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- Evening Light (from Another 26.2)
Lake Harriet.
Though I did two bike rides today, I didn't run and by this evening was really eager to. So I headed out at 8:30, which is rare for me. But an evening run can be really nice, and tonight's certainly was. And wow, I should have gone another .4 to break 300 miles tonight!
Run stats:77anddeg;F3.5 mi.33:339:30 min./mi.Calories: 347Miles to date (2009): 299.6Miles (2008): 610.4Map of route
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- Name that pollen (from Echinacea Field Log)
Your choices are: Heliopsis, Coreopsis, and Echinacea.
Put your guesses in the comments, and we'll reveal the answers on America's birthday! Go ahead, put some money on it.
-Daniel and Amanda
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- Vietnam Photos - Hanoi Transportation (from Here and There: A PhotoBlog)
(click to enlarge) If you're a tourist, you can travel around Hanoi in a pedicab.
(click to enlarge) If you're a resident, you'll probably take your motorbike.
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- For Sneak Preview Attendees (from cinemear)
To hear 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' on line, go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwWL8Y-qsJg
This version substitutes a brass choir for the chorus, but is otherwise complete and correct as far as I can tell.
Here now is a bit of homework for you.
Beethoven's celebrated fifth symphony is probably the best known piece in the classical canon -- nearly everybody can recognize the da-da-da-DA ...
- Red Alert 3 Save Game Location in Windows 7 (from Divide By Zero - a blog by Kamran Ayub)
It's in your andquot;Saved Gamesandquot; folder in your user folder: and#160; C:\Users\{Your User}\Saved Games\Red Alert 3 It took me awhile to find it. ... ...
- Wine tasting at work celebrating a Product release (from Sayamini yagu Blog)
I was looking for an email at work on Wednesday afternoon. That's when I found an email with a subject "Party......". date July 1st, 09. At 4pm, there was an announcement, "Wine tasting will start at 4pm on the 11th floor Think Tank". I do not like wine much but the fact of getting together sounded good to me. I joined as all other 39 people did.
Everyone was given a sheet ...
- 4th of July fun (from Echinacea Field Log)
It might be fun to see Prairie Home Companion-- Free!--in Avon Minnesota. ... ...
- New FESEM from Carl Zeiss SMT (from Scanning Electron Microscopy Blog)
New this week in scanning electron microscopy...
Carl Zeiss SMT introduces upgraded FESEM. One interesting accessory is the sample cleaning ability, I haven't seen this option directly available from a SEM manufacturer before, but I haven't been shopping for a FESEM lately either...
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- Record traffic to HealthNewsReview.org & Schwitzer Health News Blog (from Schwitzer health news blog)
Before we throw away the June page of the 2009 calendar, I want to thank readers for their interest in this blog and in HealthNewsReview.org. June traffic to both sites hit all-time highs for average daily unique visitors in a month. And when I say all-time, that means more than 3 years on HealthNewsReview.org and more than 4.5 years on this blog. ... ...
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- Friday Random Top 10 (from Lost Forest After Dark)
I'm off on a 72 mile bike trip on this glorious sunny day. I am training for a two-day 160 mile trip later this month and a one day 110 mile trip in August. Here's a Top 10 to get me going.
1. So High -- Elvis Presley
2. Video Killed the Radio Star -- Presidents of the Uniteds States of America
3. Jamaica Sky -- The Specials
4. Down by the Highway -- Bob Dylan
5. John Henry ...
- Prescription Data Mining - New Hampshire and Vermont Lead in Prohibiting (from The Periodic Table, Too)
Dan Carlat writes an excellent blog - The Carlat Psychiatry Blog, which supports the search for honesty in medical education. It should be required reading for medical school deans, full- and part-time.
The blog could also be read with profit by executive vice-deans, vice deans for clinical affairs, vice deans for research, vice deans for education, associate deans for faculty affairs, and even associate vice presidents for new models of ...
- Stipa spartea collection (from Echinacea Field Log)
For some time, the powers that be on the Echinacea project have thought, "Wouldn't it be nice to compare all we've learned from coneflower with another important native component of the prairie?" Well, this summer, study of habitat fragmentation and its ecological and evolutionary impacts broadens to include an additional species. And the winner is ... Stipa spartea aka porcupine grass! The time is right now to collect the seed, which ...
- MLA Citation Format (from 3005W SU 2009)
Below are some useful links for help with using MLA citation format in your papers. Do contact me if you have questions.
The Owl at Purdue
Cornell University Library
Madison Writing Center Handbook ... ...
- Moi? (from My Eye)
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- Mr. Staffanson's Neighborhood (from Echinacea Field Log)
Hello everyone,
I'm glad you are all going to visit, neighbors. The echinacea is about to flower in full force, as are the leadplant (not today but soon), coreopsis in abundance, some goldenrod, purple prairie clover, dalea. Additionally galium, phlox, alumroot, ground cherries and lilies are blooming.
