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This is Python release 1.5 alpha 3 ================================== ****************************************** *** RELEASE RESTRICTED TO PSA MEMBERS! *** ****************************************** What's new in this release? --------------------------- Too much has changed to list it all here. There's a long list of changes in Misc/NEWS. That's still not complete, but it's getting there... I'm working my way through a year of change logs to extract meaningful descriptions of all but the most insignificant changes. Here are the most important changes since 1.5a2: - The new "re" module is here (still very experimental). This is a new regular expression package that uses Perl syntax and solves some thread-safeness problems with the matching interface. - In support of the re module, a new form of string literals is introduced, "raw strings": e.g. r"\n" is equal to "\\n". - Many previously undocumented modules are now documented; some are now officially obsolete or deprecated. - The build process now builds a single library (libpython1.5.a) which contains everything except for the main() entry point. This makes life much easier for applications that embed Python. - GNU readline is now configured as an extension module. - There is much better support for embedding Python in applications that use threads. Such applications can now create multiple interpreter instances if they like to. Embedding applications can also uninitialize or reinitialize Python, and explicitly manipulate the global lock. - Tk 8.0b2 is supported. Support for Tk 4.0 is dropped (4.1 and higher are still supported). - New Tk dialog modules by Fredrik Lundh: tkColorChooser.py, tkCommonDialog.py, tkMessageBox.py, tkFileDialog.py, tkSimpleDialog.py. - I've redone many aspects of the Windows version -- e.g. sys.path is set more like it is done on Unix, there's a new module msvcrt which exports a bunch of MS VC runtime functions like setmode() and kbhit(), and there are new project files for DevStudio VC++ 5.0. - Some new speedups, e.g. inlined some opcodes for int arguments. - All known leaks have been plugged. - New dictionary d.update(e): for k, v in e.items(): d[k] = v. - New strategy for clearing modules: globals whose name starts with a single underscore are deleted first. - Comparisons can now raise exceptions. - Metaclasses can now be programmed in Python (see Misc/NEWS, search for "corollary"). - New tools faqwiz and webchecker included. Other important changes, if this is the first release you see since 1.4: - It's much faster (almost twice for pystone.py -- see Tools/scripts.) - There's an assert statement. - There's a -O option that removes SET_LINENO instructions, assert statements and code prefixed with ``if __debug__: ...''. - It's much smarter about the initial value for sys.path; you can control it easier using $PYTHONHOME (see the usage message, e.g. try ``python -h''). In most situations, the interpreter can be installed at an arbitrary location without having to recompile. - The Grand Renaming is completed: all linker-visible symbols defined by Python now have a "Py" or "_Py" prefix, and the same is true for most macros and typedefs. - New regression test harness tests more. What is Python anyway? ---------------------- Python is an interpreted object-oriented programming language, and is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Java or Scheme. For a quick summary of what Python can mean for a UNIX/C programmer, read Misc/BLURB.LUTZ. If you have web access, point your browser to http://www.python.org. How do I learn Python? ---------------------- The official tutorial is still a good place to start (in the Doc directory as tut.tex; and http://www.python.org/doc/tut/tut.html). Aaron Watters wrote a second tutorial, that may be more accessible for some: http://www.wcmh.com/uworld/archives/95/tutorial/005.html. There are now also several books on Python. While these are still based on Python 1.3 or 1.4, the language is so stable now that you'd be hard pressed to find places where the books are out of date. The first two books, both first published in October 1996 and both including a CD-ROM, form excellent companions to each other: Internet Programming with Python by Aaron Watters, Guido van Rossum, and James Ahlstrom MIS Press/Henry Holt publishers ISBN: 1-55851-484-8 Programming Python by Mark Lutz O'Reilly & Associates ISBN: 1-56592-197-6 If you prefer to read German, try: Das Python-Buch by Martin von Loewis and Nils Fischbeck Addison-Wesley-Longman, 1997 ISBN: 3-8273-1110-1 If you don't read instructions ------------------------------ Congratulations on getting this far. :-) To start building right away (on UNIX): type "./configure" in the current directory and when it finishes, type "make". The section Build Instructions below is still recommended reading. :-) Copyright issues ---------------- Python is COPYRIGHTED but free to use for all. See the full copyright notice at the end of this file. The Python distribution is *not* affected by the GNU Public Licence (GPL). There are interfaces to some GNU code but these are entirely optional and no GNU code is distributed with Python. For all these packages, GPL-free public domain versions also exist. A modest plug ============= ********************************************************************* * Without your help, I won't be able to continue to support Python! * ********************************************************************* If you use Python, please consider joining the Python Software Activity (PSA). See http://www.python.org/psa/. Organizations that make heavy use of Python are especially encouraged to become corporate members! Build instructions ================== Before you can build Python, you must first configure it. Fortunately, the configuration and build process has been streamlined for most Unix installations, so all you have to do is type a few commands, optionally edit one file, and sit back. There are some platforms where things are not quite as smooth; see the platform specific notes below. If you want to build for multiple platforms sharing the same source tree, see the section on VPATH below. You start by running the script "./configure", which figures out your system configuration and creates several Makefiles. (It takes a minute or two -- please be patient!) When it's done, you are ready to run make. You may want to pass options to the configure script -- see the section below on configuration options and variables. To build Python, you normally type "make" in the toplevel directory. This will recursively run make in each of the subdirectories Parser, Objects, Python and Modules, creating a library file in each one. The executable of the interpreter is built in the Modules subdirectory and moved up here when it is built. If you want or need to, you can also chdir into each subdirectory in turn and run make there manually (do the Modules subdirectory last!). Once you have built an interpreter, see the subsections below on testing, configuring additional modules, and installation. If you run in trouble, see the next section. Troubleshooting --------------- See also the platform specific notes in the next section. If recursive makes fail, try invoking make as "make MAKE=make". If you run into other trouble, see section 3 of the FAQ (http://grail.cnri.reston.va.us/cgi-bin/faqw.py or http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html) for hints on what can go wrong, and how to fix it. If you rerun the configure script with different options, remove all object files by running "make clean" before rebuilding. Believe it or not, "make clean" sometimes helps to clean up other inexplicable problems as well. Try it before sending in a bug report! If the configure script fails or doesn't seem to find things that should be there, inspect the config.log file. Platform specific notes ----------------------- (Some of these may no longer apply. If you find you can build Python on these platforms without the special directions mentioned here, let me know so I can remove them!) Solaris: When using Sun's C compiler with threads, at least on Solaris 2.5.1, you need to add the "-mt" compiler option (the simplest way is probably to specify the compiler with this option as the "CC" environment variable when running the configure script). Linux: On Linux version 