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Most of all, the production accents the intrinsically sweet and loony edge of the characters with an infectious spirit of fun and fancy. Adopting the enchanted Forest of Arden as the setting for an idyllic romantic game, Monte and her admirable troupe mine the play's inherent humor and embrace its romanticism without being too broadly comic.
On several levels the production is far more palatable than either Peter Hall's Theater Royal, Bath mounting at BAM earlier this year or Mark Lamos' Shakespeare in the Park staging this summer. From dukes and courtiers to clergy and country shepherds, the comedy has been distinctively cast. There is a focused consistency and unity in delivery and an instinctive grasp of the Bard's playful concept.
Mark Mineart's Touchstone is not the usual court jester so often drawn. His worldly fool has a well-seasoned wisdom and maturity seldom seen in the character. His flirtation with rustic wench Audrey (Colleen Piquette) makes for an appealing May-December courtship.
As You Like It, Shakespeare's romantic comedy about the evils of the city versus the innocence of the countryside, is being offered by the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey as a season-ending Christmas present to its audience. It's a good choice.
Mark Mineart as Touchstone is just as insightful as his portrayal of Lennie was in the company's 2004 production of Of Mice and Men. His eyes sparkle as much as the ice as he parries, with words, as both a fool and a lover.
Amid all this whiteness there is a piece of coal in the form of Jaques, dressed in black from head to toe. They call him melancholy? Bah, humbug. Wentworth's Jaques is clinically depressed. He finds joy in life only when he can debate philosophy with Touchstone.
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Artistic director Bonnie J. Monte, envisioning the Bard's light romantic comedy as a holiday gift to her loyal audience, emphasized the warm spirits inhabiting the frosty Forest of Arden on a set that surrounded the characters in icy white and blue.
The players are, top to bottom, agreeably charming. Particularly so is Mack, who caught many by surprise on this stage in 2003 with her stunning Eliza Doolittle in "Pygmalion." Mineart, another audience favorite since his powerful work as Lennie in last year's "Of Mice and Men," shows off his range as Touchstone.
It may not make you think Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or any other holiday, but if you love Shakespeare, this is Shakespeare as you like it.
The Princeton Packet
As You Like It is generally perceived as Shakespeare's happiest play. Director Bonnie Monte has filled her vision with colorful forest inhabitants who indeed "find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones and good in everything." In keeping with the season, she even sprinkles snow amidst the joy of four weddings.
The lovers (Victoria Mack as Rosalind and Kevin Isola as Orlando) do indeed "please." Mark Mineart romps through the role of Touchstone, the court clown finding little difficulty in practicing his art in the forest. The rustics — David Douglas Smith, Patrick Toon, Colleen Piquette, Nathan Kaufman and Tarah Flanagan — fill the secondary love plot lines happily. Richard Bourg lends dignity to the role of Duke Senior, banished but unbowed.
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Noteworthy, too, is Mark Mineart's Touchstone, also cast against type as the sarcastic jester and Rosalind's traveling companion. Jacques' gloom and Michael Schweikardt's wintry minimal set notwithstanding, As You Like It is probably the happiest, sunniest play that Shakespeare ever penned. In the program notes, Monte describes "As You Like It" as "a most delicious confection . . . light, airy and whimsical" — which pretty much sums up this production, offered to us as a sweet holiday treat.


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Unscrew the the 4 little screws that connect the hinge to each tube at one end of the frame. Then, putting the screws somewhere safe remove the hinge. You will now have the hinge still connected at one end and at the other end two open tubes. Thread the tubes through the fabric and reconnect the hinge to the tube and rescrew. Insert the frame parts and re-screw.
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Beverly Hills, CA (October 13, 2010) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 83rd Academy Awards® has been narrowed to eight films, of which three to five will earn Oscar® nominations.
Voters from the Academy's Documentary Branch viewed this year's 30 eligible entries and submitted their ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation.
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* "Born Sweet," Cynthia Wade Productions
* "Killing in the Name," Moxie Firecracker Films
* "Living for 32," Cuomo Cole Productions
* "One Thousand Pictures: RFK's Last Journey," Lichen Films
* "Poster Girl," Portrayal Films
* "Strangers No More," Simon & Goodman Picture Company
* "Sun Come Up," Sun Come Up, LLC
* "The Warriors of Qiugang," Thomas Lennon Films, Inc.
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Wages are increasing in the US
Worker's wages are showing signs of increase in the United States. The labor costs in the world's largest economy increased in early months of 2015. The job market is tightening itself. U.S. inflation pressure might be one of the reasons behind it. The measure of wage and benefit expenses, employment cost index increase by 0.7 percent in the first quarter. During last quarter of 2014, its growth rate was 0.5%. The figures released by the Labor
Department are showing promising picture. The Wall Street pundits projected that the index will increase by 0.6 percent. The monthly earnings have reported highest year over year growth since the financial crisis. Labor costs rose around 2.6 percent in the first quarter, if we go by annual basis. In the private sector, wages increased by 2.6 percent in the same quarter. Economist Daniel Silver from J.P. Morgan Chase said that reduced slack in the job market has triggered upward trend in compensation.
The labor costs have accelerated since last few quarters. For last five year, the increase in the wages was frozen at 2 percent growth annually. As the U.S. economy is leaving behind hangover of the financial crisis, wage increase is really a good indicator of the recovery. But many experts are pointing out that the report released by the labor department can be over exaggerated as we have seen similar trend in the wage increase of 0.3 percent. The growth figures have increased due to incentives to workers like the sales commissions.


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Starting a real estate business is easy. With basic knowledge and sufficient cash, you can try your hands in this business. But when it comes to expand the business, you will have to go extra miles to make the deals, find the customers and locate the properties. And it is very challenging and hectic as well. Don't worry.
Here we have suggested the ways helping your real estate business achieve growth.
Define Your Target Market:
Identifying your niche market can help you grow your real estate business. This is because every buyer has different housing needs.
For example, you deal in the properties with a garage slope driveway and a yard. While it may be attractive for a young couple, it won't be an interesting deal for aged adults due to the sloped driveway which can be problematic and a yard requiring regular maintenance.
Therefore, you should look for the appropriate buyer for your property. Ponder over these things to identify your target market:
- Are the buyers local?
- What they do?
- Are they first time home buyers?
- How old they are?
- Are they married?
Build a Strong Online Presence:
According to a joint study by Google and National Association of REALTORS, over 90 percent of consumers search home online.
It simply means that you need to build a strong online presence to leverage online users looking for a property. First of all, build a well-designed website with attractive images and text. Besides, make your business profiles over social networking platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can also run a paid ad campaign over search engines like Google and Bing.
Lay Stress On Referrals and Word-of-Mouth:
Referrals and word-of-mouth are the proven strategies to grow your business. Most people still prefer a reference by friends, peers or their relative when it comes to buy or sell the home. You can pay the person for referring your deals to a new customer.
Hunt for a Hidden and Off Market Properties:
Finding a good deal constantly is important for your real estate business. If you fail to get them, you may struggle to generate the income. Apart from locating the properties on MLS or Zillow, try to look for the owners who want to sell their home as quickly as possible due to divorce, migration or financial hardship. They are the properties that the owners can't usually sell through listing sites as they need to move fast. You can locate such properties by looking for the signs like FSBO (For Sale by Owner).
With the help of these things, you can grow your real estate business. However, it requires your patience and time as success in real estate can't be achieved overnight.


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In the IT world, security is a chess game. There's a constant back-and-forth volley between the IT defenders and the bad guys, with both sides using escalating efforts. Corero (Top Layer) puts DDoS attackers in check with an enhanced DDoS defense that is purpose-built to stop new kinds of attacks that would slip past most firewalls and IPS tools.
In the IT world, security is a chess game. There's a constant back-and-forth volley between the IT defenders and the bad guys, with both sides using escalating efforts. Just as the defenders think they've found a "checkmate" position, the bad guys seem to find a way around it.
One security concern that has been in the headlines lately is distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. In December 2010, the hactivist group calling itself Anonymous launched successful attacks against the websites of companies and organizations that opposed the activities of WikiLeaks. Visa and MasterCard, among others, had their Web sites knocked out of commission for more than six hours each -- an eternity for business that are heavily dependent on the Internet.
