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Artists BLK Barbie Project photos displayed at Laurier
Feb 27/13| For Immediate Release
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Kevin Crowley, Director, Communications & Public Affairs
WATERLOO Wilfrid Laurier Universitys Robert Langen Art Gallery presents photography by artist Rose-Ann M. Bailey in an exhibition titled The BLK Barbie Project, running from March 6 to April 13, 2013.
The BLK Barbie Project visually reconstructs everyday scenarios of black women in a series of glamorous fashion shots by using Barbie dolls as a representational model of self. The photographic works juxtapose black and white environments with full-colour, haute-couture elegance.
The concept is a direct play on W.E.B. DuBois theory of double consciousness that he developed out of the need for African Americans to have control of their image in public and in front of white people while they negotiate their own culture and self-representation. This constant negotiation can create an internal conflict between actual identity and perceived identity.
The BLK Barbie Project is a collaborative effort between Bailey and Toronto sculptor Frantz Brent-Harris.
Bailey is a Jamaican-born artist currently living in Toronto. Her artistic focus utilizes photography as a medium to explore alternative images of the black community offered by the mainstream media. Bailey has worked in the digital format for the past six years, but believes in the importance of a historical foundation to enhance the final product. Her art is closely connected to her personal commitment to work with youth and women of colour on issues surrounding body image, sexuality and self-esteem. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University and is currently pursuing a Master of Education at York University.
The Robert Langen Art Gallery has played a vital role at Wilfrid Laurier Universitys Waterloo campus since it opened in 1989. As Lauriers visual arts centre, the Robert Langen Art Gallery provides knowledge, stewardship, appreciation and enjoyment of Canadian art and culture to members of the Laurier community and beyond. The gallerys annual programming complements concepts and theories in Lauriers academic curriculum and integrates community outreach initiatives as related to the visual arts.
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Date Posted: August 19, 2009 - 9:27 pm by: Paris
HBO got 4.5 million viewers hooked up on True Blood last Sunday, thanks to a more matured and daring Anna Paquin who's very much willing to go topless for every episode she's in, especially when she's on a bed scene with her beau Stephen Moyer. But Sunday's episode offered a little twist. It wasn't Stephen who was in bed with Anna, but another vampire Alex Skarsgard. Were you able to watch the steamy naked bed scene? If not, feel free to go here and catch Anna Paquin topless with Alex.
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Fifth Annual WAPOA Shoreland Restoration Contest boasts awards totaling $7,250
The Whitefish Area Property Owners Association (WAPOA) Shoreland Restoration Contest "Experts Night" was held on June 19 at the Ideal Town Hall. The event was well attended and turned out to be a busy night for the DNR, U of M Extension, Crow Wing County SWCD, Sunshine Gardens and WAPOA, who now acted as contest judges. The basic requirement for the contest is that money awarded by WAPOA be used in 2013 to help correct storm water runoff issues on area lakeshore lots.
The judges reviewed each request, and worked with the entrants to help complete scoping of the project and determine an overall cost to complete it. There were a variety of area lakes and types of projects represented. Some people were there to just get help with their projects and didn't enter the contest.
The following successful eight contestants were awarded a total of $7,250 to be used for their restoration projects:
• Rick Carlson on Crosslake - awarded $250
• Charles and Julie Costa on Ossawinnamakee -awarded $,1000.
• Ron and Lisa Engblom on Ossawinnamakee - awarded $1,000.
• Eva M Keitz on Lake Bertha - awarded $1,000.
• Douglas Moan on Crosslake - awarded $1,000.
• John P Olson on Little Pine - awarded $1,000.
• Clarice Renschler on Ossawinnamakee - awarded $500.
• Jack and Joan Riordan on East Fox - awarded $1,500.
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Mississippi State will play UT Martin in football in 2014, athletics director Scott Stricklin confirmed on Monday.
The game, which fills out MSU's non-conference schedule for that season, will mark the second meeting between the schools. The Bulldogs won the first meeting, 55-17, on Nov. 5, 2011, in Starkville. The 2014 game is set for Nov. 8 in Starkville.
MSU had another FBS school lined up for that slot, but the deal fell through after the sides couldn't work out a date. So MSU sent out "feelers," Stricklin said, and UT Martin was able to fit the bill.
State's other non-SEC opponents in 2014 are Southern Miss, UAB and South Alabama.


