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|@0800-0900 Write planner tip
|@1100-1230 Check midterms : E-Mail from Peter Shepard (teaching)
|@1500-1600 Find Jess/Weka set (teaching)
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|Revise diyplanner article : E-Mail from Douglas Johnston
|Write article about tweaking task input (writing)
|Meet Peter Shepard regarding upcoming weeks
Variables like planner-expand-name-default and planner-use-day-pages make it easy to change Planner behavior to fit common ways of doing things. If you want to make greater changes, you can add advice to functions. See "Advising Functions" in the Elisp info manual for more information. Function advice is called only after arguments have been read. If you want to change the way arguments are asked for, define a new function and make an alias to it, or just redefine the old one.
Do you prefer working with mostly-undated tasks? Defaulting to undated tasks allow you to postpone thinking about when to do something. It keeps your day page task lists meaningful and manageable, too. This also makes Planner a better fit for the Getting Things Done method (GTD), which encourages a distinction between getting tasks into your trusted system and deciding when to do them.
Let's say that you want to create undated tasks while still using day pages for other parts of Planner. Here's one way to do that.
(defadvice planner-read-task (around sacha activate) (let ((planner-use-day-pages nil)) ad-do-it))
To disable that piece of advice, use M-x ad-deactivate RET planner-read-task.
What if you want to create dated tasks if planner-create-task-from-buffer is called with the universal prefix (C-u)? Disable the previous piece of advice or remove it from your ~/.emacs and use this instead:
(defun planner-read-task () "Return a list of information for a task." (list (read-string "Describe task: ") ;; This part changes (when current-prefix-arg (if (condition-case nil (calendar-cursor-to-date) (error nil)) (planner-date-to-filename (calendar-cursor-to-date)) (let ((planner-expand-name-favor-future-p (or planner-expand-name-favor-future-p planner-task-dates-favor-future-p))) (planner-read-date)))) ;; This part still stays the same (when planner-use-plan-pages (let ((planner-default-page (if (and (planner-derived-mode-p 'planner-mode) (planner-page-name) (not (string-match planner-date-regexp (planner-page-name)))) (planner-page-name) planner-default-page))) (planner-read-non-date-page (planner-file-alist)))) planner-default-task-status))
What if you always want to prompt for the date, but want it to default to undated when you hit RET? Use the following to your ~/.emacs instead:
(setq planner-expand-name-default nil)
If you're working with undated tasks, then you probably want to make sure they're copied onto a task page somewhere. You can use planner-multi to automatically do so when you create a task.
(require 'planner-multi) (setq planner-multi-copy-tasks-to-page "TaskPool")
You can specify multiple pages for planner-multi-copy-tasks-to-page. For example:
(setq planner-multi-copy-tasks-to-page "TaskPool [[TaskPoolByProject][p]] [[TaskPoolByContext][c]]")
If you want to be explicitly prompted for pages, but default to Task Pool if not specified:
(defun planner-read-task () "Return a list of information for a task." (list (read-string "Describe task: ") (when (and planner-use-day-pages current-prefix-arg) (if (condition-case nil (calendar-cursor-to-date) (error nil)) (planner-date-to-filename (calendar-cursor-to-date)) (let ((planner-expand-name-favor-future-p (or planner-expand-name-favor-future-p planner-task-dates-favor-future-p))) (planner-read-date)))) (when planner-use-plan-pages (let ((planner-default-page "TaskPool")) (planner-read-non-date-page (planner-file-alist)))) planner-default-task-status))
Have fun with undated tasks!


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The interdisciplinary minor in Latin American and Latino studies is built on an historical, cultural, literary, sociological and political understanding of the Spanish, Portuguese and French-speaking regions of the Americas. Students will come to appreciate the diversity of Latin American and U.S. Latino experiences by studying Latin Americans from all countries, including the United States.
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America's Assault on Salt
Shaking out sodium looks like the next trans fat for food processors.
Despite some shaky science connecting salt or sodium with hypertension and heart disease, all signs point to sodium reduction being one of the biggest changes coming in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. And while home cooks and foodservice will be admonished, food processors are likely to shoulder most of the blame next year.
Americans love sodium, but most of us consume considerably more than we should. We ingest 3,436mg of the stuff per day — almost 50 percent more than the 2,300mg recommendation in the current (2005) USDA Dietary Guidelines for healthy adults. To put that in perspective, one teaspoon of salt weighs 5g and contains about 2,300mg of sodium.
An estimated 29 percent of us have hypertension (high blood pressure) and another 28 percent have pre-hypertension, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). And although there is no definitive proof that sodium actually causes heart disease, there is a perceived link. The National Academy of Science (NAS) recommends a sodium intake level of at least 500mg, but less than 2,300mg a day. Health advocates at AHA and the Centers for Disease Control agree the 2010 Dietary Guidelines should be changed to lower the daily sodium limit to 1,500mg.