ROUNDUP: The DDoS Hall of Shame
Of course, six hours is nothing compared to the month that the Sony PlayStation Network was down. Sony's woes began with a DDoS attack that morphed into a massive data breach and almost complete loss of confidence by the public.
While denial of service attacks have been commonplace for more than a decade, some of the methods the attackers are using today are new. In the security chess game, attackers have just made a move that puts every organization's king at risk. This move helps attackers slip past traditional protection measures in firewalls and intrusion prevention systems (IPS).
Until recently, the most common way for someone to instigate a DDoS attack was to overwhelm the victim's network with massive amounts of incoming traffic that make the victim's site unavailable to legitimate users. Network security experts got wise to this and put up defenses that would look for and block this kind of bandwidth-hogging attack.
Then the bad guys realized they could achieve their desired result -- complete unavailability of a network or Web-based service -- by utilizing requests that look and act just like normal traffic until they are taken in aggregate.
Here's how it works. An attacker figures out what kind of request will make a website or back-end database do a relatively large amount of work to respond. For example, consider the online store that has a product comparison feature that allows a shopper to simultaneously view the specifications of five different widgets. The request goes to a database to pull up the details of each of the products in order to present a dynamic page with all the information. A single request is no big deal, but what if tens of thousands of zombies on a botnet have been instructed to make this same request over and over again? The network traffic and certainly each HTTP GET request might not be unusual, and thus they raise no red flags for a firewall or IPS. Nevertheless, the back-end database server is trying mightily to respond to tens of thousands of the requests and becomes so busy that a denial of service condition will be accomplished.
So the challenge is how to defend against this kind of attack.
Corero Network Security (previously Top Layer Security thinks it has an answer. The company this week announced an enhanced anti-DDoS solution that is purpose-built to counter this new type of attack.
Corero already has anti-DDoS functionality in its Top Layer IPS; it's one of the three dimensions of the IPS, with intrusion prevention and stateful firewall filtering being the other two dimensions. Now Corero has developed a dedicated box with the enhanced anti-DDoS capabilities. This box, aptly named the DDoS Defense System (DDS), can be put in front of a Web server or a database server to protect the application layer against "low and slow" DDoS attacks.
DDS utilizes unique "client request limiting" technology that distinguishes "good" application requests from "bad" ones -- even though the requests themselves appear very similar. This new system assigns a demerit score to something akin to an account balance associated with each source IP sending requests to the Web-based application. Demerits are based on different criteria defined by aberrant behavior. Likewise, each source IP can earn merits for good behavior. If the total score reaches a threshold, the traffic from that source is filtered out by the appliance.
Let's say that Joe is browsing an online store and makes a request to compare widgets. This is acceptable behavior that would earn him a positive score. If Joe makes the exact same request 10 times in a row, DDS will notice and assume that Joe is really a bot and assign a demerit to his source IP address, lowering his account score. When the score hits a specified threshold, the traffic coming from Joe's device will be blocked.
The Corero device actively tracks several million source IP addresses that are traversing the network at any given time, so even if a large botnet is taking full aim at this network, the appliance can block the offending repetitive traffic. It's common to see tens of thousands of bots participating in an attack, and even if they send their "normal" traffic at very slow rates, the new anti-DDoS technology isn't fooled. The merit scoring system keeps track of cumulative bad behavior no matter how small or slow the traffic is.
The appliance has dozens of conditions for assigning demerits, such as making the same request repeatedly, and trying to hit illegal pages and getting an error response. The parameters can be adjusted for a given defense scenario. This system of scoring "good" vs. "bad" behavior puts Corero at the cutting edge of this kind of technology. It puts attackers' latest methods in "check."
Corero's DDoS Defense System can complement whatever firewall or IPS a company has, even if those tools come from another vendor. The appliance is suitable for 100Mbps, 1G and 10G Ethernet networks, as well as networks with redundant designs. The goal of this product is to provide automated defense against all DDoS attacks, including those aimed at the application layer.
Whether attackers are motivated by criminal extortion, political or religious activism or unfair business advantage, every organization doing business on the Internet is vulnerable to application layer DDoS attacks. Most firewalls and IPS systems are not prepared to catch the "low and slow" kinds of traffic that constitute a modern-day attack. The Corero DDoS Defense System is a good move in the IT security chess game.
Linda Musthaler is a principal analyst with Essential Solutions Corporation. You can write to her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Essential Solutions researches the practical value of information technology, and how it can make individual workers and entire organizations more productive. Essential Solutions offers consulting services to computer industry and corporate clients to help define and fulfill the potential of IT.
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For 2011, Mustang's new 3.7-liter Duratec 24-valve V-6 uses advanced engineering to deliver its power and economy: Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing (Ti-VCT) adjusts the valvetrain in microseconds. Aluminum construction means light weight. It's an engine designed to crank out torque down low, rev to 7,000 rpm and deliver the mechanical music sports coupe lovers crave everywhere in between with a projected 30 mpg on the highway with a six-speed automatic transmission and fun for drivers on nearly every road.
"Mustang is completely transformed with this new engine," said Derrick Kuzak, group vice president, Global Product Development. "Everything people love about the car is still there and now under the hood is a V-6 engine that uses premium technology to deliver the power, the feel, the fuel efficiency, even the sound of the best sports coupes in the world."
With Ti-VCT operating its four valves per cylinder, the new Mustang V-6 powerplant sends significantly more horsepower and torque (305 hp and 280 ft.-lb.) to the rear wheels than its predecessor despite its smaller displacement. The behind-the-wheel feel is unlike any Mustang ever produced.
The high output is due largely to Ti-VCT which allows variable control of valve operation across the rev range. The variable cams operate on a Direct Acting Mechanical Bucket (DAMB) valvetrain. The end result is as much as a 3 percent improvement in fuel economy and a 10 percent improvement in power output versus traditional engines.
Performance was the mantra for every aspect of engine design. A cold air induction system and dual exhaust give the 3.7 its free-breathing style with a 7,000 rpm redline and near-instantaneous response to throttle inputs.
Drivers can get the most out of the new V-6 engine's output using either an all-new six-speed manual gearbox or a six-speed automatic transmission. Both come with the flexibility and fuel economy benefits of six forward ratios regardless of whether buyers want to shift for themselves or not.
The standard 2.73 rear axle provides an ideal blend of cruising fuel economy and acceleration, aided by the wide ratio spread permitted through the use of six forward speeds in the gearboxes. Performance enthusiasts can select an available 3.31 rear axle ratio for better off-the-line launch characteristics.
With so much additional horsepower standard, the 2011 Mustang received enhancements to its chassis to maintain the outstanding balance and driving behavior Mustang owners expect. Damper tuning and spring rates were revised to provide a smooth highway ride while a new rear lower control arm and stiffened stabilizer bar bushings improve stiffness and handling for better cornering response.
While Mustang's aerodynamic improvements were designed mainly to improve fuel economy, engineers also adjusted the vehicle's front/rear lift balance. The result is a car that tracks more securely and feels more "planted" to the road surface at higher speeds, helping to keep the tires in better contact with the pavement.
Mustang buyers choosing the new V-6 will also get a standard limited-slip differential that provides better handling and more sure-footed grip in poor weather conditions. When the time comes to slow things down, the 2011 Mustang is also equipped with larger four-wheel ABS disc brakes.
Additional lightweight soundproofing measures help filter unpleasant, high-frequency noises while tuned intake and dual exhaust add the sounds Mustang buyers relish.
Enthusiasts who want a premium performance-oriented Mustang V-6 can opt for the new Performance Package, which will be available August 2010. Designed for driving enthusiasts, the Mustang V-6 Performance Package comprises: A 3.31 rear axle ratio for quicker off-the-line acceleration, Firmer Mustang GT suspension, 19-inch wheels, Summer performance tires for improved grip, A strut tower brace for increased chassis rigidity, Unique electronic stability control calibration with sport mode for performance driving.