1.x, once you've built Python, use it to run the regen script in the Lib/linux1 directory. Apparently the files as distributed don't match the system headers on some Linux versions. (The "h2py" command refers to Tools/scripts/h2py.py.) The modules distributed for Linux 2.x should be okay. Shared library support now works by default on ELF-based x86 Linux systems. (Note: when you change the status of a module from static to shared, you must remove its .o file or do a "make clean".) DEC Unix: When enabling threads, use --with-dec-threads, not --with-thread. AIX: A complete overhaul of the shared library support is now in place. To enable it, uncomment the LINKCC line in the Setup file. See Misc/AIX-NOTES for some notes on how it's done. WARNING! In some versions of AIX, you get errors about Invalid Indent when running the Python test set. This appears to be a bug in the AIX compiler. Rebuild Parser/tokenizer.c using OPT="" or OPT=-g, or use gcc. According to the latest reports, it seems this compiler bug is still present in 4.2.1. HP-UX: Shared library support now works by default (at least on HP-UX 9.x). One other problem remains: the HP ANSI C compiler (cc -Aa) is too pedantic to use, but in K&R mode, it barfs on a few files (complexobject.c, getargs.c and operator.c). Until this is fixed, the following seems to work: make -k # this compiles all but a few files make OPT=-Aa # compile the remaining files Minix: When using ack, use "CC=cc AR=aal RANLIB=: ./configure"! SCO: 1) Everything works much better if you add -U__STDC__ to the defs. This is because all the SCO header files are broken. Anything that isn't mentioned in the C standard it's conditionally excluded when __STDC__ is defined. 2) Due to the U.S. export restrictions, SCO broke the crypt stuff out into a separate library, libcrypt_i.a so the LIBS needed be set to: LIBS=' -lsocket -lcrypt_i' 3) According to at least one report, the above apply only to SCO 3 -- Python builds out of the box on SCO 5. SunOS: On SunOS 4.1.x, when using the SunPro C compiler, you may want to use the '-Xa' option instead of '-Xc', to enable some needed non-ANSI Sunisms. NeXT: To build fat binaries, use the --with-next-archs switch described below. QNX: Edit the top level Makefile to use the following compile options: OPT = -Ox -Q -U_M_IX86 -U__WATCOMC__ Edit the Makefile in the Modules directory to read: LDFLAGS = -N 48k Configuring additional built-in modules --------------------------------------- You can configure the interpreter to contain fewer or more built-in modules by editing the file Modules/Setup. This file is initially copied (when the toplevel Makefile makes Modules/Makefile for the first time) from Setup.in; if it does not exist yet, make a copy yourself. Never edit Setup.in -- always edit Setup. Read the comments in the file for information on what kind of edits you can make. When you have edited Setup, Makefile and config.c in Modules will automatically be rebuilt the next time you run make in the toplevel directory. (When working inside the Modules directory, use "make Makefile; make".) The default collection of modules should build on any Unix system, but many optional modules should work on all modern Unices (e.g. try dbm, nis, termios, timing, syslog, curses, new, soundex, parser). Often the quickest way to determine whether a particular module works or not is to see if it will build: enable it in Setup, then if you get compilation or link errors, disable it -- you're missing support. On SGI IRIX, there are modules that interface to many SGI specific system libraries, e.g. the GL library and the audio hardware. For SunOS and Solaris, enable module "sunaudiodev" to support the audio device. In addition to the file Setup, you can also edit the file Setup.local. (the makesetup script processes both). You may find it more convenient to edit Setup.local and leave Setup alone. Then, when installing a new Python version, you can copy your old Setup.local file. Setting the optimization/debugging options ------------------------------------------ If you want or need to change the optimization/debugging options for the C compiler, assign to the OPT variable on the toplevel make command; e.g. "make OPT=-g" will build a debugging version of Python on most platforms. The default is OPT=-O; a value for OPT in the environment when the configure script is run overrides this default (likewise for CC; and the initial value for LIBS is used as the base set of libraries to link with). Testing ------- To test the interpreter that you have just built, type "make test". This runs the test set twice (once with no compiled files, once with the compiled files left by the previous test run). The test set produces some output. You can generally ignore the messages about skipped tests due to an optional feature that can't be imported (if you want to test those modules, edit Modules/Setup to configure them). If a messages is printed about a failed test or a traceback or core dump is produced, something's wrong. On some systems, test_strftime fails due to a non-standard implementation of strftime() in the C library. This can be ignored (or you can complain to your vendor). IMPORTANT: If the tests fail and you decide to mail a bug report, *don't* include the output of "make test". It is useless. Run the test that fails manually, as follows: python ../Lib/test/test_whatever.py (substituting the top of the source tree for .. if you built in a different directory). This runs the test in verbose mode. Installing ---------- Installing Python was never this easy! To install the Python binary, library modules, shared library modules (see below), include files, configuration files, and the manual page, just type "make install". This will install all platform-independent files in subdirectories the directory given with the --prefix option to configure or the 'prefix' Make variable (default /usr/local), and all binary and other platform-specific files in subdirectories if the directory given by --exec-prefix or the 'exec_prefix' Make variable (defaults to the --prefix directory). All subdirectories created will have Python's version number in their name, e.g. the library modules are installed in "/usr/local/lib/python1.5/" by default. The Python binary is installed as "python1.5" and a hard link named "python" is created. The only file not installed with a version number in its name is the manual page, installed as "/usr/local/man/man1/python.1" by default. If you have a previous installation of a pre-1.5 Python that you don't want to replace yet, use "make altinstall". This installs the same set of files as "make install" except it doesn't create the hard link to "python1.5" named "python" and it doesn't install the manual page at all. The only thing you may have to install manually is the Python mode for Emacs. (But then again, more recent versions of Emacs may already have it!) This is the file Misc/python-mode.el; follow the instructions that came with Emacs for installation of site specific files. Configuration options and variables ----------------------------------- Some special cases are handled by passing options to the configure script. WARNING: if you rerun the configure script with different options, you must run "make clean" before rebuilding. Exceptions to this rule: after changing --prefix or --exec-prefix, all you need to do is remove Modules/getpath.o. --with(out)-gcc: The configure script uses gcc (the GNU C compiler) if it finds it. If you don't want this, or if this compiler is installed but broken on your platform, pass the option --without-gcc. You can also pass "CC=cc" (or whatever the name of the proper C compiler is) in the environment, but the advantage of using --without-gcc is that this option is remembered by the config.status script for its --recheck option. --prefix, --exec-prefix: If you want to install the binaries and the Python library somewhere else than in /usr/local/{bin,lib}, you can pass the option --prefix=DIRECTORY; the interpreter binary will be installed as DIRECTORY/bin/python and the library files as DIRECTORY/lib/python/*. If you pass --exec-prefix=DIRECTORY (as well) this overrides the installation prefix for architecture-dependent files (like the interpreter binary). Note that --prefix=DIRECTORY also affects the default module search path (sys.path), when Modules/config.c is compiled. Passing make the option