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Description Brown-reddish brown and brown/golden blotches or mottling. 12-13 coastal grooves. Smooth skinned. Tail is 40% of body size. Broad head with a shovel-like snout.
Dimensions 18-30cm. (7-11 3/4")
Habitat Temperate forests, rivers, fresh water lakes and marshes.
Range Endemic to Northern California. 2 or 3 isolated regions - From Sonoma and Marin counties to Lake County and the San Francisco Bay to San Mateo County.
Discussion Some Larva grow into adulthood without losing their gills, a process called neoteny. These adults are a uniform brown color. One of the few species capable of vocalising.


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Rate Discount Contracts. A Kansas court upheld a state commission rate case ruling that refused to impute revenues to UtiliCorp to offset revenues lost in offering rate discount contracts to large-volume electric customers, despite arguments by a consumer group that UtiliCorp was shifting costs to build its unregulated Aquila merchant energy business, since the commission earlier had OK'd the flexible tariffs that allowed such contracts, without challenge.
Yet the court acknowledged arguments that opponents could not have fought the tariffs without actual data showing their effects, and expressed concern that state regulators had not examined possible economic effects of rate discounts when the tariffs were approved. .-B.W.R.
Ad Valorem Taxes. A Louisiana appeals court instructed a state trial court to hear a suit by a gas pipeline that attacked the state's policy of levying ad valorem taxes on 25 percent of fair market value of utility property, compared to only 15 percent of the value of nonutility property. .-B.W.R.
Property Taxes. A Kansas court ruled that while state tax assessors had used the "income," "cost," and "market" approaches to set the value of property for an interstate gas pipeline, it was unlawful to calculate the intrastate Kansas share by reference only to original cost, since state law required tax assessments to reflect fair market value. .-B.W.R.
Territorial Disputes. Reversing a state trial judge, a South Carolina appeals court barred a rural co-op from offering electric distribution service in a residential subdivision by an adjacent town, because the population of the annexed locality exceeded 2,500, and thus could not be considered as a "rural" area eligible for service from a co-op. .-B.W.R.
Mismanagement Penalties. The Vermont Supreme Court upheld a ruling by the state public service board that cut return on equity in half for Citizens Utilities-from 10.5 percent to 5.25 percent-rejecting utility claims that the penalty was confiscatory. .-B.W.R.
Nuclear Waste Fund. A federal appeals court allowed a group of nuclear electric utilities to go forward with a suit asking not for money damages, but for an injunction, a declaratory judgment, and prospective equitable relief from obligations under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to pay a share of costs incurred by the Department of Energy for decontaminating and decommissioning certain uranium processing facilities. .-P.C.
Review of Contracts. A federal appeals court overturned a ruling by the FERC that had reformed a contract for sale of output from the Pilgrim nuclear plant, saying that regulators cannot remake the return on equity set by contract even if the rate appears unreasonable in light of current capital costs. The court accused the FERC of becoming "hostile" to the Mobile-Sierra doctrine, which limits the right of regulators to reform contracts they see as unfair. .-P.C.
Municipal Utilities. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that municipalities may not buy electricity solely for resale to customers outside city lines (in this case, a large industrial plant), but may sell only the surplus power left over in serving city residents. -P.C.
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Dynegy's David Francis, vice president for western power trading, testified on Dec. 21 on why he thought the ISO was bending the rules:
Dynegy's David Francis, vice president for western power trading, testified on Dec. 21 on why he thought the ISO was bending the rules:

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Here's some pictures fromthe toy fair.
Here's some pictures fromthe toy fair.
[FONT=Tahoma]I was born at night, but not last night.[/FONT]You Shouldn't believe everything that you read.(Like my posts)
In those pics, it looks like we will have some more chase variants. The Sandtroopers have BOTH a white pauldron and an orange one, with the regular Stormtrooper as well.Originally Posted by Turbowars
Yes, and I'm noticing a couple of regular Stormtroopers there as well! Very, very excited about the upcoming stuff from Gentle Giants!
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I believe the ones on the bottom are a part of the Deluxe line and have interchangeable arms/weapons/poses.Originally Posted by bobafrett
You both would be correct. I hate how GG does business, but their product it so nice. I'm trying to just stick with the Army guys, but that Gam Guard and Bossk look great. I guess I don't like the human busts, just like hasbro, they never get it just right.
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I will disagree with you on the Tarkin one and the upcoming Luke one. They are DEAD ON in likeness.Originally Posted by Turbowars
yea, that luke is perfect. i was wondering what they were waiting for. now where are han and leia?
What's up with Hasbro? Is Hasbro not at Toy Fair this year? Why have I yet to see Hasbro pics? I want to see the rest of the Saga AOTC figures and that Ultra Vader.
Come vote in my Best Figure thread this Preview Month.
Toy Fair didn't actually start until today, which is why we have Hasbro coverage up now.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Any way to get specifics of the Stormtrooper mini busts?? Like are the Orange/White Pauldron Stormies chase pieces or are they each their own piece to be released? Then there is the regular stormie. Is that 3 pieces to be released or 1 with 2 variants? Thanks for any info in advance.Originally Posted by JediTricks


text: Yesterday at the Target in Bellevue i finally found the remaining three Clone Wars figures i needed. There were three other Dirges, but only one Yoda, and no Clones when i was done picking what i needed. The Yoda and Clone were in the aisle with the Peanuts and Wrestling figures, away from the usual Star Wars area. They had plenty of Dookus, Maces, Obis, and Anakins.


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Over the last 3 weeks we've had about 6 inches of a hard ice sheet covering the landscape here in West-Central area. There is talk around that some guys are finding dead turkeys frozen into the ground. I've found a few dead ones myself but nothing on the scale of the 2010 die off. Yet.
Of course this causes concern about what is going to happen next in turkey land. There is no thaw in the forecast near term, just below freezing temps and 7-8 inches of additional snow.
March can be the deadliest time for wildlife sure hope that is not going to be the case this year.
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A one thousand-year-old history lesson awaits those who would deem the cutting edge wicked
Damascus steel was forged using a process of carbon doping iron in a smelting and quenching process. This steel became famous almost a thousand years ago; it was said a Damascus sword would cut through falling silk, a rock, and then another piece of silk while still keeping its razor sharp edge.
The ability to make the Damascus steel was lost with the ages. Blademasters would often take the secret of the forging process to the grave rather than reveal its mysteries. Many were persecuted as heretics, others heralded as deities.
A study by a University of Wisconsin-Madison revealed that
more than 70% of 1,015 surveyed Americans deem nanotechnology morally repulsive
. Professor Dietram Scheufele attributes this repugnance for technology to American reliance on religion.
It's easy to say that perhaps the 1,000 Americans surveyed are just not that bright. Scheufele disagrees, stating, "They are rejecting it based on religious beliefs. The issue isn't about informing these people. They are informed."
