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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:40 PM GMT on August 30, 2010
An intensifying Hurricane Earl is pounding Puerto Rico and northern Lesser Antilles Islands with heavy rain and high winds this morning. The eye of Earl passed just north of Anguilla at 9am EDT, and Juliana airport on neighboring St. Martin Island recorded sustained winds of 47 mph, gusting to 68 mph at 8am EDT before going silent. An Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft currently in Earl just found a central pressure of 960 mb at 9:42 am EDT. This is a significant drop of 25 mb in 25 hours. Top flight level winds at 10,000 feet seen by the Air Force aircraft were 128 mph. Using the usual rule of thumb that the surface winds are 90% of the 10,000 foot flight level winds gives one surface winds of 115 mph, which is right at the border of Cat 2/ Cat 3 strength. Top winds seen at the surface by the Air Force's SFMR instrument were lower, 104 mph. Recent satellite imagery shows that Earl is not perfectly symmetrical--there is still fewer heavy thunderstorms on the hurricane's north side, suggesting that upper-level northerly winds are bringing 5 - 10 knots of wind shear to the storm.
Figure 1. Radar image of Earl taken at 7am EDT 8/30/10 from the St. Maarten radar. Image credit: Meteorological Service of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.
Outlook for the Caribbean islands today
Latest radar animations out of Puerto Rico and St. Marten show that the eye of Earl is on track to pass just to the northeast of the islands of Anguilla, St. Maarten, and The Settlement in the British Virgin Islands today. The periphery of Earl's southern eyewall will probably bring Category 1 hurricane conditions to some of these islands today. NHC is giving its highest odds for hurricane-force winds to Saint Maarten--a 99% chance. These odds are 4% for St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, and 2% for San Juan, Puerto Rico. The main threat to Puerto Rico will be heavy rains--up to eight inches in isolated areas. Earl's rains, in addition to causing flooding and dangerous landslides, will also help alleviate drought conditions that have affected many of the islands this year.
Intensity forecast for Earl
Wind shear as diagnosed by the latest SHIPS model forecast is nearly non-existent over Earl--just 3 knots--put is probably higher than that, based on the fact that the northern portion of Earl cloud pattern is ragged. Further evidence of this is the fact that Earl's eyewall had a gap in its west side, according to the latest report from the Hurricane Hunters. Ocean temperatures are a near-record 30°C, and very warm waters extend to great depth, resulting in a total ocean heat content highly favorable for rapid intensification. These nearly ideal conditions for intensification should bring Earl to Category 4 strength by Tuesday morning, and Category 5 is not out of the question. Earl should be able to maintain major hurricane status through Thursday, when it will make its closest approach to North Carolina. Sea surface temperatures are very warm, 29°C, along the U.S. East Coast, and wind shear is expected to remain low through Thursday. By Friday, when Earl will be making its closest approach to New England, wind shear will rise to a high 20 - 30 knots and ocean temperatures will plunge to 20°C, resulting in considerable weakening. Earl will still probably be a Category 2 hurricane on Friday, when it could potentially make landfall in Massachusetts or Nova Scotia, Canada.
Figure 2. Swath of surface winds from Earl predicted by the 2am EDT Monday August 30, 2010 run of NOAA's GFDL model. Hurricane force winds (yellow colors, 64 kt and above) are predicted to stay off the coast and tropical storm force winds (light green colors, 34 knots and above) are predicted to stay off the U.S. coast, but affect the coast of Canada. Image credit: Morris Bender, NOAA/GFDL.
Track forecast for Earl
Once Earl passes the Lesser Antilles, steering currents favor a northwesterly course towards North Carolina. History suggests that a storm in Earl's current location has a 25% chance of making landfall on the U.S. East Coast, and Earl's chances of making a U.S. landfall are probably close to that. None of the computer models show Earl hitting the U.S., but the storm will likely come uncomfortably close to North Carolina's Outer Banks and to Massachusetts. The latest set of model runs (2am EDT, or 6Z) project Earl will miss North Carolina by 200 - 300 miles on Thursday, and Massachusetts by a similar distance on Friday. Keep in mind that the average error in a 4 - 5 day NHC forecast is 200 - 300 miles, so the East Coast cannot breathe easily yet. The Outer Banks of North Carolina and Cape Cod, Massachusetts are both at the edge of the cone of uncertainty. NHC is giving Cape Hatteras a 9% chance of receiving hurricane force winds. These odds are 14% for Nantucket, 4% for Boston, and 2% for New York City. The main determinant of whether Earl hits the U.S. or not is a strong trough of low pressure predicted to move off the U.S. East Coast Friday. This trough, if it develops as predicted, should be strong enough to recurve Earl out to sea late in the week, with the storm just missing landfall in the U.S., but possibly making landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Regardless of Earl's exact track, the U.S. East Coast can expect a long period of high waves beginning on Thursday. Significant beach erosion and dangerous rip current will be the rule, due to waves that will reach 10 - 15 feet in offshore waters (Figure 3.)
Figure 3. Wave forecast for 8am Friday, September 3, 2010, as produced by the 8pm EDT August 29 run of NOAA's Wavewatch III model. The model is predicting waves of 4 - 5 meters (13 - 16 feet) in the offshore waters from North Carolina to New Jersey.
Hurricane History for the northern Lesser Antilles
The last Cape Verdes-type hurricane to affect the Barbuda and the surrounding northern Lesser Antilles Islands was Hurricane Debby of 2000, which passed over the islands on August 28 as a Category 1 hurricane. Damage was less than $1 million, and no fatalities were reported. The last hurricane of any kind to pass through the northern Lesser Antilles Islands was Category 4 Hurricane Omar, on October 16, 2008. Omar took an unusual track, moving towards the northeast, and the storm's eyewall missed all of the islands. Omar did $80 million in damage to the Caribbean, mainly on the islands of Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, the SSS Islands (Saba, St. Eustatius, and St. Maarten), and the U.S. Virgin Islands. No direct deaths were attributed to Omar, and the name Omar was not retired from the 6-year rotating list of hurricane names.
