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This page describes all the objects which can be used in Gerris parameter files. The syntax of each object is given using a simple convention which expresses "inheritance" from the parent object. This is more simply explained using an example e.g. GfsOutputScalarSum. The syntax of this object is described as
[ GfsOutputScalar ]
which means that this object is a descendant of GfsOutputScalar. Following the link gives the syntax of GfsOutputScalar as
[ GfsOutput ] { v = [ GfsFunction ] maxlevel = 6 min = -12.1 max = 1e3 box = -0.1,-0.1,0.1,0.1 }
which in turns means that this object is a descendant of GfsOutput but also takes the additional arguments described. Similarly GfsOutput is a descendent of GfsEvent and finally GfsEvent is a "root object class" which has no parent. Putting it all together, an example of use of GfsOutputScalarSum is
GfsOutputScalarSum { istep = 1 } sum { v = U }
where the red text is "inherited" from the GfsEvent great-grandparent, the blue text from the GfsOutput grandparent and the green text from the GfsOutputScalar parent.
Common objects
Note that the way the following list is indented reflects the inheritance hierarchy of each object.
- GfsSimulation — Incompressible Euler and Navier-Stokes solver
- GfsAxi — Cylindrical (axisymmetric) coordinates
- GfsSimulationMoving — Integration of moving solid boundaries
- GfsOcean
- GfsAdvection
- GfsPoisson
- GfsWave — Spectral wave model
- GfsRiver — Solves the Saint-Venant equations
Functions and macros
- GfsGlobal — Global functions
- GfsFunction — Numerical constants and expressions
- GfsDefine — Text macros
- GfsEvent
- GfsVariable — Scalar fields
- GfsVariableTracer — Advected scalar fields
- GfsVariableTracerVOF — Volume-Of-Fluid advection
- GfsVariableTracerVOFHeight — Volume-Of-Fluid advection (new implementation)
- GfsVariableVOFConcentration — Concentration associated with a VOF phase
- GfsVariableTracerVOF — Volume-Of-Fluid advection
- GfsVariableResidual
- GfsVariableFiltered — Spatial filtering
- GfsVariableFunction — Optimising function evaluations
- GfsVariableStreamFunction — Maintaining a velocity field defined by a stream function
- GfsVariablePoisson — Maintaining a scalar field solution of a Poisson equation
- GfsVariableCurvature — Curvature of an interface
- GfsVariablePosition — Coordinates of a VOF interface
- GfsVariableDistance — Signed distance to a VOF interface
- GfsVariableBoolean — Boolean value consistent with adaptive refinement
- GfsVariableAge — How old is this cell?
- GfsHydrostaticPressure — Hydrostatic pressure integration
- GfsVariableTracer — Advected scalar fields
- GfsConstant — Spatially-constant but time-dependent variables
- GfsDischargeElevation — Elevation for a given discharge
- GfsSpatialSum — Compute spatial sum of GfsFunction
- GfsVariable — Scalar fields
- GfsPhysicalParams — Tuning box size, gravity and density
- GfsProjectionParams — Tuning the Poisson solver
- GfsAdvectionParams — Tuning the advection schemes
Solid boundaries
- GfsSolid — Solid boundaries
- GfsSolidMoving — Moving solid boundaries
- GfsSurfaceBc — Boundary conditions for diffusion and Poisson equations
General orthogonal coordinates
- GfsMetric — Analytical metrics
- GfsMetricLonLat
- GfsMetricCubed
- GfsMetricStretch — Anisotropic mesh stretching
- GfsMap — Coordinates transformations
- GfsMapTransform — Isometric coordinates transformations
- GfsMapFunction
Boundary conditions
- GfsBoundary — Default boundary conditions (symmetry)
- GfsBoundaryInflowConstant — Constant inflow
- GfsBoundaryOutflow — Free outflow/inflow
- GfsBoundaryPeriodic
- GfsBc — Base class for boundary conditions on individual variables
- GfsBcDirichlet — Dirichlet boundary condition (i.e. value)
- GfsBcNeumann — Neumann boundary condition (i.e. value of the normal derivative)
- GfsBcNavier — Navier slip/Robin boundary condition
- GfsBcAngle — Contact angle boundary condition for interfaces
- GfsBcFlather — "Flather" boundary conditions for barotropic flows
- GfsBcSubcritical
Initial mesh refinement
- GfsRefine — Simple definition of the refinement levels
- GfsRefineSolid — Refine embedded solid surfaces
- GfsRefineSurface — Refine cells cut by a surface
- GfsRefineDistance — Refine cells as a function of the distance from a surface
- GfsInitMask — "Masking out" part of the mesh
Initialisation of fields
- GfsEvent — Any action to be performed at a given time
- GfsInit — Initialising variables
- GfsInitFraction — Initialising volume fractions from interface shapes
- GfsInitVorticity — Initialising a vorticity field
- GfsInitWave — Initial wave spectrum for wave model
Adaptive mesh refinement
- GfsEvent
- GfsAdapt — Base class for adaptive refinement criteria
- GfsAdaptVorticity — Adapting cells depending on the local vorticity
- GfsAdaptGradient — Adapting cells depending on the local gradient of a variable
- GfsAdaptError — Adapting using an a posteriori error estimate
- GfsAdaptStreamlineCurvature
- GfsAdaptFunction — Adapting cells depending on the value of a function
- GfsAdaptThickness — Adapting cells according to the thickness of interfacial films
- GfsAdapt — Base class for adaptive refinement criteria
Various events
- GfsEvent
- GfsEventSum — Time-integral of a variable or function
- GfsEventHarmonic — Harmonic decomposition of a variable
- GfsEventStop — Stopping when steady-state is reached
- GfsEventScript — Executing a shell-script at given times
- GfsEventBalance — Dynamic load-balancing
- GfsRemoveDroplets — Controlling the topology of interfaces
- GfsRemovePonds — Controlling the domain topology
- GfsEventFilter — Exponential filtering of variables
- GfsEventList — A List of events
Source terms
- GfsEvent
- GfsSourceGeneric — Abstract class for source terms
- GfsSourceScalar — Source terms for scalar variables
- GfsSource — Source defined by a function
- GfsSourceControl — Controlling the spatially-averaged value of a scalar
- GfsSourceControlField — Controlling the value of a scalar averaged at a given spatial scale
- GfsSourceFlux — Adding a flux on a given area or volume
- GfsSourceDiffusion — Scalar diffusion
- GfsSourceDiffusionExplicit — Time-explicit scalar diffusion
- GfsSourceVelocity — Source terms for velocity
- GfsSourceViscosity — Viscous terms
- GfsSourceFriction
- GfsSourceCoriolis — Coriolis acceleration and linear friction
- GfsSourceTension — Surface tension
- GfsSourceTensionCSS
- GfsSourceHydrostatic
- GfsSourcePipe — Pipes and culverts models for GfsRiver
