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Final Fantasy Dreams : Debates : Size Zero models?
Ban size 0 models completey
Use less really thin models(with unhealthy BMI)
Let them use who they want
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Size Zero models?
With the death of another anorexic model, theres a big debate going on lately that people should ban size zero models from the catwalk.
Personally I think they should just not use models that have an unhealthy BMI (weight in relation to height) and use more 'normal' girls for their modeling, this includes in mags. I also think that no one can be healthy while being a size zero (which is a size 4 here in the UK) unless they're like 3 foot tall or something. It wouldn't be so bad if they were short but these models are nearly 6 foot and have an incredibly small size. They're even going down in sizes I've noticed while shopping, size 8 and 10 used to be the smallest sizes (my size) but now 6 is everywhere! Which looks like its too small even for a 7 year old. I don't even wanna imagine how size 4(0) looks.
I think theres a huge pressure on young girls to look like them. They think the thinner you are the better you look and it doesn't help with all these models being so skinny with a lot even looking malnourished and unnaturally thin.
Some people argue that the girls shouldn't be stupid enough to starve themselves to look thinner, which is true. But the fashion industry have a huge part in it, and although I hate how people like to complain on everything other than themselves, I think this pressures them a lot. Even if these girls have incredible parents that have raised them well, it doesn't really stop them from being impressionable and this can lead to anorexia. It's very sad.
What does everyone else think on this matter?
Last edited by Zeen, 18/Feb/07, 3:38 pm
18/Feb/07, 3:35 pm Share
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Re: Size Zero models?
Personally, I think it's a 50/50.
Impressionable is just another word for gullable
The media plays a huge role in how people think, because peopel chose to accept what is said as 'fact'.
'Fact': The skinnier you are, the hotter you are
But then, there is the undiable 'truth'
'Truth': Being hot is in the eyes of the viewer, everyone has their own definition for someone who is hot, and is garranteed to never fully match the media's sense of hotness.
but then again, as it is still left to, choice.
The media didn't force these girls to be super thin, they chose to belive what the media said as to be a 'fact' and didn't want to be wrong in the eyes of th media, and therefor, causing themselves harm.
So yea, if these models wanna kill themselves, let em, it's just less stupid people to breathe air. And as for wiether they should be kicked off the cat walk, all it's ganna do is make things worse, maybe even cause them feel like they have nothing left to live for, and kill themselves, and in best case scenario, they kill themselves and go back to my first happy scenario.
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So yea, if these models wanna kill themselves, let em, it's just less stupid people to breathe air.
I think thats a bit harsh.
But I agree in that it is stupid and not to mention a horrible way to die. It's a disorder and is the fault of the person, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't get help, if it wasnt for people helping them im sure there would be a lot more of them dieing.
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Media and viewer relationship is a symbiotic process. The media can't make money if no one is listening, so to an extent, they give us what we ask for. However, they also have a lot of ways to influence and convince us to believe things. However, why would they want to press this ultra unnatural thinness as beauty belief? That is the question that no one can answer when they accuse the media, and the media alone, of this.
If no one finds it sexy or beautiful, then it wouldn't sell or catch on. I personally think there should be some self-policing on their part to only allow healthy models on the stage, but I don't want us to forget, that we as viewers, are just as at fault in feeding the fire. Girls, for some reason, want to imitate the models they see, and guys, for some reason, find those models beautiful. If girls refused to follow that line of beauty, and if guys refused to accept it as beautiful and attractive, it would quickly die off as the model industry would be catering to what people find attractive.
As it is now, we are in a horrible self-feeding cycle.
19/Feb/07, 12:30 am Share
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This is aparently a super model, do guys really find these types of girls beautiful? If so, guys are weirder than I thought.
19/Feb/07, 2:01 am Share
Girls aren't trying to become unhealthily thin only because of the media. The media influences everyone around them, its the idea of "everyone else says this is the way things should be, it must be right". None of us are completely immune to that idea, lots of what we do, say and think follows that. Its not simply the problem that there are abnormally thin models, its that there are VERY few normal sized models.
It isn't only the medias fault though, the girls who decide they need to become so thin are already insecure with them selves. Anorexia and Bulimia are prevalent among adolescent girls, its a awkward time in general which makes them a bit more sensitive to what they see and hear. Being so thin is "pretty", guys for some odd reason are attracted to them, and girls just want to be attractive...They have pretty low self esteem.
Thats woman scares me...she looks dead lol. But I'm not guy...
Yeah I've never understood this you have to be skinny thing. Personallly I prefer a girl with a little more meat on their bones. Skinny doesn't really look that pretty to me at all. Gimme a little meat if ya know what I mean. Some men might find those models attractive but I'd rather see em gain a few more pounds.
That aside like everyone else said there's a huge pressure to be skinny for whatever reason. I also think there is a difference between being skinny and being fit. Some people aren't skinny but aren't fat either, they kinda fall in the middle. Then there are those who are just naturally skinny, such as myself. I'm perfectly healthy but maybe a tad underweight for height. I think Cleamatra makes a good point in the last paragraph. We just keep feeding this cycle of what is "attractive". There probably should be some safety mechanisms in place to prevent people from killing themselves in such a stupid manner.
Exactamondo.
Media isn't as big a influence as people are making out, in my opinion... we take the information from magazines, t.v ect and process it, if I walked into a shop and saw this random model on the front cover of a magazine and thought 'she looks beautiful,' then the media shouldn't hold any responsbility for it, really. Same as me looking at the other magazine and thinking, 'she looks like a slag.' People allow themselves to be influenced like that (and the media thrives on that) but honestly, you should just be content with 'you,' but only you can think that, ya know?
Some girls just let their self-conciousness about their bodies and looks get to them in a really bad way, and so they feel comfortable looking like 'that girl'. ('That girl' can be filled in with any medium, be it glamour models or a stranger on the street.) They might kinda feel like their on a lower level... i don't like it. I wouldn't want to try and look like anyone other then me, and that includes trying to drop to a size zero.
Your on the catwalk to show off fashion... so, why do fashion designers feel that the models should walk down that catwalk looking like twigs? Surely it'd be far better for fashion in general if the atmosphere centered a teeny bit more around self confidence and enjoying the modeling, and the whole fashion ideal, rather then 'i look good in this because the label says size zeeeroo!'
Even if you say the media isn't exerting an effect on people, it still is. Its not the obvious brainwashing effect everyone thinks it is, its people see it, and they choose whether or not to believe it. There is an effect. Some people are more gullable as FMF said. They take what the media gives them as fact. If your a decently strong willed person with a decent amount of self self esteem you don't it at face value, you think about it, you don't just run off an decide "I need to weigh half what I should".
Pretty much everything we do is socially influenced, the media is part of society, we're in an age where media can shape our ideas. Where do you get your information? I'm sure you don't actually go out and find out first hand; you get it from news, news papers, the internet, all forms of media. Where do you get your clothes? I'm pretty sure you don't make em your self, you get them in a store, or off the internet, all the clothing we're sold is made based upon what society deams as cool or good, and media propagates this idea, if its not in style, people stop selling it pretty quickly. Your wrong about the media have a very limited effect on us. We're effect without even realizing it.
I do think they should use more models at a healthy weight though. Not only because of the effect it will have on people, but because we'll I don't like people being that thin...regardless of what we say about feeling good about the way you look, they are role models for impressionable young people. Besides I don't want turn on the news and have them constantly going on about some anorexic model going into therapy, theres more important things. >_>
Notice we're all talking about female models, aren't male models unrealistically proportioned as well? Most guys can't get the kind of bodies male models have. We tend to focus on females because females are the "oppressed" group in society, rarely are males ever focused on in any problem. I Just thought it was funny and something I should point out, which also a influence of the media. :p I'm not saying we're all brainwashed monkeys, just saying the media has a greater effect on us than we realize. We all just take it in different ways, some people take it as fact, others question it.
19/Feb/07, 11:21 pm Share
Wow! I completey agree with everything you've said. The Media does make a HUGE influence, in pretty much everything. Young people are even more effected by the media, I hear of young kids talking about their weight and wanting to get thinner and they haven't even reached puberty!
But your right in that there isnt much focus on Male Models, thats because they're not starving themselves to look the way fashion designers want them to, they actually look fit and healthy and more normal.
Omg, lol! What the hell is that hes wearing??


