The shower on Sunday was, by all accounts, a big success. The shower ended at 5pm and everyone was gone by 5:10, however, including the guest of honor, so I am not so sure.
The delight to the left is my creative effort of the week. I saw an article in the SF Chronicle a few weeks ago and knew it was the perfect thing for the party. Apparently, cupcake cakes are all the rage these days. I read that people are even using them instead of wedding cakes. The theory is that they inject a dose of fun into the event, are easy to eat and bring people's senses back to when they were children. Very interesting!
The quilt squares were also a big success. More on those when I can post the photos. I am pleased to say that nobody complained about not be able to draw and some lovely squares were produced.
Otherwise, I have been buying, receiving and washing fabric. St. JCN is coming for a visit. Saint, I say, because she offered (I did ask!) to iron about 3 million yards of fabric that I have bought and never washed. Talk about a true friend!!! In preparation for this miracle, I have started to wash it. This was the first load. As you can see, there is plethora of dots and icky green.
The dots are for the Thoughts on Dots piece that I have been fiddling with. As you can see I have cut more squares. Some of the fabrics I added are from the washing pile. I did press some of them on my own.
This picture is a great example of what I was talking about when I mentioned heavy and light. I have a theory that no fabric is set in stone until the quilt is quilted and the entire quilt has the binding on. I have been known to take apart a back in order to get a piece of fabric out of it. At the moment I am trying out these pieces. I want this piece to look like sherbet… light and fluffy, perhaps a bit foofy; happy. NOT rainy. NOT depressing. The Terri Mangat fabric in the middle is dots, but it might be too heavy. As well, the green dots on the left next to the light aqua Kaffe Fassett design. The fabrics with the white backgrounds are also an issue. I don't want the viewer's eye drawn to the white. I do love the fabrics, though, so I will play with placement quite a bit before I decide. I have a feeling that whether they stay or go depends on the amount of yellow I put into the piece. We'll have to see as I cut more fabrics.
Since, after washing that first load of fabric, I seem to have nearly every dot known to quilters-kind, I have no business buying more. Too bad TDOTNB drove me to shop online. I received the first shipment a few days ago and as you can see: more dots. These are not washed yet, but hopefully will be this weekend.
I also got a squares pack of April Cornell's Poetry Collection. I felt that my other attempt at sewing a whole collection of squares together was very successful. I loved the fabrics in the Poetry Collection, but didn't feel that I wanted yardage. This was a good solution. I haven't sewn them together yet, but will do it soon. Who knows? Perhaps another table runner is in my future!
It occurred to me that I am getting so many dot fabrics with white backgrounds that I may just have to make one of these 6.5″ squares quilts with all dot fabrics with white backgrounds. It is a thought. I don't want to bore myself, though. Such a limited project may drive, even me, batty.
Go to your studio and make stuff!
I was listening to Morning Edition this morning (April 7, 2006) and heard a bit of the last segment with Seu Jorge, a Brazillian musician. He said [paraphrased] that Bob Dylan could write a very simple song that was sophisticated in its simplicity.
When I heard this I realized that this is a goal that I strive to achieve in my quiltmaking. This comment coalesced some of my thinking about my quiltmaking. In making blocks to form a quilt design, I strive for a look that is sophisticated in its simplicity. It is not that simple, however, because you have to taking the fabrics, the thread, the quilting all into account. With fabric, and I realized this with the Thoughts on Dots squares, you have to think about the "weight" of the look of the fabric. Does the fabric look or feel heavy or light, sherbety or cake-like?
I would love to hear what this means to you. Please make a comment in the comments field or e-mail me via Artquiltmaker.com.
In the course of my non-quiltmaking work, I read a newsletter which periodically tempts me to try new technology. Today I tried Keotag. Keotag appears to tell you about references to your search terms (blog, in this case). I found that this blog was linked by the Thumbelina Pear blog. It is a foodie blog (I wonder if s/he posts on wheat-free dishes??). It is a nice looking blog – clean look and fresh colors which appeal to my sense of color and design.
I am also quite flattered that a foodie would link to this blog. Check it out!
Here are the blocks for SLB's quilt. There are 38 of them, though I only show 35 here. I will have to make 4 more to make the size even. Then the trick is to get enough people to decorate them!
I love that phrase 'pushing a needle.' It makes me think about thte quilt work that I do, huh?
Anyway, I like to make quilts with different blocks and I think that Judy Martin explains why with her description of scrap quilts above. The reason for enjoying scrap quilts is the same for sampler quilts.
I think it is worthwhile to read some of the text of quilt books. I am certainly guilty of buying books and then only looking at the pictures. If you read the books, you come up with some gems sometimes.
WARNING: If you plan to read this blog entry, you have to be prepared to think outside the box. I plan to play with your mind and disregard most of the 'accepted' color rules. I will also have more questions than answers.
I have been thinking color as a neutral. The basic question is: can a color be a neutral. Related to this question is another question: can a color act like a neutral?
I have made a number of quilts that do not use a neutral as a background or main color.
The Punk Rock Quilt uses hot pink/fuschia as the background color. In this case, my test didn't work so well. I like the quilt, but as far as using fuschia as a neutral, it didn't work. I think the failure had to do with the proportion of pink to black/white.
Additionally, if you use enough of a color, will the 'rules' of hot/cold colors force it to not recede or not jump forward? Again, is this a proportion thing?
I actually think proportion may be the key. I haven't had time to further investigate, so stay tuned. Comments are welcome.
Author JayePosted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Friday, April 8, 2016 Categories 2006Tags Color, ThinkingLeave a comment on Color as a Neutral??
I got a sample of Mrs. Meyer's dishwashing soap. The scent was geranium. This is not a scent I have ever thought much a about. I don't think I knew that geraniums had a scent, but I tossed the sample soap into my dishwater last night and it was amazing! Very light, not chemical-ly, not overpowering. I have been thinking about it all day. I was disappointed not to have had more of it tonight when I did the dishes again. Fortunatley, the sell it at drugstore.com, so I can get some with my next order. Aromatherapy in action? I think it has made me happier today…as odd as that sounds.
Happiness brings productivity in quiltmaking. All weekend, I worked on SLB's blocks. My calendar dutifully informed me that I have only 13 days until the shower. Most of the blocks have three sides of sashing sewn on to them. (A good thing) I have been making progress using chain piecing methods and sheer determination. I need to 1) count the blocks; 2) figure out how many blocks I will need to make a nice sized quilt and, finally, 3) figure out if there are people who might like to contribute who will not be at the shower. I think ESGL and MCLB will both like to make a block. We'll see.
Additionally, I cut a couple more blocks for the Thoughts on Dots piece. Immerhin.
The addition of the blue dot square (Alexander Henry??) looks good. I think pink and yellow make an excellent combination, but want to use more of my dots than just pink and yellow. I have a chocolate brown with dots that I will have to dig out, as well. I think ToD may be the one use I will find for it.
All of this block making (SLB's and the ToD) is sort of related to the Judy Martin's Scraps book. I started reading it last night and she has an interesting essay on scrap quilts. One of the things she says (paraphrased) is that if you use the same fabrics for all of your blocks, the creativity ends after the selection of fabrics, but if you use scraps, each block is a new work of art. I like that thought and I think it is true. SLB's blocks all have different sashing, which make them somewhat scrappy. It will definitely look scrappy once it is put together. It makes me much happier working on SLB's blocks to have so many different fabrics to work with.
How can I resist Judy Martin? Her stuff is great! Scraps is Judy's latest book and I think this is the answer to my comment in a recent post about Knockout Blocks and Sampler Quilts, Martin's previous book. Scraps is a project book. Many of the blocks used in the quilts seem to come from Knockout Blocks and Sampler Quilts, especially noticable in Cooperstown Stars. She has patterns for every skill level and the directions seem to be clear and well illustrated. Though I dislike sections on "how to make a quilt", Judy's is very well done and I often read this section in her various books, because I always seem to learn something. Three-of-a-Kind is similar to a free Block of the Moment on Judy's website called Celtic Squares. She has great BOMs and I keep them all for future when I have skads of spare time.
I did get some sewing and fabric work done over the weekend. Nothing fantastic, but it felt good just to be handling fabric.
I actually finished this block on the way back from our ski trip the first weekend in March. I didn't get around to pressing it until this past weekend. I started this block years ago in an Elly Sienkiewicz class when I thought I might want to do a Baltimore Album Quilt. Two blocks taught me my lesson. All of you who do needle turn applique' are goddesses. I will never be one. This block will go into the orphan block quilt that I plan to make when I am old.
I just stopped receiving the 4×4″ squares from Benartex. I decided not to renew my membership in the club as receiving the 4×4″s was starting to get on my nerves. I no longer wanted to find a place to stash them and have given up on making a 4×4″ square quilt. However, this group came and was on my sewing table on Friday when all of sudden I became desperate to sew. I just sat down and sewed them all together. They are definitely in the color scheme of Robyn Pandolph, a color scheme that I admire. I always think I might make something in this color scheme, but then always end up adding hot pink or lime green, which isn't this scheme at all. This was a good way to get it out of my system with very little effort on my part. Now I have a big rectangle of squares on my design wall and am not sure what to do next. I could do nothing and just admire what I have when I am in a Robyn Pandolph sort of mood. I could make a table runner. I could make this the center medallion of a quilt. I am not sure yet. Still, it was fun and fun is definitely a good thing.
I also finished my block for the Sampler class. The technique was foundation piecing and the block is a simple New York Beauty. I am not happy with it at all. It is too simple. This block made me think that I could just keep these blocks as class samples and not make them into a quilt. This presumes that I will teach a sampler class again. There is something about the blocks together that makes me not want to make them into a quilt. I will have to figure out what.
I also made progress on SLB's wedding shower quilt. I cut all the blocks and all of the strips that we picked out. I plan to start sewing the strips this weekend.
RE: More Thoughts on Dots — I also began cutting 6.5″ squares of dot fabrics with the thought of making a simple yet happy quilt with all of the dot fabrics that I have. So far I have four blocks. Immerhin.
At the drugstore, I happened upon BH&G's Spring 2006 issue of Quilts and More. I had never seen this magazine before and was immediately drawn to the quilt on the cover. There should be no suprise that this quilt was made with dot fabrics. The block is called, according to the magazine, at least, Dolly Madison Star. I haven't looked it up in resources I consider to be more reliable, so I can't say at the moment. I tried to find a picture of the quilt on the web, but the BH&G people don't have it on their website so you'll have to trust me that it is a seriously cool quilt. Excellent use of many dot fabrics. I would actually consider making a quilt similar to this, because it is the perfect quilt for a grey, wet and cold winter in a life-sucking beige house.
Dots are definitely on the mind, but so are some new books that I have bought or received as gifts.
In general I don't like books that are mostly patterns. I like books with lots of great pictures that depict quilts that show me something new and inspire me to think outside of the box.
The Modern Quilt is a pattern book, but the designs are innovative and fun. They are supplemented by smaller pictures showing different colorways. There are bits about putting together colors. The best part is that the authors (and publishers, I suppose) had the guts to include patterns with curves and other odd shaped pieces. This tells me that they are not condescending to the lowest common quilting denominator. YAY!!! Some of the piecing reminds me of Ruth McDowell's Piecing book.
Ruth McDowell's Fabric Journey is another recent acquisition. She is, without a doubt, my favorite quiltmaker. Jane Sassaman and Judy Martin run a close second, but I love Ms. McDowell's nearly exclusive use of piecing and her nearly exclusive use of commercial fabrics. She really teaches, and demonstrates in her quilts, the extraordinary things that a quiltmaker can do with piecing and celebrates good technique. Fabric Journey gives insight into several of Ms. McDowell's quilts. Ms. McDowell discusses several of her quilts, the inspiration, the use of fabric and various piecing techniques. This is not a pattern quilt per se, but the reader can use the descriptions to create their own designs. Again, Ms. McDowll does not condescend to the reader. She gives the impression of assuming that, with practice, anyone can piece the way she does.
Whimsical Quilts by Carol Burniston was a total impulse buy at Thimble Creek. The reason I bought it was because it had a great and fun pattern for appliqued flamingos. You never know when you might need a pattern for flamingos, right? It is a pattern book, but it does have fun colors and lots of good photos. The other quilt I like in the book is called, oddly enough, Hot Tamale Sunflowers. There is also a fun sheep quilt that I would never make, but it is cute. The books also includes a fish qult with a lot of possibilities. The book makes me smile, so it was worth the price.
With my birthday money from RBL, I bought Mary Schafer American Quilt Maker by Gwen Marston. I have a number of Marston's books and really enjoyed the workshop on Libertated Quiltmaking I took from her a few years ago. The quilt I made as a result of the techniques I learned in the class can be seen on Artquiltmaker.com. The Mary Schafer book has nothing to do with Liberated Quiltmaking, however. It is a history type quilt book depicting the work and collections of Mary Schafer. The quilts are classic in style, though many of them have a twist, such as Grandmother's Pride, 1980, pg. 111. I also like the pictures of Schafer's templates, patterns, family photos as well as the numerous color photos of quilts scattered throughout the book.
For my birthday, JZS was kind enough to buy me Textile Designs from Thames and Hudson, which has been on my Amazon list for an eternity. This is a book that shows the history of textlie designs for the past 200 years. It is great to look at the variety of patterns through 200 years. I particularly like some of the futuristic patterns, such as those in the Geometric section on page 199 and those on page 185 and 186. It occured to me that, if I found the perfect pattern on one of the pages, I could scan and print it to fabric for personal use only, of course. Fabric designers should look at some of the 20th century designs in this book recolor and reprint them. Pattern designers seem to focus on the Civil War type colors and patterns at the moment and those are just too boring (in design) and too depressing (in colorways) for me.
Index to the Laura Wheeler Quilt Blocks is one of a series of indexes that Rose Alboum from West Halifax, Vermont is putting together. This index is one of the 'block dictionary' type books that I love. It has the name, number and a sketch of all the blocks designed by Laura Wheeler. There are no templates or patterns, but the blocks could easily be designed in EQ5 or by some other pattern design method (e.g. normal drafting). Perhaps Ms. Alboum will cut a deal with The Electric Company and EQ will issue ancilliary CDs with these patterns on them! Again, it is great to see the old patterns because they have odd shaped pattern pieces. I look forward to seeing more of Ms. Alboum's work.
Another impulse book buy, while I was in Seattle in January, was Paper Piecing Picnic by the editors and contributors of the QNM and Quiltmaker magazine. Again this is a pattern book, but there are some nice photos, especially of Indian Wedding Ring, page 72, Dandelion, page 67, Trip to New York, page 63, and Fireworks, page 43. I also like the row quilt layout of Sunflowers, page 52, but am not so excited about the square-ness of the actual sunflowers. Also the mathematical relationship of the center to the petals seems a bit off to me, but it could be the photo in the book. The photos in this book are clear and there are many of them. The instructions, if you like paper piecing seem to be easy to understand. I also like the bright colors.
B&B sent me Kaffe Fassett's Museum Quilts, also for my birthday (what a bonanza this year! WooHoo!!!). For Fassett, it is all about the fabric and I love the many fabrics that he uses and the combinations that he comes up with. The designs/patterns have the feeling of classic quilts, but the fabrics and details make them fresh and new. I also love it that he is not afraid to mix color and pattern. There is always more fabric, so why be concerned that patterns might clash? I like the way a number of the quilts reflect mosaic floors. Unfortunately, the publisher seems to have required the ubiquitous "how to make a quilt" section. I don't know why publishers just don't refer to some other more complete book on quiltmaking rather than forcing authors to waste 30-50 perfectly good pages on an inadequate section on how to make a quilt. Not that the directions in this book are poor, but making an entire quilt, no matter how good the directions, cannot, IMO, be explained in 30-50 pages. The space would have been better used for a few more quilts or a gallery section.
I admire Sally Collins precision work a lot and her latest book is another that I purchased with birthday money. It is called Borders, Bindings & Edges. First, there are excellent pictures of Collins' quilts, but include other artist's work as well. This is a book about techniques. Collins believes that precision piecing is important and this book thoroughly explains how create different types of borders, including mitered corners. She also discusses bindings (thus the title) and has lengthy discussions on different types of finishing. If you want to improve your technique, I would recommend this book, as well as one of previous books, The Art of Machine Piecing: How to Achieve Quality Workmanship Through a Colorful Journey and Small-Scale Quiltmaking: Precision, Proportion, and Detail.
Quilt Visions 2004 is a catalog of the Visions show, held in San Diego every other year. This is my perfect book, in many ways: no patterns! I like Cacti I by Nancy Cordry, Autumn Splendor by Nelda Warkentin and Weavings 12 by Marie Castle Wing, but am annoyed by the 'quilts' that look like photographs. I could discuss the "is it a real quilt" issue with people for years, but the bottom line for me is that if there is no piecing or applique, then it is tending to not be a real quilt. This, of course, begs the question of wholecloth quilts, but perhaps they are not quilts either? For photographic reproduction 'quilts', I just don't see the point. Take a photo and move on, IMO. This book comes with a CD, which I haven't had the chance to review yet. I like the trend towards including CDs with books and guilds creating CDs of their shows (go to Content Innnovations, LLC's Website to buy a couple of CDs from local Northern California shows). It makes the shows less ephemoral to me.
Aja gave me Art Quilts: A Celebration for Christmas. Again, this book has no patterns or project sheets. It is a catalog of 400 art quilts from 1995-2003 arranged by year. I love it! First, I am happy that they are not telling me how to make these quilts. Second, I love the organization. Someone (a librarian, maybe??) got the publisher to organize the quilts in a way that makes sense. This organization makes it easy to see how art quilts have evolved. Third, I like the selection of quilts chosen. I can appreciate the wide variety of techniques, including photograph type quilts, when there are a wide variety of techniques shown and you can see the photos in context. I hope the publisher does well enough with this edition to do future updates of this book. Buy Art Quilts: A Celebration to show support!
Karen K. Stone's book Quilts was one I bought when I bought the companion software from the Electric Quilt Company last year. It is a pattern book, but there are a few photos that show her inspiration and the close-ups of the blocks are so good that it makes the pattern part worth it. Her fabric combinations remind me of Kaffe Fassett's.
Judy Martin is one of my favroite block designers. She is prolific, supports herself with her own business and doesn't condescend to her readers. Sense a trend here? The blocks she designs are classic with a twist. She also seems to want people to try out odd shapes and teaches how to create them. Her book, Knockout Blocks and Sampler Quilts has an amazing number of new block designs and quilt layouts to try. It is, however, a bit of a disappointment. Note: definitely still worth purchasing! The designs are great, extremely creative and fresh, but there are no actual fabric quilts shown in the book. It looks like all the quilts pictured are computer generated. I can appreciate the speed with which one can create computer generated designs and, thus, produce a book, but I want to see actual fabric quilts made with the patterns. I would love to see an update of this book, or a companion book with actual fabric quilts shown. I bet Judy could find fans to create blocks and quilts that could be used in the updated version of the book, if she doesn't have time to do all the sewing. I'll sign up for a block or two! If you like blocks, this book is still a wonderful resource.
Cookies and Quilts is also a Judy Martin book which combines quilt patterns with decadent chocolate recipes. This book has lots of photos of quilts. Not all of them are star quilts. It is primiarly a pattern book and there are no sections with blocks only. I haven't tried any of the cookie recipes, but the photos of the cookies look delicious.
I had a lot of driving to do today and had a thought on dots as I headed out. I have been collecting a lot of dot fabrics lately with the thought of doing another Interlocking Triangles quilt. I definitely want to work on that project, but I have enough dots to choke a herd of horses, so I could do a number of projects with them. The ones I bought recently, especially the pink (3rd from the left), made me think of cutting 6.5″ squares (6″ + seam allowance) out of a bunch of different dot fabrics and sewing them together. It would be another quick project, but it might be really nice to see those dots out in the open.
After work yesterday, I stopped by Thimble Creek since I happened to be in the neighborhood. I always liked that store. I remember it being very different from New Pieces and Cotton Patch when it opened. I liked the high ceilings and the energy. They also often had really nice quilts hanging up.
The energy has changed there. The people seem much more businesslike and not as friendly- not unfriendly, just not as friendly. Perhaps they were just being businesslike. I certainly have no objection to running a business as a business. Perhaps I was giving off "don't bother me" energy.
The store is smaller since the last time I was there (2 years ago!). They gave up the part that had housed the gallery and solids area as well as books. The cashier said that they still had the same amount of fabric, which I could believe. The store seemed a little more crowded and not as open and airy as in the past.
I had hoped that the icky green would match the fabric from the Sampler, but I don't think it will. It is a bit too yellow. I think I will have to give up and use a substitute for the icky green in the Sampler.
I am thinking that the next Interlocking Triangles quilt will have the background shown in the previous post with the Jennifer Sampou spirals and dot fabric. Now just to complete the pattern and get started.
I was also inspired by some of the quilts they had hanging up. Some I liked the patterns and others I liked the color combinations. I didn't take photos as they stopped allowing that the last time I asked. I didn't,however, ask this time. It seemed like a lot of the patterns or color combinations I liked were by a pattern company called Uptown Girl. I couldn't find anything about them on the web, so if you know their website, send it along.
I drew a picture of one in my journal and will see about posting it.
I know it is difficult to see the subtle shades of pink and yellow, but it will be a nice background on which people can draw.
This fabric will be perfect for another in the Women's Work series.
I have been updating Artquiltmaker.com and reading over some of the statements has helped in my creative process, I think. Now I just need time and energy!
Is it Possible to Have too Much Icky Green?
These are the blocks that I have made so far as examples for my beginning quilt class. I usually keep most of them at the office for teaching purposes, so this was the first time I had put them all up together on the design wall.
The first thing I noticed was that there was too much of that acid/icky green. Not that you can really have to much of it, but I need to use more of the purse conversational with the black background in the future blocks (still have a fusible applique', a foundation pieced block and some others to complete) and well as the tone-on-tone blue dot.
This is definitely a good example of why you should look at your quilt blocks before you finish them and put them together. I am not Paula Nadelstern who works on a tiny table and never looks at the whole quilt while it is in process. She is a genius and I strive to be like her.
EQ5 directly. Always one to revert to pencil and paper, I drew out the block with pencil and paper and made the templates on graph paper. It went together fine until I got to the cone part of the block. The two background pieces were obviously too small.
I checked the template with the fabric and they matched. I couldn't figure out the problem, then work got busy and we went skiing. Finally, this week I was forced to prepare some more templates for class and took drastic action by deleting the pathetic HP Mobile Printing. Now everything works fine. I can't print directly, but I can save to PDF, which HP Mobile Printing was preventing from EQ5. I redid the templates for the Nosegay and sure enough all of the original templates were fine, except for those two tricky background pieces.
I also finished the basket. I like the way it turned out and was pleasantly surprised when I used the purse conversational with the black background as a background.
Author JayePosted on Saturday, February 25, 2006 Sunday, October 14, 2018 Categories 2006Tags SamplerLeave a comment on Is it Possible to Have too Much Icky Green?
My students are back in the groove of quilting, so tomorrow I will give them their next block, a foundation piecing block. I picked the New York Beauty for the block with the Pineapple as the alternate. Not sure which one I will do. Perhaps both.
I still have to finish the damn Nosegay and am thinking that I will have to completely redo the bottom (cone) part. It just doesn't fit. C'est la vie.
I did have osme success with applique', however. The Grandmother's Flower Garden petals are applique'd to their background. This is one of the blocks from the class that has been kind of languishing.
I also worked on applique' from an Elly Sienkiewicz class that I took years ago at Thimble Creek. It is one of the blocks from one of her Baltimore Album Quilt books. After doing two of the cut snowflake type blocks I decided that there was no way I could do an entire Baltimore Album Quilt. Still the block I worked on is nice and I did want to finish it. My applique' leaves a lot to be desired, but it shows me making progress. The journey not the destination. I look forward to finishing it so I can say that one UFO is off the pile.


