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Critics question influence on institution
A struggle for control of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum isn't just a matter of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, which now calls the shots, versus the institution's advisory board, which can only make recommendations.
Square in the mix is the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, the institution's nonprofit fundraising arm. From finances to exhibits to questions about governance, the foundation is a big-money player that boasts a payroll exceeding $900,000 and has on its board such VIPs as Julie Cellini, former Gov. Jim Edgar and Sergio "Satch" Pecori, who is president and CEO of Hanson Professional Services. With a compensation package exceeding $250,000 for the fiscal year that ended a year ago, CEO Carla Knorowski made $100,000 more than the ALPLM's executive director. She was granted a raise of more than $60,000 from the previous fiscal year.
The foundation's influence is evidenced by the IHPA board's recent move to include representatives of the nonprofit on a panel to review governance issues raised after House Speaker Michael Madigan tried to remove ALPLM from the historic preservation agency and give control to the institution's advisory board. Under the governance review plan, which has not yet been formally approved by the IHPA board of trustees, the foundation, the IHPA and the advisory board would each have two representatives on the panel, which would also include three people not associated with any of the three groups.
The foundation has not adopted a position on governance issues, but it's a stacked deck, so far as Patrick Reardon, an advisory board member, is concerned. He calls the agency review plan "a sham and a whitewash."
"They're (the foundation is) tied in with the IHPA," says Reardon, a retired Chicago Tribune journalist. "It's my understanding that the foundation decides what it's going to raise money for – the foundation decides what the library and museum needs, which seems sort of odd. … To some extent, it is a case of the tail wagging the dog, in the sense that the foundation seems to determine its own agenda."
One example of the foundation setting the agenda, Reardon says, is the Taper collection, a stockpile of 1,500 Lincoln artifacts that the foundation purchased for $23 million in borrowed money in 2007. The foundation, which still owes more than $11 million, paid nearly $520,000 in interest during fiscal year 2012 that ended in June 2013 (the most recent year that financial records are available) while reducing the principal by $750,000. Previously, the foundation had reduced the principal by as much as $4 million in a single year.
Knorowski said that the foundation purchased the Taper collection on behalf of and at the request of the museum and the IHPA. In an email, she described the foundation, the museum and the IHPA as a "triumvirate that works together for the good of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum."
The most recent available financial figures show that the foundation brought in nearly $5.3 million in the fiscal year that ended in June of 2013 and provided less than $850,000 in direct support of ALPLM operations. Direct support money came from revenue generated at the museum gift store, a Subway sandwich shop in the institution and from caterers, all of which have contracts with the foundation, as well as from foundation memberships purchased at the museum that include admission to the museum.
Available financial records show that the foundation's direct support of ALPLM operations fell slightly in three successive years, from $871,000 in fiscal year 2010 to $840,217 in the fiscal year ending in June, 2013. During the same time frame, the foundation, which has a 10-member staff, saw its payroll grow from $730,900 to $931,450. The foundation's revenue increased during that time so that it brought in $2.2 million more in fiscal year 2013 than two years earlier.
Foundation chairman Wayne Whalen did not provide an answer when asked why the foundation's payroll has increased while direct support for museum operations has decreased.
"I can't speak to that," Whalen said.
Whalen declined to say why Knorowski was worth more than $250,000 a year or why she was given a $60,000 raise between fiscal year 2011 and fiscal year 2012, which ended a year ago. Knorowski, who granted an initial interview but did not answer a subsequent email, could not be reached to speak about her salary.
Principal and interest on the Taper loan have been the foundation's largest expense in recent years. Craig Schermerhorn, the foundation's treasurer, said that paying the debt has been a struggle. The note comes due in 2017, and refinancing is a possibility.
"We expected to have it paid off two or three years ago," Schermerhorn said. "We said (to IHPA before the purchase) 'OK, do you want Taper? If you want the Taper collection, which is deal-changing for the museum, recognize that there is a cost to it.' … Our war is paying off Taper at this time. It's a long-term battle."
Steve Beckett, chairman of the advisory board and author of a bill that would remove the institution from the IHPA and give control to his board, says that the foundation's work has been "remarkable," but he fears that the Taper collection has eclipsed other important matters. He notes that the library is supposed to serve as the state's historical library and so must concern itself with non-Lincoln history.
"I was shocked when I heard about the cost of the Taper collection," Beckett says. "If all of your fundraising is about a particular Lincoln collection, then you lose sight of the broader focus and the goals of the Illinois library. It can't be all one or all the other. It can be both. And it needs to be both."
Reardon isn't the only one who has concerns about ties between the foundation and the IHPA. Questions about the relationship date to at least 2010, when the American Association of Museums (now called the American Alliance of Museums) issued a report outlining challenges to accrediting the institution. The AAM found blurred lines of responsibility and potential conflicts of interest. Some potential conflict-of-interest concerns spawned by two foundation members who also sat on the IHPA board were settled when Gov. Pat Quinn replaced Cellini and Ed Genson on the IHPA board. The first two ALPLM executive directors were also directors of the foundation, an arrangement that AAM evaluators found troubling, but that practice ended when Eileen Mackevich, the current ALPLM director, was hired in 2011. She sits on the foundation board but cannot vote.
But the status quo remains in some areas.
The AAM, for example, suggested that the foundation tweak its mission statement so that it does not say that the foundation acquires artifacts – such a statement has the potential to undermine the institution's role, the AAM determined. The AAM suggested that the statement be altered so that it says the foundation "supports" the acquisition of artifacts. But the foundation is still in the acquisition business, according to its mission statement.
The foundation's staff includes a historian, which puzzles Tony Leone, a former IHPA board member and critic of the foundation.
"They have their own historian?" asks Leone, sounding shocked. "They have a number of people that those salaries could go to help the salaries at the museum. … That is a terrible waste."
Whalen defends Ian Hunt, the foundation's historian.
"I'm a very strong supporter of Ian Hunt," Whalen says. "He knows history."
Noting that the museum is short-staffed and lacks a state historian to oversee the institution's research and collections division, Knorowski says that Hunt helps out with tours, research and work overflow. He also conducts research for articles published in the foundation's magazine and assists with donor events and inquiries from members, Knorowski says.
"We have a historian on staff because we, like the ALPLM and the IHPA, are an institution which serves history – namely Lincoln history," Knorowski wrote in an email. "It makes sense to have a historian on staff who is an expert in our area of focus. There is little dispute that the ALPLM's historians already have their plates full."
Two years ago, when inconsistencies surfaced about the provenance of a hat supposedly owned by Lincoln that is part of the Taper collection, Leone's was a lonely voice as he urged the IHPA board to get a copy of the appraisal made before the collection was purchased. According to emails released last year in response to Freedom of Information Act requests, the foundation had wanted to keep the appraisal secret.
"After it (the Taper collection) belongs to us, it is our decision to do what makes the most sense for the ALPLM," then foundation director and CEO Tolbert Chisum wrote in a 2007 email to Thomas Schwartz, former state historian, and Louise Taper, who owned the artifacts while sitting on the foundation board but did not vote on the sale, which had not yet been consummated. "I see no reason in ever letting it (the appraisal) out to the public, unless we need some publicity."
IHPA board member Daniel Arnold during a 2012 board meeting said that the appraisal wasn't the board's business and that asking to see it could jeopardize the foundation's relationship with the bank that loaned money for the purchase. Board minutes show that board chairwoman Sunny Fischer agreed. Fellow board member Julia Bachrach said that asking for an appraisal could undermine the foundation's efforts to pay off the debt, minutes show.
Shirley Portwood, a retired Southern Illinois University history professor, was the only other IHPA board member who joined Leone in asking to see the appraisal. Both she and Leone were replaced on the IHPA board last year.
