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I submitted again at viXra. http://vixra.org/abs/1303.0220
I submitted again at viXra. http://vixra.org/abs/1303.0220
http://vixra.org/abs/1301.0115 Neglect of Metaphysics
Michael J. Burns
This film and slide scanner beats out the device I bought by Wolverine Tech that snaps a digital picture of my negatives and slides. The Canoscan FS 2710 has no vignetting and no ill considered custom color curve that must be undone in post processing.
It is able to capture from warped slides. No holder is require for slides; just insert them individually for scanning. The scanner is supported by my Linux computer with no added software. I added the required SCSI PCI internal card and cable to my desktop computer, again with no added software.
But still, it is a challenge to do the post processing needed to get good color from old slides with any scanner. I suspect that no scanner has the automation to do this well.
I scan from within Gimp software with the Xsane plugin, turning off and resetting all of the auto levels, using the color and full color range settings, and then making for each slide a custom four point color curve for each color - red, green and blue. The green curve stays closer to the diagonal; I pin the middle third of the green curve exactly to the diagonal. The middle thirds of the red and blue curves are adjusted down from the diagonal line to eliminate a magenta tint as a next to last step.
But first for each color I pin the middle third of the curve to thediagonal, and then move the lower left point along the bottom into the base of the histogram, green adjusted the least and blue the most as required by the faded slide. This makes for for realistic dark colors.
Next I move the top right points along the top closer to the right edge of the histogram in order to make accurate bright colors, again green adjusted the least and blue the most.
Now I move down the middle thirds of the red and blue curves to fix the faded magenta look. The curves still run parallel to the diagonal line, and blue is adjusted down more than red. You can add extra tilt to this part of the blue curve if the darker medium colors are still bluish and the lighter warm tinted.
Last I might make four points for the value curve in order to adjust the tilt of the middle. I would reduce the slope in the middle section to reduce harsh contrast to a realistic level, and then lower that middle section downward to compensate for the overall fading.
Michael J. Burns
I posted two articles at the viXra archive for physics outsiders. Have a look if you will. I try to post first drafts of fresh thinking here, though. And look for my book "Hacking Physics".
http://vixra.org/abs/1211.0139 is my article "Neglect of General Covariance".
http://vixra.org/abs/1212.0094 is "Draw the metric!".
Michael J. Burns
Think about it in a careful way. Visualize a spacelike line, then extend it as a geodesic. Using a proper diagram of the universe, it is easy to show that this eventually intersects the big bang horizon. Don't be confused by convention; the Friedmann coordinates are very deceptive.
So shards of the big bang, expanding at light speed from a universal starting point in the past, are essentially contemporaneous with us.
Of course the point origin, which ought to be apparent to anyone with the use of proper inertial coordinates, implies the overall masslessness of the universe. This makes the age of the universe compatible with the value of the Hubble constant, a simple coasting outwards. And the Einstein equation (in the correct tensor rank) does allow for a negative mass background to counter the mass and energy of the material universe.
But what then, if the universe does have net mass and has decelerated, you protest. Well, then there is the boggling thought - that, out at the contemporaneous shards of the big bang, matter is continuing to enter the universe.
Michael J. Burns
I read his essays on this point but did not understand until this year. He knew that natural selection on groups was a truism. And so he did not even argue at length for it, only focusing on the selection that acts on various sizes of groups, as opposed to accidents of history.
Interactions between organisms that are not zero sum drive the practical importance of natural selection on groups. Species are maintained with a conserved chromosome map and sexual reproduction due in part to the selective incentives for sharing immunological genes.
Michael J. Burns
My Samsung ST65 camera actually has a contrast control, and I have now realized that the proper setting for it is not zero. The default setting enhances contrast in the shadows and compresses the highlights. A -2 setting for contrast balanced by a +2 setting for saturation improves the appearance of the gray scale on a picture of the Color Checker 24 card. This might not be the final word - I will look at -1, +1 as well; but I have no desire to do post processing on photographs from this camera.
I have been trying to calibrate a Wolverine Data F2D14 film to digital converter. I now find that the color curves for this product are customized in a woefully unfaithful style. There is a big deficit of green in the lower midtones, and a huge deficit of red there. And there is a general surplus of blue from near black to near white. It is barely within the capabilities of the RawTherapee software to compensate for this using custom color curves.
My Canon EOS Digital Rebel, the 2004 model, works very well with the UFRaw software for post processing. The free software color matrix borrowed from the work of David Coffin makes pleasing color even compared to the ICC calibrations from Canon. But there is no natural calibration for the exposure setting and white balance. For a Color Checker 24 photographed against a dark background, the exposure setting in UFRaw should be -1.36, the temperature setting should be 5660, and the green balance
Michael J. Burns
For film cameras using the same film, the bit rate proportionality simplifies to the product of the aperture area and the frame area. Slower film has the higher bit rate. For digital cameras that use the same technology, the proportionality is to the product of the aperture area and the number of pixels. But smaller sensor areas can force you to take multiple exposures in order to complete the picture with the required signal to noise ratio.
Michael J. Burns
Study of natural selection on groups is the most thorough rejoinder to to the libertarian dogma. Natural selection on groups is actually a mathematical truism. And it has a proportionate practical effect whenever transactions between individuals are not zero sum. The prominent effect is to promote specialization of individuals. Witness all of the specialties in the groups called ecosystems. The deprecation of groups by promotion of the concept of individuals is mathematically only a false dichotomy. Mathematical simulations have suppressed evidence of groups by excluding non zero sum transactions, individual specialization and extreme circumstances.
Denying natural selection on groups is logically equivalent to asserting that, on average, contracts and alliances are not worthwhile, and should often be opportunistically abandoned. This is a latent contradiction in the libertarian view.
Conservative and even liberal systems of morality are often eager to control or ignore individual diversity, under the sway of patriarchal, military, or priestly and academic hierarchies. But there are natural dynamics neglected by this attempt at control.
Michael J. Burns
I am very interested in the question of what kind of digital camera can match the quality of a 35mm film camera. In the context of the new high definition digital post processing, how many pictures with a standard information content can I take with a camera in one second of open shutter?
In the end, I compute that my (consumer grade) Samsung ST65 has 2.6% of the performance of my Yashica. So what I ought to do in practice is to load the Yashica with slow film, attach the telephoto lens extender for most pictures, use a tripod and cable release, focus carefully, and use the best nondigital processing for prints.
The answer can only be had, I think, by comparing the shutter speeds of different digital sensors and frames of film on the same picture, using the same lens aperture area, at the same pixel count and signal to noise ratio. (The faster shutter speeds are better even for pictures with no motion, because then more total information can be fed to digital post processing from the same use of the camera. You can take the picture twice and combine the information in post processing when the shutter speed is doubled. Ignore this shutter speed rating if you will, but then there are no quality differences left between cameras in the modern context.)
Cameras not matching this test design, but having similar technology to what is tested, should then be expected to perform more or less well in proportion to the area of their apertures, and in proportion to their pixel counts. The pixel count applies again, as a reduction in exposure time due to the lower magnification that is needed for the picture.
The signal to noise ratios account twice as a factor for rating cameras; it takes post processing using four photographs to double the ratio. These ratios can be extrapolated as proportional to the linear size of a pixel for the different sensors. And films have a constant signal to noise ratio, but it is said to be twice as good for print films compared to slide films.
Larger total areas for the sensor format count inversely, because the exposure is slowed.
The effective sharpness of the lens aperture seems to not vary intrinsically with the size of the film frame or sensor.
