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HISTORY of the 58th STRATEGIC WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON,
By C .R .Layton 2008
I keep changing this history because I'm still learning more about the 58th WRS. I have tried to find everything I can on the internet and I have talked to and have been acquainted with over 250 guys that served in the 58th. I'm more inclined to believe what I'm told by the guys than what I have read on the internet .
Below is an interesting article sent to me by Don Mattox that served as a 1/LT Weather Officer at Eielson during 1955 and 1956. Don found this information on e-Bay Auction . C. R .L.
"The Army Air Corps 58th Reconnaissance Weather Squadron existed briefly around August 1945 at the Rapid City Army Air base (later Ellison AFB), Rapid City, ND. From a letter about a black spider insignia for the unit signed by Capt. Ray J. Binder, 1 November 1945. The proposed insignia had a thermometer on the spider's back, a camera on one leg, a telescope on another leg, and a radar antenna on another leg. This drawing and letters were up for sale on eBay on 3/30/07. Apparently they were going to fly P-61Cs. The P-61 was called the "Black Widow" since it was designed specifically to hunt other aircraft in WWII. The P-61 was heavily involved in the Thunderstorm Project (1946-1949) that was a landmark program dedicated to gathering data on thunderstorm activity. For recon work the P-61 was also designated the RF-5, F-15, and TR-3. "
The Air Force first began probing weather in Alaska in 1946 when the 59th Reconnaissance Squadron initiated the "Stork Baker" route from Merced, California to Anchorage, Alaska. In 1948 when that mission was given to the 374 Recon Squadron over 600 missions had been completed.
On the 7th of May 1947, a detachment of men from the 59th Recon Squadron arrived at Ladd AFB to set up weather reconnaissance operations. On March 17th, the first official "Ptarmigan" flight was made to the North Pole. In October 1947, the 59th was deactivated and the 375th Reconnaissance Squadron took over the vital task of collecting weather data in the northland.
All routes flown by Air Weather Service "flying laboratories" are named after birds common to their area. Flights over the Bering Sea have been dubbed "Loon"; the trip over the Arctic waste to the top of the world is named after the hardy "Ptarmigan" which inhabits snow country.
In September 1948 the "Loon Baker" track was opened. It covered a path from Fairbanks to Skull Cliff, then to Nome, and on to Shemya at the end of the Aleutian Chain. It was on one of these Loon Baker missions that the first fatal accident occurred in the Alaskan operations. On September 28th, a WB-29 crashed upon landing at Shemya killing Three officers and one airman.
On August 14, 1946, an enormous mass of floating ice, vastly thicker than the ice pack and more than 200 miles in area, was discovered less that 300 miles north of Point Barrow by the 46th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Photo). This island was designated Target X or T-1. Its existence was classified a military secret and speculation began as to its possible origin and probable future. During the next three years, T-1 was spotted many times by crews of the 46th and crews of the 375th Squadrons.
Beginning late in May 1950, crews of the 58th Recon Squadron under the direction of Lt Colonel Joseph O. Fletcher began a concerted effort to locate other ice islands along the Ptarmigan tract using radar as the primary tool for search. During this time many likely prospects were sighted but there was no opportunity for visual observation. Then on July 20th this effort was rewarded by the discovery of a second island, designated T-2, similar to shape and size as T-1. On July 29th a third island, designated T-3, was discovered by radar and verified by sight August 31th.
The 58th is one of six weather reconnaissance squadrons in Air Weather Service. In combined routes these squadrons cover most of the northern hemisphere. Prior to the use of weather recon aircraft, forecasting efforts were hampered by lack of information from uninhabited regions. The advent of the red-tailed flying laboratories filled that void.
This is what Wikipedia on the internet says about the 58th:.
* Constituted: 400th Fighter Squadron on May 26, 1943
* Activated: August 1, 1943
* Redesignated: 400th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on April 5, 1944
* Redesignated: 400th Fighter Squadron on June 5, 1944
* Redesignated: 58th Reconnaissance Squadron (Weather) on July 7, 1945
I think this is somewhat correct but some where between 1945 and 1947 it became the 375 WRS. I noticed that Wikipedia totally left out the 375th WRS. My friend Lt Col Bernie Barris say it was the 59th rather that the 58th. I am inclined to agree with Bernie.
This is what I know to be fact from talking to guys that served and seeing factual orders and articles about this squadron. Before the 58th it was the 375th Weather Reconnaissance (*VLR). I don't have a lot of knowledge about it but have conversed with a few guys that served in it and what I have read in a few articles that refer to the 375th. I don't have dates as to the beginning of the 375th but in 1947 the 375th was a divided squadron stationed at Ladd AFB, Fairbanks, AK flying the Ptarmigam mission and flying the Loon Charlie mission from Shemya to Osaka, Japan and later to Yokota, Japan. Shemya is an island located at the far west end of the Aleutians. I've been told that they won the 47-48 Basketball Championship at Ladd AFB. It was called the Midnight Sun League. My friend Wally Ahborn played on that team.
March 6, 1949 the 375th Reconnaissance Squadron was the first operational squadron assigned to Eielson AFB. It was one of these Loon missions that made the first discovery of the Soviet Union's nuclear explosion experiments in August of 1949. Bob Mann has written a very complete article that can be found on the AWRA web page. http:// www.awra.us. (Just added Dec 2014) I just recently learned that this A/C was # 4462214, the WB-29 that I was crew chief of at Eielson AFB. The discovery was made by Jack Waid, a federal government employee who is the Historian at Eielson this year. They done a photo dive on August 1, 2014 to try an determine if the "Lady of the Lake" was actually # 214 which I had written of in one of my stories about my #214. It turned out by data plates to be #214 and in Jack's ongoing probe it was discovered it was also the first discovery aircraft . I logged many hours in that A/C. What is really unbelievable is the fact that they found a leaf from the radio operators table that had many names to RO's signed in white grease pencil, I knew and flew with many of them. I just finished a new story called The Final Chapter on "Lady of the Lake" It is still there in the lake and is a big tourist attraction of people coming to Eielson AFB.
February 21, 1951 the 58th Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium Weather) replaced the 375th. The 58th flew two routine missions daily, the Ptarmigan and Loon Echo with "Special Missions" when necessary.
When I first arrived at the 58th in 1953 it was called the 58th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Medium, Weather. In June of 1954 the name was changed to 58th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron.
"WB-29 aircraft were used until late September 1956. At that time the Squadron flew the 1,956th Ptarmigan Mission and ended the WB-29 Flights. The Sqdn. had started flying missions with the WB-50s in May of 1956 as well." (quote from Bernie Barris) I was a Crew Chief/Scanner on Major George Cambridge's crew . In June or July of 1955 our crew was picked to go to Riverside AFB in California to train on the B-50s and then to be the training crew for all the squadron. A month or so later our crew went to McClellan AFB to pick up the TB-50 that we would use to train all other crews. I rotated in November of 1955 and never got to fly a mission on the 50s. The 58th continued to operate until June 1958 at which time the squadron was de-activated and some personnel was sent to the 55th WRS at McClellan AFB in Sacramento, CA. and some to McChord AFB in Tacoma, WA. I'm told that a few went to the 54th WRS at Guam.
On April 15, 1963 the 58th was reactivated and organized at Kirtland AFB in New Mexico and assigned to the 9th Weather Group under MATS. I'm not sure just what aircraft they were flying, probably WB-47s. In 1964 switched over to the WB-57 Canberras. They were flying a high altitude program. They were deployed through out the world testing the atmosphere for nuclear debris. In 1974 the program was transferred over to NASA where it was called NASA 926 program operating out of Ellington Field, Houston, TX It practically shut down in 1982 and only have a couple of WB-57s still flying today.