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Last week the itch began again! I exploded in "I need a new project/craft to do"! I had finished all of the project I had going before Mel was born, so it was time to start anew. Ran to Joanns for some new fabric for my livingroom/kitchen (that will be another post), and off to Savers I went. This is what I came up with;
Well, as always Potterybarnkids has the cutest ideas. I got this one from them and have been wanting to make some for Bellas room for a long time. My cute sister in law inspired me to buy second hand store frames and just paint them. So that is what I did! Each of these were $1.99 at Savers! I should have taken a before picture, but didnt. :-( But if you can imagine, the oval one was gold and looked like it belonged in a cathedral or something! lol. The others were silver or and ugly brown. Well, I had leftover fabric from Bellas bedspread so I used that as my background. Busted out the leftover white paint from all the other projects in her room and "Voila"! The sillouetts are of Isabella and of course a little owl to go with her bedroom theme. This is how it turned out, and I am very pleased. Now my next idea is to do the same, but for my living room, with black frames:-) Cant wait to start that one!


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FREE SCHOOLS were presented as an opportunity for local communities to get the education they need from their local schools.
With black children still lagging behind in education, could these new schools represent an opportunity to close the gap?
I'm answering with a 'yes' based on one principle: there is a difference between theory and practice. It is without doubt the current free schools system has spectacularly failed minority communities as well as religious and economic groups.
But should we disregard the concept altogether?
The ideological basis of free schools is in self-representation. If certain communities are being failed by the state system then why shouldn't communities be allowed to represent themselves?
Whilst the current free schools system has offered up nothing but shameful results for the BME (black and minority ethnic) community, it is important to remember the former state school structure left much to be desired for this same group. If certain members of a community seek to fix a problem, and enough of their own people support them, is it right to bar them?
To prevent them their own agency?
The criticism levied against the current system, centres upon the despicable government-sanctioned loopholes that have allowed discrimination into the schools. But with adequate monitoring, adherence to national law, growth and improvement, would the very nature of free schools be grotesque?
In my opinion the current government seeks to use free schools as a weapon to destabilise a service that is our right, based on an archaic and privileged social view that favours competition with an almost religious fervour. It is why, at present I will fight for state schools. If we make the state school system the best it can be, we could even eliminate the need for free schools altogether. But the want of free schools, the right to them?
Within reason, communities should be entitled to their autonomy and in the right hands, by the right government, could free schools in the future be the answer for black parents?
I don't see why not.
For a scheme masking what is effectively a last-ditch effort to stop the dismal failures of the UK education system towards black children, there is little evidence that free schools have improved prospects for these "underachievers".
From recent reports, the few black parents that know about these alternative schools are as displeased with them as I am.
The plan for free schools, according to the Conservatives, was to "create more local competition and drive-up standards".
Some claim that being unshackled from local authorities means communities can collectively set up schools to provide the kind of teaching they want to see. You'd have to hope so, considering they're still funded by taxpayers, so about as 'free' as your choice of school-run transportation.
But it's no exaggeration to say that the programme is yet another attractive-sounding Govian policy that has turned out to be a state-approved way of doing less with less. A staggering number of these institutions are not only failing the black community, but all minority communities.
There is evidence that free schools are failing to demonstrate awareness of the Equality Act 2010 or comply to the Public Sector Equality Duty – compulsory guidelines intended to eliminate all forms of discrimination and advance equal opportunities for citizens.
It also seems that black parents trying to set up free schools are finding the going tough and that black pupils often find themselves barred entrance to these schools which reduce the money available to be spent on the other schools in an area.
Free schools were expected to open new opportunities for BME communities. But if the vast majority can't even share accurate examples of engagement, how can black parents put their trust in them?
Our community speaks with many voices. Each week we bring you opposing views on a topical issue affecting black people. The arguments are crafted by the talented pool of writers from Media Diversified (www.mediadiversified.org), which aims to encourage greater diversity in the British media. What do you think? Join the debate.
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In episode 326, Mike Simmons hosts Mike Cowper where they talk about deciding on who you are as an investor. They talk about wholesaling and flipping. They go further to describe the structures of these models of investing and point out the differences.
To build a successful flipping business, what you need is lead generation. With these leads, you can cultivate prospects into actual customers. As a new house flipper, you don't need a lot of these leads at first. At the initial phase, you need to focus. You need a little amount for you to manage them better. As time passes, you can add more to push you to grow and add extra revenue.
On the other hand, a wholesaler may need a lot of leads. If it may seem overwhelming, consider adding an administrator to your team to offer a helping hand.
As a flipper, you ought to know quick and efficient ways of raising money. In the flipping business, you will always be required to raise money for different reasons.
The framework of a wholesale business is more transactional than a flipping one. You have to look at the properties from the perspective of a landlord and a house flipper in order to effectively carry out a wholesale business.
Modes of Real Estate Investing
In episode 316, Mike Simmons talks about the various modes of real estate investing. He alludes that he would hear of many real estate success stories online and conclude that each investor knew how to work in the real estate sector. However, he goes further to say that he realized that there are many ways of doing real estate business and there is no right way.
Every technique that you use in real estate investing is viable as long as it enables you to reach your desired investment goal.
However, this is not an argument against having a role model whose path you want to follow. Any real estate investing 101 advice alludes to the real value in following their investment strategies.
Investing Ethics
Most new real estate investors always seem to be in a rush to close deals and sign purchase agreements when starting out. A question arises on whether it is ethical. In episode 313, Mike Simmons delves into this issue. His position is that to be successful; there is a need for massive action. This means that at times, one has to take steps and make decisions that are unfamiliar. At times, the experience is the ultimate way to know the impact of actions and decisions.
He asserts that one cannot get the experience to make offers on the property unless one starts making actual offers. Thus, in an ethical perspective, utilitarianism is the order of the day. The utility of actions is what should guide some investment decisions.
To listen to more of Mike Simmons opinions and assertions on real estate investing 101, listen more to his podcast.


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Ryan Wilson is a songwriter and bass player from the upstate of South Carolina. He grew up in a musical family and has performed since childhood both vocally and instrumentally, but found his true calling in bluegrass.
His band, Big Iron, has graced stages all over the Southeast with many top bands. Ryan also teaches mandolin, guitar, and bass lessons in and around the upstate.


