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Dear John:
Back in October or November of 1995 we ordered one of your block wagons for our son, Joey, who was going to be one in December. I remember that you worked hard to get the order out in time. Since then, we added son number two, Christopher, in March of 1996.
Well, Joey is now 3.5 and Chris just over 2, and I can't tell you the amount of time that they spend with your blocks. They become everything from Airports to Zoos, and literally everything in-between. They are (and have been) such favorites that we've even taken "official" (you know, the one year old, two year old, etc) shots with the block wagon from time to time (I know I have some extra pictures of one of those and I'll send it to you as soon as I find it again).
I've been meaning to write you for quite some time, but I've never gotten around to it. I just noticed (from you latest mailing) that you have an e-mail address, so as I finish catching up from work undone over the last week or so, I wanted to take just a minute to let you know how you've touched our family.
The quality of your work is amazing. Honestly, I've had friends who are woodworkers come over and they've marveled at the consistent quality of the blocks (not to mention the construction of the wagon). It's held up very well. With the exception of some scratches on the side of the wagon (courtesy of our brick fire place) and a single chewed piece(courtesy of our youngest daschound), well, it looks almost new.
John, I apologize that this note is getting to you so late. I really wanted to find the time to tell you about your work much before this point, but I just never put my mind to it. I'm sorry that it's been so long but, at least this is one of those better late than never kinda things.
All too often I think we all get into the rut of being able to find the time to criticize but not finding the time to compliment. Well, please understand just how much fun your craftsmanship has provided our home. It's been immense!
Thanks again, Martin
I just wanted to thank you for the excellently crafted wood wagon with 100 blocks. It is exactly what I was looking to purchase for my daughter's first Christmas. Your attention to detail and ability to deliver a finely crafted product is amazing. Once again thank you. I have attached a picture of my daughter enjoying the wagon.
Thanks, Shannon
Fine wooden toy making has been my living for the past 43 years continuing a 15 decade family tradition in woodworking. It all started with my great grandfather in Germany's Black Forest. More
The Making of an Heirloom Wooden Toy
Visits to my grandmother always included listening to stories of her youth; stories often prompted by an object or photograph in her home. One wooden walking stick has passed down multiple generations and has many associated family stories, some probably true. Family legend claimed its handle was full of diamonds More
I want you to be completely happy with my wooden toys. I know that the quality of my work will pleasantly surprise you. If you feel otherwise, for any reason, I want you to have your money back. You may return any toy for a prompt refund. All my toys are guaranteed for my lifetime. I'm 67. I want you to look at your wooden toy in 30 years and say, "That toymaker did a pretty good job".
My toy finish is simply walnut oil and is non-toxic while giving substantial soil and moisture resistance. (I buy walnut oil at the grocery store.) Walnut oil is a traditional wood finish and has been used for centuries. Wooden toys can be maintained occasionally with lemon or mineral oil. My toys have always been "green" in that I use local sustainably grown hardwoods and natural finishes. Our children and our earth are worth caring for.
Depending on my workload at the time of your order, there can be some delay in making and shipping your toy. I try to meet your special occasions, but please phone if you would like an estimated arrival date. Wooden toys can be ordered by phone or by mail (snail or email). They arrive at your door via United Parcel Service or Priority Mail. Shipping is free for orders going to 48 U.S. states. Other destinations? Please inquire.
I include my name and year on each toy.
I include my name and year on each toy.
I'm - John Michael Linck - a Toymaker
I live and work at
2618 Van Hise Avenue - Madison, Wisconsin 53705
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or telephone: ( 608 ) 231 - 2808
or click for toy Ordering information.
Operators are NOT standing by.
You may hear a saw or sander winding down in the background as I leave my work to answer your call, but please do call. I always enjoy chatting with toy/children lovers. I don't have voice mail menus, shrink-wrap packaging, shopping carts, television advertising or even a modern website.
. . . . I do make unusually fine toys.
. . . . . . . . . Thank you for liking my work, John
I am still a bit confused by the idea of presenting my wooden toys on the web. Perhaps you are too. One friend said, "John, you work alone in your basement making traditional toys. Why do you want such a high tech medium? You have always met people and their children in person. What's next; plastic parts, telemarketing operators, offshore manufacture?"
I chuckled because I don't plan any of those, but I still need to find new toy lovers. I share a problem with the cobbler of folklore. My toys don't wear out and many children use the same rocking horse or block wagon. While previous customers buy most of my toys, new families account for about 25% of my work each year and I hope the web will help them find me. Meeting the child who will play with my wooden toys is important to me, yet as a one man band I realize I cannot bring everyone into my workshop or living room. (Though you are very welcome when you visit Madison.) So, I use the web to reach out to more of you. The low cost fits my minuscule marketing budget and I hope I can develop relationships with you and your children over the phone and with pictures. These are fine hardwood toys even with a distant toymaker.
Your Privacy: Any information you send to me shows your trust in me. I honor your trust. Your information will not be shared or sold! After 41 years I can count the times when my trust was misplaced on one hand, (with a finger or two to spare) but I don't. It is a good relationship.
Your Privacy: Any information you send to me shows your trust in me. I honor your trust. Your information will not be shared or sold! After 41 years I can count the times when my trust was misplaced on one hand, (with a finger or two to spare) but I don't. It is a good relationship.
Rumors of John's retirement. I am 67 this year. I don't plan to stop making toys anytime soon, but I have begun retiring a larger toy each year. 2016 saw the last Doll House and in 2017 the last Riding Airplane flew into the sunset. I have not yet choosen 2018's last toy. Certainly the train and block wagon will be around for a few years yet, if in smaller numbers. As most anyone in my age cohort will attest, "One's body begins to rebel". But I really love making toys for children and my passion and determination are rebellious too. Who knows when the workshop lights will go out?
