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Well, it has been a long time since I've posted here.
While you've all been sadly pining away in my absence, I have been up to sundry and divers things.
This has had an alpha released. Sadly, it seems that my main potential user base, viz Twisted itself, has started a flirtacious affair with Roundup.
Did a 50% load on the coursework in first semester, leaving me little time to do any work or reading for my thesis.
Thus, I had five exams to do. The first exam and the final exam were disasters. The first was worth 100% for that unit, Catastrophe Theory. The unit was taught in a much less formal manner than most of my other maths courses in the past (e.g. it wasn't made clear where proofs started and ended), which made it less grippy in my brain. While it seems a fairly simple branch of maths to get ones head around, I think I went extremely poorly in the exam.
The second disaster was a course on Transform Methods and Complex Variables. After taking a bit of time at the start of the semester, to start thinking in applied maths terms once again, I found it pretty manageable, although it required more work in understanding than my other pure units. However, on the day of the exam, and on the day before, I was sick, and unable to focus in the slightest.
So, this all has resulted in a fair bit of consideration about my plans for next semester: especially, whether I should continue my course in honours, given that getting "first class" appears hopeless. Especially, on top of the somewhat anti-climactic release of Issues.
[Aside: Without first class honours, it will be highly impractical for me to do a PhD, as I will not be able to get a scholarship. In the past, I have been particularly driven to do one, but have wanted to have the option open.]
Reading "The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs". The amount of stuff I am learning is quite disgusting in its enormity. 13 years of programming, a degree and 3 years of commercial experience, and I am learning much about the fundamentals of my trade from what I am told is a first-year text book. (Note that this is also my first serious non-emacs exposure to lisp)
This book totally rocks. Hard work, but well worth it. Up to the bit where this priest walks through town and there are all these different POVs. Amazing.
Twisted / Python
I've been doing this sort of stuff for a while. Python rocks, I love it. Twisted has it's probs, but is always getting better and is still The Framework of My Internet.
However, I'm feeling more and more like a one-trick pony. And not a very good one at that.
Dedicated to Antonio Salieri, the patron saint of second-class honours students.


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Aha, advogato is back up, as evidenced by Christophe-blogging. I started the summer grindstone^Wjob on Monday, and hopefully at some point I'll get the after-work free time I have been expecting. Once I do, I'd like to hack on a few things:
- Fix the accumulated bug reports in lisppaste and release
- Determine whether Sven van Caekenberghe is still maintaining his XML-RPC implementation; if not, offer to run a CL.net for it and his XML parser (and give them ASDF-INSTALLable names too)
- Fix a few bugs in the chavatar source, and possibly make a new CL.net project for this too. Then release the current version. (I'm thinking about making a tarball with all the dependent libraries as well, so that people with no Lisp experience can just edit a configuration file and run a shell script to run their own chavatar, provided they have SBCL installed.)
- Sometime before this happens, get Dan to release a new araneida.
- Help Taylor Campbell to get the T linker to output a Solaris/ELF binary and not a cruddy ancient SunOS/a.out binary.
Well, that's the plan at least. Who knows how far I'll get on any of these things? Not me, not yet.
Work has me doing JSP, which only serves to remind me of how nice it is to work with araneida. On the other hand, JDBC is a pretty nice way of talking to multiple databases. This gives rise to thoughts of JNI for SBCL or OpenMCL. Hm....

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I can see the advantages of using state machines over threads, but I don't see how one can get operating system support for distributing a program across all the processors in an SMP machine if you're using a state machine that has only one thread of execution. Perhaps someone can clarify this.
I realize threads are implemented in an OS kernel as state machines. What I'm asking about is how a user program can do SMP via state machines without the use of threads.
Saying to run two state machines in different processes isn't the right answer. That's the same as using two threads and presents all the same difficulties.
I agree that threads are resorted to too quickly by the lazy who don't treat them with the respect they deserve. Threads present a lot of problems and it takes care and skill to deal with them properly.
I wrote a test tool at Apple when I was one of the QA engineers for MacTCP, Apple's original TCP/IP network stack. Macintoshes didn't have threads or even proper preemptive multitasking. One could run interrupt tasks and do asynchronous I/O.
I implemented it as a state machine and it worked very nicely. Each Mac could have 64 TCP streams or UDP "pseudo-streams" and all the Macs on a network could communicate in any combination to create a pretty fierce amount of I/O. Without state machines that would not have been possible.
State machines tend to be much more conservative of resources than threads usually are. On the BeOS, each thread has a fixed stack allocation of (I think) 256 kb, and that is often very wasteful.
Hacker Angst
Sometimes when I have some particularly difficult work to do, particular when I have something totally new to work on, I just can't face it. The thought of even so much as opening any of my source files fills me with dread. It stops me cold.
Usually what I do is go to lie down for a while. Sometimes I take a nap. It's the worst feeling.
When my wife sees me like this she tries to encourage me to get back on the horse. It's pretty easy for her to tell that I'm in this state because I get up abruptly from my desk only to lay on the couch or bed.
Usually the best thing to do is try to find something easier to do to get myself back in the rhythm. Any work at all as long as it's somehow productive.
I hit this wall tonight with something difficult I planned to do. I have a programming task that won't be a lot of code but it's not obvious to me at all how to do it. After taking my usual time out I decided I would spend some time writing test code first and doing some testing. I probably won't even get to the difficult work tonight. It only matters that I get it done in the next week or so, so I should be able to work up the momentum.


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Although the songs on Heaven might not be uniformly good, the Cincinnati-based Pomegranates bring the charm via killer guitar sounds, creative keyboards, and the girlish vocals of twin tenors Isaac Karns and Joey Cook (whose lighter-than-air musings buoy this collection). The title track is tons of silly pop fun, with cherubic vocals busting moves over scrawls of guitar and high-fructose church organ like an angel with a hot date. "Sisters" is an example of how great Pomegranates sound when they step on the distortion and crank up the jumbliness to near-Feelies levels. Heaven also does a decent job of showing Pomegranates' softer side; "Dream" is a completely respectable ballad. Likewise, "Something Everybody Wants" makes for a nice little awe-struck acorn of a song, complete with sci-fi keyboard accompaniment that harkens to the PBS theme for the late-'80s astronomy show Star Hustler. Aside from the highlights, though, other cuts here fall short of album quality, especially the last three selections, which are paint-by-number displays of chops and over-seriousness. Four musicians playing competent indie-pop/post-punk with occasional bursts of triumph might be a nice day at the park, but it's not sweet Elysian Fields.
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A new entrance ramp from Narrows Road South, leading onto the Brooklyn-bound Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, will open June 8 as part of the $50 million toll plaza improvement project.
With the new Narrows Road South entrance ramp completed, contractors for Restani Construction Corp. will begin demolishing the old entrance ramp and a portion of the Narrows Road South exit ramp to make way for the new lower level connector ramp. The Narrows Road South ramp will eventually fly over the new lower level connector ramp, which will lead motorists directly from the Staten Island Expressway onto the bridge's lower level.
As a result of the demolition work a portion of two lanes on the Narrows Road South exit ramp leading to Lily Pond Avenue must be closed for the next several months. Traffic exiting Narrows Road South in the vicinity of Lily Pond Avenue will be limited to using the extreme right lane, where cars normally park.
A total of about 450-feet from the last bus stop on Narrows Road South will be closed. The bus stop will not be impacted by the closure. The ban on parking will be strictly enforced since the lane will be used for traffic exiting the ramp. This is a temporary parking restriction, and parking will be restored as soon as it is feasible.