prefix=DIRECTORY (and/or exec_prefix=DIRECTORY) overrides the prefix set at configuration time; this may be more convenient than re-running the configure script if you change your mind about the install prefix... --with-readline: This option is no longer supported. To use GNU readline, enable module "readline" in the Modules/Setup file. --with-thread: On most Unix systems, you can now use multiple threads. To enable this, pass --with-thread. (--with-threads is an alias.) If the library required for threads lives in a peculiar place, you can use --with-thread=DIRECTORY. NOTE: you must also enable the thread module by uncommenting it in the Modules/Setup file. (Threads aren't enabled automatically because there are run-time penalties when support for them is compiled in even if you don't use them.) IMPORTANT: run "make clean" after changing (either enabling or disabling) this option! Note: for DEC Unix use --with-dec-threads instead. --with-sgi-dl: On SGI IRIX 4, dynamic loading of extension modules is supported by the "dl" library by Jack Jansen, which is ftp'able from ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/dynload/dl-1.6.tar.Z. This is enabled (after you've ftp'ed and compiled the dl library!) by passing --with-sgi-dl=DIRECTORY where DIRECTORY is the absolute pathname of the dl library. (Don't bother on IRIX 5, it already has dynamic linking using SunOS style shared libraries.) Support for this feature is deprecated. --with-dl-dld: Dynamic loading of modules is rumoured to be supported on some other systems: VAX (Ultrix), Sun3 (SunOS 3.4), Sequent Symmetry (Dynix), and Atari ST. This is done using a combination of the GNU dynamic loading package (ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/dynload/dl-dld-1.1.tar.Z) and an emulation of the SGI dl library mentioned above (the emulation can be found at ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/dynload/dld-3.2.3.tar.Z). To enable this, ftp and compile both libraries, then call the configure passing it the option --with-dl-dld=DL_DIRECTORY,DLD_DIRECTORY where DL_DIRECTORY is the absolute pathname of the dl emulation library and DLD_DIRECTORY is the absolute pathname of the GNU dld library. (Don't bother on SunOS 4 or 5, they already have dynamic linking using shared libraries.) Support for this feature is deprecated. --with-libm, --with-libc: It is possible to specify alternative versions for the Math library (default -lm) and the C library (default the empty string) using the options --with-libm=STRING and --with-libc=STRING, respectively. E.g. if your system requires that you pass -lc_s to the C compiler to use the shared C library, you can pass --with-libc=-lc_s. These libraries are passed after all other libraries, the C library last. --with-next-archs='arch1 arch2': Under NEXTSTEP, this will build all compiled binaries with the architectures listed. Includes correctly setting the target architecture specific resource directory. (This option is not supported on other platforms.) --with-libs='libs': Add 'libs' to the LIBS that the python linked against. Building for multiple architectures (using the VPATH feature) ------------------------------------------------------------- If your file system is shared between multiple architectures, it usually is not necessary to make copies of the sources for each architecture you want to support. If the make program supports the VPATH feature, you can create an empty build directory for each architecture, and in each directory run the configure script (on the appropriate machine with the appropriate options). This creates the necessary subdirectories and the Makefiles therein. The Makefiles contain a line VPATH=... which points to directory containing the actual sources. (On SGI systems, use "smake -J1" instead of "make" if you use VPATH -- don't try gnumake.) For example, the following is all you need to build a minimal Python in /usr/tmp/python (assuming ~guido/src/python is the toplevel directory and you want to build in /usr/tmp/python): $ mkdir /usr/tmp/python $ cd /usr/tmp/python $ ~guido/src/python/configure [...] $ make [...] $ Note that Modules/Makefile copies the original Setup file to the build directory if it finds no Setup file there. This means that you can edit the Setup file for each architecture independently. For this reason, subsequent changes to the original Setup file are not tracked automatically, as they might overwrite local changes. To force a copy of a changed original Setup file, delete the target Setup file. (The makesetup script supports multiple input files, so if you want to be fancy you can change the rules to create an empty Setup.local if it doesn't exist and run it with arguments $(srcdir)/Setup Setup.local; however this assumes that you only need to add modules.) Building on non-UNIX systems ---------------------------- Building Python for a PC is now a piece of cake! Enter the directory "PC" and read the file "readme.txt". Most popular non-Unix PC platforms and compilers are supported (Unix ports to the PC such as Linux, FreeBSD or Solaris-x86 of course use the standard Unix build instructions). For the Mac, a separate source distribution will be made available, for use with the CodeWarrior compiler. If you are interested in Mac development, join the PythonMac Special Interest Group (http://www.python.org/sigs/pythonmac-sig/, or send email to email@example.com). Of course, there are also binary distributions available for these platforms -- see http://www.python.org/python/. To port Python to a new non-UNIX system, you will have to fake the effect of running the configure script manually (for Mac and PC, this has already been done for you). A good start is to copy the file config.h.in to config.h and edit the latter to reflect the actual configuration of your system. Most symbols must simply be defined as 1 only if the corresponding feature is present and can be left alone otherwise; however RETSIGTYPE must always be defined, either as int or as void, and the *_t type symbols must be defined as some variant of int if they need to be defined at all. Miscellaneous issues ==================== Documentation ------------- All documentation is provided in the subdirectory Doc in the form of LaTeX files. In order of importance for new users: Tutorial (tut), Library Reference (lib), Language Reference (ref), Extending (ext). Especially the Library Reference is of immense value since much of Python's power (including the built-in data types and functions!) is described here. To print the documentation from the LaTeX files, chdir into the Doc subdirectory, type "make" (let's hope you have LaTeX installed!), and send the four resulting PostScript files (tut.ps, lib.ps, ref.ps, and ext.ps) to the printer. See the README file there. If you don't have LaTeX, you can ftp the PostScript files from the ftp archives (see below). All documentation is also available on-line via the Python web site (http://www.python.org/, see below). It can also be downloaded separately from the ftp archives (see below) in Emacs INFO, HTML or PostScript form -- see the web site or the FAQ (http://grail.cnri.reston.va.us/cgi-bin/faqw.py or http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html) for more info. Emacs mode ---------- There's an excellent Emacs editing mode for Python code; see the file Misc/python-mode.el. Originally written by Tim Peters, it is now maintained by Barry Warsaw <email@example.com>. The latest version is online at ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/emacs/python-mode.el. Web site -------- Python's own web site has URL http://www.python.org/. Come visit us! There are a number of mirrors, listed on the home page -- try a mirror that's close you you. Ftp site -------- Python's own ftp site is ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python. There are numerous mirrors; see http://www.python.org/python/Mirrors.html for a list of mirror sites. Newsgroup and mailing list -------------------------- There are a newsgroup and a mailing list devoted to Python. The newsgroup, comp.lang.python, contains exactly the same messages as the mailing list (though not always in the same order, due to the mysterious nature of the Usenet news distribution algorithm). To subscribe to the mailing list, send mail containing your real name and e-mail address to "email@example.com". Use the same address if you want