Links to track Earl
Wundermap of the northern Lesser Antilles Islands
Long range radar out of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Visible rapid scan satellite loop
The tropical wave (Invest 97L) now 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles Islands has a well-defined surface circulation and enough heavy thunderstorms to be classified as a tropical depression, if it can maintain that state for another six or so hours. Satellite loops show the surface circulation clearly, but also that heavy thunderstorm activity has been slow to build. The storm is experiencing low wind shear of less than 5 knots, and is over warm 29°C waters. The main impediment to development continues to be dry air associated with the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) surrounding the storm. The latest SHIPS model forecast calls for shear to stay in the low range, 5 - 10 knots, through Tuesday, and this should allow 97L to organize into a tropical depression today or Tuesday. NHC is giving 97L a 90% chance of developing into a tropical depression by Wednesday.
97L is moving quickly to the west, at about 20 mph. This means it is catching up to Earl, which has slowed down to 14 mph. By Tuesday night, Earl is expected to be a large and powerful major hurricane with a well-developed upper-level outflow channel heading clockwise out from Earl's center at high altitudes. These strong upper-level winds will bring high levels of wind shear, 20 - 30 knots, to 97L, and probably arrest the storm's development. The most likely scenario depicted in the computer models is for 97L to be drawn into the low pressure wake of Earl and pass to the northeast of the Lesser Antilles. Earl would then eventually destroy 97L through high wind shear, and by robbing the storm of its moisture. An alternative scenario is that 97L will stay far enough away from Earl that it will be able to pass through the northern Lesser Antilles islands as a tropical storm on Wednesday and Thursday, then bend northwestwards to potentially threaten the Bahamas and U.S. East Coast. There is a very high degree of uncertainty on what may happen to 97L. History suggests that a storm in 97L's current location has a 25% chance of making landfall on the U.S. East Coast.
Figure 4. Morning satellite image of 97L.
Hurricane Danielle is on its way to oblivion over the cold North Atlantic waters, and is only of concern to shipping interests.
Elsewhere in the Tropics
Over in the Western Pacific, tropical cyclone activity is ramping up, with two named storms expected to affect land this week. As is typical in a La Niña year, these storms have developed close to mainland Asia, and don't have a lot of time over water to intensify into strong typhoons. The storm of most concern is Typhoon Kompasu, which is expected to hit Okinawa today and recurve northward into Korea on Thursday. It now appears the Kompasu will not have major impacts on China's largest city, Shanghai. In the South China Sea, the fearsome sounding Tropical Storm Lionrock is forecast to hit the Chinese coast near Hong Kong on Tuesday, but is not predicted to develop into a typhoon.
The GFS model is predicting formation of a tropical depression off the coast of Africa about seven days from now.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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It's hard being a new mom (or even an experienced mom to a new baby) and sometimes we do things we know we shouldn't, despite what all the experts say. But this is a safe place to share your secrets—we won't tell.
This Week's Secret:
I put cereal in my baby's bottle. I know the doctors advise against it nowadays but I did it with my first when he was two months old and he was fine, and I plan on doing it again with my next one. — anonymous
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Past confessions:
I'm Breastfeeding But I Crave Beer
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Going with the opposite idea of the "worst sci-fi ever" thread, here is a thread where everyone should recommend GOOD sci-fi that not everyone might know about. Obscure Sci-Fi if you will... with that in mind I present to the masses my pick for really good Sci-Fi flick that didn't get much recognition:
Enemy Mine
Enemies because they were taught to be. Allies because they had to be. Brothers because they dared to be.
Starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gosset Jr. as two star fighter pilots from different warring planets who crash land on a barren planet together.
now you go.


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How many here hunt with a buddy to put the tag team on a bird, where a caller sits behind a shooter to help draw the bird's attention beyond the shooter?
I have used this trick successfully several times, especially if there isn't enough good cover to conceal two hunters sitting together. I've also had it backfire where the bird came around the shooter and straight toward the source of the calls. It sure is a great plan when it works, especially when the shooter is a newer turkey hunter.


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Film, talk planned on attacks and aftermath, Feb. 11
Posted February 7, 2004; 03:36 p.m.
The Princeton Peace Network will present a screening of a documentary about the war in Afghanistan and a short talk by the father of a victim of the Sept. 11 attacks on Wednesday, Feb. 11.
"Civilian Casualties: Fragments From the War on Terror" will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. It will be followed by remarks by Bob McIlvaine, whose son, Robert McIlvaine, a member of Princeton's class of 1997, was killed in the World Trade Center attacks.
The one-hour film, directed by Frances Anderson, tells the story of four of the founding members of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows -- Derrill Bodley, Rita Lasar, Eva Rupp and Kelly Campbell -- who traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan, in January 2002 to share their grief and offer their condolences to Afghan victims of the U.S. bombing. McIlvaine is a member of Peaceful Tomorrows, an advocacy organization working to turn grief into action for peace.
The event is cosponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action.
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In forthcoming Terrence Winter penned film The Wolf Of Wall Street, Leonardo DiCaprio plays a take-no-prisoners New York stockbroker who likes money, yachts, not cooperating with the government, and…making out with foxy older ladies? It's true! At least, according to these recently released paparazzi photos from the set. In them, Leo makes out with none other than 66-year-old Joanna Lumley, a.k.a. Patsy Stone from Absolutely Fabulous. (If you do not know what Absolutely Fabulous is, do not pass go and proceed directly to Netflix.) But what are they thinking and feeling in this scene? I give you my best educated guesses.
