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taxback necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 134 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
InstantTaxBack.com is a service that completes tax returns on behalf of foreign students who have worked in the United States.
We are different from our competition in that we do it much faster and recover much more money than our customers would get with any of our competition.
We target foreign students who have went to school and worked in the United States and need to file their tax returns to get their money back from the IRS.
We require two pages to be designed - a home page and one inside page.
The overall design needs to be a clean, smooth design, that is easy to read, and not cluttered. Generally we like objects with slightly rounded corners and thin, unassuming borders where they are needed.
We have uploaded a sample layout for the home page which we would like. That is the basic layout that we are looking for although we are very open to your individual interpretation of how it will flow together. The elements that are contained in the layout are the elements that need to be present in the home page. If you think they would look better rearranged or presented in a slightly different way, we would love to see it!
I would also like to incorporate into the design some small buttons or some way of switching the language of the site to spanish. This could be represented by text or it could be represented by some sort of recognizable button or flag.
We would like the designs in a photoshop .psd file with the layers in tact. We will need to be able to adjust certain elements to create the rest of the pages and to slice the file to turn it into a webpage.
Please leave text on the buttons editable so that we can make changes to it.
The content area of the website shouldn't be any wider than 950px. The background can be wider than that and should be able to stretch or repeat to take up the extra browser space depending on the width of the users browser.
For the menu system please show one of the menu items in their "selected" state.
We would also like to incorporate some symbolism of security and trust. This website will be a secure website, and we would like that demonstrated in the design somehow.
Page 2 of the website will just be a "Frequently Asked Questions" page. I don't want it to be just a long list of text though. I would like to see a nice representation of a FAQ page with maybe some sort of highlighting of the questions that works with the design of the website and maybe some kind of clip art picture by each question to kind of make the page more interesting.
Page 2 should be really easy to complete once the design of the home page is complete.
We are looking forward to the great designs! Have fun with it!
Our existing website can be found at http://www.instanttaxback.com. This is just a temporary site until we can get the full site up and running. Please don't use the current site for any inspiration, it's just a temporary site.
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Last November, during the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, the BBC interviewed many former East Berliners and I was (perhaps naively) surprised to hear that some of them regretted the scope of their new "freedoms." Many of them talked about the loss of job security, others lamented the proliferation of crime. Freedom definitely had, and does have, its downside. If nothing else, it comes with its own costs and compromises. Freedom seemed such a black and white concept when I was 21; is it so very middle-aged of me to think of it as greyer territory now? On one hand, we tie ourselves into absurd knots to protect civil liberties; on the other, we surrender all kinds of privacy and autonomy in the hope that it will somehow keep us safe.
Ah, the innocence of being 21. It is an age perfectly poised between adult freedoms (lots of them) and adult responsibilities (not so many, particularly if you are a senior in college). There is really only big question when you are 21 and that is what kind of person am I going to be? (All other questions, like what am I going to do to make a living?, can be collapsed into that one.)
Jonathan Franzen's latest novel – Freedom -- never explicitly deals with the question of freedom, and yet the idea of it permeates every aspect of the novel. Instead of the Berlin Wall, this novel has the Twin Towers falling down – one destruction so positive, the other so negative. It is a novel that feels more personal than political, but the political circumstances of the past decade are always there in the background – and to this reader, at least, it felt like there was a comprehensive intelligence and understanding at work. I was in awe of the detail and the scope, (no wonder Franzen keeps getting compared to the great 19th century novelists), but the narrative never gets diverted from the relationships which are its core.
There are four main characters: an environmental lawyer/activist, a stay-at-home mother, a musician and a college student. Each of them has to deal with the question what kind of person am I going to be? over and over again. (That old expression "in between a rock and a hard place" comes to mind.) Two of the characters are primarily concerned with being "good," and two of them are primarily concerned with being autonomous, but in the in-between there is a world of emotional and moral possibility. Surely there is no freer person than a white, well-educated, wealthy, Western man, but in the person of Walter Berglund (arguably the heart of the novel) there could be no one more weighed down by expectations, obligations and compromises.
Before I read this novel, I knew little more about Jonathan Franzen than that he wrote a novel called The Corrections (which sounded rather ominous), and that he declined the "opportunity" to be an Oprah novel. His media reputation is of someone who takes himself rather seriously, and I suppose I expected a novel that was weighty – but in a portentous way. Despite the hype – Time magazine cover, cultural zeitgeist, President Obama's choice of vacation book – it really was that most satisfying of experiences: just a darn good read.
A Franzenian footnote: On Monday I was in London, and the Tube was mostly shut down due to striking. During my train journey home, I read that Jonathan Franzen had accidentally wandered into the Tube shut-down when his chauffeured car hadn't shown up. There was something about the congruence of me and Jonathan Franzen – both affected by the strike; both out walking the London streets – that just amused me. Without a doubt, the freedom of workers to strike adversely affects the freedom of commuters to get around the crowded city. And yet, compared to the sardine tin of the Tube, it really did feel liberating to stride down Oxford Street!
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Mochi is a sticky rice cake that's similar to buchi sans the sesame seeds. It plays an important part in the Japanese food culture where it's made in sweet and savory variants and eaten during the Japanese new year holidays. Back in the early 90's in Manila, Dreyer's sold a frozen mochi, but I don't remember being all that impressed by it.
Fast forward to now: entrepreneur Maria Gorre revives the mochi tradition in Manila with her modernized version of these sticky confections. I probably wouldn't have paid much attention at first, but her email had the words, "… peanut butter and chocolate…", and I find myself magnetized.
So there I am in Maria's house sipping a cool glassful of coffee that she's kindly made for me. I listen to her talk about her venture, eyes sparkling and bright, her hands animated "" ah, the signs of an impassioned person wanting to be her own boss. "I was looking for something to make, I wanted something new, something that nobody else makes," she begins. "Then my sister came back from Japan with these chocolate mochi balls and I found them so good. Up "˜til that point, I had never had a good mochi ball here in Manila."
Insufficient freezer power prevented Maria from making the ice cream mochi balls which were her first choice. "So I tried making the chocolate ones, and they turned out great," she chuckles. She shows me a small bowlful of the pounded glutinous rice (malagkit), the main ingredient in her mochi. Rubbing it between my fingers, I'm amazed at how fine the powder is. It has a texture like cornstarch with only the smell of toasted rice betraying its true character. Maria laughs when I ask her "Did you pound this yourself?" My voice echoes my disbelief. She laughs gustily and confesses that her supplier does the sweat work for her. "Whew, that's a relief," I exclaim. "And here I am thinking you did even that yourself!"
