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This book describes in detail nearly every variety and breed of cattle in the world, both domesticated and wild. It includes most of the newest breeds [especially the zebu/taurine crosses and bison/cattle and yak/cattle hybrids] and many important extinct breeds.
The early chapters trace the domestication of cattle, looking more closely at the now extinct ancestral aurochs, and how different types and breeds gradually evolved, while later chapters study wild species of the cattle family and some of their unusual interesting domesticants, especially in Asia.
The breed entries are gathered in geographical sections according to the breed's country of origin. Each section has an introduction, which sets the region's cattle in a cultural as well as an agricultural context. The development of each breed is traced, with ample reference to influential breeds that no longer exist or are rare today. The animal's physical characteristics are described [including typical coat colouring and markings, horns, sizes and conformation] along with their main roles historically and currently [for the production of meat or milk, as a work animal or as a form of currency or status symbol] and their special characteristics.
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Herb Karlshagen – herb gminy Karlshagen stanowi hiszpańską tarczę herbową, której dwa pola przedzielone są pofalowaną linią, w pierwszym niebieskim polu w lewą stronę lecąca mewa ze złotym dziobem, w drugim srebrnym polu niebieska sieć rybacka.

Herb został zaprojektowany przez Rolanda Bornscheina z Wismaru i zatwierdzony 2 lutego 1999 przez Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych (Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat).

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Pofalowana linia oraz mewa symbolizują położenie tej miejscowości wypoczynkowej nad Morzem Bałtyckim. Sieć rybacka z jednej strony odnosi się do pochodzenia miejscowości, do założonej tutaj kolonii rybackiej, z drugiej zaś strony symbolizuje rybołówstwo, niegdyś główne źródło dochodów mieszkańców. Tynktura herbu odnosi się do przynależności gminy do Pomorza Przedniego.

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The New South Wales 42 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the New South Wales Department of Railways in 1955/56.

History

The design was based on the Electro-Motive Diesel EMD F9 locomotive, and was very similar to the GM 12 class then being built by Clyde Engineering for the Commonwealth Railways.

The locos initially worked express passenger services including the Brisbane Limited, Intercapital Daylight and Melbourne Limited and later the Southern Aurora and Spirit of Progress. As newer locomotives arrived they were concentrated on the Main South line operating freight services.

By April 1978, the Goulburn branch of the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen had placed a ban on operating the 42 class as lead engines due to cab conditions. In 1980, to overcome those problems, 4201 had its cab upgraded during an overhaul but, with their replacement imminent, it was decided not to modify the rest of the class. All were withdrawn in 1983.

Preservation
Three have been preserved. A fourth was preserved, but this has since been mostly cut up:
4201 was acquired by the NSW Rail Museum. It has been used extensively on charters across the state and ventured interstate to Melbourne. It retains the green and yellow livery it received for the 125th anniversary of NSW railways in 1980. As of April 2021 it was in operational condition.
4203 was acquired by a Caravan City Cowra, Cowra and placed on display alongside the Mid-Western Highway at the entrance to the War, Rail, Rural Museum. It was later sold and the body was cut into three sections; while the central section was scrapped, O'Donohughes Pub in Emu Plains bought the cab and rearmost section of the body and welded them together for use as playground equipment. The bogies and fuel tank were sold to enthusiast groups for use as spare parts.
4204 was acquired by the Lachlan Valley Railway, After being restored by apprentices at Clyde Engineering, Kelso in 1986, it has been used extensively on charters across the state and on freight services by Lachlan Valley Rail Freight. In the late 90s it was limited to operations pending overhaul at Lachlan Valley Railway's Cowra Rail Heritage centre, it returned to Service early 2010 following overhaul and outshopped back into its original Special Maroon livery, As at December 2018 it was used regularly on mainline tour trains and often hired to Southern Shorthaul Railroad for use on infrastructure trains in New South Wales and Victoria. In October 2019, 4204 returned to service to run a charter train to Capertee from Lithgow after being away for overhaul and repainting.
4206 was purchased by Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum. After being used extensively on the Dorrigo line hauling 40 trains from Glenreagh to Dorrigo in the 1980s, it is currently stored, it was in operational condition but open storage has taken its toll.

References

Further reading
"The 42 Class of NSW" Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin January/February 1985 pages 1–24;26–43

 Locomotives of Australia (Oberg) 2011 edition Rosenberg Publishers pages 283–287.

