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I'm new in the whole Lego realm, so if this is an odd offer, I apologize. I recieved my first Lego sets for Christmas this year, and I must say I was instantly hooked. I am currently using the sets I have gotten, and some sets I purchased immediately after Christmas to make some cool little mini scenes. Being a 'rookie' in this regard, I have a few general questions to ask of my fellow forumites:
1. Where is a good place to find baseplates for my scenes? I'm sure they make them, I just haven't found any yet.
2. Is Lego good at replacing pieces that were missing from a set? One of my sets was incomplete, I filled out the form on the site, just curious if this happens alot.
3. Is the Lego Club worthwhile? One of my sets came with a free two-year subscription, so I figured I'd try it out.
4. Does Lego make Trees and Landscape sets, or will I have to canabalize already released sets?
5. Finnally. . . what Lego sets are a 'must have'? I am aware that not all of them are still available at retail, but I would like to know which sets are the coolest so I can track them down and get to building.
Also. . . I have realized that most Lego sets come with extra pieces. This is cool, and I would imagine that after a few years of building you may have enough to build something worthwhile. Among my extras I have a complete Luke Endor with lightsaber from the Speeder Bike set. I was surprised to find the complete figure as an extra. . . but I am not complaining. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in this figure for one of their sets/displays. I would gladly swap it for a Lego of another character. I'm not sure who/what was made, so I guess I would be pretty flexible.
Thanks in advance for any responses!

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Standish passes 2014-15 budget
Sets millage, water and sewer rates for upcoming fiscal year
STANDISH — A decrease in the city's valuation and a loss incurred from legislation exempting some businesses from personal property tax has the city of Standish looking at a slight decrease in revenues and expenses for next fiscal year.
City council approved the 2014-15 budget unanimously April 21. Revenues and expenditures are projected at $946,194 for next year.
The projected revenues are about $12,000 lower than what the city expects to generate in the current fiscal year, which ends in July.
"Valuations went down almost $1 million in the city, so we're looking at fewer tax dollars coming in," said City Manager Curt Hillman.
Lower property values in the residential sector pushed the valuation down, despite an uptick in industrial properties, according to Hillman. He said the city is also expecting to lose $30,000 due to personal property tax being waived for businesses with less than $80,000 in taxable value in personal property, per legislation passed earlier this year.
Although the city is losing revenue from the legislation, Hillman said it will have a more significant impact on the city's downtown development authority, which will capture about $20,000 less in tax increment financing monies.
"When DDA was created, the valuation of all the properties within the downtown development district were set at a certain amount of dollars; all of the valuation that goes up between then and now, they're able to capture that increase," he said. "The DDA for a number of years was going down because there was nothing to capture."
In other city council news, the council approved the 2014-15 operating millage for the city. Council members voted to continue to levy 16.742 mills in operational monies.
"That's been the same for at least five years, maybe even more than that," Hillman said.
While the operating millage will stay the same, water and sewer rates are changing per council approval, with one increasing and the other decreasing.
Hillman said water rates will be increased from $6.75 per thousand gallons used to $7.15 per thousand gallons. Sewer rates, on the other hand, will be lowered from $6.85 per thousand gallons to $6.35, Hillman said.
"The net change to in-town residents is nothing," he said. "It just helps us put more money in the water department to cover some expenses there."
According to Hillman, the city's water infrastructure is in greater need of repairs than the sewer infrastructure. He said several valves need to be replaced throughout the city, and water lines are in need of maintenance and repair.
The city council also took steps toward giving Department of Public Works employees more time to focus on working on the water system by making changes to yard waste pickup. Hillman said DPW employees have been doing weekly pickups, which is chewing up many of the hours for city workers.
Instead of continuing to do weekly pickups, which Hillman said have been done because residents have been placing limbs, leaves and shrubs in the street creating eyesores and plugging gutters — also violating the city's ordinance — the city will have two spring pickups. Residents will be able to dump yard debris behind the city's DPW garage on M-61 to get rid of the yard waste themselves.
"There is a place back there where they can put it and we'll haul it away once we get enough to do it," Hillman said.
He added that construction debris or other items that are not classified as yard waste will not be allowed at the DPW site. Hillman said there will be two pickups this spring —May 5 and May 19 — and then there would not be another scheduled one until the fall.
"This routine stuff of picking stuff up every week has to come to an end," he said. "It's becoming too much of a mess. People are putting it in the gutter."
"Some houses put it out every day of the week, for the whole summer, and have piles that are 3-4 feet tall, and it's just making the town look bad," Hillman told the council Monday.
A weekly collection has also started to take its toll on the city's front-end loader, which Hillman said needed tires replaced, costing $4,000. It has also taken up DPW time, meaning other necessary work has been neglected, Hillman said.
"It does affect what goes on at other times, because now my DPW doesn't have time to be working on water main repairs, valve repairs and other things they need to be doing," he said.
In an attempt to alleviate the issue of people leaving yard waste in the streets, the city council has been working on creating a civil infraction process for offenders. April 21 the city also took another step toward making that a reality by approving the first reading of a civil infraction ordinance. The second reading is expected to be passed during next month's meeting, which would mean the ordinance was adopted.
Adoption would mean issues such as yard waste left in the streets illegally, as well as people not clearing their sidewalks in the winter, could result in a ticket from the city.
"We shouldn't have to discuss any of this anymore," said Mayor Mark Winslow. "It's a law. It's on the books."
However, during the civil infraction discussion, some questions about fine-tuning were raised.
"In regards to the sidewalks too, what are you going to do with the residents who don't have a big enough driveway that have their cars parked blocking the sidewalk?" said Councilman Ray Koroleski.
"Somehow or other they've got to find some way to park the vehicles so they're not parked in the sidewalk," Hillman said.