Other references do not focus on the shutter speed comparison. They neglect the aperture area and magnification, and the signal to noise ratio is only accounted once as a factor. But all of this yields a systematic bias.
Refer to this authority:
This page compares ISO 50 Velvia slide film to the digital sensor in the Canon 1D II camera. For the same signal to noise ratio as the film achieves, it rates the Canon sensor at ISO 1220. In shadows, the Velvia only rates at ISO 15. The advantage for the Canon is 24.4.
For the next factor, look at:
This page implies an equivalent pixel size of 4.7 microns for the Velvia film, 160 lines per millimeter at 50% of full contrast. The Canon sensor has pixels that measure 8.2 microns. The Canon yields 8.2 million pixels with its APS-H format, and the Velvia film gives the equivalent of 39 million in the 35mm size. This fact applied twice, the rating here for the Canon is 0.0144.
The APS-H format is 1.29 times smaller than the 35mm size, 1.66 in area. For the same aperture area and the same picture, the shutter speed is faster by this factor.
Since the signal to noise ratio is the same for the two cameras, we multiply the three factors to get the advantage for the Canon digital camera in the shutter speed for equivalent information with the same aperture area. This is a factor of 1.02! Compared to print film, the factor is 0.25, because the film's signal to noise ratio is doubled. Digital cameras compete better in the shadows of a picture.
Holding the aperture areas constant, frames of film perform better with increasing area. Beautifully detailed photographs do not require longer shutter times. The shutter speeds do not increase sufficiently with ISO rating to beat the decreases in pixel number counted twice. ISO 800 film has half the bit rate of ISO 100.
When pixel sizes are unchanged, the ratings also improve with area for digital sensors. And increasing pixel numbers improves the ratings even for the same format size. Post processing can implement these tradeoffs differently, especially when multiple exposures are made.
So, comparing my Yashica with the slow slide film and a 59mm f1.7 lens to my Samsung ST65 with 14.2 million pixels, a crop factor of 5.6 and a 24.5mm f5.9 lens, my Samsung can only create 0.0258 of the same work of art as the Yashica in the same shutter speed. I calculate this by comparing the Samsung to the Canon camera.
This calculation is copied from the "units" command line calculator.
You have:
(24.5mm/5.9)^2/(59mm/1.7)^2* # the light available
(5.6/1.29)^2* # the smaller image is brighter
14200000^2/8200000^2* # recalibrated number of pixels
# counted twice for information
# and faster exposure
(1.45micron/8.2micron)^2* # recalibrated adjustment for noise
# done twice
1.02 # calibration point for slide film
# to digital camera
You want:
Definition: 0.025803348
Michael J, Burns
Cosmologists need to check their work by using different coordinates. The Friedmann coordinates conventionally used are rife with fictitious potentials which interact nonlinearly with real sources of gravity. It is Cartesian coordinates alone that have no such effects. And hyperspherical coordinates are still orthogonal everywhere, so they have no off-diagonal fictitious potentials.
The whole point of coordinate systems other than Cartesian is to pretend that they are Cartesian themselves. To maintain this fiction without error, fictitious forces and their potentials must be inserted. The fictitious potentials then seem real and not different from ordinary gravity. They affect sources of gravity in the same way as real potentials.
When the correct fictitious potentials are inserted into the boundary conditions, then the Bianchi identities can be integrated on. This can be a graphical process when the correct tensor ranks are used.
Michael J. Burns
The quality of CD player reproduction is on my mind today, as is the contribution of fictitious potentials to cosmology. Both questions are guarded (at sites like Wikipedia and arXiv) by the orthodox priesthoods that censor discussion for the sake, in the end, of their personal equanimity.
Practical digital to analog converters do not interpolate using the entire digital stream, so the relevant theorem fails to protect these converters from outputting substantial distortion. Aliased signals, albeit of reduced strength, occur around all of the frequencies that are a factor of the sampling frequency. In another context it would be called a Moire effect. I am sure that an artificial sound track could be made that sounds terrible when recorded and played back from an audio CD - shoutiness and quavering.
The fictitious effects, nonlinear on sources of gravity, by coordinate systems that are not a priori Cartesian are incorrectly ignored by academics in general relativity and cosmology. There may also be an effect on sources by the incorrect use of the second rank tensor as opposed to the fourth rank. The cosmological constant is also an artifact of confusion that is occasioned by use of the second rank.
Including the effect of fictitious and real forces on sources, use of covariant coordinates, adopting the exterior derivative, and representing the two Bianchi identities in the correct fourth and fifth ranks, are the practices needed to clarify cosmology. Then solutions can be understood graphically due to full compliance with the principle of general covariance.
Michael J. Burns
I really think that this calculation by Dr. Castelvecchi of the magnification of the cosmic background radiation is spoiled by an artifact of Friedmann coordinates, that he takes as real instead of discounting it.
The actual magnification by spacial curvature is comparatively small. What does happen is that the big bang physically expands shards of the big bang, that then preserve sufficiently high temperature due to time dilation from their speed of recession. Which expanded shards are then perceived relatively undistorted in size by any gravitational optical effect.
Light, as a matter of definition in this circumstance, can not reverse course as drawn in his diagram; it seems to behave so in his diagram because Friedmann coordinates are not inertial. The data for supernovae Ia brightness is remarkably close to that expected in a flat and empty universe (a deviation of only about 5% in distance), so calculations using special relativity alone are useful as a first approximation and check point.
In addition, a proper calculation of kinetics (assuming the kinetic origin of the dimming, and not evolution of white dwarfs or an epoch of dust) shows deceleration of us as observers, not acceleration. This is so even when the magnification by convergent spacial curvature is accounted for, because acceleration effects dominate curvature effects in a homogeneous universe.
He then takes this coordinate artifact and attributes the cause to an increase of dark energy, which to me is a telling criticism of the concept of dark energy. A version of general relativity rigorously based on the Bianchi identities (rather than on a momentum tensor which does not include the fictitious effects of a noninertial coordinate system) forbids any version of dark energy that is not conserved.
But I am very interested, of course, in the real amount of spacial curvature. Flatness in Friedmann coordinates implies convergent spacial curvature and deceleration of the universe when inertial coordinates are used. In a universe that is inertially flat and does not decelerate, the graininess of the cosmic background radiation would be grown to a scale of 206 million light years today, as I calculate. Deceleration would cause a decrease in this scale.
Michael J. Burns
I have been studying how to do cosmology with inertial coordinates, not the Friedmann coordinates that cause such dogmatic chaos.
For instance, kinetics in an inertial frame show extra supernovae Ia dimming with distance as evidence for slowing of expansion if anything. The departures from the expected dimming are 10%, and could have other causes. The Friedmann coordinates are noninertial to the point of changing the sign of the usual unwary calculation! Things not having a magic velocity are said to have cosmological acceleration by measure of Friedmann coordinates; the light signals from supernovae are included in this fictitious effect.
It is proclaimed that the typical distance scale of variation, from peak to valley, of the temperature in cosmic microwave background proves the flatness of space. But flatness within the Friedmann coordinates does not imply flatness in inertial coordinates. A flat and empty universe by inertial standards would possess negative curved space by measure of Friedmann coordinates.
This typical distance for variation in the background is extrapolated to a present size of 206 million light years, when an inertial or geodesic version of space is used. So, if this is also the typical spacing between superclusters and the middle of the adjacent voids, then space is indeed flat. But flatness in Friedmann coordinates implies positive spacial curvature in inertial. The positive curvature would magnify the variations in the cosmic background. And acceleration or deceleration trumps curvature with a stronger effect. So, if the spacing of superclusters is smaller today, then both counts imply deceleration of the universe.
