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Fly Fishing Tips and Tricks- Analysing Trout Rise Forms
a real gem from Alan Bulmer at Active Angling New Zealand for your trout-hunting pleasure. Alan proposes that rise form recognition is 'a lost skill' and even if it isn't completely lost, it's a subject that's rarely touched upon in contemporary fly fishing literature whether that be in print, on the net or among anglers themselves.
in a roundabout way, the average fly fisher will see a rise or rings and assume that the fish is feeding on or in the surface film and instantly tie on a dry fly or emerger but the keen observer will notice that there's a lot more to it than that.
as we've previously seen in How fish eat, and how Alan astutely points out at the end of his piece, "The peculiarities of a rise form are not easy to observe. Often it cannot be said with certainty what fly has been taken; the rings of each pattern proceed so rapidly outwards that the pattern is always in a state of change", as with most things in life, there are no absolutes and there's always countless, unavoidable variables but the more we know, the better we can react to that knowledge and simply get better at what we do while feeling a bit more fulfilled.
all this hopefully inciting to spend more time observing and not just randomly looking, this article's subject is about trout but the same principles with a few variations of course can be applied to other insect-eating fish.
here's a few morsels to wet your appetite:
"There is one chapter in particular which is fascinating and that is a sixteen page treatise on analysing rise forms. This chapter summarises much of what had been learned through observation by the masters*, GEM Skues, Harding, Lamond and Taverner himself. These fly fishermen pioneered the sport and their observational and analytical skills were legendary. This book was published in their hey day so it must have been cutting edge at the time.
Back in the day analysing trout rise forms was considered a necessary skill for dry fly and nymph fishermen. Those skilled in the art could look at a surface disturbance, characterise it as bulging, humping, tailing, sucking, sipping, slashing, pyramid, kidney, head and tail, porpoise roll or spotted ring and accurately determine what the trout was feeding on and where in the water column it was feeding. In some cases they even counted the number of tiny bubbles appearing within the ring formed as the trout rose to determine what fly to use. This is a skill which I fear may no longer be in the repertoire of most anglers."
click on either image for the complete article. this is really-really good stuff, enjoy !
* note how there's absolutely no mention of the redundant Halford…
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Fly Fishing History- The Dry Fly
via Dr. Andrew N Herd's great A FlyFishing History
"The first mention of the dry fly in print is in the issue of The Field dated December 17th 1853. In an article by-lined "The Hampshire Fly Fisher" the writer says: "On the other hand, as far as fly fishing is concerned, fishing upstream, unless you are trying the Carshalton dodge and fishing with a dry fly, is very awkward." Dry fly patterns certainly became commercially available around this time; the firm of Foster's of Cheltenham selling dry flies with upright split wings as early as 1854. It is, however, unclear who actually developed the first dry fly, if any one man can be said to be the inventor. James Ogden, another Cheltenham tackle dealer, claimed to have been the first to use a dry fly, stating that he used dry patterns during the 1840's."
ok, it doesn't take a brainiac to figure out that in order to catch surface feeding fish one needs to make a surface imitation however, this is where the whole journey becomes really interesting:
"One reason why the dry fly took so long to catch on was that it wasn't very easy to fish it. The dry fly of the 1880's had several glaring deficiencies. When cast, traditional dry flies frequently landed on their sides, or even upside down. Another problem was that the that flies became waterlogged and sank, often in fairly short order. Again, flies were most often tied to gut, which not only made bodies bulky but positively encouraged them to sink, a process which was speeded up by the tendency of silk lines to become waterlogged.
Another key development was the acceptance of the single-handed split-cane trout rod. The 1850s marked the beginning of the end of long double-handed trout rods, although they didn't totally fall from favour for at least another forty years. Apart from their length, the worst fault of these early and mid-nineteenth century rods was their excessive pliability. Six strip split-cane fly rods, which were stiff enough to false-cast a dry fly repeatedly, didn't become cheap enough for general use until the 1880's.
The term 'false-casting' wasn't adopted immediately, although the technique was widely practised, and for many years after its invention, the process of drying a fly by false-casting was known as 'spreading.' The technique led to the development of stiffer rods with pliant tops that could generate the line speed necessary to perform the manoeuvre and had a far-reaching effect on the design of dry-fly rods. These were pioneering days, and one school of thought held that in the absence of paraffin flotants, it was necessary to 'crack' the fly at the end of every false-cast in order to dry it properly, a method known as 'flicking'." and very probably leading to several un-gentelmanly comments muttered under their breath…
fascinating indeed when we see that the creation of the dry fly was the roots that basically conditioned everything we can still consider to be contemporary fly fishing.
this is special. for the complete article click HERE. enjoy !
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Unless you're good at casting, it's useless to tie flies…
well conceived, amusing and leaving a belly full of food for thought, here's a fantabulous fictional 'interview' on Presentation vs Imitation, the Age-old debate parts 1-2-3 by Carlos Azpilicueta that i hope you'll not only enjoy but benefit from.
"In this special article, I moderate an interesting, entertaining talk session on one of the most debated and less resolved issues in the history of fly fishing. Far from trying to solve anything, the participants contribute various original points of view that are bound to give more than one reader and flyfishing enthusiast something to think about."
Quillan and Rodney are keen fly fishermen and staunch defenders of two different positions and approaches that, although they can complement each other, usually clearly and vehemently define which type of fisherman you are.
Some consider and defend the imitation concept as the key to success in fly fishing. They're the Imitators (Quillan) and their main endeavor is to fill their fly boxes with all kinds of patterns. They're usually great fly tyers and are very knowledgeable of everything having to do with fly dressing techniques and materials. Many of them are avid entomologists and some even use aquariums and binocular magnifying glasses to study aquatic macroinvertebrates.
The so-called Presenters (represented by Rodney) heartily defend their approach. The presentation approach gives priority to technical skill in casting and presenting the fly. Besides casting, they also love to read and understand the currents in the stream and everything related to how the angler manages on the stream.
Surely no other debate has filled more pages of fly fishing literature. And, to the satisfaction of many, I'm afraid it will continue to do so for many years to come.
…positions get defined
Mod: Good afternoon, Quillan and Rodney. Since we already know your respective positions, we can dispense with presentations.
Rod: What we really need less of are imitations.
Mod: Sorry. It was just of way of getting started. I certainly didn't intend to…
Quill: You certainly are touchy, Mr. Presenter.
Mod: I'm touchy?
Quill: No, I don't mean you. I'm referring to my debating opponent, the expert flycaster.
Rod: Well, that's precisely where I think the first error lies.
Mod: What do you mean?
Rod: Associating the idea of presentation with only casting.
Quill: Well, I relate my idea of imitation almost exclusively to dressing the artificials.
Rod: And that's one of the great limitations of the position you defend. Presentation spans a whole series of concepts and approaches that are much more far-reaching than the simple cast: the fisherman's position in the stream, reading the water, interpreting the insects, adapting the leader, etc. There are a lot of things you have to do before your dry fly is ever seen by a trout. And they're all part of the concept of presentation. If you do them right, the fly will be successful; otherwise, you won't have the slightest chance. I like to quote Gary Borger, "Presentation can be defined as the culmination of everything you are and everything you know and understand about the world of fly fishing."
Quill: Then, no matter what you tie on the end of the tippet, if you do all those things right, the trout will take it, right?
Rod: Just as long as the size is right, and often not even that.
Quill: Your passion for what you do best, casting, besides revealing your clear limitations as a complete fly fisherman, blinds you and, thereby, irresponsibly confines any further development.
