The California Delta has behaved pretty much as expected for day one of the Costa FLW Series Western Division finale: pockets of glimmer, amid an overall tough fishery. Clear water and lots of sunshine are making shallow bass tough to approach, while recent herbicide treatments have greatly diminished the shallow grass, which typically plays a more prominent role in Delta fishing.
At takeoff, we followed Joe Uribe Jr., who currently leads the division's Strike King Angler of the Year standings. He started in a small backwater area where he worked finesse baits around grass and hyacinth edges. Uribe caught three keepers in the first 30 minutes and then started rotating through his spots.
While in the area, we also saw Mike Birch, who caught his first keeper on a reaction bait along an isolated grass line about an hour into the day. He and Uribe both noted that they needed the outgoing tide to gain some steam so their big fish would bite.
Anglers were fishing all the predictable scenarios: punching hyacinth mats, drop-shotting tules and submerged grass, cranking and fishing topwaters and buzzbaits along riprap, and throwing wacky-rigged soft stick baits. Many reported struggling to catch keepers, and most with limits had tallied relatively low weights.
Jay Williams had a couple of good fish by mid-morning, but he reported the bass were "biting funny" – more or less just mouthing the baits with minimal commitment. Cody Murray, who nabbed a 10-pound limit after wasting time with an early flurry of striped bass, echoed this thought and said he was looking for unpressured fish.
When we found Delta stick Ken Mah around 11:15, he had a limit of about 16 pounds in the livewell. We watched him punch up another keeper that culled him up a few ounces. A good start, but Mah says he's looking for a bigger improvement.
Elsewhere, Brian Trusso got off to a good start with three in the 4-pound range early. Jarred Jenkins had about 17 pounds by mid-morning. His sack was anchored by a 7-pounder.
Conditions are supposed to remain stable today, but a cold front is on the way, and day two will probably see a 12- to 14-degree temperature drop, along with a significant midday wind increase. Anglers who weigh good bags today will position themselves well to weather the coming meteorological impacts.


