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Was able to take a break while out on a business trip to Seattle this past weekend. Got to run around the other side of the sound in beautiful Bainbridge Island and surrounding areas from mouth of Hood Canal to Point no Point down toward Kingston getting into a pod of silvers here and there.
The sound is a zone between the coastal coho spots and straits I fished most over the years and the quiet steelhead rivers at higher elevations closer to the mountain peaks. Frankly I hadn't done a lot of fishing in the sound from shore and the sights and sensations were fantastic.
I hadn't forgotten how beautiful this dimension of the pacific northwest was (the sound) but it was a welcome reminder to wade around the shoreline with evergreens growing right to the edges of saltwater and bleached driftwood logs a hundred feet log laying across agate laced gravel as clean as a mountain riverbed.
The bright silver salmon would explode from the surface often enough to keep your interest going even mid-day. When hooked they would go airborne repeatedly and when landed the chrome bright contrast with their deep bluegreen backs could only be topped by the brilliant red hue of the meat of the two we kept for the grill over the weekend.
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Special thanks to moderator Andre who showed me a new dimension of my former home state!
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What was that one SW toy that you always wanted when you was younger but could never get or have. I know for me, it was the Falcon. I wanted that ship so bad that I had it for my birthday and christmas lists for the longest. My parents never got it for me, but after it was rereleased it was the first toy that I got!
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There are two projects upon which I have embarked, both driven by my increasing discomfort with the modern computer experience.
Project the First: A desktop environment implemented entirely in Java
People give me strange looks when I talk about this project, but I am very excited about the prospects. For the last year or so I have been using Mac OS X, switching between its native interface and a full-screen X11/GNOME session hosted on my Linux box. (Switching between the two is a matter of a single keystroke). Prior to that I used Linux exclusively.
What strikes about these two systems is not their differences, but their similarities. Mac users and GNOME users (and Windows users) behave in ways which are grossly unsafe with regards to their files and data. We tend to just download and run programs from random places on the Internet, although at least with Linux the distributors exercise some editorial influence. These programs that we download and run are usually native programs. They have access to all the computer's facilities including the screen and keyboard and mouse, the audio output and input, the printer, the network, and the modem. Any of these programs can enumerate, access, and change any of the user's files. They can be trojans or viruses. And the worst feature of these systems is that the user is given woefully insufficient tools for finding out what the applications do.
My new system seeks to address this. The Java language was chosen for its structured method of limiting the actions of a program. Untrusted code can be forbidden to access files or the network or executing native code. It is perfectly safe to download and run any Java code, so long as the SecurityManager is correctly configured to limit that code's actions. Java's security policy framework is the basis of my new system.
This new system (which needs badly to be named) presents a new way of interacting with programs or applications or whatever you care to call them. Suppose you download a new music player, similar to iTunes. When the application is loaded it will lack any kind of file system or network capability. A file inside the archive will describe the kinds of capabilities the program's author feels are needed. For an example music player, access to the audio output will be necessary, access to a CD reader or writer may be optional, and the program might be expected to make network connections to musicbrainz.org, freedb.org, and last.fm. Before the application is even loaded, the system, using a full-screen input-capturing user interface, will ask the user to grant these capabilities. If everything seems to be in order, the user can confirm and the application will be loaded with the appropriate capabilities.
The nice thing about Java is that the security framework ensures that the application doesn't perform any hanky panky. You might have granted the ability to connect to musicbrainz.org on port 80, but if the application starts making connections to nsa.gov, or listening for connections on port 31337, or sending mail, then 1) these things will not work, and 2) the user can be alerted. The application can be killed if necessary and safely removed.
This system requires a file manager, because by default the applications are loaded only with the ability to read and write files in a private subdirectory which supports only that application. For an application to gain access to any of the user's files, the user must actually drag and drop that file to the appplication. In the example of the music player, the user might drag an entire folder, ~/Music, giving the application the ability to enumerate and read the files therein contained. But if the user chooses to not do this, then the application has no ability to spy on, steal, or alter the user's files and private data. Even if the user gives the music player the full ability to read, write, create, and delete files and folders under ~/Music, they can still be sure that the program won't intentionally or accidentally delete their email.
I only started this project one month ago, but already some of the issues to be tackled have become clear. The first and probably worst is my own ignorance of Java internals. A benefit of this system is supposedly that bugs in the native JPEG library won't cause buffer overflows like they can and commonly do on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. But it's not entirely clear to me when and how Java might be resorting to native code behind my back. Is the entirety of the JDK pure Java? Can I be sure that Java is never using JNI to access something like libjpeg or libfreetype? If I restrict native code, what parts of Java will I break?
Another problem is that the Java look-and-feel libraries are universally horrible. The Windows L&F looks almost like Windows, the Mac L&F looks sort of like Mac OS, and the GTK+ L&F resembles GTK+. They are all flamboyantly buggy in ways that the user will notice, and ugly as well. I need to find a L&F which I can use which is beautiful and well-implemented and comes with the right license. Any pointers in this area would be appreciated.
Project the Second: a web forum which is not horrible
The majority of forums and blogs out there are hideously bad. They tend to connect to databases dozens of times for every page load. They run a lot of code on the host CPUs even when generating exactly the same content for the millionth time. They have a knack for being slashdotted at just the wrong moment.
Normally I would not care about this junk but because of a website which my wife has started building I have been sucked into this project. The goal of the project is to build a forum and blog-with-comments system which maintains the bulk of its data as static files on the regular Unix filesystem. As we all know Linux can spray out static web content at impressive rates, so I believe this system will be much faster than current systems like Scoop and Slash and Moveable Type, at least for a read/write ratio above a certain but as yet undetermined level.
This kind of thing seems pretty easy, and I am thinking that a site of the scale of Daily Kos could easily be supported on modest hardware. Daily Kos and Kuro5hin and other Scoop sites love to visit the database, but the need to do so is severely overestimated by the implementors. After an author writes a diary or blog entry, that diary is either not going to change or will be update so seldom that the ratio of writes to reads will be indistiguishable from zero. The same is true of comments. A busy thread on Daily Kos will be read by hundreds of thousands of people, but will attract only a few hundred comments. There is, therefore, no reason why MySQL should be consulted on every page load.
I tried to do this same project many years ago, working from Slashcode, but for a number of reasons this is now much easier. We now have many wonderful high-quality implementations of the DOM in every practical language: Perl, Python, C, Java, and many more. We also have something on Linux that we certainly did not have in 1999: a filesystem capable of holding billions of files, with very large numbers of files in single directories. We now have Lustre, which in addition to scaling to huge sizes is also cache-coherent across nodes, allowing quite advanced multi-reader/multi-writer behavior even when you have a rack full of machines handling the HTTP requests.
In other words, I'm quite excited about this project and optimistic about the prospect for success.


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I just figured my cost in for a flight and rental car, convention tickets, etc.
It's about $500 because I have a friend who lives in Vegas and that'll give me a free place to stay right near the strip and all the action.
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Want a taste of Peru, Argentina & Brazil? This is it! Follow Incan footsteps in Machu Picchu & check out the jungle action in the Amazon. Dive into BA's cool vibes, before visiting the fabulous home of Carnival, Rio.