Mod: Let's start focusing the issue and analyzing some of its more important points.
…historical view
Trout vision curiosities
The trout devotes almost half of its small brain to using and controlling its vision
Professor Muntz' experiments show that trout not only perceive colours but also tones of the same color. The colors they most clearly distinguish are, in this order, red, orange and yellow.
Trout fry have four types of cones (vision cells responsible for color). This endows them with very good chromatic vision, thus increasing their ability to locate food. When they grow, their retina reverts to a three-cone system, like in human beings.
Fish stop feeding for a little while just after sundown. They need a few minutes to adapt their visual system to the new light.
Because the cornea of a trout's eye sticks out a bit from its head, it's much more prone to be damaged by careless manipulation or leader tangled around its head.
Rod: Hold on, Mr. Moderator. I've just been called irresponsible and limited. Me and several legends in the history of fly fishing, such as Charles Ritz and Marryatt.
Mod: All right. Defend yourself. Briefly, please.
Rod: Charles Ritz spent most of his angling life expounding that technique was 85% while the other 15% was imitation. Marryatt, for many, the greatest fly fisherman in history, used to say, "It isn't the fly, it's he who presents it." And remember. He worked closely with Halford, the epitome of the imitation approach.
Quill: Come on, Rod. Insinuating that you're to be lumped together with those great names, worthy of all my respect and admiration, is pretentious, to say the least. Your quotes date from a period in which the best imitations, what we would call realistic patterns today, were dressed by the great scholar, Halford. They were crude, floated poorly, hardly used any synthetic materials and didn't apply a lot of the transcendental scientific criteria that appeared later. With imitations like those, it was logical to think that their presentation was decisive. They had to justify their frequent failures.
Mod: What scientific criteria are you referring to?
Quill: The research on light reflected and transmitted by insects and materials and the important advances in our knowledge of trout vision. One of the weak points of all of Halford's patterns was the opaqueness of the materials be used: quills, floss, horse hair… Seen from below against the light of the sky, these bodies were inexorably dull and lifeless.
Mod: Do you maintain then that imitation has been gaining in importance in fishing over the years?
Quill: Absolutely. The most realistic imitations of only 10 years ago can't hold a candle to some of today's patterns. We've got a whole new category today, the clones.
Rod: Your thinking isn't logical, Quill. Today's reality isn't just a shortage of trout. For reasons irrelevant to this debate, a lot of insect species are waning. So lots of the copious hatches we used to know are rare now. Which goes to show that imitation is a lot less important today.
…the steak theory
Rodney: Maybe you think those clone patterns of yours are less prone to drag. If you do, you're completely mistaken. The fish reacts primarily to the presentation and only to a lesser degree to the fly. Let me tell you something else. Only when the presentation is good does it make sense to consider the imitation. And always in that order. I'll give you an example. It isn't mine; it's Nick Lyons'. The name's bound to be familiar. You get served a nice, thick steak. And just as you're about to cut off the first morsel, the steak budges a fraction of an inch to the side. I bet the fright it gives you is enough to kill your appetite. At any rate, I'm sure that steak doesn't look so succulent any more.
Quillan: That's a pretty funny example, Rod, but I see it differently. If a thick, dark red, rare steak were to suddenly move on my plate, I'd think someone had kicked the table. So I'd gobble it fast in case somebody's after it. Now, if it was scrawny, tough and overdone, even if it lay there stone still, I sure wouldn't even taste it.
Moderator: Hey, you guys are making me hungry.
Quill: Obviously for the first steak, the dancing Daisy one.
…the dry fly myth
Flies declining in English chalk streams
Only streams with such highly alkaline waters and such regular flows and temperatures can support such an enormous quantity of insects and rich aquatic life. Nevertheless many mayfly species and species of other orders have been declining in recent years, causing alarm for English chalk streams. One of the more bizarre theories attempting to explain this decline points to the great amount of unused contraceptive pills poured down the drains. They dissolve in the water and affect the reproductive capacity of many female insects.
Mod: One thing is certain, fellows. Halford's flies haven't survived the passage of the years. And they caught thousands of extremely selective trout, feeding on duns and spinners on the surface of the crystal-clear waters of the mythical English chalk streams.
Rod: True. But they can't have caught so many trout when they ended up disappearing. Walt Dette says that a fly pattern that doesn't catch trout ends up disappearing no matter how pretty or how well-dressed it is.
Quill: Only a tenth of the hundreds of Halford's patterns ever proved to be really effective.
Many hours on the stream have convinced me that today's realistic patterns always work much better than a general pattern. When the insect is available to the trout, of course. I also maintain that the only realistic imitations that function as such are underwater patterns. I've got a theory about the dry fly.
Mod: Please be so kind as to share it with us.
Quill: Certainly. For some time now, I've been convinced that dry fly fishing has never existed as such.
Mod: Do you realize the transcendence of that statement?
Quill: I certainly do. The dry fly, taken as an imitation that floats like a mayfly dun, for example, is a myth. There is no way you can make an artificial float the way a natural fly floats. Try as you may, it's physically impossible. Because of the weight of the hook, because of the materials (all absorb more or less water) and because it's tied to a tippet that unbalances it, falls from above and adds extra weight.
Rod: Put that way, it sounds logical.
Quill: All the innovative patterns that have attempted to achieve this floatability have failed throughout history. What I'm saying is a cinch to prove. Take your best dun imitation and gently place on the water in a glass. Observe it for a few seconds. Do the same with an inverted hook pattern, a single-wing (thorax type), a palmer, a funnel dun, a compara dun, whatever you want. See the huge difference between the way they float and the high-floating, subtle, graceful subimago? Once you place them on the water, they all break through the surface tension to some degree. Note the tail filaments. Those of the natural flies barely touch the water. Those of most artificials are grotesque, indecipherable, semi-submerged appendages. And you placed the imitations on the water gently. Now tie them to a tippet and drop them from a certain height. Dismayingly revealing.
Now try it with one of Halford's classics. I can't understand how this fellow could think trout took these imitations thinking they were adult ephemeropteras. Those hooks were quite a bit heavier than today's too. And the materials he used weren't as hydrophobic as today's either. In spite of all this, a beautiful, romantic story was born: the dry fly.
Rod: Sadly enough, I think the leader often makes them more stable. It's funny. I set out the other day to count all the patterns, current and old, that try to imitate a Baetis Rhodani subimago. I soon had no less than 24 different imitations for this fly. And, except for the possible size variations, it's undoubtedly one of the best defined in color and physiognomy. Nobody uses many of those imitations anymore. It's certainly makes you think.
Mod: What does it make you think?
Rod: That there are only two possibilities. Either, like my debating opponent says, it's absolutely impossible to even come close to properly imitating these insects or, as I've been saying, the root of the problem lies elsewhere, in what really makes the difference between the success and failure of any fly. At any rate, I thought you defended the imitation concept above all.
Quill: I do, and well above presentation. But referring almost exclusively to today's realistic patterns.
Rod: Current realistic, underwater patterns.
Quill: Exactly. Although CDC gives you very good floatability—usually the first two drifts, you'll get very few drifts with the artificial floating like a dun.
Mod: Then, when you tie on a dry fly or what you think is a dry fly, what are you actually tying on?
Quill: An emerger at some floatation level of all the various possible levels. Just that. Definitely not a dry fly as we've just defined it, in any case.
…about magic wands
Rodney: Aside from this interesting "theory", as you so aptly call it, I think the pattern-buffs, whether they extol exact imitations or not, are actually trying to compensate deficient casting techniques. The worst is that lots of them aren't even aware that they're doing it.
I've got another theory.
Moderator: Your turn then.