Maria's mochi, which she markets under the name dezâto, comes in four flavors: dark, milk, white chocolate, and the chocolate-peanut butter, which I immediately profess allegiance to after the first bite. Each flavor filling is scooped into truffle form then embraced by the glutinous rice. Cooked by steam, it's pillow-soft and stick-to-my-teeth chewy, almost like tikoy (sweet cake eaten during Chinese new year) or galapong (gluey rice dough balls).
Rolled in cocoa powder or crushed walnuts for the white chocolate, these are messy to eat, blessing my jeans with a shower of brown. Oddly enough, I don't mind that. But I somehow have this irresistible urge to pinch the mochi. (!) Lying there on the plate, they're pudgy little orbs of sweet. Biting into one, my teeth sink into each sticky sphere, colliding with a gush of chocolate that oozes from the center. I have to laugh at my teeth marks now imprinted on the truffle center.
Maria asserts that the mochi should be served at room temperature and not straight from the fridge. For impatient types like myself however, I found that defrosting mochi in the microwave is okay, though it severely distorts it. (Sorry Maria, I was hungry, I couldn't wait!).
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Woman Pays for Down-and-Out Wawa Customer, Doesn't Realize It's Keith Urban
You should always pay it forward, as you never know who you might be helping. A New Jersey woman noticed that a man in line ahead of her at gas station-slash-fast food chain Wawa was short a few dollars for his purchase, and she helped cover his cost. The man turned out to be none other than country music star Keith Urban.
Ruth Reed, a retired teacher and fan of the star, shared her amazing story to Facebook on the Medford Facebook Group. Although the post has now been removed, the story has gone viral on social media, and screenshots have immortalized the story of her run-in with the "American Idol" judge.
"For three years, I have made a resolution to once a week treat someone at Wawa. Occasionally it happens more than once a week," she captioned the adorable photo of her blushing next to Urban. "This man was short a few dollars. He asked a lady with him if she had money. I jumped in and said I would pay and explained why. He thanked me and asked my name. I asked him his and he told me it was Keith. I said that he did look like Keith Urban. He said he was."
My favorite story of the day is how my 3rd grade teacher thought @KeithUrban was down on his luck and couldn't pay for his wawa snacks so she bought them for him. What an angel. pic.twitter.com/mJccVOQWtp- Olivia Rose Prouse (@liverdiverz) August 4, 2018
Urban, who recently played the BB&T Pavilion in Camden, told Reed that she could even check with his body guard if she didn't believe him. It finally sunk in that she had paid for the four-time Grammy winner's coffee, and she asked for a photo. "Another Ruth Reed moment!" she wrote. According to NJ.com, the Facebook post had over 350 comments and had been shared over 3,000 times before it was removed. However, it has been made the header photo on the group's page.
The Daily Meal has reached out to Reed for a comment.
A spokesperson for Wawa told NBC Chicago that they were "thrilled" by the story. "We are lucky at Wawa to have the best customers around," they said. "They include our wonderful regular customers, like Ruth, and occasionally music superstars like Keith Urban!"
The Pennsylvania-based company, which has 800 stores in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Florida, is just one of the regional fast food chains we wish were national.


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Siemens has received an $8 million award to provide a wastewater treatment system and associated piping, instrumentation and engineering to the Inegol Industrial Zone in Inegol, Turkey. The system will increase the capacity of Inegol's wastewater treatment plant, while lowering costs. Siemens Water Technologies will provide a BioFlowsheet+ Solution, consisting of a VertiCel aeration system, Flocculating Energy Dissipating Well Arrangement (FEDWA) clarifiers with the Tow-Bro Unitube sludge removal header and the Cannibal solids reduction system. Siemens will also provide the necessary piping and instrumentation for the system in addition to all the electrical and automation systems for the entire plant. The system is scheduled to be commissioned in mid-2009.
The order is based on the Bioflowsheet+ Solution Program from Siemens Water Technologies. It is a new biological process optimization program from Siemens Water Technologies that integrates several key wastewater treatment plant operations, including biological, solids separation, solids treatment and controls to meet the needs of most wastewater treatment plant applications. The program evaluates effluent requirements, land availability and specific cost factors such as energy use, labor and disposal. A visit at an operating BioFlowsheet+ Solution designed system in Indiana convinced Inegol to implement a similar solution at their site.
Besides increased capacity, the system for the Inegol plant will offer cost benefits, including a 30% savings on power, the ability to expand without adding more clarifier tanks, and improved sludge removal efficiency.
All of the main wastewater operations are proven solutions from Siemens Water Technologies. The VertiCel biological nutrient removal system combines mechanical aeration in the anoxic tank with diffused aeration in the aerobic zones. Through optimized aerator selection and stratified dissolved oxygen levels, the VertiCel system requires less installed and operating power than conventional fine-bubble aeration systems.
The FEDWA clarifiers will replace the existing center feed circular clarifiers, increasing the settling velocity while improving the flocculation specification of the suspended growth biomass. The Tow-Bro Unitube sludge removal header ensures positive, rapid removal of settled concentrated sludge in one revolution.
The Cannibal system eliminates the biological solids produced by activated sludge waste systems. This is accomplished through an interchange recycle flow between the activated sludge process and a specially controlled sidestream bioreactor. Besides reducing the costs of hauling biosolids to a disposal facility, the Cannibal system can reduce the plant's power and labor costs from aerobic digestion and dewatering systems.
In addition to the electrical and automation systems, Siemens will provide coarse and fine screening equipment, equalization tank mixers, a neutralization system with liquid carbon dioxide, sludge dewatering equipment and blowers for the fine bubble aeration system.


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PARIS – Top-seeded Sara Errani of Italy reached the Open GDF Suez final when Kiki Bertens retired from their semifinal with back pains while trailing 5-0.
The 25-year-old Errani will face the winner of the semifinal between Kristina Mladenovic of France and Mona Barthel of Germany.
The seventh-ranked Errani reached the French Open final and U.S. Open semifinals last year.
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17-year-old Pa. woman battles "Sleeping Beauty Syndrome"
A Pennsylvania teen is putting the spotlight on a rare sleep disorder called Kleine-Levein Syndrome, also known as "Sleeping Beauty Syndrome."
Nicole Delien is a 17-year-old from North Fayette, Pa. near Pittsburgh. Her mom Vicki told CBS station KDKA in Pittsburgh that her daughter sleeps 18 or 19 hours a day, only to wake up to eat in a sleepwalking state that she doesn't remember. Her longest sleeping episode lasted 64 days, from Thanksgiving into January, her mother said.
She's missed out on Thanksgiving, birthdays and family trips, but recently was diagnosed with the rare disorder at Allegheny General Hospital.
Kleine-Levein Syndrome (KLS) is characterized by recurrent and unusually long episodes of excessive sleepiness that affects behavioral and cognitive abilities and hunger, according to the Center for Narcolepsy at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The condition primarily strikes adolescents.
