text:
Articles & Reviews
Authored by RSF Research Staff
The Proton Radius Prediction and Gravitational Control
On December 20th 2012, Director of Research at The Hawaii Institute for Unified Physics and The Resonance Project Foundation, Nassim Haramein registered a copyright at the Library of Congress (click here to see a copy of the online entry) for his paper Quantum Gravity and the Holographic Mass (QGHM), which was eventually published in the peer-reviewed journal Physical Review & Research International. In his manuscript, Haramein utilized Planck spherical units (PSU) to describe the holographic vacuum fluctuations and extremely accurately predict the charge radius of the proton (the radius of the proton is typically more accurately described as the charge radius because all we can say about the proton is that there is a concentration of positive charge in that region of space which defines what we would think of as the surface of the proton). Shortly after Haramein's submission of his paper to the Library of Congress, on January 25th 2013 a new muonic measurement of the proton was made which agreed with Haramein's prediction extremely well (within 0.000366 x 10-13cm of the measured value), as the prediction is inside one standard deviation of the experiment, or loosely speaking within the margin of error of the experiment. Therefore, Haramein's value, extrapolated from precise theoretical tenets, may be the exact value and experiments are now approaching the resolution necessary to arrive to it. On February 1st 2013, Haramein submitted another manuscript for copyright to the Library of Congress to report on the confirmation of the prediction, called Addendum to "Quantum Gravity and the Holographic Mass" in View of the 2013 Muonic Proton Charge Radius Measurement (click here to see the online entry or click here to search US Copyright website), but this paper was never published. We are now making this short paper available here.
Why is the Prediction so Precise?
Haramein's prediction of the charge radius of the proton is extremely precise because it utilizes the smallest units of measurement one could ever use, the Planck scale (the smaller your measuring increments, the more precise is your value), which is billions of times smaller than the proton itself. So if Haramein's theory and scientific findings are correct, as current research evidence is clearly demonstrating, the proton that makes up matter is essentially an agglomeration of Planck vacuum electromagnetic charge fluctuations co-moving or spinning in a region of space which we identify as a particle at the quantum level or as an astrophysical black hole, centering a galaxy for instance, at the cosmological level. What we are finally coming to understand is that the material world we observe all around us, and even what makes up our own body, is but the dynamics of the electromagnetic vacuum structure itself, and that by using Planck scale physics we can precisely understand it and define it.
Why is the Proton Radius Important?
Since the 2013 muonic measurement of the proton occurred, the little particle has taken international attention by storm. Many popular scientific publications feature the proton radius problem on the cover of their magazines. For instance, the cover of the July 2013 New Scientist issue read Tiny Particle Big Problem: The Humble Proton is Nothing Like We Expected. More recently, the cover of the February 2014 issue of Scientific American read The Proton Problem: Could Scientist Be Seeing Signs of a Whole New Realm of Physics? An article was also published by the Max Planck Society describing some of the issues that a smaller proton radius than the one predicted by the standard model would create, in an article entitled "Physics Has a Core Problem" that can be read here. So why all this attention on the radius of the proton all of a sudden? Because the latest measurement clearly demonstrates that the proton radius is significantly smaller than what is predicted by the standard model and as a result, the proton being a fundamental constituent of the atom, this new measurement threatens to upend the standard model and demand a revision of many of the assumptions of quantum theory. Therefore, the fact that Haramein utilizes Planck vacuum fluctuations to predict an incredibly accurate value for the charge radius of the proton is extremely significant to physical theory. However, even more noteworthy is that Haramein in the same swoop solves the quantum gravity issue (the fact that gravity does not fit well at the quantum scale) by demonstrating that both cosmological gravitation can be described in terms of Planck vacuum fluctuations and that the strong force that binds the protons together is that very same force acting on them, producing a unified view of physics. These are non-trivial results that are currently slowly trickling into the mainstream awareness despite a certain level of censorship. It is never easy to change the driving fundamental assumptions of a predominant worldview.
Are There Technological Applications to This New Universal Worldview?
Of course a fundamental change in our understanding of the structure of spacetime at the quantum scale and the identification of the vacuum fluctuations being the source of gravitation, mass, and charge will have a profound impact on technological developments of the future. One can certainly imagine systems that, in a laboratory setting, would create co-moving coherent spinning regions of the Planck vacuum fluctuations and as a result create a depression or curvature in the structure of space to obtain gravitational control, the extraction of significant amounts of energy, and even the possibility of matter creation directly out of the vacuum. You may think of this as far-fetched or that it may be possible in a very far future, but one should consider that we are already able to extract electromagnetic photons directly out of the vacuum fluctuations utilizing the dynamical Casmir Effect (for popular articles see New Scientist and Physics World). Now consider that physicists have recently found a path forward to complete Gregory Breit and John Archibald Wheeler's (colleague of Einstein) 1934 dream of creating matter out of photons. All of a sudden the concept of matter creation out of vacuum fluctuations doesn't seem so extravagant. Furthermore, one should consider the original Casmir Experiment (which is easier to visualize), where two plates are placed in close proximity (microns apart) so that a small density gradient is created in the vacuum structure between the long wavelengths of the vacuum which cannot enter between the plates, and the short wavelengths which are present between the plates resulting in the plates being pushed together. What if, instead of creating a gradient from the linear relationship of two plates, we created a high-density gradient between the center and the edge of spinning plasma, a little bit like the density gradient that results in hurricanes or tornadoes in the atmosphere of the earth or when you pull the plug in your bathtub and all of a sudden your rubber ducky starts orbiting.
Basically, we would be reproducing the dynamics we observe in galactic structures, quasars, or even the plasma dynamics of the sun in a laboratory setting. Haramein conceived of this possibility some 20 years ago and eventually received patents for an initial design of a technology that could conceivably produce the suitable gradient. The patent was appropriately titled, "Device and Method for Simulation of Magnetohydrodynamics US 8073094 B2" and we are making it easily available on our website here. Haramein is not the only one thinking about utilizing the vacuum energy fluctuations to warp spacetime and generate gravitational effects. Harold Sonny White, an engineer at NASA's Advanced Propulsion Physics Laboratory and director of Eagleworks at the Johnson Space Center, received significant press in the last few years regarding NASA's investigation of the possibility of producing a faster-than-light space warp drive to travel to the stars by using the virtual particle vacuum fluctuation's energy potential (see popular articles here and here and Dr. White's paper here and here). Although White demonstrates that by employing a toroidal topology he can reduce significantly the amount of energy necessary to produce the warp bubble, which would be unmanageable utilizing standard approaches, a certain amount of controversy has arisen due to the unclear nature of the method for the extraction of the so-called "negative energy" (vacuum energy) to do the job. Of course, in the framework of the standard models of physics, such possibilities seem improbable if not completely impossible. Therefore, even in the context of an agency such as NASA, these pioneer efforts are extremely poorly acknowledged, and typically the subject of wide-spread criticism and ridicule. Yet, the investigation of the vacuum structure and our capacity to interact with it to create significant specific effects such as gravitational control and energy extraction, is most likely one of the more crucial evolutionary steps a society of our level of development must achieve. Haramein's findings of the fundamental physics driving gravitational effects from the cosmological scale to the quantum scale and its implication to the understanding of the source of mass and charge is a critical step towards that goal.
Scientific Staff, The Resonance Project Foundation
Sharing is caring - please share this with your friends:


text:
Being a Mumbaikar means…..
1. You say "town " and expect everyone to know that*this means south of Churchgate.
2 You speak in a dialect of Hindi called 'Bambaiya Hindi', which only Bombayites can understand.*
3. Your door has more than three locks.
4. Rs 500 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.
5. Train timings (9.27, 10.49 etc) are really important events of life.
6. You spend more time each month traveling than you spend at home.
7. You call an 8' x 10' clustered room a Hall.
8. You're paying Rs 10,000 for a 1 room flat, the size of walk-in closet and you think it's a "steal."
9. You have the following sets of friend: school friends, college friends, neighborhood friends, office friends and yes, train friends, a species unique only in Bombay.
10. Cabbies and bus conductors think you are from Mars if you call the roads by their Indian name, they are more familiar with Warden Road, Peddar  Road, Altamount Road .
11. Stock market quotes are the only other thing*besides cricket which you follow passionately.
12. The first thing that you read in the Times of India is the " Bombay Times" supplement.
13. You take fashion seriously. You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.
14. Hookers, beggars and the homeless are invisible.
15. You compare Bombay to New York 's Manhattan instead of any other cities of India.
16. The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.
17. You insist on calling CST as VT, and Sahar and Santacruz airports instead of Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
18. You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.
19. Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.
20. Being truly alone makes you nervous.
21. You love wading through knee deep mucky water in the monsoons, and actually call it ''romantic'.
22. Only in Bombay , you would get Chinese Dosa and Jain Chicken.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Around 84 percent of senior IT decisions-makers (ITDMs) across the globe admit to suffering an 'Availability Gap' (the gulf between what IT can deliver and what users demand). This costs businesses up to $16 million a year in lost revenue and productivity, in addition to the negative impact on customer confidence and brand integrity (according to 68 percent and 62 percent of respondents respectively).
Despite almost all respondents having implemented tightened measures to reduce availability incidents and that 48 percent of all workloads classified as 'mission-critical (rising to 53 percent by 2017), the cost has gone up to $6 million in just 12 months period.
With the number of the world's connected population soaring to record levels last year (3.4 billion or around 42 percent of the globe) and predicted to be around 21 billion connected devices by the end of 2020, the need to deliver 24/7 access to data and applications has never been more important.
However, it seems that enterprises have not received that message despite more than two-thirds of respondents stating that they have invested heavily in data center modernization specifically to increase availability levels.
"When you talk to more than 1000 senior ITDMs you expect that there will be some that are still struggling to deliver on the needs of the Always-On Enterprise – the Enterprise that operates 24/7/365, but these findings are alarming," stated Ratmir Timashev, CEO - Veeam.
"Modern enterprises are becoming software-driven businesses, so IT departments can no longer get away with services that are 'ok'; always-on availability is paramount. Compared to last study, the annual unplanned downtime events counts have increased from 13 to 15 and are also lasting longer and taking a far greater amount of time to recover. In today's economy, where speed and reliability are imperative, this is unacceptable. If this trend continues, I fear for the companies we surveyed," added Timashev.
In terms of financial impact, the estimated average annual cost of downtime to enterprises can be up to $16 million. It's an increase of $6 million on the equivalent 2014 average.
The average per hour cost of downtime for a mission-critical application is just under $80,000. The average per hour cost of data loss resulting from downtime for a mission-critical application is just under $90,000. When it comes to non-mission-critical applications, the average cost per hour is over $50,000 in both cases.
Loss of customer confidence (68 percent), damage to their organization's brand (62 percent), loss of employee confidence (51 percent) were the top three 'non-financial' results of poor availability cited, according to the study.
According to Timashev, almost three quarters of enterprises recognize that they have areas which need addressing and intend to do so in the next six to 12 months. It is not always easy to divert precious funds to invest on infrastructure, but there is acceptance that this needs to be done.
"We are seeing enterprises starting to realize the importance of availability solutions and, in particular, the role cloud and cloud-based services such as Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) can play. Enterprises appreciate the need for an Always-On, always-available operation and I am confident that users will see this become a reality sooner rather than later," concluded Timashev.


text:
We're on to the third part of our series – 'What to do with children while in TnT'
Third series you say . . . it's because we know that it takes this much . . . to entertain kids.
Our previous post dealt with water activities (Getting Wet). . . but now let's get to the adventures!
Get Wild – The islands of TnT may be tiny but there's so much to see and do! We'll point you in the right direction.
Welcome to Adventure Class 101
- 'Hike-ology' – One thing about Trinbagonians . . . they love the outdoors! So you'll find tonnes of hiking options. Whether it's to secret beaches, camping in caves, trekking to the heart of Trinidad or the tippy top of Tobago, you name it! If you prefer to arrange your hike directly with the tour operators, by all means . . . do your thing. Depending on where you're staying, some hotels and B&B's offer to arrange your trip. Some of the more well organised and safe hiking groups are listed below.
- 'Animal-ology'
- Turtle Watching – Not only is this fun but it'll be something that your kids will never forget! Forget Jurassic Park, this is the real stuff! What kid wouldn't enjoy coming face to face with these huge prehistoric creatures? Like something right out of National Geographic! Check out the largest Turtles in the world nesting right on the beach!
- Caroni Swamp Tour – Try out a Trini style water Safari! See Trinidad's national bird (Scarlet Ibis) or look out for the mysterious water Manatee. What about a glimpse of the Pawi bird, found only in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Emperor Valley Zoo – named after the Emperor Butterfly, which once made this quiet valley its home, TnT's zoo always makes for a fun family day out. So pack a bag, pack the kids and make sure to try some Trini Snowcone around the Queen's Park Savannah!
- 'Sport-ology – Mountain biking anyone? Maybe something a little more adventurous then?
- Chaguaramas Recreational Park . . . is where you'll find all the action! An entire peninsula devoted to Fun and Family! Picnicing, Camping, Hiking, Ziplining, Kids Play Park, Mountain Biking, Golfing . . . whewww . . . there's food, drinks, restrooms . . . all you need for a longgg . . . family day out.
Sigh . . . the good ol' childhood days . . . no worries, no stress . . .
To be continued . . . Fun activities for kids while vacationing in Trinidad and Tobago (Get Wacky)


text:
How to Store Fresh Produce
Properly storing your fresh produce will help you save money, waste less, and get the most nutrition out of your fruits and vegetables. Follow these simple tips to start getting the most bang out of your green ;)
• Once greens and herbs are harvested, they begin to lose their water content. That's why they wilt. To keep greens and herbs fresh, place them into a sturdy jar of water as you would a flower arrangement (stems down), then cover them loosely with a plastic bag. Keep your "bouquet" in the refrigerator. If you don't have the shelf space in your fridge for greens to be kept upright in jars, you can also keep them fresher by placing them in plastic bags and keeping them in the high-humidity crisper.
• To keep prewashed greens fresh: place them in a container or bag, with a couple sheets of paper towel. The towel will absorb moisture and keep the greens fresh.
• Got a surplus of greens or herbs? Blend them with a bit of water (enough to blend), and then freeze in an ice tray.
• Store tomatoes at room temperature. Refrigerated tomatoes lose their flavor and texture. Tomatoes don't stay fresh for long, so only buy what you think you will use in a few days' time.
• Root vegetables such as radishes, carrots, and beets should be stored in the refrigerator with their greens chopped off. Place roots in plastic bags, and keep them in the crisper. Waste not: the greens of these roots can be eaten as well. Just steam or sauté as you would arugula or spinach.
• Potatoes and sweet potatoes should never be refrigerated, but kept in a dry cool place.
• Mushrooms should be kept in a paper bag and stored in the refrigerator.
• Fresh berries typically don't keep very long. To keep them fresh for as long as possible, store them unwashed in the refrigerator in a container that has good air circulation, not a sealed container.
• Avocados can be kept fresh in the refrigerator after ripening. Buy unripe avocados, let them ripen with other fruits, then store in the fridge to prevent them from browning.
• Citrus can be kept on the kitchen counter or in the refrigerator (especially once they start to go bad).
Do you have any tips for keeping produce fresh? Share in the comment section below :)
5/25/2016 08:02:26 pm
When I have a lot of greens, for example a big bunch of cilantro or dino kale or lots of lettuce needing harvesting from my garden that I will be using in smaller portions, I wash, spin dry and then layer them between folds of a thin dish towel in a bag or container (glass, Rubbermaid, Tupperware or Ziplock) in the fridge. This prepped and stored they leave me room in the crisper drawers for other items. Most refrigerators come with insufficient crisper space for an abundance of fresh greens and other veggies and if I mash it all in, inevitably something gets bruised or goes to slime in the bottom of the drawer.
6/1/2016 02:03:36 pm
There you go!! That's the best :) I do that too :)
Martin Gardner
7/19/2016 07:58:31 am
We have been using food grade safe lucite boxes from Kinetic Green® To store fruits and veggies in the frig. These are made with special plastics with nano technology to keep food fresh longer. They r e a l l y work!!
Leave a Reply.
Jenné & Isabelle
We're both passionate vegan foodies with backgrounds in nutrition. We decided to bridge our skills to create Buddhalicious; a program that guides members to find balance, excitement, and flavor on their plates, and in their lives.
December 2016


text: Enzo decides that he wants to be just as successful in business as his big sister Dot. So he starts his own business called "Enzo's Over Write Delivery Service". While at first everything seems to be going a little slow, Enzo manages to snare his first customer – Megabyte. Of course this is just another devious plan by Megabyte – this time, however, it's a time-delete bomb disguised as a mask for the other Mainframe viral, the chaotic Hexadecimal. Hex on the other hand has discovered his scheme and plots an unfriendly welcome for the unsuspecting delivery boy. Unfortunately, in his eagerness, Enzo accidentally mentions to Dot and Bob that he is delivering a package to Hexadecimal. Dot discourages Enzo and instead makes Bob make the delivery. Bob tries to give the mask to Hexadecimal, who in turn uses her powers to throw Bob out of her lair, sending him flying towards Megabyte's Tor. Enzo, who followed Bob to Lost Angles (the home of Hexadecimal), overhears Hex speaking to her 'pet', Scuzzy, about the time-delete mask. Enzo in a mad panic races back to his sister's Diner and tells her what happened. Before Dot and Enzo manage to get to Bob, a game cube drops in and Bob automatically heads for it. Now it's a race against the clock as Enzo and Dot try desperately to warn Bob about the bomb he's carrying!