Duration: 18 Days
Accommodation: Budget%
Guide (Language): english
Start City: Cusco, Peru
Guaranteed Departure: No
Physical Demand: Easy
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Trip ID: 161158
End City: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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|Your Guide: English speaking
|Tour code: 161158
|Starts: Cusco, Peru
|Finishes: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hola! Welcome to Cusco. Once the heart of the Inca Empire, it's now the modern-day starting point for visits to Peru's most famous site, Machu Picchu. With huge numbers of travellers flocking to the site every year, it's led to the development of loads of awesome attractions, so there's plenty of cool ways to spend your time. First up we'll help you get your bearings on a walking tour of the city including a visit to the neighborhood of San Blas, and a stop on Calle Hatunrumiyoc, not far from Plaza de Armas. It is a narrow pedestrian street, famous for its Inca walls where huge stones are precisely carved to fit together without mud or concrete. Hatunrumiyoc is a great place to have a closer look at the engineering skills of the Incas. The 12 sided stone, and the wall it is found on, is a perfect example of the stonework that was reserved for the 'elite' of Incan society who lived in houses of perfect stonework, cut and shaped with not a gap to be seen. The walls were so well built that the Spanish used them for the foundations of their buildings after the conquest. From here we'll head to the Koricancha or Santa Domingo Church. Originally an Inca temple devoted to the worship of the sun god, in its glory days it was covered in gold leaf with a field filled with gold statues surrounding it. The site was later converted into a Dominican church during the Spanish conquest. We'll take a guided tour so you can really get into the history as we learn about the differences in architecture and cultural beliefs. Our next stop is Cusco Cathedral. Built over a period of more than 100 years, the cathedral is a true testament to the place of the church in both the heart of the Spanish conquistadors and their desire to convert the religious beliefs of the locals to coincide with their own. It is filled with beautiful examples of the 'Cusco School' style of paintings, gold and religious icons. Take a break for lunch before visiting the famous San Pedro market. As you cruise from aisle to aisle you will be amazed by the variety of foods on offer here. From delicious jungle fruits, whole animals to 'cacao buds' (one of the new 'it' super foods) there is little that you can't find. A must-do is trying a tasty and refreshing freshly squeezed juice. If getting an adrenalin fix or getting back to nature is what you're looking for, then Cusco is perfect for getting amongst it. With a free afternoon, there are tons of options - from biking, rafting and horseback riding and best of all, your Trip Manager can arrange these for you. Or, for those wanting to explore town, simply take a stroll through the city's cobble-stone streets for a load of examples of Inca constructions and the intricately-carved, wooden colonial doors and balconies. For the shopaholics in the group, this is the perfect spot to pick up some gifts for friends and family (or for yourself), there's loads of artists selling items like woolen and alpaca goods, gorgeous jewelry to artwork. These can be purchased from low-priced market stalls to expensive boutiques that line the streets near the main square, so there's something to suit all tastes and budgets. For the foodies on tour, you are in for a treat in Cusco. Peru's cuisine is exquisite and can be tried in lots of places dotted throughout the town. If you're feeling like a taste of home, there's also a number of cosmopolitan restaurants here too, it's perfect for finding something for everyone. Tonight we'll check out the nightlife that is sure to keep you hopping into the wee hours of the night.
Say farewell to Cusco this morning as we make our way to the Sacred Valley of the ancient Incas. The Sacred Valley was the heart of the Inca's agricultural setting and an important ceremonial region, with the sacred sites of Cuzco at one end and Machu Picchu at the other and countless ceremonial sites in between. Our first stop is to one of these sites, Pisac. On our guided tour we will see two of the most important aspects of the Inca culture – terracing – a farming technique created by the Inca's and their religion. We'll take a walk before descending in the village below for a quick visit to the market. This will be great practice for those who have chosen the one-day hike to Machu Picchu tomorrow. Don't miss the town's huge wood-oven bakery! After a stop for lunch in Urubamba we'll make our way to one of the oldest continuously inhabited towns of South America – Ollantaytambo. On our way, we can see the 'salineras' or salt mines of the area from a distance. For hundreds of years these pools, constructed by the Inca's, have provided salt to the surrounding communities. We'll also make a quick stop to try the local brew "Chicha de Jora" (traditional beverage made from fermented maize) and play a traditional Peruvia game of "Sapo" (Frog) if you're up for it. We soon arrive to the town and archaeological site of the same name, Ollantaytambo, the last fully-functioning Inca town. We'll wander around the site or visit the still inhabited Inca buildings before checking into the hotel.
For those that have chosen the Inca Trail trek, well wake up this morning and take the train to KM104 to start your trek. Under the guidance of our professional Inca Trail Guide you'll climb a gentle slope and experience the wildlife and cloudforest found here. You'll pass a beautiful waterfall on your trek to Winayhuayna where we'll stop for lunch at a trekker's lodge. Explore the area if you're up for it, to get you warmed up for Machu Picchu. After lunch begin the journey to our highlight, Machu Picchu. We'll walk along the original Inca stonework path, past an altar to the Sun Gate where you'll catch your first look at this awesome site. Another 45 minutes will take us to the Guardian's House, where there's the opportunity to take photos of the site at its best. After a wander around the site and some stunning photos to show off back home, we'll take a bus back into town to meet up with the rest of the group where you can tell your stories from your day of hiking. If you haven't chosen our Inca Trail Trek today, then the morning is free to explore Sacred Valley. If you're up for it, rafting and horse-riding await you today. Or if relaxing is more your thing, visit the town's spectacular square and have a wander through the local markets. This afternoon, we'll catch a train through the lush and verdant mountains to Aguas Calientes the town at the base of the ruins. Tonight, soak up the atmosphere, wander through the market stalls, or visit the hot springs which gave the town its former name of Aguas Calientes. Later, we'll meet up with those who chose to do the one-day hike into Machu Picchu and listen to the stories of their day! The chilled atmosphere and amazing setting makes for a great place to enjoy a couple of drinks on the patio with the group.
It's an early start this morning to be among the first to enter Machu Picchu. Take advantage of the peaceful early morning quiet to grab some awesome pics from every angle as the sun rises above the mountain tops. You'll learn all about the site as we take a tour through the most important parts of the site such as the Temple of Three Windows, the ceremonial baths and the altar. Widely believed to be the country retreat for wealthy Incas, this site is as fascinating as it is stunning. After the tour, there's time to explore more of the site in your own time. For those finishing early and looking for a little exercise you can walk down to the simple but interesting Machu Picchu museum at the base of the mountain. Or, for those really feeling up for it, you could continue on to the waterfall 40 minutes outside of town or simply return to "main street" and have a drink before we return to Cusco via train then coach. Being full of knowledge about Cusco past and present, now might be time to try one of the delicacies of the Peruvian highlands, 'cuy' or crispy fried guinea pig. It's a must-try in Peru. If you are not feeling quite so adventurous, a traditional dish of trout or some of Peru's fusion cuisine that mixes traditional ingredients such as quinoa with non-traditional flavors might be a better option. Tonight is a great night to become a bona fide member of our "Illary Club" - by heading to one of the clubs and dancing until the sun rises.
Today it's your chance to totally chill. Laze around town enjoying a cappuccino while overlooking the Plaza de Armas, or you can pick it up a notch and try one of the adrenaline filled options here. Spend a half-day horseback riding through the X-zone just north of the city, white water raft down the sacred Urubamba River or do some mountain biking. Tonight, ask your Trip Manager for some tips on where to head for a meal and have a good time on your last night out in Cusco. Try a salsa lesson or go to a peña to listen to live Peruvian music and to dance the night away.
We'll catch a flight over the Andes to the city of Puerto Maldonado in Peru's southern jungle. We'll have lunch on the river as we travel upstream by a traditional Peruvian boat to our Contiki Special Stay Rainforest Lodge, where we'll try to spot toucans, macaws and capybaras along the way. Our lodge is a special experience in itself! Located in then luscious rainforest and made from wood and clay, its open walls leave you sleeping virtually amongst the rainforest! After you settle in, we'll get a different take on the jungle as we take a hike to the canopy tower. After climbing the 100ft of stairs you will be provided with a birds-eye view of the rainforest! Home to monkeys, birds, bromeliads and other jungle life, this is the ultimate way to see the jungle. After dinner you can experience something really different, heading out to look for caiman, a member of the alligator family native to the Amazon. Scan the shores with flashlights and see if you can catch the red gleam of the light as it reflects off of the caiman's eyes.
We'll wake early for best view of some the wildlife. Keep your eyes peeled as we travel further downstream to Tres Chimadas, an oxbow lake. We'll board a simple catamaran with a jungle guide to learn about the flora and fauna of the area while looking out for the prehistoric hoatzin bird, the giant river otter, or try your luck fishing for piranha. After our cruise, we'll head to the native community of Infierno, where we will visit a local fish farm to see some of the species that are native to the Peruvian Amazon. After lunch, time is yours to do what you wish. For those keen on footy (soccer), spend the afternoon playing soccer, volleyball or take a dip. There are other options for your free time too. You can take an optional kayaking trip, try a 30 metre Canopy Climb with a rope, harness and jumar (a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope. After a long day exploring, we head to Puerto Maldonado our home for the night.
Our local guide will accompany us to the airport for our flight back into Lima. The rest of the day is yours to explore and you'll have a night to relax before we start the next stage of our adventure. Tonight you can explore Miraflores, Larcomar mall or Parque Kennedy where you can grab a bite to eat, have your last Pisco Sour and practice your Spanish before switching gears and heading into the land where wine is king.