to unsibscribed. (A real person reads these messages, so no LISTPROC or Majordomo commands, please, and please be patient -- normal turn-around time is about one working day.) The Python web site contains a search form that lets you search the newsgroup archives (or the web site itself). Click on the "search" link in the banner menu on any page of http://www.python.org/. Bug reports ----------- Bugs are best reported to the comp.lang.python newsgroup or the Python mailing list -- see the section "Newsgroup and mailing list" above. Before posting, check the newsgroup archives (see above) to see if your bug has already been reported! Questions --------- For help, if you can't find it in the manuals or on the web site, it's best to post to the comp.lang.python or the Python mailing list (see above). If you specifically don't want to involve the newsgroup or mailing list, send questions to firstname.lastname@example.com. The Tk interface ---------------- Tk (the user interface component of John Ousterhout's Tcl language) is also usable from Python. Since this requires that you first build and install Tcl/Tk, the Tk interface is not enabled by default. It works with Tcl 7.5 and Tk 4.1 as well as with Tcl 7.4 and Tk 4.0. I didn't have the time to test it with Tcl 7.6 and Tk 4.2 yet, but it might well work. See http://www.sunlabs.com/research/tcl/ for more info on where to get Tcl/Tk. Also http://sunscript.sun.com/. To enable the Python/Tk interface, once you've built and installed Tcl/Tk, all you need to do is edit two lines in Modules/Setup; search for the string "_tkinter". Uncomment one (normally the first) of the lines beginning with "#_tkinter" and un-comment the line beginning with "#TKPATH". If you have installed Tcl/Tk or X11 in unusual places, you will have to edit the first line to fix or add -I and -L options. See the Build Instructions above for more details. There is little documentation on how to use Tkinter; however most of the Tk manual pages apply quite straightforwardly. Begin with fetching the "Tk Lifesaver" document, e.g. ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python/doc/tkinter-doc.tar.gz (a gzipped tar file containing a PostScript file) or the on-line version http://www.python.org/doc/life-preserver/index.html. Reading the Tkinter.py source will reveal most details on how Tkinter calls are translated into Tcl code. There are demos in the Demo/tkinter directory, in the subdirectories guido, matt and www (the matt and guido subdirectories have been overhauled to use more recent Tkinter coding conventions). Note that there's a Python module called "Tkinter" (capital T) which lives in Lib/tkinter/Tkinter.py, and a C module called "_tkinter" (lower case t and leading underscore) which lives in Modules/_tkinter.c. Demos and normal Tk applications only import the Python Tkinter module -- only the latter uses the C _tkinter module directly. In order to find the C _tkinter module, it must be compiled and linked into the Python interpreter -- the _tkinter line in the Setup file does this. In order to find the Python Tkinter module, sys.path must be set correctly -- the TKPATH assignment in the Setup file takes care of this, but only if you install Python properly ("make install libinstall"). (You can also use dynamic loading for the C _tkinter module, in which case you must manually fix up sys.path or set $PYTHONPATH for the Python Tkinter module.) Distribution structure ---------------------- Most subdirectories have their own README file. Most files have comments. BUGS A list of known bugs (not completely up-to-date) Demo/ Demonstration scripts, modules and programs Doc/ Documentation (LaTeX sources) Grammar/ Input for the parser generator Include/ Public header files Lib/ Python library modules Makefile.in Source from which config.status creates Makefile Misc/ Miscellaneous files Modules/ Implementation of most built-in modules Objects/ Implementation of most built-in object types PC/ PC porting files (DOS, Windows, NT, OS/2) Parser/ The parser and tokenizer and their input handling Python/ The "compiler" and interpreter README The file you're reading now TODO A list of things that could be done (not up-to-date) Tools/ Some useful programs written in Python acconfig.h Additional input for the autoheader program config.h.in Source from which config.status creates config.h configure Configuration shell script (GNU autoconf output) configure.in Configuration specification (GNU autoconf input) install-sh Shell script used to install files The following files will (may) be created in the toplevel directory by the configuration and build processes: Makefile Build rules config.cache cache of configuration variables config.h Configuration header config.log log from last configure run config.status status from last run of configure script python The executable interpreter tags, TAGS Tags files for vi and Emacs Author's address ================ Guido van Rossum CNRI 1895 Preston White Drive Reston, VA 20191 USA E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com Copyright notice ================ The Python source is copyrighted, but you can freely use and copy it as long as you don't change or remove the copyright notice: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 1991-1995 by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 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This study investigated the pathogenicity of UK isolates of Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis groups (AG) 2-1, 3, 4, 5 and 8 and Rhizoctonia cerealis to oilseed rape
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Oilseed rape (OSR) is a major crop in the UK with an area of more than 600,000 ha sown in 2007. There has been dramatic expansion of the area sown as the crop is now also grown for the biofuel market. Failure in crop establishment and poor and patchy stands are common in the UK and critical aspects such as damping off disease are often overlooked. Rhizoctonia solani has been reported to cause pre-emergence damping off, post-emergence seedling root rot of OSR in Canada, USA and Australia with annual yield losses exceeding 30%. To date no information about Rhizoctonia strains from UK rotational crops and their ability to cause seedling root rot in OSR is available. This study investigated the pathogenicity of UK isolates of R. solani anastomosis groups (AG) 2-1, 3, 4, 5 and 8 and Rhizoctonia cerealis to OSR. OSR seeds were inoculated with PDA broth of individual isolates of R. solani and the plants were grown under controlled conditions in growth cabinet. On day 21 plants were assessed for shoot and root disease incidence and severity (DI). On the same day root and shoot length for each seedling was recorded. There was significant variation in pathogenicity between isolates of the same AG. However, the greatest disease indices on both shoot and roots were recorded on plants inoculated with AG 2-1, AG4 and AG 8. AG 8 caused significantly higher disease on roots compared to all other isolates. One of the isolates of AG2-1 and AG 4 inhibited germination completely leading to 0% emergence. Isolates of AG 2-1 and AG 4 reduced shoot length by 84% and 97%, and root length by 77% and 98%, respectively, compared to the uninoculated control. Rhizoctonia cerealis was not pathogenic to OSR. Further studies are required to determine the distribution and importance of R. solani AG 2-1, 4 and 8 in OSR in UK
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I just watched "Little Miss Dangerous," when Rico falls for a very young prostitute that's secretly the Crayon Killer (who's difficult past makes her kill her johns and leave artwork done by crayon behind her in the fire).
She was very hot, too. Yeah, I know Rico wasn't trying to have an affair with her, but you could see he was tempted. The ending surprised me. The look into the underground sex scene was tantilizing. The aspect of a girl so in over her head with that life that she wouldn't do anything to change it was very real.
I've seen that actress in Star Trek: The Next Generation before I think. She was older when she did Star Trek, but I think she played "Arielle," the rebel leader on a planet dominated by women that was also the location where refugees from an earth ship disaster took shelter, but upset the natural order of the planet's matriarchy. I'm not positive that was her though.