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Juvenile lake sturgeons reared at Genoa National Fish Hatchery in Genoa, Wisconsin. © Katie Steiger-Meister/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Animals we Protect
Lake Sturgeon
Acipenser Fulvescens
Meet the Lake Sturgeon
The lake sturgeon is an ancient fish, characterized by
five rows of bony plates
a heavy torpedo-shaped body
four smooth barbels on the lower snout, and a
cartilaginous body structure.
Large lake sturgeon can grow to more than eight feet in length and weigh as much as 800 pounds. Despite the name, lake sturgeon are found on the bottoms of both lakes and rivers in Canada and the eastern half of the United States. Some have even been observed in brackish waters. The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River basin are home to the largest populations
Extremely long-lived, lake sturgeon can reach ages of 100 years or more. They grow rapidly in their first 10 years but reach sexual maturity more slowly than any other freshwater fish. Males reach sexual maturity around 15-20 years; females around 20-25 years.
In the spring or early summer, depending on local water temperature, lake sturgeon migrate upstream in rivers to spawn. Females release 50,000-700,000 eggs that are fertilized by nearby males and then attach to rocky surfaces. If the eggs aren't eaten by other fish, they will hatch within 5-8 days.
Lake sturgeon generally eat
small clams
sometimes small fish and plants.
They swim slowly across the river or lake bottom, dragging their sensitive barbels. When they sense food, their tubular, toothless mouth extends to suck up food, expelling any sediment through their gills.
young sturgeons the dark and light patterns on lake sturgeons are unique to each young fish. These color variations will disappear as the fish age. © Katie Steiger-Meister/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Protecting the Lake Sturgeon
Sturgeon were once considered pests because their bony plates and barbels ripped the nets of fishermen. These fish were slaughtered until new uses were found for them in the second half of the 19th century: they could be burned as fuel for steamships, their swim bladders were could be used in making wine and beer, and Americans and Canadians could ship their eggs to Europe and get them relabeled as "Russian caviar."
All of this was happening over the same time period that many dams were built, blocking sturgeon migration.
Populations declined rapidly, and in some it's range, the sturgeon was not seen again for decades.
Today, commercial fishing for lake sturgeon is banned in the U.S. and strictly limited in Canada. Recovery work is underway throughout most of the historic range. The Nature Conservancy is helping conserve areas that the fish use to spawn, including Clough Island in the St. Louis River. Along the Delaware River, TNC has studied the ideal habitat conditions for sturgeon and—specifically salinity and oxygen levels—and the results are guiding conservation efforts in New Jersey and Delaware.
This work, over many years, has worked extremely well. These days, global populations remain healthy. The IUCN lists the lake sturgeon as a species of least concern.