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To be fair, we took an objective look at federalism. We wanted to know whether it was something the country truly needs now – is ripe for – and if not, why?
First, we had to define federalism.
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Malacañang put its weight behind Resolution No. 10, prompting the suspicion that it meant to co-opt the cha-cha process to arrogate major powers to then president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. For this reason, Rodolfo Biazon later withdrew his signature while Panfilo Lacson and Jinggoy Estrada threatened the same.
Resolution No. 10 never got beyond the committee level. In the recently revived discussions on federalism, Pimentel senior has again pushed this model for acceptance.
 Then there was the draft charter lately submitted by PDP-Laban, which veers largely from the Pimentel model. It adopts a parliamentary-federal system that places the president's term at 5 years with possible re-election. Notably, the proposed charter abolishes the office of the vice president, and in the event of the president's death, the Senate president becomes the chief executive. This draft imagines a president who serves as head of state, crafting foreign policy and commanding the armed forces; and a prime minister who acts as the effective head of government with the power of the purse and expenditure.
Is the country able to support these models? It depends. Both versions come closer to decentralization than to classic federalism. This makes sense, since we are not rich enough for the latter. Decentralization is an attractive option, if the states' growth toward self-reliance were truly encouraged. However, if it doesn't stanch the corruption that currently bleeds the regions' Internal Revenue Allotment, then nothing will have changed.
Is altering the form of government essential? PDP-Laban must explain the rationale for such a drastic shift; there seems no pressing cause for it except the obvious one: to assign more and greater powers to the executive. An examination of motives is in order. We must be vigilant.
So, which of these models is Duterte pushing? The quick answer is: neither.
Duterte traveled the country on a roadshow that won him the candidacy. Our lawyer friend attended some of these sorties, and he said that the federalism Duterte touted there was "formless," neither this nor that. It was an undefined and shapeless concept, a buzzword, a tool; Duterte's codeword for "prosperity" that unlocked hope in the crowds. Of course he was met with cheers. Folks couldn't wait to elect him. Yet he has failed to concretize his vision. Even now it remains an amorphous aspiration that thrives mainly in his head: it sounds good, but there's really nothing to it.
This is likely why it hasn't gained traction in Congress. And this is why certain groups are finagling the mother of all shortcuts, the so-called "revolutionary government" that will seat Duterte as King.
Senator Leila de Lima. She militates so loudly for the rule of law that she rouses the warriors of Armaggedon. And they will come for him. Duterte has ordered her expunged but his henchmen are comically inept. They bungle without trying. The most they can do is delay justice. Her arraignment, set for November 16, was rescheduled to January 24, 2018 due to the prosecution's scamming. Once more, an accused has been converted into a witness. So Leila will spend the holidays in jail, a travesty designed for maximum sorrow. Clearly, schadenfreude runs in the family.
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. She is the sentinel who guards the law; her quest is justice; she will not be thwarted. She won't give in to a lawless agenda, thus, she is in the way. The mendacious and the unscrupulous have ganged up to impeach her. They will bend the rules, deny her rights, railroad proceedings – just watch them. Against sense and righteousness, they will do it. This week they will finish the job.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales. She, more than anyone, poses a risk and so she must be sidelined. Her investigations run too close to home; they cannot proceed. She is in his sights. Don't blink. Any day now.
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Q: Find the $\lim_{x\to \infty} (\ln(x)-x)$ $\lim_{x\to \infty}(\ln(x)-x)$
I would like to pull the x out. However, I am unsure if my algebra is flawed or their is some certain identity I am oblivious of.
The limit looks like this when the x is factored out. But, how was that done?
$\lim_{x\to \infty} x\left(\frac{\ln(x)}{x}-1\right)$
How was this done?
Thanks in advance.

A: Hint:
$$\ln(x)-x=\ln\left(\frac{x}{e^x}\right)$$
And $$\frac{x}{e^x}\to0\quad\text{as}\quad x\to\infty$$

A: Since $x=\ln(e^x)$, we get that this limit is $$\lim_{x\to\infty}(\ln(x)-\ln(e^x))=-\lim_{x\to\infty}\ln\left(\frac{e^x}{x}\right).$$ Can you solve this one?

