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Award-winning pianist Sung-Yun Kim performs at free Christmas concert
Pianist Sung-Yun Kim performing Christmas classics at First United Methodist Church The Colony
By Tonya Lillig
First United Methodist Church invites the community to a free Christmas Concert.
Friday, December 14, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Join us for a powerful musical evening featuring our award-winning pianist, Sung-Yun Kim and the First Church Chancel Choir as they perform holiday classics to celebrate the Christmas season. Bring your family and friends!
Gift baskets will be on display for an opportunity drawing held during intermission. Tickets are $2 each or 11 for $20. All proceeds benefit the ministries of the United Methodist Church that its members are involved in throughout the year.
"This is an event that I truly look forward to," says Marce Ward, FUMC member. "Sung-Yun's Christmas concert touches the soul and puts me in the Christmas Spirit! Additionally, the basket drawing is always a lot of fun, and 100% of all proceeds raised go to a very meaningful cause."
First United Methodist Church, The Colony is located at the corner of Paige Rd. and Avery St., 4901 Paige Road, The Colony, TX 75056. For more information, please call 972-625-1281 or visit www.fumctc.org.
About Sung-Yun Kim
Sung-Yun Kim, a graduate of Keimyung University, has won many piano competitions in South Korea and Europe including a competition held by the President of South Korea. He was also a piano soloist for the National Police Orchestra in South Korea. He has performed with the Keimyung University Orchestra, the New Philharmonia Orchestra, the Bulgaria Varna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Yeawon Opera, the Daegu Male Choir, the Keimyung University Choir and the University of North Texas A Cappella Choir and Recital Choir.
Before coming to FUMC, The Colony, Sung-Yun had served as accompanist in many churches in South Korea, following in the ministry pathway of his grandfather who was a Presbyterian minister in South Korea. Currently he is a graduate student at the University of North Texas where he has been awarded scholarships by the College of Music. He is also an Adjunct Faculty member of Southeastern Oklahoma State University Department of Fine Arts.
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
The Don't Series
2.Don't wear copious amounts of L.A. Looks hairgel unless you want to look like you work at Jiffy Lube, or Jon's Autobody.
3.Don't eat bananas or apples within 20 ft. of another human. They both make irritating noises that could lead to potential violence.
4. Don't shave your bikini line while you're in a hurry. Unless you want a botched vag.
5. Don't say "Miss Jackson if you're nasty" to people named Janet.
6. Don't say to me, "Does this match??" I don't effing know, I never match. Matching is for people with no imagination.
7. Don't drive while holding a dumbell in one hand and a toothbrush in another. Yes, I've seen this.
8. Don't ask me if I've "Accepted Jesus into my heart" If we're close enough for you to ask me such a personal question, you'd already know the answer.
9. Don't floss with strands of your hair; in public.
10. Don't trust people who say, "Can I be honest with you?" You mean, you haven't been?
11. Don't say "panties"- ever. The word makes me feel like a 5 year old prostitute.
12. Don't forget to turn off the lights. Ya know, Global Warming.
13. Don't date guys who are looking at your Mothers rack. Unless it's better than yours. They're hard wired.
14. Don't make anymore excuses for Lindsay Lohan. I'm sick of her face.
15. Don't assume a man is straight if he's wearing a V-neck shirt.
16. Don't blame it on rap music.
17. Don't blame Marilyn Manson. Stop blaming the f*cking music.
18. Don't blow your nose at the dinner table.
19. Don't let your horoscope determine the course of your day.
20. Don't wear big earrings when you work out. I almost chipped a tooth.
21. Don't ride a bike while you're drunk, unless you have a really good helmet and a cushy ass.
22. Don't tell me Amy Winehouse to go to rehab. She already said no three times. (I'm not saying I agree, but she's been pretty clear.)
23. Don't wear a white dress to a wedding, you aren't the damn bride- attention whores.
24. Don't say, "Well Dr. Phil said...."
25. Don't throw in your commentary at a movie theater, this isn't The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
26. Don't read the newspaper on the toilet, if it's going to take that long I'd suggest a trip to the Dr.
27. Don't take any parenting tips from Wife Swap.
28. Don't ask someone if you can kiss them. Just go Tarzan on them and start licking their face.
29. Don't go to Kohls. Unless you want to look bored with life.
30. Don't ask why I don't like- fish, steak, vomit, etc. Ask my fucking tastebuds they made the decision.
31. Don't tell me you like to hunt. Or I'll strap antlers on your head and make you gallop in a field.
32. Don't burn my ear drums with Russian techno dance music blaring from your souped out Honda.
33. Don't vote Republican.
47 comments:
- A.P. said...
haha. great list. I don't particularly like Kohls either and my grandma gave me a nice size gift card there for Christmas. ugh.
