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Long before the discovery of the first planet beyond our solar system, astronomer Laurance Doyle began theorizing about the habitability of planets around other stars, clarifying the conditions needed for a planet to bear life. Relying on his expertise in signal processing, he now looks for patterns in astronomical data, searching for extrasolar planets.
Recently, Doyle has begun using these same statistical tools to look for patterns in animal communication. Drawing on central concepts of information theory, he and colleagues from the University of California at Davis have precisely measured the complexity of the songs of humpback whales, comparing them with communication in other species—including humans. In the future, he plans to expand this innovative line of research, moving to the next level of understanding animal communication. Not content to understand how much an animal can communicate, he seeks to understand the meaning of the vocalizations of other species.
(Excerpt from an Interview with Laurance Doyle)
QUESTION: How will you know if the planet is habitable?
For a planet to have the potential to be inhabited, it must be the right distance from the star so it will receive the right amount of light. The temperature of a habitable planet should allow liquid water to exist on the surface for long periods of time.
Based on the best available ground- and space-based data, I expected there would be about 350 eclipsing binaries in the Kepler data. Actually, there turned out to be more like 3,000 to 4,000 eclipsing binaries that Kepler sees. Just in our first year, we had to look at tens of thousands of light curves to pick out these eclipsing binaries.
QUESTION: Why should the public care about your research?
This work is important for two reasons. If we don't find a habitable planet, that means earths are rare. It puts the earth in perspective as a somewhat isolated spaceship. That knowledge may allow us to convey the concept that we need to take care of our own planet, and that would be a good thing. People think about moving to Mars, but Mars' land surface area is only equal to earth's (since three-fourths of earth is covered with water). With earth's population currently doubling every 54 years, moving to Mars would only buy us another half century. So earth is it for now.
If we do find another earth, whether it's around a circumbinary "earth" or a regular single sun-like star, I think people's thoughts are going to transition to becoming less self-centered. Finding another earth might also make us think more positively about finding other beings in the universe. We have a very real shot at finding other earths with the Kepler Mission. We could detect a potentially habitable extrasolar planet within the next three years. Kepler is hugely important for the question of life in the universe. This is a key time in history.


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3:00 PM. Turn off my computer. Clean up my desk. Change out of work clothes into running clothes. Gloves for the first time.
Pouring rain. Wind. Cold. 38F. Co-worker "I don't think they'll show up for a run today, do you? It's cold out. They aren't rain runners. They are fair weather runners" I think to myself "well, I think they'd at least let me know if they weren't going to show up today"
3:15. Driving cold rain. Wind. Cold. Here they come! Laura and Kimm. Are we running? Yes! Brrr. There's Heidi! Hills today. We'll run 2.5 miles to the big hill, 10 hill repeats and return to the school. It'll be OK. Heidi "OK, but I brought my gym bag. If I ditch you guys, I'm going to the gym" "OK".
Run run run. Warm up, run run run. Talk about past races. Kimm and Heidi have run 3 of them now, Laura 2. The first one was the Granite City 5K in St Cloud this August. They weren't runners before . They are now! They can run 5 miles without stopping.
Up the hill..little steps, pump your arms, relax your shoulders, turn around and go down, down to the sign. Back on up. 10 times.
Feel it in the butt, in the hamstrings, getting tired.
Half way there! Brrrr..driving cold wind and rain.
We continue .. and laugh .. and finish 10 repeats! Run back to the school. Walk to the parking lot to cool down..stretch.
They did it! 6+ miles, hills, 85 minutes. They wouldn't have completed the workout alone..in the rain....but when there is group waiting, a date set, you can bet they will be there!
Girl Power. Cheers to Heidi, Kimm and Laura. They make me proud :)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
3 comments:
- Steve said...
What? This blog entry wasn't about the Spice Girls? How disappointing. LOL Way to keep them gals motivated, Julie! You are one super-dedicated, highly-motivated, gotta-train ultrarunner!! WOOT!
That is a true testament to what kind of woman they are and what kind of athletes you are whipping them into! Way to go ladies and I am super jealous you have an awesome coach!!!
- SteveQ said...
So, knowing you, did you do another 70 hill repeats after they were done?
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|Final Fantasy XI Chains of Promathia OST
|Catalog Number: SQEX-10041
|Released On: November 17, 2004
|Composed By: Naoshi Mizuta, Kumi Tanioka (24), Nobuo Uematsu (6, 10, 13)
|Arranged By: Naoshi Mizuta, Kumi Tanioka (24)
|Published By: Square Enix
|Recorded At: Unknown
|Format: 1 CD
01 - Unity
02 - Moblin Menagerie - Movalpolos
03 - Depths of the Soul
04 - Faded Memories - Promyvion
05 - Currents of Time
06 - First Ode: Nocturne of the Gods
07 - A New Horizon - Tavnazian Archipelago
08 - Onslaught
09 - The Forgotten City - Tavnazian Safehold
10 - Second Ode: Distant Promises
11 - The Ruler of the Skies
12 - Turmoil
13 - Third Ode: Memoria de la Ŝtona
14 - Happily Ever After
15 - Conflict: You Want to Live Forever?
16 - Conflict: March of the Hero
17 - Fourth Ode: Clouded Dawn
18 - Words Unspoken - Pso'Xja
19 - Fifth Ode: A Time for Prayer
20 - The Celestial Capital - Al'Taieu
21 - Gates of Paradise - The Garden of Ru'Hmet
22 - Dusk and Dawn
23 - A New Morning
24 - Gustaberg (Bonus Track)
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I had been looking forward to this soundtrack's release for quite some time. Naoshi Mizuta, who had actually impressed me with his compositions in the FFXI OST and its first expansion, "Rise of the Zilart", was announced as the composer for "Chains of Promathia", the MMORPG's second expansion (which was heralded as being a much larger expansion than the first). As soon as the soundtrack was printed, I ordered it along with some other VGM goods from CD Japan and eagerly awaited what I hoped to be Mizuta's greatest work.
I was sorely disappointed.
My favorite aspect of Mizuta's compositions was the clever use of strong, raw instrumentation: catchy marimbas, tribal drums, horns, that kind of stuff. There is a minimal amount of such work on this soundtrack. In its place we find some boring, repetitive string-work. Seriously, this album is filled with synthesized strings (that don't even sound PS2 quality), and they are all pretty bland.
This is not to say that every single track is terrible. No, I have actually found a few tracks that I really enjoy, and I sampled the majority of them for all to hear. For example, "Onslaught" makes strong use of pitched percussion and a familiar "FF battle" introduction, what with the trilled flute ringing out above a rhythmic background of drums and strings. The song continues from here and only gets better and better. It's a strong piece.
Other pieces, such as "The Celestial Capital", are also strong compositions. This specific piece actually runs for a solid seven minutes, allowing for the total track to be looped once (explaining the disc time's outrageous 78 minutes). This piece uses a voice-esque synth for background chords and then sets up a melody using guitars and another sort of mysterious space-age synth. The result is rather pleasing, and I had no trouble listening to the whole seven minute track: I'd have to say I enjoyed it.
Another little treat on this disc is the bonus track: a live recording of "Gustaberg", performed by the "Star Onions" (a.k.a. Kumi Tanioka with other Square-related composers helping out, such as Tsuyoshi Sekito on guitar). It's a mid-paced, softer rendition of an already mild song: but I can't help but bounce my head to it. Of course, the credit goes to Tanioka and not Mizuta for this track.
