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-New director of National Gallery to take up his post in mid-April 2012-
Outgoing director of the National Gallery of Ireland, Raymond Keaveney retires (11 January 2012), after 33 years in office and 23 years as director of the National Gallery of Ireland. The recently appointed director of the Gallery, Sean Rainbird, will take up his post in mid-April.
Mr Keaveney joined the National Gallery of Ireland as curator in 1979. He was appointed assistant director in 1981 and appointed director in 1988. During his tenure he has overseen many structural interventions to the fabric of the complex on Merrion Square, most notably the complete refurbishment of the Beit Wing (1996); the construction and fit out of the Millennium Wing (2002). More recently he has been responsible for steering the project of the Master Development Programme which involves both the restoration of the historic Dargan Wing (1864) and Milltown Wing (1903) together with plans to construct a new extension to the Gallery directly adjacent to the Beit and Millennium Wings. This ambitious project, which is being managed under the supervision of the Office of Public Works with Heneghan+Peng as lead architects, will not only deliver improved conditions in the elegant period accommodation familiar to regular visitors but will critically add much needed facilities for Conservation, Photography, Education and Library– services which are so essential to the operation of the institution.
Thanking the Minister for Arts, Jimmy Deenihan TD and his Department for their support over the years, Mr Keaveney said the Gallery now has a golden opportunity to transform its place in Irish cultural life and deliver on its potential and establish its credentials as one of the most historic and representative collections by the great masters as well as being the premier showcase for the display of Irish art. He noted that the planned extension designed by Heneghan+Peng would build on the extraordinary contribution of Francis Fowke and Thomas Manley Deane who were responsible for the Dargan and Milltown Wings, both iconic museum buildings of their time. The proposed addition, which will be faced in Wicklow granite and have its most visible presence as an extension of the existing façade on Merrion Square West, would see the Gallery's space increase from 16,000sqm to 23,000sqm.
He paid tribute to his colleagues at the Gallery and said: "What has been achieved during my period of stewardship could only have been realised with the support of knowledgeable and incredibly hard-working colleagues who have done an outstanding job and delivered a wonderful service to the public."
He acknowledged the generosity of individual and corporate benefactors to the Gallery's development over the past 30 years, most notably Sir Alfred and Lady Clementine Beit, Anne and Michael Yeats, Martin and Carmel Naughton, Lochlann and Brenda Quinn, and Sir Denis Mahon. The introduction of the tax incentive, S1003 (1997 Consolidation Taxes Act) benefited the institution enormously during the last decade in particular with the gift of masterpieces by Gerrit van Honthorst, Johann Zoffany, Antonio Canova, Roderic O'Conor, Harry Clarke, John Lavery, Louis le Brocquy and Jack B. Yeats. Acquisitions to the collection over the past decade were celebrated with the exhibition Taking Stock: Acquisitions 2000-2010.
Under Mr Keaveney's direction, the Gallery expanded its collection and ancillary activities for the enjoyment of the public. Since the 1980s the collection has grown from some 12,500 to over 14,500 works of art today. The Gallery is the nation's single most visited cultural attraction and owes its success not just to the prestige of its outstanding collection of Irish and European fine art but also to its exceptional cycle of exhibition programming, its energetic and inclusive education and outreach programmes as well as its comprehensive research facilities. Attendance figures increased from some 450,000 in the early 1990s to 800,000 in 2000.
In parallel with working to improve and extend the accommodation in which the collections are presented to the public, he worked energetically to foster contact with sister institutions internationally which has resulted in the strategic development of various services, most particularly in its exhibitions programme. The promotion of scholarly research has led to new insights into the collection and facilitated an enhanced appreciation of its significance among the public. The fruits of this commitment to research are most visible in the various exhibition catalogues published over the years as well as in the detailed text catalogues devoted to the different schools in the collection. The recent revamp of the Gallery's website provided a further outlet for conveying the benefits of research to the public. In respect of exhibitions, a substantial element of programming involved the negotiating and mounting of exhibitions, not only in the Gallery but also in the USA, Japan, Australia, Britain and Europe. The most recent and critically acclaimed exhibition, 'Gabriel Metsu: Rediscovered Master of the Dutch Golden Age', was organised and curated by the National Gallery of Ireland and toured the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the National Gallery of Art, in Washington (2011).
Mr Keaveney sat on a number of committees, including the distinguished Bizot Group of Directors of Museums. In February 2007, he was presented with the order of 'Chevalier des Arts et Lettres' by the French Ministry of Culture.
The Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland paid tribute to Mr Keaveney's great work and devotion to the Gallery during a long career.
Raymond Keaveney congratulated Sean Rainbird on his appointment and wished him success in promoting the future development of the Gallery.
Sean Rainbird, who has been director of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart from 2006, will become the 14th director of the National Gallery of Ireland. He is expected to take up his post from 18 April 2012. Mr Rainbird said: "I would like to congratulate Mr Keaveney on his long and distinguished directorship, and I look forward to working in this great institution, building upon the expertise and experience of the Gallery's excellent staff and many supporters."
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- What observations can you make about the equation? What do the numbers mean? What do any of the coefficients mean? What do the variables represent? What's the input? The output?
