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Legendary president was a musician first
While it's true that Dr. James "Jimmy" Simmons made history by becoming Lamar's first president emeritus, his true passion has always been music, according to those who know him best.
When Simmons arrived in 1970 at what was then known as Lamar State College of Technology, there wasn't much available when it came to the arts. Just 10 years prior to his taking over as band director, the music department was housed in military barracks. Simmons, who is stepping down after more than 14 years as president of Lamar and more than 42 years of employment at the university, had plans to change the perception of Lamar when it came to music and the arts and it started with his directing the "Grandest Band in the Land," the LU marching band from 1970-78. He made his presence known immediately.
"I think that (the band) is what set him up to be successful at Lamar," said Kurt Killion, co-owner of Swicegood Music Company and former Nederland band director who played in the band and studied saxophone under Simmons. "It was between 300 and 350 (members). A lot of people took notice of how big and good the band was."
"The unit was filled with some great kids," Simmons said in an interview with The Examiner. "Some of the students ultimately became some of my best friends." Simmons recounted some of his fondest memories of the band. "We marched for the Dallas Cowboy halftime show and in the Mardi Gras parade," he said. The band also marched in the New Orleans Saints halftime show, Simmons said. "One of my greatest memories was when they were playing the Washington Redskins," Simmons said. "We did the halftime show and you're not allowed, as the halftime show band, to take your instruments into the stands with you. We got back in the stands, and in the third quarter, the fans wanted us to play 'When the Saints' again. They made so much racket that the referees had to stop the game, allow us to get our horns, bring them back up in the stands and play 'When the Saints.'"
Killion said that recruiting new members for the already enormous Lamar band was instrumental to Simmons.
"The first words out of his mouth at the first marching rehearsal in the summer were, 'Your job is to bring a friend back tomorrow to join.'" he said.
"Jimmy would go out to the high schools and talk to the seniors (about) playing in the band," said Richard Cantu, director of the adult and continuing education programs at the Beaumont Independent School District, who played saxophone in Simmons' band. "It was a requirement then that the music majors had to play in the marching band, but we would have been in it anyway."
Cantu said that Simmons was an organized and strict band director.
"He expected you to know your part, and if you didn't, you knew that he knew you didn't know your part," he said. "He would call you out. He was the reason that the band was so good."
Simmons knew how to make an entrance at away games as well, Killion said.
"He would park the buses as far away from the stadium as he could, and we would march in single file," he said. "With 350 people marching in single file, there were always oohs and ahhs and people were trying to figure out how long that line was going to last."
According to Killion, Simmons took his job as band director extremely seriously.
"He was a master of psychology," said Killion. "He hated to lose."
Killion said Simmons always had an angle and a few tricks up his sleeve.
"I remember Long Beach State brought their band one year from California," he said. "(Simmons) was just all beside himself that they were going to have a great band and show us up. The South Texas State Fair was in town at that point, and one of the popular things was a little bird whistle that you filled with water. You blew in it, and it chirped like a bird. He went and bought 300 of those and did a Cardinal fanfare to welcome our guests from Long Beach. He had Big Red (the mascot) get on the podium and conduct. He would conduct one side of the band, and everybody would blow their whistle on that side of the band. He always had an edge."
Killion recounted a game in which University of Southwestern Louisiana (now University of Louisiana-Lafayette) attempted to intimidate Simmons' band. "They were carrying a black orchid wreath," he said. "The wreath said, 'We will bury you, LU band.' (Simmons) got on the P.A. and told us they were bringing the wreath over. We were all pumped up to do well. As it turns out, that wreath was originally sent from Beaumont to Lafayette and said, 'We will bury you, signed LU band.' And they were bringing it with them. I have a sneaking suspicion that he was the one who had sent it to them."
Chris Coleman, a Beaumont native and Lamar alumnus, started out playing tuba in Simmons's marching band. Coleman said he was greatly influenced by Simmons and credits him with helping in the decision to switch from tuba to bass.
"(I benefited) more than I even imagined," Coleman said. "(He was) one of the main reasons I even started with bass. I mostly wanted to be a symphony tuba player, and I reconsidered because there is only one tuba player in every major symphony. I went into his office one day and said, 'There's something else I want to do as far as instrument playing wise.' He said, "You should be playing bass. When he said that, I respected him so much. I said, 'You got it.'"
Coleman has been playing bass ever since — more than 20 years, in fact. He is music director and bassist for the Earl Turner Band, a showroom act which features front man Earl Turner, who entertains audiences by playing several instruments, singing, dancing and delivering humorous antics at Las Vegas and New Orleans casinos.
"Chris was a fabulous musician," Simmons said. "He ended up being one of the most sought-after bass players in Vegas."
Another former student of Simmons, Vidor native Don Rollins, famous for writing "It's Five o'Clock Somewhere," said he met Simmons at a jazz show at Carlo's Italian restaurant in Beaumont.
"There was a jazz quartet there every Wednesday night, and I used to go there when I was a high school kid," Rollins said. "I'd sit around and hope that they'd let me play one song, and once in a while they would. I used to listen to him play all the time."
Rollins said Simmons was the perfect music instructor.
"Jimmy was one of those guys that would let you drive yourself if you were going somewhere," he said. "After looking back at what I ended up doing for a living, I was really lucky to have Jimmy. He gave me a lot of freedom and he expected me to take charge of my life."
One of Rollins' fondest memories of Simmons was when he approached him for an advising session.
"Back in those days, when you were a music major, whoever your major professor was was also your faculty adviser. This was when your schedule was on a punch card; it was very prehistoric," Rollins explained. "As a saxophone major, Jimmy was supposed to be my adviser. I handed him my schedule and said, 'Hey, you're supposed to be my adviser, so here's my schedule.'"
"Back then the catalog had everything lined out for you," Simmons said. "Don always went a separate direction. No matter what I asked him to take, he had ideas of his own."
"He looked at me like I just crawled out from under a rock," Rollins said. "He said, 'Can you read the catalog?' And I said, 'Yeah.' And he said, 'OK.' I think, basically, the inference was that if you can't read the catalog, you're too dumb to graduate anyway. That was the last time we talked about what classes we were going to take. That kind of freedom, I've since discovered, is pretty rare — and I needed that."