text:
Hi there. We're always looking for new authors. If you've got an idea that will challenge our readers and move our industry forward, we want to hear about it. Just aim to bring readers a fresh perspective on a topic that's keeping you up at night.
We currently average about 2,5 Million unique views per month and growing, so if there is a topic or a message you've been trying to spread out there, let us be your medium!
Article Requirements
- Articles must be 100% unique and original (ie. not published anywhere else on the Internet) – this will be verified via copyscape
- All articles should be in the fitness/bodybuilding/nutrition niche or health articles related to fitness.
- Articles can't contain information that promotes or includes a product/service pitch and your backlink cannot directly refer to a sales/landing page, but rather to one of your blog posts/informational pages.
- Articles must be informative and/or educational. Include tips, strategies, techniques, case studies, analysis, opinions and commentary in the articles.
- Article bodies should deliver on the promises made in the article titles.
- Use bullets and numbered lists, where possible.
- Use short paragraphs (3 – 4 sentences).
- Articles need to be a minimum of 400 words.
- Break article content into subsections wherever possible using subheadings.
- Articles submitted should be free of typing errors, grammatically correct and of a suitable standard for publication.
For articles with backlinks, we charge $50 for a backlink. Only one backlink can be included in every 500 words of content.
How many articles can I submit?
You can submit as many articles as you want. As long as the quality is good and the information is useful. Make sure your articles pass all of the requirements above.
What is the approval process and how long does it take?
Each article will be read thoroughly by one of our team members and analyzed to make sure all requirements are met and that the article meets our standards. After that, your article will get posted. Articles are usually analyzed within 24-48 after submission.
For more info, email us at [email protected]
All articles will be shared on our social networks.


text:
Finding Inventory, particularly quality Inventory, is a common challenge across the entire programmatic landscape. Current methods require multiple, unaffiliated 3rd parties to achieve granular audience targeted, viewable, transparent and fraud free inventory with no guarantee of success.
JenJo is solving this through a combination of proprietary ad systems, data and analysis, robust infrastructure and 3rd party relationships to provide best performance with less waste within the existing exchange ecosystem.
Down to the individual impression, our Platform directs your spend to pockets of inventory that will provide the maximum return based upon the targeting criteria chosen for each and every campaign.
The JenJo platform increases liquidity and generates the best yield for your inventory by directing it to those buyers that value it the most.
We enhance the value of your inventory, creating greater yield and higher performance by making it more relevant, actionable and higher performing. JenJo also helps sellers unlock incremental revenues by enabling them to command premium prices from far more buyers.
Simply put, JenJo creates more Transactions of only High Quality Inventory. Better performing aggregated inventory translates into higher priced inventory and, ultimately, a better yield from exchanges.


text:
By now you are all familiar with the new tabbed Gmail interface, which categorizes mail as Primary, Promotions, Updates, Social, and Forums (depending on the user's preference). This is now the default configuration for all new Gmail accounts, and existing accounts have been automatically converted (if not done manually). Businesses that rely heavily on email to communicate with their customers are concerned that subscribers won't see and interact with their mail if its not getting to the main (Primary) tab. As a result, they have sought out ways to change the inbox categorization of their mail. But, is it worth the effort?
Our data suggests that thus far the tabs have had a positive and minimal impact on read-rates. In fact, the most active Gmail users are showing signs of reading more promotional emails with the tabs, likely because Gmail users can spend more time and attention reading, rather than sorting and deleting emails. If you send promotional content, they can easily find your emails in the Promotions tab, instead of your mail getting lost in the Primary tab, where person to person communications live. In addition, most marketing mail is getting lower complaints, since users expect to see this mail in the Promotions tab.
We've received a lot of questions from businesses about how to handle the tabs. Of course, most of them are focused on how to get their mail delivered to the Primary tab instead of the Promotions tab. Some of the more common questions are:
If I match *this* address to *that* address will my mail look like person to person communications and go to the Primary tab?
What can we change in our content that will get us delivered to the Primary tab?
Trying these tactics could lead to all your email – even notifications, receipts, etc. – being sent to the Promotions tab, or worse, to the Spam folder. If you get your email to the Primary tab – without the user choosing to drag it there – it will generate more complaints, because the user doesn't expect to see it categorized under that tab.
It seems Google has been getting a lot of questions as well, since they recently updated their Bulk Sender Guidelines to help businesses navigate the tabs. Here are the highlights:
Use a consistent friendly "From" for each type of content you send.
Don't cross the streams! (read: Don't mix different categories of content – like transactional and marketing – in the same email.)
So, how do you handle the tabs the right way?
The important thing is to focus on what matters. Instead of devoting a lot of resources to getting your mail into a category that it doesn't belong in, focus on sending targeted, engaging, well branded campaigns to subscribers that really want them and they will open your mail, regardless of tab placement. By following these best practices and the guidelines set forth by Google, you will set yourself up for success.
Wondering what impact Gmail tabs have had on your marketing mail? Type in your domain here for a quick analysis.


text:
If you're qualified, you can obtain yearlong, seasonal and short-term job opportunities through the Center for Career Development and through funded academic departments.
There are opportunities for everyone.
Center for Career and Professional Development
Nexus Building, Room 225
p – 516.877.3130
Students and Alumni: email@example.com
Employers: email@example.com
Regular Hours
|8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. and by appointment.


text:
Just published in the N Engl J Med Baricitinib a new jak inhibitor improved outcomes in RA patients who failed to biologics
Genovese M es al. N Engl J Med 2016;374:1243-1252
In phase 2 studies, baricitinib, an oral Janus kinase 1 and 2 inhibitor, reduced disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had not previously received treatment with biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).
Full Text of Background…
In this phase 3 study involving 527 patients with an inadequate response to or unacceptable side effects associated with one or more tumor necrosis factor inhibitors, other biologic DMARDs, or both, we randomly assigned the patients in a 1:1:1 ratio to baricitinib at a dose of 2 or 4 mg daily or placebo for 24 weeks. End points, tested hierarchically at week 12 to control type 1 error, were the American College of Rheumatology 20% (ACR20) response (primary end point), the Health Assessment Questionnaire–Disability Index (HAQ-DI) score, the 28-joint Disease Activity Score based on C-reactive protein level (DAS28-CRP), and a Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) score of 3.3 or less (on a scale of 0.1 to 86.0, with a score of 3.3 or less indicating remission). Comparisons with placebo were made first with the 4-mg dose of baricitinib and then with the 2-mg dose


text:
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Sneak Preview
Friday, 27 August 2010
Jack Pierson
A Photographer's Account
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
DMB Media Tweet
Talent Issue 24
Saturday, 7 August 2010
New Montages
Thursday, 5 August 2010
Dayanita Singh
This series above titled, "Sent a Letter" is by Dayanita Singh. I came across this work while researching artists for my project 90 Days. I have been thinking long and hard about what format would suit this work in progress and feel that this intimate, soft, tactile book format is well worth a try.
I have objects of great importance to me, from my dearest friend, some his, some of mine, some of ours, all very beautiful memories. A document of these objects, texts, and times sitting alongside the funeral text could work very well. I would want them to very small, precious and tactile, as if to act as a memorial to his life.
I will keep updating as and when I get closer to a resolution, but I feel that this will take some time, as my grief changes, so too will the project.
Photography is Easy, Photography is Hard
Monday, 2 August 2010
Fantastic Man
After far too long, I finally went to see the new Tillmans' show at The Serpentine Gallery - I need to go back many more times, it's an incredibly peaceful place. For anyone who has not yet seen the show, you must!
I feel that I cannot really explain what Wolfgang's work does to me. All I can say is this is why I love Photography, this is what inspires me and I can't live without it. Wolfgang Tillmans has revolutionised the medium and we should all be extremely grateful to his continuing wonder.
There is also a wonderful article in Fantastic Man, a magazine about this fantastic man. Here is a beautiful quote,
"My ultimate, ultimate truth is that ultimately I don't know. People pretend that they do. My fundamental understanding is that I might always be wrong. I may be assured or confident, but I could always be wrong. I think that's probably one of my biggest strengths, that I don't fear failing. Or I know the fear of failing is a huge inhibitor. So many people don't achieve what they want to achieve because they are too precious about losing face in the short term. And so, for example, with photography as a medium, you have to be embarrassed sometimes."
Wolfgang Tillmans, pg 100, 11th issue, Fantastic Man, 2010.
Image Copyright Wolfgang Tillmans, Wald (Briol I), 2008 Courtesy of the artist and Maureen Paley, London.
Blog Archive
- ► 2017 (16)
- ► 2016 (16)
- ► 2015 (39)
- ► 2014 (62)
- ► 2013 (65)
- ► 2012 (46)
- ► 2011 (69)
- ▼ August (9)


text:
Dear All,
I am trying to figure how Flink is managing the memory. I found this link:
Question 1 - If, in my code, I defined two objects, one is native Java HashMap, one is the Flink MapState, which part of the JVM heap, as mentioned in above figure, each of them is put?
Are both Java HashMap and Flink MapState are put in Free or Memory Manager?
Question 2 - As it is stated in the doc, TaskManager allocates the memory on start-up time (lets say 1024MB). Does that mean, if I check the utilization of the memory on the machine (i.e., via top), these allocated memory is in used? It does not matter whether I have jobs running on the TaskManager?
Lets say, if I start or stop a simple job, the memory usage will the same (if there is not off-heap memory used or there is no OOM)?
Many Thanks.
Best regards/祝好,
Chang Liu 刘畅


text:
Do You See Project As A Long Term Investment
What so ever is the fate of a project, it has a long lasting impacts at various levels and in various directions. If a project fails, it impacts your market value and reputation. It also impacts on your relationships with the customer for whom this project was being done. Then there is adverse impacts that automatically seep in inside the organization. The teams that were engaged in the project morally start owning this failure and unknowingly a feeling of guilt resides inside their heart. That itself becomes a demoralizing factor for forthcoming projects.
Then it is between various stakeholders and the management who stop seeing each other eye to eye. A failure of a project also becomes a blot on the performance of project manager. Hence overall a single project's failure has multidimensional and multi-intensity impacts. For customer it becomes multiple loss. When a project fails, customer loses money, time, and fulfillment of a dream. It hurts customer and probably that becomes the reason of getting a negative reputation spread in the market through word of mouth of customer. All this has a recursive effect on the overall health of the organization. Multiple because the running project that failed during its final stages resulting into loss of money, time, resources, reputation etc.; and due to this loss your forthcoming business gets impacted hitting you with a double sided sword.
On the other hand success of a project results into compounded success. Your satisfied customer brings in more customers, your successful completion of project scales up your market reputation, your internal atmosphere becomes inspiring and teams get motivated to handle next level of hurdles.


