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Food security has long been a challenge for farmers, but in the future it will be the focus of an ongoing life and death battle by farmers and agribusiness to produce enough food to feed our planet.
How big is the battle? By the year 2025, we will have 8.5 billion people on Earth. By the year 2043, we will surpass 9 billion. By 2025 India and China will each have a middle class that contains more people than the entire population of the U.S. or Western Europe. By 2043, China and India each will have a middle class bigger than the U.S. and Western Europe combined.
Projecting further into the future, by the year 2050 farmers will have to produce more food each year than all the food produced by farmers since 10,000 BC, when most experts contend farming began.
Farmland, on a global basis, is expected to increase slightly over the next 20 years, but that's a highly misleading statistic. Among, the world's most productive food producing countries, like the U.S. and Canada, farmland will decrease significantly. The bottom line is the world may increase acreage slightly, but we will likely see a significant drop in acreage in developed countries.
The average age of farmers worldwide is likely to decrease slightly between now and 2043, as more people in developing nations turn to agriculture to make a living. Again, in developed countries the average age of farmers is increasing, reaching 58 years of age in the U.S. this year.
Though the world's population will only increase by 30 percent from 2010 to 2043 that doesn't mean we will need 30 percent more food. Burgeoning middle classes will demand, and will be able to pay for higher quality protein in the form of meat products.
For every pound of high protein meat produced, it takes three pounds of crops, whether that be corn, soybeans, wheat or other grain or forage crops.
"The best guess right now is that we will need 80-100 percent more food by 2043 than we are growing now," says Jim Stack, a professor at Kansas State University and director of the Great Plains Diagnostic Network.
Best road to food security
Stack, a plant pathologist and expert on food security, says insuring a healthy crop is the best road to food security. New pathogens and insects are clearly a threat to the ability of farmers worldwide in producing enough food to feed the planet in the future.
In addition to providing enough food, we also want to reduce poverty and improve public health. These three factors are so intertwined that it is virtually impossible to separate one from the other, the Kansas State food security expert contends.
Stack says he is confident farmers can produce enough food to feed nine billion people, if we are willing to make some changes on a global basis.
First, he says, we have to recognize that free trade isn't free. "I want to make it clear, I'm not anti-trade, but I am for trade with responsibilities.
"If trade is the solution to food insecurity and we want to bring developing nations into the global marketplace, we have a big challenge. At this time, we simply don't have the infrastructure needed to produce and transport food that is free of pests and pathogens," Stack says.
"As we increase our trade with more nations, we risk the threat of introducing pests and pathogens that threaten our ability to produce food. Plant health and plant security are essential to our ability to continue to increase yields and thus food production," he adds.
"By opening up our country to trade from countries without the necessary safeguards against crop/food pathogens and insects, we are opening the flood gates to these kinds of problems," Stack says.
"For example, we now grow most of the ornamental and nursery materials in foreign countries. These plants come into a port, Miami for example, and they go through an inspection process and are loaded on trucks for transport to retail centers. These crops have been harvested in a foreign country, run through their plant inspection process and through our inspection process and on trucks to the public in a matter of a day or two.
"That short two-day time turn-around from field to consumer is much shorter than the incubation time for most diseases and shorter than the biological incubation of virtually undetectable stages of many insects. Factor in the lack of a visual inspection to detect these pathogens and insects and the reality that only 1-2 percent are checked, and there is real concern for safety and security," Stack explains.
"To meet future food production and distribution goals, we simply can't afford to allow food security to be used to promote products from one country over another," Stack says.
Political system not in place
"Right now, we don't have the political system in place to deal with long-term issues related to food security, human nutrition and food distribution. In the U.S. and in most developed countries food isn't an issue — we can go to a grocery story day or night and buy what we need."
Investing in plant health is absolutely essential to give farmers a chance to produce enough food, and we simply haven't made the investment necessary, not even in the U.S., according to Stack.
"In fact, without healthy food systems, we can't meet the millennium goals of sustainable food, improved public health or decreasing poverty. Plant systems drive virtually all the food systems in the world," Stack says.
Insuring food security begins at the farm level, but without support from throughout the agri-industry, on-farm efforts aren't likely to succeed.
The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) has taken up the fight on behalf of U.S. grain farmers.
The NGFA has been out-front and vocal in lobbying the U.S. Congress to pass Federal laws that help, not hinder, farmers and grain handlers to insure a safe supply of grain. Currently, about 40 percent of all the calories consumed worldwide comes from grain, with another 20 percent coming from rice and potatoes.
"We are proud of the significant measures already being taken by grain elevators, feed and feed ingredient manufacturers, and many others throughout the food and feed system to provide safe and wholesome products for domestic and world consumers," said NGFA President Kendell W. Keith.
A unified effort by the global agricultural community is critical for farmers to have a chance to feed the world in the future.


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FDA has recently taken second looks at weight-loss drugs from Vivus and Arena, and now it's giving Hemispherx's experimental chronic fatigue syndrome drug, Ampligen, a second chance with a Thursday advisory committee hearing.
The injectable has been kicking around the regulatory agency since 1988, when its Phase I tests were reviewed by the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. It's since been looked at by other groups within the FDA, and the results share one theme: give us more information.
A November 21 memo to the Pulmonary, Allergy and Rheumatology advisory committee in November by clinical team leader Theresa Michele indicates that questions remain, despite a 2009 complete response letter in which the agency said Hemispherx's supporting data was found lacking. Among the 2009 complaints: inadequate evidence of effectiveness or safety; inadequacy of drug-drug interaction studies; inadequate analytical methods and drug product specifications. The FDA requested at least one additional clinical trial. The 2009 letter echoed one issued in 2007 when the Cardio-Renal Drug Products group refused to accept Hemispherx review application over deficient data, including missing studies and inconsistent patient counts, among other reasons.
The drug changed committees in 2011, but the data Thursday's committee will be reviewing is an analysis of the information Hemispherx submitted three years ago. Although the briefing documents are for reference and do not indicate judgment, the notes show the committee is cross-referencing past experiences with present ones.
Among the FDA's notes:
- Hemispherx did not conduct any dose ranging studies, but noted in the complete response that the minimal effective dose is 200mg twice a week.
- FDA finds fault with the remix of the exercise tolerance data, which is meant to assess patient activity thresholds. The FDA notes indicate Hemispherx's approach was flawed because it included a variable endpoint, among other reasons, including "there is no evidence suggesting that improvement with Ampligen is more likely in patients who may spontaneously improve."
A Hemispherx spokesperson told MM&M the company couldn't comment on the committee's notes before Thursday's review.
Chronic fatigue syndrome is associated with unexplained, persistent fatigue that lasts at least six months and can include impaired concentration as well as muscle and joint pain. Although a study published in the journal mBio in September indicated that two viruses thought to be associated with the condition were not found among the patients diagnosed with CFS, the condition is attractive for two key reasons: first, no pharmacological therapy currently exists. Second, Hemispherx locked in an Orphan Drug designation in 1993, when the number of diagnosed patients was well below the rare-disease threshold of under 200,000 patients. According to the FDA briefing documents, the CFS patient pool was around 18,000 people at the time. The current estimate has since jumped to around 1 million patients, but the FDA noted that the population at the time of designation is what matters, not how large the patient pool is when the drug comes up for review. The designation has the potential to be a lucrative one, because of an extended exclusivity period.