All these toys are my own design and are copyrighted in my name. c 1976-2019
No toy is as special as one you make for a loved one. If you are handy with woodworking tools and would enjoy making a wooden rocking horse check out my free online book "How to Build An Heirloom Rocking Horse".
When I began professional woodworking in the mid-70's I was hugely influenced by James Krenov. I read his book "A Cabinetmaker's Notebook" back then and occasionally today. I cannot recommend this book more highly. We lost him in 2009. He is much missed by all woodworkers.
Newspapers have published large features describing my work. Click here to read one.
I was a guest on the public radio show - To The Best of Our Knowledge. Click to read the transcript. or click here to listen to the 10 minute, 6 mb mp3 titled "book".
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Hello John,
We received the Clacker and the craftsmanship and design are just as beautiful as we've come to expect from you, having previously purchased the block wagon and a few train cars for our older children. Our birthday boy is smitten with it! His older sisters are asking for a turn to play and even my husband and I find ourselves fiddling with and examining all the surfaces and intricate details. While my children enjoy these playthings, I enjoy teaching them the difference between quality, hand-made items created with love, skill, creativity, and thoughtfulness as opposed to mass-produced and easily disposable items we're more often exposed to. I also use these toys as a teaching tool that human hands and minds, such as their very own, are capable of making remarkable things! I see many more valuable lessons here: dendrology, history, craftsmanship - but deeper purposes aside, I'm loving the great play value. Yours are the most cherished toys in our collection and ones that I hope will stay with my children for many many years.
Thank you so much for creating such special pieces for our special little people.
Dear John,
The blocks are beautiful and the wagon a craftsman's delight. We think it is lovely that our grandson has toys that are worthy of heirloom status some day. His parents are as pleased as we are.
Did you see the TV special on PBS about Frank Lloyd Wright? Mr. Wright said that his childhood influences that he considered important in turning him to architecture included his blocks - Froebel blocks he called them. I'm sure Mr. Wright's blocks could not have been so wonderful as those you make.
Thank you for the beauty added to David's life.
Rocking Horse
Doll Bed
I was just watching my 6 and 7 year-old daughters playing (yet again!) with their wagon full of blocks, which we bought when the older one was just a year old, and it occurred to me that this toy has provided the absolute best play value of ANY toy we've bought the girls in all these years. They learned to walk, pushing the wagon, and here they are in elementary school, still playing with their blocks. Considering the upcoming Christmas season and the difficult economy, I wanted to once more share my opinion that these blocks have been the best dollars we've ever spent on toys. And the bonus for the adults is their beauty. They're the one toy that are a pleasure to see, even when they haven't been put away. Thanks again!
I now have a terrific new granddaughter called Marlowe. She is 9 months old in the video below and full of joy and curiosity. I made the first block wagon in 1980 for her father. Grandpa is quite sure she is the most delightful child in the world.
Watch my 9 month old granddaughter trying out her new block wagon.
Our son is turning 2 in a few weeks, and I could not resist giving him the train car that I had ordered from you for his birthday. I was so delighted with the toy that I wanted to give it to him right away. I am now eyeing the crane train as a replacement birthday toy.
Over the past two years, we have done lots of looking and lots of shopping for quality toys. While we both try our best to shop locally, or at least support local stores, I am drawn to your products. The simple yet gorgeous designs work so well for clumsy little hands! And the actual creations are unique and aesthetically pleasing enough for us adults, too. Many adults have complimented Caleb's trains; one of his grandmas wants some for herself! While each one of your trains is detailed, there is nothing complicated for a rough little boy to accidentally break. The surfaces are all rounded and smooth--I never have to worry about Caleb somehow hurting himself. I think you might be one of the few toy makers left who really make toys and products for the kids and not the parents.
Thank you so much for sharing your talent and making your creations. Caleb loves driving cars and the like around, and I love being able to give him a collection such as this. We look forward to getting more trains with every birthday.
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Hi John,
We bought our first toys from you—wooden block cart and rocking horse- when I was pregnant with our first child. We met you then—27 years ago this summer—in State College Pa. This Christmas we are delighted to be able to buy the same toys for our grandson and granddaughter. Is there still time to get them for Christmas?
We still have those original toys as well as several others we have bought since and they have been well loved by all .
Thanks for the many years of enjoyment.
Dear John -
Quite unexpectedly, your package arrived today. Though I was prepared for a quality toy, I was surprised and captivated by the elegance and beauty of this little clacker. It is a delight for the eyes, the ears, the hands and, yes, the nose! Coming from a "woody" family, I am familiar with the common smells of finishing which usually accompany freshly made pieces - not something I enjoy. Your clacker is again, altogether different from the norm. It has a pureness which must come from your devotion to the finest of natural ingredients. It's either that, or you have elves in the basement (how else would you have accomplished so much magic in so little time?)
Of course, my husband Carl and I had to try it out and we went zipping around the house, trying to keep it out of Kira's eyesight. She is certainly keen to know what makes wood laugh, and you can bet that come Christmas she will cherish it as much as we do. Thanks for inscribing it with her name.
I have never seen such grace in a toy! I hope each and every one is a pleasure to create.
Sincerely, Eileen
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Paris Hilton: 'I am so in love'
She's "definitely" ready for marriage and babies.
We haven't seen much of Paris Hilton lately.
Not like the old days when she and pal Nicole Richie were on a reality TV show, and Paris was regularly in the news.
"I'm staying out of trouble," Hilton, 32, told Wendy Williams on her Thursday show. "I've grown up."
Hilton just opened her 44th store last week and is about to open a Paris Beach Club in the Philippines. But what's also been occupying her time is model River Viiperi, 21, her boyfriend.