A: Here's what was done.
First, the top and the bottom were each multiplied by $x$, which is the same as multiplying by $\frac{x}{x}=1$:
$$\lim_{x\to \infty}\frac{(\ln(x)-x)}{1}=\lim_{x\to \infty}\frac{x(\ln(x)-x)}{x}=\lim_{x\to \infty}{x(\frac{\ln(x)}{x}-\frac{x}{x})}\lim_{x\to \infty}{x(\frac{\ln(x)}{x}-1)}$$

A: $$e^{\ln x-x}=\frac x{e^x}$$.
Let $f(x)=x/e^x$. Be because $\ln x$ is continuous
$$\lim_{x\to\infty}f(x)=0$$
implies
$$\lim_{x\to\infty}\ln x-x=\lim_{x\to\infty}\ln f(x)=-\infty.$$

A: I presume that the OP is interested in evaluation of this limit, and not specifically on the legitimacy of writing $\log x-x=\log x\left(\frac{\log x}{x}-1\right)$, which is straightforward use of the distributive law.
Inasmuch as other users have posted a host of ways forward that are viable, I though it would be instructive to see yet another way to evaluate this limit.  To that end, we use herein the definition of the logarithm function
$$\log x=\int_1^x \frac{1}{t}\,dt$$
Then, we observe that for $x>1$
$$\begin{align}
\log x-x&=\int_1^x \frac{1-t}{t}\,dt-1\\\\
&\le (x-1)\left(\frac{1-x}{x}\right)-1\\\\
&=1-x-\frac1x\\\\
&\to -\infty\,\,\text{as}\,\,x\to \infty
\end{align}$$
and we are done!

A: For every $M < 0$, if $x > \max \{ 16, M^{2}/16 \}$ then
$$
\log x - x \leq \int_{t=1}^{x}t^{-1/2} - x = 2x^{1/2} - 2 - x < x^{1/2}(2 - x^{1/2}) < -2x^{1/2} < M;
$$
so the map $x \mapsto \log x - x$ diverges to negative infinity as $x$ grows indefinitely.

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Ken is a standardbred and former trotter - though it's clear why he didn't do well at the track - he never paces and has a great canter. He also loves to jump. Magnum is Ken's best friend.
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Magnum is an OTTB, though with his warmblood-like movement, you'd never know! Magnum's speciality is dressage, due to his expressive paces.
Marin is also an OTTB who was just too slow. He is a bit lazy and loves cuddles. Currently, Marin is still in training and not used for lessons.
Phoenix is a Connemara x Australian Stockhorse. He is excellent on trail rides, with a lovely big walk, but is still figuring out what to do in an arena. Currently, Phoenix is still in training and not used for lessons.
'Che' is the most recent addition to our herd. Another OTTB (I love them!), he has recently been retired from racing and is ready to begin his new training as an event horse.
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Almonds are the seeds of the Almond tree. They can be used raw, blanched or roasted.
You need to be fully aware of where almonds that you purchase are processed. California does not allow raw almonds to be sold. However, they still allow the word "Raw" to be used on the label, even after they have been steam-pasturized. But they are no longer raw if they have been steam-pasturized. The California law, for example, also allows that almonds can be "pasteurized" by chemically treating them with propylene oxide (PPO), which is classified by the EPA as a "Group B2, probable human carcinogen."
Ask questions when you're buying almonds, especially raw ones. Organic almonds will not be treated with PPO. Smaller independent health food stores are more likely to actually be knowledgeable on how their products are dealt with prior to arriving in the store.
When almonds are in a premade product, you have no way of knowing how it was processed. If you choose an item with organic almonds, you can at least avoid PPO.


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Keep an eye on sketchresources.com. I will be releasing the source file there.
This looks great! I love the upvote and comment design.
Make things simple is the hardest! Great project.


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Custody Chaos: Melissa and John
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"My ex-husband is dangerous. He thrives on fear," says Melissa. "I do not believe that John is mentally stable."
"Melissa has slandered my name in court, placed allegations on me between me and my children. She is Hitler. She has the power, and I've crumbled to my knees," says John.
In 1997, Melissa and John married much to the dismay of her mother, Janet. "No mother ever would want a man like John to marry her daughter. He's a nightmare. The biggest regret of my life is that I didn't step in and break them apart," she says.
Melissa and John have two children, John II and Madison, and Melissa says even during pregnancy, John's behavior irked her. "I stopped going to birthing classes because I was too embarrassed. The whole time we were there, he would make jokes," she says. "When the baby was being delivered, John said that he witnessed births of animals, and those weren't as disgusting as the birth of his daughter."
"I don't ever want to see something like that again. It looked like a Wookiee coming out," John recalls.
They ended their marriage in 2005. "Just after Christmas a couple of years ago, John came home from work with divorce papers. He totally blindsided me," Melissa says. "It took a long time for me to finally decide to sign those papers, and when I did, I was already so detached that I kind of decided it was my easy way out."
But according to John, "The divorce was a great way to refinance our house, because our credit was pretty screwed up. We were going to get remarried right off the bat, and it didn't seem to go that way."
The couple continued to live together, and John continued to exhibit behaviors which Melissa says she found offensive and potentially harmful to the children. "John leaves porn magazines around for my children to see. My daughter was walking around in her underwear, and John pulled her underwear down really low and told me that I needed to buy sexier underwear for her, instead of granny panties," she shares. "I don't know what man would be concerned with what his 6-year-old daughter's underwear looked like."
In 2007, Melissa finally had enough, and left John for good. "When I finally decided to leave John, he was threatening suicide, and he would do it in front of the children," she says. "His personality traits were mirroring those of a sociopath, and it scared me. I had to get the children and get out of there."
"I was so upset. I was in tears. I pleaded and I begged, 'Stay here. Let's work on this family,'" John recalls.
The ex-spouses disapprove of the way the other disciplines the kids. "John does things like locking my children outside in the dark because my son's afraid of the dark. John would chase my son with dead bugs, dead mice, because he knew John John was afraid of them," Melissa reveals.
John explains, "I was in the United States Marine Corps for six years. If they deserve it, a child should be punished. The Marine Corps prepares you for parenthood. You're in charge of a squad. You're in charge of a platoon." He also has gripes with his ex-wife's behavior. "Melissa still allows the kids to sleep with her at the age of 8 and 6. Melissa still wipes my son's butt. If it was up to Melissa, she would still be breast-feeding," he says.
The exes are also in a custody war. "My wife has kidnapped my child," John says. "The court order actually states that these children are to reside in the state of Ohio. Melissa gave a fictitious address. My kids are living 62 miles away from here ... How could a woman just do that to a father who is used to being with his children every day? I would be the better person with these children. I deserve full custody. "
Melissa disagrees. "I hate John. I want the courts to understand how controlling and abusive John is," she says. "In a perfect world, I would have John sign over his rights as a parent."
"Are you in fact a danger to the children?" Dr. Phil asks John.
"I don't see myself as being a danger to my children," he replies.
"Do you have dangerous weapons around your children where they could pick them up and accidentally shoot themselves or each other?" Dr. Phil probes.
"A child who has grown up around weapons is less likely to play with a gun when they're taught gun safety," he says.
"Do you have those guns behind lock and key where children cannot get them?" Dr. Phil probes.
"They are locked up now in my closet," he says.
"The kids can run right into a bathroom and pick up a gun," Melissa disagrees.
Addressing Melissa, Dr. Phil asks, "He's concerned about the fact that you have given a phony address to the school system and to the court, and you're in fact living out of state with his children, which is in violation of the court order. Is that true or false?"
"My attorney told me to get an address, and he said that a friend's house was fine, as long as I had an address in Ohio, and the attorneys do know that I'm traveling back and forth, because I'm afraid to stay alone in a place because I don't know what he might do," she explains.
"So, you have a phony address?" Dr. Phil clarifies. "You don't really live where you told people you live?"
"I'm actually paying rent on a place just so that I do have an address," she answers.
Turning to John, Dr. Phil asks, "You think that constitutes a fraud?"
"Oh, yes," he replies.
"Wasn't the divorce that you proposed to her a fraud on your creditors?" Dr. Phil asks John, explaining that he wanted to get divorced from Melissa so they could refinance the house, but he didn't really intend to end his relationship with her.
"In a way, possibly, yes," he says.


