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Michael Szpir
What would happen if you collected some of the planet's best minds in
a single room and asked them to share their thoughts? One possible
result is manifested in the virtual salon known as the
Edge—www.edge.org—a Web site that publishes the
e-mail exchanges between a coterie of (mostly) prominent thinkers
brought together by literary agent John Brockman.
Every year since 1998, Brockman has asked the Edge participants a
question to get them thinking. In the past they've responded to
queries about "today's most important unreported story"
and "the most important invention in the past two thousand
years." The responses are generally written in an engaging,
casual style (perhaps encouraged by the medium of e-mail), and are
often fascinating and thought-provoking.
The question for 2002—"What is your question?
Why?"—garnered several dozen responses. Some of the
respondents' questions sound like those that might be posed by the
average undergraduate in a late-night bull session, and others are
more original, but nearly all of them are distinguished by the depth
of the accompanying commentary. What follows is a sample of the
problems and issues that some very clever people are concerned about
(with my comments or elaborations in parentheses).
Lee Smolin (theoretical physicist): "What is time, and what is
the right language to describe change, in a closed system like the
universe, which contains all of its observers?" (Were the laws
of nature just hanging around before the Big Bang, or do they also
Samuel Barondes (psychiatrist): "What, me worry?" (Did
Alfred E. Newman achieve nirvana or is there an optimum level of
Piet Hut (astrophysicist): "Could our lack of theoretical
insight in some of the most basic questions in biology in general,
and consciousness in particular, be related to us having missed a
third aspect of reality, which upon discovery will be seen to always
have been there, equally ordinary as space and time, but so far
somehow overlooked in scientific descriptions?" (He suggests
that we might stumble upon this other reality through some future
challenge in engineering.)
Howard Morgan (entrepreneur): "What makes a genius, and how can
we have more of them?" (Is Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
on the horizon?)
Robert Aunger (evolutionary theorist): "Is technology going to
'wake up' or 'come alive' anytime in the future?" (Is Karel
Capek's R.U.R. on the horizon?)
Robert Provine (psychologist): "What is real?" (Is physics
just "neurophysics" or will we always be looking at
Plato's shadows on the cave wall?)
John McCarthy (computer scientist): "How are behaviors encoded
in DNA?" (This question elicited the greatest number of
responses from other Edge participants. Obviously a hot-button
Richard Dawkins (zoologist): "How different could life have
been?" (A play on the physicist's question: Could the universe
be different than it is?)
Paul Davies (physicist): "Universe or multiverse, that is the
question?" (E pluribus unum?)
Steve Grand (artificial-life researcher): Why do we continue to act
as if the universe were constructed from nouns linked by verbs, when
we know it is really constructed from verbs linked by nouns?"
("Life" and "mind" are obviously processes, but
so are atoms, pizzas and whole civilizations.)
David Gelernter (computer scientist): "Why is religion so
important to most Americans and so trivial to most
intellectuals?" (Are the intellectuals missing something?)
George Dyson (eight-year-old grandson of physicist Freeman Dyson):
"Why am I me?" (My personal favorite and perhaps one of
the most profound questions on the list.)
These are all wonderful, intelligent questions, but what I'd really
like to see is an Internet salon of people who have the answers. Can
that happen?—Michael Szpir
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/2002/3/postcards-from-the-edge/1
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The Hyde Collection's current exhibition, Winter Light: Selections from the Collection of Thomas Clark (now through May 11, 2014) and collector Thomas Clark, are being showcased in American Fine Art Magazine's April/May 2014 issue. This national publication focuses on private collectors, galleries, and museums specializing in nineteenth- and twentieth-century American art.
The eight-page article is a photo essay of Mr.Clark's home and art collection in Saratoga County, as well as an in-depth interview about his collecting choices, the promised gift of his extensive collection to The Hyde, and information about the Museum's current exhibition.
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There's one Target in my area that I have to give a lot of props too. They have never, ever been anything but pleasant to me. Their employees are just overall nice. I have a perfect batting average with the DPCI. Not that that means everything. They're entitled to say no as long as they don't lie. But even when they hesitate, they're cool about it.
Like this morning, the employee was totally willing to check the Order 66 DPCI. The only thing he said was, "The only thing is maybe we're not supposed to put it out yet." But then he quickly added, "But I'll try to get it for you." He came back with a case. Now, if someone more senior had told him not to do that, who am I to hold that against him? He shouldn't get in trouble because I want some toys.
I appreciate honesty and courtesy. As long as the "red shirts" do that, it doesn't matter as much if they pull something for me or not. I realize that a lot of these "anti-collector" policies come from the top and from mid-manager types. Personally, I think most employees wouldn't mind pulling stuff from the back if they didn't think it might get them in trouble.