Scheufele believes that Americans who disprove of nanotechnology do not want humans "playing God." That is, man manipulating structures of one nanometer, one billionth of a meter, is akin to God manipulating the forces of the universe.
In 2006 German researcher Peter Paufler discovered (with the aid of a sub-nanotechnology, the electron microscope) that a four hundred-year-old Damascus steel sword
gained its incredible properties from carbon nanotube structures within the blade's edge
. Fifteen years earlier NEC created the world's first synthetic nanotube. One year later it was awarded the patent for one of the sharpest materials on earth,
a plasma polished carbon nanotube blade
Science has always bordered on the fence of terrifying and mysterious. Civilization lost the secrets of Damascus steel making when then modern thinkers deemed it a practice of
deus ex hominis.
Attempting to describe the morality of natural phenomena leads to an exercise in natural fallacy. Not once, in the history of mankind, has science ever been proven immoral -- and conversely -- nor has it ever been proven moral either.
Will society deitize nano-researchers as modern day Damascus blademasters, or will it learn to look beyond the meta-ethics of natural phenomena for a change?
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Devil's Racecourse in Ft. Ritchie, MD is a 700-meter-long blockfield created when the area experienced a periglacial climate during the Pleistocene. It is thought that boulders of Weverton quartzite from South Mountain on the west and Catoctin metabasalt from the east weathered out of their respective mountains and were gradually transported and deposited here by gelifluction. In non-dry periods, visitors to Devil's Racecourse can hear a stream running beneath the blockfield, and can even see it if they peer down the right holes.
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Binghamton University Art Museum to Feature Two Exhibits
BINGHAMTON, NY – Two exhibits, "Chinese New Year Prints" and "The Art Behind Beijing Opera: Costume and Makeup"will be on display beginning Feb. 10 in the Binghamton University Art Museum, located in the Fine Arts building. The public is invited to the opening reception, 4 – 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, to enjoy Chinese instrumental music performed by a visiting instructor from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing, China. Ithaca artist Jim Hardesty will demonstrate Chinese calligraphy and brush painting.
"Chinese New Year Prints" is a collaboration between the University Art Museum and the Samuel Dorsky Museum of the Art at The State University of New York, New Paltz. The exhibition features 37 works on paper made for the popular and traditional celebration of Chinese lunar new year. The exhibit will be open to the public through Mar. 12.
Also opening on Feb. 10 is "The Art Behind Beijing Opera: Costume and Makeup" featuring Beijing Opera costumes from Binghamton University's collection, as well as still images and an original video of the intricate and time-consuming process of preparing opera performers' hair and makeup. "The Art Behind Beijing Opera"will be open through Jun. 2.
In support of the exhibit, Ronald Knapp, distinguished professor emeritus from SUNY New Paltz, will present a lecture titled, "Beyond the Gate, Beyond Paper, and Beyond the New Year: Evocative Ornamentation and the Chinese Homestead." This free program will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 2, in room 213 of the Fine Arts building.
Program support for both exhibits is provided by the Confucius Institute of Chinese Opera and the Institute for Asia and Asian Diasporas at Binghamton University.
"Chinese New Year Prints" and "The Art Behind Beijing Opera: Costume and Makeup" may be seen during regular Museum hours, Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m., and Thursdays, noon to 7 p.m. or by appointment. School groups may arrange a tour by contacting Silvia Ivanova, Registrar and Curator of Education, at 607-777-4763 or email@example.com.
For more information, contact the Binghamton University Art Museum at 607-777-2634 or see http://www2.binghamton.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/index.html.


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This article originally appeared in the July 4, 1978 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
"I suppose my role with those people (organized-crime figures) is a dual role in a sense. I went into the relationship looking for stories. If you want a story on a gangster, go to a cop. If you want a story on a cop, go to a gangster. I went into that situation for that reason, and I suppose I came away with more." — Jack Kelly, then a Channel 7 investigative reporter, in a Phoenix interview in November, 1976
At eight o'clock last Wednesday morning, the Boston police radio band began to crackle. In the sub-basement of Blackfriars, a bar and discotheque on Summer Street near South Station, a janitor had made a grisly discovery.
"How many you got there?" asked the police dispatcher.
"Five," came the response.
"How many ambulances will you need?"
"Never mind the ambulances; they're all gone."
Within minutes, Police Commissioner Joseph Jordan and a veritable army of his underlings — more cops than a veteran newsman at the scene could recall ever seeing in one spot — had converged in front of the bar. At the Blue Cross-Blue Shield office tower across the street, arriving workers filled the windows; in the street below, a sizable crowd began to gather.
In his Boston apartment, WBZ-TV reporter Maurice Lewis heard the early reports of what would come to be known as the Summer Street Massacre. Lewis took a special interest: an old chum from his 'BZ radio days, he knew, was currently working as night manager at the bar. Hoping to learn more about the shooting, he put in a call to Jack Kelly at his Framingham home. Kelly wasn't there. His wife, Michelle, who had heard the same sketchy reports of the shooting on her car radio, was worried. Jack hadn't come home the night before, she told Lewis, and she feared the worst. Lewis said he'd find out what he could and began phoning police sources. Getting no immediate results, he drove to the Channel 4 studios, on Soldier's Field Road. There, finally, he confirmed what he and Michelle had all but concluded earlier.
At 34, Jack Kelly, who as recently as two years ago was a celebrated Boston television journalist (a star, really, and he acted the part), was dead. He was found lying face down, two gunshot wounds in the head, in the cramped, blood-spattered basement of Blackfriars, along with the bodies of Charles Magarian, Peter Meroth, Freddie Delavega, and Vincent Solmonte, the club's owner. During the course of the night (probably around 2 a.m.), the five had apparently been surprised by one or more intruders wielding at least one shotgun and a .25-caliber automatic. Firearms and small quantities of cocaine and marijuana as well as more then $15,000 in an open safe were found. A backgammon game had been in progress. The prevailing police opinion was that it looked to be a classic gangland-style slaying.
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Family: Trogonidae, Trogons view all from this family
Description ADULT MALE Has a glossy green head, chest, and back. Wings are mainly blue-gray with white margins to flight feathers. White band separates chest from bright red underparts, including undertail coverts. From above, tail is coppery green, with a dark tip; from below it is gray with a black terminal band and otherwise pale feather tips. ADULT FEMALE Has green elements of male's plumage replaced by graybrown on head, chest, and upper back, and warmer brown on lower back and tail. Note striking white mark behind the eye. Diffuse white band borders chest and grades into buff belly; undertail coverts are red. JUVENILE Similar to adult female, but with bold pale spots on wings; undertail coverts are buffy.
Dimensions Length: 11-12" (28-30 cm)
Habitat Fairly common within limited range in U.S. Restricted to streamside woodland where sycamores are common.
Observation Tips Reasonably easy to see, with patience, at Madera Canyon, Arizona.