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Being "suspended indefinitely" is enough.Kick his arse off the team.
it was said Hammink can handle the rock a little
And SoS, great job as always. According to your calculations, Chattanooga sucks. Got it.
True. It is disheartening it is his second suspension of the year already. These things tend to spiral to the point of removal. Hope this isn't the case.
Free-throw shooting has been an issue for LSU, which is hitting at a 55.9% clip this season (80 of 143). But in the last 2 minutes of games, the Tigers are much deadlier, converting at a 77.9% rate (17 of 22).
LSU remains one of 14 unbeaten teams in Division I, one of two in the SEC (Florida). The Tigers are the second straight undefeated foe Chattanooga has faced after losing to Eastern Kentucky last week.
Despite a season-low 4 3-pointers against Seton Hall, LSU still leads the SEC with 7.8 makes per game.
Coleman is the only active Tiger averaging more than 30 minutes a game (30.4). Three others are averaging around 22 minutes a contest (Carmouche, Stringer, O'Bryant).
Chattanooga averages a solid +8.9 rebounding margin this season and has snared 12 or more
offensive boards in every game this season.
The Mocs have gotten only one individual game with 20 points or more, but it was notable. Cobb knocked down 7-of-9 shots against Kansas -- all from 3-point territory -- on the way to 21 points in a 69-55 loss. Since then, Cobb hasn't reached double digits and has missed 16 of 20 tries from outside the arc. Zlovarik leads UTC with six games in double-figure scoring this season, ranging from 10-14 points. Mason has five games in double digits.
I'll be there tonight. Can't wait.
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Went a saw the movie swordfish last night. Rating: 5 (out of 10)
Went a saw the movie swordfish last night. Rating: 5 (out of 10)
Just a quick update. My java-script to import images into different styles when you click a style button (see previous diary entry) is working. Things just keep getting better!
oo la la.... today I managed to get my diary that I'm developing from the mainframe into a web interface to change to 4 different styles/themes by a click of a button. Hmmm.... this is very cool indeed! What I wanted to achieve for the users that will be using the diary, is for them to be able to choose a particular style/theme that they prefer from any page and then store their choice into a cookie so that the next time they use the diary it will default to that particular style/theme. All the java-script and different styles sheets work perfectly. The only thing left to do is to import the correct graphics into each style/theme which shouldn't be to hard to do with a bit more java-script code. Hopefully by the end of next week, Lito and myself will have the prototype of the diary up and running and we will get some users to do some test on it. This is all very exciting and like I mentioned below, I will have some screenshots soon :)
In the meantime, if you like art, take a look at some of my work on my personal page and feel free to let me know if you like it or think its rather crappy... click here
You know.... some people are good, some are nice and some just always think of others and don't really care much about themselves or their own status. ncm is one of those people.
Today (yesterday to some of you) ncm gave me a bit of a boost in relation to my certification. It wasn't a big boost (apprentice level) but one I probably rightly deserve. Now the reason why I mention ncm, is the fact that I decided to take a look at his page and I noticed that he is certified at "Master" level. He has been the second at that level to visit my little section, and actually certify me. Thanks ncm! :)
The other thing I do admire about this chap is the fact that he himself considers that he should only be at "Journeyer" level and has actually asked people to withdraw their certifications on him so that he can drop to that level. Christ!! most people (99%) would want to retain that level of status! Another thing he also does, is to withdraw certifications on certain people and then certifies others he thinks deserves to be certified.
There should be more people like him, unselfish and fair.
Oh... and thanks to arozell to. I didn't forget you either ;)
Jesus, whats going on here? I was at "Journeyer" level now I'm back to nothing? What gives?
Wow, just when I thought things couldn't get any better, I'm now part of a great team that is currently doing some bleeding edge stuff in terms of web development.
What we have managed to do in the Northern Territory of Australia is to get mainframe applications such as IJIS (integrated justice information system) converted to a web interface which basically means no more terminal screens!
Ok maybe this isn't such a new idea, but getting this to work using a combination of IBM's Visual Age Generator (VAG), Websphere and Macromedia's Ultra Dev, does make it quite unique. Not to mention most of the web design has been created using a combination of Java, Java-script and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
Now, whats a little different and apparently quite bleeding edge by IBM's observations, is the fact that the mainframe still runs as the backend but is now transparent to the users as they do all their work via a web browser interface.
IBM visited the N.T. and were very impressed with the work that has already been undertaken. Special notice must be given to Julius Marbella and Joanne Napier for their current and continuos efforts thus far and helping to place the N.T. on the world map.
I am very honoured to be part of this team as IBM have gone back to the US and made special mention about what is happening here in the N.T. There has also been many calls and emails from around the world by programmers and web designers querying how we have acheived this.
In my gov agency, myself and Angelito Lontoc have already created a working web diary that has all the functionality of the diary system available on the mainframe. When I get time I will post some screen shots. It's still currently in development but is looking very promising indeed.
Well, I haven't written anything for a while so I thought I'd better make some kind of an effort. Of course there is a hidden agenda behind my posting this diary entry today.
1. I have some new art work on my site which you can take a look at by clicking [here].
2. Work has commenced on the Magistrate Court website and I anticipate that it should be up by the end of August.
3. Got me a grouse new chair to sit on while I'm at my computer at home. It's all leather, swivels, has a high back and rocks back and forth so that I can go to sleep hehe....All I need now is a bar fridge and I'll bet set for life.
4. I ended up buying a new computer whilst on holidays in March. I bought a Gateway P3 850 which boots into either ME or RedHat 7.1. The whole system cost me only $2000aus which I though was quite reasonable at the time.
Other than that, nothing else is new so I think I'll just nickoff for tonight and who knows, maybe if I get some time I'll post another diary entry again soon! don't hold your breath though : )
Sat my RHCE300 (Red Hat Certified Engineers) course a couple of weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. The course was one of the best courses I have ever undertaken, and the lecturer (Peter Davies) was simply outstanding. I will be sitting for my exam in April at a cost of $900... Not Cheap!! but I figure this will hopefully open a window of opportunity for me therefore it will be worth every cent.
So what else has happened?
At the end of next week I will be on leave again. Heading down to Sydney, Melbourne and then Canberra. Sydney should be great fun because the IT Expo, Networld Interop, COMDEX and Linux Business Expo will be held together at the Sydney Convetion Centre from 7-9 March. Anyone heading that way and wants to catchup, let me know!
Hoorah! The Northern Territory Supreme Court web site has officially been launched! To have a gander at it, click the following link;
I am pleased to say that all went well during the launch, and I recieved a lot of praise for the work that went into developing the site. Positive comments were recieved by not only the judiciary staff, but also from the legal profession and the general public.
When things go right it always makes things seem worth the time and effort. I think I'll have a few drinks this weekend!! *grin*
Well its not long to go before the Supreme Court website is launched. Next Wednesday infact!
What I would like is for some people to take a look at the beta version of the [site] and make any suggestions that could and would improve it. Please bear in mind that I had to be quite conservative with this site when it came to graphics. The Judges did not want this site to have bells and whistles. On many occasions I was asked to tone it down a little and even remove some of the images created *sigh*. To best view the site, use I.E. or Netscape in Windows or if you are using Linux, use Galeon or Mozilla. Don't waste your time looking at it with Netscape because the borders around the menus will be out of alignment which is caused by the font issue within Netscape for Linux. I haven't tried it with Netscape 6, so it may be ok. The Virtual Tour will need a java-enabled browser.
Anyway, the main thing is, I hope it's easy to navigate and find what you are looking for. It is aimed for the general public more so than for solicitors or staff, and since most of you probaby have little or no knowledge of the Court system, I would appreciate some feedback from you. You can use the feedback form on the site (which I will recieve) or send me an email:
Thanks and hope to read some comments soon.
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This forum is great[:)] Thanks to everyone for sharing your tips and stories. It is helping me with my addiction. Now I won't need a therapist [sm=rolleyes.gif]
I just started hunting for turkey's this year. I did some scouting and some homework on some public land outside of Dallas. It paid off with my first turkey. He was a jake but at this point, I don't care and his fan is going on my wall. With everyone's help on this forum, I am confident the next beard will be longer than 4 inches [:D]


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Barnard News
The New York Times and The New Yorker include Prof. Hamilton's book of poetry among the best of the year
Celebrated publishing project includes Barnard religion scholar's translations of 16th-century Indian poetry
Expert weighs in on how changes to normalize U.S. relations with Cuba will impact international trade
"Bioinsecurity and Vulnerability" focuses on different threats facing communities around the world
Additional awardees include Sheila Nevins, Gina Prince-Bythewood and Cathy Schulman
From feminism to financial aid, students, faculty and staff share what is most special to them about Barnard.
Barnard faculty members to discuss the effects of climate change on people and their environments.
Read President Debora Spar's message to the Barnard community regarding the grand jury decisions in Ferguson and the Eric Garner case.
Watch political science Professor Séverine Autesserre share her journey from aspiring reporter to activist to Ivy League professor in the first episode of Barnard's Pathways to Passion series.


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Although Fred Williams is best known as a landscape artist, he was also a remarkable painter of water. In the early 1970s his strip gouaches of ocean and beach were a revelation. Conceived in horizontal bands, layer upon layer, like the watercolours of the early nineteenth-century cartographers, they allowed Williams to follow his interest in multiples within a single work.
Williams experimented with the strip format in a number of oil paintings; the wall between each panel approximating the white space of the paper. His oils and gouaches inspired by the Victorian coastline and Erith and Flinders Island in Bass Strait, are among his most innovative works.
In the mid-to-late 1970s Williams's oil paintings of Mount Kosciusko as well as creeks and riverbeds in the regional countryside, also amounted to a considerable body of work and represent a further major development in his artistic vision.
Williams had painted with gouache on paper since the late 1940s. In contrast to his working method in oils (often painted over long periods) he generally worked fast on his gouaches. By the 1970s he was clearly a master of this medium attaining a remarkable clarity and freshness in his depictions of the environment, intimate studies of fauna and flora and delicate cloudscapes.