"The new Narrows Road South entrance ramp was built slightly north and west of the old ramp and will provide a smoother transition from the service road onto the upper level of the bridge," said Project Engineer Piv Lim.
In addition to this ramp and the lower level connector ramp, Restani will be rehabilitating and widening the Father Capodanno entrance ramp, as well as the westbound Lily Pond exit ramp and a new Brooklyn-bound Lily Pond entrance ramp that will also fly over the lower level connector ramp.
The work is being done in coordination with New York State Department of Transportation's Staten Island Expressway improvement project. The MTA project is scheduled to be completed in 2015.


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South Africa and Russia are rushing to sell new bonds before the Federal Open Market Committee meets next week to decide on QE tapering. Russia is selling its first Euro bond.
In a sign of conciliation, Russia said it backed a demand by U.S. that Syria puts its chemical weapons under international control. Syria responded that it welcomed Russia's decision but did not say if it would comply.
Emerging markets rallied on China's strong August export data today, Russia's energy stocks in particular.
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In NY our Youth weekend was last weekend...except for the blizzard in Chautauqua County all went well.
NYS regular season starts May 1 an here in Chautauqua County, the weather looks great for the first few days.
It seems..especially here WNY breeding is getting started..shoot video of an 18 8 breedin a hen last week.
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So our art director, Melinda Monk, is a unabashed garden enthusiast. She and her daughter Piper toil away on weekends, trying out this plant and that. It's always seemed to me that she finds as much fun in the trial-and-error of it all as she does in the horticultural rewards.
A few weeks ago, she brought me photos of an ornamental grass called Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' (golden hakone grass) and said it was her new favorite. Hands down. She'd planted it in her garden and loved the look of it—somewhat unruly light green/yellow blades, good clumping potential, and most of all, it can deal with more shade than most ornamental grasses. (Most require full sun). I told her I liked it because it had a certain "Cousin It" charm. Don't you think?
On Monday, she dropped a printout on my desk that said the Perennial Plant Association had named golden hakone its 2009 Perennial Plant of the Year. I have to say, I was impressed. I've always known she has an eye for what looks good and what works well—the six magazine titles she's designed here are proof of that. But now she's scouting talent in the garden too? Nice work, Mel.
In the meantime, here's what you need to know about golden hakone grass:
Native to Honshu Island, Japan * Grows in USDA zones 5-9 * prefers partial shade in climates like ours * grow in moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil * use as a ground cover, mass planting, or even in a container (window boxes, anyone?) * 12-18 inches tall, 18-24 inches wide * bright yellow color with thin green stripes * not favored by deer * looks good with hostas * Other good companions are astilbe, epimedium, wild ginger, bleeding heart, and lady's mantle.
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Trip Start Aug 16, 2005
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Paronella Park camping, Mena Creek
Mission Beach council campsite
The temparature in Cairns was slightly lower than Alice, but because of the humidity it didn't give us any relief. Cairns took us by surprise by being so tropical. It's the start of the rainy season so the clouds are low, the warm rain drips from the sky and nothing seems to dry properly. We heard that there was a cyclone offshore forecast to hit any day.
Originally we had planned to drive down the East Coast of Australia from Cairns all the way to Sydney. But, as we started to research more into this classic route we decided that in the time we had (5 weeks) we just couldn't do justice to it. We booked a flight from Brisbane back to Sydney instead, so will be exploring coastal Queensland and a little bit of northern NSW.
We also planned to do this drive in a campervan
We drove north out of Cairns initially to explore the rainforest up towards Cape Tribulation. It felt just like we were back in Fiji - long sandy beaches with palms, banana plantations, fields of sugar cane. We drove up into the mountains and visited the huge multi-levelled Barron Gorge waterfall. After heavy rain the equivalent of an Olympic swimming pool comes over the top every second. To get to the viewing platform there was a raised boardwalk from which Angie managed to drop her sunglasses down onto the forest floor 15m below. Refusing to give them up as lost Angie sent Darren down to retrieve them, but as he was only wearing flip-flops he didn't get very far. Angie then decided to brave it herself and started descending through the undergrowth - it was proper jungle with creeper vines that snagged her clothes, spiderwebs strung between bushes, rotting logs that disintergrate when stepped on and a ground covering of deep leaf litter and slippery rocks
After that unplanned excitement, our next stop was a Bat Rescue centre. We saw one bat have a wee (they have miniature but perfectly formed versions of human male willies - something to do with the fact that they are much closer genetically to humans than most other mammals maybe?) while hanging by his wing tips from the keepers arm! We also adopted a tiny orphaned baby bat who we christened Dizzy. We did a circular rainforest walk in Mossman Gorge, saw some gigantic butterflies and were amazed at how deafening the cicades and crickets can be. That night we found a lovely campsite shaded by huge trees right on a tropical beach. It was perfect, or would have been if we could have cooled-off in the water. As well as visiting this area in rainy season, we also coincided with jellyfish season! There are lots of different types, the most well known being the box jellyfish with 3m long tentacles, and they can all give you an excruitiatingly painful sting that can be fatal
This area is the only place on earth where two World Heritage zones meet - the Wet Tropics and the Great Barrier Reef. This means that the rainforest comes right down to the beach and the driving is pretty spectacular. The famous area round here is Cape Tribulation, but as more rain was forecast we decided not to make the long drive to see the Cape itself. Instead, Angie took a cruise on the Daintree river in order to see saltwater crocodiles in the wild - it wasn't the best time of year as it is so hot they spend most of their time submerged - but in amongst the mangroves she did see the rear end of a 3m female nesting (digging up the sand to keep her eggs cool) and 2 or 3 smallish males. Darren on the other hand wanted a guarantee of seeing some whoopers, so we headed to a wildlife park where we make it in time for the 'crocodile attack' show! You can see a video of the keeper pestering a 5m male croc to please the crowd. We also went to koala feeding and although we weren't allowed to hold one, we did get to touch - they feel lovely, like velvet
Turning around to head south, we diverted to the Atherton Tablelands - a very long winding road took us up into the clouds and a heavy rain started that continued for the rest of the day and all through that night. We stopped at a tranquil crater lake which was teeming with fish and turtles and Angie swam in the rain. There was no difference between the air and water temperature - perfect! Trees are the big attractions around here: 7m circumference Kauri pines, huge red cedar trees and 600 year old fig trees. That night at our campsite there were parakeets flying between the trees.
The next morning we visited a volcanic pipe (a huge bottomless shaft that formed when volcanic gases exploded out of the earth's crust) which has now filled mostly with water but there are still 70m of cavernous hole that visitors can gaze down into
After getting back to the van after our waterfall trek I discover a leech trying to attach itself to my ankle. Aargh! I hate the thought of leeches, even though they are pretty harmless it's the fact that their heads stick in you if you try to pull them out, ugh. It had been my one minor fear when trekking in South America, and surviving so far leech-free, I had got complacent. I quickly flicked it off and as it wriggled angrily on the floor I tryed to stamp on it and eventually kicked it out of the van. Phew, panic over. Angie checked her feet and ankles and declared them leech-free. She went off on a short trek while I stayed in the van so as a precaution she put some socks on. I settled down, opened a bag of crisps and started reading. Just then I saw something out of the corner of my eye. It took about a 100th of a second to realise that a leech had attached itself to my little finger and by the look of it had been feeding on me for some time, as it was 4 times the size of the one I flicked off my ankle. Shit...Leech attack!! Don't panic!! Everybody stay calm. I rushed to the sink to wash it off. Of course this did no good at all and I then remembered the old 'burn them off' trick which I've seen on many a survival show. I grabbed the lighter and torched the critter, which immediately dropped off and washed down the plughole. I took a deep breath and motioned to return to my seat when I saw the leech I kicked out earlier making its way up the step into the van (they move in the most disgusting creepy fashion). Nooooooo it's all too much!