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I found an UGH snowtrooper at the NA Meijer over the weekend. It was the only UGH on the peg (trust me, I thoroughly checked the pegs), and I was shocked to see it. Of course, I bought it.
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Getting ready for summer we are looking at the merit badges offered at camp. It has been a long standing rule of mine that Scouts in their first year at camp take at least one Eagle Required merit badge. Something like Environmental Science or First Aid. Beyond that, First year Scouts should spend at least a half hour at the Trail to First Class station. I want those first year Scouts to find a good balance between merit badges/advancement and fun.
Merit Badges or Fun?
There is always so much to do at summer camp that I want all the Scouts to enjoy their experience. I am trying to provide that opportunity for our Scouts to go to camp and develop strong bonds with their buddies and memories that last forever.
Spending all their time consumed with merit badges, while it pays in the end for rank, it does little for memories and adventure. Unless of course they are merit badges like climbing, sailing and the like.
I have learned over the years that about 5 merit badges is about the maximum when we are talking about a good balance between fun and work at camp. Those Scouts that spend more time working on merit badges than hanging out at the water front collecting lizards or heading out to an out post have a far less summer camp experience. Those Scouts that work a few good merit badges but have a blast in the program areas come home with countless stories and memories that they take with them forever.
So find a balance at camp. Yes praise the work of those Scouts that work hard and complete merit badges. But encourage the experience of Summer camp and build lasting memories… in the end they will be far more important than a badge.
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Based on Aayla showing up on 2 separate "best figures of 2012" lists here, as well as JabbaJohn's "figure of the year" choice, when I found one yesterday at TRU I bought it, and to be honest... I'm not sure I understand why this figure is getting such high marks.
Let me preface by saying this is the first Aayla figure I've bought outside Clone Wars, I don't really have an attachment to the character and think her costume is a tad silly for Star Wars, but that's probably due to coming from the comics.
The claim that this looks just like actress Amy Allen is baffeling to me, there's a huge picture of the character portrayed by Ms Allen on the card and the figure looks nothing like that face. Don't get me wrong, the figure's face is attractive but the figure's eyes are smaller and smokier (Amy Allen's eyes are big and round and inquisitive, they pop out as the character because the rest of the face is colored blue), the nose is narrower, the upper face wider, and the horn/ear things are far too low compared to the actress as the character.
Then there's the skin color, which is simply too dark, and the blue has a bit of a hue difference as well. The deco on the figure is otherwise good, although the lip rouge paint is overboard.
My biggest problem with the figure though is the hips, as soon as I got this figure off the card and out of the robe, the hips were attrocious and got worse when I started using them. The figure is pear-shaped, there's no way around this, the articulation requires too much space (despite her myriad of other joints being very nicely proportioned) so she has thunder thighs at the top and her hips are significantly wider than her shoulders. I can't get past the width of those hips compared to her shoulders, the character is somewhat svelte and this figure loses that entirely. Then, to add insult to injury, the joint requires a sideways hinge that hinges from almost the middle of the thigh, so there's no spread-leg action pose this figure can take that won't look like someone snapped her femur in half - the design of that joint has no understanding of human anatomy, or more likely simply threw out that knowledge to shoehorn the joint onto a body which couldn't support it.
The final issue is her accessories, the lightsaber hilts are too big, and the shoulders on her robe are too wide.
It's not a bad figure, the face is pleasant, the articulation works well except for the hips, the sculpt is generally alright, the paint good, but I don't see it coming close to "top marks" territory and don't understand it. Is the love due to attachment to the character? I have none, so that doesn't affect me with this figure. Is it about being so much better than previous realistic Aayla figures? I've heard they are pretty mediocre, so I didn't bother there either, but as much an improvement as this might be, is that enough of a reason to elevate it to "best of 2012" territory over the quality of its own merits?
Also, I finally found a red-bandana Kithaba and picked it up, it looks way better than the brown version, but overall it doesn't help that figure, it's still too lanky compared to the character.
I couldn't agree more than the majority of the time, Obi-Wan's AOTC and TCW personality is very stick in the mud, kind of a Jedi snob, and I find it grating because the problem is clearly the writing. He's constantly nagging and acting superior and humorless, it was good to see him break out of that mold.As far as TCW goes some of my favorite episodes were Obi-Wan going under cover. Alec Guines's portrayal of Ben seemed more like a mischievious old man while the prequels have him act like a by the book Jedi in TPM, kind of a hypocrite in AOTC and getting more care free by ROTS. I like seeing that character growth. Plo Koon is also a character I have never thought much of but has become a favorite because of the cartoon.
I spotted TFP Ultra Magnus for $13 at TJ Maxx the other day, but kids wanted him so bad that I couldn't help but hand it to them. I have the Cyberverse one anyway.As for Transformers the TFP Vehicon was a engineering marvel! I passed on the MP-10 Optimus. There are things I like about it compared to the MP-01 version like the scale and trailer but there were just as many cons (pardon the pun). I am crossing my fingers for a white repaint and different trailer that becomes armor so I can finally have a masterpiece Ultra Magnus. TFP Ultra Magnus is pretty cool but he could use a lot of paint to bring out his sculpted details.
I've been seeing the Combaticons on shelves for the past few months and they sell very fast, so I guess it's working. I hear ya on mixed feelings for Bruticus, I like the Combaticon figures more than the combiner robot, and that's due largely to Onslaught being such a small figure and so compromised. Still, glad to hear you got 'em, I love that G2 set for the silly fun experience where I normally don't get into such things.Sadly Hasbro's big sell for 2011 barely made it to stores with Bruticus. I saw 3 of the Combaticons once and never again. Some online places had the set going for more than $100. I received both the retail and G2 versions for Christmas (minus the retail brawl). I have mixed emotions about Bruticus but have already seen wave 3 hit stores and unless they refresh the Combaticons I have a feeling a lot of folks missed their chance on getting it.
Mine juuuuust barely plugs into the belt, it's a very shallow peg hole, I think I have a tool that could drill it out a little, I should try that.My TVC Darth Maul's lightsaber hilt doesn't plug into his belt. The hole is too shallow. I wasn't sure if it was just mine but between the front of his cloak and his arm there doesn't seem to be a lot of room to hang it there anyways.
Same here. I did buy the 3pack partly for armored Savage and partly for the Sith Witch figure. Armored Savage is ok but not as impressive as I was expecting, and he doesn't have his lightsabers which is downright disappointing.I only ever saw shirtless Opress. I never found the armored version which I wanted. I could have picked up the 3-pack I suppose but it just didn't appeal to me as a set.
It should be at least a different color rather than blue with a black iris. I saw another yesterday, same thing, you could barely tell. Some apparently have an all-black iris area, that would have been better.Hm. Both the Nom Anors I have look like blue pupils and I guess I didn't notice if one eye was more black because I chalked it up to poor paint applications. Lol. I guess from reading the books I expected it to look a lot more different than Columbo's glass eye.
Ah, yeah. I've been griping for years now about QGJ's crappy saber accessory and Luke ROTJ's crappy saber accessory - with Luke they just gave up and repainted the Obi-Wan prequel accessory instead, which is so annoying to me.I was referring to the Saga Blue and Gold card for Qui-Gon's lightsaber. I know they have gone away from using the removable blades but they still use a lot of the hilts from those and have either made new sculpts or simply molded them as one piece. I figured they could do the same with Qui-Gon's saber. It was slimmer and had the burst effect as is standard on all lightsabers these days.
I found them once, but the high price and the wide, boxy shoulders turned me off, not to mention the inability to remove the batteries meant that eventually the batteries might leak out the waist joint and render the figure trash. Haven't seen any light-up MH figures since.Was I the only one who was able to find the light up Saber Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon? They sculpts are superior to TVC versions and the brightness of the lightsabers you have to see to believe. The articulation isn't what we have come to expect from TVC. The right arm is straight, the left arm has universal elbows as do the knees and the hips and shoulders just go back and forth. No waist, ankle or wrist articulation. Heads are on ball joints and are the best representations of the characters so far imo. The joints are well hidden too except on Kenobi's right arm if you have it bent. I just threw on their Legacy counterparts robes to hide it and the straight right arms. They are also easy to spot on pegs thanks to the big arrows on the bubble pointing to their crotches saying "try me". If you don't have them you're missing out.
Agreed.From the detail I saw on TVC AOTC Anakin's sabers I am disappointed they don't paint all the sabers so well. Almost every version of TPM Kenobi's saber in few years has been inaccurate. Just that little attention to detail and I would have picked the TVC version up.
No, they'd be too short, but it wouldn't matter since the new Speederbike doesn't come apart, so there'd be no room for it in the Gunship (the one it works with comes apart at the middle).I'm surprised the new Bikerscout didn't have a removable helmet or flip up visor since I've seen versions of it that do have that feature. Maybe it's worth another look after all. Would the feet of the new speederbike...
...peg into the slots in the back of the Republic Gunship?
Splitscreeen with your kids? That is pretty awesome!Lol. I play BF2 with my kids on splitscreen. Wife gets on my case about going over gigs. Which is why I try using my phone for these posts which is unlimited. So if you can point me in the direction of someone who does unlimited gigs for a mobile hotspot at a reasonable price then you'd be making both of us happy.
Virgin Mobile has an unlimited mobile broadband prepaid but it's got a huge catch, it's only unlimited while on the Sprint 4g WiMax network (the one they're phasing out), and if you go over 500mb a day or 10gb a month they throttle you to 2mbps (which is actually usable for online gaming, but mobile broadband I suspect has too much latency for online gaming). I currently have the Sprint 4g WiMax on my phone, it has occasional disconnects for no reason, and a very limited service area, but when it's connected at its best it's 10mbps download and 1mbps upload @ 146ms latency which is fair.
"Kotobukiya", and yeah, I hear ya, they're great pieces when Hasbro disappoints. That's the second time you wrote "2011" when you meant 2012, I think. I'm surprised that Jaina statue got pushed back, it's a pretty straightforward piece, when is your daughter's birthday?Yeah. Because the last couple years have been so rough being a collector I have started to dabble in other areas like Kotobokay....whatevers artfx statues and legos. Pre-ordered my 10 year old the Jaina statue (her favorite character) but it keeps getting pushed back and I am afraid it won't be here by her birthday. I swear that thing was supposed to come out 3rd quarter 2011.
What the heck with your 4 year old, have you called Microsoft for help? Maybe his clothes were too baggy or something? The Kinect too high to read his body proportions?Star Wars Kinect we started the campaign but the sub games for it are more fun. It is a workout. PX90 eat your heart out. The Kinect also refuses to recognize my 4 year old for some reason much to his dismay cause we got him angry birds for it. I'm surprised you don't have an X-Box. Almost everyone I know prefers it to PS3 but me. I got it last tax season so the kids wouldn't wanna play my PS3 all the time. Lol.
I don't have an xbox for 2 reasons: I won a PS3 back in the day, and I don't want to pay a monthly fee for online access. Plus, the whole red ring of death thing, the awfulness of the original xbox controller turned me off for a long time to the current one (yet I now own 2 of the corded current design for my PC), and just Microsoft in general kinda made me wonder if it was worth it. And there wasn't any exclusive content I really was dying to get, whereas the PS3 exclusive titles like God of War and Uncharted and Motorstorm are all very appealing to me.
No, not the awful new Class II Fleet one, they were clearly talking about the big Slave I from the Clone Wars ultimate battle pack you're thinking of - hopefully we get news next month of its release. Like you, I have my SOTE one to tide me over, and I'm starting to think it may stay that way with the way things are getting so expensive and canceled, but I'm still hopeful.Ah. I thought the big Slave-1 was 2011 because I didn't see it hit shelves til the holidays at TRU and then so it on end caps forever spring of 2012. I don't think it ever dropped below $90 on clearance. I was hoping it would. I wouldn't mind AOTC or ESB paint job. I liked it. I just wish it had been cheaper or packed with stuff I would want like a TVC Naboo Fighter. Hopefully it won't be that tiny Yoda Package one I have seen on Rebelscum. I still have my SOTE version to tide me over until we get a decent release.
Totally agree!I'm glad to see all the usual suspects here but I am a little surprised there aren't more responses with this thread being up for over a week.
Don't worry about the multiple posts, this is fine for now.Oh! Forgot to mention the light up Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon one more time. :-)
The bottom portion of their tunics is soft rubber and removable via tab/peg so they fit into vehicles just fine but the included instruction manual (telling you to push the belt buckle to make them light up. Wtf?) Doesn't show how to replace the batteries.
Again, sorry for all the multiple posts. You mods already do a ton of volunteer work here and I don't mean to make it any harder on you.
The batteries on the Movie Heroes light-up figures are not replaceable, that's why there's no mention of it in the instructions - it says on the front of the card for each in the tiniest lettering "nonreplaceable batteries included", not enough info IMO for the consumer to make an informed choice.