- Create a table to represent this function.
- What are realistic values for \begin{align*}x\end{align*}?
- Create a graph (either by hand or on a computer or graphing calculator) to represent this function.
- What observations can you make about this solar panel system?
- Identify the vertex of the graph. What does the vertex represent?
- Does the shape of the graph open UP or DOWN?
- What is the maximum monthly energy output?
- What month will have the maximum energy output?
- In which month will the system produce zero energy output?
- Does your answer to the previous question make sense in real life? Why or why not?
- From your observations and calculations above, create a more realistic graph to represent this function.
- Identify specific months on the appropriate axis.
- Why does this solar panel system represent a quadratic relationship?
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a. What does the 71332 in the function represent in your graph/table?
b. What does the 71332 represent in real life in this problem?
c. Find the vertex of the graph of the function.
d. What is the maximum energy output of the solar farm?
e. In what two months is the energy output at about 250 megawatts per month?
f. What is the least amount of energy the system will produce?
g. The electricity demand per month of a community of 250 average American homes is approximately 230 megawatts. Between what months of the year can this large solar farm meet this community's electricity demand?


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I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
They need to stop overpaying talent (I'm not saying screw anyone over, but, really, $14K creative budget per issue for, usually, three or four guys) and put ads back in them. Also put them on newsstands, because printing is cheaper in bulk; sure, you have to throw some out due to the way the process works, but the casual sales should make up for it. And drop them to the $1.50-$2.00 range, which is where they should be factoring inflation to pre-Liefeld era prices.
Quality of paper apparently doesn't matter; printing technology is so much better than it used to be that the difference really is negligible when it comes to cost.
Didn't Marvel try and print 2 versions of certain titles for a little while (in late 90's?) where a cheaper version was on a lower grade paper and a higher priced, deluxe version on higher (now standard) quality paper?
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I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
I also seem to recall there was some reason the more expensive one sold better. Like it came out a week earlier, or the cheaper version wasn't available on the direct market, or something really shady like that.
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Colorful glass beads wrapped on candle holder votives are perfect for "lighting up" the festivities!
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| Natalie Portman, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Beals: These a-list actresses used doubles in some of their most famous and physical roles. See the lesser-known people who were used as stand-ins for celebrities.
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| For two weeks, Natalie Portman has been embroiled in a scandal about how much dancing she did in "Black Swan." Sarah Lane, a 22-year-old ballerina, claims it's a "coverup" and that she actually performed the majority of the ballet scenes while Portman was responsible for "5 percent." The film's choreographer (and Portman's fiancé) Benjamin Millepied put the figure at "85 percent." But director Darren Aronofsky went to the evidence, telling Entertainment Weekly that 111 of Black Swan's 139 dance shots (or 80 percent) feature the Oscar winner. Then, right on the ballet slipper heels of that debate came a new one involving Portman: Irish model Caroline Davis told Film Drunk that she was the actress' butt double in the thong scene from "Your Highness," opening April 8. The site got right to the bottom of the mystery, determining that Davis did double for Portman's derriere—but only so the A-lister wouldn't have to dive into freezing water.
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| Though Kate Clarke has acted in movies with Anthony Hopkins, Eric Roberts, and John Corbett, it is her role as Angelina Jolie's body double in "Mr.and Mrs. Smith" that still fascinates men. "Guys think it's hilarious that I wore Angie's bra," she told Los Angeles magazine. The Minnesota-born Clarke also doubled for Kate Beckinsale in "Vacancy," but that assignment was far less glamorous—she had to crawl around a tunnel with rats.
(Everett Collection; Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images)
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| Julie Strain has had a successful livelihood as "Queen of the B-Movies," but it's her turn as Geena Davis' body double in "Thelma and Louise" that provides a humorous footnote to her career. "Geena started feeling comfortable with the love scenes," the six-foot-one former Penthouse Pet of the Year once admitted, "so I was paid but never used!" One reason Davis might have been OK in her own skin—those romantic moments featured a young Brad Pitt.
(Everett Collection; Jean-Paul Aussenard, WireImage / Getty Images)
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| It's fitting that Leilani Munter doubled for Catherine Zeta-Jones in "Traffic." After all, the 35 year old does all of her best work behind the wheel—since 2001, she has driven in NASCAR, Indy Wheel, and now ARCA races. But back in 2000, Munter was asked to double for Zeta-Jones, whom she resembles, even though she's four inches shorter. "I had to wear these huge heels," Munter told an interviewer, "she thought it was hilarious." (Zeta-Jones was also pregnant during filming so Munter was outfitted with a padded bodysuit.) In addition to her racing career, Munter is a devoted environmental activist—Discovery Channel's Planet Green Network named her the No. 1 Eco Athlete in 2010—who has written about the BP oil spill and other issues.
(Everett Collection; AP Photo)
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| Zoe Bell already had success as a stuntwoman—most notably for Lucy Lawless in "Xena: Warrior Princess"—when she took her career to the next level, doubling for Uma Thurman in "Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and 2." The New Zealand-born Bell was initially hired as a "crash-and-smash double," but director Quentin Tarantino was so impressed with her work that he used her for Thurman's more artful fight scenes and later cast her as the lead in his next movie, "Death Proof." More recently, Bell had a chance to throw a few more elbows onscreen in Drew Barrymore's roller derby movie, Whip It, in which she played the fierce "Bloody Holly."