When the IHPA ultimately released a copy of the appraisal and emails from the appraiser last year, the documents showed that the appraiser had asked why the hat and a handful of other items in the Taper collection were considered authentic. The museum has defended the hat's authenticity, with curator James Cornelius telling the IHPA board last year that the institution stands by the hat's provenance – "always has and always will," he said, even though the story of how Lincoln gave his hat away changed after the first account was discredited. It turned out that there was no evidence that the purported recipient of the hat, who allegedly received it from Lincoln during the Civil War in the nation's capital, had been in Washington, D.C., during Lincoln's term. In the new version, the Great Emancipator gave his hat away in Illinois two years before he was elected president. The original story was based on an affidavit prepared in 1958, when the head of the state historical library purchased the hat for his personal collection from a descendant of the man who reportedly received it from Lincoln, according to a 2012 report in the Chicago Sun-Times.
Although the ALPLM has insisted that the hat is authentic, Whalen said that the foundation is reviewing the provenance of items in the Taper collection.
"We have a special committee looking at that," Whalen said. "We're reviewing the allegations that have been made. … The committee is composed of board members who were not on the board at the time of the Taper acquisition."
Why not an outside group?
"I'll wait and see what the committee has to say," Whalen responds.
Knorowski says that the foundation's goal is to "serve the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in a way that protects, preserves and advances the legacy of Abraham Lincoln." She also says that the foundation does not govern the institution.
But critics say the nonprofit goes too far.
"The foundation, from my standpoint, takes too much authority," Leone says. "And they have not been prudent in a number of matters, including, first and foremost, the acquiring of the Taper collection, which unquestionably has some questionable artifacts."
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When creating window boxes to show off your replacement windows, there are a few things to keep in mind. the ideal plants for window boxes are colorful, can withstand hot sun or part shade and don't have finicky watering requirements. Here are ten that fit those criteria.
1. Sweet Potato Vine
This climber is perfect for containers since it creeps down over the edge. It grows very fast and is the prettiest bright yellow green.
2. Fiber Optic Grass
This annual reminds me of those glow sticks sold at amusement parks. It adds a lot of texture to your container.
3. Dracaena
This is a dark green spiky foliage that adds height to the back or sides of your container. It can grow fairly tall, but grows slowly. This can be moved indoors for the Winter.
4. White Licorice Plant
This fuzzy, silvery-white plant adds texture and looks best in the front of the container since it grows low and wide.
5. "Blazin Rose" Iresine
This highly tolerant plant can grow up to 18 inches tall and adds a bright spot of color. In my case, it accents the color of the window box nicely.
6. Babylon Red Verbena Hybrid
This plant is light and airy with tiny bobs of red flowers that attract butterflies. It's a great choice for the front of a container as it spreads out rather than growing tall.
7. Coleus
This plant comes in several color varieties and is an easy choice for a container filler. I chose the yellow green variety and the red and green tiger leaf variety.
8. Frosted Curls
This grass offers fabulous shimmering texture that is said to look like a waterfall when the wind blows through it.
9. Summer Snapdragon
These grape scented blooms add beautiful height and a lovely purple color to a window box. They are also long lasting as cut stems for your kitchen table.
10. Salvia
Salvia is first cousins with the sage and offers beautiful tall shoots of purple color. I did not end up planting the salvia because the roots were infested with bugs and worms when I took it out of its container.
Note: Be sure that all of your plants are healthy when putting them together in one container as any disease or infestation can and will easily spread.
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text: Monster's Ball producer Lee Daniels follows up his 2005 directorial debut, Shadowboxer, with this adaptation of author Sapphire's best-selling novel about an overweight, illiterate African-American teen from Harlem who discovers an alternate path in life after she begins attending a new school. Clareece "Precious" Jones is only a teenager, yet she's about to give birth to her second child. Unable to read or write, Clareece shows little prospect for the future until discovering that she has been accepted into an alternative school. There, with a little help from a sympathetic teacher (Paula Patton) and a kindly nurse (Lenny Kravitiz), the young girl receives something that most teens never get -- a chance to start over. Mo'nique co-stars in an inspirational drama featuring the debut performance of screen newcomer Gabourey "Gabbie" Sidibe.


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In older cocktail books there are many cocktails for 4-6 people.
I guess these are intended for dinner parties and the like.
In "The Savoy Cocktail Book" these are almost always measured using the "glass" measure. In the parlance of late 19th and early 20th century cocktail bar the "glass" or "wineglass" amounted to approximately 2 ounces.
So, if Mrs. Underhill is interested, I'll just use the number of "glasses" as ounces, effectively cutting the recipe in half, making 3 small or two medium drinks.
If my wife isn't interested, I'll half it again, and turn it into a "large" single serving. But, really, again the drinks back then were not very large.
This one is especially illustrative as the math is easy.
You've got 6 glasses or 12 oz of total liquid. That's a 2 oz cocktail per person before dilution.
After shaking or stirring with ice, it is probably 2 1/2 or 3 oz per person. Not a large drink at all.
Albertine Cocktail
(Six People)
2 glasses Kirsch (1 oz Trimbach kirsch)
2 glasses Cointreau (1 oz Cointreau)
2 glasses Chartreuse (1 oz Yellow Chartreuse)
A few drops Maraschino
Shake (Stir please – eje) well and strain into cocktail glass.
I think the size is about right for 2 as an after dinner cocktail. Complex and more palatable than I imagined, given the amount of liqueur. Still, very sweet! I found it much improved with a squeeze of orange peel over the top.
I couldn't really find a definitive answer in regards to the type of Chartreuse in this cocktail, yellow or green. I found different recipes calling for either one. Another contemporary guide with "The Savoy Cocktail Book," Patrick Gavin Duffy's "Official Mixer's Manual" calls for yellow, so I went with that. Green Chartreuse would be interesting; but, as it is even higher proof than the yellow, it would put this cocktail in the dangerous to consume range.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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Five Beatles songs you might be surprised to hear Paul McCartney play live
From the moment Paul McCartney, coolly holding his iconic, beat-up Hofner bass guitar, plucked the first notes of the "Out There" tour kickoff in Brazil, the audience must have recognized something momentous was happening.
He was playing "Eight Days a Week," the 1964 rocker that is one of the Beatles' most memorable No. 1 hits. And yet, until that show, the song, penned by McCartney and John Lennon, had never been played onstage. Lennon thought "Eight Days a Week," which the group struggled to write, was "lousy."
It's one of a handful of never-performed Beatles treasures that McCartney exhumed for his "Out There" tour. The nearly 40-song set list starts almost every night with "Eight Days a Week," then slips in four more rarely performed numbers from the Beatles catalog.
The list of songs the Beatles never played in concert is longer than you might think. The band's last ticketed performance was in August 1966, but the Beatles experienced their most fruitful years as songwriters after that, releasing "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1967), the double-album "The Beatles" (1968), "Abbey Road" (1969) and "Let It Be" (1970) before McCartney left the Beatles in 1970. It's difficult to know why McCartney has chosen them, but these are five rarely performed Beatles tunes that have turned up consistently on the "Out There" set lists:
'Eight Days a Week'
This Lennon-McCartney tune, which kicks off with a rollicking drum roll, was released abroad on "Beatles for Sale" but became a smash when it was released as a single stateside. There are a few dueling tales about where the title came from, but a popular one suggests that a driver told McCartney he had been working eight days a week.
'Lovely Rita'
A psychedelic little come-on (or, more likely, a sarcastic kiss-off) to a meter maid, the 1967 song off "Sgt. Pepper's" was sung by McCartney and featured a curious interlude with instruments made of paper and combs. McCartney has been including the tune in the middle of his set.
'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!'