- GfsSourceScalar — Source terms for scalar variables
- GfsSourceGeneric — Abstract class for source terms
- GfsEvent
- GfsOutput — Writing simulation data
- GfsOutputTime — Model time, timestep and computing times
- GfsOutputProgress
- GfsOutputProjectionStats
- GfsOutputDiffusionStats
- GfsOutputSolidStats
- GfsOutputAdaptStats — Information about the mesh adaptation
- GfsOutputTiming
- GfsOutputBalance — Writing simulation size statistics
- GfsOutputSolidForce — Forces and moments on the embedded solid boundaries
- GfsOutputLocation — Writing the values of variables at specified locations
- GfsOutputSimulation — Writing the whole simulation
- GfsOutputBoundaries
- GfsOutputParticle — Tracking Lagrangian particles
- GfsOutputScalar — Generic output of scalar fields
- GfsOutputScalarNorm — Computing the norms of a scalar field
- GfsOutputScalarStats — Computing simple statistics for a scalar field
- GfsOutputScalarSum — Computing the sum of a scalar field
- GfsOutputScalarMaxima
- GfsOutputScalarHistogram — Computing histograms
- GfsOutputDropletSums — Computing sums for each droplet
- GfsOutputErrorNorm — Computing differences to a reference solution
- GfsOutputSquares
- GfsOutputStreamline
- GfsOutputPPM — Writing 2D images
- GfsOutputGRD — Writing 2D ESRI raster files
- GfsOutputObject — Calling the write method of a given object
- GfsOutputSectionFlux — Writing the the fluxes of tracers through specified planar slices either due to advection and diffusion
- GfsOutput — Writing simulation data
The Map module defines the objects used to perform cartographic projections within Gerris. As all modules, it is optional and depends on the availability of the PROJ.4 cartographic projections library on your system. The module is initialised in parameter files using
GModule map
and defines the GfsMapProjection object with the following inheritance hierarchy
- GfsMap
- GfsMapProjection — Geographic transformations of model coordinates
The Terrain module contains a set of objects which can be used to define solid boundaries using large Digital Terrain Model (DTM) databases. The databases are only limited in size by the amount of disk space available and include an Kd-tree spatial index for efficient retrieval of subsets of the original data. The module is initialised in parameter files using
GModule terrain
and defines the GfsRefineTerrain, GfsTerrain and GfsVariableTerrain objects with the following inheritance hierarchy
- GfsRefine
- GfsRefineTerrain — Refines the mesh and creates the corresponding terrain model
- GfsSolid
- GfsTerrain — Creates a solid boundary following a given terrain model
- GfsVariable
- GfsVariableTerrain — Defines a variable containing the terrain height
Real terrains are often defined in a geographic coordinate system (e.g. longitude, latitude and height) and in practice this module is often combined with the Map module.
The terrain databases used by GfsRefineTerrain and GfsVariableTerrain need to be created in a pre-processing step using the xyz2kdt command-line utility.
The Wavewatch module can be used only in GfsWave simulations. When this module is included, the GfsWave simulation will call the source terms routines (wind, wave breaking etc...) of the WaveWatch III spectral wave model. The module is initialised in parameter files using
GModule wavewatch
The wind field is defined by the
U10 and
V10 variables: the coordinates of the local wind vector (in m/sec and at a reference height of 10 m).
If the
AS field is defined an "atmospheric stability correction" is applied to the wind field (see Section 2.3.5 of WaveWatch manual version 3.12). The
AS field must be initialised with the air/sea temperature difference in degree Celsius.
Note that due to the license of recent versions of WaveWatch III, the wavewatch module is not provided in pre-compiled binaries of Gerris. It needs to be installed from source first.
The Okada module defines objects computing displacement solutions for the Okada fault model. The module is initialised in parameter files using
GModule okada
and defines the GfsInitOkada object with the following inheritance hierarchy
- GfsInit
- GfsInitOkada — Initialises a field with the vertical displacement of an Okada fault model
The DF3 module allows to create a POV-Ray DF3 file mapping values of a variable from a simulation to a cube. Such output can be used to visualize a variable in 3D using POV-Ray. The module is initialised in parameter files using
GModule df3
and defines the GfsOutputPovrayDF3 object with the following inheritance hierarchy.
- GfsOutputScalar
- GfsOutputPovrayDF3 — Writes a POV-Ray df3 file
This is an attempt at documenting the particulates module. I think I understand how it works, that might help you to get started. Please complete that section if you can.
The aim of the particulate module is to allow to have Lagrangian particles in a Gerris simulation. Contrarily to GfsOutputParticle which only allows to simulate inert particles, a GfsParticulate can have physical properties such as a mass and a volume. Initial forces and velocity can also be specified. The syntax for the use of the particulate module is completely different to the one of GfsOutputParticle and is mainly detailed in GfsParticleList.
The module is initialised in parameter files using
GModule particulates
and allows to create lists of Lagrangian particles using the keyword GfsParticleList. Each list contains GfsParticle (inert) or GfsParticulates which are advected by the velocity field and can experience various types of forces (GfsForceLift, GfsForceDrag, GfsForceBuoy).\
The module defines the following objects (in bold):
- GfsEvent
- GfsVariable
- GfsParticulateField — Average density of particles
The module is initialised in parameter files using
GModule particulates GModule bubbles
The module defines the following objects (in bold):
- GfsParticulate
- GfsBubble — Compressible gas bubbles
- GfsParticulateField
- GfsBubbleFraction — Kernel-averaged volume fraction of bubbles
- GfsBubbleFractionDt — Time-derivative of volume fraction of bubbles
- GfsBubbleFraction — Kernel-averaged volume fraction of bubbles
The Open Dynamics Engine module.
This module uses the Hypre library (the algebraic multigrid (AMG) solver in particular) instead of Gerris' native multigrid solver to solve Poisson equations. The module is initialised in parameter files using
GModule hypre
This will use default settings which can be changed using an optional parameter block.