Angie arrived back half an hour later and I told her of my leech attack
(By the way the leeches were only about an inch long but horrible none the less!)
I haven't got anything to add except that I saw a long black snake slithering across the path during my walk which is more exciting than leeches I think!
That afternoon we discover a hidden gem off the main highway - Paronella Park - built by a Spaniard in the early 1900s. He created a series of castle-like spanish-style buildings next to a waterfall and creek, planted 7000 trees in the grounds and powered his creation with his own private hydro-electric plant (the first ever in Queensland)
We went back in the evening for an after dark tour and the owner gave us some more history while we spotted phosperescent fungus, frogs, saw the castle and fountains lit up and watched the eels in the lake go into a feeding frenzy.
On to Mission Beach, a very chilled beach town which joyously had a stinger net (a large anti-jellyfish net making an area off water off the beach a little bit safer)
Mission Beach is famous for being the place to spot wild cassowaries, so before leaving we drove out to do another rainforest walk (having forgotten our pledge after the leeches!). However, we had just left the carpark and started down the track when we saw an adult coming towards us up the path. Cassowaries can be aggressive and we'd been suitably freaked out by tales of them disembowling people when threatened. We stayed very still and watched it walking along the path. Then a chick appeared behind. The males look after the babies until they grow up - all the female does is lay the eggs. We start to back off as they came towards us, and Angie even scurried back to the safety of the van, but they both seemed very relaxed and we followed them for ages as they pecked around the carpark. We are ashamed to say that we didn't bother going on the walk after that!
The drive down to Townsville took us between rainforest covered mountains and mangrove coastal areas, past field after field of sugar cane and mango plantations. Although Townsville is a large town, all the urban areas here feel like they are constantly trapped in a Sunday morning - the high streets have a small handful of people wandering around and the shops are mainly empty
We did a day trip to Magnetic Island off the coast from Townsville. Having to fit in our activities with the bus timetable around the island, we did a very rushed walk through dry rainforest (this sounds like a contradiction in terms but is what this type of habitat is called) in the morning up to an old fort with a great views up and down the stretch of mainland coast and across the island. We then swam in another stinger net off a big sweeping beach, completely ignorant of the fact that only 2 weeks previously a young boy was badly stung by a jelly fish that had sneaked its way into the very same net. We only found this out when reading the newspaper after we'd swum, but that was probably the best way! In the afternoon, Angie fulfilled a long-running ambition/fantasy when we rode horses bareback in the sea. It was somewhat spoilt by the fact that we had to wear stinger suits (basically a lycra catsuit!) but the horses seemed to enjoy being in the water and we both learnt to stand up on our horse's back. The swim was the culmination of a two hour ride through the bush where we saw countless wallabies and Darren managed to master rising trot for a few seconds at least!
Before we left Maggie (as the island is affectionately referred to) we did another walk onto a headland at sunset and listened to all the weird and wonderful bird calls that abound at this time of the day.
Looking at a map we realised how small a dent we'd made into the total distance we have to cover. Time to get some long driving hours in...


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Binghamton University wins R&D contract from The U.S. Display Consortium for Roll-To-Roll Manufacturing
Binghamton University and the U.S. Display Consortium (USDC) today announced that the University has been awarded a competitively bid contract from the USDC to establish and operate the Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing (CAMM). The USDC will initially provide $10 million in equipment to establish the center, which will combine resources from the USDC, Binghamton University and other academic, government and industry partners to help speed microelectronics manufacturing research and development in a roll-to-roll (R2R) format.
Currently, most advanced electronics components are produced on silicon or quartz wafers, or on plates of specialized glass in a "batch" process that has been the backbone of the integrated circuit (IC) and flat panel display (FPD) industries. A R2R process means, in theory, that components can be produced more efficiently, at higher yields and at a lower cost than is common practice today because material handling is reduced and throughput rate is increased with a continuous web process. The expected R2R result is conformable, rugged, lightweight electronic components and innovative products for commercial, consumer and military markets.
To initiate a R2R prototype manufacturing line for the production of electronic components and products at the CAMM, the USDC will provide a Model 6600 lithography system from Azores Corp (Wilmington, Mass.) and a Model Mark 80 vacuum thin-film deposition system from CHA (Fremont, Calif.), which will include two deposition sources being developed by the Kurt J. Lesker Co. (Clairton, Pa). The USDC program is a collaborative effort of private industry and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland.
According to the USDC's Chief Technology Officer Dr. M. Robert Pinnel, Binghamton was awarded this USDC contract for a number of reasons. "Binghamton University's demonstrated strengths in science and engineering and prior center management experience, as well as its partnering and leadership attributes, were key criteria in our selection process," said Pinnel. "Also, identification and commitment of New York State and regional economic resources were crucial. We are confident that this University's resources and its cooperative and progressive academic, government and industry relationships will greatly contribute to the success of this aggressive R&D program."
Directed by Dr. Bahgat Sammakia, professor of mechanical engineering and director of Binghamton University's Integrated Electronics Engineering Center and its Small Scale Systems Packaging Center, the CAMM will evaluate equipment and materials developed under the auspices of USDC, industry or its own R&D program that can be further developed in a fully-integrated manufacturing line. Equipment will be accessible to both the University community and private industry, which will participate in the CAMM through paid membership fees and funded research programs. The CAMM will also provide large-scale testing whereby academic research groups can test their work for manufacturing applicability without the high costs and risks typically associated with such activities.
"This award acknowledges Binghamton University's stature as a leader in small scale systems integration and packaging research," said Binghamton University President Lois B. DeFleur. "Through the Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing, we will create a unique and unparalleled research and development capability that will strengthen partnerships between the University and the private sector. This will contribute to economic advancement in the Southern Tier, New York State and the nation. This Center is another example of the growing impact of Binghamton University's academic and scientific expertise."
Under the terms of the contract, Binghamton University will establish the CAMM at Endicott Interconnect Technologies in Endicott, N.Y. The University will recruit, integrate and manage academic, government and industry participation with which it will share innovations, and it will create, launch and maintain the technical R&D program. Cornell University and Endicott Interconnect Technologies will assist in establishing the center.
The CAMM will also work in tandem with the U.S. Army-funded Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University (Tempe, Ariz.) on display-related R&D. The FDC is already focusing on process development and pilot production of flexible backplanes and displays for U.S. Army platforms and, eventually, commercial applications.
The CAMM will focus on development of new, higher efficiency manufacturing platforms and address a wide range of manufacturing process and materials developments necessary to meet the needs of a broad array of electronic devices in flexible end products.
"I extend congratulations to Binghamton University for winning this contract from USDC," stated Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY). "As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I have tracked the need for the latest generation communications and power technologies for the Armed Services. I am confident that the R&D Center at Binghamton University will not only be an invaluable asset to our nation s technology base and a big boost to upstate New York's competitive posture in the 21st Century, but will also attract state, national and international companies to further advance electronics manufacturing," added Sen. Clinton.


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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is selling its Texas campus as a result of the sluggish PC market.
Chip maker AMD said it will sell and lease back its 58-acre Austin, Texas campus for $150 million to $200 million. It hopes to close the deal in Q2 2013.
