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As the world's leading supplier of hard drives, Seagate knows well that all customers and storage applications are not alike. Sometimes the unique requirements of hard drive applications are intuitively obvious. For example, the storage needs of an enterprise database application are clearly different from those of a portable MP3 player stowed in a pocket while jogging.
Yet both systems use drives for storage and, though vastly different in size, they share a significant amount of technology in common. Other storage applications are much more subtle in their differences, while still having unique characteristics that must be acknowledged to ensure storage products deliver optimal value, performance and reliability.
Such subtle differences can be found in the growing hard drive market in the video surveillance industry. Here drive use is expanding at a tremendous rate, reflecting the flexibility and advanced performance of hard drive storage over legacy tape-based systems. According to IHS, the estimated worldwide market for video surveillance equipment was worth over US$12.6 billion in 2012, and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.8% over the next five years to be worth US$23.2 billion in 2017. And in terms of revenue, the size of the network video surveillance equipment market is forecast to overtake the analog video surveillance equipment market in 2014.1
While the adoption of hard drives over tape in video surveillance systems is reaching 100%, there is significant room for improvement in system interoperability, with reliability continuing to be an industry-wide challenge. Many customers, having moved to digital surveillance systems and drive-based storage, revel in the improved capacity, performance and flexibility but are disappointed by unexpectedly high failure rates. In addition, they hunger for increased performance to take advantage of the trends towards megapixel recording and intelligent video analytics.
Seagate has been working with customers who seek higher levels of performance and reliability, and has identified three key approaches to achieving that goal: ongoing education, improved practices in design, and deployment of purpose-built surveillance drives and related controls.
For a specific example, the following graph displays the predicted annual failure rate (AFR) of Seagate® Surveillance HDDs as a function of case temperature and power-on hours (POH):
As shown, failure rates dramatically increase as drive case temperatures escalate. Dealers and system integrators, installers and even customers must be educated about proper operational conditions for video surveillance equipment if they are to mitigate damage to electronics and other equipment brought on by exposure to harsh conditions.
Seagate provides partners and customers with a range of educational tools that can be used to help inform people on drive opportunities, risk areas and best practices. Seagate maintains a library of technology papers that can aid in this educational effort.
Proper enclosure or chassis design is a key factor in achieving optimal reliability. Electronic systems must be housed in well-designed enclosures specifically engineered for proper temperature management and vibration control or compensation. Because hard drives are critical components in digital surveillance systems, Seagate has developed its Customer Experience Engineering services, which provide dedicated engineering expertise to help customers evaluate system enclosures for best practices in temperature and vibration/shock management.
The Seagate philosophy on improving products for a given storage segment is one of engagement. Intimate knowledge about the specific needs of a given storage segment is only achieved by actively engaging with customers and partners on a focused, low-level basis.
This philosophy is reflected in the Surveillance HDD, the industry's leading drive specifically designed and optimized for the video surveillance market.
The Surveillance HDD represents a significant investment by Seagate in the engineering and support resources for a growing market. Such commitments result in valuable learning and advances in technology, functionality, performance and reliability that simply don't occur as quickly without a focused approached.
IT component manufacturers design and market products by usage model or segment. Desktop, notebook, server and emerging consumer electronics have been the platforms manufacturers design around from processors to hard drives. But Seagate recognized that the surveillance DVR does not fit any of these platforms, forcing surveillance customers to choose the best-fit hard drive product for their solutions. Surveillance HDDs were specifically developed to address the needs of the surveillance DVR market. Below is a comparison of several Seagate drive products specialized to service different segment niches.
This table compares hard drives and shows specific task-optimized features and functionality associated with each.
With the Surveillance HDD, Seagate has focused on increased reliability and video streaming performance through power management and thermal control, and optimized data payload reading/writing.
While many surveillance digital video recorders (SDVRs) are implemented on a PC platform, most have moved to embedded systems that use optimized components. For example, it is common to use smaller, more efficient power supplies to save on system cost and control heat more effectively. The Surveillance HDD supports this design practice by offering best-in-class power consumption in both spin-up current and seek current. This approach doesn't degrade performance, and it enables the use of low-cost, cooler-running power supplies and more efficient cooling fans, thereby lowering the overall cost of the SDVR while increasing the reliability and lifespan of the drive.
SDVR designs commonly include enough storage to hold a desired amount of online archival video storage. System archival needs can vary widely, from only a few days of archival video up to many months. Archival storage needs typically dictate using more than one drive in the SDVR system.
Of course, the most frequent function of an SDVR system is actively recording video. Once images are recorded on the system, they are rarely reviewed and sometimes never viewed again before being overwritten. To satisfy this use-model, most SDVR systems incorporate enough storage to meet the customer's archival needs, and then record on the drives one after another, overwriting old data once the archival period has elapsed.
As a result, at any given time it's likely that one or more drives in the system are spinning and running at full performance levels, even though not actively being used by the system. The Surveillance HDD supports features that enable putting the drive into standby mode when not in active use. This greatly reduces the drive's power consumption and heat generation, as well as extending its useful service life.
In addition, in order to satisfy the archival capacity requirements, some security professionals have chosen to utilize multiple moderate-capacity desktop drives in their video security systems. Their goal is to minimize storage costs; unfortunately, such efforts have met with little success.
Deploying limited-capacity desktop drives imposes significant limitations and liabilities on video security systems, negating any theoretical cost savings.
With no application-specific features to address power management, desktop drives can suffer heat-related failures caused by the rigorous duty-cycle and power-on requirements of video surveillance.
Also, more moderate-capacity desktop drives that are needed to meet a given capacity requirement unfortunately means more potential points of failure. The additional drives take up more space than necessary, consume more power and produce more heat—the latter a key factor in reduced drive longevity and thus surveillance system reliability.
