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By Jon O'Brien
From: Nevada
Mar 6, 2013
Red Rock Rendezvous is a plague of environmental/ user impact upon our park. We sit and trade countless emails about the impact of a bolt or not a bolt while the rendezvous is the single biggest negative ecological impact on our park annually.
meet up groups have been discouraged from gathering en masse and they have honored that, they live here. i can't comprehend why an event that caters to tourists and doesn't care about locals at all is allowed to take place. i personally asked to pay to attend the rendezvous party one year and was NOT allowed entry because I hadn't taken or needed a clinic. i pointed out that i lived in town and just wanted to party with my fellow climbers and i wanted to pay to enter and they did not care and turned me away.
regardless of any ensuing policy change i will never support this gathering. they only care about making money, they trash our park, and we clean up after them with smiles on our faces every year. do us all a favor and don't support this thing.
also can't comprehend that they TAKE the most popular cliffs in the park away from anyone actually traveling here to climb independently. climbing is american in spirit and the rendezvous is the exact opposite: pay to play?! stealing popular cliffs with locusts of prana clad yuppies?! this isn't rock climbing to me and i wish it would go away or stay in the plastic climbing gyms where paying money is already part of the picture.
avoid this event!
my two cents,
By Doug Foust
From: Henderson, Nevada
Mar 6, 2013
Hey Big Jon!
How are you my friend?
I've attended the RRR many years ago, climbed in the canyons that weekend when not participating, and now work the event as a guide for the American Alpine Institute.
I've always been a fan of the event and thought it was a fun gathering to gain some knowledge and meet fellow climbers from all over the country.
Another secret is...during the weekend, all the participants are at single pitch crags and the canyons are empty. 3 years ago I climbed Bourbon Street the saturday of RRR and we were the only party on Whiskey Peak.
I know it is a lot of climbers gathering in Red Rock at the same time. But all in all I think they do a great job of minimizing impact and respecting the resource. There is also a service project every year in conjuction with the CLC to give back a bit.
Also, at that time of year, the crags are always crowded with visitors from out of town, festival or not.
Although this is great PR for Mountain Gear, I don't think anyone is getting rich off the event. They are getting a lot of good promo, and good will(maybe not from you) but I don't think it is a huge money maker.
I can understand that you are upset not being able to attend as a local. This came about many years back that some local non-climbers showed up and got trashed. So they put in place a policy that if you didn't take clinics you had to sign up with someone who did at a reduced price to get the dinner and drinks. That wasn't intended to keep local climbers out, but keep out the non-climbers that just wanted to get trashed. I think that they are easing up on it. I think the cost for attendence without clinics is $50 but you get a couple nights of refreshments and a dinner along with some swag.
I can understand you being hesitant, come on out this year, let's have a beer, then head back into the canyons and you'll have it all to yourself.
I hope all is well.
By John Hegyes
From: Las Vegas, NV
Mar 10, 2013
|I second Jon's complaints. It's beyond my comprehension why the BLM would allow such a high-impact event to repeatedly occur in Red Rock. His remarks about how we squabble over such small activities such as the placement of a single bolt, and about how small groups such as Meetup are banned from Red Rock are right on target. Red Rock is suffering seriously from over-popularity. Can the Rendezvous give it a rest for a couple years and maybe hold this event elsewhere? Red Rock Canyon suffers in concrete, measureable ways during this event; the benefits to the land are intangible and illusory. Save Red Rock, stop the Rendezvous!
By Xavier Wasiak
From: Las Vegas, NV
Mar 10, 2013
|Every year the event comes to town, I hear arguments for and against the RRR. I can see both, but I admit that my perception of those costs/benefits is somewhat superficial and experiential. I have never really tried to take a hard look at it or research it. I proposed to take a hard look at what this event means to us, and for better or worse, share the information. I do not think that new information will necessarily change anyone's feelings toward the event, but maybe it will give us some good information about how to approach/plan for future events, especially in discussions with our land managers. If anyone wants to help, it is appreciated. Ideally a balance of peeps who do not care for it and some other peeps who see it as a good. Post, or send me a message.
By Doug Foust
From: Henderson, Nevada
Mar 11, 2013
John H.,
I respect your opinion, but I think you mis-represent a couple of things in your post.
The BLM has talked to Meetup about limiting the size of thier groups, but has in no way banned them. On saturday, between 2 Meetup hiking groups, there were 68 people hiking in Red Rock. That's about 10% percent of the total attendence of the RRR, so if you look at Meetup over time, they have much more of an impact than the RRR.
Also, the discussion over bolting isn't over one single bolt, it's over bolting policy which will lead to many new routes and hundreds of bolts if not more. I think bolting can be done responsibly in the widerness, but the issue does deserve attention.
RRR is one of many large events in Red Rock, there was a marathon this past Saturday.
I agree with Xavier, if people really believe that the RRR has such a large negative impact that is out of the normal for Red Rock, collect some evidance instead of just conjecture.
Red Rock NCA is a very popular tourist destination for many, many user groups, in my opinion, I don't think the RRR has more of an impact than the day after day after day use of all the user groups.
By John Hegyes
From: Las Vegas, NV
Mar 15, 2013
I was under the impression that BLM has cracked down on large groups like Meetup. A search found this link from 2010. New hike restrictions at Red Rock Not a ban but a permitting requirement and a cap of 20 people per hike. I don't know if this is up to date. I'm fine with such restrictions, Red Rock is being abused by groups such as Meet Up and the Rendezvous. As far as the Marathon, that is confined to the road, or does it go on the trails? Most user impact in Red Rock is confined to road use, and I don't really care about that.
My point is that Red Rock Rendezvous takes advantage of lax oversight by the BLM. Name some benefits that Red Rock gains by hosting the Rendezvous. Do those benefits outweigh the impacts on the land? I think not.