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Quillwort Genome Could Hold Secrets To Make Crops Use Water or Carbon Dioxide More Efficiently
TOPICS:AgricultureBiotechnologyBoyce Thompson InstituteGeneticsPhotosynthesisPlant Science
By Boyce Thompson Institute November 3, 2021
The genome of this humble quillwort (Isoetes taiwanensis) could hold secrets to help make crops use water or carbon dioxide more efficiently. Credit: Yao-Moan Huang
Researchers have assembled a high-quality Isoetes genome that furthers understanding how these aquatic plants regulate CAM photosynthesis to compete for carbon dioxide underwater, and how that regulation differs from terrestrial plants.
The humble quillworts are an ancient group of about 250 small, aquatic plants that have largely been ignored by modern botanists. A group of researchers, led by Boyce Thompson Institute's Fay-Wei Li, have sequenced the first quillwort genome and uncovered some secrets of the plant's unique method of photosynthesis – secrets that could eventually lead to the engineering of crops with more efficient use of water and carbon dioxide.
Most plants breathe in carbon dioxide (CO2) and use sunlight to turn the gas into sugar during the day, and then stop breathing when the sun goes down. But plants in arid regions have evolved to breathe in CO2 at night, and then stop breathing during the day while they conduct photosynthesis. This strategy – called CAM photosynthesis – helps the plants save water.
Forty years ago, quillworts — plants of the genus Isoetes — became the first group of aquatic plants discovered to use CAM photosynthesis. Daytime water loss is clearly not a problem for the aquatic plants. Instead, quillworts use CAM to collect CO2 dissolved in water and store it overnight, to avoid competing with other aquatic plants and organisms, such as algae, that deplete water levels of the gas during the daytime.
The genome of this humble quillwort (Isoetes taiwanensis) could hold secrets to help make crops use water or carbon dioxide more efficiently. Credit: Pi-Fong Lu
To investigate the genetic mechanisms regulating quillworts' CAM photosynthesis process, Li's team assembled a high-quality genome for I. taiwanensis, and found some similarities between quillwort and land plant CAM photosynthesis, but also a number of differences.
"As aquatic plants, Isoetes have evolved CAM photosynthesis in a fundamentally different environment than terrestrial plants in dry habitats," says Li, who is also an adjunct assistant professor of plant biology at Cornell University. "These results tell us there are more evolutionary pathways to CAM than we previously thought."
The findings will be published in Nature Communications today (November 3, 2021).
The team used the genome to identify CAM pathway genes and to examine their expression patterns, including how those patterns changed across the day/night cycle. One notable difference between CAM in quillworts and terrestrial plants is in the function of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC). All plants have two types of PEPC: plant-type, long known for its essential role in photosynthesis; and bacterial-type, which resembles the PEPC found in bacteria.
"In all other plants, bacterial-type PEPC plays a role in a range of metabolic processes but not photosynthesis," said David Wickell, a Ph.D. student in Li's laboratory and first author on the study. "In Isoetes, both types appear to be involved in CAM – something that hasn't been found in any other plant and points to a distinct role for bacterial-type PEPC in aquatic CAM."
All plants have multiple components of CAM, which is why the process has evolved so many times, says Li. But aquatic and terrestrial plants recruited different versions of those components possibly to meet the needs imposed by their differing environments.
The team also found that expression levels of a few circadian regulators peaked at different times of day in quillworts than in terrestrial plants, indicating the circadian clock might regulate CAM functions differently in Isoetes.
The team's next steps include examining CAM gene expression patterns in I. engelmannii (Engelmann's quillwort), which uses CAM when fully submerged in water and C3 photosynthesis when above water.
Longer term, the findings could be used to engineer crops to withstand environmental stresses. "It would boil down to manipulating the circadian clock genes that regulate CAM components to help plants become more efficient at conserving water or making better use of the available CO2," said Wickell. "It's an exciting idea to consider."
The group's interest in Isoetes builds on a fantastic research legacy at BTI. The standard reference summarizing the characteristics and habitats of the genus is still Norma Pfeiffer's Monograph on the Isoetaceae, published in 1922. Pfeiffer was one of BTI's original scientists when the Institute opened its doors in Yonkers, NY, in 1924. The plant morphologist remained at BTI until she retired in 1955.
Reference: "Underwater CAM photosynthesis elucidated by Isoetes genome" by David Wickell, Li-Yaung Kuo, Hsiao-Pei Yang, Amra Dhabalia Ashok, Iker Irisarri, Armin Dadras, Sophie de Vries, Jan de Vries, Yao-Moan Huang, Zheng Li, Michael S. Barker, Nolan T. Hartwick, Todd P. Michael and Fay-Wei Li, 3 November 2021, Nature Communications.
The team included researchers from National Tsing Hua University, the University of Göttingen, the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Arizona, and The Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
The research was supported by funding from BTI, the European Research Council (ERC) and the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Genome Science.
About Boyce Thompson Institute:
Opened in 1924, Boyce Thompson Institute is a premier life sciences research institution located in Ithaca, New York. BTI scientists conduct investigations into fundamental plant and life sciences research with the goals of increasing food security, improving environmental sustainability in agriculture, and making basic discoveries that will enhance human health. Throughout this work, BTI is committed to inspiring and educating students and to providing advanced training for the next generation of scientists. BTI is an independent nonprofit research institute that is also affiliated with Cornell University.
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Douglas Furtek | November 4, 2021 at 1:01 am | Reply
I don't see this ancient fern ally in the news often. I'm glad it's getting some recognition. After much botanizing, the only location I found it was in the middle of a trout stream – i.e. clean, clear, cool, and well-aerated – in central Massachusetts.
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Holden Caulfield: Giving Voice to Generations Since his debut in 1951, Holden Caulfield — the funny, complex, wry protagonist of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye — has given voice to generations of teens caught between youth and adulthood.
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NPR recently launched a new series exploring famous American fictional characters. It's called In Character. Today, we're going to talk about a character who took teen angst to a whole another level. His story was published in 1951 to immediate acclaim and immediate disdain. It was the target of numerous censorship campaigns. But it's still required reading in schools across the country. Who is this most American of characters? Holden Caulfield, from J.D. Salinger's 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye."
We're going to speak with two adult Holden admirers in a moment. But first, we wondered how teenagers today remember Holden. We sent reporter Joel Rose to find out.
Ms. KERA APPLE(ph): He was really annoying. And I kind of wanted to punch him in the face because he wouldn't stop whining.
Mr. JAKE POLOMBO(ph): He's like a pretty disillusioned guy. (Unintelligible) and anything. And he was the one who was like angry about the kids losing their innocence and he was like uncomfortable about, like, embarking in an adult world.
Ms. CATHY REAGAN(ph): I know that I really understood him and felt for him a lot, just because a lot of the time when you're dealing with becoming an adult and just dealing with upsetting things in your life, you do sort of find yourself in that in-between place where you're unhappy but you're not devastated and just really hard to sort through.
Mr. POLOMBO: And like I was sad the day I turned 18. My angst was like - it's like my childhood just is gone. And it's like you try to cling on to it and that's what that book is about.
SEABROOK: Jake Polombo and Kera Apple and Cathy Reagan at the University of Pennsylvania. "The Catcher in the Rye" is Holden Caulfield's own story of his expulsion from boarding school and the, quote, "madman stuff" that follows during a weekend alone in New York.