- January 10, 2008 at 4:15 PM
- Maxie said...
5. Oh come on, I really like doing this.
7. Um, that is insane that you actually saw that.
24. I. hate. Dr. Phil. - January 10, 2008 at 4:27 PM
- Deutlich said...
The botched vag, hunting and republican ones were my favorite and had me laughing. Loudly. I mean, the whole list was hi-larious but those three were just.. yeah. I heart you. Seriously.
- January 10, 2008 at 4:30 PM
- Chelsea Talks Smack said...
OOO a.p- I'm sorry :( lol.
Maxie- Dude, I said #5 that to someone, it did not go over well.
Deutlich- Thank you lol maybe we can hunt republicans? hm.. Oh, and I heart you too. - January 10, 2008 at 5:05 PM
- Jess said...
I totally forgot that LA Looks even existed! Oh, the memories. Also? Who flosses WITH THEIR HAIR, in public or otherwise? Gross.
- January 10, 2008 at 5:56 PM
- Vanessa said...
I LOVED this list and agree with 33 the most! Great list, how long did it take you to come up with it?
- January 10, 2008 at 7:47 PM
- Virginia said...
HAHAHA I love this list!! I can't even choose a favorite thing to agree to...though you're so right about #32 and could you please come tell that to my neighbor?
- January 10, 2008 at 8:06 PM
- nicoleantoinette said...
This idea rocks. I shall be stealing it.
And yes, no voting Republican. :) - January 10, 2008 at 8:36 PM
- Deutlich said...
hahaha, I'm stealing it too. giving you full cred, of course - but totally stealing.
- January 10, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Fucking amazing!!! Cynical and hilarious!
- January 10, 2008 at 8:59 PM
- Alexis said...
I don't really want to vote Republican OR Democrat...pretty irritated by both of them...but hey, I'm going to London and people here can do what they want.
Love pretty much everything on this list. ;) - January 10, 2008 at 9:11 PM
- Chelsea Talks Smack said...
Jess- This is embaressing but my mom does that. ....Seriously.
Vanessa- lol thank you. And abouuuut 5 minutes.
Virginia- I would be HAPPY to call your neighboor, send me the number.
Nicoleantionette- Word, you can steal as long as I can steal in the future. :)
Deutlich- Word again. Thanks for cred :)
Anonymos- Thank you, use a name next time :) I'd like to meet you.
Alexis- Can I come to London with you?! - January 10, 2008 at 11:34 PM
- Shanti said...
*always be my baby is the one exception to not doing mariah karaoke. i always wished i wanna dance with somebody by whitney would be too, but its not.
*my mom dragged me into kohls the other day. it's not usually her style, but we were looking for cheap yet cute placemats. the only other time i'd been in kohls was when i was in green bay wisconsin. while i do love the GB, i dont need to revisit that feeling of being there unless i'm actually there.
p.s. does this make sense? i'm kinda drunk. - January 11, 2008 at 12:48 AM
- Le Petit Chic said...
Oh my god, that was awesome! And banana noises? They kill me!
- January 11, 2008 at 7:34 AM
- L Sass said...
Wait! What noise does a banana make? Is this a common complaint? I had no idea!
- January 11, 2008 at 8:14 AM
- Rebecca said...
great list. How about these?
Don't listen to everything Oprah has to say.
Don't assume cab drivers know where they are going.
Don't eat that questionable thing in the 'fridge.
Don't spend 100k on grad school if you still don't really know what you want to be doing! - January 11, 2008 at 8:20 AM
- Nilsa S. said...
Great list! Now I'm going to march through the day barking "don't"-isms to anyone who will listen. (The numbers are few, I promise.)
- January 11, 2008 at 9:04 AM
Hello. This post is likeable, and your blog is very interesting, congratulations :-). I will add in my blogroll =). If possible gives a last there on my site, it is about the CresceNet, I hope you enjoy. The address is http://www.provedorcrescenet.com . A hug.
- January 11, 2008 at 9:24 AM
- Captain Backfire said...
I abhor the word "panties." Ewwwwwwwww!
- January 11, 2008 at 10:36 AM
- Katelin said...