Whoever she was, her Miami Vice spot was tremendously sexy and played to all of us who in our hearts, are attracted to younger women. I just read an article about this being described as being common in American society.
The episode made you want Rico to hook up with her and take care of her. He was pushing the boundaries of what he could do as a cop. I'm surprised Castillo didn't come down on him more - but perhaps they cut that from the final show because they had a lot of plot to cover in a 1-hour episode. That one could have been a movie! It was very "Basic Instinct," but came out before B.I. I believe. Nicely done again, Mr. Mann!
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Andreas Renner Chronology
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Andreas (1822-1897) & 1st wife Maria Eva (Messer (1820-1852)) Renner had:
NOTE: Karlsruhe birth records show Katherina (above) married to Martin Steckler. They had a daughter Katherina (Nov 9, 1861 - ?? if this information is correct?
Andreas & 2nd wife Katherina (Stockert (1834 or 1836 - 1887 or 1889)) Renner had: Katherina was born in Speier, South Russia in 1834, the daughter of Jakob and Antonia (Klein) Stockert. To them seven children were born. Katrina died in 1889. The spelling of Katrina is taken from the ledger of Joseph Renner, her son.
Andreas & 3rd wife Katherine (Winschel) Renner had no children. Andreas died in the fall of 1897.
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Eric Ripert makes the extraordinary look effortless. Throughout his 18-year tenure as executive chef of Le Bernardin in Manhattan, Ripert has seen the restaurant consistently receive four stars from The New York Times. Michelin has been just as generous, bestowing its top rating of three stars on Le Bernardin year after year—an achievement made all the more remarkable by the fact that Ripert's menus focus entirely on seafood, the most difficult ingredients to prepare perfectly dinner after dinner.
Ripert, who was born in France and holds the Légion d'honneur, also oversees restaurants for Ritz-Carlton hotels in Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; and the Cayman Islands. He is a media fixture as well, thanks to his four cookbooks, his regular appearances on Top Chef, and his PBS series, Avec Eric. Moreover, he is active on the charity front, which is how he came to admire Gavin Kaysen: They first cooked together at Le Bernardin for a Tibetan aid benefit.
Kaysen, the 33-year-old executive chef at Café Boulud on Manhattan's Upper East Side, boasts his own constellation of stars: three from The New York Times and one from Michelin. The James Beard Foundation has honored him as a rising star, and after participating in the prestigious Bocuse d'Or competition—also known as the "Olympics of food"—in 2007, he was appointed head coach of the American team for the next round, in 2013.
A graduate of the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vt., Kaysen developed his farm-to-table philosophy at Domaine Chandon in Napa Valley, then went on to the market-driven kitchen at L'Auberge de Lavaux in Lausanne, Switzerland; he has also cooked under Marco Pierre White at L'Escargot in London. Daniel Boulud, who was likewise wowed by Kaysen's cooking, hired him away from El Bizcocho in San Diego in 2007.
Ripert chose Kaysen as an up-and-coming chef for many reasons, not least of which is how he manages to pay homage to Boulud's signature dishes while expanding the menu with his own innovations. Boulud's famous potato-encrusted striped bass with red-wine sauce is usually on the menu, but it might compete with Kaysen's own herb-crusted halibut with potato gnocchi. Ripert sees his young neighbor (the two first met at the elevator of the Manhattan high-rise where they both live) as a front-runner in the resurgence of French cuisine. Ripert admires Kaysen's ability to strip away the flamboyance and focus on what has always made the heirs of Escoffier leaders in the global kitchen: equal homage paid to ingredients and to technique.
ERIC RIPERT: I was celebrating my anniversary with my wife not too long ago at Café Boulud, and I had a hamachi crudo with some cilantro flowers. Then a fantastic pasta with sea urchin, black pepper linguine, and some baby calamari; and then a flounder with salsify. I remember saying to my wife, "Salsify is a tough vegetable, and I know very few chefs who know how to cook it well. Gavin is one of them. The other one is Christian Delouvrier."
GAVIN KAYSEN: I'm in good company right there.
ER: Yeah, right. Christian is no joke. I remember the flounder complementing the salsify. And I remember the rack of lamb, with the shoulder braised, put in a kataifi, almost like a purse. And some eggplant with it.
GK: Everyone always seems to remember a dish. But to remember that much is impressive.
ER: I don't remember the wine.
GK: That's the part you're not supposed to remember. You remember the first bottle. But not after that….
ER: I have tasted your food many times, and also we cooked together at Le Bernardin. I not only love what you are doing but also I grasp the techniques. The right technique can be something as avant-garde or modern as using sous vide to compress watermelon, or it can be something more traditional. It's a mastering of the techniques that is very personal to you and at the same time, again, it's about the ingredient. It's not about the chef's ego; it's about cooking for the ingredient and pleasing people, of course, ultimately.
GK: What impresses me every time I've eaten at Le Bernardin is the focus and the precision on the food. If you're going to have tuna, it's going to be the most insane tuna with the most correct accompaniment for that tuna. There's something to be said about a chef who puts food on a plate and knows when to stop. And that's one thing I've learned from you—that you know you've got enough on the plate right now.
Kind of funny how full circle this is for me. When I was living in Switzerland in 2000, I had a five-week vacation from the restaurant, and I was on the train and a friend of mine had sent me your newest cookbook, the Le Bernardin Cookbook. So I read that book on the train, start to finish, and was so impressed by the cleanliness of the way the food read. I could taste everything. I'd never eaten at your restaurant before. But I was so inspired by how it read—focused was the word I kept thinking of. I went back into my journal to see if I'd written anything about that cookbook. Interestingly enough, there was about a page that was just ideas of food that I had thought up while I was reading that book. And I still use those ideas today.
ER: I like that you change the menu very often, but I like also the fact that you keep the legacy. I am thinking always of the striped bass with the potato. It's obviously a legacy of Daniel Boulud you keep on the menu.
GK: It's probably the most exciting dish to cook, because it's all about technique. If you can't cook fish correctly, you won't be able to make this dish. I did Bocuse d'Or for eight years, so obviously I'm kind of a freak for French technique.
ER: I thank you on behalf of all French people. French technique is very important. And it's universal because it's based on logic. All those techniques are not for the fun of it—or for making it complicated. They're all about capturing the flavors and having the right techniques to make it good in the end. It's about taking this nasty son-of-a-gun rooster who has for years been attacking you and putting it in a pot and making it good.
GK: Perhaps what's going away is not the old-style French food. It's the people who helped create that style that we're all trying to re-create.
ER: For me, Escoffier meant a restaurant where meals went on for hours. I mean, come on. And there was also a little bit of intimidation, when the public doesn't necessarily understand everything has a purpose. It was not meant to be stiff. It was respect for the client from the waiter; it was respect for all that tradition that goes on with the experience; and it was respect for all those ingredients and the way they were cooked. Very often people thought it was arrogance, but it was all about homage and paying respect. At one point, yes, there was a backlash and "the future of French is dead." I think it's coming back in a relaxed way, which was needed.