Written in a teenage slang of the '50s, it becomes the interior monologue of boy pushed to the brink.
Ms. STEPHANIE SAVAGE (Executive Producer, "The O.C.," "Gossip Girl"): I remember being amazed to find this crazy book about a 16-year-old kid having a nervous breakdown. And it was such a revelation to me that there could be books like that and voices like that in literature.
SEABROOK: That's Stephanie Savage, one of two adults we turned to who specialize in stories of tortured youth. Savage was executive producer FOX Television's "The O.C." and is one of the forces behind the new show "Gossip Girl." And Tobias Wolff is the author of the memoir "This Boy's Life" and the novel "Old School."
Tobias Wolff, you were 6 years old when J.D. Salinger published "The Catcher in the Rye" in 1951. Do you remember reading it for the first time?
Mr. TOBIAS WOLFF (Author, "This Boy's Life," "Old School"): Oh, do I ever? I was 15 or so before I came to it. And the reading was made all richer for me by the fact that I was in exactly such a school as Pencey Prep.
I had a bit part in a play called "Room Service" and it was in the winter in a school just like Pencey Prep. And I started reading it backstage between my little appearances and I was laughing so hard I got so caught up in it that I kept missing my cues.
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Mr. WOLFF: But there I was. I mean, I was in this place and he knew that world exactly. And these long winter nights in a school like that where the guys get bored and start picking on each other, and every fault of everyone around you becomes magnified to the thousandth degree. And his war against the adult world which all of us were waging. And it was so sweet and subversive to read that book. I will never forget that.
SEABROOK: Help me remind our listeners of who Holden Caulfield is - his story. He's obsessed with phonies. He's been kicked out of prep school, which is full of phonies. He's wondering around New York City in a red hunting hat.
Mr. WOLFF: He's a very, very funny fellow. And he's very acute in spotting phonies. The problem with Holden is that, to him, everyone, after a while, seems phony. As funny the book as it is, and reading through it again recently, I found it devastatingly sad.
Ms. SAVAGE: I found that too, rereading it again. And you forget - the memory you have is of the warmth and the poignancy and the astuteness of the observations. And you forget how truly, truly sad it is and how is that he is through the whole thing. He keeps you bursting into tears. He says at one point that he thinks about killing himself. It's very sad.
Mr. WOLFF: Yeah. His younger brother who he has idolized for his innocence -the way he now does his sister Phoebe - has died. And he ruminates on the - on going to his grave and being caught in a downpour and thinking of leaving his brother there underground in this terrible day. And later, he himself is walking along the street in New York. And it should be festive. It's around Christmastime. The shoppers are out. And he is broken into a sweat. Every time he steps off the curb, he thinks I'm going to go down and down forever. No one will ever see me again. This kind of calls up that image of his brother in his grave. And he starts praying to his brother - Allie, don't let me disappear. Don't let me disappear. There's such terror there. The humor that has sustained so much of this novel begins to unravel at the end and you're left with this naked soul in pain and in conflict. Finally, you see not with the world but with himself.
SEABROOK: Stephanie Savage, you worked on the TV show "The O.C." And your new show is called "Gossip Girl." And they're both, you know, teen soap operas. What do you see in Holden emotionally that connects him to today's teenagers?
Ms. SAVAGE: I think that sense of yearning is very key. And that sense of being trapped kind of between two worlds - between the world of children and the world of adults - which, in Holden's case, I mean, it's really interesting. Holden really is living in the last days before Elvis, when teenagers hadn't really been invented yet. Teenagers were just starting to get a culture of their own back then. And you see that in the book, where you can choose the carousel in Central Park or you can choose the wicker bar. You can go on a skating date or you can have a prostitute come up to your hotel room. And there's not really that sense of teen culture that there is now.
SEABROOK: Is that why you call Holden Caulfield the first teen, Stephanie Savage, because there wasn't really a teen culture before that, in your words?
Ms. SAVAGE: Yeah, the idea of teenagers really kind of emerged in the early '40s. And kind of exploded in the post-war prosperous 1950s. After the war, you had a situation where more people where finishing high school, there was the rise of college, people were marrying later, young people were becoming employed and having their own spending money, and you've got a kind of corresponding teen culture that grew up to support that, the kind of drive-ins and soda shops and cruising. Holden is living before that, trying to pass himself off as an adult in all these situations even though he's still a kid in Manhattan in 1951. I think it's the perfect place to do that.
SEABROOK: Tobias Wolff, you said that you read a different "Catcher in the Rye" as you get older. Have your impressions of Holden Caulfield changed as you've become an adult?
Mr. WOLFF: Oh, yes, of course. When I first read it, I felt as if you were a confederate of mine, you know, a teammate in this skepticism about the worthiness of adult life, and now I look at him, in a way, like his old teacher, Mr. Antolini, who pats his head while he's asleep. Then Holden wakes up from that and imagines that the man has made a pass at him he can't even accept that, that avuncular affection that the man is overcome by. And I have that avuncular affection for Holden and I have a degree of sorrow, really, that I couldn't possibly have felt at that time.
SEABROOK: Hmm. Let me ask you this, Tobias Wolff, you talked about Holden's teacher, Mr. Antolini. Mr. Antolini tells Holden he's riding for some kind of terrible, terrible fall.
Mr. WOLFF: Mm-hmm.
SEABROOK: Mr. Antolini says it's the kind of fall designed for men who are looking for something their environment can't provide them with. Do you imagine what Holden Caulfield would be like as an adult?
Mr. WOLFF: I've never been able to imagine Holden as an adult. He is forever Holden within the limits of this novel and it's - that's a really wonderful question because often I - my imagination continues to live in a work that I do have some conception of how, for example, Nick Carraway in "The Great Gatsby," what kind of life he had after that novel?
Holden is - I don't know how he's going to survive the kind of crisis and spirit that he is undergoing here, whether he will be able to accept the little corruptions and compromises that in the kind of lubricant so falsity(ph) that make up our dealings with each other as we get older to some extent or other? Whether if he did accept those things he could ever then live comfortably with himself? That's a very open question for me at the end of this novel.
SEABROOK: Stephanie Savage?
Ms. SAVAGE: Yeah. It's hard to imagine Holden as an adult because I think even if you compare him to James Dean character Jim Stark in "Rebel without a Cause," you feel like in that movie, at the end of the movie he really has grown up and he's had, you know, this terrible tragedies occur - there was two deaths in the movie. But you feel like he comes out the other side of it, a man.
And I feel like Holden comes out of the other side of this journey alive and not necessarily in a particularly different place than he has started just that he survived this crisis and who knows when the next one will be coming. And I think for that reason that's part of why, you know, he lives on in our memories as this kind of original teenager because we've never had to imagine him growing up.
SEABROOK: Television producer Stephanie Savage and author Tobias Wolff, and of course the spirit of Holden Caulfield in absentia. Thanks you all so much.
Mr. WOLFF: Thank you, Andrea.
Ms. SAVAGE: Thank you.
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SEABROOK: What great American characters inspire you? Nominate your favorites on our In Character blog. We may put your suggestion on the radio, go to npr.org/incharacter.
SEABROOK: Our parting words tonight come from a man whose life we celebrate officially tomorrow and whose lessons we would do well to remember everyday.
Martin Luther King Jr. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. And in his Nobel lecture that December he said this: Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Makes me think of my daughter. What does it make you think of?
That's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News for this week. I'm Andrea Seabrook. Have a great week.