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Open house - lots of activities and exhibitions inside and ouside the museum.
Open 10 am - 4 pm.
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When I first saw this set, the first thing that immediately came to mind was customizing possibilities. The cost might prevent that, but who knows.
Still haven't seen them at my local TRU but there are a couple of other stores in the area that I haven't checked.
They are up on TRU.com. If you order both, you can get free shipping. I'm having a hard time pulling the trigger on these sets. Its nice to get all these obscure jedi, but I'm just not very excited about them, at least not $80 worth.
These are on TRU.com now for $29.99 each and there is a buy one get one half off sale right now. I got both for $45.00. I ordered a couple of other figures so my total was over $49.00 and received free shipping. The last time I saw these in store they were still $40.00 each.
Thanks for the info! I took advantage of this today. Couldn't pass up this good of a deal.
I told the wife about this and her answer was, I got you covered! Gosh, I have a great wife.
I got the Sephjet/Sarissa/Roan/Ponds set and it's quite cool. I love me some Geonosis Jedi, even if it means I'll have to reorganize the arena setup yet again.
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I'm creating this thread now in a non-partisan manner (before any polls have closed). I'll bump it up after the election has been called.
I'm creating this thread now in a non-partisan manner (before any polls have closed). I'll bump it up after the election has been called.
Alright, time for some major crow to the people saying these polls were all biased.
Not sure what crow I need to eat. This played out exactly like I thought it would.
Ill kick it off:
Im eating crow at the moment. I thought Romney would blow out Florida. I was wrong. My mistake.
Terrorist attack count against the Anything Goes Thread: 6
I'll eat some crow for thinking Obama would only get 294 Electoral Votes. Moron, thy name is Walrus.
I am enjoying a nice, large bowl of crow stew right now. I really thought that Romney would pull this out but it was not to be. Hopefully I am equally wrong about what our country will look like in four years. I hope that I am wrong that our constitution will not become just another piece of toilet paper. I hope that our economy can recover from what the next four years will bring although I seriously doubt that it will. I hope that we don't slide into a depression that makes the thirties look like a cake walk because the dollar has been devalued to the point it is nearly irrellavant and our debt is nearly inexcapable. Nonetheless, congratulations to everyone who supports Obama and who predicted that he would win.


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Drought's Effects Hurt Livestock Producers
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A drought plagued summer will cause problems for all farmers this fall. According to farmer, Kevin Flynn, this year's drought will result in a lower yield, but also higher prices for the corn that made it.
He adds that when it comes to corn; live stock producers and the makers of ethanol will be hurt most by the lower than average yields and higher prices.
Rob Stout raises swine in Washington County and shares that he won't be making any money on the animals, due to feed being so expensive.
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Paul Rudd on His New Broadway Show 'Grace,' 'Clueless' Memories & More
Grace, Craig Wright's new Broadway play, opens with a man seated on a tacky floral-print couch. His hair is a mess. A pastel suit hangs loosely off his body, while his chest and feet are exposed. A shiny revolver is in his mouth.
That this disheveled loon is played by Paul Rudd—with great conviction—is a bit of a shocker. After all, he is best known as the genial, dimple-y dreamboat we've come to root for in everything from Clueless to a string of Judd Apatow comedy hits. Now he's playing a Christian evangelical from the Midwest who moves with his wife to Florida to start a chain of gospel-themed hotels. "Where would Jesus stay?" he says to his skeptical spouse. She is soon drawn to their moody neighbor (Michael Shannon), a melancholy man left deformed by a tragic car accident, and things soon take a turn for the worse.
Rudd opened up to Newsweek about his against-type role, his favorite memories from the cult classic Clueless, his favorite bar mitzvah DJ songs, and much more.
What attracted you to Grace? It's a very dark comedy.
I hadn't really seen anything like it. I read it and I was engaged immediately. I was trying to visualize the stage directions and the way the two apartments would be featured simultaneously and the reverse chronology stuff, but ultimately it was a very interesting part and different part for me.
I'm not sure if I've ever seen you kill anyone in a film before, let alone onstage.
I don't think I have! And there's not many plays that open right with someone blowing their brains out!
Did you need a change of pace from films?
I've always tried to work on movies and plays, and it had been six years since I'd done a play [2006's Three Days of Rain], and that time had gone by quickly. I hadn't really made a concerted effort to do a play—I was a little burnt out, in all honesty. But a couple years ago, every time I would see a play I'd think, "Wow, it would be really fun to do one again." And this was the first one I'd read in a while that I thought would be really fun to do.
Is it more creatively satisfying for you to act in a play?
Acting in a play takes a lot of focus, concentration, and energy. The big myth is you have a show at night so you have your days off, and that isn't the way it works! Your day revolves around the show, and two days a week you have two shows a day, and there's only one day off. It is a full-time job but a great one, and I love doing it. But depending on what it is [affects] how creatively fulfilling it can be. I spent the early part of my career doing plays and independent movies, and while I'm grateful that I work at all still and consider myself extremely fortunate, over the last few years I've gotten jobs in big studio movies that have much higher visibility. I hit that Apatow trend there. And those movies are very creatively fulfilling because the actors are involved in many different capacities.
It's fascinating misdirection because here, Michael Shannon plays the Phantom of the Opera–esque good guy and you're essentially the villain.
Shannon has killed a lot of people! You've seen him with guns before. I've known Michael for a while and have always loved watching Michael, and have seen him in a bunch of plays but never worked with him, so that was a big reason to do this as well.
It's an hour-and-a-half ride with no intermission. How do you keep your energy up?
