4) a bodkin [they sell for between $1.50 and $7.00 and are nothing more than a needle in a handle used to apply glue and pick out dubbing]; and (5) a whip finisher [the Materelli is considered by most pro tyers to be the best; but there are other brands on the market now that are of the same general type], the Materelli sells for about $15.00.
You can get a hackle gauge if you wish because one makes sizing dry fly hackle much easier and quicker; but you don't need one. Also, you can get a hair stacker; but unless you are going to be tying hair wing dries, you really don't need it either.
As far as materials go, the best thing to do is get the materials to tie 1 or 2 simple flies that you will be using and hooks in 2 or 3 sizes to tie these flies. Flies such as the Woolley Bugger, Grey Hackle, Brown Hackle, Hare's Ear Nymph, Pheasant Tail Nymph, and similar simple ones are the best ones to learn fly tying on. These flies have tails, bodies of yarn, chenile, or peacock herl, and hackle, and nearly all flies have tails, bodies, and hackle so it will be easy to move on and add other fly parts, such as ribbing and wings after you master tying the simple ones without wings.
Buying materials and hooks to tie flies that you will use prevents you from getting material you will never use and keeps your expenditures on materials and hooks very low. For instance, a Woolley Bugger requires black marabou, black chenile, black webby saddle hackle, and #4 -#10 4XL hooks. A Grey Hackle Yellow requires red yarn, yellow chenile or yarn, grizzly hackle, and #10-#16 hooks. To tie a Grey Hackle Peacock, all you need is to add peacock herl, and for a Brown Hackle, all you need do is add brown hackle. And you can tie any color variation of body and hackle in Woolley Buggers, Grey Hackles, and Brown Hackle you wish. And the best part of doing it this way is you will have flies that you will use and that work.
You ought to plan on tying 5 or so dozen of each one. Say you start with the Grey hackle with a yellow yarn or chenile body, tie 2 dozen of them in say size #12 (a good size to start with) before you tie one in a Size #14 or before tying a Woolley Bugger. Tying 2 dozen of the same size before moving on to a different fly helps you learn the techniques needed and will make tying the next pattern much easier.
The best place to get the materials, hooks, thread (as a minimum you need black in both 3/0 and 6/0 to get started), vise, and other tools is a fly shop. A PM, email, or call to one of our sponsor shops will get you what you need.
Hi Bryce, a think you should consider what kind of flies are you going to start with, beginners use to tie streamers first, because its size is bigger and you certainly will need to develop some skill with your fingers before you try with smaller ones.
Most kit come with assortted materials for many different patterns, perhaps some of them will never be used.
I suggest you go to a serious fly shop and request a bounch of materials to tie just streamers. Woolly Bugger is the common start.
A short list for this pattern includes:
Hook: Mustad 9672 or similar
Thread: Monocord 6/0
Lead: 025
Marabou feathers (any colour you like)
Chenille medium (matching the marabou)
Flashabou (pearl is best)
Saddle Hackle (long and webby)
Cooper wire
Once you are agree with this fly, take a pattern index and try another. Go back to the shop with a list of material for that fly and go ahead again.
Good luck!
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Kit #2
EDIT: Well, ok, if the admin. is going to remove my link, could someone please suggest me a good kit?
Definitely keep the materials in their original bags after you cut off the material you need. You'll be amazed how many different materials you need and how easy it is to confuse them, plus they'll get damaged if they're not in bags.
I simply keep mine in the bottom of a large plastic tool box, and use the tray in the top to store the tools and smaller items like hooks. I'm a pretty rookie tyer and I don't have a ton of stuff though, so I don't need a ton of space!
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Hey guys. I'm going to be learning to tie flies this winter, and I thought of a good question. I'll will have alot of material and tools and such, so how should I keep them organized? How do you guys do it? Should I keep the materials in bags when not using them? Thanks!
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Shares of networking equipment vendor Juniper Networks (JNPR), which has been under pressure from activist firm Elliott Management to cut costs, and was the subject of takeover rumors just this morning involving being bought by Nokia (NOK), are up 39 cents, or 1.4%, at $27.80, after the company this afternoon said it will restructure, following up on a pledge it gave last month to produce an "integrated operating plan."