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Christopher Chow
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Chris Chow is Managing Director of Chris Chow Creative Lawyers, a law firm which specialises in advising clients on contractual, commercial and intellectual property matters in the entertainment and creative industries. Chris also donates his time as a pro-bono lawyer with the Arts Law Centre of Australia, is a Board Member of the Communications and Media Law Association and has served on a number of boards and committees which support young musicians and creatives.
Chris has significant experience working across a range of entertainment and creative industries in connection with the protection of intellectual property and contractual rights on behalf of both talent and businesses. Of note is Chris' work on the 'Men at Work/Kookaburra Case', his work with 5SOS and support in connection with Tones and I's legal matters; his ongoing assistance provided to a number of creative & talent agencies and his previous involvement with the Telstra Road to Discovery & the Academy of Interactive Entertainment Incubatory Program. Chris regularly presents on entertainment and intellectual property matters and is passionate about the entertainment and creative industries – the name of his firm says it all!


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David Paul Roselle (born May 30, 1939) is an American mathematician and academic administrator who served as the ninth president of the University of Kentucky and the 25th president of the University of Delaware.

Early life and family
David Roselle was born in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh.  He married Louise Helen Dowling, a native of Manhasset, New York, in 1967.  The couple has two children, Arthur (born 1970) and Cynthia (born 1972).

Education and academic concentration
In 1961, Roselle received a bachelor's degree from West Chester State College (now West Chester University of Pennsylvania).  In 1965, he received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Duke University.

Within the field of Mathematics, Roselle specializes in Number Theory, Combinatorics, and Eulerian mathematical functions.

Early career
After earning his doctorate, Roselle joined the faculty of the University of Maryland, where he taught until leaving for a faculty position at Louisiana State University in 1968.  In 1974, at the age of 35, Roselle was granted tenure as a professor at Virginia Tech.

Roselle chaired several commissions at the university, including the Commission on Graduate Studies, the Commission on Research, and the Commission on Undergraduate Studies.  In 1978, he was awarded Virginia Tech's Teaching Excellence Certificate.

Outside of Virginia Tech, Roselle continued to contribute to education and the field of mathematics.  He joined the Mathematical Association of America and served as the organization's secretary from 1975 until 1984.  He reviewed articles for several peer-reviewed journals, including Mathematical Reviews.  He became a member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, the American Mathematical Society, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, which presented him with its Certificate of Appreciation in 1984.

In 1976, Roselle's undergraduate Alma mater granted him its Distinguished Alumnus Award and in 1994 that institution awarded him an honorary doctoral degree.

In 1979, at 40 years of age, Roselle was appointed dean of the Graduate School for Virginia Tech.  In 1981, he was named Dean of Research and Graduate Studies.  In 1983, Roselle was appointed provost of Virginia Tech.

As provost, Roselle worked to increase support for sponsored research. He pushed for upgrades in campus information systems and strived to ensure computing resources were available to all students.

President of the University of Kentucky
On July 1, 1987, David Roselle became the ninth president of the University of Kentucky.  Although the position thrust Roselle into national prominence in the field of academia, his tenure was often rocky.

Much of Roselle's time as president of the University of Kentucky was absorbed by a scandal that erupted in 1988 involving the men's basketball team.  The NCAA alleged 17 violations of the organization's rules.  The most serious allegations were that a basketball recruit, Eric Manuel, received help on the ACT college entrance exam and another recruit, Chris Mills, received $1,000 in cash from assistant coach Dwane Casey.

Roselle was widely praised for his decisive response to the scandal.  Roselle forced head coach Eddie Sutton to resign in favor of then-New York Knicks coach Rick Pitino. He also forced athletic director Cliff Hagan to resign in favor of C. M. Newton. Additionally, he launched an extensive internal investigation, implemented new policies which tightened control of the athletic department, and cooperated completely with NCAA investigators.  These actions were credited with preventing the basketball team from being disbanded for two seasons, as the NCAA's Committee on Infractions initially recommended.

Although Roselle handled the basketball scandal deftly, the ordeal still absorbed precious time and resources that the President had intended to spend on other goals.  However, he still succeeded in creating a new position, the Vice President for Information System, to continue his push for greater access to technology on campus.

After stepping down as the University's president, the University of Kentucky National Alumni Association awarded him its Distinguished Service Award. On October 25, 2011, the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky unanimously approved renaming the temporarily named "New North Hall," a recently constructed 144 bed residence building, as "David P. Roselle Hall".

President of the University of Delaware
In the wake of the basketball scandal and proposed budget cuts by the Kentucky Legislature, Roselle left the University of Kentucky to accept a post as president of the University of Delaware.  He was unanimously elected the University's 25th president by the board of trustees.  His term began May 1, 1990. He was the highest-paid public university president in the nation, making $874,687 annually.