Surveillance storage solutions must be designed with drive performance tuned for both video streaming and high-write workloads. Optimizing performance for reading or writing video streams depends on reliable, predictable and timely command execution. Today's surveillance systems commonly feature advances in intelligent video analytics and megapixel image recording. In order to manage the vast amounts of video and related metadata in an intelligent or megapixel surveillance solution, a keyed relational database or similar traditional data organizational system is often used. It is absolutely critical that reads and writes for such systems employ the utmost levels of performance and error detection and correction to ensure data integrity isn't compromised.
An important feature of the Surveillance HDD is its support of the ATA-7 streaming command set. ATA-7 is an extension of the industry-standard ATA command set for controlling hard drives. The streaming component of this standard enables the Surveillance HDD drive's reads and writes to be customized for either video or data payloads. Using the ATA-7 streaming commands, both of these requirements are elegantly met.2Additionally, the Surveillance HDD is optimized for write performance in both seek- and write-caching firmware. This is key for video surveillance storage workloads, where writing data can represent up to 95% of the hard drive's operation. Favorable performance and drive longevity are highly dependent upon this enhanced write functionality.
Ballooning file sizes in video surveillance are behind the insatiable hunger for greater storage capacity; such data can quickly fill even the most copious storage system. But sheer drive capacity isn't enough. Efficiently transferring these voluminous files demands drives with outstanding throughput, as well as robust error correction features to ensure data integrity is maintained during transmission. The SATA interface takes advantage of breakthroughs in very large scale integration (VLSI) technology and high-speed serial transceivers, enabling SATA drives to deliver an unprecedented blend of performance, flexibility, data integrity and reliability.
SATA storage devices have been embraced throughout the computing world, from OEMs to system builders/integrators and end users. Enormous sales volumes have helped drive down prices to very affordable levels. Couple this with the many compelling benefits of SATA and it's easy to see why SATA hard disk drives have become the standard for most surveillance manufacturers, system builders/integrators and installers.
The unique suite of features offered in the Surveillance HDD enables customers to immediately begin making incremental progress toward improved performance and reliability in video surveillance applications. The time-honored Seagate strategy of focusing product categories on specific storage platforms to drive continuous improvement should pay still higher dividends in the future.
1 Source: IHS, The World Market for CCTV and Video Surveillance Equipment- 2013 Edition, May 2013.
2 For specific guidance and descriptions of how to implement the features of the Surveillance HDD, including the ATA-7 commands, see the Surveillance HDD Product Manual (formerly SV35 Series®).
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Family: Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers view all from this family
Description Adult has streaked gray-brown upperparts, faint white supercilium, and bolder white "mustache"; ear coverts and malar stripe are dark. Underparts are pale, heavily streaked on breast, with yellow flush on belly and undertail coverts. Tail is reddish. Juvenile is similar, but duller.
Dimensions Length: 7 1/2 -8 1/2" (19-22 cm)
Range New England, Southwest
Discussion Mainly Mexican species; scarce visitor to southeastern Arizona woodlands (Jun-Sep).

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By Jeff Amy/The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi House lawmakers say they're ready to borrow $31 million for a new medical school building, but a top Senate lawmaker remains noncommittal.
The House voted 118-1 Wednesday to approve a bill to issue $31 million in bonds for a new five-story building on the University of Mississippi Medical Center campus in Jackson. Earlier Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved the measure.
Officials said the project's price tag has risen to $76 million from the $63 million previously estimated. Lawmakers provided $4 million for project planning earlier, and Gov. Phil Bryant's administration steered $10 million in federal grant money in October.
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jeff Smith, R-Columbus, said House lawmakers intend to provide another $31 million next year to cover the remainder of the cost. He and other House members lauded UMMC's plan to train another 30 to 40 physicians per year in the expanded quarters. Now, each class of physicians has 135 students.
"This will allow the doctor population in Mississippi to expand," Smith said.
Dr. LouAnn Woodward, UMMC's associate vice chancellor, said the money is enough to begin construction. She said site work is likely to begin in late spring.
"We are so grateful for the support from the state," Woodward said. "This is an investment."
Medical school officials say the 151,000 square-foot building will replace outdated student laboratories and relieve overcrowding that has forced the school's simulation program into converted closets and a basement.
But money for the medical school could get caught up in a renewed struggle between the House and the Senate over how much the state should borrow. Last year, House members wanted to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves wanted to borrow less. When the sides couldn't agree, no bond bill passed for the first time in years.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, said the Senate was prepared to support money last year in its pared-down bond proposal, but wouldn't commit to supporting it again this year.
"There's been no agreement," Fillingane said. "We'll be glad to look at it."
Smith told committee members that he believed the Senate would support up to $200 million in borrowing during the current session, but Fillingane said it was too early in the session to "start picking winners and losers."
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As Princeton classmates gather for Reunions 2013 held on campus May 30 through June 2, some may engage in friendly games of trivia, tallying the facts, figures and tidbits from the memorable event.
The University Bake Shop expects to make more than 2,000 cookies in the shape of the Princeton shield for Reunions.
Photo by Nick Barberio
The oldest returning Princeton alumnus carries the Class of 1923 Cane, which is topped by a leaping silver tiger, during the P-rade.
Photo courtesy of the Alumni Council
The Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA) logo for Reunions is just one way the APGA will mark the Graduate College's centennial at Reunions 2013.
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Trivia time: Princeton University Reunions
Posted May 29, 2013; 12:00 p.m.
Princeton University Reunions is an annual alumni event chock-full of activities and celebrations. Each year, notable facts, figures and tidbits can be tallied — trivia time! — to give a vivid sense of this memorable tradition.
As alumni return to Princeton for the 2013 celebration Thursday, May 30, through Sunday, June 2, the following facts may inform and entertain as classmates from across the years celebrate getting together. More information about Reunions is available on the Alumni Association's website. Attendees can follow Reunions activities and discussion by visiting Reunions Mobile on their smartphones, or by following the hashtag #princetonreunions on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Princeton University Reunions is an annual alumni event chock-full of activities. It dates back to the earliest days of the institution, when alumni returned to campus informally to celebrate Commencement festivities and reunite with friends. (Photo courtesy of the Alumni Association)
Reunions 2013
- More than 24,000 Princeton alumni, family and friends are expected to attend.