One of the largest impacts from which Red Rock suffers has to do with popularity. The introduction of mostly beginner climbers to this area creates many returning climbers later on. I feel that the Rendezvous is largely responsible for the overall increase of climbers using Red Rock over the years. Have you tried to get on a classic route these days? Most routes are overrun now.
I wish the Rendezvous would move to another climbing area for a couple of years. The truth is that most area managers would never consider such an event. BLM does a horrible job of managing Red Rock and the Rendezvous uses this to their own gain at the expense of the land. No question about it.
As far as Xavier's suggestion that a study by conducted, this sounds like a perfect job for the Las Vegas Climbers Liaison Council. Rather than promoting climbing in Red Rock and advertising this as a way to attract people to the area, I would suggest taking Red Rock "off the map" a little bit. This would be most beneficial to local Las Vegas climbers - this is a stand that a local climber's organization should take. The wag bag initiative has been nice, how about we try to reduce the popularity of the area by eliminating this event, and maybe we'll find that the total amount of wag bags needed will decrease a little.


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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:13 PM GMT on August 09, 2010
The Great Russian Heat Wave of 2010 brought temperatures of 37°C (99°F) to Moscow today, and smog and smoke from wildfires blanketed the city for a sixth straight day. Air pollution levels were 2 - 3 times the maximum safe level today, and peaked on Saturday, when when carbon monoxide hit 6.5 times the safe level. The death toll from heat and air pollution increased to approximately 330 people per day in Moscow in recent days, according to the head of the Moscow health department. Yevgenia Smirnova, an official from the Moscow registry office, said excess deaths in Moscow in July averaged 155 per day, compared to 2009. The heat wave began on June 27. These grim statistics suggest that in Moscow alone, the Great Russian Heat Wave of 2010 has likely killed at least 7,000 people so far. A plot of the departure of July 2010 temperatures from average (Figure 1) shows that the area of Russia experiencing incredible heat is vast, and that regions southeast of Moscow have the hottest, relative to average. Moscow is the largest city in Russia, with a population just over ten million, but there are several other major cities in the heat wave region. These include Saint Petersburg, Russia's 2nd most populous city (4.6 million), and Nizhny Novgorod, Russia's 5th most populous city (1.3 million people.) Thus, the Russian population affected by extreme heat is at least double the population of Moscow, and the death toll in Russia from the 2010 heat wave is probably at least 15,000, and may be much higher. The only comparable heat wave in European history occurred in 2003, and killed an estimated 40,000 - 50,000 people, mostly in France and Italy. While the temperatures in that heat wave were not as extreme as the Russian heat wave, the nighttime low temperatures in the 2003 heat wave were considerably higher. This tends to add to heat stress and causes a higher death toll. I expect that by the time the Great Russian Heat Wave of 2010 is over, it may rival the 2003 European heat wave as the deadliest heat wave in world history.
Figure 1. A comparison of August temperatures, the peak of the great European heat wave of 2003 (left) with July temperatures from the Great Russian Heat Wave of 2010 (right) reveals that this year's heat wave is more intense and covers a wider area of Europe. Image credit: NOAA/ESRL.
Worst Russian heat wave in 1,000 years of history
The temperature at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport hit 99°F (37°C) today. Prior to this year, the hottest temperature in Moscow's history was 37.2°C (99°F), set in August 1920. The Moscow Observatory has now matched or exceeded this 1920 all-time record five times in the past two weeks. Temperatures the past 27 days in a row have exceeded 30°C in Moscow. Alexander Frolov, head of Russia's weather service, said in a statement today, "Our ancestors haven't observed or registered a heat like that within 1,000 years. This phenomenon is absolutely unique." There is some slight relief in sight--the latest forecast for Moscow calls for high temperatures of 31 - 33°C (88 - 91 °F) Wednesday though Sunday.
Belarus records its hottest temperature in history for the second day in a row
The Russian heat wave has also affected the neighboring nations of Ukraine and Belarus. All three nations have recorded their hottest temperatures in history over the past few weeks. Belarus, on the western border of Russia, recorded its hottest temperature in history on Saturday, August 7, when the mercury hit 38.9°C (102°F) in Gomel. This broke the all-time record for extreme heat set just one day before, the 38.7°C (101.7°F) recorded in Gorky. Prior to 2010, the hottest temperature ever recorded in Belarus was the 38.0°C (100.4°F) in Vasiliyevichy on Aug. 20, 1946. As I described in detail in Saturday's post, Belarus' new all-time extreme heat record gives the year 2010 the most national extreme heat records for a single year--seventeen. These nations comprise 19% of the total land area of Earth. This is the largest area of Earth's surface to experience all-time record high temperatures in any single year in the historical record. Looking back at the past decade, which was the hottest decade in the historical record, Seventy-five countries set extreme hottest temperature records (33% of all countries.) For comparison, fifteen countries set extreme coldest temperature records over the past ten years (6% of all countries). Earth has now seen four consecutive months with its warmest temperature on record, and the first half of 2010 was the warmest such 6-month period in the planet's history. It is not a surprise that many all-time extreme heat records are being shattered when the planet as a whole is so warm. Global warming "loads the dice" to favor extreme heat events unprecedented in recorded history.
July SSTs in the tropical Atlantic set a new record
Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) in the Atlantic's Main Development Region for hurricanes had their warmest July on record, according to an analysis I did of historical SST data from the UK Hadley Center. SST data goes back to 1850, though there is much missing data before 1910 and during WWI and WWII. SSTs in the Main Development Region (10°N to 20°N and 20°W to 80°W) were 1.33°C above average during July, beating the previous record of 1.19°C set in July 2005. July 2010 was the sixth straight record warm month in the tropical Atlantic, and had the third warmest anomaly of any month in history. The five warmest months in history for the tropical Atlantic have all occurred this year. As I explained in detail in a post on record February SSTs in the Atlantic, the Arctic Oscillation (AO) and its close cousin, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), are largely to blame for the record SSTs, though global warming and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) also play a role.