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Hai guyz! I've had my butt pretty thoroughly kicked by school this past week, and you have no idea how glad I am to write to all of you. If any of you suffered permanent damage from the suspense of waiting, err, I do apologize. *bows*
I totally take back what I said about there being children involved in the future. Kang is so totally inept with them. 😀
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Episode 14
We open with essentially a summary of all that's happened so far.
As Gun Woo puts down the baton Kang's given him, he thanks the older man for his guidance, and walks away. Kang is devastated, but it's right before the concert, so he goes in to conduct as usual. Afterwards, both Hee Yun and Bae remark that he looked really pale, and his conducting was unusually sombre (even for him). When Junior hears this, he looks a bit guilty, but now it's his turn to conduct.
Kang Mae is accosted by a swarm of journalists, but he only tells them to go and listen to the outdoor concert. However, they're all a step behind the main reporter dude, who's already there, taking notes as Mouse Orchestra warms up. The organizer walks up, having lost Kang Mae somewhere along the way, but we can see that the conductor's standing all alone on the other side of the wall.
Down on the raised platform, Hee Yun pokes everyone and tells them that their maestro is watching. People look up to see Kang rearranging his features into a displeased face. As the members assemble, the reporter remarks that it's really quite lucky for Mouse that they've got such a capable piano soloist on their side – and the organizer replies that Kang was the one who asked her to play with them.
Onstage, Gun Woo steadfastly avoids looking up at Kang as he tells the anecdote associated with Tchaikovsky's piano concerto No.1: The composer had wanted his good friend and accomplished pianist Nikolai Rubenstein to perform it, but his friend had dismissed it as trash after listening to it. Rubenstein also said that if Tchaikovsky did not revise it to his liking, then he would not perform it. However, Tchaikovsky did not revise it, kept the piece the way it was and achieved great success with it.
The underlying parallels are clear. Just as Gun Woo feel disdained and dismissed by Kang's treatment, Kang is also hurt by Gun Woo's rejection of what he considers perfectly good advice.
The performance erred on the dramatic side, but it was well executed. I quite loved the glimpses of the audience interspersed with everyone's faces as they were performing. Now the suits in the audience get to put on their musical exposition hats and explain just why they feel Gun Woo's conducting to be superior to Kang Mae. Ironically for Kang, who listens on the other side of the wall, they praise Junior's complete honesty and straightforwardness. The student has managed to do what the master hasn't. (There is even the suggestion that Junior is much better than Kang, which raises interesting issues.)
In the midst of the piece, construction workers come in, clanging and crashing, and chase most of the spectators away. Oho. Both Kang and the event organizer are annoyed, and the maestro phones the mayor right away. Kang orders the mayor to stop, though the damage is done.
In the mayor's office, Kang gives Mr. Mayor the I-think-I'm-going-to-throw-up-on-you look throughout the entire discussion. The scumbag lies through his teeth about not knowing that there was a concert where he ordered construction, and spreads his hands in that universal gesture of regret at not being able to reabsorb the Irregulars into the city orchestra.
Unfortunately for the mayor, Kang Mae is good and angry now, so he only mentions that in fact, he is now planning to write an article on how the mayor attempted to sabotage the concert. And if the mayor's not happy, he'll even add his own name to the list of people responsible.
Meanwhile, Gun Woo is trying to get rid of his demons by tossing a tennis ball at a water tower. The Irregulars, in the nearby warehouse, are similarly downcast. Park opens the big, ugly can of wriggling worms and grumbles that if they had Kang Mae, the concert would have been a success. Of course, drama causality dictates that Gun Woo come to the warehouse at the same moment, and he listens to Park rant at length about how experience and connections can't be obtain in just one day. (The inner bitch wants to say, "And you, with your experience and years, where are your connections? How were you able to help?")
As the argument goes back and forth, Junior slumps against the door outside. But all is not lost, or at least it doesn't seem that way, as a company phones Gun Woo to tell him about their intention to invest in Mouse Orchestra (after recommendations by the reporter dude). They have to participate in another music festival in a month's time and this time the participants have to undergo an audition process.
When they hear the news, everyone is cheerful and optimistic, except for Park, eternal pessimist, and Gun Woo himself, who is very subdued still. Park calls for a vote, to see if they want to change conductors (he doesn't want to either, he's just trying to cheer Gun Woo up), and indeed, when Junior looks up to see everyone's hands in the air, he manages a smile. (Bae has two hands up.)
It's just so cute, to see them all trying really hard to make Gun Woo happy. And then he ends up crying and smiling too.
Damage control time! The undersecretary is sent specially to Kang Mae to beg him to be nice during the election time next week. Which means, basically, that he isn't going to be allowed to start up a second orchestra (composed of – I'll give you three guesses, and the first two tries don't count).
At home, Gun Woo politely but firmly tells him that they have other plans. Kang has been sampling the deep end of the wine, and um, is not in the most stable mood when he persists in believing that Gun Woo is refusing because Senior is the one offering. In fact, Kang is angry enough to fling a wineglass at the wall and demand the truth.
Well, he asked for it. Gun Woo feels like he's Kang Mae's puppet. He almost feels that Kang Mae is blocking him somehow, which he immediately realizes is the wrong way of vocalizing it, because Kang goes off the deep end and announces that he is indeed trying to clip Junior's wings. He also goes on to say that Junior is no longer his student – he's letting Gun Woo go. (Me: You'll regret it in the morning! Just like that bottle of wine you had!)
This is the most disheveled and uneven I've seen of Kang, ever. He's usually very well coiffed, and ramrod straight with pride, but I think we've just seen him hit rock bottom. (Quick, someone bring in Beethoven! Or Ru Mi!)
Gun Woo follows Kang down the hallway, apologizing and insisting that he didn't mean to say it. However, Kang's really, deeply hurt, and renounces their mentor-student relationship with a smile, which totally hurts more than shouting. (Wait, so now we have two brooding males on set? Also, when Junior followed Kang, I totally expected a hug from behind. Oh well…)
Junior doesn't know what to do either. Thus the night passes in agony and angst, while Sevenses tries different ways of tearing out her hair.