I have a list of all the 58th Commanding Officers that run from 5 Aug 43 to 4 Apr 69, also an article showing that there were 3 different emblems for the 58th. As follows: 5 Aug 43 Capt Robert C. Rogers, Mar 44 Capt William Paule, 19 Oct 44 Capt Everette Maarcum, 16 Nov 44 Maj Robert C. Fletcher, 12 Feb 45 Maj Max R. Wiecks, 11 JUl 45 Maj Joseph D. Hornsby, 18 Jul 45 Capt Harold Olsen, 23 Jul 45 Maj Robert W. Vanderveld, 6 Sep 45 Capt Ray J. Bindar, 21 Feb 51 Lt Col Joseph O. Fletcher, 22 Dec 51 Maj Clarence N Chamberlin Jr., 1 Feb 52 Aubrey D. Taylor, 5 Dec 53 Lt Col Fort W. Lipe, 6 Jul 55 Lt Col Carl H. Morales, 26 Aug 57 Lt Col John N. Highley, Jan 58 Lt Col Harvey P. Hall, 8 Jun 63 Lt Col Robert Mueller, Jul 66 Col Donald Wolfe, Jul 66 Lt Col Douglas Campbell, Jul 71 Lt Col Jack Reedy, 30 Jul 71 Col Click Smith, 18 Sep 73 Col Thomas Strohl. I served under three of these Commanding Officers, Col. Aubrey D. Taylor, Lt. Col Fort W. Lipe and Lt. Col. Carl H. Morales. All great men. Also John Highly at McClellan.
The FIRST EMBLEM approved was for the 400th Fighter Squadron (SE). SIGNIFICANCE: This is not weather oriented but was used by the 58th Reconnaissance Squadron until and its successors from 7 July 1945 until a new approved in 1952. I have no illustration of this emblem. (Can anyone help find one?)
The SECOND EMBLEM was approved January 1952 for the 58th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium Weather) SIGNIFICANCE: The polar bear, symbol of endurance, strength, and accomplishment, symbolizes the significant historical accomplishment of the unit in the North Pole "Ptarmigan" flight. The aurora borealis symbolizes the unit's mission and accomplishment in exploring areas of the heretofore unknown places of the earth. The aircraft represents successfully accomplishing the air mission of the organization over the North Pole and other frozen areas. This emblem shown was used while I served in the 58th and afterward until the 58th was deactivated in 1958. You see this emblem when you click onto my web page along with "Willy Weatherbee, the 55th emblem.
THIRD EMBLEM: Approved on 26 July 1965 for 58th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. SIGNIFICANCE: Against the background of blue depicting the sky, the primary theater of the Air Force operations. The zia symbol refers to the four points of the compass and the globe in its center represents the unit's worldwide capabilities. The wings conjoined allude to the squadron's World War II training mission and the star commemorates their service in the American Theater. The Aircraft flying over the aurora borealis symbolizes the unit's accomplishments in exploring unknown areas and their historical achievement in the North Pole "Ptarmigan" flight. The rain cloud and lightning bolt refer to the unit's quick reaction and response in all weather reconnaissance. The nuclear cloud with atomic nucleus and its escaping particles of gauges represent the squadron's primary mission of air testing "bot" sampling after nuclear explosions and providing the invaluable data required. The emblem bears the Air Force colors of golden yellow and ultramarine blue and the national colors of red, white, and blue to indicate the patriotism of the personnel and to identify the squadron as a member of the U.S. Air Force.
AWARDS: Service Streamer, American Theater World War II 7 Dec 1941-- 6 Nov 1945. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for 1 Jul 1967--30 Jun 1968. 1 Jan 19071--Dec 1971. If you read this and can add to or correct something, please contact me.
* (VLR) = Very Long Range
HISTORY of the 55th STRATEGIC WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON
By C. R. Layton
In October 1952 when I was assigned to the 55th Strategic Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, based at McClellan AFB, Sacramento, CA. The Commanding Officer of the 55th was Lt. Col. Kenneth A. Linder. We were still flying the WB-29s at that time. They later changed over to the WB-50, and later the WB-47, the WC130 and WC135.
The earliest I have heard of the 55th is 1944. Three men have told me that they served in the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. at Guam, two from 1944-45 flying weather missions for the B-29 Bombers flying out of Saipan and Tinian to bomb Japan. Both said they were flying B-24 Liberators. Omer Ross told me he was a Flt Engineer- Gunner on the B-24s. Edwin Pathis was a Mechanic on the B-24s. Robert Brewer served there from 1946-47 as a Radio Operator. A lot of years have past since then. A lot of different aircraft have been used and there is a big difference in the purpose of mission.
The latest is 1985. Several have told me that they served in the 55th at McClellan AFB, Sacramento, CA. Frank Yerkes, Lew Newhard, and Michael Lyons were all pilots from 1982-85 flying the C-135s. Trying to fill in all the blanks is quite a problem, but I'm going to try. The best information I've found is on the AWRA web page. Thanks to Lt. Col. Bernie Barris, I have permission to use it. There are several photos from Air Force Weather History Office which cannot be used for commercial purposes.
Members of the 655th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, Weather Reconnaissance. This photo was taken during training at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma. Official USAF Photo, courtesy of the Air Force
Photo is from the AWRA web pageThe 55th WRS was originally designated the 655 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, Weather Reconnaissance. Activated at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma on 21 August, 1944. The squadron was assigned brand new B-24 Liberators built for long range weather reconnaissance missions. The forward bomb bay housed fuel tanks for the long missions. The aft bomb bay had accommodations for the weather officer. The first commander, Capt Raymond A Walker headed the squadron for two weeks until Lt Col Nicholas H. Chavasse arrived to take over. This group trained flying weather missions over the Gulf of Mexico. In March they moved to Fort Lawton, Washington then on to Harmon Field, Guam on 8 March with the first four aircraft. They soon began flying their long range missions over Japanese territory. The squadron soon grew to 21 aircraft, 25 aircrews, and between 700-800 personnel. They were assigned to the 20th Air Force under XXI Bomber Command effective April 11, 1945. This unit provided critical meteorologic data to the strategic bombing campaign planners.
On 16 February 1945, shortly before leaving Will Rogers Field, the 655th received approval for their Emblem seen when you clicked on . The likeness of Willie Weatherbee symbolizes the squadrons readiness to carry out its assigned task under all climatic conditions. This emblem would endure through and after the war, the only weather reconnaissance Emblem to do so. It remained the symbol of the 55th WRS until July 3,1967.The nickname "Willie" Most likely came from the Army Air Field where the 655th trained. The 55th Strategic Weather Reconnaissance Squadron had this emblem in front of the Orderly Room at McClellan AFB in Sacramento, CA when I served there in 1952-53. The sign stood about 10 feet tall.
In May 1945, the 655th started staging missions through Iwo Jima; by the end of May they had a flight of four aircraft, with aircrews and mechanics at Iwo supporting the VII Fighter Command. The B-24s scouted target and enroute weather for the forward based P-47s and P-51s .
On 16 June 45 the unit was re-designated the 55th Reconnaissance Squadron, Long Range Weather. The 55th's operational life ended after September 1945 when equipment was turned in and aircraft and crews came back to the U. S. In its last month the squadron found and tracked nine typhoons. In its short life in the Pacific they flew more than 508 missions and logged more than 5,000 flying hours.