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America needs to kick its highway habit
By Matt Casale
Director, 21st Century Transportation Campaign
Image: TexDOT
Like most cities in the U.S., Houston has a traffic problem. The city has the second-most expensive commute in the country, due to long trips on its congested highways. The metro area's roads are the deadliest in the nation, and according to the Houston Chronicle, the "death toll is the equivalent of three fully-loaded 737s crashing each year at Houston's airports, killing all aboard." Finally, due in part to vehicle Houston was ranked among the most polluted cities in the country in 2019.
You would think that the city of Houston and the state of Texas would be working on transportation improvements that address these problems, right?
In some ways, they are. Houston's Complete Communities program is working to improve neighborhoods, including programs for safer streets and bike lanes. The city's Walkable Places project is working to "create more vibrant, walkable streets that support alternative modes of transportation." And Houston has big plans for a fast and reliable transit system for the future.
But at the same time, the state is pushing through a more than $7 billion widening of I-45 through the middle of the city. The new highway lanes, according to U.S. PIRG Education Fund's Highway Boondoggles 5 report, will mean more driving, more traffic, more pollution and more crashes.
But the Texas Department of Transportation (TexDOT) won't tell you that. They want you to believe that driving on this highway will be a dream, and that it will fix all our traffic woes. Just look at their own rendering of the proposed highway (pictured above): there's no traffic (it also glosses over the fact that homes, businesses and places of worship will need to be displaced to build the highway).
You can count the number of cars and trucks in TexDOT's image. I did. There are forty-seven cars and thirteen trucks. But when you consider that more than 2 million people live in Houston and 91 percent of households own at least one car, the idea that there will be forty-seven cars and thirteen trucks on this highway just doesn't pass the smell test.
Look at the Katy Freeway, also in Houston (pictured below). The state spent $2.8 billion to widen the Katy Freeway between 2003 and 2008, but 85 percent of commute times increased after the project was completed. And there are a whole lot more than forty-seven cars and thirteen trucks on the highway.
That's what happens when you widen highways. More people take to the roads and the new cars quickly fill up the new space, returning the road to gridlock in no time. It's so predictable it's called "The Fundamental Law of Road Congestion."
You might be thinking, "Well, that's Texas, of course they're building big, new roads."
But it's not just Texas. States across the country are still spending billions of dollars every year widening highways, usually in the name of congestion relief. These dollars are not being well spent. The projects don't do a good job reducing traffic, but they do exacerbate the very real safety, health and environmental problems with our transportation system.
This week, U.S. PIRG released the latest version of our Highway Boondoggles report, the fifth of its kind. Along with Houston's I-45 proposal, among the highways profiled in the latest version is the High Desert Freeway in California. The proposed $8 billion new highway is in stark contrast to California's efforts to reduce state global warming emissions, L.A. County's first new highway in 25 years would lead to more driving and more pollution, along with sprawling desert development. Also included is the proposed Tri-State Tollway Widening in Illinois. The highway outside Chicago is testament to the fact that you can't build your way out of congestion. It has been widened twice, and still suffers from heavy traffic. Nevertheless, the Illinois Tollway is still moving forward with a $4 billion expansion project. The report also profiles the half a billion dollar I-5 Rose Quarter widening in Portland, Oregon. In a city that has taken great strides toward more sustainable transportation, the expensive highway project would constitute a step backward to car-dependent policies of the past, while likely failing to meaningfully improve safety compared with other investment strategies.
Looking back at highways from previous versions of Highway Boondoggles, the stakes are clear. In some cases – like in Ohio, which followed through with two misguided projects – states continued down a road of needless highway spending, ultimately finding themselves in a budget hole. Other cases – like two stories of successful community efforts to stop bad projects in Tampa Bay and Dallas – show that the decision to reject a highway can lead to new possibilities for community improvement.
After profiling 50 misguided and harmful highway projects across every region of the country over the course of five reports, it's clear that America has a bad highway habit. If we want cleaner air, safer roads and healthier communities, we have to kick that habit.
Matt Casale