This module can be used to solve 2D/3D electrohydrodynamics problems. The module is initialised in parameter files using
GModule electrohydro
The module defines the following objects:
- GfsSimulation
- GfsElectroHydro — Electrohydrodynamics solver
- GfsElectroHydroAxi — Axisymmetric electrohydrodynamics solver
- GfsElectroHydro — Electrohydrodynamics solver
- GfsSourceVelocity
- GfsSourceElectric — Electric volumetric forces
- GfsOutput
- GfsOutputPotentialStats — Convergence statistics for the electric potential
See also
J. M. Lopez-Herrera, S. Popinet, M. A. Herrada - A charge-conservative approach for simulating electrohydrodynamic two-phase flows using Volume-Of-Fluid
- Journal of Computational Physics , 2010
- Bibtex
This module can be used to solve 2D/3D problems using the skew-symmetric formulation proposed by Verstappen (JCP, 2007). The module is initialised in parameter files using
GModule skewsymmetric
The module defines the following object:
- GfsSimulation
- GfsSkewSymmetric — Skew-symmetric solver
This module computes FFTs of given variables
GModule fft
The module defines the following object:
- GfsOutput
- GfsOutputSpectra — FFT output
This module can be used to create GfsView visualisations from within Gerris. This eliminates the need to couple Gerris with GfsView through pipes and more importantly this means that the simulation does not need to be copied from Gerris into GfsView, thus saving CPU and memory. This can also be used to efficiently create visualisations of large-scale parallel computations: the visualisation itself is created in parallel for individual subdomains. The module is initialised in parameter files using
GModule gfsview
The module defines the following objects:
- GfsOutput
- GfsOutputView — Batch visualisation with GfsView
This module implements initial conditions for the simulation of landslide generated tsunamis. It is a directly inspired from the software TOPICS developped by Dr. P. Watts. The sources are that used in the version 1.2 of TOPICS, last modified in August 2009 by Dr. P. Watts and published under the GPL license.
GModule topics
The module defines the following objects:
- GfsInit
- GfsInitSubmarineLandslide — Initial conditions for the simulation of submarine landslide generated tsunamis in GfsRiver.
- GfsInitSubmarineSlump — Initial conditions for the simulation of submarine slumps.
- GfsInitSubaerialLandslide — Initial conditions for the simulation of subaerial landslide generated tsunamis in GfsRiver.
- GfsInitPyroclastic — Initial conditions for the simulation of pyroclastic flows.
- GfsOutput
- GfsOutputInterfaceGrid — Outputs function that can be used to transport the characteristics of an interface generated in GfsSimulation 3D to GfsRiver.
Command-line programs
- gfsview-batch — Command-line description of GfsView (in batch and interactive mode)


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Everything went "very smoothly" Thursday at Hendersonville Elementary as school officials welcomed students back for the new school year.
Everything went "very smoothly" Thursday at Hendersonville Elementary as school officials welcomed students back for the new school year.
"Everyone was very happy and ready to be back. The only thing that would have made it better is if we had some sunshine," said Principal Shannon Marlowe.
The school has about 435 students this year, she said, making for a hectic yet successful morning.
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Most parents were organized and doing what they needed to do in the car line.
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A highlight of the morning was a visit from a half-dozen cheerleaders.
"We had some Hendersonville Middle School cheerleaders who came to help open the car doors and they did a wonderful job," Marlowe said. "The kids were excited to see them and they looked sharp, dressed in their Hendersonville red warm-up uniforms. They were head to toe in red — they looked good!"
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The school has a new school sign out front to welcome visitors to the campus.
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Tuesday, January 02, 2007
It was pretty much a team effort, too. The offense was horrible for most of the game, until USC went into prevent mode. The offensive line failed to open holes for Mike Hart. They also did a horrible job of protecting Chad Henne. And Henne responded very poorly to the heavy rush, holding the ball too long at times, and committing two killer turnovers in the game-changing third quarter.
The defense was solid in the first half, holding the Trojans to just three points. But the second half collapse was massive. Some might say all the genius talk about Ron English should be tossed out the window. I disagree. I think he was brilliant this season. Why? He realized he had a great front seven and a weak secondary. So he kept the pressure on the QB all year and it worked for 11 games against teams that just weren't good enough to handle that front seven. But the last two teams have the talent and the coaching staffs to be able to exploit such a weakness as that secondary and that's what happened on November 18 and January 1. If this Michigan team couldn't get pressure on the quarterback - against a good quarterback - they were going to give up points. They were able to hide this weakness against overwhelmed offensive lines and bad to mediocre QBs, but not today.
Hey, at least our kicker was better than theirs today.
So where to go for Michigan? The same place we go every year after losing the Rose Bowl. We have to get back there next year. This season was much more enjoayble than last year, though disappointing at the end. But there's a ton of talent on the offensive side of the ball, and Michigan should be one of the teams in the hunt for the national title next year.
But that doesn't make me feel any better right now.
35 comments:
- nathanp2112 said...
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- January 02, 2007 1:31 AM
- nathanp2112 said...
As usual, you are on the mark Benny - no excuses, it's simply that the better team today won.
Despite the fact that Meechigan had a very respectable season, there's inevitably going to be those who aren't satisfied - any bets on how long it will take for www.firelloydcarr.com to fire up? All the same bandwagon idiots that show up every time things are going well will be the first to sign up, I'm sure.
On a different subject, y'all surely missed the Fiesta Bowl ending (since it was after midnight your time) - wow, best damn game I've seen all season. Their win tonight is more of an argument for a playoff....Boise State should get a shot at the title (thank you Lloyd Carr for supporting a playoff!). I know all of you mid-major haters will disagree, but you're all biased!! (hehe)
Lastly Benny, I need to thank you and Yost for all of the entertainment this season - I found your site by accident and even though I was never Michigan fan before, I am now. You both have provided hours of fun and also some great material for me to send to the one Buckeye fan I know (I'm pretty evil that way). Can't wait until next season!!!
- January 02, 2007 1:33 AM
- Can't spell Lloyd without 2 "L's" said...
Yeah. Wow. Being off for 43 days hurt Michigan, but I don't think it cost them the game. The offense was out of rhythm all game, which may have been helped along by the long layoff. I would like to think that if the game was played in October or November that the results would have been different, but I don't know. I would like to think that had they made the right call on the USC fumble at the two, it would have been different, but I doubt it. The game boiled down to two things: 1) USC pressured Henne. If he wants to be a professional quarterback he's got to stop doing his Scott Mitchell impression everytime he's a got a guy breathing down his neck. Great arm, accurate, smart...can't handle pressure well in the pocket. His pocket awareness sucks.
2) Michigan didn't pressure Booty-Booty-Booty. He had all day to throw, and Morgan Trent, well, lets just say that Jarrett reminded me of the of Maynard, and Trent reminded me of Marcellus in Pulp Fiction
- January 02, 2007 8:51 AM
- Out of Conference said...
Tough loss. I really, really hated to see that happen to Lloyd Carr. He really deserved a win in that situation. Not to take anything away from Southern Cal; they played a good game.
Glad to see anon's banned as well, although it forced me to get an account. So formally known as Jim is now "Out of Conference"
- January 02, 2007 8:54 AM
- Barry said...
so, rather than allow open dialogue of the faults you refuse to acknowledge, you're going with banning anon comments for the first time? Classy move, guys.
I don't see how this season was so magical. We beat absolutely nobody worth mentioning. Sure, ND was a great victory at the time, but they've proved to be an overrated team. Who else? Wisconsin? Does anyone else remember almost losing to Ball State?
It's another January 2nd and we've got another 2 loss season, another loss to OSU, another loss in a bowl game, and even another loss to USC in the Rose Bowl. Was this year better than last? Of course, but with a 7-5 finish, it would have been hard to not be better.