Simmons said that it's been rewarding for him to witness the success of his former students.
"It's terrific," he said. "That's why you teach. You hope that you've had some small impact on their ability to be successful when they leave. One of the finest saxophone players in Memphis is Mike Krepper. I had Mike Krepper in high school when I taught at Beaumont High. He followed me to Memphis and then when I came to Lamar, he followed me to Lamar. He has become one of the finest lead alto saxophone players in the city (of Memphis)."
Simmons said there were many other students that went on to success as well, including John Calderón, the guitar player for Al Jarreau, and Sharon Montgomery, a famous Houston jazz singer who has toured the world.
Cantu said that Simmons was a big influence on his career decision to become an educator instead of pursuing a career in music.
"He's the reason I got my Bachelor of Science degree instead of my Bachelor of Arts degree," Cantu said. "I was going to go off in the world and become a famous saxophone player, and I guess he knew I wasn't that good. He insisted I take the Bachelor of Science courses and get certified to teach. I can't tell you what kind of influence he has been on my life — all positive. He did everything right. He taught me as much as I could learn."
Cantu said Simmons continues to influence him, even today. "I've played in bands since I was 14," he said. "In fact, I still play in a band, the core group of people I went to college with, and I still call on Jimmy for advice and run ideas by him." "I'm 60 years old and still playing," Cantu said. "Jimmy is a lot of the reason for that. He brought out all he could bring out in us and saw to it that we had the tools to go on."
"Cantu was the first saxophone student I had when I came here to teach in '70," Simmons said. "He invited Susan and me to his home to have dinner, and his mother was a fabulous cook. What a wonderful relationship we have with Richard and his family."
Simmons was not only a band director and music instructor; he was also a great musician, Rollins said.
"He's a really fine musician," he said. "He's not limited to one style. Jimmy was a fine classically trained clarinet player, and he was a fine piano player and obviously a really excellent saxophone player."
Simmons, who earned his Master's of Music at the University of Houston, got his bachelor's degree from Memphis State.
"While he was in Memphis, he was in the Memphis Symphony," Rollins said. "He played on Beale Street in those blues clubs. He was really versatile."
"He had a big band, the Jimmy Simmons Orchestra, that played most of the social events and all the high-profile weddings," Killion said. "For 15 years, we would gig with him."
Killion said that Simmons is a consummate professional and an outstanding saxophone and clarinet player.
"He performed for the Texas Music Educators Association Convention," he said. "Not too long after he took the president's job, Dr. (Barry) Johnson had already taken the job as the vice president of student affairs. So you had the vice president of student affairs and the president of the university performing for the music educators convention."
Simmons has backed up and performed with some of the biggest names in entertainment over several decades, according to the website of Phi Beta Mu, the music fraternity that inducted Simmons into its Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame in 2012. The list includes Steve Allen, Bert Bacharach, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Natalie Cole, Helen Forrest, The Four Tops, Robert Goulet, Marvin Hamlisch, Bob Hope, Jack Jones, Steve Lawrence, Jerry Lewis, Johnny Mathis, Helen O'Connell, Donald O'Connor, Martha Rae, Debbie Reynolds, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra Jr., Kay Starr, The Temptations, B.J. Thomas, Danny Thomas, Marlo Thomas, Dinah Shore, Jerry Vale, Dionne Warwick, Barry White, Chicago and Joe Williams.
Simmons also played with George Jones, the longtime country music legend from Vidor.
"I'm on one of his records — 'She Thinks I Still Care'," Simmons said. "I played the vocal part and sang on it. I did the same thing with Dickie Lee's 'Patches.' Those are both million sellers. I also played with Johnny Preston."
Simmons said that he knew music would be a major part of his life at a young age.
"I grew up listening to Benny Goodman," he said. "My father and mother were very much the music enthusiasts. Jazz has always been a strong part of my life and career. I saw my dad performing at a little theater production when I was very young, and he was pantomiming a clarinet player. And I thought he played the clarinet. He actually played the trumpet. So in my mind, I wanted to play the clarinet."
Simmons said he got his first clarinet at the age of 10.
"Loved it," he said. "I began playing saxophone when I was in high school."
In 1990, Simmons founded Lamarissimo!, a concert series that showcases Lamar University's music and talent and served as an outlet for the band when the university dropped football back in 1989. It has since become a part of an LU tradition, according to Simmons.
"The marching band was such a great window into the university for the arts," Simmons said. "When we lost football, we lost that organization. We thought about what we could do to open a new window into the university, and this Lamarissimo! really served that purpose."
Simmons will never give up music, Killion said. And perhaps he's right. After Simmons retires as president, he said he plans to return to the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music to teach once again. Except this time the building where he will teach will be named the James M. Jimmy Simmons Music Building, and it's is a far cry from a military barracks.


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"Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or a duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift." Kate DiCamillo
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
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I like your poem! Thanks for hosting, Carol.
I'm in with The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Here's the direct link info to my main blog: http://kellyrfineman.livejournal.com/406983.html
- April 9, 2009 at 10:40 PM
- Carol said...
Hi Carol,
My first post is Poetry Pleasure http://thebookchook.blogspot.com/2009/04/poetry-pleasure.html
My second post is Book Chook Ways to Start Writing Poetry
Susan Stephenson, The Book Chook
Blogging about kids' literature and literacy
- April 9, 2009 at 10:48 PM
- Mary Lee said...
I'm doing my taxes today. My poem is about MONEY.
- April 9, 2009 at 11:47 PM
- Barbara said...
Great poem, Carol!
You can read about a poet's attempt to become Modern Man at
- April 10, 2009 at 12:39 AM
- John Mutford said...
Thanks for hosting and good job on the non-poem. I'm in with a look at the lesser known long versions of some common nursery rhymes.
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- April 10, 2009 at 12:59 AM
- Susan said...
I love your poem! Thanks for hosting this for all of us.
I'm in with an audio of me reading the poem THE ROCK from my verse novel, HUGGING THE ROCK.
Susan Taylor Brown
- April 10, 2009 at 1:02 AM
- Gregory K. said...
Today I'm up with Bruce Lansky's Rules for Spot.