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In recent years, the use of ethanol as a biofuel to help deal with the ongoing energy crisis has received a good deal of attention from Washington. But can we produce both food and fuel -- and can ethanol truly replace oil and gas?
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NWSB Editor and Writer Chris Anderson talks about tonight's matchup between the Portland Timbers and San Jose Earthquakes. What has been a roller coaster ride of a season, the Timbers once again find themselves in the dumps heading into yet another tough test as they face the Western conference leading San Jose Earthquakes. Players talked about include Kris Boyd and Mike Fucito.
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Random number generation
From wikipedia:Random number generation:
- A random number generator (RNG) is a computational or physical device designed to generate a sequence of numbers or symbols that lack any pattern, i.e. appear random.
Generation of random data is crucial for several applications like making cryptographic keys (e.g. for Disk Encryption), securely wiping disks, running encrypted Software Access Points.
Kernel built-in RNG
The Linux kernel's built-in RNGs /dev/{u}random are highly commended for producing reliable random data providing the same security level that is used for the creation of cryptographic keys. The random number generator gathers environmental noise from device drivers and other sources into an entropy pool.
Note that the
man random command will misdirect to the library function manpage random(3)
while for information about the
/dev/random device files you should run
man 4 random to read random(4).
/dev/random uses an entropy pool of 4096 bits (512 Bytes) to generate random data and stops when the pool is exhausted until it gets (slowly) refilled.
/dev/random is designed for generating cryptographic keys (e.g. SSL, SSH, dm-crypt's LUKS), but it is impractical to use for wiping current HDD capacities: what makes disk wiping take so long is waiting for the system to gather enough true entropy. In an entropy-starved situation (e.g. a remote server) this might never end. While doing search operations on large directories or moving the mouse in X can slowly refill the entropy pool, it's designated pool size alone will be indication enough of the inadequacy for wiping a disk.
You can always compare
/proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail against
/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize to keep an eye on the system's entropy pool.
While Linux kernel 2.4 did have writable
/proc entries for controlling the entropy pool size, in newer kernels only
read_wakeup_threshold and
write_wakeup_threshold are writable. The pool size is now hardcoded in kernel line 275 of
/* * Configuration information */ #define INPUT_POOL_WORDS 128 #define OUTPUT_POOL_WORDS 32 ...
The kernel's pool size is given by
INPUT_POOL_WORDS * OUTPUT_POOL_WORDS which makes, as already stated, 4096 bits.
/dev/random to generate critical cryptographic keys on a system you do not control. If in doubt, for example in shared server environments, rather choose to create the keys on another system and transfer them.
In contrast to
/dev/urandom reuses existing entropy pool data while the pool is replenished: the output will contain less entropy than the corresponding read from
/dev/random, but its quality should be sufficient for a paranoid disk wipe, preparing for block device encryption, wiping LUKS keyslots, wiping single files and many other purposes. Nevertheless it might still take a long time to bottle-feed the neverending surge of large drives with data.
/dev/urandom is not recommended for the generation of long-term cryptographic keys.
Faster alternatives
A more practical compromise between performance and security is the use of a pseudorandom number generator, for example:
There are also cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generators like Yarrow (FreeBSD/OS-X) or Fortuna (the intended successor of Yarrow).
See also
- RFC4086 - Randomness Requirements for Security (Section 7.1.2 for /dev/random)
- Randomness - A popular science article explaining different RNGs


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This is my 2nd recipe with the Barefoot Bloggers. Although I didn't exactly eat this dish all gone, I did enjoy the process of making it. I'm not a real big egg fan or a blue cheese fan so I made 1/3 of the recipe and substituted the blue cheese with parmesan. It had a creamy texture to it. The nutmeg was a nice touch. This is something I would make special for my mom on her birthday or mother's day.
Blue Cheese Souffle (Ina Garten)
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing the dish
- 1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan, plus extra for sprinkling
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup scalded milk
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Pinch cayenne pepper
- Pinch nutmeg
- 4 extra-large egg yolks, at room temperature
- 3 ounces good Roquefort cheese, chopped
- 5 extra-large egg whites, at room temperature
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Butter the inside of an 8-cup souffle dish (7 1/2 inches in diameter and 3 1/4 inches deep) and sprinkle evenly with Parmesan.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat. With a wooden spoon, stir in the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Off the heat, whisk in the hot milk, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, the cayenne, and nutmeg. Cook over low heat, whisking constantly, for 1 minute, until smooth and thick.
Off the heat, while still hot, whisk in the egg yolks, one at a time. Stir in the Roquefort and the 1/4 cup of Parmesan and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
Put the egg whites, cream of tartar, and a pinch of salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat on low speed for 1 minute, on medium speed for 1 minute, then finally on high speed until they form firm, glossy peaks.
Whisk 1/4 of the egg whites into the cheese sauce to lighten and then fold in the rest. Pour into the souffle dish, then smooth the top. Draw a large circle on top with the spatula to help the souffle rise evenly, and place in the middle of the oven. Turn the temperature down to 375 degrees F. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes (don't peek!) until puffed and brown. Serve immediately.


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We parents wait anxiously for those first words. Then that first sentence. We dream of the day we can actually have a conversation with our precious little ones. But eventually, we all come to the startling realization that with all that chatter comes some inevitably embarrassing moments.
Take this recent incident for example. I was in the elevator of our apartment building with my son along with another mother and child. When the mom suggested we have a playdate, my darling kid said, "No. My mom says he's mean and rude so you can't come to my house." I was mortified. I felt so bad. I know I'm not the only mom who has been there. I asked around. Here are the 10 most embarrassing things our kids say.
- As an overweight woman stops to compliment on how cute your DD is, DD says, "Oh mommy, that lady is really fat."
- During a playdate you hear your son telling his friend, "My mommy said she doesn't like your mommy." That mom happens to be in earshot too!
- "Grandma, why does mommy think you have a big nose?" DS says after overhearing you say your mother-in-law is nosy.
- Visiting a family member's home, you take your son to the bathroom and he loudly whines, "Iccckkkkk! This bathroom is nasty."
- When the minister remarks he hasn't seen the family in awhile, DS shares, "Mommy and daddy like to sleep on Sundays."
- While having dinner with the neighbors, your DD reveals, "I dropped all the rolls on the floor but mommy put them back on the plate."
- "My daddy poops with the door open," boasts DS during drop-off.
- As you grab the back of your son's pants to get him from under the restaurant table, he shouts very loudly, "You're touching my private parts!"
- "Mommy that man smelled really bad, like cat pee!" as a disheveled man walks by.
- As you bend down to help your child put on her coat at pick-up, she says, "Mommy, your breath smells rotten."
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Post subject: Isabella stickers - one per board... unless you are a kiter?
I just got back from Izzy, where I tried to get a personal sticker for my five boards. The store clerk showed me a letter from the authority up there, explaining that 'since kiters sometimes change their platforms and parachutes (sic), they can buy one personal tag. But, windsurfers must have a sticker on all boards. This will be enforced"
What??? We change "platforms" too! Last year they did permit personal passes, but something changed.
Anyone else run into this? What can we do??