Episodes of excessive sleep alternate with symptom-free periods, and the cause of the condition is unknown, although Stanford notes nearly half of patients experience flu-like symptoms a few days before their first KLS episode
When symptoms of KLS are present, they can last for days, weeks or even months, causing all normal daily activities to stop, according to the Kleine Levin Syndrome Foundation. They can't attend school, work or care for themselves, and most are bedridden and uncommunicative even while awake.
"In between episodes those diagnosed with KLS appear to be in perfect health with no evidence of behavioral or physical dysfunction," notes the Foundation. "However they function daily with the frightful reality that they could become sick again at any moment."
No diagnostic medical test can confirm the disease, with patients showing normal results on brain scans, EEGS, and cerebrospinal fluid tests. Stanford University School of Medicine said the rarity of KLS, compared to the high-frequency of flu-like illnesses suggests some patients may be genetically predisposed to the disease.
Nicole told KDKA her last episode was in March and she's scared of when it may happen again. She takes medication to help spread the sleeping episodes apart.
At one point her parents won a contest for free tickets to a Katy Perry concert, but she had to sleep through it and miss it, according to the station. Perry learned about Nicole and invited her backstage to a Connecticut concert where she met the star.
Nicole also recently went on The Jeff Probst Show to discuss her ordeal.
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The outbreak of a deadly form of E. coli bacteria in Germany has medical experts racing to pinpoint its source -- perhaps on a Spanish vegetable farm -- as well as how this new strain could have evolved.
Researchers now say the new bacteria is a hybrid of two existing ones that have combined to form a super-virulent strain.
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The World Health Organization reports the bacteria has killed 18 people and sickened more than 1,500 people in six nations, with the highest number of patients from Germany. U.S. authorities report two travelers returning from Germany contracted the disease and remain seriously ill, but have not spread the infection to others.
"You have an E. coli that's quite nasty and then it got genes from another toxic E. coli and it's become even nastier," said Paul Wigley, professor of food-borne diseases at the University of Liverpool.
Wigley said that the new strain is a combination of entero-aggregative E. coli (EAEC), which is an emerging microbe associated with diarrhea in developing nations, and entero-hemorrhagic e.coli (EHEC), which is similar to the one that caused the deadly hamburger outbreak of E. coli O157.
"It can hang around for a long time in the gut, invade pretty well and produce a toxin that damages the kidneys and can lead to bloody diarrhea," Wigley said.
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The bacteria likely came from human or animal waste that came in contact with food. A Beijing lab that sequenced the genome of the bacteria with the help of German health officials said Wednesday that it appears to be resistant to many antibiotics. In fact, using antibiotics, which break apart the bacteria's cells, can release more toxins into the body, Wigley said.
"All you can do is supportive therapy, give patients fluid replacement, blood transfusions, and if kidney failure, then kidney dialysis." Officials with the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta caution against panic and are careful not to call it a "super-bug" that can jump borders at will.
"We are talking about a food-borne outbreak," said Christopher Braden, director of CDC's division of food-borne, water-borne and environmental diseases. "There's a potential for this to be transmitted person to person, but no indication that it's happened."
BLOG: E. Coli: Not Just for Carnivores Anymore
Braden noted that so far, the disease has not affected children as much as adults, and that women are suffering more than men.
"Maybe it's coming from something kids don't normally eat, or something about this organism that doesn't affect kids as adults," Braden said. "We still don't know."
European health officials initially said they believed the source of the outbreak was contaminated vegetables grown in Spain, but have since backed off that claim. There are also reports that organically-grown vegetables like cucumbers were to blame since they rely on manure fertilizers.
In the meantime, several nations have banned food grown in Spain, while Russia has stopped all European produce imports.
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Blogs give students an authentic reason to think through their writing because they know their audience can respond to them. In this lesson, students read blogs written by students their own age and learn to shape a well-thought-out response that addresses and answers the questions posed in the blog. Then, after reading, discussing, and deciding what makes a good blog entry or comment, students create their own response to a teacher-created blog entry to discuss the sequel possibilities of a favorite book.
- Jennifer Nelson: Digital Learning from Room 118: Use this website as an example of how to create a blog with your students and as a place to interact with another classs blog at the end of the lesson.
- Literature Response Blog Rubric: Use this rubric as an evaluation tool for your students blog entries.
Lacina, J., & Griffith, R. (2012). Blogging as a means of crafting writing. The Reading Teacher, 66(4), 316320.
- The authors present recommendations for blogging with elementary students using the experiences of Karen Arrington, a veteran third-grade teacher in Texas, and her journey to teach substantial blog writing.
- This article gives steps for teachers to follow in guiding students from writing blogs of little or no substance (penny comment) to writing blogs of substance (dollar comment) and includes a rubric to assess students' blog writing.
Zawilinski, L. (2009). HOT blogging: A framework for blogging to promote higher-order thinking. The Reading Teacher, 62(8), pp. 650661.
- In this article, the author gives step-by-step instructions for setting up several types of blogs for classroom use. She goes beyond the traditional blogs and discusses four steps to expand student knowledge by incorporating higher order thinking (HOT) skills through the use of teacher-posted questions answered by students, which encourages students to think deeply about literature and formulate a response online.
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Indian guru Baba Ramdev is once again making headlines with his claim that he can cure homosexuality, a statement that has not been very well received by many. In a petition to India's Supreme Court, the Swami is seeking that a ruling legalizing homosexuality be overturned.
Ramdev is claiming that he will launch powerful protests if the law, which decriminalized homosexuality, is not overturned. He states that homosexuality is a congenital defect, and believes that through asana, pranayama, and meditation that it can be "cured." Swami Ramdev is well known all over the world with over 85 million watching his daily television programs. He is also well respected by some Indian leaders, who are devotees of his teachings.
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Through the yogic practices he describes, Ramdev says that he can quell homosexual urges and essentially cure the "disease" of being gay.
So a while back, I wrote a post that received a great deal of feedback about the legitimacy of this self proclaimed guru, and many people spoke up in honor and support for Swami Ramdev. For those who love and respect him, he may be a great leader, even a guru, but for many of us who are not connected to his teachings, this sweeping judgment against an entire segment of humanity is difficult to overlook. And, though I honor and respect his knowledge and abilities, his tendency to make judgments as paramount as this leads me once again to question.
But, most of all, I am saddened by the way this one person, guru or not, is reflecting on the yoga community as a whole. Yoga teaches us to be open to all aspects of our spirituality and our humanity. It teaches us to free ourselves of judgment and accept our Self. Many practitioners of yoga have personal lives in which they make choices that are not "mainstream" or "conventional." These choices alone do not make them any less committed to the path of yoga, nor do they give those of us who make different choices the right to judge or be self-righteous.