Although we use the terms salt and sodium interchangeably, they are different. Sodium combines with chloride to make table salt. Both sodium and chloride are essential nutrients, helping to regulate fluids and keep our muscles (including the heart) moving. Both are classified as electrolytes, which essentially means they conduct electricity in the body, transmitting signals to muscles and nerves, a key factor in making the nervous system work. Sodium, in combination with calcium, magnesium and potassium helps regulate the body's metabolism and an improper balance of sodium in the body can be fatal.
Likewise, salt in processed foods does much more than provide the salty taste we all crave; it serves as a preservative, inhibits the growth of bacteria, regulates fermentation, enhances color, texture and mouthfeel in foods and helps counter bitter tastes.
Adding a few grains of salt can bring out a food's natural flavor without contributing a salty taste. Foods with higher levels of sodium do not necessarily taste salty, in fact some baked goods may contain more sodium than some frozen entrees. Foods with surface sodium typically have a saltier taste than foods with incorporated sodium, and foods with less moisture, such as potato chips, generally require more salt than french fries.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer advocacy group, sued in 2005 to get salt off the FDA's list of safe food ingredients. The group says restaurant and processed foods deliver more than three-quarters of the salt people consume, and it has demonized salt as the "single most harmful ingredient in our food supply," terming it "toxic."
More notable is the challenge from Dr. Walter Willett, chairman of the Dept. of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health, the force behind the nationwide effort to ban trans fats, and nutrition policy advisor to President Barack Obama. He told attendees at the Culinary Institute of America's Worlds of Healthy Flavors he may suggest a regulation mirroring a new law in the UK to mandate a dramatic salt reduction (20 percent) in all packaged and processed foods. (He's also suggesting a national tax of up to 18 percent on sodas and candy.) "We need economic levers to keep the public from making bad food choices," he says.
Forging ahead to reduce sodium
Food manufacturers and ingredient suppliers are, and have been, searching for new ways to reduce the amount of sodium added to products while still preserving the salty taste consumers crave.
"We've been looking at sodium reduction for over 30 years," says Linda Kragt, technical services manager at Chicago-based Morton Salt, provider of salt for 160 years. "Initial work in the 1960s, mixtures of salt and potassium chloride, was done at Michigan State University," she says. "As a result of this research, we launched Morton Lite Salt mixture [half sodium chloride and half potassium chloride] for the retail market in the early 1970s."
Even though Morton saw potential in the food processing industry, "The food industry didn't become interested in salt reduction until sodium labeling became part of nutritional labeling, which occurred in the 1980s," she explains. "We did a lot of lower-sodium application work, particularly in the meat and poultry industries because they needed the salt for its functional effects. We did applications in many categories such as baking, snacks, cheese, and fresh pickles."
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Keith Fahey grabbed the only goal of the game to see off midlands neighbours Coventry and hand Birmingham boss Chris Hughton his first points in charge of the npower Championship club.
Hughton, making his competitive bow at St Andrew's, can be credited with the inspired introduction of substitute Adam Rooney which led to the vital breakthrough in an evenly-fought clash.
The summer signing stepped off the bench in the 68th minute and wasted little time making a difference, heading against a post before reacting quickest to tee up the rebound for Fahey to smash home from 10 yards.
The winner came after both sides had wasted a golden opportunity apiece to seize the initiative, Lukas Jutkiewicz and Chris Wood firing off-target when they really should have done better.
Victory gets Birmingham off the mark in what will be a tough quest for an immediate return to the Barclays Premier League, although concern will be growing just 22 miles down the road for a Coventry side who were more than a match for their local rivals but have now lost their opening three matches of the season in all competitions.
Rooney's relegation to the bench in favour of on-loan West Brom striker Wood was Blues' only switch from last weekend's 2-1 defeat at Derby, while skipper Sammy Clingan's return from international duty was Coventry's only change to the side who lost 3-1 at Bury in the Carling Cup in midweek.
Striker Marlon King, who angered Sky Blues fans by controversially switching to Birmingham over the summer, missed out with his troublesome knee problems, while Birmingham's prized centre-back Scott Dann found himself on the bench against his former employers for a second successive weekend.
However, there was a start in Coventry's XI for former Blues winger Gary McSheffrey.
Visiting striker Jutkiewicz should have broken the deadlock in the 17th minute, firing the best chance of the first half wide from 10 yards with his favoured left foot.
At the other end, Wood rose to direct a free header straight at goalkeeper Joe Murphy.
But it was Coventry who probably shaded a finely-balanced opening 45 minutes, McSheffrey's long-range effort forcing a fine parried save from Boaz Myhill.
Blues failed to really get any kind of momentum going in the first half but they certainly livened up after the restart and Wood wasted the clearest of openings in the 51st minute.
Jean Beausejour sent a ball in from the left and the New Zealand international somehow blazed the ball over the crossbar from a great position.
Morgaro Gomis saw his effort tipped around a post by Murphy while Coventry's rearguard produced more than one timely block, with McSheffrey firing wide for the visitors.
Hughton brought on Rooney and the former Inverness man was instrumental in what proved to be the winner for Fahey.