It is that time of year again. School time. In a household with three kids and a teacher, and myself serving on the school board, it seems that our calendar or frame of refer. ence has more to do with the school calendar that it does anything else. Complicating that is the calendar for the growing season. It used to be that the school year had an agrarian base or reference. I guess those days are long gone.
Matthew (11) is entering 6th grade in a new building with lockers. That was cause for some anxiety early on but he is managing like it is all old hat at this point. He showed a heifer again at the fair and was very successful. He is involved in the youth soccer program at Westfall and is getting stronger and faster all the time. He is growing up and I do not know what to do about that other than try to enjoy being a part of his adventure. This summer, Matthew spent a good deal of time on the farm helping out with maintenance and improvement projects.
Mitchell (8) is now in third grade. He has been a CloverBud for the past few years and will be a 4-H member this year. He has talked of showing goats and having a dog. He is a friend to all animals. I think animals are a good judge of character and they are attracted to people they know and trust, Mitchell is surrounded. He is soft spoken and mannerly and makes new friends instantly. It will be interesting to see where God leads him in life. Mitchell is also involved in club soccer at school.
Mae (3) is not yet in preschool but as sharp as a tack. I think the younger siblings learn faster and move quicker, maybe out of survival and competitive instinct or at least because they have role models to follow after. Mae is a natural born leader, that being said of a three year old is that she be a little bossy of the boys. We'll just call good managerial instinct at this point. She is Mommy's helper but loves to come out to the shop too. It might be because I keep snacks in the shop, but we'll hope it is to hang out with Dad.
Marcia is now a reading intervention specialist at Westfall, serving first graders. The new position is exciting with a different kind of work focus than traditional classroom instruction. Marcia has been a 4-H volunteer for 17 years now and uses her talents of working with children beyond the school year and school day. She has also taken on the role of Sunday School Teacher for middle school aged children at Trinity Lutheran Church.
We all took time to get away a little last winter and again this summer. Most recently we went camping out to many historic sites in Springfield, Illinois and visited the St. Louis Arch.
A part of the Ruff Farms Family, Chris Sawyer, welcomed a new addition on March 12th, Alexis Jo Sawyer. Congrats to Chris and Kristin.