Lennon wrote this whirling carousel of a tune after being inspired, he would say, by an elaborate carnival poster he picked up in an antique shop. The song appeared on "Sgt. Pepper's" and featured an unusually heavy assist from legendary Beatles producer George Martin, who added the track's carnival-esque sounds. On the album, it's Lennon who sings "Mr. Kite."
'Your Mother Should Know'
This 1967 number, written and performed by McCartney, was released on "Magical Mystery Tour" and is an homage of sorts to the Busby Berkeley musical, although also a perfect example of the dreamy, hazy sound the Beatles had adopted.
'All Together Now'
The chants of one-two-threes and A-B-Cs make this nursery rhyme-like 1969 number off "Yellow Submarine" insanely catchy. McCartney has confirmed that the ditty in fact was written for children, mostly by him, with some contribution from Lennon. It's also one of a handful from the Beatles catalog that has been licensed for commercials, making it recognizable to fans everywhere.


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Summit County timber awaits burn conditions
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Driving along Swan Mountain Road, one might think the county was preparing for a bonfire.
Approximately 30 large piles of bark beetle-chewed lodgepole pine lie in wait as the Forest Service eyes a January date for a control burn of the hazard trees.
Cary Green, a U.S. Forest Service timber management assistant, said other hazard trees closer to homes and businesses are top priorities, while the timber along Swan Mountain will be revisited after the first of the year.
Green said the Forest Service is waiting for the right conditions to conduct a controlled burn in that area.
"Nothing is going to happen until after January when the fire danger is low enough for a control burn," he said. "We've also been waiting for the timber to dry out. In January it's cold enough so the snow doesn't penetrate the pile. The snow keeps a burn manageable, it doesn't soak through wood and as the timber burns, the snow melts off pretty quickly."
After a burn, Green said the area will regenerate naturally.
"We want to get this done quickly to restore the beauty of our national forest lands but there are a lot of factors affecting the removal of hazard trees throughout the county," Green said.
The mountain pine beetle is attracted to distressed trees. Trees can be weakened by overcrowding, disease, and parasites such as dwarf mistletoe and drought conditions.
More than $13 million in stewardship contracts are focused on improving the health of sub-alpine and mountain forests affected by the beetle on portions of the Medicine Bow-Routt and the White River national forests in southern Wyoming and northern Colorado.
"This contract realizes an opportunity for us to achieve critical landscape restoration on the White River National Forest," said White River forest supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams. "It also continues our legacy of sustainable use of wood products from saw logs to biomass for renewable energy."
The two contracts identify projects that will treat a minimum of 20,000 acres in two national forests.
The stewardship contracts add to the $100 million the Forest Service directed toward addressing bark beetle infestations in the Rocky Mountain Region since 2010.
The Rocky Mountain Region of the Forest Service developed a strategy to stem the increasing threats to health and safety from the millions of acres with dead trees due to the beetle epidemic and the emerging spruce beetle epidemic. The strategy focuses on prioritizing hazardous tree removal, working with partners to reduce risks to infrastructure such as power lines, residences and ski areas and providing up-to-date public information as those activities move forward.
Since the mountain pine beetle epidemic began in the late 1990s, more than 1.7 million acres of lodgepole pine and ponderosa pine forests on the Medicine Bow-Routt and White River national forests have been affected.
Estimates are that on average approximately 70 to 80 percent of the mature trees have been killed so far.
As the dead trees fall, experts predict an increase in wildfire severity, which would result in a degradation of watersheds and negatively affect municipal water quality and other national forest resources.
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Alright, we're just going to cut to the chase: Lulu authors may now distribute their Lulu eBooks to both the Kindle and Kobo
Now with Lulu, authors have a single, free and simple method for getting all of your books into as many distribution channels as possible. No more need to publish your books in multiple places. With Lulu, you can sell what you love everywhere.
To make this even better, when you choose the Kobo and Everything Else distribution option, your eBook will be made available for purchase on eBook retailer sites in the Ingram network including Kalahari, Booktopia, Baker & Taylor, Gardners, Oyster Books, Sainsbury's and others – not to mention a long list specialty eBook retailers from around the world.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We are not yet able to offer Kindle and Kobo distribution options to authors residing in Australia.
New eBook Pricing and Manage Distribution Pages
As part of this release, we have redesigned the Manage Distribution page and the pricing step in the eBook publishing wizard. Authors may now enter a retail price and then choose the retail sites (distribution channels) on which they want to sell their books. The retail price, distribution fees, Lulu commission, and creator revenue are clearly displayed for each channel.
How do I get my previously published eBook in the Kindle and Kobo Stores?
If your eBook is already in distribution, simply click the Manage button next to the project title, add the Kindle and Kobo options, and save your changes. Since your eBook previously passed the Lulu QA Review, we will pass it directly to Ingram for distribution into their network. You eBook will, however, be subject to each retailer's review procedure before being made available for purchase on those sites.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If your eBook is already published through Kindle Direct or available for purchase on Amazon.com, you may not distribute a duplicate copy to the Kindle Bookstore. Doing so will violate both the Lulu eBook distribution terms and your Amazon agreement.
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Intensive studies and user feedback indicate that people really like the Lulu site, but the most important question of all "How much money will I make?" is not readily apparent. To help answer this most important of questions, we have redesigned the Sell page to provide an at-a-glance summary of Lulu's distribution options, services, tools, and retail pricing examples for both print and eBooks in distribution. It's glorious!
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One of the most common causes for our QA team rejecting an eBook is that the author did not follow proper capitalization rules for their title. This new feature alerts a creator a title does not meet these capitalization rules, so that it can be fixed on the very first step.
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When an author brings their own ISBN, they must also provide the publisher name that they tied to that ISBN when they bought it. This name is then sent to all of our distribution and metadata partners. To help reduce the number of almost-the-same duplicate publisher names, we have replaced the text entry field with a dropdown that allows a creator to choose a previously used publisher name or enter a brand new one. This list is account-based, and an account without any publisher names will see a blank entry field.
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We now send an email to an author when our QA team approves their eBook for distribution to retailers. Previously, they were only notified if we had rejected their eBook. This keeps our authors informed on their eBook's status, and will help prevent support cases from authors asking for a status update.
- Edit Price on Manage Distribution Page.
When we gave the eBook Manage Distribution page the same interface as the Price step in the Wizard, we also opened up the ability for creators to edit their eBook's price on the Manage Distro page. This allows them to manage all aspects of how their book is sold in one place.
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On Tuesday afternoons in a small upstairs classroom, Kevin Ahern blows the stiff-collared stereotype of science academia to bits.
Ahern, a biochemistry instructor and director of undergraduate research at Oregon State University, doesn't consider it disruptive to break out in song during class. On the contrary, the songs become the subject matter on Tuesdays, when he teaches the class "Sing a Song of Science" to a dozen honors students.
"Music brings back memories," he tells the group of future veterinarians, philosophers and doctors before pressing play on a recording of the Alphabet Song.
All the students smile in recognition.
"See, that's literally how 95 percent of kids in this country learn their ABCs," Ahern says. "I took a little different direction."
He presses play again, and a new version of the song begins. Instead of the letters of the alphabet, they hear a ditty that lists amino acids.
Lysine, arginine and his
Basic ones you should not miss
Ala, leu, val, ile and met
Fill the aliphatic set
These are honors students at a major university, and they're singing along to a re-imagined children's song.
It's not a typical scenario for an advanced biochemistry course, but Ahern is not your typical biochemistry professor.
The nutty professor
Ahern, a self-described nerd, doesn't limit his quirkiness to science. He's a real-life nutty professor known for his creative streak and is just as comfortable with the dry language of science as he is with the melody and cadence of a '60s pop song.
A widely published biochemist who has written textbooks and been a regular contributor to publications including Science Magazine, BioTechniques and Biotechnology Software & Internet Journal, Ahern is respected in his field.