It's been clearly stated by industry and web standards that a modern, up-to-date website is critical for a company to stand out against competitors online. Content Management System (CMS) software is the key factor to support the on-going initiatives that today's modern website requires.
For many years, enterprise companies and large corporations alike boasted on their adaption for proprietary, paid CMS software to run their website. This type of CMS software is created from scratch by a developer and usually requires a large licensing fee to use. In a proprietary CMS, the underlying source code is private and not freely available to modification, unless done by the licensing developer. However, in the more recent years an unconventional type of CMS software, open source, made it's way to the market and has changed the way business websites are being developed, designed and managed.
Unlike commercial propriety CMS software, open source is just that – open to all. The underlying source code is made public and readily available for the community of developers using it to modify and customize as they see fit for that specific project. Because no website is made or used equally, customization is a huge benefit for businesses, as open-source allows their website to be as unique as they need it to be to set themselves apart from the rest.
Higher Quality Development. When a developer knows their code is open for the hundreds of thousands of active community members to use and judge, they are more likely to produce higher quality development than someone who can hide their work under a commercial license. Also, many developers in an open source community are there to get their name out and showcase their expertise, so they are consistently finding ways to innovate and provide the best solution.
Freedom. When you choose a proprietary CMS, you are at the mercy of that developer and their licensed software. When your website needs changes or updates, you may be left waiting for days or weeks at a time. And when you're ready to move on to another vendor, there is a good chance you'll have an extremely hard time finding someone who knows how to work on your site. With open source, there are an abundance of developers who can quickly pick up where another left off and so on and so on.
Security. Rather than relying on one single proprietary developer to catch security issues, the entire open source community is responsible and held accountable for security matters. Since there are hundred of thousands of community members located across the world, not only does it mean more eyes to pick up on security issues, but there are always eyes on it. So if someone on the east coast is sleeping, someone on the west coast is already making moves to fix it.
Flexibility of Customization. With plugins galore and themes for every occasion, the options are unlimited when it comes to open-source CMS. Gone are the days when a website would be redesigned just to sit for a few years and start over. Today's modern website requires consistent ongoing updates and changes across many different departments of an organization so having the flexibility to make these day-to-day changes quickly is crucial to your website's success.
Cost Effective. Because open source doesn't require any licensing fees like proprietary CMS do, this cuts down the cost of your website project exponentially.
With majority of the software systems that businesses use everyday like SugarCRM, Dropbox, and Salesforce running on an open-source platform, wouldn't it make sense for your website to run on it as well?