Since last Poetry Friday, I've also featured poems by X.J. Kennedy, Ann Whitford Paul, Jaime Adoff, Marilyn Singer, Adam Rex, and Joyce Sidman. It's been a good week, indeed!
Thanks for hosting....
- April 10, 2009 at 1:08 AM
- Little Willow said...
I hope she is doing well after surgery.
Thanks for hosting!
I posted At Autumn Fitting by George Cotterell at Bildungsroman.
- April 10, 2009 at 1:23 AM
- Julie Larios said...
Thanks for hosting Poetry Friday, Carol. Over at The Drift Record I have some other thanks up to people for posting poems of mine and interviews of me during April. I also posted an original poem titled "Like Bees Over Clover."
- April 10, 2009 at 1:58 AM
- gautami tripathy said...
That was wonderful. Loved the flow!
I post here a found poem:
a man, his fiddle and crows
- April 10, 2009 at 2:59 AM
- YeattsLonske said...
Hi Carol! Thanks for hosting today.
I'm in with an original poem celebrating 400 years of the telescope.
- April 10, 2009 at 3:44 AM
- I'm Jet . . . said...
Okay. I have to ask. How do you folks post a link to your blog entries? I've noticed that some people write out their whole blogsite address -- and yet they don't show up as links. Others get that link up.
Inquiring minds want to know!
- April 10, 2009 at 4:53 AM
- eisha said...
Hi, Carol. Your poem rings way too true. Here's what's up at 7-Imp: a little springy haiku by Issa. Thanks for hosting!
- April 10, 2009 at 5:17 AM
- laurasalas said...
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- April 10, 2009 at 5:24 AM
- laurasalas said...
I love your poem--especially the snow cone part!
I'm in with a brief blog interview with me, plus poetic storytime news and a new online poetry workshop: http://laurasalas.livejournal.com/144907.html
And I'm also in with this week's 15 Words or Less poems (come add your own) at http://laurasalas.livejournal.com/144886.html
Thanks for hosting!
- April 10, 2009 at 5:25 AM
- Andrea -- Just One More Book!! Podcast said...
Hi Carol,
Thanks for hosting.
Our contribution to Poetry Friday this week is a chat about the fabulously rhyming look at the grime and grit of a Medieval tournament preparations Come to the Castle!: A Visit to a Castle in Thirteenth-Century England.
- April 10, 2009 at 5:28 AM
- Tricia said...
I'm in today with Robert Louis Stevenson and the poem Spring Carol
Thanks for hosting this shindig.
- April 10, 2009 at 5:30 AM
- I'm Jet . . . said...
I have a poem called Keeping Secrets at www.theincrediblethinkingwoman.blogspot.com
PS Good poem, Carol!
- April 10, 2009 at 5:36 AM
- KURIOUS KITTY said...
What a fun poem--thanks for including it!
Kurious Kitty talks about Nikki Giovanni's Bicycles at
- April 10, 2009 at 5:43 AM
- Sara said...
Thank you, Carol, for poetically collecting our offerings today!
I'm continuing my Poetry Quote of the Day series, with a bonus poem, A Hand, by Jane Hirshfield.
- April 10, 2009 at 5:48 AM
- Stenhouse said...
Hello! This week's poem on The Stenhouse Blog is A Worker Reads History by Bertold Brecht.
- April 10, 2009 at 5:54 AM
- Elaine Magliaro said...
Thnaks for doing the roundup today!
At Political Verses, I have a parody of of the "Double, double toil and trouble" section from Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 1. It's a Macbethian Melange or Pelosi's Pot-au-Pooh-Poohers.
- April 10, 2009 at 6:16 AM
- Jone said...
Thank you for your poem. Here is my contribution from my students:
- April 10, 2009 at 6:23 AM
- Mary Lee said...
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- April 10, 2009 at 6:27 AM
- Linda said...
Love the poem, Carol!
I'm in today with a review of Been to Yesterdays and Lee Bennett Hopkins thoughts about writing it.
- April 10, 2009 at 6:29 AM
- Shelf Elf said...
Completely goofy poem today, courtesy of Grover. Everyone needs a little Sesame Street to keep the inner child alive, right?
Thanks for being our host today!
- April 10, 2009 at 6:53 AM
- david elzey said...
Thanks for hosting! I've rounded up my original twitku (twitter haiku) from the past week.
- April 10, 2009 at 6:56 AM
- Andromeda Jazmon said...
I'm in with a review of The Cuckoo's Haiku. Thanks for hosting!
- April 10, 2009 at 7:02 AM
- Andromeda Jazmon said...
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- April 10, 2009 at 7:09 AM
- Andromeda Jazmon said...
Trying again.
I wanted to add that I liked your poem. Very funny and just how I often feel about writing poetry - so much else to talk about and do!
To put a live link in a comment use this code:
a href="the exact address of your post with no spaces">text you want to show
...but start with a carrot mark and add a final CARROT a CARROT to make the link really work.
This is really hard to explain because blogger won't post the comment with tags not completed correctly. The carrot mark is what you get on the keyboard if you hit SHIFT and the common or period. HTML code always starts with carrot "a href" and ends with carrot "a" backwards carrot.
I usually do preview to see if I have all the code right, before posting the comment. If you don't have it exactly right it won't work. You copy and paste the exact address of your post in between the quotation marks with no spaces.
- April 10, 2009 at 7:16 AM
- Jone said...
I am also in with an original found poem in pantuom form:
thanks for hosting.
- April 10, 2009 at 7:22 AM
- Fiddler said...
Hi Carol,
Thanks for hosting on this spring day. I'm in with a seasonal poem from Sara Teasdale: April.
Have an excellent weekend, all.
- April 10, 2009 at 7:28 AM
- Lee Wind said...
Hi Carol! Thanks for hosting! I'm in with Steven Reign's "100%" About a young gay man and his relationship with his grandfather - it's heartachingly beautiful, and it's here:
- April 10, 2009 at 7:47 AM
- Anastasia Suen said...
I'm in today with Baseball Hour.
- April 10, 2009 at 7:56 AM
- Kelly said...
Love your poem, Carol. Life takes over sometimes!
I have an original poem today at http://www.kpolark.blogspot.com.
Thanks for hosting!
- April 10, 2009 at 8:07 AM
- Sylvia Vardell said...