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Artek was founded in 1935 by Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen and Nils-Gustav Hahl in their pursuit of a new kind of environment for everyday life. They believed in a grand synthesis of the arts and wanted to make a difference in town planning as well as architecture and design.
Today Artek is renowned as being one of the most innovative contributors to modern design, building on the heritage of Alvar Aalto. Functionality and timeless aesthetics are the essential elements in the creation of every product that bears the Artek name.
(1898-1976) Born in Kuortane, Finland. Thanks to his original style and unique talents, Alvar Aalto is one of the greatest names in modern architecture and design. During his career, he designed many buildings in different parts of the world: concert halls, libraries, hospitals, museums, and private homes, including the Villa Mairea. His furniture and lamps, often starting out as a part of the buildings he designed, are produced together with Finnish Artek.View other products by Alvar Aalto


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To ring in National Chemistry Week, Princeton University and the Princeton section of the American Chemical Society will host Energy Activities Night, a night of hands-on activities and demonstrations, at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, in the Frick Chemistry Laboratory's Taylor Commons. The 2013 theme "Energy: Now and Forever" focuses on chemical energy and chemists' ideas about energy for the future. The free event is recommended for ages 5 and up. Children under 13 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.


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I don't think I could get out of the boonies until at least two or three. Drive to Burbank would be a fairly long one, so I'm not sure it's possible to make it in time for Tycho to get to any concert that starts at a normal hour.
Keep me posted, though--if I can figure something out, I'll do my best.


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- any Saw film
1-3 for this guy
- any King Kong version
Not sure which one but I have seen an "older" version, its in black and white.
- any Godfather film
I own them but haven't yet watched them.
- Scarface
First time was just the other day.
- Jaws
Yup long time ago.
- Psycho
Same as Jaws.
- The Big Lewbowski
- Metropolis
Watched it in a German cinema class I took in college.


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of enterprise storage equipment maker Violin Memory (VMEM) are down $1.50, or 25%, at $4.50, in late trading, after the company this afternoon reported fiscal Q3 revenue that missed analysts' estimates, and profit per share that missed by a mile, and projected this quarter's revenue well below consensus as well.
Revvenue in the three months ended in October rose 35%, year over year, to $28.3 million, yielding a net loss of 63 cents.
Analysts had been modeling $31.7 million and a 45-cent loss per share.
CEO Don Basile remarked that the company had added 32 new customers in the quarter and produced record revenue and gross margin.
"Enterprise data center storage is in the early stages of a major transformation to an Enterprise Memory based infrastructure, and Violin is at the forefront of accelerating this transformation," said Basile. He noted the "challenging Federal spending environment" in the quarter.
For the current quarter, the company sees revenue in a range of $30 million to $32 million. That is below the average estimate for $43.3 million.
Violin competes with established enterprise storage equipment makers such as EMC (EMC) and NetApp (NTAP), but also a raft of other startups such as Coraid and Nimble Storage, the latter of which recently filed for a public offering.


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Family: Balistidae, Leatherjackets view all from this family
Description Balistes vetula, also known as the queen triggerfish, is a reef dwelling fish of the Atlantic Ocean. It is occasionally caught as a gamefish, and sometimes kept in marine aquaria.
It is a large fish that reaches 60cm in length. It is typically brown with blue lines on its fins and head. It can change colour somewhat to match its surroundings, or if subjected to stress.
The queen triggerfish is found on coral rubble, tops of reefs and in grassy areas, normally at depths of 3-20 M. It preys on a variety of invertebrates, notably sea urchins. It is reasonably common throughout the subtropical and tropical western Atlantic, from Trinidad west to Texas north to the Bahamas.
Habitat Estuaries, tidal flats & salt marshes, Ocean or bay shallows, Tidepools.
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Family: Parulidae, Wood Warblers view all from this family
Description ADULT MALE Has streaked olive-yellow back and rump, darkish tail with white outer feathers, and blackish wings with two broad, white wing bars. Head markings are striking, with dark crown, dark "mask" (ear coverts) bordered entirely by yellow and with small yellow patch below eye, and black throat and chest. Underparts are yellow on breast and flanks, grading to white on belly and undertail coverts, with black streaks on flanks. ADULT FEMALE Similar, but paler overall; black elements of head pattern are olive-gray. IMMATURE Similar to adult female, but duller and less colorful; dark on breast is much reduced.
Dimensions Length: 4 1/4-5" (11-13 cm)
Habitat Locally common summer visitor (May-Aug) to coniferous forests. Winters mainly California to Mexico.
Observation Tips Fairly easy to see in suitable habitats.
Range Southwest, Western Canada, Northwest, Alaska, Rocky Mountains, Texas, California, Plains
Voice Song is a breezy wee-wee-wee-weez-we'Che; call is a sharp tsic.
Similar Species Blackburnian Warbler D. fusca (L 4.75-5 in) has a mainly eastern range, extending west only in Canada. Male has striking orange throat and surround to dark ear coverts, and broad white wing patch; female and immature are much less colorful with two white wing bars replacing male's white wing patch.
Discussion Stunning Pacific Northwest breeding species. Often forages high in treetops and sometimes joins mixed species flocks outside breeding season. Sexes are dissimilar.


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- (Slightly) harder for users to muck with
- It's only one file (it's kinda nice having things grouped in one file)
- (Slightly) harder for me to work with
- Increased save times when modifying the file (which the game won't do, but I will in my editor, so it's a con for me, though users won't experience this)
- Faster read times? (I've heard it can help not thrash the hard drive so much, but is this really much of a concern today on modern operating systems, and does it really help a significant amount?)
Does anyone have much experience with the pros/cons of using pack files? Are there any significant pros to using pack files, and are there any significant cons to just using the normal file system?


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Binghamton University names Mead to post in Student Affairs
Cornelia Mead Hass been was named assistant vice president for student affairs administration at Binghamton University.
Mead, who had been assistant dean of Binghamton University's Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science since 2001, holds an MBA from the University's School of Management and a bachelor's degree from Cornell University.
She started at Binghamton as a full-time graduate student in the controller's office in 1996. After Mead finished her MBA in 1998, she joined the Pegasus Project, where she worked on the implementation of Oracle applications until taking the position in the Watson School.