Range Southwest
Voice Call and song comprise various croaking crrr notes.
Discussion A stunning tropical species that provides birders visiting southern Arizona with a taste of the exotic. Appearance is so distinctive that it is almost unmistakable. However, it can be surprisingly hard to spot when sitting motionless in dappled foliage. Adopts an upright posture with tail hanging straight down when perched. Note proportionately large, rounded head and stout, curved yellow bill. Food, which is typically taken on the wing, includes flying insects and fruit plucked from branches. Nests in tree holes, typically those excavated by woodpeckers. Sexes are dissimilar.


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Interview: Pink Floyd's Nick Mason, Engineer John Leckie Discuss the Making of 'Meddle'
In 1971, Pink Floyd were only five years into their professional career, but they had already been through several phases and permutations.
Their nascent period with founder Syd Barrett showed they were capable of experimenting with sound and lyrics and turning out pop hits, such as "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play."
Following Barrett's departure in 1968, they had tried their hand at film music composition with The Committee, Soundtrack from the Film More and Zabriskie Point, and begun to coalesce as a progressive-rock band with 1969's Ummagumma and its follow-up, 1970's Atom Heart Mother.
But they had yet to show signs of becoming a group capable of creating landmark works like The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. With Meddle, Pink Floyd—guitarist David Gilmour, bassist Roger Waters, keyboardist Richard Wright and drummer Nick Mason—did just that.
Meddle is the linchpin between the itinerant creativity of Pink Floyd's early years and the sophisticated conceptual work for which they are hailed today. Fittingly, the 40-year-old album is getting a facelift as part of EMI's campaign to reissue several of the band's significant albums in editions that include studio outtakes, live recordings and rare tracks. The new Experience and Immersion editions of Meddle help shed light on this vital, defining disc in the Pink Floyd catalog.
Meddle is the first album on which the Floyd got everything just right. In it, you can almost hear The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and even Animals. You couldn't necessarily say the same about Atom Heart Mother or Ummagumma.
Those albums, brilliant as they are in their own way, are the sound of the Floyd finding their way, trying to escape from the shadow of Barrett, their brilliant, erratic and insufferable former frontman, and the whimsy of the albums they'd made with him: Piper at the Gates of Dawn and its less satisfactory follow-up, A Saucerful of Secrets.
Meddle, on the other hand, shows a focus of artistic vision, if not in the whole of the album then certainly in the individual songs. The tracks seem to be driven along purposefully and with an urgency, as if the Floyd knew they had hit upon a vein rich with musical possibilities. Perhaps importantly, none of the divisive "creative differences" that eventually drove the band apart were present at this point in Floyd's evolution. They were simply four musicians trying to come together in the absence of their leader, Barrett.
All of these things may be responsible for Meddle's charismatic sonic qualities, and explain why it—more than Dark Side, Wish You Were Here and The Wall—finds a spot in the heart of true Pink Floyd fans, such as Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, who has long championed Meddle as the great Floyd album.
"It's got that 1971 sound," he says. "It's so warm and organic and so golden, and there's something about that. Things were just coming out of psychedelic music and the influence was still there, not completely gone."
The album contains just six tracks: five on the original release's first side, and one—the 23-and-a-half-minute stunner "Echoes"—on side two. The fizzing energetic opener, "One of These Days," demonstrates the group's psychedelic jam tendencies, yet it remains infectiously tuneful as it boogies along like a stoner-rock version of ZZ Top's "La Grange." "Echoes," on the other hand, combines moody, slow rock with atmospheric sounds, synthesizer weirdness and other sonic effects.
The "ping" that opens and closes the track was produced by keyboardist Richard Wright playing a single note on a concert grand piano and feeding the signal through a Leslie rotating speaker. "I remember, Dave Gilmour had just got the same wah-wah pedal that Jimi Hendrix used," recalls engineer John Leckie, who started on Meddle as a tape operator but was eventually credited as engineer. "The 'seagull' sound you hear on 'Echoes' is that, the Cry Baby. Hendrix died in the middle of recording, which I think affected them a bit."


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On the deck of the luxe Lake Placid Lodge, in New York's Adirondack Mountains, guests can have their dinner and their leaf-peeping, too. As the sun sets, cuddly wraps help fend off the autumn chill.
Tip: Marry at a location with a distinctive sense of style and you won't need to shell out big bucks for wedding decorations.
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Bob Sapp Once Again Goes Down
- Written by Dave Walsh
At this point, Bob Sapp fighting is clearly not a good idea. We've all discussed how over the years he has been smart with his money and how he has made a lot out of a little, but at this point it is clear that he can go no further in the fighting world. Winning a fight against even lesser competition seems to be far from his grasp. As a fighter, you simply cannot fix the inability to take a punch. We've seen this in recent, high profile cases like Brock Lesnar retiring from the UFC and returning to the WWE after a string of losses where as soon as he got hit he'd turtle up. This is where Bob Sapp is right now, and it is time for him to pack it in. His latest fight was against Rok Strucl and Sapp actually put forth some effort, rushing in like he was looking for the kill but did not, at all, do it with precision or power.


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here's a good update on next year's release of T3.
here's a good update on next year's release of T3.
"We have enough youth. We need a fountain of SMART!"
Cool, thanks for the info. I'm looking forward to the T3, as the first 2 are some of my favorite films.
I'm surprised they didn't go with Edward Furlong in T3, since he'd be about the right age, and they used him for the Terminator 3D ride at Universal Studios.
"Watch this, I'm going to horrify you into a coma..."
Warner Brothers? The Terminator Franchise and rights are owned by Universal. Is this information right?
"Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun."
I was also surprised at Furlong not being cast again as John Conner. Was discussing it over lunch, and one opinion that came up was that maybe the studio wanted a John Conner that appealed to more women/girls to draw more female film-goers? Don't ask me, I'm a guy! I don't care what John Conner looks like, as long as he can act. I saw this Stahl kid in In the Bedroom, and he seemed like a good actor. Still, I'd like to have seen Furlong again.
"We have enough youth. We need a fountain of SMART!"
Furlong didn't wanna do it, from what I understand. There was some talk of hiring Hayden from E2 as the older John Conner, but it looks like that has fallen thru.
Rumors are saying that Linda Hamilton didn't want to return either, and I think she said that the only way she would come back is if the charecter is dead and she appeared only in flashback. She wants to put the whole Terminator franchise behind her, even though it's the series that made her a star, and she is best known for.
Oh well, without Cameron at the helm, I think the movie is gonna majorly tank anyway. I don't know the director well enough, but he doesn't seem the type to make a futuristic action picture.
MTFBWY and HH!!
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I think that since Carolco went under, the rights to the Terminator franchise were in legal limbo for many years.