Haha, I love the list. I love 6. My mom always gives me crap when I don't match perfectly.
- January 11, 2008 at 11:22 AM
- Michelle said...
i am beginning to love your blog. you crack me up!
and the last one is the best one.
don't text me at 2 am and expect me to think it's something besides a booty call. - January 11, 2008 at 11:40 AM
how am i JUST visiting your blog?
(answer: i am a hungover degenerate)
amazing. i can't wait to read more. - January 11, 2008 at 2:15 PM
- each of the two said...
i never fucking match either...
actually i think i don't do almost everything on your don't list.
fuck, i need to get a new me. - January 11, 2008 at 2:56 PM
- ana said...
hahaha, great post, I laughed through most of the don'ts
- January 11, 2008 at 3:34 PM
- Chelsea Talks Smack said...
Shanti- Yeaaaa I wanna dance with somebody is definitely exempt.
Let Petit Chic- AMEN.
I sass- Its more the noise that happens you when you OPEn your mouth while eating a banana.
Rebecca- Great don'ts!
Nilsa- Thank you, DONT'S are seriously important.
Crescenet- Thank you thank youuuu :)
Captain Backfire- I'm glad you agree, it makes me feel like a whore. Hate it.
Katelin- Tell momma to lighten up. lol.
Michelle- THANK YOU AND, yes I actually wrote a blog about that awhile back....unless you're stranded on the side of the road without triple A, it's a booty call.
Damsel- I'm glad you visited! I love your blog, I read it everyday!!
Each of two- Good, I'm glad you don't do any of those things, you probably wouldn't read my blog if you did.
Ana- Thanks yo ;) - January 11, 2008 at 3:55 PM
- Jamie said...
34. Don't wear leggings as pants.
35. Don't do all your hair and makeup then dress in sweats and uggs. You are a walking contradiction and look ridiculous.
Chels, you are my new favorite! - January 11, 2008 at 5:51 PM
- Renee said...
#11: There's a word for that. Prostitot.
#28: That didn't end in my favor.
#32: I dated that guy.
#33: I won't. EVER. (Unless Colbert runs as a Republican.) - January 11, 2008 at 6:33 PM
- Chelsea Talks Smack said...
And yeah Colbert would have a free pass. :) - January 11, 2008 at 6:35 PM
- Hillary said...
I threw up a little in my mouth when I read #9. I think it should be amended to "Don't floss your teeth with a strand of your hair. Ever. You sick bastard."
Also - thanks for stopping by my blog! I'm a newbie so I almost hyperventilated when I saw that I had 2 (2!) comments today. - January 11, 2008 at 7:12 PM
- Feminist Gal said...
ok so #7: I once saw a womas "driving" while painting her toe (TOE!) nails and drinking coffee... she had her foot up on the dashboard... we were on the highway too!
Anyway, thanks for stopping by the blog :) i'll definitely check out more of your posts, this one was brilliantly sarcastic :) - January 11, 2008 at 7:18 PM
- ~Angela~ said...
1. Can I add Bette Midler to that? I have a friend who always sings "The Rose".
6. A coworker recently asked me if I avoided matching on purpose (I was wearing off-white pants and a blue & white striped shirt at the time). .
9. Flossing with hair? Next time I'm in a bind, I'm going to try that. Not in public, though.
23. But it was an emergency! (Emergency: I look really good in white.)
28. A guy recently asked if he could kiss me. Took all the fun out of it. I like the moment where you wonder if they're going to kiss you. That sort of ruined it. - January 11, 2008 at 7:35 PM
- mama's got moxie said...
don't tell me that that schuyler fisk chick (you know, over there on your player on the right hand side of the screen) doesn't have a cd for sell at target!!!!!! oh, i love that song "hello" now!! i listened to it twice on your blog. and yes, i loved your list too. it was maaaaaaad funny. i can say maaaaaaaad, it's okay. but dang, why isn't her cd out like now?? bummer.
don't be all upset if i do a don't list on my blog too. this 365 thing gets rough at times!
okay, i'm going back to listen to that "hello" song one more 'gain. - January 11, 2008 at 9:30 PM
- Tia said...
all important points, indeed.
- January 11, 2008 at 10:32 PM
- Elisabeth said...
Love the list. Bananas are gross.
And Kohl's makes me sad. - January 11, 2008 at 11:49 PM
- Chelsea Talks Smack said...
Hillary- It's alll good. I'm new too, started in September, so I do cartwheels everytime I get a comment.