Roselle's tenure as president was marked by aggressive fund-raising campaigns and an increase in fiscal discipline. Through privatizing many services and other cost-cutting measures, he cut the university's annual budget by $32 million and eliminated the school's $8 million annual deficit. Under Roselle's leadership, the University's endowment more than tripled from $362 million when he took office in 1990 to over $1.4 billion in 2006.

In addition to the increase in the endowment, Roselle's fundraising allowed for the renovation of over a dozen older buildings and the construction of several new buildings on campus.  The new buildings include a student center named after former University President Edward A. Trabant, the Charles C. Allen Jr. Laboratory, MBNA America Hall (now Alfred Lerner Hall), Gore Hall, and the Louise and David Roselle Center For the Arts, which was named in his wife and his honor.  The renovations and new construction were a part of a general campus beautification project that included brick walkways, ivy wall coverings, and the planting of new trees.

As he had at Virginia Tech and University of Kentucky, Roselle also made student access to technology a top priority.  Not long after the beginning of his tenure as president, every class room, residence hall room, and office was wired to the campus' computer network.

Roselle was also active in the community of the state of Delaware.  In addition to acting as president of its top university, he served on the boards of Winterthur Museum, the Wilmington Grand Opera House, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Delaware and the Wilmington Trust Company. He is also a member of the Boards of OCLC, Brown Advisory and SOKA University. In 2005, Roselle and Robert Carothers were the first recipients of the American Council on Education's Fellows Mentor Award.

His intent was to resign on May 1, 2007, exactly 17 years after his term began, but Roselle served until July 1, 2007, when he was succeeded by Patrick T. Harker, formerly dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

On June 1, 2008, Roselle began service as interim director of Winterthur Museum, Garden and Country Estate. In November of the same year he was named Winterthur's director.

In 2012, Delaware Today named Roselle as one of "The 50 Most Influential Delawareans in the Past 50 Years." The accompanying citation highlighted improvements at the University of Delaware during his tenure.

External links
 Official Biography from the University of Kentucky
 American Press Institute Biography
 Article on UD endowment
 Article on the Pay of University Presidents
 Article on Retirement from UD

1939 births
Duke University alumni
West Chester University alumni
University of Maryland, College Park faculty
Presidents of the University of Delaware
Living people
Louisiana State University faculty
People from New Castle County, Delaware
People from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Presidents of the University of Kentucky
People associated with Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library

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The lawsuit against Disney has ended
Jim and John Thomas, authors predator (1987) in predator 2 (1990) reached a settlement with the Walt Disney Company over the copyright of the popular film series. The Thomas brothers hoped last year to claim rights under current US copyright rules, because creators are allowed to cancel their copyright transfer after 35 years.
What is the exact status of copyright around predatorThe franchise is now, we don't know, because so far only a statement has come from Mark Toberoff of Toberoff & Associates, the Thomas brothers' attorney. Previously, Tobrov represented Jack Kirby and Jerome Siegel's relatives against Marvel and DC. "All parties have voluntarily decided to waive their claims after an amicable resolution of the issues in this dispute."Topirov said.
The Thomas brothers' desire to repeal the copyright transfer stems from the idea of legislation in the United States. People who have done independent work can revoke this transferred copyright after 35 years.
Since the brothers are the first predatorscript as "spec", they can claim in this case. They wrote the script before making a deal with a movie studio. They didn't sell it to 20th Century Fox until 1984, after which a movie was released in 1987.
In a statement about filing a lawsuit against Disney (which has become the rights holder since acquiring 20th Century Fox in 2019), the brothers said they hope to do so. "Then finally to be able to share in the financial profits of our creativity."
Disney didn't like this, of course, because the movie studio is about to close predator-Reboot victim for release. Fortunately, that can continue now.
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The Boundary Preserve is an area in in the northeastern corner of The Desolation. It's notable for its large amount of green vegetation, unlike most other areas in this zone, most likely due to the proximity to the Elon Riverlands. The lower valleys are inhabited by Forest Spiders, while several packs of Harpies are roaming up on the cliffs. At the southeastern end of the Boundary Preserve the Springer's Ladder can be found, which leads further inland into the Poisoned Outcrops.
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At the southeastern end of the area. A shortcut up the Springer's Ladder.
On a high rock spire in the eastern part of the zone, right next to an Orichalcum Ore node (which may not always be there).
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FCC Vote vs. Local Control
At issue is who gets to control the location of antennas for 5G. Philadelphia Inquirer, September 27, 2018 By Bob Fernandez STAFF WRITER Verizon and AT&T won big at the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday as the agency voted to make it easier and cheaper to place 800,000 small antennas for super-fast 5G services…
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Philadelphia Inquirer, September 15, 2018 By Bob Fernandez STAFF WRITER Entercom Communications Corp. CEO David Field says the radio giant's retooling is over and now revenues are projected to grow for the first time since the CBS Radio deal closed in late 2017. "We have accomplished essentially everything we set out to accomplish and we…
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Q: QProcess exe does not close if program finished My problem is that I am starting an executable in a QProcess like the following:
QProcess Work;
Work.start(program.exe);

This executable runs since it has been started in background and I can send requests to it. If I have finished I am closing the executable the following way:
Work.close();

But if I am looking at the Taskmanager the program.exe is running furthermore. I dont understand that behaviour because I thought the executable would been stopped if I close the Process.

A: You should use void QProcess::terminate() or void QProcess::kill() for it.
terminate() - attempts to terminate the process.
kill() - kills process immediately.

A: I had a very similar case, although I was working on linux embedded with QT 4.8. Not sure if this can help you, but since I can't put it in a comment, I have to make a separate answer.
Do you set a parent to your QProcess? In my case, I instantiated QProcess like this
QProcess *p = new QProcess;

and I could see in the running processes list that each time I instantiated a new QProcess, I got a new process that couldn't be closed by close(), terminate() or kill(). When I finally rewrote the code like this
QProcess *p = new QProcess(mainW); //mainW was my GUI class, which handled also the closing of the process

the problem solved itself, I didn't even need to call any function to close the process. In my case I was sure the processes I called were finishing, since almost all of them were audio files, so I could hear them finishing. The others were processes that my program waited to complete, so again I was sure they ended because my program wasn't stuck waiting for them,
Hope this can help, despite the different OS.