- Seventeen alumni-faculty forums will be held, including "Books That Changed Your Life," "The Ever-Evolving Middle East" and "Is the Judicial Confirmation Process Broken?" moderated by Princeton Provost and President-elect Christopher L. Eisgruber.
- University Grounds and Building Maintenance staff will set up 115 tents around campus.
- During the three nights of Reunions, nearly 40 musical acts are scheduled to perform at the major classes' headquarters sites.
- The Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA) will mark the Graduate College's centennial.
- University Dining Services will serve approximately 36,000 meals.
- The University Bake Shop typically bakes 34,680 cookies for Reunions, including more than 2,000 cookies in the shape of the Princeton shield.
Reunions history
- Princeton alumni have returned to campus to celebrate Commencement festivities and reunite with friends since the earliest days of the institution in the 1700s, when it was still known as The College of New Jersey.
- The 100th Commencement in June 1847 drew 700 graduates for a formal dinner, escalating the tradition into a larger event.
- Until 1859, all alumni gathered together, but in that year, Alfred Woodhull, Class of 1856, organized the first Reunions by class year.
- The University's 150th anniversary in 1896 brought more than 2,000 alumni to campus to join in the celebration.
- Reunions were canceled in 1917 and 1918 because of World War I, as well as in 1943, 1944 and 1945 because of World War II.
- Fireworks at Reunions began in 1996 in celebration of the University's 250th anniversary. The 25-minute display features thousands of firework shells and is scheduled this year for 9:15 p.m. Saturday at Finney and Campbell fields.
For more Reunions history, visit the University Archives at Mudd Library's website or read a brief history in the Reunions 2013 Schedule of Events (.pdf).
Fireworks at Reunions began in 1996 in celebration of the University's 250th anniversary. This year's display is scheduled for 9:15 p.m. Saturday at Finney and Campbell fields. (Photo courtesy of the Alumni Association)
The P-rade
- The Reunions P-rade, where alumni march through campus by class year in colorful black and orange attire, began in the late 1890s as a merging of earlier traditions when alumni processed to class dinners and to the traditional Princeton-Yale baseball game.
- The year 1906 marked the first formal P-rade, when the event was referred to as "The Alumni Pee-rade."
- Many years ago, the P-rade featured large animals. For example, a troupe of trained lions marched in 1906, two tigers walked in 1923 and three elephants led the Class of 1944 during the 1949 P-rade. (Large animals are now discouraged from the P-rade).
- Rain has only caused the P-rade to be canceled once, in 1953.
- The oldest returning alumnus carries the Class of 1923 Cane during the P-rade. The cane is a black wooden staff topped by a leaping silver tiger.
- The modern P-rade is scheduled to last approximately 3.5 hours. The 2013 P-rade is scheduled from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
- Thirteen bands will march in the P-rade this year, including the Princeton University Band.
The Reunions P-rade, where alumni march through campus by class year in colorful black and orange attire, is scheduled to last approximately 3.5 hours. This year's P-rade will begin at 2 p.m. (Photo courtesy of the Alumni Association)


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And when you concurred with no less an authority than Sarge in the Hostess thread, this is your effort of being civil?
"Wasn't Goebels Minister of Propaganda? UB must be listening to some of his old speeches. You know he's easily led. He'll be probably be regurgitating some of those soon."
I await your next INFERRED attempt at prevarication.
And, where was I being hypocritical. Everything I stated about that appointment is correct. The Snopes link you posted validates the time frame. And, if you would bother to read the official administration annoucement, you will see they NEVER mentioned him being a Muslim, let alone a devout Muslim. So, what are you talking about?
That being said, nowhere did I call you a Nazi. You don't have to be a Nazi to have listened to Goebbels' speeches. Heck, I have read about him and listened to some of his speeches. However, I do, in fact, see similarities between his propaganda tactics and yours. Goebbels said that, "It is not propagandas task to be intelligent, its task is to lead to success." I don't know how much success your propaganda has had, but it certainly cant be mistaken for intelligent.
Goebbels also admitted that his goal was to use propaganda to exploit the lowest instincts of the German people; racism, xenophobia, and insecurity. It would seem the goal of what you posted was intended to have the same effect on Americans. You are using misleading and inaccurate information in an attempt to create fear, hatred, and outrage, much like Goebbels did.


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The recall affects the products named below that also have an expiration date between 12/17/13 and 1/2/14. If you have products possibly contanimated with salmonella, you should discontinue use. You can contact the company (800) 532-7261 between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. (CST) Monday Friday.
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When you describe the look you want as "rustic," most florists think of the outdoors, worn vessels, and arrangements with that "just-picked" feeling. Blooms like sunflowers, daisies, and zinnias placed in old crockery come to mind. To skew away from the casual, country connotations this word often creates, have your venue and, most important, the formality of your celebration in mind.
"The reception will be held in spring, in a field, and will have a preppy vibe."
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- Written by Dave Walsh
Lion Fight 10 was the big story of this weekend in the world of Kickboxing and Muay Thai in the Western world, but there have been some interesting things going on in the world of Kickboxing of late, namely centered around GLORY's big push into the United States. There has been talk for a while now about some fighters and even gyms either moving over to the United States or having some gyms open "branches" here in the United States. This could be the beginning of something much bigger here, as there has been confirmation of Murthel Groenhart training in Florida with the Jaco Fight Team/Blackzilians in preparation for his GLORY 10 fight against Davit Kiria.
This is, what we assume to be, the tip of the iceberg for this sort of stuff. We've heard rumors of a lot more going on, with GLORY possibly helping fighters to find gyms in the United States to train at, as well as some gyms looking to move some operations to the United States. This means we can expect a lot more going on here in the US over the next few months.


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Jalapeño chile turns up the heat on a colorful, pesto-style sauce.