To be honest, I don't want a T3, T2 was the right way to end the series and it'd be cheapened by anything else.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
i'm with you jar jar. i have MAJOR worries about this film. i hope arnold isn't just reviving this role because he hasn't had a hit film since "true lies" in 1994.
as almost without exception, arnold movies range from so-so to plain awful without james cameron directing.
so is this film going to be set after the nuclear war, or was there ever one? shouldn't destroying cyber-dyne, the original T-800 arm and chip, and stopping miles dyson's research put a stop to the "rise or the machines"?
T2 sewed up the Terminator story quite nicely. Making this sequel will simply cheapen how good the two original movies were.
I agree. How they are going to re-write a "good" Arnold back in are beyond me.
"Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun."
I don't know too much about the film's plot, but I do feel this is a bad idea. I love the first one, it scared the hell out of me as a kid. And it warranted a sequel because it was already set up for one - Sarah Connor heading off into the storm, she had a lot of work to "prepare" her son for what we knew was coming. The plot didn't mean to eliminate the future threat, only to guarantee that John would have the chance to lead the resistance.
And I love T2, for different reasons. But the whole point of that movie was to eliminate the future threat of SkyNet (sp?) and leave an OPEN ENDED future.
That's not to say it is impossible that the machines will still find a way to rise ( ), but any plotline is going to have to come out of nowhere. At least, that's what I perceive.


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Cows Gone Wild
Why It Matters
Now That's A Cow!
Humans have a long association with cows. We know this association goes back at least 11,000 years (and probably much longer) from Paleolithic cave paintings. Take a look at some of these paintings. The "cows" you see are Aurochs (Bos primigenius). They are the species of bovine that humans domesticated to form our modern day cows.
Looking at the cave paintings of aurochs, you may get the sense that they were a bit different than our domesticated cattle. The characteristics which made aurochs successful in the wild were not the characteristics that humans thought were most useful. For example, packing on lots of meat may be a great trait in a cow for a cattle rancher, but if that meat hampers mobility, then it can make a cow an easy target to predators. This is one of the differences between artificial selection and natural selection. Go here to get a taste of what it's like to encounter a wild cow.
The Chillingham cattle are a unique example of wild cattle because of the length of time they have been left to their own devices. Because of this long time period (over 600 yrs.), they probably give us a clearer picture of "wild" bovine behavior than any other cows now on the planet. However, it does not take 600 years for noticeable changes to appear in bred species once the artificial selection of breeding is stopped. In fact, it was the observation of the tendency for animals bred for specific traits to revert to a "wild" form as soon as the artificial selection stopped that led people to believe species were immutable before Wallace and Darwin proposed their theory of natural selection.
You can go here to find out about people who are trying to bring back the auroch as part of an effort to restore the wilderness of Europe.
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Use the below resources to answer the following questions
- Where were cows domesticated?
- How will genome sequencing be used in the quest to restore the auroch?
- How will selective breeding be used in the quest to restore the auroch?
- What was the geographic range of the Aurochs?
- How does Julius Cesar's statement of Aurochs compare to our modern day image of cows? Be as specific as you can.
- One of the reasons scientists feel the auroch would aid the restoration of Europe's wildscape is that the native plants evolved in the presence of aurochs. Given the changes in the human populations since aurochs roamed Europe, comment on the validity of this approach. Be as specific in your reasoning as possible.
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Late Registration
1:30 p.m.
Opening Remarks/Introduction
1:40 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Keynote Address - Power to the People: What's Energy Got to Do with It?
Charles E. Sieving, NextEra Energy, Inc.
2:20 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Energy Innovations: From Siting to Financing "Green" Energy Projects
Sarah M. Doar, Hopping Green & Sams, P.A.
Patrice F. Boyes, Patrice Boyes, P.A.
Erin L. Deady, Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.
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3:35 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.
Environmental Justice and Ethical Considerations in Energy Development
Jeanne M. Zokovitch-Paben, Barry University School of Law
B. Suzi Ruhl, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Climate Change Litigation Update
Douglas M. Halsey, White & Case LLP
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Legislative Update
Lawrence E. Sellers, Jr., Holland & Knight LLP
Terry E. Lewis, Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.
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Mark W. Ellard, Geosyntec Consultants
Richard J. Budell, Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Robert A. Malinoski, Gunster, Attorneys at Law
Donald D. Carpenter, HSW Engineering, Inc.
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Samuel E. Poole, Berger Singerman
Daniel K. Slone, McGuire Woods LLP
William M. Spikowski, Spikowski Planning Associates
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Cari L. Roth, Bryant Miller Olive, P.A.
Janet E. Bowman, The Nature Conservancy
B) Commercial Lending Update: From Lender Liability in Foreclosures to Current Market
Stacy Watson May, Stacy Watson May, P.A.
Daniel D. Richardson, Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.
Michael I. Maguire, BB&T
Randy A. Muller, Bank of America
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10:25 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
A) The Future of Offshore Energy After Deepwater Horizon
Jeffrey A. Collier, Greenberg Traurig, P. A.
J. Keith Tolson, Geosyntec Consultants
Martha M. Collins, Collins Law Group
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T.R. Hainline, Jr., Rogers Towers, P.A.
Steven J. Wernick, Bilzin Sumberg, LLP
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Ross S. Burnaman, Ross Stafford Burnaman, Attorney at Law
Quilla E. Miralia, Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
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Carl Eldred, Hopping Green & Sams, P.A.
Christopher D. McGuire, Department of Environmental Protection
12:05 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Section Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon
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Recent Trends in NEPA
Moderator: Susan L. Stephens, Hopping Green & Sams, P.A.
Christina Storz, US Army Corps of Engineers
Gene Stillman, Ecology & Environment, Inc.
Douglas P. Manson, Manson Law Group, P.A.
2:25 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Administrative Update I: Recent Decisions
Mary F. Smallwood, GrayRobinson, P.A.
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Administrative Update II: Tips for Effective and Ethical ELUL Practice at DOAH
Hon. Bram D.E. Canter, Division of Administrative Hearings
Hon. J. Lawrence Johnston, Division of Administrative Hearings
4:15 p.m. – 5:40 p.m.
General Counsels' Roundtable
Moderator: Timothy J. Center, Collins Center for Public Policy
Christopher D. McGuire, Department of Environmental Protection
Deborah K. Kearney, Department of Community Affairs
TBD, South Florida Water Management District
Harold G. "Bud" Vielhauer, Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Lorena A. Holley, Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
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Closing Remarks
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As Rex Ryan and Channing Crowder continue to sling insults at each other in a battle that started here -- and with Bart Scott now predictably joining in -- let's try to look at this from another angle.
It is clear that the Dolphins respect their coach, and his style. You will never hear Tony Sparano slamming an opponent the way that Ryan has, and it is unlikely you will ever hear him boast about his team the way that Ryan has. (Praise, yes. Boast, no).
But it is also clear that the Jets respect their new coach's attitude as well. Many were quoted in the New York newspapers today. Saturday, I got the same sort of answers while attending David Clowney's football camp in Delray.