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A study mentioned in Neuropsychopharmacology as of August 2002, revealed that Bacopa Monnieri decreases the rate of forgetting newly acquired information, memory consolidations, and verbal learning rate. It also helps in enhancing the nerve impulse transmission, which leads to increased alertness. It is also known to relieve the effects of anxiety and depression. All these benefits happen as Bacopa Monnieri dosage helps in activating choline acetyltransferase and inhibiting acetylcholinesterase which enhances the levels of acetylcholine in the brain, a chemical that is also associated in improving memory and attention.
As with other nootropics, the way it works is still partially a mystery, but most research points to it acting as a weak dopamine reuptake inhibitor. Put simply, it increases your dopamine levels the same way cocaine does, but in a much less extreme fashion. The enhanced reward system it creates in the brain, however, makes it what Patel considers to be the most potent cognitive enhancer available; and he notes that some people go from sloth to superman within an hour or two of taking it.
While the primary effect of the drug is massive muscle growth the psychological side effects actually improved his sanity by an absurd degree. He went from barely functional to highly productive. When one observes that the decision to not attempt to fulfill one's CEV at a given moment is a bad decision it follows that all else being equal improved motivation is improved sanity.
So is there a future in smart drugs? Some scientists are more optimistic than others. Gary Lynch, a professor in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine argues that recent advances in neuroscience have opened the way for the smart design of drugs, configured for specific biological targets in the brain. "Memory enhancement is not very far off," he says, although the prospects for other kinds of mental enhancement are "very difficult to know… To me, there's an inevitability to the thing, but a timeline is difficult."
Last spring, 100 people showed up at a Peak Performance event where psychedelic psychologist James Fadiman said the key to unleashing the cognition-enhancing effects of LSD — which he listed as less anxiety, better focus, improved sleep, greater creativity — was all in the dosage. He recommended a tenth of a "party dose" — enough to give you "the glow" and enhance your cognitive powers without "the trip."
the rise of IP scofflaw countries which enable the manufacture of known drugs: India does not respect the modafinil patents, enabling the cheap generics we all use, and Chinese piracetam manufacturers don't give a damn about the FDA's chilling-effect moves in the US. If there were no Indian or Chinese manufacturers, where would we get our modafinil? Buy them from pharmacies at $10 a pill or worse? It might be worthwhile, but think of the chilling effect on new users.
Another classic approach to the assessment of working memory is the span task, in which a series of items is presented to the subject for repetition, transcription, or recognition. The longest series that can be reproduced accurately is called the forward span and is a measure of working memory capacity. The ability to reproduce the series in reverse order is tested in backward span tasks and is a more stringent test of working memory capacity and perhaps other working memory functions as well. The digit span task from the Wechsler (1981) IQ test was used in four studies of stimulant effects on working memory. One study showed that d-AMP increased digit span (de Wit et al., 2002), and three found no effects of d-AMP or MPH (Oken, Kishiyama, & Salinsky, 1995; Schmedtje, Oman, Letz, & Baker, 1988; Silber, Croft, Papafotiou, & Stough, 2006). A spatial span task, in which subjects must retain and reproduce the order in which boxes in a scattered spatial arrangement change color, was used by Elliott et al. (1997) to assess the effects of MPH on working memory. For subjects in the group receiving placebo first, MPH increased spatial span. However, for the subjects who received MPH first, there was a nonsignificant opposite trend. The group difference in drug effect is not easily explained. The authors noted that the subjects in the first group performed at an overall lower level, and so, this may be another manifestation of the trend for a larger enhancement effect for less able subjects.
One of the other suggested benefits is for boosting serotonin levels; low levels of serotonin are implicated in a number of issues like depression. I'm not yet sure whether tryptophan has helped with motivation or happiness. Trial and error has taught me that it's a bad idea to take tryptophan in the morning or afternoon, however, even smaller quantities like 0.25g. Like melatonin, the dose-response curve is a U: ~1g is great and induces multiple vivid dreams for me, but ~1.5g leads to an awful night and a headache the next day that was worse, if anything, than melatonin. (One morning I woke up with traces of at least 7 dreams, although I managed to write down only 2. No lucid dreams, though.)
This mental stimulation is what increases focus and attention span in the user. The FDA permitted treatments for Modafinil include extreme sleepiness and shift work disorder. It can also get prescribed for narcolepsy, and obstructive sleep apnea. Modafinil is not FDA approved for the treatment of ADHD. Yet, many medical professionals feel it is a suitable Adderall alternative.
White, Becker-Blease, & Grace-Bishop (2006)	2002	Large university undergraduates and graduates (N = 1,025)	16.2% (lifetime)	68.9%: improve attention; 65.2:% partying; 54.3%: improve study habits; 20%: improve grades; 9.1%: reduce hyperactivity	15.5%: 2–3 times per week; 33.9%: 2–3 times per month; 50.6%: 2–3 times per year	58%: easy or somewhat easy to obtain; write-in comments indicated many obtaining stimulants from friends with prescriptions
A total of 330 randomly selected Saudi adolescents were included. Anthropometrics were recorded and fasting blood samples were analyzed for routine analysis of fasting glucose, lipid levels, calcium, albumin and phosphorous. Frequency of coffee and tea intake was noted. 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays…Vitamin D levels were significantly highest among those consuming 9-12 cups of tea/week in all subjects (p-value 0.009) independent of age, gender, BMI, physical activity and sun exposure.
Harrisburg, NC -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/18/2019 -- Global Smart Pills Technology Market - Segmented by Technology, Disease Indication, and Geography - Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2019 - 2023) The smart pill is a wireless capsule that can be swallowed, and with the help of a receiver (worn by patients) and software that analyzes the pictures captured by the smart pill, the physician is effectively able to examine the gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal disorders have become very common, but recently, there has been increasing incidence of colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, and Crohns disease as well.
Popular smart drugs on the market include methylphenidate (commonly known as Ritalin) and amphetamine (Adderall), stimulants normally used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. In recent years, another drug called modafinil has emerged as the new favourite amongst college students. Primarily used to treat excessive sleepiness associated with the sleep disorder narcolepsy, modafinil increases alertness and energy.
From the standpoint of absorption, the drinking of tobacco juice and the interaction of the infusion or concoction with the small intestine is a highly effective method of gastrointestinal nicotine administration. The epithelial area of the intestines is incomparably larger than the mucosa of the upper tract including the stomach, and the small intestine represents the area with the greatest capacity for absorption (Levine 1983:81-83). As practiced by most of the sixty-four tribes documented here, intoxicated states are achieved by drinking tobacco juice through the mouth and/or nose…The large intestine, although functionally little equipped for absorption, nevertheless absorbs nicotine that may have passed through the small intestine.
Adderall is an amphetamine, used as a drug to help focus and concentration in people with ADHD, and promote wakefulness for sufferers of narcolepsy. Adderall increases levels of dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain, along with a few other chemicals and neurotransmitters. It's used off-label as a study drug, because, as mentioned, it is believed to increase focus and concentration, improve cognition and help users stay awake. Please note: Side Effects Possible.
My predictions were substantially better than random chance7, so my default belief - that Adderall does affect me and (mostly) for the better - is borne out. I usually sleep very well and 3 separate incidents of horrible sleep in a few weeks seems rather unlikely (though I didn't keep track of dates carefully enough to link the Zeo data with the Adderall data). Between the price and the sleep disturbances, I don't think Adderall is personally worthwhile.
Regardless of your goal, there is a supplement that can help you along the way. Below, we've put together the definitive smart drugs list for peak mental performance. There are three major groups of smart pills and cognitive enhancers. We will cover each one in detail in our list of smart drugs. They are natural and herbal nootropics, prescription ADHD medications, and racetams and synthetic nootropics.
Phenylpiracetam (Phenotropil) is one of the best smart drugs in the racetam family. It has the highest potency and bioavailability among racetam nootropics. This substance is almost the same as Piracetam; only it contains a phenyl group molecule. The addition to its chemical structure improves blood-brain barrier permeability. This modification allows Phenylpiracetam to work faster than other racetams. Its cognitive enhancing effects can last longer as well.
A week later: Golden Sumatran, 3 spoonfuls, a more yellowish powder. (I combined it with some tea dregs to hopefully cut the flavor a bit.) Had a paper to review that night. No (subjectively noticeable) effect on energy or productivity. I tried 4 spoonfuls at noon the next day; nothing except a little mental tension, for lack of a better word. I think that was just the harbinger of what my runny nose that day and the day before was, a head cold that laid me low during the evening.
Soldiers should never be treated like children; because then they will act like them. However, There's a reason why the 1SG is known as the Mother of the Company and the Platoon Sergeant is known as a Platoon Daddy. Because they run the day to day operations of the household, get the kids to school so to speak, and focus on the minutia of readiness and operational execution in all its glory. Officers forget they are the second link in the Chain of Command and a well operating duo of Team Leader and Squad Leader should be handling 85% of all Soldier issues, while the Platoon sergeant handles the other 15% with 1SG. Platoon Leaders and Commanders should always be present; training, leading by example, focusing on culture building, tracking and supporting NCO's. They should be focused on big business sides of things, stepping in to administer punishment or award and reward performance. If an officer at any level is having to step into a Soldier's day to day lives an NCO at some level is failing. Officers should be junior Officers and junior Enlisted right along side their counterparts instead of eating their young and touting their "maturity" or status. If anything Officers should be asking their NCO's where they should effect, assist, support or provide cover toward intitiatives and plans that create consistency and controlled chaos for growth of individuals two levels up and one level down of operational capabilities at every echelon of command.
There is a similar substance which can be purchased legally almost anywhere in the world called adrafinil. This is a prodrug for modafinil. You can take it, and then the body will metabolize it into modafinil, providing similar beneficial effects. Unfortunately, it takes longer for adrafinil to kick in—about an hour—rather than a matter of minutes. In addition, there are more potential side-effects to taking the prodrug as compared to the actual drug.
I can test fish oil for mood, since the other claimed benefits like anti-schizophrenia are too hard to test. The medical student trial (Kiecolt-Glaser et al 2011) did not see changes until visit 3, after 3 weeks of supplementation. (Visit 1, 3 weeks, visit 2, supplementation started for 3 weeks, visit 3, supplementation continued 3 weeks, visit 4 etc.) There were no tests in between the test starting week 1 and starting week 3, so I can't pin it down any further. This suggests randomizing in 2 or 3 week blocks. (For an explanation of blocking, see the footnote in the Zeo page.)
A fundamental aspect of human evolution has been the drive to augment our capabilities. The neocortex is the neural seat of abstract and higher order cognitive processes. As it grew, so did our ability to create. The invention of tools and weapons, writing, the steam engine, and the computer have exponentially increased our capacity to influence and understand the world around us. These advances are being driven by improved higher-order cognitive processing.1Fascinatingly, the practice of modulating our biology through naturally occurring flora predated all of the above discoveries. Indeed, Sumerian clay slabs as old as 5000 BC detail medicinal recipes which include over 250 plants2. The enhancement of human cognition through natural compounds followed, as people discovered plants containing caffeine, theanine, and other cognition-enhancing, or nootropic, agents.
Smart drugs could lead to enhanced cognitive abilities in the military. Also known as nootropics, smart drugs can be viewed similarly to medical enhancements. What's important to remember though, is that smart drugs do not increase your intelligence; however, they may improve cognitive and executive functions leading to an increase in intelligence.
This would be a very time-consuming experiment. Any attempt to combine this with other experiments by ANOVA would probably push the end-date out by months, and one would start to be seriously concerned that changes caused by aging or environmental factors would contaminate the results. A 5-year experiment with 7-month intervals will probably eat up 5+ hours to prepare <12,000 pills (active & placebo); each switch and test of mental functioning will probably eat up another hour for 32 hours. (And what test maintains validity with no practice effects over 5 years? Dual n-back would be unusable because of improvements to WM over that period.) Add in an hour for analysis & writeup, that suggests >38 hours of work, and 38 \times 7.25 = 275.5. 12,000 pills is roughly $12.80 per thousand or $154; 120 potassium iodide pills is ~$9, so \frac{365.25}{120} \times 9 \times 5 = 137.
Another study on the olfactory impact of essential oils like lavender and rosemary revealed that they produced positive effects on cognitive performance and mood.16 And in another study on the inhalation of essential oils like grapefruit, fennel, Estragon, and black pepper essential oil, inhalation of the oils resulted in modulation of sympathetic activity in adults.17,18
One claim was partially verified in passing by Eliezer Yudkowsky (Supplementing potassium (citrate) hasn't helped me much, but works dramatically for Anna, Kevin, and Vassar…About the same as drinking a cup of coffee - i.e., it works as a perker-upper, somehow. I'm not sure, since it doesn't do anything for me except possibly mitigate foot cramps.)
70 pairs is 140 blocks; we can drop to 36 pairs or 72 blocks if we accept a power of 0.5/50% chance of reaching significance. (Or we could economize by hoping that the effect size is not 3.5 but maybe twice the pessimistic guess; a d=0.5 at 50% power requires only 12 pairs of 24 blocks.) 70 pairs of blocks of 2 weeks, with 2 pills a day requires (70 \times 2) \times (2 \times 7) \times 2 = 3920 pills. I don't even have that many empty pills! I have <500; 500 would supply 250 days, which would yield 18 2-week blocks which could give 9 pairs. 9 pairs would give me a power of:
I took 1.5mg of melatonin, and went to bed at ~1:30AM; I woke up around 6:30, took a modafinil pill/200mg, and felt pretty reasonable. By noon my mind started to feel a bit fuzzy, and lunch didn't make much of it go away. I've been looking at studies, and users seem to degrade after 30 hours; I started on mid-Thursday, so call that 10 hours, then 24 (Friday), 24 (Saturday), and 14 (Sunday), totaling 72hrs with <20hrs sleep; this might be equivalent to 52hrs with no sleep, and Wikipedia writes:
There are some other promising prescription drugs that may have performance-related effects on the brain. But at this point, all of them seem to involve a roll of the dice. You may experience a short-term brain boost, but you could also end up harming your brain (or some other aspect of your health) in the long run. "To date, there is no safe drug that may increase cognition in healthy adults," Fond says of ADHD drugs, modafinil and other prescription nootropics.
These are the most popular nootropics available at the moment. Most of them are the tried-and-tested and the benefits you derive from them are notable (e.g. Guarana). Others are still being researched and there haven't been many human studies on these components (e.g. Piracetam). As always, it's about what works for you and everyone has a unique way of responding to different nootropics.
Additionally, this protein also controls the life and death of brain cells, which aids in enhancing synaptic adaptability. Synapses are important for creating new memories, forming new connections, or combining existing connections. All of these components are important for mood regulation, maintenance of clarity, laser focus, and learning new life skills.
Yet some researchers point out these drugs may not be enhancing cognition directly, but simply improving the user's state of mind – making work more pleasurable and enhancing focus. "I'm just not seeing the evidence that indicates these are clear cognition enhancers," says Martin Sarter, a professor at the University of Michigan, who thinks they may be achieving their effects by relieving tiredness and boredom. "What most of these are actually doing is enabling the person who's taking them to focus," says Steven Rose, emeritus professor of life sciences at the Open University. "It's peripheral to the learning process itself."
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The therapeutic effect of AMP and MPH in ADHD is consistent with the finding of abnormalities in the catecholamine system in individuals with ADHD (e.g., Volkow et al., 2007). Both AMP and MPH exert their effects on cognition primarily by increasing levels of catecholamines in prefrontal cortex and the cortical and subcortical regions projecting to it, and this mechanism is responsible for improving cognition and behavior in ADHD (Pliszka, 2005; Wilens, 2006).
I never watch SNL. I just happen to know about every skit, every line of dialogue because I'm a stable genius.Hey Donnie, perhaps you are unaware that:1) The only Republican who is continually obsessed with how he or she is portrayed on SNL is YOU.2) SNL has always been laden with political satire.3) There is something called the First Amendment that would undermine your quest for retribution.
With something like creatine, you'd know if it helps you pump out another rep at the gym on a sustainable basis. With nootropics, you can easily trick yourself into believing they help your mindset. The ideal is to do a trial on yourself. Take identical looking nootropic pills and placebo pills for a couple weeks each, then see what the difference is. With only a third party knowing the difference, of course.
Nootropics are becoming increasingly popular as a tool for improving memory, information recall, and focus. Though research has not yet determined the mechanism for how nootropics work, it is clear that they provide significant cognitive benefits. Additionally, through a variety of hypothesized biological mechanisms, these compounds are thought to have the potential to improve vision.
2 break days later, I took the quarter-pill at 11:22 PM. I had discovered I had for years physically possessed a very long interview not available online, and transcribing that seemed like a good way to use up a few hours. I did some reading, some Mnemosyne, and started it around midnight, finishing around 2:30 AM. There seemed a mental dip around 30 minutes after the armodafinil, but then things really picked up and I made very good progress transcribing the final draft of 9000 words in that period. (In comparison, The Conscience of the Otaking parts 2 & 4 were much easier to read than the tiny font of the RahXephon booklet, took perhaps 3 hours, and totaled only 6500 words. The nicotine is probably also to thank.) By 3:40 AM, my writing seems to be clumsier and my mind fogged. Began DNB at 3:50: 61/53/44. Went to bed at 4:05, fell asleep in 16 minutes, slept for 3:56. Waking up was easier and I felt better, so the extra hour seemed to help.
One of the most common strategies to beat this is cycling. Users who cycle their nootropics take them for a predetermined period, (usually around five days) before taking a two-day break from using them. Once the two days are up, they resume the cycle. By taking a break, nootropic users reduce the tolerance for nootropics and lessen the risk of regression and tolerance symptoms.