He also has a passion for a well-written rhyme. In his free time, he writes Weird Al Yankovic-style rewordings of popular songs, using them as a classroom tool.
For decades he's reworked The Beatles' "Penny Lane," "Ticket to Ride" and other songs to help students memorize lessons about deoxynucleotides and oxidizing molecules. "I've written one for every subject I teach," he says.
Last year, Ahern took on a new challenge. He vowed to write a limerick for every day of 2012.
And as is his tendency, Ahern went above and beyond. He never missed a day, and well into 2013, he still has at least a month's-worth of leftover limericks to share with the world.
This month, he published a book, "A Limerick a Day for a Year," containing the fruits of his yearlong writing exercise.
Keeping science fresh and fun
How does a busy biochemist find the time and inspiration to write a year's worth of limericks?
The root of the story goes back to 1978, when Ahern was a lab assistant at the University of Oklahoma.
He and a friend, fellow assistant Bruce Halley, began passing the time during long office hours by posting jokes, puns and funny observations on a wall calendar in the lab.
They called their project "The Calendar Editions."
"It broke up the monotony of the lab," says Halley, now a retired pharmaceutical company scientist living in New Jersey. "Mostly, they were bad puns in limerick form."
The project ended when Ahern and Halley moved on to the next phase of their lives. But Ahern kept up the creative, humorous streak. When he began his career teaching a biochemistry class with hundreds of students, Ahern noticed the subject matter intimidated many of them.
He began rewriting the lyrics of popular songs to deal with his class materials, hoping the songs would help students retain lessons. If nothing else, he thought the songs would lighten the mood for his nervous students.
Nearly two decades later, he has written hundreds. There's "En-er-gy," written to the tune of the Beatles' "Let it Be" and "We All Need Just a Little ATP," to "Yellow Submarine." "B-DNA is a parody of "YMCA" that swaps the chorus with:
"It's fun to play with some B-DNA
It's got a boatload of G-C-T-A
It's got everything
A polymerase needs
When you melt all the A's and T's"
Cheesy? Yes. But his students say it works.
"Using creative things to help enforce ideas of logic is very helpful," says Ayla Rogers, 22, who signed up for Ahern's class at her sister's suggestion. "It just seemed like a lot of fun."
Lyrics to limericks
Ahern never gave much more thought to limericks until 2011, when he reconnected with his old college buddy Halley over email. Halley occasionally sent Ahern political jokes, and Ahern responded with limericks. Eventually, the pair turned to reviving the old Calendar Editions.
"I made it my New Year's Resolution to write a limerick every day," Ahern says.
Halley mostly stood by as moral support, chuckling at Ahern's daily dispatches.
"He's silly, and he's not afraid to show that," Halley says.
Ahern's limericks aren't confined to scientific topics. He writes about an ink drop in a pen, the perils of a fire at the circus, a gardener's love for rain and cross country runners planning to run on a steep course.
The cross country runners applied
For a race on a nearby hillside
The best one to cope
With the very steep slope
Will likely win in a landslide
Ahern says the lyrical puns come easy to him. He'll sit down for a couple of hours and end up with 15 or 20 limericks.
Indira Rajagopal, Ahern's wife of 20 years and a fellow OSU biochemistry professor, says his mind is constantly churning.
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: A longtime instructor at OSU, Ahern is known for rewriting the words to popular songs to express scientific tenets and spent 2012 writing a limerick for every day of the year.
Ahern's song collection
Ahern's limericks
"We'll walk to work and home together, and as we're walking he'll suddenly say, 'Hey, I just had this idea!'" she says. "He has this enormous mental energy."
That energy is evident on Ahern's website, where most of his songs, limericks and verses are cataloged. There are hundreds.
Visitors to the site can also download the textbook Ahern and Rajagopal co-authored, free of charge. Ahern uses the book in his classes so students can avoid the high cost of another textbook.
Not that he needed to give away free books to earn popularity among students. He's somewhat of a celebrity on campus, where he often belts out a tune while walking to and from his office in the Agricultural and Life Sciences Building.
Students know him as "the singing professor," or just Kevin. Ahern doesn't let students call him doctor or professor.
As lighthearted as Ahern keeps his classroom, he takes his job very seriously. Most semesters, he teaches OSU's largest 400-level class, BB 450 /General Biochemistry, with about 300 students. Any student who wants to become a dentist or doctor must pass.
"If I don't do a good job of teaching, I'm not serving that next generation of people they're going to treat," he says. "I demand a lot and expect the kids to deliver."
What's next for the singing, rhyming, joking professor?
Ahern says he hasn't issued another creative challenge to himself this year, but he and Rajagopal are collaborating to develop a new biochemistry curriculum. He plans to include his songs in the lessons.
"There is a stereotype that scientists are antisocial, that we just commune with our test tubes," Rajagopal says. "Nothing could be further from the truth."
Other OSU science faculty include musicians, potters, master gardeners and a unicycling juggler, but Ahern is among the few who display their "outside the lab" personalities loudly and proudly.
"I'm just an odd guy, and I think science is fun," he says. "People always say I should write a rap. I've tried, but I'm a melody person."


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Valtech is a Paris‑based consulting firm established in 1993 and devoted to e‑business technologies. The company was initially structured as a distributor of new information technologies to the French and European market, which secondarily provided training in the use of its products. Valtech now positions itself as a pure knowledge‑transfer firm that instructs clients in the strategic use and development of cutting‑edge electronic technologies. Valtech organized itself according to KM principles in 1993, but only became aware of KM as a formal organizing framework in 1998. While the adoption of KM is often "pushed" onto companies by the academic or consulting communities, Valtech pulled itself toward KM organizing logics by the New Age of business it defined for itself. It is in this way an excellent example of strategic commitment and organizational design from a KM perspective. It is also relatively unique in that most of the literature records KM adoption from a "push" rather than a "pull" perspective.
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Test Report: Triad Speakers
Did you know they stopped making speakers? Sure, you can still buy things that make sound when connected to an amplifier, but now they;re called "solutions." The idea here is to solve problems that emerge from the public's simultaneous love of good sound and hatred of the traditional speaker form factor. Solutions have been the mantra of late at Triad Speakers. In fact, some of the company's recent creations would have been considered downright crazy back in the days when the opinions of enthusiasts dictated speaker designs.
The weirdest of these solutions is the Designer Series, which install like drywall patches: Your installer "muds them into" your walls so they can't be seen. The Designer Series speakers are totally invisible as long as a competent drywall guy muds them in. You can even put wallpaper over them. Each speaker comprises a lightweight foam panel backed with a metal frame and one, two, or four NXT exciters, which are like the "motor" section of a conventional speaker without the cone.
Somewhat less weird is Triad's InWall SlimSub/4, a slim subwoofer that mounts inside a wall so all you see is a paintable grille. Triad got the SlimSub's depth under 4 inches by using a flat-diaphragm woofer that looks like a black Frisbee. The woofer is mounted in a box that your installer notches into your wall, and it's powered by a separate amp that sits in your equipment rack.
Not at all weird is the OnWall Mini LCR 3.0 soundbar, which looks like a zillion other soundbars on the market except that it's bigger. It's basically three of Triad's Mini LCR home theater speakers packed into one cabinet.
Instead of the shrunken, enfeebled woofers found in most soundbars, the Mini LCR 3.0 boasts six high-quality 4-inch woofers along with three tweeters. The Mini LCR 3.0 works like an ordinary soundbar but sounds better. Plus, it's available in black, white, silver, or custom colors to match your decor.