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Ive never heard of him. He also fumbles the ball every 6 carries. Statistically he isnt that good. Pass
I believe any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle...Victorious
Ray Lewis basically killed a guy and no one seemed to care because he was the face of a franchise. Something tells me if Tom Brady started slapping women around he would still be on the Pats.
Don't get me wrong I think its ridiculous NFL and pro athletes get away with anything and everything and still get paid millions of dollars.
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
Eh, maybe I'm biased cuz I'm a Gators fan but I think the kid has a lot of talent/ speed and we could use that in spades on offense the way we are right now.... What the hell ever happened to Jeff Demps after the Olympics? I always thought he was better than Rainey... Never caught on anywhere I guess?
"I'm no longer concerned with the things I don't have, I'm just living for love and laughs."
Obviously not, but thank you for the condescending remarks.
The fact that either Ray Lewis himself or a member of his entourage was involved is up for dispute. FACT is, his blood stained suite he wore that night was never found, and giving false statements to police? Cmon now.
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I remember this feeling. Following my first year, in which the team had failed to make the post-season, it set in by early May. It was nearly five months of scratching.
Now after experiencing one of the AHL's two longest 2011/12 campaigns, and subsequent recovery, I'm getting the itch to be back. Back to early mornings at the rink, […]


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One of the best parts of the holidays is getting a mailbox full of cards from friends and loved ones. This year the Lucasfilm holiday card features Yoda gazing up at the stars. Children's book illustrator and former ILM Graphic Design Art Director Kathryn Otoshi created the card's unique design.
"We wanted something simple...and a concept that was open to all different denominations," Otoshi says. "It's a very hopeful image of Yoda looking out into the horizon. Yoda is such a wise and old character, but still in my mind, possesses very childlike qualities. He embodies both young and old. The 'young' partly because he is small in stature, but also 'old' because he's wise and is truly many, many years beyond the human race. He was there before Luke was born and will be alive long after he is gone."
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I was eyeing him up at the midnight madness sale, but I don't believe that I could spend $100 on it.
I think he looks neat, but when I looked on the back of the box I noticed he is hollow. I guess I just assumed he would be one solid set. I know there's not really a reason for them to make the set solid, but it would be cool to have all those extra pieces for the price of the set. If (when) he drops to clearance, I might buy him. I'll have to determine what I think to be a reasonable price.
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Kane named director of housing
Posted October 3, 2005; 07:00 a.m.
Andrew Kane, director of housing at Cornell University's Weill
Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences for the past
six years, has been named director of housing at Princeton. His
appointment is effective Oct. 10.
He will be responsible for all aspects of housing at the University, which includes dormitories for 4,700 undergraduates, 700 units of graduate housing and 600 units of faculty and staff housing. A key member of the facilities organization, he will report to Chad Klaus, general manager for services.
Kane has been a member of the housing staff at Cornell's medical center in New York City, serving as assistant director from 1993 to 1999 and then as director. He has managed all assignments and operations for student and faculty housing, which consists of more than 1,000 residential units.
Kane's previous positions include serving as associate director of summer programs for Barnard College and as state director of AFS International Programs in New York. A graduate of the College of William and Mary, he earned an MBA from Baruch College of the City University of New York. He also holds a graduate certificate in real estate from New York University.
Kane succeeds Tom Miller, who retired in July.


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You'd think a virtuoso music like jazz would be built on great tunes, but really it's built on great players — and on the great tunes that only a handful of them wrote. There's the book of standards, and then there's Ellington, Monk, Mingus, Ornette. And who else? Not Miles, particularly — he was more of an arranger, collaborator, bandleader, and studio auteur. Even the mighty Wynton — despite the epic reach of his writing — hasn't given us much in the way of great tunes. But Gypsy Schaeffer have a knack for memorable forays on the short form.
Take saxophonist Andy Voelker's "What's the Deal?", the opening piece from the band's homonymous 2003 debut. It blasts out of the gate with an aggressive five-beat riff that repeats and modulates over a hard-walking medium up-tempo 4/4 before Voelker's keening, Jackie McLean–like alto cry introduces a soaring secondary theme and turns into a stop-time figure at the bridge. It's all tight and symmetrical, a classic question-and-answer arrangement of four-bar units, where what's surprising is all the more so — and all the more satisfying — because it's inevitable ("Of course!").
Or take trombonist Joel Yennior's "Lovesick Thoughts," from that same debut album. Here's a brooding ballad that deserves to be a classic. Again there's the apposite call-and-response — long-toned opening phrases, blown in unison by Voelker and Yennior, before a beautiful, lyric B section. The broad harmonies that Yennior plays behind Voelker's statement of the theme would make this a natural for the broad-canvas statement of a big band (and a good candidate for the Either/Orchestra, with whom Yennior has played since 1998).
Gypsy Schaeffer also have the peculiar appeal of the "pianoless" jazz ensemble. The absence of any chording instrument — a keyboard or a guitar — allows for maximum interplay between the two horns, more room for bass and drums, and no end of tantalizing harmonic ambiguity. This band capitalize on that set-up in their arrangements. Part of what makes "What's the Deal?" work so well is the way Yennior and Voelker split off as they head into that bridge, Yennior playing low counterlines against Voelker's melody.
"We try to interact as much as possible to fill up the space that you don't have when you don't have a piano player or guitar player," Voelker says when I get together with the band at one of their regular haunts, the Fireplace Restaurant in Brookline. That continual use of counterpoint, the openness of the pianoless arrangements with plenty of collective improv, an inventive use of standard rhythms, and a general blues-based attitude all likewise recall Mingus, especially when they're playing Yennior's "Joisey Boys' Shuffle" in the swaggering manner that recalls the great bassist's "Boogie Stop Shuffle."
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I say buy the pup you want (if the breeder will sell it to you).
We've got a FT bred dog who is all go. Although he's injured at the moment he's done a good job at HTs, is one hell of a hunting dog, calmly attends lots of motorcycle races and has great hotel/house manners (out of the crate). He's the only one out of his litter living that kind of life and has adapted very well.
Pretty sure he would've done well on a Pro's truck but we're happy he lives with us and he just has to settle for HTs over FTs. He doesn't care - a duck is a duck is a duck and he gets as excited for the first one of the day as he does for the last one of the day! I think dogs who get exercise and attention adapt to the situation they're in to a certain extent.
BTW - we've trained this dog ourselves with help from /Paul who helped us understand and deal with all the issues that come with a high powered FT breeding. Wouldn't change a thing