text:
RWO represents lenders, franchisors, commercial real estate landlords, and other creditors in Chapter 11 reorganizations, bankruptcy litigation and workouts. RWO also represents creditors in prosecuting dischargeability actions against debtors and in defending avoidance actions brought by the Bankruptcy Trustee. These litigators have substantial experience in the following:
RWO attorneys in this practice area include:


text:
You may think that SQL Database is nothing more than SQL Server in the cloud, and that most of your current knowledge of SQL Server applies. Although SQL Database is a subset of SQL Server, with similar concepts, it is more accurate to think of SQL Database as the relational engine of SQL Server in the cloud. Many DBAs and developers have already discovered one of the fundamental values of cloud computing: Flexibility.
This white paper explains how the SQL Database platform works, analyzes some of its strengths, and provides an overview of the Azure services that leverage the SQL Database platform. In addition to gaining a better understanding of the technology, you will also better understand how certain companies are able to leverage SQL Database for their business.
Register to read the full whitepaper.


text:
It is not enough for your workplace to be just a stable and recognized company. Your employer must also offer an opportunity of continuous growth.
Submit your CV to our recruitment database. We are regularly looking for new employees and we'll get in touch when a suitable vacancy becomes available.


text:
This page offers you a selection of links to resources for Physical Education and Sports Sciences which include the books catalogue, a to z listing for journals and databases, websites and grey literature.
Books for Physical Education can be found on Floor 2 beginning at shelfmark 372
Books for Sports Science can also be found on Floor 2 beginning at shelfmark 796.
A journal is a regular publication which can be published monthly, bimonthly or quarterly.
Journals can be scholarly or popular.
Scholarly journals have articles written by researchers who are considered experts in a field. These journals are also known as "peer-reviewed," "refereed" or "academic" journals. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is a scholarly journal.
Popular magazines have articles written by writers or journalists. Time or Newsweek are examples of popular journals.
A database is a platform for searching across various information resources such as journal articles, conference reports, books, book chapters
Key databases for Physical Education and Sports Science are:
Search Medline for papers on physiology, medicine
Grey literature is information which is not formally published in sources such as books or journals.
Conference proceedings and Theses are examples.
A selection of useful links for Physical Education and Sports Science are:
DART-Europe E-theses Portal - open access for research output from Universities within Europe
Index to Theses - search within theses and dissertations within Ireland and the UK.
LENUS - Irish Health repository - HSE
RIAN - National portal for research output for the seven universities within Ireland
University of Limerick Institutional Repository - open access to research output of faculty and researchers
Websites can be very useful for up to date information and it is important to check if that information is reliable and accurate.
A selection of websites for Physical Education and Sports Science are:
Sport Ireland directs the development of sports in Ireland
Physical Education Association of Ireland to improve standards and performance within Physical Education


text:
DiiA is an open, global association of several leading manufacturers of the lighting industry. It was founded on the basis of industry inquiries for an independently verified certification program that meets the requirements of the current IEC 62386 standard. IEC 62386 is the international standard for "Digital Addressable Lighting Interface" (DALI).
The DiiA certification program is designed to enable a continuous improvement of interoperability in multi-user systems. Only certified products from DiiA members may carry the corresponding logo which signalizes that the device fully complies with the IEC 62386 standard. In order to meet the increasing demands of lighting control systems in the future, it was only natural for FRIWO Gerätebau GmbH, a renowned manufacturer of LED drivers, to join the DiiA.


text:
As New York City removed the final hurdle for a controversial mosque near ground zero, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg forcefully defended the project on Tuesday as a symbol of America's religious tolerance and sought to reframe a fiery national debate over the project.
With the Statue of Liberty as his backdrop, the mayor pleaded with New Yorkers to reject suspicions about the planned 13-story complex, to be located two blocks north of the World Trade Center site, saying that "we would betray our values if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone else."
"To cave to popular sentiment would be to hand a victory to the terrorists — and we should not stand for that," the mayor said.
Grappling with one of the more delicate aspects of the debate, Mr. Bloomberg said that the families of Sept. 11 victims — some of whom have vocally opposed the project — should welcome it.
"The attack was an act of war — and our first responders defended not only our city but also our country and our Constitution," he said, becoming slightly choked up at one point in his speech, which he delivered on Governors Island. "We do not honor their lives by denying the very constitutional rights they died protecting. We honor their lives by defending those rights — and the freedoms the terrorists attacked."
But even as the mayor called for the mosque to be embraced, those opposed to the project pledged to aggressively fight it, using both litigation and public pressure. A prominent Republican and foreign policy analyst said he was working with business, civic and political leaders to organize a campaign to persuade architects, contractors and donors to steer clear of the project. He said they would also aggressively scrutinize any donors who supported it.
The Republican, Daniel Senor, a former high-ranking official with the coalition government in Iraq, said that anybody who works with the center "needs to know there is going to be a real stigma associated with this project."
"Do they really want to be involved with something so detrimental, that might set New York back?" he asked.
Lawyers representing a firefighter who survived 9/11 also said they would file a lawsuit on Wednesday to block the city's approval.
The plan for the complex, which began as a local zoning dispute, has quickly snowballed into an intense national debate about the nature of Islam and the meaning of the Sept. 11 attacks.
National Republican leaders, like the former House speaker, Newt Gringrich, and Sarah Palin, the 2008 vice presidential nominee, assailed the proposal, calling it offensive. On Friday, the Anti-Defamation League, an influential Jewish civil rights group, declared its opposition, distressing many in the interfaith community.
The disagreement has underscored how differently the World Trade Center site is viewed by those in New York and those outside of it.
In the city, the space has returned, haltingly, to the urban grid, sprouting new office towers and train stops. But beyond New York's borders, it looms as a powerful symbol of the war on terror and the lives lost on that day.
Those opposed to the project have argued that building a Muslim community center so close to the site where radical Muslims killed about 2,750 people is as much a political statement as a religious gesture, and have demanded that developers find a different location.
Bill Doyle, whose 25-year-old son, Joseph, was killed in the attacks, said many families who lost loved ones at the site were "incensed" about the mosque, viewing it as a tribute to the terrorists behind the hijackings. Part of their anger stems from their broader frustration over redevelopment of the site, and plans for a memorial that would be located beneath street level.
"High up in the air you have a 13-story mosque, outshining the memorial itself," Mr. Doyle said. "It's almost a slap in the face."
Proponents, eager to address the raw feelings the issue has aroused, emphasize that the center would focus on interfaith dialogue, include members of other religions on its board, and feature what its developer called "a Sept. 11 memorial and contemplation space."
Sharif El-Gamal, the developer, said he was reaching out to elected officials, community groups and opponents to directly explain the center's mission and allay any fears about it.
But it has been challenging. On Tuesday, at the final Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing on the project, Mr. El-Gamal said he tried to introduce himself to a Republican candidate for governor, Rick A. Lazio, a vocal opponent of the project.
"He just looked at me and walked by," Mr. El-Gamal said.
On Tuesday morning, the project received its final city approval when the landmarks commission voted 9 to 0 to deny granting historic protection to the building in Lower Manhattan where the $100 million center would be constructed.
Opponents, who have turned out in large numbers to speak out against the plan at public hearings this summer, seemed resigned to losing the vote, and few showed up to protest. After the commission voted, scattered members of the audience shouted "Shame on you!" and "Disgrace!" One woman carried a sign reading, "Don't Glorify Murders of 3,000; No 9/11 Victory Mosque."
There were signs that the intense backlash had left moderate American Muslims uneasy about the plan for such a large center near ground zero.
"There is some ambivalence within the community," said Hussein Rashid, a visiting professor of religious studies at Hofstra University who specializes in Islam in America. "We still want to know who is going to be involved in this. So far, we have heard from just a few Muslim voices. If this is meant to be a community center, who in the community will be involved?"
The mosque presented a potentially challenging political situation for Mr. Bloomberg. Some of his most fervent supporters — religious Jews, working-class whites in the boroughs outside Manhattan and conservative Republicans — opposed the idea.
But Mr. Bloomberg loathes what he sees as old-school ethnic politics. And from the start, he viewed it as a simple question of law and American values, privately expressing consternation at those who sought to block the project. As the fight over the proposal intensified, he encouraged aides to find an occasion for him to deliver a major speech on the topic.
Even some of his friends disagreed with him. But behind the scenes, Mr. Bloomberg was heartened to hear that some of the families of Sept. 11 victims supported his position, and told him so at a fund-raiser for the memorial at the site two weeks ago, aides to the mayor said.
Last Friday, he became all the more determined to speak out after he learned that the Anti-Defamation League, which for weeks has denounced what it saw as bigoted attacks on the planned Muslim center, abruptly announced its opposition.
Mr. Bloomberg was surprised and disappointed, these people said. On Tuesday, when asked about the group's position, the mayor called it "totally out of character with its stated mission."
Mr. Bloomberg generally leaves most speechwriting to his aides, but he became heavily involved in writing his defense of the mosque, revising it until just moments before it was delivered. And he enthusiastically agreed that the speech should be given on Governors Island, in sight of the Statue of Liberty.
"We have come here to see the inspiring symbol of liberty that, 250 years later, would greet millions of immigrants in the harbor," he said, "and we come here to state as strongly as ever — this is the freest city in the world. That is what makes New York special and different and strong."