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This coming week will see the marking of the 50th Anniversary of the Six Day War. In wider society, this landmark will be rather forgotten in all the coverage of the General Election. That also means that much of the anticipated media and hostile Parliamentary activity for which we were preparing, will not happen. Yet, this remains an important moment and a chance for the Jewish community to reflect on the impact of the Six Day War on our Jewish identity and our attitude to Israel.
In particular, those born in the 1980's and afterwards have been taught very little about the war and as a result are not as well informed of the complexity of the issues as perhaps my generation is.
The JLC and Board of Deputies have put together a Twitter and Facebook tool - @sixdaywar1967, which recreates day by day coverage of what was happening on those tense days leading up to the war. The build up of troops, the bellicose language, the apocalyptic threats and imagery of the Arab states and the capitulation by the United Nations in the Sinai and the Suez, seemed to increase daily. Each step led to a dawning and cumulative fear that war was not just imminent, but Israel's destruction was increasingly likely.
Modern leaders, looking back at that time just before the war, all say similar things. It is best put by Rabbi Sacks in a wonderful video on his website in honour of Yom Yerushalayim. "For the three weeks beforehand, we all felt that something terrible was going to happen. After all, troops were massed on the Egyptian and Syrian borders. All of my generation born after the Holocaust feared that we were about to witness a second holocaust." It is hard for us, in 2017, to appreciate that sense of fear and the clear existential threat that Israel and Jews felt, just 19 years after the founding of the State of Israel.
Of course, the outcome of the Six Day War and the nature of the Israeli victory, changed the face of the Middle East, and the legacy of its aftermath shapes much of the foreign policy relating to Israel and its' neighbours. We recognise that opinion on this is polarised from right to left.
The language of reunification of Jerusalem is controversial and open to political difference. But, the religious element of the Six Day War is something that, in my view, all Jews can relate to in a way that does not involve politics.
The victory in the Six Day War allowed Jews free access to the Jewish holy sites of the Old City, including the Kotel. Once again, Jews could come to Jerusalem to pray and to study, to observe Festivals, to hold Simchas. For all Jews, of whatever denomination, this is a lasting and fundamental legacy. It is now taken for granted that, if anyone wants to visit the Old City or the Kotel, they can just do so. But few who were not alive at the time recognise the joy that the achievement of this generated.
The Six Day War changed the Middle East. The Political impact of Israel's victory remains a major element of foreign policy worldwide.
But we should not forget the existential threat to Israel that was averted, the access that we now have to the Jewish holy sites, and the confidence that we have in Israel to defend itself.
This is the first in a series of blog posts by a variety of community organisations and professionals sharing their perspectives on the Six Day War.