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Highlights of the Technical Committees in the CFD field include:
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Fluent's beta test program has ensured that each new capability has been tested on a real-world industrial problem. The extensive testing performed by Fluent and their beta testers reduces the amount of validation necessary for adopters of the new code.
A new Eulerian granular model is available in FLUENT 6.0. This capability is necessary to correctly predict the behavior of solids in multiphase flows. The formulation includes the solids pressure and can accurately describe transitions in the solids phase as the packing limit is reached. The Eulerian granular model is intended for applications such as fluidized beds, risers, solids suspension, and sedimentation.
Other enhancements include dynamic load balancing for parallel simulations, new spray models including both primary and secondary atomization, VRML output, and turbo-specific post-processing on unstructured grids.
The new software also debuts moving/deforming mesh for analysis of in-cylinder engine performance as a beta capability.
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A system architecture that can achieve high parallel efficiency becomes important for large CFD simulations. The same multiprocessor architecture found in the largest shared memory parallel (SMP) system currently available, the SGI Origin 3800, is available in the more affordable SGI Origin 300 system.
The HPC technology offered with the new midrange SGI Origin 300 server is well-suited to the demands of each MCAE application segment. In particular, the choice offered with SGI Origin 300 as a moderately configured SSI for departmental deployment, or as a large cluster for scalable DMP applications, provides substantial performance benefits to MCAE applications for a range of modeling requirements.
The test configuration was a DLR-F4 model which had been tested in three European transonic facilities. Participants were provided with multiblock structured, overset, and unstructured grids on which to perform baseline cruise-point calculations.
Twenty participants provided solutions and 51 individuals attended the workshop from the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Brazil. At the cruise point, the standard deviation of CFD solutions was 20 drag counts (0.0020), whereas the standard deviation in the wind tunnel data was approximately 5 drag counts. A similar workshop held in the 1990s used the same geometry and resulted in a standard deviation of approximately 50 drag counts.
With its complete offering of graphics capabilities, the HP workstation c3650 provides MCAD and CAE customers with the compute power they need to solve today's resource-hungry design tasks cost-effectively. It is ideal for visualizing designs, models, mechanical design, and solid-modeling work.
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"Bearcats Athletics: Excellence with Honor" topic of Binghamton University Forum
BINGHAMTON, NY – "Bearcats Athletics: Excellence with Honor," will be the topic of the Binghamton University Forum luncheon program on Thursday, Jan. 10. Lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m. and the program will start at noon in the Old Union Hall of the University Union.
Featured panelists include Patrick Elliott, director of athletics, as well as the men's and women's basketball coaches Tom Dempsey and Nicole Scholl.
Prior to becoming Binghamton University's athletics director in November 2011, Patrick Elliott was the director of athletics at Saint Peter's College for three years. He also served as senior associate athletics director for finance, planning and operations at St. John's University. In his three-year tenure at Saint Peter's, Elliott spearheaded rapid growth that culminated with the school's most successful athletics year in 2010-11. In addition to the athletics success, Saint Peter's had two teams receive NCAA public recognition for the top 10 percent standing in Academic Progress Rate (APR) and more than one-third of the student-athletes achieved a 3.3 or higher GPA during the 2011 spring semester. Buoyed by Elliott's academic initiatives, the overall student-athlete grade-point average for the fall semester rose to an all-time high of 3.03, and that average climbed to a record 3.1 GPA for the spring.
Tom Dempsey joined Binghamton University as head basketball coach in May 2012. A native of Scranton, Pa., he came to Binghamton directly from Rider University, where he served as head coach for seven seasons. Dempsey has established the school record for wins at three different colleges and has been named Coach of the Year four times in nine years as head coach.
Nicole Scholl is in her fourth season as head coach of women's basketball at Binghamton and in her 13th year overall with the program. During her time at the helm, she has guided the Bearcats into one of the top teams in the America East Conference. Scholl came to Binghamton from Division II North Dakota State University, where she helped lead the Bison to a pair of NCAA tournament appearances.
The Binghamton University Forum is a membership organization comprised of business, professional and community leaders that brings nationally known authorities to speak at functions throughout the year. For more information, call the Forum office at (607) 777-4930.


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Impressions: Dead or Alive 5
Punch, kick, block…it starts out with simple mechanics, but don't let the simplistic format and easy-to-learn controls fool you. Under the accessibility lies a fairly deep and engrossing combat system. Dead or Alive 5 may be getting all the attention for certain 'assets', but it deserves to be praised for


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Family: Brassicaceae, Mustard view all from this family
Description Yellow flowers in loose short racemes at stem ends of a low, rather tightly tufted, silvery-gray perennial; plant surfaces covered with tiny, star-like scales.
Habit: native perennial herb; several stems, prostrate to erect, rise from basal rosette.
Height: 1-16 in (3-40 cm)
Leaf: in basal rosette, linear to elliptic, sometimes toothed, 0.5-3 (12-75 mm) long; on stem, alternate, smaller, short-stalked, edges sometimes rolled inward.
Flower: lemon yellow to orange, to 0.6 in (15 mm) wide; 4 oval to fan-shaped petals, sometimes orange-striped at center.
Fruit: round puffy pod, very slightly lobed, 0.2-0.3 in (5-8 mm) diameter, on short upright stalk; green sometimes turning red.
Flower March to June and beyond, depending on rainfall.
Flower March - June
Habitat Dry, alkaline soil: creekbeds, canyons, limestone outcrops, gypseous hills, gravels, sandy washes, rocky slopes, bluffs, shallow drainage areas, plains and desert shrub areas; 330-6600 ft (100-2000 m); sometimes cultivated agriculturally.
Range Native to the desert southwest, from Utah and Arizona east to Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and into northern Mexico.
Discussion Also known as popweed. The latin name Physaria fendleri is also used. This is one of the earliest plants to flower in its area; its bright yellow is conspicuous against the drab ground of early spring.
In the same region is the similar but annual Gordon's Bladderpod (L. gordonii), which has several slender stems that lie on the ground, turning up at the tips; unlike Fendler's Bladderpod, it is not tufted and has a more open appearance.
Comments One of the first wildflowers to bloom in the spring. Spikes of golden flowers are showy against the barren areas where in naturally occurs.
Exposure Preference Sun.
Native Distribution W. Kansas to Utah, s. to n. Mexico
Site Preference Plains & mesas; 4000-7000 ft.
Soil Preference Dry, sandy or rocky, calcareous soils.