"I love it," Clowney said of Ryan's brashness.
Wallace Wright, another receiver, said "whenever you have a coach who speaks his mind, and doesn't sugarcoat things, I think it's better for everyone. Because he encourages us to speak our minds. It's a different type of mentality now. We're going to line up and hit you in the mouth, and can you stop it?"
Offensive tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson said "we've got a swagger approach. That's the type of attitude you have to have, especially with all the talented guys we have in our division."


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Chiefs lose battle for first place to Portland
Spokane, WA - Portland scored four goals in the first period and cruised the rest of the way as they dropped the Chiefs 9-1 in front of 7,855 fans Saturday night at the Spokane Arena. Brenden Kichton scored the Chiefs lone goal as Spokane fell to 10-2-0-0 at home and 14-7-0-0 overall.
The Winterhawks raced out to a 4-1 lead despite being outshot by Spokane 16-12 in the first period. Portland got on the board at 5:01 with a Brendan Leipsic goal. It took the Hawks only 19 more seconds to double their advantage as Oliver Bjorkstrand went top shelf for the score at 5:20.
Kichton cut into the Hawks lead at the 10:47 mark, scooping up a rebound in front of the net and sending a backhanded shot past Mac Carruth with assists from Mitch Holmberg and Dylan Walchuk. Portland quickly regained the momentum though as Taylor Peters caught a pass in front of the net and flicked it in at 11:37. The Winterhawks capped off the opening period with a rebound score from Keegan Iverson at the 15:36 mark.
Portland continued the scoring in the second period as Joe Mahon tallied at the 3:29 mark. It came against Garret Hughson, who replaced starter Eric Williams after 20-minutes. The Winterhawks scored again on the power play at 12:33 on a goal from Chase De Leo and once more at 14:22 as Taylor Leier beat Hughes, ending the second with a 7-1 lead.
Portland got its eighth goal of the night at 8:31 with Seth Jones firing a slap shot past Hughson. The Winterhawks' final score of the night came at 13:10 as Bjorkstrand slipped one in for his second goal of the game.
Williams finished with 8 saves on 12 opportunities while Hughson was 19 of 24 and Portland's Carruth was 43 of 44. Spokane finished 4 for 5 on the penalty kill and 0 for 7 on the power play.
Tonight's three stars were: Bjorkstrand (1st), Iverson (2nd), and Peters (3rd).
The Chiefs travel to Seattle on Saturday, November 17th for a game against the Thunderbirds before returning to Spokane on Wednesday, November 21 for a 7:05 PM matchup with the Everett Silvertips.


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I saw this week that the Dinotopia TV miniseries came out on VHS and DVD, and is on sale rather cheap. ($10 for DVD, I think.) Normally if a movie is that cheap and I'm fairly certain I'll like it, I'll buy it rather than rent it.
I know nothing about this, other than it's got dinosaurs in some kind of human society. I love dinosaurs, but that's all I've got to go on. Is it worth the ten bucks?


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Pakistan: Overcoming barriers to health care
The Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan's far north is known for its beauty, its mountains and its isolation. It is home to five of the 14 mountains in the world that reach higher than 8,000 metres. Its first road link to the rest of the country was only established in 1978, and access can still be cut by snowfall, avalanches or floods.
In 2010, floods crippled much of Gilgit-Baltistan's fragile transport infrastructure. Thousands of people who needed to access health facilities were cut off.
In an effort to bridge this gap, the Shifa Foundation, a local medical NGO, used an approach known as telemedicine, with funding from the OCHA-managed Emergency Response Fund (ERF).
Providing basic medical services from a distance
Telemedicine is an approach that enables doctors and specialists to interact in real-time with patients living in remote areas. Using a satellite or internet link, a doctor or specialist is able to sit in front of a computer in Islamabad and interact with a patient thousands of kilometers away who is sitting in front of a telemedicine unit.
The telemedicine unit looks like a normal desktop computer with a webcam. But it comes with a range of diagnostic tools, including a stethoscope, cameras to monitor eyes, ears, throats and skin, and even ultrasound equipment. This means that consultations can go beyond simple discussions, and allow doctors and specialists to carry out physical examinations in a manner similar to traditional face-to-face visits.
Targeting isolated communities
The Shifa Foundation installed telemedicine units in hospitals in the cities of Khaplu, Astore and at a mother and child health centre in Pakora, Astore. These facilities were chosen because they all lacked the equipment and staff needed to provide primary health services. Each unit came with a consultant who was trained to use the different diagnostic tools. Patients were then connected with doctors and specialists based in Islamabad.
For Arbab Hussain, the telemedicine unit meant that his son Tanveer could continue to receive treatment. Eighteen-month-old Tanveer has faced health issues since he was born.
"My wife and I had struggled to cope with this situation. (But) since Dr Yawar (a consultant pediatrician with Shifa International) has been helping us through telemedicine, we feel like we have turned a corner and Tanveer is starting to show signs of improvement. Watching him sleep peacefully at night, there is no greater joy for us."
An ongoing solution?
The telemedicine project was initially planned for six months to help communities who were still recovering from the floods. However, the Shifa Foundation, in coordination with government authorities and other local groups, has been able to continue running the telemedicine facilities, providing much needed medical outreach for dozens of patients.
"Based on my experiences, I think there is a growing need for telemedicine in Pakistan," said Dr Abdus Salam, Shifa International's Director of Emergency Response. "In regions where there are problems in accessibility for doctors, this technology plays a bridging role and can allow even the most remote and marginalized population access to quality healthcare."
In all, more than 1,500 patients have benefited from the telemedicine services so far.
Innovation and aid
This project is a good example of how new communication and information technologies can improve humanitarian response, says Laksmita Noviera, OCHA's manager of the Pakistan Emergency Response Fund.
"This shows how technology can help us overcome geographical barriers and minimize costs. In the past, a lot of these people would have probably missed out on medical support. But now, literally with the click of a button, they can reach out to their doctor," says Ms Noviera.
This project was recently recognized for its innovation amongst hundreds of ERF allocations. For more on how technology is improving and reshaping humanitarian assistance, visit www.unocha.org/hina or read the recent OCHA report Humanitarianism in the Network Age. The Asia Pacific launch of this report is taking place this Thursday (30 May) in Bangkok, Thailand. More information on the launch is available here.


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Mount Washington Climber's Log
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|Route Climbed: Huntington Ravine Trail Date Climbed: June 1998
|Over two days, staying at Lake of the Clouds hut, very rocky, steep, strenous, and exposed route, exceptional hike...
|Posted Aug 1, 2004 8:40 pm
|Brian Pierz
|Route Climbed: Great Gulf Trail Date Climbed: July 19, 2004
|Was planning on hiking 6 Husbands then Jefferson to Clay to Washington, but a steady downpour prevented that. My brother and I headed up the Great Gulf River, er, Trail from the Bluff.