In the middle of her class on composing, Ru Mi gets a text from Kang Mae, requesting that she come see him. She replies with a, "I'm busy", very much like the way he did last episode, incurring lots of shock on the other side. Fortunately she follows up with a jokey explanation. Ru Mi apologizes and tells Kang Mae that she's picking up a new project, which means she won't be able to see him until very late. He gets angry and tells her to not come at all.
During practice, Gun Woo stops the orchestra and puzzles over a piece that doesn't feel right. Luckily for him, Ru Mi's been working on the same thing, applying knowledge from her composition class, and fixes the problem by extending the main melody in Yi Deun's part. And what do you know? It works.
I'm glad they settled in the last loose bit of their post break-up relationship. All is well on this front.
Coming home from what was presumably another bad day, Kang Mae is greeted at the door by Park's wife and their daughter Bora. The little girl abuses every rule being a of good guest, but fortunately for her misbehaving ways, Mrs. Park goes into labour early.
Kang Mae tries to reach Park, but the latter is having a spat with Bae at the warehouse. Park is in a supremely bad mood, so he insults Bae for working at a cabaret, and things get very ugly (as in physical) from there. In the end, Kang resorts to calling Ru Mi and having her relay the message. Park runs off, abandoning his double bass and some very shocked musicians.
In the hospital, the conductor is carefully standing aloof, trying not to interfere because he doesn't know what to do. The nurses wheel a screaming Mrs. Park into the operating room, while a crying Bora tugs on Kang's suit. (Me: So. Socially. Inept.)
By the time Park gets to the hospital, the kid's already been delivered. The room is much nicer than the standard hospital room, which Park obsesses about, until his wife drags him off to see the baby. The other people at the orchestra come, bearing gifts and playing the lullaby.
While they're cooing over the newborn, Kang makes his way down the stairs, Bora still tugging at his jacket. He pre-emptorily tells Park to come back to work, and leaves.
While leaving, he catches Ru Mi at the elevator. He calls out, but she doesn't hear him. Kang Mae doesn't freak out right away, however, and asks her to explain what's going on. At least now he knows, officially, that she needs a hearing aid to get things done.
It's nice that they're able to listen to each other without having started shouting first. He belittles her for assuming to think she can compose after losing her hearing, while Ru Mi is determined not to let music go. In that roundabout way, he gives her tips on what classes to take. (Ahh, have succumbed to the cute that is LJA.)
Just to add to the angst Kang Mae's feeling, Ru Mi tells him that she'd like to play in an orchestra he conducts one more time before she loses her hearing. Kang looks stunned, and even more so when she asks him to confirm that she must have some special talent, something that sets her apart from the rest of the people in the world. But he manages a nod. (Must resist urge to snark…)
The next day is a big day for Yi Deun, as she (and the others) have to pass their audition for the company. However, grandpa Kim is really out of it, and can't even manage to lift his head as he sits.
Junior is also up, and has a conversation with Kang's door while his ex-teacher listens in the living room. Gun Woo is apologizing for saying unreasonable things, which makes Kang Mae madder, for some reason. (And he was in such a good mood after calling about treatments for Ru Mi…)
Everyone gathers at the audition hall, mostly excited and nervous. Hee Yun dashes to the bank, remembering that she has yet to pay the bills, and bumps into two neighbours. They assume she'd been just coming from a lunch out with her husband, but that's obviously not the case – Hee Yun's been cloistered in practice all day. (They actually knew it wasn't her but said it the other way on purpose. I knew there was a reason I despised high school.)
Naturally, this upsets Hee Yun, who then proceeds to call her husband until right before the audition, but he never picks up. The others, who would have usually noticed, are all freaking out because the auditioners coming out of the music hall grumble in a united voice about how insanely harsh one of their judges is. (What's to bet that the insanely harsh judge is Kang Mae?)
At least Gun Woo manages to cheer them up with a nicely placed pep talk, and they enter the music hall.
Well, it is Kang Mae. The other two judges are the reporter dude and a director of the company. The dismay of the orchestra, it blooms like frost on my window.
End episode.
– There's only so much misunderstanding people make before it becomes ridiculous – and I wonder that the Irregulars don't realize how Kang is trying so hard to help them, because hello, obvious as the nose on your face. (Or in some cases, I suppose, obvious as the nose job on their faces.) I hate manufactured conflict.
– Yunno, Kang Mae's a bit like a father to the Irregulars in general (except not Ru Mi, because that would just be… yeah, not going there). He makes mistakes, they make mistakes, they argue and throw things at each other. But in the end he tries his damnedest to give them what he thinks they need. Gun Woo needs to rethink his adolescent rebellion thing, and … I really wish they'd stop angsting, it is killing my buzz.
- Beethoven Virus: Episode 13
- Beethoven Virus: Episode 12
- Beethoven Virus: Episode 11
- Beethoven Virus: Episode 10
- Beethoven Virus: Episode 9
- An extension pending for Beethoven Virus
- Beethoven Virus: Episode 8
- Beethoven Virus: Episode 7
- The Current Drama Landscape: An Overview
- Beethoven Virus: Episode 6
- Beethoven Virus: Episode 5
- Beethoven Virus: Episode 4
- Beethoven Virus: Episode 3
- Beethoven Virus: Episode 2
- Beethoven Virus: Episode 1
- "Wind" and "Virus" off to a neck-and-neck start
- Beethoven Virus takes its opening bow
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Wedding Cinematography
Bay Harbor Petoskey Water Wedding Cinematography Wedding Trailer
Boy oh boy am I squirmin' in my seat excited to share this Wedding Trailer from the very talented team at Epic Motion with you today. First of all, the wedding, a destination wedding, takes place in my true home state, near my first love – Lake Michigan (or more specifically, because I know you Mitten people will make sure I've got this right, Little Traverse Bay). For those of you who have never been, get ready to pack your bags, because the calm of the Great Lakes will be calling to you after this. And before we get into it – for you brides and grooms to be – listen closely to the best man's words. He spoke some of the most real, and the most true words I've ever heard in a wedding speech. Oooh, I can't wait any longer, it's time to share!