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Module stick/middleware/params

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Middleware for parsing HTTP parameters.
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An object containing the parsed HTTP parameters sent with this request.

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There's not much sweeter than a happy baby, and Ryland was full of smiles for his six-month photo session at the studio!! This little chunky monkey has changed so much since his newborn session. Don't you just want to scoop him up and love on him?!
I love when clients see the importance of print artwork for their home (instead of just letting a disc sit in a drawer). Ryland's parents and I are working on a canvas wall of his first-year photos. Here's a snapshot that his mom sent me. I'm loving it so far, and can't wait to keep adding to it!


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Q: Sum $\left(1-\frac12\right) + \left(1-\frac12\right)\frac13+ \left(1-\frac12\right)\left(1-\frac13\right)\frac14+\cdots$ The following sum is (wrongly) obtained by trying a variation on Zeno's arrow paradox :
$$\left(1-\frac12\right) + \left(1-\frac12\right)\frac13+ \left(1-\frac12\right)\left(1-\frac13\right)\frac14+ \left(1-\frac12\right)\left(1-\frac13\right)\left(1-\frac14\right)\frac15+\cdots$$
With following variation on Zeno's original problem : An arrow travelling between $0$ and $1$ , after travelling $\frac12$ distance, it will travel the $\frac13$ of remaining distance, after that $\frac14$ of the remaining distance, after that $\frac15$ of the remaining distance, and so on and so forth.
from the formulation this series has to converge to a value less than $\frac34$ .
My question is there a closed form known for this ? ( is the above sum correct formulation of the described problem ? No it does NOT)

A: I agree with Qurultay that the value is $1$. It's not hard to show that the sum can be written as
$$\frac12+\left(1-\frac12\right)\frac13+\left(1-\frac12\right)\left(1-\frac13\right)\frac14+\cdots=\sum_{n=2}^\infty\frac1n\prod_{k=2}^{n-1}\left(1-\frac1k\right)$$
The finite product is telescoping and reduces to $\frac1{n-1}$. Thus, we get a telescoping sum, namely
$$\sum_{n=2}^\infty\frac1n\prod_{k=2}^{n-1}\left(1-\frac1k\right)=\sum_{n=2}^\infty\frac1n\frac1{n-1}=\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac1{n(n+1)}=1$$

$$\therefore~\frac12+\left(1-\frac12\right)\frac13+\left(1-\frac12\right)\left(1-\frac13\right)\frac14+\cdots~=~1$$

A: In your variation, we have convergence to $1$. At each step the remaining part is multiplied by $\left(1 - \frac{1}{k}\right)$, so after $n$ steps we will left with $\prod\limits_{k=1}^n \left(1 - \frac{1}{k + 1}\right)$. As $\sum\limits_{k=1}^\infty \frac{1}{k + 1}$ diverges, this product goes to $0$.
To get convergence to something less than $1$ we need on each step to take part $a_n$ of what remains s.t. $\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty a_n$ converges.