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Anthrax evaluation available for bulk mail handlers
Posted October 30, 2001; 11:38 a.m.
The University encourages any of its bulk mail handlers who recently visited the non-public work areas of either the Route 130 mail processing center in Hamilton Township or the Princeton post office in West Windsor to seek an anthrax evaluation at a state-run clinic.
One clinic is open at the Crean Hall Auditorium in the School of Nursing at St. Francis Medical Center on 601 Hamilton Ave. in Trenton through Thursday, Nov. 1, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services is providing anthrax evaluation and, potentially, treatment to people who may have been exposed to anthrax. The state emphasizes that all tests in public areas have been negative, and there is no need for anyone who visited public areas to be evaluated. For more information, view DHSS news .
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Further, and finally: Is it worth while for us, as Cape Colonists, to submit to the dominion of the Monopolist, with all that pertains to it, simply because we believe that that party, in annexing and apportioning the lands north of the Transvaal and the Cape Colony, is thereby extending the territories under the British flag?
I, for one, have not only a cordial affection for my own nation, but also for British rule. I believe that, with all its page: 53 faults, it is often a beneficent and a generous rule; and were it possible to annex to-morrow, without injustice to others, or heavy moral and social loss to ourselves, the whole of Africa, from the Straits of Gibraltar and the Isthmus of Suez to the Cape Colony, and place it under the English rule, I, for one, should cordially welcome that possibility.
But a nation, like an individual, may pay too dearly for desirable objects. It is highly probable that Naboth's vineyard, lying as it did contiguous to the domains of Ahab, formed an exceedingly desirable adjunct to that property. The mistake page: 54 in Jezebel's calculation lay in the fact that the price ultimately to be paid for the annexation somewhat exceeded the value of the land.
I hold, much as I desire to see the extension of the British Empire, that the Colony is in this case paying too dearly for this extension. I hold that no possible accretion of kudos and racial gratification can ever repay us for the heavy price in the demoralisation of our institutions, and the retrogression in our legislation, which the Cape Colony is paying to support the Monopolist Group, and enable it to undertake its annexations.page: 55
Further, leaving this point of view for a moment, and taking the lower and purely monetary standpoint, let us see what the Colony really has to gain commercially by these annexations south of the Zambesi.
It appears to me there is a good deal of misunderstanding upon this point. I cannot see, from this lower standpoint—nor have I ever yet met a man who could explain to me how he saw—that the taking over of Mashonaland and Matabeleland by the Chartered Company would increase the wealth of the men and women of the Cape Colony. It appears to me more than probable, when page: 56 we study the map, and other conditions of the problem, that the opening up of these territories, so far from increasing the wealth and influence of the Cape Colony, will ultimately subtract from both. If Rhodesia and the country north of the Transvaal should become populated and important, I cannot for a moment conceive that they will still continue to draw up their supplies from the very toe of South Africa; that new routes will not be formed, along which trade will make its way to Central and Eastern South Africa, without coming into contact with the extreme south of the Continent.page: 57
Further, we as Cape Colonists have now more land than we require; our need is for men, and I do not see how the annexation of the Chartered Company tends to draw them into the Cape Colony. I take it that, however wire-pullings may avail for a few years, ultimately the traffic both in passengers and in goods to East and Central South Africa will find the shortest and cheapest routes, which will not be through the Cape Colony; and the Cape Colony, denuded to a large extent of its trade and its importance in South Africa, will have to depend solely upon its internal resources, which, page: 58 abundant though they be, are now allowed to lie undeveloped, while the people's eyes follow this northern will-o'-the wisp.
But it may be said, and said very truly: "Granting that the Cape Colony does not gain either directly or indirectly through the possession of Rhodesia by the Chartered Company, and even that it loses heavily in the material sense, there is yet no reason, from the broadest humanitarian standpoint, why it should not support the movement."
Now, I fully allow that it may be right and desirable that a portion of a people should sacrifice itself for the benefit page: 59 of the whole, or that a whole nation should sacrifice itself for the benefit of humanity at large. That this has not yet been done in the history of the world by no means proves that it is undesirable or may not yet be done. But what I most strongly hold is that in this instance sacrifice on the part of the Cape Colony of its internal interests, social and material, if undertaken to enable the Chartered Company to obtain possession of the territories north of the Transvaal, will be sacrifice thrown away.
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Starboard Kode 74
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A Very well designed board that offers superb all–round performance for a wide range of abilities over a big range of conditions.
• The wood/carbon edition with Aztec graphic.
Rising quickly onto the plane, the Kode feels controlled, compact and engaging from the off. The footstraps and deckpads offer good control and comfort, while the board itself feels light, fast and eminently smooth over the water: the pronounced vee in the underside doing a very effective job. Even as the wind increases and the sea state worsens, the Kode still feels fantastically composed, allowing the rider to focus on what he/she is doing or going to do off the next ramp or on the next wave! The speed, lightweight construction of the board and its compact nature all combine to make the 74 great in the air, whether off chop of sizeable ramps; feeling floaty, controlled and willing the rider to try something.
MANOEUVRES In turns:
For tacks the Kode offers great foot placement around the mastfoot with good width and a flat deck, and in gybes the 74 provides smooth clean arcs that are best attained through an assertive style, although it will still work for slightly more reserved, back–footed gybers.
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The Starboard offers a very good blend of easy performance and radical potential on tap, specifically providing the rider with a smooth bottom turn that can be tightened up nicely and an effortless top turn/cutback, which can be made fantastically snappy and/or slashy as required. Excelling in sideshore to onshore, small waves to healthy swells, the board will even offer reasonable performance in mushy conditions, albeit never revealing its true potential.
(+) A great all–rounder in the waves that is designed well and effortless caters for a large range of abilities in a wide range of conditions.
(–) Not much to fault…one of the testers'favourites!
Starboard Evil Twin 80
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A great wave all–rounder offering good tutoring through to fantastic loose performance for the more experienced: a well designed board with a superb range for users and conditions.
• Wood carbon construction with an Aztec finish
When up to speed the Evil Twin settles at a good pace, feeling controlled, light and fun underfoot. Not the earliest to plane due to its twinser nature, a slightly wider swallow tail, alongside concaves in the hull still give the board and edge over others in this group. Despite being only 2 litres larger than the Fanatic, the Evil Twin's 80 litres can definitely be felt, giving the rider a sense of security as well as that of compact fun. Not the fastest, this does not impair it's sense of adventure: jumping well as it is light and controllable in the air. When the wind picks up and water state worsens, the Evil Twin doesn't break sweat: integrated heel bumpers in the deck pads smoothing most harshness away.
MANOEUVRES In turns:
For gybes and tacks the board works well; width around the mast foot and a flat deck encouraging good foot placement when tacking, and a smooth carving arc making it a pleasure to gybe, whether driven into the turn, or sailed more off the back foot.
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Super loose and quite slashy, the Evil Twin is very different from the more traditional Evo. Bottom turns can be tightened up and top turns are a joy with the board snapping back and sliding out for a great loose feel. It excels in small to moderate waves, whether onshore or side shore, but doesn't hold enough speed and directional stability for full on firing conditions. A slightly wider tail will allow for more reserved technique and use in more mushy onshore conditions to good effect, demonstrating a good range of usage.
(+) A well constructed and designed board that performs fantastically for a very wide range of users in a good range of conditions
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Somalia: Better days ahead for the homeless of Hargeysa
The 2011 drought and famine affected approximately 4 million people across Somalia. As many as 260,000 people died and thousands of people were displaced within the country and across the borders. Istahil Ali Gamadid's family was of those driven from their homes. Istahil, a mother of eight, hails from Libasagaale village in the Waqooyi-Galbeed region of Somaliland.
She was forced to leave her village and seek humanitarian assistance near the city of Hargeysa after her family's livestock were wiped out by the drought.
"We had more than 80 goats and 20 cows before the 2011 drought. In less than three months, our livestock herds were completely destroyed," she said. "We were forced to leave our village to go and live in the congested Mohamed Mooge camp in Hargeysa and to depend on humanitarian assistance.
"We were exposed to harsh living conditions. We never had good toilets or water or a school for our children."
The offer of new land
Following efforts by aid organizations working alongside the Hargeysa municipality, Somaliland authorities donated a piece of land to permanently settle and integrate the displaced families into the community.
Abdirahman Mohamud Aydid is the Mayor of Hargeysa. He says that the parcel of land at Digaale on the outskirts of the city will house 816 families from the Mohamed Mooge camp.
"Each of these families will get their title deed which will guarantee them ownership of the land," he, adding that authorities will work closely with aid agencies to ensure the resettlement is a success.
Istahil's family was one of the first 100 to move into their new homes on 12 December 2013. It is, she says, a place she will call a home and raise her children.
"As a family, we are now happy to own a piece of land with a shelter to start rebuilding our lives. This is a renewed hope after many years of despair."
Land remains a major challenge for displaced communities
Despite this important development, access to land remains a major challenge for displaced families in and around Hargeysa. The Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Philippe Lazzarini, says this is due to a number of issues, including the absence of a land tenure system and the lack of available public land. He says that communities living on private land are often exploited by landlords, who also refuse to allow aid organizations to install basic services or upgrade the shelters.
"People need to have rights to the land to invest in long lasting solutions such as the permanent shelters, health and education facilities and toilets," he said.
Humanitarian support
Resettled families still need access to the basics – water, food, health, education, sanitation and livelihoods. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) an NGO, built 700 of the houses along with 300 shared latrines. According to Steve Mutisya, NRC Shelter Manager, the organization will now focus on building new shelters, as well as water and sanitation and food security, and on providing legal assistance to the new inhabitants.
"We have provided 800 water tanks, 816 kits of non-food items such as cooking pots, solar lamps and other items," he said. "We have also constructed a community centre and will advocate for the construction of a school."
Other aid organizations, including the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Danish Refugee Council and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) are also providing services for the relocated families.
IOM is helping transport them to the new site, and plans to set up a mobile health clinic and to implement a range of livelihood activities. The relocation of all families to the new Digaale site will be completed this month, say the aid groups.
Over the past two decades approximately 1 million people across Somalia have been displaced by conflict and recurrent drought. According to UNHCR, there are an estimated 85,000 people currently displaced in Somaliland, the majority of them - 45,000 – living in five main settlements in and around Hargeysa.