Feminist gal- I'VE SEEN THAT TOO!
And thank you, yes I am a sarcactic. b-iatch.
Angela-please dear god, tell her to STOP singing it. Oh, and the hair, really does work.
Mommas got moxie- SCHUYLER FISK, is incredible. Interesting fact: she's Sissy Spacek's daughter. Glad you liked my tunes ;)
Tia-Thank you, I feel they're pretty crucial. - January 11, 2008 at 11:55 PM
- Chelsea Talks Smack said...
Elisabeth- Kohls, is a sad. sad. place.
- January 11, 2008 at 11:56 PM
- Who? Me? said...
Can I just say how much I heart you. You know Rocky Horror Picture show! Don't tell me you don't like it or I won't heart you anymore...but seriously? No one ever knows what I'm talking about if I mention it. Thanks for making me smile!
- January 12, 2008 at 9:52 AM
- Chelsea Talks Smack said...
I've got the Time Warp down to a T. ;) - January 12, 2008 at 11:10 AM
- Buffy said...
Do they still make LA Looks?
- January 13, 2008 at 2:07 PM
- Chelsea Talks Smack said...
I'm pretty sure I saw it at Rite Aid
- January 13, 2008 at 3:08 PM
- Heidi B said...
5. Just as bad as "Julia Goolia"
11. You were a 5 year old prostitute? Rough
18. My date tonight blew/wiped his nose 2-3 times with his cloth napkin during dinner.
21. I have the scars to back up this theory.
24. I detest Dr. Phil - January 13, 2008 at 11:46 PM
- Lisa H. said...
"Don't ask someone if you can kiss them. Just go Tarzan on them and start licking their face." -- I was taking a sip of coffee right as I was reading this and spewed it all over the keyboard.
- January 14, 2008 at 6:42 AM
- ParisBreakfasts said...
Don't forget Dr.(?) Phil said,
"This poney don't ride"
which will go down in posterity as one of the most brill expressions of our century or any other.
Otherwise I hate him like Hell - January 14, 2008 at 7:00 AM
- Maria said...
great list!
- January 14, 2008 at 6:15 PM
- Monsieur Design said...
this is hilarious!!
- January 17, 2008 at 12:57 AM
- Ace said...
Stop. Seriously. You are making me unattractivly snort at my cubicle. I cannot stifle laughter without looking like I'm going to pee my pants.
- March 28, 2008 at 1:01 PM
- getdone said...
I HATE KOHLS. Glad someone else shares that sentiment.
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I really feel that monogamy is a concept of whichever religion you were born into, but if you love and respect your partner, should you remain faithful to only them? I think that if you and your partner can agree on an open relationship, or anything of the sort, that is a wonderful thing, but if your partner isn't "down" with sharing, is it wrong to act on your sexual urges that arise outside of the relationship?
EDIT: I was totally misspelling this word lolz! But I also wanna add to this that I see love and sex having nothing to do with eachother. What is your views on the correllation between the two?
I have read a lot of posts in this thread that mention polygamy, polyamory, etc... and I have this to say about it:
Don't do it.
But, see, I am jaded... I am the survivor if a polyamorous relationship - and I do mean survivor! It was a complete nightmare. First of all, you can set 'boundaries' and make 'rules' for you and your partner to follow, but there is no guarantee that any of it is going to be followed once your back is turned. The first rule everyone always wants to make is: "It's OK tp have sex with another person, but you can't have an emotional relationship with anyone else..." I've seen it in many posts, right here on this thread... Well, let me just tell you that there is NO WAY, absolutely NO WAY you can control another human being's emotions. There is no way that you can stop yourself or your partner from forming an emotional attachement to someone else. If you want to have an open relationship, you have to be willing to accept the fact that, one day, that partner might choose one of his other partners over you. It's just a fact. And, I was the one who was chosen, in my case, so I am not even angry for being jilted. LOL.
Second, let's say that you want to have a true polyamorous 'group' type relationship with more than one person, where all parties involved are also involved with eachother (I hope that made sense...). While this type of situation may seem ideal, there are many, many problems that arise. It is very hard to achieve balance in a relationship like this. You will drive yourself crazy trying to satisfy everyone you are involved with, even if it's only 2 other people. Jealousy can arise where, previously, none exsisted. THis is especially true of poly relationships where two people have been alone in a relationship prior to inviting the third (fourth, etc...) person in to the relationship. In the case of my reltionship, two of the partners started not getting along with one another very well. A rift was formed and the third party was left standing in the middle, trying to satisfy two people who were just dead-set against each other. It can turn into a nightmare rather quickly, as you can guess.