There will be many pollinator neighbors out next week trying to make a speedy delivery. If the weather is nice Mon AM, why ...
- July 2 message (from Marshall and Hutchinson Regional Office Blog)
Good Afternoon: I hope you have all had a good week and are ready for the Holiday weekend. Summer is a busy time with programming, fair preparations, and budgets. I hope you will find time this summer to enjoy time with family and friends.
In this week's Extension Weekly, Dean Bev Durgan announced some upcoming changes for Extension. Among these changes is the closing of two Regional Offices, Albert Lee ...
- Is Bicycling Bad for Your Bones? (from The Transportationist)
From Well Blog - NYTimes Is Bicycling Bad for Your Bones? . Seems to apply only to racing cyclists, but still raises questions about the healthiness of active transportation. ... ...
- June 2009, pre 1st Birthday Party (from Bren)
Hey, it's been some time. But I've got updates coming with various June pictures.
Here's my guy Johan, who doesn't care that he gets dirty playing at the beach. Good chance that's where he'll be on the fourth.
The ducks were around too
Just taking a pit stop.
Bren and dad
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- 2009 University of Minnesota Field School for Ag Professionals set for July 15-16 (from Minnesota Crop News)
By David Nicolai
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2009 U of M Field School for Ag Professionals Registration is open. Register by July 7th in order to receive a discount
Online registration is available for the 2009 Field School for Ag Professionals to be held on July 15 - 16. The University of Minnesota Northwest Research and Outreach Center in Crookston will be the host site for the Field School. Participants may choose to attend either day or ...
- De Colores (from Women of Color: writing)
Red is my favorite color most days. I love red, it is one of three equal colors in the Mexican flag, it makes up one equal third of the identity of my peoples. Red for the indigenous aspect of my ancestors, white for the Spanish colonizers who came and took their lives, their land, their love and green for the mestiza race that bloomed from the red and white mixing. ...
- Thursday, July 2, 2009 (from Lake Harriet)
Scattered flat cumulus clouds. light breeze from the north; almost warm. People sunning on both beaches; three sailboats on the water; two boats of fishermen. Mallards along the southern shore, including a domestic mallard; more around the inlet. Great blue heron standing around near the small island; muskrat swims past. Painter at work on a large canvas on the western shore. More mallards, including another domestic mallard, near the band ...
- From Shore to Shore Newsletter (July-August 2009) (from Minnesota Master Naturalist)
The July-August 2009 issue of the "From Shore to Shore" newsletter is now posted on the website for you to view and/or download. To access it, please go to:
http://shorelandmanagement.org/shore_shore/
This issue includes the following articles:
• Streamside Ecology: Exploring the Parts to Understand the Whole
• Landscaping Your Septic System
• Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers - It Makes Dollars and Sense
• A Secchi Story
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- State of the college update (from CDes MEMO)
Colleagues,
Earlier this week, I indicated that I would be recording a message providing more details about our situation and suggesting some ways we can improve ourselves financially. I promise that this presentation is much more manageable than my previous recording which was, admittedly, a bit long-winded.
There are three sections to this presentation, enabling you to watch as time allows:
Financial and Personnel Reductions (runtime 12:09)
Impact of Reductions (runtime 10:28)
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- Habitat Restoration Projects - City of Minnetonka Parks (from Minnesota Master Naturalist)
GarlicMustard fact sheet_WiscDNR.pdf
The City of Minnetonka has on-going habitat restoration projects in several parks, and we are looking for volunteers to assist us with a number of tasks.
Most of the work we do is removal of invasive species in high-value habitats.
Early July is our last opportunity to remove the tops of very invasive garlic mustard plants before they split open and disperse seed. (See the ...
- New temporary generator (from Jim Hall's blog)
By now, everyone should be aware of the new temporary generator that has been installed on the front green space. Mark Powell was kind enough to share this photo of the new generator being lifted into place, over the trees, onto the lawn:
This temporary generator will be with us until late October or early November, and will provide backup power to the data center and parts of the WBOB ...
- spp coordinates (from Echinacea Field Log)
I generated a list of 40 random UTM coordinates for SPP and posted them here: sppRandCoords.csv.
Here's the R code I used to generate random coordinates...
df ... ...
- How Can I Watch TV On My PC? (from How To Watch TV On Your PC)
So you're sitting there taking a break from working on your computer (right after you make sure the boss isn't looking!) and you wish you could watch a few, quick minutes of TV on your PC. Wouldn't that be awesome! But how can you watch TV on your PC LEGALLY or even better for FREE?Basically, there are 2 ways you can watch TV on your PC. You can either use ...
- Resume/Examples of work (from Venessa Ostergaard)
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- Treasure or Trash? That's the question (from Random Walk: Arthur Huang's blog)
The other day my professor gave me a cart of old books and journals which were apparently of no use to him. He claimed that "they were a gift for you". Although I suspected that his real motive was to find a free laborer to dump his trash, I accepted the books in a slim hope that any interesting books/journals might among them.
The books are now in my ...
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