I hate to do what I have done: I've gone and said bad things about what I believe to be a good composer. Yet, I must be honest; this soundtrack has let me down on multiple levels, and I've actually had to search for the good in it to enjoy it at any level. For the hardcore FFXI gamer, perhaps the nostalgia associated with these melodies will make the music much more worthwhile. As for me, I haven't spent any quality time with FFXI (or any MMORPG for that matter), so I am not familiar with these pieces in context. The only thing that keeps me holding on to this one are the few pieces I've enjoyed and the simple yet stunning packaging: the front cover and disc are both this dim, shiny gold. Screenshots of different areas abound in the insert, and it makes me want to try this expansion out: but the music doesn't attract me to the game very much. If you want to get a good taste of Mizuta, go after the two-disc OST or Rise of the Zilart before purchasing this soundtrack.
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Sentimental Sunday: 'Anything f' Thanksgiving?'Posted: October 31, 2010 Filed under: Genealogy | Tags: Brooklyn, Rants and riffs, Sentimental Sunday 17 Comments
For years, I really thought I'd hallucinated this conversation, which took place when I was around ten or eleven.
My mother, frazzled from outfitting the five of us seven kids currently eligible for trick-or-treating, broke off from adjusting someone's mask to say how sick she was of the whole thing. "And besides — we never trick or treated on Halloween. We did it on Thanksgiving."
This remark was promptly filed in the Things Your Parents Say Just To Annoy You folder, and forgotten. In college and beyond, I would think of it sometimes when October rolled around — when I wasn't pondering how to treat Halloween-party aftereffects. (Never mix beer and M&Ms, is what I'm saying.)
But eventually I did realize I wasn't hallucinating my parents, and in fact, they often said interesting things. So I went looking for a rational explanation for the" trick-or-treat on Thanksgiving" memory. Nobody (but nobody) west of the Hudson had ever heard of such a custom, and even some of my (South) Brooklyn relatives looked at me funny, so I concluded it had to be specific to Mom's section of Brooklyn — Greenpoint.
As it turns out, that's fairly accurate. Also as it turns out, in 1998 a wonderful person named Frank Dmuchowski compiled a whole webpage about this custom on his site, Greenpoint.com! I love the Internet!
Well, on Thanksgiving morning, the children of Greenpoint would get dressed up in costumes and go from house to house yelling, "Anything f' Thanksgiv'n?". In return, and if they were lucky, they would be rewarded with coins, or a piece of fruit, or a piece of candy. In New York, this custom appears to go back to the 1920's and 1930's and perhaps earlier. Apparently in those days it was called, "Ragamuffin Day" and was practiced the day before Thanksgiving.
Mr. Dmuchowski's page includes quote after quote of memories from former Greenpointers who went about on Thanksgiving, dressed in old clothes and asking for treats. The custom even rated a mention in the all-time classic novel of Brooklyn, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. In the book, plucky heroine Francie Nolan and her brother Neely brave the November chill to go door-to-door, rewarded by a hot meal of pot roast and noodles when they get back home. (The Nolans live in Williamsburg, next door to Greenpoint, so it's all good).
Apparently there were other pockets of "ragamuffins" outside of Brooklyn — Mr. Dmuchowski's correspondents remembered it in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, as well as in parts of the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island and even New Jersey. But it was a very localized custom. "Not only was it neighborhood specific, but it was block specific," as one man recalled. "If you went west of Steinway Street, the residents had you committed to a nuthouse saying, 'Come back at Halloween, you idiot.' "
Why Thanksgiving? Why not Valentine's Day? Some of Mr. Dmuchowski's correspondents believe the custom is related to the Feast of St. Martin (Nov. 11), which is observed in many eastern and western European countries with parades of costumed children who receive little gifts of cakes and sweets. Perhaps European immigrants held on to this tradition, and smushed it together with their adopted country's feast of Thanksgiving. It began fading out after World War II, although many kids kept it up well into the 1950s.
I really mean it when I say I love the Internet. Other than A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, I've never seen a mention in print that this custom ever existed. So Frank Dmuchowski and his co-preservationists have saved 'Anything f' Thanksgiving' from oblivion.
Thanks, guys.
Note: Stay safe out there, kids. And drivers, slow DOWN! Mr. Archaeologist, himself a blogger on actuarial matters, notes that Halloween may well be our most dangerous celebration after New Year's. Let's all have fun and come home in one piece, OK?
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My mother was from Jersey City, NJ and also told me about this Thanksgiving tradition. No one else I know seemed to have ever heard of it. I'm glad to see that I didn't dream it up. 🙂
People look at me when I tell about going out on Thanksgiving instead of Halloween! Many fond memories of my Mom getting us dressed to go out and coming home so cold and the smell of the Turkey cooking! We couldn't wait to get into our sacks (pillow cases), to see what we had in there! Happy I found this site. Now I can show my children, it really did happen! Happy Halloween and a Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Thanks for this. Like some of you, I too couldn't find anyone, even other transplanted New Yorkers, who could remember doing this. Hallowe'en was when you wore old clothes and brought chalk to school to "Hallowe'en" everbody. Sometimes we used a stocking full of flour for maximum effect. (I lived in SouthOzonePark)
Lola Q-H Queens 40's-50's
Back in the day, the people of Long Island City, were thankful for all that we had and felt blessed. On Thanksgiving morning, the children dressed up in costumes to honor the people that they admired. No Hobos Allowed! My younger brother dressed up as a policeman. I dressed up as a fine lady, like my mother, so did my twin sister. One would say "Anything for Thanksgiving"? as you rang the door bell. Then we were greeted, an given coins, fruit or treats. We thanked them for their generosity. The coins that we collected went into small church-shaped boxes, which we handed in at Sunday school, for charities. The treats and fruit we could keep or share with others that came to our door, to show our thankfulness to God for all our many blessings that we had received from him.
Anything for Thanksgivin. Absolutely, We lived on 162nd Street in the Bronx in a 10 story building and we would dress up and go into the alleys and beg. People would throw pennies out of their windows. Some would wrap the pennies in bits of newspaper so they didn't bounce all over the place. We also, filled socks with flour and tried to hit each other. My dad filled a long stocking, the kind young girls wore to school so I wouldn't have to come back and refill it.
Okay, now does anyone remember mello rolls ice cream? A cylinder shaped ice cream wrapped in a heavy paper. The trick was to unwrap the ice cream and put it in a rectangular topped cylinder bottom cone. When we moved to NJ I never went out "begging" again, but my brother took a pillow case and since he was the fasted kid on two legs, the whole family had enough treats to last until Christmas. We did have FUN!
Grew up in the Heights section of Jersey City and remember going out every Thanksgiving morning until we moved away in 1959…….everyone thinks I'm nuts when I mention the tradition!
My sister and I went around with Anything for Thanksgiving. I remember one year it started snowing. We went arond every Thanksging in the early 1950's.
I was born in 1942 & raised in Redhook, Brooklyn when Redhook wasn't so bad. My sister & I use to dress up in old, old clothes on Thanksgiving & knock on doors & say, Anything for Thanksgiving? We went home with nuts, candy, cookies, fruit, coins (we liked the coins), etc.
Then when I was 12 years old, we moved to Levittown (Nassau county). The kids there dressed in costumes & went trick or treating on Halloween.Very different for us city folks!
The night before Halloween was called Mischief Night & the neighborhood kids did some crazy things to people's property. I'm glad to see that other people remember "BEGGING". Thanks for the nice memories!