The first section was either muddy or was an actual brook, and every time we'd brush up against a tree you'd get soaked. Once we got to the treeline however this became a fun hike. The boulders were more challenging than probably normal because of the rain. Visibility was about zero, but it was quite a surreal experience to hear the cog train, then see it at the last second as it "flys" by.
Enjoy the meal at the summit. If you're hiking with my brother, make sure you get a bite of his whoopie cookie before he devours it in two huge bites.
|Posted Jul 26, 2004 1:04 pm
|Re: Route Climbed: Auto Road Date Climbed: June 8 2004
|I will NEVAH-EVAH go near that place again. I have nevah been so frightened in my whole life!!!
|Posted Mar 3, 2009 10:51 am
|Route Climbed: Lions Head Date Climbed: 5/30/04
|Tuckerman's was closed. We made it up Lions Head, but conditions were bad towards the top, and so was visibility, so we had to find our own way, straight up the rocks, with 75 MPH winds, and -4 degrees windchill.
They told us to go right to the shelter in the summit area, but I summited anyway.
|Posted May 31, 2004 1:39 pm
|Route Climbed: Tuckerman's Ravine Date Climbed: October 3,1999
|First mountain summit.
|Posted Mar 26, 2004 12:01 am
|Route Climbed: Lion's Head Date Climbed: May 1996
|This is a long climb for only being just over 6000' high! Spectacular scenery.
|Posted Mar 22, 2004 10:14 pm
|Route Climbed: Lion Head Date Climbed: February 27, 2004
|Magnificent day for a climb. Summit Conditions at 6:00 AM: 11 degrees, 40 mph winds, 110 miles visibility. Winds were non-existent early, even above tree line and around Lion Head. Not until above alpine gardens did winds pick up.
|Posted Mar 2, 2004 1:46 pm
|Route Climbed: Tuckerman's Ravine Date Climbed: February 12, 1997
|Bagged this peak many times via Jewell, Boott Spur, and as part of a traverse up the Jefferson's Caps Ridge, over Clay, Washington, Monroe, and down the Ammonusic Ravine. The worst part about that one is walking back up the road to the Caps trailhead. The most fun was on February 12, 1997, up and down Tuckerman's. Air temp in Pinkham notch was about 15F and the winds were pretty calm. Snow conditions were excellent for hiking, no snowshoes needed on the lower part of the mountain, thin crunchy rime and hoar up on the summit dome (no crampons needed). Fun!
|Posted Jan 23, 2004 2:11 pm
|Route Climbed: Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail Date Climbed: July 14, 2003
|This was my first trip to the White Mountains and definately won't be my last. I took the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail to the Lake of Clouds hut and then climbed Mount Monroe as well. Then I took the Crawford Path to the summit. The views were more than undescribable. It was a wonderful day for a hike and we had some fun on the scrambling sections. The winds were about 35mph avg. The temp. hung around 45 the entire day and it was beautiful. We descended via the Gulfside/Jewell Trail to see the Great Gulf and it was beautiful. I'll definately be making the trip again and I'd like to do the Northern peaks as well because we had bad weather the rest of our stay. It is a wonderful trip and the views are amazing.
|Posted Dec 29, 2003 10:23 pm
|Route Climbed: Lion Head Winter Route Date Climbed: January 4-5, 2002
|1st Successful Winter Summit. Have been 3-4 times per winter since then. Last summit was November 16th, 2003. Clear and sunny, not typical late fall weather.
|Posted Nov 24, 2003 6:17 am
|Jerry L
|Route Climbed: Tuckerman / Lion Head Date Climbed: November 21, 2003
|Unfortunately most of the snow had melted and conditions were pretty good. Some good wind gusts.
|Posted Nov 23, 2003 9:28 am
|Route Climbed: Lion Head Summer Date Climbed: August 2001
|My first hike after 20 years. Became addicted. Started hiking Washington every month. Provided great training for western mountains.
|Posted Nov 22, 2003 7:49 am
|Route Climbed: Tuckerman Ravine Date Climbed: May 1988
|My first of many climbs to the summit of Mt. Washington, this was my first real climb.
|Posted Nov 3, 2003 7:41 pm
|Route Climbed: Tuckerman Ravine Date Climbed: october 2003
|This is a great hike. Great elevation. The only negative point: There is too much people on the summit!
|Posted Oct 27, 2003 12:23 pm
|Route Climbed: Tuckerman Ravine + Lion Head Date Climbed: october 12, 2003
|This is a great hike. It also has a great elevation gain for an eastern mountain (about 1300m). The only negative point to this mountain is the Auto Road (too much people on the summit with no effort).
|Posted Oct 16, 2003 12:10 pm
|Route Climbed: Crawford Notch Date Climbed: 8/21/2002
|Easy hike up via Lake in the Clouds Hut and on to the summit. Summit visibility zero, bunch of cars, trail crowded with kids, dogs , AT hikers, bleeding teens carrying canoes.
|Posted Oct 1, 2003 11:10 am
|Route Climbed: Huntington Ravine, Boott Spur, ?others? Date Climbed: 1970's
|Multiple ascents in summer and fall in college; snow in August on multiple occasions (including my very first ascent- via the cog railway as a little kid!)
|Posted Aug 31, 2003 1:46 am
|Route Climbed: Lions Head Hike Date Climbed: Autumn,2002
|A Wonderful Walk, with the Autumn foliage in full color. A highly recommended time of year !!!!
|Posted Aug 28, 2003 4:21 pm
|Route Climbed: Tuckerman Ravine Date Climbed: September 25, 2002
|Crowded on the bottom, cowded on the top - came across few in between.
Notorious weather was nowhere to be found. Sunny and felt like mid-50s at the top with a moderate breeze.
Came down Lion Head
|Posted Aug 22, 2003 11:24 am
|Route Climbed: Tuckerman Ravine Trail Date Climbed: August 9, 2003
|Hiked with AMC group of 8 people. Entire trip took 4 hours and 15 minutes. Started to pour just below the summit while still on the rocks. There were also lightning warnings issued at the summit. Therefore I decided to pay the $24 and take the hikers shuttle down. While there was nothing to see at the summit, I felt a great sence of accomplishment as this was my first major peak bagged. I also enjoyed a hot dog and cold drink at the summit cafeteria.
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Two distinguished panelists will participate in a debate on embryonic stem cell research at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 18, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Debating will be: William Hurlbut, a physician and consulting professor in the Program in Human Biology at Stanford University and a member of the President's Council on Bioethics; and Lee Silver, a professor of molecular biology and public affairs at Princeton and an expert on biomedical ethics, legal issues and the societal challenges brought on by advances in biotechnology.