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| When Penelope Cruz needed a double for this summer's "Pirates of the Caribbean 4," she kept it in the family—her younger sister Monica stood in for many of the long shots because Penelope was pregnant during filming. Though trained as a dancer, Monica has been acting more in the last few years, and in 2007 she told The Daily Mail: "I don't speak English, so I cannot foresee a career in Hollywood. But I do see myself more and more as an actress rather than a dancer." And Penelope is her biggest fan: "She is much, much more beautiful than me, and so very talented."
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| Consider this house of mirrors: In 1990, Catherine Bell appeared on the game show "To Tell the Truth" as an impostor for body double Shelley Michelle. Two years later, Bell herself doubled for Meryl Streep and shot Isabella Rossellini's nude scene in" Death Becomes Her." But by 1996, she made a name for herself as Marine Colonel Sarah MacKenzie on the hit show "JAG." And in 2007, Bell switched branches of the military to star in Lifetime's series "Army Wives."
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Derived from Centella asiatica, Madecassoside, also referred to as madecassic acid, is a chemical compound used as an ancient herbal remedy in India and other locations as well as in Ayurvedic medicine for many centuries. Mention of this plant has been found in Sanscrit manuscripts, clearly indicating its longtime use for medicinal purposes. Other records indicate that its use in the western world did not begin until the late 1800s with dry extracts coming into existence in the early 1940s.
Part of the parsley family of plants, Centella asiatica is known by a wide assortment of names including gotu kola, pennywort, and brahmi. Madecassic acid is an active ingredient extracted from the stems and leaves of Centella asiatica. While Madecassoside was identified during the late twentieth century, the extraction process was only discovered and implemented in the beginning of the twenty-first century when technological advances in chromatography became more readily available. This process enabled better separation and enhanced purification, two critical elements of the extraction process, leading to higher levels of purity, a necessary aspect allowing for the human skin to tolerate use of this ingredient.
A creeping annual that grows along running water or in marshes, Centella asiatica is used in Asian culinary dishes as well as for medicinal and skin care use. Today, the leaves are still ingested as part of dietary intake or ingested as a dried herb used to flavor the food for the purposes of enhancing memory or relieving anxiety and stress.
Madecassoside, a triterpene contained in the plant's chemical makeup, has also demonstrated the ability to help control inflammation, moderating its existence. Because of this potent anti-inflammatory capability, Madecassoside has been used to treat psoriasis and similar afflictions or chronic lesions of the skin.
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Recent studies undertaken to examine the reparative capabilities of Madecassoside have shown that this ingredient is beneficial in reducing the development of keloid scar tissue, minimizing its appearance on the skin. This substance helps to regulate the renewal of epidermal tissues, modifying inflammation and minimizing the development of keloids. Although additional studies are needed to further examine the possibility, it has been suggested that Madecassoside may offer assistance in the prevention of stretch marks, occurring due to fast weight gain or pregnancy.
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NFL scout: Pat White can help Miami Dolphins revolutionize the NFL
Omar Kelly | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
1:46 PM EDT, April 28, 2009
Miami Dolphins czar Bill Parcells usually skips the Senior Bowl, but this year he wanted to see one specific player up close and personal.
For one practice in Mobile, Ala., back in January, Parcells perched himself next to his former protege, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick. The two watched the full practice session together, exchanging chit-chat, observations and opinions.
According to two NFL scouts, most inside the NFL's scouting community concluded then and there that these two NFL heavyweights were locked in on the same prospect: West Virginia quarterback Pat White.
That's why many NFL insiders weren't surprised the Miami Dolphins used a second-round pick on White. Parcells and staff suspected they could lose White to the Patriots, who hadn't hidden their interest."
On NFL Network, Charley Casserly, former Texans GM, and now NFLN analyst - who considers Parcells a close friend, said that Parcells told him personally that if Pat White was there with the first 2nd round pick, that he would pick him in that draft. Parcells loved what the kid did at WV, and thought he wass everything a football player should be. A leader, a winner, smart, disciplined (no fumbles on 650 rushes). It was reported by Omar (cough, cough), that Ireland didn't want to take White that high. The fear was that the Pats would take him if he was still there, so Czar Parcells made the decision to take him.
none of this says that Ireland was not high on White except your blip on Omar. As for BB I think this article shows its flawed theory since BB made no attempt to sign White once we cut him.
I dont dount for one minute that Parcells liked White just as I dont doubt for one minute that Ireland agreed. In fact who knows what Ireland said about White prior that could have gotten Parcells excited.
This could all be false though and just people trying to be heard, just as the Amando interview that has Parcells saying Ireland ran the show on that draft.
We'll never really know who was responsible for what so that's why you blow everybody out.
As for Bellichek not making a play for him, no one did, and there was no team who would after he got knocked out by Ike Taylor in his first game and later played in a special concussion helmet when he returned before being released.
Dick Butkus: "I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was, you know, important like a league game or something."