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Larry: in 2011, we got permission to have one permit per operator, rather than one per board. When I tried to ascertain that the same policy applied in 2012, I was told, no, what was I thinking, it only applied to kiters. Since I had worked for this special ruling as a windsurfer, and the kiters had only been included as an afterthought, I decided on a course of civil disobedience: I have since always had one permit on my person when sailing, and would raise kane if anyone challenged me about it. Nobody has. No windsurfer was asked to present his permit at Lake Isabella last year. This year, I wrote again to the head ranger of the Parks & Rec in Bakersfield, asking once again that the one-permit-per-operator policy be continued. There has been no response. Since I cleverly slipped a sentence into my letter about my assuming that he continue the one-permit-per-operator policy IF I DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM HIM, we are on pretty firm legal ground to just continue to carry one permit per operator with us whenever on the water.
Anyone have any problems with Lake Patrol, do let me know! I have copies of old correspondence that show clearly that the current ruling as stated in that note to the vendors is absolutely not what we had agreed upon in July of 2011.
The lady in the Shell station who sells those permits, knows nothing beyond that piece of paper she got from Lake Patrol. Just tell her you want to buy a permit for a windsurfer, and leave the details vague and generic!
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Lake Lopez had the same policy last time I was there. $5.00/board. They got me at the gate and charged me.
I've been to lakes where they also required PFDs for windsurfers.
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no PFDs required at Isabella, no gates to pass through, either. Just a Lake Patrol, who will sometimes show up - preferrably on a Sunday after 5pm, when all the drunken violators of rules of the road, courtesy and common sense, have left.
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Lake Lopez had the same policy last time I was there. $5.00/board. They got me at the gate and charged me.
Ah. yes ... the sandwich police.
Except back then it was a few bucks for each possible combination of board and sail, as in 4 boards X 6 sails X $3 or some such nonsense.
Only the second time I've eve gotten angry at a desk jockey just doing her job.
Here's the relevant paragraph: Slap that permit to yer helmet or rib armor, invoke The Superkraut Defense, and tell 'em you're covered. I've used the Superkraut Defense in numerous scenarios and places and sports, with 100% success so far. It holds no legal water, but it does give a public-minded civil servant some leeway to be a nice (and rational) guy.
Now back to the bigger picture; It even got me years of private dirt bike and 4X4 access to the world class gypsum sand dunes of White Sands Missile Range.
"Dear Gen Jones:
The 6514th Test Squadron is testing ground-penetrating radar over remote WSMR lands. Ground moisture affects test readings [all true; the BS begins here], so it is imperative that we assess that parameter first hand at ground level. We can do that on weekends to avoid interfering with your operations. Unless you object, we will begin next weekend, using civilian vehicles suitable for the terrain."
We never heard from Gen Jones. His staff had to know what we were up to, and was smart enough not to allow it but generous enough not to object. It worked, and it widened the grins on our faces as we flew and danced over those incredible, forbidden, 20-40 foot dunes. Thanks for reminding me of that great segment of my life.
More at
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Rest assured we didn't ride anywhere near the park lands, which are less than half of the dunes' 275 sq miles.
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Why don't you just put it here. They don't know the difference....
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brilliant idea, Steve! alas, it does not fit, not even close
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You know the little black gasket between the Base and the board? Just make a super big one for Isabella. They're gonna look at that thingamajig and scratch their heads....
I tried.
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Now back to the bigger picture; It even got me years of private dirt bike and 4X4 access to the world class gypsum sand dunes of White Sands Missile Range.
Ha! That reminds me of when me and some of my college buddies drove from Lafayette Louisiana to Las Cruces to see our college basketball team play in a tournament. We got there in the middle of the day and the games weren't til evening so we found our way to White Sands. Parked the car and started walking. There were lots of footprints, but the further we got the fewer there were. Finally, no more footprints. After a few more sand dunes, we crested one and written in the sand on the next one was "USL Ragin Cajuns".
That place is incredible.
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BLACKFOOT — Three individuals have been cited with misdemeanor possession or sale of a synthetic cannabinoid after police issued a search warrant at a local merchant.
The Blackfoot Police Department received information that Hecho en Mexico, located at 1010 W. Bridge St. Ste. K, and served a search warrant at that location. As a result of the search warrant, more than 200 containers of "spice" retailing for around $3,200 were recovered.
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For a given group presentation of a group(finitely presented), I want to check whether it is residually solvable or not. Is there any good way to do it?
Actually, I'm curious whether the finitely presented group $G = < x_i, 1\leq i \leq m | w_i x_i w_i^{-1}x_{i+1}, 1\leq i \leq n-1 > $, where $w_i=x_j^{\pm 1}$ for some $j$.


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text: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 Call for Innovative Models of Care Are you involved in or aware of an innovative clinical practice model that involves physical therapist practice? APTA is developing resources to help prepare members for success in new integrated models of care, such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), and advance physical therapist practice. As a first step, we would like to collect examples of innovative models of care involving physical therapists. Such models of care may include but are not limited to: interprofessional models of care in which the physical therapist is the primary care manager for certain neuromusculoskeletal complaints and conditions models that improve access to physical therapy care, such as those that involve technology, triage, and group-based education shared savings and/or shared risk programs management of health risk indicators, especially in large patient populations models that demonstrate comparative effectiveness and/or cost effectiveness health promotion, wellness, and prevention programs with demonstrated effectiveness Send a brief (approximately 100 words) description of your practice model along with your name and contact information to email@example.com. Comments I work in an integrated practice with Osteopathic Physicians who are board certified in family practice and sports medicine. The unique model we use is one that has actually been around for a long time - the marriage of osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) with physical therapy practice. The osteopaths will perform OMM and other procedural interventions on patients with musculoskeletal dysfunction and refer them to me for exercise instruction, manual therapy and modality applications. I use a strong evidence based approach to my treatment applications consisiting mainly of manual therapy and exercise applications. The patients will see me 1 to 3 times per week (average about 1 to 2, rarely 3 unless they are post operative) and the osteopaths q 3 to 4 weeks. The outcomes are amazing. We are planning an RCT for this model for non specific LBP comparing it to non-osteopathic primary care (NSAIDs), PT only groups and will look at outcomes (functional and pain) and cost. No standardized treatments will be used to reflect the generalized nature of PT practice. Posted by Peter Sprague, PT, DPT on 6/3/2011 3:39 PM I like the potential for professional collaboration w/the osteopathic profession and the patient-centered focus. But wouldn't the results of the porposed RTC be strengthened, and more clinically instructive (to those of us who don't have the luxury of working in close proximity w/osteopaths) if the patients' type of LBP complaints, and treatments implemented are "profiled"? Posted by David Kipp, PT,MS, OCS on 6/3/2011 6:32 PM


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L. Neil Smith's
Number 294, October 24, 2004
"Scare the crap out of the statists!"
Give Me Some Space
Special to TLE
Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a NASA nut. In fact, a significant number of people who don't know me know that I'm a NASA nut. But just because I'm a nut doesn't mean I'm crazy!
I'm all too well aware that NASA is a government agency funded by tax dollars. I'm a little unhappy about the former given that the word "government" doesn't often appear next to a word like "innovative" or efficient," and an agency like NASA needs to be both. I'm a lot unhappy about the latter because, though I think the space program is invaluable, I'm not fond of the government forcing people to hand over their hard-earned cash for much of anything outside legitimate national defense.
The truth is that I'm in love with the idea of space study and exploration in general. I'm in love with NASA because, since the late 1950's, it's been America's all-of-our-space-eggs-in-one-basket agency. Though that's lamentable, it didn't mitigate my happiness at the successful Mars Pathfinder landing when I was fortunate enough to be at a NASA facility to hear the first return signals come back live; and it didn't assuage my pain when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated in the blue skies above Texas and I wept along with the other early shoppers who were watching the display TVs in our local Wal Mart.