You guys need to open your eyes and strive for something more than "an enjoyable season."
- January 02, 2007 9:01 AM
- Yost said...
Banning anons isn't about a fear of "open dialogue." It's about getting sick of trolls from other schools with nothing better to do than clog up the board.
And if you read the board, we do mention the faults. In fact, I got criticized for it for being too "negative." Furthermore, nobody said it was a "magical" season. Not after the way it ended. But it's not a complete disaster either.
So open your eyes and strive to leave a comment more meaningful than that of the now-banned Anons.
- January 02, 2007 9:44 AM
- John said...
that's the problem with UM fans yost, they are too reasonable for college football. 'bama fans expect to get nick saban as their coach. OSU fans expect a nat'l championship EVERY YEAR. Fill in the blank SEC school expects to have a nat'l championship every year. in the NCAA, your fans have to have these unreasonable expectations.
In Ohio, we are livid if OSU loses even a single game. People wanted tressel fired after the vince young/texas debacle. yet, if the bengals or browns go 8-8, its a good year. i'd compare UM fans to how bengals fans are reacting to the end of year choke: it sucks, but things have been worse.
- January 02, 2007 10:28 AM
- Hornet1978 said...
Im sorry guys..I was pulling for you hard...Benny you nailed it when the O Line did not give Henne protection all day.
Too bad...would have loved to see Michigan with the AP National Championship trophy this year.
Go Blue in 07!
- January 02, 2007 10:39 AM
- spike said...
As a Michigan fan, I'm used to getting my heart broken - it's like clockwork with these guys. Like a beautiful, but unfaithful woman right when you're about to leave her, she says "Don't go! I've changed!"
USC deserves all the props, but damn, couldn't we have at least taken it to the wire?
Sigh, at least the Domers are worse than us.
I'm so fucking pissed.
- January 02, 2007 10:40 AM
- dtw2phx said...
I woke up and recalled Lloyd being 'released'. Really???
Damn...it was only a dream. :-(
- January 02, 2007 1:09 PM
- Richard Cranium said...
No way should they even think of firing Lloyd. You guys are there and next year I will be hoping you win every game except for one again. It looked like your O line was really sucking wind out there. Were they just out of shape? The defense did a good job but the lack of offense again killed you guys and Lloyd didn't make any adjustments it seemed at half time
- January 02, 2007 1:33 PM
- Chadwick said...
I was hoping that this year was going to be different, but in the end it was the same result. Sure Michigan managed to escape September without a road loss, but November and January sure did tarnish a good season. Hopefully things will turn out better next year, but one thing is for sure, the pass defense must improve. That effort yesterday was ridiculous.
- January 02, 2007 1:37 PM
- Jim said...
I don't think you need to be a "hater" to be critical of the job Lloyd Carr's done over the last few years. His teams lack heart and fire--you can see it in their body language everytime they face adversity. It's not the team I grew up with. Bo may have had an iffy bowl record, but I always *expected* him to win. Now, I'm pleasantly surprised when we win a big game. That can't be right.
There's a difference between being unreasonable and expecting the best. We're Michigan, not Arkansas or Texas Tech. We're the winningest program in college football history and we should expect to compete for the Nat. Championship every year. Lloyd's a good coach, but good isn't enough. It's time we took a page out of Nebraska's playbook and sent Lloyd off to the MAC, where 9-10 wins is good for a round of hearty handshakes and free pie at the diner.
- January 02, 2007 1:38 PM
- TitleIX said...
here's a link to an article in today's Det. Freep
The quotes from Malone and Carr are jaw-dropping and prove what a problem coaching is...
ya can't fix it if you don't even recognize it.
- January 02, 2007 2:10 PM
- TitleIX said...
- January 02, 2007 2:10 PM
- Patrick said...
Jim and others-
I agree with the assessment of the Carr-led teams - they have mostly lacked heart and fire, despite having tremendous talent. And truthfully, I can't figure it out. I'm a Notre Dame fan (sorry - I'm not trolling, I was genuinely looking for Michigan fan input), and I can't figure out how a team that played with such intensity on that Saturday in South Bend has looked downright mechanical and lethargic in every game since, even against OSU. (And, truth told, I think that ND played better in that game than most people think ... and I mean that as a compliment to the total and complete asswhooping you handed us.)
So - as a non-Michigan fan who still ends up watching 6-7 games a year thanks to the ESPN family of networks, I ask - why is it that Lloyd Carr seems to only be able to get the troops up for one game a year? (2006 v. ND, 2005 v. Penn State, 2004 v. Iowa, 2003 v. OSU, etc, etc)
- January 02, 2007 2:25 PM
- Benny Friedman said...
Jim, I don't know what Lloyd Carr coached team you're watching, but it's not the same I've been seeing.
Michigan teams "lack heart and fire?" That's just overused bullshit that stupid TV commentators like to use. When you're being dominated, as they were yesterday, it's going to look like you lack heart and fire. Did they lack heart and fire against tOSU? They could have easily given up when they fell behind, but they didn't and came an onside kick short from maybe winning that game.
Hell, even many off Lloyd's critics would say they face adversity well - it's when they have it easy, like against teams they should beat that they run into problems.
You claim we should compete for the national title every year. Didn't Michigan compete for it this year? I think they were three points short of making the title game this year.
Yes, tOSU has won four out of five and Michigan has lost four straight bowls. Things aren't perfect and adjustments need to be made. But to compare Michigan to Texas Tech or Arkansas is "hating" at this point.
- January 02, 2007 3:10 PM
- AntRant13 said...
Wisconsin is the best team in the Big 10....
- January 02, 2007 3:45 PM
- TitleIX said...
et tu posting Benny????
or is SiC playing Halloween again?
- January 02, 2007 3:50 PM
- Jim said...
Whoah, easy there Benny. We'll have to agree to disagree. I don't know about tv commentators, and I'm not on the sidelines or in the huddle (hell, I'm not even in the state anymore), I'm just commenting on what I've seen--heads down, walking back to the huddle, 1000-yard stares on the sidelines. It wasn't just when they were down big, it started earlier, and it wasn't the first time. It's also not every time. I don't mean to paint with such a broad brush, but this just wasn't something I ever remember worrying about with Bo- (or god help me, even Moeller-) coached teams. It may not be fair to compare Lloyd to Bo (and I know he wasn't perfect, either), but that's my standard.
And my reference to Arkansas and TT was directed at critics who say Michigan fans are unrealistic to expect National Championship contention every year. Of course we were in it this year, but that's been more the exception than the rule. Lloyd's teams will always be good enough for 9-11 wins, but why does that preclude discussing the potential for better? Nebraska looked at Frank Solich and saw what some (including myself) see in Lloyd Carr and decided to make a change. Is Callahan the answer in Lincoln? Who knows, but I give them credit for making a move.