Some people just won't see the forest for the trees. They will continue to blame who ever they think responsible, and continue to totally ignore the fact that NO ONE tells Parcells what to do. To think that a well respected GM could do that is ludicrous. Ireland was Parcells "coffee boy" in Dallas. There is no way possible Ireland make one f***ing pick without the the total blessing of the Felustrus Impontate.


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BarCamp Orlando Spring 2010
April 3rd was my first BarCamp Orlando – a free event run by the community and for the community. These occur throughout north America. Anyone can give a presentation on anything, but often they are about technology, publishing content, or social media. Due to sponsors, the event came with a free t-shirt and hot lunch (which was a great pasta buffet). You are asked to contribute in some way, helping with presentations or cleanup are obvious ways.
It was held in downtown Orlando, near the public library, at Slingapour's, One Eyed Jacks, and Gibson Guitar Center.
I attended the following sessions:
The GoWalla API
- A brief overview of the GoWalla API calls, which are limited to read-only access to the location based service.
- Discussed the doctype, HTML differences, new audio and video tags, etc.
Singularity U
- Conducted by a friend of mine, BJ Price, this session discussed the experience of being selected to attend this unique learning opportunity.
New Media Discussion
Free forum discussion about new media and news & video publishing.
Video without Cameras
- Discussed xtranormal – a web site that allows you to easily map text to animated characters and their vocal recitation.
You can relive the experience through the hastag'ed Twitter posts.
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Celebration FL Google Fiber Update
The deadline has passed, and Celebration FL submitted it's RFI for the Google Fiber for Communities. Google is now reviewing all the submissions and will eventually announce which town(s) will win installation contracts.
Celebration residents banded together to create this video postcard message to Google:
www.youtube.com/watch? v=qOP8eBYCZV4
As well as:
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But the town didn't stop there, if they win the contract Celebration plans to permanently rename one of their streets "Google Lane":
Most of credit for the effort goes to Teddy Benson, who did a fantastic job moving quickly, creating the video, and submitting the RFI. I think it's important to note that this was really all pulled together and produced in 2-3 weeks time, while other towns in the country began their promotional efforts in Feb.
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Celebration FL Wants Google Gigabit Broadband
The town of Celebration FL has a unique history. It's the town that Disney originally provided the land for, designed, built, and operated. Several books have been written about it. Disney no longer operates the town but they continue to occupy most of the office buildings.
When the town was originally built, it was promoted as being very networked. In the mid-1990's it held the world's record for "most connected town" in the country. SmartCity, the firm that supports the phone and network infrastructure at Disney World, also wired up Celebration and still provides the phone service. Cable broadband and television stations are provided by Comcast, in partnership to the SmartCity infrastructure. SmartCity provides telephone and DSL. All of it buried in ground. This was back in 1992. As nearby cities today get high-speed cable broadband and FIOS, those services are not including the town of Celebration because of it's private infrastructure. Residents have sometimes been caught by Comcast finger-pointing to avoid responsibility when trying to resolve service problems.
I live in this area and my Internet bandwidth usage is beginning to have some concern. I "cut the cable-TV cord" recently, so all of my television, movies, news, conversation, downloads, and my VOIP phone comes to me via my broadband connection. I've already neared Comcast's 250gig limit once, and I haven't started my live streams yet.
So it's very exciting on many levels that Google may offer a solution.
Enter Google
Google is offering a 'contest', where they will wire up a few small towns with their new Gigabit broadband service, and a letter went out to Celebration residents encouraging them to participate:
Celebration Residential Owner's Association, Inc. Celebration Non-Residential Owner's Association, Inc.
Submissions are due by March 26. Every submittal increases Celebration's chance.
Google Fiber Initiative Town Meeting
Tue, March 16; 7:00 p.m.
851 Celebration Avenue
Given the famous nature of the town (it was also a premier town for the Segway scooter), and it's proximity to Disney World, both Celebration and Google would benefit from this arrangement. As would I
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WordCamp Orlando 2009
The first annual gathering of WordPress users and programmers took place Saturday, 12/5. WordCamp Orlando was held in 2 buildings on the beautiful Rollins College campus in Winter Haven. There was free WiFi but AC Power was a little difficult to come by, so more than once I had to seek out space on crowded wall outlets. Everyone agreed the $15 conference fee was well worth the information and presentations shared (plus it included a t-shirt and a good BBQ lunch), There were roughly 72-100 people attending, a list of people who had specified Twitter accounts can be viewed here.
This event was unique among WordCamps in that for the first time, all 4 WordPress developers were together in attendance and available for Q&A (could being near Disney World have had something to do with that?). It was also the first time I personally have seen GoogleWave used as a main communications means for the people attending. The photo stream for the WordCamp is on Flickr, and the Twitter hashtag was #wco.