This pretty sauce can be stored in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.
You'll find cilantro in bunches in the produce area next to the parsley. Cilantro can be refrigerated for several days wrapped tightly in a plastic bag or with the stems in a container of water. If you store it in water, be sure to change the water every 2 or 3 days.
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By Tiernan Ray
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) are down 53 cents, or 1.7%, at $29.66, after the company yesterday afternoon beat fiscal Q1 expectations, and forecast this quarter's profit slightly below consensus.
There are not ratings changes this morning, that I can see, but some price targets are going higher. There's still a sharp divide between those who believe in the rebirth of HP under CEO Meg Whitman, and those who are dismissive.
Citigroup's Jim Suva this morning reiterates a Buy rating on the shares, and a $40 price target, writing that cash flow was the real positive surprise: "investor and analyst concerns about weak cash flow and that it could drop to below $1 billion and maybe as low as $500m were unfounded as HP reported cash flow from operations of $3 billion which was even above our street high estimate of $2 billion."
But ISI Group's Brian Marshall, reiterating a Neutral rating, wonders if this is "the apotheosis of the HP remake," given that "We applaud management creating a much strong organization through 'nuts and bolts' improvements but secular and competitive pressures remain as intense as ever and we do not believe HPQ's technology asset base is evolving fast enough to keep up."
Shares of Groupon (GRPN) are down $1.83, or almost 18%, at $8.45, after the company yesterday afternoon beat Q4 expectations, and forecast higher revenue this quarter, but displayed profit margin metrics that unnerved the Street. The stock gets one downgrade this morning, from Mark Mahaney of RBC Capital Markets, who cut his rating to Underperform from Sector Perform, and cut his price target to $7 from $11, citing three negatives in the report: an outlook for Ebitda " a lot lower than we had through," a decline in billings growth last quarter to 5% from 10% in the prior quarter, and net customer additions of only 900,000 in North America.
Writes Mahaney, "The challenge is that the Goods and Travel markets that GRPN wants to succeed in are extremely competitive with very well-entrenched competitors – AMZN, EBAY, PCLN, EXPE. We may be overly pessimistic on the company's ability to succeed in this transition – but we also believe that even if it does succeed, the required duration of this transition makes buying GRPN shares now a risky deal."
Shares of Juniper Networks (JNPR) are up 25 cents, or 0.9%, at $27.66, after the company yesterday evening unveiled an expected restructuring, its "Integrated operating plan," which involves "streamlining" its business and also paying out $3 billion to shareholders in dividends and repurchases over three years.
The stock has received some votes of approval this morning, including from MKM Partners's Michael Genovese, who reiterates a Buy rating, and arises his price target a a dollar to $34, after raising his estimates for this year for profit to $1.61 from $1.50, on the same $4.96 billion in revenue estimate. Genovese writes, "It is solidly positive that Juniper is taking the shareholder value enhancing steps outlined in the IOP […] Juniper engaged in a constructive conversation with shareholders including Elliott Management as it formulated the IOP details." referring to the activist firm that had been pushing for reform.
"That said, our upgrade of the stock in mid-October 2013 was and continues to be based on improving Service Provider Router demand and our belief that Juniper will gain share in 2014-2015."
Investors can expect to hear more from Juniper during the big telecom and mobile trade show that kicks off Sunday in Barcelona, the Mobile World Congress.
Shares of Qlik Technologies (QLIK) are up 78 cents, or almost 3%, at $28.70, after the company yesterday afternoon beat Q4 expectations, though offered a forecast for this quarter a tad light of consensus.
CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets's Ed Maguire reiterates a Buy rating on the shares, writing that the focus is on the major product overhaul that's been in the works, "QlikView.Next": Management noted that expenses but not revenue contribution from the pending QlikView.Next release are reflected in 2014 guidance. QlikView 11 will remain the key growth driver for 2014."
"QlikView.Next is a major platform upgrade, and as such does have some potential for disruption. The product goes into beta testing within the next few weeks with release later in 2014. It's our view that this approach is conservative and helps position the story for upside surprises throughout 2014."


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The NY Times article lays out the predicament of the people who will not qualify for the program, high-end mortgages.
While I don't agree with borrower #2 that his balance should be reduced, I find it hard not to agree with borrower #1 who is asking for "temporary" reduction in his mortgage payments until his income can recover.
If the lender were to cooperate with #1, it could continue to receive cash flow and eventually come out decently when the economy recovers. That could, indeed, be better than taking a huge loss on the loan by putting the property into foreclosure.
Unless there are specific laws precluding the lender from making such discretionary decisions, it seems like a viable solution to borrower #1 and the bank. Borrower #1 is not asking for forgiveness of his debt.
If there are specific banking laws that conflict, perhaps that can be handled in some legislative way?
Are the banks more willing to NOT cooperate with these borrowers because they figure they will be compensated for their losses by more government money?


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Family: Laridae, Gulls and Terns view all from this family
Description ADULT SUMMER Has gray back and upper wings with white trailing edge and black wingtips with small white "windows." Bill is yellow with small red spot on gonys and dark subterminal band; note red orbital ring. ADULT WINTER Similar, but has brown streaking on head and nape, mainly on nape (dark streaking is more extensive on similar age Herring, and extends to throat and chest). JUVENILE Juvenile and first-winter birds have mottled brown plumage, with uniformly dark wingtips and two dark bands on inner upper wing. Bill is dark at first, but dark-tipped pink by first winter. Acquires adult plumage through several successive molts, back and upper wing becoming more uniformly gray. Retains some brown feathers on upper wing coverts, and faint dark band on tail, into third winter.
Dimensions Length: 20-23" (51-58 cm)
Habitat Locally common. Nests colonially, mainly on islands in inland lakes. Mainly coastal outside breeding season, often congregating near regular food sources.
Observation Tips Easy to see along coast in winter months.