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ANTAGONISM OF MORPHINE-INDUCED RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION AND ANALGESIA AND INHIBITION OF NARCOTIC N-DEMETHYLATION IN VITRO BY N-SUBSTITUTED ANALOGUES OF l-3-HYDROXYMORPHINAN AND BY N-ALLYL-NORMORPHINE
A. Rubin, H. I. Chernov, J. W. Miller and G. J. Mannering
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The antimorphine properties of a series of N-substituted 3-hydroxymorphinans and of nalorphine were studied. Respiratory effects were measured in the rabbit, analgesic effects were observed in the rat, and the inhibition of the liver microsomal N-demethylation of narcotic drugs by these compounds was studied in the rat and the mouse. The following N-substituted 3-hydroxymorphinan derivatives were employed: methyl, ethyl, propyl, 2'-hydroxypropyl, 3'-hydroxypropyl, allyl, acetonyl and propargyl. 3-Hydroxymorphinan itself and nalorphine were also employed.
Evidence for the dissociation of morphine effects was noted through the use of certain of the morphine antagonists. This was most notable when the propargyl and the 3'-hydroxypropyl derivatives were employed. Thus, 3-hydroxy-N-propargylmorphinan readily antagonized morphine-induced respiratory depression and N-demethylation without appreciably affecting analgesia, whereas 3-hydroxy-N-3'-hydroxypropylmorphinan was an effective antagonist of analgesia without greatly affecting respiratory depression, or N-demethylation.
3-Hydroxy-N-acetonylmorphinan, a compound not previously reported to possess antimorphine properties, was shown to antagonize both morphine-induced analgesia and respiratory depression and to inhibit microsomal N-demethylation of narcotic drugs.
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How young people are responding to the COVID-19 economy
Emilee Geist
Adesola Akerele had just landed an internship at a television production company in London when the coronavirus hit, and her dream job was gone.
But as the pandemic halted studies and wiped out employment opportunities for millions of young people around the world, the recent graduate found a silver lining – using the lockdown to launch her career as an independent screenwriter.
Ms. Akerele had always wanted to write about the experience of being Black in Britain, and as global anti-racism protests spread last year, she found people wanted to listen.
"The pandemic gave me something I didn't have before: time to write and develop my own ideas," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
From teenagers coding in their bedrooms to graduates spurning scarce entry-level jobs to set up businesses, Ms. Akerele belongs to Generation COVID – young people who will have to innovate to enter the labor market in 2021 against tough odds.
One in 6 young people have stopped working since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and about half reported a delay in their studies, according to a survey by the United Nations' International Labor Organization (ILO).
Labor experts say it is too soon to know exactly how this will impact the generation's lifelong career prospects, but that their path to work is unlikely to be conventional in 2021 and beyond.
"Young people are being more entrepreneurial and looking at career and employment as well as education in a more non-traditional way," said Susan Reichle, president and CEO of the International Youth Foundation, a United States-based nonprofit.
"The traditional sort of first jobs in the service industry, in the hospitality industry are just not there."
Bhargav Joshi was hired at the start of the year as a commis chef at a high-end Italian restaurant in Mumbai. When he was laid off due to COVID-19, he took his skills into his parents' kitchen and opened his own takeaway.
"It's been five months since I started. I have managed to break even and that is a big accomplishment for me," Mr. Joshi said.
The shift towards entrepreneurship and gig work was underway even before the pandemic among youth, who are three times as likely to be unemployed compared with people aged over 25, according to the ILO.
With so many applicants chasing so few jobs, Ms. Akerele, the screenwriter, realized she could benefit more from pursuing independent projects and freelance work than sending off applications.
In October, she signed with an agency to work on a TV show about the young Black British experience.
Ms. Reichle said many young people lack the means to launch their own companies or pursue creative projects, but with more government support they could.
Kimberly-Viola Heita thought 2020 would be the year she became a student radio presenter and formed a new political society at the University of Namibia.
She was excited for her classes and debates with peers, but when the coronavirus forced the school to close many of her classmates went home to rural areas with minimal internet access. Online learning became a luxury.
Instead of disconnecting, Ms. Heita took the political science society of nearly 100 students onto WhatsApp, and the messaging platform became a source of debate, motivation, and support, she said.
"2020 has forced us to innovate, collaborate and discover resilience we didn't know we had," she said.
As jobs and education moved online during the pandemic, digital skills became in more demand than ever – a trend which will likely continue, said Drew Gardiner, a youth employment specialist at the ILO.
"Young people very much want to get the coding skills, the artificial intelligence skills, but also simpler stuff, like online work translating and editing," he said.
Training in such skills is not always readily available, but initiatives are springing up around the world to meet demand. Aisha Abubakar, in northern Nigeria, took part in Click-On Kaduna, a World Bank pilot project last year that trained young people in digital marketing, graphics and design, and ways to access remote online work.
Ms. Abubakar is an interior designer but did not know how to find clients before the course, she said.
Now her business is flourishing, and she has also set up an informal mentoring program via WhatsApp to help other women in her community digitize their small businesses.
Out of 12,000 young people surveyed by the ILO, about half said they had become vulnerable to anxiety or depression since the start of the pandemic, with those who had lost their jobs the most affected.
"The uncertainty that the situation has created about their futures is raising really big red flags for us," said Nikita Sanaullah, senior policy officer on social and economic inclusion at the European Youth Forum.
In many European countries, youth have a harder time accessing social services such as unemployment benefits because they have not banked enough work hours to do so, said Ms. Sanaullah. And as youth lose their incomes, they may also lose housing, she said.
"This was a big challenge even before this crisis occurred," she said, adding that despite their difficulties, young people were perhaps becoming more engaged in social activism.
In San Francisco, James Poetzscher found an unusual way to help when he started making online maps of air pollution as a hobby.
When wildfires engulfed California in August, he took his project one step further and built an air-quality data portal for government and nonprofit organizations to use – from his bedroom.
He knows finding a job will be tough but plans to continue doing his research on air pollution and climate change.
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COVID-19 contact tracing, the process of identifying those infected or who may have had close contact with the virus and encouraging them to self-quarantine, is at work in Delaware.
"We are extremely excited that we are going to be doing a soft launch of the contact tracing system on Friday (June 25)," said Karyl Rattay, the director of Delaware's Division of Public Health in a press briefing Tuesday.
As the DPH committed to hiring around 200 dedicated contact tracers last month, a task formerly carried out by members of the Delaware National Guard, Gov. John Carney said that "we need to be able to quickly identify positive COVID-19 cases and reach out to those residents who may have been exposed." He said the "program brings us one step closer to returning Delaware to a new normal."
A help-wanted ad for contact tracers distributed by NORC at the University of Chicago, an organization assisting Delaware in its COVID response, said "we will continue our contact tracing efforts for at least six months. However, the amount of work available and the length of the effort will vary with the course of the pandemic…"
"Delaware residents are especially encouraged to apply."
Delawareans who have recently tested positive for COVID-19 or who the DPH has identified as having been in "close contact" with an infected person will be hearing from a contact tracer soon.
A frequently-asked questions flyer from DPH defines "close contact" as being "within 6 feet or less of an individual with COVID-19 for at least 10 minutes," including "those who live in the same household as, or is the intimate partner of, someone with COVID-19," and "those who have been providing care to someone with the disease without using recommended protective equipment or precautions."
If DPH contact tracers have the phone number of a person they need to get in touch with, they will call. If they don't have a phone number or can't get in touch with somebody, they will go to their residence to make contact.
"DPH representatives will need to confirm your personal information like name, address and phone number, so they can verify with whom they are speaking," the flyer said. "They also need this information to get in touch with you for follow-up monitoring to see if you develop symptoms of COVID- 19."
After being initially contacted, those in the program should expect DPH contact tracers to be in touch for two weeks.
"The information DPH representatives collect will be used to help us monitor your health status through additional phone calls to you during the monitoring period, which is generally 14 days," the flyer said. "In follow-up monitoring texts, emails or phone calls, we will ask if you have developed a fever or any of the other symptoms of COVID-19… [and] provide guidance on testing and medical care."
In bold, the flyer states that "DPH will NOT collect Social Security numbers, bank account information, credit card information or immigration status."
It also says that concerns about privacy, immigration status or potential law enforcement action shouldn't keep people from cooperating as the DPH will "not release any personal information to the public…"
"Your information is protected as confidential by state and federal statutes," the flyer said. "Your information will not be shared with any person or any organization outside of DPH… including immigration, family services or law enforcement."
Ms. Rattay said that as the Division of Public Health begins the contact tracing program it will also be transitioning to a new statistics platform, so there may be a temporary gap in the availability of Delaware's COVID-19 data.
"The data may be delayed by 24 hours or so while we're making that transition," she said. "We don't want people to be concerned, we just want you to be aware that you may not see data updates on Friday."
Ms. Rattay said "it may be longer than that," and that "If there are any issues or concerns we'll make sure that we find other ways to keep people updated on our numbers."
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Size H Crochet Hook, size F crochet hook, (I use an ergonomic handle that has changing hooks F-K) scissor and blunt yarn needle, two1 inch pin backs (found in the jewelry section of a craft store), optional: thread and sewing needle if the yarn needle too big for holes on pin back.
Note: Pattern is worked in a spiral, do not join rounds. Place a stitch marker in first st of each round and move it up from round to round.
Round 1: ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook (6sc) OR use magic ring with 6 sc.
Rounds 9 through 22: 1 sc in ea st around.
Round 23: ch30, sk next 2 sts,(attach back to base here) sc in next 22 sts, ch 4, sk next 2 sts, sc in next 22 sts.
Round 24: sc in next 30chs, sc in next 22 sts, sc in next 4 chs, sc in next 22 sts.
Round 25: sl st in ea st around.
Using F hook and brown yarn. Ch 2.
OR make a magic ring and make 7 dc; join with sl st in first dc.
1ch, dc into same ch as joining ch, 6 ch, dc into same st. *dc into next dc, 6 ch, dc into same dc*, rep from * to * all around, do not join, 14 petals.
Row 4 Working behind the first row of petals and into back loops only (BLO) of round 2, *dc into next st, 8 ch, dc into same dc, rep from * all around but leave last 2 back loops unworked (you will attach leaves here), join with a sl st. Fasten off.
Use F hook. Ch 8.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook, hdc in next ch, dc in next ch, tr in next ch, dc in next ch, hdc in next ch, sc in next ch.
Step 7: Attach pins to back of the Sunflower.
Use the tail of yarn with yarn needle to attach the leaves behind the 2 missing back loop petals on the sunflower.
Attach the two pin backs to the back of the sunflower. Place them so that the sunflower will be secure on the bag.
Enjoy your new Summer Sunflower Pin and Wrist Purse!
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UKTSU's first hiking expedition to the Yorkshire Dales on 19th October saw 27 hikers setting off to take on the challenge of tackling the 3 peaks. A great effort by all first time hikers meant they were able to complete the Pen-y-ghent trail (10km) in under 6 hours with a few of the more experienced hikers also completing the Ingleborough trail (27km) within 8 hours.
The joint team effort throughout the day has certainly motivated us to give the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge another go with a mountain guide in 2014 and possibly participate in the National Three Peaks Challenge in the future.


