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Five Environmental Lessons We Can Learn from Buddhist Monks
July 22nd, 2013 | by Guest Author
My friend Julia recently visited Buddhist monasteries in Nepal and India and was deeply touched by the Tibetan Monks there. Living on less than a dollar a day, the monks she met were models of spiritual humility, happiness and simplicity. She came back from Nepal and the monastery full of life, and more dedicated than ever to service, simplicity, and meditation. In our discussions afterward, we reflected on the following 5 eco-themed lessons we could learn from the Buddhist monks

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Ibn Inglor "Cold Storm"
Chicago artist Ibn Inglor drops this new, all-red visual for "Cold Storm" from his recent New Wave mixtape. It's the all-red that feels fresh and is certainly something different compared to the other music videos out there. As Ibn explains:
"Andre Muir (the director) went through a few edits and on the last rough draft he sent, I really liked one specific part that he did, and we both decided to go the all red route. The contrast of the imagery versus the concept of the song is what makes us love it. It's not the typical video you'd except hearing lyrics like 'Riding on a bike in a cold storm."
I definitely get the concept more after reading Ibn's explanation, but now I'm curious to see what the all-red visuals for "riding on a bike in a cold storm" would look like. It's one to peep and see for yourself, directed/edited by Andre Muir of TEHO Media, and shot by Emmet Kilmer.
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Hasbro's Republic News confirmed this set as a TRU exclusive for 2002! To see the pictures and details check it out here
Big picture of Paploo loose
At-ST loose with Paploo
Thoughts?Continuing the series of collector favorite vehicles in diorama scenes, Hasbro will be releasing an AT-ST with speeder bike and Paploo the Ewok early next year.
As seen in Return of the Jedi, Paploo's speeder bike joyride distracted the Imperial scout troopers allowing General Solo's team to enter the bunker on Endor.
The AT-ST features stomping legs, a rotating turret, pivoting weaponry, and the cockpit holds one pilot (sold separately), all in diorama packaging recreating the movie scene on the store shelf.
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Hope for liver transplant patients - US FDA approves Novartis Zortress (everolimus) for the prophylaxis of organ rejection
Singapore: The US FDA has approved Novartis' Zortress (everolimus) for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in adult patients receiving a liver transplant. Zortress is the first mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor that has been approved for use following liver transplantation. It is also the first immunosuppressant approved by the FDA in over a decade for use following liver transplantation.
Mr David Epstein, division head, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, said that, "Novartis has been a leading innovator in the transplant field for 30 years, and this FDA approval for liver transplantation marks an important milestone for patients and their transplant physicians in the US. This second indication for Zortress in just three years in the US follows the recent European approval, further underscoring Novartis' continued commitment to bringing much needed treatment options to the transplant community worldwide."
The approval was based on liver transplant study, which showed that Zortress plus tacrolimus led to comparable efficacy and 10mL/min higher renal function as measured by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) for Zortress compared to standard tacrolimus at 12 months.
A large independent registry study of nearly 70,000 patients, who received a non-renal solid organ transplant between 1990 and 2000 showed that the incidence of chronic renal failure was greater in liver transplant recipients than in recipients of all other solid organ transplants, except intestinal transplants. Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs), such as tacrolimus, are part of the standard-of-care treatment regimen for immunosuppression in liver transplantation, but they can contribute to adverse reactions, including impaired renal function. Zortress works by binding to a protein called mTOR, and acts synergistically with CNIs, offering an opportunity to lower CNI exposure.
The US approval was based on 12-month results from a phase III, multicenter, open-label, randomized, controlled study conducted in 719 liver transplant patients starting 30 days post-transplant. In the study, during the first 30 days after transplant and prior to randomization, patients received tacrolimus and corticosteroids, with or without mycophenolate mofetil. No induction antibody was administered.
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|>> Archive: Salmon & Steelhead Flies Spey flies to mixed wings, new innovations
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|Nice looking fly. I think I may whip a few up, but replace the Jungle Cock with 5-6 strands of natural Golden Pheasant saddle. Looks like a good pattern to be tied on 0.75in brass or copper tubes as it will cast nicely, but look bigger in the water. I don't mean to completely tear a classic pattern apart, but maybe another rump feather in place of the middle orange hackle also.
This, along with many of the other Irish Shrimp flies, are also excellent steelhead flies here in the PNW, especially in the low water of late summer/early fall. I'm still surprised that very few PNW steelheaders seem to have even heard of this style of fly let alone tie or fish it.
Atlantic Salmon Fly of the week Bonners Silver Shrimp
This fly is the invention of Paddy Bonner, a professional Fly tier from Northern Ireland. Bonner, a salmon fisherman of some notoriety in Ireland, has developed his own style of shrimp fly. His flies are generally small and spares, using treble and double hooks, genetic cock hackles that are usually smaller than normal, and he often uses only a single folded jungle cock nail for his wings. He is also noted for using floss bodies on many of his flies. His flies are generally designed for fishing low water and other difficult situations.
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Date Posted: January 26, 2009 - 3:36 am by: coffeeboy
Eliza Dushku believes in nepotism. The star of the upcoming, much delayed Joss Whedon series Dollhouse has finalized talks to produce a biopic on controversial and renowned photographer Robert Mapplethorpe where she's just cast her brother Nate in the lead role. Frankly, I'm more excited about her new series, a kick-ass action thriller where Ms. Dushku assumes different personalities with each episode. She's a hooker one week, then a scientist the next, all the while looking hot and sexy. She sorta does the same in this InStyle fashion spread. Check 'em out.
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Busy deveveloping extension to the PHPWiki (at Sourceforge)
Found out that I can not use WINCVS over the work proxy :-( I am going to have to install it at home and mail my updates there.
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This course will enable you to use a broader but still limited range of oral, aural and written language skills. Though the emphasis is on speaking you will also learn more grammatical structures and sentence pattern, which are essential for further progression in Italian. In class you will get ample opportunity to speak through pair-work and group exercises; listen to authentic audio/video tapes; read short texts and complete exercises which will enhance your vocabulary and your knowledge of grammar.
The following topics will be covered: talking about the family and relationships; Italian table manner; food and drink; The Italian cinema; describing something; talking about films; Expressing likes and dislikes; Shopping; expressing joy and disappointment; Travel in Italy; Fashion and style; Talking about television; Talking about music; Expressing an opinion.
The course will also cover the main grammatical points you need at this level which will include the following: adverb and possessive pronoun, quello; bello; volerci; metterci, Imperfect, Trapassato Prossimo, direct pronouns; partitive pronoun, ce l'ho; ce n'e, reflexive verbs, impersonal forms and expressions, indirect pronoun, imperative, simple and compound conditional.
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The emphasis of the course is on participation and students are encouraged to actively participate in class through various non-threatening forms of activities designed to stimulate communication.
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ARSC T3D Users' Newsletter 32, April 21, 1995
The Switch to the 1.2 Programming Environment
We are now running the 1.2 Programming Environment. If you have any problems that you think are related to this upgrade, please contact Mike Ess.
PVM on the 1.2 Programming EnvironmentIn the past few newsletters I've been going over the changes with the ARSC T3D due to the switch to the 1.2 PE. In this newsletter, I concentrate on changes with PVM. There are 2 PVM products from CRI of interest:
- Network PVM that runs on the Y-MP, and allows the Y-MP to communicate with PVM to the T3D and other PVM platforms, like workstations.