Photography by Milena Sefferovich Photography.
Jamie + Michael's Bay Harbor Yacht Club Wedding from Epic Motion on Vimeo.
From the groom … Jaime and I met a little over 5 years ago. She was in college and I just moved back from NY. We lived right next to each other, and I got her number when she was my server. We dated for only a little while but nothing to serious. We both moved on in our own directions and kind of lost contact with each other.
Move forward two years, a failed Facebook stocking opportunity (I invited Jamie to a party I was throwing after 2 years of not talking) and one text (Jaime felt bad that she couldn't make the party and ivied me to meet her at a bar) that changed both of our lives and – bam – we were dating.
I can 100% honestly say when I first laid eyes on Jaime, the second time around, I knew that we were going to get married. On our second date I told her I loved her, and around date four I told her we were going to get married. I would not suggest this move for any single guys or girls. But somehow it worked out and March 4, 2009 Jaime said yes under the Golden Gate bridge.
We were going to have the wedding in Tucson and never even considered a destination wedding. Then we went on a summer trip with Jamie's family to Michigan. We went on a morning run from Jamie's Aunts house and ended up in the Village of Bay Harbor. They were setting up a wedding on the lawn and we both said "we should get married here." When we came back with the idea to Jamie's Mom (The Wedding Boss) and she loved it. And everything fell into place from there.
Special touches were the people, who honestly made the wedding so amazing. We had little things that were important to us, U of A cufflinks, Borrowed very expensive diamond earnings, U of A flag flying the day of the wedding, but it was our family and friends who made this such a special event.
Cinematography: Epic Motion / Photography: Milena Sefferovich Photography / Entertainment: Simone Vitale Band / Venue: Bay Harbor Yacht Club


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Going back to my college days, I've long been entranced by the chanteuses of modern folk and Americana, especially those who prefer playing acoustic instruments. (Nothing wrong with electric guitars, but I find it harder to actually hear melodies and voices when the volume is cranked.) Among some of my favorites are the Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin, and Brandi Carlile. Each of these not only has an amazing voice, but also understands the power of strong songwriting, layered harmonies, and how to play the right instrument for the right mood.
My list of favorites has definitely grown and changed over the years, moving from more rock 'n' roll to bluegrass, Americana, and folk as I get older. All it takes is a lick, a verse, or a bit of harmony that sets me off in the hope of discovering more about a new voice or musician.
One of my latest finds is a duo called Driftwood Fire. Its members, Lynn Scharf (singer, guitarist) and Charlotte Formichella (multi-instrumentalist), actually attended my alma mater. It's taken these two musicians a long time to reach the point of releasing their debut album, How to Untangle a Heartache, but the effort has a purity about it that makes it a joy to listen to.
There are qualities to Scharf's voice that remind me of Brandi Carlile in "Let It All Go." Over Formichella's opening pick line, Scharf sings: "Don't break my heart / it'll never mend / we're starting something / and we don't know how it ends / just drive me someplace I've never seen / so late at night I mistake / you for a dream / and kiss me real slow / and just let it all go." It's a song about doing what feels good even if we know better. Sometimes life is like that, and such honesty in the song shines through.
"Appalachian Hills" has a haunting quality, sort of like something Sarah Jarosz would sing. It tells a story about a place chased by its past and showing through to the present. There's a simple arrangement that lets the guitar, banjo, piano, and voice easily express the sadness of the place, between the Civil War, silver miners and other folks seeking their fortunes – leaving many dead in the fields, forgotten by time. Though not cheerful, again, there's an honest appreciation for the history of a place without overblowing it with loud electric guitars.
The simple strum and lead guitar at the beginning of "One Thing Left" reminds me of a Big Head Todd and the Monsters song. But again, it's the lyrics that bring it alive: "You wrote a letter / apologizing / for your absence / not realizing / that only hurt me / I read it slowly / shaking like a bird fighting with the wind / shocked I was all alone …." This is almost a country song with the Americana showing through. But that "one thing left" to tell you is that I've moved on. I keep repeating that there's an honesty in the music and the words, but that's what it is. It's a simple message – you hurt me, but I got over it.
Love can definitely hurt, but at least when poets and songwriters survive it, it's "food for songs" as Del Amitri once said. Thank goodness Scharf and Formichella have managed to work out their heartache in song so that we can enjoy the fruits of that musical therapy. Definitely check out Driftwood Fire's How to Untangle a Heartache if you're looking for something new in the Americana/Folk vein for your collection.
Check out the Driftwood Fire home page for more information about the album or their ongoing tour.
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Total Score: 5.66 - MEDIOCRE Introduction: Megabass may be best known for their line of premium fishing rods and innovative hardbaits but the company also offers a wide range of unique plastics. This includes the company's line of VIOS baits which make use of a soft but ultra durable plastic. We take a look at a lure in this series that Megabass has dubbed the Bumpee Hog.
Megabass Bumpee Hog Specifications
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Impressions: Megabass has delivered many times when it comes to enthusiast grade product. The company's rods remain some of the most detailed and creatively crafted sticks that strike an exclusive combination of art and functionality. The company's baits were once extremely hard to acquire, but increased distribution has helped make them more available, though the prices continue to be a barrier for some anglers. It is no surprise to me that Megabass is pushing forward with a complete range of plastics, but the question is whether or not the company is able to innovate in the same way that they did with hardbaits.
When I first saw the Megabass Bumpee Hog I just couldn't wait to fish this plastic.
The Megabass VIOS baits make use of a plastic that is approved by F.D.A. and exhibits characteristics such as exceptional shape retention capability, and bio and photo degradability. The Bumpee Hog's design allows more than one color material of different weight to be combined together, giving the lures a unique color and transparency. Megabass is able to change the tip of the claws on the Bumpee Hog, much like a laminated or core shot plastic.