I've been laughed at by friends when I told them of the "Anything for Thanksgiving" story, but yes I did it too. Mostly in Ridgewood Queens/Brooklyn (post office had us in Bklyn and the phone co. had us in Queens.) My ancestry is Irish and on one of my trips to Ireland I dicovered a museum in the West of Ireland which had pictures of boys with burnt cork on their faces dressed like Ragamuffins begging for a Penny for to bury the Wren….It was done on St. Stephens Day Dec.26th. I think there is a strong connection….
Google the Wren Boys and you will see what I'm talking about…
Merry Christmas
Joe Flood
Well, I just mentioned this to my mother-in-law (in her mid-80s), who grew up in Union County, NJ, but remembered witnessing this Thanksgiving eve tradition when she was 7 or 8 years old and she visited her Irish relatives in the Bronx (near the original NYU, in University Heights). She recalled the "Anything for Thanksgivin'" line.
I had never heard of this, and now I'm curious, too. I'll have to ask my in-laws (who are from Brooklyn) whether they did anything like this when they were young. Thanks for an interesting post!
Completely fascinating! I've long studied regional customs but never considered urban locations as a source of such customs. Makes me wish I had urban ancestors. Great job.


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Some people enter the Blind Date Challenge offering a virtual autobiography to help Matchmaker do her magic. "I have an argyle sock fetish, and once, when I was three, I fell off my tryke and bumped by head," they might write. "Oh, and I like my hamburgers well done."
This was not the case for this week's contenders, Justine and Robert. They each provided Matchmaker with scant information: 42-year-old Justine described herself only as a "single career woman looking to meet a man." Equally tight-lipped was 37-year-old Robert, who said he was a vegetarian artist interested in travel.
Sometimes less is more. Matchmaker decided to take a chance and threw these two to the wind. Did fate push them together, or was there a good reason neither had much to say? Hmm.....
The date:
Justine and Robert went to Blue Bird Café on West Main Street.
Did you do anything out of the ordinary before the date?
Justine: Nothing out of the ordinary. I could not decide what to wear, but that's normal.
Robert: I showered, but I might have done that anyway because it was Friday.
Were you first or second to arrive?
Justine: Second.
Robert: First.
What did you do while you were waiting?
Robert: Filled my pockets full of the "complementary" sugar packets.
Were you nervous?
Justine: A little bit. I think it was the typical feeling you get when you're having dinner with a stranger.
Robert: Yep.
First impression:
Justine: Sexy, sweet. He was a pleasure to look at.
Robert: She was a bipedal hominid, so that was good.
Would you say this person was your type?
Justine: I found him to be very intelligent. I like smart men.
Robert: I'd say that we weren't well paired.
Describe what your date was wearing...
Justine: Blue shirt, jeans, boots.
Robert: Pants and a sweater with feathers sticking out.
Blue Bird Cafe
What did you order?
Justine: I had the pork and vegetable egg rolls, and linguine with shrimp, snow peas, feta cheese, and garlic. He had bread and a mixed vegetable dish.
How was it?
Justine: The Blue Bird Café is one of my favorite restaurants. I always take friends and family there when they come into town. They have excellent food and many choices on the menu.
Did you share?
Robert: I reached for a salt shaker, and she, thinking I was going for her plate, stabbed me in the hand with her steak knife. Since there are no police reports of knifings on Main Street that night, it's possible Robert is trying to be funny. –MM
What did you talk about?
Justine: Everything you can imagine. Travel, cultures, body art, education, family, genealogy, history. It flowed very naturally.
Robert: We talked about travel mostly. She knows a lot about her family tree, which was interesting.
Did you have a lot in common?
Justine: We seemed to have a similar way of looking at the world. I felt we were both open to other ways of thinking.
Robert: I don't think we had too much in common, except for the bipedal thing.
What did you find out that was interesting about this person?
Justine: He has traveled to places I haven't been yet: Southeast Asia, Japan. I enjoyed listening to him talk about his travels. He didn't seem to be limited by too many borders.
Robert: She can trace her genealogy way, way back.
Was there anything you really disliked?
Justine: I don't know him well enough to dislike anything.
Robert: She was really nice (except for the steak knife incident).
Was there "chemistry" between you?
Justine: I think there was some attraction, but I'm not sure it was physical.
Robert: In my recollection, we had no chemistry.
Did you decide to go somewhere after dinner?
Justine: We didn't go anywhere afterwards.
Robert: Didn't even discuss it.
What was the very end like?
Justine: We said goodbye. No definite end. It was more of a pause.
Robert: Weird.
Exactly who was the weird one, Robert?–MM
A kiss?
Justine: Nothing physical.
Robert: No, thank you, I have a cold.
Did you have fun?
Justine: I had a great time. I found him fascinating.
Robert: I'm glad I did it, but wouldn't do the BDC again.
Would you see this person again?
Justine: Yes. I would like to.
Robert: We're way too different.
Overall date experience?
Justine: The evening went better than I expected. I thought I would be bored. Many men talk about the same things. I find them pre-programmed and not very real sometimes. You could never in a hundred years find Robert boring. Our conversation was all over the board.
Robert: She was really swell, and I was really uptight.
Now we learn Robert is a master of understatement! –MM.
On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the date?
Justine: 8
Robert: 5


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If we are not cautious, we will allow the doctrines of grace as a system to become the focal point of our services. In such extremism, Christ ceases to be the centerpiece of our theology and worship. This lesson explains the place that the Gospel plays in God's plan of redemption.


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Animals in the News
by Gregory McNamee
Wildlife in remote areas of the world, such as the rainforests and semiarid grasslands of central Africa, suffer terrible damage each year not just because there is so much demand for goods such as ivory and skins, but also precisely because their homes are remote and hard to monitor. Enter the drone, that unbeloved unmanned aircraft that has become so central, and so controversial, an element of modern technological warfare. A drone need not be armed to be a powerful weapon, though, as this demonstration, courtesy of the business magazine Fast Company, shows.
In the video, a drone is sent skyward to monitor wildlife (including rhinos, elephants, and baboons) in a sanctuary in central Kenya that has been badly hit by poachers. The drone can cover large areas of ground with visual and infrared imagery and direct rangers to areas of disturbance. Presumably, if need be, it can also be weaponized to further its deterrent effect—and what an antipoaching measure the prospect of death from above would make.


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Title: 5 Tips to Help Prevent Slips, Trips, and Falls at Work and at Home
As part of National Safety Month, the National Safety Council (NSC) has launched Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls Week sponsored by Grainger, a safety products distributor serving businesses and organizations globally. According to Injury Facts 2012 Edition, falls account for more than 8.7 million emergency room visits in the United States each year.
Here are 5 suggestions to help create a safer environment at work and at home.
1. Create Good Housekeeping Practices
Proper housekeeping is a routine. These simple steps can help create an effective housekeeping program.
• Plan ahead – know what needs to be done, who is going to do it and how the work area should look when the work is completed.
• Assign responsibilities – while it is preferable for individuals to clean up after themselves, it may be necessary to assign a specific person or group to clean up.
• Move items in cabinets so that things used most often are on lower shelves, about waist level.
• Always keep objects off the floor. Pick up papers, books, shoes, boxes or other things that are on the floor.
2. Reduce Wet or Slippery Surfaces
Accidents on walking surfaces account for a significant portion of injuries reported by state agencies. Most often injuries occur on parking lots, sidewalks, food preparation areas and showers.
• Keep parking lots and sidewalks free of debris and in good repair.
• Use adhesive striping material or anti-skid paint outdoors and anti-skid adhesive tape indoors.
• Use moisture-absorbent mats with beveled edges in entrance areas. Make sure they have backing material that will not slide on the floor. Use proper area rugs or mats for food preparation areas.