Photo is from the AWRA web page
Crew No. 5 of 55th Reconnaissance Squadron (LR) Weather. This crew consisted of: Kenneth Krig , Pilot; Lloyd Fraley, Copilot; Einar Hendrickson, Navigator; Robert Pruitt, Weather Officer; George Conner, Flight Engineer; Marion Smith, Radio Operator; Pat Farris, Radar Operator; Kenneth Black, Arm.Gunner; Philip Roewe, Nose Gunner; and Robert Hansen, Tail Gunner
Official USAF Photo, courtesy of the Air Force Weather History Office. May not be used for commercial purposes.
Unlike many Army Air Force units, the 55th's mission did not end when hostilities with Japan were over. The 55th reconstituted back on Guam and continued to fly synoptic weather reconnaissance . They also gathered peripheral data on tropical storms that threatened the western Pacific most of the year. On 27 Nov 1945 the squadron was assigned to the 311th Reconnaissance Wing. The 55th continued their weather support until April of 1945 when the unit was essentially reduced to a "paper" squadron and Colonel Chavasse turned command over to Capt. Fred M. Barricklow.
Photo is from the AWRA web page
Crew of the 55th R S (LR) Wea B-24L Beaufort Belle
Front L to R S/Sgt Walter S. Pula, Turret: Capt William A Wilcox, Weather Officer: T/Sgt James F. Scouler, Radar Observer: 1st Lt Stanley W. Smith, Co-pilot: S/Sgt William B. Shields, Tail Gunner: Rear L to R 1st Lt Francesco S. Rossi, Navigator: 1st Lt Francis R. Schwend, Pilot: T/Sgt Dale A. Lauzenheizer, Radio Op: S/Sgt Robert A Givens. Flt Eng: S/Sgt Albert J.Riley, Turret
Photo Courtesy of Helmet Eric Nimke, 55th RS Historian
Copyright 2006, All Rights Reserved
The Pole Vaulter patch was approved on July 3, 1967 and was worn until the 55th WRS was inactivated in 1992.
I am still adding to this story; I seem to learn things that I've never known. If any of you readers can add or correct anything, I'll be glad to listen.
Funny thing, I had a guy a while back call me. He said he saw my web page and wanted me to add him to our roster. He said he was one the original "Pole Vaulters" . I asked him if he saw the 58th Logo when he clicked onto my page-- that was the patch that the 58th wore in 1951. I think what he meant was that he was one of the 55th guys that took over our Ptarigan Mission when the 58th was de-activated.
I found this article on the enternet.
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HISTORY OF THE 55TH WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON MCCLELLAN AFB, CALIFORNIA . 1 JULY - 31 DECEMBER 1985 4 1ST RESCUE AND WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE WING 23RD AIR FORCE MILITARY AIRLIFT COMMAND UNITED STATES AIR FORCE HISTORY OF THE 55TH WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON MCCLELLAN AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA 1 July 1985 to 31 December 1985 Prepared by: Squadron Historians 1st Lt Mike Lyons 1st Lt Chris Lucey Capt Jerry King Editor Ms Sylvia Gough Approved by: GARY B. men, Lt Col, USAF Commander 4 1ST RESCUE AND WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE WING "23D AIR FORCE MILITARY AIRLIFT COMMAND UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOREWORD The mission of the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is to provide atmospheric gaseous and particulate sampling as well as special weather reconnaissance as directed by Headquarters , USAF, in accordance with mission priorities as specified by the 41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing (41 RWRW), 23d Air Force. The squadron was officially activated on 21 August 1944 at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, as the 655th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) and flew modified B-24 , s. The unit provided valuable weather data for the air war against Japan. Following the end of World War II, the 655th was redesignated the 55th Reconnaissance Squadron (Long Range Weather) and re-equipped with modified B-29 aircraft. The 55th performed an assortment of weather reconnaissance and sampling missions before being inactivated in October 1961. The current organization, designated the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, was reactivated on 8 January 1962 and assigned to the 9th Weather Reconnaissance Group, McClellan AFB, California. The 9th Weather Wing was deactivated on 1 September 1975 and the 55th was reassigned to the 41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing.
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Early Origins of the Kelain family
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Over at Moore Spatial I just announced the initial release of the Stupid Simple Geocoder.
It's written PHP and uses the Geonames geocoding service. It tries to cache geocode results in an SQLite database.
It's stupidly simple, with a single optional parameter in the constructor and a single public method.
The parameter is an optional path to specify a location for an SQLite database.
The method is called "geocode" and takes an array of place names. It returns an array of GeoJSON Features which you can create FeatureClasses with, or use however you want.
It's a piece of larger project I'm working on, but seemed semi-useful on its own.
Here's an example of using it to create a feature class out of several places names in an array:
<?php $places = Array( 'Ironwood, MI, USA', 'Sacramento, MG, Brazil', 'Provo', 'Lostlandneverfoundcity' ); require_once('ssgeocoder.php'); $ssgeocoder = new ssgeocoder(); $features = $ssgeocoder->geocode($places); $geojson = Array( 'type' => 'FeatureCollection', 'features' => $features ); print json_encode($geojson);
Not too bad, right? You'll see this used again in a couple of other projects I'm working on.


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SAIC reached its highest level in 18 months yesterday, and one trader is looking for the rally to continue.
optionMONSTER's Heat Seeker system detected the sale of 6,000 May 13 calls for $0.75 and the purchase of 6,000 August 14 calls for $0.55 and $0.60. Volume was below the previous open interest in the May contracts and above it in the August options, suggesting that a long-call position was being rolled forward.
This keeps the investor in the trade for another three months while raising the the strike price by $1, a reflection of the stock's recent gains. The new long calls , which lock in the price where shares can be purchased, are betting that shares will be above $14 by expiration in mid-August. (See our Education section)
SAI was up 0.51 percent to $13.85 yesterday, its highest close since August 2011. The security-technology company has been rising since trading near $11 in late February, gapping higher after its fourth-quarter earnings report on March 26.
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January 12, 2004
P&I claims set to rise
Ship owners, operators and their P&I clubs face ever-increasing claims over the next few years, according to the North of England P&I club. The reasons cited include growth in the freight market, a raft of new and revised liability conventions and weakness of the dollar.
"Both the value and number of cargo claims have soared in recent months, " says joint managing director Rodney Eccleston. He says this is "due to unprecedented freight rates, sometimes exceeding cargo values, and because ships and crews are working flat out. While shipowners can takes steps to control the frequency and severity of cargo claims, it's the market that determines the freight element--and there's no sign of it cooling off yet."
The weakness in the U.S. dollar has an impact because "P&I business is generally transacted in dollars whereas the value of a claim is often initially determined in another major currency. A cargo valued in Euros, for example, now costs 25% more in dollars."
"A further substantial increase is likely within the next 12 months as a consequence of the optional third-tier arrangements set out in the May 2003 Fund protocol," says the club's associate director Colin Trappe.
"Add in the all-new 1996 'HNS' hazardous substances convention, the 2001 'Bunkers' convention and the 500% increase in passenger liability proposed by the 2002 protocol to the 'Athens' convention and it's clear that owners, operators and their P&I clubs are facing a wave of higher claims," Trappe says.
"We believe this will enable the club to continue its unrivalled record of maintaining its free reserve, which is vital to protect all members from the increasing risk of suffering a multi-million dollar claim," says underwriting director Paul Jennings. In the face of higher claims exposure the club is also increasing the resources and funding of its high-profile risk-management team headed by Dr Phil Anderson.


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The night before Valentine's Day, Jay and I got more intimate than usual – with a pig.