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iCPooch -- Internet Enabled Pet Treat Delivery System
iCPooch is an internet enabled device that lets you video chat and deliver your dog a treat from anywhere in the world!
iCPooch -- Internet Enabled Pet Treat Delivery System
iCPooch is an internet enabled device that lets you video chat and deliver your dog a treat from anywhere in the world!
iCPooch is for pet owners who are at work, at school, traveling, out to dinner, running errands, or just away from home and miss their pet (and/or their pet misses them). With the iCPooch device connected to a home wireless internet router, you can deliver a treat from a smartphone, tablet, or computer no matter where you are. The device also has an adjustable mounting bracket so that you can attach a tablet
or smartphone (not included) and video chat with your pet! The
tablet/smartphone operates independently of the iCPooch device, allowing you
to use Skype video chat software to auto-answer your calls (we are also working on our own video chat solution). As long as your
smartphone/tablet has a microphone and a camera (most all do) and is
connected to the internet, you can video chat with Fido at eye level,
and in the separate iCPooch app deliver a treat. An estimated 13+ million dogs suffer from separation anxiety, and we know that pet owners do too!
The iCPooch device is a combination of a miniature vending machine and a computer. The device acts like a computer, using a motherboard (Raspberry Pi) and wifi module to connect to the internet. The computer is attached to a motor which is activated when the owner of the device gives it the "drop treat" command from their remote computing device (smartphone, tablet, pc, etc). A removable/re-loadable sleeve inside the device houses the treats, and one treat is pushed out by the motor arm each time the motor is activated.
And of course there is software driving all this. The iCPooch software is pre-installed and runs locally on the device, waiting and hoping to get the "drop treat" signal. Our software is also running in the cloud, allowing an owner to log in to their personal account and give the "drop treat" command. By utilizing a cloud server for the app, we provide compatibility for any remote internet connected device, no matter the operating system or version.
But wait, there's more! We have iCPooch dog treats too! Based upon our testing, your dog will love our treats, and you will be able to purchase iCPooch treats from our website and from a variety of retailers. We have designed the iCPooch device to be compatible with most round (cookie shape) dog treats. We also plan on producing a sleeve that will accept the most popular size bone-shaped treats (will be sold separately).
Summary of Features
Deliver your pet a treat from anywhere
Software designed to work with any device
Re-loadable sleeve works with various diameter hard cookie treats
- Video chat with your pet (tablet, smartphone, etc not included; separate video chat software needed)
Includes iCPooch device, AC power adapter
Most Kickstarter pledges include iCPooch cookies
Project Status
- Patent application accepted by U.S. Patent Office early 2013
- Software development underway - can now send a "drop treat" command through the internet to our device!
- Retail package design complete (see image on this page)
- Final device prototype development and testing complete
- Our inventor Brooke Martin is selected as a top 10 finalist in the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge for her iCPooch invention and video submission!
Project History
- Brooke Martin pitches idea for iCpooch at Startup Weekend Spokane - September 28, 2012
- Prototype development begins - October 1, 2012
- iCpooch product concept design decided upon - December 1, 2012
- Brooke connects with MINDS-i Robotics to develop working prototype - December 13, 2012
- James Pelland joins project team - December 19, 2013
- MINDS-i Robotics completes working prototype using Arduino micro-controller - January 18, 2013
- Brooke pitches iCPooch to the Spokane Angel Alliance - January 23, 2013
- Bondgy, Inc. founded as parent company to iCPooch - March 7, 2013
- James Pelland announced as CEO of Bondgy, Inc. - March 8, 2013
- Chris Martin announced as COO of Bondgy, Inc. - March 8, 2013
- Brooke files utility patent - March 14, 2013
- JB Engineering joins project team to start final product design stage - March 29, 2013
- Brooke and James pitch for the second time to the Spokane Angel Alliance for investment - May 1, 2013
- Angel investment secured - May 29, 2013
- Limelyte Technologies joins project team to develop custom software application; Rob Martinson named Chief Technical Officer of Bondgy, Inc. - June 5, 2013
- JB Engineering finishes final product design - June 10, 2013
- Limelyte Technologies pursues Raspberry Pi as preferred micro-controller for iCPooch - June 17, 2013
- Amazon Web Services secured to host cloud server for user to control iCPooch device through the internet - June 18, 2013
- Proto Technologies produces 3-D prototype of final product design - June 19, 2013
- JB Engineering sends drawing to injection moulding companies for preliminary bids for tooling and parts costs - June 19, 2013
- Prototype testing begins using Arduino micro-controller as temporary solution to control iCPooch device - June 21, 2013
- JB Engineering completes modifications to prototype to improve mechanical design - July 5, 2013
- Proto Technologies produces 3-D prototype of modified final product design - July 10, 2013
- Raspberry Pi mounted to iCPooch device to utilize a local drop to deliver dog treat - July 16, 2013
- Prototype testing continues with product design modifications utilizing Raspberry Pi to drop dog treat - July 22, 2013
- Video production begins for Kickstarter campaign - July 29, 2013
- Limelyte Technologies completes web interface to control cookie drop using Raspberry Pi and wifi through Amazon cloud server - August 5, 2013
- Manufacturing agreement for private label dog treat manufacturing finalized - August 8, 2013
- iCPooch prototype testing utilizing Amazon cloud server for dog treat drop begins - August 9, 2013
- Evaluation of injection molding companies bids for final determination of iCPooch parts manufacturer and manufacturing costs - August 13, 2013
- Ten prototype designs of remote control of servo motors using Raspberry Pi and Amazon cloud server go into beta testing - August 15, 2013
- Kickstarter campaign uploaded - August 18, 2013
- Prototype testing continues
Manufacturing Plan
We have are currently reviewing bids for the tooling of the plastic parts for both the injection molding and extrusion process. We are also reviewing bids for the actual manufacturing of those plastic parts. We have put out the bids to U.S. based firms only. We already have the costs and suppliers lined up for the motors, controller boards, wifi modules, wiring, cookies, and packaging. So, we know all of our costs and just need to determine who we want to go with for tooling and manufacturing of the plastic parts (may be two different entities).
For final assembly and testing, we are working on an in-house process and lining up manufacturing space where we live. We are analyzing multiple production possibilities to ensure both efficiency in assembly and test protocol accuracy. In parallel, we are working with multiple outsource manufacturers located in the U.S. to get costs on assembly and testing so that when our unit sales increase we can switch to outsourcing the assembly/testing if necessary.
How you will be helping
To date we have received some angel investment and have utilized that funding, along with our own financial investment and long hours, for design engineering, software development, and hardware and packaging prototyping. We are so close to launching our product! Your contributions will help us finalize the software development, as well as the big (financial) next step, which is the tooling of all the parts.
Our Team
Risks and challenges
As with any new technology product, once our project is successfully funded there are still some risks involved. We have a working prototype (works over the internet) and the software is 70% complete, so we feel confident in the functionality but here are few items to note:
Timeline - if we have trouble procuring inventory of the various parts, our expected delivery date could be pushed out slightly. However, we have lined up multiple sources of all the parts and we don't expect this to be a problem.
Functionality - there is a chance that the device doesn't work with every smartphone/tablet/pc/apple product ever produced. However, we are designing our application to utilize standard html protocol, so any device that can access the internet can access our website and give the "drop treat" command.
We are planning for a blue/white color scheme, though the final tone/shade of blue might differ from what is shown in the images and video.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Xbox One released overnight in Australia, proving the most successful console launch the nation has seen to date, accoridng to one specialst retail chain.
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EB Games Australia has opened pre-orders for the PlayStation 4 at $899, which is about £600/€700/¥86,000. Australian prices tend to be quite a bit higher than international price points after currency conversion. For comparison, the 60GB PlayStation 3 originally launched at $999 in Australia, which is now worth about £670/€780/¥96,000, but the PS3 actually retailed […]
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EB Games Oz flat denies Microsoft scrap
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It actually was just a break in between writing serious songs (and demoing them on the TASCAM) for the my 2nd RCA record. Alotta RCA history buried in those lyrics and I gotta say there are a lotta truisms in the story ... going to Hollywood as a youngman blah, blah blah. . Thought the recording was lost forever ... finally found a copy in the closet ... where possibly it should have remained with the empty 5ths of JACK, strange smelling pipe, and well scraped mirror.