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Characterization of a West Nile virus isolate from a human on the Gulf Coast of Texas
Bruno P. Granwehr, Li Li, Charles T. Davis, David Beasley, Alan Barrett
Genetic characterization of a human cerebrospinal fluid West Nile virus isolate from Beaumont, Texas, revealed several nucleotide changes and amino acid substitutions that differentiated it from all other North American strains isolated to date, suggesting that isolates from the Texas Gulf Coast may form a unique genetic group among North American strains.
https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.11.5375-5377.2004
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Granwehr, B. P., Li, L., Davis, C. T., Beasley, D., & Barrett, A. (2004). Characterization of a West Nile virus isolate from a human on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 42(11), 5375-5377. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.11.5375-5377.2004
Characterization of a West Nile virus isolate from a human on the Gulf Coast of Texas. / Granwehr, Bruno P.; Li, Li; Davis, Charles T.; Beasley, David; Barrett, Alan.
In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Vol. 42, No. 11, 11.2004, p. 5375-5377.
Granwehr, BP, Li, L, Davis, CT, Beasley, D & Barrett, A 2004, 'Characterization of a West Nile virus isolate from a human on the Gulf Coast of Texas', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 5375-5377. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.11.5375-5377.2004
Granwehr BP, Li L, Davis CT, Beasley D, Barrett A. Characterization of a West Nile virus isolate from a human on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2004 Nov;42(11):5375-5377. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.11.5375-5377.2004
Granwehr, Bruno P. ; Li, Li ; Davis, Charles T. ; Beasley, David ; Barrett, Alan. / Characterization of a West Nile virus isolate from a human on the Gulf Coast of Texas. In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2004 ; Vol. 42, No. 11. pp. 5375-5377.
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Pakistan, EU sign new strategic engagement plan
The Newspaper's Staff ReporterUpdated June 26, 2019
Federica Mogherini, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi address a press conference on Tuesday.—AFP
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the European Union on Tuesday inked their Strategic Engagement Plan (SEP), which is expected to provide the framework for greater cooperation and stronger ties between the two sides.
The SEP was signed by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and EU High Representative Federica Mogherini at a ceremony in Brussels.
The new strategic engagement plan for steering their bilateral relationship was agreed upon after protracted negotiations at the fourth round of Pakistan-EU strategic dialogue held in Islamabad in March.
Addressing the EU's Political and Security Committee, Mr Qureshi shared Pakistan's perspective on regional security and hailed the new engagement, saying it would bring about qualitative change in ties.
"The SEP will usher in a qualitatively new phase in our relationship, and further deepen this partnership through an all-encompassing framework of cooperation," the minister said.
FM Qureshi says SEP will usher in a qualitatively new phase in bilateral ties
Mr Qureshi added: "Collaboration in the sphere of peace and security, through a structured security dialogue, is an essential pillar of this plan."
The new security dialogue under SEP has replaced the earlier series of annual counterterrorism and non-proliferation and disarmament dialogues.
Recalling that Pakistan and EU were maintaining high-level military-to-military contacts, the foreign minister said the new format would build upon previous engagements and help the two sides engage in a more comprehensive manner.
"Pakistan-EU Staff Talks provide the framework for this engagement; and enable both sides to understand respective threat perceptions, challenges and regional security dimensions," he added.
A third round of Pakistan-EU Staff talks also started in Brussels on Tuesday.
Sharing Pakistan's perspective on regional security, the foreign minister said the country was pursuing the policy of cooperation with all neighbours including India. In this regard, he reminded the EU committee of the initiatives undertaken by Pakistan including work on the opening of the Kartarpur corridor and expression of readiness to discuss Kashmir, terrorism and all other matters. On Afghanistan, he said operationalisation of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity reflected Pakistan's foreign policy vision.
Any move towards improvement in relations, he maintained, should be on the basis of mutual respect, sovereign equality and mutual benefit.
He apprised the committee about threats to strategic stability in South Asia due to growing conventional asymmetry between Pakistan and India; supply of advanced military hardware and sensitive technologies to India; and adoption of offensive force postures and doctrines by India.
"Under these destabilising circumstances, Pakistan has no option but to maintain a minimum credible deterrence, while aspiring for a Strategic Restraint Regime in South Asia," he emphasised.
He rejected the concept of India serving as a "Net Security Provider," "Economic Anchor" or "counter weight to China", harboured by few in the West.
Doing so offsets "the strategic balance in South Asia, undermining regional stability. At the same time, enhanced strategic space for India in Afghanistan seriously impacts Pakistan's security," Mr Qureshi cautioned.
Kashmir dispute, he said, was the single biggest obstacle towards peace and stability in South Asia.
He expressed concerns over the escalating tensions in the Middle East between Iran and the United States.
Touching upon the efforts for a peaceful settlement of the Afghan dispute, he said Pakistan was extending full support to the peace efforts in Afghanistan. "Pakistan, through its limited role and influence, facilitated direct talks between the US and the Taliban through authoritative representatives. We also released Mullah Baradar and other Taliban prisoners to provide impetus to this process," he noted and added that Pakistan contributed to bringing synergy to the peace process and overcoming deadlocks.
COAS meets UK officials
In his meetings with British officials, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Bajwa, who is on a visit to the United Kingdom, also spoke about the situation in Afghanistan.
Military spokesman Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor tweeted an update on Gen Bajwa's visit. "COAS interacted with Sir Mark Sedwill NSA & Cabinet Secretary at the Cabinet Office and Mr Stephen Lovegrove Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Defense," he said.
"Regional situation including Afghan Peace Process was discussed. Both dignitaries acknowledged Pakistan's contributions towards regional peace," he tweeted.
Published in Dawn, June 26th, 2019
'Pakistan to ask UK, EU parliamentarians to play their part for de-escalation of tensions with India'
'The European Union is a friend of Pakistan'
Depts told to address EU concerns about GSP
Jun 26, 2019 08:28am
No tangible benefit in signing framework documents.
Gordon D. Walker
The promise of high hopes and flowery rhetoric means nothing...
Amazing work by the foreign office and our defence institutions. Our friends' dismissal of this progress means we're heading in the right direction.
@Prateik, well it is a start, previous weren't doing anything.
Maboob Saleem
"Collaboration in the sphere of peace and security, through a structured security dialogue, is an essential pillar of this plan." . . . . Whatever that means. We rid ourselves of terrorists and they will protect us. Just diplomatic speak and little substance.
Well guess what, implement FATF recommendations, Europe expects you to, they won't deal with you else.
Pakistan China strategic partnership is yielding massive benefits , World cannot survive without Pakistan.
Economy is down the drain...But still flying high in the sky...Seriously bro?
Hamed Quraishi
When did EU support the interest of Pakistan???
@Hamed Quraishi ,
Never. They have been deporting Pakistanis falsely labeling them terrorists just to keep us out from Europe.. They do welcome middleeasterners though.
So I think the don't have our interests at heart. Other than making sure we stay away.