text: On Friday, February 6, 2004, at 10:57 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > An elementary exercise: applying this idea, why is Amazon.com > successful (at least in terms of revenues, I dunno their P&L)? Because they have chosen to target a small number of books and function as a organizational node for speciality book sellers and purchasers. You appear to be implying it is because they are willing to carry almost infinite inventory but they had a change in strategy. > I think there is a real opportunity here. Figure out a way to get > people to pay for software indexing and review, and channel their bug > reports and feature requests to the developers, and generate a revenue > stream from that. It would work like electronic publishing in > academia, except that (see below) the problem is aggregating the > signals of customers, not peers. According to the ebusiness group at Sloan (and lots of other papers at WISE Seatlle 2003) people will provide this free information for reputation. The problem in many open code forums is culture class and feedback. The on-line personas of many open code new entrants is one of assertion of competence through confrontation (and of course Eric Raymond). No one is ever confronted at Amazon, ebay confrontations are carefully managed and slahdot is a free for all. RedHat to my knowledge does not offer any perks to frequent bug contributors. If you have someone who carefully documents all their crashes and sends it in, they get no visible reputation. A "frequent reporter" system such as that used by Dell computing, where people who contribute accurate and widely used information get coupons or even visible public validation. I think that RedHat could profit from such a system --offering only recognition. > > rn> The open source world doesn't have the price signal. I have come to believe the problem with open source is that not enough companies release their own custom code and thereby obtain value from others using and working on it. Ensuring returns to the producer from releasing the code can solve that problem, and there are licensing that do that. So, imho, education and time are the solutions too this problem. So some dozen state are getting together to share code because as states they have very similar problems. One of the things they are developing is a community of users so that fifty clerks in the Sec of States office can talk to the other 49 (well now it is more like ten). The developers handling the package become part of the community of the clerks. In this closed environment there is no need for a price signal. GE capital (according to the VP to whom I spoke) accepts user recommendations on what services would be useful. Then when enough users recommend something to be profitable they roll it out. Similarly when enough clerks recommend something to be useful then it will be rolled out. I think the problem of economics of free software is not simply in the market - it is in the firms. The intra-firm transfer and creation of software is broken and that is why it has been outsourced (at very high profit margins) to MS. Fixing the intra-firm problem is as important as fixing the inter-firm open market problem. So a solution that could work within an organization could in theory also work outside the organization. There is no way that GE and IBM and PwC could not have cooperatively develop an office suite for what they pay Microsoft. It is the inability of the big guys to coordinate both internally and externally that is the current barrier to open code. > > Phil> Doesn't have or doesn't currently have. I don't have a > Phil> solution here but it does seem like there must be some model > Phil> that would "work". > > First, I think you misunderstand what Russ means by "price signal" > here. It is a happy accident that (where markets are undisputably the > best way to organize trade[1]) the same price signal that (1) tells > the buyers and sellers how much to buy and sell also (2) extracts > compensation from buyers for their use of social resources and > compensates sellers for the resources they provide, and (3) allows > outside observers to measure the social value generated by the market. > All of this "falls out" quite directly from the so-called "marginal > analysis", ie, differential calculus, and the identity of price with > marginal value that the market enforces. ... > What goes wrong _with the economic analysis_ in the open source model? > Very simply, there is no constraint to pay market price, and most > buyers don't. This means that the buyer who actually pays market > price is randomly selected, and I can think of no reason why market > price will be pushed to marginal value.[3] Of course this marginal cost is zero on information goods, information goods are non-excludable and non-rivalrous so all the assumptions fail miserably. But don't let this disturb you in your tautology. So the problem is not the open source model it is that the fundamental assertions do not work with information goods. The response has been to make them proprietary - to make them excludable and rivalrous. However, this has immense social cost. And now we are back to the point of the original poster - how to make information function in a market and in a way that is socially good. Because forcing information into the tautology of classic economics has a terrible price ---because it requires scarcity to work. The market requires scarcity and thus denial in order to function. So here is an interesting and applicable question - why does P2P work? It works because if I contribute to server C and you and I compete for server A and C I have reduced the relative load on A. Why does open code work? Because I either have to develop x, y and z or accept an environment where x,y, and z are both scarce and not optimized for my needs. How do we pay for it? I think the idea of a NFP consortium is a great one, modeled on the cooperation that allowed for the creation of various industry xml naming standards. However, once you get enough companies in they want to create barriers to keep other companies out (to much exposure to classical economics or bad kindergarten experiences, I am not sure which). It works for them in the very near term which is the only term of interest. But in the LT they could coordinate and release software. The public sector can lead the way here because the public sector is being starved of resources. So they have to adapt and think long term. The "open source in government" and idiocy of "let the market decide" are about understanding that if the states and feds get it right the market will follow. (Let the market decide usually translates to let the lobbyists decide in this battle.) Coordinated communities of users designing code with developers makes sense. > > Phil> initial development would be funded > > How? I mean, where does the money come from? The users aren't > compelled to pay, are they? More important is, "Without the price > signal [in its social value role], how do you know which projects > deserve initial funding?" > If firms and organizations did the initial internal funding then there would be no need for imperfect price signaling and the false scarcity it requires. Then the code could be made available so if someone else wants to pick it up and sell the excludable and rivalrous part (support and customization) it would be there. Then the creating company can choose to out-source its own support or at least have competition. It is getting all the available code out the door so the information markets can work that is the current barrier. I realize that alot of you guys are in the trenches and may not want to hear this but I will say it anyway - open code is changing the market. Open code is working in the market. It is just taking time. best regards, Jean


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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Leadsinger MVK II SD card compatibility
This is one of those "magic mic" thingies you can plug into a TV and use for karaoke in a pinch. I just tried to use an 8GB SDHC card in this thing. The files appear when you turn it on, but none of the songs will play. Also, if you have no valid files in the root of the card, the mic gets stuck at the boot screen (this does not happen with regular SD cards).
The largest SD (non-SDHC) card available is 4GB. I don't have one, but I tried a 2GB card and it worked.
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1 cup coriander leaves chopped
2 tomatoes finely chopped
8 cloves garlic
2 green chillies chopped
1 tsp methi seeds
1 tsp coriander powder
A pinch turmeric powder
Salt To Taste
oil as required.
Marinate the fish in salt and turmeric powder for 15 minutes.
Shallow fry the fish pieces, drain and keep aside.
Grind the coriander leaves, garlic and green chillies.
Heat oil, add masala paste and fry till the oil separates out.
Add tomatoes, methi seeds and powder masalas and fry till the oil begins to float on top.
Add about 1 cup water. Bring the gravy to a boil.
Add the fish slices and cook for 10 minutes.
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Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying you can't use one of these openings or that there aren't good books that start this way.
I am saying that you should think once, twice, and five thousand times about using these.
A character waking up: Sure, there's probably a good reason the character is getting woken up. Maybe their house is on fire/they're late for school/they just realized their insides are being sucked out by a sea monster. But not only is waking up overdone, what exactly is gained by showing a character wake up? Why not just cut to the insides-getting-sucked-out chase?
A character looking in a mirror: I know what you're thinking. Namely: "How in the heck am I going to show the reader what this character looks like when it's a 1st person narrative? Hmm… Mirror!" Don't do it. There is another way.
Extended dialogue with insufficient grounding: It's difficult for readers to ease into a new world and get their bearings. It's even more difficult to feel grounded when you're watching two characters talk and you're not exactly sure who they are.
Action with insufficient grounding: You've probably heard that you need to grab the reader right off the bat. But it's really difficult to care about what is happening in an action sequence before the reader knows where they are and who they care about. Even if you do begin with action make sure there's enough establishing detail for the reader to sort out what's really happening.
Character does X and oh by the way they're dead: By all means, tip off your reader that they're dealing with an undead protagonist. But playing it for shock value probably isn't going to work. Think about it – by the time the reader picks up your book in the paranormal section of the bookstore with a title called BEING DEAD SUCKS and a cover to match, are they really going to be surprised when your protagonist does something pithy and then you reveal they're dead?
What do you think? What are some of your least favorite openings?
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The Cast of "Sons of Anarchy" All Cleaned Up
By Dustin Rowles | Lists | September 8, 2011 |
By Dustin Rowles | Lists | September 8, 2011 |
"Sons of Anarchy" is an interesting ensemble in that, when it debuted in 2008, the cast was anchored by Katey Sagal, a sitcom mom from "Married ... with Children" and "8 Simple Rules." Most of the rest of the cast were small, mostly obscure character actors, save for Charlie Hunnam, best known for roles in the little seen "Queer as Folk" and "Undeclared" seven years prior. So it was hard to know if these guys were as "hard" looking as their characters. Not that it matters to the show itself -- every member of the cast plays their role perfectly -- but it is interesting to see what many of the actors who we first came to know on "Sons of Anarchy" looked like before they adorned their SAMCRO cuts. What I learned is that, perhaps, for a bunch of guys who play outlaws in a motorcycle club, "Sons of Anarchy" boasts more classically trained and stage actors than maybe any other show on television.
Kurt Sutter, the series showrunner, also plays Otto. The truth is, despite a reputation for a foul-mouthed temperament and research he did with an outlaw gang to prepare for the show, I don't really know much about Sutter before 2002, when he started on "The Shield." Turns out, he spent a lot of time acting in off-off Broadway productions before taking a teaching gig at The Gately-Poole Acting Studio on Theatre Row and then getting an MFA late in life. He is not, however, a guy you see "cleaned up." This is as "clean" as Sutter gets.
Katey Sagal, to my surprise, grew up in the industry. Her parents were TV writers and directors, and Sagal herself started out as a back-up singer for the likes of K.I.S.S., Olivia Newton John, and Bob Dylan. This is Katey cleaned up.
Charlie Hunnam is most certainly not Jax Teller. For one, he's British, and two, he doesn't keep company with outlaws (close friends include Anne Hathaway, Jamie Bell, and Romola Garai). This is real-life Charlie Hunnam. Goofy fucker, isn't he?
Kim Coates is Canadian! He began as a Shakespearean actor in Nova Scotia before becoming a prolific character actor (121 credits since 1986).
Mark Boone Junior started acting alongside his good friend Steve Buscemi. He was arrested a couple of years ago for assaulting a police office. I think Mark Boone Junior is a little for real, y'all. This is as cleaned up as he gets, and it's from a film role.