Back in '87 tthe song had became a small underground late night "on the way to the bar cassette" that many of my friends hadand over the years has I have dug up more of them thru the net ... there have been more in more inquires.
So all that said ... here is the "TRUE" story (the names have been changed to protect the innocent) of the BOYS FROM BUCKSNORT - featuring MOUNTAIN MAN MOON MARTIN
Boys from Bucksnort featuring MOUNTAIN MAN MOON MARTIN
The Boys from Bucksnort draw heavily on many different musical styles. The main emphasis is on 20's and 30's music with a touch of 70's, but influences from other eras are in the music as well. Blues, Ragtime, Rockabilly, Boogie, Irish, Folk, Gypsy, Hillbilly -- anything is fair game. But don't let this scare you off, this band rocks! The energy levels of the live shows make it really hard to hold still.
Although the Boys from Bucksnort formed in 1987, the history of the band goes back much further. Drummer Dufus Thomas (famous for the song Walkin the Hog") and guitarist Shakey Sliim Walker along with harmonica player Blow Hardy and bassist Mad "tub" Jones formed The Travelin Snakeheads in 1975. The Band became a staple in the Southern scene with their straight-ahead homemade styles. They opened shows for people like Charley Musslewhite, Little Charley and the Nightcats, and Charles Brown. In 1979, the band felt it had run it's course and disbanded. In the interim, guitarist Shakey Walker began getting interested in Ragtime and it's influence on the Piedmont guitar styles of Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, and Blind Willie McTell through a chance meeting with legendary MOUNTAIN MAN MOON MARTIN ... who they soon added on vocals and spoons. So in 1985, Shakey convinced his former bassist Tub Jones and drummer D Thomas to form The Boys from Bucksnort with MOUNTAIN MAN MOON MARTIN. Although they were skeptical at first, as the style developed, it was obvious they were on to something. The Band also released a cassette in 1980, titled "American Fork Music". They became regulars in the Bucksnort live music scene. They have opened shows for people ranging from Chicago Blues Guitarist Luther Jr. Johnson to the rock bands like Dash Rip Rock. The band released its first CD, in June of 1981 to a lot of anxious fans. The CD received great reviews and radio play all over the world. Their second CD, Too Tight, was released in April of 1984. It also received great reviews and lots of radio play. Since then the band has opened for guitar slingers Johnny Winter and Bugs Henderson and roots bands like The Paladins, Deke Dickerson, Kim Lenz and Her Jaguars, and Southern Culture on the Skids. The current lineup consists of Skakey Walker on Guitar and Vocals, Dufus Thomas on Drums, Shane Stewart on Bass, and just about anybody who happens to drop by the bandhouse. The band's infulences have continued to expand into all sorts of roots music -- from Gypsy, to Celtic, to Hillbilly -- but the band really rocks -- no cookie cutter stuff. The band released their third CD ... finest ingredients, in November of 1986 after MOUNTAIN MAN MOON MARTIN's girlfriend ... Tracy Fords left him for a traveling rock and roll outfit. Heart broken and down in the dumps. Mountain Man headed out ta find Tracy in the glam tattered streets of Los Angeles, taking his guitar and Tascam multi track 244 recorder in tow with him. The result was a collection of pinable tunage intitled the Return of the Boys from Bucksnort. The disc charted in February and March of 1987 on the Freeform American Roots Chart. The band is playing shows regularly in Bucksnort Senior Center, and doing some limited touring in the US.
Tracy Fords in Los Angeles - 1985
"The Boys from Bucksnort are the coolest band I've heard come through these parts in a long, long time." - Bucksnort Springs Independent
"Every band thinks it's a 'roots' band, but The Boys from Bucksnort have a pedigree even chemical stump-remover couldn't extract." - NASHVILLE SCENE
"The last three times I saw you guys, I got blisters on my feet." - Becky
"In this self-released CD, the band reinterprets these classics for the end of the 20th century, but doing it with respect and affection, and that's good." - Bucksnort Review
"...a full range of great tunes to inspire you." - the Boys from Bucksnort's preacherman
"It works." - Bucksnort Review
"If you haven't forgotten that these good ole boys were meant for good times, this is a band you should check out." - Living Blues
"These three guys hail from Bucksnort, TN, but listening to their record you get the feeling they REALLY live in the back of the old man Jenkin's Barn ." - Smitty Ray Barlow
"They win fans wherever they play by blending old favorites that could appease any crowd with original vibrance that compels the listener with a groove to move. - Rolling Stoned Magazine
"For those of you like me, that really appreciate the roots - I mean the old original versions of old old tunes that really have paved the way for everything in '96, this is an entire album of those great old tunes, by people like Lonnie Johnson, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, Kokomo Arnold, and others .... The Electric Rag Band - that belongs in your collection." - John Henry -- KMOD's Smokehouse Blues Show
"Slim's vocals are suitably rough and ragged, and his guitar work is solid and sure handed, up-to-date with just a whiff of the old-timey." - John Wooley -- The Memphis Tire & Baitshop
"At last a new, original approach to the Bluegrass ! - Joe Brennen -- the bathroom of the North 40 truckstop
"This is a pleasing eye-opener for those who think blues has to be loud and electric. Recommended. - Chicago Kerry -- The TBC Blue Notes
".. an enthusiastic dive into this project may be educational and rewarding." - Chad Bonham -- John Bonham's high brother
"It's highly academic and fascinating." - Thomas Conner -- some guy who watched "O Brother Where Art thou"
THE BOYS FROM BUCKSNORT featuring MOUNTAIN MAN MOON MARTIN !!!
Written for my local area regarding flooding on the Spring river. For those of you not familiar with my passion for taking care of this wonderful resource in my backyard ... please take some tyme and watch the video following this article
(This article originally appeared in the Spring River Survival guide magazine)
with RJ Jukes
I was at Cold Springs, down on the Spring River, when I saw my first one.
My son saw it, too.
You may have noticed a few yourself—springing up along the river.
"Dad, what is that?" he inquired, pointing to a strange-looking contraption which had only recently appeared on the old bridge. I looked up at the bizarre apparatus. All I knew was that it had never been here before. Having no idea what to reply, I worked my way out of my son's question by joking, "Why, that's an intergalactic communications device placed here by the aliens who live at the bottom of the river. They use it to phone home."
He didn't buy into it.
In reality, I had no idea what this antenna-bearing, solar panel-wearing, hi-tech thingamajig was. Later that day, crossing the old Cold Springs bridge, I found another one. This time I stopped to read the information on the back. It stated, "USGS," which sounded pretty official to me... so I wasted no time in moving on.
Imagine my surprise when on my way into town yesterday, I was confronted by a temporary one-lane bridge sign and a team of USGS ("men in orange") installing one of these gizmos only a few miles from my house. Politely waving to the crew as I passed by, I took notice of the fact that this looked like quite an operation, with a crane supporting a squad of five men and a team of official-looking trucks on the bridge. I made it up the road about a quarter-mile before wheeling my jeep around.
Okay… I had to know what was going on.
These mystifying mechanisms were getting closer to my home.
That's when I met Ben Thompson. Fresh out of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, on this day Ben had been assigned the job of regulating the one-lane bridge traffic with a two-sided stop sign. It was clear that he would much rather have been assisting the bridge workers installing the whatchamacallits instead of waving that sign around whenever a car passed by. Sitting in the sweltering summer heat with nothing much to do, Ben was more than happy to answer a few questions and dispel my extra-terrestrial theories.
