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Did My Fishless Cycle Work? And... Ammonia in Tap Water
Hi all,
I have a few questions to ask and the following may be a bit hard to follow, so please bear with me. I'm still very new at this and I want to get it right so I don't stress, or worse, kill my fish. I have a 60 litre tank and I completed a fishless cycle, as per the instructions on the forum, without any apparent problems. I then introduced 6 small silvertip tetras (each less than an inch in length) at the advice of my local store. I later found out that two of these fish are in fact cherry barbs! Anyway, I have been monitoring the tank closely and testing the water regularly.
Following the cycling of the tank nitrates and nitrites have always been zero, pH remains around 6.4, hardness is 4 degrees and chlorine is always zero. The ammonia level went up from zero to 0.5 so I did a 30% water change and it dropped to 0.25 for a few days and is now back up at 0.5 At the last water change I checked the filter (foam type) and I could see no significant dirt/debris.
When I first started cycling the tank I used Tetra 6 in 1 test strips for most parameters and a Waterlife NH3/NH4 test for the ammonia, this is the test tube type with 2 bottles of test liquid. After cycling the tank I purchased an API Master Freshwater Test Kit, which included an ammonia test, because I read that the test strips aren't very good. This coincides with the increase in ammonia so I suspect my original Waterlife test kit is inaccurate. I have tested the two side by side and the Waterlife test comes back as zero but the API one reads 0.5 I am inclined to err on the side of caution and believe the API results.
I feed the fish flake once a day, a small pinch and if they eat it all I give them a little bit more. I also feed live daphnia once a week to vary their diet. Any residue left after 10 minutes is netted out. When I do a partial water change I agitate the gravel to suck up any debris. I recently introduced a couple of live plants and there has been a piece of bog wood in there from the start, which I soaked for a week prior to adding. The fish are very active during feeding and I have seen no signs of distress.
So, my first question is: Could the fishless cycle have failed despite everything looking ok? I ask this mainly because I kind of expected to see something on the foam filter to indicate a build up of bacteria.
Second: Is it possible that my tap water contains ammonia? I have consulted the water provider's website and it says they don't use ammonia during disinfection of water supplies.
I understand that ammonia is produced in the tank from fish waste as well as from decomposed food, but shouldn't the filter deal with this if it is working correctly? Should I treat the water with something like Safe Start or Filter Aid to help things along?
Sorry, lots of information and questions. Hopefully someone can make some sense of it all and advise me.Rod
16g tropical - Silvertip, Cherry Barb, Clown Plec & Cherry Shrimp
A cycled tank should show at least some trAtes...what water conditioner do you use?
Did you shake the 2nd bottle of the API trAte test like crazy?...that bottle needs to be shaken for a long time, violently, before testing
Why not test your tap water yourself, with the API ammonia test?
You won't see anything on a sponge that indicates beneficial bacteria, they are microscopic
I used Tetra Safe Start initially and treat all water with Tetra Aqua Safe when I do a water change, I also get it up to the same temperature as the tank, currently set at 25 degrees celsius.
I do shake the second API titrate bottle vigorously for a minute as per the instructions.
I have tested the tap water today with the API test and it showed 0.25 so unless my test kit is wrong I need to treat all new water for ammonia.Rod
16g tropical - Silvertip, Cherry Barb, Clown Plec & Cherry Shrimp
When you run out of the Aqua Safe (or even before then) get you a bottle of Seachem Prime, it's awesome stuff...very little amount goes a long way (1 ml per 10 (US) gallon of water), and it will bind and render harmless any ammonia in your tap or tank for 24 hours
Try using this chart next time, instead of the color code card that came with the API test kit: http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/downloads.html
Thanks for that information, I'll look into getting some of that, and I'll print out the charts aswell.Rod
16g tropical - Silvertip, Cherry Barb, Clown Plec & Cherry Shrimp
You're quite welcome. You don't have to print the charts, just save the page in you favorites or bookmarks...when you test, just hold the test tube up to your monitor to compare colors
.25 ammonia in tap water is not a problem. As Matt advised, use the Prime to dechlorinate and detoxify the ammonia in your tap water. The BB will take care of it after 24 hrs.
Do not add any Tetra Safestart or other BB product - they have ammonia in them to keep the BB alive.75 gal - Smudge Spot Cories, Silvertip & Pristella Tetras, Scissortail & Red Tail Rasboras, Pearl Gourami, Black Kuhli Loaches, Whiptail Cats, Wild Caught BNP
Dual 29 gals - Diamond Tetras. Harlequin Rasboras, Bloodfin Tetras
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OK, that puts my mind at rest a little, thanks.Rod
16g tropical - Silvertip, Cherry Barb, Clown Plec & Cherry Shrimp


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MTA Bridges and Tunnels' successful program to sell E-ZPass On-the-Go tags in cash lanes at its crossings hit another milestone over the weekend, reaching 150,000 in sales since the program began nearly two years ago.
"We want people to use E-ZPass because it's good for the MTA, good for the environment and helps keep traffic moving, said MTA Interim Executive Director Thomas F. Prendergast. "Through this program and others like it we are making it easier than ever for customers to pick up an E-ZPass and at the same time give them more control over how much money and where they replenish an account."
Those who prefer cash can use the MTA Reload Card to conveniently refill accounts at any of the 2,500 Visa ReadyLink locations throughout the region instead of traveling to one of three regional walk-in centers. The MTA Reload Card is not a credit card; it simply identifies the account for the cash reload.
With the MTA Reload Card they can still use cash and receive the E-ZPass discount, which is $2.17 per trip at most MTA crossings with an E-ZPass from the New York Customer Service Center. Anyone from any state can request an MTA E-ZPass.
MTA customers who don't like pre-paying for tolls, maintaining a minimum balance or supplying a credit card can also choose MTA's Pay Per Trip payment plan where tolls are deducted from your bank account once the trip is taken using the Automated Clearing House (ACH) system.
The program edged over the 150,000 mark early Sunday morning after selling 518 tags the previous day. The tags can be purchased in cash lanes for $30, plus the price of the current trip. If linked to a credit or debit card, it can be used to pay up to $30 in tolls. There is a $10 tag deposit if it is not linked.
To date, the most tags have been sold at the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge with 35,967 (20,641 at the Bronx plaza and 15,326 at the Manhattan plaza) followed by 29,120 at the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, 28,778 at the Throgs Neck Bridge and 21,974 at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
Cash lane sales tend to be strongest on weekends and slowest on Wednesdays, and tend to increase during holiday weekends, including Thanksgiving, Martin Luther King Jr., and Presidents' Day weekends.
A pilot program to sell On-the-Go tags in cash lanes began at the Henry Hudson Bridge in June 2011 and was expanded to the other eight crossings in March and April of 2012. On-the-Go tags must be registered within 48 hours of its first use, or the tag is deactivated. This can be done on line at www.ezpassny.com or by calling a toll free number at 1-800-333-TOLL (8655).


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lloyd9988 wrote:Brad wrote:Oh hi guys.
So here's the plan. I wanna just get this thing over with (I realize saying it like that makes it seem like it's been this big arduous burden sinking up all my time when in reality I've just been lazy and stupid and haven't felt like dealing with it). Therefore, the following is going to happen.
Whoever of the remaining five (Kiki, Silk, Yue, Chii, and Riccardo) want to edit, we're going to do one big dogpile match. Everyone edits with the same song and different sources. Everybody gets 3 hours to edit. Pick whatever source you want, but it's gotta still fall within the criteria of the rules (meaning, 5 consecutive episodes of a series or a movie or whatever). I am giving people a deadline of July 31st. I'm gonna PM everybody to make sure everybody knows.