It's so long Peru, and hello to Argentina. Known as the Country of Seven Continents, the diversity of landscapes here is super cool. You'll find rainforest, plains and deltas, red sand desert, the southern Lakes District of Patagonia including Ushuaia the world's most southern city. You'll also find the Andes and Aconcagua (the western hemisphere's highest peak) let's not forget Iguassu Falls. We'll arrive in the capital city, Buenos Aires, known as South America's most cosmopolitan city and paradise for the urbanite. As a refuge for many Europeans after the Second World War, its diversity is reflected in its people, an awesome melting pot of Spanish, Italian, German, Slavic and Syrian descent.
Today we will dive into the heart of the city with a coach tour. We'll visit the city's historic center, San Telmo and the renowned neighborhoods of colourful La Boca, including Maradona's Statue at Boca Juniors stadium, Caminito and other areas such as Puerto Madero with it's trendy shops and cafes. You'll also get a an in-depth look at the history and modern-day Buenos Aires as you visit parks, pass by colonial mansions and learn about the historic figures that made the city and the country what it is today. During our tour we will also visit the neighborhoods of Recoleta, Palermo Chico and Palermo Lagos y Bosques. Buenos Aires is perfect for unleashing the culture vulture within! It is the birthplace of Tango and there is a love of music, art, dance and of course football! The Argentines also love to dine and no visit to the capital would be complete without trying their world-renowned beef and of course, their delicious red wine. To bring all of the best of the Portenos (people of Buenos Aires) together any visit to Buenos Aires wouldn't be complete without a night of Tango, on us! We'll take you to a Tango show and dinner where you'll be able to get down and learn this intense dance for yourself. At dinner you'll have the chance to taste some Argentine wine, food and of course experience an authentic tango show that originated in Buenos Aires. After the show, your Tour Manager can recommend one of the many bars, lounges or clubs for those looking to experience Buenos Aires' pumping nightlife.
We'll start day 2 with a coach tour to see the rest of the city & then you can experience BA your way. Get into the cuisine of Argentina on our culinary experience: try empanadas or the ubiquitous Argentine steak and learn to make the traditional sweet – alfajores. You might catch a football game, drink wine at a polo match or perhaps learn to play yourself, hit the shops or pay a visit to the historic Café Tortoni for a café con leche & a spot of people watching.
Today we depart Argentina to stay on the Brazilian side of Iguassu Falls. Iguassu Falls lies along the border of Argentina and Brazil, with awesome views from both sides, and you'll experience them both! From the airport in Puerto Iguazu we'll cross the border into Brazil and head to the Foz do Iguacu. You could get things started with a different perspective of the falls on an optional helicopter flight, providing you with awesome panoramic views and photo ops. Although the parks on both sides are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, there is often debate about who has the better side of the Falls. We'll leave it up to you, but it's widely believed that that the view from the Brazilian side is second to none. Take in all 275 individual waterfalls that make up the falls and get an up-close view of the Devil's Throat (the largest of the 275 falls). This evening we'll check into our hotel and enjoy the Brazilian national drink, a caipirinha.
Get ready for an awesome day at Iguassu. First up, we'll cross back into Argentina and visit their side of the falls. You could feel the spray of the falls on a speed boat ride, or if you feel like a wander, there's a short hike to the edge of the Devil's Throat. We have all day, so you can do it all if you want to. Later, we'll say farewell Argentina and it's back to Brazil for another night of wining, dining and dancing. Tonight join us for a an authentic Brazilian BBQ and chill night in Iguassu.
Hello, Rio! We head to the city for our last 2 days on tour. Home to the world's largest Carnival celebration, the famous Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, the Brazilian bikini and of course some of the world's best football (soccer) players, Rio goes off! First up, we will head to Rio's old Cathedral, one of the city's most important historical buildings before visiting the Lapa district and its 150 year-old aqueduct, the Arches of Lapa and Passeio Publico, the first public park in the city. After the orientation tour of the city, we'll check–in to our hotel with time to rest up before a night out on the town. From evening football games, to bars and clubs, Rio's nightlife will not disappoint. Just ask your Trip Manager for some cool places to head.
This morning we'll visit the Christ the Redeemer statue located atop 'Corcovado' and recently designated as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. Not only will you be amazed by the sheer size of the monument, but also by the incredible view of Rio in its entirety. Next up you may want to ascend Sugarloaf Mountain. Climb 1299ft (396m) in glass-paneled cable cars to the summit for more astounding views of the city and its beaches. The trip is broken in two and if you take a break after the first car on Morro de Acucar you might meet some of the mountain's naughtier residents, tiny monkeys who will be more than happy to steal your food. This afternoon you can visit the markets and shops throughout the city or just relax on the beach and watch the Cariocas, (residents of Rio), do what they do best, play football and practice Capoeira a martial art mixed with dance from the northeast of the country. You could also learn some tricks yourself if you're keen.
Today is yours to explore this amazing city. Try hang gliding, hang on the beach and this afternoon chill on a boat cruise around Rio's famous harbour. Tonight, end the trip as we head out for a meal & our last night out in this amazing city!
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We released the updated update stack for SUSE Linux 10.1, fixing most of the bugs present in the GA version. Run YaST Online Update to install it.
This has actually cost most of my time this week :/
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Python Diary | Good use for the Http-Accept header?Python Diary | Good use for the Http-Accept header?: "While working on a project which needs to use JSON for AJAX functions, I thought about using the Http-Accept header to return content depending on what the client asks. Most web browsers send this header, and it is usually on the lines of, I accept anything in the XML mimetypes, including HTML. Since headers can be set from jQuery and various client software, I thought... Why not take advantage of this Http-Accept header and build a Django middleware to return the content which is accepted by the client. So far, it only detects and returns JSON, and there is no caching enabled. Keep in mind that this is my very first version of this middleware, which I did test and works as expected."
View decorators | Django documentation | DjangoView decorators | Django documentation | Django: "The decorators in django.views.decorators.http can be used to restrict access to views based on the request method. These decorators will return a django.http.HttpResponseNotAllowed if the conditions are not met.
Django snippets: Accept Header MiddlewareDjango snippets: Accept Header Middleware: "Accept Header Middleware
REST APIs must be hypertext-driven » UntangledREST APIs must be hypertext-driven » Untangled: "I am getting frustrated by the number of people calling any HTTP-based interface a REST API. Today's example is the SocialSite REST API. That is RPC. It screams RPC. There is so much coupling on display that it should be given an X rating."
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Welcome to Tastypie! — Tastypie 0.9.12-alpha documentationWelcome to Tastypie! — Tastypie 0.9.12-alpha documentation: "Tastypie is an webservice API framework for Django. It provides a convenient, yet powerful and highly customizable, abstraction for creating REST-style interfaces."
django-backbone 0.2.3 : Python Package Indexdjango-backbone 0.2.3 : Python Package Index: "This app provides a Backbone.js compatible REST API for your models. It follows the Django admin pattern of extending, overriding and registering; and provides an extendable class based view for customization.
Syncing Backbone Models in Real Time Over Socket.io | FlowdockSyncing Backbone Models in Real Time Over Socket.io | Flowdock: "The New Flowdock was built from the ground up on top of Backbone.js. Since Flowdock is all about real-time messaging, our web app posts and receives messages via a Socket.io backend. To support saving messages through Socket.io instead of a REST API, we wrote a custom Backbone.sync method."
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
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Adventure Medical Kits Ultralight/Watertight .7 - 2010 Edition First Aid Kit
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Created by an emergency department doctor
Seam-sealed outer silnylon bags
Inner DryFlex waterproof liners
Designed for 1-4 people for up to 4 days
Feel more comfortable climbing, hiking, kayaking, and backpacking carrying a First Aid Kit created by an emergency department doctor and wilderness experts who participate in those same sports. The Ultralight/Watertight Series has been redesigned for 2010 and now features proprietary DryFlex bags for the ultimate in ultralight, waterproof storage. A personal kit with enough supplies for two people up to four days. Inner DryFlex waterproof liners and seam-sealed outer silnylon bags provide multiple layers of protection from the elements. Designed for one to four people on trips up to four days, this is the kit for adventures where exposure to the elements will be an issue. Weight: 8 oz. Dimensions: 6.5" x 8.5" x 2".
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Despite holding guard Austin Adams to 14 points, the Danbury Lakers fell to Cardinal Stritch, 51-29.
The Lakers fell behind 10-5 after one quarter and trailed 21-8 at halftime. With the Cardinals leading 35-22 after three, they put the game away with a 16-7 advantage in the final period.