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Full TitleA Trial of Busulfan, Melphalan, Fludarabine and T-Cell Depleted Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Followed by Post Transplantation Donor Lymphocyte Infusions for Patients with Relapsed or High-Risk Multiple Myeloma
Autologous stem cell transplantation, in which patients' stem cells are removed before chemotherapy and returned to them afterward to repopulate the blood-forming and immune systems, is commonly used to treat multiple myeloma. In this study, researchers want to see if adding allogeneic stem cell transplantation (infusion of stem cells from a matched donor) to this therapy, along with the drugs busulfan, melphalan, and fludarabine, can increase the cure rate for this disease.
One potential complication of allogeneic stem cell transplantation is graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). GvHD is caused when cells from the donor view the recipient's cells as foreign, resulting in symptoms such as rash, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting, among others. Removing the T cells (T-cell depletion) from the donor's stem cell transplant lowers the risk of GvHD. The allogeneic stem cell transplantation used in this study will be T-cell depleted.
Before the transplant, patient will receive busulfan, melphalan, and fludarabine to rid the bone marrow of cancer. Anti-thymocyte globulin is also used to eliminate any of the patient's own T cells that survive the chemotherapy, ensuring that the donor's stem cells are not rejected. Patients will also receive additional white blood cells called lymphocytes from their donors, which help cause a "graft-versus-myeloma" effect and can help the donor stem cells grow.
To be eligible for this study, patients must meet several criteria, including but not limited to the following:
- Patients must have multiple myeloma that has recurred or is at high risk of relapse.
- Patients must have a matched donor for allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
- Patients may not have had prior allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
- Patients must be at least age 21 and no older than 69.
For more information about this study and to inquire about eligibility, please contact Dr. Guenther Koehne at 212-639-8599.


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MADISON, Wis. - A daytime warming shelter opened Monday to serve the needs of Dane County's homeless, although local leaders agreed more needed to be done.
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Madison Mayor Paul Soglin estimated that 300 families, or about 400 people, were homeless in the city. Some have mental health or substance abuse problems, while others simply lost their jobs or apartments, he said.
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Always wondered how many ways Eug goes... guess it depends on how many pubs there are and in what direction.
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Always wondered how many ways Eug goes... guess it depends on how many pubs there are and in what direction.
"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained through the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment." Mahatma Gandhi
Sounds like the perfect time to collar condition and force fetch.So Jim, when adolescence and drive building creeps up on you and the great behaviors of those puppies begin to deteriorate in exciting situations, I assume you more to a more demanding demeanor?
Sorry Darrin, couldn't resist.
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Was trying to organize my fly tying materials this weekend and ended up quitting as I couldn't come up with an easy way to do it.
It is amazing how quickly ones collection grows. I think I could outfit my very own fly shop with all the crap I have.
Anyway just looking for suggestions on taming the madness.
My favorite solution, or should I say my wife's favorite, is a multi-level rolling shelf unit made by Iris USA. It's like legos you can set it up any way you like except the top and bottom (casters). Comes in white or black.
I would rather have a rolltop desk but until the kids are all done with school that won't be happenin' any time soon.
This is a good and, for me at least, a timely question. I'm currently setting up a dedicated tying station and would like to know what others do?
In the past I've used a hodge podge of containers to store the materials. Rubbermaid snap lock boxes work best IMHO. These have been roughly broken down into what type of material is in them, eg hackle or fur. My problem is that things don't make it back into the right box and after a while I have a mixed up mess to sort through.
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If you have airtight containment you don't need moth balls (napthalene). I can't stand that smell in my flybox. I will not buy feathers from shops who use it, might not affect the fish but then again it might. I need every edge I can get.
I agree with you Juro on the air tight packages. I've only had a problem with 1 piece of material, but its important to contain the problem if it ocurrs.
For another persons view of how to organize look at this article.
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I think that I have the same setup or atleast a similar one, as Juro. I bought it at Target for about $15 or so.
I have yet to find a way to keep all materials in the right bags and such. Anyone have any good ideas for keeping all the feathers and everything else in their proper bags and such? I have such a bad habit of tying a bunch of bugs up and then throwing everything into the drawer and after a while I have no idea what I have or where it is at.
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Everything stays in their respective labled bags and gets hung on pegboards, just like in the fly shops. This way, everything is within easy viewing i.e. size, colors, type of material, hook types & sizes etc.) Depending upon the amount of room you have, they can be fix-mounted to the walls or, with a little creativity, hinged so that they close into a somewhat compact "display box" type affair similar to those used at trade shows. I'm fortunate to have a dedicated space in a detached "hobby shop" just off the main house; consequently my setup is permanent and surrounds my tying bench placing everything within easy reach and view from a seated position.
The hard part is the discipline required to put materials back into the packaging for re-hanging when finished, but I'm getting better at it.
I totally stink at re-packaging, unless I am going on a trip when I need a compact tying set - in which case I seem to fit the entire mess into a small carry-on box! Go figure. Stand back when I open it though - poof!
Here's my logic:
I have three of said Iris rolling drawer units, one for steelhead, stripers, and trout. Within these drawers the big drawers on the bottom contain tupperware and stuff, the smaller ones on top contain dubbing, packaged stuff, etc.
I do not maintain individually separated packages once they're opened. I bundle in themes.
First, the fly type (above). Then the material purpose - so for steelhead hardware, tinsels and flosses, hackles, wings collars and throats, etc. The head cement stays with the tools (bodkins, scissors, vise, etc).
For stripers: hooks, eyes, tools stay together. Hackles stay together. Chenilles and ez-body (stuff that wraps the hook shank) stays together. Then lots of body/wing material make up the striper kit for the most part.
Here's an original trick for keeping synthetics in order: Buy a $3 clear flourescent bulb sheath at Home Depot. Cut it so it's longer than the ultrahair strands. When you're done with the synthetics, group them together by the stapled-end and insert into the tube. You'll need enough to make a snug fit. Now knock the tube on the table or something until the material slides into the tube. Perfectly straight for the next tying session. Works for flashabou, sparkleflash, ultrahair, superhair, angelhair, anyhair that's synthetic.
If you don't take that advice and have krinkled up synthetic hair, just use a hair dryer on warm and brush it to straighten it out. Takes about ten seconds, don't let it get too hot of course. Wasy as pie.
Everyone probably already knows the trick of steaming natural feathers to straighten them out so I won't bother.
For not synthetics I use freezer wt ziplocs and big tupperware tubs to sort out marabou, rabbit strips, hackles, dubbings, wing materials (mallard, turkey, fox, squirrel, swan, pheasant, etc). Within each of these categories everything is fair game, meaning that I will put every conceivable color of marabou into the marabou bag/bin/container, etc.
I do not individually package and mark anything, just not that detailed although I envy those who are.