On October 4, and separated by mere hours, I found my vision blurred again by tears of both sheer joy and gentle sorrow. Only this time, the events causing such emotions were ones we might call historic bookends, and ironic ones at that. On the morning of October 4, as USA Today put it, a private [space]craft launches a new era. Within hours, that news was poignantly contrasted with the notice that one of the original Mercury astronauts, Gordon Cooper, had died. As the old guard and NASA's exclusivity slowly passes away, it's abundantly clear that a new and frankly exciting space race has begun.
SpaceShipOne, the odd looking craft that managed to reach the lower reaches of space three times in recent weekstwice within a matter of days to win the Ansari X Prizewas the first civilian effort to make it into space. (In what I consider a decent gesture, NASA gave both of the pilots who flew the ship on its historic flights a pair of astronaut wings). While SpaceShipOne has all of the honor and prestige of being first, it's not likely to be the last. At least two other groups involved in the X-Prize competition are close enough to functionality to claim to be planning regular flight service for tourists within the next few years. Meanwhile, Scaled Compositesthe proud builder of SpaceShipOnehas already contracted with Richard Branson (the Virgin Airlines mogul) to provide ships for his just-announced Virgin Galactic flight service. Space travelat least on a very limited basisis finally poised to become a truly civilian effort.
And now that civilians are involved, can capitalism be far behind? Probably not in America, no. In fact, one columnist has already called space the final free market; though investors are hesitant until the technology is further proven, Mr. Branson is likely only at the head of the curve rather than the single point of interest. Investing in private space travel is almost certainly on the way just as soon as investors get a grasp on the many potential money-makers involved in such ventures.
These considerations of the free market in space and the accompanying investments brings me back to NASA and its bloated budgets, scaled back goals, and aging and expensive space shuttle fleet. Worst of all is the fact that NASA, after some fifty years as a government agency, has been largely subsumed by a government culture which is, in turn, damping down those all important traits of "innovative" and "efficient" that are so valuable.
I don't argue that research and development done well and properly costs a lot (former NASA Administrator Dan Goldin's "better, faster, cheaper" policies were the direct cause of some spectacular and unfortunate failures). Though I hate that some ambitious NASA projects have been cancelled or postponed due to cost, I understand the necessity for some of the cuts. And as far as the shuttle goes, well, I just visited the Space Shuttle Enterprise on display at the newest National Air and Space Museum building, and can tell you that she's one of the most wrenchingly beautiful things I've ever seen. But she's old. She's built from 1960's dream designs and 1970's lowest-bidder technology. And newer ships, long on the drawing boards, are going nowhere largely due to the substantial expense that would be involved and Congress' hesitation to spend the money (it's too bad Congress doesn't hesitate to spend money on so many other less valuable things, too, but I digress...)
Some free market boosters have crowed, "SpaceShipOne, NASA Nothing!" I only agree with half of that statement. Without NASA, there would probably have been little or no space effort at all, and certainly not one that's reached the heights it has in a relatively few years (at least we can be comforted by the knowledge that the deep pockets of the American taxpayer have accomplished something worthwhile). And though SpaceShipOne relied on some new technologies, it also borrowed from those things NASA dreamed of and did first. And that, my friends, tells us how we can save NASA and its valuable work even while we get rid of NASA and its tax dollar spending. Consider:
I've met with some NASA engineers personally, and I've read more than a few firsthand accounts of others involved in varying ways with NASA. Those men and women are smarter and more creative than most of us have ever dreamed of being. They could probably build a machine that would fly around the world on a cup of water if someone gave them enough time, paperclips, and duct tape. Their dedication is admirable; their genius is, with surprising frequency, astounding. Aside from direct application for space exploration of that dedication and genius, I've seen for myself some of the amazing technological spin-offs that have resulted from NASA research (heart pumps based on jet engine turbines, de-icing equipment now standard on all jetliners, quicker freezing and thus better preservation of food thanks to low temperature fuel studies, and much, much more). These spin-offs are essentially handed to private industry because, well, they were created with tax dollars in the first place.
So let's privatize NASA. If the military wants to launch a satellite, it can pay NASA for the fuel, crew, and facility. If government researchers want to study climate change, they can ante up for the privilege. If a doctor wants to watch a surgery around the world in real time, there's a charge for the satellite time. If Lockheed-Martin wants to have a wing design tested in a wind tunnel, it can rent the building and its expert staff. If pharmaceutical companies want time on the International Space Station to manufacture new or different compounds, they can pay for trip and the stay. And so on.
NASA's work in the past has been incredibly useful to a wide spectrum of industries; there's no reason to suspect it won't be in the future. They might as well get paidand paid as well as they deservefor it. (Many people don't know just how important and widespread NASA's contributions to everyday life have been, largely due to a lack of publicity. As a private corporation, you can bet NASA's past public relations failings will be replaced by a slick and very effective advertising program, something the free market has come to expect and which would quite honestly do NASA a world of good.)
The bottom line here is that SpaceShipOne's accomplishment doesn't mean you and I can go into orbit tomorrow (more's the pity), though it certainly shows us that that day is coming relatively soon. But it also doesn't mean that NASA is obsolete. It's apparent that the free market is poised send SpaceShipOne to new heights (assuming the threat of overweening government regulation doesn't ruin these smaller agencies, too). Wouldn't it be a terrible shame if we didn't at least try to let the free market do the same for NASA? A substantial infrastructure of equipment and prodigious talent is already in place there; let's see it employed to its fullest potential rather than merely used as much as possible under what's become grinding bureaucratic and regulatory restraint.
The flight of SpaceShipOne made headline news around the world. Virgin Galactic has already sold a significant number of tickets for its maiden flights. That shows that SpaceShipOne has proved not only that civilian space flight is on the way, but that many ordinary people are interested in space. They're just not interested in big-government bureaucratic space. And whatever my undying passions for the greater universe out there may be, neither am I.
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You know that feeling in the pit of your stomach you get when you read the words "you know that feeling in the pit of your stomach you get"? Yes, that's the one. The one you're feeling right now in the pit of your stomach. Well it's time to put that feeling to good use because Derrick the Deathfin is now 25% off for one week only!
Since his release in October last year, Derrick has been slowly building in reputation, garnering some great reviews and adoring fans along the way. Sales have continued to improve as the game becomes more known too which is great. We know a PS Vita version would be super cool as well, we are still looking into that — is that something you'd be interested in? What's more, we have some ideas for a sequel that would see Derrick indulging in some intergalactic mischief…
Dishonored is available today on the PlayStation Store, and if you pre-ordered it you should have received your dynamic theme. There are a few other PS3 full games out today, including Birds of Steel, Naughty Bear, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes and a Devil May Cry HD Collection (complete with Trophy support). Another fine addition to the PS Store is the next installment of The Walking Dead episodic adventure. Fans of the series will be happy to hear that Episode 4 – Around Every Corner, is now available.
The latest game to hop on the Cross-Buy trend, if you purchase Retro City Rampage on PSN or PS Vita, you'll be able to download the other version at no additional cost. Although there are only a few PSone classics being added to the PS Vita store this week, there are several other PS Vita titles releasing today including Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock, Spy Hunter and Sunflowers.