Stritch guard Joey Cousino led all scorers with 16 points and Adams finished with 14.
The Lakers were led by freshman John Rhodes, who finished with eight points, and got seven from Zak Miller.


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Dairy Bush GigaPan - 56 - Sept 22 2010
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The urban environment is expanding at a never before seen rate. Existing natural environments within urban centres, such as forests or woodlots, are exposed to increasing anthropogenic pressures of degradation, fragmentation, biological invasion and destruction. One key to our capacity to understanding these changes will be ongoing monitoring through time. If such monitoring is democratized and publicly available then one may assume that a marginalized environment may become more valued by the human population. On the University of Guelph campus in Ontario, Canada, the "Dairy Bush" is an 8.5 ha woodlot that has been part of the city and the university campus since 1830. The sign outside the Bush reads, "The Dairy Bush is a unique and delicate example of Great Lakes St. Lawrence forest in Southern Ontario, and serves as an outdoor laboratory for University of Guelph students." Since August 2009 I have been visiting the Dairy Bush weekly to document time in this urban woodlot using GigaPan panoramic images.
This is week 56. Warmer - and raining today. 18 ̊ C while taking this panorama. Many insects observed while shooting - caterpillars on a maple, lots of mosquitoes around, and many, many snails! How many can you find?
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CHICAGO An Illinois appellate court on Monday threw former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel off the ballot for Chicago mayor because he didn't live in the city in the year before the election.
The decision cast doubt over Emanuel's candidacy just a month before the election. He had been considered the front-runner and had raised more money than any other candidate.
The court voted 2-1 to overturn a lower-court ruling that would have kept his name on the Feb. 22 ballot.
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5 reasons to be excited about the new Meso Maya slated to open downtown on Monday
Firebird Restaurant Group, which owns Meso Maya in North Dallas, as well as the El Fenix chain, plans to open a new outpost of Meso Maya and companion taqueria on Monday.
It's exciting for five reasons:
1. It's across the street from the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science.
2. Meso Maya's building is the 1938 historic landmark Luna Tortilla Factory building.
3. There will be a street-side taqueria attached on Caroline St., La Ventana. (It means "the window" — cute!)
4. It's just one block from Klyde Warren Park.
5. Chicharrones! Meso Maya's menu is very similar to the Preston Road original's, but listed under aperitivos, you'll find pork cracklings with queso poblano, brisket adobado, tomato, onions and cilantro. Crunch that!
Meso Maya, 1611 McKinney Ave., Dallas; 214-484-6555 (reservations line will go live on Monday). Open Sunday-Wednesday 11 a.m. to 10 pm., Thursday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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Gun Stocks Rise Even as Pressure from Obama Mounts
Shares of gun makers are rising Wednesday even as President Barack Obama outlined plans that could lead to sweeping changes in the gun industry.
Smith & Wesson Holding Cabela's and Sturm Ruger are up today, reversing some of the losses in the aftermath of Friday's shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that left 20 children and six adults dead.
Obama on Wednesday said all gun buyers should be subject to background checks, offering his most specific proposal after the Connecticut shooting. He also announced Vice President Joe Biden would oversee an effort to get ideas for changing gun and mental-health laws to Congress. Obama said he wants concrete ideas from Biden and his cabinet by no later than January.
Wednesday's gains aside, some analysts are preparing for a tougher road ahead for gun stocks.
Cowen analysts downgraded Smith & Wesson this morning to neutral from outperform. "The Newton tragedy increases pressure for stricter gun laws successfully opposed to date by the NRA," Cowen said in a research note to clients.
The potential bans on sales of assault rifles and magazines could hurt the industry, the firm said, which had been thriving in recent years. In a Page One story today, WSJ outlines the success gun manufacturers have enjoyed of late:
In recent years, U.S. gun manufacturers have enjoyed fast-growing sales amid an easing of various state and federal restrictions. Making guns can be very profitable, with some leading manufacturers recording operating profit margins of 20% recently, according to Rommel Dionisio, an analyst at Wedbush Securities in New York. Large retailers have been expanding their gun offerings both in-store and online.
"Obviously, public sentiment is swinging" on gun controls, though that doesn't necessarily mean President Obama can win support from a Republican-led House of Representatives on legislation banning assault guns, said Mr. Dionisio.
In the near term, the threat of tighter controls could spur sales as people rush to buy some types of guns before they can be banned. Fear of crime and greater acceptance of concealed weapons may continue to boost sales of pistols, the hottest gun-sales category, Mr. Dionisio said.
Gun sales have soared in the past year, partly because of concern that the re-election of President Obama would mean tougher controls.
But much of the growth in this industry could be stunted depending on the severity of the new regulations. That could hurt some of these stock prices, which have enjoyed much success in recent months.
Smith & Wesson shares more than doubled this year prior to Friday's shooting. Cabela's is still up 60% for the year, while Sturm Ruger is up nearly 30%.
"Channel checks suggest gun sales have picked up since Newtown, anticipating possible stricter gun regulations; and since new gun laws, if any, are unlikely to be enacted until spring," Cowen says.
That said, there's potential for "overheated demand with downside risk," the firm adds.
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Could it actually be true that when we think the Fed govt is wasteful, we are right? Seems so according to the new GAO report. Fixing this could actually mean that we could save a bunch of $ & get MORE results from LESS spent.
Could it be true that our Congresspeople just keep making more laws & agencies without knowing what existing programs already are supposed to do? Seems so.I do wonder about the massive health care bill ... since it is so complex that hardly any legislator understands it, how many amendments will be made to "fix" things that are already provided for in the bill (but legislators don't realize are there), thus adding more duplication and waste? There seems reasonable evidence that this could be very likely.As members of Congress fight over what to cut in the current federal budget to avert a government shutdown, lawmakers are about to receive a blockbuster report that could provide a roadmap to potentially hundreds of billions of dollars in waste. The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) is poised to release a report Tuesday that one senator said "will make us all look like jackasses." [Surprise, surprise!]
"Go study that (report). It will show why we're $14 trillion in debt," said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. "Anybody that says we don't look like fools up here hasn't read the report."
The report, a summary of which was obtained by Fox News, was mandated by Congress the last time it raised the debt limit in January 2010. In its analysis of federal agencies, the GAO found 33 areas with "overlap and fragmentation."
"Reducing or eliminating duplication, overlap, or fragmentation could potentially save billions of taxpayer dollars annually and help agencies provide more efficient and effective services," the report says. In one example, the report found that if the Defense Department were to make "broader restructuring" of its "military health care system" it "could result in annual savings of up to $460 million."
Even more scathing is the duplication investigators found in the nation's biodefense efforts, with the report essentially saying that the billions of dollars spent annually is the responsibility of no one individual and that there is no plan for post-attack coordination, this on the heels of a 2010 federal commission finding that gave the U.S. a "failing grade" in its prevention measures.
"There are now more than two dozen presidentially appointed individuals with some responsibility for biodefense. In addition, numerous federal agencies, encompassing much of the federal government, have some mission responsibilities for supporting biodefense activities. However, there is no individual or entity with responsibility, authority, and accountability for overseeing the entire biodefense enterprise," the report finds.
"There is no national plan to coordinate federal, state, and local efforts following a bioterror attack, and the United States lacks the technical and operational capabilities required for an adequate response," the report goes on. "Neither the Office of Management and Budget nor the federal agencies account for biodefense spending across the entire federal government." As a result, the federal government does not know how much is being spent on this critical national security priority."
The report touches agencies and programs across the federal government, from the Transportation Security Agency to homeless programs and domestic food assistance, and what emerges is a kind of bureaucratic morass where sometimes enough is not even known about federal programs to provide an accurate evaluation.
"We don't know what we're doing," Coburn chastised.
The Defense Department takes a number of hits in the report. The GAO found many instances of duplication in the sprawling agency. The use of "urgent need" funds have been expanded, GAO found, with "multiple places for a warfighter to submit" such requests. GAO found that the Pentagon has "no tracking mechanism" for these funds, resulting in an estimated $77 billion in overlap since 2005.
An analysis of 18 different programs across three federal agencies that deal with domestic food assistance found that though multiple programs can ensure the needy have access to food, "administrative costs increase significantly," with GAO estimating a $62.5 billion expense to the government from overlap and duplication. Better coordination of hazardous material assessments between TSA and the Department of Transportation could save the government more than $1 million.