• Put a nonslip rubber mat or self-stick strips on the floor of showers and tubs. Install grab bars inside the tub.
3. Avoid Creating Obstacles in Aisles and Walkways
Obstacles, clutter, materials and equipment in aisles, corridors, entranceways and stairwells also contribute to trip injuries.
• Keep all work areas, passageways, storerooms and service areas clean and orderly. Close file cabinets and drawers after use.
• Coil or tape wires such as cables, air hoses, extension cords, lamp and phone cords next to the wall. Do not string materials across hallways or designated aisles.
• Always keep objects off stairs. Fix loose, broken or uneven steps and make sure that the carpet is firmly attached to every step.
4. Create and Maintain Proper Lighting
Poor lighting in the workplace or at home can contribute to causing an increase in accidents.
• Use proper illumination in staircases, ramps, hallways, basements, construction areas and dock areas; keep poorly lit walkways clear of clutter and obstructions.
• Keep work areas well lit and clean. Keep areas around light switches clear and accessible.
• Repair fixtures, switches and cords immediately if they malfunction.
• At home, place a lamp close to the bed where it is easy to reach.
5. Wear Proper Shoes
Proper shoes play a big part in preventing falls. Pay attention to the slickness of the soles and the type of heels; tie shoelaces correctly. At work, educate employees on the appropriate footwear for their duties.
For more information about preventing slips, trips and falls visit Grainger's Safety Resource page at www.grainger.com/infolibrary or the National Safety Council at nsc.org/nsm
W.W. Grainger, Inc. with 2011 sales of $8.1 billion is North America's leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating products, with expanding global operations. For more information, visit grainger.com/safetyinfo.
Sources:• "6 Guidelines to Help Prevent Slips, Trips and Falls," published in SupplyLink, January 2010. Visit SupplyLink.com for the complete article and other industry insights.
• "Checklist for Preventing Falls at Home," published by Healthwise, Inc. © 1995-2011
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The five guys we (almost) completely forgot
We're not at all being facetious when we say that we figured Carlson was already gone and on his way to scraping together innings here or there wherever he could, or picking up with an ultimate frisbee team and to play in regional tournaments where he could hook up with his female teammates.
(Side note: Ultimate is the urban hipster version of paintball. Just so you know.)
This isn't to say that we think that Carlson has no value for the Jays. His ERA climbed significantly last year (from 2.25 to 4.66), even as his strikeout and walk rates remained pretty close to the same. This might have something to do with his BABIP jumping from .230 (probably unsustainably low) to .300 (possibly higher than he deserved).
We've likely misplaced Carlson in our mind's muddled filing system because there has been so much transition and turnover within the Jays' roster since the middle of last season. We're getting old and forgetful in the twilight of our youth, and have too often reached for the "what's-his-name-the-guy-with-the-tattoos" to get us through a line of thought in the middle of a conversation. And a scan through the roster has led to understand just how many of these guys have completely fallen out of our mind since the end of September. Here's a few other dudes who totally fell below our dim radar over winter.
Chad Jenkins: Not that we were necessarily expecting this guy to step in and make his presence felt this year, but the Jays' top draft pick (20th overall) in 2009 was supposed to be fairly polished as a college pitcher and at least closer to the Majors than some other picks. Maybe the fact that Jenkins didn't pitch in affiliated ball last season helped push him to the back of our dusty cranial filing cabinet, but we're hoping to get to know a little bit more about him than his college stats (8-1, 2.54 ERA, 98 Ks / 15 BBs in 92 IPs).
Brad Mills: At a certain point last season, there was actually some talk that, amongst the endless line of left-handed pitchers at the top of the Jays' system, Mills might be the best of the bunch. But he slipped backwards in our consciousness because of the performances of Brett Cecil and Marc Rzepczynski last season, along with the shitkickings that he took in his two starts.
Brad Emaus: Emaus was the talk of Spring Training last year after he tore things up good. People even started speculating as to who would have to move where when he stepped up and pushed Aaron Hill aside. As it turned out, Emaus stumbled to a .712 OPS in New Hampshire, while Hill did okay for himself.
Scott Campbell: Speaking of guys who were supposed to supplant Hill, the Kiwi (with Canadian roots!) who put up pretty respectable numbers (.825 OPS) at Double-A in '08 and represented the World team in the Prospects Game stumbled backwards in '09, posting a .747 OPS at New Hampshire and a .608 OPS in his 27 game taste of Triple-A. Unless he makes some significant step forward, Bob Elliot can probably file away that profile that focuses on Campbell's Canadian roots, and just how goshdarned Canadian Campy (or Camps or Campser) really is.
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"just how goshdarned Canadian Campy (or Camps or Campser) really is."
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- February 16, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- MJK said...
Carlson will be a one-hit wonder. There was just nothing last year that would make me think he can regain his 2008 form. People blame his performance on Cito for running him out there but i think we've seen the real Carlson.
- February 16, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Carlson's numbers aren't as bad as you might assume, MIB. As Tao pointed out, many of his numbers stayed the same including his home run rate. Pretty good for the AL East. His WHIP was higher, but he still had only 67 hits in 67.2 innings.
He will never be as good as 2008 (which of course he did when he was 27) but he sure does provide a cheap lefty option in the pen. I just hope the crazy manager we have can use him in better situations like Gibby did.
- February 16, 2010 at 2:03 PM
- The Ack said...
I automatically deduct a full run from Carlson's 2009 ERA for the Posada incident alone.
- February 16, 2010 at 2:35 PM
I forgot about the Posada thing. If not a full run, it should give Carlson a three year "benefit of the doubt" contract with Blue Jay fans.
- February 16, 2010 at 3:16 PM
- Ian Hunter said...
Carlson has definitely earned his stripes, he can stay on the 2010 roster.
- February 16, 2010 at 4:21 PM
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- February 16, 2010 at 5:02 PM
- Mylegacy said...
Carlson has earned the right to try to make the team - just like evrey other guy. I would not be surprised if he did.
Jenkins is a horse - we're gonna like him - I've him down as one of our five starters by late 2011 - along with Drabek, Morrow, Stewart and fellow 2011 first time up - Henderson Alvarez.
Mills will join Romero, Cecil, Rzep, Marcum, McGowan and Litsch as trade bait.
As to Emaus and Campbell - both play 2nd base and hit worse than Hill. They are nothing special and will soon be but a distant memory.
- February 16, 2010 at 5:57 PM
Why on earth would the Jays give up Romero or Rzep or Cecil or Marcum for that matt when they're all cheap and controllable for at least three years. I could see trading Romero if he has a similar start to last year because there's some worry about so-so stuff being good enough after the teams have seen him a few times, but those other guys all look like they'll be here a while. I can see Cecil as a late guy if he can't hack the innings as a starter.
2011 rotation, Marcum, Morrow, Rzep, Drabek, Stewart (or Litsch(.
- February 16, 2010 at 7:32 PM
Ultimate is NOT paintball for hipsters, as it requires athletic effort. Drum circles and poetry readings are truly paintball for hipsters.
- February 18, 2010 at 10:15 AM


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In a summer marked for its flagging box office, "Cyrus" is causing chatter as the independent movie that could -- moving into overall top 10 box office list as it continues to roll out its release.
A large part of making the movie a success is watching John C. Reilly being willing to take most every kind of humiliation to push the dark and twisted plot along -- including an excruciating opening scene where Catherine Keener walks in on Reilly literally with his pants down.
PopcornBiz was brave enough to ask Reilly about his willingness to be so brave on screen…and whether he used a butt double in the opening scene.