The magnitude of the anomaly has increased slightly since June, because trade winds over the tropical Atlantic were at below-normal speeds during July. These lower trade wind speeds were due to the fact that the Bermuda-Azores High had below-normal surface pressures over the past month. The Bermuda-Azores High and its associated trade winds are forecast to remain at below-average strength during the next two weeks, according to the latest runs of the GFS model. This means that Atlantic SST anomalies will continue to stay at record warm levels during the remainder of August, and probably during September as well. This should significantly increase the odds of getting major hurricanes in the Atlantic during the peak part of hurricane season, mid-August through mid-October.
Figure 2. The departure of sea surface temperature (SST) from average for August 9, 2010. Image credit: NOAA/NESDIS.
A area of disurbed weather (94L) over South Florida is generating disorganized heavy thunderstorms over Florida and the adjacent waters, but is not a threat to develop today due to high wind shear of 20 - 30 knots. The latest SHIPS model forecast predicts that wind shear will fall to the moderate range, 10 - 20 knots, tonight through Thursday. This relaxation in shear may allow 94L to begin to organize. However, 94L will not have much time over the Gulf of Mexico to become a tropical depression or tropical storm, as steering currents favor a westward or west-northwestward motion over the Gulf that would bring the storm ashore over the northern Gulf coast by Wednesday or Thursday. NHC is giving 94L a 20% chance of developing into a tropical depression by Wednesday morning. The Hurricane Hunters are on call to investigate 94L on Tuesday afternoon.
A tropical wave (Invest 93) in the middle Atlantic Ocean is close to tropical depression status. The disturbance has a well-defined surface circulation, but only a limited amount of heavy thunderstorm activity, thanks to dry air and wind shear of 10 - 20 knots affecting it due to a large upper-level low pressure system to the west. Wind shear is expected to stay in the moderate range, 10 - 20 knots, over the next two days, which should allow 93L to become a tropical depression by Tuesday. NHC is giving a 70% chance 93L will become a tropical depression by Wednesday morning. Both the GFDL and HWRF models predict 93L will develop, and the GFDL predicts the storm will become a hurricane. A strong trough of low pressure moving across the central Atlantic should force 93L to turn northward on Wednesday, and 93L should only be a concern to shipping interests. None of the reliable computer models are forecasting tropical cyclone development in the Atlantic over the next seven days, other than for 93L.
A exceptionally slow-starting typhoon season
There is one bit of good weather news to report. Over in the Western Pacific, typhoon season has been remarkably quiet this year. Prior to yesterday's formation of Tropical Storm Dianmu, just three named storms had formed this year--Tropical Storm Omais, Typhoon Conson, and Typhoon Chanthu. The average for this point in the season is ten storms. Sunday's total of three named storms in the West Pacific tied 2010 with 1998, 1954, and 1975 as the slowest starting Western Pacific typhoon season on record, for the date August 8. Now that we have Tropical Storm Dianmu in the Western Pacific, 2010 ranks as the 4th slowest start to a typhoon season as of August 9. Reliable records of typhoon activity go back to 1951.
Figure 3. Heavy downpours triggered landslides and mud-rock flows in China's Gansu Province, early Sunday morning. Image credit: www.news.cn.
The deadly 2010 monsoon kills hundreds more in China, India, and Pakistan over the weekend
The Asian Southwest Monsoon has been exceptionally deadly this year. Northwest China's Gansu province was hard hit over the weekend with torrential monsoon rains, and the resulting flooding and landslides claimed at least 127 lives. At least 1300 people are missing in the disaster. Fresh monsoon rains in Pakistan over the weekend triggered landslides that killed sixty more people, in addition to the 1,500 - 1,600 people who died in monsoon floods that began in late July. At least 137 died in floods and landslides in the neighboring Indian state of Kashmir over the weekend, with 500 people missing. Monsoon flooding and landslides have also killed at least 65 people in Afghanistan in the past two weeks. Dave's Landslide blog has some great discussions of the flooding and destruction wrought by the terrible monsoon rains this year in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, and China. I plan to write much more about this year's deadly monsoon on Tuesday.
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Yes, that may be appropriate. The carp I caught yesterday in the river was in a school of them which I could see feeding by their flashes in the current. This rivers water is a little discolored, at first I thought they were trout or possibly summer steelhead. Could not get them to come up to the steelhead spey patterns put the bead hex nymph on, got it down to them, after 3-4 casts in their zone got then to take it. Decent fight for a little while since the current was strong their, but the 5 LB carp was no match for the 13 foot 7/8 weight spey rod.
Banked him quickly and released him.
P.S. There was a big caddis fly hatch (tan color) coming off which is what I think they were feeding on. Put the tan nymph on and they went for it.
Thanks PM,
I'll give that a try. I'm hoping some new patterns will fool those wary fish! Hmmm . . ., maybe a carp fly swap is in order?
Hey carp anglers,
I nailed another nice 5 lb red tail great lakes carp today on a bead head hex nymph pattern used extensively out here for steelhead and salmon. The instructions for the pattern are in the spring steelhead swap thread.
Put "bead head hex nymph" in search engine and you should find it. This is a version I constructed but it is turning out to be a great fly for trout, salmon, steelhead, bass, and Mr. Carp. There is a picture of it also with the other flies from the swap.
Try it you will like it and so will the carp.
Matt -- it's not your imagination! That's exactly the type of behaviour I've seen in the pond where I've had my best success.