Assuming all 5 people edit, the judges will judge all 5 videos together and rank them 1-5. Those lists will then be averaged together to find out the rank of the winners.
Soooooooooooooo yeah. Let's finish this :O
Yeah... we need to get this over with. This is taking up space on the forums
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Budget discussion was held on February 5, 2013. Several actions by the Board of Supervisors resulted in the County actually reducing the total tax asking by $39,863 below the current FY 2013 tax asking.
Following are those decisions:
- The two health insurance holidays that were put back into cash reserves were used to reduce tax askings. They amounted to General Basic $671,615, General Supplemental $101,600 and Rural Basic $25,879 for a total tax reduction of $799.094.
- L.O.S.T. funds were used to fund the Economic Development Department in the amount of $181,721 in the General Basic Fund and the Planning and Zoning Department in the amount of $103,169, in the Rural Basic Funds of which both actions reduced tax askings.
- Riverboat funds were used to reduce tax askings in two area's (a) non-mandated services ($74,971) in the General Basic Fund, (b) equipment replacement in the amount of $167,500.
- The Board of Supervisors will use a $50,000 refund check from the Woodbury Solid Waste Agency to reduce taxes in the Rural Basic.
- Final action was the decision to use $245,207 of the Rural Basic Fund to reduce tax askings.
All of these actions decreased tax askings by $1,454,162. Other action included keeping the $1,300,000 CIP for bridges in the County budget. Also the County will use an essential purpose loan for the County's CIP Projects in FY 2014. The good news here is the interest rate will be 1.29%. Final budget decisions will be made at the February 12th board meeting. At that meeting, the Board will approve the FY 2014 budget to be published with the hearing date March 12, 2013. At the public hearing, the budget can be accepted or reduced, but cannot be increased.


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Morquio syndrome is an inherited disease of metabolism in which the body is missing or doesn't have enough of a substance needed to break down long chains of sugar molecules called glycosaminoglycans (formerly called mucopolysaccharides).
The syndrome belongs to a group of diseases called mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS). Specifically, it is known as MPS IV.
See also:
Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA; Galactosamine-6-sulfatase deficiency; Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB; Beta galactosidase deficiency; MPS IV
Morquio syndrome is an autosomal recessive trait. If both parents carry the defective gene related to this condition, each of their children has a 25% chance of developing the disease.
There are two forms of Morquio syndrome: Type A and Type B.
The body needs these enzymes to break down a long strand of sugar molecules called the keratan sulfate sugar chain. In both types, abnormally large amounts of glycosaminoglycans build up in the body, which can damage organs.
The syndrome is estimated to occur in 1 of every 200,000 births. Symptoms usually start between ages 1 and 3. A family history of the syndrome raises one's risk for the condition.
The doctor will perform a physical examination. Examination and testing may reveal:
Urine tests are usually done first. These tests may show extra mucopolysaccharides, but they can't determine the specific form of MPS.
Other tests may include:
Persons with Morquio syndrome should have MRI of the lower skull and upper neck to determine if the upper vertebrae are underdeveloped.
There is no specific treatment for Morquio syndrome. Researchers are currently testing a possible treatment involving enzyme replacement.
Symptoms are treated as they occur. A spinal fusion may prevent permanent spinal cord injury in persons whose neck bones are underdeveloped.
National MPS Society --www.mpssociety.org
Cognitive (thinking) function is usually normal in patients with Morquio syndrome.
Bone problems can lead to significant complications. For example, the small bones at the top of the neck may slip and damage the spinal cord, causing paralysis. Surgery to correct such problems should be done if possible.
Heart (cardiac) complications may lead to death.
Call your health care provider if symptoms of Morquio syndrome occur.
Genetic counseling is recommended for prospective parents with a family history of Morquio syndrome. Counseling is also recommended for families who have a child with Morquio syndrome to help them understand the condition and possible treatments. Prenatal testing is available.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Mucolipidoses Fact Sheet. Office of Communications and Public Liaison. Bethesda, MD; Publication No. 03-5115. February 13, 2007.
Wraith JE. Mucopolysaccharidoses and oligosaccharidoses. In: Saudubray J-M, van den Berghe G, Walter JH, eds. Inborn Metabolic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment. 5th ed. New York, NY: Springer; 2012:chap 40.
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JACKSON — People in 36 of Mississippi's 82 counties may not be able to buy health insurance through the new federal online marketplace when it starts enrolling customers in October.
Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says two insurers have announced offerings so far, planning to serve 46 counties.
Unless more companies sign up or the existing companies expand their plans, consumers in the remaining counties won't be able to buy health insurance through the online exchange. Coverage under those policies begins Jan. 1
"I don't know what to tell you about the other 36 counties," Chaney told The Associated Press in a phone interview this week. "You're just out of luck."
That means they won't be able to use federal tax credits offered to consumers with incomes of between 133 percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty level. That's up to about $46,000 for an individual and about $94,000 for a family of four, with those at the top end getting little or no subsidy.
People who don't buy insurance are required to pay a $95-a-year penalty starting in 2014. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Treasury Department couldn't immediately say Thursday whether people would be penalized in counties without offerings.
Residents in the 36 counties will still be able to buy individual policies through the traditional market, as well as rely on insurance provided by employers or government plans such as Medicaid and Medicare.
Under the federal health care law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010, every state is required to have an online marketplace so people can get coverage starting in January 2014, much of it federally subsidized. A 2012 study by the Mississippi Center for Health Policy had projected that as many as 275,000 Mississippians could gain insurance through exchanges, with 230,000 of those benefitting from federal tax credits that could total $900 million a year.
The marketplace program is separate from proposals to expand the state-federal Medicaid program to cover people with incomes up to 138 percent of poverty.
In February, the federal government rejected Chaney's effort to create a state-based exchange in Mississippi because of opposition by fellow Republican Gov. Phil Bryant. That means Mississippi's market will be run by the federal government.
Chaney had contended that a state-run exchange would attract more insurers. "We would definitely have more options and I would have more authority," he said.
Bryant spokesman Mick Bullock said the governor had no role in the marketplace.
"If insurers are uninterested in participating in that exchange," Bullock said, "it is because of the serious problems with the Affordable Care Act itself and burdensome HHS regulations, not anything the governor has done."
Magnolia Health Plan will offer coverage in 46 counties. It is a unit of St. Louis-based Centene Corp., and runs a Mississippi Medicaid network with 77,000 enrollees. Humana, based in Louisville, Ky., will offer coverage in four of the 46 counties — DeSoto, Hinds, Rankin and Madison — that will also be included in Magnolia's plan.
Areas that won't have coverage offered through the online marketplace include swaths of the Delta region and southwest Mississippi, plus scattered areas elsewhere. Among those areas are Corinth, Greenville, Laurel, Natchez and Picayune.
Chaney said the department has been told that the state's two largest private insurers, Flowood-based Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi and UnitedHealth Group of Minnetonka, Minn., would not offer plans on the online marketplace beginning in October.
Meredith Virden, a spokeswoman for Blue Cross, declined to confirm the company's plans or comment. UnitedHealth's Elizabeth Calzadilla-Fiallo said the company is still looking at options.
Dr. Jason Dees, the CEO of Magnolia Health Plan, said the company plans to offer coverage at "a very affordable price" if state and federal authorities approve its rate filing. It would be aimed at people who might have been on the Medicaid plan managed by the company, but get a job and become ineligible for coverage.
"Many people who transition off of Medicaid have no coverage at that point," Dees said.