Blues slowed the game down over the remaining 15 minutes and, with Jutkiewicz heading a late Clingan corner over the crossbar, duly walked away with all three points.


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(BPT) – A new report reveals houses are selling faster and for more money, yet another indicator of a rebounding housing market. According to the National Association of Realtors, full-year sales of previously owned homes increased by 9 percent in 2012 over the previous year. Plus, home prices jumped up 12.3 percent, the biggest percentage gain since January 2005.
This will challenge sellers to sharpen their competitive edge as more homeowners, encouraged by promising indicators, put their house on the market. Josh Altman, one of the top 10 realtors in the country and star of Bravo's hit TV show "Million Dollar Listing: L.A.," shares three strategies for making houses more desirable to buyers.
Install hardwood floors
"Installing hardwood floors is one of the smartest investments a seller can make," said Altman. "Hardwood flooring is easy to install, never goes out of style and is extremely desirable to homebuyers."
Countless hardwood flooring options, including popular bamboo varieties, allow homeowners to easily select a floor that looks great and fits within their budget. Homeowners can even differentiate their floors – and houses – by transferring the flooring's warranty to the new owner. For example, Lumber Liquidators' Bellawood brand of prefinished hardwood flooring offers a certified 100-year transferable warranty.
Laminate or vinyl flooring is another option for getting a fresh, updated look. Laminate enables homeowners to get the look of hardwood for less, and there are even options for DIY novices, such as flooring that easily clicks together without glue or nails.
Increase the curb appeal
First impressions matter, and home buying is no different. "Making a few updates to a house's exterior goes a long way in making houses more inviting and valuable," said Altman.
Homeowners can put their green thumbs to work by weeding their garden, trimming plants and branches and adding color by planting vibrant flowers in containers or planters. Simple repairs and updates offer a lot of bang for your home improvement buck, whether it's getting a new front door, updating house numbers or painting the trim, downspouts and gutters.
Update the kitchen
Remodeling a kitchen can bring a home to the top market value, and you don't have to tear down walls or break the bank to do it. "No matter what budget a homeowner has, there are simple ways to add that wow factor to a kitchen," said Altman.
Unique, stylish light fixtures can create a warm and inviting environment, while new appliances add visual interest and help increase the value of a home. Even subtle touches like updating cabinet hardware or installing a tile backsplash behind a stove can give a kitchen the facelift it needs.


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PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Actress Sally Field earned the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Palm Springs, Calif., International Film Festival, viewed as the last pre-awards season gala.
Field, considered an Oscar contender for her portrayal of Mary Todd Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," told the crowd Saturday she didn't enter the profession by happenstance, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
"I didn't back into becoming an actor -- I was born one," she said, recounting her experiences that span nearly five decades on the big and small screen.
"I did a scene in a suit of armor, and dressed as a bear. I've done love scenes with a pelican. Yes, it's true, I've done love scenes with a pelican. But I've also done love scenes with Paul Newman," the two-time Oscar winner said. "I've been fully clothed, semi-clothed and totally naked, and never once has it occurred to me to change my mind."
Bradley Cooper and Naomi Watts took home acting honors for "Silver Linings Playbook" and "The Impossible," respectively, and the cast of "Argo" received the Ensemble Performance Award.
Other honorees included "Life of Pi" composer Mychael Danna; Richard Gere, who received the Chairman's Award; and "Les Miserables" director Tom Hooper. British actress Helen Mirren received the International Star Award.


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Ibanez Celebrates the 20th Anniversary Of Classic Satriani Album with Stunning New Guitar!
To mark 20 years since the release of Joe Satriani's classic "Surfing With The Alien" album, Ibanez is releasing a stunning new JS Signature Guitar...
This JS20th Japanese model, celebrates 20 years of Joe Satriani's classic "Surfing With The Alien" album. It is an outrageous looking, limited-edition and highly-collectible guitar - with a visual inspired by Satriani's classic album cover (view artwork), featuring iconic Marvel comic hero the Silver Surfer. Only a handful of those guitars will be made available worldwide! A more affordable, Korean made version will also be released.
Joe Satriani (or Satch, as his fans call him) is one of the most influential guitarists from the 80's, and his Signature Range of Ibanez guitars has been very popular in the last few years. Now, 2008 might prove to be a vintage year for Satriani fans: besides the addition of those new Ibanez Anniversary guitars, Vox is releasing the Satchurator distortion pedal, designed with Satriani's help and which might appeal even to non-Satch fans!
The Satriani Guitars:
The Magician's power is transformation through the use of will and sheer talent. This is power of a dangerous sort which commands the material world and the high-wire acts he performs often seem like dark magic.
With its outrageous design, the JS20th is able to raise impossible flurries of notes and melodies from the fertile pastures of your rock guitar dreams, and surfing trough the melodies it'll certainly inspire you to play, it'll take you higher and higher into space...
This model turned heads at the last NAMM 2008, as huge crowds were attracted by its stunning looks and the eye-catching Silver Surfer display..."Satch" must be proud!