After I caught or hooked a few fish on the easily accessible side of the pond (over the course of several trips) I found that I couldn't catch a fish on that side of the pond no matter how carefully I stalked them or presented the fly. It probably didn't help that a few of the fish were sporting new lip ornaments. Out of frustration, I decided to try the other side of the pond even though the shore is extremely muddy and the water is only inches deep for several feet out from the shore. I hooked 4 fish that day! Of course, I had to walk ankle deep in the malodorous goo in order to land and release the fish (hence the mud bath) and I almost lost my sneakers more than once. I'll try the muddy side again under the guise of scientific research, but this time I'll wear my scuba boots or maybe even my waders!
Another frustrating thing I've noticed, which I keep trying to tell myself is just my imagination, is that once spooked the carp will often stick around, but in such a way as to make a presentation to them impossible.
there's a large bush right on the shore of the pond I fish with mud shallows on either side of it. When I first get there the fish are usually on the right hand side of the bush, but after I cast to them a few times, they'll move over to the left. If I go to the other side of the bush they'll stay for a couple more casts and then go back to the right.. This can go on for a few switches before they eventually head for deeper water.
Another frustrating one is that once spooked the carp will often continue feeding, but they'll set up pointed straight out into the pond, so it's very tough to get a decent presentation without lining them.
Anyone who thinks trout are smart compared to carp hasn't done much carp fishing.
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Not only carp but .....
There are lots of species amongst our scaled friends who seem to 'shut down' after one or two fish have been taken from a pod. Smallmouths, Mutton and Mongrove Snappers, Mahi Mahi and Barracuda come immediately to mind - not always but frequently enough for it to be the rule rather than the exception.
The main exception here was fishing dries to the smallies which they seemed happy to rise to all night!
I've read about the Carp secretion also. I was wondering if there was also some kind internal effect - maybe a hormone release surpressing the "attack" response. I conducted a samll experiment on a couple of pods of smallmouths last week-end.
On first seeing the fly the fish go crazy for it and there's a lot of competitive presure and its hard to miss a strike. Next time through, the interest seems to drop by about 50%. After a couple more presentations you can almost bop the fish on the nose and they'll ignore it. Not scientific by any means but interesting.
I read about the carp secreting the "warning" chemical too. What baffles me is that when they do return and resume feeding they either stay just out of range or, if I can reach them, they swim away from the fly and then start feeding again. Even if I go back a few days later I can't seem to get them to hit. The guy at the fly shop laughed when I told him that I needed to find new fishing spots because the carp seemed to wise up to what I was doing. He said, "Nah, they're stupid. Now, trout are a smart fish." I have to disagree with the first part of that statement!
Let me know how you make out with the woolly bugger. If they won't eat yours they probably won't eat mine either, but we can certainly swap flies and give it a try. It may be an interesting experiment.
I've started to notice changes in the carp's behavior after I hook one too. I read in flyfishing for carp that they actually excrete a chemical into the water when stressed that warns other carp and even some other fish. That explains why they'll abandon an area for quite a while after a fish is hooked, but not why they'll abandon it for good.
Thanks for the offer of the flies Quentin, but I think I have all the necessary ingredients. I'll give it a shot tomorrow with one and see if the colors I have are close enough. If mine don't work out for me maybe I'll take you up on the offer. Maybe I could offer a couple of bead head prince nymphs in trade?
Lately I've been putting it right under their noses or casting ahead of them and giving a little pull when they get close. Haven't had any "follows" since much earlier in the season, when they actually did follow and eat the fly even when it was well above the bottom.
Thanks for the pic Quentin, I'll have to tie a couple up tonight for lunch tomorrow. Are you getting fish to follow and strike, or are you just putting the fly right under their noses?
I think that an hour at a time seems to be pretty ideal for the size of the pond I'm fishing. After an hour it starts to get tough to find feeding fish and you get the feeling that even the ones you do see are on to you.
The fly shown above is one of the older ones. I don't make the tail quite as long when I tie them now. The body is brown wool yarn. The hackles that I use are sort of "two-tone", with the brown color on the shiny side and a tan/beige color on the other side. I wrap them with the brown side facing the eye of the hook. The tail, body and hackle (shiny side) are almost the same shade of brown with just a hint of copper. I'd be happy to send you a couple if you'd like.
One thing I've noticed: The carp stop hitting the fly after I've hooked or spooked a couple in any particular area, even if I return a few days later. I usually need to move to another spot to get more hits. I think the same carp return to the same places to feed every day and they quickly learn to avoid my flies. I can't help but wonder if they even warn the other carp in the area! They keep on eating, but either stay just out of casting range or swim away if I cast near them or they come upon my fly, line or leader. Sometimes they just swim slowly towards me or sit there watching me, even when I do my best Chuck Berry "duck walk" when I approach the water!
Also worth noting is that this fly has only worked in ponds and lakes so far. The carp in the river won't touch it.
|One take in an hour is definitely a good outing. FWIW, I fished for about 6 hours to get the 4 hookups, and I've had several looooong days on the water without even one take! Here's the fly I've been using:
Quentin, I definitely still skip the occasional sunnie across the surface with a panic strip strike at what I'm sure is a carp.
That's great that you hooked 4 on the wolley bugger, I think I'll have to give it another shot. I consider one take in an hour(lunch) a good day, but maybe I could do even better with the bugger.What shade of brown are you using?
I like the 5 weight, especially for some of the shorter presentations, but with a big fish on the lack of a fighting but is really a pain. I've been considering bringing the 8 wt out for just that reason.
Congrats on the success with the BH Prince. I tied up a reasonable facsimile but havent used it much. I didn't have goose biots or gold beads so I substituted duck quill barbs for biots and wrapped some fine brass wire into a ball to make the head. I tried it for a few casts but the carp didn't seem to want it. Then again, they weren't cooperating much that day so maybe it wasn't the fly. Guess I'll have to do some more testing .