Michael J. Burns
The predictions by quantum mechanics of net vacuum energy and of slowing of ultrashort wave radiation by a quantum foam do not work out. This is because general relativity has theorems to the contrary. But why would those theorems win out? General relativity wins within the domain of its axioms, because a lockin theorem applies, namely the Bianchi identities that follow simply from the existence of the metric. It prevents the subject matter, spacetime, from experiencing alternatives to governance by the metric. Only where the metric can not be defended, on the small scale, can quantum mechanics overrule relativity with its theorems.
This dominance by relativity on large scales can even be nonlocal in the case of quantum foam. This foam can make as much mischief as it can in any small scale where the metric is not viable, but the theorems of general relativity intervene at some other location to require the opposite.
It is remarkable that a large scale effect of quantum mechanics does exist; the states of matter impelled by Bose and Fermi statistics are not overruled by relativity.
Michael J. Burns
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Taumaunu selects the strongest national netball team in bid to give new concept life.
Netball New Zealand's attempts to rescue the failing Fastnet concept have been given a boost with Waimarama Taumaunu selecting the strongest team available for the November tournament.
Version 2.0 of the shortened form of the game, which has been rebranded "Fast5", will be unveiled in Auckland in November, with New Zealand hosting the tournament for the first time.
Introduced in 2009, Fastnet, as it was originally known, struggled to gain a foothold with fans. But the International Netball Federation (INF) is hoping some radical rule changes and bringing the tournament to New Zealand, where the sport has a greater following, will help create a strong platform to grow the game globally.
Netball New Zealand is determined to make a go of the new format and is throwing all its resources at creating an exciting entertainment package for fans.
Proudly modelling the eye-catching new FastFerns strip at yesterday's launch, defender Anna Harrison said she was looking forward to being given some more creative licence on court.
"It'll be good if we do try exciting new stuff because we need to separate it from the traditional game," she said.
In previous seasons the Ferns have used the tournament as an opportunity to blood young players in a less intimidating environment than the test arena.
But this time Taumaunu has selected a highly experienced team, including Maria Tutaia, Irene van Dyk, Laura Langman and captain Casey Williams, ensuring fans will get to see all the stars in action.
The only notable omission is Mystics shooter Cathrine Latu, with Taumaunu unable to accommodate two stationary shooters in the 10-strong squad.
Taumaunu said it was a very competitive selection as all the Silver Ferns made themselves available for the tournament. "This year, largely because it was the first time in New Zealand, we went with an experienced group, and the Silver Ferns all wanted to play," she said.
"Essentially we've gone for people who can shoot, and can shoot long, and who I think are well-conditioned."
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Taumaunu said she doesn't feel any expectation to try to take an innovative approach.
"I quite enjoy [the new concept], and looking at the rules and thinking about ways we might deal with them is very interesting."
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Barefoot's is housed in a large, open-air space with both outdoor and covered seating. It's located adjacent to the resort's two outdoor pools as well as to the beachfront sunbathing deck. Barefoot's offers an amazing, unobstructed view of the Gulf of Mexico, friendly service and a festive atmosphere.
The restaurant's menu features delicious casual fare and an array of creative cocktails. The salads include Citrus Grilled Shrimp Salad and Fresh Catch or Grouper Salad. The appetizer list features Chicken Quesadillas, Chicken Fingers, Smoked Tuna Dip and Hungry Man's Ultimate Nachos, made with fresh, house-made chili and hot queso. Raw bar items include Oysters on the Half Shell, Peel-and-eat Shrimp and Snow Crab Clusters. Entrees include burgers, a hot dog, wraps, fresh fish sandwiches and fried shrimp. Barefoot's also has a gluten-free menu featuring nachos, raw bar items, salads, and grilled seafood, shellfish and chicken.
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Magic Christian Music
"Hello Badfinger. Goodbye Iveys."
The Iveys, one of the groups signed to Britain's biggest independent record label — the 12-million-discs-a-year Apple company — have changed their name to BADFINGER.
Reason behind the change, according to group leader Pete Ham from Swansea: 'We felt our original name was too nice. And people kept asking us if we were the old Ivy League."
The above words come from the introduction to the sheet music collection for Magic Christian Music, Badfinger's debut album of sweet colourful pop songs, issued in January 1970. Despite that announcement, this isn't really a Badfinger release at all, as every track on it, including 'Come And Get It', was recorded by The Iveys.
The new name was prompted by the decision to toughen up the band's recorded sound, and by a line-up change, when, in one of those irredeemable moments of inter-band politics, Iveys bassist Ron Griffiths was asked to leave. "It was put to the vote…" recalls Ron today.
This meant that even though Magic Christian Music is actually an Iveys LP, there was no mention of Ron Griffiths on the record. Except, that is, for the romantic 'Dear Angie', which had been something of a signature song for the group, being their second single.
"That's about my wife, Maureen," reveals Ron. "Angela is her middle name. 'Dear Maureen' didn't sound as hip." Ironically enough, it had been the very existence of a Mrs. Griffiths that had hastened Ron's exit from The Iveys. "I was the only one in the band who was married," says Ron. "I had a young lad and it created bad vibes."
For Ron, 'Dear Angie' remains a memento of the years that he lived in The Iveys' shared house in Golders Green, north London. "Maureen was to-ing and fro-ing from Hertfordshire to that house to see me whenever she could," he recalls. "That's the lyric: 'When you caught your train today / You took my heart and soul away…'."
The sheet music collection for Magic Christian Music contains band member profiles (minus Ron, of course), which hint at the individual personalities within The Iveys as they morphed into Badfinger. Pete's write-up begins: "A great deal of the grit and strength of Badfinger stems from the grit and dedication of Pete Ham… solemn Pete Ham from Swansea."
Pete himself added: "I would like to think of Badfinger's music as mood music. Something with a bit of feeling, whether it's hard or soft". He continued: "Songwriting is one of the greatest pleasures in life. I usually get the mood between 11pm and five in the morning."
Drummer Mike Gibbins — whose profile begins "I don't really like to talk too much. I like to think" — admitted that he wasn't as all-consumed by the creative process as his bandmates. "I'm not like Pete," he said. "He lives and breathes music. I'm not kidding you, man. He goes into a studio and it gets hot and horrible in there but he won't come out. He likes it too much."
The profile for Tom Evans, hailing from Liverpool, begins, "Basically, I'm very introverted. But put me on a stage and I'm completely the opposite." Like Pete, Tom also believed it was all about the songs: "In Badfinger, we try and channel our surplus creative energy into good songwriting. The moods come and go, but 12 months ago we were writing two a week and now there's 200 or 300 songs in there."
As the Sixties and The Iveys passed into history, and heavier rock sounds were in the ascendancy, there was a new sense of purpose in the band. Pete had decided that good tunes per se weren't quite getting the band's message across. Badfinger would have to develop a new consistency in their material in order to build up their fan base. "The songs we do are usually very varied," he said. "But I'm thinking we'd better start trying to put them into one category. You can branch out when you've got established, but I reckon our early mistake was being too varied too soon." Even a cursory listen to Magic Christian Music today will confirm that he was right.
It had been the group's manager, Bill Collins, who had insisted that the key to success in music was songwriting. He was serious about it too, having turned down The Who's offer of 'Mary Ann With The Shaky Hand' as The Iveys' debut 45. "It has to be one of your own," Bill had told them.