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The 2009 Panetta Institue Lecture Series explored the many challenges facing the Obama administration as it took office and prepared for its first year. The twelfth annual series gathered experts to discuss possibilities for healthcare reform, the economy and the recession, partisanship in government and the War on Terror?
Speakers and dates for the series were as follows:
"Can Healthcare Reform Finally Happen?" featuring Tom Daschle, former U.S. Senate majority leader and Michael Leavitt, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; moderated by Judy Woodruff, Emmy Award winning senior correspondent for PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
"Can the Economy Recover From This Recession?" featuring Jim Nussle, former director of the Office of Management and Budget and former member of Congress and Alice Rivlin, former director of the Office of Management and Budget and former vice chair of the Federal Reserve; moderated by Judy Woodruff, Emmy Award winning senior correspondent for PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
"Can the Partisan Divide Ever End?" featuring David Plouffe, former campaign manager for President Barack Obama and Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff an senior advisor to President George W. Bush: moderated by Frank Sesno, Emmy Award winning former political analyst for CNN.
"Can America Win the War On Terror?" featuring General John P. Abizaid, USA (Ret.), commander of the U.S. Central Command (2003-2007), and David Ignatius, author and columnist for The Washington Post; moderated by Frank Sesno, Emmy Award winning former political analyst for CNN.
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Great to see that there are lots of small improvements in vSphere 6, a big impacting one I have seen is the option to still have the DCUI enabled with lock down mode. If you have ever had to put in locked down mode to meet the security requirements of a client and then had a host issue you know it is pretty much impossible to fix the issue if the host won't connect to vCenter!
Thanks Vmware a nice little extra!
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King Kong (The Broadway Theatre)
First off, it must be said that all you've heard about the remarkable attributes of the titular giant gorilla -- designed by Sonny Tilders -- are absolutely true. He's amazingly lifelike, despite the visible puppeteers (King's Men) controlling him, and the overhead cables providing added support and mobility. The face, operated by offstage computer wizardry, is extraordinarily expressive. All the visible manipulation (or most of it anyway) is forgotten once the action starts going, much as one came to ignore the handlers in the wondrous "War Horse" a few seasons back.
But, in all fairness to the creative team, there is more. For starters, Christiani Pitts, in the quite enormous role of Ann Darrow (the Fay Wray character), gives an impressive performance, and manages to make us believe she has a real bond with the creature. Coupled with all the dancing and singing (and she does have several demanding solos), the result is quite a tour de force. Her character's career ambition and her empathy with Kong register as real and touching as she plays with such conviction. And she's immensely likable.
The scenic and projection design by Peter England is immediately striking from the start. In the show's opening moments, gritty New York period scenes and construction girders pull you right into the 1930s period. The same can be said for Roger Kirk's costumes. Peter Mumford's lighting is also first rate, and is astutely used to showcase Kong to maximum advantage and, when necessary, mask the obvious trickery behind the illusion. Peter Hylenski's sound, including the fearsome roar before the creature's first appearance, skillfully adds to the effect.
Marius de Vries' score and Eddie Perfect's songs have been dismissed by many as generic, and it is true they are mostly serviceable in the way of so many current musicals, and certainly -- apart from a couple of pastiche chorus girl numbers -- utterly devoid of Thirties flavor. But having had the opportunity to see the show first in an early preview, and then post-opening, afforded that rare chance to experience a new score twice, and I must confess I admired the music far more the second time around, without necessarily wanting to rush out and purchase a CD.
Jack Thorne, who co-authored the intelligent script for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," is dealing with a more simplistic tale here, but has done a more than creditable job, playing up the theme that both Kong and Ann are being victimized. And hats off to him for including reference to three actual musical theater ladies of the period: Mary Ellis, Vivienne Segal, and Adele Astaire. Still, apart from some other nods to Depression-era bread lines and some Hollywood name dropping like Clara Bow, the language is strictly contemporary.
In Thorne's telling, Ann is a small-town farm gal who's come to New York to make it big on Broadway, but rejection follows rejection, and thus when she and ruthless film director Carl Denham (Eric Williams Morris) "meet cute" in an eatery (he buys the starving young woman a sandwich), she's willing to accompany him on a mysterious shoot in far-off Skull Island, and promises to make her a star. He does, however, expect her to act the damsel in distress, a role she simply can't enact, in real life or on film.
Proudly and defiantly self-sufficient, like seemingly all female heroines these days, she never seems to need a man to protect her or rescue her. That's just as well as Carl, in this version, is particularly repugnant and self-centered. So her leading man here is definitely meant to be Kong, underscoring the story's "Beauty and the Beast" parallels.
The shipboard journey to Skull Island -- striking projections again -- lead to tensions with Carl and Captain Englehorn (Rory Donovan) which are only resolved by Ann's resourcefulness. No sooner have they gotten to the island, and Ann is hanging from the foliage in mock distress, than we hear the resonant roar of Kong (Jon Hoche offstage).
Kong's first appearance is teased by only a fleeting toothsome appearance, but when we finally get a gander at the whole of him, the effect is appropriately awesome. Kong scoops up Ann and brings her to his mountaintop hideout where they bond, especially after she's tenderly treated the wounds he sustained in a battle with a giant serpent (not, alas, as convincingly constructed as Kong, but the audience seemed to like the sequence anyway). She soothes him with a sweet melody called "Full Moon Lullaby."
I didn't care much for the stylistic rendering of the forest with zig-zagging wires that seemed out of place with the realism of other locales.
Carl has a sweet-natured if socially awkward sidekick nicknamed Lumpy (Erik Lochtefeld) with whom Ann compassionately bonds. Lumpy once had a daughter and takes a paternal approach to Ann, and ultimately puts Carl in his place. "Everyone's so desperate for success, they forget goodness."
But Thorne does take a misstep in having Lumpy advise Ann that Carl needs a "kick in the balls." A 1930's man would never use language like that in front of a lady, just one of several anachronisms in the script.
Director Drew McOnie's choreography, mostly used for NY hustle and bustle, is crisply executed by the ensemble, and indeed, is staging throughout is savvy.
The audience members around me responded very enthusiastically, so as popular entertainment, if not high art, this show very much succeeds. I sat next to rabid fan of the original film, and he was one of the first to leap to his feet during the curtain calls. Nearly all of Kong's stunts elicited spontaneous applause throughout the show. "King Kong" is definitely a crowd-pleaser.
(The Broadway Theatre, 1681 Broadway at 53rd Street; Telecharge.com or 212-239-6200)
Photo by Joan Marcus: Christiani Pitts as "Ann Darrow" and "King Kong"
Labels: Broadway, musical, stage
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S through Kennisis Lake to the "Soapdish"
Note: This entire log was written two weeks after the trip, strictly from memory. Thus it may contain quite a few errors!
I spent the morning doing last minute packing of gear and (mostly) food. I then tied the canoe on the car and loaded all the packs and other gear into the back seat. I killed a bit of time before setting out at ~1:00pm. I filled up the car with gas, and then hit the 401 to Toronto. I made good time, and arrived at Kari's house at around 2:45 or so. I found the key, and let myself in. Only Bunny (Kari's dog) was there, and she didn't appear too concerned that I had intruded. I made myself comfortable, and read one of Kari's books about Temagami. Kari's roommate Moira arrived home, and I chatted with her for a bit. Kari arrived from work at ~6pm. While she showered and got ready, I finished the last of the packing. We set off from Toronto around 7pm. We made pretty good time on our way to Lake of Bays, chatting most of the way up.
We arrived at the Cade's (family friends of the Johnston's) cottage, where we stayed the night in the guest cabin. We went to bed shortly after arriving.
We woke up at 7am to my alarm, and had breakfast of canned peaches and Kari's excellent homemade granola, while sitting on the dock. After cleaning up and packing, we were off to the main Frost Centre Campus, which was about a 20 minute drive. We carried the canoe and gear to the main dock, locked up the car, and headed off, making our way east across St. Nora Lake. We made good time, and soon found ourselves at the first portage into Sherborne. This portage is shown as an 815m, but I'm pretty sure we carried further than that, right up past the dam (partially on a road). We single-tripped the portage, stopping to rest once. Once in Sherborne, we paddled east to the 220m into Summit Pond. This is a steep trail, and we stopped once to rest here as well. Summit was not as nice as I'd remembered it, which we determined was a result of the very low water levels. We did the 590m into NoName Lake with no stops. In NoName, we had a floating lunch of bagels, cream cheese and salsa, and an apple.