I fished a shallow, mucky pond today and hooked 4 carp (landed 2) all on the brown woolly bugger. They seemed pretty sluggish too, although one of them had enough energy to give me a mud bath while I was trying to land it. I was using the 5/6wt and only one of them came close to the backing. All were in the 30" range, perhaps 8 - 10 lbs. I use a heavy leader (20# fluoro) so I can really stick it to 'em. When they do run that little reel makes some scary sounds !
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I slash everything because it rules my life. My OTPs are: HP- Snape/Harry, Remus/Sirius, Percy/Oliver ; MASH- Hawkeye/BJ ; House- House/Wilson, House/Wilson/Chase ; SV- Clark/Lex ; HH- Horatio/Bush ; Marvel - Steve/Tony, DC - Batman/Superman, Superman/Lex ; Suits - Harvey/Mike, Leverage - Elliot/Nate, FakeNews - Steven Colbert/Keith Olbermann
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I hear that TRU will have a 2 for $10 sale on figures in 2 weeks.
I hear that TRU will have a 2 for $10 sale on figures in 2 weeks.
I was at Toys R Us just a little while ago. They have it all out and I saw the larger vehicles. It's OK. I'd buy Joe stuff if I didn't buy other toy lines.
It does seem like we could have kept this discussion with the 25th thread, but anyway:
Picked up "Reactive Impact Armor" Duke and Scarlet today, along with Sgt. Stone (why is this guy not Flint?!) unmasked Stormshadow, trench coat Snake Eyes, and Firefly. All in all pretty good figures. The head sculpt on Duke is a little funky - I went and swapped it with the head from the series one Duke, which is much better looking. The helmet of the series one figure is now neatly obscuring the less appealing head sculpt. Series two Snake Eyes is much better looking than the basic, Series one version - he's got no mouth, for one thing. Reactive Armor Scarlet has a much nice head sculpt than the Series one version as well, and I do really like the design and sculpt of the body. The unmasked Stormshadow is another great looking figure with cool accessories in general - all except for the weird suction cup with handlebars thingie. I have no idea what this is, or what it's supposed to be used for, but I guess there are some kids out there who would like to imagine Stormshadow driving the fridge around as a means of transportation. Firefly is another big winner, in my opinion, but he is basically a repaint of one of the earlier Firefly figures from the 25th Anniversary line after all. Sgt. Stone - being that he's actually the movie version of Flint (and will henceforth be known as "Movie Flint" as far as I'm concerned) is a pretty nicely executed, if fairly basic figure. Flint was always my favorite anyway, so I just had to have him, and I think he does a pretty good job a s Flint's stand-in - I even admit that I think he makes a slightly better Flint overall, than either of the 25th Anniversary versions. I might even use him to customize a better version of the classic Flint!
The Target around the corner from my house also had 'Jellyfish' Commander and Barbecue, but I decided to hold off until payday (rent was due this week!) Yes, I intend to buy Jellyfish Commander - who else will command my Jellyfish legions, otherwise? He makes for one hell of a crappy Cobra Commander, but I have no problem adding him to my ranks, and just pretending he's another character.
I still can't believe the Vipers are designed in such a way that they wouldn't make good army builders. They look like anorexic Range Vipers.
That's my jacket!
I want the unmasked Storm Shadow. Hopefully Wal Mart will have a few once they put them out later this week.
"You know I love the guy but I swear he writes like freaking Yoda."-Dean Winchester
R12:2-Be Transformed
I'm waiting for the TRU sale. Hopefully there'll be a Reactive Armor Scarlet or two to purchase.
I've seen some people on joeboards say they're going to use the Cobra Commander/Doctor figure as Cesspool or even "Battle damaged Snake Eyes".
Star Wars & GI Joe Customs
HAVES: HK-50 Head, Capt Typho & GI Joe fodder available still
Wants:L8-L9 Head, YVH-1 Complete (as possible),R7-T1 Complete (as possible),R7-Z0 Complete (as possible)
Whooooaaaa, Jellyman!!!
(Finding Nemo reference)
So far I've only picked up Storm Shadow. I really don't like the figure as Storm Shadow, but as a generic Cobra ninja he'll do. I loathe the fact that he's carrying a gun. I guess they thought Storm Shadow is cool, so Storm Shadow with a gun is even cooler. I want the unmasked version, but I'm not sure I want to spend all day sifting through figures looking for one who doesn't look like he's falling asleep or daydreaming.
I may break down and grab a Snake-Eyes, but I still hate the muscle sculpt on his body. The Ice Viper is pretty cool, and I may grab the Ferret (which hopefully will open the door for a 25th reissue when that relaunches).
I'll almost certainly grab a Scarlett and maybe a Cover Girl, but I really don't have much interest in the other figures.
Member 104 of the SWC forums . . . but it's good to be back.
Good traders: DarkJedi5, jediguy, Jedi_Master_Guyute, jedimastergeorge06
i'm still looking for a heavy duty that doesn't look retarded or drunk. everyone i've seen has horrible paint apps for the eyes. he's either cross-eyed, rolling his eyes at the ceiling or zombiefied and lacking any coloration for the eyes.
was sure i'd want baroness and covergirl until i saw the poor sculpting with them.


text: I saw a few new figs at a local TRU today must say I was not terribly impressed. Mainly with new Vader and Luke. New tatoine floppy hat Luke is cool with soft goods cloak, but I had to pass. The face didn't look quite right and the case containing lightsabers and other stuff inside like the remote and things totally threw me off. the only removable part is Lukes/Anakins lightsaber all other items are molded in and painted including obi lightsaber hilt. Almost would have been worth the fig cost to get the acc. Vader while not a bad looking fig we have had a lot of really good vaders recently. His main failing is also with accessories, he comes with a bunch of junk which I think is supposed to be debris that he throws at Luke on Bespin, but I don't know. Han is a rehash nothing new to report there, but Hem Dazon is kind of cool and the holo figs now are red for some reason.