That was easier said than done, as the band had discovered. After enjoying moderate success with their debut single, the power ballad 'Maybe Tomorrow' — one of Tom Evans' earliest songs for the band — The Iveys found themselves struggling to convince Apple that they could write a strong follow-up. "Bill would take in the tapes," recalls Ron Griffiths. "But we were always disappointed by the results coming back from Apple… 'It's not that good. You'll have to try something else'."
It would take the intervention of Paul McCartney to really kick-start the band's commercial success. As not even Bill Collins would turn down a Beatle. Paul had been asked to provide three songs for a new film, The Magic Christian, in which Ringo had a starring role alongside Peter Sellers. Paul had written 'Come And Get It' but his Beatles commitments prevented any further work. His problem coincided with a 'what next?' moment for The Iveys, which was played out in the music press.
It was a quote from Ron Griffiths in a Disc & Music Echo interview that caught Paul's eye: "We do feel a bit neglected," said Ron. "We keep writing songs for a new single and submitting them to Apple but The Beatles keep sending them back, saying they're not good enough. We've now come up with a song that Mal Evans says he likes, so perhaps we stand a chance with that."
That song was 'Mrs. Jones' (see Bonus Tracks). It had a strong melody but Paul rejected this too on the grounds that its mid-section harmonies came perilously close to the 'Frère Jacques' refrain in 'Paperback Writer'. But Paul had a solution to both his and The Iveys' problems. He drove over to the band's Golders Green house — "He drew up in a yellow Mini if my memory serves me well," says Ron — armed with a demo his super-catchy 'Come And Get It'.
Ron recalls: "Paul said, 'I've got a lot on my plate at the minute,' before offering us the song. He said: 'You can't just have it for having its sake. I want it played exactly like this. Don't try to deviate or rearrange it. It's yours if you do what I say. If you accept this as your next single, you can write the two other tracks they need for Ringo's film'."
"It was gobsmacking stuff for us," remembers Ron. "We ended up in a little theatre at Pinewood, or wherever it was, watching the rushes for The Magic Christian. We had to take on board the plot and the scenes they wanted for the two additional songs. That's where 'Rock Of All Ages' and 'Carry On Till Tomorrow' came from."
Both the Simon & Garfunkel-flavoured 'Carry On…' and 'Rock…', delivered in a 'Long Tall Sally' style, were recorded at Abbey Road, with Paul producing. The main focus, however, was on 'Come And Get It'. "That session went on forever," remembers Ron. "Around 30 takes, I think. Peter, Tommy and myself all had a shot at singing it. I probably I overdid the delivery. Paul told me I sounded like Reg Presley from The Troggs! Paul's description of Pete's attempt was that it wasn't clear enough, there wasn't enough attack. And, of course, Tommy got the gig. I always said for a mickey take that it was the old Liverpool connection there."
Ron did manage to add a little flourish of his own, however, that he remembers with a smile: "Paul's demo didn't have the bass run-off at the end, and he said, 'Oh, I like that, Ron. We'll keep that'."
By the time the single appeared in the shops Ron was no longer in the band, but his photo was included on the record sleeve. "In Tommy's room at the house, there was a photo collage of all our heads," reveals Ron. "That's more or less what's on the cover. They did try to obscure me a bit, but I'm there!"
'Come And Get It' was, of course, a massive hit, peaking at No. 4 in the UK and No. 7 Billboard in the US. After four years of struggling as The Iveys, Badfinger were suddenly on Top Of The Pops and on the road to success.
An album was needed quickly to capitalize on the single. The newly named Badfinger and their main contact at Apple, former Beatles roadie Mal Evans, set about compiling one from the most commercial-sounding material the group had available (hence the credits for three different producers). The other two film songs, 'Rock Of All Ages' and 'Carry On Till Tomorrow' were in the can, as were the then unreleased 'Crimson Ship', 'Midnight Sun' and 'Walk Out In The Rain' — all Pete Ham songs, the first of which had been inspired by working with Paul.
There was also 'Give It A Try', which had been prompted by Apple's repeated knock-backs of what The Iveys had considered strong, potential singles. "That song was a wind-up!" remembers Ron Griffiths. "The whole thing was a bit of bubblegum, something stupidly over-the-top commercial. It was me on the Walt Disney harmonies, as I call them, and on the middle section — I could shout me head off, as well!"
The remaining tracks on Magic Christian Music were all taken from The Iveys' album, Maybe Tomorrow. In general, they are lighter of touch. Some were remixed, others not: 'Dear Angie', 'Fisherman', 'Beautiful And Blue', 'I'm In Love', 'Angelique', 'Knocking Down Our Home' and 'Maybe Tomorrow'.
This CD edition adds a previously unreleased version of the group's first B-side, 'And Her Daddy's A Millionaire'; a remix of the single-that-never-was 'Mrs. Jones', the previously unreleased mono mix of 'See-Saw Granpa' from Maybe Tomorrow; and a new, unedited mix of that album's psychedelic finale, the heaviest song The Iveys ever recorded, 'I've Been Waiting'.
- Producer
- Mal Evans (Except tracks 2, 9, 11, 14, 15, 19 to 22 Tony Visconti; tracks 1, 7, 9 Paul McCartney)
- Recorded at
- Abbey Road / Trident / IBC / Olympic
- Released (UK)
- 09/01/70
- Released (US)
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248. trunkmonkey3:08 PM GMT en Febrero 08, 2012
Quoting RTSplayer:
So do we have to destroy our current form of economic system to achieve your agenda?
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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:57 PM GMT en Febrero 07, 2012
Europe's winter onslaught continues unabated this week, with very cold temperatures and heavy snows over much of the continent. Yesterday, a rare snow storm hit North Africa, bringing 2 - 3 inches of snow to Tripoli, Libya. It was the first snow in Tripoli since at least 2005, and may be the heaviest snow the Libyan capital has seen since February 6, 1956. Across Europe, at least 250 deaths have been blamed on the winter weather since the cold spell began on January 26. Hardest hit has been Ukraine, with 135 deaths--mostly of homeless people. According to weather records researcher Maximiliano Herrera, the current cold snap is the most severe for Europe since February 1991.
Figure 1. The scene in Tripoli, Libya, on February 6, 2012, after a rare snowstorm. Image credit: libyall.com.
Unusual jet stream kink causing Europe's harsh winter weather
The reason for the exceptionally cold and snowy winter weather in Europe lies in the behavior of the jet stream. The jet stream--the band of strong west-to-east blowing upper-level winds that circles the globe at mid-latitudes--acts as the dividing line between cold, polar air to the north, and warmer subtropical air to the south. On average, the jet blows straight west to east. But this winter, the jet has had a highly convoluted shape, with unusually large excursions to the north and south. When the jet bulges southwards, it allows cold air to spill in behind it, and that is what has happened to Europe over the past two weeks. The jet often gets "stuck" in one of these highly convoluted shapes, allowing a persistent period of extreme weather to occur. The latest predictions from the GFS and ECMWF models show the unusual jet stream pattern over Europe persisting for at least another week.
Figure 2. The jet stream pattern over Europe shows that the jet is taking a major dive southwards across France and into North Africa, keeping almost all of Europe on the cold (north) side of the jet.