"No I never use a butt double," Reilly laughed. "I'm not that vain. And they're too expensive. Besides, no one has an a-- like mine." (We have seen it before in Reilly's "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" but managed to block the image out of our minds).
Reilly admits the scene was key to setting the tone for the movie. And clearly the story of his conflict with Jonah Hill has caught the attention of movie-goers.
"It's a great story and it needs to be humiliating at the beginning of the movie," says Reilly. "And it was."
Much of the awkwardness expressed in the movie was actually real-life awkward as well. From Reilly's drunken singing at a party to his introduction to future girlfriend Marisa Tomei, who walks over to Reilly while he's peeing in the bushes -- those were actually awkward moments to film as well. Tomei's introduction scene, one again with Reilly in a compromised position, was shot right after he met her.
"And then after the party scene the next thing we shot was us getting naked in bed together," says Reilly. "We met on Monday and its Thursday now and I see your naked body."
"It was one of those days when you say acting is really weird."
Fortunately, this was not Tomei's first sex scene.
"She's done a lot more sex scenes than I have so she was very comfortable and professional," says Reilly. "I just lay there amazed."
John C. Reilly Endures Humiliation To Make "Cyrus" a Hit
In a summer marked for its flagging box office, "Cyrus" is causing chatter as the independent movie that could -- moving into overall top 10 box office list as it continues to roll out its release.


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Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered a mechanism that triggers chronic inflammation in Alzheimer's, atherosclerosisand type-2 diabetes. The results, published today in Nature Immunology, suggest a common biochemical thread to multiple diseases and point the way to a new class of therapies that could treat chronic inflammation in these non-infectious diseases without crippling the immune system. Alzheimer's, atherosclerosis and type-2 diabetes—diseases associated with aging and inflammation—affect more than 100 million Americans.
When the body encounters a pathogen, it unleashes a rush of chemicals known as cytokines that draws immune cells to the site of infection and causes inflammation. Particulate matter in the body, such as the cholesterol crystals associated with vascular disease and the amyloid plaques that form in the brain in Alzheimer's disease, can also cause inflammation but the exact mechanism of action remains unclear. Researchers previously thought that these crystals and plaques accumulate outside of cells, and that macrophages—immune cells that scavenge debris in the body—induce inflammation as they attempt to clear them.
"We've discovered that the mechanism causing chronic inflammation in these diseases is actually very different," says Kathryn J. Moore, PhD, senior author of the study and associate professor of medicine and cell biology, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology at NYU Langone Medical Center.
The researchers found that particulate matter does not linger on the outside of cells. Instead, a receptor called CD36 present on macrophages draws the soluble forms of these particles inside the cell where they are transformed into substances that trigger an inflammatory response. Says Dr. Moore, "What we found is that CD36 binds soluble cholesterol and protein matter associated with these diseases, pulls them inside the cell, and then transforms them. The resulting insoluble crystals and amyloid damage the macrophage and trigger a powerful cytokine, called interleukin-1B, linked to a chronic inflammatory response."
These findings hold exciting clinical implications.When the researchers blocked the CD36 receptor in mice with atherosclerosis (in which cholesterol thickens the arteries), the cytokine response declined, fewer cholesterol crystals formed in plaques, and inflammation decreased. Consequently, atherosclerosis also abated.
Other less-targeted strategies to control inflammation may hamper the immune response, but the CD36 strategy spares certain cytokines to fight off pathogens, while blocking CD36's ability to trigger interleukin-1B.
"Our findings identify CD36 as a central regulator of the immune response in these conditions and suggest that blocking CD36 might be a common therapeutic option for all three diseases," says Dr. Moore.
Support for this work comes from The National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association.


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New Study: 'Drug Decriminalization in Portugal'
On July 1, 2001, a nationwide law in Portugal took effect that decriminalized all drugs, including cocaine and heroin. Drug possession for personal use and drug usage itself are still legally prohibited, but violations of those prohibitions are deemed to be exclusively administrative violations and are removed completely from the criminal realm.
In a new study, constitutional lawyer and Salon.com writer Glenn Greenwald examines the Portuguese model and the data concerning drug‐related trends in Portugal, and argues that, "judged by virtually every metric, the Portuguese decriminalization framework has been a resounding success."
Greenwald will speak at the Cato Institute Friday, April 3, about the success of the decriminalization program.
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On a balmy evening set at Smashbox Studios in Culver City where the infamous Mercedes Benz Fashion Week is annually held, AIDS Research Alliance ( ARA) wrapped up their Multi-Day Benefit with an outside gala affair of fine cuisine and innovative art on display for public view and silent auction bidding. The four day benefit was sponsored by various organizations such as the William Morris Agency, Bonhams & Butterfields, Rowan Lofts, Gallery Row and Capital Group Companies just to name a few.
The back lot of Smashbox Studios was transformed into A Taste of Los Angeles which showcased some of LA's finest dining establishments who had graciously donated their time and their effort to provide patrons and guests sample delights. Each restaurant had their own bazaar-style station set up in the middle of the back lot where they could serve everyone buffet style. Whether it was smokehouse barbecue from a grill or pizza from a wood burning stove, each restaurant dished out their finest entrées, appetizers and signature drinks. Restaurants that participated in this event include:
Akasha, Beechwood, Bottle Rock, Beacon, Flat Bread Pizza, Geisha House, Spring Street Smokehouse, Industry Café, Bella, Chaya Brasserie, Cook's Double Dutch, Ford's Filling Station, Green Leaf Chop Shop, Wilson's, Jer-Ne, M Café, Uncle Darrow's, Ketchup, Republic, Larchmont Grill, the Restaurant at the Standard Hotel.
Overall, there were an array of choices to arouse your sense of "taste" as one couldn't help but be intrigued by what each booth had for presentation.
This benefit would not be complete without the infamous red carpet and media photojournalists. Celebrities, art aficionados and entrepreneurs took their time to show their support and their love of art for a good cause.
What really made the evening enjoyable was the fact that the event not only raised money (to continue funding for HIV and AIDS research), but also the event showcased the works of emerging local Southern California artists through live and silent auction. ARA invited over fifty influential guest celebrities to participate in a special and inspirational photography exhibit. The exhibit, aptly entitled Snapshots: Images of Hope offered celebrities to capture their own ideological view of their concept of hope. Celebrities who took part in this series include: Marcia Cross, Efren Ramirez, Nicholle Tom, Kristi Yamaguchi, Shar Jackson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt just to name a few. The event gave the opportunity for the general public to view and/or to own works that these artists poured their heart and soul into creating for a good cause. Guests also got the chance to show their artistic side as volunteer workers provided their bodies as a canvas to paint on. A perfect way to get the crowd interactively involved in the evening's festivities.
Another highlight was observing local artist Carlos Raphael Vera start the evening out with a large landscape blank canvas at daylight and three hours later (well into the evening), his blank canvas evolved into a striking masterpiece worthy of being displayed in any major art gallery.
Check out this amazing transformation:
For more information on Carlos Raphael Vera, please visit his website at (http://www.carlosvera.com).
As the daylight slowly faded into the background, the Blackbox lit up on the back lot @ Smashbox Studios to showcase the main event – the live auction - which was put together beautifully by the people of Bonham & Butterfields. G. Ray Hawkins, auctioneer extraordinaire, provided the evening with oomph and enthusiasm as he presented each item up for bid. Items that went up for bid ranged from a $100 bill that was autographed by contributing artists to a set of portrait photographs of Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton which offered up some laughter as to how much were they actually going to sell for. The ending price was $400 for both portraits.