Hey, I don't mean to run the guy down. I don't want him run out of town on a rail tomorrow, but I also don't see why discussing the possibility of a change is such sacrilege.
- January 02, 2007 4:19 PM
- Kirbdaddy said...
Antrant, you are a moron. Wisconsin beat an Arkansas team be three points that lost to USC by 36. And UM beat Wisconsin, so obviously, Wisconsin is not better than Michigan.
- January 02, 2007 6:46 PM
- troyman8221978 said...
As a Trojan I just wanted to come by and say how dignified the Wolverine faithful are from the pre game talk to post game reaction (the steamroll picture is priceless and shows me you guys dont take yourselves too seriously).
That said PC is tough for anyone to beat with some prep and I agree with many that Lloyd Carr does not seem to inspire the team when he needs to. Reminds me of USC coach Larry Smith in the 80's when he lost 2 straight Rose Bowls when favored in each (Smith was a Mich asst. at one time).
In any case you guys WILL BE BACK next year...too much talent not to. I would rather not play you in the NC if we both get there as the revenge factor would be unfavorable to SC.
Fight On! and Go Blue!
- January 02, 2007 8:09 PM
- nathanp2112 said...
Imagine that......the CarrHaters are back out. Must be January.
- January 02, 2007 10:34 PM
You're slighly off, Troyman. Lloyd Carr looks more like John Cooper. He just can't win the big games. He ended a great season with a embarrassing, horrible loss. Way to fuck that up.
No creativity, no originality in play-calling. Did Lloyd even do anything to try to motivate the team? This was not the team that beat ND back in Sept. Michigan choked, plain and simple. Why? Because they played not to lose, instead of to win. That's how chokejobs happen. I mean, where were the trick plays like those done by BSU or Troy Smith's ridiculous play action TD against us? At least try to catch the defense off guard!
Despite all this, you have to be out of your mind to suggest firing Lloyd Carr. He should retire after next season, when he sees his babies Hart, Henne, Long, etc. off to the NFL. Then breathe some new life into Michigan's football program
Troyman, I would like to return the compliment. Honestly, I hate USC;s program (I just do), but the fans were very classy. The fight song and the "V" get very annoying, but I was very pleased with the respect and class shown by the USC fans. Thank you very much.
As for UM fans, where the hell was the noise? It was dead silent. I was in the alumni section and i tryied to get the fans to make some noise.
- January 03, 2007 12:20 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
As for UM fans, where the hell was the noise? It was dead silent. I was in the alumni section and i tryied to get the fans to make some noise.
I don't know what section you were in but I was in tunnel 4 seats and the USC and U of M faithful on that side of the field were often commenting on how obnoxiously loud the swath of Maize and Blue in sections 10-15 were... of course there wasn't much to cheer about in the 3rd quarter. I think I only heard The Victors 3 times in the whole second half.
- January 03, 2007 1:05 AM
- Yost said...
Actually, it was pretty quiet in my section of the RB. Some fans cheered but it was evenly split between those cheering and those not.
On a couple plays, folks seemed to get loud, but not like SC fans did.
- January 03, 2007 1:08 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Yost... that's too bad then. After the RB, I was under the impression that collectively, U of M fans didn't really sit on their hands.
Me and a couple friends remarked that we never heard noise (at least in the 1st half) like that in the Big House.
This poster is a bit hoarse today from singing The Victors as loud and as often (at least in the first half) as I could.
You and the others who posted about this being a home game for SC were right though... too bad the Tournament of Roses still considers the PAC 10 the host team and gives them a bigger allotment.
But then again, it doesn't help when douchebag students and VIP club members put the password for buying RB tix for sale on eBay and CraigsList.
- January 03, 2007 1:17 AM
- Jason said...
Mike DeBord must be fired, immediately. It's called the quick slant, Mike, and it may, just may, have the possibility of slowing down a fast rush. Don't get me wrong, USC is a hell of a team, but our coaching staff failed the players in this game, and DeBord has to go RTFN.
- January 03, 2007 10:07 AM
My post right here has no point but to express the sorrow that I still feel after our loss. I come here for some solace. My heart is still broken.
- January 03, 2007 10:51 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
i spent most of yesterday in the air, so, like our switch to the shot gun formation, these comments are both admittedly a day late and a dollar short (and no, title ix, i haven't been posting anything, or trick or treating).
both your posts are good assessments of monday's debacle. your disagreement on English highlights what i think is the most troubling question- how much of this is the coordinators, and how much is Carr?
i have a hard time knocking the players for this game, especially the way it unfolded. we're tied 3-3 at half. neither team sent a different group of players out at half. but it was clear that USC's coaching staff called a completely different game on offense, and we didn't.
after the first series of the 2nd half (when SC passed for 9 yds on 1st down and then couldn't run for 1 yd in two plays), it was clear that USC made a conscious decision to just pass (we'd call it "abandoning the run", instead of the more positive label of "trying something different").
we on the other hand, made a decision to keep trying to run/pass long w/ deep drops, regardless of its initial ineffectiveness. was that DeBord's idea? or Carr's?
same on defense. after SC went all pass/all the time, our D still struggled to pressure Booty, leaving him time to wait for his receivers to work the field. was the decision not to blitz/take chances English's? or again, Carr?
USC's adjustments weren't particularly brilliant- they didn't need to be. they tried something different and we didn't counter. and that's my real gripe over this game.
my angst w/ the play calling was not that it didn't work. it's that it didn't change. i may not know half as much about football as Lloyd, but i do understand the concept of throwing good money after bad.
if we had gone w/ a blitz package, maybe we'd have been burned by big plays. but could it have been worse than the way were burned anyway?
and if we had gone 4 wide in the shotgun sooner, could we have had anymore turnovers than we did?
Lloyd made some real progress this year, changing coordinators and schemes. but the team that pounded ND never really improved after that. no new wrinkles, no new adjustments. Tre$$ell & Carroll had 12 weeks of the same game film to plan against. we didn't do much of anything different in the last two games than the previous 11.
11-2 is great, and realistically, much better than anyone suspected in the pre season. but looking at next year, we are going to be a favorite. if we want to see a shot at an NC, we're not only have to continue to innovate/update during the off season. michigan will need to adapt/change things during the season and sometimes during the games.
- January 03, 2007 2:02 PM
- t2tman said...
When are you guys going to wise up and understand that Lloyd IS the problem? If he continues to get out-coached and out-recurited the Michigan will become a non-relevant 9-3 team like Alabama thinking about the good old days
- January 03, 2007 5:58 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
twt- i don't think anyone doubts Lloyd is the problem (michigan fans may be arrogant, but we're not known for being stupid).
the struggle isn't w/ spotting the problem. the trouble is finding the answer.