"I am so in love," says Hilton. "He's one of the kindest, most loyal men I've ever met in my life. He treats me like a princess."
The two live together. But how serious is it? Does she want to get married and have babies?
"Definitely. I think that's every woman's dream. I think that's the meaning of life to have children and have a family one day," says Hilton.


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Sense and Nonsense: Happy wishes to all on this St. Pat's Day
By Lynda Hollenbeck
On St. Patrick's Day, everyone is either Irish or an Irish wannabe. It's a time for parades, Irish dancing, parties and having fun.
As a Parnell (my maiden name), I can boast of Irish heritage and say unequivocally that I love all the traditions normally associated with St. Paddy's Day. (With one exception: I don't drink beer, green or otherwise, but I can sip on my Dr Pepper if someone else chooses to do so.)
My great-grandparents came to this country from the old country. And according to our family history, some of our ancestors served in Irish Parliament but got booted out. The reason for the ejection never has filtered down to those of us left to share the tale, so I suppose it will remain a mystery unless someone gets really serious about genealogy.
I used to dream of being in New York on St. Paddy's Day to attend the big parade or the one in Dublin. However, for the past few years, I have been to a great parade on my favorite holiday and it was only a little piece up the road — in nearby Hot Springs.
Now in its 10th year, this thing is about as quirky as a parade can get. In fact, it's earned the distinction from Smithsonian magazine as being "The Quirkiest St. Patrick's Day Parade on Earth."
The official parade route covers the 98-foot length of Bridge Street, declared by Ripley's Believe It or Not as the world's shortest street in everyday use.
However, calling the event the "shortest parade" is somewhat of a misnomer because the description applies only to the one official street whereas the procession starts from a much greater distance out. If you've hankering for some Irish fun, it's worth the short drive.
This year's celebrity grand marshals for the "First Ever Tenth Annual World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade" (the official title) are to be actress Bo Derek and John Corbett of "Northern Exposure" fame.
Visitors are encouraged to come shake their shillelaghs at this year's zany parade that will include leprechauns, quirky floats, marching bands, usually the Marching Pickles (a Saline County delegation) and Irish Elvis impersonators (representing the International Order of Elvi).
The parade itself begins at 6:30 p.m., but preceding it are some other fun events like:
•4:30 p.m., Blarney Stone Kissing Contest at the Arkansas Blarney Stone.
•5:30 p.m., kickoff with special guests on Bridge Street.
•6:25 p.m., measuring of the parade route on Bridge Street.
Also a post-parade concert is held on the Bridge Street stage after the procession is over. Before the concert starts, you'll hear somebody singing "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling." That's an every-year occurrence.
When you consider what St. Paddy's Day celebrations are like, it seems ironic that the holiday is religious in origin. It's a celebration of the life of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, who brought Christianity to the island in the fifth century. He used the shamrock to teach Irishmen about the Holy Trinity.
Also, the three leaves of a shamrock mean hope, faith and love with a fourth for luck. One estimate says there are 10,000 three-leaf clovers for every lucky four-leaf clover.
Interestingly, St. Patrick wasn't even Irish, being born and raised in England.
Associated with the holiday are tales of leprechauns, which in mythology and folklore are Irish fairies. They are said to be 2 feet tall and work as shoemakers. (I'd settle for a shoe repairman, but the cobbler trade apparently is a lost art.) According to legend, a leprechaun has a pot of gold and if you catch him and don't let him out of your sight, he'll lead you to it at the end of a rainbow.
I've been looking for a real leprechaun most of my life and so far haven't spotted a single one.
Since Irish people are known for their humor, it seems fitting to include some examples here:
When the Irish say that St. Patrick chased the snakes out of Ireland, what they don't tell you is that he was the only one who saw any snakes.
Another: Finnegan's wife had been killed in an accident and the police were questioning him.
"Did she say anything before she died?" asked the sergeant.
"Aye, she spoke without interruption for about 40 years," replied Finnegan.
The Irish also are known for wise "sayings," as illustrated by the following:
A quarrel is like buttermilk: Once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it, the more sour it grows.
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
A family of Irish birth will argue and fight, but let a shout come from without and see them all unite.
An Irishman has an abiding sense of tragedy that sustains him through temporary periods of joy.
Speaking of very bad music, an Irishman said: "Aw, that's the tune the old cow died of."
And of one who overstays his welcome: "If that man went to a wedding, he'd stay for the christening."
About a person who paid too much for a cow: "He bought every hair in her tail."
Irish folk also are known for their poignant blessings. My favorite is this one from the land across the sea:
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Lynda Hollenbeck is senior editor of The Saline Courier.


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Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature
Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature
ISBN: 978-1-444-35641-0 September 2011 Wiley-Blackwell 264 Pages
DescriptionThis textbook introduces the reader to the new and emerging field of Conservation Psychology, which explores connections between the study of human behavior and the achievement of conservation goals.
People are often cast as villains in the story of environmental degradation, seen primarily as a threat to healthy ecosystems and an obstacle to conservation. But humans are inseparable from natural ecosystems. Understanding how people think about, experience, and interact with nature is crucial for promoting environmental sustainability as well as human well-being.
The book first summarizes theory and research on human cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to nature and goes on to review research on people's experience of nature in wild, managed, and urban settings. Finally, it examines ways to encourage conservation-oriented behavior at both individual and societal levels. Throughout, the authors integrate a wide body of published literature to demonstrate how and why psychology is relevant to promoting a more sustainable relationship between humans and nature.
1. Introducing the Field of Conservation Psychology.
Human care for nature.
The roots of conservation psychology.
The potential of conservation psychology.