That might sound gruesome and not in the least bit romantic, but I still feel like I'm under some sort of meaty love spell weeks after we eagerly watched Ryan Farr of 4505 Meats skillfully butcher the whole pig and explain the perks of each cut and his use-the-whole-animal philosophy during San Francisco Beer Week's Butchers and Beers event.
Clearly, I'm my Great Depression era grandmother's granddaughter; I'm a sucker for reducing, if not eliminating, waste. I get an intense thrill out of embracing resourcefulness and the creativity that inevitably plays a role in finding uses for less popular animal parts, apple peels, and vegetable scraps.
Perhaps it's needless to say in this context, but once the Butchers and Beers silent auction benefiting The Food Pantry came to a close, we walked home with the bones and offal – and a large hunk of pork known as a cowboy steak.
Hilarious-and-ironic-to-me story from the auction: while waiting patiently to increase our bids, I overheard two guys in front of me whine "ewwwwwwww" when they came across the offal bid card; they were much more enamored with the super popular and trendy pork belly. (more…)


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On 18/05/12 14:45, Sandro Hawke wrote: > On Fri, 2012-05-18 at 14:08 +0100, Andy Seaborne wrote: >> >> On 18/05/12 13:12, Eric Prud'hommeaux wrote: >>> * Richard Cyganiak<firstname.lastname@example.com> [2012-05-18 12:35+0100] >>>> >>>> On 18 May 2012, at 11:34, Eric Prud'hommeaux wrote: >>>>> Does the existing body of N-Triples permit a grammar with no default whitespace rules? >>>>> >>>>> triples: triple (LF triple)* LF? >>>>> triple: subject HWS predicate HWS object '.' >>>>> >>>>> I.e, do all the N-Triples out there look like "<s> <p> <o>."? >>>> >>>> This is what N-Triples as currently defined requires. Isn't that sufficient? >>>> >>>> ntripleDoc ::= line* >>>> line ::= ws* ( comment | triple )? eoln >>>> triple ::= subject ws+ predicate ws+ object ws* '.' ws* >>>> ws ::= space | tab >>>> eoln ::= cr | lf | cr lf >>> >>> I was just interested to see how much your SHOULD: >>> [[ >>> * Richard Cyganiak<firstname.lastname@example.com> [2012-05-18 11:06+0100] >>>> I would even go one step further and add some SHOULD-level guidance on where to put what whitespace. Perhaps something like: exactly one space between s and p; exactly one space between p and o; no WS before or after the period; no WS at >>> the start of a line; CR+LF as EOL. >>> ]] >>> could be turned into a MUST. >> >> I don't think a MUST is a good idea, partially because it's too late, >> but also despite being a dump format, it's not pure binary. Blank lines >> and comments do have a roll here and the CR+LF is a mild inconvenience >> in some text tools. >> >> There is variance in IRIs so from that point alone, NT has variations >> enough to stop blindly processing with line-based tools. I've seen the >> :80 thing in messy data. >> >> processing based on appearance needs an extra step to be safe at scale >> (i.e. not need checking afterwards). >> >> What a canonical form is good for is as a target for a simple tools to >> process and output. Hopefully, then tool makers will provide it by user >> demand. > > So, no one would be writing a parser for n-triples that ONLY did > canonical n-triples. (At the point where you're writing something that > can keep a table of b-nodes labels, scanning over multiple spaces > between the subject and the predicate is pretty easy.) But we'd say > people SHOULD output "canonical" n-triples so that plain-text > RDF-unaware tools like sort and grep would work. Is that the > proposal? I wrote the original message for this thread as feedback on the nearly-LC-publishable Turtle document. I included a way to resolve the confusion that has been pointed out to me elsewhere. When Richard mentioned SHOULD-guidance on where to put what whitespace, I took that and tried to list the areas that I thought needed covering IF line based tools were to process N-triples in an RDF-unaware fashion - that is, manipulating bytes. It is a usage we have discucssed here before. I am suggesting we could describe a canonical form so people can use if they want. An extra step to get NT to that canonical form may be needed when working at scale because it's a nuisance to find the billion and first triple is formatted differently. That is not going as far as SHOULD (= "there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a particular item, but the full implications must be understood and carefully weighed before choosing a different course.") . I'm happy with not saying anything. . My tools do output that form as far as I know (I've not checked today) except it's ' .' because I like that. . When I write such line-based tools on a case-by-case basis Andy > > -- Sandro > > >> Andy >> >>> >>> >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I note that Oracle has been vigilent about preserving backwards-compatibility. Souri, do you have a sense of what Oracle has been using? >>>>> >>>>>> I also note that RDF 2004 N-Triples allows comments (only at the start of a line). This makes sense for the use as a test case format, but not much sense for the use as a dump format. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Richard >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-testcases/#ntriples >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 18 May 2012, at 10:04, Andy Seaborne wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Gavin, Eric, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> rdf-turtle says: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [1] ntriplesDoc ::= (triple)? (EOL triple)* (EOL)? >>>>>>> [2] triple ::= subject predicate object '.' >>>>>>> [8] EOL ::= ([#xD#xA])+ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What are the white space rules? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Does it inherit white space processing from the rest of Turtle? Comments seem to come from Turtle. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If it does not inherit white space rules, >>>>>>> what about horizontal white space inside triples? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If it does inherit white space rules, >>>>>>> that includes newlines within triples between S/P or P/O. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The simplest solution is to add text in section 12.3 to say that horizontal white space outside tokens is discarded (which is different to Turtle). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Andy >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -ericP >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > >Received on Friday, 18 May 2012 14:33:45 UTC
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Many parent groups vs node-references
Is it better to have many levels of parent groups or just node references?
Given the following scenario:
|__ Products
|__ Clients
|__ Wish lists
It's easy to see that Vendor is the group, Products and Clients are that groups content, and Wish lists can be content of the Clients, which means that they would be "Group/Group Content"Read more
Documentation for data requirements for creating nodes through the JSON Restful Server (Services 3, Drupal 7)
We have a project to complete for a client that involves setting up a restful web service backend for a set of mobile apps for Android and iOS. We have elected to use Drupal as our restful server and utilize the JSON service available through Services 3 along with the spyc library.Read more
Leverage Modify Node Fields functionality to allow users to change referenced node CCK values
I have a site that was built specifically for a service company. They have content types for job and address. On any particular day, they will have a list of jobs and their associated addresses (one address per job) displayed in a view.
I have installed VBO and configured it to modify the node fields of the job in this daily job view. It also displays some information from the address. In particular, it shows the mapping coordinates for the address on each job.Read more
Widget setting for module Node Reference
I have a question:
In Story content type, create a CCK Node Reference as "author". Config Autocomplete for the matching is "Starts with".
In Page content type, add Existing field "author" and then config Autocomplete matching the is "Constrain".
But when I creating node in the Page, the "author" field is "Starts with" not "Constrain".
If I change the type of story is "Constrain" and Page as "Starts with", when add node in the Page is "Constrain".
I keep settings are different for each Content type when create node
(In widget settings work fine)
Please help me.
Themeing Node Reference Fields
Is there a way to format a node reference field in d6 so that every time it appears it displays not only the title, but a collection of fields from the referenced node? I have a node reference field called field_investigations_reference that is used to reference articles (investigations) so that they can be place on a homepage in a curated way.Read more
Combine Content profile module with profiles node linked with a node reference field
I've just written a post of my blog http://blog.archizone.fr/?p=447 on a mix usage of content profile module with other nodes called extended profiles linked to the content profile node.