The resalable pack has recessed molded areas for each lure to rest in
Megabass states that the "VIOS baits can be used again and again without breaking easily and the natural formula stays with the bait much longer." Remind you of anything? The minute I heard this both the Cyber-Flexx Terminator SnapBack Super Plastics, and Strike King 3X Soft Plastics both came to mind.
A first look at the Bumpee Hog
When I first examined the Bumpee Hog I noticed the protective re-sealable pack that the lures come in. The minute you open the pack you can smell the scent the lure is infused with, the scent isn't overpowering and reminds me of fish oil. The lure itself is covered in the scent and the lure actually feels slick and oily to the touch.
Notice the different colors of plastic infused together, these different layers have varying levels of buoyancy
When I started rigging the Bumpee Hog the lure further reminded me of the old Terminator and Strike King baits which make use of 3X Soft Plastics Cyber-Flexx materials. These baits made a big impact when they were first released to market, only to fade away into tackle oblivion. The durability of the plastics wasn't enough to make up for the high cost, and while some anglers swore by the floating presentation many anglers simply didn't like the way the plastics presented themselves underwater, requiring anglers to change up their techniques to compensate for the increased floatation.
The Bumpee Hog VIOS plastic is extremely durable, and even after stretching it out over 10x in length it returns to the same shape
Real World Test: When I was done tugging the baits to see just how far they would stretch it was time test the Megabass Bumpee Hog, and for this I head to the stained water of the California Delta to assess the bait side by side with other creature baits and crawdad imitators. We fished the Bumpee Hog on both Toray and Sunline Fluorocarbon line and rigged the bait a few different ways.
The thin appendages are just as resilient
Casting: The Bumpee Hog is heavy enough to be cast weightless for extremely subtle presentations but being a crawdad bait I preferred to put the lure right on the bottom. This meant adding a bullet sinker and rigging the lure Texas style or sticking it on the end of a jig for punching through vegetation. Either way casting the Bumpee Hog was undemanding and equally uneventful.
The Bumpee Hog can be rigged Texas, Wacky, or used as a trailer
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So a year a so ago I bought a Primos electronic game caller. You know one of those ones that has built in calls and you can control it with a remote. Used it a couple times on crows and coyotes. Went to dig it out for this winter and couldn't find the remote. Thinking back I suspect I left it in the field somewhere. So I get on line and look to see if I can buy one. Not on their web site. So I call. And it turns out that I can not buy one . . . they are sending it to me free. What a deal!!!!! Live well, be safe Prof Young |
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Monday, December 06, 2010
Outdoor Writing
I was recently pointed to one heck of a trove of old outdoor writing, hosted at a place called NitroExpress.com. They've probably got a hundred different articles and books linked as archives and the reading list is extensive. I'm currently reading The Man Eaters of Tsavo, a book written in 1907 by Lieutenant Colonel J.H. Patterson. If you don't know the story, it's about a young engineer who went to Africa in the latter part of the 19th Century to help build a railroad from Tsavo to Nairobi, and the work was halted by a pair of man-eating lions who feasted on the imported labor. The book was digitized by Microsoft for the University of California. Helluva story.
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- maddmedic said...
No Patrick McManus???
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- Pawpaw said...
Medic - They shoot canoes, don't they?
I can read Tenner Shoe Blight right now and collapse in fits of mirth. Yeah, I read McManus. The list is really too long to list. - 4:38 AM
- Old NFO said...
Good stuff! Thanks for the link!
- Termite said...
Thank you for posting the Nitro Express link here.
BTW, I have some Capstick and Ruark books if you want to borrow them.
Ruark's The Old Man and The Boy should be required reading for all fathers and granfathers. - 7:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
Once you have finished reading the Man Eaters of Tsavo, you might want to see if you can get the movie The Ghost and the Darkness. It was "adapted" from the book and is reputed to, for Hollywood standards, closely follow the book. I've seen the movie and thought it was interesting.
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The Mgfun Project is a collection of packages for the computer algebra system Maple, and is intended for the symbolic manipulation of a large class of special functions and combinatorial sequences (in one or several variables and indices) that appear in many branches of mathematics, mathematical physics, and engineering sciences. Members of the class satisfy a crucial finiteness property which makes the class amenable to computer algebra methods and enjoy numerous algorithmic closure properties, including algorithmic closures under integration and summation.
Much more than the search for closed forms, the aim is to be able to continue to compute with the implicit representation of holonomic objects even when no explicit form is available. Applications include the simplification of expressions in special functions and sequences, the evaluation of parametrized definite integrals and sums, series and asymptotic expansions, the automatic proof of identities, and will open to the fast numerical evaluation of special functions in the future. To achieve these goals, several algorithmic tools are used by Mgfun, and have been implemented as separate dedicated packages. The implementation has made it possible to give the first automatic proof of identities so far unreachable by computer algebra. The Mgfun family consists of:
Implicit Representations of Special Functions and Sequences. The essence of the Mgfun packages is to base on implicit representations of special functions and combinatorial sequences in terms of systems of linear functional equations, rather than explicit closed forms. In order to accomodate linear operators of a general type, like linear differential and linear finite difference operators, a class of algebras of multivariate skew polynomials is introduced, namely Ore algebras. Although they are non-commutative, these algebras share many algorithmic properties with the usual commutative polynomial algebras, like the existence of a degree, a gcd theory, a euclidean algorithm. Moreover, they are used more and more in recent computer algebra algorithms as a tool to unify differential calculations with functions and calculations of recurrences with sequences. Their algorithmic aspects have been implemented in the package Ore_algebra.