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Written by MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers
(AP) — Salesforce founder Marc Benioff oversees a $130 billion software empire from a 62-story skyscraper that towers above everything else in San Francisco. But he sits uneasily in his lofty perch because of a worsening economic divide on the streets down below, where the lavish pay doled out to tech workers like his are pricing many people out of affordable housing.
So he's urging fellow CEOs to help fix a "train wreck" of inequality his industry helped create. He wants them to take a stand on homelessness, along with other polarizing issues such as gay rights, climate change and gun control, to fill what he considers a leadership void that is paralyzing government in times of crisis.
In a forthcoming book, "Trailblazer," due out Oct. 15, Benioff calls on activist CEOs to lead a revolution that puts the welfare of people and the planet ahead of profits.
"We are at a point where CEOs recognize that they just can't be for their shareholders," Benioff said in an interview. "They have to be for all their stakeholders, whether it's for their schools, whether it's for the environment, whether it's for the fundamental equality for every human being."
Yet Benioff's crusade raises a nagging question: Should a billionaire who rode technology to wealth and fame be trusted to help fix the problems his industry has exacerbated?
Critics contend that's a bad idea, particularly as CEOs become ever more isolated economically from the rest of society. Even at a booming tech company such as Salesforce, a worker making the average annual income of $152,000 would need nearly two centuries to match Benioff's $28.4 million pay package last year. His fortune is estimated at $6 billion.
Relying on the privileged classes to set the social agenda during divisive times harkens back to the colonialism that the U.S. revolted against in 1776, said Chiara Cordelli, a political science professor at the University of Chicago.
"Even if they are very well intentioned, they are so powerful it becomes a question of whether they should have this kind of voice," Cordelli said.
Benioff's fans insist he genuinely wants to steer CEOs in a new direction.
"Marc's heart leads his head," said California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who befriended Benioff about 15 years ago while Newsom was San Francisco's mayor. "You could almost anticipate he'll be the first on an issue."
After making his first few million dollars as a rising star at the software company Oracle, Benioff felt unfulfilled and took a sabbatical. That led him on a spiritual journey to India in 1996.
Benioff's experience there left such a deep impression that when he started Salesforce in 1999, he took the then-unheard of step of earmarking 1% of the company's products, stock and labor for charity.
It wasn't until 2015, though, that Benioff stepped beyond philanthropy into social activism. He led a charge against then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence over a law that allowed businesses to cite religion as a legal defense against LGBT discrimination claims. As other companies and groups joined Benioff's threats to curb operations and travel in the state, Pence and Indiana's legislature softened the law.
"I had a lot of fear before I took that action in Indiana," Benioff said. "CEOs can get frozen in fear. We are no different from anybody else. But you have to find the courage of your convictions."
Feeling emboldened, Benioff has lashed out at technology's intrusions into people's privacy and successfully campaigned for a payroll tax on San Francisco companies to help finance homeless programs, even though it cost Salesforce the most as the city's biggest employer.
That's the kind of financial sacrifice that Benioff shouldn't be making as CEO, said Justin Danhof of the Free Enterprise Project, a shareholder activist group with a conservative bent.
"He is using the economic power of Salesforce to advance his cultural position and advance his world view with impunity," Danhof said. "If you are looking at it as an investor, he is literally giving away money to advance his social agenda."
Yet there are signs CEOs are expected to extend their focus beyond corporate profits and stock prices.
The Business Roundtable, a group representing corporate America's CEOs, recently released principles emphasizing the need to start thinking about society at large. And 145 CEOs, including the leaders of Twitter and Yelp, called on Congress to pass tougher background checks on gun purchases and enable courts to remove firearms from people flagged as potential threats.
Although Benioff named a co-CEO last year to free up time to do even more outside Salesforce, Benioff insists on pushing for change as a CEO activist rather than running for political office.
"It's a huge platform to inspire people to do the right thing," Benioff said. "That is all we can do, while also enjoying every moment of life."
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In a gory incident on Sunday evening in Palligumla village under Gopalpur police limits, unknown miscreants chopped off both the palms of a youth after hacking him with swords.
Around 5 o' clock in the evening, the miscreants launched a murderous assault on Sunil Mahakud (27) and left him in a pool of blood near the village mandap. After being rescued by his family members, he was rushed to the MKCG Medical College and Hospital at Brahmapur. He was later shifted to a hospital in Visakhapatnam as his condition turned critical.
Preliminary investigations suggested old rivalry could be behind the assault. A manhunt to nab the culprits has been launched, police said.
Sunil, who works as a driver with the Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BMC), was on his way to his home from Brahmapur when he received a call on his mobile phone asking him to come to the village mandap.
On reaching there, he was attacked with swords by two youths. As he tried to flee the spot, one of the youths attacked his right leg with a sword following which he fell on the ground. Later, the two assailants brutally chopped off Sunil's palms and fled the spot on bikes.
The incident has left the villagers shell-shocked.
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Albany — The year 2022 is one New York sportsmen won't soon forget, and one that featured both good and bad news. As we round out 2022 and ring in 2023, here's a look at the top stories as we covered them in New York Outdoor News during the past 12 months.
New gun laws
By far, the biggest story in the Empire State this year is the slate of new gun laws Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state legislature enacted in June and July. It started with a package of 10 bills that, among other things, created a license requirement for semi-automatic rifles and prohibited anyone under the age of 21 from purchasing one.
When the U.S. Supreme Court stabilized New York's concealed carry laws in the NYS Rifle and Pistol Assoc. v. Bruen case, Hochul responded by calling an extraordinary session of Congress in late June, which resulted in the passage of the Concealed Carry Improvement Act.
Since its passage, the new legislation has faced numerous lawsuits
challenging several of its components, which include the creation of an
18-hour training course for handgun owners, prohibiting all firearms in a
long list of "sensitive" areas, requiring private property owners,
including businesses, to post signage to allow any firearms,
requirements for storing firearms in unattended vehicles, strict new
requirements for FFL/dealers to comply with, and an eventual ammunition
database.
The lawsuits and their various injunctions and eventual appeals by the state have led the state's gun owners on a confusing roller coaster ride with hopes
of some resolution in early 2023 via the legislature or higher court
rulings.
Fishing regulation changes
In late 2021, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation proposed a number of simplified freshwater fishing regulation changes that were eventually realized before spring fishing seasons began.
Among them were hard opening days for walleyes, northern pike, black bass and muskellunge. There were also some panfish regulations that were
changed. Seasons for brown and rainbow trout, as well as salmon and
splake, are now open year-round in ponds. With the exception of northern
New York, most of the state's waters are open for ice fishing.
DEC also rolled out new functions on their virtual app, which they call the
Tackle Box, that helps anglers navigate New York's entire fisheries system.
Oneida walleye spearing
DEC's Oneida Fish Hatchery on Scriba Creek took center stage in April after
an individual was ticketed for spearing 23 walleyes in the creek near
the hatchery. The individual claimed he had a right to the fish as a
member of a Native American tribe and decades old treaties. He returned
days later with more tribal members who continued with illegal
activities, but ENCON officers and state police were told to stand down,
infuriating the sporting community.
The incidents brought to light issues between DEC and the Iroquois Nation
over tribal hunting and fishing rights, and has spawned a debate of fish
and wildlife management in the region and beyond.
New DEC directors
Early in 2022, DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos named Capt. Karen Przyklek as
the director of DEC's Division of Law Enforcement. Shortly thereafter,
it was announced that Dr. Jacqueline Lendrum was the new director of the
Division of Fish and Wildlife.
Director Przyklek's promotion followed a successful 26-year career with DLE,
while Dr. Lendrum is a natural resource protection expert with 15 years
experience at DEC, beginning her career as a research scientist in DEC's
Division of Water before rising to director of the Bureau of Water
Assessment and Management.
Dr. Lendrum replaced Tony Wilkinson, while Director Przyklek succeeded Bernard Rivers, both who retired in 2021.
Crossbow bills bypassed
Crossbow hunters hoping for expanded opportunities found themselves shut out once again.
Unlike in 2021 when crossbow expansion was part of the state budget, there was hope this year when a package that included allowing junior, senior (over 55) and
disabled hunters the chance to hunt the entire archery season stalled in
Congress. A month later, assemblyman and ENCON Committee Chair Steve
Englebright tabled another pair of crossbow items for future discussion,
ending any hope for 2022.
Wolf discovery
It took a couple of DNA tests, but it was eventually determined that an
85-pound canine shot by a Cooperstown-area coyote hunter last winter was
actually a gray wolf. This was the first wolf discovery in New York
since 2001, when a hunter shot a canine later determined to be a wolf in
Saratoga County.
The male wolf was likely passing through and it is not believed that a
breeding population exists in New York. A special interest group said
there have been 10 other Northeast wolf killings south of the St.
Lawrence River since 1993.
Record catfish, smallmouth
Two state fishing records fell this year, just weeks apart.
Bailey Williams, of Watertown, caught (and released) a channel catfish from
the Black River, at Dexter Marsh, in Jefferson County while kayak
fishing on May 8. The fish weighed 35 pounds, 12 ounces.
Then, on Cayuga Lake, Tom Russell, of Albion, was fishing in a Finger Lakes
Open Trail bass tournament on June 15, opening day of the state's new
seasonal structure for black bass, when he hooked a bronzeback that
weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces.
St. Lawrence River No. 1
While we're talking bass fishing, Bassmaster Magazine ranked
the St. Lawrence River atop its annual list of 100 Best Bass Lakes, a
distinction it also held in 2019. It's no wonder, as any time the pros
come to places like Waddington or Clayton, the scales get a workout.
As for other New York waters, the Lake Erie/Upper Niagara River combo
placed eighth overall and was third among Northeast waters. Also in the
Northeast, Lake Champlain placed fourth, Cayuga Lake placed 11th, Oneida
Lake placed 18th and Chautauqua Lake placed 25th.
Lead ammo ban stalls
In March, the New York State Assembly passed legislation by a margin of 98
to 49 that would ban the use of lead ammunition on all state lands and
lands surrounding New York City's drinking water reservoirs.
While many hunters use non-lead alternatives, an ammunition market that
continues to be sparse would've made such a law, if passed by the Senate
and signed by the governor, certainly challenging to many New York
hunters.
In 2022, new gun laws may have overshadowed the lead ammunition controversy and the bill only made it through the Senate Environmental Committee. Things could be different in 2023, and many feel some sort of leadammo ban is on the
horizon in New York.
EHD/blue-tongue disease
The good news is that after two years of heavy local infestations of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease on the New York landscape there were far fewer cases this year. However, for the first time blue-tongue disease, which is
very similar to EHD, found its way into New York when three deer in
Southampton, Suffolk County, tested positive for the disease.
Because of previous EHD outbreaks, Southern Zone hunters in some localized
areas found fewer antlerless deer permits available for the fall hunting
NYS High School Clay Target League
Things got somewhat back to normal this year for the New York State High
School Clay Target League, which held the annual state shoot in person
for the first time since 2019.
After having a virtual shoot in 2021, roughly 98 schools and nearly 1,100
student-athletes headed for the Bridgeport Rod & Gun Club, in Cicero
(near Syracuse) in the early summer to culminate the spring season.
Some went on to the national shoot a few weeks later in Michigan.
Diseases and invasive species continued to plague New York and beyond this year.
Invasives like the southern pine beetle, hemlock woolly adelgid, beech
leaf disease and round goby made their presence known and likely will
continue to do so. Then there's the widespread break out of the Avian Flu.
On the fisheries end, the Striped Bass Amendment 7 seems to have resolved some of the issues facing that species, while multi-agency efforts are helping with
lake sturgeon recovery in certain New York waters.
That's a wrap for 2022. We'll talk about things we may see in 2023 in the next edition of New York Outdoor News.
Tags: Fishing, Hunting