[Seems like "fixing" just these two would give the Congress OVER $100 billion in savings! And NOBODY has to "sacrifice" anything ... except maybe the Federal workers who provide these services that are a duplication of what some other workers are already providing.]
"Congress is often to blame," the report reads in bold type for emphasis, as the report details $2.9 billion in overlap in 20 homeless programs spread throughout seven different agencies. "Fragmentation and overlap in some of these programs may be due in part to their legislative creation as separate programs under the jurisdiction of several agencies," the report finds.
"Little is known about the effectiveness of most (federal job training and employment) programs," GAO says, resulting in a possible $18 billion in savings. The report says there are 47 programs offered currently, but 44 of those "overlap with at least one other program."
Congress asked GAO to look specifically at "federal programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives with duplicative goals and activities, to estimate the cost of such duplication, and to make recommendations to Congress for consolidation and elimination of such duplication."
There are many other examples of potential waste found across the yawning federal bureaucracy, with GAO concluding, "Considering the amount of program dollars involved in the issues we have identified, even limited adjustments could result in significant savings."
Perhaps members looking to find billions in savings will not have as tough a job finding the money as they thought.
Well, yeah, this does come from FOX News, but the GAO report should speak for itself when it is readily available to everyone.


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The debate still continues - Where is India lacking on the regulatory front?
India's growing ability to innovate and provide efficient and cost-effective solutions to various bioscience problems plaguing the nation and the world, has contributed to the success and resilience of the Indian life science sector, especially in the manufacturing and service segments.
In spite of heavy odds of juggling between doing innovative R&D and delivering affordability and admist scarce monetary resources and stiff competition among domestic players, the last decade witnessed a spectacular growth of 24.18 percent in the life science sector.
While the Indian bioscience sector needs to build on its current manufacturing and service strengths, it is ineveitable that the cost advantage offered by the country will not last long. Thus, it is time for India to take a deep plunge into the realm of innovation by strenghtheing its R&D initiatives and processes. However, this is easier said than done as, in doing so, several challenges need to be overcome, including weak regulatory mechanisms; infirm policy structures for technology transfer between public institutions and private firms; and lack of a science-led, transparent, evidence-based regulatory system, among others.
Professor MS Swaminathan, a member of parliament of India's policy making body, the Rajya Sabha; and emeritus chairman, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India, thinks that an autonomous and professional regulatory system will help India solve all its policy realted problems.
According to Dr S Natesh, former adviser, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, a re-evaluation of the policy interventions that are needed to make the Indian biotech sector more vibrant over the next five-to-seven years has now become necessary. He says, "The biotechnology sector calls for a long-term, integrated perspective with predictable and transparent fiscal, regulatory and policy support as it involves several stakeholders for consistent success. "
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lack of a science-led, transparent, evidence-based regulatory system, among others.is the major reason.However,Importance to training by which the expectations can be made clear, Zero tolerance to data integrity issues and effective whistle blower system can help to improve compliance in Indian Pharma.
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Saturday, May 26, 2012,
Dread Risk: Terrorism & Bicycle Accidents
Peter Ayton
City University London, United Kingdom
Gigerenzer (2004) claimed that dread evoked by the September 11, 2001 attacks prompted switching from flying to driving, producing additional road accidents causing 1,500 fatalities. We consider these disputed findings in light of our analyses of the effects of the 2005 London public transport attacks on bicycling and bicycling casualties.
Peter Ayton in the news: Reuters (Dec 19, 2011).
Read the APS Daily Observation on Peter Ayton.
Peter Ayton in The Faces and Minds of Psychological Science
The More Who Die, the Less We Care: Psychic Numbing and Genocide
Paul Slovic
University of Oregon
The statistics of genocide and other mass atrocities fail to spark emotion or feeling and thus fail to motivate action. Recognizing that we cannot trust our intuitive moral feelings to motivate proper action against genocide, we must look to, and strengthen, moral argument and international law.
Paul Slovic in the news: The New York Times (Feb 26, 2012).
Complex Risky Choice and Emotions
John W. Payne
Duke University
Research will be reviewed that explores both the direct effects (e.g., sensitivity to losses) and the indirect effects (e.g., the moods of happiness versus sadness) of emotions on risky choice. Choices between complex gambles with multiple outcomes, and the possibilities of both gains and losses is emphasized. The research includes measures of choice, response times, fMRI, and eye-tracking.
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Dear Alibi,
We all began as piss drinkers and piss bathers in our mother's womb. The womb's amniotic fluid surrounding the baby is largely the baby's piss.
For 9,000 years in Mexico, 5,000 years in India, 3,000 years in Egypt, 700 years in Japan, millions, including Gandhi, have drunk their urine for health. Hippocrates, the founder of Western medicine, advocated urine therapy.
Our piss is filtered blood. As the blood circulates, the liver removes many poisons which are cast off in our shit and the now cleaner blood then goes to the kidneys. The kidneys balance the good elements and remove any surplus not needed at the moment, like leftovers from a meal.
The leaves fallen from a tree are not waste, not poison to the tree. Trees grow best when they feed on fallen leaves. Nature constantly recycles. Urine is not waste, not poison to our body.
Our piss is unique, like our fingerprint and personality. No other person's piss in the world has exactly the same ingredients. Our urine tells the condition of our whole body. When we drink it and apply it to our skin, it becomes nature's vaccination to direct and stimulate our immune system for healing.
Laboratory research daily seeks to isolate specific element from urine in order to create new drugs for patent and profit. Drug companies have sold billions of dollars of drugs made from urine's ingredients—drugs to treat cancer, infertility, heart disease ...
Just as eating whole raw plant foods is far better than taking extracted vitamins and minerals, consuming our own whole urine is far better than taking extracted ingredients from urine as drugs.
Our urine is our golden fountain of life—our unique perfect living medicine containing hundreds of vitamins, minerals, hormones, amino acids, enzymes. It is free, abundant and can not be controlled by the FDA.
Drinking piss and massaging the body with piss have helped or healed multiple sclerosis, cancer, diabetes, hepatitis, constipation, rheumatoid arthritis, male impotency, allergies, herpes, hyperactivity, tuberculosis, skin diseases, obesity, burns, prostate disorders, heart problems, depression, schizophrenia—almost all physical and emotional illnesses. It is a powerful natural tranquilizer and the best medicine for kidney problems.
Usually more sterile than distilled water, urine is great for open wounds. The Native Americans of the Northwest Territories used urine for daily skin care, washing themselves all over with their urine each morning.
For best results, consume no booze, no meat, no dairy, no cooked food, no junk food, no coffee, no cigarettes, no table salt, no drugs of any kind. All people who take pharmacy or illegal drugs should start off with just a few drops of piss by mouth or use piss for massage and compresses in order to avoid problems from drug residue in their piss.
The more urine we drink, the more intensely our body detoxifies and the faster we heal. The healthier we are and the healthier we eat, the better our urine tastes!
I strongly recommend—The Golden Fountain: The Complete Guide to Urine Therapy by Coen van der Kroon of the Netherlands, The Water of Life: A Treatise on Urine Therapy by John W. Armstrong of England, Urine Therapy—Nature's Elixir for Good Health by Flora Peschek-Bohmer Ph.D. and Gesila Schreiber of Germany, Your Own Perfect Medicine by Martha M. Christy of the U.S.A.
I eat only raw plant foods. I have drunk my piss—one to five cups every day—since Nov. 10, 1999. I wash my body and hair with piss. Almost 65, and I am in better health than I was at 21.
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Dear Alibi ,
Albuquerque City Councilors will be considering recommendations from a task force it created earlier this summer to study digital signs—those signs that change messages every eight seconds or so. I suspect many Albuquerque citizens have an opinion about these signs—good, bad or ugly. Would you like to see more, fewer or the same number in the future? Many communities around the country ban digital signs—should Albuquerque? This is the time to let your City Councilors know how you feel. Come to the meeting on Oct. 18 or call/e-mail them. You can bet they have heard from representatives of the sign industry.
Lora Lucero
News Editor Marisa Demarco adds: All Council meetings are held in the Vincent E. Griego Council Chambers, which are on the basement level of City Hall. The building's address is One Civic Plaza. Meetings begin at 5 p.m., and they are all open to the public.