Rod: I call it the magic wand syndrome. Man constantly strives to find utensils to make life easier and save toil and sweat. Even knowing there are no miracle products for losing weight or lightning-fast systems for learning Russian in 6 months, we're always willing to try out something new, just in case. No matter what…to avoid suffering and pain. Fly fishing has two magic wands. Rods that cast yards and yards almost by themselves. They make unbelievably delicate presentations, even against a headwind. Then you have the infallible flies that no fish can reject.
Quillan: I hope you aren't insinuating that I go around selling magic wands.
Rod: In a way, you do. What you defend can be bought. That's why most all fishermen change the fly before changing the cast or the presentation. And that's why most angling forums, debates and discussions always focus on this or that pattern. It also explains why there's a lot more literature about fly tying than any other angling-related topic. Fishermen keep trying to replace practice and training with a new rod or a new pattern. So they keep failing. They refuse to accept that the only magic wands in fly fishing are training, study and hours of effort. And, Quillan, you can't buy those in a store.
Mod: Mmm, interesting.
Quill: And quite wrong. There's a lot more skill involved in the option I defend than in yours: knowledge of fly-tying materials, manual dexterity, creativity, imagination, an artistic flare and, particularly, knowledge of entomology. Though I'm sure you consider how you handle the butterfly net more important then recognizing exact species of mayfly under the binocular magnifying glass.
Rod: He who fishes better catches more fish than the guy with the better imitations.
…slight point of encounter
Mod: Don't you guys believe that, in the ultimate analysis, the guy that makes the best presentation with the best imitation will catch the most fish?
Quill: Yeah, but that hardly ever happens.
Rod: You're right there.
Mod: Hummmph! Please enlighten us.
Quill: The angling styles of the great majority of fly fishermen are much closer to one option than to the other.
Rod: Almost always closer to imitation. Obsessed with changing flies to solve all their problems.
Quill: More and more anglers are focusing almost exclusively on presentation and stock their fly boxes with only a couple of patterns.
Rod: Yeah, but they're still a small minority.
Quill: It's funny but usually the guys that catch the most fish know little about casting. I think I know why.
Mod: Why?
Quill: Because they make the best presentation they know how to make. They get as close as they can to the fish and, with little more than the leader, they drift the fly past the trout's snout. No technique, no special training. That's all they do. And once the fish sees the fly, either it looks a lot like what it's eating or see you later, alligator. And that, Rodney, summarizes everything you're trying to defend.
Rod: You're describing a special type of fishing done in certain streams under specific conditions. That kind of fisherman does catch fish in his usual streams but he's very limited in any kind of river where he can't get so close.
…dragging isn't always decisive
Quill: I maintain that a realistic imitation doesn't need an impeccable presentation; it can even drag a bit.
Rod: Never. The trout, for example, is much more finicky about a poor presentation than about a specific fly pattern. If a trout knows anything, it certainly knows how to tell the difference between something that floats and drifts naturally from something that's forced.
Quill: What poor presentations do is highlight the deficiencies of a given imitation. Natural insects are continually subject to whimsical eddies and micro currents. They rarely drift in a straight, predictable line.
Rod: True. That's what makes a proper presentation so difficult. The imitation has to follow the not-so-uniform drift of the natural insect.
Mod: Let's try to wind up with some last thoughts, OK?
Quill: I'd like to end on this note: the vast difficulty, study and work required to create almost perfect imitations always pays off on the stream. Very few fishermen systematically use this type of fly, but they undoubtedly catch the most fish. Today's artificial fly, with current knowledge of the art of fly-tying, stands out as much more important than presentation. Never, until very recently, has this been so clear.
Just about anybody knows how to cast and make more or less presentable presentations. But very few can tie patterns that truly imitate natural insects and then use them for fishing. That's the real source of this controversy.
Mod: Your turn to finish up.
Rod: Fly fishing is about placing a fly on the water without spooking the fish and making it drift naturally. No matter how good your imitation is, it's always going to be tied to a tippet, which, in turn, is tied to a thicker leader and a much thicker fly line. Between you and the fish, there's almost always going to be a multitude of currents that are sometimes absolutely indecipherable. You'll be surrounded by vegetation and obstacles and the wind is rarely going to be your ally. This whole reality interacts with itself and changes with each step you take and each minute that goes by. In the stream, I sincerely prefer to rely on my skill and knowledge more than what I have in my fly box.
Mod: Many thanks to both of you for this interesting debate. Happy fishing until next time.
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I'm not sure exactly what's happening but I have a modified version of the dedup script that moves duplicates to a new folder rather than deleting them. Every couple of days I get a failed recording notification from RS and when I investigate, it appears there's a .hmt file left in the recordings folder and what looks to be the corresponding .ts file (i.e. same filename) in the duplicates folder. So it looks like sweeper is moving the file before the recording is completely finished/tidied up. Is that possible and if so what can I do to fix it?
Usually a stale .hmt file will be created when something is moved while being chase played or something similar but sweeper should leave any in-use files completely alone. This could be a bug in sweeper, it would be useful to see the auto.log file with the log level set to debugging.
The problem has finally occurred again, there were 3 auto.log files created. The corrupt file was called /Family Guy/Family Guy_20170312_2305.hmt and I believe it matches an episode called "Friends of Peter G". I've attached the log files, let me know if you need any other info. Thanks.
Like the idea, but was this posted on the wrong thread?
I suspect that BH was referring to a post I made in another thread regarding sweeper detecting whether a file had been decrypted before it was copied to a NAS.
Why? This is the sweeper topic; this is a development suggestion for sweeper.
Stimulated by, but not referring to.
The automatic negation isn't supported by the framework but I agree that at least Encrypted should be changed. No update to configuration files needed, this is just the GUI presentation of the rules.
I assume the existing standard is just the output of the hmt utility, so then there needs to be a decision made whether to bring hmt into line and what knock-on effects that would have.
I don't understand why it isn't possible to invert the "Encrypted on Disk" input from hmt before it goes on to the rest of the sweeper processing, but then I'm not a code guru. If it was inverted so that the logic condition became "Decrypted (Dec)", then it does become necessary to update the user configuration files to insert or remove the "not" in the flag test.
If it is not possible to have "Decrypted (Dec)", how about "Protected (Enc)" and "Encrypted (/Dec)"? Not as nice.
I don't understand why it isn't possible to invert the "Encrypted on Disk" input from hmt before it goes on to the rest of the sweeper processing, but then I'm not a code guru.
Left-hand-side of the select list is the flag as understood/reported by the hmt utility and the right-hand-side is what is displayed.
The GUI builder doesn't have a concept of a negated flag at present.
OK, I see the problem.
Sure, but could the flag not be inverted in the process of querying hmt?
I've noticed rsync backing up a rogue .encrypted file. As it doesn't appear in the WebIf browser I've tried a Sweeper rule to delete it but this fails. I assume this is because it's a file extension and Sweeper only examines the filename. Is it possible to have a Sweeper condition 'extension contains'?
What is creating the .encrypted files and are they associated with regular recordings?
You can already use the filexists condition to check whether extensions exist.
The .encrypted file is part of the workflow during on-the-box decryption, and if it remains once the decryption is complete it is because something interrupted the process (it's the original .ts file renamed, which is then "copied" by wget to make a new .ts).
Not that I'm aware. Automatic background processing doesn't put extra files into the video tree and the one-off decryption that you can do through the web interface media browser creates a ".decrypting" file which could get left behind if power was lost or something else went wrong.
That's curious, because I've seen one or two .something files left behind... maybe by ad detection chase decryption?
This was from a BBC2 recording so was not being decrypted by DetectAds. May have started to play recording while standard decryption was in progress.
Tried this but deletes every recording except the one I want to delete! Good job I used Sweeper test mode.