All in all, ARA once again put together an amazing effort and collaborated with some of Los Angeles' top restaurants and ground-breaking artists to provide an evening to remember.
For more information on how you can do your part in promoting HIV and AIDS awareness throughout your community, learn more about this annual event or to make a donation to help continue ARA's ongoing research in their fight for finding a cure please visit their website at (http://www.aidsresearch.org).
All photos by Jerod Williams


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Emanating from the mists of NYC´s over-populated airwaves since 1999, Tim Sweeney´s Beats In Space show has long been a beacon of quality, originality and cutting edge music on a weekly basis for electronic music fans world-wide. The standard and variety of the regular guests has always been extremely high and international DJ´s and artists such as DJ Harvey, Four Tet, Ben UFO, Move D, Jamie XX, Prosumer, James Murphy, Carl Craig, Gerd Janson, Todd Terje and many more have all graced the BIS turntables at one time or another in the last decade and a half.
This special two disc compilation celebrates 15 years of the BIS radio show, label and musical movement. The open minded approach to music and quality control that makes BIS is all down to Tim Sweeney´s flawless programming and dedication to his audience. The first disc is a live mix captured in the WNYU 89.1 studio featuring a host of exclusive tracks and edits from from Azari & III, Edwin Starr, Dukes Of Chutney & Secret Circuit, with thirteen of the sixteen tracks exclusive to the project.
The second disc is a collection of BIS classics and influences that have steered the direction that the show has taken since it´s inception, including some killer under the radar gems, unreleased tracks and secret weapons from the likes of John Talabot, Matias Aguayo, Plaid b Tensnakeand pioneering labels such as Permanent Vacation, Running Back andInternational Feel.
Both mixes help to tell the story of one of the most enduring, vital radio shows out there. Each and every week, on a Tuesday evening Tim takes to the airwaves with a selection of the best old and new music the underground has to offer and the world tunes in. Long live Beats In Space
Label: Beats In Space
Cat no: BIS021CD
Web: www.beatsinspace.net
Released: Monday November 17th, 2014
1. Edwin Starr – Get Up Whirpool (Eric Duncan Edit)
2. Reuma Abas – Wa´ana Fda Leumi (Apfelberg et Matushka Edit)
3. David Hasert – Deep Horst
4. Azari & III – Party Night
5. Dukes Of Chutney – Jan´s Bellski (Pedrodollar Remix)
6. Masks – Folds I
7. Barnt – Chappell
8. Galcher Lustwerk – Kaint
9. Secret Circuit – Higher Heights (Hidden Fees Remix/Tim Sweeney Edit)
10. Marvin Horsch – Deen
11. Pedrodollar – Free4Love – Studio Barnhus
12. Samuel – A Million Things
13. Gino Bomino- Save The World Now
14. Junior Fairplay – Sugar Puss – Crimes Of The Future
15. EVersions – Shoe
16. El Coco – Coco Kane (Frasier Edit)
CD2 Beats In Space Classics:
1. Baby Oliver – Shot Caller
2. John Talabot – When The Past Was Present (Pachanga Boys Purple Remix)
3. Tensnake – In The End I Want You To Cry
4. Justin Vandervolgen – Clapping Song
5. Quesh – Candy Girl (Crue-L Luger Dub)
6. Plaid – Scoobs In Columbia
7. Matias Aguayo – I Don't Smoke
8. Butler Kendig – Oh Baby (Snuff Krew Remix 1) L
9. FIT – Tonite (OG Mix) – FIT
10. Ralph Falcon – Every Now And Then
11. Naum Gabo – Pictur (The Loving Hand Remix – Naum Gabo Edit 1)
12. Delia & Gavin – Relevee (Carl Craig Remix)
13. Rocha – Feel The Love (Welcome Stranger Remix)
14. Murat Tepeli – Forever (Prosumer´s Hold Me Touch Me Remix)
15. Balil – 3/4 Heart
16. Tim Blake – Last Ride Of The Boogie Child


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Gerd E. Mäuser, Jaguar Land Rover, Chief Marketing Officer
Gerd E. Mäuser was appointed Chief Marketing Officer for Jaguar Land Rover in January 2015. He reports directly to Jaguar Land Rover Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ralf Speth.
Mäuser, previously an Independent Consultant for Jaguar Land Rover, will be responsible for all global marketing activity on both the Jaguar and Land Rover brands. Mäuser's role encapsulates brand positioning; current and future product planning; marketing communications; brand experience strategies and supporting future growth.
Mäuser has around 30 years of experience in marketing in the automotive industry, joining BMW as a trainee in 1985, soon after completing his degree in Economics (Business Administration) with a specialisation in Marketing and Strategic Planning from Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main. From 1987, he held a number of positions at BMW Motorcycle Division, including; Manager of Marketing and Product Strategy, General Manager of Marketing and Planning and Director of Corporate Marketing.
In 1994, Mäuser was appointed Director of Corporate Marketing at Porsche AG, a position he held until 2010. His main responsibilities covered global brand-management, including the complete marketing-mix activities, as well as long term corporate planning for sales and marketing.
In October 2013, Mäuser once again became an Independent Consultant for Jaguar Land Rover. He held this position for two months, moving on to become full time President of football club VfB Stuttgart 1893 e.V for two years.
Mäuser lives in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany and in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK.
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Geolocation is about much more than finding your way to obscure pubs down backalleys using your phone. The Guardian has reported on the use of GPS data to help reduce childbirth-mortality in Nigeria, while the BBC tells of a new, high-tech bracelet that employs satnav to try to protect aid workers at risk of being kidnapped. But how does technology know where in the world we are?
The development of the Global Positioning System followed the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. US observers listening in to Sputnik's signal realised they could use the Doppler shift of the radio waves being transmitted to work out both the satellite's speed and its closest approach to their antenna – so they could calculate its position.
A GPS receiver uses a constellation of satellites in Earth orbit to work out its position on the ground.
A network of base stations tracks the satellites' positions in orbit. The satellites themselves continually broadcast messages containing their location and the time of transmission.
When messages from several satellites are picked up by a receiver, which needs to contain an accurate clock, its distance to each satellite can be worked out from the time taken to receive the message.
Corrections must be made to account for the slowing of time in a gravitational field as predicted by general relativity – without them, GPS would quickly become wildly inaccurate.
Knowing the satellites' locations and the distances to them allows the receiver to pinpoint its position on the Earth's surface.
GPS needs to have a line of site to four or more satellites to work. If that's not possible – for example if you're indoors – then your smartphone can still work out where you are using local Wi-Fi signals.
It works in a similar way to GPS, but makes use of the strength of the received Wi-Fi signal – because the power received decreases with distance in a particular way, it's possible to use the signal strength to work out the distance to a Wi-Fi access point.
Using several access points of known location, your position can be determined by simple triangulation, though it's less precise than GPS.
Base station
By communicating with a nearby base station, a smartphone can determine its location by using one of two methods similar to those above. Positions derived from base stations are less precise than the other methods and their accuracy is further limited by the density of such stations in a given area.
Most simply, the power of the signal is used to work out the distance to base stations whose locations or identities are included in their transmissions, just as with Wi-Fi identification.
Or for slightly greater accuracy, the phone and base station can exchange signals similar to those broadcast by GPS satellites, containing a time of transmission, which is then used to work out the distance to the base station.
This is still less precise than Wi-Fi, but, as far as we know, no mobile phone base station has ever sent a driver 800 miles out of their way.