- The PVM in /mpp/lib/libpvm3.a that runs on the T3D alone and allows processing elements to communicate with each other with PVM subroutines or functions.
> 1.2.3 Network PVM-3 2.1 release dependency > > Sites supporting Network PVM-3 and any of the following Cray MPP systems > programming environments: CF77 6.2, CF90 1.2, or Cray Standard 1.2, must > upgrade to the Cray Network PVM-3 2.1 release, or later. The reason for this > upgrade is that changes in libpvm3 1.2 for Cray MPP systems are incompatible > with older versions of Cray Network PVM-3. These changes affect users with > distributed applications that run partly on the Cray T3D. > > Two C structures defined and used by libpvm3 have been changed (hostinfo > became pvmhostinfo and taskinfo became pvm taskinfo). This is an incompatible > change for those few codes that use these structures requiring a change and > recompilation. These changes were made in the ORNL version of PVM 3.3. > ... > 2.4.1 PVM structure name changes > > Description: > Two C structures defined and used by LIBPVM will change in this release. This > is an incompatible change for those few codes that use these structures. > > OLD NAME NEW NAME USED BY hostinfo pvmhostinfo pvm_config() taskinfo pvmtaskinfopvm_tasks() > > These changes were made in the ORNL version of PVM 3.3. The reason for the change > was a name conflict between PVM and a UNICOS socket-related include file. > > In addition to the changes described above, the protocols used in building > PVM will also change. This change will affect users who run distributed applications > partly on Cray T3D systems. Because of these changes, sites supporting the > network version of PVM must upgrade to the Cray Network PVM-3 > 2.1 release (or later) to run distributed applications. > > Platform: > Cray MPP systems > > Compatibilities and Differences: > This is an incompatible change. Products using these C structure will have > to change their names. > > These structures are defined in the pvm3.h include file. Only the structure > names have changed. No other changes have been made to these structures. > > External impact: > Users that use the hostinfo or taskinfo C structures will have to change their > code to call the new structure names. See "Description" for details. > > Performance impact: > None > > Documentation affected: > PVM and HeNCE Programmer's Manual, publication SR-2501Users who use these structs hostinfo and taskinfo on their Y-MP PVM codes will have to make these because as part of upgrading to the 1.2 PE we upgraded to Cray Network PVM-3 2.1. Neither of these changes effect the T3D PVM.
My testing of PVM for this release showed up a few differences and additions from the 1.1 PE:
When using network PVM to communicate between the Y-MP and T3D using the option:
pvm_setopt( PvmRoute, PvmRouteDirect );in the Y-MP program caused a T3D program to crash and therefore the Y-MP program hangs waiting for a message from the crashed T3D program. This option works OK on T3D to T3D communication. And the default setting:
pvm_setopt( PvmRoute, PvmAllowDirect );works correctly on Y-MP to T3D communication. In the 1.1 PE, the use of PvmRouteDirect did not crash the T3D program. This problem has been reported to CRI.
- In the 1.1 PE, I could spawn two T3D programs from the PVM console running on the Y-MP, the performance was comparable to the Y-MP to T3D speeds of less than 2 Mbytes/second, so it was mostly just a curiosity. With the 1.2 PE, I can now initiate 2 different T3D jobs in two different partitions and they can communicate using PVM. Done this way, the performance is closer to the T3D to T3D speeds in a single partition of 100 Mbytes/second. In my case, this allows the master and slave programs to be separate executables and use all of the 8MW of memory for their own purposes.
At the Denver CUG, I heard about two new PVM routines in the 1.2 PE, that combine the the pack and send and the receive and unpack into one unified operation. In C, the functions are:
pvm_psend() and pvm_precv()and the Fortran equivalents are:
CALL PVMFPSEND() and CALL PVMFPRECV()There are comprehensive manpages for these routines on Denali. Having fewer calls performing the same operation boosts message passing speeds. On T3D to T3D sends I have seen a 10% to 40% improvement for round trip communication between two PEs on short messages. The send routines should also be faster because they are "asynchronous" routines that return control to the sending processor before the receiving processor has processed the message. These routines are also part of the 3.3 version of PVM distributed by Oak Ridge National Labs.
Current Documentation for PVM on the T3D:
- hardcopy
- PVM and HeNCE Programmer's Manual, publication SR-2501 5.0 Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) Reference Card, publication SQ-2512 5.0
- docview
- pvm.hence.50 PVM and HeNCE Manual (SR-2501 5.0)
- manpages
- There is a very comprehensive set of manpages on Denali for PVM calls and functions.
Makefiles That Make Both Y-MP and T3D ExecutablesI have timing programs for several different PVM machines:
- T3D to T3D in the same partition
- T3D to T3D in different partitions
- T3D to Y-MP
- Y-MP to Y-MP (with PvmDataRaw and PvmDataDefault options)
setenv TARGET cray-ympand then change the TARGET variable with:
setenv TARGET cray-t3dand then make the T3D executable. The switch of the TARGET value is necessary because both segldr and mppldr use the value of the TARGET to locate their default libraries. But now, Mike Dority, an ARSC CRI site analyst, has shown me how to make both executables in the same makefile. Here is a sample makefile:
# Start of makefile making both Y-MP and T3D executables SHELL = /bin/sh ARCH = CRAY CCY-MP = cc -Tcray-ymp LDY-MP = segldr NPES=1 CCT3D = cc -Tcray-t3d -X $(NPES) LDT3D = /mpp/bin/mppldr CFLAGS = -O -c TT3D=TARGET=cray-t3d TY-MP=TARGET=cray-ymp PVMDIR = /u1/uaf/ess/pvm3 run: timing timing_slave -rm /tmp/pvmd.736 /tmp/pvmd.736 pvmd3 & sleep 1 -(export MPP_NPES=$(NPES); timing ) echo halt > halt -cat halt pvm timing: timing.c $(CCY-MP) $(CFLAGS) -I/usr/include/pvm3 timing.c (export $(TY-MP); $(LDY-MP) -o timing timing.o -lpvm3 ) timing_slave: timing_slave.c $(CCT3D) $(CFLAGS) -I/usr/include/mpp timing_slave.c (export $(TT3D); $(LDT3D) -o timing_slave timing_slave.o -lpvm3 ) cp timing_slave $(PVMDIR)/bin/$(ARCH) clean: -rm -f *.o timing timing_slave halt # end of makefileThis makefile has several useful features:
- The SHELL variable is the Bourne shell where environmental variables can be changed with the "export" command. (I can't get setenv to work within a makefile with the C shell and I'd like to see a working example with the C shell.) The parentheses are necessary in the steps using mppldr and segldr to apply the export to the command.
- The rules for the Y-MP and T3D executables change the TARGET variable for the appropriate target machine.
The execution of this master(Y-MP)/slave(T3D) program goes in the following steps:
- PVM daemon started in the background (wait for it to start)
Y-MP program (timing) started
- spawns T3D program (timing_slave)
- communicates with T3D program
- signals T3D program to die
- PVM daemon is killed by sending a halt command to the PVM console
Correction - "It's pref not perf "In newsletter #30 I described the utility "pref" that is in benchlib. Ted Clee of CRI points out that in that article, I used "perf" several times when I should have used "pref". It should be "pref" as is "prefetch".