Range Plains, Texas, Southwest, Northwest, California, Alaska, Rocky Mountains, Western Canada
Voice Utters kyaoo calls, higher pitched than Herring.
Discussion Medium-sized gull. Compared to Herring, has slimmer body, long wings and legs, and longer, more even-width bill; appreciably larger than Ring-billed, with much longer bill and dark (not yellow) iris in adult birds. Legs are yellow in adults, but pinkish in younger birds. Eye is dark at all times. Takes 3 years to reach adult plumage. Sexes are similar.


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Olympus Sponsors Little Steven's Underground GarageOlympus Shows Support for Rock and Roll Legend Steven Van Zandt and Popular Syndicated Radio Series
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., November 12, 2007 – Olympus Imaging America Inc. announced today that it is teaming with legendary musician and actor Steven Van Zandt to help him with his continuing effort to save rock 'n' roll. Starting in December 2007, Olympus will become a sponsor of the musician's show, "Little Steven's Underground Garage," for one year. Mr. Van Zandt created Little Steven's Underground Garage to promote up and coming bands. His show mixes the past, present and future of rock and roll music. It is broadcasted on 145 radio stations, reaching 201 markets across the country.
"Little Steven's Underground Garage is the fastest-growing syndicated rock show in the country, and Olympus is proud to be a sponsor," said Andrew Flagg, director, Sales and Marketing, Olympus Imaging America Inc. "As a company with a long heritage in the portable audio market, we identify with musicians' needs for high performance audio recordings."
"I've been impressed with Olympus' corporate philosophy," said Steven Van Zandt. "The company continues to actively support education and the Olympus brand is synonymous with quality products."
For more information about the sponsorship, contact Michael Bourne, Mullen Public Relations, 978-468-8953 or email@example.com, or Jennifer Lyons, public relations manager, Olympus Imaging America Inc., 3500 Corporate Parkway, Center Valley, PA 18034, ph: (484) 896-5350 / (800) 622-6372 or the Olympus Web Site: http://www.olympusamerica.com.
About Little Steven & Renegade Nation
Aside from his roles as musician and actor, Steven Van Zandt acts as Chairman of the parent company, Renegade Nation. A full-service media and entertainment firm, Renegade is home to Little Steven's Underground Garage radio show, Renegade Circus live event production, Wicked Cool Records, Renegade Swag merchandising, and numerous upcoming film and television projects. Little Steven's Underground Garage broadcasts on 145 stations in 201 markets in the U.S. and over 45 stations around the world, with one million listeners tuning in weekly. Mr. Van Zandt also created and programs the 24/7 Underground Garage channel 25 on Sirius Satellite Radio and Outlaw Country channel 63.
Olympus Imaging America Inc. is a precision technology leader, designing and delivering award-winning products for consumer and professional markets. Olympus Imaging America Inc. works collaboratively with its customers and its ultimate parent company, Olympus Corporation, to develop breakthrough technologies with revolutionary product design and functionality that enhances peoples' lives every day. These include:
- Digital and Film Cameras as well as related Underwater Products and Accessories
- Professional Digital SLR Imaging Systems as well as related Underwater Products and Accessories
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Happy I could help guys!
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Thanks to Oblivion
He gave a quick overview of some the tools you will need to do the procedure.
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And thanks for the tutorial! Although mine wasn't just a quick overview.
It was another 'how to' and I figured it wasn't necessary to create a third walk through to be put in the "HOW TO" archives.
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Free Play in clutch pedal
I just replaced my cmc and I am grateful NotoriousOne had posted his. I used a Dorman brand which has a metal housing. I wanted to get away from the plastic ones. Neverless installation went pretty good. My issue was bleeding. Tried pump method, then the mityvac which was better but still getting air bubbles. So I broke out the vacuum pump and had my son help me. This worked the best for me, just had to keep an eye on reservoir. Fluid was moving through system pretty fast. Did this until fluid was clean, but was hard to tell if all of the air bubbles were gone. Since the pump was pulling it out so fast. My question is there is some free play in clutch pedal. I don't remember if it was there before repair. Did a test drive and everything seems good. I might try and hand bleed it now.
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This is the new Dorman SMC with metal rod (The older Dorman unit seems to be all plastic - still sell on ebay though):
Planning to use this instead of the all plastic one.
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Nice how to! I think this may be what is wrong with my little Pepper.... i got an 05 focus ZX4 St model and she is pitch black... she has over 200k miles on her and i aint letting go of her so easy! back when it got cold outside i had to clean my throttle body cuz the cold weather made it have that sticky kinda feelin... but none the less i got that fixed and i recently replaced both of my fog light bulbs... and i did it all by myself! And i am a female... but i dont mind to get my hands dirty and greasy! Im a tom boy kinda gal... but i can clean up perty nice! anyways, some guys like it that im a rare breed lol and others are intimidated lol but i dont intend on being intimidating... i just like to work on my own stuff so that i know it gets done the right way... the only one i trusted with my cars was my daddy and he is gone since april of 2013.. so im glad he taught me all the things he did teach me! This is a very good how to! I come here for all my issues... thanks for being there and making these threads!!!! Yall have a wonderful day! And wish me luck on getting my little Pepper going...
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I did the Clutch Master Cylinder on my 2003 SVTF thanks to you all and the info this thread (and the Ford Workshop Manual) it went off without a hitch! Here are my notes:
Start with fluid down to the 'min' mark
No need to take the battery out: popping out the air box and unmounting the fuse box is enough
As others have said, a pick with a 90 bend at the end is the perfect tool for popping the wire clips from the connectors. Take a look at your new CMC and notice the groove you can fit your pick into that sits under the middle/top of the wire clip (top is oriented towards the driver side). I was able to get them in a few minutes. Don't worry if they shoot off somewhere because as others have said, you never take out the wire clips on the new CMC so no chance to loose them: you just snap in the lines with them in place. Top (input) hose line popped out immediately. I didn't have any rust on the bottom (output) connector, and it came loose after a bit of tugging.