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I'll probably end up having some leftoveres from Olive Garden a little later today.
I'll probably end up having some leftoveres from Olive Garden a little later today.
You'll be sorry, Pee-Wee Herman!
Ex-wife to me in the toy aisle: "Why do I sense we've picked up another plastic lifeform?"
Thanks to sebillba for the trade!
Smoked Turkey on Wheet with spicy brown mustard, kosher pickle, and Baked Ruffles with a Pepsi One.
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I had a Mama Cass special on Wheat and a grapefruit.
Chicken pesto sandwich, string cheese, corn chips & tabasco.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I just woke up. We're having Chipotle for dinner. That means I'll be having Chipotle leftovers for my lunch at work tonight at 1 AM!
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I seem to recall this coming up in the Q&A at some point, but I've not had much luck finding the answer.
I was wondering if we know if/when the Star Wars Battle Figure Stands will return to sale? I think they fit much better for loose displaying, but if they aren't coming back I'll have to go back to the generic round ones again.
Thanks in advance for the help.


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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 8:12 PM GMT on January 06, 2007
The heat is on in New York City! The temperature soared to 72° at New York's Central Park Saturday, tying their all-time warmest January temperature ever. New York City has hit 70 degrees in January only twice before since record keeping began in 1869--on January 4, 1932 (70°), and on January 26, 1950 (72°). The 72° reading is a full 34° above their normal high of 38. Records were smashed all over the Northeast today. Philadelphia reached 73° and Newark hit 72°. The all time record for January warmth was 74 °in both cities, set on January 26, 1950. Hartford, Connecticut hit 72,° besting their warmest January temperature ever--70, °set on January 14, 1932. How unusual is this winter? La Guardia airport broke their all-time record for the date (59) °at 6am this morning, when the minimum temperature is usually measured! La Guardia went on to post their warmest January temperature ever, 72°. New York City has not seen a single flake of snow this winter, surpassing the winter of 1877-1878 for the longest stretch without snow (a trace of snow was finally measured on January 4, 1878 that winter). New York City averages 22.4 inches of snow per year. While the current weather forecast does show some colder air moving into New York and most of the U.S. over the next week, no snow is forecast for New York City for at least another week.
The reason for the warmth? A moderate El Nino event is adding a tremendous amount of heat to the globe this winter, and has helped displace the jet stream farther to the north than usual. Global warming is also partly to blame, along with natural variability in the Earth's weather. I also believe that the on-going melting of the Arctic Ice Cap may have contributed to this winter's warmth, although it is difficult to know how much so without doing detailed model studies. Record low levels of sea ice in the Arctic in November and December have exposed much larger areas of open water than usual. The open ocean water provides a tremendous source of heat to the atmosphere, and the extra moisture from the open ocean areas creates cloud cover that insulates the surface. This has allowed less cold Arctic air than usual to form over the Northern Hemisphere. However, now that we are well into the coldest part of winter, the Arctic sea ice has frozen up more. This, combined with the natural cooling due to the 24-hour darkness that continues over the pole, is allowing a large area of cold air to form over the pole. The latest runs of the GFS computer model show that this Arctic air will plunge southwards over North America during the next two weeks, bringing near-normal winter conditions to the U.S. and Canada during the second and third weeks of January. However, exceptionally warm conditions will continue over most of Europe and Asia during this period.
Colorado's tough winter continues: huge avalanche buries cars
Denver's third major snowstorm of the winter brought up to 8 inches of snow to the Denver area today. The heavy snow triggered a major avalanche 60 miles west of Denver that buried a 200-foot wide section of U.S. Highway 40 to a depth of 15 feet. Two cars plunged over the edge, but all eight people inside were rescued. The avalanche occurred near 11,307-foot-high Berthoud Pass. Colorado has had a lot snow, thanks to a kink in the jet stream that has put the predominant storm track over the state. However, the weather has not been very cold--the average temperature in Denver during December was 1.4° above normal, thanks to warm weather that moved into the region before and after each major storm. About 95% of the U.S. had above-normal temperatures in December.
2007 to be warmest year on record?
There is a 60% chance that 2007 will be the warmest year on record, according to a forecast issued by the United Kingdom Meteorological Office on January 4. The forecasters cited the combined influence of the continuing global warming trend, and the presence of a moderate El Nino event. "Even a moderate (El Nino) warming event is enough to push the global temperatures over the top," said Phil Jones, director of the Climatic Research unit at the University of East Anglia. The warmest years on record were 2005 and 1998, when the global average temperature was 1.2°F higher than the long-term average of 57°F. Given the remarkable warmth across not only North America this January, but also Europe and Asia, I think that a 40% chance of a warmest year ever is a reasonable forecast, but 60% might be too high. Not all El Nino events create a big increase in global temperatures.
I'll talk more about the amazing warmth of this winter on Tuesday afternoon, when the National Climatic Data Center releases their U.S. statistics for December of 2006.
Jeff Masters
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Franco, it is 41-30 with 3:20 left, Drew Brees may be a SI cover jinx victim.
He is a class act, so here's hoping for some magic
are you kidding me? Seattle pulled this off?
Congrats to the Seahawks, they were able to run the ball when they needed to and Hasselhoff had a very good game.
Good luck against the Bears.
If the Seahawks could do this, maybe the Eagles can beat Green Bay?
Franco - there is no doubt yours is the better team, but I guess that's why they still play the game. The Saint's did not look as good as last year, they looked beatable to often. There has to be a reason they have never won a playoff game on the road.
But, our record is now more respectable - the C hawks are 1-0 when it really counts. Wonder how it will look getting the SB trophy :).
I know how to fix the Saints. When they get thier RB's healthy, the five we have on IR, we'll have a great stable of backs with or without Reggie Bush. I don't see us paying Bush 11.7mil next season. What we need on O is a great OT or two. Strief gets too many penalties and Bushrod always needs help. Our Center and tow Guards are as good as they come.
On D, a healthy Malcom Jenkins gives us a shutdown Saftey, Sharper palyed his last game. We lost our starting OLB in the first game. He's another solid player we missed this season. Casillas was the reason we let Fujita go the Cleveland.
I didnt want to say anything...because I was like most expecting the Saints to win...
BUT I AM SOOOOOOO GLAD MY SEAHAWKS pulled it off...
I have said it all year long (locally to my 9er friends) that it doesnt help when you have 10 different combinations of offensive linemen trying to protect a very good but in the twilight of his career quarterback....they ARE better then the 7-9 record shows and they were the best team in the NFC West...(NFC WEST was the worst league, but they did desirve the championship)
They are one of the younget teams in the NFL....and with some squirming, wiggling, moving and trading a draft of a young quarterback under the wings of Hasselbeck (who was under the wing of Farve, like Rogers) will do this team wonders and they will be back on top like the 2004-2007 run...keep Whitehurst I like his look, keep Hasselbeck and have him train up an young....Locker UW, Mallet UAK, Ponder F. ST, Tayler VT, Mcelroy UAL or even that kid from UAZ...????? But personally, I think Pete left USC chiefly becasue of the investigations but secondly because he absolutly LOVES Barkley and I wouldnt be suprised if he makes a run at him...
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Yes, clearly the Yugoslavia/Hungary border is a veritable hotbed of smuggling activity. Why, even over here we hear all sorts of legendary tales of coyotes smuggling drugs through tunnels or launching them by catapults directly over the fence out in the middle of remote, desolate, well-nigh unenforceable regions of the desert and into Hungary. I mean, obviously Hungary, just like every other European nation, is a perfect model for the United States, and what works for Europe (where surely there are numerous scarcely-defensible thousand km-long stretches of wilderness land border to defend) or Australia (who obviously has even more land border providing numberless smuggling routes into the country) will most certainly work for the US. Clearly, if we just made it illegal to purchase firearms here then the border to Mexico will suddenly not be an issue, rather than providing a million and one points of entry for illegal firearms to make their way into the hands of people unscrupulous enough to ignore those laws.
Hungary has a border with some former Yugoslavian countries. Remember some events from Yugoslavia?
And some other countries where they hate us as shit.
Indeed. I mean, he is Executive in Chief, right? As in, head of the Executive branch? You know, the same Executive Branch that owns the ATF? I know it's the liberal way to dodge responsibility and blame shit on Bush, but fucking come on.
You often have good points to discuss, but your rampant anti-Obama-ism sometimes makes them hard to engage. "Obama's fast and furious" indeed.
The border with Mexico is a critical factor in national policy. When it comes to forbidding stuff, it's one of the most important factors.
As to Mexico, that the US shares a border with it isn't a good backdrop for national policy. Even if I bought the argument that it's a lawless war zone and people who live near there must have guns to ensure their safety (which I don't), that has nothing to do with the value of having guns in Iowa. If gun availability is a bad idea absent a war zone, then there are better approaches than making guns incredibly easy to get, everywhere, all the time, with no consequences for improper use.
It's not necessarily a lawless warzone. It's actually kind of a pleasant place, as long as you know enough to steer around the worst spots. However, it is a place that is ready, willing, able, and goddamn happy to provide what people here in the US want, people who aren't afraid to deal in shady channels to get it. Has nothing to do with Iowa. Mexican drugs (and, eventually, Mexican guns, once the current price increases due to artificial shortages induced by the administration trying to lock down guns and ammo through stockpiling) reach all the way to the Canadian border and beyond.
And you can pretend all you want that guns don't provide protection; clearly you've been listening to MSNBC who wouldn't cover a good gun story if their lives hung in the balance. I have personal first hand experience that yes, guns can and very frequently do stop crimes in progress and defend people who otherwise would be victims.
Until the Mexican border can be properly secured (and that will mean endless amounts of liberal tears; a fucking ocean of them) there is simply no way that significant gun control legislation can work here. Congress knows it. They know that we would have an enforcement nightmare on their hands to make the current war on drugs look like a schoolyard snowball fight.