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A Preliminary Reconstruction of Rainfall in North-Central China since A.D. 1600 from Tree-Ring Density and Width
Malcolm K. Hughes, Wu Xiangding, Shao Xuemei, Gregg M. Garfin
Tree-Ring Research, Laboratory of
Natural Resources and the Environment, School of
May-June (MJ) and April-July (AJ) precipitation at Huashan in north-central China has been reconstructed for the period A.D. 1600 to 1988 using tree-ring density and width from Pinus armandii. MJ precipitation (based on ring width and maximum latewood density) calibrated and cross-validated against local instrumental data more strongly than AJ precipitation (based only on ring width). A major drought was reconstructed for the mid- and late 1920s, confirmed by local documentary sources. This drought (culminating in 1929) was the most severe of the 389-yr period for MJ and second most severe for AJ, after an event ending in 1683. Neither reconstruction shows much spectral power at frequencies lower than 1 in 10 yr, but both show concentrations of power between 2.1 and 2.7 yr and 3.5 to 9 yr. There are significant correlations between the two reconstructions and a regional dryness/wetness index (DW) based on documentary sources, particularly at high frequencies. These correlations are focused in the 7.6- to 7.3-, 3.8- to 3.6-, and 2.5-yr periods. Using singular spectrum analysis, quasiperiodic behavior with a period close to 7.2 yr was identified in the MJ precipitation reconstruction and in the DW index based on documents.
Quaternary Research
https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.1994.1056
tree ring
documentary source
Documentary Sources
Earth-Surface Processes
Hughes, M. K., Xiangding, W., Xuemei, S., & Garfin, G. M. (1994). A Preliminary Reconstruction of Rainfall in North-Central China since A.D. 1600 from Tree-Ring Density and Width. Quaternary Research, 42(1), 88-99. https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.1994.1056
A Preliminary Reconstruction of Rainfall in North-Central China since A.D. 1600 from Tree-Ring Density and Width. / Hughes, Malcolm K.; Xiangding, Wu; Xuemei, Shao; Garfin, Gregg M.
In: Quaternary Research, Vol. 42, No. 1, 07.1994, p. 88-99.
Hughes, MK, Xiangding, W, Xuemei, S & Garfin, GM 1994, 'A Preliminary Reconstruction of Rainfall in North-Central China since A.D. 1600 from Tree-Ring Density and Width', Quaternary Research, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 88-99. https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.1994.1056
Hughes MK, Xiangding W, Xuemei S, Garfin GM. A Preliminary Reconstruction of Rainfall in North-Central China since A.D. 1600 from Tree-Ring Density and Width. Quaternary Research. 1994 Jul;42(1):88-99. https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.1994.1056
Hughes, Malcolm K. ; Xiangding, Wu ; Xuemei, Shao ; Garfin, Gregg M. / A Preliminary Reconstruction of Rainfall in North-Central China since A.D. 1600 from Tree-Ring Density and Width. In: Quaternary Research. 1994 ; Vol. 42, No. 1. pp. 88-99.
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T1 - A Preliminary Reconstruction of Rainfall in North-Central China since A.D. 1600 from Tree-Ring Density and Width
AU - Hughes, Malcolm K.
AU - Xiangding, Wu
AU - Xuemei, Shao
AU - Garfin, Gregg M.
N2 - May-June (MJ) and April-July (AJ) precipitation at Huashan in north-central China has been reconstructed for the period A.D. 1600 to 1988 using tree-ring density and width from Pinus armandii. MJ precipitation (based on ring width and maximum latewood density) calibrated and cross-validated against local instrumental data more strongly than AJ precipitation (based only on ring width). A major drought was reconstructed for the mid- and late 1920s, confirmed by local documentary sources. This drought (culminating in 1929) was the most severe of the 389-yr period for MJ and second most severe for AJ, after an event ending in 1683. Neither reconstruction shows much spectral power at frequencies lower than 1 in 10 yr, but both show concentrations of power between 2.1 and 2.7 yr and 3.5 to 9 yr. There are significant correlations between the two reconstructions and a regional dryness/wetness index (DW) based on documentary sources, particularly at high frequencies. These correlations are focused in the 7.6- to 7.3-, 3.8- to 3.6-, and 2.5-yr periods. Using singular spectrum analysis, quasiperiodic behavior with a period close to 7.2 yr was identified in the MJ precipitation reconstruction and in the DW index based on documents.
AB - May-June (MJ) and April-July (AJ) precipitation at Huashan in north-central China has been reconstructed for the period A.D. 1600 to 1988 using tree-ring density and width from Pinus armandii. MJ precipitation (based on ring width and maximum latewood density) calibrated and cross-validated against local instrumental data more strongly than AJ precipitation (based only on ring width). A major drought was reconstructed for the mid- and late 1920s, confirmed by local documentary sources. This drought (culminating in 1929) was the most severe of the 389-yr period for MJ and second most severe for AJ, after an event ending in 1683. Neither reconstruction shows much spectral power at frequencies lower than 1 in 10 yr, but both show concentrations of power between 2.1 and 2.7 yr and 3.5 to 9 yr. There are significant correlations between the two reconstructions and a regional dryness/wetness index (DW) based on documentary sources, particularly at high frequencies. These correlations are focused in the 7.6- to 7.3-, 3.8- to 3.6-, and 2.5-yr periods. Using singular spectrum analysis, quasiperiodic behavior with a period close to 7.2 yr was identified in the MJ precipitation reconstruction and in the DW index based on documents.
U2 - 10.1006/qres.1994.1056
DO - 10.1006/qres.1994.1056
JO - Quaternary Research
JF - Quaternary Research
10.1006/qres.1994.1056