Additional NQS Queues on the T3DThere are now 5 queues on Denali for accessing the T3D. The two newest queues facilitate using large PE configurations on the T3D. These two new queues will allow one 64 PE job and one 128 PE job to run for 5 minutes and 10 minutes respectively. The T3D queues on denali are now:
QUEUE NAME LIM TOT ENA STS QUE RUN WAI HLD ARR EXI ---------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- m_8pe_24hr 4 0 yes on 0 0 0 0 0 0 m_16pe_24hr 2 0 yes on 0 0 0 0 0 0 m_32pe_24hr 1 0 yes on 0 0 0 0 0 0 m_64pe 1 0 yes on 0 0 0 0 0 0 m_128pe 1 0 yes on 0 0 0 0 0 0If your batch PE limit is too small to access these new NQS queues, please contact Mike Ess to have the PE batch limits increased.
List of Differences Between T3D and Y-MPThe current list of differences between the T3D and the Y-MP is:
- Data type sizes are not the same (Newsletter #5)
- Uninitialized variables are different (Newsletter #6)
- The effect of the -a static compiler switch (Newsletter #7)
- There is no GETENV on the T3D (Newsletter #8)
- Missing routine SMACH on T3D (Newsletter #9)
- Different Arithmetics (Newsletter #9)
- Different clock granularities for gettimeofday (Newsletter #11)
- Restrictions on record length for direct I/O files (Newsletter #19)
- Implied DO loop is not "vectorized" on the T3D (Newsletter #20)
- Missing Linpack and Eispack routines in libsci (Newsletter #25)
- F90 manual for Y-MP, no manual for T3D (Newsletter #31)
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The Economic Environmentally Sound Reef
The 2 biggest complaints that many people lay against Reef tanks is that they are very expensive and not environmentally friendly at all. While this is true of many reef tanks out there, this does not have to be the case. The purpose of this article is to show you how you can save your pocket book, and the environment and still have a beautiful reef tank.
The equipment is one of those areas where most people get stopped on a marine tank. Much of the needed or recommended equipment is very expensive. If you are one of those people that insists on having all new equipment then skip this paragraph, the economical part is not for you. The most expensive piece of equipment you will buy (besides the tank) is the lighting. Unfortunately there are not many ways to cut your costs on lighting. Bulbs have to be purchased new but the fixture can be a used one. Keep your eyes on the classifieds and online for great deals, you never know what you will find. Really, this is a method that applies to all you equipment, tank included. Another thing to do is to go digging around and see if there is anything that you just don't use anymore and offer trades. Trading equipment with other hobbyists can be a great way to build up your tank.
The largest purchase the aspiring reefer will make is that of the live rock. Unfortunately this purchase can also be detrimental to the environment as well. There are a couple of options that will help protect our reefs and at the same time provide for the need of the hobbyist. The first option is that of aquacultured live rock. This option is not the most economical option but it is an environmental option. The rock is not taken from reefs but is rather cured in an artificial environment. The other advantage to this is that the likelihood of getting unwanted hitchhikers such as Mantis Shrimp, Aptasia, and fireworms. The second option is to purchase dry rock. Dry rock is both an economical and an environmentally sound choice. Dry rock is simply rock is sometimes taken from quarries, along the shoreline or from dead parts of the reef. The biggest advantage to buying dry rock is the cost. On average dry rock sells for $1-$1.50 per pound and unlike live rock, you don't pay for any water weight. Dry rock, when submersed and cured to be live, will be increase in weight by 25-30%. The important thing to remember is that when you purchase dry rock you must also have a small amount of live rock in the tank to help seed the rock. The final option for live rock is to make your own using concrete purchased at your local building supply store along with an aragonite based sand and water softening salts. This option is not the most economical as dry rock can be purchased for less. The other downside to this option is the time it takes to make it. Making your own live rock is a long process.
The sand bed is the next area where money can be saved as well as the environment. Many reefers are now opting to omit a sand bed altogether and simply maintain a bare bottom reef. If this is an option that you do not find palatable, then playsand may be a better option. Natural playsand can be used in a reef tank and it is a very cheap way to build your sand bed. The one contention that many people often make about playsand is the presence of silica, however, since silica has been classified as a carcinogen, the amount of silica in playsand is extremely limited and is not in significant enough amounts to cause a problem.
Finally livestock must be considered. The purchase of fish and corals is where many environmentalist groups have their largest complaint against the hobby. However the number of fish that are being bred in captivity is increasing all the time and the availability of aquacultured corals is also increasing. Many hobbyists are concerned that the fish they may want are not available in captive bred specimens. This may be true, however it is possible to completely stock a reef aquarium with captive bred specimens and still have a diverse group of fish and motile invertebrates. The only downside to purchasing captive bred specimens is that they are more expensive, however the increased cost is definitely worth the benefits to our natural reefs. Corals are probably the easiest thing to obtain in an environmental and economical manner. Many areas have local aquarium clubs that allow hobbyists to get together. A common practice of these clubs is the frag swap. Frag swapping is a great way to obtain corals with no financial cost, and it also prevents corals from being taken from the wild. However, if the hobbyist is not really into fragging their corals due to decreasing the aesthetics of the tank, then aquacultured corals may also be purchased. Again, these are going to be slightly more expensive then corals that are harvested from the wild.
Fortunately for our hobby, the suppliers are becoming more environmentally aware and they are providing options to the hobbyist that are environmentally sound. So enjoy your reef, and protect our natural reefs, they are a vital resource that once lost, can never be replaced.Considering a Marine Aquarium? A Breakdown of the Components, Live Rock, Cycling a Marine Tank
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As do I. Lace rock is a great substitute for liverock, great for shelving and once cultured...it may offer a more appealing rock altogther."Paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind." --Aristotle
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My live rock came full of aptasia... its quite a battle! I bought some critters that only eat the wretched invader but the 5 little creatures disappeared into the bowels of the refugium...
I have 3 (150 gallon) tanks plus the refugium/filtering system underneath the refugium tank all run on one system providing about 600 gallons to circulate throughout.
Refugium tank runs on natural filtered sunlight, it has all live rock piled high, figi mud, shell crabs, mangroves, snails, and those aptasia eaters. Filter system with bioballs, filters, and more live rock piled is under this tank. The chiller is unhooked at present.
Outside Show tank is pretty empty to provide a place for those in need of isolation (lucky) or lots of swim room (one arc eye hawkfish with no tail previous owner had an eel that ate his entire rear tail, but Lucky is a survivor I've had him 2 years but purple flurp is too mean to keep Lucky in the main tank) and the pencil urchin and rock) this tank has natural filtered sunlight-no light hoods. Mushrooms (blue/purple), and a new little coral that looks like a leather just sprouted. Also a "green lettuce"? slab.