Offerings would mimic Magnolia's Medicaid plan in terms of allowed drugs and available physicians. Dees said making sure people who lose Medicaid eligibility stay insured will help them manage chronic conditions. And even for those who might find insurance elsewhere, staying with Magnolia saves the cost of switching drugs and doctors
Because Mississippi is a small, poor state whose market is dominated by Blue Cross, it's not surprising that there isn't a flood of new entries, said Gary Claxton, a vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation who leads a project studying the health insurance market. Any new insurer would have to try to sign up a network of doctors and hospitals, and could have a hard time negotiating favorable payment rates because it would have few customers at the beginning.
"The thing that makes it difficult is getting a network together, because you don't have market share," Claxton said.
Still, those who follow Mississippi said they were surprised that some areas would be without coverage options on the new online marketplace.
"I was not expecting Mississippi to have a wide array of options," said Therese Hanna, executive director of the Mississippi Center for Health Policy. "I was hoping we would have more than two companies and it did not occur to me that there would be areas that wouldn't be covered."
Availability could improve in 2015 or 2016. By then, for example multi-state plans may be offered in Mississippi. Claxton said the national Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, UnitedHealth and Humana are all expected to offer national plans.
Chaney said he believed opposition to health care changes by many Mississippi Republicans, along with the deadlock over renewing or expanding the state-federal Medicaid program was scaring off insurers. Roy Mitchell, executive director of the Mississippi Health Advocacy Program, which has been pushing for expanded coverage, agrees.
"We're in a polarized atmosphere here were our governor denies the Affordable Care Act even exists," Mitchell said. "Mississippi is just a worst-case scenario in these things."
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Miss. counties where new health coverage planned
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — So far, the Mississippi Department of Insurance says two companies have signed up to offer health insurance on the federally-subsidized marketplace, where enrollment is supposed to begin Oct. 1 and coverage is supposed to begin Jan. 1. One company, Magnolia Health Plan, would offer products in 46 counties. Another, Humana, would offer it in four counties, all of which also would be covered by Magnolia Health Plan. Residents in 36 counties would have no option to buy insurance on the marketplace, unless other companies join the exchange or these two companies change their plans. Here are the counties where the companies plan to offer coverage:
Magnolia and Humana: DeSoto, Hinds, Madison, Rankin.
Magnolia only: Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Clay, Coahoma, Copiah, Forrest, George, Greene, Harrison, Issaquena, Itawamba, Jackson, Jasper, Kemper, Lafayette, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Perry, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Simpson, Stone, Tate, Tippah, Tunica, Union, Warren, Webster, Yazoo.
Source: Mississippi Department of Insurance.


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LiverKick.com Middleweight Rankings: September 2011
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|Giorgio Petrosyan
|Buakaw Por. Pramuk
|Robin Van Roosmalen
|Artur Kyshenko
|Andy Souwer
|Mohammed Khamal
|Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee
|Yuji Nashiro
|Armen Petrosyan
Welcome back to the LiverKick.com rankings. These rankings are an attempt to break down the top 10 fighters in three different weight classes - Heavyweight, for fighters above the 85kg limit, Middleweight, for fighters at the 70-72.5kg limit, and Light Heavyweight, for fighters at the 77-84kg limit. Our rankings are based on in-ring accomplishments and recent wins and loses. We hope they reflect where these fighters currently stand, although we recognize that all rankings are inherently subjective. Rankings are compiled by Rian Scalia and Dave Walsh.
September 2011
After what felt like endless months of inactivity for top level competition between each other, September delivered in an incredibly big way all in one weekend. Over the course of the last weekend we saw It's Showtime promote their "Fast and Furious 70kg MAX" tournament which saw Andy Souwer fall victim to an injury and Artur Kyshenko and the unlikely hero of Robin Van Roosmalen emerge as the victor. It's Showtime's 70kg champion Chris Ngimbi suffered from a very poor showing and awaits a fate of squaring off against Giorgio Petrosyan in a few months for that very title, something that many see as Ngimbi's curtain call at the top.
On the other side of the world in Japan K-1 promoted their MAX Japan tournament the very next day with Albert Kraus seen as the favorite in the tournament. What happened instead was Yuji Nashiro took Kraus out in the first round before marching forward to the round where he defeated Takafumi Morita and then in the finals beat past MAX Japan victor Yuya Yamamoto. It was not expected in the least, but was the second tournament with an unexpected winner and a very entertaining show.
There has been a lot of motion within the division due to these two tournaments, including a few fighters departing the top 10 and others being added. As always, #1 is Giorgio Petrosyan who has yet to even be challenged. It was difficult to choose the #2 spot, but on a very solid win-streak with no end in sight is Buakaw Por. Pramuk who is fighting for Thai Fight Extreme right now. The #3 slot was a bit easier to choose in It's Showtime Fast and Furious winner Robin Van Roosmalen. Van Roosmalen's stock has been steadily on the rise over the past two years, and this tournament win elevates him into the elite and in a hurry.
After a solid showing at the It's Showtime tournament, the #4 spot can be firmly given to Artur Kyshenko.Kyshenko who at our last ranking was #5 moves up a full spot, and a tough spot to move up in at that with two big wins in one night to help propel that. The biggest slip within the top ten is #5 Andy Souwer. Souwer has had a rough year and his leg injury against Kyshenko cost him what could have been a tournament win over the weekend. There is no doubt that Souwer is not only still relevant, but that he can easily jump up a few spots again in a hurry once he is healthy. A new addition to the rankings comes in at #6 as Mohammed Khamal makes his debut in the top 10. His last big win was over van Roosmalen in May and actually holds two wins over him, as well as wins over Kyshenko and Mosab Amrani.
Sudsakorn Sor Klimnee holds strong in the rankings at #7 with only one loss this year to Giorgio Petrosyan and a string of wins over lesser opponents in Thai Fight Extreme. The #8 spot goes to another newcomer, Yuji Nashiro whose run in the K-1 MAX Japan tournament helped propel him into the international scene in a big way. Wins over Albert Kraus and Yuya Yamamoto help secure his spot. Rounding out the #9 and #10 spots respectively are Armen Petrosyan and HINATA, both who have had strong wins within the past year and losses, but only to top names.


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just as minny thought and about 99.9% of the fan base , that since cleveland didnt have richardson and that they benched there Starting QB along with other starters out , that there was noway that the Brownies had a chance to beat the Vikes and peterson @ Home ? But not only did the Brownies cover the spread , they kicked the **** out of the Vikes in the own stadium ,and they were 7 point underdogs , even i didnt give cleveland a chance ,But as they say Any given sunday or monday . Ijust hope this Pumps up our Team , and i hope that Philbin reminds them every day at pratice that we suspose to have no shot at winning that game against the Saints .
Lots of butthurt in this thread. The guy is allowed to make his opinions known. Disagreeing with him is one thing but to say he doesnt know anything or is worthless just isn't true.
BUT IF WE DO.......Lord in heaven boys.......BUT IF WE DO beat the Saints............
Oh boy with that be a paradigm shifter.
Thanks Shifty!
This guy is the biggest Charles Clay fan as well.
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An undefeated team that already knocked down 2 playoff teams has no chance?


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Japanese woodblock prints on view at Art Museum, through Sept. 1
Posted May 28, 2002; 07:37 p.m.
A small but remarkable group of Japanese woodblock prints, selected from gifts of Anne van Biema, are on view from May 10 through Sept. 1 at the University Art Museum .