The organization of the book.
Part I: Thinking about Nature.
2. Attitudes, Values, and Perceptions.
Core Understandings of Nature.
Risk Perception.
Biases in Information Processing.
Language and Discourse.
Attributions of Responsibility.
Linking Perceptions to Behavior.
3. Moral Psychology and the Environment.
Background in Ethical Concepts.
A Virtue Ethics of the Environment.
The Deontic Tradition and Psychological Research.
Contextual Differences in Moral Duties.
Consequentialism, Emotion, and Socialization.
Psychological Dynamics of Moral Functioning.
Pragmatic Ethics.
4. Environment and Identity.
The Concept of Identity.
Identity Development.
Developing an Affiliation with Nature.
Environmental Identity.
Measuring Environmental Identity.
Place Identity.
Animals and Identity.
Environmental Social Identity.
Identity and Behavior.
Putting Identity to Work.
5. Theoretical Foundations for the Human Response to Nature.
The Heritage of Environmental Psychology.
Ecological Perception and Psychology.
Evolutionary Psychology and Biological Thinking.
Combining Nature and Nurture.
Experiential Approaches.
Part II: Interactions with Nature.
6. Domestic nature: Cohabiting with Animals and Plants.
Animals in the Home.
Plants in the Domestic Sphere.
7. Managed Nature: Zoos, Aquariums, and Public Parks.
Zoos and Aquariums.
Urban Parks and Green Spaces.
8. Wild Nature: Encounters with Wilderness.
Defining Wilderness and Wild Nature.
Wilderness Use and Wilderness Values.
Wilderness Solitude.
Natural Forces and Features.
The Edge of Control: Wilderness Remoteness and Challenge.
Activity in Wild Nature, Connection, and Caring.
Wild Nature and Spiritual Experience.
Part III: Promoting Conservation.
9. Promoting Sustainable Behavior.
Identifying Target Behaviors.
Influences on Behavior.
Models for Changing Behavior.
Collective Behavior.
Changing the Ideology of Consumerism.
10. Community Psychology and International Biodiversity Conservation.
International Biodiversity Conservation.
Common Pool Resources and Models of Governance.
Psychology, Culture, and Local Knowledge.
Accounting for the Costs and Benefits of Conservation.
Conservation and All-too-human Psychology.
11. Environmental Education.
Environmental Education.
The Need for Environmental Education.
Examples of Contemporary Environmental Education.
Psychological Foundations of Environmental Education.
Lessons for Effective Practice.
12. The Psychology of Hope.
Human Response to Threatening Circumstances.
Optimism and Pessimism.
An Alternative to a Focus on Outcomes: Creating Meaning.
"The book is an amply referenced survey, equally suitable as both an undergraduate textbook and a starting point for academics and professionals who wish to know more about how psychological research can inform their conservation work. I highly recommend its use in both of these contexts". (The Journal of Environmental Conservation, 2010)
"Conservation Psychology serves its audience and purpose well. It would be an excellent supplementary textbook to many conservation-focused graduate and undergraduate courses. Readers interested in conservation should find this volume fascinating, and will discover new insight into, as the authors note, the psychology of perseverance in the face of difficult times". (The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1 December 2010)
"I highly recommend their book to psychologists of all creeds as well as to conservation biologists, environmental scientists, policy-makers, teachers, and anyone concerned about our evolving place in nature." (Conservation Psychology, August 2009)
"Clayton and Myres have written a timely book. It heralds a new area within psychology. I highly recommend their book to psychologists of all creeds as well as to conservation biologists."
Peter Verbeek, Science
- Introduces the reader to the new and emerging field of Conservation Psychology, which explores connections between the study of human behavior and the achievement of conservation goals
- Summarizes theory and research on human cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to nature
- Reviews research on people's experience of nature in wild, managed, and urban settings
- Examines ways to encourage conservation-oriented behavior at both individual and societal levels


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In just under two weeks since first announcing they were approaching the milestone, the Apple App Store has officially ticked over its 50 billionth download. Coincidentally the milestone was reached during the first few hours of Google I/O, where Google themselves were shouting about their own download numbers. In reaching 50 billion, that now means one lucky iOS user is set to receive a $10,000 App Store gift card, with 50 billion and one through to 50 each receiving $500 vouchers.
Apple likes to have fun with these milestone celebrations, and it's just over a year since the last one took place for reaching 25 billion. The first 25 billion took nearly 4 years to reach, with the next 25 billion coming in a remarkable 14 months. That shows amazing growth for the App Store and for the platform as a whole, and long may it continue. At this rate of growth, who knows how quickly the next milestone may come around. Will Apple celebrate 75 billion, or hold off until the magic 100 billion?
The grand prize winner will be announced soon, but the biggest question now is, just who is it that won? Was it you? Do you feel confident? If you downloaded an app in the last 3 or 4 hours you could be in with a shout. Let us know if you're feeling lucky!
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From identifying common patterns in data to speeding up computers, researchers from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will share their computational expertise at this year's Supercomputing conference.
Also referred to as SC 12, the annual gathering is the international conference for high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis. It runs Nov. 10-16 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City. Two noteworthy talks featuring PNNL research are described below.
New algorithm pin-points similar data in seconds
Data is everywhere these days. Biologists sift through vast amounts of error-prone data to understand how our cells work. Even librarians slog through mountains of information to better understand the materials they catalog. The key to comprehending today's information explosion is finding meaningful patterns buried in the data – and then finding comparable data patterns in other, related sources. This technique is called network alignment. Computational scientists at PNNL and Purdue University have developed new methods to identify similar patterns in any type of data. Their procedures help find proteins that act the same in humans and mice, and help find ideas that act the same for librarians and Wikipedia editors.