text:
Please report any faults with your item(s) within a reasonable timescale to our customer service team by completing the Contact Us form below.
- Please specify the item(s) affected and the fault with the item.
- Attach images of the faulty item(s), if applicable, as this will help our customer service team resolve this for you without delay.
Alternatively, you can send a Direct Message via our Facebook or Twitter (@beautybayhelp) and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Please do not dispose of any item(s) or packaging until we have responded, as we may need to examine or investigate further.


text:
With iSolved, you'll get access to impressive standard reporting features that help you track the basics for your organization.
If you want more, the Premium Reporting add-on makes it easy to pull detailed reports and view important data at a glance. Adding this add-on gives you access to more reports and a brand-new feature, iSolved View!


text:
The DEC launched its appeal in December 2016 after Yemen, already one of the poorest countries in the world, had been plunged into a deeper crisis with the onset of a civil war in March 2015.
When the appeal was launched, the economy and health services had collapsed, leaving 7 million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from and children dying of malnutrition. The country was then hit with the fastest growing cholera epidemic ever recorded, with more than half of the suspected cases children.
DEC fundraising has now closed. Our appeal raised £30 million, including £5 million in Aid Match from the UK Government, to be spent until December 2018.
If you would like to donate, the following DEC member charities still have active appeals:
- Action Against Hunger
- British Red Cross
- CARE International
- Islamic Relief
- Oxfam
- Save the Children
- Tearfund
Despite the ongoing conflict, which makes it difficult to reach some parts of the country, DEC charities have been able to get food, clean water, cash and medical treatment to people living in some of the hardest hit areas. In total, DEC charities reached almost 1.4 million people in the first six months of the response.


text:
Save On Pest Control
Howdy neighbor! Your home has good bones, and we'd like to keep it that way. Rodents, spiders, and other despicable vermin will make their way indoors to escape the cold. Get a jump on mainstay pest problems by keeping winter invaders out!
Like most preventive care, an internal exam of your home is vital to keeping pests away. Fall and winter months are no exception. In fact, it's the ideal time to turn our focus to basements, attics, and other protected areas of your home.
- Holistic, eco-friendly pest control
- Human and pet safe
- Routine inspections & prevention
- The top-rated choice for home or business
Don't allow what's yours to become to become theirs. Let American Pest help you reclaim your home and your peace of mind.


text:
"Woman: Strong Faith, True Beauty" opened its first season on Shalom World TV in Fall 2016.
The series is hosted by the author of True Radiance, Lisa Mladinich and her co-hosts, Andrea Vasquez and Christie Young. The show brings the vocation, spirituality and dignity of woman to the forefront with relatable topics and stories of accomplished Catholic women from around the world.
New episodes air Mondays at 8:30 PM Eastern on Shalom World TV, and can also be viewed online and through the Shalom World mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, Android and Kindle Fire.
Guests on this episode include Kara Eschbach, Co-founder and CEO of Verily magazine, and Janet Easter, Co-Founder and Editor at Large of Verily, discussing fashion, beauty, and body image.
Copyright 2017 Lisa Mladinich


text:
Modern and Glamorous Lace Strapless Trumpet Long Gown by Studio 17 Style 12458
It's your turn to feel like a star wearing Studio 17 12458. A House of Wu 12458 design, this long gown features a strapless sweetheart neckline, figure-flattering silhouette, lace sheath bodice with glittering AB rhinestone and sequin details and a fabulous trumpet skirt with nude lining, eye-catching side front slit and regal sweep to complete your red carpet ready look. This Studio 17 dress is perfect for promising to tie the knot at your engagement, capturing the crown at your next pageant, attending a party, making prom unforgettable, making an appearance at a reception, celebrating a friend's wedding, feeling extraordinary at your winter formal, or any once in a lifetime event you may be attending.
FREE SHIPPING!* Usually ships within 3-5 business days. We ship worldwide. We offer Low Price Guarantee. We don't collect sales tax outside the state of Illinois. We are an Authentic Authorized Retailer.
This dress may NOT be returned. Please refer to our return policy.
Fabric: Lace
Available Colors: Candy Pink/White, Mint/White, Lilac/White, Black/Nude
Available Sizes: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30
- Fabric: Lace
- Neckline: Strapless
- Silhouette: Trumpet
- Item #: 12458 HOW
- Manufacturer: House of Wu


text:
Campers For Sale
Rental/Try Before You Buy!
Rialta Rental
Full Camper Rental
Rental FAQ
Shop Parts & Accessories
Service Contracts
Service, Repair, Reconditioning
Scam Warning
Contact Us
I Am A Buyer
I Am A Seller
Service/Repair Request
Email Us/Appointment
What Is Certified Pre-Owned?
About Us
About Us
Our Crew
Happy Campers
Example Photos
About Our Campers
About Full Campers
About Weekenders
About Rialtas
About Interstates
About Vanagons
Mechanics & Parts
Privacy Policy
How To Buy
Recent Departures
How To Buy & Ship
About Pricing Tiers
View Completed Campers
Reconditioning Process
Your First Trip
Scam Warning
We Buy Campers
Sell Your Camper
Find Your Camper
How To Buy
How To Buy A Camper From Pop Top Heaven
We sell about 75% of our Campers sight-unseen. For you folks shopping for a Camper from out of state, buying online or over the phone can be a new, sometimes nervous experience. We understand this and want to make your distant-purchase an enjoyable experience. When you have decided on a vehicle, we prepare a "pre-purchase video" for you, where we describe in detail every little blemish that wasn't there when it rolled out of the factory. This is done by appointment only. We DO NOT deal in frame damaged, salvage title, storm damaged, or severe accident vehicles. Just ask for the VIN and check for yourself. We carry nothing less than the best vehicles available in the USA.
So, How Does It Work
Believe it or not, it's this simple. We try to make the purchasing process as easy and stress free as possible.
Use the contact us form for a complete listing of our inventory
Once you've decided on one or more Campers, email or call with any questions, or to arrange creating a video of the Camper for you.
Once you've decided on a Camper, Mary will complete your paperwork packet, and if necessary, express mail it to you for signing.
Once your paperwork is signed, you will need to arrange payment in the form of a wire transfer, cash (in person), or a bank check. All the required information for any of these methods of payment is be included in your paperwork packet.
Once we've received payment, and your signed paperwork packet, we get to work, and you will be notified when your vehicle is ready for pickup or transport to your door.
Last, our DMV representative will process any required filings with the DMV, and in the case of California residents, file your paperwork so you don't need to lift a finger (just wait for your plates and registration in the mail).
If you are an out of state buyer, your title will be express mailed to you after any required filings with the California DMV.
Buyers Outside California
You are always welcome to visit our office and view any vehicle here, however, if you sign a contract to purchase a vehicle, submit payment for a vehicle, or take delivery of a vehicle in person at our Yucaipa California office, you will be subject to California state sales tax (currently 7.75%). You will receive a credit for taxes paid when you register your vehicle in your home state. If you do not want to pay California state sales tax, we can arrange for transport across the California border, where you may take possession of your vehicle. Remember, we can easily arrange to dispatch your vehicle for transport to a licensed and insured transporter to all lower 48 states and Alaska, border entries for Canada, or to a port for delivery to Hawaii.
Where To Stay/Flying Or Driving In To Pick Up
If you're flying in or driving a rental car to pick up your Camper, we recommend the Dynasty Suites in Redlands (800) 874-8958 (if you plan to stay overnight prior to picking up your Camper). If you're renting a car, we recommend a one-way rental from Enterprise (909) 797-4995. They have a local office 3 miles from us where you may drop off your rental. If flying in, we recommend Ontario International Airport. It's about 30 minutes from us, and has a shuttle service that comes our way every 30 minutes, or taxi services at about the same rate as the shuttle.
Registration And Title
We hold title on every vehicle we sell, but in some instances, we need to make changes to a title to correct errors. California residents will receive a 90-day temporary registration, or current plates. Out of state residents will receive the title, and a form called a REG262, which will allow him or her to register the vehicle in his or her state. If you encounter any problems registering your Camper we can get what is called a "California title only" in your name. Of course, we can't do this until the vehicle is purchased. When a title correction is required, or a California title only is required, receipt of your title may be delayed for up to 90 days. We do supply what is called a "trip permit" which allows you to operate your vehicle until you receive your title. Some states do not understand the purpose of the trip permits, so if there is a delay receiving your title, we encourage you to leave the plastic Pop Top Heaven plates on the vehicle, and carry your purchase agreement until you receive your title. Since we are only licensed in California, we cannot register your vehicle if you are a non-resident.
Shipping To Your Door
If you can't make it out here to us, we can deliver your Camper to you! We utilize fully insured vehicle transportation companies that deliver door-to-door nationwide. Delivery time varies, but is usually no more than a few days from our dealership to your home. We will present you with an estimated delivery amount, and do our best to book your Camper for that amount. Payment for transport is expected BEFORE the Camper departs our dealership.
Shipping Rates
Shipping rates vary by delivery location, and with the new regulations introduced in 2018, can be up to $1.50 per mile plus a one-time $200 fee we charge to cover our costs for arranging and coordinating transport.
This price includes
insurance, handling, and transportation.
Let's Connect
Signup for inventory updates, pricing, & product announcements!
Email address is kept
, cancel anytime!
31650 Dunlap Blvd
Yucaipa CA 92399
We are
American Express
© 2020 Pop Top Heaven, Inc.
Pop Top Heaven, Inc. operates under several domain names including poptopheaven.com, rialtaheaven.com, and others.