The plan involves focusing on markets where the company thinks its networking gear will have the most success: carriers, enterprise customers, and government customers. The comapny intends to "streamline" its operations and product portfolio. It also pledged to save $160 million annually by Q1 of 2015 and achieve an operating margin of 25%, up 5.8 percentage points.
Juniper will also return at least $3 billion to shareholders over three years via a $2 billion share repurchase plan, including $1.2 billion in accelerated purchases, and a 10-cent-per-sahre-per quarter dividend, starting in Q3.
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Great news: At least one Tsarnaev pal arrested today was here illegally
posted at 2:41 pm on May 1, 2013 by Allahpundit
Proof of innocent intent in disposing of Tsarnaev's "materials"? Just think: This guy was months away from being amnestized by Schumer/McCain/Rubio, and now he's gone and thrown it all away.
Expect Lindsey Graham to be on TV within the hour arguing simultaneously that (1) no one should use this new revelation to politicize the new immigration bill and (2) this revelation proves that the new immigration bill is urgently needed.
A U.S. government official tells CNN that the three students in law enforcement custody Wednesday are two students from Kazakhstan, Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, and another student, a U.S. citizen. The official says that their case reveals more holes in information sharing…
It wasn't until the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement division heard about the interviews later on Saturday that they realized Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov were not currently of legal immigration status, and ICE officials went to pick them up and detain them.
The first US government official told CNN that at an immigration court hearing this morning, the court learned that Tazhayakov returned to Kazakhstan in December 2012, and his status with U. Mass-Dartmouth was terminated on January 3. Yet somehow he was allowed to return into the U.S. on January 20.
"They shouldn't have let him in," the first official told CNN. "Bells should have gone off."
All we need now is an accounting of their welfare benefits and this'll be wrapped up in a neat little bow. A key detail, though, per Tapper's report: Supposedly Tsarnaev asked them to dump the "materials" before his and Tamerlan's names were released to the public as the prime suspects (but after the photos of them at the marathon had been published). The feds must have something suggesting that they knew they were disposing of criminal evidence, but it's not clear what that is. One of the things they've been looking for at the landfill, allegedly, is Dzhokhar's PC; maybe they're inferring that there's really no innocent explanation for doing a friend a solid when he asks you to throw his computer in the trash right away and no, he won't be around for awhile to do it himself. Or, maybe, Dzhokhar gave up all of these guys in return for leniency at sentencing. That's smart, if so. According to a new WaPo poll, fully 70 percent of the public, including a majority of Democrats, wants him to get the needle.
Update: Well, that explains it:
complaint:2 Kazakhs "admitted" they removed backpack "after concluding from news reporters that Tsarnaev was one of the…bombers"
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 1, 2013
This is interesting too:
Wow. 1 of 3 new suspects, Kadyrbayev, texted Tsarnaev to say he looked like bombing suspect after FBI photo release. Dzhokhar's reply: "lol"
— Peter Doocy (@pdoocy) May 1, 2013
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Monticello, WI-Henry Arno Daum Jr., age 95, passed away surrounded by family on Monday, February 25, 2013 at his home. He was born on November 29, 1917 at St. Paul, MN to his parents Henry Arno and Agnes (Johnson) Daum. Henry graduated from the University High School at St. Paul and then graduated from Macalester College in St. Paul. He then served in the United States Navy during World War II. On July 17, 1943 he was united in marriage to Suzanne Sherk at Cumberland, MD. Henry was then transferred to Norman, OK and later Oakland, CA where he ended his naval service. Henry and Suzanne moved to Chicago where he attended the University of Chicago and earned a Master's Degree in Social Work. He was a professor of Social Work at St. Olaf College, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and Mississippi State at Meridian from where he retired as Professor Emeritus. Following his retirement Henry resided in Monticello, WI. He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Meridian, MS, and Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, MN, the Lion's Club, Y's Man, and the American Society of Social Workers.
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He was preceded in death by his parents.