The 16 prints are organized to show the development of woodblock printing techniques, pigments, and styles from the mid-18th to the 19th centuries. While the earliest woodblock prints use only black ink, by the mid-18th century color pigments began to be applied to single-sheet prints, known as brocade pictures (nishiki-e) . The earliest of these pictures were private calendars printed without authority, first produced by Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770), whose print "The Kxya Jewel River," ca. 1765, is included in the exhibition.
From about the mid-1760s, these color prints were marketed commercially and depicted classical and contemporary themes, including scenes from literature or the lives of famous personages, beautiful women, travelogues, daily and erotic activities, and actors in various dramatic roles.
Among the 19th-century printmakers represented in the exhibition are Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), and Andx Hiroshige (1797-1858).
About the print shown: Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, Edo period,1725-1770, "The Kxya Jewel River (Kxya no Tamagawa)," ca. 1765, ChKban format woodblock print, ink and color on paper, 27.7 x 20.5 cm. Gift of Anne van Biema.
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there are things I am more conservative about than almost anyone here, but they would not like to hear them.
That is a major reason why the republican party caved in on itself in 06 and 08, why there is a tea party, and why if they're not careful, they will continue to fracture and lose viability. Intolerance of independent thought. As disorganized as the democrats seem to be most of the time, they have figured out how to accommodate a wide latitude of ideologies. That is why many independent voters, being shunned and called "left wing independents", chose to side with the democrats last election. Generally, they may not be happy with the democratic caucus, but were pushed to that side nonetheless by narrow minded republicans.
Now, you, huntingman and MK can attack me, and say my opinion on republicans isn't worth a flip, and you're right. But I WAS a republican, still vote for some republicans, was briefly a democrat, and now don't affiliate with any party. There are many millions of voters just like me. Keep pushing us away from the GOP and see how far you get. Sarah Palin might be attractive and have a successful tv show, but her viewers aren't enough to carry a national election.


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Craft Spells certainly live up to their name on this six-song EP, with the charm of its effortless, pixie-light production and the warm, plangent harp sounds of their major-key melodies. One can imagine that the trawled-up sunken treasure of their vocals and the wet splashes of their NorCal synths come from a group of amateur conjurers holding it down at a cool-fi beach party. "Still Left with Me" is an up-tempo enough opener here, pleasantly harmonious with perky electro-drums and plucky keys, but never more than just that — pleasant. "Warmth" pits out-of-tune, boy-next-door vocals against a backdrop of repetitive bass patterns and sequenced percussion. "Feels like a paradise," sings vocalist Justin Vallesteros. But it really feels like 1986. The songwriting picks up with a stand-out track "Sun Trails," which really has the best of all worlds — style, groove, a memorable hook, and most of all, fun. But, being retro, Craft Spells risk predictability— after all, since it's already happened, we know how it's going to end.
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The biggest reason we didn't make a run was b/c of the healthy talent around sanchez. We didn't have a dynamic personnel group entering the season but it was decent.
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that is a bad group. I really like kerely but as a 3rd or option not #1.
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Cindy Bullens, who has done a lot of things in the music business, recently wondered: "What? You have to get old to have success?" One might think touring with Elton John and singing on the original Grease soundtrack would be considered successful, but I get what she means. Do you know who Deborah Holland is? She fronted Animal Logic, back in the day, a band that featured Police drummer Stewart Copeland and jazz legend Stanley Clarke. Do you know who Wendy Waldman is? She's released eight solo albums, the first five on Warner Bros. Records, and she's written songs recorded by obscure performers like Robert Smith, Linda Ronstadt, Kim Carnes, Randy Travis, Kenny Rogers, Judy Collins, and Bette Midler.
All three of them are refugees of a music business that's been torn asunder by file sharing and the new digital world, where the most famous artists sell 100,000 records in a debut week instead of 1,000,000. Where no one can pick you out of a lineup unless you've just won American Idol. Where new songs are made successful as background music in cheesy teen dramas and iTunes commercials instead of through radio play and write-ups in Rolling Stone. (Okay, I'm being dramatic, but you've got to admit things have been turned on their head, in general. Maybe it's for the better, you could argue, since the playing field has been leveled in some ways, but it's certainly disconcerting for those who've made their living under the old world order.)
So why shouldn't these three talented music-industry veterans team up and form an old-school supergroup? Calling themselves the Refugees, Bullens, Holland, and Waldman have released a new album, Unbound, and begun touring the country as a modern-day, female Crosby, Stills, and Nash (who themselves had a successful comeback tour recently), appealing to the boomers who grew up on the beginnings of FM radio, and fans of that old country music that was actually played with acoustic instruments.
You might call them folk, or pop, or Adult, but you can't say they don't know what they're doing. They are great performers, in the first. Waldman wows with great runs on the acoustic guitar. Bullens aces the mandolin, dobro, and harmonica. Holland mostly holds down the bass, but also busts out an accordion from time to time. And all three can sing. When they team they create harmony like you read about; you know, real harmony, where each singer dips in and under and around each other singer's line of notes, and there are moments when things lock into place and seem to glow through your headphones.
They are also all pro songwriters, which is why it's a little strange they've chosen to recycle so much material here. Only five of the 12 songs on the album haven't been recorded elsewhere, and though it's very cool to hear the opening a capella take on Waldman's most-famous song, "Save the Best for Last" (Vanessa Williams sold a few million albums with it, and it was 1992's ASCAP song of the year, which means they considered it the most-performed song of the year), Waldman just released it in 2007 and, well, isn't that song kind of tired? Teams played it over their PA systems when they won World Series in the 1990s.
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Iranian Atomic Urgency
• Congressman Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, pens a platitude plugging Prime Minister Netanyahu in Time's 100 Most Influential People.
• CNN's Erin Burnett discusses Israel and the Iranian nuclear talks with NY Times reporter David Sanger.
• India successfully tested a nuclear-capable Agni-V missile that can reach Beijing and Eastern Europe. And Iran, come to think of it. More at Reuters.
• Iran steals $17 billion in Iraqi oil annually.
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• UN monitors in Syria got off to a great start: The army fired on demonstrators surrounding the monitors' cars in Damascus. The monitors? They fled. AP coverage.
• The Wall St. Journal talked to Syrian army defectors now in the Jordanian border town of Ramtha. Why aren't more soldiers defecting?
This month several Gulf nations pledged to fund a pool of up to $40 million to pay defectors' salaries and encourage them to turn their guns on the regime. But refugees say the fund—which hasn't yet begun funding defectors—will have little chance of encouraging mass defections unless the international community can help secure the families of defected soldiers, police and security forces.
• Obama searches for a Plan B in Syria.
• CNN: Turkish officials board ship suspected of carrying Iranian arms to Syria.
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• Israel's former Chief Rabbi, Yisrael Meir Lau, was slated to participate in a panel discussion on the Doha Debates. But the debate was cancelled. Israel HaYom explains the unfortunate — but not unexpected reason — why:
The Doha Debates, which have been broadcast on BBC World News since 2005 and have a potential viewership of more than 350 million people, had already secured a Christian representative to speak alongside Rabbi Lau, but no Muslim cleric would agree to join them.
"They are always talking about dialogue and [peace] partners, but apparently they don't really mean it," Lau told Israel Hayom on Wednesday. "We reach our hand out and they leave us hanging."
• YNet: Israel's considering sending 14 police officers to South Sudan to assist the UN.
Israel's final decision is being delayed due to the war that broke out between Sudan and South Sudan recently.
Foreign Ministry officials said Israel would not send the officers if there is any chance that their lives would be in danger.
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Imagine an electric car that costs less than $40,000 and runs on a battery which doesn't fill half the vehicle.
Imagine a battery with the capacity to store wind and solar power on cloudy, still days.