Scrap Bad Food Regulation
Dear Alibi,
[Re: News, "Council Watch," Oct. 7-13] It's absurd and tyrannical for the government to forbid us from sharing food we prepare in our own homes with the community. The policy serves to dissuade individuals from direct action against hunger and greed. It gives the city a pretext to extend their general harassment of homeless folks to those who feed them, which they are doing.
Smaller groups simply cannot afford the facilities required to comply with the restaurant code. No amount of police repression or pages of laws will ever put more money into our pockets. If city officials want these organizations to get up to standard, they should tax the rich and supply us with what we need.
But I question even the legitimacy of the health code in the first place. Folks eat meals cooked in their own homes all the time without dying. Potlucks legally make such food available to the public on a regular basis. I can see the reason for monitoring commercial ventures, because the profit motive compels to cut corners whatever they can get away with it. We operate with a different purpose and gain nothing from handing out dangerous food.
The city's restrictions on food sharing compromise individual freedom and deny nutrition to hungry people while offering only a questionable benefit to public safety in return. They should be scrapped immediately.
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Cops and social scientists (some are both) have been wrestling with this issue for years [News, "Is There a Silver Bullet?" Oct. 7-13]. Like gun control, the facts and opinions are all over the map. Is it primarily a hardware problem solved with more less lethal options? More tasers and chem sprays? Maybe six-shot revolvers were better for everybody than 16-shot automatics for standard issue? Is it primarily a software problem solved with more realistic training? Standing on a firing line in broad daylight shooting at a stationary target (the how) is not as good as force-on-force role playing scenarios (the when and why)? If most of your training hands you a hammer, most of your problems will look like nails. If the economy and community are going down the tubes, are all those fixes doomed to go down with them until they improve again?
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THE FLORIDA BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS held its annual staff awards luncheon in Tallahassee April 7. Board members presented staff with merit and longevity awards, and Ellen "Lou" Walker was recognized as the recipient of the 2011 Brandi Cawthon Alvarado Award for exemplifying the ideals and high standards of the Board of Bar Examiners. "We all serve a common purpose: to safeguard our judicial system," said Board Chair Jerry Gewirtz in his closing remarks to staff members. "We're proud to be a part of such a tremendous organization."
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By Gene Phelps and Brandon Speck/NEMS Daily Journal
JACKSON – Biggersville could have ended its 61-55 MHSAA Class 1A semifinal win against South champion West Lincoln a little earlier. But the Lions made only 3 of 12 shots from the free throw line in the final 62 seconds.
They also missed their only two shots in the span. Biggersville coach Cliff Little isn't overly concerned about it with Coldwater coming up again in the championship game.
"We've iced games on free throw line," Little said. "We don't talk about that a lot. Even pros sometimes don't make them. But we've made them all year and I'm very confident that we will next time."
Amite County, a 71-59 loser to New Site in Friday's Class 2A state tournament semifinals, had two freshmen and an eighth grader in its starting lineup.
"I can't be mad; I'm tickled to death with the way we played," coach Marcus Flippin said.
One of the rookies, BreAshlee Jones, led the team with 19 points. Another one, center Destiny Williams, scored 13 points and recorded 10 rebounds.
"I fully expect to have to play them and deal with them for years to come," New Site coach Byron Sparks said.
Hinds AHS coach Bruce Baker made sure Ashland's leading scorer, Alontra Tucker, wasn't going to beat him in Friday's 1A semifinals game.
Baker used a box-and-one on Tucker, who was averaging 25 points, 13 rebounds, five assists and seven steals per game.
Hinds, with Croatia Williams guarding, held her to seven points and three of those came late.
"We knew she was their scorer and carried their team," Baker said.
"We denied her the ball and made her work for everything she got."
H.W. Byers could win its fifth state championship in six years next week with its leading scorer sidelined.
Senior 5-foot-11 guard Madison McCreless, who has averaged a team-high 16 points per game, suffered a foot injury in the North Mississippi tournament.
She was dressed out but didn't play in Friday's semifinals win against Bogue Chitto.
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MADISON, Wis. - Dryhootch Madison, a coffee house and resource center for veterans, opened about 10 months ago on Madison's far west side and "re-opened" Thursday to help give the community a better idea of what they're all about.
Organizers call Dryhootch a movement to help veterans reconnect with the community. Its mission is to act as an ally for vets having a tough time transitioning back to civilian life.
Offering vets the use of meeting rooms and a multimedia center, Dryhootch organizers are hoping that their blend of coffee and camaraderie will be the perfect combination for Madison-area vets.
Dryhootch Madison is seeking donations to keep the coffee shop open so veterans can get the help they need, from support groups to cope with post-traumatic stress disorder and resources to help with homelessness.
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|William J. Crins
Plants annual or perennial; sometimes shortly rhizomatous,
cespitose or occasionally the culms solitary. Culms 5-110 cm,
erect or decumbent, occasionally cormlike at the base; nodes glabrous. Leaves inserted
mostly on the lower 1/2 of the culms; sheaths open; auricles absent; ligules 0.6-6.5
mm, truncate to acute, membranous, dorsally puberulent or glabrous,
entire to lacerate; blades 0.7-12 mm wide, flat or involute,
glabrous or scabrous, those of the uppermost leaves sometimes short
or absent. Inflorescences terminal panicles, spikelike, capitate
to cylindrical; branches usually less than 5 mm, lower branches
sometimes to 2 cm; disarticulation below the glumes. Spikelets 1.8-7
mm, pedicellate, strongly laterally compressed, with 1 floret; rachilla
prolongations absent. Glumes equaling or exceeding the florets,
membranous or coriaceous, free or connate basally to more than 1/2
their length, 3-veined, keeled, keels ciliate, at least basally, apices
obtuse to acute or shortly awned; calluses blunt, glabrous; lemmas membranous,
margins often connate basally to 1/2 their length, keeled, indistinctly
3-5-veined, apices truncate to acute, awned dorsally, awns arising
from just above the base to about midpoint, geniculate or straight; paleas absent
or greatly reduced; lodicules absent; anthers 3, 0.3-4.1
mm; ovaries glabrous; styles fused, with 2 branches. Caryopses glabrous; hila short. x =
7. Name from the Greek alopex, fox, and oura, tail, referring
to the cylindrical panicles.
Alopecurus is a genus of 36 species that grow primarily in open, mesic habitats, native to the northern temperate zone and South America. Four species are native to the Flora region, four were introduced and have become established, and two were introduced and are not known to persist. Some species, including some native to the Flora region, were introduced as pasture grasses outside of their native ranges. Of these, only A. pratensis has become widely naturalized.
Some species of Alopecurus can appear similar to Phleum, which has truncate glumes that are abruptly awned or mucronate, lemmas without awns and keels, and well-developed paleas; Alopecurus has glumes that are obtuse to acute and gradually awned or unawned, lemmas with both awns and keels, and paleas that are absent or greatly reduced.
Glume keels winged, ciliate near the base, the glumes glabrous or the veins pubescent (2)
Glume keels without wings, ciliate, the glumes sparsely to densely pubescent elsewhere (3)
Glumes 4.5-7.5 mm long, connate to 1/2 of their length, the apices acute, convergent to parallel; lemma apices acute ..... 9. A. myosuroides
Glumes 3-4.5 mm long, connate for more than 1/2 of their length, the apices obtuse, mucronate, divergent; lemma apices truncate ..... 10. A. creticus
Plants annual, without rhizomes, not rooting at the lower nodes; blades 1-16 cm long, 0.9-4 mm wide; culms 5-50 cm tall (4)
Plants perennial, often rhizomatous, sometimes rooting at the lower nodes; blades 2-40 cm long, 1-12 mm wide; culms 5-110 cm tall (6)
Glumes 5-6.4 mm long, coriaceous and dilated in the lower 1/2; glume and lemma apices acute to acuminate; anthers about 3 mm long ..... 6. A. rendlei
Glumes 2.1-5 mm long, membranous, not dilated below; glume and lemma apices obtuse; anthers 0.4-1 mm long (5)
Upper sheaths conspicuously inflated; glumes 3-5 mm long; lemmas 3-5 mm long, awns exceeding the lemmas by 3-6 mm; panicles 5.5-10 mm wide (excluding the awns) ..... 7. A. saccatus
Upper sheaths not inflated; glumes 2.1-3.1 mm long; lemmas 1.9-2.7 mm long, awns exceeding the lemmas by 1.6-4 mm; panicles 3-6 mm wide (excluding the awns) ..... 8. A. carolinianus
Glumes 1.8-3.1(3.7) mm long, the apices obtuse; anthers 0.5-2.2 mm long (7)
Glumes 3-6 mm long, the apices acute; anthers 2-4 mm long (8)
Awns geniculate, exceeding the lemmas by 1.2-4 mm; anthers (0.9)1.4-2.2 mm long ..... 4. A. geniculatus
Awns straight, not exceeding the lemmas, or exceeding them by less than 2.5 mm; anthers 0.5-1.2 mm long ..... 5. A. aequalis
Lemma margins connate only at the base; glumes densely covered with long wooly hairs ..... 3. A. borealis
Lemma margins connate for at least 1/3 of their length; glumes with long hairs mainly restricted to the veins (9)