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Frontier's purchase of AT&T good for consumers, Connecticut officials say
Regulators give final OK to $2B landline, UVerse acquisition
Luther Turmelle lturmelle@nhregister.com @LutherTurmelle on Twitter
Oct. 15, 2014 Updated: Aug. 12, 2017 2:58 p.m.
State utility regulators gave their final approval Wednesday to Stamford-based Frontier Communications' $2 billion acquisition of AT&T's landline telephone network in Connecticut and its UVerse television system here.
With the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority's final approval having been granted, the deal is set to close on Oct. 24. Dan McCarthy, Frontier's president and chief operating officer, said in a statement that company officials "look forward to providing excellent products and services to customers in our home state."
PURA's approval of the deal includes a settlement agreement Frontier made with Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz. The deal includes the following provisions:
• $63 million worth of investment that Frontier will make over the next three years to improve broadband Internet service in Connecticut.
• A freeze in residential telephone service rates, including basic Internet, for at least 36 months.
• Discount rates for a variety of services being made available to eligible veterans.
PURA originally had rejected the settlement, which was announced in late August, saying it lacked necessary enforcement mechanism to make sure that all of the promises were kept. But PURA commissioners decided to approve the settlement agreement after getting additional concessions from the company during a meeting in September.
PURA Vice Chairman John Betkoski said Wednesday in a statement that "the combination of a motivated Connecticut-based company, and the commitments embedded in the Settlement Agreement should yield a substantial dividend for Connecticut residents and businesses for many years to come." Betkoski served as PURA's lead commissioner in the case.
Jepsen said in a statement that the agreement "will have a significant impact not only on the quality of service for current customers but also on expanding broadband service to those currently underserved or unserved by AT&T."
"I believe that these commitments are in the public interest, and I'm pleased that PURA has given this its final approval," he said.
Katz said the rate freezes and the pole inspection requirements that are part of the settlement with Frontier "will provide for a smooth transition as well as reassurance to customers who may have been concerned about the impact of this transaction."
Once the deal closes, Frontier will own AT&T's local telephone business, which includes approximately 900,000 access lines, about 415,000 broadband Internet customers and approximately 180,000 UVerse customers. Frontier also inherits the roughly 2,600 employees that currently work for AT&T providing landline and UVerse service.
Bill Henderson, president of Local 1298 of the Commuincations Workers of America, said Frontier has been "fair and up front" in its dealings with the union. Local 1298 represents the majority of the AT&T employees who are about to go to work for Frontier.
"Our members work hard every day, and share completely Frontier's goal of putting the customer first," Henderson said in a statement.
Even after the deal closes, AT&T will retain a presence in the state, providing cellphone service in Connecticut as well as some landline service to business customers.
Call Luther Turmelle at 203-680-9388. Have questions, feedback or ideas about our news coverage? Connect directly with the editors of the New Haven Register at AskTheRegister.com.


Hello again friends! It's been a while. I kinda forgot I had a blog. I figured it was time to review two audiobooks I listened to ages ago.
All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai. This one had an interesting premise, but in the end fell flat for me.
Tom Barren lives in the present that we should have had. Because of the discovery of a machine that produces infinite free energy, Tom's world is one free of worry. Every "futuristic" item has been invented.
Flying cars? Yep, they got them.
Since people have a lot of time on their hands, they have the ability to invent whatever they can dream up. Including time travel. Tom's dad decides that humans should travel back in time to witness the most important scientific event in history: the day the free energy machine was first turned on. If you think this is a terrible idea, then congrats, you are smarter than this genius. I can't believe no one pointed out what an awful, no good idea this is. So much could go wrong, and guess what? It does.
Tom messes up royally and is trapped in our present time, with our pollution and linear decent into the destruction of the whole planet. Things are bleak, but he is determined to turn things around get things back to the future...I mean present. Whatever.
First, Tom got on my nerves. He's so emo. He pretty much ruins the world because he is sad. Also, I can't believe the thing that made him sad is a thing that happened. So, thanks, Tom. I could have had a robot maid but now I have to scrub my own bathroom because you had a moment.
Me. Sad that I have no robot maid.
Second, the women, though the author tries to make them interesting, are still tropes: emotionless career woman, dream girl who owns a bookstore. They are all there so that Tom can have feelings about things.
Finally, there is a bunch of stuff that happens near the end that I found confusing and was not my jam. It's seems like it would be more impressive visually. Mastai is a screenwriter so that makes sense to me.
All Our Wrong Todays wasn't fun for me, but it could be fun for you.
The audio narration is by the author.
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. There's a lot of hype around this one, and it deserves it. I wasn't going to read it because I was all, Lincoln? Is it going to be political? But no it wasn't. It was very weird but good. Though I think my weird tolerance is high after The Master and Margarita.
President Lincoln's eleven year old son, Willie, has died. He's just been laid to rest, but his soul is trapped here on earth. He's not alone. Many spirits are with him in the cemetery. All believe that they will someday return to the lives they were living before their deaths. Will Willie linger in the bardo with these people unwilling to let go of the past? Or move onto the next part of his journey?
The audio production of Lincoln in the Bardo was excellent. There is a cast of 166 characters. Granted most of those read small sections of text from historical documents (some an invention of the author), but there are some big names voicing the spirit characters: Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, Don Cheadle, Megan Mullally to name a few. It's quite a production.
Lincoln in the Bardo is about regrets, lost opportunities, and how sometimes life is unfair. It is somber but at times very funny. Life, and death apparently, are filled with the absurd.
I don't think I can say anymore about Lincoln in the Bardo that hasn't been said already and by better reviewers. It is so good. You should read it, and if possible, listen to the audio.
My thanks to Penguin Random House Audio for the review copies via Volumes. All opinions are my own.
I've been doing a lot of other things: knitting, cross stitching, working, chauffeuring the kid around, watching Jane the Virgin. Even reading. But no blogging.
I have listened to Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. What an experience! I recommend the audiobook version. There are 166 narrators. It's very well done. I'll be back on the blog with a review of that one I promise.
I also listened to All Our Wrong Todays and did not feel the same enthusiasm. I had some issues with it- issues involving the female characters.
Right now, I'm reading What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi. It's good, but takes some time to get into.
Not a very exciting update, but it's all I got. I hope you're all reading good stuff!