After taking the four sensors off, I followed the workshop manual to remove the entire clutch/break pedal assembly. I think it is easier than NotoriousOne's instructions since you can swap the CMC at the workbench. I found it easier to first remove the four bolts holding the assembly on before removing the break pedal locking tang (white plastic pin at the break pedal pivot). Note this is the opposite order from the workshop manual.
At the bench it took a bit of tapping to get the new CMC to line up with the bolt holes. I left the clutch spring installed and just held the clutch pedal down a bit as I tapped the CMC to get it to line up.
I bench bled the CMC next. I followed the instructions that came with my Craftsman Professional Brake Bleeder Kit (supposedly identical to MityVac MV8500) which basically says after filling with fluid to vaccum on each of the two ports while the other is plugged. I never got any bubbles out of it, so I don't think I effectively did anything other than fill it with fluid. Maybe its more important on other/older CMC designs? I used a couple rubber stoppers from the kit until I was ready to bolt the assy back in place. The ports angle up slightly when the CMC is installed so with a bit of luck you won't spill much when you take the stoppers out.
Reversing the removal to install the pedal assembly went smoothly, and the fluid line connectors snapped in easily
Now I thought the fun would start--the bleeding process. A lot of people mentioned they used a MityVac, but I think most are using it on vacuum. As bboyjamin mentioned, the workshop manual says to pressure pump UP from the bleeder. Someone else mentioned trying this and had trouble with the hose popping off the pump once pressure builds up. I experienced this too, but I was able to get around it by opening up the bleeder further and holding the hose on. I also vacuum pumped until the line to the pump was all fluid first.
I started pumping and to my surprise it actually worked and fluid in the reservoir started rising. I stopped when it reach the max (a couple 100 ML I think). I then tightened the bleeder with an open end wrench as best I could (a bit of a squeeze since I didn't remove the battery), and then I removed the hose. I had the valve closed enough that a drop of fluid was sitting in the valve so I knew air wasn't going in or fluid was leaking out. I then torqued the bleeder back to spec
Tested the clutch and never felt better! With this method, bleeding was super easy and I got it on the first try--no 20 minutes of pumping the clutch or using tons of fluid like others have described. Keep in mind that the cheaper plastic MityVac can only vacuum, it cannot pressure pump, so you'll have to spring another $20 and get the metal one.
Here are torque numbers from the workshop manual:
9 Nm for CMC bolts (x2) (11 mm socket I think)
23 Nm for Pedal Assembly bolts (x4) (13 mm socket)
21 Nm for Bleed nipple (10 mm socket I think)
Good luck!
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This applies to the SVTs as well correct? My cmc is leaking and needs replaced.
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Yes, same location & operation.
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Quick & easy clutch master cylinder install.
I just bought a clean used 2007 2.0 PZEV ZX3. It needed the typical Focus fixes but the price was right. Before starting on the leaking CMC I read (between the lines) all 14 pages of this thread and then developed this plan. Install time including bleeding was 90min total.
Required: New CMC, DOT3 brake fluid, 1/4" & 3/8" metric socket sets with extensions, screw drivers, 10mm combination wrench, turkey baster, syringe (from pet store - for bird feeding), 1ft of 1/4" OD poly tube (drip irrigation), two 1/4 drip tube plugs, + lots of rags. There will be some fluid leakage so put cardboard or something under the drivers side of the engine. You may also want to have a can of Berryman B-12 Throttle body cleaner (throttle body & idle air control) and CRC QD cleaner (Mass air flow) just because these parts will be easily accessed now and should be cleaned occasionally anyway. If the car has 100,000 miles or more and has the original trans mount change it now also.
There is no need to remove the seat, pedals, air resonator, jack up car,or remove the front wheel. Study all of the photos in the preceding posts to locate all the applicable parts.
If a 70 year old chubby guy (Me) can do this repair so can you.
1. Remove battery, battery box, dash panel under steering column, & air hose between throttle body & resonator.
2. Unbolt & unclip fuse/relay box (located between battery and firewall) & move to the side.
3. Remove as much fluid as possible from the clutch/brake reservoir. (use turkey baster)
4. Disconnect hoses from CMC at firewall. I used a long small flat blade screwdriver and pushed the hose in while removing the clips. Got both loose on 1st try. Have a rag handy as it will leak. IMPORTANT: Keep the pressure hose (the lower one) elevated so that no fluid drains from it.
5. Unsnap and remove the switch from bracket under the CMC. Remove the rubber button stop from the clutch pedal to allow a little more up travel. Bend the switch bracket down until it is slightly behind the clutch pedal.
6. Remove two self tapping bolts, spring clip, disconnect push pod, & remove the CMC.
7. Use the two self tapping bolts to pre-tap the mounting holes in the new CMC, this will make it much easier to tighten the bolts under the dash.
8. Put about 6oz of new DOT3 fluid in a cup or small jar. Push the two 1/4"x6" tubes into the new CMC ports. Fill the syringe from the cup (remove any air bubbles) then holding the CMC upright (same as mounting position) inject fluid into the bottom hose until a solid stream of fluid comes out of the upper hose & back into the cup. Rotate the CMC so that both hoses are pointed up & the install plugs into the hoses. Keep hoses pointed up until installed.
9. Being careful with the hoses install the new CMC, bend the bracket back, reinstall switch, rubber button, & the dash panel. IMPORTANT: Do not to push in the clutch pedal yet!!
10. Remove the rubber cap from clutch bleed screw on the transaxle and put it over the open end of the hose from the reservoir. Fill the reservoir with new fluid. With rag in hand remover the rubber cap allowing fluid to leak into rag until stream is solid then cap hose with your fingertip. Remove the upper temporary hose and slowly but firmly plug the upper hose into the CMC. A little leakage while plugging in will flush air out. Fill the reservoir again!
11. Using the syringe make sure the lower pressure hose is full to end with fluid. With rag under the lower CMC port remove lower temporary hose, squirt fluid into the CMC port with syringe & quickly install the lower hose. The system is now pre-bled but may have small air bubbles at each hose connection. It might work but lets bleed it the old school way.