Who's on the battery dream team?Here are some of the entities working with Argonne scientists to build a better battery: Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Michigan. Businesses include Johnson Controls, Dow Chemical Co., Applied Materials and Clean Energy Trust.
Imagine both concepts becoming reality within five years.
Anything is possible, with the right combination of lab coats, business suits and mechanics' coveralls, Argonne National Laboratory researchers think.
For years, the DuPage-based lab has worked to build a better battery, upping the ante on the lithium-ion version that powers hybrids and electric cars like the Chevrolet Volt.
That effort took a quantum leap late last year when the U.S. Department of Energy announced the creation of a battery dream team at Argonne that combines science and industry, including businesses like Dow Chemical Co.
Up to $120 million in federal funding is dedicated for a battery storage research center charged (pun intended) with two goals: invent a battery that goes further and is smaller than those currently used in electric cars and hybrids; and figure out how to improve storage of renewable energy such as wind or solar on the electrical grid.
And since "battery dream team" is too short for a $120 million project, it actually has two names -- the Batteries and Energy Storage Hub or Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, or JCESR.
Argonne's proposal, chosen in a competitive process, is simple. "Five, five, five," said JCESR Director George Crabtree, a physicist and engineer. That means creating batteries with five times the energy density at one-fifth of the cost within five years.
Getting to that goal is anything but simple. "These are stretch goals," Crabtree said.
What makes it achievable is the mix of scientists, local universities and national labs partnering in the effort, researchers said.
"We're pulling together the best scientific minds in the country to look at new ways to store energy," said JCESR Deputy Director Jeff Chamberlain, a surface chemist who lives in Aurora.
Bringing the scientists down to earth will be representatives from the private sector.
"It's very easy for academic researchers to sometimes take their eyes off the ultimate goal, but if we have some partners who think about profitability, it will help keep us aimed in that direction," Chamberlain said.
For example, Chamberlain recalled talking to Ford executives about producing an electric car that could go 300 miles on one charge. They pragmatically deflated his balloon by pointing out that the U.S. doesn't have the electrical infrastructure to support that state-of-the-art battery yet, so he should adjust his target.
"Ford's point was that until you can charge (the battery) in five minutes, it will never compete with gasoline," Chamberlain said.
So let's talk cars first.
The enormous lithium batteries used in electric cars cost manufacturers anywhere from $6,000 to $10,000, Chamberlain guesstimated, noting that the industry keeps these numbers confidential. As a result, hybrids are pricey and electrics like the Volt retail around $40,000.
"If you can take the cost down by improving the performance of the battery, the average consumer will (benefit)," Chamberlain said.
Then, there's the size thing.
"The (lithium-ion) battery that goes into the Volt is a huge thing," Crabtree said. "We're looking beyond lithium ion to the next generation battery. We need to make a battery that's a smaller size but has a larger charge."
So how do you invent a super-battery?
"We're aiming at new technologies that are fairly simple," Chamberlain said, adding that this could include different elements such as magnesium or aluminum.
"Electricity is nothing but moving electrons," Chamberlain explained. While a lithium ion releases one electron in a reaction, magnesium releases two, he said. "In theory, you're doubling the capacity."
And what about the Hub's other priority -- storing renewable energy on the nation's electrical grid?
Everyone wants to reduce dependence on foreign oil, and one way to do that is with alternate energy such as wind or solar power.
The concern is -- "electricity is a product that's made on demand," Chamberlain said. And that's a problem when the sun doesn't shine or it's a windless day.
"We have to find a way to store (alternative power)," Crabtree said.
Wind and solar power now comprise about 2 percent of the electrical grid. To increase that percentage, renewable energy would have to be more consistent and reliable. Hence, the need for storage.
The team has five years to build a better battery, and if they're successful it will empower the local economy, researchers predict. They noted that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office and universities are working on plans to attract investors to support small businesses generated by the project.
"What really excites me is if we do it right, there's an enormous opportunity for jobs and business spinoffs," Chamberlain said.
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Roy Fonda of Winfield set me straight on the termination of Route 53. "I grimace every time I hear or read, 'Illinois Route 53 ends at Lake-Cook Road,'" he wrote. "If you are traveling north on the Illinois Route 53 freeway, north of I-90, the marked route Illinois 53 exits the freeway at Illinois 68, Dundee Road, and continues north of Lake-Cook Road and doesn't end until its junction with Illinois Route 83 in Long Grove. That section of freeway north of Illinois 68, Dundee Road, currently has no memorial name and no route number.
"Check it out on the Official Illinois Highway Map. Lake-Cook Road is a Cook County Highway and IDOT cannot put an Illinois route designation on a county highway. Hence, Illinois Route 53 exits on Illinois Route 68 and not on Lake-Cook Road."
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Spurs take 2-0 series lead with 93-89 OT win
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San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - Despite uncharacteristically losing their way for a critical time, the San Antonio Spurs regained their championship form when it mattered most to put the Memphis Grizzlies in an unwanted position in the franchise's first-ever Western Conference finals trip.
Tim Duncan came up with a pair of huge baskets down the stretch in overtime, and the Spurs bounced back from a fourth-quarter fade to claim a 93-89 Game 2 victory over the Grizzlies and move halfway to another conference crown.
Duncan finished with a team-best 17 points, while fellow veteran Tony Parker scored 15 while dishing out a career-high 18 assists to help right the ship after the Spurs blew a 13-point lead with 7 1/2 minutes remaining in regulation.
The Grizzlies shot just 34 percent in struggling offensively for a second straight time in this series, but clamped down on the defensive end down the stretch to produce a 15-2 run that forced the extra session.
Mike Conley and Jerryd Bayless each netted 18 points and fueled Memphis' late rally, with Conley forging an 85-85 stalemate through regulation after knocking down a jumper in the lane with 18.2 seconds left.
Zach Randolph overcame a slow start to contribute 15 points and 18 rebounds for the Grizzlies, who will return home seeking to climb out of their 0-2 series hole in Saturday's Game 3. Pre-game programming for game 3 begins at 7pm on Saturday with tip off at 8pm on 1200 WOAI.


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I have missed not having any spare time to share recipes with you-- my friends and lovely followers! Oh, how I've missed visiting my bookmarked blogs and being able to ooh and ahhh at all the tasty recipes that I've grown so
I lost my cooking mojo while taking this very wild ride, last week. My camera never got turned on-- and I think this is a first for 1 1/2 years that I've been blogging! I'm back, and I wanted to share a very quick dinner I made on Friday. Do you remember that Antipasto Pasta Salad that I recently posted? I had some roasted red bell pepper, in a jar, that was left from that recipe. I was tired, hungry and tired of eating out (which we did most of last week-- due to my aforementioned non-cooking mood). The Pioneer Woman posted this recipe, last August. Somehow, I remembered it. The recipe is so easy, that I didn't need to print it. I made a couple of adaptions-- very minor so let's get crackin'!
click here. Otherwise, drain a jar of roasted bell peppers. I keep ravioli in the freezer, for nights I'm too tired to cook. These are vegetarian, but use whatever you like-- or use plain pasta. Start your water boiling, and be sure to salt it.
I have temporarily halted any activity on my sister blog "Foodie Fans of the Pioneer Woman Cooks". My partner, Muneeba, is understandably very busy as a new mom. I failed to mention that my new job will be a split shift-- 9am - 1pm, then 5pm - 9pm. I live 50 miles away, round-trip. I'm still trying to figure out how all this will work with my cooking schedule-- let alone my blogging schedule! I have several recipes that I hope to upload this coming week. Thanks for hanging in there. I have not forgotten that I mentioned a giveaway. It's coming, I promise.