The schedule was divided into 2 tracks – a developer track and a user track (i.e. WordPress.com), with some sessions of each held simultaneously. Having personal interest in both tracks, I had to bounce back and forth between session rooms.
|Track 1
|Track 2
|8:00 am
|Registration Open
|9:30 am
|10:00 am
|Geno Church & Eric Dodds
People are the Killer App
|Mark Jaquith
What I Hate About WordPress
|11:00 am
|Jane Wells
The User Experience of WordPress
|Barry Abrahamson
High Performance WordPress
|12:00 pm
|Lunch – BBQ at the Cornell Campus Center
|1:00 pm
|Dan Maccarone & Andrew Zipern
Why Online Products Fail
|Chris Scott
You're Doing it Wrong
|2:00 pm
|Jeremy Harrington
A Site Seeing Tour
|John James Jacoby
|3:00 pm
|JC Hutchins
From Podcast to Print
|Brian Johnson
WordPress on Windows
|4:00 pm
|Sean Brown
Moving to WordPress: One Publisher's Journey
|Eric Marden
WordPress as a CMS
|5:00 pm
|Matt Mullenweg
State of the Word: Q&A
|5:50 pm
|7:00 pm
|WordCamp Orlando After Party – The Globe at Wall St. Plaza
19 N Orange Ave Orlando, FL
What I Hate About WordPress,
High Performance WordPress
These sessions discussed the problems and growth behind the WordPress.com hosting site. WordPress.com has about 850 servers in 3 data centers. ~350 web/php servers, ~300 DB servers, ~60 memcacheD servers.
These presentations can be viewed online here and here
You're Doing It Wrong
This was the most useful session for me, as it gave examples on the best way to code WordPress plugins and PHP so that they survive upgrades and changes.
Chris's slides are viewable online.
A Site-Seeing Tour
Various web sites and blog were presented, with commentary about what was done well and poorly. One of the sites presented was Disney Parks Blog, which was an example of a site done well. The brand was clear, the colors consistent, and the comment section easy to view.
Another interesting point brought out is how things have changed. Web designers use to design their pages with the most consideration "above the fold", meaning the main screen viewing area. People who still do this are out of touch, as mobile devices, especially if they tilt, no longer have a consistent fold.
Buddy Press
I did not attend this session but the content is viewable online
From Podcast to Print
Narrated by book author JC Hutchins, without any projector or slides, JC discussed his attempts to get his book "7th Son" published. While a fan of "just-in-time" self publishing when it makes sense, traditional publishers don't look favorably on it and he wanted to have his book appear in book stores. What he did do was read his book a piece at a time in his own podcast. This allowed him to "self publish" in a way that was more accepting to traditional publishers, and was more interactive with his audience. He leveraged blog and podcast mediums to build an audience and sell the final commercial product of his book. Story-telling podcasts as a method to publish, while protecting themselves from duplication, is an interesting use of the medium. In his words, "If you build it they will come" doesn't work by itself. You need to "tell them where to go"
I personally believe that major book publishers, instead of fighting it, will eventually embrace and create self-publishing divisions for new authors, moving them to print if/when they sales reach certain numbers.
WordPress as a CMS
Another good session. WordPress is a CMS, as is anything that helps you manage content. Some companies do nothing but set up sites and CMS environments using just WordPress. What works best will depend on the diversity of the content being managed, the skill-sets of the people involved, and what needs to scale.
Eric's presentation can be view online also.
State of the Word: Q&A
Matt Mullenweg, a person that I swear acts and sounds just like actor/comedian Dave Foley, ran a great Q&A session. With all 4 developers present people had a unique opportunity to discuss almost anything.
A topic receiving much discussion was the "Elastic Theme", A GUI driven theme designer similar in concept to what people see on SquareSpace.com
I did not attend the after-party, but I well enjoyed my first WordCamp. Every year you hear about major WordCamps on the west coast and in NY, and it's great to finally have one local to Orlando!
UPDATE: There is now an Orlando WordPress Users group – OrlandoWordpress.org
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NASA STS-129 Shuttle Launch Tweetup: The Impact
My wife and I were 2 of 100 social media users chosen to participate in NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis TweetUp on 11/15/2009. This 2-day gathering of Twitter users began with presentations by NASA technical, media, and astronaut staff, a tour of the Kennedy Space Center property, and a visit to the shuttle from just 1/4 mile distance. The 2nd day we were set up with a private press tent near the giant countdown clock and Vehicle Assembly Building, and watched the shuttle launch from only 3.5 miles away — the closest people are allowed to be when it lifts off.
You can re-live NASA TV's entire 5 hour coverage of the event, including interviews with the TweetUp attendees and the launch.
For the attendees, the return on their investment (ROI) was obvious. Participating in Twitter (a free service) and registering on a web site (also free) resulted in a once- in-a-lifetime experience of being part of a select group allowed to view a launch on site, plus receive lots of press attention. It's safe to say that most of the people were excited just for the opportunity to see the launch up close. Some came from as far away as Britain and New Zealand.
What about NASA's ROI?
From a social media perspective
While the event was run by NASA public relations and social media groups, much of it was set up physically using volunteers and staff personally excited to be a part of it. There were actual costs obviously; the conference room, people's time, the shuttle buses, gasoline, the tent, press kits, etc. This was actually their 5th tweetup, but the first one centered around a shuttle launch. As a social media event it was done very well. They setup a special hashtag (#NASATweetUp), every table on both days had free Wi-Fi and AC power, the front of the room had large displays showing the Twitter feeds, the event was simultaneously streamed to the Internet, and there was an expectation by presenters that people would be actively involved but would be looking at their laptops most of the time. Attendees were treated like press; and received press kits with mission details, CDs of data, and more. More than once NASA made it a point that they were open and would discuss anything at all — after all, it's your space program. Your tax dollars paid for it.