Main show tank in living room: Runs on LED lights- Bicolor Angel, Fire Angel, Scooter Blenny, Tomato Clown, Yellow and black clown, orange and white false clown, a yellow watchman gobie, a stupid purple grouchy fish that bites at everyone (Purple Flurp), and a yellow tang that is about 4 years old, lots of crabs and snails, two giant clams, one purple urchin that I never see but know its there cause it works the rock well. Corals: Green Leather, Starry polyps, button polyps
Maybe I should have bought $1000 worth of the little eaters.. not just 5. Before we released them into the tank we grew them a little bigger in confinement, THEY DEVOUR the aptasia....
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Welcome to SSG Greedo!
All of our characters are on Chilastra. My character is:
Twi'Lek female
currently on Naboo
I chatted last night briefly w/ Tonysmo, who uses the same name in the game.
You can go thru the previous posts to get others names.
As for a SSG PA, there is none yet. I was going to ask Tony, or anyone else, if they wanted to buy a group house or something that could be a home base, until we get enough SSg'ers to start a PA...


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AstraZeneca, LegoChem collaborate to develop antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections drug
Singapore: AstraZeneca has formed collaboration with Korea's LegoChem Biosciences to develop a novel antibiotic to treat drug-resistant bacterial infections. The treatment will potentially combine compounds from AstraZeneca's preclinical beta lactamase inhibitor (BLI) and LegoChem's preclinical cephalosporin antibiotic programs to help break down bacteria's resistance to cephalosporins.
Under the terms of the collaboration, LegoChem will be eligible to receive $2.45 million in initial and preclinical milestones, $20 million in development milestones and $116.5 million in launch and commercial milestones, as well as tiered royalties.
Despite the steady rise of bacteria that are resistant to the most commonly prescribed antibiotic treatments, only two new classes of antibiotics have been introduced to the market in the past 30 years. As a result, infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria may result in prolonged illness, increased mortality risk and spread of the drug-resistant bacteria.
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"Antibiotic resistance is an urgent and growing challenge. AstraZeneca has long recognized that the discovery of successful new solutions will require collaboration and knowledge-sharing. Our collaboration with LegoChem leverages our combined expertise in antibiotics and our ability to develop innovative medicines to advance much needed treatments for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections," said Manos Perros, head, infection innovative medicines unit, AstraZeneca.
Mr Yong Zu Kim, LegoChem's CEO, said: "We are excited about this opportunity to develop our cephalosporin antibiotic with AstraZeneca's BLI program. We are impressed with the commitment of AstraZeneca's team and confident with their expertise in the anti-infective field for the successful collaboration in the development of this combination therapy. My wish is also for this partnership to fuel the continuous advancement of Korean drug discovery initiatives."
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:09 PM GMT en Marzo 28, 2012
February 2012 was the globe's 22nd warmest February on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Global temperatures were the 15th warmest on record according to NASA. It was the coolest February since 1994, and the coolest month, relative to average, since January 2008. The relatively cool temperatures were due, in part, to the on-going La Niña event in the Eastern Pacific, which has brought a large amount of cool water to the surface. February 2012 global land temperatures were the 37th warmest on record, and ocean temperatures were the 12th warmest on record. Global satellite-measured temperatures for the lowest 8 km of the atmosphere were colder than average, the 7th or 13th coldest in the 34-year record, according to Remote Sensing Systems and the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH). February temperatures in the stratosphere were the coldest on record. We expect cold temperatures there due to the greenhouse effect and to destruction of ozone due to CFC pollution. Snow cover during February varied dramatically depending on which hemisphere you were in. Eurasia had its third largest snow cover extent in the 46-year period of record, while North America had its fourth lowest. As seen in Figure 1, much of North America and Siberia were much warmer than average, while Europe was considerably colder than average. Wunderground's weather historian, Christopher C. Burt, has a comprehensive post on the notable weather events of February in his February 2012 Global Weather Extremes Summary.
Figure 1. Departure of temperature from average for February 2012. Image credit: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) .
La Niña weakens, almost gone
A borderline weak La Niña event continues in the equatorial Pacific, where sea surface temperatures were approximately 0.5°C below average during February and the the first half of March. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center forecasts that La Niña will be gone by the end of April. The majority of the El Niño computer models predict neutral conditions for this fall, during the August - September - October peak of hurricane season, though 32% of the models predict an El Niño will develop. El Niño conditions tend to decrease Atlantic hurricane activity, by increasing wind shear over the tropical Atlantic.
February Arctic sea ice extent fifth lowest on record
Arctic sea ice extent was at its fifth lowest extent on record in February, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Continuing the pattern established in January, conditions differed greatly between the Atlantic and Pacific sides of the Arctic. On the Atlantic side, especially in the Barents Sea, air temperatures were higher than average and ice extent was unusually low. February ice extent for the Barents Sea was the lowest in the satellite record, due to air temperatures that ranged from 4 - 8°C (7 - 14°F) above average at the 925 mb level (about 3000 feet above sea level). In contrast, on the Pacific side, February ice extent in the Bering Sea was the second highest in the satellite record, paired with air temperatures that were 3 to 5 degrees Celsius (5 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit) below average at the 925 mb level. Satellite sea ice records date back to 1979.
Figure 2. Record-setting hailstone from the Hawaii 'supercell' thunderstorm that hit the Hawaiian island of Oahu on March 9, 2012. Image credit: NOAA/National Weather Service.
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A hailstone with the diameter of roughly that of a grapefruit that hit Oahu on March 9, 2012, has been confirmed as the largest hailstone on record for the state of Hawaii, according to NOAA. The record-setting hailstone was dropped by a "supercell" thunderstorm on the windward side of Oahu. There were numerous reports of hail with diameters of 2 to 3 inches and greater. Hail the size of a penny (diameter of 3/4 inch) or quarter (diameter of one inch) has been reported in Hawaii only eight times since records began, and there is no record of hail larger than 1 inch in diameter. Hail the size of golf balls and baseballs can only form within intense thunderstorms called supercells. These supercells need warm, moist air to rise into progressively colder, drier air, as well as winds changing direction and increasing speed with increasing height off the ground. For both sets of conditions to exist at the same time in Hawaii is extremely rare, but that did occur on March 9. Conditions that day were ideal for a supercell to form, and the storm looked very much like supercell thunderstorms common in the Central U.S. during spring. Supercells can also produce tornadoes, another rarity in Hawaii. The same hail-producing supercell produced a confirmed EF-0 tornado with winds of 60-70 mph in Lanikai and Enchanted Lakes on Oahu.
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A common sense commentary:
I don't want to feed an ugly dog!
Any doctrine that weakens personal responsibility for judgment and for action helps create the attitudes that welcome and support the totalitarian state.
(John Dewey)
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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I look at the gun debate a little differently...IMO its NOT a Republican vs Dem issue...yes there are Dems like Feinstein and Durbin leading the charge, but its a pro gun vs anti gun mentality out there....I watch Fox (which is not surprising to anyone) but almost to a person, I have not heard ONE on air personality come to the defense of those of us who are so staunch pro gun holders...I realize its an emotional subject right now, during church yesterday the pastor asked all in the congregation to stand and hold hands as we as a church prayed for the kids,teachers,and administrators who lost their lives, Dana and I both had tears in our eyes and were silent the rest of the sermon...