Humanity is a rainbow of people, experiences and choices. If the heart is open, and the intention is true, then the practice and experience of yoga can flourish within all of these colors. When Krishna opened Arjuna's eyes to his true form, he was not simply the chaste, pure, white light of transcendence; he was also the fierce, destructive, and grotesque reality of all life. Yoga is the totality, the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly, the hetero and the homo. The knowledge of yoga is one of union, not of opposition.
Where is that knowledge that transcends judgment, personal opinion, or individual self within these motives? Where is that totality of Krishna, of yoga, that leads us from the darkness of ignorance into the light of self-realization?


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Basil Cilantro Vinaigrette
Note: Serve this Southwest-inspired chimichurri with a grilled tri tip or steak.
5 ounces fresh basil
2 bunches fresh cilantro
1 cup seasoned rice vinegar
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 red onion
8 cloves garlic
6 ounces frozen concentrated orange juice
1 cup canola oil plus more if needed
Place all the ingredients, except the oil, into a blender and puree it. With the motor running, add the oil in a steady stream until emulsified and the desired consistency. Store in an airtight container in refrigerator for up to 1 month. Drizzle on everything from steaks to salads.
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Roy-O On A Roll
Behind the combined shutout pitching of Roy-O, Madson and JC, the Phillies won their seventh straight series at Citizens Bank Park. Overall, eight series wins in last nine, a formula that gets you to October baseball.
Roy-O won his third in a row (1.29 ERA during those 3 starts). It is the first time he's won three straight since September 2008. He also improved his Citizens Bank Park record to 7-0 (3-0 with Phillies).
Madson has been really sharp and JC has looked great his last two outings. Getting him in a groove would really solidify the back end of the pen.
Familiar Faces
Starting with GM Ed Wade, there are a number of former Phillies on the Astros: Bret Myers, J. A. Happ and Nelson Figueroa (three of their current starting pitchers), Michael Bourn, Jason Michaels and manager Brad Mills. Before being dealt to the Cardinals late last week, Pedro Feliz.
Then there's rookie first baseman Bret Wallace. When the Phillies traded four players to Toronto to get Doc, promising outfielder Michael Taylor was in that deal. The Blue Jays spun Taylor right away to Oakland to get Wallace. Another promising rookie outfielder, Anthony Gose, was part of the package for Roy-O. Houston spun him right away to the Blue Jays for Wallace.
**Phillies re 69-24 on Sundays in Citizens Bank Park history.
**When scoring more than three runs, Phillies are 54-13.
**Yesterday's shutout was their 13th, the most for the Phils since 17 in 1967.
Lehigh Valley hosted the AAA All-Star Game in July. A scheduled July 10 Fan Fest, called Pigapalooza, was postponed because of rain. It will now be held this coming Sunday at Coca Cola Park.
Among the festivities are autograph sessions by Phillies Alumni, Darren Daulton, Ricky Bottalico, Marty Bystrom, Dickie Noles, Milt Thompson and Tommy Greene.


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First of all, I want to say thanks to Ben for his relentless support helping other users with their issues and constantly providing updates to the memCron code base due to some of the recent DreamHost PS changes. After spending the weekend polishing up the improvements contributed by Ben and Bret, memCron 0.6 is finally here.
Here's a list of notable changes:
- Removed dependency on modules with built-ins and system utilities, including SendMail, LWP etc.
- Get memory info from /proc/meminfo
- Get current memory size from API rather than OS
- New option to disable updates
- New options to send out notification when changing memory setting or getting API errors
- New chart formatting options: target memory, cached memory
- Now display http server name instead of actual PS name on the graph page for extra security
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DescriptionHave Fun When The Kids Leave Home is a funny, insightful and practical guide to rediscovering and enjoying yourself now youre no longer a taxi driver, on-demand cook and homework helper. It will show you how to:
Make money
Job hunt or change career
Boost your love life
Be happy
Learn new skills
Become a student
Discover thousands of leisure activities
Get fit
And above all, please yourself for a change!
PLUS: tips on creating a far better relationship with your kids than ever before. Have Fun When The Kids Leave Home is a book to literally change your life!
Heres what the author, Andrea Shavick, has to say about it:
"Ive written a huge number of books on subjects like job-hunting, poker and writing for children. And for children themselves Ive written best-selling picture books, young fiction, a biography of Roald Dahl and thousands of funny poems. But Have Fun when the Kids Leave Home is the one book I really needed for myself when my own kids grew up and left home. In fact, it was only as I was in the middle of writing it did I fully realise how many advantages there are to your kids living somewhere else, and how many opportunities there are out there just waiting to be grabbed.
After all, youre hoping that your kids will be happy, successful and independent in their new lives so why shouldnt you lead by example and show them that you too can happily get on with your life and really have fun when the kids leave home?


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Windows Azure Use Case: Infrastructure Limits
This is one in a series of posts on when and where to use a distributed architecture design in your organization's computing needs. You can find the main post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2011/01/18/windows-azure-and-sql-azure-use-cases.aspx
Physical hardware components take up room, use electricity, create heat and therefore need cooling, and require wiring and special storage units. all of these requirements cost money to rent at a data-center or to build out at a local facility.
In some cases, this can be a catalyst for evaluating options to remove this infrastructure requirement entirely by moving to a distributed computing environment.
There are three main options for moving to a distributed computing environment.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
The first option is simply to virtualize the current hardware and move the VM's to a provider. You can do this with Microsoft's Hyper-V product or other software, build the systems and host them locally on fewer physical machines. This is a good option for canned-applications (where you have to type setup.exe) but not as useful for custom applications, as you still have to license and patch those servers, and there are hard limits on the VM sizes.
Software as a Service (SaaS)
If there is already software available that does what you need, it may make sense to simply purchase not only the software license but the use of it on the vendor's servers. Microsoft's Exchange Online is an example of simply using an offering from a vendor on their servers. If you do not need a great deal of customization, have no interest in owning or extending the source code, and need to implement a solution quickly, this is a good choice.
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
If you do need to write software for your environment, your next choice is a Platform as a Service such as Windows Azure. In this case you no longer manager physical or even virtual servers. You start at the code and data level of control and responsibility, and your focus is more on the design and maintenance of the application itself. In this case you own the source code and can extend or change it as you see fit. An interesting side-benefit to using Windows Azure as a PaaS is that the Application Fabric component allows a hybrid approach, which gives you a basis to allow on-premise applications to leverage distributed computing paradigms.
No one solution fits every situation. It's common to see organizations pick a mixture of on-premise, IaaS, SaaS and PaaS components. In fact, that's a great advantage to this form of computing - choice.
5 Enterprise steps for adopting a Platform as a Service: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davidmcg/archive/2010/12/02/5-enterprise-steps-for-adopting-a-platform-as-a-service.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0
Application Patterns for the Cloud: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kashif/archive/2010/08/07/application-patterns-for-the-cloud.aspx


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Attack of the (prize-winning) killer tomatoes!