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Fig. 4 incorporates two more notes into the arpeggio shape while doubling the tapping notes from all of the previous examples. For the first arpeggio shape, we'll add a B (4th fret on the 3rd string) and another 9, A, on the 4th string. For the second arpeggio shape, the A shape, we won't be adding anything. For the third arpeggio shape, the B shape, we'll add a D (7th fret on the 3rd string) and another C# (11th fret on the 4th string).
When learning the new notes for each of the shapes, try hammering the notes from each arpeggio shape without the tapped notes. Once you feel comfortable with the new notes, add in the tapped notes. I've tabbed out Fig. 5 for this below.
For this final example (Fig. 6), we'll combine everything we've done in the previous examples to form a complete riff. This tapping riff is the intro to our song "Atlas Novus," from our newest album The Migration.
There are a few new things to be aware of in this final example.
- The timing changes to fit the song, and this transforms each of the 9th arpeggio shapes into 16th-note triplet groupings, and it converts the rest of the notes into 16th-notes.
- The movement of the tapped notes for the first shape will alternate. The note the middle finger taps will remain the same while the index finger alternates between the 12th fret on the 4th string (D) and the 11th fret on the 4th string (C#). Take your time to work through this movement before tackling the entire example.
- The third shape will move back to the second shape, while also moving the tapped octave down a half-step.
When played up to tempo, this lick is very challenging. But once you've memorized the shapes and solidified them in your muscle memory, it won't take very long to get up to speed. Just make sure to drill with a metronome and slowly increase the tempo.
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Obama wore a silver, art deco-inspired gown by Indian-born American fashion designer Naeem Khan. It was the same dress she wore for the Obamas' dinner with the nation's governors at the White House Sunday night.


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It's hit. The decluttering bug. It hits me annually this time of year. But this year it's worse.
It might have something to do with the squirrels storing up for the winter tradition that compels me to dig into my closets and start tossing and grab the cleaning implements and gloves and take no prisoners. This year, however, it's really gotten out of hand. I'm not satisfied with mere organizing and cleaning. I've taken the Annual Autumnal Cleaning Campaign to a whole new level.
And it's wreaking havoc with my writing regime.
I blogged last week about sending my students off to college and the painting projects I undertook. (My son's room had been a deep, dark red. Do you have any idea how many coats of 'Popcorn' colored primer and paint it took to cover those walls?) We managed to finish those projects. Then, my son decided it was time to buy the drafting table he had wanted for some time. It was on sale. The time was right.
So we spent much of last Sunday assembling that item. I finally had to call my brother for help lest I say some naughty words that should never be uttered, let alone on the Sabbath. Three hours and a Supreme Pizza later it was together--and a thing of beauty! It even folded up like it was supposed to!
With the addition of the new drafting table, the existing computer table had to be removed to make room. My daughter promptly decided she wanted it. That meant finding a new place for her computer table. Since I inherited the table, I decided my office needed a facelift. So I practically gutted it and started over with a new furniture arrangement. I worked until late last night on my office but I am pleased with the result.
Then I visited my sister-in-law and greatly admired her kitchen and dining room updating project and promptly decided I needed to update my dining room and television room with chair rail and new paint. That means taking down an existing border, buying and staining the rail boards, and, yes--more painting. And, of course this also means new flooring.
Which begs the question: Just when do you plan to write, Bullet Hole? And do class work for three classes? And, uh, sleep?
I admit it. I'm having a bit of difficulty getting back into the swing of a disciplined writing schedule now that I'm working ten hour shifts, fall classes have started, and I've come down with a serious case of ultimate home makeover sydrome.
Last night I decided I needed to come up with a disciplined schedule I could--and would--adhere to that would provide time for writing, coursework, family--and would also allow me time to pursue my home decorating whims.
Today was supposed to be a writing day. Let's see. I've reconciled my bank statements. Made a trip to the Post Office, Walmart, and the convenience store for gas & I'm blogging.
Not a stellar start.
And I hear there's a heck of a sale on laminate flooring...
Dang. I'm doomed!
Anybody else out there similarly afflicted with the decluttering and home improvement bug? How is it manifesting itself? Oh--and if anybody has any foolproof tips on removing wallpaper borders--pass 'em along!
~Bullet Hole Bacus~
P.S. Congrats to Leslie 'The Assassin' Langtry on the release of HITMAN! Whoo hoo! Can't wait to read it!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Attack of Bullet Hole's Decluttering Brigade!
It's hit. The decluttering bug. It hits me annually this time of year. But this year it's worse.
Posted by Kathy Bacus at 10:31 AM
16 comments:
- Terri Osburn said...
I have that same decluttering bug. And I usually purge the house every summer but never got to it this year which means I'm getting to it now. But I have a major obstacle - I live in a 1000 sq ft apt on the third floor. So there's no "let me just carry this old entertainment center down the steps all by my lonesome." You see my problem.
I have more stuff than I have room and no garage or even porch to get it out of the way until I can haul it off. So, I've recruited a friend to help me clear stuff out next week. I'm donating everything I can to a church for their yard sale. They get the money but I get my house back which means I'm getting the better part of the deal. LOL!
Oh, and my daughter is starting school and softball, I'm finishing up my two summer courses and will start my fall ones the first week of Oct, and I have a full time job. AND I'm planning my company Xmas party as well as my chapter conference in Nov. Yeah, guess how much writing I'm getting done? LOL!
- August 28, 2008 at 12:09 PM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Kathy, I always get tired reading your posts. Lol! If I had half your energy, I'd be a happy woman.
I admit, I LOVE home improvement projects. I try to limit them to when I know I don't have a book due for awhile, because I get totally engrossed with them, too.
- August 28, 2008 at 12:49 PM
- Keri Ford said...
I've been looking at redoing a couple rooms in my mom's house. Must be a natural season for this sort of thing. It's hard to stop once you get involved in something like this!
- August 28, 2008 at 1:30 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
Gar! We make a fabulous dynamic decluttering duo, Terrio! But I must ask: Why do we do this to ourselves???
I'm more than ready to buy into that 'less is more' concept of materialism.
And I still have one of those clunky old entertainment centers in my living room just begging to be retired. Maybe next year...
~Bullet Hole who thinks she may have found someone busier than she it~
- August 28, 2008 at 2:07 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
I need to be writing, too, Gemma, but somehow I've just found it hard to get into the routine since I switched jobs.
And the home improvement projects provided instant gratification & quick, visible rewards. Writing a book is more like a 6 month long labor. You really only get to enjoy it after the final push.
~Bullet Hole who does plan to write today--she swears~
- August 28, 2008 at 2:10 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
Your folks would probably appreciate the room makeovers, Keri.
Then again, my dad came over the other day and couldn't even get inside my office due to the furniture I moved in during my painting frenzy. Today he stopped by and almost keeled over when he not only could get the door open without problem, but could actually see the floor!
Then he asked how much writing I was getting done.
Oh, buddy. He knows how to kill my moment of crowing...
~Bullet Hole~
- August 28, 2008 at 2:13 PM
- Terri Osburn said...
Kathy - I'll graduate next June and I've promised myself no more conference planning in my future. I'm not sure why we do this but I've learned my lesson not to do it again. LOL!
- August 28, 2008 at 2:19 PM
- Keri Ford said...
I don't know, Kathy. I first wanted to paint a bathroom red to bring out the color in a starfish I found. Mom made one of those mom faces like you just cooked her something that she doesn't like but is choking it down anyway!
The red has moved on and now I'm looking at a nice tan. I thinks she's swallowing better now.
- August 28, 2008 at 3:06 PM
- Heather said...