Thanks for hosting our postings, Carol! I'm in today with a review of Charles R. Smith Jr.'s picture book interpretation of MY PEOPLE by Langston Hughes.
- April 10, 2009 at 8:22 AM
- Lisa Chellman said...
Your poem cracks me up! Especially the stanza about the dog.
My contribution is an original "bite-sized sonnet" (from the poetry stretch at Miss Rumphius Effect) called Downturn.
- April 10, 2009 at 8:29 AM
- Tiel Aisha Ansari said...
Here's an original poem called Beach Reverie
- April 10, 2009 at 8:35 AM
- Amanda said...
Hi Carol,
My post is here:
A review of "Steady Hands: Poems About Work."
- April 10, 2009 at 8:48 AM
- Angela said...
Thanks for posting and writing a poem just for us Carol!
I've posted morning ritual on my blog.
- April 10, 2009 at 8:49 AM
- Lorie Ann Grover said...
Thanks for hosting, Carol! Today we are in at readertotz with A Little Nut-Tree.
- April 10, 2009 at 9:00 AM
- Yat-Yee said...
Carol: I LOVE your poem. Completely relate!
I won't be doing Poetry Friday today, but I thought I'd drop by to see what the others have.
- April 10, 2009 at 9:05 AM
- Elaine Magliaro said...
I'm back!
At Wild Rose Reader, I have a post about "things to do" list poems. It includes a number of list poems written by some of my former elementary school students.
- April 10, 2009 at 9:08 AM
- tanita davis said...
Thank you for hosting; what a good poem!
I'm in with April 4, a Passover poem.
- April 10, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- Ruth said...
I'm in with a hymn, Abide with Me, for Good Friday,here.
- April 10, 2009 at 11:28 AM
- Erin said...
Thanks for doing the roundup! I'm in with an original poem: http://misserinmarie.blogspot.com/2009/03/way-i-see-you.html
- April 10, 2009 at 12:04 PM
- a. fortis said...
Finding Wonderland is in this week, lamenting the cruel month of April... and I love your poem! Wonderful last lines.
- April 10, 2009 at 1:39 PM
- Lorie Ann Grover said...
At the end of the day, I'm finally in with Converse. Thanks again for hosting!
- April 10, 2009 at 7:44 PM
- Suzanne said...
So late, I am. Cleaning and shopping and getting ready for a 50th birthday (hubby's) and Easter and hardly time to think about poetry or Good Friday, but here is a poem that does both: Good Friday in my Heart.
- April 10, 2009 at 11:42 PM
- Liz in Ink said...
It's probably too late to add mine, but here it is -- the tenth in my series of Daily Haikus for the month of April...
Thanks for hosting!
- April 11, 2009 at 3:47 AM
- Maya Ganesan said...
I'm probably too late in letting you know...but I've got a poem up, written for NaPoWriMo.
- April 11, 2009 at 10:48 AM


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Friday, January 29, 2010
Land of the Free
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
New Quilt Books- New Projects
I love this little swirl! You can see more of her talent at this website.
Alright, Alright, I know I just showed you this book, but I had to show it again. What a wonderful treat to spend some time looking through it. I ordered mine through The Country Loft, but I know many online quilt shops are stocking it. Crazy quilts aren't new, and wool quilts aren't new, but this book puts the two together combined with some great folksy applique patterns and some charming stitches to come up with a new twist!
Here's a sneak peak at a few of the patterns and stitching ideas.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Cheddar Cheese and Crackers
I wish I would have made the stitching a little closer on the cheddar squares. Bea did hers like the original and I like it a lot. I can still add stitches if I really feel the need. My diagonal stitches are down each row which turns out to be about 3/4" apart.
This block is really washed out from the flash, but I wanted to show you a bit of close up. My stitches are humble and so are my seams. Does it really detract from the whole quilt? I don't think so. So, don't worry if it's not perfect. I noticed how "off" it was while hand quilting. Mine are not, and will not ever be perfect. But I love the quilts just the same.
My hand quilting did improve by the end of the quilt. Give it a try you may like it!
I know you all have your own way of doing things and that is what is great about quilting. There are several ways to achieve the same end. But I wanted to throw in my 2 cents on binding doll quilts.
A lot of times I fold over the backing and hand sew it to the front. These quilts will not be tugged and pulled or fought over and the binding does not have to withstand bed use and lots of washing. So, pull the backing out of the way, trim your batting, then trim the backing to make your binding.
I didn't happen to have enough backing to pull around, so the second best is a single binding. Again, it doesn't have to withstand any abuse. I cut my strip 1 1/2" wide. I wish I would have cut it 1 1/4" because I had thin batting. (as a side note, I only had Hobbs 80/20 and was thicker then I wanted it to be so I took off a layer! I love it!) So I cut my binding the length I need, then press 1/4". If I press before sewing it on then I don't have to fold it under as I'm handsewing.
Would everyone else like to see the other Cheddar Cheese and Crackers quilts? I thought about adding a linky thing here the first week of February so you can post the link to YOUR CC&C quilt. Good idea?
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Vicksburg BOM
It's a beautiful sunny day here for a change. It is really refreshing!!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Land of the Free
I've been working hard in the evenings trying to get Cheddar Cheese and Crackers quilted. I am quilting it like the original (maybe a wee bit tipsy looking) and the lines are 3/4" apart! It's a darn good thing the quiltlet isn't any larger. I'm almost ready to start on the cheddar squares. I was hoping to get it quilted before the weekend but I don't think it is going to happen.
I've put away my Dear Jane quilt for now but I made a little progress on the triangles so that is good.
As soon as I'm done with CC&C I'll be back to my Vicksburg BOM. The leaves are left and they should go pretty fast.
So, that's what I've been up to this week. Since it's down to the final 2 games I may have to watch some football this weekend so I can look a little smart for our Superbowl party! LOL
Have a great week!
Monday, January 18, 2010
Necessary Bundles
Primitive Pieces by Lynda. I'm not sure how "necessary" they are but they were sure fun to make!
I made a sample for me so I'd be familiar with the construction. The bag on the left opens at the top and fits a quilting book perfectly. The 3 cotton pieces are pockets on the front. I did the applique in wool.
That is a little sewing rollup on the right.
Here is the roll up opened. There is a pocket at the top and little pockets at the bottom right above the year.