Also, speaking in terms of polyamorous relationships, there are those who will try and set up a hierarchy for their multiple partners, where the original partner will be considered the 'primary' relationship and all others would be considered 'secondary'. Thus giving the 'primary' partner a higher status in the relationship. I think that this is wrong. No one should have to consider themselves 'secondary' to anyone else, especially in a supposedly 'loving' relationship. If you are in this position, maybe you have some deep inferiority complex that you should address.
I am not saying that there are not people out there that can pull this off and use it to their benefit. But having more than one partner and having those partners aware of each other is a lot of trouble and a lot of work. I experienced it first hand and it has changed me to my core. It is hard enough to foster one relationship and make it work. If you don't want to be monogomous, then don't get married and make sure everyone you date knows that it's just for fun - no strings!
All that being said, and this is going to sound contradictory to everything I have just said, I don't think that, physically, we are monogomous. It was only when we developed that little thing called the frontal lobe that we started to think about things like monogomy. Before that, it didn't matter much to us. So, mentally, yeah we can be monogomous. Well, some of us. LOL. I am not disqualifying polygamy or polyamory completely; as long as all parties involved are willing to be casual about it it's ok, but as soon as you form an emotional attachment to one of your partners, it's time to discuss monogomy with that person. And if that's what you decide, then you can break away from the rest. Emotions will get in your way every time if you don't!
Peace All.
I have a pen-pal who is ,& has been married to a guy for over 28 years - open marriage. Both had sex partners & on occasion even dined together. All I know is - it has worked for them. She said it is after all 'just sex'. She enjoys it very much, but her husband always comes first. You might say - different strokes for different folks. :-)
I have a friend whose wife made a poly-amorous arrangement with him (basically an open marriage). They are now getting a divorce and she no longer loves him.
I think people often engage in these behaviors because they believe they have more control over their emotions than they truly do.
First off, if it's a sect or a cult it's still religious in nature and I would still call it abusive for that reason alone, aside of any religious overtones, It would still be confinement, such as being confined to a juvenile detention center for no other reason than being young and female, a complete loss of one's freedom to learn opposing points of view on the reason for such confinement in the first place. Such as a prisoner without legal representation.
I've had sex before without love, and it was great. I have also loved before without sex. So I personally think they are separate.
I don't remember where I saw this, it might have been on 20/20 or some similar news show, it was about one of the oldest civilizations still in existence, and I think it was a remote Asian village that was the last known to still do this, the women and were the homeowners, their homes were passed on to their daughters, all the female children lived at home for life and the boys once reaching a certain age were sent away to live on their own (probably with the other men,) when procreation was necessary the women would choose who to mate with (the strongest and fittest at the time) within the village, usually the younger most healthy men, the children were raised in the home by the women, no men lived with the women or shared responsibility in raising the children, there were no marriage's, the women were the rulers of the villages, and because of this arrangement only the healthiest men produced children and in turn created the most robust of people. Does anyone remember seeing or reading about this? It was within the last few years that I saw it. It seems like a natural, non-monogamous society. All the men were like the worker bees and the women were the queens, the men would maintain the villages and the women's homes and build additions if there were an abundance of female children (each requiring their own sleeping quarters/bedroom) to establish their having the ability to produce the healthiest children, sort of a 'choose me, look what I can do' kind of thing. Anyone heard of this?
I haven't heard of this particular village, but I remember some native american tribe that was similar. They didn't necessarily send away their men, but they were in charge of everything while the men were off hunting and fighting. They traced heritage through the mothers instead of fathers, and so females inherited the family assets and such and had all the power in the community.
All this talk of monogamy is reminding me of my ecology class where we looked at lions and bees. Lions live in prides with only one male and many females. The male may even try to kill his male offspring if he starts to see them as a threat to his power. Bees live together in their hives, but only the queen bee produces any offspring. But how could this polygamist behavior have come about naturally? It seems that many fewer offspring would be produced this way, and the biggest problem is the loss of genetic diversity. How could evolution favor stripping down the gene pool so much? The answer lies in the fact that having many parents creates a sense of community where all the adults will help to support and provide for the offspring. This leaves time for some individuals to be doing things unrelated to caring for the offspring, like working for the overall benefit of the community. Most species will support a youth of their species even if it is not their own, and this tendency has allowed many populations to evolve to have a sense of community survival as opposed to simply personal survival.