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LittleThings, which abruptly shut down as a victim of Facebook's algorithm tweak, is coming back
Mike Shields
Apr. 17, 2018, 12:00 PM
LittleThings is coming back
Left for dead following the recent Facebook algorithm tweak, LittleThings is coming back.
The mobile gaming company RockYou is acquiring the site and plans to revive it.
25 LittleThings staffers have signed on to bring the publication back. And RockYou may acquire more media brands.
There's a life for LittleThings after Facebook's algorithm change after all.
The women-focused digital publisher LittleThings abruptly shuttered in late February, following Facebook's algorithm tweak that was designed to favor posts from friends and family over content from media companies.
But now the mobile gaming firm RockYou is buying LittleThings and reviving the brand. RockYou CEO Lisa Marino said that 25 of LittleThings's former staff of nearly 100 people have signed on to revive the property, which focused on women's lifestyle content, including cooking, parenting, and feel-good stories.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
When LittleThings pulled the plug, founder Joe Speiser told Business Insider that the algorithm tweak eliminated 75% of LittleThings' organic traffic on Facebook. The news at the time sent a shudder through the media industry, as many braced for more publisher closures.
But Marino said that regardless of Facebook's news feed priorities, LittleThings clearly had a devoted fan base that didn't want the brand to die (a few had even sent in videos pleading for a comeback). She saw an opportunity to rebuild the publication without relying on Facebook.
RockYou, known for its long history of managing social and mobile games, may seem like an odd home for LittleThings. But the company has recently started building out a collection of publications aimed at a multicultural millennial audience, including Vocally.com.
And Marino actually sees a lot of parallels in publishing to mobile gaming, where RockYou has acquired and revived several titles that were thought to have passed their prime, such as the former Disney game "Gardens of Time."
RockYou was able to pare down those games and run them more leanly, and that's essentially the plan with LittleThings. "To me this is so much like gaming," she told Business Insider. "I've done this before."
She also has experience dealing with the ups and downs of Facebook's algorithm. One social game she handled was pulling in $50 million a year. After Facebook deprioritized social games a few years ago, its revenue slid to $15 million.
"We just know you can't rely on one platform," she said.
As part of the deal, former LittleThings editor-in-chief Maia McCann has signed on to become RockYou's Editor-in- Chief and will oversee multiple titles. In fact, Marino said more publication acquisitions were likely.
Another former LittleThings executive Matthew Mirman is also joining RockYou, as VP of Revenue Operations and Monetization Strategy.
SEE ALSO: Facebook's algorithm has wiped out a once flourishing digital publisher
NOW WATCH: Facebook's recent struggles have investors in a panic — and looming regulation could forever change how it does business
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Cleveland, Ohio Debut en la UFC.
↑ «What is a Slammy?». WWE. February 23, 2008. Consultado el April 14, 2018.
↑ «2008 Slammy Awards». WWE. December 8, 2008. Consultado el January 28, 2009.
↑ «2009 Slammy Awards». WWE. December 14, 2009. Consultado el January 2, 2010.
↑ Adkins, Greg (December 13, 2010). «Saluting the Slammys». WWE. Consultado el January 30, 2011.
↑ a b «2011 Slammy Award Winners». WWE. December 12, 2011. Consultado el July 19, 2012.
↑ «WWE.com Exclusive Slammy Awards 2011». WWE. Consultado el December 12, 2012.
↑ «2013 Slammy Award winners». WWE. December 8, 2013. Consultado el April 6, 2016.