Turns out these space-age Jetson-looking boxes can perform a wide variety of tasks that will benefit the local community, as well as keep the U.S. Geological Survey organization (the USGS) well-informed via a geostationary satellite which orbits the earth ... keeping tabs on every one of these little silver information transmitters.
"Technically it's called a streamgage," Ben informs me. "Each one is equipped with a computer that monitors river level, rainfall, as well as air and water temperature every fifteen minutes . The computer sends hourly updates to the USGS website which are immediately posted on the site. In addition to the Spring River, the streamgages are installed on the Myatt and South Fork rivers ... all of which empty into the Spring River."
The team vehicles installing a new streamgage
An advanced early warning flood system may be a life-saver the next time the river roars again, as it did in September 2006, when two people near Hardy lost their lives in a flash flood. The Spring River Basin received as much as 12 inches of rain in a short period causing water in Hardy to rise 13 feet in less than 12 hours. Such devices would have been also been invaluable on the Little Missouri River in June 2010, when flood waters rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour and claimed the lives of 20 people at a popular campground near Glenwood, Arkansas.
Ben introduced me to the project's manager; Dan Wagner, a hydrologist from the Arkansas Water Science Center's Fayetteville field office . "The plan is to have the Upper Spring River Early Flood Warning System complete by October, " he adds, "which would make it possible for locals to access the information via their cell phones and home computers through the USGS website."
Dan also suggests I visit the USGS website for even more details.
Project Manager Dan Wagner, Hydrologist with the USGS installing a new gage
The USGS site describes the agency this way: "An unbiased, multi-disciplinary science organization that focuses on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water, we are dedicated to the timely, relevant, and impartial study of the landscape, our natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten us." The site also lists real time data from 160 existing streamgages in the state of Arkansas which can be very helpful for anglers, boaters, or others who need to know the water levels at specific waterways in Arkansas. You can visit the site at:
The project actually began a few years back, Dan explains, in the wake of the September 2006 flood, when Hardy Mayor Nina Thornton, Fire Chief Lonnie Phelps and Police Chief Ernie Rose held a meeting with about 60 people in the old Hardy gym. On hand to explain how the system would work and benefit the community were Jaysson Funkhouser, a USGS surface water specialist from Little Rock, National Weather Service warning coordination meteorologist John Robinson of North Little Rock, and NWS hydrologist Steve Bays of Cabot, Arkansas.
"We'd like to see everyone—the canoe rentals [owners], the campsites [owners]—all pitch in together and fund this a little bit," Hardy Police Chief Ernie Rose said at the meeting. He suggested that communities, cities, fire departments and other civil entities canvas the areas involved, asking businesses to commit to helping fund the early warning system.
A new streamgage on the Spring itself
Fire Chief Lonnie Phelps pointed out the benefits of the proposed warning system, comparing it to the system Hardy has adopted in the past decades. "I'll tell you what you've had in the past—you've had Ernie and I out watching the river."
"If it saves only one life, it's worth it," Mayor Thornton said.
Mayor Thornton then applied for and was awarded a $125,000 grant from NOAA (National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration) for an Upper Spring River Early Flood Warning Information System after the floods of September 2006 claimed several lives and floods during March and April of 2008 caused extensive damage in the area. The grant pays for the installation and one year's operation and maintenance of the three new Upper Spring River Early Flood Warning Information System gages in the watershed (South Fork Spring River, Spring River near Mammoth Springs, and Myatt Creek gages ).
It may have taken some time to get the flood warning program up and running, but here on the Myatt bridge, three years later, talking with Dan and Ben, I easily see the advantages this system can bring to the community as well as helping the USGS keep tabs on our precious waterways. The team is nearing the completion of this particular gage while Dan and I chat briefly about the system . Dan is assisted on this project by; two other Hydrologic Technicians in addition to Ben - Ted Wallace and Kane Martin ( Hydrologic Technicians) and Brandon Aist (from the Arkansas Water Science Center in Little Rock a student Hydrologic Technician), and Justin White (another Hydrologic Technician out of the Oklahoma Water Science Center in Tulsa)
Dan continues, "Each streamgage in the warning system is equipped with a powerful computer which, as soon as water reaches dangerous levels, will automatically telephone emergency rescue teams, police chiefs and others whose numbers are programmed into the gage. The way a typical streamflow gaging station works is by measuring gage height (river level), rain, water temperature, and air temperature information which are collected every 15 minutes, transmitted to a geosatellite once every hour, then transmitted back to our processing center in Virginia, eventually making it to our NWIS website (NWIS stands for National Water Information System)."
Then he begins to lose me with a bit more technical information as he explains, "Stream discharge (volume of water flowing down the stream) is added to the data on NWIS from a stage-discharge "rating curve" that USGS maintains. The rating curve is developed by making discharge measurements across a wide range of gage heights, from low gage heights when the stream is a mere trickle to higher gage heights when the stream is at flood. Hydrologic Technicians visit streamflow gaging stations every 8 weeks and sometimes more often to verify that the gage is working properly, reading correctly, and to make discharge measurements."
Wow ... I thought to myself !
I was starting to believe the alien theory myself. This was some serious space age stuff !
The Myatt Streamgage mid installation
"In addition to the streamgage's invaluable flood warning information," Dan elaborates, "some of the streamgages in the state also record and transmit data regarding the water quality. Whether you drink water from your tap or canoe down your local river, chances are you will benefit in some way from the USGS streamgage information. Once the new program is in place," he tells me, "a public meeting will be held in Hardy . Anyone interested is invited to attend in order to learn more about how the system works ."
Ben remarks, "Perhaps if such a forewarning system had been in place on the Little Missouri River back in June, that terrible disaster could have been avoided."
As I drive away, leaving the team to finish their work, I can't help but agree. It's good to know that the City of Hardy, as well as folks along the river, will soon be better prepared for future flash floods due to the efforts of the USGS and the initiative of some of our local officials.
Later while exchanging emails to fine tune this article Dan writes:
There are six real-time streamflow gaging stations are currently operational in our area:
07069190 Mammoth Spring at Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
07069220 Spring River near Mammoth Springs, Arkansas (located at Game and Fish Commission's Cold Springs Access above Dam 3)
07069305 Spring River at Town Branch Bridge at Hardy, Arkansas
07069500 Spring River at Imboden, Arkansas
07069295 South Fork of Spring River at Saddle, Arkansas
070692657 Myatt Creek north of Saddle, Arkansas"
The Spring River at Town Branch Bridge at Hardy streamflow gaging station is the first of four gages in the Upper Spring River Early Flood Warning Information System. The site sends call alerts to the local 911 office, National Weather Service, USGS, City of Hardy Police, and other emergency responders when the gage height (river level) reaches 8.0 ft at the gage. Three of the above-mentioned streamflow gaging stations will be added to the Early Flood Warning Information System, hopefully by the end of October, 2010: Spring River near Mammoth Springs, South Fork of Spring River at Saddle, and Myatt Creek north of Saddle. These sites will have call-out capabilities similar to those at the Spring River at Town Branch Bridge at Hardy station.
In 2006, the city of Hardy only had 20 to 30 minutes to evacuate low-lying areas. However, with the newly-installed Early Flood Warning System in place and operating, that time frame could increase to two to three hours' evacuation time, allowing everyone to safely move to higher ground.
"Water is probably the most important commodity for the nation. It's one that's under appreciated but it's essential for life, as we know. None of us can get by within a day or two without drinking it. And so, knowing how much water is available in our rivers and our streams is critical for the national health. And using our streamgages, we can monitor that flow in rivers and know how much water is available. It's critically important as we go into the future and uncertain climate, as climate change affects the availability of water in rivers and streams around the country."