Almost all of the people that participated were selected on a first-come, first-served basis, having little to do with their social media standing, number of followers, or areas of interest. It was driven by the passions of the people wanting to attend. The only exceptions were FOX News, Laughing Squid, and Space Tweep Society, who received specific invitations, which again NASA was very open about.
NASA estimates the 100 people represented over 150k of personal followers. Conversation was so active that #NASATweetUp became the 3rd most popular trending topic on Twitter during the first day of presentations, ahead of the press conference discussions about water being discovered on the moon. By the end of the first week the event had generated over 10.4k "tweet" postings referencing the #NASATweetUP, plus a lot of blog, podcasts, and main stream media content. Speaking for myself, I picked up about 40 additional Twitter followers because of it.
Twitter Traffic Rockets into Space Along With Shuttle Atlantis
Here is where the ROI becomes a bit more obvious
and interesting
First; there's little question whether this was reaching the target audience. While the group was a mixture of diverse people and interests, everyone that went to that web site to register and traveled at their own expense to be there was passionate enough to be the target audience. Also their friends and family would be included in this circle. They didn't have to be paid, so there little doubt to their motivation. Everyone was as excited to be there as the people at NASA were on their first day of employment.
Social Media is about sharing the experience, in whole. While the mainstream press frequently focuses on the downside of the news and mostly attends launches in case there is a "tragedy", the social media press had nothing but excitement and positive things to report. Every moment generated a Twitter/Facebook/FriendFeed/blog post. In fact the interaction with the TweetUp press was so much more involved and positive, that the monitors displaying the mainstream press conference were turned off after about 20 minutes of their depressing questions.
Unlike when the mainstream press posts a single story about a launch, and one about the landing, the social media continued to discuss the events every day for over 2 weeks. Furthermore, because the TweetUp itself was news, generating additional stories, and the people attending were interviewed by their own local press when they returned home, there was more mainstream coverage about this than would have otherwise occurred.
Some of the simplest things, like the massive eagles nest on property, or that an armadillo was spotted living at the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex, made social media news. The human experience, shared.
When the van carrying the astronauts stopped on route to the shuttle so the press area could to wave them off (a NASA tradition), because of the TweetUp it was the largest gathering of people there since Apollo 11 — NASA history in the making.
Perhaps one of the most unexpected ROI results was that in the wake of massive budget cuts and an ending shuttle program, a grassroots organization was created by some of the attendees to help save the NASA space programs. Their main point? With all the wasted government spending, and bailouts of deceptive financial institutions, why remove support from an organization that is actually working well?
There is also a documentary in progress concerning the event, again, being created by one of the attendees.
The TweetUp generated hundreds of additional photos and videos compared to the mainstream press. A large number of friendships also resulted, and I'm sure some NASA staff renewed their energy about working there.
NASA Pushes Social Media Experience to New Heights (press release), also published on RedOrbit
NASA Blogs: Tweet,two,one … Liftoff!
NASA considers the event a success and is planning on holding another one — pehapps larger this time. They are aware the general public views things they take for granted like seeing a rocket launch, talking with an Astronaut, or learning the complexities of putting it all together, as bottled-up treasure that should be shared.
Social Media Coverage
Many of the 100 TweetUp attendees posted blogs and podcasts of the event, relating in their own words their experience:
This is How NASA Will Win the Public Back
The Sociology of Tweeting and How It Affected a Space Launch: The Incalculable Benefits of Social Media on Geeks
STS-129 NASA Tweetup: Return on Investment
NASA Tweetup — Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch — Day 1 and Day 2
Attend a Shuttle Launch In Person — YES!
Birgit Pauli-Haack Photostream
NASA STS-129 TweetUp Photostream
There's also Space Tweep Society post listing many more sources
And there were some social media stories:
Houston, We Have a Tweet: NASA's Latest Social Media Launches
How to Launch an Effective Tweetup: Recent NASA Tweetup Offers Four Easy Lessons for PR
Mainstream Media Coverage
The presence of the TweetUp people was itself news, and caused the mainstream press to extend their coverage of this launch compared to others. CNN made a video and interviewed several of us:
And many media outlets ran stories containing interviews or tweets from our group:
Atlantis Blasts Off On Space Station Supply Mission
Tweeps come from around the world for NASA Tweetup at Kennedy Space Center
Amador County local 'twitters' from NASA space shuttle launch
WSJ: Space Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off
From a Personal Perspective
I've already mentioned this event caused my Twitter followers to increase, as well as my making many new friends and renewing my interest in space science. I can't imagine not going to another one and doing an even better job of covering it for myself and others. One problem that became obvious to me was that I need to make a few changes to my blog and web site so I can more rapidly publish photo and video material. Things happened very fast.