Here are the two pattern/book bags I made for a shop sample. The little one will hold patterns and whatever else you might be toting along.
These were fun to make! If you have the pattern I suggest appliqueing before sewing the front and back together.
Friday, January 15, 2010
The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative
I am the winning bidder on your AAQI quilt.
I just wanted to say a very big thanks for making this quilt which I know I am going to love when it arrives from the USA.
I am a quilter and former quilt shop owner . My husband Dick has suffered with early onset Dementia since the age of 52 and now at the age of 64 has been in a nursing home for the past 2 years.
It is a wonderful thing that people are acknowledging what a devastating illness Alzheimer's is. I have been robbed of my husband and those dreams we had for our retirement.
I am going to Paducah in the spring and hope to buy wool for some projects. It is not something that is popular or readily available here in the UK. Quilting has kept me sane when the rest of my life was falling apart.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Cheddar Cheese & Crackers Finale
With the printed fabric you already used cut a 1 1/2" x 6 and a little strip. You need exactly 6" but I like to give myself a little extra. I cut one long 1 1/2" strip of shirting and sewed away. You see some of my printed fabrics I used 3". I tried to use up small pieces. Some I even used a 1 1/2" square. You will need two 4 patches of each color.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Are You Ready for Some Football?!
I got this top designed by Lynda finished! That's all I want to say about that!!
I'll have to do a bit of clean up then onto the next project for the quilt shop. I'm making a sample for myself first and I'm looking forward to it.
Because step 2 on the Cheddar Cheese quilt was easy, what do you think about me posting the final part earlier then Friday? I've already seen some quilt tops done!! I can't wait to see more. I'm hoping to get mine basted this week.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Cheddar Cheese & Crackers Part 2
If you would like to make a large quilt, next week I'll post a few different block sizes so you can do that.
If you have left a comment and are on "no reply" I cannot respond to your question. Email me and I'll tell you how to change your settings. I think blogging is much more interactive when we can email directly. (hint- hint- Nyla)
Onto Cheddar Cheese and Crackers.....
If you haven't done so already cut 3- 5 1/4" squares from the cheddar fabric. Cut them twice on the diagonal to make 12 triangles triangles total. These will be your outside edges.
Lay out your blocks and again, you'll need to match up printed fabric triangles that are across from each other and squares that connect. You'll get to use the last 4 colored prints on the corners.
When attaching the pieced triangle to the cheddar line up the pieces at the bottom. Press away from the cheddar piece. (I edited the pressing- sorry)
Almost done. How are you liking it? The more I piece, the more I love it!!!


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It is a sweet summer treat and soooo super easy.
Yesterday I found we had a big batch of strawberries end up in a super cold spot of the refrigerator and they partially froze. Partially frozen strawberries become very soggy squishy strawberries. We had to act fast to re-purpose them.
Into the blender they went. Now what? The kids weren't hungry for smoothies, so on to plan B: popsicles.
Along with the strawberries I added just enough orange juice to get everything blending along. Then into popsicle molds and into the freezer they went.
And today they came out of the freezer...
I have a lot of different popsicle molds. These ones are vintage Tupperware, if you're curious. :)
And they were a very big hit with the whole crowd.
Summer yum! We often use watermelon and a splash of orange juice for popsicles, too. I like that they come out as bright and shiny and pretty as the boxed varieties, but are so healthy there is no reason to say no when your child asks to have another one (or two). We go through a LOT of popsicles in the summertime. ;-)
What are some of your favorite popsicle blends?
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It just keeps getting worse for disgraced former presidential candidate John Edwards.
As the criminal trial to determine whether the former senator knowingly used campaign funds to hide his mistress Rielle Hunter continues, more and more details are being revealed about their sordid affair.
Already, we've heard about how Edwards' cancer-stricken wife broke down in an airport hanger after being told of the affair and how Edwards initially labeled Hunter a "crazy slut."
And while little has been said to definitively prove Edwards' fault in this whole scandal, it has successfully painted Edwards as a manipulative philanderer.
Here is some more of what we've heard:
- Cheri Young, wife of Andrew Young, the senior aide who initially claimed responsibility for Edwards' love child, testified that Edwards told her and her husband "Nobody cares about two staffers having an affair," while trying to convince him to take the blame. (via ABC News)
- Young also said that the stress put on her husband helped push him to drinking heavily and using Ambien. (via ABC News)
- Josh Brumberger, another aide, said that Edwards confronted him after he told two other staff members that he feared the senator was having an affair. Edwards apparently told him to come to him "like a man" and "tell me to stop f***ing her." Brumberger said he was basically fired after that point. (via MSNBC)
- Aide Matthew Nelson testified that upon hearing about the affair, Edwards' wife began "groping and pawing" at her husband in the car asking "Is this what you two do in the car when you are together in New York City?" (via The Atlantic)
- Bryan Huffman, friend of the elderly heiress Rachel "Bunny" Mellon, said that Mellon had a crush on Edwards. She would get "euphoric" when he met her, he said, and that "she liked how he looked, what he espoused and what good he could do for the country." She apparently wasn't very fond of Edwards' wife and wouldn't let her come to meet her. (via Daily Mail)


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Happy Eyeballs for World IPv6 Day
Imagine how "happy" your eyeballs would become when you realize that your Internet connection failover time was drastically reduced from a full minute to less than half a second, Dan Wing and Andrew Yourtchenko of Cisco developed a methodology to do just that.
The Internet is changing. Network operators and content providers are beginning the widespread global deployment of IPv6, while keeping IPv4 up and running until IPv6 is ready to take over. Dan and Andrew have contributed to the cause of easing the adoption of IPv6 by documenting a methodology that will enable client applications to react more responsively in dual-stack failure scenarios by aggressively rectifying intermittent access issues and therefore preserve the end user experience for dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 devices. This solution is documented in their IETF draft, cleverly named Happy Eyeballs. It is designed to keep the eyeballs of a computer end user "happy" in the face of problems that may exist when a host is attempting to establish IPv4 or IPv6 connectivity. The IETF draft document describes how client applications should behave when establishing IPv6 and IPv4 connectivity simultaneously, preferring IPv6 if the connectivity is successful, and disconnecting any remaining redundant (IPv4 / TCP) connections. By failing over quickly from IPv6 to IPv4, or from IPv4 to IPv6, the user is not affected by problems that occur in only one of the two IP versions in a dual-stack deployment. This can greatly reduce the connection times in problematic situations – from minutes to milliseconds, compared to the typical behavior in many implementations today.