Lloyd made a lot of changes in the off season (finally). we went from 5 seasons in a row a opening road game loss, and at least three losses each season to 11 wins. is he going to keep making changes? or has he come as far as he can go?
if he's topped out, do you dump him now? seriously? who fires an 11-2 coach?
do you nudge him out? he's 62ish. he's going to retire in a few years on his own. is it better to let him set his own schedule? again, who fires a coach w/ his resume after an 11 win season?
michigan fans, even the more rabid Lloyd bashers know that's not going to happen.
and finally, w/ whom do you replace him? certainly not someone like Nick "let's just rent a place instead of buying" Saban. while you don't want the program to become 3 loss irrelavant, you don't want to become the coaching carousel that Bama is now, or the constant rebuilding project that ND and Nebraska have become.
i think everyone amongst the michigan faithful sees that Lloyd is the problem. it's the solution that's not so clear.
- January 03, 2007 6:32 PM
- Brian Buchalski said...
a couple of things come to mind that haven't been mentioned yet.
1- the more things change, the more they stay the same. i can hardly believe that i'm going to revert to a couple of the old excuses from the bo schembechler era, but i do think that with some perspective that it is now apparent that the national championship (at least michigan's chance at it) was settled in in columbus back in november. i felt that the wolverines played a pretty strong & passionate game that day & left it all out on the field. so that, with the combination of the long layoff and i'm not surprised that we looked flat in the rose bowl. just like during the ten year war of bo-woody battles, i think that the bowl game ended up being a bit anti-climatic. i'm curious to see how osu plays next week.
and let's not forget that when you really get down to it, bowl games are—in their essence—nothing more than exhibition matches. not true title fights despite what everybody seems to be clamoring for these days (but that's another discussion).
2- secondly, let's not forget about the general homefield advantage that a school like southern california enjoys in a game like this. i'm from michigan and i've been to california a few times and there's definitely a different atmosphere out there, especially coming this time of year with the temperature difference. it's not a major excuse...but i'd be curious to see how schools from the warmer climates would generally fare if they had to play a january game in the midwest after a five week break.
3- lastly, although i'll admit that lloyd carr's record in the big season ending games has been disapointing the past 3-4 years (what...three straight losses to osu & four straight bowl defeats) lets keep in mind that those seven losses have come against some damn good teams. i've been watching college football for a good twenty years now and i can honestly say that the recent editions of usc, osu, and texas have been some of the best teams i've ever seen.
three straight losses to ohio state, but two of them were on the road and all three against troy smith (who's big game heroics i can only compare to michael jordan). he just refuses to lose...and god i hope the detroit lions find a way to draft him.
also, you figure that two of those rose bowl losses have been to the usc juggernaut and practically on their home field and then add in the third rose bowl loss against texas (led by usc-killer himself, vince young) and i'm hardly ashamed of my team.
of those seven recent losses (4 bowls & 3 to osu), the only one that bothers me was the alamo bowl against nebraska last year...but i'm hardly embarrassed about losing to any of those other teams. admittedly, it does make me wish we could have snagged that rose bowl from texas a couple of years back...damn that one was close.
michigan has been good recently...unfortunately we've been repeatedly victimized by some of the best larger-than-life (and heisman winning) college football players of all time, e.g., vince young, troy smith & matt leinert. it'd be nice to get one of these guys on our side for change. i can't wait to see how ohio state fares against the wolverines in the post-troy smith era, although i've been impressed with usc's ability to reload.
these things run in cycles sometimes and i wouldn't be shocked to see michigan run off a winning streak against osu over the next few years for instance, but we'll see.
of course...some of this is just dumb luck. how does wisconsin get to go the rose bowl 3 times in about 10 years and win all three games while playing shit pac-10 teams while we get stuck against all-time greatest editions from washington & southern cal. fuckin' badgers.
- January 03, 2007 11:22 PM
- BC in SC said...
I agree with Brian's No.2 point, I grew up in MI and I remember the first time that I was in a sunny, warm climate in December....I was in a bit of fog and I didn't get over that in a day or two. I didn't realize there were places like that in December and I was still in a bit of that fog when I returned to cold, gray MI.
I've been watching M in Rose Bowl games for over 35 years and, especially when we play SC, we look as though playing and winning a football game is not the sole reason we went there. Yet that's everyday for SC kids...their in their own yard.
I don't believe any coach will ever be able to change those kind of emotions.
- January 04, 2007 10:03 AM
- texaswolverine said...
I don't think USC was a clearly superior team. Michigan could (and should) have won the game. But there are a couple of things we did (and didn't do) that I just don't understand.
First, it was clear from the git go that USC would blitz -- almost every down. Corners, safeties, linebackers . . . We never hit the hot route. The sacks came after a fair time to deliver the ball. I don't blame the O line: 5 can never block 6 -- let alone 7. Either the receivers weren't reading the blitz and running the hot route or Henne wasn't reading it. I suspect it was more of the former -- but I don't know. But the coaches never made any adjustments to to the dilemma. Why not? I have coached football -- though not at the college level -- and I assumed we would make this adjustment. Never did.
Defense is problematic. They picked on Trent all day (and night). Anyone who has watched Michigan this year (except at ND were Trent blanketed an overrated Smarjdia) would do the same. He's not a bad corner. But he can't cover forever and that is what English asked him to do. I love English and I hope he's with us forever -- but he got too conservative in the 2nd half. I really think if we blitzed Booty more, he would have been a much diferent QB. And, although Jarrett is a great receiver, on 3rd and 7, I want to see him go over the middle and catch the tough pass in traffic. Harris lit him up in the end zone the one time he tried and he couldn't hold onto the ball. OSU lit us up when the front 4 couldn't get pressure and USC watched that tape.
Overall, I think we recruit great athletes and they deserve a little better coaching -- especially from Carr and DeBorg. As a grad, Carr embarasses me -- not because he loses big games -- but because his public personna is inconsistent wit a great academic institution. He treats halftime reporters (who ask perfectly reasonable questions) with disdain. He consistently acts as though people who question his decisions are idiots. Maybe they (we) are -- but the answer to that problem is to answer the question -- not dismiss the questioner. He's boorish.
I love Michigan. I have three degrees from the University and I worked in the Administration. I just wish we would lose our tunnel vision about the Athletic Department and encourage it to hire people that are at the top of their fields like we do in the Med School and the Law School and the Philosophy Dept. etc. ( I could go on forever).
- January 04, 2007 11:53 PM


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AutoWallpaper is a cross-platform desktop wallpaper changing utility. It automatically (or manually) changes the desktop wallpaper at a specified time interval set by the user. It runs in the background with a system tray icon that is visible when the application is running. It is written in Visual C# .NET 2008 (Windows versions) and Qt 4.4.3/4.5.0 (Linux/others).
"aura" is a desktop (X root window) background setter. It picks images randomly from specified paths, skipping those that are too small or have inappropriate aspect ratios, and rescales them by cropping solid margins, resizing with cubic interpolation and then the liquid rescale algorithm to fit the desktop with as little quality loss as possible. Images are labelled in the corner using embedded tags. It can changes images on a timed basis or when triggered by SIGHUP or the CLI, and tracks previous and blacklisted images.