I want to achieve a way for other user to create the profile node before the actual user this profile relates to, in a wiki way.
I would be interesting to have your feedback, your opinion on this method, and per aps ideas about things I've not solved concerning permissions and d7 porting.
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CCK Node reference y Views
Hola gente!
Tengo una consulta quería ver si podían ayudarme. Estoy montando una feature en un sitio Drupal 6 y tengo dos tipos de contenidos:
Los temas son como books, están jerarquizados y tienen un montón que cosas teóricas. Los recursos son archivos (filefield), sitios de referencia (link), vídeos (emfield), etc, etc. Cada recurso tiene de 0-n campos de Node Reference.
Ahora bien, quiero que en determinado nodo del tipo de contenido Tema aparezcan todos los recursos que están asociados a él mismo.Read more
Sorting on a fields from a referenced content type - NULL values
Hi again,
I tried searching for this but couldn't find the right keywords :P I'm sure this is a common requirement.
What I want to do is sort my view on a field from a referenced content type. But the problem is that the sort column is coming back with all NULLs.
For example, say I have 2 content types: Sales and Province, where the Sales table has a node reference to Province. The Province type has a Display Order field that I want the view to be sorted on.Read more
hierarchical select node reference proplem
I'm having a problem with Hierarchical Select, and I'm not sure where to post the question. Hopefully someone here can help me out.
I have 2 Node reference fields controlled by hierarchical select in a node type. This is for a sports site. I'm using the node type to input matches between teams.
Node reference 1: sport -> league -> team1
Node reference 2: sport(will be the same as 1) -> league(will be the same as 1) -> team (can be different).
Making Groups show in "Advanced - Nodes that can be referenced"
I have an 'Event' content type that uses node reference to link 'Person' who attended that event.
When I edit the event, the nodereference field shows all 'Person' content types (a large list and growing). So I created a View to filter the options of who could attend which events. I want to break down this long list of people into Groups.
I tried to achieve this in two ways...Read more


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With its snappy one-word title, this book calls to mind recent releases like Blink, Sway, and Flip. And in the spirit of bestsellers like The Tipping Point and Freakonomics, books that purport to reveal the "hidden dimensions" of this or that, this work is targeted at a broad general audience. But unlike so many books in the genre, this one tries to do more than just inform and entertain. It takes a serious academic subject and makes a strong case for more enlightened social and economic policies.
Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler contend that the way public choices are framed and presented goes a long way toward determining the kinds of decisions people make. Summarizing some four decades of research in what they call "the emerging science of choice," they show that people do not always act logically or in their own best interests. They eat more from large plates, care twice as much about losing money as gaining it, and agonize about rare events like plane crashes instead of common ones like auto accidents.
We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, they point out, but studies show that the choices we make tend to be unrealistically optimistic, biased toward the status quo, and undercut by a subtle and unthinking conformity.
What the research suggests, Sunstein and Thaler say, is that "choice architecture — like the architecture of a well-designed public space — can guide, or "nudge," people toward making better choices. A nudge is a way of organizing and presenting choices "that alters people's behavior in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives," according to Sunstein and Thaler. To count as a nudge, the intervention must be easy and cheap to avoid. "Nudges are not mandates. Putting the fruit at eye level counts as a nudge. Banning junk food does not."
By understanding the power of nudges, they argue, "choice architects" — those charged with the responsibility of organizing the context in which people make decisions — can help to coax people into making decisions that serve them better.
Much of the book is given to practical examples of how this can be done, such as taking advantage of people's propensity to expend a minimum of effort (ensure the default option serves the greatest good for the greatest number), or making use of subtle social influences (suggest how other people are inclined to choose under similar conditions).
Many of the examples in the book are not only persuasive but quite engaging to read. For example, they describe how etching a small black fly in a urinal — first tried in men's restrooms at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport — turns out to be amazingly effective at getting men to pee straight, reducing spillage by 80 percent.
Sunstein and Thaler acknowledge that nudges might be viewed by some as an infringement on people's liberties. But at bottom, they say, there is no such thing as a context-free choice. Knowing this we can either leave the framing to chance (or, perhaps, to advertising and PR firms), or we can consciously decide on it. What is needed is an approach that both preserves freedom of choice and guides people to make decisions that are in their personal and collective best interests.
Sunstein and Thaler use the word "libertarian paternalism," a deliberate oxymoron, to describe this philosophy. The term is usefu, in their view, because it sums up the underlying rationale for nudges — to influence people's behavior in order to make their lives longer, healthier, and happier while, at the same time, preserving their basic freedom to choose as they please.
If people want to smoke cigarettes, eat unhealthy foods, pick an unsuitable health care plan, or fail to save for retirement, libertarian paternalists will not stop them, or even make the choice difficult for them, Sunstein and Thaler write. "Still, the approach we recommend does count as paternalistic, because private and public choice architects are not merely trying to track or to implement people's anticipated choices. Rather, they are self-consciously attempting to move people in directions that will make their lives better. They nudge."
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Suns hand Clippers 11th straight loss, 109-103Posted by Inside Hoops
Jan 11
The AP reports: Grant Hill scored six of his 21 points in the final 5:04 against the undermanned Clippers, and Amare Stoudemire overcame early foul trouble to score 26 points as the Suns sent Los Angeles to its 11th straight loss with a 109-103 victory on Sunday. O'Neal had 15 points and 10 rebounds, including a critical three-point play with 2:05 remaining… Jason Richardson had 21 points and Nash added 14 points and 12 assists for the Suns, who blew a 15-point lead before notching their third straight road win to move a season-best eight games over .500… Al Thornton had 23 points and eight rebounds for the Clippers, whose losing streak is their longest since a 13-game stretch late in the in 2003-04 season. Marcus Camby had 18 points and 18 rebounds.


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Transition Team
Shortly after being elected, Mayor Stephanie M. Burke compiled a Transition Team composed of four subcommittees: City Hall Audit, Business and Economic Development, Cultural Affairs and Recreation and Constituent Services.
Between December 2015 and June 2016, these subcommittees held over 25 public meetings and distributed surveys to gather important feedback from the community.
The Constituent Services subcommittee, chaired by Paul Camuso, gathered data on how to improve City Hall communications to and from citizens.
The Business and Economic Development subcommittee, co-chaired by Frederick Dello Russo Jr. and Rick Orlando, was tasked with finding ways to assist existing businesses, reach out to new businesses and promote the city to surrounding communities and institutions.
The Cultural Affairs and Recreation subcommittee, chaired by Ken Krause, identified ways in which the new city administration can highlight Medford's diversity, growing cultural and arts community and opportunities for year-round recreational activities.
The City Hall Audit subcommittee, chaired by Teresa Walsh, was tasked with determining the best practices and procedures of the departments in City Hall.
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Methods of Successful Internet Marketers – Part 2
Membership Sites
Not everyone likes membership sites but if the material within these sites is valuable they are well worth joining. Both James Martell and Martin Avis have membership sites. Interestingly they are quite different from one another.
James Martell of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp runs a membership site that students of his courses join. This is a wonderful support system where the students can pose their questions and have them answered by both James and other students. Members pop in to share finds and tools that they have found. They discuss various Internet news items such as the Google Panda slap. As members they are eligible to take all the additional courses that James has created at no additional costs. As a method of how successful Internet marketers make money this method gives James an ongoing monthly income.