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Revisionist Histories
Date published:June 2013
The last two centuries have been the scene of dramatic change throughout Europe. And one of the main causes of these tremendous and spectacular changes was the economy. These transformations were achieved by people: scientists and political thinkers, inventors and entrepreneurs, educators, skilled and educated workers, who not only invented machines and computers but were able to renew economic and political systems. Case Studies on Modern European Economy presents a new approach to the period by looking at case studies to understand how these changes came about and the impact they had on modern Europe. Essential reading for students of economic and modern European history.


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About Durg
Situated on the east bank of river Shivnath, District Durg is herald of Chhattisgarh's Industrial Development, Cultural competence, Social harmony and Meaningful use of resources. It is a symbol of status , prestige and glory of Chhattisgarh. History of Durg is like conducive inspiration which is unique mixture of oldness and modernity, culture-rite and entrepreneurship. Bhilai known as "Mini India" for Industrial development, social harmony and cultural diversity is a twin city of Durg. Establishment of Bhilai steel plant in Durg district had created vast opportunities for industrial progress on one hand and on the other hand durg district become centre of many other productive activities.


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PM hints at reforms, asks India Inc to have faith
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday signalled a fresh spate of reforms despite an unsettled political environment and asked industrialists to keep faith in him to get the economy going. HT reports.Growth curvedelhi Updated: Apr 04, 2013 08:25 IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday signalled a fresh spate of reforms despite an unsettled political environment and asked industrialists to keep faith in him to get the economy going.
He told the annual general meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) that the Centre would push the envelope on foreign direct investment (FDI), triggering speculation that the UPA would pack in plenty of policy action before general elections slated for next year.
"We are reviewing the FDI policy comprehensively to see what more can be done," said Singh, who presided over the opening up of the economy as finance minister in the 1990s.
The PM did not specify about changes in the FDI policy that the government was working on, but there were heightened prospects it could likely ease caps on foreign investment in several sectors.
Investors and companies in the pension and insurance sectors, in particular, are keen that a 26% investment cap be lifted."We welcome foreign investment, which has a critical role in bringing in modern technology and globalising our economy. Even as our Indian industry steps out to invest abroad, we must welcome foreign investors coming to India," he said.
A raft of fresh policy pronouncements are likely to soothe frayed nerves of investors who fear the government could be more focused on political risk management rather than reversing the slowdown in the economy, which is set to crash to a decade's low growth of 5% in 2012-13.
The UPA is struggling to balance the demands of unpredictable allies, having recently lost the support of one, Tamil Nadu's DMK, which reduced its strength in Lok Sabha to just above the half-way mark.
Significantly, the PM acknowledged that corruption and government red tape were major roadblocks and coalition politics was challenging, but noted that India had achieved robust economic growth in the past despite these concerns.
"There are indeed many deficiencies. Corruption is a problem. Bureaucratic inertia is a problem. Managing coalitions is not easy. But these problems have not arisen suddenly. They were all there even earlier, when the economy was growing at 8%," he said.
"We are seeing temporary downturn, partly due to global factors. We can get back to 8% growth rate," Singh said, adding that his administration was determined to do everything possible to rein in the fiscal deficit, a measure of how much the government borrows to fund its expenses.
Singh said a debt recast package for state power distribution companies should help nurse them back to health, and flagged an imminent solution to the issue of fuel supply to power projects.
"The ministries are working to reach resolution in a time bound matter. I hope we will see results in the next three weeks," he said.
The PM hinted that he was open to implementing the string of recommendations that the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission has made.
The commission has suggested merging the oversight functions of regulators such as Securities Exchange Board of India, Insurance Regulatory Development Authority, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority and Forward Markets Commission into a single agency, while leaving the banking business regulation under the Reserve Bank of India.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Tour des Macarons
21 comments:
- Robynn (in Paris)10:00 AM
That's it! I'm trying to be good. I set a goal (in the interest of keeping a flat stomach) to not eat any macarons until December 1 - when the églantine, figue & foie gras macarons arrive at Pierre Hermé. But thanks to your post today - with the mouth-watering photos and beautiful illustrations - I'm losing my resolve and am ducking out of the office to head to Pierre's. Thanks!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:17 AM
Those cherubs are so cute I just want to pinch their little chunky hienys! You are getting better and better in your watercolor endeavors, without losing your special flair(s) that make you unique. I would love for my 6th grader to email you some questions (she's an aspiring artist) would that be OK?
And as for those macarons, I think I will have to make some today! They are a real pain to make in the humidity of Florida, but oh so worth it!! (French pastries are MY art, and achilles LOL!)
Have a wonderful day and keep those creative juices flowing,
Cake Bunny
Robynn-Could you send some our way???
You, mon amie, take the macaron to new heights!:-)ReplyDelete
- Victoria2:12 PM
let me just say how much I enjoy visiting your blog – everyday!ReplyDelete
Corey Amaro sent me about 2 months ago and I haven't been the same since…
I should have sent this message earlier but as I am leaving for Paris tomorrow (!), here's my question:
How long do macarons keep?