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Android reached a career highlight today, announcing via Twitter that it has reached 100,000 apps. This makes it easily one of the largest app markets out there, coming in second place to the iPhone's nearly 300,000 available apps.
Android's achievement comes at merely two years since its launch date, an admirable success. While it still trails Apple, it continues to challenge its competitor. What's more, is that some speculate Apple has become so inundated with apps that developers may be more inclined to produce content for Android and its seemingly more selective marketplace.


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By Tiernan Ray
Barclays Capital wireless analyst Jeff Kvaal tonight asks in a note to clients whether it is possible for three beaten-down smartphone makers — HTC (2498TW), Research in Motion (RIMM), and Nokia (NOK) — to all have a recovery at the same time, something that is without precedent, he writes.
The answer, Kvaal concludes, is no, for all three.
The recent "sharp recovery" in share prices for the stocks are "unsustainable," he thinks, and he cites what he thinks is precedent for stocks to give up gains after long-awaited product finally arrives:
The share price appreciation in these handset vendors implies investors are anticipating a material permanent restoration in the fortunes of RIM, Nokia and HTC. In our view however, it is unlikely all three beleaguered vendors are successful in restoring their prior fortunes at the same time. Since November 1 RIM's shares are up ~60%+ versus the S&P500's ~1% return. Similarly, other troubled handset vendors have also seen substantial share price appreciation. Over the same period Nokia's (co-covered with Andrew Gardiner) shares have risen ~40%+ and HTC's (covered by Dale Gai) are up 32%+, with the S&P up ~1%. Taking a look back historically, both Palm and Nokia saw significant upward moves in their stock price ahead of major device launches – Nokia ahead of the N8 (Symbian^3) launch in 2010 and Palm with the Pre in late Spring/Summer 2009. In both cases, the stocks declined materially post launch. HTC also saw exponential appreciation in their stock price largely drafting on the success of Android at the time. This lasted a year from mid 2010 into mid 2011 before reversing, Still another example includes Nokia again with the 800/900 launches. In all of these cases, a common theme is shared; the stock prices of each vendor never saw a material sustained appreciation post launch.
In the case of Nokia, the company just last month made commercially available worldwide new models of its Lumia smartphone running Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Phone 8 software, which has caused some analysts to raise their price targets and estimates for the stock, as, for example, a note from UBS's Gareth Jenkins this evening.


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RK, kinda like how obama touted one ACA successful story of the single mom who was able to get insurance, oh wait that didn't turn out so good! Just a little bit of egg on his face, but it's the insurance companies who are at fault. I would imagine most of the liberal, elitist on RTF will not have anything to do with obamacare but will continue to beat the drum that it is such a good thing for the masses. Remember Socialism is not about the Socialist!!
They are waiting for Medicare for All...
Bill Davis
I wonder how many of them if any have had their policies cancelled. Have any of them been put in the situation of 118% increase for less coverage? How many of them have been sent to the position of finding $500 more per month in the family budget for lower overall coverage and increased total financial exposure?
Increased " required" benefits that you can never use is not the same as benefits you hope you will never need.
I hope we will never need to use the coverage we had for cancer, stroke, heart attack etc. I know we will never use maternity, child dental etc etc.
Hihope Hiland Heathen of Perth CD, RE, CGC, TDI. (RIP)
teracroft Clan Piper of Perth CGC TDI (RIP)
Boyne's Fast Break of Perth RN CGC CGCU( munchin in training)
"For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required." -- Luke 12:48
Raven - Moneybird's Black Magic Marker***
(Esprit's Power Play x Trumarc's Lean Cuisine)
Mick - Moneybird's Jumpin' Jack Flash***
(Clubmead's Road Warrior x Oakdale Whitewater Devil Dog)
Peerless - Moneybird's Sole Survivor
(Two River's Lucky Willie x Moneybird's Black Magic Marker)
Let's here it Menmon! You were bragging in another thread about better coverage for less money then what you had when you were working for the bank. Let's see some proof!
CPR HRCH Scott's Sweet Brandy
HR UH Scott's Little Pistol JH (Annie)
Kankakee River HRC
NRA Life Member
But I'll leave you with this as i'm getting close to that stage, maybe .
Hospital regulations require a wheel chair for patients being discharged. A student nurse found an elderly gentleman already dressed & sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet, who insisted he didn't need any help to leave the hospital.
After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly agreed to let me wheel him to the elevator. On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him. "I don't know" he said "she's still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown".
Marvin S
Everyone's friend is No One's friend
Someday your life will flash before your eyes. It's your responsibility to make sure it's worth watching!
Wait till next year when the employer mandate kicks in, I believe that this is just the spark that started the forest fire.


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Making linux 'user friendly'
For some years, there have been a few incompatability which turn users off linux. They are more configuration issues than anything else and probably windows is to blame, and specificly PuTTY. Let me explain the problems and then the solution.
Issue 1. UFT-8. UFT-8 is a Unicode encoding which uses variable length strings of 8 bit bytes to encode a character. The first 127 characters are the same as the ANSI characters which makes compatability easy. The problems start when the odd character above 127 gets thrown in but is not respected as the start of a unicode character. This is easily seen in man pages when ' turn into â. For the most part you can work around it but it is easy to fix.
The environment variable LANG indicates the current language. On modern linux distros which support unicode, it may well be set to something like 'en_AU.UTF-8′. This indicates my language, country and unicode support. The simple fix is to set the language to 'en_AU' if my terminal does not support unicode.