Tommy Flanagan is Scottish (obviously) and began as a DJ before moving to the stage (another Shakespearean guy) and getting his big break on Braveheart. The scars, by the way, are the result of a mugging. This guy is an impressive actor.
Maggie Siff went to Bryn Mawr and NYU before moving on to the stage (a lot of stage actors here, which speaks well of the talent on display). She had some minor roles on "Nip/Tuck" and "Mad Men" but was fairly unknown before "Sons of Anarchy." She more closely parallels the doctor version of Tara and not the Old Lady version.
Ron Perlman is a high-fallutin classically trained actor who most people knew before "Sons of Anarchy" thanks to Hellboy and, before that, the TV series "Beauty and the Beast." Dude has got 182 credits to his name. He's been thespianin' it up for decades.
There's not much out there on Theo Rossi. He went to SUNY Albany, and most of the Google images of him are in "SoA" attire, except this one:
William Lucking is another one of those actors who have been around forever. He's a acting teacher who co-founded the Santa Paula Theater Center. He's got 150 credits in his lifetime, and usually plays cops. He's not exactly the gun-running type.
Dayton Callie has also been around forever, too, but without looking, I probably couldn't name anything he's been in other "Deadwood." I didn't even know the man was Scottish. There's little info out there on Callie, except that he's a Vietnam War vet.
Finally, my favorite: Ryan Hurst, who I had no idea that I knew before "Sons of Anarcy." But, of course: He was in Remember the Titans. See:
This, too, is Hurst cleaned up.
I think he should probably keep the long hair and beard even after "SoA" goes off the air.


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eASIC Partners with Premier Technical Sales to Enhance its Customer sales and support for Nextreme Structured ASIC in North America
May 14, 2007
Premier will Leverage its Experience and Strong Customer base to Broaden the Reach of eASIC's Innovative yet Affordable Custom Logic Products
Santa Clara, California, May 14, 2007 – eASIC Corporation, a provider of Structured ASIC devices, today announced that it has entered into partnership agreement with Premier Technical Sales, a leading high-tech manufacturers' representative of major global electronic suppliers. With this partnership, eASIC further expands its global sales channel organization to provide extensive commercial and technical support in North America for its eASIC Nextreme Structured ASIC products. Leveraging its semiconductor market experience, Premier will support the rapid customer demand of eASIC Nextreme Structured ASICs.
"Premier is eager to deliver the eASIC Nextreme Structured ASIC solution to FPGA, ASIC and embedded system designers who are looking for an optimal alternative to replace existing costly custom design solutions," said Steve Dowdell, President of Premier Technical Sales. "eASIC's Nextreme devices are extremely attractive for many applications as they are affordable and can be delivered in 3-4 weeks with no mask charges and no minimum order quantity. Moreover, eASIC's growing IP portfolio allows designers to build configurable systems that feature low-cost product differentiation combined with standard reusable functions."
"We are pleased to partner with Premier Technology and expand our regional service and support for the eASIC Nextreme products in North America," said Fred Lancia, eASIC's Vice President of Sales. "eASIC will work closely with Premier to establish a significant presence for our breakthrough Structured ASIC products, joining forces to provide world class sales support and superior customer service. This addition to our global sales and distribution organization helps in building market share and augmenting revenue."
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Radio Orphans Podcast 416
This episode contains the following independent music
for your listening pleasure:
"Count The Sheep (With Me)" from Solblomma.
Electronic music from Sweden.
"In Perfect Blooms of Color" by We Are Temporary.
Dreamtech from New York.
"Pretty Little Liar" by Corey Tut.
Alternative rock from New York.
"After The Party Ends" by Catman Cohen.
Indie rock from California.
"Falling Circles" by I, Sythesist.
Experimental electronica from New York.
"Floor" by Clarity and The Brothers P.
Experimental electronica from Minnesota/Wisconsin.
"Glint" from Radio Orphans.
Experimental from your hosts the Radio Orphans
in Minneapolis Mn.
We thank you for listening!
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The Censor Board has denied a censor certificate to a movie on the grounds of it being too 'lady oriented', writes Samarth Singhal
While the world has moved on from the Bechdel Test to F ratings, the ultra-conservative Indian censor board is having trouble dealing with movies that are women oriented. We wish we were joking but filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava's feminist drama, Lipstick under My Burkha, has been denied a censor certificate for being 'lady oriented,' (whatever that means). The film is about the sexual escapades of four women in a small town.
The Censor Board said that, "The story is lady oriented, their fantasy above life. There are contentious sexual scenes, abusive words, audio pornography and a bit sensitive touch about one particular section of society, hence film refused under guidelines 1(a), 2(vii), 2(ix), 2(x), 2(xi), 2(xii) and 3(i)."
Pahlaj Nihalani, chairperson, CBF, refused to comment on the issue beyond saying that the decision to refuse certification was a unanimous one. The producer of the film, Prakash Jha says that the CBF refusing to certify films which narrate uncomfortable stories, "discourages filmmakers from pushing the envelope." While Shrivastava says the reason the CBF is denying a certificate is because it is a "feminist film with a strong female voice which challenges patriarchy."
The refusal to give a film certification based on the fact that it is "lady oriented" and has female "fantasy above life," is as hypocritical as it is ludicrous. As if the gazillions of masala movies made each year in Bollywood like don't push the male fantasy "above life." All of Bollywood is built on fantasy and who cares really, as long as the stories are engaging. To cite that as a reason to deny certification reeks of prejudice as well as discomfort.
Prejudice towards women and the discomfort that it might cause Nihalani and his peers when they view women filmmakers make non-sanskari films about sexual escapades. And not surprisingly, this includes women. There were five women who watched the movie and agreed to not give it a certificate. How is that surprising in a country that thrives on patriarchy—both overt and internalised. How dare women behave like that! Even if those women are supremely talented actors like, Konkona Sensharma and Ratna Pathak Shah and the film is more about heterosexual relationships. What the censor board sees is, a film made by women, for women about sex and that's that (Not saying that is problematic either)
Also, what is the parameter of filmmaking that the CBF is going by when Bollywood has produced gems such as Kya Kool Hai Hum, Great Grand Masti, Mastizaade or the action packed thrillers of Ajay Devgn and Salman Khan that give no voice to its women protagonist and treat them like sexual objects?
It is rather frustrating to note the systematic oppression of female narratives even today. Whether in mainstream media, films, literature or even academics, women have to try twice as hard to get their work out there. The only time they are lauded for expressing themselves is when their narrative toes the lines of societal expectations. But true creative freedom lies in being able to tell stories that are not only refreshing, but also different, in the sense that they are able to occupy the empty space of the often neglected female perspective.
Lipstick Under My Burkha, is one such story that attempts to reclaim the female gaze, sexuality, as well as coming of age. It is a movie in which women are not passive observers, or fearless devi's on a pedestal, for a change they are just regular women, talking of desire, relationships and reclaiming their space by telling their own story. And if that makes the CBF "unanimously" uncomfortable, it is reflective of their own oppressive, regressive, sexist mentality.


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This article summarizes the simulation and optimization of a 200 Hz, 8-Pole Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) typically used for traction applications in automotive and transportation systems. The aim is to apply CST EM STUDIO® (CST EMS) to the optimization of two conflicting goals - maximum average torque and minimum torque ripple.
Figure 1 shows the CST EMS model of the principal features of the motor. Generally, electrical machines are, for efficiency and accuracy reasons, preferably simulated in 2D. However, to facilitate easy switching between 2D and 3D, the core model is constructed in 3D. The user may then determine whether the appropriate 2D or 3D solver is used. A clear advantage is that the geometry, materials and other model parameters are consistent between the models - critical when switching between 2D and 3D simulations....
This explains the 3D construction of the model even though the simulations are performed with the 2D transient motion solver in CST EMS. The user can simply specify the cut-plane for use in this solver. It should also be added that the conductivity in the permanent magnets has been set to zero since the focus of this article is on the optimization of the torque in the motor. The inclusion of the eddy currents in the permanent magnets would adversely affect the simulation time without any appreciable effect on the accuracy of the results especially due to the fact that the magnets are embedded in the rotor as opposed to being surface mounted.