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Details - Great 2 bedroom cottage located less than 20 mins to Erskine Park. Accommodates 4 people with a queen size bed in one room and a bunk bed in the other. The yard is fully fenced and has a carport for the trailer and an outside laundry. The owners are very helpful and were more than happy to have dogs and showies stay!!


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Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Worries Washoe Health Officials
By Anh Gray • Aug 18, 2016
Graphic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a list of the most drug-resistant illnesses in the country. The bacterial STD, gonorrhea, is on that list. As Reno Public Radio's Anh Gray reports gonorrhea infections are rising in Washoe County.
Angela Penny is with the Washoe County Health District. She says in the first six months of this year, gonorrhea infections increased by 16.4 percent compared to the same time last year.
"That's a big spike," Penny says.
Penny says a dual antibiotic therapy is the common treatment. But there has been no evidence of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea in the community so far.
"What we would have seen is a specific individual repeatedly testing positive," Penny explains, "in spite of being treated."
In a recent CDC report, the number of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea have more than quadrupled in the U.S. in just one year. The disease can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility and can increase the spread of HIV.
Rising Rates Of STDs Among Young People And Men
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Recently Released Census Data Highlights Urgency to Build New Housing in DC and Across the Region
(Washington, DC) – The Bowser Administration is kicking off a new year focused on the Mayor's bold goal of building 36,000 new homes by 2025 by highlighting new population data recently released the by the U.S. Census Bureau. The new data puts the District's population at 705,749 as of July 1, 2019, up 4,202 people over the previous year. While population growth has slowed in recent years, the population has risen every year since 2006 and has grown by 104,000 people since the 2010 Census.
"Our population is up, and now we must work together to ensure a vibrant, equitable, and resilient city, not only for us, but for our children and grandchildren," said Mayor Bowser. "This year, we are focused on getting all residents counted in the 2020 Census and on building the housing DC needs to continue our growth and prosperity."
Between July 1, 2018 and July 1, 2019, population growth in the District was due to gains from net natural increase (births minus deaths; 3,816) and net migration (401). During this period, more than 9,493 babies were born in the District, continuing the increase in DC's population of young children. In fact, net natural increase accounted for 91 percent of the net population growth.
A net loss of 2,203 residents to other states brings into focus what needs to be done in terms of policies to retain existing residents and attract new residents. Maryland and Virginia have also seen domestic migration turn negative over the past several years.
Population trends in the District mirror national trends. While natural increase continues to be the biggest contributor to the U.S. population increase, it has slowed over the last five years. In addition, the Northeast region, of which the District is a part, saw population decrease for the first time this decade. This decline was due to net domestic migration which offset population gains from natural increase and net international migration. However, net international migration has been gradually decreasing each year, as well.
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Q: 40s or 50s scifi short story contact with alien spaceship I'm trying to remember the title and author of a short story I read years ago. It concerned a deep space exploration ship that comes upon an alien ship. The alien crew is in hibernation. The investigating crew wants to salvage the ship because it is made up of all sorts of exotic materials never seen before. A lowly ensign shows that it can't be salvaged because the materials are unstable at warmer temperatures. He took shaving from the ship and put them in a rescue flare and the contents explode when it warms up. I think the ship was described as sort of fish shaped with the drive engines in the nose.
Any clues?