The AO and NAO
A good measure of the tendency of the jet to form major bulges in winter is the Arctic Oscillation (AO) Index, which has ranged between -1 and -3 over the past two weeks. A strongly negative AO Index like this means the winds of the jet are relatively weak, allowing it to sag southwards over Europe and allow cold air to plunge southwards behind it. Usually, a negative AO also means cold winter weather over North America, but not this winter. In North America, we're better off paying attention to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) Index, which we can think of as the Northern Atlantic portion of the AO. Ordinarily, the AO and NAO are in phase during winter (about 80 - 90% of the time), meaning that Europe and North America experience similar winter weather. However, over the past two weeks, the NAO has been positive while the AO has been negative. The positive NAO means that jet stream winds have been strong over North America and the North Atlantic, keeping cold air bottled up to the north over Canada and the Arctic. This pattern is predicted to persist for at least another week. We've seen many record extremes of both the positive and negative phase of the AO since 2006; see that latest post by Andrew Freedman of climatecentral.org to learn more.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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Guest Post: Chinese Candy Grab Bag – Cadbury Hazelnut
March 4th, 2011 by Neil
This week and into next, I'm turning the reviewing over to my friend Neil. He's from upstate New York but is currently living in the Netherlands. Ironically enough, his guest posts are about Chinese candy.
A labmate went home to China to celebrate the New Year and brought back a lot of candy to share. I asked her to select some for me. Here were my impressions.
(NB: I originally thought the picture on the wrapper was of chestnuts. It's definitely of hazelnuts. This knowledge makes the review funny-ha-ha-Neil-can't-recognize-nuts as opposed to just funny-ha-ha.)
The Cadbury Chestnut, as I think of it, was the one most similar to candies I'm familiar with. It presents as a brown nugget that could be mistaken for butterscotch or milk chocolate.
Biting it in half yields a few drops of a sweet sticky liquid in the center of a chewy, but not impossible, bulk. It required a fraction of the chomps that the White Rabbit did.
Here, I have to admit that I'm unsure what chestnuts in their natural state taste like. Come to think of it, I don't know if I've had them roasted over an open fire either. This had "peanut butter" written all over it for my naive taste buds, which have surely been abused by an overconsumption of capsaicin and hops.
I would have liked a bit more liquid than solid, but given that the liquid was a surprise, the manufacturers have probably made the right choice when it comes to making a mess of customers' chins, hands, and sweaters. This is definitely another OM for me.
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Putting in the right foundation for Big Data is critical and the benefits of building SAP Big Data solutions on an x86 platform include better performance, lower total cost of ownership, improved agility, simpler scalability, and the availability of the SAP HANA in-memory platformÂbut not all x86-based solutions are equal. See how Dell can deliver industry-leading Big Data solutions on the x86 platform.


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Journal Journal: Slashdot could recover top spot from Reddit
So Reddit - where most veteran Slashdotters have been hanging out these days - is melting down, and for good reason.
I've been coming back here more lately.
But man, there's things that Reddit does better. No limit on mod points, for one. A better story queue mechanism for another.
There is a window here, if Slashdot admins have the balls to try. Implement Reddit's up vote system and subreddits. Maybe limit the latter to departments more traditional for Slashdot, but allow all users to submit stories in the Reddit manner. Hell, just clone the thing! You'd get a huge amount of your readership back.
Maybe the Slashdot front page is curated a la
Is the spirit of Rob Malda still alive in
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Photos from the Yves Saint Laurent Belle D'Opium Fragrance Launch Party
Yves Saint Laurent Celebrates Revival of Opium With Alexa Chung, Alexandra Richards, and Maggie Gyllenhaal
YSL celebrated the launch of its new fragrance, Belle d'Opium, with a launch party in New York that brought out Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ashley Olsen, and Alexa Chung (who was on spinning duty along with Alexandra Richards). Celebrating the modern rendition of the original 1977 fragrance, the event featured a performance by French actress Melanie Thierry (who appears in the fragrance's TV spot) with atomizers spritzing the new scent into an IMAX-style theater stage. The very modern launch was complete with iPads available for guests to post comments on the Belle d'Opium's webpage. Photographer Mark "The Cobrasnake" Hunter was the evening's official photographer, snapping candid images that are now on the YSL Facebook page.
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Topics: "Duluth Schools Operating Levy Vote" & "Lake Superior Sustainable Fishery"
Description: The Duluth School Board is asking residents of the district to vote in favor of an operating levy that will pump more money into the public schools. But it may be a tough sell in the current economic and tax climate. And commercial fishing on Lake Superior is going strong, and the sustainable catch is being promoted in new markets.
Guests: Pat Kendall, Duluth Schools PTSA president; Tom Kasper, Duluth School Board; Bill Mittlefehldt, Retired Educator; Jeff Gunderson, Minnesota Sea Grant; Don Schreiner, DNR Lake Superior Fisheries Supervisor


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Even finding out when a public meeting about an event is enough information to know where the legal concerns can be placed. If you never know about the public meetings by never talking to your friend, then the public may be missing out on being protected by an outside citizen with nothing to profit other than making sure their property doesn't get flooded by projects inadvertly not following federal law.
There is a big difference between networking and slipping $$$ under the table in order to make $$$$$$$$$$.
Shouldn't everyone be encouraged to network with the engineers, and even policy makers or politicians that will affect our games, our hunting, and so forth?


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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 364, June 22, 2007
Resolving Linker Errors - Part II
We're going to switch the order of this series and cover some ways to resolve runtime shared libraries errors. In a few weeks, we'll take a look at ways to handle name mangling issues.
On Linux systems the dynamic linker/loader is aware of shared libraries contained in directories specified by the /etc/ld.so.conf. When a systems administrator runs the ldconfig command the /etc/ld.so.cache is updated. This cache file contains shared library names and the full path to the file for fast lookup at runtime. Any shared libraries specified in this file will be found at runtime by the dynamic linker/loader. There are cases when directories may not be included in the /etc/ld.so.conf (e.g. when there are multiple versions of the same library on the system).
When a shared library cannot be resolved during runtime you might see an error like this:
pedro 1% ./gsl_example ./gsl_example: error while loading shared libraries: libgsl.so.0: ...
To get around errors like this there are a few options.
Set the
LD_LIBRARY_PATHenvironment variable prior to running an executable which uses shared libraries:
LD_LIBRARY_PATHspecifies a colon delimited set of search directories where an executable should look for unresolved shared libraries.
NOTE: the "ldd" command lists dynamic dependencies for an executable.e.g.
# Here's an example program which has unresolved shared libraries: pedro 2% ldd gsl_example libgsl.so.0 => not found libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc6000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) libgslcblas.so.0 => not found # The libraries required are in /usr/local/lib: pedro 3% export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib # pedro 4% ldd gsl_example libgsl.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgsl.so.0 (0x00002aaaaabc6000) libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaae99000) libgslcblas.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgslcblas.so.0 (0x00002aaaab0d0000) libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00002aaaab1fd000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
Here we see that when
LD_LIBRARY_PATHis set, all of the shared libraries are found.
Set the
LD_PRELOADenvironment variable prior to running an executable which uses shared libraries:
This environment variable is a white space delimited set of shared libraries to be loaded before all others.e.g.
# Here we use the same example as before: pedro 5% ldd gsl_example libgsl.so.0 => not found libgslcblas.so.0 => not found libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc6000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) # Then selectively preload particular shared libraries: pedro 6% export LD_PRELOAD="/usr/local/lib/libgslcblas.so /usr/local/lib/libgsl.so" # As before we now see that all shared libraries are resolved: pedro 7% ldd gsl_example /usr/local/lib/libgslcblas.so (0x00002aaaaabc6000) /usr/local/lib/libgsl.so (0x00002aaaaacf3000) libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaafc6000) libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00002aaaab1fd000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
Use the "-R" or "-rpath" options during linking.