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Added by daniel kho over 7 years ago. Updated almost 7 years ago.
Sorry for a duplicate post. I found out that "OI Community Hub/Branding" wasn't the right place to report issues, and just bumped into this section today.
I got the following error when trying to upgrade from 2010.05 to OpenIndiana. What could I have done wrong?
I followed the guide in http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Installing+or+Upgrading.
Please provide your output from 'pkg publisher' and upload file with 'pkg list'.
are using a (solaris) repo instead of (opensolaris.org).
Try pfexec pkg update -nv The -n flag executes the requested operation but makes no change to the image. I suspect you need to install a newer version of pkg.
The following script can be run to help determine why image-update does nothing OR fails to update as many packages as you expect. It applies to the OpenIndiana release, not to image-updates from the legacy repo.
How do I change my pkg from solaris to openindiana? I guess I tried to upgrade to Solaris 11 Express before changing my mind to openindiana.
Try `pkg --help or -?' for more information.
When I do a "pfexec pkg image-update -nv", I got the same errors as before.
Same result after executing "pfexec pkg install pkg:/package/pkg".
Is it possible for me to uninstall and reinstall pkg (so I can get openindiana's version)?
I've been using osol since 2009.06. I've learned a lot, but still I'm no expert.
It would then be necessary to use pfexec.
Since you say you tried to upgrade to Solaris 11 Express would explain why pkg and package-manager were installed by the (solaris) repo. My suggestion would be to set the preferred publisher to opensolaris.org and then try to install pkg and package-manager. e.g.
Ok, I got something different now. Thanks for the tip on pfexec (I'm new to OpenSolaris/Indiana myself).
Looks like it doesn't allow me to overwrite my current pkg when it says I have a newer version already installed.
The install command installs or updates to a newer version the pkg currently installed.
The ImagePackageSystem has a web interface where you can browse or search for a package and install using the install link. I opened http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/ in a new tab. system/management/rad/pkg is in oi_148.
What happened when you tried to upgrade to Solaris 11 Express? Were you able to boot into it? It appears to have updated some packages (pkg & package-manager) to a newer time stamp. i.e. pkg://solaris/package/pkg@0.5.11,5.11-0.134.0.2:20101027T183316Z. pkg.opensolaris.org/release/ is 0.5.11,5.11-0.134.0.2:20100529T011137Z (your other pkgs from pkg-list.log indicate indicate the publisher as opensolaris.org version 0.5.11,5.11-0.134.0.2). I thought the original version of Solaris 11 Express was 151 or higher. Why are pkg and package-manager installed from (solaris) and the version is still 134b?
The part after the semicolon is the time stamp in year (yyyy), month (mm), day (dd), Time, hours, minutes, seconds, Zulu or the UTC.
I see you changed the preferred publisher to pkg.opensolaris.org/release/ which is the snv_134b. pkg.openindiana.org/legacy/ is a snapshot of pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/ which is what I still have. It id's as package/pkg@0.5.11,5.11-0.134:20100302T042843Z.
I now suggest that you make a clone of your current boot environment. If something gets messed up in an upgrade, you'll still have a working system to boot into. Take a look at: man beadm . I learned that the software for this bug reporting system interprets lines that begin with # as a numbered list and have to use the preformat option to include it.
The directions in the wiki assumed your image was installed from snv_134 or snv_134b which would have been from the opensolaris.org repo. Since you had tried Solaris 11 Express, pkg and package-manager are from a different image and publisher (solaris). I'm guessing if (solaris) had been made non-sticky and you had not removed it, the upgrade to OI may have worked.
Add (set-publisher) and make it non-sticky the Solaris 11 Express publisher (I don't know what the uri is).
With --non-sticky, specify that higher ranked publishers than this one may provide updates to packages originally installed from this publisher.
I'm currently using oi_151 from /dev-il/ I see that OpenIndiana is trying to get a release out for the first anniversary. I have found a couple of bugs including a critical bug on a laptop - wireless signals are not detected. You might want to use http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev-il/ as the origin for the openindiana.org repo.
P.S. another pfexec tip. If your not root, i.e. $, and you issue a command that requires root permission (you'll get a notice), enter pfexec !! and the command will be performed.
I didn't manage to boot into Solaris 11 Express as well. Something in the Python API caused me not to be able to make the upgrade.
And since the upgrade process stalled halfway, there were some packages such as pkg already updated to solaris 11.
Unfortunately I didn't clone my boot environment at that time, so there's no way for me to revert to before the upgrade.
Yes, so as not to screw other things up, I'm now working from my opensolaris 134b clone (this is with the upgraded solaris11 pkg).
I'll try with making solaris non-sticky, and will let you know how it goes.
"Something in the Python API caused me not to be able to make the upgrade."
Daniel - the unofficial work is focused on upgrading from OpenSolaris snv_134b to OpenIndiana oi_151a - but this is not officially supported due to the developer state of the OpenSolaris/OpenIndiana project.
2. Only use the pkg.openindiana.org/dev-il repository for image updates.
3. unset pkg.oracle.com and pkg.openindiana.org/dev & /legacy publishers.
4. Provide feedback after making these changes and testing.
I tried with --no-refresh, and seems like I get a similar message for IPS.
Are you able to visit #openindiana on irc.freenode.net (IRC - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat) so I can have a chat with you about this?
Basically there are some things I'd like you to try to get a more helpful message out of pkg.
Not sure why thats the case in this instance. If I get some time this week I'll test upgrading from OpenSolaris 134.0.2 to oi_151 via a normal image-update and see if it works.
pkg: Requested "install" operation would affect files that cannot be modified in live image.
Please retry this operation on an alternate boot environment.
Not sure if I should be any concerned about that last statement. Perhaps (and hopefully) not.
Looks like it didn't create a new BE for me to boot into, so rebooting got back the same environment as previously.
Any ideas? The whole log output is attached.
Daniel - let us know if you are having any further issues. Closing ticket.
This was using the /dev-il repository. Using the /dev repos will give more errors.
Daniel - Thanks for the update. I saw your previous note that everything installed correctly?
We'd like to ensure your upgrade process goes as smooth as possible.
I tried uninstalling the old ips-incorporation but that'll remove pkg.
I now don't have any 'pkg' to do a 'pkg refresh --full' for example.
sorry, my post came in a little too prematurely. Everything installed correctly, except ips-incorporation.
That was the only error in the log file (the 2nd one attached).
I'm not too sure if it's anything to do with me trying to upgrade from snv_134b instead of snv_134?
Update from Opensolaris 2009.06 and Over snv_134 form /legacy to Openindiana 151a does not work again.
But that is hardly elegant way to bring new users in.
I suppose someone ditched old opensolaris brending, changing OI /dev repository, without testing how that would affect upgrade process.
Besides, I would like to still have old backgrounds (maybe setting OI branding by default is enough) and to avoid "green screen on update" Design self-kill.
(and other that do not read wiki) upgrade to Openindiana was Broken. As it is now.


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The driver-side airbag deployed, protecting April against serious injury. In the back, 16-year-old son Frankie broke his nose when he was thrown forward. But Heather, the front passenger, was critically hurt. The airbag never opened and her seatbelt slipped leaving her pinned beneath the front dashboard.
Heather was airlifted to Tampa General Hospital's level 1 pediatric trauma unit. Doctors found broken bones in her skull, ear, and leg, plus internal organ damage. She needed several pints of transfused blood and monitoring for brain trauma. Her orthopedist put a rod and two pins in her leg. Because of injury to her spleen, she was on bedrest for several days.
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Rally to be staged in Sheffield today to mark 35 years since the Battle of Orgreave
Campaigners are set to mark the 35th anniversary of the so-called Battle of Orgreave later today.
By Sarah Marshall
Saturday, 15 June, 2019, 11:36
Campaigners will mark the 35 years since the Battle of Orgreave with a protest march today
The Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC) will hold its annual rally on the site of the former coking plant on Saturday, June 15, from 1pm.
There will be a protest march along Orgreave Lane, led by the Unite brass band before speeches from a number of supports including Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades' Union; Chris Kitchen, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, and Rotherham MP Sarah Champion.
A total of 96 people were arrested at Orgreave. Picture: PA
Kate Flannery, OTJC secretary, said the group is still seeking answers to who 'ordered the violence'.
"Some of the people wanting justice are getting quite elderly and want this dealt with in their lifetime," said Kate.
She added: "This isn't a trip down memory lane for us. We've never had answers and we need them.
"It's also affected things today. People aren't as prepared to take industrial action any more, I know they still do, but people feel anxious and nervous about what's going to happen.
Campaigners at last year's rally. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA
"Striking miners wearing jeans and t-shirts were there to protect their jobs and communities, and violence from police officers in full riot gear was carried out against them. We can never forget it."
Kevin Horne, OTJC activist and miner who was arrested at Orgreave, said: "Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, should have the decency to acknowledge previous Home Secretary Amber Rudd's miscalculation and now commission an inquiry into police brutality at Orgreave.
"The truth will eventually come out and trying to conceal the facts clearly highlights that only a government with something to hide would prevent an inquiry."
Campaigners have been calling for an inquiry into the police tactics on that day, claiming that striking miners were assaulted and falsely arrested.
File photo dated 01/06/1984 of police officers pushing against striking miners outside the Orgreave Coking Plant
In 2016, Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced there would be no inquiry or independent review, but the campaign has continued, buoyed by a decision by the Scottish Government to hold an independent review into the impact of policing during the miners' strike in Scotland.
And in March the government rejected an offer to set up an independent panel to review documents relating to the incident.
Death of base-jumping father-of-two from Sheffield recorded as 'misadventure'
The Home Office said its decision was made in light of changes to policing over the last 30 years.
Protesters at last year's rally. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA
Thousands of pickets and police officers clashed at Orgreave in some of the most violent confrontations in the year-long miners' strike.
A total of 96 people were arrested but their cases were dropped.


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