Gröbner Bases in Algebras of Linear Operators. Many special functions and combinatorial sequences can be defined as the common solutions of systems of linear functional equations. In this spirit, Mgfun views special functions and combinatorial sequences as the zeroes of special left ideals in Ore algebras. Algorithms to manipulate special functions and sequences then appeal to polynomial elimination in those algebras of linear operators, for which methods of non-commutative Gröbner bases have been developed. Indeed, the simple commutation rules that describe the non-commutativity of Ore algebras make it possible to develop a theory of Gröbner bases together with an extension of Buchberger's algorithm whose termination is always guaranteed. Other natural extensions of Gröbner-based calculations (FGLM algorithm, Gröbner bases for modules, computation of syzygies, Gröbner walk, ...) exist in the skew setting and can be put to good use in applications. The package Groebner implements many of them. It provides Gröbner bases for many algebras and many term orderings.
Holonomy and Holonomic Functions. The approach followed by packages in the Mgfun family originates from work by D. Zeilberger at the beginning of the 1990's. Zeilberger's interesting observation is the relevance of the theory of holonomic D-modules to the problem of summation and integration of special functions and combinatorial sequences. This theory had originally been developed by J. Bernstein in the 1970's in order to answer a question of analytical nature, namely the existence of a meromorphic extension of a certain function known to be analytic in a half of the complex plane. In both types of applications, the role of holonomy is to ensure the existence of a linear operator with a special elimination property. Bernstein's holonomic modules specifically refer to modules over algebras of linear differential operators. Their definition relates to a dimension theory for ideals. Zeilberger suggested a definition in the case of linear recurrence operators. The case of algebras of linear q-difference operators was then developed in the 1990's.
Holonomic Summation and Integration. After Zeilberger's original work, algorithmic closures under summation and integration following the holonomic approach have been intensively studied in the 1990's, leading to a great deal of algorithms. The problem still stimulates vivid ongoing research. The package Holonomy implements several of these integration and summation algorithms, ranging from a brute-force elimination algorithm by Gröbner basis calculation to subtle algorithms based on a restricted kind of elimination. Specifically, the package provides the user with a toolbox for calculations with holonomic functions in their ideal-theoretic representation, and can be used to study sutble properties of holonomic functions. This is complemented at a higher level by the package Mgfun, a user-oriented interface to the previous packages, much in the spirit of the package Gfun dedicated to the univariate case.
Each of the packages has its introductory Maple session.
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Besides, a few Maple sessions accompany Frédéric Chyzak's publications that are related to Mgfun. An older demo based on an earlier version of the software is also available.
All the packages described above, as well as other packages developed by the Algo team, conveniently come together in the algolib library for Maple V.5. A Maple V.4 version is also available for people who have no access to Maple V.5. However, this version does not include the whole algolib library and does not make on-line help pages available. In case of any trouble when downloading or installing the software, please contact the author.
The following are publications that describe the theoretical aspects implemented in the packages.
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Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Face and Gusture Recognition (FG'11), FERA 2011 - Workshop on Facial Expression Recognition and Analysis Challenge.
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A novel emotion recognition system has been proposed for classifying facial expression in videos. Firstly, two types of basic facial appearance descriptors were extracted. The first type of descriptor, called Motion History Histogram (MHH), was used to detect temporal changes of each pixels of the face. The second type of descriptor, called Histogram of Local Binary Patterns (LBP), was applied to each frame of the video and was used to capture local textural patterns. Secondly, based on these two basic types of descriptors, two new dynamic facial expression features called MHH_EOH and LBP_MCF were proposed. These two features incorporate both dynamic and local information. Finally, the Two View SVK_2K classifier was built to integrate these two dynamic features in an efficient way. The experimental results showed that this method outperformed the baseline results set by the FERA'11 challenge.
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Title: | Emotion Recognition by Two View SVM_2K Classifier on Dynamic Facial Expression Features |
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Keywords: | Emotion recognition, facial expression, motion feature |
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After Big Deal's the raw love song "Talk" gained traction on the music blogs and the band performed on NME's Radar tour, Mute records swooped up the British musical duo for the release of their debut album Lights Out. With comparisons to the Vaselines and Belle & Sebastian, Big Deal subsequently released "Chair" as the first single off Lights Out on The Guardian's website, and performed at various British summer festivals before the album's October 2011 release date.
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I made this cake out of cardstock using Close to my Heart's Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge for the 3-D class that I taught at Convention. Believe it or not, I used the pillow box image on the cartridge to make the cake, one of the border images to line the edges, and of course had to use one of my favorite 3-D flowers to decorate it. The only other thing I added to it were some Pearl Adhesive Gems.
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"Through my internship, I have had the ability to see the trials and tribulations that face start up business in impoverished communities. I have also witnessed the power of community support as the women of the cooperative have tried to create a successful project with the hope of providing not only for their families, but for the improvement of their neighborhood."
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Doc Morbid in Junktown taught me some. And just because we live in stone huts, does not mean we are less intelligent or educated.
"Razlo is the resident doctor in Shady Sands around 2161.
Razlo is a good friend of Aradesh. His medical experience is attributed to his training by Doc Morbid in Junktown. He also has a wife that is unnamed in the game.
Interactions with the player characterEdit
Interactions overviewEdit
General | Services | Quests | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Make Poison Antidote, Cure Jarvis of Radscorpion Poison: Razlo can produce antidote for radscorpion poison if given the tail of one killed in battle.
- Rescue Tandi from the Raiders: the Vault Dweller can tell him that Tandi is being kidnapped. He'll grant a piece of fruit and 2 stimpaks.
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Razlo can heal the Vault Dweller, and offers a small amount of stimpaks for purchase, although he will only enter into dialogue with the player during daylight hours. At night, he will become very irritable if you wake him through dialogue, telling you to return in the morning. Also after the Vault Dweller completes the Make Poison Antidote quest he will accept any radscorpion tails and use them to create more anti venom for the Vault Dweller.