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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 , 2:45 PM GMT on February 13, 2012
Earth's most dangerous storm of 2012 is Tropical Cyclone Giovanna, which is bearing down on Madagascar as a powerful Category 4 storm with 145 mph winds. Giovanna is predicted to hit a heavily populated portion of the east coast of the island near 22 GMT tonight as a Category 3 storm, then move inland, passing near the capital of Antananarivo as a Category 1 storm on Tuesday morning. The outer spiral bands of the storm have already moved over the island, bringing heavy rains and gusty winds.
Figure 1. Visible image from NASA's Terra satellite of Tropical Cyclone Giovanna approaching Madagascar, taken at 6:35 UTC Monday February 13, 2012. At the time, Giovanna was a Category 4 storm with 145 mph winds. Image credit: NASA.
Figure 2. Webcam view of the skies over the Andila Beach Hotel in northwest Madagascar, taken at 6:15pm local time on Monday February 13, 2012. Image credit: Andilana Beach Hotel.
The forecast: not good
Recent microwave satellite imagery (Figure 3) shows that Giovanna has concentric eyewalls, and it likely that the inner eyewall will collapse today as the storm undergoes an eyewall replacement cycle. This process should gradually weaken the storm, and I expect Giovanna will weaken slightly to a still very dangerous Category 3 storm with 125 - 130 mph winds at landfall. However, the eyewall replacement cycle will spread out the storm's hurricane-force winds over a larger area, increasing the storm surge. A 70-mile long swath of the coast that is heavily populated will receive sustained hurricane-force winds tonight. Rainfall amounts in excess of eight inches in a 24-hour period are expected along the center of Giovanna's path. These rains will cause extensive flooding and major damage to the country, and the storm is likely to be one of the top three most expensive disasters in Malagasy history. The damage potential is higher than for previous storms of similar intensity, due to the considerable deforestation Madagascar has experienced over the past 30 years. Madagascar lost 8.3% of its forest cover between 1990 and 2010 and is now just 22% forested, according to mongabay.com. Flood waters run off quicker from deforested land, reach higher heights, and cause greater damage.
Figure 3. Microwave satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Giovanna taken at 12:30 UTC (7:30 am EST) Monday, February 13, 2012. The echo-free eye is surrounded by two concentric eyewalls, the sign of a storm undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle. Image credit: Navy Research Lab, Monterrey.
Madagascar's tropical cyclone history
The strongest and deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded in Madagascar was Tropical Cyclone Gafilo, which hit the northern end of the island on March 7, 2004, as a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds. Galfilo dumped up to 20 inches of rain on the island, and its winds and flooding rains killed 363 people and did $250 million in damage, making it the deadliest and second most expensive storm in Madagascar's history. Gafilo's central pressure of 895 mb made it the second strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, behind the 890 mb central pressure of Tropical Cyclone Zoe of December 2002, which affected Fiji and the Solomon Islands. With a central pressure of 937 mb, Giovanna is a much less intense storm than Gafilo was.
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Now let's revisit novelist Donna Fletcher Crow, author of A Darkly Hidden Truth (The Monastery Murders 2, Monarch Books, September 2011).
Donna Fletcher Crow is the author of 38 books, mostly novels dealing with British history. The award-winning GLASTONBURY, an Arthurian grail search epic covering 15 centuries of English history, is her best-known work.
Donna and her husband live in Boise, Idaho. They have 4 adult children and 11 grandchildren. She is an enthusiastic gardener.
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--I was also a drama teacher, playwright and actress.
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Antony needs Felicity's help to find a valuable stolen icon. But Felicity is off to become a nun. Then her impossible mother turns up unannounced. And a dear friend turns up murdered. Felicity and Antony are off on another adventure that takes them from remote Yorkshire to London to the soggy marshes of the Norfolk Broads.
Felicity learns the wisdom of holy women from today and ages past and Antony explores the arcane rites of the Knights Hospitaller but what good will any of that do them if Felicity can't save Antony's life?
What is it about Felicity that will make your readers care about her?
Felicity Howard is a young American woman who has gone off on an impulse to study in a theological college run by monks in remote Yorkshire. But then, Felicity does most things on impulse. She is headstrong, brilliant, loyal and intrepid— exactly the qualities that Father Antony fear will get her killed.
I see much of the fun of this series as growing Felicity up. At the end of the first book she says, "I thought I knew everything. Now I realize I don't know anything."
"A very good place to start," Antony replies.
If you were the casting director for the film version of your novel, who would play your lead roles?
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side would be perfect as Felicity if she were about 15 years younger.
So we'll picture her in the younger, black and white photo with the blond hair from The Blind Side!
For Antony I can't decide between Rupert Penrey-Jones
and Matthew MacFadden, two of my favorite young English actors. Either one would have to dye his hair black but they would both be stunning in a clerical collar!
Definitely two of my favorites, too.
Recently a friend gave me a book that provides links to online music meant to accompany the story at specific points in the plot. I thought that was an interesting idea. If you were to choose a song to be played somewhere within your story, what song would it be?
Oh, dear, I hope this doesn't sound too macabre or even sacrilegious, but because much of my story is set against the background of Holy Week and Easter worship the triumphant Easter hymn "Up From the Grave He Arose" makes me think of the scene early in the book when a driving rain washes back the soil from a shallow grave, giving Antony the sensation that the body is rising.
What is the last book you read that you would recommend?
I just finished P. D. James' Death Comes to Pemberley. I highly recommend this book, although some reviewers disagree, I believe it exactly captures the spirit of Pride and Prejudice while not attempting to sound like Jane Austen. It was so much fun to see these beloved characters six years into their marriages and find them behaving with exactly the common sense and concern for one another that I believe the "real" Elizabeth and Darcy and Jane and Bingley would have done. It was also delightful that James gives us glimpses into the further events of characters from Emma and Persuasion. It happened that the evening after I finished reading the novel my husband and I sat down to watch the Elizabeth Garvie/David Rintoul BBC production of Pride and Prejudice and I could so perfectly place those characters in the James story.
That sounds like a fun book. I'll have to look into it! What are you working on now?
I have almost finished the rough draft of An Unholy Communion, The Monastery Murders 3, in which Felicity and Antony lead a group of teenagers on a pilgrimage through Wales and encounter satanic evil. I am also researching to write book 4 in the Lord Danvers Victorian true-crime mysteries and planning book 3 in the Elizabeth & Richard Mysteries which will have Jane Austen as my background literary figure.
Where else can readers find you online?
I would love to have your readers visit my website at www.DonnaFletcherCrow.com. I have trailers for both of the Monastery Murders books on my home page, pictures from my research trips, information about all my books, and a glimpse of my garden.
The book can be found in fine bookstores and can be purchased online via these buttons:
Finally, what question would you like to ask my readers?
What author has influenced you most and why? I hope we get lots of replies to this because I love discussing authors and books with readers!
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Hrrm - where is java going?
First I read this< from Ross and also this from RMS, and it makes me think even more about switching to python. Just what exactly are Sun up to and what are their long-term plans? The 'Java trap' is actually a nice way of putting it and drives me further to look into alternatives.
Am thinking about nice projects for python - the first that comes to mind is this one which stores the magazine articles - all I need now is an idea about how to store them - XML or just in plain files? I'm open to suggestions - please feel free to write to firstname.lastname@example.com with your ideas if you have them.