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Montevideo is located on the east bank of the Rio de la Plata and it is the capital city of Uruguay, South America. A charming city that was founded in 1724, it grew from the mid 19th century to expand eastwards of the Ciudad Vieja or Old City to form the Centro. Montevideo presents to the visitor a bohemian atmosphere that is deep in culture and tradition. A country that has won the FIFA World Cup twice, Montevideo has a museum dedicated to its victory. This city revels in the sounds of the candombe during the night, the Afro-Uruguayan music echoes from every corner of the cobbled street.It enjoys a subtropical type of climate that does not vary much in temperature. The beaches beacon the visitors throughout the year. A beautiful city with lively tango bars, music wafting through the air and a charming colonial architecture. The currency used is the Uruguayan peso.
Points of interests / things to see
Mercado del Puerto
An iconic building in the Ciudad Vieja or Old City, Mercado del Puerto was a railway terminal that was converted into a market. With an arching glass covered roof and intricate ornate metal work, it has a distinct European architecture. A bustling place with music wafting through the air from a live guitar and tamboril player to the voices of vendor selling their wares of fresh produce and local handicrafts. An amazing atmosphere as the sun hits the floor through the glass roof, and highlights the smoke rising from the many wood fired stoves that emit delicious aromas of seafood, vegetables and different meats being grilled expertly.The Mercado del Puerto is part of the local culture. There are over twelve restaurants that serve authentic Uruguayan food and though the ingredients are similar the taste of each restaurant is unique. The sizzling sound, and delicious smells of steaks, kebabs, seafood and sausages invites the visitor into the restaurants. Though small, the dining experience is divine! Flavors are enhanced with the open wood fire on grills, enjoy your meal with a typical Uruguayan hard cider called Sidra or a Patricia brand beer with the view of the streets and the waterfront in the corner.
The Plaza Independencia is located at the end of the Ciudad Vieja and the Centro district, one of the most important streets in Montevideo. The main sculpture at this plaza is the large bronze equestrian of Jose Gervasio Artigas (1764-1850). He was a military leader and in 1811, he commanded a patriot army fighting for independence against the Spanish Royals.The Artiga Mausoleum is just below the statue. The stairway leads to the mausoleum directly below into a chamber that holds his ashes in a decorative funeral urn. A sober atmosphere with security guards ensuring that a silent decorum is maintained. The walls reflect the life and times of this great hero. He died in Asuncion, Paraguay in 1850 when he was exiled from this country. He remains were placed at this mausoleum in 1977.The Torre Ejecutiva or the Executive Tower is on the left of the plaza and this is an important building as this is the president's office. Visitors are allowed to look around the building, but a security check is necessary. There is a beautiful bronze sculpture of horses on the first floor. The ornate Ciudadela gate separates Ciudad Vieja from downtown and lets the visitor pass from the old to the new area of Montevideo.
Teatro Solis
The famous musical theater Teatro Solis in Montevideo is located in the Plaza Independencia. It has presented many cultural events, since its inaugural in 1856. It is home to many popular artists from around the world. This neoclassical building was constructed in 1842 and most of the raw material was imported from Europe. It had a unique feature of a red lantern positioned on the roof, this was lit whenever performances were taking place and it could be seen around the city. Today, it has an electric light installed and the tradition still continues.During renovation of this 19th century building, architects have managed to install new features like the lighting that blends with the antique ambiance of the décor. The foyer has eight marble columns that was shipped in from Carrara, Italy. The magnificent Empire style Baccarat chandelier of crystal was created and cut in France, but it was assembled in Birmingham, England. A big theater, it can hold an audience of 1500 people. There are four majestic balconies that are above the ground floor, aesthetically decorated with red velvet seats and gold trimmed panels. The ceiling is painted with the names of 11 famous composers and playwrights. A beautiful ambiance to watch a performance.
The Central fountain, Plaza Matriz
The Plaza Matriz is a square with beautiful trees lining the cobblestone pathways that lead from Sarandi. The fountain at this park is famous as this is the location that the first Constitution of Uruguay was proclaimed in 1830. It has a festive atmosphere with many boutiques, stalls, cafes and restaurants nearby.Explore the antique stalls and browse through the beautiful collections of trinkets with by local artisans. These antique dealers sell their products in an open air market. There is an eclectic mix of vintage nicknacks, ceramics, clothing, old silver and even antique jewelry. A lively atmosphere as you are expected to bargain and strike a deal with the sellers. There will be young musicians along the pathways who entertain the shoppers with classical pieces by Brahms and Mozart, many toss some pesos into their violin cases.The Puro Verso is a beautiful building that was constructed in 1917, this was built for an optician, but today it is a charming bookstore. This is a protected national historic site and there is a restaurant upstairs. Enjoy a traditionally Gnocchi that is the staple dish at the end of the month, when funds are low. A delicious dish made of potato dumplings, spinach and cheese.
A walking tour of the city
A beautiful city, Montevideo is rich in culture, heritage and architecture. The Independence Plaza is the main attraction of this city as it stands as a barrier between the new and the old developments. The Palacio Salvo, this tall building is 100 meters in height and it reflects Gothic and Art Deco styles, sculptures in stone of sea creatures grace the arcade.El Prado is the location of the three soccer stadiums and home to the Prado Park. Explore the residential areas of Carrasco. Pocitos and Punta Gorda. Amazing views of the sea await the visitor, the Rambla is a promenade created in 1920 that connected many neighborhoods and made the facilities available to all income levels. There are many shops along this route that sell interesting handicrafts.A short walk away is the Plaza Zabala with a beautiful square honoring the first Governor of Montevideo, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala. A charming neighborhood with houses from the early 1900s and several heritage buildings. The Castillo Pittamiglio is an intriguing red brick building commissioned by eccentric architect Pittamiglio with staircases that lead to nowhere and odd shaped rooms. Explore the tower and the bridge on this property. The Palacio Legislativo is an interesting architecture and home to many artworks. It is also the Legislative Palace of Montevideo.
The Carnival Museum
The carnival at Montevideo is colorful and fun and it is one of the longest festivals on this continent. The pride of Montevideo, there is a museum dedicated to the history of the carnival in this city. The Carnival Museum is located close to the port and it showcases the interesting and colorful costumes, instruments and vehicles and floats from the past carnivals and gives an insight into the African origins of this festival. On display are the award winning costumes worn by the murgas or the groups of musical performance artists.Address:218 25 de Agosto de 1825 PromenadeMontevideoUruguay
Baar Fun Fun
Dancing and live music is a part of the culture and traditions of Montevideo. The tango is a beautiful dance form and a visit to this city is incomplete without visiting a tangueria or a tango club. The Baar Fun Fun is located in Ciudad Vieja and it was opened in 1895. An authentic tango club, you will enjoy the tango music, dancing and the shows. Enjoy the performances of the Candombe musicians and their African drum music is mesmerizing, visitors are taken back in time to the 18th century, when the Africans were brought to this continent as slaves.A drink called Uvita is popular here, it is a sweet wine based drink with secret ingredients.
Montevideo has a beautiful and mild weather throughout the year and its beaches are a great destination. The beaches on this coastline has crystal clear waters with golden sands. Sports enthusiasts will enjoy the watersports activities and sport on the beach as well. The Pocitas Beach is perfect for windsurfing, sea canoeing and beach volley. The Buceo beach is much quieter, but a little further from the city center. Most of the beaches are walking distance in this city. The Ramirez beach is the nearest in Montevideo and there is an entertaining amusement park. Relax and sip a Mate on the sands.
The Iglesia Matriz
The Iglesia Matriz is also known as the Metropolitan Cathedral. The oldest church in Montevideo, it was constructed between 1759-1804. This beautiful church has a unique feature, it has two clocks on its bell towers. Notice the sculptures of Jose Belloni depicting the Virgin Mary with the patron saints of Uruguay, Saint Philip and Saint James. The first service was held in 1804 and the flooring was not even complete! In 1905, black and white marble slabs from Belgium were installed. There are graves of famous local inhabitants like the archbishops and bishops of Montevideo, the first President of Uruguay and even rival political leaders.
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Ciudad de la Costa ~20 km
La Paz ~18 km
Colonia Nicolich ~16 km
Barros Blancos ~21 km
Toledo ~19 km
Pajas Blancas ~16 km
Buceo ~2 km
Colinas de Carrasco ~18 km
Casarino ~18 km
Getting into Montevideo and around the city
Montevideo's airport is the Carrasco International Airport. There are only two international airlines outside Latin America that serves this airport. The American Airlines flies direct from Miami and Iberia connects Madrid to Montevideo. The airport is about 15 kilometers from the city center of Montevideo. Outside the arrival gate, there are taxis that will take you to your hotel. They run on the meter and they are trustworthy. Many of the hotels provide shuttle service from the airport.A scenic way to reach Montevideo is by the ferry. There are high speed ferries between Argentina and Montevideo. Ferries connect the Tres Cruces bus station and the old city to Buenos Aires and the trip is about three hours. Another option is take a ferry from Buenos Aires to Colonia and then board the bus to Montevideo.Around the cityThe best way to explore this city is on foot. The old city with all the attractions and the beaches are within walking distance, but certain beaches like the areas of Punta Pocitos will be easier on a bus or a taxi. The bus system is quite good, but not hygienic. They are regular and you pay when you enter the bus. Bus number 121 runs from the old city to Pocitos and punta Carretas.
Hotels in Montevideo (Montevideo Department)
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Кры́шка канализацио́нного лю́ка — составная часть люка смотрового колодца, устанавливаемая в корпус люка.