The video courses that are available to Bootcamp members are:
- Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp
- Outsourcing Essentials
- Site Critiques
- Facebook How to
- Conversion Clinic
- Twitter Tutorials
- Web Video Workout
- Drills for Skills
- Daily Traffic Blueprint
- Podcasting Profits
- List Building 101
- WordPress How to
- Backlinks Workshop
- Prebuilt Site Trainings
- Organizational Strategies
- Copywriting Basics
As well as the courses there is a schedule of upcoming events. James has question and answer session almost every two weeks where he and students meet in online classroom. This time is used to present new material and to help students with some of their challenges.
A great deal of the site is devoted to the forum where students can post questions, give answers to others, talk about Internet news, and share tips on useful tools. James comes in to help and to also report on new things but the students themselves are very supporting to one another.
The cost of this site is $47.00 per month and is offered to all students of the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp. The bonus to this is that all other features and courses are free of charge to the members. This means that you can study and follow them at your pace. I have already highly recommended the Affiliate Marketers SUPER BootCamp and once you become one of James Martell's students you will wonder why you did not do this sooner.
Martin Avis also runs a membership site but his is entirely different. His membership site is a PLR site. Martin and his wife Delia post new PLRKickstart PLR Exclusive Private Label Club is a mere $27.00 per month. As well as the more than useful tools you get 10 articles in 3 different niches. What a bargain!
Review of Products
All three of these successful Internet Marketers review products and tools in their own way. Tiffany Dow a mentioned already picks a product and goes through it step by step. She implements it herself and lets her readers know the pros and the cons of the product. She is extremely frank about what she thinks about these products and usually engages the producers in the process. As a result of her candid approach her followers trust her and she is able to make affiliate income in the process.
James Martell interviews other marketers and in doing so reviews their products. Also in the course of teaching his courses he will recommend or suggest both products and tools. Of all the marketers James Martell is the least in your face trying to sell you products.
Martin Avis reviews products in his biweekly newsletters. He only recommends products that he believes are of high quality.
All three of these marketers create their own products and promote them to their followers.
James Martell has the longest running affiliate podcast. It is call the Affiliate Buzz. On this podcast he interviews other marketers, talks about Internet news such as the Google Panda slap, reviews affiliate summits, and shares his ideas.
The great thing about a podcast is that you can play it as you work and if you miss something you can replay it.
Video Marketing
Both James Martell and Tiffany Dow use video presentations as part of their marketing. I for one like the idea of being able to see how things are done. I like the ability to revisit these videos. They have both used YouTube to host their video. Unfortunately for some reason Tiffany had almost all her video's removed from YouTube. It appears that for some reason the idea of posting videos to show people how to make money online came under fire. The really hard lesson to learn from Tiffany's experience is to be sure to have backups of this material.
In conclusion these three Marketers – James Martell, Tiffany Dow, and Martin Avis are ethical, honest marketers who are all earning good livings online while helping other people succeed at Internet Marketing.


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The Ken Burns technique is a popular name for a type of pan-and-scan effect used in video production from still imagery. The feature enables a widely used technique of embedding still photographs in motion pictures, displayed with slow zooming and panning effects, and fading transitions between them. The name derives from extensive use of the technique by American documentarian Ken Burns
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Quinoa secrets: How to make this dish fluffy, tasty each time
By Emma Christensen
Cultivated in the Andes for over 5,000 years, quinoa has been called the "mother grain" and "the gold of the Incas." (It's technically not a grain but a seed, but it is used in virtually the same ways as other whole grains.) Today, the popularity of quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) is growing steadily as people discover its pleasant nutty taste and superfood qualities. As a complete protein source also high in iron, magnesium and fiber, quinoa is not only one of our healthiest pantry staples, but also one that's incredibly easy and quick to cook.
It's been said that there are 1,800 varieties of quinoa, but just three main types are found in markets here: the most common white variety, as well as a red one and a black one.
Here's how to cook great quinoa -- not mushy, not bitter -- but delicate and perfectly fluffy.
1 cup dry quinoa yields about 3 cups cooked quinoa.
How much liquid do I need to cook quinoa?
To cook 1 cup quinoa, you need about 2 cups liquid.
How long does it take to cook quinoa?
1 cup quinoa will cook in about 20 minutes.
How do I make quinoa less bitter?
Nearly, if not all, of the natural bitterness of quinoa's outer coating can be removed by a vigorous rinsing in a mesh strainer.
How do I make better-tasting quinoa?
Quinoa is really excellent when cooked in vegetable or chicken broth. Also, add about 1/4 teaspoon salt to each cup dried quinoa when cooking. Try adding other spices aromatics during cooking as well: A clove of smashed garlic, a sprig of fresh rosemary, a dash of black pepper.
Can I use my rice cooker to make quinoa?
Yes! Just use the 2:1 liquid to quinoa ratio and follow the instructions on your rice
Fine mesh strainer
2-quart saucepan with lid
1. Measure out 1 cup quinoa and 2 cups liquid.
2. Place the quinoa in a fine-mesh strainer, and rinse thoroughly with cool water (see note). Rub and swish the quinoa with your hand while rinsing, and rinse for at least 2 minutes under the running water. Drain.
3. Dry and toast quinoa in saucepan: Heat a drizzle of olive oil in the saucepan over medium-high heat, and add the drained quinoa. Cook, stirring, for about 1 minute, letting the water evaporate.
4. Stir in the liquid and the salt (if using) and bring to a rolling boil.
5. Lower heat and cook covered for 15 minutes.
6. Turn off the heat and remove the pot from the burner. Let stand for 5 minutes, covered.
7. After 5 minutes, remove the lid, fluff the quinoa gently with a fork, and serve. (You should see tiny spirals (the germ) separating from and curling around the quinoa seeds.)
• One cup of dried quinoa yields about 3 cups cooked.
• Some people like to add olive oil, butter, salt, or pepper. Cooked quinoa can also be used as the basis for pilafs, salads, breakfast porridges, and more.
• Why rinse quinoa? Rinsing removes quinoa's natural coating, called saponin, which can make it taste bitter or soapy. Although boxed quinoa is often pre-rinsed, it doesn't hurt to give the seeds an additional rinse at home. Some cookbooks suggest soaking the quinoa, but, in my experience, this is unnecessary.
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Approximately 30 years ago scientists began to understand what ancient cultures have known for centuries—the powerful healing attributes of mushrooms. These cultures have long considered mushrooms as tonics, natural substances with low toxicity that will strengthen and invigorate the healing system. Medicinal mushroom proponents feel that these fungi should not only be viewed as valuable adjunct therapies, but also as useful agents for the prevention and treatment of disease, including certain infections and cancer.
Fungi and animals share a more recent common ancestry than plants or bacteria and animals, and apparently, they also share the propensity to suffer from some of the same disease organisms. It is possibly for this reason that animals and fungi have developed defenses against shared microbial enemies. One of the best known active components in the mushrooms that confer medicinal benefits are polysaccharides–very large, long-chain sugar molecules. After ingestion of the mushroom, immune cells in the intestinal wall engulf the polysaccharides and set off a chain reaction that results in an increase in the number and activity of natural killer cells. These cells are agents of the immune system that destroy bacteria, viruses and malignant cells.
The common white "button" mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) does not contain these beneficial polysaccharides, although it has been found to contain natural aromatase inhibitors. Aromatase inhibitors block estrogen conversion from testosterone, and have become an important breast cancer therapy in conventional medicine. Agaricus also contain hydrazines, possibly a cancer promoting substance. It is thought that heat will inactivate most, but possibly not all of the hydrazine. So, cook your white button mushrooms well, and eat them in moderation. Exploring other mushroom varieties is also a health-promoting, and tasty idea.