This isn't the first sign of AMD's struggles. In
, the company's cash declined $279 million to $1.48 billion. Research firm Gimme Credit also downgraded its rating for AMD from "stable" to "deteriorating." Furthermore, it has been laying off engineers (about 15 percent of its workforce in October 2012) as it attempts to save some cash.
Why the troubles? Mainly because 85 percent of AMD's business relies on the PC market, and the PC market has been taking a hard hit in recent years.
Since the introduction of mobile gadgets like the smartphone and tablet, PCs have seen a strong decline in sales. Consumers want mobility, and these gadgets combine the power of PCs with the convenience of mobility. Hence, PCs have been down in the dumps.
AMD is currently looking to sneak into other markets in order to stay afloat. In late October, the chip maker announced it was
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Just this month,
claimed that AMD was pursuing a sale
, but AMD denied it. It's currently looking into its options, but a sale isn't No. 1 on the list.
Intel has been in the same PC slump as AMD, but seems to be doing better through these hard times. It posted a better-than-expected
$3 billion USD profit in Q3 2012
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DETROIT -- It's a fair bet that every designer at General Motors wants to work on the iconic Chevrolet Corvette.
So when work began on a seventh-generation Corvette, GM design boss Ed Welburn gave everybody a shot. All of the designers at GM's studios around the globe were invited to submit sketches.
He received responses mostly from exterior designers, but interior designers sent their sketches as well.
Lots of sketches. 300 in total.
Welburn and his colleagues are confident that the latest Corvette is the best car they could have made. So much so, that they were willing to show the designs they considered, and passed over.
After the car's unveiling, GM invited reporters and the rest of the crowd in attendance to meet with the specialists behind the car. There were folks explaining its frame, its engine, its light-weight roof and hood made of carbon-fiber material and so on.
At a station devoted to the car's design, the slide show included several looks at the competing designs that were reviewed when the car was still in development. Here are a few of those designs. Compare these to the final result: the car that was unveiled Sunday night.
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Hon Hai posted sales earnings of T$808.87 billion ($26.96 billion USD) for the quarter ended March 2013. This was a drop from T$988.34 billion in Q4 2012 and a further decline from T$1 trillion in Q1 2012.
Hon Hai, which collects about 60 to 70 percent of its revenue from the iPhone and iPad, saw a decrease in sales due to low demand for the iPhone in particular.
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I'm going to ask in the SWG forums about female twi'leks and the stormie armor.
I really don't want to lose the character.
I'm going to ask in the SWG forums about female twi'leks and the stormie armor.
I really don't want to lose the character.
Finally signed on for the first time in a while tonight. Didn't see anyone on though. I'll chip in for the PA hall. I have about 100k credits right now.
Look me up, Mando Calrossian.
"Roger Nasty Butler!"
We need to get a poll going on where the PA Hall should be.
Personally, I like either Corellia or Naboo. Either way, it needs to be near a river (I just think it gives a GREAT view and setting area) and relatively close to a town/city with atleast a shuttle port. Also, keeping it away from major monsters would be a good idea. The only thing I don't like about Naboo is the big cliff to get up to Theed. Once we can have mounts and such it won't be a big deal though.
Remember, the next installment for SWG will include the ability to create your own city. This means we can have a SSG city. We'll make one of us the mayor and make it so only those we allow can place a building in our city. That way we keep control of the city, yet allow more people to visit and possibly join.
By the way, I asked about females and female twi'leks abilities to wear stormtrooper armor.
Though it strays from continuity, the female humans CAN wear ALL of the stormie armor.
twi'leks (male or female) can wear all BUT the helmet.
I'll probably join the Imp and buy up all the armor (helmet as well). And if I decide to switch to a human player later on, I can save the armor somewhere and reclaim it with my new char. Atleast this way I can work more on my skills and get the armor while I decide.
what goes into buying a house ? I need a deed? then what? never done it.. figure Id better get one, we may as well all stay in one area. If you guys already have a house somewhere, I see no reason to move it. I would like to know though, what I need to do to buy one, and set it up..
[FONT=Comic Sans MS]Salsa Shark.. I think were gonna need a bigger boat..[/FONT]
I believe that you can just buy the deed from someone or from the bazaar. Then you just take the deed to where you want to place it, and place it.
Could be wrong though.
Basically you buy a deed. Then decide where to place the house. When you get there, pull up the deed in Inv, and there is an option on the radial for placing / building the house. My house was built pretty much instantaneously. My house is Naboo style, so I can't move it off planet.
As for an SSG city, it's looking like it may be a city of 5 or 6! At least right now. but I would like to be able to set up our own shuttleport, and mission terminals, and all that.
I picked up 2 Imp missions this morning. I've tried this one 4 times already and keep gtting killed!
BAD needs: HK-50 torso, right arm and head
YVH-1 head
Trusty traders / buyers/ sellers: Tycho, SK99, DarthChuckMC, minirock(X2), Lman316, Turbowars
I like doing my IMP missions in Kadaara. They are very close to town, so you can do them faster.
I haven't bought a house yet, but I will do so when we decide on a place to live.
"Roger Nasty Butler!"
dr evazan - why do you say a city of 5 or 6? I'm guessing you mean because there is only about 5 or 6 of us that reply here and are known to play the game.
Also, since your the first with a house, do you know if you can move the house at all?
whats the difficulty level of your imp missions? I should be around wed- fri night. Ill look to help ya out when Im on.
I assume Ill have to buy into a deed now as well.. going prices on those?
sooooo close to picking up my 1st piece of armor..
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It has been a long time since I've posted. Of that list of projects I wanted to complete, I've finsihed the nsimage which is now in the AOLserver CVS repository.
I'm plan to finish the sql2ps program next.
Thanks to cmiller and in part to the demise of Volaris Online, I've obtained a Ultra SPARC based machine. It is a Sun AXi based machine in a rack mount ATX enclosure with a 440Mhz CPU and 1Gb of RAM. Pretty big upgrade from a 50Mhz supersparc with 32Mb of RAM. Anyhow -- I've completed the transfer from the Sparc 10 yesterday.
Sill taking photos. I want an enlarger now. I was out bid on a Beseler 23C III XL enlarger auction on eBay by five dollars! It seemed to be in mint condition with a Nikkor 50mm enlarging lens to boot. This was my first eBay bid and I've learned to never drink wine near the close of the auction -- you'll fall asleep and get sniped.


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JACKSON — The House and Senate are currently working on parallel paths to develop budget proposals for funding Mississippi state government. In late April, House and Senate leaders will meet in conference committee to try to hammer out the differences the two chambers have on their budget proposals.
That should not be that divisive a process this year. With Republicans in control of both chambers, it should not be that much of a surprise to see the two sides are not that far apart and the budgeting process is just beginning.
And with the rules change, that says a rank and file member can only offer an amendment to the full chamber to increase funding for an agency by taking money from another agency, it will be hard for anyone except for a few members of the House and Senate Appropriations committees to have a significant impact on the process.
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Sunday Obituary: Ricky Woodard
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"Westmoreland mayor dies after choking" [Tennessean, Sunday, June 20, 2010, p. 3B]
Westmoreland Mayor Ricky Woodard died Saturday, reportedly after chocking while dining at a Goodlettsville restaurant. He was 55.
The official cause of death was not known at press time on Saturday, but Westmoreland Alderman Brad Penick and City Attorney John Bradley said Woodard was dining at Red Lobster in Goodlettsville Saturday evening when he choked on a piece of food.
He was rushed to nearby Skyline Medical Center and later pronounced dead.