Крышка должна устанавливаться в створ с верхним бортом корпуса люка (не создавать препятствий), не хлопать при наезде на неё, содержать устройства для её подъёма из корпуса люка, для некоторых видов коммуникаций — также содержать отверстие для измерения загазованности колодца. Верхняя поверхность крышки должна быть рельефной с высотой рельефа 2—6 мм.

Крышки канализационных люков обычно весят 50 кг и больше, чтобы они не могли быть сдвинуты с люка даже при сильном автомобильном движении.

В настоящее время изготавливаются:
 чугунные (в том числе имеющие углубление для заполнения бетоном);
 ремонтные полимержелезобетонные;
 резиновые;
 пластиковые крышки.

Форма

В настоящее время наиболее распространена круглая форма канализационных люков и соответственно их крышек, что объясняется:
 Бо́льшим отношением площади сечения лаза круглого люка к длине окружности его корпуса, чем у квадратного или прямоугольного, что позволяет снизить себестоимость производства за счёт сокращения расхода материалов без ухудшения эксплуатационных показателей. Диаметр лаза люка в действующих стандартах близкий к 600 мм — при круглой форме длина окружности корпуса — 1,88 м, при квадратной — 2,4 м, площадь крышки круглой формы — 0,28 м², площадь крышки квадратной формы — 0,36 м². Таким образом перерасход материалов на производство люка при переходе от круглой к квадратной его форме люков составит 28 %.
 Круглая форма крышки позволяет гарантировать то, что сама крышка не провалится в люк при её монтаже или демонтаже (прямоугольная же крышка легко входит в корпус люка по диагонали).
 Круглая форма крышки позволяет уменьшить возникающие при её (крышки) нагружении внутренние силы, что в свою очередь позволяет минимизировать её толщину, и следовательно затраты на материалы.
 Круглая форма крышки позволяет уменьшить количество бракованной (по фактору качества опорных поверхностей крышки и люка) продукции. То есть за счёт сокращения длин опорных частей сокращается вероятность брака (выступов и пр., что приводит к «хлопаньям» крышек при наезде на них, а также к преждевременному разрушению за счёт возникающих местных концентраций напряжений).
 Более легкой ручной транспортировкой. Большая масса люка делает достаточно тяжелым его ручной перенос. Круглая форма люка позволяет его катить.

Люки другой формы встречаются редко. К примеру, в американском городе Нэшуа (штат Нью-Хэмпшир) есть крышки для канализационных люков треугольной формы. Они указывают направление потока в канализации. Сейчас эти крышки ликвидируются, так как они не соответствуют современным стандартам безопасности.