12. Put a 12mm 1/4" drive socket with long extension & ratchet on the bleed screw. You will have the ratchet located just beneath the throttle body. Have an assistant pump the clutch pedal 3 times and hold to floor, open and close the bleed screw, release pedal. Repeat 4 times. KEEP THE RESERVOIR FULL. Replace the rubber cap.
13. Now is a great time to check & clean the throttle body, idle air control, mass air flow, also check the trans mount. (not included in the 90 minutes)
14. Re-secure fuse/relay box, install battery box & battery, & air hose. Time is up.
Test drive, remember the computer will need a little time to return to normal.
My 2000 Zetec ZX3 finally returned home and I have confirmed that by replacing the line # above with the one following the instructions will apply to older ones also.
1. Remove air filter housing & dash cover under steering wheel.
2. Unclip fuse/relay box and move aside.
12. Use the same tools on the bleed screw but it is NOT located under the throttle body. It is actually a little to right of the Zetec ignition coil and about 6" below the fiberglass insulated stainless steel tube.
13. At least clean the mass air flow sensor but maybe save the other things for a different day.
14. Re-secure fuse/relay box and install air filter housing.
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#1 Thu 12 Jan 12 1:23pm
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Grow your own veg - Whats the real potential?
Hi all,
After watching and reading 'Jamie At Home' I was inspired to have a go at growing my own veg last year, to see what I could manage to grow and at what expense etc etc. However, I was a little disappointed as to what I managed to achieve and now I have lost motivation to have another go this year. I tried to grow chillies, peppers, tomatoes, courgettes & basil, and in the early stages of propagating, seeing them all grow from seed I was encouraged to spend a lot of time to try and turn the early success into harvestable growth. However, this really is where it ended, the basil didn't really take off, peppers never appeared bar 2 which got eaten, courgettes yielded 2 good sized ones then lots of rotten ones, and the tomatoes ripened too late at which point I had kind of given up.
Now, I am not a defeatist by any means and want to try again this year. I guess what I am looking for is some inspiration. What can you really achieve from your garden (mine is 25ft sq)? I am willing to invest in a green house if this can add some guarantee? But is it really that difficult to grow your own or have I just got it wrong or hard bad luck at first go?
Any words of wisdom would help!
#2 Thu 12 Jan 12 1:53pm
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Re: Grow your own veg - Whats the real potential?
Whereabouts are you located? It sounds like you had a rather cool, short growing season.
You might try a 'bush' variety of zucchini. They're easy and very productive. You have to pick right away when the fruits first appear, even twice a day, or they get too large. In the case of a vining zucchini, they could be rotting from laying on the wet ground.
#3 Fri 13 Jan 12 5:08am
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Re: Grow your own veg - Whats the real potential?
I have to agree with MsP. Knowing whereabouts you are would be a great help.
There is a lot that goes into growing your own veg; but the rewards can be HUGE!!!!
I started with a little knowledge and a huge amount of failure that came about my first year in my I think it was 10x10 garden. But the first success can be addictive. Now it has grown to 40 x 60 and we live off of it.
Don't expect too much. But I'll try to give you a couple tips.
Plant your Basil close to the house on the light appropriate side. The radiating light and heat will help it thrive. Not a big believer in planting herbs amongst veg. Unless they're complimentary in pest control.
Plant Chillis and Peppers in relatively large BLACK shrub pots. Paticularly if you're lacking space. The black plastic pots help grab the suns heat.
Tomatoes can be done in the same manner.
Done in the right manner all can compliment your home.
Personally I've never had much success with zucchini but in the right location and trained to grow UP. They can be insanely prolific.
Myself I like the humble Potato 1 plant in the correct soil can at least with the type I plant produce 3lbs. I do know of people that can get 10lbs depending upon the variety.
Just to give you an idea and this was a poor past season wet and soggy.
112 Yukon Gold Plants= 177lbs (yes I weigh this every year)
40ft Garlic.= 6lbs
40ft Carrotts = 37lbs (over 2 crops)
40ft Peas= 4lbs (over 2 crops)
80ft Onions=11lbs
And the list can go on.
Good luck and stick with it.
#4 Fri 13 Jan 12 1:28pm
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Re: Grow your own veg - Whats the real potential?
Thanks for your posts guys, really appreciate it. To answer your intial question I live in Shropshire (UK - West Midlands Region) so the weather is mixed at the best of times!
I do want to start small, but focus on what I use the most in cooking. Chillis/peppers and tomatoes I use all the time, and always thought if I could yield these then there would be a good saving as they are quite expensive to buy. Do I need a greenhouse for these ideally? or would it at least provide the right controllable environment to succeed?
I think I will try potatoes this year because if anything can grow well in this country its potatoes! Perhaps I just had some bad luck and its worth another go, just need to decide what to grow and how to grow!
#5 Fri 13 Jan 12 2:58pm
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Chillis are easy. I already had three.
I planted one seed in each plastic pot around april last year, left them in the greenhouse until they were big enough to transplant. I have just cut them back after reculting the last chillis at the beginning of this month.
They are always brought into the house where they spend the winter behind the bay windows.
Last year was a strange year for tomatoes, mine were ripe very soon (instead of late august/sept as they are usually), plus the plants themselves died so we had to get the tomatoes off quickly. Apparently we were not alone with this problem.
Any new gardener must experiment to see what grows and to be repeated, or deceptions to be tried again or abandoned completely.
I have found that one of the gardens is no good for carrots where another is excellent. I love all the old fashioned veg along with the usual courgettes, different types of salads, garlic, onions, celery, tomatoes, chard, rumex (sorrel?), kale, kol-rabi....and all the herbs that i can find place for.