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1,200 expected for comparative literature conference, March 23-26
Some 1,200 scholars from across the nation and abroad will gather on
campus Thursday through Sunday, March 23-26, for the annual meeting of
the American Comparative Literature Association.
It is expected to be one of the largest such conferences ever held at Princeton, with sessions taking place in Chancellor Green, East Pyne, the Scheide Caldwell House, McCosh Hall and Alexander Hall. The event will be hosted by the Department of Comparative Literature, along with other departments and programs in the humanities and the creative arts. Sandra Bermann, chair of Princeton's comparative literature department, is vice president of the national association.
Focusing on a central theme, "The Human and Its Others," the interdisciplinary conference will integrate the work of leading scholars in the humanities with talks, readings, film screenings and performances by creative artists. Participants will discuss issues affecting the definition of the human and the humanities, addressing questions such as: How does literature, along with the other creative arts, help define the human? How has the human been shaped by religion, politics, philosophy, science, economics, medicine and technology? Against what images, ideas, dreams and nightmares has the human been defined and refined? And why does it seem to be a particularly pertinent, if not pressing, concern today?
One of the conference highlights will be a panel discussion on "Literature and Human Rights" by Simon Gikandi of Princeton, Joseph Slaughter and Gayatri Spivak of Columbia University and Domna Stanton of the City University of New York, who is past president of the Modern Language Association. Pauline Yu, head of the American Council of Learned Societies, also is expected to attend.
The conference will include sessions led by many of Princeton's best-known artists: Toni Morrison will give the plenary address in dialogue with Valerie Smith; Joyce Carol Oates, C.K. Williams, Gabe Hudson and Susan Wheeler will read from their work; Paul Muldoon and Nigel Smith will present a concert with their rock band Rackett; and Su Friedrich, along with guest director Ruba Nadda, will lead film screenings.
Registration information and a schedule are available on the conference Web site. Members of the University community may register at no charge with a Princeton ID. Registration and book exhibits will be held in the Chancellor Green Rotunda.


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Point Reyes
National Seashore
The story of Point Reyes is a study in motion - slow, continental transformations and sudden, violent jolts that shake the Earth; the rhythmic play of sea-spray along the coast; wings of birds flashing in flight; drifting shrouds of mist and fog; grazing deer who occasionally follow your movements with soft eyes; migrating whales offshore; and the ebb and flow of Pacific tides. Point Reyes is also the story of the Coast Miwok Indians, English and Spanish explorers, the Mexican "lords of Point Reyes," and 20th-century dairy farmers. The land and its inhabitants have created a legacy for all.
Land and Sea
The Point Reyes Peninsula has long baffled geologists. Why should the rocks of this craggy coast match those of the Tehachapi Mountains, more than 310 miles to the south?
The answer lies in plate tectonics: the constant motion of the Earth's crust. The peninsula rides high on the eastern edge of the Pacific Plate, which creeps northwestward about two inches a year. The slower-moving North American plate travels westward. In Olema Valley, near park headquarters, the North American and Pacific plates grind together along the San Andreas Fault Zone. This fault zone contains many large and small faults running parallel and at odd angles to one another. Because each plate cannot move freely, tremendous pressures build up. From time to time this pressure becomes too great, the underlying rock breaks loose, and the surface actually moves. This is what happened in the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 when the peninsula leaped 20 feet northwestward.
As if to accent the geological separation along the San Andreas Fault, the weather may vary quite markedly on both sides of Inverness Ridge. A succession of summer days on the east side may be warm and sunny, while on the ocean side, a chilling fog may hide the sun.
The General park map handed out at the visitor center is available on the park's map webpage or Point Reyes maps page.For information about topographic maps, geologic maps, and geologic data sets, please see the geologic maps page.
A geology photo album for this park can be found here.For information on other photo collections featuring National Park geology, please see the Image Sources page.
Currently, we do not have a listing for a park-specific geoscience book. The park's geology may be described in regional or state geology texts.
Please visit the Geology Books and Media webpage for additional sources such as text books, theme books, CD ROMs, and technical reports.
Parks and Plates: The Geology of Our National Parks, Monuments & Seashores.
Lillie, Robert J., 2005.
W.W. Norton and Company.
9" x 10.75", paperback, 550 pages, full color throughout
The spectacular geology in our national parks provides the answers to many questions about the Earth. The answers can be appreciated through plate tectonics, an exciting way to understand the ongoing natural processes that sculpt our landscape. Parks and Plates is a visual and scientific voyage of discovery!
Ordering from your National Park Cooperative Associations' bookstores helps to support programs in the parks. Please visit the bookstore locator for park books and much more.
The San Francisco Bay Area Network of National Parks has established the Pacific Coast Science and Learning Center at Point Reyes National Seashore. The learning center will provide office space, housing, data, reports, coordination and logistical support for researchers performing projects within Bay Area parks.
Information about the park's research program is available on the park's research webpage.
For information about permits that are required for conducting geologic research activities in National Parks, see the Permits Information page.
The NPS maintains a searchable data base of research needs that have been identified by parks.
A bibliography of geologic references is being prepared for each park through the Geologic Resources Evaluation Program (GRE). Please see the GRE website for more information and contacts.
NPS Geology and Soils PartnersAssociation of American State Geologists
Geological Society of America
Natural Resource Conservation Service - Soils
U.S. Geological Survey
General information about the park's education and intrepretive programs is available on the park's education webpage.For resources and information on teaching geology using National Park examples, see the Students & Teachers pages.