Anyhow IMO there are many people out there that have an anti gun view due to the fact that they have never been exposed to guns in a safe and sensible manner...I am still shocked at the number of FT and dog trainers that have never handled a shotgun, I wonder what they use when it comes to shooting pigeons in training...not saying that everyone needs to be a crack shot with a shotgun but if you want to train retrievers, how can you not at least be familiar with handling a shotgun....a handgun is a whole different thing, but then who has never used a blank gun?
This sums it all up:
On Friday in Connecticut, more than two dozen, mostly children, were gunned down in an act of evil.
I once read an account that young men killed on the beaches of Normandy, as they lay dying, called out for their mothers. I tear up at even the glancing thought of the cries of the children in Connecticut and dare not take the mental walk down that road.
Children cry out for their mommy and their daddy. Young men on the battlefield, as death comes over them, do the same. It is a natural instinct at life's end for the young. Just the thought of the children crying out for their moms and dads as they died overwhelms the senses of those of us far removed from the tragedy. It is an instinct, though, that we should confront.
Instead, two days removed from the horror of Friday, we are beginning again the debate and confrontations about gun control. It is a debate worth having and, whether we want to or not, we will have it. Much, if any, of what will be proposed would not have stopped the massacre.
But though the proposals that will soon be most seriously considered would most likely not have prevented what happened, men and women of goodwill — and most are — will make the proposals because it lets them feel in control. People want to do something. People, acting corporately, want to legislate and regulate because it is, next to election of leaders, the most powerful act of a democracy.
The efforts, even if they are successful, will not stop this cycle of violence.
Discussions of gun control are easier to have than discussions about mental health. But they too are easier to have than those about the collapse of the American family. History and multiple studies show that the most stable foundation of a society is a two parent nuclear household with multiple children.
In the past year we have talked more and more about the rise of singles in this country, following the rise of single parents. Because much of the question of what it means to be single involves the discussion of choices, we cannot have a conversation about the nuclear family. The only conclusion that would benefit our society would be a conclusion that renders too many of the choices made by twenty and thirty somethings in our society today invalid.
Unless our culture shifts back toward recognizing the need for stable families with multiple children, the situation will only get worse. Coupled with that comes difficult conversations about equality and the roles young men in society must grow up to fit into. None of these horrific incidents have been committed by girls or women, but by disturbed young men — some, to be sure, in the very nuclear families most likely to help reduce these senseless acts. Nuclear families will not cure the problem and, in fact, mass incidents like this have declined over time though the 6 worst school shootings have been in the past decade. But we look at the tragedy in Connecticut and ignore the daily killings and life destroying acts across the nation. We focus on Connecticut, but not inner-cities or impoverished communities of broken homes.
When pointing out that two parent households of multiple children provide the greatest stability in a society, many deny the fact. Many demand data or more studies then try to discredit the studies. It says more about the denial of responsibility for the choices the deniers have made than it does about the studies or the facts. This is, however, why we will not change. But as government tries to spread its caring hands even further and replace or supplement the need for family, no child will ever in terror cry out for Uncle Sam, just for mom or dad.
Turning its back on the nuclear family, our society has concurrently turned its back on discussing evil. Evil, like God, is mythology to many in our country even when confronted with it at the barrel of a gun.
We have become accustomed in our vernacular to treat evil as the opposite of good or the opposite of God. Evil is not just a word and not the opposite of good or God, but the absence of God taking on a life of its own. The act in Connecticut may have been committed by a mentally disturbed individual, but the act was evil. The person, at the time committing the act, was evil.
God and good exist. The devil and evil do as well — the incarnation of the absolute void left in the absence of God.
Colossians 1:15 states, '[Christ] is before all things, and in him all things hold together." As our society drifts further and further from Christ, our society holds itself together less and less. The rise of secularism coincides with the decline of family and the rise of societal chaos.
In our society, it is impolite to say this. Many who reject this mock Christians. They wonder why God or Jesus were not in that school room protecting those children. Liberal gay-rights activist Dan Savage on Friday was openly ridiculing Christians and mocking God. Liberal pundits were retweeting him.
They choose not to understand. They have chosen the very society that generates the heinous act we saw on Friday — a society replacing ourselves and our standards with those of God. It is a society St. Paul described quite accurately in Romans 1.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. . . . They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator . . . . Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy.
Romans 1:21, 25, 28-31
On Friday in Connecticut, an evil creature entered a classroom and gunned down children in our ever increasing Romans 1 society.
At this Christmas season we should remember the part of the Christmas story we often do not dwell on. Two thousand years ago, King Herod sent his soldiers to Bethlehem where they slaughtered all the boys age 2 and under. The coming of the Risen Lord was answered by this world with the loss of the innocents.
The world is full of sin. It is easy for the non-Christian to look at what happened and rationalize away that the person was mentally ill, we need gun control, etc. It is harder, especially at this time of year, for those who do believe in God to find comfort in him instead of demanding "why?" But God does not spare us the effects of sin in the world, nor does he spare the little children.
But we know by faith that "Jesus wept." He weeps now. He welcomes home the little children and calls for us to persevere and, if we will, to turn back toward him and bring our society with us. But our society must be prepared to have larger conversations than whether or not we should regulate guns or bullets.
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men."
Written by Erick Erickson
To me, a comprehensive Gun/Hunter safety course taught in middle school would address some of the issues.
I mean if it "saved 1 childs life" it would be beneficial, correct??
Some of the strongest gun legislation in the USA is in Chicago, IL.
Anyone got any stats or graphs on firearm related deaths there?
Aren't we always being told by the incremental secular progressives that education is the key to a better society?
If firearms are a part of society, then people should be educated about them.
The disinformation being spewed by the likes of Schulz and Maddow is insane.
Again, I ask, when did a .223 caliber become "Hi-Powered?"
If I wanted hi-powered rifle I'm thinking a BAR or a .300 Weatherby.
I gauruntee you, the ISP will get something out of this in their quest to disarm the citizenry!!
We will never get it back.
Increment by increment, they keep chipping away.
The fight is never over................
Stan b & Elvis
This is exactly what I was predicting in my post on Friday...
"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)
This makes a lot of sense......................
The big thing is that something gets worked out that prevents these senseless killings in the future. And the time to talk about it is now.
I have a new thought for me on gun control. Anyone like Mayor gloomburger who has body guards and police escorts should demand they be unarmed immediately to point the way for me not needing self protection at home or in the streets of NY or Boston. Outlaw bodyguards carrying for celebrities and political persons like Rosie O D who has armed guards for her children. If I can't have a gun or even many guns to hell with them. Oh yeah make it against the law for criminals to use guns.
John Cottenham aka jacduck in many circles before the internet
"Duck hunter's minds are like concrete. All mixed up and permanently set."
They are no different than any semiauto that accepts mags. They are as easy as any other semi auto to make full auto.
And the testimony says there are NONE that they have came across that have been made full auto.
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Survival poet to read, Feb. 9
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Ayisha Knight will present "Survival Poetry" at noon Monday, Feb. 9, in the Women's Center, 243 Frist Campus Center.
Poet and photographer Knight is a lesbian, bi-racial, deaf woman. A sexual assault survivor, she practices poetry as a healing art.
The poetry reading, which will be followed by lunch, is sponsored by: the Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education Office of University Health Services; the Women's Center ; the Fields Center ; and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Student Services .
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Hope everyone is having a good weekend!