I try to eat the right foods so I have the energy to do it. Right now I'm lying in bed about to take a nap, so I'll try to do that if I have the time, so I'm ready to go by the time the show starts! When you're in the middle of it, it's like being on a ride, and it's not until the play is over where I feel tired and ravenous.
There's a great line you say to your wife early on in the play, "Now that we know the Lord works this way, do you know what I can achieve in the hotel industry?" The play provides an interesting commentary on Christian evangelism and how it's become a cottage industry. What's your take on that?
I think that the character I'm playing has a very Calvinist approach where if you live your life a certain way and follow the rules, you will get the payoff. I like the idea that there are these four people, all in the same space, who have their own points of view and keep constantly banging up against each other.
Was it strange to be a Jewish kid growing up in Kansas? I imagine this evangelical subject matter must hit pretty close to home.
Oh yeah, man, I grew up in the Bible belt. While I'm not the born-again Christian I'm playing, I know a lot of people who are because I was surrounded by that. It's not so foreign to me.
The idea of gospel-themed hotels is pretty hilarious. Have you ever had any strange business ideas of your own?
As a kid, I had ideas to make a quick buck like making T-shirts and selling them. A friend of mine and I were in college and there were all these "Don't Be a Dick" shirts that were popular at the time. We made one about safe sex and we just sold 'em. We actually made some money selling 'em.
You also DJ'ed bar mitzvahs. What's the craziest thing to happen at a Paul Rudd–DJ'ed bar mitzvah?
[Laughs] Nothing really crazy would happen but I just remember the whole experience being crazy. I was just out of college and going to acting school, so I got this job working on the weekends, and I had never seen bar and bat mitzvah receptions that were such huge deals. The Laker Girls were at one of them! It was surreal. It was a weird job and I did it for about a year.
What were your most-played songs?
"Can't Touch This" was pretty big at the time and "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred. But then you still had your classics like "What I Like About You." It was always good to start a set out of a slow dance with "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller, because then you get the grandparents up and dancing. You don't throw MC Hammer at them right out of the gate. These are the tricks of the trade.
I'm a huge fan of Clueless, and that film still holds up so well. It's a true '90s classic. How do you feel about its legacy?
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Are there any memories from filming Clueless that have really stuck with you?
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Whether or not the actual Mark Rothko was as irascible and violent-tempered as playwright John Logan depicts him in Red, the 1950s American art scene did feel his impact. So will those attending the powerful production at the Gamm Theatre, through December 16.
An emotionally volatile Rothko, portrayed by Fred Sullivan, Jr. and directed by Tony Estrella, pontificates lovingly about art as energetically as he fulminates about galleries allowing his inferiors to share walls with his works. Audience members will leave the theater glowing, their notions about art illuminated by this theatrical TED talk.
Often grouped with the Abstract Expressionists, Rothko wasn't one to burst forth with their bold, gestural swaths. Really a more subtle color field painter, in his influential period he created hovering rectangles that drew in viewers, paintings both meditatively still and mysteriously dynamic. "They ebb, they flow, they shift," as the artist describes them here. To what purpose? As the Gamm program cover quotes him from the play: "I am here to stop your heart. I am here to make you think. I am not here to make pretty pictures."
We see him here in 1958 and 1959, at the peak of his career, when he was painting a series for the Seagram Building in Manhattan that would be visible from the posh Four Seasons restaurant. Since it wouldn't do to have him talk to himself for 90 minutes, he and we are provided with a listener to engage him on our behalf. In this presentation, Rothko is not accompanied by the wife and child he had at the time but rather an admiring studio assistant named Ken (Marc Dante Mancini), a painter himself.
Although Rothko insists that the young man is wasting his time if he expects a mentor instead of a gruff employer, playwright Logan has the master dropping aperçus and insights like bread crumbs on the way to fuller understanding of his work. "These pictures deserve compassion," the elder artist insists. "They exist only in the eyes of the empathetic viewer."
The most impressive teachable moment taken up by Rothko, despite his ostensible disdain for instructing, is when his assistant suggests adding red pigment to a paint bucket. Rothko explodes, shouting that there are too many shades to just say "red." There is the red of rust, there is the red of arterial blood, and that of an "atomic flash," he specifies in a lengthy enumeration that is one of Sullivan's best moments, supplying earnest concern and not just temper. At another point, Rothko claims that Matisse's red room painting ("The Red Room: Harmony in Red") is the source of all his own paintings.
This little slice of Rothko's career isn't presented in a context vacuum. We don't come to understand why he dropped Surrealism, but we do share his glee at such departures as "destroying" Cubism: "We stomped it to death!" Nevertheless, he thanks Picasso "for teaching me movement is everything."
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The University is conducting its annual clothing drive Jan. 20-27 to benefit HomeFront's Suitably Dressed and the Mercer County Community College Career Training Institute, two organizations that collect "gently used" business attire for men and women.
The clothing goes to individuals who are entering or re-entering the work force, and all types of business and business-casual clothing in good condition are needed. These include suits, dress slacks, khakis, dress shirts, collared casual shirts, blazers, skirts, sweaters, dresses, jackets, coats, ties, shoes, belts, jewelry, handbags and other accessories.
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Against the grain
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Helen Frankenthaler 'Freefall' 1993 colour woodcut and stencil, Purchased with the assistance of the Orde Poynton Fund 2002 Collection of the National Gallery of Australia
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Against the grain: the woodcuts of Helen Frankenthaler opens on 26 November at the National Gallery of Australia This exhibition investigates the creative innovation and technical experimentation that lies behind the production of some of the twentieth century's greatest achievements in woodcut. It features a selection of the artist's woodcuts, working proofs and the carved woodblocks used to create the prints. Frankenthaler was a key figure in the New York art scene during the 1950s. She was one of only a handful of women artists who successfully contributed to an artistic territory dominated by such giants as Jackson Pollock and Willem De Kooning. Although painting was Frankenthaler's primary artistic passion an obsession to push her creative limits led her to turn her attention to print media.