In anticipation of World Ipv6 Day, Google Chrome has adopted a similar approach to what Dan and Andrew have documented, under the somewhat less light-hearted name "IPv4-Fallback". This modification promises to ease potential trouble spots on World IPv6 Day, as well as future browser interactions with dual-stack network configurations. Google's Internet browser, Chrome 11, uses a "hybrid" variation of Happy Eyeballs that is responsible for establishing, monitoring, and management of simultaneous parallel IP connections. This software enhancement produces significant results by reducing the fallback latency of a problematic IPv6 connection from between 20 and 75 seconds as is often seen today, to as little as 300 milliseconds.
Due to the positive results delivered to end-users, this sort of software modification will likely be added to other browsers, applications, and operating systems across the industry in the future. However, there is another side to the coin here in that connectivity issues are being masked and thereby may persist when they would otherwise result in a complaint and associated action by a network operator. This is the cost of IPv6 leaving the laboratory and entering the mainstream, the user experience for IPv6 is now paramount. Going forward, network operators will need to be proactive in their use of diagnostic tools to detect problems with IPv6 (or IPv4!) connectivity.
Production quality IPv6 is on the rise, and efficient coexistence with IPv4 is essential. As Joel Conover wrote in his blog, "Business Case for IPv6 – The Network Effect" it is only through positive user experiences will the "Network Effect Jumpstart" occur. The more robust the network is, the more people will connect, and the more people who connect, the more robust network becomes. Happy Eyeballs is among the key innovations necessary to keep the Internet going and growing, fueling the next wave of growth fueled by IPv6.
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what a revolution in the internet technology
I almost like IPV6 and thanks for nice post.
sam paterson
great revolution for internet users
here starts the revolution in internet industry….nice post
That is really great revolution for internet user…
I like IPV6. Really love it.:)
Roll on IPv6 it's been a slow, long, winding process…..
Definitely a revolution. It seems like there are exciting times ahead – I only wonder how long it will take for us all to be using IPv6 rather than v4. I have a feeling it'll be a while. 🙁
true, true… it really looks like a revolution 🙂
It seems that there are a lot of security issues to be dealt with before the grand launching of iPV6. How safe will it be in the end?
The revolution of internet !


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Palmer returns with new partner in Phuket
Adelaide, Australia, October 28, 2013 - There were a lot of disillusioned Australian athletes after the London Olympics, and among them was beach volleyballer Becchara Palmer. So disappointed was the Adelaide-based player she decided, at the age of just 24, to walk away from the sport, possibly never to return.
But now having cooled her heels, she's ready to return.
"The last 12 months have been pretty mad to be honest," Palmer said this week.
"I've kind of gone a full circle since London, with taking some time off and being a bit unsure what my future in the sport was going to look like. I didn't know what I wanted to do.
"I stepped away from sport and training, and thought 'alright, if this is meant to be, then something will pull me back in, but I'm not going to force it, I'm just going to see where the next six months take me.
"Turns out perhaps I'm not quite done just yet."
To come back has meant some pretty big changes. Palmer underwent major shoulder surgery, which she hopes will give her more confidence on the court.
And she's had to find a new playing partner. Her Olympic partner, Louise Bawden, is now playing with Queensland's Taliqua Clancy, a pairing who went through the last Australian summer undefeated.
Teaming up with Palmer at the Phuket Open next week, and hopefully for the upcoming Australian summer, will be former Youth Olympic silver medalist, Zina Stone.
Palmer believes the sport hasn't seen the best of 23-year-old Stone, who has been struggling with a series of injuries in recent years.
"I think one of our advantages is going to be Zina's athleticism, and her vertical leap, which is insane," Palmer said.
"And she's so enthusiastic and keen to play and to improve. She wants to go the Olympics more than anyone I've ever met, which is so inspiring and helpful for me to try and help her get there."
And she certainly believes the world is yet to see the best of Becchara Palmer.
"London as a whole was phenomenal, because it was my first Olympics so it was very overwhelming in a lot of senses," she said.
"But I guess the major disappointment for me was just that both for myself and Lou (Bawden) as a team, we didn't play our best. We played some really fantastic volleyball leading into London and to qualify ourselves in the top 16, but the performances in London were a little bit disappointing.
"So the whole lead up, the whole 18 months that went into qualifying, and the years before that playing with Lou, culminated in something that was a little bit disappointing."
The other big challenge, especially for Palmer, is she's no longer part of the AIS program. It means she'll get very little help financially, while her main rivals, Bawden and Clancy, will be full-time professionals.
"I've learned a lot in the last six years being in the AIS, but I guess I wanted to challenge myself to see if I could find a different way to do it," Palmer said.
"The top 20 teams in the world are all fully professional players, but there's no way leading into Rio I still want to be working 30 hours a week."
So this Saturday Becchara Palmer and Zina Stone will fly out of Adelaide for Phuket, to compete in their first big event since coming together earlier this year.
Palmer doesn't know how they'll go, but she does know now she's doing the right thing.
"I haven't competed since London, but each morning I'm getting up and I'm really motivated and inspired and looking forward to training and learning something new and I've really embraced the different environment and the different people around me," she said.
And after Phuket, it will be time for the domestic summer season, with the opening event in Adelaide in January. That's when the real test will start.


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COLUMBIA -- Mental health counselors work in one-third of South Carolina's public schools, but their reach could expand if lawmakers provided more funding.
"You do pick up on some individuals in those programs and get them into care who could well be the loners or someone who needs care down the road," said John Magill, director of the S.C. Department of Mental Health, during a House subcommittee Wednesday.
"If we had some additional funding I'd make sure there were at least some presence in every school district."
He said 12,000-13,000 school children receive mental health services per year, and that the state has 179 counselors working in 391 schools. Magill said the number of school counselors has fallen over the years because of budget cuts to his agency and to schools.
