Fox River in Appleton Has Plenty of Bases

Fox River in Appleton has plenty of smallmouth-bases and rock-base. The smallmouth bass is generally brown (seldom yellow) with red eyes,and dark brown vertical bands, rather than a horizontal band along the side. According to Wikipedia, female smallmouth base is larger than male smallmouth base. Adult male smallmouth base weighs approximately 2 pounds, while the female weighs approximately 5 to 6 pounds.

My friend, Dr. Yang and I fish few days ago; he caught about 10 fish while I caught about 5 fish. One of the fish caught by Dr. Yang was a 2-pound smallmouth base. He was very happy with that.

Photos attached showed the games caught by me and Dr. Yang.

How much Is 30,000 Barrels A Day of Oil Spill?

It has been more than two months since BP(British Petroleum) offshore oil spill off the coast of Gulf of Mexico. It was initially stated that 5000 barrels of oil spill per day. Now, the new estimate is 30,000 barrels of oil spill per day.

Exactly, how much oil is 30,000 barrels? I did some research on the data. Here are the results: 1 barrel is 40 gallon, and 1 gallon is 3.785 L. 30,000 barrels is equivalent to 4.5 million Liters. A standard Olympic size swimming pool has a volume of approximately 2.5 million Liter.

The results, BP oil spill is equivalent to 1.8 standard Olympic size swimming pool volume of oil spill everyday.

Dr. Chen Got A Raise. But, How much?

Yesterday, Dr. Chen received a letter from the Provost of the University. The letter says, "I am pleased to inform you that .... you will receive a basis rate adjustment of 3.93% salary increase effective August 23, 2010."

The letter continues, " As a reminder, the Governor issued Executive Order 285 mandating furloughs currently remains in effect through June 30, 2011. Therefore, under the UW System plan for implementing the furloughs, your salary will be reduced by 3.065% through June 30, 3022."

So, Dr. Chen net salary raise ends up of 0.865% of raise in 2010.

The letter continues, " Congratulations on your salary adjustment. I wish you continued success in your career."