The other best thing I've done is buy the handy dandy two-shelf hobby box, also from Iris. One might think I have stock in them, hmmmm not a bad idea. It's about the size of a medium large tackle box and has two interlocking shelves with a very accomodating lid system that puts up with all kinds of abusive over packing. They thought enough to leave a gap between the edge of the shelf and one of the ends so that tall epoxy bottles like devcon fit perfectly in the end, even if you keep them in the box the two parts come in. I then cut the clear light sheaths to fit in the bottom under the trays, which hold all the hooks and tools you could dream of - all in one portable kit.
I have three of those to match the three tying themes of steelhead, striper and trout. I never filled the trout box so my wife claimed it as her sewing box, and she won't give it back.
On occasion I will package by pattern - in other words all the stuff I need for sedge muddlers, pupa flies, black bunny rats, etc - in the same ziploc bag just to make it easier to tie on the airplane
I discovered a set of storage units at Walmart a while ago. In essence, they're just deep plastic drawers that pull out of a unit, and each unit can be stacked on top of another. Each unit has three drawers, and I stack the units three high. This has provided ample storage space for my materials. My tools stay on my tool caddy, and my threads and other spooled materials stay on my thread caddy.
Of course I'll eventually outgrow this system, especially since my wife is getting into the tying pretty heavily now. At least I can count on her to occasionally replenish material stocks as she uses them.
Sorry Juro
But already sponged on your idea (must b a great minds sceneerio). I got my early inheritance and received my Dad's old rolltop desk. Ii quikcly converted it into a very smal portion bills/pappers and MOSTLY flytying. Have one pull out drawer for tools, thread, and misc. spools. Oone drawer all my feathers in bags to easily sort throuugh, a drawer wiith tail/wing materialss and hooks. Then a couple drawers misc. stuff. Ii'm still debating on myvise use though. Can't decide on mounting an outward cllamp for my vise or use my travel stand so I don't have vise out iin open when I close the roll top. Decisions decisions.
"Good angling ethic is not a monopoly practiced just by fly fisherman" - Bill McMillan
My wife likes the rolltop idea too - cause she can just shut it to hide the mess when we have guests!
I have to agree with DocT, Peg Boards are the way to go. I've tried rubbermaid containers and even a fly tying center with drawers but I'm a messy tyer so, as some people have mentioned here, getting the materials back into their assigned location is not that easy. I wind up with drawers mixed with different stuff.
Pegboards are pretty easy to setup and cheap too. Your method probably depends on how organized you are in general.
For me I need the pegs and bags to guide me in my cleanup.
When tying, I never seem to tie just a few flies. Always tie at least a dozen or more. Because I production tie, speed and efficiency are important. For that reason a neat working area is required. Hate to waste time looking, moving, and untying materials. The only materials I have at hand are the specific materials needed for that one pattern and no others.
Most of my materials are stored in shoe box size Rubbermaid containers. All are sealed in individualize plastic zip bags. This double closing technique is very important for organic feathers, necks, peacock swords, etc. Like Juro said, Never use moth balls. Never leave feathers out for any prolong time or else they will get infested with eggs. Lastly to get at my selections of colors for each material, I use one of those large "Z" style paper clips you would use to secure large amounts of paper.
Have many different hides and dyes I use for dubbing material. To remember which is which,( and its hard some time), I use a marker pen on the hide side to label each one. Example: Muskrat, dk brn. You'd be surprise how many times you order dubing, take it out of the package and don't remember what is is?
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Rick Edington in IA has Rick's Raging Wildfire, MH, very nice, laid back dog out of the field, solid marker, throws a nice pup. He's a darker yellow/fox red, has some pointing stuff behind him. http://www.gooddoginfo.com/gdc/asp/v...p?DogNo=101123
Rick Edington in IA has Rick's Raging Wildfire, MH, very nice, laid back dog out of the field, solid marker, throws a nice pup. He's a darker yellow/fox red, has some pointing stuff behind him. http://www.gooddoginfo.com/gdc/asp/v...p?DogNo=101123
Kim Pfister, Rainmaker Labs
Thank you Frank for mentioning Ely. He does not have a pointing title but he sure does point. He is however a GRHRCH a Master National Hall of Fame member and is QAA. He is awesome in the house and has done very well reproducing himself. I have trained over 20 Ely pups and would take a truck full of them from now until I retire, would make life real easy for me. He goes to Manitoba every year and thats when I really get to see just how special he really is.
I have seen some of the other dogs Frank mentioned as well and believe hes right on.
Good luck with your search.
Tim Doane , Kingseed Kennels
GRHRCH UH Hunters Marsh King Elijah MNH QAA "Ely"
GRHRCH Kingseeds Little Miss Dangerous MNH QAA " Stella "
GRHRCH Kingseeds Queen Of Grace MH " Hannah "
You might consider Cashman's Super Trooper. He is a yellow GMPR, MH. I have a bitch named Tess who is out of Trooper. She is a wonderful dog in the field and as a companion. She's very level headed and easy to live with.
I also agree with those who mentioned Rooster Smasher. I recently bred Tess to Rooster and am expecting some great looking pups with talent and good temperaments. Both parents also have a full compliment of health clearances.
Jeff Swackhamer
This Curtis out of Rooster/Jesse, and a Gator grandson. Marks great, team player, staunch point. Alot of motor but has an off switch. 20130303_165411.jpgcurtis2.jpgcurtis5.jpg
I have a Rooster pup she is 1 1/2 yrs old. Full of fire and exceptionaly smart. In the house calm as can be. Sitting around the campfire she will let you pet her all day long. And not a noisy dog either. Throws a mean point too
As if you needed more verification that Ely and Rooster are great retrievers and producers..... Used them both, both throw really nice pups. I had the last breeding that Rooster did before Torg's Labs purchased him, have since wished many times that Minnesota weren't so far away! Really liked what I saw in the pups. Ely is a super nice dog as well, very compact and can't get too much better than him in the house.
Any woman who does not thoroughly enjoy tramping across the country on a clear, frosty morning with a good gun and a pair of dogs does not know how to enjoy life. ~ Annie Oakley
Do you listen to God as well as your dog listens to you? Can God run "Blinds" with you?
" Thank you Frank for mentioning Ely." You are welcome Tim.
" He does not have a pointing title but he sure does point." Yes he does, and the only reason he doesn't have that title is you chose not to go that game, if you had, he would be covering more hunt test titles than just about any ( big deal, he's a great hunting dog, the title that counts most to me).
PS; I have a friends Rooster sired one year old here right now, a fine off switch and great structure, winning personality, taking my time with the training cuz I don't want her to go home anytime soon, real nice pup...Rooster/ZZ
Last edited by Paco; 04-24-2013 at 08:49 AM.
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The little bit I know about pointing labs there's been some real good ones noted. But isn't the 'On' 'Off' switch kinda of a misnomer and more dependent on rearing, raising, and rules? Kinda like Labs that don't point?
We shoot dogs with a Canon
Sounds like a Rooster Smasher pup might be the way to go for us
in the future!