At the best of times, being a teenage shark constructed entirely of paper isn't easy. For Derrick, having just witnessed the brutal soupification of his parents, this was the worst of times.
Derrick the Deathfin is available on PSN right now for $7.99, and PlayStation Plus subscribers get a 30% discount for a limited time!
Join Derrick on his demented rampage through an insane paper world! Consume, collect, fight, jump and race your paper face through 32 levels of challenging cutout craziness! Meet, greet and eat all manner of goofy paper characters! Decimate man-made mega structures in an orgy of corrugated destruction! Duel to the death with big brittle baddies! Propel yourself into the air like a penguin strapped to a rocket!
Once again, we're here to brighten your Monday with the weekly update on incoming Plus content this week. So far in October, NFL Blitz joined the Instant Game Collection and Plus members received some discounts on Alex Kidd and Spelunker. This week, please join us in thanking our friends at Atlus for delivering the legendary King of Fighters XIII, free for Plus members! These updates will take effect with the October 9th (that's tomorrow!) PlayStation Store update.
Also, we've got another poll for you. This time, we're curious to know what you would be most interested to see in PS Plus on PS Vita. The service is scheduled to arrive this November, and we'll have more concrete information as we lead up to launch. And remember, it's all one Plus subscription whether you get Plus now, or later. Don't forget to also rank this post in the upper right corner too; we use all that data.
At Different Tuna, we've been working astonishingly hard to bring you PSN's premier underwater papercraft action game — Derrick the Deathfin. We have 32 handcrafted levels and three level types, set across four challenging continents, with each level being increasingly fiendish and colourful in its design. On October 9th this world can be yours to explore, for $7.99.
You know that feeling when you're sitting on a roller coaster, slowly ascending, just in sight of the summit? That's what you're feeling right now. This time though, the ride is going to be much wilder than anything you've experienced before, and everything on the way down is going to be made out of paper.
To succeed you must fight, jump, race and eat your way through a myriad of confusingly textured circumstances. Good luck!
Derrick the Deathfin is the world's very first underwater papercraft game. The action – of which there is plenty – takes place in an irreverent aquatic world full of paper, goofy fish, paper, arcade action, paper, wanton destruction, and paper.*
After Derrick's parents are brutally turned into soup he sets forth on a worldwide rampage of destruction in order to make himself feel a bit better. On his travels he eats all manner of dopey delights for dinner, duels with paper enemies and decimates man-made cardboard monstrosities. Derrick also has a distinct fondness for picking up diamonds and jumping through burning tyres in the sky. Just like a real shark!
Derrick journeys through 32 beautiful, vibrant levels set across 11 environments and four continents. He is in a constant battle against his metabolism, needing to constantly eat to stay alive. He must move, groove, jump, race and puzzle his way through increasingly crazy challenges to attain paper-shark certified glory.
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Delicious Tea Recipes!
I have written about 3 delicious and traditional tea recipes: Chinese smoked duck, Japanese tea soup and Irish Bram Brack :)
These are the cupcakes I made with Earl Grey
Sinfulnutrition.com had a recipe for Black Tea & Soy Marinated Tofu I've been meaning to try
Servings: 3
Serving Size: 4 pieces
Calories: 116 Fat: 6
1 pkg (14 oz) extra-firm tofu
6 oz boiling water
2 black tea bags
1 T reduced-sodium soy sauce
½ t ground ginger
2 garlic cloves, minced
Remove tofu from package, wrap in a dish towel, and top with a heavy object such as a stack of books to press and remove the water for 10 minutes. Alternatively, you may use a tofu press
Meanwhile, add your tea bags to the boiling water to steep for 2-3 minutes. Discard the tea bags, and add the soy sauce, ginger, and garlic to the tea.
One the tofu is pressed, unwrap from towel and slice into 12 even pieces. Lay pieces in a glass casserole dish and cover with marinade.
Let the tofu marinate for at least 1 hour, but preferably overnight, turning the tofu pieces over halfway through the marinating time.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray. Add tofu pieces to prepared baking pan, and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until tofu is golden brown and firm.


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I think part of the problem is the judging and I love the new judges, they've brought expertise, encouragement and love to the kids but Simon would weed out the weak to save the stronger contestants. J Lo and Steven really don't slam their performances although J Lo did tell Pia that she needed to work on her performance. Randy tries but he's not Simon and he can't pull it off.
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Gun Oil Lubricant Celebrates Gay Servicemembers w/ Sweet Valentine's Ad
Aww! Who knew Gun Oil could give us a case of the feels?! (The heart feels.)
Gun Oil lubricant just released this Valentine's Day ad and they're honoring gay servicemembers and their partners at the same time. Take a look!
President and CEO Scott Fraser says:
"Our Gun Oil products for men and PINK products for women are designed for the wellness and sensual enjoyment of everyone, regardless of orientation, preference, and relationship status. In light of progressive advances in marriage equality and the right to serve our country sweeping across the U.S., we felt this view of life was a story that was not being told with the authenticity and compassion it deserved."
We guess you really can count on lube for added sensitivity!
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An NRA ad popped up. Adaptive advertising fail. GUN OIL lube = NRA, right? Apparently, you get a nice shiny new rosewood handle pocket knife when you join! I wish I could post this screenshot...
@MarylandBear - I'm with you. At the end of the commercial I told my husband that I was going to cry. He asked why. I told him it was a beautiful lube ad. He laugh-barked!
You would if you'd ever been in those shoes (Wife/Husband/Love in the service) or could relate to that situation. I have gone through that a lot when my husband is gone and I almost cried because it really hits home. I'll just forget what the commercial is selling and say I love the message and everything else about it.


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While the team did get the victory, they still have a lot of work to do moving forward. Here is my report card for week fourteen. --
Offense Grade: D +
The Patriots struggled a great deal Sunday. While that might be a weird statement to make when the team racked up 484 total yards, slow starts continue to plague this team.
While the offense has been effective as a whole, there's been problems to start games over the past month.
How bad has the Patriots offense been in the first half recently? The team has scored a total of 10 points the past four games. Panthers (3), Broncos (0), Texans (7) and Browns (0). If the team continues this into the playoffs the players will be on the golf course quickly.
Tight end Rob Gronkowski's knee injury (torn ACL), which ended his season, overshadowed every statistic for the unit in this contest. Going forward this season, it will be interesting to see how New England adjusts without Gronkowski. Perhaps leaning more on the running backs, more specifically Shane Vereen down the stretch.
For this game specifically, the Pats have become a paper-cut offense. Contributions from several players, nickel-and-diming their way down the field. With rookie receivers Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins ailing, Josh Boyce stepped up in their absence. It's clear he has some playmaking ability and the team is trying to put him in position to do that.
New England did not put themselves in good position to win the game. Five dropped passes in the first half, several long yardage situations, a turnover and poor execution made the team inept at times. The contrast from how bad they were at times Sunday to how good they have proven to be the past few weeks is head scratching.
Josh McDaniels and Tom Brady have their work cut out for them to adjust the offense yet again.
Defense Grade: F
Just when you thought New England's defense couldn't get much worse, this is close to rock bottom.
The most telling, and worrisome, statistic from this game? 494 yards. The amount of yards the Patriots defense allowed to the Browns offense.
My biggest problem with the unit from this game was there were two players Cleveland has to focus on. Josh Gordon and Jordan Cameron dominated the game, both consistently making plays in key moments.