Fortunately, there are many unusual, edible and delicious mushrooms from around the world now available in our supermarkets, Asian food markets and health food store. In addition, these medicinal mushrooms can be found in single or combination products in the form of capsules, tablets or extracts. Two companies that I respect and use are Fungi Perfecti, and New Chapter. Following is a discussion of some of the more commonly used medicinal mushrooms, as adapted from www.drweil.com (where you can find many tasty recipes utilizing these mushrooms):
Agaricus is used by cancer patients in Japan and Brazil for its anti-tumor and anti-viral activity.
Cordyceps is a Chinese mushroom grown on the bodies of caterpillars, however, the preferable product is one cultivated on special media. It is considered a tonic for general weakness and fatigue. It is also felt to enhance athletic performance, and has been used traditionally to improve physical stamina and mental energy.
Maitake, also known a "hen in the woods", has demonstrated anti-tumor, anti-viral and immune enhancing properties in laboratory and clinical studies. There is also evidence that it may regulate blood sugar levels and reduce blood pressure. In addition, it is considered a culinary delight.
Reishi is hard and woody, with a bitter taste, making it unsuitable for culinary use. Animal studies have demonstrated multiple medicinal benefits for reishi, including improved immune function, inhibition of tumor growth, anti-inflammatory effects, reduction of allergic responsiveness, and protection of the liver.
Shitake is another flavorful mushroom with a meaty-taste. A favorite of Japanese studies, shitake has been found to contain a substance that lowers the amount of cholesterol circulating in the bloodstream. It has also been shown to possess immune modulating and anti-viral properties. Extracts are used in Japan as adjunct therapy for cancer patients during chemotherapy and radiation.
Oyster naturally contains a small amount of the statin, lovestatin, and is used to help with cholesterol management. It is considered sweet tasting and versatile.
Dosage instructions are usually included with the product, or follow the advice of your prescribing health care provider. Allergies to these mushrooms are rare, and some people may find mushrooms difficult to digest. When used for culinary purposes it is best not to consume mushrooms raw.
Paul Stamets is one of the world's leading mushroom experts, and owner of Fungi Perfecti. I highly recommend his video on six ways mushrooms can save our world. Be well.
Paul & Dusty's Killer Shiitake Recipe
From Paul Stamets and Dusty Yao
Once in a while, you come across a simple recipe that elicits enthusiastic exclamations of joy. Recently we came up with one. We get inundated with requests for it. So here it is. Bon appetit!
Mix in a bowl the following ratios:
Paul's Version
70% olive oil
15% sesame oil
10% tamari or soy
5% white wine
pinch of black pepper
1-2 cloves of crushed garlic
Dusty's Version
1/8 cup olive oil
1/8 cup sesame oil
4-5 tablespoons tamari
2 glugs and 1 splash of white wine
|Stir vigorously as the ingredients tend to separate. Set aside.
Take a pound of fresh, whole Shiitake mushrooms. Cut the stems from the caps. Place gills facing up. Do not slice mushrooms. (The stems can be dried and used for a soup base or discarded.)
Pour the above sauce onto the mushrooms and stir, making sure the gills become saturated with the sauce.
In a 350° F oven, bake uncovered for 30-40 minutes. Or you can barbecue on an open grill. The smoky flavor makes it even better. Yum!
Serve hot with seafood, rice, pasta or whatever. Unbelievably good.
Ann Carey Tobin, M.D., FAAFP, is a board certified family physician. Her integrative medicine consultation practice, Partners in Healing, is located in Delmar. She can be reached at 518.506.6303, by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit www.partnersinhealing.info
Disclaimer: This information is provided for educational purposes only. Please consult a medical practitioner regarding the applicability of any opinions or recommendations with respect to your symptoms or medical conditions.


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Businesses invariably go through many changes over their shelf life. That includes search engines. Yahoo! recently changed how its search engine results pages look. But the question is, does that equate to improvement in the product, and if so, will it improve SEO and your chances of ranking better in Yahoo!'s search results?
I say, not so fast. Slow down. Let's get a handle on this here emotional ride.
All they did was change the look. If you look at the actual search results, they appear to be in the same positions in both the before and the after image. That tells me that the algorithm hasn't changed. The page might have a redesign, but the SEO results are the same.
That's a big distinction. I'm not saying Yahoo!'s search results need improvement, but I am saying that just because the company changed the design of its search results pages, it doesn't mean that you are going to start ranking higher or lower.
Of course, I think it's reasonable to expect that Yahoo! will continue to improve its product. And I mean beyond design.
The big question for Yahoo! at this point is, How can the company ensure that it becomes more competitive in search while increasing its revenues? Anyone care to tackle that question?


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In some nursing job interviews, I have been asked variations of the question: Of peds, the elderly, and regular med surg patients, what is your favorite group and why? Since I don't have a favorite group, I have trouble with that one. I prefer not to be sticking IV needles in children, but that's not really a good sounding answer. Has anyone else come across this question, or does anyone else have thoughts on the management thinking behind asking a question like that? No wrong answers hereJan 20, '12why not just say "I do not have a preference"? That will force the interviewer to ask another question. They are problaby wondering if you HATE working with old people, or babies or whatever. Remain neutral. You might say that your EXPERIENCE has been with X, so I cannot compare one group to another.Jan 20, '12I've never been asked that question in an interview. The one that trips me up is "Tell me about a time when you went above and beyond for a pt." There are so many things I do that I feel are above and beyond, but I'm not sure they're what the mgr is wanting to hear .Jun 4, '12Is it really permissible to have favorites? Shouldn't we be able to do anything and everything? LOL but only half kidding.Jun 4, '12I ask that question when I interview job candidates. I ask it because I want to know where they are most likely to be happy as a nurse. There is no "hidden agenda" behind my asking it. I just want to help make a good match between the applicant and the job placement.
I suggest telling the truth -- say that you don't have one particular favorite -- and then elaborate by talking about why you like each group. Also express flexibility and an interest in learning more about each.Jun 4, '12Because I really have no favorites by category, I'd simply respond with what I find appealing about each of them.Jun 4, '12I have never been asked this question (probably because all my nursing experience is peds and I only apply to peds jobs) but if someone were to ask it, I would have no problem saying I prefer peds.
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Originally, proponents of neo-Darwinian evolution lauded junk DNA as functionless genetic garbage that showed life is the result of blind and random mutational events. Then junk DNA was disproved by the discovery that the vast majority of DNA is being transcribed into RNA. Did the failure of this Darwinian assumption cause evolutionists to terminate their love affair with biological junk? Of course not. They just shifted their argument back, claiming that the cell is full of junk RNADNA that is being transcribed into RNA but still does nothing in the cell. Earlier this year we reported on a Nature paper suggesting function for junk RNA. Now a Science Daily NewsArticle is confirming that finding. Aptly titled No Such Thing As 'Junk RNA,' Say Researchers, the article reports that very small strands of RNA termed usRNAs (unusually small RNAs) perform important functions related to gene regulation.
Once again, the Darwinian junk mindset seems to have held back such discoveries, as the authors report, until we did our experiments, we didn't realize that RNAs as small as 15 nucleotides, which we thought were simply cell waste, are surprisingly stable, and are repeatedly, reproducibly, and accurately produced across different tissue types. We have dubbed these as usRNAs, and we have identified thousands of them, present in a diversity that far exceeds all other longer RNAs found in our study." One of the studys authors, Dr. Bino John, concluded, "These findings suggest that usRNAs are involved in biological processes, and we should investigate them further."