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WASHINGTON – The Democratic-controlled House approved $410 billion legislation Wednesday that boosted domestic programs, bristled with earmarks and chipped away at policies left behind by the Bush administration. The vote was 245-178, largely along party lines.
The above is from that Right Winged/Crazy Conservative Website known as Yahoo. Just another 410 BILLION bristled with pork!
Anyone remember Obomo promising he would veto any bill with pork/earmarks? Could he have been lying just to get elected? Last night he insisted there was no pork in the 900 plus billion package. And, we just spent 400 billion bailout out Detroit and the banks back in December! Haiti will look like a paridise compared to the USA by the time Obomo gets through with his social programs.
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Kazatchkine made clear the political struggle that forced his resignation. "The Global Fund has helped to spearhead an entirely new framework of international development partnership," he wrote in his resignation letter. But under stress during the world economic crisis, with radically declining support from donors, a battle developed. "Today, the Global Fund stands at a cross-road. In the international political economy, power-balances are shifting and new alignments of countries and decision-making institutions are emerging or will have to be developed to achieve global goals. Within the area of global health, the emergency approaches of the past decade are giving way to concerns about how to ensure long-term sustainability, while at the same time, efficiency is becoming a dominant measure of success," he wrote.
It is almost possible to hear Kazatchkine spitting out the words 'sustainability' and 'efficiency'. Since the financial crisis of November 2008, a storm has been brewing over these concepts, one that affects everything from humanitarian responses to projects that distribute malaria bed nets. It is a fight, and on one side are those who believe that crises in general, and the AIDS pandemic and allied diseases in particular, constitute global 'emergencies' that must be tackled with full force, mistakes be damned. On the other are those who feel that AIDS is now a chronic disease that can be managed with medication and therefore requires investment in permanent infrastructure of care and treatment that can eventually be operated and funded by the countries themselves.


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Major newspapers with a long history on reporting from inside the Beltway, seemed to agree that Kerry faces no major obstacles to confirmation, especially considering the heat COP opposition to the former frontrunner., U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice generated.
Rice withdrew from consideration last week after senators. Lindsey Graham and John McCain said they would strongly oppose her confirmation of her were she to be nominated by President Obama.
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Any judges here ever have a handler come up, watch the marks go down and then leash up their pooch and walk-off without picking up a bird (out of protest)?
Any judges here ever have a handler come up, watch the marks go down and then leash up their pooch and walk-off without picking up a bird (out of protest)?
"Speed of the captain, speed of the ship."
Travis Lund
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No, but I've thought about it.
Is this basically a way of saying, "This setup is so ridiculous I'm not even going to run it."?
If so, that's interesting. If I pay an entry fee, I'm at least going to give it a whirl.
-Barton Ramsey
In my case it wasn't the test, it was the ridiculous things the judge told me before being able to run the test. Like confontationally telling me that I needed to take my knife out of my pocket and my keys off my belt, because the dog would see these items as tools for applying force. The insinuation was that I was trying to cheat.
You hit your dog with your keys? Go after it with a pocketknife? Sheesh.
Happens frequently & can be a decision of last resort to cure or control a creeping dog. I know a current successful FT handler who did this with one of his dogs for 3 trials in a row (both open & Am) several years ago. He told the judges prior to coming to the line his intentions (that if his dog crept he would not pick up the marks). He had been doing this with consistent success in training with no creeping only to have his trial-wise dog creep at trials. So he instituted the same practice at the 3 trials...and it worked. I think he had to do remedial work from time to time at a trial (maybe in the open) then run the Am. But it kept his dog guessing & kept the creeping under control. The dog retired an FC/AFC with several nat'ls run.
When judging the Jacksonville trial this spring we had another handler do the same thing.
Have never seen it as an effort to show-up the judges, but that could clearly be a misconduct issue if so. If the judges setup a valid test per the rules, IMO it would be very poor sportsmanship to not run the marks. If the test is not valid per the rules or considered dangerous, there is recourse under the rules for the handler.
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I've done it a handful of times for a creeping issue but never to show up judges. That is in bad taste IMO. If I saw something I flat out didn't want my dog to run I would just leave rather than go to the line to make a scene.
Had it happen to me a few years ago. I was judging a master test, this was the second series. Handler came up with his more mature dog which also had several master passes and had made a trip or two to the Master Natioanl, I think it even had a plate or two. We had a water triple. Dog retrieved the go bird and the middle bird and was shipped to swim this channel to the long memory bird at the end of the channel. It was pretty much a straight old channel swim past a point where the short memory bird had been. The dog was swimming along and clearly making its way to the old fall it had just retrieved. My co-judge sat there astonished the handler was letting this happen. Rover just kept chugging away and up onto the point and out her nose down and began a hunt of the short memory bird. It wasn't just a quick wiff as it ran through this old fall which put her really far off line, but an honest to goodness dig it out hunt. Finally the handler put the whistle on and went to cast the dog away from the old fall. Several casts later and a few too many refusals the dog recovered the third fall. We judges immediatley offered our dismay that we would have to drop the dog as it clearly returned to an old fall and established a hunt, and even if we would have overlooked the return to the old fall, there were far too many cast refusals for us to accept in this series. Handler got pretty upset with us, made a few comments and stormed off. Later in teh same series the handler came back with their younger dog. As they approached the line he stated that if the dog even twitched he was going to pick it up. We called for the birds and I watched the dog sit as stoically and solidly as you would want a dog to sit. I called his number and he took out his leash and went to the honor.
Later that evening at supper a member of the gallery told us judges this particular handler had returned to the gallery after we had dropped his older dog and was storming mad about being dropped and told everyone how he was going to get us back by picking up his second dog so we would have to pick up the marks ourselves. Like we two judges were going to have to strip down and swim across the water to pick up birds or something. DUH. We had throwers and all the marks were on land, so no big deal. More of an unjustice and disrespect to your co-handlers in the stake for wasting their time with taking your dog to the line and picking them up just to prove a point...a point lost on us I guess.
I can totally see setting up a dog who has a creeping issue if that is the way you want to do it but let the judges and marshall know that in advance so the next dog is ready and so forth. That is kind of expensive training session.


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Hi all,
I've been trying to create shiny (or glassy) looking black buttons for a black background. I'm not really into the whole "Web 2.0" trend, but I believe these will have much more aesthetic appeal than the buttons I currently have. The problem is, the background of the page is black as well and the images don't look so great on the page.
I'm currently using GIMP because I don't have my PS software, and while GIMP is great, I'm lost on how to create the effects I'm looking for in this software. I've created some great looking buttons, but I just can't seem to make them look right with the black background.