In CST EMS a rotation gap can be defined to which a constant speed can be attributed. Alternatively, it's also possible to apply the calculation of the equation of motion instead. The rotation gap facilitates a moving mesh technique for the transient time-step simulation. A clear advantage with the moving mesh technique, as opposed to re-meshing at each time-step, is that mesh noise is virtually eradicated - an issue which can critically affect the calculation of cogging torque.
A parameter, speed, has been attributed to this rotation gap to facilitate parametric data extraction as a function of speed e.g. Back-EMF versus speed.
A non-linear M19 BH characteristic is applied to both the stator and rotor components. The barriers have been modeled as air.
Figure 2 focuses on the parametric definition of the barriers. A polygon curve definition is applied in which separate parameters have been attributed to the local u,v coordinates of the individual polygon points. These parameters are to be used in the optimization. In this model, the initial and final points in the definition are locked to the end points of the adjacent permanent magnet.
The distances and angles shown in the figure also indicate the parametric set-up of the permanent magnets.
Figure 3 shows the torque in the motor as function of time for the initial model geometry. Also shown is the definition of the average torque and ripple. These single values are used for the optimization. These definitions may be arbitrarily defined by the user to allow more complex goals.
The CST® Optimizer is a multidimensional one which can simultaneously optimize several parameters. Local optimization techniques include, amongst others, the Trust Region Framework and the Nelder Mead Simplex methods. Global optimizers such as CMA Evolutionary Strategy, a Genetic and a Particle Swarm are also available.
The choice of optimization technique depends on several factors such as the number of variables, parameter space size, how far away the starting point is from the optimum etc. The Nelder Mead Simplex method was chosen for this optimization. An added advantage using this method is its ability to continue optimization even if for some parameter settings the model cannot be evaluated i.e. infeasible results.
The average torque (Goal > 400 Nm) and torque ripple (Goal < 40 Nm) results are passed on to the optimizer in the form of a goal function which is minimized. The goal values may be arbitrarily selected to instruct the optimizer to find the maximum average torque even if this value is not obtainable with the parameter constraints.
Figure 4 shows the sum of all goals where a convergence can be clearly seen.
Figure 5 shows the steady state torque for both the initial and optimized geometries.
In the initial model, the permanent magnets were buried intentionally deep within the rotor which clearly leads to poor torque production in the motor. In figure 6, the biggest improvement can be seen in the average torque. The improvement in the torque ripple is marginal. This is to be expected since the magnets are much closer to the surface of the rotor in the optimized configuration and the interaction between the magnets and stator teeth becomes significant.
Monitors are available to allow the magnetic fields and other quantities to be extracted. Figure 7 shows the absolute value of the magnetic flux density versus time. Further post-processing of this data may be performed such as the extraction of field values at points or on faces.
In contrast to a magnetostatic parametric analysis, a transient motion solution enables the automatic calculation of the time-varying inductance and the Back-EMF in each phase as shown in figure 8.
The usefulness of the Back-EMF is also exhibited in figure 9 in which its variation is plotted as a function of speed.
This articles serves to demonstrate some of the concepts and functionality required to perform the electromagnetic field simulation and optimization of a typical permanent magnet synchronous machine. Through the optimization of the flux barriers geometry, the stray flux was reduced and so the average torque increased. To further reduce the torque ripple, other approaches may be applied such as modifying the rotor surface profile.
In conjunction with modern optimization tools, finite element simulation allows the designer to investigate and improve current designs or develop new motor topologies and concepts.
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Northern California Fly Fishing Report – December 16, 2016
Northern California Fly Fishing Report - Dec 16, 2016
Best bet - Pyramid Lake Cutthroat Lower Sacramento Rainbows, or Trinity Steelhead!
American River – Fair Flows –1,250 cfs out of Natomas. Water temps – Low to Mid 50's to Water clarity – clear
The American is closed from Ancil Hoffman power line to Hazel Avenue bridge. Scattered adult fish are moving in with each storm and swinging traditional flies below Hoffman for winter steelhead has produced some fish. Water is still a bit off color and blown out. Things will really kick in to gear in late January and fish well through February so stay tuned.
Swung flies as well as nymphing are both producing. Perhaps it may be good to give the Trinity or Klamath a try or perhaps head over the hill to Pyramid and wait until the fish get in a little thicker. Remember the middle/upper section open up Jan 1st and things will be a go! Call us at (707)287-2939 or the shop at (916)722-8594 to book a trip on the American or one of the other great options this time of year.
Delta Stiper - Poor Water Temp mid 50's degrees. Water Clarity – Dirty!
Last week the water temps in the Delta went up a few degrees and with it the bite improved a bit. We had a couple of 25-30 fish days with a decent Dink to Legal size ratio. Then on Tuesday of this week the Sacramento and Mokelumne rivers poured a bunch of mud and debris into the system. The central area of the Delta is "Chocolate Milk" There is still some clear water on the south so we will target those areas next week. Time to use some rattle flies in dark colors to get bit.
Bryce says "A few warm days in a row could help to bring the catch rate up and as long as we don't get to much rain, all at once, we should be able to get after them in January and February.
Guide Tip: Maury Hatch says" There is still some clear water on the south so target those areas. Time to use some rattle flies in dark colors to get bit."
We are also taking Spring reservations for March, April and May. We can be reached at the shop at (916)722-1055 or (707)287-2939 to get out with Maury, Bryce and Toby for some memorable Spring striper action.
Feather River – Fair Flows – 800 cfs through low flow, 2,000 below Thermalito, water temps – Low to Mid 50's to Water clarity – Green tint
The Feather is off color right now but should come back in a week or so. It may be the only game in town in the Sacramento area if you are looking to get out around New Years. Recent storms have undoubtedly gotten fish moving again. The river should drop into shape hopefully soon. For nymphing try mayfly nymphs, eggs, and worms. Swinging flies should also work but will require more patience.
Guide tip: "Try swinging an egg sucking leach to cover more water"
Call the shop at (916)722-1055 or Off the Hook direct at (707)287-2939 to get out on the water
Klamath River – Poor Flows – 4,500 below Irongate Dam, 8,000 below Seiad Valley and dropping. Water temps – Mid 50's to Water clarity - Cloudy
The Klamath is off color and blowing hard right now like the rest of Northern California. Prior to the rain steelhead fishing on the Klamath had finally picked up. Adult fish we're being caught along with half pounders form Horse Creek to Sciad along with some reports from Irongate as well. What's more were finding fish on the swing in the lower floats. The flow bump from recent rain is probably will make it unfishable for at least a week. Once water color improves fishing will hopefully still be good. Swinging traditional stealhead flies and leaches is our favorite way to get these anadromous beauties. Small dark traditional flies in dark purple, black and blue seem to be preferred. Silver Hiltons, Brindle Bugs swung on floating and I-lines are what has worked. Nymphing is also productive however not as much fun in our book. Steelhead fishing is not for the faint of heart and wearing the appropriate foul weather gear and having four wheel drive and carrying chains is a must. However for those willing to put in the time the rewards can be amazing. Hopefully the Klamath won't remain blown for long.
We still have some available dates in late December, and January so give us a call at (707)287-2939 to set something up.
Napa River – Poor. Flows – high, Water temps - Low 60's. Water clarity – Murky
Fishing has slowed to a halt with with the recent rain we have had. Prior to this most fish average 2-6lbs with adult fish scattered throughout the system. When the river clears all delta baitfish patterns should be effective if you can find clear enough water; clousers, FT clousers and Stay Hungry minnows sizes 1/0-3/0 depending on water clarity. Primary color being white over chartreuse, white over pink&grey and white over red being second and third respectively. Full sink, t-11 or t-14 for depths ranging from 6-15 ft. Topwater: Crease flies and Poledancers size medium.
Incoming and outgoing tides have both been productive with the best water clarity being on the outgoing. Big tides and dropping water temps have begun to ball the bait up. Find clear, moving water and you will find the fish.
Guide Tip: "Look for the cleanest water possible and fish dark patterns low and slow"
Call us at (707)287-2939 or at the Shop at (916)722-1055 for current reports and conditions or to get out and fish.