WallShuffle allows you to regularly change your wallpaper. You select a folder, then select a duration to apply a random picture as a desktop background. You can start the program in minimized mode with the "-m" argument, if you don't want to see it, or even hide the icon from the tray and forget it.
SyncWall is a basic wallpaper changer with a special feature, the ability to synchronize wallpaper changes between several workstations with a basic (and unsecured) client/server protocol. Each workstation must share the same pool of files, there is no FTP or Internet download. Other interesting features are simple multi-monitor support and the ability to add special effects to wallpaper.
WaddaFundraiser! is a collection of Android wallpaper apps for fundraisers. When fundraisers sell "stuff", 50% or more of the donations they collect go to 3rd party companies. WaddaFundraiser! provides free software for fundraisers to customize with their own logos and colors and then sell or give away as rewards for donations. The fundraiser gets to keep all of the funds raised. The first offering is a fireworks-themed Android live wallpaper, with Patriotic Android and Patriotic Cat examples.


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97 Things Every Programmer Should Know is intended to be a book of wisdom for programmers collected from leading practitioners. There is no overarching narrative: it is intended simply to contain multiple and varied perspectives on what it is that you feel programmers should know. This can be anything from code-focused advice to culture, from algorithm usage to agile thinking, from implementation know-how to professionalism, from style to substance, etc.
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- Use the Aggregate Design Pattern to Reduce Coupling by Einar Landre
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- Testing Is the Engineering Rigor of Software Development by Neal Ford
- Make Interfaces Easy to Use Correctly and Hard to Use Incorrectly by Scott Meyers
- Don't Just Learn the Language, Understand its Culture by Anders Norås
- Small! by Uncle Bob
- Don't Nail Your Program into the Upright Position by Verity Stob
- You Gotta Care about the Code by Pete Goodliffe
- Know Your Next Commit by Dan Bergh Johnsson
- The Professional Programmer by Uncle Bob
- The Three Laws of Test-Driven Development by Uncle Bob
- Programmers Who Write Tests Get More Time to Program by Johannes Brodwall
- The Single Responsibility Principle by Uncle Bob
- The Longevity of Interim Solutions by Klaus Marquardt
- Prefer Domain-Specific Types to Primitive Types by Einar Landre
- Distinguish Business Exceptions from Technical by Dan Bergh Johnsson
- Don't Ignore that Error! by Pete Goodliffe
- The Boy Scout Rule by Uncle Bob
- A Comment on Comments by Cal Evans
- Don't Touch that Code! by Cal Evans
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- Hard Work Does not Pay off by Olve Maudal
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- Scoping Methods by Michael Hunger
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- Learn to Estimate by Giovanni Asproni
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- Check Your Code First before Looking to Blame Others by Allan Kelly
- Two Wrongs Can Make a Right (and Are Difficult to Fix) by Allan Kelly
- Floating-point Numbers Aren't Real by Chuck Allison
- The Linker Is not a Magical Program by Walter Bright
- Beware the Share by Udi Dahan
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- Decouple that UI by George Brooke
- Know Your Limits by Greg Colvin
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- Code Is Hard to Read by Dave Anderson
- Simple Is not Simplistic by Giovanni Asproni
- Missing Opportunities for Polymorphism by Kirk Pepperdine
- Code in the Language of the Domain by Dan North
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- Ask "What Would the User Do?" (You Are not the User) by Giles Colborne
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- Write Tests for People by Gerard Meszaros
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- Understand SCM by Steve Berczuk
- Don't reinvent the wheel by Kai Tödter
- Use the same tools in a team by Kai Tödter
- Collection of Collections Is a Code Smell by Kirk Pepperdine
- Planning for performance is not a premature optimization by Kirk Pepperdine
- Structure over Function by Peter Sommerlad
- Useful software is used longer than ever intended by Peter Sommerlad
- Measure, don't guess by Kirk Pepperdine
- Programming is a team sport by Pete Goodliffe
- Get the names right by Steve Freeman
- Plenty of domain types by Steve Freeman
- Logging is a user interface by Steve Freeman
- Don't handle errors, design them away by Michael Feathers
- Protection is a social problem, not a technical problem by Michael Feathers
- Start Small, Grow Big by Jørn Ølmheim
- Objects Want to be Asynchronous by Michael Feathers
- There is no Up or Down in Software by Michael Feathers
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CALLER: You know, [Mitt Romney is] not my favorite candidate... but... I will say this: Yes, he's establishment; yes, he was governor of Massachusetts. But Rush when I compare him to the establishment candidate four years ago, meaning McCain, I feel better about Romney. I think he genuinely has enough conservative values, I think he definitely has an economic background, and I would feel comfortable if he did win; whereas I never would have felt comfortable if McCain won, except that Sarah was there.This struck me — I was listening to the podcast this morning, after knowing the results of the Iowa straw poll — because of the strength of the confidence in Sarah Palin and the comfort embodied in the simple reference "Sarah." I'm touched by this, because I'd always thought that it would be difficult for Americans to get their minds around the idea of a woman as Commander in Chief. Even those who celebrate the advancement of women would, I thought, worry about trusting a woman with the ultimate responsibility for the security of the world. But here is a very conservative man, this caller, who is wary of John McCain, but able to tolerate him because of her. At the same time, Republicans are embracing Michele Bachmann. I'm not hearing any balkiness about accepting a woman President. It has become almost instantly normal.
RUSH: ... Now, you said Romney's not your favorite. Who is?
CALLER: I'd love to see Sarah Palin run, but I really want to look at Perry.
How did that happen, and why did it happen on the Republican side? When Hillary Clinton ran for President in 2008, there was a lot of talk and enthusiasm about the idea of the first female President. It wasn't normal. The non-normalness was a big plus for some and a negative for others. Barack Obama's path forward came in reaction to Hillary in what — I think — history will see as a very strange psychic shift in the minds of Democratic voters. No! Not the woman! Somehow, within the minds of Democrats, the African-American man could stop the woman, and so, he vaulted into the foreground and, despite a shocking lack of experience, won the presidency.
But these Republicans... what is happening in their minds? How was it that they so easily accepted what looks quite a bit like the simple equality of women?


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A little more than a year ago, cowboys on horses and in helicopters descended on Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park to round up more than two dozen shaggy American icons.
A little more than a year ago, cowboys on horses and in helicopters descended on Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park to round up more than two dozen shaggy American icons.
The Florida Park Service had determined the bison herd the agency had long ago introduced to the 21,000 acres had outgrown the home they were brought to roam.
And there were safety concerns. Twice in 2010, officials said, male bison — which can stand 6 feet tall and top out at 2,200 pounds — left the prairie and were shot and killed after charging at park workers.