The existing methods used to solve these kinds of problems have been too slow to cope with the growing amount of data, prompting the PNNL and Purdue team to make them faster. To do this, they developed a new algorithm that uses an approach called approximate matching, which saves time by matching nearly identical patterns instead of exactly identical ones. They also developed new computer implementations that enabled the algorithm to use all a computer's processors in parallel to quickly identify relationships between two different networks. Tests using both of these improvements showed that the algorithm found similar interactions between thousands of proteins in two species in just seconds and found comparable ideas between hundreds of thousands of topics in library systems and Wikipedia entries in less than a minute.
PNNL's Mahantesh Halappanavar led the research on how to quickly find approximate matchings with help from Purdue's Arif Khan and Alex Pothen. And, Purdue's David Gleich led the work on how to use approximate matchings to align networks. Gleich will present a paper describing this research Wednesday.
4:30- 5 p.m., Wed., Nov. 14: A multithreaded algorithm for network alignment via approximate matching, Arif Khan, David Gleich, Mahantesh Halappanavar & Alex Pothen, Room 355-EF, http://sc12.supercomputing.org/schedule/event_detail.php?evid=pap468.
Software translates code, speeds up data-crunching
Large and complex networks in parallel computers can lead to inefficient communications between processors that also slows down computation. This makes it difficult to achieve exascale computing, which is one thousand times faster than today's fastest petascale supercomputers. Scientists are developing strategies to reduce the time it takes to compute data and communicate those results between parallel processors. A team of researchers from PNNL, University of California, San Diego, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed new software called Bamboo to help do just that.
Traditionally, scientists have broken up a complex algorithm to speed things up. Different processors calculate bits of the algorithm and then each processor communicates its results to the others. Such division of labor is quicker than one processor doing all the work by itself. But communicating bunches of data between multiple processors can cause information bottlenecks that slow down the whole process. One solution is to initially calculate a portion of a processor's data and communicate those results while the other portion is still being calculated. Called overlapping communications and calculations, this approach can reduce the overall time it takes to complete a job, but it requires extremely complex codes. That's where Bamboo comes in. Bamboo automatically translates standard MPI parallel codes into a format that can easily overlap communication with available computation. Without Bamboo, scientists have the onerous task of manually developing overlapping MPI code. Tests showed Bamboo-generated code was as good as or better than human-developed codes.
PNNL's Eric Bylaska drew on his experience developing complex code for NWChem, DOE's premier molecular modeling software package, to help develop realistic test programs for the Bamboo framework. The University of California, San Diego's Scott Baden, who led the project, will present a paper describing the team's results Wednesday.
10:30-11 a.m., Wed., Nov. 14: Bamboo – Translating MPI Applications to a Latency-Tolerant, Data-Driven Form, Tang Nguyen, Pietro Cicotti, Eric Bylaska, Dan Quinlan & Scott Baden, Room 255-EF, http://sc12.supercomputing.org/schedule/event_detail.php?evid=pap142
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Mitch Albom on New Book Exploring Faith
"Tuesdays with Morrie" author Mitch Albom talks with WSJ's Andy Regal about his new book "The First Phone Call From Heaven."
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Daddy when his mommy the McCall is because everyone else is getting calls ... and he gets so angry at this as he doesn't want people giving us some false hope because he doesn't believe in anything anymore and wanted some too ... so he sets out to prove that this is the folks ... at it sets up the sort of Convergent storyline where the deeper he gets into with the closer it gets that ... may be proving it is a hoax ... the bigger the story gets the larger news until finally culminates ... this a couple days before Christmas is gonna be an international broadcast live ... of a phone call from heaven once and for all been approved that there is an afterlife ... injustices about to happen ... he seems to stumble on what the truth is out of them I'll stop myself is to ... read the book at all I can only their second win and you knew my life people are coming up to all the time talking to about similar circumstances ... people were dying in their lives in software and I wanna share with you and wonder what you might think that I have a wonderful friend who has a great family he's having successful he's a defense attorney renowned in fact his son is a war hero ... and yet he said in a not too long ago you know and am ready to die ... because I wanna see my mother ... and I'm wondering if you hear these stories all the time and in what it was in ... the ... playroom Altana to bring the right reasons Maury ... as a meat and once told me you're about to become everybody's Rabbi and Menino you do to some degree of but you know that was part of the inspiration for this book because I've met people who have said things like ... you know my daughter died and I went into her room after the funeral I sat on the bed analysis crying all the sudden ... her picture fell off the Bureau of land on the floor and I know what that was her ... she was sending me a message ... now I could bring in a physicist portends scientists who could explain all those actual shuffle nearer to know that the most fixer sooner or later a pic this fall ... would make a difference ... to her ... that was me or go to her that was a mess in my view one that is ... if it's a miracle to you ... its mayor ... the half to be everybody else to do you believe that they somehow fortified your belief ... would strengthen your faith ... that's enough to you've lost loved ones ... Pall has all of this work and the experiences you have the people on the road no swear affected your thought process in regards to our mortality ... I think aam a little less afraid of death for myself that I was summoned for I encountered Mori ... um let's just seen so much of the mock it's inevitable that come to accept ... I happen to you would think I would but I haven't ... gotten any more use to losing my own loved ones ... um it's still hard and still Harper and I still don't want to happen ... um my mother suffered ... multiple strokes about three years ago when I began to think about this book ... and last ability to speak ... and ... she was such a whirlwind talker in all my communication skills like it from her in all this into silent and Masi still alive ... and I can visit her and Holder Hannah much or she knows it's me enough of her body's here ... but without the voice ... it's just not the same experience ... and I find myself thinking back to when email was invented in I started singing you gotta get the skinny mocha second seen these email messages in with the pup ... and she said I don't want that ... someone accessible if you will call me anymore no one hear your voice and I thought olive sold that ... and now she's exactly right you know that human voice ... so precious I know people who save cellphone messages from people would die because it's when it was even the things I mean it's it's over party you know ... that's the message but they wanna listen to it over our ... sights of the concept of the boys ... and I mixed it and was for the history the telephone a few other things and it became this beautiful I think of the really beautiful story about how we hang on to ... even ... the thinnest of things that connect this to people and I do I am absolutely no different if you think twenties is a more even books could be some kind of like free pass ... that the sensitivity of dying war or those in some way You're wrong if ... 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Flames continued to lick Monday at the Australian island of Tasmania, while officials warned that other stretches of the country faced some of the most dangerous conditions for fires on record.