Does anyone know how to do this particularly in GIMP or know where I can find some open source Web 2.0 buttons that will do the trick? I've searched all over the next and found some tuts for GIMP but the effects still don't come out looking right. What I'm trying to accomplish is create a shiny black button with a sheen and nothing more.
I've attached one of the buttons I'm talking about. The black in it gives the appearance it has an odd shape when placed on a black background because the gradient is going black to light, top to bottom. But when reversed, it merely changes the direction of the odd shape.
Also, the button attached is freely able to be used if any of you like it's appearance
Thanks for the help!
P.S: The image uploader on this site is broken I think. It doesn't properly upload / attach images unless I use the basic uploader. The other two options always gives me an error.
ALL CSS SOLUTION ( tweak colors, and gradient positions and add vendor prefix as necessary):
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #aaa 0,#000 60%, #555 100%);
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 -1em 0 .2em rgba(0,0,0,.55);
border: 1px solid #000;
for 100% cross browser , you can take a screen shot of the button created by this CSS, and then tweak in GIMP.
Hope that helps
Hi dresden_phoenix
Thanks for the help and while that does look good (and is an awesome implementation of CSS to create image-less buttons), it unfortunately does not fit with the rest of the page. Even tweaking in GIMP doesn't create the glassy button with a high sheen effect. What I need is an actual Web 2.0 button (either more square than the one I posted, or roughly the same size and shape) for the navigational bar.
Hi TechnoBear,
It's what they call those glossy, or shiny looking buttons that have a smooth, sheen look.
Here's a link so you can take a gander at a tutorial on how to make them. If you scroll down, you'll see a few "demos" of a Web 2.0 button.
Anyways, I figured it out on GIMP (the tutorial I posted wasn't used). It was a bit tricky, but I got it to work after messing with a few settings and whatnot.
Thank you. I'm still not sure I really know what Web 2.0 means - but at least now I know how to make shiny buttons. Now I'm just wondering where I can use them...
Anywhere you like, you're the designer .
As for the Web 2.0 term, it's simply a technical term that was used to define "a new and improved internet". Basically, it was slang that caught on and a trend bandwagon that a lot - and I mean a lot of designers jumped onto because it was "innovative and cool" and pretty soon instead of the 90's heavily animated websites, we have high-glossy webpages, hard-to-read text, eye-popping 3D effects and Flash animations that give people headaches lol. Don't get me wrong, there are some really nice looking websites out there using the "Web 2.0" concept, but they're done properly.
In my opinion, it's much like the fashion world. Certain people tote about certain fashions and everyone flocks to it like it's the end all and be all of the fashion world and before you know it, everyone looks the same. That's what Web 2.0 is.
@netgrubber - thank you for the enlightenment. I'm now reassured that I'm not missing anything important. (: I like usability/accessibility in my sites, so most of that stuff I'm just not interested in. (I understand your point that it can be done well.)
As to where I can use the shiny buttons, that was really a question to myself. I can't think of a site of mine that they'd fit in with at the moment. I wonder if my husband would like a makeover for one of his...? :lol:
Lol, that's too funny and if he doesn't want it, you just reply "Oh, suck it up princess, you're getting a makeover!"
If you don't want to do it w/ CSS3 (b/c of the lack of support), you can do it with a simple gradient.
I don't know how it works in GIMP, but I imagine that they would have a feature similar to Photoshop. In Photoshop, I'd just create more "color stops" (which is...exactly what D_P was doing in his post, just w/ CSS) in the respective colors that you want. Questions?
No, not in the slightest. I've heard the phrase bandied about, but different people seem to mean different things by it, and some folk that use it don't seem to know what they mean by it. netgrubber's explanation is the best I've come across.[/ot]
Alright :shifty: It's kind of an abstract thing. (In practice, it seems sort of ugly to me :/ )
"Web 2.0" doesn't exist, which is why nobody knows what it means. It's a vacuum buzzword without meaning.
Good grief - in that case I was right all along and didn't even realise it. :rolleyes: I always felt it had no meaning, but I assumed I was just missing something. Thanks, @kohoutek :lol:
I aim to please.
Seriously though, it's quite frustrating. I can say that in almost every second client correspondence, I get something like, "Can you make that a Web 2.0 design, please?". When I ask them what they mean by that then...well, the answers and descriptions could fill a lexicon of their own.
So a couple of you just reiterated what I said about Web 2.0 in different wording to share the credit for what I already stated? Lol, just kidding, though I would have to disagree about it not existing because it certainly does exist as a concept and concepts have feelings too lol.
Anyways, in case some didn't notice, I did figure my OP question out. I just had to mess with GIMP a bit to deliver the effects I was seeking. I ended up with some great looking buttons.
What concept would that be?
In a nutshell, the concept is that of a more fluid, cross-browser compatible, stable web design with high visual appeal (typically this falls into the high-sheen look) and dynamic interactivity (typically in the form of client or server based scripting). Hence the version number of Web. It's the same exact concept as application development. If I had a version of software that was 1.0, and another was released under 2.0, which version would you think would be more 'up-to-date' and stable? Software 2.0 of course.
I'm sorry, but as a professional web designer, I would never look at my potential clients that asked for a "Web 2.0 design" and respond with "What do you mean by that?" with an explanation about how it doesn't exist simply because one, I would immediately know they're most likely thinking of the high, glossy / sheen look with cross-browser compatibility and navigational access with a fluid layout and a higher degree of client-based interactivity. At least that's the generalization they would have in mind. I may not know how they wish to achieve that but that's why I'd be asking "How would you like that done?" Rather than telling them, "Web 2.0 doesn't exist.." because it certainly does exist as a concept. Countless articles and books have been written about it and by my saying "it doesn't exist..." only makes me lose credibility as a professional web designer.
I agree that definition of "what" it is varies as much as there are stones in a river and that it's simply jargon that created a bandwagon for people to jump onto, but that doesn't make it any less existent or relevant.
Firstly, you're comparing a software's version with a trendy buzzword? I find that logic to be flawed.
Secondly, of course I'll ask potential clients what EXACTLY they mean because that's my job. If I start to "assume" what clients mean without being concise, then I'm doing something wrongly. But then again, I might not be a professional designer after all.
Accessibility and usability as well as cross-browser compatibility have absolutely zero to do with Web 2.0.
Web 2.0 de facto doesn't exist. It's a marketing term, nothing more.
You say it does exist and that there's even a concept. That's fine. I could not disagree more and we'll leave it at that.
I mean, you could have anything be a concept. I'm a big fan of Shalton-style web design, myself. I enjoy the crisp, clean feel and the beautiful layout. That coupled with the responsive web design, best coding practices, and quick load times all make it the best web design concept. To me, there's not comparison.


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Asia Vaccine initiative is a market segment focused action plan by Process Solutions/ Merck Millipore, a division of Merck headquartered at Germany. Merck Millipore has been investing on technology, tools and services for vaccine development and manufacturing for more than a decade.