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Mudder's Boy
Or: How an out-of-shape standup comic took a bunch of money from a cereal company to subject himself to one of the most challenging events in the world, and lived, more or less.
By Josh Gondelman
Electric Eel was basically the same as the Kiss of Mud, except that instead of barbed wire, there were electrified cables dangling above the trench of slop. I leapt in, and for a while it went fine. Halfway through, I started getting cocky. Is this it? Maybe I'm immune to electricity! Then a shock hit my leg and I yelled: "OH SHIT!" I didn't intend to yell that. The words just flew out of my face. As the fear mounted and the people around me churned the mud into a turbulent human gazpacho, I thought, I do not belong here. These people are not like me. They are strong, prepared. I can't do this.
But I had to. I had eleven miles of sloppy terrain to cover, with a fat, stupid paycheck waiting for me at the end.
I shook my head, closed my eyes, and pushed on.
Back in April, Zeus Jones, an ad agency contracted by General Mills, e-mailed me to ask if I was interested in writing "sponsored content" for Wheaties. The assignment consisted of training for a Tough Mudder and blogging about the experience. For those unfamiliar with it, a Tough Mudder is an event designed by personnel from the British Special Forces. It's a ten-to-twelve-mile obstacle course featuring ice-cold water, adult-sized monkey bars, fire, and electrocution. Zeus Jones told me I was an ideal candidate for such an ordeal, due to my nontraditional athlete's physique and modest following on Twitter.
The job presented an interesting conflict for me as a writer. Lots of athletes receive compensation to endorse sports-related products. I, on the other hand, became an athlete solely for the purpose of promoting a cereal. Both General Mills and Zeus Jones encouraged me to be honest about my experience training (and eating Wheaties). I was even allowed to disclose that I was interacting with/thinking about/writing about Wheaties only because I was being given money to do so. But that's kind of like having parents who smoke pot. Sanctioned subversion isn't subversion; it's branding. I was torn.
Then I figured out how much I owed in 2012 taxes and signed the deal.
For the first time in years, I embarked on something you might call a "fitness regimen," as opposed to a "slow-motion plummet into terminal disrepair." I started running six days a week. At first, I could barely manage a choppy, sweaty mile or two. I hustled a half mile and then walked a half mile. It was the fitness equivalent of the loud-quiet-loud dynamic of a Pixies song. I hated it. Every footfall filled me with resentment for my assignment. Each stride away from my Manhattan apartment and down the lumpy sidewalks along Riverside Drive meant an additional step I'd have to take on my way back. My legs burned and my chest ached. I seethed with envy every time an actual athlete chugged by me like a Terminator. One day I planned to run two miles south, turn around, and drag myself the two miles back home. Instead, I ran the initial two miles, stopped for a slice of pizza, then decided I was still hungry and ate frozen yogurt, too. On the train home, I realized that from a caloric standpoint, I would have been better off if I hadn't left my apartment at all.
Nevertheless, I stuck with it, giving myself only one day off every week. Within ten days I could feel myself rounding (or flattening?) into shape. I still ran at the speed you pretend is running while crossing the street in front of a car, but I could do it for much longer. First a mile at a time without a break for walking. Then one and a quarter. The respites I granted myself in between high-intensity runs grew shorter. After three weeks I could run three miles at a stretch. I moved slowly but steadily, sweating profusely from my back like the oldest guy on a pickup basketball court. I didn't love running, but it was good to know I could do it if necessary.
I also spent the lead-up to my Tough Mudder eating more healthy food. I don't mean I completely abstained from pizza, but I supplemented my regular intake of unqualified garbage with salads, juices, and, of course, Wheaties. I hadn't had the cereal since childhood. Oh, I thought as I lifted the first spoonful to my lips, this tastes…healthy. I have a pathologically low tolerance for soggy cereal, but the coarse, rigid texture of the Wheaties demanded moistening. My technique became to douse my cereal with milk and then devour it as quickly as possible before it passed my mush threshold. My body felt better when I ate Wheaties instead of, say, a doughnut for breakfast. Except the mouth part of my body. I contemplated mixing one part cereal with one part chocolate chips, or using coffee instead of milk. I resisted, if only because at the end of that road sat a breakfast ice cream sundae dusted with crumbled Wheaties—also known as Rock Bottom.
Two days before the event, I flew to Chicago, where I met Ned, the other Wheaties sponsoree, for the first time. The Mudder, I had been told, was a collaborative experience. Several obstacles could be surmounted only with help. Ned was my help. I was his. I really, really hoped we got along.
Fortunately, we became fast friends. Ned was born in the U.K., and his voice has a Britishy twinge to it, which he told me grows stronger when he's drunk. He's funny and charming and says things like "cheers!" (to mean goodbye) without sounding like an ass. Ned and I stand at roughly the same height, but he possesses a little more thickness. He's not what you'd call "shredded" (even if you were the kind of guy who used that word), but he's definitely solid. Over the course of our weekend together, our size difference manifested itself as a number of classic bigger-guy/smaller-guy dynamics. The strength of Samwise paired with the frailty of Frodo. Shrek's grumpiness contrasted against Donkey's pep. And, on occasion, Lenny's dreamy escapism versus George's Dust Bowl grit.
"This is bonkers, right?" Ned said as he settled into my rented Hyundai.
"Oh yeah, totally bananas. I'm right here with you."
"Good."
We drove from Chicago to Sandwich, Illinois, together, and said our hellos to the Zeus Jones team and the production crew that would film our performance. This seemed like torture—there's a reason you don't make a sex tape the night you lose your virginity—but rules are rules.
The morning of our reckoning, Ned and I awoke early and decided not to shower. Why bother? As the hotel had not yet splayed out the bounty of its continental breakfast, we made a run to the local Dunkin' Donuts to obtain breadlike provisions for ourselves and to procure doughnuts with which to bribe the production team into portraying us favorably on video. I ate a bagel, and then, in a moment of weakness, a doughnut. Then, in a moment of strength, I resisted eating a second doughnut. My first victory of the day.
The advertising people, the production team, Ned, and I piled into our rental car caravan and made the trek to the Mudder site, twenty miles away. Each of the many sponsors had its own booth. Mudders (which is the name of the competitors as well as the race itself) of various shapes, sizes, ages, genders, and races goofed off with their families or got psyched for the run. The day was hot by nine and getting hotter. I applied sunscreen, taking special care with the parts of my forehead that have gradually appeared as my twenties march toward my thirties.
We had to scale a six-foot wooden wall just to get to the starting line. Great, I thought as I wriggled over. I'm barely in good-enough shape to begin this race, never mind finish it. While the base camp contained an encouraging mélange of body types, our wave of Mudders seemed uniformly sinewy. I noted the resolve in the eyes of those around me, as well as several "because I can" beards that military personnel tend to grow when they are on extended leave. Panic flooded my body as I realized that maybe this was not going to go well. I should have trained better. Harder, longer runs. More push-ups. Fewer cupcakes.
A fit black guy named Sean appeared to bring the hyped-up crowd to a bloodthirsty level of hype-itude. He invoked the Wounded Warrior Project, with which the Tough Mudder is entwined. He encouraged us to shake hands with our fellow Mudders and reminded us that the challenge isn't to get the best course time, but rather to make sure everyone around you progresses safely through the course. I tried to get psyched up adding my own shaky "hooRAH!" to the chorus, a little self-conscious about never having served in the armed forces. I began to feel solidarity with the frenzied throng of athletes around me. We all sang the national anthem. I stood at the beginning of an eleven-mile journey full of twenty-two plotted obstacles and myriad other potentially humiliating difficulties. I didn't know exactly what to expect, except that it was going to suck.
"Let's do this!" I cried, slapping Ned on the shoulder as we were released onto the course. He didn't hear me.
We started at the head of the pack, but on the quarter-mile run up to the first challenge, an unending stream of well-muscled, athletic Mudders surged past us. We'd already fallen behind a significant portion of the competitors on our gently paced jog toward Obstacle 1: the "Arctic Enema." (Now is as a good time as any to mention that all the obstacles have super-macho, and often penetrative, names.) The Arctic Enema involves jumping into a pool of filthy freezing ice water. Once you're in up to your chest, you have to duck under a submerged wooden barrier and swim to the other side. As soon as I plunged my head below the surface of the frigid tub of muck, I realized I had sucked very little oxygen into my body. I worried my Mudder was going to end there, on the first obstacle, with a gaping mouth and lungs full of water and MRSA. Unfortunately, on the way out of the pool, I smacked my shin, cutting it open under my sock. I didn't see any blood, but I have a kind of supernatural intuition for when I'm bleeding. It wasn't exactly a promising start to the event. But, I'd survived, and so I continued.
The second obstacle, "Kiss of Mud," consisted of a thirtyish-foot crawl under barbed wire across a patch of watery goop. The crawling had caused me a lot of anxiety leading up to the event. I don't suffer from any clinical level of claustrophobia, but I do have a mild fear of getting stuck in a muddy tube the width of an elephant's anus while a former Marine yells at me. Fortunately, even scrunched up like an inchworm, my back never scraped the barbed wire. My forearms propelled me through the silt below. I felt good (if muddy and still bleeding) as I stood back up. I can do this, maybe, I thought.
Team Wheaties trundled through the "Electric Eel", mentioned above, and on to "Walk the Plank." The latter obstacle involved of a climb up a twenty-foot ladder and a leap into (yes) muddy water. Fact about me: I love jumping over/into things. This was a blast. It was the first time on the course when it occurred to me that the Tough Mudder is a thing people do for fun. That simple, moronic realization turned my whole day around. I stopped viewing my task as one of survival and started thinking of it as (gasp) recreation.
The eighth challenge, the "Warrior Carry," forced Ned and me to step up our leisurely pace. We each had to carry the other for a hundred-yard stretch of the course. The interview we did with the production team afterward was my favorite moment of the day (incidentally, it didn't make the final cut of the promo video). Ned and I looked straight into the camera and deadpanned:
"This event started off really easy when Ned was carrying me, but somewhere around the time I had to start carrying him, it got way harder."
"I had the opposite experience. I thought it started off hard and then got radically easier around the midpoint."
"I guess we're just different kinds of champions."
We plodded onward from there without incident until we hit the eleventh hurdle, "Hangin' Tough," in which Mudders had to swing from a series of rings across, you guessed it, a muddy puddle. As I had done almost no strength training, any events relying on the upper body were going to be very nearly impossible. I made it two rings before my splashdown. Ned got almost the whole way across. Then Dom from the production team told us he didn't get the shot he needed, so we had to go back and fail again for the benefit of the cameras.
"Oh, no. Come on," Ned said.
"Let's go," Dominic replied. So we did.
The thing they don't tell you about a Tough Mudder is that for all the adrenaline pumping and barbed-wire-bicep-tattoo sporting, a lot of the day is fairly idyllic and contemplative. I hadn't spent so much time jogging through the woods in years—or ever. Ned and I had time to chat about plans for the future. Our Of Mice and Men moment consisted of Ned dreamily recounting his plans for his cereal earnings while I urged us onward.
"I'm going to eat tacos tonight. And I'm going to get a bulldog with this money," he said, with a faraway look in his eyes.
The "Mud Mile" was really only a football field's worth of sloppy hillocks. The challengers had worn paths through the glop, but I decided to scale the mounds' full heights. In a life of taking the easy way out of physical exertion, it was the first time I had ever intentionally made things more challenging for myself. It felt like a milestone.
Of all the course's challenges, "Everest," the second to last, best exemplified the Tough Mudder spirit that Sean had laid out at the beginning of the day. The obstacle consisted of a skateboard quarter pipe, greased down for difficulty of scaling. After almost eleven miles of course, few had the lower-body strength to rocket up the pipe's curve and the upper-body power to haul themselves onto the deck above. So, in the interest of camaraderie, several folks who had already finished already came back to hoist less-evolved bodies over the top. It made me feel happy and part of a nice community of people interested in one another's success. Two ripped dudes grabbed my forearms.
"Get your leg over," said one dude.
"I can't!"
"Yes you can!" he commanded. With a grunt, the two men pulled me over the lip. I vowed to take at least a month off from making fun of guys with tribal tattoos.
"That's going to look great on the video," Joel the cameraman grinned. Great.
Just a few yards past Everest, I faced down the Mudder's final obstacle: "Electroshock Therapy", a fifty-foot sprint through water over bales of hay amid a jungle of electrified wires. As I'd approached other obstacles, I'd stood in lines of people waiting their turn and clusters of competitors strategizing how to best go about a given challenge. This event marked the only time a swarm of Mudders stood congregated out of good old-fashioned fear. Ned opted out. I was given the option to bypass the obstacle as well, but there was no way I was going to wimp out with the Challenge's finish line in sight.
In front of me stood Sean, barking encouragement. Individual Mudders ran through the dense web of electricity. Some powered across without faltering, while others bellowed in anguish and crumpled into the water. Several groups marched through the danger as a team, arms locked in solidarity, dragging their compatriots whom the voltage had felled.
I took off running with my arms braced in front of my face to protect my eyes, which I assumed were especially vulnerable to electrocution. At first I felt nothing. Then the shocks started to hit, stinging my arms like thorns. In the middle of my first shock, I thought: Why are people falling? This isn't so bad. Then I felt the real difficulty of the obstacle. The current grounded itself through my body when my feet met earth. It felt like when you miscalculate the end of a staircase and the floor slams up against your heel unexpectedly. With every step. I continued to run. My knees buckled, but I stayed upright. Triumphant, I searched for Ned on the other side. He had been ushered across the finish line without me. Goddammit.
Ned circled back, and we ran across the finish line together. I clenched my fists and yelled, "Anythiiiiiing is possibllllle!" as a tribute to Kevin Garnett's postgame interview after the Celtics won the 2008 NBA title.
In a poetically disappointing turn, Dom told us he hadn't gotten the shot, and he made us run through again. We barreled across the finish line once more, after which we posed for a photo with another team of Mudders and received bright orange sweatbands as trophies for completing the course. I texted my parents and girlfriend to announce that after four hours of this, I was still alive.
The event that had dominated the past month of my life (training, blogging, worrying) was finally concluded, and I felt good but empty. What next? When Wheaties posted the promotional video on YouTube, I got tons of congratulatory messages from friends and family, but I was already two weeks removed from the experience itself. I was more impressed with how expertly the video crew cut the footage together into a cohesive story than I was with my own exploits.
I realized that after a month of fearing and resenting "those guys" who did "stuff like that," I had become one myself. And it just seemed regular. I didn't feel impressive. Maybe I had become a fitness dude. I had enjoyed the Tough Mudder enough that I considered (and am still considering) signing up for the New Jersey Mudder in October. As the video draws to a close, I say that I feel changed, like a better version of myself. In the moment, it is an honest sentiment.
Cut to: Last night. My apartment. I'm alone on the couch eating ice cream from the carton. I haven't worked out since the Mudder. Haven't done a single push-up. Haven't run a solitary mile. It seems I spoke too soon about the new, better me. I'd hoped for a feel-good Hollywood ending to write about. Instead, I pulled a Larry David. After a month of diet, exercise, and accomplishment I failed to learn any lesson at all. It's like I'm spiting my own body.
I've probably gained fifteen pounds over the past month, which would be alarming if I hadn't lost fifteen pounds training for the Mudder. I'm back to square one, which in this case is less square and more rounded at the edges. I'm skinny, but a soft skinny. I have strong legs, but my arms are like pea pods with single peas for elbows.
In the run-up to the Mudder, thanks to corporate sponsorship, I was in the best shape of my adult life. Since then, my body has returned to its normal shape, and my brand-new of running shoes (optimistically purchased upon my return home) remain unlaced in their original cardboard box. The corporate sponsorship diet, like any fad fitness program, proved unsustainable.
I still keep my Tough Mudder headband on my desk, and my new shoes are a bright orange. So maybe I have changed after all, but in a more subtle way than I'd hoped.
Sure, I may not be the kind of guy who works out every day for the pure enjoyment of it.
But at least now I'm the kind of guy who owns running shoes.
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Andhra University College of Architecture, Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh is a recognised institute / college. Status: Co.Ed. Andhra University College of Architecture, Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh is also known as AU College of Architecture. Andhra University College of Architecture, Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh was established on / in 1958, 1992.
Andhra University College of Architecture is situated in Visakhapatnam of Andhra Pradesh state (Province) in India. This data has been provided by www.punjabcolleges.com. Visakhapatnam comes under Vishakhapatnam (Vizag Waltair) Tehsil, Visakhapatnam District.
Fax # of Andhra University College of Architecture, Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh is 08+91-2747969, 2525611.
Mobile No(s) of concerned persons at Andhra University College of Architecture, Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh are +91-98667-76558, 09849349020.
Website of Andhra University College of Architecture, Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh is http://www.andhrauniversity.edu.in/engg/arch/index.html.
Contact Details of Andhra University College of Architecture, Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh are : Telephone: +91-891-2754586, 2844999, 2844973 to 975, 2795272, 27084, 2795272, 2709495
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Associate Professor: SRI VISWANADHA KUMAR G
Number of seats in Andhra University College of Architecture, Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh is 25.
Andhra University College of Architecture, Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh runs course(s) in Architecture stream(s).
Approval details: Andhra University College of Architecture is affiliated with Andhra University, Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
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The Department of Architecture was established in 1989 at College of Engineering as a Division and acquired Departmental status in 2001, in keeping with the multifarious scope of Architecture as the art and science of designing spaces and adding value to a meaningful, built environment. It is a subject which is a combination of faculties of engineering, science as well as arts. The programme is a balanced combination of all these streams, yet follows a unique pedagogical methodology that is its hallmark.
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Vizag 5K Run to be held on February 20
The district collector, Mr J. Shyamala Rao, observed that the Vizag Run (reduced to 5 kilometre) would be held on February 20. Talking to newsmen here on Thursday, Mr Shyamala Rao urged the sports and athletics enthusiasts of the city to make the most of the opportunity. He said that the event is being conducted with the help of the District Olympic Association.
Giving out the details the collector observed that the run would begin at 6.30 am at the AU Engineering College Grounds all the way till R.K. Beach. More than 25,000 participants are expected to take part in the diluted jog.
The additional joint collector, Mr S. Satyanarayana, would be the district administrative head, in-charge of the entire programme as general secretary. The others involved are Vuda vice-chairman, Mr B. Sreedhar, the police commissioner, Mr J. Purnachandra Rao, and the GVMC commissioner, Mr V.N. Vishnu, along with VPT chairman, Mr Ajay Kallam.
The collector said that the participants had been divided into various groups and professional athletes have been put under a separate category. The participation fee would range from Rs 5 to Rs 200 for participants of various categories, he added.
Various cine personalities too would participate in the event. The brand ambassador of the event, Mr Patnaik, was amongst those present.
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Q: Get note contents with evernote api in node.js server I'm working on my private project using Evernote API and node.js(express.js)
I successfully got an requestToken and accessToken using jsOAuth Module and I got the note guid from noteMetaData too.
however, when I use