Kenneth Tyler, publisher and master printer at the Tyler Graphics print workshops, has played a major role in the success of Frankenthaler's woodcuts. Since 1973 there has also been a close association between the National Gallery of Australia and Kenneth Tyler. In 2002 the Gallery acquired the Kenneth Tyler Print Archive Collection, consisting of editioned prints, screens and multiples, as well as rare and unique proofs, artist's drawings and printing elements. Tyler has collaborated with some of the modern greats such as David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg as well as Frankenthaler.
Kenneth Tyler will open the exhibition and launch the comprehensive Helen Frankenthaler website, which includes a virtual tour of Against the grain, commentary by, rare film footage, photographic stills of Frankenthaler at work at Tyler Graphics, and documentation of the works on display on Thursday 24 November at 6pm.
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|It comes as no surprise that an Idaho fry shop would make some of the best fries in the country, given the integral connection that Idahoans have to their potatoes. The fries at the Boise Fry Company come with lots of options — first is the potato itself (choose between russet, purple, gold, sweet, okinawa, and yam), next is the preparation (shoestring, regular, home-style, curly, or the famous po-balls). From there, all that's left to do is fry them up and devour the whole serving.
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Why study mathematics? Many of the new wonders that we take for granted in our modern technological society have mathematical ideas and applications as their basis, though this role is often hidden from view. Complex economic and planning decisions, scientific discoveries that improve our lives, and new technologies and products are often possible only after mathematical or statistical analysis, or a computer visualization, simulation, design and implementation based on mathematics. Therefore, mathematicians, as well as mathematically educated scientists, engineers and economists, make important daily contributions in the understanding and advancement of science, the improvement and discovery of new technology, and decision-making and planning in business, industry and government. Students interested in using their mathematical skills in solving real world problems are well prepared, by majoring or minoring in mathematics, for careers such as in the insurance industry, software design, data and systems analysis, scientific computing, combustion research, the animated movie industry, and cryptanalysis to name a few, or a graduate degree in a related technical field. Those students with a very strong interest in mathematics itself can pursue graduate study in mathematics in preparation for careers as university or college mathematics teachers and in the development of new mathematical and statistical concepts and methods as researchers in academia, government and industry.
The curriculum of the program in the Department of Mathematics is designed to provide a broad education in both theoretical and applied mathematics. It also develops the scientific knowledge and the problem solving, computing, and communications skills that are critical to a successful mathematically based career. This preparation is greatly enhanced by taking advantage of the wide variety of science and engineering courses available to students and developing good communications skills, both through technical courses and the strong humanities program. The program offers a solid grounding in the foundational areas of calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, discrete and combinatorial algebra, and probability and statistics. These basic courses are complemented by a varied selection of upper division courses for further elective study in areas such as numerical analysis, operations research, advanced statistics, mathematical modeling, optimization, and other advanced topics in mathematics. Students are encouraged to develop a strong background in an area of science or engineering through election of courses leading to a minor or double major. By appropriate course selection students may complete a double major in mathematics and another field such as computer science, physics, chemistry, applied biology, or economics.
To provide a foundation for further learning as well as contributing to the general education of students, the programs at Rose-Hulman all have a heavy investment in mathematics and science in the first two years. The freshman and sophomore mathematics curriculum is designed to contribute to this foundation by ensuring that students are familiar with basic mathematical and statistical concepts, and mathematical and statistical reasoning and modeling. Students will also understand the use of mathematics in other disciplines as well as developing an appreciation of mathematics as a discipline in its own right. In addition, students will learn to be competent users of mathematics, especially in problem solving, and be able to effectively communicate mathematically. The curriculum makes strong use of computer methods to develop students' mathematical understanding and to enhance their ability to use the computer in modeling, computation and problem solving.
For students seeking a major in mathematics, the curriculum prepares them for a mathematically based career after graduation or further graduate study. The major builds upon the goals and objectives of the freshman and sophomore curriculum. In addition to a deeper and broader study of mathematics, majors will further develop their ability to formulate and solve problems from a mathematical perspective, become familiar with the use of mathematics in other fields, and develop competence at the application of mathematics to at least one other field. Graduates will also be able to use technology effectively in mathematics and the application of mathematics. To complement these technical skills graduates will learn the professional skills of effective communication with both technical and non-technical audiences and the ability to work cooperatively with others.
Major Concentrations: Mathematics majors choose to complete their program in one of four concentrations: Mathematics, Continuous Applied Mathematics, Discrete Applied Mathematics, or Statistics and Operations Research. The Mathematics concentration provides the foundational mathematical depth of a traditional mathematics major and is intended for students planning on graduate study in an area of mathematics. In applied mathematics there are two areas: the Continuous Applied Mathematics concentration and the Discrete Applied Mathematics concentration. Students selecting these concentrations may tailor their programs to interface with another major or to enhance industrial employment or graduate school opportunities. The Statistics and Operations Research concentration is recommended for students pursuing careers in actuarial science, graduate study in statistics, or employment in government or industry in a statistical capacity. It is strongly recommended that students considering graduate education in mathematics include MA 376 Abstract Algebra among their elective mathematics courses. Upon graduation a student may request the Head of the Mathematics Department to issue a letter attesting to the fact that the requirements in the chosen concentration have been completed.