A: I'm trying to remember the title and author of a short story I read years ago.
"The Ethical Equations" by Murray Leinster (pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins), originally published in Astounding Science-Fiction, June 1945, available at the Internet Archive.
It concerned a deep space exploration ship that comes upon an alien ship.
Deep space in this case is the outer solar system, beyond the orbit of Jupiter. The alien ship is from a distant star.
The alien crew is in hibernation.

"It presents several problems, sir," said Freddy evenly, "and that's one of them." He was rather pale. "The ship is empty of air, but her tanks are full. Storage spaces containing what looks like supplies are only partly emptied. The crew did not starve or suffocate. The ship simply lost most of her fuel. So it looks like they prepared the ship to endure an indefinite amount of floating about in free space and"—he hesitated—"then it looks like they went into suspended animation. They're all on board, in transparent cases that have—machinery attached. Maybe they thought they'd be picked up by sister ships sooner or later."

The investigating crew wants to salvage the ship because it is made up of all sorts of exotic materials never seen before.

"Try to figure out what that ship's worth!" he said happily. "It's all over the Arnina. Prize money isn't allowed in the Patrol, but five percent of salvage is. Hydrogen three has been detected on Earth, but never isolated. Lithium five doesn't exist on Earth, or glucinium eight, or nitrogen fifteen or oxygen seventeen or fluorine eighteen or sulfur thirty-four or thirty-five! The whole ship is made up of isotopes that simply don't exist in the solar system! And you know what pure isotopes sell for! The hull's practically pure iron fifty-five! Pure iron fifty-four sells for thirty-five credits a gram! Talk about the lost treasures of Mars! For technical use only, the stripped hull of this stranger is worth ten years' revenue of Earth government! Every man on the Arnina is rich for life! And you're popular!"

A lowly ensign shows that it can't be salvaged because the materials are unstable at warmer temperatures. He took shaving from the ship and put them in a rescue flare and the contents explode when it warms up.
Actually he's a lieutenant junior grade.

His spacegloved hands worked clumsily. From the tiny kit he spilled out a single small object. He plopped it into something from a chest in the spaceboat—a mortar shell, as Bridges saw incredulously. He dropped that into the muzzle of a line-mortar the spaceboat carried as a matter of course. He jerked the lanyard. The mortar flamed. Expanding gases beat at the spacesuits of the men. A tiny, glowing, crimson spark sped toward outer space. Seconds passed. Three. Four. Five—
"Apparently I'm a fool," said Freddy, in the grimmest voice Bridges had ever heard.
But then there was a light. And such light! Where the dwindling red spark of a tracer mortar shell had sped toward infinitely distant stars, there was suddenly an explosion of such incredible violence as even the proving-grounds of the Space Patrol had never known. There was no sound in empty space. There was no substance to be heated to incandescence other than that of a half-pound tracer shell. But there was a flare of blue-white light and a crash of such violent static that Bridges was deafened by it. Even through the glass of his helmet he felt a flash of savage heat. Then there was--nothing.

I think the ship was described as sort of fish shaped

But now the hunk of matter turned out to be a fish-shaped artifact from an alien civilization. It turned out to be important. So the situation was one to make anybody steeped in Patrol tradition grind his teeth.

with the drive engines in the nose.

"We hunt for an entrance port," said Freddy curtly. He added: "Those openings that look like gills are the drive tubes. Their drive's in front instead of the rear. Apparently they don't use gyros for steering."