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Razlo's Tell-Me-Abouts | |
Query | Response |
Aradesh | "He is the leader of our community, and a true hero. You can always find him at work in the communal hall." |
Garl | "He leads the Khans. He is one of the most dangerous men that has ever set eyes on Shady Sands. He leads the raider clans with a heavy fist." |
The Hub | "Much farther to the south than Junktown. The Hub is the largest city I've heard about. Must be a thousand people there, at least." |
Junktown | "It's 4-6 days to the southwest. Good trading occasionally, but more often than not, they try to stiff us." |
Khans | "They are a lawless group who pretend to be some people from the far past." |
Razlo | "That is me. I am the doctor for Shady Sands." |
Sands, Shady | "You're standing in it." |
Seth | "He works with Aradesh to make sure we are safe." |
Tandi | "She is the daughter of Aradesh. Some day she could lead us, but she must learn to temper her ways." |
Water | "Sorry, I can't help you." |
Apparel | Weapon | Other items |
Clothing | - | Stimpak x2 Bottle cap x46 |
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Pulls when asked to canter on lunge Alright, so Blu had the good idea of not hijacking the last thread... I have a problem similar to the other thread about the horse not cantering on the lunge, but: the mare I'm working with was very iffy about working on the lunge line, and after a few weeks of work I now have her walking and trotting on command and she keeps a good circle going. However, when I increase pressure to ask her to canter (she's quite lazy unless she's spooking) she gets all freaked out, squares up to me and starts pulling. I've tried her in both a halter and bridle with the same result. I can sometimes ask her up nicely for a few strides, then let her drop back down, but the next time I ask, she pulls again. Any ideas about how to keep her moving in the circle and picking up the canter would be wonderful. |
does she have any problems cantering under saddle? is she fit/muscled? |
Jazzy: The mare is not started under saddle, and I want to get her responding to verbal commands on the lunge line before I get on her. For youngsters, I like to get them cantering well on the lunge line first (with and without a saddle) so when it comes to the first canter under saddle, I can start in the "safe zone" of being on a lunge line with someone else controlling her so all she and I have to worry about is getting used to the feel of one another, then we move off on our own. Yes, she is unfit, but she can do a few strides here and there without a problem and really right now that's all I want... 3-5 strides at a canter followed by me rewarding her with dropping back down to a trot. She is fit enough to do that.. and I'm not asking her to canter on a tiny circle either, I'm asking her up on a circle big enough for a green horse... I'm very frusterated about this! Any advice? |
Do you have her saddled while you lundge her? If yes, then check to make sure the saddle fits properly...if it doesn't it can bother her when she canters. Any leg problems? That also can be a factor on why she won't canter. Have you tried free-lundging? My horse always hated cantering on a lundge line...but he listened a whole lot better while free lunging. Try having you hold the line and a lundge whip, where are having someone else outside of the circle with a lundge whip also. Ask for a canter, if she pulls back, have the person outside the circle hit her whip on the ground to get her going again. Other than that I can't think of anything to solve the problem at the moment...I'll keep on thinking, and if I think of anything else I'll let you know |
Thanks, Sonny. I've thought about having someone on the outside as well, but I'm usually the only one working there when I go. She canters fine in the small pen I use as my round pen (it's too big and square to be useful as a round pen though), and she turns small canter circles there no problem so I'm not concerned about her being hurt. That was my first reaction, but she's sound all around and doesn't seem in pain, it's more fright than anything. Also, I haven't lunged her with a saddle at all... she's preggy, so I don't want anything banging on her sides.. I keep her workouts short because of that as well. Adding on to that, I don't like working her at liberty because she tends to just canter away from my pressure and gets all worked up really quickly, so I like the control of the lunge line. Again, the only reason I want her to canter on the lunge is because I like to get green horses cantering well on the lunge line first (with and without a saddle) so when it comes to the first canter under saddle, I can start in the "safe zone" of being on a lunge line with someone else controlling her so all she and I have to worry about is getting used to the feel of one another, then we move off on our own. |
heavens I see why you want her to canter on a lundge line....when I first bought Sonny, even though he was fully trained and my BO just thought I should hop on and ride, I spent 1 whole week with just groundwork. Getting him to listen to me. try having two people, and see if that works...it just might. Be careful so the person doesn't crack the whip directly behind the horse...of she could bolt directly at you...and that wouldn't be good |
I'll try that.. it'll be a week before I'll have someone else out there to help me though.. it's a good idea! I'm at a loss... I've tried to pull from all my horse training knowledge, and I can't figure anything out! If I try and just keep driving her from my central spot, she just pulls back further. If I don't want to get her to come up to me and start fresh, I have to actually move to her side and drive her forwards again.. I just want to get her cantering nicely!! Gah!! |
that's how some horses are. Sounds like she is testing you also. You got to make her do what you want to do when you want to do it. Don't let her get away with anything, that will help over time with vices and bahavioural (spelled wrong I think haha) issues |
Oh, do I ever know that. I believe she's testing me.. I just don't know how to stop it, and it's quite frusterating!! |
You did say she cantered alright free-lundging in a roundpen.......try putting her on a lundge line that. That way she CANNOT back up too far. If she still continues not to, give the lundge whip a good crack (or hit on the ground, whatever works) and possibly yell at her or walk towards her. Remember that if she was in a herd and she was testing the lead horse, that horse would bring her back into her place ANY way he had to...you must take the place as the lead horse...you must bring her back into her place |
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[authors: Obiamaka P. Madubuko, Michael S. Stanek, and Jennifer R. Taylor]
The resource guide issued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on November 14, 2012, addresses important topics for those doing business across the globe. This new guidance does not alter the DOJ and SEC's focus on aggressively pursuing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act anti-bribery and accounting violations, so companies must continue to focus on maintaining a robust compliance program and assessing risk worldwide.
On November 14, 2012, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a resource guide for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) (the Guidance). This long-awaited Guidance from the DOJ and SEC addresses a number of important topics for those doing business across the globe. While much of the Guidance is not a departure from the positions taken by the U.S. government in recent cases, it does represent a helpful resource and tool to which companies can refer when analyzing their own FCPA risk and the government's view on FCPA compliance.