"This is a real tragedy for Westmoreland,"
Jennifer Easton, Gannett Tennessee
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Teachers and staff who have chronic health conditions, like diabetes or asthma, are at higher risk of flu complications if they do catch the flu. These at risk people are prioritized to be given the vaccine as soon as it is available. They should check with their doctor or clinic or check in the local media to find out when prioritized groups and for healthy adults should go for H1N1 vaccine.
The new CDC (and CDPH) K-12 and child care guidance applies to any influenza (flu) virus circulating during the 2009-2010 school year, including the regular seasonal flu and the H1N1 flu. The new guidance recognizes the need to balance the risks of illness among students and staff with the benefits of keeping students in school. It offers specific steps for school staff, parents, and students to take given the current flu conditions as well as for more severe flu conditions. The new guidance also provides information for making decisions at the community level about when to use these strategies aimed at schools.
In addition, this guidance recommends that, based on current flu conditions, students and staff with flu-like illness stay home until at least 24 hours after they no longer have a fever or signs of a fever without the use of fever-reducing medications (any medicine that contains ibuprofen or acetaminophen). This is a shorter time period from the previous guidance, which recommended that sick students and staff stay home 7 days after symptoms begin. The 7 day period away from school for sick students and staff would still be recommended under more severe flu conditions. In addition, this longer period should be used in healthcare settings and in any place where a high number of high-risk people may be exposed, such as schools for children with muscular dystrophy, asthma, diabetes or childcare facilities for children younger than 5 years of age.
More information is available on line at CDC, CDE, CDPH and AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) web sites (http://www.cdc.gov, http://www.flu.gov, and http://www.aap.org).
Students are at high risk for getting the H1N1 flu. Children and adolescents are efficient spreaders of this kind of flu. Students are packed close to each other in classrooms so schools may act as a point of spread, where students can easily spread flu to other students and their families. If many people are in a small space, social distance is low. Spread is reduced if social distance can be increased. So far, with H1N1 flu, the largest number of cases has been in people between 5 and 24 years of age.
School officials should think creatively about ways to increase the space between people, but still keep students in school. Not every option listed below will be possible for all communities, but it is important to consider some ways to increase social distancing if schools are going to remain open, which officials now suggest if possible. Some options are:
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CDC and other public health agencies are monitoring local, regional, national, and international data on the ages, conditions, and number of people who seek care for flu-like illness, the number of hospitalizations; and deaths.
CDC will also look at the geographic spread of flu-like illness and will look for changes in the characteristics of the virus. By comparing data on a weekly basis with seasonal flu trends and trends from the H1N1 flu during the spring, CDC will provide advice to state and local agencies on what steps to take depending on circumstances, which will change as time goes on. Public Health officials now agree that schools should be kept open, if at all possible. However, if too many staff are out sick, then schools may have to close. States and local communities can expect the impact of flu in their area to be different from that seen in other parts of the country.
States, communities, and schools should consider:
Families, students, and school staff can keep from getting sick with influenza (flu) in three ways:
1. Get vaccinated. CDC recommends that you get both the seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccine. Vaccination is especially important for people at high risk of complications from the flu.
2. Take everyday preventive actions. This includes:
3. Take flu antiviral drugs if your doctor recommends them. Antiviral drugs can treat the flu. They can make illness milder and shorten the time you are sick. They may also prevent serious flu complications.
Students, staff, and their families must take personal responsibility for helping to slow the spread of the virus by practicing these steps to keep from getting sick with flu and protecting others from getting the flu.
Institutions of higher education can keep students, faculty, and staff healthy and can protect them from the H1N1 flu and other flu illnesses by taking the following steps:
Child care programs should perform a daily health check for all children and staff upon or soon after arriving at the facility. The purpose of the daily health check is to observe and assess the child's overall health. Trained and experienced child care providers can be a valuable resource to parents, especially new parents who may not recognize that their child is ill and should be examined by a pediatric health care provider. Young children may not be able to communicate that they are not feeling well.
The daily health check should consist of watching the child and talking with parent and child. During the daily health check, the child care provider should look for:
A note from a doctor's office or health care provider is not needed for a child to return to a child care program. Health care facilities may be very busy during influenza (flu) season and it will be hard to provide these notes. Under current flu conditions, if a child has symptoms of flu they should stay home until they are free of fever (100 degrees Fahrenheit or 38 degrees Celsius) for at least 24 hours, without the use of fever-reducing medicines.
Under more severe flu conditions, children with symptoms of flu should stay home for at least 7 days, even if symptoms go away sooner. People who are still sick after 7 days should continue to stay home until at least 24 hours after symptoms have gone away.
Parents should make plans for alternate child care in case their usual child care programs are closed due to influenza (flu) if the parents must go to work. Alternate child care may include care by:
Parents should check with their employers to find out if they can be allowed to work from home or to have different work hours to be able to stay home and take care of their children. Temporary (for a short time) alternate child care should keep the child in small groups (less than 6 children). Parents might also check with faith based or social community organizations on ways they can get emergency child care for their children if child care programs close during a severe flu outbreak.
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Binghamton's Fleishman Career Center has once again been awarded SILVER certification through OUT for Work's Career Center Certification Program!
The OUT for Work's Career Center Certification Program is the first program designed to assess the quality, quantity and availability of career resource materials for LGBTQ students. The primary goal of Out for Work is to provide academic institutions and students with an evaluation of the support available to LGBTQ students facing employment and workplace challenges. The silver certificate was awarded to the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development based on the availability of resources focused on how to be "out" in the workplace and the quality of LGBTQ materials available to students.
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The Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development at Binghamton University strives to provide all students with the resources that are necessary to succeed professionally. We understand that students come from diverse backgrounds with unique experiences and needs. We are sensitive to the concerns LGBTQ students may face in making a successful and comfortable transition from education to employment.
While university communities tend to be nurturing and supportive of LGBTQ students, employers and organizations vary in terms of support and acceptance. Consequently, we hope to provide resources to assist students in preparing for the challenges they may face during a job search and upon entering the professional workforce by:
- providing a list of LGBTQ-friendly organizations
- educating students on how to prepare a resume that genuinely reflects their abilities and how they want to be perceived in a work environment
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Where to party: The complete guide to Bangkok nightlife
Anyone who thinks Bangkok nightlife is all about sleaze and bad karaoke either hasn't bothered to look beyond the clichés or actually seeks out such places.
In reality, this is one of the most diverse and happening cities in Asia when the sun goes down.
Whether you want to see and be seen, chill with friends to retro beats, catch a kicking live band or hit the dance floor crumping, Bangkok's bars, pubs and clubs are a colorful tribute to relentless revelry.
When it comes to choosing the right style and atmosphere for your evening, the range of designs and diversions on offer is as eclectic as the clientele that frequents them.
Where the pretty people play
Q Bar and Bed Supperclub, both on Sukhumvit soi 11 (BTS: Nana) are two of the capital's nightlife venues that have withstood the harsh test of time and the fickle nature of the after-dark prowlers.
The Bed Supperclub mini-complex consists of a restaurant-cum-lounge and an adjoining nightclub with a cover charge of 600-800 baht inclusive of two drinks.
The venue has themed music and dinner nights, and regularly hosts touring acts, with 2011 seeing performances ranging from indie group Klaxons to drum 'n' bass celeb Goldie and even pop icon Boy George.
Also down Sukhumvit Soi 11 just steps away is the 12-year mainstay Q Bar. Its skilled DJs and diverse spirit selection have attracted high-profile globetrotters including the likes of Mick Jagger and Colin Farrell.