noteStore.getNote

function, It continuously fails.
 with this errormessage :

Error in NodeBinaryHttpTransport.flush: Binary protocol does not support synchronous calls

however I already inserted my callback function.
I checked API Docs but not specific doc for javascript. Arguments are different. I checked what kind of arguments does noteStore.getNote wants by logging Function.length, but it was 0.
here is my code.
I use express and router is require('express').Router();
gb is global object that contains my developer token and secret.
router.get('/users',function (request,response){
var parsedUrl = url.parse(request.url);
console.log('search is:'+parsedUrl.search)
client.getAccessToken(
  gb.oauthToken,
  gb.oauthSecret,
  getOauthVerifier(parsedUrl.search),
  function(error, oauthAccessToken, oauthAccessTokenSecret, results) {
    if(error) {
      console.log("error\n\n\n");
      console.log(error);
    }
    else {
      console.log('successfully get an access token.');
      var accessedClient = new Evernote.Client({
        token: oauthAccessToken,
        sandbox:true
      })

      var noteStore = accessedClient.getNoteStore("https://sandbox.evernote.com/edam/note/");
      noteStore.listNotebooks(function(err, notebook){

              var filter = new Evernote.NoteFilter();

              filter.notebookGuid = notebook[0].guid;

              console.log('filter is..',filter);
              var resultSpec = new Evernote.NotesMetadataResultSpec();
              resultSpec.includeTitle = true;
              resultSpec.includeContentLength = true;
              resultSpec.includeCreated = true;
              resultSpec.includeAttributes = true;

              noteStore.findNotesMetadata(filter, 0, 100, resultSpec, function(err, notesMeta) {
                  if (err) {
                    console.error('err',err);
                  }
                  else {

                    console.log("Found "+notesMeta.notes.length+" notes in your default notebook . . .")
                    for (var i in notesMeta.notes) {

                     var noteGuid = notesMeta.notes[i]['guid'];

                     var note = noteStore.getNote(
                        noteGuid,{
                        withContent: true
                        },

                        function(err, results){

                          if(err) return console.error("Error")
                          console.log(results);
                          response.end();
                      })
                    }
                  }
              });
      })
  }
);
})

A: It was a stupid question. I found a solution.
All I Needed to do was sticking to the parameter guided in the API docs.
noteGuid,{
   var note = noteStore.getNote( true, true, true,true
},

function(err, results){
    if(err)
        return console.error("Error")
    console.log(results);
    response.end();
})

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Q: Making NIntegrate behave like a listable function I have a function defined by
$$f(t)=\int\limits_0^t g(x) dx$$
$g(x)$ is a complicated function (specifically the Mittag-Leffler function which has recently been implemented in Mathematica 9 as MittagLefflerE[a,b,t]) and so I evaluate this integral numerically using NIntegrate. I want to perform two tasks with this function---Plot it as a function of the limit $t$, and evaluate it's value at a number of different time instances.  I have stored these values of time in a vector of the form {t1,t2,t3,...,tn}. Mathematica's documentation suggests that to plot the function I will have to define it as
f[t_?NumericQ] := NIntegrate[g[x],{x,0,t}]
which works perfectly fine. However, I cannot use this definition of the function $f$ to now evaluate it's value at every element of my list. I assume the issue is because NIntegrate is not listable. Is there any way I can get around this?