text:
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 0:24 2 Comments 0 Likes
Does anyone have a recording of this song that they could post?
I'm sure I used to have in on cassette somewhere but I can't find it. It was a b side around the time of 50 shades of blue. I love it and only have it in my head now :(


text:
Back in the spring, Anna Cate came home from school asking if she could audition for a part in Peter Pan with our local Little Theatre. Todd and I both believe if the children show interest in an activity or sport, we want to make it possible for them to explore it. After a little research, I found out the play would be held mid-August....right in the midst of school starting and our precious additions making their debut. In the end, Todd and I decided life is going to have to go on around these babies, so Anna Cate tried out. Brian decided he too would audition, but only if he could play the part of Peter Pan....the biggest role of the whole production! When told that part would be for a middle school boy, he had no interest in trying out!
Anna Cate walked right up, got a number, had her head-shot made, and went to sit with the other children in the front of the theatre without ever looking back. When her number was called, she calmly walked on stage, sang her song, and later read script with a group. I was, of course, so proud of her, but also filled with admiration at her confidence. A few days later, we found out she was cast as a fairy.
Practices started in May...3 times a week for several hours. A huge committment for all involved, ahem, but Anna Cate has really enjoyed it. As "showtime" approaches, her excitement is building and she was thrilled with this picture in our local newspaper.....she has told us all many times that she is famous!


text:
Interview with
Tim "Ripper" Owens
(Vocals -
Judas Priest / Iced Earth / Beyond Fear)
Interviewed by Wrathchild
Date: March 17th, 2006
As a completely unintentional (yet totally cool) early birthday present, I got a chance to catch up with Tim "Ripper" Owens to talk with him about his upcoming self-titled debut album from his most recent project "Beyond Fear", the current state of heavy metal, and free coffee. Here's what he had to say.
Hi, Tim! I want to thank you for doing this interview with me.
No problem.
What's really cool about the timing of this interview is that my birthday is tomorrow, and what better birthday present than to talk with Tim Owens about a new record?
(Laughing) Happy Birthday!
Beyond Fear has got an album coming out, and the way that the world's been lately, what was influencing you most during the writing process?
You know, it's funny, because there's… it's just a little bit of everything.
You do have songs that, probably politically, have something to do with telling lies.
I think that a lot was written when the presidential election was going on… I don't want to necessarily say it was my point of view, but watching the TV and seeing who's lying, oh, he's lying, and people are dying… and it was just kind of funny, especially when you watch two different TV programs, and you would see one side of the fence and then the other side of the fence. Like I said, it's not necessarily my point of view; not sure if it is or not, but you know, more of watching TV.
The human race obviously was influenced in the same way; by a politician on TV saying that it's not the same world, and everything's different; which I agree with, but then he went on to say it's not his fault, and I thought, "Well, that's kind of a strange statement to say, that it's not really his fault," it was kind of that, but you know, it wasn't all that…
The fun thing about doing something like heavy metal is you can write just about anything, you know, whether you want to write about a monster or you want to write about a politician, which I guess could be the same thing (laughing) but, you know, you could write about anything.
So, you're going to be touring Europe with Anthrax next month…
That's going be cool…
That's going be great, you know, they're friends and I'm a big fan, so it's going to be a good tour.
Is that tour going to make it to the States at all?
I don't think it will. One reason is because I think that Anthrax already toured in the States with the reunion lineup, so I don't think it will because of that. Obviously, we still want to get back to the States. You know, it's kind of funny; it's almost like doing more promotion doing this tour without a record out. The record's not released until May 9th, and… I think May 8th over there, and we're doing promotion for it on the tour, but I hope to come to the States and tour as well.
A question that I personally like to ask all of my heavy metal heroes is, what do you think about the future of heavy metal? Because there's been a major change, both sound-wise and style-wise, over the last ten or so years…
Yeah, well, you know, I guess it has to do that. Everything changes, you know? We don't wear the same clothes as we did ten years ago, and the cars have changed, and it's just… everything changes. Obviously heavy metal's more aggressive now.
It sounds a lot angrier.
It is a lot angrier. It's weird that it would change like that, but I think that everybody has to do their own thing. We still have bands out there that sing-.you have Disturbed, and you have Avenged Sevenfold trying to, you still have them out there, it's just that it's a lot more aggressive.
If I were twenty years old, twenty-one years old, I probably would listen to it and love it. When I was young I listened to pretty aggressive stuff as well; I would listen to Priest and Maiden and Dio, but I also listened to Exodus and Testament and Slayer, and that was looked at as, "Holy mackerel, what is this?"
I really hope that the older school of heavy metal starts coming back and being more in the mainstream, and you know, that's just my own taste, but do you think that there's a chance of that happening?
Well, I think it's actually come back a lot more than it was. You know, even when I first made it into Judas Priest it wasn't really around, hardly at all. So it was really an uphill battle to try to get it going on, because you were coming off of grunge and you were doing all that, and so it was hard then, and now it's a lot better. There are a lot more European bands playing here and with the other style, so I actually think it can. I mean, a lot of these younger bands, first of all, are influenced by Maiden and Priest and Metallica and all these bands. So, I think with that, it helps because even though these bands are heavy and I don't listen to them, they're out there wearing Iron Maiden shirts, and hey, I love Maiden, and so it makes the kids go back and listen to Maiden. And really, Maiden and all these bands' ticket sales have probably gone up a little bit in the last five years, where they were pretty small for a while.
I hope it does come back. I mean, I hope it does more in the fact that younger people are playing it. I don't care to just go to concerts and see the old guys doing it all the time. I'd like to see a band of twenty-one-year-olds that has that sound, and not just that of Priest and Maiden - I can only take so much of watching the old veterans up there - but I would like to see the young guys doing it as well.
Exactly, and you know, you take a band like Nevermore or Edguy, who have really only been around for ten or so years, and they're doing a really good job of shaking things up.
Yeah! They do, and I think that's it. You know, with Iced Earth's tour, with Children of Bodom and Evergrey opening, we were selling out as many shows as I sold out with Judas Priest, and this was really Iced Earth's first time headlining a bigger tour like that in the States. You know, they've never really opened for a lot of people, never really done a lot in the States, and they're more from the older school as well, strictly older school.
Something I was going to ask your opinion on: there are a lot of the unsigned and underground heavy metal bands out there that have opted to stick to their guns and stay with the old-school feel. There are a few that I know of personally who feel like they're being overlooked by the industry just because of the "newer" metal phenomenon. Do you have any thoughts on that?
Well, probably, I mean, Beyond Fear's material is definitely influenced by older metal. I mean, it's definitely a Black Sabbath / Judas Priest with Pantera into it.
You know, there are a couple things that happen there in the industry. One is that people aren't going to want to sign an old-school-sounding band that's like me, who's 38 years old and still doing that. I mean, if they are going to sign you, they're probably going to want you to be a younger act, and that's a big thing.
It's a business. The labels, they gotta look out for it. If Priest and Maiden have a hard time selling records in the business, how is a new person going to start off doing the same thing?
Even though we love it and we love to do it, it's hard.
You know, it was hard with this project, it was a little more aggressive, but once people heard the CD and it started off, it's been a lot easier. It's hard, I mean, people do get overlooked, and I guess you would probably get overlooked also if you had the New Wave sound and you were a forty-five year old fat, bald guy. (laughing) The labels don't care; it's all about what can you do for them. It's a whole different ball game. It's probably true, if I do get overlooked, because you do the music you love, but I think it's a great thing, because I do think it's coming back. I think people are starting to sign more acts who have the older school style, and it's definitely as big now as I've seen in the past ten years.
I'm hoping it keeps going in that direction, personally.
Well, and Ozzfest has some of those classic bands headlining with them now, and it's great in my opinion to see a lineup on Ozzfest that's got Priest, and then maybe you've got a Godsmack or maybe you have a Dimmu Borgir, or whoever. Even if you're not gonna like some of the bands, that's the great thing about metal; there are a lot of flavors to it.
It seems like it's really started to get broken up lately into a bunch of genres and sub-genres. Remember when it was just METAL?
Yeah, definitely, I mean, you had a few of them; you had death metal, heavy metal, and hard rock. It was kinda like just those things, and now it's nu metal and this metal and hardcore and blah blah blah… it's really all the same.
That's why I get mad when people put down Disturbed, because there's a heavy metal band out there who's pretty original, pretty good I think, and selling millions of albums. Why would you knock it? They're the closest thing we have to an older school metal band and they're selling a lot of albums and keeping metal out there in the light, and people are like, "Eh, you know…that's a sell-out." I guess if you sell a lot of records you become a sell-out. (laughing) Every single band that ends up selling a lot of records eventually becomes a sell-out because you're selling a lot of records.
When you were growing up, what bands really, did it for you? Who made you sit up and take notice and say "Okay, that's what I want to do"?
Well, Judas Priest did, obviously, KISS did when I was younger, but I never thought I would do it. I just think, you know, the whole movement of metal. Priest was the first big one that made me think, "Wow, this stuff…I can sing this. This is me." I think all of that. Dio and Iron Maiden and Chris Cornell have all been music that I have just loved.
Have you given any thought at all to putting together a DVD package that would span the history of your career, from your early works up through Priest and then Iced Earth and Beyond Fear?
Yeah, I think it would be great. I just want to see how many bands I can actually be in first. (laughing) There could be a few more yet. I need to put up on my web page everybody that I've worked with, because even on all the tribute albums I've done, I've not met the people (because I always do the vocals in my home town) but I've gone all the way from Yngwie to Dio's whole band, to Michael Schenker, to George Lynch, to Mike Inez, to Tommy Aldridge, I mean I've just got this giant list… (laughing) It would be a pretty great DVD, to just show the history of it. It'd be awesome.
I'm certain that you've had this question thrown at you far too many times, but I'm going to ask you anyway… The movie "Rock Star" was clearly based on your story as far as going from being in a tribute band to being in the band you were tributing. Where did that film sit with you when it came out, and what did you think?
Well, I was pretty excited when it first came out, just the fact that originally, they called me and originally they wanted to make a movie based on me.
As it went on, Judas Priest pulled away from it… I'm not sure why; I still to this day don't think we should have. We probably could have made it more accurate, because then they had to really take the big stretch and start changing it, but when I saw it, it obviously didn't sit as well with me for the fact that people are always going to associate the movie with me, and besides the tribute singer making the band, there's little similarity factors… somebody just reminded me that he [Mark Wahlberg] has some kind of a "Dreams come true" line or something in it, which is a line that I said to my parents, so you know, little things were similar, but most of it was just so far off and made up, that… (sighs) just everything.
The very beginning of the movie was accurate, besides him being like a freak stalker fan kind of a guy, you know, because the fact is that when I made Judas Priest, I wasn't even in the Judas Priest tribute band; I was doing a Seattle tribute band for a year, so it was kind of funny, because if they had showed me when Priest called, I was wearing regular clothes onstage, not the whole…thing, you know. And with the tribute band, the shows were small, and there was no one there, and so it was kind of funny how they made it look like this big production, and yet I'm the only one dressing up in the band when I did that, and so…It just wasn't very accurate.
I'm still flattered, I mean, obviously anybody would be; I would have been flattered more if I would have got some money from it… (laughing) …then I would talk a lot better about it.
Somehow, I don't see you winding down your career playing at a coffee shop.
No, I don't either, and the funny thing is that I think that was one of the best songs on the movie, (laughing) sadly enough. You know, they should have played that song earlier in the movie with the leather on, instead of waiting until the end. I hope I don't wind up like that but I guess if I do, I better at least get free coffee.
Hey, we'll still come see you. Moving along, you're an American-born heavy metal guy, and you've spent a lot of time in Europe. American heavy metal scene versus European heavy metal scene: which do you think has a larger following?
Obviously, European does, but I think it's always smoke and mirrors really. I think people always put it up there because in the nineties, that was the only metal scene at one time, and America didn't really have one, and now it's kind of gotten a lot closer.
I do shows here in America that are just as good as the shows in Europe, but as a whole, it's just a whole different scene in Europe. The people are different, things are different there, so I think metal can relate better. In America, we're a little more spoiled, and I also think that America moves on a lot more, which I don't know whether that's a good or bad thing, and Europe stays in the past on that.
You go to the shows and it looks like you're in a time warp, I mean you got people who are dressed like they would have been dressed in the eighties, and like I said, things do have to move on, and I think they have as well; they have a lot of different bands that now come over here and play, and I think that America has probably caught up a lot more, and I like the American scene as well.
You've been a big inspiration to a whole new generation of metalheads. I don't think there's a single person out there who didn't wish that they could be in their favorite band at some point. Is there anything that you'd like to say to the newest legion of metal warriors who are reading this interview?
Just get out there and do it! It's metal, you know? Heavy metal is always the best. You can relate to it a lot more. Just get out there, and believe in metal. Believe in hard rock. It's the most true music out there. I think that's the best thing about it.
Oh, and get the Beyond Fear CD on May 9th. Buy it! Buy it!
Anything that I haven't asked you yet that you want to throw out there before we wrap it up?
Just… Thanks! Thanks to everybody for keeping me around, and like I said, May 9th the Beyond Fear CD comes out, which is more of a true, basic throwback; it's a Black Sabbath / Judas Priest "British Steel" type of music moved up to the year 2006. It's a straightforward heavy metal record. May 9th it should be in stores.
Awesome! Well, thank you very much for taking the time to talk with me…
Thank you!
…and I hope you enjoyed it; hopefully we'll talk to you again real soon.
Good luck with everything!
You have a good birthday!
Thank you, and you take care, Tim.
You too, thanks.