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Q: Specify a datetime.date without a day in Python Is there a way to specify a datetime.date without a day like that:
datetime.date(year=1900, month=1, day=None)

I have a dataset with not full specified dates (sometimes only the year and the month is in it). I want to reprepsent that with a datetime.date without doing tricks.

A: "Beautiful is better than ugly. Explicit is better than implicit..." - Python's Philosophy
You cannot do that by built-in datetime.date. Python datetime.date doesn't have function signature as not to put the day value. Perhaps it is due to the fact that date without day (of month) is naturally an incomplete date in real life.
Additionally, since day input is seen as Integer thus it must have value. And the default integer value as 0 will cause day representation error (albeit the internal mechanism for counting datetime might work around with it), as our day in real life starts with 1. In short, datetime.date has done a pretty good job (in terms of safe of use) - consistent with its "Explicit is better than implicit philosophy" - by not letting the user to call it without specifying day (that is: by hinting what is required in the function signature as what every good programmer would do).
But, you could create your own function wrapper whenever you feel it is annoying or unnecessary too.
Edit:
or using Python's own wrapper:
monthdate = functools.partial(datetime.date, day=1) #edit by ShadowRanger

To me, what seems to be the simplest practice would be to use the current built-in with the value of day as 1.
datetime.date(1900, 1, 1)

It is a very short ,1 to be added

A: datetime.date represents a day in Gregorian calendar. It is immutable and therefore all values must be known at the instant it is created. You can't omit the day if you use the constructor explicitly.

I have a dataset with not full specified dates

datetime.strptime() provides the default values if necessary:
>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> datetime.strptime('2016-02', '%Y-%m').date()
datetime.date(2016, 2, 1)


To modify the GO button in CA Service Desk R12_1 with option to search for any ticket number without having to know if it is an incident, problem or request.
NOTE: the factory name will be what you want your table name to be. Example: the name of my table is zrip and the list is zrip_list. The table only exists in the Object Engine like tables 'in' and 'pr'.
2. Restart Service Desk and the new table will appear in the Schema Designer.
5. Log into SD and select 'Administration' tab.
10. Fill out new form (see Fig. 1) and click 'Save' button.
12. Select the role that you want the go button menu to display the new menu option e.g. 'Administrator'. This opens the 'Administrator Role Detail' form.
13. Click on 'Go Resources' tab.
15. Click the 'Search' button to display the 'Go Resource Assigned Update' window.
16. Select the new menu option and click the '>>' button (see Fig. 2).
17. Click 'OK' button. The new menu item is listed in the 'Go Resource List' of the 'Go Resources' Tab of the role. See Fig. 3.
18. Click the 'Any I/R/P Ticket' radio button and then click 'Set Default' button if you want it to be the default menu selection displayed in the go button.


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Presentation of the new Secretary General of the OWHC
Further to the announcement by Denis Ricard of his intention to retire, the last OWHC General Assembly appointed a new Secretary General. Five highly qualified finalist candidates were interviewed and Mr. Robert J. Quarles van Ufford was chosen. The new Secretary General will assume his position in January 2020 and there will follow a 3-month transition period between Mr. Ricard and the new Secretary General.
Robert J. Quarles van Ufford has vast experience in the field of cultural heritage, notably as Director of the National Monuments Organisation of The Netherlands, President of ICOMOS Netherlands and Secretary General of the National Committee for UNESCO in the Netherlands. In the past, Mr. Quarles van Ufford has also worked as a diplomat of the Dutch Foreign Service in Royal Netherlands Embassies around the world. His expertise in both World Heritage and international relations will allow him to successfully pursue the development and growth of the OWHC worldwide.
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Geronimo Stilton ist eine 2000 begonnene italienische Kinderbuchserie und Trickfilmserie über eine gleichnamige Figur des Verlags Edizioni Piemme.

Die eigentlich spießige Maus Geronimo Stilton lebt in Mausilia auf der Mäuse-Insel und arbeitet als Verleger der Tageszeitung "Neue Nager-Nachrichten". Er schreibt Geschichten über seine aufregenden Abenteuer, in denen er Kriminalfälle löst und Schätze sucht. Wenn er erregt ist, ruft Stilton "Gütiger Gouda!". Unterstützt wird er von seinem Neffen Benjamin (dessen Computer Benpad heißt) und dessen Freundin Pandora, seiner Schwester Thea und seinem tollpatschigen verfressenen Cousin Farfalle, genannt FF.

Das Buch Geronimo Stilton im Königreich Fantasia dient auch als Vorlage für ein gleichnamiges Musical.

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Persönlichkeit des Jahres 2001: Edizioni Piemme (Hrsg.) – Geronimo Stilton

Weblinks

 Webauftritt Geronimo
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Kindermusical
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Global technology giant Microsoft announced its plans to deliver the complete, intelligent Microsoft Cloud, for the first time, from data centers located in South Africa on May 18, 2017 – an investment which not only proves the organisation's commitment to empowering every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more, but also [...]
Mint Group CEO dubbed Finalist in IT Personality of the Year Awards
Renowned for his fearless entrepreneurial spirit, Mint Group CEO Carel du Toit was one of ten IT Personality of the year finalists for 2016, highlighting the invaluable contribution he has made to the South African ICT sector over the past year. In its 38th year, the prestigious award is presented by the Institute of Information [...]
Mint announces a major global brand refresh
23 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa Mint announces a major global brand refresh and repositioning - to better serve the changing enterprise market for customers in South Africa, United States and West Africa. Says Mint CEO, Carel Du Toit: "While history shows us that most change takes place over time, our human story is littered [...]