The topic of early intervention and identification came up frequently during the hearing, with lawmakers referencing last month's shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
During his presentation, Magill emphasized other concerns: how to increase the number of psychiatrists, control costs for the treatment of sexual predators, and replace decrepit vehicles that frequently break down.
The agency's $74.9 million request includes $56 million for roof replacements, deferred maintenance, renovations and construction at sites across the state.
The agency is also asking for a one-time infusion of $5 million to manage inpatient electronic medical records and $1 million for automated pharmaceutical dispensing machinery. Other one-time requests were for $126,000 for five new law enforcement vehicles and $556,000 for vehicles to use to transport patients.
Rep. Kris Crawford wondered how volume of patients and costs would grow if the definition of those who need treatment were broadened.
The Florence Republican and physician said he has to release patients from the emergency room who seemed to need mental health services but didn't meet the narrow legal criteria, such as posing a clear danger.
He said he wouldn't have been able to help the mother of Adam Lanza, who fatally shot 26 others, mostly children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School last month.
"There's clearly interest in making sure that we get a lasso around these folks who don't quite meet that very stringent definition ... but bother us when they walk out of our emergency rooms."
Wednesday's subcommittee meeting is part of the budget writing process for the state spending plan for fiscal year 2014. It begins July 1 of this year and ends June 30 of 2014.


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A Year in the Life of the Earth SystemThe lab activity described here was adapted by Erin Bardar and Sarah Hill of TERC for the EarthLabs project.
Summary and Learning Objectives
Students have been examining Earth as a system of interacting parts, initially from the local perspective but more recently from the regional and global perspectives. In order to fully understand Earth as a system and how its components interact with each other, students need to consider change over time. On relatively short times scales, these changes are related to the fact that the solar energy that drives the Earth system passes through an atmosphere that varies across space and time before reaching a spinning sphere. Across longer seasonal and annual time scales, these changes are more specifically related to the differential heating that results from the tilt of Earth's axis and Earth's orbit around the sun. At this longer-term global scale, it may be easier to see the repeating patterns of change across space and time and to infer how changes in one sphere may be linked to changes in others.
After completing this investigation, students should be able to:
- use ImageJ to animate monthly maps of Earth system components;
- find patterns and connections between and among maps containing different environmental data; and
- understand the relationship between time and space with regard to global environmental data.
Activity Overview and Teaching MaterialsIn Part A: Students use ImageJ, a free image processing tool, to make an animation of monthly data maps for one component of the Earth system in order to explore how the Earth changes over time at the global scale.
In Part B: Students make an animation of two datasets side by side to investigate relationships between different components of the Earth system across a 12-month period.
Printable MaterialsTo download one of the PDF or Word files below, right-click (control-click on a Mac) the link and choose "Save File As" or "Save Link As."
- Stop and Think Questions (PDF (Acrobat (PDF) 41kB Feb1 19) and Word (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 21kB Feb1 19))
- You may also decide to print and distribute to students some of the resources in the Background Information section below.
Teaching Notes and Tips
About ImageJ:
ImageJ is free public domain image processing software developed at the National Institutes of Health. Its power and flexibility allow it to be used as a research tool by scientists in many disciplines, from medicine to astronomy. Installers are available for Windows, MacOS and OSX, and Linux.
You can use ImageJ to display, annotate, edit, calibrate, measure, analyze, process, print, and save raster (row and column) image data (TIFF, GIF, JPEG, and many others). It reads most common raster image formats as well as raw data files in text format, such as from spreadsheets. ImageJ also supports stacks - multiple images in a single window - for animation and analysis.
To Download and Install ImageJ:
Go to the ImageJ Download page, and download and install the application for your operating system.
Click the ImageJ Download page and it will open in a new window. Click the link that appears directly below the name of your computer's operating system (e.g. Mac, Linux, Windows). This action will transfer a compressed file of the software to your computer. Your browser should automatically expand the file, creating an ImageJ folder on your computer's hard drive.
For more details, or if you have problems running the application, access ImageJ's Installation Instructions then select your operating system.
Updating ImageJ Software
Double-click the ImageJ icon to launch the application and choose Help > Update ImageJ.... A window will appear, telling you the version you are currently running and a list of upgrade versions. Choose the version you want to upgrade to (usually the most recent, or default version) and click OK. After the update downloads, re-launch ImageJ to run the new version. NOTE: Some users have reported problems updating ImageJ in certain versions of Windows. To fix this problem, you will need to manually update ImageJ.
- Right-click the link at right to download the ij.jar file. Be sure to save it as simply ij.jar. ij.jar (Jar Archive 1.4MB Feb8 10)
- When prompted where to save the file, navigate to the ImageJ folder and save the file there. Replace the existing ij.jar file.
- For most installations, the ImageJ folder will be in the Program Files directory on your hard drive. The path to the ImageJ folder is c:\Program Files\ImageJ.
The ImageJ Toolbar
The ImageJ toolbar contains both built-in and customized tools for manipulating images. Most of the tools are similar to those used in other graphics programs.
Running the Animations
The animations that students observe in this Lab are powerful, but trying to take in a summary of constantly changing data for the whole planet across a full year is a challenge, and looking for relationships between two such massive data sets is even more challenging. To help students with these challenges, slow down the animations. Have them open the Animations Options window in ImageJ (Image > Stacks > Animation > Animation Options...) and set the speed at no more than .4 or .5 fps (Frames per Second).
Something else that can help students notice change: when using the manual animation controls (the slider beneath the images) move back and forth between just two images at a time. Doing this helps one notice the changes between images, and allows one to focus on specific parts of the planet for a period of time.
You can assess student understanding of topics addressed in this Investigation by grading their responses to the Stop and Think questions.
State and National Science Teaching Standards
(1) Scientific processes. The student conducts laboratory and field investigations for at least 40% of instructional time using safe, environmentally appropriate, and ethical practices. The student is expected to:
(2) Scientific processes. The student uses scientific methods during laboratory and field investigations. The student is expected to:
(A) demonstrate safe practices during laboratory and field investigations.