VERDICT: The simplicity of this dish is perfect for a work night dinner. I would like to have a bit more garlic flavor, so I might considering pureeing a clove of garlic with the red bell peppers. A pinch of red pepper flakes would be good, too. The leftover sauce can easily be converted into a soup-- just add more chicken stock and maybe a potato to thicken it. Overall, husband, son and Yours Truly liked it. The printable recipe is at the bottom of this post. I am also submitting this recipe to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted by Chaya at Comfy Cook, this week. The roundup will be posted on May 14th, so please come and see who's been cooking pasta at home!


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Attack of the Killer Sponge
Carnivorous Sponges
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Attack of the Killer Sponge
Sponges (Phylum: Porifera) are curious animals so curious that scientists wondered if they were plants or animals. They certainly don't look like most animals at first glance. No mouth, no "digestive" system, and they don't move. Take a sponge, place it in a blender with water, make a sponge smoothy, and the mighty sponge will reform itself, reorganize itself, repair itself. Sponges are curious creatures, go here to find out more about sponges and how they feed
Look here to see another example of a sponges filtering capability
But not all sponges are filter-feeders. In the deep sea, some sponges have taken a different tact to obtain food. An amazing tact which has scientists pondering the origin of animals. Find out more here
- http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2006/12/18/carnivorous-sponge-video/
- http://faculty.uml.edu/rhochberg/hochberglab/Courses/InvertZool/Carnivorous%20Asbestopluma.pdf
Of course animals do more than eat, here you can see a sponge broadcast spawning. Animals using this reproductive strategy broadcast their gametes (sperm and eggs) into the water column where they combine outside the organisms.
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Use the resources below to answer the following questions
- How is the way carnivorous sponges digest their prey different from other animals? Why do scientists feel this may be an important clue in the development of animals?
- Are all deep water sponges carnivorous?
- What have scientists suggested as the driving force behind these sponges being carnivorous?
- What are the three different body plans of sponges?
- How are the habitats inhabited by carnivorous sponges similar to habitats inhabited by carnivorous plants?
Resources Cited
- http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2006/12/18/carnivorous-sponge-video/
- http://faculty.uml.edu/rhochberg/hochberglab/Courses/InvertZool/Carnivorous%20Asbestopluma.pdf
- http://oceana.org/en/category/blog-free-tags/carnivorous-sponge
- http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Porifera.html
- orientalsweetlips Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7E1rq7zHLc
- http://www.nature.com/news/new-carnivorous-harp-sponge-discovered-in-deep-sea-1.11789
- Shape of Life Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmPTM965-1c&feature=related
- MarinePhage Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K0gRrowTyA&feature=related


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The Kansas City Film Fest is underway at the Cinemark Plaza and Alamo Drafthouse this week, with a dizzying variety of short films, features, animation and documentaries, including one about Gore Vidal and another profiling inventor Dean Kamen. There's plenty of music, horror, comedy and lots of locally made product too. On Monday night, Rich Hill, "an examination of challenges, hopes and dreams of the young residents of a rural American town" was screened at the festival, and its co-director Tracy Droz Tragos came from her home in Los Angeles to talk about it.
Rich Hill won the Best Documentary prize at Sundance a few months ago, and we know Tracy from the Emmy™-Award winning documentary she produced with KCPT, Be Good, Smile Pretty. After a ten year interval, Randy Mason was thrilled to be able to sit down and catch up with Tracy.


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Weeks to discuss the shape of space, June 7
Posted May 31, 2007; 10:33 a.m.
Independent mathematician Jeffrey Weeks, a Princeton graduate alumnus renowned for his work in mathematics and cosmology, will deliver a lecture on "The Shape of Space" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 7, in A01 McDonnell Hall.
Weeks was awarded a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" in 1999 for his fundamental contributions to the analysis of knots and his collaborations with cosmologists to interpret the shape of the universe. He has written books and articles targeted for young adults and other nonspecialists that are designed to stimulate interest in geometry and space.
Weeks' lecture will feature computer games that introduce the concept of a "multiconnected universe." He also will employ interactive 3-D graphics and examine recent satellite data for clues to the real shape of the universe.
Weeks earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton in 1985 and has taught at Stockton State College and Ithaca College. He currently resides in Genoa, Italy, where he develops geometry and topology software in addition to researching questions about the universe's shape.
His lecture is part of a June 7-11 conference, "Geometry and the Imagination," honoring the 60th birthday of William Thurston, one of the world's leading mathematicians and one of Weeks' mentors. Thurston, a former Princeton professor, is currently on the faculty at Cornell University.
The lecture and the conference are sponsored by the Department of Mathematics, the Clay Mathematics Institute and the National Science Foundation. For more information, visit the conference website.


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I wanted to give everyone as much advance notice as possible about the "Southern Illinois Classic" still target shoot.
It will be held at the Rend Lake Shooting Complex at Ina, Illinois on September 22, 2012. We'll start at 9:00 A.M. (Central Daylight Savings Time). That facility is just off I-57 and very easy to find. http://www.rendlakesc.com/location.htm
We will award prizes to all squad winners, to class winners and every person that attends will have an opportunity to win a very nice prize.
If you've ever wanted to see what happens at one of these shoots, it's a great opportunity.
It's a family friendly event and new shooters are welcomed. It's entirely possible for a new shooter to come home a winner. You don't need a fancy gun, just one that will chamber 3" shells in either 12 gauge or 20 gauge or both. If you don't have a gun, we'll lend you one.
This is also the same day the the largest Hunting & Fishing Day in the U.S. gets started at John A Logan college, just 20 minutes from the shoot location. It's an opportunity to spend the day with your fellow shooters and to visit a venue with many shows and vendors or all things shooting.
We hope to see you there.


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To the Editors:
Lee S. Langston's Technologue column "The Adaptable Gas Turbine" (July–August) attributed the compression ignition engine to Rudolf Diesel in 1884. To my knowledge, Diesel never held a patent for compression ignition. This distinction goes to Herbert Akroyd Stuart, who held the patents not only for compression ignition, but also for precombustion chambers and direct injection oil engines. Richard Hornsby used a hot bulb addition to Stuart's design in order to compensate for high-flash-point fuels; later on, Diesel used an injection of compressed hot air in order to achieve the same result. He acquired a patent for this modification, but his use of the Stuart patent was unauthorized. Stuart was never compensated for this use, because Diesel disappeared before it was collected. In 1884, Diesel was busy developing engines that run on gunpowder.
Tony WilkinRoxby Downs, Australia
Dr. Langston responds:
Although I do not consider myself an expert on Diesel history, my reference date of 1884 for the Diesel engine—which in its modern form is a compression ignition engine—was taken from C. Lyle Cummins Jr.'s 1976 book Internal Fire. I now see I made a mistake in the date—it should have been 1894! I chose that date because it was the first time Diesel achieved a working model to produce power by using a liquid fuel (page 318 of Cummins). My choice of dates has been based on the initial occurrence of a working model rather than a patent date. In the case of the gas turbine, some authors cite John Barber as the inventor, on the basis of his patent of 1791, but as I pointed out in my column, working models first operated in 1939.
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/2013/6/diesel-dates/1
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Unsolved Cold Case Homicide
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Age: 18
Sex: Female
Race: Caucasian
Case Date: 01/09/1992
County: Vermillion
Location of Offense: Around January 9, 1992, the victim was found dead on a county road. It is not known how or why she was placed there.