With humans, we tended to care for our young by leaving the females home to care for them while the men ran off to take care of other things. But it is obvious that moving away from this requires help outside of the 2 parents...people send their kids to day care, not to mention to school. Also we have babysitters, grandparents, aunts and uncles etc. It can often a group effort within families.
I would say that with raising children the more adult role models they have in their lives the better, so is it that crazy to imagine a family unit that doesn't rely on monogomy? This could be structured many different ways (for example, many sexually monogamous couples living together as a family community, or many polyamorous adults forming a family unit) but the common thing would be that they would all be there to help raise and provide for their kids.
I the watched Big Love tv series and it seems to me that the only reason the women put up with being polygamist and sharing their husband was the fact that they were all there together, with the common goal of caring for their kids. The husband kind of did his own thing all the time and was often quite selfish, but the women all had such a sense of family it was impressive and inspiring at times.
A sense of family is a good thing but it's a small part of what it takes to survive in modern society, personally I've found that in open relationships jealousy nearly always rears it's ugly head, it's our nature, watch any group of children fighting over a toy that they wouldn't be interested in if someone else wasn't playing with it.
OK, I've been doing some searching and I think I've found it. They're called the Mosuo Tribe.
"On Rough Cut this week,,, In their matriarchal society, they do not marry. They practice what they call "walking marriage" in which a woman may invite a man into her hut to spend a "sweet night," but he must leave by daybreak. If a pregnancy results from this union, the child will be raised by the woman and her family." pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/07/introduction_to.html
I can't check out the video because I'm on dialup, but it looks like it might be the original story I was looking for. Also, I looked up "Mosuo" and found a wealth of info on them, they're very similar to the Native American tribes you mentioned, thanks, you inspired me : )
To the degree a relationship is romantic, it is based on possessiveness. I've always regarded it obvious that real love means wanting what is best for the other, even if there's no benefit in it for oneself. Nobody goes into a romantic relationship with that attitude. The only interpersonal relationships which are purely about love are the love of a good parent for a child and the love of good friends for one another. What we call romantic love is a witch's brew of infatuation and selfish obsession.
I like the concept of open relationships, but in practice they seldom work out. I think I could do it though. Any takers? ;)
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According to Chris Surgenor, the editor of independent UK based aviation and environment publication, Greenair, more airports are interested in eco-friendly schemes because of the business and public relations benefits they increasingly provide.
"Generally, whoever you are in business, you are looking to become more corporate friendly and environmentally aware," Surgenor says.
"It (also) makes financial sense in the way that if you have a more efficiently run airport you will save money over time," he adds.
Other industry analysts however have a more cynical view, criticizing what they see as the ulterior motives behind green airport strategies.
"Not that they're (green airport initiatives) inherently a bad thing, but it's a waste of time when there are increasingly more flights and when airports are expanding," says Joe Ryle of UK based anti-aviation expansion group, Plane Stupid.
"It's basically green-washing at its most obvious. When aviation industry people talk about greener planes and greener airports having solar panels it's ultimately just a way for them to draw attention away from the rise in carbon polluting flights," he adds.
The threat of factions within the aviation industry using green airport policies as a gimmick to divert attention from the sectors overall emissions is one recognized by Amy Malick.
But she firmly believes this shouldn't deter or stop airports across the globe from coming up with innovative new ways to cut or offset their emissions.
"That is a danger, but "green-washing" is not the case in Chicago," she says. "We are not alone in this effort and will continue to be joined by airports around the world," she adds.


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ARM's East cites power as key IC design driver
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The prospect of both climate change and "unsustainable" data growth means engineers should focus on reducing power consumption in their device designs, according to Warren East, CEO of ARM
In an ARM TechCon keynote here Thursday (Nov. 1), East sketched a future of vastly different design considerations that span everything from servers and cloud infrastructure to the billions of devices that will comprise the Internet of Things. East also used the keynote to announce that ARM is becoming a promoter member of the Weightless Special Interest Group that was originally created by Neul Ltd., a startup company that also comes from Cambridge, England.
East (right, projected on a stage screen) was joined onstage by George Grey, CEO of the non-profit Linaro software organization and Judson Althoff, senior vice president at Oracle Corp., who helped show off ARM's energy efficiency credentials and partnership model.