My launch video was shown on CommandN as a video pick of the week, and my blog entry as a web pick. I also could not resist creating the following 2 photos:
Summing It All Up
The NASA TweetUp is a good example of how and why companies should embrace social media, instead of fearing a lack of control over it. Such control is mainly an illusion, since any employee or visitor with a cell phone in their pocket or eventual access to the Internet can publish a message or photo to thousands instantly. It's better for companies to allow access and address employee issues as they would with any other individual concerns. In many ways, Social Media is exactly what marketing has been complaining they've wanted for years — to be able to target the people most trusted to spread the word about their product to friends and families. The problem is that people are honest and direct about products. Social media is not compatible with deceptive advertising or spin. You have to actually have a great product and earn trust. By participating in social media and hosting events, companies become an active member of the conversation. NASA took shuttle mission #129 and made it as special as #1, generating weeks of positive press and excitement.
NASA is already planning to host another TweetUp. I will try my best to be a part of it!
Syndicated 2009-12-07 13:30:04 from Keith Barrett Online » Technology
NASA STS-129 Shuttle Launch TweetUp: Day 2
Once again my wife Cindy and I left our home around 5:30am and made the toll laden drive to NASA, this time bringing along my hi-def video equipment and tripod. Again we arrived about 15 minutes before we needed to be there, and again there were several other cars ahead of us waiting for the KARS ball field parking lot gate to open. When it did we parked in rows on the grass and had a bit of a tailgate party to kill the time until the buses arrived. By this point everyone was making friends and exchanging contact information.
Arnold Evens of FOX TV Dallas showed us he uses a OLPC ("One Laptop Per Child") PC as his field equipment. Designed for use in 3rd world countries, it was a very good choice; long battery life, waterproof, durable plastic. I've thought of this myself, so it was very cool to see someone actually doing it. Many people had never seen one before so it became one of the topics of conversation during our tailgate party. In case you don't know, you have the OLPC project to thank for the fact we now enjoy $200 netbooks.
Our Press Tent
The buses came and took us on a several mile trip to the NASA press area, located right next to the famous Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and the large launch countdown clock. There NASA had set up a special tent for us, again complete with WiFi, power strips, and large displays of broadcast and twitter feeds.
Everyone picked their locations and began their news broadcasting.
NASA gave presentations and answered questions while the launch progressed. We were currently in a 3hr hold, so this was a perfect time to walk around and take photos of the area around the tent, and the countdown clock.
All the TweetUp attendees gathered together for a group shot:
I must have said a hundred times that I couldn't believe I was sitting on the grass next to the VAB building. While we were together, NASA was presented with a group signed poster as a thank you for inviting us to this event.
One of the podcasters in our group also took advantage of the opportunity and had us give a live cheer. I recorded this live on my cell phone.
The Interviews
Many of us, including Cindy, were interviewed by local press, podcasters, and film makers.
Most of the press that visited our group were more interested in the few people that traveled from other countries to be here today. I though it rather ironic that old media was interviewing the new media, and in several cases the new media was reporting on it back.
The Astronaut Wave
As the astronauts are driven to the launch site, it's tradition for the van to stop by the press area so everyone can wave at them and wish them success. Days before the launch, the astronauts spend most of their time in isolation to prevent catching a cold and bringing it with them into space. This last stop could be the final time in their lives that they see other people should something go wrong with the mission, so it's a very important sendoff. We were thrilled to be a part of it.
The van was accompanied by a security helicopter. The Astronauts are all suited up so they cannot leave the van.
We waved like crazy. NASA later told us we were the largest gathering of people to wave them off since the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. One of several reasons why this tweetup is now a part of NASA history.
The Launch
As T minus zero minutes approached I went and staked out an area to set up my video equipment. Two different NASA people said I had to be in different places, so there was some relocating until I had a spot no one seemed to feel was in their way.
While I was setting up, my wife was still in the tent. NASA starting to hold drawings and giveaways. They gave away the TweetUp banners and other items. When my wife finally joined me on the grass, she was excited to say that she had won the sample of Aerogel they were displaying yesterday, so the one disappointment I had about not being able to see it was completely flipped around because now we owned it. Amazing.
Then the time arrived. The clock reached zero. The ship took off and everyone was surprised how emotional the experience was. The ground shook like an earthquake and the windows in the building behind us rattled loudly. Car alarms went off in the parking lot near us, and camera shutters clicked wildly.
It exceeded all expectations and was more impressive than I ever imagined. You can watch my video for yourself:
The NASA Coverage
NASA created a video highlighting the launch itself and the reactions of the people inside the TweetUp "twent".
The Press Conference
After the launch we went back into the tent to put away our gear and wait out the formal press conference. The questions the main stream media were asking were pretty depressing; "What would have happened if nnnn failed"?, "how much did nnn cost?". "What about the budgets?"… How could those people not have had the same experience we did? We just watched 6 people ride an explosion into space. Astronaut Mike Massimino yesterday had described the experience as like "a big beast grabbing a hold of you" and taking off, and you hope it knows where it's going. All we TweetUp people could talk about was how amazing the launch was, that it was a perfect day for it, that it was an honor to wave them off, etc. The NASA staff actually turned off the monitors in the tent after a while and said it was far more fun to talk and listen to us!
John Yembrick and Beth Beck of NASA were wonderful people to meet and made this an incredible experience for everyone.