The Current FCPA Enforcement Landscape
Enacted in 1977, the FCPA prohibits the bribery of foreign officials. Enforcement of the FCPA remained largely dormant for many years, but in the past decade, FCPA enforcement has dramatically increased. For example, financial sanctions imposed by the SEC and DOJ have exceeded $500 million in each of the last four years, culminating in record-breaking sanctions of more than $1 billion in 2010. Given the aggressive enforcement environment in the United States, the lack of clarity in the statutory law and a relative dearth of case precedent (as most FCPA cases are resolved through settlement rather than by the courts), there was a great need for additional clarity from the DOJ and SEC.
New Guidance Explained
The Guidance is broad in scope and offers no revolutionary shifts in FCPA interpretation or enforcement. It explains the government's position on jurisdictional questions, such as who may be subject to the FCPA, and describes the FCPA's key provisions. It also provides numerous case references and hypothetical scenarios to address various FCPA compliance issues, such as FCPA due diligence, facilitation payments, cooperation credit and successor liability.
Below is a brief summary of some of the many topics addressed in the 120-page Guidance. Click here for a complete copy of the Guidance.
FCPA Jurisdiction
The Guidance reminds us of the FCPA's broad reach. For example, making a phone call or sending an e-mail to or from the United States as it relates to a corrupt payment scheme may be enough to trigger the FCPA jurisdictional nexus requirement.
Prosecuting Foreign Non-Issuers and Individuals Under Aiding & Abetting and Conspiracy Charges
The Guidance explains that in FCPA conspiracy cases, the United States generally has jurisdiction over all the conspirators where at least one conspirator is an issuer or domestic concern, or commits a reasonably foreseeable overt act within the United States. That means that foreign nationals and companies may be prosecuted for agreeing to commit an FCPA violation even if they could not be independently charged with a substantive FCPA violation.
Unfair Business Advantage
The Guidance clarifies that an "unfair business advantage" is the payment of bribes to secure commercial advantages, such as favorable tax treatment, reduction or elimination of customs duties, government action to prevent competitors from entering a market, or circumvention of a licensing or permit requirement.
Reasonable and Monitored Gifts and Hospitalities
The Guidance indicates that the DOJ and SEC expect larger companies to develop and implement gift-giving rules and policies with clear monetary thresholds and annual limits. Reasonable business courtesies and expenses, such as providing business class airfare as it relates to travel for a legitimate business purpose, or limited entertainment and meal expenses, are permissible.
Facilitation Payments a Narrow Exception
The Guidance explains that the FCPA has a narrow exception for "facilitating or expediting payments" made in furtherance of routine governmental action. This exception applies only when a payment is made to further "routine governmental action" that involves non-discretionary acts, such as processing visas; providing police protection or mail service; and supplying utilities such as phone service, power and water. Routine government action does not include a decision to award new business or to continue business with a particular party, or to make discretionary decisions that would constitute misuse of an official's office (e.g., paying an inspector to overlook the lack of a valid permit or necessary license).
"Foreign Official" and "Instrumentality of Foreign Government" Definition
The Guidance emphasized that employees and officers of state-owned or controlled entities are considered "foreign officials" for FCPA purposes under the "instrumentality of a foreign government" category. Entities will be considered an "instrumentality of a foreign government" if government control is 50 percent or greater, or if the government retains or exercises "control" over the organization at issue. Factors to consider in this determination include the following:
Economic Coercion
Situations involving extortion or duress where there is an imminent threat of physical harm will not give rise to FCPA liability, because such payments cannot be said to have been made with a corrupt intent. However, the Guidance goes on to explain that mere economic coercion (such as a demand by a government official for gaining entry into a market) does not amount to extortion and is barred by the FCPA. Thus, arguments that it is impossible to do business in Country A without paying bribes, or that "everyone does it," are not proper defenses to an FCPA violation.
FCPA Due Diligence
The Guidance reminds entities of the importance of conducting risk-based due diligence on third parties and in cross-border M&A deals and foreign joint ventures. The Guidance states that the U.S. government expects companies to assess a number of factors in determining whether heightened FCPA-related due diligence is appropriate, including whether the market is a high-risk country, the size and significance of the deal to the company, whether the company has experience and a comfort level in dealing with a proposed third party, a consultant's ties to political and government leaders, the fee structure of the contract and the degree of vagueness of the services to be provided.
Limitation on Successor Liability
The Guidance notes that parent companies will not face FCPA successor liability in cases where the DOJ or SEC would have lacked jurisdiction over a target company's conduct. While successor liability remains a concern for U.S. companies acquiring foreign assets, and this portion of the Guidance appears to limit FCPA liability under certain circumstances, it should be noted that the Guidance framed this issue in the context of a hypothetical where the acquiring company undertook extensive pre-deal due diligence and self reported the violations to the government.
Successful Compliance Programs' Effects, Self-Reporting and Cooperation Credit
The government acknowledges that the effectiveness of a company's compliance program is a significant factor in reaching a settlement. The effectiveness of a compliance program can determine whether a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) or non-prosecution agreement (NPA) is appropriate. Effective compliance programs can also reduce the fine amount and affect the determination of whether the government will require a corporate monitor. The Guidance encourages companies to self-report FCPA violations they uncover, because the government places a high premium on self-reporting, along with cooperation and remedial efforts, in determining the appropriate resolution of FCPA matters.
As the breadth of the government's Guidance indicates, FCPA enforcement will remain an important enforcement priority for DOJ and the SEC. The new Guidance will not alter or limit the DOJ and SEC's focus on aggressively pursuing FCPA anti-bribery and accounting violations. Companies must continue to focus on maintaining a robust compliance program and must continually assess risk worldwide. Companies—both U.S. and international—must be prepared to promptly and appropriately react to anti-corruption law red flags and potential violations or weaknesses.
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