"I cannot say it more plainly: The risk is real and potentially deadly," said Shane Fitzsimmons, rural fire service commissioner for the state of New South Wales. "People need to act now."
Scores of fires have erupted in southeastern Australia as temperatures have soared to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Fitzsimmons urged Australians in isolated or bush areas that have been deemed at "catastrophic" risk to move to town centers, warning "your only option is to leave early."
More than 100 homes and other buildings were destroyed in the wildfires that raged across Tasmania this weekend, leaving scores of people still missing as of Monday. A Tasmanian police spokesman cautioned that although no casualties had been reported, "we can't say for certain that there hasn't been a human life or more than one human life lost as a result of these fires."


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About the Book
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- Category Arts & Photography Books
Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
162 Pages
- Publish Date Oct 04, 2018
- Language English
- Tags Rockne Krebs, Sam Gilliam, Corcoran Gallery of Art
About the Creator
MFA, Fine Art Photography, Portraiture. Studied with John Gossage, Advisors: Sam Gilliam, Claudia DeMonte, Anne Truitt; David C. Driskell. BS, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Washington, DC Université de Bourgogne Dijon, France St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University St. Petersburg, Russia Who's Who in American Art Who's Who of American Women Who's Who in the World Photographs purchased for the permanent collections of: The Virginia Museum of Fine Art, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Crowell & Moring, Virginia Power, The National Strategy Information Center. Photographs also included in: Georgetown University, "Special Collections," The Holocaust Museum, Morris Museum The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Polish History Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, The Mississippi Museum of Art, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, A gold coin of Harrison's portrait of Jan Karski, minted by The National Bank of Poland, Warsaw 2014 www.CarolHarrisonPhotography.com


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Tesco has confirmed that they are still interested in opening a superstore in Buxton town centre.
A spokesman for the supermarket giant said: "We withdrew our previous application to reflect on the feedback that residents gave to us and we're grateful for people having shared their views.
"We're still interested in providing a new store for the Buxton community and we're reviewing our options for this. Unfortunately I don't have any further details to give at the moment."
The controversial application to build a 40,000 square foot store on the former Buxton Water site on Station Road was withdrawn in December 2011. High Peak Borough Council were expected to decide on the proposal on December 12, 2011.
The plans, which were submitted in September 2011, sparked debate in the area and led to opposing campaign groups Yes to Tesco and No to Tesco being formed.
The outline application was for a store which would be twice the size of the existing Tesco store in Bridgemont, Whaley Bridge.
It also included a 50,000 square foot mixed-use development incorporating student accommodation. At the time, Tesco said the development would create up to 200 jobs and provide more than 350 free car parking spaces.


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You've just been offered a "better" life, critical illness, disablement or income protection policy. It's cheaper and the cover is superior, you're told. Should you sign up?
This is an everyday occurrence in the world of insurance. For consumers, it should be a big red flag.
Chances are you've just been approached by a new insurance adviser or salesperson, or your old one has been doing a periodic "review" of your policies. What they don't tell you is that they get a commission if they enrol you with a new insurer. This practice, called "churn", is widespread.
"The broker will tell you, hand on heart, that he or she moved the business to another insurer in your best interests," says Steve de Jong, a director of Pinnacle Life. "While this may be valid in some cases, in most instances the motive to change is the lure of a new commission. If a broker can move the client's business, say, every four years, he or she stands to earn commissions multiple times from that client."
It may just seem like a bit of paperwork, but there are big risks for the consumer. First, you'll often have a stand-down period of three or six months with no cover. What if you're diagnosed with cancer or drop dead during that time?
One of the greatest risks is that your health will change in the meantime. John Body, managing director of ANZ Wealth, points out that customers take their health with them, which means they are not generally insured for conditions they may have developed since they last took out a policy.
Let's say you have been insured for income protection with one company since 2004. In 2008, you visit the doctor because your business is in turmoil and you've been having "headaches". By early 2009, you've forgotten this when you're door-knocked by an adviser telling you that he can get you a better policy. You switch. The following year you're diagnosed with a brain tumour or multiple sclerosis. The insurer says: "Sorry, mate, those headaches showed it was a pre-existing condition when you took the out policy." Had you stayed with the original policy, your claim would have been met.
In a classic case heard by the Insurance and Savings Ombudsman, an adviser "assisted C and his wife with a review of their insurance", which resulted in the couple changing insurers on April 4 one year. Ten days later the wife underwent a routine mammogram and was subsequently diagnosed with cancer. The insurer declined the claim because cancer claims were excluded for three months under the new policy.
Time and again the Ombudsman hears cases where the adviser has filled out the health declarations or replaced cover for the sake of it, not because the client needs to change. What's more, the Ombudsman's notes are littered with cases where consumers had disclosed information to the adviser that was not passed on to the insurance company.
"Consumers need to be very sure they understand why they are changing products or product providers," says Ombudsman Karen Stevens. "We have so many unhappy people who contact us when their claims are declined or their policies avoided for non-disclosure in relation to health products."