I've been preparing for an upcoming move, so decluttering and organizing has been a major part of my summer. I've sent three boxes of books/movies to one sister, a box of stuff to a friend overseas, and my BIL already took a full carload to Goodwill -- and there's still more to go.
I've also bought plastic storage bins and 3-drawer carts in an effort to get more organized. It's nice to have all of my craft supplies in one central area, clearly marked as to what is inside. I can't wait to finally be moved so I can rearrange and replace furniture!
- August 28, 2008 at 3:16 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
I'm taking my last three classes (for now-hehe) this term, Terrio, and I really hope I can manage to find a routine that works for me. If not, I know an agent and editor that won't be particularly happy with me.
~Bullet Hole~
- August 28, 2008 at 3:16 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
I'm familiar with the expression your mum had when you suggested red, Keri. It was probably a twin to the one I wore when my son announced he had selected red for his room.
Never again.
You're a good daughter (and brave one!)to take on a painting project for a relative
~Bullet Hole~
- August 28, 2008 at 3:18 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
I encouraged my daughter to get some of those plastic organizers (hers in on wheels!) to put things like cosmetics, lotions, bracelets, necklaces, etc. in, Heather, and they work like a dream. Due to flooding, I had to almost gut my basement a year or so ago and since then I've downsized considerably. I'm a big believer in those big plastic totes and bins!
It's so much fun unpacking and rearranging furniture (and buying new stuff!)for a new place.
Good luck with the move!
~Bullet Hole~
- August 28, 2008 at 3:22 PM
- Estella said...
I am envious of your energy!
- August 28, 2008 at 4:30 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
You wouldn't be envious of my winter energy level, Estella.
From November through March you need dynamite to get me to move. Since I'm not a cold weather kind of gal, I usually go into hibernation mode so I have to get all my to-dos ta done before the first hard frost.
~Bullet Hole~
- August 28, 2008 at 5:13 PM
"how many coats of 'Popcorn' colored primer and paint it took to cover those walls?"
I'm guessing enough Popcorn for at least 2 or 3 Cineplexes.
"If not, I know an agent and editor that won't be particularly happy with me."
Atleast one of your fans will be disappointed too.
- August 28, 2008 at 10:51 PM
- Jenyfer Matthews said...
Your blog post demonstrates one of the reasons that I haven't yet painted the fireplace wall in my living room. It should be a quick and easy project, but I *know* that if I paint that wall, I'll want to paint the wall next to it and if I do that one, I'll have to do the next and the next...
I'm not sure I'm up for it so it's all still white!!
- August 30, 2008 at 2:01 AM


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With the support of the Sabah State Library, Yusof Gajah was at the regional library in Kota Kinabalu on 29 Jan 2010. Staff from the library put up a puppet show about a frog who wants to see the world. The children were engrossed in the story and were not at all surprised when the father frog blew himself up so big, he burst with a bang! I have to confess I was a bit taken aback! We thank Mr Wong, Director of the Sabah State Library for his hospitality. It was a delight meeting someone who is so enthusiastic about books and keen to engage with children. Also thanks to Jaiton and other staff of the library. We came away very impressed with the work the library has done and hope to collaborate with them on future activities. LT
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This chapter discusses how to deploy AIA artifacts manually without using the Installer.
This chapter includes the following sections:
Note:Ensure that you access the latest Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation and Upgrade Guide for Oracle Application Integration Architecture Foundation Pack 11g Release 1 (188.8.131.52.0) on Oracle Technology Network at
Ensure that you review the release notes for Oracle Application Integration Architecture Foundation Pack 11g Release 1 (22.214.171.124.0) available on Oracle Technology Network at
Manual deployment of AIA delivered products is not a common scenario unless there is a need to do automation. You can do a manual installation after you do Copy AIA Files using AIA Foundation Pack Installer and execute the Installation driver. This is explained in this chapter.
You can also deploy fully or partially build AIA content.
For information on how to deploy custom built services, refer to "Generating Deployment Plans and Deploying Artifacts" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle Application Integration Architecture Foundation Pack.
Installing fully or partially custom-built AIA content is a more common scenario. This mode of installation allows you to select the specific AIA components (SOA Composites, JMS queues, and so on) you want to install and deploy. This content could be fully custom-built content for a specific business integration scenario or a combination of custom built content and Oracle AIA delivered content.
AIA makes available all tools and utilities required to build your custom installation. These are the same tools used by Oracle to deliver pre-built integrations (PIPs), Foundation Pack and the AIA Demo. These tools allow you to focus on the "what-to-deploy" and not the "how-to-deploy", thereby allowing custom content to be deployed easily and in exactly the same manner as AIA recommends.
AIA Project Lifecycle Workbench allows you to manage your project. Using this application you can define your custom content, browse existing content, and create and maintain an AIA project. Once a project is defined you can select all elements or a subset of elements to auto generate a deployment plan. The deployment tool will deploy this plan to the specified servers.
You need to perform the following steps to complete manual deployment of Foundation Pack.
To fulfill the prerequisites for script based deployment of Foundation Pack you need to configure the following environment variables:
Set MW_HOME (where you have installed FMW 11g).
Set SOA_HOME to the directory where you have installed SOA 11g. For example c:\MW_HOME\AS11gR1SOA.
Set AIA_HOME to the directory where you have copied AIA software. For example d:\AIA_HOME.
Set JAVA_HOME to directory where you have installed Java.
Set ANT_OPTS="-Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m".
Set ORACLE_HOME=$SOA_HOME.
Set WEBLOGIC_HOME=$MW_HOME/wlserver_10.3.
Set HARVESTER_HOME=$AIA_HOME/Infrastructure/LifeCycle/AIAHarvester.
Set ANT_HOME=$AIA_HOME/ant.
Set PATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ANT_HOME/bin:$PATH.
Set CLASSPATH=.:$WEBLOGIC_HOME/server/lib/weblogic.jar:$AIA_HOME/lib/aia.jar:$MW_HOME/modules/net.sf.antcontrib_184.108.40.206_1-0b2/lib/ant-contrib.jar:$CLASSPATH.
Copy AIAHome/Infrastructure/Install/templates/AIAInstallProperties.xml.tmpl to AIAHome/config/AIAInstallProperties.xml.
Update AIAInstallProperties.xml to reflect to target server details.
Navigate to AIAHome/Infrastructure/Install/AID.
Run the following command to create an AIA Instance:
ant -f AIACreateInstance.xml -DPropertiesFile=<location of the AIAInstallProperties.xml file>
Encrypt the passwords in the AIAInstallProperties.xml file.
The AIAInstallProperties.xml contains plain text passwords. AIA recommends that you encrypt these passwords. AIA provides a utility to encrypt these passwords by creating a key store that AIA will use for further actions.
To encrypt passwords, navigate to AIAHome/util folder and execute the following command:
ant -f createStore.xml generate -DPropertiesFile=<location of AIAInstallProperties.xml>
To run the installation script:
Navigate to AIA_HOME/aia_instances/<instance_name>/bin.
Run the command
. aiaenv.sh (for Unix based) aiaenv.bat (for windows)
Navigate to AIA_HOME/Infrastructure/Install/AID.
Run the following command to initiate installation:
ant -f AIAInstallDriver.xml -DPropertiesFile=$AIA_HOME/aia_instances/<Instance Name>/config/AIAInstallProperties.xml -logfile $AIA_HOME/aia_instances/<Instance Name>/logs/FPInstall.log -DDeploymentPlan=$AIA_HOME/aia_instances/<Instance Name>/config/FPInstallDP.xml
Verify the installation using steps in the Verifying the Installation chapter.