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Work resumes at Princeton's Whitman College site after fire, Dec. 22
Posted December 22, 2005; 02:31 p.m.
Six contractors at the Whitman College construction site were injured this morning in a flash fire that was quickly extinguished. As of this afternoon, one of the workers is being treated for a severe hand burn while the others have been or will be released from area hospitals today.
Work has resumed at the site. Local and campus officials will continue to investigate the incident, and the University is working with the contractors to review safety procedures to avoid further accidents.


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Fargo's founding dates back to 1871, when the first settlers staked out homestead claims at the point where the Northern Pacific Railroad would cross the Red River. Railroads played a major role in the development of Fargo. In fact, the city was named for William G. Fargo, a director of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and co-founder of Wells Fargo Express Company.
In the beginning, Fargo was a rough and rowdy frontier town, with its fair share of bordellos and saloons. In 1876, Fargo's population was only 600. But Fargo grew rapidly as more and more settlers arrived, drawn by the promise of cheap, fertile farmland in the Red River Valley. By 1892, Fargo had grown to a city of more than 8,000 inhabitants; the tents and shanties of earlier days had been replaced by mainly wood-frame buildings.
But on June 7, 1893, disaster struck the growing city. A fire began on Front Street (now called Main Avenue). Fanned by strong winds from the south, the fire consumed most of the downtown area. By the time it was over, more than 31 blocks were reduced to piles of rubble. Although the fire must have been a stunning blow to the city, Fargoans resolved to rebuild; in less than a year, 246 new buildings had been constructed. The new structures were designed by many fine regional architects; the post-fire city became more attractive and substantial, and many of these buildings survive today.
Learn more about Fargo History
The following books on Fargo's history are available at the
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Available for purchase at the City of Fargo Planning Department ($5.00) The History and Growth of the City of Fargo: Historic Context Study, by Tim Holzkamm and Dean Dormanen, 1993. Revised and edited by David Danbom, 2001.


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The makers of this 3D animated spectacular add only a splash of romance and a few musical numbers to the classic Seuss fable about an impish ultra-capitalist who leverages pollution to bolster his bottom line. If that sounds a bit like Despicable Me, it should, since co-helmers Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda churned out that flick as well. Regrettably, this team loses a lot of Seuss's quirkiness, though not the message about corporate greed and slash-and-burn imperialism. The city of Thneed — treeless, choked by smog, and run by a megalomaniac (Rob Riggle) shilling fresh air — epitomizes those excesses. Young Thneed resident Ted (Zac Efron), on a quest for a tree to impress a girl (Taylor Swift), seeks out the hermitic Once-ler (Ed Helms), who recounts the origin of the environmental catastrophe and the role of the orange, mustachioed forest spirit (Danny DeVito) of the title. It's not WALL-E, but it does bear the same cross.
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With our learn to hunt I had the privilege of taking my daughter on her first turkey hunt. Very proud of her and some memories made that will never be forgotten.
The first morning had very little gobbling. We did have 2 gobblers come into the field, gave a courtesy gobble to my call, strut for about 2 minutes, and then walk away. Most of the rest of the day was uneventful until about 5:30pm. I peeked out the back window of the blind to see 3 gobblers out feeding. They had no interest in the decoys or calls, and fed away from us and disappeared into the next field.
That evening I was talking with my buddy and debating on which property to go to the next morning. He said, he had the perfect place and we needed to have a cameraman along, cause he had been seeing a lot of birds there. He watched 82 birds go to the roost that evening, with at least a dozen longbeards and a bunch of jakes.
The morning started with a huge amount of gobbling. They double and triple gobbled off the roost, which was on the neighbor's property about 200 yards from us. Once they hit the ground the gobbling pretty much shut off. There was a standing corn field in between us and the roost, but they loved the picked beanfield we were sitting on the edge of and we knew they would come eventually.
Finally around 8:30 2 toms came in behind the blind. The one decided he didn't like something and left right away. The second gave a courtesy gobble from no more than 15 yards behind our blind. He stayed there for what seemed like an eternity. The amount of drumming he did was amazing, I never heard one do so much ever! We finally managed to get a window open where a shot could be made, and after some readjusting, getting my daughter set, she made a great shot at about 20 yards. It was a great hunt and all of it on video. I will post a link when it is done.
Special thanks to Shane Simpson for calling and videoing, and my friend Doug for putting us on his spot!