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Meet Jim Beau, Skytop Lodge Wine Director
Jim Beau doesn't talk about much about wines that he likes.
The wine director at Skytop Lodge with a long career in wine wholesaling would rather talk about wines the diners at Skytop like.
To that end, the wine list at Skytop is chock full of blue-chip names in wines, rife with Napa cabernet sauvignons and blends. Also, thanks to Beau's belief that Napa reds start to decline after 10 years, Skytop offers amazing values on older cult wines.
"I inherited a lot of wine from the fat days," he said of the roaring 90s. His policy became to knock them down to essentially cost and let people enjoy them. How about a 1999 Phelps Insignia for $165? A 1999 Solaia for $150. Or a Plumpjack Reserve from the same year, which a webseach showed one source selling it for $299 — at Skytop you can have it for dinner for $180.
"I want people to drink these wines and enjoy them," he said. "I don't want to see them decline so I put them out there basically at cost."
Beau's father was born in Olyphant. But Beau grew up in South Carolina and went to Clemson University earning degrees in civil engineering and business. He graduated in 1981 into a poor job market and took a job in a hotel that was supposed to be temporary. He climbed the ladder to become food and beverage manager and worked in several facilities on the west and east coast before going into wholesaling. When his wife wanted to go to graduate school, he made a deal with her. He would support her, but she had to go to the school of his choice. She went to University of California Davis, the heart of California's wine country. He took a few viticulture courses and rubbed elbows with wine pioneers.
That's when he got into selling large amounts of wine. Today, he'd rather sell 12 bottles, each at a reasonable profit, rather than a bottle or two at a huge profit.
He bears more than a passing resemblance to disgraced politician John Edwards and growing up in the Carolinas he has a bit of southern accent and a youthfulness, even into his 50s.
The 250-bottle wine list is heavy on big, well-known domestic reds, which account for 40 percent of the list. They are certainly very good, well-regarded wines, but they are not necessarily good food wines.
The rest of the list is well thought out, despite a cursory selection of wines from the rest of the world. For example, New Zealand gets 4 wines. "French white" get two selections. But, they are well-known names people would recognize and Beau has tasted every one.
Beau tweaks and revamps the list one or twice a month. He say those big reds will give way to more whites and roses as the weather changes.
Restaurant mark-ups – remember — start at 100 percent and get to about 300 percent. As with most lists, the more expensive the wine's retail price, the less the percent markup by the premise. This is certainly true at Skytop. The better deals are the higher priced wines. With so many good wines by the bottle at reasonable prices, I'd avoid the slim, wine-by-the-glass list.
What's next for wine at Skytop? Beau wants to refine or add to the resort's wine events, headlined by the Harvest Lake Stroll on Columbus Day weekend, an exhaustive wine- and food-pairing event. Skytop also has a wine and cheese weekend and wine and chocolate weekend.
As for his taste in wine, it takes time to draw it out of him. Like a true lover of wine, his likes and tastes depend on his mood. Recently, he's personally been enjoying the lesser-known wines of Loire, dry roses, and Washington State cabs, which he considers a great value. Stop by Skytop and chat with Jim Beau about it.


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By Ben Levisohn
A big week for coffee-related stocks isn't over yet, as Starbucks (SBUX) has gotten a jolt from a Wells Fargo upgrade.
To recap the week: Dunkin Donuts (DNKN), which has gained 4.6% so far this week, reported better-than-forecast earning yesterday; Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR), which has surged 32% this week, teamed up with Coca-Cola (KO). Starbucks, which reported its results two weeks ago, has now gained 2.8% this week after being up graded to Outperform from Market Perform by Wells Fargo's Bonnie Herzog and team.
Herzog explain that the Starbucks upgrade is all about innovation. She writes:
[Starbucks] remains focused on innovation not only with its food offerings, but also with beverages. [Starbucks'] La Boulange bakery platform is rolled out in half of its stores and we are cautiously optimistic that [Starbucks'] continued execution and rollout of its new food program will be a disproportionate driver to comps in the U.S. Further, we are optimistic that [Starbucks'] new hand handcrafted cold carbonated beverages, which should be rolled out to one-third of its stores this summer, could prove to be another successful platform…
We believe the market is underestimating the power of [Starbucks'] retail digital capabilities which it believes are significantly underleveraged. As [Starbucks] grows these digital/mobile platforms this should: (1) benefit [Starbucks'] own core business and (2) enable it to leverage these assets outside the "Starbucks ecosystem", perhaps becoming the leading standard for retail mobile payments. Bottom line, [Starbucks] is on the forefront of retail digital innovation which we don't believe is reflected in its current valuation.
Shares of Starbucks have risen 1% to $73.10, while Dunkin Donuts has dropped 0.4% to $48.71, Green Mountain Coffee has jumped 5% to $107.26 and Coca-Cola has dipped 0.2% to $37.95.


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Paging all teams/their fans. The Best Team In Americana plays in The BR.
Geaux Tigers!!!!, regards.
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Geaux Tigers!!!!, regards.
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Did the Badgers win?
Never confuse activity with success.
"Ummmmmmm Isn't a word." Judge Judy
With a new coach and starting QB injured and out, ULM pulled it off in OT.
Not that I care about the Hogs, but it's not like they were 100% either, Rank means nothing now, it's merely a preseason formality. The Real Rank comes out on Week 8.
I will say though that while LSU and Bama again are putting up almost the same exact scoring numbers, I was not impressed with Zach M's arm(or lack there of) and 5 dropped passes didn't help LSU's Offense either. Score should have been higher and receivers should not have to turn around and cradle catch footballs in their stomach. Besides that they looked pretty good for what the talking heads said would be a high scoring game.
I mean if ODB doesn't fumble within spitting disance of the endzone, does Washington even score at all? Could have been a shut-out of a good Pac-12 team.
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Keith Price looked the part. A magician for sure, but his WRs couldn't get separation.
Jacob, as a very wise man once told me, I admire your spirit but I question your judgment on that statement.
Just picking at you a little. Looks like the first Saturday in November will be pretty important again.
Can we all agree that we hope LA-Monroe continues their winning ways at least one more Saturday?