After the short 70m into Big Hawk, we stopped for a swim, directly across from the portage. The water was so low that the sandy lake bottom was exposed along the shoreline, forming a beach. There were motor boats of people playing in the rapids just to the north. We paddled to the first set of rapids, and portaged around. Turns out that these rapids are not the ones marked on our map, so we actually only had to lift over them instead of portaging. We actually ended up putting back in and paddling to the actual start of the 195m into Nunikani. Kari took some pictures from the dam. Our original plan was to head up to Shoelace Lake to camp, but we decided against even trying, as a result of the really low water levels. Instead, we headed to North Nunikani Lake. We checked out site 63B on the north shore of Nunikani, and found it to be terrible. We then did the 45m into North Nunikani, where we camped on site 63 which was quite nice. Just before the portage, we noticed a very square shape on the shore. We determined it must have been a foundation or something similar, although I still have my doubts! We set up camp and I went for a quick swim before relaxing on the rock. Kari tried to do yoga, but the slanted rock proved to be less than ideal for this! We then played some cards for a while. Supper was "pita pizzas" although they ended up more like "pizza goulash on pitas." They still tasted good though! Really a fire/oven are best for pizzas, not a stove! After cleaning up we hung the bear bag and relaxed around the fire. We took turns reading aloud from "Where Rivers Run," the story of Gary and Joanie McGuffin paddling across Canada. It was an incredible, peaceful way to spend the night. When the mosquitoes started to get bad (the only night we really had a problem) we headed to the tent. After talking a bit more, we finally went to sleep.
We woke up at ~7am again, and packed our dry bags. I retrieved the bear bag and started oatmeal, while Kari took down the tent. After breakfast we headed off to the 45m again, back into Nunikani. Then, up the very shallow section below the dam. We took the 440m into Red Pine, and single tripped it without even stopping to rest, a practice which we continued for all the remaining portages of the trip! We crossed Red Pine, and headed to Kennisis Dam. Here, there was a major boat launch, and a wheeled track to take boats over the dam. I chose to portage instead. There were 2 Parks Canada guys at the dam doing some type of measurements. I'm not sure why it would be Parks Canada, as this is not a National Park! We floated and rested for a bit before heading across the lake, which was quite windy. We made it to "the Soapdish" by ~11am, and stopped for an apple and chocolate bar. The plan was to camp on Lypsy Lake, but that would have put us on the site by noon! We decided to camp on Blackcat instead, which was originally Saturday's site. We headed back onto Kennisis in an on and off light rain/drizzle that made us put our rainsuits on. We paddled west into the wind to the 810m into Cat Lake. We stopped for lunch on site 38. It was very windy, and we were having stuff blown in our eyes, so we moved our lunch up into the bush out of the wind. Tuna wraps with cheese and mustard were excellent.
From Cat, the 1000m into Little Hawk was a nice, quite easy trail. We paddled to the tiny narrows between Big and Little Hawk Lakes, where we had to lift/drag the canoe over some rocks. This may be paddleable in high water, but I'm not sure. We then did the "hop, skip and jump" through Snowshoe, Midway and Chico into Blackcat via 70m, 100m, 300m and 50m portages. On Blackcat, we set up camp on site 54. We spent the rest of the day swimming, talking, pumping water, and preparing supper of spaghetti with homemade, dehydrated meat sauce. After eating and cleaning up, Kari went out for a solo paddle. We then read some more of the book around the fire, and later in the tent, before going to bed.
Up at ~7am, we had breakfast of oatmeal, raisins, walnuts, brown sugar and powdered milk. We packed up and were on the water fairly quickly. We took the 540m into Clear Lake, which is very nice. We paddled across to the P225m into Big Hawk. This trail turned out to be more like 100m, as we ended up at a private dock. We figured we could launch there with no problems, so didn't bother searching for the rest of the portage.
We paddled SW across Big Hawk, while chatting about Kari's thesis and sustainable building, etc. We ended up entering Saskatchewan Creek by mistake, but while there we got really close to a loon. Definitely the closest I've ever been to one without it diving! Kari got some pictures of it. We then paddled north a bit to the 805m to Sherborne, which is squeezed in between cottages. Paddled NW the W across Sherborne, to the 105m into Sundew. We had lunch of pitas with PB&J on the rock in the middle of Sundew Pond. We then paddled into Little Avery and Bruin, with 365m and 195m portages in between. Site 69 in Bruin was just OK. Site 14 was terrible-overgrown, full of broken glass and charred logs. We ended up on 110 which was not too bad. We spent the rest of the afternoon swimming, reading and talking. Dinner was couscous and lentil curry, with apricots and freeze dried veggies. It was excellent, which is good, because there was a lot! We somehow managed to eat it all though! After cleaning up and swimming out the bear canoe, we read some more around the fire. We went to bed after reading some more in the tent.
We had breakfast of oatmeal and raisins and struck camp. We had decided to do the Black Lake Loop, and our day's goal was to reach Black Lake for the night. We set off via the 180m into Long Pond. It was a complete swamp, so we ended up dragging and hopping over logs through most of the pond. There was a clear channel further along at least! The 800m into Raven was easy. We headed NW up Raven. At this point, Kari began to worry about her wallet, which she had thought was in one of our packs but wasn't. Since loosing the wallet would cause problems, we decided to deal with the situation instead of continuing on the Black Lake Loop. So, we headed to the Little Wren access point, taking the 85m trail around the dam. At the parking lot, we stashed the canoe and packs, and walked the 3.6km back to the car. Once at the car, Kari phoned the Cade's to see if they had found the wallet. They had! With that problem off our shoulders, we decided to continue on our trip and pick the wallet up on Monday. We drove the car back to the Little Wren access point, where we parked it and began paddling again. Leaving the car here instead of at the main Frost Centre Campus would allow for a quicker escape (and thus less traffic) on Monday. We lifted over the rock ledge, then P45m into Upper Marsh on the Black River. This section was low and weedy, but paddleable. A 340m took us to Lower Marsh, and a 220m (uphill!) into Horse. We stopped for lunch on my favourite site (#7) - pitas, humus and honey. I went for a quick swim to clean the mud off my pants. Paddled into McEwen via a 210m, then into Dan via a 70m. We decided to check out Margaret and Little Margaret for campsites.
Margaret is a very nice lake, with sandy bottom. We headed to the portage into Little Margaret although decided not to bother, since it was very swampy. Instead, we took the 310 back to Dan, where we camped on site #114. We set up camp and relaxed a bit before preparing dinner of Mac & Cheese with freeze dried veggies and dehydrated ham, which worked out quite well. Kari went out for a solo paddle and took some videos on her camera of the loons. Tonite was Kari's turn to swim the bear canoe. She really didn't want to swim, and I recorded a funny video of her jumping in and swimming to shore, where she proceeded to mock my fire for being too small. Classic comedy, and the origin of the line: "You call this a fire?!? This is like...three matchsticks!" We read some more before getting cold and moving to the tent. We were both asleep soon after.
Up once again just before 7. Breakfast of granola. Back on the water very fast. 70m into McEwen, 210 into Horse, then 230 downhill into the marsh, and back to the car via 340m to Upper Marsh, 40m and a lift over into Wren and under the bridge and up the river to the takeout. We had the car packed and were on the road by 9:15am! We headed N on 35 to the Cade's to retrieve Kari's wallet. On the way, we drove by Camp Arrowhead, where Kari had spent some time as a counsellor. At the Cade's we got Kari's wallet, and the tump line, which we had also left there unknowingly. We also changed into clean clothes for the ride home.
We stopped in Huntsville for a snack at Timmy's and once for gas and a newspaper. Kari read me the news about Hurricane Katrina (yikes!) as well as more of our book. We arrived at Kari's place at ~1pm and unloaded all her gear. I stayed for a while, and met her other roommate Justin. I then said goodbye and headed back to Woodstock.
After finishing the last bit of the book, Kari mailed it to me (along with the tump line). I read the rest as well, and mailed it back, along with her cell phone and charger which she had left in my glove box.
Overall, an excellent trip. It was great to trip with someone as experienced as Kari. Hopefully we have the opportunity to trip together many more times!


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Python scripts facilitating the use MEEP finite-difference time-domain simulation, focused on the research of metamaterials (MM) and photonic crystals (PhC). Workhorse of my PhD project.

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