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Riung is a tiny fishing village (pop. 1,200) nestled amongst coconut and banana palms on the northern coast of Flores - a large and central island in the Nusa Tenggara chain. It's pretty 'off the beaten track' and is the gateway to the 17 Islands National Park, or as the brochures put it, the Pearly Necklace of the East. Hmmm, might have to work on that tagline.
The village itself is interesting in a number of ways. Once you hit shore you're presented with a muslim stilt village on the mudflats, then a click up the road is the Catholic town centre. As with other stops, both seem to live in complete harmony.
Everything is pretty primitive, but there's a certain pride in the presentation and there's a lot less litter, dilapidation and overt poverty than in other places we have visited. There isn't much to do and I gather unemployment is pretty high, so most huts regardless of state of repair will have a satellite dish attached to keep the residents occupied.
We arrived here Tuesday morning after a solid 48 hour motorsail direct from Alor. The voyage itself was reasonably uneventful except for the occasional need to dodge freighters, unlit fishing boats and squalls. Menacing storms threatened the last 12 hours of the journey so we were glad to make it in and rest up.
However we did immediately notice the different approach the powers that be here have taken to our visit. A patrol boat diligently guided us (and every other boat) through the treacherous reefs to the anchorage which was a great start. Next was the substantial dinghy jetty that had been built to get us ashore and participating in the economy. It really is a work of art and greatly appreciated. Not long after our arrival the 12 or so boats that were in port were tastefully welcomed by local dignitaries in a nice little service. All over town new flags and fences have been raised and the locals have been very helpful, shuttling us from the dock to in town or making life easy when sourcing supplies. Just what the doctor ordered.
The 'Gala Welcome dinner' was a fantastic display of local cuisine, colourful traditional dress and a variety or very cool bamboo instruments banging out some very catchy tunes. The bamboo xylophones were a real hit, with the bass drum numbers that you donk on the ground coming in a close second. Would be pretty funky for the lounge room at home. The karaoke intermissions left a wry smile on most faces but no expense was spared, nothing overlooked and the professional execution really was a welcome change from comparable events in other locales. Even the beer was free. Riung, you may be tiny but you've done yourself proud!
During the daytime there has been a variety of activities available in the surrounding islands and on the mainland. Our first free day before the main fleet arrived allowed some time for snorkelling, so we jumped in the dinghy and choofed over to a small sand beach with grass hut about 1km away from the boat. Collected some nice shells and snorkelled the reef that was unfortunately a little worse for wear from anchors and crown of thorns starfish. Little buggers. The fish were out in abundance however and I saw my first turtle in the wild, a nice way to end the day.
A day or two into our stay I passed on an opportunity to see the local giant lizards to enjoy some quality personal time sans Joe and Michele, figuring the Komodos will be more accessible and more impressive anyway. It was a good call on my part - no wild lizards were found and the trek was apparently a mission.
The day after was a beauty - early morning snorkelling on a neighbouring island called Ruteng. Magnificent sunshine, cruising on the local stinkboats to get there, great reef which was only 0.5m below the surface so you had a close and personal look, and you really had to suck your stomach in to avoid the spikey sea urchins! Saw some type of sting/manta ray which was a pleasant surprise, and had a great lunchtime beach BBQ compliments of the ever-pleasing locals.
Once we got back to shore some traditional boxing was on the menu, which has to be seen to be believed. A small rectangular arena was roped off under two magnificent old trees in the late afternoon sunshine and us visitors and half the town alike came to witness a quite brutal blood sport. After the obligatory friendship dancing and much drinking of homemade arak around a plastic fuelled fire, each boxer is kitted out with a sports turban to protect the head, a woven chest protector that could be mistaken for either a corset or a boob tube, and the traditional ikat skirt (of his tribe/village).