Now this is all fine until you start using PuTTY to connect from windows, which I find most windows users do. Now your login script has to be able to turn of UFT-8, only if you are using PuTTY. Read on…
Issue 2. Colors. There are a number of factors which impact on the default color selection for programs like ls and vim. The biggest seems to be the terminal type as specified by the TERM environment variable. Common values are linux, vt100, vt220 and xterm. (There are hundreds of others). Now unfortunatly, assumptions are make like 'the linux console background color is always black' and 'the xterm background color is always white'. This do not hold true, mostly because TERM indicated the terminal 'emulation', not the terminal it's self. For example, by default, PuTTY reports that it does xterm emulation but it is clearly a windows program and is only emulating this. This issue is a bit harder to solve because there are many places were color information can come from (see /etc/profile.d/vim.sh). The TERM variable should match your terminal or your output will not be correct and expecting all users to correctly reconfigure there terminal is not realisting. A server side solution is required.
Solution Part 1. Anyone who has accidently viewed the contents of a binary file may well have ended up with PuTTY written all over the screen. This is a giveaway that you can query the terminal for information. (This is also a security issue, but for now it works in our favour.) (If you did view a binary file and now your text is broken, try the 'reset' command). Many terminals respond the the character 0×05 by sending the terminal type as a string, just as if the user had typed it on the keyboard. This is obviously quite an old feature (no one would design anything like that these days would they?) but luck for us it works by default with PuTTY.
A program which runs a login time can send an 0×05 and read back the string. This is not as easy as it should be because PuTTY does not 'press enter' when it is finished so you have to switch into noncanonical mode to read it. Still, it is possible to write a program which will report the terminal you are using.
Solution Part 2. If you find that your terminal is PuTTY and it is reporting xterm emulation then you can 'correct' some assumptions by altering the color ls configuration and the LANG environment variable.
Solution Part 2b. By correcting the COLORS environment variable (used by color ls) then you can make vim decide what color scheme to use. This is easly added to your .exrc
Implementation. Here are 3 code snippits. The first can be added to your ~/.bash_profile (or a global like /etc/profile.d/z_putty.sh). The next is for ~/.exrc or perhaps a gloabl vim rc file like /etc/vimrc. The third is the source to the answerback prorgram. See the code for compile instructions.
I will eventually package all this into a .rpm because we will be using it on our new servers. It will probably be available from http://www.chrysocome.net/
bash profile
eval `/usr/local/bin/answerback`
if [ "${ANSWERBACK}" ] ; then
if [ "${ANSWERBACK}" = PuTTY -a "${TERM}" = xterm ] ; then
echo "Terminal is ${ANSWERBACK}. Assuming dark background."
# Assume a dark background. This is not the assumes default for an xterm
# so we will reverse the default colorls setting
if [ "${COLORS}" = /etc/DIR_COLORS.xterm ] ; then
eval `dircolors --sh "$COLORS"`
# PuTTY does not support UFT8 so we will remove that from our LANG
export LANG=${LANG/.*/}
echo "Terminal is ${ANSWERBACK}"
if $COLORS == "/etc/DIR_COLORS.xterm"
set background=light
set background=dark
/* answerback.c version 0.1
Written by John Newbigin <email@example.com>
GPL Version 2
Compile with 'gcc -Wall -o answerback answerback.c'
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <termios.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
char *name = "ANSWERBACK";
char code = 5;
char buffer[16];
int r;
sigset_t sig, sigsave;
struct termios term, termsave;
FILE *fp;
if(argc == 2)
name = argv[1];
if((fp = fopen(ctermid(NULL), "r+")) == NULL)
return 0;
setbuf(fp, NULL);
sigaddset(&sig, SIGINT);
sigaddset(&sig, SIGTSTP);
sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sig, &sigsave);
tcgetattr(fileno(fp), &termsave);
term = termsave;
term.c_lflag &= ~(ECHO | ECHOE | ECHOK | ECHONL | ICANON);
term.c_cc[VMIN] = 0;
term.c_cc[VTIME] = 10;
tcsetattr(fileno(fp), TCSAFLUSH, &term);
write(fileno(fp), &code, 1);
r = read(fileno(fp), buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1);
tcsetattr(fileno(fp), TCSAFLUSH, &termsave);
sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigsave, NULL);
if(r > 0)
printf("export %s='%s'\n", name, buffer);
return 0;


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Your Future
Preparing our students to "live well" is a vital part of the mission of the faculty of the College of Theology, Arts, and Sciences.
One critical component of living well is finding a moral, meaningful, and life-sustaining vocation--a "good job." As you'll see below, our graduates successfully and consistently find these.
And as we guide and support students in their quests to find these vocations, we also challenge them along the way to think carefully and Christian-ly about what the words "good" and "well" mean in the phrases "a good job" and "living well." We do this because the answers matter a great deal: for the student, for our churches, for our communities, for our world.
See real life examples of how a Malone degree in a CTAS program lays the foundation for a meaningful life of work and service.
Liberal Arts (video)
Erin Brown '07, B.A., Liberal Arts; filmmaker, director, producer, photographer, Los Angeles, Calif.
Divine Muragijimana '08, business owner, co-founder and president of The Council of Young African Leaders
Communication Arts (video)
Jake Thomas '07, B.A., Communication Arts; Script Development, Los Angeles, Calif.
Language and Literature (story)
Amanda Flower '02, B.A., English, author and librarian, Akron, Ohio
History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences (story)
Joshua Eck '11, B.A., History, deputy press secretary to the senate majority for the State of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio
Math & Computer Science (story)
Adam Klemann '00, Support and Infrastructure Manager, Malone University
Music (story)
Ron Robinson, Jr. '02, Director, Creative & Editorial, Atlantic Records Digital Media, New York, N.Y.
Natural Sciences (story)
Dustin Grimm '08, Analytical Forensic Chemist, AIT Labs, Indianapolis, Ind.