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Below left: The exhibition includes this version of a 1541 woodcut map by German geographer Martin Waldseemüller taken from Ptolemy's "Geographia." It shows the southern tip of Africa, along with several drawings, including one of the king of Portugal in the lower right riding a bridled sea monster. It was during Manuel I's reign from 1495 to 1521 that Vasco da Gama discovered the route to India — toward which the figure on the map heads.
Courtesy of the Princeton University Historic Maps Collection
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Historic map exhibition, lecture set on exploring Africa, April 15
Posted April 4, 2007; 08:46 a.m.
The evolution of the map of Africa will be presented in an exhibition of historic maps and European explorers' narratives from the University Library's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. The show, "To the Mountains of the Moon: Mapping African Exploration, 1541-1880," will open at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 15, in the main exhibition gallery of Firestone Library.
A public lecture by geophysicist and expedition leader Pasquale Scaturro will precede the opening at 4 p.m. in 101 Friend Center. The talk, "The Exploration of the Great Rivers of Africa," will be simulcast in 104 Computer Science. Scaturro organized and led the historic Nile First Descent Expedition, which traversed 3,260 miles from the mountains of Ethiopia to the Mediterranean Sea from December 2003 to April 2004.
The library exhibition will feature some of the most historically significant maps of Africa by major cartographers such as Sebastian Müenster, Abraham Ortelius, Willem Janszoon Blaeu and Vincenzo Coronelli. The show will have a particular focus on the journeys of missionary David Livingstone, adventurer Sir Richard Francis Burton and journalist Henry Morton Stanley. Exhibition cases also will cover the expeditions of two dozen of the other most noted European explorers in Africa, including Sir Samuel White Baker, Heinrich Barth, James Bruce, René Caillié, Mungo Park and John Hanning Speke.
"Behind each map is a great story. The exhibition documents what the men encountered on their incredible travels," said John Delaney, curator of the library's Historic Maps Collection. "On display are these explorers' published narratives, open to their own maps, illustrated with their own drawings and captioned in their own words."
According to Delaney, European mapping of Africa took place over a period of 400 years, but cartographic advancements primarily benefited from the 19th-century expeditions of British, French and German explorers.
"The exhibition demonstrates how improving or correcting maps of Africa was not possible without the efforts of adventurers who were willing to risk their lives in the field to prove each geographic fact," he said. "They brought with them their own biases and expectations. And, unwittingly, perhaps, the men and their maps enabled the 'scramble for Africa' by the colonial powers at the end of the 19th century."
Delaney said European explorers sought several "geographic prizes" during their missions in Africa. Those included: reaching the fabled city of Timbuktu; navigating the entire length of the Niger River; and beholding the Mountains of the Moon, which were believed to be the source of the Nile River and were first depicted on ancient maps by the Greek geographer Ptolemy.
English journalist Stanley came closest to achieving the quest for the so-called "Mone Lune" with his discovery in the late 1880s of the Ruwenzori mountain range, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whose snow-capped peaks are a distant source of some of the Nile's waters.
"One of the reasons for the exhibition is that Africa is never out of the news yet remains for most of us a perpetual enigma," Delaney said. "The collection of visually-appealing maps, coupled with illustrations and writings by the men who journeyed the continent, will expand one's appreciation for the richness, diversity and history of Africa."
Several of the maps featured in the exhibition were purchased through a donation from Bruce Willsie, a 1986 alumnus. An illustrated catalog of exhibition works has been produced through contributions from Willsie and the Friends of the Princeton University Library, the Davis Center for Historical Studies, the Council of the Humanities and the Program in African Studies.
The exhibition will run until Sunday, Oct. 21, and is free and open to the public. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The illustrated exhibition catalog featuring a foldout timeline of European exploration in Africa may be purchased for $20. For more information on the library exhibition, contact Delaney at (609) 258-6156.
The opening exhibition lecture by Scaturro is sponsored jointly by the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and the University Committee on Public Lectures. For information, visit the Public Lectures website.


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Blastomycosis is an infection caused by breathing in the Blastomyces dermatitidis fungus. The fungus is found in decaying wood and soil.
North American blastomycosis; Gilchrist's disease
You can get blastomyocosis by contact with moist soil, most commonly where there is rotting wood and leaves. The fungus enters the body through the lungs, where the infection starts. The fungus then spreads to other parts of the body. The disease may affect the skin, bones and joints, and other areas.
Blastomycosis is rare. It is found in the central and southeastern United States, and in Canada, India, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Africa.
The key risk factor for the disease is contact with infected soil. It most often affects people with weakened immune systems, such as those with HIV or who have had an organ transplant. Men are more likely to be affected than women.
You may not have any symptoms if the infection remains in the lungs. The following symptoms can develop if the infection spreads to other parts of the body:
Lung infection may not cause any symptoms. Symptoms may be seen if the infection spreads. Symptoms may include:
Most people develop skin symptoms when the infection spreads. You may get papules, pustules, or nodules on exposed body areas.
The pustules:
Over time, these skin sores can lead to scarring and loss of skin color (pigment).
You may not need to take medicine for a mild blastomycosis infection that stays in the lungs. Your doctor may recommend the following antifungal medicines when the disease is severe or spreads outside of the lungs.
Amphotericin B may be used for severe infections.
Follow up regularly with your doctor to make sure the infection does not return.
People with minor skin sores (lesions) and relatively mild lung infections usually recover completely. The infection can lead to death if not treated.
Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of blastomycosis.
Avoiding travel to areas where the infection is known to occur may help prevent exposure to the fungus, but this may not always be possible.
Kauffman CA. Blastomycosis. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 342.
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Alessi is a family owned Italian design company, founded in 1921. Giovanni Alessi, a talented sheet metal worker, produced items by hand for the table and home out of copper, brass and nickel-silver. He was later joined by his son Carlo who was responsible for many of the designs produced in the 1930s and early 1940s. In the mid 1940s Alessi began to work with outside designers. The current Alessi catalog is the result of a collaboration with over 500 designers from all over the world.
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I am officially cross eyed and my fingers are numb from signing blue cards and helping get the advancement requirements from summer camp into the Troopmaster program.
So bragging for the boys, here is how it broke down:
59 merit badges earned (complete), 10 partials.
7 Advancements completed, 25 Scouts that completed requirements towards advancement.
1 BSA Life Guard
2 Youth completed the Mile Swim
4 Adults completed the Mile Swim
1 great week at camp… Priceless (Sorry, could not resist that one).
The week at Summer camp put many of the Scouts over some Benchmark levels in nights of Camping. Our SPL, John hit 169 nights this week, George hit the 155 mark. Cameron landing right at 100 nights of camping. Ely and James went over 75, Lucas broke 80 as did Parker.
All in all it was a great week at camp and proved to be both fun and productive for all the Scouts of the Troop.
I am proud of them all.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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Like other professions, interior design encompasses a language of its own, from understanding the principles and benefits of well-designed interiors, to the programming analysis of end-users and environmental impacts. This language is deeply understood by those of us who are part of the industry, but it often flies over the head of those who are not consumers of design services. Communicating the intrinsic value of interior design and the benefit of our work to external audiences and potential consumers has long been a challenge for the profession.
The interior design field has changed dramatically in recent years, and a large part of that change has been due to the influx of technology in our lives. And while it seems reasonable to expect that technology would provide an excellent conduit to communicate these messages, that hasn't quite been the case.
The tech explosion has increased access to information, enhanced our ability to communicate and perpetuated a desire to know more. It has also led to increased consumer confidence in their own "DIY" abilities regarding everything from medical diagnosis to financial planning to interior design. This newly educated and empowered consumer means we now need new tactics to develop and sustain our businesses—these tactics must include emphasizing the value of interior design.
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This is the year that there was a change in leadership at both CATO & the Heritage Foundation - John Allison of BB&T to CATO & Senator Jim DeMint to Heritage - by all appearances both excellent choices.
CATO members receive a policy report bi monthly. The latest has a report "Has the Fed been a Failure?", very informative, & about 3 1/2 pages, not easy to condense.
They also talk about domestic surveillance, Sen Ron Wyden (D) from OR is onto this & makes some very good points.
I'm not an economist but did make the little we have the hard way, I cannot see how the fed can create money to buy bonds to keep the government operating. The US is borrowing 40% of everything they are spending. It is not an entitlement issue, it's a spending issue. The folks who are savers are taking it in the shorts, ZIRPing the economy to health just isn't going to happen!