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Intel® SSD 525 Series
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Offering performance and low power consumption in a package one-eighth the size of a 2.5-inch hard drive, the Intel® Solid-State Drive 525 Series accelerates PC performance with random reads of up to 50,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS)1 and sequential reads of up to 550 megabytes per second (MB/s).2 Couple that with random write performance of up to 80,000 IOPS3 and sequential writes of 520 MB/s to unleash demanding multitasking applications in notebooks, embedded applications, and workstation upgrades.
Based on the Intel® Solid-State Drive 525 Series Product Specification.
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Horn of Africa: 100 days after famine declaration, rains add to Somalia's struggle
One hundred days after famine was declared in parts of southern Somalia, humanitarian agencies have reached more than half of the four million people who urgently need help.
But after months of drought, agencies are now struggling to tackle a rise in cholera and other water-borne diseases due to seasonal rains, which have flooded parts of the country. The rains are also affecting attempts to reach those most in need in the country's south.
"In only three months, we have managed to triple the number of people receiving food aid to 2.2 million, and reach over half a million more people with clean water," said Mark Bowden, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia.
"This is a remarkable achievement. Unfortunately, it does not mean that all of those in need are being reached. Hundreds of people, mainly children, are still dying every day and we need to do even more to stop this trend."
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is coordinating life-saving aid by dozens of agencies to ensure that humanitarian projects target those most in need, in areas where aid groups can operate.
OCHA Somalia is also leading humanitarian agencies' efforts to gain access to new areas of southern Somalia, previously cut off by insecurity and armed opposition. Due to improved security conditions, OCHA and partner agencies have been able to access parts of Gedo, Bakool and Lower Shabelle and provide humanitarian assistance in these newly-reachable areas.
"Tens of thousands of people are now receiving basic assistance, including shelter, livelihood support and water nutrition and food. We need to push even harder to reach all people in need," said Kiki Gbeho, the Head of OCHA Somalia.
According to the latest statistics, four million Somalis, or 53 percent of the country's population, remain in crisis – that is, are facing problems such as starvation or at the risk of disease. Three million of those are in the south.
The increasing humanitarian response has been made possible by the generosity of international donors, who have given almost US$ 750 million since 20 July, when famine was declared.
However, escalating violence in parts of the south is hampering aid efforts and the majority of the people living in areas in crisis, primarily in the country's south and central regions, still cannot access food.
An estimated 750,000 people are at risk of dying in the coming months and humanitarian agencies need to reach them to save their lives.
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Tiny gelateria with the best gelato in Salerno.
We were taken here by our cousins who live in Salerno. It is their favorite gelateria. Very yummy indeed.
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Theres always top notch prospects who fall becuase of Injurys and from being in trouble, weather kicked off team, or with the LAW or combanation of both.. Outta this yrs guys, are there any ur hoping fall to us in mid to later rds, so maybe we are the lucky ones who get the golden value? Of course u could also get a wasted pick..lol
I was thinking about Marcus Lattimore RB S.Carolina more then anyone when i thought of this thread.. THink about the potential if he comes back healthy, teamed up with David Wilson? ALl of a sudden, u got 2 1st rd RB's , and lattimore won't go till probably the late 4th-5th, earliest..
Obviously, u got the Honey Badger as well, on this list because of trouble. Michael Mauti , Quanterus Smith, John Boyett, Knile Davis, Ray Ray Armstrong, Montori Hughes, Brennan Williams, Brandon Jenkins, Tank Carradine, and many others qualify for either Trouble or Injury causing there stocks to drop... By dropping, i mean even if its a 1st rd talent possibly going in RD 2or3 or anything.. Just basically guys whos stocks are being hurt by Injury or trouble and who u think are worth the gamble..
I'm also still hoping for possibly Brennan Williams in RD 3, which would be insane.. Mauti is a guy i'd take a flier on in the 5th, and also Montori Hughes, whos got oodles of talent, but has some charechter and maturity issues.. I like most of em if the values right...


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Thread: New Tank Cycling-29 gallon.
11-20-2012, 11:16 PM #1Member CoryCat
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New Tank Cycling-29 gallon.
Can someone please critique my proposed method for cycling? Here is my thoughts:
The water I am using is RODI water, nothing but straight H20 for my tanks. I am planning on adding a conditioner to the water, Stress Coat, most likely. Would that be enough to bring the water back up to adequate mineral level? My well water is pretty hard and the pH is higher than I would like (about 7.9). So I would like to use as much RODI water as I can, to keep the pH level down around 7.0. Should I put some of my water into it as well? also, I plan on using API Stress Coat Conditioner as well. I plan on using First Layer Laterite on the bottom and then pea sized gravel on top as substrate.
I would like to use some fish flakes to start the ammonia up. Then after about a day or so, I would like to add API Stress Zyme, a beneficial bacteria, to increase biological bacteria in the tank.
For my filter, I have an API Filstar XP3 with a level of filter floss, one of carbon, one of Fluval ClearMax (a nitrate, nitrite, and phosphate remover, I will add this after the cycle) and API BioChem Stars (a porous media for biological filtration).
I won't do a water change until the cycle is complete, having all of the nitrites and ammonia gone.
Also, I would like to add natural Aquarium safe driftwood, maybe a few natural aquarium safe rocks and plants. Should I add the decorations now? Should I wait to add the plants?
Is this good? Should I do anything else?
Hi There SweeneyC!
There is a great post on cycling your tank, both fishless, and fish in by Lady Hobbs here:
See the lower two red stickies at the. THey go into great detail about cycling.
As for the substrate I can't help you with that one.
CheersI think I want a bigger tank!!
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I don't know about R/O water...is it very soft? If it doesn't have any KH or GH (calcium and general hardness), is will be very susecptible to rapid and large pH swings. Again, I don't have all the info here on the water you'll be using, but it's always a good idea to know the basics about your water before you put it in the tank. "Pure H2O" is not always the best thing.
ALso, once you have that figured out, don't mess around with your Ph unless you have very soft water. That also leads to crashes and swings and possible stress/mortality to fish.Beth
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My advice: slow down, think, and be willing to learn. Then you'll be fine, no matter what.
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So I would like to have my pH stable at a lower level though, I want my fish to be as close to their natural habitat as I can, which means a low pH. I have it at 6.2 right now and I want it to stay there. You are right when you say that RODI water has no GH and therefore the water is 7.0. Having the water softener pillow in there is keeping my level at 6.2 pretty steadily right now (for the past two days) so what is the problem with it?
Also, everyone keeps telling me to read the cycle methods... I have. I do not know what is a "safe" ammonia source to use. It is very hard to deduce that from the website.
I understand that there is should be no carbon in the beginning.... but are you suggesting that there should be no carbon ever?
Lastly, why does StressZyme not add Beneficial Bacteria to the water? It says so...
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And my water being soft now (because of the pillow) will cause these sharp changes in my pH right? Is there a way to keep a low pH and a high GH or ALK to keep the pH stablized?
I don't run carbon on a regular basis in any tank, I only use it to remove meds in my QT tank.
Fish are adaptable creatures but require stability wrt water parameters. pH is no exception.
When it comes to mixing in RO and the weekly bounces up and down the pH scale that that would cause [Which as mentioned is stressful on fish].
Essentially your choices come down to this.
You can adapt/acclimate your fish to your source water parameters once.
Or you can adjust your source water to what you are aiming for in your tank every time you top off or do a water change forever. Keeping in mind that every time you don't get it spot on that is another adjustment they need to make due to a changing environment IOW: Instability & stress.
It's also worth finding out what the local LFS has wrt water conditions, They may not be far from yours and if the fish already do fine there that is a heads up that they can do well in your water - If close.
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Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.
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Okay, thanks for the info. How do I keep my pH stable? I want to do rams.