Ah, tomatoes how we love them, how we fuss over them, how we crave them, plan them, nurture them, savor them and … yes, hate them, sometimes. Especially in a year like this one (or last year) when the weather (cold, hail, heat, more cold) did its best to thwart everyone's tomato ambitions. But there was no thwarting for six lucky Front Range gardeners at the annual Nature Sweet Home-Grown Tomato Contest last Saturday morning in the parking lot of the Arvada King Soopers'.
Nature Sweet is a commercial tomato grower out of San Antonio, Texas — but they love tomatoes enough to know that a rising tomato-red tide can lift all boats. So they do this contest every year just to celebrate the ambition of tomato gardeners and the wide world of this little red fruit.
Eight-seven people brought their tomatoes to be Brix-tested — a way of measuring the tomato's sugar level with a little gizmo called a refractometer — and then three finalists in both large and small were taste-tested by a panel of judges that I was lucky enough to be on again.
The winners in each of the two categories got $2,500, and runners-up received $250 King Soopers' gift cards. The winners (drum roll for wooden spoon and stock pot, please!)
Large tomato: Mary Burroughs of Denver with a Cherokee Purple tomato that took me right back to my grandfather's central Illinois farm with its big, round, gardeny beefsteak flavor. (Oh, the platefuls of garden tomatoes we devoured back then…)
Runners up: Mary Lucero of Lafayette with a "Super Fantastic" (the variety that took first place last year, folks) and Matt Brandt of Longmont (who also was a runner-up last year) with a beautiful yellow-red "Mr. Stripey.")
Small tomatoes: These babies are the sugar rush of the tomato world. The sugar level on a typical Nature Sweet cherry tomato is about 8; one of the cherry finalists rang the sugar bell above 12! Now that's a sweet tomato! First place went to Veronica Gonzalez of Arvada, with a Sungold that I would have sworn had been dipped in wine before they cut it. Sweet, sweet, sweet, with a winey acid balance that hit me in the pit of the stomach like a first kiss or a swig of beer after a hot day of hoeing. Runners up were Lynne Milane of Erie, with a red cherry; and Jamie Steenport of Longmont with another Sungold.
Also that morning, Chef Tony Baumann and his daughter and business partner, Sam Baumann, were on hand to feed the crowd samples of tomato dishes — and give me some tips on taming garlic.
Tony and Sam had a great skilletful of sauteed cherry tomatoes with just the lightest coating of mild garlic flavor — which is how I think it should be. I like garlic, but I don't want my taste buds to have to wear a hazmat suit.
Baumann says to add crushed fresh garlic at the end of cooking — and keep it on the (medium) heat only until you can begin to smell it. Or blanch it first — a couple of minutes in a cup of water from a teakettle, then a dip in ice water to stop that cooking process. Or, adds his daughter, blanch it in milk — milk no warmer than you'd put in a baby's bottle (that would be about 110 degrees, adds her dad). Add the basil even later. (If you grow garlic, or know someone who does, that's the best way to get it mild — cook it right out of the garden.)
Here's B&B Culinary Creations' recipe for Sauteed Cherry Tomatoes with Garlic and Basil:
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
2 pints Nature Sweet cherry tomatoes
salt and pepper
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon minced fresh basil
1 ounce shaved Reggiano Parmigiano cheese (optional)
Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a saute pan over medium-high flame until it just starts to smoke. Ad tomatoes and season with salt and pepper. Saute, shaking the pan frequently, until tomatoes soften and skins just begin to wrinkle, about 2 minutes. Stir in the garlic and continue to shake the pan until the garlic is fragrant. Remove from heat, stir in the basil and remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil, then serve. Add shavings of cheese if desired.
(Chef Tony adds that you can add a pound of cooked, bite-size pasta at the garlic stage, or the pasta and a pound of julienned grilled chicken breast, to make this a main dish).
The Nature Sweet folks won't mind if you substitute your own winning home-grown tomatoes. Really. If you've got 'em, this is a great way to use them.


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F604 - Side Card FireWire
3U CompactPCIThis product has been discontinued.
The F604 is a 4HP FireWire and multimedia extension card for 3U Intel based CompactPCI single-board computers. It can be used in combination with the F14 and compatible CPU boards.
Main Features
Technical Data
- FireWire
- One FireWire connector at front panel
- According to IEEE 1394
- Full 400 Mbit/s via PCI Express
- Remote feeding 12V/1.5A (power class 1)
- For connection of FireWire devices (F604 has no GUID)
- One DVI-D connector at front panel
- Single link
- SDVO PanelLink transmitter
- Maximum resolution: 1600 x 1200 pixels
- 60Hz refresh rate
- Audio
- One HD (high definition) audio codec at front panel
- Symmetric stereo output (two 185mW mono amplifiers)
- Switchable to stereo input
- One RS232 via adapter cable (see Accessories)
- Two RS232 via customized adapter cable (optional)
- One RJ45 connector at front panel
- Data rates 300bit/s..230kbit/s (up to 1 Mbit/s with shielded cable)
- FIFO receive and transmit buffers for high data throughput
- Handshake lines: CTS, RTS for first COM
Mass Storage
Serial ATA (SATA)
- One port for onboard 2.5" hard-disk drive
- Transfer rates up to 150MB/s (depends on hard disk)
- RAID level 0/1 support (depends on CPU board)
CompactPCI J1 is assembled for increased mechanical stability and/or for power supply
Electrical Specifications
- Supply voltage/power consumption:
- +5V (-3%/+5%), 440mA typ. (w/o hard disk)
- +3.3V (-3%/+5%), 390mA typ. (w/o hard disk)
- MTBF: 947,377h @ 40°C according to IEC/TR 62380 (RDF 2000)
Mechanical Specifications
- Dimensions: conforming to CompactPCI specification for 3U boards
- Mountable on right (standard) or left (option) side of the CPU
- Weight: 146g (w/o hard disk)
Environmental Specifications
- Temperature range (operation):
- 0..+60°C up to -40..+85°C (depending on hard disk; please refer to the hard disk specifications for possible limits)
- Airflow: min. 10m³/h
- Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C
- Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
- Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
- Altitude: -300m to + 3,000m
- Shock: 15g/11ms
- Bump: 10g/16ms
- Vibration (sinusoidal): 2g/10..150Hz
PCB manufactured with a flammability rating of 94V-0 by UL recognized manufacturers
Tested according to EN 55022 (radio disturbance), IEC 61000-4-2 (ESD) and IEC 61000-4-4 (burst)
Software Support
- Driver software for the UART interface and the FireWire interface for Windows, Linux (to be verified), VxWorks (to be verified), QNX (on request)
- For more information on supported operating system versions and drivers see Software.