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I ran all four tests- Started on GU land, all three birds and the blind gave dogs and handlers a challenge. Moved to Tritronics water next, that was a tricky test with the delayed triple and the blind that was more like a channel blind. Purina land was a nice straight up land test with a higher % of passes then the other three. The last test was Drake, this test had the most interesting marking concept that I obviously had not trained enough on I had a blast, all tests that I ran were fair and judges to the grand level, all the judges were curtious and also understanding when your dog went out. Thumbs up to 4 States HRC on this grand.
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A year and a half with no Advogato entries? How pathetic. In the meantime, I've experimented with running my own blog, Eclectic Amateur, although that's gone mostly fallow. Amazing how Real Life™ just keeps getting in the way. (Also amazing: the search strings that bring people to a blog with "amateur" in it's title.)
I had the pleasure of meeting MichaelCrawford in person while he was in the area for MacHack. It was a more than fair trade; I grilled steak for Mike and got to pick his brain about all things hacking and consulting-related. And he was most gracious about the entropy zone that is our house with four small children.
Job changes continue. I am now out of data-mangling for websites and am back into embedded systems. This time, they're automotive and aerospace instead of telecom.
I've done squat with GtkGlArea; happily I've abdicated that responsibility.
Spent some time learning (and trying to write about) gcov and gprof. Good tools, but severely lacking in the fit-and-polish department compared to what I'm used to from proprietary equivalents. My theory is that the folks who understand gcov/gprof enough to improve them have so thoroughly imprinted on their existing use/limitation that there's no "itch" to make them better.
On the positive side, I found a bug in the glib test execution via coverage analysis and even got a minor credit on the latest glib release!
I've also become a local (behind the firewall) GForge administrator. I like GForge, but I'm finding there's a bit of a learning curve on using it effectively and customizing it for local use. But I'm still happy with its potential for good use.
Do not hate hard work nor despise farming, for the Most High has established them.
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Roberta Selby Ball, 97, of Wheatley, passed away Aug. 28, 2009, at Green Valley Health and Rehab Center in Carrollton.
Born Sept. 12, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Gertrude Selby. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Robert Henry Ball; three sisters, Ruth, Dorothy, and Helen; a twin brother, Bob; two nieces; and one nephew.
Orville J. Lilly, 101, passed away Aug. 25, 2009, in Lexington.
He was born in Owen County, the son of the late Jesse and Ann Duvall Lilly. He was a farmer and member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church. His wife, Mable Frances Smith Lilly, preceded him in death along with three sons, Orville "Jitter," Jesse T., and Ray Thomas Lilly; one great-great-grandson, Zackery Lilly; three sisters, Hallie Walls, Mable Roberts, and Bertha Lilly; and three brothers, Herbert, Mace, and James Lilly.
Jackie Thomas "Tom" Burke, 55, of Owenton, passed away Aug. 27, 2009, at his home following an extended illness.
Born May 11, 1954, in Owen County, he was the son of the late William Porter Burke and Jennie D. Hudgins Windings. He was also preceded in death by his granddaughter, Shelby Carol Hudnall; and his brother, Bobby Burke.
Tom was retired from Bendix.
Nella Edna Perkins, 87, passed away Aug. 23, 2009, at Carroll County Memorial Hospital.
Born Feb. 21, 1922, in Harlan County, she was the daughter of the late Austin and Bertha Clem Chasteen and was preceded in death by nine brothers and sisters. Nella was a homemaker and a member of Church of God.
She is survived by three daughters, Evelyn Sue Taylor, Edith Gaskins, and Rita Katherine Perkins of Owenton; one brother, Bobby Chasteen of Harlan County; 14 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren.
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Nella Edna Perkins, 87, passed away Aug. 23, 2009, at the Carroll County Memorial Hospital.
Judy Carol Hearne Osborne, 64, of Owenton, died Aug. 19, 2009, in Frankfort.
She was born in Henry County, the daughter of the late W.C. and Maranda Smith Hearne. Judy was most recently employed at Saveway Supermarket. Prior to that she worked at Dairy Queen; Druthers; and the state of Kentucky for 10 years. She was a member of the Owenton Methodist Church.
Pauline Jones Clements, 78, of Shelbyville, died Aug. 21, 2009, at Frankfort Regional Medical Center.
Charles Osborne Sr., 86, of Worthville, died Aug. 19, 2009, at King's Daughters Hospital in Madison, Ind.
Born Aug. 8, 1923, in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was the son of the late Earl James and Margaret Ellen Ennis Osborne. He was preceded in death by a son, Danny Osborne; and five brothers, Jess, Earl, Jr., Eugene, and Harold Osborne. Charles was a farmer and a member of Stonewall Baptist Church.
James Edgar "Ed" Ashcraft, 64, of Owen County, died Aug. 15, 2009, at St. Luke Hospice in Ft. Thomas.
Born Aug. 31, 1944, in Covington, he was the son of the late Edgar Eldon Ashcraft. Ed was a retired horse trainer and a member of the Owenton First Baptist Church.
Floyd Kincaid, 86, of the Lusby's Mill community in Owen County, passed away Aug. 16, 2009, at the Thomson Hood Veteran's Center in Wilmore.
Born March 1, 1923, in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was the son of the late Hubert and Ethel Mae Tolbert Kincaid. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Wilma and Harold Hughes and Kathleen and Raymond Duncan; and his brother, Woodrow Kincaid.
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Bram Stoker 1847–-1912
(Full name Abraham Stoker) Irish short story writer, novelist, biographer, essayist, and critic.
The following entry presents an overview of Stoker's short fiction career through 1993.
Best known as the author of Dracula, (1897) Stoker also wrote adventure novels and romances, other horror novels, and several pieces of short fiction. These short stories have been overshadowed by Stoker's novels and have not attracted much critical attention. In fact, Stoker is regarded as a one-book author, his sole memorable contribution being the creation of the Transylvanian count whose name has become synonymous with vampirism.
Biographical Information
Stoker was born on November 8, 1847, in Dublin. He was bedridden for the first seven years of his life. During this period of illness, his mother told him stories of her own childhood during the cholera plague in the Irish town of Sligo, recounting instances of live interment and corpse burnings. At Trinity College, Stoker made up for his early invalidism by excelling in athletics as well as in his studies. He graduated with honors in mathematics in 1870 and followed his father into the Irish civil service, where he worked for ten years. During this time Stoker also was an unpaid drama critic for the Dublin Mail, contributing glowing reviews, more unabashed praise than criticism, of Henry Irving's theatrical performances. The two men became friends and, in 1879, Stoker left his job to become Irving's manager. He also discharged various managerial, secretarial, and even directorial functions at the Lyceum Theatre. Despite his extensive duties, Stoker wrote a number of novels, including Dracula. Following Irving's death in 1905, Stoker was associated with the literary staff of the London Telegraph. In his final years, Stoker was afflicted with gout and Bright's disease. Some biographers believe that he died of advanced syphilis, having contracted the disease about the time he was composing Dracula. He died on April 20, 1912.
Major Works of Short Fiction
As in his novels, Stoker's short fiction is primarily characterized by its macabre nature and focuses on such themes as family, male rivalry, ambivalence toward women, and the morality of good and evil. For example, "Dracula's Guest," originally intended as a prefatory chapter to Dracula, is one of Stoker's best-known stories. The tale opens with Jonathan Harker traveling to Dracula's castle, only to be stranded alone in the countryside when his frightened driver refuses to complete the trip. He takes refuge from a violent storm in a mausoleum in a nearby cemetery. As he rests, a beautiful female apparition rises from the tomb and approaches him. Suddenly, he is thrown to the ground and later wakes to find himself warmed and protected by a werewolf. In another story, "The Squaw," an American visiting Nuremberg drops a pebble from the top of a castle, killing a kitten. Its vengeful mother stalks the man, eventually causing his death.