I was just watching Evan's Puppy DVD and he starts with the "here" command at about the age of 4 months, which is exactly the age of my pup (YLM) as of tomorrow. I was thinking of buying Lardy's collar conditioning DVD since this will be my first experience with an electronic collar and 90 min of just that information would probably be good for me. My ultimate question I wanted to ask on this post -- when do you begin the process? When do you start putting the collar on your dog and just having him wear it? In regards to Lardy's DVD, does anyone know what age he begins doing collar conditioning? I am probably going to buy the DVD regardless, but wanted to hear some opinions first.
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A: We do not have information about individual criminal cases. Contact the court in the county where your case is being heard and ask them for any information you need about your case. If you have a lawyer, you should contact your lawyer or the public defender in your county.
A: "Bail" is money or property that a defendant puts up as a promise to return for future court dates. When setting the amount of bail, the judge takes into account the seriousness of the crime, whether the defendant is a risk to the community, and whether he or she is a "flight risk" and likely to run away.
Bail can be paid:
Once the bail is exonerated—meaning that the prosecutor decided not to move forward with the case and the case was dismissed, or the defendant won (was found to be not guilty), or the defendant lost and has been placed in prison or county jail—the bail bondsman must release all collateral (property) used to secure the bail. It is important to get a release of lien from the bondsman on any real estate you pledged for the bond.
If the defendant fails to appear and the bail bondsman must pay the court the full amount of the bail, anyone who cosigned or pledged collateral (property) for the bail can lose the collateral and/or be sued for the money the bail bondsman had to pay to the court. This is why it is very risky to post bail for someone, especially if you cannot be absolutely certain the defendant will come to court.
A: You may be able to recover for some of your losses. You can ask the court to order someone to pay "restitution." There is also a State Restitution Fund for victims of violent crime.
For more information, read Information on Crime Victim's Compensation.
Also contact the Victim/Witness Assistance Center in your county.
There are court forms and instructions that can help if you decide to file for an order for restitution:
A: You can ask the judge to order the defendant to fill out a Defendant's Statement of Assets (Form CR-115). Form CR-117 has Instructions: Defendant's Statement of Assets.
A: For California State Prison: Call the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Inmate Locator. You must have either the inmate's CDC number or the inmate's full name and date of birth to get information. Click to find a list of California adult correctional facilities.
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If you can not find a center in your county, check the white pages of your telephone book under "County Government" and look for "Victim Services" and "Victim Witness Assistance," or call toll free: 1-800-842-8467.
A: If you were referred to a "diversion" program, your record will already be changed in 1 of 2 ways. If you successfully completed all of the diversion program requirements, your record should already be changed to show a dismissal. If you did not complete your requirements or were not actually given diversion, then the conviction will be on your record.
A: If you were convicted of possession of marijuana for personal use, then you do not necessarily need to get a dismissal for the offense. Under California Health and Safety Code sections 11361.5 and 11361.7, all convictions for possession of marijuana for personal use, after January 1, 1976, are erased from your record after 2 years. BE CAREFUL! The conviction cannot be for cultivation, sales, or transportation. If it is, it will be on your record.
A: Yes. Your juvenile records do appear on your criminal record. But, as of your 18th birthday, you are eligible to petition to have your juvenile records sealed. Note that your juvenile records are NOT automatically sealed when you turn 18; you MUST petition the juvenile court to have them sealed. Once your records are sealed, no one can gain access to them and they will be completely destroyed 5 years from the date of sealing.
To petition the juvenile court to have your juvenile records sealed, fll out and and file a form with the juvenile court in the county where you were convicted. Contact the juvenile court in the county where you were convicted and ask them to send you a copy of the form used in that county. Check to see if they have any special filing requirements, such as additional photocopies or the need to serve copies of the petition on any government agencies, and get the correct information for filing by mail. Usually, there is no fee.
If you graduated from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, your juvenile convictions will have been dismissed as part of your graduation. If you do not petition to have your juvenile records sealed and destroyed, they will remain on your record until your 38th birthday; then they will be destroyed.


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JACKSON – Biggersville had revenge, 20 points worth, on its mind Thursday.
Biggersville beat Coldwater 62-53 at Mississippi Coliseum to claim the 2013 MHSAA Class 1A state championship. The Cougars had beaten the Lions 75-55 in the North championship.
"We broke it down today in practice with 'revenge.' When we broke the huddle," Biggersville coach Cliff Little said, "we broke it down with "revenge." It definitely made it a little bit sweeter. They are a great team."
Frustrated by Coldwater's press at times, Biggersville (28-8) countered with a little-used zone defense. It's offense broke free plenty of times and led 37-28 on an offensive board and putback from Emmanuel Simmons in the third quarter. The lead was 12 on a long 3-pointer from Daniel Simmons in the third.
Coldwater (28-4) missed four close chances to get within three late in the fourth quarter.
"Those are shots we normally hit, but it's like that sometimes," Coldwater coach Wert Spiva said. "They just weren't falling."
Biggersville closed it with six straight free throws from Daniel Simmons.
Little spoke in the press conference with his entire team seated with and behind him and his daughter Lainey, 6, in his lap. Lainey's middle name is Jackson, named for the site for the championship games.
Daniel Simmons had a game-high 22 points and 13 rebounds. Darian Barnett scored 13 points and took three of the team's five charges.
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Little said the coaching staff talked before the North title game and thought they would have to beat the Cougars at least once to win it all. Little said the Lions played their regular man-defense in that game.
"We weren't going to show anything that we thought they could exploit," Little said.
"We didn't play a possession of zone and we thought we could give them some trouble and we did. I know we came in this one with a chip on our shoulder."
Coldwater shot less than 30 percent for the game. Jordan Robinson scored 20 points for the Cougars. Marcel Newson had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Biggersville out-rebounded Coldwater 47-32.


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Hit the Salmon River in NY 12/30. 335 cfs out of the dam. Rio windcutter, 15 foot type 6 tip. Tried all sorts of swinging popsicles with no result. Put on a #10 pheasant tail nymph and hooked 4 steelies. 2 briefly one skipper (4-5lbs) jumped 2x and ran all over the pool, and one 12 lber which came right at me and I never got a good connection until he surged and broke me off. One of the problems I ran into was that when fishing the deeper slots, my 15 foot sink-tip would drape across the bottom in the shallower spots. I need to experiment with short tips I believe. Any experiance with the shorter faster sink rate tips?
Ed Ward, steelhead machine, believes in the shorter faster sink tip fished on Skagit style lines. His Intruder flies use small weighted eyes for ballast and are surprisingly large but speaking from direct experience, they really work. His handle is Riveraddict, try searching on his posts or for the phrase "intruder", "skagit", etc. There is a lot to be learned from everything he shares.
To deal with this myself I prefer to approach the lie from a postion where my line will stay aloft longer at the end of the swing (get more directly upstream from the seam), reduce the hangdown where it touches bottom, or switch to a lighter tip and fish slow in the seam teasing the fish to come to the take, or move to a new spot. I don't like to touch the bottom at all if I can help it, and although most of my fishing has been in the PNW I had pretty solid luck with steelhead on the swing in winter months.