Крышку можно выполнить в форме треугольника Рёло — благодаря постоянной ширине этой фигуры она не сможет провалиться в люк.

Стандарты

Россия
В России действуют:
 ГОСТ 3634-2019 «Люки смотровых колодцев и дождеприемники ливнесточных колодцев. Технические условия»;
 ГОСТ 8591-76 «Люки для кабельных колодцев телефонной канализации. Технические условия».

Изготовление люков, не соответствующих требованиям ГОСТ (применение новых материалов взамен чугуна и пр.), осуществляется по разработанным на предприятии-изготовителе техническим условиям или техническому заданию заказчика.

Внешний вид и маркировка
На наружной поверхности крышек люков должно быть отлито условное обозначение, кроме слов «люк», «дождеприемник» и «ремонтная вставка» и товарный знак предприятия-изготовителя. Обозначение наименования инженерной сети располагают на осевой линии. На внутренней поверхности крышек люков и решеток дождеприемников отливают месяц и год изготовления. Размеры маркировочных знаков определяет изготовитель, соответственно, они могут существенно отличаться дизайном.

На современных люках можно увидеть различные маркировки, которые расшифровываются следующим образом:
 В, ВД, ГВ — [городской] водопровод
 Г, ПГ — пожарный гидрант подземный
 ГК, К — [городская] санитарно-бытовая канализация
 ГТС — городская телефонная сеть, городская тепловая сеть
 Д — дренаж (ливневая канализация)
 КК — кабель
 МГ — [магистральный] газопровод
 МТ — междугородный телефон (телефонная сеть)
 МГТС — Московская городская телефонная сеть
 МС — Министерство связи (телефонная связь)
 НКПТ — Народный комиссариат почт и телеграфов (телефонная сеть)
 НКМП — Народный комиссариат местной промышленности (предшественник министерств промышленности союзных республик) [городской] водопровод
 НКС — Народный комиссариат связи (телефонная сеть)
 ПГ — пожарный гидрант
 Т — телефон (телефонная сеть)
 ТС, Т — теплосеть (теплопровод)
 ТСОД — «технические средства обеспечения движения», светофорная кабельная сеть
Кроме того, маркировке может сопутствовать декоративный рисунок, схематически обозначающий назначение люка. Например, люк городской канализации может иметь рисунок в виде волн.

Кражи

Кражи крышек канализационных люков производятся, как правило, для последующей перепродажи в качестве металлолома. Реже люки используют «в хозяйстве», например, на даче. Редко, но бывают случаи, когда крышки воруют для продажи коллекционерам или сами коллекционеры.

Данный тип краж причиняет значительный материальный ущерб городским властям и собственникам подземных коммуникаций: стоимость одной крышки может составлять 7—10 тыс. рублей (по данным на 2019 год). Кроме того, открытые люки представляют весьма значительную опасность для водителей и пешеходов. Поэтому часто оставшиеся открытыми люки закрывают дешевыми бетонными крышками, так называемые «блины».

Крышки похищаются, как правило, в малолюдных и неосвещаемых местах; следовательно, установка новой чугунной крышки не решает саму проблему хищений, а является её следствием. Проблема хищений чугунных крышек канализационных люков усугубляется тем, что единичное производство чугунных крышек канализационных люков из-за нерентабельности не осуществляется.

Россия и постсоветские страны

В постсоветских странах, в связи с тем, что чугунные крышки канализационных люков часто воруют для того, чтобы сдать их в пункты приёма металлолома, крышки канализационных люков иногда делали целиком из бетона.

Индия и Китай
В 2004 году открытые люки стали причиной по меньшей мере восьми смертей в Индии и Китае. Сотни крышек каждый месяц исчезали в Индийском городе Бангалор.

В городе Калькутта (Индия) более 10 тыс. люков были украдены в течение двух месяцев. Они были заменены на бетонные покрытия, но и они были украдены, на этот раз из-за арматуры внутри них.

В 2004 году в Пекине было украдено 240 тыс. люков и водосточных решёток. Вор в Китае может заработать 33 юаня (4 $), продав дельцу крышку люка, что составляет дневную заработную плату для рабочего.

Джеймс Киндж, бывший шеф бюро «Financial Times» в Пекине, описывает явление в книге «Китай, который потряс мир»:

В течение нескольких недель, начиная с середины февраля 2004 года, когда, сначала медленно, но с нарастающей скоростью, крышки люков начали исчезать с дорог и тротуаров по всему миру. Как китайский спрос на металл поднял цены металлолома до рекордных уровней, воры почти везде догадались о возможности заработать на люках. С наступлением темноты они тащили люки и продавали их в местным дельцам, разрезали их и грузили их на корабли, идущие в Китай. Сначала пропажи были замечены на Тайване, на острове недалеко от юго-восточного побережья Китая. Затем у других соседей, таких как Монголия и Киргизия… Там, где зашло солнце, воры работали для утоления нужды Китая в металле. Более 150 люков исчезли в течение одного месяца в Чикаго. В Шотландии более чем сто люков исчезли в течение нескольких дней. От Монреаля до Глостера и до Куала-Лумпура ничего не подозревающие пешеходы натыкались на отверстия в тротуарах.