I'd love to bring some home for "nifty gifties" but am concerned about freshness factor.
I'll get home on a Saturday – still okay for the office on Monday?
Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
I would say macarons can keep for 3-7 days tops rather than weeks, but I know some keep them for weeks, even months in the fridge and freezer.ReplyDelete
Bon chance et bon voyage1
Those watercolors are divine, Carol! You sure got those cherubs "down!" I love them! Happy holidays!ReplyDelete
oh my.. Those are great towers of goodies. yummm. love the paintings as usual.ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh!!!!!ReplyDelete
I am going down to Oslo for two days. I wonder if there will be time for a macaroon or three....
oh la la, ca va tomber ;-)ReplyDelete
Wow, that's putting macarons on a pedestal. How holy art thou!ReplyDelete
What beautiful images.ReplyDelete
I want a tour de macarons for my wedding!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
When will those shopkeepers learn which side their bread is buttered on? Our national budget deficit pales in comparision with the macaron deficit! Why dozens - no - hundreds and thousands of Americans with no interest in France whatsoever are now poised to take that trans-Altantic jaunt in pursuit of macarons, macarons and more macarons. Listen up, shopkeepers: Leave PB ALONE!!!!ReplyDelete
I love your blog:) The pictures are stunning and I will defiantly come back:) I have added you to my favorite blogs. Thanks for the eye candy. Superb!
I love to see towers of food. Do you ever get the urge to sit on the top? I doReplyDelete


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Both computers experience the same problems, and I'm getting no joy from ASUS regarding one of the two issues which is a result of their BIOS being configured incorrectly, namely the motherboard defaulting to 1T for its command rate setting, which cannot be changed by the user, due to the ram running significantly under-spec.
The other problem, which is significantly more disconcerting, however, is that the motherboards in both systems is being bent significantly by the heatsink's clips, which are pulling the board up towards the clips, around the processor mount. Below is a photo of this problem, taken on the second set of pieces, which is brand new; if the heatsink is removed from the board, it straightens out. The other system, which was built in November of 2010, also straightens out somewhat, but is beginning to permanently deform. This flexing of the motherboard causes both systems to become very sensitive to external shocks, to the extent where a light tap to the case by a single finger can sometimes cause either computer to switch off.
I also cannot mount any 'heavy' graphics cards in the PCI-E slot whilst the computer is standing upright, as this causes counter-flex causing a wave-deformation in the board, due to the mounting hole positions; this is however a design flaw on the part of ASUS, and is remedied simply by using the computer in a horizontal configuration. The CPU's Heatsink's board deformation significantly aggravates that problem, however, causing the system to become immensely unstable. I fear that should these computers be allowed to continue operating like this (they randomly switch themselves off occasionally, currently, with no notable criteria causing a shutdown).
So I need to replace the heatsink+fan for these computers due to a design flaw for the boxed products, and need to know whether I would be compensated for this (I have no special requirements, and the processor also doesn't need anything fancy, I just need these computers to work at stock speed) or if replacement heatsinks+fans will be provided by Intel for what I believe to be a design flaw on their part or their heatsink+fan manufacturers' part.
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Legendary Guitar: Jeff Beck's 1954 Yardbirds Esquire
It's arguably the ugliest Legendary Guitar of all — yet nonetheless one of rock's most widely influential, the instrument that produced the landmark sounds of such widely influential Yardbirds tracks as "I'm a Man," "Heart Full of Soul," "Over Under Sideways Down" and the future-shock classic "Shapes of Things."
With a body partially ground down to ape the contours of an entirely different model, its broken neck replaced by a well-worn second-hand substitute, and a scuffed, gouged and scarred body, Jeff Beck's 1954 Fender Esquire might well be rock's original Franken-ax.
But while Beck was with the Yardbirds barely 18 months, his Esquire's tenure was even briefer (he'd switch over to a Les Paul early in 1966). Indeed, Jeff admits he didn't even acquire the instrument until after he'd joined the band. "We were on the road constantly and I didn't even have my own guitar," he explains. "I [initially] used Eric's red Tele, which I think belonged to the Yardbirds."
"I think they leased it to him. Oh, they were bastards!" Beck adds with a telling chuckle. He's still on good terms with the Chris Dreja/Jim McCarty-helmed modern incarnation of the band, and recorded a track for their fine 2003 album, Birdland.
The Yardbirds, with Jeff Beck (right) holding his legendary Fender Esquire
What attracted him to an instrument that was a much-beloved, if primordial version of the more popular Telecaster?
"I think it was the transitory period where Fender started using a rosewood fingerboard," Jeff explained."(But) I didn't want that, I wanted a maple neck. And the only one I ever saw belonged to John Walker (aka John Maus) from the Walker Brothers. As luck would have it, the Yardbirds went on tour with the Walker Brothers early in '65, and I bought it. He wanted 75 pounds, which was a lot of money — it was only about 10 quid cheaper than a brand new one. But he wouldn't shift, and I dug out the 75 and gave it to him." The Esquire is also featured in this rare 1964 Walker Brothers clip from American TV.