Mathematics Coursework Requirements: All mathematics majors must complete a common core consisting of 39 credit hours of mathematics coursework, which provides breadth across the main areas of mathematics. A mathematics major must also complete an additional 12 credit hours of mathematics coursework specified for the selected major concentration plus an additional 12 credit hours earned in free elective mathematics courses. In addition, a mathematics major must complete 8 credit hours of either a senior thesis or project, meant as a capstone experience to the major. A total of 71 credit hours of mathematics courses is required for the major. None of the credits in the 71 hours above may be taken from the courses MA190, MA351-MA356, MA450 or MA223 (unless approved by the department head). These courses (except MA190) may be taken as free electives. Finally, a student taking a degree program in which mathematics is the primary major must also take MA190. A student whose second major is mathematics is not required to take MA 190, but is strongly encouraged to do so.
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MA 190 – Contemporary Mathematical Problems (2 hrs.) A student taking a degree program in which mathematics is the primary major must also take MA 190. A student whose second major is mathematics is not required to take MA 190, but is strongly encouraged to do so.
Senior Project or Thesis (8 hrs.) A student must complete either a Senior Project, equivalent to the 8 credit hours of MA 491 – 494, or a Senior Thesis, equivalent to the 8 credit hours of MA 496 – 498. The project and thesis are each important capstone experiences for the mathematics major, representing sustained efforts to solve a complex problem from industry or mathematical research.
Senior Project Option: Students seeking to do a senior project must complete a written project involving effort equivalent to the 8 credit hours of MA491 – 494. Specifically,
The project must involve work done by the student(s) to solve a problem presented by an external sponsor. The written project submission must be signed by the student's project advisor (who must be a member of the mathematics department) and two additional members (who are approved by the project advisor), and must be presented publicly to the department. The additional members of the committee may include representatives of the sponsor.
Senior Thesis Option: Students seeking to do a senior thesis must complete a written thesis involving effort equivalent to the 8 credit hours of MA496 – MA 498. Specifically,
MA 497 and MA 498 must be taken in separate terms.
The requirement of MA 496 may be fulfilled through some undergraduate research experience and an additional 300-level or above mathematics course (4 hours), as approved by the thesis advisor. The course substitution procedure must be used.
The thesis must involve creative work done by the student and a significant portion of this work must have been done by the student individually (not as part of a team). The written submission must be signed by the student's thesis advisor (who must be a member of the mathematics department) and two additional faculty members (who are approved by the thesis advisor), and must be presented publicly to the department.
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The schedule below is a suggested schedule only. Scheduling of courses may be altered, subject to approval of the advisor, in order to take advantage of advanced placement or to accommodate a second major, area minor or other special program. However, note that some courses are offered only at certain times during the year, and all prerequisites must be met. In the schedule an MA elective is either a concentration elective or free math elective, as described above, and a science elective is a physical or life science elective as defined on this page.
Alternate Science Schedule: The recommended basic chemistry course is CHEM 105 unless a student is taking a second major or minor requiring CHEM 111 or credit for CHEM 111 has already been received. If CHEM 111 is taken instead of CHEM 105 then the order of the basic science electives in the freshman and sophomore is the second science course listed. Two science courses are to be taken in the winter quarter of freshman year
Total credits required: 195
Notes and Definitions
The following definitions of electives are specific to the Mathematics Department.
Computational methods are widely employed in science and engineering for simulation, experimentation, analysis, and design. In many areas the use of high-performance computing is essential. The Computational Science major provides Rose-Hulman students with the opportunity to add to their primary major a second major that increases their knowledge and skill in applied scientific and engineering computation.
Requirements for a second major in Computational Science (71 credit hours)The second major in Computational Science is open to all students. It requires 71 credit hours, including a 55 credit hour core and a 16 credit hour specialization. The courses used to satisfy the requirements in the Advanced Core may not be counted toward any other major or minor. All Computational Science programs of study are subject to approval by the Chair of the Computational Science Steering Committee
I. Computational Science Core (55 credit hours)
Fundamentals (35 credit hours)
Advanced (20 credit hours; these courses may not be counted toward any other major or minor)
List of Advanced Electives
II. Area of Concentration (16 credit hours): Each student must complete 16 credit hours in an area of concentration within Computational Science. Courses used to satisfy the core requirements may not be used to satisfy the area of concentration requirements.
Computational Methods
Computational Mechanics
Computational Signals and Image Processing
Computational Physics and Chemistry
Computational Biomedics
A student, not pursuing a major or second major in mathematics may obtain an area minor in mathematics by taking 10 or more mathematics courses as follows:
Approval and Math Minor FormAll area minors must be approved by the area minor advisor and the student's advisor. The department has a form for the planning and approval of a mathematics minor.
Notes and Limitations on Requirements:
Any student may obtain an area minor in Computational Science by taking the following courses:
List A: Applied Computational Science courses
• MA323 – Geometric Modeling
• MA439 – Mathematical Methods of Image Processing
• MA444 – Deterministic Models in Operations Research
• CSSE351 – Computer Graphics
• CSSE451 - Advanced Computer Graphics
• CSSE413 – Artificial Intelligence
• CSSE453 – Topics in Artificial Intelligence
• CSSE461 – Computer Vision
• CSSE463 - Image Recognition
• CE522 - Advanced Finite Element Analysis
• ME422 – Finite Elements for Engineering Applications
• ME427 - Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics
• ME511 - Numerical Methods for Dynamic Systems Analysis
• ME522 - Advanced Finite Elements Analysis
• 4XX – Introduction to MEMS:Fabrication and Applications
• 5XX – Advanced Topics in MEMS
• CHE521 – Advanced Chemical Engineering Computation
• BE510 – Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
• EMGT526 - Technology Forecasting
• MA534/EMGT534 - Management. Science
• ECE420 - Nonlinear Control Systems
• ECE480//PH437 – Introduction to Image Processing
• ECE582/PH537 – Advanced Image Processing
• ECE483 - DSP System Design
List B: Additional Computational Science courses
• MA/CSSE335 - Introduction to Parallel Computing
• MA433 - Numerical Analysis
• MA434 – Topics in Numerical Analysis
• MA348 - Continuous Optimization
• MA446 - Combinatorial Optimization
• CSSE304 - Programming Language Concepts
• CSSE371 - Software Requirements and Specification
Electives not on list A or B may be substituted with other courses with the approval of the area minor advisor.