I think the key is to learn to identify with the river in an entirely different way than one does with gear. Ed Link, who is a seasoned steelhead guide out of North Fork Idaho in all disciplines of fishing commented that spey fishing has opened a whole new dimension in the way he sees the river. I believe it's that new perspective, a new way of seeing water - that leads to success on the swung fly.
In one sense it's starting from square one again but the discovery is fullfilling and with patience and persistence fruitful. For every bit of catching the chuck and ducker might get the swinger makes up for in satisfaction per fish, each one remembered as a victory and soon enough the experience piles up to give the angler proficiency and consistency on the water. At least this has been my experience!
Morn'in Shaq,
Rain'in here in WNY this morn'in, should be hit'in there soon.
Give the RIO 7' sinking leaders in 5 ips to 7 ips a go or, make a 7'er from a type 6 shooting taper.
Fly selection, I have had much better luck on pressured waters with buggers, egg suckers, zonkers, deep minnows, sculpins, etc. in sz's. 4 down to 10 than I have the popsicles, spiders, etc.
When look'in @ western patterns think "summer run" for here of which the two most productive summer run wet patterns out west are buggers & muddlers. Save the popsicles for a trip to B.C.
Swing fly's/swing water tie up a few sz. 6 & 10 purple & white buggers. sz. 6 - 8 egg suckers, sz 4 -8 Zonkers , for the pockets, boulders, ledges,/ nymph water etc. try sz. 6 Emerald Shiner Clousers on a 2x -3x long bronze nymph hook with small & med. eyes, also all black with green K-Flash. Toss'em near the boulders and off the ledges............................and grab, shake, boom
One of the simplest ways around the "draping" problem is a lighter tip and heavier fly. As we all find out when we transition from nymphing technique to swinging, we don't want a sag in the tip sweeping lower than the fly.
Though it's not a popular solution, a long mono leader with BB shot, hung off of a fat belly, can be steered through slots and around boulders. It's swinging a fly using a nymphing rig (but no bobber). It's a method that's worked for me when I've been fishing waters like the Catt where one pool may be great swing water but the next one around the bend may not be. The shot can be added or removed to adjust for depth and current. I still use spey casts with this rig and still swing flies, but I'm using the shot to provide an almost 90 degree hinge from belly to fly that lets me steer it down the productive water.
Also giving some thought to splicing some leftover tips and sinking line so that there's some T-14 or T-8 stuck on the end of some T-3, to try and get the same result.
"Save the popsicles for a trip to B.C."
Sorry this is a bit off topic but I had to chuckle when I read this. The popsicle was my number one fly this year out on the western basin tribs. I went one stretch of about 6 trips this fall where I was averaging a pull an hour...all on swung popsicles. For a chop like me at least that is enough to convince me that they work here in NY. That said, I only use Marabou hackled patterns in stained or low vis water. If I want a long hackle fly in clear water conditions I will go to a Spey pattern. To my eye at least, the individual hackle fibers of a Spey look more lifelike in clear waters where as a Marabou hackled fly forms a tremendous silhouette but the hackles kinda blend together to form one pulsating unit. This seems to be the ticket in low vis conditions...for me at least. I'll also use bunny flies for the same reason.
As far as the traditional west coast patterns are concerned. I think you could open up Combs and pick out any fly in the plates and have success with it. As always, the key is to match the fly to the conditions. I tend to fish bigger water relative to most great lakes tribs so patterns like Cook Marabou's or Glasso Speys do fine for me. I'd agree that on smaller more pressured tribs they won't be as effective.
For whatever reason I get a charge out of catching fish on flies that I read about in Combs etc. Maybe it adds a bit of romanticism to my fishing. Or maybe it just gives some sort of a connection with the great rivers and fisherman out west that I have read about but yet to experience.
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Same Problem
I too was at the salmon river on Thursday and sounds like was having the same issues as you.... Haven't been steelheading in a couple years and made a last minute decision to hit the river, so didn't get all the gear I wanted into the car. Its a 5hr drive from VT so leaving at 2am not sure my brain was awake yet either... Ended up only having a 15' fast sink tip line.
Found the line worked really well on the lower river runs w/ big casts and big swings across the faster and deeper tailouts. Turned a couple fish in lower tressle and lower compactor pools on black/blue buggers. Had some snag-up issues in the shallower tails and runs but not too bad as long as the current was strong.
I spent the last couple hours of the day up in the FFO section and this is where I started to hate the sink tip. The pool right at Bridge St. was loaded w/ fish and fishermen but I wasn't able to get into a great position to fish the main seam. Secondary currents, eddies, and other disruptions to the current were making it impossible to get my fly in the right orientation/drift. The sink tip would drop beneath the faster current quickly but the floating portion would not. Found it very difficult to get a good dead drift and there was a definite "S" shape to the drifting line. This made it hard to detect hits and even more difficult to set the hook. Plus, like you the line was getting snagged on everything...
Seemed as though the chuck and duck guys w/ split shot or bananas were better suited to get a good drift and most of the guys in that section of the river were hitting fish every 10 or 15 minutes.
I ended up landing a single 12lber out of 3 hits. All my hits in the FFO only section were on sz 10-12 nymphs (Hare's Ear, Bead Head Olive Caddis, and Golden Stone). The one I caught was on the golden stone w/ a mylar covered abdomen on a swimming nymph hook. Caught it at towards the end of the day when I finally realized the best way to get a good drift w/ the sink tip was to make short 20' casts straight upstream, retrieve all of the line save 5-10'' as it drifted back towards me, then follow drift with a high rod tip position (line nearly vertical in the water column as it drifted past my position). This didn't allow me to fish very far into the current so was only fishing the very slack side of the seam; but, I didn't manage to get a few hitsland a fish w/ this technique. Based on the relative success of this technique I think having an ~5' fast sink tip would have been a better setup.
But then... I haven't flyfished anything besides freestone creeks for brookies or ponds for bass and pike in so long it might have just been me....
I once knew a drug addict... He told me I have a fishing problem!
Funny.................that makes me chuckle too. About 7 years ago when those popsicle's came whizing through this area we were tying them up too. I get out a couple times a week all year, it's a poor steelhead fly for the catt. and other Erie tribs. Kings............they love the things put it front of there noses.
"open Combs book and have success with any pattern here"......................... We (myself & the fishing crew) got all hot & bothered over that book several years ago . I guess it depends on what you call "success". I like to catch a few fish when I go out. There are much better patterns to do that with here...................than are listed in that WEST coast steelhead book. This is the Great Lakes and it will always be the Great Lakes. I tied & fished the crap out of those flys back then popcicles, Lady Carolines & other speys, Ferry Caynons, etc. etc. For "Steelhead" not Kings the only Popcicle, Marabou Spider, etc. out of the hundreds I tied that C&R a few fish was a white & grey combo.
Popcicles are West Coast searching patterns for big water with few fish. Here the waters run less CFS as a whole and the Steelhead are plenty.
In my fishing they were no where near as effective as the above listed streamers and other local patterns like Rick Kustish "Bunny Spey" (Zonker). Looking at Peter's Great Lakes patterns on his site and having fished Steelhead over 20 years here, I would recomend them as being on the right track for here over Combs book. If I was going to take one pattern from Combs book and fish it here it would be the Boss but, with a marabou or arctic fox tail, and tie it on a lighter wire iron that does not rip a hole in there mouth like a saqlmon iron.