Beck had joined the Yardbirds early in '65 when Eric Clapton bolted, disgusted with the 'pop' direction he perceived the Yardies to be taking with their successful "For Your Love" single. Jeff had been their second choice, recommended when first choice Jimmy Page declined because of a burgeoning session career; a year later Beck and Page would briefly share guitar duties in the band (with Jimmy even occasionally playing bass), before Jeff finally succumbed to the mounting pressures of the band's grueling tour schedules.
What Beck and his battle-scarred Esquire accomplished in 1965 alone established the roots of everything from psychedelia and heavy metal to punk and jam bands. Yet the Yardbirds' recorded legacy — especially in America, where their "albums" were generally cobbled together from unrelated singles and U.K. LP tracks — was as haphazard and piecemeal as Jeff's fabled ax. His fuzztone intro of "Heart Full of Soul" became a sensation amongst guitarists of the day, including a young Seymour Duncan, the modern pickup guru who'd eventually acquire the legendary Esquire. Ironically, Jeff had developed "Heart Full"'s distinctive sound by imitating the sitar used on the session for the first, long-unreleased version of the record.
With Beck now pushing their guitar envelope, the raw, raving Yardbirds sound was quickly snagged by seemingly every nascent garage band in America. On the West Coast, San Jose's Count Five quickly channeled the Yardies' manic reworking of Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man" into "Psychotic Reaction" and a sizable regional hit, while David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars acknowledged the debt again in the '70s with "Jean Genie." When Bowie and the Spiders played their last gig in '73, they invited Beck to take the momentous evening's only guest turn.
In 1965, the Yardbirds played 200+ shows in the U.K. and America, made over two dozen radio and TV appearances, and recorded some of their most influential records — often under the most trying of circumstances. Giorgio Gomelsky, the manic Soviet Georgian-born impresario who variously managed the band and owned London's famed Crawdaddy Club, came up with the idea of recording in some of America's most famous studios — often in hastily arranged sessions — whilst zig-zagging cross-country in a pair of rented station wagons between TV appearances and live venues that ranged from ballrooms to high schools and skating rinks.
Thus the band came to cut "Mr. You're a Better Man Than I" and "Train Kept a Rollin'" at Sun Studios in Memphis (which had since relocated from its fabled Union St. address) and "I'm a Man" and "Shapes of Things" at Chicago's fabled Chess Studios, home of much of the nascent rock and South Side blues they were reinventing with a vengeance, fueled by Beck and his Frank-Esquire.
Typical of rock lore, Jeff and Seymour Duncan have different recollections about how the Esquire came into the pickup designer's possession. Jeff says he gave it up during the Blow by Blow sessions, while Duncan recalls he'd received it after gifting Beck with the "Tele-Gib" (a Telecaster refit with humbuckers) during the sessions for BBA's second, unreleased album in London, when Beck's then-manager came by "with a cloth bag with three guitars in it (saying) 'Jeff wanted you to take your pick.' In the bag was a '51 Telecaster, a mid-'50s Stratocaster and my favorite guitar, Jeff's '54 Fender Esquire guitar he used with The Yardbirds. I picked the Esquire because Jeff used it!"
Seymour offered a detailed "guitar-topsy" with some fascinating insights about the legendary instrument in a 1994 Jeff Beck fanzine. "Several years ago John [Maus of the Walker Brothers] visited my shop in Santa Barbara and he said he contoured the front [forearm] and back of the body to make it feel more like a Fender Stratocaster," Seymour said of the Esquire's body customizing. "He carefully shaped the wood leaving the original paint and exposed Swamp Ash body."
"When Jeff first got it from John Maus it had a white vinyl pickguard as can be seen in earlier Yardbirds videos and photos. Jeff replaced it with a black Esquire pickguard (no slot for rhythm pickup) with a 5 hole pattern and two distinctive chips on the top edge and lower neck slot. Jeff liked the contrast and it looked like the Teles made just a year earlier. The '54 steel bridge saddles were completely rusted and were replaced with '52 Telecaster brass saddles from another Telecaster belonging to Jeff. The rhythm pickup cavity is routed for a neck pickup but was not drilled to hold one. The body is well worn with nicks and gouges and the nitrocellulose lacquer blond finish has turned various shades of yellow and orange."
"Jeff could manipulate the volume and tone controls giving it a wah-wah effect as in 'Train Kept A Rollin'' or 'Still I'm Sad.' The lever switch would give full treble in the bridge position, variable tone control in the center and full bass in the front position. (See schematic.) The bridge pickup has slightly staggered poles. The body was made in 1954 and the neck (the original was broken) was replaced with one made in 1955. (The guitar weighs) 5 lbs. 10 oz. This is a very light instrument and would weigh a little more if there were no cutaways or contours."