text:
This is a small 18" x 10' (46 cm x 300 cm) industrial railroad (in HO) designed to maximize switching.
Track capacities, shown in red on the track plan, are in terms of 40-foot cars.
The era is around late 1940s to 1950s when 40-foot cars were the norm. Using 40-foot cars means a few more can be added on the limited space available. A 2-6-0 or 0-8-0 steam engine or a first generation diesel with a short wheelbase like a SW9 or NW2 would be perfect. A GE 44 tonner would work as these 350hp prototypes could handle up to 8 cars at a time, about the limit on the TIRR.
A semi-hidden two-track interchange/staging yard connects the TIRR with the outside world.
The "mainline" is the third track in from the front so that this layout could be incorporated into a larger layout at a later date.
Dimension A must be as long as the longest locomotive. I used 12" (30 cm) which is more than enough for a SW9. Dimensions B and C should be equal. Dimension D must be at least as long as B plus the length of the locomotive otherwise you can not pull all of the cars from the staging tracks or sort them prior to delivery. Dimension D is critical.
Industries are chosen such that cars emptied by one industry maybe used by another for shipping. Most industries both ship and receive commodities. A large grocery distributor only receives. Using four doors (no unloading dock) spaced on about 55 foot centers requires each car to be spotted individually so the car door aligns to the building door. This customer stipulates that certain commodities must be spotted at a specific door. For example: frozen foods at door 1, perishables at 2, dry foods at 3 and other commodities at door 4. Our way freight crew finds this a bit of a challenge.
5 left and 5 right turnouts. 1 25 degree crossing and about 12 lengths of 36" flextrack.
The drawing uses Atlas #4 turnouts (with Caboose Hobbies ground throws). Peco small turnouts will work just as good. Atlas #4s are more of a #4.5, are a bit longer and not as sharp as the Peco small radius turnouts. Peco has released complete line of code 83 track products that match North American standards but they are pricer. These turnouts have a built in spring and do not require an additional ground throw to operate them. If you use Peco turnouts, also use the Peco small 24 degree crossing instead of the Atlas 25 degree crossing.
The car capacities , shown in red, are for 40' cars. If you prefer a more modern era, 50' cars would be more appropriate. Add 18" (46 cm) to the length of the layout to keep the capacities the same.
About 28 freight cars consisting of 19 box cars, 6 refers, 1 grain hopper, 1 flat and 1 gondola are about the limit for this layout. Choose your cars carefully to fit the commodities delivered or shipped by the industries.
Increasing the size
Several modelers have written to me over the last two years that they intent to build Tenderfoot but make it a bit larger. Increasing the depth by 2" grants a third staging track adding another 4 or 5 cars. Using Atlas #6 Customline turnouts will require a 12' (366 cm) length keeping the track capacities the same. Use a 19 degree crossing instead of a 25 degree one.
I originally thought of building it using two 5'(159 cm) modules as shown by the vertical dotted line. If you increase the length be careful to choose the module lengths so that the turnouts do not fall over the joint between the modules.
Again, if you prefer 50' cars, add 18" (46 cm) to the length so the layout would be 13' 6" (412 cm).
Designed: September 6, 2004. Last updated: 01/16/2008