In late February, cowboys gathered 26 adult bulls and hauled them to a ranch in High Springs, whose owner had agreed with the state's intention that the bison be allowed to live out their natural lives and not be slaughtered and sold for meat.
But that was merely a request, not a contractual obligation. Once the bison left the park, the state no longer had any say in the matter.
A year later, the protests by animal rights activists on behalf of the bison have faded. A reduced herd of female bison and castrated young bison continues to meander across the savannah without any way to propagate.
But whatever became of the 26 transplanted bison? Did they become retired bachelors, or burgers?
Two of the five ranches that were supposed to receive the transplanted bison don't have any. More than a dozen are at a ranch in South Florida that was never part of the original plan.
All are still alive, their new owners say, and will be allowed to live free and mate whenever the spirit moves them.
How they got to their new homes, however, is a tale of a state plan that began on shaky footing and finally came together by happenstance.
* * *
Go north on Interstate 75, down a few side roads and stop when you see the zebras.
Water buffalo chew and stare. Two kangaroos sleep in the shade. Four camels graze in the grass, and a bright macaw squawks from its tiny tree-limb perch.
David Hajos, owner of Gateway Farms in High Springs, loves his mob of misfits. Hajos grew up around exotic animals and always dreamed of maintaining an eclectic farm.
When state officials announced plans to cull the Paynes Prairie bison herd, Hajos eagerly submitted his proposal.
According to his bid, the bulls he would gather would be sent to five different ranches, one of which was his and another that belongs to his father.
Hajos requested to be paid $365 per bison while other bidders asked for about $2,000 each, putting him in a good spot for final selection.
His proposal identified five recipients for the bison he would collect:
* Hajos' own Gateway Farms of Lake City, McAlpin and High Springs.
* Marvin Hajos, David's father, in Rhome, Texas.
* Bob Campbell of Gap Creek Ranch in Manatee County.
* Jerry Holly of Bellfield Farms, in both Micanopy and Maryland.
* Rodney Pickler of Southern Copper Buffalo in North Carolina.
Hajos' proximity to Paynes Prairie, years of experience with exotic animals, logistic capabilities and low price helped him win the state contract.
Things soon began unraveling.
* * *
Before Hajos knew about the bison removal plan, Pickler said he had noticed an ad for it in the National Bison Association magazine.
The Florida Park Service and Florida's Department of Environmental Protection were reaching out to current herd owners across the nation, offering up the bulls for free if the ranchers came and removed them.
"In my mind, it was a handout," Pickler said. "I thought, 'Oh, I can back up a trailer and grab three or four.' "
After responding to the advertisement, Pickler said he realized the state was in over its head.
"We don't know how we're gonna handle this," Pickler said a state official told him.
So he backed off.
The state removed the ad, and after more deliberation on the logistics of the plan, officials opened the door for structured proposals for removing the bison.
This time, it wouldn't be for free. Ranchers were encouraged to name their price per bison removed, and depending on budget and qualifications, the state would select one bidder.
Pickler said he decided to drop out of the deal because of delays and the protests that were starting as word of the roundup began to spread.
He added that it wasn't worth the time and effort to go all the way to Florida to get the bison for his North Carolina operation.
"It didn't make sense to me," Pickler said. "I can get all the bison I want 50 to 100 miles away from my home."
* * *
Campbell, of Gap Creek Ranch, said he and Hajos initially agreed that he would receive one bison.
Campbell, however, is not the ranch's owner; he is a caretaker and has worked on the ranch for years. After the deal was made, the ranch owner's health deteriorated — as did the deal.
"He never got back to us," Campbell said of Hajos. "I didn't opt out — the deal just fizzled out after waiting and waiting."
* * *
Jim Fraser of Peat Marsh Ranch in Okeechobee wound up with 10 of the bison — and he still doesn't completely understand how it happened.
"I don't really know the ins and outs of the whole thing," he said.
Fraser's involvement began when, unbeknownst to him, Hajos listed him as a reference on his bid. He said a state official called him to ask about Hajos' experience.
Fraser has been a friend of Marvin Hajos, David's father, for many years. According to Hajos' bid, Gateway Farms helps with the yearly roundup of bison at Peat Marsh Ranch.
Though the call was unexpected, he detailed Hajos' knowledge of bison and other exotic animals.
With other ranches backing out as the roundup got underway, Hajos contacted Fraser.
"I don't know how the conversation went, but I told him I had room and took them in," Fraser said.
Fraser said the bison bulls now roam free with his cattle on a 330-acre farm. He said he plans to begin breeding a strain of "beefalo" in due time.
* * *
Another 13 bulls were given to Jerry Holly, one of the original listed recipients on the proposal.
Holly said when he initially received the bulls, he brought some to his Marlboro, Md., property and left the remainder on his Micanopy ranch.
But after a few months of heavy humidity and summer heat, he decided to move all of the bulls to Maryland.
"I don't know why people want buffalo in Florida where they huff and pant," Holly said. "They looked like they were gonna blow my house down."
Holly said he intends to keep and breed the bison once he's able to get some buffalo cows. In the meantime, they will remain free roaming on his ranch in Maryland.
"That was the deal with David," Holly said. "He said, 'If I give them to you, you need to keep them.' "
So far, they seem to be thriving in their northern climate.
"They like the cold," he said.
* * *
The three remaining bulls are still owned by Hajos, but they are in Texas on a breeder loan he arranged. Hajos declined to give the name of the private farm he loaned them too, citing "slaughter rumors" and "bad press" in the past.
Marvin Hajos' ranch in Rhome, Texas, was one of the original recipients. David Hajos said there is some friction between himself and his father, but he would not say if it was in any way related to the Paynes Prairie bison.
However, David Hajos said that by February 2014, the bulls would return to his property in High Springs.
* * *
A combination of 54 female bison and castrated male calves are the only remnants of the original herd still on Paynes Prairie, Park Manager David Jowers said.
He said that although the removed bulls didn't end up in all of the places listed in the proposal, the park's main concern was that they didn't get sold for slaughter.
"Our issue was that they remain in sanctuary," Jowers said.
The head of the Florida Park Service last year mentioned that the state might bring in a bull bison to mate with the Paynes Prairie females, which could ease concerns about inbreeding among the small herd.
Jowers said that suggestion has since been dropped.
While most, if not all, of the 26 evicted bulls will be used for stud purposes until they die, the Paynes Prairie herd will consist of females and sterile males.
"Florida Park Service has chosen to have a non-reproducing herd," Jowers said.


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I enjoy both oil and watercolor painting. Painting to me is about paying attention and capturing the moment. Spending time pushing paint around is my way of life. I would describe my style as post impressionism with the use of strong value and thick paint. Light and shadow are an important part of the process of painting En Plein Air , light gives life to the paintings. Many of my watercolor are very whimsical, this is the time I relax and have fun with my work. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.I would love to know more about you.


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