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Step 1: Gather Your Supplies
- leftover envelopes
- reusable adhesive tabs or tape
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- leftover paper scraps
- number stickers (optional)
Step 2: Stick It to the Wall
I used reusable adhesive tabs to attach each of the envelopes to the wall in our dining room. I transferred them from the floor to the wall in the exact same layout, resulting in a fun colorful tree!
Step 3: Number the Envelopes
I had a lot of leftover scrap-booking number stickers that were never used, I decided these would be perfect for labeling each of my envelopes – randomly 1-25.
Step 4: Choose Your Activities
I used pieces of leftover scrap-booking paper cut into smaller rectangles and leftover stationary to write 25 fun holiday activities that my family could do together during December. In case you need some ideas, here are my 25:
- Camp out under the Christmas tree
- Host our annual holiday party for family and friends
- Walk around our neighborhood to see the holiday lights with mugs of cocoa
- Write and send our holiday cards
- Watch A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Bake holiday cookies and treats
- Have a snowflake making party
- Make recycled ornaments for the tree
- Ride the Polar Express (Watch the movie with cocoa, cookies and tickets)
- Surprise mini-local vacation
- Fold origami for the tree
- Make organic pomanders for our home
- Watch Home Alone and drink Soy Nog
- Wrap our holiday gifts
- Decorate the Christmas Tree
- Watch Holiday Movies
- Host a hot cocoa and cookie exchange
- Bake and decorate gingerbread men
- Make candy cane play dough
- Make recycled paper trees for the mantle
- Family Volunteer Project
- Make recycled snow globes
- Make a gingerbread house
- Build a LEGO Christmas Village
- Host a family game night
Step 5: Add Your Activities
Once you have written each of your activities on a piece of paper, slip it inside an envelope, and seal it. I plan each activity ahead of time – that way my son will open the correct envelope for a day that we have time to do that particular activity.
Step 6: Enjoy Advent as a Family
Enjoy celebrating the entire month of December with fun family activities! This is a great way to really get the most out of December.


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Dave Smith Instruments Prophet '08
Prophet '08
The Prophet '08 truly signals the return of the classic Sequential Circuits Prophet synthesizers, in a beautiful, modern and ultra-stable programmable analog synthesizer! Building on the Poly Evolver keyboard, the Prophet '08 offers eight voices of polyphony with a 100% analog signal path. The look is spot-on! Brand new, the Prophet '08 already looks like it's a classic vintage piece of history. And its sound really does blow you away!
Dave Smith is considered a legendary figure in the synthesizer world, he founded Sequential Circuits and designed such classics as the Prophet 5 and Prophet VS, and he was a pioneer in bringing MIDI to synthesizers. The new for 2007 Prophet '08 brings back much of the original technology from those old Prophets (like Curtis filters and analog oscillators), updated of course, to meet today's musicians needs.
While it doesn't sound exactly like an original P5, it does sound and behave more like one than any other pretender. It's cleaner, purer and a little more predictable than its 25 year old predecessors. Actually, it sounds just like the Poly Evolver, minus the digital oscillators.
Regardless, the Prophet '08 is truly a modern day Prophet series synth. Unlike many (Roland) synths that are attaching vintage model names to their current synths even though they are almost nothing alike (Juno, SH, etc.), the Prophet '08 is the real-deal next generation version of its predecessors. As DSI says, the Prophet '08 is the product of evolution, not nostalgia. Of course, it includes features we now take for granted, like velocity and aftertouch. Add to that performance features like an arpeggiator, gated step sequencer, and the ability to split and layer sounds. The modulation possibilities are much deeper than anything Sequential ever produced, making it capable of producing sounds the "classics" simply could not.
Prophet '08 Special Edition
The year 2008 marks 30 years of great Dave Smith-designed synthesizers. To celebrate, DSI issued the Prophet '08 Special Edition. In addition to the standard Prophet '08 features, the Special Edition includes red lighted (pitch/bend) wheels, exotic leopard-wood end panels, and a special commemorative overlay signed by Dave. It also includes editor/librarian software and the "Dave Smith: Synthesizer Pioneer" DVD. It costs about $500 more than the standard model.
Lookup Dave Smith Instruments Prophet '08 Prices
The link above will take you to an eBay search for this synth to see active listings with more images, specs and information. If you don't find it there, try looking in our forum marketplace. Our marketplace gets thousands of visits every week so make sure to check back often if you want to buy or sell a synth.
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- Polyphony - 8 voices
- Oscillators - 2 digitally controlled analog oscillators (DCOs) per voice with selectable sawtooth, triangle, saw/triangle mix, and pulse waves (with pulse-width modulation), and hard sync. White noise generator.
- LFO - 4 LFOs all MIDI syncable.
- Filter - 1 Analog Curtis low-pass filter per voice, selectable 2- and 4-pole operation (self-resonating in 4-pole mode).
- VCA - Analog VCAs. 3 Envelope Generators: filter, VCA, and assignable (four-stage ADSR + delay); Envelope 3 can loop.
- Keyboard - 5-octave keyboard with semi-weighted action, velocity, and aftertouch.
- Memory - 256 fully editable Programs (2 banks of 128) with 2 Layers (2 separate sounds) in each Program.
- Effects - Glide (portamento): separate rates per oscillator.
- Arpeg/Seq - Arpeggiator, gated 16 x 4 step sequencer all MIDI syncable.
- Control - MIDI In, Out, Thru, and Poly Chain. Pedal/CV input: responds to expression pedals or control voltages ranging from 0 to 5 VDC.
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To toast pecans, preheat oven to 350° F. Spread pecans in a single layer in a baking pan. Bake about 5 to 7 minutes or until golden and toasted.
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The stupid comments by YouTube users questioning the science of the commercial are even funnier, and the commercial itself is frigging great!
In that case, how the hell was he even born?
It is only logical that he caught this disease (by eating some bad skittles) after being born and impregnating his wife.One question: If he cant hold his new born baby boy because he'll turn him to skittles, then how the hell did he get his wife pregnant without touching her? I think some one is being unfaithful...wouldn't you expect him to be kinda smelly, or nude or something, 'cause if everything he touches turns to skittles, then he wouldn't be able to clean himself, or get dressed