A: You can see examples here. Define:
f[t_] := NIntegrate[Sin[Cos[x]], {x, 0, t}]
SetAttributes[f, Listable];

Check:
f[{1, 2, 3}]

{0.738643, 0.803863, 0.11889}

But I am not sure why to plot such function you want to make it listable. You could just do something like:
Plot[f[t], {t, 0, 7}]

or to speed up
DiscretePlot[f[t], {t, 0, 7, .1}, Filling -> 0]

A: I see no conflict between Listable and the argument test _?NumericQ.  For example:
SetAttributes[f, Listable]

f[t_?NumericQ] := NIntegrate[Sqrt[x], {x, 0, t}]

f[{1, 2, 3, other}]

{0.666667, 1.88562, 3.4641, f[other]}

Perhaps you want a different result.  I'll suppose that you would rather have f[{1, 2, 3, other}] returned unevaluated because one of the elements is not numeric.  You could do that with:
f2[t_?NumericQ] := NIntegrate[Sqrt[x], {x, 0, t}]

f2[{t__?NumericQ}] := f /@ {t}

f2[{1, 2, 3}]

f2[{1, 2, 3, other}]

{0.666667, 1.88562, 3.4641}

f2[{1, 2, 3, other}]

This also illustrates a manual "listable" definition, though it only works on a simple list.  Handling nested lists is possible but more complicated.  What is your goal?


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Public Release: 2-Feb-2015
NYU's microscopic monitoring may yield advances in production of products, pharmaceuticals
IMAGE: Holograms of individual spheres such as the examples shown here were used to improve the manufacturing process that created the silicone-rubber spheres shown in the grey-scale images. view more
Credit: David Grier
A team of NYU physicists has developed a method to monitor the properties of microscopic particles as they grow within a chemical reaction vessel, creating new opportunities to improve the quality and consistency of a wide range of industrial and consumer products. Their work, which appears as a cover story in the journal Soft Matter, offers benefits for commodities ranging from food and pharmaceuticals to perfumes and cosmetics.
"We can now look at each of the particles in a developing dispersion to see how the chemical reaction is progressing and whether the particles are turning out the way they should," explains NYU Physics Professor David Grier, one of the paper's authors and director of the university's Center for Soft Matter Research.
Previously, scientists could not look inside a growing microparticle and understand the nature of the material it was composed of--Is the particle fully dense or is it porous? Are all the particles growing in the same way, or are some different from others?
"In the past, there was no way to know these answers because we could not characterize particles' makeup," Grier explains. "Now we can."
The work reported in Soft Matter relies on a technique, holographic video microscopy, which was developed in Grier's lab at NYU in 2007. It uses a laser beam to create holographic images of individual particles using conventional video cameras and digital video recorders to record the data. The researchers novel analysis of these digitized holograms yields an unprecedented wealth of information about the positions and properties of the individual particles within the sample. This information, in turn, reveals how well the reaction is progressing and what steps should be taken to optimize its products.
To demonstrate the capabilities of their technique, the researchers studied the synthesis of crosslinked polydimethysiloxane (PDMS) spheres--compounds that make up silicone.
However, Grier says, the procedure could be applied to particles that comprise many consumer products.
"If a cosmetics company wants to add a new fragrance to its products or a pharmaceutical company needs to change the active ingredients of a drug, they need to add new chemical compounds," Grier explains. "But how will they interact? How will this change the consistency of the product? And, especially in the case of drug development, will they be effective?
"This procedure shows that we now have the potential understand this process at the most fundamental level, which would enhance both product design and production."
Holographic characterization provides insights into the properties of products that will enhance their safety, functionality, and consistency, and will reduce costs by improving process control and eliminating the need for trial-and-error testing, Grier says. His group's proof-of-concept demonstration is being brought to the market by Spheryx, Inc., which has exclusively licensed NYU's technology for holographic characterization.
The paper's other authors are: Chen Wang, a doctoral student in NYU's Department of Physics; NYU Physics Professor Andrew Hollingsworth; and Hagay Shpaisman, an NYU post-doctoral fellow at the time of the study and now a Senior Lecturer at Israel's Bar-Ilan University.
The research was supported by grants from Procter & Gamble and NASA (NNX13AR67G) as well as by the National Science Foundation under its MRSEC (DMR-1420073) and MRI (DMR-0923251) programs. The article describing this work is published in Soft Matter, volume 11, pages 1062 - 1066, February 14, 2015.
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Political Analysis - US EPIDEMIC OF MURDER, MAYHEM AND MISOGYNY - 07/03/14
Jul 3rd, 2014 by progressiveradionetwork at 9:49 pm
Tonight on Political Analysis, DeSmog Blog's Steve Horn makes his debut as Sandy's co-host.
Sandy and Steve kick off the hour with Truthout.org's Candice Bernd. They discuss a disturbing upsurge in cases involving women being brutalized, sexually assaulted and/or murdered -- often by the same people charged with protecting them. Candice wrote the piece published at Truthout.org, headlined, "Police Departments Ignore Rampant Sexual Assault by Officers." She talks about the epidemic of misogyny and police sexual abuse cases, as well as the bizarre murders that took place recently in Kenosha Wisconsin.
KEY ENVIRONMENTAL RULING COULD BE A GAME-CHANGER
At the bottom of the hour, Sandy and Steve are joined by Nathaniel Shoaff, staff attorney with the Sierra Club Environmental Law Program (based in San Francisco). Nathaniel discusses the lawsuit he won this week in the US District Court for the District of Colorado. The case, titled, Sierra Club Et Al v. US Forest Service Et Al, was handed down by (federal court) Judge R. Jackson, on June 27, who blocked a coal mining project in Colorado because, he said, federal agencies "failed to consider the future global-warming damages from burning fossil fuels."
*Political Analysis' new co-host Steve Horn brings to the show his keen intelligence, an astute grasp of the issues and a youthful exuberance that is sure to light up the control room. His refreshingly radical perspective is both balanced and supported by his intrepid investigative reporting, his research work with DeSmog Blog and, before that, his research and reporting at the Center for Media and Democracy. Steve's creative, no-holds-barred approach to journalism is fueled by a passion rarely seen in today's "play-it-safe" political environment. He is a fiercely independent thinker, which deems it appropriately fortuitous that he arrives on the scene just one day before Independence Day. Look for lots of fireworks in the weeks to come!
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"King George III to Adams - At what time did Mr Pitt get up?
Adams - He was seldom stirring before twelve o'clock, Sir!
King George III - Ah! He ruined his health by those late hours. I believe he was not fond of doing business after dinner.
Adams - No sir, he was not. I seldom went to him in ye Evening, and never unless there was any thing particular to be done.
King George III - O - of course you would go if there were anything particular to do.
Adams - His [Pitt's] rule, Sir, was to finish everything before dinner.
King George III - I saw him a few days before he went to Bath. Did you find him much altered when you saw him there?
Adams - On my arrival at Bath from Devonshire, Sir, I found him much altered and debilitated - he grew worse & worse every day whilst he staid there. He never returned to Downing St.
King George III - No, I knew he never did - he went to Putney. Did you see him at Putney? What was the last time you saw him before his death & how did he seem?
Adams - He appeared in great anxiety about seeing Lord Wellesley who had arrived lately from India, and was there with him that morning."
The conversation between the King and Adams then changed subject, and after a few short enquiries about Adams's family by Queen Charlotte, they all withdrew.
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In 2016, the Alabama Fire were the upstarts of the league, going 7-1 in their inaugural season, defeating the Atlanta Phoenix along the way. They were stopped in the playoffs by the eventual D2 National Conference champions of Tampa Bay. They certainly proved they could compete before announcing a one-season hiatus for 2017. Last season, the Arkansas Wildcats were the Cinderella story. Playing with a roster numbering in the low teens, the Wildcats rolled through the playoffs as underdogs and claimed the D3 title. This is the first-ever meeting between these two squads, and we are lucky that we get to see this matchup again next week in Wildcat country.


Here we are again. This time, however, it's not Britney Spears that's being uke-d, but the delightfully infamous Lady Gaga. The wicked (we-can't-help-but-look-watch-listen) Lady Gaga.
The ukulele brings out the sweet. Of course, it also helps (and one just cannot deny it!) that Poker Face is an instant, solid pop classic.
NajMeTender, you're pretty good. Maybe you'll convert even the hardest of Gaga haters. Enjoy.
wow, this song has a totally different feel now! i like it a lot better. there's a lot more of a melody. a lot less dancey but a lot nicer to listen to.
U KNO!!!! I like it. Its pretty good.
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