I am glad you are currently romancing Combs book and it's beautiful patterns. Been there................done that. I also fish larger waters. The gentlemans question was in regards to Steelhead on the Salmon river........................one of the more pressured rivers in the Great Lakes.
The advice I gave trying to help ................was good. This is and will always be the Great Lakes. It will never be the West Coast. Our fish will never see salt , they will never travel hundreds of miles up-river.
I bet if Mr. Combs wrote a Great Lakes Steelhead book..........................the swing patterns would be much different .................much more like there summer run and low water patterns.
Blind Curve. I ended my day in the Altmar pool. In my experience, unless there is nobody there, there are only 2 spots to use the tips and those are both sides tailout. I spent most of my day in the wires and that's where I hooked my 4 fish. Where in Vermont are you from. I am from Saratoga and a buddy and I make an annual pilgrimage to Vermont every year for the "Free Fishing Days" in June. We have fished the White, the Winooski 2x, the Battenkill, and next year we may try the Lamoille.
Anyways, in my opinion, we are at a disadvantage because of our travel time to the steelhead. I do most of my experiomenting in my head and if the ideas don't work right away, especially on day trips, I am sunk and either have to stick with what I have or revert to the old tactics.
Some more thoughts in regards to fly patterns..............................now that I have had a cup of coffee. How many patterns with white or white & grey tones were in Mr. Combs book ? As I remember ( I gave the book away..........really) very, very few. Why ?...................out west white is not a top color. Yet, in the Great Lakes it is one of the top Steelhead streamer colors. Emerald Shiners, Alewifes & Smelt are top baitfish for Steelhead here. I don't remember many in Mr. Combs book.
Some of the best local spey & streamer patterns that have been developed imitate the above and are more sparse & realistic, than patterns used out West. I remember only a couple smaller soft hackles or spiders of the buggy nature in his book and they were tagged "for very low water". Yet, here it's is common to swing a size 6 - 10 buggy soft hackle, in Hex, Slate Drake, Hares Mask, etc. tones in froggy fall water.
There is less searching here. In my opinion as a whole streamers or speys need to match local baitfish or bottom dwellers a bit closer, tied a bit more sparse, realistic, smaller, etc. for more success. Especially after the first few runs, because of pressure, flows and the fact that your not searching for them somewhere between 50 and 150 miles in-land.
Larger popsicles fished in the Great Lakes work on early fresh run fish............fair at best compared to other G.L. patterns. I am sure you don't but, most end up swung in front of a King or buck Steelhead on a redd....................and yea, they grab'em.
I very much appreciated and enjoyed tying some of the finer dressings in Mr. Combs well done West Coast book. Popsicles although fast & simple to tie, were not one of them. For the Great Lakes I would take as far, as impressionistic, simple patterns a bugger or zonker over them any day.
Nice Great Lakes Steelhead patterns .......................check out Matt Reads "surf series" in Supinski's book Steelhead Dreams along with others tied / designed for the Great Lakes.
No problems H20. I've been down this road before. I'll agree to disagree. Most of my fishing is done on the Genny. It's pretty big water for the GL. I'm casting two handed rods and often I am using tips. The runs I fish call for 70 foot casts and the fish are holding in runs sometimes 10 or 12 feet deep. Every fish I took there this year there came to a popscicle, an Orange Heron or a Bunny Leech (or Bunny leech Tube). I connected on every trip I went up until December. On the Catt this year I fished only twice early in the year in low clear water and took fish on a night dancer and rose one to a Bomber of all things. I missed the fish on the dry only because of my own mistake in reacting, but he wanted to eat it. I have landed fish in the past using dry flies however.
I too have been fishin for our Steelhead since I was a boy in the 70's. At the very beginning (believe it or not) I was first told that they would not bite in the streams, then they said that they wouldn't take a fly, then that they would only eat egg patterns, then that they wouldn't eat West coast flies or dry flies.
In the meantime I caught em on egg sacks, plugs, jigs, spoons, and every type of fly you could think of including classic Speys. I'm not trying to say I'm a great fisherman as I'm not, what I am really trying to say is that fresh run Steelhead, if present in numbers are relatively easy to hook...they are not picky.
I guess my point is that fish can be consitently had using classic patterns also. Hell they will eat just about any pattern if the proper fly is matched for the conditions. You don't have to believe me I guess but that has been my experience.
You may be right maybe the patterns you use are more effective under a wider range of GL conditions. For a while when I swung it was buggers and Bunnies exclusively and I still use them sometimes...so I know that they work well. I'll still indie fish with egg patterns on some of the smaller tribs in the winter time. It's peaceful and very rewarding in a different kinda way. But gone are the days when I need to go up to the LFZ petting zoo and bang double digits standing shoulder to shoulder. It's about more than numbers.
Sorry if I came off as sarcastic as that was not my intent. Normally I'm just a lurker on these boards for that very reason. It's just that I had my best fall ever swinging flies and the majority of the fish came on a Popscicle. It's not a magic fly it's just the fly that I had confidence in at that time so I kept fishin it.
Don't believe me if you wish but I'll keep them in my box.
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dmas, et. al. -
I look forward to exploring the GL rivers with spey tactics and a swung fly - for the satisfaction of it all. I hope to hook up with all of you guys and hopefully we can exchange a little of what we all know for each others benefit, have a good time and prove as many myths and theories as we disprove.
To me fishing is about satisfaction - not numbers. I do OK with the numbers, but stick to the techniques that make my enjoyment at peak level.
What makes one angler satisfied may not make another, but it's all good.
what strikes me on this discussion is that i have been very sucessful with almost all of the above mentioned flies. i agree with dmas that when the fish are there in any number you can make them eat just about any decent fly in an appropriate color. the bunny spey and variations are old standbyes and the second most used/effective is the marabou "spey". basically a popsicle in the right colors. usually white, purple/black, purple/orange, olive and black/chart. another is the clouser minnow, especially for low water. that is a pretty wide range of shapes and color variations, further proof that there is more than one way to skin a catt.
Just my thoughts on this, fishing the GL's for me has been a constant change in tactics.
From fishing roe/bait to hardwrae now to the swung fly. Each step has helped me understand how they (fish) react to our odd environment.
Were it not for this progression I most likely would have stopped chasing them down. It's almost like a chess game, when you finally put it all together this feeling of accomplishment overtakes you. Almost like you have it mastered, right. Your next 10 outings are spent washing your offerings or leaving them on the river bed.
Great sport, couple that with sideways blowing snow and floating ice puts one in a state of nirvana(or confusion have not figured that out yet).
I could really use a lesson with the old two hander. My casts are usually functional but I imagine pretty ugly. I tried to make the clave at the Catt last Fall but with a one year old at home and a wife who is pretty undestanding but does not understand Steelhead...my fishin time for the most part has been restricted to short bursts at local rivers. Anyway if you decide to have another nearby clave next Fall or ever arrange a group lesson in my neck of the woods that would be something that I am interested in.
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It would be my pleasure!
We will have a Noreaster spey clave in spring, and the Catt clave so so successful we plan to do it every year (but with a little more time for fishing!)
Might make it out to the S.R. in early March as well, I will let you know.
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