Gordon finished the contest with 7 catches, 151 yards and a touchdown. Cameron had 9 catches, 121 and a touchdown.
Going into the game, many thought Belichick would take away the Browns biggest weapons, but the defense looked lost throughout the day. It wasn't all bad, but much more negative than positive. Chandler Jones was kept in check, Aqib Talib lost his matchup more often than not and overall the team's defensive performance does not give a lot of reasons to be optimistic moving forward.
With several players banged up, some out indefinitely, this is the unit the Patriots have to work with. There's some room for growth, but unfortunately Pats fans have seen this defense revert back to living and dying on opponents mistakes instead of winning games for the team like they did to start the year.
Special Teams Grade: A
The Patriots special teams play has been solid all year.
This game was no different for the Patriots. Kicker Stephen Gostkowski nailed both field goals, continuing a stellar season. Punter Ryan Allen pinned the Browns inside their own 20 yard-line three times. Rookie Josh Boyce, while he was contained well Sunday, still shows some dynamic ability at times returning kicks and looks to be the best option moving forward.
Punt coverage has been solid for New England all season, but kickoff coverage has been a little shaky as of late. Nevertheless, can't give the Patriots a grade worst than "A" after the miraculous onside kick recovery late in the fourth quarter, putting the team in position to ultimately win the game.
The Patriots had not recovered an onside kick in 18 years since the 1995 season. Ironically, the kick was recovered against the Browns, led by head coach Bill Belichick.
Overall Grade: C
Overall it wasn't pretty, but the Patriots were able to overcome yet another deficit for the win. New England received contributions from all three phases and while the end result was much closer than expected, the Pats were able to overcome early mistakes to get the victory. There's no doubting the team's mental toughness, which could be a big advantage in the postseason.
Question remains, has this team lost too many key players to win down the stretch? With the latest injury, how the team replaces -- or attempts to replace -- Gronkowski's production will be in focus moving forward.
The Patriots now hold a 10-3 record and go on the road to face the 7-6 Miami Dolphins in week fifteen. New England will look to win their fourth straight and wrap up their fifth straight division title Sunday. Be sure to check back for my pre-game thoughts later this week in my "Two Way Street" entry.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Minilight Compiled
Minilight is an elegant minimal global illumination renderer, or raytracer, that uses triangle primitives and an octree spatial index. The original version consists of about 1,000 lines of C++, but there are several translations available at the homepage, such as ~500 line OCaml and Python versions. The Python version apparently clocks in 173 times later than the C++ version, while the OCaml version is only about 3 times slower.. Wouldn't it be interesting if we could make the Python version run faster than the OCaml version?
After some small changes (splitting up some dynamic variables, replacing calls to 'map', 'type'..), and applying some minor fixes to Shedskin, I was able to compile the Python version to C++ using Shedskin SVN. For the basic Cornell box example, it runs about 35 times faster than the modified Python version (which should again be a bit faster than the original Python version). It's probably still somewhat slower than the OCaml version, but not that much. To try to compile it yourself, you'll probably want to have more than 512 MB of RAM, and use the 'shedskin -i' option. The modified version can be found in /examples/minilight in SVN.
I'm guessing that the Python version can be made a bit faster in itself. What typically happens then is that the C++ version will get relatively even faster, because certain bottlenecks that don't really slow down Python will slow down C++ (such as allocating lots of objects). If you'd like to try and help beat OCaml, I'd be very interested in hearing about potential improvements (where readability doesn't suffer too much, obviously.)
Another program that I managed to compile, while much smaller, is one that solves a well-known chess puzzle. To compile knight2.py, I had to replace the 'key' argument to 'sorted' with a 'cmp' version (as 'key' is not yet supported), and fix a small bug in Shedskin ("'%*d' % (2, 7)" and such did not work yet.)
I'm always interested in hearing about other interesting test cases for Shedskin, as they seem hard to come by. Please also consider sending in bug reports. Both types of feedback are essential for me to keep working on Shedskin!
Update: After some tweaking, it is now more than 60 times faster than the original here. See the comments for more information.
Update 2: I removed the -i option with Shedskin 0.1.1, so it is not necessary anymore.
13 comments:
- int19h said...
Hi, I just wanted to say that I packaged shedskin and shedskin-svn for ArchLinux (in the AUR) and that your work is appreciated.
Personally, I think good support for pygame and pyopengl for shedskin would be great, as it would allow for many games to be written in Python+Shedskin instead of C++.
- srepmub said...
nice, thanks! maybe I can add the install command under archlinux to the tutorial?
type inference will probably never work for large non-standard libraries. but shedskin already allows you to generate extension modules, which should help integrate things in many cases.
this should work also for other GUI-type libraries, such as Qt: compile one or more speed-critical parts as extension modules, and import them in some main program, that can make full use of Python dynamism and arbitrary libraries.
- illume said...
very cool :)
I have an implementation of map in python if that helps? Then that could be compiled with shedskin hopefully - for shedskin speed map!
With psyco, I get a faster map than cpythons map with it.
Details, and downloads here:
It's probably not complete... but works well enough for me.
- srepmub said...
thanks! the biggest hurdle in supporting map (and filter, apply, reduce, coerce and whatnot..) is probably psychological though: I really don't like them, and would prefer them to be completely removed from the Python language. another reason they don't have priority with me is that they can usually be rewritten more nicely using list comprehensions..
- kanary said...
I like what you're doing with
shedskin. My disappointment right now is that the urllib module hasn't been implemented yet (at least not in the version I have). I had to use py2exe to get an executable for a short little python script. That's not nearly as nice as using shedskin, which I've successfully used before.
I'ld be interested in helping out on shedskin.
- srepmub said...
how about adding support for urllib then? :) for information on how to do this, please see the section 'calling c/c++ code' in the shedskin tutorial. you could always start by adding support for the functionality that you need..
- srepmub said...
for those interested in ray tracers, I added another one (that's 4 now) to the example set (examples/mao.py in SVN). it becomes about 70 times faster here:
- srepmub said...
to get the 60 time speedup for minilight (see examples/minilight in SVN), use the following options:
shedskin -irbw minilight.py
a new option, r, causes shedskin to use C rand() instead of the Python-compatible random engine. this alone makes the compiled minilight 30% faster.
- srepmub said...
oh, and I used these GCC flags:
-O3 -s -fprofile-use -msse2 -fomit-frame-pointer
profile-guided optimization: first run with fprofile-generate, then with -fprofile-use. this can make a real difference.
- int19h said...
The SVN version of Shedskin fixes some problems I had with Shedskin v.0.1. Would it be possible to release the latest working version of Shedskin as "shedskin-latest", "shedskin-0.2", "shedskin-0.11" or something similar? That would make it easier to package the latest working version of Shedskin with the package name "shedskin". Thank you.
When it comes to makeflags, it would be really nifty to be able to supply "--small" or "--fast" that in turn used -Os or -O2, -march=native and other compiler options, depending on what would be quickest or smallest. Also, "--compile" to run make after shedskin was done would be helpful. Just an idea.
I've tried using Shedskin for a few small scripts, and it works great.
- srepmub said...
which problems did SVN fix for you? please do let me know, next time you have problems. almost everything I add or fix is based on feedback (also, mostly from a single person/bear!)
does SVN still work for you now? I made a 'big' change to type inference yesterday (ie, revert a typo that caused several example programs to fail..)
about packaging, would it be possible to wait two weeks..? I'm planning on releasing 0.1.1 RSN.