When the "-R" linker option is used, the directories specified by this option are embedded into the header of the executable in the "RPATH" attributes in the Dynamic Section of the header. The benefit of this method is that it doesn't require any runtime environment variables to be set for dynamic libraries to be found.
It's fairly uncommon to run the linker directly during compilation. Most build systems I've seen use the compiler to call the linker. If you are using the Portland Group Compilers, GNU Compiler Suite or PathScale compilers a linker option can be specified using the "-Wl,<linker_flag>" flag. Here's an example which uses "-Wl,-R" to set the "RPATH".
# compile the code to build an object file pedro 8% gcc gsl_example.c -I/usr/local/pkg/gsl/gsl-1.8/include -c # run the linker with the "-Wl,-R" option. pedro 9% gcc gsl_example.o -L/usr/local/pkg/gsl/gsl-1.8/lib \ -lgsl -lgslcblas \ -Wl,-R /usr/local/pkg/gsl/gsl-1.8/lib \ -o gsl_example # unset the variables we used previously pedro 10% unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH pedro 11% unset LD_PRELOAD # We now see that the shared libraries are resolved without using # either of the environment variables. pedro 12% ldd gsl_example libgsl.so.0 => /usr/local/pkg/gsl/gsl-1.8/lib/libgsl.so.0 (0x00002aaaaabc6000) libgslcblas.so.0 => /usr/local/pkg/gsl/gsl-1.8/lib/libgslcblas.so.0 (0x00002aaaaae6e000) libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaafc6000) libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00002aaaab1fd000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
If you would like to see the "RPATH" settings in an executable, you can use the objdump command to display the "RPATH" settings for an executable. The "-p" option to objdump displays the private headers (which happen to contain the Dynamic Section):
pedro 13% objdump -p gsl_example less gsl_example: file format elf64-x86-64 Program Header: ... ... Dynamic Section: NEEDED libgsl.so.0 NEEDED libgslcblas.so.0 NEEDED libc.so.6 RPATH /usr/local/pkg/gsl/gsl-1.8/lib ... ...
Even if you've never seen the -R linker option, chances are that you've used if you've ever used MPICH or MVAPICH on a Linux system. Both of these MPI implementations use the RPATH options to embed the location of MPI libraries into the executable: Here's an example from Nelchina:
# Notice the -rpath in the output of "mpicc -show" c613n6:~> mpicc -show pgcc -DUSE_STDARG -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 \ -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_STDARG_H=1 -DUSE_STDARG=1 \ -DMALLOC_RET_VOID=1 \ -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/mpich/mpich-1.2.6-pgi611/lib/shared \ -L/usr/mpich/mpich-1.2.6-pgi611/lib/shared \ -L/usr/mpich/mpich-1.2.6-pgi611/lib -lmpich \ -L/work/usr/local/lib64 -lrapl -lpthread
If you use more than one of these methods, here are some things to keep in mind. The
environment variable has precedence over RPATH settings, so you can override RPATH settings in an executable by explicitly specifying libraries to preload. The
environment variable also has precedence over the
In cases where the directories specified by the RPATH attribute do not exist during runtime, the executable will use directories specified in the
and /etc/ld.so.conf to look for shared libraries.
For more information on this topic see "man ld.so" on a Linux system.
The ARSC Summer Science Seminar Series Continues
A free seminar introducing the features and capabilities of Google Earth to the general public will be presented Tuesday, June 26, at 1 p.m. in room 010 of the West Ridge Research Building by John Bailey, a postdoctoral fellow with the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center. Bailey will focus on demonstrating interesting real-world uses of Google Earth, which has helped bring capabilities for geographic information systems (GIS) to mainstream computer users.
The Google Earth markup language, KML, has emerged as a standard for creating visual, navigable environments for geospatial navigation. Attendees will see examples of state-of-the-art use of Google Earth, and learn about how to make their own data appear in Google Earth.-- Title: How Supercomputing is Revolutionizing Our View of the Earth's Interior When: Tuesday, July 10th from 1-2 p.m Where: 010 West Ridge Research Building (WRRB) Seminar Description:
Michael Thorne, postdoctoral fellow with the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center at UAF, will give a presentation on "How Supercomputing is Revolutionizing Our View of the Earth's Interior," Tuesday, July 10 at 1 p.m., in room 010 of the West Ridge Research Building as part of an ongoing series to demonstrate how computer and information-based technologies are applied to solving real world problems.
According to Thorne, the propagation of seismic waves as a result of earthquakes provides a direct method of probing the Earth's interior structure. The most detailed picture of this structure is obtained by modeling the seismic waveforms. Because of computational limitations, most modeling efforts have been confined to 1-D, layer cake models. Yet, the recent widespread availability of large-scale computing has made it possible to model waveforms for complex 2- or 3-D whole earth models.
Thorne's presentation will focus on current knowledge of the structure of earth's deep interior and how supercomputing is being used to sharpen the view. In addition, he will show what some of these newer high-resolution studies are telling scientists about features in earth's lower mantle, or Core-Mantle Boundary region, and how they relate to the dynamic processes that shape the surface.
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The DIY Dialysis Machine 476
Millie Kelly was born with a condition that required an immediate operation. During this operation her kidneys started to fail and since she was too small for dialysis machines, doctors told her parents that she was unlikely to live. Luckily for Millie, Dr. Malcolm Coulthard and a colleague tried to build a much smaller kidney machine on their own and they were successful. Her mother said, "It was a green metal box with a few paint marks on it with quite a few wires coming out of it into my daughter - it didn't look like a normal NHS one." The girl was hooked up to the machine over a seven day period to allow her kidneys to recover. Two years later, her mother Rebecca says she is "fit as a fiddle." You should see what Dr. Coulthard can build using a postage stamp, a tuning fork, a lawn chair and a jellyfish.


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A Wilderness First Responder Course, which will teach advanced first aid in the wilderness context, will be offered Sunday, Jan. 26-Sunday, Feb. 2, in Jadwin Hall. Classes will be held from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 26, and then daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The last day of class on Feb. 2 will end at noon. Registration is $495 for students with Princeton University ID and $650 for University faculty, staff and general public. Members of the University community should register with their Net ID via the Outdoor Action Program website, while the public should register by contacting Outdoor Action directly at firstname.lastname@example.com or 609-258-6230.


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Thread: low appetite during pregnancy
12th August 2012 08:37 PM #1
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low appetite during pregnancy
I am pregnant and Ive noticed that most of the time I dont have appetite. I would usually eat a certain type of food and eventually throw up if I feel nauseated. I do take iron and folic supplements that my Paediatrician prescribed, but is it enough? Im scared that im depriving my unborn baby of the nutrients he/she needs. What can I do?
13th August 2012 02:44 AM #2
How far along are you iyah? There were periods of time during each of my pregnancies where I had a low appetite. Eating frequent, small meals during pregnancy is recommended for a number of reasons. For one, your stomach becomes very compressed with baby and uterus later in pregnancy, making it difficult to comfortably eat much at a time.
Also, how often are you vomiting?
13th August 2012 12:56 PM #3
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thanks for the response mom2many. im on my 16th week ( 4 months) and i've noticed that vomiting has decreased since last week. hope it will fade away soon. i don't drink much milk either, i guess i had milk fatigue when i was little but i try to whenever i feel like it. i fear baby would be malnourished...