Европа
В большинстве стран Европейского союза приемщикам утильсырья строго запрещено покупать крышки люков, но это правило часто нарушается. Поэтому, в 2004 году, в одном только лондонском районе Ньюхам было украдено почти 200 решёток ливневой канализации и крышек.

На Украине, в целях борьбы с кражами, чугунные люки планируется постепенно заменить люками из пластика, резины и других полимеров, непригодных для вторичной переработки и потому не представляющих интереса для воров. Всего в Киеве около 450 тысяч люков, из которых за 2001 год украдено около 3,5 тысячи крышек.

Безопасность

Отсутствие крышки на канализационном люке может повлечь заползание в них любопытных детей и подростков (там они могут упасть с лестницы, задохнуться, заблудиться и т. д.), падение в люки рассеянных прохожих (в том числе разговаривающих по мобильному телефону), что чревато переломами ног и даже смертельным исходом при достаточной глубине люка. На автодороге — серьёзные повреждения колёс и подвески автомобиля в случае наезда на незакрытый люк, а также очень опасные аварии (вплоть до гибели людей в случае наезда на открытый люк мотоциклов или велосипедов).

При отсутствии крышки люк должен быть огорожен и обозначен предупреждающими знаками. При невозможности сделать ограждение обычно в люк вставляют палку или ветку или иной предмет, издали видимый на дороге.

Интересные факты
 В 2000—2001 годах в Москве проходил глобальный мэйл-арт проект «Канализации всех стран, соединяйтесь!» (Sewers of the World, Unite!), чью основу составляли фотографии канализационных люков со всего мира, а также авторское осмысление темы в виде творческих проектов и объектов. Его инициаторами в апреле 2000 года стали московские художники Н. Ламанова и А. Холопов.
 При движении гоночных болидов благодаря их аэродинамическим характеристикам создаётся настолько низкое давление воздуха между дорогой и днищем машины, что его достаточно, чтобы поднять крышку канализационного люка (см. закон Бернулли, граунд-эффект). Поэтому во время гонок по городским улицам крышки привариваются к ободу люка. 23 сентября 1990 года на гонке спортпрототипов в Монреале болид гонщика Хесуса Парейи ударился о крышку канализационного люка, поднятую в воздух болидом, следовавшим перед ним. В результате этого начался пожар; из-за плотного дыма последовали новые аварии, и гонку остановили. Срыв крышки люка гоночным болидом серии CART можно видеть в фильме «Гонщик».
 На канализационных люках Рима, как и на гербе этого города, написано SPQR ( — «Сенат и римский народ»).
 В фантастическом рассказе Вадима Шефнера «Кончина коллекционера» описывается обширная галерея крышек от канализационных люков, составляющая коллекцию одного из персонажей.

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См. также
 Канализационный люк
 :Категория:Изображения:Люки
 Канализация

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 Люки Стран Мира, Объединяйтесь! — сообщество в Живом Журнале
 Фотографии крышек канализационных люков
 Канализационные крышки Ташкента

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The Northwest Oregon Labor Council has endorsed Charlotte Lehan for Clackamas County chair.
Lehan — who was appointed chair of the five-member Board of County Commissioners two years ago, following the resignation of Lynn Peterson — finished second in a four-person nonpartisan primary in May. The top vote-getter in the primary was Tea Party candidate John Ludlow, a former half-term mayor of Wilsonville who raked in more than $100,000 in campaign contributions from mostly out-of-state corporations. The other candidates in the race were current Clackamas County Commissioner Paul Savas, a Republican, and Democratic State Rep. Dave Hunt. Savas will retain his seat on the Board through 2014.
The Northwest Oregon Labor Council endorsed Hunt in the primary.
Lehan, a Democrat, also is a former mayor of Wilsonville, having served in that post for 12 years. She was elected to the Clackamas County Board in 2008. Prior to her stint as mayor, she served on the Wilsonville City Council.
Bob Tackett, executive secretary-treasurer of the Northwest Oregon Labor Council, said the Tea Party, Americans for Prosperity and the conservative right have targeted Clackamas County, with rich donors like Loren Parks of Nevada (a financial backer of Bill Sizemore), Stimson Lumber, and the Koch Brothers dumping tens of thousands of dollars into the election.
Tackett pointed to a resolution Lehan helped pass last year that calls on Clackamas County to prioritize local source hiring and family wage jobs when letting contracts.
In addition to Lehan, NOLC has endorsed Jamie Damon for the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners, Position 4. Damon, a Democrat, was appointed to the seat in 2011 when Lehan was elevated to the chair position. This is her first political campaign. Damon's opponent in November is former Republican state representative Tootie Smith. Smith, who received money from some of the same donors as Ludlow, finished second behind Damon in a four- person primary. NOLC endorsed Damon in the primary.
In other races for Board seats, labor-endorsed Martha Schrader won outright in a three-person primary race for Position 3. Schrader is a former county commissioner and Democratic state senator.
Clackamas County commission seats are nonpartisan, with commissioners and the chair elected at-large. Come 2013, in addition to Schrader and Savas, Jim Bernard, a Democrat, will have seats on the Board.