- Further information can be found in the data sheet of the CPU board that you use.
Mass storage
CompactFlash interface instead of SATA hard disk
- Via AD95 adapter
- FireWire Interface
- Connection of other hosts to the FireWire interface to form a FireWire network (TCP/IP over FireWire)(on request)
- One COM with MEN adapter cable (see Accessories)
- Two COMs with customized adapter cable
Mounting of side card on left side of the CPU
Operation Temperature
Some of these options may only be available for large volumes.
Please ask our sales staff for more information.
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|The entrance to the Beatles museum
Official Website
|The entrance to the Beatles museum
|Tea. And biscuits.
|Some Fun Tonight - a 2 volume set
|The Long Tall Sally EP
|A one hour special about the British invasion kickstarts a new series on the sixties from CNN
|Photo: Apple Corps Ltd
|Paul and band played "Sgt Pepper's ..." with Ringo joining on "With A Little Help From My Friends"
|Ringo tours again this summer
|Your's truly at Abbey Road studio no 2 in 2012
|Depicted at my local record shop here in Norway, with price tag
|Time Magazine
|Rock'n'Roll Music - 1976
|The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl - Capitol 1977
|Introducing The Beatles - Vee Jay
|The new website
|Paul and Ringo will perform together on Monday!
|Ringo Starr performed "Photograph", "Boys" and "With A Little Help From My Friends" in Los Angeles last night
|The first "reunion" photo of Ringo, Paul and George appeared in "The Sun" newspaper.
|A collage of publicity photos of the three, most of them taken by Linda McCartney
|The final photo of the three was taken by Pattie Boyd on Ringo's birthday in 2000


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Happy New Year, mes chers!
Marlena toasts you with a glass of champagne, wishing only soaps that are good this year. Speaking of, so many of my Thinking Fans sent in their own Best and Worst picks for 2007, there's barely room to post them all! I love the intelligence of them and appreciate how discerning all of you are when writing about a field of soaps that is less than enchanting. Bold and battered, Thinking Soap Fans march on in 2008, using their soap savvy and quality critical judgement … [Read more…]


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A diagnosis I should have seen coming
I should have known better.
I have always been a pretty healthy person. While members of my family have dealt with an assortment of health issues, I've been fortunate to not have those problems. Outside of the occasional cold or flu, I've never had to spend any time in the hospital for any serious illnesses.
My gallbladder was removed a few years ago, and I've had a few other outpatient related procedures over the years, but nothing serious.
My diet has been ok, but like a lot of us, I've been on many late night fast food runs. My love for potato chips, fruit juice and Skittles is well known by family and friends.
I would occasionally tell myself that I needed to cut out the junk food and start eating healthier. I would even cut out almost all of the bad food that I love, and eat a better balanced diet. But it would not be long until I was back to my old habits.
I guess the lure of sour cream and onion potato chips proved to be too much for me.
The fact that I wasn't exercising as much as I used to didn't help matters. But each time I would go in for a physical, my doctor would tell me that my blood pressure and heart rate was fine, and my cholesterol was low. So I thought that I was fine.
I convinced myself that despite my family's health history, everything would be alright.
And then a few weeks ago, it hit me.
I started feeling strange. I was tired all the time. I had dry mouth and was drinking water almost constantly. It felt like someone was standing on my bladder. I was using the bathroom hourly. My eyes were blurry, and food tasted differently.
Even though I had my suspicions of what it could be, I told myself that whatever it was, it would pass in a few days.
But after a week of feeling awful with no end in sight, I decided to see my doctor. His diagnosis was what I expected, but until that moment I couldn't bring myself to believe:
Type 2 Diabetes
After hearing those words, all those bags of potato chips, pieces of candy, cheeseburgers, fries and missed opportunities to go to the gym ran through my mind.
How can I let this happen, especially considering my family history of diabetes and the fact that I'm African American? Why wasn't I more careful about what I ate?
Even though I've never smoked and I don't drink alcohol very often, why did I receive this diagnosis so early?
After the initial sting wore off, I realized that this might be good news.
This was caught early, so my blood sugar wasn't extremely high. That means I don't have to take insulin. All I need are diet and exercise along with medication. I am thankful because many people who suffer from this disease aren't as fortunate.
They don't call this the silent killer for nothing.
The diagnosis served as a wake-up call for me to change the way I eat and live. I read and pay close attention to every meal I eat, and I'm making sure that I'm active every day. I thank my doctors for the continuing education and my family for being my support system.
I have always believed that everything happens for a reason. Perhaps sharing my story might help someone who's living with diabetes. Maybe it's for some other purpose.
One thing's for sure: I know more about myself today than I did a month ago.
And that's a good thing.


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Strip malls are not the most haute of shopping experiences, but they can be great places to start a new business. This BMW 1M driver in South Africa shows how well it's working for his new donut-making operation.
Everyone loves hot, fresh donuts. Especially Bavarian-style.
(Hat tip to Hannes Oosthuizen!)


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BBC News
- Coronavirus: Hospitals urged to use lab space to test NHS staff
- Coronavirus: 13-year-old boy dies, says London hospital trust
- Coronavirus: Teenager 'could have survived with appropriate treatment'
- Coronavirus: Sainsbury's uses 'loophole' to keep Argos open
- Coronavirus: Southend Hospital staff could 'limit work' over protective equipment
- David Hockney shares exclusive art from Normandy, as 'a respite from the news'
- Coronavirus: Haulage drivers 'being refused access to toilets'
- Coronavirus: A fifth of smaller UK firms 'will run out of cash'
- Coronavirus: GP surgery apology over 'do not resuscitate' form
- Coronavirus: Dental patients 'could lose teeth'
- Coronavirus: Star Wars actor Andrew Jack dies aged 76
- Coronavirus: No wake, no funeral, just prayers in a cemetery
- Coronavirus: Paramedic protective kit 'only fit for making sandwiches'
- Coronavirus: 'I don't want a flight voucher, where's my refund?'
- Coronavirus: The restaurants feeding hospital staff
- Coronavirus: Are loss of smell and taste key symptoms?
- Coronavirus: UK considers virus-tracing app to ease lockdown
- Coronavirus: I'm in lockdown with my abuser
- Coronavirus: How do I get a food parcel?
- What's in Scotland's emergency coronavirus bill?
- Jay Blades: From repairing lives to hosting TV hit The Repair Shop
- How Dua Lipa and The Weeknd are bringing the 80s back… again
- 'The phone slipped into the bath': Conference call tales
- Coronavirus repatriation: What should you do if you are stuck abroad?
- Abortion: Northern Ireland opens new chapter but questions remain
- Coronavirus: Why are British travellers struggling to get home?