Critical Reception
Critics have focused on Stoker's novels, particularly the extremely popular Dracula, with very little reaction to his short fiction collections. However, anthologists frequently include his stories in collections of horror fiction. Reviewers of his short fiction works have faulted them for their stereotyped characters and romanticized Gothic plots; with the exception of aficionados of supernatural fiction, they are rarely read today. While critics have frequently decried Stoker's stiff characterization and tendency to melodrama, they have universally praised his beautifully precise place descriptions. Today, many of his short stories are perceived as precursors to Stoker's later novels.
Principal Works
Under the Sunset 1882
Crooken Sands 1894
The Man from Shorrox' 1894
Snowbound: The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party 1899
Dracula's Guest, and Other Weird Stories 1914
The Bram Stoker Bedside Companion: Stories of Fantasy and Horror 1973
Shades of Dracula: Bram Stoker's Uncollected Stories 1982
Midnight Tales 1995
Best Ghost and Horror Stories 1997
Erotic Tales of the Victorian Age [contributor] 1998
The Duties of Clerks of Petty Session in Ireland (handbook)...
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Academy (review date 10 December 1881)
SOURCE: Review of Under the Sunset, by Bram Stoker. Academy XX, no. 501 (10 December 1881): 431-32.
[In the following review, the anonymous critic deems Under the Sunset too frightening for children.]
White vellum binding, gilt edges, and creamy paper make this [Under the Sunset] far too dainty a volume even for the book-spoilt children of the present age. Fortunately, its contents will be rather improved than injured by being orally conveyed to the minds of those for whom it has been written, for a word of explanation is occasionally needful; and a judicious mother may prefer to omit some of the Shadow-builder's dismal doings, which might banish...
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Harry Ludlam (essay date 1962)
SOURCE: Ludlam, Harry. In A Biography of Dracula: The Life Story of Bram Stoker. London: W. Foulsham & Co., The Fireside Press, 1962, 200 p.
[In the following excerpt, Ludlam describes the plot and circumstances surrounding the creation of several of Stoker's short stories.]
In the summer of 1893 a wider public learned for the first time a little of the character of the man who stood in Irving's shadow, when Hall Caine gratefully dedicated his book Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon to Bram. With a burst of unusual effusiveness Caine wrote:
When in dark hours and evil humours my bad angel has sometimes made me think that friendship...
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Joseph S. Bierman (essay date 1972)
SOURCE: Bierman, Joseph S. "Dracula: Prolonged Childhood Illness and the Oral Triad." In The Critical Response to Bram Stoker, edited by Carol A. Senf, pp. 46-51. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.
[In the following essay, originally published in 1972, Bierman finds parallels between Stoker's Dracula and two of the author's short stories: "How 7 Went Mad" and "The Wondrous Child."]
In the early summer of 1895, Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula had a nightmare which he attributed to eating too much dressed crab at supper one night. He dreamed about a vampire king rising from the tomb to go about his ghastly business (Ludlam, 1962)....
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Times Literary Supplement (review date 11 May 1973)
SOURCE: "Ghoulish Giggles." Times Literary Supplement (11 May 1973): 517.
[In the following review, the anonymous critic finds The Bram Stoker Bedside Companion disappointing.]
Published seventy-six years ago and continuously in print ever since, Dracula is beginning to exhibit qualities of survival similar to those of such earlier romantic fictions as The Monk and Frankenstein; the main difference being that while Lewis's and Mary Shelley's books appeared in the early years of the Romantic Revival, Bram Stoker's coincided with Victoria's second jubilee. It was, in short, right from the start a story that both in its subject-matter and...
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Daniel Farson (essay date 1975)
SOURCE: Farson, Daniel. "A Literary Man on Holiday." In The Man Who Wrote Dracula: A Biography of Bram Stoker, pp. 88-104. London: Michael Joseph, 1975.
[In the following excerpt, Farson contends that Stoker's frequent travels provided settings and inspirations for his short fiction.]
With a stamina that seems colossal today, Bram Stoker managed the business affairs of the Lyceum, advised Irving on the productions, arranged the tours of America, and accompanied the actor on his journeys throughout Britain. It seems incredible that he could raise the energy and time to concentrate on anything else. Yet, during this period, he resumed his legal studies and...
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James B. Twitchell (essay date 1985)
SOURCE: Twitchell, James B. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Wolfman." In Dreadful Pleasures: An Anatomy of Modern Horror, pp. 215-16. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.
[In the following excerpt, Twitchell regards "Dracula's Guest" as "one of the best werewolf stories ever written."]
One of the best werewolf stories ever written was a story by Bram Stoker. The story, now called "Dracula's Guest," has a curious history. Initially intended to be the first chapter of Dracula, it is Jonathan Harker's description of an adventure that occurred between Munich and Bistritz. Briefly, what happens is that en route to Dracula's castle Jonathan is stranded in the...
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Carol A. Senf (essay date 1993)
SOURCE: Senf, Carol A. Introduction to The Critical Introduction to Bram Stoker, edited by Carol. A. Senf, pp. 1-41. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.
[In the following excerpt, Senf discusses the defining characteristics of Stoker's short fiction.]
Stoker's first book, The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland (Dublin, J. Falconer, 1879), was not reviewed though Dalby observes that it was for many years "recognized as the standard reference work" (7) for clerks in the Irish civil service. Dalby also cites Stoker's introduction to the work, which refers to the numerous works that he had to...
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Further Reading
Dalby, Richard. Bram Stoker: A Bibliography of First Editions, illustrated by Richard Dalby. London: Dracula Press, 1983, 81 p.
Contains information on Stoker's short fiction works.
Nayder, Lillian. "Virgin Territory and the Iron Virgin: Engendering the Empire in Bram Stoker's 'The Squaw.'" In Maternal Instincts: Visions of Motherhood and Sexuality in Britain, 1875-1925, edited by Claudia Nelson and Ann Sumner Holmes, pp.75-97. New York: St. Martin's, 1997.
Highlights themes of gender roles and empire in Stoker's story "The Squaw."
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Last week at Summer camp, my SPL and I had the chance to sit in a row-boat together for 1 hour and 12 minutes. During that time we talked about the week, leadership, attitudes, and his future. It was one of the best hours I have ever spent in my life. During that hour I met a new young man.. up until then, he was just another Scout that stepped up to meet the leadership challenge. He has always been active and one of those guys that you can always count on.. some would call his type the core of the Troop.
I appreciated the fact that he was very open with the discussion and his sense of humor really came out.
I recorded our conversation and invite you to listen in. SMMPodcast #93 is all us and a few guys swimming their mile swim.
I hope you enjoy the time spent with James, my SPL, as much as I did.
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Photo of the Day: Jerome Le Banner Wrestling for IGF in Japan
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K-1 is still on hiatus, with a possible update from K-1 this coming week, but that doesn't mean that K-1 fighters aren't still making waves in Japan. Jerome Le Banner headed to Japan this week and was a part of Antonio Inoki's pro wrestling show, Inoki Genome Federation. Le Banner wrestled under "Special K-1 Rules" against Shinnichi Suzukawa, an ex-sumo who has had some interesting bouts in IGF over the past few months. There was a well-publicized bout with Mark Coleman where Suzukawa legitimately brutalized Coleman and then a match with Bob Sapp that was by-the-books pro wrestling. Le Banner came into this wearing his K-1 gloves and did a number on Suzukawa, KO'ing him in 5:39 with a hard punch. There is also some rough video available, so decide for yourself, real or fake punch. [source]