Putah Creek – Poor Flows - 50 CFS. Temps - high 52's. Water clarity – clearing
Flows on Putah Creek had been steady at 80 cfs until the rain hit. It spiked to near 200 but is back down and up to 55 at the writing of this report. Fish are spawning in earnest all over the Creek. Time to give her a break and let them be about their crucial business. Spring will be here soon and we will get back out guiding this treasured fishery.
If you do choose to fish Dec to February please leave the spawner's alone and don't walk on any gravel as 99% of visible gravel is spawning beds (even if fish are not visible when you are tromping through those areas) Perhaps consider fishing for steelhead on the Trinity or Feather, trout fishing on the Lower Sacramento or there is always Pyramid!!!
If you are interested in conservation we have some up-coming opportunities to get out and help these fish. Call Steve Karr at (530)400-1171 for more information.
Spring is coming, so Reserve your Spring Putah trip today! Call us at (707)287-2939 or at the shop at (916)722-1055.
Guide tip: "Go fish the Trinity or Pyramid".
Pyramid - Good to Great Temps - high 50's. Water clarity – 5 to 6 feet
Cold stormy weather has continued to produce some good results this week. Time to head over the hill to visit our friends at Pyramid Lake. Doug and the crew continue to put guests on some nice fish. The numbers of 15 pound plus Lahontan cutthroat trout last month(November) at Pyramid Lake Nevada has been the biggest numbers of big fish since their extrapolation in 1939. Several double digit fish were recorded in November and December. These monster trout continue to be caught on a daily basis. Although the numbers of fish per angler hours are a bit low, the numbers of BIG fish are very good. These fish are the reintroduced native species known as the Lahontan Cutthroat (Black Spotted Trout) or as the Tribe called them "Hoopa Agi". They now are referred to as the "Pilot Peak" strain which were discovered in 1978 and reintroduced on 2006. The other strain of cutthroat trout in Pyramid Lake are known as the "Pyramid" strain which were developed by the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and the Federal biologists. The "Pyramid" strain is a combination of Independence Lake, Summit Lake and Walker Lake cutthroat blood. They are often incorrectly called the "Summit" strain which is wrong, the Summit Lake fish are native to Summit Lake, Nevada and are a pure, clean strain in to themselves. Summit lake is a closed system (Endorheic System).
Retrieving Popcorn Beetles, Midnight Cowboy Buggers and Tui Chub patterns continue to produce this week. Fishing under indicators with 49ers, Chan's Bomber, CBR midges and Jerry Mc Bride's balanced leeches/minnows in black/red and Tui Chub colors have also been good.
Things are only getting better at Pyramid. Call today to reserve your guided day on Pyramid this Winter and Spring.
Russian River - Poor Flows – 2,261 CFS Temps – mid 60's. Water clarity – Chocolate
We are still about a month away from the best chances at steelhead on the Russian and it is high and dark. Keep checking back. We generally fish nymphs for our guests, but guides like to swing em up on our days off on the Russian. Give us a call at (916)722-1055 or at (707)287-2939 for more info on getting on the call list for when it is firing. If we have another wet winter like last year tings could be looking up for the Russian. Give us a call at (707)287-2939 if you would like a phone call or email when and if things open up.
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Lower Sacramento – Fair to Good Flows – 5,000 CFS Temps - Low 50's. Water clarity – fairly clear (2 to 3 ft visibility)
Fishing continues to be fair to good most days but just not great up in town. It is one of the few options available right now so may become crowned in the next few days. Water is blown out below Redding, however should come back in to shape soon. Weather has been cool and wet. Salmon have come and gone and clarity has remained good even with all the rain for those floating above Anderson. Nymphing is the best way to put fish in the net, however there has been some dry fly action on overcast days as a bonus.
Best bug activity remains BWO's, midges, and with some caddis activity on warmer days. Key patterns include patterns like Zebra Midges, Mercers Micro May, Hogans S&M in olive, Speroni's Baetis, Bird's Nests, Princes, Poopahs, and Pseudo Mays and S.F. Rubberlegs.
This is a great option for winter trout fishing if cabin fever has you restless. Give us a call at (707)287-2939 or at the shop at (916)722-8594 for more info.
Trinity River – Fair to Good Flows – 320 cfs out of Lewiston, 460c cfs in Douglas City and 800 cfs above North Fork. Temps – Low 50's. Clarity – Perfect
This year has been about quality over quantity. Rigth now the river is fishable but waiting until after the weekend would be best. Our guest are hooking some nice fish and almost everyone is getting at least a fish or two in the net each day sometimes several more than that. Even swinging has produced some surprisingly numbers this week for those in the right boats. Being on the right float has been key to our success. We have some tricks up our sleeves that have been putting some nice fish in the net!
Traditional dark patters are working on the swing and stonefly rubber legs, golden stones, psycho prices, and Copper Johns have been best under an indicator. Look to fish eggs since there was another flow spike. From now to March should continue to fish well. In Feb to mid March should be good swinging/ dry fly fishing.
To give Trinity Steelheading a go call at (916)722-1055 or at (707)287-2939.
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Truckee River – Good to Fair Flows – 215 cfs below Boca, 30 cfs in Truckee. Water Temps. – High to mid 50's. Clarity – a little color.
Winter has arrived on the Truckee River and recent drops in temperature have slowed things a bit. Fishing still continues to be good despite the weather however fish seem to be less aggressive. We have been finding fish in the deep pockets and slower water. With the flow being a bit off color, take more time to cover the water effectively and thoroughly. The dry fly action has slowed however nymphing continues to produce. Try Baetis, dark heavy stones and zebra midges. Don't be afraid to fish shallow either, tight line nymphing with tungsten bead-headed nymphs is a nice change of pace from an indicator. Hope for cloud cover to get Baetis poppin' and fish keying on dries. "Ham and eggs also works says" Dan LeCount.
Jordan Romney says "although it is cold, it is worth getting out."
Guide Tip: Fish are in slower water now so don't rush past the frog water to get to the riffles because you may be missing the best fishing.
Call the shop at (916)722-8594 or OTH direct at (707)287-2939 for current conditions or to book some R&R on the Truckee over the upcoming holidays.
Read more here about the Truckee...
Little Truckee River – Fair Flows – 28 cfs. Water temp - Low 60's. Clarity – good
The Little Truckee is way low and cold, but there are some fish to be had. With the cloudy cold weather the baetis and midges have been popping. There has been pretty good dry fly fishing as long as the wind stays down. The best set up with the conditions and flows is a dry dropper. Sight fishing is a possibility if you know where to look. If you have the determination to snow shoe, cross country ski, or hike in on the LT the rewards could be epic. The other option is to head down to fish the main river instead.
Yuba River Trout – Poor. Flows – 8,000 cfs at Highway 20 bridge and rising. Water Temps – Mid 50's. Clarity – Chocolate milk
The Yuba is totally blown out as of this recent rain. It will be at least a couple weeks before the Yuba is fishable again. Muddy water is coming from the bottom of the dam as well as from feeder creeks so expect to give the river time to get back. When it does good patterns will include Dark Lords, CDC Princes, San Juan Worms and Stoneflies. Stay tuned!
Depending on the flows the Skwala fly hatch will be happening in late January into February. If you are interested on being kept in the loop please call (707)287-2939 or call the shop at(916)722-1055.
Guide tip: Jordan Romney says "We are waiting to see what is going to come of the next strom. This will tell us if the river will be fishable again. It may be a while"
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Monday, May 04, 2009
Stopover at Dovecote Crest: Romantic Moments That Make You Go: "YAAY!"!
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Re: Twitter... I felt the same way, then I decided to start tweeting as one of my Magellan characters (Charisma) - and have found it to be lots of fun. I doubt I could tweet as myself since my life is no where near as exciting as she thinks hers is but I can see how micro blogging can be useful for what your doing here. The 140 character limit means you can get out about 40-50 words max but it does help to make one be very succinct. I could be wrong, but you might be able to auto-transfer any tweets across to this blog also - if that's so then you can make those tweets the real postcards about any webcomic you happen to be reading at any moment, giving a very brief comment about the specific webcomic. I did a search for tweets with the word webcomic and it's fairly common to see people writing that they are reading such and such webcomic. Interesting communications medium, not perfect by any stretch of the imagination... but fun. Will see how long the novelty lasts!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/05/2009 1:55 pm
OMG I know I saw this page yesterday and was so happy! XD haha I'm not usually one for romance comics, but the build up for dovecote was great, was awesome to see them finally get together! :PReplyDelete
I'm on twitter now, dont usually get into these things, but twitter is useful in that theres a limit to how much you write, meaning I can catch up quickly and easily with the random thoughts of people. Good if you're a busy person!