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When asked to cite a photographer whose work and books interest me the most I usually mention Josef Koudelka and Robert Frank. The urge to say both names at once is strong. More often though I will pull one of Josef's books off the shelf than Mr. Frank's. Still it's a close call.
Perhaps, like with other artists, it is hard to look back at older work. One wants their newer images to be at the forefront of attention and looking back may seem like stagnation. His interest for the last dozen years has been in using the long frame cameras which I also admire. But I can still hope that one day I'll be able to crack the spine on a book's worth of the unseen Josef Koudelka photographs. The work exists. It is good. It wouldn't dilute the known work. I can't see how it would be a detriment to publish it.
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Learning and innovation outside the filmJeppesen, Lars Bo; Molin, Måns J. (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: 1 Abstract: This study describes a process in which a firm relies on an external consumer community for innovation. While it has been recognized that users may sometimes innovate, little is known about what commercial firms can do to motivate and capture such innovations and their related benefits. We contribute to the strategy literature by suggesting that learning and innovation efforts from which a firm may benefit need not necessarily be located within the organization, but may well reside in the consumer environment. We also contribute to the existing theory on "user-driven innovation" by showing what firms purposively can do to generate consumer innovation efforts. An explorative case study shows that consumer innovation can be structured, motivated, and partly organized by a commercial firm that lays out the infrastructure for interactive learning by consumers in a public Keywords: Product Development, Consumer-to-Consumer Interaction, Learning, Consumer Innovation, Community, User-toolkits. JEL code(s): L21; L23; O31; O32 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7281
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How firms organize the production of user modifications in the computer games industryJeppesen, Lars Bo (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Modding – the modification of existing products by consumers – is increasingly exploited by manufacturers to enhance product development and sales. In the computer games industry modding has evolved into a development model in which users act as unpaid "complementors" to manufacturers' product platforms. This article explains how manufacturers can profit from their abilities to organize and facilitate a process of innovation by user communities and capture the value of the innovations produced in such communities. When managed strategically, two distinct, but not mutually exclusive business models appear from the production of user complements: firstly, a manufacturer can let the (free) user complements "drift" in the user communities, where they increase the value to consumers of owning the given platform and thus can be expected to generate increased platform sales, and secondly, a manufacturer can incorporate and commercialize the best complements found in the user communities. Keywords: innovation, modding, user communities, software platform, business model. JEL code(s): L21; L23; O31; O32 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7227
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The personal attributes of innovative users in the case of computer-controlled musicJeppesen, Lars Bo; Frederiksen, Lars (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Studies of the sources of innovations have recognized that many innovations are developed by users. However, the fact that firms employ communities of users to strengthen their innovation process has not yet received much attention. In firm-established user communities users freely reveal innovations to a firm's product platform, which in turn puts the firm in a favorable position (a) because these new product features become available to all users by sharing on a user-to-user basis, or (b) because it allows the firm to pick up the innovations and integrate them in future products and then benefit by selling them to all users. We study the key personal attributes of the individuals responsible for innovations and the creation of value in this organizational context, namely the innovative users, to explain why firm-established user communities work. Analyzing data derived from a web-based questionnaire generating 442 answers we find that innovative users are likely to be (i) hobbyists, an attribute that can be assumed to affect innovators' willingness to share innovations (positively), and (ii) responsive to "firm-recognition" as a motivating factor for undertaking innovation, which explains their decision to join the firm's domain. In agreement with earlier studies we also find that innovative users are likely to be "lead users", an attribute that we assume to affect the quality of user innovation. Whether or not a firm-established user community can be turned into an asset for the firm is to a great extent conditioned by the issues studied in this paper. Keywords: Innovation, User community, User Characteristics JEL code(s): L21; L23; O31; O32 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7218
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Washington State bishops call for holistic review of coal transportation proposal
As a former resident of Washington—Washington State, that is—I was happy to see the bishops there recently called for a thorough independent review of proposed coal export terminals proposed in Longview and Cherry Point.
The proposals would involve coal being shipped from Montana and Wyoming to the two Washington terminals, traveling in uncovered cars through both cities and rural areas. In a statement, the bishops expressed concern for how the increase in shipments could affect regional transportation, climate change, and Native American rights, among other considerations.
The bishops noted that they protection of the environment a moral obligation. But what I appreciated about the statement was that it went beyond the duly important call to our moral sensibilities and the obligation to care for creation. The bishops acknowledged the nuances of the situation, saying: "The proposals in question involve an interrelated set of moral, environmental, social and economic issues: from climate change to the need for jobs and the human right to participate in work; from transportation congestion created by increased coal train traffic to the possible destruction of state fisheries and threats to Native American treaty rights. These are not easy issues to balance, and therefore much study and broad consultation are required to reach prudent and just decisions."
The bishops are correct that we have a moral obligation to protect the environment and care for God's creation. They are also correct that doing this often involves examining related questions of human dignity, economic choices, and cultural heritage.
And perhaps most importantly, as the bishops conclude, "We are all responsible" for making sure all considerations are taking into account when facing such tough decisions.
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Members Helping Members - Educating, Informing, Supporting
Even though Red Burns was one of the most influential figures in the tech industry over the past 30 years — most famous for co-founding the groundbreaking Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU, and in a sense, the beginnings of interaction design — it's not uncommon for technophiles to have never heard her name. Two weeks ago, she passed away. But much more needs to be said about one of the smartest, gutsiest women I ever knew, and about what she thought about education, technology, design … and life.
Red wasn't particularly interested in IPOs or the latest tech fetish, even though she was always exceptionally proud of her students and their accomplishments. She knew that technology was a means to an end — and that the end was people.
In that simple reframing from technology to empowerment of people, I believe there's something everyone one of us — whether designer, programmer, entrepreneur, investor, teacher, student, parent, or child — can learn from Red. Especially in a world where we tend to focus on teaching kids to code, debating the flatness of the latest iOS, or discussing the newest and shiniest device still searching for a meaningful application.
Red is known as "the godmother of Silicon Alley" because ITP — a bold exploration into how media could be made interactive and empower communities and individuals — produced graduates such as Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley, as well as Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award winners Sigi Moeslinger (whose firm designed the Metro Card vending machines for the NYC Subway system) and Jake Barton (whose firm designed the interactive exhibits for the 9/11 Museum).
But Red wasn't that interested in technology per se; she saw it as something you needed to get to the real work: improving people's lives, making them feel more connected, bringing delight in big and small ways, and empowering them to affect change.
When Red co-founded ITP in 1971, most people were aspiring to get to color TV, but she was dreaming of ways to turn the media ecosystem upside down. Among her many projects was two-way television for and by senior citizens — one of the first Teletext field trials in the United States. She was passionate about turning "consumers" into creators, and her work and philosophies foretold of some of the most successful products of the digital age: YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.
"I'm not going to teach you any software programs. Software changes. Technology changes. You are here to learn how to learn." Those are the first words I recall hearing from Red in my very first class at ITP.