The minor must be approved by the area minor advisor for Computational Science and the student's advisor. The department has a form for the planning and approval of a minor.
Notes and limitations on requirements
A student, not pursuing a major or second major in mathematics may obtain an area minor in statistics by taking ten or more mathematics courses (40 credit hours) including the following:
MA 385* Quality MethodsMA 386* Statistical ProgrammingMA 387* Statistical Methods in Six SigmaMA 371 Linear Algebra or MA373 Applied Linear Algebra for EngineersMA 445 Stochastic Models in Operations ResearchMA 481* Mathematical StatisticsMA 485* Regression and Time Series AnalysisMA 487* Design of ExperimentsMA 480* Topics in Probability and Statistics
All area minors in Statistics must be approved by the statistics area minor advisor and the student's advisor. The department has a form for the planning and approval of a statistics minor.
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St. John's lawyer Bob Buckingham is joining a consortium of three law firms from across the country in a national class-action lawsuit against the Attorney General of Canada.
The basis of the legal action is the breach of privacy of more than half a million people in the recent loss of Canada Student Loan borrower information by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
On Jan. 11, the federal government announced that personal and financial information of about 583,000 student loan borrowers was lost.
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada said an external hard drive containing data on Canada Student Loans Program borrowers from 2000-2006 was lost from an office in Gatineau, Que.
On Jan. 17, Buckingham Law filed a national class action. Sutts, Strosberg LLP, Falconer Charney LLP and Branch MacMaster LLP subsequently initiated legal proceedings.
"Our consortium brings a tremendous breadth and depth of experience to this national class action," Buckingham said in a news release today from Windsor, Ont. lawyer Harvey T. Strosberg and Buckingham Law.
"Bob Buckingham Law is pleased to join with some of the most experienced and successful class action lawyers in the country. This consortium will position us to bring this matter to a fair and reasonable resolution for the hundreds of thousands of Canadians affected," Buckingham said.
"The loss of confidential personal information is a serious issue in the digital age," said Strosberg. "Through this class action, our experienced national legal team will seek to hold the Government of Canada accountable."
The consortium will be seeking general damages for negligence, breach of privacy and breach of contract, along with damages for actual out-of-pocket expenses, costs and lost time.


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Thanks for all the tips guys. I ended up retying the Bimini loop a little longer and tying a surgeons loop so I had a double loop type deal. I think this is what JimS was telling me to do. Anyway it looked a lot better. & I could not pull it apart when I tested it. It now does not look like a good pull will sever the line.
Now if the fishing Gods will align the damned planets maybe I can get out on the water
Get yourself a couple of spools of gudebrod 50# braided mono and make double-catch loops (see dan blanton's site) for both ends of the fly line. Nothing goes in and out through the tip top easier which is key when it's time to boat the fish.
Lots of good suggestions for the backing loop- I use a double bimini tied in 60# power pro. No more difficult to tie than a regular bimini. There is only so much pressure you are going to put on the fish with 150-200 yards of backing out anyway - especially with the stretch of the fly line.
Hope you didn't get blown out yesterday. We did.
Backing to flyline connections for the big boys have to be spot on, or you'll be replacing fly lines. The backing knot is a bimini with a two-turn surgeons double loop. Use a 30-turn on dacron and a 60 on gsp. This knot is close to 100 per cent and makes it easy to change fly lines if you use a loop in the fly line. The coated gsp is not 100 per cent because of knot slippage, but 65lb gsp backing, even at 80 per cent gives you 52lb strength. A 100 per cent loop for the fly line can be gained with a 50lb braided loop. This is a double catch loop with an eight-turn nail knot at the end of the braided loop.
Fly line to leader connection can also be loops. A 50lb braided loop on the fly line and a kreh loop in the leader gives you 100 per cent. Kreh loop or palomar for fly to tippet.
Lots of other rigging ways, but those are the ones that work for me.
I keep making things simpler all the time, I used to bimini this and bimini that.
I now triple surgeon a loop in my 50# power pro and albright it to my line, 550 Teeny saltwater.
This has held for a few fish, if a fish is going to spool me he is going to have to take it all.
I have 100% confidence in my knots,and feel the less the better
Braid Loop to Loop
Anyone have any experience with say 50-65# test braid loop to loop (i.e. braid to braid?). I use a doubled over hence two loop braid tied with an Albright (again doubled over) to the butt of my running line.
|Just pass one loop through the other multiple times. This is called a 'cat's paw knot', and distributes the loading nicely. If IS a little harder to undothan a single loop-to-loop, though.
I have finally collected all the pieces together for my Tuna rig. The 600 gr Leviathan is not here yet. But I managed to find a 500 gr Airflo depth finder that I can get a decent cast out off. It seems a little light but I can shoot it 25-30 yards. I think a heavier line would be better.
Which brings me to the question of attaching the backing to the line. I used 65 lb sufix braid for backing. In the event I wanted to change lines quickly, I tied a Bimini in the backing and a whipped loop at the end of the running line and did a loop connection. What I do not like is the thin backing pulling against the loop , I am afraid under strain it may cut the running line. Should I or can I tie a nail knot connection with this braided line? Or am I worrying about nothing and just go fishing?