11th November 2012 07:29 AM #4
Hi iyah,
Just checking in to see how you are doing now. Has your appetite increased? My guess is that when you were in your 4th month you were still experiencing nausea and morning sickness. I had that for 5 months with my first pregnancy and then I was so happy when it finally subsided and I could eat well.
Be sure you're eating really healthy foods like fresh fruits and vegetables, high qualtiy protein like eggs, meat, chicken, turkey, nuts and legumes/beans and be sure you're avoiding sweets and white flour products.
Drinking green smoothies can really help you to get the deep green leafy vegetables that your baby needs and they taste great!
Try putting some water in a blender, add bananas (fresh or frozen) and any other frozen or fresh fruit you want, along with a handful or two of spinach or kale or other greens. Blend until smooth and enjoy! Children love this too.
Please let me know how you're doing.
Warm Regards,
11th November 2012 01:44 PM #5
I am sure your baby is just fine, it sounds like you are reaching the tale end of morning sickness, so you should notice some pickup in your appetite soon. Just remember, small meals are better, you are probably going to get full much faster than you would if you were not pregnant.
Also second Kate's smoothie suggestion, I love smoothies, such an easy tasty way to slip in some extra nutrition!
I hope you are feeling better, would love to hear an update.
15th November 2012 12:50 AM #6
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hello there ladies,
I've gained my appetite back and I'm on my third trimester. I only gained 5.5 lbs from the start of my pregnancy till now. I eat a lot, but on small portions only...just like what you've suggested. Thanks for checking on me...
16th November 2012 11:38 AM #7
Hi iyahu80,
It sounds like you're right on track. It's actually common for women to lose weight in the first trimester. This is one reason why the body won't allow pregnancy to happen if the mother is underweight by more than just a few pounds.
Glad you are feeling better!
Warm Regards,


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One of the most amazing organs in the body is the brain. (Tweet This)
A lot of people think that the functioning of the brain is the most distinguishing human feature. In other words, the way we think is what separates us from the other animals.
Our brain is so amazing that we tend to take it for granted. It's only when a problem shows up that we begin to appreciate the enormous amount of processing the goes on the brain. Chemical imbalances, injuries or diseases focus our attention on those processes that are altered.
Most people are aware of some primary areas of the brain. These include areas for the six senses (see previous blog), and for muscle control. There are also association areas for the senses that provide perception and understanding of the sensory inputs.
When someone gets a stroke or tumor in one of the primary areas, they lose that sense or movement, but when the association areas get damaged,
strange amazing interactions can result.
For instance, damage to the primary visual cortex results in blindness. The person is not able to see images at all. Damage to the association area can cause a person to be blind, but in unusual ways. Certain people are able to look at an object and draw it, but not name it. Others can see the object, recognize the object by touch behind a curtain, but not name it. Others have no problem naming the object but draw some weird scribbles that they say is the object.
One deficit caused a woman to be blind to moving objects. If it was still, she saw it. If it moved, it disappeared to her brain. Her life was like a stop motion movie with snapshots of still objects, but sounds of movement all around her.
Some people have unusual deficits that cause the left side of objects to disappear. They see and draw only the right side of images. If you have them imagine standing on the street, they can remember only the buildings on the right side of the block. If they mentally move to the end of the block and look back, they see only the buildings that are now on the right, the invisible ones from a minute ago.
My mother-in-law suffered a stroke last Thursday (prayers are appreciated). Her deficits appear to be in the language areas of the brain. She has lost several spoken words from her vocabulary. She knows the word she wants to say, but it is not the word that comes out of her mouth. She hears the word from her mouth and knows it is wrong, but can't make the right word come out. It is very frustrating.
In the late 1970's, Steve Martin joked about teaching an imaginary son the wrong words, so that when the boy asked to go to the bathroom, it came out "mumble dogface in the banana patch…"
It's not so funny when it happens in real life. The injured brain connects a different meaning to the spoken word. The patient is confused when others can't understand the simple request they are making. They are trapped in a world of an unlearnable language. They can get frustrated and angry, lashing out with tantrums or becoming depressed.
Motor control can be affected in strokes or cerebral palsy. People find their body doesn't respond to their brain. It might be speech muscles or half the body in strokes, to malfunctions of entire body in cerebral palsy. They are trapped inside a shell that doesn't function. Their thoughts and feelings are still normal, but the body just doesn't perform. Again, frustration is the outcome of everyday efforts.
When the interactions of the brain are functioning well, we tend to forget how complex those interactions can be. We take for granted everyday activities such as walking, communicating, and thinking…until the activities go away.


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Grant gives students an outdoor environmental science lesson
LA CROSSE, Wis. - Students in Mr. Linssen's Environmental Science class at Central High School are learning about the importance of healthy streams. And like most science classes, the students get to practice what they learn during the teacher's lecture through lab experiments.
But this year, the students got to take their lesson a step further. These juniors and seniors were able to suit-up and test the quality of the water in a stream in Coon Valley through a partnership with the DNR.
"The thing that the students are helping with... and it's a great thing because the department is short staffed and we don't often have time to get the extra data," said Jordan Weeks, senior inland fisheries biologist. "And the extra data they're going to be collecting is a lot of water chemistry stuff. And water chemistry data takes some time. It's not that it's that difficult to obtain. It just takes extra time."
The opportunity for these students to be citizen scientists was made possible through a grant from the La Crosse Public Education Foundation. With the grant money, Mr. Linssen bought waders and test kits to take his classroom outdoors.18058988
"With that equipment that the grant provided for us, we can do chemical testing in the water, like alkalinity tests, dissolve oxygen tests, pH tests, nitrate and phosphorus tests," said Linssen. "And all those tests tells us the quality of the water."
This type of hands-on learning is important for seniors like Trent Van Egtern.
"It helps a lot more than just sitting in the classroom and learning about it," said Van Egtern. "To actually come out and do it cause then it's like... okay I understand what this chemical is and what this chemical does, and actually get to see it first-hand. I think that helps a lot."
"It's a learning experience for them. It helps us professionally. It helps the people of Wisconsin," said Weeks.
Mr. Linssen also hopes students learn about the importance of community partnerships.
"I think any student has got to realize that he or she is not alone in this world," said Linssen. "There is always going to be connections that need to be made to make their lives easier. And to make their actions more worth while."
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I was told you have a Boo pup. Maybe its not a pup anymore. But I was wondering what you thought of it. We are thinking about breeding our FC/AFC Joeys Zoom Zoom/Ram grand daughter to him. We understand that the female has a lot to do with what you get out of the litter. But what does or did Boo bring to the table for you to chose him as a sire?
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A Decadent Easy Latin DessertPostre de Tres Leches, or Three Milk Cake, is a sumptuous, moist dessert that's a sweet finale to any meal.
This three milk cake recipe is made from heavy cream and GOYA® Sweetened and Condensed milk and poured on top of the cooked-and-cooled cake. The result is Postre de Tres Leches heaven!
Serves 8
Prep time: 35 min.
Total time: 1 hr. 40 min.