After it was all over, we took the long bus ride back to the cars, waved goodbye to Beth Beck (who was surrounded by tweeple still talking about the day), and quickly landed in slow-moving traffic for a long part of the trip. Everyone that had seen the launch, not just the tweetup people, were all leaving at the same time. It took us over 2 hours to finally make it home.
The photos on this article are only a sample. You can view the entire photo stream on Flickr.
[In the final article of this series I will discuss things that happened after the event, plus it's impact on main stream and social media, and on us - the attendees]
Note: UPDATED 12/7 to include the signed poster video and the NASA reaction video
Syndicated 2009-11-26 10:43:45 from Keith Barrett Online » Technology
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Certification overviews?
After reading the certification overview I'm a little puzzled as to where I (and lots of others) exactly fit in. I'm not a master or journeyer because I don't contribute enough time to open source. Yet labeling myself as an apprentice is self degrading as I'm considered a master coder by my peers and colleagues, its just applied to the proprietary day job moreso than the open source world.
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How Many German Blue Rams in a 55?
This is for a 55 gallon tank, going almost three years now.
I did a lot of searching before I decided to get some German Blue Rams, and it seems that most people just keep one pair. But some people recommended a harem. So after a lot of deliberation, I decided to try to get one male and three females.
I've had them three days now, and I think one of the females is dead, because I can only find the male and two of the females at any given time. One of the females is always close to the male, so I think they have paired up. The other female follows them around, but at a distance. Or else just stays alone. She seems kind of lonely, so I'm wondering if it would be better to get another female to keep her company. I think introducing another male could cause problems with the male I already have. So I would rather have spare females instead of two male/female pairs.
But I haven't really been able to find threads that address this, so what do you guys think? Perhaps she is better off just being a loner.
(Oh, and the other inhabitants of the tank are 3 Angelfish, 1 Upside Down Catfish, and 12 Black Neon Tetras.)
That's the tricky part with cichlids.
you never know their temperament....some will be the nices GBR's. others will shred through anything that comes withing a 3 foot radius.
but that's the nature of a cichlid.
I had a electric blue ram that was the meanest thing.
Now I have a GBR who just flares up but has no 'bite'
If you have plenty of territorial boundaries, and are not seeing any aggression. then leave it be. no reason to stir the pot.
but i'm going to assume you have aggression if they killed the other female. rams are hard to determine the sex if they aren't mature enough. you could have 3 males?
You already are having a big risk with that many angels in a 55, so I would recommend re-evaluating their #'s while you are at it.
I don't think they killed the other "female". She disappeared the first day I got them, so I think she just didn't survive the transition. Unlless she's just really, really good at hiding, and she shows up later. There was one listing near the top of the tank the first night, but I never found a dead body.
I haven't seen any aggression. Just two who really like each other, and one who seems left out. After reading the sticky about sexing GBRs, they looked like one male and the rest female in the store, but I guess time will tell.
But mostly I wanted to discuss how GBRs function in groups, because I've poured over thread after thread, and only been able to glean small tidbits of information here and there. I thought a thread about how groups of GBRs act with each other might be useful for anybody trying to search for this kind of information in the future.
In the wild you find GBR in the hundreds. Getting 4 is almost the kiss of death. Either you will get 1 pair and they bully the tank with no way to really quell aggression or you get something like what you have where a pair forms and the other goes after them and gets beat up. I recommend if you are going group with these fish to have 6 or more like a normal shoaling species. Up to 10 if you really are set on it. You will end up with multiple pairs, you will end up with aggression spread out much like a mbuna tank and you wont end up with as many fatalities or issues.
That being said, its normal just to keep 1 or a pair in a 55gal tank. You could consider, once you prove the pair (they spawn and the babies hatch), returning the odd one out and you will have a much happier tank.
In my 55 I currently have 3 males and 2 females, 1 pair that has laid eggs a few times, another pair that just that male has been put in the fish "friend zone" (act like a pair but never any eggs) and the other male hangs out and picks fights with the other two males trying to win over the females.
I have a ton of hiding places, otherwise I don't think this would work. I so far like it because it keeps the males active by having the one loaner since nobody ever just settles. Sandz has been the one that has helped me the most with the dwarf cichlids, always has good advice, but I def wouldn't try 6+ GBR in a 55 unless they were by themselves on the bottom of the tank. I agree, try to rehome the ones not in a pair and enjoy the pair of them
Thank you all for your help. So I can infer that they are best either with just one pair, or else a huge group.
Instead of searching the forum, I finally tried googling "German Blue Ram Harem", and that brought up a lot of discussions that were easier to sift through, without pages and pages of extraneous discussion. Of course, if you ask 10 different fish keepers, you are likely to get 10 different opinions. But what kept coming up the most was that people buy more than they want, wait for a pair to form, and then rehome the rest.
One person said to start with 6 or more, and after a pair forms, move the rest to a different tank where they could live happy lives. But I thought, "Isn't that exactly the same scenario as in the first tank, but with two fewer fish?" You would have to have a third tank to move them into after a pair formed in the second tank. And so on, until they were all paired up!
I don't think I want to go the huge group/spread out aggression route, so I will just watch mine and see what happens, and then go from there.
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