text:
Crucifixion of Jesus by Spencer Williams
This has got to be the hardest painting I've ever done, not only because of the subject, but to paint a man as if he were hanging with weight from that cross was a challenge. I felt the Lord wanted me to do this painting and I tried to find reference but struck out. Lord if this is you I need you to bring me the materials I'm looking for cause I can't find them. That was exactly what I prayed and 7 days later he had an individual to provide me with a stack of books 3 feet tall! Needless to say I got started right away.
this original available
"The Crucifixion"
Limited Edition
|18 x 24 $95.00
Open Edition
|13 x 19 $29.00
Canvas Gicle
|24 x 36 $550.00
Spencer Williams Gallery · 1610 Licking Spring Way · Sevierville Tennessee · 37876
sitemap | home | Christian | landscape | birds | underwater | animals | Silk Banners | links | ordering info
Copyright © 2004-2006 Spencer Williams Jesus Paintings
& Wildlife Art. All Rights Reserved. Private Policy


text:
Check out this new invention called Booktrack.com, where I've made available the introduction to my recently published book, Ben's Blog. What this means is that you can now hear me actually read the various stories and blog items I've shared in my book.
Ben's voice now heard!
It was quite an interesting experience to create this new thing on Booktrack.com ... nothing quite compares. To put one's own spoken words out there, instead of simply words on paper, is another modern miracle of this amazing future world I find myself in. Everywhere I turn in this 21st century of yours, there are new inventions, new discoveries, new devices, new ways of doing things.
Oh, if only I had this Booktrack thing back in the 1700s... just think of how many sheets of paper I could have saved, especially with all the letters I used to write. Or, imagine Poor Richard's Almanack in spoken form! In any case, I encourage you to go to Booktrack at
http://t.co/mOHtwAPyZt and hear for yourself.
Your humble servant,


text:
ParticipationEveryone plays! There are no try-outs and NO cuts in YMCA Youth Sports.
FunWe play sports to have fun. We strive for a positive, relaxed, and enjoyable sports experience where kids can develop skills at their own pace without the pressures of winning or losing.
FitnessRegular cardiovascular exercise is important for a lifetime of healthy living.
SkillsThe fundamentals are emphasized. Rules are modified to match the skill and developmental levels of the kids involved.
TeamworkWe focus on COOPERATION not Competition! There are no scores or standing kept in any of our youth sports leagues.
Fair PlayFair play involves respect. Emphasized is Respect for selves, others, rules, and officials.
Family InvolvementYouth Sports is a Family Program! Parents and other family members should be involved in their child's experience.
VolunteersVolunteers are the key! All coaches are un-paid volunteers. They are here to teach each child Respect, Responsibility, Honesty, and Caring.
Register February 3rd youth sports:
Riverfront YMCA Basketball League
Ages 4-8
7 week session with 6 games
More Information
Contact Information
Riverfront YMCA
544 Broad Blvd.
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221
(330) 923-9622


text:
Momentum growing for city's revaluation delay
BRIDGEPORT -- The city's effort to delay its 2013 property revaluation -- and a potentially brutal tax hike -- has jumped the "Shark."
House Speaker Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, traditionally an opponent of revaluation postponements, has backed Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's bill allowing Bridgeport and 47 other municipalities to delay revaluation with the hope that property values increase over the next two years.
"We have experienced a depressed housing market over the last several years that has artificially taken a toll on property values. This, in turn, would require larger mill rate adjustments than what has been historically normal during revaluations," Sharkey said in a statement Friday.
"The governor's plan makes sense because it gives the markets a chance to level out and evens the playing field for all communities across the state."
That's a far cry from Sharkey's position in mid-January, when a spokesman said the speaker would consider Bridgeport's arguments, "But it tends not to be something he's in favor of."
Malloy, a Democrat who as mayor of Stamford sought his own revaluation delays and as governor has vetoed them, offered his current proposal earlier this month in his two-year budget address.
While the proposed delay still needs to wind its way through the Legislature's committee process before it reaches a vote by the Democrat-controlled General Assembly, Sharkey's support is a positive sign.
Under state law, municipalities must conduct property revaluations every five years. Bridgeport tried and failed to obtain a delay last year, and was forced to go ahead and hire a company last fall to move forward with the work.
Mayor Bill Finch, also a Democrat, made it clear earlier this year that the revaluation results would not be good.
Despite some success in luring new businesses and developers to the city, the Finch administration expected an overall decline in property values.
Those declines, coupled with the related mill rate increase, would be a potentially disastrous combination for the Finch administration as it heads into the municipal budget season.
"The impact of this revaluation would have a serious negative impact on our homeownership rates, and could drive much-needed economic development out of our region," Finch said in January. "The state of Connecticut has invested millions of dollars in housing, jobs programs, brownfield cleanup and economic development in Bridgeport that would be seriously compromised."
It wouldn't help Finch's chances for re-election in 2015, either.
Historically, property revaluations can be politically toxic in Connecticut, and for years politicians -- Democrats, including former Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim, and Republicans -- would jump at the chance to delay them.
But abuses led, in part, to the new five-year cycle.
"It is a political hot potato," said Bonnie Stewart, vice president of government affairs for the Connecticut Business and Industry Association. "People see their new values come in, some can be upset because it's lower. Others can be upset because they think they have to pay higher taxes. It's surprising how many emotions revaluation brings out."
Stewart said CBIA believes the best approach is an annual revaluation, but admits that's both expensive and unlikely.
"Putting off revaluation is never a good idea," she said.
But, Stewart acknowledged, there has been talk in Hartford that Bridgeport might be a special case.
"I do know a lot people ... are looking at Bridgeport a little bit differently," she said. "I do know they're concerned with trying to maintain their commercial entities within the city, which I can understand."
However, delays for one city or town are not popular with state officials.
City Council President Thomas McCarthy, D-133, said Friday he was pleased with Sharkey's support.
"The property tax system treats cities unfairly, so to put an unfair revaluation on top of that just doubles the impact of this unfair system," McCarthy said. "It's about fairness for the taxpayers of the city of Bridgeport."


text:
Most everyone understands financial annuities. The Webster Dictionary defines an annuity as "an amount payable yearly or at other regular intervals."
I think one of the most undervalued and underrated assets in marketing is the MARKETING ANNUITY. These are the campaigns that last for a long time and become part of the fabric of our culture. Here are a few examples of marketing annuities:
- ESPN College Football GAME DAY Built by The Home Depot.
- For 13 years, The Home Depot has been the title sponsor of the popular college football Saturday morning preview show on ESPN. Home Depot enjoys both on-air (TV, radio, digital, social) and on-site branding (signage, set construction, orange branded hard hats, hospitality and VIP seating).
- Recent surveys have shown Home Depot to be the #1 sponsor in all of college football as recognized and selected by college football fans. In fact, ALL Home Depot does is this show entitlement along with the entitlement of the SEC on CBS games broadcasts.
- The Coca-Cola Holiday POLAR BEARS
- Annually, the Coca-Cola Company will include advertising, POS and promotions using their popular Polar Bears. Each year, people look to see how Coke will utilize the bears in their holiday marketing campaign.
- BMW "The Ultimate Driving Machine"
- In spite of a variety of agency turnovers and creative changes, BMW has kept the same brand tagline since it was created by Ammirati & Puris back in 1974.
- The tagline speaks to the performance of the car and the fun of driving the car.
- The Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Hallmark Cards of Kansas City annually produces 4-6 made-for-TV movies, brought to you with limited commercial interruptions, just before key holidays (Christmas, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day), when a significant number of greeting cards are purchased. These family friendly feel good movies have won numerous Emmys and other awards over the years.
These marketing annuities continue to build real value each and every year.
So, why don't more companies create and keep these types of annuity programs? One word… EGO. It's so hard for the next marketing, brand or advertising leader to accept that the work of the previous person was meaningful. Instead of building upon the previous equities of a campaign, sponsorship or promotion, the new person decides they have to do something entirely different in order to be noticed.
Now, I'm all in favor of "if it's not broken, then break it" philosophy, but not at the expense of eliminating annuities that continue to bring value to the brand and its customers and consumers. I suggest we look to "improve upon" rather than eliminate these annuities.
In fact, we all should be looking to create new marketing annuities that will last for years for our clients and our brands. So, check your ego at the door and let's get to work.


text:
Property Search/Search MLS
To make it easier to find your dream home at the Jersey shore, we've created this convenient search tool. Just enter your price range, desired neighborhood and other search options, and browse the detailed results. If you see something you like, fill out the Request Information form below. It's another way Mark Arbeit And Co is using the latest technologies to make finding a home as easy as possible!


text:
20th July - Katy Brand and Charlie Baker
This year to end our year before Edinburgh and the Summer Break (back in Oct as per) we have a WHOLE SEASON of gigs throughout the first three Thursdays in July. These special warm up gigs for big names making final adjustments before hitting the Battle Royale the is the Edinburgh Festival promise to be excellent. Edinburgh is where established comics like these try and be at their very best, with challenging material and exciting concept shows, in the hope of bagging awards and TV contracts, so attending these puts you ahead of the curve on shows that might go on to conquer the world. Tickets are £10 to £12.50, which for two full sets of top notch material by top drawer performers, is an absolute steal.
Where people can get tickets: Union Music OR reservations on 07582408418 OR http://www.wegottickets.com/ComedyAtTheCon