2 cups flour, plus more for pan
1 tbsp. baking powder
9 eggs, divided
2 cups sugar, divided
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
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1 can (12 oz.) GOYA® Evaporated Milk
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|Heat oven to 375°F. Butter 9"x13" baking pan. Dust pan with flour, tapping out excess; set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together 2 cups flour and baking powder; set aside.
|Crack 6 egg whites into a large bowl; reserve yolks. Using an electric mixer, beat egg whites until frothy. Gradually add 1 cup sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form, about 5 minutes. Add 6 egg yolks, one at a time, mixing until incorporated. Alternately beat in flour mixture and milk to egg mixture, starting and ending with flour mixture. Stir in vanilla. Pour cake batter into prepared pan. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 30 – 35 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes and poke holes into cake using a 2-pronged meat fork.
|Meanwhile, pour condensed milk, evaporated milk and heavy cream into a bowl. Transfer half of the liquid to a small saucepan. Bring milk mixture to a boil; remove from heat and stir in remaining mixture. Pour milk slowly over cake until absorbed; cover and transfer to the refrigerator; chill 1 hour.
|Meanwhile, in bowl of double boiler, using a whisk, beat 3 egg whites until frothy. Gradually add remaining sugar. Continue beating until stiff-peaks form and meringue is shiny, about 5 minutes. Whisk in lime juice. Spread meringue over top of cake. Store leftovers (if any) in refrigerator.
In this recipe, to be sure the egg whites have reached the "stiff peak" stage, simply lift the hand mixer out of the egg whites. If the egg whites stand up straight without flopping over, they are done. For extra assurance, scoop out a spoonful of the egg white mixture and hold the spoon upside down. If the whites stay put, they're ready!
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Imagine enjoying your very own, one-of-a-kind 575 square foot cottage with huge glass windows, a lovely functional kitchen and bath and a gigantic deck with a breathtaking bird's eye view of the beautiful mountains and forests of the Pacific Northwest. Now, imagine that this cottage is completely suspended in a large Spruce tree! Elevated Living designs these incredible prefab high-end tree homes for green families — and they are the perfect marriage of technology and nature, manufactured to have as little impact on the environment as possible.
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5 Responses to "Elevated Living's Eco-Friendly Tree Homes Take Outdoor Play to New Heights"
However "green" the building materials might be…if the structure is attached through the tree, as this one is, it will ultimately kill the tree. Can we please be less Design Consumers and more reuse/recycle/ conserve conscious?
Sustainability has to become an ethic that guides our decisions and choices, not a design fad.
hjvilanova, you absolutely have no idea what you are talking about do you? This design does not imply that the tree will die at anytime because the design doesn't even make sense. How is that deck going to hang in the air like that without any support from anywhere else. Just nailing it to that one tree is not going to get the job done, sorry but I built these as a child and from what I remember you need a better tree than that to build something that grand. Nice try though 😉
How and why is this "green"? Because it's a useless waste of resources attached to a tree in a forest? Because it is made of materials that came from a tree but cannot provide basic shelter because it has no roof and no means to access it? It's a sculpture and nothing more. Another typical example of very poorly executed ideas that claim to be sustainable but are completely useless and thus are doomed to fail.
The best way to go about building a safe "green" tree house would be to use wood from items that are no longer needed or wanted. We should check your garage for wood shelving that we don't need, or maybe an old table.We need a lot of scrap wood to make our own tree house safely.


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I didn't post this before because I was too upset, but since I know my RTF family will understand I can now. Back in January, I had to make one of the hardest decisions I have EVER made in my life and let go of my "heart dog", Star. She was just over 11 years old and suffered a stroke back in November that she just never fully recovered from, I guess. A few days before January 6 of this year, she stopped acting like herself and started moping around, having trouble walking, and stopped eating. Since this dog has NEVER missed a scrap of food that drops on the floor let alone a meal, I knew it was time to let her go. She was my introduction into playing the retriever games (as many of you on here know, I was a bird girl for 5 years before her) and we had a special bond that no other dog will ever be able to match. She was my best friend when no human would be and enriched my life more than any words could express. My heart was broken and still hasn't completely healed. I miss her dearly every day, but know that I did the right thing.
After she passed, I remembered various threads about Urns that Mr. Gooser custom makes and asked him if he would give my Star a resting place to honor her in the way she deserves. Well, fast forward a couple weeks and I could NOT be more pleased with what I got!!
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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of Verizon Communications (VZ) are up $1.97, or 4%, at $51.51, after the company this morning reported Q1 revenue slightly below consensus, at $29.4 billion versus $29.6 billion, but beat the average 66 cents estimate with 68 cents.
Verizon added 677,000 wireless subscribers on a net basis, and said it activated 7.2 million smartphones, of which 4 million were Apple's (AAPL) iPhone, up 25%, year over year, and higher as a percentage of Verizon smartphone sales, at 56% versus 51%, split evenly between the iPhone 5 and the older models of the device.
The company saw an 8.6% rise, year over year, in wireless services revenue, and a a record-high 50.4% segment Ebtida margin in wireless, it said. Verizon said it added 188,000 FiOS broadband data subscribers, and saw a 4.3% rise in revenue from consumers in its wireline division.
Apple shares are down $8.50, or 2%, at $394.30 following the report.
This morning, analysts are reflecting on how the results speak both to Verizon's outlook and Apple's.
Walter Pritchard with Citigroup reiterates a Buy rating on Verizon shares, writing that "results were very strong from the wireless segment, as we believe favorable wireless service revenue growth of 8.6% yoy (in-line vs. our est) and a lengthening device replacement cycle to around 29-months (on a 12-month trailing basis) are contributing positively to wireless OIBDA margin performance of 50.4% in 1Q/13."
Pritchard is impressed with the rate of smartphone sales, moreover: "postpaid wireless net adds of 677k was above our est and consensus of ~650k, and likely reflects another quarter of favorable share gains by VZ,; 3) continued increases in Smartphone adoption with ~85% of postpaid phone sales taking Smartphones in 1Q/13 versus ~73% in 1Q/12, and an ending Smartphone penetration rate of 61% of postpaid phones."
Jennifer Fritzsche with Wells Fargo, who has an Outperform rating on Verizon stock, notes that the company's CFO, Francis Shammo, provided some tantalizing remarks about the prospects of a deal of some kind with Verizon's wireless joint venture partner, Vodafone (VOD):
In response to a question about a potential Vodafone transaction, Verizon pointed to its recent public statement from April 2 that it continues to be interested in owning VOD's VZW 45% stake at the right price, but CFO Shammo also commented that Verizon is 'extremely confident' that the transaction could be done in a tax efficient way. The tax impact to Vodafone has been speculated to be one of the roadblocks to completing a transaction.
As for Apple, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray reiterates an Overweight rating on the shares, and a $688 price target, writing that he views the iPhone tally as "essentially in-line with our expectations for Verizon" and comfortable with his estimate for $41.4 billion in revenue in the March quarter for Apple, on total sales of 35.5 million.
However, Munster was expecting a 60% split of iPhone 5 to iPhone 4 and 4S, versus the 50-50 split reported by Verizon, "thus this early data point suggests iPhone ASPs may be a little weaker than expected."
Tavis McCourt with Raymond James, who has an Outperform rating on Apple, and a $600 price target, advises investors not to draw too much from the report as far as iPhone trends:
We believe you will see analysts try and take the Verizon iPhone sales number and figure out what it means for overall iPhone sales in 1Q. We would be cautious of this analysis, as it has many faults. Last quarter Verizon represented 13% of total iPhone sales, and if you assumed that this would be the same in 1Q13, you would come to the conclusion that Apple sold about 31 million iPhones in 1Q13. However, because 4Q, a big launch quarter in the U.S., tends to have a heavier skew of U.S. carriers, this analysis would lead one to an overly pessimistic 1Q answer. Additionally, it doesn't incorporate share shifts amongst carriers or channel inventory changes. 1Q13 will be much more driven by international trends than 4Q was. We believe the important analysis for iPhone trends is that it is still taking y/y share. Again, this is only one carrier, but shows that, at least in the U.S., the ecosystem strategy is working.