Fender reissued a Jeff Beck Tribute Esquire edition in 2006, a painstakingly gouged and scratched replica of the original. Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, one of rock's premier player/collectors, was spotted wielding one on-stage over the holidays, dryly informing the audience with a smirk, "I got this from Jeff Beck …"
The '50s Esquire is still available, and features an ash body, a C-shaped maple neck, a vintage-style three-saddle string-through-body Telecaster bridge, and a vintage-style single-coil Telecaster pickup with custom-wired three-way switching. The three-way switching on a single-pickup guitar gives you three preset tones. In the bridge position, the pickup is connected only to the volume control (the tone control is disconnected); this minimal circuitry produces more top-end sparkle than is possible with a Telecaster. In the middle position, the standard tone control circuit is activated. In the neck position, the tone control is again disengaged, but a tone-shaping capacitor rolls off much of the top end and some bottom, producing a darker tone and slight volume loss.
For Jeff Beck/ Yardbirds fans, the Fender Esquire is a tasty alternative to the ordinary Telecaster, and, best of all - it retails fro under £400!
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The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) submits the following comments on the November 27, 2012 Proposed Framework for Guiding HHS Funding Decisions about Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Gain-of-Function Research. The ASM is the largest single life science Society with over 36,000 members. ASM has followed and participated in the ongoing discussions of HPAI H5N1 research, and has sponsored national and international meetings on this topic. In addition, ASM journals have published articles that discuss biosecurity and biosafety related to HPAI H5N1 gain-of-function research. The Framework is an issue of great importance to ASM members, since they will be directly and indirectly impacted by the proposed concepts it embodies.
A number of public health benefits can be obtained by gain-of-function research, including the development and assessment of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and surveillance methodologies that protect the public against naturally occurring and unnaturally occurring pandemics. The ASM firmly believes there is value in conducting gain-of-function research with HPAI H5N1 as long as the benefits outweigh the risks. We also agree that it has been prudent for the research community to execute a worldwide moratorium, allowing dialogue about how best to proceed with the safe conduct of gain-of-function HPAI H5N1 research.
The proposed Framework for HHS funding decisions regarding such research is an important step that should provide a path forward to continue H5N1 research safely. However, it is essential that the Framework be crafted carefully, to assure the public and the scientific community that responsible decision-making will allow the safe conduct of research needed to advance our preparedness against lethal strains of influenza. The content and scope of the Framework is critically important because it will serve as the prototype for future protocols regarding gain-of-function research using agents listed in Section III of the USG Policy for Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern.
The ASM fully understands the importance of a well-informed culture of responsibility surrounding any efforts in gain-of-function research. We also support efforts directed toward international harmonization of guidelines, open exchange of scientific information, and avoidance of multiple framework documents. However, the proposed Framework presents several concerns with regard to process and criteria to meet this complex challenge. The following are ASM's specific concerns with the proposed Framework for HPAI H5N1 research:
- The process for departmental review is inadequately defined. This makes it difficult for ASM to understand how it will be operationalized. It does not specify who will lead the review, who will actually perform the review, or the timeframe in which it should be conducted. A time certain for the review should be given to assure the committee does not serve as an impediment to initiating the research. The Framework should clearly define who would be involved in an HHS departmental review and whether (and which) additional departments and agencies would be involved. The role of these other agencies should be specified and the Framework should state how the review would ensure that there is adequate internal and external expertise. Although described as an HHS departmental level review, subsequent information suggests it will involve multiple agencies; it should therefore be referred to as an interagency review. We maintain that it is absolutely essential that appropriate scientific expertise, both internal and external, be part of the review process. It is not clear why the funding agency review would be followed by a departmental level review, nor why this second, higher level of review would not be conducted by, or at least informed by, the NSABB―the board specifically created to provide HHS and other federal departments with advice from board members with scientific, public health and biosecurity expertise. The NSABB has the technical expertise needed to provide credible advice that would balance the scientific and public health merits of the research with any biosafety or biosecurity concerns (including DURC). The ASM has concerns about the absence of a mention or a role of the NSABB in the proposed framework. If the NSABB is not functioning as originally designed, any functional deficiencies should be examined and corrected.
- The normal outcome of agency review (e.g., by the NIH) is to either fund or not to fund a proposal. If a proposal is not funded, the reasons are given to the investigator. This should be the standard process for gain-of-function HPAI H5N1 research proposals as well. ASM has significant concerns about the HHS, or interagency review, rendering decisions about whether the research should be conducted in a classified manner or referring the research proposal to another governmental agency which is able to support or conduct classified research. Many universities will not perform classified research and the interagency committee should not be suggesting they do so. If the research is truly for advancing public health, then HHS/NIH should either fund it, if the benefits outweigh the risks, or HHS should not fund it and should inform the investigator(s) and the institution(s) of the reasons for not funding, which might be that the risks (e.g., biosafety or DURC) are considered to be greater than the benefits. It should then be up to the investigator(s) and the institution(s) to decide whether to modify the proposal and resubmit to an HHS agency, to submit to another department that might fund the research in a classified manner, or to not further advance the research idea. As stated in National Security Directive 189, it is in the public interest that fundamental research results should remain unrestricted. If restrictions are imposed on the publication of HPAI H5N1research and dissemination of new knowledge is constrained, the research will lose its exemption under the Export Administration Regulations and will then be subject to export control.