Dr Priyabrata Pattnaik is driving the initiatives and strategies for Asia market for vaccine programs, supporting R&D and integrating solutions for vaccine manufacturing through innovative technologies and processes. In an interview with BioSpectrum, Dr Pattnaik talks about how Asia is evolving as a center of new vaccines development, integrating new technologies to improve the process and the challenges involved in the region.
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[QUOTE=robrph;1180611NICE!!!! Would you share a larger photo on how its attached to the quad. Thank you.
here is a pic of just frame during construction
Thanks for the ideas, couple of questions, I thought about the hitch rack angle too but was wondering if you ever have any issues in covering the bottom of the wingers in mud. I certainly like the vertical wingers for the sake of not hanging them up on trees and the stability of the bottom rest with the top support, and I really like the additional storage for hides etc. as well as the utility of being able to take it off quickly for the utility. I am considering adding a back rack (haven't decided on flat or drop) but really trying to figure out the best way to haul wingers. I'd really like to see a larger pic of the rack if you get a chance.
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Purpledawg its a 2 inch receiver hitch. Just pull the pin to remove rack.
Rob de Veer
Marsh Mule the wingers don't get muddy but the holding blind tubes will catch mud coming off tires.
Rob de Veer
I use a side x side with a treestand rack on the back for the wingers. Ducks in 5 gallon buckets in the cargo area.
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Lonnie, how do those work out for you, do you have to strap them around the ends?
Bill, here you go...http://www.basspro.com/ATV-Treestand...product/49301/
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Been using a tree stand carrier ( http://www.powersportparts.net/Profe..._p/4468123.htm ) to transport 4 wingers - installed easily, no problems with it after using it for almost a year, the wingers sit high enough to avoid the mud being slung by the tires, and they are held securely while trailering the ATV.
OK thanks, but on a side by side where do you attach it? On the ROPS right behind seats?


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Apparently you feel that you do know all the details which is why I asked you.
So tell us how do you KNOW that Isreal acted without consulting or informing the White House?
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WASHINGTON | Sun May 5, 2013 7:45pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States was not given any warning before air strikes in Syria against what Western and Israeli officials say were weapons headed for Hezbollah militants, a U.S. intelligence official said on Sunday.
Without confirming that Israel was behind the attacks, the intelligence official said that the United States was essentially told of the air raids "after the fact" and was notified as the bombs went off.
Israeli jets bombed Syria on Sunday for the second time in 48 hours. Israel does not confirm such missions explicitly - a policy it says is intended to avoid provoking reprisals. But an Israeli official acknowledged that the strikes were carried out by its forces.
"It would not be unusual for them to take aggressive steps when there was some chance that some sophisticated weapons system would fall into the hands of people like Hezbollah," the U.S. intelligence official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
While the air raids raised fears that America's main ally in the Middle East could be sucked into the Syrian conflict, Israel typically does not feel it has to ask for a green light from Washington for such attacks.
Officials have indicated in the past that Israel sees a need only to inform the United States once such a mission is under way.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday that Israel has the right to guard against the transfer of advanced weapons to Hezbollah, an ally of both Syria and Iran.
Rather than an attempt to tip the scales against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Israel's action is seen more as part of its own conflict with Iran, which it fears is sending missiles to Hezbollah in Lebanon through Syria. Those missiles might hit Tel Aviv if Israel makes good on threats to attack Tehran's nuclear program.
Another Western intelligence source told Reuters the latest attack, like the previous one, was directed against stores of Fateh-110 missiles in transit from Iran to Hezbollah.
People were woken in the Syrian capital by explosions that shook the ground like an earthquake and sent pillars of flames high into the night sky. Syrian state television said bombing at a military research facility at Jamraya and two other sites caused "many civilian casualties and widespread damage," but it gave no details. The Jamraya compound was also a target for Israel on January 30.
The U.S. intelligence official said additional strikes in the future could not be ruled out.
"Any sophisticated weaponry that finds its way there (Syria)that looks to be destined to fall in the hands of bad actors, I think there is a likelihood that those could be targets as well," the second official said.
Obama has repeatedly shied away from deep U.S. involvement in the Syrian conflict, which erupted in 2011 and has killed an estimated 70,000 people and created more than 1.2 million refugees.
Hours after the Israeli attacks, several U.S. lawmakers voiced concern over the mounting uncertainty in the Middle East.
Influential Republican lawmaker John McCain said Israel's air strikes on Syria could add pressure on the Obama administration to intervene, but the U.S. government faces tough questions on how it can help without adding to the conflict.
"We need to have a game-changing action, and that is no American boots on the ground, establish a safe zone and to protect it and to supply weapons to the right people in Syria who are fighting, obviously, for the things we believe," McCain said on "Fox News Sunday."
"Every day that goes by, Hezbollah increases their influence and the radical jihadists flow into Syria and the situation becomes more and more tenuous," he said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said last week that Washington was rethinking its opposition to arming the Syrian rebels. He cautioned that giving weapons to the forces fighting Assad was only one option, which carried the risk of arms finding their way into the hands of anti-American extremists among the insurgents.
The United States has said it has "varying degrees of confidence" that chemical weapons have been used in Syria on a limited scale, but is seeking more evidence to determine who used them, how they were used and when.
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I believe that Israel acted because arms from Iran were moved close to their northern border. I don't think Israel hems and haws when their country's safety is in jeopardy. Whether Israel informed Obama or not is of no consequence. They might have, but they didn't have to advise the US. Obama's disappearing red line has told the world his word is questionable. I doubt if Israel thought the US had their back. Remember Bengazi.
As for GW's two wars. I guess the twin towers, the field in PA and the pentagon happened a long time ago therefore it should be forgotten. What's the point anyways. You may not like GW but how many terrorist attacks happened on US soil while he was President. Thats right he took the war to them, not sit back and lob a couple cruise missiles and call it a day like, can't keep his pants up Clinton, did.
If Clinton had acted while he was in office in a swift, unmistakable way and removed the head of the fools when they attacked the Cole, or the embassies in Africa or a number of other incidences GW would not have had to come out shooting. Instead Clintons foreign policy was a shambles because he failed to keep his pants up. This gave the world the opinion he was only acting to shift the focus off his personal problems.
Is is obvious a certain amount of Americans no longer have the stomach to protect their freedom. Surprise, freedom is not cheap and sometimes it cost lives. That Sir is the price of freedom. The price our hero's willing face everyday so arm chair quarterbacks can sit in the comfort of their house and make statements like you did.
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"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
If you were Israeli, how much could you take?
We killed the dictator and many other bad guys while we were there. We may have gotten bad intelligence... But, that's a good reason to not cut funds from defense. (Like our current regime wants to do at every turn). Instead of cutting back on our intel... We should ramp it up... Same with defense. Hell we can't even stop a few college dropouts or protesters upset by videos...
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