Being undoubtedly "Concierge Select", both Q and Bed attract their fair share of tourist traffic.
Proof that the beautiful do eat, Roof by Muse on Thonglor (BTS: Thonglor) offers clubbers a chance to fill up before they hit the dance floor at the club below.
Over on Soi Ruamrudee on the ground floor of Athenee Residence (BTS: Ploenchit), Hyde & Seek styles itself as a "gastro bar," popular with the young professional crowd seeking ferocious drinks concocted by expert mixologists paired with beautifully presented munchies prepared by big name chefs.
Contact details
Bed Supperclub: www.bedsupperclub.com, +66 (0) 2651 3537
Q Bar: www.qbarbangkok.com, +66 (0) 2252 327
Roof by Muse: www.musebkk.com, +66 (0)8 9988 5995
Hyde & Seek: www.hydeandseek.com, +66 (0) 2168 5152
Where to jump around
The numerous clubs and pubs that line Royal City Avenue (taxi drivers all know it as RCA) provide a congregation point for youngsters looking to expend their pent-up energy.
Akin to the historic American highway, multi-winged Route 66 is the mother of all clubs here, where the ghetto riche and the urban fab descend in throngs to boogie to a variety of music.
Similarly, different rooms at Flix offer a range of hip-hop, house and trance, as well as live bands belting out crowd favorites.
The new(er) kid on the block, LED nightclub, takes up the spot on RCA which used to be occupied by 808.
Backed by the team behind the annual EditionBangkok electronic festivals -- LED, which for now only opens on Friday and Saturday, is likely to follow in its predecessor's footsteps in attracting name-drop worthy DJs.
In addition to Bed Supperclub and Q Bar, another popular Sukhumvit nightclub is Narz. In the back sois behind Sukhumvit soi 23, it throws a wide musical net, albeit with a slightly most sophisticated clientele than RCA.
Eight bars are spread over the four floors at the Narz complex, with massive speakers thumping out hip-hop, house and trance.
Situated next to each other on Thonglor Soi 10, Demo and Funky Villa are hotbeds of hotties shimmying to a range of dance beats.
Elsewhere in the city, Tapas on Silom Soi 4 (BTS: Saladaeng) features a resident DJ with live percussion, while the international crowd throws its conservative caution to the wind at Mixx Discotheque in the basement of the InterContinental.
Brick Bar on Khao San Road sees an enthusiastic crowd moshing to the most infectious live ska and reggae music in town, while Club Culture, on nearby Ratchadamnoen Road, is also a happening place -- particularly on event nights.
Contact details
Route 66: www.route66club.com, +66 (0) 2203 0936
Flix: www.facebook.com/flixrca, +66 (0)8 7038 0386
LED: www.facebook.com/LEDclub, +66 (0)8 6860 0808
Narz: www.narzclubbangkok.net, +66 (0) 2258 4805
Demo: www.facebook.com/demobangkok, +66 (0)8 2502 0000
Funky Villa: www.facebook.com/pages/funky-villa, +66 (0) 2711 6970
Tapas: www.tapasroom.net, +66 (0) 2234 4737
Mixx Discotheque: www.mixx-discotheque.com, +66 (0) 2656 0382
Brick Bar: www.brickbarkhaosan.com, +66 (0) 2629 4477
Club Culture: www.club-culture-bkk.com, +66 (0)8 9497 8422
Where to grab a beer
The moot alcohol sales-ban between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. and after midnight may have beer drinkers twitching in withdrawal, but fortunately there are plenty of places in Bangkok to enjoy an icy glass of the amber nectar.
The slew of British and Irish pubs that dot Silom and Sukhumvit roads includes The Londoner, Durty Nelly's and The Dubliner.
For more sophisticated tastes, there's House of Beers, or HOBS for short, with branches in both Thonglor and Ari.
It's flagship outlet is in Thonglor -- you can't miss it, it's the one that always fills up first in Penny's Balcony arcade, every single day of the week -- and claims the biggest selection of Belgian beers in town, all served in their special glasses.
Deciding 22 types of Belgian beer are insufficient to sate thirsty Bangkokians, the team behind HOBS went one up on itself and opened Brew earlier this year in SeenSpace Thonglor 13. With over 140 types of bottled beer and cider, overwhelmed boozers can consult the ale-ducational wall chart to choose the best for them.
While Brew's industrial interiors may mimic a brewery, Est.33 by Singha is an actual working micro-brewery. The two shops at The Nine and Crystal Design Center (CDC) are similar in their beer garden atmosphere, complete with Thai style pub grub crowded around towers of golden suds holding court on tables.
Also at the CDC is Beerology, which has more than 50 varieties of beer, from standard imported brands like Guinness and Stella Artois to less common offerings like Leffe Brown from Belgium, Victoria Bitter from Australia and Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse Dunkel from Germany.
If you happen to be on Ratchada Road around beer o'clock, Beer Mansion, located within the haunted house-themed Mansion 7 mall is worth dropping by, with the usual suspects of Leffe, Erdinger and Guinness on tap.
Contact details
The Londoner: www.the-londoner.com, +66 (0) 2261 0238
Durty Nelly's: www.durtynellysasia.com, +66 (0) 2714 2692
The Dubliner: www.thedublinerbangkok.com, +66 (0) 2204 1841
HOBS: +66 (0) 2392 3513 (Thonglor), +66 (0) 2617 1600 (Ari)
Brew: www.facebook.com/brewbkk, +66 (0) 2185 2366
Est.33 by Singha: www.facebook.com/EST.33By.SINGHA, +66 (0) 2102 2096 (CDC), +66 (0) 2716 7933 (The Nine)
Beer Mansion: www.facebook.com/BeerMansion, +66 (0)8 4022 7222
Where to chill
If knocking back pints like there's no tomorrow is not your style, there are plenty of top spots for a night hanging out with friends and perhaps even a bit of furniture shopping.
Tuba, on the corner of Ekamai Soi 21 (BTS: Ekamai), is a retro furniture store by day and a restaurant/bar by night, with a dimly lit living room ambiance, pool table, and comfy sofa seats forming cozy corners.
A similar venue, also with buyable furnishings, is Shades of Retro, a nondescript townhouse down the quiet Soi Thararom 2 with vintage t-shirts, vinyls and sunnies with price tags. Although they don't serve food here and the drink selection is humble, popcorn is on the house, the indie music is kept at a low enough decibel to hold a conversation, and it's unpretentiously mod.
Acronymic jokes aside, WTF on Sukhumvit Soi 51 (BTS: Thonglor) lives up to its multi faceted concept of food-drink-art-friendship, attracting the city's intellectual creative types.
There are mini expos on rotation in the upstairs gallery space covering a wide range of the arts, and WTF regularly hosts DJs and bands to expand one's musical horizon. WTF's chocolate tart with olive oil and sea salt alone warrants a visit.
Taking its cue from the band from which the bar borrows its name, Happy Mondays on Ekkamai is a great place to have a beer and listen to indie gold such as The Cure, The Smiths and some of those unforgettable 1970s and 1980s bop-alongs.
Over in Thonglor, much like the David Lynch cult film, the decor of Blue Velvet is the noir departure from the contemporary norm of its nightlife counterparts -- think medieval drawbridge, dungeon-low ceilings, wrought iron doors, uneven concrete and exposed brick walls.
The roomy two-story stand-alone castle can seem spookily sparse during weekdays and early nights, but gets packed on weekends when the bar features guest DJs.