The fighters are then each given a 'Tia Kolo' by the referee, which is a small club of wound rope which resembles a very hard pine cone on a string. The Tia Kolo fits into the right hand and the string is wrapped around it to hold it securely in place. The contestants face off, then attempt to beat each other senseless by hitting the opponent's face and upper chest with the pointy or flat sides of the pine cone. (Apparently in the tough guy tournaments they use Kolos embedded with broken glass or rocks, but it was probably fortunate we didn't witness that.) The resulting bouts are fast and furious, but no-one was seriously injured this time and in the end no winner was proclaimed, which shows either the immense stupidity of both competing tribes or the importance of the sport as opposed to the thrill of victory in this society. I'll let you decide.
I also took the opportunity to head out of town one day to check out the surrounding countryside. Woah, what a mission - I can see why they have such difficulty attracting tourism here because it's really out of the way by sea and a real gamble to get in by road.
Our destination was a traditional village called Bena, which lies beyond the mountain-locked regional capital of Bajawa in the south, then to some nearby hot springs. Including a few short stops, the 90 km one way journey to Bena took 4.5 hours to complete (do the math). The road is a small truck lane wide the whole way, mercilessly striated and pocked with potholes to ensure a truly bone-crunching ride. Due to some quite terrifying hairpin turns it can rise or fall hundreds of metres in less than a kilometre of travel, and the dense jungle threatens to strangle it (and you) for most of the journey over the island's mountain spine and down the other side.
We climbed from 0 to 1,500 metres altitude in very short order, circumnavigated a very cool and imposing volcano (Mt Inerie - would have been a perfect climbing candidate for my wish list), dodged huge outcrops of bamboo, and considering the dodgy bus, staggering inclines, oncoming traffic, random animal and human pedestrians, rain and eventual nightfall, we felt very lucky to survive the 13 hour saga.
It was worth it however. Bena village was certainly very different to anything else we've seen so far - perfectly situated for defense on a high outcrop, filled with funky thatched huts, dotted with graves (inside town), buffalo skulls and strange stonehenge-style megaliths. It's hard to describe so hopefully the photos do it some justice. There was a funeral in progress when we got there, which we were honoured to be allowed to view but thought best not to photograph.
After lunch we stopped at a great market at Bajawa to stock up before departure. Lots of tasty looking vegetables, unlike many of the limp options we'd seen in smaller markets about the place. Then we took another goat track to the hot springs at Mengeruda - a 40 degree celsius volcanic springs that well up from some sizzling place underground and merge with a cold water stream to form a great natural wonder to laze and paddle in.
Unfortunately a pretty tacky resort has been partially built around it (work came to a halt after the Bali bombings - not sure for better or worse), but it's another example of an attraction with good potential that may well have it's day in the future, if the accessibility issue can be fixed.
Well, we're just pulling into Komodo now so better end this off and start taking photos for the next one. To wind up, Riung has been a fantastic little stop but as it's difficult to get to it will probably remain a secret. The locals have been awesome so if you are anywhere in the vicinity, try to drop in - they'd love to see you!
Next entry -> Komodo dragon action (watch as I feed our first mate to one ;-)
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That success, meanwhile, points up a core paradox: A U.S. government that long stood by Mubarak and other Arab leaders as steadfast allies was, at the same time, financing programs that ultimately contributed to his and potentially others' downfall.
Some see American shrewdness at work, covering multiple political bets in Egypt and elsewhere. Others see an America too big and complex to be consistent."
".. one of the beauties (?!?) of the U.S. system is that there are many, many entry points in many centers of power, and they can have conflicting policies," said Les Campbell, Middle East chief for the U.S. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.
The NDI, affiliated with the Democratic Party, and the GOP-affiliated International Republican Institute (IRI) are links in the nurturing "democratic assistance" web, key conduits for grants from the State Department's Agency for International Development (USAID) and from the National Endowment for Democracy, a private organization funded by the U.S. Congress.
National Endowment money, $100-million-plus a year, is at work in more than 90 countries worldwide. But it's the USAID grants, from an $800 million budget for developing "political competition" and "civil society" in 67 nations, that have proved vital to activists in a half-dozen Arab lands, from Morocco to Yemen. Some $104 million was requested for them in the proposed 2011 budget."
So while "we" are being told one thing about our erstwhile "allies", our gov is now officially & actively stabbing them in the back? 800 million to encourage chaos?
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