Psychology (story)
Christine Szostak '00, Psychologist, Assistant Professor, Professional Consultant
Social Work (story)
Kelly Ellinger '09, In-House Coordinator, LifeBanc Ohio
Visual Arts (story)
Heather Bullach '11, B.A., Visual Arts, Artist, Translations Art Gallery, Canton, Ohio
Theology (story)
Lawrence McElrath '13, Ohio Army National Guard, Chaplain


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The Small but Powerful Guide to Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library
Technology as an advocacy tool
Technology, especially new social media technologies, have significantly changed organizations' abilities to connect with members of their communities. Listed below are strategies for utilizing technology for the benefit of the library.
Web Site
Perhaps one of the most basic but useful technology tools for libraries is a basic library web site. In addition to providing access to collections, information on upcoming programs and directions to the library, the web site can serve as a link to other web-based initiatives such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The essentials for any web site—a phone number, address, contact names (with phone numbers and e-mail addresses where applicable), a calendar of events, a list of services and hours of operation.
For some small libraries, simple is not only better, it's essential. For a simple but effective library web site, consider WordPress (http://wordpress.com/) to create a library blog which can be enhanced to create a more robust site for your library. WordPress is easy to update and can be enhanced with plugins for a calendar, submit a question form, request a book form and more. WordPress can even incorporate content from libraries' Facebook and Twitter accounts.
With over 500 million users, Facebook has become one of the largest communities in the world.
Facebook allows organizations to create "pages" to share their information with Facebook members who choose to connect with them. The average Facebook user is connected to 80 community pages, groups or events.
Facebook pages can be created and managed from a personal account—but only the official representative of an organization should create a page. From a Facebook page, organizations can share news and updates, post pictures and videos, publicize events and cultivate a network of "fans."
Even more important, Facebook users can share information about your page with other users, increasing your reach and expanding your community of supporters.
Flickr is an image hosting web site that allows users to share personal photographs and host images for use in other social media tools.
Libraries can utilize Flickr to help them share the vibrancy and breadth of activities that take place in a library through pictures.
By uploading pictures to Flickr, libraries can share the library experience with funders and members of the media and
easily re-display the photos on the library website and Facebook page or link to them on Twitter.
Twitter is a microblogging service that allows users to send and read "tweets"—text-based posts of up to 140 characters.
Users can follow and be followed by other users, creating a network for sharing information. As of 2010, Twitter has over 100 million registered users, with new users registering at a rate of 300,000 per day.
Libraries can use Twitter to connect with followers, sharing information on upcoming events, highlighting new materials in their collections or putting out a call for support. In addition to text, "tweets" can include hyperlinks pointing users to more information or the library's web page—hint: tools like Snip URL (http://snipurl.com/) or bitly (http://bitly.com) can turn long URLs into shorter URLS that fit into a tweet. Twitter can also help libraries track issues in their community of users.


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2 Minutes To Midnight - Iron Maiden
2 Minutes To Midnight - Iron Maiden
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.
U2. All of U2 (or least as much as I own). I made a giant playlist of every album, single, and compilation I have. It's in chronological order of release with the live shows inserted in when they were recorded rather than released. It's more than 36 hours of music. All the good (The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby) , the bad (Pop) and the ugly (the Passengers album) from these guys.
"I'm sick and tried of these motherfrakkking Sith on this motherfrakkker plane!"
Mace Windu - Episode 2.5: Sith on a Plane
"One More Minute," among my favorite Weird Al songs, off his "new" Essential double CD... but now it's moved onto "Like a Surgeon," among my least faves.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Metallica's version of Remember Tomorrow from the Iron Maiden tribute album: Maiden Heaven.
Debbie Gibson's "Shake Your Love," because I'm too lazy to change the station.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Going to see Phish tonight for their tour opening in Detroit, so i'm listening to some Phish while working on my DL course syllabus/work for next semester. After the hail/tornado/thunderstorm infested show of theirs I saw in Indiana in june, i'm looking forward to this one.
I'd love to see U2 up in East Lansing, but I can't really do the ticket prices. Dammit!
"Woke up at 9.55am. Soon as I woke up, I looked at Suzanne and she looked at me. I said, 'Did I tell you about the immune system?' Suzanne starting laughing, I said, 'it's amazing.' She said, 'Not now.'"
As for the Talking Heads version of "Crosseyed and Painless" live, check out this performance from 1980. I sometimes have buffering issues on it though, so it might work best to pause and let it load a bit first.
sadly the sounds of my mother-in-law and wife fighting about making icing for cupcakes for a baby shower for my brother-in-law's future wife..... whew....
also trying to make a Music Playlist for the baby shower....joy rapture.
Looking for CW 2010 Sidious and TX-20...if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. thanks
Rammstein - Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da.
My favorite Rammstein album to date. These guys rock. I've been a fan since 93 and they never disappoint.
Bon Jovi - The Circle
Always liked Bon Jovi. It never fails that when a new album is released I know that something is going to happen in my life that will test my character. The timing with the Circle is no different. Bon Jovi's music always encourages me. For that reason I'm always going to "Keep the Faith" with Jon, Richie, Tico, and David. But I've gotta be honest. I think the group peaked about three albums ago. So much of the Circle sounds derivative of songs in other Bon Jovi albums that it just seems like a half-assed effort. The exception is "When We Were Beautiful". Very melancholy, and Powerful. "Fast Cars" is the foil to When We Were Beautiful. A crap-fest worthy of Hanson. Maybe its by design and each song is meant to be a sequel of the top hits. I don't know. Their sound has changed substantially. They've become very Pop-Rock-ish. The guitarwork is reminescent of U2. I can hear a lot of Joshua Tree in it. Interesting evolution, but for their 25th anniversary I was expecting more.