I'm not convinced a --compile option would add much compared to 'make' (think occam's razor.). also note that you can achieve your --small and --fast already with the -f option (to point shedskin to an alternative FLAGS file), which seems more flexible.
- int19h said...
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I had forgot to package the FLAGS file with Shedskin 0.1, that was why the SVN version worked better for some scripts I tried it on... It's fixed now.
SVN works for me right now, and if needed, it's possible to package a specific revision, so a new release is not a problem and not a hurry.
I agree with your philosophy of keeping things simple, in terms of extra flags and parameters.
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Trumpet virtuoso Wallace Roney, guitar legend and bandleader John Scofield, and a constellation of jazz luminaries from across the continent will converge in Danbury from April 25 through 27 to perform in three public concerts during the 18th annual Western Connecticut State University Jazz Fest.
The 2013 festival will offer a special dedication to the 20 children and six educators who died in the December 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Proceeds from ticket sales and donations at the three evening performances during Jazz Fest will benefit My Sandy Hook Family Fund, established for the purpose of providing immediate and continuing assistance to the 26 families who lost loved ones in the tragedy.
Roney, a celebrated trumpeter who learned his craft from jazz greats including Miles Davis, will perform as guest artist with the WCSU Jazz Orchestra at 7pm on Friday, April 26, in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the WestConn Midtown campus, located at 181 White Street in Danbury. The concert program will feature Roney's interpretations of jazz classics including "ABC Blues" by Bob Brookmeyer, "El Viento" by Maria Schneider, and "This I Dig of You" by Hank Mobley.
John Scofield, acclaimed as one of the foremost jazz guitar performers and composers of the past half-century, will be joined by drummer Bill Stewart and bass player Steve Swallow in concert as the John Scofield Trio at 7pm on Saturday, April 27, also in Ives Concert Hall. This concert, closing out Jazz Fest 2013, will mark a Danbury reprise for Scofield, who previously visited WestConn in 2009 to teach master classes and perform with the university Jazz Combos.
Saxophonist, bandleader and composer Jimmy Greene, who became a WestConn faculty member in August 2012 as assistant professor of music and assistant coordinator of jazz studies, will join Western music students and faculty and an impressive array of professional artists acclaimed in international jazz circles to present the opening Jazz Fest public concert, "Friends of Jimmy Greene," at 7pm on Thursday, April 25. Among the jazz artists to be featured during the concert are pianist Xavier Davis, saxophonist Kris Allen, drummer Quincy Davis, trombonist Steve Davis, and trumpeter, arranger, and composer David Weiss with other members of his David Weiss Sextet.
General admission will be $15 for the Friday and Saturday evening concerts, with a fee of $10 for seniors, students with valid ID, and children 12 and under. Admission for the Thursday concert will be $10. Donations also will be accepted at the door for My Sandy Hook Family Fund. Ticket information and reservations are available at (203)837-TIXX or wcsu.edu/tickets. Sponsors include the Western Department of Music and the Student Government Association.
This year's Jazz Fest dedication holds especially powerful meaning to Greene and his wife, Nelba Marquez-Greene, who lost their six-year-old daughter Ana Grace in the tragedy. In the face of such profound and traumatic loss, Greene said his family has drawn strength from the healing support of his colleagues and students at Western, the Newtown community, and his wide circle of friends in the jazz world. He recalled the advice given by a psychologist to the Greenes' young son, also a student at Sandy Hook:
"She told us that, for now, what is most necessary is to continue to provide him our support and keep a loving environment in our home," Greene said. "What we have come to understand from our pain is that the antidote to trauma is love. That love is what's being shown by all my friends and colleagues who are joining us for Jazz Fest."
Jamie Begian, chair of the WestConn Department of Music and director of the jazz studies program, said his hope is that the Jazz Fest dedication will focus attention on the need to address problems exposed by the tragedy, and provide a means for taking constructive action. "I will be reminding our students that this year's festival is not a party but, at the same time, that it is a celebration of music and life," Begian said.
Scofield's formative experiences early in his career also included tours and recordings with Miles Davis in the 1980s, as well as performances with Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Charles Mingus, the Billy Cobham-George Duke band, and the Gary Burton quartet
Roney, a musical prodigy whose early mentors in jazz performance included Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie, forged a life-changing relationship as student and protege of the legendary trumpet player Miles Davis from 1983 until his death in 1991, including an invitation to join Davis in a historic performance at the 1991 Montreux Jazz Festival. An all-star group including Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, and Tony Williams invited Roney to join them as featured trumpeter after Davis' death for an international tour and Grammy-winning album recording, A Tribute to Miles. He has performed as bandleader on 17 albums released over the past 25 years and as a sideman with jazz greats including Art Blakey, McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, and Curtis Fuller.
Scofield's formative experiences early in his career also included tours and recordings with Miles Davis in the 1980s, as well as performances with Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Charles Mingus, the Billy Cobham-George Duke band, and the Gary Burton quartet. Over the past 35 years, Scofield has set the standard for jazz guitar performance with his distinctive sound, skillful improvisation, and stylistic diversity, even as he has emerged as one of the most influential jazz bandleaders and composers of his generation. His collaborations in performance and recording have featured a wide array of legendary artists including Hancock, Carter, Williams, Joe Henderson, Charlie Haden, Eddie Harris, Bill Frisell, Mavis Staples, Joe Lovano, Phil Lesh, Dave Holland, and Terumasa Hino. Scofield also continues to mentor young artists as an adjunct professor of music at New York University.
Greene, a Hartford native and graduate of the University of Hartford's Hartt School and Boston University, previously served on the music faculty at the University of Manitoba in Canada. He has been described by WestConn Dean of the School of Visual and Performing Arts Dr. Daniel Goble as "one of the most highly regarded young tenor saxophonists in the world." Greene is a prolific recording artist and has toured widely as a concert performer, also establishing a reputation as a sought-after sideman for leading jazz groups and an innovative composer of original jazz scores. Named in 1999 as one of Down Beat magazine's "25 Young Rising Stars in Jazz," he has released a series of acclaimed albums and received numerous honors including the commission to compose and perform "Anthem of Hope" in honor of jazz legend Ornette Coleman.
His collaborators in the "Friends of Jimmy Greene" concert will feature a wealth of talent and diversity in jazz performance:
Xavier Davis, described by Greene as "my pianist of choice" for recurring collaborations during the past 15 years, is leader of the Xavier Davis Trio, an accomplished composer and arranger, and a music educator at the Juilliard School in New York. His performance and recording collaborations span a wide range of jazz greats from Tom Harrell and Carl Allen to Freddie Hubbard and Sonny Fortune; he is a past member of groups led by vibraphonist Stefon Harris and violinist Regina Carter.
Named in 1999 as one of Down Beat magazine's "25 Young Rising Stars in Jazz," Green has released a series of acclaimed albums and received numerous honors including the commission to compose and perform "Anthem of Hope" in honor of jazz legend Ornette Coleman.
Greene's relationship with Steve Davis, whom he regards as "one of the world's great jazz trombone players," harks back more than two decades to his days as a student of Davis at the Artists Collective in Hartford and at the Hartt School, where Davis has served on the music faculty since 1991. The acclaimed trombonist has performed with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, and many jazz legends including Blakey, Chick Corea and Benny Golson.