While its heartening to learn theyre now on a better path towards fruitful research, it seems that progress is only made once experimental dataand not evolutionary presumptionsare permitted to guide scientific research. Its no secret that the Darwinian-based junk mindset has hindered research into the actual function for biological features thought to be functionless evolutionary garbage. A 2003 article in Science explained how junk thinking has repelled mainstream researchers from studying the function of such important genetic structures:
Although catchy, the term junk DNA for many years repelled mainstream researchers from studying noncoding DNA. Who, except a small number of genomic clochards, would like to dig through genomic garbage? However, in science as in normal life, there are some clochards who, at the risk of being ridiculed, explore unpopular territories. Because of them, the view of junk DNA, especially repetitive elements, began to change in the early 1990s. Now, more and more biologists regard repetitive elements as a genomic treasure."
(Wojciech Makalowski, "Not Junk After All," Science, Vol. 300(5623):1246-1247 (May 23, 2003).)Also in 2003, researcher John Mattick stated in Scientific American that the failure to recognize certain types of junk DNA as functional was a classic story of orthodoxy derailing objective analysis of the facts that may well go down as one of the biggest mistakes in the history of molecular biology."
Of course, an intelligent design paradigm would have predicted function for junk DNA or junk RNA all along, perhaps leading scientists to investigate them further much sooner.


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Satisfy your sweet tooth through social media at the Bread Basket Bakery in Saratoga Springs.
To celebrate how successful Facebook has been in marketing their breads, baked good, sandwiches and soups, the bakery will offer free red velvet cupcakes from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday.
"Facebook has become our main distribution tool for daily specials and promotions. We used to send out over 80 faxes a day!" says partner Matthew Tallman. "I'd like to see a massive crowd on our patio and on our facebook page (virtually) on Thursday. All the customer has to do to receive a free red velvet cupcake is grab a holiday menu and "check-in" on Facebook. No strings attached and no purchase necessary while supplies last of course!"
The Bread Basket Bakery will be running promotions all month and into December like free sandwiches, free cookies, and 50 percent off deals. To get into the promotion loop, like them on Facebook.
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The human community is an element of the Earth community, not the other way around. All human endeavors are situated within the dynamics of the biosphere. If we wish to have sustainable institutions and enterprises, they must fit well with the processes of the Earth. The ideology of industrialism, in both capitalist and communist countries, insists that modern society lives on top of nature and should rightly use and despoil the rest of the natural world as we desire -- because any loss of the ecosystems is merely an "externality" in economic thought and because any problems can be addressed later by a technological fix. We are now living through the painful consequences of that arrogant, ignorant perspective. Many of our children suffer from accumulations of mercury and other toxins in their neurological systems, environmentally related cancer is on the rise, and our air and water are increasingly polluted. Meanwhile, our ecosystems are being compromised by the spreading presence of genetically engineered organisms.
Our houses and buildings, manufacturing processes, and industrial agriculture were all designed with the assumption of an endless supply of cheap and readily available fossil fuels. Pollution and despoiling the land were not part of the thinking. However, we are optimistic about the alternatives that now exist and that could be encouraged through tax policy and the market incentives of fuel efficiency. We also challenge the grip of the oil, automotive, and automobile insurance industries that have managed to block or roll back progress in public mass transit. The gutting of subsidies for the railroads has meant not only fewer passenger routes but also the addition of thousands of large freight trucks on our highways, decreasing public safety and increasing pollution. We are committed to extending the greening of waste management by encouraging the spread of such practices as reduce, return, reuse, and recycle. We strongly oppose the current attempts to roll back the federal environmental protection laws that safeguard our air, water, and soil.
The health of the life-support systems -- the ecosystems on our continent -- is of paramount importance. Inherent in the efficient dynamics of those ecosystems is a vital profusion of biodiversity. Therefore, we call for a halt to the destruction of habitats, which are being sacrificed to unqualified economic expansion. We humans have a moral responsibility to all of our relations, many of which are facing extinction because we carelessly and permanently halt their long evolutionary journey.
We also support the spread of organic agriculture and the careful tending of our nation's precious remaining topsoil. We support planetary efforts to slow the ever-increasing numbers of humans pressuring the ecosystems, and we especially support the reduction of consumption of the world's raw materials by the industrialized Northern Hemisphere. We are appalled by our country's withdrawal from serious efforts to limit greenhouse gases that are contributing mightily to global climate disruption. We strongly urge the United States to adopt an actively responsible position in this crisis and to take significant action to address the problem.
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ALEX Hales has one more chance to impress again in 2012 today, as he sets his sights on a breakthrough year for England.
Hales' 26-ball half-century, in a losing cause against India in Thursday night's first of two Twenty20 Internationals, was a timely contribution before tomorrow's announcement of two limited-overs squads for the tour of New Zealand in February.
However he fares in England's 99th and final day of international cricket this year, at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium, the aggressive opening batsman ought to be a certainty for the Twenty20s in New Zealand. But the 23-year-old has ambitions in all formats – and although any Test aspirations may seem a little fanciful as yet, his next stepping stone would be to sneak into the one-day international reckoning.
To that end, Hales is intent on taking all opportunities which come his way – and seeking others out too, having just signed up for a stint in the Bangladesh Premier League early next year. He knows he can further his England prospects, meanwhile, by continuing to impress for the Performance Programme – with a view to international recognition in the 50-over format.
"There's an up-and-coming Lions tour I'm hoping to be part of, and the Twenty20 in New Zealand," he said. "All I can do is keep doing as well as I can and try to impress the selectors ... perform to the best of my ability whenever I get a chance. If I can get on the Lions tour and do well, then I hope I can put myself in the frame for it [the one-day international squad]."
His decision to join the BPL is one taken – by Luke Wright, his fellow joint record-holder of England's highest Twenty20 score, and Ravi Bopara too – against advice issued by the Professional Cricketers' Association.
Their chief executive Angus Porter is "very nervous" about the BPL's track record, after last year's issue of non-payment to players. Hales, however, is prepared to take a chance on the basis of what he sees as a feasible risk-reward ratio. "I did see that, and you do have a little bit of concern," he said of the PCA's stance. "But at the end of the day, there's a Twenty20 World Cup coming up in a few years in Bangladesh. So any experience you can get out in the sub-continent is invaluable. Any time you can play in a massive tournament, to benefit your international hopes, is a great opportunity."
Hales will go into today's match with confidence high, having made his first significant score against India following a previous aggregate of 11 runs in three innings. "I was happy with how it went. My previous record against India – the last few games we've played – hasn't been very good at all," he said. "So I was happy I managed to go out there and showed them that I can play."
He was immediately on the attack, as is his wont, and it paid off with seven fours and two sixes. "I think you have to be [confident] in Twenty20. You haven't really got time to feel out of nick. I tried to take advantage of the ball coming on nicely with the seamers at the start, and fortunately it paid off. That's been my game ever since I was a little lad. It's something I thrive on, and I hope I can keep doing well with it."
Hales has benefited from England's commitment, in a series of Performance Programme training camps, to prepare their young players for the challenges of sub-continental cricket. "I found [the conditions] quite good. I've done a lot of work out here over the last year. We had an EPP training camp in Pune last year; the Lions tour was in Sri Lanka, and obviously the World Cup was as well. So I've had a good bit of experience over here, and I've enjoyed my cricket here. It's been a very enjoyable year."
England were unable to follow Hales' lead on Thursday, when only Jos Buttler also prospered with the bat, and then the pace bowlers – debutant Stuart Meaker apart – were off their game and never looked likely to defend a vulnerable target.
But Hales said: "Obviously, we're disappointed with Thursday's result – but we're going to bounce back with a lot of energy."