- Matthew Larson
~ transcript from "Streamgages: The Silent Superhero" ~
NOW FOR THE OTHERSIDE OF THE COIN ... the following article also appeared in the JULY 28, 2010 Issue of SRSG mag ... it is probably one of the most locally oreinted interviews I have ever done. Special thanx goes out to JODY SHACKLEFORED FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN !
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About the conference
Code Generation conference is the leading event on the practical applications of Model-Driven Software Development (MDSD). It offers a high quality learning experience through discussions, debates, a diverse range of practical tutorials and workshops. Now in its 8th year, it is known for providing a high-value learning experience and attracts industry-recognised experts to share their experiences.


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The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) is well known as a leader of professional career-focused education. It offers one of the most comprehensive ranges of innovative and internationally recognised degrees in Australia. With a multicultural mix of more than 27,000 students, UTS attracts students from all over the world.
UTS campuses are easily accessible by public transport. The main campus, the City campus, is located in the centre of the city of Sydney, close to the commercial hub and Sydney's main train station, Central Railway Station. Most UTS courses are offered at the City campus and students are ideally placed to take advantage of being in the centre of a cosmopolitan and dynamic city. The St Leonards and Kuring-gai campuses are approximately 20 minutes by public transport from the City campus. All campuses offer a safe and friendly campus life and excellent student services and facilities.
UTS students enjoy a wide range of support facilities. These include English language support, learning assistance centres, sporting facilities, 24 hour access to computer labs, religious facilities, libraries, cafeterias and childcare.
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2011 (Sophomore):
Was second on the team with 22 assists and tied for second with 22 steals ... Scored 18 goals in his second season with the Crimson ... Had a hat trick against Bucknell Sept. 17 ... Contributed a goal, assist and steal in 16-7 win over Connecticut College Oct. 15 ... Tallied a goal, two assists and five steals over three games to help secure third place at the Ivy Championship Oct. 29-30 ... Scored a goal and had two assists in the seventh-place game of the CWPA Eastern Championship to help the Crimson secure a 13-10 victory over Iona Nov. 20.
2010 (Freshman):
Named an ACWPC and CWPA "Superior" Scholar Athlete.
Before Harvard
A two-year starter as a utility players for Bellermine … Also competed in the sprints on the swim team … Captained the swim and water polo teams as a senior … Named second-team West Catholic League and honorable mention All-Central Coast Section as a junior … Earned first-team West Catholic League and first-team All-Central Coast Section honors as a senior … Named to the first-team All-San Jose Mercury News Water Polo team … A ninth-team All-American as a senior … Also an All-American in swimming … Swim team won CCS Swimming Championship for the 25th and 26th year in a row, marking the longest consecutive swimming record in state history … Water polo team won CCS title in 2009 … A three-time USA Water Polo Academic All-American … A two-time BCP Certificate of General Excellence … BCP Presidential Ambassador from 2007-10 … Received the University of Pennsylvania Book Award .. California Golden Boys' State Attendee … Class salutatorian … AP Scholar with Distinction … Uncle, Steve Roller, was a member of the U.S. Olympic team in 1984 as a javelin thrower.


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The conference of Urban Furrows took place over two days (5/10/11 & 6/10/11) when we had the chance to listen to representatives of the other groups who told us about their discussions. Each group had been working on one of the projects with the people they had invited from other organisations and countries.
The discussions and generous exchanges that took place within each group and during the conference left everyone feeling thankful. The feeling was we were getting out of it more than we actually put. As an example of an ecology of sharing it definitely proved useful.
Surrounded by a group of activists, theorists, creative and social practitioners, and generally enthusiasts, Nicolas started his very critical evaluation of the project Città dell'altra economia. (more…)


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New Extension Programs
In line with the objective of the University to widen its program offering coverage, there were programs extended such as:
- BS Inland Fisheries from Roxas Campus to Echague
- Diploma in Agricultural Technology from Cabagan to San Mateo
Programs newly initiated are:
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Cooperative and Business Economics (Echague)
- BS Information System (Echague)
- BS Physical Education (Cabagan)
- Law Enforcement Administration (Cabagan)
- BS Midwifery (Ilagan)
- Doctor of Education (Cabagan)with specialization in: \ English Language Education ,Filipino Language Education ,Mathematics Education ,Science Education
New Institutes
To address the needs of the increasing number of jobs in the national and international markets, there are clustered relevant courses that the University is offering which entails the establishment of professional and specialized institutes such as:
- Institute of Business Management (IBM)
Institute of Business Management (IBM) established in 2015 under BOR Resolution number 40 will administer the following programs: BS Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, BS Agri-Business and Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship. The graduates are envisioned to be entrepreneurs and exported labor for various industries and services.
- Institute of Public Administration and Governance (IPAG)
The call for improved public service in the local, national, and international scene has prompted the University to respond by strengthening its programs specifically, the BS Public Administration, Master in Public Administration and Doctor in Public Administration.
This public service improvement comes with the implementation of the gown-to-town concept. There is now a linkage forged with the Philippine Councilor's League and Legislative Academy where a customized program for Bachelor's and Master's Program is conducted. Various local officials from different municipalities in Region 02 and CAR have obtained their diplomas with ISU. This institute will also organize the Center of Governance, a consultation and extension arm of the College of Business, Accountancy and Public Administration


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If you are feeling like driving different wheel wonders but cannot afford them, then don't lose heart. There are websites that allow you to play driving games you have also dreamed of but they have eluded you so far. Everyone loves driving cars and bikes but how many of them can really afford to buy them and enjoy the ride. But thanks to companies dealing in video games, these people can also enjoy driving by playing all sorts of driving games.
There is no dearth of driving games which you can choose from and play. Some of them include a car, a motorcycle, a car, a boat, Jet Ski, snowmobile, or even a four wheeler. The gamers can drive different types of vehicles which most of them actually don't get a chance to drive in real life.
There are various websites that deal in driving games and you can pick one of your choices and enjoy the thrill. The most popular driving games are cars and trucks. These driving games have surprising packages for you. Some of them involve driving through the race courses, while others involve fighting.
While you are driving, you get rammed into other cars, throwing them off-balance or blocking your competitor's way. While you are racing through the track, you are trying dodging others to reach the finish line. You can also curse those who become a stumbling block for you.
Motorcycles and four wheelers are other interesting driving games. You will enjoy them the most if you like venturing out and spending time outdoor. These games are so sophisticated that you start feeling as if you are actually driving these racing machines. The thrill and enjoyment you will derive out of them is unbelievable.
Some of you may like boating and skiing. These games offer you a lot excitement as you make your way through the water by overcoming different barriers that try to obstruct your way. You can also try your hand at free driving games online and check if you like them – you sure will.


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Ricardo Santos (Ricardo Santos de Paula) was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He began dancing at the age of seven with the project Luar of Hope. In 2004, he started training under the guidance of Jorge Teixeina at the Conservatorio Brazileiro de Danca.
In 2007, Ricardo performed in the Nutcracker with the Theatre Municipal of Rio de Janeiro. He then joined the Cia Brasileira de Ballet in Rio de Janeiro. While there, he danced many principal roles in ballets including Raymonda, Nutcracker, La Sylphides, La Fille Mal Gardee, and Don Quixote, along with many other contemporary Pieces.
Ricardo has competed in national and international dance competitions including the Beijing International Ballet Competition. At the youth American Grand Prix in New York City, he won a scholarship to attend the Australian Ballet. In 2007 and 2008, he competed in the Danza America International Competition in Argentina where he placed as a top finalist. During this competition he was invited to compete in the Prix de Lausanne in the English National Ballet. Recently in the New York International Ballet Competition he won a bronze medal and the Arpino Award for a one year contract at The Joffrey Ballet.
In his free time Ricardo listens to music, goes out dancing and Skypes with his Brazilian friends.
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