#6 Fri 13 Jan 12 3:55pm
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Re: Grow your own veg - Whats the real potential?
try with what you like and do not expect too much, vegs very often surprised me, the ones I thought would be great did not grow at all some years, others I neglected gave wonderful crops, I also plant or sow seeds given by friends and relatives and wait to see what happens, there are so many variabili, such as good quality seeds, weather, soil, exposure to sun, vegs consociazione and and and
good luck, keep us informed
#7 Fri 13 Jan 12 11:33pm
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Re: Grow your own veg - Whats the real potential?
Hi Gtwiss,
I think it is fairly rare for people to have success with everything their first go. And the less you have been around gardening and gardeners, the less likely it is.
I seem to have to make every mistake possible before I get it right! But luckily that means that I learn heaps and heaps along the way.
I remember the feeling just after I began to be more successful with my garden, when I moved to this flat where I have to grow everything in pots. I had to earn from scratch all over again!
But it is such a wonderful thing to be learning! The soil, the weather, the different species, the different seasons.
I think you are exactly right to start small and focus in on what you use in your cooking!
Good luck! You will get there!
One tip: It can save a lot of time and heartache to buy seedlings. You can grow from seed later when you are more confident.
Another tip!: Compost bins are wonderful!!!!!
#8 Sat 14 Jan 12 1:31am
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Re: Grow your own veg - Whats the real potential?
gtwiss78 wrote:
I live in Shropshire (UK - West Midlands Region) so the weather is mixed at the best of times!
Not too wet, not too dry, can be a bit breezy, fair bit of sunshine (if there is any at all!) ...................frost pocket???? There are one or two places your way that can get a touch of late frost in valley locations.
If you aren't sure of conditions/don't have space for lots of seedlings.............buy 1/2 & 1/2, plugplants from you local nursery/garden centre & seeds you grow yourself.
I wouldn't go to the expense of a glasshouse until you know growing veg is the thing for you, however there are one or two things you can do to give yourself a head-start.
Don't sow your seeds too early...........they becaome "leggy" in their early Spring struggle to find some daylight. Late-sown seeds soon catch up & they're sturdier.
Only sow about 10-12 pairs Tomato seeds (a pair of seeds to each pot) & choose the strongest to plant out later. Go for a "Cherry" if that's what the kids eat the most of & maybe something like "Moneymaker" (an old faithful). Don't be tempted to go mad.
Beans.................these can be sown straight out into the soil in early May (in frost does come late & seems to wipe them out, they will most often regrow from the base)..........if the kids are desperate to grow something, a few extra beans grown in pots don't go amiss. Go for something simple like a few Runners & a few long-podded French, if you like them. Remember they will need a firm framework of 6'-8' canes to grow up.
Salad..............buy "Salad Bowl" or other such mixtures of "cut-&-come-again" leaves. Plant them in a short row every week/10days so that they don't all glut at once.
Radish (if you like them)......."French Breakfast" is a good all-rounder..............& like Carrots, they like a lightish, stone-free soil.
Beetroot (again if you like them) .........."Cylindrica" is a good variety for beets of a uniform shape that's good for cutting into identical sized slices.
Potatoes.........marvellous for "cleaning" the soil & for breaking up heavier soils in a new bed. Personnally I wouldn't go for "main crop" given the size of your garden, but rather the more expensive "Salad Potatoes" ie "Charlotte", "Nicola" etc
Carrots can be very disappointing, especially if you have removed grass to make the veg bed (Wireworm, Chafers etc), have stoney/recently manured soil (both cause carrots to "fork")
or suffer Carrot root fly.
I personally don't grow chillis, peppers or tomatoes in the ground, but rather as pot-culture, ensuring that during very wet/windy/cold spells they can be moved indoors whilst the weather system persists & then out again with no loss of fruiting.
There's a fair bit there to start you off...........later you could grow some cabbage/spinach/brussels/kale/cauliflower etc etc for the winter months.
gtwiss78 wrote:
I do want to start small, but focus on what I use the most in cooking. Chillis/peppers and tomatoes I use all the time, and always thought if I could yield these then there would be a good saving as they are quite expensive to buy. Do I need a greenhouse for these ideally? or would it at least provide the right controllable environment to succeed?
So, No you don't have to have a greenhouse to succeed.......I don't have one & I am very nearly self-sufficient in veg.
Watering is always an issue, if that isn't right the plants will either rot or dessicate.
Pollination is also an issue too..................between rows of veg, plant marigolds, herbs, anything that doesn't take up too much space, to bring in the insects. Birds then also have somewhere to hide whilst they are picking up those slugs & snails!
Do have another go, don't give up...............remember to come on here & ask for help.
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Koji Kakinuma, a renowned calligrapher and lecturer in Princeton's Department of East Asian Studies, will exhibit the Japanese art of calligraphy known as Shodo in a performance titled "Tygers" at noon Saturday, Dec. 9, on the south lawn of the Frist Campus Center.
Using paint brushes the size of mops, Kakinuma will create a massive banner measuring 65 feet by 20 feet with musical accompaniment provided by Kaoru Watanabe, playing the Japanese flute, or fue, and the traditional large Japanese drum known as the taiko. Watanabe is a former member of KODO, the musical group that performs internationally using the Japanese drums as a visual and musical art form.
Kakinuma is creating the banner, both to demonstrate his art and to show his appreciation to Princeton for hosting him. In addition to serving as a lecturer for the Department of East Asian Studies this academic year, he held workshops for members of the University community in October and is serving as a visiting research calligrapher through this summer.
"I am passionate about introducing Shodo as a true art form and fundamental part of Japanese culture to Japan and the world at large," he wrote in a statement before coming to Princeton.
Kakinuma, who was born in rural Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, had his first experience with brush work when he was 5 years old. He attended the Tokyo University of Arts and Letters and has exhibited in Japan and New York.
The Department of East Asian Studies intends to make his banner available for campus-wide use at events.
The rain location for the Shodo exhibition will be Liberation Hall in the Fields Center, 86 Olden St. For location updates, visit www.princeton.edu/~eastasia/.


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