The masterminds behind Hyde & Seek have also set up the pirate-themed bar and café Viva & Aviv, with a coveted riverside location and a drinks menu that leans heavy on rum, with cleverly named signature cocktails including "Cuban Smuggler" and "Young Guns & Old Grenades."
Contact details
Tuba: www.design-athome.com, +66 (0) 2711 5500
Shades of Retro: +66 (0)8 1824 8011
WTF: www.wtfbangkok.com, +66 (0) 2662 6246
Happy Mondays: www.facebook.com, +66 (0) 2714 3935
Blue Velvet: www.facebook.com/pages/Blue-Velvet, +66 (0) 2392 1769.
Viva & Aviv: www.vivaaviv.com, +66 (0) 2639 6305
Where to sip wine
Originally a purveyor of wine at wholesale prices, Wine Connection has since expanded into by-the-glass territory, and also offers a healthy selection of cold cuts and cheeses.
With a convenient location at K-Village, up-tempo music that gives it a nightlife vibe, a good selection of reasonably priced wine and delicious bistro fare that come in generous serving sizes, Wine Connection is packed practically every night.
Other "lifestyle malls" have since followed suit, with Rama 9 Road's The Nine housing two similar eateries with a heavy focus on wine -- Club 99 and Wine Bistro.
Further afield from downtown, the team behind Route 66 and Gulliver's Tavern opened up Wine I Love You at the Crystal Design Center in December last year.
For serious wine aficianados, Italian eateries Enotica Italiana on Sukhumvit soi 27, L'Opera on Sukhumvit soi 39 and Opus on Pan Road have impressive wine cellars.
Contact details
Wine Connection: www.wineconnection.co.th, +66 (0) 2661 3942 (K-Village), +66 (0) 2907 1806 (Nawamin)
Club 99: www.facebook.com/Club99.Thenine, +66 (0) 2716 7801
Wine Bistro: www.facebook.com/WineBistro, +66 (0) 2716 7906
Wine I Love You: www.wineiloveyou.com, +66 (0)8 9141 7000
Enotica: www.enotecabangkok.com, +66 (0)2 258 4386
L'Opera: www.lopera-bangkok.com, +66 (0)2 258 5606
Opus: www.wbopus.com, +66 (0)2 637 9896
More on CNNGo: Wine bars of Bangkok
Where to hear live music
Much has been written about Thonglor's Iron Fairies, with its underground industrial mining decor, fairy figurine workshop facilities, juicy burgers, and overall quirky uniqueness, but their final jewel in the crown is the live music every night.
By 9 p.m., band members find corners in this narrow two-storied townhouse to place their instruments -- mainly jazz but with Sunday nights appropriately reserved for the blues.
Al Majlis on Ekkamai positions itself as a "Moroccan inspired tearoom", but also serves wine and a mix of Mediterranean, Moroccan, and Italian cuisine.
Every night from 10 p.m. onwards, acoustic music serenades patrons lounging al fresco under white tents on the edge of the manicured lawn, making the date-worthy venue reminiscent of a debonair garden wine bar, intimately lit with a smattering of oil lanterns.
For live music that incites more movement of the head, the bands at Cosmic Café on RCA provide a reprieve from the hip hop and electronic beats elsewhere on the thoroughfare.
Despite its location under most tourists' radar on Kaset-Navamin Road, the nightly bands at Parking Toys play anything from ska to rock and pop, making it well worth the schlep over to see them in action.
The much-loved Brown Sugar has moved from Sarasin Road, where its been jazzing it up since 1985, to Prasumen Road; plans are to reopen by New Year's Eve.
Within the same vicinity on Phra Athit Road is Jazz Happens!, a collaboration with Silapakorn University's Faculty of Jazz, with up and coming musicians out to show the more established artistes that age ain't nothing but a number.
Near Victory Monument, Saxophone remains one of the obvious choices in Bangkok for a night of jazz and blues, as does Adhere 13th Blues Bar on Samsen Road, the latter with a down and dirty vibe and some of the best Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf covers you'll get in the city bouncing off the narrow walls.
After a dreaded hiatus, Tokyo Joe's on Sukhumvit Soi 26 is back in business to the delight of blues aficionados citywide, with live music playing Thursdays to Saturdays, and open jams on Sunday nights if you think you can keep up with the pros.
Though not a live music venue per se, nor a classy nightlife joint at that, popular local haunt Wong's off Rama 4 Road plays live music (videos) and is worth a mention for its non-establishment feel.
Iron Fairies: www.theironfairies.com, +66 (0) 2714 8875
Al Majlis: www.al-majlis.com, +66 (0) 2392 2345
Cosmic Café: www.facebook.com/cosmiccafe.bkk, +66 (0)8 1304 6907
Parking Toys: www.facebook.com, +66 29072228
Brown Sugar: www.brownsugarbangkok.com, +66 (0)8 1805 7759
Jazz Happens!: www.facebook.com/JazzHappens, +66 (0) 2282 9934
Saxophone: www.saxophonepub.com, +66 (0) 2246 5472
Adhere 13th Blues Bar: www.facebook.com, +66 (0)8 9769 4613
Tokyo Joe's: www.myspace.com/tokyojoesbangkok, 25/9 Sukhumvit Soi 26; 2-300 meters down on the left when coming from the main Sukhumvit Rd
Wong's: 27/3 Soi Sribamphen, Rama 4 Road, +66 (0)8 1901 0235


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Kudos to these amazing ladies! True champion's heart is something they share among many other things
Kudos to these amazing ladies! True champion's heart is something they share among many other things
Thank you so much for posting the video of them skating!
Seeing Michelle on the ice again made me so happy.
I do wish the camera showed a bit more of her. I know the Korean audience is focused more on Yuna, but still, we get to see so little of Michelle nowadays. Seeing her skate is like spotting a rare beautiful bird in the middle of the depths of the Amazon. lol
Kim said she and Kwan already performed 'Hero' in 2010, but it was her dedication to Kwan who was her Hero.
However, yesterday she and Kwan skated for everyone involved in the Special Olympics since they were all heroes. Amazing!
What a great performance! I have missed Michelle she looked beautiful and skates likes she's never skipped a beat(still has the best falling leaf in the business ) and she can Gangam pretty darn good too!
What fun to see the two of them skate. They both seem so happy to be there. What a connection they both make with the audience.
A delight from beginning to end.
It was amazing to see Michelle and Yuna skate together to "Hero" again Michelle and Yuna, without a doubt, is one of the most amazing skaters in history of figure skating!
Thanks for the video and photos - these brought the hugest smile to my face! Really touching! That Michelle can really move - I loved her Gangam!!!
Yes, thanks to Michelle, I finally understand what Gangam is.
...Did I spell it right?...
was it just yesterday MK was 23 and competing her last 2 years. She must skate a little to stay fit. I can't imagine dull DC events could replace her stardom on ice. Staet a tour MK. Please. Yuna is at the peak of her beauty. Are we looking at the future Oly Champ?
These two ladies are kind of becoming the two god mothers of winter sports, aren't they? Smart way of managing their brand I'd say, although Yuna at times does not look as convincing as Michelle in those shoes, cause she still looks quite shy.
It is interesting. It always seemed like Michelle gave so much of herself in her performances and reached out so much to the audience (and vice versa) that it's hard to imagine what could replace that for her. You'd think reading policy briefs and holding meetings would be somewhat dull in comparison, or at least much quieter. That's why I wouldn't be surprised if she does run for office someday. She is a natural in the spotlight, and it would give her that contact with the public that she's familiar with.