(E) demonstrate the use of course equipment, techniques, and procedures, including computers and web-based computer applications;
(F) use a wide variety of additional course apparatuses, equipment, techniques, and procedures as appropriate such as satellite imagery and other remote sensing data, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), scientific probes, microscopes, telescopes, modern video and image libraries, weather stations, fossil and rock kits, bar magnets, coiled springs, wave simulators, tectonic plate models, and planetary globes;
(G) organize, analyze, evaluate, make inferences, and predict trends from data;
(I) communicate valid conclusions supported by data using several formats such as technical reports, lab reports, labeled drawings, graphic organizers, journals, presentations, and technical posters.
(3) Scientific processes. The student uses critical thinking, scientific reasoning, and problem solving to make informed decisions within and outside the classroom. The student is expected to:
(A) in all fields of science, analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by the student;
(B) communicate and apply scientific information extracted from various sources such as current events, news reports, published journal articles, and marketing materials.
(11) Science Concepts. Solid Earth. The student knows that Earth's surface continuously changes over long and short time scales in ways involving dynamic and complex interactions among Earth's subsystems. The student is expected to:
(A) compare the roles of erosion, deposition, and igneous activity by lava, water, wind, ice, and gravity in constantly reshaping Earth's surface;
(C) describe and interpret Earth surface features using a variety of methods including satellite imagery, aerial photography, topographic and geologic maps, and apply appropriate technologies such as Geographic Positioning Satellite (GPS) receivers and Geographic Information Science (GIS) software.
(13) Science concepts. Fluid Earth. The student knows that the Fluid Earth is composed of the hydrosphere and atmosphere subsystems that interact on various time scales with the biosphere and geosphere. The student is expected to:
(14) Science concepts. FluidEarth. The student knows that Earth's global ocean, powered by the Sun, is a major driving force for weather and climate through complex atmospheric interactions. The student is expected to:
(D) discuss mechanisms, such as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, major volcanic eruptions, changes in solar luminance, giant meteorite impacts, and human activities that result in significant changes in Earth's climate.
(15) Fluid Earth. The student knows that interactions among Earth's five subsystems influence climate and resource availability, which affect Earth's habitability. The student is expected to:
(C) explain how thermal energy transfer between the ocean and atmosphere drives surface currents, thermohaline currents, and evaporation that influence climate.
(A) describe how changing surface-ocean conditions, including El Niño-Southern Oscillation, affect global weather and climate patterns.
Lab 6 activities have been correlated to the following National Science Education Standards.
Science as Inquiry (12ASI)
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
12ASI1.3 Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications. A variety of technologies, such as hand tools, measuring instruments, and calculators, should be an integral component of scientific investigations. The use of computers for the collection, analysis, and display of data is also a part of this standard. Mathematics plays an essential role in all aspects of an inquiry. For example, measurement is used for posing questions, formulas are used for developing explanations, and charts and graphs are used for communicating results.
12ASI1.6 Communicate and defend a scientific argument. Students in school science programs should develop the abilities associated with accurate and effective communication. These include writing and following procedures, expressing concepts, reviewing information, summarizing data, using language appropriately, developing diagrams and charts, explaining statistical analysis, speaking clearly and logically, constructing a reasoned argument, and responding appropriately to critical comments.
Earth and Space Science (12DESS)
Energy in the earth system
12DESS1.3 Heating of earth's surface and atmosphere by the sun drives convection within the atmosphere and oceans, producing winds and ocean currents.
12DESS1.4 Global climate is determined by energy transfer from the sun at and near the earth's surface. This energy transfer is influenced by dynamic processes such as cloud cover and the earth's rotation, and static conditions such as the position of mountain ranges and oceans.
Geochemical cycles
12DESS2.2 Movement of matter between reservoirs is driven by the earth's internal and external sources of energy. These movements are often accompanied by a change in the physical and chemical properties of the matter. Carbon, for example, occurs in carbonate rocks such as limestone, in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide gas, in water as dissolved carbon dioxide, and in all organisms as complex molecules that control the chemistry of life.
Additional Resources
Background Information
Use ImageJ to Create Additional Stacks and AnimationsFor this Lab, instructions have been provided for students to download a sequence of images from NEO (for example, 12 consecutive months of a specific variable). Simplified instructions for how to build an animation using any of the images available from the NEO Web site are provided here.
1. Download a sequence of images from NEO (for example, 12 consecutive months of a specific variable) and save them in a folder, giving each a file name that allows you to identify the image date or month name.
2. Open ImageJ and use File > Open to open, in chronological order, each of the images you want to appear in the animation. The images will appear in the animation in the same order in which they were opened. Note: ImageJ will recognize only those images that have been opened using ImageJ > File > Open.
3. Select the menu item Image > Stacks > Images to Stack. ImageJ will "stack' the set of images so that only one is visible, and will prompt you to name and save the newly created stack.
4. Select the menu item Image > Stacks > Animation > Start Animation.
5. To stop the animation select Image > Stacks > Animation > Stop Animation.
6. To change the speed of the animation, go to Image > Animation > Tools > Animation Options.
If students are unable to download individual images from NEO, stacks of time-sequence images have also been prepared for the year 2017, so all they need to do is download them and open/animate them in ImageJ.
- Solar Insolation/Land Surface Temperature Comparison (TIFF 17.8MB Feb1 19)
- Sea Surface Temperature (SST)/Solar Insolation Comparison (TIFF 17.8MB Feb1 19)
- Vegetation Index/Water Vapor Comparison (TIFF 17.8MB Feb1 19)
1. Open ImageJ and use File > Open to open the pre-made image stacks.
2. Select the menu item Image > Stacks > Animation > Start Animation.
3. To stop the animation select Image > Stacks > Animation > Stop Animation.
4. To change the speed of the animation, go to Image > Stacks > Animation > Animation Options.
Use ImageJ to Combine Animations
To compare two stacks by running them in the same animation:
1. Open ImageJ and use File > Open to open two stacks.
2. Select the menu item Image > Stacks > Tools > Combine.
3. Use the drop-down menus to select the order (left-right) in which you want the stacks to appear.
4. Name and save the combined stack, and use the menu items described above to start, stop, and modify the speed of the animation.
Going Further: The ImageJ Users Guide
Complete documentation for ImageJ can be found at https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/docs/index.html. While the 189-page ImageJ Users Guide, available in both PDF and HTML formats, may seem overwhelming at first glance, it is a well-organized and very usable resource with a detailed Table of Contents and an extensive Index.


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