While power consumption will increase as the number of users increase and devices proliferate, designers can focus on other areas to cut usage .East said electric motors consume 50 percent of the world's electricity, and any efficiency improvement there would yield big benefits. Similarly, lighting consumes about 20 percent of global electricity production while IT and communications accounts for about 10 percent of global consumption.
"ARM is built on energy-efficient fundamental technology and partnership," said East. As an example of how ARM's technology can help save power, East claimed that simply moving a computing function from desktop to a tablet computer can cut power usage.
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I visited TI's Kilby labs a while back and they were doing all kinds of experiments with motors to reduce power consumption. It was fascinating, because you don't often think of semiconductor firms doing motor research... but low power needs are pushing the big players into those spaces
It's funny that at the mean time ARM is losing in power efficiency. The Samsung Exynos 5 is power hungry in both Cromebook and Nexus 5. The ARMy smartphones consume more power than the medfield phones. The ARM's arguments are always about the maximum performance and idle power consumption, while the others about both the full load performance and top power consumption.
@wsw1982. Watch out. You are in the wrong place. This is ARMTimes (aka EETimes) and you cant say anything bad about ARM. Even though the Exynos in your Chromebook is sucky and consumes about 10W, you cant say anything negative.


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Frozen food processors will delight in Key Technology's latest introduction: the Iso-Glide Vibratory Conveyor. The newest conveyor is reported to be an engineered modification of Key's Iso-Flo vibratory conveyor.The newest conveyor moves in what appears to be horizontal motion which, according to Key Technology, "maximizes sanitation while offering gentle handling and quiet operation."
The conveyor equipment allows food processors to take advantage of the self-cleaning benefits of horizontal motion conveying. Because the conveyor does not have surface-to-product contact, the Iso-Glide conveyor can help reduce the noise level in a food processing plant.
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MOUNT PLEASANT – Brett Humpal (Sr.-Decorah, Iowa) scored 24 points and the Iowa Wesleyan College men's basketball team made the clutch plays throughout the second half for a 77-72 win over Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) College in the Tigers' season opener Thursday night at Ruble Arena.
Humpal, Da'kari Shelby (Sr.-O'Fallon, Ill.) and Keenan Stanbridge (Jr.-Quincy, Ill.) combined for 36 of the Tigers' 46 second half points in a game IWC never trailed in the final 20 minutes but never was far from danger in, either. HLG came back from a 12-point deficit in the second half to tie the game and was within one possession in the final minute but dropped to 1-2 on the season.
The Tigers were out-rebounded by 15 in the game and didn't particularly dominate in any one area but did commit five less turnovers than the Trojans and also made three more three-point baskets. The three-pointers were key in the first half, when IWC hit six threes in first building an early 10-point lead and then later taking the lead back just before halftime on a Humpal triple to make it 31-30 at the break.
Wesleyan would not trail again in the game, and Humpal's three with 17:18 left in the game capped an 11-0 run to start the second half and give IWC a 42-30 lead. The Trojans were not done, though, and a free throw by Chad Reading tied the game at 52-52 with 9:49 left. Jason Garber (Sr.-Emden, Ill.) hit a pair of free throws on the Tigers' next possession, but Hannibal-LaGrange did not go away and pulled within one point on two more occasions, the last time after Matt Schmechtig drained a three to make it 59-58 with 7:02 remaining.
The Tigers responded with a 9-2 run to take control, though, capped by Stanbridge's put-back tip-dunk with 4:18 left to make it 68-60. HLG got back within three points two more times, the final time with 1:02 left in the game, but Garber grabbed an offensive rebound on Wesleyan's next possession, and Humpal made two of four free throws in the final 20 seconds to seal the game.
Shelby, in his first game after transferring from William Woods University, added 13 points, including 10 in the second half, and also had a team-high seven rebounds. Stanbridge, a transfer from John Wood Community College, scored 12 points and made five of six field goals. IWC shot 44.8% for the game, making 26 of 58 shots, while the Trojans made 25 of 56 field goals (44.6%). Both teams also had some struggles at the free throw stripe, with Hannibal making 16 of 26 (61.5%) and Wesleyan converting 16 of 28 (57.1%).
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The NFL is America's pastime, hands down.
Imagine how much fun it would be if they got rid of about half the rule book.
The replay challenge penalty? The tuck rule? Muffed punts can't be advanced?
Ridiculously harsh. Completely unnecessary. No idea why it's like that.
The league clearly has too many folks on the payroll who have too little to do, so they get together from time to time in fancy hotels to come up with ways to justify their existence.