Well I've been thinking about a recent flaw I discovered in my writing: It's too bloody long-winded. Sure some people enjoy long-winded, but more often that not the meandering thought patterns cause people to miss the point completely.ReplyDelete
I do think my Postcards are getting too long to be called Postcards now. The Postcards were supposed to be something rather like "Dear Abby" columns... but they somehow ballooned into almost full-fledged journal entries. Maybe I should rename them Postboxes instead.
Twitter would be great for something rather like my Stopovers, but I have a feeling people who have specifically asked me for Postcards would be disappointed if my response were limited to 50 words.
I think I will at least impose a word limit on my Postcards from now on though. Maybe 500 words or something. My last Postcard was something like 1,200!
The other thing would be actually tracking my comments while working on a review. Rather similar to the "First Impressions" section of a normal Journey Leg entry. Hmm...


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Mobile media is anything that is based on mobile/portable technology so if we look around us almost anything that we use to communicate, work, study or entertain ourselves is in fact mobile media. Right now as I started writing this Blog Post I looked in my bag and found three mobile devices plus the one I'm currently using (iPhone, iPad, Kindle and Laptop). This makes mobile media not only the most common thing in pockets and handbags but also a revolutionary concept in terms of communication.
During this week we read an article published in the book 'A Companion to New Media Dynamics' by Gerard Goggin called Changing Media with Mobiles and it explains how during the beginning of the 21st century "mobiles were commonly recognized as a pillar of media and communication" and this was in fact correct.
Today, mobile media has altered how we understand time and space. It has changed the world as we know it by redefining privacy, modifying how humans relate to one another and even transforming our entire body.
Smartphones and social media are a good example to illustrate how mobile media has revolutionized communications, technology and connectivity. In the article Goggin writes:
"Smartphones have proved – for a few years at least- a powerful force in mobility, upon which much emotion energy, connection and capital is being concentrated…Most strikingly, social media as the two leaders – Facebook and Twitter – are increasingly accessed via mobile devices, making mobile social media the new face of the contemporary Internet".
Today whether we are on the bus, out for dinner at nice restaurant or sitting at the beach, we look around us and everyone is looking down at their mobile devices. I often wonder what do people do staring at a screen for hours like nothing else exists? but then, the answer is right in front of me in my iPhone and guess what? We are all doing the same thing! Recent studies have shown that 80% of the time spent on mobile devices is inside apps, and more specifically social media apps such as Facebook and Twitter .
At present, 65% of Australians use Social Media and the 2013 Yellow™ Social Media Report found that social media users are increasingly using mobile technology (smartphones), more that laptops or PC's to access Social Network Sites. The report shows that users using smartphones to access social media increased by 67 per cent (up from 53 per cent in 2012), while laptops decreased to 64 per cent (down from 69 per cent in 2012).
Every day, life happens all around us and we are too busy on our smartphones to notice the changes that online and mobile media has managed to achieve in our daily routines.
With the possibility of accessing the Internet and therefore social media through apps on our smartphones, checking our Facebook and Twitter accounts has become part of our daily routines. 37 per cent of users admitted checking social media before getting out of bed and 42 per cent before going to sleep.
I feel bad to admit that I am part of the 44 per cent of individuals that have slept (in my case, every night) with their phone next to them so that they don't miss phone calls, text messages and notifications.
So how does this permanent connectivity make us feel?
Before, when people first started checking their emails on mobile phones a lot of them felt relieved and thought they could have more time to themselves because of the possibility of receiving information no matter when and where. Mobile phones and mobile Internet felt like freedom to many: the days of setting behind an office desk were over, they could all go to the beach, play golf or stay at home because they could be reached anywhere.
Nowadays, we all complain because our bosses, clients and friends expect us to be available 24/7. The sense of time and space changed and we are no longer free.
In this particular case, Social Media makes us feel connected but in fact individuals are becoming more disconnected than ever before. Human relationships no longer require the effort of making phone calls, meeting for coffee or remembering your best friend's birthday.
I am a believer that social media is making us less social, we are becoming lazy and human interactions are no longer a priority. Younger generations that grew up in the digital era have no knowledge of how to relate without social media. Recent studies have shown that Generation Y was socialized in a digital world and that it is a generation with high technological skills but that lacks social skills.
One of the many complaints about Generation Y in the workplace is their lack of social skills and experts claim that it is due to technology. This has become an issue for employers since Individuals are having trouble engaging in simple social tasks like doing proper phone calls, making eye contact and even having face-to-face conversations.
I believe that if social media affects our behaviour to a point where getting a good job is going to be hard it is time for us, ("Generation Y") to re-think our relationships and the fact that we might be loosing something that we take for granted: our social skills.
If you found this post interesting and would like to know more about mobility and social media the following links might be useful:


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The end of apathy. The beginning of giving a shit
Through the platform we created we are finding that encouraging civic engagement might be as simple as providing better communication channels and encouraging people to voice their smallest concerns through those channels.
While reporting a pothole on a website might not seem like its the ultimate act of good citizenship, its a sign of the end of apathy and the beginning of giving a shit.
Getting stuff done is addictive and once you start its pretty hard to stop. The trick is that you have to start somewhere simple where the reward for doing the stuff is immediate. I, like many average citizens, am the kind of person that needs instant results to feel good about what I've done. I'm a sucker for the cheap thrill. I could never run for office or attempt to fix our broken schools but I can plant trees and pick-up garbage on the street. If I feel like my voice is being heard or that I can make an improvement in my neighborhood on my own I'll do it. The more opportunities that are given to people to improve their communities with their own hands the more our communities will be improved and the more people we'll have improving them. The trick is that you need to expose the simplest opportunities to encourage those, like myself, who aren't setting out to save the world.
The trick to maximizing engagement in a community is to provide simple and diverse opportunities for engaging so that all of a community's human resources are exposed and exploited. I have neighbors that like trees so they come out to plant trees. I have neighbors that like art so they help to organize public arts projects. I have neighbors that like planning events so they plan festivals and farm markets. I have neighbors who like inflated tires so they report potholes. Each of them is helping to improve their community because they know that they can do it themselves with the skills they were given and the pay-off will feel good.
We hope that the person who takes the time to report a pothole gets enough of a thrill from taking the little action that it leads to a bigger action or at the least more of the same. If we can publicize those actions in a meaningful way then maybe that engagement can become viral. If we can provide a platform where a person who reports a pothole becomes more connected to their community and is given more opportunities to improve it then we just might be onto something. That's what we are trying to do with SeeClickFix.
And because Sid is much more of a wordsmith than I, here is my favorite part of his post which I will use to end this one,
"The reality is our communities are falling apart largely because we are failing to let our leadership know that we actually do see and care about these things. As a councilman, I was always trying to look at the big picture stuff. It was easy to become oblivious to the small things that could be causing friction in the community. Never fall into believing that it is rude to bring up something that is wrong. These are your streets, your parks . . . it is your community! And more importantly, whatever doesn't get fixed while we are around will get left for our children to clean up. Speak up and let's get this stuff done."


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I got this nice little gadget from a friend of mine who also didnt know where it originally came from. This one's made by Nick Baicoianu in 2006 and distributed under the GNU license. It had problems with Firefox 3 where it wasn't showing anything in the dropdown for the years. Upon closer inspection I found out that it was using the getYear() function which was returning 3 digit values for years in Firefox 3 — So you had to either detect it first and add 1900 to it but this wasnt a very good looking solution to me so I started looking for other options and I came up with the getFullYear() function. It returns the proper 4 digit year notation in all browsers. So now its compatible with IE 7, FF2, FF3, Chrome, Opera and Safari as well.
Its a handy little gadget to have in your arsenal. I like it very much. Hope you'll like it as well.
P.S: The download contains the include folder which has the js and css files for the calendar.