- The criteria (Box 2) in the proposed Framework for determining whether a research proposal requires higher level review are ambiguous, especially Criterion 2. Criterion 2 states that gain-of-function research should not be done "unless there is evidence that such a virus could be produced through a natural evolutionary process in the foreseeable future." This is highly speculative, as it is difficult (if not impossible) for an investigator to make such a claim. ASM suggests that this criterion should be dropped or substantially modified to remove ambiguity.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment. The ASM stands ready to assist the NIH and the HHS in any way possible.
Roberto Kolter, Ph.D., Chair, Public and Scientific Affairs Board
Kenneth I. Berns, M.D., Ph.D., Cochair, Committee on Biodefense
Ronald M. Atlas, Ph.D., Cochair, Committee on Biodefense
Stephen M. Ostroff, Chair, Committee on Public Health


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This paper surveys implementations of the CLOS MOP in some of the more popular implementations of Common Lisp. First a brief overview of the CLOS MOP is given. A number of Common Lisp implementations are then examined independently in order to assess which aspects of the CLOS MOP they provide. A comparison is made between the various implementations. Particular attention is given to what portion of the CLOS MOP is implemented and how faithful the implementation is to the metaobject protocol described in the The Art of the Metaobject Protocol[1]. A summary of the overall availability of the CLOS MOP is then given. Finally a proposed categorization of the functionality of the CLOS MOP is described.
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Brahe (1546-1601), shown here aged 40, made naked-eye observations that formed the basis of the first new star catalogue since Antiquity. These precise measurements allowed Johannes Kepler to accurately compute the planets' orbits. Though Brahe did not believe the Earth moved around the Sun, his work provided support for the opposing view, known as the heliocentric system, proposed by Copernicus in 1543. In contrast, Brahe thought that all the planets orbited the Sun, which rotated round a stationary Earth. Title page from Brahe's 'Astronomiae instauratae mechanica' (in English, 'Instruments of the renewed astronomy' or 'Apparatus for the Foundation of Astronomy'), (Nuremberg, 1602).
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Diane Van Noord chose a spot near the Cactus Garden, and she painted Magma Ridge. "In all the years I have been coming to Arizona and painting here, I had never visited the Arboretum before and was excited to go there for the painting event. I was so delighted by what I found there that I have since told
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Ruth Philliben studied reflections
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China Semiconductor Technology International Conference 2010 (CSTIC) a Success in Shanghai
Shanghai, China – 26th March 2010 – SEMI and ECS announced the annual China Semiconductor Technology International Conference (CSTIC) held on March 18-19, 2010 was a great success, with 310 speakers and 711 attendees from around the world. IBM Fellow Stuart Parkin,Intel Senior Fellow Yan Borodovsky, and Director of Yale Center for Microelectronics, Yale University, T. P. Ma delivered the keynote speeches at the conference plenary session, and nearly 100 invited world's leading experts gave their keynote or invited speeches in each symposium. The CSTIC conference has become a world-class event with nine symposia covering most aspects of semiconductor manufacturing technology and emerging areas, including MEMS, LEDs and photovoltaic.
Hanming Wu, CSTIC Conference Chair, R&D Director of SMIC said, "I am very happy to see so many of the world's leading experts from industry and academia at this CSTIC conference. With this excellent platform, managers and engineers from local companies and professors at leading universities, including SMIC, HHNEC, GSMC, Samsung, Sandisk, Peking University, Fudan University and more have the opportunities for face-to-face communication with the industry for leading edge technology and manufacturing solutions."
With a record number of submitted papers and attendees, CSTIC has become a world-class technical event. Of the submitted papers, 33% were from the U.S., 8% from Europe, 4% from Japan, and 41% from China. There were speakers from leading fabs and equipment and materials companies, including IBM, Intel, Samsung, TSMC, Infineon, Micron, SMIC, Applied Materials, TEL, KLA-Tencor and Dow Chemical. Speakers from leading universities (Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Yale, IMEC, Tsinghua University and Peking University) also presented during the conference and participated in discussions with attendees.
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The 2010 CSTIC conference was co-organized by China's High Tech Expert Committee (CHTEC), and sponsored by IEEE, CEMIA and CSE. It is also supported by the Shanghai Pudong Association for Science and Technology and the Shanghai Pudong New Area Science and Technology Development Fund.
Six students and young engineers won the SEMI ECS Student and Engineer Award (SESEA) at CSTIC 2010. They are Lili Ma from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Maxime Darnon from CNRS-LTM, Lijie Zhang from Peking University, Yonggen He from SMIC, Abudureheman Abudukelimu from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Younghun Kwon from Samsung.
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