The result is a set of rules that have grown into a convoluted mess, with no sense of what is reasonable or even needed. It's as though the NFL is trying to keep everyone — the players, the fans, the coaches, even the officials — in a constant state of guesswork.
We can imagine a day when we'll hear the referee explain a call thusly:
"Due to the coach challenging a play that was already subject to an automatic review, but because he was able to tuck his red flag back into his pocket before he muffed it, we will assess a 15-yard penalty, run 20 seconds off the clock, and order his team to switch conferences."
A bit over the top, for sure.
But not by much. Continued...
The league needs to get busy, expunging the rules that aren't needed and bringing some common sense to the rest. Start with the head-shaking replay rule that may have cost the Detroit Lions a much-needed win on Thanksgiving Day.
That one should be erased from the books immediately.
"This comes up every year," said Ray Anderson, the NFL's director of football operations. "Can we simplify and be more cohesive and get rid of some rules that may be offshoots? We will go through that exercise again. We have rewritten some of the rulebook over the course of the last few years, to try to simplify it and get it to be more coherent."
Clearly, there's still a lot of work to do, thanks to a "we must have a rule for everything that can possibly happen on a football field at any given time in the course of human history" mindset.
The replay challenge penalty has already been called several times, including the previous week in Atlanta, but no team was impacted more than the Lions' in their overtime loss to the Texans. For those eating turkey at the time, the officials clearly blew a call on a long touchdown run by Houston. Detroit coach Jim Schwartz, justifiably outraged, threw his red challenge flag to make sure the play was reviewed. That wasn't really necessary, since scoring plays are subject to an automatic check from the replay official.
So, a sensible person might say, what's the problem? The officials pick up their yellow flags all the time. They could just tell the coach to take a chill pill.
But the NFL decided that coaches wanting to challenge a call that was already going to be reviewed anyway was a potential menace that could ruin the very fabric of the game. That without some of rule to prevent unnecessary dissent and embarrassment of officials, the field could run red with challenge flags.
So, when a coach commits such a grievous act, he is assessed a 15-yard penalty (the same sanction that's handed out to a player who tries to rip off an opponent's head). And not only does his team lose the yardage, the officials are no longer allowed to review a play they were going to look at in the first place.
Huh? Continued...
Anderson, in perhaps the most obvious statement that will ever come from his lips, acknowledged the penalty "may be too harsh" and will be reviewed immediately.
Hey, while they're at it, here's a few more things the NFL needs to change or eliminate:
— The tuck rule. Why this one is still around — more than a decade after it reared its ugly head in a New England-Oakland playoff game — remains one of life's great mysteries. If a quarterback's arm is going forward when he loses the ball, it's an incomplete pass. If not, it's a fumble. Simple as that. Allowing a team to keep the ball because the QB lost control while trying to tuck it away is utter nonsense.
— A muffed ball can be recovered by the punting team, but not advanced. Apparently, this one stems from the theory that a returner who touches the ball but never has control of it didn't actually fumble. Hogwash. If the coverage team can recover the loose ball, they should be able to run with it. Period.
— Interference penalties. The NFL is always reluctant to copy the college game, but this is one case where it clearly should. When a defensive back interferes with a receiver, it should be a 15-yard penalty (as it is in college), not marked at the spot of the foul (the pro rule). Maybe if the defender flagrantly drags down a receiver, the current penalty could still be applied. Otherwise, there's no reason for interference — a debatable call in so many cases — to potentially result in a much worse penalty than a horrific personal foul (which is 15 yards). While they're at it, increase the penalty for defensive holding from 5 to 10 yards, but get rid of the automatic first down.
— Overtime. The NFL rightly decided a few years ago that it wasn't fair for a game to potentially be decided by a coin flip. Of course, they didn't just go with the obvious solution (allowing each team to have at least one offensive possession in overtime), coming up with a "modified sudden death" rule. If the receiving team scores a touchdown on its first possession, it wins the game. But if the team getting the ball first kicks a go-ahead field goal, the other team gets a possession. Another example of the NFL over-thinking a problem.
— Icing the kicker. Coaches have become enamored with the idea of trying to call a timeout right before an opponent attempts a game-winning kick, which is just plain silly. First of all, it rarely works. Secondly, it leads to far too many unnecessary delays at the most dramatic point in the game. If a coach wants to call a timeout to make a kicker think about it, he should do it before the play clock gets down to 10 seconds. After that, only the kicking team can stop it.
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