Lemma apices acute; glume apices parallel or convergent ..... 1. A. pratensis
Lemma apices obtuse to truncate; glume apices divergent ..... 2. A. arundinaceus
1. Alopecurus pratensis L.
Meadow Foxtail, Vulpin des Prés
Plants perennial; shortly rhizomatous. Culms 30-110 cm, erect. Ligules 1.5-3 mm, obtuse to truncate; blades 6-40 cm long, 1.9-8 mm wide; upper sheaths not or scarcely inflated. Panicles 3.5-9 cm long, 6-10 mm wide. Glumes 4-6 mm, connate in the lower 1/4, membranous, sides pubescent, keels not winged, finely ciliate, apices acute, parallel or convergent; lemmas 4-6 mm, connate in the lower 1/3, glabrous or the keels sometimes ciliate apically, apices acute, awns 5-10.5 mm, geniculate, exceeding the lemmas by (1)2.2-5.5 mm; anthers 2-4 mm, yellowish, orange, reddish, or purplish, varying within a population. Caryopses about 1-1.2 mm. 2n = 28, 42.
Alopecurus pratensis is native from temperate northern Eurasia south to North Africa. It is now widely naturalized in temperate regions throughout the world. It grows in poorly to somewhat drained soils in meadows, riverbanks, lakesides, ditches, roadsides and fence rows. It has been widely introduced as a pasture grass; it may also have become established from ballast or imported hay. The earliest collections are from coastal New England; it is now known from most provinces and states.
2. Alopecurus arundinaceus Poir.
Creeping Meadow Foxtail, Vulpin Roseau
Plants short-lived perennials; rhizomatous. Culms 30-110 cm, erect. Ligules 1.3-5 mm, truncate; blades 6-40 cm long, 3-12 mm wide; upper sheaths somewhat inflated. Panicles 3-10 cm long, 7-13 mm wide. Glumes 3.6-5 mm, connate in the lower 1/3, membranous, sparsely pubescent, keels not winged, ciliate, apices acute, diverging, pale green to lead-gray; lemmas 3.1-4.5 mm, connate for at least 1/3 of their length, glabrous or sometimes with scattered hairs near the apices, apices truncate to obtuse, awns 1.5-7.5 mm, geniculate, exceeding the lemmas by 0-3 mm; anthers 2.2-3.5 mm. 2n = 26, 28, 30.
Alopecurus arundinaceus is native to Eurasia, extending north of the Arctic Circle and south to the Mediterranean. It grows on wet, moderately acid to moderately alkaline soils, on flood plains, vernal ponds, and along rivers, streams, bogs, potholes, and sloughs. It was introduced for pasture in North Dakota and now occurs more widely, having been promoted as a forage species, and is sometimes used in seed mixtures for revegetation projects. It was evaluated for revegetation in Alberta, but there is no evidence that it was ever actually used in that province. Alopecurus arundinaceus was found to suppress Hordeum jubatum, a troublesome, unpalatable, weedy species, in irrigated pastures (Moyer and Boswall 2002).
3. Alopecurus borealis Trin.
Alpine Foxtail, Boreal Foxtail, Vulpin Alpin, Vulpin Boréale
Plants perennial; shortly rhizomatous. Culms (6)10-80 cm, erect or decumbent. Ligules 1-2 mm, truncate; blades 4-22 cm long, 2.5-7 mm wide; upper sheaths inflated. Panicles 1-5 cm long, 8-14 mm wide. Glumes 3-5 mm, connate at the base, membranous, densely pilose throughout, keels not winged, ciliate, apices acute and parallel; lemmas 2.5-4.5 mm, connate at the base, glabrous below, finely pubescent apically, apices usually obtuse, occasionally truncate, awns 2-6(8) mm, geniculate, exceeding the lemmas by 0-5 mm; anthers 2.3-3 mm, yellow. Caryopses 0.7-2 mm. 2n = 98, 100, 105, 112, 117, 119, ca. 120.
Alopecurus borealis has an arctic-alpine to subalpine circumpolardistribution, but it has not been found in Scandinavia or Iceland. It grows primarily in wet soils in tundra, meadows, along streams, shorelines, gravelbars, and floodplains, and occasionally in somewhat drier forest openings, in fine or silty to stony soils or moss. It is sometimes co-dominant with Dupontia fisheri in the arctic and subarctic portion of its range. The anthocyanic tint of the plant as a whole greatly increases to the north.
The morphological variability in Alopecurus borealis has prompted recognition of several segregate taxa. Alopecurus stejnegeri Vasey and A. occidentalis Scribn. & Tweedy are two of the more conspicuous extremes. The former are small plants occurring on enriched sites in the Arctic, usually around sea bird or seal colonies where high nutrient levels produce lush vegetative growth; the latter refers to tall-stemmed plants found in the Rocky Mountains. Because such plants are simply extremes in a continuum of variation, they do not merit taxonomic recognition.
Alopecurus borealis is listed in many floras as A. alpinus Sm., a name that had previously been applied to another species. The correct name is A. borealis.
4. Alopecurus geniculatus L.
Water Foxtail, Vulpin Géniculé
Plants perennial; cespitose. Culms (5)10-60 cm, erect or decumbent, rooting at the nodes. Ligules 2-5 mm, obtuse; blades 2-12 cm long, 1-4(7) mm wide; upper sheaths somewhat inflated. Panicles 1.5-7 cm long, 4-8 mm wide. Glumes 1.9-3.5 mm, connate atthe base, membranous, pubescent, keels not winged, ciliate, apices obtuse, parallel, often purplish; lemmas 2.5-3 mm, connate in the lower 1/2, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs at the apices, apices truncate to obtuse, awns 3.5-5(6) mm, geniculate, exceeding the lemmas by (1.2)2-4 mm; anthers (0.9)1.4-2.2 mm, yellow. Caryopses 1-1.5 mm. 2n = 28.
Alopecurus geniculatus is native to Eurasia and parts of North America, growing in shallow water, ditches, open wet meadows, shores, and stream banks from the lowland to montane zones. It has been naturalized in eastern North America. The status of populations in the west, including the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, is less certain. Many occur in moist sites within native rangeland, but these areas have also been affected by European settlement, although less intensively and for a shorter period than those in eastern North America.
Alopecurus haussknechtianus Asch. & Graebn. is a hybrid between A. geniculatus and A. aequalis, which occurs fairly frequently in areas of sympatry, particularly in drier midcontinental areas in Alberta to Saskatchewan, south to Arizona and New Mexico. The hybrids appear to have 2n = 14; they are sterile.
5. Alopecurus aequalis Sobol.
Plants perennial; cespitose. Culms 9-75 cm, erect or decumbent. Ligules 2-6.5 mm, obtuse, puberulent dorsally; blades 2-10 cm long, 1-5(8) mm wide; upper sheaths not inflated. Panicles 1-9 cm long, 3-9 mm wide. Glumes 1.8-3.7 mm, connate near the base, membranous, pubescent on the sides, keels not winged, ciliate, apices obtuse, sometimes erose, pale green, occasionally purplish; lemmas 1.5-2.5(3.5) mm, connate in the lower 1/3-1/2, glabrous, apices obtuse, awns 0.7-3 mm, straight, exceeding the lemmas by 0-2.5 mm; anthers 0.5-1.2 mm, usually pale to deep yellow or orange, rarely purple. Caryopses 1-1.8 mm. 2n = 14, 28.
Alopecurus aequalis is native to temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere. It generally grows in wet meadows, forest openings, shores, springs, and along streams, as well as in ditches, along roadsides, and in other disturbed sites, from sea level to subalpine elevations.