It wasn't a coincidence that Red created ITP inside NYU's Tisch School of the Arts rather than the computer science department; she wanted the program to be filled with dreamers, inventors, artists, and change-makers. She questioned the status quo and continued to do so as an educator and industry provocateur.
Today, the program Red co-founded represents the most innovative higher ed laboratory for what design, technology, and art can do when brought together in new and inventive ways. When I attended ITP in the mid 1990s — on the eve of the explosion of the commercial web and the birth of New York's Silicon Alley tech scene — my class was filled with an unlikely cohort.
Many students, including myself, had little experience with technology. There were teachers, artists, filmmakers, policy experts, lawyers, musicians, and even a sword swallower from the Coney Island sideshow. Red relished finding people from every corner of the globe, and from every background and walk of life you could imagine.
This deep, abiding belief in the importance of diversity in the collaborative process is one of the many values I inherited from Red. When it came to finding students for that next class at ITP, she was less interested in the answers people brought to the table; instead it was all about the questions.
Red could have filled her classes with cookie-cutter 4.0 students with pedigrees from the elite undergraduate institutions of the world, and to be clear, there were some of those. She was famous for saying it was harder to get into ITP than it was to get into medical school. But Red was much more interested in the level of curiosity and passion an individual brought to the ITP community, and she knew there were many different ways to be "smart".
Imagine what would happen if more schools, companies, and organizations thought this way, and the new kinds of engagement, learning, and invention that might take place.
Red had a strong belief that important concepts were discovered through play. This is a common notion in modern preschool education, but certainly isn't the norm inside most companies, where efficiency and the bottom line rule the day and new ideas suffocate before they get a chance to catch on. It's perhaps even less of a norm within most university settings, where supporting professors' work and bringing prestige to the educational institution itself is paramount, so students often get lost in the mix.
Just one walk down ITP's halls during a spring or fall student show reveals that it's like no other educational environment in the world. The shows are more than the average tech "demo days" that tend to attract hungry entrepreneurs, recruiters, and investors. They draw in people from every walk of life — toddlers and grandparents, businessmen and artists, dreamers and doers — and the projects represent a diversity of ideas that open the mind to new possibilities.
I sometimes describe ITP to those not familiar with it as "Kindergarten for grownups", but also love another description I once heard: "Engineering for poets." Both of those convey the wonderfully fuzzy space between art and technology where so many new and important ideas are born. In this way, Red and her educational philosophies developed both the right and left sides of the brain by teaching artists to code and engineers to empathize.
There is much to be learned from Red's teaching philosophies — really, a way of thinking. Not just for programs looking to replicate the magic of ITP, but for companies and other organizations and individuals, too. There's a certain shorthand of understanding that takes place whenever ITP alums encounter each other, as I have during my time working at Google and Facebook. We may not know exactly what background or hard skills each brings to the table, but we know we are likely dealing with an open, curious spirit; a great collaborator; and someone who is human-centered in the way he or she approaches problem solving.
A fellow ITP alumna, Christene Selleck, recently published her notes on how Red welcomed students to ITP in the opening session of her famous first-year Applications class. Red offered her hopes for what they would learn during their two magical years, and more importantly, what she wanted for them throughout their working and personal lives. Reading this list takes me back and propels me forward.
Red didn't care where you were from, what you had studied in the past, or what your prior accolades were; she wanted to know, what would you do next? She was a new kind of mentor: incredibly demanding and nurturing. I — and many others — am still striving to live up to the exceptionally high expectations Red had of us.
Red cannot be replaced, but her impact can continue to spread. Share this list with your teacher, your boss, your child, and most of all, yourself.
That there is a difference between the mundane and the inspired.
That the biggest danger is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.
That any human organization must inevitably juggle internal contradictions — the imperatives of efficiency and the countervailing human trade-offs.
That the inherent preferences in organizations are efficiency, clarity, certainty, and perfection.
That human beings are ambiguous, uncertain, and imperfect.
That how you balance and integrate these contradictory characteristics is difficult.
That imagination, not calculation, is the "difference" that makes the difference.
That there is constant juggling between the inherent contradictions of a management imperative of efficiency and the human reality of ambiguity and uncertainty.
That you are a new kind of professional — comfortable with analytical and creative modes of learning.
That there is a knowledge shift from static knowledge to a dynamic searching paradigm.
That creativity is not the game preserve of artists, but an intrinsic feature of all human activity.
That in any creative endeavor you will be discomfited and that is part of learning.
That there is a difference between long term success and short term flash.
That there is a complex connection between social and technological trends. It is virtually impossible to unravel except by hindsight.
That you ask yourself what you want and then you work backwards.
In order to problem solve and observe, you ought to know how to: analyze, probe, question, hypothesize, synthesize, select, measure, communicate, imagine, initiate, reason, create.
That organizations are really systems of cooperative activities and their coordination requires something intangible and personal that is largely a matter of relationships.
That you combine that edgy mixture of self-confidence and doubt.
That you have enough self-confidence to try new things.
That you have enough self doubt to question.
That you think of technology as a verb, not a noun; it is subtle but important difference.
That you remember the issues are usually not technical.
That you create opportunities to improvise.
That you provoke it. That you expect it.
That you make visible what, without you, might never have been seen.
That you communicate emotion.
That you create images that might take a writer ten pages to write.
That you observe, imagine and create.
That you look for the question, not the solution.
That you are not seduced by speed and power.
That you don't see the world as a market, but rather a place that people live in — you are designing for people, not machines.
That you have a stake in magic and mystery and art.
That sometimes we fall back on Rousseau and separate mind from body.
That you understand the value of pictures, words, and critical thinking.
That poetry drives you, not hardware.
That you are willing to risk, make mistakes, and learn from failure.
That you develop a practice founded in critical reflection.
That you build a bridge between theory and practice.
That you embrace the unexpected.
That you value serendipity.
That you reinvent and re-imagine.
That you listen. That you ask questions. That you speculate and experiment.
That you play. That you are spontaneous. That you collaborate.
That you welcome students from other parts of the world and understand we don't live in a monolithic world.
That each day is magic for you.
That you turn your thinking upside down.
That you make whole pieces out of disparate parts.
That you find what makes the difference.
That your curiosity knows no bounds.
That you understand what looks easy is hard.
That you imagine and re-imagine.
That you develop a moral compass.
That you welcome loners, cellists, and poets.
That you are flexible. That you are open.
That you can laugh at yourself. That you are kind.
That you consider why natural phenomena seduce us.
That you engage and have a wonderful time.
That this will be two years for you to expand — take advantage of it.
Appolinaire said: — Come to the edge, — It's too high, — Come to the edge, — We might fall, — Come to the edge, — And he pushed them and they flew.
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