Even large insurance companies admit the status quo is "nonsense". In an article for industry website Goodreturns.co.nz, AIA New Zealand head of distribution and marketing Darrin Franks writes that customers pay the price of churning. "If aliens were to land tomorrow and take a dispassionate view of our industry, they would surely think the consumer was the loser and that the whole operation is designed to give the advantage to every party but the policyholder," he wrote.
The commission structure also ends up increasing policyholders' premiums across the industry, says ANZ's Body. "It also places pressure on the solvency of insurers."
There are, of course, many good advisers who switch customers for positive reasons. Russell Hutchinson, director of Chatswood Consulting, a financial services management consulting firm, says switching can offer genuinely improved cover, better prices - which encourages competition - and more awareness of what people are covered for. What's more, policies have evolved since the 1980s and 90s, says David Whyte, a professional director with a background in the insurance industry, which can mean superior cover from fresh policies.
A legitimate upgrade benefits the customer, whereas churn is all about the adviser's commission.
Stevens says it's important that policies are replaced only where there has been full disclosure, risk/benefit analysis, the insurance company knows it is replacement business and the customer is fully informed and understands why he or she is making the change.
"Replacing policies is only ever good practice if it is in the best interests of a fully informed customer who wants to change."
Consumers should review their insurances every five years or after a major life change such as marriage, parenthood or retirement, says Peter Neilson, chief executive of the Financial Services Council. When you have a young family, for example, life insurance may be the main priority. As you get older, income protection could become more important.
Even so, consumers should ask questions of their advisers, says Neilson. That could include what the credit rating of the new insurance company is. It's also worth asking if the stand-down period on the new policy can be waived. Some insurers will agree to this if they know the client is being switched, says Hutchinson. Not all advisers are aware of this, which still leaves the client at risk of not being covered for pre-existing conditions.
It's the commission structure that is at fault. Advisers can make 180 to 200 per cent of your first year's premiums for selling you a new policy. If they can do this every two or three years, the pickings are rich.
Advisers are often reluctant to upgrade a customer to a new policy with the same insurance company. Yet in many cases, changes to your health wouldn't be material for an internal switch.
The trouble is that most insurers don't pay the same commission for an internal replacement of policy as they do for "new" business, even though the business is being churned back and forth from insurers.
In South Africa, says Whyte, advisers don't get commission for switching clients from one insurer to another, so there isn't incentive to churn. Here, up to half of insurers' new business is estimated to come from churning - although some argue it is more like 20 per cent.
Either way, the advisers make money and the insurers can tell their shareholders that they're getting new business. The risks are all the consumer's, however.
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has concerns about the practice and last year issued guidance notes outlining obligations on advisers to exercise care and diligence. When replacing an existing policy with a new one, the adviser needs to give advice on the disposal of the old product, not just the purchase of a new product.
The FMA says if no comparison is made, the adviser must inform the client and outline potential downsides of changing products. If, however, this is included in a big pile of paperwork the client may not notice it. The regulator says when considering complaints it will take a close look at the frequency with which an adviser recommends a customer replace a product.
Hutchinson has run a number of road shows for advisers over the past year and says many advisers feel the banks are more notorious churners. Bank staff usually sell only in-house products and encourage customers to move without a detailed knowledge of the product they were moving from.


text: My red hat quilt top turned out really pretty, I am very happy with it. My sister Judy said she thought my sister Joan will love it. :-) Well now I quilting it starting in the center & so forth. It was sandwiched at quilt group with the help of some of the other ladies. :? All seemed fine. The quilting started out okay but then I quickly start having trouble with it bunching, puckers uneveness you name it and it seems to be some areas are "Okay". Makes me almost wish I'd never designed/created it. Wish I'd be able to long arm quilt but I had wanted to quilt each block acording to the design of the block, perhaps that is the problem. Maybe I should have just had a single all over design but it wasn't what I had pictured in my head but then this isn't either. :cry: I don't even know if I will let my quilting pals see it when I finished. I don't think I want too my self, soooo ready to be DONE with it. :cry: If I post a pic it will just be blurry my camera isn't cooperating these days. :oops: That is another problem to deal with. And we a skipping Christmas this year, too.


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So my first post of 2009 is a very simple one, a lovely compote that can be used to top anything you wish, porridge (as I've done here), ice cream, yogurt, made into a fool or eaten on it's own.
We've been thinking about trying to be more frugal about things this year, it being recessionary times and all and I also need something more exciting to put on top of my porridge in the mornings at work. I eat porridge every day, 1 because it's cheap and a bag of organic oats lasts me ages and 2 cos I don't get hungry til lunchtime which is a bonus when people are nipping out to the cafe around the corner and bringing back lovely toast and bagels and coffee.
I got the Ballymaloe Cookery Course book from my favouritest cousin C a few months ago and while flicking through it at bedtime (and only having made 2 things from it so far) the other night I saw the recipe for this apricot and cardamom compote and thought it might be nice. In advance the apricots I got were semi-dried and lovely and moist, if you get fully dried ones you'll need to soak them in plenty of water overnight before you make this.
So here's what you need:
500g dried apricots (the original recipe calls for 225g but this looked like a tiny amount in the syrup so I threw in a second bag of apricots)
16 cardamom pods (again I couldn't resist tinkering with the original recipe which called for 12)
2 pints water
200g sugar (the original recipe says 200-400g but I didn't want my compote to be too sweet so used less)
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Put the water, sugar, cardamom and lemon juice into a pot and bring to the boil. Add the apricots and simmer for approximately 30 minutes. Allow to cool and serve with whatever you want or else do what I did and put the apricots into jars and refrigerate. Enjoy!!