Yes, Michelle was like a living magnet on the ice, and I've always found YuNa a bit more reserved even when skating. She's plenty generous with her time and attention, but she's a shade less outgoing. Part of that may be due to growing up in another culture, and part may be due to the fact that her life is a goldfish bowl the likes of which no American skater can even imagine. She seems to be literally the biggest celebrity in Korea.
Michelle does have an unusual amount of natural charisma. As Peggy Fleming once said, she took us on her emotional journey through the music when she skated. I remember when some people complained that Sasha Cohen wasn't musically expressive enough. (Sasha Cohen not expressive! It boggles the mind.) But compared to Michelle, almost everyone looked like an automaton. I speak as someone who loves all three of these skaters a whole lot--though of course I love Michelle the best.
Maybe it's just me, but I can't see Michelle running for public office. First she would have to learn to speak "political spin," that strange language halfway between truth and lie that is the bread-and-butter of politics. I can see her more in an appointive public service post, like an ambassador or something.
Her new husband, on the other hand, is no doubt expected to charge into the political fray at some point. He is the go-to guy in his generation of a powerful Rhode Island political family with roots in Rhode Island politics going back 150 years.
This piicture was posted on FSU today of Michelle with some of Clay's family at the rehearsal dinner, held at the Pell home. Pictured are (front) Michelle, (back from left) Karen Kwan; Christopher Neal and Christina Pell Neal, Clay's sister and brother-in-law; Clay; Clay's mom, well-known landscape and portrait artist Genii Pell; and father of the bride Danny Kwan.


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By NEMS Daily Journal
There's something to be said for Gov. Phil Bryant's attitude about a bill that created a task force to study making all school boards in Mississippi elected.
"Mississippi does not need more studies," Bryant said. "It needs reform."
The bill originally required elected school boards in all districts, but opposition produced the task force study proposal – a standard way to bury unwanted legislation.
Changing Mississippi school governance to elect all school boards and appoint all superintendents is a major component of the education proposals backed by Bryant, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and House Speaker Philip Gunn.
While the argument for appointed superintendents is strong, we've got some reservations about electing all school board members. But the tradeoff may ultimately be necessary.
Municipal school districts generally have school boards appointed by city officials and superintendents appointed by those school boards, while county districts have mostly elected school boards and elected superintendents.
While the most compelling argument against electing superintendents is that it restricts a school district's choice for a leader only to residents of that county, the overt political activity required can also interfere with good school governance. That dynamic can come into play in school board elections as well.
But unlike elected superintendents, elected school boards are the norm nationally, and Mississippi would be in the mainstream if it made the change. If that happens, it doesn't need to be in the way proposed this year, with entire boards elected every four years in conjunction with presidential elections.
That system has the potential to wipe out experience and institutional knowledge in one election and have a one-issue, special-interest wave of emotion carry an election. Yes, the same could be said for city council or board of supervisor elections, but those entities are inherently political, unlike the considerations that should guide schools. Far better are the staggered terms under which current elected school boards in Mississippi operate.
Still alive are proposals that would at least allow for districts to vote on changing from elected to appointed superintendents. The Senate's version that would call an election only upon petition of a set percentage of the electorate is preferable to automatic votes.
Mississippi schools have some fine elected superintendents, but the system is flawed. Our state has nearly half the remaining elected superintendents in the entire country, which should tell us something. And we don't need any studies to tell us that a school leader shouldn't be guided by politics.


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Dr Mark Allen, Chief Technology Officer, Progress Software, US
Today, electronic health information exchange is growing as the latest trend in digitization of healthcare systems and is the key driver of technology adoption in healthcare industry across Asia Pacific.
According to Frost & Sullivan, public sector spending on electronic health records in Asia Pacific stood at $582.1 million in 2012, and is slated to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 5.3 percent between 2012 and 2018. However, alongside, comes the challenge of raising efficiency and being able to analyze, and continuously improve the processes.
Streamlining business decisions through Business Rules Management Systems (BRMS) is one of the solutions to overcome this challenge. This approach allows healthcare providers to automate decisions and drive optimization across decision-intensive processes that would help the organization to increase control over implemented decision logic for compliance and better business management.
Dr Mark Allen, founder of business rules platform provider Corticon, which was later acquired by Progress Software in 2011, has developed rules-based systems to help physicians improve patient care decisions. Dr Allen analyzed the shortcomings of traditional business rule engines (BREs) and developed rules technology that is easier to use for business process automation. The innovation led to the development analysis software Corticon BRMS, used by companies in several industries including healthcare. In a conversation with BioSpectrum, Dr Allen talks about the application and what changes it can bring in the way healthcare is delivered.
What kind of analysis does Corticon BRMS provide to healthcare professionals?
This software provides a platform to clinicians and health providers to make right decision at the right time with business agility. It helps healthcare professionals in analyzing whether a patient is at high risk of infection, what kind of treatment is needed, and what resources are required to treat the disease. BRMS externalize decision logic from applications and represent as business rules. It monitors and tracks multiple streams of event data, detect and identify meaningful patterns, and visualize real-time events and decision outcomes.
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"Anything is better than lies and deceit."
Leo Tolstoy
"A snake deserves no pity."
Yiddish Proverb "When people cheat in any arena, they diminish themselves, they threaten their own self-esteem and their relationships with others by undermining the trust they have in their ability to succeed and in their ability to be true.
Cheryl Hughes
I learned a few weeks ago that someone has had the unmitigated audacity to cheat and to steal from an octogenarian.
That, in itself, is just plain wrong.
But the octogenarian in question is a literary treasure, and beloved by millions for penning what is, in my opinion, the best bit of fiction ever published.
That would be Nelle Harper Lee, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "To Kill A Mockingbird."
Here's the story as I understand it: A snake in the grass from New York City (my apologies to my reptile-loving friends) named Pinkus, former literary agent of Miss Lee, has been accused of stealing her copyright of this amazing novel.
Pinkus, son-in-law of Lee's longtime agent, is accused of taking advantage of Lee's vulnerability after she'd suffered a stroke and was in an assisted living facility. Her vision and hearing were also compromised by advancing years when Pinkus supposedly visited Lee in 2007 and got her to sign over, for free, her copyright.
The very private Lee has had a lawsuit filed against Pinkus on her behalf.
According to the lawsuit and NBC News: Pinkus engineered the transfer of Lee's rights to secure himself "irrevocable" interest in the income derived from her book and to avoid paying legal obligations he owed to his father-in-law's company for royalties Pinkus allegedly misappropriated.
The complaint against Pinkus also claims Lee's copyright was returned to her ownership last year, but that he has continued to receive royalties from the novel, which has sold more than 30 million copies since published in 1960.
Shame on him.
As far as I know, no one is commenting. Not Lee's attorneys and not Pinkus or anyone representing him.
It matters not. I know all I need to know.
And I have two questions: What would Atticus do? And where is that mild-mannered Goliath of goodness when his creator needs him?
We may not have Atticus, but we have my good friend Jonathan Martin who played the fire out of the role of Lawyer Finch in TCT's recent production.
Jonathan said he planned to write a letter to Pinkus from his own Tupelo law office, and he encouraged other of Lee's fans to do the same.
Rest assured, these letters will not be pretty pieces of prose praising Pinkus for his propriety.
Quite frankly, I would like to stick a precisely placed Southern foot up his thieving Northern, well, you get the picture. But I suppose I'll write a letter instead.
"Dear Sir: You should not have messed with Nelle Harper Lee.
"People have not taken kindly to it.
"It was loathsome. Repent and return the money."
Leslie Criss/NEMS Daily Journal