Alopecurus aequalis is the most widespread and variable species of Alopecurus in the Flora region. Despite its variability, only the phenotype found in the low marshes of Marin and Sonoma counties, California merits formal recognition. Some high elevation plants of the Sierra Nevada have unusually long awns (exserted by up to 1.5 mm) and anthocyanic spikelets but, like the semi-aquatic ecotype A. aequalis var. natans (Wahlenb.) Fernald, they do not warrant taxonomic recognition.
Alopecurus haussknechtianus Asch. & Graebn. is a hybrid between A. aequalis and A. geniculatus, which occurs fairly frequently in areas of sympatry, particularly in drier midcontinental areas in Alberta to Saskatchewan, south to Arizona and New Mexico. The hybrids apparently have 2n = 14; they are sterile.
Panicles 3-6 mm wide; glumes 1.8-3 mm long; awns not exceeding the lemmas or doing so by less than 1 mm; anthers 0.5-0.9 mm long ..... var. aequalis
Panicles 4-9 mm wide; glumes to 3.7 mm long; awns exceeding the lemmas by 1-2.5 mm; anthers 1-1.2 mm long ..... var. sonomensis
Alopecurus aequalis var. aequalis
Shortawn Foxtail, Vulpin à Courtes Arêtes
Culms 9-75 cm. Blades 1-5(8) mm wide. Panicles 1-9 mm long, 3-6 mm wide. Spikelets usually not purplish-tinged; glumes 1.8-3 mm; awns not exceeding the lemmas or exceeding them by less than 1 mm; anthers 0.5-0.9 mm.
Alopecurus aequalis var. aequalis is the widespread variety in the Flora region. It is listed as threatened in the state of Connecticut.
Alopecurus aequalis var. sonomensis P. Rubtzoff
Sonoma Shortawn Foxtail
Culms 30-75 cm. Blades to 7.5 mm wide. Panicles 2.5-9 cm long, 4-9 mm wide. Spikelets violet-gray to purplish-tinged, especially towards the apices; glumes to 3.7 mm; awns exceeding the lemmas by 1-2.5 mm; anthers 1-1.2 mm.
Alopecurus aequalis var. sonomensis is endemic to Marin and Sonoma counties, California, where it grows in shallow water and marshy or moist ground, usually in the open. It is listed as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
6. Alopecurus rendlei Eig
Rendle's Meadow Foxtail
Plants annual; tufted. Culms 8-30(40) cm, erect or decumbent. Ligules 0.6-3 mm, obtuse; blades 1-16 cm long, 1-3 mm wide; upper sheaths inflated. Panicles 1-3.2 cm long, 5-11 mm wide. Glumes 5-6.4 mm, connate in the lower 1/4-1/3, dilated and coriaceous in the lower 1/2, pilose in the lower 1/2, indurate and constricted above the middle, keels not winged, ciliate on all veins, apices acute, slightly divergent; lemmas 5.6-6.4 mm, connate basally, glabrous or puberulent apically, apices coriaceous, acuminate, awns 6.5-18 mm, geniculate, exceeding the lemmas by 0.8-7.2 mm; anthers about 3 mm. Caryposes 3.5-4.5 mm. 2n = 14.
Alopecurus rendlei is native to wet meadows, and adventive in roadsides and waste places, in southern and western Europe. It was found growing on ballast in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1880; it has not been collected in North America since that time.
7. Alopecurus saccatus Vasey
Pacific Meadow Foxtail
Plants annual; tufted. Culms 12-45 cm, erect or decumbent. Ligules 1.5-5.5 mm, obtuse; blades 4-12 cm long, 1.2-4 mm wide; upper sheaths conspicuously inflated. Panicles 1.5-6.5 cm long, 5.5-10 mm wide, often dense. Glumes 3-5 mm, connate at the base, not dilated, membranous, pubescent, keels not winged, ciliate, apices obtuse; lemmas 3-5 mm, connate in the lower 1/3-1/2, glabrous, apices obtuse, awns 6-10 mm, geniculate, exceeding the lemmas by 3-6 mm; anthers 0.7-1.8 mm, yellow to rusty-brown. Caryopses 1.5-2 mm. 2n = unknown.
Alopecurus saccatus is a native annual that inhabits moist, open meadows, valley plains, and vernal pools at elevations below 700 m from Washington to California. Segregates have been treated as species in the past, but the variation between them appears to be continuous, and no habitat differentiation is evident.
8. Alopecurus carolinianus Walter
Tufted Foxtail
Plants annual; tufted. Culms 5-50 cm, erect or decumbent. Ligules 2.8-4.5 mm, obtuse; blades 3-15 cm long, 0.9-3 mm wide; upper sheaths not inflated. Panicles 1-7 cm long, 3-6 mm wide, always dense. Glumes 2.1-3.1 mm, connate at the base, membranous throughout, sparsely pubescent, not inflated below, keels not winged, ciliate, apices obtuse, pale green to pale yellow; lemmas 1.9-2.7 mm, connate in the lower 1/2, glabrous, apices obtuse, awns 3-6.5 mm, geniculate, exceeding the lemmas by 1.6-4 mm; anthers 0.3-1 mm, yellow or orange. Caryopses 1-1.5 mm. 2n = 14.
Alopecurus carolinianus is native to the central plains, Mississippi valley, and southeastern United States, where it is common in wet meadows, ditches, wetland edges, and other moist, open habitats; it is occasionally a weed of rice fields. At the northern limit of its range it is clearly adventive, growing in gardens and nurseries. It also occurs in arid areas of the prairies and southwest, growing sporadically along sloughs and in ditches and vernal pools. Whether such populations are native or naturalized is not clear.
9. Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.
Blackgrass, Slender Meadow Foxtail
Plants annual; tufted. Culms (10)40-85 cm, erect. Ligules 2-6 mm, obtuse; blades (2)3.5-6 mm wide; upper sheaths somewhat inflated. Panicles 4-12 cm long, 3-7 mm wide. Glumes 4.5-7.5 mm, connate in the lower 1/2, coriaceous, sides glabrous, keels winged, ciliate, scabrous apically, lateral veins ciliate basally or glabrous, apices acute, convergent to parallel; lemmas 4-7 mm, connate in the lower 1/3-1/2, glabrous, apices acute, awns to 12 mm, geniculate, exceeding the lemmas by 3-6 mm; anthers 2.4-4.1 mm, yellow. 2n = 14, 28.
Alopecurus myosuroides is native to Eurasia and grows in moist meadows, deciduous forests, and cultivated or disturbed ground. A significant weed species in temperate cereal crops, it is one of the most damaging weeds of winter cereals in England. It has been introduced repeatedly as a weed of cultivation into many parts of the Flora region, but apparently has not spread to a large degree out of cultivation. Alopecurus myosuroides has been listed as a noxious weed in the state of Washington, one of the states where winter wheat is a major crop.
10. Alopecurus creticus Trin.
Cretan Meadow Foxtail
Plants annual; tufted. Culms 7-21(40) cm, erect. Ligules 1.4-2.3 mm, obtuse; blades 1-8 cm long, 1-3.5 mm wide; upper sheaths usually inflated. Panicles 2-3.5 cm long, 4-5.5 mm wide, dense. Glumes 3-4.5 mm, connate for 1/2-4/5 of their length, coriaceous, keels winged, ciliate, obtuse, mucronate, divergent; lemmas 2.5-3.5 mm, connate at the base, glabrous, apices truncate, awns 3-6 mm, geniculate, exceeding the lemmas by 0-4 mm; anthers 1.2-2.5 mm. 2n = unknown.
Alopecurus creticus is native to marshes and wet places in the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. It was discovered on ballast dumps in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the nineteenth century; it has not persisted in the Flora region.


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Thank you to the judges & hard workers that put on a good trial.
1st Ed Krueger & Chef
2nd Dave Seivert & Thief (plus an open RJ)
3rd Vern Hasenbank & Dealer (Qualifies for his very first National) Way to go Vern!!
4th John Stracka & Freeway
RJ Bob Heise & Reggie
Jams to Stracka & Mercy
& Mike Judas with Tick


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Numbers and Counting Overview
Numbers and Counting consists of five games designed to help kids practice counting, comparing, and ordering of numbers.
Interactive lesson is followed by interactive practice exercises and printable worksheets.
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Game Sample 1
Game Sample 2
Printable Worksheet
Numbers and Counting is a fully integrated and interactive learning environment. The features of the course include:
- Visual enhanced learning designed for independent self-paced learning.
- Reusable and printable WORKSHEETS