Saxophonist Kris Allen's friendship with Greene began in their middle-school years, and both pursued studies at the Artists Collective — where both were mentored by jazz alto saxophonist Jackie McLean — and at the Hartt School. Allen has performed and recorded with a wide range of established and emerging jazz artists, leads his own quintet, serves as artistic director of the Hartford Jazz Society New Directions Ensemble, and has been a music educator since 1999.
David Weiss' renown as a jazz trumpeter is matched by his reputation as one of the foremost jazz arrangers and composers of his generation. He founded the New Jazz Composers Octet in 1996 from a group of aspiring young New York jazz musicians committed to "passionate rendering of thoughtful arrangements and firm rooting in tradition," his biographical notes observe. In 2000 he formed the David Weiss Sextet, a group that also features post-bop jazz innovators Marcus Strickland on saxophone and his twin brother E.J. Strickland on drums. He also is the founder and leader of the Point of Departure Quintet.
Innovative jazz drummer Quincy Davis arrived on the New York jazz scene in 2000 and swiftly made his mark as a member of the Benny Green Trio and the Tom Harrell Quintet and a sought-after sideman for jazz musicians such as Wynton Marsallis, Frank Weiss, Paquito D'Rivera, and Paula West. He joined Greene on the music faculty of the University of Manitoba in 2010, and currently balances successful careers as a jazz educator and performer.
The 2013 Jazz Fest also will provide the opportunity for student musicians from area middle and high schools to participate in performance clinics on the Midtown campus offered by members of the WestConn music faculty. Visiting jazz artists will also hold clinics reserved for Western music students.
"For many of our students, they've only heard Wallace Roney on recordings, so to see him in this setting is a special experience," Greene said. "They will see Wallace in a clinic where they can interact with him, ask questions, pick his brain and learn from him. They will experience what it's like to perform with a professional like Wallace, which is the best thing you can give to a student."
For more information, contact Jamie Begian, WestConn Department of Music chair, at email@example.com or call the Office of University Relations at (203)837-8486.


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This is open to whatever the designer wants to put into it. There are only a couple of limitations being the color, that it will be placed on a dark background and that there will be a tiger on the web page or can be included in the logo but needs to be kept in mind when designing. Looking for design flare.
I am starting a new tattoo supply on line shop and need a logo designed for the website and business stationary. I will be supplying top of the line tattoo equipment and accessories and want something that will stand out and be easily identifiable.
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A couple days ago I finally got being a good startup founder down to two words: relentlessly resourceful.Flickr is a great example of this. The company started as a massively multiplayer online game, failed at that, and morphed, in what appears to be pure grit and determination to succeed, into a photo sharing service.
Not merely relentless. That's not enough to make things go your way except in a few mostly uninteresting domains.
In any interesting domain, the difficulties will be novel. Which means you can't simply plow through them, because you don't know initially how hard they are; you don't know whether you're about to plow through a block of foam or granite. So you have to be resourceful. You have to have keep trying new things.
Be relentlessly resourceful.
More than any other characteristic, I think this is what to look for in the founding team of a startup, determination, flexibility, and willingness to do what it takes to succeed. As Paul says, be relentlessly resourceful.
Please see also Paul Graham's recent post, "Startups in 13 Sentences", that offers some other excellent advice for startups.
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Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), through the passage of centuries, the priestly figure (iereus–sacerdos = bishop & presbyter) has gone through an evolution of shapes and images. The metamorphosis seen through one image and the other has been the fruit of adapting to that specific time's society, culture, and theological reflection. But what should be said about our own time, in light of the Council's documents? What are the more agreeable features to an office which has in itself so many and parallel facets to make bishops and presbyters unique?
This brief essay, in line with the relevant teaching of Vatican II, will describe some characteristics that will simplify our understanding of the role of the priest (bishop & presbyter) in the contemporary and postmodern world. While this reflection will not be heavy on theological virtues such as faith, hope and charity or the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance, it will be a more user-friendly "lay" approach to make the priestly/sacerdotal role more understandable at a time when world events necessitate a true seriousness of resolutions and actions.
In prioritizing values a priest must hold, the quality of integrity/uprightness begins the list. It is necessary that priests are upright and honest men. People who meet them should easily be able to see in them an abiding obedience to civil laws. The Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes teaches: "It is not wise to ask, 'Why is everything worse than it used to be?' " (Eccl 7:10).
A second important characteristic a priest needs is loyalty/reliability. Men need to be open to tell the truth and never lie for any reason whatsoever. This refers to men who have never been caught "red-handed," that is, their life is truly transparent with nothing to hide and no hidden agenda.
A third characteristic of post-Vatican II priests will be patience/forbearance, an ancient virtue, but ever necessary today. A saintly Eastern bishop used to say: a priest has three virtues: first, patience; second, more patience, and third, still patience — especially with those who invite us to be patient.
A fourth characteristic of a priest is compassion/mercy. The postmodern priests ought to be men of tender mercy and infinite compassion. The many suffering of this world, the severe pains and lost hopes, beg that the Church exercise her whole ministry as a loving and caring mother — a mother expert in giving hope to all those "who live in the dark shadow of death" (Lk 1:79).
Some additional qualities of a priest include good education, gentleness of feature, paternal firmness, love for beauty and its forms. The priest should never be too rigid and secure in his own answers lest anyone think of him as like talking to a "robot." The post-Vatican II priest should be a humble man who conquers hardships through sweetness, who knows how to be discreet, how to laugh at himself and his own frailty; a man who is capable of looking at himself and to recognize his own errors without any self-justification. In a word — a priest is a true man.
All of this cannot be possible without having at the center the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Word of the Father made visible by the Holy Spirit, from whom every generous giving and every perfect gift came down and continues to come down on earth, now and forever.
FATHER GALLARO, a priest of the Eparchy of Newton, Mass., is professor of Ecumenical Theology and Canon Law at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Skipping meals, taking certain medicines or being very tired can also bring on a migraine.
Although there is a long list of foods that can trigger migraines, the causes vary from person to person, so you won't have to avoid everything. The following are some common ones to watch out for.
Alcohol: especially darker drinks like red wine, beer and sherry.
Chocolate/cocoa: such as in candy, desserts and hot chocolate.
Caffeinated beverages: Although caffeine is often used to treat headaches, these drinks can actually cause them in some people.
Tyramine: found in aged cheeses, bananas, raisins, chicken livers, nuts, beans, cultured dairy products, soy sauce, processed meats (such as hot dogs and sausages), pickles and many others.
Cold foods: Ice cream has been reported to cause migraines and other headaches in individuals sensitive to the sudden temperature change in the mouth.
Preservatives, additives and artificial colorings: MSG, artificial sweeteners and food dyes have all been identified as possible headache triggers.
Your particular trigger(s) may not be on this list, so it may be helpful to keep a diary and look for any patterns, keeping in mind that it can take as much as 48 hours for a food to set off a headache.
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Research at the Murali Laboratory focuses on defining the molecular basis of drug resistance mechanisms and cancer metastasis, and on developing new targeted therapeutic drugs. To learn the interplay between immunity and cancer, studies are focused on the role of the tumor necrosis factor receptors and the epidermal growth factor receptors in breast, lung and pancreatic cancers. We employ protein engineering, X-ray diffraction, molecular biology and computational biology for drug discovery and for developing molecular probes for tumor imaging and drug delivery.
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