Looks like Sunday, myself & my friend Capt'n Carp are heading out weather permitting to look for Tuna up here. Probably have to settle for some blues but one never knows where the tuna roam
I use a Cortland 625 gr line with a 14 wt to good effect. For the line to backing connection I tie a 40-turn bimini in the backing, and then albright the loop to the fly line. I have not had a single failure at this knot to date.
I have been spooled (by a marlin) on an Abel 5 reel with 400 yds of backing, so now make sure I have 600 yds. I hope to never need all that, but it gives ma a bit more peace of mind.
sierra trading post frequently has heavy fly lines and heads at great prices. I keep an eye on their website and stock up occasionally.
I think heavy rods all load up, more or less, with 625 gr lines. I've used a Redington DFR 15 wt, Sage Rplxi 14, TFO TiCr 14 wt, TFO Bluewater heavy duty, and a couple others with the Cortland 625, and they work fine. The T&T 8'6" heavy rod was the only one I tried that wouldn't load (for me) with a 625 grain head.
Good stuff guys, Once again, Thank you very much the guidance
After a more in depth search I found that Scientific Anglers also has a some interesting line that I missed in my initial search.
Bluewater Express in 500, 600 & 700 gn offerings. With the following line to Rod recommendations
500Gr/12-14 rod
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So it looks as if my initial guess of 600 grain might be OK after all. We shall see how it casts on this lance I have here. I also found a 500 grn Airflo Depth finder line in the pile of lines at the Fly shop. So I have that as a option too. I will test it out as well
Hopefully it will all come together by the end of the week. If my boat captain & the weather hold together I could be Tuna fishing Monday
I no longer own the leviathon but will try giving the bluewater line a more robust stretch. I have given it the under the foot two hand treatment but maybe just a little more pull is neccessary with the beefy core.
Sore subject on the trailer but hopefully it will be ready tomorrow. The outer races they gave me with the axle and hubs were the wrong ones so the mechanic had to order a set today. 3 weeks and running trying to get this thing back on the road. Thank god the fishing hasn't exploded or I would have.
Sean, the Leviathan lines are tropical. I think if you stetch them the memory should go away for our coldwater fishery.
Boat/trailer up and running?
|500 grain Leviathan is a perfect match to my 14wt. Also very castable on a 12.
One additional thing to consider on the line is line management. Here are a couple thoughts I have on the subject.
Personally I have not had good luck with the bluewater type lines from RIO. I have had the Leviathon and Deep Sea lines. I have found the running line core to be very stiff and have a lot of memory. This made it tough to get the line to shoot through the guides cleanly when you need it the most. To that end I have had the best success with traditional lines that have more tradtional cores. I may learn to regret it one day but if you can land 200lb tuna on 20lb tippet why the need for the 65lb core? Like Sean said I have been using his RIO Outbound with good success. I understand they don't make that line anymore so I am also looking around for a substitute. I like the SA Clear Tip line but they only go up to 13wt so I am not sure if it will load the TFO Bluewater HD.
I use a basket to store the line between pods but not during the actual presentation to the fish. Keep some water in the basket to help keep the running line lubricated so it won't stick to itself and tangle. However, don't try and put it back in the basket when you are presenting to the fish. Strip the line onto the deck so you can concentrate on getting tight to the fly and making the right retrieve.
Not line management related but I think it will prove usefull if you are new to casting the big rods. When making your back cast lock the rod butt against your forearm. This will help give you the leverage you need to power the cast. These are big rods with heavy lines and you will get tired in my experience.
Good luck.
The 600 grain line will most likely be fine. You may even prefer the light 550 or 500 ones as well, depends on the rod. 1000 grains is way too much for most any single hander I have seen.
Sean has been using my 550 grain rio outbound intemediate on his 14-17wt TFO with good results.
John's terminal rugging advice is great and we had good luck with a 50lb braided sleeve double nail knotted to the fly line and then straight 40lb fluoro from there.
One thing which some may not agree with is the amount of backing one needs. I had 425 on my reel and would say at most 200 was ever out at one time. Seems if you fight them agressively( and have a good guy at the helm that can chase em down for you) you could get away with as little as 300 yards and be fine.
Initially I was more interested in what line others are using on 14 wt set ups, but I suppose I better give some thought to leader connection as well. Thanks for bringing that up. I saw that braided loop on the end of your set up, it looked pretty stout.
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Item posted by Mathieu Roy <yeupou> on Tue Jan 31 13:17:40 2006.
Very recent versions of Keduca shipped by Debian features .edu in a cryptic format. Sad news, that makes keduca-shrinker as distributed into the debian package useless.
I tried to found out what cause the XML to know be unreadable without success.
The only option I found to be able to continue using Keduca was to use previous the Keduca version.
As I'm using Debian etch on most desktop workstations, it means that I had to rebuild this previous version debian package, designed for Debian sarge, to make it run on Debian etch. The resulting built is unclean, as a simple dpkg-buildpackage did not work, I had to play with the build process to avoid fatal errors.
My debian package is in the download area. If you use it, you will probably want to put the package on "hold" status, by doing something like:
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But this solution proved to be also flawed. For some reasons, superflous characters like extra "&" shows up in the list of possible answers, which is quite unsettling.
I posted a mail to the kde-edu list, http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-edu&r=1&b=200601&w=2 (not visible yet in the archives).
I'd be happy if anyone was able to either fix keduca recent release or provide an old release still working on recent systems. Not knowing C++ and having no time to learn it, I cannot do it by myself.
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As I understand, HDR images cannot be displayed on LDR monitors because the luminance range in the image exceeds what the monitor can display - so the luminance has to be scaled somehow. This is done by considering the per-pixel luminance in the image and processing them to compress the HDR image's luminance range in a way that's perceptually acceptable.
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