Oh and p.s I got a 50mm lens for my camera and a tripod for christmas and they're the business!! Not blowing my own horn or anything but am loving the first picture, it was a long exposure from above and it came out fantastically as my hands always shook before and I rarely could shoot any pics if the light wasn't perfect!! One of the best presents I got this year methinks!!!
Saturday, 10 January 2009
Apricot compote with cardamom
12 comments:
- veggievixen said...
yummmm! i can think of so many tasty things this would go with. thanks for posting :)
- 11 January 2009 at 05:09
- Rhyleysgranny said...
I love the idea of cardamom with this. The apricots look so pretty in their little jar. Yes your pic is lovely. I was admiring it before I read about your lens. I expect if it doesn't move it's photographed at the moment LOL. Enjoy
- 12 January 2009 at 04:26
- Aran said...
this must be so fragrant rachel!
- 15 January 2009 at 01:46
- recipes2share said...
I love cardamom and this combination sounds divine.
- 15 January 2009 at 15:25
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Yum, yum yum. I love apricots with my brekkie. That'll dress up the oul' porridge nicely!
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Great inspiration for brekkie! Ooh yes, cardamon-scented apricot loveliness. That would go down a treat.
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Thanks for your comments everyone, I have to say this was gorgeous and very nice with some vanill rice pudding I made yesterday aswell!
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Nice to see flow on the blog again :)
The aprocots looks very nice, you might want to try them with a Chardonnay (not for breakfast tho), or try it on top of a slice of mozzarella.
Both cardamom and apricot goes very well with mozzarella.
- 18 January 2009 at 20:44
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That sounds fantastic Lars, wine, cheese and gorgeous mozarella! YUM!
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Gorgeous recipe and a beautiful pic Rachel. Now I've just had to go and buy a 50mm lens too :)
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Delicious! I love apricots paired with cardamom, and wouldn't mind a jar of those in my fridge! :)
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Amazing dish and without taking so much effort. Its a very easy to prepare dish. I'm sure its really going to make my hubby happy.
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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- The Rays officially released Erik Bedard on Tuesday so that the left-hander could explore other options.
"However, that does not preclude the potential for him to come back to us at some point," Rays manager Joe Maddon said.
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- The Rays officially released Erik Bedard on Tuesday so that the left-hander could explore other options.
"However, that does not preclude the potential for him to come back to us at some point," Rays manager Joe Maddon said.
On Saturday the Rays announced that right-hander Jake Odorizzi had won the competition to be the fifth starter, which left Cesar Ramos as the team's long man and Bedard facing the prospect of going to Triple-A Durham if he wanted to stay with the organization. Now that he's been released, the veteran can see if other teams are interested in his services.
Maddon did not have any inkling about whether Bedard might return to the Rays.
"I don't, you just have to look at the other teams that need starting pitching right now," Maddon said. "That would be the ones that he's obviously contacting. And if it doesn't work out, he'd have to make his choice.
"I would like to believe if it doesn't work out, based on the relationship we've built, that he'd want to come back to us. We really would like to have him back. But again, when it comes down to a veteran player like that, it's all about him and his family first. So I'm hoping that he gets another job on the Major League level, but if not that he would come back. That would be great."
Maddon added that Bedard "has a lot left."
Bedard allowed 13 earned runs in 17 innings this spring.
Keeping Bedard would help the overall depth of the organization's starting pitching.
"You always can use that depth," Maddon said. "Stuff happens, and it can happen really quickly. You know, we've got [Jeremy Hellickson] on the horizon. Obviously we've got some guys down [at Triple-A Durham]. [Nathan] Karns is a strong candidate, too. The more depth you can build up, the better off you are."
Right-hander Alex Colome's 50-game suspension was brought up in the context of questions regarding the Rays' starting pitching depth.
"Colome not being available right now, he is a guy we were counting on in that particular role, being the sixth, seventh or eighth guy going into this camp," Maddon said. "We just always, I think, appreciated the term 'depth' and what it means."
Maddon said the organization has not talked about the prospect of adding another veteran arm at Durham.
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Philadelphia native and soulful jazz artist Joanna Pascale will take the stage for the Pastorius Park concert series at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 20.
Pascale grew up listening to classic songs by Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole. They inspired her to study jazz and its beginnings.
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Finally, a couple of Gallo color ads, again I believe, slated for Sunday newspaper distribution. They may have been for magazines.
These both display Gallo's penchant for product up front and center... and the art set up and photographed with and through wine glasses and bottles.
Foote-Cone was the agency, I believe, and the art suffered, to put it mildly. But, hey....we're selling wine here, aren't we?
Finally, finally... I'll include three Olympic Club February covers. Their bi-monthly magazine, and on each, a portrait of the new year's next president. The lady illustrated was the very first woman president in the club's long history!
The original scan, as printed on the magazine, was strange... quite grainy. Evidently the pixels didn't get along with the texture of the charcoal drawing. The older two covers were printed in the regular 120 line screen.
Finally, finally, finally... a couple of State Fund 'local office' brochures in ink line and one color.
These would have looked less hard and mechanical had they been done in charcoal pencil.
I believe in this case I was trying to vary the style from what I'd been doing before.
Anyway, none of these are exceptional... just the workaday world of this old San Francisco illustrator. Enough old Allen ads that they could make a one-shot CAWS. I label them 'also rans'... but it really is just some neglected stuff from way back.
A couple not found earlier, a couple of 'rejects' that I'm willing to expose for some reason (hopefully to a forgiving bunch) and maybe a repeat (I just can't remember).
I really did have the advantage of variety in my assignments... and it kept me alive and interested.
Enough of this. Cheers ~ Chas.